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Amanda Seyfriend and her boyfriend

They make faces after they were caught leaving a Halloween party together and three months on Amanda Seyfried and Ryan Phillippe are still enjoying each other’s company.

Ryan Phillippe was seen visiting on Amanda Seyfried the LA set of her new sci-fi film, Now, which also stars Justin Timberlake. The actress, who wears a red wig for her role, greeted her new love interest a romantic hug and the pair later grabbed lunch together.

‘They’re really into each other,’ a source tells America’s People magazine. ‘They’re a really good match and just enjoying it all right now.’The following day they were spotted enjoying a late morning breakfast with friends at the Los Angeles restaurant Joan’s On Third. The pair (Amanda Seyfried and Ryan Phillippe) have been quietly dating away from the spotlight in recent months and are now getting more serious about their relationship.

With talent, looks and charm, actress Amanda Seyfried delivered several scene-stealing performances in hit teen comedies, edgy independents and compelling television series before landing her breakthrough role as the rebellious daughter of a polygamist family on “Big Love” (HBO, 2006- ). Seyfried first gained notice as a ditsy member of a group of high school “Mean Girls” (2004), which led into a more mature performance in the adult drama, “Nine Lives” (2005). While her career was on an upswing thanks to “Big Love,” Seyfried became a bona fide star following a leading turn in the smash hit feature “Mamma Mia!” (2008), a musical adaptation of the Broadway musical inspired by pop group ABBA. From there, she carried the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ “Dear John” (2010) while taking risks with Atom Egoyan’s erotic thriller “Cloe” (2010), both of which proved to be smart choices that kept audiences guessing what she would do next while foretelling more promising work to come.

Born on Dec. 3, 1985, Amanda Louise Seyfried grew up in Allentown, PA, and was raised by her father, Jack, a pharmacist, and her mother, Ann, an occupational therapist. When she was 11 years old, she began modeling and took singing lessons until she was 17, all of which helped prepare her for a career in the arts. While a teenage model, Seyfried appeared on the covers of three books by Francine Pascal - My Mother Was Never a Kid, Love & Betrayal & Hold the Mayo andMy First Love and Other Disasters – author of the popular Sweet Valley High series. Seyfried started acting while attending William Allen High School, which led to her role in 2000 as Lucinda Marie on “As the World Turns” (CBS, 1956- ), followed by a recurring appearance from 2002-03 as Joni Stafford on “All My Children” (ABC, 1970- ).

Following high school graduation, Seyfried enrolled at Fordham University in New York, only to put her education on hold when she was cast as Karen Smith, the ditsy member of the Plastics, in the hit high school comedy “Mean Girls” (2004), which also starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams. Amanda Seyfried initially tried out for the roles of naïve Cady (Lohan) and queen bee Regina (McAdams), but there was something about taking on the loveable airhead role that made Seyfried a major standout in the film. “Mean Girls” became such a hit that Seyfried could have gone after lighthearted roles that were similar to the dumb blonde routine she nailed in that film; instead, she went after intricate, character-driven projects, including a leading role in “Nine Lives” (2005), an interwoven story about nine women that also starred Robin Wright Penn and Academy-Award winner Holly Hunter.

After her appearances on the big screen, Amanda Seyfried returned to television, playing Lilly Kane – the title character’s murdered best friend – on “Veronica Mars” (UPN/The CW, 2004-07). The actress’ role involved flashbacks and visions, and was often compared to the tragic Laura Palmer character from “Twin Peaks” (ABC, 1990-91). Coincidentally, Seyfried also auditioned to play Veronica, a role that eventually went to Kristen Bell. Following guest appearances on “House” (FOX, 2004- ), “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC, 1999- ) and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS, 2000- ), an increasingly busy Seyfried landed her first regular dramatic series role with “Big Love” (2006- ). On the hit HBO drama about a polygamist family led by a hardware chain store owner (Bill Paxton) trying to stay under the radar, Amanda Seyfried impressed critics and audiences with her emotionally-charged performance as the eldest daughter who constantly struggles and butts heads over the family’s polygamist beliefs.

Returning to features, Amanda Seyfried next starred as Sophie, the lead role in “Mamma Mia!” (2008), a lavish film version of the long-running Broadway production based on the music of ABBA, which starred Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnan, and became a smash box office hit. Meanwhile, the actress also appeared in the films “Boogie Woogie” (2008), and “Jennifer’s Body” (2009), a comedic horror flick from “Juno” (2007) screenwriter, Diablo Cody. Following a starring turn in Atom Egoyan’s erotic thriller, “Chloe” (2010), she starred in the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ tearjerker “Dear John” (2010), in which she played a young Savannah woman who exchanges letters with a soldier (Channing Tatum) she fell in love with before he was shipped off to war. Despite largely mixed reviews, the somber drama was nonetheless a surprise hit at the box office. Meanwhile, she joined William H. Macy, Judy Greer and Jeremy Piven for the big screen adaptation of the long-running comic, “Marmaduke” (2010).

Radio carbon dating indicates that the Sydney has been inhabited by indigenous Australians for at least 30,000 years. [10] The traditional Aboriginal people of Sydney Cove Cadigal are the people whose lands once stretched from south of Port Jackson in petersham [11]. Although estimates of population before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 remains controversial, about 4.000 to 8.000 aboriginal people lived in Sydney before contacting the British settlers. The British called Native «Eora”, [12], because they asked where they came, these people will answer: here “or” the place “in their language [11]” Eora “, which means that. “There were three language groups in Sydney, which is divided into dialects spoken by smaller clans. Darug The main language (the Cadigal, the first inhabitants of the city of Sydney, spoke a coastal dialect Darug)Dharawal and Guringai. Each tribe territory, the location of that territory determined the resources available. Although urbanization has destroyed much evidence of the community (such as shell middens), Sydney a series of rock paintings, carvings androck paintings still visible on the Hawkesbury sandstone of the Sydney basin [13].

A Direct North General View of Sydney Cove, and painted by convict artist Thomas Watling in 1794
In 1770, the British captain Lieutenant James Cook landed at Botany Bay on the Kurnell Peninsula. It was here that Cook made his first contact with an Aboriginal community known as Gweagal. [14] According to instructions from the British government, a convict settlement was founded by Arthur Phillip, who arrived at Botany Bay with a fleet of 11 ships, 18 January 1788. This website is soon determined to be not fit for habitation due to poor soil and lack of reliable freshwater. Phillip established a colony and then an entrance above the coast, at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. Is named after the British Minister of Interior, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, in recognition of the role of Sydney on the issue of charter allows Phillip to establish a colony. The original name was intended to Albion Phillip decided to Sydney [15].

The International Exhibition of 1879 in the Palace Garden
But in 1789, shortly after arriving in Botany Bay of the French expedition led by La Perouse, a devastating smallpox epidemic or disease, chickenpox, it spreads through the Eora people and groups around, so local natives lost their lives by the thousands, and organizations can often be seen floating in the waters of Sydney Harbour [16].Colonial historian and Watkin tench First Fleet officers, that the accounts are the primary sources for the early years of a colony, said the epidemic could have been caused by Aboriginal disturb the grave of a French seaman who died several shortly after their arrival in Australia (supposedly smallpox) and was buried in Botany Bay [17].
In April 1789 a disease believed to be smallpox, killed between 500 and 1000 Aboriginal people between Broken Bay and Botany Bay. [12] There was violent resistance to British settlement, notably by the warrior Pemulwuy in the area around Botany Bay, and clashes are frequent in the area surrounding the Hawkesbury River. By 1820 there were only a few hundred Aborigines and Governor Macquarie had begun initiatives to ‘civilize, Christianise and educate’ the Aborigines by removing them from their tribes. Term [12] Macquarie as Governor of New South Wales was a period when Sydney was improved from basic principles. Roads, bridges, wharves and public buildings constructed by the British and Irish convicts, and by 1822 the town had banks, markets, roads and established an organized police.

Sydney harbor in 1932
In 1830 and 1840 were the time of urban development, including development of the first villages as the city grew rapidly when ships began arriving from Britain and Ireland with immigrants who want to start a new life in a new country. On July 20, 1842 the municipal council of Sydney was incorporated and the city was declared the first city in Australia, by John Hosking, the first elected mayor. [18] The first of many Australian gold rushes started in 1851, and the port of Sydney has since seen many waves of immigrants arriving from around the world.
Rapid suburban development began in the last quarter of the 19th century with the advent of steam powered trams and trains. With the industrialization of Sydney expanded rapidly, and by the early 20th century has a population of over one million. In 1929, novelist Arthur Henry Adams called «Siren City South” and the “Athens of Australia.” [19] The Great Depression hit Sydney that bad. One of the features during the Depression, however, is the completion of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932. [20] is always a rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne after the gold rushes of 1850′s made the capital of the largest and richest city Victoria Australia’s. [21] Sydney overtook Melbourne in population in the early years of th 20th century [22] and has remained the largest city in Australia by this time. During 1970 and 1980 of the Sydney CBD with a large number of financial institutions, including the headquarters of the Reserve Banksurpassed Melbourne as the financial capital of the country. [23] Throughout the 20th century, especially in the decades immediately after World War II, Sydney continued to expand as a large number of European and later Asian immigrants populatedmetropolitan area.
[Edit] Geography

Main article: Geography of Sydney

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[Edit] topography
urban area of ??Sydney is a coastal area, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the north and the Royal National Park in the south. Located on a submergent coastline, where sea level has risen to flood deep river valleys (ria) carved on Hawkesbury sandstone. Port Jackson, better known as Sydney Harbour, is one of these RIA and is the largest natural harbor in the world.[24] The Sydney region is not affected by major earthquakes.
The urban area has about 70 harbor and ocean beaches, including the famous Bondi Beach. Sydney’s urban area covers 1.687 km2 (651 square miles) since 2001. [25] The Sydney Statistical Division, which used census data, is the official metropolitan area [26] and covering 12.145 km2 (4.689 square miles). [27] This area includes the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, and national parks and other land unurbanised.
Geographically, Sydney lies in two regions: the Cumberland Plain, a relatively flat area in the south and west of the harbor, and the Hornsby Plateau, a sandstone plateau is found mainly in the north of the port and cut through the steep slope . Parts of the city with the oldest European development located in the flat areas south of the harbor. The North Shore was slower to develop because the hilly terrain and lack of access to the port. The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932 and connected to the North Shore for the remainder of the town [28].
[Edit] Geology
Main article: Sydney Basin
Sydney is almost Triassic rocks, with some recent igneous dykes and volcanic necks.The Hawkesbury sandstone is approximately 200 meters (600 feet) thick, with shale lenses and fossil beds dotted around it. Almost all rocks are exposed around the Sydney sandstone. The sand is to make this sandstone laid in Triassic period, about 200 million years ago, a time when the plants ferns, dinosaurs were reptiles, mammals are only thinking. The Sydney Basin is located on the east coast of Australia, consisting of a basin filled with nearly horizontal sandstones and Permian to Triassic shakes age sediments overlie older basement rocks of the Lachlan Fold Belt. The sedimentary rocks are on the rise with a gentle folding and minor problems during the formation of the Great Dividing Range. Erosion of coastal waves created by a landscape of deep ravines and plateaus cliffed remnants across. The Sydney Basin Bioregion include coastal landscapes of the coastal cliffs and estuaries [29].
The sandstone featuring Sydney was founded about 200 million years ago. The sand was washed from Broken Hill, and down on a bed that is about 200 meters thick. Waves washed through it, tossing most of the minerals and stones leaving a very poor made a huge land. The channels are flushed in some areas while in others, the patterns formed in sand banks show a typical current bed or multiple beds can often be seen in transplants. The basin is bordered to the south and west of the earlier of a series of largely low-grade metamorphic and granitic rocks of the Lachlan Fold Belt. In the north, the rocks of the Sydney Basin sequence transmitted in the Hunter Valley is transitional between the Sydney Basin and New England Fold Belt. In the northwest, Sydney Basin sequence passes the Gunnedah Basin. In the east, the Sydney Basin sequence continues offshore to the edge of the continental shelf. The total maximum thickness of the Sydney Basin is approximately about 5000 meters.
[Edit] Climate
Additional Information: Climate of Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney has a temperate climate with hot summer and mild winter. Rainfall is distributed throughout the year. [30] The weather is moderated by proximity to the ocean, and the most extreme temperatures recorded in the western suburbs. The warmest month is January with an average temperature of air in Observatory Hill ??? 18,6 25,8 ° C (65-78 ° F). An average of 14.6 days per year with temperatures above 30 ° C (86,0 ° F). The maximum temperature is 45,3 ° C (113.5 ° F) on January 14, 1939 at the end of four days throughout the summer in Australia [31].
In winter, temperatures seldom drop below 5 ° C (41 ° F) in coastal areas. The coldest month is July with an average width 8.0 ??? 16,2 ° C (46-61 ° F). The lowest minimum recorded at Observatory Hill was 2.1 ° C (35,8 ° F). Rainfall is fairly evenly through the year, but was slightly higher during the first half of the year, when easterly winds prevail.[Citation needed] The average annual rainfall, moderate to low variability, is 1217 mm (48 in.), which dropped on average 138 days a year. [32] Snowfall was last reported in the Sydney City area in 1836. [33] However, the July 2008 fall of graupel, or soft ice, mistaken by many for snow has increased the likelihood that the 1836 incident was not the snow, or [34].

Partly cloudy with periodic Vaucluse sunlight during the spring
The city was not affected by cyclones. El Nino Southern Oscillation plays an important role in determining Sydney’s weather, droughts and forest fires on the one hand, and storms and flooding on the other hand, is associated with the opposite phases of oscillation. Many areas of the city bordering bushland have experienced forest fires, especially in 1994 and 2001-02 – these tend to occur during spring and summer. The city is also prone to severe storms with hail, and windstorms. One such storm was the 1999 hailstorm, which severely damaged towns and villages in eastern Sydney. The massive ice storm made at least 9 cm (3.5 in.) in diameter and security led to losses of around a 1.7 billion U.S. dollars in less than five hours. [35] The next important event was the first week of February 2010, when Sydney took some of the highest rainfall in 25 years, which caused flash flooding and traffic chaos [36].
The Meteorological Service reported that 2002 through 2005 was the warmest summers in Sydney since records began in 1859. [37] In the summer of 2007-08, however, proved to be one of the cool summer in the file [38]. Warmer and drier conditions returned in 2009, 2010 and 2011 recorded above average temperatures. In 2009, the dry conditions brought severe dust storm in Eastern Australia. [39] [40]

[Hide] elements of the climate in Sydney
Month Jan Feb. March April May June July August September October November December Year
Records ° C (° F) 45,3
(113.5) 42.1
(107.8) 39.8
(103.6) 33.9
(93) 30.0
(86) 26.9
(80.4) 25.9
(78.6) 31.3
(88.3) 34.6
(94.3) 38.2
(100.8) 41.8
(107.2) 42.2
(108) 45.3
(113.5)
Average high ° C (° F) 25,9
(78.6) 25.8
(78.4) 24.7
(76.5) 22.4
(72.3) 19.4
(66.9) 16.9
(62.4) 16.3
(61.3) 17.8
(64) 20.0
(68) 22.1
(71.8) 23.6
(74.5) 25.2
(77.4) 21.7
(71.1)
Average low ° C (° F) 18,7
(65.7) 18.8
(65.8) 17.5
(63.5) 14.7
(58.5) 11.5
(52.7) 9.3
(48.7) 8.0
(46.4) 8.9
(48) 11.1
(52) 13.5
(56.3) 15.6
(60.1) 17.5
(63.5) 13.8
(56.8)
Records ° C (° F) 10.6
(51.1) 9.6
(49.3) 9.3
(48.7) 7.0
(44.6) 4.4
(39.9) 2.1
(35.8) 2.2
(36) 2.7
(36.9) 4.9
(40.8) 5.7
(42.3) 7.7
(45.9) 9.1
(48.4) 2.1
(35.8)
Rain mm (inches) 101.5
(3.996) 118.7
(4.673) 128.9
(5.075) 125.8
(4.953) 121.1
(4.768) 130.7
(5.146) 97.3
(3.831) 81.2
(3.197) 69.1
(2.72) 77.6
(3,055) 83.1
(3.272) 77.8
(3.063) 1,212.8
(47.748)
Avg. rainy days (? 0,1 mm) 12.2 12.4 13.5 12.8 13.2 12.5 11.1 10.5 10.6 11.6 11.6 11.5 143.5
Sunshine hours 220.1 194.3 198.4 192.0 182.9 165.0 198.4 220.1 216.0 223.2 234.0 235.6 2480
Source: Bureau of Meteorology [41]

[Edit] Urban structure

Northern Beaches of Sydney. city ??metropolitan areas characterized by large areas of urban sprawl, and the east side beaches along the Tasman Sea
See also: Regions of Sydney
Sydney central business district (CBD), extending south for approximately 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sydney Cove to the area around the station. The Sydney CBD is bounded on the east by a chain of parkland, and the west by Darling Harbour, a tourist and nightlife precinct. Although the CBD dominated the downtown business district and cultural life during the early days, other business / cultural sites are built in a radial shape from the Second World War. As a result, the percentage of white-collar jobs located in the CBD declined from more than 60 percent at the end of World War II to less than 30 percent in 2004. [Citation needed]
Including the commercial district of North Sydney CBD is linked to the Harbour Bridge, the largest foreign business district is Parramatta [42] in central-west, Penrith [43], to the west, Bondi Junction in the east, Liverpool [44] southwest, Chatswood to the north and south Hurstville.
The wide area covered by urban Sydney is formally divided into 649 [45] suburbs (for addressing and postal purposes), and administered by 40 [46] local government area.No metropolitan levels of government, but the government of New South Wales and its agencies have a major responsibility for providing metropolitan services. [47] The city of Sydney itself covers a fairly small area comprising the central business district and surrounding outskirts of inner-city’s. In addition, regional descriptions are used informally to conveniently describe larger portion of urban areas. This includes the Eastern suburbs, Hills District, Inner West, Canterbury-Bankstown, Greater Western Sydney, North Beach, North, North Shore, St. George, South Sydney South West Sydney, Western Sydney and Sutherland bit. However, there are many villages conveniently covered by any of these categories.
[Edit] Parks and open spaces

Fountain was created two hundred years Park, to celebrate the bicentenary of Australia
See also: Parks in Sydney
Sydney is well endowed with open spaces and access road, and there are many natural areas, including downtown. The CBD is the Chinese Garden of Friendship in Hyde Park, the area and the Royal Botanic Gardens. The metropolitan area contains several national parks, such as the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world, and many parks in the far west of Sydney, which is part of the World Heritage listed Greater Blue Mountains Area. [48]
The Department was established by Governor Arthur Phillip, just six months after the arrival of the first fast. Originally established as an exclusive to the governor, opened to the public in 1830.