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[Funeral Program for Ida Belle Lockett, September 13, 1991]
Description: Funeral program for Ida Belle Lockett, born May 31, 1914 and died September 7, 1991. The funeral was held Friday, September 13, 1991 at Antioch Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Jay Edwards. Funeral arrangements were made through Sconiers Funeral Home and Acheson & Graham Mortuary and she was buried in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.
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by Mark Rees
from Signs of the Times, No. 18 - Jul 2005
Last summer the Church Times published a letter I had written, 'Reproaching opponents of the Gender Recognition Act'. The MCU secretary, Jonathan Clatworthy, immediately invited me to submit a piece for Signs of the Times, which appeared in the October issue under the heading, A Cause for Shame?
A few days after Jonathan's letter arrived, I received one from another reader of the Church Times. Linda had been outraged by the attitude of certain Christians towards transgender people. Her anger was undoubtedly exacerbated by the fact that her sister was transgender. Although formerly a church-going Christian, Linda had been so distressed by the opposition to the Gender Recognition Act from some bishops and other more vociferous and condemnatory religious people, that she felt unable to 'go to church... any church at present'. Referring to my very tentative idea for a church service for transgender people, Linda urged me to go ahead with this, adding, 'I think that until I attend such a service I will not be able to set foot in a church again.'
Her moving letter spurred me on although I knew that this project would take me into uncharted waters. One of the first problems was to make the proposed event known without the media, our fundamentalist opponents or the few detractors within the transgender community learning of the plan. Nonetheless, my idea gradually spread amongst friends, transgender individuals and groups.
I mentioned it to an Anglican woman priest acquaintance, the Revd Clare Herbert. To my delight she offered the use of her church, St Anne's in Soho. Its small size and warm intimacy made it an ideal venue.
Things then gathered momentum: a professional musician offered his services as organist and the Gender Identity Research and Education Society and several individuals made generous donations towards expenses. I had great support from my home parish. The vicar, Canon Bob Whyte, agreed to preach, he and others checked and encouraged my attempts at writing a suitable liturgy and the parish administrator expertly produced the Order of Service booklets. Bishop Hugh Montefiore, who had been a patron of our campaigning group, Press for Change, for many years, wrote that he would be very happy to give the blessing - if he were in the country, or for that matter, in this world! On 13th May, a week before the service was due to take place, Bishop Hugh died, which saddened us all. Yet, three serving bishops kindly send messages of goodwill to us.
'Thanksgiving for the Gender Recognition Act' was the overt purpose of the service, but as far as I was concerned its main function was to help people who had been very badly hurt by the Church, as exemplified by Linda and even more so by 'John' mentioned in my previous article. I announced the event as 'Reflection and Thanksgiving', a title that would also cover the necessary penitence, forgiveness and healing. It was also my intention to use the service as a way of expressing our gratitude to those who had supported us, both professionally and personally. That support was made obvious by the fact that they outnumbered the transgender members of the congregation.
Although it was to be held in an Anglican church with Anglican clergy and probably the majority of the congregation likewise, it was essential for the service to be as inclusive as possible. I knew that there would probably be at least two Roman Catholics, two atheists, two Buddhists and probably some agnostics present. In spite of the fact that at an Anglican Eucharist people from other churches are often welcome to receive communion or a blessing, I feared that the above-mentioned people would exclude themselves from this. For that reason I substituted an Agape, in which everyone participated of the bread. As something of a dogma-anarchist myself I kept the liturgy as simple as possible and made love the focus of the whole service. Someone remarked afterwards that I had made history. Certainly as I drafted the liturgy, it was clear that there were few, if any, precedents from which to draw.
It began with penitence for the pain we may have caused others, prayers for freedom from bitterness towards those who have hurt us and healing for us all. We commemorated those transgender people who had died in the Nazi death camps then gave thanks for the support we had received from families, friends, colleagues and professionals. Lastly we gave thanks for the Gender Recognition Act. We prayed for those whose anger against the church or fear of disclosure had kept from joining us.
The service contained three readings. One, from Dorothy McCrae-MacMahon's Liturgies of Life, could have been written specifically for transgender people. The second was George Herbert's Love and the final reading was 1 John 4:7-12.
Although we had no choir and only about fifty people present, they sang with enthusiasm. Whilst I was not very keen on some of the words it seemed important to have hymns which were familiar to people in such a diverse congregation, so chose Praise my Soul and Love Divine. (One of the congregation said that as she sang she replaced 'Father-like' with Mother-like!') The final hymn met the criterion of familiarity of tune, (Londonderry) although the words were new. Written by June Boyce-Tillman, they were exceptionally suitable for such an event.
Refreshments were supplied immediately after the service. I regarded this as important as the liturgy because it enabled people to meet each other, especially as some had travelled a great distance.
We were fortunate in having three very supportive priests leading the service. The Rector, Clare Herbert, gave us a very warm welcome that set the tone of the whole event. My own vicar, Canon Bob Whyte, preached a powerful sermon, condemning the behaviour of certain Christians who treated transgender people with lack of compassion. He directed his ire at the literalists who used the bible to justify themselves. Bob was especially angry with the 'religious bodies' which had pressed for a Statutory Instrument to amend the Gender Recognition Act and was now in force. This means that the existing exemptions, which permit churches to refuse us employment, goods and services, marriage, access to church functions and worship has been strengthened. A religious body may now also seek disclosure if it suspects an individual is transgender. Bob concluded by referring to the reading that preceded his address (1 John 4). He declared that the church must learn to love.
The Revd Ruth Howe, presided over the Agape then gave the final blessing in place of Bishop Montefiore. She admitted that she felt unworthy a substitute for such a good man. As a former hospital chaplain in Newcastle, Ruth had encountered and still supports transgender people.
Her support is such that she travelled to London from Newcastle for our service. Of these three priests, one friend later wrote, 'Would that they were more typical of the C of E clergy as a whole.' Without them my self-appointed task would certainly have been more difficult than it was.
The congregation included Linda and her transgender sister. After the service the latter wrote to me,
'The feeling of acceptance and inclusion was wonderful...'
That alone had made it all worthwhile.
Mark Rees is an associate lecturer at a college of further education and an associate student at the South East Institute for Theological Education.


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25 October 2017: It's easier said than done, but outperforming is a hallmark Valerie Jurica has in spades and it hasn't gone unnoticed.
Ms Jurica has been awarded the Multiplex Building and Construction Scholarship in recognition of her ability to go the extra mile. She received $5,000 for her efforts from the global construction contractor.
The Multiplex Building and Construction Scholarship is a one-off award presented to a student studying building and construction management at the University of Canberra who has outperformed in an area of their life.
For most, raising two children and working full-time would be enough, but not for Ms Jurica.
The 37-year-old added a full-time study load to her list of responsibilities this year when she began a Bachelor of Building and Construction Management at the University.
And when you add in the recent completion of a knockdown rebuild of her family home, Ms Jurica's ability to juggle multiple tasks becomes that little bit more enviable.
She admits living life in the fast lane isn't always easy, but she wouldn't have it any other way.
"I have multiple demands both personally and professionally, but I have a passion for learning and a desire to stretch my skills and abilities," Ms Jurica said.
"I want to be successful in life and that doesn't come without hard work."
Ms Jurica is studying for the second time at the University of Canberra, having graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Commerce.
She now works at the Department of Finance in a role focused on driving efficiency in leasing arrangements across the Commonwealth's property portfolio, but hopes studying again will open up more pathways.
"I am particularly interested in developing my skills in the building and construction field and one day hope to be working in the industry as a project manager," she said.
The Multiplex Building and Construction Scholarship is the latest in a series of initiatives driven by Multiplex, the head contractor building the University of Canberra Public Hospital, to engage with the University.
Other activities have included masterclasses on campus and the UCPH cadetship program, in which four University of Canberra students have helped build the new hospital from the ground up.
Multiplex project manager Allan Young said his team identified the hospital project as a learning opportunity for students and wanted to engage with the University while working on the site.
"One of our goals when we undertake any new project is to form partnerships with the local community or local stakeholders and provide something extra during the building project process," Mr Young said.
"We think of it as linking industry with community. We see the process of constructing the University of Canberra Public Hospital on university land as an extension of the campus and the learning environment."
Mr Young said Ms Jurica's tireless work ethic and desire to go over and above were what made her stand out from the pool of applicants.
"We were very impressed by Valerie's ability to successfully juggle a demanding workload," he said. "She embodies everything we're about at Multiplex and we felt it necessary to reward that."
The University of Canberra Public Hospital will open to the public in mid-2018.


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I don't know what it is about this ceviche salad but it is absolute heaven. My sushi love tank is now full.
I haven't eaten one like this anywhere else. Sekisui, I love you.
The ceviche salad is described as "sashimi and mixed greens with a spicy lime vinaigrette" and that description seriously underplays how darn good it is! There's usually a mix of octupus, yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna and surimi. This time I substituted octopus for spicy tuna. The octupus actually has an awesome smokey flavor and is interestingly and deliciously chewy. You have to have an open mind.
When I started eating sushi, about 11 or 12 years ago, I started with sushi rolls and usually the fish was cooked somehow. Fried or no fish at all. Crunchy roll…holla! But as I matured, so did my palette. Still to this day, I have not sat down and ordered a slab o' tuna but I definitely enjoy the sushi rolls or the aforementioned bomb diggity ceviche salad.
A typical sushi meal for me consists of a Kirin Ichiban or Saporro beer (or warm Saki, depending on the mood), an order of edamame, a ceviche salad and a spicy tuna roll. Sometimes I get a vegetable roll because I find it helps cleanse the palette before eating your next big bite.
I don't usually eat the ginger or the wasabi mainly because of an ex-boyfriend. See, back in the day when I first started eating sushi, we would frequently go out to a restaurant. Well, one day, he decided to test my faith in him and said, "Here. Taste this!", and I trustfully took a modest 1/4 teaspoon size dollop of wasabi in my mouth. I must've looked like a baby tasting lemon for the first time. Yea…ever since then I won't touch the stuff. I may, however, give careful consideration to consuming it again if I ever have severe nasal congestion.
Tuna is one of the most popular fish (fishes?) to use when making sushi and that's fine with me! Tuna is rich in omega 3 fatty acids which are good for reducing inflammation around the heart, thus improving circulation and heart health. Moderation is the key, though.
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The reasons why I workout now are drastically different from the reason why I worked out in college and after in the years just after college.
As a young (and dumb) undergrad, I worked out because I wanted a hot bod to flaunt around the UConn campus. I thought if I logged enough hours on the elliptical it would cancel out my heavy weekend drinking and poor-ish eating habits. Yeah, I was dumb.
As I aged, working out became far less about what I looked like on the outside and far more about how I felt on the inside.
Reasons Why I Workout
1 | Its my #1 hobby
Yes, working out is my hobby. It's what I do in my free time. I love spending time searching for classes in the MindBody Online app and adding classes to my weekly agenda. I truly enjoy spending time working out and would choose a good sweat or yoga session over doing almost anything else.
2 | I love eating
So yes, working out is my #1 hobby but eating might be second. I love food. I love to spend nights out with my girlfriends enjoying nice meals and wine. I also really enjoy nights in with my husband eating pizza and drinking a hard cider.
In this season of my life, I am not working out to achieve a certain body type and I am not currently training for a big race, I am working out so I can enjoy food (and drinks) guilt free.
3 | I hate being stressed
I am not one to stress out often. In fact, I tend to always be the least stressed person I know. I attribute a big part of this to a consistent workout schedule. A good run or a calming yoga class always puts my head in a great space.
When I was in grad school I tried my best to workout but between commuting into the city, working full time, taking a full course load and completing all of my homework and projects, it didn't always happen. This was also the most stressed out time in my life.
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4 | I love feeling accomplished
Is there anything that beats completing a particularly challenging studio class or finishing a long run? Nope.
Riding that high of feeling accomplished helps me power through the day after a morning working out. If I work out at night, I feel like I have closed out my day on the highest note possible.
5 | Workout clothes are way comfier than regular clothes
Yeah, I said it. And yes, leggings are pants and anyone who says otherwise is foolish.
Confession: I have more outfits for the gym than I do for the office.
Workout clothes are so comfy and come in so many fun styles and colors these days which begs the question: Do I buy comfy clothes to workout or do I workout to buy comfy clothes?5 reasons why I work out (spoiler: not for a hot bod) Click To Tweet


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Deputies arrest 2 in Lockport meth lab bust
Man, woman taken to Lafourche Parish Detention Center
Two people were arrested after authorities shut down a methamphetamine laboratory in Lockport on Friday.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said Jason Danos, 34, and Sheena Allemand, 24, were arrested in an apartment in the 800 block of Elizabeth Street in Lockport, where authorities believe a methamphetamine laboratory is being housed.
On Friday, authorities said Lafourche Parish Drug Task Force agents saw Danos leaving the apartment and dumping a large bottle containing a white substance believed to be hazardous bi-product. The agents told Danos to stop what he was doing and placed him under arrest.
Authorities said Allemand arrived a short time later, and she was also arrested.
Authorities said members of the Combined Methamphetamine Response team were called to the apartment, where they removed a jug containing unfinished product as well as several items commonly used in the production of methamphetamine. Agents also found about 3 grams of methamphetamine and at least 25 firearms inside the apartment.
Deputies said Danos, who underwent decontamination process, admitted he had been manufacturing methamphetamine for about one year, while Allemand admitted to buying pseudoephedrine in the past and knew that it was being used to produce methamphetamine. Investigators said the two also admitted that they are active methamphetamine users.
Authorities said Danos and Allemand were charged with creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of a controlled dangerous substance. Danos is also facing additional charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and illegal carrying of a weapon in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance.
Deputies said the two were taken to the Lafourche Parish Detention Center in Thibodaux, where Danos is being held in lieu of $120,000 bond, while Allemand is being held in lieu $20,000 bond.


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Even when an employee is able to establish that they have been unfairly dismissed, this is often not the end of the story.
The Employment Tribunal will consider whether any of the employee's actions should be taken into account.
Culpable conduct by an employee, prior to their dismissal, which leads directly to their dismissal, will have the effect of reducing an award. Deductions have been made which range from 10% to 100%.
One, or more, of the provisions of Article 77F of Jersey's employment law must apply.
But this does not mean only conduct which the employer was aware of at the time of the dismissal. A recent decision handed down by the Tribunal showed that conduct which comes to light after the dismissal will also be taken into account if it is linked to the conduct which led to the dismissal.
Miss G claimed for being unfairly dismissed but admitted to taking money from the wage packet of a fellow employee without their permission. During the hearing, evidence was given by another fellow employee that Miss G had previously taken monies from their wage packet (i.e. this only came to light after her dismissal had occurred).
Miss G had taken the monies from the wage packets when she had been in the office. The Tribunal considered this to be a breach of the trust and confidence that had been placed in her by the employer.
For the purposes of reducing the award, the Tribunal was able to take into account the evidence that Miss G had taken monies from the wage packets of both fellow employees.
However, notwithstanding the seriousness of Miss G's actions, this did not reduce her award completely. It was reduced by 90%.
Despite her culpable conduct, Miss G's complaint for unfair dismissal was upheld because her employer had failed to:
- Undertake a fair investigation into the allegations (the employer had proceeded directly to dismiss based on its own beliefs about Miss G's conduct); and
- Follow a fair disciplinary process, and only then take the decision to dismiss her for gross misconduct; and
- Offer Miss G the opportunity to appeal the decision; and
- The dismissal letter included incorrect and misleading information about the reasons for the dismissal (referring to Miss G's attendance and attitude).
The Tribunal found that notwithstanding Miss G's conduct, her employer did not act fairly or reasonably and accordingly, it was ordered to pay Miss G 10% of her award for unfair dismissal.
The following comment made by the Tribunal should also be heeded by employers: "It is a simple and courteous action by an employer to inform an employee of the reason for their dismissal and the Tribunal is respectful of the distress and puzzlement of an employee who does not know why they have been dismissed".
So, the lesson for employers and organisations (of all sizes) is even when an employee's actions are so wrong or outrageous that they entirely warrant summary dismissal, it remains the case that a fair investigation and disciplinary process needs to be followed.
The decision is also entirely consistent with the need to be fair and reasonable at all times, as per the Revised Code of Practice for Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures which came into force in Jersey on 1 April 2014.Employment and Pensions News - May 2014
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"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
-Pamela Vaull Starr
I am so glad that I decided to do a 31 days running streak. It was tough the first few nights but now I feel empowered. No more obligation, now I am making strides towards a goal.
I think that a lot of my lack of motivation lately has been due to accomplishing a huge goal. No one ever talks about the let down after meeting or exceeding a goal. I really never thought that it would be possible to feel lost or let don after the Half Ironman, but that is exactly how I felt for the month following.
I found out that this is normal., but it is not normal for me. Maybe being is the strange situation that I was training at this volume for 2 years in a row before accomplishing my goal had something to do with it. I am pretty sure it had.
Now that I am not training at that volume, I feel lost. My only remaining goals for this season are some running races, but I feel like the 30 days I took off from training hurt more than it helped to get me re-focused.
This running streak, however, has been the trick. I am using the remaining months of 2010 as a rebuilding time. I am training to finish strong and happy, regardless of clock time.
With that though, my immediate goal is to run daily. I figure that the only risks are injury, and the benefits are consistency in training, getting back my self confidence, and getting back my base mileage.
Maybe I have not lost as much as I think I have in those 30 days. How does 30 days erase 2 years in reality?
I guess that we shall see. Time to get back to dreaming deep and putting new goals before me.
Tonight I am forgoing the run at PTC with my running club and instead will do a run around home.
I need to go shopping for a dress to wear for my super secret birthday dinner as well as to Mike's 20th Class Reunion this weekend.
Life is good folks! Sometimes going back to square 1 is not a bad thing. Sometimes going back means moving forward.


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After saying goodbye to my dear friends at the "Berg Farm" (as they affectionately and appropriately call their home) I headed south through Illinois to Indiana Dunes State Park at the south end of Lake Michigan. It was mostly city driving, and somewhat unremarkable other than racking up nearly $30 in toll charges getting through the greater Chicago area.
I was very impressed with the campgrounds at this state park… it was quiet, well maintained and spacious. After a grueling day of interstate and city driving it was a treat to take the girls for a walk through the dunes to the beach just in time for sunset.
The following morning I drove two miles from my campsite and hopped on a train back to Chicago. I had no desire to try to make that stop in my RV and the train was even easier than messing with driving and parking my car. It took me within blocks of where I wanted to go.
Other than trips through the airport I've only been in Chicago once for a convention, and had little time to see the sites. When I asked a few friends "in the know" what I should see here they all agreed… The Architecture Tour along the river and "The Bean". That and a lot of walking is exactly what I did. The tour cruise along the river was particularly impressive!
"The Bean", or more accurately Cloud Gate, is an intriguing piece of art that was inspired by liquid mercury. I can see that. Actually, in The Bean, you can see a lot of things.
I hoped to take in the art museum as well, but I had to consider the train schedule and the fact that my dogs had been alone in the motorhome since I left early that morning. The girls were extremely happy to see me and didn't turn down another walk on the beach upon my return! I think running along the sandy shores is high on the list of favorite things they've discovered on this journey. It's something they never got to do in Texas, and their joy is obvious every time we set foot in the sand.
Our next stop was Grand Ledge Michigan where my good friends and fellow photographers, Ron and Carol Nichols live. As luck would have it, another friend (and fellow photographer), Dennis Craft lives right on my route in Marshall so we dropped in on him for a quick visit along the way. I have a number of friends in Michigan actually, and most of them are photographers. I'm hoping to see a few more of them while here!
I spent a few days camped in Ron and Carol's driveway in Grand Ledge… working, running errands and getting caught up with friends I don't get to see often enough. While there I planned my next stop in Petoskey, which sits just a little south the Mackinac Bridge, my gateway to the Upper Peninsula.
I scored a great campsite in Magnus Park, right on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, and was able to get my kayak on the water first thing the following morning. The water here is incredibly clean and clear, and comfortable enough to wade through while walking the dogs. I'm still trying to shake the feeling that I'm playing along an ocean shore, but the lack of sticky salt is a constant reminder.
While in Petoskey I met several people who filled me in on places I absolutely had to see along the Lake Michigan shore as well as in the Upper Peninsula. I'm constantly making notes from conversations I have with folks along the way. Those who have been there are my best resource when planning my route.
A big heartfelt thanks to ALL of you who have shared your favorite places with me as I've journeyed throughout the country. There are too many of you to list by name, but you know who you are, and I remember you now with a smile.
That evening Carol joined me at the campground in time for chicken and zucchini on the barbeque, and we set out the following morning for a "Zippy trip" down the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Zippy, for you newcomers, is the car I tow behind The Beast (my motorhome). It gets far better gas mileage, and is much easier to pull off the road at a moments notice for a shot I can't pass by.
We drove south, making stops at Lake Charlevoix, the sleepy little town of Elk Rapids, up the Old Mission Peninsula, through Traverse City, into the "Fishtown" of Leland, down to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and just a bit beyond to some overlooks and one last stop to take in sunset. I'm sure there's much more we should have seen along this shoreline, but we filled the day with a lot of great places!
One of the first "sightings" as we drove south was worth a quick u-turn. (Seldom an option in my RV) This tiny little church brought to mind the "smallest church in America", which I wrote about in Georgia on My Mind. I don't know the dimensions, but this little Wayside Chapel has to be a contender.
The direct drive back to Petoskey in the dark seemed to take much longer than the delightful day we spent heading south, but we filled our time in deep conversation. I knew Ron long before I met Carol, and this was our first opportunity to really get to know each other. [Carol, my friend, if I had such a thing as a ya-ya sisterhood, you'd be part of the 'hood for sure!]
Next up… a place I've always wanted to see… the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Stay tuned for some amazing beauty!!
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rituximab (Rituxan) has been implicated in 57 cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in HIV-negative patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancies or autoimmune diseases, since the drug was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1997 until the end of 2008.
As reported in the May 14 issue of Blood, the case-fatality rate has been 90%.
Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody that targets B cells, initially approved for treatment of lymphoma. PML, senior author Dr. Charles L. Bennett and his associates explain, is a rare demyelinating disease caused by reactivation of latent JC polyoma virus that affects patients with reduced cellular immunity.
To determine the epidemiology of rituximab-associated PML, Dr. Bennett, at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and his group reviewed cases identified by the FDA, the manufacturer, physicians, and a literature review.
Among the 57 identified cases, the underlying conditions were B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders in 52 patients, systemic lupus erythematosus in two, and one patient each with rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune pancytopenia, and immune thrombocytopenic purpura. All had been treated with immune function-altering medications, including alkylating agents, steroids, purine analogs, or anti-rejection drugs.


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Positive Cycle - From Education to Healthy Country
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Sam @CEEMAN Conference - South Africa
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The Experience @ World Business Forum
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There are hundreds of Bah Kut Teh outlets at Klang and they can be found at every nook and corner in the town. One can basically enjoy this delicacy at all times because Bak Kut Teh not only available during day time but some restaurants/stalls even operating from night till morning.
So when we were at Klang to run some errands, Bak Kut Teh surely became our unrivalled option to avoid that head scratching moment to think what's for lunch >_<
We settled down at Pao Xiang Bah Kut Teh which has several outlets around Klang Valley such as Sunway Pyramid, Pavilion and One Utama Shopping Centre, just to name a few.
The outlet at Taman Berkeley is spacious and airy, with a cheerful yellow wall.
The al-fresco dining area is rather huge too.
Rice was slightly flavoured, went well with the Bak Kut Teh soup 🙂
We had pork ribs since we are not fan of fat meat or innard. Served with a porcelain bowl with burner underneath, the soup can keep warm throughout our meal. The portion of meat was generous but came with quite a minimal amount of soup. The pork ribs were adequately tender, well infused herbal note. The soup was the typical "Klang style" which is darker and thick in consistency. Albeit the concentrated broth, the herbal flavor was surprisingly not too overpowering to me, just nice for my liking.
Blanched vegetables with oyster sauce for that Vitamin C quota.
The Yao Char Guai were quite different with the common one. Pao Xiang's version was shorter but they were good, slightly crunchy on the outer with soft fluffy inner.
Total damage was RM46.55 with 3 rice, 2 portion of pork ribs, vegetables, Yao Char Guai and a pot of Chinese tea.
Verdict: Not a bad choice at all for a chain Bak Kut Teh restaurant, good portion and the flavor suit my tastebud. It has been raining for two days continuously and what's better than having some warm soupy Bak Kut Teh for dinner? I definitely want it, how about you?
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The caretakers have laid several trails for visitors to walk along that lead to the entrance of the cenote and the craft stalls. Visitors can snorkel and swim here. You can rent equipment if you haven´t brought any with you.


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Speaking to a solicitor friend of mine recently who does housing association repossession work, she said bitterly that it seemed to be impossible nowadays to evict tenants who have any sort of disability. She is not going to be pleased with the recent Court of Appeal decision in London Borough of Lewisham -v- Malcolm.
Mr Malcolm was a tenant of Lewisham LB. He suffered from schizophrenia which initially was controlled by medication. He applied to buy his flat under his statutory right to buy. However there were delays. At about this time he stopped taking his medication, and his behaviour became erratic. Before his sale had gone through he let his property to tenants. By doing this he lost his security of tenure, and with it many of his statutory rights. Lewisham therefore decided to serve him with a Notice to Quit, and then issued proceedings for possession.
Normally there would be no defence to such as claim, Malcolm having lost his security of tenure. However Malcolm defended on the basis of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, section 22(3) of which makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person by evicting them, claiming that he had only parted possession with the flat as a result of his disability which led him to make irrational decisions.
At first instance the Judge found that (1) Malcolm was not disabled within the meaning of the act, (2) that the section would not apply anyway in a claim where the Judge had no discretion to refuse an order for possession, (3) that the subletting was not caused by his disability and (4) that the LA could not have discriminated as they had no knowledge of his disability. However the Court of Appeal did not agree.
Rather worryingly for landlords, the Court of Appeal found for the tenant on all four of the issues in question. Malcolm was disabled with in the meaning of the act. The subletting had been connected to his disability as it had affected his day to day activities (and by implication the subletting, even though there was no direct evidence on this point). A landlord does not have to know about the disability to discriminate against the disabled, and finally s23(3)(c) is unqualified and does not limit the unlawfulness to cases where Judges have a discretion to grant possession. The Judge refers in paragraph 52 to two County Court decisions, one of being a case where a Judge refused to make an order under s21 where the tenant was disabled, as examples of courts happily adapting to the DDA 95 without difficulty.
The thought of landlords being unable to evict tenants under section 21 because of the DDA will send a shiver down the spine of all private landlords, and may well result in a private determination not to knowingly let to any disabled tenant in future. This will do nothing to help the prospects of the disabled (particularly those suffering from mental illness) obtaining accommodation in the private sector.
I have to say that although I do not like discrimination and approve broadly of protective legislation, I am worried by this case. For example, the status of Malcolm's current occupation is now uncertain. He presumably is now unevictable, but it is probable that he does not have a tenancy (if the notice to quit served on him is still valid). Does this mean for example that the repairing obligations in s11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 do not apply? Or would this also be a breach of the DDA?
Also, it is one thing to use this type of legislation against social landlords, who to a certain extent have a duty to look after those in society who are disadvantaged. However this case opens up the prospect of the DDA being used against private landlords, even if claims for possession are brought under section 21. Is it right that a private landlord, who may only have a few properties, should be forced unwillingly to continue to rent to a tenant, simply because he is disabled, even if the landlord was unaware of his disability, when he would normally be entitled to possession as of right? Or would the private landlord be able to use justification in such a case?
This case opens up a vista of uncertainly which will no doubt make private landlords (particularly those who rent to tenants who are disabled) most uneasy.


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That's what I did after reading Erwin Zijleman's blog 'De krenten uit de pop' this week and decided to pull out the old credit card straight away. It's a rare thing when I'm truly touched by a voice, usually it's the music that is responsible for that. Stephanie Fagan's slightly raspy voice made rather an impression and as I also liked the songs I was hearing, the combination was a winning one.
Stephanie Fagan comes from the U.S.'s south. South Carolina to be precise. After playing a lot while travelling around she released her first album in 2009, 'Ideas for your ear bone'. In 2011 this album, her second, was released through an independent label. She now lives in Germany. So who gets her to the Q-Bus in Leiden?
Country and singer-songwriter are musical forms that do not have a lot of mysteries to Ms Fagan. Even when she goes deeper into country territory she manages to keep me on board, where others would have forced me to call it quits. The main difference is that she stays true to herself and is not looking for emotional effects of the dubious kind. She lets her voice sort of fade, instead of putting emotional power behind it. The effect is just right. This also goes for the way a lazy piano, mandolin or banjo drives several songs. It's a treat to listen to. No antics, just slow rhythms, with 'Beautiful man' shining out brightest. Everything is spiced up every once in a while by a clean sounding electric or a slide guitar. The accusing 'You are the devil' has both guitar and banjo. These changes between the lead instruments give songs a distinct individual flavour, that make Heart thief very attractive as a whole album.
The album goes wide with an almost jazzy 'Blow', a delightful slow song, with spacious piano notes, a muted trumpet and Stephanie's voice, all the way to the slide blues 'Prodigal', where she gets the right effect. 'Paris, Texas' with a female voice. Next to the already mentioned country song 'The diner song ', there's several easy listening songs, that are just plain good. And a roots rocker to boot, 'Boy who doesn't exist'. She gets away with all styles and songs, with not so much a confident voice, but a modestly exposed knowledge that gives each style exactly the voice it needs.
As I only have the digital version of the album, I can't say anything about who plays what, just that the production of Missy Davis Jones serves Stephanie Fagan in all the right places. Subtle accompaniments, a soft male voice behind her own. A rocking guitar to lively things up or spaces to let the music breathe and Stephanie Fagan shine. The sound is clean and bright, just like her voice in most songs. The long range of influences go all the way from Joni Mitchell and Carol King to Ry Cooder and James Taylor and there are even songs that could have been sung, in three voiced harmony, by Girlyman.
Looking at the pictures on her website there is a lot of Stephanie Fagan, but she also offers a lot on Heart thief. This album deserves to be heard by a lot of people. If you're interested in music that walks that thin line between, folk, country, singer songwriter, roots rock and blues and like a good female voice with a tough edge at times, Heart thief by Stephanie Fagan is an album you want to check out. For $10,- or €8,66 it's all yours if you go to her Bandcamp site. It's a bargain!
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Palin was responding on Fox News to a question from a viewer, Josh Painter, who asked if she and conservative talk radio host Mark Levin would be willing to form a "Freedom Party" if the GOP continues to let down conservatives.
"I love the name of that party," Palin said on Fox News on Saturday. "If the GOP continues to back away from the planks in our platform, from the principles that built this party of Lincoln and of Reagan, then, yeah, more and more of us are going to start saying, 'You know, what's wrong with being independent?'"
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South Africa Travel & Tourism Industry Contributed 8.7% to National GDP in 2011, Says Timetric
05 Mar 2013 • by Natalie Aster
According to the Travel and Tourism Competitive Index (TTCI) 2011, South Africa was ranked the most popular world heritage natural site, while Cape Town was the top tourist destination in the world according to the Traveler's Choice Destination awards 2011. South Africa's travel and tourism industry contributed 8.7% to the national GDP in 2011 and represented 4.6% of the country's total employment in the same year. Investment in travel and tourism accounted for 7.2% of the nation's total investments in 2011.
Inbound tourism to register growth over the forecast period
South Africa was the second-leading destination in Africa in terms of inbound tourist arrivals in 2011, and ranked fifth globally with respect to tourism growth. The favorable trend in inbound arrivals is the result of hosting international sporting events and improvements in security conditions. In 2011 72.5% of tourists came from African countries and the remaining 27.5% came from non-African destinations. Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Mozambique were the top three source countries.
South Africa gains global exposure due to the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
The hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup attracted many international tourists, increasing revenues in the travel and tourism industry. The new report "The Future of Travel and Tourism in South Africa to 2016" by Timetric states that the event contributed over 309,500 tourist arrivals, enabling the country to increase its share of tourist arrivals from major countries such as the US, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Italy and China. The growth in the number of first-time tourists was also driven by the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with 55% of the total air tourists in 2010 being first-time visitors.
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The importance of other tourism
South Africa is referred to as the 'rainbow nation' due to its cultural diversity. The country also promotes sports and adventure tourism in order to increase its competitiveness, and the government is supporting the development of niche tourism sectors such as cultural tourism, eco-tourism, paleotourism and avitourism.
Tourist spending declines due to the global financial crisis
The global financial crisis significantly affected domestic tourism. The key challenge is economic constraints, which have resulted in job losses. Domestic tourists decreased their spending in 2011 by 3.8% over 2010, and despite an increase in inbound tourist arrivals in 2011, overall tourist expenditure decreased by 2.7% compared to 2010. The key drivers behind this decline are lower levels of economic recovery, lack of consumer confidence and the appreciation of the rand against the dollar.
Domestic air travel market to register strong growth over the forecast period
According to the International Air Transport Association, South Africa is expected to be one of the fastest-growing domestic air travel markets globally over the next three years. The number of seats sold is expected to increase at a CAGR of 3.17% over the forecast period with total airline revenue set to increase at a CAGR of 6.76% over the same period. Several domestic airlines such as South African Airways (SAA), Comair, 1Time and Mango are investing in new aircraft to capitalize on the growing passenger volumes.
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Lockheed Martin / Boeing Tier III Minus DarkStar
As already mentioned, Lockheed Martin and Boeing received in 1994 a direct contract under the scheme ACTD (Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration) development and production diminished and truncated versions of Tier III UAVs. The aircraft was allocated to the mysterious name of DarkStar. Reduce not only the size but substantially the performance and all of a sudden be subject to a ceiling of $ 10 million apiece, what many considered to be quite transparent way to ensure both programs (including Tier II Plus) to fail once they start. Nevertheless, he had the means to take off, carry out its mission and land fully autonomously. Several experts, led by David Kier himself doubted that the low-built cap will lead to any meaningful results and to promote the idea to raise the price to about $ 30 million apiece. In such a case would no longer be envisaged on the actual unmanned reconnaissance platform, usable in a real battlefield conditions. The representatives of DARPA, however neither were about to hear and expression argued that producers provide enough compelling arguments about its ability to develop aircraft in the desired price level. After all, why not? Who would have just surrendered to direct the development contract for $ 100 million?
One of the critical errors Lockheed was the decision to recycle most of the software developed for a fighter means QUARTZ ATF and implement it into the middle of DarkStar. Thus, the strategy should reduce costs, but practical implementation has been much more difficult than anticipated. In addition to the software shared Tier III Minus prototype QUARTZ only some low observability technology. Basically, those were too expensive or too secret. DarkStar is a machine optimized for specific types of missions for which PUF was determined from a strategic national tracking system has become a small tactical reconnaissance aircraft. From a structural point of view was essentially a scaled means Tier III bivalve central part and a long straight wing with a slight negative \u0161�povitos\u0165ou. The payload of the aircraft should consist of two types of sensors - either by electro-equipment company ReconOptical radar or SAR type of Northrop Grumman. Due to capacity and space in the trunk but could not be carried simultaneously, since the second half of the block occupied avionics equipment.
Wing span of 21.03 meters was very slightly negative \u0161�povitos\u0165 that can be perceived as good when viewed from the side. The central part of an all-trunk-shaped cake was 4.57 meters long and 1.52 meters high only. The drive ensures a jet engine Williams International FJ44-1A 8.45 kN thrust. With him was DarkStar aircraft capable of a speed of around 500 km / h. Radius of the machine from the ground control center was set at 925 km and flight level at 13,700 feet. Aircraft in the air had to endure at least 8 hours, and the future is anticipated with the improvement of this parameter. An important part of the development was also the ability to transmit flight and exploration data acquired in real time via satellite to a control center.
Although the programs are Tier II and Tier III Plus Minus officially presented as complementary, and at lesser expense fulfilling the objectives of the original specifications, Tier III, in fact since the beginning of the fight between them, since everyone was clear that, if not both, at least one of they will be canceled. Lockheed and Boeing have decided to take advantage of hundreds of millions of dollars invested in machinery and means Aars DarkStar built in an extremely short time. Public and the media have been solemnly brought in June 1995. Believed that this considerable advantage over Tier II Plus program forces keeping DARPA and representatives of the Government to cancel the competition and the funds saved to invest in the development of "improved" (read more) versions of the piece means DarkStar price from 30 to 40,000,000 USD that would be hope to enter into a row of real service.
Although the first flight expected in October 1995, the software problems are rolling ground tests began in January 1996, and the aircraft came to the premiere air 29th March at the base of Edwards AFB. While it was the prototype AV-1 observed several anomalies, such as the unequal distribution of buoyancy and weight to the chassis during the last thirty yards from the peel from the ground. Consequently, the butt of the machine away from the runway, but the front undercarriage leg still cruised the surface. The most serious problem, however, was the means of oscillation observed during the flight. Engineers on the ground and lower managers were aware of unpredictable phenomena, and therefore suggested postponing the second flight. However, their proposal was rejected by senior officials of Lockheed and DARPA.
Therefore, the second flight took place on 22 April, but unfortunately, with irreversible consequences. The aircraft was accompanied by the same problems start when the first air lifted to the main rear chassis and then to front undercarriage leg. This time, however, played a role and vibration aircraft entered a steep climb. Engine performance was not rated for such stunts, and all means unnatural started turning back. This confused the flight control software that sudden change of data from sensors and indicated zero forward speed explained as an emergency landing and engine shut down. As a result, the machine is turned on its axis of spin and landed back on the track surface. Was irreversibly damaged.
By accident nalietal first prototype flight only 45 minutes and stop the loss of flight testing for more than two years. Although the main cause of the accident was the aircraft design itself, or poorly prepared software that poorly simulated ground effect during take offs and landings, significantly contributed to other factors. Especially rapid development without sufficient land aerodynamic simulations underestimated the technical risks involved in developing UAVs with the unique characteristics of low observability, lack of communication between contractors as well as aggressive development and flight test plan by Lockheed in order to demonstrate that his department is still Skunk Works leader the field of advanced aviation technologies. Since all software modifications necessitated more than two years (and still have not been fully brought to an end), cards began to turn in favor of a competing agent Tier II Plus, which then carries out its relatively trouble-free flight program. Means DarkStar was suddenly a much greater threat and faded and all efforts to build more production versions. Competition, of course, sleep, and so as Randy Cunningham, the U.S. Congress representing the state of California to create a strong lobbingov� group that tried to stop the project if the Tier III Minus the estimated unit price exceeds the above-mentioned means of USD 10 million. The money saved be used to incorporate some specific technologies, low observability aircraft, the RQ-4 Global Hawk. Lockheed and Boeing have received despite the additional 22 million USD to build a replacement demonstrator who had planned to replace the original test crashed.
The second prototype machine DarkStar was first raised to the 29th Air June 1998, 26 months after losing the first and only made \u200b\u200ba total of five flights lasting six hours of flight time . During that time failed to collect enough data to understand the flight characteristics. Unexpected problems with oscillation, which led to the loss of a first prototype failed to explain satisfactorily, although the second prototype differed from the first several improvements, mainly aerodynamic in nature. As a result, he was assigned designation RQ-3A. Also tested was ground control segment and the means or sensor equipment. While sensors have undergone extensive testing for terrestrial Stendal, but have never been built and tested the aircraft in the air. Similarly, the estimated unit price has already exceeded 13 million USD, making the program very quickly losing support from all sides. In September 1998, recommended its repeal and analysts Office budget, with the final decision came officially 27th January 1999. The reason was mainly the continuing technical problems with the overall concept of the machine and the associated increase in cost with a much more successful during the development of a competitive machine RQ-4 Global Hawk. At that time, before the completion of two other specimens, and allowed for the serial production of twenty pieces, the total price of the weapon system was estimated at one billion dollars (600 million to develop and manufacture plus another 400 million to operate during the planned life). Subsequent evaluation studies indicate that the USAF could continue flight tests means RQ-3A and below and at minimal cost, while gained valuable flight data. Achieve the desired flight performance may, nevertheless, was more than questionable. At the end of 1998 has come a proposal to use the remaining three pieces in the surgical operation on specific missions, which would be necessary to penetrate heavily defended territory, but given the overall lack of preparation for the harsh operating system it was just a blind shot.
Overall, it was therefore a further review of the abolition of the aircraft with stealth features. While in the case of Aars the parties wanted to achieve too much in disproportionately large cost means DarkStar was canceled because it demands (especially in terms of prices) are set unreasonably low and the overall performance and were too weak for any practical use. But even there the story ends. Boeing and Lockheed Martin is received from the Air Force recommendation to nerozp�\u0161\u0165ali their teams, who participated in the development of … Currently, all three remaining machines are in museums. Prototype AV-2, which survived the flight tests, hangs in the National Museum of the USAF base at Wright Patterson and nezalietan� but finished prototype AV-3 and AV-4 have found their way into the Museum of Flight in Seattle and the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:13:14 -0600
From: "Allen Thomson" <email@example.com>
Subject: Origins of Dark Star
I was googling about and found something I posted on Usenet back in 1999.
As things continue to be slow in skunkland, perhaps someone would care
to comment on it, perhaps provide relevant information that has been found
in the past three years.
-Original Posting-
Buried on pp. 77-78 of the 24 May 1999 AWST is an article that might
bear on things skunkish and, who knows, even Area 51-ish.
Long-Term Stealth Project Gets the Ax
by David A. Fulghum
Aviation Week & Space Technology
May 24, 1999, pp. 77-78
In consolidating recent mergers, Boeing has committed itself to
ruthlessly cutting programs that aren't going to make near-term
profits. One victim is a stealthy, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
project, most of which is still classified...
Initially, the 15-year long black program was designed to build a
strategic reconnaissance aircraft that resembled the Dark-Star in
shape and approached the B-2 bomber in size and cost, according to
several Pentagon officials. The aircraft was to penetrate contested
airspace... [,] carry a wide range of sensors and serve as a
replacement for the long-lived U-2.
High cost and the post-Cold War political environment led to a
scaling down of the project and the subsequent design of several
smaller, cheaper versions. Boeing teamed with Lockheed Martin during
the redesign on what was known as the Tier 3 UAV. This project was
abandoned in 1992. The stealth design was then shrunk a third time
and built as the Tier 3- UAV, later called Dark Star. [Dark Star was
suddenly canceled on 27 Jan 1999 by Pentagon acquisition chief
Jacques Gansler.]
Pentagon supporters of the Global Hawk and DarkStar long-endurance
UAV programs said Gansler's recommendation came at the Air Force's
urging. The idea is to kill the Dark Star now, cancel production of
the Global Hawk in a year or two and then launch into a new program
for a large stealthy UAV. It would have a 1-2-ton payload and the
ability to operate covertly even when under observation by low-
frequency radars.
Comment: The part about the B-2-sized UAV being intended as a
replacement for the U-2 (at least the post-1960s U-2) strikes me as
questionable. More likely, IMO, is that its primary task was to
perform reconnaissance over the Soviet Union in support of the B-2's
original raison d'etre: destruction of strategic relocatable
targets, aka mobile ICBMs and IRBMs.
Things pointing to this interpretation are:
- - the characterization of it as a "strategic reconnaissance
- - the timeframe in which it must have been initiated (probably during
Reagan's first term, maybe early in his second one, when
strategic warfighting programs were being pushed)
- - the size, stealth and associated cost, all of which were much
more compatible with the Cold-War strategic warfighting mission
than with simple replacement of the U-2
- - the fact that the mobile-missile hunting mission of the B-2
seriously needed something to provide broad-area, more or less
continuous surveillance. Satellites and the SR-71 wouldn't have done
it very well because of dwell and revisit problems; the big
UAV would have been much better suited to the task.


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ESPN Broadcaster Enjoys First Visits to Happy Valley
Famed ESPN broadcaster and hockey guru John Buccigross recently visited State College on consecutive weekends to cover a few Penn State men's ice hockey games.
Even though he was born in Pittsburgh, spent the early part of his childhood in Indiana, Pa. and had watched minor leagues games in Johnstown, it was the first time Buccigross had visited Penn State.
In addition to saying that Penn State students were very hospitable at Café 210 West and pointing out that Damon's Grill served good mozzarella sticks, he had plenty of other thoughts about Penn State ice hockey, the Pegula Ice Arena and how his father, a Boston Bruins fan who didn't wear a mask as a high school goalie, influenced his lifelong passion for hockey.
CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE: I read that your recent trip to State College was the first you had visited Penn State. What were your impressions as you arrived into town and saw the campus?
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Pennsylvania is a beautiful state. I was born in Pittsburgh and lived in Indiana, Pa., until I was 11, and then I moved to Ohio, in Steubenville. My dad grew up in Boston and he took his two weeks vacation every year and we drove to Boston, from first, Indiana, and then Steubenville, so I've driven across Route 80 pretty much every year of my life since I was 2.
And then even after college, I would drive back to see friends in Ohio and go to Pittsburgh, so it's a road I've driven hundreds of times, but just never stopped at Penn State, so it's kind of neat.
Actually, since I-99 was built, I go that way when I go to Pittsburgh now, so the last five or six years, I've driven by Penn State, but again, just didn't have a reason to stop, but it was great to finally be here and I was very impressed by the community; about what I thought it would be. Indiana, Pa. was a little college town with IUP, so I get it, and it felt like home and it felt like it made sense.
CCG: How much had you heard about the Pegula Ice Arena beforehand and what were your impressions of the facility after arriving and taking a look around?
JB: Just watching games on TV, obviously everybody was raving about it and so I had seen the shots, the scenes and the announcers talking about it and the intermission stories they did on it and the different interviews they did with people and so they talked it up pretty big, so I had pretty high expectations. It's like when you go to a movie where you have high expectations, usually you're disappointed, but they were met, for sure.
CCG: Were there any features that surprised you or especially impressed you, maybe something you weren't expecting to see at a college arena?
JB: That's a good question. I don't think so, it's just the student section was so wonderfully done. I've seen other student sections that are good but it was so nice and vertical, it goes right to the ceiling. The urinals are very wide, that was really quite surprising, so that was nice. The bathrooms are gigantic; you could play mini-sticks in the bathroom.
The concourses are really nice and big; I've been to other college hockey rinks, and they're nice but the concourses are small, bathrooms are small. Even these chairs right here (reclines in chair in media room), they're so comfortable, they recline a little bit, very nice.
A lot of the rinks nowadays, they have good jumbotrons, they have comfortable seating, the 5,000-6,000 seat arenas are a perfect size for hockey and those schools that play in the bigger ones, it's just not quite the same. .... Pegula is going to cause a lot of arena envy, especially for, I think, Ohio State is the one place I see. ... I think Ohio State's going to see this and say, "We need to have an on-campus arena like Pegula," and I think you'll see that because of this place.
CCG: Calling a game at Pegula, what made the game atmosphere unique and separate from other arenas?
JB: It's all theirs, from top to bottom, the name they have up there is cool, "The Roar Zone." I love how they put the platform for the cheerleaders and the band's right behind, it's very organized, yet organic at the same time and just the enthusiasm they have for the team, despite the poor record, is really pretty cool.
There's a bit of innocence to it, and I hope it's always there and it should be, because that's what's great about college. You have new kids every year and they're going to see this and that junior in high school or that senior in high school will say, "I want to go to Penn State and be a part of that." He likes hockey, he might not play, but he wants to be a part of that.
And they talk about giving athletes tours and they have their days. If I were giving a tour to a student who was going to be in turf management or the meteorology department, I'd bring him to a hockey game and say part of that experience is to go in that Roar Zone. I would make that — whether you send them a DVD or you bring them in person — if a kid's on a tour today, they should bring them to a game and show them the Roar Zone, even if they just pop in and then pop out as part of the tour, because that would be a good sell.
CCG: The team's record is a little deceptive in that Penn State has been in so many close games. What is it that tells you the team's competitive and will continue to improve?
JB: They're going to get better and better players. To be right in the middle of western Pennsylvania, eastern Pennsylvania, a little bit of New Jersey and of course underneath the great western New York hockey scene. Right in the middle of that is going to be good because it'll be easier for those kids to visit. But then also they'll draw on some Canadians, too, with Guy and his pipeline of players. ... They're going to get some high-end talent, soon.
CCG: I think before this season, I was like a lot of other hockey fans in the area. I followed the Penn State teams and occasionally watched the NHL, but now I have a new appreciation for hockey. Is that somewhat indicative of what's happening across the national landscape of college hockey? Are you noticing any trends?
JB: Well, obviously television drives everything. And once NBC Sports Networking started showing games, because they don't have a strong inventory of professional sports, CBS Sports Network, those are two smaller entities, they'll show games.
And then of course you have the Big Ten Network come along. The Big Ten, I think, is going to have a great ripple effect for all of college hockey, not only on the ice but also with television, because now the Big Ten Network is showing high-quality games. So suddenly ESPN gets in the game this year and so we're showing Big Ten games now. You've never had more high-quality broadcasts going on than you do now, and no better way to get the word out.
CCG: Looking into the future, do you expect the Big Ten Conference to look differently in the next three to five years, possibly with more teams?
JB: They'd love to. Unfortunately, you need that angel donor like Terry Pegula to come along and drop $100 million for a rink and for scholarships, but it's not easy. I'm sure they would love for Northwestern or Illinois, which makes sense in that state that's produced really great hockey players; a Nebraska, that has a bit of a history. I'm sure they would love it, the more, the merrier. I'm sure they would hope in three to five years, they would add at least one and hopefully two. To get up to eight, that would be a little stronger.
CCG: I recently spoke with Penn State's women's coach Josh Brandwene, and he said hockey became a lifelong passion for him very early in his life. Was it the same way for you?
JB: Yeah, my dad was originally from Boston, and he played high school hockey. He was a goalie who didn't wear a mask back in the day. When he was a young man and I was a young child, the Bruins were really good, and that was his boyhood team and they were winning Stanley Cups in the early 70s, so that always put an inedible experience on me.
So yeah, hockey's always been a major four for me. Whatever season it was, that was my favorite sport. I collected hockey cards, played hockey, watched hockey on TV. My dad would take us to games in Pittsburgh a couple times a year, some minor league games in Johnstown, where "Slap Shot" was filmed. For a lot of people, it's a fringy, freakish sport, but for me, it was just like the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. It was just a natural favorite sport for me.
CCG: Anything else about your visit that you'll remember?
JB: I understand Pennsylvania pretty well, and the landscape, and the topography and the people and had a great time at the café. 2-on-1, was it?
CCG: Café 210?
JB: Yeah, Café 210. I had a great night there, the kids were great. Damon's last night, mozzarella sticks were good. The college towns are the best towns. I like them all, and so I fit right into a place like this.
This story was produced by the staff at the Centre County Gazette. It was re-published with permission. The Centre County Gazette is a weekly publication, available at many locations around Centre County every Thursday morning.
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| 8.5°C Belfast
A violent storm featuring winds of up to 100mph has battered parts of western Europe, derailing trains, toppling trees and halting flights.
Authorities said one person was killed and at least 15 others were injured in several incidents across France and Switzerland.
The high winds played havoc with transport, derailing trains in Switzerland and Germany and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes across France and Switzerland without power.
Officials said one skier was killed in the French Alps after being hit by a falling tree in Morillon in Haute-Savoie.
Swiss police said several people were stranded on cable cars after high winds hit the skiing resort of Pizol.
St Gallen police said rescue teams are trying to get the people out and haul away several trees which had crashed into the cables.
It is not clear how many people are stuck inside the cabins of the cable cars or whether any are injured. Because of the high winds, helicopters cannot be used in the rescue operation.
Also in Switzerland, several people were injured after a train was blown off the tracks near Lenk, a town south of the capital, Bern.
In western Germany, another train derailed near Luenen when it crashed into a tree that had fallen onto the tracks, according to the dpa news agency. No injuries were reported.
The storm forced the cancellation of flights at Zurich and Basel airports and toppled a truck on a major Swiss road.
Thousands of households at Lake Zurich were left without power, and firefighters were called to help with toppled trees blocking streets, as well as flooding due to heavy rain.
The storm led to winds surpassing 90mph in northern France, some of the worst gusts to hit the country in years. Many people posted photos of destroyed cars, collapsed scaffolding and uprooted trees on social media.
France's national electricity provider said the storm left some 200,000 households without electricity, including 30,000 in the Paris region.
In Paris, a falling tree hit a car and seriously injured one person, while another resident was seriously hurt falling from a building. In all, the interior ministry said 15 people in France were injured, with four in serious condition, following accidents caused by high winds.
Strong winds also caused delays at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, amid extra precautions to help travellers board aircraft safely.
In Germany, highways near Duisburg and Juelich in the west were partially blocked because of fallen trees and flooding.
Zoos in Munich and Augsburg in Bavaria closed for the day, while the railway going up Germany's tallest mountain, the Zugspitze, was shut down because of the storm.
In neighbouring Austria, a ski jumping practice in Innsbruck was cancelled due to the strong winds and snow.


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News photo puts a familiar face on compassion in a war zone
The wife of a Stryker Brigade officer is deeply moved by sight of a soldier helping an Iraqi child -- and more so when she recognizes him
On Tuesday, as she does every night, Amy Bieger went to her computer to write an e-mail to her husband, Mark, in Iraq.
Her eyes moistened when she logged on looking for news and saw a heart-wrenching photo of a U.S. soldier cradling the limp body of a 2-year-old girl wounded in a terrorist attack the day before.
The helmeted soldier's face, unseen, is pressed reassuringly into the girl's.
He clutches her close to his heart. Bieger could almost hear it beat faster as he ran to save the girl.
"I was just taking it in. It was emotional," she said from her home in DuPont.
Since the soldier's face couldn't be seen, the photo seemed to represent every soldier in Iraq. But Amy Bieger, the Army wife who knew from the lightning bolt insignia on the soldier's sleeve that it was her husband's Fort Lewis-based Stryker Brigade, wondered if she could learn more.
She double-clicked on the photo to magnify it.
"I saw the insignia, then rank, major. Near the girl's blanket you could see the last four letters on a name tag, 'e-g-e-r.' That sealed the deal. I knew it was Mark," she said.
"The way he was cradling her, his body language, I knew that was him. That's what he always has done with our three children and any child in need. Heartbreak just went through me," she said.
The compassionate face beneath the helmet is that of Maj. Mark Bieger, 35, who writes home about the children he sees there, how he'd like to reach out to help them, how they remind him of his own children.
A 14-year veteran and West Point graduate from Arizona, Mark Bieger is operations officer for Fort Lewis' 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The unit left in October for a yearlong deployment in Iraq.
His battalion, nicknamed "Deuce Four," has felt more than its share of pain since then. "They have been through a lot and lost a lot of incredible guys, but that makes them want to fight harder to give these people peace," Amy Bieger said.
Her husband hasn't had a chance to talk much about the little girl he was rushing to save or what happened Monday.
Nor, isolated and busy in Iraq, does he seem to comprehend the national attention his act of tenderness has drawn, she said.
"To him the picture represents great sadness because they lost a little girl. He kept saying it was a sad day. I knew it tore him up and not to press him," she said.
Bieger has told his wife in e-mail only that he and others in Mosul responded to a suicide bomber whose car hit a Stryker vehicle while little kids were crowded around it.
"He just says he didn't do anything that none of the other guys are doing."
Michael Yon, the freelancer who took the photograph for The Associated Press, told ABC News that Bieger "wanted to get the girl to American surgeons immediately. So Maj. Bieger wrapped the little girl up in the blanket. He was telling soldiers, 'We're moving out.' "
Bieger, whom the photographer saw rescue U.S. troops a week ago, tried to comfort the toddler as he cradled her, stopping every so often to talk to her, Yon said.
American surgeons could not save the girl or another child. The suicide bomber injured 15 people.
In a message on the Stryker Brigade News Web site at www.strykernews.com/, Yon said Stryker soldiers were angry because the terrorist easily could have waited a block or two and attacked only their patrol, leaving the children out of it.
The soldiers returned to the neighborhood the next day to ask people what they could do to help and were warmly received, Yon said.
Stryker families who follow the site posted their own reactions:
Jessica, the wife of a Stryker solder, wrote: "I couldn't stop crying. I went to the bathroom and cried and cried like a baby. Just thinking how our soldiers go through this everyday. This photo is imprinted in my mind, and the image is just always flashing b4 me. Thanks Amy Bieger for your soldier for giving love to this little girl in her final moments." [The attribution in this paragraph has been corrected.]
Another, Erin, said:
"I don't know if I have ever been that moved by any photograph, seeing that patch on our soldiers shoulder, knowing that my son wears that same patch, I wanted everyone to know that our soldiers are so much more than just that. The body language of that soldier is so intense -- for lack of a better word and I could feel the pain in that moment across the miles. I don't know how else to describe it, but if that were my child, my grandchild that he was holding, I don't think that I could ask for anything more."
As such national attention mounted Wednesday, Amy Bieger figured she'd better clue in the couple's three sons, ages 4, 9 and 10.
"I wanted them to see the picture and hear an explanation from me before they heard it from someone else," she said.
"It was hard for them to look at because they miss him so much. They weren't surprised. They said, 'Dad's helping everyone.' They look up to him so much."


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