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Florida News Sat July 19, 2008
Two men will spend a year behind bars for killing a goose in South Florida while a 17-year-old will serve his time under house arrest.
Florida Looking For Firefighters To Help California
Wanted: Florida firefighters interested in helping to put out wildfires in California.
Proof there were tourists before there were theme parks
If you can't visualize Central Florida before water parks, roller coasters or a certain castle, you should see the latest permanent exhibit at the Orange County Regional History Center .
"Miracle biofuel" growing in Florida
LaBelle, Florida ? Oranges may be out. And oil is in. In southwest Florida, a new weed called jatropha is being hailed the newest miracle seed in the quest for alternative fuel sources.
10 monkeys captured, 5 missing in Polk
How many wildlife trappers does it take to catch 15 monkeys running loose in central Florida? As of Friday, ten monkeys have been caught since their escape in April from the Safari Wild preserve.
Fla. Lost 78,000 Jobs In Last Year
Florida's preliminary June unemployment rate of 5.5 percent was down slightly from a revised May figure but is still the second-highest in more than five years, state officials said Friday.
Shovel Could Be Clue to Missing Toddler
The search continued Friday for Caylee Anthony, a Florida toddler who disappeared five weeks ago but was only reported missing on Wednesday, police said.
Survey: Tampa has Florida's most expensive parking
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Originally published 11:43 a.m., Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Updated 11:43 a.m., Wednesday, July 16, 2008 TAMPA - A new survey finds Tampa has the most expensive parking among Florida's big ...
Fla. economy more bleak than thought
Florida's economic slump is worse than state economists had predicted earlier this year, and now they say it'll last about six months longer than previously expected.
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Sat Mar 31, 2007
Expodition announces free iPod-based guides for Disney, Universal and other US and UK Theme Parks
Press Release
30th March, 2007
With the Easter holiday season fast approaching, Expodition (http://www.expodition.com), the website for iPod users who love to travel, today announces the availability of a number of free iPod guides for the most popular Theme and Water Parks in the UK and US.
Visitors to the website can download these free-of-charge guides, (called Pod SnapShots), which can then be viewed on their iPods - enabling them to get to their destination armed with detailed knowledge of the attraction they'll be visiting.
Expodition are embarking on a phase in the project where free Pod SnapShots to popular attractions are being created and made available for download. The following free guides have just been made available, with more to follow shortly:
Magic Kingdom – Disney World Florida
Animal Kingdom – Disney World Florida
Epcot – Disney World Florida
Typhoon Lagoon – Disney World Florida
Blizzard Beach – Disney World Florida
Wet ‘n Wild Florida
Universal Studios Florida
Universal Islands of Adventure Florida
Universal Hollywood
Thorpe Park - UK
LEGOLAND Windsor - UK
Alton Towers guide - UK
Chessington World of Adventures guide - UK
Warwick Castle guide - UK
Typically, these guides contain travel/directions & contact details, ticket information & pricing, FAQs, facility information, disabled & special needs access information, ride descriptions & rankings, event & programme timetables, etc.
Anyone planning on visiting these attractions can download these handy guides free of charge and copy them to their iPod before they go. They then have all the details that they need on their iPod.
Rod Cambridge, founder of Expodition comments: “Expodition is pleased to be making these free downloads available to all visitors to our web site. With these Pod SnapShots, visitors can get detailed, first hand knowledge of an attraction and its amenities before they even get there. We hope visitors to our site find these guides useful when they’re visiting these attractions this Easter. Many people use iPods these days – and so we thought it would be cool to provide those users with an additional reason to pack an iPod when going out and about. We think we’ve achieved that with our Pod SnapShots”.
Pod SnapShots work with all iPods that use the Notes feature. This includes iPod mini, nano, photo, video and 3rd generation iPods. iPod Shuffle and older iPods that do not use Notes are not supported.
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Tue Jun 13, 2006
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Sun Sep 11, 2005
Child Advocacy
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Thu Aug 18, 2005
Paying the Piper for Last Year's Hurricanes
Floridians will soon have to pay up for the devastating losses of last years hurricane season.
Homeowners can expect to see a seven percent charge after the board of a state run insurance company voted for the assessment. Some homeowners are outraged about it.
Last years hurricanes are gone, but certainly not forgotten. Your reminder will soon come in the form of a charge to bail out Citizens Property Insurance, the company of last resort.
The six point eight percent add-on is infuriating to Carol and Ned Bliss who chose not to live on the coast for fear of hurricane damage. "Were still going to have to pay for people who live at the beach and risk losing everything. I plan to protest with the legislature."
Homeowners across Florida will pay the charge, whether you live on the coast or not. So, if you pay about $1,000 for your homeowners insurance, youll pay an extra $70.
Citizens Property has the authority to make up debts by passing them along to insurance companies. The charge will help the company recover $516 million loss.
Justin Glover is spokesperson for Citizens Property Insurance. "Were in a good position to continue paying claims stemming from any event this year."
Jeff Grady, President of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents says the bail out isnt fair. "If you are going to live along the coast, there is a price to doing so. It seems patently unfair to those who cant afford to do so or choose not to."
Homeowners should start seeing the charge on policies that renew after November 1.
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Fri Feb 04, 2005
Huge Sewage Leak in Sarasota and into the Ocean Today
Sewage flowing into the sea in Sarasota.
Since 1988, major malfunctions with a raw sewage pipeline in Sarasota have caused hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage to flow into the Hudson Bayou region. It has irritated neighbors, as well as posed threats to the local environment and local fish populations.
Todays event, that started early this morning, is now estimated to have distributed more than 500,000 gallons of raw waste into the surrounding ocean. By 8:30 am, a diesel-powered pump from Tampa arrived on the scene and was able to stop the overflow. Now, workers are determining what caused the electrical shortage that started the mess.
Here is what complicates the sewage spill. Two significant Red Tide algal blooms are alive about 15 miles off of our coast. These toxic plant-like organisms are known to kill fish, wash ashore and litter our beaches. People on the beaches may suffer temporary respiratory irritation.
In certain documented cases in California, sewage leaks have been known to increase the size and potential damage of red tides. This has worried local State and Local officials, but fortunately, there seems to be some good news to report. Our local red tides, known as Karenia Brevis, thrive on elements that aren’t part of this sewage dilemma, so there is the good chance that the sewage won’t cause a fast, massive explosion in the size of our red tide beds just offshore.
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