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By Marc Ruxin
I was six when I first fell for music. I raided my parent's record collection, skipped the classical records, didn't quite understand jazz or blues, but fell hard for The Beatles. Although it was the music that made me smile, it was also the act of pulling the record from the sleeve, admiring the art, reading the song titles, cleaning the vinyl, and dropping the needle on the record that was very much part of the fun.
As it turned out, this was not a passing phase. I'd listen to the radio to fall asleep. It was the mid-70's so the commercial music on the radio was what we now describe as classic rock, with a heavy dose of disco. By the time I was 12, I would begin to spend my hard earned allowance on records. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Styx, Foreigner, Wings, Billy Squire, The Police, The Who, Ozzy Osborne - it was pretty obvious stuff I suppose, even though some of it didn't endure the test of time. In the 7th grade, a buddy with cool older brothers, played me a cassette called "This Are Two Tone." My mind was blown initially by the stark black and white mod cover art, but then I listened to the music. It was on that tape that I discovered The Specials, The Selector, Madness and finally The English Beat. My life was changed by rock and roll. The next day I raided my piggy bank and bought all the records I could find by the artists on the compilation.
I was hooked. I begged my parents to get me a subscription to Rolling Stone, and then Spin, and a few years later Option Magazine. I clipped out album reviews, band photos, and hung them on the cork wall in my bedroom next to the posters that came from the various albums: Devo, Wings, Rush. The first thing I did when I turned 16 and got my drivers license was drive to Cleveland to buy records. For the next 20 years I frittered away most of my allowance or paychecks, and much of my free time, milling through bins of records and CDs building a massive collection of life-changing music.
But at some point in the early 2000's I started buying digital albums, primarily from eMusic and then eventually from Amazon or directly from artist sites. I never liked the DRM on iTunes, and so I steered clear of Apple as a music store. I stopped going to Amoeba Music music every weekend, Kim's Video in NYC closed, and slowly but surely a huge part of my lifelong obsession collecting physical music ended. Option Magazine was long gone, Rolling Stone had become a magazine about politics and celebrity photos, and Spin had long lost its focus. I now bought external hard-drives and spent an ungodly amount of time digitizing CDs, scrubbing the messy metadata and multiple copies of albums digitized at various bit rates. Then Napster happened, and the music business was turned on its head. It became easier to steal music than to buy it. I never bought into file sharing, because after all if artists couldn't make a living making music, there wouldn't be as many artists trying to make music. I was trying to do my part in a very small way, so I continued as a small patron buying tracks and albums.
There were no more beautiful double albums, liner notes, and song lyrics. There was no more flipping of albums, browsing through walls of CDs in search of the perfect album. It was more about accumulating digital bits on increasingly small and slick drives. But then came the iPod. The Walkman and headphone culture had been largely dead for eons, but these digital files could now be consumed on these small sleek devices. Tiny white headphones became a fashion accessory, and collecting music started to get interesting again.
But then something amazing happened. Online music services started to emerge. There was Pandora, Rhapsody, Mog, iMeem and eventually Spotify, Soundcloud and Rdio. Initially they were web services because mobile devices weren't sophisticated enough to handle the software, and there wasn't enough storage to take advantage of the promise of "renting" infinite amounts of music. Broadband signals were weak so streaming was often challenging. But then came the iPhone and the app store, and the companies that survived built apps, and the labels started to allow for the legal streaming of music to phones and computers. Companies like Sonos made it easy to stream files from central archives, and eventually blue tooth devices like the Jambox made it easy to push music over Bluetooth to compact devices.
The magazines of old were replaced by wonderful blogs like Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan, Aquarium Drunkard, and Hipster Runoff. Artists could now release singles, covers and EPs immediately, and ride the hype cycle into instant stardom. Distribution was becoming increasingly influenced by artists, and these new platforms made being a music collector so much more immediate, accessible and inexpensive.
In the old days, you needed to be rich, or content being poor to be a great collector. Albums, CDs and cassettes were expensive relative to today's $10 a month subscription service. For less than the cost of one downloaded album on iTunes or Amazon, you can have over 30M tracks available online or offline, on the web or your phone, played through a stereo, or computer or tablet. Instead of having to commit to buying something on a whim that might suck, you can easily test drive a song or an album at no additional cost. Had this option been available to me as a teenager, I would have saved literally thousands of dollars a year. Instead of buying magazine subscriptions, I can read reviews, watch live concerts and videos for free.
Discovery is also considerably easier. You now have social features that prompt you when there are new releases and highlights popular music across your social graph accessible in a single click. After all people turn people onto music and that will never change. Things like bios, photos, and social media are integrated into these services, reducing the endless trolling for the right reviews, or buried diamonds in the new release rough. Now you can have most of the music ever recorded complete with all the context (reviews, ratings, etc.) delivered over the Internet to whatever device you happen to be on.
The act of collecting has become more about consuming and connecting. The times they are a changin'.
At Rdio we have built what I would argue is the most comprehensive service available to give music lovers music any way they want it. Songs, albums, playlists and starting today radio stations built around you. From algorithmically generated stations that can be initiated with a song or artist, to fully curated stations based on mood or genre, to personal stations where people can listen to other people's recent activity. You can now access all of this for free supported by ads or uninterrupted for a fraction of the cost of a single CD.
The future is now. Artists can reach a global audience instead of the one restricted by physical distribution and retail marketing. This is a good thing. The more listeners an artist can attract directly, the more money they can make. The more money they can make, the more artists will continue to pursue creating art.
In the end surely something was lost when the act of physical collecting disappeared. The era of "High Fidelity" is largely over. The Jack Blacks who man the counters of dusty record stores are gone. The smell of new vinyl is restricted to purists, and the hand printed zines of old are all but extinct. The walls of records and CD's have disappeared from apartments and houses, but now these private collections can be shared with the world in pint-sized digital images.
Collecting music is now a democratic, global endeavor. You don't have to live in hip cities to access limited edition music. You don't have to be rich to afford the pursuit. Nearly everything is available to anyone with a smartphone or computer. Music is, after all, one of the world's most creative inventions. It is highly local, yet massively global. After years of trying to build a model where both consumers and artists win, we are finally at the beginning of something amazing. Technology has caught up, and the business of music has finally entered a safe and exciting time.
I couldn't be more proud to be part of a company that built a business specifically to bring music to everybody, wherever they are and no matter what music they like. In the immortal words of Bob Marley "where there is a will, there is always a way." It has been a long journey, but today the song doesn't remain the same, but then again it does … only differently.
Marc Ruxin is the COO of Rdio.

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If I understand Ehrlich's intent, this is a book about a journey. But the journey isn't just a physical journey (Wyoming to California to North Carolina to California then back to Wyoming), it's also a spiritual, religious and emotional journey. In this sense then, this is partly a book about ideas.
Interestingly, Ehrlich does not begin the book with a big set of ideas. She begins in the present tense, a voice and tense of intimacy and immediacy. She places us at the beginning in a dream or a dreamstate she experienced at the moment of the lightning strike. It seems to me, this sets Ehrlich up nicely to deal with the potential problems of a ?talky, head-game? narrative. My guess is she knows she's got a long journey ahead of her, filled with speculation, thoughts, feelings, readings, science facts, and what not, so she looks for devices to keep the narrative grounded and interesting. Her first technique is the present tense opening. Another technique she uses is to concentrate her details on the natural world. Although we learn about the physics of lightning, Ehrlich spends countless paragraphs describing every species of plant and animal one can encounter in California or Wyoming. With such a heavy dose of color, shape, sound and smell details I never encounter the accumulated feeling that I am too much absorbed in the narrator's head.
Ehrlich's attention to the sensory details around her help us trust her as a narrator on subjects we don't understand. We trust her when she tells us how kelp smell, how fish look and feel, how the birds fly, the feeling of snow between her toes. Likewise, when she tells us something about lightning, about it's electrical charge, about the currents it follows, or tells us something about Tibetan philosophy, we believe her. Her credibility as an observer of nature carries over to her explanation of abstract or unobservable phenomenon. This makes the whole story much more believable, richer, and more concrete to us readers.
In one section, Ehrlich talks about a legend she read about a lighting victim always being thirsty. In the next paragraph she switches to a scenic description of her filling water bottles because she's always thirsty. She goes on to cite some more similarities between her situation and the legend she read. This works to her advantage as a credible narrator because now, in other places, I will subconsciously project the description of other legends onto her.
In Chapter 24, Ehrlich comes right out and tells us why the book is structured the way it is. She says it is shaped like a convection cloud, and that inside the narrative would zigzag like lightning. When I read this page, I admit it did make the structure of the book clearer to me, but I have to admit I don't like it. First of all, she says she dreamed this. I don't believe it. It seems incredible that in the middle of this search for peace and health, she would dream about the structure of a book. This bothers me most because, now I doubt all her dreams. When is she really dreaming and when is she dreaming for the convenience of putting something interestingly metaphysical at just the right place in the book.
By contrast, the surgery scene is told mostly in straightforward scene. We hear the dialogue, see the things she sees without too much reflection and very little mysticism. This strikes me as a wise move, because by that point in the book, I needed a break from thinking too hard. It was nice to get a straightforward dose of scene, something fascinatingly interesting, yet at the same time as presented in scene form, it remained very present and accessible to me. I enjoyed just sitting back and watching the show. This let me catch my breath before hurtling into the thicker and thicker mix of narratives coming together at the end of the book.
All in all, Ehrlich pulls off a masterful collection of writing techniques to tell a compelling story.
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|Table of Contents
|Vol. 133, No. 1, 2004
Issue release date: January 2004
|Section title: Original Paper
Bronchial Hyperreactivity and Spirometric Impairment in Patients with Perennial Allergic RhinitisCiprandi G.a · Cirillo I.b · Tosca M.A.a · Vizzaccaro A.b
aAllergy, Head and Neck Department, San Martino Hospital, Genoa, and bMedicine Department, Navy Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
Received: 5/5/2003
Accepted: 7/23/2003
Published online: 2/5/2004
Issue release date: January 2004
Number of Print Pages: 5
Number of Figures: 5
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 1018-2438 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0097 (Online)
For additional information: http://www.karger.com/IAA
Background: Allergic disorders are characterized by a systemic involvement of the immune response. There is a clear link between allergic rhinitis and asthma. Bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) may be present in rhinitics. Smaller airways may also be impaired in mild asthma. This study aimed at evaluating a group of subjects suffering from perennial allergic rhinitis alone to investigate the presence of BHR and spirometric impairment. Methods: One hundred rhinitics sensitized only to perennial allergens were evaluated. Spirometry and methacholine bronchial challenge were performed. Results: Five rhinitics showed reduced values of forced expiratory volume/1 s (FEV1) without symptoms of asthma. Forty-eight rhinitics had reduced forced expiratory flow at 25 and 75% of pulmonary volume (FEF25–75) values. Seventy-two patients showed a positive methacholine challenge. In this group, reduced values of FVC (p < 0.05), FEV1 (p < 0.05), and FEF25–75 (p < 0.01) were demonstrated in comparison with BHR-negative rhinitics. There was a relationship between the degree of BHR and FEV1 values (p < 0.05) and FEF25–75 values (p < 0.01). Conclusions: This study evidences that an impairment of spirometric parameters may be observed in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis alone. A high percentage of these patients have BHR. Thus, new management strategies should be employed in rhinitics.
© 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel
Received: May 5, 2003
Accepted after revision: July 23, 2003
Published online: November 28, 2003
Number of Print Pages : 5
Number of Figures : 5, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 28
International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
Founded 1950
Official Journal of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum
Vol. 133, No. 1, Year 2004 (Cover Date: January 2004)
Journal Editor: R. Valenta, Vienna
ISSN: 1018–2438 (print), 1423–0097 (Online)
For additional information:http://www.karger.com/iaa
Received: 5/5/2003
Accepted: 7/23/2003
Published online: 2/5/2004
Issue release date: January 2004
Number of Print Pages: 5
Number of Figures: 5
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 1018-2438 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0097 (Online)
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Everyman's Game: "Yo Frankie"
The "Yo Frankie" game is now available for free download in two versions, for Blender and Crystal Space.
You can now guide Frankie, the mischievous marsupial, through his sheep-throwing world for hours on end, and it's free. Frankie now has his own website from which you can download one of two versions of the game.
The 206-Mbyte version is for the Blender Game Engine, while the zero-install version is for Crystal Space. The website will also soon have tutorials and videos. Unfortunately, high demand is currently affecting some of the downloads.
The project was financed partly through previous DVD sales to support the work done by the team in Amsterdam. The DVD purchasers could get a preview of the jump-and-run game, which is now open to a much wider audience.
Crystal Space developer Frank Richter has some details on how "Yo Frankie" runs on your system. You need minimum 1.5 GHz CPU, 512 MByte RAM, and an OpenGL 2.0 capable graphics card, at least for Crystal Space (it is optional for the Blender version).
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Patrick Macnee, R.I.P.
Actor Patrick Macnee passed away today of natural causes. He was 93.
Macnee's acting career spanned nearly six decades. But he is synonymous with John Steed, the debonair spy who starred in the 1960's British TV series The Avengers which would also become popular on this side of The Atlantic. Macnee starred with a triumvirate of female partners - Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson. Of the three, Macnee's chemistry with Rigg's Emma Peel made for TV gold. Macnee would revive the character in the mid-1970's along with Joanna Lumley in The New Avengers.
In later years, Macnee would appear in TV shows such as Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Battlestar Galatica and Frasier and would also appear in This is Spinal Tap and the James Bond film A View to a Kill.
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Stew Over New Mexican Tomato Pact
The editorial "Rotten Tomato Deal" (Feb. 12) views enforcing trade laws as being counter to America's interests. Intellectual property-rights holders, financial services firms, other U.S. producers and, yes, domestic tomato growers couldn't disagree more. American producers have a right to free and fair conditions of trade. The revised suspension agreement, while far from perfect, seeks to address Mexican dumping. That's what the law requires and it's what Mexico committed to as part of its Nafta and WTO obligations. Producers and consumers are better off when our trade laws are faithfully enforced.
Reggie Brown
Florida Tomato Exchange
Maitland, Fla.
Edward Beckman
Certified Greenhouse Farmers
Fresno, Calif.
It is not the Florida growers who are getting rich.
If the Mexicans could actually grow tomatoes cheaper than what they had agreed to, why would they be worried about antidumpling suits?
If the grocers in this country can sell tomatoes for the same price today as when they had to pay $1.50 per pound versus the 30 to 40 cents they are paying today, why weren't tomatoes half the price they were 10 years ago at the retail level? Why should prices going up 20 to 30 cents a pound cause any stir in the market at all? Tomatoes will still be close to a dollar a pound less than they were a decade ago for the same product under this agreement. Let's hope the retailers prove you wrong. They don't need to raise prices to maintain a very healthy margin.
Marv Fritz
O'Neill, Neb.
Regarding the new trade deal with Mexico that is expected to increase imported tomato prices by at least 40%: Perhaps the deal should be called the Ppata or Political Patronage and Affordable Tomato Act.
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Jerry Crasnick just wrote an interesting, albeit often tongue-in-cheek, look at the scarcity of guys like me in MLB:
"Is it because the parts of world where red-headed people typically come from don't play baseball as much and it's not part of the culture? I don't know the answer to that. Is it because they're fair-skinned and not as durable under the sun? I've heard all kinds of crazy theories. I haven't done anything to verify any of them, to be honest with you. But it certainly is an interesting topic."Also, Andy Dalton says "hi.""There's a need for more redheaded big league ballplayers," Hudler says. "Or how about just people? We just need more redheads. I was a little bit hurt when my wife's genes dominated my four kids. I've got one blond, three with brown hair and no redheads. It took me a few years to get over that. But it's like my wife told me -- 'Hud, God made them. You didn't have anything to do with that.'"


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"I saw Wedding Crashers accidentally. I bought a ticket for Grizzly Man and went into the wrong theater. After an hour, I figured I was in the wrong theater, but I kept waiting. Thats the thing about bear attacks. They come when you least expect it."-Dwight K. Schrute
Yeah, it was mentioned on the Golf Channel that Tiger and Henry might play fourball together, but look for Tiger and Jimmy F for alternate shot.
Tiger is only 2-1-1 in Sunday Singles Matches, so head to head he's still mortal in the past. I look for Tiger to win his singles match, and should hopefully offer the US at least 2.5 points. Anything more than that, and I would be surprised, due to the teammate element.
Clarke, Casey, Donald, Garcia, Harrington, Howell, Karlsson, McGinley, Montgomerie, Olazabal, Stenson, Westwood. Know thy enemy. 10 out of those 12 have been on winning European teams. Only Furyk, Mickelson and Woods have been on winning US teams. The European teams sports 2 rookies, Karlsson and Stenson. The US has 4: Henry, Johnson, Taylor, and Cincinnati's own Brett Wetterich. The US has a combined career record of 31-39-10. Europe's is 75-42-21. That's kind of staggering to me. Call me un-patriotic, but I just don't see a US victory over at The K Club.Originally Posted by RANDY IN CHAR NC
The US needs some new blood, cause a lot of the old blood hasn't been getting it done. Sometimes youth and inexperience hurt, but sometimes it is oblivious to the pressure. It will be fun to watch.
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
John Wooden
I agree. I think having the rookies there will be a good thing. This might be the first time in a few decades where the Europeans actually have the better talent from top to bottom. They should be favored to win this one.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Did anyone notice, when they asked him what he would be doing if he wasn't a golfer, he said he would be a Navy SEAL? At first I was kind of shocked, and thought "a golfer making it as a SEAL?" But after thinking about it more, he probably would make it, he has the focus and determination, also he went to Harvard so he's not stupid. I just thought that was funny.
"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
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If you're referring to Tiger, he went to Stanford for two years.
And his father was a Green Beret in Viet Nam. Earl was also the first black man to play baseball in the Big 8 conference.
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Who is he?Sorry I was kind of, what do you call it, oh yeah drunk when I posted this. Yes I was talking about Tiger, and I don't know why I put Harvard. And I knew his Father was in the military, but I did not know that he was a Green Beret. That provides a little more insight as to why Tiger would want to go into special forces.If you're referring to Tiger, he went to Stanford for two years.
And his father was a Green Beret in Viet Nam. Earl was also the first black man to play baseball in the Big 8 conference.
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All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
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Match 7: Lee Westwood/Colin Montgomerie (EUR) vs.
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Arriving at some sort of momument on the roadside - the arctic circle. I wasn't aware, that I'm already this far north. But there has to be some victory posing photo.
Camera on auto-timer and lets go.
There is a tradition to hang a piece of your scarf on the tree when you cross the Arctic circle.
And for this couple from Moscow it is also very important to bring back 50 pictures in different poses. They were already taking pictures when I arrived and still are when I ride on.
Traffic gets less and less - I am already on this road for 1000 Kilometers! Riding my bike, getting gas, eating, pitching the tent and starting all over again in the morning gets me in a flow. Nothing can disturb my mood and I start to lose grip on time. I cover the onboard clock on the bike and just ride as I please. I can only imagine how it would feel like to ride across Siberia, when hours not only become days but weeks and months.
Russians tend to drive fast on these straight roads, but extremely slow when there is one turn. And they like to overtake you. With only inches inbetween. You have to be focused on what's coming from behind all the time. If there's a pot hole, better dodge it to the right than to the left!
A lot of turnouts are the only variety.
There's always a ramp to fix your car - and most of the time there really is somebody up there.
Unfortunately, it seems most of them do the maintenance on their cars and trucks at these very places - and just dump the oil and tyres in the surroundings.
Crossing into Murmansk Oblast. Most town signs were bigger than that.
I decide to take one of these sandy side roads as I'm making too much progress today. After about half an hour I see a lake glistening through the woods. A small track brings me there.
Being such a wonderful day (and without a shower for a few days), I take a swim in the cold water. No human soul anywhere in sight.
This road is fun to ride on, a bit of gas and I'm wiggling the tail. Leveling them with a bulldozer seems to be the only maintenance they get (and probably need).
Seeing the cops reminds me that there ought to be a lot of police checkpoints, but I haven't seen in any. There were only fix checkpoints after both Oblast borders (Karelia and Murmansk). I hope my luck lasts a bit more.
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Finally, some mountains again. These are the Khibiny mountains, where the highest elevation of the Kola peninsula lies.
At the turnoff to Apatity I meet Dmity and Svetlana, my Couchsurfing hosts from Murmansk. They want to take me on a three day long hike through Khibiny mountains.
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Gujarat Technological University (GTU) is organising a two-day academic exhibition on January 26 and 27, inviting all its affiliated colleges to set up stalls at its new campus in Chandkheda for the benefit of Std XII students.
The exhibition is being organised to provide a detailed background of the colleges to the parents of the Std XII students who are interested in admission of their wards in technical and professional courses after completion of their senior secondary classes.
Though the admission in state's engineering and other professional colleges is done on merit basis through a state-level admission test, new colleges being added every year resulting into the increase of seats has given students an option to choose the colleges.
Since the number of seats, particularly in self-financed engineering colleges, are more than the number of admission seekers, this provides an opportunity to students looking for a college of their own choice under the management quota, ignoring the one allotted by the Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC). ACPC is the government agency for admission to professional courses in the state.
The GTU officials said that merit had remained a criteria for admission only in 16 government-run engineering colleges where the annual tuition fee was merely Rs 1,500, compared to the high-fee structure ranging from Rs 30,000 to Rs 1 lakh plus in self-financed institutes. In these institutes, students with minimum eligibility qualification are able to get admission against seats under management quota, thus merit losing its significance.
The total of seats in state's engineering colleges is 50,423 and more than 6,000 seats remained unfilled after admission this year.
GTU registrar Gitesh Joshi said 495 colleges, including 95 degree engineering colleges, affiliated to the university had been asked to set up the stalls at the exhibition, with literature and information bulletins about their institutes. "It will help the parents to select the colleges for their wards," he said. Joshi said most of the colleges would be participating in the exhibition.
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A Family Adventure in Morocco: Ancient Medinas and Modern Lives
Program Number:
Start and End Dates:
6/27/2013 - 7/8/2013
11 nights
Price starting at:
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Price may vary based on date, departure city
Program Type:
Family Programs; Intergenerational
Activity Level:
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25; 10 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches, 8 Dinners
Meal Options:
Program intended for grandchildren from 12 - 14 years of age.
The cities and mountain villages of Morocco evoke the aromas of spiced meats and roasting nuts at a bustling souk, the soulful sound of the muezzin's call to prayer at sunrise and the taste of traditional mint tea sipped in the cool shade of a 1,000 year-old mosque. Introduce your family to the wonders of Morocco � a gateway to the Muslim world and a wellspring of enriching new experiences.
� In the secluded mountain village of Oulmes, learn the ancestral ways of healing, trading and socializing.
� Go back in time at the medina of Fes, with its narrow and maze-like streets, where only pedestrian and mules are allowed.
� Share a traditional Moroccan dinner, hosted by a local family, and meet members of a women�s NGO.
Activity Particulars
Active program, with some elevation.
Itinerary Summary
Arrival Rabat, 3 nights; coach to Oulmes, 2 nights; coach to Fes, 3 nights; coach to Rabat, 2 nights; departure.
Overnight flight from the U.S.A.
1 night
Arrival Rabat, 3 nights
In Morocco�s capital city, immerse yourselves in a full range of Moroccan traditions, including bread making, the art of fresh mint tea-making, dress, and music and instruments. Adults and kids break into groups for interactive introductions to Moroccan Arabic, with opportunities to practice what you�ve learned. As a special treat, share dinner with a Moroccan family in their home.
Coach to Oulmes
2 nights
In the rural community of Oulmes in the Atlas Mountains, explore a weekly market with its ancestral ways of healing, trading and socializing. Adults have an opportunity to meet with local farmers to discuss daily life, while the children can join local kids in a soccer game. Experience an Ahidous performance, where families wear colorful robes and dance in circles.
Coach to Fes
3 nights
Coach to Rabat
2 nights
Explore the medina of Fes on an expert-led visit through the 9th-century labyrinth of narrow and bustling streets where only pedestrians and mules are allowed. Discover new and different fares on a stroll through the food market of Fes. Visit a women�s NGO that is working closely with women to promote their rights, and the children meet kindergartens hosted by the NGO. End your adventuring learning to make the traditional dish, pastilla.
Hemmed in by northern Africa and the dunes of the Sahara and mere miles from Mediterranean Europe, Morocco sports a strong indigenous Berber culture laced with centuries of influence by Jews, Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and others. These strains of culture can be seen in the mosques and souks of Marrakech, the Jewish enclaves of Casablanca and the Berber villages of the High Atlas mountain range that forms the backbone of this colorful modern nation.
Rabat: Three-star hotel minutes walk to the markets. Oulmes: Three-star hotel located near the village Fes: Five-star hotel located in the hills of the old part of the city.
Meals and Lodgings
Hotel Texuda
Rabat, Morocco
3 nights
Hotel des Thermes - Tarmilat
Oulmes, Morocco
2 nights
Hotel Merinides
Fes, Morocco
3 nights
Hotel Texuda
Rabat, Morocco
2 nights
Hotel Texuda
Three-Star Hotel
Located at only 15 minutes from the Rabat-Sale international airport It is a few minutes walk from the markets and from the CCCL
Contact info:
32, BD Al Moukaouma, Quartier de L'ocean
Rabat, MO Morocco
phone: +212 5 37 73 00 32
Room amenities:
Cable TV, direct phone line, air-conditioning, mini-bar, hair dryer, Wi-Fi, and Safety deposit box
Facility amenities:
Restaurant, Piano bar, Wi-Fi Internet access , laundry and pressing service, safe deposit box at reception, currency exchange
Smoking allowed:
Elevators available:
Additional nights prior:
170 USD Single Room: 800 Moroccan Dirhams ( 91 USD) Breakfast is included , Double Room: 1500 Moroccan Dirhams ( 170 USD) Breakfast is included ,( Taxes are included ) * Rates are subject to change
Check in time:
Additional nights after:
170 USD Single Room: 800 Moroccan Dirhams ( 91 USD) Breakfast is included , Double Room: 1500 Moroccan Dirhams ( 170 USD) Breakfast is included ,( Taxes are included ) * Rates are subject to change
Check out time:
Hotel des Thermes - Tarmilat
Three-Star Hotel
Located near the village, hotel offers a restaurant, bar, terrace
Contact info:
15100 Oulmes
Oulmes, Morocco
phone: + 212 5 37 523 156
Room amenities:
A/C, ensuite bathrooms
Smoking allowed:
Hotel Merinides
Five-Star Hotel
Located on the heights of the oldest city Fes, the Merinides Hotel is a few minutes walking distance from the Merinides dynasty tombs and other main sites to be visited during the program. Its proximity to Al Karaouiyine Mosque, Dar Batha Museum, the Andalusians mosque and the Thermal baths of Moulay Yacoub contribute to make of Merinides Hotel an address of charm for a stay for discovering and relaxation.
Contact info:
Borj Nord 33000, F�s, Maroc
Fes, Morocco
phone: +21235645226
Room amenities:
Non-smoking rooms, Cable TV, direct phone line, air-conditioning, mini-bar, hair dryer, Wi-Fi, and Safety deposit box
Facility amenities:
The Merinides Hotel provides a wide range of facilities: 24-hours room service, dry cleaning, a foreign currency exchange, a hairdresser, boutiques, car rental, a gym and a dedicated area for sauna and massage.
Smoking allowed:
Elevators available:
Travel Details
Start of Program:
3:00pm Hotel Check-In Time. 5:00pm Meet in hotel lobby for the Orientation session for the program and Overview of Morocco at the Center for Cross Cultural Learning. You will be staying at
Hotel Texuda
that night.
End of Program:
6:30 AM You will be staying at
Hotel Texuda
the night before.
Required documents:
The Participant Information Form is required. U.S. and Canadian Citizens need a passport to travel to Morocco that must be valid for 6 months beyond duration of stay.No visa is required for American and Canadian tourists traveling to Morocco for fewer than 90 days.
(For Independent Travelers)
To Start of Program
Nearest city or town:
Nearest airport:
Casablanca, Mohamed V International Airport (Air France and Royal Air Maroc fly into Rabat Sale Airport)
Transportation to site:
From Casablanca to Rabat: If your flight arrives into Casablanca rather than Rabat, you have three options for transferring to Rabat to the first program site: Take a Grand Taxi from the airport (white Mercedes taxis can be found directly outside the airport). This is the most expensive option, running approximately 600 to 700 MAD, US$80 to US$90. Take a train from the Casablanca airport into the center of Rabat (the Rabat-Ville stop). There are 2 train stations in Casablanca: Casa Voyageurs and Casa Port. Both provide service to Rabat; however Casa Voyageurs is connected to the airport. From the Rabat-Ville stop, the taxi cost is approximately 10-20 Dirhams (roughly US$3) to the Hotel. Train tickets from Casa Voyageurs are approx: US$9 for first class or US$7 for second class. The train stops running at 10:30 pm. Please note that you can pay your train tickets only in Moroccan Dirhams and in cash. The third option is that you ask the Center for Cross Cultural Learning to send a car with a driver to meet you at the airport. If you would like to take advantage of this transfer option, you should let Road Scholar know right away. We will need your complete flight information and will confirm the price at the time of reservation. Please expect to pay directly the CCCL GL on the first day of the program. You will be given a receipt for this transfer From Rabat Sale Airport: The CCCL offers the option of arranging a car transfer through a private transportation agency for 520 MAD (taxes included). You could pay the CCCL directly and get a receipt - Grand Taxis are easily available and the cost is usually 150 to 200 MAD. The CCCL does not reserve taxis neither negotiate the price. You are responsible of paying directly the taxi driver
From End of Program
Transportation from site:
You could take the train from Casa Port Train Station (located behind the Ibis Casa City Center) to the Mohammed V Casablanca airport. For more information on prices and scheduled departures, please check the following website: www.oncf.ma - Grand Taxis are easily available and the cost is usually 150 MAD
Additional transportation information same as above
The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
Daily Schedule
Day 1:
Arrivals / Welcome and Program Overview
(Thursday, June 27)
. Group Arrivals Program orientation and Introduction to Program Components.
Home-made dinner at the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning
Take some time to relax and settle in to the hotel
Hotel Texuda
Meals Included:
Day 2:
Language Lesson / Daily Moroccan life
(Friday, June 28)
Breakfast at the hotel
Try your hand at Moroccan bread making. After crafting the bread we will take it to the public oven for baking.
Home-made lunch at the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning
Language Lesson: Adults and kids break into groups for an interactive introduction to Moroccan Arabic. After which both groups will convene to test out their new language skills with one another. Moroccan Costumes: Learn about Moroccan dress and how to wear the different styles and the meaning behind them. Tea Break: Learn the art of fresh mint tea making, an essential Moroccan beverage Family Life: Orientation before meeting the Moroccan families who will be our hosts for the evening.
Share dinner with Moroccan families
Spend some time this evening getting to know the Moroccan families.
Hotel Texuda
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3:
Moroccan Food and Music
(Saturday, June 29)
Breakfast at the hotel
Depart for Casablanca. Debriefing of the previous evening's home visit experience on Bus. Experiential cooking sessions presented by professionals with long history of leading cooking classes for different generations. Get the highlights of Moroccan cuisine with recipes after the sessions.
Lunch with the group
Return by coach to Rabat. En route introduction to Moroccan styles of music as a preview for our evening performance
Home-made dinner at the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning
Enjoy a musical performance: Traditional Caravan. Learn about traditional Moroccan music and instruments.
Hotel Texuda
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4:
Moroccan Village life / Rural experience
(Sunday, June 30)
Breakfast at the hotel
Depart by coach for Oulmes with an overview and intro to village life en route. Arrive in Oulmes and check into hotel.
Lunch and open group discussion with the villagers
Introductory Tamazight language sessions
Hotel des Thermes - Tarmilat
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5:
Market Day / Soccer Game
(Monday, July 1)
Brakfast at the hotel
Explore a rural weekly market with its ancestral ways of healing, trading and socializing
Adults will have an opportunity to meet with local farmers to discuss issues of daily life. Kids can join local kids in a soccer game
After dinner experience an Ahidous performance with local families.
Hotel des Thermes - Tarmilat
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6:
Arrival in Fes
(Tuesday, July 2)
Breakfast at the hotel
Depart for Fes
Lunch at the hotel on arrival
Free time to rest or explore the city of Fes
Dinner with the group
Hotel Merinides
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7:
Explore the Medina of Fes
(Wednesday, July 3)
Breakfast at the hotel
Explore the Medina of Fes on a guided visit through the 9th century labyrinth of narrow and crowded streets where only pedestrians and mules are allowed. Discover new and different fares on a stroll through the food market of Fes
Lunch at a local Moroccan restaurant in the heart of the medina
Continue on exploration of Fes Medina
On your own to explore the flavors of Fes
Hotel Merinides
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch
Day 8:
Development and youth issues in Morocco
(Thursday, July 4)
Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to women�s NGO who is working closely with women to promote their rights and the culture of human rights in their universal aspects. While having a session with NGO members and volunteers, the kids will be at the kindergarten playing with kids hosted by the NGO.
Lunch on you own to explore local fare
Visit the Batha Museum The museum was originally a palace and hearing a summer residence built in the late nineteenth century by Sultan Moulay Hasssan 1. The building was completed and beautified by his successor Moulay Abdelaziz. The buildings are not very old but the proportions and arcades, galleries, courtyards and gardens are a beautiful harmony. This palace was therefore erected in a museum "The Arts and Popular Traditions" in 1915 by the will of the government and the French Protectorate Ch�rifien
Dinner at the hotel
Hotel Merinides
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 9:
Arrival back in Rabat
(Friday, July 5)
Breakfast at the Hotel
Depart for Rabat. Get an overview of the educational system in Morocco en route.
Home-cooked lunch at CCCL Free time.
Dinner on your own to experience the flavors of Rabat
Hotel Texuda
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Day 10:
Say farewell with traditional food and music.
(Saturday, July 6)
Breakfast at the hotel
Lecture : Sweet and salty in the Moroccan culture Learn to make the traditional dish, Pastilla
Home-cooked lunch at CCCL
Program wrap up
Farewell dinner at CCCL
On your final evening in Morocco, delight in a Musical Performance: Marrakech Drumming
Hotel Texuda
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 11:
(Sunday, July 7)
Breakfast at the hotel
Group Departure to Rabat Sale Airport
Meals Included:
Free Time Opportunities
City Overview
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CHARLOTTE, NC - NOVEMBER 07: Jonathan Vilma of the New Orleans Saints against the Carolina Panthers during their game at Bank of America Stadium on November 7, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
It had been 10 months since New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith were face to face with their former defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams - a span that included NFL suspensions for all three in connection with what a league investigation determined was a cash-for-hits bounty program. For about four hours on Friday, Vilma and Smith sat and watched while their lawyers cross-examined Williams during a hearing that is part of the players' latest appeals of their punishments. ''We got to hear what Gregg had to say,'' Smith said afterward. ''We wanted to make sure we were there just to hear him out.'' Smith described the hearing, the third this week in Washington overseen by former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, as ''peaceful'' and ''not awkward.'' Smith, suspended four games, and Vilma, suspended for the entire current season, have been allowed back on the field while their appeals are pending, and both flew into town after playing in the Saint...
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Canastota High School was full of the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas throughout last week.
For over 30 years, the home and careers, as well as food and nutrition, classes have invited the kindergarten classes of Peterboro Street to join them in baking Christmas cookies.
"It's a good kickoff to the holidays," said consumer science teacher Kelly Boswell. "It's a great collaboration between schools and grades."
With a total of six kindergarten classes, Boswell's classes made 68 batches of dough for the visits that took three days.
There was no doubt that kindergarten teacher Tammy Moran's students were enjoying themselves, many smiling at and laughing with the older students.
"They're totally engaged. They love it," Moran said.
Alexander Stearns said he enjoyed working with the high school students and putting the frosting and sprinkles on was his favorite part.
"I like lots of them because I love taking off the frosting. It's good," he said.
Sage Skinner meanwhile was hard at work cutting out shapes, her favorite being the Christmas tree and stocking.
While Boswell's students seemed not to be too messy with only some covered in flour and drips here and there of frosting, ninth grader Jessica Bovee said that wasn't the case earlier in the week.
"Monday, they were throwing flour everywhere," she said.
Many of the high school students were having just as much fun as the younger students.
"It's nice helping the little kids. I like helping to cut out the cookies and seeing the shapes," 10th grader Sarah Lucey said.
Boswell could see her students' own excitement as well.
"They have been fantastic," she said. "They ask the first day in September, 'Are we getting to do kindergarten baking?'"
Moran's students were able to take the cookies back with them to school, where most were sent home.
But, the high school students won't be left out of the eating part. Boswell said that her students' treat will be this week to bake their own cookies.
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IUP faculty member Linda Jennings was an invited guest performer in a faculty chamber music program at the University of Central Oklahoma on November 15, 2013.
The program honored Margaret Brisch and her long-time support of the UCO music department. Since 2008, Jennings has performed on several concerts of the UCO faculty recitals series supported by Brisch. She also taught lessons for cello students at the university during her visit to UCO.
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There is a TE 610 thread under Thumpers here on ADV. Good resource generally. I have had a 2006 model since 2007, and I do nearly all maintenance myself. The bike is pretty good in OEM trim. There are a few mods that I feel are definitely worth the expense (Ex. IMS 4 or 5 gallon tank), depending on intended use.
The best advice of all is a reliable source of parts. MotoXotica in Vacaville is best for parts 707-446-4282. Malcolm Smith is OK in Riverside. George at Uptite Husqvarma in OC is very knowledgable, but sometimes hard to reach, and not timely on getting stuff done at least by phone (Ex. I asked for a replacement rear bracket for one of his bash plates. Three months later I still did not have one. I bought another bash plate from a competitor. My riding buddy bought one of his clutch lever assemblies, but the hole for the cable was not right. He shipped it to George who promised to ream the hole bigger. Months later he still has not gotten it back. Maybe George is better if you walk in the door. His products are very well done though.)
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After holding a meeting with the members of the Punjab Tax Bar Association, Excise and Taxation Commissioner A Venuprasad said that manual VAT returns could now be filed till November 20. Earlier, returns had to be filed by October 31, but many could not file, said Ashok Juneja, president of the association.
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1. Heat the wok and pour the vegetable oil.
2. Add the garlic and saute it.
3. Next add the onions and saute them.
4. Empty the chicken liver in the wok.Stir fry until brown.
5. Add shredded chicken meat.
6. Pour in two tablespoons of soy sauce and the oyster sauce.
7. Sprinkle in the crushed black pepper.
8. Add the carrots and the green beans.
9. Throw in the cabbage and give it all a stir to cook everything evenly.
10.Next stir in the celery.
11.Cover and cook for 2 minutes.
12.Take off from the heat and set aside.
13.In a sauce pan, pour in the chicken broth.
14.Add the remaining soy sauce and a dash of black pepper.
15.Bring to a boil and add the rice noodles.
16.Stir to sink noodles in the broth. Cook then until they are firm yet moist.
17.Add the sauted chicken and vegetable mixture to the noodles. Toss lightly to mix everything in.
18. Serve warm.