Ashford Hospitality Trust Acquires $45 Million in Mezzanine Loans.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-11 February 2008-Ashford Hospitality Trust Acquires $45 Million in Mezzanine Loans(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Ashford Hospitality Trust announced it has acquired a B-note mortgage loan totaling $38.0 million secured by an interest in the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, and a mezzanine...

CBS and EcoMedia Team with Mayors for 'Green' Cities.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-24 June 2008-CBS and EcoMedia Team with Mayors for 'Green' Cities(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com EcoMedia, an environmental media company, and CBS announced a strategic partnership to work with U.S. mayors and local municipalities to "green" cities across the country. The project will utilize...

The fight and flight of Reinaldo Arenas.
BEGINNING ON APRIL 20, 1980, thousands of Cuban emigrants began sailing in hundreds of small boats from Cuba, to seek greater freedom in Florida. Among them were significant numbers of what the Castro regime labeled "social misfits," including people with criminal backgrounds and with records of mental hospitalization. The...

Optimizing options for treatment of molluscum.
MIAMI BEACH -- Treatment of molluscum contagiosum can be guided by patient age, lesion location, cosmetic considerations, and the anxiety of the parent and patient, according to two presentations at the annual Masters of Pediatrics conference sponsored by the University of Miami. "Most warts and molluscum [lesions]...

Hilton Opens Third Miami Hotel.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-13 May 2008-Hilton Opens Third Miami Hotel(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Hilton Hotels & Resorts opened the doors to its newest metropolitan property, the Hilton Miami Downtown. Located in Miami's downtown district, the contemporary 527-room hotel features newly renovated guestrooms, including 58...

"SouthXeast".
"SOUTHXEAST" Florida Atlantic University Galleries, Boca Raton FL January 26 * April 9, 2008 With this second version of "southXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art" (the first took place in 2005), we seem to have what is becoming a staple in the programming at Florida...

Nordstrom Opens Eighth Store in Florida.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-18 February 2008-Nordstrom Opens Eighth Store in Florida(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com With the opening of its third Miami-area store, fashion specialty retailer Nordstrom is offering its selection of designer, luxury and quality fashion brands to Aventura Mall fashionistas. The new Nordstrom houses five...

Rescuing the reefs.
Coral reefs have been called the rain forests of the ocean because of their vast biodiversity and genetic wealth. And over the last few years we have seen a massive die-off of these ecosystems, with a quarter of the world's reefs already gone. Surveying the destruction, the marine biology...

Classifying stalkers aids counseling of victims.
MIAMI BEACH -- Risk assessment and management of stalking should begin with classifying the offender into one of five general types based on behavior, according to two presentations at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Rejected, intimacy seeking, incompetent, resentful, and...

Parenting is crux of the cure in defiant disorder.
MIAMI BEACH -- It is important to confront parents about their parenting style when conveying a diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder, a developmental pediatrics specialist advises. It is difficult to address a parenting issue, particularly in a 15-minute visit and when you want to keep a relationship...