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1. Najib wants the world to respect Malaysia.
2. It is going to be a very difficult task for the world.
3. Currently the world has labelled Malaysia as one of the ten most corrupt country in the world. And there are good reasons for labelling Malaysia corrupt.
4. Najib himself is alleged by the American Department of Justice as being involved in the biggest money laundering activities in the world. Then of course is the loss of billions of Ringgit by 1MDB under Najib. Bankers in Singapore have been jailed and two banks forced to close down for their role in illegal dealings with 1MDB. The Swiss A.G. has failed to get the cooperation of the Malaysian A.G. over illegal dealings involving 1MDB.
5. Then there is the USD681 million in the PM's private account which no one in the world believes is a gift from a Saudi prince.
6. The world press is asking why Najib is still the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and no investigation has been made by the police over reports of Najib's wrongdoings by Bank Negara, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Auditor-General. That these reports have been made official secrets is something that is difficult for the world to accept. Hiding evidence is a crime in any country. But in Malaysia the Government of Najib does this with impunity.
7. The world is aware of the sackings of auditors by 1MDB and that there has been no auditing of 1MDB over the last two years.
8. These facts are known to the world. Malaysians will know more. They know that the Malaysian Government is highly indebted, is in deficit, is unable to meet budget allocations. They know of the high level of corruption in the Government. They laugh at the orchestrated shows of support for the Prime Minister. And they know of the huge sums of money received by BN members of Parliament to ensure their loyalty.
9. They know of the depreciation of the Ringgit, the high cost of living and the fall in their living standards.
10. The controlled media may make glowing reports about Malaysia's economy but the world knows that Malaysians are suffering in terms of the economy, are living in fear of harassment by Government agencies, of high levels of unemployment.
11. In this world of easy communications and the Internet, what Malaysians know will also be known to the rest of the world. Hence the question asked of Malaysians when abroad. Where before there was admiration for Malaysia's achievement, now foreigners ask Malaysians, "What is happening to your country?" Clearly they know that things are going wrong in Malaysia.
12. But Najib seems to demand that the world respect Malaysia. What is there for the world to respect about Malaysia.
13. Can they respect Malaysia because BN has the means to realise its promises to Malaysians. So far the BN record is the worst registered in terms of economic achievements, democracy and the rule of law, freedom of the media and free speech, open debates and quality of life. And the history of wrong doings by Najib as listed above cannot be unknown to the world.
14. In fact Malaysians abroad often hide their Malaysian identity for fear of being told about the corruption and the allegations of wrongdoings by their Prime Minister.
15. Najib should stop making ridiculous demands that the world should respect Malaysia. But if this is what he wants, then allow the courts to hear charges of wrongdoings by him and lift the ban on the reports by Bank Negara, MACC and the Auditor General.
16. Better still, he should resign and let Malaysia be democratic again. A kleptocracy, a Malaysia ruled by crooks and criminal as alleged by numerous foreigners and their institutions will never gain the respect of the world.


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Microsoft Unveils Windows 8 Accessories
On Oct. 26, Microsoft will launch Windows 8, and along with it will be a slew of new accessories designed to work with the revamped operating system.
Today, the company introduced five such products, including a pair of Bluetooth-enabled keyboards and three wireless mice. All will be available soon from Microsoft's online store and other retailers, such as Amazon, and will range in price from $49.95 to $79.95. A quick rundown of all the new peripherals is below.
Microsoft is also expected to launch its biggest accessory of all on October 26, the Windows 8 RT Surface tablet.
Wedge Mobile Keyboard
This stylish Bluetooth keyboard is designed specifically for tablet use, and features a slim design with Windows 8 Hot Keys for quick access to search, device settings and more.
It comes with a protective cover that can be folded at different angles, so you can use it as a stand for your tablet. When placed over the keyboard, it will also power down the device in order to save battery life. The Wedge Mobile Keyboard will cost $79.95.
Wedge Touch Mouse
Designed with the same aesthetic as the Wedge Mobile Keyboard, this $69.95 mouse is small enough to fit in your pocket and includes four-way touch-scrolling to make it easier to navigate the Windows 8 user interface. The mouse features technology that allows it to be used on almost any surface, and also has a battery-saving mode.
Sculpt Mobile Keyboard
The Sculpt Mobile Keyboard costs $49.95. It's a full-size keyboard but weighs less than one pound. It has a curved design for a more comfortable typing experience, and comes equipped with Windows 8 shortcut keys. If unused for a certain period of time, the keyboard will go into sleep mode to conserve battery life.
Sculpt Touch Mouse
This Bluetooth mouse is bigger than the Wedge Touch Mouse, making it better suited for use with a computer. It has an ambidextrous design, and comes with a four-way touch strip so you can scroll up and down, as well as left and right. The mouse operates on two AA batteries and is priced at $49.95.
Microsoft Touch Mouse
Last, but not least, Microsoft will update its existing Touch Mouse with new gesture support to make it easier to navigate through Windows 8. The mouse features a multitouch surface, where you can use one finger to move up and down, left and right. A two-finger swipe will switch through open apps, while three fingers will zoom in and out of a screen.
The Microsoft Touch Mouse costs $79.95, but if you already own the accessory, an update will be available so you can add the new gesture support at no additional cost.


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3,242 kcal/kg; 252 kcal/cup; 2.74-oz/cup
Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Fish Meal (source of Fish Oil), Dried Beet Pulp, Chicken Flavor, Gum Arabic, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Egg Product, Fructooligosaccharides, Carboxymethylcellulose, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Brewers Dried Yeast, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Salt, Flax Meal, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate [source of Vitamin B1], Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement [source of Vitamin B2], Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride [source of Vitamin B6], Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), L-Carnitine, Rosemary Extract
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Crude Protein, minimum 25.0
Crude Fat, minimum 6.5
Crude Fat, maximum 9.5
Crude Fiber, maximum 5.0
Moisture, maximum 10.0
L-Carnitine, minimum 40 mg/kg*
Omega-6 Fatty Acids, minimum 1.25*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, minimum 0.25*
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Optimum Weight Control Canine Dry Formula is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for Maintenance.
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This product is a veterinary diet, but is not indicated for the treatment of disease. These comments relate solely to our opinion of the ingredients used in this product and cannot replace medical advice relating to disease.
The main content of this food is grain. Sorghum and barley are decent quality grains, but grains are not a natural foodstuff for canines and dog foods should be based on meat rather than on grain.
The second ingredient is byproducts. It is impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products and these are usually products that are of such low quality as to be rejected for use in the human food chain, or else are those parts that have so little value that they cannot be used elsewhere in either the human or pet food industries. The AAFCO definition of Chicken by-product meal is a meal consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice.
The sole true meat ingredient in the food is the 4th ingredient. This is a fish meal, but we are unable to locate any guarantee by the manufacturer that this ingredient is free of ethoxyquin. Ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish ingredients destined for pet foods and which is banned from use in human foods because it is believed to be carcinogenic.
Beet pulp is a controversial filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in the food.
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My Cranberry Sauce Looks like a Can
This Thursday, families across America will gather together and discuss what they are thankful for. And since I will be in Las Vegas nowhere near my family, I figure I'd get it out of the way now. Because the only turkeys I'm going to be near on Thursday are the ones I smoke at Texas Hold Em. (Get it, smoked turkey? Badum! Oh, nevermind.)
I am thankful that Michael Jackson could finally be going to jail. I am also thankful that my parents had the sense enough never to send me to hang out at his place.
I am thankful that Sportscenter can be seen 47 times a day. I am also thankful the same can no longer be said for Sister Sister.
I am thankful that Arnold Schwarzeneggar was elected governor of California. And that is a thank you on behalf of all stand-up comedians, humor columnists, and people from states no longer stupider than California.
I am thankful that George Bush may NOT get reelected next year. I am also thankful that I have renewed my passport in case he does.
I am thankful 2004 is a leap year. It gives me an extra day to sleep in.
I am thankful that Paris Hilton's life isn't quite as perfect as it was a few weeks ago because of a stupid choice she made. I am also thankful for DSL.
I am thankful that I didn't get my butt kicked for my Halloween costume. (See column from a few weeks ago, mine)
I am thankful that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are turning 18 soon. Not so that they'll be legal for me, but so that all of the pathetic introverts who don't stand a chance with these Uber-rich twins will quit pretending age is the only thing that prevents them from scoring.
I am thankful to have seen some of the amazing places I've seen in the last few months, and to not live in the others.
I am thankful I will be in Southern California for a month during what could be a terrible winter. Take that, birds.
I am thankful I am not that Cubs fan who touched the foul ball, because that could have been any one of us. Actually, that could only have been people who could afford awesome seats to the NLCS, so really, screw him.
I am thankful for my readers and my audience, because without you what I do would be really pitiful.
I am thankful that they're considering making new episodes of Family Guy so I have new stuff to quote.
I am thankful that of all the physical deformities I could have been born with, my worst problems are pale skin and a small bladder that makes me have to pee a lot.
I am thankful I write in a time where I can use the phrase "have to pee a lot."
I am thankful for my education and the great conversation piece it gives me since I'm not using it at all. "Yeah, I owe $54,000 in student loans and I could have dropped out of high school and done my job. Crazy, huh?"
I am thankful for my family, even though they're crazy. Because none of us have killed each other or stolen from each other or have even been arrested for anything. Yet.
I am thankful I was never stupid enough to ship myself home in a crate, no matter how much I wanted to go there.
I am thankful I have never had a bird crap on me, because I've seen it happen to other people and it looks like it totally sucks.
I am thankful I write in a time where I can use the phrase "had a bird crap on me."
And most of all, I am thankful that I can make a living spending several hundred words a week venting to all of you. Especially when I do it in list form cause that's way easier.
Happy Thanksgiving.


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Well-established model systems exist in four out of the seven major classes of vertebrates. These include the mouse, chicken, frog and zebrafish. Noticeably missing from this list is a reptilian model organism for comparative studies between the vertebrates and for studies of biological processes unique to reptiles. To help fill in this gap the green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis, is being adapted as a model organism. Despite the recent release of the complete genomic sequence of the A. carolinensis, the lizard lacks some resources to aid researchers in their studies. Particularly, the lack of transcriptomic resources for lizard has made …
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Jocap necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for high-end, fashionable & stylish design. The visuals we need:
1. Xmas tree, with Xmas gifts lying on the floor
2. Same Xmas tree / gifts, now with the gifts hanged on the tree
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- Deliver 3 graphic elements to be used in a corporate internal presentation.
- The design will later be integrated into a Power Point template by us.
We need following graphic elements (see attachment):
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o An empty Xmas tree (no decorations).
The tree should be green, big, impressive & with a realistic look.
o On the floor next to the tree, we need to show 20 different Xmas decorations (that will be later hanged on the tree).
The decorations can be Xmas balls, stars, small gifts, lights, cards, angels, socks etc. (you can use the same element 2-3 times, but with a different color).
They all have to be 100% visible (people will need to choose them).
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o Same tree, same decorations, but now the 20 elements are nicely hanged on the tree.
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o FIVE Christmas decoration balls.
At a later stage we will share with you 5 brand logos that need to be integrated onto the 5 balls.
In the attachment you will find a few examples of Xmas motives we like (use as inspiration only).
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Scott Rosen thought he had sealed the deal when the pretty blond 20-something got up to use the bathroom. The 55-year-old with a receding hairline and freshly pressed shirt downed a $12 vodka cranberry as he waited for his target to slink back to the wicker sofa he occupied on the patio of YOLO, a tony restaurant on Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas Boulevard.
It was almost 2 a.m. — closing time at the nightspot — and the white noise of postparty plans and meaningless bar banter filled the otherwise quiet Saturday night. The table was adorned with a candle, and Rosen's trademark custom Rolex reflected the flame into a brilliant gold mosaic.
Rosen, whose taut, wiry frame resembles that of Sopranos wiseguy Uncle Paulie, would never speak to that blond again. "In about 30 seconds flat," Rosen recalls, a different woman joined him on the wicker sofa. The striking, five-foot-six Rihanna look-alike wore her long, curly hair pulled to one side. Moments later, she beckoned a blond bombshell in a light-blue dress.
Rosen wasn't much interested in Rihanna, but the fair-haired, lithe one was just his type. He didn't want to show his cards too quickly, though, so he issued an invitation. "Hey, do you guys want to go have a drink at my private bar?" he asked.
Then Rosen turned to his bodyguard of eight years, Scott Hostler. "Bring up the car," he said. Soon the white Cadillac DTS with a license plate reading RUTHLES rolled into the circular driveway outside YOLO. As Rosen clambered into the back seat with the girls, the only thing the blinged-out bachelor could think about was what would happen back at his waterfront condo once they peeped his 60-foot yacht.
Conversation was minimal. The Rihanna look-alike, who had introduced herself as "Crystal," chattered a bit, but the blond wasn't much of a talker.
After a 20-minute drive up I-95, they stopped in his driveway. With a wink and a nod, Rosen sent home his gun-strapped bodyguard; then the three headed inside. Hey, I'm a single guy, he reasoned with his four-drink-deep brain. What's the worst that could happen?
After Hostler left, Crystal asked for a tour of Rosen's boat, Chandelle, which was docked outside. LED lights on the deck railings twinkled like diamonds as they reflected off the Intracoastal.
In the house, the blond took a cigar from the kitchenette and lit up. She then proceeded to the living room, where she pulled a bottle of Ketel One from the bar and mixed three cocktails. Ten minutes passed. Rosen and Crystal ambled up the 20-foot grassy patch that led to a large sliding glass door and joined the blond in the living room.
The last thing Rosen remembers is sinking into the sofa's black leather. After what seemed like seconds, the inside of his eyelids burned red from the light seeping into the master bedroom. He awoke with a start at 9:30 a.m. — far later than normal — to find himself alone and fully clothed. The only thing he wasn't wearing from the night before was his diamond-encrusted Rolex, an accessory that had been replaced by a bump on his forehead. Upon searching his home, he found several other things missing: a Smith & Wesson snub-nose revolver, two Glock 9mm handguns, and three 3.5-carat marquise diamonds. In total, he was out close to $318,000 in swag.
The story of Crystal and her cohort, along with two other women, made headlines around the world last summer. Police said four women had ripped off dozens of men during a yearlong crime spree, which most notably included taking almost a half-million dollars from a 350-pound NFL defensive tackle.
This past June, Subhanna Beyah, AKA Crystal, the 25-year-old ringleader of the foxy female thieves, was arrested and charged with ripping off 13 men and making off with $1,281,769 in jewelry, guns, cash, and property including a Cadillac Escalade. Two other women — 25-year-old Johninna Miller and 27-year-old Keshia Clark — were arrested for their participation in the scam and have subsequently bonded out. Ryan Elkins, the daughter of a police chief and the girl who mixed Rosen's Ketel One, is on the lam.
Beyah, interviewed in jail, says she's innocent. The chameleon of a woman — who has appeared in 15 South Florida mug shots with just as many hairstyles — says her knowledge of YOLO is limited to the Drake lyric.
And though the evidence at first glance seems overwhelming, she just might get away with it. The reason: Most of the men involved — including New York Giants tackle Shaun Rogers — who originally reported the thefts have backed off rather than testify in court. All that remain are Scott Rosen and another man, who claims the pair took him for about $30,000. "God forbid some pimp comes after me," Rosen says. "But I'm ready."
Before Rosen decides to move forward, though, he might do well to study the case of John Bolaris. The 53-year-old was the highest-paid TV weatherman in Philadelphia, earning $540,000 per year delivering forecasts on Fox 29, when he encountered an organized crime ring of Eastern European women in 2010. Each year after sweeps week in late March, he and his buddy Chris Wragge would head to South Florida for a three-day golf trip — using Wragge's CBS Sports credentials to hit the most exclusive links. "Just single guys in Miami having fun," Bolaris now says of the pilgrimage.
But on March 27, 2010, Wragge had to cancel at the last minute when his boss asked him to cover the NCAA basketball championship. Bolaris, who had already purchased a plane ticket, decided to fly solo. When he reached South Beach, he hit his mainstay — the swanky Delano Hotel — for dinner. It was the spot he had frequented during the 20 years he spent covering hurricanes in Florida, and he almost always ran into someone he knew there. At the Delano, the raw bar is set up as a long communal dining table, and across from him that Saturday night sat two exotic, dark-haired beauties taking cell-phone photos of themselves. Tourists, he thought as he munched on hamachi, salmon, and a bit of toro that he washed down with some miso soup.
Next, he moved to a dimly lit outdoor area with a life-size chess set and an infinity pool. Bolaris, a bespectacled man wearing a sensible outfit of jeans and a white button-down with a $15,000 Breitling watch, noticed the two women had followed him. But he paid them no mind as he sat in a poolside cabana with a $17 cocktail and another young woman.
Suddenly, Marina Vladimira Turcina and Anna Kilimatova came up behind him, massaged his shoulders, and goaded him to take a shot. After Bolaris refused multiple times, the women tilted his head back and forced a fruity-flavored concoction down his throat, he says.
"Guess where we're from?" Bolaris recalls the cute yet sophisticated Europeans asking in unison.
"I don't know. Poland?" the divorced TV personality asked, feeling a little disoriented but also attracted to the women he would later describe as girl-next-door types.
Turcina, who was 24, and Kilimatova, 25, plied him with compliments. "You are the weather presenter, no?" one asked.
"Well, I don't have my radar with me right now," he remembers responding.
Bolaris didn't know he was being targeted by two of the ten Eastern European women who had traveled to the United States on fraudulent visas to work as professional sirens on South Beach.
Referred to as b-girls (or bottle girls) by the FBI, they would stake out watering holes in the area, pick up unsuspecting men, and ask them to stop for one more drink on the way home. They would then lure the men to one of six traps on Washington Avenue, where a $5 bottle of champagne might cost $1,000. Time after time, the b-girls' endgame was getting tourists to order as much alcohol as possible. They would hide the menus or knock them off tables if their targets inquired about the prices. Women such as Turcina and Kilimatova would get 20 percent of whatever they squeezed out of their victims.
On the way back to Bolaris' room at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Turcina and Kilimatova asked him to go to a Haiti relief benefit held at a place called Caviar Bar. He remembers exiting the cab, that the windows were blacked out, and not much else.
Next thing he knew for sure, he was alone in his hotel suite with a mysterious painting of a woman's head. He had no idea how much he had paid for it. He had only the vaguest memory of signing three checks. Geez, that's embarrassing, he thought, chalking up his memory lapse to drinking too much and not having eaten enough.
He somehow agreed to a second meeting and blacked out again at Caviar Bar, where Turcina would later testify that Bolaris had defecated in his pants because he couldn't hold his liquor. It was only two weeks later when he learned about the $16,517.37 and $27,194.88 charges to his American Express card. The painting he didn't remember buying had cost him $2,480.
Bolaris had no recollection of these purchases. And it turns out there were dozens of men in similar positions. After he reported the crime, the FBI began investigating and soon identified 88 alleged victims through credit card records. But when authorities began contacting them, few wanted to press charges. "They are willing to take the financial hit to save face," says Tamara Lave, a University of Miami professor specializing in criminal law. "Maybe when they first filed the report, they were angry. Time passes and they don't want to go through the embarrassment of the trial process. They don't want to be cross-examined."
In the end, only a handful of men testified, including Bolaris and a magician from Las Vegas named Brett Daniels.
Ultimately, the man who ran Caviar Bar, Stan Pavlenko, was sentenced to 78 months in prison. Turnica and Kilimatova pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They both got credit for time served, spent three years on supervised release, and paid $44,605.05 and $15,454.99, respectively, in restitution.
Asked if he regrets coming forward to report the b-girls, Bolaris gives an excruciating 15-second pause before admitting, "Yes." He was fired from his job on Christmas Eve 2012 ten minutes before airtime. His friends abandoned him, and his daughter, Sophie, was just about the age when she could Google her daddy's name and see headlines such as "Real-Life The Hangover Destroys Horny Philadelphia Weather Man's Life."
"It was the worst time of my professional life and the worst time of my personal life, apart from my parents passing away," he tells New Times. He says he's speaking from a secluded corner of a gym where he works out because he "can't trust anyone."
"I've been the butt of jokes, been taken away from what I love to do, and made my little girl highly upset." He says the 7-year-old had to go to therapy and would ask her psychologist week after week: "What really happened with Daddy and those two women?"
Bolaris says he spent three years fighting American Express to get the charges rescinded. He got the money back, but he's learned some lessons along the way. "Make sure you're very aware of your surroundings, leave your credit card at home, and beware of overly friendly people," he says. "And never hang by yourself in Miami."
Subhanna Beyah wants to charm you, even when she's dressed in prison garb and behind glass at the Paul Rein Detention Facility in Pompano Beach. Asked about her case, Beyah laughs like an anime character and almost comes off as shy.
But when pressed, she goes full Jedi. "The charges against me are ridiculous," she asserts while lowering her head and glaring with her mesmerizing eyes. "You know what I'm saying?"
Rihanna, Beyah says, is her idol because "she doesn't care what people think about her." Although her skin is pocked with acne after six months behind bars, she tries her best to maintain appearances. For example: Though she was forced to remove a piercing in her left eyebrow, she's found a makeshift, prison-approved replacement in a comb's tooth.
She was born in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York and raised by her grandmother, Ameenah Beyah. She has Saudi Arabian roots on her father's side, she says, and is a devout Muslim. She keeps a copy of the Koran in her cell. She doesn't like to talk about herself much, though she says her best attribute is that she "doesn't judge others." She blushes when describing her children, who are 1 and 7 years old.
Beyah paints herself as a music lover. She started a recording business, Diversity Records, in 2011. It was just taking off when, she says, the cops pinned a string of robberies on her — though she had done nothing. She won't name the one artist on her record label's roster for fear of damaging his reputation. Although she's vague, she claims to have worked with some of South Florida's biggest hip-hop stars, including Haitian rapper Billy Blue and the Teflon Don himself, Rick Ross (whose agent, Gabriel Tesoriero, didn't respond to requests for comment).
Although there are no news stories about or social media presence for Diversity Records, Florida state records show Beyah was the owner of a company by that name, which was registered to a hotel suite at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. She has the name of Opa-locka rapper Brisco tattooed on her hand, but she refuses to say why. (Brisco's manager, Jit, has never heard of Beyah or Diversity Records. "She must just be a very big fan," he says after phoning the "Bitch, I'm From Dade County" rapper for confirmation. "As far as we know, that's where it stops.")
Beyah also believes the cops are out to get her ("They think all black people look the same"), the johns aren't innocent ("They act like they're all angels and I'm the Devil, but no one asks what they were doing bringing women back to their places"), and the charges against her are ridiculous ("If I just stole a half a million dollars' worth of jewelry, I'd be in the freakin' South of France!).
Though Beyah is angry that the Broward Sheriff's Office has painted her as a criminal mastermind, her track record proves she's no stranger to the kind of misconduct she's been accused of in South Florida. In 2009, New York police accused her of working with two accomplices and scamming close to 50 men, some of whom were high-powered attorneys and New York University professors. In the end, though, she was convicted only of luring one man to an ATM, watching as he punched in his PIN, and then picking the card from his pocket inside a cab. She served 207 days at Rikers Island.
In 2012, Beyah moved the scam to South Florida. One of her first targets was 33-year-old Sergio Montesinos, who consumed a legendary amount of alcohol July 29. The Spanish national says he began his vacation in Miami at Nikki Beach and drank until 11 p.m. He napped at the Delano Hotel and woke at 2 a.m. to resume the party, popping bottles until almost 11 a.m. at Club Space. Then he stumbled into a taxi that was serendipitously waiting right outside the venue's entrance at NE 11th Street.
Beyah hopped into the cab without asking permission, he later told police. Rather than recoil, Montesinos laughed. She explained she was a Canadian college student on vacation in Florida and rode back to the Delano with him.
Once they arrived, Beyah poured Montesinos a whiskey from the room's minibar. She then told him to take off his watch and get more comfortable. He fell asleep as she began to rub cream on his chest and woke up about an hour later to notice his Daytona Rolex, worth 20,000 euros, missing, along with 2,400 euros in cash that he had stashed in the room's safe. The faceplate of the vault had been ripped clean off. Although cops identified Beyah by a lipstick print left on a glass in the room, the state took no action in the case. Montesinos never got his watch or his cash back.
"It was a lesson to say, 'Don't be in Miami with your lovely Rolex showing off and ordering bottles,' " Montesinos warns. "In my country I can do that, but obviously you cannot in Miami."
It was around this time when Beyah apparently met Ryan Elkins, a 23-year-old Staten Island native with no residual accent and no remorse. She was born the daughter of a New York City Police detective named Jeff and began sneaking out of the house to party at age 16.
She was brainwashed by a pimp named Prince, her parents say. In July 2011, she traveled to Miami as part of a rehabilitation program for sex-trafficked youths. It didn't work. Elkins had a son with Prince in June 2012.
Elkins began stealing Rolexes soon after. Her first attempt did not go as planned.
In September 2012, Ryan Elkins and another woman met two brothers, Steve and Conrad Mitchell, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The men, who lived in Aventura, suggested they get a room at the Hyatt in Dania Beach. There, Elkins tried to give Steve a massage. As he lay on the bed, she suggested he take off his Rolex. When he refused multiple times, Elkins removed it without asking and placed it on a nearby nightstand.
After a short while, she stopped abruptly and claimed she needed something to eat. She ran out of the room. Moments later, Steve noticed his watch was gone and chased after her, past his brother and the other woman, who were sitting on a couch in the living room. Cops caught up with Elkins in front of a nearby hotel and threw her into a patrol car with the other woman, who had stayed behind at the Hyatt.
"Don't worry," Elkins told her, according to the police report. "They've got nothing on us. Just don't say anything. They won't find anything."
"When they run my name, they'll find out I'm here illegally," said the other woman, who was never charged with a crime.
Elkins felt a twinge of guilt. "If we give back the watch, will you let my friend go?" she asked the cops before removing it from her vagina. She was released on $5,000 bond and failed to show up at court hearings afterward.
"As a parent, it's a sad, sad story," Ryan Elkins' father told New Times before declining to comment further, claiming emotional exhaustion.
Soon, Elkins and Beyah began working as a team in Fort Lauderdale, records show. They trolled a strip of upscale lounges on Las Olas Boulevard. A victim — who asked not to be named or even described in this story for fear of professional embarrassment — remembers meeting them at YOLO one night in February 2013 around 10 p.m.
He noticed Beyah when she was being rude to the bartender. "Be a little more civil," he remembers imploring her before she apologized. She and Elkins sidled up to him and began chatting, he says. He had been drinking since 6 that night, he says, and his brain was already a little cloudy.
Eventually, an employee at YOLO stopped the man on his way out of the bathroom. "Be careful," the employee said. "I think those girls are hookers."
So upon sitting back down, he straight-up asked them: "Hey, are you guys hookers?"
His question was met with laughter. Beyah bought her soon-to-be victim a cocktail. "Hookers don't buy drinks," she said as she placed it on the bar.
Apparently convinced, he took the women back to his place nearby after stopping to pick up an expensive bottle of champagne on the way. Beyah poured drinks. Her victim took only a sip or two before she crashed on his bed and Elkins retreated to the bathroom. When Elkins came out, she was naked. She pulled her target into the shower, and the two began kissing.
"I didn't have sex with her, but I felt her up," he recalls.
Next thing he knew, he felt woozy. He remembers Beyah and Elkins saying they needed to get something from their car and they'd be right back.
He woke up several times throughout the night. At one point, he noticed his $25,000 Rolex Daytona was missing from his wrist. Still, he was practically paralyzed. It took a few hours for him to realize his $14,500 Rolex Explorer II was gone as well. He called police, who showed up around 4 a.m., but then slept through their arrival. He would ultimately be knocked out for almost 20 hours.
After being swindled for almost 40 grand, the man says he won't look at hook-up culture the same way again. "I took an introspective sort of look at myself and stopped drinking for a while," he says. "I needed to reevaluate things."
He can understand why others are reluctant to cooperate with police. "It's an embarrassing thing," he says. "All my friends know."
This past June, Beyah met Shaun Rogers, a 34-year-old defensive tackle for the New York Giants who earns $433,000 a year, at the Fontainebleau nightclub LIV, according to police.
The two partied until the early hours of the morning and then headed to nearby Jerry's Deli with a posse of Rogers' friends. The group ended up back at the athlete's hotel room around 7 a.m. That's where, police say, Beyah drugged her victim and opened the room's safe.
According to a report filed with the Miami Beach Police Department, she took almost $500,000 worth of jewelry — including $100,000 in diamond earrings and a $100,000 Audemars Piguet wristwatch.
New York State Police detectives arrested her in Queens June 28. Miami Beach Police Det. Grant Reid flew north and interviewed her. According to a taped transcript, the conversation went this way:
Detective Reid: Why did you leave Miami?
Beyah: Because when I heard about the Shaun Rogers thing on the news, I knew you would be looking for me.
Reid: Just tell us where the jewelry is so we can return it to Shaun, please.
Beyah: You won't be able to get it back.
Reid: Why not?
Beyah: You just won't.
Reid: How do you know the watch is real when you steal it?
Beyah: It's hard.
Reid: Do they feel the same, like weight?
Beyah: Some of the really good fake ones are heavy. You have to open that shit up. Then it's like all plastic on the inside.
Reid: You know you're in some very serious trouble, right?
Beyah: I don't care. I have been in the system since I was 14. I am prepared to do five years on this. I'm going to get a bad-ass attorney and fight it through.
Beyah didn't have to fight anything in that case, though. Cops talked to Rogers only once after the robbery, in September.
Rogers — who has also played for the New Orleans Saints, the Detroit Lions, and the Cleveland Browns — has made headlines in the past. In 2007, a stripper from Detroit accused the six-foot-four, 350-pound player of sexual assault. (Charges were never filed due to lack of evidence.) Three years later, in 2010, he was arrested at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport for carrying a loaded gun in his luggage.
Rogers never spoke to the media about either of those incidents, and his agent, Kennard McGuire, did not respond to requests for comment about the alleged run-in with Beyah. This past December 18, the state was forced to drop all charges because he insisted on remaining silent. A spokesman for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said the agency had tried and failed to reach Rogers at his NFL training camp in New Jersey and at his home in Texas.
Moreover, Beyah claims she was framed and didn't even know about the robbery until a friend called her and said she was all over the news. She then Googled Rogers and was shocked to see her name pop up in the search results.
"I've never seen [Elkins] in my life," she says. "And I had never heard of Shaun Rogers until this. Do I look like I care about football? I care about music."
With Rogers abandoning the case, there just aren't many plaintiffs left. Scott Rosen, the Pompano Beach playboy taken for $318,000, is determined to push ahead with the case. "What is it, like 30 or 40 times you gotta rob people before you go to prison?" he says. "They need to be monitored, these girls."
The fact that Beyah is still facing up to 20 years in prison for violating probation in Miami isn't enough for Rosen, who seems shaken by his encounter. Interviewed recently in his beige-tiled, spartan living room in Pompano Beach, he lifts a golf polo shirt to show the gun he carries on his right hip. He says he now keeps a weapon in every room of his home and on his boat.
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The encounter with the two prostitutes, he says, could have killed him. The cocktail that Elkins mixed up was potentially lethal. "People say it's not a violent crime," he says. "But what if I was taking some kind of medication? I could have had a drug overdose."
Detectives working the case, he insists, "are not diligent enough." To date, only one victim has recovered any jewelry.
A few months ago, Rosen adds, he was at the courthouse with a detective who was working the case for the Broward Sheriff's Office when he saw a woman he thought looked like Elkins. He panicked. "I had her pulled out of the elevator," Rosen says. "But it wasn't her."
After about 15 minutes of tense conversation, Rosen relaxes, running his palms against the legs of his light-wash jeans. He sprawls out on a barstool as he invites a reporter to lunch with him, his brother, and his niece. "You have to understand," he says to explain away his jumpiness, "a robbery took place here. You can't trust anyone."


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First Monday!
Arrived just before 4am on this chilly, rainy First Monday morning. Despite the elements, it feels good to be back. Five people in line so far, two of which have been sitting on the curb, huddled beneath umbrellas all night. This grizzled vet salutes them.
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Hi MIke, Anxious to read all about first day back! Hope you were able to stay dry.
Enjoy listening to the oral arguments on Oct. 6th. I know the Snyder case will make for an interesting report. Not to mention, that you'll be experiencing a new Supreme Court. Keep warm, stay dry.


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Bourgeoisie Walks In Style
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Uptown ladies can now walk in style.
Rashidah Ali, a young and ambitious entrepreneur, is making her mark on the fashion world, with the opening of her new store in Harlem, Bourgeoisie, a shoe boutique for those who love the finer shoes in life.
Bourgeoisie will cater to a high-end, female clientele, and is set to open on November 15, on Seventh Avenue between 138th and 139th street. With top designers like Gianmarco Lorenzi, FrancescoSacco, Claudio Merazzi and many more to come in the Spring of 2008, Bourgeoisie prides itself on selling shoes that are stylish, comfortable and one-of-a-kind.
Rashidah, already co-owner and manager of a lucrative trucking company, is ready to focus her energy on something she truly loves. "I think that fine shoes are essential to all women. At my store you are able to find the best shoe within your budget," Rashidah tells The Black Star News. "This is why I decided to open my own shoe store and carry shoes by some of the most established designers as well as new, hot and up and coming designers."
This talented, young businesswoman is on the move, ready to bring high-fashion to Harlem world with the opening of Bourgeoisie.
The new store has a contemporary look with chic white décor, fine leather furniture and distinctive, porcelain tile—imported from Europe. The custom-made flat-screen televisions have been encrusted with Swarovski crystals and adorned with the Bourgeoisie logo. Costumers will get first class service by some of the fashion industry's elite and seasoned shoe experts. Bourgeoisie also offers a unique service—delivering shoes to your door.
Bourgeoisie will host A-list customers who will walk the red carpet at the Grand Opening, when Bourgeoisie's Winter 2007 Collection will also be introduced.
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Wealth for Toil – Thomas Price
It's Australia Day 2012 tomorrow and I am participating in Twigs of Yore's annual blog challenge with this year's theme Wealth for Toil. It took me a while to decide on who to write about because although all my ancestor's worked hard, none of them were wealthy and most of them died early, through illness or accidents.
In the end I chose my mother's grandfather Thomas Price as he led an interesting and varied life as he tried to provide for his family. Certificates give him a variety of occupations including labourer, coach axle turner, contractor, life insurance agent and at the time of his death he was a miner working in a remote area near Cloncurry having left Charters Towers where he had been a Baptist minister.
Thomas and his wife Elizabeth arrived in Sydney in 1878 and over the next ten years they had six children in six different places in NSW – Caleula, Orange, Parramatta, Kiama, Broughton Creek and Nattai. They then made the move to Queensland and four more children were born in Bundanba (now Bundamba), Bundaberg and Charters Towers.
The family then settled in Charters Towers for a while and it is here that Thomas and Elizabeth Price became involved with the Baptist Church. In an article Find Your Ancestors in Church Publications Part 1 for Australian Family Tree Connections, I briefly told of their involvement with the Ryan Street Baptist Church in Charters Towers.
Oddly enough I know more about Thomas' last job because he was killed in an accident on the way to work at the Wee McGregor mine at Hightville. Thomas also died intestate and away from his family which meant the Public Curator became involved. I can only assume that work and money were in short supply and that is why he took the job so far away from his family who had moved on to Townsville.
The inquest into his death at Hightville gives me a very vivid account of his last moments including what he looked like and what he was wearing. Without being too morbid, the autopsy also gives me an idea of his health at the time. He was buried at Hightville and I can only assume that his wife and family did not travel out to that remote mining area for the funeral.
His personal belongings were packed up and sent to the Public Curator in Townsville who then passed them on to his widow Elizabeth. Again I am fortunate as I have a list of my ancestor's personal belongings at the time of his death and in many ways it makes for sad reading. The list is long and detailed under a number of headings – money, equipment, clothing, toiletries, jewellry, stationery, kitchen utensils and foodstuffs.
Under Money there was one item – a cheque for 8 pounds 14 shillings, his final payment from the Hampden Cloncurry Copper Mines. Under Equipment he had a tent, a bed rug, a pillow, a towel, a coathanger, a portmanteau, a sweat rag, a piece of rope and two boxes of matches. Under Jewellery was his watch chain and spectacles and under Stationery there were various writing items including his AWU ticket (Australian Workers Union). Under Kitchen Utensils he had a billy can, two tin dishes, a knife, a fork, two spoons and an enamel pint. Foodstuffs included three tins of dripping, two tins of condensed milk, one tin of Golden Syrup, one tin of luncheon beef, one tin of pork sausages and a bottle of condensed milk.
This list paints a somewhat lonely and less than luxurious life and Thomas was only 60 years old when he fell from the bridge at Hightville on his way to work on that fateful day in June 1918. From Townsville the family moved south to Collinsville and Elizabeth Price eventually lost her sight and moved in with my grandmother in Brisbane. My mother fondly remembers Elizabeth because she always had a lolly in her pockets for when Mum came home from school.
Elizabeth died in 1944, 26 years after her husband Thomas Price died. Eight of her ten children predeceased her as did many of her grandchildren so Elizabeth's life was one of sorrow as well. I have recently returned from a trip to the various places in NSW that Thomas and Elizabeth lived when they first came to Australia. I found myself wondering what it was like to be continually moving and not really settling anywhere and having your family settle in various places.
Thomas and Elizabeth Price have many descendants today who are grateful that they emigrated to Australia in 1878 and through their pioneering efforts, successive generations have followed and built successful lives. Our ancestor's toil may not have led to wealth in terms of money, but it has given us knowledge and stories of which we can know them better. Happy Australia Day!
Our ancestors certainly lived more simpler live than we. Thanks for sharing Thomas's story, Shauna.
Your story certainly illustrates the wealth of information to be found in State Archives sources.
What a sad story Shauna…our ancestors had challenges aplenty. Chances are Tom Price knew my Melvin ancestor in CT as he had tearooms there.
Such a sad ending for people who tried, toiled, so hard. Thank you for sharing their story.
The detail that moved me most about your story was the listing of a coathanger as part of his equipment. A very sad and interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
A sad occasion for his family, but a real insight into the man for his descendants.
Thanks for the comments everyone. I didn't set out to make it sad, more trying to show what details might be out there if we are lucky and take the time to search the archives, and not just the obvious, indexed resources.
Great post Shauna and thanks for the link to the Ancestors in Church publications article…very thought provoking and gives me something else to add to my To Do list!
What a moving story, Shauna – but what a wealth of details about Thomas. An inspiring piece of research.
Thanks for joining in Shauna. The detail you have found is fascinating. I'm always reminding myself that the sad events we most often see recorded in official documents are (hopefully) balanced out by happy events that do not require official investigation or reporting.
Good reading and life was tough in the old days in THE country and I can attest to that
Thanks for sharing Thomas's story, what a wealth of details about Thomas. An inspiring piece of research.
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