Landing a C-130 on board an aircraft carrier

"Landing a C-130 on board an aircraft carrier"

Has a nice ring to it, but you have to have your ears ringing to understand this. For those of you little initiated in matters of various aircrafts and their carriers, following few paragraphs are for you (ahhh here comes Jack my friend, just let me attend to him)...

... now that Jack is well settled in the warmth of my tummy with some remnants still in the goblet sitting firm at my desk, looking at me from the corners of his eye, landing this C-130 is going to be even more fun!

The C-130 is 30 meters long, has a wing span of about 41 meters, she is relatively light on an empty tank, weighing in at about 35 tonnes and has a payload of about 19 tonnes. She is nicely tall standing about 40 feet and can easily travel three thousand kilometers.

That is big plane... no wonder folks beyond the seas have christened her "Hercules", not a very apt name for a woman. Baah! what do I care, I never call her Hercules anyway, for me she is the C-130...

Now back to landing her ;-)

to be continued... Jack is feeling lonely, he needs some company

MaHa (Madan Krishna Shrestha and Haribansha Acharya) speak out against discrimination and untouchability

Famous Nepali television personalities Madan Krishna Shrestha and Haribansha Acharaya stating the fact that caste-based discrimination and untouchability practices are serious crimes and urge everyone for their commitment to end such practices.

A 30-second television public service announcement (PSA), part of the 100 day campaign against caste discrimination and untouchability.

100 day campaign against caste discrimination and untouchability

Despite national legal standards and international obligations, caste discrimination and untouchability practices are still prevalent in Nepal, particularly in rural parts of the country.

To widely disseminate the content of the recently promulgated Caste-based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offence and Punishment) Act 2068 to ensure its effective implementation, the United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal) and the National Dalit Commission have jointly launched this campaign.

On 16th September, the President of Nepal officially inaugurated the launch of the campaign and over a 100 participants, including Government representatives, Human Rights Defenders and media personalities, took part in the campaign's first National Consultation programme organized later in the day.

The ultimate goal is to ensure that victims as well as their family members are able to invoke the rule of law in order to access justice. A culture of accountability must replace the present culture of impunity in Nepal.

To pledge your commitment to end practices of caste discrimination and untouchability, visit the campaign website: http://www.100daysagainstcastediscrimination.com and make your mark today!

Globetrotting mice!

Often minuscule little creatures of nature, associated with both that is good as well as that is not so good.

Back in the days of old, when streets were not paved with gold and stories were frequently told that of the more mightier ones of the rodent family were quite bold!

STOP! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A WRITE UP ABOUT GLOBETROTTING MICE - NOT MY ATTEMPTS TO QUALIFY AS A KINDERGARTEN POET!

Anyway, got up this morning, brought in the newspaper, at the first glance, I was convinced that the newspaper guy goofed up today, brought yesterday's paper again, but it was not the case, paper was different, yesterday's read "September 6", today's "September 7". The cartoon was different as well, and so was the headline, albeit too similar!

One mouse tried to travel from Kathmandu to Hong Kong, alas it was caught and killed, or was it the same one? In HK, a second mouse was found, not caught - not killed (I hope it can escape) made it's way there. Does it have a visa? I hope so...

Good going my globe-trotting little creation of nature!



FYI, the newspaper articles:

• Mouse on board delays NAC flight 11 hrs, http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=35612
• Mouse grounds NAC Boeing again, in HK, http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=35686

Smoker's headache (medical condition)

NOTE: I AM NOT A DOCTOR, PHYSICIAN OR SOMEONE WHO IS EVEN REMOTELY RELATED TO MEDICINE.

The information presented below is just a simple search on Google. The reason I make this post is because many people stumbled upon this blog post [http://himalayanbullet.blogspot.com/2007/07/smokers-headache-modified.html], on searching for "Smokers headache"

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1. Headache Triggers and Smoking
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2. Puff, Puff, Puff — Throb, Throb, Throb
   Smoking and Headaches: Another Reason To Quit
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3. Smokers Have More Migraine Attacks
   http://www.elements4health.com/smokers-have-more-migraine-attacks.html