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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Orioles, Pirates Partner for Miracle Field; Payne Park May Get Disc Golf Course and more from Sarasota Patch

Orioles, Pirates Partner for Miracle Field; Payne Park May Get Disc Golf Course and more from Sarasota Patch
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February 22, 2012

Payne Park May Get Disc Golf Course

Charles Schelle | Feb 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

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A 9-hole disc golf course may be built in Payne Park for less than $6,000.

Would Sarasota Give Susan Stanton Another Chance?

Charles Schelle | Feb 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

Susan Stanton, a transgendered female who was the former Largo city manager as Steven Stanton, is interested again in the Sarasota city manager post.

Cholesterol Unchained: What's Your Number?

Judy Gray | Feb 22, 2012 | 1 Comment

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Read along as we learn the good, bad and ugly facts about cholesterol, the benefits of incorporating plant-based foods into your diet and reducing risk factors on the journey toward living well.

5 Things: Mock Drills Wednesday and Thursday

Charles Schelle | Feb 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

Sarasota County Government and law enforcement agencies will conduct two unrelated mock drills this week in Sarasota. Today will feature a tornado response drill and Thursday will cover child abduction.

Orioles, Pirates Partner for Miracle Field

Charles Schelle | Feb 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

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Sarasota County will host a grand opening for the Orioles Pirates Miracle League Field of Manasota in Longwood Park on Saturday.
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February 22, 2012

Cholesterol Unchained: What's Your Number?

Judy Gray | Feb 22, 2012 | 1 Comment

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Read along as we learn the good, bad and ugly facts about cholesterol, the benefits of incorporating plant-based foods into your diet and reducing risk factors on the journey toward living well.
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February 22, 2012

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Education Foundation’s February 24 Benefit To Auction Top 25 Student Art Works

Feb 21, 2012

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17th Annual Evening of Excellence Over 400 guests in will gather at Michael’s On East on Friday evening, when the Education …

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2012 New College Juried Student Art Exhibition Announces Winners

Feb 21, 2012

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The winners of the fourth annual New College Juried Student Art Exhibition were announced at the opening reception on February 9. …

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February 22, 2012

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Florida Watercolor Society 40th Annual Exhibition at ArtCenter Manatee

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Washington Post: George Huguely found guilty of 2nd-degree murder in the death of Yeardley Love

The Washington PostWednesday, February 22, 2012 6:59:32 PM
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George Huguely found guilty of 2nd-degree murder in the death of Yeardley Love


Former University of Virginia lacrosse player is found guilty of second-degree murder in the May 2010 death of his sometime girlfriend, Yeardley Love. Both were students at the university and accomplished lacrosse players.


Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/george-huguely-guilty-of-second-degree-murder/2012/02/21/gIQA1ss4TR_story.html 



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Senate Delays Same-Sex Marriage Vote - Lutherville-Timonium, MD Patch

Senate Delays Same-Sex Marriage Vote - Lutherville-Timonium, MD Patch:

Lengthy debate and amendments expected Thursday.
"The Maryland Senate has delayed its vote on same-sex marriage legislation until Thursday.

The 47 legislators had planned to take up the bill, which was passed Friday by the House of Delegates, during its Wednesday morning session... http://timonium.patch.com/articles/senate-delays-same-sex-marriage-vote

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Obama's Dividend Assault and others news and views from The Wall Street Journal


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Obama's Dividend Assault
A plan to triple the tax rate would hurt all shareholders.
 

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Jenkins: A Stock Market for the Rest of Us?
A Silicon Valley start-up shows big business how its best customers can also be its best shareholders.
 

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John Taylor: A Better Grecian Bailout
The fears of contagion from Athens were always exaggerated. Now the issues are whether Greece will reform and whether Europe will cut it off if it doesn't.
 

 
REVIEW & OUTLOOK

Racial Preferences Redux
The Supreme Court revisits discrimination and government.
 

 
The Tragic Greek Sideshow
No country should be forced to remain in the euro against its will.
 

 
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Best of the Web Today: Mystification and Triumphalism
Why the left can't handle the truth about social conservatism.
 

 
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Haass and Levi: How to Talk Down Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions
Before deciding on war or containment, the West should offer a good-faith compromise to the mullahs and the Iranian people.
 

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Austan Goolsbee: Jeremy Lin and America's 'New Exports'
The U.S. runs a huge trade surplus in tourism, tuition paid by foreign students, even NBA jerseys sold abroad.
 

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Andrew Klavan: Gary Carter Showed Me How to Play the Game
I never met the baseball great, who died last week. But he spoke to me in my darkest hour.
 

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Benn Steil: Why We Can't Believe the Fed
The bank's predictions of its own behavior are only as good as its predictions of the economy. It has a poor track record.
 

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Walter Russell Mead on the government's costly biases against entrepreneurs and small firms.
 

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Defying the Doomsayers
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Serving up Chowder to save the Marine Corps - National Historic Americans | Examiner.com

Serving up Chowder to save the Marine Corps - National Historic Americans | Examiner.com: "When one hears the phrase, The Few, the Proud, the Marines! images fill the mind of brave men and women who follow in the footsteps of their forbearers to protect America. When played by the President’s own, the Marine Band, patriotic goosebumps break out on one’s arms as the notes of the Marine Hymn fill the air. It is hard to image such a magnificent group once stood in harm’s way of being dismantled... http://www.examiner.com/historic-americans-in-national/serving-up-chowder-to-save-the-marine-corps

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Kevin Dayhoff TheTentacle.com: Baseball spring training & the “Magic” of Jackie Robinson http://tinyurl.com/7pmgjjg

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TheTentacle.com: "February 22, 2012 The “Magic” of Jackie Robinson Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934

The first day of Baltimore Orioles’ spring training began Sunday when the pitchers and catchers reported for the annual ritual in Sarasota, Florida.

It’s a sure sign that – thankfully – spring weather is about to make its debut in Maryland.

Baseball has always been a favorite topic for many local history writers. And why not? Writing about baseball is fun. It has everything to warm the keyboard including summertime, arcane statistics, intrigue, colorful events, talent, family, and friends.

Articles about sports are fun to read and sports writers are some of my favorite writers… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4934

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Marjorie Censer - Washington Post: GSA focuses on small businesses as fed spending falls


As federal spending shrinks, the General Services Administration says it’s taking an active effort to help small businesses win government work.

The agency has been hosting weeklong training sessions across the country for small businesses that hold spots on GSA contract vehicles known as schedules. It also has been providing online events for companies looking to break into government work and promoting a mentor-protege program that partners large and small businesses.

“It’s very clear that the government is going to be spending less money, so that means that it is going to be tougher [and] there are going to be fewer dollars to chase,” said Steven J. Kempf, commissioner of GSA’s federal acquisition service. Small businesses are “going to have to chase harder, they’re going to have to sharpen their pencils.” … http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/gsa-focuses-on-small-businesses-as-fed-spending-falls/2012/02/13/gIQAHwT1NR_story.html


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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Obama: Cut NWS. Effect on Keys? No one knows and other news from KeysNet.com

  • Monroe County will side with opponents of commercial electricity for No Name Key in a court case over who has final say over whether such power goes to the Lower Keys island.
  • The Obama administration's proposed cut of National Weather Service funding in the coming year could have an impact on the agency's Key West operation, but it's way too early to tell.
  • Convicted by a Key West jury Thursday night of skimming thousands of dollars from taxpayer-funded grants, Norma Jean Sawyer, the 60-year-old former executive director of the nonprofit Bahama Conch Community Land Trust, faces sentencing March 21.
  • When the wind would allow it, the fishing was fantastic over the past couple of weeks. January sure was a windy month, overall.
  • Mother Nature is gifting us with a yellowtail bite on the reef that is more characteristic of April than February.

    It was outstanding prior to our little cold front on Sunday. Although temps dipped for a couple of days, we'll be right back into the 80-degree range before you know it. This bodes well for snapper fishing.
  • Another great week for fishing was experienced by those anglers who got out on the water last week. With a strong bite offshore and in the backcountry, it is getting tough to choose which direction to steer your boat.
  • For a listing of home and condo sales in the Florida Keys for the period Jan. Feb. 4 through Feb. 11, click here:
  • Northeast travelers passing through the busy Penn Station train depot in New York City are being immersed in Florida Keys vacation messages during February, courtesy of a monthlong campaign funded by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council.
  • Anyone driving by Mrs. Mac’s Kitchen in Key Largo around lunchtime is likely to slow down at the mini traffic jam caused by diners trying to squeeze into the small parking lot of the popular eatery.

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