The travel alert, which ended yesterday, was implemented on June 14, replacing a similar warning issued on May 24, cautioning US citizens about civil disturbances in Kingston and “sporadic violence” between the State and gang elements.
“It is a very positive sign for tourism and business,” Vaz said.
It has been more than a month since Attorney General and Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne signed the extradition request for ousted west Kingston strongman, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, on May 18. The signing of the order was followed by the issuance of an arrest warrant for Coke, who is wanted by the United States to face gun- and drug-trafficking charges.
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HARLEM — The parents of a Harlem student who drowned on a class trip said Wednesday that they did not sign a permission slip allowing her to swim on the excursion, as the city announced an independent investigation into the 12-year-old’s death.
Borough President Scott Stringer also called for all school trips to be immediately halted after revelations there were no lifeguards on duty when the sixth-grader Nicole Suriel and her classmates at Columbia Secondary School entered the water at Long Beach on Tuesday.
Several signs at entrances to the beach also warned people not to swim, according to authorities. Only three adults apparently supervised the 24 students on the trip, according to parents.
As he announced an investigation into Tuesday’s drowning, Chancellor Joel Klein told the New York Post he would wait to hear “all the facts†before he commented on whether there was enough adult supervision on the trip.
But borough president Scott Stringer called for all school trips to be immediately halted while the city investigates the circumstances that led to Nicole’s death. Stringer also demanded that Klein review the number of chaperones required by the education department on school trips.
“The senseless loss of a young and promising life, and the circumstances surrounding this tragedy, require an immediate response,” Stringer said in a statement Wednesday.
According to education department guidelines, it’s up to the principal to make sure there is “appropriate†adult supervision for any school trip involving “inherent risks.â€
Section IV (2) of the Chancellor’s regulations state:
“Where the trip involves activities with inherent risks (e.g., swimming, horseback riding, ice skating, use of physical fitness equipment) the principal or designee must ensure that there is adult supervision appropriate to the activity while students engage in the activity.”
The city guidelines also state that the principal is responsible for ensuring that parents sign a permission slip before any class outing.
But Nicole’s parents said Wednesday that they never signed a form.
“That’s the worst part because I don’t know why they chose that beach without lifeguards with so many kids and so few teachers,” the grieving father Juan Suriel, 43, said in Spanish on his doorstep.
“I only say, on the next beach trip don’t let your kids go.”
The school’s principal Jose Maldonado-Rivera could not be reached for comment.
An investigation is now underway by the Commissioner for Special Investigations for the New York City school district, an education department spokeswoman said.
Justice campaigners and politicians have questioned why the abolition of the “double jeopardy” rule on murder and manslaughter cases will not be made retroactive.
As The Royal Gazette reported yesterday, legislation will be tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday that will allow prosecutors to take cases to the Court of Appeal in future when strong new evidence — such as DNA — emerges after a not guilty verdict has been returned.
It will also enable prosecutors to challenge judges’ rulings that there is no case to answer in murder and manslaughter trials.
Prosecutors have long complained that under the current law they are unable to reopen trials such as the botched Becky Middleton murder case, where fresh evidence comes to light after the court case concluded or a judge makes a controversial ‘no case’ decision. When double jeopardy was abolished in the UK five years ago, the law change was made retroactive, meaning a number of unsolved cases predating the law reform have resulted in retrials.
However, Attorney General Kim Wilson said Bermuda’s new law will not be retroactive — meaning it will only apply to cases going forward, and will not help in the Middleton case and other unsolved cases where someone has already been tried and acquitted.
Sen. Wilson said last night that the lack of retroactivity was a policy decision made by the Government based on existing constitutional provisions aimed at preventing a person being punished twice for an offence arising out of the same set of facts or tried repeatedly for offences arising out of the same circumstances.
Carol Shuman, a campaigner for justice in the Middleton case, said yesterday: “Of course, this is excellent news, and while it has taken far too long, Bermuda has an opportunity to change a situation that has been allowing murderers to sigh with relief for far too long.”
But she noted: “The law will affect only future cases. Therefore Rebecca’s human rights claims must remain unchanged. I am pleased that future victims’ families may not face such agony; however, it is inappropriate to forget past injustices.”
Lawyer and politician Mark Pettingill, from Bermuda Democratic Alliance, said: “Certainly we are pleased. This is an example of something we have called for for some time. It is certainly an antiquated rule since the advent of new technology such as DNA and forensic evidence. We have to applaud that, but the fact that it would not be retroactive makes no sense to me at all because here, as in England, there are a number of cold cases.
“Also, this cuts both ways. It could bring guilty people to justice but of course it could also free people that have been wrongly accused. The sensible approach would have been if you put that [law] into play, it would have to be retroactive. To say we are not making it retroactive is only going half way.”
United Bermuda Party MP John Barritt has campaigned for several years for the double jeopardy rule to be changed. He has pushed for amendments to the Court of Appeal Act on two occasions in the past but had them rejected by the PLP Government.
Mr. Barritt had a further bill waiting on the order paper before Sen. Wilson’s announcement and yesterday expressed concern over whether the Government bill goes far enough.
“It’s different to what I proposed. I wanted to give the prosecution a general right of appeal on cases and leave it to the appellant court to decide what leave should be granted,” he explained. “They [Government] appear to be limiting it to one crime, murder, and only where there’s compelling evidence that wasn’t available at trial. And they are not proposing that it be made retroactive. I have an open mind on that. Under my bill it would be up to the appellant court whether leave would be granted, and a body of law would be built up.”
Mr. Barritt said he now needed to reconsult with his party colleagues and Government before deciding whether to back Sen. Wilson’s bill.
Sen. Wilson said her proposed bill would amend the Court of Appeal Act 1964, providing an exception to the established rule against double jeopardy in cases where a person has been tried for murder or premeditated murder and discharged, acquitted or convicted of a lesser offence in the Supreme Court.
The Justice Minister added: “As a matter of policy, the Government decided that the areas in which the proposed amendments would apply are with respect to charges on indictment for premeditated murder and murder and [it] is not intended to extend to designated serious crimes, as is the case in the UK.”
STATEN ISLAND, NY – NEW DORP – Fashion Penthouse Productions, a young organization committed to modeling style inside and out, will introduce itself to the public this weekend with a networking banquet at New Dorp’s Crown Plaza.
Thirty-one young women belong to the group, including a dozen fashion models who cultivate their runway tricks, share information about casting calls, and volunteer for benefit shows.
The organization pairs mature members who earn the title of “senior” with teen-aged “juniors,” so that every young woman receives individualized attention and guidance.
Fashion Penthouse also organizes workshops – its Sex 101 ran earlier this year, and others will meet around themes like love, life challenges, and parents.
“I think people would want to go to this banquet because this nonprofit organization is new, fresh, and vibrant,” said founder and CEO Hananatu (Hana) Tunis, 22. “It’s very distinguished and unique. It benefits all of Staten Island’s shores. And I feel like anything that can have a positive impact should be introduced so that people can see what it’s all about and be a part of it.”
At the banquet on Saturday, beginning at 6:30 p.m., Fashion Penthouse will induct its executive board: In addition to Ms. Tunis, Faith Avevor, vice president; Fola Sokoya, secretary; Diana Macauley, mentoring program coordinator, and Racheal Ojo, treasurer. These organizers, in turn, learned from adult mentors and leaders in the Staten Island community, Ms. Tunis said, including Emmanuel Wheager and Merlyn Valentine-Deshield (Ms. Tunis’ mother) of the Second Chance Gospel Music Convention, Makeda Campbell of Immaculate Enterprises and Rose Kingston of the Century Dance Complex in Stapleton.
Fashion Penthouse will also reveal its new name at the banquet, a secret Ms. Tunis declined to share with the Advance.
The event organizers invited North Shore Councilwoman Debi Rose, Assemblyman Matthew Titone (D-North Shore) and state Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island/Brooklyn) to attend.
“We want to find our niche in society and tell people we’re here. We want to make an impact and we’re ready to work,” said Ms. Tunis.
Eight teams from the recently created Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association Zone, formerly referred to as OECS will do battle here. This year’s Championship will see teams from Antigua, Grenada, St Vincent, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, French St Martin and St Lucia.
The sponsors for the 2010 ECVA Championships are The Department of Youth and Sports, LIME, ECFH, WLBL, LUCELEC, JQ Charles Group of Companies, Palm Haven Hotel and Natra Pur Water.
The matches for this exciting tournament are scheduled to start on Thursday at 9am. In the first encounter St Kitts take on St Vincent, followed by Antigua versus Grenada. The morning matches are free of charge to the public, but the afternoon games will cost $10 for adults to enter and $5 for children.
The Teams have been split into two Pools with St Lucia, Dominica Anguilla and Grenada in Pool “A.†Pool “B†consists of Antigua, St Kitts and Nevis, French St Martin and St Vincent. The two teams topping the pools will play in the semi- finals, with the winners going on to the finals; while the losers will play for the Third and Fourth places.
The Champion Team of the 2010 ECVA Women’s Volleyball Championships will qualify to play in the NORCECA Continental Championships in 2011.
The Opening Ceremony takes place at 5:30pm on Thursday evening. On Tuesday officials arrived here to ensure that all preparations were in place for the Tournament. Teams arrive here today (Wednesday) and technical meetings will be held that day. The Games Village is Palm Haven Hotel which through excellent rates and services is a sponsor of the event.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
SCOTIABANK has announced the launch of its mobile banking platform aimed at meeting increasing consumer demand to bank on the go.
The multi-jurisdiction — Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and Bahamas — regional launch makes Scotia the third bank to announce the introduction of mobile banking services, joining FirstCaribbean International Bank and National Commercial Bank. The service allows customers to use their mobile phones with internet access to excecute different banking transactions.
“We have a very useful mobile banking platform which goes beyond traditional provisions of balancing queries and account information, and includes things like funds transfers, credit card payments and bill payments,” Maya Johnston, Scotiabank’s senior vice president, customer experience, technology innovation and projects told the Business Observer yesterday.
Johnston said Scotia’s mobile banking service will operate on the same security platform as Scotia OnLine Banking which allows customers to do banking transactions via their computers, with additional security measures made for mobile phones.
“We use the SSL protocol that our online banking platform works on, but we’ve included some traditional functionalities designed specifically for mobile phone security — including the fact that when you’re browsing on our mobile banking service, if you are in the middle of browsing and then leave your phone somewhere, the next person who picks up your phone is not able to tab back from a browser standpoint because the information is not cached on your phone,” noted Johnston. She added “That’s a common problem with browser based mobile banking and we’ve made sure that that’s not going to be an issue with our customers.”
According to Johnston, Scotia had considered going the more traditional SMS-based route for mobile banking but decided to go in a different direction due to increasing local penetration of technologically advanced phones, combined with security concerns.
“One of the reasons SMS was considered was because it was felt that data plans did not have enough of a penetration in the market to really reach our customer base,” revealed Johnston. “(But) when we looked at it, we decided over the last year that the penetration of phones like the IPhone and the BlackBerry, the introduction of things like 3G to the market, really set the Jamaican market and certainly the Caribbean on a new trajectory in terms of the number of people that have access to these services.
“The other thing for us is that as we looked at the SMS offering, SMS in the Clear is not a particularly secure solution – it’s not encrypted and we thought that that posed security risks that we weren’t comfortable with as a bank,” continued Johnston. “So we took the decision, at least for the first phase, to launch our mobile banking using the internet protocols that have proven to be so secure in terms of our online banking.”
Johnston said that because mobile banking is still fairly new worldwide, the adoption rate in most markets is still under 10 per cent. But with an extremely high mobile penetration (close to 100 per cent) in Jamaica, the Scotia executive believes that it will be adopted relatively faster locally.
“We do expect it to be one of the primary channels that our customers will use and we’re hoping that some of our customers find that this is another tool to make their lives more convenient,” she said.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) — England reached the round of the 16 at the World Cup yesterday, beating Slovenia 1-0 in the team’s final Group C match and knocking the Slovenes out of the tournament.
Jermain Defoe turned home James Milner’s cross from five meters with a right-foot volley in the 23rd minute to give England five points in the group. Slovenia finished with four but failed to advance because the United States beat Algeria 1-0 and won the group.
Showing much better form after their dismal 0-0 draw with Algeria, England created several more chances throughout the match.
For the first 10 minutes, England again looked nervous, but the players then began to produce some flowing moves and the chances followed.
Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Glen Johnson all had goalbound shots. On the other end, goalkeeper David James had to react sharply to keep out a flick-on from Slovenia defender Bostjan Cesar.
England continued to dominate after the goal and Slovenia goalkeeper Samir Handanovic had to make two saves within a few seconds of each other to keep out shots from Defoe and Steven Gerrard.
Blunders in the Slovenia defense handed Defoe a second chance in the opening minute of the second half, but he flicked the ball wide from Gareth Barry’s headed pass.
England continued to create chances after that and Handanovic blocked John Terry’s powerful header at the near post and then finger-tipped Rooney’s shot onto the post.
Slovenia almost equalized in the 68th after Barry lost possession and Terry and Johnson blocked goalbound shots from Zlatko Dedic and Milivoje Novakovic.
By YUKARI IWATANI KANE And BEN WORTHEN
Consumers around the globe will wait on long lines Thursday to get their hands on the newest iPhone, but far from the sidewalk frenzy, Apple Inc.’s smartphone is making inroads with business customers.
Companies like Bausch & Lomb Inc. are buying iPhones for their employees, in some cases replacing BlackBerry devices. Earlier this year, the eye-care products company made iPhone the standard issue device for its sales force. Now, about 1,200 salespeople have one.
Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry has long been the standard-issue smartphone for businesses, largely because RIM made it easy for corporate technology departments to manage and secure its devices. Information-technology professionals dismissed the iPhone as a toy, and many banned it from their companies outright.
But while BlackBerrys are still the most popular corporate device, with 70% of IT departments currently supporting the gadget, about 29% of businesses now support the iPhone, up from 17% last year and none in 2007 when the iPhone first launched, according to Forrester Research.
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One catalyst is that employees are clamoring for iPhones, even if they have to pay for all or part of it themselves. AT&T Inc. CEO Randall Stephenson said in an interview last week that about 40% of its iPhones are sold to companies or individuals with corporate discounts.
AT&T said its salespeople aren’t pushing the iPhone above the BlackBerry or other devices, but the carrier has taken steps to make the iPhone attractive to companies, including providing tools to build iPhone apps for homegrown software.
Bausch & Lomb adopted the iPhone because of the device’s ability to access spreadsheets and contact-management software, although getting locked into AT&T’s network in the U.S. was a negative, said Simon Woods, vice president for technology and applications.
Apple said in January that 70% of Fortune 100 companies were testing or deploying iPhones. While Apple’s marketing remains focused on consumers, Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook said in January the company has added “sales staff to assist the carrier staff in selling the iPhone in several of the major geographies.” Apple declined to comment further.
Microstrategy Inc., which makes business-intelligence software, plans to deploy more iPhones to employees and only replace BlackBerrys when they break. The company has 1,000 BlackBerrys and 400 iPhones, including 200 purchased by employees.
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When asked whether it was concerned by the encroachment of other devices like the iPhone in businesses, RIM Vice President Tyler Lessard said, “We see other vendors coming in there but we keep expanding too.” He added that RIM, which reports quarterly earnings Thursday, was also rapidly growing its consumer business.
In 2007, the original iPhone was short on security and management features that are important to corporations. But Apple took a major step in 2008 to make the iPhone more business-friendly by adding the ability to connect to Microsoft Corp.’s Exchange email program and to remotely erase an iPhone’s content in case it’s lost or stolen. An update last year added the ability to encrypt information stored on the device.
The iPhone 4, which goes on sale in the U.S. and four other countries Thursday, will include a few more sops to IT departments, such as the ability to distribute software wirelessly and more security features.
The addition of encryption is what convinced Joe Drouin, chief information officer at staffing company Kelly Services Inc., to offer iPhones to employees. Since January, the company has given them a choice between iPhones and BlackBerrys and more than half picked the iPhone.Setting up and managing an iPhone takes a little more time and effort than a BlackBerry, but not enough to act as a deterrent, said Mr. Drouin.
Business-software makers have also developed apps for Apple’s App Store. Salesforce.com Inc., which has 500,000 mobile users for its contact-management software, says iPhone owners outnumber BlackBerry owners three to one.
Separately, Apple said Wednesday that white versions of the iPhone 4 won’t be available until late July because it had “proven more challenging to manufacture than expected.” Apple said the black version isn’t affected, though it is also in short supply for the launch
By Eric Sabo
June 23 (Bloomberg) — Jamaica may need to restructure its debt again to avoid default, Barclays Capital said.
The Caribbean country’s debt load remains high, at 126 percent of gross domestic product last year, after it swapped $7.8 billion of local bonds for securities with longer maturities and lower interest rates in February, said Alejandro Grisanti, an analyst at Barclays Plc in New York.
“Jamaica is still on a non-sustainable fiscal path and will need to restructure its debt sometime in the future,†Grisanti wrote in a report to clients today.
The capture of accused drug lord Christopher “Dudus†Coke won’t solve the gang violence that is harming tourism and draining revenue from the budget, he said in a phone interview
According to the NOAA oil plume model, the oil plume is 5 miles from Pensacola, 38 miles from Mexico Beach and 244 miles from St. Petersburg.
NOAA near shore trajectories are showing direct onshore impacts to the Walton-Bay County line through Friday, with the uncertainty line extending as far as Panama City Beach.
Moderate east to southeasterly winds at 10-15 knots will flow onshore throughout today.
The overnight winds will shift and become easterly before rotating back to southeasterly by Thursday afternoon.
Offshore, the Loop Current Ring has slightly re-attached to the main Loop Current.
However, observations continue to indicate no significant amounts of oil moving toward the Loop Current. The tropical wave over the central Caribbean Sea has a moderate (30%) chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours.
Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
The following is a summary of state and BP response actions as of June 23, 2010.
Current Situation:
Unified Area Command estimates release rate of oil from Deepwater Horizon at 35,000 to 60,000 barrels per day. Optimization of the dual recovery system (LMRP Cap and Q4000) continues; total oil recovered approximately 27,097 barrels.
This event has been designated a Spill of National Significance.
Unified Area Command continues with a comprehensive oil well intervention and spill response planning following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans.
* Approximately 35,000 personnel are working the on and offshore response.
* Oil-water mix recovered: nearly 25.4 million gallons
* Response vessels available: more than 6,210
* Response aircraft available: 94
* Dispersant (in gallons): approximately 1,464,000 deployed
* There is no planned use of dispersants in Florida waters.
Florida Specific:
Escambia County has posted a Health Advisory this morning from Alabama State Line east to Escambia Pier (Roughly 26 Miles).
Today, June 23, mousse was discovered between the Pensacola Beach Pier and the ranger station near Fort Pickens gate, approximately three miles in Length. Cleanup crews are on site.
Dime to five inch-sized tar balls and tar patties continue to be found in northwest Florida.
Perdido Pass, Pensacola Pass and Destin Pass will be closed with the tide to reduce the amount of oil from entering inland waters. Boom will be deployed across each Pass at flood tide (incoming) and removed at ebb tide (outgoing).
Oil Containment Boom (in feet) total: 557,261 deployed in Florida. (Tier 1: 221,700 / Tier 2: 132,800 / Tier 3: 202,761)
In accordance with established plans, protective booming, staging, and boom maintenance is being conducted along the coast from Escambia to Franklin.
* 397 vessels are deployed in Florida for the Vessels of Opportunity program.
* 694 Qualified Community Responders are actively working the cleanup efforts in
the Florida Panhandle.
In addition to $100,000 for Volunteer Florida to maintain a volunteer registration
database, BP has issued over $75 million in grants to Florida for booming, a
national tourism advertising campaign, and the state’s preparedness and
response efforts.
BP claims in Florida total 18,694 with approximately $16,880,359.96 paid.
A US Coast Guard representative for Unified Command Mobile is on scene at the state EOC coordinating response efforts as the Deputy Incident Commander for Florida.
Florida Information Lines:
The Florida Oil Spill Information Line (FOSIL) is available from 8am-6pm EDT daily for citizens’ questions at (888) 337-3569.
For general health/exposures information questions related to the oil spill, contact
the Florida Poison Control Center at (800)-222-1222.
Two public hotline numbers for oil spill investigation and cleanup:
* Impacted Wildlife: (866) 557-1401
* Oiled Shoreline: (877) 2-SAVE-FL or #DEP for cellular devices
The Florida Department of State has established a hotline for archeological, historical preservation, and tribal lands that may be impacted by the Deepwater Horizon incident: (850) 245-6530.
Florida Information Websites:
Volunteer registration: www.VolunteerFlorida.org and click “Register to Helpâ€
Health/environmental advisories: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/health.htm
State sampling data: www.nrdata.org
GATOR web mapping application: http://map.floridadisaster.org/gator/
Recovery related jobs: http://gulfrecoveryjobs.employflorida.com/
Federal Information Websites:
NOAA GeoPlatform, response management application: http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/
State Actions:
State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) is at a Level 1 (Full), operating from 0700 to 1800 EDT, with Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as the lead agency.
Governor’s Executive Orders 10-99, 10-100, 10-106 and 10-132 declared a state of emergency for identified counties along the Florida coast.
Governor’s Executive Order 10-101 established the Gulf Oil Spill Economic Recovery Task Force, which will facilitate efforts by Florida businesses and industries to recover from the loss of commerce and revenues due to the oil spill.
Governor Charlie Crist activated Florida’s Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program to provide emergency, short-term loans to established small businesses in 26 designated counties.
Conducting daily conference calls with county and emergency management partners, the Federal On-Scene Coordinator, and various UnifiedCommands.
FEMA is assisting SERT with streamlining financial reimbursement processing.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) executive order (EO 10-29) temporarily closes a portion of coastal state waters offshore of Escambia County to the harvest of saltwater fish, crabs and shrimp. Recreational catch and release is allowed.
A SERT Toxicological Data Analysis Cell is providing consistent scientific assessments of collected data sampling to inform local and state decision making.
The Agency for Workforce Innovation and Regional Workforce Boards are identifying and filling jobs related to the oil spill: 6,761 positions advertised; 18,709 applicants referred. Per BP: 3,842 individuals trained/available to work.
* 90 Florida National Guard (FLNG) personnel on duty; 5 plans personnel are working on scene at the SEOC.
* 14,774 volunteers have registered to respond to Deepwater Horizon.
Business, Industry, and Economic Development has launched a national radio and print advertising campaign for Florida tourism.
Conducting daily reconnaissance flights and shoreline patrol from Escambia to Gulf counties for impact. Real time reconnaissance reports are being entered into GATOR.
Does not include marine mammals or turtles. (2 live visibly oiled sea turtles have been rescued) *Primarily northern gannets and brown pelicans, pied-billed grebes. See the consolidated wildlife report updated by noon each day: http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/55963
The Boom Coordination Cell continues to coordinate additional boom requests. The Innovative Technology Cell continues to assess alternative clean-up technologies suggested by the public and stakeholders.
The Small Business Administration has issued an Economic Injury Disaster
Loan Declaration for the State of Florida. Disaster Loan Outreach Centers are open in 8 counties. Loan Applications:
* Issued: 416 Accepted: 107 Declined: 20 Approved: 10
* Loan amount approved: $715,000.00
Local States of Emergency
* Escambia: Expires on 6/25/10
* Santa Rosa: Expires on 6/25/10
* Okaloosa: Concurrent with State
* Walton: Expires on 6/25/10
* Bay: Expires on 6/24/10
* Gulf: Expires on 6/29/10
* Franklin: Expires on 6/28/10
* Wakulla: Expires on 6/28/10
* Dixie: Expires on 6/24/10
* Sarasota: Expires on 6/29/10
County EOC Activations
* Escambia, Level 2 (Partial)
* Santa Rosa, Level 2 (Partial)
* Okaloosa, Level 2 (Partial)
* Walton, Level 2 (Partial)
* Bay, Level 2 (Partial)
* Gulf, Level 2 (Partial)
* Franklin, Level 2 (Partial)
* Wakulla, Level 2 (Partial)
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