I all of you attending next week have a safe and uneventful trip. I thought it would be interesting for you to be able to check out some interesting facts about Vancouver, one of Canada's great cities. "Vancouver consistently ranks in the top five in worldwide rankings of quality of life. Most recently, the city ranked first (2002, 2005) in a worldwide quality of life survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. In a similar survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Vancouver ranked second (2002, 2003) and third (2004). Vancouver has tied for first with the cities of Salzburg and Oslo among the UN chosen cities for highest living standards the last 4 years running. The city generally ranks first when compared to its Canadian and U.S. peers." Please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver for a *ton* of interesting and useful information about this wonderful part of Canada. If anyone has any questions, please let me know! Warm regards, -ross