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GUM, Moscow
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Tel: 7 495 788 4343
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Short for State Department Store, GUM (pronounced "goom") was the original Russian shopping malla prerevolutionary shopping arcade that became the central Soviet store. There are modern malls now: Yevropeisky, located in front of the Kievsky train station, is a phenomenal specimen that's almost worth a stop on the tourist circuit for a firsthand look at Russia's newfound consumer culture. But GUM is still the mall, at the very least for its Red Square address. In Soviet times it went from a showcaseone of the few places with any goodsto a symbol of what went wrong as the shortages took hold. Now controlled by Mikhail Kusnirovich, the chief of Bosco di Ciliegi, a luxury importer, it's gone way upscale, and there are outposts of Cartier, Hermès, and Antonio Marras, and an Emporio Armani boutique and café. At night, the exterior of GUM is lit up like something from a fairy tale, and during the Christmas season, costumed chamber musicians perform and Bosco sets up a skating rink right on Red Square.
Open daily 10 am to 10 pm.

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Authority: Chapters 213-14 of the Acts of 1922. Purpose: Regulate the installation and maintenance of electrical poles and underground conduits for City property.
Fee: Utility companies are required to pay a fee for each petition that they submit to the Pole and Conduit Meeting. The fee is charged per street. The Residential fee is $110.00 and the Commercial fee is $180.00.
Membership: 3 members (Superintendent of Streets, City Electrician, and License Commission Chair) Members: Andrea S. Jackson, Chair
Stephen Lenkauskas, City Electrician William Dwyer, Superintendent of Streets
Term: 3 years
Contact: License Commission, 617-349-6141 Patricia Lewis, Administrative Assistant, License Commission
Pole and Conduit meetings are typically held on the third Thursday of the month at 10 a.m., in the Conference Room at 831 Mass Ave., Cambridge.
The following are meeting minutes for Pole and Conduit
Meeting dates for 2014
Meeting dates for 2013
January 17
February 21
March 21
April 25
May 16
June 20
July 18
August 8 (early hearing date)September 19
October 17
November 21
December 12 (early hearing date)
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January 19
February 16
March 15 Meeting Cancelled
April 12
May 17
June 21
July 19
August 23
September 20th
October 18th
November 15th
December 13th
Meeting dates for 2011
795 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA, 02139 Ph: 617-349-4000 TTY: 617-349-4242
Monday: 8:30am-8pm Tuesday-Thursday: 8:30am-5pm Friday: 8:30am-12pm
Richard C. Rossi City Manager
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CHICAGO – Dec. 18, 2013 – About one year ago, Information Resources Inc. (IRI) predicted that private label in the United States had hit a proverbial glass ceiling. This prediction has proven true, at least at the macro level, according to the latest IRI Times & Trends, "Private Label and National Brands: Paving the Path for Growth Together." Both private label and national brands' shares of sales remained unchanged during the past year, with private label share of dollar sales inching up slightly, largely due to above-average price inflation within the private label sector. But, the report goes on to illustrate that consumers' "new normal" puts value in the crosshairs of every purchase decision and paves new roads of opportunity for private label and national brand CPG marketers. "While some industry experts believe private label has 'had its day,' IRI believes that private label and national brand marketers can enjoy mutual growth by not simply co-existing, but rather evolving and working together to serve the full spectrum of consumers' needs and wants," says Susan Viamari, editor of Times & Trends, IRI. "Of course, consumers are shopping conservatively and looking for money-saving options, so they have embraced private label. However, national brands remain critical. In this environment, manufacturers and retailers must work together to provide a balanced assortment of national and private label solutions, targeted at the store level, to offer the best overarching value." Channel Trends Private label share is highest in the grocery channel, at 21.9 percent of unit sales and 18.2 percent of dollar sales. Grocery also enjoys the strongest level of private label penetration, by far, at 96.9 percent. Despite the fact that the private label landscape has become more crowded and more competitive, grocers have done a commendable job of protecting share. In addition, private label performance within the drug channel has been quite strong during the last year. Unit share grew one full point, to 17.6 percent, while dollar share climbed less sharply, to 16.9 percent. Though private label share inched up slightly in the convenience channel during the same time period, it remains well below industry average, at 2.4 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively. Private label's strength across the drug and convenience channels is attributable to a number of factors, including retailer efforts to broaden and enhance private label programs. The club channel is demonstrating the strongest private label share growth—growth that is occurring across both heavy and light purchasers of private label products. This growth brought the channel nearly $1.4 billion more in private label sales from heavy and light buyers in 2013 compared with 2010.
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9 8 Share TweetYou know this usually happens. You go to the lab and you don't feeling like scanning all the negatives. When you go again to pick up the results you get upset. Just a few were saved. But shouldn't be us who decides?
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text: What will financial advice look like in five years' time? By Brett Davidson 12 Feb, 2013 at 15:55 Questioning the received wisdom about the future of the IFA profession will help firms to spot the opportunities likely to help them secure a long-term future, writes Brett Davidson of Mode. Sponsored by: What does the future look like? What will the financial advice profession look like five years after the retail distribution review? Some predictions can be made based on the usual assumptions: there will be fewer advisers overall, possibly a 30% reduction, as clients turn off ongoing remuneration, advisers retire, and new threats to pricing and business models emerge. Financial planning will move upmarket, providing excellent advice to well-off individuals. At the same time, online advice will continue to take over, with offers of good-quality 'free' advice; and the market will still be fragmented with very large firms, small boutiques and just a handful of businesses in the dangerous middle ground. How might financial services look, however, if some of those assumptions changed? Some of the usual assumptions The structure of financial services is still geared to moving products, and advisers are still seen as the agents of distribution. Complex advice is delivered face-to-face. Financial products are sold, not bought. Clients will pay a percentage of assets invested as a charge. Around 98% of the value in the industry is owned by product manufacturers. Satisfying regulators trumps being customer-friendly. The effect on advice firms if these assumptions changed Technology at the individual firm level is not yet good enough to cope with a move to online advice. Many advisers could be marginalised quickly if such technology became available and widely accepted by consumers. Online delivery innovation might also allow advisers to redesign their delivery processes radically to effect them more cheaply (reducing costs of advice by 50% to 90%), preserving the adviser's place in the marketplace rather than eliminating it. Flat fees unrelated to assets under management might emerge, reducing costs to consumers (who decided an asset-based fee was a good idea anyway?) and crushing margins for traditional advisers. Staffing skills within advisory firms might change dramatically, making large sections of the industry redundant and unemployable (as in the print industry 20 years ago). Simpler buying processes may result. Consider how you click 'agree' when your Apple or Microsoft software upgrades. Will clients do the same with online suppliers of advice, supplying the same level of bumf you supply now? Assumptions you could change that would radically alter your position in the industry Own the product using investment solutions, software and infrastructure. Demand a greater share of the revenues from the owners of existing investment solutions, software and infrastructure (although it might already be too late). Design your own online advice delivery capability. Even if only parts of the process were automated online you may create a significant cost advantage over your competitors. Use new online offerings as part of your own advice process. For example, hold normal first meetings but use an online investment service as your outsourced investment option. You retain ownership of the client relationship and can charge for the high value piece (the advice), but incur no development or running costs on the investment technology. The worst-case scenario for you or your business External technology suppliers not yet in the advice sector enter the arena to provide cheap, good-quality services, dramatically altering the perception of the value of face-to-face advice delivery and eliminating all pricing power. Advisers and firms become price takers. Small advisory firms become untenable because of the investment spend required for technology. Technology companies end up owning 98% of the value in the industry and have no relationship, connection with or love for advisers. What situation is so dire you know it will never happen and so unrealistic it seems pointless to prepare for it? Advice becomes 'free'. Investing (or investment advice) becomes 'free'. There remain some open questions. What would be the effect on your business if the above did happen? How would you respond and what would you do? Think about not just how you would respond, but also whether it is possible to get a jump on your competitors by creating some disruption yourself. Questions are taken from Phil McKinney's book, Beyond The Obvious: Killer Questions That Create Game Changing Innovation. Brett Davidson is a partner at Mode. Previous Next


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Best of Miami 2014: Here are Some of the People That Made Food Great
The 2014 edition of Best of Miami is live and it's filled with over 300 of our favorite restaurants, bars, shops...and people.
When you think about it, the entire issue is about people. After all, for every delicious burger or soul-satisfying cafe con leche, there's a person lovingly creating it. We've paid homage to some of the most creative people behind the bar and the line in our Best of issue. Read on as we profile some of the best and brightest people responsible for your meal.
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Best Bakery - Zak the Baker Wynwood Bakery & Cafebillwisserphoto.com
It's May 4, 2014, and Zak Stern, standing atop a wooden counter in his brand new, gleaming white Wynwood bakery, is giving a godawful speech. He begins to talk about the challenges he and his wife, Batsheva Wulfsohn, have overcome, only to interrupt himself every time a familiar face passes through the bakery's open bay door. Zak the Baker, as he is known, smiles and stutters on his way to eventually thanking nearly everyone in the room. But not a person in the audience is put off by his address. First of all, their mouths are stuffed with delicious sourdough bread. Second, the speech is vintage Stern: Goofy, honest, and -- like his loaves -- all natural. It's been a decade since Stern dropped out of college to travel the world, along the way learning how to farm, bake, and make cheese in far-flung locales such as India, Sweden, France, Israel, and Italy. In 2011, he moved to Miami and began using the traditional methods he learned overseas in baking. He rented a shop in Hialeah and sold his loaves to heavyweights such as Steven Perricone and Michelle Bernstein. Soon his bread was in sandwiches at Panther Coffee and on charcuterie plates at Oak Tavern. But none of his past success compares to opening a bakery in the most bustling neighborhood in town. He now has his own mixer and oven, capable of churning out 140 loaves per hour. Tomorrow, Wynwood will wake up to the smell of sunflower and sesame, fennel and rye, olive and za'atar, walnut and whole wheat. So we can forgive Zak the Baker this Sunday evening as he struggles through his inaugural speech. Besides, it's not like we've got anything to say. Our mouths are stuffed with sourdough.
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Angry Birds Star Wars has just received a free update that unlocks the Hoth level pack, adds two bonus levels, and adds a Princess Leia bird to your arsenal. It's a lot of great, free content, just as we've come to expect in the weeks following the launch of a new Angry Birds game. It's enough of an added bonus that we've decided to up the game's score to Must Have.
Hoth, for all you non-geeks, is the wintry planet where the rebels hide out at the beginning of Empire Strikes Back. That informs the level designs, so expect to find lots of ice in the structures the Imperial pigs are hiding in. The levels are often built on fluffy snow drifts that you can chip away at fairly easily, creating satisfying domino effects as the structures collapse. They've also incorporated new enemies found in the battle of Hoth, like hovering probes and four-legged AT-AT constructs.
The Leia bird has a tracking beam device in her hand, and when you tap the screen as she flies across the screen, she'll use it to pull up any Imperial pigs and chunks of environment in its grasp. It's a fun toy to play with, especially in the later Hoth levels that incorporate floating asteroids in outer space.
All in all, this is a lot of new content, and it adds a major challenge to anyone trying to get three stars on all the levels. The game is still composed of the same old Angry Birds gameplay, but with the loads of content and clever integration of the Star Wars universe, we're upping our score to a 4. Just about anyone who buys this game will know what to expect, but that's not a bad thing.
By this point, fans know what to expect from a new Angry Birds game. You'll get a bunch of levels where you fling birds at flimsy structures to kill pigs. The presentation will be playful enough that you'll forgive the physics engine when it doesn't cooperate with your plans. Angry Birds Star Wars delivers exactly that, with a helping hand from everyone's favorite space epic.
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In a very basic form, the game follows the story of Star Wars, taking you from the deserts of Tatooine, to outer space, the Death Star, and beyond. The game comes with 40 Tatooine levels, 40 Death Star levels, and 11 bonus levels. It also contains 40 Dagobah levels, but they're locked behind a paywall. Rovio, the developer, promises a Hoth level pack will be available soon as a free update.
When you're on a planet, traditional Angry Birds physics hold true, with gravity curving the trajectory of your flings. When in space, the levels act just like they do in Angry Birds Space, so unless you enter a gravity bubble, you'll drift in a straight line.
An army of Obi-Wans.
Most of the main characters appear as you play through the levels, and they show up exactly where they should in the story line. For instance, you don't get access to the Han Solo bird until you reach the Cantina on Tatooine. Each character also has a special ability that's true to the movies. When your bird is airborne and you tap the screen, Obi-Wan uses the force, Han shoots his blaster, R2-D2 shocks nearby enemies, and Luke swings his lightsaber– but only after Obi-Wan gives it to him.
When you get in a pinch, instead of the Mighty Eagle, you earn a limited number of Millennium Falcons to rein death on hapless imperial swine. Star Wars music and sound effects also fill the game's score, which is sure to bring a smile to all the fans.
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But mostly this feels like an Angry Birds game, so if there's something that bugs you about any of the other games, it'll probably bug you here, too. For us, we could do without the drifting camera that insists on focusing on either the pigs or the birds, but not the happy medium in between. We're also not thrilled to hear the constant squawks and snorts from the characters when you idle on a level. But those complaints are small potatoes compared to the fun we had playing the game.
Just as we expected, Angry Birds Star Wars is a delight. It takes lots of inspiration from the Star Wars universe and integrates it seamlessly into the Angry Birds template. It doesn't revolutionize the Angry Birds series, but should certainly satisfy fans of either franchise, provided you're not suffering from Angry Birds or Star Wars fatigue.


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Maranello, 17 February – Following Michael Schumacher's skiing accident, there have been a great many messages of affection sent to him. Day after day they arrive from those who shared time and worked with him over the eleven years he drove for Ferrari, as well as from the Ferrari fans from around the world who have always supported him.
Actions, words and thoughts that show just how important Michael is within the very heart of those who love and live for Ferrari and how important a role he has played in the history of the Prancing Horse. We therefore decided to gather together all these messages through the Scuderia's Twitter and Facebook pages and to publish some of them on a special bulletin board.
Jimmy McNamara (Fan), 17 February – Michael, you will ski again, drive again, and go fast again. That is what you do. The thrill of speed defines you. I hope the road to recovery is more like a drag strip, short and fast!


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Governor Mike Easley said the state's agreement to purchase Grandfather Mountain means one of North Carolina's signature landmarks will be preserved forever.
Easley announced yesterday the state would buy the undeveloped portion of the tourist destination for $12 million from the Morton family.
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With four rounds remaining of the expanded eight-team competition, the Kings have 45 points – eight more than the second-placed Pumas, who did all they could to keep the pressure on the title favourites with a 70-27 hammering of the SWD Eagles in Nelspruit on Saturday.
The Griffons remain third thanks to a 53-33 victory in East London over the Border Bulldogs, who remain winless and rooted to the bottom of the log after 10 matches.
And in the final match of the weekend, the Leopards came from behind to beat the defending champion Regent Boland Kavaliers 39-34 in Potchefstroom to remain to fourth. The Kavaliers, meanwhile, stay in sixth place following their seventh defeat of what has been a disappointing season so far.
Border Bulldogs (12) 33 Griffons (25) 53
Martin Sithole ran in a hat-trick of tries as the Griffons saw off a second-half fightback from the Border Bulldogs to claim an impressive away win at the Buffalo City Municipal Stadium on Friday.
Flank Sithole scored all three of his five-pointers in the second half with his second and third tries helping to put away a determined Border outfit that had clawed their way back into the contest with three converted tries in the space of six minutes.
The Bulldogs had been trailing 39-12 but the three tries, from flankers Brian Shabangu and Shane Spring and tighthead prop Marius Visser, meant that the hosts narrowed the gap to 39-33 with 22 minutes left in the contest.
But Sithole, who turned in a wonderful performance with his support play being particularly impressive, scored two late tries to deny Border their first win of the season.
Veteran left wing Shane Hancke dotted down twice for the visitors while flyhalf Hansie Graaff enjoyed a good night with the boot as he collected 18 points courtesy of six conversions and two penalties.
Bulldogs – Tries: Shane Spring, Ruan Jacobs, Quinton Crocker, Marius Visser, Brian Shabangu. Conversions: Reinhardt Gerber (4). Griffons – Tries: Shane Hancke (2), Martin Sithole (3), Joubert Horn, Erik le Roux. Conversions: Hansie Graaff (6). Penalties: Graaff (2).
EP Kings (19) 45 Valke (15) 24
The Eastern Province Kings turned around a second-half deficit to run in seven tries and beat a game Valke outfit at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday night.
The victory ensured the Kings remain unbeaten in the competition but they had to fight to keep a determined Valke team at bay. In fact, the Kings trailed 24-19 after 61 minutes but took full advantage when the visitors ran out of steam in the latter stages.
The sixth-placed Valke have scored as many tries as the top sides in the competition but have also had their problems defensively, conceding the second-most tries. And so it turned out in this match.
The Valke made it clear they did not come to Port Elizabeth to roll and over and play dead. They ran the ball at every opportunity with their forwards setting up quality ball at the same time.
But it was the Kings who got off to the brighter start with captain and No 8 Luke Watson scoring two tries in the first 15 minutes to give his team a four-point lead at the break.
They narrowed the gap to one point with a Karlo Aspeling penalty straight after the restart and then took the lead after 43 minutes through a superb Aspeling drop goal from 40m. The flyhalf then extended the cushion to five points with another penalty.
But there was always a feeling that if the Kings could lift their game a notch they would manage to take control and they did so, flanker Cornel du Preez going over for a brace followed by further scores to prop Jaco Engels and centre Wayne Stevens to complete an impressive comeback.
Kings – Tries: Wayne Stevens, Luke Watson (3), Jaco Engels, Cornell du Preez, penalty try. Conversions: George Whitehead (2), Wesley Dunlop (3). Valke – Tries: Reg Muller, Jaco Oosthuizen. Conversion: Karlo Aspeling. Penalties: Aspeling (3). Drop goal: Aspeling.
Leopards (15) 39 Regent Boland Kavaliers (24) 34
The Leopards turned in a strong second-half performance to see off the Regent Boland Kavaliers in an entertaining match at Profert Olen Park on Saturday.
The Leopards outscored their opponents by 24 points to 10 in the second half as their powerful forwards took charge of the encounter, but both teams played their part in serving up an enjoyable match as they combined for 10 tries.
The hosts kept their semi-final hopes alive as they ran in four second-half tries, and six in total, while Boland slipped to their seventh defeat in 10 matches. However, they picked up two bonus points for their efforts against the Leopards.
The home team made an electric start to the match when they scored the first try just nine seconds after the game had started. Boland narrowed the gap thanks to two penalties from outside centre Cheswin Williams before the visitors took the lead when Williams scored an unconverted try en route to a personal haul of 19 points.
Boland may have ended the first half strongly to lead by nine points but the Leopards came out all guns blazing and they grabbed a try just 26 seconds after the restart through replacement scrumhalf Jaco Grobler.
The Kavaliers hit back seven minutes later when No 8 Zandre Jordaan intercepted a pass on the Leopards' 10-metre line before galloping clear for a converted try.
The tries were continuing to flow and the Leopards nabbed their bonus-point try in the 53rd minute when flank Robert Kruger was mauled over to make the score 31-27 in Boland's favour.
Williams stretched the lead with a 57th-minute penalty before the Leopards clawed their way back into the contest once again when hooker Edgar Marutlulle barged his way over in the left-hand corner for a well-deserved try.
The Leopards then hit the lead for the first time since the 30th minute when lock Brendon Snyman barged his way over from close-range for a converted try in the 67th minute to make sure of the victory.
Leopards – Tries: Robert Kruger, Marius Fourie, Jaco Grobler, Edgar Marutlulle, Brendon Snyman, Berty Visser. Conversions: André Pretorius (3). Penalty: Pretorius. Kavaliers – Tries: Zandré Jordaan, Eric Zana, Cornal Hendricks, Cheswin Williams. Conversion: Williams. Penalties: Williams (4).
Ford Pumas (35) 70 SWD Eagles (6) 27
The Ford Pumas pulled away from the second quarter as they smashed the SWD Eagles at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.
The bonus-point win was vital for the Pumas as they try to prevent the EP Kings from getting too far away from them at the top of the log. The Kings temporarily stretched their lead to 13 points with their victory the previous evening over the Valke, but the Mpumalanga side ensured the gap returned to eight points at the end of the 10th of 14 rounds of league play.
If the match had been overseen by the police rather than referee Joey Salmans, the Pumas might have been charged with assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm as they steamrolled the Eagles, a dominant pack and their powerful runners in the backline running amok.
Flanker Jaco Bouwer scored a hat-trick of tries and wing Wilhelm Loock crossed twice in the space of four minutes either side of half-time.
Flyhalf JC Roos also kicked with tremendous composure and accuracy as he succeeded with all nine of his conversion attempts and replacement lock Christo le Roux kicked the 10th just for good measure.
Pumas – Tries: Wilhelm Loock (2), Uzair Cassiem, Nqubeko Zulu, JW Jonker, Jerome Pretorius, Jaco Bouwer (3), Ashwin Scott. Conversions: JC Roos (9), Christo Roos. Eagles– Tries: Wayne Khan, Elric van Vuuren (2). Conversions: Van Vuuren (3). Penalties: Van Vuuren (2).


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Today, the 64-year-old Makler is accused in federal court of corruptly using his official powers at the Delray Beach P.D. to protect a Gypsy con artist. Charged with mail fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy, the now-former detective could spend most of the rest of his life behind bars.
For the time being, he lives in his tidy suburban middle-class home in Boynton Beach, where I took a drive recently to see if he was still as loquacious as he used to be. When he saw me standing on his porch, he just looked at me quizzically.
"Hi, Jack," I began, "I'm Bob Norman with New Times. I talked to you a while back for an article I wrote about Nick the Cop."
His eyes showed he now remembered.
"I heard what happened and wanted to talk with you about it."
"I can't really do that," he said rather curtly before muttering something about his attorney. "All I can say is I'm innocent."
This didn't surprise me. Makler, who is out of jail after posting a quarter-million-dollar bond, stands accused of helping a Gypsy con artist called Linda Marks swindle millions of dollars from victims who believed her fortunetelling shtick and gave her their life savings in the hope that she could save them from disease and despair. Not something to get chatty about really.
After Makler closed his door, I stuck a business card by the knob. Later, when I checked my voice mail, the first one began, "This is Jack Makler..."
Maybe he was ready to talk. Again.
The last time he gave up information, it was on the aforementioned "Nick the Cop." That was the nickname for John Nicholas, who was a Palm Beach Sheriff's Office deputy when I first wrote about him back in 1998. Nicholas rather informally specialized in Gypsy crimes. Nicholas knew a lot about Gypsies, or, to use the proper moniker, the Rom. He was, after all, a Gypsy himself.
What makes somebody a Gypsy? Well, the Rom is a race of people, sanctioned as such by the United Nations. The band of vagabonds left India more than four centuries ago and has been pretty much on the move ever since. The culture is based on duping the hell out of gadjes, their name for non-Gypsies, with fortunetelling cons, roofing scams, automobile rip-offs, and other schemes perfected over the years. And any bunco cop in the country will tell you that Florida is their promised land. Most of those palm-reading shops along the roads of the Gold Coast there are 29 such establishments licensed in Broward County alone are filled with Rom dreaming up fiendish ways to get into your bank account.
Gypsies live in a rigid, ultrasecretive society complete with territories and arranged marriages. And they squabble. Oh, do they squabble. To settle their disputes, they have their own courts overseen by leaders called Rom Baros, or Big Men. Once born into this treasure- and trouble-strewn life, few leave it.
Nicholas, though, claimed that after a criminal childhood, he turned his back on the life and devoted himself to busting his own brethren. He became a national media expert on the subject of Gypsy crime, even landing starring roles on 48 Hours and Dateline shows.
It made for a good story. Good fiction, anyway.
A couple of law enforcement sources had told me that Nicholas was suspected of being a double agent, so I investigated him. It didn't take long to find a whole lot of evidence that Nick the Cop was still very much involved with a known Gypsy crime clan using the last name Uwanawich. (Get it? "You want a witch?").
With the power of PBSO, Nicholas propped up the Uwanawiches while at the same time helping to eliminate their rivals. The Sheriff's Office investigated and, rather than canning him, found Nick guilty of some minor rule infraction. He was suspended for two days.
As I was reporting the story, I came across a Delray Beach police detective named Jack Makler. He was adamant that Nicholas was a no-good cop playing both sides of the street. To prove it, he arranged an interview for me with a Gypsy couple that owned a fortunetelling shop in Delray. Their names: Jimmy and Linda Marks.
The Markses and Uwanawiches were battling each other for supremacy in South Florida. They also fought at a Denny's restaurant over an arranged marriage. A Uwanawich put Jimmy Marks in a headlock right there in the home of the Grand Slam breakfast.
Shortly after that spat, Nicholas arrived at the door of the Markses' shop on Federal Highway with a WPTV-Channel 5 television crew. Jimmy Marks called Makler to complain, and the detective zipped over to the place. The two cops argued in front of the Markses' shop. Makler told me this angered him because Nicholas was breaking into his jurisdiction without permission.


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A growing number of [NBA executives] starting to believe that Magic will indeed give strong consideration to doing Dwight deal before season starts.
Rather than getting knee-deep in opt-out, opt-in, sign-and-trade, or extend-and-trade scenarios, let's get right to the point.
That's what NBA executives believe. Until the front office for the Orlando Magic sit down, talk with Dwight Howard, and find out what he wants to do, no one knows what's going to happen. That being said, if Howard makes his intentions known to the Magic that he's leaving and not planning on re-signing with the team then yes, general manager Otis Smith should do everything in his power to trade the big fella as soon as possible. And with a number of teams interested in Howard, like the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets, among others, Smith wouldn't have a shortage of trade options at his disposal.
But, as Matt Moore of CBSSports.com astutely points out, before deciding on trading Howard or not, it would behoove Orlando not to try everything in their power to acquire Chris Paul.
The Magic have every reason to trade for Chris Paul without the promise of an extension. With no consideration of the extension, there's nothing to hold up a deal. The Magic are facing the same cliff the Hornets are, staring down the barrell of Dwight Howard's big-market shotgun. They are burdened with pieces which hold no value once Howard is traded. If Howard leaves, they will wind up with a huge amount of salary and no superstar, a terrible team with a supporting structure holding up nothing. They have two options. Win a championship this year or give up and trade Howard for nothing now. Even a move for Andrew Bogut as Berger has said will be discussed won't keep them in title contention. That's what Howard means to a team. That's what an MVP candidate means.
It sounds like a crazy idea. Why would the Magic throw the kitchen sink at the New Orleans Hornets for Paul? Because Orlando has little to lose and everything to gain. The gain is that Paul and Howard stay. The risk is that Paul and Howard walk away and the Magic are left with nothing. But the thing is that if Orlando doesn't acquire Paul, then Howard probably walks away anyway.
Sure, the Magic could trade Howard, acquire as many assets as possible, and start from scratch. However, if Howard is adamant that he must be traded to the Lakers, for example, the centerpiece in a deal would be Andrew Bynum and even though he's talented with the potential to become even better, it's a risk to rebuild around a player like him that has an injury history. The last thing Orlando needs to deal with is another Grant Hill situation. Granted, there would be more coming from the Lakers like other players and draft picks as well as possible salary relief. But how much more value could the Magic really squeeze out of Pau Gasol or Lamar Odom in a trade? Because there's no point in either Gasol or Odom sticking around on a rebuilding team. And it's safe to say that a first-round pick (or multiple first-rounders) from Los Angeles in the low-20s doesn't sound too appealing.
It's true that Orlando could play it safe, accumulate assets, and go from there. This isn't the time to play it safe. This is the time to take a risk.
And the beauty of it all is, with Paul making his intentions clear that he wants to be with the New York Knicks (forcing the Hornets to trade him for next to nothing or let him sign as a free agent and get nothing in return), the Magic have something to offer. It's true that Orlando doesn't have a lot of assets but surely a trade package including Jameer Nelson, Brandon Bass, J.J. Redick, Ryan Anderson, a 2012 first round pick, and whatever else is something. It's more than whatever New York can offer in a deal to New Orleans. If the Hornets were forced to choose between the Magic's offer or the Knicks' offer, it isn't a hard decision (this idea goes out the window if Paul is willing to play somewhere else besides New York).
Orlando gets one more shot as an elite team and championship contender, while New Orleans accumulates better assets in their rebuilding efforts.
It's no secret that Smith is a risk-taker.
As such, and as weird as it sounds, the Magic are in a unique position to take a risk and trade for Paul without a long-term commitment.
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Fans were shocked when they saw the footage of Solange violently attacking Jay Z in an elevator at NYC's Standard Hotel on May 5. But apparently this isn't the first time that Solange has lashed out at her brother-in-law. In fact, her verbal outbursts at Jay are quite common, and now HollywoodLife.com can give you the EXCLUSIVE scoop on their complicated relationship.
Solange Knowles's ill will toward her sister Beyonce's husband, Jay Z, started long before the night of the Met Ball. Solange's "anger and resentment" for Jay stem from a variety of issues, including her jealousy over her sister's superstardom and the fact that she thinks Jay doesn't "support" the Knowles family enough, HollywoodLife.com has EXCLUSIVELY learned.
Solange Knowles Mad At Jay Z — Why She Verbally Lashed Out At Him Before Fight
That storm we all saw in the Standard Hotel elevator has been brewing for years! And a lot of it has to do with Solange's apparent unhappiness over her modest music career, as well as Jay's role — or lack there of — in it.
Jay Z V. Solange: Standard Hotel Fires Employee Who Leaked Fight Video
"Solange has shown anger and resentment to Jay Z for a LONG time," a source reveals to HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. "Jay has a knack for finding and fostering talent — Rihanna, Calvin Harris, J. Cole, etc. Solange has wanted to come out of her sister's shadow for forever and become her own star, and is always looking at B and Jay for advice. But she has this very odd way of handling his feedback. He will tell her, honestly, that 'this song is a hit' or 'this won't connect with people,' and she doubles back, claiming that she's an indie artist and can't make decisions based on trends. It doesn't make much sense. He always says that she shouldn't ask his opinion if she doesn't care."
Jay Z would do anything in his power to help Solange, our source adds, but he feels like the way she dismisses his advice is "a blow to his sense of taste and style."
But from what our source tells us, it sounds like Solange's failure to achieve superstardom has a lot to do with her, and not with Jay Z or any other external forces.
"Solange is known in the industry as a bit of an entitled diva and not great to work with. People always get with her trying to get some of that Knowles magic (Beyonce on a budget), but she's just not as elite as her sister," the source explains. "It's created a major chip on her shoulder — can YOU imagine being Beyonce's sister? — and she often verbally lashes out at Jay Z about not supporting the family. It's pretty crazy, and she will take it to some personal levels for sure."
Rachel Roy Caused Jay Z-Solange Knowles Fight
While it's safe to say that Jay and Solange's issues are VERY complex, another source has told HollywoodLife.com that Solange's altercation with her former friend Rachel Roy at the Met Ball after-party is what triggered the "Losing You" singer's attack on Jay Z.
"Solange was defending Beyoncé in the elevator because Solange finds Jay's friendship with Rachel to be WAY too close for comfort and it makes Solange very uncomfortable," a source close to Solange told us.
Earlier in the night, Rachel reportedly approached Solange "in a confrontational way," and then Beyonce even stepped in. "Beyoncé also confronted Rachel and said, 'Don't talk to my sister like that,' after [Rachel] confronted Solange."
So what do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Should Solange and Jay Z talk out their issues and make up? Does Solange owe Jay an apology? Let us know!
– Tierney McAfee
More Solange Knowles News:
- Solange Knowles In Talks To Do 'SNL' Skit About Jay Z Fight
- Jay Z & Beyonce Splitting After Joint 'On The Run' Tour? — Report
- Jay Z Told Solange She Was 'Out Of Line' For Yelling At Rachel Roy
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Posted at 2:21 AM on May 17, 2014
There is so much speculation as to what happened..some say jay z roughed Beyonce up, if that's true I'd make more sense to me as to why she'd attack jay z and Beyonce did nothing. If my sister got attacked by her boyfriend or husband It'd set me off too. Then there is the story about jay z not helping her out much with her career and then there are rumours of him cheating. That's not enough to make anyone go crazy like that. My story would be she was drinking to much, misbehaving, jay z probably told her she's looking like a fool, she got mad, they exchange some words and she went in attack mode cause at this point she ain't thinking straight and Beyonce didn't want to ruin her dress , she got into the car with solonge to calm her down and lecture her. there! something to add to one of these conspiracies. Lol, just kidding. Beyonce and jay z are very private about their life, we'll never know what happened, we can only speculate, so its time to move on from the subject. You all act like you don't have family problems, the only reason this is getting so much attention is because its Beyonce and jay z life, hollywoods power couble., nothing ever seems to happen in their life other than the picture perfect life they want the world to believe they have and then this happens. Solonge was wrong for attacking jay z, but I have so much respect for him because he didn't relaliate back. I did feel bad for him.
Remy DuMaurier
Posted at 7:04 PM on May 15, 2014
This sounds pretty wild, but let's just consider the possibility for a moment: maybe, just maybe… Solange is the real woman in Jay-Z's life, and not Beyonce – the Jay-Z/Beyonce thing could be nothing more than an illusion created for professional reasons only. That would explain why Beyonce didn't get involved or intervene.
Posted at 4:56 PM on May 15, 2014
Solange is edgy and bohemian. She is not mainstream like Beyoncé. Solange has her own talent which she should cultivate, it is not a commercial talent like Beyoncé's but there is room for it. It must be difficult when you are eclipsed by a bigger more renown sister, but she too can carve her own niche, and she should distance herself from Beyoncé's career and find her own supportive crew who can help her better to achieve what she wants.
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This clearly has nothing to do with Solange being jealous of her sister's career. You are really going to sit back and watch your sister wail on your husband because she is jealous and you don't step in to break it up? There is more to this and Beyonce seems to be more on her sister's side in this fight. The fact that she walked out of the elevator and got into a vehicle with her sister speaks volumes!
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Posted at 6:32 AM on May 15, 2014
so if she was concerned for her sister why she delete all pictures of Bey from her instagram. The girl has major issues. I think it was a combination of things that set her off that night. Jay cutting her from the label, Rachel Roy and Jay's disliking to her attitude to wards him and vs a versa. .
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This is a very stupid story. I knew some unimaginative blogger was going to take this one rumour and expand it into an article. Not everything is about jealousy! And being a musician is not about being a mega star! It's about freedom of expression. Most indie artists do not expect fame and if Solange's music is any indication, she writes for the art and not for the fame.
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Posted at 10:38 PM on May 14, 2014
obviously Rachel being an evil minion of Kimye was pushing Jay to be in the wedding-because it seems that E! is ready to trash the whole event cause sorry fat azz Kim can't get anyone but her poser loser entourage-like Black China and Rachel Roy to show up and without jay and Bey's celebrity to sell their sh-tt show the plug will be pulled-and god forbid Kimye have a private(for real private) ceremony that-eh gads-they actually pay for-I hope someone nukes that mess-it's in France we don't care–it's just grosss at this point I hope Bey holds her integrity and boycotts even if her spineless a-hole husband is going to cave and be Kanye's best man–stand up for your wife Jay-have her back she is absolutely right-selling out to your but buddy Kanye is WRONG-he is doing it for greed and he is using your friendship to profit-GET IT JAY-NOT YOUR FRIEND
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Posted at 10:07 PM on May 14, 2014
Solange owes Jay. An apology big time. Whateva happens btw Beyonce and her husband is nt her business. They're a couple they willresolve their issues themselves, and if she's jealous ofher sister's stardom then dats her problem. She can't sing. Period. She's singing bcos of Bey. Tell her to find somthing else to do. Singing's nt herthing.


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With researchers estimating that a majority of the world's population will live in cities by 2025, an urgent need to better understand the urban landscape has arisen. In that spirit, The New School, a Manhattan-based university, has created an environmental studies program centered on urban ecology and design. The program will launch in 2009, pending state approval.
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Two degree tracks will be offered: a bachelor of science with a focus on urban ecosystems or sustainable design, or a bachelor of arts with a focus on urban ecosystems or policy. Students will take courses—with titles like "Planning the Sustainable City" and "Ecotopian Design"—in the university's liberal arts school (Eugene Lang College) and design school (Parsons). All students are required to complete a for-credit internship to help prepare them for a career in government, advocacy, education, community development, or construction.
The program will be administered through the university's Tishman Environment and Design Center, created in 2006. "The urban ecosystem and sustainability may be the most important areas of environmental study in this century," says Joseph Westphal, the center's director.
The trend extends beyond academia. This summer, New York's Center for Architecture presented an exhibition called Ecotones: Mitigating New York City's Contentious Sites, sponsored by AIA New York and the American Society of Landscape Architects. The show explored design opportunities in "ecotones," or transitional areas in cities where needs collide (when a neighborhood overlaps with an industrial zone, for instance). It showcased various projects, such as landscape architecture firm Dlandstudio's proposal to transform a former industrial area alongside Gowanus Canal, a polluted waterway in Brooklyn, into a "sponge" park. The park would not only provide recreational space for residents, but also would help rehabilitate the landscape, partially through the use of plants that absorb toxins and heavy metals.
Rick Bell, executive director of AIA New York, says the Ecotones exhibition was "very much in the same spirit as the environmental studies program." Both explore design not as an "isolated subject," he says, but as capable of "creating living environments that connect the inside to the outside, buildings to the world."
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According to CC, due to the variety of other gameplay options (destructible environments, a handful of different vehicles and "adrenaline pumping weapons"), grenade spam isn't the same problem that it is in "competing games of this particular genre." (It probably helps that each class only starts with one grenade too, huh?) Rather than being sponsored by the notorious acronym that closed out Infinity Ward's ad, this one ends with: "Friends Really Against Grenade Spam."
Oh, and for those of you playing along at home, this is at least the second advertisement for Bad Company 2 that directly parodies Modern Warfare 2 promos. We're still holding out hope that all this culminates in a cage match between Robert Bowling and Patrick Söderlund.


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SCCO Spring Admissions Open House 2015
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The outer cell wall of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae serves as the interface with the surrounding environment and directly affects cell-cell and cell-surface interactions. Many of these interactions are facilitated by specific adhesins that belong to the Flo protein family. Flo mannoproteins have been implicated in phenotypes such as flocculation, substrate adhesion, biofilm formation, and pseudohyphal growth. Genetic data strongly suggest that individual Flo proteins are responsible for many specific cellular adhesion phenotypes. However, it remains unclear whether such phenotypes are determined solely by the nature of the expressed FLO genes or rather as the result of a combination of FLO gene expression and other cell wall properties and cell wall proteins. Mss11 has been shown to be a central element of FLO1 and FLO11 gene regulation and acts together with the cAMP-PKA-dependent transcription factor Flo8. Here we use genome-wide transcription analysis to identify genes that are directly or indirectly regulated by Mss11. Interestingly, many of these genes encode cell wall mannoproteins, in particular, members of the TIR and DAN families. To examine whether these genes play a role in the adhesion properties associated with Mss11 expression, we assessed deletion mutants of these genes in wild-type and flo11Δ genetic backgrounds. This analysis shows that only FLO genes, in particular FLO1/10/11, appear to significantly impact on such phenotypes. Thus adhesion-related phenotypes are primarily dependent on the balance of FLO gene expression.
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A food processor does most of the work here, mixing the dough that serves as both the base and the topping. Experiment with your favorite jam flavors.
Makes 16 bars
1 1/4 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup cold butter or margarine (1 stick), cut into 8 pieces
1/2 cup jam (raspberry, blackberry, or other fruit)
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In food processor with knife blade attached, process flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and cinnamon until blended. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and, when pressed, holds together. Remove 1/2 cup dough to small bowl and stir in pecans.
2. Press remaining dough firmly into bottom of ungreased 9" by 9" metal baking pan. spread with jam up to 1/4 inch from edges. With fingers, crumble reserved nut mixture over jam.
3. Bake 40 to 45 minutes, until browned at edges and on top. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
4. When cool, cut into 4 strips; then cut each strip crosswise into 4 pieces.
(based on individual servings)
Calories: 150
Total Fat: 7 g
Cholesterol: 16 mg
Sodium: 85 mg
Carbohydrates: 21 g
Protein: 1 g
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
WASHINGTON — Enough with this "enough" business.
President Obama suffered similarly from a not-black-enough trope that began circulating when he first emerged as the potential Democratic candidate. His truly African-American bona fides aside, his civil rights resume was lacking and his ancestors hadn't been slaves. What could the son of a Kenyan know about being a black American?
Others have been hauled before the court of identity politics, especially pro-life women. The official women's position is "pro-choice," and any who have sincere moral objections to the destruction of life in the womb are considered outliers to the cause of liberation.
For the record, I personally favor such a path. Realistically, I see no humane way to export 11 million souls, many of whom, not incidentally, constitute a significant wedge of our economic pie. Get rid of farm laborers only if you prefer a $5 orange.
Freedom means, foremost, freedom to speak without fear of impeachment or censure. And a diverse society succeeds only insofar as diverse ideas are welcomed. Cruz is no more bound by his heritage to fall in line with "almost every Hispanic" than Obama was required to place alms at the feet of those who, by their own analysis, considered themselves blacker than he.Basta, already. Enough. |