This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 We stepped carefully on the smooth slippery stones, being sure to ensure that each stone was not loose before committing our full bodyweight to it....
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 The window was a dirty dark porthole to the hot humid air above the Caribbean Sea. It had not been cleaned for some time and...
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Remember remember the third of November My Thompson’s Group thesis was due I look through the pieces of my Thompson’s Group thesis And still haven’t got a clue It came right down to the wire. I was still writing at 4pm… while the earlier pages of my thesis were simultaneously being printed. Despite the mad rush approaching 5pm,...
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Every year about 90 countries send teams of their six best high school students to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad, a grueling mathematics competition in which contestants sit two exams of four and a half hours each over two days solving a total of six problems. Needless to say, these problems are of...
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Thank you Jules. I too would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all to what is sure to be a very exciting and productive youth summit. For those who don’t know me, I’m not really worth getting to know and I thought I should just say so now so as to save...
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Perspectives on The Weird Plays from newbie, actor and deity – Daniel Yeow What man can claim to understand the manifestations of God? Who the hell knows, but I had to try and figure it out for my part in the recent Omniprop double bill – Euripides: The Weird Plays, which included the somewhat whimsical Helen...
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“Alexander: A military Genius, or a lucky man in the right place at the right time” The year is 336 BC, the Persian Empire is in decline, Greece is rising in importance and power thanks to the unity and stability brought on by Phillip II of Macedon and Alexander III comes to power. Alexander’s father,...
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Melbourne This entry shold be titled “Murphy’s Law Case Study: Stand Up For Your Rights”. As I said many times to the crew during the course of the day, the alignment of the planets just wasn’t quite right this year. Many many many things went horribly wrong. I suppose the challenge of event management is...
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I felt it was kind of strange being asked to give a speech for Andrew here today, I mean, I’ve only really known him for about two years. C’mon, hands up, who here has known Andrew for longer than I have? Yeah, I see quite a few hands, in fact, there’s hands all over...
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