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During the recent Spouse Symposium, attendees asked about the INTERSTATE COMPACT AGREEMENT. This link provides insight on the Agreement established on behalf of our military children as they transition to multiple schools during the school year. If you have additional questions, please contact the School Liaison Office at 305.437.0148. If you are interested in having your child attend a Charter or Magnet School in Miami-Dade County, the next school year, 2015-2016, application submission goes through 15 January 2015 for the lottery. Active Duty Military Service Members' children are placed on a military priority list for Magnet Schools and most Charter Schools. Remember, the sooner you register, the better your chance of being selected. Further information about the process can be found on School Choice http://yourchoicemiami.org/#. POC: School Liaison Officer, 305.437.0148.
TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES FOR TICKETS – CALL 305.437.1595 Leisure Travel Services
ARIANA GRANDE 3/28 WICKED 3/29 MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS K1 SPEED TICKETS BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios DISNEY WORLD MILITARY SPECIALS
Sports & Fitness Fitness Center Class Schedule http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/fitness-center/ Monday 0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica 1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1215-1315 Yoga 1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free 1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free Tuesday 0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 0600-0700 Indoor Cycling with Lisa 1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy 1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free 1700-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Wednesday 0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica 1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free 1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free Thursday 0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 0600-0700 Indoor Cycling - Lisa 1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy 1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free 1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Friday 1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica 1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free 1215-1315 Yoga
All SOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI employees may use the Miami Dade Public Safety Training Institute Aquatic Center 9601 NW 58th Street, Miami, FL 33178. M-F, 0600-1800. Call for details: 305.715.5000. No guests allowed. Hours of Operation
Schedule is Subject to Change
Monday - Thursday: 0500 – 2100, Friday: 0500 - 2000
$3 per Class or $25 for 10 Classes
Saturday and Sunday: 1000 – 1700, Closed on holidays
Pay with cash, check or credit card
Open to Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Military & their Dependents
Please arrive on time for class
305.437.0123/0124
First Come – First Served
MASSAGE THERAPY - The Fitness Center offers massage therapy services. To schedule your appointment with Francine, please contact the fitness center front desk, 305.437.0123. Massages offered: Prenatal, Reflexology, Back, Neck and Shoulders, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Shiatsu, Chair. Click here for details and watch the portal or Facebook for massage specials! One hour massages on Saturdays, by appointment, $50. Call 305.437.0123
USSOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI - RELATED FACEBOOK PAGES U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - https://www.facebook.com/southcom?fref=ts USAG - MIAMI Family Support Center - https://www.facebook.com/USAGMiamiFamilySupportCenter USAG-MIAMI FMWR - https://www.facebook.com/miamifmwr SOUTHERN COMMAND SPOUSES - https://www.facebook.com/groups/131929440155922/?fref=ts USSOUTHCOM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/121356728011135/ MILITARY SPOUSE RECIPE SWAP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/102922893243498/ Southern Command On-line Yard Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/567364979982480/ Miami-Dade Zip Code Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MiamiDadeZCG/?fref=ts Homestead Zip Code Group - www.facebook.com/groups/HomesteadMilitaryWives SOCSOUTH SPOUSES GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/socsouthredfam Conference Center of the Americas (CCA) - https://www.facebook.com/USSOUTHCOMCCA Army Substance Abuse Program USAG-Miami - https://www.facebook.com/ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramMiami J9's Public Private Cooperation division - https://www.facebook.com/southcomppc US SOUTHCOM Health Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyHealthClinicSouthcom
Army Community Service http://miami.armymwr.com Financial Survival, (First Term Finance,) January 22, 8am-12pm, POC: richard.c.zimmelman.civ@mail.mil Newcomer Orientation, January 27, 8am-12pm, January 28 9am-3:30pm, POC: vilma.m.lesesne.civ@mail.mil Interview Techniques Workshop, January 29, 9am-12pm, POC; joe.pagan1.civ@mail.mil Miami Tour, Jan 30, 9am-4pm, POC: joe.pagan1.civ@mail.mil Marketing Yourself for a Second Career, February 4, 8am-11:30am, POC: joe.pagan1.civ@mail.mil How to Create an Effective Civilian Resume’, February 11, 1-4pm, POC: joe.pagan1.civ@mail.mil Military Saves Week, February 22 – March 1, POC: richard.c.zimmelman.civ@mail.mil Budgeting 101, February 23, 11am-1pm, POC: richard.c.zimmelman.civ@mail.mil
Volunteer VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION - Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS) 1. Using Internet Explorer, go to www.myarmyonesource.com. If you are not already registered on this site, click on Register at the top right. Click on the Join Now button in the middle of that page on the right. Complete the registration form and select USAG-Miami in the Military Community Affiliation drop-box under HQ IMCOM. 2. Once registered, you can log in. Click on the Volunteer Tools tab located in the upper right hand corner of the webpage. 3. Click on Volunteer Profile. Complete all requested information in the volunteer profile. Be sure to enter the last four digits only of your social security number and save the page. This will ensure you are a registered volunteer. 4. You can use the Volunteer Opportunities tab to locate volunteer opportunities on the installation. If you want to volunteer off the installation, click on the Army Community Service link provides a generic volunteer position description – Special Projects Volunteer – for all off-post volunteer opportunities. 5. Once you locate a volunteer opportunity, click on the position of interest. This will supply you with a detailed outline of the position including the organization contact person. If you want to apply for the position, click on the Apply button on the top right of the position description. 6. Questions or concerns, contact Mary Ortiz, Volunteer Coordinator at 305.437.2665 or 305.437.2667 mary.e.ortiz.civ@mail.mil.
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP - Make a real difference in the lives of people who have fallen on hard times. Volunteers are needed for: Meal Services Program, Breakfast (5:30-7:30am,) Lunch (11am-1pm,) Dinner (5-7pm.) After School Programming in our Family Resource Center (M-F 2-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm; Saturday 9-11:30am.) Warehouse and Maintenance Operations (M-F, 8am-5pm.) Holiday Assistance, Special Events. All volunteers must complete the volunteer registration paperwork along with a color picture ID. Chapman Partnership has two locations: one in Downtown Miami and one in Homestead. POC: Grace Ugalde-Wolpert, Community Outreach Manager, Chapman Partnership. 1550 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 33136, 305.329.3081, gugalde@chapmanpartnership.org. For more information, visit www.chapmanpartnership.org.
KRISTI HOUSE Volunteers needed at the Kristi House clinic: You must be over age 18 and a high school graduate for this program. Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm: Waiting Room Ambassadors (you can color with the children, read books, make bracelets etc.) Peak hours are afterschool 2-5:30pm. The clinic needs people to play with the children while they are waiting for therapy and/or when their parent is being interviewed by a State Attorney. The need is during the day and on weekdays Other volunteer activities include: public speaking, fundraising, special events and in-kind donation drives. Thank you for your support of these sexually abused children and their families. POC: Kristi House Volunteer Coordinator Abegail De La Fuente at o. 305.547.6823 c. 786.203.6758 f. 305.250.9161. AFuente@kristihouse.org.
THE ARTS - http://www.artsbizmiami.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=AHWWLp%2fPUVM30eGwruBkKg%3d%3d MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE in Miami International Airport (MIA.) Applicants select shifts but must work at least twice per month. Most volunteers work once a week. Shifts are from 9am-1pm, 1-5pm, and 5-9pm. Volunteers will receive passes for employee parking at MIA. Must have some computer knowledge and work well with traveling military and their families with IDs. Sign up online at www.militaryloungemiami.com/?page_id=8 or call 305.587.0046.
DIVERS, VOLUNTEER with Veterans Ocean Adventures and share the undersea world with the disabled community and disabled veterans. Once certified as a Buddy Diver by the Handicapped SCUBA Association, join us as we give back to the community supporting adaptive diving. Volunteers receive free air and free passage on scheduled boat dives. For more information, email info@veteransoceanadventures.org.
CHARLEE OF DADE COUNTY, INC. provides for the needs of abused, abandoned, neglected, and at-risk children in Miami-Dade County. To volunteer, call 305.779.9706.
IN BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/ IN MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonbroward.org/HOC__Special_Event_Details_Page?id=a0MA000000GeuSgMAJ
Discounts MIAMI-DADE DEFENSE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISCOUNT DIRECTORY - http://miami.beaconcouncil.com/mdda/mdda_resource_guide.html MILITARY DISCOUNTS - http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/military-discounts MIAMI OPEN CITY TOUR - free hop on - hop off transportation to active duty and veterans as well as $19 (50% discount) to spouse and children (I.D. required). Journey begins at Bayside from 9am with the last departure at 4:30pm. Buses are equipped with: Retractable roof (for all weather), Wi-Fi, 7 language audio presentation, Air conditioning on lower deck, Handicap essentials. www.miamiopencitytour.com/en/
DIVING MUSEUM All active duty military are free. Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents, photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving and celebrates the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story. Mile Marker 83 on US-1 in Islamorada on the Bay Side. www.divingmuseum.org/
PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, Active U.S. Military free with ID, http://www.pamm.org/ BIGSTAR MOVIES offers active and veteran service men and women a discounted rate - a one year membership, all access pass, for five dollars. $5 membership ($34.99 regular rate) for an entire year provides access to worldwide cinema. No matter where you are deployed, you can have access as long as you have an internet connection. BIGSTAR Movies- go to the secure link HTTPS://www.bigstar.tv/?promo=usaf and fill in the information.
MILLER'S DORAL ALE HOUSE - Service members in uniform receive 25% discount on meals, 3271 NW 87 Ave, Doral, FL 33172. www.millersalehouse.com/location/doralale-house.
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN offers active duty military personnel with ID free admission. Admission for spouses is $20 and children $10 (with ID). www.fairchildgarden.org/
RUNNER’S CO, 10365 NW 41 Street, Doral, FL 33178 305.599.9972, www.runnersco.com, offers all USSOUTHCOM employees a 10% discount with ID. Running shoes, apparel, accessories, nutrition, gait analysis, 2D foot scan.
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM offers free entry for all service members with ID. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149. BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY offers a 10% discount with military ID for up to 8 people. www.bubbagump.com/locations/miami/ MCDONALD REALTY - Home Purchases, Sales, Rentals and Property Management for Miami Dade and Broward Counties. 15% off standard commission rates for homes sales and 15% commission rebate for all purchases for all Military Personnel, Government Civilians and their families. Veteran-owned business, Certified Florida Military Specialist. Colonel David R. McDonald, Jr., USA retired, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Florida Military Specialist (FMS) Broker/Owner, McDonald Realty, 954.443.6705 (office) 954.632.9105 (Cell)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM - free admission for all active duty military with valid ID. www.miamisci.org/ PARK ‘N FLY - Military Discount - 30% off posted rates for all Military. Show your Military ID Card and Save. The rates for Military in Miami is $7 outside and $9 inside both valet parking included. View Quick Presentation - 15 seconds - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mho5g3xwey0iuin/Miami%20ParkNFly%20Preso.pdf. http://www.pnf.com/
AIRPORT FAST PARK - If you are a federal employee, military or civilian, send an email to southcom.miami.usag.mbx.omb-mwr-customer-service@mail.mil for discount information. This discount is only for federal employees.
YOUNG AT ART MUSEUM - All men and women currently are serving in the military, veterans and their families will be offered an $11 per person admission price to the museum. The discounted entry fee of $11 will be honored at the Young At Art admissions desk. Please present a military ID to receive the discount. 751 SW 121 Ave. Davie. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Admission - $14 per person; $12 for Broward County residents, seniors and children over age 1 and $11 for military members and their immediate families. 954.424.0085 or www.YoungAtArtMuseum.org.
SAFARI EDVENTURE - Hands-on nature and wildlife presentations. 23700 SW 142 Ave, Miami, Fl. 33170, (About 3 miles south of Cutler Ridge – or – 7 miles north of Homestead.) Active U.S. military families, (Active personnel, spouse, & their children entering with them): $2 off each. http://safariedventure.com/
MILITARY BURGERS “A Hero’s Burger” offers a 10% discount to all service members and law enforcement. 10834 SW 104 St, Miami, FL 33176 , www.facebook.com/militaryburger
In the Community AWOL CAFE IS OPEN FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 0700 TO 1600 in the Food Court. The cadets and cadre of the following Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) high schools are seeking volunteer judges for their annual color guard and drill team meet competitions. The reporting time is 0645 at the respective school's JROTC office. Drill meets normally end by 1430. 17 Jan 15, Monarch
HS Drill Meet; 24 Jan 15, Coral Park SHS Drill Meet; 31 Jan 15, South Plantation HS Drill and Marksmanship Meet; 14 Feb 15, Broward State Qualifier at Dillard HS; 21 Feb 15, Northwestern SHS Drill Meet; 14 Mar 15, Miami-Dade State Qualifier at North Miami Beach SHS. More than 500 cadets from around 20 Miami-Dade and Broward Counties' JROTC schools compete in these drill meets. Uniform is the ACU/BDU equivalent IAW each service regulation. Parking is available within school grounds. Volunteers are provided lunch at no cost. You may bring your family. Please volunteer via email to Mercedes Miranda at maria.m.miranda8.civ@mail.mil with your full rank and name (as you would like it printed on your certificate of appreciation), cell phone number, and meet(s) for which you're volunteering. Volunteers will receive more instructions during the week before each drill meet and judge orientation at the school the morning of the event. NAS KEY WEST MWR - To be placed on the e-mail distribution list: cathy.robinson1@navy.mil – please provide your name & command. LIKE their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAS-Key-West-MWR/127937197261693. Web page: www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_key_west/ffr/things-to-do.html MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE at Miami International Airport for traveling military personnel and their families. Appropriate military identification and airline tickets or boarding passes are required. Concourse E (in the Central Terminal,) level 2 (Departures and Gates.) Enter hallway to the right of and outside the Security Check-in point. Look for signage directing you to restrooms and the Military Hospitality Lounge. For additional guidance on access to the lounge please check with the nearest Airport Information Counter.
BOOKS & BOOKS EVENTS: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. For more details on these and many other author events www.booksandbooks.com/event/selector. Sign up for emails from Books & Books, www.booksandbooks.com/. Many of their events are live streamed. Check the website for further information.
DR. STEVEN HEINE - ZEN KOANS - Jan 21 2015 6:30 pm. "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" "Does a dog have Buddha-nature?" These cryptic expressions are among the best-known examples of koans, the confusing, often contradictory sayings that form the centrepiece of Zen Buddhist learning and training. Viewed as an ideal method for attaining and transmitting an unimpeded experience of enlightenment, they became the main object of study in Zen meditation, where their contemplation was meant to exhaust the capacity of the rational mind and the expressiveness of speech. Koan compilations, which include elegant poetic and eloquent prose commentaries on cryptic dialogues, are part of a great literary tradition in China, Japan, and Korea that appealed to intellectuals who sought spiritual fulfilment through interpreting elaborate rhetoric related to mysterious metaphysical exchanges. In this compact volume, Steven Heine, who has written extensively on Zen Buddhism and koans, introduces and analyses the classic background of texts and rites and explores the contemporary significance of koans to illuminate the full implications of this ongoing tradition. He delves deeply into the inner structure of koan literature to uncover and interpret profound levels of metaphorical significance. At the same time, he takes the reader beyond the veil of vagueness and inscrutability to an understanding of how koan writings have been used in pre-modern East Asia and are coming to be evoked and implemented in modern American practice of Zen. By focusing on two main facets of the religious themes expressed in koan records--individual religious attainment and the role dialogues play in maintaining order in the monastic system--Zen Koans reveals the distinct yet interlocking levels of meaning reflected in different koan case records and helps make sense of the seemingly nonsensical. It is a book for anyone interested in untangling the web of words used in Zen exchanges and exploring their important place in the vast creative wellspring of East Asian religion and culture. About the Author: Steven Heine is professor of religious studies and history and director of Asian studies at Florida International University, USA.
In the Community GUIDO RUGGIERO - THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY - Jan 21 2015 8:00 pm. This book offers a rich and exciting new way of thinking about the Italian Renaissance as both a historical period and a historical movement. Guido Ruggiero's work is based on archival research and new insights of social and cultural history and literary criticism, with a special emphasis on everyday culture, gender, violence, and sexuality. The book offers a vibrant and relevant critical study of a period too long burdened by anachronistic and outdated ways of thinking about the past. Familiar, yet alien; pre-modern, but suggestively post-modern; attractive and troubling, this book returns the Italian Renaissance to center stage in our past and in our historical analysis. About the Author: Guido Ruggiero, Professor and Cooper Fellow of History at the College of Arts and Sciences, was born in Danbury, Connecticut and grew up in Webster, New York, a small rural town along the old shore line of Lake Ontario. After earning a B.A. with a heavy focus on ancient history and philosophy at the University of Colorado, he went on to UCLA where as a University of California Regent's Intern Fellow he earned an M.A. (1967) and a Ph.D. (1972). As a Regent's Fellow he began his long love affair with Venice and the Venetian Archives in 1970 and has been returning there for his research ever since. Professor Ruggiero has published on the history of gender, sex, crime, magic, science and everyday culture, primarily in renaissance and early modern Italy. Early in his career he focused on social science history, but his interests have expanded toward yet more interdisciplinary approaches, including microhistory, narrative history, and the melding of literature, literary criticism, and archival history. Among other volumes he has published Violence in Early Renaissance Venice (1980),The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice (1985), Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, Marriage and Power from the End of the Renaissance(1993), Machiavelli in Love: Sex, Self and Society in Renaissance Italy (2007); as well as Sex and Gender in Historical Perspectives (1990), Microhistory and the Lost Peoples of Europe (1991), and History from Crime (1993), edited with Edward Muir. In addition he has edited The Blackwell Companion to the Renaissance (2002) and Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance (2003) edited and translated with Laura Giannetti. He also edited the series Studies in the History of Sexuality (1985-2002) for Oxford University Press and was a co-editor of the six volume Encyclopedia of European Social History for Scribner's (2002). His major rethinking of the Italian Renaissance, The Renaissance in Italy: A Social and Cultural History of the Rinascimento is due out in 2014 with Cambridge University Press. In addition to being a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton (1981-82; 1991), a Fellow at Harvard's Villa I Tatti in Florence, Italy (1990-1991) and a Visiting Professor at the American Academy in Rome (Fall, 2011) he has won a number of grants and fellowships including a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1990). Ruggiero regularly teaches classes on the Italian Renaissance, the new social and cultural history, and the uses of literature for history.
MICHAEL FERNANDEZ - HUMBLED BY THE JOURNEY - Jan 22 2015 7:00 pm. The Tourism Office of Spain and Books & Books invite you to a Meet-Mingle-Network Reception with one of Miami’s most successful business owners and civic contributors MIKE B. FERNANDEZ to celebrate his new book & exhibition of photographs about his hike of “El Camino” and his journey in life -- Humbled by the Journey, Thursday, January 22, 7-9pm, Presented in collaboration with The Tourism Office of Spain. Free to the public.
TED HENKEN - ENTREPRENEURIAL CUBA, Jan 23 2015 6:30 pm. During the presidency of Raúl Castro, Cuba has dramatically reformed its policies toward small private enterprises. Archibald Ritter and Ted Henken consider why and to what effect. After reviewing the evolution of policy since 1959, the authors contrast the approaches of Fidel and Raúl Castro and explore in depth the responses of Cuban entrepreneurs to the new environment. Their work, rich in ethnographic research and extensive interviews, provides a revealing analysis of Cuba s fledgling private sector. About the Author: Ted A. Henken is associate professor of sociology and Latin American studies at Baruch College, CUNY.
MARCUS JOVAISA - UNSEEN CUBA, Jan 23 2015 8:00 pm. The bestselling author of Unseen Lithuania and other aerial photography guides covering Belize, Cancún and the Yucatán, Lithuanian aerial photographer and publisher Marius Jovaisa invites you on an unprecedented photographic journey that captures the breathtaking vistas of Cuba as never seen before. As the first artist to receive permission from the Cuban Government to fly over the country and photograph it, he brings you extraordinary panoramas taken from an ultralight aircraft. Jovaisa canvasses the island, from the fertile valleys of Pinar del Río in the west to the historic city of Baracoa in the east, where Columbus landed. Explore ancient villages, idyllic beaches, cities frozen in time and picturesque La Habana. Celebrate the tropical exuberance, bucolic chard and natural grandeur that characterize the largest island of the Caribbean’s Greater Antilles. Discover Unseen Cuba. About the Photographer: Marius Jovaisa is a photographer, publisher, entrepreneur and founder of publishing house Unseen Pictures. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1973, he is the author of 5 large-format aerial photography books: Unseen Lithuania (2008), Heavenly Belize (2010), Magic Cancun & Riviera Maya (2011), Heavenly Yucatan (2012 and Unseen Cuba. World-famous for his distinct style of aerial photography, Jovaisahas been granted permission to fly over and take pictures of destinations that have never before been accessible to photographers. His exhibitions have been displayed in more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
In the Community ANTONIO SIMON JR. - THE GULLWING ODYSSEY - Jan 24 2015 7:00 pm. Marco's life as a messenger isn't great, but the work is easy and he gets retirement pay in thirty years. Little does he know his life teeters on the cusp of change. When an unusual assignment sends him overseas, he finds himself stranded in foreign lands. With no way home and no hope of making his delivery, he sees sour prospects for attaining his modest retirement dreams, much less getting out of the whole mess alive. Even that wouldn't be so bad if he weren't constantly outrunning pirates, embroiled in international intrigue, and attacked by a hummingbird with an appetite for human brains - that's just the start of his misadventures. But lurking in the wings is a much greater threat than getting sacked from his job. The fate of an entire civilization may well rest upon his scrawny shoulders. In spite of himself and quite by accident, Marco may yet become the hero he strives not to be. About the Author: Antonio Simon, Jr. is a lawyer and author of several books. He holds Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Miami (Florida) in the subjects of political science and history, as well as a Juris Doctorate from Saint Thomas University's School of Law. As you read this, he's probably in court, or working on his next project, or driving really fast in moments in between. He lives in Miami, Florida.
JAMES GRIPPANDO - CANE AND ABE - Jan 28 2015 8:00 pm. A spellbinding novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, in which Miami’s top prosecutor becomes a prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance, which may have a chilling connection to the woman he can’t forget. Unbelievable was the word for her. Samantha Vine was unbelievably beautiful. It was unbelievable that she’d married me. Even more unbelievable that she was gone . . .Samantha died too soon. Abe Beckham’s new wife has helped him through the loss, but some say it was a step back to marry Angelina, a love from Abe’s past. Abe doesn’t want to hear it, and through the ups and downs, he’s even managed to remain a star prosecutor at the Miami State Attorney’s Office. Then everything goes wrong. A woman’s body is discovered dumped in the Everglades, and Abe is called upon to monitor the investigation. The FBI is tracking a killer in South Florida they call “Cutter” because his brutal methods harken back to Florida’s dark past, when machete-wielding men cut sugarcane by hand in the blazing sun. But when the feds discover that Abe had a brief encounter with the victim after Samantha’s death, and when Angelina goes missing, the respected attorney finds himself under fire. Suspicion surrounds him. His closest friends, family, professional colleagues, and the media no longer trust his motives. Was Angelina right? Was their marriage not what they’d hoped for because he loved Samantha too much? Or was there another woman . . . and a husband with a dark side who simply wanted his new wife gone? OPERATION SHOWER is coming to Miami! Operation Shower is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and honoring military families by hosting joyful baby showers. The event will be held in Doral, FL on March 1st, 2015. Prospective moms that meet the criteria outlined in the flyer should inquire with the POC, Rachel Homniok. Please apply early due to limited space. Rachel.r.homniok.mil@mail.mil, 305-437-0846.
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