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Florida Today-May 18, 2010-Michelle Spitzer-The Brevard Community College Board of Trustees voted 4-1 to transfer ownership of the Cocoa Village Playhouse to the city in which it resides-Cocoa-if Cocoa wants it back. According to the article, Cocoa city counselor members have said they would explore the possibility after taking a look at the theater’s finances. Brevard Community College vice chair, Steven G. Charpentier likened the deal to a child who is matured and is ready to leave home. “I see this as a situation where BCC took a child that was in dyer need,” Charpentier said. “Wasn’t going to survive without our help. It wasn’t going to breathe without our help. We nurtured this child. The child grew, the child got strong…now it’s time to the spread the wings and go.” “It’s not for us to say we’re going to hold you back on tether because we’re going to make you pay ever nickel you took from us.” Short, the Cocoa Village Playhouse is not fit the core mission of Brevard Community College but does, in fact, fit squarely into the core mission of the city of Cocoa.

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1. 32 million more Americans get insurance

2. Pre-existing medical conditions will be covered

3. Basic benefits are guaranteed for everyone in Medicare

4. Sets up a temporary plan to help people with pre-existing health conditions (denial of pre-existing medical coverage for adults does not go into effect until 2014)

5. Provides additional benefits such as coverage for adult children until age 26

6. Leaves medical decisions in your hands

7. Requires most people to have insurance coverage by 2014

8. Creates State-run insurance exchanges

9. Offers immediate tax credit to help small business

10. Keeps Medicare financially sound and reduces the U.S. deficit by estimated 143 billion dollars

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Visor Down-May 10, 2010-According to this article Yamaha knew that 2009 was going to be a tough year, predicting a loss of 182 billion yen. Unfortunately, the actual numbers are significantly worse, with an actual net loss of 216.1 billion yen. This makes Harley-Davidson’s losses appear small. Why is this happening? Worldwide bike sales have dropped nearly 21%- with the biggest hits coming in the core markets of the U.S., down 46% in Europe, which has dropped by more than 33%. Yamaha is also suffering losses with regard to its marine products. Yamaha plans to close 7 of it’s 21 factories and slash an extra 1,000 jobs on top of the 1,700 jobs it’s already cut. The majority of these job cuts will be in the firm’s higher-end bike factories.

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Florida Today-May4, 2010-Rick Neale-Brevard County officials may (and in fact have) opted out of a class-action lawsuit seeking repayment for unpaid tourists taxes from Internet travel companies. Why would the County do this? Because the County’s attorneys’ (including Steve G. Charpentier, Esq.) have filed their own similar lawsuit and believe they can win a separate, larger multi-million dollar judgment.

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US Patton Application-12/474, 52, filed by Ducati Motor holding on May 29, 2009, describes a motorcycle chassis comprised of distinct front and rear structures and the engine as a load-bearing member. Sources say that a better than a 50/50 chance now exists that we will see this “frame less” concept on production Ducati Motorcycles. Keep in mind that the late John Britten showed a similar structure on his bikes in the early 90’s (although he had a different front suspension). Source: Motorcyclist Magazine-May 2010, James Parker, United States Patton Application Publications.

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AARP Bulletin-April 2010 Volume 51 #3-Florida medical schools graduated 436 doctors in 2008. By comparison California medical schools graduated 1,060 doctors, South Dakota medical schools graduated 53 doctors and Alaska medical schools graduated zero doctors for the same year.

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Florida Today-April 5, 2010-Florida Today Staff-According to this article a man was killed when his SUV flipped and crashed. The single vehicle crash occurred on US Highway 1 near its intersection with the Pineda Causeway in Brevard County, Florida. The unidentified driver of the SUV was transported to Holmes Regional Medical Center Hospital where he died according to the Brevard County Florida Highway Patrol. A passenger in the SUV was also taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center Hospital. At the time of the article his condition was unknown. Apparently no other motor vehicles were involved and no other persons were injured.

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Florida Today-April 5, 2010-USA Today-Larry Copeland-According to this article the number of pedestrians killed annually by trains in the past decade has changed little (in the year 2000-463–in the year 2009-434) while the number of motorists killed annually by trains has dropped dramatically (year 2000-425–year 2009-248).

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Florida Today-April 2, 2010-According to this article the Banana River Sail and Power Squadron will offer a Basic Boating Safety Course in Melbourne. Students will learn the fundamentals of safe boating including boat handling, boat operation and basic boat piloting. Apparently this course meets Florida State and National Association of State Boating Law Administrators requirements for certification.

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Florida Today-April 2, 2010-According to this article Cocoa Police were recently searching for a gunman who fired several rounds from a 9mm pistol in a residential area of Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida.

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