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WHEN IT COMES TO scheduling day meetings, Cheryl Geid has just about seen it all. Geid, national travel and meeting planner for Grant Thornton LLP, a Chicago-based financial services firm, has booked space in hotels, conference centers, sports facilities, restaurants … even a bus.
Yes, a bus. Directed to find space for an executive brainstorming session, Geid got creative and hired a motorcoach.
Participants "took the bus up to Lake Forest [30 miles north of Chicago] and spent the time brainstorming," she says. Once in Lake Forest, they adjourned the meeting, had lunch in a restaurant, got back on the bus, and resumed their session on the ride back to the Chicago office.
"It went great," she says. "Very productive."
While day meetings can provide planners such as Geid with an opportunity to show their savvy, innovative side, the reality is that many facilities just don't want to bother with meeting business without sleeping rooms attached. In that way, they can be the hardest type of meetings to place.
"You've got to know your vendors," Geid says. "You're often talking about a last-minute favor. When all else fails, you've got to grab your Rolodex and pick up the phone."
Don't Be Offended, But …
Geid's observations provide support for the adage that the day meeting is the "ugly baby" of the meeting family. Because it lacks the financial firepower of its multiday, overnight meeting sibling, many meeting facilities simply aren't interested in the business.
For example, day meeting business at the Chaminade Executive Conference Center in Santa Cruz, Calif., accounts for just 5 percent of the center's group business, says Sherrie Huneke, Chaminade's director of sales. While day meetings "are very important," she says, Chaminade will not book one more than three weeks out. "It's just not the thrust of our business," she says. "We only have 150 rooms on property, and most groups come in for things like five-day training programs. We don't want to take up meeting space [for day meetings] that will prevent us from booking the complete business package."
Sherri Hoy, director of sales for the Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., agrees that day meetings are a challenge. "If we still have guest rooms to sell, we don't want to sell all of our meeting space. It really all rides on one fact — you have to build the highest occupancy rate you can."
Hotels are in the same situation as residential conference centers. "In good times, hotels are jammed," says Eric Baron, CEO of the Baron Group, a sales consulting company out of Westport, Conn. "Some places, it will depend on the state of business. Other places are completely off the table."
What can planners do to make their meetings more attractive to hotels? It helps, Hoy says, if a planner is flexible about the date, or even about the meeting locations within a property.
Baron says that hotel day meeting space is more likely to be found in the summer, and on specific days. "In my experience," he says, "if you are going to book a one-day meeting, look at Mondays and Fridays."
Joan Eisenstodt, president of Eisenstodt Associates, a conference management and consulting firm in Washington, D.C., advises planners to seek situations in which a hotel is dealing with a short-term buyer's market. "For instance, look at conventions that are in town and the hotels that book guest rooms, but not meeting rooms [for the conventions]," she says. These are the ones that would have available space at a reasonable price.
There's always room for negotiation, says Hoy. Although she will "add value to packages," such as an enhanced AV package or an end-of-the-day reception, rather than negotiate rates, she has negotiated cancellation and attrition clauses when clients have booked a series of meetings.
Day Meeting Packages, or DMP's, can include a variety of options, including full meals, breakfasts, breaks, beverage, AV items, and Internet access. The International Association of Conference Centers' latest survey of the conference center industry (Trends in the Conference Center Industry — North America), pegs the average day conference rate at $66.55 per person. The meeting room itself accounts for 29 percent of that total, while lunch takes up 23 percent. AV and other services make up most of the balance.
Finding Room at the Inn
Like them or not, day meetings are becoming an important slice of the total meeting pie. "We are booking a lot of business in day centers," says Jody Wallace, vice president of sales and marketing for Brick, N.J.-based EMCVenues, a national sales and marketing organization for independent conference centers that provides meeting planners and training professionals with one point of contact to book meetings at multiple centers. EMCVenues has received so many inquiries about day meetings, Wallace says, that it plans to use "We Love Day Meetings" as an upcoming marketing slogan.
Conference centers, particularly those that cater specifically to day meetings, are becoming the facility of choice for executives and planners. John Potterton, director of the Summit Executive Center in Chicago, argues that these centers provide clients with an "all-around better experience" for purposes of a day meeting. And Coleman Finkel, president of the Coleman Center in New York, believes a properly designed center enhances the meeting experience. "It's important that clients can come to a place that's quiet, pressure-free, calm, and be able to concentrate, interact, and participate in their programs," he says.
Bob Dean, chief learning officer for Grant Thornton, uses Summit for day meetings as well as multiday meetings, even though Summit has no guest rooms. "They are in a prime office area in Chicago," he says. "They have a full-service staff for everything from your audiovisual needs to your catering needs. Everything you might ever need is available there, so you don't have to do a lot of customized planning. You can do a short-notice meeting there and know that you can have the food and the AV services you need."
One challenge facing day centers is making the meeting public "aware that there are day centers around," says Potterton. Another challenge is that not too many are to be found in the country's major cities. But residential conference centers do provide day meeting opportunities. "Most conference centers do a lot of day meetings," says IACC Executive Vice President Tom Bolman. According to Trends in the Conference Center Industry — North America, local meetings account for 81.5 percent of the market for nonresidential conference centers.
Hotels are also viable day meeting destinations, even with their mandate to sell guest rooms. Geid of Grant Thornton suggests that small boutique hotels that are trying to draw transient business are good bets to have available space. And brands such as Marriott Courtyards are "all about day meeting space," she says. "You'd be surprised at the kind of space you'll find, and they'll charge you half the price and let you bring in your own food!"
A Different Animal
Attendees have a certain mind-set when they take a day off from work to attend an off-site. "People go to a day meeting with the mind-set of 'this better be worthwhile, I'm taking time away from work for this,'" says Dean. "It had better be well-planned and worth everyone's time. The facility helps a lot with this. Boy, it can make a big difference when the facility can almost read your mind about what you want to do."
Can the facility provide the appropriate AV services? Does it have high-speed Internet access? This will be important for companies such as Dean's that have "a bunch of knowledge workers" who are looking to hook up their laptops "Service is also important," Baron says. "When it's not there, that's when you'll notice."
Finding the right fit is important for every meeting, but perhaps even more so for this kind. There's a lot to be accomplished in a short amount of time, and there's no opportunity to extend the meeting message into after-hours activities or events. As Dean says, "We're making a big investment to take people off site." It needs to pay off.
From Arenas to Steakhouses
Alternatives for day meetings
Hotels and conference centers are the obvious choices for a day meeting. But what else can you do?
Universities or colleges often build conference centers for continuing education courses being taught at night, which leaves these centers open for potential clients during the day, suggests John Potterton, director of Chicago's Summit Executive Center. Museums offer the opposite kind of situation, he says, and can be used in the evening after normal museum hours.
Civic arenas are beginning to dedicate particular areas as day conference centers. Cheryl Geid, national travel and meeting planner for Grant Thornton LLP, a Chicago-based financial services firm, has used the latter type of facility, booking space at Chicago's newly renovated Soldier's Field, which, she says, "is now loaded with meeting space." Geid also says that convention centers can be a great place to book a day meeting, particularly if a large group needs to be placed.
Boutique and second-tier hotels, as well as private clubs — especially if an employee is a member — can make for available and affordable meeting space. Also, in Chicago, "restaurants like Gibsons Steakhouse are attracting more day meetings," says Geid. "You would be surprised how a private dining room can be changed into a meeting room. And the food is always great."
Art or Science?
Meeting room yield management
Although there is evidence that more hotels are applying yield-management techniques to meeting room rental fees and charging higher fees at certain times, meeting room yield management remains "more of a pseudo-science," says Carol Verret of Carol Verret & Associates in Greenwood Village, Colo. Verret has written extensively about hotel yield-management practices.
When it comes to something like a day meeting, "You can do the research … evaluate demand from other sources at the same time," Verret says, but revenue management strategy will, in many ways, remain "a judgment call."
Verret recounts a discussion she recently had with a customer looking to book a banquet in a hotel function room. The customer, Verret said, did not understand why she had to pay for a room rental when she was paying for food, beverage, service, and other items associated with the event.
"I challenged the general manager [of the hotel] to tell me what the assumptions were behind the setting of the rates for the meeting room," Verret says. "He couldn't."


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Submitted by Leigh-Anne Mauk on Wed, 04/12/2006 - 12:00am
For more information, contact Associate Professor of Administration of Justice David Yohman at 301-790-2800, ext. 223.
Hagerstown Community College will conduct a Criminal Response Emergency Assessment Scenario on Saturday, April 22, beginning at 9 a.m. on the HCC campus. The event is open to the public.
During this mock scenario, students from the paramedic, radiography and criminal justice programs work together to put into practice the skills they've learned during their college course work. Students from the Western Maryland Police Academy will team up with HCC criminal justice students this year to investigate the criminal incidents. Students from the Community and Technical College of Shepherd's paramedic program will also participate.
Members of the Maryland State Police, Hagerstown Police Department and Washington County Sheriff's Office will assess the performance of the criminal justice students; volunteer fire/rescue workers from both MD and WV along with Community Rescue Service will assess the performance of the EMT students.
The Nursing and Radiology faculty will assess their students' performance in the scenario. In all, about 80 people will be involved in the activity. The purpose of the activity is to assess student learning and the career programs involved.
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Meals on Wheels came to Maine in June 1971, when Meals for Me Inc. in Bangor served its first meals after an uphill three-year process of planning and selling.
Volunteer Tom O'Connor pulls prepared holiday meals from the oven, where they were heated before being delivered to Meals on Wheels recipients in southern Maine in 2011. A minister who helped bring the program to Maine says he fears for its future.
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No one had heard of Meals on Wheels, and convincing Mainers was a hard sell. We began with a demonstration grant under Title III of the Older Americans Act.
Because of the difficulty of getting the program off the ground, our goals were modest. We hoped to serve 25 meals a day in the first months and build the program to 75 meals a day by the end of the first year.
We had six community VISTA volunteers canvass Bangor; our plan was based on their reports. We served almost 80 meals a day the first week, due in large part to the awareness created by the VISTA volunteers.
We were told by two public health nurses on the board that we must immediately begin delivering home meals.
We began delivering to homebound seniors after three months, and by the end of the first year we were delivering almost 100 meals a day, five days a week, including all Monday holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The only day we were closed was New Year's Day.
During the second year of operation, funding was switched to Title VII of the Older Americans Act. Title VII said only 10 percent of meals could be served in a congregate setting. We successfully argued for a waiver of that rule.
Then President Nixon impounded the money for Title VII. Sen. Bill Hathaway fought successfully to get the funds released before we had to shut down. The Republicans have been trying to stop Meals on Wheels ever since. Their latest tactic is called sequestration.
I am angry about what is happening to Meals on Wheels. It is not the program I started 40-plus years ago. I fear it will disappear completely unless there is concerted grass-roots action to support it.
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Registration fee excludes mainstay of pride parade
The Southern Maine Gay Pride Parade in Portland has always been a wonderful celebration of diversity and acceptance. For years I've had the thrill and honor of riding my Harley with the Dykes on Bikes at the front of the parade.
Women ride from all over the state to lead the parade, rev their engines and wave to all the spectators cheering them on in a spectacular demonstration of gay pride and free speech.
But at the June 15 parade, everything changed when we were turned away by parade organizer Dave Nadeau. He told us that because we hadn't registered and paid the $100 fee, we weren't wanted in the parade.
I tried to reason with him and remind him that all across America, Dykes on Bikes lead gay pride parades. I tried to explain that we're not an official organization; we don't have membership cards, and we don't have an official spokesperson. We've never registered before and we've always led the parade.
I told him that by excluding us he was going against the spirit of gay pride. Since the beginning of the gay pride movement, it's been drag queens and strong, brazen lesbians on bikes who have been the most visible and fearless. To exclude us over something as trivial and shallow as an entry fee is an embarrassment and a travesty.
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I was just wondering if anyone else has had dreams about Weezer?
I've had a few- running into them at a restaurant and eating with them, having them play at my birthday party, and them coming to my graduation party. haha
I hope I'm not the only one xD
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omg I was just telling Wilford, Stefan P'Pool and a couple others about a really really weird dream I had about Weezer a little over a month ago. It was insane. I wrote it in a blog on weezer but got bashful and set it to where only I could see it.
Since you asked and you're my facebook buddy and I like ya, I'll copy paste my blog onto this. I'm warning you though, it's weird.. but every single person I've told it to have laughed their rears off.
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So I had this bizarre dream last night.
It started off by me telling my best friend (who I'm going to the concert with) "Wow, that 5 hour trip to Chicago seemed to only take a couple minutes." she agreed and we decided to get out and stand in line. The thermometer said it was 8 degrees outside and it was snowing however I was not cold at all. The 4 hour wait in line seemed to fly as well. We got inside and walked down a huge hallway. A couple dudes passed us and were like "You guys aren't real weezer fans because you aren't wearing the glasses!" then they mumbled something and walked off. A little later one of them came back and asked my friend a question and it's no lie that she doesn't know much about the band... she's mainly going for me however she does like a lot of their songs... but the person almost had her kicked out because of it. It was insane. LOL
The good news was we had 2nd row seats (yes, seats.. even tho I know very well the Aragon doesn't have seats on the floor). I sat down and I put something on the seat to tell ppl it was spoken for. I told Julie I was going on a mission to find Rivers. So I just got up... got on the stage and walked to the back stage. LMAO (I would never freaking do that in real life, I'm such a loon in my dreams).. I walked everywhere and thought "Well maybe it was the door I originally walked by..." so I went back to it and sure enough. Then I had a weird moment of hey I'm on this side of the webshow haha... yea, I thought of that before I thought of Rivers. He wasn't even in the room. Then he comes out of the bathroom and has nothing but boxers on. I was like omg, so sorry!! He was like "Who the hell are you?" I responded nervously "Jessica... er umm.. jKlein on the weezer webite.. jakweez on your ustream... I had that photo of my son watching you on TV that you liked..." and I was shaking it was crazy. I wonder if I was really shaking in my sleep because that felt so real. Then he threw his 20lb weight at me and told me to get out. LMAO As I was running I saw a chair fly by before it hit the wall next to me.
So I went back to my seat and told Julie "Rivers totally hates me now.." and then the concert started shortly after I got back. Rivers came out to the audience and he was next to me singing "Memories" and at first he was dance/singing and he was looking at me but then he frowned and whacked me on across the head with his microphone. I turned around and told my friend "SEE. I TOLD YOU HE HATES ME!" then she responds with "Well maybe he doesn't like to be walked in on while he's getting dressed. Geez, JeJe" (We've called eachother JeJe and JuJu since we were 11)
Then he was like "MEMORIES... MAKE ME WANT TO BEAT jKLEINS ASS" and Scott came after me in this ninja move with his guitar and Pat was throwing his drum sticks at me. Brian just sat back and laughed. Karl eventually stopped them and told me to "sit in the back of the class" so I did. Then I realized after it was all said and done I didn't get one picture. LOL I guess if it were real I probably wouldn't want pictures of Rivers attacking me anyway haha!! I also remember thinking 'omg this is going to be on youtube tomorrow.' I woke up right after that. I was laying there like WTF. LOL
Man, Rivers, why you so violent in my dreams? LOL
I told Julie, who is going w/me, this dream and she's rolling on the floor laughing. My husband will probably just roll his eyes at me and say "I told you you've been watching their videos too much lately"... how much you wanna bet? LOL
I still crack up everytime I tell/think about/read this. It was the most interesting dream I've had in a long time and I haven't had one to beat it since.
BTW in that last part I said my husband would probably roll his eyes... uh.. no, he laughed his butt off too and randomly acts like he's going to hit me w/the TV remote or something going "MEMORIES!!!"
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So in this dream, I was at my school's gym. I opened the back door, and there was this huge grass area with a Hollywood Bowl-style stage. I then saw Rivers right behind me wearing a red lifejacket-type vest... I said "YO! RIVERS!" and he looked at me and said "hi" back and gave me a high five. While all this was going on, Brian, Pat, and Scott were all performing and Karl was on the side of the stage looking at them angrily, for some reason....... Rivers then signed my guitar (why I had my guitar with me at school, you may ask? Me and my friends jammed at lunch sometimes with acoustics) and gave me a free copy of the Blue Album, even though it's been out for 17 years..... so anyways, me, being a greedy little d-bag asked if I could have his glasses. And he gave me his glasses. I then woke up and swore a bunch and cried that it wasn't real. :p


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Ocean City Maryland the "Premier Family Resort" on the East Coast. Ocean City has alot to offer for families. Fishing, golfing, swimming, boogie board riding. Assateague Park close by to visit the wild ponies. We now how have a casino that offers 750 slots, along with scheduled harness racing. Visit the beautiful town of Berlin, which is full of antique stores and quaint little shops and restaurants. OC is known as the White Marlin Capital of the world. There is something for the entire family.
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The Malian army says it has re-taken control of the central town of Konna, as French and regional forces continue to pour into the country to fight a rebel offensive.
The army says it has gained "total control" of the city after inflicting "heavy losses" on the Islamist rebels there. The militant takeover of the town last week prompted France to intervene in its former colony.
The Malian army has previously reported military successes in Konna, but the claims are difficult to verify, since journalists have had difficulty accessing the city.
The one-week-old counter-offensive by French and West African regional troops appears to have stopped the southward advance of the al-Qaida-linked fighters, but has encountered heavier than expected resistance.
Heavy fighting between French soldiers and militants was reported Thursday in the town Diabaly, which was seized this week by the rebels.
French officials say 1,400 troops are now in Mali. A total of 2,500 soldiers are expected to deploy in the coming days. France says they will stay until the situation is stable.
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The U.N. refugee agency says it expects an increased wave of Malians to flee their homes in the coming months. An agency spokesperson said Friday it is preparing for 300,000 to be displaced inside the country and for 400,000 to leave for neighboring countries.
Al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremists seized control of northern Mali after renegade soldiers toppled the government in March, leaving a temporary power vacuum. The militants have imposed harsh conservative Islamic law across the north.
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Cheating is defined, in part, as intentionally "to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of academic work so as to accrue undeserved credit, or to cooperate with someone else in such misrepresentation". "Work" includes, for example, exams, papers, reports, projects, assignments, and presentations. Falsifying experimental data or information is cheating. Cooperating with another person to do any of the above is defined as cheating.
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HARRISONBURG, Va., April 4, 2013 – Coming off its second straight appearance in the semifinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship, the James Madison field hockey team announced its 2013 schedule Thursday.
Head coach Antoinette Lucas and the Dukes play 18 games in 2013, including eight at home at the JMU Field Hockey Complex, nine on the road and one at a neutral site.
"We are really excited about our 2013 schedule," Lucas said. "We have a good balance that includes some really great teams. I am especially pleased with the opportunity to play such a solid schedule early in the season in preparation for conference play in late September and October. I am always happy with the ability to play two great non-conference teams, such as Davidson and Wake Forest, in the middle of conference play."
Madison's schedule includes 12 non-conference games and six CAA meetings. Eight of the 11 Division I field hockey conferences are represented on Madison's slate, including two games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Dukes face a number of tough challenges in 2013 with three games against teams that qualified for the NCAA tournament in 2012 and five games against teams that were ranked in the final NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll. Nine of next year's opponents concluded last season ranked in the top 40 of the NCAA Ratings Percent Index (RPI).
The 2013 campaign kicks off at home as Madison hosts a pair of teams from the Mid-American Conference. On Friday, Aug. 30, the Dukes welcome Kent State to Harrisonburg for a 7 p.m. game before concluding the weekend on Sunday, Sept. 1 with a 1 p.m. game against Ball State. Other non-conference home games include visits from VCU (Sept. 18), Appalachian State (Sept. 21) and Radford (Oct. 9).
JMU travels to American (Sept. 6), Longwood (Sept. 11), Richmond (Sept. 15), Virginia (Sept. 25), Davidson (Oct. 18) and Wake Forest (Oct. 20) in non-conference play. It also plays a neutral-site game against Columbia in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 8.
Lucas added, "I was disappointed that we couldn't keep Old Dominion on the schedule as a non-conference game. I believe it is important to play strong out of conference games to assist with preparations for the CAA tournament and NCAA play."
JMU's CAA schedule is split into a pair of three-game blocks. Madison's first three CAA games are on the road with trips to William & Mary (Sept. 29), Towson (Oct. 4) and Delaware (Oct. 6). The Dukes then host the final three games of CAA play, welcoming in Drexel (Oct. 27), Hofstra (Nov. 1) and Northeastern (Nov. 3).
JMU has two scrimmages on its schedule to prepare for 2013. It travels to Durham, N.C., for an exhibition game against Duke on Aug. 18 before hosting Radford on Aug. 24.
The Dukes return 10 players that started at least 10 games in 2012 and an additional four players that appeared in at least nine. Madison returns its top three point scorers in redshirt senior forward Rachel Wein (Perryville, Md./Perryville), redshirt sophomore forward Taylor West (Princess Anne, Md./Pocomoke) and junior midfielder Dana Allaband (Elkton, Md./Rising Sun). That trio combined for 18 of JMU's 32 goals and 15 of its 28 assists.
The Dukes also return Second Team All-CAA goaltender, sophomore Lena Wimmert (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany/Lise-Meitner Gymnasium). Wimmert ranked third in the nation in save percentage (.811) and was seventh in goals against average (1.27). She led the CAA in both categories.
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Measure twice, rent once!
This is a true story and the actual names are removed to protect the guilty (although you can guess who was an active participant). Of course, this emergency happened right before a family celebratory event. I noticed our kitchen sink was backing up (okay I was one of the participants). Could it be because I was peeling potatoes along with onions and I shoved the remains down the sink drain hole? The phrase "garbage in, garbage out" is really appropriate here.
The Pack Is Back, on the DVR!
Okay, so I get a little intense during football games. I gave two speeches about Vince Lombardi in my high school speech class. My speech teacher did dock me for reenacting Vince's "What the hell's is going on out here!?" And my best claim to NFL fame is that I played on a high school offensive line next to an All Pro football player. I like to use that line for free drinks at a sports bar.
So my blood pressure goes nuts during Packer games. I yell, pout, and cry out to God if they are not doing well. It was becoming too much for all the people around me. And striking the furniture with my forearms was too expensive in regards to replacement costs and of course the medical costs for my arm casts.
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My apologies go to those who might be offended about my comments on cremation. In this case, the cremation was animal based, so it should not offend you too much. My mother had a dog that was called "Disco" because of the way he moved his hindquarters, during food begging maneuvers.
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You thought I was talking about food, didn't you? Well, carburetors are my weak points mechanically. I remember trying to fix my first car carburetor, and I was proud of myself. Then I started the car and gas was spewing out of the darn thing. So I got on the horn and had the car towed to my friendly mechanic.


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Business Center
If you've got business to attend to while on vacation or attending a meeting, let our Business Center help. From the latest technology for communications to friendly and efficient secretarial services, we can provide you with assistance while you are staying with us.
About the Resort
The Business Center operates 24 hours a day seven days a week for your convenience and is located on the First Floor of the Tower Wing. It is part of our Hospitality Suite services.
It is staffed from 8am to 5pm daily.
Japanese speaking staff available 8am to 5pm daily. For assistance outside these hours, please see the Front Desk for an Assistant Manager for access to computers and other services.
Workstation Usage
First 30 minutes are complimentary - per guest room, per day $15.00 each additional half hour or fraction thereof $240.00 per day, $2.00 per laser jet printed page
- B/W Photocopies- $0.30 per page for the first 100 copies, $0.20 per page over 100 copies
- Color Copies- $3.00 per page
- Oversize & Mass Printing- pricing & timing will be determined by each request
Shipping & Packing Services
We send and receive parcels via FedEx, Monday through Friday. Packing and holding services provided daily.
- Packing Service – full service pack and ship available
- Receive Boxes - we gladly receive packages for guests at no charge during your stay
- Storage – we'll hold your boxes at no charge for one week prior to arrival
(fees charged per pound per day thereafter)
- Handling Charge: if you wish to ship using your own FedEx account, we charge a small handling fee per package
Secretarial Services
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Cheshire Academy for Lifelong Learning
About CALL
Keene State College's Institute for Lifelong Learning is the Cheshire Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL). The CALL program is affiliated through the Institute Network with ELDERHOSTEL, now known as Road Scholar. View a letter from Nancy Merz-Nordstrom, the Director of the Elderhostel Institute Network, to read more about this partnership.
CALL is an educational program aimed at seniors and/or retired folks. The difference between ROAD SCHOLAR and Institutes for Lifelong Learning like CALL is that our program is not residential.
We offer a wide range of liberal arts courses at very low cost to participants. Classes are lead by members, community experts, or Keene State faculty.CALL classes are offered for eight weeks in the fall and eight weeks in the spring.
The spring 4 week mini-session began on 1/31. It will run until 2/21. Classes offered during the mini-session.
The spring 8 week full session will run from 3/14 - 5/2. Registration will begin 2/11/14. Course information now available here. Register on-line, in person, over the phone (358-2290) or by mail.
Classes now closed:
- 8:30 Yoga
- Writing Workshop
- Masterpieces of Medieval, Renaissance...
- Modern Marvels in Manufacturing
- Town Histories of the Monadnock Region
- Piano
- Take Control of Your Photos
- Kipling Field Trip (3/25/2014 - class IS still open)
- Defensive Bridge
- Getting the Most Out of Your iPad
- Fire and Water - an Impending Crisis
- A Culinary Tour of the Mediterranean


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Easter Basket Bonanza
Each year, Easter baskets are filled with a variety of goodies, from chocolate bunnies to marshmallow chicks, none of which make a lasting impression. This year, make an unforgettable basket with one of these fun ideas instead.
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Double Dutch girls
For the active girl, load up an Easter basket with a cool new jump rope, fancy shoelaces, sidewalk chalk, throwback candy like Razzles and a jump-rope rhyme book like Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes. (Amazon, $8)
Star Wars boys
First, load your little storm trooper's Easter basket with universally loved treats like Milky Way bars and sparkly rock candy. Top off the treats with a lightsaber, Star Wars accessories and Star Wars figurines. (Toys R Us, $10)
Baby ABCs
When it comes to baby's first Easter, practicality is king. Your baby won't have any use for traditional Easter presents, so give gifts that will keep on giving for several more years. Choose a baby ABC theme by stuffing a basket with ABC bath toys, plush blocks, alphabet books and retro wooden alphabet blocks like the set pictured here. (Uncle Goose, $36)
A little nutty
Go with a nut theme for your nutty little kid. Include a few delicious nutty treats like chocolate-covered walnuts and Jordan almonds. Top off the smorgasbord with the delightful movie The Nut Job, which is due for DVD and Blu-ray™ release on April 15, just in time for Easter. (Available for preorder at Target, $20 DVD, $25 Blu-ray)
Sweet dreams
Make your child's Easter basket a dream come true with some favorites for a good night's sleep. Stuff the basket with a novelty pillowcase, nighttime bubble bath, a beloved lullaby CD and a favorite bedtime storybook like Where the Wild Things Are. (Amazon, $9)
Music lover
Tweens and teens love to disappear into their favorite music, so give them the opportunity with a music-themed Easter basket. Stuff the basket with an iTunes gift card, a music or dance video game and a new pair of colorful headphones for your kid's iPod or smartphone. (Happy Plugs, $35)
Little Picasso
Your child doesn't have to be an artist to appreciate a sweet basket full of arts and craft supplies. Every kid loves new crayons, markers, colored pencils, chalks, paints and fresh paper to create their own masterpieces. Throw in a customized artist's smock for extra pizzazz. (Zazzle, $17)
Tool lover theme
Stuff your little builder's Easter basket with tools so he or she can help Daddy fix things. The more they look like real tools, the better — like this tool set from Bosch. Add a tape measure, tool belt or carpenter pencils for fun. (Target, $36)
Card sharks
What kid doesn't love a variety of card games for road trips and long summer days? Mix up your child's card games by stuffing an Easter basket with traditional card decks like Skip Bo, Old Maid and Uno Attack. Does your child need a little treat for all those hours spent dealing hands? Don't forget to add delicious popcorn and chocolate-covered raisins to the haul. (Target, $27)
Teenage dreams
Take the opportunity to pamper your teen on Easter with products he or she really needs, like beauty lotions, makeup, shaving gels and maybe even a hot new pair of kicks. If your teen is still keen on the Easter basket idea, stock it with favorite movies and books like Divergent and The Hunger Games. (Trilogy available on Amazon, $22)
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Floodplain Development Permit Requirements
Any activity performed in the floodplain must have a floodplain development permit. This includes grading, filling, residential construction and commercial construction. To obtain a permit you must complete an application. Applications can be picked up at the Department of Building and Safety, or online at Floodplain Development. Complete and return the form to the Department of Building and Safety along with 3 sets of plans for the project. The plans must clearly show existing and proposed contours at the site with all elevations submitted in NAVD 1988 datum. You must also submit approvals of all other required permits such as the NOI or 404 permit with the floodplain permit.


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PB Activities
Nature Adventures and Outdoor Activities
Warm, sunny days, cool nights, mountains, beaches and friendly people are good enough reasons to visit the Pismo coast and San Luis Obispo County. But there is so much more. Don't forget about our abundant flora and fauna, the State Parks, bicycling, kayaking, fishing, hiking, whale watching and countless other outdoor activities and nature adventures. Consult our comprehensive and regularly updated Calendar of Events for other festivals, fairs, and celebrations throughout San Luis Obispo County.
Many well-maintained trails with a variety of difficulties, microclimates, and scenery wait to be explored. A few of the most popular and convenient hikes are listed briefly below. For more complete information, the local chapter of the Sierra Club maintains a comprehensive list (including directions, length, and difficulty) on their website http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/SLOtrail.html
• Mountain Air Sports
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805-543-1676, A San Luis Obispo outdoor store, can supply you with trail books and maps if you would like further directions.
• Montana de Oro State Park
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Local favorite with great ocean views and a variety of easy and moderate hikes Probably your best bet for close hiking and nature walks close by, with nine major trails of varying difficulty, terrain and views. This state park is miraculously free of charge. There are many places to enjoy a picnic lunch with a view of waves crashing against beaches and cliffs. The Coon Creek trail (click here for directions). is an excellent choice for a hot day. This trail follows a lush creek bed up from the coast for several miles with very little uphill. Shade from the native trees and cool water flowing next to the trail keep you cool. You can also choose to hike on a trail that follows the coast the entire way from the campgrounds to the end of the park. Finally, for the adventurous, try climbing the Ridge Trail, closer to park entrance. It will take you up several hundred feet for a panoramic view of Morro Rock, the entire park, and the bay.
• Morro Bay State Park
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Easy hike in Morro Bay and great views In Morro Bay, the hike up Black Hill offers spectacular views as well as a light cardio workout. This trail can be accessed from the Morro Bay State Park campground parking lot (click here for directions) a twenty minute drive from the SeaVenture. The total hike is only about three miles roundtrip and should take less than an hour and a half at a relaxed pace.
• Bishop Peak Open Space: Fun hikes, great views, large open spaces
The trail up Bishop Peak in San Luis Obispo (1200' elevation gain, 4.4 miles round trip) traverses several microclimates to arrive at panoramic views of the city. The 360º view from this local favorite includes Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, the city of San Luis Obispo, and the vineyards of the Edna and San Luis valleys.
For a more relaxed hiking experience, try the well-marked Felsman Loop, in the Bishop Peak area. This hike is rated easy to moderate, with few uphill sections. It winds through oak woodland, chaparral, and expansive grassland areas. Red-tailed hawks and other birds sail overhead, hitching a ride on the breeze that comes up from the ocean.
• Los Padres National Forest: Wide range of hiking options for every type of outdoor enthusiast
Los Padres National Forest encompasses nearly two million acres in the rugged coastal mountains of central California. The forest stretches across almost 220 miles from the Big Sur Coast in Monterey County to the western edge of Los Angeles County. The Sierra Club Trail Guide maps out eleven adventurous trails in this vast wilderness, including three beautiful trails in the nearby Lopez Lake area.
The Cerro Alto trailhead (directions) offers hikes just about a half hour's drive from the resort. The trailhead is nestled in a lush riparian valley—a running creek makes this area dense with trees, green plants, and bird life year round. Starting at over 1000' (about 300m) in elevation, these hikes offer glimpses of some of the life in the higher elevations of San Luis Obispo County. You can hike to the top of Cerro Alto Peak, which at 2600' (~800m) is one of the highest peaks in the western part of the county.
San Luis Obispo County offers world class mountain biking and excellent road bike opportunities. Mountain trails are easily accessed from downtown San Luis Obispo, Highway 101, and Montaña de Oro State Park. Several road ride loops offer an alternative to off-road riding, taking you through quaint beach towns and villages of the Central Coast with relatively few hills. The Bob Jones Bikeway, accessed from Highway 101 near Avila Hot Springs is a local favorite. It offers several miles of peaceful riding away from motor vehicles along shady San Luis Obispo Creek. This path ends in the little beach town of Avila, an excellent place for a lunch stop or even some wine tasting at Alapay Cellars
For more information on mountain trails and road rides, contact the SLOBC, for a schedule of bicycle trips, or to download a map.
After you have surfed Pismo Beach, give the waves of Morro Bay a try. You can rent a board and wetsuit at several surf shops in town, and arrange for a lesson too. In the bay proper waves tend to be smaller and are excellent for learning, while the big waves lie to the north and south . For a great day of waves and soft sand, head out to the sandspit at Montaña de Oro State Park. Be sure to grab the latest surf report!
Fishing , Sailing and Whale Watching:
SportFishing and Whale Watching take place our of Avila Beach through Patriot's Sportfishing
The nearby town of Morro Bay is renowned for its excellent fishing. The ocean here offers a wide variety of fish depending on season and water temperature. Charter a boat for a day on the water at Virg's Fishing , 1215 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, CA 93442, 805-772-1222 or through Central Coast Sportfishing
Sailing the Central Coast is a great way to see areas that aren't reachable by car or foot. The Morro Bay Yacht Club located at 541 Embarcadero in Morro Bay, (805-772-3981) is a great place to get in touch with boat enthusiasts who always need crew. If you are experienced, you may want to join in a race. The yacht club also offers sailing classes for those who already have the desire but haven't got the skills, and of course daily boat charters.
The closest kayaking is through Central Coast Kayaks in Shell Beach, coves and caves and numerous species of marine life are waiting for exploration. Learning to kayak in an area with fairly calm waters such as the estuary or Morro Bay can be fun family experience. Kayaking the Morro Bay Estuary is perhaps the best way to see this serene nature preserve. The labyrinthine channels through the low tide of the estuary make for hours of casual fun as you paddle past birds, fish, and invertebrates that most people never get to see. Kayaks can be rented from Kayak Horizons in Morro Bay on an hourly or daily basis. Or, you can organize a guided trip through Central Coast Outdoors or Sea for Yourself Adventures in Cambria. These organizations can get you outfitted and guide you to some of the more interesting places for kayaking.
Biplane Rides:
Want an even better view? Biplane rides offer you a spectacular perspective on our rugged coast and mountain all from an open cockpit of a WW II Biplane. Visit Banner Airways at Oceano Airport, Call (805) 474-6491.
Hummer and ATV Rentals:
Take Pacific Adventure Tours or Extreme Hummer Adventures.
For a cruise via hummer across the world famous Oceano Dunes. Rides can be wild or at ease, you will feel like you escaped to another world. Filled with miles of rolling hills of sand. ATV Rentals are a more individualized way to explore. BJ's will help you get equipped with all your needs.
Rock Climbing:
If you are away for the weekend and looking for some good rock, San Luis Obispo County will be happy to accommodate. Several climbing areas are within less than a half-hour's drive from the resort and offer wonderful single pitch sport leads or top roping. Cabrillo Peaks (on the way to Montaña de Oro State Park) offers single pitch climbs from 5.4 to 5.11 which can be top roped. Great open views make this a local favorite on a sunny day. For more information on climbing areas and finding local partners, go to www.rockclimbing.com which has routes listed as well as some great photos.
The Audubon Society lists San Luis Obispo County as one of its top ten birding sites in the country. Morro Bay Estuary, one of the largest unspoiled coastal marshes in the state, is a major stopping point in bird migration and attracts over 200 species of native and migrating birds—loons, cormorants, herons, pelicans and many more. Impressive Peregrine Falcons, once on the verge of extinction, now nest and hunt from the cliffs of Morro Rock. The neighboring estuary attracts the graceful and elegant snowy egret. Check out the Winter Bird Festival that takes place in Morro Bay each January.
Click here for maps and a great birdfinding guide to San Luis Obispo County.
Other useful birding resources are:
- Morro Coast Audubon Rare Bird Alert, 805-528-7182
- North Cuesta Audubon, 805-528-7182
- US Fish & Wildlife Service, Ventura Field Office, 805-644-1766
- Central Coast Birding Trail
Monarch Butterflies:
Pismo Beach and the Central Coast play host to millions of migrating Monarch butterflies each winter. Drop by the famous Pismo Monarch Grove to see eucalyptus trees covered with these colorful butterflies.
The grove is located on Highway 1 at the south boundary of the city of Pismo Beach. From the SeaVenture, head south on Hwy 1 for eight-tenths of a mile, past downtown Pismo Beach. The Monarch site will be on your right. Parking is available by meandering through the North Beach campground and following signs, and also past the campground, on either side of Hwy 1 at the main access point to the Monarch site. The beach is only a short walk away.
Marine Life:
Elephant seals can be seen birthing, raising pups, and fighting for territory in California's largest mainland rookery on the northern edge of Morro Bay, a short walk from Highway 1 in San Simeon. These marine mammals are truly massive. They can weigh more than a small car. Threatened California sea otters also make Morro Bay home. Look beyond the breakers and you may spot a sea otter floating in a bed of kelp. The Great Gray Whale makes its passage up and down the coast twice a year. The children will enjoy tidepooling at Hazards Beach in Montaña de Oro State Park.
Morro Bay Natural History Museum offers a wealth of information about natural resources in this area. It is located in Morro Bay State Park, within minutes of the Heron Rookery, Montaña de Oro State Park, the El Moro Elfin Forest and Audubon's Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. The Museum overlooks Morro Bay which is both a State and National Estuary. Entry fees are $2 for adults and free to children 16 and under. The Museum is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m. every day of the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.


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My major is early childhood. At school we have a childhood building where you can find jobs within that field. There are a lot of classes for early childhood.
Academic Experience:
The registration process for classes can be a little frustrating. About a month or so before classes become available to register they open up the class search. You use the class search to make your schedule but depending on the day of your registration some of those classes you need can already be filled so that makes it so you have to change your schedule.
Academic Flexibility:
My experience at Hancock has been a good one. I have been able to schedule my school around my work schedule. There are a lot of classes to choose from and different times.
Tuition & Financial Aid:
I think that the value of the education I am getting is good for what I am paying for. The financial aid office was very informative and helpful whenever I went in there to ask questions. I would tell every student to go to the financial aid office and fill out the BOG fee waiver and your FASFA.
Online Courses:
I took one online class and learned that they are not for me. I am a more in the classroom type of student, but the online class had a pretty doable workload. With online classes there is no peer-to-peer interaction, and you teacher/student relationship is all by email.
Campus Resources:
There are so many resources on campus that are available to students who want to use them. They are very easy to access.
Campus Resources:
We have a great computer lab for students to use for writing and printing papers. our wireless network is always working and fast.
Career Services:
I haven't used any of these services so I am unable to give it a review.
We have a great transfer rate.
Student Body:
The student body at Allan Hancock College are very diverse. There are a range of students in different areas of study but they are all friendly and outgoing.
Student Body:
The student body at my school is diverse by many cultures. It is very interesting to see the different type of people in our society.
Tuition & Financial Aid:
I do not like the fact that you have to submit a new prior college form to the Financial Aid department at the beginning of every semester. the admin has also lost my and my wife's transcripts once.
Online Courses:
I like online learning as it is scheduled and self motivated and I need that with my full time job.
Student Body:
My classes are online. The discussion boards allow interactions but very limited.
I am an online student
Academic Flexibility:
I did run into one issue with my Financial Aid form. Every mistake tat I made, I needed tom complete a new form even if it was to add a school to my previous list. Also the previous school listing must be completed every semester, they do not keep the records from year to year.
Campus Resources:
I have not used too many of the center on the campus. The testing centers are pretty organized and helpful.
Campus Resources:
I am an online student.
Academic Experience:
My study can be difficult at times, but mainly because it is online classes.
Academic Experience:
I like the fact that they have degree programs online that help me out a lot in completing my college career.
Student Body:
It is a great school. Relatable people and nice staff help the transition from community college to a four year university, as smooth as possible.
Overall Experience:
Again, I am here foe the fire tech program and honestly I couldn't afford a four year university right out of high school. The student body is ok at best. The teachers are mostly great teachers but a lot could be done to improve the school and the stereotypical view that people have of community colleges.
Tuition & Financial Aid:
The financial advisors act as if they want you in and out as quickly as possible. Well reality is that many students here are poor and come from low-income families and don't know how to apply for aid exactly. We need help. That is there job and it is not ok that they don't take the time to actually sit down wit students to help.
Student Body:
There honestly is not much diversity around here. You can knit pick a select few out of the crow who actually care.
Academic Flexibility:
All the teachers have very different expectations which can be very difficult to deal with in the beginning of the semester. An example would be that some teachers get furious the first day of school if we don't already have our books and others tell us we don't actually need certain books that were marked as required in the first place.
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>Off the Beaten Path>Forget gun control! This is for the '80s kids.
And maybe the parents that had to buy these.
What awesome memories!
There was a point in my life when I ran. Now, I just run.
Well, fuckers
He still stands
The Diary of a Once-ran.
can't remember the 80's.
Oldman mid pack runner
just a simple cat
((Oldman)) not the 1880s, the disco 80s!
I need to have a talk with my mother. I remember mainly gettng Shredded Wheat w/ honey for breakfast. My mornings were never that magical.
No Talent Drips
"Breakfast with Barbie", eh? Wink wink. Nudge nudge.
You should go get the clap just so you can give it to her. --beef
Fat butt on couch
And maybe the parents that had to buy these.
What awesome memories!
I don't remember those (perhaps because we didn't get the fancy schmancy cereal), but I do remember playing the game on Atari...in black-and-white.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
A Saucy Wench
I guess this makes me a child of the '70's officially I remember none of those
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
I loved Smurf Cereal. I can't believe I lived off of that sort of crap.
Prince of Fatness
+1. This is after my time and prior to my kids' time. I vaguely remember seeing a couple of those on the shelves in grocery stores but that's about it.
I pitty the fool who never had no Mr. T cereal.
In an infinite universe, the one thing sentient life cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion
These don't ring my bell either but I do remember when we were kids and would get toys from inside the box of cereal. This would drive my Mom nuts cause we didn't eat the cereal, we just wanted the toys.
Needs more cowbell!
I have fuzzy memories of some of those...but I don't remember the Swedish Chef one at all...if we'd have seen that one I'm certain we'd have bought it.
And it's a damned good thing that Boo Berry is only available seasonally, nowadays...I would eat that daily if I could.
Kirsten - aka "Auntie Kirsten"
• 2 olympic distance duathlons -- 6 days apart -- PR at least 1
• 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)
Interval Junkie --Nobby
Same here. Though, i think the hay-day of cereals was over when they stopped giving out free stuff with N-number of Proofs of Purchase cut-outs. Instead they went to: N-Proofs of Purchase and $7.95 gets you some piece of crap.
The whole thrill as a kid was the economic side of getting your mom to buy stuff for the PoP cut-outs, so you could "buy" stuff without actually having any money of your own. Don't know how many boxes we'd have around the house with squares cut out of the bottom.
Cap'n Crunch is still a favorite: though it really wrecks the roof of your mouth.
2014 Goals: sub-3 Marathon ("Congrats! It's tough to race with poop in the mind" --Wing)
Current Status 03/17: Drinking beer and eating crap -- all the things I couldn't do before the marathon
((Oldman)) not the 1880s, the disco 80s!
You mean the disco 70's?!
I only remember some of those cereals cuz my kids ate the stuff. I'll have to apologize to them for that.


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The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a biological marine reserve. The islands are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
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Surf, sea lions, sunsets and scientific discoveries. Unravel the evolutionary marvels of the Galapagos on this expedition cruise. Includes premium accommodation in Quito, private transfers, tours and cruise.
As you wake to greet a new day in paradise, stroll out onto the deck of your boutique yacht as it ever so carefully threads through hundreds of stunning volcanic islands enroute to one of the planet's most magnificent natural environments.
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Special Offer: : Book the Legends of the Galapagos before May 31st and receive a free upgrade from a standard plus cabin to a Junior suite when you travel before August 31st 2014. Subject to availability.
As you wake to greet a new day in paradise, stroll out onto the deck of your boutique yacht as it ever so carefully threads through hundreds of stunning volcanic islands enroute to one of the planet's most magnificent natural environments.
Cruise and explore the enchanted Galapagos Islands! Imagine yourself walking amongst prehistoric-looking marine iguanas, albatross nesting colonies, lumbering giant tortoises, baby sea turtles hatching or flocks of flamingos. Swim and snorkel with playful sea lions, speedy penguins, sea turtles and a myriad of spectacularly colorful fish.
Experience the uniqueness of the Galapagos Islands by cruise, with complimentary activities including Zodiac cruises, snorkelling and nature hikes led by experienced guides. Includes private pre and post tours, flights within Galapagos, meals and all inclusive service on the cruise and much more.
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Experience the wildlife of Galapagos Islands. A superb combinations of private tours, accommodation & cruise through the most beautiful Galapagos Islands.
Discover the breathtaking untouched wilds of the Galapagos Islands through the lens of your camera with world renowned Royal Geographic Society Fellow photographer Jonathan R. Green.
Journey to the Galapagos Islands and set sail aboard a royal yacht, experiencing up close the unique endemic wildlife that once captured the interest and study of Charles Darwin.
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