ጥምቀት በአሜሪካ:- A home away home

Well, with full confidence  I can tell I have been a regular TIMKET  fan for life. When I had my first Timket in Los Angeles it was in the 1990th, now  Timket is growing despite some up and down bumps.  It is getting better and better every year. Yes, now Timket is growing every year you need to have your cell phone to find someone in case you got lost. I started taking Timket when there was no digital camera. At that time I had only film camera. Now things are too easy and much cheaper also much faster.

I would not say too much but simply it is a home away home.

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Post by Tilahun Gessesse.

Califonia Call 511. When your car is brreakindown in Freeway.

Worth Sharing:
True Story.

This happened in California .

California is big. It is too big it can be a county by itself. I heard some people are thinking to break state apart into 3 parts. Today my story is not about its size or breaking it apart,  but about highway safety.  Today I was in position to call 411, 611 and 911.  For my three digit phone number phone book list also  I was able to know the use of 511. Please read this story because it may save your life.If you can share it. Here is the story

After celebrating our Timket in Los Angeles we decided to add one more day to see Los Angeles (LA) area and we spent one more  night in LA. We (the whole family ) had a wonderful time in LA. We visited Beverley Hills , Holly Wood, Little Ethiopia,  Korea Town, Down Town, Staples Center,  the Fashion Districts  and then we headed to home via  Freeway 5. Since it was kind of holiday the traffic was light, we had little bit traffic in Anaheim and Irvine area  but the rest was our drive had very nice drive. I was the driver and I was driving the fast left line. Remember the freeway is to wide it has more than 7 lines in one direction and most drivers are speeding by more than 75 MPH( Mile Per Hour)  suddenly when I was around Mission Vajio I heard a loud scratching noise under the car. I soon as I heard that noise I slowed down and  parked in the car in the left dividing line. Since I was in the far side and can not move the car the the far right.
I thought I had flat tire. I pulled over the car to the left and turn on my emergency light. Since I heard very bad traffic accidents happened to my own friends in the past I remain calm in the car and I did the following.


First I don't want call police and want to call non-emergency phone line. Since I was in the middle of freeway I did not know where I was parked. So, I called 411 (directory) they gave me the High Way Patrol (CHP) number. But it was press one and press two thing. They I hung up and decided to call 911. They asked me where I was. Since I was in the middle of freeway I did not have any idea what  exit I was. Luckily  I had my GPS and I was able to pin point my exact location, while I was talking to the 911 operator a tow truck showed up from no where.
 
Remember, we were parked in the shoulder of the freeway (left side) every car was driving 80+ per hour. Th two truck driver backed up slowly and the driver came with flash light. Oh, forgot this, it was night time. The driver checked my car and said the car is Ok. I told him I heard loud noise and I fee like I had a flat tire.

He then checked under the car and found a piece of long wire. He said " That was the problem" but  he told me we had a problem on the tire Then he become our shield and I drove the car to the nearest gas station .

Then he came and showed me that piece of wire was from my tire. Then he asked me if I have spare tire and I said yes. But before he started working on the car I just asked. I have this "Road Hazard!" insurance and want to know how much it will be to change the tire. He said his service is Free!
I could not believed my ears and asked him for the second time " how much?" he said "FREE" this time my heartbeat was stabilizing. Then he started the job. He took out the spare tire and replaced the old tire. He check the air pressure for all  tires.

I asked him how he showed up there. He said he was going to home after end of his work shift and saw out car from the opposite side  the free way and he made a  turn just to help us. He was a nice person. I asked him " Who is paying for his service?"
He said his company has a contact from the state and that will be where he will get the money . Latter he told us next time to call 511 when we have a highway emergency. I promised I will share the story with my  family and friends. He gave me a brochure and I asked  him to give me more and will give it too all friends. That is why you are reading my story.

By the way the tow track driver name was  Chris. I told his you are Christian and he said  "That is my name!"
He was a true christian. I think every county should have the 511 service

           

Featured Artist: Bewketu Seyoum

Ethiopian Airlines posts record 3.15 billion birr profit

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Group made a record high profit of 3.15 billion birr in the 2013-2014 fiscal year that ended in June 2014.

The net profit is the highest the airline made in its 69 year history and surpassed the net profit it bagged last year by 53 percent. Last fiscal year the airline made a net profit of 2.3 billion birr. According to information obtained from the airline, the national flag carrier generated 46.5 billion birr operating revenue, up by 21 percent. The airline transported six million passengers and 187,000 tons of cargo in the budget year, a surge of 13 and seven percent respectively. In the 2013-2014 fiscal year the airline phased in 13 new jetliners and opened nine new destinations.

A senior official at Ethiopian told The Reporter that the airline managed to make a record high profit at a turbulent time. The economic recession in Europe, fuel price hike, and the Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa are some of the critical challenges Ethiopian Airlines and other international airlines faced. The flag carrier recently announced that it was losing eight million dollars in sales every month due to the Ebola pandemic that scared away passengers from traveling to Africa.

The official attributed the remarkable performance of the airline to the implementation of a right business strategy stipulated in the Vision 2025, the airlines 15 growth plan, and the hard work of the management and employees of the airline. “It was a very successful year for the airline,” the official said.

Read more: The Reporter

ግለሰቡ በኢቦላ ቫይረስ አለመሞቱ በድጋሚ በመረጋገጡ አስከሬኑ ለቤተሰቦቹ መሰጠቱ ተገለጸ

ግለሰቡ በኢቦላ ቫይረስ አለመሞቱ በድጋሚ በመረጋገጡ አስከሬኑ ለቤተሰቦቹ መሰጠቱ ተገለጸ
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በግል የሥራ ጉዳይ ወደ ሴራሊዮን አቅንቶ የነበረዉና ወደ ሀገሩ ከተመለሰ ወዲህ ጠንካራ ክትትል ሲደረግበት የቆየዉ ግለሰብ ህይወቱ ያለፈዉ በኢቦላ ቫይረስ አለመሆኑ በመረጋገጡ አስከሬኑ ለቤተሰቦቹ መሰጠቱን የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴር አስታወቀ፡፡
በሚኒስቴሩ የኢቦላ መከላከል ግብረ ሀይል አባላት የሆኑት ባለሙያዎች በሰጡት መግለጫ እንዳስታወቁት ባለፈዉ ረቡእ ንጋት ላይ ህይወቱ በጭንቅላት ወባ እንዳለፈ ኢትዮጵያ ዉስጥ ባለ የምርመራ ላብራቶሪ ተረጋግጧል፡፡ ለኢቦላም በሃገር ዉስጥ በተደረገዉ ምርመራ ከኢቦላ ነፃ እንደሆነ ቢራገጥም ግለሰቡ የመጣዉ በኢቦለ ከተጠቁት አገሮች አንዷ ከሆነችዉ ሴራሊዮን በመሆኑ ለድጋሚ የማረጋገጫ ምርመራ የደም ናሙናዉ ወደ ደቡብ አፍሪካ ተልኮ በኢቦላ ቫይረስ የተጠቃ አለመሆኑ ተረጋግጧል፡፡
በኢትዮጵያ የህብረተሰብ ጤና ኤንስቲትዩት ምክትል ዋና ዳይሬክተር የሆኑት ዶ/ር ዳዲ ጂማ እና በፌዴራል ጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴር የሚኒስትሩ አማካሪ የሆኑት ዶ/ር መርዓዊ አራጋዊ በጋራ በሰጡት መግለጫ ኢትዮጵያ ኢቦላን ለመከላከል ዘርፈ ብዙ ተግባራት እያከናወነች ሲሆን በተለይ የቫይረሱን ምንነት ለማረጋገጥ ያቋቋመችዉ ላብራቶሪ እና የባለሙያዎቹን ብቃት በግለሰቡ ላይ በተደረገዉ ምርመራ ማረጋገጥ መቻሉ እንደ ጠንካራ ጎን እንደሚወሰድ ተናግረዋል፡፡

ከአንበሳ መንጋጋ ማን ያወጣል ስጋ? እውነት ወይስ ውሸት

Ethiopian Airlines Released a new two days sale Jan 23 and 24, 2015

Promotional Two Days Special Sale .

Sales Date: 23^rd   and 24^th  January only

Travel Date: JAN24-31/FEB/MAR

Fare starts from $970 including tax. ( See the table below for detail)

***The fare will be in the system, hence please advise and issue tickets to your esteemed customers accordingly