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Arsenale della Danza
Centro di Formazione di Danza Contemporanea
Project focus: The Art of the Performer
30 January > 17 June 2012
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venezia
With the support of Regione del Veneto
06 > 11 February
Francesca Harper (USA)
Repertory Forsythe (improvisation technologies)
Open Doors: Saturday 11 February 6 p.m.
During the workshop the dance will learn the techniques based on Wiliam Forsythe's method
– point point line, room writing, dropping points, re-orienting, fragmenting, shearing, u-ing, o-ing, deochronic – and many other techniques that will lead to a final improvisational structure, a choreographic material made by the dancers themselves.
Francesca Harper (Chicago, USA) worked for almost ten years on improvisation technologies created by William Forsythe useful to both contemporary dancers and choreographers. These are techniques that include improvisation and that deal with physical and creative limits of the dancer, who is asked to participate directly.
In 2005 Harper founded her own company, The Francesca Harper Project, and started developing a personal working method, generating interaction between phrase, improvisation and choreography.
13 > 25 February
Terence Lewis (India)
Bollywood dance and Indian sacred dance
assistant Roche Neil Mascarenas
Jump In! Friday 24 February 3 > 5 p.m. (free lesson for the Veneto's students)
Open Doors: Saturday 25 February 6 p.m.
The Indian Sacred & Gestural Dance masterclass/workshop provides the ideal platform to the dancer to explore, experience and express, through a movement vocabulary, a thought or a personal situation and our reaction to the same. The Indian Sacre & Gestural Dance marries primarily Indian disciplines- Yoga and Semi Classical Indian Dance forms with the modern and contemporary techniques. The class explores the theme of the 'sacred', which forms the very foundation of the Indian thought and the collective Indian mind. The 'sacred' etched in the Indian blood memory, finds it's expression in this class through movement. Incorporating themes of the divine- like the love of Radha-Krishna, the sacred bond with the universe and the elements that bind all living beings, the dancer thus experiences the philosophy underlining the movement. The gestural dance borrows from Kathak and Bharatnatyam, using the Mudras (hand gestures), coupled with facial expressions which form an integral part of the dance and the dance narrative. The class thus aims at affording the dancer a holistic experience- combining the body and spirit, the mind and movement.
Terence Lewis is an Indian choreographer, born and raised in Mumbai. He is internationally trained and specialises in Indian folk, contemporary and neo-classical dance forms. Terence has also choreographed a number of Bollywood films and musicals, stage shows, Indian contemporary performances, corporate launches, Broadway Westend musicals, feature films, several popular music videos, and has appeared in many advertisements. Terence won the American Choreography Award for his excellent choreography for songs of the movie Lagaan along with Saroj Khan, Raju Khan, Ganesh Hegde and Vaibhavi Merchant. He was the mentor for the Dance India Dance winner, Shakti Mohan. He is the first Indian to receive the prestigious Dance WEB Scholarship, representing India in Vienna, Austria. Terence represented Asia at the International Choreographers' Meet at the TANZ platform, Stuttgart, Germany. He is also a teacher at Impulstanz Festival at Vienna, Austria since 2007-08 teaching Bollywood and Indian contemporary dance. Terence Lewis became the first Indian to receive the Guiness World Record title for teaching the largest number of people(1336), a 3 minute Bollywood dance routine in the shortest time.
28 February > 10 March
Maria Thaís / Wellington Campos (Brazil)
The Ritual Body
Open Doors: Saturday 10 March 6 p.m.
The masterclass Ato – from ancestral body to theatrical body will be based on choreographies of sacred dances of Orixás, that identify and materialize Candomblé Gods. The orixás's dance – made by a huge gestual vocabulary called ato – determine and materialize gods as part of the Pantheon of the afro-brazilian religion called Candomblé.
Besides the choreographic vocabulary and its technical grounds, we'll discuss the elements that create a ritual, building a theatrical body, starting from the ancestral matrix. The passage from the "ritual ato" to the "theatrical ato" appears through a creative process, the composition of a contemporary dramaturgy.
"The tales of the Orixàs talk about the world's creation and its distribution between the deity. They quote thousands of situations involving gods and men, animals and trees, nature or social life's elements. Each and every Candomblé's Orixa is a collection of myths and each myth story contains more than one Orixa (...), myths justify and prove Orixa's features. They explain daily events and legitimize the ritual pratices, formulas for intiates, oracular and sacrificial, but also choreographies of sacred dances, colors, objects, etc. The combination of all these aspects is the origin of the myth and it's a proof of the sense of it". Reginaldo Prandi
Maria Thaís, teacher, professor and researcher at the department of Performing Arts of ECA/USP, within the Interpretation and Direction Area, and in the PhD Program. She has directed (2007/ 2010) the University Theatre of São Paulo. Artistic Director of the Balagan Theate Company, she has created for them the following performances: Prometheus – a tragédia do fogo (2010/2011), Západ – A Tragédia do Poder (2006), Tauromaquia (2004 a 2006), A Besta na Lua (2003/2004), Sacromaquia (2000/2001), the research project Do Inumano ao mais-Humano (2008/2009). The company has partecipated four times to the promotional program of the city of São Paulo. She wrote Na Cena do Dr. Dapertutto: Poética e Pedagogia em V.E.Meierhold, for EditoraPerspectiva, SP, 2010. Curator of ECUM – Centro Internacional de Pesquisasobre a Formação em Artes Cênicas (2009/2010/2011) and pedagogical advisor of the SP Escola de Teatro (2010). She has collaborated (1999 – 2006) as teacher and director with the Moscow Theatre – School of Dramatic Art, Mosca, and directed by Anatoli Vassiliev she created the choreographies of the performance A Ilíada. She directed also Olhos d'Agua (2004), with Ismael Ivo, produced by Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, and Dorotéia – um estudo (2004), by Nelson Rodrigues at the Intercity São Paulo Festival, and in Sesto Fiorentino (Italy). She has been professor of the Performing Arts Department (1993/2002) of the Arts Institute at the State University of Campinas – Unicamp and responsible (1990-1992) of the concept, direction and coordination of the Escola Livre theatre project, by the Department of Culture of Prefecture of Santo André.
Wellington Campos is a dancer, ogan e filho de santo. He is attending folk traditions since he was 12, when he joined the Abaçai – Balé Folclórico de São Paulo. His training went through music (percussionand sing), dance and capoeira. He studied with Toninho Macedo (traditional dances), Ari Colares (folk percussions), Penha Pietra (physical expression), Maurício Alves (folk pernambucan dances), Jardel GleuCini (acrobatic), Maurici Brasil (afro dance). In the last 10 years he has been performer, teacher and trainer for several Abaçai's projects. He has shown presentations and workshop in France and Portugal. He is collaborating with Balagan Theatre Company, directed by Maria Thaís for the transmission of Orixás' dances and thier mise en scene.
7, 8 March 2 > 6 p.m.
Cássia Navas (Brazil)
Dramaturgy and context - The construction of a sense in dance
After the studies in history and theory of dance, the proposal lies on dramaturgy and danse, in their context, concetrating in the construction of the scene in a collective sense, of the body and social performance of every « body-territory »
The work develops starting by the choreographic processes in the research and the connections between choreographers and artists-of-concepts, pointing towards the inclusion of analyzing excerpts from the suggested artworks located inside the history of contemporary dance and theoritical debate of today.
It's a pedagogy between practice and theory, where every artist and creator is able to analyse better his action, the choreographic proposals suggested by the most well known artists, starting by analyzing the audio, visual and verbal structures.
In this sense, the art-piece is analysed starting by decomposing the fundamental elements of dramaturgy, projected like a creative process, through stills, inside a laboratory around the construction of significance.
Finally the aspects of history of contemporary art are analyzed and the context/process of every piece is also considered like an "original drama".
Cássia Navas, teacher at theInstituto de Arte/UNICAMP(University of Campinas), degree in law (USP), Master degree in dance/semiotics (PUC/SP), PhD in Arts (ECA-Escola de Comunicação e Arte/USP) and a DESS in Management of Cultural Policy (UNESCO, University of Dijon/Ministère de la Culture/France). Her experience embrace several environments: dance semiotics and cultural policy. Coordinator of Geppetto – Research group of performances typologies and contemporary identities (CNPq), has been researcher for the Performing Arts/Departiment IDART/ Municipal Segretariate of Culture (São Paulo), and coordinator of Stagium Association and of Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade (State Secretary for Culture/São Paulo). Author of several volumes among them Images de la danse à São Paulo, Danse moderne, Danse et mondialisation: politiques de la Danse dans l´axe Brésil-France, Vem Dançar, Theatre du Mouvement- une méthode pour l'interprète-créateur e Art de la Composition (the last two with the choreographer Lenora Lobo). She is part of the editorial committee of several academic magazine, as URDIMENTO (State University of Santa Catarina), Répertoire (Federal University of Bahia), Scène 7 (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) e Moringa (UFPB), is member of CNIC- National Commission for the cultural promotion of the Brasilian Minister of Culture, and she is member of the National Committee of Dance of MINC. She is advisor for the Plataforma Estado da Dança, for the next Dance Biennale of São Paulo, and for many tv programs about contemporary dance (2009-11), for the TV SESC (SESC São Paulo).
13 > 24 March
Jozef Frucek (Slovakia) / Linda Kapetanea (Greece)
From Wim Vandekeybus to the Fighting Monkey technique
Open Doors: Saturday 24 March 6 p.m.
Fighting Monkey is a way of clearing up and listen and applying the basic principles of internal martial arts practice and the compression speed, union membership and monitoring. We focus on understanding the anatomical locomotive system, because without this knowledge it can cause unnecessary loss of energy and possibly serious injury. We will focus on the specific body weight, flexibility, strength. We will explore the prudence to the situations, knowledge of global dynamics, knowledge of the different energy levels and temperaments, knowledge of our limits, monitoring of eye movements, body, hands, feet colleagues to acquire the ability to read the intentions of body and mind, give weight to push and pull, climb and jump, manipulate, etc..
Jozef Frucek studied at the Academy of Music and Drama Arts in Bratislava where he also completed his PhD. He is an independent artist and dancer, from 1996 he performed in solo and in group projects as well. His creations and teaching are influenced in part by martial arts, that he actively practices.
Linda Kapetanea licensed in the Greek State School of Dance. With a scolarship from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation she alter studied at the Merce Cunningham Studio, Movement Research and Dance Space, New York. After she co-operated with several companies in Greece and abroad. In 2002, she was awarded by a Greek Ministry od culture as "the best performer" of the season 02/03. Between 2002-2005 Jozef and Linda performed with Ultima Vez Company | Wim Vandekeybus (Blush, Blush Movie, Sonic Bloom, Puur, Here After Movie). During the last years they are frequentely invited to teach in KVS Brussels, Ritz Academy Brussels, SEAD – Salzburg, Jette Dance Studio Brussels, DOT 504 Prague, ImPulstanz Vienna, Dansa Deltebre, Dies De Dansa Barcelona, AMDA University Bratislava, Art Station Poznan. They are staff teachers at the greek State School of Dance in Athens. In 2006 they've founded RootlessRoot company.
Linda Kapetanea licensed in the Greek State School of Dance. With a scolarship from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation she alter studied at the Merce Cunningham Studio, Movement Research and Dance Space, New York. After she co-operated with several companies in Greece and abroad. In 2002, she was awarded by a Greek Ministry od culture as "the best performer" of the season 02/03. Between 2002-2005 Jozef and Linda performed with Ultima Vez Company | Wim Vandekeybus (Blush, Blush Movie, Sonic Bloom, Puur, Here After Movie). During the last years they are frequentely invited to teach in KVS Brussels, Ritz Academy Brussels, SEAD – Salzburg, Jette Dance Studio Brussels, DOT 504 Prague, ImPulstanz Vienna, Dansa Deltebre, Dies De Dansa Barcelona, AMDA University Bratislava, Art Station Poznan. They are staff teachers at the greek State School of Dance in Athens. In 2006 they've founded RootlessRoot company.
27 > 31 March
Ko Murobushi (Japan)
Japanese Contemporary Dance
Open Doors: Saturday 31 March 6 p.m.
In 1969 Ko Murobushi studied and performed with Tatsumi Hijikata in Japan. In 1970 after short practice of "Yamabushi", in 1972 he participated to found "Dairakudakan". In 1974 he edited and published Butoh news paper "La Saison violente" and same year he produced and choreographied female group "Ariadone". In 1976, he founded male group "SEBI", then. In 1978 he succeeded in Paris with [Le dernier Eden – porte de l'au-de la ] (SEBI & Ariadone) and from then he started his tour in Europe, US, South America, Asia until today. His latest performances are quick silver (solo), DEAD 1, Contortions (Ko & Edge Co.), duo collaboration with Bartabas Le centaure et l'animal. Those acclaimed pieces are leading him to a world tour, giving the audience much impression of a new era.
16 > 21 April
Adriana Borriello (Italy)
Anthropological Body
Jump In! Friday 20 April 3 > 5 p.m. (free lesson for Veneto's students)
Open Doors: Saturday 21 April 6 p.m.
The proposal's source of the seminar is to share an investigation process which moves from some choreographic materials inspired by anthropological and ethno-choreological studies. A further step towards a contemporary body language which keeps the seed of the ritual as a necessary limit to the expressive freedom of the Self. Some titles of our departure points could be "The procession", "Little possessions", "Rosario (rosary)", "The scream", "The rags".
The work will consist in three phases:
1) body work focused on energetic concepts of movement coming from the choreographer's experience in dance and tai-chi, to put the body in the mood for rite;
2) learning choreographic materials to be used as departures patterns for phase 3;
3) research process: improvisations structures (with rules systems) and transformation processes; re-organization of new movement / sound materials.
The experience will be held in collaboration with Antonella Talamonti, contemporary musician and pedagogue, expert in voice improvisation and ethnomusicological materials.
Adriana Borriello has get her diploma at the National Academy of Dance in Rome and at Maurice Béjart's Mudra in Bruxelles. Has studied and practiced Tai-Chi from 1984. Has partecipated at the foundaton of Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's Rosas (RosasdanstRosas). Has collaborated with Pierre Droulers as dancer and coreographer. In 1986, in Paris, has founded her personal company (that she has later moved to Italy) starting international tours and co-production. Since her early years she has developed a special interest for pedagogy working with prestigious institutions such as Università La Sapienza in Rome, Civica Scuola di Arte Drammatica P. Grassi, Università di Torino. Since 1998 she works at the National Dance Academy in Rome where, as Guest Choreographer, she creates several choreographies for big ensemble and, as Guest teacher, she leads the choreographic composition's courses and dance composition's methods in the two-year academic course of choreography.
3 > 12 May
Pichet Klunchun (Thailand)
Classic Thai Dance
Open Doors: Saturday 12 May 6 p.m.
Pichet Klunchun bridges traditional Thai Classical Dance language with contemporary sensibility, while keeping the heart and wisdom of the convention. He trained in Thai Classical Mask Dance, Khon, from age 16 with Chaiyot Khummanee, one of the best Khon masters in Thailand. After receiving his degree in Thai Classical Dance at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, he pursued theatre both as dancer and choreographer at high-profile occasions, such as the opening and closing ceremonies of Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998. Subsequently, he also worked with contemporary dance, including collaboration with Jérôme Bel. He is the only artist in his class to continue dance as a career today, and has earned domestic notoriety for his efforts in contemporising khon. He has participated lately in several intercultural performing arts programs as a Thai representative and as an international dancer-choreographer in Asia and Europe. He received "Routes ECF Princess Margriet Award for Cultural Diversity" from European Cultural Foundation on December 2008. The purpose of the award is to honour artists and thinkers in the field of cultural diversity for helping to combat fear and disrespect of 'the other'.
Ismael Ivo (artistic director)
Studied acting and dance there, winning an award as best solo dancer in 1979, 1981, and 1982. In 1983 he accepted an invitation from Alvin Ailey to move to New York, where he became a member Alvin Ailey Dance Center. From 1985 to 1996 Ivo lived in Berlin. He collaborated closely with Johann Kresnik, the German Dance Theatre choreograph and Ushiu Amagatsu, the Japanese director and choreograph of the world famous Sankai Juku ensemble. In 1994 Ivo worked with George Tabori in Leibzig on Schoenberg's opera Moses und Aaron. For more than 15 years he had been the artistic director of the International Tanzwochen Wien festival in Vienna. At the opening of the Cultural Capital of Europe Weimar in 1999 Mephisto, based on the text Faust from Goethe, also collaborated with the Brazilian director Marcio Aurelio. Among the several pieces that he has created as choreoghrapher: Tristan und Isolde, made with Márcia Haydée for the Theaterhaus in Stuttgart. The partnership with Márcia Haydée (brazilian étoile and director of the Stuttgarter Ballett, stunning performer for John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan, Maurice Béjart, John Neumeier) has proceeded with Aura, hommage to Miles Davis and to Alvin Ailey premiered in 2000, and a choreography for the Ankara State Ballet, Medea (2001) and again with Callas in 2002. Directed by Yoshi Oida, Ismael Ivo was awarded the prestigious Time Out Award at the Barbican in London for "The Maids" as "the most outstanding performance of the year" in 2005. In 2010 has been awarded wit the Ordem do Merito Cultural in Brazil. At La Biennale di Venezia, where is director of the Dance Section since 2005, has presented a solo about the life of the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, Erendira from Gabriel García Marquez and Illuminata. For the Arsenale della Danza educational project has created The Waste Land (2009), Oxygen (2010) and Babilonia – il Terzo Paradiso (2011).
Franca Pagliassotto (choreography assistant)
Yoga ballet
Dance and Choreographer, Franca Pagliassotto started her studies at the school Ariadne in Torino, with the teachers Giulio Cantello and Eva Maxcay. From 1982 to 1984 she developed the studies of classic e modern techniques at the Alvin Ailey School in New York, approching the study of Horton technique with Milton Myers and Max Luna III. Then she moved to Paris to study with Peter Gross and, later, in Vienna with Ismael Ivo and Marcia Haydèe. From this moment (1998) started her collaboration with Ismael Ivo, as assistant for his workshop at ImpulsTanz festival in Vienna and for his production at La Biennale di Venezia. In 1984 she opened the dance school Il gabbiano in Torino, and she is still now its artistic director. In 1989 founded the Dance Company Il gabbiano, later Livingstone Ballet. In 2004 she get the degree in Educational Science for Dance at the Università di Bologna. From 2003 to 2004 is also assistant for the choreographer Matteo Levaggi at the Ballet Company Teatro di Torino. She is assistant for the Arsenale della Danza productions since 2009.
Fabrizio Murtas, Tania Puca (physiotherapist)
Physiotherapy, rehabilitation, elements of nourishment
Many times the dancer is considered only as an artist, forgetting the huge athletic effort that his/her body does. The attention to the health and to the prevention of the injuries to bone and joints is the task of the physiotherapist in a professional dance company, especially when we add - to the normal training - the stress of a new creation. Using the famous sentence mens sana in corpore sano a dancer is a soul that use his body to express: if one of the two part is suffering, the other will suffer as well.
Fabrizio Murtas became a physiotherapist at the Università di Torino in 1987. He has worked with Biennale Danza since 1999, and has been the physiotherapist of Compagnia Tocna Danza of Michela Barasciutti since 2000. From 2005 to 2009 he was part of the medical staff of S.S. Calcio Venezia. He has been the physiotherapist and nutritionist at Arsenale della Danza since 2009, assisted by Tania Puca.
Viviana Palucci and Manola Bettio (pedagogy assistants)
Training for Contemporary Dancers
Through the daily training of academic technique we aim to strengthen the consciousness of our body and of the coordination even through the integration and the support of techniques such as yoga in order to find for each dancer a static and energetic balance.
Task of the class is to guide and support the dancers during the hard path of research of Arsenale della Danza, through a basic training of the body that focus the attention on posture, coordination, musculare tone, joint fluidity: "to tune" the body to develope at its best each potential.
Viviana Palucci got her dance degree at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in 1983 and in 2005 the bachelor degree in Artistic and Performing Technologies at Università Ca' Foscari in Venice. She has been a ballet teacher since 1984. She is direction assistant for the F.N.A.S.D. project "Leggere per...ballare" with the choreographer Arturo Cannistrà, artistic director of the special projects at Fondazione Nazionale della Danza/Aterballetto. Since 2007 she has conceived and managed the project Choreographic Collision, artistically directed by Ismael Ivo, in collaboration with la Biennale di Venezia. At present she is president of Associazione Danzavenezia. She practices Yoga Iyengar.
Manola Bettio has a long term experience in the field of the modern and contemporary dance pedagogy. She is vice-president of Associazione Danzavenezia (that coordinates schools and teachers in the Veneto Region) as coordinator and choreographer for F.N.A.S.D. activities such as "Leggere per…ballare", among the special projects of Fondazione Nazionale della Danza/ Aterballetto. Since 2007 she has conceived and managed the project Choreographic Collision, artistically directed by Ismael Ivo, in collaboration with la Biennale di Venezia.


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The hotel is in the best location for someone wanting to see different parts of Quebec City. The staff is very well trained and seems to try to exceed expectations. This is a gorgeous historic hotel that has been extensively renovated. The pool and spa, all the restaurants, etc. are at or above the standards of what you will find in more modern luxury hotels. Based on my experience, I would recommend staying in one of the traditional decor rooms (preferably beginning 62##). Initially, we were offered an upgrade to one of the remodeled rooms, but we thought the window was very small and the room felt rather claustrophobic. So, we asked to be put back in the traditional decor, unrenovated rooms and found it to be much larger and comfortable with a double window and a great view. Of course, these two rooms (out of the 600 in the hotel) likely were not representative of all the remodeled/traditional room layouts. Just my experience.
The location was fantastic. The pool area and terrace. The architecture and history of the building. Staff was wonderful. Crowded, expensive, no wifi, average room.
All staff was very accommodating and a pleasure to deal with.
Staying in a historic building in a great city. Didn't touch the car for 4 days. Great dining both in and around the hotel at a number of spots. Unbelievable views. Only that I didn't plan on a longer stay.
Wonderful location, elegant hotel with great view and nice bar. No concierge available much of the time. Elevator not always operating.
The hotel staff is very professional and helpful, and location is close to most travel attractions. It's a landmark hotel with signifiant history. None
The location in Old Town can't be beat. The staff was very helpful in suggesting & reserving dinner. Handled room issue with free upgrade when I didn't accept lesser room. First impressions: a disaster! Tried to give us a double bed for our king reservation. Two of the three elevators were down. Took an hour for bags to make up to room. No towels in room when we arrived. The white wine had been used & filled with water!
The renovated room and view We were first provided a non renovated room that was not clean, requires a lot of maintenance. Our AC didn't work, ceiling and the mirror lights didn't work. On the 2nd day we informed the desk while heading out in the morning. The issues were not rectified upon our return. We called again prior to leaving for dinner. Upon our return, we noticed the lights were fixed but the AC didn't work all night. Neither was any follow through from the hotel regarding the issues. No follow up call to the room to check on us. Not a luxury service. On the 3rd morning I called and asked for the manager and the AFOM said she would upgrade to renovated room and waive the $40 upcharge as if it was a favor. We had not slept the night before and gladly accepted the offer.
Well kept facility and competent staff. Great location. Would come again. But . . . you run a luxury hotel. And then you do a Motel 6 maneuver and charge people for WiFi in their room. I would expect this from an American airline company (the worst customer service businesses on the planet), but not from a top-end hotel chain.
Location, architecture,overall experience, elegance, staff readiness to please, convenience Phones in the room didn't work, dental kit took too long to get delivered,
Beautiful interior and exterior, pool and related facilities were generously appointed. Small room (even the "deluxe" room). Comfortable bed, but not THAT comfortable; my bed at home is much more so. There is a charge for every single thing... $16 a day for internet access is a joke, $36 a day for valet parking, $18 for a small pour cocktail at the bar. If I had it to do again, I'd stay somewhere else and visit the Chateau. Unless you are loaded and the money means nothing to you, I'd suggest the same.
Beautiful hotel, friendly and super accommodating staff. Wish we had more time to use the pool and to relax at the lounge area by the pool. It is close o all. We will go back again. Parking is pricy. We got complimentary water the first day and then no more afterwards. Water is $8 a bottle in the room! Lobby could use some updating.
The hotel is close to downtown and easy to access restaurants and shops. The staff is friendly and helpful. . .
A very beautiful quaint hotel , it's clean and the staff are wonderful and it is in a great location walk out and you are in old Quebec perfect located
For an extra $20, they had no problem in moving me to a room with a desk and terrific views. I had a ton of work to do and the room was quiet and comfortable and allowed me to get it done ahead of an important meeting. The bed was super comfortable. Just wish I'd had more time to sleep!
location very cramped room
Excellent professional staff very pleasant and friendly. Clean room. Excellent location around great restaurants coffee shops shopping and petite Champlain which was magical
Location central to sites in old town
Very nice room with courteous staff. Pleasantly surprised by the place. The bar dud not open until late and the restaurant didn't serve dinner but with all of the bars and restaurants in Old Town, this didn't seem to pose a problem.
The best part about the Hotel Clarendon is the location and it has impressive history. Rooms are fairly clean. Rooms are very cramped, beds not that comfortable and there is no private parking. The reception/concierge could use some brushing up on customer service as well.
The location is fantastic and staff was great. Room was very clean. Did not include breakfast or parking ($25 per night). Only some outlets worked.
right in the heart of everything staff was excellent
Room was great for sleeping! Bathroom amenities were lovely! Bi-lingual staff. Wi-if. Accessible to all important sites. Old world charm.i I could only open my closet door a few inches since it was blocked by a bed.
The location was great , and the staff were very helpful.
We loved the location of the hotel in the historical part of the city. We were very happy the concierge was able to get us a table for dinner at the Panche Restaurant, they always seem to be fully booked.
the hotel was very modern yet homey at the same time.very clean and staff was pleasant. no complaints
We had an absolutely fabulous holiday in great part due to the amazing team at the Auberge Sainte-Antoine. We were made to feel at home from the moment we arrived. The rooms are spacious and well appointed. The hotel is well located in the lower city with easy access to the river front and the funicular to upper town. Madame Quay arranged multiple events for our group with great success. The entire staff were always courteous and knowledgable. Make sure to take advantage of the Penache Restaurant on the property for breakfast and dinner. I will be back!!
Central Location Excellent breakfast and dining Consierge was not available at all times/
wonderful staff, clean, well maintained facility, excellent location within old quebec, comfortable lower level lobby with bar service, amazing movie theatre for watching world cup soccer, honestly nothing comes to mind. Panache can be viewed as expensive, with a limited menu, but the atmosphere and friendly waiters suit the hotel nicely. Guests have many other choices close by.
I liked being in old Quebec and the historical sights I left letter of complaint about our room
We loved everything about the place - the discreet friendly efficiency of the staff, the great location, the stylish room...
It was a gorgeous hotel, very well located, excellent cozy bar with beautiful fireplaces. Romantic. What I was very disappointed with was that the description of my booking provided by booking.com was not accurate:1. Booking.com said the luxury room which I spent extra for was 400 sq foot - room was barely 300 sq ft with a terrace outside. What the heck do I do with a terrace at -15 degree weather?? 2. The description said large bathroom with separate bathtub - not the case. It was a small bathroom and shower/bathtub were one. I noticed through the floorplan that the rooms on both sides of ours did have bigger bathrooms !! What's the point of providing that description to us if you do not deliver! 3. Booking.com said there was just provincial/federal taxes applied. A third tax was also applied to our bill. Very disappointing.
The heated bathroom floor was fabulous and the rooms were great! It was a very special hotel and museum all in one. Panache restaurant was the best for breakfast and dinner! Superb!! Nothing to dislike!!
The cozy atmosphere but with design elements including objects excavated at the site in the old lower city. The staff is very responsive and found me pure green tea (true green tea lovers don't like flavored green teas, but few hotels know this). Nice restaurants nearby and also in the hotel. The lower town is less touristy than the upper town.
location and design breakfast is not included the price and the breakfast is not worth paying at all.
We were on the 6th floor and had a great view of the port and the streets down below. Love the knew decor of your new restaurant"Matto", unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to dine there, maybe next visit. The breakfast wasn't that great, but it was included.
The staff are friendly and efficient. The rooms are attractive, clean and comfortable. Appreciated the availability of free coffee at all times. We would certainly return and recommend the hotel to our friends. No where to hang bath towels to dry - would have liked to re-use towels. Poor organization at breakfast no fruit/cereal bowls, shortage of cutlery. Constantly running out of coffee. Cold croissants for two breakfasts - unpleasant. Warm for the third day and edible. We were always in for breakfast by 8.30 a.m.
The hotel staff was excellent and made you feel very welcome! Very attentive to any requests! We loved the 24 hr coffee bar! The breakfast area did not have enough tables and often we had to wait for a table before we could sit down and eat.
Good sized rooms and very well appointed. Staff are helpful and location is great with lots of restaurants nearby. Strictly speaking not a problem of the hotel itself, but on-street parking is very difficult to find. Make sure you book a spot in the hotel car park ($20/day), or be prepared to walk!
The lobby and guest room were modern and beautiful. The staff was especially welcoming and warm. The lobby was decorated with contemporary comfortable sofas, open spaces with burning candles, wine bar, Nespresso coffee machines, wood and stone walls. The well-designed shower, bath and guest room were spacious and tastefully decorated. The room had a Nespresso machine, which I enjoyed. Additionally, our room had huge windows with a beautiful view. Adjoining the hotel was a restaurant with great food including breakfast (which was included with our room) and a full bar. This was a very enjoyable stay. Our room-included breakfast was not available until 8:00. Due to the late time breakfast was served, we could not avail ourselves of the amenity that was included with our room. There were a number of electronic devices in our room, which was nice, but it made operating the TV much more complicated.
Great staff and location to localsites in the Old Town. Complimentary internet in the room and cappuccino all day gratis.Very good continental breakfast included in the room.
Although in my opinion the very high ratings of this hotel are overrated, I liked the location, accessibility, view, cleanness, friendly and understanding manager, modern bathroom design. Hotel stuff mixed up the reservation (wrong room type was provided). There was no kitchenette and, thus, no fridge, plates or cutlery. Some standard bath items were missing.
Good location in a great city
Bikes! No car needed. Walking distance to everything including Ferry and train station The staff, especially Antoine the bellman and Maxime the concierge That we only spent 3 nights.
We picked this hotel base on it's high reviews and we were really satisfy. The hotel is just in the heart of everything. Just like couple blocks from the lower town, old port and only a short climb to the upper town. The staff were all very friendly, we will definitely go back again.
Very interesting design of the building and the rooms. Environment friendly. Very calm. Having to get out of bed to switch on/off the light
old quebec tour
The location of Le St-Pierre is in the middle of the old city of Quebec, with many restaurants nearby. The room was large and airy. While not a problem for me, this hotel is not suitable for people with mobilty problems as there are a lot of stairs, including the entrance to the hotel
Location was good and had good restaurants close by particularly the Cafe Monde. Staff were very helpful but not over fussy. Close to interesting sights.
The hotel is lovely and the staff very friendly. The location is great, we were going on a cruise and the location was perfect. We would definitely stay at Le Pierre again.
Nice location, quiet, staff friendly and helpful Breakfasts too small, often not warm.
Very well positioned.Delightful ambience. Close location with Hotel 71 and those facilities which complemented the St Pierre. The bath plug did not seal so the bath could not be used. Despite being reported this was not corrected which was most unfortunate since the whirlpool bath was a feature of the room.
The hotel was in a perfect place to walk to see old Quebec. The breakfast was excellent! We were within two blocks of the cruise terminal (where we were headed next) and the staff was willing to help us to walk our luggage there. The staff was also extremely helpful in helping us chose a restaurant for dinners and to help with reservations. The bed was very soft.
location, breakfast, free internet
Lived everything about this hotel: proximity to restaurants, shopping, art, and more and the staff was not only incredibly nice but really helped us enjoy our stay more with day trip suggestions. Tania is the best front desk staffer we met!
Very friendly staff, helpful in finding interesting places to see while in Quebec
The location and the ambiance. Graet breakfast daily.
everything was perfect, the staff was lovely and very helpful, the room was big and very comfortable, the location was great nothing, everything was perfect
location is excellent and staff is very helpful the room was a bit too small but what was really small was the bathroom sink, I could barely shave above it, so, although good in general, the room was clearly overpriced.
Its proximity to the old city - location There were no directions on where to park a car
It was a really beautiful place to stay and the hotel staff were extremely helpful. To top off our stay it was snowing in Quebec which made it an even more beautiful.
All staff were wonderful and kind to deal with Did not like that we were charged for maid service automatically without knowing it. Also, we paid extra for breakfast, but was not told that its continental during the week. On weekends there is much more to choose from.
excellent location - central to Old Quebec City Hotel has no parking- but they direct you to underground pubic parking which is very close to the Hotel
The room was huge and very confortable.the breakfast was very good
El hotel está muy bien situado, en el centro mismo. En un calle tranquila y sin tráfico. La habitación es agradable.
The staff was extremely helpful and friendly. The room was clean and the style was very unique. The location is great as it is within walking distance of the major attractions
the room and breakfast selections A guest does not knnow you cannot get your car to the hotel door by the write-up A waitress spilled beer we had ordered on the sidewalk cafe and she never replaced the spilled beer or reduced the cost
Room was well designed. Bed was really comfortable. Beautifil view of Chateau Frontenac from our bedroom. Easy accessiblity to rest of city. Easy parking. Services were excellent. We stayed on the 7th floor, and it was still a bit loud (external noise from people on the street late at night, and also some internal noise from other guests in the hallway). Wi-fi was very spotty in our room.
Everything was perfect. Breakfast was great!
Great location, excellent adjacent restaurant, helpful staff. Only drawbacks, two flight walk-up. Our room bright and cheerful, recently remodeled bath, however bed was quite soft and sagging and in need of replacement. Overall a great place to stay. We didn't mind the stair climb, if you're going to tour Quebec City, you will be climbing a lot of stairs. Only issues as previously stated was the bed.
Location was fantastic. There is no parking but there is a parking garage nearby at city hall. The room was very small but it was enough for one person. The room needed a vacuum but it wasn't anything terrible. The walls are real thin and you're able to hear anything that is happening outside.
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Location, location, location. Right next to the Chateau Frontenac in the heart of Old Quebec. Price was very reasonable and bed comfortable. Very friendly and helpful staff. Stairs to check in and reach our room. Our room was out of the way so noise was not an issue. Stairs getting to the lobby needed attention when we arrived and it was the same when we left. Busy season and probably didn't get a chance to get to it.
The location was amazing, we were right in front of Shateau Frontnac, the room was nice, and the staff was very helpful!
The location. It was right in the heart of the action and beautiful views of the Chateau Frontenac and St Lawrence river. The room was loud, I was in room 15 and their was some sort of construction early in the morning, starting around 6am. Walls were thin and because it was an old hotel, everytime someone ran up the stairs, it felt like they were opening door.
Friendly staff, excellent location. Best breakfast in town
The attention of the crew Nothing
We were away for 2 weeks and this was by far the most comfortable hotel we stayed at. The design/decorating was eclectic and very pleasing. We stayed in a new wing and our companions stayed in an updated wing of the old building. Both rooms were spacious and very nicely decorated. The large bed was very comfortable. We had a wonderful view of the old city of Quebec. The breakfast was delicious and plentiful. The staff was very helpful. I would recommend this hotel to anyone staying in Quebec. There was nothing that could be construed as negative in our stay at Hotel Champlain.
The convenience of being so close to everything!
friendly staff good breakfast clean rooms and great location
Wonderful showers. Great, helpful staff. Location. In state of remodeling.
Conveniently located, excellent service, excellent spacious room, free Internet access.
The staff was very friendly and helpful. It was conveniently located. The continental breakfast was a perfect start to the day. Our room overlooked a school yard and it was fun to wake up to the sound of children laughing and playing (of course, it might be because we are grandparents so maybe everyone wouldn't enjoy the sound) Our room was on the small side.
located in the central area noise, parking not available
Very good location. Well-equiped lobby (computer, newspapers,cafee machine). Parking on site. Good breakfast.
Location, location, location Not luxurious, but clean and comfortable. Great coffee machine in the lobby. Good value While breakfast buffet was good, it is presented in a very crowded space making it difficult to serve yourself.
The hotel is well located and staff is very nice.
Maintainance work (hammering and drilling) in the room next to mine started at 8am... very very annoying.
It's location and warm reception No view to the river
The hotel staff was very courteous and helpful. I especially appreciated the gentleman at the front desk upon our check-in who graciously changed our room to better accommodate our needs!
The staff were very nice and the hotel was very clean. Walls are thin, sometimes you can hear the person in the next room snoring.
Very nice and quiet hotel in the heart of Quebec City. The luxury room we stayed in was very nice and at $204/night was well worth it. It was decorated with class and good taste. The staff was pleasant and helpfull. Very enjoyable ... I recommend it to everyone. Nothing major!
comfortable and conventient, nice and friendly staff
It's size. Very homey,cute and cozy. Close to where we wanted to be. Tv reception could have been better.
Staff was superb and an excellent location Room was small and breakfast so so.
Helpful staff and great location in Old Quebec
Rooms were very new and modern and they have free coffee, expresso, cappucino, water, fruits for 24 hours in the lobby.
excellent breakfast and the location nothing, it was perfect
Extremely helpful staff, I twice stayed here in one week, fourth floor of the hotel hard by the church square. The rooms are spacious and darkly handsome with just the night accents of decor. Love the rich wood floors and doors, roomy bathrooms and just everything. I travel a lot and honestly cannot demerit the hotel for anything. From directions to restaurant recommendations to central location in old Montreal to handout umbrellas on a rainy Wednesday, Place d'Armes came through.
A great little hotel in a great location. no elevator
Very helpful staff. Great location. Clean. Quiet. Great breakfast which is included in the price. Overall excellent value at $160 per night. Very hard to find the hotel. Room was very small with a shower made entirely of glass in the bedroom itself. Room was very small.
One issue I had was when I was given my credit card receipt it was not itemised, so I had no idea if the valet charge was included. I therefore paid the valet guy separate for the valet parking. Then, when I later went over the credit card bill it appears that I had been charged for the valet on the credit card bill. An itemised receipt would have made me aware of this. Other than that I have no complaints, but I think this is something that is easily rectified.
Beautiful decor, great location and a romantic atmosphere. Wifi needs to be available in room. Also, glasses are needed for water.
One of the best hotels we have ever stayed at compared to many throughout the world. Will be staying long term when I decide to write my book. Room, location and of course the staff were outstanding. wE REALLY WERE GUESTS AND ARE NOT BEING PAID FOR THIS REVIEW. Also, this is the first review we have ever done. COMPUTERS ####%^^#@@#$%!!! HAVING TO CHECK OUT
Everything was quite good. We will recommend the hotel to others and return.
Excellent staff! Very nice, cozy room. Very comfortable bed with lots of pillows. Nice old building with lots of character. Wireless internet was very helpful. Very nice setting on a 'pedestrian only' street. Great location. Parking was close by. Pleasant restaurant (with nice staff) downstairs. I wish I had stayed here (and in Old Quebec) for more than two nights!
I loved the location just next to the Frontenac and Artist's Lane. There was no elevator and the noise from outside could be loud at times.
We appreciated the help we received from all the staff. They even helped us take decisions on what to do during the day. This is very peculiar. There is a strong food smell on the stairs, that reaches the entrance of the room. This is only down side of the hotel.
The staff are exceptional and very personable. The owner can be very proud. We recommend the restaurant for superb cuisine and presentation.
The central location did not require getting a taxi or walking too far. The bed was comfortable. Too many stairs
The owners and proximity to the old city. The bed was uncomfortable.
Very pleasant room, cozy, in a nice location in the old city of Quebec. The owners were friendly and informative.
location, price, cleanliness, friendly staff, quiet, all in all a great experience! Only inconvenience.....not enough coffee supplied in room.
The location of this hotel is very good. Easy access to the Chateau Frontenac, the Plains of Abraham. Easy access to parking with unlimited exit privileges at no extra cost. Very calm and quiet. Feels like you're staying with family.
The atmosphere was great - the decor reflecting a French impression. I would have like to see a better continental breakfast ie more than orange juice, coffee and a small muffin.

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You might think professional athletes are in a different world, but one local man who played professional basketball is about as down to earth as it gets.
Steve Hamer is hard to miss. At seven feet tall, he was made to play basketball.
This story begins in Grand Junction, Tennessee where Steve was born. He's the baby of the family with five older brothers, but small he is not.
"There's no one in my family that's tall at all. I was always very unique," said Steve.
And he was always good at sports. "My first love was actually baseball," he said. "I got to be 6'5" in the sixth grade and at that point everyone's looking up and thinking 'I think you're in the wrong sport.'"
He started to pursue basketball aggressively through high school and that led to college ball.
"I received my first letter from the University of Tennessee, Wade Houston. I'll never forget that. I started getting calls from different coaches around the country and I'm thinking 'what do they know about me?'" recalled Steve.
He got calls from coaches. He got hundreds of letters from different schools, but he chose the University of Tennessee.
"God really blessed me and gave me the opportunity to play at the University of Tennessee. We didn't win a lot of games when I was here, but I wouldn't trade that experience for playing for the big orange for anything," he said.
One moment in orange stood out during his last game with the Vols. "I'll never forget there was a packed house and I looked up at the third level and there was a lady that had sheets, that had like a king size set of sheets and she'd written on the sheets and it said 'Thank you, Steve. We love you.' And that meant so much to me," said Steve.
Despite his rise in the basketball ranks throughout his life, Steve faced criticism.
"You go to college and you have those same people that tell you, 'He doesn't run fast enough. He's got an awkward gait. He doesn't have a great shot,'" said Steve. "You tuck that away and you want to prove those naysayers wrong. It's not about what people say about you, it's how you feel about yourself."
And he proved them wrong alright!
"To hear June 26th, 1996 that the commissioner says the Boston Celtics select Steve Hamer with the 38th pick of the draft, it was unbelievable," he said.
And onto the Celtics he went. "It was such an eye opening experience because I wasn't used to that kind of life and if you don't get accustomed to that it can really bring you down quickly," said Steve. "My parents did such a good job of bringing me up to be a grounded individual, to make sure that you love God first, and you take care of your family."
He spent one season with the Celtics and then injured his knee. He soon came back to East Tennessee.
"It's weird that God takes you in certain avenues to get you where he wants you to be and there's no doubt in my mind, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be and I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing," he said.
Steve is a teacher and athletic director at Apostolic Christian School. "I love teaching. I love talking to kids. There is no better feeling in the world to see a kid that is struggling with an equation or historical fact and you sit down one on one with then and you see the light bulb come on," he said.
He's like a celebrity when he walks the halls, but not because of his basketball career, it's because he's a great teacher.
"I'm so far removed from playing basketball in college, playing basketball in the NBA and now I'm a dad. I'm a dad that's a teacher," he said.
Steve Hamer-- so nice, so humble, and now using his skills on the court in the classroom right here in East Tennessee.
"I love this place with all I have. I love the city of Knoxville. I love the people in Knoxville. They've been so gracious and generous to me and I want to give back as much as I can."
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Dave Roseman has been the city traffic engineer in Long Beach for 10 years.
Question: Oddly, I don't have any complaints about traffic in Long Beach.
Answer: Well, that's refreshing.
Q: Wait. The Wardlow speed dots south of Studebaker. I don't like those at all. Do you get a lot of complaints about them?
A: Complaints, yes, but also appreciation for them. People want cars to slow down as they go over the bridge. We want people to go slower so we can keep the speed limit down to 45.
Q: You mean if people drive faster, the speed limit will go up?
A: It can. We have to follow very strict laws about how speed limits are set. We conduct speed surveys. We set the limit at the 85th percentile, the idea being that most drivers are reasonable.
Q: That's kind of a huge leap.
A: It is, but drivers tend to drive at a speed they feel is safe and prudent. We can't, for instance, set the speed limit on Wardlow at 25, because everyone would be going faster than that and it would, in effect, be a speed trap. The 85th percentile formula is used to prevent unscrupulous cities setting up special speed traps.
Q: What I like are those left-turn lanes where you can turn with the arrow or yield when the arrow turns off. I want those everywhere.
A: I like those myself. We're installing quite a few. They're called protected/permissive signals. All the new left-turn lights are being made protected-permissive, although we've had to change some back to protective-only.
Q: How many intersections in Long Beach have traffic signals now?
A: A little over 600 intersections with lights. Some lights are more sophisticated than others.
Q: There are sophisticated lights?
A: I'm going to tell you a secret.
Q: I'm no good with secrets. I'll tell everyone.
A: You can go ahead and tell. We have a lot of technology in some of our signals. You probably know that fire and police have devices that can make lights turn green when they're on an emergency. Buses have them too. In off-peak hours, we have a lot of speeding problems, so some signals have the ability to detect speeders, some through in-pavement detectors and other sensors, so they will turn red when they detect speeders, and they will take their time turning green. And they will do that as long as you're speeding.
Q: Where are these things?
A: I can't tell you everything. I will tell you that in places where there's a lot of off-peak speeding, like Loynes Drive, between Studebaker and Pacific Coast Highway. A lot of speeding problems and accidents along that road. Well, the light there at the mobile home park and Bixby Village will turn red in all directions at night and doesn't change until you come to a stop. So that's been slowing things down. The result is slower, calmer traffic.
Q: Are there many major routes where you can make all the lights if you travel the speed limit?
A: We have a number of streets timed fairly well going east-west. It's easier on one-way streets. Our downtown streets are pretty well timed: Broadway, Third, Sixth and Seventh streets are all pretty good. If you're going east, Broadway is good. Once you get past the downtown congestion you have a pretty good chance at making all the lights from Alamitos to Redondo, or even beyond.
Q: What about north-south streets?
A: It's difficult to make it so people make green lights going in both directions. It's mathematically impossible. It's pretty good on Cherry Avenue. Long Beach Boulevard ain't that bad, especially as you're going through Bixby Knolls.
Q: Why do I sometimes have to wait so long at a red light? I can hear entire songs waiting for a light to turn green.
A: We try to run our cycles as quickly as possible. Some cycles are as low as 75 seconds and go maybe as long as 110 seconds normally. At peak hours it can be 150 seconds. That's not bad. It's definitely lower than Orange County, where a cycle can run 200-240 seconds. If we go that long here, people start to think the signal is broken and they'll just go. We think if we stop you, we want to stop you for the least amount of time possible. That way it's not as frustrating to the driver and it moves traffic better.
Q: How long is a yellow light?
A: Depends on the speed limit. It's between 3.1 seconds and 4.8 seconds.
Q: What kinds of changes have been made in the traffic department since you started 10 years ago?
A: Huge changes. Besides signal technology, the bike lanes, obviously, have been big. Ten years ago we had no pedestrian countdown indicators, which have been a big improvement. We have improved the crosswalks, using horizontal stripes all the way across instead of just two vertical stripes like before. All the crossing signs and school-zone signs were just plain yellow instead of fluorescent as they are now. When I started, we made pedestrian safety our focus. At that time, there were more than one pedestrian accident per day - about 370 each year. Last year we were below 200.
Q: Are you looking for problems when you drive around?
A: Yes. I live in Belmont Heights, so I don't have a long commute, but I try to drive to other parts of town as much as I can. And, fortunately, a lot of people who work for me live in Long Beach, so I tell them to write down problems as they see them, whether it's a bad signal or a faded street sign. A lot of good ideas come from them.
Q: Really? You listen to your employees?
A: I'm a little different from a lot of managers. I don't have a closed corner office. I work out in the middle of all my workers. It works out great.
Q: Even for your workers, having the boss out in the middle of things?
A: I like to think it's a two-way street.
Q: Do you talk like that all the time?
A: Like what?
Q: Saying things like "two-way street."
A: I guess when you work in traffic, you start talking like that.
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We are a leading PhD Research School that is affiliated to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Our key areas of research interest are centred on problems that are most pertinent to the developing world. We focus currently on issues of Education, Cheap and accessible healthcare, and Crime Mitigation in rural and poor areas of developing world countries.
This workshop brought together students and supervisors from both collaborating institutions(UCT and HPI) to share ideas and recent research results in the emerging areas of Computer Science in Africa and Service Oriented Architectures.
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Congratulations to Richard, an HPI fellow with the research school for successfully completing his PhD studies. For his PhD studies at the HPI Research School in ICT4D, Richard worked on empowering patients to securely own their health records using mobile phones.
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Haji Ali, a PhD student with the HPI research school in ICT4D presented a paper at the 3rd International Conference on Health Information Science (HIS 2014) in China, Shenzhen. Shenzhen is the 5th largest city in China established in 1979 and considered one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.
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Chao Mbogho a PhD student with the research school went to present a paper at the Mobile Learning 2014 conference in Madrid, Spain. Her main research interests are in m-Learning at the University of Cape Town.
This workshop will provide a forum for sharing ideas and research work in the emerging areas of the design and development of technologies geared at ICT4D and Service Oriented Computing problems. The discussions are aimed at encouraging both students and principal researchers to take a more active approach towards collaborative or joint work.
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As an independant fighter who very rarely shows up with a decent corner crew (if any) I can hand on heart say it makes a HUGE difference having someone there who knows what there doing and understands whats going on from outside the cage. I reckon they have as big influence on the outcome of the fight as the fighter themselves.
I have had a fair few random people help in my corner and have heard some outrageous advice from within the cage lol
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I am a student and performing experiments for a course at my university. I have ubuntu 9.04; and installed ettercap (GTK) and wireshark. I am connecting my laptop with an ethernet cable to a switched network.
The goal is to analyse the congestion control mechanism of TCP, and in particular its reaction to congestion notifications (dupl ACKs, or timeout).
To simulate network reordering (and its impact on TCP) or duplicates (generated by network), I need to reorder packets on transit, e.g., sent by a server, so that the receiver (client) identifies a gap in the sequence numbers which will trigger dupl ACK.
I am using ettercap to capture the TCP segments. I need to delay every e.g., i packets, and to let packet i+1 to go through (for instance by duplicating it, and then transmitting the duplicate, once packet i is sent, to release all the i+1 of packets). As a result, the receiver receives packet i+1, and then packets 1,...,i,i+1. If i>3 the receiver will generate three dupl ACKs and the transmission rate at the sender will be halved.
I did not find an info on how to delay the packets using ettercap. Does ettercap provide such a functionality (or is there an equivalent ettercap filter)? There is also an option to execute a shell command in ettercap filter, how can I accomplish this with a filter?
Any help is highly appreciated.
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Interesting Pres. I kind of like the idea, of the students making a basic cylinder, as a benchmark. I had to do the same thing in college. I might have to try that, thanks!
The reason I'm thinking about changing my approach, is that I feel that the way I have done it, is too brief. It doesn't give the students enough time to learn and build. As I mentioned before, this also has been more work for me. Each time, I would demo it, for one of the week long groups, I'd try to cover waaaay too much. That's a lot to throw at a student, pun not really intended. If I approach it more like I do Photo, it might work better. Start with the basics "Here's how you use the enlarger to make a basic contact print/ exposure, he's how you develop", to "Here's how you use the enlarger to enlarge a negative and make adjustments if need be." So for the wheel, I could start with the basic cylinder for a demo, then do another that shows how to make different forms, then another for trimming, and handle attachments......Hmmm, why didn't I think of this sooner. It's like those Guinness commercials from a few years back, "Brilliant!!!"
I made it smaller than that. I started by showing a demo of the wheel, and a vase out of a cylinder. However, once they had 10 3# balls wedged I did another demo of mstering, and centering the clay. A week or so later making first pulls, then later pulling and necking etc. Small steps for each part.


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Answers to frequently asked questions about borrowing materials from libraries other than Morris.
From where can I request items?
Morris Library has two services for obtaining items from other libraries: I-Share and Interlibrary Loan. Regardless of which service is used, books are brought to Morris Library for pick up.
I-Share delivers materials from many college and university libraries across Illinois. Items from these libraries can be requested through Morris Library by using the "Request" link within the I-Share @ Morris catalog. I-Share generally will loan books but not journals.
Interlibrary Loan delivers materials from libraries world-wide. If an item you need is not available in I-Share @ Morris or if it is a request for an article not available in one of Morris Library's online databases or in print at Morris Library, you may request it from another library through Interlibrary Loan.
Storage is a part of Morris Library. You can request items shelved in Storage using your I-Share @ Morris account or for journals that are not listed by individual volume you can use your Interlibrary Loan account.
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All currently enrolled SIU students, faculty, staff, and retired faculty or staff may borrow items from other libraries. The service is free for these patrons.
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You may request just about anything libraries own; books, copies of articles or book chapters, dissertations, movies, CDs, audiocassettes, microfilm or microfiche, and musical scores. However, some items, especially audio-visual materials, may be difficult to obtain or unavailable.
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You can request as many books and articles as you need for your research. Requests for audio and video recordings are limited to 3 per week.
How long will it take and where do I pick items up?
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The lending library determines the loan period and may or may not grant renewals.
The due date for non-I-Share items will be found on the pink band wrapped around the item. You may request renewal in your Interlibrary Loan account or you may call Interlibrary Loan at 618/453-3374.
I-Share items will check out for four (4) weeks and can be renewed 3 times, or 6 renewals for a patron with faculty level privileges.
All patrons will be billed for overdue charges or lost items. Charges and fines are set by the lending library.
Photocopies are usually yours to keep.
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The green or pink bands are wrapped around items borrowed from other libraries to show information such as the due date, existing damage and to help library staff identify items from other libraries, and to clear them from your account when you return them.
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Once you have determined that Morris Library does not have the journal you need in one of its online databases or in print, you may submit a request for it using the Interlibrary Loan form. Please give as much information as possible, including information about the source of your citation.
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Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon has urged new AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan to "radically review" policies of affordability when he officially begins in the top job.
McLachan, groomed by Andrew Demetriou to be his successor for the past three years, was announced as the new CEO at at AFL House on Wednesday.
The AFL has endured a rugged opening to the season, with ticket prices, the cost of food and drink and general affordability of matches for families one area of concern among supporters.
Gordon, in charge of one of the AFL's battling clubs, said McLachlan, 40, would make alleviating these concerns a priority.
"I think the whole question of affordability of the game for the average fan is something that the AFL needs to take a whole new look at. Not just a question of ticket pricing, but the question of affordability generally in terms of access to the game," he said.
"I think we need to be encouraging people to be at the game. More and more we are competing against TV to watch our own product.
"I just think we need to introduce policies that radically review the question of how easy it is for a family to take their kids to the game and enjoy it as generations of Australians have over the last 100 years."
Speaking on 3AW, Gordon said there was a "tension point" between the AFL's right to make a profit and the need to keep the sport within reach of the average family.
"We clearly haven't got that balance right. I think that will be one of the priorities for Gillon," he said.
Gordon said he had been impressed with McLachlan's negotiation skills, having worked closely with him on the equalisation sub-committee.
"I think he would have learnt a lot from working with Andrew Demetriou," he said.