US special envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams failed to provide any legal reasons for Swiss banks to freeze Venezuelan government-linked accounts in a prank phone call placed by a famous Russian comedic duo.
"I think everything should be frozen," the voice, allegedly belonging to Abrams, told pranksters Vovan and Lexus who were posing as the President of Switzerland and the chief of the nation's Department of Finance, Ueli Maurer. The men, whose real names are Vladimir Kuznetsov and Aleksey Stolyarov, are known for pulling off successful pranks on high-ranking politicians and public figures. They told the media that the conversation with Abrams was recorded in February.
The prankers told their interlocutor that the accounts of Venezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA, as well as assets belonging to President Nicolas Maduro's inner circle, were discovered in "several large banks," including the made-up Limpopo Bank (named after a river in South Africa featured in a popular Russian children's story). However, Switzerland would need "serious" legal grounds to freeze the assets, they explained, asking Abrams to provide proof that the assets in question were "created by crime."
"It's kind of obvious in this sense," the US special envoy for Venezuela replied.
"If you are a public servant in Venezuela, there's no possible legal way that you could have acquired these amounts of money," he said.
Washington, along with its allies in Europe and South America, have been openly backing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who declared himself 'interim president' in January. The move was denounced by current President Maduro. The US has stepped up the pressure and sanctions on the Maduro government, while urging other nations to back Guaido and seize the assets of senior officials and state-run companies.
In the phone call, the pranksters repeatedly pressed the man they said was US envoy Abrams to present some sort of data indicating that Venezuelan foreign assets were generated via corruption or other illicit activities. He failed to provide any concrete evidence but, nevertheless, insisted that they should block access to the accounts anyway.
The man acknowledged that the situation on the ground in Caracas is a "dispute" with "most Western governments having taken a side" in it. His ultimate advice was: "The better wisdom would be to freeze the accounts."
Vovan and Lexus also told the media that after speaking with Abrams, they were contacted by Venezuelan politician Carlos Vecchio, who Juan Guaido appointed as his envoy to the US. Vecchio was snooping for Maduro's personal assets and wanted to find out when his 'government' could "gain access" to them, the pranksters claimed.
According to them, they told Guaido's envoy that Maduro keeps his money in the Fund Nurlan Baidilda (which actually exists and is owned by a Russian citizen). Vecchio took this information as truth and later shared it with Bloomberg and posted it on Twitter.
2.We are conducting an investigation to recover stolen assets. As a result, we have good reason to believe that a large part of these funds is located in the Fund Nurlan Baidilda Ltd. in an account belonging to the dictator @nicolasmaduro .
A veteran politician with the Department of State, Elliott Abrams was heavily criticized for his role in shaping the US policy of interventions in Central America during the Cold War.
In 1991, he pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his role in the Iran-Contra Affair, the covert program of supplying weapons to right-wing rebels seeking to overthrow the socialist government in Nicaragua. Abrams was also accused of facilitating Washington's involvement in civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala, where the US-backed forces committed a number of massacres.


A group of pilgrims led by the long dead poet Walt Whitman and the legendary football manager Sir Roy Babadouche are walking the Camino de Santiago. In the group are Echo the African Autodidact, Jack the Devon publican, and an unlikely bank robber called Oscar Bebbington. Also in the group are a socialist climber called Wilson, a dentist by the name of Denis Dennis and Venezia, a jolie Quebecoise. Two donkeys carry their equipment.
The group start their pilgrimage near Marciac in southern France, crossing into Spain via the Col du Somport. Their journey, a distance of 650 miles, takes them a total of 54 days. One Million Euro recounts their many and strange adventures. During the course of the journey the pilgrims also tell stories of their lives. Some of these stories are true, but others are made up.
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One Million Euro is a fictional travelogue following six pilgrims and two donkeys walking the Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St. James. The pilgrims set off from Marciac in southern France, crossing into Spain via the Col du Somport, to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwest Spain. Apparently many take up this route as a form of spiritual path or retreat, for their spiritual growth. Early in the journey the six pilgrims meet two others and they agree to continue on together, making them eight. The two late arrivals are better known, being Walt Whitman and the legendary football manager Sir Roy Babadouche.
To give a bit of context for those that don't know here is some background on the two more famous pilgrims; Walt Whitman was born in 1819 and died in 1892. He was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality – from Google, see here for full article here. Sir Roy Babadouche doesn't exist as far as we can tell (other readers with a better knowledge of football managers will probably recognise his characteristics and know who he is but I suppose it can only really be one). However, for the purposes of the story, to others on the pilgrimage he is a well-known football manager with a fiery personality quick to anger.
As the pilgrimage progresses we learn about each of the participants' backgrounds and what brought them together as they tell their stories and get to know one another better. Throw into the mix the fact that one of them has One Million Euro from a bank robbery and that they are being chased by El Lobo, the Wolf, the most notorious bank robber in all of Spain, and you have an unusual tale.
Upon finishing if I had to sum up One Million Euro in a single word I would say surreal. It is difficult to explain but the characters know they are in a book or alternatively the author of the narrative lets us know what the characters think about what will be in the book. At times they talk about the reader saying what should and shouldn't be included and where the story should go. All-in-all an interesting read. As with Rorie's other works it is well written and full of wonderful observations on human nature. I loved the bit where Jack, who takes care of the donkeys, named Thatcher and Blair, finds out Thatcher is actually the mother of Blair – brilliant.


October is National Domestic Violence Awareness month and Firesteel is exploring the connections between domestic violence and family homelessness. Domestic violence creates an unstable environment and without a sense of safety, you can also lose the sense of home. The picture below is one of three images we created as part of our Facebook domestic violence awareness campaign.
Upon leaving an abusive relationship, a woman may have nowhere to go. Approximately 63% of homeless women have experienced domestic violence in their adult lives (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty). Domestic violence shelters in the Seattle area are often full and have to turn women and children away. Sadly, I'm sure this is not unique to the Seattle region. Social issues are often considered in isolation–domestic violence and homelessness are often two separate conversations. So let's talk about the relationship between these two issues more and raise awareness of how they connect.
We decided to talk about it over social media through a simple Facebook campaign. A domestic violence awareness campaign is nothing new, but one specifically targeted to Facebook is a new twist. We created a series of graphics and share one image each October Monday morning, in hopes that the images will be shared and raise awareness. The image shown above was edited to be our primary image across social media channels, including Facebook, Google+, and Twitter.
The third image below is to the point!
In addition to graphics, we created an interactive Facebook quiz. Again, I turned to experts to help inform the content including coworkers here at the YWCA and a Firesteel advisor from a Salvation Army domestic violence housing program. They encouraged me to highlight the connection between economic abuse and homelessness but I don't want to say much more about it, because I'm asking you to take the QUIZ and don't want to spoil it! The quiz is available through the end of October.
The closer we come to ending domestic violence, the closer we are to ending family homelessness. So let's keep talking about it online and offline.


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UKTV WriterSlam finalists announced
Dead Canny, Holier Than Thou, Perfect (W/T) and The Other Half for UKTV
Following the initiative announcement earlier this year, UKTV and TriForce Creative Network today announce the four finalists of the UKTV WriterSlam competition for UKTV's award-winning entertainment channel Dave. As part of UKTV's commitment to shining a spotlight on diverse and emerging talent, the four single episodes (4x30') include Dead Canny written by Anna Costello, Holier Than Thou written by Misha Adesanya, Perfect (W/T) written by Laurence Clark, and The Other Half written by Kate Reid and Zak Ghazi-Torbati.
Sarah Asante, commissioning editor, comedy said:
I was delighted to join the UKTV scripted comedy team just as they had launched a search for emerging diverse writers. The added commitment from the Dave team by offering the initiative a transmission target set the bar really high for our search. We have proudly developed shows that organically span the nations and regions, showcasing the breadth of storytelling from across the UK. This initiative has demystified the script to screen process in a unique way and has nurtured enormous growth in confidence and vision from the writers, which has been a pleasure to witness. It's been heartening for us at UKTV to see what can happen when we invite new writers to share their dreams and talents with us and the wider industry. I also want to thank our impressive production partners for taking this leap and going on this journey with us.
Each writer will be partnered with a production company to create the single episode for UKTV and filming will start in the new year, with casting underway for diverse and underrepresented talent.
Dead Canny (Anna Costello) will be produced by TriForce Productions with Fraser Ayres as executive producer and Jon Macqueen as producer. It follows a questionable young psychic from Consett, Co. Durham, whose ability to see dead people not only earns her a few quid cash-in-hand down the local pub, but also lands her as the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Holier Than Thou (Misha Adesanya) will be produced by Big Deal and executive produced by Thomas Stogdon (Dreaming Whilst Black). Set in contemporary Manchester, it follows the journey of three young adults as they navigate sex, faith, and relationships, while attending the conservative, African Evangelical church they were raised in.
Perfect (W/T) (Laurence Clark) will be produced by Happy Tramp North and executive produced by Neil Webster. Set in Liverpool, three young disabled people become unexpected friends when they meet on a half-cocked and pointless work preparation scheme. Together they navigate life, dating, and a system that seems designed to only benefit the people who run it.
The Other Half (Kate Reid and Zak Ghazi-Torbati) will be produced by Ranga Bee Productions with Romesh Ranganathan, Benjamin Green and Michelle Farr-Scott as executive producers. It follows 20-something Navid who is half-Welsh, half-Iranian and 100% that bitch, who gets the chance to escape his small Welsh town when he lands an internship in the big city: Bristol. But as he runs headlong into his new life, shacking up with his best friend and her painfully privileged family, he's also running away from his old life in the closet, living with his overprotective father. And the more he tries to keep the two halves of his life apart, the more they keep crashing into each other.
The series of episodes have been written as part of the UKTV WriterSlam, with TriForce Creative Network and Dandi.org.uk. The scripts are commissioned by Sarah Asante, UKTV commissioning editor, comedy and ordered by Dave channel director, Cherie Cunningham and Pete Thornton, UKTV's head of scripted. Richard Watsham is the UKTV's director of commissioning and Steve North is genre general manager, comedy and entertainment.
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In winter 2020, BBC Studios increased its commitment to discovering, developing and supporting diverse talent in its production teams by launching the BBC Studios Production Inclusion Rider ,which introduced targets for new commissions requiring a minimum 20% of on-screen talent to be from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, have a lived experience of a disability, identify as LGBTQ+ or be from a low-income background. It also launched its Assistant Producer Accelerator Programme offering fourteen one-year contracts to researchers wanting to become Assistant Producers by providing them with the knowledge, skills and experience they need to develop, encouraging applications from underrepresented groups including those with a disability, those from ethnic minorities, lower income groups and the LGBTQ+ community.

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Coral Gables aims to reimagine its downtown into a chic retail destination
Five targets are women's and men's apparel, women's and men's accessories, athleisure, chef-driven restaurant concepts and home design stores
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By Francisco Alvarado
Francesca Valdes is on a mission to reshape the retail mix in downtown Coral Gables.
For the past 10 months, the former Tiffany & Co. spokesperson has been scouring across South Florida eyeing potential new tenants that could liven up the offerings on Miracle Mile and surrounding streets such as Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Giralda and Aragon avenues.
"We have five targets," Valdes told The Real Deal. "Women's and men's apparel, women's and men's accessories, athleisure, chef-driven restaurant concepts and home design stores. That is the trend successful downtowns are following."
Although her official title is business development specialist, Valdes' main focus is creating a retail mix that complements the storefronts that already exist in downtown Coral Gables. Valdes was hired in November, about the same time consulting firm Downtown Works completed a retail study that concluded Coral Gables has an authentic downtown with a good scale for retail.
However, the study identified several weaknesses such as building colonnades that reduce storefront visibility and accessibility and a cluster of bridal stores that do not attract repeat customers and do not serve local customers well. Downtown Works counted 260 storefronts along Miracle Mile and the surrounding streets. Of those, 12 percent were vacant as of June 22, 2016. The study also found that 170 storefronts could be considered actual retailers, but only 14 percent sold apparel, shoes and accessories.
The city is also in the midst of a long-delayed $21 million streetscape project along Miracle Mile and Giralda Avenue. The goal is to create a pedestrian-friendly experience with garden areas, outdoor dining, improved lighting, wayfinding and public art.
The report suggested the city and stakeholder groups like the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce increase apparel, shoes and accessory retailers to 24 percent, as well as bump up home and gift uses from 8 percent to 15 percent. Downtown Works also warned that downtown Coral Gables faces stiff competition from retail development at the Shops at Sunset Place in South Miami and Coconut Grove's CocoWalk, owned by Federal Realty Investment Trust, Grass River Property and Comras Company.
Valdes, who was a media relations manager for Tiffany & Co. out of its corporate office in New York City from 2011 to 2015, has been traveling around South Florida to find emerging retailers who are considering opening a second or third location, as well as reaching out to national brands. "We are not trying to steal from other cities," she said. "But there may be a shop in Delray Beach or Fort Lauderdale that is looking to expand. Their next stop could be Coral Gables."
Valdes provides guided tours for potential retailers, as well as facilitates meetings with landlords and brokers looking for tenants. She declined to mention which retailers she has approached because no deals have been finalized.
In addition, Coral Gables is also working with existing landlords to develop a retail strategy to create a competitive downtown. "The greater mix we have, the better everyone will do," Valdes said. "It is a collaborative process."
Allen Morris, a Coral Gables-based builder whose firm is partnering with the Related Group to develop Coral Gables City Center near downtown, said a retail plan for Miracle Mile and the surrounding streets is long overdue. "It has to be treated seriously," Morris said. "We really have to be very strategic about the retail experience we want for downtown Coral Gables."
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Will a surge in capacity squeeze PP profits
Rapid capacity expansion in Asia is balancing the polypropylene (PP) market and narrowing margins for producers, while reducing the risk of substitution for alternative materials.
While demand growth is slowing, it is still strong.
"We are really shocked by the speed and competitiveness of our Asian PP plants," said Joe morales, director of IHSMarkit's U.S. polyolefin business *.
In all regions, PP industry margins now seem to have peaked."
Many sets of PP devices in China will be put into production within 3 years
According to IHSMarkit data, global PP demand grew at an average annual rate of 5.5% from 2015 to 2018, higher than 3.8% from 2011 to 2014.
In 2014, the world low oil price significantly reduced the production cost of propylene and downstream PP, which stimulated the enthusiasm of increasing PP capacity.
In addition, driven by the strong growth of the world economy, the auto industry, which accounts for about 10% of PP demand, is also accelerating.
By contrast, the annual growth rate of global PP capacity in 2014-2018 was 4.2%, higher than the growth rate of 3.8% in 2011-2014.
In addition, Borouge's two PP plants in ABU dhabi with a capacity of 480,000 tons per year have been gradually increasing since 2017.
"The world PP market has been tight and stable for six years, so margins have been high," Morales said.
"By 2020, however, that could change."
IHSMarkit expects world PP capacity to increase by 5.5 million tons per year, or 6.5 percent, in 2020, while demand is expected to increase by only 3.4 million tons per year, or 4.3 percent.
In 2019 alone, Chinese PP producers will add nearly 3 million tons of capacity per year, which are not downstream facilities for naphtha cracking units.
Their feedstock comes from propane dehydrogenation (PDH), oil refineries, olefin from methanol (MTO) and coal (CTO), and their production costs vary.
A number of manufacturers are accelerating capacity building to grab market share before the end of the industry cycle.
In China, PDH/PP factories purchase compressors, distillation towers and cold boxes, which have been made in China, and the price is cheap and the delivery is fast.
Historically, when you enter a profit cycle, there is usually a good profit period three to five years ago, waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.
Chinese producers can now enter the market within two to three years, as long as they are profitable, which has become the theme of the PP and polyethylene industries.
Outside China, Sibur of Russia and Hyosung of South Korea will each complete their respective PP projects in a year and a half.
Sipur's 500,000 mt/y PP installation in topolsk, Russia is now scheduled to begin commercial production in the second half of 2019, while xiaoxing group's 600,000 mt/y PP installation in baria-vungtau, Vietnam, is expected to begin production in the second half of 2020.
Other firms are also expanding their capacity.
Later this year, PP Philippines will expand the capacity of its 160,000 ton/year PP installation in limayo Philippines by 65,000 ton/year.
BasellOrlen polyolefin has completed an expansion of its PP plant in Plock, Poland of 400,000 tons/year to 80,000 tons/year.
In early 2020, Borealis will expand the capacity of its PP plant in Antwerp by 80,000 tons per year.
De-bottoming is a quick way to enter the market, and capital expenditure is low.
Although 65,000 to 80,000 tonnes of capacity a year may not seem like much, 20 expansion projects around the world combined are equivalent to several generations of factories.
Weaker prices will support demand growth
So far, China is the PP market in the world, and the demand for PP in China is expected to grow by 6% in 2019.
Although the PP industry profit margins will show a downward trend, but not as steep as the polyethylene industry.
In fact, integrated PDH profits are expected to remain close to $200 a tonne."
However, markets will have to face unpredictable headwinds.
For example, the current economic turmoil remains unsolvable, car and appliance sales are falling in Asia and in Western Europe, while sustainability measures will continue to drag on demand.
Sustainability is also becoming a public concern in India, and instability in the Middle East is hampering investment in projects, limiting the region's consumption potential.
PP prices in Western Europe and Asia will remain relatively stable.
PP prices in North America have fallen sharply from last year's highs, but the respite may be short.
IHSMarkit expects ethane to gain further market share in cracking feedstocks in North America later this year, cutting propylene production and driving PP prices back up.
Overall, global PP prices will keep it competitive with other plastics and non-plastics, so PP demand will continue to grow strongly in the future.
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While Stephen Drew's defensive impact was felt immediately, on a night when he either initiated or served as the pivot on three double plays, it was the Red Sox' reacquaintance with another familiar face that spelled the end of their seven-game winning streak in a 3-2 loss to the Indians. Justin Masterson was vulnerable early, walking four batters in the first three innings, but got out of a threat in the third with an inning-ending double play and then zoomed through four more innings while facing the minimum. In seven shutout innings, Masterson punched out 10 and allowed just three hits (all singles). Though the Sox rallied for a pair of runs in the top of the eighth against the Cleveland bullpen, it ultimately wasn't enough as they saw their winning streak conclude. WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THE RED SOX -- The Sox have now scored two or fewer runs in 16 games this year. The team is 0-16 in those contests, one of two teams in the big leagues (along with the White Sox) not to win a game in which they failed to score more than two runs. -- One start after he didn't walk a batter and punched out nine, John Lackey got into immediate trouble in the first inning when he walked a pair of batters, both of whom came around to score on a bloop single. The bloop single represented a case of bad luck, but it would have been harmless but for the two free runners. That represented more walks and runs allowed than he had permitted in his prior two starts, in which he'd logged 13 1/3 scoreless innings while allowing just one free pass. His three strikeouts matched a season-low. -- The Red Sox allowed a season-high four stolen bases, all with Lackey on the hill. Opponents have now been successful on 12 of 13 stolen base attempts against Lackey this year, and dating to 2011, he's permitted 88 percent of stolen base attempts to be successful. -- A.J. Pierzynski grounded into a pair of double plays as part of an 0-for-3 day (he did walk). It was the ninth time in his career -- but the first since 2009 -- that Pierzynski has grounded into a pair of twin killings. -- Drew went 0-for-2 with a strikeout and walk in his first game of the year. WHAT WENT RIGHT FOR THE RED SOX -- Xander Bogaerts did not seem thrown off by his first game of the year at third base. The 21-year-old went 2-for-4 and launched his fourth homer of the year, lining a two-run shot to right-center in the top of the eighth. It was his first opposite field home run of his big league career, but Bogaerts has gone deep to right with frequency throughout his minor league career, with natural all-fields power that suggests 30 home run potential. In his last 16 games, Bogaerts is now hitting .400 with a .458 OBP and .646 slugging mark, with seven doubles and three homers. -- The Red Sox matched a season-high by turning three double plays, with Drew involved in all of them. Perhaps even more noteworthy than Drew's participation in three twin killings was that in his second professional game at first base, Brock Holt managed to start a 3-6-3.


The Center for Governmental Research (CGR) created a powerful cost-benefit analysis tool for economic development professionals. InformAnalytics enables municipal officials to make responsible, data-driven decisions for their local community and government.
However, the outdated interface and lackluster experience was making it difficult for the CGR team to market and sell the product to yield sufficient growth and ROI. Their goal of expanding into new regions across the United States to increase revenue proved challenging.
CGR's InformAnalytics tool needed a new interface, brand, and marketing website to expand their business and better meet the needs of their customers.
My first step in any project is to identify the weak areas. This establishes where my focus and attention will yield the most positive, impactful results. I quickly realized that the marketing website was sporting an outdated and unprofessional logo, color scheme, and design. This caused prospective customers to question the quality of the product, which was hindering their ability to meet sales goals.
From there it became immediately clear that the main product interface was also clunky and visually outdated. The intricately detailed reports were very difficult to read and understand. The entire brand needed a makeover to better serve the customers needs.
Since the product and marketing website were staying the same from a structural standpoint, there was no need to waste time creating a sitemap or flowchart. In fact, I completely skipped the wireframing process for this project to save time and meet the fast-approaching deadline.
Despite being anxious to start designing a new interface, I knew InformAnalytics was in desperate need of a new logo to serve as a foundation their brand overhaul. My goal was to recycle some of the elements from the old logo while making the brand appear more trustworthy, reliable, recognizable, and professional.
I also used clean, uppercase typography in two different weights to create a strong anchor for the icon and optional tagline. I adopted the color scheme from CGR's main company website to fit the product redesign which helped associate the product with its owner.
The "Powered by CGR" tagline was designed to be optional and can be used as needed throughout various applications. The bar graphic icon quickly indicates the type of experience someone can expect when using the product and visually associates the word "analytics" with the rest of the brand.
The logo also works well on a variety of colored backgrounds and in a wide variety of sizes making it a versatile marketing asset for the CGR team.
The login screen really sets the tone for the user and indicates what type of experience they'll have when using the product. Unfortunately, login screens are commonly overlooked and under-designed. It was important to keep this screen simple and welcoming while setting the tone for the entire product experience.
As I move into the core screens, I began to recycle some existing ideas from the original UI such as the persistent sidebar navigation, which worked well. However, the data entry process needed to be much simpler and more friendly for the user.
The majority of a users time is spent entering the data necessary to generate a powerful report. With no less than five pages of data to enter, it was critical that the user never felt overwhelmed by what they saw on any given screen.
When creating a new project, I wanted to get the user started as quickly as possible and make them feel like the data entry process wasn't going to be a time-consuming hassle. I was able to accomplish this by simply isolating 2 critical questions to their own entry screen.
All the user is required to do is name their project and select what type of report they'd like to create. This is especially beneficial to the marketing team when presenting the ease-of-use to a prospective customer.
From the very first screen, I wanted the user to feel like they were actually having an intelligent conversation with their screen by asking them questions in an interview format similar to TurboTax.
Since there is so much data entry involved in a cost-benefit analysis, I re-phrased the questions to be asked in a simple yes or no "interview" format whenever possible. Each question has a default value to minimize the time and effort it takes to enter the required data.
The questions are also uniquely numbered so the user can glance at the page and know how much work is ahead of them. They can also use the numbers as a reference when talking to the CGR support team. This is done using an HTML ordered list so that CGR never has to manually update the question numbers.
When the page loads, each question fades in sequentially as to welcome the content onto the page. This makes the user feel as if the interface knows this is a lot of work and is doing it's best to make it more relaxing.
Below each question is a mandatory description that replaced the old "help" icon beside each question. This allows the user to read the instructions for each question in context and minimizes the amount of support calls CGR receives.
When a user moves on to a new question, a small red progress bar grows across the top of the screen before fading away. This informs the user that their information is safe and they can leave the page without losing their progress.
The navigation encourages the user to continue on to the next section at the top and bottom of each page.
Once the data entry process is complete, users can simply continue on to see their customized report generated instantly. The reports are completely optimized for screen and print mediums and automatically update when changes are made on any of the previous screens.
When printing a report, a special cover page is added with the customers name and logo. Page breaks are automatically added, shadows are replaced with thin borders, font sizes are decreased, and the entire layout is optimized for print.
The old marketing website made a great attempt at speaking the wide range of relevant audiences. However, it was lacking content and the design hindered many visitors from exploring further. Accessing an interactive demo was also a confusing, cumbersome task.
To beat the competition, the CGR team decided to publicly offer access to a free, interactive demo of the InformAnalytics tool. Instead of restricting the content to the home page, I designed a features page that allowed CGR to showcase the power of their product, minimize questions from potential customers, and reduce their time spent selling the product over the phone.
Now that the project is complete, the CGR team can launch a new version of InformAnalytics that is sure to blow the competition away and generate more revenue than before. With a strong, recognizable new brand, CGR can more easily market and sell their product to economic development professional across the country instead of only in New York State.
A superior user experience will keep users coming back to CGR year after year and increase the word-of-mouth referrals that help drive sales. The new and improved analysis tool is sure to bring new sales and revenue for CGR.


This extension will allow users to speak into the website, a new way to interact.
This extension will allow you to transform your speech into text that is placed into text areas.
Simply select a text field and start the voice recognition to see the magic unfold.


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Interview with Berkshire polo prodigy Max Charlton
In the shadow of Windsor Castle: Max is based at Guards Polo Club during the season
Berkshire is home to one of the most exciting young talents in the sport, so Eleanor Kelly went to wheel him in for a chat
Max Charlton may be just 25-years-old but is one of just three British players playing off a handicap of seven goal and is a well-established member of the England squad. Recently appointed as Land Rover's first polo player ambassador, he is widely regarded as one of the most promising home-grown talents that the sport has seen for some time and it all started in Berkshire.
On a rare day off from playing or training, Max had invited us to join him for a different sort of horse power. He was taking part in a Land Rover off-roading experience at Eastnor Castle. Whilst the extreme terrain of Land Rover's off-roading facilities is a far cry from the enchanting grounds of Guards Polo Club in Windsor, where Max spends most of his time playing polo, it is clear he is just as at ease behind the steering wheel as he is holding the reins.
"I have always been a bit of car fanatic," admits Max, whilst navigating the Range Rover Sport through some deep mud-filled ruts. "I suppose it's a bit like polo, in that I love the feeling – and the challenge – of controlling something so powerful, whether it's a horse or a vehicle."
Born and raised in Windsor, Max was first introduced to polo at the age of 12. "An architect doing up my parent's house at the time also happened to own a local low-goal polo club," Max explains. "One day he said 'come and have a lesson'. The day I was introduced to it, that was it. All I could think about was polo.
"I was already riding and doing Pony Club but knew nothing about polo. I was hooked from the outset." He says. "It's got everything, it's got the speed, the excitement and the lifestyle is cool!"
Growing up in Berkshire could not have been a more suitable location for a polo-mad teenager. "I was lucky, it is a very polo based area," says Max.
Max reveals that polo for him was a saviour during his school years: "I was really dyslexic and struggling at school. So when I discovered this love for polo, my parents were happy for me to be home tutored. I would spend the morning studying and the afternoons playing polo."
Parental encouragement played a large part in nurturing this talent: "Luckily my parents were very supportive. At the beginning they helped me to buy my first horse. She was just a good all-rounder called Lucy, nothing too special, but she got me started."
Max got his first big break when he was offered a job with a successful 15 goal team at just 17-years-old. "I'd had a bit of an average run and then someone got injured and I filled in. As a team, we went on to win two tournaments." From there Max went up to a two goal handicap and since then his handicap has gone up every year.
The English summer season runs from May to September, but in the winter months he travels all over the world to earn his living by playing for various teams. New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and Barbados are among Max's favourite places to play.
"It's not always as glamorous as people think, it can be very hard being away from home for a long period of time. I love coming home and one thing I always really look forward to is roast dinner. I'm most happy being here."
There is a strong polo community in Berkshire and Max admits that whilst his lifestyle does not offer much opportunity for an active social life, he enjoys going out for dinner in the area. "I love Piccolino in Virginia Water. It's got an amazing bar and is busy every night."
The polo lifestyle can tempt players into the VIP party scene but Max is more focused on being the greatest player he can be, and invests both his time and finances in this. "The money is good at top level but I put most of it back into buying horses. You cannot remain at top level without being mounted on the best horses. The trick in polo is to have something going on the side."
To balance the books and give him a fall-back, Max invested in property. "I bought a house in Ascot, which I rent out. I had to work so hard to get that house – I feel that is one of my biggest achievements so far."
Max insists that polo is not only available to the super rich, and provides some evidence: "It is far more accessible than people think," he says. "A lesson costs about £75, which is no different to a golf lesson. You don't need a horse, the clubs provide them. Then if you really enjoy it, you can join a low goal club and play in a team. There is a strong social side, too. You play some polo and then have a beer with the group after. Lots of the clubs in this area do girls' nights too, and it's about £50 for instructional chukkas. Anyone can give it a go and Berkshire is one of the best places to do it."
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The Emmy Formula: Which Roles and Actors Win the Most Gold
We reviewed the numbers to find out which occupation wins most frequently, how old the victors usually are, and more.
by Mark Hofmeyer | September 13, 2018 | Comments
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Since 1949, some 239 Emmys have been awarded to 138 outstanding lead actors and actresses. These talented stars won their 6-pound statuettes for appearing in 135 different dramas and comedies, which aired on 17 different networks, cable channels, and streaming services – and they beat out 900-plus disappointed nominees on their way to the podium. (The number of post-show limousine tantrums from that latter group remains unknown.)
The 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be awarded Monday, and we're getting nerdy with numbers. In the lead-up to the milestone ceremony, we've researched every single past winner from the Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress Comedy and Drama categories to answer one simple question: Who is the average acting Emmy winner? What do they look like? What role do they play? And what can we learn about who might win next?
In each category, we recorded the age of the winner at the time that they won, the network they were on, the occupation of the character they played, as well as the actor's race (for this, we used the U.S. Census Bureau's race classifications, and researched each actor's background and how they racially identify). We also noted the Tomatometer score for the season of the TV show for which they won, where available.
Crunching the numbers, we wanted to know, among other things: What is the average age of the actors who win for drama and the most common occupation of the winning characters? Is the most likely Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series winner a white actress playing a stay-at-home mom in her third season of a CBS show? Or is it a Latina in her first season of an edgy HBO breakout hit? (Surprise-free result: It's not the latter).
Here is what we found, category-by-category.
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
OVERALL: Play a White, Middle-Aged Cop on CBS – And Make Sure Your Character's Name Is in the Title
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White winners: 95.3%
Dominant network: CBS, 82 wins
Most common role: law enforcement, 33 wins
Tomatometer average for winning seasons since 2000: 87.1%
The Season 1 Advantage
Attention ambitious TV actors with your eyes set on the golden-winged lady: Actors most often win an Emmy for their first season (33% of all winners), and if you want to win multiple Emmys, it's better to earn laughs than shed tears – nine winners have won four or more trophies for comedy acting, only four actors can boast the same achievement for drama.
Until 2011, 40% of Winners Were Title Characters
From 1951 to 2011, 40% of acting Emmys went to performers in series with their characters' names in the titles (e.g., Frasier, Cagney & Lacey, Monk). But since 2011, character-titled shows haven't won anything in the lead acting categories, as series like Veep, The Good Wife, and Breaking Bad – which describe, but don't name, their leads in their titles – have ruled the acting awards.
The Migration Away from Networks Started Not With HBO, but With the Disney Channel
Hard to believe now, when the likes of HBO and Netflix dominate nominations, but 1992 was the first year that any station other than ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS won a lead acting Emmy. Christopher Lloyd won that year for the Disney Channel's Avonlea. It took nine more years for cable to take out another acting category: Edie Falco and James Gandolfini were the next cable or subscription network winners in 2001 for their work in HBO's The Sopranos. Since then, 55% of the lead acting Emmys – 35 total – have gone to Amazon, AMC, BBC America, DirecTV, FX, HBO, Hulu, Showtime, TNT, and USA.
Quality Matters, According to the Tomatometer
Seems obvious, but still. Since 2015, the average Tomatometer score of the seasons for which actors won their Emmys is a jaw-dropping 94.6%.
The Categories We've Lost…
The awards started in 1949, but the first Emmy for lead actors in a recurring comedy/drama weren't handed out until 1951 – to Gertrude Berg for The Goldbergs and Alan Young for The Alan Young Show. (Comedy and Drama were separated for acting in 1953.)
What kind of performer awards came before? Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale and her puppet were the first recipients of the Most Outstanding Television Personality Emmy in 1949. The 23-year-old won for her work on small television spots that featured her (and her puppet) wishing people happy birthday and announcing show schedules. In 1950, Ed Wynn and Milton Berle won the Most Outstanding Live Personality and Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality Emmys for their work as rotating hosts on various talk shows, such as the Texaco Star Theatre, which aired on NBC.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Wanna Win? Then you better be 45, on an HBO or Showtime series, and – not up against Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
(Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images; Justin M. Lubin/HBO)
Network with the most wins: CBS, 31
Actress with the most wins: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 1 for The New Adventures of Old Christine, 6 for Veep
Race: 96.8% white
Most common role: stay-at-home mom, 16 wins
Fewest Winners, Most Multiple Wins
Twelve actresses have won 65% of the Emmys for comedy acting (nabbing 41 wins of 63 total), and the category has the most four-plus–time winners with Louis-Dreyfus (7), Candice Bergen (5), Helen Hunt (4), Mary Tyler Moore (5), and Lucille Ball (4) winning four or more statuettes.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Has Dominated the 2010s
Louis-Dreyfus owns this category, with seven wins in 11 years. Her six consecutive wins (2012–2017) for HBO's Veep, plus her one-off for The New Adventures of Old Christine 2016, make her the winning-est actor the Emmys has ever seen. The only other leading actresses to come close in this category, with five Emmys each, are Moore for her work in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964, 1966) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973, 1974, 1976) and Bergen for Murphy Brown (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995).
From Stay-At-Home Moms to Media Power Players
The most common occupation of the characters for which actresses won Emmys in this category is stay-at-home-mom (16 wins), but that figure is skewed by a number of sitcom mom roles that came before the 1980s — notably for Jane Wyatt, who won three times for Father Knows Best in the 1950s, and Jean Stapleton, who won for All in the Family in the 1970s. Patricia Heaton won for stay-at-home-mom Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond in 2000 and 2001, and Felicity Huffman won the last award for playing a stay-at-home-mom in 2005 for Desperate Housewives.
The most common occupation since 1989 has been in media: Bergen's Murphy Brown got her five wins; Hunt's PR specialist Jamie from Mad About You earned her four wins; in 2004, Sarah Jessica Parker took home a trophy for columnist Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City; and Tina Fey won for TV writer and producer Liz Lemon from 30 Rock in 2008.
The "10 Year, 10 Different Winners" Decade
Ten different actresses in 10 different shows won the comedy acting award between 2002 and 2011 – names like Toni Collette (United States of Tara), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), and Debra Messing (Will & Grace) among them. It was the longest streak of non-consecutive wins in all the acting categories and is especially remarkable considering this category has the lowest percentage of winners-to-awards (a total of 34 actresses have won the 63 awards).
HBO Broke the Network Reign with Sarah Jessica Parker
ABC, CBS, and NBC ruled the category unchallenged for 53 years; CBS reigned supreme with 29 wins. It wasn't until 2004, when Parker won for HBO's Sex and the City, that things started to change. Since then, Showtime (Nurse Jackie, United States of Tara) and HBO (Veep) have dominated with eight total wins, while CBS has had to settle for just two more statuettes: one for Louis-Dreyfus for The New Adventures of Old Christine and one for Melissa McCarthy for Mike & Molly.
One Back-to-Back Winner in Every Decade
There has been at least one back-to-back winner in this category in every decade of the Emmys existence: Wyatt (1958-59), Shirley Booth (1962-63 for Hazel), Ball (1967-68), Stapleton (1971-72), Moore (1973-74), Jane Curtin (1984-85 for Kate & Allie), Bergen (1989-90, 1994-95), Hunt (1996-99), Heaton (2000-01), and Louis-Dreyfus (2013-17).
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Wanna Win? Consider playing a quirky 46-year-old with a Ph.D. on CBS or NBC.
(Photo by CBS; Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Network with the most wins: NBC, 29 wins
Actors with the most Wins: Carroll O'Connor (4 for All in the Family), Michael J. Fox (3 for Family Ties, 1 for Spin City), Kelsey Grammer (4 for Frasier), Jim Parsons (4 for The Big Bang Theory)
Most common role: writer (comedy writer, sports writer, journalist), 6 wins
Season 4 Is Your Emmy-Winning Sweet Spot
Actors in this category tend to win for later seasons of their series than actors and actresses in the other categories. The average win for actors in comedies happens in season 4.5, whereas the average season to win for comedy actresses is 2.4, dramatic actors is 2.5, and dramatic actresses is 2.7. Only 13 comedic actors (20% of the category's winners) won for their show's first season, which is well below the 33% average for all categories.
The Ph.D. Effect
The most common profession of characters in this category may be journalists and writers, but academics have dominated in recent years. Actors playing Ph.D. holders in Frasier and 3rd Rock From the Sun, The Big Bang Theory, and Transparent have won 13 times in this category since 1994. Apparently, it pays to be smart and quirky in comedy.
The Big Three Networks Have Taken 89% of the Awards
ABC, NBC, and CBS own this category, with 55 wins out of a potential 62, and they continue to dominate in the 2000s and 2010s. Only Tony Shalhoub (USA Network's Monk), Ricky Gervais (HBO's Extras), Jeffrey Tambor (Amazon Prime's Transparent), and Donald Glover (FX's Atlanta) have been able to garner wins for cable and streaming. Expect the trend to change, though, with Glover and Barry's Bill Hader (HBO) the hot tips to take out the category in 2018.
A "Rotten" Win for Jon Cryer
Jon Cryer's 2012 win for the ninth season of Two and a Half Men — which sits at 42% on the Tomatometer — is quite the accomplishment: it is the lowest scoring of any TV season for which an actor or actress has won an Emmy (among those seasons we have season-level Tomatometer data for). The next second-lowest in all of the lead acting categories is the first season of The Newsroom, at 47% on the Tomatometer, for which Jeff Daniels nabbed Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2013.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Wanna Win? Pass your 40th birthday, then pass the bar exam.
(Photo by ABC; Mark Davis/Getty Images)
Actors with the most wins: Michael Learned (3 for The Waltons, 1 for Nurse), Tyne Daly (4 for Cagney & Lacey)
Most common role: stay-at-home mom or matriarch, 13 wins
2018-2017: A Decade of Laywers
In 2008, Glenn Close became the first lead actress ever to win an Emmy for playing a lawyer, which she did playing Patty Hewes in FX's Damages. Close won again in 2009, then Julianna Margulies won two for playing Alicia Florrick in The Good Wife, and Viola Davis won for playing attorney Annalise Keating in How to Get Away With Murder. That's five lawyer wins in the last 10 years. By contrast, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series awards have gone to actors playing lawyers nine times, and those wins stretch back decades: the first came in 1959 for Raymond Burr playing Perry Mason.
Playing Doctors and Nurses – a Lot
There are more doctors and nurses in this category (eight) than in any other — and you can thank the medical-obsessed 1990s for this distinction: Dana Delany (China Beach), Kathy Baker (Picket Fences), and Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope) took home five combined awards for their work in the medical (acting) field.
The Whitest Group of Winners
This is the whitest of the Emmy acting categories, at 98.2%. Davis is the only non-white actor to have won in the category, for which 57 awards have been given out in total. If Sandra Oh were to win for Killing Eve this year, that percentage would drop to 96.6%; if she doesn't — which is the more likely outcome, given the odds-on favorites — the percentage will stay essentially the same.
Cable and Streaming's Favorite Category
Cable networks love this category because it has the widest distribution of awards. Actresses from 11 different networks, cable channels, and streaming services (ABC, AMC, BBC America, CBS, Fox, FX, Hulu, NBC, NET, PBS, and USA) have won Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. By contrast, the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series awards have been spread among just five networks, while seven networks and cable stations have shared the loot for actors in comedies.
A Super-"Fresh" Set of Winners
There is limited Tomatometer data available for series at the season level, particularly for older programs — but this category performs very well when you look at the data we do have available. We looked at the last five years of Tomatometer scores for winning seasons to make a comparison between categories. The 91.6% Tomatometer series average for the five series for which actresses won the award between 2013-2017 (Homeland, The Good Wife, How to Get Away With Murder, Orphan Black, The Handmaid's Tale) is the highest of all the categories during this time frame.
Sci-Fi and Genre Stars Fare Well
Want to win an award for a genre or sci-fi show? This category is your best bet. Winners include Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman), Mariette Hartley (The Incredible Hulk), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Patricia Arquette (Medium), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), and Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale). The next best option if you want your acting-in-a-genre-series recognized is Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, thanks to John Lithgow, who was awarded three Emmys (1996, 1997, 1999) for his bonkers-good performance in NBC's 3rd Rock From the Sun.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Wanna Win? Get into law enforcement — or become a criminal — and give it all you've got in season 1.
(Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage; ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Network with the most wins: ABC, 16 wins
Actors with the most wins: Dennis Franz (4 for NYPD Blue) and Bryan Cranston (4 for Breaking Bad)
Most common role: law enforcement (cop, detective, consultant, private detective), 20 wins
More Individual Winners Than Any Other Category
Some 39 different actors have won the Drama award in the last 67 years, compared to Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama (32), Actor in a Comedy (35), and Actress in a Comedy (34).
Bad Guys Finish First
It truly is good to be a bad guy — at least lately it has been. As you might expect, in a category where names like Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, and NYPD Blue dominate, 71% of the winners are in law or law enforcement (police/military) or are white-collar professionals (lawyers, senators, and doctors). And the majority of them were upstanding fellas. The most recent 10 winners (2008-2017), however, have been recognized for playing complicated villains, or anti-heroes, in shows like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Mr. Robot, and Homeland.
Your Number 1 Chance at a Season 1 Win
A total of 27 actors won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for their first season of work — that's 46% of the category's winners, representing the highest wins for a first season among all of the categories.
The Wire received zero nominations in this category. Which is not a stat, but is plainly not cool.
It's Been a 27 Years Since a Titular Character Won
Between Marcus Welby M.D. (1970), Columbo (1972, 1976), Kojak (1974), Barretta (1975), The Rockford Files (1977), Lou Grant (1978), and Kaz (1979), the 1970s was a good time for actors who played characters whose names formed the title of their series. Since then, the trend has become less fashionable with James Earl Jones winning the last lead acting drama award in this category titular role for his work in 1991's Gabriel's Fire. The Sopranos gets an honorable mention, but since it isn't entitled The Tony Soprano Show, we didn't count it.
Freshest Category Since 2001
The 91.4% Tomatometer average of the winning seasons since 2001 is the highest of all the categories. It helps that eight of the winning performances took place in 100% Tomatometer-rated seasons of Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, 24, Homeland, and Friday Night Lights. The only Rotten season for which an actor won in this category during this time frame is Daniels' 2013 win for season 1 of The Newsroom, which has a 47% Tomatometer score.
There you have it! Hopefully this deep dive gives you an insight into who wins and gives you an advantage in your Emmy predictions pool. Remember, don't bet against a 45-year-old performer who is nominated for their first season of work on a CBS show about former lawyers who become detectives.
Who do you think will win this year? Let us know!
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FC Halifax Town will travel down to Eastleigh off the back of their first league win since the 23rd of December. Today we look at both sides form going into this tight match from the Vanarama National League.
The hosts, Eastleigh have struggled in their last three games. Losing by a two-goal margin against Boreham Wood, Chester and Maidenhead. Whereas the Shaymen have been playing some of their better football this year with a draw against Wrexham, an unfortunate loss versus Ebbsfleet and the brilliant win against Hartlepool on Tuesday.
Eastleigh, under the management of Andy Hessenthaler have been hard to beat when sides have travelled to Ten Acres. They have only lost three of their last ten games at home this season. However, they also find it difficult to finish games off, winning only two of them.
Where Eastleigh may have struggled to pick up wins at home, Halifax have struggled to win away recently. Only one win away in the last ten games has hampered the Yorkshire side. However, a few good draws in them ten games to the likes of Wrexham, Dover, Bromley and Boreham wood, all sides in the top eight. Jamie Fullarton will be looking to take points away from the side sitting in 14th in his first game in charge.
16 different players have scored for Eastleigh in the league this season. In comparison to Halifax's 12 different scorers.
Halifax's new manager, Jamie Fullarton played 18 games for Scotland U21's in the mid 90's.
The new boss also nearly had to have his foot amputated during his playing career. While Fullarton was at Dundee United he suffered a severe double break and dislocation of the ankle.
The 3-3 draw between the two sides on the 25th of November is Eastleigh's highest away scoring game of the season. They did draw with Bromley 4-4 at home though two weeks later. The draw is Halifax's joint highest scoring game this season.


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Dadeland Mall is a large enclosed shopping mall located in Kendall, Florida, in the Dadeland district. The mall, originally developed by the Joseph Meyerhoff Company of Baltimore, opened October 1, 1962 as a , open-air complex of 60 stores and services. Dadeland Mall is located between South Dixie Highway (US-1) and the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) at its southern terminus where it meets US-1. It is also served by the Dadeland North Metrorail station, which has a pedestrian walkway connecting to the mall. The Dadeland South station is located just south of the mall. The anchor stores are 2 Macy's stores, Saks Fifth Avenue, and JCPenney.

History

Originally an open-air center, the mall was anchored by Burdine's (spelled with an apostrophe at the time), and also boasted a Food Fair grocery, full-service Gray Drug and the Summit Restaurant, Lounge and Cafeteria (later known as The Forum). A Jordan Marsh anchor store was added to the west end, which opened in November 1966.

A massive construction project, initiated in late 1969, doubled the size of the mall by twinning it (leaving the huge Burdine's in the middle), and adding a wing of fully enclosed retail onto the east end. Moreover, the existing courts and concourses were fully enclosed and air-conditioned. Another feature of this expansion was the King of the Mall, an enormous Burger King (whose corporate headquarters were then located across from Dadeland on North Kendall Drive). This renovation project was completed with the opening of JCPenney, the mall's new east anchor store, in early 1971.

The mall attained notoriety as the site of a 1979 drug-related shooting spree during Miami's "Cocaine Cowboys" era. In broad daylight, two gunmen exited a paneled truck, entered a liquor store and gunned down two men, wounding the store clerk. The dead men were eventually identified as a Colombia-based cocaine trafficker and his bodyguard.

On December 3, 1981, a 13 month old boy was found behind the mall, after having gone missing four days earlier, around three miles away. His parents, Alfonso Jesus Arrubla, a former M-19 guerrilla turned drug dealer and his wife María Eugenia Delgado were shot in the head along with four others at their Southwest Dade townhouse.

A third expansion, undertaken in early 1983, added Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor to the south-facing front of the complex. A food court had also opened, in the shuttered Pantry Pride (former Food Fair) supermarket, in late 1983.

From 1984 to 1987, a massive renovation project, orchestrated by architect Dick Johnson, had the aging animal statues and drop ceiling removed. Considered a new approach at the time, it modernized the entire mall.

The iconic seahorse statue was deliberately cut in half during a renovation and placed into storage.  It was unable to be reassembled and scrapped.

The other modern smooth colored concrete animals and geometric slides were donated to Miami-Dade County and can be seen in Dante Fascell Park in South Miami and at the Miami-Dade County children's day care center play yard to the east of Jackson Memorial Hospital. In 2004 Lord & Taylor repositioned and shuttered their location entirely. It became Nordstrom that same year.

One of the unique trademarks of the shopping complex is the concrete tower with a giant "D" (for Dadeland) at the top. This local landmark was there from the beginning.

Dadeland Mall today

Today, Dadeland is managed by the Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, who purchased 50% of the center in 1997. Morgan Stanley owns the other 50%. The anchors include Florida's largest Macy's (Macy's Florida's flagship store), as well as Macy's Home Gallery & Kids (the west end anchor), JCPenney, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Former tenants of the west end anchor space, currently occupied by the Macy's Home Gallery & Kids, were Jordan Marsh (1966–1991) and Burdines Home Store (1993–2005), which was eventually to be taken over by Mervyns with Dillard's as another bidder, but these stores didn't take over the space. Former tenants of the southeast end anchor space were Lord & Taylor (1983–2004) and Nordstrom (2004–2020).

Dadeland Mall's largest restaurant is The Cheesecake Factory.

The outer part of the mall, particularly the original main entrance, was featured in the 1985 Chuck Norris film Invasion U.S.A. The inside and outside of the mall was featured in the 1990 Alec Baldwin film Miami Blues. The mall has been remodeled since both of those films however. In the late 1990s, talks were underway about adding a second floor to the entire mall. This project would have doubled the mall's space plus add second-floor access to the anchor stores all of which already have second floors. This project was rejected.

In 2020, during a wave of secondary store closures it was announced Nordstrom would be closing this location as well.

On October 13, 2021, the AC Hotel Miami Dadeland opened its doors to guests. In collaboration with Simon and Concord Hospitality Enterprises and Marriott, the hotel was constructed with European design and flexibility in mind. In addition to the pool, lounge, fitness center, and artwork featured in their public spaces, the hotel offers flexibility with available meeting rooms and a 3,610 sq. ft. venue space.

Anchor stores
JCPenney
Macy's
Macy's Home Gallery and Kids
Saks Fifth Avenue
Apple Store

References

External links

Official website

Shopping malls in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Tourist attractions in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Shopping malls established in 1962
Simon Property Group
1962 establishments in Florida
Kendall, Florida

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