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LINKS in association with www.SikhStudent.Org, www.Sridasmesh.Com & www.Mus1k.Com present....

The Journey Begins....

Part 3 of the Keep On Walking seminar series.

WHO: Cpt Sukhdev Singh, Jathedaar of Sri Dasmesh Jatha, Malaysia

WHEN: 21st - 27th August, 2005

WHERE: Sikh Student Camp (http://www.sikhstudent.org/)

If you've been to the first two seminars... well that was just a taster. Now it gets serious.

For those of you that didnt, this is ONE camp you definitely want to make.

Sukhdev Singh will be with us for the WHOLE week.

So come join us for a week that could change your life.

Apply NOW online at http://www.sikhstudent.org/

Sikh Student Camp: 21st -27th August is a week of pure bliss with sports, activities, langar,love, kirtaan, meditation and discussions, See 4 yourself DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO NOW !! http://www.sikhstudent.org/

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it was on the radio 2nite as well.. 2 funny!!

UNITED SIKHS Calls on Sikhs to Join the "Make Poverty History" Campaign

UNITED SIKHS, the only Sikh partner of the Make Poverty History (MPH) coalition, is calling on Sikhs to join an estimated 1 million supporters for the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh on 2nd July 2005. Students and supporters representing the Sikh community from Glasgow, Edinburgh and across the UK, will join UNITED SIKHS representatives, thirty Sikh London-based university students, to provide an essential community support for this national and international campaign. www.makepovertyhistory.org for more details on the march and other events including a 'Live 8' concert taking place in the UK and throughout the world. The rally starts at 11am and supporters are encouraged to wear white. By mid afternoon, supporters will have circled Edinburgh city centre and a white circle will be visible (due to supporter's clothing).

The march is being held to demand that the G8, a coalition of the world's most powerful countries who are meeting in Scotland next week, help eradicate poverty by making trade fair for poor countries and producers, dropping the un-payable debts of the poorest nations, and increasing aid and ensuring it is better used.

The MPH (www.makepovertyhistory.org) coalition is a group of individuals and organisations that aims to change international policies to help people escape from poverty, while creating greater numbers of educated and committed development activists among the public. UNITED SIKHS' role in the coalition is to educate minorities, specifically those with South Asian heritage, about poverty issues. This is especially poignant because of many poor people in states such as Panjab, who are often overlooked by various development agencies and funds.

As part of the MPH campaign, UNITED SIKHS is planning a pilot project in Panjab called "Adopt a Village". After further researching the current shortlist of poor villages in Panjab, UNITED SIKHS will highlight the needs of the villagers and work to eradicate the poverty that exists. Such villages exist in unfortunate abundance in the region due to organisations such as the UK Department for International Development not allocating funds for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working in Panjab, due to a misguided belief that the region is 'not poor'. The "Adopt a Village" pilot project aims to shatter this myth, highlight the poverty, and show how it can be effectively tackled," says Meerat Kaur, Director of UNITED SIKHS' International Civil and Human Rights Advocacy Directorate, who is leading the project.

According to studies carried out by Inderjeet Singh Jaijee, the Convenor of the Movement Against State Repression, 75% of Panjab farmers live below the Indian national poverty line, but this information is not acknowledged by national statistics and is being artificially suppressed. The global call for "Justice not Charity" which is an integral part of the MPH campaign, is therefore very relevant to South Asia, as it is essential to tackle the extreme poverty by actually acknowledging it exists, and carrying out further research in this region.

In his letter to the Prime Minister of India, Mr Jaijee wrote "An important fact to consider is that 94 per cent of all the state's farmers work small or marginal holdings. According to the former chief minister of Punjab, their average daily earning is Rs 39 (50p) as against the minimum wage of Rs 69. Given the current level of input costs, crop prices, and credit conditions, these farmers are doomed to a hand-to-mouth existence at best. It is time to rethink what constitutes poverty and the poverty line."

The poverty in Panjab is especially apparent in villages where there is no presence of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). NRIs tend to directly and indirectly support their villages, but the villages that are more reminiscent of those seen in poor parts of Africa are those with no NRI connections. These villages have incredibly high suicide rates among farmers and labourers who despair because they are struggling to earn enough for themselves and their families. Until such facts are acknowledged and tackled, justice will continue to be denied to the poor in Punjab.

For further information, or if you can help, please contact ichra@unitedsikhs.org

PLEASE JOIN IN THE MARCH ON 2ND JULY 2005 IN EDINBURGH!!

if your going plz post!!

Has anyone read the book:

"The Ideal Man.

The concept of Guru Gobind Singh the tenth prophet of the Sikhs."

Supposedly it was quite controversial in its day..

i just heard hearsay about it..

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nice.

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Notes on the main speaker:

Lord Salisbury is a member of the Cecil family, one of the oldest and most powerful oligarchical families in Britain. His father was a British colonial secretary in World War II, as well as serving as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords. His great-grandfather was the British prime minister and foreign minister at the turn of the 19th century; and helped lay the basis for World War I.

The current Lord Salisbury was born in 1946 and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He spent several years in banking in California and London before being elected Member of Parliament in 1979. He was a Member of Parliament until 1987, when he did not stand for re-election. During these eight years he was particularly interested in foreign affairs, constitutional affairs and Northern Ireland.

In 1992 he was summoned to the Upper House and became a Life Peer in November 1999. During his career in politics Lord Salisbury has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.

Lord Salisbury is an active Patron of Politeia, a forum for social and economic thinking which is gaining increasing importance and influence on the political scene. In a private capacity he is involved with a number of charitable and community enterprises. In addition, he is President of the St. Albans Cathedral Campaign, and Chairman of the Council of the Royal Veterinary College. He is President of the Prayer Book Society, Deputy Honorary Colonel of the Rifle Volunteers, and a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Dorset. He is Chancellor-elect of the University of Hertfordshire and is due to take up this office in the autumn of 2005.

[align=center:8629e31513]The University of London Sikh Alumni Association

www.UoLSAA.org.uk

The University of London Sikh Alumni Association cordially invites you to its annual dinner on

Friday the 8th of July 2005

at

The Grafton Hotel, London

The program for the evening will start with a Cultural Performance

Our guest speaker will be

Lord Salisbury

This event is being held in conjunction with the Oxford & Cambridge Sikh Alumni Association (OCSAA), and is open to Oxford, Cambridge and London Alumni and their guests.

The ticket price for the event is £30 per head.

Please confirm your attendance by sending a cheque, payable to "OCSAA" to

Daljit Sidhu, 4 Cranmore Avenue, Osterley,Middx, TW7 4QW.

Note: Please include your name and that of any guest(s) on the back of your cheque. Cheques need to be received by the 1st of July 2005.

The reception is at 7pm and tickets and directions will be mailed out closer to the event for which the dress code is lounge suits or traditional.

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Uefa's executive committee has given European champions Liverpool the green light to defend their Champions League crown next season.

But Rafael Benitez and his men will have to start their title defence in the first qualifying round of European club football's most prestigious competition and will find out their first opponents at a draw on June 24.

The Merseysiders will have to play six matches starting next month - four more than Manchester United and Everton - if they are to join Premiership champions Chelsea and runners-up Arsenal in the Champions League's lucrative group stage.

For the first time there will be five clubs from one association in Europe's premier club competition and Uefa has made it clear that Liverpool have been made a special case following calls from all over the footballing community in the wake of their dramatic fifth European Cup triumph in Istanbul last month.

Uefa has insisted that there will be no repeat of this scenario as, in the future, the title-holders will always qualify for the competition the following season at the expense of the lowest qualifying side from that team's domestic league.

However, there will be a special exemption in the unlikely event of a country with one Champions League spot winning the competition but failing to win their own domestic league. Uefa added that Manchester City will miss out on the chance to replace Liverpool in the Uefa Cup.

Uefa chief executive Lars-Christer Olsson said there was no question of Liverpool being allowed a pass straight into the third qualifying round in which Manchester United and Everton begin their Champions League quests in August.

Olsson said: "It was a unanimous decision There are always discussions but when it comes to the decision there is always a unanimous decision."

And Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann thought Uefa's decision was the perfect way for him to celebrate his new contract with the Reds.

Hamann, who had been expected to leave Anfield after the Champions League final, said: "It's tremendous news for the club. We're delighted to be in there and if we have to change something then we will do so.

"We start pre-season on June 27 and we've got two or three weeks to get us into physical shape for the first round. We'll do our best. We've got to go through he qualifying rounds and we'll do our best to defend the trophy."

Liverpool's failure to claim a top-four finish in the Premiership last season had put their hopes of playing in the Champions League in doubt.

But former captain Phil Thompson, who was part of the management team at Anfield until last year, said: "This is a great decision for football. I'm glad they've made the decision quickly and to our benefit."

Phil Neal, who had helped Liverpool win their four previous European Cup finals, added: "We're delighted that the cup holders - as we are - are in be in. We're in at the early qualifying stages, but who cares? It might curtail a pre-season tour but we're back in the Champions League and the boys, like us in 1977, would like to repeat it."

Neal's one concern regarding the decision is that Liverpool's players could tire before the end of the season, unless Benitez considerably strengthens his squad and boosts numbers.

The Liverpool legend added: "They're already scheduled to come back (for pre-season training) on June 27 so it will make it a very long season, particularly if we become involved with the World Club Championship and the European Super Cup, so he's going to need a bigger squad."

Sports Minister Richard Caborn, who had spoken to Uefa about allowing Liverpool to defend the trophy, greeted European football's governing body's decision as "a triumph for common sense and the spirit of sport".

This is total c**P

o well!

they're wikd!

:-)

if u want some proper attention.. go to leciester square on friday nite and all the kurriaah come up 2 u and ask to feel ur dhareee...

yes, i do it every week!!... gives the old ego a boost!!

this is a gd question!

i think to an extent everything is pointless... if a book is sitting on a shelf it's pointless (unless its holding up the shelf)...

if u dont use or practice religion it becomes pointless... the thing is i reckon that our "way of life" is quite simple.. all u gotta do is live it!

Liverpool will know by Friday whether they will be allowed to defend their Champions League title.

Uefa wants to resolve the issue before an executive committee meeting on 17 June and will hold a phone conference that could result in a qualifying spot.

Opinion among the 14-man committee is still "divergent" but a yes vote will result in massive fixture congestion.

The first qualifying round is on 12-13 July and will disrupt Liverpool's planned pre-season schedule.

The European governing body insisted it is not cut and dried that the Reds will gain admission for next season's competition.

Football Association chairman Geoff Thompson will not have a vote when the committee discuss this matter this week.

Uefa director of communications William Gaillard said: "There are some divergent opinions. There are some people who see that the rules are the rules.

"If everyone was in favour, then I'm sure they would have taken the decision earlier.

"It is a matter for negotiation still."

Lar-Christer Olsson, Uefa's chief executive, will present his organisation's committee members with two questions:

-Should the champions always be allowed to defend their trophy?

-Should a country be allowed to have five clubs in the Champions League?

If the committee gives a positive answer to both questions they must decide at what stage the Merseysiders should enter the competition.

And if it is at the qualifying stage, the Reds may be forced to cancel a money-spinning two-game tour of Japan.

Liverpool finished fifth in the Premiership and have not qualified for the competition they won so memorably against AC Milan in Istanbul on penalties.

Uefa president Lennart Johansson says the Reds should defend their title but believes they should come in at the first qualifying stage.

"I trust it will be a decision that will be accepted by all parties," Johansson told BBC Radio 4.

"We have the ambition, on the one hand, to give Liverpool the opportunity to defend their title but, on the other hand, we need to make sure no-one suffers from such a decision.

One decision is about what will happen in the future but the main decision is what will happen to Liverpool

Uefa president Lennart Johansson

"In my opinion, Liverpool should be in from the very beginning - they will have to go through all the competition.

"But I want people to know they are free to have their own opinion.

"We have a situation that was unforeseen. Consequently we have to make a decision about the future and then deal with Liverpool."

Liverpool's Merseyside rivals Everton claimed the final Champions League qualification spot by finishing fourth in the Premiership and have already said they are unwilling to accept a ruling that would result in them being given a smaller share of the prize money.

If Champions League revenue is split five ways it would mean the other four qualifiers - Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Everton - losing as much as £5m each and decisions on whether Liverpool forfeit their share will also have to be made if they are allowed to compete.

Turkish officials are also unhappy with suggestions that Liverpool could be entered straight into the group stages with a high seeding - which would mean league champions Fenerbahce being relegated to the qualifying round.

Johansson's view is supported by Uefa director of communications William Gaillard.

"The idea of putting Liverpool straight into the group stages is one of the more remote possibilities," he told The Times.

"To admit Liverpool in the first place, we would have to change a fundamental rule, which is that no country should have more than four clubs in the Champions League.

"There have been a number of proposals.

"We can't say yes to Liverpool if it means damaging another club, so if Liverpool are to be admitted we have to work hard to find a way in which this can happen."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ool/4613695.stm

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