First time I see this ...

Does evil exist?

The University professor challenged his students with this question.
"Did God create everything that exists?"
A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!"

"God created everything?" The professor asked.
"Yes sir", the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are, then God is evil."

The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question professor?"

"Of course", replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?" The students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460? F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have already said. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil dies not exist sir, or at least is does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

The young man's name -- Albert Einstein


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For the whole Nepalese: Machine-Readable Passports by 2010

Machine-Readable Passports by 2010

BY KOSH RAJ KOIRALA

KATHMANDU, Aug 12 - As per a commitment made to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) three years ago, Nepal is all set to introduce Machine-Readable Passports (MRP) by 2010.
Officials said the Home Ministry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Finance are working jointly to implement the plan. The primary objective of the MRP is to minimize delay in border crossing formalities and safeguard international civil aviation operations against unlawful interference.
The introduction of MRP is expected to help control various forms of international crime including human trafficking and also enhance the credibility of the passports.
A joint team formed by the government to conduct a detailed study on MRP is to submit  final recommendations to MoFA after completing study visits to various countries including Thailand and India. MRP is already in full-fledged implementation in both those countries.
Under Secretary Lekh Nath Pokharel at the Home Ministry said they are now all set to submit final recommendations to MoFA after preparing the necessary security features to be incorporated into the passports. The study is primarily
focused on data collection, data verification, machine-readable passport production and distribution.
In July 2005, all 188 ICAO contracting states including Nepal had agreed to begin issuing ICAO-standard MRPs no later than April 10, 2010. A specialized agency of the UN, ICAO sets standards and regulations for aviation safety, security, efficiency and regularity, as well as for aviation environmental protection.
The ICAO-standard passports are readily recognized by officials at security, immigration and customs checkpoints and by embassies and consulates worldwide, making it more convenient for an individual to obtain visas for travel and to get clearance at airports.
All data contained in the MRP is encoded in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) format and the passports have a special Machine-Readable Passport Zone, which is usually at the end of the document. It spans two lines. Each line is 44 characters long and contains the holder's basic personal details, e.g. name, date of birth, nationality, profession and passport number as in the older passports.
While the government is to stop issuing ordinary passports completely by 2010, all those possessing ordinary passports also need to acquire the MRP by 2013 as ICAO will not recognize forms of passport other than MRP or the biometrically enabled version known as e-passport, said officials at the Home Ministry.
Currently, Nepali passports are issued from all 75 district administration offices, MoFA in Kathmandu and 21 Nepali diplomatic missions abroad.
As per the norm set by ICAO, the MRP is supposed to be issued from a single place in a country. "We are, however, mulling an arrangement for distributing such passports at least at regional level in view of the difficulties that one would have to undergo for acquiring such passports," said Pokharel, who is also a member of the study team.
He informed that it would not be very expensive to install MRP issuing machines. "We have come to learn that one such machine costs around $15,000," he added. "The total cost of production for each MRP would be around $2."

Officials said the government has to bear additional financial costs for bringing MRP into full-fledged implementation as it requires installing of at least two Optical Character Recognition Machines (OCRMs) to read MRPs at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and at least one each at eight other entry points into Nepal.

Posted on: 2008-08-11 20:26:44 (Server Time)

Vishnu Pyakurel

What's a mixed feeling?

~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. What's a mixed feeling? A. When you see your mother-in-law backing off a cliff in your new car. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q What's the height of conceit? A. Having an orgasm and calling out your own name. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. What's the definition of macho? A. Jogging home from your vasectomy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. What's the difference between a G-Spot and a golf ball? A. A guy will actually search for a golf ball ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. Do you know how New Zealanders practice safe sex? A. They spray paint X's on the back of the sheep that kick! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q.Why is divorce so expensive? A. Because it's worth it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. What is a Yankee? A. The same as a quickie, but a guy can do it alone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. What do Tupperware and a walrus have in common? A. They both like a tight seal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. What do a Christmas tree and a priest have in common? A. Their balls are just for decoration. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q.What is the difference between 'ooooooh'and 'aaaaaaah'? A. About three inches. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q: What's the difference between purple and pink? A. The grip. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. How do you find a blind man in a nudist colony? A. It's not hard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q: How do you circumcise a hillbilly? A: Kick his sister in the jaw. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q: What's the difference between a girlfriend and a wife? A: 45 pounds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q: What's the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? A: 45 minutes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q: Why do men find it difficult to make eye contact? A: Breasts don't have eyes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q: If the dove is the bird of peace, what is the bird of true love? A. The swallow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q: What is the difference between medium and rare? A: Six inches is medium, eight inches is rare. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. Why do women rub their eyes when they get up in the morning? A .. They don't have balls to scratch! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ OH, don't groan. You know darn well you're going to send this on to somebody Live well, laugh hard, & love deeply!!!

गीत

बिमल गिरी, 'गीत' कस्तो सम्योग जुरो आज भेटभो तिमीसँग दुई आँखाको मिलनसङै मन भयो उमङग पिडादयी नहोस् यात्रा गन्तब्यमा पुग्नलाई जिबन हाम्रो बिम्ब बनोस जुन ताराले थाहानपाई साझ बिहान मुस्काइरहु सधैं तिमीसँग दुई आँखाको मिलनसङै मन भयो उमङग मुहार भरी अचम्मको चमक छायो आज खुशी फुल्यो चारैतिर बिह्वल भयो लाज जोसजागर झुल्क्यो मनमा भेट भयो तिमीसँग दुई आँखाको मिलन सँगइ मन भयो उमङग  चारपाने झापा, (अनेसास) बेल्जियम च्याप्टर ।

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