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Making Meals: Lobster Crab Cakes
Prepared by Executive Chef Andrew Miller, 8-Twelve (SURG Restaurant Group)
Lobster Crab Cakes w/ Baby Spinach, Honeycrisp Apples, and Tarragon Creme Fraiche
For the crab cakes:
- 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
- 1/2 pound lobster meat
- 1/4 cup Bechamel sauce
- 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon sherry vinegar
- 1 dash Tabasco sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh chives, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl by hand and portion each crab cake to 2.5 ounces.
For the breading:
- 3 cups Panko bread crumbs
- 1 oz melted butter
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon flat leaf Italian parsley, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Combine all ingredients by hand to complete the breading mixture. After portioning the crab cakes, gently coat both sides of each cake with the breadcrumb mixture. The crab cakes are now ready to cook.
For the garnish:
- 1 pound baby spinach
- 1 honey crisp apple, julienned
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup creme fraiche
- 2 teaspoon fresh tarragon, finely chopped
When ready to serve:
1) Heat a small amount of butter in a saute pan over medium heat until foamy
2) Gently sear the crab cakes on both sides until you have developed a rich golden brown crust and the crab cakes are heated through
3) Remove the crab cakes from the pan and set aside on paper towels
4) In a mixing bowl combine the spinach, apple, half of the lemon juice, and olive oil and season with salt to taste
5) In a separate mixing bowl combine the creme fraiche, remaining lemon juice, and tarragon
6) On a small platter, evenly spread the creme fraiche mixture
7) Arrange the spinach salad over the creme fraiche mixture
8) Place the crab cakes on the bed of spinach salad, garnish with a small drizzle of extra virgin olive oil if desired, and serve immediately


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Getting around Morocco
Moroccan public transport is, on the whole, pretty good, with a rail network linking the main towns of the north, the coast and Marrakesh, and plenty of buses and collective taxis. Renting a car can open up routes that are time-consuming or difficult on local transport.
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By plane
Royal Air Maroc (RAM; t 0890 000800, w royalairmaroc.com) operates domestic flights from its Casablanca hub to major cities nationwide. You will usually have to change planes at Casablanca in order to travel between any other two points, unless both are stops on a single Casa-bound flight (Dakhla to Laayoune, for example). In general, flying is not really worthwhile except for long-distance routes such as to Laayoune or Dakhla in the Western Sahara, when they can save you a lot of time. A one-way ticket from Casablanca to Laayoune, for example, would set you back 1360dh (£101/$161) and take one hour and forty minutes (plus journey time to the airport, check-in time and delays), compared to nineteen hours by bus. Casa to Dakhla – 1124dh (£84/$133) one-way on RAM – would take you two and a quarter hours by air compared to 28 hours by bus.
Information on Morocco's airports, including daily departure lists for some of them, can be found on the website of the Office National des Aéroports at w onda.ma. You should confirm flights 72 hours before departure. Student and under-26 youth discounts of 25 percent are available on RAM domestic flights, but only if the ticket is bought in advance from one of its offices.
By train
Trains cover a limited network of routes, but for travel between the major cities they are easily the best option, comfortable and fairly fast, but sometimes subject to delays.
There are two main lines: from Tangier in the north down to Marrakesh, and from Oujda in the northeast, also to Marrakesh, joining with the Tangier line at Sidi Kacem. Branch lines serve Nador, El Jadida, Safi, Oued Zem and Casablanca airport. A high-speed line (LGV) from Tangier to Casablanca is scheduled to open in 2015 (for latest news see w tgvmaroc.ma), with extensions planned down to Marrakesh and Agadir, as well as eastward all the way (political frictions allowing) through Algeria and Tunisia to Tripoli.
Schedules change very little from year to year, but it's wise to check times in advance at stations. Timetables are displayed at major train stations, and any station ticket office will print you off a mini-timetable of services between any two stations. You can also check schedules (horaires) and fares (tarifs) on the ONCF website at w oncf.ma, though you cannot buy tickets online. Except for sleeper services, tickets do not need to be booked in advance; you can just turn up at the station and buy one. There are two classes of tickets – first and second. Costs for a second-class ticket are slightly more than what you'd pay for buses; on certain "express" services ("express" refers to the level of comfort rather than the speed), they are around thirty percent higher. In addition, there are couchettes (145dh extra) available on the Tangier–Marrakesh and Casablanca–Oujda night trains – worth the money for both the comfort and the security, as couchette passengers are in their own locked carriage with a guard. Most stations are located reasonably close to the modern city centres. They do not have left-luggage facilities.
By bus
Bus travel is generally only marginally cheaper than taking a shared grand taxi, and around thirty percent slower, but also safer and more comfortable, though on some older buses leg room is limited, and for anyone approaching six feet or more in height, long journeys can be rather an endurance test. Many long-distance buses run at night when they are both quicker and cooler. Most are fitted with reading lights but they are invariably turned off, so you will not be able to read on buses after dark. Also note that the rate of accidents involving night buses is quite high, especially on busy routes, and most of all on the N8 between Marrakesh and Agadir.
Travelling during the day, especially in summer, it pays to sit on the side away from the sun. Travelling from north to south, this means sitting on the right in the morning, on the left in the afternoon, vice versa if going the other way. Travelling from east to west, sit on the right, or on the left if going from west to east. In fact, Moroccan passengers often pull down the blinds and shut the windows, which can block out the scenery and make the journey rather claustrophobic. Note too, especially on rural services, that some passengers may be unused to road travel, resulting in travel sickness and vomiting.
CTM and private lines
Buses run by CTM (the national company; w ctm.ma) are faster and more reliable than private services, with numbered seats and fixed departure schedules, which can be checked online. CTM services usually have reading lights, though you may have to ask the driver to turn those on. Some of the larger private company buses, such as SATAS (which operates widely in the south) and Trans Ghazala (which runs in the north) are of a similar standard, but many other private companies are tiny outfits, with a single bus which leaves only when the driver considers it sufficiently full. On the other hand, such private buses are much more likely to stop for you if you flag them down on the open road, whereas CTM services will only pick up and set down at official stops.
Bus terminals
Most towns have a main bus station (gare routière), often on the edge of town. CTM buses usually leave from the company's office, which may be quite a way from the main bus station, though in several places CTM and the private companies share a single terminal, and in some cases the CTM bus will call at the main bus station when departing a city, though not when arriving.
Bus stations usually have a number of ticket windows, one for each of the companies operating out of it. There is occasionally a departures board, but it may be out of date and in Arabic only, so you should always check departure times at the appropriate window. Bus conductors or ticket sellers may be calling out destinations in the bus station in any case, or may greet you as you come in by asking where you want to go. On the more popular trips (and especially with CTM services, which are often just once a day in the south), it's worth trying to buy tickets in advance, though this may not always be possible on smaller private-line services.
You may occasionally have problems getting tickets at small towns along major routes, where buses can arrive and leave already full. It's sometimes possible to get round this by taking a local bus or a grand taxi for the next section of the trip (until the bus you want empties a little), or by waiting for a bus that actually starts from the town you're in. Overall, the best policy is to arrive at a bus station early in the day (ideally 5.30–6am).
On private-line buses, you generally pay for your baggage to be loaded into the hold (or onto the roof). The standard fee is 5dh, but this may be foregone on short hops. Note that you only pay to have your baggage loaded, not to have it unloaded on arrival, whatever anybody may say. On CTM, SATAS and Supratours buses your luggage is weighed and you are issued with a receipt for the baggage charge (usually 5–10dh, depending on weight and distance – allow time for this procedure). On arrival, porters with wheeled box-carts (chariots) may offer their services, but always agree a price before engaging one.
Supratours buses
An additional service, on certain major routes, is the Supratours express buses run as feeder services by the train company, ONCF. These are fast and very comfortable, and run from Tetouan, Essaouira, Agadir and the Western Sahara to connect with rail services from Oujda, Tangier and Marrakesh. Timetables and fares for Supratours buses can be found along with those for trains on the ONCF website (w oncf.ma). Supratours services compare, in both time and cost, with CTM buses. They do not use the main bus stations, but depart from outside their own town-centre offices (detailed in the text). Through tickets to and from connecting rail stations are available (Essaouira through to Fez, for example), and travellers with rail tickets for connecting services have priority. It's best to book tickets in advance if possible.
By shared taxi
Shared grands taxis are one of the best features of Moroccan transport. They operate on a wide variety of routes, are much quicker than buses (usually quicker than trains, too), and fares vary from slightly more than the bus to around twice as much.
The taxis are usually big Peugeot or Mercedes cars carrying six passengers (Peugeots are less common but have a slightly less cramped seating arrangement). Most business is along specific routes, and the most popular routes have more or less continuous departures throughout the day. You just show up at the terminal (locations are detailed in the guide) and ask for a place to a specific destination. The best time to arrive is early morning (7–9am), when a lot of people are travelling and taxis fill up quickly; lunchtime, on the other hand, is a bad time to turn up, as fewer people will be travelling, and the taxi will take longer to fill up. As soon as six (or, if you're willing to pay extra, four or five) people are assembled, the taxi sets off. Make sure, when asking about grands taxis, that it is clear you only want a place (une place in French, plassa in Arabic, or hold up one finger) in a shared taxi (taxi collectif), as drivers often "presume" that a tourist will want to charter the whole taxi, which means paying for all six places. Women travelling alone may wish to pay for two places and get the front seat to themselves rather than be squashed up against male passengers.
Picking up a shared taxi on the road is more problematic, as they will only stop if they have a place free (if a passenger has already alighted). To hail a taxi on the open road, hold up one, two or more fingers to indicate how many places you need.
Fares for set routes are fixed, and drivers do not usually try to overcharge tourists for a place (though occasionally they try to charge for baggage, which usually travels free of charge). If you think that you are being overcharged, ask the other passengers, or check the price with your hotel before leaving. Occasionally, five passengers may agree to split the cost of the last place to hasten departure, or one passenger may agree to pay for two places. You pay the full fare for the journey even if travelling only part of the way.
If you want to take a non-standard route, or an excursion, or just to have the taxi to yourself, it is possible to charter a whole grand taxi (une course in French, corsa in Arabic). In theory this should be exactly six times the price of a place in a shared taxi if the route has a set fare, but you'll often have to bargain hard to get that. Hotels can sometimes be useful in helping to charter grands taxis.
Some people consider shared taxis dangerous. It is certainly true that they are prone to practices such as speeding, and overtaking on blind curves or the brows of hills, and that they have more than their fair share of accidents. Drivers may work all day and into the night, and it seems a large number of accidents involve them falling asleep at the wheel while driving at night, so you may wish to avoid using them for night-time journeys, especially on busy roads (the N8 between Marrakesh and Agadir is the worst). Note also that with the seating arrangements, it is not usually possible to wear a seat belt, though if you pay for two places, you can get the front seat to yourself and put the belt on.
Trucks and hitching
In the countryside, where buses may be sporadic or even nonexistent, it is standard practice for vans and lorries (camions), pick-up trucks (camionettes) and transit-vans (transits) to carry passengers for a charge. You may be asked to pay a little more than the locals, and you may be expected to bargain over the price – but it's straightforward enough.
In parts of the Atlas, local people run more or less scheduled truck or transit services, generally to coincide with the pattern of local souks. If you plan on traversing any of the more ambitious Atlas pistes, you'll probably be dependent on these vehicles, unless you walk.
Hitchhiking is not big in Morocco, but you may resort to it on routes where transport is scarce. Fellow tourists may pick you up, and Moroccans may carry you for free, but usually you pay, around the same as a bus or grand taxi fare. This is especially the case in country areas, where local rides can operate in much the same way as truck taxis. As a rule, however, hitching is not really safe, and it is definitely not advisable for women travelling alone. We have heard of (Moroccan) hitchhikers being robbed on the N12 Tata–Bou Izakarn road, and it probably happens elsewhere too.
By car
There are few real problems driving in Morocco, but accident rates are high, largely because motorists routinely ignore traffic regulations and drive aggressively and dangerously (most people pay baksheesh for their licence). The N8 between Marrakesh and Agadir is a particular accident blackspot. Do not expect other drivers to indicate or observe lane discipline, beware when coming up to blind curves or hills where vehicles coming in the other direction may be trying to overtake without full view of the road ahead, treat all pedestrians with the suspicion that they will cross in front of you, and all cyclists with the idea that they may well swerve into the middle of the road. All this makes driving a particularly hair-raising experience in towns, and even experienced drivers may find city driving quite stressful. The difficulty of finding places in cities due to lack of street signs adds to the problem. Be particularly wary about driving after dark, as it is legal to drive up to 20km/h without lights, which allows all cyclists and mopeds to wander at will; donkeys, goats and sheep do not carry lights, either.
However, with those caveats in mind, daytime and certainly long-distance driving can be as good as anywhere. Good road surfaces, long straight roads, and little traffic between inhabited areas allow for high average speeds. The usual speed limit outside towns is 40km/h (25mph) in built-up areas, 100km/h (62mph) on ordinary roads, and 120km/h (75mph) on motorways. There are on-the-spot fines for speeding, and oncoming motorists flashing their headlights at you may well be warning you to slow down for a police check ahead (radar speed traps are common). The French rule of giving priority to traffic from the right is observed at roundabouts and junctions – meaning that cars coming onto a roundabout have priority over those already on it.
By law, drivers and passengers are required to wear seat belts. Almost no one does, but if you follow suit and are stopped by the police, you may have a small fine (possibly unofficial) extracted. Given Morocco's high road accident rate, it is foolhardy not to wear a seat belt anyway.
Piste and off-piste driving
On the pistes (rough, unpaved tracks in the mountains or desert), there are special problems. Here you do need a good deal of driving and mechanical confidence – and if you don't feel your car is up to it, don't drive on these routes. Obviously, a 4WD vehicle is best suited to the pistes, but most pistes are passable, with care, in an ordinary small car, though it's worth asking local advice first. On mountain roads, beware of gravel, which can be a real danger on the frequent hairpin bends, and, in spring, flash floods caused by melting snow. The six-volume series, Pistes du Maroc (Gandini), are invaluable guides for anyone planning on driving pistes; they are available in major Moroccan bookshops or online (w extrem-sud.com/guides.php).
Driving a 4WD can be an exciting way of exploring the mountains and desert, off-tarmac, or even off-piste. Some companies lay on vehicles, driver and mess tent, organize food and cooking and will go wherever requested. For economical and practical reasons groups should number five or eleven, so you'll probably find yourself exploring with strangers. UK-based AMIS specializes in this field.
Car rental
Car rental starts at around 2000dh (£150/$240) per week or 400dh (£30/$47) a day (there's usually a three-day minimum) for a basic car with unlimited mileage and insurance cover. You will be expected to leave credit card details, and fuel prices are high (see Equipment). Having a car pays obvious dividends if you are pushed for time, especially in the south, where buses and taxis may be sparse, but chartering a grand taxi and agreeing a daily rate will not cost that much more.
Many visitors rent a car in Casablanca, Marrakesh or Agadir, but it may work out cheaper to arrange car rental in advance through the travel company who arranges your flight. With international firms such as Hertz, Budget, Europcar and Avis, you can book from home by phone or online. Local car rental firms are listed in city "Arrival and Departure" sections in the guide. Deals to go for are unlimited mileage and daily/weekly rates; paying by the kilometre invariably works out more expensive. Local firms have the advantage that the price is more likely to be negotiable, though the condition of the vehicle should be well checked. Many hotels can arrange car rental at reasonable rates. If you can't or don't want to drive yourself, car rental companies can often arrange a driver for around 300dh (£23/$35) a day.
Before setting out, make sure the car comes with spare tyre, toolkit and full documentation – including insurance cover, which is compulsory issue with all rentals. It's a good idea to get full insurance to avoid charges for bumps and scratches. Most car rental agreements prohibit use of the car on unsurfaced roads, and you will be liable for any damage sustained if you do drive off-tarmac.
Whether you rent a car or drive your own, always make sure you're carrying a spare tyre in good condition (plus a jack and tools). Flat tyres occur very frequently, even on fairly major roads, and you can often be in for a long wait until someone drives along with a possible replacement. Carrying an emergency windscreen is also useful, especially if driving your own car for a long period of time. There are lots of loose stones on the hard shoulders of single-lane roads and they can fly all over the place. If you're not mechanically minded, be sure to bring a car maintenance manual – a useful item, too, for anyone planning to rent a vehicle.
Fuel and breakdowns
Filling stations can be few and far between in rural areas: always fill your tank to the limit. Unleaded fuel is available in most places nowadays, but it's always worth filling up when you have the chance as supplies can be sporadic. Fuel prices are generally lower than in Western Europe, at 10.33dh (77p/$1.22) a litre for unleaded (sans plomb or bidoun rasas), and 7.30dh (55p/86¢) for diesel (gasoil, pronounced "gazwaal"). In the Saharan provinces (basically the Western Sahara), fuel is subsidized, and costs about a third less. Fuel in the duty-free Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla is cheaper than it is on the Spanish mainland, but currently costs more than it does in Morocco proper, at around €1.24 for unleaded (sin plomo) and €1.14 for diesel (gasóleo). As in Morocco proper, unleaded fuel can sometimes be in short supply in the Spanish enclaves.
Moroccan mechanics are usually excellent at coping with breakdowns and all medium-sized towns have garages (most with an extensive range of spare parts for most French cars, and usually for Fiats too). However, if you break down miles from anywhere you'll probably end up paying a fortune to get a truck to tow you to the nearest town.
If you are driving your own vehicle, there is also the problem of having to re-export any car that you bring into the country (even a wreck). You can't just write off a car: you'll have to take it out of Morocco with you.
Vehicle insurance
Insurance must by law be sold along with all rental agreements. Driving your own vehicle, you should obtain Green Card cover from your insurers. If you don't have it on arrival, you can buy it from Assurance Frontière for 950dh (£77/$113) a month for a car or camper van, at Tangier port, Nador port, or the land frontiers at Ceuta and Melilla; to renew it, the main AF office is at 59 Bd Bordeaux, Casablanca (t 0522 484156 or t 7).
Parking in almost any town, you will find a gardien de voitures, usually licensed by local authorities to look after cars, and claiming a couple of dirhams by way of parking fees. Alternatively, most of the larger hotels in the Ville Nouvelle quarters of cities have parking spaces (and occasionally garaging). It's always worth paying for a gardien or parking in a garage, as new or well-looked-after cars attract a certain level of vandalism. Red-and-white-striped kerbs mean no parking is allowed.
By motorbike
Morocco has all the major attractions sought by bike enthusiasts, but if you've never taken a bike abroad before, seriously consider going with a group. H-C Travel in the UK (w hctravel.com), Moto Adventures in Andorra (w motoaventures.com) and Wilderness Wheels in Ouarzazate (w wildernesswheels.com) offer off-road and trailbiking packages. Taking your own bike is subject to the same bureaucracy as taking a car (see Entering Morocco by ferry). One way of avoiding that is to rent a bike in Morocco (see Local bus routes & Getting around). So far as road conditions are concerned, our comments on driving also apply to motorbikes.
Taking your own bike
If you take your own motorbike, you will need special insurance. Most companies, especially those based outside Europe, will not cover motorcycling as part of a holiday overseas, particularly when off-road riding is contemplated or inevitable (as it often is in Morocco). You'll have to shop around and remember to take the policy with you, together with your bike registration certificate, biker's licence and International Driving Permit. Even large insurance companies don't give clear answers about "Green Cards" for motorcycling in Morocco and do not understand that you may encounter up to a dozen police checks a day.
When entering Morocco, try to arrive as early in the day as possible. If you are a lone traveller and speak neither Arabic nor French, you may be left queuing until those without queries have been dealt with. If the office then closes, you may have to return the next morning. In these circumstances, it might be worth investing in a tout who, for a fee, will take your papers to a friendly officer. It's also worth picking up a couple of (free) extra immigration forms for the return journey.
What to take and when to go
If possible, don't take a model of bike likely to be unfamiliar in Morocco. It's worth carrying cables and levers, inner tubes, puncture repair kit, tyre levers, pump, fuses, plugs, chain, washable air filter, cable ties, good tape and a toolkit. For riding off-road, take knobbly tyres and rim locks, brush guards, metal number plate and bashplate. In winter, take tough fabric outer clothing. In summer, carry lighter-weight clothing, woollen jumpers and waterproofs. Drying out leathers takes a long time. In the south, the heat in summer can be overwhelming, making travelling a far from enjoyable experience.
Cycling – and particularly mountain biking in the Atlas and other areas – is becoming an increasingly popular pursuit for Western travellers to Morocco. The country's regular roads are well maintained and by European standards very quiet, while the extensive network of pistes – dirt tracks – makes for exciting mountain-bike terrain, leading you into areas otherwise accessible only to trekkers or four-wheel-drive expeditions.
Regular roads are generally surfaced (goudronné or revêtue) but narrow, and you will often have to get off the tarmac to make way for traffic. Beware also of open land-drains close to the roadsides, and loose gravel on the bends.
Cycling on pistes, mountain bikes come into their own with their "tractor" tyres and wide, stabilizing handlebars. There are few pistes that could be recommended on a regular tourer. By contrast, some intrepid mountain bikers cover footpaths in the High Atlas, though for the less than super-fit this is extremely heavy going. Better, on the whole, to stick to established pistes – many of which are covered by local trucks, which you can pay for a ride in if your legs (or your bike) give out.
Getting your bike to Morocco
Many airlines – even charters – carry bikes free of charge, so long as they don't push your baggage allowance over the weight limit, but the no-frills airlines will charge you. When buying a ticket, register your intention of taking your bike and check out the airline's conditions. They will generally require you to invert the handlebars, remove the pedals, and deflate the tyres; some provide or sell a cardboard box to enclose the bike, as protection for other passengers' luggage as much as for the bike; you are, however, unlikely to be offered a box for the return journey. A useful alternative, offering little protection but at least ensuring nothing gets lost, is to customize an industrial nylon sack, adding a drawstring at the neck.
If you plan to cross over by ferry to Morocco, things couldn't be simpler. You ride on with the motor vehicles (thus avoiding the long queues of foot passengers) and the bike is secured during the voyage. At time of writing, bicycles travel for free on most ferries other than the runs from Tarifa and Algeciras to Tangier or Tanger-Med.
Bicycles and local transport
Cycling around Morocco, you can make use of local transport to supplement your own wheels. Buses will generally carry bikes on the roof. CTM usually charges around 10dh per bike – make sure you get a ticket. On other lines it's very much up to you to negotiate with the driver and/or baggage porter (who will probably expect at least 5dh). If you're riding and exhausted, you can usually flag down private-line buses (but not usually CTM services) on the road.
Some grands taxis also agree to carry bikes, if they have space on a rack. You may have to pay for this, but of course you can haggle. In mountain or desert areas, you can have your bike carried with you on truck or transit services. Prices for this are negotiable, but should not exceed your own passenger fare.
Bikes are carried on trains for a modest handling fee, though it's not really worth the hassle. They have to be registered in advance as baggage and won't necessarily travel on the same train as you (though they will usually turn up within a day).
Accommodation doesn't present any special problems. The cheaper hotels will almost always let you keep your bike in your room – and others will find a disused basement or office for storage. It's almost essential to do this, as much to deter unwelcome tampering as theft, especially if you have a curiosity-inviting mountain bike. At campsites, there's usually a gardien on hand to keep an eye on your bike, or stow it away in his chalet.
Most towns have repair shops in their Medina quarters, used to servicing local bikes and mopeds. They may not have spare parts for your make of bike, but can usually sort out some kind of temporary solution. It is worth bringing spare spokes (and tool) with you, plus brake blocks and cable, as the mountain descents can take it out on a bike. Tyres and tubes can generally be found for tourers, though if you have anything fancy, best bring at least one spare, too.
Obviously, before setting out, you should make sure that your brakes are in good order, renew bearings, etc, and ensure that you have decent quality (and condition) tyres.
Problems and rewards
All over Morocco, and particularly in rural areas, there are stray, wild and semi-cared-for dogs. A cyclist pedalling past with feet and wheels spinning seems to send at least half of them into a frenzied state. Normally, cycling in an equally frenzied state is the best defence, but on steep ascents and off-road this isn't always possible. In these situations, keep the bike between you and the dog, and use your pump or a shower from your water bottle as defence. If you do get bitten, a rabies inoculation is advisable.
Another factor to be prepared for is your susceptibility to the unwanted attentions of local people. Small children will often stand in the road to hinder your progress, or even chase after you in gangs and throw stones. Your attitude is important: be friendly, smile, and maintain strong eye contact. On no account attempt to mete out your own discipline: small children always have big brothers.
The heat and the long stretches of dead straight road across arid, featureless plains – the main routes to (or beyond) the mountain ranges – can all too easily drain your energy. Additionally, public water is very rare – there are few roadside watering places, and towns and villages can be a long way apart.
Despite all this, cycling in Morocco can be an extremely rewarding experience; as one of our readers put it: "I felt an extra intimacy with the country by staying close to it, rather than viewing it from car or bus windows. And I experienced unrivalled generosity, from cups of tea offered by policemen at roadside checkpoints to a full-blown breakfast banquet from a farming family whose dog had savaged my leg. People went out of their way to give me advice, food, drink and lifts, and not once did I feel seriously threatened. Lastly, the exhilaration I felt on some of the mountain descents, above all the Tizi n'Test in the High Atlas, will remain with me forever. I was not an experienced cycle tourer when I arrived in Morocco, but the grandeur of the scenery helped carry me over the passes."
City transport
You'll spend most time exploring Moroccan cities on foot. The alleys of the old Medina quarters, where the sights and souks are, will rarely accommodate more than a donkey. In the newer quarters, you may want to make use of city taxis and occasionally a bus. Be aware that pedestrian crossings don't count for very much, except perhaps at junctions "controlled" by traffic lights. And even then, bikes and mopeds pay scant attention to traffic lights showing red.
Petits taxis
, usually Fiats or Simcas, carry up to three passengers and (unlike grands taxis) can only operate within city limits. All petits taxis should have meters, and you should insist that they use them. Failing that, you will need to bargain for a price – either before you get in (wise to start off with) or by simply presenting the regular fare when you get out. If you are a lone passenger, your taxi driver may pick up one or two additional passengers en route, each of whom will pay the full fare for their journey, as of course will you. This is standard practice.
Don't be afraid to argue with the driver if you feel you're being unreasonably overcharged. During the daytime, you should pay what is on the meter. After 8pm, standard fares rise by fifty percent. Tips are not expected, but of course always appreciated. Taxis from airports usually run at special rates agreed among the drivers, in which case, they will not agree to use the meter.
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Abigail Donovan, MD is an Associate Psychiatrist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is the Director of the First Episode and Early Psychosis Program and the Associate Director of the Acute Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Donovan earned her Bachelor of Science and Medical Degree from Yale University. She completed an internship in Pediatric medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She then completed her residency in Adult Psychiatry, and her fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, both at the Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital training program. Dr. Donovan is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), where she represented the national interests of residents and fellows. She has also served as a consultant to the APA's Council on Children, Adolescents and their Families. She is the co-author of the book "Suicide by Security Blanket, and Other Stories from the Child Psychiatry Emergency Service".
Dr. Donovan's interests include the early diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents, as well as systems issues and quality of care improvement in acute psychiatry.


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Jackie Earle Haley is still in the mix to play Sinestro in the upcoming "Green Lantern," which should be reassuring news to fanboys everywhere.
"I've been making some calls yesterday and today, and what I'm hearing actually confirms some earlier rumors online from October of 2009, when Harry Knowles (his former Ain't It Cool colleague) first ran the word that Jackie Earle Haley was the man who had been tapped to play Sinestro," wrote Drew McWeeny in his Motion/Captured column.
When it was announced earlier this week that Peter Sarsgaard would play Dr. Hector Hammond in the upcoming hero flick, many fans feared that two arch-villains in a film was one too many (see Spider-Man 3) and rumors about Haley/Sinestro were wrong. Now it seems that both men are in on Ryan Reynolds' "Green Lantern" flick.
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Throw in a little Blake Lively and you just may have a reasonably entertaining movie on your hands.
This is great news. Haley's career renaissance has been a great story, one that just keeps getting better. From being the baddest of the "Bad News Bears" to his near-total disappearance to his triumphant return with his Oscar-nominated turn in "Little Children," rarely has an actor returned from such irrelevance.


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Click here to register for the VIP program this fall.
The AYSO Very Important Player (VIP) program was started in 1990 by Region 84 in Mission Viejo to serve the Orange County community, and presently there are VIP programs in AYSO regions nationwide. VIP was established to meet the needs and abilities of physically and mentally challenged persons of all ages. Region 13 is honored to be among the regions offering this program, in partnership with other AYSO regions in the San Gabriel Valley.
VIP registration is open to anyone and remains open throughout the season (September – December). As with all AYSO programs, the VIP program is committed to the AYSO principles: Everyone Plays, Open Registration, Player Development, Positive Coaching, Balanced Teams, and Good Sportsmanship.
Our VIP program pairs each special needs player with a player from our regular program (called a "buddy") to play soccer. The role of the buddy is to facilitate the special needs player's involvement. We modify the rules if necessary to account for any issues of mobility or comprehension. In this way, both the special needs players and the buddies benefit from the program. Additionally, the players wear uniforms and are presented with trophies at the end of the season.
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Oct. 24, 2006
BOSTON, Mass. - Senior forward Alex Morgan scored the eventual game-winner in the 50th minute to propel MIT to a 3-2 victory over UMass Boston at the Clark Athletic Center on Tuesday afternoon. Tech's record rises to 6-9-0 with the victory, while UMass Boston drops to 10-7-0.
The Beacons got on the board first when senior defender Mike Reda sent a cross from the middle of the field to junior midfielder Emile Pierre-Louis, who settled the ball and dribbled to the left side of the box before scoring from five yards out into the right corner. The goal gave UMass Boston a 1-0 lead under ten minutes into the match.
However, MIT midfielder James Zorich knotted the contest at 1-1 just 69 seconds later when he deflected an airborne cross into the back of the net following a corner kick from reigning New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Week, Ryan Sheffler.
Sophomore midfielder Andrew Bishara gave Tech its first lead of the match in the 26th minute, rifling a shot from 20 yards out into the top right corner for the 2-1 advantage.
Morgan got in on the act shortly after the halftime interval, blasting what would ultimately prove to be the game-winner into the left corner of the net from 15 yards out.
UMass Boston didn't go down without a fight, cutting the deficit to 3-2 in the 78th minute when Reda pounced on a loose ball in the box and finished into the right side netting. However, the Beacons fight-back would end there, as they failed to beat MIT keeper Tom Caldwell and the Engineer defense for the remainder of the match.
Caldwell made three saves en route to the victory, while Beacon net-minder Paul Maniscalo made five stops in the losing effort.
Tech will close out its regular season on Saturday, Oct. 28, when it travels to NEWMAC rival WPI in a match that is slated for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff. UMass Boston will finish up its regular season schedule on the same day when it hits the road to take on Keene State at 1:30 p.m.


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Capcom Announces Mega Man & Pac Man For Street Fighter X Tekken
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Capcom has just announced that Mega Man and Pac Man have officially joined the roster for the upcoming Street Fighter X Tekken mashup — but ONLY for Playstation 3. This is in addition to the previously announced Cole McGrath of inFamous fame (see what I did there?) and Kuro Turo. Some might not recognize the man in the above picture right away, but that's actually the depiction of Mega Man from the box art of the very first NES game. Yeah, WTF. Full trailer after the break:


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French pastry chefs rely on classic fluted pans like this one to create attractive tarts with tender golden crusts. The nonstick finish releases pastry intact.
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Rated 1 out of 5 by alli d from Poor quality I bought this two weeks ago, used once, hand-washed and the rim has already lost its shape. I had expected better quality for the price.Date published: 2017-07-03Rated 5 out of 5 by Kammy from Will make more tarts now! I ordered the smallest pan, and at first, wished I had ordered the larger one. Made an ice cream tart with a graham cracker crust, covered in fresh fruit and fudge sauce. The rim came off easily, but the tart would not budge from the bottom, because of the frozen ice cream. No problem, as I used a rice paddle to "cut" it. It was perfect for my group of ten guests.Date published: 2016-08-08Rated 5 out of 5 by jwaldo from Nonstick Round Tart Pan I gave this as a gift but she absolutely loved it.Date published: 2015-03-03Rated 5 out of 5 by hhb108 from Perfect Tart Pan! Used this yesterday to make a wonderful fruit cream tart. Pre-baked a graham crust in it, which cooked perfectly and to a wonderful golden brown color. I was a bit scared that I would drop the tart when lifting out the removable bottom, but it was super easy and it definitely came in handy when transferring to a serving plate. Very easy to clean too. I am going to purchase another one! Love it! Thanks WS!Date published: 2014-02-10Rated 5 out of 5 by kitmoe from all it claims to be! In contrast to my old tart pan, I was able to create a perfect and beautiful fruit tart using this pan. The sides came off beautifully, and I slid the bottom out from under the crust in about 60 seconds. I did find that I needed to bake it about 10 extra minutes to get that lovely brown crust, probably because it is a heavy, sturdy pan. I will now make quiches and tarts much more often.Date published: 2012-09-27Rated 5 out of 5 by CakerBaker from The Best Ever Tart Pan! This tart pan is my favorite! I had been using a deep-dish ceramic pie plate to make my tarts. Yesterday, I bought this and made a lemon tart in it. It bakes the crust perfectly, it is browned to perfection. The filling is made into perfect gelatin (I made a cream tart) and everybody in my family said it was the best thing I'd ever made. Thank you, thank you, thank you, WS!Date published: 2012-08-04Rated 5 out of 5 by JuliaWanabee from Perfect Pie This is the first pan I've ever purchased for tarts, quiches, etc., so I wanted it to be fail proof. It arrived just in time to make a Chrismas pie, which was a pecan/pinon nut tart with cornmeal crust. This was a new recipe, and I was very nervous about getting successful results. What a relief when a perfect golden brown tart shell popped out of the pan---intact. Looking forward to baking a quiche.Date published: 2012-01-20


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Skydiver, 90, jumps 11,000 feet to island
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND- - A 90-year-old man has successfully skydived from 11,000 feet on South Padre Island.
Russell Louden tells the Brownsville Herald that he's wanted to jump out of a plane ever since he tried to become a paratrooper during World War II. On Jan. 19, the Weslaco resident made the jump.
His plane took off from Brownsville/South Padre International Airport and dropped him over the island. He landed in the warm sand.
About 20 of his friends came to cheer him on before his jump.
The company that took him on the jump, Skydive South Padre, says Louden is the oldest person to skydive from one of its planes.
The previous record was set by an 89-year-old woman from El Paso.


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Now wasn't that drawing video just awesome? Watching other artist's techniques can be really helpful when you try drawing your own pictures. Twilight has become the most popular vampire series along with the t.v shows like Vampire Diaries and True Blood. I'm a huge True Blood fan here; me and my sister used to watch it all the time. I haven't caught up with the latest episodes but I hear it's been going well. Here in this tutorial I present to you "how to draw Robert Pattinson step by step". This drawing video was very enjoyable. The artist does a great job drawing the details and features of Robert's face. I hope you'll enjoy and learn something from this video as much as I. Thanks for viewing!
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Testimony resumes against NH woman charged with masking her role in genocide to become citizen
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � Testimony is set to resume in the trial of a New Hampshire woman prosecutors say lied about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to enter the U.S. and obtain citizenship.
Monday marks the fourth day of testimony in the trial of 43-year-old Beatrice Munyenyezi (moon-yehn-YEH'-zee) of Manchester.
Prosecutors say she lied on applications to enter the country as a refugee in 1995 and to obtain citizenship in 2003. She was sworn in as a citizen in the same federal courthouse where she is now on trial. On those applications, Munyenyezi denied any role in the genocide or affiliation with any political party during the slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Prosecution witnesses have placed Munyenyezi at a checkpoint in Butare where Tutsis were identified and ordered killed.


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Getting Your First BITCOIN is Hard, but We are Here to Help
SatoshiQuiz is a quiz website where users win Bitcoin for correctly answering questions from various categories. A user can open the website and answer the question without registrations, but in order to earn and be able to withdraw coins that you won you need to register. To win Bitcoins, user must be logged in and must be among the first three users to answer the question correctly, depending upon which he will get first/second or third prize. Registrations are quick and easy and there is no need to even enter an email address if you do not want to, only username and password to be able to keep track of your progress. We warn you that the game can be quite fun and addictive, as well as a bit challenging sometimes, but the chance of winning some coins makes it much more fun to play.
The total prize of the question is mentioned under "Prize" for each question, something like 1000 satoshi for example. The award gets split as follows: 60% to first user, 30% to second user and 10% to third user to answer the question fastest. A user gets 10 lives at the beginning of every hour, if the users gives an incorrect answer to a question his lives count decreases by one. When the lives reaches zero the user cannot attempt more questions till he gets 10 new lives at the beginning of the next hour. The Bitcoin payments are processed once every 24 hrs around 2:30P GMT. To request payment you need to go to My Stats page and submit the Withdrawal request. The minimum withdrawal amount is 10000 satoshis.
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Some train services to Manchester are delayed or have been cancelled following an earlier train derailment in Eccles.
The line between Manchester and Eccles / Salford Crescent has now reopened.
Delays are however, still affecting trains run by the operators Northern and Arriva Trains Wales and First Transpennine Express.
According to National Rail Enquiries the affected routes are:-
Leeds / York / Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
Manchester Victoria - Liverpool Lime Street
Manchester Piccadilly - Liverpool Lime Street
Manchester Piccadilly – Preston / Blackpool North
Manchester Piccadilly – Chester / Llandudno / Holyhead
Manchester Piccadilly – Edinburgh / Glasgow
Manchester Piccadilly – Barrow / Windermere
Manchester Airport - Liverpool Lime Street / Southport / Blackpool North
Travellers are being advised that a ticket acceptance is in place and travellers may use their rail tickets on the following alternative routes:
Virgin Trains between Manchester Piccadilly / Chester / Warrington Bank Quay / Wigan North Western and Crewe
East Midlands Trains and TransPennine Express services between Warrington Central and Manchester Piccadilly
Northern via any reasonable route
Disruption is expected to last until 1pm.
For more information please see here.
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cassoryl needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 16 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
NEED TODAY: ItÂ's for a solar company called Independence Solar. Their website is http://www.independencesolar.com and the text will all come from the website.
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I have a new job for you. Its something I need done really, really quickly. Its a one-page, over-sized, two-sided piece. It should be 12 inches high and 9.5 inches wide. Its going to be printed on cardboard or some sort of hard material. It should look really clean, simplistic and expensive. Its going to be inserted into a silver, shiny plastic envelope. Its for a solar company called Independence Solar. Their website is http://www.independencesolar.com and the text will all come from the website.
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IMAGES: I do not own any high-res photos (the solar cell is not my companys), but if you select some that are affordable and your design is selected, I will happily pay for them. If you need the high-res logo, please email me.
TEXT: The text should come from the website, but you do not have to include all of the text. There should be some from the commercial page and some from the residential page. You can pick and choose, and if your design is selected, well work with you to modify the text to meet my clients needs.


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Ganglia is a open-source project that grew out of the University of California, Berkeley Millennium Project. Its a scalable distributed monitoring system for high-performance computing systems such as clusters and Grids. It is based on a hierarchical design targeted at federations of clusters. This tutorial will help you make better use of the grid resources available to you. We will look at the use of information services in a grid and discuss the monitoring use of the Ganglia tool kit to enhance the information services already present in the Globus environment.
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EVERETT — Working the ball down the right wing in the 78th minute, Cascade's Jorge Heredia fought off defenders to free himself inside the box and hammered the ball in from 12 yards out to knot the score at 1-1 and help the Bruins earn a draw against Lynnwood in a Wesco 4A South matchup on Thursday night.
Heredia's goal came just three minutes after the Royals' Drammeh Momodou scored the game's first goal on a free kick.
"Early much of the game was end-to-end," said Cascade head coach Jamie Gay. "Lynnwood had quite a good number of chances to score early on. We had good opportunities as well. "Certainly when they got the free kick with five minutes to go, we couldn't hold back at that point. It definitely made for an exciting last five minutes."
Coach Gay noted that he saw improvement in his team's effort in just its second game of the season.
"(Tonight) was good, not great," Gay said. "That's certainly a change from game one to game two. To perform like we did against Lynnwood … that's a good step change for our young, growing team."
At Everett Memorial Stadium
Goals—Drammeh Momodou (L), Jorge Heredia (C). Assists—none. Goalkeepers—Lynnwood: Reyes Ortega. Cascade: Joey Birnbaum. Records—Lynnwood 1-0-1 overall. Cascade 0-1-1.


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AUGUST Bernard H. Berkman (Executive): New Jersey CPA Soc, Saddle Brook — "Filings with the SEC!' SEPTEMBER Daniel A. Bailey (New York): Insurance Accounting & Statistical Assn., Southeastern chapter, Jacksonville—"Closing the GAAP on Acquisition Expenses for Stock Life Companies!' Also Jan., Interpreter. Frank A. Bruni (New York): Insurance Accounting & Statistical Assn., Southeastern chapter, Jacksonville —"Financial Statements Required for Registration Statements Filed on Form S-l!' Oscar S. Gellein (Executive): Canadian Inst, of Chartered Accountants, Toronto —"Objectives of Financial Statements!' Also Oct., AICPA, Atlanta; Nov., Illinois CPA Soc. & Univ. of Illinois graduate students, Urbana. Kenneth G. Krueger (Colorado Springs): Boys' Clubs of America, Colorado area council, Colorado Springs —"Financial Statements for Boys' Clubs!' Richard P. Miller (Syracuse): American Management Assn. seminar, New York — "Fundamentals of Foreign Exchange — Accounting Considerations!' Dennis L. O'Connor (see Sinclair) Homer E. Sayad (St. Louis): Missouri CPA Soc. & Univ. of Missouri, Columbia — "Contemporary Public Accounting Problems & Practices!' Thomas E. Shepperd (St. Louis): Missouri CPA Soc. seminar, St. Louis — "APB Review'.' J. Edward Sinclair, Jr., Dennis L. O'Connor (Houston): Capital National Bank loan officers, Houston —"Accounting Principles & Their Effect on Financial Reporting!' John F. Utley (Executive): Missouri Valley Electric Exchange, Kansas City —"Needed Improvements in Regulatory Accounting!' Also Southeastern Electric Exchange, Charleston, S.C.— "The Ever-Changing Net Income!' Roland L. Voigt (San Antonio): Texas CPA Soc, Abilene chapter —"Standards of Reporting & Preparation of Short Form Reports!' James L. Williams (Houston): Univ. of Houston CPA review program — "Governmental Accounting!' Jack A. Yeager (St. Louis): Missouri CPA Soc. seminar, St. Louis—"APB Review!' OCTOBER Rodney W. Alexander (see Krueger) Daniel A. 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Alexander (Colorado Springs): Hospital Financial Management Assn., Colorado chapter, Denver —"Basic Bookkeeping for Hospitals!' Gerald M. Lutzky, William L. Johnson (Orange County): California CPA Soc, Los Angeles —"Accounting for Profit on Sale of Real Estate!' Thomas M. Rowland (Los Angeles): Univ. of Southern California — "Accounting for Leases!' David F. Rung (Cleveland): Ohio CPA Soc. professional development program — 'Multiple Corporations!' Michael H. Sutton (Atlanta): NAA, Columbus chapter —"Current Developments in Accounting!' Robert E. Wailes, Jr. (Birmingham): Univ. of Alabama accounting club — 'Accounting for Leases!' NOVEMBER Peter V. Alessandri, Mario Umana (Boston): State Street Bank & Trust Co. personnel — 'Accounting for a DISC in Parent Company's Financial Statements!' Luis Castaneda Diaz (Mexico City): Direccion y Control —"'Changes in Accounting Principles—APB Opinion No. 20!' Michael N. 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This chapter describes how to create relational descriptors.
This chapter includes the following sections:
For information on how to create more than one type of descriptors, see Chapter 118, "Creating a Descriptor".
After you create a descriptor, you must configure its various options (see Chapter 119, "Configuring a Descriptor") and use it to define mappings.
For complete information on the various types of mapping that TopLink supports, see Chapter 17, "Introduction to Mappings" and Chapter 120, "Creating a Mapping".
For complete information on the various types of descriptor that TopLink supports, see Section 16.1, "Descriptor Types".
For more information, see Chapter 21, "Introduction to Relational Descriptors".
You can create a relational descriptor using Oracle JDeveloper, TopLink Workbench (see Section 22.2.1, "How to Create a Relational Descriptor Using TopLink Workbench"), or Java code (see Section 22.2.2, "How to Create a Relational Descriptor Using Java").
Using TopLink Workbench, you can create the following types of descriptor in a relational project:
Relational class descriptors (see Section 220.127.116.11, "Creating Relational Class Descriptors");
Relational aggregate descriptors (see Section 184.108.40.206, "Creating Relational Aggregate Descriptors");
Relational interface descriptors (see Section 18.104.22.168, "Creating Relational Interface Descriptors").
By default, when you add a Java class to a relational project (see Section 117.3, "Configuring Project Classpath"), TopLink Workbench creates a relational class descriptor for it. A class descriptor is applicable to any persistent object except an object that is owned by another in an aggregate relationship. In this case, you must describe the owned object with an aggregate descriptor (see Section 18.104.22.168, "Creating Relational Aggregate Descriptors"). Using a class descriptor, you can configure any relational mapping except aggregate collection and aggregate object mappings.
An aggregate object is an object that is strictly dependent on its owning object. Aggregate descriptors do not define a table, primary key, or many of the standard descriptor options as they obtain these from their owning descriptor. If you want to configure an aggregate mapping to associate data members in a target object with fields in a source object's underlying database tables (see Chapter 35, "Configuring a Relational Aggregate Collection Mapping" and Chapter 37, "Configuring a Relational Aggregate Object Mapping"), you must designate the target object's descriptor as an aggregate (see Section 23.6, "Configuring a Relational Descriptor as a Class or Aggregate Type").
If you add an interface to a relational project (see Section 117.3, "Configuring Project Classpath"), TopLink Workbench creates an interface descriptor for it.
An interface is a collection of abstract behavior that other classes can use. It is a purely Java concept and has no representation on the relational database. Therefore, a descriptor defined for the interfaces does not map any relational entities on the database.
The interface descriptor includes the following elements:
The Java interface it describes.
The parent interface(s) it implements.
A list of abstract query keys.
An interface descriptor does not define any mappings, because there is no concrete data or table associated with it. A list of abstract query keys is defined so that you can issue queries on the interfaces (see Section 119.11, "Configuring Interface Query Keys"). A read query on the interface results in reading one or more of its implementors.
Example 22-1 shows how to create a relational descriptor using Java code.
Example 22-1 Creating a Relational Descriptor in Java
RelationalDescriptor descriptor = new RelationalDescriptor(); descriptor.setJavaClass(YourClass.class);
To designate a relational descriptor as an aggregate, use
ClassDescriptor method
descriptorIsAggregate. For a
RelationalDescriptor configured as an aggregate, you do not define a primary key, but when using Java, you must configure the associated table (see Section 23.2, "Configuring Associated Tables") and field mappings (see Chapter 17, "Introduction to Mappings").
To allow a relational descriptor to participate in an aggregate collection mapping (see Section 27.9, "Aggregate Collection Mapping"), use
ClassDescriptor method
descriptorIsAggregateCollection. For a
RelationalDescriptor configured for use with an aggregate collection mapping, you do define primary keys (see Section 119.2, "Configuring Primary Keys") and an associated table (see Section 23.2, "Configuring Associated Tables"), but you do not have to map the primary keys if they are shared from their parent.
To configure a relational descriptor for an interface, use
ClassDescriptor method
setJavaInterface, passing in the
java.lang.Class of the interface. You should only use an interface descriptor for an interface that has multiple implementors. If an interface has only a single implementor, then rather than creating an interface descriptor, just set the implementor descriptor's interface alias (see Section 23.5, "Configuring Interface Alias").


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The Gold, Silver, and Bronze packages are more like "traditional" website services where you get an account with a certain amount of disk space and bandwidth and you can put whatever you want into it. You can build your website with Microsoft FrontPage®, Dreamweaver®, or other web authoring software and then transfer it to your account using FTP (file transfer protocol). Gold, Silver, and Bronze packages also include support for streaming audio and video, PHP, mySQL database, and a variety of email features.
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John Peter Smith Hospital is pleased to be a part of the Tarrant County Sexual Assault Response Team and has provided care for adolescents and adult sexual assault victims of all races and populations since the early 1990's. The SANE Team provides this service for more than 50 police jurisdictions in seven North Texas counties including Tarrant, Wise, Parker Johnson, Hood, Erath and Somervell.
The SANE Program is staffed by registered nurses who have advanced education and instruction in medical forensic examination and in psychological and emotional trauma. SANE nurses may also provide expert testimony in a court of law.
Our staff realizes this is a frightening, traumatic time for victims. Our SANE nurses are dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate care in a safe and private environment.
Our SANE philosophy of nursing encourages patients to be involved in their plan of care, including:
- Emotional support
- Physical examination and wellness check
- Collection of medical-forensic evidence
- Assistance with reporting the crime to police, when requested (mandatory reporting for children under 17)
- Assistance with concerns about sexually transmitted infection and pregnancy and post assault medication administration
- Assistance with safety planning
- Development of a medical follow-up plan
Our SANE's are also available to speak to groups and organizations about sexual assault. For more information email Connie Housley RN, BSN, CA-SANE at email@example.com


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All the Brange at the beach
Right after confirming their engagement last week, the Brange went on holiday to the Galapagos Islands. Here they are on the beach on Saturday, as their yacht bobbed in the ocean nearby. Brad went in the water with Miss Zahara. Maddox snorkelled. The Jolie, in a black hat, played with the others. The Chosen One Shiloh ran around with an umbrella drawing in the sand. Vivs took a nap. They were surrounded by security and nannies. You know, just a regular family.
Somehow Angelina also found time however to visit Colombian refugees in Ecuador in her role as newly promoted Special Envoy for the UNHCR.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Aniston has her own wedding to promote. More on that later. It almost seems unfair though. As if Jen, with Justin Theroux and his all-black wardrobe, can possibly compete against all 8 Branges frolicking by the sea. Aniston needs numbers in this battle. She needs to start building her baby numbers.
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Wars don't happen in winter anymore
Even for us it is a bit too cold to hate
Wars don't happen in winter anymore
Even for us it's a bit too cold to conquer
– – "Big Hero" by Si Himan (translated from Hebrew)
I have already written on Israeli journalists playing dress-up, but that was during peacetime. Now that a new war might be imminent, it seems our journalists collectively decided to wear uniform in the form of leather jackets. I have been glued to the TV screen during the past few days, zapping between Channel One, Channel Two and Channel Ten – and it looks like one hideous leatherwear catalog from the 1990's that magically came to life:
We already knew soldiers have their standard operating procedures – but now we know TV newsmen have them too.
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Date: November 18, 2009 From: Brenda Godsey, PIO
(707) 268-3645
Subject: Homicide Investigation Update Cases: 200907665
The Sheriff's Office is releasing the name of today's homicide victim. Robert B. Van Alstine, 30 and transient, succumbed to his injuries today at about noon.
The Sheriff's Office is asking for help from the public in this investigation. Mr. Van Alstine was a white male adult, about 5'8" tall and weighing 170 pounds. He had long brown hair and green eyes. Mr. Van Alstine had several distinctive tattoos including an "anarchy" symbol on his neck and a vertical stripe over his right eye. Anyone with information about Mr. Van Alstine or this case should call Detective Troy Garey or Sergeant Wayne Hanson at (707) 268-3639.
Additional information regarding this case will be released as it becomes available and appropriate.
Gary Philp
Press Advisory, November 3, 2009
Sacramento - The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reminds customers that all public offices will be closed on Fridays Nov. 6, 13 and 20, 2009, in keeping with the Governor's Executive Order S-13-09.
The Department offers a number of online services through its website (www.dmv.ca.gov) including payments for vehicle registration and driver license renewals via secure debit transactions, filing a notice of release of liability, change of address, and scheduling appointments.
Customers can also effect transactions via the telephone by calling (800) 921-1117. For registration and driver license renewals, customers must have their six-digit Renewal Identification Number (RIN) that accompanies their renewal. Automated services are also available at 1-800-777-0133.
Motorists who have a registration renewal date that falls on Nov. 6, 13, and 20 will have penalties waived until the next business day.
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DMV is a department under the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, which is under the direction of Secretary Dale E. Bonner. The DMV licenses drivers; maintains driving records; registers and tracks official ownership of vehicles and vessels; investigates auto and identity-related fraud; and licenses car dealers, driving schools, and traffic violator schools.
Don't Stand In Line, Go Online! Doing business with the DMV has never been easier. The DMV offers an array of services to customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through its Web site (www.dmv.ca.gov), including online appointments for written and drive tests; vehicle registration and driver license renewals, selection of personalized license plates, changes of address and payment of fees via secure debit transactions.
The National Weather Service is reminding visiting boaters to check the weather forecast often and talk to locals about our unique weather hazards - like the Humboldt Bay Bar. Check the weather using your VHF weather channels, or on the web at www.weather.gov/eureka , or call 707- 443-7062. For a bar report, talk to the coast guard on your VHF or call 707-443-2212.
KMUD News received the following statement from Richard Culp, General Manager of the Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District, on June 23, 2009:
The Coast Guard's new Rescue 21 tower in Shelter Cove was vandalized by multiple gun shots with a high powered rifle in the early morning hours of June 23. The crime was first noticed by contractors when they arrived at the site this morning. A preliminary assessment estimates more than $100,000 of damage was caused to structures and radio equipment for US Coast Guard, Humboldt County Sherriff, California Highway Patrol, Cal Fire/Fortuna, Shelter Cove Fire, District utility, 101Netlink wireless internet, CRE power page, KMUD radio, TV stations 3,6 & 13 and Verizon. Not all systems were disabled but damage assessments are not complete. More than 25 empty high power rifle casings were found around the site and bullet holes were found in nearly every structure on the site. The shooter also pumped three rounds into the job site portable toilet, multiple rounds into the tower contractor's equipment trailers, flattening three tires. A 200 gallon propane tank was also shot but not damaged.
The Humboldt County Sherriff's Department investigated the scene and collected evidence late this morning (June 23). Deputy Allen Stockton is handling the case but indicated that the FBI will likely take charge of the case since this is a federal project.
Residents near the tower site reported later in the day that they had heard multiple gun shots in the area between 1 and 2 AM on the morning of June 23rd.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact the Humboldt County Sherriff's office.
The Rescue 21 construction photo web page with images of the damage: http://www.sheltercove-ca.gov/tower/tower.htm
Redwood Community Radio owns and operates a translator at that communications site. The translator receives KMUD's 91.1 signal from Pratt Mountain and retransmits on 99.5 FM, serving the Shelter Cove area. KMUD equipment was not damaged in this attack, but as you can see in one of the photos, one of the bullet holes was within a couple of inches. The antennas for the translator have not yet been installed on the new tower but are expected to be moved very soon. KMUD staff urge anyone with information about the vandalism to contact the Humboldt County Sheriff's office at (707) 923-2761 (Garberville) or the main Eureka office (707) 445-7251.
Find out more about the U.S. Coast Guard's Rescue 21 project.
Kate Klein, KMUDs long-time Music Director and community volunteer, died on Tuesday, April 15, of cancer at the Jerold Phelps Community Hospital in Garberville, surrounded by friends and loved-ones. Kate was one of KMUDs most-beloved DJs, and she was also a popular DJ for parties and events. Her love of music was obvious, and her dedication to KMUD tremendous. Kate spent countless hours volunteering for fundraisers and benefits. She was extremely committed to her work in radio, but always found time to sing, dance and play. She was a caring person who made many people feel that their thoughts and opinions mattered.
Kate greatly expanded KMUDs music library over the years, developing one of the most extensive ones around. Her eclectic taste in music was appreciated by those who listened to her show here on KMUD, called KMOOD, which was sprinkled with profound, wise words that raised ones conciousness and spirit. Some of the words friends used to describe Kate include genius, creative, and magical.
A memorial dance is in the works, which will include live music, singing and celebration of the beauty and joy Kate brought. There has also been an account set up to help with the costs of memorial and cremation services. That account is at the Community Credit Union in Garberville, and donations are also accepted at Kidz and More in Garberville.
Kate was a gift to KMUD and our community, and her smile, her words, and Kate herself will be sorely missed. Thank you, Kate, for being a good friend.
written by Cynthia Elkins for KMUD News.
Link to article written for the Independent Newspaper by Cristina Bauss
Link to audio from Healing Factor on March 30, her very last radio show
Alderpoint artist Frank Cieciorka passed away on November 24, 2008, he had been suffering from emhysema. Frank was perhaps best known nationally for his woodcut of a clenched fist.
Frank was also a supporter of KMUD, and he made several drawings for us. One of them was made into Thank-you cards, and bore the image of the two motel cottages at the south end of Garberville, where our radio station was housed for ten years. For a larger version, click on the image.
Another image he gave us became the cover of our Summer 1994 KMUD Quarterly. For a larger version, click on the image.
The Eureka Police Department is requesting the aid of the public in locating 25 year old Christine Walters. Christine has blondish-red hair and blue eyes. She is 54 and approximately 100 pounds. She was last seen on 11-14-08 in Eureka.


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The return to academia of the nation's seasoned executives to discuss and keep abreast of developments in management theory has become an established part of the modern business scene. Having mastered techniques in their chosen fields, they welcome the opportunity to examine the broader and rapidly expanding field of management sciences and to prepare for developments that are bound to come. Many organizations send their executives to programs offered by the uni- SEMINAR FOR MANAGEMENT versity graduate schools of business, programs that are serving as a pattern for foreign countries eager to establish their own institutions of professional business management. Other organizations, Haskins & Sells among them, are devising their own programs adapted to their special needs. The H&S Management Seminar, conceived by John S. Schumann and directed by him from 1965 to 1967, is the most senior and prestigious of all the offerings of the Firm's Professional Education and Development program. The 1968 Seminar was administered as were its five predecessors by Colin Park, partner in charge of the PE&D program. It was held last July at the Seaview Country Club in Absecon, New Jersey, ten miles north of Atlantic City. It gave 27 H&S and DPH&S partners from the U. S. and four other countries a chance to give their undivided attention for two weeks to modern management thinking and application of theory to practice. 10 • Each year, John W. Queenan, the Firm's managing partner, gives close personal attention to the Seminar. He appeared at three different times on the 1968 program. "There is not just one good management style," he told his partners at the opening dinner. "Each manager must adopt the style that suits him best." On Sunday, halfway through the two-week meeting, he returned to introduce the featured speaker, George E Burns, with whom he is pictured at dinner. Mr. Burns, president of the Smith Corona Marchant Division of our client SCM Corporation, explained the application of management principles to specific situations in his company. Mr. Queenan conducted the final session himself, answering any and all questions put to him concerning Firm policy and practice. At the final dinner, he summed up the Firm's hope for the Seminar: "You may not be able to put into effect immediately all you have learned in the past two weeks. However, over a period of four or five years the Firm should see some definite results from your participation in this program."


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USA Has Become 'Police' State
The lyrics of the song may take you back to 1983, but the way things are going these days the song should have been written in 1984 with a nod to George Orwell.
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Initially, Sting and Andy Summers wrote "Every Breath You Take" as a tome to describe a love lost and continued obsession despite the split as members of the British rock band The Police.
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Now that we find out that the United States government is accumulating phone records from customers of the cell phone company Verizon since April of this year.
Oh can't you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches with every step you take
Some members of Congress defend of this act taken by the government. According to one source a Republican has deemed the action taken as a success with one terrorist plot foiled.
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
If safety and security is what you want, the feds will try to provide it. There will be no privacy of course. Also we know it isn't foolproof as the Boston Marathon bombing showed us. We have a government that is in all of our business now whether you like it or not. They know whom we have called and how much money we make, with options to find out how much we drive, how much utilities we use and our cholesterol level just as a start. All of this information is now ready for consumption by agents of the government. Freedom is lost unless we are still the "Home of the Brave." Then we must suppress the attempts of government to control our existence.
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
I'll be watching you


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As smartphone viruses creep closer to U.S. shores, malicious programmers behind them have become more ingenious, according to a report issued Tuesday by computer security firm McAfee. Predictably, it's all about the money — that is, hackers are learning how to turn your smartphone into cash for them.
One year ago, state-of-the-art smartphone viruses tricked the gadgets into dialing pricey international phone numbers or sending premium texts routed through accounts controlled by hackers, not unlike old-fashioned 1-900 toll call scams. But a new crop of sophisticated mobile phone viruses are worming their way into consumers' handset software and enabling criminals to send themselves cash directly without a phone ever leaving your pocket.
"The type of threat is really evolving," said Adam Wosotowsky, a threat researcher for McAfee Labs who helped prepare the McAfee Threats Report. For example, a new crop of mobile viruses intercept two-factor authentication codes sent as text messages by banks, cracking a system that has long been considered safe. Some phone viruses are smart enough to collect passwords and launch mobile bank apps, the report says.
Researchers are also discovering much more sophisticated infection ploys from mobile virus writers, said Wosotowsky. Rather than shoe-horning malicious code into existing apps, some are even writing mobile malware from scratch. In one instance, McAfee found an online dating app that was completely fake, and designed only to infect a users' phone.
"Even if the apps don't really work, most users don't bother uninstalling apps after they go on a download binge, so it works (for the virus writer)," he said.
'This Is a Robbery!'
The McAfee report also found an explosion of "ransomware" viruses, both on PCs and mobile phones. With ransomware, a computer criminal infects a users' gadget and makes it lock up, then demands the user pay $50 or $100 for software that allegedly cleans the infection. Often, users who pay up find their machines are still infected. McAfee said it found 320,000 different ransomware programs last quarter, double the amount from last year. That must mean ransomware is working for criminals; warnings issued by Scotland Yard, the FBI and other international agencies also show the extent of the ransomware problem.
The Android platform remains the most attractive target for mobile phone hackers, Wosotowsky said. The firm uncovered more than 17,000 Android viruses in the second quarter of this year, and expects 2013 to bring twice as many such viruses as 2012.
Google's Android platform is more "open," than Apple's iPhone — Android users can download and install new apps from anywhere, while iPhone users must use Apple's App Store — making Android a better platform for hackers. The target is bigger, too. Worldwide, Android's new shipment market share is now 80 percent, compared to iPhone's 13 percent, according to IDC.
Non-English speaking Android users, particularly in Asia, are the easiest targets for mobile virus writers, because they are much more likely to use third-party app sites instead of Google's Play store. But American users shouldn't take much comfort in that. Virus writers have upped their game in delivery mechanisms designed to hit Americans. Earlier this year, a mobile virus named NotCompatible attacked 10,000 U.S. phones daily, according to security firm Lookout. Its trick: Using clever spam that appeared to come from a friend to fool recipients into clicking on a link and agreeing to download a malicious app.
In most attacks, hackers download a legitimate phone app, edit it to include a dangerous payload, and then upload it to an app store. What appears to be an innocent game for kids can be turned into a Trojan horse that intercepts every phone keystroke, and can now even initiate banking transfers without user intervention.
Such attacks can be lucrative. A malicious program named Eurograbber is blamed for stealing $47 million from 30,000 bank accounts this way, according to a report by security firm F-Secure.
And even if smartphone users avoid clicking on booby-trapped spam e-mails and downloading apps from rogue locations, they're not entirely in the clear. Another disturbing trend: so-called cross-platform hacking, in which computer criminals infect a user's PC with a virus, then use that PC to leap onto a victim's smartphone the next time it's attached via USB cable. Because the phone has a trust relationship with the PC, it allows installation of the bogus app.
"Keep in mind your online identity involves all your machines," Wosotowsky said. "When you connect them together, they can infect each other. … We're going to start seeing cross-over there."
You can spot a possible hack by monitoring your credit regularly. You can pay for a monitoring service, or you can use the free Credit Report Card to watch your credit.
Red Tape Wrestling Tips
- Stick with app stores you know. Google's Play store and Apple's App Store aren't fool-proof, but they are close. Don't be tempted to try apps you find other places online, even if the invitation comes from a friend. Having your phone hacked can be a lot more devastating than having your PC hacked; it's not worth tempting fate.
- Don't allow an app you download to trigger a download of another app that's outside the standard app stores. Even if you trust the first app, such escalation is a new trick from virus writers, Wosotowsky said.
- If you are infected by ransomware, don't pay! That probably won't fix your computer. Go to another computer and find fix-it tools from reputable antivirus firms. (Don't fall for "fixes" posted by other hackers.)
"Every aspect of our day to day life is online now, with mobile phones," Wosotowsky said. "We are going to see lot more of malware targeted in that direction."
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Construction has begun on a new building called the George S. and Delores Dore Eccles Outpatient Services Building at the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. The purpose of the edifice is to ease the crowding in the current buildings and offer expansion for future outpatient services.
This marks the first large expansion for the hospital in 22 years. It will add approximately 200,000 square feet of hospital space and will allow for enlargement of many important departments and care services. Initially, however, the building will be purposed for outpatient care.
The site is west of the current main hospital building. The new building will be attached to the current one with a sky bridge which will extend over Mario Capecchi drive. That will provide patient protected access between the buildings.
There will be six floors altogether including the basement. There will be 41 different departments including a lab, cardiology, and many more. Plus there will be a café and the exterior will feature landscaping with sitting areas. There will also be areas of unfinished space to make allowance for future expansion. A four level parking garage will handle the increased traffic which the building will bring to the area.
Since the outpatient services are the busiest in the hospital, this expansion is greatly welcomed to all those associated with Primary Children's. The building is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2014.