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Staff Profile
Career Summary
Chris Tucker is a Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, program convenor for the Master of Architecture, coordinator of the final year design program and director of the architectural practice Herd. Chris has been awarded regional, state and international prizes for architecture and his buildings and designs have been widely exhibited and published. In 2006 he became the first Australian to win the Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition, the 41st year the prize has been awarded. He has been awarded over $100,000 for his research concerning the social sustainability of residential streetscapes and the analysis of the visual characteristics of buildings using computer and robotic software. He is also a research associate for an ARC grant worth $300,000 awarded in 2007 for visual analysis of buildings.
- Master of Philosophy, University of Newcastle, 29/07/2010
- Bachelor of Architecture (Honours), University of Newcastle, 27/04/1995
- Bachelor of Science (Architecture), University of Newcastle, 11/05/1990
Research keywords
- Health and Housing
- Small urban houses
- Urban residual space
Research expertise
Research areas include;
analysis of residual space within urban streets.
urban housing within the residual space of urban streets.
'ageing in place' and social housing.
'cuttings' within buildings to be demolished.
Developing Computational Image Segmentation Techniques for the Analysis of the Visual Properties of Dwelling Facades within a Streetscape.
PhD (current)
The Mapping and Occupation of Residual Space within the Urban Streets of Newcastle for Housing
Fields of Research
|Architectural Design
|Urban Design
|Interactive Media
Body relevant to professional practice.
- Member - RAIA
|Member of the Hunter Development Corporation Design Review Panel
HDC (Australia)
|Member of the CCC Affordable Housing External Reference Group
Cessnock City Council (Australia)
Research Award.
|Pro Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Creative Works
University of Newcastle (Australia)
Vanna3: Realised Architectural Project Chris Tucker Research Background: These houses embrace the complexity and contradiction inherit within the values, regulations and development controls regarding infill housing within heritage conservation areas. The street facing elevation deconstructs the significant and deeply layered Vanna Venturi House as a source for architectural critique. Research Contribution: The construction of two houses, both two storey, is effectively hidden behind a façade that is proportioned and sized on the façade of the 1966 Vanna Venturi house designed by Robert Venturi for his mother. This architectural critique on iconic importation is similar to the digitized stretching of the same façade undertaken by Ashton Raggart McDougall. The existing house on site was deconstructed firstly by making a surgical cut from front to back3, and then as a reinterpretation of stated heritage values the demolished framing timbers were retained to clad the façade of the new house. The interior space in contrast is a covered external space with carefully folded ceiling planes. The houses critique the modernist adage that 'less is more' and provides a contemporary interpretation of heritage planning codes beyond the retention of existing street facades. Research Significance This architectural research is significant because of its architectural interpretation of planning codes within heritage areas using one of the 20th centuries most iconic buildings. While the architectural manipulations of façade and icon are yet to be published, the design has been recognised by selection for display in the Australian Pavilion at the 2008 Venice Biennale, publication in the exhibition book 'Abundant', and subsequent 'Abundant Highlights' exhibition in Australia upon return.
|Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition
Japan Architect (Japan)
There is a need for small houses in urban centres through out the world and within Australian cities this is also the case. This housing project is within the east coast city of Newcastle, where single people and single parents represent 70% of all people requiring affordable or public housing. The nearly urban housing project is part of an urban strategy to use available space within the inner city of Newcastle for small houses. The project proposes that a three metre wide space above a pedestrian footpath, on the north west and south west sides of a five storey car parking station, be used for the construction of 30 one and two bedroom houses. By clinging to the surface of the car parking station each house has a car parking space at their front door, while the operational aspects of the car parking station are without change. The addition of these houses brings more people in closer proximity to the public transport hub in Newcastle, and closer to the places where they are more likely to work. The consumption of spaces that make a limited contribution to the life of the street with the habitable spaces of housing activates the surrounding public space. The commercial potential of this residual space otherwise remains unrealised unless released by a buildings demolition or radical overhaul. Mapping these spaces within the city as a network of lost spaces shows that they can occupy a considerable volume. Close to public transport, shopping streets and places of work they should be desirable places for housing. In Tokyo for example, where modern houses occupy ever-smaller parcels of land, any available space appears to be continuously interrogated for possibilities. he value that this process places on spaces within the city reinforces the notion that; urbanity is not a static form at the end of a debate for more dense living. This is rarely the case in Australian cities. The existing landscape of urban buildings and urban spaces are thick with possibility. Already established as places where taller and more substantial buildings have been built, and as a space where people do live more closely with each other, the use of urban space should always be questioned for its potential as housing. This may also help conserve some of the workers cottages within the inner city that are being removed and replaced with more dense and larger apartments. The proposed nearly urban houses are linearly planned with service spaces running against the shared wall with the car parking station. At one end is an outdoor room that might become a study or garden in a one bedroom house. A two bedroom house has a bedroom on the other side of this outdoor room. The houses are cantilevered from the existing wall and structurally supported by the concrete frame of the car parking station.
Collaborations include;
School of Computer Science; visual algorithms for analysing architecture
Department of Family and Community Services; Social Housing
Newcastle City Council; Social Housing
UoN Think Space; Interactive architecture and projection
Herd pty ltd; architectural practice
Administrative expertise
Program Convenor for the Master of Architecture
Program Convenor for the Master of Architecture (Post Graduate entry)
FEBE Faculty Progress and Appeals Committee (School representative)
Teaching keywords
- Agency within the Built Environment
- Architectural Design
Teaching expertise
Prior Teaching in the B.Design(Architecture) program
ARBE2220 Architectural Design 2a
ARBE2201 Architectural Design 2b
ARBE1101 Construction Technology1
ARBE2100 Construction Technology2
Prior Teaching in the M.Arch
ARBE6220 Architectural Design 4a
ARBE6221 Architectural Design 4b
Current Teaching in the Master of Architecture program
ARBE6222 Architectural 5a
ARBE6230 Architectural 5b
While teaching the second year design program, actual design projects were preferred for design
problems; for the students this provides an insight into the problems that face a practicing
architect, while the community groups benefit by having their design problem creatively
Teaching design in the final year of the Master of Architecture program prepares students for the professional practice of architecture with an emphasis on self-directed research and learning. The elective design project allows students to research architectural issues and situations in response to the roles that architects are undertaking in natural and urban environments. Critical to this is an understanding of the history and theory of architecture and its relationship to the physical, social, cultural and financial environment.
Highlighted Publications
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Book (1 outputs)
Chapter (3 outputs)
|Ostwald M, Chapman MJ, Tucker CC, 'Cardboard architecture/paper architecture: Rethinking the load-bearing capacity of the model', Homo Faber: Modelling, Identity and the Post Digital, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria 28-41 (2010) [B1]
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, Chapman MJ, 'Ostwald-Tucker-Chapman', Homo Faber: Modelling, Identity and the Post Digital, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL), RMIT, Melbourne, VIC 66-71 (2010) [B2]
|Ostwald M, Vaughan JL, Tucker CC, 'Characteristic visual complexity: Fractal dimensions in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier', Nexus VII: Architecture and Mathematics, Kim Williams Books, Turin, Italy 217-231 (2008) [B1]
Co-authors: JOSEPHINE VAUGHAN, MICHAEL OSTWALD
Journal article (6 outputs)
|Brewer GJ, Parkinson L, Tucker C, Landorf C, 'Socially sustainable suburbia: Linking neighbourhood characteristics to health outcomes in an ageing population', International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies, 8 1-18 (2014) [C1]
|Tucker C, 'Deconstructing the Children¿s Art Pavilion', Open Arts Journal, 1-16 (2013) [C1]
|Tucker CC, 'Response to 'Educational decline'', Architecture Bulletin, 3-3 (2013)
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, Chapman MJ, 'Re-tracing history: Drawing the anti-monument', Interstices, 11 99-103 (2010) [C2]
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, Chapman MJ, 'The Fort', Architectural Design Research, 1 7-18 (2005) [C1]
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Conference (24 outputs)
|Tan L, Bille R, Lin Y, Chalup SK, Tucker C, 'Software Development in the City Evolutions Project', Fun and Games: Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment, Newcastle, NSW (2014) [E1]
Co-authors: STEPHAN CHALUP, YUQING LIN
|Tucker CC, 'Mapping urban residual space and exploring opportunities for the re-use of existing buildings', Book of Proceedings. 5th International Urban Design Conference, Melbourne, Australia (2012) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Chapman MJ, 'Visualizing place as the suburbs become the 'nearly urban'', Proceedings of the Conference - Designing Place (2012), Nottingham, UK (2012) [E1]
Co-authors: MICHAEL CHAPMAN
|Tucker CC, Parkinson L, Brewer GJ, Landorf C, 'Ageing and streetscape: Linking indicators of healthy ageing with the design of residential urban space', On the Edge. Conference Papers of the 44th Annual Conference of ANZAScA, Auckland, NZ (2010) [E1]
|Parkinson L, Tucker CC, Brewer GJ, Leigh L, Landorf C, 'Ageing and neighbourhood: Linking indicators of healthy ageing and urban sustainability', 2010 Australian Association of Gerontology Rural Conference. Presentations, Ballina, NSW (2010) [E3]
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, Chalup SK, 'Line segmentation: A computational technique for architectural image analysis', ACADIA 09: reForm (): Building a Better Tomorrow: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Chicago, IL (2009) [E1]
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, 'Reconsidering Bovill's method for determining the fractal geometry of architecture', Towards Solutions for a Liveable Future: Progress, Practice, Performance, People. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association, Melbourne (2007) [E1]
|Chalup SK, Clement RM, Marshall JP, Tucker CC, Ostwald M, 'Representations of Streetscape Perceptions Through Manifold Learning in the Space of Hough Arrays', Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (CI-ALife 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii (2007) [E1]
DOI: 10.1109/alife.2007.367818
Co-authors: MICHAEL OSTWALD, STEPHAN CHALUP
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, 'Measuring architecture: Questioning the application of non-linear mathematics in the analysis of historic buildings', Techniques and Technologies: Transfer and Transformation: IVth International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, Marshall JP, Chalup SK, 'The visual qualities of liveable streets', Towards Solutions for a Liveable Future: Progress, Practice, Performance, People. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association, Melbourne (2007) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Chapman MJ, Ostwald M, 'Homosexuality and the Star Hotel: Exploring the traces of Queer Space in Newcastle in the 1970s', Conference Proceedings - Queer Space: Centres and Peripheries, Sydney (2007) [E1]
|Chalup SK, Clement RM, Tucker CC, Ostwald M, 'Modelling Architectural Visual Experience Using Non-linear Dimensionality Reduction', Progress in Artificial Life: Third Australian Conference; ACAL 2007 Gold Coast, Australia, December 4-6, 2007 Proceedings, Gold Coast, QLD (2007) [E1]
Co-authors: MICHAEL OSTWALD, STEPHAN CHALUP
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, 'Developing quantitative analytical techniques for investigating the visual character of dwellings', Symposium: Building Across Borders Built Environment Procurement CIB WO92 Procurement Systems. Proceedings, Hunter Valley, NSW (2007) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, 'Using algorithms to analyse the visual properties of a building's style', Techniques and Technologies: Transfer and Transformation: IVth International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, 'Calculating characteristic visual complexity in the built environment: An analysis of Bovill's Method', Symposium: Building Across Borders Built Environment Procurement CIB WO92 Procurement Systems. Proceedings, Hunter Valley, NSW (2007) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, 'Dwelling and City', U A L International Housing Conference 2006: reHousing Conference Proceedings, Melbourne, Australia (2006) [E1]
|Chapman MJ, Ostwald M, Tucker CC, 'Deconstructing Las Vegas: Scientific Frictions in Venturi, Scott Brown and Izenour', Challenges for Architectural Science in Changing Climates: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, Adelaide, Australia (2006) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, Chalup SK, Marshall JP, 'Sustaining Residential Social Space: A Visual and Spatial Analysis of the Nearly Urban', Challenges for Architectural Science in Changing Climates: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, Adelaide, Australia (2006) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, Chalup SK, Marshall JP, 'A Method for the visual analysis of the streetscape', 5th International Space Syntax Symposium Proceedings Volume II, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (2005) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, 'Sustaining Streetscape Character: Assessing the Visual Qualities of a a Dwellings style', Fabricating Sustainability: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Architectural Science Association, Wellington, NZ (2005) [E1]
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, Chapman MJ, 'Paper Architecure; Design Thinking and Research', Drawing Together: Convergent Practices in Architectural Education, Brisbane (2005) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, 'Spatial Configuration Within Residential Facades', 5th International Space Syntax Symposium Proceedings, Delft, Netherlands (2005) [E1]
|Chapman MJ, Ostwald M, Tucker CC, 'Semiotics, Interpretation & Political Resistance in Architecture', Contexts of Architecture, Launceston, Tasmania (2004) [E1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, Chalup SK, 'A Method for the Visual Analysis of Streetscape Character using digital image processing', Contexts of Architecture, Launceston, Tasmania (2004) [E1]
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Design (2 outputs)
|Tucker CC, Deconstructing Elladale (2012)
|Tucker CC, Conversion of existing architecture for living in the city, Schinkenchiku-Sha Pty Ltd, Japan (2006) [H1]
Exhibited in: 41st Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition, Tokyo. Background In architecture, a particular problem in urban design involves the way in which, as cities develop, usable spaces are sometimes left behind. Mapping these spaces within the city shows that they occupy a considerable volume; but, unless released by a building's demolition, the commercial and social potential of these spaces is often unrealised. This research sets out to test, using a case study site, whether such residual spaces are appropriate for affordable housing. Contribution This research investigates the potential of providing affordable housing in a three-metre wide space on the outside of a car parking station. The project tests the feasibility of this typical urban space scenario for accommodating small apartments; each clad in reused sections of old houses. The use of these parts of old houses revalues the social knowledge embedded within their shape and texture. The concept for this research was originally developed as part of the Tracings (NSW State Library 2005) and Residue (RMIT, 2007) works by Ostwald, Tucker and Chapman. This research examined aspects of forgotten space, proposing innovative solutions to particular design challenges. The research concept was developed by Tucker and Ostwald for critical review before being refined and submitted to the Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition and then expanded for publication. Significance The research was awarded first place in the 41st Central Glass International Architectural Competition. The chief juror was Pritzker prize winning architect Toyo Ito. This competition received 423 entries and it was the first time an Australian design had ever been awarded it. The design was exhibited in Tokyo and published in the ARC supported volume "ReHousing" edited by Murray, Ramirez-Lovering and Whibley.
Creative Work (14 outputs)
|Chapman MJ, Tucker C, Mediocracy, The University Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J1]
Co-authors: MICHAEL CHAPMAN
|Tucker CC, City Evolutions: Boom + Bust, Watt Street, Newcastle, Newcastle (2013) [J1]
|Chapman MJ, Bingo, The Lock-Up Cultural Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2]
Co-authors: MICHAEL CHAPMAN
|Tucker CC, City Evolutions: Threlkeld Speak, Watt Street, Newcastle, Newcastle (2013) [J2]
|Tucker CC, Projects 2013, Sydney (2013) [J3]
|Tucker CC, Projects 2013, Sydney (2013) [J3]
|Tucker CC, Prime Cuts, Art Systems Wickham Gallery, Wickham, NSW, Australia (2012) [J2]
|Tucker CC, The Window, Art Systems Wickham, Wickham, NSW, Australia (2012) [J2]
|Tucker CC, Vanna3: Realised Architectural Project, Australian Pavilion, Venice, Newcastle, NSW (2008) [J1]
|Tucker CC, Sugar Suite Hair Salon: Realised Architectural Project, Best New Salon Design, Sugar, Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle (2008) [J1]
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, Nearly urban affordable housing project, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (2008) [J2]
|Tucker CC, There's Always More, Australian Institute of Architects, Barton, ACT (2008) [J2]
The Vanna Venturi house became the departure point for a new house in a heritage conservation area. By slicing and turning parts of the façade, the new form neatly fitted both the site and shape of neighbouring houses. The street facing facade was heavily textured when clad with the framing timbers of demolished houses, a minimalist commentary on the usefulness of lost buildings. However in this model the façade asks 'what do you want from me', searching passers by for ideas and values that might be worth using. Why design flatness or tradition when life is so much richer….there's always more. The significance of this work is through its selection in the Australian pavilion at the 2008 Venice Architectural Biennale, the most significant exhibition in world architecture. This work was also the subject of the 2010 PVC Creative Works Award
|Tucker CC, Ostwald M, Chapman MJ, Lichen Street Pole, Images Publishing, Brisbane + Melbourne (2004) [J2]
|Ostwald M, Tucker CC, Chapman MJ, Tracings, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle (2003) [J2]
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Grants and Funding
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|Total funding
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2013 (1 grants)
City Evolutions Project - Watt Street$262,430
Funding Body: Newcastle City Council
|Project Team
|Mr Chris Tucker, Professor Mark Balnaves, Doctor Ning Gu, Mr Ramsey Awad, Professor Mario Minichiello, Associate Professor Stephan Chalup, Doctor Keith Nesbitt
|Research Grant
|Chief Investigator
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2012 (2 grants)
Deconstructing Elladale$11,250
Funding Body: Newcastle Innovation
|Project Team
|Mr Chris Tucker
|Administered Research
|Chief Investigator
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Designing Place - International Urban Design Conference, Nottingham UK, 2 - 3 April 2012$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
|Project Team
|Mr Chris Tucker
|Travel Grant
|Chief Investigator
|Total Amount
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2008 (1 grants)
Ageing and neighbourhood: Linking indicators of healthy ageing and urban sustainability$17,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
|Project Team
|Conjoint Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson, Mr Chris Tucker, Associate Professor Graham Brewer
|Pilot Grant
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2006 (1 grants)
Developing computational and algorithmic analytical techniques for investigating urban space$100,000
Funding Body: Newcastle Innovation
|Project Team
|Professor Michael Ostwald, Associate Professor Stephan Chalup, Mr Chris Tucker
|Administered Research
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2005 (2 grants)
Applications in computer visualisation: assessing the visual qualities of architectural style$7,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
|Project Team
|Mr Chris Tucker
|Early Career Researcher Grant
|Chief Investigator
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5th International Space Syntax Symposium,13-17 June 2005$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
|Project Team
|Mr Chris Tucker
|Travel Grant
|Chief Investigator
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2004 (1 grants)
A Method for the Visual Analysis of Streetscape Character Using Digital Image Processing$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
|Cross School Grant
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Research Supervision
|Number of current supervisions
No Supervisions.
Mr Christopher (Chris) Tucker
|Work Phone
|(02) 4921 5774
|(02) 4921 6913
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
The University of Newcastle, Australia
|Focus Area
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308


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50 YEARS OF ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC: Double CD and Magazine
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57 short pieces or extracts covering the first 50 years of the work of the seminal Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris, starting with Pierre Schaeffer(1948) and ending with Christian Zanesi (1998), selected and compiled by INA.GRM itself for a special edition of the rather obscure Italian Magazine Avidi Lumi, published by the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, which it accompanies. Of special note on the CDs are rarely heard works of Darius Milhaud Earl Brown, and Philippe Arthuys; otherwise it's a lexicon of essential names: Bayle, Ferrari, Henry, Parmegiani, Chion, Reibel, Dufour, Lejune, Schwarz, Malec, Racot, Pamerud, Xenakis, Terrugi, Leroux, Racot, Stockhausen, Ascione, Amy, Lariviere, Philippot, Canton, Smalley, Carso, Favotti, Boucourechliev,, Risset, Mion, Ceasar and Baillif. Very different Individual styles and the evolution of the new musical language over time are here both closely and usefully juxtaposed. The magazine in 5 languages has a good collection of visual material and various giving some background on French and Italian electronic music history, practice and institutions. These will be useful to specialists but are otherwise either very dry, overwritten or bland. And are poorly presented. The CD is the thing. [Price reflects the weight of the magazine and consequent postage costs. If you don't want the magazine, for the CD alone is listed at £15.50.]


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Deep fried, baked or smothered in peaches, a local dish received its own day of recognition this weekend with the annual Shelby Livermush Festival.
"This is our groundhog," Sibley said.
Local restaurants offered special livermush themed meals, including omelets, pizza, burgers and more.
Sibley said following the festival, she will poll uptown restaurants and retailers to estimate the economic impact.
"Last year retailers reported a 75 percent increase in sales in one day," she said.
He said there is a variety of ways to eat livermush from deep fried, baked in the oven, cooked in a skillet or sliced right out of the package and eaten like bologna.
"It's fully cooked," Mauney said. "I t's ready to eat."
Condiments to accompany the pork include everything from mustard to jellies.
Mauney said Jenkin's also have a new variety they sold Saturday.
Jalapeño and onion livermush.
"We've got a lot of good comments," he said. "We probably sold around 60 pounds of each one of those."


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Sanzar has done the right thing by rejecting a proposed 20/20 pre-season rugby competition, writes SIMON BORCHARDT.
Sanzar CEO Steve Tew on Thursday said the ARU, NZRU and Saru had discussed the concept with their Super Rugby teams and the feedback was overwhelmingly negative due to the potential impact on their preparations in 2012. Sanzar is also concerned about the impact on player welfare given the period identified for the competition is the main rest and conditioning period for the All Blacks, Springboks and Wallabies players.
In the latest issue of SA Rugby magazine, WP senior professional coach Rassie Erasmus and former Stormers commercial manager Frikkie Erasmus explain why the launch of a 20/20 rugby competition would be good for the game. (Interestingly, Rassie said that while they would like to have the backing of Saru and the IRB, they don't need it.)
According to their proposal, which was leaked to the media in June, the eight-team, two-week tournament (three, if you include the week for preparations) would involve the world's top 200 players, who'd earn more in that time than they do in a year for their provinces or clubs. The matches, played at Cape Town and Durban's new World Cup stadiums, would be 20 minutes a half, with the rules tweaked to restrict the amount of kicking and encourage running rugby. The franchises would be privately owned, but most of the money would be generated from sponsorships and broadcast rights.
The Erasmuses claim that the tournament would help to keep South Africa's top players in the country (and away from big-spending European clubs) as they could supplement their current income. They insist 20/20 rugby wouldn't contribute to player burnout, as it would take place in January when our Super Rugby sides usually play warm-up matches, and that the game's simpler rules would attract a new audience that currently finds rugby too difficult to understand.
What they haven't admitted, though, is that this tournament would be nothing more than a crass money-making venture that makes a mockery of the sport. Apart from boosting the players' and organisers' bank balances, what would be the point of it?
In sevens, which will be part of the Olympic Games from 2016, rugby already has an abbreviated version of the game. It doesn't need another. More importantly, there is already far too much rugby being played (just ask Prof Tim Noakes) so why would we want to increase our players' workload?
A 20/20 tournament would also disrupt the preparations of our Super 15 franchises (who traditionally play warm-up matches in January to test new combinations and build some momentum), and in case the Erasmuses have forgotten, the regional tournament and Tri-Nations will earn Sanzar $437 million over the next five years.
How would the broadcasters react if players missed the Super 15 because they'd been injured while playing (meaningless) competitive rugby in January? And how could someone like Rassie Erasmus be fully committed to the Stormers if he had other rugby interests taking up his time? Surely his WP employers would consider his involvement in the 20/20 tournament to be a major conflict of interest?
The Erasmuses say this new competition would be rugby's equivalent of cricket's Indian Premier League, but IPL matches are often remembered more for the tacky off-field entertainment (cheerleaders, fireworks, loud music, beauty pageants, etc) than for the quality of the cricket. IPL cricketers also care far more about their pay cheques than they do about the franchise badge over their hearts. Is that what rugby wants?
While IPL franchise owners have pumped big money into their teams, would businessmen be willing to do the same for a 20/20 rugby tournament considering their sides would only be in the spotlight for two weeks a year? How long would it be before they demanded an extended tournament, to be played in December and January, that would give their 'brands' more exposure? That's what has happened in the IPL, with next year's tournament set to expand from eight to 10 teams, and from 60 to 94 matches.
No, rugby definitely does not need an IPL equivalent.


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Are there any Tulane graduates or current students at this forum?
If so, tell us about your experience.
I may transfer colleges this year, so I'm trying to get as much information as possible
I visited once from the West Coast for only one day and I fell in love with the school and the city.
Tulane's atmosphere is simply amazing. I spent some time with friends who went there and it was really a great "college" experience. Damn expensive though.
Applying to LSU soon. Tulane too tough for me to get in to..... don't got the $$$. Someone told me it is rated as one of the best party schools in the nation though. Is that accurate?
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Tulane? If so I know a few friends who went to a couple of there parties & said it like a less nude American Pie!
I turned Tulane down my freshman year because of the money, but I think it was a big mistake. Now, I'm willing to be **** broke and attend Tulane. As long as I get the same partial scholarship as last time (or something close), I'm taking the offer. I need to go to a more academically-oriented school.
I'll say that I never had another college experience like I did while I was attending Tulane that semester. It was a blast to attend, but you also need to be prepared, I never worked that hard again, either (I transferred again after I left TU; I attended 3 universities). We had a saying that we were up until 4 am every night at that school; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday it was studying and every other day we were partying. If I had a choice, I would have stayed and graduated from that school; hell, I almost changed my major so that I could.
The best way I can put it is: I've never had more fun or worked harder in my life. I loved every second of the time I spent there (excluding a little home sickness the first week) and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything in the world. I even met my wife the last few weeks of that semester (it just so happens that we were transferring to schools in close proximity to one another). If you can afford to go into debt or be broke as hell while you're there, it's a fantastic school both academically and socially.
Best party school!! I'm visiting america soon...someone hook me up with some partys at Tulane
Tulane is a school for smart kids that like to party, I highly reccommmend it.
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Not sure about the parties, but they are investing and growing while some other schools are getting slashed.
If it's about New Orleans, consider Loyola, but being a B-school guy, Tulane should be your target.
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I started at Tulane before my legislative scholarship was given to someone else without warning. Best 3 semesters of my life, seriously. Met lifelong friends, learned a ton of fun stuff, and am still more proud to be a Green Wave than a Privateer (I finished up and got my bachelors and Masters at UNO, which is also a school I enjoyed).
college is college as far as the whole experience is concerned. It is what you make of it, you can make friends/life long friends and party any where you go. As far as party school ranking, i'm sure thats mostly attributed to it being in new orleans and its location in the city.
For me its Not the 80s anymore, i can't give you any second hand experience or insight or Brag about Terrence Jones to Mark Zeno, hey, did you know that Texas coach Mack Brown was coaching Tulane. Use to always as a kid meet people who go to, went to or planned on going to Tulane, i think for locals its not like that anymore.
So in my humble opinion and it honestly doesn't mean much on this subject, it sounds as though you're considering Tulane because its in New Orleans, well in order to really absorb and appreciate the city, which mean the people in it, you're going to have to make an effort to get off that campus for more than just a little, find you some off the grid places, some locals' spot to hang out... i mean to eat, drink and watch a game.
My personal experience in doing jobs on campus is that it is like some one took an English Manor and dropped it in the middle of Uptown New Orleans, the kids who are different really stand out. Nobody seems to greet and speak if they don't know each other already. Nobody is into the sport teams, given everything you can get into here, you cant blame them to much for wanting to do something fun when they don't have to go to class or study.
You'll get a quality education as you know, But don't leave Tulane with only having met kids from California, New York and Texas, so that means don't leave with out getting to know some of the locals here, you'll get a quality education.
Tulane is a fantastic school and is geared for those who want to work to succeed (as they all should be). However, a lot depends on what you are majoring in as well. Certain less popular curriculums (i.e. some of the sciences) have taken a financial hit, while others have continued to grow. Just make sure you research well whatever school you are attending.
I went to Tulane, played baseball there, and graduated from the business school. It's a relatively small school, so understand that going in. You run into the same people everywhere, almost like high school. The good part about that is that your class sizes are small and you get a lot of one on one interaction with the professors. It also has a good reputation around the country, so it can open some doors for you down the road (as it has for me). Good luck with your decision.
Also be aware that post-Katrina there is a public service component to your degree. Not that it's bad or anything but it's a requirement for the curriculum.
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My decision to attempt to transfer to Tulane is definitely not solely based on the city of New Orleans. Some of the biggest factors I consider are academic prestige/rankings, average financial aid, class sizes, business school resources, and more. As for long-term goals, Tulane's average starting salary for MBA grads is impressive (http://officialmbaguide.org/top40.php?rnk=salary) and I am also pleased that it has a PhD program for accounting. I'm considering numerous factors, but it definitely helps that I would have Hornets games, Bourbon Street, and Mardi Gras right around the corner.
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After the first global economic contraction in recent history, a rebound began to take shape among Asian and Pacific countries. The regional rebound remains fragile and uneven with a number of downside risks. Turning it into a sustained recovery will make 2010 a year of complex policymaking, far exceeding that of emergency crisis management in 2009, with rising inflationary tendencies and asset bubbles.
The Asia-Pacific region has made considerable progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The rapid economic growth achieved in many countries of the region has helped lift millions of people out of poverty. Governments have made substantial investments in education and health services and in protecting their most vulnerable people. Nevertheless, the region is still off track on many crucial MDG indicators, including child and maternal mortality. In many countries, economic achievements have also had environmental costs.
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Palm Beach Atlantic University presents an afternoon of Chamber Music featuring Soprano Suzanne Galer and guest artists on October 20, 2013. The afternoon of Chamber Music will begin at 5 p.m. in the Helen K. Persson Recital Hall in Vera Lea Rinker Hall, 326 Acacia Road., West Palm Beach.
Returning to the Palm Beach Atlantic University stage for her second year is Associate Professor of Voice Suzanne Galer, who brings with her a wealth of talented Palm Beach Atlantic faculty, friends and special guest artist, Dr. Michael Brown. Brown is chair of the music department at Mississippi State University. Brown will be featured as trumpeter in Bach's Cantata 51—Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, and in a Haydn trumpet concerto. Joining Brown on the Bach will be Kennedy Center veterans Claudio Jaffe and David Pedraza along with Simona Magdales and Susan Snow, violinists. Clarinetist Michael Forte is a founding member of the Palm Beach Chamber Music Society and plays for Palm Beach Opera and Palm Beach Symphony. Forte will perform the Schubert Classic, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. David Skantar of the Nearly Baroque Trio will be featured along with Claudio Jaffe in Bachianas Brasilieras for classical guitar and cello. Sara Stout will round out the program with Roussel's Chansons de Ronsard. Stout performs with the Miami City Ballet. This concert will be woven together by the return of talented pianist Robert Glover, BMI composer and Fulbright Winner.
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MAP: Employee-Owned Businesses in the U.S.
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Did you know that there are more than 10 million Americans involved in worker-owned companies? Take a look.
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DHS expects the BPA to be worth $6 billion over the life of the contract, which has a one-year base and four one-year options.
"This acquisition will provide DHS, federal government departments/agencies, and state, local, tribal and territorial governments with specialized information technology services and tools to implement DHS' continuous diagnostic and mitigation program," the RFQ stated. "The CDM program seeks to defend federal and other government IT networks from cybersecurity threats by providing continuous monitoring sensors (tools), diagnosis, mitigation tools and continuous monitoring-as-a-service to strengthen the security posture of government networks."
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Abu Mena
Acropolis, Athens
Agra Fort
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
Ajanta Caves
Aldabra Atoll
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada
Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
Altamira Cave
Alto Douro Wine Region
Amiens Cathedral
Amphitheatre of El Jem
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
Ancient City of Aleppo
Ancient City of Bosra
Ancient City of Damascus
Ancient City of Nessebar
Ancient City of Ping Yao
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
Ancient City of Sigiriya
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
Antigua Guatemala
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
Archaeological Area of Agrigento
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the Southeast of Cuba
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
Archaeological Site of Cyrene
Archaeological Site of Delphi
Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
Archaeological Site of Olympia
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
Archaeological Site of Troy
Archaeological Site of Vergina
Archaeological Site of Volubilis
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Asante Traditional Buildings
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/ Naracote)
Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
Bahla Fort
Bam and its Cultural Landscape
Banc d'Arguin National Park
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
Banska Stiavnica
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
Baroque Churches of the Philippines
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia
Belize Barrier-Reef Reserve System
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
Birka and Hovgĺrden
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Blenheim Palace
Borobudur Temple Compounds
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
Bourges Cathedral
Boyana Church
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
Burgos Cathedral
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Canaima National Park
Canal du Midi
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Castel del Monte
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)
Central Sikhote-Alin
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
Chan Chan Archaelogical Zone
Changdeokgung Palace Complex
Chartres Cathedral
Chavin (Archaeological Site)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
Churches and Convents of Goa
Churches of Chiloé
Churches of Moldavia
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica
Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleĺ
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta
City of Bath
City of Cuzco
City of Graz - Historic Centre
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
City of Potosi
City of Quito
City of Safranbolu
City of Valletta
City of Verona
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
Classical Gardens of Suzhou
Classical Weimar
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
Cocos Island National Park
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
Cologne Cathedral
Colonial City of Santo Domingo
Comoé National Park
Complex of Hué Monuments
Complex of Koguryo Tombs
Convent of Christ in Tomar
Convent of St Gall
Coro and its Port
Costiera Amalfitana
Cracow's Historic Centre
Crespi d'Adda
Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
Cultural Landscape of Sintra
Curonian Spit
Curonian Spit
Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
Danube Delta
Darien National Park
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR)
Dazu Rock Carvings
Decani Monastery
Defence Line of Amsterdam
Derwent Valley Mills
Desembarco del Granma National Park
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
Dja Faunal Reserve
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Dońana National Park
Dorset and East Devon Coast
Dougga / Thugga
Dresden Elbe Valley
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Durmitor National Park
Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)
East Rennell
Elephanta Caves
Ellora Caves
El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
Engelsberg Ironworks
Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Porec
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
Everglades National Park
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
Fatehpur Sikri
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
Flemish Béguinages
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
Fraser Island
Fuerte de Samaipata
Galapagos Islands
Garajonay National Park
Garamba National Park
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
Golden Mountains of Altai
Golden Temple of Dambulla
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand-Place, Brussels
Great Barrier Reef
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park
Great Living Chola Temples
Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Zimbabwe National Monument
Gros Morne National Park
Group of Monuments at Hampi
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
Gunung Mulu National Park
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Gyeongju Historic Areas
Hadrian's Wall
Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
Ha Long Bay
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Hanseatic Town of Visby
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Heard and McDonald Islands
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Henderson Island
High Coast
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
Historical Monuments of Thatta
Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles
Historic Areas of Istanbul
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
Historic Centre of Avignon
Historic Centre of Brugge
Historic Centre of Bukhara
Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov
Historic Centre of Cordoba
Historic Centre of Evora
Historic Centre of Florence
Historic Centre of Guimarăes
Historic Centre of Lima
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
Historic Centre of Morelia
Historic Centre of Naples
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
Historic Centre of Oporto
Historic Centre of Prague
Historic Centre of Puebla
Historic Centre of Riga
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
Historic Centre of Săo Luis
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
Historic Centre of Siena
Historic Centre of Sighisoara
Historic Centre of Telc
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
Historic Centre of Urbino
Historic Centre of Vienna
Historic Centre of Warsaw
Historic Centre of Zacatecas
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
Historic City of Ayutthaya and Associated Historic Towns
Historic City of Meknes
Historic City of Sucre
Historic City of Toledo
Historic City of Trogir
Historic District of Québec
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
Historic Site of Lyons
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
Historic Town of Ouro Preto
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
Historic Town of Sukhotai and Associated Historic Towns
Historic Town of Vigan
Historic Town of Zabid
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
Hoi An Ancient Town
Holašovice Historical Village Reservation
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
Hospicio Cabańas, Guadalajara
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Huascaran National Park
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Hwaseong Fortress
Ibiza, biodiversity and culture
Ichkeul National Park
Iguaçu National Park
Iguazu National Park
Ilulissat Icefjord
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Independence Hall
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)
Ironbridge Gorge
I Sassi di Matera
Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
Islamic Cairo
Island of Gorée
Island of Mozambique
Island of Saint-Louis
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
Itchan Kala
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
James Island and Related Sites
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Jongmyo Shrine
Joya de Ceren Archaeoloical Site
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Kakadu National Park
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
Kasbah of Algiers
Kathmandu Valley
Kaziranga National Park
Keoladeo National Park
Kernave Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernave)
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Khami Ruins National Monument
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
Kilimanjaro National Park
Kinabalu Park
Kizhi Pogost
Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek
Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek
Komodo National Park
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
Kronborg Castle
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico
Lake Baikal
Lake Malawi National Park
Lake Turkana National Parks
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
Lamu Old Town
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
Laponian Area
Las Médulas
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily)
Laurisilva of Madeira
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana
Litomyšl Castle
Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City
Longmen Grottoes
Lord Howe Island Group
Lorentz National Park
Los Glaciares
Los Katios National Park
Lower Valley of the Awash
Lower Valley of the Omo
Luis Barragán House and Studio
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
Lushan National Park
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
Macquarie Island
Madara Rider
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
Mammoth Cave National Park
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Manu National Park
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
Maritime Greenwich
Matobo Hills
Maulbronn Monastery Complex
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Maya Site of Copan
Medieval City of Rhodes
Medieval Town of Torun
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
Medina of Fez
Medina of Marrakesh
Medina of Sousse
Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
Medina of Tunis
Megalithic Temples of Malta
Meidan Emam, Esfahan
Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Mesa Verde
Messel Pit Fossil Site
Miguasha National Park
Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar
Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
Mir Castle Complex
Mogao Caves
Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
Monastery of Alcobaça
Monastery of Batalha
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley
Monastery of Horezu
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon
Monastic Island of Reichenau
Monte San Giorgio
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
Mount Athos
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
Mount Huangshan
Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Mount Taishan
Mount Wuyi
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
My Son Sanctuary
M'Zab Valley
Nahanni National Park
Nanda Devi National Park
National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
Naval Port of Karlskrona
Nemrut Dag
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
New Lanark
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Niokolo-Koba National Park
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historical Aspect and its Natural Environment
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Old City of Acre
Old City of Berne
Old City of Dubrovnik
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
Old City of Salamanca
Old City of Sana'a
Old City of Zamosc
Old Havana and its Fortifications
Old Rauma
Old Town Lunenburg
Old Town of Avila with its Extra-Muros Churches
Old Town of Cáceres
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
Old Town of Ghadames
Old Town of Lijiang
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
Old Towns of Djenné
Old Village of Hollókö and its Surroundings
Old Walled City of Shibam
Olympic National Park
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
Palace and Park of Versailles
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
Palmeral of Elche
Pantanal Conservation Area
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa Mila in Barcelona
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
Petäjävesi Old Church
Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelena Hora
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Pirin National Park
Pitons Management Area
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Poblet Monastery
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
Prambanan Temple Compounds
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
Pueblo de Taos
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
Purnululu National Park
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
Quebrada de Humahuaca
Quseir Amra
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
Rapa Nui National Park
Redwood National Park
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
Rila Monastery
Rio Abiseo National Park
Robben Island
Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock Carvings in Tanum
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
Rock Drawings of Alta
Rock-hewn Churches, Lalibela
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
Rohtas Fort
Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
Roman Walls of Lugo
Roskilde Cathedral
Route of Santiago de Compostela
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Chitwan National Park
Royal Domain of Drottningholm
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe
Royal Palaces of Abomey
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
Ruins of León Viejo
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Sacred City of Anuradhapura
Sacred City of Kandy
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Sagarmatha National Park
Saint Catherine Area
Salonga National Park
Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
Sangay National Park
Sangiran Early Man Site
San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
Schokland and Surroundings
Selous Game Reserve
Semmering Railway
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
Serengeti National Park
Serra da Capivara National Park
SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island)
Shark Bay, Western Australia
Shrines and Temples of Nikko
Sian Ka'an
Simien National Park
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Site of Carthage
Site of Palmyra
Skellig Michael
Skocjan Caves
Speyer Cathedral
Spissky Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments
Srebarna Nature Reserve
Stari Ras and Sopocani
State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
Statue of Liberty
St. Kilda
St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Stone Town of Zanzibar
Studenica Monastery
Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
Sukur Cultural Landscape
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Sundarbans National Park
Sun Temple, Konarak
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Taď National Park
Taj Mahal
Takht-e Soleyman
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Tasmanian Wilderness
Tassili n'Ajjer
Tchogha Zanbil
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand
The Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
The Ensemble of Ferrapontov Monastery
The Frankincense Trail
The Great Wall
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
The Sundarbans
The Trulli of Alberobello
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
Thungyai - Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
Tikal National Park
Ţingvellir National Park
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
Tomb of Askia
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
Tongariro National Park
Tower of London
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
Town of Bamberg
Town of Luang Prabang
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
Tubbataha Reef Marine Park
Tugendhat Villa in Brno
Ujung Kulon National Park
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Upper Svaneti
Urnes Stave Church
Uvs Nuur Basin
Uvs Nuur Basin
Val d'Orcia
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
Varberg Radio Station
Vatican City
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
Venice and its Lagoon
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
Villa d'Este, Tivoli
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
Villa Romana del Casale
Vilnius Historic Centre
Vińales Valley
Virgin Komi Forests
Virunga National Park
Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Völklingen Ironworks
Vézelay, Church and Hill
Wachau Cultural Landscape
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
Wartburg Castle
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park2
Western Caucasus
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Willandra Lakes Region
W National Park of Niger
Wood Buffalo National Park
Wooden Churches of Maramures
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
Yosemite National Park
Yungang Grottoes
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen


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therealdeal wrote:Dwight was fantastic last night. He dominated offensively and defensively. The refs just didn't want him to win tonight. Pop and Duncan hold too much weight. Any time he'd start to get into a rhythm we'd hear a whistle and get an offensive foul called. All of the fouls called on him were absolutely legitimate, but during the play he's ALWAYS getting held, pulled, pushed, hit, scratched, and beaten. I think the only foul where I'd say that he was absolutely fairly called was the push on Danny Green. The others were all bulls***.
He played with great intensity, great focus, and great attitude. I loved it. He's really won me over and any doubts that I might have harbored about him being a true cornerstone type of player are disappearing. It's great also knowing that he's also not 100% and could actually improve.
he has to learn to do the same thing I yelled about for Drew for so many years.... pass the ball out of the block and get his guys to move when he has the ball. He also needs more post moves (Drew did not) to help him dominate. I think he can do it as he has shown me more and more but he hasn't made that "I am #1" move yet.


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Jamaica hotels
The island of Jamaica is an interesting fusion of cultures from Middle Eastern, European, African and Asian ethnicities. With its consistent climate throughout the year and scenic landscape and beaches, Jamaica remains a hot location for tourists. Jamaican hotels are made to cater for those who prefer guest houses, villas, hotels as well as bed and breakfasts. One such hotel in Jamaica is Blue Harbor at Sewell Avenue, situated on a heritage-rich hillside and overlooking the country's bay.
Jamaica Quick Picks & Tips
Bird Watching
Visit Jamaica during the months of December and June to have a look at the vast species of birds, more than 252 varieties to date, at Ecclesdown Road and Hardwar Gap, one of the top few locations in Jamaica.
Bushbar at Port Antonio has a good spin of Jamaican rum punches, music and meals to whet your appetite. Awesome dishes for you to try include the mungo stew and banana pancakes.
The best clubs are available here, visit Margaritaville at Montego Bay, which operates as a dining cafe and sports bar during the day and a full-fledged club in the evening. The club consists of three levels and is nestled across a cliff facing the Caribbean seas.
Water Attractions
Jamaica has a beautiful beach and waterfalls for those who enjoy idling by the waters during the day. Visit Reach Falls of Point Antonio and Doctor's Cave Beach at Montego Bay, and you will surely not be disappointed with the views and atmosphere.
Golfers can try out the Cinnamon Hill Golf Club at Montego Bay that has 18 holes of alluring play.


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Release date:
May 7, 2009
(7pm/conventional theaters and IMAX)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: J.J. Abrams
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Screenwriters: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
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The greatest adventure of all time begins with "Star Trek," the incredible story of a young crew's maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled with action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind. The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before!