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    <title>Nuclear proliferation in the Sunshine State</title>
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        Is nuclear power part of Florida's energy future?...
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      After a long slumber, the beast that is nuclear power has once again shaken off the dust of history and is prowling the American political landscape. Progress Energy Florida plans to build two new nuclear power plants about two hours north of Sarasota. The state has already approved the plants, but federal approval will likely take three to four years. Nuclear power was supposed to be the peace dividend of The Manhattan Project. We built the bombs that ended World
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    <title>College Survival Guide &amp;#39;08</title>
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        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      Attention first-year college students (freshmen is such a sexist anachronism), everything you have learned up to this point in your life is largely meaningless. Any wisdom you may have thought that you accrued during high school or even or this past summer ain&#39;t worth a bucket of warm Rolling Rocks. You have, for reasons unbeknownst to us here at Creative Loafing, chosen to spend your college years in Sarasota, a city best known as a consistent winner of AARP&#39;s &quot;Most
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    <title>For what it&amp;#39;s worth</title>
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        Advice for Sarasota's collegiate tenderfoots...
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      Here at Creative Loafing, we all look back on our college years, especially the seven that food critic Brian Ries put in, with great and warm affection. It was with those warm fuzzy memories, or was it foggy memories, that we all wanted to offer a brief bit of advice to those starting out on their collegiate journey. Jonathan Maziarz, editor: Don&#39;t be afraid to try new things, but fer Gawd&#39;s sake, don&#39;t ever listen to most of the things
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    <title>Birds in the belfry</title>
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        Mosquito eaters take up residence in tall, dirty hole...
       
      
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      I have to constantly remind myself that our home is built on what was once wild land. The birds and other critters were there first, so when they encroach on what we&#39;ve staked out as our space, I try to maintain my sense of humor. The house we rented in Sarasota could be most accurately described as a place that was formerly luxurious, but has since gone to seed. The owners slapped up a fresh coat of paint, but really,
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    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Shelter from the storm</title>
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        ShelterBox USA is working in disaster areas around the world...
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      What do the citizens of New Orleans, China and Myanmar have in common? They have all felt the outstretched hand of ShelterBox, a United Kingdom and Lakewood Ranch-based aid group. Founded in 1999 by former Royal Navy search and rescue diver Tom Henderson as a project for his Rotary Club in Helton-Lizard, ShelterBox provides relief kits packed into plastic tubs. The 100-plus pound kits contain vital supplies for creating shelter (a tent), cooking food, purifying water and entertaining small children.
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    <title>Getting your hands dirty</title>
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        How to join ShelterBox's field team...
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      Casey Chadwick, public relations and marketing director for ShelterBox USA, ran through the details of becoming a member of the ShelterBox Response Team (SRT), the people who accompany the boxes into the disaster zone, bring them to the affected people and show them how to set up the tent and use the gear.&bull; Potential SRT members need to fill out an application and have it reviewed by SRT training staff.&bull; There will then be a phone interview, and if the
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    <title>Death in the gulf</title>
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        Filthy waters are lapping at our shores....
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      Pop quiz -- What does this summer&#39;s flooding in the Midwest have to do with the water quality off our beaches? Head down to any one of the area beaches and look west. Nothing but beautiful blue-green water all the way to the horizon. Go ahead and wade in. Look down. Even on the busiest of days, you&#39;ll see fish, crustaceans and other sea creatures darting around. This looks like a healthy, thriving ecosystem. OK, get out of the water.
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    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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        Does Sarasota need a baseball team anyway?...
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      The future of spring training baseball in Sarasota has been the subject of a wide-ranging and, as yet, inconclusive, debate in the city. Here&#39;s what we know: &bull; The Cincinnati Reds have been playing spring training games at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota since 1989. They are leaving Florida&#39;s Grapefruit League for the lower-humidity confines of Arizona&#39;s Cactus League starting in 2010. &bull; Local agitators immediately raised the idea of stealing the Boston Red Sox, who are currently ensconced in
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Bird sanctuary gets a second life</title>
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        Woman building on the legacy of the Pelican Man....
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      Drive through the parking lot of Mote Marine Laboratory, and tucked in the back you will see what remains of the Pelican Man&#39;s operations. It may have only been two years since the bird rescue operation closed, but Mother Nature has moved quickly to reclaim the property. One woman, Lee Fox, is battling to get the bird sanctuary back up and running. She needs a lot of help. I am not going to cover the checkered past of the sanctuary,
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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>The plastic bag menace</title>
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        A tour of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch....
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      Paper or plastic? We hear the question every time we go to the grocery store. Most people choose plastic, and since the bags are cheaper for grocery chains, the choice is encouraged by most baggers, &quot;Plastic OK today?&quot; The bags however, are an environmental disaster. They are especially harmful to aquatic life and, unfortunately, while floating in the water, mimic the preferred prey of many sea turtles, jellyfish. Most people have a profound indifference to what they discard. It gets
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    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Pass on this Midnight opening</title>
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        Plan to reopen Midnight Pass is unnecessary....
       
      
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      It&#39;s time for Sarasota County to do the right thing and leave Midnight Pass in peace. Midnight Pass was once a channel in Little Sarasota Bay. In 1983, what remained of the increasingly unnavigable pass was bulldozed shut -- with the permission of the county -- to protect nearby homes being threatened by beach erosion. Since then, the area has flourished and become important wildlife habitat. The tidal currents have also caused sand to pile up on the beaches of
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Entranced by the Tour de France</title>
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        The ultimate cycling race again teases a lifelong fan....
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      July is one of the best months of the year for sporting events. Fans of every type have something to cheer for and most of the events go on for days if not weeks: &bull; You have the boys of summer getting down to business nearly every day on the baseball diamond as pennant races begin to take shape. &bull; This is not to neglect Major League Baseball&#39;s All-Star Game. As a child in the &#39;70s, I treasured the All-Star
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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        That buzz in your head is only marketing; ignore it....
       
      
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      One of the dilemmas faced on a near daily basis by people who consider themselves even marginally green is &quot;What is the right thing to do?&quot; On a recent stroll though Whole Foods, I could almost hear the fuses blowing in people&#39;s heads: &quot;Should I buy the Prius and save on gas, but what about the toxic metals that go into making all those batteries?&quot; &quot;Is the wild Pacific salmon, flown here at great cost from an already on-the-brink fishery
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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        What happens when the bottom of the market takes over?...
       
      
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      The housing crisis, fueled by a massive load of ill-advised subprime loans, continues to deepen nationwide. The Sarasota-Bradenton area is, unfortunately, one of the centers of destruction wrought by this epidemic of predatory lending. It is beginning to destroy home values and it is only going to get worse. In a report in the Wall Street Journal last week, as of the fourth quarter of 2007, this area had 5.3 percent of its properties in foreclosure. Property values had dropped
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    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Mmmm ... pig fat</title>
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        Sarasota strives to satisfy at least one primal urge...
       
      
        By Jonathan Maziarz
      
      
      Food and shelter -- the two most basic elements to quality of life for human beings. At Creative Loafing, we promise you shelter from the mainstream each week by giving you the best arts, entertainment and political news to be found in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. This week, we are specializing in coverage of sustenance with our annual food issue. We always offer you a morsel each week, be it one of Brian Ries&#39; restaurant reviews or a feature on organic
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    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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