I am not someone who normally goes around expressing pride in public... but this time I take an exception and would like to share with the community the news that I have successfully defended my doctoral dissertation in Atmospheric Sciences at MIT titled, "The Diurnal Cycle of Air Pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal". Through intensive field measurements in Nepal and three-dimensional computer simulations, I have come to learn some really interesting things about the processes that control the accumulation and ventilation of air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley. I hope to share these with policymakers, the Kathmandu public, and in sajha very soon. I would like to thank all of you, friends and well wishers in sajha, who have provided me with companionship, humor and thought provoking discussions over the years. And I would also like to announce that I am emerging from the self-imposed hibernation and after some rest will be returning to active participation in the forum here. Arnico.