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...conclude, they presented the class with a new piece they had composed using sounds sampled directly from the students. “If we see these on Ebay, you’re dead,” Daniel joked. It was a satisfying conclusion to the duo’s weeklong residency. “It was a fair amount of work, but it was worth it to me,” said Tom Lee, the Program Manager for Learning From Performers. “This has been so gratifying in retrospect that I’d really like to bring...
...billboards in Tiananmen Square celebrate the "victorious opening" of the congress. By quietly putting up with the inanity of it all, Chinese affirm their acquiescence. Li Shuzhen is one such person. She lives in a stone house within sight of the Great Hall of the People, where the weeklong congress convenes. Local Party leaders made the residents of her neighborhood drape red flags next to their doors. She shrugs, "Everybody does...
...Hugo, from Sacramento, California, on the train from northern Spain to Madrid. Like me and other travelers from around the world, he had been in Pamplona for the festival of Sanfermines, a weeklong party which takes place every June and is highlighted by the daily running of the bulls through the town’s old streets. But unlike most of the travelers headed home on that train, Hugo was horribly scraped up and was still bleeding from a gash in his head. Although he was originally planning not to run with the bulls, he had gotten drunk and been...
...especially popular with sailors who love to travel and try the waters in different locations. With a sailing certification, you can live in Los Angeles and rent a boat nearby, or try a different craft and scene for the weekend up the coast in San Francisco, or take a weeklong vacation cruise in the Adriatic, with a boat rented out of Venice. "People make more money today, but they've got less leisure time," says Cai Svendsen, owner of Castle Harbor. "So it's not that they can't afford to own a boat; many are just too smart...
...became the proud parents of daughters Sarah, 14, and Anna, 11. Their home is filled with Korean art and artifacts, they have traveled to South Korea several times, Sarah takes part in a local Korean dance troupe with other adopted kids, and both girls attend "culture camp"--a weeklong summer camp in Wisconsin where young Korean adoptees learn about their native culture, food and music. "Maybe we've gone a little overboard, but we feel we didn't have much of a choice," says Brian, 52. "We wanted our girls to feel connected to their birthright...