Hugo Kelly (b. 29 April 1967) is an Australian journalist. He is most notable for his contributions to independent online Australian news service, Crikey, from which he was sacked in February, 2006.
Early life and education
Hugo Kelly, born in London, is the son of Melbourne-born Elizabeth Kelly, and South African lawyer Beverly Botha. At three, he and his mother moved to Australia. Kelly attended Sunshine West Primary School and Essendon Grammar. He studied journalism at RMIT and Arts at the University of Melbourne and later undertook postgraduate studies in Media at Monash University.
Media career
Early media career
Aged 17, Kelly was offered a cadetship at The Age. There, he worked with Sports editor Michael Gordon. At the Canberra bureau of The Age, he worked with Michelle Grattan. In May 1988, he interviewed the Queen of Australia during her visit to inaugurate the new Parliament House. He was later promoted to C-grading and a post as The Ages transport reporter. He covered the 1989 tram strike and he was at the Aérospatiale tent when a Russian MiG 29 fighter jet crashed just 100 metres away, which he subsequently reported on.
1999 Victorian election
In 1999 Kelly assisted a former Age colleague Stephen Mayne to nominate as an independent candidate in Victorian Liberal Party leader Jeff Kennett's then safe seat of Burwood. Part of the campaign strategy was a website, jeffed.com, in which Mayne, a former Kennett advisor, outlined his criticisms of the Kennett government. The campaign was abruptly aborted when Mayne was ruled ineligible to stand by the Australian Electoral Commission, but work continued on the website and it played a minor role in the surprise defeat of the Kennett government that year .
Crikey tenure
On 14 February 2000, Stephen Mayne launched the Crikey website, with Kelly contributing. Kelly opened Crikey's Parliament House bureau in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery in 2004 and continued to contribute regularly until 13 February 2006, when he was sacked, according to Eric Beecher "because of his unprofessionalism as a journalist".
Early life and education
Hugo Kelly, born in London, is the son of Melbourne-born Elizabeth Kelly, and South African lawyer Beverly Botha. At three, he and his mother moved to Australia. Kelly attended Sunshine West Primary School and Essendon Grammar. He studied journalism at RMIT and Arts at the University of Melbourne and later undertook postgraduate studies in Media at Monash University.
Media career
Early media career
Aged 17, Kelly was offered a cadetship at The Age. There, he worked with Sports editor Michael Gordon. At the Canberra bureau of The Age, he worked with Michelle Grattan. In May 1988, he interviewed the Queen of Australia during her visit to inaugurate the new Parliament House. He was later promoted to C-grading and a post as The Ages transport reporter. He covered the 1989 tram strike and he was at the Aérospatiale tent when a Russian MiG 29 fighter jet crashed just 100 metres away, which he subsequently reported on.
1999 Victorian election
In 1999 Kelly assisted a former Age colleague Stephen Mayne to nominate as an independent candidate in Victorian Liberal Party leader Jeff Kennett's then safe seat of Burwood. Part of the campaign strategy was a website, jeffed.com, in which Mayne, a former Kennett advisor, outlined his criticisms of the Kennett government. The campaign was abruptly aborted when Mayne was ruled ineligible to stand by the Australian Electoral Commission, but work continued on the website and it played a minor role in the surprise defeat of the Kennett government that year .
Crikey tenure
On 14 February 2000, Stephen Mayne launched the Crikey website, with Kelly contributing. Kelly opened Crikey's Parliament House bureau in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery in 2004 and continued to contribute regularly until 13 February 2006, when he was sacked, according to Eric Beecher "because of his unprofessionalism as a journalist".
John FitzGerald is a scottish footaller who currently plays for Johnstone Burgh FCBC 1993. He joined 'The Burgh after a short spell with P & D side Saint Peter's whom he left as they sat bottom of their league & had conceded a huge number of goals. He started his injury plagued career in 2004 with Glenbrae Colts BC but was quickly side-lined with a knee injury & never made an appearance in Glenbrae colours. He only made a few appearances during his first season (04/05) with Johnstone Burgh but he became the club's regular left back in 05/06 & improved immensely but once again injuries left his appearances limited while the club dropped to 15th in the league 2points ahead of Parkmoor BC. He was no longer a regular in the team during the 06/07 season after his blunders against Linwood Ranger BC on the opening day of the season cost Johnstone Burgh three goals. He regained his form for 07/08 but injuries, a trial with Queen's Park FC & failing to earn a new contract till well into august 07 means he is now frozen out of the starting eleven. He has only made 1 appearance this season & is now looking for a new club.
RoboticRodeo (informally abbreviated "RR") is an internet software firm established in 2006 mainly famous for their latest web products RadiantBoard — a forum software, InfernoBlog — as the name suggests, a Weblog software. Software designed by RoboticRodeo since 2007 utilizes modern web technology such as AJAX and RSS. Other RoboticRodeo products include TimberWolf Content Management, Trinity, and Cheese.
Products
TimberWolf Content Management
TimberWolf Content Management, sometimes abbreviated "TWcms" is a Content Management System such as Drupal, , and others. TimberWolf Content Management is written in PHP, making use of MySQL for database support. TimberWolf Content Management is, according to RoboticRodeo Lead Software Developer Tejas Kumar, currently being redeveloped from the ground up due to relatively primitive features, and unclean code.
RadiantBoard
RadiantBoard, sometimes abbreviated "rB" or "RB", is a Forum Software such as phpBB, vBulletin, and many others. RadiantBoard is coded in PHP, and runs on a MySQL database. RadiantBoard uses a large amount of modern web technology such as AJAX. Almost immediately after its release, RadiantBoard v1.0 faced a large amount of bad criticism due to a lack of necessary features, and a considerable amount of bugs, which Lead Software Developer Tejas Kumar says will be fixed in its next major release, v1.5.
Trinity
Trinity, RoboticRodeo's third product, is a download manager such as paFileDB written in PHP and uses a MySQL database. Trinity supports multiple file categories, multiple file formats and makes sufficient use of AJAX.
InfernoBlog
InfernoBlog, sometimes abbreviated "IB", is a Weblog software and RoboticRodeo's newest and most successful product to date. As other software from RoboticRodeo, InfernoBlog is written in PHP. InfernoBlog takes advantage of MySQL for database transactions. InfernoBlog makes use of AJAX as well, allowing blog administrators to drag and drop various items on their blog to sort them, as well as in-place editing and other features.
RoboticRodeo Management
*Tejas Kumar — Founder/Lead Software Designer & Developer
*Lee McKendrick — Lead Software Tester
Products
TimberWolf Content Management
TimberWolf Content Management, sometimes abbreviated "TWcms" is a Content Management System such as Drupal, , and others. TimberWolf Content Management is written in PHP, making use of MySQL for database support. TimberWolf Content Management is, according to RoboticRodeo Lead Software Developer Tejas Kumar, currently being redeveloped from the ground up due to relatively primitive features, and unclean code.
RadiantBoard
RadiantBoard, sometimes abbreviated "rB" or "RB", is a Forum Software such as phpBB, vBulletin, and many others. RadiantBoard is coded in PHP, and runs on a MySQL database. RadiantBoard uses a large amount of modern web technology such as AJAX. Almost immediately after its release, RadiantBoard v1.0 faced a large amount of bad criticism due to a lack of necessary features, and a considerable amount of bugs, which Lead Software Developer Tejas Kumar says will be fixed in its next major release, v1.5.
Trinity
Trinity, RoboticRodeo's third product, is a download manager such as paFileDB written in PHP and uses a MySQL database. Trinity supports multiple file categories, multiple file formats and makes sufficient use of AJAX.
InfernoBlog
InfernoBlog, sometimes abbreviated "IB", is a Weblog software and RoboticRodeo's newest and most successful product to date. As other software from RoboticRodeo, InfernoBlog is written in PHP. InfernoBlog takes advantage of MySQL for database transactions. InfernoBlog makes use of AJAX as well, allowing blog administrators to drag and drop various items on their blog to sort them, as well as in-place editing and other features.
RoboticRodeo Management
*Tejas Kumar — Founder/Lead Software Designer & Developer
*Lee McKendrick — Lead Software Tester
The Sierra Vista Mall is located in Clovis, California. The mall is anchored by Gottschalks, Sears, Mervyns, and Criterion Cinemas 16 Theatre and contains more than 100 retail stores and restaurants.
The Criterion Cinemas 16 Theater opened on December 15, 2006. This state of the art movie theatre has 16 screens and the highest quality of sound and projectors in the Central Valley. Their addition to the mall completed the first phase of a 110,000 sq. ft. expansion.
Phase II will add approximately 22 additional retailers and dining locations along with water features and landscaping. T-Mobile, Jamba Juice and Chipotle Mexican Grill are currently opened in the expansion area.
Coming soon are Great Clips, Queen Bee Nails & Spa, Maggie Moos Ice Cream and Treatery, Tien Ju Restaurant, Angelo & Vito's Brooklyn Pizza and many others.
MCG Architecture's total expansion completion date is estimated for November, 2007.
Anchors
* Gottschalks (99,539 sq. ft.)
* Mervyns (75,088 sq. ft.)
* Sears (116,641 sq. ft)
* Target (102,148 sq. ft.)
* Criterion Cinemas 16 Theatre (16 screens)
The Criterion Cinemas 16 Theater opened on December 15, 2006. This state of the art movie theatre has 16 screens and the highest quality of sound and projectors in the Central Valley. Their addition to the mall completed the first phase of a 110,000 sq. ft. expansion.
Phase II will add approximately 22 additional retailers and dining locations along with water features and landscaping. T-Mobile, Jamba Juice and Chipotle Mexican Grill are currently opened in the expansion area.
Coming soon are Great Clips, Queen Bee Nails & Spa, Maggie Moos Ice Cream and Treatery, Tien Ju Restaurant, Angelo & Vito's Brooklyn Pizza and many others.
MCG Architecture's total expansion completion date is estimated for November, 2007.
Anchors
* Gottschalks (99,539 sq. ft.)
* Mervyns (75,088 sq. ft.)
* Sears (116,641 sq. ft)
* Target (102,148 sq. ft.)
* Criterion Cinemas 16 Theatre (16 screens)