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Social Media Sites Becoming The

NEW FACE OF

DIVORCE

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Social Media Sites Becoming The

Ne w Face Of MIAMI (CBS4) – If you’re like most people, you’ve probably checked out an ex-boyfriend’s Facebook page or looked up an old girlfriend on Classmates.com.

But this seemingly harmless behavior is going a lot further, and leading to the end of more and more marriages. “He left his Facebook up one day and there was a whole other life,” said one woman, who does not want to be identified because of embarrassment. She was shocked to find that that her husband had relationships with a handful of other women online. “I was shocked because i thought everything was great,” said the woman. “People are getting into treacherous terrain on Facebook, rekindling memories, relationships,” said Attorney Ann Carrozza. Carrozza told CBS4’s Lisa Petrillo that she has countless clients whose marriages have been ruined by social media. It’s absolutely devastating, it rocks someone’s world and I see it every week,” said Ann. It’s so common, there’s even a website called FacebookCheating.com. “We’re seeing emails and stories coming in every day,” said FacebookCheating.com creator Craig Gross. Gross said the site documents the stories of hundreds of people have written about their spouses stepping out on them, with the help of the social media site . “The site is basically a place where you can go for help or community when it comes to people cheating on Facebook,” said Gross. But cheating isn’t the only off-shoot of social media misuse. “It made me sick to my stomach,” said another woman, who also asked not be identified. This woman decided to check out her husband’s Facebook page and was shocked to find he was writing derogatory and threatening comments about her. “I just couldn’t believe it,” she said. Ultimately, it lead her to file for divorce. “It did give me a glimpse into him that I hadn’t seen,” she said.

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And there are countless other examples of “marriage ending” online behaviors. Another woman says she found out her husband wanted a divorce because he posted it on his Facebook page. “Who decides ‘I don’t want to be with my wife anymore’ and instead of arranging a meeting like a decent human being, I’m going to tell her on Facebook?” said the woman. Attorney Bari Weinberger says too many people fail to realize everything they say and do on these sites, can and will be used against them. And that can mean a change in alimony payments, a change in child custody, and so much more, depending on what you post. “The evidence is shocking and the courts are starting to rely heavily upon it,” said Bari Weinberger “You have a husband saying I’m out of money, business is terrible and all of a sudden you see him on Facebook or YouTube and he’s sitting on his new Mercedes,” said attorney Jeff Landers. Facebook is now boasting 901 million active monthly users.

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May 18, 2012

DEA Takes Back

276 Tons

Reporting Tim Kephart

Of Unwanted Medications MIAMI (CBSMiami.COM) – The Drug Enforcement Agency revealed the numbers from THE RECENT National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day and the haul was staggering.

The DEA said citizens turned in 552,161 pounds, or 276 tons, of unwanted or expired medications for safe disposal. A total of 5,659 sites, including several in South Florida, collected the drugs. According to the DEA, the four take back days the agency has held since 2010 have collected 1.5 million pounds, or 774 tons, of medication from circulation. “We are pleased at the response of the American people once again, and we thank them for participating and contributing to the battle against prescription drug abuse,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart, who added that 4,268 agencies participated with DEA nationwide in Saturday’s event. The take back events have been accelerated as the epidemic of prescription drug abuse, especially among young Americans, continues to grow. The DEA said more Americans abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined.

The DEA said more Americans abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined.

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May 18, 2012

South Florida Is An Attractive Target For Terror Police:

Reporting Maggie Newland

MIAMI (CBS4) -Pentagon officials

say al Qaeda terrorists were, once again, plotting to blow up a plane using a bomb inside a passenger’s underwear.

The bomb CIA operatives seized, is described as a more sophisticated version of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate on Christmas 2009 on a plane headed for Detroit. Officials say the bomber had not yet selected a target or purchased tickets but was planning to blow up a plane headed to the United States. Here in South Florida, Captain Richard Walterman of the Miami Police Department’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security told CBS4’s Maggie Newland he is not surprised terrorists targeted an airplane. “It actually seems to be where we’re most vulnerable. Unfortunately for us, the terrorists are gonna hit us where those vulnerabilities exist,” said

Walterman. Planes have been the target of numerous attempted attacks. In 2010, explosives were planted inside printer cartridges and shipped to the U.S. in cargo planes. And just three months after the 9/11 attacks, Richard Reid attempted to blow up a plane bound for Miami. “Unfortunately for us,” said Walterman, “I think Miami is a very attractive target and there’s events that happen here all the time that would give potential terrorists international attention.” That’s why police here train all the time to prepare for potential terrorist threats. Walterman explained, “We identify critical infrastructure throughout the city of Miami and do what we can to protect it or enhance its safety. We train our police officers.”

“Unfortunately for us,” said Walterman, “I think Miami is a very attractive target and there’s events that happen here all the time that would give potential terrorists international attention.”

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May 18, 2012

Flood Insurance Changes Could

Push Costs Up

MIAMI (CBSMiami.COM) – Just as the National Flood Insurance Program is in the middle of a major campaign to get homeowners to join the program and protect their homes two developments are combining that could cause significant rate hikes and end a traditional break Florida insurance agents have offered potential clients.

Congress has until the end of the month to either extend the current Flood Insurance program or pass a revamped law that most likely will include rate increases. If lawmakers fail to do either, the program will grind to a halt and with it the writing of mortgages in flood danger areas like South Florida. where more than a quarter million policies are in force. The US House has already passed a bill that raises premiums in some areas and cuts them in others, part of an effort to set premiums based on risk. The Senate is considering its own plan, but both plans will likely include new flood maps and new rates. The National Flood Insurance Program is $18 billion in debt. Whatever the feds do will have a major impact in Florida, and specifically South Florida, which has a large part of the state’s 2.1 million flood insurance polices.

Almost 40 percent of the nation’s 5.6 million flood insurance policies are written in the Sunshine State. On top of any possible rate increase, new customers may see a net increase in flood insurance costs because FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency that runs the program, is demanding Florida insurance agents stop offering rebates of up to 15 percent to people who buy a new flood insurance policy. The rebates come out of the commission an agent is paid to sell the policy, effectively cutting their profit so they can attract the business. The policy is legal in Florida but against the law in most of the US, and FEMA said it believes people drop policies, then buy new ones to take advantage of that rebate, a practice called churning. While insurance agents have been told to end the practice or risk losing the right to sell the insurance, some Florida agents are putting together a petition drive in an effort to get FEMA to reconsider. The net result is that South Florida homeowners are likely to pay more, but it’s too early to know how much. Shopping around is not an option, because homeowners policies don’t offer flood insurance. Only the feds insure against flood damage.

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Student Loan Debate

May Determine

Presidential Youth Vote Reporting Al Sunshine Millions of students like the University of Miami’s Joseph LeDonne could graduate with even more debt if Congress allows the interest rate on federal student loans to double on July 1st. The college sophomore is looking at almost $100,000 in debt come graduation time. “My parents both lost their jobs before I went to school, so I needed the loans and in some cases I think that it’s necessary,” said LeDonne. Unless rates are frozen, today’s 3.4% loans will climb to 6.8% in about 9 weeks. That’s expected to boost borrowers’ costs by about $1000. But canceling the rate hike will cost the U.S. Treasury about $6-billion dollars. During campus visits, President Obama pushed lawmakers to take action. And House lawmakers did. The Republican lead bill passed almost along party lines, 215-195. It freezes rates and pays for the cuts by eliminating a preventive care fund in President Obama’s health care law. Rep. James Langevin, D-RI, opposes the bill. “It is unconscionable that Republican leadership is forcing us to choose between education and health care,” said Lengevin. The president warned he’d veto the GOP bill saying it will hurt women who need preventative care. The house speaker accused Democrats of picking a campaign fight. “Nobody wants to see student loan interest rates go up. People want to politicize this because it’s an election year, but my God, do we have to fight about everything?” said Speaker of the House John Boehner. Campaign watchers say the real battle may be for the youth vote which was a key to the President’s election back in 2008. “Money is money and it’s very tight right now so hopefully… Congress gets it right,” said Calise Belin, a Howard University freshman. Freezing student loans is expected to remain a major campaign issue for both parties. The Senate is expected to debate the issue, where the democratic majority wants to pay for a rate freeze by raising taxes on anyone making more than $250,000 a year. That’s expected to be bitterly opposed by House Republicans as the July 1st deadline gets closer every day.

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Company Offers QR Codes For

Reporting Jorge Estevez

High-Tech Gravestones You might think gravestones would be stuck in the “stone age” and tough to turn high-tech, but one monument company has come up with a way to use cell phones to link loved ones to living memorials. Randy Allen said in the 17 years that he’s owned the Allen Monument Company in Indiana, the business of memorializing loved ones hasn’t changed much until now. “We’re now using the QR codes, and it’s a way for the family to share their loved ones stories,” said Allen. Allen said he’s the only monument company in the state of Indiana authorized to install these new QR codes on headstones, working with technology patented by making everlasting memories, and it makes the memorial almost like a form of social media. “Other people can text messages to the family. They can also share other stories that they’d like to share as well. It’s all up to the family,” said Allen. Allen said the QR code can connect a person to an entire memorial site about a loved one, including photos, biography and other information. He said it’s as simple as scanning it with your smart phone. Allen said while the technology is still very new, he’s seen a lot of interest from customers. “We’re selling probably a few a day,” he said. One of those customers is Mary Warbritton, whose son Jeremy Gibson was killed last summer at the age of 26. She didn’t want to do an interview, but said she wanted a QR code installed on Jeremy’s headstone, because the family doesn’t have a lot of photos of Jeremy and his two sons. Her hope is that his friends will use the technology to share photos of her grandchildren that she might not have otherwise. Warbritton said she’s happy she chose to use the technology, which Allen said he hopes will be around for a long time. Allen said the QR code technology is a onetime fee that’s included in the cost of the headstone. It can range from $99 to $400. He said once you’ve paid for the code, your memorial website will always be online, and you can make changes to it whenever you’d like.

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Survey:

Women Put In

Longer Hours

At TheÂ Office

Both men and women are putting in longer hours at the office or job then they have in the past, but who is really going that extra mile.

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“There is a slight advantage to the women that they are putting in longer days than men. Generally, women are working harder and longer,” said Art Papas, CEO of Bullhorn Inc., a software recruiting firm. Bullhorn surveyed more than five thousand workers to get their pulse on the work place. Papas said the survey found that while 54 percent of women said they worked more than 9 hours a day, only 41 percent of men made the same claim. The project did not start out about gender, according to Papas. “We were looking at work habits and out jumps this difference between men and women and their work habits and we were blown away,” said Papas. With today’s technology, the survey found more people are taking their work with them on vacation. Sixty eight percent of women said they stayed connected to the office on their days off and while only vacation compared to 62 percent of men. “Everyone really wants to prove themselves at their job. So if someone needs you, you want to be ready, you want to have your Blackberry,” said one women in the survey. It seems men are willing to make one call more frequently. Twenty percent of the men surveyed admitted they really weren’t ill the last time they called in sick compared to 14 percent of women who played hooky. Papas said while women in the workforce have made great strides over the last couple of decades, they’re still trying to catch up. “Women have to leave the workforce to take care of kids a lot times. I think that effects their careers and they are compensating and the data says they are, they are working harder,” said Papas. With numbers to support that, managers might start to take notice. “I think they might be surprised when they are reviewing the results, and say OK, women work harder than men, that’s a good thing, They will think of that the next time they interview a woman,” said Papas.

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What’s Fueling The

Ink Craze?

MIAMI (CBS4) – The sound of a tattoo needle buzzing across your skin, is the price you pay to be part of the “in” crowd these days.

Burning a permanent design into your flesh is no longer as radical and rebellious as it once was. Ami James, owner of Love Hate Tattoo Shop on Miami Beach, says every one young and old is getting inked. ”At this point we got older ladies at the age of 75 coming in here getting tattooed. The generation gap is closing, so much so, parents are signing on the dotted line allowing their kids to brand themselves. We’re almost pushing them away. And we’re like, listen your kid is fifteen, why don’t you give them a little bit. Let them turn 18.” Ami said it all means the stigma of a tattoo is gone. “I can finally say people don’t look down at us and we are looked upon like everybody else.” According to the website totalbeauty.com, Miami is the epicenter of the cool crowd. It ranked the most inked city in the nation… for every 100,000 residents. Miami Beach ranked number one with the most tatoo shops… 24 in all. So why is Ocean Drive littered with ink? Jeremy Gutsche from trendhunter.com says it’s partly because of all that skin we’re willing to show. “Whenever you have a culture that is beachside based like Miami or Sao Paolo you see a much higher interest that is cosmetic, whether it’s plastic surgery or something like a tattoo,” said Gutsche. Love Hate Tattoos was once where the popular TLC reality show “Miami Ink” was filmed and it’s that recent surge in pop culture that experts say is the reason why it’s now popular to get inked. “Over the last few years you’ve started to see a celebration of tattoos in the media whether its Angelina Jolie, the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo or reality TV like Miami ink. “Every rock star, basketball player, football player, rapper, pop star, you name it… every one is getting tattooed,” said Ami James. And the adoration for physical adornment hasn’t met its peak yet…SPIKE TV is auditioning tattoo artists for a new reality competition…and they came to South Florida to find potential contestants “It’s the hardest art form out there. The canvas moves screams, bleeds, cries,” declared TJ Halvorsen of Tattoo Trends. He’s been tattooing for 7-years and

sees a change in the kind of person walking into his shop. “Doctors, lawyers. blue-collar, white-collar, I tattooed a full back piece on a priest,” Halvorsen explained to CBS4′s Vanessa Borge. But for some, tattoos are still perceived negatively. “I think it comes off a little dirty, a little unprofessional. Typically when you talk about tattoos the first people who you think of are these motorcycle people right?” declared one parent to Borge. That stigma stems from how tattooing originated… as a symbol of solidarity between members of the military and prison inmates. In 2012, the bond is among people who are inked versus those who are not. In fact, a report by the Food and Drug Administration estimated that as many as 45 million Americans have tattoos. ‘Thirty-six percent of people ages 25 to 29 had at least one tattoo. And just 17-percent of those… regret it. “I was in Spain on holiday when I was 14 it was the biggest mistake I have ever made.” said this woman who didn’t want to give her name. “I was 17 and I wanted a tattoo. It was ten bucks,” said another woman. “Perhaps in 20-years or 30-years when you look back you’ll look at that butterfly tattoo on your back…. you’re not gonna be very happy that you did it,” said Gutsche. He suggests more and more people are getting tattoos because they don’t feel it’s as permanent as you may think. “Whether it’s through lasers or chemical kits you see in the media, they make it seem like its less permanent than it actually is,” explained Gutsche. A tattoo that cost several hundred dollars could require several thousand dollars and many laser sessions to remove.” So remember, the tattoo trend may not be as permanent as the tattoo itself. Tattoos will outlast fashion and fashion changes. tattoos don’t. So before you get inked… think twice.

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Best

Casinos In SouthÂ Florida

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Whether you’re a highroller or an occasional gambler looking to turn $10 into $20, South Florida has several table games, no-limit poker and, yes, the good old fashioned one-armed bandits. Some casinos even offer free drinks as long as you’re gambling. Here’s a list of places where you can get your game on:

Seminole Hard Rock Casino Hollywood, FL - www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com Features one of the largest gaming floors in the city with 2,500 slots and 89 table games including blackjack, baccarat, pai gow poker and Texas Hold’em poker. The casino also offers free drinks for those playing at the slots or table games, but it may take a while. The servers are usually inundated with requests and they’ll usually turn up when you’re down to your last dollar. The Seminole Tribe casinos have been around for years, but the slots were once limited to two types of slots. Now, the Seminole empire has grown to include the Hard Rock Cafe name brand and Las Vegas-style casinos.

The Village at Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, FL -  www.thevillageatgulfstreampark.com Gulfstream offers thoroughbred horse racing every year from January through April. The big draw is the $750,000 Florida Derby that takes place in May. Gulfstream Park also features Las Vegas-style slot machines and 20 poker tables. The casino offers a wide variety of promotions and offers a players club card that can be redeemed for more free play or merchandise. Once you hit the jackpot, there are a number of places to spend those winnings including a variety of bars, restaurants and shops where you can purchase anything from flip-flops to high-end jeans.

Mardi Gras Casino Hallandale Beach, FL www.playmardigras.com Just as the name suggests, Mardi Gras is a New Orleans themed casino that features 1,100 slot machines, poker tables and virtual blackjack. It also offers live greyhound racing and simulcast races. For food lovers, the casino also houses The French Quarter Bar & Restaurant that serves up traditional Cajun dishes and traditional prime rib buffet. The casino offers daily promotions including a shot at winning everything from a barbecue grill to a flatscreen TV.

Magic City Casino Miami, FL - www.flaglerdogs.com/slotgames.html Inside the Miami casino, gamers can select from one of 800 Las Vegas style slot machines and offers greyhound racing and a poker room. Visitors can also dine at the Big Mouth Café or the Tres Hermanos Bar & Lounge. This is the site of the former Flagler Dog track, but now features high-end entertainment. The casino also features an amphitheater where well-known artists including Jon Secada, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Air Supply have performed.

Calder Casino & Race Course Miami Gardens, FL - www.calderracecourse.com Calder Casino and Racetrack has a variety of games from thousands of new and traditional slot machines to thoroughbred racing. It features 1,200 slot machines, three restaurants, electronic blackjack. The company that owns it is Churchill Downs best known for hosting the Kentucky Derby. The casino also features a reward card that allows players the ability to collect points and exchange those points for merchandise and even cash for slot machines.

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Science Scores Not Improving Much

For 8th Graders MIAMI (CBSMiami.COM) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New numbers from the National Assessment of Educational Progress paint a picture of eighth-grade science competency that is causing alarm bells for educators and politicians.

Overall, eighth-grade students scored just two percent better on science proficiency tests in 2011 than they did in 2009. Most states, including Florida, saw no significant change in the two years measured. Florida saw a similar two percent improvement from 2009 to 2011 in science proficiency at the eighth grade level. Looking deeper in the numbers found that more students in the Sunshine State scored below basic competency than were at base or proficient levels. According to the NAEP numbers, 38 percent of Florida eighth-graders were below basic level of proficiency. Thirty-four percent were at the basic level of proficiency, while 27 percent were labeled proficient and 1 percent was labeled advanced. States that performed the worst in eighth-grade proficiency included: the District of Columbia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Alabama. Nationwide, 36 percent of eighth-grade students were below basic proficiency, 34 percent had basic proficiency in science and 29 percent were labeled proficient and 2 percent were labeled advanced. The study also found that score gaps between races narrowing, but there was a significant gap between the scores for public school students versus public school students, despite public school students improving their overall numbers.

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May 18, 2012

Employees Can Work

and Workout

On Workstation Treadmill FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami.COM) — Millions of Americans suffer from the “sitting disease,” meaning you sit more and move less. Those with desk jobs are especially prone to obesity, stroke, or diabetes, resulting in rising healthcare costs.

As more and more companies look for ways to trim those costs, they’re increasingly making it easier for employees to get moving, like Mona Jordan who works in the Human Resources Department with Broward County. After years of sitting at her desk, almost all of her work day, Mona got inspired to join the wellness program offered by Humana at her job. “Well, actually I was inspired by someone who sent an email. She was talking about she had lost weight and how she’d really gotten on to it. She’s about my age. She’s in her fifties and I’m thinking if that girl can do it, I can too,” said Mona Jordan. Now Mona can move at work. A new treadmill station was recently installed by Humana at the Broward County Government offices in Fort Lauderdale and now she can work and exercise at the same time. “It’s great because I can actually come here and do my work or I could do a conference call. Or you know anything, or I could meet with somebody down here and be on the treadmill talking to them,” explained Mona. The wellness program also teaches employees about diet and exercise. Another motivator are the points participants can earn to use towards shopping. Points are a great incentive for Mona to get healthy. “You know, I’m not going to eat a candy bar, I’m going to eat an apple. You know, because you have to put it into the program every day. And you get points and then you get to buy things with the points, and I like points!” said Mona. Research shows that people who sit for most of the day are 54 percent more likely to have a heart attack. Now that Mona has the treadmill and the Wellness program she’s on her way to good health. “I think it’s really getting you in touch with your health,” said Mona. “I’m 53-years old but my health, after I got assessed in the vitality assessment said I was 57. So, I decided right then, there are some things I need to change,” explained Mona. Nurse Lisa Wright coordinates health education for Broward County employees. She said the entire program has made a big difference in the overall everyday productivity. “It’s decreased absenteeism, members are healthier, claims are down, it’s a win-win situation,” said Wright. “They’re on board and they’re excited. The county wants their employees to be healthy.”

Reporting Lisa Petrillo

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NOAA: 2-Year-Long

La Niña Is Over MIAMI (CBSMiami.COM) – Early forecasts for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season have not been as bad as year’s past and the ending of a weather phenomenon may keep the overall numbers down.

The National Weather Service said Thursday that the two-year-long La Niña has come to an end. La Niña is started thanks to unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific. It’s the exact opposite of El Niño, which is unusually warm water temperatures in that region as well. In South Florida, the end of La Niña could have an impact on hurricane season. During a La Niña, the chances of the continental U.S. and the Caribbean Islands having to deal with hurricane activity increases substantially. Conversely, El Niño hurricane activity for the continental U.S. and Caribbean Islands decreases to some degree. But remember, it only takes one hurricane to hit South Florida to make the hurricane season devastating. That means it’s critically important to make sure you have your hurricane plans prepared, even if the forecasts say the hurricane season may not be as bad in years past.

That means it’s critically important to make sure you have your hurricane plans prepared, even if the forecasts say the hurricane season may not be as bad in years past.

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Best

public

pools for kids

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Summer in South Florida is all about keeping cool. The sweltering heat often keeps kids in the water at public pools and parks and we’ve got some of the best. Venetian Pool Coral Gables, FL - www.coralgablesvenetianpool.com Miami’s most beautiful and unique swimming pool. Venetian Pool dates back to 1924 and is the only swimming pool registered in the National Register of Historic Places. Underground artesian wells feed the free-form lagoon, which is shaded by three-story Spanish porticos and has both fountains and waterfalls. There’s no heaters used here and it can be cold in the winter months.

Pembroke Falls Aquatics Center Pembroke Pines, FL - www.pembrokepines.tv This pool has two 140-foot long water slides, a 5,000-square-foot interactive waterplay pool with a play structure and a slide, and a 7,500-square-foot multi-purpose pool with zero depth entry. There’s also a 25-yard lap pool with eight lanes and a 13-foot deep dive well with two one-meter diving boards. Nonresidents must pay to enter.

Castaway Island Water Playground at T.Y. Park Hollywood, FL - www.broward.org Castaway Island Water Playground includes seven water slides, two pools, a large water playground with tropical coconuts and palm trees that spray water, a small play pool designed for toddlers, picnic areas, concession stand and restrooms. The Lagoon next to Castaway Island is a man-made lake with a sandy beach.

Paradise Cove at C.B. Smith Park Pembroke Pines, FL - www.broward.org The Paradise Cove water park at CB Smith is the largest water park in the Fort Lauderdale/Broward County area. There are four different play areas designed for kids of all ages and includes two 350-foot waterslides, one 400-foot tube ride, a children’s playground, shallow pools and restrooms. Fun for all ages on a hot summer day.

Normandy Isle Park and Pool Miami Beach, FL - www.web.miamibeachfl.gov Normandy Isle Park and Pool features a 4 lane lap pool, an interactive / play pool with water toys, changing rooms with showers and a concession area. An illuminated deck enables the pool to be open evenings.

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Divine Dining Reporting Lisa Petrillo

Features Exceptional Eateries Despite Expensive Menus MIAMI (CBSMiami.COM) — South Floridians love to

eat out. There are plenty of remarkable restaurants where diners can find delicious deals but there are also exceptional eateries that bring in the crowds despite sometimes hefty prices.

One of those restaurants is The Dutch at W South Beach. This ultra cool, relaxed space is the sister to one of New York’s hottest restaurants. It opened in South Florida during Art Basel week in November 2011 and it has become a true dining destination. The living room style decor is an inviting space for guests to enjoy the cuisine on chef Conor Hanlan’s eclectic menu. “We like to make it like roots inspired cooking. Whatever your Grandmother made or my Grandmother made. We put a twist on it,” chef Hanlan told CBS4’s Lisa Petrillo. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the Dutch has something for everyone. New on the menu for Spring is corvina ceviche. The magical marinade includes 3 citrus juices topped with fresh avocados, onions and jalapeno peppers. The plump seared scallops are served atop homemade kimchee and there’s a fresh sour cherry pie served with pistachio ice cream for dessert. The Dutch isn’t cheap. Dinner prices range around $16.00 per appetizer. En-

trees range from to $22 – $44 dollars. The Dutch is located inside W South Beach Hotel & Residences, 2201 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. On Mary Brickell Village, diners can get a traditional taste of Tuscany with a modern twist at Toscana Divino. Executive chef Julian Baker is an Englishman who knows Italian cooking. “How does an Englishman cook Italian so well?” asked Petrillo. “Do you have to be French to French kiss?” joked Chef Julian. Chef Julian spent years in Italy fine tuning his craft. At Toscana Divino he serves up everything from very affordable pasta dishes, seafood, burgers and more. For lunch, Lisa Petrillo recommends the boccocino. Its cod cooked in black butter served on top of a divine chick pea puree. “This is a melt in your mouth delicate fish,” described Petrillo. It’s all about Tuscany in this sexy space. Diners not only get to enjoy the delicious food, they can bring a piece of Tuscany home. There are beautiful purses and leather goods as well as barware and artwork from the village for sale inside the restaurant. “The origin of Tuscany is our partner,” said General Manager Mauro Bortignon. “You can shop while you eat!” Toscana Divino is located on 900 South Miami Avenue in Miami in the Mary Brickell Village.

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Volvo Ocean Race Village

Opens In Miami MIAMI (CBSMiami.COM) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The

Downtown Miami Race Village is now open for the arrival for the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race, which is headed to Miami.

The Volvo Ocean Race is a 37-thousand nauticalmile race around the world and Miami is the only North American stop over. The Downtown Miami Race Village, located at Bicentennial Park, held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday morning. The Village features entertainment, interactive pavilions, food, sailing opportunities and live events through May 20th. The village also has an extreme sailing ridesimulator, a 3D-cinema featuring the history of the 39-year-old Volvo Ocean Race and a pedestal grinding challenge. All the free activities are aimed at raising interest of South Floridians and tourists in the sport of sailing. Racers are expected to begin arriving in Miami sometime Wednesday May 9th. The race, which is held every four years, began

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Nov. 5, 2011 with the first leg from Alicante, Spain, to Cape Town, South Africa. From there the race went to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Sanya, China; Auckland, New Zealand; and Itajai, Brazil. Leg 6 of the race departed Itajai on April 22nd. The leg 6 finish line is just outside Miamiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Government Cut and as of Sunday, the American team on PUMA Ocean Racing powered by Berg held a 33-mile lead. Visitors to Downtown Miami Race Village will also have a chance to get up close to the Volvo Open 70s and their sailors. They can watch them in action on May 18 in the Pro-Am Race, May 19 in the PortMiami In-Port Race, and the start of the Leg 7 race to Lisbon on May 20. For more information, visit the Miami stopover website: www.volvooceanracemiami.org. The race concludes in July in Galway, Ireland.

Visitors to Downtown Miami Race Village will also have a chance to get up close to the Volvo Open 70s and their sailors. They can watch them in action on May 18 in the Pro-Am Race, May 19 in the PortMiami In-Port Race, and the start of the Leg 7 race to Lisbon on May 20.

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BikeSafe Program

Makes Cycling Safe, Fun Since the introduction of the “age of the bicycle” in the 1800s most people have ridden a bicycle either for recreation or for transportation at some point in their lives. In fact, up until the 1970s, nearly half of all children in the United States rode bicycles to school as their primary mode of transportation. Since then, there has been a steady decline in the number of students bicycling to school due to environmental infrastructure issues surrounding schools, increased distances from home to school as “suburban America” became developed, and most of all, safety concerns. According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, while bicycle participation rates of middle school children in Miami Dade County are relatively low compared to other modes of transportation, the bicycle-related injury rate for this age group (ages 10-14) is the highest compared to all other pediatric age groups. The resultant apprehension that now accompanies simply using a bicycle in today’s day and age have led adults and children alike to miss out on easy and fun opportunities for exercise and physical activity in their daily lives. The University of Miami’s BikeSafe™ program was developed to improve bicycle safety knowledge and bicycle handling skills in middle school-aged children, and also encourage bicycling as a recreational physical activity and a form of active transportation. As a comprehensive pediatric bicycle injury prevention program, BikeSafe’s mission is to improve bicycle safety, increase daily physical activity, and improve bikeability around schools and parks. Under the direction of Dr. Gillian Hotz, Director of the KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the BikeSafe™ program is changing policies, creating initiatives, and developing systems that will make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to bike safely in their communities. Funded by Safe Routes to School (SRTS) and through the Florida Department of Transportation, Miami Dade County School Board and community agencies, the program has been successful in reducing bicycling-related injuries and increasing physical activity rates among middle school-aged children. Since its inception in 2009, BikeSafe™ has created a diverse range of initiatives that have achieved early success in improving bicycle safety knowledge throughout the community. The BikeSafe™ educational camp curriculum was developed for use in

Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Spring and summer camps. To date, the program has reached a total of 696 campers since its first implementation in the summer camps in 2010. In addition to BikeSafe™ curriculum training, BikeSafe partnered with the Injury Prevention Coalition of Miami-Dade County to offer a helmet fitting training. In order to directly address the lack of bicycle safety education in schools, BikeSafe™ staff also developed a four-lesson off-bike curriculum (with an optional on-bike fifth lesson) that would meet the scheduling and programmatic needs of Miami-Dade County middle schools. Through instructional, modeling and creative learning modules, the BikeSafe™ school-based educational curriculum is designed to guide instructors to teach students about bicycling basics, preparing to ride, rules of the road, and safe riding skills in the school setting. The curriculum makes use of familiar age-appropriate physical education games and drills to teach the basic concepts of bicycle safety in unique and innovative ways. This Spring, BikeSafe trained Miami-Dade County middle school physical education teachers on how to implement its first school-based bicycle safety curriculum. As a result, more than 2,000 middle school students in Miami-Dade County have participated in the BikeSafe™ curriculum during their physical education classes to date. This May, in honor of National Bike Month, hundreds of Bike to School Day events have begun to crop up all across the country. In order to

raise awareness for the need to create safer routes for bicycling and walking to school, to emphasize the importance of increasing physical activity amongst children, to reduce traffic congestion and to show concern for the environment, many schools have chosen to promote the very first National Bike to School Day, May 9th, 2012. Naturally, these events build connections between families, schools and the broader community. To celebrate this day, Hialeah Gardens Middle School held a Bike to School Day event on May 9th as a culmination event for the students to spotlight their bike safety knowledge and skills to demonstrate what they learned during the BikeSafe™ curriculum implementation during physical education class. The BikeSafe team, students, parents, teachers, local police, school board members, T.D. the Miami Dolphin mascot, and many community stakeholders rode a loop around the perimeter of a nearby park and then continued to the school’s outdoor basketball courts, where a post-ride rally and on-bike safety stations took place prior to the start of school. For additional information on the BikeSafe™ program, please visit: www.ibikesafe.us For additional information about Walk and Bike to School Day: www.walkbiketoschool.org

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Something Extra:

Smuttier Than

The new list slamming Florida says the home of Mickey Mouse and Disney family values is, in fact, the smuttiest city in America. MIAMI (CBS4) – These days, there’s a list for just

about everything, and it’s almost a guarantee that Florida will get the short end of the stick.

As I’ve asked before, could it be that the people who compile these lists are envious that we live in this great state and they don’t? The new list slamming Florida says the home of Mickey Mouse and Disney family values is, in fact, the smuttiest city in America. Yes, Snow White, L.A. may be the capital of pornographic film production, but Orlando is the capital of porn film consumption. According to Men’s Health magazine, the home of G-rated theme parks is

Sin City?

X-rated when you leave Fantasyland. The criteria included porn bought, rented or streamed, the number of adult entertainment stores and the number of porn internet searches. Tampa was eighth smuttiest and Miami twelfth helping Florida take the title as the smuttiest state. But how can Orlando be smuttier than Sin City itself? Vegas took second. And the none-too-saintly New York and Los Angeles didn’t even make the top fifty. Florida may need to launch a P.R. campaign to counter all this silly, negative publicity.

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Survey:

Job Creation Soars But More Is Still Needed

Reporting Tim Kephart

While local, state and the federal government continue to enact austerity on their workers; the latest new from Gallup showed job creation is at its highest level since before President Barack Obama took office. According to Gallup’s April Job Creation Index, 36 percent of workers nationwide said their employers are hiring workers and expanding the size of their workforce. Sixteen percent said their employers continue to fire people and reduce the workforce. The 36 percent hiring figure is the highest since August 2008, just before the Great Recession exploded when the housing bubble and the stock market blew up. The 16 percent who said their companies were reducing the workforce is the lowest since July 2008. Regionally, the South was the best area for net private job creation, while the Northeast was the worst. Republicans continue to call President Obama a big government president, but the numbers from Gallup don’t back up the argument. While private workers reported better levels of hiring, the government workforce continued to contract at all levels. Job creation in all areas of government has been negative since late 2011.

The biggest loser in job creation has been at the federal level, according to Gallup. The problem has now become how to keep private sector job hiring at a sufficient level to offset the high levels of unemployment coming from the government. Gallup said that the combined large-scale contraction of the government workforce and the current private sector hiring is keeping the overall economy stuck in neutral. In the past, governments hired people during deep economic downturns to spur the consumer spending which drives the economy. However, the Great Recession saw things take a much different turn in 2010 when the tea party rode to power in the House of Representatives and insisted on European style austerity cuts to avoid problems in the future with the national debt. In Europe, the Herbert Hoover-ideal of austerity in the face of economic downturn has yielded slumps that have nearly taken out the entire European zone.

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MIAMI (CBS4) –

Diving For Tires

Off The South Florida Coast Reporting David Sutta

Hannes Bend is not a scuba diver, or even a good swimmer. But for some reason, he just can’t seem to stay out of the ocean. The 31-year old artist risked his life not once, but twice a few weeks ago, trying to pull old tires out of the ocean. “Are you a strong swimmer?” asked CBS4’s David Sutta of Bend. “Actually no,” Bend replied with laughter. On his last jump in, he actually had to be saved by a rescue diver. “It was pretty embarrassing,” declared Bend. This team of divers and volunteers, grunted as they pulled up tires. Their goal is make the tires part of an art project bend dreamed up a few months ago, to reveal a secret buried off our coastline four decades ago. “This environmental disaster took place actually about a mile off of Fort Lauderdale Beach. It’s beautiful out here. Pristine. You wouldn’t know anything is wrong unless you went 70 feet below,” Sutta said just before he dived into the ocean himself. Within seconds of hitting the water and sinking… you see it… a handful of tires… whitewalls that build and build until eventually filling the horizon as far as the eye can see. Experts estimate this tire cemetery is about 30 football fields wide. “In the late 60’s, early 70’s they discovered that tires were actually good for growing coral (BUTT) So they bundled them up and sunk em. That bundle had a metal clip. In two to three years that clip disappeared, the tires were free and now there is just an empty field of tires. One point five million to two million. Nobody can even count them,” said Matt Hoelscher. Most tires don’t stay still long enough for coral to grow. Occasionally they wash up on our shoreline following major storms. But more often than not, they just roll around… out of sight. “They are all over our reefs,” said Hoelscher. “These tires are making a big mess now.” “I had spoken to a lot of people in South Florida. Maybe half of them knew about it,” Bend told Sutta. “Mainly older people. But the younger generation didn’t know about this.” And so Bend, an artist visiting from Germany took it upon himself to clean up our mess the best way he knew how…. through art. “We are going to have teams of two people bundling tires,” said Bend. On a Friday morning, two dozen volunteers gathered to dig up old tires. “With two dives I’m hoping we can get about 300 tires,” said a diver. And then they bring them to the surface to recreate an above ground art installation of awareness for land lubbers.

“It’s doable and it’s doable to create exposure,” declared Bend. They quickly discovered that tires weigh a measly three pounds underwater… but above water… it is more like 25 pounds. They had their work cut out. After hours of struggling and bending, jumping in to rescue sinking tires, they managed to round up 80 tires. Back at the dock, Bend admired his treasure. “Hold old are you?” Sutta asked Bend. “31-years old,” he replied. “So the tires you are looking at are actually older than you,” noted Sutta. “Actually older than me,” said Bend. “That’s very interesting to see how nature took over within the past decade and what’s happening to them.” A week later Bend opened up his exhibit in Wynwood… recreating the ocean floor. “This gives everyone a really good impression of what is going on there even though you are not in the water. This is almost like being in the water and then seeing the footage. You really get a strong emotional feeling to it” Bend insisted. The tires date as far back as the 1940’s. Bend hops the out of water experience stirs action. “I think it gives people a chance to see art in a different way and experience something through art that might lead to something else,” Bend said. Truly where the rubber meets the road, or in this case, the water. “Where the rubber meets the road?” Bend asked. While that phrase may be lost in translation to a German artist…. the message he’s sending is universal. “It’s our planet,” declared Bend. According to Sutta, there have been several attempts over the years to pull these tires up. But the sheer numbers has made it very difficult. Bend has hope though. His exhibit called “THE ECLIPSE.”

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The Invisible

Wounds of War

Reporting Antonio Mora

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“I was extremely suicidal,” “I was extremely suicidal,” admitted Barry Offenburger, a U.S. Army veteran. “I was just a couple of inches between life and death,” confessed Jeffrey Ruiz, who also joined the Army. “I was drinking,” said Barry. “I was having a lot of anxiety. I was having nightmares,” declared Ruiz. Offenburger added, “I had rage, anger issues, wanted to start fights with random people.” Thirty-three year old Offenburger of Miami survived 8-months in Afghanistan. Twenty-five year old Jeffrey Ruiz of Houston spent 13-months in Iraq. Each soldier made it home whole, all limbs intact…. but broken and tormented by their invisible wounds. “I started having problems with PTSD and nightmares, anxiety and depression,” Barry admitted to CBS4’s Antonio Mora. “I was on so much medication. I needed someone to help take care of me,” Jeffrey said. Jeffrey’s wife left him and he moved back in with his parents. Margo Bartlett is his mother. “I got angry because I gave the Army a healthy child and then I got a broken child when he came back.” Offenburger was in a troop carrier with 30 soldiers, when it rolled over trying to avoid a suspected IED. Barry was thrown from the truck and hit his head. “They never diagnosed me with any head trauma,” said Offenburger. But when he returned to Miami, Barry began to change. “My anger was out of control. I started self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. I was no longer happy, even though I had a ton of things to be happy for,” explained Barry. That’s because his fiance`Erika Vanderbiest had just moved in with him and she was pregnant. “It was blinds shut, no lights in the house, I don’t want to get out of bed… very bitter and angry with life,” said Vanderbeist. “It was rough! It was a very bad place to be. Very bad.” CBS4′s Antonio Mora asked her, “Did you live in fear?” “I did,” she replied. “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t.” While Barry spiraled into a dark hole… Erika put aside her fears and found the determination to get him help. “I’m a fighter and I love him,” she explained Erika found help in another hole of sorts… a hyperbaric chamber. “And I said hyper what? Ok.” A hyperbaric chamber is a pressurized enclosure where a patient spends time inhaling 100% oxygen. For decades, hyperbaric chambers have been used to treat decompression sickness and severe wounds, including burns. “The presence of oxygen is how things grow and how we heal,” explained Ray Cralle, a physical therapist in Delray Beach. Cralle explained how the chamber dramatically increases oxygen in tissue, causing your body to release your own stem cells… accelerating healing. He’s convinced it can also heal brain trauma, an often undiagnosed problem in thousands of soldiers returning from wars abroad. “Something horrible is happening because of these explosive devices that are not being looked at,” explained Cralle. ”Their brain imaging looks different than if I hit you with a baseball bat.” A focused brain injury such as a concussion from an elbow to the head, as was seen in late April on ESPN when the LA Lakers played the Oklahoma City Thunder… can be detected with common diagnostic scans. But Cralle says only a Nuclear Spect Scan can detect the collection of

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little air bubbles in the brain that are caused by repeated exposure to concussive blasts. “On paper on the record… 46 IEDs impacted on my vehicle,” said Ruiz about his time in Iraq. “An RPG came right over my truck and impacted the wall that was probably about 5-feet away from me. It happens so fast. You just feel the heat. And you get kind of like… just stars.” “The veterans, their brains almost look like popcorn cause they’ve been hit in so many areas,” noted Cralle. He showed CBS4 Ruiz’s brain imaging before his 40 hyperbaric treatments. It appeared pock-marked, irregular… like a bowl of popcorn. Then Cralle showed us the images after treatment. Those scans show a smooth and rounded normal brain. “We flew him back nine months later to be sure we didn’t have some short-term effect and we retested him. Psychologically he even did better,” said Cralle. Ruiz couldn’t agree more. ”I went from not being able to find my house that I’d lived in for years, to making the Dean’s list every semester since then.” “He’s back!” exclaimed his mother. “And that’s what it took. I do believe.” But no substantial scientific studies have been finalized to determine the effectiveness of the chambers on brain trauma, so insurance doesn’t cover the treatment. Veterans such as Ruiz and Offenburger have to depend on the kindness of strangers like Cralle, who is donating his services, and retired Marine Corps. Lt. Col. Tony Colmenares. “You’re pretty much a true believer in this treatment?” Mora asked the Lt. Col. “Oh yeah! I’m a true believer!” declared Colmenares. He headed a Red Cross program that paid for the soldier’s room, board and transportation to treatment in Cralle’s hyperbaric chambers. Colmenares worries there is no way to treat the injured among the thousands of troops returning to South Florida. “People are coming back that otherwise would have been lost in other wars. So now we’re trying to figure out… how do we take care of these invisible wounds?” The Pentagon began an extensive study of hyperbaric chambers in the treatment of brain injury almost 18-months ago. But even if found effective, it will take years before the chambers are rolled out to treat our troops. If Barry had been forced to wait that long… “I don’t think I’d be here. I’d probably either be dead or in jail,” Offenburger confessed. Instead, Barry and Erika are watching their 2-year old Isabella… grow up. Erika said she is grateful her man got this help. “I hope it gives someone, at least one person, a little bit of hope that there is help.”

“I gave the Army a healthy child and then I got a broken child when he came back.”

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Arrests Made In Two

Reporting David Sutta

Illegal Gambling Operations

The sign may read “Play Now” outside the Santiago Meat Market in West Park but the customers were playing more than the Florida Lottery games inside. “We think they were moving about $25,000 a day through these businesses,” said Broward Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Dan Fitzpatrick. Sheriff’s detectives raided the store after an undercover investigation exposed what was really happening. Upfront the shop looked like any other mini-mart, but behind a series of doors, however, lay a major gambling operation. “There was a cashier behind bullet proof glass,” said Fitzpatrick. “You would place a bet and they would give you a computer generated slip showing what your bet was and how much and how much you would receive if your bet won.” During the raid, Ramon Rodriguez was not a big winner. The Miramar resident had nothing to say as undercover agents led him off to jail on a handful of gambling charges. His roommate Carlos Pena was also arrested. The sheriff’s office says Pena was the “pit boss” at another store down the street on 64th Avenue.

“They were in charge of who comes and goes,” Fitzpatrick explained. The 64th Avenue operation was reportedly a multi-service agency, offering everything from travel deals to fitness shakes. Over the course of six months deputies made several wagers. With the Kentucky Derby and the Miami Heat in the playoffs cops finally went all in. They came out with boxes of cash. “We seized over $25,000.” Fitzpatrick said. Now investigators are pouring over the books hoping to follow the money even further. “We believe there is a larger organization that actually, there is an ongoing investigation to see the overall organization. This is just a small part,” said Fitzpatrick. People who lived near the stores and purchase items from them said they had no idea anything like this was happening. “I come here everyday to get food because I work in a restaurant. I didn’t know that that was going on here,” Anwar Lores told us outside the store. The sheriff’s office said they expect at least one more arrest in this investigation; an investigation which could lead to something much, much bigger.

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Features Celebrated Creatures Of The Sea

Do you love sharks? You’ll love a new South Florida art exhibit featuring nothing but these celebrated creatures of the sea. SHARK is the new exhibition that opens Saturday May 12th at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale along with Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center. “I think anybody will connect with this exhibit whether you like sharks or not,” said exhibition curator Richard Ellis. Ellis is an acclaimed wildlife artist, author, and environmentalist. In this artistic underworld world of sharks, the exhibit teems with more than 70 artists’ perspectives on sharks portrayed as predator, victim and even pop culture icon. In all, there are more than 130 original pieces of work on display. In addition to drawings of all the known varieties of sharks in the world, the exhibition contains photographs, sculptures, paintings, and video as well as a section devoted to the sensational impact of the 1975 Steven Spielberg film “Jaws.” “There’s a shark carved out of automobile hub caps, there’s a shark made out of a golf bag , there’s sharks made out of washing machine parts,” explained Ellis. The exhibit SHARK curated by artist Richard Ellis has been in the works for two years. Sharon Zalkin is one of the first to see the exhibition. “Absolutely incredible and overwhelmingly fabulous,” said Zalkin. “Who knew? It’s really, really special.” The underwater jour-

ney takes you on a journey of the long history of sharks, including the gallery dedicated to the film “Jaws.” The “Jaws” gallery features original storyboards, illustrations, posters and memorabilia from the film and its sequels. “Everybody, everywhere thinks about sharks at one time or another. You can’t say that about giraffes or whales or wombats but you can certainly say it about sharks,” said Ellis. “As you go through the exhibition you’ll find in the end the story of the shark, not so much as the predator anymore but as the prey,” said Irvin Lippman, executive director of the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale. SHARK also includes well-known marine artists Guy Harvey and Kent Ullberg, as well as noted photographers Chris Fallows, Ron and Valerie Taylor, Daniel Botelho, David Doubilet, and Rodney Fox. There is also a dramatic installation of watercolors of 400 shark species by British wildlife illustrator Marc Dando. Admission to SHARK includes general admission to the Museum. Adult admission is $10, seniors and military is $7, children ages 6-17 is $5, children 5 and under and Museum members are admitted free. For a more interactive experience, visitors can download the SHARK mobile integration onto smart phones and tablets. It’s a family-friendly program that offers gaming, shark facts, shark tracking and a family resource guide. It can be downloaded via a mobile bar code or a link on the website www.moafl.org. The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale is located at One East Las Olas Boulevard at the corner of Andrews Avenue in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale. The SHARK exhibition is open until January 6, 2013.

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To Like

Not To Like Experts Weigh In

Reporting Jorge Estevez Lately, it seems, the click of the “Like” button has become a hot-button issue among social media users. Consider Annie Pace Scranton and her friend Chris Crater, both are avid Facebook users, but when it comes to when to click the “Like” button their opinions vary. “My like is hard to get. When I like, I want it to really mean something,” Crater said. Scranton said she clicks the “Like” button with more frequency. “And I would say that I like things probably about once an hour. Is that too much?” Not at all for the advertisers who have created pages for their products with the hopes of growing the number of “fans” who “Like” them. Bart Steiner, CEO of the marketing firm Bulbstorm, said companies recognize the power of the “thumbs up” because it increases the list of potential customers who are often rewarded for their click. “Liking has become the 21st century bumper sticker. It’s kind of your way to show your identity and say, ‘Hey I like this brand’, ” Steiner said. “Virtually every brand that’s been on Facebook for a while has done some kind of sweepstakes.” Those sweepstakes include everything from luxury vacations and fine jewelry to high-tech electronics for simply clicking “Like.” “Offers, discounts or access to unique information or you can give your feedback to a brand for the first time and have them really be able to listen to it,” Steiner said. But there are potential drawbacks of over-clicking. “Consumer beware, when you “Like” a brand, you might be used as part of an advertising campaign,” Steiner said. It means that a sign of support, such as a simple Facebook “Like,” may appear in a brand sponsored ad for all to see. In some cases, Facebook has developed a new product called sponsored stories where a person’s picture and name could appear on top of an ad. “The data shows that very often those can be two or more times as effective as an advertising medium. Because by putting my likeness there, they’ve essentially given my endorsement,” Steiner said. Craig Spiezle of the Online Trust Alliance said privacy is also an issue because many of these “likes” are connected to apps that ask for personal information. “How is that data being used? How can you delete it? How long is it kept? And perhaps one of the most important things, who’s it shared with?” Spiezle said. For added protection, experts say, read before you click especially the privacy policies. “They may not be set or optimized for privacy settings by default,” Spiezle said. For the friends who are at odds over how often they click “Like,” there’s one thing they can agree on. “Facebook rules,” Scranton said. Facebook said they respect customer privacy and while you may not be able to opt-out of the “sponsored stories” ad campaigns, you can check your Facebook activity log to ensure the ads are shared with a limited number of people.

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Best Places To

Swim With TheÂ Dolphins

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Don’t just get your feet wet, dive into the action and swim with dolphins in the beautiful blue waters of the Florida Keys. With dolphin swim programs, you’ll plunge into the remarkable world of these powerful marine mammals and come face to face with bottlenose dolphins, porpoises and other majestic cetaceans.

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Dolphins Plus Key Largo, FL - www.dolphinsplus.com

Dolphins Plus is committed to the conservation and protection of marine mammals worldwide through education, research, experiential learning, and environmental awareness. The facility is located on a canal, adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, thus creating natural seawater homes for the Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions. Dolphins Plus provides the option to swim with the dolphins or sea lions.

Dolphin Cove Key Largo, FL - www.dolphinscove.com

Dolphin Cove is a marine education and dolphin swim facility located in Key Largo where visitors swim with dolphins in a natural lagoon open to the Florida Bay. Dolphins Cove has a private lagoon where young children can enjoy swimming with the dolphins. The company provides snorkels, fins and goggles for the experience.

Theater of the Sea Islamorada, FL -  www.theaterofthesea.com

Theater of the Sea is an educational and entertaining marine animal park that provides swimming with dolphins, sea lions and stingrays. You can swim with the dolphins and even snorkel below the surface to interact with them. The lagoons, and lush, tropical gardens at are home to Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, California sea lions, sea turtles, tropical and game fish, sharks, stingrays, alligators, marine invertebrates, colorful parrots, and birds-of-prey.

Dolphin Research Center Marathon, FL - www.dolphins.org

Dolphin Research Center is a non-profit educational and research facility that provides visitors with a place to learn about its family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions. The center offers a variety of programs including Trainer for a Day, Researcher for a Day, Dolphin Encounter (deep water or shallow water), Dolphin Dip, and Play with the Dolphins.

Miami Seaquarium Key Biscayne, FL 33149  www.miamiseaquarium.com

Dolphin Harbor at the Miami Seaquarium is home to the theme park’s dolphin interaction program. The “Dolphin Odyssey” provides an interactive and educational classroom presentation before visitors don a wetsuit for the fun-filled, deep water interaction with a dolphin. The “Dolphin Encounter” is a shallow water program for young and old alike who have a chance to touch, feed and play with a dolphin. There’s also a “Trainer for a Day” program available which provides a totally hands-on, behind-the-scenes experience.

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