Naples, Florida, has some beautiful beaches, but this Saturday it was the sunset that caught my attention. The sea teems with life. I saw thick schools of tiny fish, and a pod of porpoises. The fishing pier is a good viewpoint, even if you are not fishing.
Above: Naples Pier at Sunset
Below: Sunset from the Pier
HONG KONG: British sweet maker Cadbury said yesterday it had recalled its China-made chocolates from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia after tests found traces of melamine in the products.
Cadbury found traces of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese-made products recalled in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia, a spokesman said.
Nestle, Cadbury … these are big names!
This problem is worldwide. Some countries may choose not to report the incidents of poisoned food.
(Read the full post about ‘Cadbury recalls China products’…)
I am not laughing. This is a very sad matter that a daughter should be estranged from her father. Yasmin Fostok is a daughter of cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed. While her father wants women covered head to toe, she (shown on the left) is entertaining by dancing while scantily clad. This is truly a clash of cultures. Click on her thumbnail image to see the photo and read the entire 27th September 2008 article by Michael Seamark and Emily Andrews. Here is a quote:
Bakri, who said the British people brought the 7/7 outrages on themselves and praised the ‘ magnificent’ September 11 hijackers, raised his six children on benefits totalling £300,000, and his daughter is following suit.
(Read the full post about ‘Voluptuous Pole-dancer’s Daddy is Radical Cleric’…)
According to Robert Nolin of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Ken Jenne will be out of jail after serving 10 months of his year and a day sentence for corruption! He was part owner in a company that trained officers of the Royal Barbados Police Force. Did the Barbadian politicians know that Jenne was corrupt? Here are a couple of quotes from the Sun-Sentinel:
After a stint in federal prison on a corruption conviction, former Broward County sheriff and political power broker Ken Jenne will come home Monday to simpler concerns: his garden and dog.
“NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The federal government would provide as much as $700 billion in a far-reaching plan to rescue the nation’s troubled financial system, according to a bill released by leading lawmakers on Sunday.”
Republican leaders are supporting the compromise made with the Democrat-controlled House and Senate. See Foxnews Article
Update: Bush hails ‘extraordinary agreement’
Update: Democrat-controlled House fails to pass bill - blames Republicans.
Book Battle
Lots of students all over the state are reading the same books as you are, from the Sunshine State Young Readers and Florida Teens Read lists. Join in the conversation about these books at tampabay.com/nie/bookbattle. Choose the book from grade level lists, check out the discussion questions and blogging prompts. Blog your heart out, then come back and see what other students have to say.
Most of the books on the Sunshine State Young Readers and Florida Teens Read lists have a conflict. Look for an article in the St. Petersburg Times that focuses on a conflict.
REDINGTON BEACH - A St. Petersburg motorcyclist was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when he rear-ended a car on Gulf Boulevard and became trapped in the wreckage.
According to investigators with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Albert Raymond Lacombe of Andover, Minn., was stopped in the northbound lanes of Gulf Boulevard at 157th Avenue to allow pedestrians to cross the road at about 12:30 p.m.
The driver of the motorcycle, John Daniel Shuman, 53, failed to stop and ran into the back of Lacombe’s 2007 Toyota Avalon.
Shuman was pinned between the motorcycle and the car. He was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
(Read the full post about ‘Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash on Gulf Boulevard’…)
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH – Residents of the Penny Plaza apartment complex kept a mid-morning blaze there under control until firefighters could arrive.
But now arson detectives with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the fire as suspicious.
The 18-unit complex made news last month after residents learned the building was in danger of foreclosure.
A neighbor called 911 at 10:30 a.m. Sunday to report the fire at 2207 Bay Boulevard, # 203.
According to the sheriff’s office, a man was sleeping in his living room when he awoke to the smell of smoke. The man, who deputies did not identify, grabbed his dog and left the apartment before returning with a fire extinguisher.
(Read the full post about ‘Arson detectives investigating apartment fire’…)
ST. PETERSBURG — A 29-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested on drunk driving charges early today after his Dodge Charger veered off Interstate 175 and rolled down an embankment near Tropicana Field, authorities said.
The crash occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Investigators say Jason Patrick Donahue was driving west on I-175 near 16th Street when he lost control. The car went off the road, hit a speed limit sign and two light poles, then flipped over and went down the embankment. It finally stopped near Fifth Avenue S, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Donahue and his passenger, 29-year-old Brianna Velivis of Pinellas Park, sustained minor injuries, the FHP said.
(Read the full post about ‘Car rolls off highway near Tropicana Field’…)
A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office hellicopter takes off after touching down in front of the gate to the Pendola Point Terminal of the Port of Tampa. [DANIEL WALLACE | Times]
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue is trying to contain a three-alram fire on a conveyor belt at the Kinder Morgan building at the Port of Tampa.
Twenty fire trucks, several fire rescue boats, a helicopter and more than 45 fire fighters are currently at the blaze at 4310 Pendola Point, said Capt. Ray Yeakley, a spokesman for fire rescue.
Kinder Morgan, a dry and liquid bulk handling company, works with a lot of hazardous materials, Yeakley said, so emergency responders have sealed off the scene until they can determine what is burning.
(Read the full post about ‘Conveyor belt starts blaze at port’…)