የዘጠናው አመት አዛውንት እና ፓስተር የተራበ ጎዳና ተዳዳሪ በመመገባቸው ታሰሩ

To Arnold Abbott, feeding the homeless in a public park in South Florida was an act of charity. To the city of Fort Lauderdale, the 90-year-old man in white chef's apron serving up gourmet-styled meals was committing a crime.

For more than two decades, the man many call "Chef Arnold" has proudly fired up his ovens to serve up four-course meals for the downtrodden who wander the palm tree-lined beaches and parks of this sunny tourist destination.

Now a face-off over a new ordinance restricting public feedings of the homeless has pitted Abbott and others with compassionate aims against some officials, residents and businesses who say the growing homeless population has overrun local parks and that public spaces merit greater oversight.

Abbott and two South Florida ministers were arrested last weekend as they served up food. They were charged with breaking an ordinance restricting public feeding of the homeless. Each faces up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.

"One of the police officers said, 'Drop that plate right now,' as if I were carrying a weapon," Abbott recalled.

The arrests haven't deterred Abbott, and pastors Dwayne Black and Mark Sims.

In fact, on Wednesday evening, Abbott and Black went back out for a feeding along Fort Lauderdale beach as police videotaped them serving up fresh-cooked entrees: a chicken-and-vegetable dish with broccoli sauce and a cubed ham-and-pasta dish Abbott said he topped with a "beautiful white onion celery sauce."

Nearly 100 mostly homeless people and volunteers cheered his arrival in the park.

"God bless you, Arnold!" some in the crowd shouted.

 "Thank God for Chef Arnold. I haven't eaten all day. He feeds a lot of people from the heart," said 56-year-old Eddie Hidalgo, who described himself as living on the streets since losing his job two years ago.

At one point, an Associated Press staffer said she watched as Abbott was called over beside a police car by officers where an officer wrote up something and handed Abbott a copy as he stood by.

Police spokeswoman DeAnna Greenlaw late told The Associated Press by email that Abbott was issued a citation on a charge of breaking the ordinance. She said no one else was cited and police had no further comment.

"I'm grateful that they allowed us to feed the people before they gave us the citation," Abbott said afterward. He has said feeding the homeless is his life's mission.

Fort Lauderdale is the latest U.S. city to pass restrictions on feeding homeless people in public places. Advocates for the homeless say that the cities are fighting to control increasing homeless populations but that simply passing ordinances doesn't work.

In the past two years, more than 30 cities have tried to introduce laws similar to Fort Lauderdale's, according to the National Coalition for the Homeless. The efforts come as more veterans face homelessness and after two harsh winters drove homeless people southward, especially to Florida.

Mayor Jack Seiler said he thinks Abbott and the two pastors have good intentions, but that the city can't discriminate in enforcing the ordinance. He said it was passed recently to ensure that public places are open to everyone and stressed that the city was working with local charities to help with the root causes of homelessness.

"The parks have just been overrun and were inaccessible to locals and businesses," Seiler said.

San Diego Taxi drivers hit the street, this time in protest

Taxi drivers hit the street, this time in protest

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – There's gridlock over a proposal to lift the cap on the number of taxi permits issued by the City of San Diego.
Taxi drivers and owners drove to the City Administration Building downtown Thursday to protest either for or against raising the cap that currently stands at 993. Opponents say allowing more taxis would lead to less income for drivers.
On the other side, supporters say most permit owners don't even drive cabs, and instead lease out their permits at an astronomical rate.
"Drivers are then exploited, they pay $400 to $900 a week in leases. The majority of taxi drivers are living in poverty, we need to lift the cap," Sarah Saez of United Taxi Workers said.
The City Council will consider the issue at a meeting on Monday.

 

Washington D.C., Alaska and Oregon Enter the Marijuana Tourism Arena

With the overwhelming passage of Proposal 71 in Washington D.C. the nation’s capital has joined Colorado and Washington State in legalizing recreational use of marijuana. With Oregon and Alaska also approving measures to legalize recreational marijuana use in Tuesday’s election, the tide seems to be moving clearly toward marijuana legalization across the nation.

Once the laws go into effect, three more states or districts will join the list of places where it is legal to smoke marijuana, and their tourism industries will receive whatever benefit the legalization of marijuana confers, a benefit that is so far extremely hard to measure.

The Washington D.C. law is more of a de-criminalization than a full-fledged legalization. It removes the legal penalty for people at least 21 years old possessing up to two ounces of marijuana or as many as three plants.

But a majority of city council members have said that if the measure passes they will submit legislation to Congress to allow the selling of marijuana and to establish a system for taxing it.

Proposal 71 could still be blocked by the U.S. Congress. Unlike the states, the District of Columbia’s laws can be overturned by Congress. Republican Representative Andy Harris of Maryland has already said he would “blunt” the measure through an act of Congress. But if not stopped the new law will go into effect in January.

In Alaska the new law allows the possession of an ounce of marijuana or six plants. It sets up a regime for regulating and taxing the sale of marijuana and will go into effect 90 days after the certification of the election, which is expected to take place in late November.

Alaska legislators now have nine months to put together the system under which marijuana businesses will operate.

Oregon’s law will not create any changes until July 1, 2015. The law will allow adults to possess up to one ounce in public or eight ounces at home. Public consumption is not allowed, and driving under the influence is prohibited under current DUI laws. Legal sales of marijuana cannot take place until 2016. Oregon’s Liquor Control Commission must draft regulations for the sales of marijuana by Jan. 1, 2016.

Until then, Oregon residents can’t legally buy marijuana, though they can grow their own after July 1, 2015. Until that date, Oregon’s standing laws still apply, under which possession of four ounces of pot is a misdemeanor, more than four ounces is a felony, and possessing one ounce or less is not a criminal offense.

Meanwhile, in Colorado, which is nearing the one-year anniversary of its legalization of recreational pot, the effect on its tourism industry is hard to measure.

The Drug Policy Alliance released a report in mid 2014 that showed Colorado’s crime rate in 2014 was 10 percent lower than in 2013, and its violent crime rate had reduced 5 percent. No correlation can be made with the legalization of marijuana, but the data does defy predictions that the opposite would occur.

The effect of legalization on tourism is still debatable. Colorado’s tourism in fiscal year 2014, which ended June 30, hit all-time records. But it is impossible to say what combination of factors led to the increase.

Source: Travel Pulse

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Protests Expected On San Diego City Council Taxi Permit Plan

The San Diego City Council is moving Monday's meeting to Golden Hall to accommodate a large crowd expected for a proposal to eliminate a cap on the number of taxi permits issued by the city.

The idea has garnered either robust support or strong opposition from drivers and owners at previous hearings at the committee level, with discussions on the topic drawing several hours of public testimony.

Since the current lid of 993 permits creates a limited supply, they're being resold in an underground market, Councilwoman Marti Emerald said in August.

She said the permits, administered for the city by the Metropolitan Transit System and issued for a $3,000 fee, are fetching more than $100,000 in some cases, and buyers pass on costs to drivers, who have to work long hours at low pay as a result.

Opponents say allowing more taxis on the street would lead to less income for taxi companies already buffeted by competition from unregulated social media-based companies like Lyft and Uber, meaning the drivers would make even less money.

The number of permits issued on behalf of the city is derived through a formula based on the number of vehicle trips it would take to meet demand.

The proposal the council will consider would get rid of the cap, limit the age of taxicabs to 10 years and prohibit the use of vehicles with salvage titles as taxis.

Councilmen David Alvarez and Scott Sherman have also proposed that a requirement that a prospective permittee have five years of driving or management experience be reduced to six months — in part because of the Lyft and Uber competition. Their proposal also calls for clarifying language regarding citizenship and legal U.S. residency.

Monday's meeting is set to begin at 1 p.m. The City Council will take Tuesday off to observe Veterans Day.

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Ethiopian Airlines launches package tours

Ethiopian Airlines has launched Ethiopian Holidays, a programme of special inclusive tours to the country.

Launched at World Travel Market this week, the programme includes cultural tours in the South, adventurous explorations including

From five to 16 nights' long, holidays will go on sale from January 2015.

Ethiopian Airlines is also offering a 40% discount on its domestic flights to passengers flying into its Addis Ababa hub on its long haul flights.

Destination Store has been appointed to promote and sell the holidays in the UK on the airline's behalf.

Michael Yared, Ethiopian Airlines country manager UK and Ireland, said: "We have a growing and strong customer base in the UK already taking advantage of our daily Boeing 787 Dreamliner services from London Heathrow to Addis and beyond.

"This complementary offering for the leisure market enables us to showcase the diversity of our country with a range of attractive holiday packages that further enhances the tourism flow to Ethiopia - the cradle of civilization."

trekking in the famous Bale Mountains, bird watching holidays and trips to religious festivals.
Thursday, November 6, 2014

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የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ በደልቢን አድርጎ ወደ ሎሳንጀለስ የበረራውን መርሃ ግብር አስታወቀ

LONDON - WTM 2014 - REPORT: Ethiopian Airlines has announced at this year’s World Travel Market, the schedule for its new Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights linking Dublin with Los Angeles and Addis Ababa. Three flights per week will commence on 20th June 2015 which for the first time will directly connect Ethiopia’s capital with Dublin and the West Coast of America.

The schedule makes Ethiopian Airlines the first of the many transatlantic flights to arrive onto the West Coast from Europe, and one of the last to arrive back into Dublin. The timings from and to Dublin enable business travellers to maximize the opportunity of arriving into LA for a full day of meetings before returning home on the same day.

Ireland is home to bases for a number of American west coast companies including Google and Apple, whilst Los Angeles has a large Ethiopian community. Combined with the tourist attraction of the bright lights of Hollywood, which attracts thousands of Irish tourists, each year, Ethiopian Airlines anticipates the route will fill a valuable gap in flight availability that will appeal to the business, tourism and visiting friends and relatives sectors. The service will also connect the Californian state with the African continent via its Addis Ababa hub that serves 49 African destinations including Kilimanjaro, Accra, Zanzibar, Seychelles, Johannesburg and Lagos.

Significantly the new fifth freedom flight enables Ethiopian Airlines to sell all sectors of the route to passengers from Addis Ababa via Dublin directly onto Los Angeles. This new route will complement the Ethiopian Airlines daily flight to Addis Ababa from London Heathrow.

Ethiopian flights to Dublin and Los Angeles will be flown by the ultra-modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which offers unparalleled on-board comfort to passengers. The Los Angeles destination will be the fifth Americas destination served by the airline in addition to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Toronto and Washington DC and Dublin will be the tenth European city served by Ethiopian as well as Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, and Vienna. All told Ethiopian Airlines serves 85 destinations across five continents. - See more at: http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/63135/ethiopian-airlines-announces-schedule-from#sthash.PNcclufg.dpuf

የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ሶስተኛውን B777-200LR ላይነር ተረከበ/Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of a third B777-200LR freighter

Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of a third B777-200LR freighter, part of a strategic fleet expansion to support African exports of perishable cargo.
Ethiopian, still the only African operator of B777 freighters, said that the aircraft’s uplift, range, fuel efficiency and temperature control capabilities make it “perfectly suited for the transport of Ethiopia’s growing export of perishables, such as fruits, flowers, vegetables and meat”.
In line with its Vision 2025 strategic roadmap, the airline will phase in an additional B777-200LR freighter before the end of 2014 and two more in 2015.
It is also building a new cargo terminal with both cold and dry storage facilities, capable of handling 1.2m tons of cargo annually.
Tewolde Gebremariam, chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines, said: “We are phasing in the most modern cargo aircraft such as the B777-200LR freighter and building one of the largest cargo terminals in the world with the aim of expanding and improving our cargo service in support of our country’s and our continent’s growing imports and exports.
“The B777 freighter is unmatched in its fleet category and will be deployed on existing and new long routes for carriage of flowers, fruits, vegetables and meat.”

Ethiopian Cargo, among the largest cargo operators in Africa, currently flies to 24 freighter destinations in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe using eight dedicated freighters, including wide-bodies such as the B777 and MD-11.

IPHONE 6 Vs Nokia 3310

IPHONE 6 Vs Nokia 3310

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