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18-09-2011 21:32 This is the new music video for "Beaches" by Phranchyze off the album "French Phrantana". A CASH POWERS PRODUCTION Directed by: Ted Powers and Cash Martin Cinematography by: Jason Harter and Cash Martin Edited by: Jason Harter, Ted Powers, and Cash Martin Download "Beaches" on Bandcamp FREE: For more videos and free Phranchyze music downloads, go to or Thanks to all the people that helped out, GZ, Tyler, P. Terry's, and to our lovely video vixens, lily, kayla, reagan, and cayley.

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ORANJESTAD, ARUBA--(Marketwire -04/24/12)- Aruba -- even the word alone conjures up images of beautiful beaches, friendly people, and relaxing with a tropical drink in hand. And it's all for good reason -- this breathtaking paradise offers everything a visitor could desire for a tropical getaway. And when visitors want to add a layer of luxury and seclusion to their Aruba spa resorts, they do it at the private island at the Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino.

Renaissance Island lets guests leave the cares of the world behind as they venture over to this exclusive getaway. The only island of its kind among hotels in Aruba on the beach, Renaissance Island features Aruba's only private beaches and is just an 8-minute water taxi ride away. It's truly an oasis with separate family-friendly beaches and beaches just for adults. Guests are invited to pamper themselves at the private Spa Cove, play a game of tennis, sit down to the delicious lunch specials at Papagayo Bar and Grill, or just lie back and enjoy the warm sun. A day on Renaissance Island is a day well spent.

Renaissance Island is even more attractive to guests who take advantage of the resort's "Twice the Paradise" package, which offers guests up to 40% off their stay. The promotion is available April 13 through December 21, 2012*.

To book the "Twice the Paradise" package, please visit http://www.renaissancearuba.com or call 1-800-228-9290 in the US. There, guests will also find other current Aruba hotel deals.

Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino, located in the heart of downtown Oranjestad, offers a waterfront oasis bursting with energy and excitement, and boasts two distinct resorts: one for families, one exclusively for adults. Both resorts offer excellent dining, shopping and endless entertainment. The Renaissance Marina Hotel is an adults-only haven with a sophisticated ambiance suited to singles and couples. For a family vacation, the Renaissance Ocean Suites has ample room and activities for everyone in the family.

This Aruba resort features an abundance of recreation for both adults and families from multiple pools to kids' activities. In addition, those who know Oranjestad restaurants will appreciate the resort's convenient location and on-site dining choices.

*Valid seven days a week, new bookings only. All rates are based on two persons per room per night. Promotional rates are valid for reservations booked by April 30, 2012 and traveled by December 21, 2012.

Limited number of rooms are available for these promotions. Tax is additional. Offer does not apply to groups of 10 or more rooms. Offers cannot be combined with any other promotions. Blackout dates may apply. Advance reservations required. Other restrictions apply. Rates are per room, per night and based on availability at the time of reservations.

About the Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino

Guests of the Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino can enjoy a range of restaurants, the exclusive Okeanos Spa, an exciting nightlife and the only private beach in Aruba on Renaissance Island. Home to one of the most popular hotels in Aruba on the beach, the Renaissance Resort also offers convenient access to the best shopping in Aruba with top, brand name boutiques on-site.

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'If Bali doesn't #DoSomething serious about this pollution it'll be impossible to surf here in a few years. Worst I've ever seen,' Kelly Slater tells his Twitter followers.

WORLD surfing champion Kelly Slater says Bali's beaches are littered with the "worst pollution" he has ever seen.

Slater, who has won 11 Association of Surfing Professionals world championships, voiced his concerns on popular micro-blogging website Twitter on Sunday (Melbourne time) from Bali.

"If Bali doesn't #DoSomething serious about this pollution it'll be impossible to surf here in a few years. Worst I've ever seen," he told his hundreds of thousands of followers.

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A foreign tourist walks past debris and rubbish at Kuta beach. Photo: AFP

When asked by a fan to elaborate on the source of the pollution, he tweeted: "Everything. Plastic, random rubbish, medical waste/needles on beach. Disgusting. Smelly water. Really sad."

He said solutions to the problem would require support from multiple industries.

Slater later re-published but did not respond to a follower's suggestion he make a documentary to prompt the Indonesian government to examine the problem.

A rubbish collector walks past a pile of garbage on Kuta beach. Photo: AFP

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Fred Fel Lee, District 2 Duval County School Board member, will be the featured speaker at a town hall meeting addressing education issues facing Beaches cities.

Beaches Watch, a civic activist group, will conduct the town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in the cafeteria of Fletcher Middle School, 2000 N. Third St. in Jacksonville Beach. The event is open to the public.

Lee, who represents the Beaches as part of his district, will provide updates on the school boards budget and advise residents on the current search for a new superintendent of schools as well as the hunt for a new principal for Fletcher High School, which serves the Beaches at its Neptune Beach campus.

Beaches Watch promotes educated citizen involvement in state and local issues that impact our quality of life. We hope this town hall will educate citizens about the issues that impact our beaches schools, said Beaches Watch President Sandy Golding.

For more information contact Beaches Watch at (904) 513-9242, email info@beacheswatch.com or visit the groups website at http://www.beacheswatch.com.

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SAN YSIDRO South County beaches remain closed 20 days after a major sewage spill caused by a software malfunction and operator error at a sewage plant in San Ysidro.

At least 2 million gallons of raw sewage leaked into the Tijuana River earlier this month. The sewage does not continue to flow into the water. However, a pump at the border was taken offline as a result of the spill to prevent Tijuana River flow from coming across the border and continue streaming into the ocean.

Officials at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant are meeting today with the environmental groups that originally alerted the public to the incident. The accident highlights a chronic sewage pollution problem plaguing the border region costing hundreds of millions of dollars in both the United States and Mexico.

The groups hope to determine when the pump can be turned back on, and when the beaches can reopen. They also hope to discuss ways to alleviate the communication breakdown that prevented the public from knowing about the spill until more than a week after it occurred.

"I think its really important to clarify the misconception that theres raw sewage spilling into the ocean right now, thats not correct," said Paloma Aguirre, a spokeswoman for the environmental group WiLDCOAST. "Beach closures are indirectly a result of the sewage spill. The pump station should be working and we shouldnt have to worry about cross border flow coming onto our beaches."

The plant, which has never consistently met Clean Water Act standards, is controlled by an arm of the U.S. government known as the International Boundary and Water Commission. It treats waste water from Mexico to minimize contamination of South Bay waterways and beaches.

The company issued the following statement about the spill: We take this matter seriously and are investigating the event fully to ensure it doesnt happen again. We are currently reviewing both the technical aspect related to the software, as well as operator response to the overflow. Environmental health and public safety are the highest priority and core to our business.

The South Bay plant was built in the late 1990s to process about 25 million gallons of sewage a day from Tijuana before discharging it into the ocean.

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Surfing champion Kelly Slater says Bali beaches are now so polluted surfing at the favourite holiday destination could soon be off limits.

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The official "opening" of the Beaches is Sunday as a parade snakes through much of Jacksonville Beach, but the onslaught of people jamming the shoreline in increasing numbers has been under way for years.

And some say the crowds cramming the coastline may never thin out, especially during the springtime. This year has already seen tens of thousands of people flocking to the Beaches, especially during key events such as the George's Music Springing the Blues festival this month, the Opening of the Beaches Parade Sunday at 2 p.m. and the Dancing in the Streets festival at Beaches Town Center in May.

"It's gotten larger and larger and larger," Neptune Beach Police Chief David Sembach said.

Beaches officials agree, there's no easy way to deal with the rising number of visitors to the coastline while others say it's time for Duval County to start considering other targets of outdoor water recreational opportunities beyond the beach.

Visitors to oceanfront Hanna Park near Mayport have increased slightly over three years, although there was a dip last year. There were 353,438 people in the fiscal year of 2008-09, 403,248 in 2009-10 and 395,417 in 2010-11.

Jacksonville Beach City Councilman Rick Knight said traffic on Third Street is sometimes backed up to the off-ramp from Butler Boulevard leading to the Beaches on weekends, and weeknights are seeing an uptick in visitors, too.

"The Beaches offer such fun and cheap entertainment that there's not much you can do about it. They're going to come," Knight said.

The crush of people slamming the city was so heavy that Jacksonville Beach was the first and still the only Beaches city to institute paid parking of $5 per vehicle at key parking lots in downtown two years ago. That still leaves dozens of street ends with parking lots that remain free to beachgoers who use vehicles to get to the shore.

"Really, the best way to handle it is paid parking," Knight said Friday.

Neptune Beach considered paid parking at and near the Beaches Town Center shopping hub in 2008. Sembach researched paid parking but the city backed off.

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31-10-2011 06:26 Capt. Blair fishes for cobia on the beaches of Florida's Space Coast with good friend, Capt. Scott Lum. Get the GEAR the MOGAN MAN uses @ http://www.addictivefishing.com Stay Connected @ addictivefishing.blogspot.com

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Registration is Open! What: 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival When: January 25 – 30, 2012 Where: Brevard Community College, North Campus, Titusville, Florida, with field trips and activities all around Brevard County. Visit the Festival web site to download the full-color program catalog by clicking on the cover image below. You can [...]

We’ve been traveling quite a bit recently, mostly weekend getaway trips to various Florida beaches, and we’re beginning to wonder whether hotels are the best option for us. This past weekend we booked two nights on Cocoa Beach in a small “mom and pop”style motel. It had mostly great reviews on TripAdvisor. For $85 per [...]

Most of the traveling I do involves Florida beaches and islands. In addition to suffering at some lousy accommodations, I’ve also had some outstanding experiences, so I thought I’d share a few of them here. This isn’t a complete list, and there are other places I’ve stayed that were quite good, but perhaps not good [...]

If you’re a fan of Terry Tomalin, outdoors writer for the St. Petersburg Times, you don’t need me to tell you that this book belongs in your hands. If you like the Florida outdoors and lean toward adventure activities, this book is likely to be a must for your library. Since I don’t have a [...]

What: 16th Annual International Seabean Symposium and Beachcombers Festival When: Friday October 21 and Saturday October 22, 2011. See schedule (link opens pdf file). Where: Cocoa Beach Public Library 550 North Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 Cost: Free! Visit the Seabean Symposium web site for more info. This weekend I will be giving my [...]

To most people, beach plants are just an obstacle to walk around on the way to the water. But they do serve a purpose. Many purposes, in fact. Beach plants are specially adapted to live in the hot, dry, salty environment of the upper beach and dune. But development of Florida’s has decimated beach plant [...]

Finding a moment of pure serenity is one of the best feelings that I can think of while sea or lakeside. Usually I find myself having to travel somewhere far and remote to find that feeling. I think of paying long-tail boat captains to go island hoping in the Gulf of Thailand, deep sea excursions in Indonesia. An urban setting of any size does not come to mind though but after seeing Lake Orta, I may have found that balance at the foot of the Italian Alps.

Nietzsche was inspired here, Balzac was drawn to it and Robert Browning mentions it in his poem “By the Fireside.” I don’t blame them. The Alps serve as a backdrop to the Baroque architecture in the town of Pella while the Island of St. Giulio sits at the center of the lake surrounded by a sense of mystique – almost like the center of a story where the protagonist is unable to get the local townspeople to tell him about the mysterious island.

This video, IL LAGO DORATO (On Golden Lake), by Vimeo user PLMONZA captures the serenity and mystique of this beautiful Italian gem.

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A couple of weeks ago a representative for a product called “Sand-Off” sent me a couple of product samples to try. The idea is to use powder instead of water to get beach sand off your skin. This is a technique I’ve heard of quite a few times but never tried it. Sand-Off is a [...]

When I was a teenager, my plan was to pack my gear and head for the South Sea Islands, build a hut on the beach and live on coconuts, bananas, mangoes and fish. I was not the first person to ever have that plan, and a little research on my part revealed that it would [...]

Does your beach hotel’s blog sound like this: Blah blah hotel resort is an internationally recognized destination on Florida’s award-winning white sand beaches overlooking crystal clear waters blah blah blah and our Zagat rated 5-star Emmy Nobel prize winning blah blah blah caters to your every desire blah blah blah…spa…blah…restaurant…blah…service…blah…conventions…blah…weddings…blah blah blah…zzzzzzzzzzzz… If it does, [...]