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Hampton Inn & Suites Buffalo Downtown
The Hampton Inn & Suites? Buffalo/Downtown is in the heart of the theater and entertainment district and a short walk to restaurants, lounges, nightclubs, and entertainment. Erie Basin Marina, HSBC Arena, and City Hall are one mile away. Guests are treated to a complimentary hot breakfast each morning and use of the indoor pool and Whirlpool. Select guestrooms have a view of downtown. If you 're staying in for lunch or dinner, try Subway, Salsarita's, or Papaya Restaurant.... more
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Salvatore's Garden Place Hotel & Conference Center is centrally located within only a few miles of Buffalo Niagara airport and the famous waterfall. This 3-star hotel offers an old world Italian feel at affordable prices. Amenities include a fitness center with sauna, a business center as well as conference facilities. Additionally, the hotel's on-site restaurant compliments the decor with fine Italian dining.... more
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With elements of the Cajun culture disappearing in Louisiana, Lance Caruso of Metairie has a musical talent that is essential to the preservation of a regional identity. Caruso has a rare talent. He plays a style of music that lost its foothold in mainstream culture decades ago, his instrument is largely unpopular in the American pop music scene, and to top it off, he sings in a foreign language.
Yet every weekend, large crowds of tourists and locals gather to hear him play at Tropical Isle's Bayou Club on Bourbon Street. Caruso is a Cajun musician. The 27-year-old accordionist started his band, T'Canaille, six years ago while finishing his business degree at the University of New Orleans. Cajun French for "a little mischievous," T'Canaille remains as one of only a handful of traditional Cajun music bands in New Orleans.
"After Katrina, a lot of the bars on Bourbon Street restructured the music scene with rap and rock. You can find zydeco, but traditional Cajun dance music is almost nowhere to be found," Caruso said.
Zydeco, a blend of Cajun and other musical styles, typically features English and Creole lyrics, while traditional Cajun music is usually sung in Cajun French – a language that may not survive another generation.
Jean Frigault of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, an agency that works to preserve Louisiana's French dialects, said that approximately 148,000 Louisiana residents speak French, a decline of more than 100,000 French speakers since 1990.
While preservation efforts in schools help, Frigault said that bringing French outside of the classroom and into the work force would benefit the language and the tourism industry.
"When we're selling New Orleans as French, and we don't have anything French except for the Quarter, it's like selling Coke without the bubbles in it," Frigault said.
Other musicians feel the same way. At age 15, Caruso studied the accordion under the guidance of internationally known Cajun accordionist Bruce Daigrepont. Also a Metairie resident, Daigrepont, 54, performs with his band at several venues, including his regular Sunday night fais do do at Tipitina's, Rock 'n' Bowl and other locations.
"One thing I find aggravating is you're listening to the radio, and you hear an accordion playing, and you hear the Cajun music, and they're advertising a festival that doesn't have any Cajun bands," Daigrepont said. "They use it for the advertising, but they don't hire any of the bands."
Caruso said his music tries to meet an increasing demand from tourists that is largely ignored bythe city.
"They (tourists) can't believe they had to work so hard to find us," he said, referring to tourists who expected to see a larger Cajun influence in New Orleans. "Every night I hear that story."
Both Caruso and Daigrepont agree that most Cajun musicians are "Cajuns first and musicians second," Caruso said, and elements such as the language make up a way of life that is unique to Louisiana.
"When you think about growing up and going trawling and shrimping and crabbing, we heard our grandparents speak French on the boat," he said. "That definitely is what you take with you and what makes the language so important."
CODOFIL recognizes the important role Cajun musicians play in language preservation, Frigault said.
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LONDON The Rover's Return is Blighty's most famous fictional pub, for more than 40 years a watering hole for the folk of ITV's "Coronation Street," the U.K.'s most popular soap.
In an ideal world the drinks served to regulars would carry the labels of genuine beer manufacturers, who would pay for the privilege of having their brands displayed to millions of TV viewers six times a week.
But product placement, widespread in the U.S., is outlawed in the U.K. and that's the way it is likely to remain, despite a relaxation in European Union rules which means that by next year member states are free to adopt the practice.
Last week British media minister Andy Burnham dropped a bombshell when he used his first major speech on broadcasting to declare that product placement would only be introduced over his dead body.
He warned that putting genuine brands in TV soaps like "Coronation Street" would "contaminate" them, and undermine the high regard British shows enjoy globally.
"There is a risk that, at the very moment when television needs to do all it can to show it can be trusted, that we elide the distinction between programs and adverts," Burnham says.
This was a reference to the phone-in quiz scandals that rocked all British terrestrial webs last year and led last month to ITV being fined more than $10 million.
"As a viewer, I don't want to feel the script has been written by the commercial marketing director," Burnham continues.
"British programming has an integrity that is revered around the world, and I don't think we should put that hard-won reputation up for sale."
ITV was furious that the minister came down so hard against product placement, which conservative estimates suggest could be worth around $70 million a year within two years of being introduced. The broadcaster's stock price, already battered, fell by 3% on the news.
Alongside other British broadcasters and production companies, the webs were banking on the Government falling into line with Brussels and had been talking up product placement as a way to provide some much-needed extra advertising coin.
Rupert Howell, ITV's managing director of brand and commercial, says: "Following the liberalization around product placement in EC law, we see carefully regulated product placement as a legitimate revenue stream that has the added benefit of supporting the production of original U.K. content.
"An effective regulatory regime would guard against some of the excesses seen in the U.S. and protect the interests of viewers. We have no incentive to alienate viewers and would absolutely support parameters that ensure editorial integrity within programming is maintained."
ITV was particularly disappointed that the Government had set out its stall ahead of the debate over product placement; Burnham's department is due to consult on the issue this summer.
Privately the network thinks Burnham, touted as a possible future leader of the British Labor Party, is playing to the court of public opinion and that his views are "old-fashioned."
ITV is not alone. The U.K. advertising industry regards the Government's stance as "a wasted opportunity."
Medwyn Jones, partner at Harbottle and Lewis, a London law firm specializing in media and entertainment, is also disappointed.
He says: "Simply to look at the apparent excesses of the use of product placement in American programming, and reject any relaxation of the rules in the U.K. is both to patronize the viewing public and to put the U.K. production industry at a significant competitive disadvantage."


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There will be times - three-day-weekends, semester breaks, and recesses - when most everything will be closed on campus, possibly including the residence hall in which you are living! In a matter of hours, everyone will be gone. And if everybody is going, you might as well go, too.
Find out soon after the start of the semester when the fall and spring breaks are scheduled for at UMSL, and plan ahead for the Christmas and summer recesses. These will be your opportunities to take a break from your studies and visit the huge country in which you have landed. There is so much to see and so little time! So start planning now!
Where Do Americans Go on Vacation?
You probably know the saying, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." But what are the Americans doing? Where are they going?
Americans usually spend the holidays with their families. This will probably not be possible for you unless you have relatives in the United States, but you may get invited to spend one of the holidays in the home of a student, professor, or local family. Don't miss this great opportunity to get to know first-hand about life in an American family, how they celebrate their holidays, what these holidays mean, and what Americans cook for the occasion.
American students also enjoy going to the beach in groups and taking part in outdoor activities and sporting events. Their goal is to have fun and take a rest from the pressure of studying.
Nature is one of this country's best attractions. Most of the time, natural beauty is close at hand in the form of local, state, and national parks or national wildlife refuges. In most cases, you pay an access fee and can stay as long as you like. Most parks have a center where you can get maps an information about the things to see and do at the park. Check the guides and Web pages below for further information. To mention just a few of America's must-see natural wonders: the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, Yosemite National Park in California, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming; and Niagara Falls on the border between New York State and Canada. There are hundreds of other natural attractions you should find out about, especially those close to you. Call 1-800-365-2267 for information about the national park system and the Golden Eagle Pass, good for admission to all parks for one year.
Missouri has some great natural attractions and other cities and towns worth visiting. A great website to check out for Missouri tourism is www.showmemissouri.com. To mention just a few of Missouri's noted attractions: MO state parks at the Elephant Rocks and Johnson Shut-ins, 100s of caves to tour, the Hermann wineries and German-themed festivals, canoeing/floating the Meramec and other area rivers, biking the Katy Trail, and visiting Lake of the Ozarks and Kansas City.
If what you would really like to do is visit some of America's great cities, don't miss San Francisco, New Orleans, Chicago, Boston, New York, or Washington, DC. Each has its own character, lots of art and history to discover, and tons of exciting things to do. Be a smart traveler, however; stay in safe areas, and don't lose sight of your bags (this advice applies to any public place in which you find yourself). If your heart jumps when somebody strange approaches you in a big city, stay calm and just walk away.
How Do I Get to All These Places?
Buy a car, rent a car, or get a ride. Unless you are at an urban university and can use public transportation, you may soon start feeling stuck on your campus. You have already realized that most Americans have cars. If you are in the States for a long time, you may want to consider buying one and reselling it before you go back home. Used cars are inexpensive in this country, but if you decide to buy a car be aware that the insurance can be more expensive than the car itself, depending on your age, how long you have had your driver's license, and other factors. You may count on rides from friends, but having your own car or sharing one with a friend or two will give you more freedom to visit the surrounding area, go on trips during vacation, or just go to the movies and the local shopping mall.
Renting a car is easy and affordable in the United States. Even the smaller towns have car rentals, from the national chains to the small businesses that offer very competitive prices. Check their numbers in the local telephone directory (the "yellow pages"). It takes just a credit card and a driver's license, and you are all set to ride.
The bus is an affordable option for traveling. Most towns are connected with others by bus, even if they are not connected by train or air. Find out which lines pass near your campus. Greyhound and Peter Pan are large and affordable, but there are also many lines that operate locally. You can go anywhere by bus in the United States, but too many stops can make the trip seem long. Keep your eyes wide open at bus stations in big cities. They are not the safest place to hang out, but again, you will reduce risks if you are a smart traveler. Call 1-800-231-2222 for information about the Greyhound lines and prices.
Trains connect the major cities only and are often more expensive than the airlines, but the ride can be fun and the scenery spectacular, especially in the West. Call 1-800-523-8720 for information about Amtrak, America's passenger rail system.
Distances are so great in the United States that you may find that the only way to really "see it all" is to fly. Fortunately, most major U.S. airlines offer VUSA (Visit USA) fares. These consist of coupons that are valid for a minimum of three to a maximum of ten continental flights. You have to buy them in your country before you leave. They usually start at approximately $300 for three flights, which could mean great savings if you are planning to travel long distances. If you bought only a few coupons at home and you want more once you here, you can get more (up to a limit of ten) as long as you still have one of the coupons you bought outside the country. If you are already here and haven't bought VUSA coupons, do so when you go home for a visit. In the meantime, good airfare deals can often be found in the local newspaper's travel section.
Where Do I Stay?
Youth hostels and camping are great choices for outdoor adventures. Call Hostelling International (http://www.iyhf.org) at 202 783-6161 for locations and prices. If you are visiting major cities check the local YMCA for really inexpensive lodging in common dormitories or tiny rooms. Other alternatives are discount hotel chains such as EconoLodge (http://www.econolodge.com/) and Days Inn (http://www.daysinn.com/). For half-price hotel programs call Entertainment Publications at 1 800 477-3234 or Great American Travelers at 1 800 458-2812.
Every state in the United States has a 1-800 number for vacation and travel information. The vacation and travel number for Missouri is 1-800-877-1234 or 1-888-925-3875.
Whatever you do, don't let the next break catch you by surprise. Go places!
Travel Bibliography
Cantor, George. Historic Festivals: A Traveler's Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1996. Descriptive catalog and guide to musical, historic, cultural, and ethnic festivals in U.S. cities and small towns, including the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Frog Jumping Jubilee, and World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup.
Pop Culture Landmarks: A Traveler's Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1995. Descriptive catalog and guide to more than 300 pop-cultural landmarks across the United States, including everything from Elvis' famous Graceland estate to Colorado's obscure drive-in movie motel.
Davis, Kenneth C. Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know about American History but Never Learned. Rev. Ed. New York: Avon Books, 1995. Inclusive and concise introduction to U.S. social history from 1500s to present; written in conversational, anecdotal style ideal for foreign readers.
Global Network Navigator, Inc. http://gnn-e2a.gnn.com/gnn/wic/wics/trav.new.html. Excellent departure for electronic links to travel information on airlines, trains, hotels, U.S. cities, weather reports, maps, travel agents, U.S. National Park Service, local daily newspapers, currency conversion, transportation bargains, and much, much more.
Grate, Heather, and Bret Mundt. Eds. Hostelling North America: the Official Guide to Hostels in Canada and the United States. Washington: Hostelling International/American Youth Hostels, annual. Description, location, cost, and contact information for the 260 HI/AYH-affiliated youth hostels in the U.S. and Canada.
Heat-Moon, William Least. Blue Highways: A Journey in America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. Fascinating, highly personalized travel narrative of solo journey across 13,000 miles of back roads and tiny U.S. towns, by author of Native American and European ancestry.
National Park Service. The National Parks. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior. Concise description, location, and contact information for all U.S. Park Service sites including parks, monuments, lake shores, seashores, memorials, battlefields, wild and scenic river ways, trails. Order by mail from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 USA. (202) 512-1800
Overby, Darren K. Ed. The Internet Guide to Hostelling. World Wide Web site. http://hostels.com/rec-travel/hostels/. Excellent source of information on hostelling; includes catalog of all affiliated and non-affiliated U.S. hostels (paper version available for $3 through Jim Williams, The Hostel Handbook, Dept. IGH, 722 Saint Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10031 USA); also includes transportation tips, budget guide book recommendations, electronic bulletin board for hostellers, plus numerous useful links to other travel web sites.
Rand McNally Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico. Skokie: Rand McNally, annual. The best book available for highway and back-road travel in the United States; organized by state; includes national, state, and local parks, wildlife refuges, historic sites, points of interest, tourist information centers, campgrounds, maps of major cities, plus less detailed road atlases of Canada and Mexico.
Russo, Doreen, Ed. AAA Guide to the National Parks. New York: Collier Books; 1994. Guide book to the 50 most visited U.S. national parks; includes lengthy historical and geographic descriptions, plus information on accommodations, camping, food services, activities and events, transportation, directions, park maps, contact information, schedules, cost.
Streetwise (city maps). Amagansett: Streetwise Maps Inc., updated periodically. Folding, waterproof, easy-to-use street and public transit maps of most major U.S. cities.
Sullivan, Michelle C. Ed. Let's Go: The Budget Guide to USA, Including Canada. Rev. Ed. New York: St. Martin's Press 1996. Comprehensive guide to low-budget travel through U.S. cities and attractions; written by students for students; includes travel directions, maps, telephone contacts, information on cost, accommodations, points of interest, transportation, night life, restaurants, tours, outdoor activities.
Adapted with permission from NAFSA's International Student Handbook (AT&T, 1996). Copyright 1996 NAFSA: Association of International Educators.


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Tesla Model S, On Ice
Teslas are most often associated with California weather, right? All that sun, nice temperatures, clean and wide roads. But just because a Model S is made in California doesn't mean that it's relegated to those roads alone — part of the company's expansion plans is to move quickly throughout the rest of the U.S. and into Europe, where cold temperatures are the norm. Can the Model S handle the kind of ice and snow that Sweden is famous for? Check out the video to see for yourself.
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A pair of Carbonear men are in custody after getting into an altercation involving a knife.
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A pair of officers with the Trinity Conception RCMP respond to an altercation at this Carbonear residence at the bottom of Burden's Hill on March 11.
Police were called to a residence on Burden's Hill in Carbonear just after Noon on March 11 after a report of a fight between two men, ages 21 and 25.
After an investigation by members of the Trinity Conception RCMP, it was determined a knife was used by one of the suspects and one had received a non-life threatening wound to his leg.
Both men are charged with assault with a weapon. They were held in police custody overnight and were appeared to appear in provincial court in Harbour Grace today (March 12).
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Students at the Capstone continue to succeed, whether it's winning best student of the year, or reaching for the stars with scholarships from NASA.
Advertising Student Wins Student of the Year Honor
Brenna Horrocks, a 2014 University of Alabama graduate majoring in advertising, was named the 2014 Student of the Year by the Birmingham chapter of the American Advertising Federation.
Horrocks, from Logan, Utah, said she gained valuable experience at UA, working on advertising campaigns for companies like Warby Parker Eyewear and Con-Tact Brand contact paper. She said Dr. Glenn Griffin, associate professor of advertising, helped her realize what it meant to be passionate about her career choice.
"Dr. Griffin has been an outstanding mentor over the last year," Horrocks said. "He's shown me the importance of creating work that goes beyond obligation, and his guidance has played an important role in my growth as a writer."
Griffin, who nominated Horrocks for the award, said she was a "remarkable" student.
"Her creative work was selected for and exhibited in an international show in New York, she won the student 'Best of Show' award in the local ADDY awards, had her work published in a refereed creative writing journal and maintained an excellent GPA all the while," Griffin said. "She's extremely talented and respected by her peers, and I'm told she was chosen unanimously by the AAF Birmingham judges."
Engineering Students Selected for NASA Scholarships
The Alabama Space Grant Consortium awarded seven undergraduate scholarships and one graduate fellowship to students at The University of Alabama.
Suzanne Kornegay, a graduate student in metallurgical and materials engineering from Oneonta, earned a $37,000 graduate fellowship for her dissertation titled "Revealing the role of the Ternary Additions in Nitinol Shape Memory Phase Stability."
Dr. Gregory Thompson, a professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, is Kornegay's adviser.
One of 52 national space grant consortia, the Alabama Space Grant Consortium, or ASGC, offers one graduate fellowship and multiple undergraduate scholarships to students at the University each year. The Alabama Space Grant Consortium is a NASA-funded organization.
Undergraduate applicants are selected based on their academic qualifications, career goals and an assessment of their motivation toward an aerospace or space science career. Graduate students are evaluated based on a proposed research program or plan of study relevant to NASA's aerospace science and technology program in addition to academic qualifications and motivation toward an aerospace or space science career.
"The purpose of the ASGC is to inspire students across the state to consider aerospace and space science related careers," said Dr. John Baker, professor and department head for aerospace engineering and mechanics. "This is especially important for Alabama given that the aerospace industry is one of the primary driving forces of Alabama's economy."
Undergraduate ASGC award recipients include:
Elizabeth Anne Bowman, a junior in aerospace engineering from Scottsboro
Alexis Brooke Cornelison, a senior in mechanical engineering from Fairhope
David Thomas Gronstal, a senior in aerospace engineering from Belmont, North Carolina
Eric Stephen McVay, a senior studying aerospace engineering and physics from Tuscaloosa
Joseph Drake Olmstead, a junior in aerospace engineering from Gulf Shores
Kellen Christian Schroeter, a senior in aerospace engineering from Ft. Wayne, Indiana
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Multiply your buying power
Having a margin account lets you borrow up to 50% of your equity to buy additional securities. You can also use your buying power for low-cost loans simply by writing a check or using your debit card.
Margin trading3 involves borrowing against securities you already own to purchase additional securities. The following example shows how the same trade works in a cash account vs. margin account.
Margin Account - Gain
If an investor buys stock for $50 a share, he or she pays $25 per share (the initial margin) and borrows $25. If the stock rises to $60, the profit is still $10 - but it's a 40% gain on the initial investment. Of course, the borrowed $25 per share, plus interest, needs to be repaid.
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Margin loans carry risk.
When margin is used for trading, a margin loan also carries risk if the value of your investment drops significantly. The equity in your account should always be at least equal to your Account Maintenance Requirement. If it drops below that level, you may have a margin call; which will require you to make a deposit of cash or securities. Failure to meet a margin call can result in the sale of securities in your account without prior notice to you.
Understand the risks associated with margin.
- Investing on margin is investing with borrowed money.
- You are responsible for repaying the loan plus interest.
- The firm can increase its house maintenance margin requirements at any time and is not required to provide you with advance written notice.
- You are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call.
- It's possible to lose more money than you deposited in the account.
Margin Requirements and Account Maintenance Requirement
Industry rules require that investors have at least $2,000 (the minimum margin) in a margin account before purchasing stocks on margin, and that a minimum equity of 25% is maintained. This is the minimum mandated amount, and firms can and do impose higher requirements. E*TRADE's house requirement of just 25% makes ours one of the lowest in the industry.
Each individual security carries its own requirement. (Volatility or a concentrated position could make any individual requirement higher than others.) The combined total of each individual requirement is added together and that sum is your Account Maintenance Requirement.
If the equity in the margin account falls below the house requirement of 25%, E*TRADE will issue a margin call requiring you to deposit cash or securities.


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