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TVR Global Information
About this Guide
Use this guide as a pathfinder to resources for TVR seminars considering: the global flow of media, European mass media, international media effects, media consolidation, legal regulations, business trade shows, global media convergence, etc.
Table of Contents
- About this Guide
- Reference Books
- Books
- Best Bets: Databases
- News Portals on the Internet
- Organizations
- Business
- Law and Policy
- Disney videos
- Contact Us
- Scholarly journals versus trade
- Variety: foreign B.O.
- Browse TV trade journals
- Global Media and Communication
- Recommended readings by Dr. Lustyik
- Books by Subject
- Search Tips
- Statistics & Analysis
- Country Guides
- Media Policy news
Reference Books
- Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African film
London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.Covers: Central Asia, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebenon-Syria-Iraq-Kuwait, Libya, The Maghreb, Palestine, and Turkey
- Contemporary youth culture: an international encyclopedia
Greenwood Press, 2006. Covers popular culture, subculture and youth culture worldwide.
- Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents and the Media
Sage Publications, 2007. Entries on children and the internet, video games, television, etc.
- Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Scholarly overview of international media topics. Covers all media types (advertising, books, Internet, etc.) & media outlets (radio, television, etc.). Provides history, theory, and topical issues such as ethics, reporting of disasters, and copyright. Look at the Geopolitical Studies section.
- European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions
Intellect Books, 2007. Ed. by Georgios Terzis. Country guide to European media ownership structures and policies.
- European media governance : the Brussels dimension
Intellect, 2008. Examines how European media relates to national organizations such as the EU.
- Greenwood encyclopedia of world popular culture
Greenwood Press, 2007.
- Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. E-book (2 v. (xxi, 1002 p.)) : ill. available as one online resource.
- Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- International film guide
International Film Guide REF PN1993.3 .I545 2009 "The definitive annual review of world cinema"
- International Motion Picture Almanac
Yearly review of motion picture industry. Includes box office statistics for the U.S., and lists of award winning works.
- International Television & Video Almanac
This annual reference covers: the year in television &video, biographies, television series, stations & ownership, networks-cable- satellite & wireless, production services, DVD &video distributors, professional organizations, and coverage of the world market. Latest ed. is at the Reference desk. 1957+ (with some gaps) are in General stacks.
- Mandy's International Film and Television Production Directory
Includes a searchable database of jobs and Internship opportunities in theatre, fim, TV, and radio.
- Political handbook of the world
A-Z guide of country information. The latest edition at the Reference Desk is 2008.
- World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH)
A directory of global broadcasting (radio and television) now in its 60th year of publication. Arranged alphabetically by country.
Use the library's catalog or click on one of the subject headings in the column on the right. A list of books recommended also appears to the right.
WorldCat (via FirstSearch) contains most the book holdings of Ithaca College Library plus books not held by other libraries. Borrow books we don't have using the Interlibrary Loan link.
Use the library's catalog or click on one of the subject headings in the column on the right. A list of books recommended also appears to the right.
WorldCat (via FirstSearch) contains most the book holdings of Ithaca College Library plus books not held by other libraries. Borrow books we don't have using the Interlibrary Loan link.
- ebrary database of over 44,000 full-text books. In order to view, copy, or print from an ebook, you must download and install the ebrary Reader plugin. Viewer download works best with IE for PCs and Safari for Mac; don't use pop-up blockers; remote users may encounter a warning about a certificate during login - just accept it.
- Media in Europe: the Euromedia Research Group
A-Z country guide to European media.
- Disneyization of Society (2004) by Bryman
- Media and Ethnic Minorities (2005) by Alia and Bull
- Children, Young People and Media Globalisation. Yearbook 2002
Nordicom, 2002, 262 p. Editors: Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsoon. From the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media. This yearbook is available in PDF format.
- Finding the Right Place on the Map: Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective
Intellect Books, 2008. Edited by Karol Jakubowicz and Miklos Sukosd. Online book compares media systems in post-Communist Countries. Search Intellect Books by the title to find it. Chapters can be accessed in pdf format.
- The international perspective: The future of children's programming research report - Online annex. OfCom, 2007. Find additional OfCom reports on Children: click here.
- OECD Communications Outlook 2013
OECD, 2013. Communications Outlook reports on the communications industry of member countries: trends, policy, telecommunications market, networks, and internet infrastructure. Available free in PDF format.
- Television across Europe: Regulation, Policy and Independence
Eumap.org, 2005. Available in PDF format. EUMAP is a programme of the Open Society Institute, a Soros Foundations network.
- Towards a New Model: Media and Communication in Post-conflict and Fragile States
World Bank, Sept. 2008. Shanthi Kalathil with John Langlois and Adam Kaplan. To download the pdf, you must put in your name, organization, and field of work.
Best Bets: Databases
Use these databases to find scholarly journal articles, trade publication articles, and news:
Best bets:
Best bets:
- LexisNexis Academic Find international news, newswires and transcripts here.
Click on the "News" tab and choose "Newspapers and Wires." Check the box for Non-US Newspapers and Wires from Select Sources.
Go to the Companies tab and search Company Dossier to search for information on media companies
- Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Journal articles from all fields of communication (Journalism, Marketing, Radio, Television, etc.). It is included in the Article Quick Search, above.
- Academic Search Premier Multidisciplinary database. It is included in the Article Quick Search, above.
- SocINDEX with Full Text Sociology database. It is included in the Article Quick Search, above.
- Business Source Premier (Original Interface) Business database. It is included in the Article Quick Search, above.
- Communication Studies: a SAGE Full-Text Collection Full-text journals from the publisher SAGE. This is a full-text colection of titles in the field of communications by the publisher SAGE
- General OneFile Multidisciplinary database
- Ethnic Newswatch Ethnic press and scholarship. Good for Indigenous peoples and the mass media
- JSTOR Limit to articles. Includes fulltext of legal, political, anthropological, and sociological articles.
- National Newspapers Premier Includes BBC Monitoring a translation service. To search by title, click on "more search options" and type "BBC" after publication title.
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online International policy working papers, articles and report
- BBC Monitoring scattered by region. Try BBC Monitoring International Reports in LexisNexis.
- World News Connection (walk-in use at Cornell University) Translates foreign news into English. Cornell also has the Foreign Broadcast Information Service reports. Search their catalog for detailed information.
News Portals on the Internet
News: Directories
- Eufeeds
News feeds from 300 European newspapers, organized by country
- Kidon Media Link
Links to newspapers, television and radio news stations, and magazines about news and current affairs from around the world.
- Newslink
Portal to newspapers, radio and t.v. stations, magazines, and international news. Can browse by state or search by city.
- Newspaper Map
The "world's largest newspaper site" allows users to browse a world map of news. Use a search box to focus on a location. There is a language feature for translations.
- Online Newspapers news portal
- Al Jazeera Creative Commons Repository (select footage)
- Al Jazeera English
- Alhurra TV Arabic language satellite tv station for the Middle East financed by the US BBG
- AllAfrica.com Online distributor of African news and information
- BBC News
- Maori Television
- MediaChannel.org for Democratic Media
- Nigeria: Radio Nigeria (Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria) Largest radio network in Africa
- Nigerian Television Authority TV network for the people of Nigeria
- NHK Japan
- Radio Sawa Arab language network financed by the US BBG
- ARGYLEtv
Distributes international television programming worldwide in numerous languages. Try clicking one of the counties at the base of the homepage to begin. May require a special plugin to view; Many not run on Macs.
- Blinkx
- OVGuide : Online Video Guide
- Associated Press (AP)
- GlobalPost
- Global Voices
- Inter Press Service (IPS)
- One World
- Reuters
- Worldpress.org
- United Press International (UPI)
- Freedom House
Organization that monitors freedom, democracy and human rights worldwide. The publish the following reports: Freedom in the World, Freedom on the Net, Freedom of the Press, Nations in Transit, Countries at the Crossroads, and Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa,
- Reporters without Borders
Advocacy organization that defends journalists, fights against censorship, and works to improve the safety of journalists worldwide. They publish the Press Freedom Index.
- Annenberg Research Network on International Communication (USC Annenberg School for Communication)
- Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)
Non-profit NGO located in Singapore that promotes media and communications in Asia. This membership organization offers research, publication and events.
- Screen Australia
Australia's federal funding body for its screen production industry.
- Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) : New Zealand
BSA is an Independent Crown Entity (ICE) set up by the Broadcasting Act of 1989 that supports fairness and freedom in broadcasting (about us). The site includes: Codes and Standards, Making a complaint, Publications, and links.
- China Media Observatory (CMO)
Created in 2006 by the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Lugano in Switzerland, the CMO studies Chinese media. It generates research, newsletters, and other documents that are available through its website.
- Center for Media & Communication Studies (CMCS)
Research Center based at Central European University in Budapest that researches media and communications for public policy development.
- Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association Japanese organization that promotes the Japanese computer entertainment industry. They support the annual Tokyo Game Show.
- COST-A20 : Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe
European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research's page concerning the Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe.
- Euromedia Research Group
Collects information about media policy in Europe and publishes books.
- European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA)
Organization that provides information on advertising self-regulation in Europe.
- European Association of Animation Film (CARTOON)
Based in Brussels, Cartoon supports the European animation industry.
- European Audiovisual Observatory
Based in France, this Council of Europe (COE) organization collects information on European Audiovisual data, trends, and policy.
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU-UER)
An association of national broadcasters that promotes the exchange of audiovideo content. Publications include: EBU viewpoint, EBU Technical, and various strategic reports. Topical issues include reports on specific issues under the categories of: Cultural diversity, sports, copyright, and DRM. The EurovisionTV page includes tabs on: Music &Dance, Children &Youth, Fiction, Entertainment, Documentary, Science &Education, etc.
- Europe's Information Society
European Union thematic portal on information society and media and policies (audiovisual, copyright, digital libraries, internet, etc.).
- EUscreen
"EUscreen offers free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s until today." Content is included in the Eurpeana online archive.
INPUT(International Public Television) is a screening conference for public television shows. One associate member, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain), holds the INPUT Archive. This archive collects screened programs from 1978 until today
- International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media
Located at NORDICOM, Goteborg University, Sweden, the Clearinghouse collects research on children and the media worldwide. Some books are free online; also check the library's catalog.
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
UN agency on communication technology.
- IIST World Forum Journal from the Institute for International Studies and training, Tokyo, Japan.
- Media Policy
Organization that organizes and analyzes global media policy.
- Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
Description from the website: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Persian,Turkish, Urdu-Pashtu media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.
- International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media
Located at NORDICOM, Goteborg University, Sweden, the Clearinghouse collects research on children and the media worldwide. Some books are free online; also check the library's catalog.
- Ofcom : Office of Communications
Ofcom reports to the UK Parliament but is independent of the UK Government. They are charged to follow the legal duties defined by the UK Communications Act of 2003.
- UCLA: Center for European and Eurasian Studies
- UNESCO Communications and Information Sector
UNESCO's CI sector provides resources and information to communication issues worldwide. Programs include: International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) and Information for All Program (IFAP). Issues include: access to information, capacity building, content development, freedom of expression, media development, and memory of the world. Users can sign up for the CI Weekly News for updates.
- uniFrance Promotes the French film industry worldwide. Includes a helpful Industry Directory
- Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) Promotes the Japanese media content industry
- World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
International non-governmental association serving the community radio movement.
Business Information: Databases, Associations, awards & trade shows
- ABI/INFORM Complete Business trade pubs and scholarship.
- American Film Market Trade show of global motion picture content held annually in Santa Monica, CA.
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Preeminent motion picture association that is well known for the Oscars. The record of past Academy Award winners and nominees are included in the Academy Awards Database.
- Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI)
- Business Insights: Essentials Look up a media companies here.
- Business Source Premier (Original Interface) Business trade pubs and scholarship.
- Cineuropa
This European cinema portal contains news, trailers, interviews, and reports about the European film industry.
- Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) Big media family trees.
- European Film Academy
- Europeana
European collection of cultural materials from museums, archives, libraries, and audio-visual collections such as the Rijksmuseum, the British Library, and the Louvre. Includes images, texts, sounds and videos.
- Eurovision Song Contest
European television show founded in in May,1956. The History tab includes an overview year-by-year or by country.
- INPUT Annual weeklong showcase of public television content.
- MIP World
MIP connects the global entertainment content industry through conferences, exhibits, and online communities.
- Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
Trade association supporting the motion picture, home video &television industry. Site include statistics, anti-piracy information, and a description of the film ratings system.
Law and Policy
- Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
- Broadcasting Board of Governors (U.S. civilian international broadcasting including: Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Radio and TV Marti, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks - Radio Sawa and Alhurra Television)
- Canadian Radio and Television Communications Commission
- European Union Legal Materials: An Infrequent User's Guide
- Europa : European Union On-Line Documentation Centre>Legislation> EUR-Lex (also searchable under the Law tab in LexisNexis): Directory of Community Legislation> Chapter 16
- European Audiovisual Observatory "The Information portal for the audiovisual sector"
- Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) Portal to international law resources for telecom, broadcasting, & networks.
- Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority
- Ireland: Commissions for Communications Regulation
- Japan: Ministry of Public Management Affairs, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications
- Nigeria: National Film and Video Censors Board (nfvcb)
- Nigeria: National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Broadcast regulator of Nigeria
- Singapore: Media Development Authority
- Thailand: Government Information Office
- Taiwan: Government Information Office
- Ofcom : Office of Communications
Ofcom reports to the UK Parliament but is independent of the UK Government. They are charged to follow the legal duties defined by the UK Communications Act of 2003.
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
U.S. government agency that regulates radio, television, wire, satellite and cable communications. The site includes: headline news, links to bureaus and offices (such as the Office of General Counsel / Court Filings), Public Comments page, an online Complaint form, a Consumer Center, Rules and Regulations (CFR title 47), etc. Most recently, the FCC links to Broadband.gov, a separate page addressing the National Broadband Plan and FFC.gov/data (an online clearinghouse for data sets).
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Scholarly journals versus trade
You need to know the difference between scholarly journals, trade, and popular journals. We have a guide that explains the difference.
Variety: foreign B.O.
For coverage in earlier issues of Variety, access it from a library database such as LexisNexis. Try searching "box office" and the name of the film.
Browse TV trade journals
TV trade journals:
(links to library databases where you can access full-text articles that may not be free on the journal's website)
(links to library databases where you can access full-text articles that may not be free on the journal's website)
- Advertising Age
- Broadcasting & cable
- Variety
- Hollywood reporter
- Link to Hollywood Reporter in LexisNexis
- Mediaweek (New York, N.Y.)
- Advertising Age: Global
- Broadcasting & cable: Syndication and distribution
- Variety: International
- Hollywood reporter: The Business
- Mediaweek (New York, N.Y.)
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Recommended readings by Dr. Lustyik
Recommended journals and newspapers (access via IC Library databases):
- Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Policy
- The Economist
- Mother Jones
- The New York Times
- The International Herald Tribune
- Global Media and Communication
- International Communication Gazette
- Al-Jazeera : the inside story of the Arab news channel that is challenging the West by Hugh Miles
- Babes in tomorrowland : Walt Disney and the making of the American child, 1930-1960 by Sammond
- Bollywood (Pocket Essentials) (e-book) by Banker
- Brand Hollywood : selling entertainment in a global media age by Grainge
- Contemporary world cinema : Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia by Chaudhuri
- Cross-Media Promotion by Hardy
- Deconstructing Disney (e-book)by Byrne & McQuillan
- Disney, Pixar, and the hidden messages of children's films by Booker
- Global Hollywood I by Miller
- Global Hollywood II by Miller
- Hollywood and the culture elite How the movies became American (e-book) by Decherney
- How Hollywood works by Wasko
- International communication : a reader/ by Thussu.
- Jihad vs. McWorld/ Benjamin R. Barber
- McDonaldization : the reader/ [edited by] George Ritzer.
- Media on the move : global flow and contra-flow / edited by Daya Kishan Thussu.
- Mission Al Jazeera : build a bridge, seek the truth, change the world/ by Rushing, in collaboration with Elder
- Monopoly Television: MTV's Quest to control the music by Banks.
- The mouse machine : Disney and technology by Telotte
- The mouse that roared : Disney and the end of innocence by Giroux
- Multiculturalism and the Mouse race and sex in Disney entertainment (e-book) by Brode
- New flows in global TV by Moran.
- News as Entertainment: The rise of global Infotainment by Thussu.
- Planet TV : a global television reader / edited by Lisa Parks and Shanti Kumar.
- Rethinking Disney : private control, public dimensions by Budd & Kirsch
- Understanding Disney : the manufacture of fantasy by Wasko
- Understanding Global Media: the new missionaries of corporate capitalism by Herman and McChesney.
- World television : from global to local/ Joseph D. Straubhaar.
Books by Subject
Click on the following subjects to access books and videos in the library's catalog. Watch a brief demo.
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- Broadcasting--Europe
- Communication, International
- Communication and culture
- Computers and civilization
- Cyberspace Social aspects
- Culture and globalization
- Digital audio broadcasting--Europe.
- Digital divide
- Walt Disney Company.
- Documentary films
- Feature films
- Globalization
- Google (Firm)
- Information society
- Information society Europe
- Information society European Union countries.
- Intercultural communication
- Internet China
- Internet Europe
- Internet Social aspects
- Mass media--Europe.
- Mass media and children
- Mass media and culture
- Mass media and globalization.
- Mass media and nationalism
- Mass media Audiences
- Mass Media Ownership
- Mass media Social aspects
- Mass media policy European Union countries.
- Mass media Political aspects
- Microsoft Corporation.
- Mobile communication systems
- Motion pictures--Africa.
- Motion pictures--India. (Bollywood)
- Motion pictures--Nigeria (Nollywood)
- Murdoch, Rupert, 1931-
- Popular culture
- Radio broadcasting--Europe.
- Radio broadcasting--European Union countries
- Radio Free Europe
- Reality television programs.
- Television and children
- Television and culture
- Television broadcasting--Europe.
- Television broadcasting--European Union countries
- Television broadcasting policy--Europe.
- Television programs for children
- Transborder data flow
- Visual Communication
- Walt Disney Company
- Wireless Internet
Search Tips
If you search the subject GLOBALIZATION in the Thesaurus tab, you will find all spellings of the word (globalization or globalisation). Watch a brief demo.
If you are searching for articles on a station such as PBS, or a program, such as Spongebob, use the "all text" search feature. Watch a brief demo.
If you search the subject GLOBALIZATION in the Thesaurus tab, you will find all spellings of the word (globalization or globalisation). Watch a brief demo.
- globali?ation -- the ? is a wildcard and will give you globalization or globalisation in your search
- Disney* -- the * is a truncator and will give you Disney, Disneyfication or Disneyization
If you are searching for articles on a station such as PBS, or a program, such as Spongebob, use the "all text" search feature. Watch a brief demo.
Statistics & Analysis
- Eurobarometer
Public opinion data from the European Commission. Data has been gathered since 1973.
- Eurostat
Statistical data for European Union members.
- Pew Global Attitudes Survey
Gauges public attitudes toward globalization, democracy, and other issues. Users can view all of these reports on the site and also see the datasets used to craft each report.
- European Media Monitor includes breaking news (NewsBrief), news analysis and summaries NewsExplorer, etc. for European news
- NationMaster
A central data source and handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Use the search form to generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics. Click the "Countries A-Z" tab, pick a country, then choose "media"
- UNdata
UNdata pools major UN databases and those of several international organizations - browse, search and download data from a large number of statistical databases. Data categories include: agriculture, education, employment, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade, and tourism.
- Media Cloud
Data tool from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard that visulizes the flow of the media.
- International Motion Picture Almanac
- International Television & Video Almanac
- Statistical Yearbook (European Audiovisual Observatory) REF HE8700.9 .E8 S72
European Audiovisual Observatory, Council of Europe, 2008. 3 volumes. The library acquires new editions every few years.
- TV Dimensions REF HE 8700.8 .T917
Country Guides
Country Guides:
- CIA World Factbook
Provides basic history of all countries - includes maps, population, history, politics, economics, education, communications, transportation and military data.
- BBC News: Country Profiles
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio or video clips from BBC archives. Contain information on the different types of press available in the country.
- Compendium: Cultural policies and trends in Europe
From the website: The Compendium is a joint venture between the Council of Europe and the ERICarts Institute, realised with a community of practice of independent cultural policy researchers, NGOs, national governments and information partners.
- Country Reports
Cultural, historical, and statistical information for countries.
- World Maps and Country Profiles (World Press Review)
Search by country or region for maps and news.
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By GORDIE LITTLE, Small Talk
---- — What's 28 feet long, travels 92 miles from Morrisonville to the St. Lawrence River and back, and is loaded with memories?
Our camper, and the truck that tows it, knows the way. It's made the trip at least once a year since it was new in 2007 and has only 7,000 miles on it. Basically, it's the only task for which the truck was purchased.
Its predecessors have towed various campers to Cole's Creek near Waddington in St. Lawrence County for 39 years. At first, it was a couple of International Harvester Scout II's. Then, it was a 1987 full-sized Ford Bronco. And, for the past seven years, a Toyota Tundra.
We started with a used pop-up. It was fun with all our kids and grandkids and guests. There were other similar rigs through the years until we finally graduated to a hard-sided tow-behind. We've owned a number of those. The latest is a 28-footer that was new to somebody in 2001. It serves us well with most of the amenities you can find in your home.
As we were about to pull out of the yard on July 13, there was a big "Uh-oh" uttered by yours truly along with a few unmentionables. One trailer tire was flat. It shouldn't have been. All four tires were put on new last year to pass inspection. It took our son Dale and I some time to get the rig jacked up and the lug nuts loosened. Thanks to our friendly tire store, a new valve was inserted, the tire inflated with no charge, my friend Jim Leonard helped to install it, and we were on our way.
After that, it was a piece of cake. The weather was dry and beastly hot for several days. One of the infamous St. Lawrence River storms blew through on the first Friday, but our gear remained intact. There was damage all around, but not at our beloved Cole's Creek State Park. The power was out for seven hours. No big deal.
I signed up for two week's worth of Wi-Fi service when we arrived and paid the bill online with a credit card. It worked fine for almost seven days but was nowhere to be found after the first Friday night. A call to the supplier was unanswered, so I counted my losses and pledged to take it up with my credit-card company and the Attorney General's office. I spoke with other campers who had similar experiences. Stay tuned.
Kaye and I read many books. We relish the luxury of being able to turn pages for several hours at a time, occasionally glancing up to watch a huge ship heading through the Seaway.
We kibitzed at campfires with family members along with friends whom we get to see only once a year. We've remained close with some of them for decades, watching their offspring grow from babies into adults and then with little ones of their own.
The sunsets were spectacular. They almost always thrust myriad brilliant colors at our cameras, and we have taken thousands of photos through the years.
We had what we call the annual "feast" one day. All the campers in our group bring their specialties, and Mike Light fires up his camp stove with succulent clams, shrimp, lobster and who knows what all?
Kaye and her female friends had some fierce domino battles with a handmade plaque handed out each year to the big winner. Some campers took a few hours away from their sites to try their gambling luck at the nearby casino. Some returned jubilant; others — not so much.
We said our goodbyes and had an uneventful drive home on the 27th with lovely memories we'll always cherish.
As I write this on our enclosed back deck we call the Saranac Room, 3 feet from the Saranac River, the western sky offers a sunset even more spectacular than the ones we just left behind. It's only fitting. We are truly blessed.
Have a wonderful rest of your summer and please, drive carefully.
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If federal loans aren't enough, private loans are getting cheaper and easier.
The credit crunch that caused bankers around the country to stamp "REJECTED" on millions of college loan applications appears to be easing. Banks, credit unions, nonprofits, and new alternative lenders are approving more and cheaper tuition loans with variable interest rates starting as low as 1.8 percent for parents and even a few creditworthy students. And they are attracting parents with opportunities to switch responsibility for payments to the student after a year or two of payments.
[Read about new web tools that can help you find a cheap student loan.]
Although they are offering some bargains, lenders advise all students to apply first for federal aid, including low-cost government loans, by filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The Department of Education lends undergraduates as much as $12,500 a year in Stafford loans at fixed rates as low as 4.5 percent without cosigners or credit scores. And it offers students unique perks such as income-based repayment and loan forgiveness for public service. Most young adults haven't built good credit scores, so they don't qualify for private loans without cosigners. And private lenders such as Sallie Mae, banks, and credit unions only give the cheapest advertised rates to families with top credit scores.
Parents who want to borrow to pay their childrens' college bills have different considerations. The federal parent loan program, PLUS, lends parents with minimally acceptable credit their student's full cost of attendance (after subtracting out other financial aid). It also offers perks such as the chance to defer payments while the student is in school, and free insurance that cancels the loan if the student or parent dies. But the PLUS annual percentage rate is fixed at about 8.8 percent, after fees. And PLUS borrowers could have a hard time getting out of financial trouble because educational loans are rarely discharged in bankruptcy.
[Read about 2010's cheaper and easier federal student loans.]
While private educational loans are also hard to escape, recent law reforms and improvements in the economy have sparked seven big improvements over the high-priced, tough-to-get private loans of 2009.
1. Lower costs. The state-owned Bank of North Dakota is offering a remarkable bargain to students from—or attending college in—that state: a variable rate that currently rests at just 1.78 percent. (Of course, like all variable loans, it will get more expensive when interest rates rise above their current lows.) The bank will also make private loans to students from or attending school in neighboring states at 3.2 percent. Other lenders are cutting their rates as well. In May, Sallie Mae, the nation's biggest educational lender, stopped charging a 3 percent up-front fee, and cut its variable rates by about 2.5 percentage points. Better investment markets and repayment rates are allowing the company to offer other discounts, such as a new 2 percent rebate for on-time payments, adds Charlie Rocha, a company senior vice president.
2. Fewer rejections. More lenders are now approving loans to borrowers with FICO scores below 700, says Tim Ranzetta, who analyzes the lending industry at Student Lending Analytics. The Bank of North Dakota considers applications from students and parents with FICO scores as low as 575. Some members of Studentchoice.org, an association of credit unions, are waiving standard cosigner and citizenship requirements for students at highly ranked business schools.
3. Easier repayment. During the credit crunch, many private lenders started requiring borrowers to begin repayments immediately, instead of waiting until the student left college. But many of the credit unions who lend through Studentchoice.org are now allowing borrowers to defer payments while the student is in school. Starting at the end of June, Sallie Mae will allow borrowers to make token payments of as little as $25 a month.
4. More parent relief. Sallie Mae announced this spring that it would shorten the time period before allowing co-signers to apply for release from repayment responsibility from 24 on-time payments to 12. Of course, the company will only approve parental relief if the student has developed a good credit score. Many other lenders now allow parents to apply for release after 24 payments. And some credit union members of the Student Choice network are now offering no-cosigner private loans to students in some graduate business programs.


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Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club was written as a collection of short stories, but the tales of memory, fate, and self-discovery interlock to create a colorful mural that reads like a novel. All four sections open with a Chinese fable, then shift to the stories of four pairs of mothers and daughters. The tone switches from mundane to magical to darkly humorous. The tales, particularly those set in China, are by turns beautiful and harrowing.
The first story begins two months after Jing-mei "June" Woo loses her mother, Suyuan, to a brain aneurysm. Her mother's best friends-June's "aunties"-invite June to take Suyuan's place at their mah jong table so she can sit at the East, "where everything begins."
Suyuan Woo had invented the original Joy Luck Club in China, before the Japanese invaded the city of Kweilin. They had used the group to help shield themselves from the harshness of war. As they feasted on whatever they could find, they transformed their stories of hardship into ones of good fortune.
After Suyuan reaches the United States, she resurrects the Joy Luck Club with three other Chinese émigrés, and the four reinvent themselves in San Francisco 's Chinatown. These four mothers hope the mix of "American circumstances with Chinese character" will give their daughters better lives.
In each section of the novel, June recounts her late mother's fantastic tales on evenings after "every bowl had been washed and the Formica table had been wiped down twice." Every time Suyuan tells her daughter about Kweilin, she invents a new ending. But one night she reveals the real ending-how she lost her twin daughters while fleeing the Japanese invasion: "Your father is not my first husband. You are not those babies."
After her mother's death, June realizes that she had not fully understood her mother's past or her intentions. She journeys to China to discover what her mother had lost there. She is feverish to find out who she is, where she came from, and what future she can create-so she can finally join the Joy Luck Club.
"Now the woman was old. And she had a daughter who grew up speaking only English and swallowing more Coca-Cola than sorrow. For a long time now the woman had wanted to give her daughter the single swan feather and tell her, 'This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good intentions.' And she waited, year after year, until she could tell her daughter this in perfect American English."
-from The Joy Luck Club
Suyuan Woo
Jing-mei "June" Woo
An-mei Hsu
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Lindo Jong
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Working with Audio
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This article by Krishna Kumar, the author of book Learning Physics Modeling with PhysX, provides an overview of the concepts that we use in PhysX. It will familiarize you with terms such as scene, actor, material, shape, and so on.
The topics covered in this article are as follows:
- Initializing PhysX and creating the scene and actors
- Creating shapes and materials and then assigning them to actors
- Simulating and then shutting down PhysX
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- What if I want my game to be platform-specific?
Installing MariaDB on Windows and Mac OS X
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In this article by Tammie Lister, author of the book BuddyPress Theme Development, we will get to know about the basics of BuddyPress themes. We're going to start our journey with BuddyPress themes. This is going to be a foundation, setting the scene for the road ahead.
In this article, we're going to cover the following:
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- A brief look at responsive design, adaptive design, and mobile first
- A look at some existing BuddyPress sites and existing themes
- What are your options when creating a theme?
At the end of this article you will have an overview of the past and present state of BuddyPress themes along with a grasp of some of the topics anyone creating a theme should know about.Read State of Play of BuddyPress Themes in full
Integrating Accumulo into Various Cloud Platforms
In this article by Guðmundur Jón Halldórsson, the author of Apache Accumulo for Developers we will learn how to integrate Accumulo into various cloud platforms, both as a single-node and as a pseudo-distributed mode, and then expand it to a multi-node.
The following example will show you how to create an Accumulo cluster on various cloud platforms. The steps needed to complete the task of setting up the cluster are similar for those cloud platforms. The difference is in the tools and scripts used to accomplish the task of creating the cluster.
These are the topics that will be covered in this article:
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Building Events
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- Implementing zoom and pan behavior
- Implementing the drag behavior
In this article by Swizec Teller, the author of the book Data Visualization with d3.js, we will have a look at the dragging behavior module of d3.Read Drag in full
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The following are the three common ways in which we can utilize OpenShift as a user:
- Command-line utilities
- Web Console
- IDE integration
Network Virtualization and vSphere
In this article created by Daniel Langenhan, the author of the article VMware vCloud Director Cookbook, you will get an idea of different VMware concepts that will help you improve your productivity. We will present recipes that not only deal with the daily tasks but also present you with new ideas and concepts that you may not have thought of before, as well as give you some great tips and shortcuts.Read Network Virtualization and vSphere in full
The Spotfire Architecture Overview
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Setting Your Preferences and Customization
In this article by Gil Robles, author of SketchBook Pro Digital Painting Essentials, we will discus the customization of software for optimal performance and ease of use.Read Setting Your Preferences and Customization in full
Adding Finesse to Your Game
In this article by Gary Riches, the author of Ouya Unity Game Development, we will see that as the Ouya technology is so new, finding information about developing for it can be hard, this article covers all that you'll need to know to create your game and add great features to it, such as controller functionality, animation, sounds, and monetization. We'll even show you how to make it work on Android phones and tablets.Read Adding Finesse to Your Game in full


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COVINGTON — The Lady Tigers learned the hard way about the importance of free-throw shooting as they were eliminated from the Class AAAAAA playoffs losing to Valdosta 44-42 on Friday.
The Alcovy (22-7) girls had several chances to win, or at least tie, the game in the final 15 seconds but they were 0-for-4. The Lady Tigers only made 20 percent from the line going 2-for-10.
"We've been focusing on free throws because we haven't shot a great free-throw percentage all year long," Alcovy head coach Kidada Holtzclaw said. "We talked about it being our nemesis and it showed up again."
Alcovy started the game like they were going to dominate with Ashley Williams leading the charge. Williams had a double-double in the first scoring 10 points and bringing down 12 rebounds. Williams finished the night with 12 points and 17 rebounds. Megan Tucker and Jasmine Hodges also had positive first half production. Tucker scored eight of her 16 points in the first half while Hodges, who had eight points for the game, rebounded and had six points to take a 28-21 halftime lead.
But Valdosta (23-5) came out playing more aggressive basically shutting down Alcovy's offense. The Lady Wildcats tied the game at 28 with 5:45 left in the third frame before Taylor Hauser hit a 3-pointer with 3:09 left in the third to give Valdosta a 37-34 lead.
Valdosta continued to keep the pressure on Alcovy as the Lady Tigers did not score again until the fourth minute of the fourth period to close the gap to 39-36.
"A lot of those were situations where we were getting hit in the face and hit in the head and slapped and grabbed," Holtzclaw said. "I don't think there's a lot of people that can make shots when that's happening."
Tucker turned her game up a notch in the final minute getting a turnover and driving the to the basket twice to make it a 44-42 game with 22 seconds left in regulation.
The Lady Tigers had several opportunities to grab the lead. But they were able to make four free-throw shots and missed a couple of shots in the final 15 seconds.
"We missed some perimeter shots that I thought we should have knocked down but overall we were aggressive and we did exactly what our game plan called for."
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Pros: snow,snow snow... fall line,thigh burning top to bottom vertival
Cons: not able to be there all the time
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Pros: snow,snow snow... fall line,thigh burning top to bottom vertival
Cons: not able to be there all the time
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by pum - 14th March 2012
Pros: non-stop descent, no lift lines, uncut lines,
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Pros: Vertical, snow conditions, brand new lifts
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NORMAN — Norman city staff have completed the annual report featuring accomplishments during 2012 and providing a snapshot of the city budget. This report is designed to keep the residents of Norman in the loop and up-to-date on important issues and events in the city.
The format is designed to highlight the programs, services and initiatives that had an impact on Norman in 2012.
In the review of city wide activities, the report addresses the tornado response, wildfire response, public safety and justice, parks and neighborhood services, community and economic development, transportation, environmental and utility services, strategic support and governance.
The city and its employees received many national, regional and state recognitions and awards in 2012 and those are included. The financial section of the report shows the distribution of the sales tax rate and property tax with expenditures and funding sources of the budget.
This report is available on the City of Norman web site at: http://www.normanok.gov/sites/default/files/WebFM/Norman/City%20Manager/2012%20Annual%20Report.pdf.
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Last summer on our 12th Outer Banks family vacation, we took a chance and booked Sand Joy, after having stayed at the same place (The Quay) for several years. Our family is growing - four teenagers, three parents, and my mother and father-in-law, and we needed a bit more room, and we always want ocean front. When you try a new vacation location, there is always that uncertainty - will the house be nice? Will it be clean? Will everything work? The moment we walked in the door to this cottage, our fears evaporated, and we were in love. If you go to the beach to BE at the BEACH, this amazing cottage will not disappoint. My wife and I were blessed to have the 1st floor bedroom on the ocean side of the house, and there is nothing like awakening each morning to sunrise over the ocean. This cottage has a wonderful vintage vibe to it, and the owners have done a beautiful job with furnishings and decor. It's beautifully beachy without being over the top, or ostentatious. And, speaking of the owners, they are the 3rd generation of original builders/owners. That in itself says a lot about what makes this cottage special. The foyer has a wonderful collection of vintage Nags Head photographs and memorabilia. The furnishings are comfortable and in great condition, the bedrooms are roomy and comfortable, and the kitchen is bright and airy. We usually do about 50% of our dinner out, and 50% in, and we seated and fed nine people comfortably. Our absolute favorite time of the day was cocktail hour on the porch in the evening. The view, and the ocean access are outstanding. Needless to say, we are already booked for this summer (2014). This wonderful cottage is an absolute gem, and we whole-heartedly recommend it. Sincerely, -Ted & Marci Hollywood, Maryland
Great cottage for a couple or small family!! This is 2nd time we've been here and love what Cindy has done with this little house! We hope to make this an annual tradition while the kids are small! Very clean, close to the beach, and overall a nice place to stay in Nags Head! Love the outdoor shower and screen porch! Our 4 year old loves the "little green house" as she calls it...especially the mermaids & "her" pink bedroom! Will be back!
This place was clean, the owners were friendly, and it's a short walk to the beach; what more could you want? There were 3 bedrooms which is good for families or friends traveling together and the kitchen was big enough for everyone to be in at the same time. The convenient outdoor shower was also nice to rinse off unnecessary sand. This place is highly recommended by my wife and I.


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Charlotte Bobcats point guard Kemba Walker has a message to those fans who think losing games to improve draft position is this teams best route:
Forget it.
Thats ridiculous, as far as us tanking and getting a high draft pick, Walker said following practice Thursday. I dont think we need any more (high) draft picks at this point.
The idea has become a frequent debate on sports-talk radio and the Internet. The 2014 NBA draft is potentially quite strong. The Bobcats could have as many as three first-round picks theirs and those of the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers.
They could also lose their pick to the Chicago Bulls (as part of the Tyrus Thomas trade) if its outside the top 10. They get the Pistons pick only if its outside the top eight. The Blazers pick figures to be late in the first round.
The Bobcats are coming off a surprising 3-1 West Coast trip and have the eighth and final seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, two games ahead of the Detroit Pistons.
So do the 22-28 Bobcats belong in the playoffs?
I think so, said Walker, just back from a two-week absence because of an ankle sprain. I dont see why we cant make the playoffs. I think we have a great team and are playing great basketball. As long as we keep it up, I think we can.
We go out each night with the mindset we can make the playoffs. We practice like we can make the playoffs.
Walker, who drove Connecticut to the NCAA championship in 2011, said he could never abide the franchise not trying its best.
I could never do that, Walker said. I play this game to win, not to lose. If we are going to lose, well make sure its not easy.
The Bobcats recruited free agent center Al Jefferson over the summer on the prospect they were trying to win now. Hes on the same page as Walker.
I felt like that from Day 1, in training camp, that we could be a playoff team, Jefferson said.
But saying that is one thing; youve got to prove it. Weve got to continue getting better and learn from our mistakes. But if we play like we did on that road trip ball movement on offense, getting big stops, rebounding it would be hard not to be a playoff team.
Bobcats coach Steve Clifford has praised Jefferson of late for stepping up his defense. Jefferson said maintaining that is essential to staying in the playoff race.
Kemba says Im a beast at the offensive end, but Ive got to be a beast at the defensive end, too, Jefferson said. Thats what will take this team to the next level.
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Witness says when he started he had never seen A & H. That is Tom Hardiman's, former Lakeshore exec who testified earlier in this trial, company. First check they received was for $407,000 from A & H. About 2 months after they started work.
Looking at breakdown of contract work for 2014- lists E & T Trucking with A & H. Witness says that A & H was not involved with the work they did on Chalmers. Never saw any A & H equipment. Not on the site at Linden/Southfield either.
Change order on Fox Creek in 2007. Witness first saw A & H on that site.
Evelyn asks to approach the judge. Bullotta, Chutkow and Thomas approach as well.
Witness says that Ferguson helped get his brother's company started. Gave them a lot of work. Business was initially located at Schaefer St and had issues there with break ins. So they moved to Ferguson's old location.
"It was a good thing cuz we had a building now. Instead of parking outside, we were parking inside," says Simmons.
Simmons says they sometimes used Bobby's equipment and materials.
Evelyn done.
11:20AM US Attorney Mark Chutkow cross examines.
Simmons says that his brother handled all the paperwork, he just did the jobs.
Chutkow asks if he knows that E & T Trucking was on the 2014 contract but that Bobby wasn't. Witness does.
Witness doesn't know if they hired consultant to get the job with the city.
Chutkow asks to approach for sidebar.
Chutkow asks if witness has ever seen check in front of him. Chutkow asks if he knows Bernard. Witness says no.
Chutkow asks if his brother ever hired Bernard and Maestro Associates and paid him $40,000. I don't know says witness.
Witness says his company is E & T Trucking Inc. which did business with Lakeshore. He was President of the company doing work for Lakeshore. He did fieldwork, his brother did all paperwork.
itness says he was on the field, he just knew locations and water main work. That was it.
Looking at application for certificate of payment. Witness knows nothing about this document and how it was prepared.
Witness does not know everyone's relationship with each other.
Evelyn objecting but judge says that he introduced document in direct.
Talking about Willi McCormick and L. D'Agostini. Witness doesn't know what they did for work.
Witness says the contract had E & T and A & H on it so they must have been a joint venture. Witness says that he never talked to Tom Hardiman. Says that his brother Eric Simmons handled the bills.
Witness doesn't know if there was fee dispute between bobby and his brother. "I don't know anything about nuthin'," says Simmons.
Witness says if his certification had been yanked he wouldn't have been able to work in the city. Chutkow insinuated that Bobby was trying to get E & T's certification yanked.
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Chester Moore
The Port Arthur News
Flounder fishing in both the Neches and Sabine Rivers has been very good in the last couple of weeks.
In fact it has inspired me to dedicate the majority of my flounder activities at least through summer in the river systems, mainly the Sabine near my home.
Over the years I have taken some notes on flounder in the rivers and would like to share them with you this week as there some subtle and a couple of major differences in habits between the rivers and bay dwelling populations.
#Mobility-Through tagging studies it has been found that flounder tend to stay in a general area once they move in from the Gulf. In fact, a flounder Capt. Skip James and I tagged in April 1996 in Bridge Bayou was caught several months later 100 yards away in the same bayou.
I have found flounder in the rivers are far more mobile, moving with concentrations of baitfish. If you hit flounder in a spot one day and return the next and do not find them, simply start searching out the shad which are the key. It is not abnormal to find them half a mile or more away the next day.
Of course some spots always hold fish because they always hold bait but do not get caught up on hot spots. Focus on the movement of shad.
#Depth-I caught a nice flounder in the Sabine River last Wednesday fishing a drop-shot rig which is one popular with bass fishermen fishing deeper water. There were baitfish holding on a ledge in 14 feet of water and I lowered down the drop shot to see what I might be able to catch there. It ended up being a flounder and was not the only one we caught in the same area in two days of fishing.
Flounder will feed in deep water but tend to concentrate around depth changes, so look for drop-offs and give the drop-shot rig a try. If you do not know what they look like do an Internet search. There are tons of references.
#Seasonality –The bite does not seem to slow as much in the summer as do the flounder in the bays.
I believe this is due to more stable, slightly cooler water conditions that provide more dissolved oxygen which in turns keeps the fish feeding more aggressively. Think about that if you get in the mood flounder during the dog days of Summer.
The great thing about targeting flounder in the rivers is that you can fish in virtually any wind and for many of us it means fishing closer to home and saving a few bucks in gas (a precious commodity these days).
Fire me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know how you do in your river flounder quests. I would love to hear from you.
Also if you are on Twitter, follow me @flexfishing. I am putting all of my updates on the pursuit of big fish there and will update numerous times daily.
(To contact Chester Moore, e-mail him at email@example.com . You can hear him on "Moore Outdoors" 6-7 p.m. on Newstalk AM 560 KLVI and watch his wildlife series online at www.Godsoutdoors.com . Follow him Twitter @flexfishing.)


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Old (slightly crabby) Jim Morgan, who races more animals on a weekend than most trainers run over a lifetime, could be the last, best hope for Florida's faltering parimutuel industry.
Goodness knows, the parimutuels need help. The public, judging from dwindling attendance figures, has gotten bored watching horses and dogs scurrying around a big dirt oval.
And the gambling conglomerates that hold parimutuel licenses have made it clear that they'd just as soon take the race out of racino. They're much more invested in slot machines or video gambling terminals or poker tables and other, more profitable games. Racing dogs and horses, along with their pricey accoutrements — jockeys, trainers, stable boys, vets and track maintenance crews — have become no more than expensive nuisances to the gambling economy. Gaming corporations would rather shovel poker chips than horse manure.
But there's no getting around the legal obligations that come with state parimutuel licenses. Racinos can't offer poker and those lucrative, hypnotic, highly addictive slot machines without the pretense that they're all about racing. Some kind of racing, anyway. Obviously, they need something cheaper than thoroughbred horses. Or even quarter horses. Something less highfalutin. They need Jim Morgan, commissioner of the National Crab Racing Association.
Officially, that's Commissioner For Life Jim Morgan, a self-appointed title "thereby ensuring that no one could vote him out of office." Morgan has been staging derbies among decapod crustaceans, better known as hermit crabs, since 1979. He claims to have invented the sport, though I recall a fine beery evening, circa 1976, in a dank and rowdy Key West bar, betting a woman in a red halter top on the outcome of a table-top hermit crab race. (I lost the wager but the evening was considerably more memorable than any afternoon I've wasted at the horse track.)
The superior economics of racing Caribbean hermit crabs, aka Coenobita clypeatus, are beyond dispute. Commissioner Morgan, of Indialantic, buys them, in bulk, out of Haiti (Where, he points out to animal rights protesters, his crabs would most likely be gobbled up by sea gulls if they hadn't opted for the U.S. racing circuit.) Morgan claims to be the world's largest importer of hermit crabs. Mostly because they're cheap. He can buy 11,000 crabs for what a single thoroughbred yearling brings at a horse auction.
Plus, hermit crabs, not nearly so picky about dinner as their four-legged rivals, are happy enough to chow down on a clump of green algae.
They're very portable. Morgan travels to racing venues, mostly seaside tourist dives, with anywhere from 80 to 100 crabs. And crab racing is so much more personal than the those supercilious quadruped events. A bettor picks his own personal, numbered crab, each creature lugging around a distinctive, garish tricked-out snail shell. "That's their baby for the evening," Morgan explained. "They get to name it. They get to sit down and holler at it."
At race time, Morgan lifts a lid off a pile of contestants and they (hopefully) radiate outward toward a circular finish line. Lately, he has gone high tech, introducing the crab cam for folks unable to belly up to the race table for a firsthand look. It's the same technology that will accommodate simulcasts, once this stuff goes international.
The state's recent outlawing of storefront casinos has made Morgan a little wary about discussing the gambling aspects of crab racing. "This is a skill sport," he insisted, echoing the very legal argument that failed the now outlawed senior citizen arcades. (The rather esoteric skill here apparently has to do with a bettor's ability to choose the feistiest racer.) Morgan admits he was cited a few times on gambling charges in Ohio, though he said he beat the rap every time.
Obviously the gaming industry, with such formidable legal and lobbying resources, could convince (grease) state regulators in Tallahassee to legalize crab racing. Although, last week, another novel variation on parimutuel racing was dealt a setback.
An administrative law judge ruled Monday that barrel racing was not quite what legislators had in mind when they legalized thoroughbred and quarter horse races. Two years ago, a new racing venue in Gretna, in north Florida, decided to forgo the expense of quarter horse racing and substitute much cheaper barrel racing — an old rodeo sport in which the horse and rider rush out, loop around three barrels, then hurry back to the finish line. Winners are determined by the lowest time — it's a race against the clock — though Gretna runs two races simultaneously to lend the spectacle the illusion of head-to-head competition.
That won't do, ruled Judge John Van Landingham as he overruled the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation's approval of barrel racing. Not if "the clock alone can decide the winner." He said that for the contests to comply with state statures, "there can be but one race course, per race, for all of the horses in that race."
Which gives some hope for those of us supporting hermit crab racing, which unlike barrel racing, runs all contestants, 80 or 90 at a time, in a single contest on a single table. Nobody in those rowdy environs would bother keeping time. Hell, some of these crabs never budge from the starting gate.
The case also caused the judge to ponder the legal definition of a quarter horse. Apparently, they run another species up there in Gadsden County's barrel races — cracker horses. I have no idea what entails a "cracker horse," but from what I know of Florida's human "crackers," it can't be all that far up the rungs of the evolutionary ladder from the crustacean.
The best thing about hermit crab racing is that it would afford Florida some distance from the doping horrors plaguing U.S. horse racing. The New York Times reported last fall that an average of 24 horses a week died at U.S. tracks, most of them breaking down after inhumane doses of performance enhancing drugs. The most grotesque marker of the doping scandal came last year when European meat importers stopped buying horses slaughtered in America because the meat was often so drug-tainted that it was considered unsafe for human consumption..
That's about all I needed to know to give up on American horse racing. Crab racing, Morgan assured me, is drug free. "I used to do urine tests, but that was pretty messy," he said. "Now I do saliva tests. My crabs are clean."
For all that, he wasn't much excited by my notion of crab racing as the future of parimutuel racing. "I'm 71," he said. "I don't have that much future left."
And he's a little antsy about introducing high rollers to crustacean racing. "I don't know. One of these guys bets a thousand dollars on a slow-moving crab, I'm liable to get my ass shot off."


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It may only be a change in legal terms, but the tiny Pierce County town of Ruston is now officially a city. Council members approved the change in late October, which gives city leaders and its citizens more power and input on potential upcoming development.
The change means Ruston is Washington's smallest city with around 800 residents within its one-square-mile borders.
"I don't think I'm going to lose the terminology Town of Ruston," said Ruston business owner Beth Torbet. "It's what we are."
Torbet's market has been in Ruston for 30 years. She said the change may not mean much superficially, but it's a sign of positive changes.
"Are we all grown up," she joked, "I don't want to be all grown up."
Ruston is located just below Point Defiance and is surrounded by the City of Tacoma and Puget Sound. In recent years, it has grappled with development of the old Asarco property along the waterfront.


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"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Republicans in Congress are determined to advance a "Medicare-killing" budget. For conservatives, the purpose and benefits of Medicare to the 40 million Americans age 65 and older are ignored as the GOP continues it's relentless attack against this Social Security Health Insurance program.
Last year Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) proposed that Medicare be replaced by a fully privatized plan, it was a disaster for the GOP as those 65 years and older rallied against the Republican onslaught. Now, just last week, Ryan introduced a sequel to his earlier assault on Medicare as he put forward his Path to Prosperity, Medicare-Killing fiscal plan.
Ryan conveniently ignores the fact that Medicare works for America and must be protected. This program provides 47 million seniors and disabled Americans with access to affordable and life sustaining treatments and medicines. Before Congress created Medicare in 1965, more than half of American seniors did not have health insurance due to un-affordable cost. Sick, elderly, patients were treated like second class citizens. Many aging Americans without family to care for them became destitute, or out on the street, without critical health care. Republicans like Ryan want to return America to this disgraceful time.
Ryan also proposes to take from seniors the provision of the Affordable Health Care Act that cuts the cost of prescription drugs for millions of Medicare patients, including the new 50 percent discount on brand name drugs for seniors and people with disabilities in the "donut hole." Already, nearly 900,000 patients have used the discounts and saved $461 million.
Ryan's budget proposal has nothing to do with fairness, instead it provides massive tax breaks for the richest 1 percent and preserves the huge give-aways to "Big Oil," while at the same time shifting the burden of deficit reduction to the middle class and seniors citizens. Once again, the conservative Republicans fail to ask the rich to make sacrifices but instead proposes to end guaranteed health coverage under Medicare and shred this critical safety net for the middle class.


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Boracay Activities:
Things to do in Boracay, Philippines.
You will never be short of things to do on Boracay Island, the gem of the Philippines. Only seven kilometres long, the island is surrounded by palm fringed beaches and clear turquoise waters. This top tourist destination offers a multitude of activities to suit everyone from the most active partygoers to those seeking rest and natural beauty.
Boracay Island is located off the
northwest corner of Panay Island, and belongs to the Western Visayas
island-group, or Region VI, of the Philippines. The island is approximately
seven kilometers long, dog-bone shaped with the narrowest spot being less than
one kilometer wide, and has a total land area of 10.32 square kilometers.
South-facing Cagban Beach is located across a small strait from the jetty port at Caticlan on Panay island, and the Cagban jetty port serves as Boracay's main entry and exit point during most of the year. When wind and sea conditions dictate, east-facing Tambisaan Beach serves as an alternative entry and exit point.
Boracay's two primary tourism beaches, White Beach and Bulabog Beach, are located on opposite sides of the island's narrow central area. White Beach faces westward and Bulabog Beach faces eastward. The island also has several other beaches
Boracay Beaches:
White Beach:
One of the most popular things to do in Boracay is to visit the famous White Beach Boracay, which is a 4 km long stretch of soft white sand lined with restaurants, bars, hotels and shops. It has been voted the most beautiful beach in the world in 2007 by Yahoo Travel. Starting from the north end: the sand is the finest and the beach is the widest at the very northern end of the beach, so this is a good place to go swimming. There are also some very nice hotels and upmarket restaurants here. Next you come to Station 1 area where there are several popular nightclubs. The middle section (Station 2 area) is the busiest section of the beach with lots of shops and restaurants, and live music every night. This section is a lot of fun, but can get crowded and noisy. Further south down the beach, things get a little quieter, and right down at Angol point there are some quieter spots more reminiscent of the Boracay of old.
Bulabog Beach:
The two main and largest beaches in Boracay are White Beach in the west, and Bulabog Beach on the east side of the island. The centre part of the island is less than a kilometre across, and you can walk from Bulabog Beach to White Beach in under ten minutes! Bulabog Beach is the best beach in Asia for activities such as windsurfing and kite boarding. Nowadays several top international windsurfing and kite boarding (kitesurfing) competitions are held here annually. With its steady onshore breezes, Bulabog Beach Boracay is famous for kiteboarding / kitesurfing and windsurfing from around October to May each year. Bulabog Beach has a totally different vibe to White Beach; less commercialised and less crowded. Bulabog Beach is the only beach in the Philippines with full facilities for windsurfing and kiteboarding including qualified instructors and equipment. There are several small hotels, restaurants and quality apartments to rent on this beach, and the best resort is Palm Breeze Villa, an award winning 4 Star boutique resort at the northern end of the beach.
Bulabog Beach Boracay: Picture taken right in front of Palm Breeze Villa Boracay hotel
Water Sports:
Bulabog Beach Boracay is known as the best windsurfing and kiteboarding beach in Asia (see above). Other water sports to be found in Boracay include jet skis, banana boats, and parasailing. There are water sports centres on the Bulabog Beach front roadway (close to Palm Breeze Villa resort), and you can also find plenty of commissioners wandering up and down White Beach who can help you to book water sports and other activities in Boracay, and will bring you to the correct place.
There is a water sports centre and scuba diving shop just one minute's walk from Palm Breeze Villa hotel on Bulabog Beach. There are also numerous scuba diving shops up and down the length of White Beach offering several dives a day. The diving is good in Boracay and close to shore, so it is easy to do a dive in the morning and be back well before lunch time. The scuba diving shops provide lessons in various languages, equipment hire, provide the boats and carry your equipment making for a very enjoyable time.
On land there is a beautiful 18-hole Golf Course , Fairways and Bluewater offering quality golf in a magnificent setting with sea-views.
Horse Riding:
Boracay Horse Riding Stables has been established on Boracay Island for twenty years and offers horse riding trips around the island. A pleasurable and relaxing way to explore Boracay.
Other Boracay activities include yoga, cycling, hiking, gyms and much much more.
Relax and unwind in the world class spas, enjoy beach massages, sunset cruises, sunbathing or simply do nothing at all.
The staff at Palm Breeze Villa Boracay Resort will help their guests by suggesting activities, and booking them at a discount too!
Events in Boracay:
Boracay is one competitive venue for the
Asian Windsurfing Tour, with the week-long Boracay International Funboard Cup
competition usually held in January on Bulabog Beach.
The well-known Ati-Atihan Festival takes place each January in Kalibo on nearby Panay island. A much smaller Ati-Atihan festival is celebrated on Boracay, usually in the second or third week of January.
Dragon boat races are held annually on Boracay under the auspices of the Philippine Dragon Boat Federation, with teams coming from around the Philippines and from other Asian nations to compete. The races usually take place sometime in April or May.
The Boracay Open Asian Beach Ultimate Tournament, an ultimate frisbee event, has been held annually since 2003, usually during summer.
Boracay is a Great Beach Destination!
The Philippine Department of Tourism has reported that Boracay was named the second best beach destination in the world (2011), coming after the Providentiales in Turks and Caicos Islands. Last year alone, over three million tourists from the Philippines and overseas visited Boracay's famous beaches!
Boracay been named the fourth best island destination in the
world, in the "World's Best Awards", receiving a score of 89.83 in the annual
Top 10 Best Island list this year as surveyed by "Travel & Leisure" magazine.
Boracay was also voted no.1 Best Beach in Asia by Tripadvisor's Travellers
Choice Awards 2011.
Palm Breeze Villa is the best boutique Boracay resort located on Bulabog Beach Boracay. It is set in a quiet location at the northern corner of the bay, only minutes walk from the action. This Boracay resort has been voted the no.1 small resort in Boracay for the last three years by the genuine reviews from verified travellers who have voted on Tripadvisor.com.
Check out the guest Reviews of Palm Breeze Villa Boracay, or Book Now.
Aerial view of Boracay Island, Philippines
Where to stay in Boracay?
Palm Breeze Villa Boracay hotel has remained the top choice by travellers in Boracay as shown by it's being consistently voted the best small resort on Tripadvisor.com for three years. Palm Breeze Villa Boracay offers luxury beach front accommodation on Bulabog Beach, Boracay Island, Philippines. Palm Breeze Villa was awarded the "Certificate of Excellence" by TripAdvisor 2011, 2012 and 2013, this award only being given to the top rated 10% of hotels in the world.
If you would prefer luxury apartment style accommodation, stay at Boracay Apartments at 7Stones. These private rentals won the award for the "Top Vacation Rental in Boracay 2011 and 2012" on Flipkey.com.
Boracay is an environment that offers plenty of things to do for everyone. Boracay Island is the ideal tropical beach destination that replenishes the spirit, offering you the freedom to release your creativity and the space to be who you really are.
Palm Breeze Villa is conveniently located beachfront on Bulabog Beach, at the thin central portion of the island, making it the ideal location to explore Boracay.


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Congratulations, Ben. A well-deserved recognition for 25 years of hard work and dedication and your contribution to the growth of the potato industry in Michigan
Congrats on your retirement and award! Hope you won millions in Vegas and enjoy retirement! Go Blue:)
Congratulations Ben on a job well done. What an honor to hold especially an honor to your family who worked the land and lived for their family. We are proud and happy for you. Tom and Therese
Ben is a true professional who always cared more about steadily and quietly accomplishing the task at hand rather than worrying about who or what would get the credit. He will be missed but certainly not forgotten. All I can say is "Go Green, Go White."
Can't think of a more deserving individual! Ben is an incredible person with a wealth of knowledge of the potato industry. He will be greatly missed by all of us in the commodity world here in Michigan. Congrats on the retirement, Ben!
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — South Laurel's Megan Smith struck out eight batters and allowed only two hits during the Lady Cardinals' 9-0 win over Bellbrock, Ohio, Tuesday.
She also came through at the plate, connecting with two hits, including a home run and four RBIs.
"She was on fire," South Laurel coach James Burns said. "I thought we played better today, too. It was a good win against a quality team."
Brittany Vandeventer went 3-for-3 at the plate, which included driving in a run and connecting with a double, while Bailey Miller was 3-for-4 with a run scored.
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