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Ok ok ! So im sitting here thinking,what if! say floyd fights manny in october and wins! Fights shane in begining of 2010 and wins! How about a 2010 summer showdown Floyd vs Calzagahe at a catchweight say 160! This would be huge for boxing "
Give your opionion on say if these 2 met at a catchweight , I think it would be a interesting fight. A fantasy fight I would like 2 see lol, I believe it would bring out the best in both fighters ,calzagahe would throw punches all day to try and get threw floyds defense ,and floyd would have to step up his offensive side in order to pick joe apart! So what do u think ?


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Since the Blazers might select Drummond, I thought it'd be fun to compare Drummond's freshman year with the freshmen years of former (except Duncan) successful NBA centers. Credit goes to Rondo2Hondo of RealGM:
-Freshman Drummond: 28.4 mpg, 10.2 ppg. 7.6 rpg, 2.7 bpg, 53% FG, 28% FT
Per 36: 12.9 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.4 bpg
-Point guard: played with Shabazz Napier (draft express rank him as the 55th best sophomore in his class. Averaged 13ppg on 39% shooting from the field. Never looked for Drummond. Basically, Boatright, Lamb and Napier took turns at chucking)
Hall of Fame Centers
-Freshman Hakeem: 18 mpg, 8.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.5 bpg, 60% FG, 56% FT
Per 36: 16.6 ppg, 12.4 rpg, 5 bpg
-Played with Rob Williams (PG) - 9 assists per 36 in NBA as a rookie! Also, Clyde Drexler (one of the best passers at SG ever)
-Freshman Admiral: 13 mpg, 7.6 ppg, 4 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 62% FG, 57% FT
Per 36: 21 ppg, 11 rpg, 3.6 bpg
-NO NBA level point guard on roster as freshman
-Freshman Shaq: 28.2 mpg, 13.9 ppg, 12 rpg, 3.6 bpg, 57% FG, 56% FT
Per 36: 17.8 ppg, 15.3 rpg, 4.6 bpg
-Played with future NBA point guard Chris Jackson (Abdul-Rauf)
-Freshman Duncan: 30.2 mpg, 9.8 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.75 bpg, 55% FG, 75% FT
Per 36: 11.7 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 4.5 bpg
-Played with future NBA point guard Randolph Childress (not as good a point guard as the others)
-Freshman Alonzo: 28.3 mpg, 13.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 4.9 bpg, 60% FG, 67% FT
Per 36: 16.6 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 6.2 bpg
-Played with Charles Smith - a decent point guard who made the Celtics and Jaren Jackson, solid passer
-Freshman Mutombo: 11.3 mpg, 3.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.3 bpg, 71% FG, 48% FT
Per 36: 12.42 ppg, 10.51 rpg, 7.3 bpg
-Played with Charles Smith - a decent point guard who made the Celtics and Jaren Jackson, solid passer
-Freshman Ewing: 28.8 mpg, 12.7 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.2 bpg, 63% FG, 62% FT
Per 36: 15.9 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 4 bpg
-Played with NBA point guard Sleepy Floyd
-Freshman Daugherty: 23.3 mpg, 8.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1 bpg, 55% FG, 66% FT
Per 36: 13.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg
-PG was Jim Braddock, non NBA caliber player. SG was none other than Michael Jordan who wasn't known for his playmaking then.
What this suggests is that the majority of great NBA centers never produced amazing freshmen years (at least in comparison to their sophomore-senior years). On top of this, the ones who had better freshmen years had the help of a good point guard to give them the ball.
Thus, Drummond's projected trajectory seems to veer in the direction of the Hall-of-Fame center. And while he falls short of their statistical achievements, from here, we can assert Drummond will become a pretty good center (think Brad Daugherty or Andrew Bynum level). His skills, strength, mobility, and athleticism amongst big men is extremely rare so it isn't like Drummond's stats are empty. An apt comparison would be an Amare Stoudemire who plays better defense.
Some may argue he has motor issues but this mostly stems from a lack of confidence and repetition developed from being poorly utlized at U-Conn. Given an NBA caliber point guard and some time to develop a few go-to moves, Drummond has a strong case for becoming a good player. He already has the ability to gain deep post position and only needs a teacher like Kareem or Hakeem to help him.
Feel free to agree/disagree below.

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Alcoa announcing plans to build a $90 million plant adjacent to its current facility. The new plant will expand on the company's aluminum lithium capacity.
The new alloys will supply energy for the next generation of commercial airplanes.
Production is expected to begin by the end of 2014.
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Railway expansion plan revealed
A £37.5 billion plan to run and expand the railways in the period 2014-19 was unveiled today by Network Rail (NR).
Is there any end in sight at all for rail price rises?
Certainly, Network Rail's plan to upgrade the railways are ambitious. Certainly, they have a massive price tag of £37.5 billion.Read the full story
Network Rail boss 'understands' passenger fare frustrations
Network Rail Chief Executive, David Higgins has told ITV News' Business Editor Laura Kuenssberg that he "understands" the frustration from passengers over rising rail fare prices.
Rail boss: 'Our challenge is how we upgrade whilst running trains'
Network Rail have said that their new five year plan will deliver 20% more seats during peak morning hours into London.
London Tonight spoke to Tim Shoveller, Managing Director of Network Rail, about the problems they will have to confront whilst carrying out the building work.
Network Rail work 'must be passenger-focused'
Anthony Smith, chief executive of rail customer watchdog Passenger Focus, has said of Network Rail's expansion £37.5bn investment plan:
"Passengers will welcome the fact that Network Rail and train companies are working together on a plan to deliver passenger and Government priorities - more trains on time, and more seats.
"This work must be passenger-focused in the planning and delivery. Improvements in satisfaction are welcome, but we would like to see an earlier date for setting a satisfaction target.
"Passengers already put in roughly £2 for every pound spent by the taxpayer. It is critical that industry tackles its value-for- money offering, reducing costs without cutting services, to head off another five years of above-inflation fare increases."
TSSA: Passengers should not pay for new lines
– Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union
We obviously back rail investment to improve the service but passengers have already suffered enough pain with a decade of annual inflation-plus fare increases.
They should not now be expected to face another six years of even higher fares. No one expects motorists to pay more for new roads or air passengers to pay for new runways. Well rail passengers should not be singled out to pay for new lines.
They have been persecuted enough already.
Office of Rail Regulation to 'scrutinise' Network Rail plan
The chief executive of the Office of Rail Regulation , Richard Price, has said Network Rail's expansion plan "demonstrates the company's ambition to deliver an even better railway for Britain".
He added:
Key to maintaining rail's success will be openly justifying this significant commitment of public money. Taxpayers significantly fund the railways, and have every right see where this money is being spent.
ORR will now scrutinise the plan on behalf of rail users and taxpayers to ensure every penny is made to count and that all those involved in delivering the plan work together to achieve the highest levels of efficiency and best possible value for money.
Our analysis, informed by public views, will focus on ensuring NR delivers the right plans, in the right ways, at the right cost.
RMT: Safety and preventing job cuts should be a priority
Bob Crow, the general secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport union has responded to Network Rail's £37.5bn investment and expansion plans.
"While we support any plans to expand and invest in Britain's railways, you cannot seriously expect to safely increase capacity while at the same time the Government is looking to axe key frontline staff on trains, track and stations", he said.
He went on: "If the Government press on with the jobs cuts plans, they will simply be cramming more and more people into an overcrowded and unreliable service where safety is compromised and the profits of the private train operators are prioritised. That is simply a recipe for disaster."
Network Rail facing 'bigger and more complex' challenges
One million more trains run every year than 10 years ago, more passengers arrive on time than ever before, our safety record is one of the best in Europe and, despite the daily challenges we face, customer satisfaction is at record levels.
– David Higgins, Network Rail chief executive
As our railway gets busier the challenges get bigger and more complex. We have entered an era of trade-offs.
Increasingly we have to balance the need to build more infrastructure, run trains on time and cut costs, and in many areas choices will need to be made.
Network Rail expansion plan in detail
The Network Rail plans come at a time of passenger anger at the above-inflation 4.2% season ticket average fare rises this month.
To be agreed with and approved by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), the NR plan envisages improvements that by 2019 will:
- See 225 million more passengers per year travelling and 355,000 more trains in service - the highest numbers ever;
- Provide 20% extra morning peak seats into central London and 32% into large regional cities in England and Wales;
- Provide 700 more trains a day linking key northern cities and a 10-minute reduction in journey time between Manchester and Leeds;
- See 30% more freight being carried than today;
- Cut CO2 emissions per passenger by 37% and reduce risk at level crossings by 8%;
- Plan a move away from more than 800 signal boxes to 14 major operations centres;
- Reduce the cost of running Britain's railways by a further 18% and cut annual public subsidy to between £2.6 billion and £2.9 billion in 2019 - down from £4.5 billion in 2009 and £7 billion in 2004.
Network Rail: HS2 'essential' to expansion plan
In today's business plan, Network Rail said it expected to achieve a trains-on-time figure of 92.5% "by the end" of the period 2014-2019.
NR also warned that even with the extra trains and seats this would "not be enough" on the busy West Coast Main Line where the added capacity of the London to Birmingham HS2 high-speed rail line project was, it said, "essential".


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In this iOS Application Development training course, you will learn how to develop iPhone and iPad applications using the Xcode Integrated Development Environment. The course covers building views, developing program code, and testing the application on a device simulator. This course covers major user interfaces including tab bar views, table views, page-based views, and storyboards. Database applications are also explored in addition to MapKit, Web View, and camera applications.
· Understand how to use Interface Builder to construct user interfaces.
· Learn how to develop Objective-C code to display and interact with user interfaces.
· Understand how to build page-based applications.
· Learn about screen navigation with Tab Bar, Table Views, and Storyboards.
· Become experienced using the Foundation and Cocoa Frameworks.
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III. Using the Date Picker
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III. NSEntity Description
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The tragedy of [Dec. 14] at Shady Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn was horrific and beyond belief. Our hearts should grieve and we should pray for the families who have to deal with the loss of all of their loved ones and the especially sad and tragic loss of so many innocent young children.
We all need to hug our own kids and grandkids and our own loved ones every time we can since unspeakable things do happen that in our wildest dreams we could never imagine. Though we can probably never do anything that will completely prevent tragedies like the one of yesterday we need to think of ways that can mitigate to the maximum such horrible events that we have seen too often.
We need to really take action on meaningful gun control that limits access to weapons like assault weapons that make it too easy to kill many quickly, and to reasonably limit access to weapons to those that should not have them and educate those that have guns how they need to be secured. Allowing persons to carry concealed weapons does not seem to be the way to go as suggested by a recent court decision; but if mandated our legislatures need to impose severe and tight restrictions.
On the mental health front we need to do the maximum to insure early detection of problems and make sure that people who have such problems have affordable and easy access to professional medical assistance, and of course limit access to weapons of any kind to people with such conditions.
On the school security front, in recent years much has been done to improve and tighten access, but we need to continue to explore any other steps that can be taken to make sure that schools are a safe haven for our children.
We can grieve and pray as we should, but be must also act.
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Undeterred by what was by far the worst injury of his sure Hall of Fame career, Mariano Rivera pledged that his desire to shag BP fly balls (with an ultimate goal of playing outfield in a spot one inning) will not change. Rivera suffered a gruesome and completely unnecessary injury in early 2012 when he awkwardly stumbled across the warning track and wall. However, Mo doesn't want to change his habits, even at the age of 43 and having accumulated more saves than any other human being. According to Mark Feinsand, Yankees beat writter for the New York Daily News: Rivera said he still plans to shag flies in the outfield. Here's why: sulia.com/c/new-york-yan… — Mark Feinsand (@FeinsandNYDN) February 13, 2013 At the link therein, Rivera is quoted as saying: "I don't want to change. I will do whatever it takes ot be myself again. I don't want to be someone that I'm not. I have to be careful? Yeah. I'm always careful. The injury happened because the Lord permitted it. I have to be ready, and if shagging is part of my routine, then I'll be doing it. How much? I don't know, but I'll be doing it." I say, if you've done all the things Rivera has done, you should be able to do what you want. Joe Girardi, take note (Girardi may have other ideas on Mo's plans). In fact, all of us might learn a lesson about "getting back on the horse" after some sort of mishap in our lives and not letting one fluke keep us from enjoying life! - Dave (@lhd_on_sports) Follow us on Twitter @rbts_baseball The post Mariano Rivera still plans to shag fly balls appeared first on Reading Between The Seams.
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Eating Light: 400 Calories or Less | Review
January 17, 2013 by admin - Jennifer
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Item Reviewed: Eating Light: 400 Calories or Less
Kick start your New Year's resolution to shed those unwanted pounds with help from your favorite magazines! Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Country Living and Woman's Day bring you Eating Light, the latest Hearst Special. Eating Light provides a 13-week quick and easy eating plan sure to eliminate all of your diet stresses and guide you on your journey to better health. Each week of the plan features six 400 calorie or less dinner recipes, slim-friendly restaurant suggestions (because a girl's gotta eat out sometimes) and various ideas for the best breakfasts, lunches and snacks to satisfy your appetite. What's inside?
- Comfort food recipes with a healthy twist—including pizza, chicken pot pie and chicken fingers!
- Guilt-free "sweet treats" that will make your taste buds pop
- Cheat sheet for restaurant dining without losing control
- Quick tips and guidelines to answer your dieting FAQ's
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Always on the lookout for good healthy meals that will help me stick to my goals I am happy to have Eating Light recipes at my fingertips. I have tried out the Zesty Pepperoni Penne and the Stuffed Tomatoes with Lean Ground Beef already and they are fantastic. Eating healthy for me doesn't mean I lose the tasty dishes now. My whole family loved these two recipes and I can't wait to try out more. Up next will be the Spicy Sausage Jambalaya, made my mouth water just typing that! Head on out to your local grocery store and pick up your copy today!


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Specifically, he likes the idea of actually buying distressed houses with cheap leverage, and renting them out.
There are some caveats: He suggested that it's a good idea for "handy" investors, which implies that it's not the kind of passive investment you can just make and sit back and watch. You need some gumption to get out there, bid on homes, and do the leg work to rent out the property.
But if you can do it, the riches for you will be lucrative, says Buffett.
Just to underline this point some more, if you can get a loan, houses have never been better on an affordability/cost of mortgage basis.


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Hawaiian Telcom is the islands' most trusted name in providing innovative voice, data, wireless and security solutions. "We're constantly evolving to stay ahead of the curve," says Jeff Coomans, Senior Manager of New Product Development. "And we help our customers by taking care of their time intensive day-to-day IT tasks, which frees up their time for more productive activities." More and more businesses are switching to hosted services (commonly known as "cloud services"), a business and IT trend that is here to stay and is proving to be more cost effective and efficient in the long-term. Cloud services allow customers to access their files and applications via a hosting service rather than through their own servers, which can be costly to upkeep.
Hawaiian Telcom provides an affordable, innovative and scalable end-to-end solution for businesses of all sizes looking to outsource their infrastructure: the Business All-In-OneSM bundle. The package unifies high-performance broadband internet with hosted voice services, allowing businesses to stay connected while being more mobile. One example is the opportunity to receive voice mails directly to your inbox. This ensures fewer missed calls (and, subsequently, fewer missed opportunities) while allowing employees to be more flexible. In a work climate where employees are increasingly encouraged to BYOD (bring your own device) to work, the Business All-In-OneSM bundle is setting the new standard for business as usual. Best part: even the state-of-the art equipment is included and installed (for free) as part of the package.
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Social Media Marketing
The popular site Social Media Examiner released its 2011 Social Media Marketing Industry Report on the effectiveness of social media. They surveyed more than 3,300 marketers and found the following:
88% of marketers reported better business exposure because of the use of social media marketing. 72% marketers confirmed the increase in traffic since they switched to social media and 62% marketers noticed an improved search engine ranking;
45% people who had been using social media marketing for 12 months or less have indicated of acquiring new business.
52% of marketers saw lead generation benefits by spending only 6 hours per week on social media.
So all a marketer needs to do is to have a presence on social media, hire an expert, and handover the key to success to him. Is that what your are thinking? take a breather and look at the downside of it else it can boomerang and will hurt you badly.
Social media marketing is like a new kid in house and everyone wants to pamper it without even knowing about the repercussion. It is unarguably a very strong tool but at the same time irrepressible i.e. you don't have much control over it. Once something goes out on internet; spreads like a wild fire and reaches to millions in no time. Hence it needs to be used meticulously.
As, I have mentioned that the concept of social media is new to Indian market and hence there is no set rules to follow. Everyone is using the trial and error method in order to figure out the best SMM strategies. Nevertheless there are some basic rules that need to be adhered to. Let me try to pen down some of the common mistakes that are made and lead to failure of the social media campaigns.
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Wedding Locations
Outdoor Locations
I have selected these marriage venues for affordability, ambience and convenience and overall features.
- Some Outdoor Locations provide shelter, some don't. There are some that do not require a booking fee.
- Some popular City Locations, however attractive, have significant disadvantages: expensive, difficult for parking or noisy.
- If you have another venue in mind I can discuss it with you.
Federation Pavilion Cabarita Park
Address: Cabarita Road, Cabarita NSW 2137
Contact: City of Canada Bay
1A Marlborough St, Drummoyne
Phone: 9911 6555
Website: www.canadabay.nsw.gov.au
- Excellent shelter for a large group.
- Located on the banks of Parramatta River, with beautiful water views.
- Parking is available within the Park (charges apply). Very good access by ferry to Cabarita Wharf.
A highly significant site for our nation. "The Federation Pavilion was where the first Governor General of Australia, Lord Hopetoun, the first prime Minister, Edmund Barton, and the first Cabinet were sworn in at the official inauguration of Federation in Centennial Park, Sydney, on 1st January 1901. In 1903 the Council of Concord bought the pavilion and moved it to its current location.
Rocky Point Island and Rotunda at Balmoral Beach
Address: Cnr The Esplanade & Mandalong Rd
Contact: Mosman Council
Civic Centre
Mosman Square, Spit Junction
Phone: (02) 9978 4000 (24hrs)
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Rocky Point Island at Balmoral Beach is an extraordinarily beautiful and spectacular Outdoor Marriage Venue.
- A small island accessed over bridge and up steps from Balmoral Beach. Landscape of lawns, bushland and rock outcrops. Set cost based on 2 hour period) $305.00
- The rotunda in the park near the beach is attractive, but offers limited shelter.
Wahroonga Park - Outdoor Sheltered Site
Address: The Park is bounded by Coonanbarra Road, Illoura and Millewa Avenues
and Stuart St. Wahroonga (near Wahroonga railway station).
Contact: Ku-ring-gai Council Chambers and Customer Service Centre
Phone: (02) 9424 0754
Website: www.kmc.nsw.gov.au
- The Rotunda can be hired for weddings - set in beautiful manicured gardens, close to railway station, great for wedding photos.
- To book the Rotunda: Download the application form, complete all details and fax to (02) 9424 0207. You can also email the form to email@example.com
- Fees appear to be modest.
Swain Gardens (Killara)
Address: Ku-ring-gai Council Chambers and Customer Service Centre
Phone: 02 9424 0000:
Email: email@example.com; or firstname.lastname@example.com
- The Swain Gardens are quietly tucked away in a small secluded 3.4 hectare area with beautiful manicured lawn, shaded gardens and sandstone terraces.
The gazebo area is very popular for weddings great photo opportunities.
Indoor Marriage Venues
Note: many of these Venues are suggested because they include Outdoor facilities that are suitable for the Marriage Ceremony.
Banjo Paterson Cottage Restaurant
Address: "In the Park" End of Punt Road, Gladesville.
Phone: 02 9816-3611
Website: www.banjopaterson.com
- Beautiful National Trust building and 5 acres of parklands,
- Landscaped gardens overlooking the water, ideal for garden ceremonies.
*Immediately below the cottage, on the foreshores of the Parramatta River, is a substantial tidal jetty suitable for all types of boats, also allowing access for water taxis which is a lovely way for the bride & groom or guests to arrive or depart"
(NOTE: as described on Restaurant website).
Curzon Hall
Address: 53 Agincourt Rd Marsfield
Phone: 02 9887 1877
Website: www.curzonhall.com.au
- Attractive sandstone period architecture
- Wide choice of special garden settings
- Large capacity, abundant parking
Dedes Restaurant
Address: 613 Great North Road Abbotsford
Phone: (02) 9712 5503
Website: www.dedes.com.au
- Great waterfront views
- Accessible by regular public ferry service to wharf nearby
- For intimate or larger receptions
- See photos, also testimonials on excellent website.
Icebergs Bondi
Address: 1 Notts Ave, Bondi 2026
Contact: Natalka Dechnicz - Events Manager
Phone: 02 9130 3120
- Situated just south of Bondi Beach with great views of the Beach.
- The function room includes a private bar, dance floor & three balconies.
- The room can cater for between 50 & 170 people; up to 70 people seated
- Competitive rates, flexibility.
- DJ, live band or jukebox
- PA system, MP3 connection
The Marlborough Hotel
Address: Cnr King Street and Missenden Road, Newtown
Phone: (02) 9519-1222
Website: www.marlboroughhotel.com.au
- If a traditional hotel is your preference this could be a good choice. The upstairs function area has city skyline views
- Good quality and variety in the menus
- Vibrant, central inner city location and friendly service.
Mosman Art Gallery
Address: Cnr Art Gallery Way (formerly Short Street) and Myahgah Road,Mosman
Contact: Mosman Council, Civic Centre, Mosman Square, Spit Junction
Phone: (02) 9978 4000 (24hrs)
Email: email@example.com
Website: mosmanartgallery.org.au/about/venue-hire
- A superb venue, with a choice of function rooms and a Chapel
- Can accommodate groups of up to 200 people. Prices vary accordingly.
- Facilities include audio equipment and easy street parking.
Mosman Rowers
Address: 3 Centenary Avenue, Mosman Bay, NSW 2088
Phone: 02 9953 7966
Website: www.mosmanrowers.com.au
- Wonderful ambience
- There is a balcony near water level that is ideal for a Marriage Ceremony (maximum capacity about 35-40 people).
- Ferry access from Circular Quay, adequate parking depending on arrival time and guest numbers.
Newport Mirage
Address: Queens Parade West, Newport 2106
Phone: 02 9997 7011
Website: www.newportmirage.com.au/outdoor-wedding-receptions-sydney.php
- A beautiful wedding venue, with panoramic views (see website for photos).
- Great ambience in a quiet location, especially as it incorporates an outdoor waterside facility for the Marriage Ceremony.
- See offer on website: "Flexible packages for indoor receptions, outdoor receptions or waterfront onsite ceremonies"
Panorama House
Address: Princes Highway, Bulli Tops, Bulli, N.S.W.
Phone: (02) 4268338
Website: www.panoramahouse.com.au
- Italian & Seafood Restaurant, Function Centre, Hotel/Motel.
- One of Australia's best views, on the very edge of the escarpment overlooking Wollongong, the ocean and the South Coast.
Ripples at Milsons Point
Address: Olympic Drive, Milsons Point, NSW
Phone: 02 9929 7722
Website: www.ripplescafe.com.au
- Ripples is an award winner; uninterrupted views of the Harbour, Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge; located beside the North Sydney Olympic Swimming pool
- Very handy after an outdoor Scenic Harbourside Wedding at Kirribilli!
Thai Pothong
Address: 294 King Street Newtown NSW
Phone: 9550 6277
Website: www.thaipothong.com.au
- A wonderful restaurant with good wedding facilities for affordable receptions
- A great choice for vegetarians
- See www.eatability.com.au for reviews
- Very flexible people, excellent service.
Italian Village - Waterfront - Wolfies
- These are three adjacent restaurants at Circular Quay West;
- Located at The Rocks, Sydney (all part of Dockside Group) are situated in a spectacular heritage building – wonderful ambience, with great views across Circular Quay to the Opera House.
- Choice of cuisines, plus flexibility in a wide range of packages at each restaurant in different rooms.
- For an overview, go to the main website: www.docksidegroup.com.au
|Italian Village
7 Circular Quay West
The Rocks, Sydney NSW 2000
27 Circular Quay West
The Rocks, Sydney NSW 2000
19-21 Circular Quay West
The Rocks, Sydney NSW 2000
|02 9252 2481
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包括妇女解放、同性恋解放、刑法与民法革新、疾病诊断手册的修订和更多革新的性革命。The sexual revolution of the 20th century includes women's liberation, gay liberation, reforms of criminal and civil laws, revision of diagnostic handbooks and much more.
There is no doubt that the separation of sex and reproduction will eventually revolutionize all our lives. Once sexual intercourse no longer leads to unwanted pregnancies, and the conception of each child is a matter of conscious choice, the attitude of sexual partners toward each other is bound to change. Most probably there will be more mutual understanding and co-operation between the sexes. Many couples already plan their families together and share the experience of the woman's pregnancy all the way through the delivery of the baby. Modern hospitals encourage expectant fathers to remain present during the process of birth and also offer instruction in child care to both parents. These shared interests and responsibilities may soon make the traditional social roles of males and females obsolete and, for the first time in human history, lead to full sexual equality.
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There's only one MMO I've had more fun with that City Of Heroes, and that particular glorious space bastard ate five years of my life. Heroes, meanwhile, ate a summer and most of the sleep I should have had in that season. I played and played, and didn't do any work. It was fantastic. It was with some glee, then, that I saw the City of Titans Kickstarter had hit its mark, and moved on to the stretch goals (weirdest things about Kickstarter, if you ask me). This means that the game will (or at least should) see the light of day, and that there will be an android version of the character builder. That might sound like an odd thing to promise, but the hero builder was by far the most entertaining aspect of the original game, and I am fairly sure everyone who played it had an army of characters they made but never had time to play. Yes, it was that good.
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It's only been a year since the sun set on Paragon City and City of Heroes was sealed off. If you look at that homepage and weep and wail and pound on your desk, snottily disclaiming: "It was too soon, damnit", then I have a thing you should look at. The previously titled Pheonix Project, a fan-made spiritual successor to the dead MMO Read the rest of this entry »


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An application, transcripts, three letters of recommendation from former college teachers, a resume, an essay about career goals and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores (aptitude section) are required for consideration of admission to the program. Admission to regular status requires a grade point average of 3.00 in the major and 3.00 overall (based on a 4.00 scale). General University admission requirements apply. In addition, a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with a major in chemistry (or another science) is required, although applications from majors in all science disciplines are encouraged. Undergraduate courses in inorganic, organic, analytical (quantitative and instrumental analysis), physical chemistry and calculus are required for regular admission. Deficiencies in any of these areas will be identified and must be rectified by taking undergraduate course work in these areas.
Writing Proficiency Policy. The departmental graduate committee will request a writing sample from each new student. If the graduate committee feels that remedial assistance in writing is needed, the student will be referred to the Writing Center.
Courses. A minimum of 78 semester hours beyond the undergraduate degree or 48 hours past the master's degree is required by this program. The broad requirements for granting the Ph.D. are as follows: satisfactory performance in core and elective courses, successful completion of both written and oral portions of the Candidacy Examination, completion of the dissertation prospectus, and completion of a satisfactory dissertation and defense of the dissertation.
Core Courses. Students must choose one course from three different core areas. The core areas are analytical, biochemistry, environmental, organic and physical. Classes from each area are listed on the Curriculum webpage.
Elective Courses. Students are required to take nine credit hours of elective courses. The courses are to be chosen upon consultation with their advisor and/or their guidance committee.
Teaching. Students are required to spend at least one semester as a teaching assistant.
Seminar. All students are required to register for seminar CHEM 890 (one credit, graded pass/fail) and attend departmental seminars throughout their graduate career. Failure to attend at least 75 percent of the departmental seminars will result in a grade of incomplete (I), which must be converted to a passing grade by writing a literature research paper on the work of one of the seminar speakers. Twice during their career, students will register for CHEM 891 (two credits) and present a seminar, which will receive a letter grade. In the second year, students will give a background literature talk on their research. They will give their second seminar on their dissertation research just before they graduate.
Research and Thesis. During their first semester (and not later than the end of their first semester), students are required to interview the chemistry graduate faculty (a signed sheet of at least three faculty members is required), choose a graduate faculty research advisor, and develop a guidance committee. The student must write a research proposal describing his/her proposed research project and present it after the candidacy examination has been passed. Upon completion of the research, the student must write a formal thesis acceptable to his/her dissertation committee and defend it.
Candidacy Examination. A student admitted to the Ph.D. program in chemistry becomes a candidate for the Ph.D. degree by passing the Ph.D. Candidacy Examination. This examination consists of a written portion and oral portion. The student is required to submit a written description of a novel research idea in the form of a grant proposal, and then present and defend the idea to his or her guidance committee.
Dissertation. The dissertation is the final and most important part of the work required for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in chemistry. The dissertation must be based on original research and make a contribution to existing knowledge of sufficient interest to warrant publication in a refereed journal. The candidate normally works closely with the research advisor, who is chair of the dissertation committee.
The format of the dissertation or thesis is determined by the Guide for Preparation of Theses and Dissertations, available from the Office of Graduate Studies.
Dissertation Defense. The final examination of the candidate consists of the oral defense of the dissertation. This public examination is conducted by the dissertation committee with the research advisor serving as chair. The candidate fails if he or she receives a majority of negative votes from the dissertation committee. Another examination may be scheduled if a candidate fails the first; however, only one re-examination is permitted.


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Now there's a shocker! After evaluating Internet Explorer 8, the folks over at the exo.performance.network (the ones who brought you Windows Sentinel) are declaring it to be one seriously bloated piece of software. Not only is it "fatter" than IE 7, it's also more resource-intensive. Here are the stats in all their gruesome glory:
- 350-400MB memory footprint
- 150-200 concurrent execution threads
- 6 discrete iexplore.exe process instances
- Over 2x more demanding than Firefox
The above was recorded during a rather pedestrian-sounding, 10-site browsing scenario featuring popular sites like Fox News, CNet, and the New York Times, not to mention InfoWorld.com. During testing, they compared IE 8 to IE 7 and FireFox 3.01 running atop box Windows XP (SP3) and Vista (SP1), using the DMS Clarity Tracker agent to record system and process metrics from the test boxes.
Of course, the numbers don't mean much without some context. Suffice to say that IE 8 consumes more RAM than Windows XP does (the entire OS). If I boot XP (SP3) on a 1GB system, I have more than 800MB free. Add IE 8 to the mix and, depending on the site workload, I can suddenly find myself with less than half that. The situation is even worse under Vista. In fact, IE 8 is fatter than my word processor (Word 2007), spreadsheet (Excel 2007), and presentation software (PowerPoint 2007) combined. It's even fatter than Visual Studio 2008 with 10,000 lines of code and several complex, multi-part Web forms loaded into the IDE.
IE 8 is fat. Period. All of which begs the question: What were these people thinking? Since when does making an application 50 percent larger (in terms of RAM consumption) and nearly 3x more CPU-hungry (in terms of concurrent execution threads) constitute progress? And I thought Vista was bloated!
My guess is that they're designing IE 8 for the future. Microsoft knows that the next generation of CPUs from Intel and AMD will sport at least 4 discrete processing cores. They also know that RAM is cheap and that many die-hard Windows "fan bois" are already running with 8GB or more of RAM under Vista x64. If anything, IE 8 is a shout-out to the company's hardware vendor partners, a way to prod people into moving up-market to 64-bit computing on tomorrow's stat-of-the-art, "many-core" platforms.


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The staff in the halls of Sandy Hook School are quick to greet the 4- and 5-year-old students who came Wednesday to register for kindergarten next school year.
"Are you coming to Kindergarten next year?" volunteer Jennifer Straiton asks Alexa Norton.
The 4-year-old's mother says, as she is filling out the forms, "I'm requesting afternoon kindergarten, but I've heard that this year we might not get the choice, because they might do the buses by neighborhood."
Straiton replies, "They are still allowing people to give a preference, but we aren't sure what will happen."
In addition to wanting to find out when they will get the teacher assignment, parents ask about the morning versus afternoon kindergarten schedule, Straiton says.
"Late July or early August is a long time to wait to find out if they are assigned to the morning or afternoon schedule," she says.
After filling out the forms and getting a nametag, a volunteer walks the student and parent down the hall to meet with the school nurse, Sally Cox, who verifies the child's immunization records and gives the child a vision test.
"Some kids are shy and don't want to take the vision test," Cox says, "so we just wait for the fall or ask them to get it with their physical."
Cox says she likes the opportunity to meet with the parents so that she can discuss any health issues that the child might have.
"We are expecting 93 or 94 new students," Cox says. "It's hard to know for sure because some parents haven't decided if they are going to register students with late birthdays or wait a year."
Other parents weigh the options of a full-day kindergarten alternative, such as those offered by St. Rose or Fraser-Woods.
Coming out of the front office, longtime kindergarten teacher Janet Vollmer stops by the registration table to chat.
"How's it going today?" she asks Straiton and fellow PTA volunteer Sarah Beier, who are working the registration table. "Are you drumming up some business?"
"They all want you!" Straiton answers Vollmer, who has been a popular kindergarten teacher at Sandy Hook for the last 15 years.
As part of the registration process, parents meet with a kindergarten teacher, though not necessarily the one the student will get next year. The meeting is important and helpful, Vollmer says.
"We do some letters with them, and the parents can share any issues the child may have, like speech or fine motor skills," she says. "If there is a concern, we can advise the parents to spend some time this summer working with them."
Children get to select a workbook when they leave, courtesy of the PTA.
Grace Ruggiero, 5, is an only child, so this is a new experience for the whole family, her mother Heidi Werner says.
"I lived in Newtown from high school on, so I don't know much about the elementary schools," she says. "I've heard good things about this school."
Bennett Samberg, 4, is a little nervous, but perks up when his mom asks about the backpacks he might use for school next year.
"I have an orange one, and one with monkeys, and one with dinosaurs," Bennett says.
His mother, Becky Samberg, says the family is excited about his enrollment in kindergarten.
"He's ready," she says. "He likes school, and he's looking forward to riding the bus with his big brother."
The wide smiles of the other staff members and volunteers show agreement with Sarah Beier's assessment of the morning: "The kids are very cute."
Kindergarten registration continues through Thursday at Sandy Hook School.
Middle Gate and Head O' Meadow schools are finished with their registrations while Hawley School will hold Kindergarten registration on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.


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Phase Five
by Charles Lemos, Wed Apr 29, 2009 at 11:32:22 PM EDT
Mexico's Health Minister José Angel Córdova announced today that Government of Mexico has ordered all nonessential activity of the federal government and private business to cease for a five day period in an effort to contain the swine flu epidemic. The decision came as global health authorities warned that the swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic. Friday is May Day which is a holiday in Mexico so the closure is in effect just a two day 'forced holiday'. All nonessential private businesses must also close for that period but essential services like transport, supermarkets, trash collection, hospital will remain open.
As of Monday the daily economic impact of the epidemic was costing Mexico City alone $57 million USD. Mexico's central bank warned the outbreak will likely deepen the nation's recession, hurting an economy that was already hit hard by the global financial crisis. Mexico's economy shrank 8 percent in the first quarter year-over-year. Clearly the impact to the Mexican economy and its ripple effect across the globe will continue to mount. Egypt, for example, took the highly unusual step of ordering its entire 400,000 swine herd culled sparking riots among Egypt's Coptic Christian minority. The order hits the the slum-dwelling Zebaleen rubbish collectors who rely on the hogs for their livelihood. The Zebaleen feed their animals with a country's food scraps. The war on the poor often finds the flimsy of excuses and Egypt's response, widely condemned, is little more than an assault on a beleaguered minority.
As the New York Times reports efforts to contain the epidemic at borders are not likely to be effective. The most effective solution, according to health experts, is to mitigate.
"Containment is no longer a feasible option," Dr. Keiji Fukuda, deputy director general of the World Health Organization, announced Monday night in Geneva after a meeting of the agency's emergency committee on the spreading swine flu virus. "The world should focus on mitigation. We recommend not closing borders or restricting travel."
Many countries are still ignoring that advice. The globe is a confusing welter of bans, advisories and alerts on some pork and some people.
Closing borders is dangerous because many goods needed in a pandemic are made abroad, said Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, including most masks, gowns and gloves, electrical circuits for ventilators and communications gear, and pharmaceutical drugs and the raw materials to make them. (For example, most suppliers of shikimic acid, the base ingredient in the antiviral drug Tamiflu, are in China.)
"You cut those off and you cripple the health care system," he said. "Our global just-in-time economy means we are dependent on others." Much of our food is from overseas. "A Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bar has ingredients from nine countries in it," he noted.
The fallback position, experts said, is mitigation, the use of "nonpharmaceutical measures." They include personal ones like washing hands and wearing a mask, occupational ones like working from home or arranging care for children who are sick or whose schools close, neighborhood-level ones like closing theaters, museums or restaurants, and metropolitan-wide ones like shutting a school system or canceling a major league ballgame.
No doubt, developments are moving fast. While Mexico reported another 17 deaths potentially linked to the swine flu epidemic, bringing the total to as many as 176. At least ten countries have now reported cases of the H1N1 strain, ranging from New Zealand to Spain. But the most noteworthy development was in Texas where officials said a 22-month-old boy had died while on a family visit from Mexico, the first confirmed swine flu death outside Mexico. Another critical development was in Spain which reported the first case in Europe of swine flu in a person who had not been to Mexico. The developments moved the World Health Organization's (WHO) to raise the level of alert.
"Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world," WHO Director General Margaret Chan told a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday as she raised the official alert level to phase 5, the last step before a pandemic.
"The biggest question is this: how severe will the pandemic be, especially now at the start," Chan said. But she added that the world "is better prepared for an influenza pandemic than at any time in history."
Meanwhile in Paris, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said the pathogen was "not a classic human virus... but a virus which includes [in] its characteristics swine, avian and human virus components."
"The virus has not been isolated in animals to date. Therefore, it is not justified to name this disease swine influenza," the Paris-based OIE said in a statement.
It said that science would show whether the virus was circulating among farm animals and the outcome should determine whether countries were justified in banning pig imports.
"Currently, only findings related to the circulation of this virus in pigs in zones of countries having human cases would justify trade measures on the importation of pigs from these countries," it said.
In an interview with AFP, OIE Director General Bernard Vallat described the virus as a "cocktail" of four different strains.
"The background of these strains has been reconstituted," he said.
"The avian strain is of American origin, and of the two swine strains, one is American origin and the other appears to be Asian. The human strain is American."
He added: "There is no proof that this virus, currently circulating among humans, really is of animal origin. There is no element to support this."
Vallat argued that "it would be really unfair to penalise pig farmers, who depend on their output for their livelihood, by talking about a risk which is not at all proven."
The OIE noted that past epidemics of human influenza epidemics with animal origin had been named after their geographical origin, such as Spanish flu or Asian flu.
"It would be logical to call this disease 'North American influenza'," it suggested.
Actually the Spanish flu didn't originate in Spain (it is believed to have originated in China) but its effect where first fully felt in Spain hence the name and just to clear by American Dr. Vallat means the Western Hemisphere, not the United States. Whatever the authorities so choose to name the strain remains to be seen but I am more interested in following the ties of the virus to Granjas Carroll, the joint venture of Smithfield Foods. Smithfield continues to deny any responsibility.
"We are very comfortable that our pork is safe," Smithfield president and chief executive Larry Pope said in an interview. "This is not a swine issue. This is a human-to-human issue."
Mr. Pope said Mexican authorities have been on at least some Smithfield farms in Mexico for "several days" testing hog herds to confirm that there is "no incidence of this virus on our farms."
In recent days scores of Internet postings have attempted to link a large Smithfield hog operation in the Mexican state of Veracruz and the outbreak of swine flu that has cost more than 100 Mexican lives. Mr. Pope characterized the postings as "rumors," adding, "We don't have any reason to believe that this has anything to do with Smithfield at all."
Mr. Pope is rather coy. It is, of course, a human to human issue at this point but the virus jumped from swine to human at some point and while none of his workers at his Granjas Carroll JV, the largest confined animal feeding operation in Mexico, 30% of the nearby community of La Gloria fell ill and the first known case, Edgar Hernandez, has been traced to the locality. It is the case that strains of flu affect different species differently. Just because it is not lethal for hogs doesn't mean that it isn't lethal for humans. The point is more that Smithfield among others bear responsibility for this by failing to properly tackle the environmental contamination in the area, especially that of the clouds of flies that are drawn the so-called "manure lagoons" created by the CAFOs.
But this story grows ever more interesting by the day and points again to how the poor often pay the steepest price in the cause of enriching the rich. It turns out that farmers from La Gloria are members of a rather famous group, el Movimiento de Los 400 Pueblos, a group of thousands of farmers who claim that their land was stolen from them by the Mexican Government in 1992. Los 400 Pueblos - The 400 Towns - are famous for their naked marches through the streets of Mexico City in an effort to reclaim their lands. Globalization is seen as such a force for good in the world among the rich and powerful but globalization has a dark and very sinister side as the events in La Gloria and this phase five epidemic are now demonstrating.
Tags: Global Health Issues, globalization, Mexico, Swine Flu Epidemic (all tags)


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I was just pondering the idea of repicking Canada's men's hockey team based on the last month's play in the NHL. My metric is pretty simple, go to Yahoo Sports, sort by all players, using stats from the last month, then sort by rank. Obviously this method is inexact by nature, but I think it is rather eye opening with regards to which current Olympics players picked in December were actually on form come the Olympics.
Left Wing
- Dany Heatley
- Ryan Smyth
- Brooks Laich (I believe he played jr for the US though)
- Rick Nash
- Ray Whitney (added a 5th because of Laich)
Right Wing
- Mike Knuble
- Steve Downie
- Martin St Louis
- Jarome Iginla
Extra Forward
Extra Defense
Extra Goaltender
Now given these results we can glean a couple things. The team overall doesn't seem that lacking for international experience. There are only a handful of oddities on forward, with Knuble, Downie, Laich and Whitney probably not guys who were ever even in the Olympic conversation. Maybe swap in Shane Doan for Knuble and you'd be alright. Our centre group is actually quite solid, with the glaring omission obviously being Crosby. Left wing has the experience factor with Captain Canada Ryan Smyth.
Defense is actually pretty bang on. The oddity is Kurtis Foster, swap him out for Weber and I think we'd probably have a better D corps then we currently have in Vancouver.
Goaltending would definitely be suspect, but at least you'd know you have some hot hands. Luongo has the best form of our current Olympians, but would still be 9th on Canada's depth chart. Fleury would be 15th and Brodeur I don't know as Yahoo has him ranked weirdly at 734 behind all the inactive goalies. Looking at Brodeur's stats he was positively awful in the leadup to the Olympics. Turco has some experience, having made the 2006 team. Mason has played at the Junior level as the starter, while Elliott is the wildcard.


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Around this time every 4 years, we go through a period where people complain about the 2 party system in the USA. The complaints come from both the left and the right and probably reflect the realization that neither of the main candidates perfectly reflect their views. To me, this has always been a facile complaint that approaches but doesn't quite hit the levels of annoyance that "If Candidate X wins, I'm moving to another country" comments.
My issue is not with the idea of the US moving towards a multiparty system. I think that there are strengths and weaknesses associated with it and could learn to adapt. My issue is that I don't think the people who make these comments have fully investigated how multiparty systems work. It's true that having more options mean that you are more likely to find a candidate that is a match for your (most important) political views. At first blush, this seems to be a better form of representational governance. However, there are costs that go along with this. In most systems, coalition governments must be formed amongst parties that sometimes do not have broad a policy base as the major parties here. These coalition governments sometimes fall apart triggering new elections. Whereas the US system forces you to compromise by picking a candidate that may not be a great fit, you can generally expect a fair degree of action and good responsiveness (perhaps until recently) once the elections are held. In the multiparty system, it's more difficult to bring majorities together to get things passed because of the wider range of views that the candidates and parties can and do have.
There are ways to work around this, but they don't always get used. Instead, I want to focus on a comparison between a multiparty system and the current US system. Something of great interest to me in multiparty elections is how a candidate chooses to position themselves. In the US, there's the general and accepted trend of a candidate moving towards the base during the primary season and then shifting towards the center for the general election. The degree of shift varies, of course, but I think that everybody at least repackages the portrayal of their views. However, in a multiparty election, this is not always the best idea or easiest path to power. For example, take France's most recent elections. They have a first round of voting amongst numerous parties/candidates and then, if nobody achieves 50%, then the two leading candidates runoff against each other. This sounds similar enough to our primary system. In this past election, the two parties that made it to the runoff were a center-left party, the Socialists, and a center-right party, Union for a Popular Movement. Interestingly, they did not move towards the center. They moved towards the extremes. The center-right party's incumbent candidate cynically focused on the threat posed by Arab immigrants in an appeal to the far right. The center-left party's candidate focused his campaign on being even more harsh on the wealthy than he had previously been. His party had proposed a 75% tax on the upper class, but the party to the left of them proposed a 100% tax on the upper class (basically, all income over ~500K). So while you may get the benefit of having a candidate that is a better fit, you run the risk that the party in power is much farther from your views or is even more extreme. Moreover, it is difficult to see how this system produces less vitriol or arguing like so many in the US seem to be yearning for.
Of course, it could be argued that we've already seen a shift in the practice of candidates moving towards the center during the general election. Karl Rove is widely credited with being the motivating force behind the Republican party's decision from 2000-2006 to not try as hard to reach for the center. It was almost certainly based in sound political data and theory. With a consistently decreasing number of people who are undecided to reach for, it's certainly possible to reach a point where it makes more sense to motivate and drive your base to vote in greater numbers to make up for lost undecided voters. (The dirty secret of undecided voters, of course, is that most of them lean one way early on but do not make their final decision until late.)
The common criticism of this is that makes the country more polarized. I agree with that criticism, but don't see how a multiparty system fixes that. If anything, it makes it worse.


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Meet Greg Garrison: Raising the bar
By Rochelle S. Wilson
Greg Garrison
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Greg performing with the KSU Tellers
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Greg Garrison is a firm believer in the power of comedy. He has found that if he can make people laugh about tough situations, they can forget them or find ways around them. "If you can view problems through the lens of comedy, it makes people feel like they can do something about it. So what I want to do is make people laugh."
Greg is already hard at work on his dream at Kennesaw State University. He's currently working with The Collective, a group of KSU students and alumni. "The Collective is a group of people who are working together—writing the script, directing, and performing in the show," he explains. Additionally, Greg is president of the KSU Tellers and also works with its off-shoot, Gazpacho, a stand-up comedy group. John Gentile, chair of the Department of Theatre, Performance Studies & Dance, comments, "I am always impressed with Greg's enthusiasm and commitment to this department. I am also impressed by the leadership he has brought to the KSU Tellers and his advocacy for the art of storytelling."
One day, Greg wants to be able to make his own work instead of looking for it. To this end, Greg, who graduates this December, has hopes of being a writer. "Whether it's for screen or stage, I want to be writing and performing my own work and working with people who can help me make it better."
Greg, according to Associate Professor Harrison Long, has grown tremendously at KSU. "I've seen him move many different directions in only a few years. He's a storyteller, actor, scholar and pseudo-bohemian. I can't wait to see what he winds up doing. Whatever it is, I know it will be fun, creative and meaningful," says Long.
Greg fully embraces the diversity of the program. In fact, he says he's enjoyed everything about being a student at KSU. "There are a lot of unique and talented people that I've managed to learn from and be in communities with," he says. "The professors are all very helpful. And the students have helped facilitate learning by being ambitious and have made me raise the bar."
But Greg is setting the bar high himself. In 2010, he won the Outstanding Student Storyteller Scholarship, an award sponsored by the Southern Order of Storytellers. He also traveled to Casablanca, Morocco in 2009 for the 21st Annual Festival International de Theatre Universitaire de Casablanca to perform in the KSU adaptation of "Moby-Dick." While he was speaking French to an audience of 300 people and hearing his words translated into many other languages, Greg realized that acting had gotten him out of the country and given him experiences that he would never forget. "The idea that the language needs to be translated but that theater can cross all bounds made me realize that there's a lot more to what I'm doing than just being an actor."
No matter what the future holds, Greg is ready. "Life is a grab bag of opportunities," he says. "And if you just go with it and don't really question or preplan it, there's no telling where it's going to take you."


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According to 192 I live in Milton Keynes and am about 10 years younger - I've never even been there!
I am also Director of the club of Rome in Canada! Never been there either.
There's also an obituary for me . I was still alive last time I checked.........
BI - you have an unusual first name but I think you share it with Man, Woman and Dog. All three are impressive but a Bionic Ironwolf would beat all three put together.
People that order drinks and then stand around at a busy Bar drinking them.
It must be so inconvenient for you when someone tries to run a pub around your conversation that is seemingly so engrossing that you haven't noticed the crowd of people standing behind you in need of a pint. When the Barman has to shout over your heads to take other people's orders then perhaps that would be a good time to get out of the way? Or, as is usually the case you don't take that as a hint and looked miffed that people are trying to work round you. People even have to pass money over your shoulders/heads etc to pay for their drinks and then bustle between you all to collect their round a pint at a time. Find a table. If you need a leaning post you bloody morons use the wall rather than the Bar. You inconsiderate twats.
I appear to share my name with a up and coming Racing car driver and an actor/producer.
WRONG THREAD. Hahaha. Please completely ignore my last comments! it was intended for the things you want to say thread etc! serves me right for being bored at work reading two things at a time!
err wrong thread Mr Demon Barber
i actually share my name with no-one!
i am unique
Hahaha nice rant DB
People that post stuff on the wrong thread without looking what they're doing first, really annoys me.
7.25 miles
I have entered a marathon in three weeks time, I have only just started the training.
Do you think I will be ok.
Nuff said. I'm a plonker.
Not to worry DB
I have found that if I google my full name it comes up with aload of ordinary people and I'm on the first page, so I will stick with the Shorter most used Tom ......... as it gives me slightly more interesting peole
MNW - I became bionic last summer when my hip joint was replaced by a titanium one!
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Good Year for Hunters, a collaboration between writer-directors Jess Barbagallo and Chris Giarmo, could never have played the old Ohio Theatre. That Wooster Street locale lacked air conditioning, making most Ice Factory evenings sweat-drenched, program-as-fan affairs. But in the new Christopher Street space, with the HVAC humming, fresh directorial possibilities emerge. For example, as soon Hunters' six actors step onstage, each pulls on a chunky hand-knit sweater. At the old Ohio, this would have dared heatstroke; here the worst that's risked is a fashion faux pas.
Though it jumps back and forth in time, Hunterstakes place in a perpetual autumn amid a forest-bordering suburb. Erratic and elliptical, the play forms a loose love polygon among men who like boys, girls who like women, and bears who like girls. The occasional kernels of plot center on two queer, orphaned teenagers who strike up sporadic romances with the married couple next door. Why the talking bear appears is extremely unclear. But as the bear is played with gruff, bluff charm by Becca Blackwell, these intrusions are welcome.
Rather than writing a funny play, a chilling play, a melancholy play, or an absurdist play, Barbagallo and Giarmo have frapped multiple genres, then added flashing lights, rumbling sound, and occasional dance breaks. Sometimes the aggregate feels thrillingly weird, at other times merely confused, particularly when characters speak semi-poetic phrases such as, "When I finally walked outside, there were no tendons and trapezoids. We'll have to let these things go." Perhaps a more focused structure would have better supported the antic, tonal variety. In other words: Less hunting, more gathering.


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Photos: Kora Band at Tula'sPosted 19 September, 2010 in Seattle Jazz - Comments Off comments
Words and photos by Daniel Sheehan (EyeShotJazz)
On Thursday Sept 9th. The Kora Band celebrated the release of their newest album "Cascades" which covers a variety of West African pieces, modern repertoire from Congo and Cameroon, as well as originals by Mathis and Oliver with some subtle influences of jazz. Tula's was crowded for the first two sets and the music was a delightful mixture of African and Jazz sounds and rhythms. I look forward to hearing them again back at Tula's as they play on the opening day of the Earshot Jazz Festival.
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