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South Hadley, MA resident will oversee Florence Savings Bank's Residential Mortgage Division.
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Florence Savings Bank announces the addition of Barbara-Jean DeLoria to its Executive Management Team
FLORENCE, MA - Florence Savings Bank (www.florencesavings.com)
In this capacity, her primary responsibility will be to oversee the Bank's Residential Mortgage Division which has been the #1 mortgage operation in Hampshire County for the past 17 years. She will also function as a commercial lending officer, continuing an expertise she has developed over a 25 year banking career. She will be a member of the Bank's Executive committee, Enterprise Risk Management committee and Asset/Liability committee.
Most recently, DeLoria served as Senior Vice President of Commercial and Residential Lending at United Bank in West Springfield.
DeLoria earned a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, with a minor in finance, from Bentley University, Waltham, MA.
She is active in a number of civic and community organizations. DeLoria is Past President of the West Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Treasurer of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield (ACCGS), and Past President of Dress For Success of Western Massachusetts, an organization providing disadvantaged women with professional attire for job interviews. She additionally serves on the Massachusetts Small Business Review Board, and is involved with the Center for Financial Training, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
In announcing the appointment, Florence Savings Bank President and Chief Executive Officer John F. Heaps, Jr., said, "We are very pleased to have Barbara-Jean join our team here at Florence Savings Bank. Her considerable banking experience and strong community involvement will serve our Bank and our customers well.
About Florence Savings Bank
Florence Savings Bank is a mutually-owned savings bank chartered in 1873. Currently, the Bank serves the Pioneer Valley through 9 full-service branch locations in Florence, Northampton, Easthampton, Williamsburg, Amherst, Hadley, Belchertown and Granby as well as through 26 ATMs. Florence Savings Bank offers a wide range of financial services including investment management through Florence Savings Bank Financial Group (FSBFG) to consumers and businesses. John F. Heaps Jr. is the Bank's President and Chief Executive Officer. Main headquarters are at 85 Main Street, Florence, MA 01062. For additional information about the Bank or its services please visit www.florencesavings.com or call 413-586-1300.
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What are average fee percentages that advisers charge? I have talked to a financial planner who is asking for three percent of the investments I purchase.
According to FPA member Stephen D. Calder, CFP®, of Wasatch Wealth Advisor, many of the fees charged by financial advisers depend on the type of funds and/or accounts being managed. "In my experience, I can say that on average, a three percent fee is at the high end of the range — the typical range being one to three percent," said Calder. "More normal fee ranges are one to one and a half percent as an advisory fee."
Other financial planners agree. "There are almost as many compensation arrangements in the financial services industry as there are financial advisors, but I would venture to say that the majority of fee-based or fee-only financial advisors charge between one and one and a half percent of a client's 'assets under management,'" said FPA member Paul Winter, CFP®, president of Five Seasons Financial Planning, LLC. "Frequently, this percentage declines on a sliding scale as client investment assets increase. For example, an advisor might charge one percent for the first $500,000 under management, 0.9 percent for the next $500,000, and so on."
For his part, FPA member Jeffrey C. Vincent, CLU, ChFC, CFP®, with Great Basin Financial Services, said the following fee schedule would be normal for Utah:
$1 — $99,000 1.50 percent
$100,000 — $249,000 1.35 percent
$250,000 — $499,000 1.25 percent
$500,000 — $749,000 1.20 percent
$750,000 — $999,000 1.10 percent
$1,000,000 — $1,999,000 1.00 percent
$2,000,000 — $4,999,000 0.90 percent
$5,000,000 + 0.80 percent
Now if your financial adviser works for a broker/dealer, Winter said he or she may instead (or in addition) receive their fees as a portion of the sales loads their firm will charge you either up front, on an ongoing basis, or on liquidation of a mutual fund in which you invest. In addition, Winter said there are financial advisers who charge by the hour or on a one-time project basis.
But fees are only part of the discussion. "It's equally important to understand what you will receive for your advisory fees," said Winter. "Fee transparency and full disclosure are critical in choosing a financial advisor. What services are offered in return for your fees? Will these services be provided on an ongoing basis, or just once on initial investment? Will the financial advisor provide advice on investments only, or on a full range of personal financial topics (e.g. retirement planning, college funding, debt management, insurance, etc.)? Can he provide other services like tax preparation and the preparation of estate planning documents? How much time and effort will the advisor expend on your behalf — some investments like private equity or venture capital might require a lot of due diligence while others might be fairly plain vanilla? Will your financial advisor commit in writing to a fiduciary standard in his relationship with you?"
Others agree. "A lot of variables will come into play when an advisor determines a fee to be charged," said Vincent. "If the investment involves a high degree of attention, then the fee could be higher. It really depends on the level of attention your advisor is providing and the nature of the investments. If you are investing in a portfolio of mutual funds and you establish a basic asset allocation model with quarterly, semi-annual or annual reviews, it may be less. If you are buying a pool of individual stocks that your advisor will be actively managing, your fee could be much higher."
You also need to discuss fees in contest of investment returns. "With long-term returns on stocks averaging about 10 percent, current yields on investment-grade bonds about five percent, and cash surrogates yielding next to nothing, one could make the case that a diversified portfolio should be expected to return seven to eight percent over the long term," said Winter. "You can place the fees your prospective advisor will charge in that context."
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It's a dream job, sure. But would you be able to handle it?
Jeff Norman tastes 40 to 50 samples of whiskey per day in his capacity as master taster for the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn. He paid a visit to Milwaukee for the Harley-Davidson anniversary festivities.
"I taste each and every batch before it's bottled," he said.
This lucky Lynchburg native has a few snorts — make that samples — first thing in the morning at work. Then, as he described it, he gets his "morning coffee after that."
So his day goes. Norman, whose father was also a taster, takes quality control seriously.
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Between samples, he rinses his mouth out with water. With certain tongue-burning high-proof barrel samples, he dilutes the proof down to 40%.
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But mainly what he is on the lookout for is any kind of flaw, any lack of consistency in the product.
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Top 11 of 2011!
Welcome to my end of the year post! I really cannot believe it is here already. 2011 was a blast! I was able to work with some awesome people as well as being able to work on some personal work. I took my dream trip (which I'll be repeating) to Iceland, I got some new film toys, and I was blessed with putting together a shoot for my favorite band, mewithoutYou. I also was published in quite a few publications including Southern Weddings, INK, and a few others. The one I am most proud of is an article I wrote for Rangefinder about Shooting with back lighting. Below I will be sharing my favorite 11 images from 2011. Some of them are just photos I love and some I included because they have some meaning for me. Each of the photos are linked back to the original post so feel free to click on them to see more from the set! Enjoy!
Iceland blew my mind in almost every way possible. A visit to the this country has always been one of my dream trips and now my next dream trip is just to go back. We arrived on Icelandic National Day so there were huge festivals going on in the capitol that we were able to hang out at but the best part for me (and I think my travel buddies also) was once we got out of the city and started camping. Three people and three backpacks in a two person tent made it easier to huddle up for warmth. Everywhere we camped was breathtaking. The photo below was from our stop at Myvatt Lake in Northern Iceland. Here we camped between a sheep pasture and a horse pasture right on the lake. That little white dot you see next to the sign is our humble little tent.
Next up is my shoot with mewithoutYou. These guys have been my favorite band for a long time and I strongly suggest that you look them up and give them a listen. I always recommend the album Brother, Sister to newcomers. I have always wanted the chance to shoot with them and it finally happened this year. These are some of the most humble guys I have ever met they inspired me to take myself down a notch. Since this shoot was in the middle of their tour we were on a time crunch so we decided to kill two birds with one stone. We centered the shoot around a huge pancake breakfast so they could eat and shoot before they were on their way up to South Carolina for their next show.
I have always been a big believer in experimenting with different styles to add more things to your photographic "bag of tricks." My style is largely built around bright sunny images (which is obviously what I love) but I wanted to venture out a bit so I decided to set up a shoot at night. Below is set of those photos.
Angi Welsch has always been one of my huge inspirations. Her work is impeccable. Every time she puts something new up I always call my roommate over to the computer so he can gawk at it too. On one of my trips out to California I did a shoot with Angi and her sister Jenn. During the shoot, Angi was showing me her new camera (Contax 645) and she let me shoot a quick shot of her on the roll that she had in it. As soon as I got home from that trip I sold my other medium format system and bought myself a Contax 645. Below is the photo that I shot of her on her camera. I am posting it for two reasons. One is because Angi is awesome (seriously, go look at her work) and the other is because this shot made me fall in love with this camera.
This shoot was shot in the middle of a camping trip. I was camping with a few friends and my brother at Joshua Tree out in the California desert. Joshua tree is weird. I can't think of any other way to put it. There are rocks that don't make sense. They look like something made for some sort of alien Disney park. I had some models meet me out in the desert so we could shoot and I got a killer set of photos from it. Below is on of my favorites from the set.
This was part of a collaboration shoot I did with Angi Welsch (see number 4) and the shot below was shot with the Contax 645 that she inspired me to get my hands on. The reason I am posting this one is because I have had this image in my head for a while and I was finally able to put it on film. I just love it.
Next in line is my shoot in Eaton Canyon with Preston. Preston is one of my favorite models to work with. We just click so well together and he is such a good mind to have on set. Always a hard worker and a creative contributor to the shoot. If I had to pick I would say that this shoot was my favorite shoot with him. This can also be found in INK magazine!
This is my latest big project that I completed; a music video for Jade Lawhon's song Sounds from the Tomb. This made the list because I am considering it as my debut into video. I spent good chunk of time on this and am pretty proud of it. According to the feedback I have been getting from the video, I need to be doing more video work. I have a view different pieces that are in the brainstorming/story boarding process now that I am excited to dive into once I get a little more free time.
This was such a fun shoot. A great team can really make a shoot and in this case it did. Yen Ryder did hair, Ashley Hidde did make up and Megan Henderson, Haley Welsh and Veronica Dame were the models. Megan modeled for me on my very first shoot with a model a few years ago and we have been collaborating since then. She is unbelievable to shoot with. I don't think I have a bad photo of her. I actually have a shoot coming up on January 14th with her that I am SUPER excited about. So be on the look out for that!
I shot this engagement session with Ryan and Lindsey in St. Augustine and will be shooting their wedding in June. I am posting this one because they were a blast to work with! They are such genuinely nice people. Their love for each other is so obvious and it really made their photos shine. I usually give about 40-60 images for engagement sessions and I think they ended up with over 100. So this one is for your Ryan and Lindsey!
Towards the end of my Iceland trip we were able to set up our tiny little tent next to this enormous waterfall called Skogafoss. It was almost ridiculous how beautiful it was. It was like jumping into a beautiful landscape painting and then falling asleep to a real life version of those peaceful soundtracks of flowing water. While we were there we met these two girls who I took a few portraits of on my Contax 645. Thanks to the 24 hour sunlight in Iceland I was able to shoot this at 11pm.
That is all! Looking forward to a new year, new people to work with and creating some new work!


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Vol. 154, No. 268 14 pages, 2 sections CLICK 500 herald-zeitung.com I 5 6 8 P 5 00001 89 70 DEAR ABBY 3B CLASSIFIEDS 4B COMICS 2B CROSSWORD 2B FORUM 4A OBITUARIES 3A SPORTS 6A TV GRIDS 3BCity agrees to injunction over drainage fees By Leigh Jones Staff Writer The city of New Braunfels has agreed to a temporary injunction on stomiwater development fees, giving the Greater New Braunfels Homebuilders Association the first victory in the battle over the city's drainage ordinance. The injunction will put $138,750 in fees already assessed on hold until a judge decides whether the ordinance is illegal, as the plaintiffs allege. It also clears the way for plats to be recorded and development to begin on Oak Creek and Oakwood Estates. City Attorney Charles Zech said he agreed to the injunction because he expected the cause of the dispute could soon change. "I anticipate city council will be looking at an amended ordinance Oct. IO," he said. Zech tried to get city council members to amend the ordinance once before, during its July 22 meeting, by removing the stormwater development fee's mandatory provision. But the council was evenly divided over Zech's recommendation — the 3-3 tie vote left the ordinance unchanged. As written, the ordinance gives See DRAINAGE, Page 3A By Ron Maloney Staff Writer Concerned about the recent hot, dry weather, Comal County commissioners Thursday outlawed outdoor burning. The burn ban. which took effect at 6 a.m. today, is in effect for 90 days unless lifted by County Judge Danny Scheel. Acting County Judge Jack Dawson said die ban question was taken up at Fire Marshal Un Manford's request. "I think we all read the memo from our fire marshal," Dawson said. "I Ie says his recommendation is that we enact die hum ban. It seems to me it would be prudent to accept his recommendation.'' Precinct 4 Commissioner Jan Kennady made a motion to enact the ban that Dawson seconded. It was passed unanimously in accordance with the county's standing policy, which says Scheel aul lift the ban if it rains and Mankind could, in cases of financial hardship, issue burn permits. Manford said he recommended die ban because of recent record high temperatures and a Keetch-Byram Drought Index of642 — and because of concerns raised by the See BURN, Page 3A COMING SATURDAY Special champs New Braunfels Special Olympians try their hand at something new — bocce ball. Commissioners reinstate burn ban — for now Book sale has something for everyone Identity thieves trying something different — jury duty By Ron Maloney Staff Writer County officials this week have begun warning residents and prospective jurors of a new telephone swindle for stealing identity information—the "jury duty" scam. County Clerk Joy Streater told commissioners Thursday her office is informing county court jury pools about how the county conducts its court business — and how it doesn't. The way the scam works, Streater said, is that someone calls, claiming to work in the court system and says an arrest warrant has been issued because you failed to show up for jury duty. When the victim says he or she did not receive the summons, the caller asks for personal information to "confirm" the mark's identity and to match against the information on the warrant. The information, which includes a Social Security num ber and date of birth, is then used to "steal" the victims identity for fraud or other crimes. The ruse has been reported in several stales, including Texas. "We're telling diem that we don't do business this way — that our employees never call and ask for their personal information over the telephone," Streater said. "There are crooks out there and the can be very ingenious in how See SCAM, Page 2A "We're telling them that we don't do business this way—that our employees never call and ask for their personal information over the telephone." — Joy Streater County clerk By Leigh Jones Staff Writer Gloria Ford walked out of the civic center Thursday with four boxes of hooks to put on her empty book shelves. Tile sale came at just the right time for the book-lover to start her new personal library — the one she had spent her life building washed away in Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters. Ford does not have much room for her new collection in the Schlitterbahn Resort lodgings she and her family occupy now, but she plans to use every available space for her purchases. "I use books for everything — work, hobbies, reference," she said. "My house in New Orleans was filled with them." Now that she is starting from scratch, Ford decided to focus on the basics when she arrived at the Friends of the New Braunfels Public Library annual book sale. I ler boxes were filled with Bibles, dictionaries and cookbooks. As soon as she arrived at the sale, Ford headed direcdy to the table piled with cook books. "I was looking for this old recipe for Jell-O fruit salad that I used to make but could not remember all of the ingredients for. I found it in a little cookbook almost as soon as I got here, just like it was set out for me," she said, patting the thin volume hugged against her chest. The best thing about Ford's shopping spree was the price — less than $50 for all four boxes. Despite the sale's cheap prices, the annual event is a big fundraiser for the library. Comal ISD trustees vote against all or nothing approach By Jessica Sanders Staff Writer Photos by DAVID INGRAM Herald-Zeitung Maria and BenjaminTurner look over the large selection of children's books available at the Friends of the Library Book Sale at the civic centerThursday afternoon. Below, Geoff Nadeau and his 6-month-old son, Leif, thumb through table after table of books for sale. AT A GLANCE •What: Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale ■ When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today B Where: New Braunfels Civic Center, 380 South Seguin Ave. Friends co-chair Margaret Brazle said the sale earned $i7,000 last year. She expects to raise between $15,000 and $20,000 this year. "It's been going steady all day long," Brazle said. "The books are disappearing." Although Brazle had seen a number of interesting volumes go past the register, her favorite was a Stephen King first edition. Its new owner was thrilled to find such a rare copy, but other shoppers were See BOOKS, Page 5A Both sections of Comal lSD's proposed bond package will stand alone after trustees decided Wednesday that building only two new schools is better than building none. Board members decided to take no action on a resolution that would Board President allow Proposition 2 to Dan Krueger pass only if voters also chose to pass Proposition I. Hie $189 million bond package is separated into two parts. Proposition I, for $155 million, would allow for improvements and renovations to existing schools as well as the construction of three new elementary schools and one new middle school. Proposition 2, for $34 million, would allow for two new elementary schools. Superintendent Marc Walker said if either package fails, the board will simply have to approach voters again with another bond in See BOND. 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I was expecting these to be different in their shape and size, but they look identical. I have validated that the MEM-MSFC2-512MB is correct and does fit.
Can anyone please confirm the shape size of MEM-2S-512MB
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If anti-cellulite creams, wrinkle defying serums and exotic facials are part of your weekly regiment, you may have been tricked by a beauty myth or two.
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I just want to let you guys know that if you read my other story I am not abandoning it in any way! In fact, I almost have three chapters of the other story done and I'll get them too you as soon as they are beta-ed.
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Full Summary: Instead of Amity Park, Danny lives in a small town in Massachusetts with his parents and sister. His parents are as obsessive as ever with ghost hunting. They build a ghost portal only to have it, surprise surprise, not work. Their fourteen year old son is just trying to survive his first year of high school, which is full of bullies, cruel teachers, and judgmental peers. So basically, a regular high school. Danny doesn't have many friends and the ones he does have, he isn't very close too. On top of all this Danny's curiosity gets the better of him and he enters the portal. Similar events happen, Skulker, Technus, Vlad, ice powers, even Dark Dan, but this time he doesn't have Sam and Tucker to help him. Having to deal with everything alone changes how Danny feels about his powers and himself. In this Danny is a little darker and even more self-conscious, but don't worry it's still the Danny we love, he's just buried a little deeper. Danny Phantom is hunted by the Fentons, except this time barley anyone in his home town thinks he is a good ghost. He is blamed for the ghost attacks, even though without him, his town would be overrun with malevolent spirits. A year later his family moves to Amity Park where they bought a bigger house with a basement twice as big as their last lab. Now Danny and Jazz start their very first day at Casper High…
Chapter 1 A new face
Tucker sat in the front row, not his choice mind you, but Mr. Lancer always assigned seats for his students. Not only does his position make it hard to talk with friends, but even worse, it makes it extremely difficult to text or play with his PDA at all! Now that was criminal.
A few friends whom he ate lunch with sat in the back row, so there was no hope of conversation. He had a lot in common with his friends; they all loved technology, not as much as him of course, and they were socially labeled the same; geeks. But whatever, they were proud of their geekiness, even if it did make it impossible to get cheerleaders.
Not all his friends were geeks, although most were. There was one girl who he had become close too, even though it was unexpected for a geek to hang out with a Goth. But then again, Sam had never been one to fit into the expectations of others.
The two of them rarely talked at school, even though they had a ton of classes together. And they both hung out with their own friends during lunch so it was a wonder they knew each other at all. However, they had gone to the same school since preschool so they had a lot of history together. But they didn't truly become good friends until last year when they randomly met up at the mall after both their friends had ditched them. After spending the day together they realized that even though they had nothing in common, and their way of thinking couldn't be more different on some issues, they actually enjoyed hanging out together. So whenever Sam's Goth friends were busy and she needed something to do or Tucker's friends were off studying or getting ready for a chess tournament, which he thought was extremely boring, the two of them would hang out.
Usually Tucker would be using his natural charm to score a date, but not with Sam. It wasn't that Sam wasn't pretty, because even though she tries to hide it, she is. But Tucker knew he was more likely to be punched in the face by her then to get a date. Besides, she wasn't really his type, how could he date a girl that didn't eat meat? Come on, that's inhuman!
Tucker sighed, his sophomore year had only just started a month ago and he was already bored of school. He was about to see if he could look up how many days of school he had left on his PDA without getting caught, when the door to the classroom opened. In walked a nervous boy about his age with black hair that hung in his bright blue eyes. He did not walk with confidence and his shoulders were slumped like he was trying not to be noticed. He handed a note to Mr. Lancer and licked his lips apprehensively.
Mr. Lancer read the note and nodded. "Class, we have a new student joining our classroom, this is Daniel Fenton."
There was a lot of whispering at the mention of his last name. Everybody knew the Fentons. Some blamed them for the increase in ghost attacks, although most people blamed Danny Phantom more. The Fentons were recognized for being one of the only ghost fighters, other than the Guys in White, to be able to handle the supernatural entities that pledged this world. The students of Mr. Lancers English class had to wonder, now that the Fentons were living in Amity Park, would the ghosts follow? Once or twice Amity Park had a ghost emergency, but it was nothing the local Guys in White couldn't handle.
"Now Mr. Fenton, why don't you take a seat…" but before the English teacher could assign a place for Danny the questions started.
"Have you ever seen a ghost?" One girl in the corner asked.
The new kid's eyes flicked nervously to her, "Umm… yeah once?" He answered uncertainly.
"What did it look like?" Another kid questioned.
"Big and it umm, glowed?"
Tucker felt sorry for him, he seemed like a shy kid who didn't like a lot of attention, and here he was, being interrogated on his first day of school.
"Have your parents ever caught a ghost?"
"I thought your parents were more like mad scientist or something."
He shrugged. "Some days I think they're insane."
Tucker blinked; did he just make a joke? Maybe he wasn't as shy as he led on. Or maybe he was telling the truth.
"Have you ever met Danny Phantom?"
"Ph-Phantom? N-no, of course not." He stuttered. And just like that he was back to being the jumpy new kid again.
"Catcher in the Rye! Quiet down people!" Mr. Lancer shouted over all the questions."You will have time to talk to Mr. Fenton after class." He looked down at the new kid, "now, please take your seat in the empty chair next to Mr. Foley." The kid did this, looking relieved to be out of the spotlight.
"Hey," Tucker greeted, "Tucker Foley," he introduced himself.
"Danny." The kid corrected Mr. Lancer's use of his full first name.
Tucker continued to talk to Danny in a low voice so Mr. Lancer wouldn't hear. "Well, welcome to Casper High, oh and I'm sorry."
Danny looked at him in confusion. "About what?"
"You're part of the unlucky class who stuck with Mr. Lancer as a teacher."
Danny attempted to suppress a grin, but failed miserably. "Well, at least he stopped the questions, I'm grateful to him for that."
"Oh yeah? Wait until you see our homework assignment and then tell me how grateful you feel." Danny's eyes sparkled in amusement. "You can't blame them though," Tucker continued, he was talking about the class this time, "everyone thinks that since the Fentons are here ghosts are going to start attacking this town. That won't happen though… right?"
Danny's grin slipped from his face as he grew serious, he seemed to be studying Tucker, but it was like he was looking through him, instead of at him. Danny's gaze was intense and Tucker felt a chill run down his spine. This person beside Tucker was no longer the shy innocent kid with a good sense of humor he had been talking to minutes ago; instead he looked troubled and even dangerous. Tucker couldn't explain it, but fear started balling up in his chest. He didn't know if it was fear of what Danny's response would be, or if it was because the kid's cold emotionless stare was freaking him out.
Unexpectedly, a warm smile came across Danny's face and his eyes softened into innocence again. "Nah, you'll be fine. And if they do, my parents will just capture them." His voice was light and untroubled. Tucker felt himself relax and let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding. Now Tucker's flash of fear for the kid seemed ridiculous and he pushed it to the back of his mind. He must have been imagining things; Danny had to be the quietest and most unassuming person in the classroom, there was nothing freaky or weird about him. Actually, he was pretty cool; perhaps he should invite the new kid to sit with his friends and him at lunch.
Fifteen minutes before the class was over Tucker looked over to find Danny had fallen asleep. He hadn't thought much of it before, but he noticed Danny did have dark circles under his eyes. Tucker felt sorry for him, bad things happened to people who fell asleep in Mr. Lancer's class.
"Mr. Foley." Tucker was startled by his English teacher's sharp voice. "Please wake up Mr. Fenton for me."
Tucker nodded and leaned over the side of his desk to shake Danny awake. When he did, Danny bolted upright so fast the desk rattled, incurring laughter from his peers. A bright blush crept onto his cheeks and around the back of his neck. Tucker tried not to be one of the people laughing, but he couldn't help but let out a snicker or two. It was a little funny.
"Mr. Fenton, I don't know what they allowed at your last school, but in my classroom I expect students to at least act like they are paying attention."
This only caused Danny to blush deeper. "Y-yes sir, it won't happen again."
"See that it doesn't." Mr. Lancer responded before turning back to the lesson.
Danny looked over at Tucker, grinning sheepishly, "that's going to happen again," he assured him ruefully, "do you think you can wake me up when it does?"
"Sure thing man, what wrong? You didn't get enough sleep?"
Danny nodded and yawned, "Let's just say a little pest kept me up all night."
"Rats in your house?"
"Yep, ghost rats."
Tucker stared at him, eyes wide, trying to figure out if Danny was joking or not. But the kid just smirked and turned his head towards the board. So not fair!
Danny tried not to give anything away as he stared at the bored and pretended to pay attention. Who knew Tucker was this much fun to mess with? Despite what he had Tucker believe, it had not been ghost rats keeping him up all night. No, this was a different pest in the form of blue skin and overalls. Yes, the Boxghost was at it again. Every time the ghost got close to the new Fentonworks Danny's ghost sense would go off, waking him up. And for the life of him, Danny had a hard time finding the ghost this time. The ghost teen had given up and gone back to bed only to be woken up two other times and repeating the process. It wasn't until four in the morning did Danny actually catch the ghost. The box obsessed ghost had been going from warehouse to warehouse collecting boxes, saying something about how he had to 'start his collection over.' Apparently moving the Portal had made the ghosts more disoriented than Danny. Anyway, it was a wonder how he caught the ghost at all, usually it was easy, but that was because ghosts normally cause loud trouble that is easy to spot.
School had been okay so far, except for the two mistakes he had made already. One, he had fallen asleep in class. He did this all the time in his old school, and it was unavoidable due to his late night activities, but he had hoped that at least for the first day he could make a good impression. No such luck. At least Tucker seemed to like him, this was good. Danny needed to make friends, he wouldn't look normal if he didn't have any. And Danny desperately needed to look normal, mostly because in reality, he wasn't. This is where mistake number two came in. Even though it was for a short second Danny had dropped his normal happy-go-lucky façade. This is when he pretended to be shy and nervous like you would expect a normal teen to be on his first day of school. This mask he wore also demanded he have bad posture and to act like a weakling, this included pretending like he couldn't stand his own against bullies. Basically, he acted like himself before the accident.
He supposed his entire persona wasn't a fake; there were parts of it that were genuine. For example, he really is a shy, slightly jumpy, and a naturally happy person. But that didn't mean he couldn't adjust himself when the situation demanded it. If he needed to be serious he would, if hesitation and nerves would get in his way, then he needed to find the strength to quiet them.
Danny was usually really good at knowing which mask to use and how to keep them believable. It bothered him that he had slipped up with Tucker. When his classmate had asked him if Danny's family moving here would put the town at risk, Danny couldn't help but feel a stab of guilt. The ghosts would continue to come out of the portal, and even if Danny hunted ghost 24/7, people would still get hurt. This was inevitable. He thought about shutting down the portal, but he knew it wouldn't do any good. There were still many natural entrances ghost could come out of, and then without a portal Danny had no way of putting them back.
Danny had been swept up in a bout of anger, furious at himself for not being able to do more, when he had lost his mask. Tucker looked frightened of him in that second, and Danny wondered if he really was that terrifying, even in human form. A year ago Danny Fenton wouldn't have been able to scare anyone; but now, after all he had seen and done, even his human form didn't even feel human anymore.
Sometimes 'Phantom' got through, and when that happened he always comes close blowing his fake-innocence cover. Danny must have looked nothing like the innocent happy kid he had been projecting only moments before. Luckily, he must have caught himself on time because Tucker didn't seem too worried about it. And truth be told, Danny liked Tucker, perhaps they could be friends. That is, if Danny didn't make any more mistakes.
It was lunch time and Tucker noticed Danny at the end of the line for food. People had been talking about the Fentons all day. Students were excited that this could mean their town would be visited by ghosts, but behind all the excitement, people were frightened. Everyone has heard stories about how dangerous and coldhearted ghosts could be.
Tucker had hear a particular horror story, and the horrible part was it actually happened, of a man who came home from work to two young children and a loving wife every night. However, one night the man did not come home alone. He was possessed by a ghost and the monstrous creature was out for blood. The ghost forced the man to murder his wife and children and after the creature was satisfied he left the man alive, but with nothing left to live for. The man had committed suicide only days after he told the police what had happened. The story made Tucker shiver every time he heard it, but it only proved that ghost were evil monsters bent on hurting people for pleasure. The ghost in the story supposedly had no grudge against that family, according to the father; it had just murdered the family out of pure boredom.
So it was no wonder people were afraid, but Tucker could at least take comfort in Danny's trust in his parent's skills. After all, if anyone had experience in this sort of thing it would be the Fentons.
"Hey Danny," Tucker greeted, coming up beside him in line.
"Hey Tucker, please tell me you're here to tell me what's eatable or not, because, believe it or not, I was never very good at Eeny Meeny Miny Moe."
"Oh I can believe it." Tucker assured him, at the same time wondering how someone could be 'good' at randomly picking items, he was sure that was contradicting the whole point.
Danny gave him and evil look which melted away into a grin.
They chatted about Danny's first day and every so often Tucker gave Danny "words of wisdom" from a "knowledgeable" source. To hear Tucker tell it, he knew everything there is to know about the school. Most of these "pieces of wisdom" were either really obvious or really random, but whichever they were, they were always entertaining.
After they had gotten their food, Tucker invited Danny to sit with him and his friends. So the two of them made their way to the back of the cafeteria were the nerd table was. Clumsy as ever, no matter how many ghost powers he had, absentminded Danny Fenton neglected to watch where he was going. He ran into something soft, it was smaller than him, but not by much, it also wore a lot of black. Danny's superhuman reflexes reacted before he could stop them and he managed to catch her tray full of food, which would have landed on her shirt, while still miraculously balancing his own.
By the furious look on her face Danny could tell she was about yell at him for not looking where he was going, when suddenly, she stopped herself. A curious look crossed her face as she watched him balance the two trays, which wasn't easy.
"Sorry," Danny grunted as he handed her food back to her. "Are you okay?"
She flat out ignored the question. "You're Danny Fenton." It didn't sound like a question so Danny didn't answer. "Do you hunt ghosts?" She asked with a cross look on her face.
Danny licked his lips nervously, "no, that's my parents job. I'm not really into the family business. Who are you again?"
An impatient growl left her lips, "Not important. Did you know that what your parents are doing is morally wrong?"
"Umm?" Danny wasn't sure how he was supposed to answer.
"Ghosts have rights, same as humans do! It's not fair to hunt them indiscriminately."
Tucker rolled his eyes, "come on Sam, not this again! You know ghosts are evil."
Sam, apparently that was her name, rounded on Tucker and Danny thought he was pretty brave for disagreeing with her. "Not all ghosts are evil Tucker, they use to be human too, don't forget."
"Well, there not anymore. And do you think it's wrong to hunt them if they're attacking people?"
"No, but I think it's wrong to shoot them when they haven't done anything." She argued passionately. "The Fentons hunt them just because of what they are, you can't tell me that's fair."
"Maybe I would agree with you Sam, if there was proof that some ghosts can be good, but there's not!"
"Yes there is. Danny Phantom."
Danny froze and almost dropped his lunch tray.
Tucker groaned, "not this again. Sam, he's not the hero."
"Yes he is, haven't you seen him fighting other ghosts on the news?"
Danny couldn't believe it; he didn't think Danny Phantom supporters existed anymore.
"Just because he gets into fights with ghosts doesn't mean he trying to save people. Even he stopped disagreeing when people call him evil."
It was true, people weren't listening and so Danny stopped defending himself, it was easier to just do his job anyway.
"Well, I still think he's a good person. The property damage he caused doesn't erase the lives he's saved."
Danny found himself smiling at her words; it had been a long time since anyone had said anything good about his alter ego.
But his smile disappeared when she rounded on him again, anger flashing in her eyes. "And that is why your parents are doing the wrong thing by hunting him. They should be working with Danny Phantom, not trying to hunt him down!"
Danny snorted. "My parents would never work with Phantom." And this was true, but only too late did he realize it was the wrong thing to say.
Sam let out a growl of frustration, "just as I thought, the Fentons are nothing more than small-minded ghost hunters who can only see in black and white." She turned, ready to storm away in anger.
"Danny Phantom…" he began hesitantly, making her pause, "I've never met him, but I think Danny Phantom would be glad that at least- at least someone still believes in him."
Sam looked over her shoulder in surprise and confusion. She opened her mouth like she was going to say something, but then closed it again; shaking her head she walked away.
"Who the heck was that?" Danny asked when she was out of ear shot.
"Sam Manson, she's a good friend of mine."
"Oh yeah, you two sounded like friends." Danny noted sarcastically.
Tucker laughed. "We do end up arguing a lot," he mused. "But we've know each other since forever, so it's all good."
"Whatever you say." The two teens continued on their way to the table.
"Don't let Sam get to you. She just doesn't like the way your family hunts ghosts, its noting against you personally. At least, I don't think so…"
Danny shrugged his shoulders. He wasn't insulted by Sam. In fact, he liked her already. He had served as a protector for so long he forgot was it was like to have someone defend him.
Tucker's friends were really nice, but they acted strangely excited around Danny, probably because of his last name. They asked a lot of questions about his parents and if he had ever seen a ghost. It got tiring after a while, but at least it was better than his old school. There he was considered more than just 'the kid with the weird parents'. Some people blamed his parents for the ghost attacks and they took their anger out on the Fenton children. Not that he couldn't handle himself, but glares from strangers on the street, grades marked down by angry teachers, and abuse from bullies could take its toll. Sometimes he thought people treated him better as Danny Phantom than Danny Fenton, but then again, Phantom had the power to vaporize them, so fearful respect was at least granted to one of his sides. This had been one of the reasons his family decided to move in the first place. In Amity Park the Fentons could avoid the picketers and criticism, at least for a while.
Danny was not enjoying the attention he got from being the ghost hunters' son. He was trying to blend in and be normal, and yet his parent's reputation was making that very difficult. He wondered if Jazz was having the same problem. Probably not, she loved attention, this was a perfect time for her to talk about her families psyche or something.
Speak of the devil.
"Danny!!" an orange haired girl yelled from across the cafeteria. She found it necessary to wave her hand frantically at him.
"Who's that?" Mikey asked.
"The biggest spazz you will ever meet." Danny answered casually.
They all looked at him in surprise, "that's a little harsh," a brown haired girl with glasses stated.
He shook his head, a smile on his face. "Nah, she's my sister."
"Ohh." There was a collective sound of comprehension.
"Gets on you case, huh?" the same girl asked, and for the life of him, Danny couldn't remember her name.
"She's a little overprotective," Danny agreed. To the halfa's distaste his sister was making her way towards him.
"Hey little brother! How is your first day of school so far?" She asked in that cheerful voice she had.
"Great Jazz, it's great." Danny answered unenthusiastically.
"That's good!" she beamed at him. Jazz was the most observant person Danny knew, so she had to be ignoring his bitter attitude on purpose. "Well, I have to get back, see you at home little bro." She ruffled his hair before leaving.
Disgruntled, Danny glanced over at Tucker, "see what I mean?"
Tucker laughed.
And Danny smiled.
Not bad for a first day.
Hello everybody! I seriously wrote this in record time (for me) and honestly I think this chapter is a little boring, but I had to explain everything so you can understand where the characters are coming from. Next chapter should be a lot better; I think I'll have Tucker and Sam meet Phantom. When I first thought of this story it kept me up from 11:30 until 3:00 so I have a lot of it planned out. But I am also going to be making a lot of it up as I go along so if you guys have any ideas, please tell me and I'll see if I can work them in. I wrote this spur of the moment and I'm not as serious about it as I could be, so I plan to have fun with it and see how it comes out. But I want to know what you guys think so far, so review please!


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Mahapanya Vidayalai
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|มหาปัญญาวิทยาลัย, महापञ्ञा विध्दालय
|Private college
|Phra achan Ongpotchanagornkosol
Administrative staff
|Phra achan Mahapol Titabo (Director), Achan Sawadee (advisor), Deepan Chettri, Sonam Lepcha, Gyanadra Dewan, Sunisa Kanchanasuwan, Worapost Puttanukool.
|Hat Yai, Thailand
Mahapanya Vidayalai (Thai: มหาปัญญาวิทยาลัย)(Nepali: महापञ्ञा विध्दालय), translated roughly as college of wisdom, is an international Buddhist school located in Hat Yai, Thailand. The college is affiliated with Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (महाचुला-लङकोङ-राज- विध्दालय).
Founded by Oou Joo Heng, Supreme Patriarch of Anamikaya (the Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist sect of Thailand) and with supports of the Theravada Sangha, the school was launched in 2002. It is offers high school education as well as an international bachelor's degree program in Buddhist studies with a concentration in Mahayana Buddhism.
Mahapanya Vidayalai is a recently established institute, under the auspices of the Theravada Sangha and the Mahayana Annam Elders of Thailand. Mahapanya Vidayalai offers a bachelor's degree program in Buddhist Studies, using English as medium of instruction. The college is affiliated with Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. All successful graduates will be awarded a B.A. degree.
Mahapanya Vidayalai was launched emphasizing her objective to cultivate mankind's wisdom with aid of Buddha Dhamma and to lead them into the realm of peace and bliss. MPV has started with the Faculty of Buddhist Study, accommodating overseas and local students.
Upon launching, MPV has clearly stated within her plan to provide teachings on Buddha Dhamma and emphasize the teaching both theoretically and practically. MPV has organized meditation courses for students which enable students to practice Buddha Dhamma through the actual practice. With long and ceaseless promotion on these courses coupled with their academic curriculum, students would then be able to master the right skill and knowledge to propagate Buddha Dhamma through both theoretical and practical ways and hence, promote the efficiency in educating the commonality.
In favor of attaining international standards and accomplishing the objective and missions, MPV formulated her first five-year development plan (2002–2006). This plan is drafted with the assistance of nearly 200 monks and laymen professors from all fields. Their suggestions were bound, analyzed and made compilation into a major objective and seven missions.
The objective of MPV is applying the doctrine of Buddha as the basis, adopting Asia as the central of development, embracing the peace and harmony of human?s society as her development of Buddhist undertakings uninterruptedly.
MPV (Mahapanya Vidayalai) was founded by the chief patriarch of Anamikaya, in collaborated with the Mahayana and Theravada schools of Buddhism, with the support of Somdet Phrabuddhacarya.
During the Ratanakosin Dynasty, Anamikaya Sangha started traveling from Vietnam to Thailand and propagated Buddhism here. King Rama the fifth bestowed Anamikaya the legality and the title of nobility, under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Patriarch in Thailand. However, there are only Thai and Chinese ordained as Anamikaya Sangha at present.
The chief patriarch of Anamikaya places very high importance in education and has sacrificed his entire life in educational works. In the year B.E. 2532, he founded Kusonsamakorn Vidayalai School and soon constructed a seven-storeyed teaching block at a cost of more than 30 million baht. Next, he raised 15 millions baht for the use of education funding. He once said: "In my lifetime, I must be able to see the establishment of the Buddhist University which is within my forty years of planning." Later, his proposal to set up a Buddhist university at Anamikayaram Temple, Bangkok was affirmed during the Anamikayaram Temple meeting. This is an ideal venue for establishing a university because Anamikayaram Temple is next to the Chaophaya River. However, the abbot of this temple refused to co-operate. Since then, this plan was forced to a halt; the chief patriarch searched for a new location unceasingly.
In launching MPV, chief patriarch of Anamikaya is keeping with absolute faith. After discussing with Somdet Phrabuddhacarya about instituting MPV, a conference was convened by MCU (Mahachulalongkorn Rajvidayalai) and the representatives of Anamikaya on 5 March 2002 (B.E. 2545) at Wat Sraket, Bangkok.
This conference was presided cover by Somdet Phrabuddhacarya, and was concluded that the university to be launched at the affiliated land of Wat Thawornwararam, Hat Yai, Songkhla, which has been bestowed the name of Mahapanya Vidayalai by Somdet Phrabuddhacarya.
Since then, chief patriarch of Anamikaya has assigned his secretary Venerable Ongpotjanagongsol the chief Administrator to supervise all issues with regards to the developing of MPV. Venerable Ongpotjanagongosol started associating with members of Sangha overseas like Singapore, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam to foster the establishment of MPV and to act and abide with the procedures of MCU's constitution.
The prior objective of MPV is to furnish higher education for both local and foreign Sangha. The university started the first academic term on 10 June 2002 (BE 2524) with students from China, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan and the local, using English as the teaching media for all subjects.
Since 2002, MPV has been welcoming monks both domestic and international; so far 16 of them have graduated.
External links[edit]
- http://www.mahapanya.ac.th: MVP website
Coordinates: 7°00′16.56″N 100°29′25.97″E / 7.0046000°N 100.4905472°E


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Egypt sentences 683 to death in another mass trial
An Egyptian judge sentenced to death the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader and 682 other people Monday in the latest in a series of high-stakes mass trials that have been unprecedented in scope, drawing sharp condemnation from international rights groups.
The verdicts — which were appealed by general prosecutor— come as the military-backed government has launched a massive crackdown against Islamist supporters of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi, under the banner of "war against terrorism" while tightening its grip on the Arab world's most populous nation.
Suggesting there might be room for reversal, the same judge also reduced the sentences against 529 defendants indicted in a similar case in March, upholding the death penalty for only 37 and commuting the rest to life imprisonment.
Still, the three dozen death sentences that were upheld was an extraordinarily high number for Egypt, compared to the dramatic trial in the wake of the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat, when only five people were sentenced to death and executed.
Judge Said Youssef said he was referring Monday's death sentences — which were for convictions of violence and killing policemen — to the Grand Mufti, the nation's top Islamic official — a requirement under Egyptian law that is usually considered a formality but also gives room for the judge to change his mind. Of the 683, all but 68 were tried in absentia.
The government has conducted a series of mass trials of Brotherhood supporters after a crackdown in which hundreds were killed and nearly 16,000 detained. It also branded the Brotherhood a terrorist group, a claim the group denies.
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Baldur's Gate 2 takes place in 1370 DR. It has now been a couple of months since the end of Saravok. The city of Baldur's Gate has managed to avoid a war with Amn.
The gameplay seems to have a few minor tweaks, but so far nothing revolutionary in terms of differences from the first title. Regardless of this, it still seems like a good game is on its way. A few new locales, added combat depth, and the same great engine from the first title can't hurt it any. With Baldur's Gate 2 and Icewind Dale both coming down the pipeline in the future, it looks like Black Isle Studios and Interplay are set to take the PC gaming world by storm all over again. Personally, I don't see how they can go wrong.
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