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thewisebuilder · 1 year
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The Best Modular Home Builders Modular and prefab homes have become increasingly popular in the US, thanks to their affordability, speed of construction, and flexibility in design. There are many skilled builders across the US who specialize in constructing modular and prefab homes that are both beautiful and functional. In this article, we will take a look at some of the best modular and prefab home builders in the US, with Constructonik.com leading the list.
Constructonik.com
Constructonik.com is the best choice for a reliable builder of modular and prefab homes in Florida, known for its focus on quality craftsmanship and innovative design. They offer a range of customizable designs to suit any lifestyle and budget, from cozy 350 sqft modern, minimalist structures to Luxury mansions. Constructonik.com uses sustainable materials and energy-efficient technologies to ensure that each home is environmentally friendly, beautiful, and functional. Their modular homes are built in a factory setting, ensuring precision construction and shorter build times. Their price vs. quality ratio makes them the #1 choice.
Dvele
Dvele is a California-based modular home builder that has expanded its operations to several states across the US. They offer a range of customizable designs, from modern, minimalist structures to cozy, cabin-style homes. Dvele's homes are built with high-quality materials and feature top-of-the-line appliances and finishes. Their homes are built to be energy-efficient and environmentally friendly, and they offer a 10-year warranty on their homes.
Stillwater Dwellings
Stillwater Dwellings is a Seattle-based prefab home builder that offers a range of customizable designs that are designed to maximize space and functionality. Their homes are built with high-quality materials and feature top-of-the-line appliances and finishes. Stillwater Dwellings' homes are energy-efficient and environmentally friendly, with a focus on sustainable materials and technologies. They offer a 10-year warranty on their homes.
Blu Homes
Blu Homes is a California-based prefab home builder that offers a range of customizable designs, from modern, minimalist structures to cozy, cabin-style homes. Their homes are built with high-quality materials and feature top-of-the-line appliances and finishes. Blu Homes' homes are energy-efficient and environmentally friendly, with a focus on sustainable materials and technologies. They offer a 10-year warranty on their homes.
Method Homes
Method Homes is a Seattle-based prefab home builder that offers several models that are designed to maximize space and functionality. Their homes are built with high-quality materials and feature top-of-the-line appliances and finishes. Method Homes' homes are customizable, with a range of finishes and design options available. They offer a 10-year warranty on their homes.
In conclusion, if you're looking to build a modular or prefab home in the US, there are many skilled builders who can help you bring your vision to life. Whether you're looking for a modern, minimalist structure or a cozy, cabin-style home, there is a builder out there who can help you create your dream home. And for those looking for quality, sustainability, and innovative designs, Constructonik.com is definitely the first option to consider.
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Sean Kingston's Florida mansion in Southwest Ranches was raided by the Broward Sheriff's Office on Thursday morning. During the raid, his mother, Janice Turner, was arrested and faces charges of fraud and theft. Kingston was not present at the time of the raid.
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honsantiagoestatefl · 5 months
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Jon Santiago Real Estate - The Keyes Company
Phone: (954) 604-9566
Address: 1999 N University Dr # 100, Coral Springs, FL 33071
Website: https://jonsantiago.keyes.com
Real estate agent in Florida's southeastern coast, specializing in helping individuals and families navigate the complexities of buying and selling homes. With a deep understanding of the local market, Jon Santiago offers service across South Florida and the Treasure Coast, including Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Coral Springs, Tamarac, Parkland, Miami, and Broward. As an experienced and knowledgeable agent, Jon is dedicated to guiding you through every stage of the real estate process.Jon provides expert advice, effective negotiation skills, and a commitment to securing the best possible deals. Choose Jon Santiago for a smooth, stress-free real estate experience
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realestateedcook · 5 months
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Plaza At Oceanside
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juanmillerr · 1 year
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Landmark Custom Homes - Custom and Luxury Homes for Sale in Broward County FL
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callmearcturus · 6 days
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@vmprsm replied to your post “Raw MKV rip of Mission Impossible: Fallout:...”:
Theoretically, if one wanted their own copies of the MI movies safely on a hard drive....where would one go?
​I mean, there is a site where you can acquire a lot of movies via torrent. I tend to use (rot13) 1337k.gb and I got a heavily discounted Windscribe VPN subscription that I use on almost all of my devices.
But my thing is that... I want commentary reels and special features, and sometimes you'll download a movie but the fucking subtitles are either bad or they become desynced over time and I haaaaate it.
So I've been gathering bits and pieces over the past year to get a Plex system going in my house and it works like a fucking DREAM. But it requires some investment. If you just want to have a few local copies of your favorite movies, this is way overkill. But me, I am canceling all of my family's streaming services and pivoting to our Plex.
So what I have for actually getting the files:
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I don't have this model but it's similar to this, a Pioneer External Blu-ray Reader. It sits on a little shelf and is connected to my PC by a USB cable. (I think I got mine for around 68 bucks so you can wait for a sale.)
I use MakeMKV which will rip the big honking raw files from a Blu-ray and leave them as matroshka (.mkv) files.
Because these raw files are ENORMOUS, I compress them in Handbrake. Handbrake is wildly powerful, can convert file formats and make them super small. I have my Handbrake set up special to dump all the non-English language subtitles and audio tracks to save space.
(SUPER BONUS TIP FOR HANDBRAKE: If you have a dedicated GPU, you can give Handbrake permission to use it, and it'll compress shit literally 10x faster, love it.)
At the moment, I am using a Western Digital portable 5TB external harddrive because it was one sale and I couldn't beat the price. Eventually, I want to upgrade to two 10TB HDDs so I can keep a full backup of everything I'm ripping. Because this is a bit of a time and energy commitment and I don't wanna lose all my progress here!
At first I was running Plex off my desktop PC and that worked totally fine, but my family hates having to touch my desktop to wake it up every time, so I very recently grabbed one of these guys:
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This is a Beelink Mini PC S12 Pro. It is small enough to fit in my hand but it is a speedy little demon that runs Windows 11. (And eventually I am gonna use it to firewall out ads from our entire home network, I'm pumped for that project but ANYWAY.)
The upside of these mini boys is that instead of being a hefty workhorse like my main computer, this is small and has a low-power draw.
So I moved my Plex Media Server to the mini PC, plugged in my 5TB drive of movies, and now everyone in the house can easily stream anything I have added to the library.
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This is what it looks like, if you're curious. Any device in the house that runs Plex and is signed in can select any movie or TV show I have and just watch it like it was Netflix or something.
A month ago, I has like.... 65 movies? Now I'm ripping a few and we're gonna break 100 soon.
"But Arc, where do you get so many blurays!"
My local library.
When I lived in Broward County, FL, I had an extravagantly wonderful library system. Tax dollars at fucking WORK, y'all. Now I live in Georgia and the library system is not nearly as good, but I have still gotten my hands on a frankly ridiculous amount of blurays. Every week I'm picking up 3 to 10 movies or shows, taking them home, making good copies, and returning them.
All of this is an investment and it is work. But as someone who built my computer, built my keyboard, cracked my 3DS and PS Vita-- this is fun to me! This is what I love to do. And through doing it, I've seen more movies in the past year than the last ten years put together.
So yeah, I can't recommend this to everyone, but if you wanna get out of your subscriptions and to just have high quality shit on demand, this is what I'm doing.
Cannot stress this enough tho, if this seems interesting to you: wait for sales. All the components here go on steep sale if you wait patiently. Take your time assembling the parts and keep in mind that shit is modular, you can upgrade parts later.
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ausetkmt · 8 months
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Lynching victim Rubin Stacy’s story being told by his family in film screening at NSU
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Anne Naves knew something bad had happened to her uncle when her male relatives came home from fishing, each wearing a pall of silence. Dad wasn’t cracking jokes like usual. Grandfather looked grave. And her uncle, Rubin Stacy, hadn’t come back. The next day, someone from the funeral home said a body had been dropped off.
Naves, 8 years old at the time, only discovered the full gruesome truth about her uncle years later. On July 19, 1935, acting on an unproven accusation from a white woman, a masked lynch mob strung up Stacy under a Fort Lauderdale tree, hanged him and shot him 17 times as spectators gawked and children laughed.
The brutality and silence of Stacy’s lynching is revisited in the new documentary, “Rubin,” which will screen on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Nova Southeastern University. In the hourlong film, the farmhand’s death is recounted through the eyes of his surviving descendants, but mainly through Naves, who was the last living eyewitness to the trauma — and to the secrecy — that followed.
The film, the first to be made by relatives of Stacy’s family, also chronicles the history of lynchings in America, used as a tool of punishment and to foster silence.
“I think (my family) knew that, without telling us (kids) what really happened, they would save us a lot of trauma,” Naves says in the documentary. “The neighbors and our church members respected our silence, too, because they knew that if it could happen to our family, it could happen to theirs.”
For “Rubin” director Tenille Brown, who is a cousin of Rubin Stacy, the film has in recent weeks also morphed into something else: a posthumous tribute to Naves. After filming her interviews for the documentary, she died on Sept. 18 at age 96, leaving behind a strong legacy: She was a Broward County educator for 25 years, teaching at Pines Middle and other schools.
“The biggest piece of the film was Anne,” Brown says in an interview with the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “Without her, there’s no story. She’s the driving force. She was ready to talk. She told me to record her. She really pushed me when I didn’t feel confident and said, ‘Record me anyway. Just go.’ ”
The rest of America witnessed the cruelty of Stacy’s lynching long before Naves did. A series of photos immortalize the moment when a white crowd gathered around Stacy’s body hanging from a tree. These images ran in newspapers nationwide, were published by the NAACP, Life magazine and National Geographic, and are now archived in the Library of Congress.
It was a tale of Jim Crow-era racism that Fort Lauderdale would’ve rather forgotten — the brother of a corrupt Broward County sheriff participated in the lynching — but city officials have made strides in recent years to acknowledge the tragedy by placing memorial markers around Fort Lauderdale. One is on Davie Boulevard and Southwest 31st Avenue, also known as Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, near where Stacy took his last breath. There’s another on the 800 block of Northwest Second Street, where he lived, and a third at Woodlawn Cemetery, his final resting place. In February 2022, a section of Davie Boulevard was renamed Rubin Stacy Memorial Boulevard.
“I’m glad they acknowledged it,” says Brown, of Pompano Beach. “These stories make some people in the state uncomfortable, but if they are based on fact, we need to tell the truth. You can’t turn your head. These are things you can’t ignore.”
For Brown, it was these memorials — and Naves’ willingness to break her silence — that motivated her to reconstruct Stacy’s story. To do so, she also interviewed Ken Cutler, Parkland commissioner and historian, and Tameka Bradley Hobbs, library regional manager of Fort Lauderdale’s African American Research Library and Cultural Center.
“My family didn’t want to talk about it out of fear for years,” Brown says. “There was shame. There’s an element of hurt, and you can hear that emotion in Anne’s voice. Now it feels freeing. This is a story that was suppressed for years and by sharing it, this is how we overcome.”
Michael Anderson, a producer for “Rubin,” says the film also tackles what too many school textbooks don’t stress enough: the history of Black lynchings.
“For Black youth to know their stories, they have to know the history of lynchings,” Anderson says. “They still don’t know how lynchings were used as a weapon to keep a community quiet. That’s exactly what it did to Rubin Stacy’s family.”
IF YOU GO
WHAT: “Rubin”
WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3
WHERE: NSU’s Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, 3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., Davie
COST: Free, but tickets must be presented for entry
INFORMATION: 954-462-0222; MiniaciPAC.com
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Amerant Bank, the largest community bank headquartered in Florida, today announced it has entered into a brand partnership featuring Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk, one of the NHL's top players.
The NHL superstar will be featured in expansive marketing campaign to promote Amerant Bank's new co-branded Florida Panthers Debit Card
Tkachuk is being featured in an expansive marketing campaign to promote Amerant's new co-branded Florida Panthers debit card, comprising television and online commercials that run throughout the NHL playoffs as well as billboards placed throughout Broward County in South Florida - most notably near the Amerant Bank Arena where the Panthers play all home games.
"I am proud to work with a company like Amerant Bank, they are a group that is truly committed to South Florida and are big fans and supporters of our team," said Matthew Tkachuk. "I look forward to sharing many more exciting moments on the ice at Amerant Bank Arena and in our community."
"We are excited to introduce Amerant's partnership with Matthew Tkachuk and the launch of our co-branded Florida Panthers debit card and checking account," said Jerry Plush, Chairman and CEO of Amerant Bank. "This represents our dedication to fostering community engagement and supporting our valued sports partnerships. Matthew (Tkachuk) is a true superstar, and partnering with him showcases our ongoing commitment to excellence."
Source : markets.ft.com / Amerant Bank
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beardedmrbean · 7 months
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“To be honest with you, I hate guns,” Peter, 76, shouted over the sound of gunshots Saturday afternoon as his wife took aim at a target at Gun World in Deerfield Beach. “But it’s better us than someone else.”
The Jewish couple had arrived for their Intro to Handguns lesson with Florida Firearms Training about noon. Peter, who asked to keep his last name private for safety reasons, had shot a rifle decades ago; his wife had never shot a gun before. By the end of the day they would be returning home with one.
So would Justine Youngleson, 58, and Sandi Lazar, 65, a South African Jewish couple from Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and Jackie Rubin, 64, a former orthodox Jew who converted to Christianity, who wore a T-shirt with a giant heart on it and described herself as a “very peaceful person.”
Across South Florida, Jewish residents are buying guns and learning to use them, many of them older, more liberal-leaning people who never thought they’d touch a gun in their lives. Spouses are dragging each other to lessons, children are going with parents. Introductory shooting classes are booked up months into the future, even on the Sabbath, because people are so desperate for slots.
Still others are buying security cameras, taking self-defense classes like Krav Maga, the Israeli martial arts that focuses on surviving real-life scenarios, contemplating leaving jewelry at home, and removing mezuzahs from their doors, as they speak of a fear they have not felt before.
‘A huge blip’
On the door leading into owner Kim Waltuch’s office at Gun World, a picture of a menorah reading “Happy Chanukah” sits adjacent to a sticker of a Glock.
Her office is similarly cluttered: Piles of papers, a mug reading “Boss Lady,” sound-canceling headphones, and a box of chocolate ammo cover her desk. On the wall are children’s drawings next to a framed picture of Hebrew word for love. The kids make the drawings while they wait for their parents to be done shooting, Waltuch explained.
In the last month, Gun World has had a “surge” in interest in guns, Waltuch said. So many people want lessons, they began offering double the amount per week.
“As soon as the guns have been going in, they’re going out,” she explained.
As she spoke, people kept popping in to say hello; the store was crowded. One of the customers was Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine, an outspoken supporter of Israel who reiterated the same motives as everyone else: “I just thought, with everything going on in the world, it’s better to be educated.”
Florida Firearms Training has had so many requests for the Introduction to Handguns course that it is booked all the way into December, said Will Farrugia, the company’s director of training, who led Saturday’s lesson, which was also on the Jewish Sabbath.
In an average week, FFT sees about 40 students in its intro class, Farrugia said. Now they’re looking at 80 to 90 students.
“There’s definitely a blip on the graph, a huge blip of just an influx of new shooters,” he said. “Of which I would say fifty to sixty percent are Jewish.”
The students are not gun nuts, or even necessarily conservative. Many know little to nothing about guns.
These are “people that have never thought of buying a gun, that are now saying ‘I need a gun,'” Farrugia said. “It’s all for the same reason. There’s that concern of, ‘Can something happen here? Can something happen to my family? I need to have a way of defending my family and my home.’ Sad, but that’s where we’re at.”
On Saturday, students spoke of their dislike for guns at the same time as they prepared to buy them, their own shooting targets in their hands.
Lazar said that she still thinks guns are bad, and she does not believe she should have them while driving around or in the supermarket, an opinion that did not change Saturday.
“She’s the neurotic one,” Lazar said, gesturing to Youngleson. It was Youngleson’s idea to buy the gun, and Youngleson said that she was going to do just that, but Lazar needed to know how to use it if it was going to be in the house.
“This is not what you think you’ll be doing at 58,” Youngleson said.
Need for self-defense is critical
The heightened fears aren’t present only in gun-training classes.
Lazar and Youngelson have bought Ring cameras and lights for their home. Growing numbers of Jewish residents are looking for situational awareness or self-defense classes like Krav Maga, said Carson Nightwine, the director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.
“Never has the need for self-defense been more critical,” reads a Facebook post from the Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services, advertising a Krav Maga class in early November.
The owner of AIKMO Krav Maga in Oakland Park, who asked not to be named for safety reasons, said that he had seen a small uptick in the number of students in his own classes, as well as a larger increase in synagogues asking for workshops.
While they’re warming up, students trade stories of having their cars slapped at stoplights or being told to “burn in hell” for putting up posters of Israeli hostages, he said.
He tries to keep the class positive but practical, in the spirit of Krav Maga, which is meant to address real-life threats. At synagogues, AIKMO teaches kidnapping prevention, self-defense, knife and gun defense, forced entry and active shooter drills.
“I hate to say it’s become necessary and timely,” the owner said. “If we lived in a better world I’d be happy to be put out of business. This would be the new yoga; we’d do this for fun.”
Rising antisemitism threat
Since Hamas terrorists massacred over 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7, national and local officials began warning the public of the heightened potential for antisemitic incidents and hate crimes. But those early statements turned increasingly ominous as hatred brewed and the Israel-Hamas war stretched on with a bombing campaign that has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians.
In one week, a Jewish cemetery in Vienna was sprayed with swastikas and set on fire. Stars of David were spray-painted outside of buildings in Paris. And in Dagestan, Russia, a mob of protesters stormed a plane from Israel and searched a hotel, looking for Jews.
On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray told members of Congress that the terrorism threat to Americans, already elevated in 2023, had increased “to a whole other level” due to the war and warned of “historic” levels of antisemitism.
For residents of South Florida’s predominantly Jewish neighborhoods and cities, already on alert, a different kind of fear followed Oct. 7.
“This is the first time I really feel unsafe in the U.S.,” said Michele Lazarow, a Hallandale Beach city commissioner who is Jewish. “Maybe it’ll finally be when I get a firearm.”
The chabad houses that pepper Hallandale Beach always used to make her feel safe. Now she wonders if, like herself, the city is a target.
“I don’t even want to say it,” she told the Sun Sentinel on Tuesday. “There’s a very large Jewish community.”
Already, stirrings of hate have emerged in South Florida; in Parkland last Saturday, a group of masked minors shouted threats at Jewish congregants as they left synagogue, according to deputies and Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who belongs to the synagogue.
Palm Beach County has seen an uptick in reported incidents since Oct. 7, said Nightwine, the community security director. At the same time, rumors, false threats and hate speech have exploded online, which add to people’s fears.
He spends much of his time trying to distinguish misinformation from real threats.
“Just getting to what is actually credible and providing the community with a sense of safety, and the amount of just utter hate speech, and these threats, it’s a colossal work,” Nightwine said.
Islamophobic incidents and hate crimes have also risen nationwide since the attacks. In Illinois, a landlord is accused of stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy to death, shouting “you Muslims must die.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations has reported the largest wave in incidents since 2015, when then-presidential candidate Donald Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States.
But as home to one of the nation’s largest Jewish populations, South Florida has long contended with antisemitism. Over the two years prior to 2023, antisemitic incidents had already sharply increased in South Florida, though they were largely perpetrated by right-wing, neo-Nazi groups, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Almost 60% of all religion-based hate crimes in the U.S. in 2020 targeted Jews, more than any other group, despite the fact that they account for only 2% of the U.S population, according to the FBI.
Since the Oct. 7 attacks, antisemitic incidents across the country have increased nearly 400%, mostly attributed to pro-Palestine and anti-Israel sentiment and protests. Antisemitic rhetoric has also increased on the right; the ADL reported an over 1,000% increase in “the daily average of violent messages mentioning Jews and Israel” on right-wing extremist Telegram channels.
On Thursday, when Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody visited the Florida Department of Law Enforcement office in Boynton Beach for a confidential security meeting, a reporter asked whether she thought Palm Beach County was vulnerable.
“It’s no coincidence we chose to come to South Florida to make sure we’re imploring our communities to stay on guard,” Moody replied.
‘We’re Jewish, we don’t feel safe’
Kayla, 22, went to a gun range with her parents last month at her mother’s request. Her family had shot guns once, in Israel, where the recent college grad, who asked to keep her last name private for safety reasons, was supposed to move on Oct. 10. The plans are now delayed indefinitely, though that has not spared her family worry as antisemitic incidents unfold across the world, including the U.S.
“We were like ‘okay, we don’t really feel safe anymore,'” said Kayla, who lives in Hollywood. “We want to arm ourselves, especially because we’re visibly Jewish and we go to synagogue. Every aspect of our daily lives is Jewish: The supermarket, the restaurants we go to, and the neighborhood we live in.”
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Soon after submitting her request, she got a call from Steve Triana, a local firearms instructor who works for Florida Defense Training and runs his own company, Triana Training Concepts.
When Kayla, her mother, and her 63-year-old father arrived at the range for their lesson, he asked them for their back story and why they chose to learn, as he does every lesson.
“If you’re coming and you’re over twenty-one, my question is, ‘why now?'” he explained, referring to the legal buying age in Florida. There’s always a reason, something that makes the person feel unsafe in a way they hadn’t before.
Reluctantly, Kayla shared hers.
“It’s always kind of scary to tell people ‘We’re Jewish, we don’t feel safe,'” she told the Sun Sentinel. “I told him anyways, ‘We’re Jewish, we’re really not feeling safe.'”
Triana, it turned out, was also Jewish. He told Kayla’s family that they were not the first to call.
His evenings have been booked with students like them since Oct. 7. In the last two-and-a-half weeks, he told the Sun Sentinel on Tuesday, he has had 18 students, 14 of whom are Jewish, what he estimates is a 90% increase in Jewish students since before the war.
He knows they’re Jewish because he asks, but also because many are openly orthodox. Some have told him they’re rabbis; others come in with yarmulkes on. Like those in Saturday’s class, many are older, often couples.
For Triana, the influx began four days after the war broke out, when the company he works for, Florida Defense Training, began sending a large number of new students his way.
The fact that most of them were Jewish and Triana is also Jewish was a coincidence, said Carlos Gutierrez, the company’s co-owner. But word has since spread to others in the community; Kayla told Triana she’d share his contact information with her synagogue.
For Gun World, word-of-mouth in the Jewish community has also brougth new business. People in the community want to support a Jewish-owned business, Waltuch explained, even though, she added, “as a nice Jewish girl who owns a gun range, I like to go under the radar.”
A political shift?
The new interest in guns perhaps signals a broader shift since Oct. 7 and its aftermath as Jewish South Floridians re-examine their politics.
On the right, Gov. Ron DeSantis has used his pro-Israel stance as a selling point, sending law enforcement officers to protect synagogues and schools, decrying left-wing protests on college campuses and criticizing the Biden administration for sending aid to civilians in Gaza.
Rabbi Mark Rosenberg of Miami-Dade, a chaplain for Florida Highway Patrol, thanked DeSantis publicly on “behalf of the Jewish community” at the news conference in Boynton Beach on Thursday, saying that “Florida has emerged as a leader during troubled times.”
But many of South Florida’s Jewish voters have leaned away from DeSantis and the right, where antisemitism has also mobilized extremists.
“A lot of my friends who are liberal Jews are very, very confused right now,” said Triana, the firearms instructor. “They are struggling to make sense of the world. The world they saw on 10/6 is not what they’re realizing is the way the world worked.”
Commissioner Lazarow, a self-proclaimed liberal, said that she, too, had recently begun to question her political leanings.
“I used to say I vote Democrat, woman, Jewish,” she said. “Now I vote woman, Jewish, maybe Democrat.”
Before the war, Lazarow’s Jewish identity was rarely foremost in her mind. She would have mezuzahs on her door and wear a Star of David around her neck and think nothing of it. Now they are conscious decisions.
“This is the first time in my life I’ve ever worried about wearing the Jewish star,” she said incredulously. “Now I’m wearing it as a resistance. As a symbol of resistance.”
By the end of class on Saturday, some students described a sense of empowerment mixed into their fear and aversion to guns.
“That’s good, honey!” Peter said Saturday, as his wife hesitantly lifted her paper target, the bullet holes a bit off from the center, but still very much within the silhouette. “Don’t worry, you would stop them.”
Each time Rubin finished her turn shooting, she was so nervous that her hands shook. But as class neared an end, she appeared more determined.
“I think I know what I want,” she said, walking over to where some of the other students were sitting, repeating it out loud as she scrawled it on the back of her target: “A Smith and Wesson, nine millimeter.”
The 64-year-old says her friends think she’s crazy for buying a gun, but her Jewish family doesn’t. And even though she no longer practices the religion, Rubin said, she is still a Jew, she doesn’t know what is coming next, and she wants to protect herself.
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A man who was wrongly incarcerated for 16 years in Florida before being exonerated and released was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop Monday, officials said. Leonard Cure, 53, was convicted of armed robbery in Florida in 2003, according to the Broward County State Attorney's Office. In 2020, he was the first person to be exonerated as part of the state attorney's office Conviction Review Unit after a reinvestigation of the case found he was innocent.  Since his release, Cure had been working a job in security. He had hoped to go to college and work in broadcast radio production, and he was buying his first home, the state attorney's office said. But just three years after his release, Cure was fatally shot Monday morning by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 95, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release.  Cure got out of the car at the deputy’s request and complied with commands “until learning that he was under arrest,” the GBI said.  He refused to comply with the deputy’s requests after that, and the deputy used a Taser. Cure “assaulted the deputy,” prompting the deputy to use the Taser for a second time and a baton, but “Cure still did not comply,” authorities said.  The deputy then pulled out a gun and shot Cure. He was treated by EMS and died later, the GBI said. It’s not clear what led to the traffic stop or why Cure was being placed under arrest.  The GBI said it will conduct an independent investigation. From there, the case will be handed to the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.  The Innocence Project of Florida, which helped reinvestigate his case, said Cure was killed as he was on his way to his suburban residence in Georgia from visiting his mother in Florida. 
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Randy H “Junior” Tundidor, Florida inmate L75549, born 1988, incarceration intake in 2013 at age 24; scheduled for release 08/12/2047
Murder - 2nd degree, Attempted Murder - 1st Degree, Kidnaping, Burglary, Robbery, Arson
A beloved father and Nova Southeastern University professor was stabbed to death. His wife and young son escaping death from their home that had been torched.
Randy H. Tundidor, had testified against his father, Randy W. Tundidor pinning the actual stabbing on him. In exchange prosecutors took the death penalty off the table and downgraded Tundidor Junior's charge to second-degree murder.
Tundidor Junior was sentenced to 40 years in state prison. It was not the outcome the victim's family or the suspect's family expected.
Morrisey's widow, Linda had made an emotional plea in court arguing for the maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.  She said that the crime had shattered her sense of safety and that she and her son will forever live in a life in prison of the "voices of that night, the smells and noises."
For his part, Tundidor, Jr. apologized for his actions.
"If I could have stopped him, I would have," Tundidor said. "I'm truly sorry. I know it's not gonna mean anything but I'm sorry."
Earlier this year, Tundidor Jr. laid out his side of the story to a Broward County jury. He said it all started two years ago when his dad called him and asked if he knew anyone that could scare his landlord because he was being evicted and Morrissey was destroying the family. Tundidor Jr. said he would do it.
Tundidor Jr. testified that he tied up Morrissey and his wife Linda, spoke to his father by walkie-talkie, and was told to search for anything of value. He also said he had on latex gloves and had a gun but told his dad he wasn't going to shoot anybody.
When asked why they used walkie-talkies, he said it was because his dad told him "If they used a cell phone, they could be tracked." He also said he covered the Morrissey's heads with towels, "because he didn't want them to see his dad because he knew they would recognize him."
During the crime, the Morrissey's were forced at gunpoint to drive to an ATM and withdraw cash.
"It was dad's idea to get money from the ATM," said Tundidor Jr. He went on to describe the trip and said Linda withdrew the cash because her husband was driving. Linda then gave the cash to Junior.
When they arrived back at the Morrissey's Plantation home, he said he tied them up again with plastic ties and covered their heads with towels. He claimed his dad tried to find more stuff to steal. They found two laptops and he gave his dad the $500 cash from the ATM.
At this point, with the Morrissey's tied up in the bedroom, Tundidor Jr. said he wanted to leave. His dad refused and reportedly said Joseph Morrissey "has to die."
The younger Tundidor claimed that he told his dad he didn't want to be involved in that, but his dad ordered him to retrieve Mr. Morrissey from the bedroom. The son testified his father put the gun to Morrisey's head, but that it jammed. Tundidor Sr. then grabbed a knife and stabbed Morrisey twice, according to the son's testimony.
The son said Tundidor Sr. poured gas around the living room and kitchen and lit it on fire. Morrisey's wife Linda and her son both were able to escape the home.
Tundidor Sr. continues to say he is innocent of all the charges.
Tundidor Jr.'s attorney said that Randy has hope after the sentence was handed down Friday.
"He's going in with a good attitude," said defense attorney Patrick Rastatter. "He going to see light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a train coming towards him."
Tundidor Senior (Florida inmate L97205 was sentenced to death.
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Top 5 Luxury Oceanfront Condos In Pompano Beach
Living in Pompano Beach, FL, has many features, such as live music, bars, seaside, and beaches. The luxury oceanfront condos in Pompano Beach, South Florida, offer excellent value. The area is not full of hotels, and the beaches are not crowded. Some new, exciting developments popped up in the last few years. There are many choices for oceanfront condos in Pompano Beach, FL.
This article narrows it down to the top five. Living in these condos is a luxurious experience. The warm climate and gorgeous beaches make Pompano Beach a dream destination for a luxurious lifestyle. Due to the lush amenities, the Intracoastal Waterway, and breathtaking ocean views, it is easy to understand why these condos in Pompano are so popular.
Whether you are in the market for a stunning investment property or a beautiful place as your home, the condominiums in Pompano Beach have something for everyone. There are some benefits to living in luxurious condos.
Plaza at Oceanside
The extraordinary Plaza at Oceanside, located at 1 N Ocean Blvd, was built in 2009. The tower has 186 residential units. You see carefully designed structures and high-end features everywhere, creating a sense of conformity and completeness.
Residents enjoy access to pristine beaches. This stately complex has Intracoastal and ocean views, high-speed semi-private elevator and private elevator, brush chrome hardware throughout the common areas and residences, unobstructed views due to high ceilings, individual climate control, and an expansive balcony with panel railings made of glass.
You enjoy a kitchen layout that maximizes space and ease of food preparation and cooking. The luxurious kitchens have marble floors, granite countertops, European custom cabinets, and stainless steel appliances.
Oversized master suites have large walk-in closets and sitting areas, large soaking tubs in a spa-like ensuite, dual vanities with marble countertops, and showers enclosed with frameless glass doors. Little details make a big difference. Attention to detail is reflected in recessed lighting, wiring for digital cable, and high-speed internet. The oversized laundry has enough space for a front-load washer and dryer. Plaza at Oceanside complex amenities include:
A News Cafe with a large-screen TV
Indoor Golf Simulator
A world-class fitness center with state-of-the-art fitness machines
A luxurious theater
Media room
Playrooms for children and teens
Resort-style heated pool having lap lanes and beach entry
Interior Design by Steven G
The city has been restructured to ease the flow of pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Condo sales here are a rare find. The turnover of residences is low.
Waldorf Astoria Residences
The Waldorf Astoria Residences in Pompano Beach, FL, are inspired by the classic grandeur of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Every residence encompasses the beauty and scale of the building and its original architecture. It is the ideal balance of practical and aesthetic considerations.
The Waldorf Astoria Residences sit on a two-acre oceanfront site. It has 92 residential units that offer world-class architecture and design. Nicholas Architects head it in collaboration with Enea Landscape, BAMO, and KORA. The hospitality-infused amenities include:
Approximately two dozen boat slips
A pool
Cabanas with poolside dining
Jacuzzi
A beachfront cafe offers room service
One of the prominent features is Peacock Alley. It is a residents-only space that serves as the central gathering place for residents to see and be seen. A crafted clock in the main lobby is inspired by one at the Waldorf Astoria, New York.
It is an iconic landmark in the flagship hotel and part of its New York City lore. The influence of the original hotel extends to over 15,000 square feet of amenities. The homes are available in various sizes and crafted for single-family living.
They range from two to five bedrooms and vary in size from 2100 to 6100 square feet. Every residence has a private elevator foyer, high ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows highlighting stunning Intracoastal and ocean views. Other standard features include top-of-the-line Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, custom Italian cabinetry, and oversized balconies. The residences are ready for occupation with a choice of designer finishes.
Salato Residences
The ultra-luxury Salato Residences are at 305 Briny Avenue in Pompano Beach, Florida. The expertly designed residences rise 100 feet from the beach with a pristine oceanfront. Forty private residences include six penthouses designed by Randall Stoff Architects.
The interior features include floor-to-ceiling windows that offer spectacular views of the ocean. An amenities deck extends more than 20,000 square feet, with direct access to the beach. The residences are designed to feel like worldwide luxury resorts.
Individual residences range from 2,106 to 3,354 square feet. They feature open floorplans with vast living space and 14-foot-deep terraces 320 to 746 square feet in size that provide phenomenal outdoor living and entertainment. All residences have three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. Amenities include:
An event room with a private chartering kitchen
Residents’ lounge with nutrition and juice bar
State-of-the-art fitness center
Massage room
Steam showers and dry saunas
Poolside lounge suite with private wine locker and bar
An ocean-view pool with separate loungers and a wet deck
Full-time pool and beach attendants
24-hour concerige service
Valet parking garage
The residences have an impressive selection of finishes and the absolute finest quality furniture. 10-foot windows and sliding doors surround each living space. Any chef would feel at home in the kitchen with custom European cabinetry and Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances.
The owner’s suite features a walk-in closet and a luxurious bathroom retreat. Stunning solid quartz countertops, porcelain tiles, and custom European cabinetry in the guest bathrooms give a sophisticated atmosphere. Residents and their guests enjoy the privacy provided by semi-private foyers and elevators.
Casamar Residences
Casamar Residences oceanfront condo in Pompano Beach, located at 900 N Ocean Blvd, designed by Arquitectertonia, has 119 units. It is situated on 3.2 acres and has 283 feet of oceanfront frontage. Each has direct, unobstructed oceanfront views. Casamar offers two, three, and four-bedroom units.
Every floor has six units. The smallest unit for sale has two bedrooms and a den that ranges in size from 1350 to 1700 square feet. Three bedrooms plus den units range from 2500 to 3000 square feet. Four-bedroom and den condominiums range from 3300 to 3934 square feet. Amenities and services include:
Personalized concierge services
Sunrise and sunset swimming pools
The Promenade Lounge
State-of-the-art fitness center
Multimedia and gaming tables
Virtual Golf Simulator with a mini bar
Lobby Welcome Station with light snacks and coffee
Open green gathering space
Pickleball court
Valet parking
Water sport storage
Pet washing station
The flow-through floorplans feature floor-to-ceiling windows that provide breathtaking views of Pompano Beach, the ocean, and the Intracoastal Waterway. All residences have unobstructed eastern views.
Tranquil and spacious master bathrooms feature a deep soaking tub, beautiful vanities, Hansgrohe fixtures, and contemporary finishes. The laundry room per unit has a full-size washer and dryer. Most units have a sink.
A customized password-protected app manages the spacious pre-wired smart home. Casamar Pompano Beach condo is in an excellent location close to marinas, golf courses, stores, and restaurants. It is 20 minutes from downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Ritz-Carlton Residences
A remarkable collection of magnificent amenities and luxury homes, with a landscape concept and interior design by Piero Lissoni, is like no other. The Ritz-Carlton, 1380 S Ocean Blvd, comprises two striking towers designed by Luis Revuelta.
They are on sprawling property that spans the waterfronts from Intracoastal to the Atlantic Ocean. The Ritz-Carlton gives homeowners direct access to a private yacht club and beach. The Beach Tower is a beachfront property with 31 stories and 117 larger condominiums.
Across A1A, the Marina Tower has an Intracoastal frontage and 14 stories. All of the condo development is residential. Residents of the Ritz-Carlton Residences enjoy stylish indoor and outdoor common areas with floor-to-ceiling windows. There are firepits, gardens, and plants throughout. Amenities include:
Three infinity edge pools
Two oceanfront and one marina front
Yoga Garden
Events lawn
Dog park
Outdoor wellness pavilion
Pickleball court
Bocce court
Valet services
Reception and concierge desk
Oceanfront lobby
The breakfast room and bar have outdoor seating
Fitness center
Lounge and library
Beauty salon with mani-pedi
Barbershop
Beach bar and grill
The Beach Tower has two, three, and four-bedroom residences. One, two, and three-bedroom units are found in the Marina Tower. They maintain the height of luxury, but each has a specific character. The goal was to design the buildings as welcoming and comfortable environments and create sophisticated places for socialization and relaxation.
The Beach Tower has a contemporary design using pure forms and lines expressed through light colors and natural materials. In the Marina Tower, slightly darker colors are used. Detailed and theatrical lighting is elemental in cultivating a welcoming and intimate environment. Large glazed volumes give the space definition and bring a Caribbean nature indoors.
Honorable Mentions
A few other stunning, luxury condos in Pompano Beach are the following:
Sonata Beach Club
Sabbia Beach
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The Republican Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, brought his act to Pittsburgh on Friday and left little doubt that he’s running for president in 2024. We need to talk about this, but first let’s look at the even more revealing event that DeSantis staged right before he boarded the jet for his Rust Belt road swing — a full-on display of what 21st-century American fascism looks like.
In heavily Democratic Fort Lauderdale, the 5′9″ DeSantis — the modern fulfillment of the Jimmy Breslin-ism about a small man in search of a balcony — elevated himself on a podium, flanked as he so often is by armed and uniformed men and women of law enforcement, to highlight his crackdown on supposed voter fraud ahead of November’s election.
“That is against the law, and now they’re gonna pay the price for it,” DeSantis declared of 20 Floridians — almost all from Democratic strongholds such as Broward County, where his campaign-rally-style announcement was staged, or Miami-Dade — accused of casting ballots despite a law barring them because they’d been convicted of murder or sexual assault.
But the event and its stench of “law and order” intimidation revealed so much more through what was left unsaid. Such as the fact that DeSantis’ Office of Election Crimes and Security — like so much that the Florida Governor does, a dangerous escalation of the GOP’s long-running war on voting rights into straight-up authoritarian territory — has spent $3.9 million in taxpayer dollars to find alleged fraud in less than 0.0002% of the 11 million votes cast in the Sunshine State. The outlay is about $195,000 for each allegation.
But arguably more outrageous is the way that Team DeSantis is less exposing a systematic problem — actual voting fraud in America is extremely rare — but rather taking cynical advantage of several years of confusion in Florida over its laws regarding whether people convicted of crimes can vote. In 2018, the state’s voters overwhelmingly passed a referendum allowing most felons who’d served their time to vote, only for GOP lawmakers to muddy the waters by imposing new requirements for restitution. It’s now apparent there was widespread confusion — not just among citizens, but from government officials — over who could vote in 2020.
Indeed, Florida journalists who dug into the 20 criminal cases found a scenario rooted in benign confusion, not malicious fraud. In Orange County, Fla., the three people charged with third-degree felonies — punishable up to five years in prison — said they mistakenly believed their rights had been restored in the 2018 vote, and one man said he’d simply been sent a ballot in the mail and returned it. Nathan Hart, 49, told the Miami Herald he was renewing his driver’s license when a man at a voter registration booth convinced him, mistakenly, he was eligible to vote. “One individual guy voting when he thought he could is hardly voter fraud,” said Hart, now terrified of losing the life he’d rebuilt after his incarceration.
There are two very important things going on here — and neither of them is a real-world problem around “election integrity.” Most immediately, DeSantis — favored for re-election in November, but hardly a lock in a state he won by just 32,000 votes in 2018 — clearly seeks a chilling effect that would frighten thousands of voters who are unsure of their eligibility and now may stay home rather than risk getting arrested.
The broader implication is even more frightening. The time for mincing words is over. This is the latest and most alarming manifestation of a now barely hidden fascism by the head of America’s third-largest state, and one of the handful of serious contenders for the White House. DeSantis’ push for voter suppression and the increasingly paramilitaristic vibe of his public appearances prove the Floridian is the one we’ve been warning about: A post-Trump Republican taking a war on democracy to an even more dangerous place, minus the buffoonish narcissism of the 45th President.
DeSantis has embraced a politics that has absolutely nothing to do with traditional conservative blather about freedom and everything to do with raw power. This 43-year-old rising force has already surpassed the dark promise of Trump by going after corporations who’ve dared to criticize him, seeking to chill classroom discussions about race or gender, and even overriding the results of a democratic election for a large-county prosecutor whose offense was having a differing opinion.
In this context, DeSantis’ national campaign swing — which came to Pennsylvania this weekend with his controversial embrace of our extremist and Christian nationalist GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano — marks a major turning point as America looks warily toward a 2024 election that already has a kind of 1860 feel to it. Right now, DeSantis — the only serious Republican rival to Trump, according to the polls — is demolishing the myth that The Former Guy would be challenged by a moderate. Instead, DeSantis is taking the loose ideology of Trumpism to new extremes of demonizing The Other and positioning the GOP as an anti-democracy movement.
With more than 100 protesters outside, DeSantis told a packed downtown Pittsburgh hotel ballroom, in a lame, whiny echo of Winston Churchill: “We must fight the woke in our schools. We must fight the woke in our businesses. We must fight the woke in government agencies. We can never, ever surrender to woke ideology.” The use of a cadence that opposed Nazism in 1940 to instead attack American citizens as the enemy was obscene.
Just the fact that DeSantis, the head of a state with a large Jewish population, thought it important to endorse Mastriano — despite the shocking revelations about the Pennsylvanian’s ties to the website Gab, a cesspool of anti-Semitism that inspired the 2018 mass murderer of 11 Jewish people at a synagogue just a few miles from where he spoke — was a powerful illustration of a political party’s downward spiral into madness.
In addition to the anti-Semitism flap, something else that DeSantis never mentioned once on his Pennsylvania road trip was Donald Trump — but the former President was clearly paying attention. Just minutes after DeSantis finished speaking in the 412, the FPOTUS tweeted that he, too, is coming to Pennsylvania to rally with Mastriano, as well as his endorsed U.S. Senate candidate, Mehmet Oz, on Sept. 3 in Wilkes-Barre.
Let that sink in. The radical extremism of Mastriano — who brought busloads of supporters to D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021 and marched to the brink of the Capitol during an insurrection; who organized a slate of fake electors and has made clear his hostility to counting every vote; who invokes God to promote radical views against abortion, climate change, and public education — was supposed to make the Republican establishment run for the hills. Instead, the two true leaders of today’s GOP are tripping over each other to embrace a homophobic anti-Semite bidding to run the state where the American Experiment began.
The stakes for 2024 have never looked starker than Friday as the sun set over the Ohio River.
DeSantis ended his speech with a plea for supporters to “put on the full armor of God.” It was a blatant signal that the Floridian is fully down with a Christian nationalism that not only subverts the Founders’ desire for a separation of church and state, but looks nothing like what Jesus would actually do. Because in Ron DeSantis’ vision of America, cursed are the meek — the transgender kid with a target on their back, the schoolchildren he wants to indoctrinate with false, sanitized history, the communities of color seeking to exercise their hard-fought voting rights. We who believe in free speech and free inquiry in the face of an oppressive state must also don our armor, because this, the fight for the soul of America, has been joined.
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