बराक ओबामा संयुक्त राज्य अमेरीकाको राष्ट्रपतीमा बिजयी

ओबामा * 338
मेक केन * 163
(*जितेको या अग्रता हासिल गरेको)
538 जम्मा इलेक्टोर भोटमा राष्ट्रपती बन्न 270 इलेक्टोर भोट ल्याउनु पर्नेहुन्छ ।

- बराक ओबामा संयुक्त राज्य अमेरीकाको राष्ट्रपती ४४औं हुने पक्का तथा उनका प्रतीपक्षी जन मेककेनले उनलाइ फोनबाट वधाइ ज्ञापन ।
- बर्तमान राष्ट्रपती जर्ज बुसद्वारा बराक ओबामालाइ बधाइ तथा वाइट हाउसमा स्वागत।
- बराक ओबामाद्वारा सिकागोमा बिजयी भाषण
विश्वकै शक्तीसाली राष्ट्र अमेरीकामा चुनाबी गर्मी उत्कर्रसतमा पुगेको छ। नेपालमा हुंदा आफू यता, त्यसै भोट हाल्न पाइएन, आफू नेपाली नागरीक भएकोले याहा पनि भोट हाल्न पाइएन तर चुनाबी प्रक्रीया भने निकै नजिक बाट हेरें। चुनाबको पहिलो परिणाममा ओबामाले खाता खोलेका छन। New Hampshireको सानो गाउं Dixville Notch मा २१ भोटर छन जसमा १५ भोट ओबामाले पाए बने ६ भोट मेक केन ले पाए। त्यहा अघिल्लो पटक जर्ज बुसले जितेका थिए। पोलबाट ओबामाले जित्छन भने पनि भोट बाट अब ओबामाले जित्ने छनक देखिएको थियो।

पोलले २००४मा जन क्यारीले जित्छन भनेको थियो तर जित जर्ज बुसले। त्यसैले यस पटक सबै समाचार एजेन्सीले बढो साबधानी पुर्बक पोल बटुलेका थिए। चुनाबको नतिजा जे आए पनि इतिहास रचीने भएको छ। ओबामाले जिते सबै भन्दा कान्छो तथा प्रथम काला राष्ट्रपती बन्ने छन भने मेक केनले जिते प्रथम पटक जित्ने सबै भन्दा बुढा राष्ट्रपती बन्ने छन भने सेरा पेलीन पहिलो महिला उपराष्ट्रपती बन्नेछिन। चुनाबी मतगणना हेर्नेहो भने ओबामाले राष्रपतीको छाता ओड्ने पक्का छ।

United States को केही ऐतिहासकि तथ्य
- सन 1789 मा पहिलो राष्ट्रपती निर्वाचन ( सबै निर्बिरोध निर्बाचित)
- सन 1865 मा काला जातीले भोटहाल्ने अधिकार पाएका
- सन 1920 मा महिलाले भोटहाल्ने अधिकार पाएका
- भोट हाल्ने उमेर 18 बर्ष या माथी
- राष्ट्रपती उमेदवार हुने उमेर 35 बर्ष या माथी

Halloween and Ryan

By Himal_Paari

"Why do you guys celebrate Halloween?" I asked this question to Ryan while he was driving his car and I was at the passenger seat right next to him. He looked at my face for a second and started looking at the road while he was driving. Halloween.........let me think why do we celebrate it........he mumbled for a while trying to remember as if he knew the answer and then replied back to me, I seriously do not know why we celebrate Halloween. It was Thursday before last Thursday that I asked this question to him while I was taking ride with him after work to take a Solid Works class. He is a very fun guy who likes to talk. He was saying me that he and his girlfriend were preparing costume to wear on the night of Halloween to participate in dance competitions organized by local bars at Rice Lake.

This question suddenly came out of my mouth as if I wanted to know how much a typical American guy knows about the reason behind celebrating his festival.

It was last Thursday when I was again taking ride with him after work for the class. He said me, "I asked to a group of people in lunch-room today the question you asked me". "What question?" I turned towards him with a little surprise. "The question about Halloween, and you know what, nobody knew why we celebrate Halloween." I saw a big smile on his face as if he has just conquered an Everest and he was saying me, "see, I am not the only guy who does not know it."

"Me and my girlfriend won the Halloween costume contest last Friday in the bar", Ryan shouted from his cubicle this morning. I looked towards his cubicle with big smile on my face with an exclamatory remarks, ........"r..e..a..l..l..y?" Yes! he nodded his head with a pride in his face. Jack peeked from his cubicle with his usual laughing style and asked Ryan, "Did ....you...? What did you win?" We won sixty-bucks and finished it within ten minutes buying drink for ourselves and for friends, Ryan replied. I remember that Ryan was telling me that he won the costume-contest last year too. Congratulations Ryan, you won it this year too. Even though you do not know the reason behind celebrating the Halloween, you are following your tradition. Congratulations Ryan for following your tradition and for winning the contest!!