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Pair of swans in pond in front of carillon tower

Linda holding bloom on a special camilia

My favorite plant, whatever it is

2011 Thurs.-Fri., Feb. 3,4

Thurs. We took Ken & Nancy to see Bok Tower, and we had lunch there. I sent pictures through Kodak Gallery. Home for supper.

Fri. We went to FL mall, had lunch at Ruby Tuesday’s, spent about 15 minutes looking at junk at a not-so-good flea market, home for supper.

FL WEATHER: Fri. Feb. 4 - High 83, low 62, very foggy morning, then partly cloudy, but no rain.


FL NEWS: Move to cut jobless benefits grows:Jobless Floridians and their advocates are punching back against a growing legislative effort to make it harder to get unemployment and reduce the amount of time people can collect benefits. The groups say Florida lawmakers are targeting people already battered by the recession, casting them as incompetent slackers more interested in gaming the system than finding work. Instead of looking to restrict benefits, they say, legislators should focus on expanding job opportunities. "We've seen elements of this elsewhere," said Andrew Stettner, deputy director of the National Employment Law Project. "But it's safe to say this is the most vile package of legislation that has come up." Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate seek to cut unemployment costs by reducing the length of time people can receive payments, making it easier for businesses to challenge a worker's claim and pushing people to accept lower-paying work after they'd been on unemployment for 12 weeks or more. The House bill calls for cutting state unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks. It would not affect the federal jobless program that kicks in after a claimant exhausts state benefits. The federal program offers a maximum of 73 extra weeks, although not everyone receives that much.