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PRAYERFUL LIVING/4B PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Don’t we all have Miami-Dade County made history when Jean Monestime, became the ﬁ rst Haitian-American to serve on the Board of County Commissioners, and again one father when he took the oath as Chairman. PLEASE TURN TO MONESTIME/1B MIAMI-DADE Martin Luther King III, panel discusses justice

By MICHELLE HOLLINGER views on the health of the criminal “It should be crystal clear in this Special to South Florida Times justice system were shared. nation that the system of justice that According to O’Meara, the system we call a criminal justice system is On the holiday established nearly works as it should. “I don’t think the broken, surely for many blacks, and 30 years ago to honor Martin Luther system is completely broken. I still browns and poor whites…when 13 King Jr., the son of the late Civil Rights think it’s the best system that we have percent of African Americans in the leader joined a group of panelists at and that ever has existed in the world. population make up 40, 50, 60 per- the Miami Beach Loew’s Hotel to dis- I truly believe that. We do a good job cent of the jail population,” he said. cuss the ‘State of Justice in America.’ of attempting to protect the rights that “Richard Pryor used to say that if you Joining King on the panel were attor- we’re supposed to protect,” he said. go down to the courthouse looking for neys Gloria Allred, Mark Geragos and Crump said the system is broken justice all that you’ll find is ‘just us,’” a Benjamin Crump, the attorney for the because it fails to hold prosecutors reference to black people. parents of Trayvon Martin. and the police accountable and that “There is something called profil- Also present on the panel was there are different standards depending. Systematically it’s been structured Mark O’Meara, the attorney who rep- ing on who is victimized. that way. I call it a criminal system be- resented George Zimmerman, the “Why do the rules change when cause it’s not justice,” King added. Florida man acquitted in the shoot- there’s a little black or brown boy Providing perhaps the most coming death of unarmed teenager Tra- dead on the street? I think it’s because pelling example of why he said the von Martin. Standing in the rear of the we try to make exceptions for others,” system is “irretrievably broken” was room observing the panel’s session, he said. “For example, when Mike Geragos, who said the population of were Martin’s father, Tracy Martin, Brown or Eric Garner, we see [Garner California’s prison system is 85 per- and his brother, Javaris Fulton; who being choked] in that video and we cent “people of color,” by design. were invited guests. The session was automatically say, ‘well what did they “It is primarily populated by peo- a part of the National Trial Lawyers do to deserve that?’ We don’t say that ple of color because that is what the summit occurring this week. when a white person is killed. We say criminal justice system is designed Attorney Hezekiah Sistrunk, Na- ‘we’re going to get justice.’” to do, process people of color, ware- tional Partner of The Cochran Firm King, who was ten when his father house them and do it quite effectively. and incoming President of the Na- was assassinated in 1968, took excep- That’s why it’s irretrievably broken,” PHOTO COURTESY OF CJONES PUBLIC RELATIONS tional Trial Lawyers Association, mod- tion to O’Meara’s assertions that the Gloria Allred, Benjamin Crump and Martin Luther King III erated the session where divergent system is not broken. PLEASE TURN TO PANEL/2A

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C.B.HANIFF/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES MLK BREAKFAST: Edith Bush (at podium) honors community members who upllift the mission of MLK. MLK, 5000 Role Models of By KYOTO WALKER Bush said that the breakfast, sponsored by the Special to South Florida Times MLK Coordinating Committee, is a culmination of a week of free events involving young people fea- Excellence Project Breakfast WEST PALM BEACH — For nearly three and a turing poster and oratorical contests, poetry, pho- half decades, Edith C. Bush, the executive director tography and a unity service, all centered around WILSON SCHOLARS: U.S. Rep. Glenda A. Hatchett, who delivered of the Martin Luther King Jr. Coordinating Com- honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Frederica S. Wilson, ( D. FL) (cen- the keynote address, was joined mittee, has helped organize events in Palm Beach The only event in which the group charged ad- ter,) announces scholarships for 84 by several South Florida judges to County in an effort to continue the legacy of the mission was the breakfast in order to fund schol- students in the 5000 Role Models recognize the Wilson Scholarship civil rights leader. arships for local youth, she said. of Excellence Project on Monday Recipients. The sold-out breakfast The 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. scholar- “We try to empower our community through at the 22nd annual breakfast in was at Jungle Island in Miami. The ship breakfast was held Monday, Jan. 19 in down- arts and culture and the youth,” Bush said. “We’ve honor of Dr. Martin Luther King program has awarded more than town West Palm Beach at the Palm Beach County Jr. Television personality Judge $10 million in scholarships to date. Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd. PLEASE TURN TO BUSH/2A

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BUSH, FROM 1A Princeton University and some of the historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as well. had some children go to some prestigious colleges The breakfast’s theme this year was, “Pursue a pos- from the (proceeds) raised from our breakfast.” itive dream, believe it, achieve it.” Keynote speaker She said that some scholarship recipients have Elvin J. Dowling said that King’s legacy should include attended highly regarded educational institu- a new wave of leadership as civil unrest sweeps the PHOTO COURTESY OF CWJONES PUBLIC RELATIONS tions such as Hampton University, Yale University, nation as a result of young black males being killed by white law enforcers. “The value of a black man’s Martin Luther King III engages the audience on the plight of black men. life has diminished in this country,” he said. “The act of simply trying to get home can be met with deadly force for little black boys and girls.” Dowling added that peaceful protests can effect change greatly and The ‘criminal’ system drove the point home by using this quote from King, “The measure of a man is where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” is devoid of justice Riviera Beach mayor Thomas Masters said he thinks a way of continuing with King’s legacy would PANEL, FROM 1A be to honor the current and first African-American president by renaming a major road in the city after said Geragos, a criminal defense lawyer whose clients have in- the leader of this country. cluded Michael Jackson, and Chris Brown. “I am going to propose to rename Old Dixie “In terms of the politics of crime, for years in California it was a Highway in Riviera Beach, ‘Barack Obama,’” he said. state prison mandatory offense for possession of cocaine that dis- “What will be profound about it is (that) it will in- proportionately fell upon the African-American community…until tersect with Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., which cocaine crossed over and started to get into the white areas,” he used to be Eighth Street.” Masters said that Old Di- shared. xie Highway is a county road so the proposal has Geragos explained that when many of his white friends’ chil- to be cleared by the Palm Beach County Commis- dren began facing mandatory state prison, then-legislator and fu- sion if it moves forward. But he is going to start a ture governor, George Deukmejian, intervened. petition online and with a hardcopy of the petition “All of a sudden, [Deukmejian] provided for diversion in DEJ to be circulated in the community to see if the pro- which was deferred entry of judgment, so that we would have a spective proposal is supported by the city’s resi- safety valve for when the white kids got busted for what the black dents. Rep. Bobby Powell Jr. - Riviera Beach, who kids were going to state prison for.” was master of ceremony at the breakfast, said the Another example of the system’s brokenness was evident dur- event was not just a celebration of King’s legacy, ing George Zimmerman’s trial, according to Geragos. Because five but an opportunity for cultural remembrance. “I whites were seated as jurors, he said the outcome of that trial could think the breakfast was an excellent opportunity for be predicted with “unnerving accuracy.” He added, “There was no people to remember the legacy, the history and the way that there was ever going to be a conviction.” overall importance that Dr. King played in terms of civil rights and moving the nation forward,” he said. “We’ve made many strides in moving forward in terms of civil rights. People have the opportunity to vote now. They have the right to vote. They have Read more Opinion columns online the right to live wherever they want, to go to school C.B. HANIF/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES wherever they want. There is still a long way to go at SFLTimes.com. Log on today! Elvin J. Dowling presents keynote address at MLK but the stumbling blocks, many of them, have been breakfast. chopped down.”

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281929.1-GO-S-FL14-DeerfieldBeach_Ad__SouthFlTimes_10.24x10.5.indd 1 1/8/15 3:13 PM SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 22 — 28, 2015 | 3A Nation Nominations add intrigue if At least 50 Ebola not diversity to Oscar race hotspots, By JAKE COYLE overall “appalling.” AP Film Writer It’s a nightmare scenario for the Academy of Motion Pictures, which has in recent years but new The Oscar nominations added intrigue if not sought to diversify its ranks. It also comes a year diversity to an Academy Awards race by favor- after the best-picture win for 12 Years a Slave, ing one late-season release (American Sniper) during which there was much chest-thumping cases are over another (Selma). about Hollywood’s thawing close-mindedness. The flip-flopping of fortunes, however, did Whereas the late December arrival of Selma little to dislodge the humble coming-of-age appeared to hurt its chances, similar timing was declining epic Boyhood, which has steadily grown into the on target for Clint Eastwood’s Navy SEAL drama movie to beat in a little-seen Oscar field, closely American Sniper. Bradley Cooper, who plays le- UNITED NATIONS followed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s back- thal marksman Chris Kyle in the film, seemed to PHOTO COURTESY OF TOPTENZ.NET (AP) — The U.N.’s Ebola stage ego trip Birdman. take Oyelowo’s best-actor spot. The Oscar award chief says there are still The two films solidified themselves as favor- Wes Anderson’s old Europe caper The and stumbled to the door. I found my manager at least 50 hotspots in the ites with best-picture and best-director nomi- Grand Budapest Hotel, which also won best there brandishing a phone with a lot of screams hardest-hit West African nations. Boyhood chalked up its expected six comedy or musical at the Globes, has emerged coming out of it.” countries but new cases nominations, including supporting nods for Pa- as the most unexpected awards heavyweight. The eight best-picture nominees left out are declining in Guinea, tricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke. And Birdman, It managed nine nominations without a single two wild cards that might have added a dose Liberia and Sierra Leone (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) landed a acting nod and was instead repeatedly cited for of darkness to the category: the creepy Jake and the deadly disease co-leading nine nominations, including best ac- Anderson’s meticulous craft in directing, pro- Gyllenhaal thriller Nightcrawler and the tragic will be defeated. tor for Michael Keaton. duction design, makeup and screenplay. wrestling drama Foxcatcher. In the three years Dr. David Nabarro said “I don’t care how much people tell you: The Grand Budapest Hotel (opening all the since the category was expanded to allow up to Thursday the latest report ‘It’s gonna happen.’ When it happens, you’re way back in March) is also the most lucrative 10 films to be nominated, nine movies contend- from the World Health thrilled,” said Keaton about his first nomination. best-picture entry, with $59.1 million at the ed for best picture. Organization was “very But the Oscar race - the near-culmination North American box office. (That, though, will Foxcatcher helmer Bennett Miller (previous- good news.” Hollywood’s ever-expanding industrial com- soon change after American Sniper expands na- ly nominated for Capote) squeaked into best di- In the week ending plex called awards season - may have gotten tionwide this weekend.) rector, which also included Morten Tyldum (The Jan. 11, WHO said Guinea more competitive in Thursday’s nominations. Box-office hits were scarce. Christopher No- Imitation Game). DuVernay and Unbroken direc- reported its lowest week- Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper (six nods) lan’s Interstellar reeled in five nominations in tor Angelina Jolie failed to crack the historically ly total of new Ebola cases Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (nine technical categories. David Fincher’s popular male category. Jolie’s WWII survival tale landed since mid-August, Liberia nominations) and The Imitation Game (eight and well-reviewed Gone Girl managed only a three nods, including a 12th nomination for cin- had its lowest total since nominations) all emerged as heftier contenders, best-actress nomination for Rosamund Pike. ematographer Roger Deakins. the first week of June, and while Selma largely fizzled. Marion Cotillard (the French-language One of the most notable snubs came in best new cases in Sierra Le- Each joined a best-picture field that also in- Two Days, One Night) was the surprise nomi- animation, usually a staid category. Despite crit- one declined for a second cluded the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory nee for best actress. She and Pike were joined ical love and major box office, The Lego Mov- week to the lowest level of Everything and the music school psychodra- by Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), iewas left out of: Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, How to since the end of August. ma Whiplash. Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Reese Wither- Train Your Dragon 2, Song of the Sea and The Tale Nabarro cautioned, The modestly sized movies - all dwarfed by spoon (Wild). Those picks left Jennifer Aniston’s of the Princess Kaguya. however, that there are Hollywood’s stampede of bigger blockbusters pained and grieving performance in Cake on “Lego” co-director Phil Lord tweeted a pho- still “numbers of new cas- at the box office - make for a classy but not par- the outside. to of a Lego-built Oscar, writing: “It’s okay. Made es that are alarming.” ticularly high-wattage batch of nominees. That The eight nominations for the World War II my own!” may challenge host Neil Patrick Harris to drive code-breaker thriller The Imitation Game,about Other nominees came with the reliabil- viewers to the Feb. 22 ceremony. pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, in- ity of clockwork. Meryl Streep landed her 19th The nominees also amount to a distinctly cluded best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch nomination (a record) for her supporting per- white Oscars. All 20 of the nominated actors are and supporting actress for Keira Knightley. The formance in Into the Woods. Joining her were white, which led to the trending Twitter hashtag film’s distributor, the Weinstein Co., previously Emma Stone (Birdman) and Laura Dern (Wild). BREAKING “OscarsSoWhite” on Thursday. shepherded another prestige British period film Aside from Hawke, supporting-actor nomi- Though Ava DuVernay’s civil rights drama (The King’s Speech) all the way to best picture. nations went to Robert Duvall (The Judge), Ed- NEWS! Selma was once seen as a major contender, it “I am knocked for six by this,” said Cumber- ward Norton (Birdman), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatch- landed just two nominations. (The second was batch of his first Oscar nod. “To ring my parents er) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash). for best song.) David Oyelowo, who stars as who are both actors and tell them that their only The nominees for best foreign language film Visit us Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, was surprisingly son has been nominated for an Oscar is one of went to Ida (Poland), Leviathan (Russia), Tanger- left out of best actor. the proudest moments of my life.” ines (Estonia), Timbuktu (Mauritania) and Wild The poor showing of Selma (and on King’s Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) and Eddie Red- Tales (Argentina). The acclaimed black-and- online at birthday no less) came after nagging criticism mayne (The Theory of Everything) rounded out white Ida also surprised with a nod for cinema- over its portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson. the best actor category. tography. Rev. Al Sharpton said the lack of votes for the Redmayne, the freckled British actor who Best documentary nods went to CitizenFour,” SFLTimes.com drama about the voting rights movement was stars as Stephen Hawking in the film, said he Finding Vivian Maier, Last Days in Vietnam, The ironic and called the diversity of the nominations was woken with the news: “I was half undressed Salt of the Earth.

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N4120167B.indd 1 1/12/15 9:46 AM 4A | JANUARY 22 — 28, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM Health Genetics vs. Veterinary medicine is a contact sport

from the opposite side. The I was wearing a heavy pair of environment infection in her mouth was leather gloves, so my hands so severe, between my pull- were only severely bruised ing back and her deciding from the biting, but my rotator to let go, her upper canine cuff was severely torn as a rein shaping was left in my knuckle. One sult of being dragged about tooth extracted, one to go. I 10 feet across the enclosure. pulled the tooth out of my The resulting injury, surgery, our bodies hand, changed my glove and and physical therapy took removed the lower canine. over a year of recovery time. Cat bites are notorious It was the single most pain- By LAURAN NEERGAARD for becoming infected, so I ful experience I have ever AP Medical Writer made a trip to the emergency had. At the risk of assault, I do room after the cat recovered compare it to child birth. WASHINGTON — How a person’s from the procedure. Even Of all my injuries, anoth- immune system does its job seems though I was treated at the er involving a monkey was to depend more on environment and ER, the bite became infected. the scariest and in fact, life the germs he or she encounters than I developed sepsis, ended threatening. on genes, says new research that put PHOTO COURTESY OF MED.STANFORD.EDU up having a central venous I was stitching up some twins to the test to find out. Mark Davis line installed, and taking self- pretty severe lacerations After all, the immune system DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES When the researchers gave flu vac- administered IV antibiotics on a male monkey, resulting adapts throughout life to fight disease, By PIERRE B. BLAND, DVM for two weeks. I was off work from a fight with another said Stanford University immunologist cine to participating twins, they found no sign that genetics determined how many by doctor’s orders for over a monkey. The monkey I was Mark Davis, who led the work. It was a typical day of month. I made the best of the working on had a known And while young children’s immu- flu-fighting antibodies were produced. Most intriguing, the researchers practice, or as typical as situation by taking a vacation Herpes simian B virus in- nity may be more influenced by what during my treatment, with fection. Humans who are found infection with a virus so com- they get. I was finishing an they inherit from their mother and fa- appointment for an annual my doctor’s permission of infected with this virus can mon that most adults unknowingly ther, Thursday’s study showed genetic exam and vaccinations for a course. I figured it was better present with severe central carry it had a dramatic effect. Cyto- influences waned in adulthood. cat. The clients were a mother to convalesce in the warmth nervous system disease megalovirus, or CMV, is dangerous to “Experience counts more and and her two preschool age of Palm Springs than in the which can result in severe more as you get older,” said Davis, di- those with weak immune systems but children. I was issuing my rain and cold of a Seattle win- neurological dysfunction rector of Stanford’s Institute for Immu- harmless for most people, and prior finishing remarks for the ap- ter. My employer’s reaction to or death. The entire time nity, Transplantation and Infection. research has shown it can rev up parts pointment and asked, “So, my choice of recovery local- I was stitching his wounds, Scientists know there is tremen- of a healthy immune system. Sure are there any questions?” The ity is another story. I was thinking, “Don’t stick dous variation in how the immune sys- enough, the Stanford team examined little girl raised her hand and Then there is the 4 inch yourself. Don’t stick your- tems of healthy people function. Davis 16 pairs of identical twins where only said, “Wow! You sure do have scar on my left shoulder. It is self.” As I silently repeated asked if that’s more a matter of nature one had CMV, and found big differ- beat up hands!” I looked at the result of a shoulder recon- this mantra, sure enough I or nurture, by comparing 78 pairs of ences in nearly 60 percent of the com- my hands and replied “Well, struction due to two male Cy- plunged the suture needle twins with identical genetic makeups ponents studied. veterinary medicine is a con- nomolgus Monkeys playing into my left index finger, to 27 pairs of fraternal twins, who are Does that mean people should try tact sport.” I high fived the tug of war with my arm. creating a potential expo- no more alike genetically than any to prime the immune system, rather kids and the family departed We were performing sure to the virus. As a re- other siblings. Traits shared by the than working so hard to avoid germy the exam room. semiannual health checks sult I spent a year being identical twins are more likely to be situations? From the mouth of babes for a colony of about 25 mon- tested for the virus and tak- hereditary. “I’m a strong believer in the power comes the truth more often keys. We were in the process ing Acyclovir, an anti-viral His team used blood samples from of dirt,” Davis said with a laugh, but than not. I guess my hands of herding the monkeys into a drug. Thankfully, I was not the twin pairs, who ranged in age from this study actually can’t offer health are a bit “beat up.” I have ac- catch area so we could isolate, infected and was strikingly 8 to 82, to track more than 200 activi- advice. quired my share of scars from sedate, and examine each an- thinner due to the nausea ties and components of the immune “This just says the environment encounters with small birds imal. I was walking across the and gastrointestinal dis- system. In three-quarters of the mea- plays a huge role in shaping what your to lizards, cats and dogs, to enclosure toward the catch tress from my chemothera- surements, differences between pairs immune system looks like,” he ex- monkeys. Some of the scars area, when I stepped in a de- peutic treatment. of twins were more likely due to non- plained. are more obvious while some posit of post digested mon- My career as a veterinar- heritable influences - such as previous Investigating how that happens is are hidden or more mental key chow, slipped and fell flat ian is far from over, so I am infections or vaccinations, even nutri- important, said Dr. Megan Cooper, than physical. They all tell a on my back. Two large males sure there are more work tion - than genetics, the researchers a pediatric immunologist and rheu- story, some more interesting seized the opportunity while related injuries and scars to reported in the journal Cell. matologist at Washington University than others. I was down. When most peo- come. Hopefully the worst of Then they compared the oldest School of Medicine in St. Louis, who There is the scar on the ple think of monkeys, they them are behind me. Just in twins, 60 and over, to those under wasn’t involved in the study. She not- knuckle of my right index think of small cute animals, case, I will make sure to keep age 20, when the immune system is ed that autoimmune diseases tend to finger. I got that one from a but these Cynomolgus males my health insurance current. still maturing. The youngest identi- run in families but whether someone really old cat that had only each weighed at least 45 Thank you Mr. President! cal twins had far more immune simi- born genetically susceptible gets two teeth and a bad mouth in- pounds and were as strong as larity than the oldest. That makes sick may be shaped by their expo- fection. Somehow, she man- a man. They raced out of the Dr. Pierre Bland is the sense, as older twins presumably sures. aged to sink both her two catch area, grabbed my left owner of Dr. Bland’s Vet House haven’t lived together in years and “It’s when you get those infections” remaining canines into my arm, and began dragging me Calls. He can be reached at have had different exposures since that may be key to the impact on the hand. One into the knuckle across the enclosure while 954-673-8579 or at doctorb- childhood, they concluded. immune system, she said. from the palm and the other chewing on my hand. Luckily, landvet.com.

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By DAVID MCFADDEN “It’s difficult to be approved by the U.N. special representative in Associated Press a parliament that is dysfunctional. Haiti said Martelly has their support And I’m not responsible for the dys- through the period of political flux. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti function of the last parliament,” Paul, During an AP interview at the has a new prime minister as it enters who was in the moderate opposition prime minister’s official residence, a phase of political uncertainty, with to Martelly before becoming prime Paul was sharply critical of violent its parliament dissolved, opposition minister, told The Associated Press. anti-government street protests activists promising intensified street The latest bout of political turmoil that have become increasingly protests and its president ruling by in Haiti has been brewing since short- common in downtown Port-au- decree because of a bitter standoff ly after Martelly took office in 2011 as Prince. Protesters calling for Mar- DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES with lawmakers. a newcomer to politics with little sup- telly’s resignation have burned Prime Minister Evans Paul was port in parliament, which is critical in a tires and thrown rocks at riot po- selected last month but a politi- country where the constitution delib- lice, who responded with tear gas Screaming at Bears cal deadlock meant the Senate and erately curbs executive power. and water cannons. Chamber of Deputies could not de- Martelly was supposed to call “People have a right to peace- By CALIBE THOMPSON bate his nomination before their elections in 2011 for a majority of ful protest, a right protected by our terms expired Monday. Senate seats, the entire Chamber of constitution. But there’s also people True freedoms are part of the reason we leave the is- Since President Michel Martelly Deputies and local offices. But six op- taking advantage of the situation and lands to take root in these foreign lands. From our homes can now rule by decree under the position senators used parliamenta- who want to create chaos,” said Paul, where we are physically free but there are still colonial- constitution, Paul automatically took ry procedure to prevent a vote while who replaced Laurent Lamothe af- ist undertones, the US, Canada and the UK seem to offer ter he was forced to resign as prime the greener grass of freedom to earn greater income and minister. achieve much greater social status. Earlier in the day, a group of anti- One of the freedoms our new first world homes tout Martelly activists promised a fresh above all others is the right to free speech. And while it’s wave of street protests, insisting the a lovely idea, being able to say whatever is on your mind president is a “dictator” who longs to without fear of retribution seems to still be just an idea. rule by decree. The practice of indiscriminately free speech may have Haitian historian Georges Michel, made sense before we knew that there were folks willing who blamed both the government to strap bombs on and die to avenge the disrespect of and the opposition for the impasse, their revered leaders, but now it’s getting another look. dismissed that idea. There are religious radicals all over the world, both “You look at these protests call- Christian and Muslim, who take their piety fueled dis- ing Martelly a dictator who has to crimination to the extreme. But while those who are path- go and you see a thousand or a few ological will not be swayed from their missions of may- thousand people on the streets. Is hem for any reason, it seems that if we would balance that really a big popular movement freedom of speech with respect and reverence for such to remove a president? Of course things as religion, some of the heinous attacks of recent not. Like him or not, he’s operating years might have been avoided. within the framework of democracy Where some of us are from, there are folks who will and I believe a majority of Haitians end you just because you’ve accidentally stepped on support him,” he said. someone’s toe. So those of us who care about our- Others see the protests as a more selves and our families continuing to breathe may troubling sign. PHOTO COURTESY OF VEOOZ.COM speak freely, but we’re careful who we offend. Even Mark Schneider, who has followed HAITI’S NEW PRIME MINISTER: Evans Paul without threat of bodily harm, we’re mostly old fash- Haiti for the Washington-based Inter- ioned when it comes to good manners. Sadly, in the office this week and began over- accusing the president of abusing his national Crisis Group, said political first world fight for free speech, it seems that good seeing day-to-day government op- authority to appoint supporters to the leaders have failed the country’s citi- manners got lost in the fray. We know that blurring erations as the hemisphere’s poorest electoral council and other posts. zens and set it on a very dangerous the lines between free speech and disrespect may country faces social unrest that could Haiti’s parliament was unable to path. cost you your life. Sadly, more developed countries undermine its fragile stability. pass a law to organize the elections “They allowed partisan and per- are now experiencing that reality in the worst of The former Port-au-Prince mayor and extend lawmakers’ terms be- sonal issues to carry the country ways. said he deplored the fact that he was fore it dissolved, on the same day the over the cliff where the executive In light of recent events I think many of us would won- taking office without a vote and with country marked the fifth anniversary is ruling by decree and there is the der, though you revere your right to free speech above no sitting parliament and blamed a of the devastating 2010 earthquake. greatest likelihood of political pa- all things, why scream at a hungry sleeping bear? group of opposition lawmakers for On Wednesday, the Organization ralysis and street violence. These the deadlock. He said a new elector- of American States said it supported issues should have been resolved Calibe Thompson is a personality, author and the pro- al council would be in place “in less the efforts of Haitian authorities to two years ago and they have been ducer of The Caribbean Diaspora Weekly. For your free than two weeks” to start organizing “hold free, fair, and inclusive elec- allowed to fester and now we are preview of her 2015 collection of writings, Things I Prob- long-delayed legislative and munici- tions as soon as possible.” Earlier this about to see the explosion,” he said ably Shouldn’t Say, visit www.calibe.net pal elections. week, a group of ambassadors and via email. T:10.24”

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The power of peaceful protest. Fifty years after the Selma to Montgomery March, we still remember the leadership of the man who marched his way into history.

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My grandmother, Carrie Gantt, lived a few houses up from “Daddy” King’s The deeply disturbing news points to the deeper logic of white addressed simply by gaining the house and a couple of blocks from that North Miami Beach police of- supremacy that is interwoven into right to vote or making racial dis- his Ebenezer Church on Auburn Avenue. ficers used mug shots of several the very conception of criminality crimination illegal. Dr. King rec- I didn’t know Dr. King as a child but as a teen, I did attend black men for target practice is, and policing in America. ognized that our movement “must Grady High School in Atlanta with King’s daughter Yolanda. simply put, absolutely disgusting. The idea of using photographs address itself to the question of re- If you’re a regular reader of The Gantt Report, you probably The action of these officers is de- of black people for target practice structuring the whole of American know that my economic, political and social philosophy is a little plorable and this behavior should is only possible within a context in society.” He called into question different than Dr. King’s. be condemned by all people of which black skin is associated with the very legitimacy of an edifice OK, OK! My philosophy is a lot different than the philosophy good conscience. deviant, criminal, and violent be- that reproduces so much suffering of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. But the issue at hand here is big- havior. From the time our brains are despite having nearly endless re- Dr. King truly believed in non-violence and I believe in using ger than this case, these individual capable of interpreting social cues, sources at its disposal. whatever strategies that will work when fighting for freedom, officers, or this particular police we are taught that it’s usually some- As we reflect on where we are in justice and equality! department. What we are dealing one with a black face that is trying 2015, and look back on the state of Viewers of “Selma” know about Dr. King but they don’t know with is yet another example of the to get over, take what’s not theirs, or the struggle during the Civil Rights about Dr. King. All most of the movie goers know is what the systematic de-valuing of black life threaten the lives and property of Movement of the 60s, we see that ancestors of Dr. King’s enemies want you to know. that takes place in this society on a other people. These messages are while much has changed, the basic America’s devils only want you to know that King prayed, daily basis. The fact of the matter constantly reinforced through mov- structure of American society has sang and marched! is that the system is always using us ies, television, and news media. remained the same. But Dr. King was somewhat of a scholar. To perfect his change for target practice. More importantly, the stigmati- But we are living in exciting strategy, he studied civil rights and liberation struggles around times when the prospect of deep the world. However, he was most influenced, some say, by the change has fire and energy. Our struggle for independence in India led by a small, frail man who movements are putting people into preached and practiced non-violent civil disobedience. the streets and raising demands in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi inspired Dr. King and Gan- ways many of us have never seen dhi was the preeminent leader of the Independence movement before. Our generation is calling in British-ruled India and inspired movements for civil rights for an end to state violence. We are and freedom across the world. calling for fair incomes and dignity There was a huge difference in the non-violent movements at work. We are calling for climate by the two men. Ghandi was supported by most people in India justice. We have declared unapolo- because most of the Indian people were being exploited and op- getically that Black Lives Matter. pressed by the British and King had just as many haters as support- Superficial policy fixes will not ers and thousands of more enemies than Ghandi, in my opinion. quell our thirst for liberation. Nor I hope most of the movie goers got a message from “Selma.” will the firing of a few “bad cops.” They will remember the beatings that were depicted in the In the spirit of Dr. King, the thou- movie but will they remember the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther sands of radicals that came before King Junior that can help you in your life today? him, and the thousands that have For me, the main things that I learned from the life of Dr. King come since, we are calling for the were about fear and sacrifice. transformation of America. Any- King taught me that a true freedom fighter, a true soldier for thing less and we shall proceed, in equal rights and justice has no fear whatsoever of his enemies! the words of Dr. King, with a “divine King wasn’t scared to stand up and speak out. King wasn’t even dissatisfaction.” afraid to go to jail for what he believed in. “Let us be dissatisfied un- Also, to be a true community leader, you have to be willing til America will no longer have a to sacrifice. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior didn’t do what he did high blood pressure of creeds and for monetary gain. He didn’t live in a White House or a mansion. an anemia of deeds. Let us be dis- King had a house in the hood like the people in his flock had. satisfied until the tragic walls that His children, Yolanda anyway, went to public schools not private separate the outer city of wealth and schools with Secret Service body guards! comfort and the inner city of poverty King’s children want money but their parents did not! Martin and despair shall be crushed by the and Coretta wanted progress. battering rams of the forces of jus- We have to understand that we can’t expect to see movies tice. Let us be dissatisfied until those made about Nat Turner or Denmark Vesey. We won’t see streets that live on the outskirts of hope are named, buildings named or high schools named after some brought into the metropolis of daily Black freedom fighters because we have to study and cultivate When these types of stories zation of black people is solidified security. Let us be dissatisfied until our own history, make our own movies and not settle for what come to light there is always an at- in policies that keep us at the bot- slums are cast into the junk heaps devilish movie moguls want to produce and distribute. tempt by defenders of the status tom of nearly every quality of life of history, and every family is living I encourage you to see the movie “Selma” but you won’t impress quo to eschew the idea that some- indicator and result in our extreme in a decent sanitary home. Let us be me until you study the true life of Dr King and other black freedom thing is fundamentally wrong in over representation in the legal dissatisfied until the dark yesterdays fighters from America and from other countries around the world. this country. We are usually told and incarceration system. Until the of segregated schools will be trans- Anybody can go to google images, copy a picture of Dr. King that the theft of black life by the very foundations of white suprem- formed into bright tomorrows of and post it on Facebook or Instagram but that doesn’t show any hands of police, other state in- acy and capitalist exploitation are quality, integrated education. Let us love for King. Certain actions this time of year remind me of stitutions, or armed vigilantes is dismantled, black communities will be dissatisfied until integration is not people who will burn a cross in your front yard one night and perfectly justifiable. This was the remain pinned at the bottom of the seen as a problem but as an oppor- the next morning put a cross around their neck, attend your MLK message delivered by the acquittal American social hierarchy. Mean- tunity to participate in the beauty of rally and tell you how much they loved Martin. It is all just mis- of Trayvon Martin’s killer and the while, these cases of racial bigotry diversity. Let us be dissatisfied until directed symbolism! non-indictments of the officers who and police abuses will pop up to men and women, however black they Just eating popcorn and nachos and crying crocodile tears killed Mike Brown and Eric Garner. punctuate what is a steady current may be, will be judged on the basis when activist get beaten on screen is not enough! In the case of the North Miami of disregard for our welfare. of the content of their character and If you love the real Martin Luther King, stop being so scared Beach Police Department, the Chief It’s fitting that this story came not on the basis of the color of their to stand up for what you believe in! claims that there is nothing wrong to light on the eve of the Dr. Mar- skin. Let us be dissatisfied.” with using black people’s faces for tin Luther King Jr. holiday. In 1967, And might we add: Let us be Lucius Gantt is a consultant based in Tallahassee and author of target practice. While most people, in his final speech as President of dissatisfied until Black Lives Mat- the book Beast Too: Dead Man Writing. He may be reached at including many police officers, may the Southern Christian Leadership ter, until the targets come off of allworldconsultants.net denounce this act of blatant racism, Conference, Dr. King warned that it our backs, and until all people are we should not limit our criticism to would not be enough to simply in- free to live their lives in dignity and the North Miami Beach Police De- tegrate black people into the exist- prosperity. Read more Opinion columns online partment (though they are certainly ing system. He understood that the deserving of our outrage). What deep issues facing black commu- Ruth Jeannoel is Lead Organizer, at SFLTimes.com. 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THE POLITICS OF BLACKNESS The hypocrisy of the manufactured hatred of success

When did success get to be a nasty word? Add to those categories the famous and infamous Holly- were some unions who kicked in some funds, but most Better yet, when did the successful get to be the dread- wood stars, mostly Liberal. came from organizations owned by George Soros. ful villains? And finally, when did hatred of the successful How does someone who is willing to stand in horri- When Obama ran for President in 2008, nobody cared get to be a political policy? bly long lines to pay $200 for some tennis shoes have the much about his politics, only that he was Black. When Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro audacity to ridicule someone who spent long hours each As a community organizer, his job was to teach his moved into the White House. day for years to build a business and financial security for minions how to disrupt Corporate America, particularly Envy of other people’s success is nothing new. In fact, his or her family? the banking system and force them to loan money to low envy is one of the 7 Deadly Sins known to man as far back How does a music mogul who made his millions by income people, mostly black, to purchase houses they as the early Christian Church. But envy of other’s hard- selling CDs with some of the most vile, vicious and violent couldn’t afford. So when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac earned success has now been transformed into a policy of lyrics in the industry have the nerve to complain about failed and the domino effect caused the greatest reces- “redistribution of wealth” promoted by POTUS 44. how someone made his fortunes and how much he should sion in recent history, the people who got forced loans It always fascinated me how people could hate folk pay toward the betterment of society? were the first to falter. they hardly knew just because they looked like they had How does someone who leaves their home to sleep in Now as POTUS, this same former community orga- a “better” life. tents in a government-owned park in the most squalid of nizer is continuing to promote class envy by blaming the I once had a co-worker who would brag about how he conditions that rivals the villages in the Maasai Mara in wealthy 1% of the country as the reason the 99% is sup- used to beat up students in his school because they had Kenya on the East coast of Africa and eat food provided posed to be suffering. But the 1% is not to blame and 99% “better” clothes. We all have heard stories about young by somebody else for months have the cojones to spew of the people are not suffering. black boys being beaten up just so thugs could steal their venom at those who built a better home for themselves by In fact, over 40% of people don’t even pay taxes be- overly-priced Air Jordans. working long hours for ten, twenty, or thirty years? cause they are either on government assistance or they Just this past December, all across the country, mobs Those who joined the Occupy Movement and those don’t make enough money. So 60% of middle class and of shoppers kicked, cursed and fought each other, some- who have just sat at home and complained that corpora- rich people pay 100% of taxes which finance 100% of gov- times even shooting guns - just to get the latest Air Jor- tions are evil entities, rich people are selfish, and capi- ernment staff and government programs which the other dans, which sold for almost $200 in the stores and over talism is the work of the devil and run by evil Republi- 40% get for free. $600 on eBay. can warlords are myopic and hypocritical and have been So the hypocritical hatred and envy of successful peo- Those same people who fought to pay $200 for some used as pawns in the diabolical scheme to “fundamentally ple is manufactured by those who want total control over stupid sneakers are the same people who rejoiced when change” America. other people’s hard earned money. We used to be a na- Obama took the oath of office. Mostly minorities (Black, All one has to do is look behind the curtain and see tion where people valued success. Now success is a dirty Hispanic) and young whites – all mostly lower income or who’s pulling the strings. The young man who used to word. NO income (welfare recipients) - some of the same types beat people up because he thought they had more than Sounds like a “fundamental change” in American val- of people who joined some of the old pot-smoking long- he did was moved to act in such a vicious way by someone ues to me. But by now, isn’t Obama one of the 1%? haired white hippies and have now formed the Occupy else’s envy. And he became envious as well. Movement. The Hungarian who has his hands (and his millions) Barbara Howard is a political consultant, radio host and These are some of the same people expressing hatred in almost every global civil discord is a Socialist who commentator and motivational speaker. She is Florida State for successful men and women, mostly white. But they wants to rule the world. Who fed the thousands of men chairwoman for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and seem to have nothing bad to say about music moguls, and women who were sleeping on the ground in the parks Trade & Travel goodwill ambassador to Kenya. She may be gangsta rappers or mega-millionaire jocks, mostly black. around the country for all those months? Oh sure, there reached at [email protected].

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By CAROLE FELDMAN “The IRS is investing in that area,” Associated Press said Bob Meighan, vice president of con- sumer advocacy for TurboTax. WASHINGTON — Rejected. “People have to have confidence that A notice from the Internal Revenue Ser- the returns that they file are protected vice saying your return won’t be accepted and secure,” he said. might be your first clue that your identity The IRS is providing identity-theft vic- has been stolen. tims with a personal identification num- “The IRS recognizes the first return ber to prove who they are when filing tax submitted under a Social Security number, returns. In 2014, more than 1.2 million of and usually the identity theft is identified these identity-protection PINs were is- when the second return is filed” under sued by the agency, up from 770,000 the that same number, said Mark Luscombe, previous year. principal federal tax analyst for Wolters The agency also has more than dou- Kluwer Tax & Accounting, US. bled the number of workers assigned Another clue might be an IRS notice to identity-theft cases since 2011, to saying you have unreported income. That about 3,000 in 2014, according to the could happen if someone steals your So- GAO. cial Security number and gives it to an Beginning this year, the number of employer to avoid being taxed on earned refunds direct-deposited to a single wages. You get the tax bill instead. account is limited to three, another at- Identity theft could lead to long delays tempt to reduce identity theft. “The in getting your refund or bigger tax bills fourth and subsequent refunds auto- for unreported income. matically will convert to a paper refund “Tax refund fraud associated with iden- check and be mailed to the taxpayer,” tity theft (IDT) continues to be an evolving the IRS said. threat, one that imposes a serious finan- National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Ol- cial and emotional toll on honest taxpay- son wants the agency to do more. ers and threatens the integrity of the tax She has called identity theft “an in- administration system,” the Government vasive crime that can have a traumatic ILLUSTRATION BY MJURY/SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES Accountability Office said in a report in emotional impact.” She said early last August. year that she has called on the IRS to More than 236,000 tax returns pro- designate a single point of contact, some- over the phone, especially if you didn’t ini- leads you to believe you are an identity- cessed last year were deemed fraudulent one who can provide “sensitive, holistic tiate the call. theft victim, the IRS says you should re- because of identity theft, and nearly $1.2 assistance” to an identity-theft victim. And beware of phishing attempts - on- spond immediately. The first step, the billion in refunds from those fraudulent Kathy Pickering, executive director of line or over the phone that seek access to agency says, is to complete an Identity returns were blocked, according to the the Tax Institute at H&R Block, says pre- your personal information. Theft Affadavit, Form 14039. It’s available Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad- vention is the best defense. Don’t give out “The IRS does not initiate contact with at www.irs.gov , and should be filled out ministration. your Social Security number or your date taxpayers by email to request personal or and mailed or faxed according to the in- The number of identity-theft returns is of birth, she says. financial information,” the agency said. structions provided. down significantly from 2012, and the IG The IRS also advises people to protect “This includes any type of electronic com- said in a report last fall that new filters the their personal computers and Internet munication, such as text messages and so- If the issue remains unresolved, taxpay- IRS put in place to identify the crime may accounts, check their credit reports and cial media channels.” ers should contact the Identity Protection be responsible. avoid giving out personal information If you get a notice from the IRS that Specialized Unit at 1-800-908-4490.

China’s Xiaomi takes aim at Apple with new phone

PHOTO COURTESY OF NJREALTOR.COM Jubliant first-time home owners. PHOTO COURTESY OF THEVERGE.COM Razor thin Xiaomi from China

By JOE MCDONALD Government policy change aims to help AP Business Writer

BEIJING - Rising smartphone star Xiaomi is moving up- first-time homebuyers secure financing market and taking aim at Apple’s iPhone. The Chinese manufacturer known for ultra-low-priced handsets on Thursday unveiled a new model that Chair- By ALEX VEIGA percent that has been historically the government determines that the man Jun Lei said is comparable to Apple’s iPhone 6 but AP Business Writer common. lender failed to vet borrowers’ cred- thinner, lighter and much cheaper. The phone starts at For many, affordability remains itworthiness properly. 2,299 yuan ($375), less than half the 5,288 yuan ($865) Uncle Sam wants to make it more an obstacle because they have insuf- “It could be something like a price of an iPhone 6 in China. affordable for Americans to buy ficient savings or poor credit - hur- missing piece of documentation in “We paid attention to every detail to make it as perfect their first home. dles that could keep them from ben- the loan file that wouldn’t necessar- as possible,” said Lei, standing on stage before reporters at The recent policy changes affect efiting from the recent loan policy ily cause the loan to default,” said a convention center in Beijing. government-backed home loans changes. Tom Wind, executive vice president Xiaomi, founded in 2010, passed South Korea’s Sam- and could make it less costly for Here are three things to keep in of home lending at EverBank. sung Electronics Co. in the second quarter of last year as first-time buyers to come up with a mind if you’re considering applying However, the government has the best-selling smartphone brand in China by number of down payment or to afford private for a home loan backed by Fannie taken steps in recent months to clar- handsets sold. The company is expanding into India and mortgage insurance. Mae, Freddie Mac or guaranteed by ify for banks the type of scenarios other developing markets but has yet to announce plans to The changes center on the Fed- the FHA: that would trigger a loan buyback enter the United States or Europe. eral Housing Administration and in the future. That could motivate The new Xiaomi could add to competition for Apple mortgage giants Fannie Mae and The Fine Print some banks to remove the addi- Inc. in China, a market CEO Tim Cook has said is expected Freddie Mac. The FHA’s new 0.85 percent tional credit standards imposed on to become its biggest. Other Chinese smartphone brands Last week, the Obama adminis- mortgage insurance premium is government-backed mortgages. including Lenovo Group and Huawei Technologies Ltd. tration announced that the premium lower, but remains higher than his- also have released models they say offer features similar that borrowers with an FHA-backed toric norms. The rate was initially Save by paying more to the iPhone but at lower prices. home loan must pay for mortgage increased to raise FHA capital re- The low down-payment pro- Xiaomi “is a respected brand that already has an Ap- insurance will be dropped to 0.85 serves, which took a hit during the grams offered by government- ple-like following” in China, said analyst Brian Blair, who percent from 1.35 percent by the housing crisis. backed loans help borrowers buy tracks mobile device makers at Rosenblatt Securities. Ap- end of this month. And the rate cut will do nothing a home for less money upfront, but ple is still a relatively small player in China, selling about The move is estimated to save the to change the eligibility require- they can cost more over time, partic- 45 million iPhones there last year, Blair estimates, but will average homebuyer $900 a year, as ments for FHA-backed loans. ularly when one factors in the cost of continue to grow. well as help save money for home- Not all borrowers will qualify private mortgage insurance. While “Apple is very much a premium brand,” said Blair. “The owners looking to refinance their for the 3 percent down payment on PMI is tax-deductible, consider pay- company that’s more at risk is Samsung, which has been mortgage. a home loan guaranteed by Fannie ing more each month to help build losing share in that market.” That followed an announcement Mae and Freddie Mac. equity in the home up to 20 percent. Wearing jeans and a blue button-down shirt with the last month that Fannie Mae and Fred- Under the terms announced last At that point, the borrower can apply sleeves rolled up, Lei showed a side-by-side comparison die Mac, which buy home loans from month, borrowers must have enough to have the private mortgage insur- of Xiaomi’s newest model, the Mi Note, and the iPhone 6, lenders and then package them as income to afford the monthly pay- ance waived. which went on sale in China in October. He said the pro- securities to be sold to investors, ments. And the rate is only good on Generally, it’s less expensive cessor power, performance and memory size were compa- would be adopting new guidelines homes that will be used as the bor- to get a conventional loan guar- rable and the Mi Note includes an improved camera. on down payments. rowers’ primary residence. Borrow- anteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie While less expensive than an iPhone, the Mi Note’s Specifically, the change would ers also will have to pay for mort- Mac because FHA charges higher price is a departure for Xiaomi, whose other models cost enable some borrowers to buy a gage insurance. premiums, even after the recent as little as 699 yuan ($114). Lei said the company will offer home with a down payment as low Freddie Mac’s version of the loan reduction. In addition, the interest a professional version of the Mi Note with a more powerful as 3 percent, down from a minimum program also requires that borrow- rates are lower for conventional processor and other features for 3,299 yuan ($540). of 5 percent. ers earn less than the median in- loans. Privately held Xiaomi said last year’s sales tripled to “These combined actions become. Fannie Mae also has a lower down 61.1 million handsets and revenue more than doubled to tween the FHA, Freddie Mac and payment requirement than FHA. 74.3 billion yuan ($12.2 billion). Fannie Mae are a huge signal to the Bank Lending Standards “The single best thing first-time The company, based in Beijing, recently completed a market that it’s OK to lend to first- FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie homebuyers can do to improve their round of fundraising from investors that it said valued Xiao- time homebuyers,” said Nela Rich- Mac have their own definition of a chances to qualify is to bring more mi at $45 billion, making it one of the world’s most valuable ardson, chief economist at real es- qualified borrower, but banks often money to the table for the down pay- technology brands. tate brokerage Redfin. go beyond these standards, rais- ment,” said Sam Khater, deputy chief Xiaomi ran into legal trouble in India in December after The share of U.S. homes bought ing the threshold for what it takes to economist at CoreLogic, a real estate a court blocked sales while it hears a complaint by Sweden’s by first-time buyers has been be- qualify for a home loan. data firm. “Homeownership is about LM Ericcson that the Chinese company violated its patents. low average through much of the Banks do this to shield them- building equity, so anything that In a blog post earlier this month, Lei called the case a housing rebound. First-time buyers selves from the possibility that they buyers can do to get a good start “rite of passage” for a young company. accounted for 31 percent of all pre- might have to buy back loans they on building equity will help them viously occupied homes bought in sell to the government should the achieve sustainable homeowner- Technology Writer Brandon Bailey contributed to this November. That’s well below the 40 loan go unpaid. That can happen if ship.” story from San Francisco.

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NFL investigating whether Patriots used deflated footballs

By HOWARD FENDRICH be gripped by a player or the way it travels through the air. AP Pro Football Writer The Patriots beat the Colts 45-7 to reach the Super Bowl. New England will play the defending champion Seattle Seahawks for the NFL title at Glendale, Arizona, on The NFL is investigating whether the New England Patriots deflated footballs Feb. 1. that were used in their AFC championship game victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Colts coach Chuck Pagano said he did not notice issues with the football. He did “We are looking into it,’’ league spokesman Brian McCarthy wrote in an email not specify when asked whether the Colts had reported the issue to officials. to The Associated Press on Monday. “We do not have anything further to add at this “We talk just like they talk to officials (before the game), we have an opportunity point.’’ A halftime examination of each team’s footballs found 11 of the Patriots’ 12 to talk to the officials about a lot of things, things that you’ve seen on tape like the game footballs were underinflated by 2 pounds per square inch. formations we talked about last week,’’ Pagano said. “Every coach in the league gets The inquiry was first reported by the website for WTHR-TV in Indiana, citing an an opportunity to visit with the officials about that kind of stuff before the game.’’ unnamed source. In Sunday night’s lopsided AFC finale, quarterback Tom Brady threw for three “We’ll cooperate fully with whatever the league wants us to, whatever questions touchdowns and running back LeGarrette Blount gained 148 yards while scoring they ask,’’ Belichick said Monday during his regular conference call with reporters. three touchdowns to send New England to its sixth Super Bowl in the past 14 years. He said he was unaware there was an issue until Monday morning. Colts quarterback Andrew Luck had his worst game as a pro, completing only 12 The Patriots have come under scrutiny with regards to NFL rules in the past, most of 33 passes for 126 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions. infamously when they were punished for videotaping sideline signals used by the On his regular weekly morning-after-game appearance Monday on WEEI ra- New York Jets during a 2007 game. Belichick was fined $500,000, and the team was dio, Brady said he wasn’t aware of the report about the league’s investigation into docked $250,000 and stripped of its 2008 first-round draft pick. whether footballs were properly inflated against Indianapolis. According to the NFL rule book, home teams are responsible for furnishing play- “I think I’ve heard it all at this point,’’ Brady said with able balls at all times. Each team brings 12 primary balls, while home teams are a laugh. required to also bring 12 backup balls. “That’s the last of my worries,’’ he said. “I don’t Once the referee makes sure the footballs are properly inflated, they’re deliv- even respond to stuff like this.’’ ered to ball attendants provided by the home team. The league’s game operations manual notes: “If any individual alters the foot- AP Sports Writers Howard Ulman in Boston balls, or if a non-approved ball is used in the game, the person responsible and, if and Mike Marot in Indianapolis contributed to appropriate, the head coach or other club personnel will be subject to discipline, this report. including but not limited to, a fine of $25,000.’’ Deflating a football could change the way it would

ILLUSTRATION BY MJURY/SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES Seahawks apologize for tweet comparing MLK, football

By Associated Press

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks have apologized for a tweet that linked their improbable NFC championship game victory to Martin Luther King Jr. On Monday, the national holiday celebrating the slain civil rights leader, the team sent out a Twitter message that PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER.COM PHOTO COURTESY OF BOSTON.BARSTOOLSPORTS.COM said, “We shall overcome.’’ The tweet featured a picture of Lindsey Vonn Tiger Woods an emotional Russell Wilson, the team’s quarterback, next to a quote from King and the hashtag MLDay. Later, the team deleted the tweet and sent out an apol- ogy for poor judgment,’’ adding it was not the intent to Woods shows up at Vonn’s super-G victory equate football to “the civil rights legacy of Dr. King.’’ On Sunday, the Seahawks came from behind to defeat the Green Bay Packagers 28-22. They will face the New By ANDREW DAMPF front tooth. England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Feb. 1. AP Sports Writer The culprit, according to his agent, was a camera. “During a crush of photographers as the awards po- CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — The whole gang was dium at the World Cup event in Italy, a media member with there when Lindsey Vonn finally became the most success- a shoulder-mounted video camera pushed and surged to- ful women’s World Cup skier of all time. ward the stage, turned and hit Tiger Woods in the mouth,’’ Her mother had come to Europe for the first time. The Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports said in an email. “Woods’ American’s once-estranged father came along, too. tooth was knocked out by the incident.’’ And then a masked man showed up as Vonn celebrated Race organizers said this was not reported to them. a super-G victory Monday for her record 63rd World Cup They added that Woods did request extra security and win to make the party complete. a snowmobile to exit the finish area, and organizers met Wearing a mask with a skull design, boyfriend Tiger both requests. Woods weaved through the crowd unnoticed until he “I was among those who escorted him from the tent to shared an emotional embrace with Vonn, who had no idea the snowmobile and there was no such incident,’’ Nicola that the golfer was jetting to Europe for the occasion. Colli, the secretary general of the race organizing commit- “No way!’’ Vonn exclaimed when she spotted him. tee, told The Associated Press. “When he arrived he asked “It was an amazing surprise,’’ Vonn said. “I’m so happy for more security and we rounded up police to look after that he’s here. ... Everyone important to me is here - my both him and Lindsey.’’ mom and dad and my sister and Tiger - it’s pretty incred- Woods had been wearing a scarf with a skeleton pat- ible. I didn’t think it was going to get better than yesterday tern over the lower part of his face, sunglasses and a stock- and today topped it. ing cap. The photo was taken when the scarf was lowered. “I knew it was him immediately,’’ Vonn added. “He Woods first showed up in the athletes’ area when loves that stupid mask.’’ Vonn’s father, Alan Kildow, escorted him in shortly after Vonn broke Annemarie Moser-Proell’s 35-year-old re- Vonn took the lead. The golfer then surprised Vonn and cord of 62 World Cup wins with a flawless run down the gave the skier a hug. Olympia delle Tofane course, finishing by a huge margin After 10 to 15 minutes of standing near Vonn with her of 0.85 ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. It came a day family, Woods was shown into a white tent usually reserved after equaling the record with a downhill win on Sunday. for measuring skis. He stayed there for nearly an hour while “It’s funny for me to see that he has to wear a mask and the last lower-ranked skiers came down and during the po- hide,’’ Fenninger said of Woods. “He’s just a normal human dium celebration. After the podium celebration, Woods was but for us it’s a big thing that he’s here, because skiing is accompanied by police to a snowmobile and taken away. not as important like golf in the world.’’ Steinberg was traveling and did not say when Woods Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein placed third, 0.92 back. would have the tooth replaced. Golf’s biggest _ and most “It’s such a big number,’’ Weirather, the daughter of photographed - star returns to competition next week champion skiers Hanni Wenzel and Harti Weirather, said of in the Phoenix Open, and his smile is sure to produce a Vonn’s accomplishment. “I can’t even imagine winning so stream of shutters from the cameras. many races. She has done so much for the sport, because Woods has a long history with cameras, often frustrated she’s a real superstar and that makes Alpine skiing more when shutters go off in the middle of his swing. One no- popular in the U.S. and Europe. We need people like that table episode came during the Skins Game in 2002 when for our sport.’’ a corporate photographer clicked his camera as Woods Vonn said Woods watched Sunday’s victory at home in was hitting a shot from the bunker on the final hole. His Florida, so she couldn’t quite fathom how he made it to Eu- former caddie, Steve Williams, took the camera and set it rope so quickly. on a steep bank of a pond so that it tumbled into the water. “I had no idea he was here,’’ Vonn added. “He told ev- Another time, Woods was on the verge of his first eryone to keep it a secret and I’m surprised. Normally no bogey-free tournament at a World Golf Championship in one can keep a secret in my family. ... He just showed up. ... Ireland when a camera clicked at the top of his tee shot. He has a tournament soon. So he’s got a lot of work and I’m He made bogey, but still won. surprised that he was able to come all the way over here PHOTO COURTESY OF KICKOFFCOVERAGE.TUMBLR.COM for a few hours to watch me ski.’ AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson in Honolulu and AP Sports XXXX: Seahawks apologize for tweet comparing MLK and foot- A photo generated buzz about Woods missing his Writer Andrew Dampf in Cortina contributed to this report. ball The Seattle Seahawks have apologized for a tweet. SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 22 — 28, 2015 | 1B

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WWW.SFLTIMES.COM | 954.356.9360 BROWARD NEWS BRIEFS Chairman Monestime takes office Broward College, Strikers Staff Report

introduce business incubator MIAMI-DADE — Miami-Dade County made history today when Jean Monestime, the first Haitian-American FORT LAUDERDALE — Broward College officials to serve on the Board of County Commissioners, took the on Thursday introduced its new business incuba- oath as chairman and pledged to tackle the problem of economic inequality as someone who understands the tor, the Innovation Hub at Broward College, at an struggles of the poor. open house on its Cypress Creek location. As part “Several decades ago, I arrived on the shores of Mi- of the event, the College celebrated its partnership ami-Dade County as a teenage immigrant seeking a bet- with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, who will be col- ter life. Several decades later we are here experiencing laborating with the incubator as they seek innova- the transformative power of the American Dream,” said Monestime, who was unanimously elected as chairman by tive solutions in sports business. Brazilian soccer his colleagues in November. “To the families and individ- legend Ronaldo, who is a part-owner of the Strik- uals in this community who are struggling to make ends ers, joined Broward College officials, along with Di- meet, I understand the challenges you face.” rector of the Florida Department of Economic Op- To address the income gap, he announced the creation of a new committee structure and a Chairman’s Council portunity Jesse Panuccio and other local business for Prosperity Initiatives. leaders for a tour of the business incubator and Speaking to a chamber packed with supporters, dig- discussion on possible opportunities. nitaries and family members, Monestime said the county The 5,400 square-foot Innovation Hub at Bro- is up to the challenge of addressing its problems. “Our diversity is our strength. Our common goal is to ward College is designed to be a mixed use busi- build a stronger and most prosperous Miami-Dade Coun- ness incubator, focused on housing a dynamic ty. Now is our time,” he said. community of entrepreneurs, start-ups, mentors, Newly installed Vice Chairman Esteban Bovo Jr. also advisors and investors, and serving as a one-stop took the oath of office. Monestime represents a district that includes parts of resource for business owners, innovators and com- Little Haiti, Liberty City, Arcola Lakes and North Miami. mitted individuals pursuing their entrepreneurial In his first term with the county commission, Monestime ambitions. It will offer access to mentors – through cites several actions that he considers accomplishments. Broward College’s collaborative partnerships with Among them: Broward SCORE, the Small Business Development • Changing the small business set-aside program, Center and the Enterprise Development Corpora- increasing available contract funds by 10 times as tion – as well as angel investors, including New much. The program has already doubled funds to World Angels. There will be seminars and work- small businesses participating in set-aside contracts. shops on various business topics focused on spe- • Sponsored an ordinance that would establish a local hiring goal for all construction contracts over $1 cific skills helpful to startup companies that will million. That ordinance passed committee just the also be open to the public for a fee. This fee may other day and will be considered by the full Board in be discounted or waived depending on the course a couple weeks. and workshop. Through this intermingling of indi- • Sponsored changes to the Community Workforce Program so that those job opportunities, which are viduals and resources, the Innovation Hub seeks supposed to go to Miami-Dade residents, actually go to serve as a business ecosystem that fosters ef- to those residents. ficiency and innovation. Monestime also worked with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to ensure state support for a new Holiday Inn on Northwest Seventh Avenue, at the site Community Relations Board of the old City Inn. Monestime was first elected to represent District 2 in holds talks on trust of police 2010, unseating longtime Commissioner Dorrin Rolle. He MIAMI-DADE — The county Community Rela- was re-elected in late August, beating back a challenge from Rolle. In his re-election bid, Monestime had key tions Board is hosting a series of forums where PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMI DADE COUNTY/RYAN HOLLOWAY NEW LEADER: Chairman Monestime addresses his fellow backing from prominent African American clergy and at- residents and police officers can discuss concerns commissioners and visitors to commission chambers in torneys. Prior to his election, he served several years as a about interaction with law enforcement. downtown Miami. city councilman in North Miami. The first forum will be held 5 to 8 p.m. today at the South Dade Regional Library, 10750 SW 211th BROWARD / PALM BEACH St. in Cutler Bay. Attendees can share insights and proposals with CRB members, law enforcement leaders and community activists. The goal is to ChildNet receives $5,000 foster grant reduce tensions and improve trust between residents and police. Skills To Go Program introduces youth to career opportunities in technology Upcoming forums will be held 6:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 29 in the Lehman Auditorium at Florida Me- morial University, 15800 NW 42nd Ave.; and 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 11 at North Dade Regional Library, 2455 NW 183rd Street in Miami Gardens. Rare WWII fighter planes headed to South Florida

BOCA RATON — In honor of our WWII Veterans, the Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour is bringing extremely rare bomber and fighter air- CARING FOR KIDS: Larry Rein, ChildNet Palm Beach County; Denise Caruso, AT&T; Pat Caruso, AT&T; Elizabeth Wynter R.B. Wil- craft to South Florida as part of 110-city nation- liams, ChildNet; Gloria Pazel, AT&T; Sarah Herceg, AT&T; Bill Pazel, AT&T; Louise Zehnder, AT&T wide tour. Aircraft that will be on display include the Staff Report director of community relations for ChildNet. “This program allows our community’s most vulnerable Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII FORT LAUDERDALE — ChildNet, the community- youth the opportunity to dream about educational and Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator based care lead agency in Broward and Palm Beach coun- employment opportunities that will now be more within “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mus- ties, received a $5,000 grant from the local Florida Chap- their realm of possibility. All they need is the help and tang fighter. The Wings Of Freedom Tour will be ter of AT&T Pioneers to support foster care youth and support of organizations, like the AT&T Pioneers, that on display until Jan 25 at Boca Raton Airport young adults education and employment goals through believe in them.” the Skills To Go program. AT&T Pioneers is a group of current and retired AT&T Signature Flight Support, 3300 Airport Drive in The AT&T Skills To Go program has been successful executives, staff and volunteers who effect immediate, tan- Boca Raton. in exposing youth to career opportunities in the technol- gible change in local communities. The organization is the The tour continues in Pompano Beach, Jan. 26 ogy and telecommunications fields. This grant will pro- recognized world-class leader in volunteerism and the through 29, and Fort Lauderdale, Jan. 29 through vide funding to support local foster care youth and young world’s largest group of industry-specific employees and adults in Broward and Palm Beach County, offering a retirees dedicated to community service. Pioneers volun- Feb. 1. unique opportunity for these children to attain the training teer more than 15 million hours annually responding to and supplies needed to further their career aspirations. the individual needs of their communities. Compiled from staff, wire reports “Last year, 15 young adults in Palm Beach County As the single private non-profit entity responsible for and 15 in Broward County participated in the Skills administration of the local child welfare system, ChildNet To Go Program and field trip. The positive feedback brings years of dedication to protecting abused, aban- and results were undeniable,” said Elizabeth Wynter, doned and neglected children in the communities it serves.

PALM BEACH Mother to many: Theresa Peak helps children, young adults succeed By MICHELLE BROWN “Theresa represents the type of recommendation of a friend and Special to South Florida Times parent that each of these children saw it as an opportunity to impact and young people deserve. She young lives. At the time, she was a PALM BEACH GARDENS — counsels them with honesty, ma- senior Central Control Officer for When Theresa Peak joined the staff turity and love,” he said. “She has the Palm Beach Juvenile Detention of Place of Hope 10 years ago, she been a dependable force in their Center, where she felt like she was had no idea she was about to be- lives, encouraging, guiding and reaching them too late. come a mother to many. listening to them in way that makes “Place of Hope was still some- But over the course of a de- them smile – and that is the heart of what new, and I was going into the cade, Peak, 45, has grown with the our mission.” homes and seeing the challenges foster care organization, develop- Peak is an on-site Residen- the foster parents were having with ing her education and skills, just tial Manager for Villages of Hope the kids. We were giving them the as she has helped hundreds of (VOH), a Place of Hope program love and attention they needed to young people develop their abil- that helps young people who age keep from going the wrong route,” ity to cope with life’s challenges. out of foster care transition suc- Peak said. “The atmosphere was Place of Hope Executive Director cessfully into adulthood on a cam- loving. I started off in the Brett Har- Charles Bender recently present- pus-like setting in Lake Park. But ris Weinstein Family Cottage, worked Peak with a Decade of Dedi- in 2004, she started as a relief par- ing with boys and girls. By the time cation-Guardian of Hope award ent, working two days a week and I left, I had worked in all of the cot- PHOTO COURTESY OF TYLER FEGLEY, PLACE OF HOPE for her dedication to the county’s one weekend a month in the foster tages, as well as the (Seven Stars’) A REAL MOM: Theresa Peak, an on-site Residential Manager for Villages largest foster care and child wel- care homes of Place of Hope Palm shelter (for emergency services of Hope, recently was awarded the Guardians of Hope/Decade of Dedi- fare nonprofit, and summed up Beach Gardens’ gated neighbor- cation award for her 10-year professional anniversary. her contribution this way: hood. She took the position on the PLEASE TURN TO PEAK/2B

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Palm Beach County It will be a five-story Kia dealership in higher salaried players to begin an ear- ELGINJONES Sunrise at Sawgrass Mills. It will hold nest rebuilding next year. WORKER DEAD more than 600 cars and will eventually [email protected] Herminio Padilla Jr., a have 150 employees. CHILD GANG RAPE 48-year-old utilities work- Seven men — Cornelius er at the East Regional SUSPECT KILLED Edwards, Mark Evans, Je- Water Reclamation Facil- Rontavis Holton, 21, was rome Grace, Greg Hill, Der- PRESIDENTIAL ity in West Palm Beach, was shot and killed by the vic- rick Powell, Derrick Powell CONSIDERATIONS found dead inside a sewer tim of an armed robbery Jr. and Branden Sands — Former Florida Gov. Jeb pipe. Police say his death outside a Taco Bell restau- are facing charges related Bush is off and running. The PADILLA appears to be accidental. rant in Pompano Beach. to the disappearance of a move is sending ripples He is believed to have fallen into a sewer Ronald Farmer, 37, told Bro- EDWARDS 16-year-old girl. The teen- through the field of poten- tank and was sucked in the pipe. ward Sheriff’s detectives ager was reported missing for several tial Republican presiden- HOLTON that Holton was wearing a days and when she was located, she told tial candidates. Mitt Rom- NIT WIT ski mask and sunglasses when he ordered authorities she had been gang raped, pro- BUSH ney is now saying openly Marcel Holman, 25, was given an ultima- Farmer at gunpoint to pull down his pants. vided drugs and forced into prostitution. that he is considering anoth- tum to get a job or move out of the Delray Farmer then pulled his own weapon and The investigation is continuing and there er run and the polls has him out in front of Beach home where he was living as a bor- shot Holton, who was pronounced dead could be more arrests in the coming days. Bush and others. Romney is now advocat- der. He opted to go to jail instead of work- after being rushed to a nearby hospital. ing measures to end poverty, believe it or ing and proceeded to break out his land- Monroe County not. Things are heating up and it should lord’s car window. He called police, told Miami-Dade County be an interesting political year. them what happened and was accommo- HOMELESS SURVEY UNDERWAY dated with handcuffs. He is charged with CLUB ATTACK The annual count of the homeless will get SCOTT’S SCANDALS criminal mischief. Cody James Quaife, 34, is facing multiple underway next week around the country. The Republican Party of charges after allegedly attacking a col- The Florida Keys is no exception. Nearly Florida has ousted Gov. Broward County lege student at the Cameo nightclub on 100 volunteers will begin counting the Rick Scott’s hand-picked Miami Beach, where he works as a bounc- homeless, excluding those who are in chairman Leslie Dougher VIOLENT ACCUSATIONS er. The attacked left victim, Youness Ad- jails. The federal government requires and voted in 44-year-old Ahmad Ware, 16, of Ft. Lauderdale is lan, with multiple injuries including skull a Point-in Time (PIT) count, the results of State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia charged with attempted murder and fractures. He remains in a coma. which could impact homeless initiatives, instead. It is a defeat for armed robbery. He is accused of shooting potential funding or other resources and SCOTT Scott, who was riding high and robbing the victim, Kendrick Lemon, TRADE RUMORS services. after easily winning reelection in No- during a drug deal. Judge John Hurley set Rumors persist that several vember. What a difference a few months Ware's bond at $150,000. This is a case of Miami Heat players may NATURALIZED RELATIONS makes. Now there is a scandal brewing the dealer’s word vs. the drug user’s ac- be traded if the right offers A U.S. Congressional delegation visited with Scott’s ouster of FDLE head Gerald cusations. are put on the table. Names Cuba to begin discussions aimed at nor- Bailey. Scott indicated Bailey had quit, such as Center Luol Deng malizing relations with Cuba. Assistant which Bailey publicly denies. It now looks BANKING ON KIA and even Udonis Haslim are Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson also as if Bailey has gotten the same treatment Rick Case Automotive Group is set to circulating. The Heat can traveled to the island. It’s about time. Al- as that of former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll open the world’s largest car dealership in HASLIM still make the playoffs and if ready, daily flights from Key West are be- by Team Scott. the world, according to company officials. the rumors are true, they may be dumping ing planned and people are lining up. Peak helps foster children, young adults find their way

PEAK, FROM 1B of eight apartments, two cottages for extended foster of Families and Children, and with a healthy savings account. care, JoAnn’s Cottage maternity home and administra- Taquioya Hall also arrived at 18, and Peak remembers for boys).” tion building. Currently, only Villages of Hope and Vita her as a loner, who rarely smiled. However, during her time In 2007, Place of Hope received an opportunity to con- Nova serve emancipated youth for all of Palm Beach at VOH, Bender caught Hall smiling and laughing with Peak, tinue its work with the children who left the state system County, Peak said. In 2014, Villages of Hope gave 86 who made it possible for the young woman to trust someone. at 18 years old. Bender was approached by several sup- young people a place to live, while they worked toward Hall graduated the program with a license in cosmetology porters who were interested in finding apartments, which successful independence. and is a senior cashier at Home Depot. could be turned into housing for emancipated youth. At Peak also grew with the organization, earning her And lastly, there is Dawn Turner, a young woman who the time, only four organizations worked with kids who Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Management in 2014. Peak said, “turned around, came back and gave back.” Turn- aged out and needed support with education, jobs and She just began work on her Master’s degree in counseling er survived homelessness to become a homeowner through life skills. Bender created a position for Peak to help youth from Jacksonville Theological Seminary. Habitat for Humanity. She works for JoAnn’s Cottage as a Fam- who would become clients of Villages of Hope. “I view what I do here as counseling, talking with them ily Support Worker and also serves on the Board of Directors “Tori was our first VOH kid. His sister, Cierra, had tran- as they try to figure out what’s next,” she said. “Some of for Habitat. sitioned out of Place of Hope into a campus for emanci- them come to us homeless, but others come from house- When Peak worked for the Juvenile Detention Center, she pated youth, which turned out to be an expensive move,” holds where there is simply no guidance, no instruction. remembers trying to help children who were accused of set- Peak said. “Charles knew at that point that we wanted to This age is just as important as when they are little.” ting fire to a warehouse. The children were so young that the offer similar services. When I took on the manager posi- Peak points to three success stories from Villages of center had no clothes small enough to fit them. It was those tion, I became whatever these kids needed for me to be.” Hope who let her know that what she does matters greatly. memories that spurred her to step in wherever she could to Mother, aunt, counselor, driver, paperwork admin- Maculene St. Louis came to VOH at 18 with a determina- turn the tide for other young people without caring caretakers. istrator, job locator, personal reference, nurse and tion to leave by 23. Although she arrived needing a job “What I’ve learned is that you have to have pa- friend – Peak covered the gamut of roles and contin- and in debt, she would leave with a full-time job, thanks to tience,” Peak said, laughing. “And that the bond be- ues to do so on Village of Hope’s fully realized campus a summer program brokered by VOH at the Department tween me and these kids is really real.” sfltimes.com

SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 22 — 28, 2015 | 3B “Elevating the Dialogue” Classifieds ADVERTISING PROOF Obituaries LEGAL NOTICES 2 Tuskegee Airmen die on same day THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA NOTICE OF MEETINGS LOS ANGELES (AP) — and historian of the Los An- Brewington said, but there “At that time black MEETINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR CANCELLATION Date Meeting Place Clarence E. Huntley Jr. and geles chapter of Tuskegee are no accurate figures on servicemen were pretty 2/11/15 QSEC Review of Contractors TSSC - Rm. #323 Joseph Shambrey grew Airmen Inc., said his group how many are still alive. much relegated to me- 9a Pre-Qualification/ReCert. 7720 W. Oklnd Pk Blvd., Sunrise up running track together has only 20 members of Craig Huntly said nial type work and my 2/25/15 QSEC Review of Contractors TSSC - Rm. #323 in the same Los Ange- the elite group left after his uncle and Shambrey uncle didn’t want to do 9a Pre-Qualification/ReCert. 7720 W. Oklnd Pk Blvd., Sunrise 2/12/15 Central Area Adv. TSSC les neighborhood in the the passing of Huntley weren’t looking to be pio- that,” Huntly said. “But 9a -Steering Committee 7770 W. Oklnd Pk Blvd., Sunrise 1930s. and Shambrey. Most are in neers or heroes when they he was aware of the 2/19/15 Central Area Adv. Plantation High School th When World War II their 90s. enlisted. They were sim- Tuskegee Experiment and 9a -General Meeting 6901 NW 16 Street, Plantation broke out, they enlisted Counting pilots and ply serving their country how important it was.” 2/16/15 District Adv. Council (DAC) KCW Bldg. 6:30-9p -General Meeting 600 SE 3rd Avenue, Ft. Laud. in the Army and jumped ground personnel, there in a war abroad against Not that it would bring 2/11/15 District Adv. Council (DAC) KCW Bldg., 10th Floor at the chance to join the were perhaps as many as fascism and one at home a change in race relations 5-6:30p -Steering Meeting 600 SE 3rd Avenue, Ft. Laud. all-black group of soldiers 19,000 Tuskegee Airmen, against racism. immediately. 2/3/15 ESE - Autism Committee of ESE Baudhuin Preschool th known as the Tuskegee 9:30-11:30a Advisory (ACE) General Mtg. 7600 SW 36 St., #2218, Davie Years later, Shambrey 2/3/15 ESE - Autism Committee of ESE Baudhuin Preschool Airmen. would recall getting off a 11:30a- Advisory (ACE) Exec. Board 7600 SW 36th St., #2218, Davie After the war, they train in segregated Ala- 12:30p Mtg. came back home togeth- bama where a hospitality 2/23/15 ESE – Planning Task Force Arthur Ashe Campus, Rm. 177 10a-1p Committee 1701 NW 23rd Ave., Ft. Laud. er, married their respec- station was welcoming re- 2/27/15 ESE - ACE Exec Board Meeting Dunkin Donuts tive sweethearts and turning white troops with 10a-12p 9740 Griffin Rd., Cooper City rarely let a month pass handshakes and free cof- 2/25/15 ESE Advisory Council General Piper High School, Sm.Aud. without getting together fee. 6:30-9p Meeting 8000 SW 44 Street, Sunrise 2/5/15 ESE Adv. Exec. Board Mtg. West Regional Library or talking by phone. “When he and his bud- 10a-12p 8601 W. Broward Blvd, Plantation So it was ironic but dies came off, dressed in 2/6/15 ESE By-Laws Committee Northwest Regional Library perhaps not all that sur- their uniforms, of course 10a-1p 3151 N. Univ. Dr., Coral Spgs prising when both died they didn’t get any con- 2/13/15 ESE By-Laws Committee Northwest Regional Library 10a-1p 3151 N. Univ. Dr., Coral Spgs on Jan. 5 at 91. gratulations,” said Sham- 2/20/15 ESE By-Laws Committee Northwest Regional Library “They were friends brey’s son, Tim. They 10a-1p 3151 N. Univ. Dr., Coral Spgs all the way to the end,” even had to pay for their 2/27/15 ESE By-Laws Committee Northwest Regional Library 10a-1p 3151 N. Univ. Dr., Coral Spgs Huntley’s nephew, Craig coffee. 2/19/15 ESE - Down Syndrome Task West Regional Library Huntly, summed up in an By coincidence, Sham- 10a-2p Force Committee General Mtg. 8601 W. Broward Blvd, Plantation interview Monday with brey and Huntley were 2/9/15 ESE - Down Syndrome Task JAFCO The Associated Press. dispatched to Italy togeth- 9:30-11a Force Comm. Exec. Board Mtg. 5100 Nob Hill Rd., Sunrise 2/5/15 Facilities Task Force Dillard High School-Rm 209 “As soon as I got the er in 1944 and came back 6:30p - General Mtg 2501 NW 11th Street, Ft. Laud. word that my uncle had home together. 2/19/15 Gifted Advisory TBA died,” he said, “one of PHOTOS COURTESY OF WARHISTORYONLINE.COM As the years passed, 7p the first people I began Clarence E. Huntley Jr. neither man talked much 2/24/15 Instructional Materials Policy KCW Bldg., 13th Floor 8:30-10:30a 6308 Change Committee 600 SE 3rd Avenue, Ft. Laud. calling was Joe. And I got about his military service, 2/19/15 North Area Advisory Council Coconut Creek Elementary no answer.” which isn’t unusual for 7p - Gen. Mtg 500 NW 45th Ave, Coconut Creek After their enlist- Tuskegee Airmen, Brew- 2/19/15 North Area Advisory Council Coconut Creek Elementary th ment in 1942, both men ington said. 6p -Steering Committee 500 NW 45 Ave, Coconut Creek 2/9/15 Parent/Community Involvement McFatter Tech Center - Bistro quickly set out to be part Shambrey would throw 6p Task Force 6500 Nova Drive, Davie of what was then called barbeques from time to 2/12/15 Parent/Community Involvement McFatter Tech Center - Bistro the Tuskegee Experi- time and invite his old mil- 6p Task Force 6500 Nova Drive, Davie ment — the formation 2/19/15 Parent/Community Involvement McFatter Tech Center - Bistro itary buddies. As many as 6p Task Force 6500 Nova Drive, Davie of the U.S. military’s first 150 people would attend. 2/25/15 Parent/Community Involvement McFatter Tech Center - Bistro all-black squadron of pi- Huntley’s daughter 6p Task Force 6500 Nova Drive, Davie lots. The group went on Sheila McGee said he 2/11/15 Policy 6000.1 Committee KCW Bldg., 13th Fl. Conf. Rm 8-10a 600 SE 3rd Avenue, Ft. Laud. to take part in more than had a ready answer when 2/25/15 Policy 6000.1 Committee KCW Bldg., 13th Fl. Conf. Rm 15,000 combat missions, people asked about his 8-10a 600 SE 3rd Avenue, Ft. Laud. earning over 150 Distin- service: “I was doing what 2/25/15 Superintendent's Ins. Advisory TSSC (Lobby) guished Flying Crosses. I was supposed to do, and 10a Committee (SIAC) 7770 W. Oklnd Pk Blvd., Sunrise (Purpose: Discussion on various As Tuskegee Airmen that was to serve my coun- Employee Wellness Initiatives and mechanics, Huntley and tr y.” any other matters the Committee deems important. 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PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER.COM Apple turns stores into galleries Austin Mann for iPad, iPhone artists NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is turning its retail stores into art who started using their iPhones and galleries featuring the work of professional photographers and sometimes iPads, which had just come other artists who use iPads, iPhones and Mac computers to out. create. “I had an iPhone at home and Travel photographer Austin Mann used an iPhone 6 to take I downloaded the Brushes app,” he otherworldly panoramic photos of an Icelandic glacier. Mann, says. “That was a wonderful, simple who recalls mowing lawns for a summer as a seventh grader application.” to save up for his first, bright green iMac in 1998, says his use It was also challenging. When he of an iPhone and high-end cameras is “split pretty even” when painted on a canvas, he painted life- it comes to professional work. size works. Painting on a 3.5 inch- “In the photography industry especially, when you are screen was an entirely different thing. getting started you are always seeking gear, ‘If I could only get “What I liked about it was that this $1,000 lens,’” he says. Using just an iPhone to take great there was no setup,” Hall says. With all the prep work that photos encourages people to “shift away from focusing on comes with traditional painting, he says, “by the time you gear and equipment.” have everything out the moment has (often) passed.” Apple commissioned the work of 12 artists at various stages of their career to create works meant to inspire. Hall, whose website lists exhibitions in cities from San Showcasing the people who use its technology — in this case, Francisco to New York to Shanghai, says he has not painted painters, photographers, filmmakers and other visual artists — traditionally for many years. And he prefers painting on the is a shift for a company long focused on making its products iPad to using a traditional computer. Using the app Procreate front and center. The artwork, done on iOS devices and Macs to paint with his fingers on the iPad, “you don’t feel like you using various apps, is displayed on Apple’s website as part are fighting a computer to create your art. You feel connected of an ad campaign called “Start something new.” And the to the artwork,” he says. “When I first used an iPad, it made Cupertino, California-based company is replacing all product me think of cave paintings, or when a child first paints using PHOTOS COURTESY OF APPLE.COM signage in its retail stores with the artwork. their finger.” Roz Hall used iPad Air 2 and Procreate to paint his portrait series. Just as technology has transformed the way we work and While some artists may look at digital painting as “cheating” Alistair Taylor-Young, whose photography career spans two interact with one another, it has also changed the way we — after all, you can delete mistaken brush strokes — Hall, who decades and has shot for fashion icons such as Armani and create. For painter Roz Hall, that’s meant shifting away from lives in Britain, thinks it actually makes artists more daring. Fendi and magazines ranging from Conde Nast Traveler to the canvases and acrylic paint he started out using in art “If you spent 50 pounds ($75) on canvas and another 50 French Vogue, took photos of rainy cityscapes with the iPhone school to an iPhone app called Brushes. After not painting pounds on paint, at some point you are going to get careful. 6 for Apple’s project. “Crystal Mosaic” uses the phone’s for many years, Hall in 2010 read about a group of artists You don’t want to waste what you spent,” he says. own camera app to bring drops of rain on glass into focus, showing ordinary scenes through a different perspective. Taylor-Young bought an iPhone in 2007, when they first came out. Having worked with Polaroid cameras early in his career, he found the quality of the original iPhone’s camera very similar. “It was quite soft and the colors were muted and distorted,” he says. “The moment I picked up the phone and started taking pictures, it reminded me of photography in its infancy. You couldn’t focus, change PHOTOS COURTESY OF APPLE.COM exposure. You just saw something and took Japanese-born, London-based illustrator Nomoco used the Brushes Redux App on an iPad Air 2. a photo.” SoFlo LIVE | SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 22 — 28, 2015 | 3C black person belittling themselves for the enjoyment of a white audience. This type of acting occurred a lot in the early part of the 20th Century because those were typically the only black film roles available. A great example is Prissy the house servant (Butterfly McQueen) in Gone With the Wind. That’s where the phrase, “I don’t know nothing ‘bout birthing no babies!” came from. Gladly, we, the black community, have graduated from that type of entertaining. This is a chick flick that for men. All of the chick flick and dude movie tentpoles are there (minus things exploding): weddings, flowers, bridesmaids, and an awesome wedding planner for the ladies to watch and a crazy bachelor party, the nuances of guy code, and hot girls for the men. This also makes The Wedding Ringer a great date film. Another great aspect of the film, other than the great comedy, is that it doesn’t specifically have a cookie-cutter happy ending. It’s a bit messy. There is a lot of idiotic, cock-eyed, nincompoopery in The Wedding Ringer that’s just a tad on the offensive side. Like, when Doug accidentally sets his fiancé, Gretchen’s (Kaley Cuoco- Sweeting), grandmother (Cloris Leachman) on fire. Or, like when Gretchen’s father, Ed (Ken Howard), bullies Doug on the football field, because Doug is more of a lover and not a fighter. There’s also an unfortunate incident with a dog and some peanut butter, but it’s all in good fun. Surely, everyone has seen the commercials touting the great audience reactions to the film and how hilarious they found it. They’re not off the mark. The Wedding Ringer is quite funny. It also makes you think about your own relationships and if the one you’re with is the PHOTOS COURTESY OF COLLIDER.COM right one for you. Because, Doug doesn’t just THE WEDDING RINGER: (From Left) Doug Harris as Josh Gad and Kevin Hart as Jimmy Callahan show their need his bride to love him, he also needs a good “moves.” guy friend to hang out with and share a drink. After all, if this film doesn’t prove anything else, it makes one heck of a statement that friends are in fact the family that you choose. They’re Hart scores in ‘Ringer’ also the ones who will fake being a U.S. Army chaplain for a few weeks; just to impress your By KIMBERLY GRANT the outside, they look very mismatched. The fiancé’s family. Special to South Florida Times rest of the cast includes Affion Crocket, Jenifer SFT_FF_5.06X5_Layout 1 1/16/15 4:39 PM Page 1 Lewis, Joe Garcia, and Whitney Cummings. Jimmy (Kevin Hart) is on the run. In The Wedding Ringer, Doug (played by It’s easy to wrongfully write off The Josh Gad) pays Best Man, Inc. extraordinaire Wedding Ringer as another white film where Jimmy Callahan (Kevin Hart) to pretend to a black man shucks and jives his way into FREE! be his best guy friend, Bic Mitchum, at his a white audience’s comedy-loving hearts. wedding. That seems easy. All Bic has to do You’ve got Hart playing a man who gets SEEDS OF THE is learn as much about Doug as possible to paid to be another man’s best man at his actually pass for Doug’s old friend. Bic, by the wedding. That plot point in itself has all kinds way, happens to be a military chaplain in the of connotation, considering that most black U.S. Army who has done tours in Afghanistan. actors and actresses are usually relegated AFRICAN Okay, so it’s not easy, nor is it a simple to playing the best friend in big budget films. plot. Except, the film dives headfirst into the Only, this time, Hart is a bigger star than Gad. raunchy, R-rated arena to bring a male version Hart is also a comedian to his core and he DIASPORA of Bridesmaids. obviously plays well with white audiences, In the script by screenwriters Jeremy which is why he has reached A-list status and A Celebration of Dance, Drum & Music: Garelick (who also directed) and Jay Lavender, can almost carry a film on his own. Bic and Doug comically form a bond over their But I digress. Hart, in an obvious mash- A Journey of Cultural Artistic Expression through Traditional & Contemporary Folktale shared love of being misfits. They form an up of The Wedding Planner, Hitch, and the unlikely union and fall in friendship in this Hangover franchise, is funny and, thankfully, instantly classic bromance. Hart and Gad does not get consumed in coonery, a term actually have great chemistry even though, on some of you may not know. It refers to a

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We’ve sation in the US world music scene in 1991 with band, Antibalas, is teaming for a tour with Zap Mama, never had the chance to collaborate before, nor with their critically-acclaimed self-titled release on Marie Daulne’s international polyphonic vocal group, any other group on this scale. This is a thrill and a David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label. Marie Daulne, that will travel across North America in January and privilege for us to be working together,” said Martín known worldwide as the creative force behind February. Perna from Antibalas. “I think the energies and tal- Zap Mama, redefines the word “vocalist” by Their show comes to South Florida at two ents of each group are complementary and really creatively expressing sound and storytell- venues. On Friday, the bands will perform out- exciting things will happen when we get to perform.” ing through tone and pure voice. Melding doors in the Gosman Ampitheater at Kravis The concerts will feature a brand-new presenta- afropop and with American and European Center, 701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm tion, deeply combining the two groups into one show urban music using ethnic polyphonic vocal Beach, FL. Then, on Saturday, they head south specially created for this tour. “Every time I do a structures, Zap Mama is a world-music for a performance at the South Miami-Dade tour, I want the show to have its own unique story arc revue that can transport the listener around Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211 Street in which, even if it’s not explicitly expressed, still gives the globe in the course of a song. Cutler Bay. a certain flow or cohesiveness to the presentation,” Tickets for the Kravis performance are The Congo-born artist Zap Mama and Brook- says Zap Mama founder Marie Daulne. “I’m very $15. Picnic baskets, lawn chairs, blankets and lyn-based Antibalas join to celebrate the evolu- excited to explore the intersections between our glob- non-alcoholic beverages are welcome in tion of contemporary Afro music. From Afrobeat ally influenced vocal harmonies and the polyrhythmic the Gosman Amphitheatre. For more to Afro-Pop rhythms, Zap Mama mixes African rhythms of Antibalas. I’m sure it will be an exciting information, please call 561-832- vocal techniques with European polyphony. and fun journey.” 7469 or visit the offi- Featured in Broadway’s Fela!, Antibalas effort- Antibalas (Spanish for “bulletproof”), is a Brook- cial website at kra- lessly seams Afrobeat with New York City Latin, lyn, NY- based big band inspired by the golden age of vis.org. Tickets for funk and traditional drumming of Cuba and West African and Afro-Caribbean musical styles of the the South Dade show 1970s as well as the jazz and improvised music tradi- PHOTO COURTESY OF JMARINA ABADJIEFF West Africa. are $25-$45. Contact Antibalas, founded in 1998, evolved tions of their native New York. Members of Antibalas the box office by calling out of the same Brooklyn-based musical are sought-after session and touring musicians, 786-573-5300 or online nucleus as Sharon Jones & the Dap- regularly recording and performing with a spectrum at SMDCAC.org. ON THE COVER Kings, and emerged onto the world of artists including the Roots, TV on the Radio, Jova- Antibalas music scene around 2000. After years notti, Arcade Fire, Allen Tousaint, David Byrne and St. PHOTO COURTESY OF JURGEN ROGIERS PHOTO COURTESY OF of heavy international touring the band rose Vincent, Angelique Kidjo, and Betty Lavette. MODLIN.RICHMOND.EDU Zap Mama Zap Mama PHOTO COURTESY OF GALLERYHIP.COM/ BANBU.LT African Drums Djembe come alive with music, laughs in ‘Into the Woods’ Staff Report mysterious witch (Tituss Bur- belief on the transformational power of theater,” said Scott Fairy tales gess). Thrust into a world of Shiller, executive vice president of the Adrienne Arsht MIAMI — Into the Woods, the Tony Award-winning musical magic and adventure, they Center. “All eyes are on Into the Woods as the Hollywood comedy by Broadway legends Stephen Sondheim and James find their story intertwined film debut of the beloved musical proved to be a holiday Lapine, plays Jan. 22 – Feb. 15 in the intimate Carnival Studio with a group of legendary blockbuster. We’re excited to keep the momentum Theater (Ziff Ballet Opera House). Into the Woods is a magical characters including Cinder- strong as we present the theatrical version – story that reimagines classic fairytales such as Jack and the ella (Annemarie Rosano), Lit- starring a brilliant mix of nationally-recognized Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and more. tle Red Riding Hood (Magan and local superstars. This is a show for all Into the Woods features an all-star cast comprised of local Dee Yantko), and a certain ages and for all time!” talent and New York-based actors including Broadway’s Tituss young man named Jack “DreamCatcher was founded of the Burgess (Jersey Boys, The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls and (Bruno Vida) who happens deep belief that the stories we choose TV’s “30 Rock”) and Arielle Jacobs (In The Heights). Into the to have some very magical to tell, and how we tell them, truly mat- Woods is the inaugural production by DreamCatcher Theatre, beans. ter. There is no better story to start our a new South Florida-based company led by Miami native The musical’s creative journey than Into the Woods,” said Natalie brother-sister team Natalie and J.J. Caruncho, and the Arsht team features direction by Caruncho, co-artistic director of DreamCatch- Center’s latest arts partner. Justin Fortunato; music PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTIST MANAGEMENT er Theatre. “We have assembled a brilliant cast Tickets to Into the Woods are $50 and may be purchased direction by Robert Neumey- Tituss Burgess stars as the Witch. who are not only accomplished storytellers, but through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) er; choreography by Kiesha who also share our vision that great theatre can 949-6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.org. Lalama; Ron Castonguay as conductor; set design by April change lives. And we are so excited to be able Under the direction of Justin Fortunato, DreamCatcher Soroko; costume design by Alberto Arroyo; lighting design by to tell this beautiful story in partnership with Theatre and the Arsht Center’s production of Into the Woods Bryan Kaschube; sound design by Rich Szczublewski; and the Arsht Center as part of their 2014-2015 takes place in the fairytale kingdom of the Brothers Grimm prop design by Jodi Dellaventura. Theatre Up Close season. We look forward to PHOTO COURTESY OF JUSTIN NAMON where, once upon a time, a baker (J.J. Caruncho) and his “We’re thrilled to welcome DreamCatcher Theatre – our having all of South Florida come out to dream Little Red, Jack, Baker’s wife, and the Baker look up at a giant in a wife (Arielle Jacobs) were sent on a quest into the woods by a newest collaborator and a creative partner that shares our with us!” PHOTO COURTESY OF SEAN TURI scene from Into the Woods. 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ILLUSTRATION BY ERICA BROWN / SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES Rosamund Pike, Amy Adam, Viola Davis, Uzo Aduba, Jennifer Lopez and Lupita Nyong’o The redheads take it on the Golden Globes carpet By LEANNE ITALIE chose designer Randi Rahm and a gun metal Associated Press halter look with all-over beads and crystals. Presenter Jennifer Lopez went for Old NEW YORK — Gone Girl actress Rosamund Hollywood in a silver Zuhair Murad art deco Pike kicked off the glam on the Golden inspired caftan with a full cape, high slit and Globe Awards red carpet in a white, skin- plenty of decolletage. baring gown just a few weeks after giving “I love him. He’s one of my favorite birth. designers,” she said. She earned wows from mamas Fashion darling Lupita Nyong’o was everywhere wearing a Vera Wang in fluttery purple that faded to white at Collection gown with large cutouts showing the bottom, while Naomi Watts walked off her midriff, a low neck and a strappy with husband Liev Schreiber in a questionable back. yellow color but nicely cut silk strapless Ahead of the Beverly Hills, California, column gown from Gucci — and a stunning awards night hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Bulgari diamond snake necklace. Press Association was a parade of white, Emily Blunt wore a full white couture silver and red — with some black thrown in gown by Michael Kors. The color made her a la Amal Clooney with a pair of long white nervous, she said, considering an early rain gloves to match. that cleared by carpet time, but “mainly Amy Adams, star of Big Eyes, went for a because I’m clumsy and I have a baby that soft blue, one-shoulder Versace with classic can spill stuff on it.” draping across the front and a bit of drama She added to E!: “It’s a little soggy at the in cascading folds at the back. John Legend’s bottom.” wife, model Chrissy Teigen, wore unusual Foxcatcher actress Sienna Miller had a long sleeves on a Zuhair Murad beaded bad bridal night on the carpet in an ill-fitting, sheath in rosy blush. heavily embellished white Miu Miu. Lena Dunham, who often goes her Long, sideswept hair had a moment. A own way on red carpets, was remarkably va-va-voom buxom Jessica Chastain did it restrained in classic red. well when she paired her red hair with a shiny

“I’m wearing Zac Posen, my former baby black Versace, low-cut and daintily knotted at LT sitter,” she told E! “I’m sure my parents paid the belly button. him, like, $4.75 an hour. It was the late The red heads ruled. Julianne Moore `90s.” wore a silvery embellished custom Givenchy She was matchy-matchy with her Girls Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci that went co-star Allison Williams, for color anyway. from embellished silver metallic sequins to Dunham’s gown was smooth while Williams’ black ostrich feathers at the bottom as she SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES THU 1/22 3 col (5.06”) x 10” Armani Prive was full-on beaded ruffles. chatted about playing dress up. ALL.BND.0122.SFTemail Helen Mirren also wore red, a fine silk Dolce “I think the fashion game has changed UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRESENTS A BLUMHOUSE/SMART ENTERTAINMENT/NUYORICAN PRODUCTION A FILM BY ROB COHEN JENNIFER LOPEZ “THE BOY NEXT DOOR” MUSIC EXECUTIVE & Gabbana with stone detail. considerably in the last 10 years or so. We RYAN GUZMAN JOHN CORBETT IAN NELSON AND KRISTIN CHENOWETH BYRANDY EDELMAN NATHAN BARR PRODUCERS COUPER SAMUELSON Williams wanted a “real girl” dress after have access to things that we really didn’t PRODUCED her turn as Peter Pan. have access to before,” she said. “It’s really JEANETTE VOLTURNO-BRILL ZAC UNTERMAN BYJASON BLUM p.g.a. JOHN JACOBS p.g.a. ELAINE GOLDSMITH-THOMAS BENNY MEDINA JENNIFER LOPEZ Also extending the red trend last year was fun.” WRITTEN DIRECTED Viola Davis, the How to Get Away with Murder Co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — in BYBARBARA CURRY BYROB COHEN A UNIVERSAL RELEASE <50=,9:(3:;<+06: star who stunned in a silk Donna Karan the first of many looks for the evening — Atelier strapless with pleats and mirrored evoked Mutt and Jeff, Fey in a bubbly look sequins on the corset. that was white in the front and black in the CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR Davis was joined on Planet Awesome by back and Poehler in loud blue with fabric to THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES Uzo Aduba of Orange Is the New Black. She spare. STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 SoFlo LIVE | SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 22 — 28, 2015 | 7C events calendar JANUARY 23 JANUARY 25 COMPILED By MARISSA CLARKE Weston Winter Safety Expo: It will “snow” in The Beethoven Project: In celebration of the Special to South Florida Times Weston at this interactive safety expo, which Bailey Hall’s Steinway Grand Piano, Gustavo features police, fire and rescue vehicles, booths Romero will perform Beethoven’s piano so- and displays. Listen to music, dance and enjoy natas in a series of eight concerts. 7 p.m. at a hot chocolate and cookies! Take pictures in Bailey Concert Hall and Fine Arts Theatre, the Winter Wonderland photo area and watch 3501 Davie Rd., Fort Lauderdale. $15-$35. presentations by the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 954-201-6884 or baileyhall.org. SWAT, the bomb squad and more! 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Tequesta Trace Park, 600 Indian Trace, JANUARY 26 Weston. Free. 954-389-4321. Yoga in the Park: Bring your yoga mat, wa- JANUARY 24 ter, and a towel to relax and unwind with a January 22 – 28 The National Water Dance: Dale Andree, direc- yoga session by the bay. A certified instructor tor of National Water Dance, presents a site- will lead you through the movements and the Jan. 23 specific performance at the beach. The- per atmosphere is perfect to reduce your stress JANUARY 22 formance includes students from New World before returning to the weekday grind. 6 p.m. School of the Arts, Jubilation Dane Ensemble at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, 301 Biscayne Clematis by Night: Enjoy a relaxing eve- and Momentum Dance Company. National Blvd., Miami. Free. 305-358-7550. ning underneath the stars and listen to the Water Dance is dedicated to using movement sounds of Making Faces. The West Palm to bring awareness to save the environment. JANUARY 28 Beach-based band offers a mix of rock and 5 p.m. On the sand behind the North Beach reggae for a unique sound. Grab a bite to eat Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. from a local vendor and chill. 6 p.m. at 101 Free. www.nationalwaterdance.org. The Abolitionists: This film discusses the N. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach. Free. 561- small group of reformers in the 1830s that 822-1515. The Rainbow Fish: Children are sure to be launched the social movement to end slav- entertained and learn about sharing with ery. The film is shown as part of the Created Concert Under the Stars: Enjoy music by this musical stage production. The Rainbow Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle, a Na- PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.COM Fish is considered beautiful because of her tional Endowment for the Humanities initia- the University of Miami Frost Opera Theater. Courtney Mickens Listen to the music while enjoying wine, des- shiny scales and she learns the true mean- tive fund film series about Civil Rights. The Soul in the City: Neo-soul singers sert and coffee sponsored by Whole Foods ing of beauty when she shares her scales fund launched in 2013 in celebration of the Courtney Mickens and Nicole Clark per- Market. 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bonnet House Mu- with others. 1 p.m. at Bailey Concert Hall, 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proc- form. Mickens and Clark are alums of seum & Gardens, 900 N. Birch Rd., Fort Lau- 3501 Davie Rd., Fort Lauderdale. $10, $5 lamation. 2:30 p.m. at Mandel Public Library, the African Heritage Cultural Arts Cen- derdale. $40, $35 Bonnet House members. children under 4. 954-201-6884. 411 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. ter. The concert includes appetizers 954-703-2614. served by the Northwestern Culinary Jan. 24 Academy. 8 p.m. at the African Heritage Democratic Women’s Club of NE Broward: Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd The group celebrates the 42nd anniversary Ave., Miami. $15. 305-638-6771. Seeds of the African Diaspora of the Roe v. Wade decision. There will also be a discussion on what to expect in the StepCrew: The group performs their mix of 2015 Florida legislature. Refreshments will Irish Step, traditional tap, and Ottawa Val- be served. 7 p.m. at the Emma Lou Olson ley step dancing for a style all their own. The Civic Center, 1801 NE Sixth St., Pompano dancers will be joined by a five piece Celtic Beach. Free. 954-942-8711. band and singer. 8 p.m. at South Miami- Dade Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211th St., Cutler Bay. $15-$35. 786-573-5316. JANUARY 23 PHOTOS COURTESY OF DELOU AFRICA Jan. 23 Suzanne Westenhoefer: Delou Africa, a local educational The comedian performs. and performing arts organization Raised in Pennsylvania’s present an afternoon of live danc- Amish Country, Westen- ing, drumming and music. Delou PHOTO COURTESY OF PHOTO COURTESY OF PHOTO COURTESY OF hoefer is known for being Africa is focused on presenting FANPOP.COM POPSUGAR.COM GEEKYNEWS.COM Fey Louis-Dreyfus Colbert candid and funny on- West African Culture. 1:30 p.m. at stage. 8 p.m. at Sun- the Adrienne Arsht Center Knight The Second City Hits Home: Chicago- shine Cathedral, Concert Hall, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., style comedy comes to town with the im- 1480 SW Ninth Miami. Free. 305-949-6722. prov group Second City! Known for launch- Ave., Fort Lauder- ing the careers of some of comedy’s most dale. $35, $25 in famous names (Tina Fey, Julia Louis- advance. 954-462- Dreyfus, Stephen Colbert), the Improv 2004 or www.sun- troupe is sure to make you laugh. Expect shinecathedral.org. fun sketches, songs and more using local headlines. 7:30 p.m. at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale. $39. 954-462-0222 or PHOTO COURTESY OF SUZANNEW.COM www.browardcenter.org. Suzanne Westenhoefer Delou Africa Dance Ensemble, Inc. Please email your event to [email protected] by the preceding Thursday at 10 a.m. 8C | JANUARY 22 — 28, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM | SoFlo LIVE