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10 Fast Facts on Malala Yousafzai, the World’s Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who first gained international attention for being shot in the head and nearly killed by the Taliban, has won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. As the global spokesperson for girls’ education, Malala has relentlessly advocated on behalf of her cause, continuing to speak out (despite increased Taliban threats) and even traveling to the United States to meet President Obama (and his family) in 2013. She has co-founded the Malala Fund, which invests in early stage girls’ education initiatives or small organizations in countries like Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya and Jordan.

Here are 10 other compelling facts about this remarkable Nobel Peace Prize recipient:

1. She’s a minor . At 17 years old, Malala is is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize since its inception in 1901.

2. She’s been advocating for girls’ education since she was 11. In 2009, Malala started blogging about living under Taliban rule for the BBC. She later became a national figure in her country, appearing on television as a spokesperson for girls’ education.

3. She was only 15 years old when she was shot by the Taliban. Malala was aboard a bus in 2012, campaigning for education of girls in Pakistan, when the Taliban reportedly hijacked the bus and singled her out, shooting her in the head and the neck.

4. She addressed the United Nations on her 16th birthday. Malala spoke of “the right of education of every child” on July 12th, 2013.

5. She has already published a memoir. In August 2014, “I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World” was published in the United States and is a #1 seller on Amazon.

6. She was pulled out of class in Birmingham, England to be informed of her award. She has been living in England since being treated for her gunshot wounds.

7. She originally wanted to be a doctor. Since her increased visibility, Malala has changed her career focus to politics.

8. Her father used to be a schoolmaster. Ziauddin Yousafzai ran one of the last schools to defy the Taliban’s orders to not educate girls. He has reportedly encouraged his daughter to be outspoken from a young age.

9. She was just awarded over half a million dollars. Malala will be splitting the prize money, $1.1 million, with her 60-year-old co-recipient, Kailash Satyarthi, a human rights advocate from India.

10. She’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize nearly two years to the day that she was shot. Malala was shot on October 9th, 2012. She was reported to be in critical condition and not expected to survive.

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कुन महिनामा जन्मेका ‪#‎महिलाको‬ स्वभाव कस्तो हुन्छ ? जानी राखौ

कुन महिनामा जन्मेका ‪#‎महिलाको‬ स्वभाव कस्तो हुन्छ ? जानी राखौ .

मान्छेको जीवनमा ज्योतिषशास्त्रको दृष्टिले उ जन्मेको महिनाले पनि धेरै फरक पार्छ । कुन महिनामा जन्मेका महिलाहरुको स्वभाव कस्तो हुन्छ् यो पढ्नुहोस्–

बैसाख : यो महिनामा जन्मिएका महिला सामान्यतय सुन्दर आँखा भएकी हुन्छन् । यी महिलाको स्वभाव सरल र सहज हुन्छ । उनीहरूका श्रीमानको स्वभाव पनि राम्रो हुन्छ । यी महिलाहरू कम खर्च गर्ने तर धेरै क्रोध भएका हुन्छन् । उनीहरूको जीवनमा धन र सुख प्रशस्त प्राप्त गर्ने बताइन्छ ।

जेष्ठ : जेष्ठ महिनामा जन्म लिएका महिलाहरू उत्तम बुद्धि भएका हुन्छन् । उनीहरूको जीवनमा सुख र धन सहजै प्राप्त हुन्छ । यी महिलाहरूका लागि जीवनमा आइपर्ने कुनैपनि कार्यहरूमा समस्या हुँदैन् । यी महिलाहरू तिर्थधर्म गर्नेमा अगाडी हुन्छन् ।

आषाढ : आषढमा जन्मिएका महिलाहरू मीठो बोली बोल्छन् । उनीहरूको आवाजमा मधुरता हुन्छ । उनीहरूका श्रीमानको स्वभाव पनि राम्रो हुन्छ । कडा मेहनत र संघर्षमा पनि उनीहरूले सोँचे जस्तो सुख र धन प्राप्त नहुन सक्छ ।

साउन : साउन महिनालाई पवित्र र शुभ महिना मानिन्छ । यो महिनामा जन्मिएका महिलाहरू राम्रो र धार्मिक काममा बढी मन लगाउँछन् । उनीहरूको जीवनमा समान रुपमा सुख, दुःख, फाइदा र नोक्सान हुने देखिन्छ । यी महिलाहरूले सन्तानबाट सुख प्राप्त गर्छन् । यी महिलाहरू अधिकांस समय कुनै न कुनै बिमारीबाट घेरिरहेका हुन्छन् । यस्ता महिलाहरू श्रीमान तथा प्रेमीबाट अधिक प्रेमको आशा राख्ने गर्दछन् ।

भाद्र : यो महिनामा जन्म लिएका महिलाहरूको मिठो बोली र सरल स्वभाव उनीहरूको विशेषता हो । उनीहरूलाई श्रीमानबाट पनि अत्यन्तै सुख र प्रेम मिल्छ । घरपरिवार सासु ससुराबाट माया र सम्मान प्राप्त गर्छन् । यी महिलाहरू अलि जिद्दी स्वभावका पनि हुन्छन् । उनीहरूको जिद्दीका कारण धेरैपटक समस्याहरू आइपर्दछ ।

असोज : असोज महिनामा जन्मिएका महिलाहरूको स्वभाव चञ्चल हुन्छ । उनीहरू कसैसँग कुरा गर्दा पनि सर्तकता अपनाउँछन् । धन प्राप्त गर्नुका साथै श्रीमानबाट पनि सुख मिल्ने र सन्तानबाट चिन्ता हुने देखिन्छ ।

कार्तिक : कात्तिकमा जन्म लिने महिला धनवान र बुद्धिमानी हुन्छन् । उनीहरू धेरै कलामा निपूर्ण हुन्छन् । मिठो बोल्छन् । सामान्यतय यी महिलाहरूले आफ्ना श्रीमानलाई आफ्नो अधिनमा राख्न चाहन्छन् । घरपरिवार सासु ससुरासँग पनि झगडा गर्ने तथा झगडालु हुन्छन् । उनीहरूमा कफसम्बन्धी बिमारी बढी देखिन्छ ।

मंसीर : यो महिनामा जन्म लिने महिलाहरू नरम स्वभावका हुन्छन् । यी महिलाहरू बिस्तारै कुरा गर्छन् । उनीहरूलाई झुटो कुरा गरेको मन पर्दैन । धार्मिक काममा मन बढी जान्छ । साथमा धन सञ्चित गर्ने र खर्च पनि अधिक गर्छन् भने उनीहरूलाई पेटसम्बन्धी समस्या बढी हुने सम्भावना रहन्छ ।

पुष : पुष महिनामा जन्मेका महिलाहरू सामान्यतय अत्यन्तै क्रोधी हुन्छन् । यी महिलाहरू आफ्नै कामबाट भाग्य निर्माण गर्ने खुबी राख्छन् । सबैसँग मिलजुल गर्ने स्वभावका कारण समाजमा मान सम्मान पाउँछन् । यी महिलामा टाउको दुख्ने, वायु र वाथ रोगको समस्या बढी देखिन्छ ।

माघ : माघमा जन्मिएका महिलाहरू सुन्दर अनुहारका हुन्छन् । सरल र सहज स्वभावका हुन्छन् तर अलि जिद्दी स्वभाव र अरुलाई कुरा गर्दा पुरा कुरा गर्न नदिने स्वभावका हुन्छन् । यी महिलाहरू कमजोरीका कारण विभिन्न रोगको शिकार हुने पनि देखिन्छ ।

फाल्गुन : फागुन महिनामा जन्मलिने महिला धेरै दयावान हुन्छन् । उनीहरू कसैको पनि दुःख देख्न सक्तैनन् । उनीहरूको स्वभाव र विचार बढी धार्मिक हुन्छन् । यी महिलाहरू पढाइ लेखाइमा अत्यधिक तेज हुन्छन् ।

चैत : यो महिनामा जन्मिएका महिला चलाख र चतुर हुन्छन् । सुन्दर हुनुका साथै चञ्चल स्वभावका कारण अरुलाई छिटो आकर्षण गर्छन् । धनबाट पनि उनीहरू लाभान्वित हुन्छन् । कहिलेकाहिँ उनीहरूमा क्रोध हावी हुनाले समस्या पनि ल्याएको हुन्छ

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For all my friends, whether close or casual, just because. This is one of the longest posts I will ever make, and one of the most real too. Everyone will go through some hard times at some point. Life isn't easy. Just something to think about. Did you know the people that are the strongest are usually the most sensitive? Did you know the people who exhibit the most kindness are the first to get mistreated? Did you know the ones who take care of others all the time are usually the ones who need it the most? Did you know the three hardest things to say are I love you, I'm sorry, and help me? Sometimes just because a person looks happy, you have to look past their smile to see how much pain they may be in. To all my friends who aregoing through some issues right now--let's start an intentional avalanche.We all need positive intentions right now. If I don't see your name, I'll understand. May I ask my friends wherever you might be, to kindly copy and paste this status for one hour to give a moment of support to all of those who have family problems, health struggles, job issues, worries of any kind and just needs to know that someone cares. Do it for all of us, for nobody is immune. I hope to see this on the walls of all my friends just for moral support. I know some will!!! I did it for a friend and you can too. You have to copy and paste this one, NO SHARING...I will leave it in the comments so it is easier for you to copy paste

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ST.Francis Xavier

Born: 7 April 1506
Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre (present Spain)

Died: 3 December 1552 (aged 46)
Portuguese Base at São João Island (now China)

Francis Xavier, SJ, born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta (7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), was a Roman Catholic missionary born in Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre (now part of Spain), and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. He was a study companion of St. Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre, (Paris) in 1534.[1] He led an extensive mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire of the time. He was influential in evangelization work most notably in India. He also ventured into Japan, Borneo, the Maluku Islands, and other areas which had, until then, not been visited by Christian missionaries. In these areas, being a pioneer and struggling to learn the local languages in the face of opposition, he had less success than he had enjoyed in India. It was a goal of Xavier to extend his missionary preaching to China but he died in Shangchuan Island shortly before doing so.

St. Francis Xavier was beatified by Paul V on 25 October 1619, and was canonized by Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. In 1624 he was made co-patron of Navarre alongside Santiago. He is considered to be one of the greatest missionaries since St. Paul.[2] He is known as the "Apostle of the Indies," and the "Apostle of Japan”. In 1927, Pope Pius XI published the decree “Apostolicorum in Missionibus” naming St. Francis Xavier, along with St. Thérèse of Lisieux, co-patron of all foreign missions.[3] He is now co-patron saint of Navarre with San Fermin. The Day of Navarre (Día de Navarra) in Spain marks the anniversary of Saint Francis Xavier's death on December 3, 1552.

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The Tree

I stand here uncertainly
Two leaves in the twig
Bends for light of morn,
Sway weakly in the wind
Lonely I grow swinging
Like an abandon child into a girl
As longings of every passerby.
I shyly bow down my face
Masses of flowers on breast,
Rapt thirsty lips for juicy fruits
My call in the words of love,
The bees as enchanting brides
Quiver in honey-sweet songs
Caress my spring in passion.
The sun-brook brimfully kisses
The Cooing birds rest on breast,
My Flowers bloom feasting eyes
Radiantly glow around God’s neck,
A gift of love in basking bouquet
Bright in the head of a lovely girl
Lovers Look at her without fatigue.
I stand firm in blazing heat
In freezing snow of winter,
Never scared of untimely storm
Never spoke out my pain
When my arms are chopped down.
Suddenly leaves fall fast
Left alone in wrinkled skin,
Uncared as broken doll
I see me useless as old.
Orphaned by earth I depart
Time’s fidelity pains me a lot,
Up rooted from garden
Like a broken pot to the soil.

Virtual World

FR. AUGUSTINE THOMAS

Children and social media
“Look at my son. He is just three years old but he handles my iphone like an adult. He is going to be a computer engineer,” a young dad told me with great pride recently. “Oh sure, but what I am afraid of is that your son could adopt the i-phone and other similar gadgets as his foster home and may not need a real home anymore,” I commented. That young dad was obviously very thrilled that his three year old son was spending most of his waking hours with i-phones and laptops when in fact the child should have been interacting with his family members and playing games with other kids of his age.

The idea that growing children should be involved in technological and virtual world in order to ‘belong’ to the present generation is erroneous. Smart phones and other gadgets of the same nature should not be their best companions. Addiction to these will have long term consequences for the child. Why do I say this? It is generally accepted that beginning from the early stages of our life we have physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. Only when these basic needs are sufficiently addressed can a child achieve holistic growth.

Experts agree that as a baby develops from infancy to childhood, the most basic need is a good and stable family environment where a child can experience strong parental love and acceptance. As a child grows into adolescence the role of the family does not diminish. On the other hand, an adolescent at this stage is in greater need of an understanding family and supportive peer group who can guide him/her to accept and healthily cope with the rapid physical and psychological changes caused by hormone productions in the body. From adolescence to adulthood is another developmental journey and it needs role models from family and social circles in order to achieve meaning and purpose in life.

It is in this context that the use and abuse of i-phones or any other gadgets for that matter should be discussed. Could a child grow and develop into a healthy adult when s/he substitutes living relationships in families and friends with i-phones, smart phones and laptops? Does the virtual world that they create for themselves make them genuinely happy and content with their life? Or are they living in an illusionary world of happiness? This concern needs immediate attention.
In my personal observation techno-friendly life in early age has made our growing children less effective in good human relationship. When a child who needs a mother, father or a person who can rear him/her up in genuine human relationship is given TV, computers and mobile phones as things to relate with, how will that child grow as a relational human being? Such a child replaces the human company with machines because s/he has already found a place where s/he can enjoy pleasure and fun without realizing that the comforts offered by these gadgets are transient and can never replace authentic human relationships. Eventually living with technology becomes normal.

In the easily accessible and addictive gadgets of this age, growing children have found a new kind of intimacy that is thrilling. Can a child grow out of it? Good parental guidance and proper education on the pros and cons of the gadgets, virtual world and social networking habits can help a person use them responsibly. However, if not accompanied well, the elements of human affection, care, touch, warmth and feeling of belongingness would take a back seat in a child’s scheme of things. Such a child will look for ‘the feel good factor’ in the virtual homes of social media. The obvious outcome is that the child becomes an alien in his/her own home.

The number of youngsters who live in virtual homes is increasing at an alarming rate today. This group is techno-friendly but not human friendly. As a result, real time interaction with one’s family and friends is reduced to a minimum. Issues and concerns are dealt with superficially in ‘virtual’ homes. A drawback of this is that we meet many young people who are impatient with solitude and intolerant with parents or genuine role models. Their intellectual abilities are unquestionable but their socio-familial interactions are shallow and fleeting. In such a socio-cultural environment individual life and rights are equated with unbridled freedom. ‘Likes’ are adopted as new mothers and ‘comments’ are assimilated as foster fathers.

Take Facebook. A youngster can be hooked to it while studying, while having dinner with the family, while out with friends, while attending classes and while watching a movie. By using it in such an addictive way, the person eventually adopts a fake world where s/he wants to hang out all the time. S/he learns that virtual relationships are easier than the real relationships at home or in the school because commitment is not a value in virtual relationship. Everything and everyone is ‘posted’, discussed and commented upon. Privacy is almost nonexistent.

Curiosity is the leading attitude here. This makes a person delve into what, when, where, and how of another’s life. Vicarious pleasure is the unconscious aim. Photos, likes and comments tend to make or break a person’s happiness. Then there are groups to be part of and games to be played. Therefore when s/he is invited for dinner with the family, more often than not the answer will be, “Not now, Mom! I shall eat later.” A meal with the family becomes secondary. Unconsciously the person has decided to opt out of the world of flesh and blood relationships and immerse himself/herself into a world of “likes and comments.”

The grand outcome of all these is growing confusion between the real world and the virtual world. The social media has the ability to create in a youngster a confused state of mind. His or her involvement in the social networking sites wrongly convinces him/her that virtual world is real because s/he feels that all his/her needs are met in these sites.

Allegorically speaking, teenage is the time for preparing the field (one’s heart and mind) for a great harvest in the future. No farmer will plant anything in an unprepared field. First the field will be cleared of all weeds and stones. After that the field will be sufficiently ploughed. Seeds are sowed only after the field is sufficiently ready. Planting saplings in an unprepared field will not give us the desired benefits.

Do social networking sites, smart phones, i-phones and virtual world at large prepare a youngster to plough the field of his/her mind and heart and plant in them healthy seeds that will make him/her an authentic human being? Or are these things distancing the teenagers from this most important period of preparation for their future life?

Of course, social networking sites, smart phones and i-phones all have numerous benefits. One cannot ignore the positive influences these things have in one’s personal life and society. But as parents and educators we have a collective responsibility to imprint upon our young minds that family, deep relationships, trust, ability to keep secrecy, privacy and the like are more important. We have the responsibility to mould our youngsters into more humane individuals.

The author is the principal of St Xavier’s College, Kathmandu

यस्तो समयमा नपिउनुस् पानी, पानी बिष बन्न सक्छ

मंगलवार, मंसिर ९,
पानीले शरिरलाई जीउनका लागि उर्जा दिने काम गर्छ र यसको सही मात्राले हाम्रो पाचन प्रणालीलाफ पनि काम गर्न मद्धत गर्छ । पानी पिउनु स्वास्थ्यका लागि निकै फाइदाजनक हुन्छ, तर केही अवस्थामा पानी पिउनाले स्वास्थ्यमा प्रतिकूल असर गर्छ । खाना खानु भन्दा ठिक पहिले पानी पिउनाले पाचन शक्ति कमजोर बनाउँछ । गलत समयमा पानीको प्रयोग गर्नु स्वास्थ्यका लागि हानिकारक हुन सक्छ ।
अजीर्णे भेषजं वारि जीर्णे वारि बलप्रदम्।
भोजने चाऽमृतं वारि भोजनान्ते विषप्रदम्।।
यस श्लोकमा भोजनपछि लगत्तै पानी पिउनु हुँदैन । खाना खाएपछि जब खाना पच्छ तबमात्र पानी पानी पिउनु स्वास्थ्यका लागि फाइदाजनक हुन्छ । खाना खानेबित्तिकै पानी पिउनाले खाना राम्ररी पच्न पाउँदैन र शरिरमा प्राप्त हुने उर्जा समेत ठिक तरिकाले प्राप्त हुँदैन । अपच भएको अवस्थामा पेटसम्बन्धी रोगले सताउने सम्भावना बढ्छ । त्यसैले खाना खानेबित्तिकै पानी पिउनाले उक्त पानीले विषसमान काम गर्छ ।
खाना अगाडि करिब १ घण्टा वा आधा घण्टा पहिले १-२ गिलास पानी पिउन सकिन्छ र खाना खाँदे गर्दा बीच-बीचमा १-२ घुट्की पानी पनि पिउन सकिन्छ तर, धेरै पानी भने पिउनु हुँदैन ।
पानी कति बेला खानेः
- हामीलाई जब प्यास लाग्छ तब कम्तिमा १ गिलास पानी पिउनुपर्छ । यस्तो गर्दा हाम्रो शरिरमा हुने पानीको कमी पुरा हुन्छ ।
- शारीरिक परिश्रम गरेपछि सकेसम्म केही बेरपछि मात्र पानी पिउनु पर्छ । काम गरेको करिब आधा घण्टापछि मात्र पानी पिउनु स्वास्थ्यका लागि फाइदाजनक हुन्छ ।

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What is Positron.........................?

A positron is a particle of matter with the same mass as an electron but an opposite charge. It is a form of antimatter because, when a positron encounters an electron, the two completely annihilate to yield energy. The existence of the positron was predicted in 1928 by physicist Paul Dirac, and positrons were discovered experimentally in 1932 by physicist Carl Anderson.

Positrons are important in a medical technology called positron emission tomography (PET), which is especially useful in brain and nervous-system scanning. A PET scanner detects and maps the radiation produced when an ingested substance emits positrons that are annihilated by surrounding electrons.

The positron is not the only known antimatter particle. The proton and the neutron have antiparticles as well, known as the anti-proton and the anti-neutron, with negative and neutral electric charges, respectively.

Thought for the day

इबोला भाइरस

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- इबोला भाइरस सर्वप्रथम सन् १९७६ मा कंगो र सुडानको दुर्गम क्षेत्रमा देखिएको हो |
- यो भाइरस फैलिएको कंगोको दुर्गम क्षेत्रको इबोला नदीबाट यसोक नाम राखिएको हो ।
- सुरूवातमा यो चिम्पांजी तथा चमेरोमा देखा परेको थियो |
- इबोला एक किसिमको हेमोरेजिक फिबर हो | यो सरुवा रोग हो | यो पानी, हावा, रोग लागेको ब्यक्तिको शरीर बाट निस्कने बस्तुहरु जस्तै रगत, दिशा, पिसव, पसिना, र्याल, यौनिरस आदि माध्यमद्वारा सर्दछ । यौन सम्पर्क एवं संक्रमित लासबाट पनि यो रोग सर्दछ ।
लक्षणहरु
- संक्रमणमा आएको दुई देखि तीन हप्ता पछि लक्षणहरू देखापर्दछ । सुरूवातमा ज्वारो आउने, घाँटी, मांशपेशी एवं टाउको दुख्ने हुन्छ । यसपछी अरूची, वाकवाकी हुने, पखला लाग्ने, साथै लिभर र किड्नीको कार्यक्षमता ह्रास आउदै जान्छ । यो समयमा संक्रमित व्यक्तिमा आन्तरिक एवं वाह्य रक्तश्राव हुन पनि सक्दछ ।
कसरी जोगिने ?
- यो रोगको हालसम्म खोप बनेको छैन । यसको मृत्युदर ५० देखि ९० प्रतशत छ । सरूवा रोग भएकाले व्यक्तिगत सावधानी अपनाउनु नै रोगबाट बँच्ने मुख्य काइदा हो

Nepal, Division 3 Champion.......!

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: Capping an impressive campaign in Malaysia, Nepal defended the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 title on Thursday defeating Uganda by 62 runs in the final of the tournament at the Kinrara Oval Academy in Kuala Lumpur.
Having already secured promotion to ICC WCL Division 2 on Wednesday as the top team of the round-robin league, Nepal produced an all-round performance in the final to lift the title and also avenge the defeat to Uganda in its opener.

Nepal, Division 3 champion in 2013, was relegated to the same division after a disappointing ICC World Cup Qualifiers campaign in January earlier this year.
Electing to bat first, Nepal made an impressive start with the top three batsmen scoring half-centuries, but the middle and lower order failed to build on it as Nepal collapsed to 223 all out on the penultimate ball of the innings.

Defending a modest total, Nepal then bowled out Uganda for 161 runs in 44.1 overs with disciplined bowling and tight fielding. Bhuwan Karki pocketed four wickets for Nepal and Basanta Regmi claimed two. Shakti Gauchan, Sagar Pun and Sompal Kami shared a wicket each.
"The boys are happy and in a celebratory mood after retaining the title, and we achieved what we had wanted," said Nepal´s head coach Pubudu Dassanayake. "Beating Uganda in the final was special and we got the perfect revenge. We had failed to play to our standard in the opener."

"Everyone has been pushing themselves for this event because we know it´s a pathway to ODI status, as well as the ICC Intercontinental Cup and the ICC World Cricket League Championship. We want to be there, and we are doing whatever we can from our side to get to that level, and hopefully we can make it through Division 2 to those competitions," the International Cricket Council (ICC) quoted Nepal skipper Paras Khadka as saying in a press release issued on Thursday.

Nepali top order has been struggling with the bat since long, but the openers showed signs of improvement during the Division 3 tournament. On Thursday as well, Nepal got a sound start from the top order with openers Sagar Pun (64) and Naresh Budhaayer (51) and No 3 batsman Gyanendra Malla (56) all crossing the half-century mark.

However, the middle order and tail-enders failed to deliver in the final as skipper Paras (13) was the only other batsman to reach double figures.
"The most positive aspect of the tournament was that the top order started getting runs. Subash Khakurel, Naresh, Gyanendra and Sagar all did well in batting," said Dassanayake.

He, however, opined that there were lots of areas for improvement as well. "Though we got a good start, we failed to cross the 250-run mark. We did not have a good finish."
"Now we have to get ready for Division 2. We have to work even harder in the coming days because we will be playing at a different level. A top-two finish in Division 2 will take Nepali cricket to another level," Dassanayake said.

The Division 2 tournament is scheduled to take place in Namibia from January 17 to 24 next year and will feature six teams -- Nepal, Uganda, host Namibia, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands. It is a gateway to the ICC Intercontinental Championship, a four-day first-class cricket tournament, and the World Cricket Championship as the top two teams of Division 2 will qualify for these two events.

Defending a modest total, Nepal then bowled out Uganda for 161 runs in 44.1 overs with disciplined bowling and tight fielding. Bhuwan Karki pocketed four wickets for Nepal and Basanta Regmi claimed two. Shakti Gauchan, Sagar Pun and Sompal Kami shared a wicket each.
"The boys are happy and in a celebratory mood after retaining the title, and we achieved what we had wanted," said Nepal´s head coach Pubudu Dassanayake. "Beating Uganda in the final was special and we got the perfect revenge. We had failed to play to our standard in the opener."

"Everyone has been pushing themselves for this event because we know it´s a pathway to ODI status, as well as the ICC Intercontinental Cup and the ICC World Cricket League Championship. We want to be there, and we are doing whatever we can from our side to get to that level, and hopefully we can make it through Division 2 to those competitions," the International Cricket Council (ICC) quoted Nepal skipper Paras Khadka as saying in a press release issued on Thursday.

Nepali top order has been struggling with the bat since long, but the openers showed signs of improvement during the Division 3 tournament. On Thursday as well, Nepal got a sound start from the top order with openers Sagar Pun (64) and Naresh Budhaayer (51) and No 3 batsman Gyanendra Malla (56) all crossing the half-century mark.

However, the middle order and tail-enders failed to deliver in the final as skipper Paras (13) was the only other batsman to reach double figures.

"The most positive aspect of the tournament was that the top order started getting runs. Subash Khakurel, Naresh, Gyanendra and Sagar all did well in batting," said Dassanayake.

He, however, opined that there were lots of areas for improvement as well. "Though we got a good start, we failed to cross the 250-run mark. We did not have a good finish."
"Now we have to get ready for Division 2. We have to work even harder in the coming days because we will be playing at a different level. A top-two finish in Division 2 will take Nepali cricket to another level," Dassanayake said.

The Division 2 tournament is scheduled to take place in Namibia from January 17 to 24 next year and will feature six teams -- Nepal, Uganda, host Namibia, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands. It is a gateway to the ICC Intercontinental Championship, a four-day first-class cricket tournament, and the World Cricket Championship as the top two teams of Division 2 will qualify for these two events.

Mother....!

GOD in Heaven Said To a 9 Months Baby
You're Going to Be Born on Earth Tomorrow ...
Baby Cried & Asked: How I'll Talk With People??
God: I Had Already Sent An Angel to Earth, She'll Teach U ..
Child: How I'll Pray To U??
God: The Angel Will Teach U ...
Child: How I'll Learn Good Words??
God: Angel Will Teach U ...
Child: If I Suffer From Sorrow??
God: Angel Will Be There to Listen ...
Child: How Do I Find That Angel??
God: Its Very Simple! Usually
People Call That Angel As
MOTHER

10 Secret Things You Had No Idea Your Android Phone Could Do

You have an Android phone. You love your Android phone. Of course, there’s plenty to love aboutGoogle’s terrific mobile operating system, but much of it comes back to the simple fact that Android is open. Thanks to the way Google allows third-party developers to use nearly all of the tools and features at their disposal in Android, the sky is the limit when it comes to developing apps that add all sorts of great functionality to Android phones — and much of it is functionality that iPhone users will likely never enjoy.

But you don’t always need to install a third-party app to find exciting new features in Android. In fact, there are tons of hidden features that you probably didn’t even know your phone had.

DON’T MISS: Here’s how to give your Android phone a huge speed boost, just like Apple sped up iOS

Whether you have a Nexus smartphone, a Samsung phone, an HTC handset, a new Moto X from Motorola or any other Android powered device, there is tons of great functionality that Google has built into the core operating system beneath your vendor’s proprietary user interface. And despite the fact that you’ve undoubtedly spent plenty of time poking around, Android is so feature-rich that there are likely plenty of things you missed.

We could run through great hidden Android features for days, but Emily Price recently put together a nice quick list for Popular Mechanics that covers 10 awesome Android features you might not know about.

For example, did you know that you can configure your phone to send your ex boyfriend or girlfriend’s calls — or, anyone else’s calls, of course — straight to voicemail without the phone even ringing? Simply open a contact in the Contacts app, tap Edit, scroll down to “Additional info” and select “Send straight to voicemail.”

For less aggressive call screening, you can also create canned messages in the phone or call settings on your handset so you can swipe up on the screen when your phone rings and quickly send a text message letting the caller know you’re busy.

Shifting gears, did you know that your Android phone completely eliminates the need to carry any kind of USB flash drive? Just plug it into a computer with the supplied USB cable and select Media device (wording may vary by device) from the options that become accessible through the pop-up in your notification panel.

Next up, Price shares a great hidden shortcut in the Google Maps app that comes pre-installed on all Android phones from top global vendors.

Before you travel to an area with poor cell coverage, or if you just want to conserve data and avoid hitting your monthly cap, pull up the area where you’re headed and type “Ok Maps” in the search box. Google Maps will then download that portion of the map and store it so you can pull it up later without using any data.

And speaking of data, you can also set up alerts under Data Usage in your device’s settings to help ensure that you don’t go over your monthly allotment.

Could Multiple Sclerosis Begin in the Gut?

MS researchers are focusing on the content of the gut’s microbiome as a possible contributor to the body’s autoimmune attack on its nervous system
Oct 8, 2014
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an electrical disorder, or rather one of impaired myelin, a fatty, insulating substance that better allows electric current to bolt down our neurons and release the neurotransmitters that help run our bodies and brains. Researchers have speculated for some time that the myelin degradation seen in MS is due, at least in part, to autoimmune activity against the nervous system. Recent work presented at the MS Boston 2014 Meeting suggests that this aberrant immune response begins in the gut.
Eighty percent of the human immune system resides in the gastrointestinal tract. Alongside it are the trillions of symbiotic bacteria, fungi and other single-celled organisms that make up our guts’ microbiomes. Normally everyone wins: The microorganisms benefit from a home and a steady food supply; we enjoy the essential assistance they provide in various metabolic and digestive functions. Our microbiomes also help calibrate our immune systems, so our bodies recognize which co-inhabitants should be there and which should not. Yet mounting evidence suggests that when our resident biota are out of balance, they contribute to numerous diseases, including diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, autism and, it appears, MS by inciting rogue immune activity that can spread throughout the body and brain.
One study presented at the conference, out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), reported a single-celled organism called methanobrevibacteriaceae that activates the immune system is enriched in the gastrointestinal tracts of MS patients whereas bacteria that suppress immune activity are depleted. Other work, which resulted from a collaboration among 10 academic researcher centers across the U.S. and Canada, reported significantly altered gut flora in pediatric MS patients while a group of Japanese researchers found that yeast consumption reduced the chances of mice developing an MS-like disease by altering gut flora.
Sushrut Jangi, a staff physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston who co-authored the BWH study, thinks that regional dietary influences might even be at play. “The biomes of people living in different areas and who consume Western versus non-Western diets are demonstratively different,” he says. “People who emigrate from non-Western countries, including India, where MS rates are low, consequently develop a high risk of disease in the U.S. One idea to explain this is that the biome may shift from an Indian biome to an American biome,” although there is not yet data to support this theory.
The microbiome theory is gaining so much steam in academia that a coalition of four U.S. research centers called the MS Microbiome Consortium recently formed to investigate the role of gut microorganisms in the disease. The group presented data in Boston showing significantly different gastrointestinal bacterial populations in patients treated with the MS drug glatiramer acetate compared with untreated subjects. How exactly the drug suppresses MS activity is unknown but the findings suggest that perhaps it works in part by altering gut flora and, as a result, suppressing abnormal immune activity. “The gut is well-positioned for an important role in the development of autoimmune disease, including MS.,” says Ilana Katz Sand, an assistant professor of neurology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and member of the MS Microbiome Consortium. “But important questions remain, such as how MS medications affect the microbiome, how an individual’s microbiome may affect treatment responses, whether particular bacterial species are associated with more severe disease and ultimately whether we can manipulate the microbiome to benefit our patients.”
Katz Sand says that dietary and probiotic approaches to treating MS are worth pursuing, as is a less palatable approach: fecal transplantation. Yet answers in science and medicine are rarely simple, she added, pointing out that in all likelihood MS arises from a complicated confluence of genetic and environmental influences that might ultimately trigger autoimmune activity. Beyond just our gut flora well over 100 genetic variants—many related to immune function—are now known to contribute to the disease as are external factors including vitamin D deficiency (MS is more common at higher latitudes), smoking and increased salt intake.
Further confounding our ability to pinpoint root causes is that our genetic code influences how our bodies and brains respond to these external factors. It could be that both genes and environmental stimuli lead to pathologic microbiomes or that some unfortunate combination of these factors leads to a common autoimmunologic pathway that ravages myelin. “We know the microbiome shapes our immune system and that MS is an immune-mediated disease. We also know that genes influence our microbiomes and immune systems,” says David Hafler, professor of neurology and immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine who was at the conference but not involved in the microbiome work presented. But there must be nongenetic factors contributing to the disease, too, given that the incidences of MS and other autoimmune disorders are increasing.
“Maybe it’s a lot of little factors like low vitamin D, increased body mass index and increased salt intake,” Hafler says, “but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was one big thing, much like how H. pylori was found to cause ulcers. No one’s identified a clear bug that’s driving MS but I think it’s important we keep looking.”

Quotes

Everyone needs something or someone to believe in, but to survive in this world you must believe in YOURSELF first.

एशियाडमा नेपाललाई पहिलो पदक

इन्चोन एशियाडमा पहिलो पदक जितेको छ । कराँतेको महिला एकल कातामा विमला तामाङले सत्रौं एशियाडमा मुलुकलाई पहिलो पदक दिलाएकी हुन् । १३ दिनको प्रतिक्षापछि नेपालले यो पहिलो पदक प्राप्त गरेको हो ।

सेमिफाइनलमा भियतनामकी खेलाडी नाम गुयोनसंग पराजित भएपछि उनले काश्यपदक भिडन्त पक्का गरेकी थिइन् । सो स्पर्धामा उत्तर कोरियाली जुइ काङलाई ५-० ले पराजित गर्दै मुलुकलाई एशियाडबाट रित्तो हात घर फकिर्नबाट जोगाएकी छन् ।

विमला खेलाडी सूचीमा रहेको कुरा कोरियामा आएर मात्र थाहा भएको थियो । उनले पहिलो खेलमा पाकिस्तानी सोम कुललाई पराजित गर्दै सेमिफाइनलमा स्थान पक्का गरेकी थिइन् । सो स्पर्धामा उनले ४ का बिरुद्ध १ ले आफ्नो पक्षमा पारेकी थिइन् ।

प्रकाशित मिति: २०७१ आश्विन १६ ०३:०४

नेपालका लागि विमालाले जितिन् पहिलो पदक

इन्चोन- कोरियामा जारी १७औं एसियाली खेलकुदमा नेपालले पहिलो पदक जितेको छ। नेपालका लागि विमला तामाङले एकल कातामा कास्यपदक जितेकी हुन्। यो पदकसँगै नेपाली खेलाडी खाली हात नफर्किने भएका छन्।
कास्य पदकको लागि भएको खेलमा बिहीबार उनले दक्षिण कोरियाकी ज्यु काङलाई ५-० ले हराउँदै कास्य पदक जितेकी हुन्।
यसअघि १६औं एसियाली खेलकुदमा नेपालका लागि दीपक मर्हजनले पदक जितेका थिए।

कलर्सको पर्ल ब्ल्याक के ११

कलर्सको पर्ल ब्ल्याक के ११
काठमाडौं– कलर्स मोबाइको अधिकारिक बिक्रेता टेलिटक नेपालप्रालिले कलर्स पर्ल ब्ल्याक के ११ बजारमाल्याएको छ। मोबाइलमाविभिन्नविशेषतासहितओटिसज सिस्टम रहेको कम्पनीले जनाएको छ। कम्पनीकाअनुसार सिस्टमबाट पेन ड्राइभको डकुमेन्टहरु, ल्यापटप र कम्प्युटर प्रयोग बिना प्रिन्ट गर्नका साथै पेन ड्राइभ फोनमै छिराउन सकिन्छ।

मोबाइलमा रहेको ५ वटा सर्टकट जेस्चरमार्फत फोन अफभएपनि डाइरेक्ट क्यामेरा, मेसेज, वेब ब्राउजर, डाइल प्याड र इमेल प्रयोग गर्न सकिन्छ। यसमा रहेको कास्ट प्राविधिलेके ११ बाट खिचिएको भिडियो वाइफाइबाट सिधै स्मार्ट टिभीमा हेर्न सकिने कम्पनीले जानकारी दिएको छ । ५ इन्चको क्युएचडी डस्ट रेजिस्टेन्ट स्त्रि्कन, १.३ जिएचजेड क्वाड कोर प्रोसेसर, ८ जिबी रोम र १ जिबि र्‍यामयस फोनकाअन्यविशेषताहुन्। प्राविधिकग्याजेट प्रयोग गर्न रुचाउने उपभोक्ताकालागि यो मोडल प्रिमियम सेट साबित हुने कम्पनीको विश्वास छ। यस फोनमाएक वर्ष र यसको ब्याट्रीमा ६ महिनाको वारेन्टीरहेको छ।

Great Peoples

- खलासीको काम गर्दा गर्दै
रजनीकान्त
सुपरस्टार बने ।
- ड्राइभरको काम गर्दा गर्दै
एल्विस
प्रिस्ले विख्यात गायक बने ।
- कवाडीको काम गर्दा गर्दै स्टिभ
जब्स्
एप्पलका मालिक बने ।
- वेटरको काम गर्दा गर्दै लियोनेल
मेस्सी धनी फुटवल प्लेयर बने ।
- सानैमा चोरी गर्दै हिड्ने
विकाशानन्द
धार्मिक गुरू बने ।
- साग बेच्दै हिड्ने थोमस एडिसन
वैज्ञानिक
बने ।
- सात कक्षा फेल रामकृष्ण ढकाल
चर्चीत
गायक बने ।
- भिख माग्ने चार्ली च्याप्लिन
नामी हास्य कलाकार बने ।
- चिया बेच्ने
मोदी भारतका प्रधानमन्त्री बने ।
- दुई सय
रूपिया बोकि निस्केका पुष्कर
शाहले विश्व घुमे ।
- कलेज छोडेका विल गेट्स विश्वकै
धनी व्यक्ति बने ।
- कलेजकै औसत विद्यार्थी मार्क
जुकरबर्ग
फेसवुकका मालिक बने ।
- सात पटक एसएलसी फेल रविन्द्रनाथ
टैगोर विश्वकवी बने ।
- लहै लहैमा गित गाउदा गाउदै अमृत
गुरूङ
नामी गायक बने ।
- लम्बु भनेर होच्याइएका अमिताभ
बच्चन
महानायक बने ।
- मुम्बइ हेर्छु भनी ट्याक्सी चढेर
आएका शाहरूख खान किङ खान बने ।
- घरेलु नोकर म्याक्सिम
गोर्की महान् लेखक
बने ।
- पेट्रोल पम्पमा काम गर्ने धिरूभाई
अम्बानी भारतकै धनाढ्य बने ।
- खुट्टाले लेखेरै झमक घिमिरेले मदन
पुरस्कार
जितिन ।
- अन्धो हुदाँहुदै होमरले इलियड र
ओडेसी जस्ता महाकाव्य लेखे ।
- कुँजो स्टिफन हकिङले व्ल्याक
होलको रहस्य खोले ।
- कुनैबेला तुना-चप्पल र जाँगे लगाइ
हिड्ने
बाबुराम भट्टराई
नेपालको प्रधानमन्त्री बने ।
- गरिबीले थिचिएका मोजर्ट संसारकै
नामी संगीतकार बने ।
- SLC पास रेखा थापा चर्चित
नायिका बनिन् ।
- तिन पटक SLC फेल हिरवंश आचार्य
नामी कलाकार बने ।
- पुस्तक पसलमा कामगर्ने माइकल
फराडे
वैज्ञानिक बने ।
- कलेज छोडेर
हिडेका लियो टोल्सटोय टप
टेन साहित्यकार बने ।
- स्कूलको मुख नदेखेका जोन डी रकेफेलर
विश्वकै धनी बने ।
- झण्डै दुइ सय डलर गोजीमा हालेर
अमेरिका छिरेका ब्रुस ली मार्सल
आर्टका गरू बने ।
- थर्ड डिभिजनमा SLC पास
गरेका महात्मा गान्धी विश्व
नेता बने ।
- तिन डलर बोकेर
विजनेसमा छिरेका एड्रयु
कारनेगी धनाढ्य बन्न सके ।
- हल्लिदै हिड्ने एडोल्फ हिट्लर
जर्मनीको शासक बने ।
- दाउरेको छोरा अब्राहम लिंकन
अमेरिकाको राष्ट्पती बने ।
- कुनैबेलाका सैनिक विन्स्टन चर्चिल
बेलायतका प्रधानमन्त्री बने ।
- मन्दबुद्धीको भनिएका अल्बर्ट
आइन्स्टाइन संसारकै जिनियस
वैज्ञानिक बने