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Close call with calamity
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 10/10/12
No one would ever accuse Fred McConnell of being a couch potato.
At 70, the program head and professor of engineering at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (JSRCC) is slim and fit, and plays volleyball three nights a week or more.
So McConnell was not too alarmed at first when his heartburn wouldn't go away.
Even after two months, when the chest discomfort did not respond to medication and his doctor recommended a stress test, McConnell shrugged it off.
"I just had a stress test a couple of years ago," he told his doctor -- who checked his records and countered, "No, it's been seven."
In those seven years, said McConnell, stress tests have changed considerably. His 2005 test was conducted on a treadmill with the physician in the room, monitoring his reaction to exertion.
The 2005 diagnosis? Chronic heartburn.
This time, his stress test was the nuclear version, in which a radioactive dye is injected into the bloodstream to help create images of the heart muscle and valves at work. The pictures showed that one of McConnell's heart chambers wasn't filling up as it should, and he was referred to a cardiologist for a heart catheterization.
Still relatively unfazed, McConnell scheduled the catheterization -- then rescheduled it a week later so that he could play in a volleyball tournament first.
"I was afraid they'd find something," he admits now. And find something they did.
'A real mess'
"I was only half awake," said McConnell, as he recalls coming out of the anesthesia after the catheterization. "But I remember the doctor telling me, 'You have a real mess in there.'"
Later, the cardiologist told McConnell he was surprised he had never had a heart attack -- though he saw signs that there may have been one of the "silent" variety.
McConnell consulted with a surgeon, who drew pictures of the three blockages and scheduled him for surgery two weeks later. Since McConnell was on spring break at the time, he asked the surgeon if it was okay to go back to work.
"That depends," answered the doctor. "Is your job stressful?"
McConnell chuckles as he recalls his answer.
"Not for me -- but maybe for my students!"
Finding a substitute to take over at JSRCC for the rest of the semester, McConnell underwent surgery on March 27. During the operation, a fourth blockage was found.
Nine weeks after his quadruple bypass surgery, McConnell traveled to Salt Lake City and won both silver and bronze medals at the USA Volleyball Open National Championships.
Rum and medals
More than 430 teams from around the world competed in the June championships.
A long-time member of the Richmond Volleyball Club, McConnell earned his silver medal as a member of the GROG-65 Team (pictured above) in one session, and his bronze medal in another session as a member of Team SOTA-70.
Team GROG, he says, takes its name from the acronym for "Greater Richmond Old Guys," but the name hardly fits any more. In addition to the Richmond players, McConnell has GROG teammates hailing from Texas, Colorado and Arkansas.
"Grog also was a rum drink for the British Navy," he adds, "so our uniforms have a rum bottle logo."
Last October, he won a gold medal in the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah, on a 65's team that was a blend of RVC and Canadian players. In a couple of weeks, he will head to Utah for this year's Huntsman tournament, and he looks forward to it.
"The weather in Utah is beautiful this time of year," says McConnell. "And it's a well-run tournament -- like a mini-Olympics."
'A second home'
A native of Gate City, Va., McConnell began playing intramural volleyball when he was a student at Virginia Tech. (The loyal Hokie and season ticket holder is actually a "triple dipper," having gotten his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in civil engineering at Tech.) During grad school, he says, "we would get the gym for an hour and play volleyball instead of basketball. The faculty was really into volleyball."
Moving to Richmond in 1972 to teach at the newly-opened JSRCC, following stints at Germana and Wytheville community colleges, McConnell was invited to play in volleyball leagues that eventually formed the basis of RVC (established in 1980).
"Now it's a second home," the Glen Allen resident says of RVC.
At his other second home, JSRCC, McConnell enjoys frequent visits and contacts from former students -- who, he says with a chuckle, "are often shocked to see I'm still teaching."
His daughter, a freshman at Christopher Newport University, recently told him that she had seen his reviews online on "Rate Your Professor" and noted that the only bad rating he got was for giving too much work.
"But I've never had a student come back and say, 'You worked me too hard,'" says McConnell.
"They say, 'Thank you for kicking my butt. I wouldn't have made it at [the four-year institution attended] if you hadn't."
Not long ago, in fact, McConnell says he got an email from a 1981 graduate of JSRCC who went on to get his bachelor's degree and professional engineer license at other schools.
"He said JSRCC was the best school he attended," recalls McConnell, "with the best professors."
At an age when most people have long ago retired, McConnell has no immediate plans to stop working -- or to stop playing volleyball. In fact, he not only goes to rehab once a week, but also frequently works out on the treadmill at Shady Grove YMCA.
"I don't sit around much. I have to [stay in shape] if I'm going to be competitive," he says.
After competing in the USA Open National Championships every year for 23 years, McConnell says he can't single out any one year as his most memorable -- but admits the 2012 Open is likely to stand out in his memory in years to come.
"Any time you get to the medal stand, that's an accomplishment on its own. But nine weeks after heart surgery?" he exclaims, making it clear that his close call with calamity renders the accomplishment all the sweeter.
And McConnell has a word of advice for anyone suffering from what seems to be chronic heartburn.
"If it doesn't go away, see your doctor," he says emphatically. "Especially if you're not active."
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Dave Peppler, pastor of Chamberlayne Baptist Church, remembers the epiphany he had on a cold afternoon in northern Ohio when God gave him a sense of direction, after he had been wondering what life had in store for him. It was then that he knew that he wanted to become a pastor and serve God.
Peppler, a Delaware native who grew up in Ohio, was ordained in Brownsboro, Ky. in 1998, but his education didn't end there. > Read more.
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The group's trip to Astana, Kazakhstan was made possible by a $700,000 grant awarded to CSL Executive Director Carrie LeCrom by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs through its Sports Diplomacy Division. > Read more.
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Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley called it a little step, but his defeated Geelong counterpart Chris Scott made the big call.
"If the general football public think that on the back of six rounds Port are a genuine contender, I wouldn't argue with that, by any stretch," Scott said.
Port inflicted Geelong's first loss of the season on Sunday, crushing the Cats by 40 points - 16.11 (107) to 9.13 (67) - at Adelaide Oval.
The Power sit top of the table, on percentage from Hawthorn and Geelong, but Hinkley isn't having any talk about being flag fancies.
"People will want to mark us on the start of the season which has been really strong ... it puts us in a good position," he said.
"But we have to defend that now ... great sides like Geelong and Hawthorn do it all year and we have still got to do that."
Hinkley and his inspirational captain Travis Boak reckon heightened expectations on Port are irrelevant.
"We don't control the outside expectation ... we expect ourselves to turn up and play well and be brutal and hard and ruthless in the contest," Hinkley said.
Boak concurred, saying Port's lean recent years ensured players won't be swept away by the hype.
"A lot of this group has been through a hard time, the seven or eight years that we have been through has been pretty tough," he said.
Boak was best-afield with 32 disposals, 10 clearances and two goals as Port produced their Sunday best to blitz the Cats.
Boak had a superb support cast: Kane Cornes gathered 33 disposals while restricting Geelong's prime mover Joel Selwood to just 17 touches; Port's Robbie Gray (20 disposals, 10 marks, two goals) was influential; his teammate Chad Wingard slotted three goals.
Midfielders Brad Ebert (28 possessions) and Hamish Hartlett (29 disposals) were damaging and Matthew Lobbe (32 hit outs, two goals) ruled the rucks.
The match swung in the second stanza when both sides had five scoring shots: Port kicked 4.1 and the Cats managed just five points - Scott described Geelong's waste as demoralising, but kept the defeat in perspective.
"One game is not a disaster at all," Scott said.
"We made some real blues in the coaches box, in preparation a little bit but also not reacting to certain things.
"If I had to chose one or the other right now, I'd be saying it's more my fault than the players."

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A group devoted to promoting the facts about Winnipeg's suitability as an NHL market has published a study adding more ammunition to its cache.
The website www.myNHLincludeswinnipeg.com has done an analysis of NHL attendance in two eras -- the Winnipeg Jets years and since 1996 -- and concluded that both jilted Canadian NHL markets, Winnipeg and Quebec City, proved to be substantially above average when it came to steady and predictable fan draws.
That, the study says, is a valuable asset for both cities and ownership groups that might be considering future bids for NHL franchises.
The study examined attendance numbers from 1979 to 1995, tossing out the 1995-96 season when the Jets were in a known lame-duck position. It also assembled 1996-2010 data to have the most up-to-date comparisons, then measured teams' attendance numbers in relation to on-ice performance to come up with a fans-per-point index.
"Only two of 30 current teams are steadier than Winnipeg's past history illustrates," the study says. "Quebec City is ranked 10th similarly.
"This suggests that in good times or not, the attendance in both cities wavers much less.... Knowing that your biggest revenue stream is stable is critical to business success and market success."
Chris Mackie, leader of the www.myNHLincludeswinnipeg.com group, said the idea for the study came from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman himself.
"In a recent reference to the Phoenix Coyotes situation, he said he was confident in the Chicago market, that with that team's better fortunes on the ice, the franchise would be better off," Mackie said. "I wondered what he'd be going on, and if Chicago would be that way, what did that mean about Winnipeg?"
If box-office volatility is considered a bad thing, then the dearly departed Jets franchise -- even with its grim average season of 71 points and 13,110 fans -- scored well in the stability category.
Only the Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks of the post-Jets era scored better than Winnipeg's number, and Quebec City would have fit into the top 10.
Mackie said the study purposely did not venture into the financial and ticket-price debate that normally frames a September NHL exhibition game at the MTS Centre. The Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning meet there tonight.
"It's been long argued is this a poll to see how Winnipeg would respond," Mackie said. "Some think it's the case, others say no, you can't compare.
"Certainly you can't compare two non-Manitoba entities at a glorified scrimmage to (our own team). I hesitate on this, looking at the numbers and the potential price ranges, but a decent crowd and gate for an exhibition game, it might mean something."
Mackie also pointed out that True North Sports and Entertainment Ltd., which owns and operates the MTS Centre, is continually tinkering with NHL exhibition-game prices for various sections of the arena.
He said for this year's game, the minimum price has been upped to $44 from $39 but the top seat has declined to $109 from $119.
"There is definitely a True North market analysis going on but you'll have to ask them what it means," he said. "They are fine-tuning prices, probably floating some trial balloons on some of these exhibition games."
The year-to-year fluctuations are almost certainly an attempt to optimize ticket sales for the appropriate time, as True North has made no secret of its need to gross as close to $1 million per NHL home game as possible to make a franchise here viable.
Mackie also said he can project scenarios but wouldn't be the one to preach finances to the general public.
"If True North and (chairman) Mark Chipman have been through this and supposedly have looked at Edmonton's and Ottawa's books and confirmed that it will work here, then any work anyone else is going to do ... really is cart ahead of the horse," he said. "Those fellows running their own rink know the numbers better than anyone for the past five-plus years, so what else are we possibly going to trumpet?"
The new study also noted the NHL overall attendance increase over the years, one that exceeds 20 per cent between the named eras.
It projected, using a conservative growth factor of just the Alberta teams, than Winnipeg could expect an attendance floor of 13,600 and Quebec 14,800 in the future NHL.
"By look at the straight data ... it's hard to predict that a team (now) would be a runaway landslide," he said for either city. "It's kind of generic to say there's a potential struggle.
"But another thing you must consider is that a modern facility will have some bearing. The comfort levels (of the old Winnipeg Arena) were nowhere near the levels in the modern NHL. That's why we think those numbers may be the floor for the future, assuming Le Colisee gets replaced in Quebec."
Mackie also said some elements of the group's study put Quebec in a slightly better light than Winnipeg as an NHL market.
"With the integrity of the data and trying to see what the case is for Winnipeg, you might as well include Quebec City while you're driving alongside," he said.
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Using published gate-revenue-per-game numbers from the 2007-08 season, said to be the NHL's own, authors of a new study have projected several scenarios for a Winnipeg franchise using various attendance averages and average ticket prices. True North has said $1 million revenue per home game is an essential target for any Winnipeg franchise viability.


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Well, the Met ownership has decided that the team's financial struggles, which didn't exist, then weren't anyone's business, then became part of a massive PR campaign through interviews in The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated, then were nobody's business again, are once again worth publicly discussing. Fred Wilpon gave interviews to Newsday and the Wall Street Journal, a day after a story appeared in the New York Daily News about the ongoing minority share sale efforts.
But for all the sound and fury, what did we learn this week?
The supposed bombshell in the New York Daily News piece is as follows:
"The Mets are close to finalizing the sale of at least five $20 million shares in the team, a move that would help pay off $350 million in club debt, baseball officials familiar with the transactions told the Daily News.
Major League Baseball has vetted and approved the investors, and the team is expected to close those sales and raise more than $100 million within the month, the officials said."
Let's set aside that the Daily News is under-reporting the team debt, which is actually $430 million. For those keeping score as home, roughly eight months after the Mets had a minority investor, David Einhorn, approved by Major League Baseball to invest $200 million, the Mets have five investors ready to provide them with half that money. That $100 million, if it comes to pass, will go toward paying the $40 million bridge loan from last November, $25 million to Major League Baseball for a loan way past due, leaving $35 million to help them cover interest against the $430 million due against the team (totaled $30 million last year), $20 million in interest against their SNY loan due in 2015 (totaled $20 million last year), and a pair of roughly $25 million payments due on Citi Field in June and December.
And then there's that pesky trial, starting in March, which has Irving Picard, trustee for the Bernie Madoff victims, seeking $386 million from Wilpon and his partners.
Of course, what we learned from Einhorn, and the many other times the Mets have claimed to have investors in place, is that "close" doesn't always lead to actual cash in hand. But even in the scenario where the Wilpon group gets those five investors, it doesn't get them very far.
As far as the two interviews of Wilpon go, the financial and legal questions were apparently off limits. The team's rationale for hiring CRG Partners, a turnaround firm, wasn't addressed. The result is an interview that establishes two points:
1. More than a month after Jose Reyes left, Wilpon finally provided a statement on losing the star shortstop that wasn't utterly tone-deaf. That doesn't do much for him at this late date.
2. Fred Wilpon still wants to own the Mets.
Well, on point 2: we knew that. The reason to believe the Mets will soon be under new ownership, whether later this year or once those massive loans start coming due in 2014, isn't that Fred Wilpon is tired of owning the Mets. It is because he doesn't have nearly enough money to pay his mounting obligations. And all we learned this week is that he might be close to acquiring some money that doesn't help him cover those known obligations for even the coming year.
For a more complete accounting of the financial and legal challenges ahead, you really ought to read my book on the subject.


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I saw and heard Dave Brubeck perform twice, both times during the Jazz Winnipeg Festival. I was going to write that I hadn't seen the legendary jazz pianist and composer in his prime, but that would have been wrong.
Brubeck was 86 when he last appeared here in June 2007 with the bright young bassist Esperanza Spalding opening the show. He may have walked more slowly to the piano, but his mind and fingers were agile.
He still was in his prime
Like an untold number of fans, I went home from work last Wednesday, the day Brubeck died of a heart attack one day shy of his 92nd birthday, and listened to Time Out, the Dave Brubeck Quartet recording that cemented the pianist's reputation.
The colossal hit Take Five captured the attention of jazz fans and others with its odd, 5/4 time and made the Billboard singles chart. That signature piece was composed by the quartet's alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, who has been quoted as saying of Take Five, "It wasn't supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo."
The Time Out album was recorded in 1959, a watershed year for great, lasting jazz albums: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, Charles Mingus's Mingus Ah Um, John Coltrane's Giant Steps and Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come.
It was also a time for hipsters and the geeky-looking pair of Brubeck and Desmond stood out sartorially as well as musically.
There are many great recordings under Brubeck's name, but Time Out, the first million-selling jazz LP, is a must in any good collection and the one that forever will be linked to his name.
Brubeck is also credited with helping lead jazz out of smoky basement clubs and into concert halls. He had great success performing at universities and garnering a generation of fans for himself and jazz in general.
Canadian pianist Oliver Jones said on Wednesday that both Brubeck and Jones's fellow Montrealer Oscar Peterson were responsible for jazz becoming a more respected art form; something more than dance music in clubs.
Brubeck made the cover of Time magazine on Nov. 8, 1954; the second jazz musician to do so after trumpet great Louis Armstrong in 1949.
The majority of my Facebook contacts are related to jazz in one way or another and they were grieving Brubeck's loss, praising him and recounting stories of the pianist and his music.
Montreal pianist Steve Amirault recalled playing Take Five for his audition at St. Francis Xavier University, while pianist and saxophonist Phil Dwyer said succinctly: "he was an artist, a pioneer."
As good a musician and composer and jazz ambassador as he was, Brubeck was seen by many as not innovative enough.
But jazz can be a minefield of cliques and whatever your tastes may be, Brubeck can't be faulted for his commitment to quality music and musicianship.
His decades-long career, his legions of fans, his lasting mark on the jazz world all attest to his talent, his drive, his devotion to music.
I don't know about you, but I've had Blue Rondo a la Turk playing in my head for the last five days.


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The fact that the leaders of the 28 EU nations are not rushing to appoint Jean-Claude Juncker as the next head of the European Commission is being denounced in the European Parliament – and elsewhere – as an affront to democracy. After all, say the parliamentarians, the main pan-European parties in the European elections all nominated leading candidates (Spitzenkandidaten) – who were their standard-bearers and nominees to be head of the European Commission. The poor-old voters were told that, if the centre-right EPP came out ahead, then Mr Juncker of Luxembourg was the chosen one. The EPP have now duly emerged as the biggest bloc and yet European political leaders are not leaping to appoint Juncker. No wonder the voters are bitterly disillusioned, and Euroscepticism is on the march!
Well, that's the argument, anyway. But it needs to be pointed out that the idea that the European electorate has just risen up – en masse – and demanded that Jean-Claude Juncker should be their leader is laughable nonsense. Read more


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Looks like I'm going to be baldy again. I told the wife last night after I showered. She pleaded not to shave it off, to wait just a little while. Ha! I told her I'd try some dipity do hair gel for a couple days but if that don't work it's got to be shaven. Oh well, round 3 of this stuff on the 26th I'm sure that will increase the fall out rate. Other wise labs all normal except slightly below average on the wbc ,rbc, and platelets, which we all know is part of the show with chemo. Happy Holidays to the best extent possible.
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Students are human capitalists, according to Colin Read, chair of SUNY Plattsburgh's economics and finance program.
"They want to make the best investment in their human capital that they possibly can," he said, and they want instructors who are active and respected in their field.
In fact, students are so serious about this that they have asked faculty in Read's department to include their biographies on class syllabi.
"They want to know the professor is current and well published. It gives you more credibility," Read said.
And when it comes to publishing, economics and finance faculty members are doing plenty. They have published more than 36 books in the past five years and — in the past three years alone— 40 papers and conference proceedings.
Students benefit when teachers bring research into the classroom, said Dr. Greg N. Gregoriou, a professor of finance who has had more than 48 books and 60 scientific articles published. "It puts SUNY on the map," he said.
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DETROIT - A $2,500 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the hit-and-run-driver who killed a Washington Township mother.
Family of Sandra Lee Loepp made tearful pleas Friday during a press conference with Crime Stoppers to find the driver that killed the 37-year-old mother on Dec. 16.
Watch Uncut: Family asks for help in deadly Washington Township hit-and-run.
Loepp's body was discovered by a passerby near Van Dyke and 28 Mile Road.
Police said Loepp died after she was struck and dragged an eighth of a mile.
Police said her body had to have been removed from the underside of the vehicle before the driver fled the scene.
"It's not fair to us to have to bury our sister," said Kelly Smalley.
Loepp was from a large family that included seven siblings.
"He had to tell me that my sister was dead. That she was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Not just a hit-and-run driver but someone who dragged her more than 600 feet, pulled into a parking lot, removed her from underneath their car and left her laying there in the cold, dark rain. Not calling for help, not doing anything for her, just leaving her there like she was an animal. She wasn't an animal she was our sister," said Kristy Bottle, as she choked back tears during the press conference.
Police say if a helpful tip is received by midnight Friday, the reward will increase by $1,000.
It was initially unclear what had happened to Loepp when her body was found.
An autopsy later confirmed her injuries were consistent with being struck and dragged.
Loepp and her husband drove to Santino's Bar on Van Dyke earlier in day to join friends on a party bus and to have dinner.
Police say Loepp walked home from the bar around 1 a.m. on Sunday when she was hit.
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-Speak-Up.
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Walter M. Myers, Civil War
May 1864
Walter M. Myers was part of the 169th National Guard unit called up by the Ohio governor in May 1864 to Washington, DC for 100 days. He was assigned to Fort Ethan Allen and was to be discharged in September 1864. He died on 30 July 1864 at Fort Ethan Allen of typhoid.
His youngest brother, Grant, was born in 1865. Grant, who married Effie Corman, would name his first son Walter.


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WINNIPEGGERS have donated hundreds -- and possibly even thousands -- of old blue boxes that will be used by a city food bank to deliver emergency hampers, store food and help people grow vegetables.
The City of Winnipeg recently partnered with Winnipeg Harvest in an effort to find a way for citizens to recycle unwanted blue boxes after the city-wide changeover from manual garbage and recycling collection to automated carts. Saturday marked the third day this month residents could drop off their blue boxes to donate to Winnipeg Harvest.
Donald Benham, Harvest's director of hunger and poverty awareness, said the blue boxes will be put to good use and save the organization from having to purchase similar containers. The blue boxes are less bulky than the current containers Harvest uses to collect a "tin for the bin" at community events, Benham said, and will be used to expand the organization's blue box gardening program, which helps children and families in need grow everything from corn and beans to squash and tomatoes.
City officials estimate there are 500,000 blue boxes across Winnipeg and the average home has two.
"We're always amazed by the generosity of Winnipeggers," Benham said, noting Harvest hasn't tallied the donations but the number of blue boxes is possibly in the thousands. "This is something people are giving to us out of the goodness of their heart. It's just one more thing we'll be able to put to good use."
The donations come at a time of year when Winnipeg Harvest says many local families are struggling to afford to pay for food. Benham said November and December are tough months and the need for help could grow.
A recent report by Food Banks Canada found Manitoba has the highest per capita use of food banks as more people who can't afford to buy food are turning to them for help. The report said more than 63,000 Manitobans could not afford to buy food last March and used a food bank or soup kitchen -- a 14 per cent increase from the previous year.
Earlier this week, a Statistics Canada report found the cost of living increased in Manitoba in September, as residents are spending more money for things such as gasoline and mortgage insurance. The agency said Manitoba's annual inflation rate rose to 1.7 per cent from 1.6 per cent in August.
Benham said Winnipeg Harvest has called for an increase to welfare rates because the cost of housing has increased substantially over the last decade. He compared the cost of housing and found shelter costs increased 65 per cent in Winnipeg between 1997 and 2012. Benham said Harvest officials routinely hear people tell them they had to take money out of their food budget to pay for shelter.
"We hear that from people on welfare and also the working poor, people trying to feed their families on minimum wage," Benham said.


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Adnan Oktar: If once in one corner of websites they say, "Oh Lord, preordain us the Turkish Islamic Union" , the isse will be over. If you want it; if you really want it by heart, Allah is the One Who accepts prayers. Allah does not make it happen because they do not pray for it. Notice that if they pray for it, it will happen. They do not pray. I exempt those who pray, of course. They will only say, "Our Lord, make us the Turkish Islamic Union happen." That is all…If you do not pray, Allah does not help. In the verse Allah says that He answers prayers. Since you do not pray, since you do not have such a request, Allah does not answer, right? Does not Allah state in the Qur'an that He answers everyone's prayers? This is the verse, Allah tells the truth. Allah does not depart from His words.
Yeni Şafak, 16 November 2010
In his speech in the Sulaymaniya Mosque our Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said, "Eid Mubarak. May Allah make it instrumental in strenghtening our Nation, our brotherhood." May Allah make it instrumental in AWAKENING OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND ITS UNION, and in the peace of humanity.


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Joel Piniero and Doug Davis are off the market as the former signed a two-year deal with the Angels for $16 million and the latter is headed to Milwaukee for one year at $5.5 million.
In addition, Vincente Padilla just today re-signed with the Dodgers for a one-year $5.025 million deal
That leaves Jon Garland, Ben Sheets, who hasn't pitched since 2008, Erik Bedard, Pedro Martinez, Jarrod Washburn and Chien-Ming Wang among the cream of the rapidly disappearing crop. Cream might be putting it kindly.
It's high time the Mets management gets off its butts and signs another starter before the well runs dry. There are just too many questions about the current starting rotation candidates to not add another arm.
With Bengie Molina off the market and the Mets claiming they're going to stick with what they have at catcher, it frees up money to go out and get Garland. They need to do it and do it fast.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) – New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel says he'll take the criticism for pulling ace Johan Santana after eight scoreless innings on Friday night in a game they lost to Milwaukee 2-0 in the ninth.
Manuel says he never consulted with Santana before pulling him after 105 pitches. Manuel says he didn't want Santana to face Prince Fielder and the heart of the Brewers' order despite allowing just three hits.
Mets reliever Ryota Igarashi gave up a game-ending homer to Corey Hart with two outs in the ninth that snapped New York's five-game winning streak and 35-inning shutout string.


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I was getting gas today...btw, gas prices are OUTRAGEOUS--$2.799.
What ever happened to $1.79? I'd be happy to pay $1.79...although 2 years ago I'da been ticked to have to pay even $1.79...but I'm off topic.
So as I'm getting gas, I'm looking at the sign with the prices on it...And I'm thinkin' a couple of things...1. Why do they stick the signs way up in the air for interstate traffic to see, boasting their price (which, btw, is the same as everyone else's)? And they do this even if the price is too high. Puzzles me.
But even more...who is the stinkin' guy that came up with the little "9" that get tagged on to the end of all the prices (as in $2.799)? I HATE that.
Why can't it just be $2.80? And the crazy thing of it is...every gas station does it...so nobody's gaining any advantage by using the little nine...but they all have to because everyone else does it. What's up with that?
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THE Premier, Barry O'Farrell, has banned his MPs from accepting hospitality from rival gambling companies Echo Entertainment and Crown Limited while the government considers James Packer's push for a second Sydney casino.
Mr O'Farrell told a joint partyroom meeting before Christmas that the ban would continue for as long as the government was considering a proposal from Mr Packer's company, Crown Limited, for a $1 billion hotel and VIP casino at Barangaroo.
The proposal has been controversial because the government has agreed to deal directly with Crown under its unsolicited proposal process.
Echo, the owner of the Star, holds Sydney's monopoly casino licence until 2019. Mr O'Farrell has said a second Sydney casino licence would only be issued after then, but would not go to tender.
A panel headed by the former Future Fund chairman David Murray is examining Crown's proposal.
Mr O'Farrell told the partyroom that he did not want to give the media a reason to suggest the government was close to either company.
''It was a usual piece of leader's advice to try and ensure that members respected what is an independent, arm's length process around the Barangaroo development,'' he told Fairfax Media on Friday.
Cabinet ministers have also agreed to abide by the ban, but are allowed to attend official functions within their portfolio areas, a government spokesman said.
The Deputy Premier, Andrew Stoner, attended the Star on Thursday night for the opening its new events centre, but the spokesman said he was there to deliver a speech in his official capacity as Minister for State and Regional Development.
The Hospitality and Arts Minister, George Souris, will attend a film and television industry awards lunch at the Star on Monday.
Echo has engaged a market research firm to assess its image following last year's scandal over the sacking of its managing director, Sid Vaikunta, for sexual harassment.
GA Research is conducting a ''perception audit'' on Echo and the Star, almost exactly a year after Mr Vaikunta's departure, which sparked an inquiry by the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority. The inquiry heard claims of a culture of sexual harassment and drug use at the Star, and Echo alleged a campaign against it by Peter Grimshaw, the then communications director to Mr O'Farrell.
The inquiry's final report found that the complaints against Mr Vaikunta were handled properly by the company and there was no evidence of a culture of sexual harassment and drug use.
No adverse finding was made against Mr Grimshaw, but the experience soured Echo's relationship with the government.
Key stakeholders in business, politics and the media are being quizzed on their view of both Echo Entertainment and the Star casino as a corporate citizen and entertainment venue.
The chairman of Echo, John O'Neill, said the results would provide the basis of a plan to improve the company and the Star.


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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson sat in the bows of a rowing boat and heaved on the oars in time with another young man who sat in front of him.
With Einstein's publication of The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity in 1916 our view of the nature of the Universe was forever altered.
If you were to seek out books that attempt to popularise maths among the innumerati, you would notice that most give a quick nod to the golden ratio.
In their new book John Bryant and Chris Sangwin explore the complex problems and challenges facing engineers and mathematicians now and through the ages.
Ever wondered what mathematicians do all day? Finding Moonshine tells the story of a year in the life of the author, an Oxford professor known for his books, as well as radio and TV presentations of mathematics to the general public.
"Marvellous, surprising, crystal-clear, amazing, stimulating, delightful, fascinating" — this is how our reviewer described Nonplussed!, a book published last year by by the same author.
How do you do it? Horizontally from side to side, or perhaps criss-cross, producing a series of Xs running up your feet? Towards the end of The shoelace book, its author Burkard Polster raises a troubling question. Despite all the here-today, gone-tomorrow vagaries of fashion, and in spite of the huge variety of shoe styles available to us in this golden age of footwear, why does almost everyone lace their shoes in one of these two ways?
It turns out your mum was wrong after all: you can judge a book by its cover. This book has a colourful, detailed, and tantalising cover adorned with portraits of people you may or may not know. Who are they, and what do they have to do with numbers at work, and the culture in which we live?


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Staff at The Co-operative Child-care in the Great Western Hospital slept rough on Friday night to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Ten members of staff from the nursery slept under the stars between 8pm and 7.30am to raise more than £300 for the charity.
Nursery manager Tracy Rundle said: "We are part of Mid Counties Co-operative so their national charity this year and last year is the Teenage Cancer Trust.
"Last year we did a three-legged race doing two laps around Coate Water and we raised £340.
"This year we wanted to do something wackier to try and raise even more money so we thought we would sleep rough.
"We had raised £300 at the last count and the money is still coming in."
The group all bedded down in sleeping bags in the nursery garden.
Tracy said: "A lot of our staff are scared of insects and spiders so that was a bit of a challenge, but we slept in the back garden so we knew we would be safe and no proper wildlife, like foxes or anything could get in.
"It was difficult and we did talk about what it would be like to be homeless and do it all the time. It wasn't comfortable.
"We were lucky because it was quite a warm evening, but there was a lot of giggling and we only got four hours sleep."
Tracy was pleased with the money they had raised, and said people's generosity was increased by the story of teenager Stephen Sutton who lost his own battle with cancer aged just 19 last month.
The Staffordshire teenager was just 15 when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and spent his last few years ticking off a bucket list and raising more than £3.2m for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Tracy said: "Cancer affects so many people and it's touched so many lives.
"I think more people donated this year because of Stephen Sutton and how much he raised for the charity."
The Teenage Cancer Trust supports young people aged 13 to 24 who are diagnosed with cancer.
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Pronunciation: dee-bush • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: To issue forth, to come out of a narrowly confining space into a larger one or through a bottleneck.
Notes: The word for the place where something debouches is used so seldom, it still carries its French diacritics and accentuation: débouché pronounced (de-bu-shay). The alternative is debouchment, which you may pronounce in either the French or English manner. This noun also serves as a more elegant if more snooty word for "mouth of a river".
In Play: One of the stranger expressions we use and seem to understand is "the river empties into the sea". Actually, very few rivers are ever seen empty; rivers debouch into seas and oceans: "The Mississippi River debouches into the Gulf of Mexico." Armies may debouch through enemy lines if they break through a small hole and disperse on the other side: "Our troops exultantly debouched the enemy line only to advance on a cliff with a 100-foot drop!"
Word History: Today's Good Word obviously is a loaner from French déboucher, a verb made up of dé "(out) of" + bouche "mouth". Bouche is from Latin bucca "cheek, mouth", itself borrowed for English buccal "pertaining to the cheek". English buckle comes from Old French boucle, originally the Latin diminutive of bucca, buccula "little cheek, cheek strap (of a helmet)". (Let us debouch a deluge of gratitude on Susanne Williams, Florida photographer, for suggesting this delightful and useful word.)
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I was working on my London genealogy at the weekend and needed a large scale street map of Bethnal Green and a Google search brought up this website which offers some great maps online. The maps are part of the East London Family History Society's website and many thanks to them for putting these maps online.
The areas covered are Bethnal Green, Stepney, Bow, Bromley and Poplar, the maps range from the 1769 Rocque maps to a modern 2008 map and a lot in between. It was very easy to located the little alley that some of my ancestors were lurking down when the census enumerator came to call and I can now pinpoint where all the family were living during the 19th century.
I was intrigued by Thomas Milne's 1800, "Land Use Map of London & Environs" as
I hadn't come across it before (always something new to learn in genealogy!) There is a key showing what use the land was being put to so if your ancestors were living in this rural area around 1800 you can get a good idea of what sort of farming/market gardening they were employed in.
The East London Family History Society website has much to offer those with ancestors from this area so well worth a look.


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NEW ORLEANS — For two long weeks, brothers John and Jim Harbaugh told anyone that would listen that Super Bowl XLVII was more than about them.
They were right.
The Harbowl, which was officially known as Super Bowl XLVII, was everything everyone hoped it would be — and a whole lot more Sunday night when the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers got together for what felt more like a family reunion in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
The first major sports championship to feature brothers as opposing head coaches was a thriller — and then some — with a 34-minute power outage thrown in to make the night even zanier.
In the end, John Harbaugh's Ravens sent retiring middle linebacker Ray Lewis out with a ring on his finger after a pulsating 34-31 win against Jim Harbaugh's 49ers in the first Super Bowl to be played in New Orleans in 11 years.
It was well worth the wait, however, when Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco fired three touchdown passes and wide receiver Jacoby Jones, a New Orleans native, had a 108-yard kickoff return — the longest play in Super Bowl history — to start the second half.
The Ravens (14-6) jumped out to a 21-6 halftime lead and increased it to 28-6 when Jones returned the second-half kickoff for the score that seemingly put them in command.
Shortly after that score, however, half the lights in the Superdome went out and electrical power was lost in the press box. The scoreboards also went out, which was just fine with the 49ers at that point.
But when the power was restored, the Niners (13-5-1) seemed to have a lot more juice as well, as they came back from a 22-point deficit and got within two points before falling.
"It was just a great football game … the way that game played out," John Harbaugh said after his team held on for the win. "The way it was 28-6 and the lights went out with whatever happened.
"I just knew with Jim Harbaugh being on the other sideline and all the years we have been together that game was going to be a dogfight right to the end."
He knew what he was talking about as the 49ers struck for two TDs in a span of 2 minutes, 21 seconds — getting the first on a 31-yard pass from Colin Kaepernick to Michael Crabtree and the second on a 6-yard run by Frank Gore to creep within eight points.
David Akers, who had two field goals in the first half, kicked a 34-yarder with 3:10 left in the third quarter to cap a 17-point run — trimming the deficit to 28-23 heading into the final period.
The Ravens responded with a 19-yard field goal by rookie Justin Tucker to stretch the lead back to 31-23 before the 49ers came back with a five-play, 76-yard drive to make things interesting.
Kaepernick finished it off with a 15-yard scoring run with 9:57 to play, but his two-point conversion pass which would have tied the game overshot Randy Moss in the corner of the end zone to hold the score at 31-29.
Tucker then added another field goal, this one from 38 yards out, with 4:19 left in the game to push the lead to five points before the 49ers mounted one last-ditch drive to what they hoped would be the winning touchdown.
But they couldn't get the lead despite having a first-and-goal at the Ravens' 7 following a 33-yard run by Gore. LaMichael James gained 2 yards to the 5, but Kaepernick failed to connect on three straight passes to Crabtree to end their last threat with 1:46 to play.
As the final pass fell incomplete, Jim Harbaugh pleaded for a defensive holding call against Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith.
But there were no flags, and the Ravens nearly ran out the clock before taking a safety with 4 seconds left.
That left one final free kick, which the 49ers' Ted Ginn Jr. returned to midfield as the clock expired, and players and coaches from the Ravens' sideline spilled onto the field.
"The final series of Ray Lewis' career was a goal-line stand to win the Lombardi Trophy," John Harbaugh said. "Ray said on the podium, 'How could it be any other way than that?' "
"You know, honestly, the most exciting thing was the conversations we were having at the goal line," Lewis said. "Nobody ever panicked, everybody looked at each other and there was no panic."
Flacco, who had 11 touchdown passes and no interceptions in four postseason wins, staked the Ravens to their big lead in the first half en route to winning the MVP award.
Flacco lofted a 13-yard TD pass to wide receiver Anquan Boldin to cap their first drive, then tossed a 1-yarder to tight end Dennis Pitta while the Niners got only a 36-yard field goal from Akers.
Then came the big blow as the Ravens extended the lead on a 56-yard TD pass from Flacco to Jones.
Jones fell while trying to catch the slightly underthrown pass, then got up and spun away from a would-be tackler and scampered to the end zone for a 21-3 lead.
After Akers managed a second field goal on the final play of the first half, Jones broke the 49ers' hearts with his big return up the middle although Flacco said he knew it wasn't over at that point.
"You've seen those guys do it," he said. "They have the ability to score and score quickly, and that's kind of what they did there."


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Skipper Kenny Davis led from the front with a two-goal salvo at Welling to move Braintree Town to within three points of the Skrill Premier play-off places.
Their 2-0 win at Welling saw the Iron jump up to 11th in the table and they are now just three points shy of fifth-placed Nuneaton Town, who they face at the Amlin Stadium on Thursday and have four games in hand over.
While manager Alan Devonshire is still playing down his team's chances of finishing the season in the top five due to the number of fixtures they have to play before the end of April, his players are keeping them in the hunt.
Their win at Welling was Braintree's sixth three-point haul from their last nine Skrill Premier outings.
They took the lead in the 35th minute when, having seen home keeper Lee Butcher make a good stop from one of his headers, Davis fired home the opening goal.
That gave them a 1-0 advantage at half-time and it was doubled after the break.
Welling's Blaine Hudson had picked the ball up in the area expecting a free-kick to be given in his favour in the 51st minute, but referee Lee Swabey didn't see it that way and instead pointed to the spot for handball.
Braintree weren't about to look that particular gift horse in the mouth and Davis stepped forward to slam the ball into the net and make the points safe.


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Hello everyone,
I just picked up a Shane Smith surf board. The dimensions are 6'7", 14 3/4", 20 1/2", 16 5/8", 2 3/8". I payed 50 bucks for it and it seems likes its in good shape. Needs a minor repair on the bottom of the tail though as it looks like someone rested it on concrete too much.
I'm new to surfing but not new to board sports. I skateboarded my whole life and became pretty good. I'm in decent shape. I'm 5'11" and weigh 195lbs (mostly muscle). I just ordered a Hyperflex 4/3 amp wetsuit for 125 on amazon. Its blue/silver but cost half the price of the black ones so whatever I'm not making a fashion statement. I ordered a body glove hoodie too. All I should need now is booties and gloves.
What do you guys think? Will this setup work for me? I'm eager to get out there. Here are some pics of the board. I will be surfing Southern Maine area.
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With mortgage rates at an all time low in Canada and the increasing interest in recreational property, it is tougher than ever to find a Cottage on a Big Lake at a small price.
But before you rush out, there are a few things you should consider to ensure years of pleasure from your purchase. Listed below are a few tips for buying a cottage.
1. Research
It's easy to find information on the Kawarthas and Muskoka, but what about the Thousands Islands or Port Elgin? The internet is a great place to start.
2. Small lakes are great
Take into account area, exposure, and view, especially if you enjoy sunsets. Lake size is important, but your new cottage does not have to be on one of the "big three" to make it worthwhile. There are thousands of little lakes around Ontario that could be the perfect location for your new cottage.
3. Price
What are you paying for? Include sale price plus taxes, professional fees, surveys, and inspections. And, don't forget to think of resale value. Is your property going to increase in value over the next five years? Will development in the area help or hurt your property value?
4. Income potential
Are you interested in making an income from your property as well as using it as a recreational retreat? Over 40% of cottagers rent their summer retreat for one or more weeks to cover some of the operating costs.
5. Who else has claim to the land?
Are there any current or possible lands claims issues from First Nations? Will you own the mineral rights (not just the surface rights) to the land? Who owns the surrounding treed areas (it could be Crown land, or leased to a forest company)? Get your lawyer to investigate these issues and decide how much potential for disruption you're willing to live with.
6. Access
By road or by water? Check winter access and road ownership (private, municipal or deeded). Many cottage roads are owned privately by local road associations. Find out who maintains it, when, and what your annual cost will be.
7. Shoreline
Who owns it (there may be a 66′ shoreline allowance owned by the municipality), and who has access (check if there are deeded rights of way)? Can you alter it (if it's considered fish habitat, you'll have difficulty getting a permit)? Take into account water depth, slope, and whether it has a rocky or sandy bottom. Remember that the water level you see in April is not necessarily what you'll be getting in August. Consider erosion issues — what will your shoreline look like in 10 years?
8. Services
Check into availability of local services — phone, grocery, hospitals, marina, electricity and garbage collection. Is 911 service available? What's the response time? Can they even reach your property? What medical services are available and how far from the cottage?
9. Water Source
Lots of possible options here: municipal supply, lake, or well; drilled, bored, or dug well; communal or private well. For waterlines from the lake, ask about the treatment system (if you plan to drink the water). Also, check the condition of the pump and intake lines. Replacing a broken pump might set you back about $500 but having to drill a brand new well costs about $10,000.
10. Water quality
Your mortgage provider will likely require a potability test (which checks for bacteria like E. coli), available free from the local health unit. Once you decide it's the cottage for you, get a thorough chemical analysis done ($100 and up at a private lab) to test for contaminants such as nitrates from farm runoff, metals such as lead, and sulphate. If it's drinkable, how do you feel about the water's small, taste, and colour?
11. Water levels
Ask how the water levels change from year to year, and seasonally. Will fluctuations affect boating, swimming, and even building (e.g., a new dock)?
12. Waste disposal
Cottage sewage systems range from an outhouse or composting toilet to a septic system or a holding tank that must be pumped. Is there room to upgrade the system? Check the age (more than 20 years is likely the danger zone) and condition (e.g., is the lawn over the system wet or unusually lush, both bad signs?).
13. Cottage culture
Is there a cottage association, and is it active, cranky, or dormant? Is the lake one big booze cruise or so quiet your kids will boycott it?
14. Building approvals
Planning to build a new deck, dock, or boathouse or, heck, a whole new cottage? You'll need a permit. Depending on the project and which level of government jurisdiction it falls under, your plans may not be allowed. Also, ask how long approval takes.


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vinylpusher posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHi, My glove box lid wont shut. It doesnt seem to catch anything so just falls open straight away. Whats the best thing to do.? Easy to fix the lock? Or get a new lid? Im part exchanging the car at the weekend so dont want to spend a lot. Thanks
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vinylpusher posted a topic in General Ford Related DiscussionsHello, I have a MK2 Ford Focus Zetec and the engine noise is not overly loud, but id like to quieten it down a bit. Ive changed oil, sparkplugs etc to see if it had anything to do with this, also tried injector cleaners etc. Still the same Ive heard that Zetecs just have this noise even on the newer vehicles....... or im just being picky. Ive heard of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Focus-MK2-C-Max-Volvo-C30-S40-V50-Under-Engine-Cover-Undertray-/321196792019?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3AFord%7CModel%3AFocus%7CPlat_Gen%3AMK+II&hash=item4ac8d218d3#ht_2992wt_1262 Does anyone have any advice on these?. Do they quieten down the sound of the engine from inside and outside of the vehicle? I was also looking at this for lining my bonnet with as well http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAR-VAN-VEHICLE-SOUND-DEADENING-PROOFING-PADS-SHEETS-/220509778409#ht_801wt_1024 Would lining my boot with this be safe? If anyone can suggest any other products instead of the ones ive listed, please do :)
vinylpusher replied to vinylpusher's topic in General Chatok thanks. Im going to give them a try. Ive had to move my vehicle a couple of miles this morning, would this have caused much damage? If does cause further damage to the catalyst, how would i know ? Thanks
vinylpusher replied to vinylpusher's topic in General ChatHello. Thanks for the response. Am i ok to move the car a few miles to the nearest place so i can get the bits for the vehicle Is this going to cause many issues ? Should i just replace the plugs, leads and coil pack I understand the leads are just take off and replace and the coil pack has a few screws that need removing and just need to reseat the new one? Any help please. Many thanks
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vinylpusher replied to vinylpusher's topic in General Chatthanks for the suggestions. I put the original ones back in and the car wouldnt start I tightened the spark plugs up a bit more as they were only hand tight first of all...... The car now starts... but... its got a very rough idle and when i rev the engine it feels very stuttery ??? any ideas? thanks
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vinylpusher posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHello, i have an annoying squeak/rattle coming from the passenger door. If someone puts there foot on the speaker cover, it stops. Can anyone explain briefly how to remove the door card so i can access the speaker area to have a look. im hoping its just a loose clip any advice? thanks
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Professor Zulia joined the faculty as an adjunct lecturer in fall 2005. He was promoted to the position adjunct professor in fall 2011. He is retired from the Niagara County Sheriff's Department in 2003. Professor Zulia is responsible for teaching undergraduate Criminal Justice majors and minors. He teaches Private Security (CRJ335), Constitutional Criminal Procedure (CRJ260), Law Enforcement (CRJ230), and Introduction to Criminal Justice (CRJ201).
Focus of Teaching
Professor Zulia is proud to teach in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at Niagara University, and fortunate to be part of such a professional and impressive faculty. Professor Zulia's teaching style is to present the material from the theoretical perspective and then to reinforce the learning objective from the practical perspective. He hopes that this approach generates increase student interest in the Criminal Justice system.
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- M.A., Criminal Justice, SUNY Albany
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NEW YEAR'S EVE in Sydney is old news by the time midnight rolls around. While more than 1 million people still brave the sweaty harbour crowds steeped in alcohol to glimpse the 12 o'clock pyrotechnics, many will already be in bed, teeth brushed, when the clock ticks over into 2013.
The countdown to 9pm is increasingly the one that counts, particularly in Sydney's suburbs.
From Manly to the Blue Mountains, in Coogee, Dee Why, Liverpool, Rockdale and Parramatta, the new year is celebrated three hours early - and midnight fireworks have been dispensed with.
At the Wentworth Falls Country Club, host to a free community fireworks display for the past five years, about 6000 people spread their picnic rugs on the fairway on New Year's Eve. By midnight, there are barely 100 revellers left, the club's general manager, Matt Lark, said.
''The majority of our club membership are over-55s,'' he said. ''[The fireworks are] aimed at the family market. It's a bit of a trip to go down to the city.''
Veteran pyrotechnician Andrew Howard, who remembers working with his father Sid before over-the-counter sales of fireworks were banned in NSW in 1987, said there had been a shift to family-friendly shows Australia wide.
''Most people, come 20 past midnight, have had enough,'' the director of Howard and Sons Pyrotechnics said. ''We're becoming a bit more of a granny society in relation to crowd management and traffic management. It's a commonsense approach.''
Mr Howard said about 60 per cent of the company's end-of-year fireworks displays would occur well before midnight. ''I think it's just about … trying not to put something on which is going to attract drunken hoodlums,'' he said.
At Pittwater on Sydney's northern beaches, the 9pm fireworks over the water at Bayview is in its second year. ''Due to popular demand we looked at introducing a 9pm service,'' said a spokeswoman for a sponsor, the Royal Motor Yacht Club.
In greater Sydney, few regions will host midnight fireworks, leaving the young and the restless to brave the harbourside throngs or, like the rest of the world, watch it on the telly.


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Places can now be booked on the Sarsen Trail and Neolithic Marathon on Sunday, May 4.
As well as being aimed at serious runners, walkers and cyclists, it is also a fun day for families wanting to enjoy the countryside and raise money for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
The event includes a full and half marathon and walks of seven, 11, 15 and 26 miles.
There will be two new bike routes of either a 30 or 50km multi-terrain, circular mountain bike route, starting and ending at Stonehenge.
The new cycling routes go through Salisbury Plain allowing cyclists to enjoy the unique landscape.
Money raised from the event supports the conservation work of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, developing a sustainable future for wildlife and people.
Sarsen Trail co-ordinator Derek Gard said: "This is a rare opportunity for people to access an area which is usually closed to the public and to enjoy this spectacular landscape.
"I am also pleased to say that we have been given permission to take this year's cycling route through Salisbury Plain.
"Almost 2,500 people took part last year and I expect this year will be equally popular.
"Marathon places are limited, so I urge people to sign on as soon as possible. This year, we are delighted to thank Mini Plant Swindon for their support."
Theres is a mixture of grassland and farm tracks stretching across stunning landscape from the Vale of Pewsey, through the Avon Valley and across the wilds of Salisbury Plain to be enjoyed while the northern half of the route from Avebury to Redhorn Hill is an area rich in wildlife.
There is a good chance of seeing skylarks, brown hares, sedge warblers and kingfishers. The route crosses fields and country lanes as well as a couple of busier roads and a railway line.
The route is fully stewarded with first aid cover and support vehicles and a free coach service is offered for walkers between the starting and finishing points.
The trust provides regular water and toilet stops with refreshments available along the route.
All participants who cross the finish line at Stonehenge receive free refreshments at the end, along with a medal awarded to all those who finish their chosen route.
Thanks to English Heritage those with medals will have the opportunity to enter the Stonehenge site for free for the rest of the day.
Entry fees cover the trust's costs for organising the event and more funds can be raised for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust through individual sponsorship.
There is an early bird discount for those who register before March 7.
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The Palm Court's magnificent chandeliers were bought from London's prestigious Savoy Hotel.
How do you introduce Old Colonial to African Contemporary and come up with the perfect marriage? When you walk into the iconic, multi-award-winning Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga Rocks, just 15 minutes north of Durban, you'll soon see how.
Push through the mahogany and glass swing door (rescued from Durban's famous Royal Hotel) and walk into the cool reception area of the Oyster Box Hotel. You'll see black and white tiled floors, lazily turning bamboo ceiling fans straight from some tropical plantation villa, and the original 1950s carved wooden staircase that winds its way up to the red and white themed Lighthouse Bar where Prince Albert of Monaco and his Princess Charlene partied before their 2012 wedding.
Stop to admire cool paintings of some of the best contemporary KwaZulu-Natal artists on the way.
Choose a garden room overlooking the lush tropical gardens, or face out over golden sands where the famous red and white lighthouse stands guard over the blue Indian Ocean.
This gorgeous hotel is noted not only for its fabulous accommodation, but also for its equally fabulous food. Try fresh oysters in the Oyster Bar, a calorie-defeating breakfast on the Ocean Terrace, the best curry in KwaZulu-Natal in the Palm Court, and a High Tea to drool over or an intimate romantic dinner in the Grill Room.
If it's an overcast day, cocoon yourself in the leather- and book-lined library, or catch a movie in the small exclusive cinema – complimentary popcorn and candies provided.
But be warned, the Oyster Box Hotel is addictive. You'll find yourself returning again and again as the Venetian-chandeliered Pearl Room testifies. Generations of brides have celebrated their weddings here and, today, their kids and grandkids are having fun on the beach or in the kiddies' playroom.
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Who to contact
Oyster Box Hotel
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Web: www.oysterboxhotel.com
How to get here
Take the N2 north from Durban, or south from King Shaka International Airport. Umhlanga Rocks is well signposted. Drive straight down towards the sea. The hotel is on the right as you approach the sea.
Best time to visit
Any time, although during South African school holidays (July and December) the little town is packed with visitors.
What will it cost
Around R3 500 per person, per night, but look out for special offers during the off-seasons.
What to eat
The curry buffet in the Ocean Terrace restaurant is famous throughout the area. The High Tea is a decadent afternoon feast of home-baked scones with cream and strawberries, finger sandwiches, pastries, cakes and savouries.
What's happening
Umhlanga Rocks is a busy little town. Check with the concierge for local events.
Best buys
There's a lovely curio shop in the town centre with all kinds of handcrafted goods.