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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> SANTA ANA, California – A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment that now accuses a Laguna Beach man of defrauding victims out of more than $3 million in an investment fraud scam related to green energy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> <b>Peter Heinrich Conrad Reinert, 61,</b> was arrested in April 2015 after a grand jury charged him in two investment fraud schemes that allegedly caused $3.6 million in losses. Since that time, federal authorities have continued to investigate Reinert for additional crimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> According to the 35-count superseding indictment filed yesterday in United States District Court, <b>in addition to the two scams outlined in the 2015 indictment, Reinert ran a third scheme out of the Irvine-based Income from Waste Corporation (IFW)</b>. Reinert told victims that IFW was developing a technology to convert used tires into oil. As part of the scheme, to gain legitimacy with victims, Reinert falsely claimed to be a United States Secret Service agent and a veteran.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Between January 2014 and his arrest on April 14, 2015, <b>Reinert used IFW to fraudulently obtain $3.2 million dollars from victims from across the country, including a family of farmers in Missouri.</b> Instead of spending the money to develop the purported green energy technology, Reinert used the money to pay for personal expenses and luxury automobiles, sales commissions and purchases at Apple’s iTunes store, as well as sending money to an account in Poland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> In addition to the IFW scam, the superseding indictment alleges that <b>Reinert fraudulently obtained and used a United States passport in the name “Peter Michael Berger” after falsely claiming he was born in Maine</b>. During the investigation, authorities learned that <b>Reinert actually was born in Germany.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Finally, the superseding grand jury adds charges alleging that <b>Reinert failed to file a corporate tax return for 2010 for another company he controlled, Green Energy Enterprises, Inc.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> <b>“This defendant is charged with operating a series of fraudulent companies, falsely claiming that the companies were good investments,”</b> said United States Attorney Eileen M. Decker. <i>“Worse still, Mr. Reinert’s schemes preyed upon his victims’ desire to contribute to the public good, either by improving the environment or increasing the security of identification documents. </i>This defendant’s fraudulent activity was widespread and harmed victims across the United States.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Reinert has been in custody without bond since he was arrested on the original 14-count indictment, which alleges he fraudulently raised money for two other companies that were purportedly developing technology to increase gas mileage and prevent the counterfeiting of government-issued identity documents. The original charges were included as part of the superseding indictment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> “These latest allegations against Mr. Reinert suggest he is a serial con artist who continues to cheat investors into funding his schemes and his lifestyle,” said Deirdre Fike, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Field Office. “Investors can verify federal and military employment and, in many cases, the legitimacy of an investment, by doing research before handing over their savings.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> The superseding indictment, which alleges that victims cumulatively suffered losses of approximately $6.8 million, charges Reinert with 19 counts of wire fraud, 13 counts of mail fraud, two counts of passport fraud, and one misdemeanor tax count.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Reinert is expected to be arraigned on the superseding indictment in United States District Court in Santa Ana on August 8. United States District Judge Josephine L. Staton previously ordered Reinert to stand trial on September 20.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> The fraud charges for the investment scams each carry a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The passport fraud charges each carry a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years. The charge of failure to file a tax return carries a statutory maximum penalty of one year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> <b>The investigation into Reinert was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and IRS Criminal Investigation.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Evidence shows that the sky is coming down on our heads—the watery part of it, anyway, in larger and larger cascades. It’s largely our own fault.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The past two months have seen some doozies just in the U.S. The Empire State Building was struck by lightning twice on Monday during a storm that brought an inch of rain down in what felt like a single sheet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last month, at least 23 people died in West Virginia flooding. At its peak on June 23, more than 8 inches to 10 inches fell within half a day—a once-every-1,000 years rain storm. Maelstroms in May and early June dropped five times as much rain as normal near Houston, seriously challenging the definition of normal. More than a dozen people died. It was the city's fifth major flood in just over a year. (Rainfall is trending higher nationally, though paving over much of Texas probably doesn't help.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most dramatic recent image came from Bruce Haffner, a Phoenix TV helicopter pilot, who snapped what looks very much like a 20-megaton warhead going off. This is informally known as a “rain bomb": </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The phenomenon is known in meteorology circles as the more sober “wet microburst.” They are supposed to happen rarely; conditions must be just right. A thunderstorm runs into a dry patch of air that sucks some moisture away. The air underneath the storm cloud cools, making it more dense than the air around it. The cooler air begins to drop into even warmer air and then accelerates. When the faucet really flips on, air can blast out of the sky at more than 115 miles per hour. It deflects off the ground and pushes winds outward, at or near tornado strength. The Phoenix event above was actually a “macroburst,” with a radar footprint wider than about 2.5 miles, said Amber Sullins, chief meteorologist at ABC-15 News.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Scientists understand the mechanics of small-scale weather events such as rain bombs, tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms. The past few years have seen modest improvements in projections of how these storms might behave in a changing atmosphere, region-by-region.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“The research showing rain events for us being less frequent but more intense, due to climate change, seems to be our new reality,” Sullins said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What’s known with much greater confidence by climatologists is that storms should continue to intensify. There's little question that by stockpiling water vapor, the atmosphere is building a worldwide arsenal of “rain bombs”—or, if you like, wet microbursts, macrobursts, or just your typical, Noah-scale deluges. And unlike, say, the study of climate change and its relationship to war, why the sky keeps falling is clearer:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's not just that the amount of rain is increasing; the amount of extreme rain is increasing. All over the Earth's land masses. The year 2010 had 88 percent more broken records than might have occurred in a stable climate, according to a study last year by German researchers. From 1981 to 2010, 12 percent more record-breaking rainstorms occurred worldwide than would have happened without human influence. “This implies that over the last 30 years, roughly one in ten record-breaking events would not have occurred without climate change,” they wrote. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;">A Harvard University study suggests that neither financial strains nor women's increased ability to get out of an unhappy marriage, </span><a data-tracker-action="click" data-tracker-category="recirc" data-tracker-label="inline_link.01" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-17/boomers-are-making-sure-the-divorces-keep-coming" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(43, 0, 247); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.6; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-out;">starting in the 1970s</a><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;">, is typically the main reason for a split.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The big factor, Harvard sociology professor Alexandra Killewald found, is the husband's employment status. For the past four decades, she discovered, husbands who aren’t employed full time have a 3.3 percent chance of getting divorced in any given year, compared with 2.5 percent for husbands employed full time. In other words, their marriages are one-third more likely to break up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Examining 46 years of data on more than 6,300 married couples in the U.S., Killewald found a big shift in the risk of divorce in the mid-1970s. Couples married before 1975 were likelier to split up if women and men divided the housework equally, perhaps because the husband saw a threat to his traditional role in the household. Since 1975, housework hasn’t been much of a factor. The guy's job has. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“Wives have more freedom in how they ‘do’ marriage,” Killewald said, but husbands are still expected to be the breadwinner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The <a data-tracker-action="click" data-tracker-category="nav" data-tracker-label="inline_link.02" data-web-url="http://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/attach/journals/aug16asrfeature.pdf" href="http://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/attach/journals/aug16asrfeature.pdf" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(43, 0, 247); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-out;" target="_blank">study</a>, published in the <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">American Sociological Review,</em> didn't include same-sex couples. Nor did it address men who choose to stay home with the kids. The vast majority of men without a full-time job in the sample were involuntarily unemployed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Killewald had to untangle a couple's working life—employment status, willingness to do housework—from their finances to see which of the two was the greater factor in divorce. She used a larger set of census data to predict wives’ economic dependence on their marriages—how much they would lose if they got divorced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Her conclusion: The couples’ income and the wives’ economic independence didn't correlate with a higher risk of divorce.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That's surprising, said New York University sociology professor Paula England, but she said she finds the study's methodology "very sound" and its conclusions convincing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"I'm sure that financial strain hurts people's well-being, but it doesn't seem to be causing marriage breakup," England said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wives spent 3.9 times as many hours as men doing housework in 1975, according to a 2012 study. More recently, in 2009 and 2010 data, wives were working around the house 1.7 times as long as their husbands—that is, still 70 percent more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Couples married before 1975 who split the housework 50-50 were about 36 percent likelier to get divorced than couples in which the wives did three-quarters of the housework, Killewald found. Since 1975, however, <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;">there’s almost no correlation between the housework split and the marriage split.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Meanwhile, a husband’s job seems to matter more now. For couples married before 1975, the husband’s employment status barely affected their chances of divorce. It's the decades since 1975 that saw a dramatic increase in correlation between his job status and their risk of divorce.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's hard to know whether husbands or wives are deciding to split in these cases, but England notes that previous studies have shown about two-thirds of divorces are initiated by women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So what happened in 1975? Killewald said she saw similar changes when she divided her data at various points in the 1980s. Other sociological studies have suggested something did happen in the 1970s that changed men's and women’s attitudes toward work and marriage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“The late 1970s were really a time of change in what women expected for their careers,” Killewald said. What hasn’t changed nearly as much is the role men are supposed to play as husbands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">At the airport. En route to another critical meeting. Fast food is everywhere, and unavoidable. Even celebrity chefs producing the world's most-praised meals have an occasional hankering. So where do they get their fix? We asked them, and alongside the predictable <b>Shake Shack</b> and <b>KFC</b> were some surprising results. More were notable by their absence. We're looking at you, <b>McDonald's.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Vineet Bhatia (<b>Indego by Vineet, Dubai)</b>: <b><i>Pret a Manger</i></b> - a British sandwich chain that has reached big cities in the U.S., China, France and Dubai. "The food is always fresh, with a good choice. It's quick and tasty and the staff always smile. I like their hoisin duck salad wrap and their chicken avocado sandwich."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Heston Blumenthal (<b>Fat Duck, Bray, England</b>): <i><b>Five Guys</b> </i>- a hamburger chain that started in Virginia before expanding abroad. "I've had their burgers a few times and I like them. They make me happy. And the guys behind the counters actually have some interest in food. They do a great milkshake, too."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Massimo Bottura (Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy)</b>: <b><i>Shake Shack</i></b> - an international burger chain founded by restaurateur Danny Meyer. "They care about the ingredients and that is what makes the difference. Danny Meyer really cares about what kind of meat, what kind of bread, what kind of sauce."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">H<b>elene Darroze (Helen Darroze, Paris): <i>Shake Shack</i> </b>- "They serve beautiful burgers and hot dogs with amazing quality of bread and meat. And it is also a place where you can meet people from everywhere."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Danny Meyer (Gramercy Tavern, New York): <i>Popeyes</i> </b>, a U.S. chain serving Louisiana fried chicken, and <b><i>Chipotle</i></b>, a Mexican grill that has expanded internationally from its U.S. base. "I treat myself to Popeyes a couple of times a year and I am wickedly happy downing a few pieces (wings and thighs best) of their crispy, spicy chicken - with a side of dirty rice and biscuits. Or I'm completely satisfied making a lunch of a salad from Chipotle, loaded with grilled chicken, pinto beans, shredded cheese, extra cilantro, and spicy dressing."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Tom Sellers (Restaurant Story, London): <i>Nando’s </i></b>- founded in South Africa and now serving spicy Portuguese-style flamed chicken from New Zealand to the U.S. "I go because they serve a tasty product. It’s simple but you can build your own meal. And everyone loves chicken."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Karam Sethi (Gymkhana, London): <i>KFC</i> </b>- Kentucky Fried Chicken. "I only go for the Zinger Tower Burger. It's got a fried, battered breast, hash brown, a spicy tomato salsa, mayonnaise and crispy iceberg in a sesame bun. The chicken is always juicy."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Clare Smyth (Gordon Ramsay, London): <i>PizzaExpress</i></b> - a London-based pizza chain that's gone to the Middle East and Asia but yet to hit the U.S. "It is quick, it is always good and it is consistent. Pizza is a great fast food, and they use good, solid ingredients."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Gastón Acurio (Astrid y Gastón, Lima): <i>La Lucha Sanguchería</i></b><i> </i>- a Lima-based sandwich chain. "They prepare their sandwiches individually each day with Peruvian-flavor marinated meats and Peruvian sauces."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>José Andrés (Minibar, Washington, DC): <i>Pans & Co</i>.</b> - a sandwich chain with outlets across Spain. "They do really great sandwiches on tasty bread, with great fillings and sauces. I can never understand why they haven't made it in the U.S. and elsewhere overseas."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Angela Hartnett (Murano, London) : <i>Byron</i></b> - a London burger restaurant now found around the U.K. "I am so bored with the burger scene in London - burgers everywhere, it does my head in. But I was at the Port Eliot Festival dancing my head off at 3 a.m. and I bought a Byron burger and it was just delicious. Since then, I've started going in London: They have great consistency, yet each store is a bit different."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nuno Mendes (Chiltern Firehouse, London): <i>Homeslice</i></b> - a pizza restaurant founded in 2011 that now has three outlets in London. "The pizzas are super-good. I am very impressed with the quality of the dough, the way they are baked and the toppings, which are super-creative. In the U.S., In-N-Out Burger is awesome."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wolfgang Puck (Spago, Beverly Hills): <i>In-N-Out Burger</i></b><i> </i>- a U.S. West Coast burger chain. "I like it because you can have a hamburger wrapped in lettuce instead of a bun. I feel like I am eating a salad. My wife loves it. With our burger, you eat the meat. With theirs, you eat the condiments."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Joan Roca (El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain): <i>Beefsteak </i></b><i>- </i>a healthy-eating chain in the U.S. Northeast. "It's a new concept of fast food by José Andrés where the focus is on vegetables. It's gastronomic yet economic: tasty food for a society where people have no time. "</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Simon Rogan (L'Enclume, Cartmel, England): <i>Wasabi,</i></b> a London-based chain serving sushi and hot Asian dishes that's now entering the New York market. "That's mainly because it is on the way to the station and I am always traveling. I can't say no to a katsu curry or sushi box."</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 1944,
the Miami-Dade Park and Recreation Department established the</span></strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <strong>Fruit & Spice Park</strong></span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> as the only garden park of its kind
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The Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) received a 2016 Telly Award
for its MIA Airport Official 2.0 mobile app video. The airport’s
upgraded mobile app was launched in February. As part of its outreach
efforts to educate users on all of the new app features, MDAD – in
partnership with Diamond View Studios – produced, wrote and directed
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<strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">PortMiami to Host World's Largest Cruise Ships</span></strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
According to the<em>
Miami Herald</em>, A new Royal Caribbean cruise terminal will
bring world’s largest cruise ships to PortMiami, thanks to a
partnership between the line and Miami-Dade County. Partnership deal
will go to a final vote before the Miami-Dade County Commission on
July 6, 2016. Royal Caribbean Cruises and Miami-Dade County recently
announced that they have reached a deal to build one of the biggest
cruise terminals in the country at PortMiami, a move that will —
finally — bring Royal Caribbean International’s massive Oasis-class ships
home. </span><span style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Customer Service Champion Program</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Register today for our next training session!</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Miami-Dade Transit Tracker App</span></strong><span style="color: white;"><br />
</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">The free Miami-Dade Transit Tracker App makes it easier
than ever to have a fun-filled Miami-Dade County vacation on public
transit. Metrorail, Metrobus and Metromover offer excellent travel
value in Miami. They connect you from airport to hotel to scores of
popular tourist destinations, by rail or by road. It’s a big system,
but the MDT Tracker App puts it all in order for you. Download MDT <a href="http://gmcvb.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NzUwNzgxJnA9MSZ1PTEwNzU0NjA3MDEmbGk9MzY1MjkxMzU/index.html" target="_blank">Tracker App</a> from the App Store or <a choice="1" href="http://gmcvb.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NzUwNzgxJnA9MSZ1PTEwNzU0NjA3MDEmbGk9MzY1MjkxMzc/index.html" target="_blank">Google Play</a> now! </span><span style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">More Than Just A Ride To The Airport</span></strong><span style="color: white;"><br />
</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Now your SuperShuttle pick-up is faster and more
efficient than ever with their new App! Faster booking &
check-in, secure transactions and you can even locate your shuttle!
SuperShuttle is the “official” airport shuttle operator at MIA and
has “exclusive” curb side access at the MIA arrivals terminal. Their
service offers shared-ride or private transportation to or from the
airport, ports, hotel, home, or office. You can download the App and
book your ride or call 305/871-2000. </span><span style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">More Options Than Ever</span></strong><span style="color: white;"><br />
</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">No matter where you’re headed, getting around Miami and
Beaches is easier than ever thanks to new and exciting transportation
options. From the Citi Bike program operated by DECOBIKE to the free
trolley service available in several neighborhoods, quality taxi and
limousine service and the ultra-convenient Miami METROMOVER and
METRORAIL including direct service to MIA—we promise you’ll get
there. Miami will soon enjoy access to high speed rail thanks to the
new GoBrightline train service connecting the destination with other
major cities in Florida.</span><span style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Digitally Dispatched Car Sharing Services</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">The popularity of this type of service available through
mobile apps continues to grow for companies such as UBER, which is
now available in 45 countries and more than 270 cities around the
world. A similar service is offered by LYFT in more than 90 cities
enabling passengers who need a ride to request one from drivers who
have an available car.</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Get a Taxi in One App</span></strong><span style="color: white;"><br />
</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">ZabCab, ZabCab Driver, and ZabCab Front Desk are
companion apps for consumers, drivers and businesses. They work
together to help passengers find taxis – and taxi drivers to find
passengers – quickly and easily from a smartphone. They are available
to download at the App Store and Google Play.</span><span style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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support of our corporate partners aids us in promoting Greater Miami
and the Beaches to the world. Join us in recognizing the GMCVB's
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">GMCVB Team members are busy selling and promoting
Greater Miami and The Beaches at home and around the world. Click
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2016 OVERVIEW: KEY INDUSTRY INDICATORS</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">During
January – April 2016, the number of Greater Miami’s overnight
visitors reached record levels with a +1.8 percent increase compared
to the same time last year.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Rankings
among Top 25 markets also remained strong for January – May 2016, as
Greater Miami held the #3 slots in Revenue Per Available Room
(RevPar) and Average Daily Room Rate (ADR) while ranking #5 in
Occupancy.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Employment
figures for May 2016 also remained strong with a 2.7 percent increase
in Accommodations & Food Service jobs and a 2.2 percent increase
in Leisure and Hospitality jobs.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Additional Hotel Statistics for
the destination during January - May 2016 also included positive
increases in the numbers of Rooms Available and Rooms Sold, growing
4.1 and 2.5 percent respectively.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">January - April 2016</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">% Change vs. 2015</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 50%;" width="50%">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3,644,140</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 50.0%;" width="50%">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">+1.8%</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td colspan="2" style="border: currentcolor; height: 18.75pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Ranking Among Top 25 U.S. Markets for Jan-May
2016</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#3 </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">RevPar</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#3 </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Average
Daily Rate</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#5 </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Occupancy</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-size: auto; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 450px;">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: currentcolor; height: 18.75pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Accommodations & Food Service Jobs</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<td style="background: rgb(24, 118, 188); border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">May
2016</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(24, 118, 188); border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">% Change vs. 2015</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">123,400</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">+2.7%</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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</tbody></table>
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<tbody>
<tr style="height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: currentcolor; height: 18.75pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Leisure & Hospitality Jobs</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: rgb(24, 118, 188); border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">May
2016</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(24, 118, 188); border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">% Change vs. 2015</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">137,200</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">+2.2%</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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</tbody></table>
</div>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-size: auto; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 450px;">
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<td colspan="2" style="border: currentcolor; height: 18.75pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
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<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Hotel Statistics</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<td style="background: rgb(24, 118, 188); border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">January
- May 2016</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(24, 118, 188); border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">% Change vs. 2015</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 50.0%;" width="50%">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Occupancy</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">81.3%</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">-1.5%</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 50.0%;" width="50%">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Room
Rate</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$223.45</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">-2.6%</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 50.0%;" width="50%">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">RevPar</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$181.62</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .75pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="200">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">-4.1%</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0.75pt; width: 150pt;" width="200">
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 50.0%;" width="50%">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rooms
Available</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">52,618</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">+4.1%</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">+2.5%</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">It's Time to Spa! GMCVB's 9th Annual Miami Spa Month
Returns July 1, 2016</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><br />
Miami Spa Month, one of GMCVB’s most popular monthly Temptations
programs, returns to the destination beginning July 1, 2016!
Greater Miami and the Beaches is renowned for luxury spas that
rank among the “Best in America,” and are beloved by spa
connoisseurs around the world. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<strong><i><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">WWE
Entertainment</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"> Ranks #21, #22 and
#25 in Nielsen's Cable Top 25 Ratings for the Week Ending July
10, 2016</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
</span></b><em><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">WWE's
WrestleMania</span></em><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"> Week drew record-breaking crowds to
Miami and Beaches in April 2012. Nielsen ratings are the
audience measurement systems developed by the Nielsen Company in
an effort to determine the audience size and composition of TV
programming in the United States.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">GMCVB
President & CEO to be Featured Guest on “<i>Eat This, Drink
That, Go</i>” TV/Radio Show with Jimmy Cefalo on July 19, 2016</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
GMCVB President & CEO William D. Talbert, III, CDME will be a
featured guest at a taping of the “<em>Eat This, Drink That, Go</em>”
radio/TV Show with Jimmy Cefalo on July 19, 2016 – the show will
be broadcast on Saturday, July 23, 2016. The show airs on <em>WIOD 610 AM</em>,
<em>iHeartRadio</em>
and <em>The Beach
Channel</em> from 8-10 a.m. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">GMCVB
President & CEO to Welcome the Host Global Alliance’s Global
Forum at Turnberry Isle Miami on July 22, 2016</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
GMCVB President & CEO William D. Talbert, III, CDME will be
welcoming participants of the Host Global Alliance’s (HGA) 4th
Annual Global Forum on July 22, 2016 at Turnberry Isle Miami. In
previous years the HGA Global Forum has included highly rated
sessions on top educational topics, including human trafficking
and event cybersecurity. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On July 15, 2016, the
GMCVB joined Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez,
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Dennis C. Moss, other elected
officials, Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation & Open Spaces
Deptartment Director Jack Kardys, Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill and the
Zoo Miami Foundation to unveil the new 1.5 acre Entry Plaza.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">SwimShow
Takes Center Stage in Miami Beach July 16-19, 2016</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
The Miami Beach Convention Center continues hosting the world's
largest and most important tradeshow for the swimwear industry.
The SwimShow, organized by the Swimwear Association of Florida,
returns to Miami Beach through July 19, 2016.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">TSA
Precheck Enrollment</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <strong>July 19-23, 2016</strong><br />
A TSA Precheck enrollment event in the Miami area has been
scheduled for the week of July 19-23, 2016. The site will be
located at the Hilton, Miami Airport, located at 5101 Blue Lagoon
Drive, Miami, FL 33126 USA and will be open for enrollments
during the following hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Common
Threads 2nd Annual Cooking For Life Sunday Brunch to be Held
September 25, 2016</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
Common Threads’ 2nd Annual Cooking for Life Sunday Brunch, hosted
by Miami Chef Michelle Bernstein and Alberto M. Carvalho,
Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, features a
select group of the country’s most renowned chefs, all to support
our mission of empowering children and families to get them
cooking for life! </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Website
Traffic Boost due to Special Offers</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
In May, the Special Offers section of MiamiandBeaches.com saw a
32 percent increase in page views over the previous month, mainly
due to interest in Miami Museum Month offers, as well as Special
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<strong>It’s So
Miami Campaign</strong><br />
The It’s So Miami branding campaign is expected to generate 1.3M
impressions for the month July. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Share
Vote Miami 2016 Video on Social Media for Chance to Win Miami
Vacation</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">On
Tuesday, June 12, 2016 the GMCVB hosted the Vote Miami campaign
rally in New York City. The event gave the public the chance to
“Vote Miami” and win instant prizes, including a chance to enter
to win a trip for two to Miami. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2016
FISU World University Netball Championships </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Miami was the proud host of the Fédération Internationale du
sport Universitaire's (FISU) World University Netball
Championships played on the campus of St. Thomas University
through July 17, 2016. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">City
Bikes IRONMAN 70.3 Miami Returns October 23, 2016</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
City Bikes IRONMAN 70.3 Miami, set for October 23, 2016, promises
to deliver an exciting race, and is a great choice for athletes
seeking a big city event experience in a major urban center. The
course starts out on beautiful Biscayne Bay for a single-loop,
1.2-mile swim near PortMiami. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">GMCVB
Convention Sales Sells and Promotes Greater Miami and the Beaches
to Meetings Professionals in Washington, D.C.</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">GMCVB
Convention Sales Team will be in the nation’s capital on July 18,
2016 for the Professional Conference Management Association’s
(PCMA) Capital Chapter Reboot event. Session topics will cover
professional development, network security at meetings and
conferences and more.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">GMCVB
Sells Greater Miami and Beaches During Annual UK Sales Mission</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br />
GMCVB Travel Industry Sales Team traveled to the UK July 11-15,
2016 for the Annual UK Sales Mission to London and Dublin. The
Team was joined by six GMCVB partners: JW Marriott, Charles
Group, South Beach Group, Grand Beach Hotels, Hard Rock and Miami
Seaquarium.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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This Campaign Season</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the spirit of the
upcoming 2016 election season, the GMCVB officially kicked off
its national #VoteMiami2016 campaign in New York City igniting
Americans to stand up for their right to take vacation!
Coinciding with the campaign, the GMCVB launched a fun,
interactive video component encouraging Americans to keep
vacation alive and vote 3-0-5! Everyone is encouraged to view the
video <a href="http://gmcvb.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NzUwNzgxJnA9MSZ1PTEwNzU0NjA3MDEmbGk9MzY1MjkxNTU/index.html">here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">GMCVB
Media Relations Hosts Meetings Incentive Press Tour</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br />
GMCVB Media Relations will be hosting a group of international
journalists from Latin America, Europe and the U.S. July 19-23,
2016 for the MICE with a Sports Twist press tour. During their
visit, the writers will experience Miami’s unique meetings and
incentive venues, programs and our sports opportunities for
corporate and leisure groups.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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Multicultural Tourism Vice President Discusses Heritage Tourism
Updates with Hotel Concierges</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
GMCVB Multicultural Tourism Vice President Connie Kinnard was
joined by Ed Ponder of The Betsy South Beach and members of the
GMCVB’s Multicultural Committee at a dinner hosted at The Betsy
Hotel with various concierges from South Beach hotels on July 13,
2016. <br />
<br />
<strong>Miami New
Times Iron Fork Miami Spice Kickoff Event to Serve up
Multicultural Experience at the AmericaAirlines Arena on July 28,
2016</strong><br />
The GMCVB in collaboration with New Times Iron Fork will host the
2016 New Times Iron Fork Miami Spice Kick Off Event at the
America Airlines Arena July 28, 2016. The highly anticipated
event is expected to draw thousands of diners and food lovers
from across Greater Miami. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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On July 6, 2016, the GMCVB hosted a successful July Partner
Networking Luncheon at Verde located at the Perez Art Museum
Miami. <br />
<br />
<strong>GMCVB
Partner Networking Luncheon</strong><br />
Thursday, July 21, 2016<br />
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.<br />
Marlins Diamond Club @ Marlins Park<br />
501 Marlins Way<br />
Miami, FL, 33125 USA</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GMCVB representatives
domestically and all around the globe promote Greater Miami as
the premier destination for leisure and business. Read their
updates here.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<strong><span style="color: #1876bc; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">• Caribbean</span></strong><o:p></o:p><br />
<strong><span style="color: #1876bc; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">• Europe </span></strong><o:p></o:p><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081044286202443213.post-44771414692587049852016-07-15T10:22:00.001-07:002016-07-15T10:22:36.874-07:00Checklist for vacations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our good friends from Fabulous Miami have made this useful "checklist" for vacations:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>You
want to make sure your home is safe while you're exploring a new city. Having a
house sitter, be it your go-to babysitter or a trusted friend, is one way to
keep your house off a burglar's radar. If that's not an option, scan a
checklist <a href="http://learningcenter.statefarm.com/residence/safety-1/keep-your-home-protected-while-on-vacation/">Like
this one</a> to make sure you've prepared your home for your departure.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Set your lights on a
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Furthermore,
don't share your vacation plans on social media. You can tell about your great
trip once you're home rather than broadcasting your home is vacant.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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great part about July is Independence Day. We all look forward
to barbecue, swimming in the pool and, most of all, the fireworks that
light up the sky. However, it's important to be aware of the dangers our
Fourth of July celebrations pose to your family and your pets. <a href="http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/pet-care-tips/july-4th.aspx">Check out
these tips.</a> First off, make sure fireworks are legal in your area before
buying them. Always have an adult supervise fireworks activities. Parents don't
realize that young children might be injured from sparklers. Keep a bucket of
water or a garden hose handy in case of a mishap. Talking to your kids about
fire safety rules <a href="http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/outdoor/fireworks.html">like
these </a><a href="http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/special-offers/monthly-deals/miami-spa-month">before
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Information for higher education in Florida:</i></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/goog_983423884" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">http://www.onlinecolleges.net/florida/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.onlinecolleges.net/florida/#scholarships" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">http://www.onlinecolleges.net/florida/#scholarships</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>For those looking for out of state programs:</i></span></div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.onlinecolleges.net/#colleges-by-location">http://www.onlinecolleges.net/#colleges-by-location</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081044286202443213.post-32326898948510887722016-07-12T09:53:00.002-07:002016-07-12T09:53:50.583-07:00Tricking consumers to pay for bogus services<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/07/ftc-florida-charge-tech-support-operation-tricking-consumers?utm_source=govdelivery">FTC
and Florida Charge Tech Support Operation with Tricking Consumers Into
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The FTC and State of Florida have taken action against
defendants who ran an international tech support operation and allegedly
misrepresented to consumers that malware or hackers had compromised their
computers and that the operation was associated with or certified by
Microsoft and Apple to fix their computers. A federal court <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/160707helpdesknatltro.pdf?utm_source=govdelivery">has
temporarily shut down</a> the defendants’ operation, frozen their assets,
and placed control of the businesses with a court-appointed receiver.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/160707helpdesknatlcmpt.pdf?utm_source=govdelivery">The
complaint</a> alleges that defendants, based in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, and
Canada, relied on a combination of deceptive online ads and misleading,
high-pressure sales tactics to frighten consumers into spending hundreds of
dollars for dubious computer “repairs” and antivirus software.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Scammers like these use incredibly deceptive tactics that
make consumers think they are receiving warnings from legitimate technology
companies,” said Jessica Rich, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer
Protection. “We are proud to work with the Florida Attorney General’s
Office to put an end to these fraudulent practices.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">According to the complaint, the defendants caused consumers’
computers to display advertisements designed to resemble security alerts
from Microsoft or Apple. These ads warned consumers that their computers
could be infected with malware and urged them to call a toll-free number in
the ad to safeguard both their computer and sensitive personal information
stored on it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">According to the complaint, consumers who called the numbers
in these ads were routed to the defendants’ call center in Boynton Beach,
Fla., where telemarketers purported to run a series of “diagnostics” that
inevitably discovered the existence of grave problems that must be
immediately fixed at a cost of $200 to $300 by one of the defendants’
“certified” technicians. The defendants also frequently told consumers that
they needed to spend an additional $200 to $500 to replace their existing
antivirus software, which the defendants always claimed was outdated and
ineffective. The complaint notes that consumers can acquire this
software for a fraction of the cost charged by the defendants. In many
instances, the software sold by the defendants to consumers with Apple
computers is available as a free download.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The defendants in the case are BigDog Solutions LLC (doing
business as Help Desk National and Help Desk Global); PC Help Desk US LLC
(doing business as Help Desk National and Help Desk Global); Inbound Call
Specialist LLC; BlackOpteck CE Inc.; 9138242 Canada Corporation; Digital
Growth Properties, LLC; Christopher J. Costanza (doing business as CJM
Consulting, LLC); Suzanne W. Harris; Muzaffar Abbas; Gary Oberman; Donald
Dolphin and Justin Powers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The defendants are charged with violations of the FTC Act, the
Telemarketing Sales Rule, and the Florida Unfair and Deceptive Trade
Practices Act. The FTC and State of Florida are seeking to permanently stop
the alleged illegal practices and obtain refunds for the victimized
businesses.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The FTC has taken numerous law enforcement actions against
tech support operations since 2010, shutting down the scams and collecting
substantial consumer redress. The FTC has extensive <a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0346-tech-support-scams?utm_source=govdelivery">consumer
education materials about tech support scams</a>, including a new video.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Commission vote authorizing the staff to file the
complaint was 3-0. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois. The court entered the temporary
restraining order on June 28, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><strong>NOTE: </strong>The Commission files a complaint when it
has “reason to believe” that the law has been or is being violated and it
appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The
case will be decided by the court.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and
<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consumer-protection?utm_source=govdelivery">protect
and educate consumers</a>. You can <a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/?utm_source=govdelivery">learn more
about consumer topics</a> and file a <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/complaint?utm_source=govdelivery">consumer
complaint online</a> or by calling 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357). Like the FTC
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Contact Information<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><strong>MEDIA CONTACT:</strong><br />
Jay Mayfield,<br />
<em>Office of Public Affairs</em><br />
202-326-2181<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><strong>STAFF CONTACT:</strong><br />
Jim Davis,<br />
<em>FTC Midwest Region</em><br />
312-960-5611<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Matthew Wernz,<br />
<em>FTC Midwest Region </em><br />
312-960-5596<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I
believe that the best way to enforce our laws against drunk driving
is to get more trained officers on the streets of Miami-Dade County.
I was proud to be able to help secure funding for the training of
additional officers to combat the crime of Driving While Under the
Influence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Given
the fiscal pressures felt by every police department in our
community, money for continued Drug Recognition Enforcement (DRE)
Training for police officers has been limited. I recognize that DRE training
and certification are often important courtroom questions in DUI
prosecutions and felt a need and a responsibility to assist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">From
February through May 2016, forty-eight officers from 13 different
police departments throughout the county participated in five
separate trainings conducted by the University of North Florida
Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM). The officers
all received certifications in five critical areas: Driving Under the
Influence Instructor Development, Drug Recognition Expert Instructor
Development Course, Driving While Under the Influence/Standardized
Field Sobriety Testing, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving
Enforcement, and Drug Recognition Expert. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
participating police agencies included Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida
Fish & Wildlife, Village of Palmetto Bay, Coral Gables, Key
Biscayne, Biscayne Park, Miami Beach, Hialeah Gardens, Pinecrest,
Pembroke Pines, Hialeah, and Florida City.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Too
many lives have been shattered by drunk and impaired drivers. These
tragedies might have been prevented if we had enough certified DRE
officers out working in our communities. Anything I can do to put
more enforcement on the streets is a task well worth undertaking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373e59; font-size: 14.0pt;">SAO Remembers Victims of
Orlando Tragedy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">State
Attorney's Office staff took park in a vigil hosted by The City of
Miami Beach honoring the victims of the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub
in Orlando. The event, held at SoundScape Park, also encouraged the
community to donate blood to help the victims of the shooting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">SAO
staff also remembered the victims of the Orlando tragedy by attending
an event organized by Miami-Dade College at the Freedom Tower in
Downtown Miami. The names of the 49 victims were publicly read and
the New World School of the Arts students performed a touching
musical rendition of "Will I" in their honor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"My
condolences and prayers are with the families, loved ones, and
friends of the victims of the horrific tragedy in Orlando,"
commented State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. "We will
never forget those innocent souls who lost their lives in this
horrific event and we are eternally thankful to the Orlando law enforcement
community for saving so many other lives."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373e59; font-size: 14.0pt;">Body of Missing Mother Found,
Husband Convicted<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Miami-Dade County Jury has found Jesus Maqueira guilty of First
Degree Murder for the killing of his wife Raquel Calderin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On
the night of September 4, 2012, Raquel Calderin, a mother of three,
was seen leaving her job as a custodian at Gloria Floyd Elementary
School in Kendall where earlier in the day she was seen engaged in a
verbal dispute with Maqueira. She was never seen again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Investigators
immediately suspected Maqueira as records had shown him to be a
controlling and abusive husband who was recently served with divorce
papers. Amongst other solid pieces of evidence in the case, the
investigation revealed that Maqueira's cellphone records showed he
was in the immediate area of the victim's place of employment where
she was last seen alive when her phone went dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Maqueira
was later arrested and mocked detectives for not having found a dead
body which would make the murder charges tougher to prove.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On
June 16, 2014, relying on information provided by the defendant's
father, the remains of Raquel Calderin were found inside a vehicle
submerged in a canal on Krome Avenue, one mile north of Southwest
Eighth Street in West Miami-Dade County. A butcher knife and the
victims' ripped clothing were also found.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">With
this additional evidence presented, jurors deliberated for just two
short hours in reaching their decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"Good
police work and good prosecution brought all of the pieces together
for the jury. Sadly, this family was shattered by rage and
jealousy," commented Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine
Fernandez Rundle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373e59; font-size: 14.0pt;">Condominium
Association Fraud Meeting
Held <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle met with State Legislators from
the Miami-Dade County Delegation at the State Attorney's Office to
discuss the obstacles facing condominium owners who have complaints
regarding mismanagement of funds, elections fraud, abuses by property
management companies and condominium associations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
meeting also served to take a look at the current laws, jurisdictions
and processes that are in place when there are these types of
complaints and see if they are effective and efficient. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Many
ideas and practical solutions in the short and long terms were
discussed as all attendees committed to working together on an
ongoing basis to strengthen the laws that protect condominium owners'
rights and the penalties for those who break those laws.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"It
is clear that laws against condo fraud are weak and the resources
allocated to combat this crime are insufficient," commented
State Attorney Fernandez Rundle. "As leaders in our community,
we have the responsibility to come together and engage in dialogue in
order to identify the weaknesses in the law and confront this problem
that is affecting so many families in our community."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Recent
statistics show that Miami-Dade County recorded the highest number of
complaints of irregularities and fraud in the administration of
condos of any county in the State of Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373e59; font-size: 14.0pt;">State Attorney's Office Alumni
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;"> <em>Judge Angie Zayas,
11th Judicial Circuit of Florida</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As
a little girl, Judge Angélica D. Zayas didn't dream of being a
princess or a ballerina. She always knew that she wanted to be a
lawyer. "Even my Barbie dolls had custom-made gray flannel
suits," she recalls with a laugh. "I was born saying that I
wanted to be a lawyer. In fact, there was never a time when I can
remember wanting to be anything but a lawyer."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Her
family always reminds her that even at three years old, she was
watching The Defenders and Perry Mason on television. "My
grandmother would always tell the story about the time that we were
in the elevator of her building with a friend when I was maybe four
years old. My grandmother and her friend were talking about a couple
they knew who were getting a divorce. According to my grandmother, I
said, 'well, if he waits, then maybe I can represent him in
court.'" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Judge
Zayas earned her B.A. and her J.D., both degrees Cum Laude, from the
University of Miami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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law school, she clerked for a Federal Magistrate and also worked for
a Personal Injury firm. In addition, Judge Zayas landed a rare
internship at the Florida Attorney General's Office under then
Attorney General Bob Butterworth. "It was really surprising
because that never happened back then but I was able to intern in the
appellate division."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Office of the Attorney General right out of law school. There, she
represented the state in criminal and civil litigation in the circuit
courts, district courts of appeal and the Supreme Court of Florida. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"Only
11 months after admission to the Florida Bar, I argued a case in the
Supreme Court of Florida! It was an amazing experience." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Zayas continued to work there for seven years before joining the
Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office in 1996 as an Assistant State
Attorney in the Legal Division. "Basically when you are in Legal
you are always behind the scenes. Your job is to watch and wait and
give strategic and legal advice. But most importantly, your role is
to be the voice of reason."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"I
really enjoyed every case that I worked on at the SAO. It was because
of the work that I got to do but also because of the amazing
attorneys and staff. We worked on legislation and new and novel
issues. It is an incredible experience to help create and shape laws
as well as implement them." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the most meaningful aspects of being a part of the SAO for Judge
Zayas is the confidence that State Attorney Katherine Fernandez
Rundle had in her and how she values her lawyers. "I remember
appearing with the State Attorney before the Profession Ethics
Committee of the Florida Bar on a very important matter. After
speaking to the Committee for a few minutes, the State Attorney
turned the floor over to me and told the Committee that "her
lawyer" would address the legal questions. The State Attorney
would often say when introducing the lawyers in the Legal Division to
others, 'these are my lawyers.' I felt proud to be a part of the
office and to be one of her lawyers."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"When
she was an ASA, Angélica Zayas was known for her intelligence, for
her courtroom manner, her strict adherence to the law, and for her
deep personal warmth," commented State Attorney Katherine
Fernandez Rundle. In the juvenile courts, this reputation still holds
true, much to the benefit of the children of Miami-Dade County."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Judge
Zayas was part of the team that worked on Florida's sexual predator
civil commitment statute also known as the Jimmy Ryce Act. She also
worked closely with prosecutors from other jurisdictions and Homeland
Security regarding the issue of when and how defendants must be
informed of immigration consequences including deportation, and what
remedies should be available to said defendants if they were not
properly informed. The Padilla and Green decisions along with their
progeny posed difficult legal challenges that Judge Zayas helped
prosecutors navigate not only in Miami-Dade County but statewide. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">While
the Judge was an Assistant State Attorney, she participated in
several notable prosecutions including the trial of the murder and
dismemberment case of four year old Kendia Lockhart whose parents
were charged and convicted in the horrific crime. She also worked on
the massive and successful prosecution of Corey Smith, the leader of
the John Doe criminal organization. "Working behind the scenes
on the John Doe organized crime case was very exciting,"
commented Judge Zayas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In
2011, after sixteen years at the SAO, Governor Rick Scott appointed
her to the Circuit Court. She has been in the Juvenile Delinquency
Division since her appointment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"I've
been given the opportunity to transfer to the Criminal or Civil
divisions but have chosen to stay in Juvenile. I still have work to
do here," stated Judge Zayas. The Judge firmly believes that a
thoughtful approach in the Juvenile division by judges can help stop
the violence that is occurring in our community. "Too many youth
become the victim or perpetrators of gun violence," she says. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"I
had a young man in my court and I was reviewing his file when I
noticed that his grades had improved, so I congratulated him on his
hard work. The boy started crying. I was surprised and didn't know if
I had said something wrong. His attorney spoke to him and then told
me the boy revealed that no one had ever said anything nice to him
before." Judge Zayas was deeply moved by the young man's
reaction to such a simple positive statement. "These youth need
someone to care about them." She adds that "many judges
leave the Juvenile division in favor of other divisions so they're
only here temporarily." She believes that youth are best served
by consistency from the bench which is one of the main reasons she
has chosen to stay. She freely admits that it takes a certain passion
to work as a judge day after day with youth who are at-risk and who
need so much help. However, Judge Zayas strongly feels the rewards
outweigh the emotional toll the work takes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Judge
Zayas is committed to children in and out of the courtroom. Besides
working on a type of preventative court that addresses the needs of
at-risk girls, she is also very active in the Girls Scouts of the
USA. She enjoys being able to make a positive impact on the lives of
our youth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"Here I have the opportunity to help develop young lawyers. I
get to question them on why they are doing what they are doing in
court, who has what statutory authority in different situations, etc.
I try to teach them how to be a better advocate."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632d0f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"The
SAO will always be part of my heart. It is a family. I recently
suffered a personal loss. I was astounded and amazed at the number of
prosecutors and former prosecutors who reached out to me or attended
the funeral mass. It was very touching." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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service and our community and we are proud to have her as an alumnus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">June 28, 2016</span></div>
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Under a partial settlement filed today by the FTC, Volkswagen is agreeing to provide up to $10 billion to owners and lessees of VW and Audi 2.0 liter diesel cars that it claimed had low levels of harmful emissions, <a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/ftc-sues-vw-over-false-clean-diesel-claims" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">but did not</a>. It’s the largest false advertising case in FTC history. Nearly 500,000 cars are affected.</div>
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Under a related partial settlement with the US Department of Justice and California Attorney General, Volkswagen will spend an additional $4.7 billion to mitigate pollution and make investments that support increased use of zero-emissions vehicles. This partially resolves allegations by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that Volkswagen violated the Clean Air Act and the California Health and Safety Code.</div>
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Here are answers to some questions you may have if you own or lease an affected car.</div>
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<img alt="Current Volkswagen or Audi 2.0 liter diesel vehicle owners and lessees can choose: a buyback of your car or early lease termination or if approved by EPA and CARB, a modification to your car to improve emissions and cash. Some former owners and lessees also are eligible to receive cash." src="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/blog/vw-options-blog.png" style="border: 0px; height: 473px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 425px;" /></div>
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How can I find out if my car is covered?</h2>
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Visit <a href="http://www.vwcourtsettlement.com/" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">VWCourtSettlement.com</a>. Enter your Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to see if your car qualifies. In the future,<a href="http://www.vwcourtsettlement.com/" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">VWCourtSettlement.com</a> will allow you to check how much compensation you will receive and register for compensation.</div>
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What models and years are covered?</h2>
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The settlement covers these models and years:</div>
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How much will I receive for a buyback of my car?</h2>
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The amount you will receive for a buyback will depend on the particular model, year, body style, mileage, where you live, and certain options, like a power sunroof or navigation system. You will be compensated based on the value of the car at the time Volkswagen’s deception became public, as well as for the costs associated with purchasing a new car and Volkswagen’s deception. </div>
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Right now, you can use these charts to <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">estimate </strong>how much you will receive:</div>
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<li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://ftc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/att._1a_-_buyback_modification_table.pdf" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Options for Owners</a></li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://ftc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/att._3a_-_lessee_restitution_table.pdf" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Options for Lessees</a></li>
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These factors also affect compensation:</div>
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<li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://ftc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/att._2c_-_passat_and_a3_mileage_table.pdf" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Passat and A3 Mileage Adjustments</a></li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://ftc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/att._2b_-_beetle_and_jetta_mileage_table.pdf" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Beetle and Jetta Mileage Adjustments</a></li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://ftc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/att._2a_-_golf_mileage_table.pdf" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Golf Mileage Adjustments</a></li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://ftc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/att._1b_-_nada_region_list.pdf" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Regional Chart</a></li>
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When will EPA and CARB announce whether they have approved a modification?</h2>
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First, Volkswagen must submit its proposed modifications for EPA and CARB to review. The earliest any modification could be approved would be Fall 2016, and it may be later than that.</div>
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Will I receive more information in the future about my options?</h2>
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Yes. After the settlements are approved by the court, you will be mailed notifications from Volkswagen and the attorneys representing owners and lessees.</div>
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Where can I get more information?</h2>
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The most comprehensive and up-to-date information will be at<a href="http://www.vwcourtsettlement.com/" style="color: #2b93d9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">VWCourtSettlement.com</a>. You also may call 844-98-CLAIM.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081044286202443213.post-40777032119924380282016-06-28T08:45:00.000-07:002016-06-28T08:45:12.015-07:00NYC’s Waldorf Astoria Said to Close in ’17 for Condo Rebuild<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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T<span style="font-size: large;">he luxury hotel, managed by Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., is set to reopen as many as three years later, with about 300 to 500 hotel rooms remaining, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“We are currently developing conceptual plans and will share additional details once those plans are finalized,” Anbang, based in Beijing, said in an e-mailed statement. The scope and details of the renovation, as well as the exact timing and duration of the hotel’s closure, haven’t been decided, the company said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anbang bought the Waldorf Astoria, an Art Deco icon on Park Avenue, in February 2015 for $1.95 billion, a record price for a U.S. hotel, and has said it plans to convert most of the property to luxury condos.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081044286202443213.post-86750824369262002922016-06-27T07:45:00.003-07:002016-06-27T07:45:43.255-07:00Inside Silicon Valley’s Robot Pizzeria<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the back kitchen of Mountain View's newest pizzeria, Marta works tirelessly, spreading marinara sauce on uncooked pies. She doesn’t complain, takes no breaks, and has never needed a sick day. She works for free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Marta is one of two robots working at Zume Pizza, a secretive food delivery startup trying to make a more profitable pizza through machines. It's also created special delivery trucks that will finish cooking pizzas during the journey to hungry customers if approved by the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health. Right now Zume is only feeding people in Mountain View, California, but it has ambitions to dominate the $9.7 billion pizza delivery industry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We are going to be the Amazon of food," said Zume's co-founder and executive chairman, Alex Garden. Garden, 41, is the former president of Zynga Studios. Before that, he was a general manager of Microsoft's Xbox Live. Garden launched Zume in stealth mode last June, when he began quietly recruiting engineers under a pseudonym and building his patented trucks in an unmarked Mountain View garage. In September, he brought on Julia Collins, a 37-year-old restaurant veteran. She became chief executive officer and a co-founder. Collins was previously the vice president and CEO of Harlem Jazz Enterprises, the holding company for Minton's, a historic Harlem eatery. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: TiemposTextWeb-Regular, Georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 29.124px;">Fully sauced, the pie travels on a conveyer belt to human employees who add cheese and toppings. The decorated pies are then scooped off the belt by a 5-foot tall grey automaton, Bruno, who places each in an 850-degree oven. For now, the pizzas are fully cooked and delivered to customers in branded Fiats painted with slogans, including: "You want a piece of this?" and "Not part of the sharing economy."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In August, Zume wants to start cooking its pizzas in the startup's patented delivery trucks. Each truck has 56 ovens that can be turned on and off remotely. Garden can barely contain his excitement for what comes next: "The robots will load all these individual ovens with different menu items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then the truck will circle the neighborhood. At precisely 3 minutes and 15 seconds before arriving at the customer's location, the cloud commands the oven to turn on and--" Garden made the symbol of a large explosion emanating from his brain-- "BOOM, the customer gets a fresh, out-the-oven pizza delivered to their door."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nobody has ever done this before, he said. The Santa Clara County Health Department is reviewing Zume's mobile food permit application now, and the startup's truck plan depends on its approval. Although laws vary from state to state, traditional food trucks generally aren't allowed to cook food while in motion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Garden is confident it won't be long before he's competing with the major pizza chains. "Just imagine Domino's without the labor component," said Garden. "You can start to see how incredibly profitable that can be."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yum! Brands Inc.'s Pizza Hut and Domino's have been experimenting with robots, too. Last month, Pizza Hut Asia partnered with Mastercard and Softbank to develop a robotic cashier, named Pepper, which uses artificial intelligence to interact with customers. The company plans to deploy Pepper in selected outlets across Asia by the end of the year, said Chaiti Sen, a Mastercard spokeswoman. In April, Domino's Australia began testing an "autonomous delivery vehicle," named Dru. The 3-foot, four-wheeled machine--it looks like a photocopier on wheels-- can make deliveries up to 6 miles, said a company spokeswoman. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Analysts were quick to raise skepticism about Zume's grand plans, especially considering that Papa Johns, Domino's and Pizza Hut account for 58 percent of the U.S. pizza delivery market. "It's a very difficult industry," said Michael Halen, a Bloomberg Intelligence research analyst focused on global restaurant chains. John Glass, an analyst for Morgan Stanley, said that a lack of recognition will make it hard for Zume to compete with bigger names. "The big brands are gaining an incremental market share at the expense of smaller chains and independents," he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For now, Zume is focusing on winning over locals. Adam Martyn, who works at Stanford University, said he treats himself to the Lucky Bueno every two weeks. That's a spicy pie with roasted garlic, Calabrian chili and soppressata for $18. "The robots are cool, but I order because it tastes good," Martyn said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The text that appears in the fine print at the bottom of that page has changed slightly over the past year. Here's how it now reads (emphasis added):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. The free upgrade offer ends on July 29 and will not be extended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. There is a possibility that Microsoft will introduce some new upgrade offers after July 29, but don't count on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In fact, Microsoft's real goal with this upgrade offer isn't just to get its installed Windows 10 base to a billion. The long-term goal is to help close the books on Windows 7 in an orderly fashion before its extended support commitment ends on January 14, 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After nearly a year, Microsoft says a total of 300 million devices are running Windows 10. Many of those, perhaps one-third or more, represent new PCs. Another big chunk represents newer devices originally sold with Windows 8 or 8.1, Windows 10 has succeeded in cutting the share of devices running those versions nearly in half over the past year, and the share of PCs running Windows 8.1 should be in the low single digits by the end of 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But what about Windows 7? As measured by the U.S. Government's Digital Analytics Program, the percentage of Windows PCs running that version has dropped significantly in the past year, going from 71.1 percent in the first quarter of 2015, before the release of Windows 10, to less than 60 percent at the end of May 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Which explains why the offer won't be extended. In early May 2016, the company made it official. If you want to upgrade a PC from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 after July 29, you'll have to pay for the privilege.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Financially, this decision is unlikely to have much of an impact. Retail upgrades have historically represented a microscopic share of Microsoft's revenue (see the chart in this article), and most customers who might have been willing to pay for an upgrade will have taken advantage of the free </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">offer by the time the Anniversary Update rolls around.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Asking existing Windows 7 users to pay $99 or more after they've spent a year avoiding the free upgrade seems like a surefire way to guarantee that they never upgrade. That significantly increases the risk of an XP-style mess come 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Work can be tiring, all right. But how is it that people considered too old to sit at a desk are young enough to play 18 holes of golf?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These days, a lot of Americans are retiring while they still have years of good health in front of them. Given the increasing financial strain on Social Security and Medicare, some economists and politicians are contemplating putting a toe on the third rail of American politics: They're asking whether the robust good health of so many senior citizens justifies further raising the eligibility ages for the programs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The best evidence in favor: A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper summarized here shows that most Americans are healthy enough to work longer than they actually do. The chart below shows the share of men who are working at various ages (blue bars) and, within those demographics, the share who are healthy enough to work but aren't (red bars). The baseline is men age 51-54, otherwise known as preretirement. The economists look at the health of those men and what share of them is working and compare them with men at older ages. The study, by Courtney Coile of Wellesley College, Kevin Milligan of the University of British Columbia, and David Wise of Harvard University, finds that health declines slowly with age, but work declines rapidly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A recent working paper concluded that years of healthy life expectancy after age 65 increased by 1.8 years between 1992 and 2008, according to David Cutler of Harvard University and three other authors. That's a big increase in a short period of time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Senior citizens are already working more now than they did in the 1980s and 1990s, as my colleague Ben Steverman recently wrote. Alicia Munnell of Boston College's Carrol School of Management has some theories about why, among them the gradual increase in the normal retirement age, which is 66 now and rising to 67; the shift from pensions to 401(k)s, which lack incentives to retire at particular ages; and of course the improving health of older workers and the reduction in jobs requiring physical labor. As Steverman pointed out, workers age 65 and up are at a record in absolute numbers, and in percentage terms they're at the highest level since the early 1960s, before Medicare eased the financial burdens of old age.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The story doesn't end there, though. The problem with raising the normal retirement age is that it would hit the less-educated far more than the well-educated. Another chart derived from the research by Coile and company shows that men with limited education are far less likely to be working at 70-74 than college graduates of the same age (blue bars). The big red bars do show that many more of them could work given their health, but still not as much as college grads could work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More than three-quarters of older workers with less than a high school diploma have physically difficult jobs, while less than one-quarter of older workers with advanced degrees have similarly taxing positions, according to a 2010 study by the Center for Economic & Policy Research. Less-educated workers who plan to work past 65 generally do so because they have to, not because they want to. My Bloomberg colleague Suzanne Woolley recently reported on a survey by the consulting firm Willis Towers Watson that found that employees who expected to work longer were "less healthy, more stressed, and more likely to feel stuck in their jobs than those who expect to retire earlier." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is there a way to take advantage of the work capacity of older Americans without harming the less-educated, who are more likely to have physically difficult jobs and less likely to have the skills employers want? "It’s reasonable to be concerned about the people who may not be able to work longer," said Coile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unfortunately, there's no way to raise the retirement age that's problem-free. One idea is to raise the normal retirement age to, say, 70, but make it easier for older people to go on disability. Right now, qualifying for Social Security disability insurance is an arduous process that consumes the time and money of both applicants and the government. It would be hard to speed up the evaluation process without making a lot of wrong determinations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A streamlined alternative would be to base the normal retirement age on a worker's occupation—raising it higher for deskbound jobs. The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility & Reform proposed something along those lines in 2010 (pdf, page 50), not mentioning occupation as a criterion but "considering relevant factors such as the physical demands of labor." That could lead to a lot of gamesmanship, however, as people lobby to have their occupations declared onerous. That's what happened when Greece tried it: As of 2010, the New York Times reported, the early-retirement provision covered "radio and television presenters, who are thought to be at risk from the bacteria on their microphones, and musicians playing wind instruments, who must contend with gastric reflux as they puff and blow."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One problem with today's Social Security disability insurance is that it's all or nothing. You either can work or you can't, as far as the system is concerned. Some economists have suggested moving to something more like that used by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which rates disabilities on a severity scale of 10 percent to 100 percent, or completely disabled. A sliding scale would seem suitable for an aging workforce, since getting old is one long process of sliding downhill in terms of ability to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As this last chart shows, there's room for most people to work longer than they do now, if that's what the economy and the Social Security system need. The chart shows that the share of people working above the traditional retirement age, while higher than in recent decades, remains lower in percentage terms than it was in the 1940s and 1950s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Keep in mind that life expectancy for 65-year-old men and women is longer now. It was about 14 years in 1950 vs. 19 years in 2010, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The idea of a multi-decade period of leisure at the end of one's life is very much a modern invention, and a costly one for the economy. That's why finding ways to keep more people working longer—in an equitable way—is a priority.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On the property in Venus, Fla.—his utopian master project adopted the name of the town—two domes contain workshops filled with hundreds of models and renderings. There are disc-shaped aircrafts and a channel-digger designed to help filter off the ocean’s rising sea levels into uninhabited deserts. Two more domes house a rotating cast of international Venus Project volunteers, who help spread Fresco's ideas worldwide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The compound itself is intended to show what the outskirts of a city built in the image of the Venus Project might look like. "We didn't build what we wanted to build, we built what we could afford to build," says Meadows, who gives tours of the grounds. The couple, who met 40 years ago when Meadows came to hear Fresco talk, purchased the property in 1979. It had previously been a tomato farm. They planted hundreds of trees, dredged the land, and began building examples of mass-produceable housing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"We labored in obscurity for a long time," says Meadows. Everything was financed with money they scraped together doing various odd jobs, such as freelancing as model builders for architecture firms and medical equipment companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today, Meadows says, people come to tour the compound every Saturday, paying $200 per family for a tour, as well as books and videos. Even those visitors who question Fresco's ideas regarding social engineering seem to find inspiration in his technological dreams. "Companies like Google are actually working on building smart cities—it's happening," said one person on the tour. "And this is an interesting framework through which to look at some of the problems."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As for Fresco, he remains convinced his computer-governed city can become reality. "We already have the technology to do it," he says, speaking with the group after the tour. What’s lacking, as he sees it, is the will. Once modern life gets truly hard, Fresco believes there will be a revolution that will clear the way for the Venus Project to be built. “There will be a lot of people getting shot, including me,” he says wryly. “I’m surprised I haven’t been shot already.”</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">"Our
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Community as a whole, is to act as a forum for the interchange of
ideas, promote greater knowledge and understanding among its members,
encourage unity of purpose, ideals and ethics in addition to
disseminating information of interest to the community and our members
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081044286202443213.post-2182890648754941972016-06-08T08:03:00.004-07:002016-06-08T08:03:39.240-07:00EN M I O P I N I O N (Ricardo Tribin Acosta)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Los hábitos y las
conductas equivocadas quisieran ser cambiadas de una pero ello no siempre se
logra. Por el contrario, en no pocas ocasiones se pegan de forma tal que lo
afectados insisten e insisten configurando insanidades derivadas de hacer lo
mismo cada vez, con la equivocada idea de esperar resultados diferentes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">En esos hábitos o
vicios, o como se quiera llamar, la gente es señalada por los demás como
personas a las que les falta voluntad, cuando en la realidad lo que se requiere
para superarlos cuando les avasallan, no es tanto fuerza de voluntad sino
mejor, buena voluntad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Transcribiendo de la
enciclopedia virtual Wikipedia allí se menciona que “el célebre siquiatra,
Sigmund Freud, publicó en 1884 su trabajo -Über Coca- (Sobre la coca), al que
sucedieron varios artículos más sobre el tema. Aplicando los resultados de
Freud, pero sin citarlo, Carl Koller utilizó con gran éxito la cocaína en
cirugía e intervenciones oftalmológicas publicando al respecto y obteniendo por
ello un gran reconocimiento científico. Se ha podido determinar ―tras la
publicación de las cartas a su entonces prometida y luego esposa, Martha
Bernays― que Freud hizo un intento frustrado de curar con cocaína a su amigo Ernst
von Fleischl-Marxow, quien era adicto a la morfina, pero el tratamiento solo le
agregó una nueva adicción, hasta que finalmente falleció. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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haber admitido públicamente este fracaso, así como el hecho de que su biógrafo
y amigo Ernest Jones tampoco lo haya reportado. Es también conocido que el
propio Freud consumió cocaína por algún período de su vida, según se puede leer
en la versión completa de su correspondencia con Wilhelm Fliess.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Por eso los procesos
adictivos para alcanzar su mejoría requieren de tres elementos fundamentales:
Repetición- Obediencia- Perseverancia, todo ello encaminado a vencer la temible
negación que acompaña a quien los sufre y que, para superar las obsesiones por
el consumo, requieren la ayuda de un Ser Superior” y de otra persona como el
que lo entienda y con la que se identifiquen el uno con el otro.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Miami, Junio 8 de 2016<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://ricardotribin.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://ricardotribin.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">At 9 am the gates of the 37th Hemispheric Congress were open. </span>All the seats in the room of The Biltmore Hotel were occupied by occupied by entrepreneurs, business leaders, visitors and other professionals, waiting for the first theme of discussion: the travel, the tourism and the inventive tools developed in the industry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This industry has been "disrupted" by the empowerment of the customers brought by internet, personal access to powerful smart phones and a collection of modern tools making obsolete many of the paradigms in place for years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The customers is king and now have the tools to play the game from his side...</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081044286202443213.post-86344499961946077292016-06-06T06:45:00.002-07:002016-06-06T06:46:14.982-07:00The 37th Hemspheric Congress of Latin Chambers of Commerce<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 37th Hemispheric Congress of Latin Chambers of Commerce and Industry is an international event taken place in our own premises in the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Its program began this morning with a Gold Tournament where the business leaders of the whole continent, Europe and Asia will play their skills and at the same time will get together to begin matchmaking their opportunities for business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the evening will take place the official ceremony of ribbon cutting, with the presence of those leaders and our floridian and local officials. They will open the gates to an international exhibition where samples of products and services are shown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow the sessions will begin...we will keep you posted...</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081044286202443213.post-4071659980259844132016-06-02T07:43:00.005-07:002016-06-02T07:43:51.300-07:00“Profesionalismo” – Un Valor Personal en Decadencia – 3 Parte (Edwin Conrado Rivera)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="ES-PR">Sea respetuoso de la confidencialidad:</span></b><span lang="ES-PR"> E</span><span lang="ES-PR">s la propiedad de la<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informaci%C3%B3n" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" title="Información"><span lang="ES-PR" style="color: windowtext;">información</span></a><span lang="ES-PR">, por la que se garantiza que está accesible únicamente a personal autorizado a acceder a dicha información. La confidencialidad ha sido definida por la<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizaci%C3%B3n_Internacional_de_Estandarizaci%C3%B3n" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" title="Organización Internacional de Estandarización"><span lang="ES-PR" style="color: windowtext;">Organización Internacional de Estandarización</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="ES-PR"> </span></span><span lang="ES-PR">(ISO) en la norma<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_27002" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" title="ISO/IEC 27002"><span lang="ES-PR" style="color: windowtext;">ISO/IEC 27002</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="ES-PR"> </span></span><span lang="ES-PR">como "garantizar que la información es accesible sólo para aquellos autorizados a tener acceso" y es una de las piedras angulares de la<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seguridad_de_la_informaci%C3%B3n" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" title="Seguridad de la información"><span lang="ES-PR" style="color: windowtext;">seguridad de la información</span></a><span lang="ES-PR">.</span><span lang="ES-PR"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="ES-PR">La información es un activo que, al igual que otros activos comerciales importantes, es esencial para una organización de negocio y por lo tanto necesita ser protegido de forma adecuada. Esto es especialmente importante en un entorno empresarial altamente interconectado. Como resultado, </span><span lang="ES-PR">l</span>a información está expuesta a un número cada vez mayor y una variedad más amplia de amenazas </span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">y vulnerabilidades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La información puede existir en muchas formas. Puede ser impresa o escrita en papel, almacenada electrónicamente, transmitida por correo o mediante el uso de medios electrónicos, que se muestra</span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">en las películas, o que se habla en la conversación. Cualquiera sea la forma de la información tiene, </span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La seguridad de la información, protege la información de una amplia gama de amenazas con el fin de garantizar la continuidad del negocio, minimizar el riesgo de negocio y maximizar el rendimiento de las inversiones y los negocios oportunidades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La seguridad de la información se logra mediante la implementación de un conjunto adecuado de controles, incluidas las políticas, procesos, procedimientos, estructuras organizativas y funciones de “software y hardware”. Estos controles lo componen auditorias, revisiones de aplicaciones y procesos, seguimiento de proyectos, continua mejora de las políticas de seguridad que cumplan los objetivos de seguridad y de negocios específicos de la organización. Esto debe hacerse en conjuntamente con otros procesos de gestión empresarial.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="ES-PR">La confidencialidad también se refiere a un principio ético asociado con varias profesiones (por ejemplo, medicina, derecho, religión, psicología profesional, aprendizaje y el periodismo); en este caso, se habla de<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secreto_profesional" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" title="Secreto profesional"><span lang="ES-PR">secreto profesional</span></a></span><span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="ES-PR">La confidencialidad de la información, impuesta en una adaptación del principio clásico<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" title="Militar"><span lang="ES-PR">militar</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="ES-PR"> </span></span><span lang="ES-PR">"need-to-know", constituye la piedra angular de la seguridad de la información en corporaciones de hoy en día. La llamada "burbuja de confidencialidad" restringe los flujos de información, con consecuencias tanto positivas como negativas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Es esencial que una organización identifique sus requisitos de seguridad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">1. Una fuente se deriva de la evaluación de riesgos para la organización, teniendo en cuenta la estrategia de negocio global de la organización y objetivos. A través de una evaluación de riesgos, reducimos las amenazas a los activos que se pueden identificar, se analiza la vulnerabilidad a la probabilidad de ocurrencia y se evalúa el potencial impacto negativo que pueda tener en la empresa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 1.4;"><span lang="ES-PR">Sea competente a través de una mejora continua</span></b><span lang="ES-PR" style="line-height: 1.4;">: </span><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #252525; line-height: 1.4;">Las<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>competencias</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>son las capacidades con diferentes conocimientos, habilidades, pensamientos, carácter y valores de manera integral en las diferentes interacciones que tienen los seres humanos para la vida en el ámbito personal, social y laboral. Las competencias son los conocimientos, habilidades, y destrezas que desarrolla una</span><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #252525; line-height: 1.4;"> </span><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #252525; line-height: 1.4;">para comprender, transformar y practicar en el mundo en el que se desenvuelve</span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Competencia crece a través de la propia experiencia y en la medida que está dispuesto a aprender y adaptarse. El desarrollo personal continuo es un requisito previo para ofrecer un servicio profesional en todo momento.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Desde los años 90, estamos diciendo que en el futuro el salario va a estar basado en el desempeño. Esto significa que cuando te contratan para una tarea o proyecto nuevo, tendrás que desarrollar la habilidad de aprendizaje. Esto obligará a los profesionales a ser más competentes y el tiempo de aprendizaje en vez de ser de 1 a 2 años, serán de 1 o 2 días. Esto significa que tendrás que ser más competente con una información que no conoces. La preguntas es, ¿Si estas emocionalmente preparado para aprender una tarea, un proceso o sistema en horas o días?</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dicen que la información es poder. Con el exceso de información en Internet y dudando de la veracidad y calidad de la información, el nuevo problema es saber identificar cual va a ser la información que necesitas para ser competente.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Esto nos lleva a desarrollar nuevas habilidades como el pensamiento crítico, intuición activa, desarrollar nuevas técnicas de investigación virtual. Ya que todos sabemos que hay mucha información chatarra en las redes informáticas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nosotros los consultores organizacionales y mentores corporativos nos enfrentamos a los constantes retos de aprender nuevos procesos, sistemas, programas, políticas entre otras para convertirnos en expertos pasajeros de las consultorías.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Por ejemplo: Juan Pérez (nombre ficticio), tiene una fábrica de muebles de alto nivel para hoteles, hospitales, restaurantes de lujo y condominios lujosos. Juan nos ha escogido para hacerle una consultoría para abrir nuevos mercados en Las América, ya que la fabrica esta en Centroamérica. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sin embargo, solicitamos toda la literatura necesaria para conocer la manufactura, competencia y precios. Luego de adquirir este nuevo conocimiento, nos hemos convertido en representante de la marca para algunos clientes especializados.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Si eres un empresario, te estarás preguntando: ¿Cómo puedo expandir mis servicios o productos sobre algo que no conozco? Pues simple, sigue estos pasos.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="ES-PR">3.<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="ES-PR">Analizar porque mi negocio no está creciendo con la plataforma de servicios que ofrezco.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">El termino congruencia se utiliza para hacer referencia a la relación de similitud o equilibrio que puede existir entre dos o más elementos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Normalmente, la congruencia es un fenómeno que se puede dar en las ciencias matemáticas, tanto en el algebra como en la geometría. Sin embargo, la congruencia también es un fenómeno que se puede darse en diversos espacios de la vida del diario vivir de una persona.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">Del vocablo latino “congruens”, congruencia significa convenir, estar de acuerdo, tener</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span><a href="http://deconceptos.com/lengua/coherencia" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;" title="coherencia"><span lang="ES-PR" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">coherencia</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">entre dos</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span><a href="http://deconceptos.com/general/elementos" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;" title="elementos"><span lang="ES-PR" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">elementos</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">o cosas, ser lógico u oportuno. Se empleó en</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span><a href="http://deconceptos.com/general/principio" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;" title="principio"><span lang="ES-PR" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">principio</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">en el ámbito religioso para designar a la gracia divina que sin destruir la libertad humana, obra sobre la persona.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Una persona de actuación congruente es aquella que obra en vistas a la consecución de los fines que se ha propuesto, o sea, en forma lógica. Un</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span><a href="http://deconceptos.com/ciencias-naturales/ser-humano" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" title="ser humano"><span lang="ES-PR" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">ser humano de pensamiento </span></a></span><span lang="ES-PR"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cong</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ruente es aquel que elabora ideas coheren</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">tes, ordenadas y sistematizadas lógicamente.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-PR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pasos para ser profesionalmente congruente:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><b>Edwin Conrado Rivera, MPH</b> tiene una Maestría en Salud Pública, es Autor del libro: <b>“La Diabetes: El Árbol de las Enfermedades</b>”, además es Auditor, & se desempeña como Maestro Entrenador Internacional “International Trainer & Coach” Para conocer sus servicios, comuníquese con él en:</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"> </span><b style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><a href="mailto:EdwinConradoRivera@gmail.com">EdwinConradoRivera@gmail.com</a></b></i></span></div>
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