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First attempt of a FOP fanfic, a little Chester-Tootie story
Disclaimer: Fairly OddParents is created by Butch Hartman and owned by Nickelodeon (c)Nickelodeon.
It's a bieutiful day in Dimmsdale as usual and the same routine at Dimmsdale Elementairy school as usual. Timmy still attempt to talk to Trixie with no success and Crocker still have fun of humiliating him as usual. Meanwhile no one wondered what happen in the head of 2 others peoples, Tootie and....Chester.
The School break arrives. Timmy saw Trixie and wants to talk to her but he stopped suddenly, not because of her bodyguard but because of someone else: Tootie!
Tootie (with his Timmy doll): Timmy!!!! I love you!!!!
Timmy: Oh my gosh! I got to hide!!
Tootie rans after Timmy and without warning Tootie enter in collision with Chester.
Tootie: Oh my...? Chester?! Are you alright?
Chester: (groaning a bit), Oh what happened?
Tootie: I'm sorry Chester, I hitted you when I run after Timmy! (having a sad tone) Why he's don't love me?
Chester: (trying to cheer her up)Tootie, maybe he's love you but as a sister.
Tootie: (a bit intrigued and confused) What do you mean?
Chester: As a big brother who wants to take care of his little sister.
Tootie: I see.
Chester: He maybe not the perfect boyfriend but maybe a perfect older brother. He would had been a more perfect sibling then Vicky.
Tootie: Just like Sanjay's older stepbrother. But I love Timmy as a boyfriend, not as a older brother. I have some doubts then I could find a boyfriend who can have the heart and the charism of Timmy one day.
Chester: I'm sure you'll find a very nice boyfriend. Even if I wish to be that nice boyfriend...
Tootie: (begin to realize what Chester attempt to said to him) Chester?!?! Are you trying to said then...you....love me??
Chester: (a bit shy) Yes,... even if I might be not as good as Timmy..... I'll do my best then... you can be happy in your life...and I won't disseapointing you Tootie.
Chester looks into Tootie's eyes and Tootie in Chester's eyes, Cupid just past there and decided to point an arrow on both Chester and Tootie and goes on.
A couple of seconds later, Francis arrived and grab's Tootie doll, Tootie cried.
Chester: Leave her alone, Francis!
Francis: What? You and which army?
Chester:(after a long hesitation)Errr.....I'll not.... letting you...stepping on me....and...Tootie either, so...leave Tootie alone!!
Francis: Ok, I'll leave her alone but not before a nice beating. (grab one of Chester arms), nobody will help you out.
Tootie: Leave him alone, please Francis!
Francis: (laught a lot not caring for what Tootie said) HAHAHAHAHAH! What this loser can do to me?
Chester after what he heard, fells some high pressure, anger and frustration on him, like a locomotive starting to roll or a volcano going to erupt, his other hand form a fist. Francis turns his head to see how Chester suffer but...
Francis: Huh?
Chester threw a punch on Francis face!!!! Then an other one right below his belt in the n....!! and a last one on his face, putting Francis K-O, falling on a pile of dung and manure then the janitor left, lots of kids and some teachers arrived at this moment including Crocker
Crocker: Chester putting Francis K-O, it can't be possible then he could have as well (spamming and spazzing) FAIRY GODPARENTS!!?!??
Tootie: Chester, are you ok?
Chester: I'm ok Tootie, I fell then I'm more better then before and are you all right?
Tootie: Yes, I'm fine, can we walk together?
Chester: Sure.
(Chester and Tootie retires, Principal Waxelplax arrives with Francis who regain consiousness)
Principal Waxelplax: Francis, what have you to said for your defense?
Francis: I hate dung and manure.
We see Chester and Tootie walking together, with BJ Thomas song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" playing as a BGM.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I let the speech to Cosmo and Wanda!
Wanda: Well, I hope you enjoy this fanfic. The author got this idea from the movie «Back to the Future» when Georges McFly putt Biff Tannen K-O.
Cosmo: Yeah, we got lots of Timmy-Trixie fanfictions, Timmy-Tootie fanfictions but there not enough Chester-Tootie fanfictions, same for Tootie-Veronica fanfictions...
Wanda: Cosmo! Let's talk about Chester-Tootie fanfics first.
Cosmo: Ok! (he play some elevator music)
Wanda: The author saw one day, on Fanfiction.net, a Chester-Tootie fanfic called «Crazy Little Thing Called Love» writen by Wliifanatic and he decided to write a Chester-Tootie fanfic because as Cosmo said we need more Chester-Tootie fanfics.
Cosmo: And more Timmy-Veronica fics!!
Wanda: (Looking angrily to Cosmo) Cosmo!!!! Although I'm agree with you on this point. However Butch once said about the end of «Channel Chasers» when we see Timmy's kids, the mother could be Trixie or Tootie. You can still put Veronica with Remy Buxenplenty.
Cosmo: But what about Todd and Chad?
Wanda: That's another story Cosmo and if you mention some questions like that, you'll be history!!


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It's been a hectic month. I'll admit that February is my least favorite month of the year. It's the shortest, yes, but feels like the longest. It bridges winter to spring here in Central Illinois, and the weather is unpredictable and usually grey. And, that is just plain depressing. I see that many customers share my dislike for February. Moods are not as upbeat (unless you're one of the lucky ones who gets "out" and warms up under sunny Southern skies!)
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The debt ceiling is a statutory limit on spending created by Congress. It's not in the Constitution.
There almost always has been a national debt, with upward spikes at times of crisis such as the Civil War and World War I. Sustained and ominous growth of the debt occurred during the New Deal in 1930s. In 1939, Congress created the debt ceiling that is in the news today.
Because the debt ceiling was created by legislative action, it can be changed by legislative action. Congress has raised the debt ceiling more than 70 times. By routinely raising the debt ceiling, Congress has rendered it virtually meaningless – except that periodic debates about whether to raise the debt ceiling send nervous tremors through financial markets because of feverish speculation that America will default on its debt-financing obligation.
After the latest raising of the debt ceiling, a supersize headline on the front page of my local newspaper blared: BACKING AWAY FROM THE BRINK.
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Then there is the problem of insufficient remaining money in the treasury to pay for the other spending that has been approved. The federal government should cut spending to match revenue or raise revenue to match spending. It should not keep taking the coward's way out and borrow more money to cover the difference.
In doing research for this note, I came across an Oct. 17, 2013, news item at www.nbcbayarea.com that ridiculed U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) for making the same argument: There's enough revenue to cover the debt-financing obligation; pay it and then prioritize remaining spending. The story relied on a professor at Berkeley Law School who served in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy from 2010-12. The professor and former Obama administration bureaucrat is a classic example of what we're up against in trying to save the country. He said government computers are programmed to pay bills in the order they are received; they aren't set up for prioritized spending. He said there was "absolutely no authority" for prioritizing spending and it would be "illegal" to do so.
It's the typical leftist mentality. Gosh, the computers aren't wired for that, so that's the end of the conversation. This giant machine has been set in motion and no one can do anything about it. We must serve it and obey it and dare not change it or the sky will fall on us.
Some leftists laugh at people who believe in God and practice religion, yet they become completely servile to the god of big government.
Hey, professor: If the computers aren't programmed to make the debt-financing payment first, then that system is unconstitutional. There is authority for prioritization. It's called the Constitution. It mandates that America service its debt. The Treasury Department's computer system is not exempt.
As for the rest of the budget, Congress and the president absolutely are authorized to get back into the budget and prioritize. In fact, it might be a healthy exercise to go through each line item and say pay this first, pay this second, pay this third, and so on.
No more whining from House Republicans about being unable to do anything because the House is only one-half of one-third of the federal government. The president is not supposed to be the dominant force in fiscal policy. The Supreme Court is supposed to apply the rule of law, not make policy. The Senate originally was an appointed body whose members were beholden to their state legislatures. Popular election of senators has created another division of the Washington ruling class with its center of gravity in D.C. Still, the House is supposed to be a power-House on fiscal issues. The House was given the power of the purse because it's the part of the federal government closest to the people, with members facing election every other year. The House is supposed to drive policy on taxing and spending. Part of the reason for other branches seizing policy-making power has been the passivity of the House.
I disagree with those who say raise the debt ceiling with no strings attached, then reform the budget. It will never happen. The same "we'll fix it before the next crisis" refrain surfaces every time the debt ceiling is breached. Those who utter that refrain never have delivered on that promise. Why would anyone expect that to change?
The next round of the debt ceiling drama is in February. The House should declare right now (November 2013): No raising the debt ceiling and borrowing more money unless a balanced budget amendment has been added to the Constitution. Congress immediately should crank out to the states a balanced budget amendment with an effective date 10 years out, and state legislatures should approve it ASAP. Otherwise the debt ceiling should not be raised in February and the federal government should buckle down to the brutal task of paring the budget to make spending match revenue. The president and members of Congress will have to earn those six-figure salaries by making tough fiscal decisions. Either we start chopping spending now to match available revenue, or we do it in a more measured manner over 10 years under the pressure of a constitutional provision requiring a balanced budget. Fiscal reformers can no longer do business-as-usual and raise the debt ceiling without getting anything meaningful in return.
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|6th at MIT
|Previous College:
|South Carolina
Halston Taylor's tenure at MIT began in 1982, as an
assistant with the men's track and field squad. Taylor would
take over as the head coach of the men in 1990 and has served as
Director of MIT's Track and Field programs for the past five
seasons. He is beginning his sixth year at the helm of the women's
program. He has solidified MIT's position as one of the most
dominant track and field programs in the region, as he totaled his
12th NEWMAC Coach of the Year citation this past season. Both teams
earned New England Division III titles in recent years, as the
women's last regional crown came at the 2011 outdoor
championship and the men won this year's outdoor meet. His
teams have combined to win 18 NEWMAC Championships, including 13 of
the league's 14 men's crowns.
The indoor and outdoor teams regularly qualify individuals for the NCAA Championships, and under Taylor's guidance, MIT has elicited 188 All-Americans and 13 national champions, including a pair in 2010. Both teams had tremendous showings at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships, as the women finished third and the men placed fourth in the nation. Taylor has collected accolades from the USTFCCCA in each of the past four years, having been named the New England Women's Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011 while receiving the same honor on the men's side in 2010 and 2012.
Before arriving at MIT, Taylor coached the women's track club at South Carolina and was the boy's track coach at both Granby and Mohawk Regional high schools in Massachusetts.
A native of Columbia, S.C., Taylor is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where he was a four-year letter winner and a 4:05-miler. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Physical Education, Taylor entered UMass-Amherst to study and receive his Masters in Exercise Science.
|Associate Head Coach
|6th at MIT
|Previous College:
Todd Linder is entering his sixth year as the associate head coach for track and field for the Engineers. He oversees the men's and women's throws and multi-events, and is the recruiting coordinator.
Coach Linder came to MIT from the University of Rhode Island, where he was an assistant coach for the men's program coaching the jumps and throws. Prior to this, he spent seven years at Sacred Heart University as the associate head coach for both the men's and women's track and field teams. He coached the throws, multi-events, High Jump and Long Jump.
He is a USA Track & Field Level I and II certified coach in sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps, throws and combined events and Level III certified in throws.
Linder graduated with his Bachelor of Science from Appalachian University and earned his Master of Science in Technology Education from North Carolina A&T University.
|Assistant Coach - Distance, Recruiting
|5th at MIT
|Previous College:
|Brandeis '92
Pete Sampson is in his fifth year at MIT, where he assists Coach Taylor with the distance runners and organizes the recruiting efforts.
Prior to MIT, Sampson coached at Brandeis University for five years, Falmouth High School in Falmouth, Maine for 10 years, and Bourne High School in Bourne, Mass. for two years, and has been fortunate to have been a part of some highly successful programs over the years.
In his 14 years as a Division III athlete and coach, his programs have won 13 New England team titles, including MITs first-ever titles for both the men's and women's cross country teams. Thirsteen of those teams also placed in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships. In his 20 years of coaching, he has been on the staff of 22 conference winning teams, including Falmouth's first outdoor title in 19 years and its first cross country title in 15 years.
Sampson graduated from Brandeis in 1992.
|Head Coach - Pole Vault
|Assistant Coach - Pole Vault
|4th at MIT
|Previous College:
Nate Sharpe is entering his fourth season as an assistant pole vault coach, having worked with the Engineers since 2010. An MIT alum himself, Sharpe completed one season of cross country as a freshman in 2005 and was offered the opportunity to try his hand at pole vaulting. He finished his career at MIT with a personal best of 4.35m and a placement at the New England Division III Championships less than 3 months after undergoing surgery to repair a ligament in his thumb.
Since graduating in 2009, Sharpe has continued to pole vault, first in England while completing his master's at the University of Cambridge, and currently at the MIT Pole Vault Club, which he helps coach with head pole vault coach Patrick Barragán.
Sharpe lives and works as a mechanical design engineer in Cambridge with his wife Julia, who is also a track and field alumna from MIT.
|Assistant Coach - Sprints, Hurdles
|3rd at MIT
Peter McNaughton's is entering his third season with the MIT track and field teams. McNaughton is the assistant responsible for the sprinters and hurdlers, while also assisting with the steeple chasers. He has helped coach the Engineers to two New England Division III Championship titles and two NEWMAC Championship titles.
McNaughton has coached two national champions, four All-American, numerous school record-breakers, and conference champions in the sprints, hurdles and jumps.
A native of Jamaica, Coach McNaughton is a graduate of Monmouth College with a degree in business management and received his Master's degree in sports management from Valparaiso University. He is a nine-time conference champion in sprints, hurdles and jumps, an All-American and school record-holder in the 110m high hurdles, and a Drake Relay competitor. He is also a member of the Monmouth College Athletic Hall of Fame.
|Assistant Coach - Horizontal Jumps
|2nd at MIT
|Previous College:
|UMass Dartmouth
Dan Almeida is entering his second year as an assistant coach in both the triple and long jump.
Prior to arriving at MIT, Almeida competed in track and field at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, where he was a Little East and N.E. Alliance Champion in the triple jump. He was also a regular top finisher in the triple jump at the ECAC, New England Division III, and NEICAAA meets, and qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships. During his time at UMass, he was an eight-time recipient of the award for outstanding athletic achievement.
Almeida received his Master's in Education from Boston College and currently teaches in Cambridge.
|Head Coach - Jumps
|1st at MIT
|Previous College:
Nick Davis is in his first year at MIT, coaching men's and women's jumps. He joins MIT after four years at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. While at Marquette, Davis coached both the Men's and Women's jumpers and short sprinters to numerous honors, including: 2010 NCAA Indoor National Championships Provisional Qualifier in the High Jump, five preliminary round qualifiers for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, two U.S. Junior National Qualifiers in the Long and High Jump, 10 school records, three All-Big East performers, and 40 top-ten indoor and 34 top-ten outdoor performances on the Marquette University All-Time List.
Prior to beginning his coaching career, Davis competed for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he was a four-time Midwest Regional Qualifier, a 10-time Horizon League Champion, and former indoor and outdoor school record holder in the High Jump and Javelin. For his efforts, Davis was named the 2004 Horizon League Athlete of the Year.
Davis earned both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Kinesiology with an emphasis in sport psychology, and has published three first-authored research papers in the field. Davis currently holds Technical Coaching, Jumps Specialist, and Multi-Event Specialist Certifications through the USTFCCCA.
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STEVENS POINT, WI (WTAQ) - It's no secret that Wisconsin's county courthouses have become more secure the past few years – but apparently, not everyone has gotten the message.
In Stevens Point, authorities say they have not seen much of a decline in the numbers of potential weapons that folks try to bring into the court facilities.
Portage County chief deputy Daniel Kontos said over 23,000 people have been checked at what's now the only public entrance to the courtrooms on the second floor. Still, Kontos tells WSAU Radio in Wausau that 416 knives were found – plus 105 other devices that could be used as weapons.
He says people are still bringing things to court like baseball bats and brass knuckles, when they should know better. Nobody's tried to smuggle in a firearm yet.
Kontos also says lots of people see the checkpoint, and turn around before getting there. He calls that the "lighthouse effect" – because you never know how many boat crashes that lighthouses save, and you never know how many weapons might have gotten into court had people not shied away from the metal detectors.


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Tribal Chairman Says Mashpee Land Claims To Include Town Property
By: Geoff Spillane and Brian H. Kehrl
Published: 07/20/12
Where is the land that Governor Deval L. Patrick has committed to help settle on behalf of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe? Is it South Cape Beach? The Massachusetts Military Reservation? Attaquin Park? Property outside of Mashpee?
The guessing game is on, and all bets are off.
More than a week after the governor and the tribe reached agreement on a compact outlining terms under which the tribe can operate a destination resort and casino in Taunton, blindsided town officials and residents still have little or no information about a land claim provision that was tucked away in the pact.
The signed compact states that the commonwealth will next year use its best efforts to resolve unsettled title claims "involving land and water in and around Mashpee," with the goal of conveying some publicly-held land and water to the tribe.
To date, there has been no contact between town officials and tribal leaders to discuss the land claims.
The town's legislative contingent has also been kept in the dark about the issue. State Representative Randy Hunt (R-Sandwich) said that he has not been told of any specific land that may be targeted, nor had he been contacted by Mashpee Town Manager Joyce M. Mason, which he found surprising given the passion surrounding this issue.
"I will vote for the compact, but we should at least have a letter detailing what this side deal is all about, and who it will affect—people need to know and understand what this is all about," Rep. Hunt said.
Ms. Mason has referred all inquiries to the Boston office of Town Counsel Patrick J. Costello.
A spokesman for State Senator Daniel A. Wolf (D-Harwich) told the Enterprise that his office has not yet been able to obtain any additional information regarding the land claim provision, either.
State Representative David T. Vieira (R-Falmouth) did not return a call for comment.
Senate Vote Delayed
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe yesterday came close to meeting its final state-mandated deadline needed to keep its preferred status for obtaining a gaming license in Southeastern Massachusetts, but it will have to wait a bit longer to celebrate.
As the Massachusetts Senate was set to take up the vote yesterday, Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) used an obscure legislative procedure to temporarily stop action on the bill. As of press time, the vote had not yet been rescheduled.
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved the compact by a vote of 121-32, with all members of the Barnstable County delegation voting in favor of the pact.
Under terms of the Expanded Gaming Act passed by the Massachusetts Legislature late last year, by July 31 the tribe is required to identify land for the complex, hold a referendum vote in the host community, complete a revenue-sharing and regulatory compact with the governor, and receive approval from the Massachusetts Legislature.
'Correct Some Wrongs'
In an interview this week, tribal council Chairman Cedric Cromwell said that the tribe is looking forward to reaching out to the town to begin discussions, but it was premature to mention specific properties. He did, though, confirm that town-owned land, along with state and federal property, will be part of the negotiations.
"We have a great relationship with the Town of Mashpee and look forward to having a discussion regarding land, water, and fishing rights, because we were the first people of this land," Mr. Cromwell said.
Vice chairman Aaron Tobey Jr. echoed Mr. Cromwell's statement that the tribe wants to be a good neighbor, but said that he sees the upcoming resolution efforts as an opportunity to "correct some wrongs."
The mention of town-owned land by the tribal leaders has led many, including Mr. Costello, to dust off their copies of a 2008 intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the town and tribe and give it another read.
"The Town of Mashpee clearly and unequivocally does not believe that town-owned lands can be subject to new land claims by the tribe. The IGA is completely enforceable and we consider it to be legally binding," Mr. Costello said.
"This town administration been dedicated to working with the tribe, and we had a great deal of discussion during the IGA process, during which the tribe agreed to release any claims against town-owned or private property," he added, noting that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has no legal right to convey any land owned by the Town of Mashpee to another party.
In an interview earlier this year, Mr. Costello noted that the town has already made good on one of its main promises in the agreement: deeding the Old Indian Cemetery and the Old Indian Meetinghouse, as well as three other parcels, to the tribe.
"Both parties negotiated that agreement in good faith, with each party giving considerable concessions to the other," Mr. Costello said.
Nonetheless, the provision in the compact and the tribe's stated interest in town land raises questions about the strength of the landmark 2008 IGA.
In the deal the tribe agreed, "To hereby waive and release any and all claims, rights, interests, and/or entitlements relating to real property located within the geographical boundaries of the Town of Mashpee and owned by private (non-governmental) property owners or by the Town, its agencies, commissions and authorities."
To support their faith in the agreement, town officials have pointed to an April 2008 letter to the town and the tribe from Carl J. Artman, assistant secretary for Indian affairs in the US Department of Interior at the time.
The letter is key because certain intergovernmental agreements with tribes must be approved by the Interior Department in order to be fully valid.
Mr. Artman wrote that the deal could not technically be approved by the Interior Department because the tribe's land was not yet in trust. But he said the sections that require approval looked good.
"Based on my preliminary review of the proposed agreement, it appears that it satisfies the foregoing standards, and would receive Departmental approval at the time the subject lands are acquired in trust," Mr. Artman wrote.
However, according to Robert T. Anderson, professor of law and director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington School of Law, Mr. Artman's letter makes no reference to the tribe's release of land claims. The only matter addressed in the letter is the tribe's agreement to give up rights to its property in Mashpee, including opening a casino, a matter that would require federal approval once the land is in trust.
"As the letter from Assistant Secretary Artman sets out, federal law generally requires secretarial approval of agreements that encumber tribal land for more than 7 years only if the land is held in trust by the United States, or is subject to a federal restriction on alienation. Other agreements between Indian tribes and other entities are not generally subject to federal approval requirements," Mr. Anderson wrote in an e-mail to the Enterprise.
"Indian land claims are complex and depend on the unique facts of each situation. Some claims have been successful, but most have settled either before or after litigation. The settlements have been ratified by Congress," he wrote.
As a council member Mr. Cromwell abstained from the vote on the agreement, along with his wife, council member Cheryl Cromwell. Other than Mr. Tobey, who cast the lone vote against the agreement, all the other tribal council members supported the deal.
A spokesman for the US Bureau of Indian Affairs did not return a call seeking comment this week about the validity of the agreement and the tribe's forfeiture of claims to private- and town-owned land in Mashpee.
How The Deal Came About
The deal was struck following a time of intense negotiations between the town and the tribe. The town had recently filed an objection to the tribe's land-into-trust application, a move condemned by tribal leaders.
The concessions made by the tribe were widely considered to be given in exchange for the town's pledge to support the tribe's land-into-trust application. At the time the tribe was pursuing a casino in Middleborough and did not want friction with Mashpee to disturb its off-Cape plans. As part of the deal, the town agreed to withdraw its opposition to the reservation application.
The tribe in the late 1970s sued to reclaim thousands of acres of publicly and privately held land in Mashpee during a land claim suit.
Descendants of the tribe were deeded much of present-day Mashpee in the 17th century, but the land was divided, sold, and often taken for nonpayment of taxes after Mashpee was turned from an Indian District to a town in 1870.
The tribe's suit was based on allegations that the land sales were illegal based on a 1790 federal law that prohibited selling Indian land without the approval of Congress.
The land suit was ultimately dismissed on the argument that the Mashpees did not qualify as a tribe and so could not sue under the 1790 law.
When the tribe obtained federal recognition, many in town feared the tribe might return to the land suit.
Compared to what many expected following the tribe's federal recognition, the tribe sought a relatively small amount of land in the arrangement. The tribe's land trust application includes approximately 140 acres in Mashpee.
If the town-tribe agreement were to fall apart now, and the town chose to oppose the tribe's still-pending land application for property in Mashpee and the casino site in Taunton, the town would not likely be able to single-handedly defeat the effort. But it could create delays in the approval that the tribe can ill afford given the competitive statewide race for a casino.
The tribe has also backed out of its agreement with Middleborough, a deal from the same time period that contained similar language to the Mashpee pact.
The agreement was approved by separate votes by tribe members, the tribal council, the board of selectmen, and Town Meeting.
At the time the agreement was approved, Mr. Cromwell and Mr. Tobey were both members of the tribal council, though they had not yet been elected chairman and vice chairman. Both men participated in the final round of negotiations with the town after the resignation of Glenn A. Marshall from the chairman position.
Mr. Tobey was against the deal, arguing that before giving away their rights the tribe should push for more land from the town, according to interviews with town officials at the time of the agreement.
As a council member Mr. Cromwell abstained from the vote on the agreement, along with his wife, council member Cheryl Cromwell. Other than Mr. Tobey, who cast the lone vote against the agreement, all the other tribal council members supported the deal.
Correction: A previous version of this article misidentified the name of the law professor who reviewed a copy of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs letter. The correct name has been replaced above.


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The 2014 National Travel and Tourism Week is May 3-11. For the 30th year, tourism partners across Tennessee will join others throughout America to draw attention to the effects as well as the value of travel in their area.
"Features TELL but benefits SELL." The U.S. Travel Association, with its Travel Effect campaign, has taken a popular strategy out of the Marketing 101 "playbook" to promote the benefits or effects of travel and tourism in America. The campaign proves, through new and original research, the economic, societal, business and personal benefits of travel, demonstrating the real truth behind the "hidden" impacts that travel can have on us all.
In 2014, Travel Effect will broaden its focus to examine America's "Day Off Deficit" and explore what it could mean to individuals, businesses and the economy if U.S. workers were motivated to use more of the time off they've earned and deserve.
Conduct a Travel Video Promotion. U.S. Travel Association is doing a promotion titled, "What's your Travel Effect?" The answer to that question, in 60-seconds or less will get two lucky travelers a wonderful weekend getaway. Perhaps, your DMO could partner with a local TV or radio station to do a similar promotion. Maybe tie in a car dealership or a travel agency as a sponsor.
Travel Rally Day is Tuesday, May 6, 2014. This is a concerted effort to demonstrate travel's positive impact on local workers, businesses and economies – and, of course, on personal lives of travelers. Individual events are staged in cities nationwide during National Travel and Tourism Week.
The goal of Rally Day is to unite the local travel community with its supporters and publicly represent the importance of travel to media and elected officials. In 2013 the Day broke all records with over 140 destinations doing creative things to create enthusiasm and knowledge why travel and tourism is important to their communities.
The Tennessee General Assembly has declared by proclamation May 7 Tennessee Tourism Day.
This is another opportunity for our industry to help spread the message locally, regionally and statewide with our stakeholders and the citizens of our state.
Present an Annual Tourism Ambassador of the Year Award at a public event, covered by the media, of course. Many partners in Tennessee present awards or say thanks in person to front-line employees in your community. Don't forget opportunities for media and social buzz.
Suggest your head of local government to address the impact of travel in your community at a popular local attraction or tourism related business. Maybe it is the grand opening of a new tourism related business.
Engage your community in a social media campaign along with a staged rally.
There are a number of tools available online to assist travel industry professionals with creative messaging in this year's promotion of travel and tourism. Visit the site, watch the videos and download the logos and other tools to fit your community's needs.


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GORDON, WI (WSAU) - Investigators now know the cause of this week's big wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources officials determined that the Germann Road Fire was caused by equipment associated with logging operations.
DNR spokesman Gary Bibow says the fire started on industrial timber lands, when a machine operator noticed smoke coming from below the cutting head of the harvesting machine. Bibow says the operator got out of the machine and made a concerted effort to extinguish the fire using a fire extinguisher kept in the operator's cab.
The investigation showed no negligence and no intentional setting of any fire. That's why the DNR is recommending no criminal charges be filed against the logging contractor.
DNR officials already met with the Douglas County District Attorney to discuss the investigation. Neither office has disclosed the name of the logging company involved.


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Categories > Books > Harry Potter > Bittersweet
Reality0 Reviews
"Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious..."-Michael Stipe
"Come on chicka it's been a week since you two broke up."
"Roxy, we were together for 3 years! One of which we were engaged. So it's kind of hard to just get over it."
"It really bites doesn't it?" Roxanne breathed putting an arm around Rose pulling her in for another hug.
"Ya only when I breathe. Anyway it hurts worse that it was with Lily. Gosh I'm so stupid aren't I? It was so obvious, with Scorpius and Lily sometimes being away at the same time, Scorpius's late night meetings." Rose grabbed a tissue dotting her eyes before continuing, "And I guess it was so obvious that I just didn't want to believe it."
"Rose, come on now. It has to be hard for Lily too. She is pregnant after all." Roxanne commented snatching a chocolate from the clear bowl on the mahogany coffee table.
"Oh ya so difficult to have said, 'No Scorp your marrying my cousin. Anyways I'm telling her what you want to do with me.' Or it could have been the other way around she could have forced him." Wailed Rose who started to shiver with anger.
"Rose you don't know anything because you haven't talked to him. Maybe they both..."
"You're so helpful Roxanne." Snapped Rose getting up to get a glass of water, chugging it down in one fierce gulp she resumed her position on the coach.
"Rose, that's reality."
Covering her face with her hands she sobbed, "Reality sucks ass."
"I know." Sighed Roxanne, embracing her cousin once more.
"Should I call him or should I let him, explain when he's ready?"
"Rose, call him."
Reluctantly picking up the phone she dialed Scorpius's number. Wizards had recently taken to muggle phones and found them very useful.
"Hello?" A soft voice whispered, Rose felt the color drain from her face. She quickly hung up bursting into more tears.
"Rose you have to get over this now!" Roxanne shouted annoyed at her pathetic attempt.
"I can't...She...Lily answered the phone! I'm not ready for this!"
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Health & Parenting
Healthy Eating for Children - Changing Your Family's Eating Habits
Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods from all food groups. It means choosing fewer foods that have lots of fats and sugar. But it does not mean that your child cannot eat desserts or other treats now and then.
With a little planning, you can create a structure that gives your child (and you) the freedom to make healthy eating choices. Think of this as planning not just for the kids but for everyone in your family.
First steps
- Set up a regular snack and meal schedule. Kids need to eat at least every 3 to 4 hours. Most children do well with three meals and two or three snacks a day.
- Eat meals together as a family as often as possible.
- Start with small, easy-to-achieve changes, such as offering more fruits and vegetables at meals and snacks.
- Look at your portion sizes. Remember that younger children may eat smaller amounts than adults. Although paying attention to portion sizes is important (especially of less nutritious foods), it is up to your child to decide how much food he or she needs to eat at a meal to feel full.
- Slowly cut down on soda pop and other high-sugar drinks. Serve water to quench thirst. You can encourage your child to drink more water and fewer sugar-sweetened drinks by keeping cold water on hand in the refrigerator.
- At meals, serve milk. (Children under 12 months of age should not drink cow's milk.) Most children need whole milk between 1 and 2 years of age. But your doctor may recommend 2% milk if your child is overweight or if there is a family history of obesity, high blood pressure, or heart disease. Over the age of 2, serve fat-free or low-fat milk.
- Consider meeting with a registered dietitian for help with meal and snack planning (nutritional counseling).
- When trying new foods at a meal, be sure to also include a food that your child likes. Don't be discouraged if it takes several tries before your child actually eats a new food. It may take as many as 15 times or more before your child will try a new food.
- Even though your child may not eat the food, it is important to keep serving it so that your child can see other family members enjoying it. Also, your child should not think that meals are going to be planned only around his or her food preferences. Remember, you are in charge of deciding which foods are served at meal and snacks.
If you are feeling out of control over your own eating habits or weight, your child may be learning some poor eating habits from you. See a registered dietitian, your doctor, or a mental health professional experienced with eating problems, if needed. For more information, see the topics Healthy Eating and Weight Management.
WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise


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- Farokh Shahabi Nezhad
- Tehran
- Iran
CEO & Co-Founder at Idearun, TEDxTehran
This conversation is closed.
Is there any way to prevent religious debates from turning into a big fight?
People discuss lots of things, politics, sports, anything
But when they discuss religious opinions, most of the time, they get all angry and try to win even with fight.
why is that? why that can't be a normal subject?
and more important, How can we prevent this?
Closing Statement from Farokh Shahabi Nezhad
Tnx everyone for their replies. I enjoyed learning from different aspect for this problem.
I can only conclude this : Don't argue with someone unless they are open minded and ready to be changed and challenged.
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Feb 18 2013: One's religion is usually very close to one's heart. It is defining of them whether they are "devout" or not. With that being said, debating religion is more of a debate of competing identities. Any commentary that opposes that identity makes people feel unsafe. More than an idea is challenged, but rather, self. Therefore, people become incredibly defensive of their religion, and a normal discussion can quickly escalate into a verbal, or physical, brawl. They try and win because that is the only way that their identity can be made safe and stable.
That being said, I believe it is extremely important to discuss religion. It is one of the best ways of learning about other cultures and other people. What do they hold dear? What do they exalt? What is sacred? These are all important questions, and when accompanied with a "why" lead into a path of discovery that is quite exhilarating.
However, the only way to accomplish this is through maturity. It must be learned that it is not good to try and "disprove" someone's religion, but rather have a discussion of the differences, and why they exist. It must nor be a debate about religion, but a discussion of religion.
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It's been six months since Make-A-Wish America launched Wish Nation on Aug. 6. It's given us a way to be more immediate and current with telling the world about how wishes help the kids we serve. So far, we've had a lot of fun and also learned a few things.
Let's take a look at what we can take from six months of blogging about wish kids – and where we need to go from here.
Communities, Real Kids, Behind the Scenes
I'm sure it shocks no one whatsoever that a post about Batkid was the most-read since our launch. Something about Miles and his wish to be Batman for a day inspired more than 10,000 Bay Area people to participate in his wish. The traditional and social media spotlight fell on him in a huge way.
But our other top posts surprise me: One was about a YouTube clip of 4-year-old Skylar's reaction to part of his wish. Wish Nation staff member Rachel J. wrote about his genuine and unfiltered joy.
Rounding out the Top 4? A post about the Air Force reuniting two brothers and one about a chapter staff member's two-year anniversary with Make-A-Wish.
Better Communication, Better Wishes
I didn't expect Wish Nation to bring Make-A-Wish employees closer together. But it did, thanks to the great contributions I've received from people throughout the organization. From chapter employees to our data analysts, Make-A-Wish employees spanning all our disciplines have pitched in with some very insightful content.
Here's why that's so important: Make-A-Wish is a collection of independently chartered nonprofit organizations. We're united in our mission, but we're separated by the distance between cities and states. Our day-to-day work makes it hard to interact. People who contribute to Wish Nation change that. They give themselves a voice. This will help us grant more and better wishes by opening the lines of communication. I have new contacts I can turn to when I need help to tell the Make-A-Wish story. My chapter friends and volunteers also know they can turn to me for resources or help sharing their success.
That means we'll better inform the public about how Make-A-Wish makes a lasting impact for the kids it serves … and that's the key to getting more support for our mission.
Building a Better Blog
Our readership grows week by week. We strengthen our connections to staff members, volunteers and supporters. So where do we go from here?
My goals include getting the treating physicians of wish kids to share their perspectives; I envision this as a regular feature. I also want to welcome wish kids to tell us how a Make-A-Wish experience changed their lives.
And I hope we can fix a few technical bugs. Haven't noticed any? Then I won't point them out!
I may have overlooked something that would make Wish Nation more relevant to you. If I have, feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and tell me all about it. Thanks for reading – I'll look forward to sharing more good news six months from now when we celebrate our first year of Wish Nation.
Batkid photo by Paul Sakuma
Wish Nation gives you a behind-the-scenes look at Make-A-Wish®. See how wishes come together and how they change lives forever. Hear directly from those who work or volunteer here, or those who have been transformed by a wish. And learn why we are so committed to someday granting the wish of every eligible child, every year.We want to hear from you.We moderate our communities by only one rule: Be nice. We welcome different views - just keep it courteous and considerate. Thanks for connecting.
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Golden Apple winner: Demitrus Fletcher, Legacy Charter Middle SchoolUPDATED 3:00 PM EST Dec 20, 2013
Golden Apple winner: Demitrus Fletcher, Legacy Charter Middle SchoolVideo Transcript
THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE AWARD WINNER WORKS A 13 HOUR DAY... AND HE COMMUTES FROM ANDERSON TO GREENVILLE EACH DAY. THE FORMER CHILDREN'S HOME DIRECTOR HAS FOUND HIS CALLING IN THE CLASSROOM... HE SAYS THE HOURS AT SCHOOL...DON'T FEEL LIKE WORK. PKG jamming to gospel tunes... 645 AM IS GOSPEL HOUR...IN DEMiTRUS FLETCHER'S CLASSROOM A DEVOTIONAL TO START THE DAY... IT'S ABOUT SETTING THE RIGHT TONE...AND SAYING THANK YOU. I believe that every day I have to give thanks to God for allowing me to be here. BEING IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND...ITS SOMETHING FLETCHER WANTS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS 8TH GRADE STUDENTS AT LEGACY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. I allowed you to choose the group you are in...make sure you are on task. THE EXPECTATIONS ARE SET HIGH. THE RULES ARE FIRM. MOST STUDENTS SPEND THE FIRST WEEKS OF SCHOOL AFRAID OF HIM. THEN THEY FIGURE HIM OUT. I love mr fletcher. He pushes us and when I say he pushes us to the limit, we may get mad at him... I'm big and the first week or so I am this mean guy, teaching them all my rules, after the first two weeks they know that I'm just a teddy bear. he is a big gummy bear! FLETCHER HELPS ENFORCE THE DRESS CODE AT LEGACY. i love uniforms, look how great they look...do they like them? No! TEACHING STUDENTS THE VALUE OF BUSINESS ATTIRE AND LOOKING PROFESSIONAL. first impression is everything, if you are speaking with someone you need to speak plain... and if you are a young man don't wear your pants down I dont understand that. MR. FLETCHER EXPECTS STUDENTS TO ADDRESS HIM RESPECTFULLY. "do you understand...yes sir" HE HOPES HE'S A ROLE MODEL THEY CAN RELATE TO. I can relate to the students here, as an african american they see that he is the same color as me and they can relate to me. FLETCHER'S DAY DOESN'T END UNTIL 8PM...HE ALSO RUNS LEGACY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. HE SAYS MANY OF THESE STUDENTS NEED A POSITIVE INFLUENCE. I've been there, where they have been, I had people to help me along the way, I let them know I am here. WORKING LONG DAYS BUT SEEING THE RESULTS...PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF RESPECT, HARD WORK AND POSITIVE THINKING. IF YOU KNOW A GREAT TEACHER NOMINATE THEM FOR A GOLDEN APPLE AWARD... FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT ANY BI-LO.
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I know it annoys readers when I say this: but some debt free people have got there through sensible decisions and hard work. Or they didn't make stupid money mistakes in the first place.
In short: debt free people are generally smarter than those around them. They use the six inches of real estate between their ears to manage their money, however low their income.
For every indebted person, there will be someone with exactly the same income who is debt free thanks to their own hard work.
A debt free person has qualities that the average person doesn't. They:
Before you flame me for writing middle class rubbish, think about the people you know who are debt free. How did they get there? Even good solid salt of the earth workers claw their way to debt freedom.
Have your say: What could you change about your lifestyle to make you debt free?
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Well I've used the glyph since it was 5 yards, and while the 20 yards is nice, I think 8 yards is too small. There are a few fights that the melee DPS has to stand more then 10 yards from the tank, and as a tank spammer the glyph becomes useless if people are doing what they should. If this glyph stayed at 11-15 yards I'd be happy with it, if others think a 20 yard non-smart heal that procs off of the biggest, slowest, and most mana intensive spell we have it OP, then lets make a compromise that works, not a nerf into uselessness.
As it has been pointed out, this is not a smart heal and it does tend to just overheal, and even if it isn't its only 1.5k-1.8k(on a holy light crit, not critting the second heal) and even to get that you have to be spamming holy light to get any real healing out of it. You also have to think of it as a 1k(from a well geared pally HL non crit) is really not that much. Being decently geared I can spam flash of light and shock of light when needed almost endlessly without worry, but start just tossing out holy light and you go oom fairly quickly.
Not playing a priest or looking onto their recent nerfs, I'm under the impression they now have a 6sec CD just like holy shock, the 3rd healing spell I have and only instant cast. It's a different play style, I get no dmg mitigating sheilds(well the one but its kinda odd and doesn't work in the same way) so I have to be prehealing if there is going to be any big spike dmg, and it can be very close sometimes to get the holy light into the flash of light spam without the tank going down, more so if the dmg was unexpected.
Learn your class, play your class, and until you see pallies in blues and greens topping you on the effective healing charts all the time, it might not be that we are OP, just that we know how to play.
Everyone needs to remember that this glyph came in during a priest nerf. From what I've read and heard a lot of priests had lots of their healing from the nerfed spell, and while they are getting use to new rotations with the CD they will heal less, but once they get back into it they should be fine. Just cause you're on a learning curve doesn't mean we shouldn't get any usable raid heal.


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SHELLEY — It was a tale of two halves on Wednesday evening with Blackfoot winning the first half and Shelley winning the second and in the end, it was the Russets who claimed victory with a 61-56 win on senior night.
"I was proud of our seniors tonight," Shelley head coach Dave Hadley said. "I thought that all of our seniors did a good job of contributing and that's a neat thing because I owe those kids an awful lot for what they've given to our program over the past couple of years and I was proud and happy for them to have a good night and finish on a win."
THOMAS — At the Snake River school board meeting Wednesday, Craig Rowland, Bingham County Emergency Management Services, asked approval from the trustees to continue looking into obtaining federal grant money to purchase a backup generator for Snake River High School.
"If in case of an emergency, the county would need a shelter to house a lot of people in one location, the Snake River High School would be ideal," Rowland said, "except it doesn't have a backup generator.
POCATELLO — A fifth district tournament crown was on the line at Highland High School Tuesday evening as the Snake River Lady Panthers and the Marsh Valley Lady Eagles squared off for the rubber match of their season series.
During the regular season, the team split with one another and Tuesday nights contest was as competitive as the regular season was but in the end, Marsh Valley was a shade better on Tuesday as they took the title away from Snake River with a 49-36 victory.
BLACKFOOT — Attorneys for two former Blackfoot High School athletes facing misdemeanor charges have filed motions for change of venue, but will have to wait until next week to have their motions heard before the court. Both cases are scheduled to be tried in Bingham County in March.
BLACKFOOT – Lois Bowyer celebrated her 97th birthday Tuesday. She lives at the Gables in Blackfoot along with 15 other residents.
"I'm the oldest one here," she confided.
Bowyer's secret for a long life is "always exercise and keep going." She did add that salsa is good on everything.
"I developed my delight in (mild) salsa because there were four Spanish cafes where we lived in Southern California," she said. "I eat salsa with every meal, and then walk three to seven times around the Gables after each meal."
Bowyer sets a sprightly pace when walking.
Arlis Lloyd Morris Jr., 64, passed away peacefully at his home in Kathleen, Ga., on Jan. 20, 2011.
Lloyd was the second of four children born to Arlis Lloyd and Lena Myree Haynie Morris in Wichita Falls, Texas. As a small child he moved with his family to Arco where his father worked as an electrician at the AEC (INEL). He attended schools in Butte County and excelled in football, basketball and track. Lloyd graduated in 1965.
Peter Ward, 36, of Groveland passed away Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 at his home.
Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Hawker Funeral Home.
In Blackfoot, the next Red Cross blood drive is from noon to 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Emanuel Lutheran Church, 1110 Parkway Drive, Blackfoot.
Call organizer Barb Norwood for an appointment. Her phone number is 785-2666.
Because of the bad weather across the U.S., many blood drives have been cancelled.
If the blood drive exceeds its goal, people in other regions of the country can be helped, said Norwood.
Donors are asked to make appointments by calling Norwood at 785-2666.
Bbring identification. Before donating blood, Norwood recommends drinking lots of water and eating lunch.
BLACKFOOT — Sam Wyrouck flew 35 missions over Germany as a lower ball turret gunner in a B-17 during World War II.
Wyrouck, age 86, said he went into the U.S. Army Air Force after graduating from high school in 1943.
"The reason he made it back," said his wife, Eliose, "was because I prayed for him twice each day."
Wyrouck wrote about an unusual blood drive.
"My crew number 5383 was part of the 351st Bomb Group. During WWII, the Eighth Air Force was the thrust of the air war against Hitler's Germany. It was made up of about 36 bomber groups plus fighter groups.
Dr. Varon LeRoy Howell, known to many as Principal, mentor, teacher, and friend, graduated on February 3, 2011, with Honors from the school of mortality.
"Big V", as many knew him, was born on March 9, 1929, to Reta (Fackrell) and Newell Howell in Blackfoot, ID. The locals knew him as fun-loving and outgoing. He was their High School basketball superstar!


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Inspiring young Ethiopian American, an IBM scientist, recently featured in MIT's Technology Review, selected as one of 35 top innovators under 35.
…In an era of crony capitalism and government bailouts, [Steve] Jobs deserves credit for doing things his own way and never asking the government to help him or to hobble competitors. While most of his rivals set up huge lobbying shops in Washington and looked to use politics to their advantage, Jobs stayed home and focused on serving consumers, not bureaucrats. Sadly, Apple's lack of engagement with Washington has been greeted with a combination of puzzlement and ridicule by everyone inside the Beltway.
All these critics—rival companies, government officials and academics—should recall Steve Jobs' motto and apply it to their own lives and organizations: Think different. The world is a better place because he did.
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When Ethiopian American Physicist Solomon Bililign was a young teacher imprisoned in Ethiopia during the "Red Terror" era, he never imagined that he would one day receive a Presidential Award in the United States.Now a professor at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Dr. Bililign is one of nine individuals whom President Obama this week named recipients of The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.The award recognizes the role that mentoring plays in the academic and personal development of students studying science and engineering. According to the White House, candidates are nominated by colleagues, administrators, and students at their home institutions."Through their commitment to education and innovation, these individuals and organizations are playing a crucial role in the development of our 21st century workforce," President Obama said. "Our nation owes them a debt of gratitude for helping ensure that America remains the global leader in science and engineering for years to come.""I am humbled by the honor," Dr. Bililign said in an interview with Tadias Magazine following the announcement. "I am just one of thousands of mentors who happened to be nominated." He added: I am sure there are a lot more deserving mentors. The recognition would motivate me to do more."Dr. Bililign said that success in science, engineering or math is not as glamorous as success in performing or sports in the U.S., but the economic competitiveness of the nation, depends on a solid foundation in the sciences. "Young people need to be encouraged, pushed, persuaded to do it," he said. "Not for the money or fame but for the love of discovery and innovation. I believe every one has a gift, and a mentor's role is to identify the gift and nurture it."Dr. Bililign was born in Dessie, Ethiopia. He left the country in 1987 to pursue a PhD in Physics at the University of Iowa. "Both my parents were teachers," he said. "They are actually the first graduates of the Debre Berhan Teachers Training program then run by the US Point Four program." He continued: "Their first assignment was in Mekele, Northern Ethiopia where they started school under a tree by collecting shepherds from the field… that modest start grew into a big elementary school where my father served as a Principal for over 10 years and my mother taught home economics, until they transferred to Dessie. I did all my school grades 1 through 11 at Atse Yohannes Elementary and Secondary School."Dr. Bililign said he followed in his parents footsteps to be trained as a high school teacher and joined the Prince Bede Mariam Laboratory School in grade 11. " I graduated as a physics teacher from Addis Ababa University (AAU), but ended up as a graduate assistant at AAU and taught there as a lecturer for several years," he said.But Dr. Bililign's life-journey has not always been easy. He was imprisoned and tortured during the "Red Terror" era. His father died in a car accident on his way to visit his son in prison."While no one had to go through [what I went through], I think I have turned that negative and hard experience to my advantage, where I spend most of my time teaching young prisoners during the day and prison guards during the night, trying to give hope in a seemingly hopeless situation, and keeping myself busy and overcoming negative feelings and bitterness," he said. "The experience also gave me time to reflect on my life and see the bigger picture in life."And what is his advise to a new generation of aspiring scientists? "For the young people who are intimidated by the hard work needed in science, math and engineering, I say nothing in life is easy, it is all about deciding to do it with passion. Every thing will give up its secrets if you love it enough," he said. — Tadias
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A newfound comet defied long odds on Thursday (Dec. 15), surviving a suicidal dive through the sun's hellishly hot atmosphere, according to NASA scientists.
Comet Lovejoy plunged through the sun's corona at about 7 p.m. EST (midnight GMT on Dec. 16), coming within 87,000 miles (140,000 kilometers) of our star's surface. Temperatures in the corona can reach 2 million degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 million degrees Celsius), so most researchers expected the icy wanderer to be completely destroyed. —more @Space.com
The White House invited some of the smartest kids in the country to come show off their inventions the other day. The White House's East Room — normally a place for prime time press conferences and State Dinners was transformed into a science fair.
Take Taylor Wilson who says when he was 14 years old, he developed a nuclear fusion reactor. Now only 17 he's developed a tool that could be a big help for counter-terrorism — detecting Uranium-235, Weapons Grade Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium — using a not-so-rare ingredient: water.
Or 14 year old Benjamin Hylak, who designed an interactive robot to allow him to Skype with his grandmother, and also find her pills and pour her a glass of water. Amazing!
And you know the old saying necessity is the mother of invention? Well, 12-year-old Ma'Kese Wesley and 11-year-old Isis Thompson heard about the deadly bacteria outbreaks on cantaloupe melons last year and came up with a high tech lunch box that zaps fruits and vegetables using UV light and makes them safe to eat.
These kids are all pretty incredible. Enough to make a White House reporter feel a little intimidated. — @ABC News
Dr. Mulugeta Bekele, an associate professor of physics at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, has been awarded the 2012 Andrei Sakharov Prize by The American Physical Society (APS). The prize was established to recognize and encourage outstanding leadership and achievements of scientists in upholding human rights.
Professor Mulugeta Bekele completed his undergraduate studies in physics at Addis Ababa University and at Union College, Schenectady, NY, graduating in 1970. He was employed as a graduate assistant during the year 1970/71 at HSIU. He then went to the University of Maryland, College Park, MD for his graduate studies for two years and received his masters degree in 1973. Mulugeta returned to Ethiopia immediately after graduation and became a Lecturer at AAU, then HSIU. After the Ethiopian revolution, which took place in 1974 when the Emperor was removed and a military government came to power, Mulugeta was put in prison by the government for seven years. After prison, he re-joined the physics department at university and continued teaching for six years before going abroad to India to pursue a PhD at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Returning to AAU in 1997 Professor Mulugeta has since worked with a research group involved in polymer and biological physics that has been getting support from Swedish International Science Programme. He is a founding member of the Ethiopian Physical Society and currently serving as the society's President. —@Tadias


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Police rooted crime prevention websites
So a phone is the primary link to a cop at a desk or dispatcher. And after the fact so just triage. A crime that 98% of the time in the U.S. anyway, is connected to substance abuse is actually preventable by arresting the abuse before the crime occurs.
We in the US have cascading sandy hook like extreme events where we find kernels of origin afterward and a lack of access to a social response network as significant. You tubes "I am adam lanzas mother" http://gawker.com/5968818
Can we afford not to have a template with prevention links and frequently asked questions for suggestions and maybe even an investigation portal.
I realize the inferred slippery slope many with fears of rights violations may have but can we afford to ignore the statistical reality police themselves tell us about prevention. It seems with help from a constitutional law specialist a format sensitive to rights yet effective toward wrongs could be deployed nationwide. Can it be that fleshing out national conversations based on resulting aspects from such a template we might face the 800 lb gorilla in the living room?
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Clearly interest in prevention is less than sensible to many people. It surprises me and saddens me that cause and effect does not warrant reasonable response so utilizing the www as a tool.
Understanding mental illness and allowing rapid education quicker treatment will thwart crime and anti social attitudes from continuing to saturate society. Nowhere does there exist a better place for this utilization than an information portal. We are at the behest of market forces selling base response as solutions which most studies determine as detrimental. At least let us offer what we can in contrasting illness with resources for health.
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Mar 26 2013: http://www.sf-police.org Here not surprisingly is an example from our friends in the progressive city of san francisco. Their web site set up certainly lacks a bunch but is a big step in the right direction.
I'd like to see a logical accessible presence available to expand on and bet it will become a frequently copied model as in interface once better high speed net policy makes its way to everyone. There are cheaper more available faster internet services in third world countries than in ours believe it or not. So that much is part of the reason this type of thing is vacant now but so important for us. I bet the SFPD website has helped in many different ways to protect aand serve the people of their city.
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Joanne Peh's car vandalised by loanshark runners
Text: Joanna Goh
Photos: Joanne Peh
Local actress Joanne Peh awoke to a rude shock this morning when she was informed by her father and neighbours that her Range Rover vehicle was vandalised with red paint. In a phone interview with xinmsn, the actress shared that her car, which had red paint splashed all over it, had an address and a note stuck on the windshield with a name, phone number and a message that read: "Owe money, pay money".
Joanne clarified that the details on the note did not belong to her and added, "I do not know who the person is. I'm just an innocent victim, a bystander of this horrible crime."
The 28-year-old lodged an official police report this morning after she discovered the act of vandalism and said investigations are still ongoing. "I spoke to the police officers and some of them highlighted that this is the kind of strategy used by loanshark runners these days. Instead of targeting the borrowers' home, they target the people around them."
According to Joanne, one of her neighbours from a different block, who did not borrow money from the loansharks, was also a victim of harassment and had his front door splashed with paint.
"Someone in the neighbourhood probably didn't return their money, which explains why the loansharks are using these methods. It's an embarrassment for them [the residents from another block] since people can always assume that they are the ones who borrowed the money, when they aren't."
A picture of Joanne's vandalised car
With her hands full filming for upcoming Ch8 drama, C.L.I.F. 2, Joanne's dad is currently overseeing repair works for her car. Still reeling in shock from the unfortunate turn of events, the actress' main concerns right now lies on her personal safety and her family's safety.
"Money wise, it's just unfortunate since this is something that I could not have preempted nor prevented - that part I'm not bothered by," she said.
When we raised the possibility of her family vacating their current premises for safety's sake, the actress hoped that things would not reach that stage. "It's going to be tough and I don't want to think so far. As to whether or not I have to vacate, relocate or change my car plate, I hope I don't have to, honestly speaking."
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Marion Barry: Get the Asians Out of DC
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NEW YORK (AP) - Two suspects have been arrested in the fatal attack on a homeless man sleeping on the steps of a church in the Bronx.
Police said Tuesday that 17-year-old Angel Monegro and 24-year-old Noel Martinez, both of the Bronx, were arrested on manslaughter charges in the death of 41-year-old Miguel Dircio. It wasn't clear if they had lawyers.
Police say the victim was sleeping in front of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church on West Fordham Road on June 19 when he was kicked in the head. He was hospitalized in critical condition and died more than a week later.
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I am a University Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. My research interests are gender inequalities in the family and the labour market, marriage, the gender division of labour, time use research, welfare and public policy regimes in Western and East Asian societies.
After graduating with a DPhil in Sociology from University of Oxford, I worked at the Institute of Social and Economic Research in University of Essex (2004-2006). I was awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008-2011) and a Research Councils UK Academic Fellowship (2008-2013).
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2013, forthcoming ��Changing patterns in the allocation of savings, investments and debts within couple relationships��. Sociological Review. (with H. Laurie)
2011 'Gender Convergence in Domestic Work: Discerning the Effects of Interactional and Institutional Barriers from Large-Scale Data' in Sociology, 45(2): 234-251. (with J.Gershuny & O. Sullivan)
2011 'Investigating Scheduling of Work: A Two-Stage Optimal Matching Analysis of Workdays and Workweeks' in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A. 174(2): 349-368. (with L. Lesnard)
2009 ��Calibrating Stylised Time Use Data with Diary Data�� Social Indicators Research, 93(1): 239�C243. (with J. Gershuny)
2008 'Measurement Error in Stylized and Diary Data on Time Use'. Sociological Methodology, 38, 101-132. (with S. Pudney)
2008 'Measuring Housework Participation: the gap between "stylised" questionnaire estimates and diary-based estimates'. Social Indicators Research, 86(3), pp. 381-400.
2008 ��Does Gender Trump Money? Housework hours of husbands and wives in Britain��. Work, Employment and Society, 22(1), 45-66.
A full list of my publications can be found from my CV.
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7-pc Metric Elbow Ratcheting Wrench Set Bends Over Backward to Fit Any Tight Space
The Craftsman 7-pc metric elbow ratcheting wrench set is equipped to deliver 13 different angled positions in every box end. Perfect for tight spots and hard-to-reach spaces, it delivers solid torque and tight hold with little sweep, making the job that much easier.
Made of alloy steel with an easy-to-clean chrome finish, the 7-pc metric elbow ratcheting wrench set is not only easy to care for, but equipped with universal box ends, it moves 4, 6, 12 point as well as spline and external Torx fasteners with ease. The ratchet swivel locks solid, giving you as much stability and torque as if you were using a straight tool, while conforming to tight spaces and multiple angles so you get the hold that gets the job done.
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Our animals are getting ready to be weighed and measured at ZSL London Zoo's annual weigh-in 2014
100th anniversary of extinct bird marked with poignant tribute at ZSL London Zoo
Baby emperor tamarin twins born in Rainforest Life exhibit
ZSL London Zoo has been named one of the top 10 UK attractions by VisitEngland.
ZSL London Zoo's newest and tiniest arrival has been spotted snoozing in the summer heatwave.
Critically-endangered crocodiles bred for first time in UK at ZSL London Zoo
Game, set and match for Zoo's cheeky monkeys ZSL London Zoo's squirrel monkeys enjoy strawberry treats for Wimbledon
Grab your trainers and get running down to ZSL London Zoo, there are two new cheetahs you have to meet– Mak and Alsafa.
A new South American anteater moves into Rainforest Life exhibit
National Insect Week starts with a boom, as our butterflies are multiplying!
Our three lionesses have been getting in the football spirit ahead of England's first game.