The second Miss Purwanchal, 2011 (Miss Eastern), going to be held in Dharan, has a total of 25 participants. The final of the beauty contest will be organized on July 9, 2011 (Ashad 25, Saturday) in the Dharan Shabhagriha.
Author: Anand Nepal
5 reasons the new Cybercafe ID requirement rule will fail
The record should include:
- Identification card (Nepali), or Passport (foreigners)
- Name address
- Entry time
- Duration of Internet surfing
- The computer used
Let’s analyze why it won’t work:
1. Privacy – opens a black market to sell personal information
The record is very
valuable information. If every cybercaf̩ start collecting such information, like Name, address, internet surfing habits, this data will be very useful to marketers and criminals. If that information goes to wrong hands, the details can be used for criminal activities like Рblackmailing, abducting etc.
The cybercafe can sell such personal information to make easy cash.
2. Criminals don’t need to record everything
Suppose I am a cyber criminal. I will go to one of the cybercafe and make a deal, to pay Rs. 100 per hour (if regular price is Rs. 20 per hour) if they don’t record my personal information. The guy will make eno
ugh profit to bribe any police officer if they happen to find about the incident.
3. Software and logistics
I am sure the government will not provide the software and other logistics to record such details. The owner of cybercafe will need to invest extra in hardware and manpower. The extra cost doesn’t motivate the owners to keep the record. Most of them will try to fake the record.
4. Tax – Cyber cafe can’t evade tax
If everybody record the exact statistics of their visitors, they might need to pay tax, which otherwise they won’t pay. How can the government expect the cybercafé owners to let the axe fa
ll on their own feet?
5. Other reasons
The government doesn’t know how to deal with internet. They have failed to control VOIP and sex websites. This is another example of short-slightness of our government.
Yes, there are a lot of of other reasons the new regulation won’t work. Please comment what you think in the comment section. (Photos collected from various online sources)
Here are some of the posts I had written about Nepal Government’s previous unsuccessful attempts to block websites:
- Blocked sites in Nepal – Analysis of remaining websites in the list
- Nepali ‘Ban-List’ is a promotion list – please add xnepali.net in it!
- Internet black-list updated – 56 sites in the new list
- Blogspot blogs, Huffingtonpost, SFSI among blocked websites in Nepal
- 60 P0rn sites blocked in Nepal
- After two months of ban on Explicit websites, the govt. couldn’t implement it
- 5 VOIP sites blocked in Nepal
- Explicit websites blocked in Nepal
Gurkha – The Queen awarded bravery medal to Dipprasad Pun
Corporal Dip Prasad Pun who defeated more than 30 Taliban fighters, alone was awarded the bravery medal by the Queen.
During an Investiture Ceremony Buckingham Palace, the Queen honored the 31-year-old Gurkha soldier with the medal.
The Britain’s second highest medal for bravery was announced in March for the bravery Dip Prasad showed during a September 17, 2010 militants on a checkpoint near Babaji, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. At that time, Pun had fired more than 400 rounds of bullets, detonated a mine, and launched 17 g
renades in about fifteen minutes of intense fight.
Congratulation Dip Prasad Pun!
Gurkha Bravery:
- Previous posts: Gurkha solider gets Britain’s second highest medal for bravery
- A similar bravery of Indian army Gurkha – A Gurkha soldier, who fought 30 train robbers
TaTa Nano in Nepal for Nano Yatra campaign
The car considered to be the cheapest in the world, Nano, will be available for purchase in Nepal after two months. Sipradi Trading, the authorized distributor of Tata vehicles in Nepal, unveiled the two Nano cars to be used for Nano Yatra Nepal campaign.
In the 35 days Nano Yatra Nepal campaign, the car will be driven an approximate length of 10,000 km covering different parts of Nepal. After the completion of the first campaign, another campaign is planned to complete 35,000 km covering almost every parts of the country.
Sipradi is planning to sell three variants of the car – Nano, Nano CX and Nano LX. Nano, the basic model, and Nano LX, the luxury model,
will be available in three colors, and the intermediate model, Nano CX, will be available in five colors.
Features available in the three models are:
| Nano | digital fuel gauge, front room lamp, integrated front seat headrest, sun-visor, driver seat with slider and recliner, front assist grips, fuel indicator lamps, temperature buzzer, and rear seat belts |
| Nano CX | (All above)+ cooling system, integrated rear seat head rest, co-driver seat with slider and recliner, rear assist grip and booster assisted brakes |
| Nano LX | (All above)+ body colored bumpers and door handles, front fog lamps, rear fog lamps, in strument cluster with trip meter, power windows, cup holder and central lock with key |
Although the retail price of the car is not fixed, the 4 seats model is expected to cost between Rs. 8 lakh to 12 lakh (Is that cheap?).
London protest held successfully
The voices of Nepali all over the world is being heard, thanks to the recent development in communication and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
A group of Nepali youths in UK organized the protest event in front of the Embassy of Nepal in London to demand the timely constitution and co-operation from the Government. The protest event comprising of about 100 people started at 12pm midday. The protestors chanted slogan, recited poetry, sang songs , gave speech and handed over a letter to the Ambassador of Nepal for UK, to be delivered to speaker of CA.
The protest program ended at 2.15PM when Miss UK Nepal 2010, Nabina Gurung, and bloggers, Lex Limbu and Pradeep Kumar Singh went in the Embassy to handed over a letter and a petition signed by hundreds of participants. The petition demanded the government to draft constitution on time and move ahead for peace and political stability in the country and the letter to the Speaker of CA conveyed the similar message. The Nepali Ambassador to the UK, Dr. Suresh Chandra Chalise, promised to deliver the letter to the speaker of CA. The meeting lasted for about 20 minutes.
More photos from the event (Photo source – Nepali Unites UK)
12 Characteristics of a Blogger
That is confusing. Before defining a blogger, let me write down the 12 characteristics of a blogger (I know there are others, please add more in comment):
- A blogger is a person. It can be you, me, or a random guy on the street.
- A blogger today might not be a blogger tomorrow
- A blogger today mightn’t have been a blogger yesterday
- Every journalist can be a blogger but every blogger can’t be a journalist
- A blogger might seem to know nothing
- A blogger might not have a name or an address or a contact number
- A blogger might be a team of bloggers (there is no way to know)
- A blogger usually have a second job to pay for living (Journalists usually don’t)
- A blogger can survive without a single reader (sustainability can be questioned)
- A blogger can write a post every day, or every week, or every month, or every year. It might also be one post in the life-time.
- Most of the bloggers say they post blog posts for fun (are you serious?).
A blogger might seem to know everything
For these reasons, most of the blogs go unnoticed, un-managed, and too personal for most to even care for.
Now, let’s seek the definitions of a blogger:
- Dictionary.com says a blogger is – "a person who keeps and updates a blog."
- A blog is – a website or part of website which, "A frequent, chr
onological publication of personal thoughts and Web links."
Can such a creature be confined in an organization? Can any organization have an authority over such a random creature as a blogger?
The biggest question is can somebody’s "personal thoughts" be regulated? It probably can’t. That might be the reason Tim O’Reilly’a proposed seven code of conducts don’t mention the word ‘Ethics’ in them!
- Take responsibility not just for your own words, but for the comments you allow on your blog.
- Label your tolerance level for abusive comments.
- Consider eliminating anonymous comments.
- Ignore the trolls.
- Take the conversation offline, and talk directly, or find an intermediary who can do so.
- If you know someone who is behaving badly, tell them so.
- Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t say in person.
Reference:
- Tweetdebate – Is blogger a journalist?
- Ujjwal – Code of ethics for bloggers
- Tim O’Reilly’a proposed seven code of conducts
- Wikipedia on blog
Real Juice – worm found again
After much media cover on the problem with Dabur’s Real Juice in the past, reports of such inedible materials in the juice had stopped for some time. But, it seems they still haven’t rectified the problem. A user in Jhapa found dust and worm in Dabur Real Mango Nectar sold in Sony Kirana Pasal in Damak 11 (Near, Himsikhar TV). The expiry date of the juice was however two month earlier.
It is not clear if the problem occurred because of the expired product or it was tainted in the factory. Whatever may be the case, the government should take proper steps to investigate the issue and discourage the shopkeepers from selling expired pro
ducts.
32 hours on Mt Everest and meditation for world peace
Rai has broken the previous record of Babu Chhiri Sherpa who had made the world record by staying on the summit for 21 hours and 30 minutes in 1999. The freezing cold on the top can cause severe frostbite and swelling in the brain, that can even cause death to the less enduring climbers. It was told that in that 32 hours Rai had used oxygen only for 11 hours.
Bhakta Kumar Rai is told to have achieved ‘Supreme Master Godangel’ wh
en he was 18 years old. His followers in countries like Nepal, India, Hong Kong, Britain and Malaysia regard him as a messenger of God to earth to spread peace and eradicate poverty.
The news update of the Heavenly Path website says:
Heavenly Path would like to informed you all that Supreme Master Godangel has been arrived at Base Camp in 6 hrs 20 minutes leaving behind all the Sherpas after 32 hrs of Prayer, Meditation and Request for the World at the Top of the World…
Mr. Machhapuchre 2068 – Body Building Competition in Pokhara
First Mr. Machhapuchre body building competition was held in Pokhara City Hall on 14 May, 2011. In the event, participants from different districts like Tanahun, Palpa, Kapilbastu, Baglung, Rupandehi, and Kaski participated to win the First Mr. Machhapuchre 2068.
Here are some of the highlights of the event:
Mrs. Nepal 2011 is Rojina Gurung
The beauty contest of the married women, Mrs. Nepal 2011 was held in the Army Club Kathmandu on Saturday, May 21, 2011. In the event, Rojina Gurung was awarded the crown of Mrs. Nepal 2011.
A total of 22 married women
in the age range of 18 to 40 years, from all over Nepal, had participated in the eve nt was organized by E-planet.
Miss Nepal 2005, sugarika KC was the trainer and choreographer of the participant who took the regular trainings and grooming class from from 26 April.
European Level Single Nepalese Dance Competition 2011 held in Netherlands
Participants from seven different countries were present in the competition held in Overtoom 141, 1054 HG, Amsterdam.
Apa Sherpa's 21st Mt. Everest ascent breaks his own record
Apa reached the top of the world at 9:15 in the morning of May 11, 2011. The 51 year-old Sherpa was one of the team of four Nepali, a Swiss national, and and an American national in the climbing.
The historical data of his Mt. Everest climbing started in 1990 and he has been climbing the peak almost every years, with twice in 1992 and pauses in 1996, 1977, 1998 and 2001. Although, he announced retirement after his 12th summit in 2002, he couldn’t help himself and was on the top next year. The dates of his climbs are:
- May 10, 1990
- May 8, 1991
- May 12, 1992
- October 7, 1992
- May 10, 1993
- October 10, 1994
- May 15, 1995
- October 26, 1999
- May 20, 1998
- May 26, 1999 (Start of World Record feat … and continues breaking his own recrods)
- May 24, 2000
- May 16, 2002
- May 26, 2003
- May 17, 2004
- May 31, 2005
- May 19, 2006
- May 16, 2007
- May 22, 2008
- May 21, 2009
- May 21, 2010
- May 11, 2011
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Photography Tips – Burger
We are starting weekly photography tips in which we post a photo and explain how the photograph is taken and what are the specifications of the camera and other details. If you have question regarding the photo, please post your comment in the comment box at the end of the post.
Today’s photo was taken for a magazine based in Amman at Cafe Burger. In the photo posted below, only the burger is in focus whereas the background and french-fries are blurred. Read below the photo to know how Alankar Rai took the photo:
C
amera – This photo was shot by Nikon 3000 using a 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 VR lens kit.
Location – Cafe Burger, Amman. Sunlight is coming from the left side of the window.
To take such photos usually the aperture is opened as wide as possible. Alankar shot it in RAW Format. To enhance the appearance, touch-up was done in Adobe Lightroom 3.0 (Windows) .
Please comment if you have any question.
82 year old Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay's died on his way to climb Mt. Everest
According to report, Upadhaya died at around 5 and 6 PM of May 9, 2011. The dead body will be brought back by a 17 member mountering team lead by Dawa Steven Sherpa.
xNepali team offers heartily condolence to the family of the brave-hearted Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay and we wish his soul rest in peace.
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When no leaders could lead – protest goes digital with Facebook
Leaders need to lead people for their betterment. But in Nepal, the term ‘leader’ itself is redefined as a person who talks big, deceives public, runs after a post, and earns him/herself a fortune in a record time.
When leaders forgot to lead, people start to fight for themselves. Nepali users of Facebook and Twitter organized a leaderless strike in an effort to pressure the political leaders in doing the job they were elected for, to write the constitution in Maitighar, Kathmandu.
Some photos of the event (photo credits – Nagariknews and NepalDiary)
One of the participants read satirical poem that shows the frustration of Nepali youth against the failure of the political leaders to lead the country. The poetic representation of “the current state of ethical bankruptcy among Nepal’s top politicians” is simply hilarious.
Some more photos (credits – Nepaldiary)
UPDATE – Another video
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