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United States viewers appear somewhat bemused by The Real Housewives of Melbourne, which made its debut on US television screens overnight.
Twitter was awash with bitchy comments about the Australian version of the long-running Real Housewives franchise, many of them focusing on the appearance of the six stars.
The series, which features Janet Roach, Lydia Schiavello, Jackie Gillies, Andrea Moss, Chyka Keebaugh and Gina Liano, is being screened in the noon slot by cable channel Bravo. Bravo plans to show the entire 10-episode series plus a reunion special.
real housewives of melbourne is brought to you by MAC makeup and Sherwin Williams paint rollers — christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
August 3, 2014
Who does Gina's makeup? Chuckles the clown? #RHOM #RHOMelbourne @RHOMRW — Real Housewives (@Real_Housewives)
August 3, 2014
Just watched #RHOMelbourne & it was fascinating. The women look like it's the 80's & one might actually be a man. — ILANA ANGEL (@ILANA_ANGEL)
August 3, 2014
Gina from #RHOMelbourne has BAD TASTE IN EVERYTHING HONEY! Hair, Makeup, Nails & FASHION! Its like CHEAP HOOKER CHIC! pic.twitter.com/9YH4zwBlgq — Sam (@slb1224)
August 3, 2014
And proving the theory that we share the same language with Americans in name only, some commenters found it difficult to tune in to the Aussie accents.
Dude I can barely understand them! #subtitles #RHOMelbourne — Lesley Rousso (@MommyRou)
August 3, 2014
Not all Twitter reaction to the Aussie spin-off was negative, however:
OMG. The #RHOMelbourne is everything. I am reborn! — Kimberly Sparkle (@kim_or_pen)
August 3, 2014
A second series of the Melbourne version has been commissioned and is expected to be broadcast next year.
The Real Housewives franchise was spawned by The Real Housewives of Orange County in 2006. Since then New York City, Atlanta, Athens and Vancouver are among the cities that have been given the Real Housewives treatment.


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Topic: Tumor Shrunk, but Spine Mets
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Mom has gone through 11 rounds of Folfirinox (9 of which were with oxi before they took her off) and her tumor has been shrinking consistently by the looks of her ct scans since being diagnosed in 4/2012. She's been having some nasty back pain and when she ended up in the hospital with an infection they did an MRI that showed a couple mets on her spine. It looks like our next steps are a short course of radiation and then gem/cis. Hope it works! I have been looking at other clinical trials, but the onc feels strongly that this is the route to follow. Does anyone else have experience with spine mets after continued shrinkage? Thanks for your help and you and your loved ones are in my daily prayers.

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SMWC To Host Panel Discussion On Technology's Effect on Business and Education
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College presents its premier speaker series R.S.V.P. (Resources, Strategies and Valued Partnerships) Luncheon at The Woods on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 in the Le Fer Hall Ballroom from noon to 1:30 p.m.
A panel discussion titled "Technology's Effect on Business and Education" will address the topic of technology's present and future effect upon business and education. Discussion points include knowledge managers seek in potential employees, importance for educators to incorporate technology into curriculum at an earlier stage and ways to assist current job seekers.
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Janet Clark, Ph.D., interim vice-president for academic affairs at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College will be moderating the panel. Clark has also served as National President of Iota Sigma Pi, an honor society for women in chemistry. A former research chemist for ExxonMobil, Clark has published 15 articles and has been awarded 13 U.S. patents.
The R.S.V.P. Luncheon at The Woods series seeks to strengthen and develop valued partnerships between the regional community and the students, faculty and staff of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College by sharing resources and strategies.
Previous luncheons included a panel of area business leaders, moderated by Pam Norman of Indiana INTERNnet, outlined the process and benefits of starting an internship program for businesses and organizations; BioCrossroads' Project Director, Brian Stemme, provided an update on life science in Indiana; and Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Bennett, Ph.D., discussed the government's role in education.
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Phycodurus eques
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Phycodurus eques
|Species Authority:
|(Günther, 1865)
Common Name(s):
Phycodurus glauerti Whitley, 1939
Phyllopteryx eques Günther, 1865
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Günther, A. 1865. On the pipe-fishes belonging to the genus Phyllopteryx. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(1): 327-328, plates 14-15.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Synonym = Phycodurus glauerti Whitley, 1939.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Connolly, R.
|Morgan, S.K. & Martin-Smith, K. (Syngnathid Red List Authority)
More information is available about leafy seadragons than when the species was last assessed, and this has resulted in a reassessment of Near Threatened (NT). There remains a paucity of information describing population fluctuations, population size and life history traits, therefore the assessment focuses on criterion B (geographic range).
Population sizes have probably been reduced marginally through incidental impacts of fishing and the species' habitat certainly has been adversely affected by pollution. However, these reductions have not been measured and probably represent a small proportion of totals of fish abundances and habitat extent.
Some issues point towards criteria within the Endangered (EN) category, and these points are described below. None of the information provides compelling evidence for trends in occurrence or occupancy, however this is largely due to the absence of data, rather than information that points towards population stability.
The extent of occurrence is estimated to be 1,400 km², which is below the 5,000 km² threshold for EN B1 and well below the 20,000 km² threshold for Vulnerable (VU). Total area of occupancy is possibly less than the VU threshold of 2,000 km² (given the approximate extent of occurrence calculated above), but at this time is unknown. Criterion B2 therefore cannot be used.
EN B1b(iii) (continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat) is met. Seadragon habitat such as algal covered reefs and seagrass meadows are being adversely affected by human activities and loss in quality and quantity of habitat has been documented (Baker 2003). The loss of habitat is most severe near major urban centres (e.g., Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne), where discharge of storm water and treated sewage leads to eutrophication and increased sedimentation. Losses of seagrass have been particularly severe along the metropolitan coasts and are well documented (Short and Wyllie-Echeverria 1996). The threat to seadragons may be lessened to an extent by the occurrence of seadragons at sites distant from these population centres, provided that these areas are biologically connected through movement or dispersal.
Seadragons have been sighted at numerous locations within the range but it is impossible to determine how fragmented occurrence is. Therefore, sub-criterion B1a cannot be used at present.
In summary, the lack of trend data means that seadragons cannot be described as meeting any of the threatened categories at present, but it nearly meets Endangered under criterion B (currently only on sub-criterion (B1b(iii)) is met). Therefore it is assessed as NT.
Continued monitoring is required to establish population trends. Research is also needed to establish areas of occupancy.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Leafy seadragons appear to be most abundant in SA and southern WA. Until recently, the range was considered to form a continuous stretch of coastline from near Perth on the southern west coast of WA to Wilson's Promontory in Vic (Kuiter 2000b). Recent sightings of live animals by divers have extended the known range along the WA coastline as far north as the Abrolhos Islands, west of Geraldton (Baker 2002). Unconfirmed reports of sightings come from Bass Strait Islands (King Is., Kent Group) of NW TAS (K. Martin-Smith, pers. comm).
The extent of occurrence can be approximated as the length of coastline along which it occurs (~ 14,000 km) and the width of the strip of habitat suitable for it to occupy along this coastline (less than 1 km in most places, and for this calculation assumed to be 0.1 km wide). The extent of occurrence is therefore estimated to be 1,400 km². Seadragons have been sighted at numerous locations within the range but it is impossible to determine how fragmented occurrence is. Total area of occupancy is possibly less than 2,000 km² (given the approximate extent of occurrence calculated above), but at this time is unknown.
The depth range of Leafy Seadragons is not well documented. Most reported encounters are with divers, and therefore necessarily in waters less than about 20 m. Seadragons have, however, been recorded down to 30 m in SA, WA and VIC (Kuiter 2000b).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Australia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – eastern
|Additional data:
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|No firm population estimates exist for Leafy Seadragons, but an approximate estimate can be made using certain assumptions. Just one estimate of density exists for this species, from a single location at one time. Connolly et al. (2002a) estimated the density of Leafy Seadragons around West Island, in Encounter Bay, SA, using a mark/re-sighting method and a capture/recapture algorithm. The density of larger juveniles and adults at this site was 57 fish per ha. Small juveniles (< 100 mm) were not included in the study. In making a population estimate, the following estimations and assumptions were made:
1. The site at which Connolly et al. (2002a) worked was chosen because relatively frequent sightings had been made there previously. An average density across the distribution would be lower, probably much lower, and a figure of 5 fish per ha was used (approximately 10% of estimate by Connolly et al. (2002a)).
2. The coastline along which Leafy Seadragons occur is an estimated 14,000 km long.
3. The species occurs most frequently in a thin strip of shallow water along the coastline, typically in stands of macroalgae or in seagrass meadows. This strip is estimated to be, on average, 100 m wide, giving a total of 140,000 ha of occupancy.
At 5 fish per ha, the estimated total number of Leafy Seadragons is ~700,000. Confidence limits cannot be stated but the estimate is clearly based on very loose assumptions. The purpose of making such an estimate is to give perspective to the number of fish that might be removed from the wild (see Threats, below).
Mapping of habitat at sites far from major population centres and research into variability in habitat use at different sites is required to make the estimate of total population size more rigorous.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Leafy Seadragons were until recently considered to occur predominantly near rocky reefs supporting stands of kelp or other macroalgae, where they have been observed feeding on mysids and other crustaceans (Kuiter 2000a). Recent telemetry using ultrasonic transmitters has shown, however, that this species is just as prevalent over shallow (5–15 m depth) Posidonia seagrass meadows and patches of sand amongst seagrass (Connolly et al. 2002b).
Leafy Seadragons tracked over periods of up to 10 days typically remained within well-defined home ranges of up to 5 ha (Connolly et al. 2002b). Patterns of movement are characterised by short bursts (at average velocities of 2–17 m/h) punctuating long periods (up to 68 h) without movement. No diel pattern of movement is apparent (Connolly et al. 2002b).
As with other syngnathids, male seadragons carry the fertilized eggs. For Leafy Seadragons, the male carries about 200 eggs on the exposed surface of the underside of its tail (there is no pouch).
This species can survive for at least two to three years in aquaria if supplied with its specific live food requirements (P. Quong, pers. comm. in Pogonoski et al. 2002). Longevity in situ is not known. Phycodurus eques attains a maximum length of about 35 cm (Kuiter 1993).Mating reportedly occurs during summer months (Kuiter 2000b). Genetic structure of populations has not been measured, nor has any aspect of reproduction been quantified (e.g., number of mates, number of broods per season).
Phycodurus eques is particularly well camouflaged, with a number of frond-like appendages that resemble kelp. The species also rocks back and forth with wave action, increasing its resemblance to coastal algae swept by coastal surge (Gomon et al. 1994).
|Major Threat(s):
Leafy Seadragons lack a caudal fin and are weak swimmers; in conjunction with a lack of a dispersive egg phase, this potentially makes them vulnerable to habitat loss and degradation as well as to incidental harvesting during commercial fishing (Connolly et al. 2002b). These are the two main threats.
Leafy Seadragons are associated with seagrass beds and reefs supporting macroalgae (Connolly et al. 2002b). These habitats have been adversely affected by human activities and loss in quality and quantity of habitat has been documented (Baker 2003). The loss of habitat is most severe near major urban centres (e.g., Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne), where discharge of storm water and treated sewage leads to eutrophication and increased sedimentation. Losses of seagrass have been particularly severe along the metropolitan coasts and are well documented (Short and Wyllie-Echeverria 1996).
Connolly et al. (2002b) report anecdotal evidence that Leafy Seadragons are killed as incidental bycatch in the trawling industry in SA. Fishers have indicated that on occasions they catch "large numbers" of Leafy Seadragons. This information remains at the level of anecdote however, and neither the rate nor distribution of incidental catch have been substantiated. Measurement of incidental catch in SA would be beneficial, in that bycatch rates, compared with in situ densities, could be used to establish the relative threat posed by fisheries.
The legal collection of wild specimens has little likelihood of causing long-term changes in population sizes. The small numbers taken under legally issued permits could result in the reduction or loss of groups of animals at particular sites, but this is unlikely to result in measurable effects on regional populations. If demand increases substantially, illegal collection could threaten local and perhaps regional populations, although this possibility should remain unlikely given the difficulties associated with illegal international export.
This species is a major attraction for the dive industry in southern Australia, and it has been made the official fish emblem in the state of South Australia. Recreational divers often harass or disturb individuals (Kuiter 2000a). Suitable protocols for divers should be encouraged to protect local populations, but the disturbance probably does not harm the long-term prospects for regional populations.
|Conservation Actions:
Legislation (Source: Pogonoski et al. 2002)
1. Totally protected species in South Australian Waters (since 1987).
2. Protected Aquatic Biota in Victoria.
3. Totally Protected Fish Status in Western Australian Waters (since 1991).
4. Subject to Export controls since January 1st 1998, in the Commonwealth Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982.
5. Listed as marine species under s248 of The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
6. No Australian Society for Fish Biology listing.
More information (Source: Martin-Smith et al. 2003)
Australian pipehorses have been protected in Australian Commonwealth (federal) waters (greater than three nautical miles from the coast) since the beginning of 1998. As most pipehorses are caught in Commonwealth waters they are protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 wherein they are 'listed marine species'. It is an offence to take, trade, injure or kill listed marine species except under permits issued by the Minister of the Environment. Such permits for exports of syngnathids are issued subject to a management plan, which must be approved by the executive agency, Environment Australia (within the Department of Environment and Heritage). Legal protection is variable for pipehorses caught in Australian State waters (less than three nautical miles from the coast), ranging from full to no protection.
Protected areas
All states of Australia are currently implementing systematic series of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Different states are at different stages of this process. The most important development for Leafy Seadragons is that a new MPA is close to being declared (it was released as a draft plan earlier in 2005) in southern Gulf St Vincent in the state of SA. The proposed MPA will include areas (e.g., Encounter Bay and northeastern Kangaroo Island) in which a large proportion of public sightings of seadragons occur. The protection of these areas could substantially decrease the perceived vulnerability of the species to human activities, in particular to commercial fishing. At this stage, however, levels of protection and locations of zones of high protection within the proposed MPA have not been finalised. Furthermore, MPAs offer no immediate protection against eutrophication and sedimentation threats to habitat from land-based sources.
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Dell introduces the Precision M2800, Entry Level ISV-Certified Mobile Workstationby Ian Cutress on 3/8/2014 9:43 AM EST
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xinthius - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkI rather enjoy how Intel is not mentioned, only the product names. Got to love AMD sponsorship, what ever keeps the site running I guess. Reply
SilAntoine - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkReally biased comment, especially considering the word Intel appears before Amd and Intel processor is mentioned before Amd gpu. Consiracy theory is a lie. :) Reply
Ian Cutress - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkThat was not my intent, honestly. Subconsciously whenever I say Haswell I assume readers know that it's an Intel product, but FirePro is not as well known hence I put the AMD in there. I have adjusted accordingly. Reply
lmcd - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkI personally wouldn't have bent to that unneeded comment, but nice overall to see you guys listen to feedback :-) Reply
xinthius - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkThat's a very fair point, I completely agree that FirePro is by no means a widely recognised product. I didn't mean to sound rude, it's just something that I picked up upon instantly whilst reading the article. Reply
Gastec - Sunday, April 13, 2014 - linkGood thing I'm not the admin so trolls can enjoy roaming the Web freely. Reply
ZeDestructor - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - link@Ian: No mobile CPU has been badged as a Xeon to my memory (Talking P3 and newer), and no current mobile CPU is a Xeon. Reply
dylan522p - Sunday, March 09, 2014 - linkI don't think there are any Xeons that are explicit mobile, but it's not like there's much difference between the mobile CPUs and the desktop and the Xeons. Many Xeons have the TDP to fit in a notebook so that's not the problem. Reply
MichaelF - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkAs far as the mobile quad-core i7s essentially being downclocked desktop products, and Xeon E3s essentially being i7s (and occasionally i5s) with ECC you are correct. But it would never have even crossed my mind that they would use a Xeon branded chip in this product since even their highest end M6800 mobile workstations don't have them, and I don't think HP or Lenovo use Xeon branded chips in any of their mobile offerings either. Reply
lilmoe - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkThis Laptop is very appealing. I almost had my eyes fixed on the Thinkpad T540p, but I might wait for this puppy to pop just for the keyboard and the touchpad. I'm hearing/reading LOTS of negative feedback from Lenovo's users.
A laptop like this should last me a GOOD 3-4 years. Reply
ElAngelo - Sunday, March 09, 2014 - linkat the company we recently bought more than 20 of the latitude e6440's. If you'd look them up, you could see they look very much like this machine.
I can tell you the build quality of these is so crappy that I would expect them to last a maximum of 6 months if you would really use the 'mobile' part of the workstation. The plastics they used on this machine are so cheap and vulnerable, the machine flexes like a leaf, the keyboard has *ZERO* feedback. When I saw the machines at first I thought they were budget laptops of about MAXIMUM 750 euro, unfortunately the real price was 1300 euro...
Unfortunately we have a contract with Dell which prohibits buying us anything else but dell but if I could... Reply
Black Obsidian - Monday, March 10, 2014 - linkIf your contract requires that you buy Dell, you should have bought Latitude 7440s instead. Assuming that the 6440s are somehow worse than the nearly-identical 6430s and 6420s before them (which were perfectly decent machines with none of the problems you mention), the 7440 is a fantastic alternative, and is, in my opinion, the best enterprise-grade ultrabook on the market, not that there's much competition at all in that category. Reply
MichaelF - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkEnterprise ultrabook, thats a new one to me. Ultrabooks seem to be about convenience above all else, whereas enterprise products are supposed to be about stability and security above all else; not necessarily contradictory, but I'd expect it to demand a premium of around 1500. Reply
BubblesGump - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkVery interesting. It seems for the past year or so, I've spent an inordinate amount of time arguing with tech reporters that the PC/Laptop is NOT dead, the keyboard and mouse/touch pad are NOT legacy, the smart phone will NEVER replace actual computing devices and the tablet will be relegated to a niche accessory. For so many people, the touch screen is a non-starter. I'm glad to see Apple, Dell, HP and Toshiba still support the higher end market (businesses, corporations, professionals, power users and gamers). I would also suggest that most will wait for Win 9 and not embrace any gyration of Win 8. With TB hard drives and memory sticks up to 1 TB, the cloud will be unnecessary to most users. Today's laptops are extremely powerful and provide true mobility (not necessary to be connected 24/7), they are easily packed up, carried and setup. Most have all their business/professional software locally, incl MS Office, but not restricted to such, and don't need the cloud nor the internet to function. I for one, have acquired a massive iTunes library over the years with my music library and mostly my favorite TV shows (commercial free). I have also built an extensive DVD library that with today's universal CD/DVD RW + Blue-Ray, provides me with weeks of entertainment if I desire. Running a HDMI cable + audio cable to the back of a large flat screen LED, provides a near movie theater experience. With a 15-3/4" HD screen (non-touch) powered by a Radeon or NVIDIA graphics card, I can choose to view via the laptop alone. I am not going to regress to these smaller/tinier screens and put on a set of ear buds. In Engineering, Architecture, Science and Finance, high end PC's and workstations will remain for a long time to come. Reply
errorr - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkI don't think anyone seriously means laptops will stop being made or sold when they say "dead". However, there is little to suggest that ultimately that people need more than thin clients for most use cases. We are still a ways away from making that worthwhile but I have used a virtualized windows desktop with an iPad and found it more than acceptable as an experience for many uses.
There will always be niche cases where laptops or desktops will be the dominant paradigm. The laptop INDUSTRY is going the way of the desktop as it becomes increasingly commoditized and marginally unprofitable. Phones and Tablets are becoming the dominant computing device for most of the world because most people don't need much more. Tablets are becoming many peoples first computing device and it is slowly becoming the primary way to consume video media in the developing world. Television is increasingly being distributed through SD cards in much of Asia especially in places with poor infrastructure for broadcasting or uneven electricity.
Truthfully I moved a year ago and still never set up my desktop again. My laptop has become necessary only for Office or simple data analysis and charting.
So laptops are dead as the primary computing paradigm from this point forward. Someday I imagine that if I really needed more compute power I could more cheaply rent some cycles from Amazon. Reply
errorr - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkThis also dovetails nicely with the inexplicable reactions that some have to a perceived undervaluation of Apple. Most projections I've seen suggest that there will be somewhere around 850 million iOS devices in use when apple stops growing. They have made it clear that they don't intend to make any product that appeals to anyone beyond the top 15%-20% of the market. That is where the profit is and they seem content to capture the wealthiest customers and retain their image as a luxury brand. While growth is slowing there is no suggestion that it will pick up again given that Japan and China were the last location with a viable customer base that could afford their products. There is no signalling from Apple that they expect to provide products beyond that market. This is why Apple seems undervalued compared to Amazon. However, nobody has any idea how much more Amazon can grow. The limits of expansion are incalculable and until something happens that suggest there is no more places for Amazon to grow into then people will continue to assume they will keep growing.
The finish line for Apple is in view, unless they come up with another truly revolutionary product there just isn't anything to suggest that Apple will be anything more than the just a wildly profitable business without strong growth beyond a certain horizon. Reply
Gigaplex - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkThey only need to release updated revisions of their existing stuff to repeat customers to continue making a decent profit. Eternal growth is unsustainable, so why are companies considered dead when they've matured? Reply
Kutark - Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - linkI think you meant to say "until they steal the idea for another truly innovative product..." Reply
flyingpants1 - Monday, March 10, 2014 - linkYeah. AKA a tiny minority. Reply
evilspoons - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkGlad to see this show up. I was considering a Lenovo W540 to replace my very old Dell D830 at work, but with the mediocre reviews it's getting perhaps this would be a decent alternative.
My only immediate comment for both machines is that I hardly use the numpad, why should I have to cram my hands off to the side for typing? The keyboard's fairly easily removed on most laptops. Can I have a no-numpad variant? Reply
suntoucher - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkIs it just me or does this look suspiciously like the Latitude 6000 series which our company keeps being told is being phased out and to move off. (We don't like the 5000s, low voltage processors). Reply
suntoucher - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkDo these three images look familiar (open them and scroll up)?
http://www.notebookcheck.com/fileadmin/Notebooks/N... Reply
suntoucher - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkAlso the 8790M (the E6540's discrete option) vs the FirePro M4100
They're the same GPU, looks like they're not actually changing anything aside from what GPU ROM is used. Reply
suntoucher - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkThey're even using the same GPUs
E6540's 8790M
M2800's M4100
They're actually changing nothing but what ROM is flashed onto the GPU and calling it a day. No wonder they were trying to get us off the E6540s, rebrand the line, make the base spec higher and charge more. Sneaky. Reply
ArthurG - Saturday, March 08, 2014 - linkwhat a brick ! are we in 2014 or 2010 ?
and red team GPUs are the wrong tools in this market... Reply
anonymous_user - Sunday, March 09, 2014 - linkIf you want something more portable, maybe consider the Precision M3800? Reply
davidedney123 - Sunday, March 09, 2014 - linkThis looks very much like a Latitude E6540 with a firmware version on the ATi GPU to make it a FirePro rather than a Radeon. Possibly lower clock speeds on the GPU to ensure stability under sustained load, as they did when they turned the XPS15 into the Precision M3800. Reply
baii9 - Sunday, March 09, 2014 - linkReal question is "Does it dock?" Reply
suntoucher - Sunday, March 09, 2014 - linkYep, it has an E-Port. Reply
Gunbuster - Monday, March 10, 2014 - linkSo I take it "entry level" is the code word for re-branding a latitude into a precision with ZERO physical changes aside from the name screen printed on the plastic. Reply
bluefalcon13 - Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - linkThat's not entirely abnormal. I have a precision m4500, which is basically a latitude e6510, with better heat sinks, better processor options, and a quadro card... Oh and an msata slot. If my m4500 dies before I am out of school, then this should fit my price range nicely. Reply


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A MAN who had indecent images of children on his computer tried to get a child to engage in sex acts.
Christopher Clarke pleaded guilty to the string of offences which took place in June 2012.
The 48-year-old, of Pheasant Close, Dorcan, admitted attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.
He also admitted ten counts of making and one of possessing indecent images of a child and two of having extreme pornography.
Judge Douglas Field, sitting at Swindon Crown Court, was told Clarke was being treated in a hospital mental health unit in Hertfordshire.
He adjourned the case to Friday, August 1 so reports could be compiled and released him on conditional bail.


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Dozens of petrolheads participating in the Sixth Flying Scotsman Rally pulled into Clayton-le-Moors on Friday before heading through the Yorkshire Dales and the finish at Gleneagles in Scotland yesterday afternoon.
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Ivy Foundation Grants Over $9M for Brain Cancer Research
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The Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation (Ivy Foundation) announced its 2012 grant recipients, which total more than $9 million in funding for brain cancer research. The Ivy Foundation is the largest privately funded brain cancer research foundation in North America. Catherine Ivy is the founder and president of the Ivy Foundation, which has a research… Read More →


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A carjacking at a Northside Olive Garden on Monday night led to a shootout with a 20-year-old man and police officers overnight on the Westside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Enrico Rhodes stole a car from three employees leaving the Olive Garden restaurant off City Station Drive shortly after 11:30 p.m., according to JSO Assistant Chief Christopher Butler.
Butler said Rhodes was crouched behind the restaurant wearing all black, and he charged toward the employees with a gun, demanded their keys, money and cellphones, and stole a 2006 Chevy Impala.
An officer later spotted the stolen vehicle on the Westside near Roosevelt Boulevard and Plymouth Street. Butler said that officer pursued Rhodes to Old Middleburg Road, where Rhodes crashed into a fence.
Butler said Rhodes shot at police while he was driving. When police disabled his car, Rhodes got out and ran, Butler said.
He said four officers fired shots at Butler but did not hit him.
"We saw the car was like a four-door silver car or so, and it had drove into the back of someone's yard -- drove into the back of the yard and crashed," neighbor Ebony Ballard said. "Don't know what happened, but we heard that the guy was shooting at the police."
Butler said police set up a perimeter, and a K-9 found Rhodes in a driveway. Butler said he did not resist arrest and did not have a gun on him.
Police said Rhodes sustained injuries from the crash and was taken into custody.
The four officers who fired shots will continue working while the investigation is underway, Butler said.
Old Middleburg Road remained closed from Wiley Road to Hyde Grove until about 8 a.m.
Olive Garden released the following statement on the robbery and carjacking:
"The safety of our team members and guests is our highest priority, and our first concern is for our employees who were affected by this incident. We're thankful no one was injured and are doing whatever we can to help our team members get through this. In addition, we're working closely with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on their investigation, including providing them with surveillance video from around the time of the incident. We have one of the best safety records in the restaurant industry, nevertheless we have increased security at this location."
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The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works now offers email alerts for up to date mudflow forecasts.
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text: "Employee of the Month" Award Flawed Concept December 24, 2012 02:15 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email Source: Gregorio Billikopf, University of California The pervasive Employee of the Month incentive is a poor strategy for motivating employee productivity. Normally the contest for Employee of the Month will take place merely among the top 15% of your workforce. These top employees will be the only ones motivated to compete for the award. The rest will either ignore the incentive or hold a grudge towards the company and the award recipients. As a result, most organizations with Employee of the Month awards soon create rules limiting the frequency that personnel may earn the award—to avoid having the same few individuals always win the award. At the end, the honor is little more than taking turns to celebrate different employees. An employee shared that she needed some extra cash in October so she was "going to go" for the award that month. She reported back that indeed she earned the October Employee of the Month award and then went back to her normal performance level after that—until she was eligible for the award again. The fallacy of this incentive revolves around having employees compete for a fixed price. It would be better to design an incentive so that every employee who surpasses a certain performance level may earn the award—even if this means smaller awards. Gregorio Billikopf is a labor management farm advisor for the University of California. He may be reached at email@example.com. Back to news


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THE M61 has reopened after a lorry crashed and burned this morning.
Police and workman from the Highways Agency spent more than 10 hours clearing the diesel spill on the northbound carriageway between junction 5 and 6.
The Scania lorry smashed into the central reservation and then careered down an embankment at about 5.15am this morning.
Other cars were damaged by debris on the road, but no-one was injured.
A 43-year-old man, understood to the the driver of the lorry, has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing a road side breath test.
He is still in custody for police questioning.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is urged to call police on 0161 8564741.
The latest live traffic and travel news is available here.


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Today is the ten year anniversary of Herm Edwards' career highlight, his famous "you play to win the game" rant. As Herm's quote was being celebrated this morning on SportsCenter, I thought to myself that perhaps nobody in sports has gotten more mileage out of one single quote than Herm Edwards. Maybe it's because he's on ESPN and his quote is referenced so much from SportsCenter to PTI to almost any NFL situation covered by Bristol. You probably can't go a week watching ESPN's coverage of the NFL without at least one person shouting in that classic Herm Edwards cadence, "Hello! You PLAY to WIN the GAME!" But is it the best press conference rant of all-time? Herm's anniversary and Jim Harbaugh's gobbledygook from last night got me thinking about the best press conference rants from coaches. With that in mind, here's our Top 10... 10) David Bennett This is far from the most well-known coaching rant, but its unintentional comedy is off the charts good. Last September, former Coastal Carolina head coach David Bennett wanted more dogs and less cats. Hopefully he got his screen door fixed. 9) Kevin Borseth In 2008, when he was at Michigan, women's basketball coach Kevin Borseth took the unique step of beginning this press conference by slamming a paper on the podium. Things got more intense from there. 8) Mike Singletary Remember when Mike Singletary was 49ers head coach and Vernon Davis was getting dismissed from the sidelines way back in 2008? Eventually, the 49ers must have figured out how to be winners... just without Singletary. 7) Dan Hawkins Dan Hawkins is currently an ESPN college football analyst. Once upon a time in 2007, he was Colorado's head coach and the Buffaloes weren't one of the worst FBS programs of all-time. Maybe Colorado's current crop of players should follow the Hawk's advice and just go play intramurals. 6) Mike Ditka Mike Ditka's tenure as Saints coach is remembered most for his Ricky Williams trade and ESPN The Magazine wedding cover. As a Saints fan though, the Ditka Era will always be summed up by this classic press conference in 1999. The Saints were 2-7 in Ditka's third year of misery and da coach was asked about his quarterback situation. It's no wonder Ditka was so angry, his quarterbacks were Danny Wuerffel, Billy Joe Hobert, Billy Joe Tolliver, and rookie Jake Delhomme. That's why Ditka failed in New Orleans. 5) Jim Mora - Diddly Poo Another classic rant from a former Saints coach. (And Sean Payton thinks he has it bad with this bounty stuff?) When Jim Mora was Saints coach, he unleashed "diddly poo" on the unsuspecting masses after an especially humiliating loss to the Panthers in 1996. The next day, Mora resigned. 4) Herm Edwards Ten years ago today in 2002, Herm Edwards told us all why we play the game. Who would have thunk it? I thought we played the game to see who could have the worst clock management. 3) Denny Green After a wild Monday Night Football game in 2006 where the Bears came back from 23-3 down in the 2nd Half without an offensive touchdown to defeat the Arizona Cardinals, Denny Green was less than thrilled with losing to a team that was what he thought they was. 2) Jim Mora - Playoffs After Jim Mora left New Orleans, he went to Indianapolis to be head coach of the Colts. He also stepped up the quality of his rants. After a loss to the 49ers, Mora's Colts fell to 4-6 in 2001. They didn't make the playoffs in Mora's last season on the sidelines. 1) Mike Gundy But the unquestioned king of all coaching rants has to be this epic from Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy in 2007. He's still a man, and 45 now.
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Topic: Mom's battle is over
My dear sweet mother Bonnie completed her journey on this earth yesterday afternoon at 3:30pm. She was surrounded by her husband Jerry, her children Kim, Karen and Mark, her sister & brother in law Elaine and Pete, and son in law Rob. It was truly peaceful.
We are trying to be comforted at the thought of Mom, whole and healthy and at peace, in heaven with the Father and Jesus, with her parents Mose and Libby, her sister Sally and her brother David. That is the one thought that comforts me at the moment.
Since Mom never specified, in her obituary we are listing in lieu of flowers, donations for both Hospice or cholangiocarcinoma.org.
Many love and prayers to all of you still fighting the battle. I'd imagine I'll still need to visit here in the coming weeks and months for the support of those who know what I'm going through.
my mother lost her 16 month battle with CC 9/26/10
"Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined."


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An international collaborative effort that inventoried and monitored biodiversity in the narrow inshore zone of the world's oceans at depths of less than 20 meters.
Yoshihisa Shirayama, Ph.D., Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, Wakayama, Japan
Brenda Konar, Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Katrin Iken, Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Patricia Miloslavich, Ph.D., Universidad Simón Bolivar, Miranda, Venezuela
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Ph.D., University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Edward Kimani, Ph.D., Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombassa, Kenya
Juan José Cruz Motta, Ph.D., Universidad Simón Bolívar, Miranda, Venezuela
Gerhard Pohle, Ph.D., The Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Wading through a Seagrass bed in Phuket, Thailand, a
NaGISA member brings back valuable samples for the
lab. Taken by S. Bussarawit, Oct 2004.
The Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA) project was a collaborative effort aimed at inventorying and monitoring habitat specific biodiversity in the global near shore. The international character of the project and its target zone were reflected in the word nagisa, which is Japanese for the narrow coastal zone where the land meets the sea. NaGISA held a unique position in the Census of Marine Life as an ambassador project, linking the Census to local interests around the world. NaGISA's first aim was to draw up a global baseline of nearshore biodiversity and then to use its network to continue monitoring those same shores for the next 50 years.
Methods and Technology
NaGISA used both passive and active sampling to assess quantitative, qualitative ecological, and taxonomic information from the nearshore zone. Employing a simple, cost-efficient and intentionally low-tech sampling protocol, NaGISA fulfilled its goal of a series of well-distributed standard transects from the high intertidal zone to 20 meters water depth around the world by 2009. This was possible as the protocols were widely adaptable and had been adopted by research groups in many different countries. The simple design of the protocols and unique nested sampling hierarchy allowed not only local community involvement but satisfied the technical/statistical needs of a global census.
NaGISA targeted two specific habitats: rocky bottom macroalgal communities and soft bottom seagrass communities. Both are complex, globally occurring ecosystems that were far less well characterized than they should be. At each NaGISA study site, replicate samples were collected at the high, mid and low intertidal and at 1, 5 and 10m subtidal zones (15 and 20m are done whenever possible). Two levels of target sampling were undertaken, both of which include measurement of physical parameters such as surface and bottom seawater temperature, salinity, etc.
1. Non-invasive sampling using photography and observational techniques, percent cover estimates of colonial invertebrates and rhizoidal macroalgae and counts of algal stipes and solitary fauna within quadrats.
2. Invasive sampling, or direct removal, consisting of core samples taken within sea grass beds, and careful and complete removal of all organisms (macro and meio) from the smallest quadrats within macroalgal sites.
Data Availability
Data collected through the NaGISA project were made publicly available through the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, http://www.iobis.org/Welcome.htm [2]). OBIS is an online global atlas where NaGISA data can be accessed, modeled and mapped along with data from other sources in a multidimensional geographic context. NaGISA data were also incorporated into a unique quantitative non-relational member-based database that will be opened to the public sometime after 2010.
The Future
Biodiversity is one potential measure of ecosystem health, and a measure of biological interactions such as competition, disturbance, facilitation, predation, recruitment, and productivity of a system. On a larger scale, biodiversity measurements can serve as an indicator of the balance between speciation and extinction. Inventorying and monitoring biodiversity are crucial and fundamental tasks for identifying and clarifying activities that impact ecosystems. NaGISA provided baseline data for long-term monitoring, as well as information needed to answer fundamental questions concerning changes in biodiversity with latitude and longitude. The great strength of NaGISA was that the Census goals of global biodiversity coverage could be met and financed through locally vested interests in every coastal country in the world, while promoting a standardized data matrix suitable for testing a wide range of ecological theories and solving practical problems. No other project has ever dealt with biodiversity information with such fine resolution on such a wide scale.
Visit the Natural Geography in Shore Areas [1] website.
[1] http://nagisa.cbm.usb.ve/cms/
[2] http://www.iobis.org/Welcome.htm


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Personally I find Samba to be a right pain in the a$$ and avoid it unless I absolutely must have a Windows style (CIFS) share. if not, there are many other easier ways to do file transfers to and from a Linux box - an ssh server for example, already installed on BT just ready to be started up, will support scp and sftp, which are both excellent file transfer methods. Also, what about the inbuilt shared folder support in VmWare? I don't have a lot of experience with it on VMWare, but the VirtualBox shared folder support I have used on BT doesn't need Samba.
If it absolutely must be CIFS, then Id recommend you find one of the start to finish Samba installation and configuration guides on the net. Avoid using KDE tools to administer it, in my experience those just add unnecessary complication, stick to using SWAT or manual editing of the config files (though mainly SWAT). So find a guide that tells you how to configure it using SWAT, preferably one that uses the Ubuntu distro, and use that - thats what I did the last time I had to use Samba. The process was still irritating, but it did work. Eventually.


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Cigarettes' harmful claim to fame isn't limited to your lungs, heart, or blood vessels. Did you know that smoking is the most preventable cause of death in the US? Over 440,000 deaths per year are associated with smoking. Smoking not only cuts lives short, but it greatly decreases quality of life.
How else does smoking hurt your body? Let's take a look, so you will have a better idea.
Smoking is a leading cause of many types of cancers. Exposure to the harsh chemicals in tobacco affect the all of the body's cells.
Most cigarettes contain over 7,000 chemicals, including cyanide and formaldehyde. Nearly 70 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer.
The list of smoking-related cancers includes:
By reducing blood supply, smoking weakens both muscles and bones. It also slows the production of bone-forming cells and keeps your body from absorbing calcium. Here are some of the effects:
Smoking hurts the digestive system, which means the body doesn't get the nutrients it needs. Some digestive conditions which may be caused by smoking include:
Smokers notice the change in their brains almost the minute they light up. Smoking quickly changes brain chemistry, affecting mood and often leading to addiction. Brain chemistry changes, as well as decreased blood flow, increase the risk for:
Smokers are at increased risk of developing the most common type of
Here are a few of smoking's
The benefits of quitting begin almost immediately. Your heart rate and blood pressure drop within minutes. Your circulation and breathing improve within weeks. And, among other improvements, your risk of
much lower after 5 years of quitting. Although it's best to quit when you're younger, you can benefit at
American Cancer Society
American Lung Association
Canadian Cancer Society
Health Canada
Bjartveit K and Tverdal A. Health consequences of smoking 1–4 cigarettes per day.
Tobacco Control. 2005;14:315-320.
Depression basics. Smokefree.gov website. Available at: http://smokefree.gov/depression-and-smoking. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Health effects of cigarette smoking. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking. Updated February 6, 2014. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Questions about smoking, tobacco, and health. American Cancer Society website. Available at:
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/002974-pdf.pdf. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Smoking. American Diabetes Association website. Available at: http://www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/lower-your-risk/smoking.html. Updated April 18, 2014. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Smoking. American Lung Association website. Available at: http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/health-effects/smoking.html. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Smoking and adults. American Lung Association website. Available at:
http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/facts-figures/smoking-and-older-adults.html. Updated February 2010. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Smoking and musculoskeletal health. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ortho Info website. Available at:
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00192. Updated May 2010. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Smoking and your digestive system. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC) website. Available at:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/smoking/index.htm. Updated September 14, 2013. Accessed August 14, 2015.
When smokers quit—What are the benefits over time? American Cancer Society website. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/healthy/stayawayfromtobacco/guidetoquittingsmoking/guide-to-quitting-smoking-benefits. Updated February 6, 2014. Accessed August 14, 2015.
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Can you believe we are on the third swimsuit giveaway in the Hot Summer Giveaway series! Swimsuits For All and Torrid have already given away amazing swimwear!
This week one lucky winner will have the chance to win this gorgeous Leaf Print Bandeau Swimsuit from the UK retailer Evans! I personally picked this swimsuit out myself. I really wish I could win it. No fair!
Unfortunately, there is only ONE SIZE AVAILABLE. Sorry!!
This swimsuit is a size UK 24 DD/E cup that is compatible to a US size 20 DD/E cup. I have the swimsuit on hand and it could possibly fit a US size 16/18 DD/E cup. So if you are in these size ranges, please enter!
You'll also win Evans Tropical Flower Scarf as an added bonus, also courtesy of Evans!
To enter, please leave a comment telling me what your favorite look is in their Summer Catalogue. Please make sure to include a valid email address or Twitter i.d. or your entry will NOT count.
For extra entries complete the following as SEPARATE entries or they will not count. There is a maximum of 4 entries total.
- "LIKE" them on Facebook
- Follow them on Twitter
- Tweet " Stay cool and enter @EvansClothing and @CurvesandChaos #HotSummerGiveaway! http://bit.ly/k72MIg "
Rules: Only one entry per person, unless using the 3 additional entries above. Must be a U.S. resident only, 18 years or older, and can't have won in the previous two Hot Summer Giveaways. Winner will be chosen using Random.Org on 6/29/11.
Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by Evans.


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It's that time again Los Angeles! Yes, Rachel Pally is holding another warehouse sale. I don't know how many times I have to tell you to get your shopping but over there. Where else will you get her designs for 55-85% off? NOWHERE!! I've been to three of these already and I always leave with something. It's so awesome!! I'm going to try and make this one too. I might have to reschedule a few things, but its worth it. The items included in the sale are from the Rachel Pally and White Label lines. So, lots of options. I will pass on that when trying on the clothes, there is a communal fitting room. That means everyone in one room. If you go, please let me know. And if you have any questions about the sale…ask away. I'll do my best to answer them.
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Apart from iOS 6 not having an overhaul of the UI / color scheme and tons of new features added (and not just enhancements), if the only noticeable difference that the next iPhone has is being taller with a 4" screen, I would hardly call it "next generation".
I was really hoping iOS 6 and the new iPhone would be completely awesome, but it looks as if no real thought was put into this release.
Why always the iPhone rumors why not iPod Touch 5G rumors?
Why is everyone acting like the front plate is the final release of the phone?
I have a feeling iOS 6 is going to be awesome! Apple only leaks what it wants us to salivate over. You really think these are mock ups?? More than likely not. I remember when the iPhone 4 was "leaked" a lot of blogs advised that they didn't like it, they hoped this was not the finished product blah blah blah..well it was the finished product and we all loved it. The same will be true for this phone. No one sees your phone if you have a case on it anyway. Not to mention you can always buy a kit to change the color of your current phone..many options. Not eveything Apple is offering in iOS 6 is in the beta versions that i have tested, as they always leave things out until the final. Just watch, wait and see..i think we will all be wowed in the end.
All I know is this damn new device better have a 4" screen, 2gb ram (not weak 1gb), A6 dual core processor and give us at least a real 1.5ghz of power, don't tap us out with a sick A6 chip and only gives us 1ghz of speed, obviously needs to have 4g LTE chip, bluetooth 4.0 or above, 2mpg HD front camera, 8-10mpg HD rear camera with flash, etc...
If the new iphone lacks ANY of the above then i see it will be a fail but of course people will still buy the hell out of just because "It's the new iPhone." Will be a said day when this new iphone comes out 4-5 months after the Samsung Galaxy 3 and lacks half of the internal power the Galaxy packs! I'm no fanboy of either party, just stating the obvious facts here. Apple has always been one to lack on hardware, always been a software company period.


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Get an overview of this hotelBed & breakfast in Fairbanks with free breakfast
Popular property highlights
Situated in Fairbanks, this bed & breakfast is within 2 mi (3 km) of Georgeson Botanical Garden, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and University of Alaska Museum of the North. Pioneer Park and Pioneer Air Museum are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Property Features
Coffee/tea in a common area, conference rooms, and laundry facilities are available at this bed & breakfast. Free continental breakfast and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a TV in a common area.
Room Amenities
All rooms are individually decorated and offer DVD players and free local calls. Other amenities available to guests include jetted tubs, hair dryers, and free toiletries.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This Fairbanks bed & breakfast also offers coffee/tea in a common area, laundry facilities, and a television in a common area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Total number of rooms - 24
- Laundry facilities
- Television in common areas
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free self parking
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- DVD player
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- DVD player
- Free local calls
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Jetted bathtub
- Individually decorated
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
Where to Eat
Guests are offered complimentary continental and full breakfasts.
Bed & Breakfast Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge per pet, per night
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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January 17 – Lucknow
(written by James Hearsum, photos by Aubree Pack)
(The group in front of the institute with the Director and two department heads)
Video Link: All Aboard!!!! … the Crazy Train. (Before we talk about how awesome the day at The National Botanic Research Institute was, we have to SHOW YOU how awesome it was getting there…)
The National Botanical Research Institute today provided a full schedule of meetings, tours and presentations explaining their research, outreach and facilities. The day began with a meeting with the Director and Heads of each research department including Biotechnology, Ethnopharmacology, Floriculture, Conservation, Microbiology and much more. These senior scientists direct a research staff of 100 scientists plus a support staff bringing the total to 500.
(The Cacti House)
The Director expressed a great desire to collaborate internationally by sharing both germplasm and expertise. The garden has both a history and a current pipeline of new plants, scientific techniques and pure research that it is keen to see enter new markets. It has had success especially in developing GM cotton, which is now grown on 8.2m of India's 9.2m Hectares of cotton fields.
(Greeting cards made by staff at NBRI – completely out of natural materials!)
The institute is particularly keen to develop ornamental floriculture products that are appropriate to small-scale farmers with varying levels of education and capital. It is developing research in tandem with an outreach program to provide a network of agriculturists with basic training, able to train others in turn.
(Irrigation techniques involved planting beds to be lower than the actual surface. The beds are flooded once a day in the summer months and every other day in the winter months.)
(Another view of irrigation, although this shows their Canna germplasm collection.)
The day continued with tours of the garden, including rose gardens, cycad house, and germplasm collections of Bougainvillea, Cannas and Chrysanthemums. A new cacti house has been recently landscaped and holds collections for both research and display. Of great interest to many of us was a fantastic moss collection. This was housed in its own, ultra-high humidity zone. None of us envied the horticulturist's need to weed with tweezers between species of moss, lichen and liverwort!
A presentation of India's floral diversity highlighted the range and vulnerability of much of India's flora. Whilst there are great science institutes working to research both the conservation and application of many of these rare plant species, the task must at times seem overwhelming.
(Some of the Lichen specimens housed in the herbarium)
Following a great lunch provided by the garden (Thanks!) we visited the herbarium and IT departments. The NBRI houses a national collection developed since the 1950's extending to 97 000 accessions, including 290 Type collections. Of particular interest was the Institutes unique database system. This has been developed in-house over a number of years to provide for the level of comprehensiveness and accessibility not found in other systems used elsewhere. In use for just over 6 months, this has revolutionised access to important plant data and is available for all via the Institutes website.
The day was exquisitely organised and presented and provided an unparalleled opportunity to see science and conservation in action through a Botanic Garden.
(The Director presents each of us with an array of exciting take away gifts!)


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I am trying to get into OOP and I have written this little example program I am running in shell. I have to type accountNumber = bankAccount("user name") to create an object. I want the user to input there name, which is an attribute of my bankAccount object and the want the object variable accountNumber to be a number that is generated starting from 1 and then continuing up as more users open bankAccount. I know basics i.e how to get user input etc but I'm not sure if this is the right thing to be doing.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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import sys, os, time
class bankAccount():
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
self.balance = float(0)
print ("Name: "),self.name
print ("Balance: "),self.balance
def withdraw(self, amount):
self.balance -= amount
def deposit(self, amount):
self.balance += amount
def info(self):
print ("Name: "),self.name
print ("Balance:" + " " + u"\xA3"),self.balance


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Dining Out: Thaiby Dana Angelo White in Dining Out, December 25, 2009
With lots of spices and fresh ingredients, Thai can be a great choice, but as with any cuisine, there are some high-calorie dishes to avoid. Next time you're craving Thai, check out our tips before you place your order.
What's On The Menu?
Thai food is about a balance of hot, spicy, sour and sweet flavors. Dishes often feature fruits, vegetables, lean meats, seafood, rice, noodles, chilies, lime and coconut. Of course, you may know that, but will you be able to pick it out on the menu? Many dishes are listed in their original language (did you know kaeng means "curry" and moo means "pork"?), so studying up before you go can't hurt. Here's a Thai food guide to help you make sense of some of the more common terms.
Proceed With Caution
A popular stir-fried noodle dish at American Thai restaurants, Pad Thai and other fried noodle and rice dishes are prepped with lots of oil. Ask your server to go extra light on the oil or skip these dishes all together. Many menu items also come with extra salty or sugary sauces — ask for them on the side for light dipping.
Soups and sauces made with coconut milk or nuts will be high in fat. Coconut milk and coconut oil are higher in saturated fat, which is less healthy for your heart. Watch out for curry dishes made with coconut milk (or at least limit your portions) — especially if you're watching your cholesterol. Too much saturated fat can raise cholesterol levels. Speaking of high fat, pass on other deep-fried dishes such as Crab Rangoon or coconut shrimp — or at least order one serving to share with the table.
Smarter Picks
For a light and tasty start, go for seafood summer rolls, which are filled with fresh veggies and wrapped in delicate rice paper. Grilled chicken and steak satay are also a lean protein-packed choice (just go easy on the dipping sauces).
With your meal, include soup or salad to curb your appetite so you don't scarf down your entire main (portions are often huge). Hot and sour vegetable soup, Tom Yum Goong (soup with chili, shrimp and mushrooms) or a salad like Som Tum made with green papaya are all lower in calories but have big flavor.
Here are some good options for your main course:
Thai Chicken: Chicken and spices served with veggies and rice
Num Tok: Marinated grilled beef over greens with lime and mint
Pra Ram Long Song: Steamed veggies and chicken breast with peanut sauce (on the side)
Basil Tofu: Tofu, Thai basil, vegetables and rice
Goong Kra Tiem: Garlic shrimp with vegetables and rice
TELL US: What's your favorite Thai dish?


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This black and white Chicago cow travel souvenir stuffed animal is embroidered with its city name in red and state name in blue. The word Chicago is written across a big red heart. The cow is the prominent member of the Bovine family. Also known as cattle, cows are majorly raised as livestock for meat and dairy. Each and every Souvies is unique to the region it represents, making it the perfect travel souvenir or gift.
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Boston's challenge was sharing data across departments to avoid redundant data-collection efforts and improve city decision making. Data sharing is a common problem for many cities, and it's one Boston has addressed with the launch of an open data platform. "We think we have a nice platform and it does simple things like replace the need for Freedom of Information Act requests, but there's lots more to be done," said Boston CIO Bill Oates (pictured above). "Part of that challenge is to remediate data quality issues and the siloed nature of our systems."
Boston's 2012 IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Grant bolstered efforts to reduce traffic and carbon emissions within the city. An IBM team surveyed more than 75 stakeholders in June and found that agencies including the Boston Transportation Department (BTD), an Environmental and Energy Services Cabinet and the city's Department of Innovation and Technology could all make use of traffic data that wasn't being shared. Recommendations included standardizing traffic data models and formats, automatically sharing BTD traffic data with other agencies, and consolidating access to videocameras across departments as the basis of a master traffic-control system.
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Jan 09, 2013
SAINT LEO, Fla. - The Saint Leo women's basketball team (7-6, 2-1 SSC) defeated Florida Southern (7-5, 2-1 SSC) by a score of 56-46 on Wednesday evening at the Marion Bowman Center. The night featured senior forward Keishara Green's 11 point effort, surpassing her previous season-high of nine points.
Saint Leo started the attack at tip off, and didn't stop. Senior Elise Clyburn sank her first three point shot of the game, putting the Lions on top right from the get go. From there on out the Lions only lost the lead once. Clyburn added five more points throughout the night, and Chelsea Connelly added 10 points, nine rebounds, and three assists in the winning effort. Chelsea Williams contributed seven points and eight rebounds on the night.
Teresea Manigrasso dropped in nine points and six rebounds of her own in addition to three assists. Christina Granville scored six points (3-of-4 shooting) and grabbed four rebounds on the night.
The Lions shot 48 percent from the field in the first half, and held Florida Southern to just 28 percent shooting. The Lions strong defense in the first half combined with their team offensive effort, allowed them to take a 33-18 lead into the break.
In the second half the Lions continued their hot shooting, extending the lead to 21 just two minutes into the second half. The Lions continued playing great defense, and held Kirstin McIntyre to three second half points, after she scored 12 in the first half. The Lions lead as by many 22 during the game, and held off a late rally from the Mocs to get their second Sunshine State win of the season.
The Lions get back in action on Saturday when they travel to Miami Shores to face Barry University. Tip off it set for 2:00 p.m.
For all the latest information on the Saint Leo women's basketball team be sure to 'like' us on Facebook here.
This postgame recap is brought to you by Papa Joe's Italian Restaurant in Brooksville, Fla.


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TICKETS are now on sale for Friends of Community Action's summer fundraising event later this month.
The beautiful grounds of Barnards Green House will be the venue for the Pimms and Pizza evening on Saturday, July 26.
Community Action, which runs car and minibus transport services for elderly or disabled people, last month launched its Stuck In? Get Out! campaign to reach out to isolated people in the Malvern area.
The event will include music from the jazz group Random Numbers, entertainment from a magician, and strawberries and cream.
Local Sea Cadets will be on hand to serve guests and organise the car parking.
Susie Forbes of Community Action said: "We're very grateful to Sue Nicholls of Barnards Green House for letting us use her beautiful gardens for our event. We'd like everyone to come along and enjoy a lovely summer event."
For tickets, at £12.50 each, please call 01684 594795 or 565447.


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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
Our senses of vision and hearing are used far more often than our other senses of taste, touch, and smell. This may be why there are common names for a lack of vision (blindness) and a lack of hearing (deafness), but not for a lack of the others. Humans used to rely on smell more than we do today. We used smells to track animals, navigate the oceans, and to tell if food was spoiled. With grocery stores, GPS devices, and refrigeration, people hardly know how to use their noses anymore.
Try to concentrate on your underused senses from time to time, especially if you want to remember something. The more senses you can bring to bear on the situation, the stronger associations you will create in your mind. Smell in particular has an important role in memory. Sometimes you only need a whiff of a smell to have a flood of old memories rush into your mind. This is because the olfactory system has a direct link to the hippocampus. Try to pay more attention to the smells that are around, it will help keep your mind in shape.
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At the end of the scrip i want to ask if they user would like to play again. if Y then start the whole process again. so of an infinite loop, is this at all possible and is there an easy way to do it
Any help would be appreciated, thanks again
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import random
import sys
import time
enter = ("Please press enter to continue...")
print ("Welcome to the guessing game")
print ("I have chosen a number between 1 and 20")
comnum = random.randint (1, 20)
guess1 = input ("What's your first guess? ")
if guess1 == comnum:
print ("Winner Winner Chicken Dinner")
raw_input (enter)
sys.exit (0)
else: print ("Oops...")
guess2 = input ("Have another go: ")
if guess2 == comnum:
print ("Well done")
raw_input (enter)
sys.exit (0)
else: print ("Oh dear")
guess3 = input ("One last try: ")
if guess3 == comnum:
print ("Well done you finally did it")
raw_input (enter)
sys.exit (0)
else: print ("Better luck next time")
print ("Do you want to know what it was...")
comnum = str (comnum)
print ("It was" +comnum)


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Kellie Pickler, who will be performing in Tooele in July, announced today on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" that she and her dance partner, native Utahn Derek Hough, will dance to a very special song on Monday night's "Dancing With The Stars."
In honor of the show's theme of the week, "Most Memorable Year," Pickler chose to dance to one from 2011 the year she married her husband Kyle Jacobs. Pickler and Hough will dance the rumba to "Say I Do," a romantic ballad written by Jacobs for Pickler shortly before their wedding day. To top it off, Jacobs will perform the song in person on the show Monday night with the help of the "Dancing With The Stars" house band. "It's going to be an 100 percent emotional moment, and I'm just hoping I can keep it together," Jacobs sain in a press release. "Kellie's doing so well on the show, and she's having so much fun. The fact that she's dancing to this song, our song, means so very much to both of us." When asked how Jacobs feels about his wife dancing with Hough each week, Pickler sweetly told Ellen, "My husband knows he's always going to get the last dance." Stay tuned to kelliepickler.com for updates on tour dates and new music.


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Your little one will be looking absolutely adorable in this super cute Horses and Indians Onesie by Wrangler. This onesie has an all over print that has a collection of horses, Indian teepees, arrowheads, feathers, and rope. Pair with cute pink cowgirl booties to complete the look. Everyone will be "ooh-ing" and "ahh-ing" about how adorable your little one is.
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|Services available in the Student Athlete Center include
|Academic Advising
|Career Counseling and Testing
|Community Service Opportunities
|Computer Lab
|Group Study Sessions
|Laptop Computers
|Leadership Opportunities (Cougar Council)
|Sport Psychology
|Study Facilities
BYU student-athletes are seeking to excel academically and athletically and are preparing for life after they graduate. The transition into university life can be challenging for any student. This is especially true for student-athletes who are expected to be good students and outstanding athletes. They are also under obligation to understand and comply with a variety of NCAA rules and regulations in order to be eligible to compete. The Student Athlete Academic Center was created to provide a place where student-athletes can receive support and resources as they pursue their goals.
One of the main priorities of the Center is to assist student-athletes as they transition into the BYU culture and the world of college athletics. Student-athletes are assigned an academic advisor to help them register for classes and monitor their progress toward graduation. The advisor is the contact person for student-athletes who have academic or eligibility questions and concerns.ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT
The main focus of the Student Athlete Academic Center is to help student-athletes graduate on time. To achieve this goal, academic advisement is provided to all student-athletes. Advisors are available to help student-athletes register for classes, monitor athletic eligibility, secure tutorial help, and provide on-going support and encouragement. The academic advisors assist student-athletes by having them set weekly and semester goals, teaching them time management and academic success strategies and helping them communicate effectively with their professors. Advisors also assist the coaching staff in monitoring the day-to-day progress of student-athletes who struggle academically.TUTORING
Personal tutors are available for every student athlete through the Student Athlete Academic Center with funds made available by the Cougar Club. Tutors are hired to tutor multiple subjects. To obtain a tutor, student-athletes may contact their academic advisor.MENTORS
Mentors are available for any student-athlete through the Student Athlete Academic Center. Incoming freshmen will be assigned a mentor for their first semester. Mentors are most often fifth-year student-athletes or graduate students. Mentors provide time management help, study skills, test-taking tips, help adjusting to college, etc.COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
A primary goal of the Student Athlete Academic Center is to ensure that every student-athlete graduates with a Bachelor's degree in his or her chosen field of study. To achieve this goal, the Center provides a team advisor as part of the comprehensive academic support program. Each athlete has regular visits with his/her team advisor who assists with registration and monitors progress toward graduation.COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Student Athlete Academic Center personnel are also active in teaching classes designed to promote leadership, emotional well-being, personal growth and decision-making skills. Student-athletes are taught about some of the unique issues they face in the world of college athletics and how to thrive in the university setting and beyond.COMMITMENT TO CAREER DEVELOPMENT
A career specialist is available to assist student-athletes with a variety of career issues. They receive help in choosing a major, building their resume, establishing a career network and preparing for their transition from college athletics into the world of work. These services are available through individual consultation, workshops, computer programs and University courses. Career exploration and career transition classes are highly recommended to all student-athletes. Internship and employment opportunities are also made available through the Career Network, which is made up of Varsity Club and Cougar Club members.
In addition to their athletic success, BYU student-athletes are consistently among the best in the nation in academic achievement and recognition. BYU consistently places more student-athletes on the Academic All-MWC Team* than any other conference school. During the 2009-10 season 216 BYU student-athletes were named to the list out of 1144 in the conference. BYU was followed by New Mexico (167), UNLV (131), Wyoming (124), Utah (124), TCU (109), Air Force (100), Colorado State (97) and San Diego State (76). In addition, men's volleyball had seven student-athletes named Academic All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
* To be eligible- 3.0 GPA or better and competed in 50 percent of the teams contests
Last year Cougar football players Scott Johnson and Matt Bauman were named First Team and Second Team Academic All-Americans, respectively, for the fall semester.Eleven Cougars were named NCAA Academic All-District for the 2009-10 season including three football players (Matt Bauman, Scott Johnson, Brett Denney), one soccer player (Andrea Willis), two women's volleyball players (Nicole Warner, Melissa Wright), one men's volleyball player (Reed Chilton), one softball player (Paige Affleck), and three track and field athletes (Miles Batty, Jonathan Kotter, Cecily Lemmon-Lew).
BYU men's basketball was the only team in the nation to earn NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) recognition and receive an NCAA Tournament bid in each of the last four seasons. The team earned a multi-year APR score that ranks in the top 10 percent of all basketball squads.


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Glitz! Glamour! BET Awards Red Carpet Style Best & Worst Dressed
Taraji P. Hensen, Selita Ebanks and La La Anthony stole the red carpet, Brandy lost her pants, and (gasp) Nicki Minaj toned it down.
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The BET Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium last night in LA. The red carpet was studded with gorgeous gowns, sparkling jewels and (of course) fashion mistakes. While Taraji P. Hensen, Selita Ebanks and Regina King looked regal, we had Brandy missing a part of her outfit and Porscha Coleman looking like an extra in an old George Michael video.
Here's our best and worst dressed of the night.
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Regina King
Pairing sky blue wide-legged pants with a sparkly corset top, Regina King is stunning.
Chaka Khan
Dayum! Can you believe Chaka Khan is someone's grandmother? Wowza!
Tarji P. Henson
I'm sure in this outfit, Taraji P. Henson was a lot of people's Person of Interest.
Selita Ebanks
This gorgeous model couldn't take a bad photo if she tried.
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La La Anthony
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Price Guides December 2003: Holiday CPU & Motherboard Guideby Kristopher Kubicki on 12/7/2003 1:18 PM EST
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KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - linkDrewintheav;
While over the last few weeks I have begun to agree with you. This board is designed by my particular favorite former-Abit employee (he also did the BP6), and really is a killer design. Anyone else object?
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drewintheav - Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - linkI think the DFI Ultra Infinity should be recommended over the Asus A7N8X Deluxe. The Infinity is faster, overclocks higher, supports 4x SATA raid, Digital coaxial S/PDIF in and out, CMOS reloaded BIOS setup and costs less than the A7N8X! Reply
BlackShrike - Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - linkSo uh why does INTEL price their only competing cpu to the athlon 51 FX at like twice the price?
I mean I know they can bullshit their marketing to anyone they want without AMD making a single protest, but the serious gamers will never buy it. Not when the FX is better at less price. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, December 08, 2003 - linkhttp://www.xbitlabs.com/news/chipsets/display/2003...
It depends on the board really. Some manufacturers have a stockpile of unlcoked chips, others do not. Check the forums for which motherboards have it and which dont.
Kristopher Reply
robschneider - Monday, December 08, 2003 - linkThis is the first time I've heard that Intel is removing the PAT backdoor from their 865PE chips. Has this been verified? Is it too late to buy an 865PE motherboard and get that feature?
Rob Reply
LazyBoyTony - Sunday, December 07, 2003 - linkThose P4 EE are soooooooo expensive....i thought they were going for around double the non extreme version..... i guess the extreme editions come with extreme prices :P Reply
Glenn - Sunday, December 07, 2003 - linkno intel board prices either?? Reply
KristopherKubicki - Sunday, December 07, 2003 - linkSorry, typo mistake ;) Fixed. Reply
EglsFly - Sunday, December 07, 2003 - linkDitto #1 - "Where are the AMD CPU prices?" Reply
LHolmstrom - Sunday, December 07, 2003 - linkWhere are the AMD CPU prices? Reply


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Afternoon: Check-In to hotel after 3:00 PM. Registration from 5:30 to 5:45 PM at the Mezzanine Level.
Dinner: Welcome dinner at the popular steak house restaurant Le Vieux Port, located on rue St-Paul, the oldest street in Montreal (3-minutes walk from the hotel).
Evening: After dinner, presentation of program details, general information and a few other useful tips to enhance your stay in French America.
Breakfast: Varied, buffet-style breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Guided excursion of Montréal by deluxe motorcoach, focusing on the city's history, architecture, main neighborhoods and its astounding underground city, which features a 20-mile network of pedestrian walkways.
Lunch: Montreal is known for its abundant cafés, which are well attended by Montrealers at lunchtime. We will select one for a light yet fulfilling meal.
Afternoon: Visit the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts new Pavilion, featuring 600 works of its outstanding collection of Quebec and Canadian Art.
Dinner: Dinner on your own. Suggestions will be made.
Evening: With our local expert join the festivities of Montreal's 375th anniversary celebration with a unique discovery of the streets of Old Montreal, which will be animated for the occasion with multi-media projections inspired by historical events.
Breakfast: Varied, buffet-style breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Enjoy an expert-led walking exploration of Old Montreal. Learn about the delicate transformations of public art and architecture, and why the importance of blending old and new is at the heart of this urban conversion to create the Montreal of today!
Lunch: On your own. Suggestions will be made.
Afternoon: In the afternoon, you will be invited to independently explore Old Montreal, Pointe-à- Calliere Museum, the port, the Botanical Garden. Suggestions will be made.
Dinner: Dinner in Old Montreal.
Evening: Free time to explore Montreal. Suggestions will be made.
Activity note: Note: Please note participants need to carry their own luggage and on the train each participant is restricted to one price of baggage and one carry-on bag.
Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: An unforgettable visit to the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal featuring an exclusive presentation of the fabulous organ by the Basilica's titular organist. The visit is followed by a transfer to Quebec City by train (train ride is 3.25 hours).
Lunch: Lunch on the train.
Afternoon: Check-in at the Hotel Manoir Victoria.
Dinner: Dinner in a renowned pub in the heart of Old Quebec.
Evening: A local expert will tell you all about the history of Québec City — the birthplace of French America and the first settlement in Canada. This stimulating lecture will also highlight different aspects of the city's present-day social and economic reality.
Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Expert-led walking exploration of Quebec's historic district. You will be charmed by the very European atmosphere of its quaint streets as well as the historic value of its buildings.
Lunch: Enjoy lunch at Manoir Montmorency, featuring area specialities, and visit the astonishing Montmorency Falls Park, just a few minutes away from Québec City. Located between the river and the cliffs, it's one of the province's most spectacular sites.
Afternoon: From 3:00 pm - At leisure, explore the lower part of Old Quebec near the river and enjoy Petit Champlain, one of the most appreciated neighborhoods in Quebec City, known for its architecture, street performers, boutiques, craftsmen, art galleries. You will have the opportunity to visit the Musée de la Civilisation (voucher included) and Discover the exhibition: This Is Our Story - First Nations and Inuit in the 21st Century. You will be provided with a voucher to enter the museum and enjoy the permanent exhibit, which takes an in-depth look at today's aboriginal cultures, from their diversity, worldviews, beliefs, and ways of identifying with their pasts, to contemporary expressions of aboriginality around the world.
Dinner: Dinner on your own. Suggestions will be made.
Evening: Free time to explore the city.
Breakfast: Buffet-style breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Discover the Official Residence of the Governor General of Canada, located within the Citadelle of Quebec and overlooking the majestic St. Lawrence River; a historic building housing an important collection of art and period furnishings.
Lunch: Lunch in Old Quebec.
Afternoon: At leisure, you can explore the famous Plains of Abraham, a magnificent 267-acre urban park composed of plains, woods and gardens at your own Pace. It is also the setting for the National Fine Arts Museum of Quebec. Discover this exceptional museum dedicated to the works of the best artists of the region at your own pace, continuing on to its surprising annex, the former prison of Québec.
Dinner: Farewell dinner at the hotel.
Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Independent departures after breakfast.


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The International Olympic Committee's executive board on Tuesday voted to drop wrestling from the 2020 Olympic program in a surprising and devastating move to a sport that has been part of the Modern Games since their inception in 1896 and whose roots extend to Ancient Olympia.
The vote came after several rounds of secret ballots during a board meeting at the IOC's Lausanne, Switzerland, headquarters and followed an IOC review of the 26 sports currently on the Summer Olympics program. The decision to drop wrestling was also made against backdrop of IOC efforts to add new sports in hopes of attracting a younger audience and increase television ratings and marketing revenues. Under IOC rules dropping a sport allows the organization to add another sport for the 2020 Games.
"This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the Olympics," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters. "In the view of the executive board, this was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020. It's not a case of what's wrong with wrestling, it is what's right with the 25 core sports."
Tuesday's vote is not final. Wrestling can apply at an IOC executive board meeting in May in St. Petersburg, Russia, to be included on a list of sports seeking to be added to the 2020 program. Baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sports climbing, wakeboarding and wushu are already on the IOC list of potential sports for 2020. A final decision will be made by the full IOC during its September general assembly in Buenos Aires. The IOC will also vote in Buenos Aires on whether to award the 2020 Games to Istanbul, Tokyo or Madrid.
"Hopefully, when the whole group looks at it they keep wrestling," said USA Wrestling vice president Greg Strobel, a former U.S. national teams director.
The executive board vote shocked the Olympic movement and stunned the sport of wrestling.
"It blindsided us for sure," said Strobel, a two-time NCAA champion wrestler at Oregon State and now an assistant athletic director at Lehigh.
"I am grieved," said Savanna High coach Robbie Gaze. "I have been around wrestling all my life as a wrestler, parent, and a coach. The lives that have been changed because of the sport of wrestling are astronomical. Wrestling embodies what life is about its struggles, heartache, joy, victory the challenges and accomplishments."
"I was really very surprised to hear that the IOC was dropping wrestling," San Clemente coach Mark Calentino said. "…The IOC will add activities like ballroom dancing, rhythmic gymnastics and ping pong, but will drop a sport like wrestling. What's next to get dropped, the marathon? I just don't get it."
It was no secret that the IOC was looking to drop a sport. While wrestling was mentioned along with field hockey and taekwondo as possibly being vulnerable, modern pentathlon seemed the sport most likely to be dropped.
USA Wrestling officials were so confident of the sport's position that Tuesday's vote was mentioned only briefly in passing toward the end of a routine USAW executive committee conference call Monday night dealing with a host of issues.
"Somebody said 'oh, by the way the IOC executive committee is going to vote on which sport to drop tomorrow,'" Strobel recalled. "'We've heard they might drop pentathlon. We've heard wrestling is safe.'"
At 6 a.m. Eastern Tuesday, Strobel received a text that the IOC had in fact dropped wrestling.
With the exception of the 1900 Games in Paris, wrestling has been on the program at every Olympics since the in inaugural Games in 1896. One-hundred seventy-seven nations compete in events sanctioned by FILA, the sport's global governing body. At the 2012 Games in London, 344 athletes from 71 nations competed in freestyle and Greco-Roman events. The IOC added women's wrestling at the 2004 Games.
The removal of wrestling from the Olympic program could be particularly devastating for the sport in the U.S., especially at the collegiate level. The sport continues to grow at the high school level. During the 2011-12 academic year more than 280,000 boys competed in high school wrestling, more than all sports except basketball, baseball, football, track and soccer, and more than double the participants for sports like swimming, according to a study by the National Federation of High School Associations.
But college wrestling has been a frequent victim of budget cuts the last three decades. Wrestling has been dropped by 669 universities and colleges since 1972. Currently 79 NCAA Division I schools sponsor wrestling programs, down from 152 in 1980.
"The ramifications in the U.S. are huge," Strobel said. "A lot of colleges have kept wrestling because it's an Olympic sport."
Now with the IOC vote, Strobel said he's concerned that some schools will drop wrestling "if it's not an Olympic sport anymore."
Staff writer Damian Calhoun contributed to this report