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<br />The tirst full-length docu-
<br />mentary on the Cuban Free-
<br />dom Flights. which brought
<br />265,000 refugees 10 South.
<br />Florida between 1965 and
<br />1973. will debut this week on
<br />WPBT -PBS 2.
<br />My Suitcase Full of Hope:
<br />The Story of the Cuban Free-
<br />dom Flights, directed by film-
<br />maker Joe Cardona of Celia
<br />The Que,'n and The Flight of
<br />Pedro Pan fame, will air at 8
<br />p.rn. Thursday.
<br />.The documentary, inspired
<br />by The Miami Herald's Free-
<br />dom Flights Database project.
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<br />GAMBLING LAWS
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<br />chronicles how the refugees
<br />on those nights - who
<br />arrived at a rate of about 200
<br />a day on two daily weekday
<br />flights - helped shape Little
<br />Havana and dealt with the
<br />culture shock of starting a
<br />new lite in exile.
<br />"I was A little iMIll boy
<br />when 1 got (If{ that flight. I
<br />didn't know it then, but my
<br />life would chang(' {mever,"
<br />said Lauro Chapelin, 57, who
<br />was l1 when he took a seat
<br />onboard the first Freedom
<br />Flight from Varadcro that
<br />landed at Miami International
<br />Airport to great fanfare on
<br />Dec. 1. 1965. The flights had
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<br />been start('d by President
<br />Lyndon B. Johnson as a way
<br />to stop Camarioca, an
<br />impromptu boatlift out n{
<br />Cuba in the summer of 1965.
<br />Ghapelin's recollection of
<br />the tlight that brought him to
<br />America is not pleasant. "1
<br />had never been on a plane
<br />before .md was terribly air
<br />side; I was glad to get off."
<br />A photograph taken by a
<br />Miami Herald photographer
<br />that day shows Chapelin
<br />climbing down the stairs o{
<br />the plane with his {amily. l1w
<br />documentary is narrated by
<br />Grammy Award-winninll:
<br />singer Willy Chirino.
<br />
<br />Poker
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<br />is it skill or chance?
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<br />'POKER,FROMlB
<br />
<br />steam. The Florida Legisla-
<br />ture this month approved
<br />higher-stakes poker at the
<br />state's Indian casinos and
<br />parimutuels. During the leg-
<br />islative session, skill was
<br />mentioned as one reason
<br />lawmakers should allow
<br />higher stakes - with the idea
<br />that more chips in player!"
<br />hands allow for skill to playa
<br />larger role.
<br />The state must still reach a
<br />final gambling deal with the
<br />Seminole Tribe before. the
<br />new poker rules take effect.
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<br />COURT RULINGS
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<br />Adding to the momentum
<br />are court cases involving
<br />poker in Colorado, Pennsyl-
<br />vania and South Carolina,
<br />where judges ruled that
<br />poker was predoolioalltly
<br />skill-based.
<br />The Washington-based
<br />lobbying group Poker Players
<br />Alliance is making the case
<br />ior poker as a skill game and
<br />lent support in all three court
<br />cases.
<br />"Poker's only a gamble
<br />when you don't know what
<br />you're doing," said John Pap-
<br />pas, the alliance's executive
<br />director.
<br />The three court decisions
<br />did not change the legell sta.
<br />tus in their respective states, r;.
<br />but poker supporters are dt~
<br />iog the cases in their lobby-
<br />ing of Slate lawmakers and
<br />are hoping to take the matter
<br />to stale supreme courts. :
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<br />ACADEMIC STUDIES
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<br />Aside irom their recent;
<br />COllrt successes, Pappas and:
<br />other poker supporters have:
<br />bt.-en encouraged by two aca- :
<br />demic studies that also found i
<br />skill to be the deciding factor i
<br />in poker. ;
<br />Instead of computer mod-
<br />els, both studies analyzed!
<br />actual hands of poker played i
<br />on the Internet - the wide- ~
<br />spread popularity of online:
<br />poker provided a maS!liVe ~
<br />data pool. 1
<br />Perhaps tbe key finding ~
<br />came from a study coau. .
<br />thored by Sean McCulloch. :
<br />an associate professor of:
<br />Mathematics and Computer:
<br />Science at Ohio Wesleyan
<br />University.
<br />The study examined i
<br />liB million hands of Texas i
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<br />Looking
<br />for the
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<br />Right
<br />Job?
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<br />Turn to
<br />Employment
<br />ads in
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<br />careerbuilder'
<br />in The Miami Herald
<br />and onUne at
<br />MiamiHeraldcomlcareerbuilder
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<br />Hold 'Em poker played on
<br />the PokerS tars website. It
<br />found the winner - more
<br />than three out of (our times
<br />- was determined solely by
<br />betting with no player seeing
<br />their opponent's cards.
<br />Betting is "the thing that
<br />you have complete control
<br />{IVer, lIothing tvtr ol;tke~ you
<br />bet," said well-known Las
<br />Vegas poker pro How.lrd
<br />"The Professor" Lederer. He
<br />has helptd th~ poker alli.1mce
<br />craft its poker-as.skill cam-
<br />paign.
<br />"Winning this argument of
<br />ideas in courts and in the
<br />court of public opinion is
<br />going to be very important,"
<br />Lederer said.
<br />Gambling opponents,
<br />however, find the debate
<br />laughable at best.
<br />John Sternberger of the
<br />Florida Family Policy Coun-
<br />cil called it "hilarious" that
<br />the poker community i~ try.
<br />ing 10 separate itself {rom the
<br />g-ambling lahel. Sternberger
<br />said he somewhat respected
<br />the seriousness with which
<br />poker boosters are analyzing
<br />their game, but he also said
<br />that energy would be better
<br />spent analyzing gambling's
<br />overall negative conse-
<br />quences.
<br />
<br />'DESTRUCTIVE'
<br />Tho!le consequences
<br />include divorce. addiction,
<br />!!uicide and bankruptcy,
<br />Sternberger said.
<br />"All gambling is either
<br />unhealthy, unproductive or
<br />destructive," Stemberger
<br />said.
<br />Though poker players
<br />may think of their pastime as
<br />more skill-based than, .~ay, a
<br />slOI machine, the Florida
<br />Council Oil Compulsive
<br />Gambling fields calls {rom
<br />both poker and slot!! addict!!.
<br />Poker addicts, in fact,lend
<br />to be more than $10,000
<br />deeper in debt than the slots
<br />players who call.
<br />Pat Fowler. executive
<br />director o{ the gambling
<br />council, doesn't dispute
<br />poker has skill clemenls, bul
<br />says highly-skilled players
<br />that can make a living from
<br />poker are the exception, not
<br />the rule.
<br />Most poker players aren't
<br />quite thaI good, she said, and
<br />most ultimately lose money.
<br />"Often poker players do
<br />get in over their head more
<br />quickly llnd (or greater
<br />amounts because they
<br />believe that they have more
<br />skill than they do," Fowlo."!r
<br />said.
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<br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH ,
<br />SPECIAL CIlY COMMISSION MEETING '
<br />NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARING .
<br />
<br />NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Commission of
<br />the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, will hold a Special City
<br />Commission Meeting/public hearing in the Sunny Isles Beach
<br />Government Center, David P. Samson Commission Chambers,
<br />18070 Collins A venue, SUMY Isles Beach, Florida, on Friday,
<br />June S, 2009, at 10:00 a,m., to consider final adoption of the
<br />following proposed Ordinance:
<br />
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
<br />TIlE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA,
<br />AUTHORIZING A LOAN IN THE PRINCIPAL
<br />AMOUNT OF $10,000,000 IN ORDER TO IlNANCE
<br />THE COST OF CAPIl AL EXPENDITURES TO BE
<br />MADE BY THE CITY; APPROVING THE FORM OF
<br />AND AUTIlORIZING THE EXECUTlON BY THE
<br />MAYOR OR VICE MAYOR OF A PROMISSORY
<br />NOTE AND A LOAN AGREEMENT IN
<br />SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM AITACHED
<br />HERETO AS EXHIBIT "A- WITH BANK OF
<br />AMERlCA,N,A.; PROVIDING FORSEVERABIUTY;
<br />PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR AN
<br />EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />
<br />Inquiries regarding this item may be directed to the City Clerk at
<br />305.792-1701 A copy of this document is available for public
<br />inspection during nonnal business hours in City Hall.
<br />Jane A. Hines, CMC, City Clerk
<br />
<br />All persons are invited to appear at this meeting or be represented by
<br />an agcnt. or to express their views in writing addressed totheCit)'
<br />Commission c/o the City Clerk. City of Sunny Isles Beach, 18070
<br />Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach. Florida. JJ 160. Any person
<br />wishing to address the City Commission.t a public hearing is asked
<br />10 register with the City Clerk by completir;g a public spe.kers' card
<br />prior to the item being heard. The hearins on these manelS may be:
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<br />decision made by the Cily Comminion with respecllo any matttr
<br />considered at such meeting, they will need a n:cord ofthc: proccc:dings
<br />and,forstJch purpose, may need to ensurc Ihal I verbatim record of
<br />Ihc procCCliings is made, which record includes Ihe testimony and
<br />evidence upon which the appeal is to be blSQ1. This notice does not
<br />constitute consent by the City for introduction or admission of
<br />otherwise inadmissible or ine!tvanl evidente, nor docs it authorize
<br />challenges or appeals not otherwise allowed by law
<br />In aCCOfdance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. all penons
<br />who art disabled and who need spetial accomrncdations 10 participate
<br />in this meeling because o( that disability should contlct the: City
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<br />JOS.792.IS90 for assistance.
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<br />MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL
<br />AMENDMENT TO THE FY 2008 ACTION PLAN WITH
<br />FUNDING FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
<br />BLOCK GRANT RECOVERY (CDBG-R) PROGRAM OF
<br />TITLE XII OF DIVISION A OF THE AMERICAN
<br />RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009
<br />
<br />A pdlK hearilg is sclleduled lor the Bowd of COUflty Corrmissooers Meettng on June 2. 2009. lit 9:30 am. in the
<br />BOlI"d of County Commissioners Ctllll'nbers located on !he second level 01 the Stephen P CIat Center. 111 tfN 1st
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<br />Dade County Olfice 01 Commumty and Econon>>c Oevelopment. 101 fM 1st COIrt Miami, Fkri:l133136 Please
<br />contact bnG'h. P1ann.,g, COmrnJnityOuveach and ReatEslale Section S~. at (166) 469.2100, fyou have
<br />any questions concerning this adioo. Federal regullltoos oovernng !he COlTllTllUlity Development BIod Grant
<br />Recovery1urwlsrequi"ethatap~lltllgjuisdictionf)<<l'li:lecitiZf.:nswithreasonablenotICatl,andanopportunityto
<br />comment on. any staistantiat amerwlments to the FY 2008 Action Plan. Miami-Ql!Ide County is propD$lIlg to make the
<br />8Il1erldmentsndicatedbelow
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<br />AGENCY
<br />IrAiami-Dade OCED
<br />
<br />
<br /> Recommended Allocation of CDBG-R Funds
<br />AGENCY ACTIVITY NAME CATEGGRY CATEGGRY SOURCE
<br />CenlroCall1lesi'lo Foreclosll'"l! PtaillC SeMCe5 5183162 CDBG-R
<br />F~erCenler Prelo'ention
<br />HispanicCoakti:ln Foreclos...e PtaillCServices 5183,162 CDBG-R
<br />C"" Prelo'enlion
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<br />Prelo'ention
<br />Neighborhood oreclosln' Ptblic$ervices 1 .1 CDBG-R
<br />HousngServices Prevention
<br /> Small Business Economit
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<br /> """'"'" Development
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<br />PtailicWort.s Ill1IfOYl!ments tlT1lfovemenls
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<br />Totat Redistribution 4,884,311 CDBG-R
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