Michael Segedy is an essayist and novelist born in Akron, Ohio in 1948. His essays include "Paradigm Shift in Kafka's In the Penal Colony ", "A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel", "Teaching and Writing Poetry" and "Adapting the Courtroom Trial Format to Literature". He published a novel in 2004, entitled Hampton Road.
In 1985, Gwendolyn Brooks presented him with Virginia English Bulletin’s first place writing award.
Currently he helps his wife with her apartment rental business in Lima, Peru - Lima Accommodations.
Bibliography
* A Critical Look at Literature Worth Teaching (ED284201), M. Segedy, "A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel" (1986)
* Literature and Its Teaching (ED251832), M. Segedy, "Teaching and Writing Poetry" (1986)
* Anglo-American Studies (v. ix), April, M. Segedy "Teaching Writing" (1989)
* Wisconsin English Journal (v. 32), Winter edition, M. Segedy "Teaching Writing in the Classroom" (1990)
* Hampton Road - M. Segedy, PublishAmerica, (2004)
* The Arch and the Abyss - M. Segedy, "A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel." A John C. Gardner Resource (2006)
* ERIC Resources for Katherine Paterson - M. Segedy, "A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel" (2009)
In 1985, Gwendolyn Brooks presented him with Virginia English Bulletin’s first place writing award.
Currently he helps his wife with her apartment rental business in Lima, Peru - Lima Accommodations.
Bibliography
* A Critical Look at Literature Worth Teaching (ED284201), M. Segedy, "A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel" (1986)
* Literature and Its Teaching (ED251832), M. Segedy, "Teaching and Writing Poetry" (1986)
* Anglo-American Studies (v. ix), April, M. Segedy "Teaching Writing" (1989)
* Wisconsin English Journal (v. 32), Winter edition, M. Segedy "Teaching Writing in the Classroom" (1990)
* Hampton Road - M. Segedy, PublishAmerica, (2004)
* The Arch and the Abyss - M. Segedy, "A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel." A John C. Gardner Resource (2006)
* ERIC Resources for Katherine Paterson - M. Segedy, "A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel" (2009)
A religious singularity occurs whenever a given belief system predicts infinite repercussions for a finite deed. An example is Heaven and Hell in Christianity (and a few other religions), according to which the finite deeds done on Earth have an infinite affect in the eternal afterlife. Such a singularity makes it worthwhile to maximize the chances of going to Heaven no matter what the impact is on quality of life on Earth because Heaven is eternal but Earthly life is finite.
Relationship to decision theory
In decision theory, the goal is to optimize the expected value of the utility for a given set of decisions. In other words, the goal is to make a choice that has the best "average" result. The term "Utility" simply quantifies different levels of reward and punishment.
Many decisions involve trade-offs between costs and benefits. For example, imagine that a worker who wanted to get a job needed to pass an interview. For simplicity sake, assume that doing well on the interview is the only thing that the worker needs to do to to get the job. The more this worker prepares for the interview, the better the chances of getting a job. Eventually, however, the cost of preparation exceeds the benefits. If the worker is so well prepared that there is a 99.99% chance of landing the job, the (finite) cost of preparing an extra hour would exceed the very small extra probability of getting the job (finite reward). A rational individual in this case would balance time preparing for the interview with likelihood of getting employed.
Religious singularities cause this rational cost benefit analysis to break down. In the case of religion, it is uncertain how much piety (devotion) God requires to go to Heaven. Being more pious and sinning less increases the likelihood of going to Heaven (reward), but costs more to do on Earth (punishment). Note that there are rewards on Earth to being pious, but that these are finite and will not exceed the costs of extreme piety. The fact that Heaven is an infinite reward creates problems. Imagine a priest who already spent a long time soul cleansing. This priest is almost sure to go to Heaven, but it is never possible to be exactly sure about God's intentions. Thus the priest would have a high chance of going to Heaven, perhaps 99.99%. If the priest were to soul cleanse more, the chance would go up, perhaps to 99.991%. Heaven has an infinite payoff, unlike in the job interview case in which the payoff was finite. Thus the extra 0.001% chance of payoff still constitutes an infinite return, so it is worth the finite extra cost of additional soul cleansing. Rational decision theory would say that no matter how small the increased chance of Heaven is, the extra "soul cleansing" is still worth it because of the infinite payoff. Thus, rational decision theory predicts devotion of one's entire life to going to Heaven, no matter what the costs are to the current life. This dilemma is a special case of Pascals wager.
Relationship to decision theory
In decision theory, the goal is to optimize the expected value of the utility for a given set of decisions. In other words, the goal is to make a choice that has the best "average" result. The term "Utility" simply quantifies different levels of reward and punishment.
Many decisions involve trade-offs between costs and benefits. For example, imagine that a worker who wanted to get a job needed to pass an interview. For simplicity sake, assume that doing well on the interview is the only thing that the worker needs to do to to get the job. The more this worker prepares for the interview, the better the chances of getting a job. Eventually, however, the cost of preparation exceeds the benefits. If the worker is so well prepared that there is a 99.99% chance of landing the job, the (finite) cost of preparing an extra hour would exceed the very small extra probability of getting the job (finite reward). A rational individual in this case would balance time preparing for the interview with likelihood of getting employed.
Religious singularities cause this rational cost benefit analysis to break down. In the case of religion, it is uncertain how much piety (devotion) God requires to go to Heaven. Being more pious and sinning less increases the likelihood of going to Heaven (reward), but costs more to do on Earth (punishment). Note that there are rewards on Earth to being pious, but that these are finite and will not exceed the costs of extreme piety. The fact that Heaven is an infinite reward creates problems. Imagine a priest who already spent a long time soul cleansing. This priest is almost sure to go to Heaven, but it is never possible to be exactly sure about God's intentions. Thus the priest would have a high chance of going to Heaven, perhaps 99.99%. If the priest were to soul cleanse more, the chance would go up, perhaps to 99.991%. Heaven has an infinite payoff, unlike in the job interview case in which the payoff was finite. Thus the extra 0.001% chance of payoff still constitutes an infinite return, so it is worth the finite extra cost of additional soul cleansing. Rational decision theory would say that no matter how small the increased chance of Heaven is, the extra "soul cleansing" is still worth it because of the infinite payoff. Thus, rational decision theory predicts devotion of one's entire life to going to Heaven, no matter what the costs are to the current life. This dilemma is a special case of Pascals wager.
Brent Street is an Australian performing arts studio based at Fox Studios, Moore Park in Sydney. It was established in 1986.
History
Brent Street began 22 years ago in Brent Street Drummoyne, Sydney. It was founded by Marianne, Karen and Jacqui Howard who each had resounding successes in the entertainment industry. As students flocked to their school, Eisteddfod awards began to roll in, TV appearances became commonplace and word spread. They quickly outgrew their tiny church hall premises and moved to a larger studio space in Rozelle. Rapidly growing student numbers meant another studio move (just across the street, again in Rozelle) and then another to Camperdown.
The school was then based at Waterloo until early 2007 when they moved premises to Fox studios. The school now consists of six modern dance studios, a theatre and a recording studio, as well as two story admin block which contains offices and a space for the Talent Development High School
They have over 1,000 part time students enrolled, 100 full-time students and 90 Talent Development students who can all be seen regularly on various television shows.
Faculty and Facilities
Brent Street's current faculty includes Jacqui Howard, Kelley Abbey, Cameron Mitchell, Christopher Horsey, Marko Panzic, Leah Howard, Delia Harrington, Matt Lee, Drew Anthony and many more.
Brent Street's facilities are first class and the studios are a magnet for artists and groups who are in need of rehearsal space. Major Australian musicals, such as Wicked, hold their auditions there and Human Nature, Marcia Hines and many other stars can often be seen rehearsing in the studios. The feature film 'Razzle Dazzle' used the studios as their principal location and TV shows like Dancing with the Stars, It Takes Two, Australian Idol, So You Think You Can Dance The feature film Mao's Last Dancer used the studios for cast warm up and rehearsals.
What's on offer?
Brent Street offers classes in all facets of performing arts including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, musical theatre, singing, drama and acrobatics. It has a large number of students in its part-time school and has a very large petites department. Students from all over Australia audition each year to gain a position in Brent Street's famous Fulltime Performing Arts Course and its most recent addition is the innovative 'Talent Development High School or TDHS - an elite program for high school students which provides both academic and performing arts training for elite students under one roof.
Past Students
*Nathan Foley - Hi-5
*Sharni Vinson - Home And Away
*Sharon Muscat and Christine Muscat - Former Pop group Sister2Sister
*Tamara Jaber
*Sam Parsonson - Love My Way
*Miles Szanto - Love My Way, The Elephant Princess
*Matt Lee - Miss Saigon and judge of So You Think You Can Dance
*Rebecca Tapia - Australian Idol and the musical
*Christian Patterson - Rent the movie, Cirque du Soleil, West Side Story (European Tour)
*Tahyna Tozzi - Blue Water High
*Adam Saunders - Blue Water High
*Cameron Mitchell - Spamalot
*Elle-May Patterson - The Black Balloon
*Charlotte Best - Home and Away
*Jordan Rodrigues - Home and Away, Dance Academy
*Flip Simmons - Popstars, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
*Marko Panzic- So You Think You Can Dance 2008
*Hilton Denis- So You Think You Can Dance 2008
*Rhiannon Villareal - So You Think You Can Dance 2008
*Charli Delaney- Hi-5, T.V Personality
*Casey Burgess- Hi-5
*Charles Bartley - Runner up - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Stephen Tannos - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*BJ Rorke - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Katrina Risteska - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Pania Taku - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Chanelle Johnson - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Christina Hanley
History
Brent Street began 22 years ago in Brent Street Drummoyne, Sydney. It was founded by Marianne, Karen and Jacqui Howard who each had resounding successes in the entertainment industry. As students flocked to their school, Eisteddfod awards began to roll in, TV appearances became commonplace and word spread. They quickly outgrew their tiny church hall premises and moved to a larger studio space in Rozelle. Rapidly growing student numbers meant another studio move (just across the street, again in Rozelle) and then another to Camperdown.
The school was then based at Waterloo until early 2007 when they moved premises to Fox studios. The school now consists of six modern dance studios, a theatre and a recording studio, as well as two story admin block which contains offices and a space for the Talent Development High School
They have over 1,000 part time students enrolled, 100 full-time students and 90 Talent Development students who can all be seen regularly on various television shows.
Faculty and Facilities
Brent Street's current faculty includes Jacqui Howard, Kelley Abbey, Cameron Mitchell, Christopher Horsey, Marko Panzic, Leah Howard, Delia Harrington, Matt Lee, Drew Anthony and many more.
Brent Street's facilities are first class and the studios are a magnet for artists and groups who are in need of rehearsal space. Major Australian musicals, such as Wicked, hold their auditions there and Human Nature, Marcia Hines and many other stars can often be seen rehearsing in the studios. The feature film 'Razzle Dazzle' used the studios as their principal location and TV shows like Dancing with the Stars, It Takes Two, Australian Idol, So You Think You Can Dance The feature film Mao's Last Dancer used the studios for cast warm up and rehearsals.
What's on offer?
Brent Street offers classes in all facets of performing arts including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, musical theatre, singing, drama and acrobatics. It has a large number of students in its part-time school and has a very large petites department. Students from all over Australia audition each year to gain a position in Brent Street's famous Fulltime Performing Arts Course and its most recent addition is the innovative 'Talent Development High School or TDHS - an elite program for high school students which provides both academic and performing arts training for elite students under one roof.
Past Students
*Nathan Foley - Hi-5
*Sharni Vinson - Home And Away
*Sharon Muscat and Christine Muscat - Former Pop group Sister2Sister
*Tamara Jaber
*Sam Parsonson - Love My Way
*Miles Szanto - Love My Way, The Elephant Princess
*Matt Lee - Miss Saigon and judge of So You Think You Can Dance
*Rebecca Tapia - Australian Idol and the musical
*Christian Patterson - Rent the movie, Cirque du Soleil, West Side Story (European Tour)
*Tahyna Tozzi - Blue Water High
*Adam Saunders - Blue Water High
*Cameron Mitchell - Spamalot
*Elle-May Patterson - The Black Balloon
*Charlotte Best - Home and Away
*Jordan Rodrigues - Home and Away, Dance Academy
*Flip Simmons - Popstars, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
*Marko Panzic- So You Think You Can Dance 2008
*Hilton Denis- So You Think You Can Dance 2008
*Rhiannon Villareal - So You Think You Can Dance 2008
*Charli Delaney- Hi-5, T.V Personality
*Casey Burgess- Hi-5
*Charles Bartley - Runner up - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Stephen Tannos - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*BJ Rorke - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Katrina Risteska - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Pania Taku - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Chanelle Johnson - So You Think You Can Dance 2009
*Christina Hanley
Jen Friel (born December 8, 1984) is the CEO and founder of talknerdytomelover.com
Created on November 3, 2009 TNTML is ranked 50,000 in the US and 250,000 in the world with a staff of 22.
Talk Nerdy To Me, Lover made internet history being the first website to be coded and launched by a female and in 6 months to hit the top 250,000 sites on the net.
Talk Nerdy To Me, Lover is also being made into a major motion picture.
Early Career
Friel attended Hall High School in West Hartford, CT and finished her studies at age 16. She then auditioned, and was the youngest person to be accepted into the adult program at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in NYC. During her stay in NYC, she appeared in music videos, and was a regular on a top rated live show on the network Fuse.
Friel moved to Los Angeles in the spring of 2004 knowing not a single soul. In 2005, Jen attended Groundlings School of Improv. She also began appearing as a host for a local TV show, and acting along side one of her idols Sally Kellerman in a major motion picture .
In October of 2008, she appeared on 5 episodes of Deal or No Deal syndicated version as Suitcase #16.
Social Media
Friel was brought on at the end of 2007 to assist in the launch of latest start up, LiveVideo. Her channel was called "PhotoJeNic" and to date is one of the most watched live shows on the network. She discontinued her work with Greenspan at the end of 2008, opting instead to launch her own consulting company.
In 2009, she was nominated for Wired.com's Sexiest Geeks of 2009.
She successfully crashed the 52nd annual Grammy Awards red carpet where she tweeted and livestreamed via Ustream meeting Pete Cashmore, the CEO and founder of her favorite blog Mashable.
In February 2010, she was named one of the latest Ford Fiesta Movement Agents, and represented Team LA in the largest social media campaign in the country.
In June 2010, she was up for a job working for the CEO of AOL, Tim Armstrong, launching AOL's Lifestream platform.
Domains
Friel also owns a series of domains
www.iamsocialmedia.com
www.talknerdytomelover.com
www.theonlinereputationmanager.com
www.thatnerdychick.com
www.jenfriel.com
Personal Life
Jen Friel is single, and currently residing in Los Angeles, California.
Created on November 3, 2009 TNTML is ranked 50,000 in the US and 250,000 in the world with a staff of 22.
Talk Nerdy To Me, Lover made internet history being the first website to be coded and launched by a female and in 6 months to hit the top 250,000 sites on the net.
Talk Nerdy To Me, Lover is also being made into a major motion picture.
Early Career
Friel attended Hall High School in West Hartford, CT and finished her studies at age 16. She then auditioned, and was the youngest person to be accepted into the adult program at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in NYC. During her stay in NYC, she appeared in music videos, and was a regular on a top rated live show on the network Fuse.
Friel moved to Los Angeles in the spring of 2004 knowing not a single soul. In 2005, Jen attended Groundlings School of Improv. She also began appearing as a host for a local TV show, and acting along side one of her idols Sally Kellerman in a major motion picture .
In October of 2008, she appeared on 5 episodes of Deal or No Deal syndicated version as Suitcase #16.
Social Media
Friel was brought on at the end of 2007 to assist in the launch of latest start up, LiveVideo. Her channel was called "PhotoJeNic" and to date is one of the most watched live shows on the network. She discontinued her work with Greenspan at the end of 2008, opting instead to launch her own consulting company.
In 2009, she was nominated for Wired.com's Sexiest Geeks of 2009.
She successfully crashed the 52nd annual Grammy Awards red carpet where she tweeted and livestreamed via Ustream meeting Pete Cashmore, the CEO and founder of her favorite blog Mashable.
In February 2010, she was named one of the latest Ford Fiesta Movement Agents, and represented Team LA in the largest social media campaign in the country.
In June 2010, she was up for a job working for the CEO of AOL, Tim Armstrong, launching AOL's Lifestream platform.
Domains
Friel also owns a series of domains
www.iamsocialmedia.com
www.talknerdytomelover.com
www.theonlinereputationmanager.com
www.thatnerdychick.com
www.jenfriel.com
Personal Life
Jen Friel is single, and currently residing in Los Angeles, California.