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Embarking on a holiday to Florida with under 5s | ENGLISH MUM

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Florida is famous for beaches, sunshine and, of course, the theme parks. Children and adults alike will love the chance to be able to explore the world-renowned resorts of Disney, Universal, Epcot, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and the others. All the theme parks are great at catering for families, especially those with young children who may be too small to ride on a lot of the rollercoasters.

Each of the Disney parks has several great attractions for young children. Head over to Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom to ride on Dumbo, the Flying Elephant. This gentle ride is a lovely experience and kids will love being able to control how high their Dumbo can fly. Also in the Magic Kingdom is The Barnstormer. This junior rollercoaster is a great ride for any little daredevils in your family as it has a few twists and turns!
If your child loved being able to fly on an elephant, you could try Cinderella?s Golden Carousel, a charming old fashioned merry-go-round where the children can sit on horses, and there is an option of a bench carriage if they prefer. Fans of Nemo can go and visit Epcot and search the seas to find him in a ?clamobile? . From there you can visit the seas with Nemo & Friends Pavilion, home to one of the largest man-made ocean environments in the world.

Kids love seeing their favourite characters come to life, so why not head over to Hollywood Studios to see Playhouse Disney, an interactive live performance that combines awesome effects and puppetry and gives your children the chance to sing and dance along with Mickey!

If you want a slightly more relaxing break, there are plenty of beaches in Florida for kids to run around on, making sandcastles and splashing in the waves. Clearwater, Florida is home to some beautiful white beaches and is very family-friendly. Children of all ages will love the chance to be able to jump aboard a pirate ship on Captain Memo?s Pirate Cruise. Or visit Destin on the Emerald Coast for a quieter and more relaxing family-orientated beach.

Cosmos? holidays to Florida give you the freedom to tailor your trip to your family needs. You can choose to spend your entire trip exploring the theme parks or opt for a Twin Centre holiday and split your time between two different parts of Florida. The possibilities are endless and you can guarantee that you and your family will never have a dull moment in the Sunshine State.

Cosmos Holidays are a leading UK tour operator. Find out more about Disneyland holidays with Cosmos by visiting their website.

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Johnny Knoxville's 'SpongeBob' Cameo: Exclusive First Look!

Knoxville voices Johnny Krill on a brand-new episode of 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' which premieres July 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Nickelodeon.
By James Montgomery

Johnny Knoxville as the voice of Johnny Krill in "SpongeBob SquarePants"
Photo: Nickelodeon

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1688814/johnny-knoxville-spongebob-squarepants-cameo.jhtml

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Infused Vodka | Triangle Arts and Entertainment

Nowadays you can?t go to your local liquor store without seeing rows of different flavored vodkas ? anything from citrus to coconut, green apple to pear, root beer to watermelon. I started wondering how difficult it would be to make my own infused vodka and after just a bit of research I discovered there was nothing hard about it all. Just follow a few easy steps, and voil?, you have a custom-made spirit to enjoy. The best thing is you get to control the intensity of the flavors you select.

First, choose your vodka. Don?t break the bank here ? save the Goose for your martinis. But don?t be a cheapskate, either. I read to use vodka that has been distilled at least three times. I used Rain Organics for the three infusions that I made, mainly because it was on sale and was distilled seven times. I saw a number of sites that recommended using Smirnoff vodka or something similar.

Next, select your flavors. Since I love Bloody Marys, I knew I wanted to make a pepper-infused vodka and used a combination of haba?eros, Serrano peppers and garlic cloves ? two of each.

I also wanted something fruity and refreshing for the summer, so bought a fresh pineapple to use in one of the jars. Finally, since blueberries are in season and usually on sale, I decided to give them a try as well.

The preparation is simple. Since this was my first try, I made small batches and used sterilized, pint-sized mason jars with tight-fitting lids. Place your ingredient(s) in the bottom of the jar, add the vodka, put on the lid and shake it well. For my blueberry infusion, after placing the berries in the jar I took a fork and lightly poked them to help release some of the flavor.

Store your vodka in a cool, dry place for 3-5 days, and try to shake it a few times each day. The longer you let the ingredients stay in the vodka, the more intense the flavors will be.

Once you reach the desired flavor, strain the vodka into a new jar. Store it as you would any other vodka.

For my pepper-infused vodka, I let the ingredients stay in the jar for two full weeks. Good call on my part, since I love my Bloody Marys on the spicy side, and this batch packed a punch!

This was a much more successful than I though it would be and I can?t wait to experiment with some new flavors. Here are a few of the delicious drinks I?ve made so far:

Blueberry Vodka Lemonade

Fill a tall glass with ice. Add 3 oz. blueberry infused vodka. Fill the rest of the glass with lemonade (I like Crystal Light or Minute Made Light.) Garnish with a fresh lemon slice and fresh blueberries. Easy to make, easy to drink!

Pineapple-tini

Chill a martini glass. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add 2 oz. of pineapple-infused vodka, 2 ounces of pineapple juice, 1 oz. of orange liqueur (I used Patron Citronage, but Grand Marnier or Cointreau should work just as well) and the juice of ? of a lime. Shake well and strain into the martini glass. Garnish with fresh pineapple. Perfect on a hot summer?s day!

Pepper Bloody Mary

Moisten the rim of a tall glass with lime, and twirl it in Bloody Mary rimmer spice mix (available at most grocery stores.) Fill the glass with ice. Add 2 oz. of pepper-infused vodka and then fill with Clamato juice (you can also use tomato juice or V-8 if desired.) Add a couple of splashes of Worstershire sauce and stir well. Add salt, pepper and hot sauce to taste (my pepper-infused vodka had a good bite to it, so I didn?t need additional seasonings except for a dash of salt.) Garnish with a celery stalk, pepperocinis (large olives work well, too) and lime. Awesome!

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Merkel stands ground ahead of euro summit

BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders arrived for a Brussels summit on Thursday more openly divided than at any time since the euro crisis began, with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel showing no sign of relenting in her refusal to back other countries' debts.

Merkel is being urged at home to hang tough and reject all efforts to make Germany underwrite European partners' borrowing or banks, while her European Union partners say that may be the only way to save the single currency.

"Nein! No! Non!" shouted a headline splashed across the front page of the normally sober German business daily Handelsblatt, with a commentary by its editor-in-chief saying Merkel must remain firm at the two-day summit.

Spain and Italy, the latest euro zone countries in financial markets' firing line, are pleading for emergency action to bring down their spiraling borrowing costs before they are forced out of the bond market. They want the euro zone's rescue funds or the European Central Bank to intervene fast.

A senior German government source, briefing reporters in Berlin before the summit, due to start at 0900 EDT, played down the leap in Spanish and Italian borrowing costs.

"We would warn against exaggerated panic-making," he said.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso proposed in a report creating a euro zone treasury to issue joint bonds in the medium-term, and establishing a banking union with central supervision, a joint deposit guarantee and a resolution fund.

Merkel insists that fundamental reforms to give European Union authorities power to override national budget and economic policies must come before any further shared liability.

"Now she must explain to our friends at the summit that it would help no one if Germany lavishly handed out the fruit of its labor. It is even the other way around: 'yes' to Europe means 'no' to Barroso's ideas," Handelsblatt's Gabor Steingart wrote.

His comment reflected widespread public views in Germany, which has enjoyed an export boom while Greece, Ireland and Portugal and now Spain and Cyprus have needed bailouts. The economic crisis is only just starting to pinch in Germany, where growth is slowing and unemployment crept up unseasonally in June.

Hans-Werner Sinn, head of the Ifo economic research institute and a leading Eurosceptic, said in a working paper: "Had we known 20 years ago what difficulties the euro zone would be mired in today, and what pressures we would face, Germany would never in its life have agreed to the euro, at least not with all those who are members today."

TURMOIL

The meeting is the 20th summit of leaders of the 27 EU states since the crisis erupted in early 2010, giving them a reputation for failing to match their talk with the sort of decisive action needed to resolve it.

The euro hit a three-week low and European shares fell as investors bet that this latest summit would fail to produce concrete measures to tackle the crisis, sending 10-year Spanish government bond yields above the danger level of 7 percent.

Italy had to pay its highest yield since December of 6.19 percent to sell 10-year debt on Thursday, helped by domestic demand and a smaller-than-average sale.

Many international investors have deserted Spanish and Italian debt, pushing yields to levels that Madrid at least cannot afford for long as it tries to save banks ravaged by a property market collapse and rein in an overshooting deficit.

European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said the summit would work on unspecified "short-term measures" to stabilize markets. Merkel has brushed aside demands from Rome and Madrid for rapid measures to support their bonds.

French President Francois Hollande is championing joint "eurobonds", which would bring down borrowing costs for the weaker euro zone countries because the pool of guarantors would include the strongest - principally Germany.

EU leaders agree in theory that addressing the euro zone's imbalances must involve "more Europe" - greater coordination of financial affairs among countries that share the common currency. But they disagree sharply about how to get there.

France's Hollande argues that Europe must show greater "solidarity" - support for weaker members - before it asks them to give up independent policy powers. Germany, by contrast, does not want to use its credit rating to support others unless they share control of tax and spending powers first.

Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, one of a handful of Merkel allies from north European creditor states, said on arrival in Brussels: "We cannot create a Europe which is based on mutualised liabilities or new structures just for having new payers for the current bill."

Hollande and Merkel met in Paris on Wednesday evening to try to narrow their differences.

While they agreed on a package of measures to promote growth trumpeted as being worth 130 billion euros - the first item on Thursday's summit agenda - there was little sign of a meeting of minds on the thornier crisis-resolution issues.

ECB governing council member Christian Noyer of France told Le Monde that Europe had reached a crossroads where monetary union was no longer sufficient and a step towards federalism was needed, including closer budgetary union, adding he was "very open" to eventually pooling debt in a later stage.

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said the 17-nation currency bloc's permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), due to start operating next month, should be turned into a bank and allowed to borrow from the ECB, which could quadruple its 500 billion euro ($625 billion) warchest.

"We need a banking license for the ESM, a debt reduction fund, strict rules for banks with more intervention rights for supervision," he told Austria's Kleine Zeitung daily.

That backed proposals by Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti to leverage up the rescue funds to underpin troubled countries' bonds. But ECB chief economist Peter Praet said he was "very skeptical" of Monti's idea, which would greatly increase the central bank's exposure.

"The funds would guarantee part of the risks, and we would take the rest on our books," Praet told Financial Times Deutschland.

The senior German source said the EU already had instruments to handle all crisis scenarios, and Berlin was skeptical about developing yet another tool to solve Italy's problem.

Speaking in parliament on Wednesday, Merkel said she considered joint euro bonds and bank deposit guarantees illegal, economically wrong and politically counterproductive. Even Europe's strongest economy must not be overburdened, she said.

Rehn said euro zone leaders would work at their own mini-summit on Friday afternoon on steps to relieve market pressure on countries at risk.

"We are working with euro area member states in order to enable convincing decisions for the short-term stabilization of the financial markets, especially bond markets of euro area member states under particular market pressure," he said.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he would ask other EU leaders to allow the bloc's bailout funds or the European Central Bank to stabilize financial markets.

"The most urgent issue is the one of financing. We can't keep funding ourselves for a long time at the prices we're currently funding ourselves," he told parliament.

(Additional reporting by Gernot Heller in Berlin, Lorraine Turner in Dublin, Julien Toyer, Jan Strupczewski and Luke Baker in Brussels, Georgina Prodhan in Vienna, Catherine Bremer and Vicky Buffery in Paris; Writing by Paul Taylor; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook hijinks, 'shut up Leonard!'

2 hrs.

Helen A.S. Popkin

Our?pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee.

Can't get on Facebook this morning? You're not alone.?Facebook seems to be experiencing outages this morning, we're investigating.?

Speaking of Facebook and annoying, the social network changed the email address on your profile. Here's how to fix it.?

Also: Over?the weekend, Facebook added a?stalkerish feature called "Find Friends Nearby" to its mobile website; on Monday, it was gone.

Why did Facebook roll it out in the first place? Well,?Facebook is on the verge of creating an?advertising scheme for the social network that relies on real-time location data from mobile phones.?

By the way, Mom and Dad:?More than 70 percent of teens hide some of their online behavior from their parents, according to a new study that finds plenty of young people are using the Internet in ways that might surprise you. Or not.?

Meanwhile, the National Security Agency doesn't want you to know whom it's spying on ... because that information is private!?

In more entertaining news,?funniest-person-on-the-planet, Louis C.K. struck gold last year by taking the risky path alone to fund and distribute a stand-up comedy show online. Now he wants to do the same thing with his live shows.

Science declared Slinkys to be awesome, and wrote a paper to prove it.?

in LEGO news, Google just brought 8 Trillion LEGO Blocks to Chrome.?

In closing: Every "Shut up, Leonard!" from the first three seasons of "Community" -- the song!?

? compiled by Helen A.S.?Popkin, who invites you to join her on??Twitter?and/or?Facebook.?Also,?Google+.

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Death and Dying - Stages of Life | Human Development and Aging ...

Death and Dying
Dying during the 1990s is different from dying during the early 1900s, when most geriatric patients were born. At the turn of the century, most deaths occurred at home, and the death rate among children was particularly high.15 Most deaths currently affect people over age 75, and more than 70% of Americans die in institutions, either hospitals or nursing homes.16 Deaths in hospitals are often traumatic for surviving family members. The risk of an adverse health event may also be greater during times of bereavement, especially when the survivor is elderly.17

There is a strong presumption for prolonging life, almost at any cost, among many physicians. Older persons, and even some younger ones with terminal illness, may not share this value. Instead, the goals of relief of suffering, enhancement of function, and increasing the quality of life become predominant. How should "quality of life" be defined? One person's perception of quality may be at odds with that of another. Physicians are poor predictors of what older persons consider to be low quality of life.18 Older persons need open, honest appraisals from their physicians as to the interventions that may provide benefits and the limitations of medical care. Although having some risks of undertreatment, managed care offers the opportunity to shift the focus of care away from the traditional disease-based approach to one that emphasizes function and community-based care (see Chapter 62).

Since the early 1980s the hospice movement has helped people who are dying maintain a higher quality of life. Almost two-thirds of hospice patients are over age 65.19 By emphasizing patient-directed approaches to symptom control, even in those with no prospect for medical improvement, people can live more satisfying lives. The major objectives of care are pain control; prevention of constipation, depression, or other symptoms; involvement of families; and care at home. Medicare has recognized the benefits of this approach by funding hospice care since 1982. The family physician must be skillful in assessing the presence of suffering and providing appropriate interventions. Unfortunately, research indicates that as many as 46% of patients die in pain that could have been better controlled.20

Summary
Understanding the stages of life can help the family physician anticipate and explain common stresses experienced by patients. It is important to remember the great variability seen in individuals and the wide range of family types encountered in family practice. Because the burden of illness increases with old age, particular attention should be paid to viewing the experience of aging from the patient's perspective. After all, becoming old is the one "condition" we all hope to acquire, especially when one considers the alternative.

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Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook hijinks, 'shut up Leonard!'

2 hrs.

Helen A.S. Popkin

Our?pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee.

Can't get on Facebook this morning? You're not alone.?Facebook seems to be experiencing outages this morning, we're investigating.?

Speaking of Facebook and annoying, the social network changed the email address on your profile. Here's how to fix it.?

Also: Over?the weekend, Facebook added a?stalkerish feature called "Find Friends Nearby" to its mobile website; on Monday, it was gone.

Why did Facebook roll it out in the first place? Well,?Facebook is on the verge of creating an?advertising scheme for the social network that relies on real-time location data from mobile phones.?

By the way, Mom and Dad:?More than 70 percent of teens hide some of their online behavior from their parents, according to a new study that finds plenty of young people are using the Internet in ways that might surprise you. Or not.?

Meanwhile, the National Security Agency doesn't want you to know whom it's spying on ... because that information is private!?

In more entertaining news,?funniest-person-on-the-planet, Louis C.K. struck gold last year by taking the risky path alone to fund and distribute a stand-up comedy show online. Now he wants to do the same thing with his live shows.

Science declared Slinkys to be awesome, and wrote a paper to prove it.?

in LEGO news, Google just brought 8 Trillion LEGO Blocks to Chrome.?

In closing: Every "Shut up, Leonard!" from the first three seasons of "Community" -- the song!?

? compiled by Helen A.S.?Popkin, who invites you to join her on??Twitter?and/or?Facebook.?Also,?Google+.

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Battleloot Adventure for iPhone and iPad review

Battleloot Adventure was recently made available free for a limited time on iPhone and iPad - what better reason to try out what looks like a great fantasy turn-based combat with a fresh twist? You're in charge of a party of adventurers trying clamoring to win a year without taxes in a tournament spanning the entire kingdom of Kameloot.

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Vow to improve care home standards - Health Nutrition and Fitness

Forty-eight per cent of the 145 hospitals and care homes inspected nationwide failed to meet required standards in terms of care and welfare, a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report showed today.

Patients were being locked in their rooms, bullied by other patients without action and were spending unacceptably long periods of time in care. One person has spent 17 years in a rehabilitation centre, according to the CQC report.

People were ?bored and distressed? and not treated like individuals, according to one former learning disability services patient who helped produce the review.

There were also ?lessons to be learned? by care providers about the use of restraint and an ?urgent need? to reduce the use of restraint. Staff should be trained to use more appropriate ways of restraining patients, the report said.

The inspections focused on examining the general care and welfare of people who used the services as well as whether people were safe from abuse.

Independent services were twice as likely (33% compliant) to fail to meet these standards as NHS providers (68% compliant).

The unannounced inspections were carried out in the wake of abuse uncovered by the BBC?s Panorama programme at Winterbourne View hospital near Bristol.

The undercover footage showed staff at the hospital appearing to taunt and physically abuse the vulnerable adults in their care.

But there was no evidence in this report that pointed to abuse on the scale uncovered at Winterbourne View hospital, CQC chairman Dame Jo Williams said.

Dame Jo said: ?All providers need to look at what we found, question themselves day in, day out about whether or not they are meeting the standards and really keeping people safe.?

Dame Jo said a copy of the CQC report has been sent to the NHS chief executive, Sir David Nicholson.

She said: ?We believe it?s really important that those new commissioning bodies, the clinical commissioning groups, really do pay special attention to people with a learning disability.

?They must not do it alone, they must do it with their partners, but we know that, unless they do pay special attention to this, it?s all too easy for people with learning disabilities to be overlooked.?

The Winterbourne View scandal also prompted a Government review into how the health and care system supports people with learning disabilities.

The Department of Health (DoH) today announced a series of proposals aimed at tackling the worst aspects of the care of people with learning disabilities or autism and challenging behaviour, which it said could lead to ?inexcusable abuse?.

Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said: ?This report is not our last word on the shocking events at Winterbourne View.

?However, there is compelling evidence that some people with learning disabilities are being failed by health and care services.

?While people in some parts of the country receive good quality and compassionate care ? near to family and friends ? this is not always the norm.

?Our national actions will mean that people have access to good care, closer to home. They will make sure those who provide care, commission care and care staff ? know exactly what part they must play and what standards are expected of them.?

Mark Lever, chief executive of The National Autistic Society, said the care system needed stronger checks and balances.

He said: ?Parents and carers of people with autism put a great deal of trust in a care system that all too often fails society?s most vulnerable.

Mr Lever said he welcomed the DoH report.

He added: ?We now urge the Government to build on this framework and ensure action is taken at both a national and local level to restore peoples? faith in the system and prevent further cases of malpractice and neglect.

?We urgently need stronger checks and balances to identify poor and abusive practice locally, and make sure it is eradicated.?

Sean Sullivan, executive chairman of Castlebeck, who owned Winterbourne View and run 19 other homes or hospitals, said: ?We have been through a period of salutary experiences for Castlebeck and the whole sector.

?This interim (DoH) review recognises that everyone has a duty to drive up standards. The recommendations it makes provides a firm basis for re-assuring ourselves about the standards of care we strive to achieve for our service users and their families. It also provides the framework for the whole sector to work together to re-establish public confidence and understanding.?

David Stout, deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents all organisations that commission and provide NHS services, said: ?While progress has been made, this report shows that we are still
too often failing to meet basic standards of care in the services we provide to people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.

?We know there are places where good care is offered but it is not consistent or widespread enough.

?People with learning disabilities are amongst the most vulnerable groups of people served by the NHS and social care, and failure to meet basic standards of care set by the regulator is unacceptable.

?Both providers and commissioners of these services should review
the services in their area to ensure they are not falling short of the standards we would expect to see.?

PA

Article source: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/vow-to-improve-care-home-standards-7880824.html

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DRINKING WATER: GOP blasts Dems for vote-switching on farm bill amendment