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Hollywood Native Serves Aboard USS Philippine Sea
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Hollywood Native Petty Officer 2nd Class Indra Beaufort serves as a mass communication specialist aboard the USS Philippine Sea A Hollywood native is serving aboard The U.S.S. Philippine Sea, a U.S. Navy, Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. Petty Officer; 2nd Class Indra Beaufort is a Weston High School graduate and 2007 graduate of Florida International University. Today, Beaufort serves as a mass communication specialist. “My job would be equivalent to a journalist, graphic artist, videographer and historian,” said Beaufort. Beaufort joined the Navy four years ago for the opportunities that the military offers. “I came from a military background and I wanted to continue the tradition of serving my country,” said Beaufort. “I also wanted to be a military journalist, because it is one of the coolest jobs in the world. In addition, I wanted to be the first female in my family to serve in the Navy and to set an example for my children.” According to Beaufort, the values required to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Philippine Sea, 5A
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Celebrate the beauty of nature in the Fired Arts at the latest exhibition at the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts. The new show, which opened on April 17, highlights the four classical elements of EARTH, AIR, FIRE and WATER that ancient philosophers believed were the fundamental building blocks of nature. Visit WMODA to see how today’s artists are breathing life into glass by using the earth’s natural resources. Learn how the 1000 Mermaids Project is helping to restore Florida’s coral reefs with the City of Dania Beach, which is home to WMODA. Dive into WMODA to SEA IT, LIVE IT, LOVE IT. You will be blown away by the museum’s spectacular glass art collection in the heart of Dania Beach. EARTH in the form of sand, together with FIRE and AIR, have been harnessed in furnaces to create glass art for thousands of years. Dale Chihuly, the pioneer of American studio glass, blew his first bubble of glass in 1965 and his love of nature has inspired his work ever since. Experience his Macchia garden in full bloom, his giant Ikebana flower arrangements and his sensational Seaforms, which conjure up associations with WATER. A new generation of Florida
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