Melanie’s New Video

Melanie Bowles, who spoke at our April meeting, has a new video posted on YouTube. It'll give you some idea of what her Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary family is all about. The video is also an example of why some people (including me) think a herd of horses running free is just about the most beautiful sight anyone could ask for. At least it is for those of us who love animals in general and horses in particular. Check it out at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crBUioqs3j8

WSLR News for May 23, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama speaks at the St. Pete Times Forum before 15,000 people.

ALLEN PLAY AREA TO CLOSE FOR REPAIRS

The popular Allen Play area at Bayfront Park will be closing in mid-June for repairs. Due to wear and tear from high usage, as well as the harsh salty environment, contractors will be closing the playground to repair the play structure and completely replace the rubber mat underneath it.

NEW OPERATING HOURS FOR THE CHILDREN’S FOUNTAIN

Due to budget constraints, the City of Sarasota is adjusting the daily operating hours for the Children’s Fountain at Bayfront Park. Beginning May 27, 2008 the Children’s Fountain will be open noon to 7:00p.m., weather permitting. Historically, the summer hours began at 10:00a.m. Use of the fountain during normal hours is free of charge.

Flex 3 Remoting Error - Channel.Call.Failed

I was setting up a new Flex3 project on my Mac using ColdFusion 8 and Flash Remoting and ran into the following error when calling the remote object: [RPC Fault faultString="error" faultCode="Channel.Call.Failed" faultDetail="NetConnection.Call.Failed: HTTP: Failed"] The call and path to the CFCs was correct so I thought it might have something to do with server configuration. I searched the internets for a similar error message but could not find any relevant results. I was stumped as I have other Flex 3 / Flash Remoting projects running on the same machine. I setup a test project and moved the CFC to a directory that worked with another project and the call was successful. Since the CFC and Flash Remoting was working properly the issue had something to do with the directory I was using. I then realized that the CFCs were buried within an existing ColdFusion project and there were perhaps some security issues. Solution: I added a blank application.cfm file into the directory where my CFC lived and that did the trick.

Front Door Organics

Front Door Organics offers year round delivery of fresh organic produce, dairy, meats & poultry, groceries and more in the greater Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota and Bradenton Florida areas. Order by email, phone or fax choosing just the items you want or you can choose one of our custom weekly produce and perishable boxes. Weekly availability lists will be published on our site and will updatd regularly for you to use. We are committed to supporting organic and local agriculture from farms that we know and trust!

Waste Management PR

I guess it's good to tell your story...

Waste Management landfills provide lots of wildlife habitat. Not sure where it is but I hope they wouldn't say it if it was not true...

Might also help if they worked hard to keep stuff out of the landfills... lots of opportunity to recycle stuff "we" throw away.

VAN WEZEL FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW VISION AND TWO MAJOR NEW GIFTS

The new leadership of the Van Wezel Foundation was introduced for the first time at the City Commission meeting on Monday May 19 at City Hall. The leadership of the Foundation includes:

CITY HALL CLOSES FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Sarasota, FL: City of Sarasota administration offices will be closed May 26, 2008 in observance of Memorial Day. The closing includes City Hall, the Federal Building and Public Works, although solid waste and recycling collection will not be impacted.

Cutting down nature to save nature

Here is a nice large pine tree in Laurel Park. It no longer exists.

Seems the developer of the property has a plan for a house with solar panels on the roof. The pine tree was deemed to be a hiderance as it would shade the solar panel.

Removal was the only option.

Thus nature was cut down and removed so we could save the planet....


[A similar action in California sparked worldwide attention recently.]

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