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Fanfare for an Uncommon Man

Stu Kreisman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Union College, Norman Kreisman, Mental Health, Volunteering, Dads, Sarasota, Florida, Fatherhood, Parents, Fifty News
Stu Kreisman

Norman Leonard Kreisman is my father. He is an ordinary man who has led an extraordinary life. To say I'm proud of him would be a vast understatement.

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Any Given Child: A Progress Report

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Springfield, Any Given Child, Education, Sarasota, Portland, Arts, Austin, Sacramento, Arts Education, Kevin Johnson, Las Vegas, Kennedy Center, Arts Funding, Education Arts Funding, Education News
Michael Kaiser

One challenge that is universally experienced is the shrinking pool of public funding for arts education. No one who works in arts education can ignore this reality.

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Man Decapitates Another Man Who Knocked Over Grill

Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Florida News, Ricky L. Leer, Sarasota, Homeless Man Decapitated, Beheading, Decapitation, Sarasota County, Sarasota Beheading, Beheading in Sarasota, Homelessness, Ricky Leer, Miami News

Three homeless men barbequing steaks and drinking rum in the Sarasota County woods ended with one man decapitated, one man in jail, and one man servin...

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A Decade Later, Students With Bush On 9/11 Remember The Day

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Sarasota Military Academy, Education, Florida Schools, Sarasota Florida, 9/11 Anniversary, George W. Bush, Schools on 9/11, 9/11, Emma E. Booker Elementary, Sarasota, Schools, September 11 Anniversary, September 11th, Video, Education News

SARASOTA, Fla. — The 16 children who shared modern America's darkest moment with President George W. Bush are high school seniors now – fo...

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Boost Your Sales and Enhance Your Brand With Little-Known QR Codes

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Nielson Survey, Mike Payne, Sarasota, Feature Phones, Western North Carolina, Real Estate, Corky Vetten, Retailers, Branding, Exit Realty, Small Business Owners, Ethical Bean Coffee, Restaurant Sales, Sandals Realty, Business News, Track Inventory, Virtual House Tour, Discount Coupons, Ibm, Increase Sales, Bradenton, Florida State University, Rorschach Inkblots, QR Codes, Target Marketing Magazine, North Georgia, Two Dimensional Bar Code, Merkle, Brookstone, Southwest Florida, Smart Phones, Barcode.com, Small Business, Craig Aberle, Webtrends, Barcoding, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Quick response codes have the potential to boost your sales, enhance your brand and turn your plain vanilla print advertisement into an interactive, m...

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Trouble, Millionaire Dog, Is Dead

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Pets, Leona Helmsley Trouble, Harry Helmsley, Leona Helmsley Dog, Sarasota, Animals in the News, Eileen Sullivan, Leona Helmsley, Weird News News

NEW YORK — Leona Helmsley's millionaire Maltese has died. The Helmsley family trust said Thursday that 12-year-old Trouble died Dec. 13 and was c...

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Catholic Priest Pulls A Weiner On Florida Beach And Exposes Himself

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Bernard Chojnacki, Englewood, Catholic Priests, Indecent Exposure, Caspersen Beach, Sarasota, Dumb Criminals, Florida, Weird Florida, Weird News News

Police arrested a Catholic priest for exposing himself to an undercover detective on a beach in Englewood, Fl., near Sarasota. Rev. Bernard Chojna...

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The Future of Seafood? Farming Siberian Sturgeon For More Than Just Caviar

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farm Raised, Aquaculture, Nyc, Petrossian, Caviar, Research, Skeeternyc, Green, Food Curated, Featured, Liza deGuia, Caviar Houses, Mote Marine, Good Food, Sustainable, Video, Restaurants, Fish, Sarasota, Environment, Documentary, Food, Siberian Sturgeon, Florida, Fishing, Beluga, Sturgeon, Seafood, Food News
Liza de Guia

Meet Jim Michaels, of Mote Marine Laboratory's Siberian Sturgeon Program. Jim has been working for over a decade on an eco-friendly and sustainable solution for growing farm-raised sturgeon.

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Substitute Teacher Training

Christopher Reeve | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Amory, Education, Child Abuse, Substitute, Fort Lauderdale, Training, Sarasota, Florida, Teacher, Broward, Education News
Christopher Reeve

In the absence of their regular teacher, students need and deserve a qualified substitute teacher to ensure that instruction moves forward in a safe environment.

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Business Peer Groups, Coaching and Mentoring Can Help Small Businesses Prosper and Create Jobs

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Projections, Business Concepts, Venture Capital, Peer Groups, Entrepreneur, Atlanta, Sarasota, Workshop, Job Creation, Loneliness, Business Roundtable, Small Business Owners, Score, Simple Steps, Business News, U.S. Small Business Administration, Funding Alternatives, Volunteering, Sba, Commercial Real Estate, Marketing Plan, Business Failure, The Alternative Board, Small Business, Start-Up Basics, Vistage, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Peer groups, coaching and mentoring are playing important roles in growing small business and creating jobs.

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The Obama Administration is Discouraging Entrepreneurship by Preaching That Taking Risk is Evil

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Reform, Florida, Entrepreneur, Sarasota, President Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Controlling Risk, Cash Flow, Risk Taking, Middle Sized Businesses, Financial Greed, Risk, Small Business Owners, Score, Middle Market Businesses, Codifying Risk, Longboat Key, Business News, Privately Held Businesses, Sba, Financial Charts, Graphs, Financial Institutions, Small Business, To Big to Fail, Bradenton, Cyberchapter, Business News
Jerry Chautin

President Barack Obama and his risk-aversive legislators are sending the wrong message to America's entrepreneurs. They equate risk taking with wanton greed and evildoing.

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Shining in the Dark: Finding Some Good in the Tragedy of the Oil Spill

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean-Up, World Oceans Day, Graduation, Robert Frost, Sea Turtles, Florida, Dolphins, Bp, Sarasota, Seabirds, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Ptsd, Poetry, Green News
Brenda Peterson

We can support the tourist businesses that need our help.

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Health Care Public Option Vigil in Sarasota, Florida Brings Out Hundreds of Supporters

Lisa Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarasota Health Care, Health Care Vigil, Vern Buchanan, Sarasota, FL Public Option Rally, Politics News
Lisa Daily

Support for the public option and the President's health care plan was strong and vocal. More than five hundred supporters carried candles, waved signs and chanted "Health Care Now."

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Digital Television Delay

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poynter Institute, Pbs, Public Service Announcements, Congress, Verizon, AT&T, Media, Barack Obama, National Association of Broadcasters, St. Petersburg, Wired, Wired Magazine, Digital TV, Television, Media Matters, Nielsen, Sarasota, Tampa, Florida, Switch to Digital TV, Technology, Media News
Stephanie Vaughn Hapke

I'm sorry, but if people have not heeded the warnings by now, they either do not watch enough TV for this to be an issue, or they just don't care.

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