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<br />BY LUISA YANEZ
<br />lya"",~Miaml"'erilld.c.om
<br />The lirst full-length doC'u~
<br />menlary on the Cuban Free-
<br />dom Flights. which brought
<br />265,000 reiugec5 to South
<br />Florida between IIl6S and
<br />1973, will debut this wce-k on
<br />WPBT .PBS 2.
<br />My Suitcase Full of Hopf':
<br />The Story of the Cuban Pref'-
<br />dom Flights. directed hy film.
<br />maker Joe Cardona oi Celia
<br />1'hf' Queen and The Flight Ilf
<br />Pedro ['all fame, will air at 8
<br />p.m. Thmsday.
<br />lnc documentary, inspired
<br />by The Miami Herald's Free-
<br />dom Flights Database project,
<br />
<br />GAMBLING LAWS
<br />
<br />chroniclei how the refugees
<br />on those flights - who
<br />arrived at a rate of about 200
<br />i1 day on two d3ily we~kd3Y
<br />tlights - helped shape Little
<br />Havana and dealt with the
<br />cultur~ shock of starting a
<br />new life in ~xile.
<br />"I was a little farm boy
<br />wh~n t got o{{ that llit;ht. I
<br />didn't know it then, but my
<br />life would change fOCl:ver,"
<br />said Lazaro Chapclin, 57. who
<br />was 13 when h(' took a se<lt
<br />onboard the first Freedom
<br />Flight from Varadero that
<br />landed at Miami International
<br />Airport to great fanfare on
<br />Dec. 1, 1965. The tlights had
<br />
<br />been started by President
<br />Lyndon B. Johnson as a way
<br />to stop Camarioca. an
<br />impromptu boat lift nut 01
<br />Cuba in the summer of 1%5.
<br />Chapelin's recollel.-tion 01
<br />the llight that brought him to
<br />America is oat pleuant. "I
<br />had never been on a plane
<br />b~i(lre and was terribly air
<br />sick; I was glad to get o(f.-
<br />A photograph uken by a
<br />Miami Herald photographer
<br />that day shows ChapeliD
<br />climbing down the stairs oi
<br />the plane' with his family. TIle
<br />documentary is narrated by
<br />Grammy Award-winning
<br />singer Willy Chirino.
<br />
<br />Poker
<br />
<br />is it skill or chance?
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<br />'POICER,fROMI8
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<br />5t~am. Th~ 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 5takes - with the idea
<br />that more chips in players'
<br />hands allow for skill to playa
<br />lar~er role.
<br />The state must still reach;1
<br />tinal gambling d.eal with the
<br />Seminole Tribe before the
<br />new poker rules take effect.
<br />
<br />COURT RULINGS
<br />
<br />^ddin~ 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 predominantly
<br />skill.based.
<br />The Washington-based
<br />lobhying group Poker Players
<br />Alliance is making the case
<br />for 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, Ihe alliance's executive
<br />director.
<br />The three court decisions
<br />did not change the legal sta.
<br />tus in their respective states, r ..
<br />but poker supporters are cit~
<br />ing the cases in their lobby.
<br />ing of st31e lawmakers and. ~
<br />are hoping to lake the matter ~ I
<br />to gtate suprem~ courts. :
<br />
<br />ACADEMIC STUDIES i
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<br />Aside from their recent:
<br />court successes, Pappas and ~
<br />other poker supporters have ~
<br />been encouraged by two aca- ~
<br />demic studies that 31so found ~
<br />skill to be the dt'cidin~ iactor i
<br />in poker. .
<br />Illstead of computer mod- :
<br />cis, both studies analyzed:
<br />actual hands o{ poker played ~
<br />on the Internet - the wide. ;
<br />spread p<IPularity 01 online!
<br />poker provided a massive ~
<br />data pool. :
<br />Perhaps the key finding:
<br />came from a study coau-;
<br />thored by Scan McCulloch,
<br />an associate professor of
<br />Mathematics and Computer!
<br />Science at Ohio Wesleyan
<br />University. '
<br />The study examined'
<br />103 million hands of Texas
<br />
<br />Loo~ng
<br />for the
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<br />Right
<br />Job?
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<br />Turn to
<br />Employment
<br />ads in
<br />
<br />careerbuilder"
<br />in The Miami Herald
<br />and onUne at
<br />M'~miHeraldcomlcareerbuilder
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<br />Hold 'Em poker played on
<br />the PokerStars website. It
<br />lound the winner - more
<br />than three out of four times
<br />- wa~ detellnill~d soldy by
<br />betting with no player seeing
<br />their opponent's cards.
<br />Betting is "the thing that
<br />you have complete control
<br />o\'er, nothing ever makes you
<br />bet," said well-known Las
<br />Vegas poker pro Howard
<br />"The Professor" Lederer. He
<br />has helped the poker alliance
<br />craft its poker-as. skill cam.
<br />paign.
<br />"Winning this argum(~nl of
<br />ideas in courts and in the
<br />court of public opinion is
<br />going to be very important;'
<br />u-d(~rcr s.lid.
<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 "hilariaus" thaI
<br />the poker community is try.
<br />ing to separate itself from the
<br />gambling label. Stemberger
<br />said he somewhat respected
<br />the seriousness with which
<br />poker boosters arc analyzing
<br />their game, but he also said
<br />that energy would be better
<br />spent analyzing gambling's
<br />oVNall nel!!:ative conse.
<br />quences.
<br />
<br />'DESTRUCTIVE'
<br />Those consequences
<br />include divorce. addiction,
<br />suicide and bankruptcy,
<br />Stemberger said.
<br />"All gambling is either
<br />unhealthy, unproductive or
<br />destructive:' Sternberger
<br />said.
<br />Though poker players
<br />may think of their pastime a~
<br />more skill.based than, say. a
<br />slut machine, Ihe Florida
<br />Coullcil on Compulsive
<br />Gambling lic1ds calls from
<br />both poker and slots addicts.
<br />Pokl~r addicts, in iact, tend
<br />to be more than $10,000
<br />deeper in debt than tbe slnts
<br />players who call.
<br />Pat Fowler, eXt~C"utivl~
<br />director of the gambling
<br />council, doesn't dispute
<br />poker has skill elements, but
<br />says highly-skilled players
<br />that can make a living from
<br />poker are the exception. nol
<br />the rule.
<br />Most poker players aren't
<br />quite that good. she said, and
<br />most ultimately lose money.
<br />"Often poker pl3yers do
<br />gel in over their head more
<br />quickly and (or gre3ter
<br />amounts because they
<br />believe that they have more
<br />skill than they do," Fowler
<br />said.
<br />
<br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH 1
<br />SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING .
<br />NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
<br />
<br />NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cily 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 />GovemmentCenter, David P. Samson Commission Chambers,
<br />18070 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, on Friday,
<br />June 5, 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 />mE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA,
<br />AUTHORIZING A LOAN rN THE PRINCIPAL
<br />AMOUNT OF $20,000,000 IN ORDER TO FINANCE
<br />THE COST OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TO BE
<br />MADE BY THE CITY; APPROVING THE FORM OF
<br />AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION BY THE
<br />MAYOR OR YICE 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 />AMERICA.N,A.; PROVIDING FORSEYERABIUTY;
<br />PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR AN
<br />EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />
<br />"Want some opinion with your omelet?"
<br />
<br />Nt\thill~ gnes bell('1" wilh breaUH'iot
<br />Ihan Th~' Mimni Heruld. lkliwn,..d.
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<br />MIAH~
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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 pltlk hearng is scheduled lor the Board 01 Countv CommisslO/ler1 Meef1n9 on June 2. 2009, at 9:30 a.m, in the
<br />Board d Countv Commissioners CharrDers located OIl the second level of the Stephen p, C\artI. Center. 111 tm 1st
<br />Steel, MMU, Fbrida. The pltlic is invbd to attend and conmenl The pll'pose 01 this meeting is to grve the pltlic
<br />an oppor1unity to ~I OIl this prqlOsed plan amendment in a Public Heamg, Conments may.no be submill:ed
<br />in ring t-om May 26.2009 unll ~me 2, 2009 at 9:30 A.M. 10 the attention d Shaky Jones Horn. Onctor. Uiani-
<br />Dade Countv ~1Ce of Corrmunily and Economic Oeveklpment, 101 NW 1st Coll1, Uiarri. Florida 33136. Please
<br />conlact Brien Gih. Plannng. Commmily Outreach end Real Estate Section Sl4lfIr\'isor.at (186) 469-2100,' you heve
<br />eny questions concerning this lldion, Federal regulation, governng the Community Development Bbet Grant
<br />Recovery funds requi'e th81 a participatilgjlnsdiction pnM;le citizens wilhreasonable notice 01. end en opportuntylo
<br />convnenl on, Ilny sltlsl8nlial amendments to !he FY 2008 Ac1ion Plan MlBni-Oade County is proposng to malte!he
<br />M'\endmenbndicatedbelow-
<br />
<br />AGENCY
<br />Miami-Ollde OCED
<br />
<br />
<br />Inquiries regarding this item may be diretted to the City Clerk at
<br />305-792-1703. A copy of this document is available for public
<br />inspection during nonnal business hours in City Hall.
<br />lane A. Hines, CMC, Cily Clerk
<br />All persons are invited to appear at this meetiog or be repreSCllled by
<br />an agent, or 10 express their views in writing addres.sed 10 the City
<br />Commission tlo the City Clerk, City of Sunny Isles Beach, 18070
<br />Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, J)16O. Any person
<br />wishing to address the City Commission at I public hearing is asked
<br />to register with the City Clerk by completir,g a public speakers' card
<br />prior to the item being heard. The hearing on these: matters may be
<br />continued atlhis meeting and under such circumstances. additional
<br />legal notice would nOI be provided. lfa pcrson decides to appc:al any
<br />decision made by lhe City Commission with respect to any matter
<br />considc:redllsuchmeeling,tl1eywillnec:dlrecordoftheproccedin,p
<br />and,forsuch purposc:, may need 10 ensure thaI I verbltim record of
<br />the: proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and
<br />evidence upon which the appalls to be based. This notice does not
<br />constitute consent by the City for introduction or admission of
<br />otherwise lnadminible or irrelevanl evidence, nor does it luthorize:
<br />challenges or appnls not otherwise allowed by law
<br />
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<br />in Ihis meeting because of thaI disability should conllct the City
<br />: Manager 81 30~.941.o606. no Iller than 48 hours price- 10 the
<br />i proceedings; jf hearing imp!. ired. pl.ase lelephooe ~e TTY Hoe a. 1
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<br /> Recommended Allocation of COBG~ Funds
<br />AGENCY ACTIVITY NAME CATEGORY CATEGORY SOURCE
<br />Cen"oCa~esilo Foreclosln PltIIICSer.1ces $183.162 CD8G-R
<br />FlrnlWOrkerCenter Prevention
<br />Hispanic Coalition Foreclost.re PltIlIC Ser\Qs $183.162 CDBG-R
<br />Con> Prevention
<br />NANAY Foreclosln P\JIlic SeMceS $183,162 C08G-R
<br />Prevention
<br />Neighborhood Foreclosoce Public SeMce5 1 1 CDBG--R
<br />HoUSing Seivioe, Prellentioo
<br /> Small Busine,s E_
<br />l.4Iami-OadeOCEO Assistance loan $1,953.122 COBG-R
<br /> p"",,", Delleklpment
<br />l.4Iamt--Oade lnfrastrudll"e Captlll $1.109.509 C""""
<br />PublicWon.$ lmprovemenf$ ,''''-
<br />Miam+-oadeOCEO AdlT'llnistrationand Administrationllnd $488.432 COBG-R
<br />Planning Planning
<br />TotalR,dlstribubon 4,884.311 COBG-R
<br />of COBG-R Fundi
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<br />considered al the meebng or heari'lg will need a remn:I ot!he proceedings. Such pen;0Il IT'llst en'lJ"e thai a verbatim
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