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February / 2013
Hot New College Programs
by: Debra Gibson Isaacs
A roundup of new academic offerings from Kentucky colleges and universities—from innovative majors and minors, to new courses, and a new way of learning for today's students
The college experience is all about NEW—new experiences, new perspectives, new understandings, new friends, new ways of interacting with the world. And the colleges themselves are constantly making themselves new again by offering fresh courses, innovative majors and minors, and even new ways of ensuring students get off on the right foot when they head to college.
This year we asked leaders at Kentucky's colleges and universities—public and private—to share what they consider are their newest and hottest programs. The following is only a small glimpse into dozens of new and exciting programs.
Are you a new college student, or an adult thinking about returning to college? We urge you to do more research—read for the
Kentucky Living
2013 College Guide in this month's issue, where you will find additional "Hot New Programs" listed. Then you can contact colleges directly to learn what academic programs best fit your needs.
Although main campus locations are listed below, many colleges have a variety of campuses throughout the state, as well as online courses.
A broader worldview
The world has never been simultaneously both smaller and larger. That new reality is reflected in the array of courses and majors that help students understand disparate cultures, languages, histories, and economics.
The two statewide public colleges offer good examples. At the University of Louisville (U of L) and University of Kentucky (UK), Lexington, for example, students can now major in Latin American and Latino Studies, and Hispanic Studies, respectively. UK also offers a minor in Appalachian Studies; some of its courses are linked to courses at Delhi University focusing on the Himalayan region of India. The College of Arts and Sciences is offering a special yearlong look at Russia. Titled the "Year of Russia," there are special classes, symposia, and other opportunities to learn more about this important country. UK is also one of only 20 universities in the U.S. to offer a Ph.D. in Gender and Women's Studies.
At U of L, students can also major in Asian Studies or earn a certificate in Peace, Justice and Conflict Resolution.
At Transylvania University, Lexington, students can minor in Asian Studies, an extension of the school's current Chinese Language and culture offerings. The Asian Studies minor integrates classes from history, literature, fine arts, and other related areas. Students can also undertake an interdisciplinary major called PPE that draws from courses in philosophy, political science, and economics, as well as history, business administration, religion, anthropology, sociology, women's studies, literature, and foreign language.
A few miles away at Centre College, Danville, students have a myriad of choices when it comes to understanding the world, with new minors in African and African-American Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, Film Studies, Global Commerce, Latin American Studies, and Linguistics.
"More than ever, classroom learning alone is not enough," says Bob Nesmith, dean of admissions and student financial planning. "To be well-educated, a student must be able to connect what they learn in the classroom or laboratory with the needs of an interconnected world and a competitive employment market."
Accordingly, the school has expanded what they call "The Centre Commitment"—a promise that Centre "will do its part to provide our students the real-world and wide-world experiences they need to make the most of an extraordinary education." The school now guarantees students who meet the college's academic and social expectations an internship or (beginning with the 2017 class) a research opportunity, study abroad, and graduation in four years. If a student is unable to accomplish this within four consecutive years of enrollment, Centre will provide up to an additional year of study tuition-free.
The University of Pikeville in eastern Kentucky recently hired a director of global education, and will begin offering new opportunities for students to study abroad, as well as an English as a Second Language Institute and other programs geared toward global education.
Sure steps to a better job
Ultimately, the goal of every student is to find a good job in a field of their choice. Within the statewide Kentucky Community & Technical College System known as KCTCS, they make that easy by identifying what they call "high wage/high demand" programs.
Each KCTCS college offers its own variety of these programs, which include criminal justice/law enforcement administration; masonry; carpentry; electrician; plumbing technology; occupational therapist assistant; physical therapist assistant; nuclear medical technologist; medical radiologic technology/science-radiation therapist; diagnostic medical sonographer and ultrasound technician; nursing; business administration and management and real estate, and many more.
The high-wage, high-demand programs target high-growth industry sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, energy, banking and financial
services, and construction.
A better start in college
At Transylvania, new approaches begin even before classes commence. First-year students arriving on Transylvania University's campus in 2012 participated in the inaugural August term, a three-week academic and orientation program. August term is the first component of the restructured first-year academic experience at Transy. The first-year experience also includes seminars, a series of lectures and cultural events, and a strong first-year advising program.
Filling a critical need in healthcare
Acquiring an education not only enriches the individual's life, it also benefits society. Perhaps that is most evident in one of the hottest fields today—nursing. From public to private to technical and proprietary, Kentucky's colleges are providing innovative ways to train nurses and help them continually grow.
One of the newest approaches can be found at Campbellsville University, Taylor County, where they now offer an RN-to-BSN program that is fully online. Students can keep their jobs and families intact while advancing in their career at their own pace and when it is convenient for them. Kentucky Christian University, Grayson, also offers a brand-new RN-to-BSN program that both provides students "a lot more flexibility" and "attracts a wider range of students."
Union College, in southeastern Kentucky, launched a traditional, four-year B.S. in nursing in the fall of 2012 to address the demand for a traditional nursing program in the area. This new program is in addition to the RN-to-BSN program that Union began in the fall of 2010. At Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, nursing is hugely popular although it is new. The college will graduate its first class of nursing students this spring.
U of L has a post-master's certification for acute-care nurse practitioners, while UK offers its popular registered nursing and RN-to-BSN programs. UK's RN-BSN enrollment has increased approximately 180 percent over the past decade.
In addition to nursing, schools are offering programs in other areas of healthcare. At Strayer University, they now offer an M.S. in health services administration, while at the University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, they are training physician assistants—arguably the most sought-after professionals in all of healthcare.
Brave new media world
Traditional definitions of the media now defy reality. That fact is not lost on Kentucky campuses, where they are helping students understand the new world of communicating in an ever-connected, minute-by-minute world.
Northern Kentucky University has a new program that combines public relations, advertising, and applied communication. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, long a national powerhouse for training journalists and media professionals, has added Popular Culture Studies. At Campbellsville University, their graphic design program is extremely popular, as is the Film and Media Arts program at the University of Pikeville. And at Lindsey Wilson College, Media Studies is "wildly successful." It includes journalism, public relations, and media arts.
Doctoral programs
In 2012, Kentucky's six regional public universities were collectively allowed to offer up to a maximum of 18 advanced-practice doctoral programs, with each school assured of a minimum of two, thanks to a new law passed by the Kentucky General Assembly.
Western Kentucky University offers two new programs, a doctor of physical therapy and a doctor of nursing practice. Morehead State University now offers a doctoral program in Educational Administration, which can even be completed online.
Creating a better world
The many ways to improve the world are reflected in the wealth of programs designed to help students do just that when they graduate. At U of L, a new Student Philanthropy program was embedded in an undergraduate Event Management class, which gives students hands-on, practical experience in helping strengthen and support the local community. It is led by Gary Bernstein, who worked for nonprofit organizations for 30 years before becoming an instructor at U of L.
Students learn about social responsibility and community engagement by raising money for a designated charity by organizing and implementing a special event. They call on donors, write sponsorship letters, market the program, and handle all the details involved in making a special event like this a resounding success.
For this particular class, they'll present more than $10,000 in proceeds from the event to Metro United Way. In addition, the students will gain firsthand knowledge in grant-making. They awarded a $1,000 grant to a west Louisville nonprofit organization, Neighborhood House, on December 6.
At other schools, the goal is the same but the focus is different. Bellarmine University, Louisville, offers degrees in Environmental Studies, and St. Catharine College, near Bardstown, offers Sustainable Agriculture.
Sullivan University, Louisville, has heating and cooling with a green twist. In addition to giving
students the skills to launch a career, Sullivan's program also emphasizes the skills and knowledge required to understand building automation systems and their efficient use of energy.
In addition, Brescia University's program, Owensboro, in social work was reaffirmed by the Council on Social Work Education, Commission on Accreditation, which makes it the first accredited online undergraduate social work degree completion program in the country.
At Murray State University, students in the Music Business program benefit from strong ties between the music industry in Nashville and the college, and many are able to land an internship in Nashville. Pre-veterinary students benefit similarly from strong ties with the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, resulting in Murray State students having one of the highest admission rates to veterinary school in the country.
Educating educators
Knowledge is expanding at a rate never experienced before, and the transmission of that knowledge has changed just as dramatically. Furthermore, teachers are leaders not just in the acquisition of learning but in helping their students navigate the never-ending waves of social change. Kentucky colleges have developed an array of programs to help teachers accomplish these complex tasks.
At Bellarmine University, they have added a Ph.D. in Education and Social Change. This program, launched in 2011, prepares educators to become change agents and leaders in improving the education of people coming from high poverty circumstances. It's designed for people working in higher education, educational research, and leadership of not-for-profit agencies.
At Thomas More College, in northern Kentucky, in addition to an M.A. in Education, the college has also added a new Teacher Leader M.A. in Education. This program helps prepare teachers to collaborate and create new visions of 21st-century learning as leaders in the field of education.
At Midway College, in central Kentucky, they use a blended (some classes online/some on campus) approach for students earning an M.A. in Teaching. WKU has added an Ed.D in Educational Leadership (one of its first doctoral programs), and UK has a new course of study called Teacher Education and Professional Development.
This is a great year to see what new programs are being offered, whether you're a first-year college student or an adult going back to school.
There was simply no way to list all the new programs in this story, so you will find even more online, along with how Kentucky's postsecondary schools are meeting the needs in today's world. Go


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The panel voted 9-3 on Monday in favor of the change.
Utah was one of only 15 states in the country still restricting cameras in the courts.
"Some judges have concerns with allowing cameras in the courtroom, it is a major shift for the courts," says Nancy Volmer, spokesperson for the courts. "But ultimately a judge does have the authority to not allow cameras in the courtroom."
She says judges may forbid cameras in instances where children are involved or cases involving gangs, or certain witnesses.
The rule change opens the courts for both the media and the public.
"It allows the media to have video cameras in the trial courts," Volmer says. "And it allows the public to bring electronic devices inside the courtroom."
She says before cameras were not allowed in the courtroom now cameras will be allowed and a judge must have a valid not personal reason to allow video recordings.
The change will go into effect on April 1.


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Pat Robertson: if your wife has Alzheimer's, divorce her
Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 10:53 AM
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I've come to anticipate high handed judgements from American evangelical leaders, but even I was surprised by the sheer thoughtlessness of Pat Robertson's directive to the husband of an Alzheimer's patient this week.
The troubled husband wrote to Robertson for advice on the right thing to do?
Divorce your wife, Robertson replied, but make sure she has 'somebody' to look after her, and then move on with your new life partner.
If you ever needed proof that Robertson has never understood love - straight or gay - there it is.
There's some Christian values for you. I'm sure Jesus, who Pat speaks for, would have told you the same (between sending hurricanes and droughts to punish the homosexuals).
If you only do one thing today, make sure it's to watch this short ABC clip, it'll break your heart:
The troubled husband wrote to Robertson for advice on the right thing to do?
Divorce your wife, Robertson replied, but make sure she has 'somebody' to look after her, and then move on with your new life partner.
If you ever needed proof that Robertson has never understood love - straight or gay - there it is.
There's some Christian values for you. I'm sure Jesus, who Pat speaks for, would have told you the same (between sending hurricanes and droughts to punish the homosexuals).
If you only do one thing today, make sure it's to watch this short ABC clip, it'll break your heart:
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seanomelbourne | Sep 19, 2011, 07:30 PM EDT
The right love to discard there wives,McCain, Joe walsh,Gingrich and a couple of senators whose names escape meand they call themselves christians.
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Suivness10 | Sep 19, 2011, 12:59 PM EDT
@Bonbon1, Boy did you get it right!
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hollabackgurl | Sep 19, 2011, 12:54 PM EDT
Robertson's view is as cold and unloving as his contempt for everyone who does not think like himself.
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jamieLM | Sep 19, 2011, 09:33 AM EDT
@Angelprecious - All Protestants don't think alike anymore than all Catholics do. Wisconsin or Missouri Synod Lutherans have major doctrinal and social-issue differences from Presbyterians or Methodists, for example. You obviously know next to nothing about mainstream Protestant churches. Alzheimer's is a terrible disease for the person who has it and his/her family. It's agonizing to watch a loved one lose touch with reality and it's aptly described as "the long good-bye." Every person deals with Alzheimer's in their own way. Unless you're dealing with Alzheimer's, it's easy to be judgmental. Each case is unique, depending on the age and emotional stability of the person married to an Alzheimer's victim who may be 50 or 80. The choices people make are their business.
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bogsidebunny | Sep 19, 2011, 06:48 AM EDT
He's entitled to his opinion. Of cource the santominious Irish will, as usual, jump all over him.
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bonbon1 | Sep 18, 2011, 09:30 PM EDT
Pat Robertson is and always has been about enriching himself financally. He has no loyalty to anything but his wallet. Therefore, what is so surprising about his willingness to throw anyone under the bus or discard them when they no longer serve his purpose. If a person is a jackass and gets ordained a minister what he becomes is a jackass minister.Pat Robertson has less compassion for fellow humans than most animals have for their relatives. I think Pat Robertson should become a monk and and take an oath of silence.
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eiriamach | Sep 18, 2011, 01:11 PM EDT
Angelprecious writes, "That is a problem with Protestants." He takes a tiny brush and paints a stripe broad enough to encompass billions of people. Robertson should be an embarrassment to Christians of any denomination, but especially, I would think, to far-right doctrinal fundamentalists like Angelprecious, who are allied with Robertson on social issues. Angelprecious, you consistently distort, exaggerate, and twist other commenters' words so that you can spout anger and bigotry from your fanatic's pulpit. That behavior is transparently dishonest and not likely to win over anyone with an ounce of common decency. But those who already hate Protestants? OK, sure, you can have 'em if they are drawn to your fanatical rhetoric. Teach them your attack mode so that we can spot them at a glance. As for Robertson, he needs a medical check-up with an Alzheimer's test.
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seanomelbourne | Sep 18, 2011, 03:49 AM EDT
Kene your idea of christianity is warped
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seanomelbourne | Sep 17, 2011, 09:59 PM EDT
Precious!!the problem with your unchristain right is you cannot keep out of other people's bedrooms or doctors surgeries.Abortion is a personal issue and many GOP/DEMs members have used abortion when they deemed it neccassary to do so.Worry about your own soul and leave other people to live by their conscience.In other words mind your own business,Go preach your brain dead chrisianity somewhere else
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keneconnor | Sep 17, 2011, 09:33 PM EDT
Looks like Irish Central took a short break from bashing the Catholic church to now spread their atheist hatred towards other Christians.
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jamthecat | Sep 17, 2011, 08:30 PM EDT
I'm confused. What else would you expect from this wolf in sheep's clothing? He's the devil's own disciple.
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AngelPrecious | Sep 17, 2011, 08:29 PM EDT
seanomelbourne, oh, like the unchristian left that supports abortion and marriage between gays that totally desecrate the sanctity of marriage?? Many on the right are good Christians and they also think this Robertson is in error, a deadly error for him to preach!
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seanomelbourne | Sep 17, 2011, 07:42 PM EDT
He is typical if the unchristian right who write the "christian"rule book to suit themselves,So much for the sanctity of marriage you hypocrite.
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MegK311 | Sep 17, 2011, 05:17 PM EDT
Don't be too hasty to judge Pat Robertson. Notice he said that the husband sould find good care for his wife. I would think the husband would need to continue to supervise his wife's care even if they were divorced.
There are many cases when a wife has a terminal illness of some sort the husband will divorce her because that is the only way to be eligible for funds to pay for the care needed.
I don't have a big problem with what Pat Robertson said as long as the husband continues to supervise her care. It is easy to criticize but you haven't walked in their shoes.
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Rebelforce | Sep 17, 2011, 04:51 PM EDT
Jesus warned us about religious hypocrites. Anybody who has read the Gospels knows that Jesus doesn't even bother to mention homosexuality, but he does very explicitly forbid married people from getting a divorce. And yet here we have a self-righteous, modern day Pharisee condemning gay people as "sinners" at every opportunity and blatantly thumbing his nose at the Biblical teaching on divorce. "Woe unto you Pharisees! Hypocrites!"
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Biography (Magill's Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Cynthia Kadohata was born on July 2, 1956, in Chicago. Her parents' experience provided a significant part of the background for her first and fourth novels, both set in Japanese American families at the time of Kadohata's youth. Her father's family had emigrated from Japan to Southern California in the 1920's, working as tenant farmers. Kadohata's father moved to Chicago after losing his father in a farming accident, internment in an American prison camp after Pearl Harbor, and service in the United States Army military intelligence service both at home and in Japan after World War II.
Kadohata's mother and maternal grandmother were born in Southern California before moving to Hawaii in the 1930's, where her maternal grandfather drowned while her mother was still a child. A strong grandmother figures prominently in her first novel, like her maternal grandmother who supported her mother and her other children as a waitress in Hawaii before moving to Chicago. There, Kadohata's parents met and married. Her older sister was born in Chicago as well.
The Kadohatas moved to Springdale, Arkansas, where her father worked as a chicken sexer, determining the gender of newborn chickens, like many adult characters in Kadohata's first and fourth novel. Her brother was born in Arkansas.
Next, the family moved to Tifton,...
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Biography (Magill's Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
When Kira-Kira, Kadohata's novel for young adults, won the prestigious John Newbery Medal for 2005, it restored the fortunes of the struggling author. In 1989, after a decade of breaking into the short-story market, Kadohata was met with unambiguous critical praise for her first novel, The Floating World. The episodes of the life of young Olivia Ann and her Japanese American family living through a transient, rural, and near-forgotten America and the somewhat bizarre setting of the world of the chicken sexers fascinated readers.
Moving away from realism proved near-disastrous for Kadohata. Readers did not know what to do with the "soft" science-fiction novel In the Heart of the Valley of Love. Similarly, the fantasy novel The Glass Mountains failed both because of its small publisher and because Kadohata was more interested in her characters than the conventions of the genre.
Returning to realism and writing the extraordinary Kira-Kira won for Kadohata young readers who liked her characters and their adventures. Mixing the hilarious, the gross, the funny, and the serious into an overall narrative that moves along a clearly discernible plot while introducing the readers to a world none too familiar but existing right in America gives Kira-Kira its particular strength.
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Biography (Identities & Issues in Literature)
Cynthia Lynn Kadohata aspired to be a journalist after she was graduated from college, believing that only nonfiction can express the truth. Her parents, as were other Japanese Americans, were uprooted during World War II and traveled extensively across the country in search of work. Kadohata's keen observation of landscape and people during these long drives prepared her for her later career.
Kadohata changed her plans for the future after she was seriously injured in an automobile accident. While recuperating, she read extensively and discovered the power of fiction, its ability to say what could not be said otherwise. She tried her hand at writing short stories, and, after several rejections, one of her stories was accepted by The New Yorker. She felt encouraged to devote her life to writing fiction.
Kadohata's two attempts at obtaining formal instruction in creative writing were of little use to her. She found her own observations and travels to be more useful than any theoretical discussions. In her first novel, The Floating World, Kadohata drew upon her own experiences of moving with her family from various cities on the Pacific coast to Arkansas. The protagonist and narrator, Olivia Osaka, is a third-generation Japanese American whose years of growing up are typical of all adolescents. The novel was well...
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Biography (Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition)
Cynthia Lynn Kadohata was born on July 2, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois, to Toshiro and June Kadohata, both California natives. Her paternal grandparents had emigrated from Japan to California. When Kadohata was a toddler, she moved with her parents and older sister to Tifton, Georgia, where her father worked for the Chemell Hatchery as a chicken sexer, separating female and male chicks, a job many Japanese Americans performed in the decades after World War II. Her family later relocated to Arkansas towns, including Springdale, where her father secured similar poultry industry work and her younger brother was born.
By age nine, Kadohata had moved north to Michigan and then to Chicago with her mother and siblings when her parents divorced. She maintained contact with her father in Arkansas. Wherever she lived, Kadohata read voraciously, especially animal books and science fiction, and wrote stories. She attended a Chicago alternative high school. Relocating with her family to Los Angeles when she was fifteen, Kadohata dropped out of Hollywood High School in her senior year, in 1973, when that school refused to accept many of her Chicago high school's credits.
At eighteen, Kadohata started taking journalism courses at Los Angeles City College. She then transferred to the University of Southern California, where by 1977 she earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism. In college, a creative nonfiction class and Maxine Hong Kingston's The...
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Biography (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
Born to a Japanese American family, Cynthia Kadohata (kah-doh-hah-tah) spent her childhood in Georgia, Michigan, Arkansas, and Chicago. Her family had to move often because her father, like other Japanese Americans, faced hardships in obtaining work during and after World War II. Kadohata's parents divorced when she was nine, and at the age of fifteen Kadohata moved to Los Angeles, where she attended Hollywood High School. She soon dropped out, but after she turned eighteen she attended Los Angeles City College and later transferred to the University of Southern California, where she earned a degree in journalism.
In 1977, Kadohata was involved in a serious automobile accident, which damaged her right arm. She moved to Boston to stay with her sister while recuperating. During this period, she read extensively and discovered the power of fiction. Convinced that fiction could present the truth more effectively than journalistic writing, she decided to write stories.
After several failed attempts at getting her work published, Kadohata was encouraged when in 1986 The New Yorker accepted two of her short stories, "Charlie O" and "Jack's Girl." Both stories were later incorporated in her first novel, The Floating World.
Kadohata briefly attended a creative writing program at the University of Pittsburgh,...
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Biography (Literary Newsmakers for Students)
Cynthia Kadohata was born in 1956 in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of Japanese American parents. She has a journalism degree from the University of Southern California and attended graduate writing programs at Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh. Kadohata believes her writing has been shaped by her family's experience as Japanese Americans, which included frequent moves across the United States in search of work. Kadohata drew on her family's experience for Kira-Kira, her novel for young readers which received the 2004 Newbery Medal.
Kadohata was hailed as a new voice in American fiction in 1989, with the publication of her first book, The Floating World. Like Kira-Kira, this book also features a young girl's first-person narration of her family's moves throughout the United States. The Floating World was widely reviewed and praised for its masterful writing. Kadohata also published In the Heart of the Valley of Love (1992), set in the futuristic Los Angeles of 2052. She has frequently contributed short stories to periodicals such as The New Yorker, Grand Street, Ploughshares, and the Pennsylvania Review.
Kadohata has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Whiting Writer's Award from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation. In 2006, Kadohata will publish Weedflower, another novel for young readers. Weedflower tells the story of a friendship...
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Of course it is permited, Samurai. That's why this section is called non-operatic classical music. Feel free to post about symphonic works at will, you're very welcome!!
Hope I'm not ruffling any feathers here, but I'd like to start our own Current Listening Section for Symphonic Works, for those of us who aren't that familiar with Opera--at least not yet. It would basically work like the ones already in place at our sister Forums of MIMF and TC. If it's permitted, then, I'll start:
On Spotify tonight:
Carl Nielsen--Symphony No.4 , Op.29, FS 76 {"The Inextinguishable"} and Symphony No.5, Op.50, Op.97. Both works feature Adrian Leaper conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. I especially like the 4th Symphony's muscular last movement: Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, "The Inextinguishable" : IV. Con Anima - Allegro.
Johan Svendesen--Symphony No.1 in D Major, Op.4 and Symphony No.2 in B-Flat Major, Op.15. Both works are performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Neeme Jarvi. Never having listened to this compose before, he sounded a lot like Sibelius to me in many parts of these 2 works, especially in his use of the strings and winds.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.1 in E Minor, Op.39, with Alexander Gibson conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
You've got to pick up every stitch. Oh No....Must be the Season of the Witch.
Of course it is permited, Samurai. That's why this section is called non-operatic classical music. Feel free to post about symphonic works at will, you're very welcome!!
I had thought of a thread like this, but since I made the sacred choral works thread, I didn't want it to look like I am only here to discuss non-opera topics.
After burning myself out on Mozart opera in the last couple of days (Magic Flute, Figaro, Cosi, Don Giovanni), I need to get back to some non-dramatic classical. Today, I think I am going to go with a late romantic symphony - Rachmaninov's 2nd. This was truly a hidden gem - the melodies in this work are wonderful. I had thought that Rachmaninov was pigeon-holed into the role of composer for piano, but this symphony is truly very fine. I find Rachmaninov tends to have the overt sentimentality of Tchaikovsky - and for me, that is a good thing. My current favorite recording of this work is the recording on Naxos with Leonard Slatkin conducting.
I have a soft spot for Nielsen, and these two symphonies in particular.
Of the Fourth: I am most stunned by the (pardon my English) "lack of foreplay". It is as if Nielsen tore out the first three pages of the score, and gets right into it! And there's no looking back from that point on.
Of the fifth: The first movement is a particular favourite, especially the section before the coda where there's a duel between the snare drum and the orchestra - Nielsen's depiction IMHO of the inner struggle of Man of War Vs. Man of Peace, as the work finds its genesis at the tail end or right after WW One. Did you ever notice it is the only Nielsen symphony NOT to have a subtitle? Wonder why?
Brilliant, Brilliant works
Working my way through my iPod music collection, by Composer alphabetically.
Just now: "B" is for Bruckner, listening to the symphonies from 00 to 9. Most of the Bruckner symphonies on my iPod come from the NAXOS compilation of the Bruckner symphonies conducted by Georg Tintner and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He uses the Nowak editions. I will be discussing the Tintner set in my Chronique du Disque in December (in French on ITYWLTMT, in English on TalkClassical).
In addition to the Tintner set, I also have on the iPod:
Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden (EMI) for the 4th and 7th (Haas edition, I believe)
Bernard Haitink/Staatskapelle Dresden (Profil) for the 8th (Haas as well?)
Yannick Nezet-Seguin/Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal (ATMA) for the 9th (Haas)
I love very much this short symphony by Galina Ustvolskaya, her number two, published in the 1970s.
I own a recording by Slatkin conducting the St-Louis Symphony (VOX). I don't know if the NAXOS is a re-issue of that performance, but I agree Slatkin's treatment of Rachmanionov is first class, and he does things with the music (the second movement in particular) that I find unique to his interpretation (he attacks it a tad slower than others...)
My reference recording for this symphony is a vinyl I own of Maazel conducting (I believe) the Berlin Philharmonic (DG, 1980's?). I also heard a concert performance on TV years ago by Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - excellent as I recall. Ormandy on record would also be a great place to go for this...
This recording has him conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and is paired with the Op. 34, No. 14 Vocalise (arranged for orchestra).
I have another recording by Previn - can't remember the specifics. Not a bad one, and it piqued my interest in the symphony, but not truly memorable, at least for me.
Have you, by chance, heard Celibidache's Bruckner recordings? Particularly the 4th? The tempi that he uses are some of the slowest I have ever heard, but for the 4th, it works incredibly well. I highly recommend checking out that recording, on EMI. Celibidache notoriously did not believe in recorded music, and so much of his works were only released after his death, and I am grateful we have this one.
Just got these yesterday from iTunes - can't wait to listen to them. Reiner is one of my favorite conductors, and I have been meaning to pick up his recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. I decided I should also get the Dvorak 9th.
@ Aksel, Yes, I have been very impressed with Svendsen. It is indeed amazing that he could have written such an accomplished, polished piece at such a young age. I believe that Shostakovich was about 19 years old when he wrote his First Symphony as well!
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On Spotify:
Carl Nielsen--Symphony No.2, Op.16, FS 29 {"The Four Temperaments"}, featuring Herbert Blomstedt conducting the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.35 in D Major, K.355 {"Haffner"}, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.5 in D Major, featuring Andre Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Aaron Copland--Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid and Fanfare for the Common Man. All are performed by the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.1 in E Minor, Op.39, Symphony No.4 in A Minor, Op.63, Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.43 and Symphony No.3 in C Major, Op.52. All 4 symphonies feature Lorin Maazel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
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yeah. thats another part of the game that bores me... I like making my own builds but Anets excuse was that it takes a lot of time and effort to balance skills. In GW1 half the fun was building your own builds instead of just copying builds off PvX which everyone else would be using. I guess this wouldnt be so bad. if the choice of skills they left us with were actually any good. Some skills are alright but the majority of them are just lame. otherwise - no skill involved and it just becomes mundane, routine and I start to play on autopilot. The game itself is still in its early stages though. but I really expected better for a game thats been in the works for how many years???
No, we are not having a dirty sales talk here, its just helping each other find the best prices. I am sure you will understand, inflation has gotten worse lately.
Jesus, i was slightly wrong about ordering two 7950's from dabs. i dont get a 4 game pack deal twice... i get an 8 game pack deal twice! they emailed me codes for: sleeping dogs dirt 3 showdown deus ex nezuiz PLUS sleeping dogs hitman absolution farcry 3 and a 20% off voucher now times that by 2
I have just ordered a heap of stuff from overclockers, including a 7870 Gigabyte wind 3 thingy, that comes with a pile of games also, I think it's an AMD thing on at the moment..... hope they sent me a double up!
Can't believe OCUK is actually owned by another company now... so no more M Proudfoot? Was kinda amusing reading through all the criminal charges he's clocked up. Here's some bad sh*t he decided to post on his own forums: This guy here managed to save a screenie of the thread before he deleted it, there's a little article snippet from Watchdog aswell. http://www.overclock.net/t/216995/q6600-go-stepping-worth-wating
So I was working today... could care less about the job itself as I had not received any training which pretty much ended up in me sitting/walking around 'do-nothing' 9hr shift... HOWEVER during my shift, my mind wandered and i started singing this song....
I just finished one of those. Managed to sit there for 8 hours doing.... F*CK ALL. Rather annoyed at being told to stay at work, when there is no work to be done.
I have a sleeping dogs key if anyone would be interested in trading? Or should I make a thread for this?
Well, I'm not sure tbh I'd like the new Need For Speed, or just some good driving game in general or RPG. I'm open to offer's to make it easy.
Encountered one of the worst sites Ive been to at work.... there were 4 of us. 2 of the guys were alright - we're on the same level etc etc. the last guy had to be a total dick and make himself a self proclaimed team leader and give me a bollocking for the way I sat after 4hrs of non stop standing up and dealing with customers. I could hear them guys arguing all the way through the day over the radio. I was made to do endless patrols and that turd didnt make my shift go any quicker. I have tomorrow off, so im sitting here with a small stock pile of kopparberg chillin, tired as fuck
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WCG is probably better suited since it normally uses idle time only. If you're in london can meet up or else just PM me your address and I'll send you something via post.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Curl on Top
If you breathe air and have some sort of influence over a person who has less experience at it than you, get them and yourself to a local small town ice-cream place FAST and enjoy a messy and unhealthy dairy concoction that gets pooped out of a metal machine.
Summer is fading fast, and if you don't do this soon, another warm night and season will slip through your hands and you will be in a rest-home some day complaining about not enjoying life more. And while your at it, smile at the kid with acne behind the counter and tell him nobody puts the curl on top quite as good as he does.
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I always secretly wished to be the person behind the counter putting the curl on top.
- July 22, 2009 at 6:26 PM
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OK, you win! Dad of the Year goes to ... :-)
- July 22, 2009 at 9:16 PM
- Lisa Harris said...
I was once the girl behind the counter trying to make the perfect curl. Now one of my favorite things to do is take my kids down the road for a day at the Indian Ocean and an ice cream cone. Maybe it's time I taught the guy behind the counter how to make that perfect curl!
- July 22, 2009 at 11:16 PM
- Tim Rovenstine said...
every day, we would go to the DQ in corpus Christi, Texas...it cost a nickel then.
- July 23, 2009 at 4:30 AM
- Mark said...
"pooped out of a machine."
I'm done with soft serve for the season. Pretty sure. - July 25, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- Rus said...
Jason, you were always a guy I could count on to make me smile and laugh, and it makes me smile to see you have never lost that ability, honed it even, perfected it into an art that spreads joy to family and friends and strangers alike. I miss ya, man! Your kids areblessed to have you as their Dad, of that I have no doubt.
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Gloom and doom here -- there is a bit of good news from the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
Their monthly small business optimism index rose slightly in August beating expectations.
But it is the -- -- for small business in the US is it really getting better joining me now are two women who know.
About creating jobs and running successful businesses -- months and is this CEO fast signs and Melanie burgers and perjure on sorry about that is chair of the moving company to man and a truck ladies.
Thank you so much for joining me right now.
Catherine I'm gonna start with you what you think about this idea that the NFIB says the optimism index rose to 92 point nine.
But it wasn't a nine month low last month our our small business owners.
Getting more optimistic what -- expects.
-- what I know about small business owners as we are optimistic by nature where the folks that are willing to take risks and and hire people and create jobs.
And so -- are very nature were optimistic.
I'm here in Washington DC today because I think we can make the the environment even better for small businesses and create new jobs.
If we just how little tax certainty on the horizon.
Yet Melanie do you agree with that -- by the way -- I -- that -- you're right about that in order to be to run a small business you have to have both courage and optimism here right about that.
Melanie what do you think are our small business owners getting more optimistic right now.
Well yeah.
It's hard to say we as -- and said we're here at a Capitol Hill got 400 franchise or is franchisees out there and on 120 my own -- -- -- out there talking to.
Elected officials that there.
While our sales are great and on people are moving and things look optimistic there is the uncertainty.
The tech situation on most franchisees our escorts -- LLC's.
And sell.
Depending on the decisions made the sales angle rates in their personal income statement while it may make them look wealthy.
For small business owners that meant money is going rate back into investment paying off debt buying assets.
So there that there is some fear -- -- Growing and expanding and hiring until they know our.
If the tax rates will be this will go further.
-- is you want certainty is that a code word for saying you walk lower taxes because that's -- sat at the accusation that sometimes comes along is it that you want certainty.
Or that you needed to be lower.
Well Melissa certainty is certainly very important but we're gonna manage our business is based on what we know about the future in three and a half months from now we don't even know what our taxes are gonna be but I guarantee you.
What you in sense you get more have been lower taxes law allows small business owners to reinvest in their businesses expand hire new employees.
I personally know a dozen people who want to open fast -- locations today.
But are afraid because of the uncertainty they don't know what they're gonna pay in taxes they don't know with the environment is going to be like.
So the message it -- taking on Capitol Hill today is.
Things are good for franchising.
Franchising has over 825000.
Units in the US employing almost eighteen million people in the accounting for one out of -- private sector jobs but we could create more jobs.
If we had lower taxes and a better business climate we know that we can create more jobs every franchise it opens.
-- -- on average fifteen new jobs and jobs is what this economy needs.
Melanie do you agreement that will have a couple seconds left.
Absolutely -- -- robust before 08 and we've been up and down -- now going forward up one point 5% sort of franchising industry has.
-- 111000.
New on establishments and most -- -- -- open it creates an average fifteen jobs.
So -- looking better but there is uncertainty going forward.
Ladies think he's -- -- yes ladies thank you so much for joining us today we appreciate your insight because you are right there in the trenches -- yeah.
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On my last five trips offshore in Jupiter I've seen many free jumping sailfish. I go ahead of them and throw out a line and never hook one up. What is the deal with these things. Is this happening to anyone else? I know sailfish travel south along the gulf stream. Does anyone have any info on how to catch these free jumping sails?
We've had some luck in the past with live bait, but only when they're sunning. Kind of creep up on them and pitch it. How were you trying to do it?
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The only people that tell you it can't be done are the people who haven't done it themselves.
Are you seeing them In the gulf stream or in on the beach?
If youre seeing sails just free jumping... Those ones are tough to catch at best. The reason they are jumping most often is them shaking off parasites or other irritants. At that point they are too preoccupied to show much interest in baits...
We were in 85-110 ft. We would see them jumping and run up ahead of them and we would throw dead baits and lures. So live bait probably works the best?
Like deep said they aren't in a feed mode. Catching a sail on a drifted dead sardine is a luck thing. Livies or trolled ballyhoo are the way to go. THE KEY IS FINDING BAIT AND STAYING ON TOP OF IT.
Catching that "free jumping salfish" is often tough but more importantly those fish are usually not travelling alone. The most important thing is for someone to keep there eye honed in on where the fish came out of the water and run about 50-75 yards ahead of that spot and then throw out a couple livies. This time of year it is hard for a sail to turn down a live ballyhoo. Good luck!
I fish just to the north of you off Stuart. We honestly catch about 1/2 the free jumping sails we see - providing that I have live pilchards or sardines in my livewell and the crew can react quickly enough.
Sails will almost always be free-jumping towards the south in our area, so when you see one jumping, try to determine the speed at which it is moving. If you have a friend on board, have them pin a livey on a circle hook, while you (as the captain) NEVER TAKE YOUR EYES OFF WHERE YOU LAST SAW HIM JUMP. This is key in getting a fish to eat. If you aren't sure exactly where it might be, error on the side of caution and set up a bit further south to raise the chances that he'll pass under you. The liveys will draw them in close providing you're remotely in the sails path of travel. Often the sails will be jumping alongside a current edge, weedline, temp break, etc..
The mistake I see made most often is that by the time a boat sets out a couple liveys, they're almost always too far north and the sail is already to the south of them.
For the record, I've never personally caught a free jumping sail on a lure or dead bait... only liveys. Don't give up on catching free jumpers. Believe me, they're quite catchable!
This was a free jumper a buddy and I intercepted in 450' off Hobe Sound last August:
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6:15pm Tuesday 10th September 2013 in Sport
THE HEINEKEN Cup looks to be doomed after English and French clubs agreed to set up a breakaway tournament, writes Chris Kirwan.
This year's competition, as well as the Amlin Challenge Cup, will be the last after deadlock in talks over its reform.
The Aviva Premiership and Top 14 clubs served their notice last year.
They stated that they wanted to see the Heineken Cup reduced from 24 teams to 20 with the culled quartet dropping into a strengthened Amlin Challenge Cup.
They also wanted the qualification criteria – which sees Newport Gwent Dragons as the sole RaboDirect Pro12 not in the elite competition – changed.
They believe that the current format favours those in the Pro12 by guaranteeing places to Scottish and Italian sides and to three out of the four Welsh and Irish outfits.
Yesterday the Premiership clubs released a statement declaring that they were resigned to the Heineken Cup being dead.
It read: "Despite numerous meetings between the stakeholders over the last year, the last of which was in May, discussions have been unsuccessful and the clubs can only conclude that negotiations on any new European agreement have now ended.
"The English and French clubs have proposed the formation of two new, stronger competitions of 20 teams each, based on the principles of qualification on merit from each league, the inclusion of teams from all six existing countries and the expansion into new markets. These proposals could form the basis of future competitions.
"However, given the importance and urgency of the current position, and the reconfirmation that the French clubs will not participate in any competition unless it includes the English clubs, the clubs have now asked Premiership Rugby to take immediate action to put in place a competition for 2014/15 to include the French and English clubs but which will also be open to teams from other countries."
The two warring factions are also squabbling over broadcast rights.
The Premiership clubs have already signed up with BT Sport as part of of a £152 million deal while European Rugby Cup Ltd has a partnership with Sky Sports.
This season's Heineken Cup final at the Millennium Stadium could be the end of a popular tournament that started in 1995.
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The Pyrmont Community Centre provides the local community with opportunities for fitness, recreation and becoming involved in the local community. We also deliver much-needed local services for children such as our playgroup, and after-school and holiday care.
Many of our facilities are available for hire including:
- multipurpose courts
- hall and rooms
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Getting to the centre
The entrance to our centre is on Mount Street. There is no general parking available – metered parking applies in the Pyrmont area. Alternative parking is available at Star City (telephone: 02 9777 9000) or at the Harbourside Car Park (telephone: 02 9552 2330).
There are several public transport options to get to our centre. Light rail from Central or Lilyfield, alight at John Street Square. Bus route 443 from Pyrmont or Circular Quay, alight at the corner of John and Mount Streets. Bus route 501 from Railway Square or Ryde, alight at the corner of Harris and Miller Streets. Bus route 888 from the city, alight at Star City.
All areas of our centre are accessible for people with a disability. Accessible parking is also available.
Opening hours
Monday to Thursday: 9am to 9pm
Friday: 9am to 6pm
Saturday: 10am to 4pm
From Tuesday to Thursday, the gym opens earlier at 6.30am.
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- After-school and vacation care
After-school and vacation care
Our children's program (5 to 12 years) is run at the Pyrmont Community Centre while our youth program (12 to 18 years) is run at Maybanke Courts.
- Library link
Library link
The City's library network provides a library link service at our centre giving members a convenient way to request and borrow items that are held at other library branches. You need to be a library member, which is free for City residents, to use the service.
For more information please contact 02 9242 8555.
- Music classes
Music classes
- Times
Children's choir: Tuesdays from 5pm
Adult's choir: Tuesdays from 6.15pm
Piano lessons: Saturdays
We offer a range of music classes at the Pyrmont Community Centre.
Piano lessons are available on offered. For more information, please call Katie on 0439 882 344.
The centre hosts a children's and adult choir. For more information, please call Mary on 0410 679 204.
- Playgroup
- Cost
- $2 per session + membership cost
- Times
- Wednesdays: 10am to 12pm
Druing school term we have a weekly playgroup for children aged 0 to 5 years. We play games, sing songs, have morning snacks and many other activities. Just come along with your child for your first visit, there's no need to book.
For more information, please contact 02 9298 3134.
- Pottery classes
Pottery classes
- Cost
- $156 per 10-week course
- Times
- Mondays and Thursdays: 6pm to 9pm
We run 4 pottery courses throughout the year. The course runs for 10 weeks and it is suitable for any level of expertise. The cost of the course includes all materials.
For more information about the next available course, please call the centre on 02 9298 3130.
- Youth program
Youth program
We run a youth program for young people aged 12 to 24 years at Maybanke Courts. Free basketball is available for young people from 3pm to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
For more information about the youth program, please contact Grant on 02 9130 3120.
- Court hire
Court hire
- Cost
- Residents: $18 per hour/non-residents: $25 per hour
Our basketball court at Maybanke Courts is available for hire. To enquire about hiring the court, please call 02 9298 3134 or 9298 3130.
Free basketball is available for young people Monday to Friday from 3pm to 6pm.
- Courtyard
- Cost
- Residents: $18 per hour/non-residents: $25 per hour
Our courtyard is available for hire. It includes a playground, sitting area and a basketball ring. It is often booked for children's birthday parties on Saturdays or families drop-in so the kids can play.
For more information please contact 02 9298 3134.
- Hall and room hire
Hall and room hire
- Cost
- Main hall: residents $24 per hour/non-residents $32 per hour.
Upstairs hall: residents $18 per hour/non-residents $25 per hour.
Art/craft room: residents $18 per hour/non-residents $25 per hour.
The centre has 2 halls and an art and craft room available for hire. They are are suitable for seminars, workshops, meetings, children's parties and other activities such as yoga, dance and fitness classes.
Facilities and equipment includes:
- audio-visual equipment
- courtyard with barbeque area.
The Maybanke Community Meeting Room is available for City of Sydney residents. For further details about hiring a room or a hall, please call 02 9298 3134 or 02 9298 3130.
- Multipurpose courts
Multipurpose courts
- Cost
- Residents: $16 per hour/non-residents: $21 per hour
The centre has multipurpose courts available for hire at Maybanke Courts, which is located at 87-97 Harris Street, Pyrmont.
The courts can be used for basketball, netball or futsal.
To enquire about hiring the courts, please call 02 9298 3134 or 02 9298 3130.
- Play equipment
Play equipment
We have a children's playground available for locals to bring your kids along to play in a safe environment.
Please call us on 02 9298 3134 beforehand, to check that the area is available. At times it can be booked for children's parties and other functions.
Fitness centre
- Gym facilities
Gym facilities
- Times
Monday: 9am to 9pm
Tuesday to Thursday: 6.30am to 9pm
Friday: 9am to 6pm
Saturday: 10am to 4pm
We offer an affordable community gym for residents, workers and visitors of the local area. The facilities include:
- free-weights
- pin-loaded weights
- bikes
- treadmills
- stepper
- rower
- cross trainer
- punching bag (subject to availability).
- Gym membership
Gym membership
Your gym membership includes access to our fitness classes:
- casual visit: residents $7/non-residents $7
- 3-month membership: residents $85/non-residents $150
- 6-month membership: residents $125/non-residents $195
- 12-month membership: residents $235/non-residents $285.
To become a member please contact us on 02 9298 3134.
- Boot Camp
Boot Camp
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- Tuesdays and Thursdays: 6.35am to 7.20am
Our Boot Camp classes will give you an amazing all over body work out. You will work, you will sweat and you will burn calories like crazy.
For more information please contact Karen on 0408 477 778.
- Boxing
- Cost
- Gym membership / $7 per session
- Times
- Mondays: 1.05pm to 1.50pm
A 1-hour slugfest! Power on from your warm-up into your pad work – punch for speed, punch for power, punch for skill, punch for an hour! Well, not quite, let's get some ab work in there too. Gloves and pads provided or bring your own.
- Cardio boxing
Cardio boxing
- Cost
- Gym membership/$7 per session
- Times
- Wednesdays: 6pm to 7pm
A cheerful but challenging 45-minute cardio-boxing sweat festival! Follow up your energising warm-up with a bit of saturation, combination and tension-releasing stress deactivation. All in the name of fun and fitness. Gloves and pads provided or bring your own.
For more information please contact the centre on 02 9298 3134.
- Circuit
- Cost
- Gym membership/$7 per session
- Times
Wednesdays: 1.05pm to 1.50pm
The fit and the furious! Jump into our class for some cardio, strength work, muscular endurance and the taste of sweet victory once you're done. Lots of variety and a different challenge each week. Go at your own pace or be pushed to the limit – it's up to you! All equipment is provided.
For more information please contact the centre on 02 9298 3134.
- Karate
- Times
Kids Karate: Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm
Karate: Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm
Our Karate classes are a great way to add variety to your exercise while learning a martial art. Get fit and develop your self defence skills at the same time.
For more information about karate classes at the centre, please contact Phil on 02 9399 3863.
- Over 55s circuit class
Over 55s circuit class
- Cost
- Gym membership/$3 per session
- Times
Tuesday: 2pm to 3pm
Thursday: 2pm to 3pm
Our over 55s circuit class is the perfect way to improve your strength, mobility and stamina. The circuit style allows for you to go at your own pace and our qualified fitness instructor will provide you with the instruction and motivation you need.
- Pilates
- Cost
- Wednesday class: Call Claire on 0421 077 355 for prices
Thursday class: gym membership/$7 per session - Times
Wednesday: 7pm and 8pm
Join us for some Pilates to improve your posture, increase your flexibility and muscle tone. This system of exercise is inspired by calisthenics, yoga and ballet to provide a great work out.
For more information about the Wednesday evening class, please contact Claire on 0421 077 355. For more information about the Thursday lunchtime class, lease contact the centre on 02 9298 3134.
- Yoga
- Times
- Wednesday: 6.15pm to 7pm and 7.30pm to 8.15pm
Improve your strength and flexibility through a range of guided Yoga poses and postures.
The centre has 2 Yoga classes per week. For more information, please call Veroniki on 0438 277 385.
- Zumba
- Times
Zumba Toning: Mondays from 7.30pm
Zumba: Mondays from 8pm, Wednesdays from 7pm and Saturdays from 10.15am
Enjoy this Latin inspired dance fitness that offers a full body work out with easy to follow moves.
For more information about Zumba classes, please call Claire on 0421 077 355.
Sport competitions
- Basketball
Monday night's main event! It's basketball, but not as you know it. We play an energetic, 3-on-3 full-court version of the game on our smaller-sized outdoor courts. It's all the fun and freedom of streetball with the structure and organisation of comp ball. Don't be fooled, the pace will leave you schooled!
We supply the refs and the scorers. You supply the thrills, spills and will to win!
Please note: games are subject to weather conditions.
- Table Tennis
Table Tennis
Please contact the centre on 02 9298 3134 for more information about our Table Tennis competitions.


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