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A documentary crew follows a character around because they're making a film and are trying to capture the couple's real life. The film crew asks the two to "Just act natural" and immediately Bob and Alice don't know how to do so. While under the camera's eye the two start trying to be the best that they can be, which results in them being completely artificial. They don't seem to understand that a documentary is unscripted and is supposed to be "real life." They may ask what their "character" should be doing in a scene or they ask to do "another take" when they stumble over their words. They may even ask "What's my line?" if they are too nervous to think. Maybe they aren't getting enough "screen-time" and their "character" needs a better personality so they crack bad jokes attempting to be far cleverer than they are in real life and failing. If the film crew is documenting a profession such as doctors or police while they are working an important case, expect the characters' antics to be to the detriment of their actual duties. Sister trope to Acting Unnatural in which a people told to "act natural" immediately find trouble doing so. Compare to Centipede's Dilemma in which when a person is unable to do a natural action after the fact that they do the action is brought to their attention.
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Miami, FL 33166
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Located just 5 minutes' drive from Miami International Airport, this hotel features a daily continental breakfast and free Wi-Fi in public areas of the hotel. Miami city centre is less than 15 minutes' drive away.A flat-screen cable TV, iPod docking station, and work desk are found in each room at Hotel Aladdin. A minibar is also included.The reception desk of the Aladdin Hotel is open 24 hours to serve guests. Free parking is also available.The Miami Art Museum is 15 minutes' drive from the hotel. Miami Beach is 20 minutes' drive away. ...read more
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Tyler from Jacksonville, FL
December 21, 2014
December 21, 2014
Nice decorations. Got the upgrade with personal garage. Food and drink close by. Great service and speedy checkin-checkout. Went to ramada inn and was disappointed.
Wax stains on the stairs but that was minimal.
Verified Hotel Guest from Annandale, VA
October 2, 2014
October 2, 2014
Close to the airport and train
The cleanliness and I'll the furniture looked weird.
I would not recommend it.
Stephanie from Orlando, FL
September 10, 2014
September 10, 2014
I loved the room decorations and the way it was set up.
I turned the heat on for a minute and the smoke alarm went on and the room smelled like smoke. The sheets had blood stains on it.
Overall very confortable. Could get new sheets and fix the air system.
Jasmine from Jamaica Plain, MA
July 14, 2014
July 14, 2014
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Christopher from Fort Myers Beach, FL
June 7, 2014
Solo Traveler
June 7, 2014
Solo Traveler
Low key, high quality! For---/nt, I wasn't expecting much. However, I now have a hotel I will use EXCLUSIVELY when I go to Miami!! This hotel is outstanding. The nescafè machines in the room for a perfect espresso in the morning.
The breakfast (included) was minimal at best, but juice and blueberry muffins. Can't complain; Too much, anyway. Parking was pretty much nonexistent.
Verified Hotel Guest from Lawrenceburg, KY
February 22, 2014
February 22, 2014
The garage for the rental car
Mattress was blood stained and very used. The pillows were too soft. There was no blanket, only a sheet. There were no wash clothes in the bathroom. The TV sound system wouldn't work correctly.
Verified Hotel Guest from Miami Gardens, FL
February 11, 2014
February 11, 2014
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Beth from Woodridge, IL
January 29, 2014
Business Traveler
January 29, 2014
Business Traveler
The price
Upon check in was told Booked,call priceline.Put up big stink was given room.Not face or body towel,no cover had 1 sheet.Poor service,walls dirty,bed not mounted.Definitely below standards. It Has potential to be a nice hotel,but big changes needed.
Verified Hotel Guest from East Point, GA
January 25, 2014
Business Traveler
January 25, 2014
Business Traveler
Not much
A lot! Entrance thru a garage; front desk had to check your room before they opened the gate to let you out; thin walls--you could hear everything: freeway, dj's music blasting from property party, other guests doin the nasty, no blankets..& more
Swapnil from Okemos, MI
January 1, 2014
January 1, 2014
The hotel rooms are well furnished and nicely decorated .
The hotel service is not good , break fast is below average . No sun light and ventilation in rooms . No public area.
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Finished the season with a 10-2 overall singles record ... Was 5-0 in dual matches at singles playing at the Nos. 5-6 positions ... Ended with a 7-4 doubles record ... Was 1-0 in doubles play while playing at the No. 1 position.
2009-10 at UCLA
Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 Academic selection ... Ended the season with a 14-7 overall singles record ... Was 6-2 in dual matches playing primarily at the Nos. 4-6 positions ... Captured the Invitational singles title at the Pac-10 Championships in Ojai, Calif. ... Defeated teammate Carling Seguso, 6-2, 6-0 in the championship match ... Owned an 18-15 overall doubles record ... Played primarily with Noelle Hickey, going 14-12 ... The duo was 10-9 at the No. 2 position and 2-0 at the No. 1 spot ... Ranked as high as No. 77 (w/Hickey) in the ITA Doubles Rankings ... Also teamed with Hickey to reach the quarterfinals of the main draw at the Pac-10 Championships ... Teamed with Pamela Montez to advance through prequalifying and into the qualifying draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American ... Won a round of singles in the Flight-I Draw at the Duals in the Desert Tournament.
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One of four 20-match winners on the team, ending the season with a 20-12 overall singles record ... Played primarily at the No. 4 position, going 6-6 ... Defeated Arizona State's Laila Abdala, 4-6, 7-6, 6-0 in the deciding singles match to give UCLA a 4-3 NCAA Second Round victory over the Sun Devils ... Achieved a season-high ranking of No. 90 in singles (Jan. 6) ... Ended the season ranked No. 82 in doubles (w/Andrea Remynse) ... Finished the season with a 20-11 overall doubles record ... Played primarily with Ashley Joelson at the No. 3 position, going 5-4 ... Won the most singles matches on the team in the fall, going 12-4 ... Captured the Flight-V singles title at the Duals in the Desert tournament ... Took third at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational ... Reached the semifinals at the Cal State Fullerton Intercollegiates, and the third round of the ITA West Regionals ... Listed at No. 50 in the Preseason ITA Doubles Rankings (w/Andrea Remynse) ... The duo advanced through prequalifying and into the qualifying draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships ... Also teamed with Anna-Viktoria Lind to take the doubles title at the Cal State Fullerton Intercollegiates ... Captured the Flight-I doubles title (w/Yasmin Schnack) at the Duals in the Desert tournament.
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Pronunciación: /ˈdʌɪpəʊl /
Definición de dipole en inglés:
1 Physics A pair of equal and oppositely charged or magnetized poles separated by a distance.
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- The succeeding positive slope arises due to the orientation of the headgroup dipoles.
- Interaction between the in-plane components of the headgroup dipoles is attractive and decays as the inverse sixth power of distance.
- Dielectric constants of nonpolar solvents arise from induced dipoles.
1.1 Chemistry A molecule in which a concentration of positive electric charge is separated from a concentration of negative charge.
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- The relative magnitudes of the molecular dipoles can be explained by the relative electronegativity differences of the atoms forming the bonds.
- In this way, temporary dipoles are propagated through a liquid or solid.
- If there is a separation of charge in an bond, it possesses a dipole.
2An aerial consisting of a horizontal metal rod with a connecting wire at its centre.
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- These methods allow engineers to fabricate many different types of planar IR antennas, including dipoles, spirals, and patches.
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Playing close to her home in Florida, Williams started slowly before picking things up and beating Li Na 75 61 for a record seventh title at the Sony Open.
She became just the fourth women's player in the Open Era to claim the same tournament at least seven times, joining retired legends Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Chris Evert.
And no one had ever won seven Miami titles, too.
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In a battle of the two top-ranked players in the world, Australian Open champion Li -- she's the No. 2 -- stormed out to a 5-2 lead and even held a set point on her own serve.
But Williams recovered and won 11 of the next 12 games to capture her second title of 2014. She's now 11-1 against Li.
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So we know how much I suck at art? Yeah, I tried it again. This time, I'm aiming for a Poliwag. I used this really cool application on my tablet called InspirARTion, and, though it might seem cheesy, it's a really awesome application that I doodle with. I just found one of the features to be kaleidoscopic symmetry, and I had lots of fun playing with the cool effect. It helped me make the background and my take on the Poliwag's spiral.
Here's the piece, entitled "Hypnosis." I was trying to go for a mysterious or hypnotizing vibe, and I remembered that Poliwag's line could learn the move. This would be the moment when Poliwag has hypnotized his opponent and they're about to fall asleep, and all they see is the slightly obscured Poliwag.
Target: Poliwag
Requirements: 1x Piece, scoring 40 or higher.
Also sorry if it got blurry. Transferred it from InspirARTion to Paint to a resizing application to Imageshack then to BMG. It became a little pixelated in the process, but I think it's all good! Sig is the incredibly messy, scribbly hand-writing of HW in the corner. Thanks!
EDIT: Made a Whismur one too! Similar process, created in InspirARTion and modified in a few other programs. This one is an aerial shot, as if a bird Pokémon was attacking Whismur. Whismur is known to release screams louder than a jet engine when disturbed, so the lines radiating from its mouth distorts the vision of the Pokémon entirely. It is titled "Shriek."
Target: Whismur
Requirements: 1x Piece, scoring 40 or higher.
Sig is still the messy HW.
EDIT2: I MADE ANOTHER WOOHOO. These are actually quite fun and time-consuming, so I made an Ekans. Background was made with InspirARTion, and Ekans was made in a combination of InspirARTion and Paint. This piece is titled, "Predator." Ekans has just found his pray in the bushes, and the petrifying gaze of Ekan's glare has paralyzed the viewer until the Ekans can take a munch!
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Trading the Biotechnical Way
The biotech sector, perhaps more than any other market subgroup, is renowned for its potential for huge single-day gains and monumental blow-ups that can obliterate a market cap in a matter of hours.
Drug trial results, rulings from the Food and Drug Administration or opinions from advisory committees can send a stock soaring or plummeting. A recent example was the 45% haircut on Tuesday in
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Then there's Genta (GNTA), whose stock, already a shadow of its former self, closed Aug. 31 at $1.52.
A week later two-thirds of that's gone. The catalyst was an adverse ruling from an FDA advisory panel that voted not to recommend approval of its drug Genasense for treating a type of leukemia.Clearly the risks can be tremendous, and the rewards can be equally so, but you don't have to rely solely on fundamentals and breaking headlines for making trading decisions. As with other sectors, evaluating the technicals in the biotechs in order to understand the general direction of the group and individual stocks can tilt the odds in your favor. The chart of the Amex Biotechnology index caught my eye recently when it broke out of a recent base. However, as Philip Roth, chief technical market analyst for Miller Tabak + Co. points out, the breakout came on low volume, making it "suspicious." He expects it to fail and considers a close under 650 confirmation of that failure. Jeffrey Spotts, portfolio manager for Prophecy Asset Management, doesn't think the recent action in the group has been sector-specific. "It's been moving with the market," he says. Since the recent lows on June 14, the S&P 500 has gained 7.2%. The Amex Biotech index climbed 4.9%, but it's up 8.1% since hitting its lows a few weeks before the S&P. Though biotech can be difficult to game for technicians because of the wild swings, Spotts can see why institutional managers are attracted to the sector.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- For Garmin (GRMN), the message is clear: Keep it simple.
Most experts say the maker of GPS-based navigation systems has been confusing customers, lowering buyer satisfaction and taxing the company's operations by offering 30 models of its "Nuvi" car navigation systems that range from $200 to $1,000 in price.
"I believe 30 (models) is too much," says Russell Winer, a professor of marketing at the Stern School of Business. "There's a lot of academic research that shows consumers get overwhelmed by a product having too many attributes and variations."
Garmin needs to streamline its offerings, cut down on the number of models and build in greater differentiation between the different variants, say company watchers."I think what they have is too much," adds George McAuliffe, portfolio manager with Tocqueville Asset Management, which holds shares of Garmin in some of its funds. "I don't understand the higher-end devices and think some of them are just too complicated." Garmin's many offerings are far more than its largest rival, TomTom, which lists about 12 models. Its smaller competitor Mio has 11 models of its car navigation systems. Garmin spokesperson Carly Baltes, though, says the company wants to offer numerous variants in a bid to help customers choose the one that's best for them. "A buyer can almost customize the device they want," she says. "It is important that we offer as many SKUs (stock-keeping unit) as we can, all the way from the low end to the high end so customers can tailor the device to their preferences."
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Alumni Weekend is the Medical College of Wisconsin's version of a family reunion, welcoming graduates from near and far to gather in celebration and remembrance. This year, alumni from the classes of 1954, 1959, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004 convened May 2-3 in Milwaukee. Cocktail hours, a recognition banquet, CME program, class dinners, tours and sight-seeing were among the featured events. Alumni News salutes this year's annual alumni award recipients and congratulates MCW's 2014 reunion classes. In addition, alumni from the Class of 1964 participated in the 2014 commencement ceremonies on May 16 and celebrated their 50th reunion as inductees into MCW's Golden Circle.
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Update - Saturday 930PM
New Braunfels Police Department Lt. Michael Penshorn said officers also went door-to-door in the neighborhood. Weve made contact with every single homeowner in that entire area.
He said officials are looking at the case as one in which Joshua simply wandered off. Our best course of action is to just continue with the search process, presuming that he just wandered off from the residence.
We dont have anything right now that would indicate to us that it is an abduction.
Update Sat 630PM
Police officers contacted about 2,400 homeowners in the area. According to the release, calls to notify the public about the search were sent out to 2,414 residences using the Emergency Notification System.
There were two messages on my voicemail last night about the missing child, resident Marie Rierson said. I received another call this morning from New Braunfels Police Department describing the child.
OK - just had time to watch a video that was posted toward end of thread#1.
It's the one titled "Search for Joshua is looking more and more desperate" & talks about the bucket & tarp.
In it, the reporter also says the FBI "is not ruling out foul play & that they will be investigating the possibility of a kidnapping".
I understand why LE seems to be leaning this direction as a possibility as they can't find this baby so wandering off might not be what happened.
I'm trying to think of another case where a little one was abducted at a family gathering or party & no one saw anything - and I can't ATM.
Just wish we knew something about what happened to him!!
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What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.
But if that drop was not in the ocean,
I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
~~ Mother Theresa ~~
Where is Rachel Cooke? Missing since 10-Jan-2002
Rachel's thread - WS
Did I read that dad said the dogs did not pick up his scent outside of the yard ? Then that tells me Joshua was put in a vehicle and driven away...moo
I'll see if I can find that link brb.....
Still, as of Monday, police searches involving people, helicopters and dogs hadn't led to any signs of the boy.
"They had scent dogs out here, and (they) said there was no scent of him leaving the yard," the toddler's father, Josh Davis Sr., told CNN affiliate KENS. "So I don't see how he could have wandered off, or else they would have picked something up."
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you....
Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Quick question ? In any of the photos of the home was there a "for sale" sign in the yard, a realtor sign ?
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you....
Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Update - Monday 11PM False Leads Hampered Investigation
Authorities have ruled out foul play, says Lt. Michael Penshorn of the New Braunfels police, but investigators interviewed sex offenders nearby and have continued to question family and friends.
Police also have had to quash rumors and red herrings.
The latest was a frantic broadcast report that searchers ripped up the mobile home floor in a search for remains. In fact, according to police, searchers merely opened the trailer's apron and crawled under the home.
A Facebook post Sunday indicated the boy had been sighted on Hunter Road, on the other side of town. It proved to be false, but was discounted only after police sent officers and a dog team out to investigate it.
Another distraction centered on a toy that was found resting on a mailbox. Initial speculation was that it was too high for the child to have placed it there, indicating an adult's involvement in his disappearance. Penshorn, however, explained the ball was an old, forgotten toy found in high weeds and placed on the mailbox by a searcher Saturday or Sunday.
So if they focused on the various RSO's first and the kid was found curled up in a neighbors yard it would be devastating/ JMO
ETA: I can't get a good picture of it but elepher had a good one on the first thread:
[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6110560&postcount=506"]Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - TX TX - Joshua Davis, 18 months, New Braunfels, 4 Feb 2011 - #1[/ame]
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Fly high and free, Jhessye ~
My posts are meant to help think through possibilities and are strictly an additional opinion under circumstances when many points of view need to be considered. I apologize in advance to anyone whose potential involvement is contemplated in error. Please understand that much of what is happening is merely brainstorming during unfortunate events.
If LE is completely changing direction now, I'm afraid that days have been wasted.
~~~Cynical Optimist~~~
For Travis Alexander, a human being. Justice will prevail.
*Gitana (means "Gypsy girl"). Pronounced "hee tah nah."
Hopefully by tomorrow LE will all be on the same page.
What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.
But if that drop was not in the ocean,
I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
~~ Mother Theresa ~~
Where is Rachel Cooke? Missing since 10-Jan-2002
Rachel's thread - WS
The home and vehicles of a registered sex offender living across the street from the boy's family were searched, but no connection was found to the boy's disappearance, Penshorn added.
Police also searched inside Joshua's home several times, then went house to house in the area as a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter searched from above.
If he is out there (on his own his own devises) TES should be able to find him him pretty quick - they seem to have divine intervention or something that leads them to the spot no one else sees somehow.
Several of the links I posted were in response to questions I came across while catching up a few pages - someone asked about the house being searched, the RSO's being searched and the comment about the ball being placed on the mailbox - just trying to kill two birds with one stone (so to speak).
Christopher Barrios, Jr - age 6 - Canal Mobile Home Park, Brunswick, GA. A trailer park, in a rural area surrounded by woods and tidal canals.
Assaulted and murdered by the SO across the street.
I know the first repost from Sat (? or Sunday AM) said the homes nearby had all been checked, but todays news said they hoped to finish by dusk (tonight).
LE had to search initially but I doubt they were so naive to think he only could have wandered off. Sounds like they have been doing all they can from the start, with the door-to-door etc. I'm not sure if they can demand access to homes, even in a situation like this. I wish they could, in the case of a small child missing.
Just my opinion, of course.
Seeing the pic of Josh Sr. smoking outside of the house at the beginning of the vigil made me think that he could have gone outside for a "smoke", and either let the baby out by mistake or disposed of him. And, nobody would have thought it strange that he was outside for a while. MOO
I still would not be surprised to see him found in a small body of water nearby. I really don't feel like they have cleared the area. He's tiny, he's easy, really easy to miss, and if he's in water, even a few feet, well.....
Parallel investigations absolutely, but let's truly clear a mile grid too.
Christopher was living there because his father was limited on where he could live, also to comply with the residency restrictions.
The man who murdered Christopher was a registered sex offender, for crimes against 7 and 9 year old boys, 10 years earlier.
Christopher's father was a registered sex offender, for a statutory rape conviction, 10 years earlier.
In Joshua's case I don't think there is a sex offender involved at all. Registered or not. I think that he may have wandered away and they simply haven't brought in the right dogs to find him... or it was someone who was at the house that night.
I wonder if they have REALLY checked all of the little places he could be. There are so many of them...
I just hope there are answers. I don't want to see another one go unsolved.
Meanwhile, family members continue to wait and hope, and say while Joshua did wander out of the home, they believe there is more to the story.
"There is no scent of the baby walking away. Obviously somebody had to have taken him, because they have scent of him in the yard, but not of him wandering off. So somebody had to have picked him up, or something, you know, that's what I believe," said Olivia Fernandez, the boy's aunt.
more here
What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.
But if that drop was not in the ocean,
I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
~~ Mother Theresa ~~
Where is Rachel Cooke? Missing since 10-Jan-2002
Rachel's thread - WS
A lot of it for me hinges on the search practices here. Yup, they used dogs, but quite possibly not the right ones. The cadaver dogs not hitting at the residence is a good thing, but the search dogs not hitting outside the backyard is a downright negative sign. They should have found something, even if it was an old trail.
There has been so much diversion, people basing their assumptions on an old ball that neither belonged to Joshua nor has any bearing on this case. People focusing on the RSO, even though Joshua is not the type of child that he was convicted of going after. Red herring after red herring.
And then we have the media and LE...the media cannot make up their minds on this case, the same reporters that seem to vilify the parents in the morning, are writing glowing reviews of their dedication the same evening, and let's not forget that a few of these red herrings have hit MSM without any fact checking with LE. And then there is LE themselves, with one branch saying "no foul play" and another saying "Yes, foul play is a possibility." The parents say LE isn't listening to them, and LE doesn't seem to be sharing much info with the parents, which I guess is understandable.
The article with LE saying they will only be following targeted tips from this point on...they don't believe he's out there on his own. Yet, they insist (some branches) that that is exactly what they believe. Where is all the diversion coming from, and why? If it were just the family doing it, that would say something to me about the perp, but it's not the family. They have done a bit, the media has done a bit, and LE has done a bit. Who's really to blame for this child not being found yet?
JMO. Unless there's a link, I can't prove it.
So the Mom was watching Toy Story for about 40 minutes by herself in the bedroom?
Not knowing where the child was at the time but knowing he is very mobile.Does anyone
else think something is wrong here.I know when my kids were little I would watch a kid movie with them,sometimes over and over.To watch one by myself is another thing.A house with all these people and she is in their by herself?.Someone help me with this please.I sure hope they find him soon
The mom is a few weeks from her due date. My guess was she laid down with him and dozed off-and he went to the room with his dad.


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Massive Fire Prompts Evacuations
POSTED: Monday, April 11, 2011 - 4:10pm
UPDATED: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 1:00pm
MISSION- A massive fire consumed acres and acres of land in the Mission area, causing evacuations near by. The giant plumes of smoke billowing into the air could be seen for miles and flames could also be seen flaring up within the dark smoke this is the outcome of a trash fire. The furious fire started at Silverado Circle in La Homa and then spread eastward out of control prompting evacuations for folks living near by, according to an official with the Hidalgo County Constable.
"Initially we did ask some people to evacuate in the area where we were having spot fires right close to some structures so we did have a lot of people move out. but that area since then has been control," said Juan Martinez Hidalgo County Fire Marshal.
And the fire continuing to rip through, what we are told by officials with the county constables, is a landfill off Moorefield Road between mile 8 1/2 and South of Mile Nine, the fire there consuming tires and other type of debris. Crews from the city of McAllen have been assisting with bull dozers and paramedics remained on stand by in case any injuries and so far none to report. The fire marshall said that a structure was on fire but as of right now we have no confirmation if it was a business, home or outbuilding. About 19 fire departments were on scene to combat the fire and the high winds made it a lot more difficult for them.
"The winds are making it worse there causing spot fires in different locations so we're tying to preposition personnel and equipment in certain areas to make sure no other structures are burned," said Martinez
Fire crews were coming as far as Falfurrias.
"Falfurrias we're coming down for mutual aid," said one firefighter.
Spectators were blocking Moorefield Road and were asked to leave so crews and equipment could easily go in and out.
"If you can avoid these areas for right now just allow us to do our job here and stay out of the area," said Martinez.
Fire crews continue fight against the flames as fire investigators continue to investigate.


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Tune control system parameters in Simulink using slTuner interface
[st,fSoft] = systune(st0,SoftGoals) tunes the free parameters of the control system in Simulink®. The Simulink model, tuned blocks, and analysis points of interest are specified by the slTuner interface, st0. systune tunes the control system parameters to best meet the performance goals, SoftGoals. The command returns a tuned version of st0 as st, and the best achieved values as fSoft for the objectives, SoftGoals.
Tuning is performed at the sample time specified by the Ts property of st0.
This command requires a Robust Control Toolbox™ license.
[st,fSoft,gHard] = systune(st0,SoftGoals,HardGoals) tunes the control system to best meet the soft goals, subject to satisfying the hard goals. It returns the best achieved values, fSoft and gHard, for the soft and hard goals. A goal is met when its achieved value is less than 1.
[st,fSoft,gHard] = systune(___,opt) specifies options for the optimization for any of the input argument combinations in previous syntaxes.
Tune the control system in the rct_airframe2 model to soft goals for tracking, roll off, stability margin, and disturbance rejection.
Create and configure an slTuner interface to the model.
open_system('rct_airframe2') st0 = slTuner('rct_airframe2','MIMO Controller');
st0 is an slTuner interface to the rct_aircraft2 model with the MIMO Controller block specified as the tunable portion of the control system.
The model already has linearization input points on the signals az ref, delta fin, az, q, and e. These signals are therefore available as analysis points for tuning goals and linearization.
Specify the tracking requirement, roll-off requirement, stability margins, and disturbance rejection requirement.
req1 = TuningGoal.Tracking('az ref','az',1); req2 = TuningGoal.Gain('delta fin','delta fin',tf(25,[1 0])); req3 = TuningGoal.Margins('delta fin',7,45); max_gain = frd([2 200 200],[0.02 2 200]); req4 = TuningGoal.Gain('delta fin','az',max_gain);
req1 constrains az to track az ref. The next requirement, req2, imposes a roll-off requirement by specifying a gain profile for the open-loop, point-to-point transfer function measured at delta fin. The next requirement, req3, imposes open-loop gain and phase margins on that same point-to-point transfer function. Finally, req4 rejects disturbances to az injected at delta fin, by specifying a maximum gain profile between those two points.
Tune the model using these tuning goals.
opt = systuneOptions('RandomStart',3);
[st,fSoft,~,info] = systune(st0,[req1,req2,req3,req4],opt);
Final: Soft = 1.15, Hard = -Inf, Iterations = 72 Final: Soft = 1.53, Hard = -Inf, Iterations = 86 Final: Soft = 1.15, Hard = -Inf, Iterations = 89 Final: Failed to enforce closed-loop stability (max Re(s) = 0)
st is a tuned version of st0.
The RandomStart option specifies that systune must perform three independent optimization runs that use different (random) initial values of the tunable parameters. These three runs are in addition to the default optimization run that uses the current value of the tunable parameters as the initial value. The call to rng seeds the random number generator to produce a repeatable sequence of numbers.
systune displays the final result for each run. The displayed value, Soft, is the maximum of the values achieved for each of the four performance goals. The software chooses the best run overall, which is the run yielding the lowest value of Soft. The last run fails to achieve closed-loop stability, which corresponds to Soft = Inf.
Examine the best achieved values of the soft constraints.
fSoft = 1.1460 1.1460 0.5434 1.1460
Only req3, the stability margin requirement, is met for all frequencies. The other values are close to, but exceed, 1, indicating violations of the goals for at least some frequencies.
Use viewSpec to visualize the tuned control system performance against the goals and to determine whether the violations are acceptable. To evaluate specific open-loop or closed-loop transfer functions for the tuned parameter values, you can use linearization commands such as getIOTransfer and getLoopTransfer. After validating the tuned parameter values, if you want to apply these values to the Simulink model, you can use writeBlockValue.
Interface for tuning control systems modeled in Simulink, specified as an slTuner interface.
Soft goals (objectives) for tuning the control system described by st0, specified as a vector of TuningGoal objects. For a complete list, see Tuning Goals.
systune tunes the tunable parameters of the control system to minimize the maximum value of the soft tuning goals, subject to satisfying the hard tuning goals (if any).
Hard goals (constraints) for tuning the control system described by st0, specified as a vector of TuningGoal objects. For a complete list, see Tuning Goals.
A hard goal is satisfied when its value is less than 1. systune tunes the tunable parameters of the control system to minimize the maximum value of the soft tuning goals, subject to satisfying all the hard tuning goals.
Tuning algorithm options, specified as an options set created using systuneOptions.
Available options include:
Number of additional optimizations to run starting from random initial values of the free parameters
Tolerance for terminating the optimization
Flag for using parallel processing
Tuned interface, returned as an slTuner interface.
Best achieved values of soft goals, returned as a vector.
Each tuning goal evaluates to a scalar value, and systune minimizes the maximum value of the soft goals, subject to satisfying all the hard goals.
fSoft contains the value of each soft goal for the best overall run. The best overall run is the run that achieved the smallest value for max(fSoft), subject to max(gHard)<1.
Achieved values of hard goals, returned as a vector.
gHard contains the value of each hard goal for the best overall run (the run that achieved the smallest value for max(fSoft), subject to max(gHard)<1. All entries of gHard are less than 1 when all hard goals are satisfied. Entries greater than 1 indicate that systune could not satisfy one or more design constraints.
Detailed information about each optimization run, returned as a structure.
In addition to examining detailed results of the optimization, you can use info as an input to viewSpec when validating a tuned MIMO system. info contains scaling data that viewSpec needs for correct evaluation of MIMO open-loop goals, such as loop shapes and stability margins.
The fields of info are:
Run number, returned as a scalar. If you use the RandomStart option of systuneOptions to perform multiple optimization runs, info is a struct array, and info.Run is the index.
Total number of iterations performed during run, returned as a scalar.
Best overall soft constraint value, returned as a scalar. systune converts the soft goals to a function of the free parameters of the control system. The command then tunes the parameters to minimize that function subject to the hard constraints. (See Algorithms.) info.fBest is the maximum soft constraint value at the final iteration. This value is only meaningful when the hard constraints are satisfied.
Best overall hard constraint value, returned as a scalar. systune converts the hard goals to a function of the free parameters of the control system. The command then tunes the parameters to drive those values below 1. (See Algorithms.) info.gBest is the maximum hard constraint value at the final iteration. This value must be less than 1 for the hard constraints to be satisfied.
Individual soft constraint values, returned as a vector. systune converts each soft requirement to a normalized value that is a function of the free parameters of the control system. The command then tunes the parameters to minimize that value subject to the hard constraints. (See Algorithms.) info.fSoft contains the individual values of the soft constraints at the end of each run. These values appear in fSoft in the same order that the constraints are specified in SoftGoals.
Individual hard constraint values, returned as a vector. systune converts each hard requirement to a normalized value that is a function of the free parameters of the control system. The command then tunes the parameters to minimize those values. A hard requirement is satisfied if its value is less than 1. (See Algorithms.) info.gHard contains the individual values of the hard constraints at the end of each run. These values appear in gHard in the same order that the constraints are specified in HardGoals.
Minimum decay rate of closed-loop poles, returned as a vector.
By default, closed-loop pole locations of the tuned system are constrained to satisfy Re(p) < –10–7. Use the MinDecay option of systuneOptions to change this constraint.
Tuned values of tunable blocks and parameters, returned as a structure.
In case of multiple runs, you can try the results of any particular run other than the best run. To do so, you can use either getBlockValue or showTunable to access the tuned parameter values. For example, to use the results from the third run, type getBlockValue(st,Info(3).Blocks).
Optimal diagonal scaling for evaluating MIMO tuning goals, returned as a state-space model.
When applied to multiloop control systems, TuningGoal.LoopShape and TuningGoal.Margins goals can be sensitive to the scaling of the individual loop transfer functions to which they apply. systune automatically corrects scaling issues and returns the optimal diagonal scaling matrix d as a state-space model in info.LoopScaling.
The loop channels associated with each diagonal entry of D are listed in info.LoopScaling.InputName. The scaled loop transfer is D\L*D, where L is the open-loop transfer measured at the locations info.LoopScaling.InputName.
Tuned blocks, used by the slTuner interface, identify blocks in a Simulink model whose parameters are to be tuned to satisfy tuning goals. You can tune most Simulink blocks that represent linear elements such as gains, transfer functions, or state-space models. (For the complete list of blocks that support tuning, see How Tuned Simulink Blocks Are Parameterized.) You can also tune more complex blocks such as SubSystem or S-Function blocks by specifying an equivalent tunable linear model.
Use commands such as systune and looptune to tune the parameters of tuned blocks.
You must specify tuned blocks (for example, C1 and C2) when you create an slTuner interface:
st = slTuner('scdcascade',{'C1','C2'})
You can modify the list of tuned blocks using addBlock and removeBlock. Use commands such as setBlockParam, getBlockValue, and writeBlockValue to interact with and manipulate tuned blocks.
Analysis points, used by the slLinearizer and slTuner interfaces, identify locations within a model that are relevant for linear analysis and control system tuning. You use analysis points as inputs to the linearization commands, such as getIOTransfer, getLoopTransfer, getSensitivity, and getCompSensitivity. As inputs to the linearization commands, analysis points can specify any open- or closed-loop transfer function in a model. You can also use analysis points to specify design requirements when tuning control systems using commands such as systune (requires a Robust Control Toolbox license).
Location refers to a specific block output port within a model. For convenience, you can use the name of the signal that originates from this port to refer to an analysis point.
You can add analysis points to an slLinearizer or slTuner interface, s, when you create the interface. For example:
s = slLinearizer('scdcascade',{'u1','y1'});
Alternatively, you can use the addPoint command.
To view all the analysis points of s, type s at the command prompt to display the interface contents. For each analysis point of s, the display includes the block name and port number and the name of the signal that originates at this point. You can also use getPoints to programmatically obtain a list of all the analysis points.
For more information about how you can use analysis points, see Managing Signals in Control System Analysis and Design.
x is the vector of tunable parameters in the control system to tune. systune converts each soft and hard tuning requirement, SoftReqs(i) and HardReqs(j), into normalized values fi(x) and gj(x), respectively. systune then solves the minimization problem:
Minimize subject to , for .
xmin and xmax are the minimum and maximum values of the free parameters.
systune returns a control system, st, with parameters tuned to the values that best solve the minimization problem. systune also returns the best achieved values of fi(x) and gj(x), as fSoft and gHard.
For information about the functions fi(x) and gj(x) for each type of constraint, see the reference pages for each TuningGoal requirement object.
For information about the optimization algorithms, see [1].
systune computes the H∞ norm using the algorithm of [2] and structure-preserving eigensolvers from the SLICOT library. For information about the SLICOT library, see http://slicot.org.
[1] P. Apkarian and D. Noll, "Nonsmooth H-infinity Synthesis." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 51, Number 1, 2006, pp. 71–86.
[2] Bruisma, N.A. and M. Steinbuch, "A Fast Algorithm to Compute the H∞-Norm of a Transfer Function Matrix," System Control Letters, 14 (1990), pp. 287-293.
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Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resort Hotel
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t Go Back.from Zulu_Warrior
We were seated while a member of staff took our luggage and checked us in. In the meantime we were given cold towels to freshen up and offered mint tea which was pleasant.
After about 10 minutes we were given our room key. When we checked in we had asked for a higher floor thinking that would ensure a better view of the sea. We were given the highest floor, namely the 3rd which we came to realise was a big mistake.
The room decor was fine. It had 2 dark wooden wardrobes and plenty of mirrors for us vain girls! No obvious dust in cupboards, and there were 2 single beds. Notably one of the throws on the beds had stains. When I pulled back the curtains I had a big disappointment. Our view was one of a construction site underway. There were tractors and a big open space where work had started. No view of a pool in sight and certainly no view of a beach.
I rang to ask if we could change rooms, and was told what we had was a standard room, and if we wanted to change to a pool view it was around an extra £25 per night and even more than this for a sea view. We decided to live with the view.
Having just returned 2 months earlier from Dubai where we stayed in the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, I have to say that Sofitel was proving to be a let down. I tried not to compare the 2 as Dubai is in a totally different league, but the view in Sofitel was more than poor. First major disappointment.
The bathroom was nice. It had 2 basins so great for when my sister and I wanted to use the bathroom together. There was a bath with shower over, which was nice and powerful. There was also a bidet in the bathroom and a very large mirror. All done in a Moroccon themed crafted dark wood.
Breakfast was good. Large seating area served until 10am. There was choice of omlettes, toast, sausage etc, fresh fruit, cereals and bread. Something for everyone.
The pool area was pleasant. Lots of children (something to bear in mind for couples), but I guess it was school holidays. There was a heated pool which was great when the sun was going down. The pool areas were very busy with children everyday until the sun went down. One day we enjoyed water aerobics in the pool.
There were hammocks galore!! They were everywhere, on the grass around the pool and in secluded spots leading to the beach area. There was also a table tennis table near the pool area. Towels were provided near the pool.
There was a restaurant near the pool area which served some decent light snacks, however it was very costly. A can of coke cost £2 and an ice lolly cost £2.50. A meal for 2 came to around £30 which was expensive for what was supposed to be a light lunch.
The hotel was located right on the beach. It is the last hotel on the beach strip row of hotels so we managed to get a quieter, cleaner part of it., however when walking along, it got noiser, much busier and dirtier. Overall our section of beach had clean fine grained sand.
There were also 4 poster beds scattered around the pool area. These were amazing. They had white leather mattresses, brown leather cushions and curtains which could be drawn for privacy. Very nice indeed. They were perfect to escape the sun or to lounge in with sheesha in the evening. Note, the hotel did serve sheesha but for a sheesha lover and expert like me I found the quality was very poor. The beds were washed every evening which was a good thing.
Everything seemed to be going good for our first day. We had slept in the hammocks and accepted the fact that this holiday was all going to be in French!! Everyone spoke French!! It was difficult to communicate even with hotel staff who spoke very little English which was suprising.
Then came the second major disappointment of the day. As we were returning to our room in the evening we smelt a rather strange smell. Something like a sewer. NOT NICE!! This smell seemed to be there from that point on everytime we came out of our room. It was very unpleasant and did not go away the whole holiday. One day the smell came INTO our bedroom, closing the windows did not help. It got so bad that my sister literally was heaving in the bathroom.
The corridor did not get any better when it came to lights. It was lit very dimly with side lights which barely provided enough light to see. This was not a good thing regarding health and safety.
The bedroom safety deposit box broke down on us 2 times in the 7 days we were there so we had to call for help. The rooms were not cleaned properly. Things were not folded away, just piled up on the side instead. The hotel staff service was at times poor. Many of them could not speak English and we were left waiting for food so long on one occasion in the restaurant after ordering it that we had to cancel it altogether.
The hotel had an excellent bar and lounge called the 'SO LOUNGE'. It opened around 12am and started to get busy around 1am. It was free for hotel guests but otherwise £20. The dcor was fantastic. It had 2 levels and a great chill out room with gorgeous decor. This room has ceiling to floor drapes with large mattress sized seats with cushions, all covered in silk and satin. Very luxurious and sexy.
The bar had live music every night. The singers performed music from The Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timerblake, Shakira to name a few. Very entertaining. After they finished the DJ played house/ trance and techno.
Note, there was a restauarant attached to the So Lounge. This was a lovely place and food was good but expensive. Dessert alone was around £10 per person.
The night life was generally poor outside of the hotel bar. We were recommended the 'Papagayo' club which was full of teenagers. We felt out of place and left after 30 minutes, despite paying 100Dirhams each to enter (£7)
Other points to note that I wish someone had told me before I booked Sofitel was that the bed sheets were not changed all week. A guest who was staying at the same time as us told me that her bed sheets were not changed and she had stayed 13 nights at that stage.
We did an excursion to Marracech as a day trip. Picked up at 6am, 4 hour drive with a gropu of 8 people in air conditioned bus. Drive there was ok but the heat on arrival was a shocking 45 degrees!! We were shown around the King's Palace and Gardens, the Square with snake charmers and dancing monkeys etc and souks (markets). Lunch and evening meal were provided. We returned at 12 midnight. The day cost £48. It was worth doing simply because you can't go to Morocco and not see Marracech. Note to buy gifts etc stick to Agadir which is cheaper.
Other excursions included a trip to the Immouzer mountains which I would never do again. A whole day driving though mountains in a jeep...rocky roads...no air conditioning...not good. We visited local Berber people and had tea and fresh biscuits which was good to experience. Take loose change for the children and some pens!! The children ask for pens and would rather have these than sweets!!
We also did the Berber evening where we were taken to a Berber camp where around 200 tourists gathered for belly dancing, singing and to sample the local Moroccon cuisine called 'tagine' prepared fresh for us. This was worth doing to get a feel for Morocco.
Overall I am glad I went to Agadir because there is so much hype around it at the moment but I dont think I would go back. The best things - beach with hammocks/4 poster beds, fake sunglasses and watches, and the So Lounge! The bad things bad smell in the corridor, very few English speakers made it difficult to communicate, pervy Moroccon men, nowhere to smoke decent sheesha.
Note of interest was that on numerous occasions we were told by tour guides and locals that Sofitel was the best hotel in Agadir. Overall the rooms and corridors need improvement. Staff should learn to speak English. Outside the back of the hotel was lovely.
Definately not 5 star as we were told when booking. More like 4 star.
Sooo Nicefrom Joran
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Magicalfrom narkynato
The room we booked was a superior and we didnt pay much extra (booked with First Choice) which was lovely inside. The room was quite a big size and so was the bathroom. We had no complaints about the room. (Only thing we missed was English TV, but when your on holiday you dont see much tv anyway)
The hotel was decorated beautifully and to a high standard. There were no faults at all.
The pool area was also gorgeous with lots of places to sit. We loved relaxing in the big beds in the afternoon.
The food in the hotel is nice but a little expensive. There are loads of cheap places to eat close by i.e. Camels! (on the cornish)
Overall the hotel is lovely and we enjoyed ourselves soo much. I would really go back there and stay for two weeks next time!
Enjoy Sofitel!!
The perfect placefrom gavita
You gonna love this hotel.
NUMERO UNO!!!!from KennyJill
Visually Stunningfrom neepsandtatties
Our bedroom was one of the no-smoking rooms on the first floor with a pool view. It was thoroughly cleaned each day. It had two large twin beds, two wardrobes (one with a free combination safe), fixed seating (on the 3rd day we discovered that there are 3 drawers underneath this, there are no handles but instead they have a "push-push" mechanism), empty fridge, and multichannel television (with BBC World and an English language movie channel). The excellent air conditioning was controlled by a panel on the wall (only discovered on the 2nd day).
Our bathroom had twin wash basins, toilet, bidet, and bath with power shower. Toiletries were supplied daily as was two bath towels, two hand towels, and two very nice bathrobes.
We stayed on a B&B basis. Breakfast was a buffet with all sorts available. The orange juice containers were continuously topped-up by a chap who done nothing else but squeeze oranges. There was a marvellous selection of breads. Cheese and cold meat for a continental breakfast. Sausages, tomato, and potato for a hot breakfast. Omelettes and crepes were cooked to order in front of you.
We ate one evening in the buffet restaurant it was quite good but expensive (800 dirham for two with a bottle of wine). We didn't try the a-la-carte restaurant, main courses there were about 250 dirham. We like to eat in different places so preferred to jump in a petit taxi and go out. The La Scala restaurant was very good (600 dirham for two (2 courses and wine)), the Maxwell was also worth trying (and cheaper).
The pool is enormous and was surprisingly little used. The main section was 18-19 C with a smaller section heated to 21-22 C. The hotel doesn't really cater for children so its all really peaceful. Have a look at some photos of the hotel to see the sunbeds, hammocks, etc they have - they are indescribably good! There was also a large private section of the beach fronting onto the main public beach, this again was all quite quiet. Towels were supplied free; there was a bit of getting them down on sunbeds early, this could have become a problem if the hotel had been full.
This was our first trip to North Africa and we found it challenging. The Moroccan people are warm and friendly, but outside the big hotels life is hard. They seem to be making progress in replacing the shanty towns with municipal housing blocks but it is still difficult to reconcile the luxury of the big hotels with the daily life of many of the people.
Sorry Sofitel you lose a point due to the consequences of one bad tomato!
wonderful holidayfrom A TripAdvisor Member
Our rooms were very clean and the staff were all friendly and helpfull. They are a little slow at times but hey you are on holiday and supposed to be relaxing so whats the problem? We only went bed and breakfast as we like to try different restuarants. The buffet breakfast was fantastic, everything you could wish for except the girl who makes the omlettes, she would not smile no matter what (we didn't think she enjoyed her job!) We didn't find many great restuarants, but the one that is excellent is La Scala but make a reservation as it gets very busy.
Watch the Taxi drivers as some try to rip you off. We were told by the rep that a journey into the town should cost no more than 10 dirhams(70p) but we never got them for less than 15 mostly 20. Agree the price before you get in. For some reason all fares double after 8pm.
We went to Morrocco with my sister and brother-in-law for my husbands' 50th birthday. We had a great time and the chef made him a cake and alll the waiters and band sang to him. We had banners and balloons on the sun loungers and room and the staff all found ery amusing.
Overall we had a fantastic holiday, we were a little disappointed with agadir overall as some parts were a bit scruffy. I think if you go for 2 weeks definitely do some of the longer trips to see other parts of Morrocco.
The best hotel/location in Agadirfrom Nickilaus
Really enjoyed the fact that little English is spoken whevever you go but knowing at least some French did help.
Opt for a superior room with pool view if you can (or better!) to ensure a reasonable size. The hotel were very good and gave us a courtesy room as we didn't fly til late.
Having seen what else Agadir had to offer I strongly feel this was the best hotel we could have chosen!
Fantastic!from Padare
Most Excellent!from A TripAdvisor Member
The hotel is well laid out around a huge pool - hammocks, sun loungers, canopied sun beds - so relaxing and the pool is so big - able to splash about and not bump into anyone!
Beautiful stretch of beach with plenty of sun loungers - just a few steps from the pool area. Buffet breakfast and dinner was delicious - all tastes catered for and heatlhy too - tagines and couscous and lots of vegetables. The room was very comfortable - and clean - bonus was the 24 hour movie channel in English! - perfect for winding down after eating too much at dinner....
So we had a wonderful time and stayed the whole 7 days in the hotel complex - which is a compliment in itself to the hotel. Easy to book and play tennis, table tennis, massage etc
Service to me was excellent - I needed my school girl french to get by sometimes - but overall very good I thought. Abdullah in the main buffet restaurant provided exemplary service, as did Mehdi our Med Hotel guide, and Khalid the chief concierge (all very good english speakers)
Overall can't fault it really - but think that going half board was a good idea as food and drinks quite expensive in the hotel. But personally, having travelled and lived abroad for many years in Asia, I found this hotel, for the package - was fantastic value so I would go again for what I was after - sun, relaxation, and sleep!
Top Local Tips for Agadir
Construction works There is an enormous amount of construction going on in Agadir - sometimes right outside hotel windows and between the hotel and the beach, so that "seaview" you were promised, could actually be a JCB view! Please check carefully with your travel agent before you go!
Still quite chilly We stayed in Feb half-term, it was overcast or rained most days and the temps rarely reached 20 - not a guaranteed sunshine getway in Feb.
Dirhams cannot be taken out of the country If you are travelling to Morocco, make sure you have some euros on you and maybe £20-30 to change at the airport. You get currently (Jan 07) about 17 MAD to the Pound so £30 is roughly MAD500 which is enough for a taxi and a meal in a restaurant. There are plenty of ATMs in Morocco town centres so you can draw money out over there. It is very cheap to eat in Morocco - we find it works out about £5 per day per person for 3 meals a day! On your way out of Morocco, they stop you in the airport and ask you if you have any Dirhams and if you have you have to go to the exchange desk and change them back - get euros - you can spend euros in the airport but not sterling! Have a great trip
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