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he Festival of Speeds and Prestige Imports is introducing Miami to the man who brought carbon fiber composite to the automobile and motorcycle industries, alongside his latest creation: the Huayra.

Horacio Pagani was fascinated by cars throughout his childhood in Argentina, yet unable to turn his dream of building a super car into a reality, he flew to Italy. By twenty years of age, he accomplished his dream, building 70% of a Formula 3 racer. His career led him towards Lamborghini, where as Chief Engineer, he proposed using carbon fiber composites to build the cars. After his idea was denied, he followed his gut and separated from Lamborghini to found his own design company: Modena Design. Since its conception, carbon fiber parts were made for Ferrari, Daimler and Asprillia, the industry’s leading automobile companies.

In the interview that follows, the man who creates high speed-performance pieces of art and uses the principals of the Italian masters as inspiration talks about safety, electric cars and passion.

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Food for your thoughts

An introduction to the next four years

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n light of the upcoming Presidential elections on November 6, Tuesday, the following political cheat sheet has been developed. The information found below is taken from various political websites, with the intention of putting these selected issues in one place for our readers’ convenience. The content is published as is without our comment.

The featured issues were identified from the most popular questions from our readers: changes to the federal Pell Grant program, immigration reforms, and Medicare. The campaign headquarters for President Obama and Governor Romney did not respond to our questions.

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ith tuned guitars and beguiling harmonies of today’s great jazz artists, an enraptured audience of jazz devotees will gather this fall to enjoy high-level playing, authentic, old school style jazz. A ways back, Miami attracted the industry’s golden children and the underground’s stars to its clubs and shows. Before Steven Ingrosso and Wolfgang Gartner, the original nightclub in the Fontainebleau often had performers like Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra singing to their audiences. Once rock ‘n roll and pop music took the stage though, the city’s jazz current moved from the mainstream to underground. Honoring the jazz roots of the city, Joe Carter, jazz musician, educator and Musical Director of the Miami Jazz Fest, has coordinated a schedule of artists who he hopes appeals to a large audience without compromising the authentic jazz sound.

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Tasked with pulling together an alluring lineup for the twoday festival, Carter discusses how other jazz festivals will, for example, invite Van Morrison to play. Admitting that although he believes Van Morrison to be a great musician, those ploys of attracting rock fans to a jazz festival for boosting attendance numbers is the antithesis to the Miami Jazz Fest’s mission. The lineup for the festival were instead motivated by the desire to maintain a certain standard of jazz, hoping the non-jazz fans come and feel a connection with the genre.

Emphasizing how excited the musicians were to play in Miami, Carter claimed the reputation Miami has for being a jazz oasis proceeds itself. As the artists were enthusiastic to accept invitations, they met Carter’s standards for playing authentic jazz. He explained, “I chose artists who are not

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he other day we had a big debate in the office: whether or not we should make a note in the editorials that are given by our clients.

Because we are a non-political, independent newspaper, we can publish anything that calls our attention, is of interest and informative for everybody. We try to find stories that will appeal to you, the reader, or to visitors stopping in our city, with things to do, where to go, who’s who, but also health, fitness, real estate, history, etc.

Since the crisis of the printed paper, big names like the LA Times and some others have gotten into huge scandals because they were selling their cover stories and editorials for commercial purposes, rather than providing pure information.

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emeteries often receive the unfair reputation for being creepy, haunted, and frightening – their historical treasures forgotten by the treasures of their graves.

They are historical markers in actuality, surviving the names and lives of people and serving as generational beacons of society, cultural orientations and artistic inclinations. The City of Miami Cemetery is one such example: it bursts with the names of pioneering Miami families and is a reminder of the culturally dark days of a segregated America.

A walk through the grounds provides a fascinating recount of troubling days, when a great portion of society was told they were second rate. In 1897 and 1898, the cemetery was laid out by race and religion.

Metaphysical boundaries, from a time that is difficult to imagine for the younger generations and emotional for those who do, are shown here in precise, geographical boundaries. African Americans were buried on the western half, and Caucasians were buried on the eastern. North of the western side of the cemetery lies the walled section for Jewish individuals. There is an additional portion for Spanish American War veterans and Confederate Civil War veterans. Historian Dr. Paul George revealed that segregation of the graves is no longer practiced unless for financial reasons, stating that the first African-American buried in the “white” side was in 1989.

We were questioning when ethics of objective journalism is betrayed by the needs of continuing the business, and we were trying to find a happy medium. One where we can inform the readers with the impartial story about what’s going on in the community, while also working as a platform for our clients to educate our readers of what they do, which services they provide and helping the clients to increase their revenue. At the end, we are a marketing tool as well as an informative resource.

But when is an editorial or an article too much of a sales speech?

Here is when we, as a paper at the editorial table, put together a strategy to help our clients and inform the community; how to be the bridge for the well-being of both motors in our business: readers and clients.

We will announce when the content is provided by our client. We will always have the right to select the content that will be published and it will always be in an educative manner, so you the reader will have the information of new services, new procedures; how to make your lifestyle better and know of new products from the businesses in your neighborhood.

We are in our own process of growth, selecting who our partners will be since it is important for us to suggest good ideas to the readers. We are building that connection to ensure that information submitted from our clients will be useful for you as well. And the cover will always be our particular whim.

We understand we are building trust and this is what we are standing for.

I am always asking for your opinions and your thoughts and in this particular case, I definitely want to hear from you, since all of you are our readers, the reason we are working every day, putting together ideas, articles, and stories with such a big joy.

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Sold to the City of Miami in 1897 by William and Mary Brickell for $750, the eleven* acre parcel of land was to become the city’s first municipal cemetery. It followed one year after the incorporation of the City of Miami, which was comprised of 100 men (as women’s suffrage was decades away, their numbers were unaccounted for). Over 9,000 plots now take up the land, and there is an estimated 1,000 remaining. A tiny fraction of the city’s current population, yet this will suffice for a few more decades because the graves are deeded to the plots. As the property is reserved for members of the family, a minute 10-20 people are now buried per year in the City of Miami Cemetery.

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The Miami Short Film Festival is coming!

The Miami Short Film Festival has entertained the community for the past 11 years, and its international presence continues to strengthen. Having grown into a renowned film festival, industry professionals from around the world choose this festival to show their short film work.

Within just a two-hour time frame, one experiences an extensive range of emotions, characters and stories. The short films are organized in groups between seven and ten pieces in such a nice way that viewers can see everything

from animated motion pictures to music videos (a new category this year). As if in a roller coaster of stories, expect documentaries and short narratives to make you laugh, cry and philosophize.

The beauty of film in shots!

The categories for awards this year are: Best Documentary, Best Narrative, Best Animation, Best Music Video, Best Environmental, Best Experimental, Local Short Film.

Please mark your calendars, come in and join a select group of people from actors, producers, and film

makers enjoying what they do best: entertain with art!

The festival kicks off on November 24th with a party at the Back Lot Bar inside Paragon 13 in Cocowalk.

Then followed on November 25th with a program geared towards kids at the Miami Children’s Museum. Events will continue all week, along with seminars and screenings at either Paragon 13 or the Miami Beach Cinematheque. The Miami Short Film Festival closes with an Awards Ceremony on December 1st at the Mutiny Hotel in Coconut Grove.

Julia Tuttle, the “Mother of Miami,” was the twelfth to be buried in the cemetery.

Charles and Isabella Peacock opened the first hotel in Miami.

William M. Burdine, opened the Floridian department store Burdine’s, which was later bought by Macy’s.

John B. Reiley, first Mayor of Miami.

John Sewell, third Mayor of Miami and wrote John Sewell’s Memoirs and History of Miami, Florida, a valuable account of the days of pioneers.

Yet the rare glimpse into Miami’s history reflected in the cemetery is even more fascinating.

Everyone from Julia Tuttle to William Burdine is buried in the City of Miami Cemetery. Notable families who have been forgotten over the years, without standing structures, have their graves to associate with their lives, as noted by the Heritage Conservation Board of Miami-Dade County.

Under the stewardship of the Dade Heritage Trust Committee, organized

by Penny Lambeth, and TREEmendous Miami, co-founded by Steven Perason, the City of Miami Cemetery has been maintained with donations and thousands of volunteer hours. Rather than design elaborate additions to embellish the modest cemetery, the foundations have instead worked to beautify the land. The 23,000 trees planted over the years have each been handpicked and planted with precise intention. The landscape was arranged for something to be in bloom throughout the year.

While there are more elaborate cemeteries around the world, mausoleums twenty years in the making, Egyptian crypts inlaid with gold, the cemetery reflects an honest portrayal of Miami’s past and artistic development. Without much further ado, wander through the historical markers this month. Notice the differences between carvings, examine the names and ponder the lives of Miami’s pioneering, first families.

Dr. Pat Pazmiño Francesca Burns

*The City of Miami Cemetery is often written to have ten acres; HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center states eleven.

Operated by the City of Miami Parks and Recreation’s Operation Department, they maintain the property’s building, facilities and grounds. Tombstones and gravesite maintenance is the sole responsibility of the plot owner.

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BY Francesca Burns

October 26, 1962

EVENTS IN THE PAST

SOME NOTABLE HAPPENINGS FROM octoBERS PASSED October 24, 1895

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On October 24, 1931, Chicago gangster “Scarface ” Al Capone was found guilty of Federal Income Tax evasion, and was sentenced to 11 years in jail. His notoriety as a merciless mob boss who paid his way into comfortable jail cells earlier on in his “career” had made the judicial system wary. This time, Capone was put under close watch in various prisons before being transferred to the legendary maximum-security jail, Alcatraz, in 1934.

Having contracted syphilis during his 11 year prison term, once released, Capone was unable to regain the title of “Public Enemy Number One” and retired instead to his mansion in Miami Beach. Capone diedin 1947 of heart failure.

ith a monopolizing oil refinery that he founded with John D. Rockefeller in 1867, Henry M. Flagler left the daily negotiations of the corporate world in the 1890’s to focus on his new enterprise: South Florida.

St. Augustine was his main stomping grounds, and he ignored Julia Tuttle’s vision of creating the “City on the River.” Tuttle tried numerous times to convince Flagler to extend his Florida East Coast Railway to Fort Dallas (Miami), going so far as to offer him part of her land to develop.

However he declined each invitation.

After a detrimental freeze in Central and North Florida though, Flagler looked south, and revisited Mrs. Tuttle’s offer in April 1895. He wrote a letter to William and Mary Brickell, who had proposed a similar exchange to that of Tuttle. By the time the railroad extension was officially announced on June 21, 1895, rumors had encouraged real estate activity, and settlers arrived ready to plow the “freeze proof” Miami lands. On October 24, 1895, the agreement between Flagler and Tuttle was made official; Flagler received 100 acres of land to develop and build a hotel and Julia Tuttle got her railway extension.

Following the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the U.S.S.R.’s Nikita Khrushchev installed missile bases in Cuba. Done in secret, the C.I.A. still managed to coup photographs of unarmed warheads, and showed them to John F. Kennedy in October 1962. On national TV, JFK announced that Soviet missiles lay 90 miles south of Florida, something he declared constituted a direct threat to the safety and security of the U.S.A. A naval blockade was announced, and Kennedy advised that an attack on America from Cuba would be considered an attack by the U.S.S.R. Thirteen days of negotiations passed before Premier Nikita Krushchev agreed to eliminate the missiles. On October 26, 1962, the Soviets and Americans exchanged the terms that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis: the Soviet missiles would be removed if America promised not to attack Cuba.

Unbeknownst at the time by the public, so relieved that nuclear devastation had been averted, Kennedy also promised to recall American missiles in Turkey. In the wake of these events, an estimated 100,000 Cubans took the “freedom flight” from Havana to Miami.

By ALEINE UNKOVIC

Haunted Hotel

Ancient traditions by the Pagans and Celts saw the 31st of October as their chance to appease the ghosts who returned from the dead on this night. Dressing in costumes and wearing masks that mimicked evil spirits, dancing to fires and burning crops were the first observations of the holiday. What if the ghosts remained for longer than one night though?

Miami has its own ghosts that haunt our ancient sites. There are sightings of ghosts throughout Miami, inferring many are attached to the site of their previous lives. Local folklore has placed one gorgeous hotel as the backdrop to many of the stories: The Biltmore Hotel.

All the dreams of George Merrick, developer of Coral Gables, of Italian, Spanish and Moorish architecture are realized in the walls, columns and frescos of the Biltmore Hotel.

From its birth as one of the most glamorous hotels in the country, it has hosted the height of American and European societies with visits from Judy Garland and Bing Crosby, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Its reputation for hosting unforgettable community events and providing tropical decadence to visitors was then shot down by World War II. The War Department transformed the grand hotel into the Army Air Forces Regional Hospital, and then a Veterans Administration Hospital between the years 1942 – 1968. The hotel was then abandoned until December 1987, opened and closed a couple years later. In 1992, the Seaway Hotel Corporation restored the Biltmore Hotel to the elegant and renowned landmark recognized today.

Thousands upon thousands have entered the doors of The Biltmore, and numerous individual tales convey that some “remained.” Lending another layer to its rich history, there are stories of paranormal activity. Thomas “Fatty” Walsh’s murder in the 13th floor in 1929 remains the most notorious. A New York mob boss involved in money laundering and narcotics used the 13th floor as a speakeasy and casino during the days of Prohibition.

It was a lucrative business which made him many enemies, and one busy night Fatty was shot in the head.

Stories of strange happenings then began. Some claimed of smelling cigar smoke and hearing the laughter and music of a nighttime party. Women, whom Fatty was known for loving, have felt watched or seen items fall to the floor without reason. Fatty has even been blamed for separating a couple one night. As they descended in the elevator, the doors opened to the darkened and closed 13th floor, instead of the desired lobby. They hesitated, and then decided to explore. As the wife stepped out, the doors slammed shut and her husband was sent straight to the ground floor, despite attempts to stop or redirect the elevator. He ran from its flickering lights to the bell hop, who took him back to the floor and there found his wife frightened, having heard laughter of a man and smelled cigar smoke. Both the floor manager and head of Public Relations for The Biltmore deny this story of paranormal activity, as well as denying that there is a closed off 13th floor.

Others have seen a woman in white gliding through the halls. Stories believe her to be a bride who jumped from the tower balcony the night of her wedding, having heard news that her fiancée died in a car crash. Sad recounts of soldiers who died from their wounds also abound. Linda Spitzer, The Biltmore’s former resident storyteller of ten years, claimed there are many more unheard stories of this kind. The managers of the hotel

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had invited her to come once a week to share the history of the hotel with guests and locals, however she said the stories people would share during the sessions were quite unusual.

Spitzer explained, “It was really remarkable. I was supposed to tell the history of the hotel for only 20 minutes, but then people had these stories of their stays at The Biltmore. One woman said every time she left the room the newspapers would flutter, and yet there wasn’t a breeze to do that. Another woman brought me to the side and showed me a picture she had taken of her son in the front of the hotel, and there were all these heads in the photo… you know, that could not be explained.”

While the hotel was unused, Spitzer was told that local kids would break in to see if they could make it to the tower, from where they would then wave down at their friends. And these kids would see, hear and experience activity. She claimed that many of the employees would approach her with stories because of her role as the resident storyteller. From the piano player seeing someone waving at her from a sofa, to waiters finding things in the wrong places, to residents experiencing strange, unexplainable coincidences, there were “so, so many stories I heard throughout the years,” Spitzer said.

Then, management changed and told Linda Spitzer the sessions must end. It was discovered that international guests heard the tales of ghost activity, and were fearful of booking rooms there. She did mention the managers said that some guests would request room transfers after a night. It was more important to restore The Biltmore’s reputation as a luxurious destination though, and stories of ghosts were imbibing those efforts.

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Food for your thoughts 1. What changes will you make to the Pell Grant program, and how will they affect students?

The Federal Pell Grant Program Description: U.S. Department of Education’s website: The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to lowincome undergraduate and certain post baccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. Students may use their grants at any one of approximately 5,400 participating postsecondary institutions. Grant amounts are dependent on: the student’s expected family contribution (EFC); the cost of attendance (as determined by the institution); the student’s enrollment status (full-time or part-time); and whether the student attends for a full academic year or less.

Total Recipients in 2011-2012: 9,661,460 students Total Funded Dollars in 2011-2012: $33,378,000,000 Mitt Romney: Newsday, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney duel over rising college expenses, September 1, 2012 In a May paper, Romney argued that even as federal spending for higher education has grown, the costs of attending college and student debt have ballooned…

It said Romney would improve college access and affordability: “A Romney administration will tackle this challenge by making clear that the federal government will no longer write a blank check to universities to reward their tuition increases.”

Romney would eliminate duplicative federal college financial aid programs, direct Pell grants to “students that need them most” and put the program on a sustainable long-term path, the document said. It provides few details.

He would put private lenders back in the business of issuing federally backed student loans, let companies compile data about lending and colleges for consumers and help families save for higher education. The paper says little about how. …Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican who is chairman of the House Budget Committee, wrote a Houseapproved 2013 budget that would let the American Opportunity tax credit expire in January. It would freeze the maximum Pell grant at $5,500 for the next decade and it suggests rolling back some subsidies for student borrowers and recent provisions making the grants more widely available.

Ryan’s budget says the Pell grant program, currently costing about $36 billion a year, is unsustainable.

“Urgent reforms are necessary to enable the program to continue as the foundation of the nation’s commitment to helping low-income students gain access to higher education,” budget documents say.

Barack Obama: Newsday, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney duel over rising college expenses, September 1, 2012: Obama would let the current $5,550 per year maximum Pell grant increase to $5,635 next year, as scheduled under current law. That figure has grown by more than $900 since 2008 for a program that is the largest source of federal aid for students, serving more than 9 million of them.

Obama would make permanent the American Opportunity tax credit, created as part of his 2009 economic stimulus program. The credit provides up to $2,500 a year per student for college costs but is due to expire Jan. 1. Renewing it would cost an estimated $13 billion next year alone.

Obama has also proposed tying some federal aid, including Perkins loans and subsidies for students’ work-study jobs, to schools’ abilities to curb tuition increases. The president’s proposals continue “the administration’s commitment to keep college affordable for students and their families,” his 2013 budget blueprint said.

2. What changes will you make to immigration laws that keep families together?

Mitt Romney On MittRomney.com: Attract More Highly Skilled Immigrants: To ensure that America continues to lead the world in innovation and economic dynamism, a Romney administration would press for an immigration policy

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Foreign-born residents with advanced degrees start companies, create jobs, and drive innovation at a high rate. While lawful immigrants comprise about 8 percent of the population, immigrants start 16 percent of our top-performing, high-technology companies, hold the position of CEO or lead engineer in 25 percent of hightech firms, and produce over 25 percent of all patent applications filed from the United States.

Make The Temporary Worker Visa System Functional: • As president, Mitt Romney will make the system for bringing in temporary agricultural workers and other seasonal workers functional for both employers and immigrants. We should get rid of unnecessary requirements that delay issuance of a visa, and we should speed the processing of applications.

• Mitt Romney will work with Congress, states, and employers to properly set the cap on non-agricultural temporary worker visas. Many tourist-oriented businesses in the United States rely on these workers and would have to cut back or cease operations if there are not enough visas.

Secure Our Borders & Discourage Illegal Immigration Mitt Romney will protect legal immigration and the 4.5 million who are waiting in line to enter the United States legally by taking a strong stand against illegal immigration. He believes that illegal immigration must end and has a proven track record of advancing that goal.

Article by Fox News Latino, Mitt Romney Addresses Immigration Before Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, September 17, 2012: “Romney has vowed to veto the so-called DREAM Act, a bill backed by Democrats that would create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. He supports more security along the U.S.-Mexican border, official English legislation and making E-Verify, a fingerprint database that checks for immigration status, available nationwide.

“America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is essential to our economic growth and prosperity,” Romney said. “I want to preserve our heritage of robust legal immigration. And I want to make sure that those who abide by the law and wait in line to immigrate here legally are not at a disadvantage.” “ Barack Obama: On Univision: “Jorge, as you remind me, my biggest failure is that we haven’t gotten comprehensive immigration reform done,” he said. “But it’s not for lack of trying or desire.” – President Obama Obama supports the DREAM Act The National Immigration Law Center: “On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would not deport certain DREAM Act–eligible undocumented youth. Under a directive from the secretary of DHS, these youth will be given a type of temporary permission to stay in the U.S. called “deferred action.”

Deferred action will be valid for two years and may be renewed at the end of the two years. Individuals who receive deferred action may apply for and may obtain employment authorization.

The federal government began accepting deferred action requests on August 15, 2012.

On DREAMAct.info: The DREAM Act is a bipartisan legislation pioneered by Sen. Orin Hatch [R-UT] and Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] that can solve this hemorrhaging injustice in our society. Under the rigorous provisions of the DREAM Act, qualifying undocumented youth would be eligible for a 6 year long conditional path to citizenship that requires completion of a college degree or two years of military service.

FOX News, James Rosen, DHS Document shows Obama Administration wrestling with ‘DREAM Act’, August 9, 2012. “He [DHS Deputy Press Secretary Peter Boogaard] cited statistics showing that in Fiscal Year 2011, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed nearly 397,000 individuals, with more than half of them being criminals. The high percentage of criminals among the deportees, Boogaard said, marked an increase of 89 percent since Fiscal Year 2008.

Obama, however, told Hispanic journalists last September that such numbers are “a little deceptive,” because under new counting methodology, individuals apprehended at the border are being counted as deportees.”

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3. How do you want Medicare to help senior citizens?

Mitt Romney On mittromney.com: Key Elements of Mitt’s Plan • Nothing changes for current seniors or those nearing retirement • Medicare is reformed as a premium support system, meaning that existing spending is repackaged as a fixed-amount benefit to each senior that he or she can use to purchase an insurance plan • All insurance plans must offer coverage at least comparable to what Medicare provides today • If seniors choose more expensive plans, they will have to pay the difference between the support amount and the premium price; if they choose less expensive plans, they can use any leftover support to pay other medical expenses like co-pays and deductibles • “Traditional” fee-for-service Medicare will be offered by the government as an insurance plan, meaning that seniors can purchase that form of coverage if they prefer it; however, if it costs the government more to provide that service than it costs private plans to offer their versions, then the premiums charged by the government will have to be higher and seniors will have to pay the difference to enroll in the traditional Medicare option • Lower income seniors will receive more generous support to ensure that they can afford coverage; wealthier seniors will receive less support • Competition among plans to provide high quality service while charging low premiums will hold costs down while also improving the quality of coverage enjoyed by seniors Cons to Romney’s Medicare Plans: Washington Post, Ezra Klein, Romney says Obama’s plan raises taxes on the middle class. Is he right?, August 17, 2012 Romney’s plan is a net tax increase on poorest Americans, as it permits certain stimulus-related tax breaks to expire. But even in this version of the plan, which doesn’t include any offsets and increases the deficit by trillions of dollars, some tax units see an increase. That’s just the way these things break down.

But would Romney describe his own plan as a middleclass tax increase?

If you begin adding offsets to achieve Romney’s promise of revenue-neutrality, the plan becomes a middle-class tax increase, even if you cut every tax break for the rich before you cut a dollar of tax breaks for anyone else.

Barack Obama: On BarackObama.com: People enrolled in traditional Medicare will save an average of $4,200 in health care expenses over the next 10 years.

You now have access to annual wellness visits with your doctor, free of charge.

If you fall into Medicare’s coverage gap for prescription drugs, you now get a 50 percent discount on brandname drugs—and by 2020, the doughnut hole will close for good.

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Unit# #Beds/Baths Sq. Ft. List Price Sale Price Closed Date

1060 Brickell 1060 Brickell 1060 Brickell 1060 Brickell 1060 Brickell 1060 Brickell 1060 Brickell 500 Brickell 500 Brickell 500 Brickell Asia On Brickell Brickell Key I Brickell Key I Brickell Key I Brickell Key Ii Brickell Key Ii Brickell Key Ii Brickell Shores Carbonell Carbonell Condo Courts Brickell Courvoisier Courts Courvoisier Courts Fortune House Fortune House Four Ambassadors Four Seasons Four Seasons Four Seasons Icon Brickell Icon Brickell Icon Brickell Icon Brickell Icon Brickell Icon Brickell Icon Brickell Icon Brickell Isola Jade Residences Jade Residences Jade Residences Jade Residences Lofts On Brickell One Tequesta Point St Louis Condo St Louis Condo The Club At Brickell Bay The Club At Brickell Bay The Courts The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell The Plaza On Brickell Three Tequesta Point Three Tequesta Point Viceroy

1514 2911 3405 2202 2204 615 815 1205 1607 2806 1605 A1114 A1505 A812 422 1617 921 605 308 1102 604 2411 805 2410 711 1505 52B 62B 55A 2301 3904 602 1913 5507 2406 1908 4106 14 1211 2002 411 904 203 801 1304 901 3822 3615 1509 5204 2004 5401 5001 5200 5108 4103 1702 4708 3709 801 303 3601 2604 3910

2/2.5 2/2 1/1.5 1/1 1/1 1/1.5 1/1.5 2/2 2/2 1/1 2/2 2/2.5 3/3 1/1.5 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/1.5 3/3 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/1 1/1 3/3.5 2/2.5 2/2 3/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2.5 2/2 1/2 1/1 1/1.5 1/1.5 2/2 2/2 1/1 2/2 3/3 2/2 2/2 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 3/2.5 2/2.5 2/2

1278 438,000 410,000 1103 399,000 375,000 963 379,000 376,000 843 319,000 300,000 731 295,000 280,000 1053 285,000 265,000 1053 265,000 250,000 1124 400,000 380,000 1197 380,000 365,000 738 290,000 270,000 1600 925,000 830,000 1976 439,000 415,000 1625 399,000 389,900 836 229,000 210,000 1400 350,000 310,000 1030 350,000 340,000 1030 309,900 309,900 1045 259,000 233,000 1916 975,000 945,000 1076 415,000 400,000 1493 535,000 535,000 1267 499,000 490,000 1236 399,000 395,000 930 280,000 240,000 640 164,500 160,000 990 93,500 126,000 2547 1,899,999 1,750,000 2185 1,600,000 1,500,000 1749 1,150,000 1,026,000 1870 1,250,000 1,175,000 1666 695,900 695,000 1433 679,000 635,000 1144 525,000 510,000 984 520,000 475,000 940 395,000 390,000 732 375,000 325,000 842 360,000 352,500 735 245,000 230,000 1878 1,174,900 1,130,000 1529 659,000 635,000 1293 465,000 450,000 895 325,000 290,000 750 145,000 155,500 780 259,900 255,000 960 439,000 410,000 1000 399,000 360,000 825 230,000 215,000 1030 319,000 318,000 1488 595,000 525,000 1192 532,452 520,000 1101 429,000 405,000 847 365,000 365,000 847 355,452 355,000 847 350,452 346,000 674 350,452 339,000 739 340,452 329,000 739 333,256 300,000 674 319,052 315,000 674 297,452 293,500 838 265,000 236,000 702 263,000 255,000 2353 1,300,000 1,150,000 1919 949,000 920,000 1347 630,000 620,000

8/24/2012 8/8/2012 8/31/2012 8/29/2012 8/23/2012 8/29/2012 8/9/2012 8/31/2012 8/22/2012 8/23/2012 8/21/2012 8/16/2012 8/17/2012 8/30/2012 8/3/2012 8/17/2012 8/31/2012 8/14/2012 8/10/2012 8/23/2012 8/24/2012 8/31/2012 8/2/2012 8/15/2012 8/13/2012 8/31/2012 8/24/2012 8/16/2012 8/8/2012 8/2/2012 8/31/2012 8/15/2012 8/2/2012 8/15/2012 8/23/2012 8/30/2012 8/29/2012 8/20/2012 8/17/2012 8/1/2012 8/30/2012 8/16/2012 8/31/2012 8/23/2012 8/16/2012 8/27/2012 8/13/2012 8/8/2012 8/9/2012 8/31/2012 8/10/2012 8/15/2012 8/31/2012 8/16/2012 8/17/2012 8/17/2012 8/3/2012 8/10/2012 8/31/2012 8/28/2012 8/31/2012 8/24/2012 8/24/2012 8/20/2012

COCONUT GROVE: Complex Name

Unit# #Beds/Baths Sq. Ft. List Price Sale Price Closed Date

Allamanda Villas 3266 Cocogrove Villas 2 Grove Garden Residences 207 Grove Hill Tower 1201 Grove Isle B1802 Grove Isle B307 Grove Isle C908 Grove Tropic Condo 3111 Grovenor House 2503 Grovenor House 503 Mayfair House 540 Mayfair House 539

3/2.5 2/2.5 1/2 2/2.5 3/2.5 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/3.5 3/3.5 1/1 1/1

2350 1500 1092 1910 2398 1882 1642 953 2640 2640 396 388

629,000 299,000 225,000 899,000 1,069,000 469,000 580,000 134,000 1,999,000 1,490,000 20,000 20,000

610,000 275,000 225,000 869,000 912,500 469,000 550,000 110,000 1,825,000 1,270,000 15,000 15,000

8/30/2012 8/30/2012 8/8/2012 8/10/2012 8/31/2012 8/14/2012 8/7/2012 8/20/2012 8/7/2012 8/20/2012 8/29/2012 8/29/2012

Address

Mayfair House Mayfair House Mutiny Park Condo Port By Water Provence Village Ritz Carlton Saint Hughes Oaks Stirrup Grove The Barrister The Mutiny Thomas Grove Condo Tigertail Condo Villas On Sunset Virginia Oaks Condo Virginia Pointe Whitehead Yacht Harbour Condo

439 440 2006 3B 14 1706 13 2 1 1005 1 310 2861 2A 17 2 7-A

1/1 1/1 1/2 2/2 2/1 2/2.5 3/3 2/1 2/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 4/3.5 1/1 1/1 3/2.5 2/2

388 20,000 15,000 396 20,000 15,000 756 275,000 270,000 1774 729,000 680,000 850 180,000 170,000 1581 555,000 535,000 1460 305,000 300,000 946 110,000 76,000 1210 249,000 245,000 670 229,000 185,000 466 36,900 43,000 593 139,000 125,000 2495 620,000 475,000 616 165,000 160,000 514 90,000 90,000 1667 419,000 419,000 1605 420,000 387,500

8/29/2012 8/29/2012 8/14/2012 8/8/2012 8/14/2012 8/28/2012 8/4/2012 8/3/2012 8/1/2012 8/31/2012 8/31/2012 8/6/2012 8/8/2012 8/22/2012 8/3/2012 8/20/2012 8/27/2012

CORAL GABLES: Complex Name

Unit# #Beds/Baths Sq. Ft. List Price Sale Price Closed Date

427 Santander Av 401 Andalusia Condo 313 Biltmore 11 Condo 309 Deering Bay 151 Douglas Grand 414 Douglas Grand 421 Douglas Grand 707 Edgewater Bldg 95 102 Edgewater Bldg 21 102 Gables Laroc 503 Gables Plaza 307 Gables Plaza 1102 Gables Plaza 406 Gables Waterway Towers 1114 Gables Waterway Towers 402 Navarre Park 303 One Village Place 914 Ponce Tower 1000 Puerta De Palmas 1017 Puerta De Palmas 109 Puerta De Palmas 1206 Sailboat Cay 911 Ten Aragon 810 The Gables Club 15F The Gables Club 3E The Minorca Condo 725 The Minorca Condo 518 The Ponce De Leon 12B University Inn Condo 2207 Venice At Deering Bay 144 Villa Calabria 305 Villa Florini 301

2/2 2/2.5 2/2 2/2.5 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2 1/1 3/2 3/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/1 2/2 3/2.5 2/2 1/1.5 1/1 1/1.5 2/2 3/3.5 3/3.5 2/2 2/2 3/2 2/2 3/3.5 2/2.5 3/2

846 1460 1129 2750 726 752 784 849 616 1606 1369 1275 1266 1470 1310 686 1125 1702 1072 1131 797 740 1251 2950 2960 1159 1114 1388 910 3140 1370 1427

169,900 429,000 275,000 799,000 130,000 110,000 170,000 199,000 99,900 339,000 275,000 273,000 270,000 475,000 285,000 139,000 380,000 699,000 275,000 224,900 170,000 42,500 325,000 1,599,000 1,275,000 315,000 271,900 473,000 269,000 950,000 375,000 274,900

164,900 400,000 255,000 730,000 127,500 105,000 155,000 190,000 88,000 339,000 250,000 258,000 260,000 435,000 272,500 139,000 340,000 560,000 230,000 218,000 165,000 42,500 290,000 1,510,000 1,200,000 305,000 271,900 447,000 260,000 830,000 365,000 287,000

8/10/2012 8/8/2012 8/10/2012 8/31/2012 8/31/2012 8/20/2012 8/14/2012 8/7/2012 8/31/2012 8/14/2012 8/6/2012 8/15/2012 8/17/2012 8/30/2012 8/3/2012 8/29/2012 8/17/2012 8/3/2012 8/22/2012 8/1/2012 8/3/2012 8/30/2012 8/17/2012 8/30/2012 8/30/2012 8/13/2012 8/8/2012 8/16/2012 8/24/2012 8/30/2012 8/28/2012 8/10/2012

KEY BISCAYNE: Complex Name

Unit# #Beds/Baths Sq. Ft. List Price Sale Price Closed Date

115 Sunrise Condo 2A 2/2 1212 Casa Del Mar 14H 3/3 3120 Commodore Club West 907 1/1.5 895 Island House 705 1/1 950 Key Colony I 161 3/3.5 2604 Key Colony I 320 1/1.5 1009 Key Colony Iv 359 2/2 1820 Key Colony Iv 377 2/2 1790 Key Islander Condo 1-C 2/1 869 Le Phare 22-C 2/1.5 875 Mar Azul 4Gn 3/2 1670 Ocean Club - Ocean Tower I 903 3/4.5 3084 Ocean Club - Ocean Tower I 201 6/6 + 2 X .5 6914 Ocean Club - Club Tower I 902 2/2.5 2100 Ocean Club - Club Tower Iii 1603 3/3.5 2500 Ocean Club - Lake Villa Iii 310 3/3 2220 Ocean Club - Lake Villa Iii 408 2/2.5 2060 Ocean Village 2028 2/2 1450 Ocean Village 1016 1/1.5 972 Towers Of Key Biscayne B602 2/2 1782 Towers Of Key Biscayne B603 2/2 1409

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379,000 1,875,000 375,000 385,000 1,325,000 370,000 585,000 535,000 288,000 290,000 650,000 2,700,000 6,500,000 1,536,000 2,495,000 1,290,000 1,200,000 450,000 248,000 790,000 559,000

330,000 1,750,000 350,000 375,000 1,180,000 370,000 537,000 509,000 280,000 282,500 625,000 2,550,000 5,850,000 1,400,000 2,380,000 1,150,000 1,165,000 440,000 225,000 770,000 555,000

8/1/2012 8/29/2012 8/24/2012 8/14/2012 8/6/2012 8/14/2012 8/31/2012 8/27/2012 8/30/2012 8/22/2012 8/1/2012 8/21/2012 8/13/2012 8/9/2012 8/29/2012 8/2/2012 8/23/2012 8/31/2012 8/28/2012 8/21/2012 8/10/2012

#Beds/Baths Sq. Ft. Lot Sq. Ft. List Price Sale Price Closed Date

3450 Poinciana Av 4075 Hardie Av 3525 E Fairview St 84 Bay Heights Dr 3848 Utopia Ct 3868 Braganza Av 2635 Sw 17 Av 260 E Shore Dr 26 Pinta Rd 3910 Crawford Av 3920 Crawford Av 3655 N Bayhomes Dr 2260 Sw 27 Ln 4141 Bonita Av 4010 Kumquat Rd 2901 Natoma St 3601 Loquat Av 3631 Frantz Rd 3701 Kumquat Av 3664 Franklin Av 3650 William Ave. 3310 Elizabeth St 3511 William Av 3210 Plaza St

5/4.5 5/6.5 5/4.5 4/4.5 3/3.5 3/2.5 4/3.5 4/4 4/4 3/2 3/2 3/3 3/3 3/2 3/2 2/1 2/1 3/3 3/2 3/3 4/2.5 2/1 4/1 3/1

4792 4850 4768 2930 2898 3182 3471 2867 3579 2386 2097 2161 2023 1677 1797 1165 1083 1498 1467 1550 1725 910 1142 1031

11240 7725 8104 9547 9500 6300 7700 9750 9253 12421 14700 4400 5500 9040 6068 4350 10500 9336 12943 0 5000 4500 5000 4650

1,999,000 1,624,999 1,600,000 1,290,000 1,250,000 1,195,000 1,050,000 915,000 895,000 829,000 725,000 699,000 589,000 549,000 489,000 449,000 429,000 395,000 379,900 309,000 130,000 129,000 115,000 49,000

1,910,000 1,475,000 1,600,000 1,257,500 1,200,000 1,195,000 1,000,000 855,000 890,000 760,000 715,000 670,000 552,750 470,000 470,000 390,000 393,000 379,000 365,000 305,000 121,000 131,000 110,000 49,000

8/24/2012 8/15/2012 8/15/2012 8/30/2012 8/10/2012 8/21/2012 8/13/2012 8/30/2012 8/28/2012 8/10/2012 8/31/2012 8/9/2012 8/1/2012 8/24/2012 8/20/2012 8/7/2012 8/29/2012 8/14/2012 8/15/2012 8/31/2012 8/22/2012 8/13/2012 8/31/2012 8/7/2012

CORAL GABLES: Address

#Beds/Baths Sq. Ft. Lot Sq. Ft. List Price Sale Price Closed Date

146 Isla Dorada Bl 7/6 + 2 X .5 6900 Sunrise Te 5/5.5 180 Los Pinos Ct 6/6 721 Sevilla Av 3/3.5 1120 Hardee Rd 5/5 871 San Pedro Av 5/3.5 1709 Granada Bl 5/5.5 5309 Alhambra Cr 5/4 1238 Anastasia Av 4/4.5 490 Campana Av 5/3.5 1136 Alhambra Cr 4/3.5 1041 Catalonia Av 6/5 2222 Alhambra Cr 4/3 4800 University Dr # A 7/6 1131 Aduana Av 4/3 621 Gondoliere Av 3/2.5 826 Malaga Av 4/4 2112 Country Club Prado 3/4 637 Palmarito Ct 3/2.5 1215 Valencia Av 5/5 66 N Prospect Dr 4/2.5 906 Escobar Av 4/3 1540 Zoreta Av 4/3 6930 Almansa St 3/2.5 1700 Ferdinand St 3/2.5 6315 Maynada St 3/2 1245 Messina Av 4/3 1036 Obispo Av 5/4 637 San Esteban Av 3/2 1212 Hardee Rd 3/2 5551 San Vicente St 3/3 826 Madrid St 4/2 451 Malaga Av 3/2 406 Savona Av 3/2 421 Sevilla Av 3/2 1410 Blue Rd 5/4 1526 Dorado Av 3/2 1306 Lisbon St 3/3 1410 Ferdinand St 3/2 640 Navarre Av 2/2 437 Bird Rd 3/2 1419 Lisbon St 2/2 400 Viscaya Av 3/2 411 Alesio Av 3/2 911 El Rado St 2/2 913 Wallace St 2/1

8181 4970 5775 4051 5838 4399 4420 3813 3165 3880 3584 4186 3728 4825 2618 2948 2790 2792 3099 3417 2851 2756 3315 2357 2343 2164 2397 2847 2738 2080 2575 2273 1696 1660 1883 2609 1748 1944 1865 1470 2074 1731 1710 1855 1116 1178

24468 14000 23749 9525 21000 12000 22500 10500 26047 23700 12750 13000 12000 16584 10625 8400 5500 18000 9975 11250 11270 5947 9500 7500 13200 8250 5250 7500 8100 12000 6250 7875 6000 5250 6350 11000 7500 5250 6000 5650 11500 5250 2573 4898 5350 7845

4,999,000 2,995,000 2,850,000 2,250,000 1,990,000 1,850,000 1,750,000 1,375,000 1,300,000 1,199,995 1,199,000 1,198,000 1,150,000 1,100,000 990,000 929,000 897,000 895,000 849,000 849,000 849,000 789,000 749,999 729,000 725,000 699,000 669,000 650,000 650,000 649,000 648,000 599,000 599,000 579,900 575,000 575,000 570,000 520,000 519,000 480,000 449,000 395,000 385,000 325,000 310,000 250,000

4,216,590 2,500,000 2,400,000 2,100,000 1,825,000 1,580,000 1,610,000 1,261,000 1,250,000 925,000 1,130,000 1,130,000 1,125,000 1,000,000 907,000 880,000 839,000 825,000 790,000 839,900 825,000 759,000 735,000 700,000 670,000 660,000 649,000 570,000 580,000 560,000 635,000 547,000 568,000 520,000 560,000 575,000 556,500 486,000 495,000 465,000 429,000 370,000 375,000 326,000 282,000 262,000

8/9/2012 8/2/2012 8/2/2012 8/31/2012 8/24/2012 8/21/2012 8/9/2012 8/15/2012 8/21/2012 8/21/2012 8/21/2012 8/27/2012 8/15/2012 8/20/2012 8/17/2012 8/17/2012 8/1/2012 8/30/2012 8/6/2012 8/28/2012 8/10/2012 8/16/2012 8/9/2012 8/24/2012 8/9/2012 8/1/2012 8/27/2012 8/31/2012 8/23/2012 8/17/2012 8/17/2012 8/14/2012 8/9/2012 8/31/2012 8/15/2012 8/24/2012 8/1/2012 8/10/2012 8/28/2012 8/17/2012 8/17/2012 8/6/2012 8/17/2012 8/3/2012 8/23/2012 8/31/2012

KEY BISCAYNE: Address

#Beds/Baths Sq. Ft. Lot Sq. Ft. List Price Sale Price Closed Date

765 Allendale Rd 755 Allendale Rd 101 W Mcintyre St 792 Ridgewood Rd 228 Westwood Dr 151 Buttonwood Dr 560 Ridgewood Rd

6/6 5/5 5/5 4/4 4/3.5 4/4 4/1

4903 5125 4324 2592 2519 2131 1620

9900 8334 9413 7656 7500 8038 7820

3,495,000 3,349,000 2,250,000 1,700,000 1,590,000 1,365,000 1,095,000

3,465,000 3,050,000 2,150,000 1,735,000 1,470,000 1,365,000 1,000,000

8/31/2012 8/1/2012 8/2/2012 8/24/2012 8/7/2012 8/13/2012 8/6/2012

This report includes properties sold in Brickell, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and Key Biscayne and are listed by various MLS participating offices - information from MLS deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

By Aleine Unkovic

Tibor coming back to His roots

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IU has announced the naming of the Tibor & Sheila Hollo School of Real Estate. The university’s esteemed Real Estate program will be expanded with a $2.5 million donation from the Tibor & Sheila Hollo foundation within the Business School on its Downtown Brickell Campus.

“We’re honored that through the establishment of the Hollo School, Mr. and Mrs. Hollo have made this important commitment to the expansion of FIU’s real estate education,” said FIU President Mark Rosenberg. “We look forward to a relationship that benefits our university, our community, and the next generation of Miami’s business leaders.”

Realtor-Associate® BBF Member Property Manager Relocation Specialist English-Español

Tibor Hollo, Chairman & President of Florida East Coast Realty, Inc. (FECR), otherwise known as the “architect of modern Miami,” built the first building on Brickell Avenue, 444 Brickell.

“Real estate is a dynamic profession, one that challenges our best minds to explore how to use our limited resources to finance and create useful, exciting places to live and work,” Tibor Hollo said. “I’m grateful that FIU embraces this challenge in its real estate program, and I’m proud of our new association. I look forward to ongoing progress in the study of real estate, guided by the outstanding scholars at FIU.”

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Cosmetic Surgeon (ARA) - In a recent New York Times article, award winning science journalist Gary Taubes describes the considerable efforts and expenditures made by government public health agencies to support and promote salt restriction, despite clinical evidence which does not support population-wide salt reduction strategies.

According to Taubes, a flood of new research published in the last two years has not only shown the health benefits of salt but also revealed the risks of low-sodium diets.

“There was no disputing that salt is a natural, no-calorie and tasty nutrient essential for life, but the biggest nutrition story in recent years is the proof that following the government’s low salt advice could actually shorten your life,” says Lori Roman, president of the Salt Institute. Within the past year, peer-reviewed medical studies have documented: • Type 1 diabetes risk: In one Australian study on patients with type 1 diabetes, low sodium intake was independently associated with increased all-cause mortality and ESRD (endstage renal disease).

• Type 2 diabetes risk: In another Australian study with type 2 diabetes patients, lower sodium consumption was associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

• No cardiovascular benefit to salt reduction: A study published in the American Journal of Hypertension showed that eating less salt will not prevent heart attacks, strokes or early death. On the contrary, low-sodium diets increased the likelihood of premature death.

• Increased risk of illness and death: The Journal of the American Medical Association published a multi-year study on a very large cohort that concluded that lower salt intakes resulted in higher morbidity and mortality.

• Negative effects of low-salt intakes: An analysis of 167 studies showed that individuals placed on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines-recommended salt levels experienced significant increases in plasma renin, aldosterone, adrenaline, noradrenalin, cholesterol and triglycerides - all risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

• Health risk of current U.S. Dietary Guidelines: In a Journal of the American Medical Association publication, an analysis of the association between sodium intakes and cardiovascular events in almost 29,000 adults, showed that CV risk was increased among those with the lowest levels, equivalent to the current recommendations in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.

• It is well documented that the Japanese and the Swiss enjoy among the longest life expectancy rates of any of the world’s population groups. Less known however, is that they are also among the highest rates of salt consumption. Comparing the available data on salt consumption and longevity around the world indicates that if we were to actually consume the low levels of salt recommended in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, our life expectancy figures would drop dramatically.

Taubes is far from the only journalist to have questioned the government’s policy on salt.

Scientific American reviewed the studies and summarized its findings in the headline, “It’s time to end the war on salt.”

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Dr. Pazmiño: Yes! Botox is a wonderful and simple way to take care of these stubborn lines. Botox is a medicine that helps relax muscles and the wrinkles that they can cause.

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Dr. Pazmiño: Finding breast implants that best suit your height and shape is definitely the goal when electing to have this surgery. Mentor Memory Gel Breast Implants come in three projections: Moderate, Moderate Plus, High and Ultra High. It will give you the natural look and feel but the new implants that have worked well with patients are the Ultra High when you want that extra cleavage. It will give you the extra projection without having to go with such a big implant in size. You have many different options that you can benefit from, making it easy for you to get the outcome you envision.

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ON THE TOWN

By Cristina Restrepo

Oktoberfest Oktoberfest is a massive tradition, practiced all over the world nowadays, but how did it really get started?

In 1810, the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig invited all the citizens of Munich to celebrate his marriage to the Saxon-Hildburghausen Princess Therese. The party held over 40,000 people and extended for 5 days, yet it was the horse race that stole the event. In the following years, their anniversary celebration became so popular; it joined forces with the state agricultural show.

The horse races that made the event famous have since ceased, with the exception of its bicentennial anniversary in 2010 when the old fashioned races were recreated. But drinking beer, eating pork sausages and spit-roasted chickens has definitely become a trademark in the cultural world scene. Now the festival welcomes over 6 million people every year and is celebrated in every country.

Quick Trivia:

Did you know that to be certified as an Oktoberfest beer you must: Have minimum 6% alcohol and the beer must be brewed within Munich city limits?

In 2005, in the efforts to make Oktoberfest more elderly and family friendly, the tents just played quiet music, until 6PM- after that? Party!!!

If you don’t stop drinking in Oktoberfest until you pass out, you might be called: “Bierleichen” - German for “beer corpses” - perfect nick name!!!

So if you want to have a hint of what Oktoberfest means, you have plenty of options in Miami. Choose the closest to you and be responsible: don’t drink and drive.

By Emma Alois

The 4 Main Oktoberfests this Year By Neighborhood This year plenty of local restaurants and pubs have “beer fever,” hosting their own private Oktoberfests across the city. With a simple Google search by cuisine, neighborhood or day, an array of restaurants appear with links to their schedules. But if you want to be surrounded with other likeminded, IPA loving, lederhosen wearing individuals, check out this neighborhood list of Oktoberfests below.

Coral Gables October 5-14, 2012 from 11 a.m. to Midnight The 18th Annual Coral Gables Oktoberfest at Fritz & Franz Bierhaus 60 Merrick Way, Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-774-1883 Enjoy 10 days of traditional food, beer, music and entertainment at this annual fall festival.

Live music will be performed by bands from Austria & Germany, plus there will be plenty of beer, wine and food. Don’t miss the Yodel contest, Bratwurst-eating contest, and prize raffle. Admission is Free VIP Brickell SPON TENT SO October 6-8, 2012

BY T RED Oktoberfest Celebration in Brickell BR Central Park Miami, 1300 South Miami Avenue in the Brickell area of Miami.

The soon-to-open, German inspired restaurant Brickell Bier Garden is hosting Oktoberfest at Central Park Miami! From Thursday, October 6th through Saturday October 8th, this exciting new hotspot will feature a full schedule of food, fun and live music from an authentic Oktoberfest band (mit lederhosen) to a rocking good time with Jamband great: Bobby Lee Rogers. It’s fun for the whole family. Admission is Free For more information visit: www.brickellfestival.com

Oktoberfest! Brickell

October 5-7, 2012 The 2nd annual Oktoberfest! Brickell will take place is hosted by Brickell Bier Garden and presented by Radeberger. Beer and German food tickets will be on sale at the event.

Sam Adams will not be available at this Brickell Oktoberfest.

Admission Tickets GA 1 Day Pass - $10 in advance, $15 at the door, GA 3 Day Pass - $20 VIP 1 Day Pass - $100, VIP 3 Day Pass - $200 For more information visit: www.brickellbiergarden.com/

Coconut Grove

Saturday, October 13, 2012 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Grovetoberfest OKTOBERFEST QUIZ: Peacock Park, 2820 McFarlane Road Coconut Grove, FL 33133 3) How many bratwursts were eaten?

1. How many times has Oktoberfest In addition to featuring 200 craft beers, Grovetoberfest will include an entertainment

a) 362,030 been cancelled in its history? stage featuring Robert Elias, a Homebrew Pavilion, a Kitchen Lab for beer/food pairings,

b) 119,302 a) 640 times a VIP area and Food Row, where restaurants and food trucks will sell local fare. New

c) 71,885 b) 24 times this year, Grovetoberfest will hold a “Miami’s Best Homebrew Contest” presented by BX

c) Never Beer Depot. The winner’s beer will be available at a local restaurant/bar for the rest of the 4) There is not a party until something gets year. Grovetoberfest will also showcase all that Miami has to offer by running a National 2. How much beer was consumed in sweepstakes in conjunction with Beer Magazine and Draft that will give one lucky winner lost! How many things vanished?

Munich during Oktoberfest 2010? and a guest the VIP treatment, including roundtrip airfare, 2-night hotel accommodations

a) 11,000 a) 7,100,000 liters of beer at Sonesta Bayfront Hotel Coconut Grove, VIP tickets to the event, a Jet-Ski tour and a

b) 7,500 b) 3,900,000 liters of beer Deep-Sea Fishing trip.

c) 4,000 c) 950,000 liters of beer $39 - General Admission / $69 - Beer Socialite Package/ $89 - VIP Package Check out our calendar (page 13) for the answers Pre-purchase tickets by visiting http://www.grovetoberfes… or calling (305)461-2700. the generations to be redubbed “modern jazz.” Famed pianists Monty Alexander and Don Friedman are playing Sunday afternoon, alongside the legendary jazz guitarist Bucky the faces of jazz Pizzarelli.

A New Jersey native, Pizzarelli learned to play the guitar from his uncle on Sundays when combining the music with rock or other styles, and musicians who play at a very high the family would gather. His uncle, who at the time was playing with five different bands, level.” To diversify the artists and acknowledge the international community of Miami, the inspired the nine year old Pizzarelli to know what path he wanted to walk down– the path festival was divided into two sections. First featured will be Brazilian artists Saturday night, of a musician. He joined the Vaughn Monroe band, however he was drafted to the War at and musicians hailing from the New York area Sunday afternoon and evening. age 17. He played in his off time throughout those military years abroad, in particular the Joe Carter is also billed for Saturday night, the only American to be playing on the Brazilian final eight months of his military tour in Manilla, which he claimed to have spent his time, Jazz Night program. After a trip to the country in 1988, he felt such an affinity for the jazz “doing absolutely nothing but playing the guitar.” played there that he began an intense study of Brazil’s rhythms and styles. He learned how important the guitar is to Brazilian jazz, and having played the instrument since 10 years Eager to return home, he rejoined the Vaughn Monroe band and played as their guitarist for old, it was a natural symbiosis. Once he stopped playing with a pick like the Americans, five years. They lived their lives on the road, playing in venues across America and hosting and played the strings with his fingers like Brazilians, the synergy between his playing and a live radio show every week. He adds that this was before radio shows were recorded, Brazilian jazz soared. so they would do two shows: one for the east coast, and three hours later, one for the west Other artists playing on Saturday are fixtures of the international jazz scene, like Trio de coast.

Paz and vocalists Patty Asher. Then there is Antonio Adolfo, a Brazilian jazz musician living Then rock ‘n roll arrived on the music scene, bulldozing the big band jazz movement that in Miami. He grew up in the bossa nova jazz dominated the mid twentieth century. Out of work, Bucky had the fortune of having a movement, studying the violin at 7 years old, friend in NBC who suggested working for the network’s shows. Eventually, he became a and was a professional musician by 17. Playing member of the Tonight Show Band of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. first in the nightclub Copacabana with his band, Becoming a freelance musician, Pizzarelli played guitar for and with everyone, from the Adolfo reached a level of national legendary Tony Bennett to America’s most eligible bachelor, Frank Sinatra. Chuckling fame after playing in several when asked if there are anecdotes to share about playing with either singers, Pizzarelli bossa nova jazz festivals states a simple, “Oh yeah, we had a lot of fun. One time I played for Reagan with Sinatra.” and releasing popular jazz Three musicians, three lives, three styles, one passion: jazz music. This is just a taste of albums. By 1972, Adolfo felt the diverse yet talented lineup for November’s Miami Jazz Fest. stunted in his career and left for Paris to enrich his talents For more information review: http://miamijazzfest.com/ and find greater inspiration. Upon his return, November 17 & 18, 2012 Adolfo experienced intense frustration with how commercial Brazilian jazz had become.

The record studios were keen on hearing the same sounds they had heard from Adolfo before his departure, yet this was no longer his innate sound. In response to the industry’s requests, he opened a private label, and recorded the album “Brazuca,” which was received with great love and respect across the country. A musical haven was born out of his persistence.

Other artists suffering from the same restrictive impositions by the music industry came and started recording their sounds with Adolfo as well. He then developed various musical theories to teach lessons like harmony, piano, and Brazilian music. Seven books in Brazil and two in the U.S.A. have been published since the days as a musical pioneer. Adolfo has also opened two music schools, each run by his daughters, with another smaller one in South Florida.

He professes his mother is the “root of everything.” A member of the Symphony Orchestra of Rio de Janeiro, she would play recordings of classical music, encouraging his innate love for music. Without this childhood inspiration, songs Adolfo has composed would have gone unwritten. His most famous may have even been heard by non-jazz fans. Titled “Sa Marina,” the bossa nova song was an international hit, sung by Jorge Mendes and Stevie Wonder. Does the song “For Once in My Life” ring a bell?

Whatever the answer may be, Google this classic.

From a true Brazilian jazz night, ticket holders will then be taken to Sunday’s New York, straightedge style jazz. A sound synonymous with the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane and often described as melodious and improvised. Its roots stem from the 50s and 60s when jazz first hit the city’s streets. It has been developed over Continued from the cover

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SOCIAL

Miami Art Museum presents

Rashid Johnson Message to Our Folks

Miami Art Museum celebrates the opening of Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks, on view September 7 through November 4, 2012, with dinner at the Rusty Pelican, an exhibition preview and reception, and celebration at Soho Beach House.

For more information visit miamiartmuseum.org.

Thom Collins, Jorge M. PĂŠrez, Rashid Johnson and Tobias Ostrander

Walid and Susie Wahab, Antonia Williams-Gary, Michael Ramsey, Dr. Sandy Howard

Leann Standish, Carlos Garcia, Randall Bodner

Aymee and Peter Zubizarreta

Rashid Johnson, Tim Walker, Brandi Reddick

Marcella Novela, Tara Benmeleh, Leann Standish

Grand Opening

Bruno and Marger Miranda

Consulate of Chile

Cristina Restrepo, Mayor Tomas Regalado, Didier Bourntje

Stephan Linderberger, Endre Szabarri, Andreas Moser

Vapiano’s Crew

Cristina Restrepo & Stephan Lindenberger

Located in Miami Beach, the New World Symphony is a unique laboratory that generates new ideas about the way music is taught, presented and experienced. It prepares highlygifted graduates of distinguished music programs for leadership roles in orchestras and ensembles around the world.

Cristina Restrepo, Juan Diego Henao, Florencia Jimenez-Marcos

John Olsen, Xavier Gonzalez-Sanfeliu, Michael Grunwald

Alejandro Bachmann, Jocelyn Cortez Young, Florencia Jimenez-Marcos, Xavier Gonzalez-Sanfeliu

Trudy Cejas, Ambassador Paul Cejas

The New World Symphony hosted a private performance given by world-renown classical guitarist Manuel Barrueco.

Guests enjoyed champagne and lite bites in the atrium, followed by an intimate concert in the SunTrust Pavilion of the New World Center.

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Heatherton

by Francesca Burns

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rin Heatherton’s journey to the front of the rat race has been quick, and the jet-setter’s life is a 180° turn from her background in Skokie, a sleepy Chicago suburb. “I was a dork,” she insists. “I was really tall, friends with all the boys and never had a boyfriend. I was ninth in my class… I mean, I did science fair. My friends still laugh that this is what I’m doing for a living.” Models are rarely bred to be models though, and it took one fortuitous college trip to University of Miami for a modeling scout to change that. As he erupted from the taxi, asking who represented her, Heatherton was taken aback.

“No one had ever asked me about that before,” she says.

“Modeling is not a normal career path

in Skokie. I was embarrassed that he hadn’t asked my friend to model, too, but my friend’s mom was there and got his information. Later that year, I was in New York meeting with agencies…”

Check in a few years later, and while Heatherton’s childhood peers are graduating from college, she lands the coveted modeling contract with Victoria’s Secret. She has become a star of the fashion industry, travelling for both work and pleasure. I can’t stay in one place,” she admits, “That trip to Miami was one of the first times I’d ever been on a plane!”

An Angel, campaigns with D&G, Michael Kors and Versace, as well as girlfriend of Hollywood’s prince, Leonardo DiCaprio, Erin Heatherton is living a sweet life. “There’s just so much love in my life. Being an Angel is the greatest thing for a model, and what makes me the happiest are the people involved. I get to work with my best friend, Lily (Aldridge, fellow Angel) and I have such a great family.”

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Horacio Pagani What is it about automobiles that have led them to become a lifelong fascination?

More than a transportation form, I think that over time, automobiles have developed into art pieces. Some of them sport, some are more about art and comfort, but at the end, it is the way users relate to cars and how they [cars] get stuck in their hearts.

Nowadays, even with the concern about the environment, people continue to buy and use cars.

At Pagani, we try to make art of our cars, following the precepts of the Italian’s Renaissance masters.

What kind of work were you trying to do when you founded the Pagani Composite Research?

I was very lucky because since I was a little boy I had this passion about art, science, and automobiles. When I was twelve, I already was designing cars, building little models in wood, always curious about new materials that were not for the automobile industry but that eventually could do it. That is why 25 years ago, we started going deep into the new technology used in the aeronautical and aerospace industries, and tried to give it this twist into automobile manufacturing. Giving [automobiles] more value as well with the possibilities it gives in form and design. We try to make it so that every piece of the car transmits something; that all the hard work of our designers, the crafters of our cars, represents the passion and love with which it is actually made with. An automobile with 4,700 pieces that needs to work together with the quality that is offered in a Zonda or a Huayra What inspired the Huayra?

The idea was to create a complete different concept from scratch; something away from the Zonda in dynamics, aesthetic and form.

The basic idea was to emulate the force an airplane has at the moment of lifting off the runway…the idea of creating an airplane for the ground accompanied me throughout the whole process.

In our company, we design everything but the motor. The motor is built by Mercedes Benz AMG based on our specifications, but we design the rest of the car. It all starts with the line and design, but then we have to consider the other 4,700 parts that need to work together to create the automobile. It is like taking a big piece of marble, that we start sculpting into a piece of art called “Huayra.”

The companies that bought car factories have departments in different countries and sometimes they work separately, motors in one place, body in someone else. We have it all in one part, so the design of each part goes very close with the rest. We do it all in our atelier.

What are your thoughts of your cars being viewed as a collectable work of motor art, as opposed to a machine designed to be used?

Since we first started building cars, even I at 21 years old was trying to be conscious about the art, design and technique we applied to them. It is very difficult for me to say that my automobiles are “pieces of art,” it is not my right to say that.

Just the general concept of the people and time will have the last word on a Pagani, which has been: a piece of art. Art comes from the word ARTO which means expression of the hands so if someone says that our cars are pieces of art, it is a deep joy not just for myself but for every single person that works on them; it is the opportunity to recognize the expression of their talent through their hands.

With your extensive background working for Lamborghini, which design cues from your time there still influence the Pagani models, and what other cars have also made a lasting impression?

I worked for Lamborghini for nine years, I started as a third-tier employee, and then I moved to composite materials. I started working on carbon fiber, a very difficult subject since nobody believed that it would be possible. I was like Don Quixote and his windmills. I tried to give all to Lamborghini, all my passion, my knowledge, even my time. I used to work from 6AM to 8 PM, all my heart was in those projects. When I see some of the Lamborghinis today it is easy to recognize how many ideas were parts of my projects, and it makes me very happy. I am very thankful to see how everything I did with love and passion for them is working out now.

But there is a point that I started thinking about a different design, my own ideas, so I started having a conflict between the

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work I was doing and the need of creation triggering inside me.

It is like when you are a little girl, you play with dolls, then you grow up and get married and feel the need to have kids, then you have 1, 2, or 3, it is something that grows within you as a need of your own growth and development.

Considering how many of your clients do not race, do you take it into consideration that an extreme performance car may never see a race track, and instead, be driven below the triple-digit speed limits of the street?

We build our cars with the purpose of being safe. Our cars are built to be able to stop in seconds, thinking in passive and active safety. We built them thinking that people will be driving them miles and miles all over. Mercedes Benz AMG builds our engines, and they are made to last for long drives, engines that could be assembled into an SUV type of car. If the user drives it? Well, that it is their choice, but the car is built to be driven. We have done 800,000 kilometers of testing with the Zonda as well. I have clients that used them in tracks, some of them during weekends, some don’t even use them! I have a client that has 4 of my cars, he does not use them, and he bought them for a collection. To me that is like having a beautiful girl and not taking her to bed.

Why are there so many versions of the Zonda?

In reality, there are not too many versions of the Zonda. The car was created in 1999 and we have being modifying it for our clients. Let’s say it is a custom made dress. If you want a Zonda that fits your tastes or your personality, even your needs, it is our mission to make it work for you. It is like when you hire an artist to paint a piece for your home, or an architect to build and design your house, it is his task to reflect what you want in his work. So it is not too many Zondas, they are just custom-made.

There seems to be a new supercar war going on (lightest, fastest ,etc.), how do you feel about this occurring in a depressed global market?

The speed factor is not our major task. These cars are fast enough, they are made to go up to 340 to 400 Kilometers per hour. Our job is to make that speed to stop in seconds! At Pagani, we follow our own goals, our own ideas, our concepts; we are not here to compete with those trends. We are loyal to our own philosophy. Nonetheless, our cars have the best records in the most difficult track in the world: Nurburgring. It is the best way to prove the safety of the car, the quality of the design, how intuitive it is and how easy it is to maneuver. And it is not just to say that we have the record in Nurburgring, it is a scientific experiment as well.

Form over function vs. function over form?

Both, they have to work together. As Leonardo Da Vinci said, “They have to go hand in hand.”

Do you think a Pagani will be seen as a classic in the future?

The brand is very young, but we see how the cars cost double of what they came into the market as. There are too few cars out there, and usually people that own them [Paganis] do not sell them. But when it has happened, they are sold for a lot more than the original price. For example, there was a Zonda 5 whose original price was $1.2 million, and it was sold in Japan for $2.5 million. So it shows the appreciation from collectors to the Pagani.

I have a philosophy: It is better to be the head of a mouse than the tail of a lion, so for us it is more important to make the cars customized for our clients.

To take care of all the details to be able to communicate our passion, our ideas, to translate them into the dream that someone has of owning a custom made car.

This will occur if time passes and we still have the talent and

inspiration to continue doing it. Up to now, I think it can become a classic, but just time will tell, and I do not have the key for it!

Excluding performance, what do you feel your average customer is trying to say about themselves by purchasing a Pagani?

The people that buy the Pagani, 90% of them do not need to prove anything. They are low key, very wealthy people that enjoy the cars. Imagine little kids, girls play with dolls, boys with cars and inside us, we still have the desire of having those “toys.” Some people have the availability to purchase them. I think we should always keep the childish spirit within us.

Are there other supercars that you have seen and felt that if given the opportunity, you would design it better?

I am passionate about cars. I love all beautiful cars; I always get excited about new cars coming out in the market. I even buy the little models of them just as when I was a little boy.

Now you are asking me to make them better? I don’t know. I don’t usually put myself in that position. Each car has its own personality, for example, Lamborghini has its own personality and character, Ferrari and Maserati have history, as well as Mercedes Benz. So each of them has its own… Maybe the Jaguar E type. It is my favorite car since I am a little boy, I love that car, I have one myself…I might design a Jaguar E type!

Do you have plans to move away from high performance vehicles and into other market segments? For example, would you enjoy designing a small family car?

In Pagani we have a design company called Modena Design. This company works design in general. We have worked in motorcycle machines, we have worked for aeronautical companies, military, we have projected vehicles that are circulating on the streets now and people don’t know we are part of those as well. We are a design company that not only works for automobiles, we have done architectural projects too. We are a creative company.

Electric cars: yes or no?

Obviously I have to say yes. Furthermore when thinking of the future, but I still have a lot of questions about it. I mean, the general energy production comes from oil; just 7% comes from alternative energy. Today, an electric car is very heavy, very expensive, and at the end, works with energy produced by oil, so we make the effort in controlling pollution in one hand, but at the end pollution is moving from one side to another. But it is something that has to continue growing, just as cellular phones did; do you remember when they were big and the battery lasted for a few hours? Now they are so thin and the battery lasts for days. It is a work-inprogress.

CALENDAR

CALENDAR of EVENTS MIAMI JAZZ JAM OCT 01 - OCT 01 2012 The Miami Jazz Jam 10 years and counting with The Fernando Ulibarri Group, Surprise Guests, the Jazz Mafia, and out back on the patio- the most open minded open mic night in town: The Theatre De Underground Hosted by Benny! 9 p.m Churchill’s Pub 5501 NE 2nd Ave. Miami, FL 33137 305-757-1807 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2012 OCT 02 - NOV 04 2012 This annual music festival, held at the Frost School each fall, showcases an impressive array of international and local guest artists, and faculty and student ensembles. Enjoy world premieres, symphonic concerts, chamber music, jazz performances and much more.

Music Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Dr. Coral Gables, FL 33124 305-284-4940 ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL OCT 04 - OCT 09 2012 This festival features screenings of 10 new Italian films. Events also include an Opening Party at SET, a Closing Dinner at Smith & Wollensky, after-parties every night in the Opium Group clubs, and much more.

Various theaters throughout Miami Beach 305-864-0101 GABLES GALLERY NIGHT OCT 05 - OCT 05 2012 Monthly open house on the first Friday of each month showcases local galleries.

Enjoy outstanding exhibitions, free refreshments and complimentary continuous shuttle buses between galleries.

Downtown Coral Gables Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-4493 STAGE DOOR THEATRE PRESENTS: THE IMMIGRANT OCT 05 - OCT 28 2012 The Immigrant is the heartwarming story of a Russian Jew that comes to America to fulfill his dreams as he moves in with a Gentile family in small town Texas in 1909. This true story is based playwright Mark Harelik’s grandmother’s photo album.

Byron Carlyle Theatre 500 71st St. Miami Beach, FL 33141 305-397-8977 BEATS AFTER SUNSET @ THE BASS OCT 05 - OCT 05 2012 Beats After Sunset is held the first Friday of each month, showcasing art, music and a fusion of drinks and food

for those who are culturally savvy, or just looking to enjoy a beautiful evening at one of Miami Beach’s greatest institutions. 8 p.m.

Bass Museum of Art 2100 Collins Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33139 305-673-7530 MIAMI LYRIC OPERA: BARBER OF SEVILLE OCT 06 - OCT 07 2012 Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 4 p.m.

Colony Theatre 1040 Lincoln Road Miami Beach, FL 33139 305-674-1040 THE AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD SHOW OCT 11 - OCT 11 2012

performs live, 8 p.m.

Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater 1700 Washington Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33139 800-745-3000 SERAPHIC FIRE: SIMPLE GIFTS OCT 17 - OCT 17 2012 “‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free.” These powerful words from the Shaker hymn Simple Gifts inspired Aaron Copland to write his most memorable work: Appalachian Spring.

With beautiful sincerity, these hymns are a direct link to America’s early history and an inspiration for composers over the ages. Seraphic Fire opens its 11th Season with a celebration of refreshingly simple Americana, with music from the Shaker tradition, as well as Copland, Samuel Barber, Morten Lauridsen, and others. The earnest joy of this music is the perfect departure point for an incredible season.

7:30 p.m.

St. Jude Melkite Catholic Church 126 SE 15th Road Miami, FL 33129 305-285-9060 TARGET FREE THIRD FRIDAYS OCT 19 - OCT 19 2012 Explore hundreds of bilingual, interactive exhibits related to arts, culture, community and communication on the third Friday of each month. Free. 3 to 9 p.m.

Miami Children’s Museum 980 MacArthur Causeway Miami, FL 33132 305-373-5437

MIAMI CITY BALLET: PROGRAM I OCT 19 - OCT 21 2012 Program I opens the 12-13 Season with works by leading choreographers of the 20th century. Returning to the repertory after long absences are George Balanchine’s Apollo, from 1928 with its ravishing Stravinsky score, and Sir Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs - also called The Skating Party -- with all the charm and nostalgia it’s been celebrated for since it was first seen in 1937.

And, in a very different mood, Paul Taylor’s tangoflavored spectacular Piazzolla Caldera closes the exciting program, with its seductive choreography and thrilling Piazzolla music.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd.

Miami, FL 33132 305-949-6722 Gables Hispanic Cultural Festival October 20-21, 2012.

The 3rd Annual Gables Hispanic Cultural Festival is part of Miami-Dade County’s monthlong celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The festival will include 2 great days of fun for the whole family, featuring fine arts, traditional arts & crafts and music, activities for kids, and more.

The event will run during October 20-21, 2012.

The location will be along Biltmore Way between LeJeune Road and Hernando Street Coral Gables.

THE MONSTER MASQUERADE OCT 19 - OCT 19 2012 Come out to where the wild things are and party in the dark with real spooky creatures while enjoying free witches’ brew and Dr. Wilde’s open bars, food from the lab including troll fingers to feed your hunger, costume contests that will have you dying for awesome prizes and music that will keep the zombies dancing all night long. When night falls and the wild calls, The Monster Masquerade at Zoo Miami will be the only place to be. 8 p.m.-midnight.

Zoo Miami 12400 SW 152nd St. Miami, FL 33177 305-255-5551 FAIRCHILD’S EDIBLE GARDEN FESTIVAL OCT 20 - OCT 21 2012

Fairchild’s Edible Garden Festival features informative lectures, delicious food, cooking demonstrations, plant vendors and demonstrations on how to create a fruit and vegetable garden. Scarecrows will fill the garden as part of the Edible Garden Festival.

Enter your own original scarecrow in the Scarecrow Contest. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, FL 33156 305-667-1651 VIEWING VIZCAYA: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) OCT 24 - OCT 24 2012 Join us to experience firsthand what it might have been like to be a guest of Mr. Deering and enjoy movie night in the Courtyard of Vizcaya’s Main House. This screening series explores historical silent films that Deering and his guests might have viewed, accompanied by live organ music. Complete the evening with a themed cocktail or traditional movie fare available for purchase. Tickets $15; available onsite only beginning at 6:00 p.m. on the evening of the program. Food and drink are not included in ticket price.

Seating is limited. 7 p.m. Main House.

Vizcaya Museum & Gardens 3251 S. Miami Ave. Miami, FL 33129 305-2509133

SPOOKY ZOO NIGHTS OCT 26 - OCT 27 2012 At this after-hours family event, enjoy Dr. Wilde’s Creepy House, spooky tram rides, ghoulish carousel rides, and chilling story-telling around

a fire pit. Goodies and roving street theater add excitement to the pathways. 7-11 p.m.

Zoo Miami 12400 SW 152nd St. Miami, FL 33177 305-255-5551 ZOO BOO OCT 27 - OCT 28 2012 Included with zoo admission, families and kids ages 12 and under are invited to trick-ortreat in costumes, participate in costume contests, watch special performances, make Halloween crafts, see our wild animals get their Halloween goodies, and more! Music and games with fun prizes will be provided by Radio Disney AM 990 and The Coast 97.3 FM. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Zoo Miami 12400 SW 152nd St. Miami, FL 33177 305-255-5551 Sunday Afternoons of Music for Children October 28 If you have children, don’t let them miss this wonderful concert series which can been going on for decades.

Kids can attend affordable music or dance performances that last one hour.

Before the show, they can touch real instruments in the Musical Petting Zoo, and enjoy the antics of Peter the Mime. After the show, they can enjoy their ABC’s - Apple juice,

Balloons, and Cookies.

Make sure to buy your tickets in advance, since they sometimes sell out quickly.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children. You can save by buying season tickets for five of the shows. Prices are $55 for adults, and $45 for Children.

Maurice Gusman Concert Hall Phillip & Patricia Frost School of Music University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive Coral Gables, Florida 305-271-7150

“A kid wants a dog because he wants someone to love, and adults want a dog because he wants to be loved.” Anonymous SPCA, Human Society, Miami Dade County and CatNetwork happily announce their second 24-hour adopta-pet marathon.

The Tropical Park will open its doors for 24 hours on Friday, October 26 at exactly 11:59 PM until Saturday 27 11:59 PM. The family event promises to be a total new experience, its ultimate goal to provide cats and dogs a new home. You will find live music, food, entertainment and pets wanting to be loved and care.

For a small amount of money you can adopt a cat or a dog, and receive all the up-to-date paperwork, vaccinations and health in exchange! Do not miss this opportunity to make a new best friend!

If you have any questions, you can call 305.749.1825 Tropical Park Equestrian Park 7900 Bird Road, Miami, Fl

continued from page 10 answers to the oktoberfest quiz 1. The Oktoberfest has been suspended just 24 times in its whole history because of war and cholera.

2. Approximately 7,100,000 liters of beer was drunk, of which 151,200 liters were non-alcoholic, and 89,259 liters of wine was consumed as well.

3. Chicken: 505,901 units, Bratwurst: 119,302 pairs, among fish, pork knuckles and oxen.

4. There is not a party until something gets lost! About 4,000 items, such as 260 pairs of glasses, 200 mobile phones, wedding rings, and even 500 crutches.

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ENTERTAINMENT

This Halloween prepare a spooky treat for your guests – bat wings! Surprise everyone with how similar they taste to chicken wings…

Bat Wings!

Ingredients • 1 cup soy sauce • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons oyster sauce • 1/4 cup light-brown sugar • 1/4 cup black bean sauce • 1 teaspoon black paste food coloring • 20 large whole chicken wings with tips

Directions 1. In a medium bowl, whisk together soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, black bean sauce, and food coloring. Set 1/3 cup soy sauce mixture aside.

2. Place chicken wings in a large resealable plastic bag and pour remaining soy sauce mixture over wings; seal bag. Turn bag until wings are well coated.

Refrigerate, and let marinate for at least 2 hours and up to overnight, turning chicken wings every 30 minutes to coat.

3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat; set aside.

4. Remove wings from marinade, shaking off any excess; discard marinade. Place them in an even layer on prepared baking sheets, arranging them so that wings are extended. Bake until juices run clear, 20 to 25 minutes, brushing with reserved soy sauce mixture every 10 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with any remaining soy sauce mixture. Let cool slightly on a wire rack before serving.

Adapted from the Martha Stewart Show, October 2009

HOROSCOPE

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Aries

March 21 – April 19

The month ahead is going to be demanding, both in terms of work and domestic responsibilities. You may also have to apply your mind and devote some time to financial matters, particularly investments. Ganesha advises you to take things easy this month, and try to recuperate from the stress caused by the recent hectic activities. Yoga, meditation, alternative healing therapies and massages can all help in relaxing your body and mind, providing the much needed relief. Besides, they can also prevent minor ailments from occurring in the future. Take care of your health and the health of your family members, as an illness is on the cards. An elderly member may need to be hospitalised.

Libra

Sept. 23 – Oct. 23

April 20 – May 20

Unexpected encounters with wise, elderly people is on the cards this month, and you will make the best of the opportunity by learning as much as you can from their vast and varied experiences.

Ganesha says it is highly likely that you might meet your spiritual master who will take on the responsibility of guiding you along every step of the way in your life, which would be a great blessing. This means there will certainly be spiritual growth, and you will feel closer to enlightenment.

Everything will be smooth on the domestic front, and you will be extremely thankful to the Almighty for His blessings, and you might undertake a pilgrimage to express your gratitude.

Scorpio

Oct. 24 – Nov. 21

You will breath a sigh of relief as all your problems will come to a most satisfactory end this month. This is mainly because you have understood your mistakes, accepted them and sworn never to repeat them. Your changed attitude will win you all-round praise.

Ganesha says this is a very favourable phase for you in most areas. You are likely to get a promotion and a salary hike, thanks to the hard work you have put in. In fact, you may climb right to the top of your career, and may be required to attend meetings with powerful people around the world. Mercury is in a prominent position in your charts, so anything connected with intelligence will fascinate you, even games like chess and scrabble.

SUDOKU

for solutions go to www.brickellreporter.com/online/sudoku

Your heart will be overflowing with love and affection for family and close ones. This is a very emotional phase, and you may be filled with nostalgic memories. You will tend to look inward which will make you realise that for gaining real satisfaction you need to render service outside your family, to the underprivileged or maybe even contribute some funds to a charity organisation.

Ganesha says you will do it willingly as you are unable to bear the sad plight of the downtrodden. If there is a road or a train accident near your residence, you will be the first to rush with relief materials for the victims. You have the blessings of Ganesha.

Taurus

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Gemini

Cancer

Leo

June 22 – July 22

July 23 – Aug. 22

You may be assailed by all kinds of doubts, although this is not such a negative phase as you are making it out to be, so Ganesha advises you to cultivate a positive and productive frame of mind. You need to become proactive and tackle all your problems headon. Sometimes, says Ganesha, offence is the best form of defence – but take care, it’s not the same thing as becoming offensive – which is an attitude that spells confidence, and will draw people to you. They may be very impressed by your courage, and seek your help even in their personal problems. Romance is in the air, but also official meetings, conferences and seminars to attend.

You may be inclined to build castles in the air this month.

Besides, you seem to be very emotional and unreasonable in your personal relationships, as your expectations will be disproportionate to ground realities. Especially your domestic life may witness some bitter discords. You have become habituated to avoiding the truth and turning a blind eye to bottom-lines, which, Ganesha says, can cause you great mental agony. Don’t give in to superficial appearances, because you can be deceived easily, and if it should happen it will leave a deep scar on your heart, so you would be advised not to trust anyone blindly. Also, make sure you don’t get cheated by the same person again. Personal affairs, including health of elderly members of the family, will demand your attention.

This month is highly auspicious for anything to do with finances.

Hence, you may seriously consider opportunities for increasing your earnings, such as doing a part-time job in your spare time. During this phase you may also think of decking up your house with beautiful artefacts; of course, after having it repainted or refurbished. All this means that expenses will increase and it may be termed as material progress, but Ganesha says there will also be real inner growth. The manner in which this will happen is mainly through travelling and learning more about diverse cultures.

At this stage it is the desire to appreciate life in its myriad hues that predominates your consciousness.

May 21 – June 21

Sagitarius

Nov. 22 – Dec. 21

You may be slogging hard at work, but this month you will tend to look inward for guidance on how to improve your efficiency, what methods and techniques to employ, and even what to put on priority.

Ganesha assures you that your inner voice will guide you in your endeavours. What you crave most is fame and all the attendant adulation, but it is also a fact that you really enjoy your work, a rare attribute which will be duly appreciated by your superiors.

You will be self-reliant and not depend on luck. On the domestic front, the health of an elder member of the family may cause some distress, but you will tend to him/her with love and affection.

Capricorn

Dec. 22 – Jan. 19

Deep down you are a very sociable person and this month you may be even more so by increasing your interactions with family members, relatives, friends and acquaintances. There will be meetings, get-togethers, reunions, functions, etc. Your bonding with your loved ones will strengthen and you will enjoy real intimacy with them.

Ganesha foresees that you may also organise meetings of the alumnus of the institutions you have studied in, so that you can renew your old contacts, and some of them who have reached important positions may even be of help to you in the future.

The joys of shouldering the responsibilities of parenthood may also take up considerable time.

Aquarius

an. 20 – Feb. 18

You may look forward to a hectic month with both personal and official work keeping you busy. But you will have enough energy to deal with everything. Ganesha warns you to keep an eye on your teenage children, if you have any, and prevent them from getting into any harmful activities before it is too late.

Financial and legal matters will have to be dealt with on a priority basis, because you need to make investments for the long-term by making use of certain opportunities that have come your way, or they may slip out of your hand.

Ganesha advises you to be discrete about your financial situation and not to disclose your assets to anyone, as you never know who may try to manipulate you.

Virgo

Aug. 23 – Sept. 22

At the cost of neglecting your personal life, you have gained a lot on the professional front, which will be reflected in your peaking confidence levels this month. Ganesha says you will be able to successfully deal with any challenge that life may throw at you, but at the same time warns you not to bite off more than you can chew. As it is the work pressure is too much, why unnecessarily increase it? You would also be advised to share the burden with your team members by apportioning work to them as per their abilities, as your burden will reduce to a great extent. You also need to learn to prioritise and use your time and resources in the best possible manner.

Pisces

an. 20 – Feb. 18

You have been experiencing all-around growth for the past few months, and it is likely to continue to be the trend of the coming month as well.

Lady Luck is showering Her blessings on you! Material possessions will be in plenty and thus you will freely enjoy everything that life has to offer.

Your splendid performance on the job front will earn you, the creative and sensitive souls, name, fame and money. You take pleasure in what you do, and that’s the secret of your success. On the personal front, you will share beautiful relations with the people around you which will add to your happiness. Ganesha is happy to see you smile.

Pumpkin Painting Pumpkin carving can be messy, and often parents are left doing the hard work themselves. This Halloween, grab all the children and have a pumpkin painting party. With a variety of paint colors, guests can choose the jack o’ lantern f a c e s without the fuss and muss of carving. Use muffin tins to separate colors and keep spills at bay. For a touch of glamor, spread out plastic table cloths and with glue sticks, pour glitter over your pumpkin’s face!

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