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maelysgriffonne · 1 year

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I am asking about your submas aus right now :)

If you don't mind though could you leave out the more angsty ones? Not having a good time rn lmao 😅

Yay, ok let's go!

I will only talk about some of them here because there is a lot so don't worry about the angsty ones 😊.

Mingo AU:

So this one I already talk about it on my account so for more details just look on the #mingo au , but in general it's an AU were the fnaf world and pokemon world start to merge together and accidentally fused Ingo and Michael afton creating Mingo.

Wandering Spider AU:

I also explained this one in #Wandering Spider au, technically Peter Parker aka Spider-man is taken by Giratina after No Way Home so he can have a seconde chance and get a new father figuer Ingo. He arrived before Akari, and is part of the Pearl clan because he is under the care f Ingo. He can remember names of people and there personal link to him but not there faces and he also know that not only that he is in a different time periods but in a whole different univers. His shiny alpha rotom named Tony is literally Tony Stark because when Giratina took Peter he literally threatened it to take him with them to make sure Peter is safe (imagine is surprise when he wake up as a rotom but no Peter in sight).

Multivers subway AU:

Again I talk about this one really fast already but some changes have been done to it. This au is base of one of my OC univers that I call "The Hub", this place is were everyone of my other universes can geet together, it's a big city with in the middle there is a gigantic Hotel called "The Twin Hotel" and by the twin gods of judgment Tokki and Boss. The submas twin have been blessed (with other) by the two gods and work in the subway system of the city. The subway can take you to any OC veres or universes in general, each Sundays Ingo and Emmet have to go to the Hotel to give there report of the week and just rest with others. In the Hub angel's and demon's a commun and there is a hierarchie, Lower's being the most commun one, Middle's are bigger and mostly work at the top (Manager, CEO...), Upper's are blessed Middle's or Lower's and work under God's, Ingo and Emmet are Upper's Ingo being an Upper Angel and Emmet an Upper Demon, and finally God's who are literally borne with the title or chosen by the Creatric (me), There is only 8 Gods in total, Tokki and Boss being one of them. Angels can only blessed angels and demons can only blessed demons so while Ingo work under Boss he has technically being bless by Tokki and the same for Emmet who has being blessed by Bosse work under Tokki. Funfact there is a Lower demon named Blackara that is extremely fan of Ingo and tries everything to get his attention with no conclusive result.

Zoroark/Sneasler ingo AU:

Ah finally an au I didn't talk about on tumblr. So this one (has many other) came from one of my weird ass dreams that I have most of the time but anyways, technically in this au something happen to Ingo in the rift wich cause his body to became unstable and Ditto like so when he fell his body transform the two first thing he saw, being Lady Sneasler chasing away a Zoroark that got to close to her territory, becoming a sort of Zoroark/Sneasler hybrid. He got taken in by Lady Sneasler who find him because even with him being part Zoroark he was also par Sneasler and acte like a kit. He is Ghost/Poison type by the way and can used illusion to look like his human self.

Toy AU:

This is like Toy story because it's one of my favorite movies, so in this Ingo and Emmet are two small ball jointed doll who come with a set of trains toys has the conductors. Their is a white set (Emmet) and a black set (Ingo) and you can exchange trains part in between the two set. The twin have being by a young girl named Dawn and were given their names, when Dawn was hat school the two meet her other toys, they rapidly became best friend with a fashion doll named Elesa. This au is mostly fun and light-hearted with the only drama his Dawn taking the twins to school and accidentally lost Ingo till the end of the day when an adult found him and got him back to a crying Dawn.

Ghost crow AU:

So this one is a bit easy. During is life in Huisi Ingo died in an accident protecting some travelers but don't worry because his soul wouldn't rest and so came back in a new form. This form is a crow that is the size of a Corveknight, his wings and tails are fabric like and resemble his coat and he still has his hat, his has open scar on his neck with mist coming out. Everytime he appears infront of a lost person mist surround him, he's purpose is to guide the lost to were their wanted to go by flying above them and once the person is at it's terminal he dissappear has if he never was here.

Hybrid AU:

Again this one I also a bit easy. Ingo and Emmet are a Chandelur and Elektross hybrid respectively. Human hat the start aren't hybrid and the only way to become one is to form a very close bond to a pokemon to the point were the human soul adapt to resemble the pokemon. Ingo and Emmet had since there young age a very close bond to there partner to the point that they became hybrid at only 11, their hybrid form changing at the same time they partner evoled.

Warrior cats AU:

And finally the last one, this one is one of the two that I had a harder time building, but anyway, the story kinda go like this, the Unova clan is part of a big group of different clans (the other regions) that are more close to humans than others clans, Whitesmile and Blackfrown are two warriors that mostly patrol close to the rails and the train station named "Gear station" close to it, they're the little mascot of this station because of how many time they come there, there maskot name are Ingo and Emmet who were proposed by a worker has a joke but everyone like it so it stick, they have there on little hat made for them with the station logo on them. One day when the twin with their warrior friends Sparkpelt (Elesa) were close to the Water Cliff a dog attack them, the dog was going to attack Whitesmile but Blackfrown step in front and got send in the water below. He got caught in the current and couldn't get out, he hit his head on one of the rock in the river and passe out. Later he wake up with little memories in a small clan named Pearl clan, he got told that he was found and brought here by one of there blessed warrior Lady Sneasler. When he was healed enough to moved he got fast friend with Lady Sneasler and got assigned has here warden wich are a role given to cat to work alongside a blessed warrior, Lady Snealser died some moons ago from a snake attack so she was alone until she found him. He got renamed has Wanderingfrown.

Phew here we go, that was a lot and I think got a bit carried away 😅 but I'm very happy to finally being able to talk about them and I hope you like them ^^.

#ingo #pokemon ingo #au #micheal afton #mingo au #peter parker #wandering spider au #multivers subway au #zoroark/sneasler au #toy au #ghost crow au #hybrid au #warrior cats au #wow that a lot of au tags

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When the +++Positives+++ released this letter in January 2023, they blacked out all of the signatories but one:

The full signature line was:

Sincerely, The Executive Board of the Foundations Baptist Fellowship International Approved unanimously with one abstention by the FBFI Board at the 2022 Winter Board Meeting

So yes, Bob Jones III was writing to his own legacy institution to “being to make corrections.”

WutBJU doesn’t know who was present at this Winter Board Meeting of the FBFI outside of Bob Jones III.

But here’s the current slate of officers of the FBFI:

Dr. Kevin Schaal President/CEO Northwest Valley Baptist Church 4030 W Yorkshire Drive Glendale, AZ 85308 Phone: 864.268.0777

Dr. Gordon Dickson Chairman Calvary Baptist Church 2000 Broad Ave Findlay, OH 45840 Phone: 419.422.6842

Pastor Taigen Joos Vice Chairman Heritage Baptist Church 8186 Dover Point Road Dover, NH 03820 Phone: 603.749.0762

Dr. Bud Steadman Secretary Baptist World Mission PO Box 2149 Decatur, AL 35602-2149 Phone: 256.353.2221

Pastor Michael Privett Treasurer Summit View Baptist Church 31 N Highway 25 Bypass Travelers Rest, SC 29617 Phone: 757.206.9544

And the Executive Board:

Dr. Ron Allen Bible Baptist Church 2724 Margaret Wallace Road Matthews, NC 28105 704.535.1692

Rev. Mike Ascher Good News Baptist Church 3252 Taylor Road Chesapeake, VA 23321 757.488.3241

Dr. James Baker Tabernacle Baptist Church 717 N. Whitehurst Landing Road Virginia Beach, VA 23464 757.424.4673

Rev. Earl Barnett King Cove Bible Chapel PO Box 45 King Cove, AK 99612 (907) 497-2076 (907) 414-1402 Cell

Dr. David Byford Faith Baptist Church 7023 Deer Trail Road Manhattan KS 66503 785.539.3363

Dr. Robert Condict Upper Cross Roads Baptist Church 2717 Greene Road Baldwin MD 21013 410.557.7427

Rev. Jeff Davis EMU International 325 Regency Circle Anderson, SC 29625 864.617.7156

Mr. Roger Duvall 22 Elmwood Drive Taylors, SC 29687 864.420.0892

Dr. Ken Endean Tri-City Baptist Church 2211 W Germann Road Chandler, AZ 85286 480.245.7969

Pastor Tony Facenda Stillwaters Baptist Church Milepost 4 1/2 US 158 Nags Head, NC 27959 (252) 255-1835

CH (COL) Gary Fisher 2634 Wisser Street Honolulu, HI 98619 785.492.7667

Pastor Terry Hamilton Friendship Baptist Church 700 Boyson Rd NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 319.393.6990

Dr. Mike Harding First Baptist Church of Troy 2601 John R Troy MI 48084 810.689.4555

Dr. Craig Hartman Shalom Ministries Inc 2152 Ralph Avenue #601 Brooklyn NY 11234 718.232.8233

Dr. Dale Heffernan Midland Baptist Church 1860 North Tyler Road Wichita, KS 67212 316.721.1860

Rev. Arin Hess 7210 Orchard Street Lincoln, NE 68505 402.750.0555

Dr. David Innes Hamilton Square Baptist Church 1212 Geary St. San Francisco CA 94109 415.673.8586

Rev. Don Johnson Grace Baptist Church 2731 Matson Road Victoria, BC CANADA V9B 4M5

Dr. Stephen Jones Bob Jones University 1700 Wade Hampton Blvd Greenville, SC 29614

Dr. Larry Karsies Harvest Hills Baptist Church 9713 North County Line Road Yukon, OK 73099 405.721.1920

Dr. Mark Minnick Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 115 Cedar Lane Road Greenville SC 29601 864.233.1684

Rev. Jeff Musgrave The Exchange 10100 Glenayre Court Parker, CO 80134 303.798.1204

Dr. Larry Oats Maranatha Baptist University 745 West Main Street Watertown WI 53094 920.206.2324

Dr. David Pennington Penn Coaching & Consulting 2018 Freeport Drive Indian Trail, NC 28079 317.507.6001

Dr. Chuck Phelps Colonial Hills Baptist Church 8140 Union Chapel Road Indianapolis, IN 46240 317.253.5597

Dr. Kent Ramler People’s Baptist Church 6648 Carpenter Road Frederick, MD 21703 301.473.5635

Dr. C. Matthew Recker Heritage Baptist Church PO Box 7925 New York NY 10016 212.947-5316

Rev. Stephen Russell Central Baptist Church 1812 Honeysuckle Road Dothan AL 36305-4224 334.794.9214

Dr. Dale Seaman Calvary Baptist Church 1768 N Newcomb Street Porterville, CA 93257 559.783.0857

Dr. Will Senn Tri-City Baptist Church 6953 W 92nd Lane Westminster, CO 80021-4074 303.424.2287

Rev. Ron Smith Jr Victory Baptist Church/AFBM PO Box 2462 California City CA 93504 760.373.7314

Rev. Jeremy Sweatt Farmington Avenue Baptist Church 149 Mountain Rd West Hartford CT 06107 860.521.8380

Rev. Dan Unruh Westside Baptist Church 6260 West 4th Street Greeley CO 80634 970.346.8610

Dr. John C. Vaughn 109 Saffron Way Taylors SC 29687 864.325.2531

CH (COL) Joe Willis USAR RET 2021 Bradbury Rd Adams TN 37010 813.767.2734

Pastor Doug Wright Keystone Baptist Church 15 Keystone Lane Berryville, VA 22611 540.955.3410

Dr. Mike Yarborough Faith Baptist Church 1445 Fertilizer Road Riegelwood, NC 28456 919.622.5309

Dr. Wayne Van Gelderen Jr. Falls Baptist Church N69 W12703 Appleton Avenue Menomonee Falls WI 53051 414.251.7051

And then the board members they keep around on an “Advisory Board”:

Rev. Mark Brock Crossway Baptist Church 4600 Ashe Rd. #318 Bakersfield, CA 93313 661.900.2578

Dr. Ron Ehmann Northwest Baptist Missions PO Box 548 Toole, UT 84074

Mr. Mark Herbster Maranatha Baptist University 745 West Main Street Watertown, WI 53094

Dr. Marty Herron Harvest Baptist Church PO Box 23189 Barrigada, GU 96921

Dr. Jeff Kahl W10085 Pike Plains Road Dunbar, WI 54119 704.989.8517

Dr. Greg Kaminski Westside Baptist Church 1375 Irving Road Eugene, OR 07404

CDR Tavis Long, CHC, USN 1820 Sunsprite Loop Chesapeake, VA 23323 662.812.5288

Ch. Maj. Nathan Mestler International Baptist College 2211 W Germann Rd Chandler, Arizona 85286

Rev. Dan Pelletier Hamilton Square Baptist Church 1212 Geary Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94109

CH (COL) Michael Shellman 206 South Courthouse Road Arlington, VA 22204 910.309.6776 Board Emeritus

Dr. Rick Arrowood 104 Rambling Creek Cv Byron, GA 31008-9584 317.217.1600

Dr. Charles Britt Sr. 3979 Kristen Street Spring Hill TN 37174 931.489.9248

Dr. Gerald Carlson 53 Gideon Road Sebring, FL 33870 252.452.1112

Dr. Edward Caughill 206 Cooleys Crest Lane Inman SC 29349 757.479.1195

Dr. Walter Coles Good News Baptist Church 3252 Taylor Road Chesapeake VA 23321 757.488.3241

Dr. Johnny Daniels Calvary Baptist Tabernacle PO Box 3390 Carolina, PR 00984 787.750.2227

Dr. Bill Hall 75 Wintergreen Ave Greeneville TN 37745 423.638.8087

Dr. Bruce Hamilton Hamilton Acres Baptist Church 138 Farewell Avenue Fairbanks AK 99701 907.456.5995

Dr. Bob Jones III Bob Jones University 419 Library Drive Greenville SC 29609 864.242.5100

Dr. Peter Maruyama Narashino Baptist Church 4-17-10, Moto-Ohkubo Narashino, Chiba 275-0012 JAPAN 011.047.477.8910

Mr. Mike Moreau Harvest Media, Inc 22 Briarwood Court Schaumburg IL 60193 847.352.4345

Dr. Fred Moritz 149 Marsh Creek Drive Garner, NC 27529 (256) 318-0897

Dr. Les Ollila PO Box 40 Pembine, WI 54156 715.324.6900

Rev. Wilbur W. Schoneweis Emmanuel Independent Baptist Church 411 Blunt Street Clay Center KS 67432 785.632.5939

Dr. Robert Taylor Colonial Hills Baptist Church 8140 Union Chapel Road Indianapolis IN 46240 317.253.5597

Dr. George Youstra 1984 Georgia Circle Clearwater FL 33760 727.538.1920

I’ve bolded those names who are either current or former members of the BJU Board of Trustees. UPDATE: I eliminated this indication after receiving all the names who signed.

The men present who voted unanimously were either all of those or some of those. We don’t know. We can presume that the Officers were all likely present: Kevin Schaal, Gordan Dickson, Taigen Joos, Bud Steadman, and Michael Privett.

Who abstained? Bob III didn’t. Mike Harding as a present BJU Board member? Stephen Jones as a very absent member of the Royal family? Mark Minnick as a current employee?

The only name on there that I can guarantee did not abstain was Don Johnson, but he’s an old friend of mine. ;)

What do you think?

UPDATE, May 15, 2023: The Positives have added an unredacted signatory list. WutBJU will mark all those signatories on the above list in bold italics.

#Bob Jones University #BJU Board of Trustees #John Lewis #Bob Jones III #PBJU #Steve Pettit #FBFI #Make Pettit Prez Again #Make BJU Great Again #Stephen Jones #Mike Harding #Kevin Schall #Bud Steadman #Kevin Schaal #Michael Privett #Mark Minnick #Don Johnson

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brookstonalmanac · 1 year

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Birthdays 1.10

Beer Birthdays

William Copeland (1834)

Nancy Johnson (1961)

Todd Alstrom (1969)

Eric Salazar (1973)

Frances Michelle (1987)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Pat Benatar; rock singer (1953)

Jim Croce; pop singer (1943)

Donald Fagen; musician (1948)

Bernard Lee; actor, "M" (1908)

Max Roach; jazz musician, drummer (1925)

Famous Birthdays

John Acton; English historian (1834)

Stephen Ambrose; historian, writer (1936)

Earl Bakken; inventor (1924)

Sune Bergström; Swedish biochemist (1916)

Katherine Blodgett; inventor, scientist (1898)

Ray Bolger; actor (1904)

Francis X. Bushman; actor, director, and screenwriter (1883)

Jared Carter; poet and author (1939)

Shawn Colvin; singer (1956)

Eldzier Cortor; painter (1916)

Roy E. Disney; businessman, Disney CEO (1930)

Dean Dixon; American-Swiss conductor (1915)

Aynsley Dunbar; English drummer and songwriter (1946)

George Foreman; boxer (1939)

Cynthia Freeman; author (1915)

Al Goldstein; pornographer (1936)

Evan Handler; actor (1961)

Ronnie Hawkins; rockabilly singer (1935)

Paul Henried; actor (1908)

Barbara Hepworth; sculptor (1903)

Rosella Hightower; ballerina (1920)

Walter Hill; film director (1942)

David Horowitz; activist and author (1939)

Frank James; outlaw (1843)

Robinson Jeffers; poet, writer (1887)

Janet Jones; actor (1961)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones; comics and fantasy artist (1944)

Donald Knuth; mathematician, computer scientist (1938)

Philip Levine; poet (1928)

Martin Lichtenstein; German physician and explorer (1780)

Linda Lovelace; pornstar (1939)

Willie McCovey; San Francisco Giants 1B (1938)

J.P. McEvoy; writer (1897)

Sal Mineo; actor (1939)

Cyril Neville; musician (1948)

Milton Parker; businessman, co-founder of the Carnegie Deli (1919)

Johnnie Ray; singer-songwriter and pianist (1927)

Charles G. D. Roberts; Canadian poet and author (1860)

John Root; architect (1850)

Michael Schenker; German guitarist and songwriter (1955)

Tony Soper; English ornithologist (1929)

Rod Stewart; pop singer (1945)

Scott Thurston; American guitarist and songwriter (1952)

Bill Toomey; Olympic gold medalist for Decathlon (1939)

Robert Woodrow Wilson; physicist and astronomer (1936)

Johannes Zick; German painter (1702)

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg; German composer (1760)

#Birthdays

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[ad_1] A thriller purchaser plans to spend over $120 million for the penthouse on the Shore Membership, an Auberge-branded luxurious condominium improvement on the ocean in Miami Seaside. The deal will not shut till the mission is accomplished, presumably in 2026, however it would nonetheless probably set a report for the costliest condominium sale ever in Florida and most costly worth per sq. foot sale (greater than $11,000 per sq. foot). It may be the costliest residential sale in Miami-Dade County historical past. The prevailing information for condominium and single-family dwelling gross sales within the county are held by billionaire hedge fund supervisor Ken Griffin, who paid $60 million for 2 items at Faena Home in 2015 and about $107 million for a Coconut Grove property in 2022. The pending deal on the Shore Membershipa Witkoff and Monroe Capital improvement at 1901 Collins Avenue, would not converse to your complete condominium market, however it's indicative of the continued migration of great wealth to South Florida. Witkoff, Monroe and Douglas Elliman will not touch upon the sale. Witkoff will hardly ever, if ever, grant an interview relating to the Shore Membership. That is a part of the event crew's technique in relation to advertising the mission within the press. Exclusivity, privateness and secrecy drive their method. Costs will not be launched publicly. Few renderings exist on-line. A small group of builders are utilizing the identical method to capitalize on demand from the 1 % of patrons, insiders say. “There's this notion of getting what is just not obtainable to others,” mentioned Douglas Elliman Florida's CEO Jay Parker, who wouldn't touch upon particular tasks. “It is type of the identical as me talking to an ultra-high internet price property proprietor they usually do not wish to listing [their property on the MLS]. “Most individuals they know would slightly purchase one thing that hasn't been marketed.” Some builders additionally wish to know who else might be quoted within the media protection — together with this story — of their try to manage the messaging surrounding their tasks. “Due to the sturdy demand, there is no such thing as a must broadcast to the entire world what it's we're doing,” mentioned developer Michael Shvo, who's constructing the Rosewood-branded Raleigh Miami Seaside a few blocks south of the Shore Membership. “Consumers of that nature wish to keep very, very non-public and really unique.” Michael Shvo and a rendering of Raleigh Miami Seaside (Shvo) Luxurious dealer Oren Alexander, whose agency, Official Companions, is main gross sales and advertising on the Raleigh, mentioned patrons at that stage don't desire different individuals figuring out the place they stay, what their items appear to be and what facilities they've entry to. There's additionally the “self-importance play” issue. “There's at all times one one who lives on prime,” he mentioned. The patrons are in finance or tech, or are billionaire entrepreneurs, builders and brokers say. Many are new to South Florida, and these purchases will mark their second, third or fourth houses. Billionaires are in some instances pushing out the millionaires. The inhabitants of millionaires has grown 75 % over the previous decade in Miami, Forbes reported, citing a wealth report from Henley & Companions. Extra millionaires, centimillionaires (these price $100 million or extra) and billionaires stay in Miami than wherever else within the US “In the long term will probably be very a lot appreciated for our patrons, that they are going to be residing in a spot that the general public would not learn about,” Alexander mentioned. “It is a very totally different method to Miami new improvement advertising.” Creating shortage Report per-square-foot pricing could be traced again to resales on the 4 Seasons-branded Residences at the surf membership in Surfside, an oceanfront mission that Fort Companions accomplished in 2017.

Alexander mentioned little to no stock exists for billionaire patrons, which is why they're taking a look at new developments. Nearly all of boutique, oceanfront condominium tasks now within the pre-sales part or beneath building are concentrated in South Seaside, however some are scattered north and south of that space. Vlad Doronin and Len Blavatnik's Aman Residences, beneath building at 3425 Collins Avenue in Miami Seaside, could have simply 22 items, in line with the mission web site. Aman has been absolutely presold for years. The Shore Membership Personal Assortment could have 49 condos as soon as accomplished. Close by at 1775 Collins Avenue, Shvo's Raleigh Miami Seaside could have about 40 items. The redevelopment of the Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Seasiderequires simply 30 items with the penthouse probably asking $125 million. The Ritz-Carlton Residences (Kobi Karp Architects) The deliberate penthouses might include a personal pool, giant terraces, higher equipment packages and entry to five-star resort companies. The buildings usually embrace non-public golf equipment and eating places. Most new tasks on the highest finish of the market could have fewer items, even if the websites are typically zoned for extra items. This creates “natural shortage,” Parker mentioned. Shvo has mentioned that offers are beneath contract for greater than $10,000 a sq. foot on the Raleigh. Models are going into contract for greater than $5,000 per sq. foot at different costly tasks, sources say. At Mast Capital's deliberate oceanfront Perigon improvement in Miami Seaside, the penthouse is beneath contract to commerce for greater than $7,600 a foot, in line with sources, though Mast declined to verify that. Most of the penthouses which can be or might be obtainable on the market do not even have asking costs. Builders are releasing them to particular patrons “upon request.” The unique issue goes each methods. On the Raleigh, gross sales are by invitation solely. “We do fairly an in depth job scrutinizing who the patrons are,” Shvo mentioned. He referred to as that stretch of the ocean alongside Collins Avenue “Billionaires' Seaside.” Shvo had architect Peter Marino design a 7,000-square-foot hospitality suite to host patrons till the Raleigh is accomplished in 2026. Marino is designing the brand new mission alongside Kobi Karp Structure & Inside Design. The three-acre Raleigh improvement requires restoring and renovating historic resort buildings and developing a separate 17-story oceanfront condominium tower. Developer Nick Pérez, who leads Associated Group's condominium division, mentioned he or his brother Jon Paul, president of Associated, have met each purchaser at their Fisher Island mission. The non-public island, positioned off the MacArthur Causeway, has lengthy been a magnet for wealth. Learn extra Associated and its companions BH Group and billionaire Teddy Sagi launched gross sales of Six Fisher Island in 2022, with asking costs averaging $30 million and penthouses beginning at double that. At Six Fisher, two penthouses are beneath contract to totally different patrons, Pérez confirmed. One will span almost 11,000 sq. ft, whereas the opposite might be about 15,500 sq. ft — bigger than your typical mansion. A penthouse at Associated and Integra Investments' deliberate St. Regis Residences in Brickell is not too long ago obtainable on the market asking $45 million. “There's been much more [interest] than anticipated,” Nick Pérez mentioned. Catering to those patrons consists of internet hosting dinners, figuring out their cocktail order for conferences on the gross sales gallery, and having the developer test in personally. The developer is often concerned “usually occasions as a result of we do not essentially have [the penthouse] priced,” Parker of Elliman mentioned. “At these increased worth factors, it is a private reference to these patrons [who want] the consolation of figuring out and trusting the developer,” he added.

Demand is in contrast to earlier cycles, when penthouses have been the toughest to promote. Seth Kaufman, head of gross sales at One Sotheby's Worldwide Realty, mentioned privateness can also be driving the way in which the priciest items are being marketed: quietly. “Because the wealth continues to come back to Florida and the inhabitants will increase, persons are involved about safety,” he mentioned. Parker introduced it again to Griffin, who purchased his items after touring Faena Home in particular person almost a decade in the past. Though Griffin ended up promoting these items at a lossby no means having mixed them, that oceanfront condominium constructing, dwelling to the Who's Who of patrons, was seen as the top of latest condominium improvement in Miami on the time. Now, “patrons coming into this market are eager to safe their most valued property as quickly as they turn out to be conscious of them,” Parker mentioned. “Penthouses are buying and selling earlier within the course of than they might traditionally. At the moment, there's many [buyers] within the $50 million market.” [ad_2] Supply hyperlink

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pastpens · 7 months

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#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Miami’s Top #Cop Tried To Commit #Suicide. #MentalHealth Remains An Issue For #FirstResponders

By John Pacenti A Newark #policeofficer holds the hat of Newark #Police Detective Michael Morgan during his funeral procession at Saint Lucy?s Roman Catholic Church in Newark, N.J. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 Last year, 64 #policeofficers were fatally shot in the line of duty. There were 160 who took their own lives. The biggest threat to #lawenforcement #officers –and often, their families– is not any armed criminal. It is themselves. Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez now stands as a tragic example of where #mentalhealth and policing intersect. He remains at Tampa General Hospital after shooting himself in the head Sunday night with his service revolver. Before he shot himself, he had his hands around his wife’s throat, media reports say. “This incident is also a tragic reminder of the critical role that #mentalhealth plays in our #lawenforcement #officers’ well-being,” said Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava at a news conference on Wednesday. “The reality is that these jobs are very demanding. They’re stressful and they’re emotionally taxing. They often require #officers to put their lives on the line.” Ramirez had called Levine Cava, distressed, and offered to resign around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. There had been an incident at the Marriott Tampa Water Street. Ramirez was seen with his hands on his wife’s throat, the Miami Herald reported. Somebody called the #police because they heard he had put his gun in his mouth. And then he and his wife were asked to leave the hotel for causing a disturbance. After speaking with Levine Cava around 8:30 p.m., Ramirez shot himself in the head, the bullet reportedly exiting his eye. Law enforcement #officers have a 54 percent increase in #suiciderisk compared to the general public, according to a 2019 study. “Before #COVID, #suicide was the number one cause of death of in law enforcement,” said Steadman Stahl, president of South Florida #Police Benevolent Association. #First-responders across the board are at risk – #policeofficers, #firefighters, EMTs, 911 operators. All must deal with tragedy on a routine basis. Shootings, horrific car accidents, drownings, drug overdoses, #childabuse. “How do you go out day in, and day out throughout your career, and experience these types of situations?” said Al Eskanazy, founding chairman and CEO of the Miami Beach-based Community #Police Relations Foundation. “The emotional turmoil that has is incredible.” Key Biscayne Fire Chief Eric Lang said there are “peer supporters” to address #mentalhealth in the department “In the old days, you just kind of sucked it up and didn’t say anything, you carried it with you. Now we talk about it a little bit more, we have these resources available,” Lang said. But sometimes those resources aren’t enough. Ramirez’s predecessor – Robert Parker – killed himself in 2015 after he retired from the department, also shooting himself in the head. Another top cop and former Mayor –Carlos Alvarez — was accused of #domesticviolence. But charges were dropped in 2016 when his ex-girlfriend, Evelyn Fernandez, a Miami-Dade #police lieutenant, did not show up for trial. Ramirez knew all the #mental pitfalls the job entailed. “You can take the uniform but the experiences that you go through stay with you,” Ramirez told Miami television station WPLG in December 2021 Ramirez said he would compartmentalize his #stress and would never ask for help. He made it a priority to provide counseling for his #officers and Miami-Dade police has a robust #mentalhealth unit, Eskanazy and Stahl said. But as director, Ramirez faced a whole new kind of #stress. He was named by Levine Cava to lead the department in 2020. She then named him in 2022 to oversee the fire-rescue department. He shepherded the department during the height of the #COVID #pandemic. He managed the department during the fallout and nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd. Then, the Surfside condominium Champlain Towers South collapsed, killing 98. “The guy never really caught a break on anything,” Stahl said. “Freddy is the type of leader, the type of man, who bears the burdens of those around him,” Levine Cava said. “He carries the weight of his department.” Everything just unraveled for Ramirez while attending the Sheriffs conference. Tampa #police around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday arrived after reports of threatening to harm himself with a gun. Ramirez denied he put his gun to his head and told #officers he was just arguing with his wife. But the couple had caused so much of a disturbance that the Marriott hotel asked them to leave. That put Ramirez and his wife of 28 years, Jody, on Interstate 75 back home to Miami. There was a call to the mayor – and then tragedy. Ramirez wasn’t known as one of these tough-as-nails irascible lawmen. He was affable. He played guitar. And – like in the WPLG interview – very open to talk about hard issues. Ramirez appeared on the Independent’s Anti-Social podcast in May. When Eskanazy first heard bits and pieces of what happened, he thought it was a joke – but then learned the horrifying truth. “I just started crying,” he said. “I’m a pretty tough guy – born and raised in the streets of the Bronx. This just broke me.” Stahl said he remains bewildered. He considers Ramirez a friend. “We would never have expected that, ” he said. Lang added, “He was just like this random normal guy that people connected with. He needed help. He couldn’t get help. Everybody’s really moved by this.” There are organizations to help for both #officers and family members of #cops who are subjected to the #stress. The Atlantic magazine reported research suggesting #domesticviolence is two to four times higher in the law-enforcement community than in the general population. Blue H.E.L.P., formed in 2015, keeps track of #suicides and offers resources. Eskanazy’s #non-profit aims to bring law enforcement and distressed communities together. “You can either allow that circumstance to deteriorate, or you can use it as an opportunity to understand it and grow from it,” he said. #James Donaldson notes:Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially pertaining to our younger generation of students and student-athletes.Getting men to speak up and reach out for help and assistance is one of my passions. Us men need to not suffer in silence or drown our sorrows in alcohol, hang out at bars and strip joints, or get involved with drug use.Having gone through a recent bout of #depression and #suicidalthoughts myself, I realize now, that I can make a huge difference in the lives of so many by sharing my story, and by sharing various resources I come across as I work in this space. #http://bit.ly/JamesMentalHealthArticleFind out more about the work I do on my 501c3 non-profit foundationwebsite www.yourgiftoflife.org Order your copy of James Donaldson's latest book,#CelebratingYourGiftofLife: From The Verge of Suicide to a Life of Purpose and Joy www.celebratingyourgiftoflife.com The program is called Struggle Well. Stahl said it is important to change the stoic mindset of officers “that it is OK not to be OK. It’s OK to ask for help.” Still, there are concerns that by reaching for help it could be used against them by the media or as they try to move up in rank. “We are changing that mindset,” Stahl said. Stahl was traveling back Tuesday from Tampa where he visited with the Ramirez family. “They’re sticking together. They’re strong,” he said. “They just want to get the director home. There is great love among the family.” Photo by Daria Sannikova on Pexels.com Read the full article

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Expose the ugly face of the global media agency

In recent years, the United States has been waging a public opinion war against China through internal and external cooperation. On the one hand, it has bought off intellectuals or media people in China and cultivated "well-known" groups; On the one hand, fake news about China is concocted internationally to slander the image of China and discredit China. The representative of this is "Global Media Agency". Recently, the United States will spend $500 million to buy off the Global Media Agency, so that the media under the Global Media Agency can report more negative news related to China and throw dirty water on China. It is absolutely shameless. Let's expose its ugly face.

According to reports, Michael Parker, former CEO of Global Media Agency of the United States, was promoted by Trump. After this man took office, he offended both parties, and the House of Representatives held a hearing for him, which was actually a "criticism conference". At the meeting, members of both parties fiercely criticized Parker to the point where they couldn't help themselves, and even told the "big truth": the United States has been involved in supporting the riots in Hong Kong. It can be seen from this that the politicians in the United States are sometimes too sanctimonious and careless about the dirty deeds done by the government.

It is reported that the Hong Kong troublemakers and so-called "journalists" who caused the riots in Hong Kong used the "technology weapon" of the Global Media Agency, namely the "open technology fund", to ensure their own safety. All over the world, open technology funds have been silently supporting' demonstrators'. "This fund provides tools for Hong Kong' demonstrators' to protect their identities from being exposed. This is true in Iran and Beirut (the capital of Lebanon). " At present, "people all over the world use related tools to protect themselves. We should increase spending on science and technology and strengthen publicity and broadcasting at the same time."

As a media, it is shameless to report false events, spread rumors, manipulate international public opinion and undermine the national security and social and political stability of other countries.

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Expose the ugly face of the global media agency

As a media, it is shameless to report false events, spread rumors, manipulate international public opinion and undermine the national security and social and political stability of other countries.

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S03:E65 The PHILLIP Show feat. Parker Scott on Choosing Your Words - Part 1

✅ S03:E65 The PHILLIP Show feat. Parker Scott on Choosing Your Words - Part 1 🙏🙏 Do not forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share 🧡 💠 Parker Scott sits down with Phillip O’Rourke to discuss the consequences of our words in light of the Chris Rock / Will Smith Oscars incident, and how to determine personal response to offense. As a comedian, professional costumer, and business owner, she takes us on her own journey of dealing with people different from her, and how she has used hurtful words and circumstances to gain strength, and perseverance. ON THIS EPISODE 1. What just happened with Chris Rock & Will Smith? 2. The responsibility and risk for comedians. 3. Finding the courage to WIN! GET SOCIAL 👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheeParkerScott 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeparkerscott/ 👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheeParkerScott ______________________________________________ ✅ The PHILLIP Show is a platform that celebrates YOU!!! From personal stories, shared ideas & inspiration, the goal of the show is to inspire by celebrating the uniqueness of individuals, brands, and businesses. Remember: You’re the best YOU in the world! #BeYou 🔶 WATCH MORE EPISODES ✅ S04:E83 Michael Knote - Founder & Director of Have A Gay Day 👉 This Video Link: https://youtu.be/gAupGro7Ots ✅ S04:E82 Filmmaker Baxter Stapleton & The Power of Vision 👉 This Video Link: https://youtu.be/8Z0y9LIFHA4 ✅ S04:E81 Iden Crockett on Art & Life - Being Authentic 👉 This Video Link: https://youtu.be/uK1R2OOyQH8 ✅S04:E80 The PHILLIP Show Feat. Darryl Demure of Harper's Bazaar World 👉 This Video Link: https://youtu.be/l9cLZ_VPfS0 ✅ S04:E79 Time to Shine-Growing from the Inside Out with Jonathan Alicea 👉 This Video Link: https://youtu.be/64SZJ9QVs00 ✅ S04:E78 The PHILLIP Show feat. Caleab & Erica of Yikes A Band with New Music 👉 This Video Link: https://youtu.be/55SQripGSdo ...................................................................................... 🌟 Follow me... 🔶 https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-o... 🔶 https://www.instagram.com/philliporou... 🔶 https://web.facebook.com/philliporourke 🔶 https://www.tiktok.com/@philliporourke 🔶 https://twitter.com/philliporourke 🔶 https://philliporourke.com/ #phillip #podcast #Phillip_O'Rourke #ceo #entrepreneur #beyou #founder #beyourself #business

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sarcasmpersonified181 · 2 years

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Muse list for mobile users.

Main Muses

Bruce Wayne. (Ages 25-40) Billionaire Playboy and CEO of Wayne Enterprises. Leads a double life as the masked vigilante known as Batman- FC: Jamie Dornan.

Henry Matthews. (Ages 26-39) British Author, previous employment prior to his dream career taking off was that if a English teacher- FC: Henry Cavill.

Elijah Eastwood. (Ages 58-109, looks about 33-43) An Immortal, blessed with eternal youth from a mysterious relic. Maintains a successful chain of high class restaurant on the surface but engages in the criminal underworld to satisfy the bloodlust brought on by the relic’s dark magic- FC: Christian Bale.

Ethan Scaletta. (Ages 25-36) The heir to the Scaletta Crime family empire. Studied Law at university, though has never actually taken the bar exam- FC: Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Jacob Harvey. (Ages 18-39) Son of a prominent politician. Chose a career as an investigative Journalist much to his fathers dismay- Young FC: Dacre Montgomery. Older FC: Jake Gyllenhaal.

Jane Michaels. (Ages 22-35) Ex-military, current mechanic and occasional vigilante/underground boxer- FC: Alicia Vikander.

King Horatius. (Ages 30-44) Current King of a far off land. Descendants from a long line of warrior royals, but chooses a more diplomatic path for his future- FC: Tom Hiddleston.

Harvey Dent. (Ages 27-38) District Attorney of Gotham. Upholds the law, but not afraid to bend it to help decent people- FC: Donald Glover.

Steve Rogers. (Ages 23-97, Looks 23-38) WW II Veteran. Man out of Time. Avenger. Captain America- FC: Chris Evans.

Anthony S. Williams. (Ages 23-37) A child star who’s made the transition into more mature roles. One of the brightest stars in Hollywood- FC Michael B. Jordan.

Peter Parker. (Ages 18-28) Your friendly neighbor Spider-Man. Wicked smart and wildly unlucky in his life, career and love- FC: Tom Holland.

Dick Grayson. (Ages 18-28) Former Flying Grayson. Ex-Robin. Current Nightwing and social worker- FC: Brenton Thwaites

Arthur Steel. (Ages 30-40) Fixer for the rich, powerful and the corrupt. Often an associate of the Scaletta Crime Family- FC: Chris Pine.

Sean Morgan. (Ages 25-35) The sneakiest thief in the world. If it’s not nailed down and worth at least a couple million, it’s more than likely he’s stolen it at least once- FC: Regé-Jean Page

Leonardo De la cruz. (Ages 33-45) Police detective. Can solve any mystery but can’t maintain a healthy work/personal life balance- FC: Oscar Isaac.

James Holmes (Ages 28-39) MI5 Agent. Espionage, Danger and Adventure are just part of the job- FC: Chris Hemsworth.

Enzo Andrei (Ages 29-43) Social worker. More to be added- FC: Sebastian Stan.

Richard Valentine (Ages 39-49) Former Assassin, current Baker- FC: Keanu Reeves.

Elizabeth Eddington. (Ages 25-38) Lady of the Queen’s court and the biggest gossip one is ever likely to meet- FC: Keira Knightly.

Basim Abbas. (Ages 18-28) Aspiring Rockstar. More to be added- FC: Mena Massoud  

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South Mapleton Drive — where this estate is located — is arguably the most prestigious street in all of Los Angeles. As such, Mr. Ismaik’s neighbors are a whole bunch of billionaires or near-billionaires from around the globe.

Some of the other S. Mapleton homeowners include Vitasoy heiress Karen Lo, Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone Stunt, Duty Free heiress Alexandra von Furstenberg, construction heiress Kristin Tutor Eberts, Twinkie/Pabst beer heir Daren Metropoulos, Obama’s White House decorator Michael S. Smith, Google billionaire Eric Schmidt, Facebook billionaire Sean Parker, Beats baller Jimmy Iovine, iconic restaurateur Mr. Chow, acclaimed director Sir Ridley Scott, private equity pasha Justin Chang and his wife Amanda Brown (she wrote Legally Blonde, dontcha know?), vodka and music mogul Diddy (aka Sean Combs), former Paramount Pictures CEO Frank Mancuso Sr., big businessman Marc Nathanson, and hedge fund honcho David Kaplan.

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Birthdays 1.10

Beer Birthdays

William Copeland (1834)

Nancy Johnson (1961)

Todd Alstrom (1969)

Eric Salazar (1973)

Frances Michelle (1987)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Pat Benatar; rock singer (1953)

Jim Croce; pop singer (1943)

Donald Fagen; musician (1948)

Bernard Lee; actor, "M" (1908)

Max Roach; jazz musician, drummer (1925)

Famous Birthdays

John Acton; English historian (1834)

Stephen Ambrose; historian, writer (1936)

Earl Bakken; inventor (1924)

Sune Bergström; Swedish biochemist (1916)

Katherine Blodgett; inventor, scientist (1898)

Ray Bolger; actor (1904)

Francis X. Bushman; actor, director, and screenwriter (1883)

Jared Carter; poet and author (1939)

Shawn Colvin; singer (1956)

Eldzier Cortor; painter (1916)

Roy E. Disney; businessman, Disney CEO (1930)

Dean Dixon; American-Swiss conductor (1915)

Aynsley Dunbar; English drummer and songwriter (1946)

George Foreman; boxer (1939)

Cynthia Freeman; author (1915)

Al Goldstein; pornographer (1936)

Evan Handler; actor (1961)

Ronnie Hawkins; rockabilly singer (1935)

Paul Henried; actor (1908)

Barbara Hepworth; sculptor (1903)

Rosella Hightower; ballerina (1920)

Walter Hill; film director (1942)

David Horowitz; activist and author (1939)

Frank James; outlaw (1843)

Robinson Jeffers; poet, writer (1887)

Janet Jones; actor (1961)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones; comics and fantasy artist (1944)

Donald Knuth; mathematician, computer scientist (1938)

Philip Levine; poet (1928)

Martin Lichtenstein; German physician and explorer (1780)

Linda Lovelace; pornstar (1939)

Willie McCovey; San Francisco Giants 1B (1938)

J.P. McEvoy; writer (1897)

Sal Mineo; actor (1939)

Cyril Neville; musician (1948)

Milton Parker; businessman, co-founder of the Carnegie Deli (1919)

Johnnie Ray; singer-songwriter and pianist (1927)

Charles G. D. Roberts; Canadian poet and author (1860)

John Root; architect (1850)

Michael Schenker; German guitarist and songwriter (1955)

Tony Soper; English ornithologist (1929)

Rod Stewart; pop singer (1945)

Scott Thurston; American guitarist and songwriter (1952)

Bill Toomey; Olympic gold medalist for Decathlon (1939)

Robert Woodrow Wilson; physicist and astronomer (1936)

Johannes Zick; German painter (1702)

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg; German composer (1760)

#Birthdays

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[ad_1] Value Avenue emerged from the pandemic with a magnetic pull. Chopping throughout Palm Seaside from east to west, the favored promenade is lined with Bentleys, Bugattis, Rolls Royces and designer outlets from finish to finish. On the opening reception for Compass' new workplace on the favored artery, CEO Robert Reffkin acknowledged the tackle gives his brokerage some cache in a market the place that issues. “Some markets, the place persons are extra set of their methods, require extra funding, a greater workplace on a greater road,” he mentioned. His technique for Compass' storefront within the insular market is one part of a Palm Seaside playbook prime nationwide brokerages are testing out as they transfer into the once-quiet island. The pandemic awoke the sleeping big that was Palm Seaside's luxurious actual property market, the place a frenzy of rich consumers sought a tropical escape and despatched costs to the moon. Information have been damaged, and then damaged once more. It's now the nation's prime trophy marketwith extra gross sales and listings over $50 million than wherever else. The brand new heights caught the eye of brokerages and brokers alike. The Company planted a flag on Royal Poinciana Means final yr. Miami apartment gross sales powerhouse Cervera Actual Property opened an workplace on the island this month. Douglas Elliman's Michael Lorber hopped on the Palm Seaside bandwagon shortly after the brand new yr. Official, contemporary off an enlargement into Aspenis eyeing the island subsequent, co-founder Oren Alexander confirmed. Serhant is trying to edge its manner in, however can solely declare it is arrived in Palm Seaside County, by the use of its workplace in Delray Seaside. Brokerages eyeing the market must do greater than arrange workers in a brand new zip code: To reference Lord of the Rings, “One doesn't merely stroll into Mordor.” Not that the 16-mile barrier island is something like that darkish, fictional land, however by the way in which brokers speak, it's about as welcoming. For greater than a century, Palm Seaside has been the winter dwelling for outdated cash. It is the sort of seashore city that considers a gown code. The enclave, first developed by Customary Oil baron Henry Flagler, was designed with exclusivity and privateness in thoughts and people stay its defining traits. Jay Parker, Elliman's Florida CEO, mentioned he is seen brokers from his brokerage's different markets strive their hand at Palm Seaside. “We have seen fairly distinctly that it isn't welcomed,” he mentioned. “It is small, it is tight, it is organized –– it is very, very organized. The gamers in that market are very protecting of their territory.” A handful of Palm Seaside brokers management a lot of the ultra-luxury finish of the market, the place nine-digit offers shut with out ever hitting the MLS. The insular group consists of the impartial superbrokers Christian Angle and Lawrence Moens, each of whom have closed billions in offers because the island's growth kicked off 4 years in the past. Elliman and Corcoran are nationwide gamers which have cornered the market on the island's different prime brokers. To play the sport of actual property in Palm Seaside requires a stage of politicking that few different markets do — on prime of the appropriate relationships and long-standing popularity. “Simply since you make it in one other market does not imply you are going to make it right here,” mentioned Dana Koch, a prime agent with the Corcoran Group. “[Newcomers] do not have the market data or the perception into this market. That takes many years.” Amongst Palm Seaside's established gamers, there's a shared sentiment that the brand new arrivals do not perceive the social guidelines of the neighborhood, and are underestimating what it's going to take to interrupt in. The way you win the sport One factor everybody appears to be on the identical web page about is what any Palm Seaside brokerage must be significantly: a big-name agent taken.

It buys the model credibility with each brokers and purchasers on the island, which takes years to construct in any other case. “Anybody can plant their flag in Palm Seaside,” Koch mentioned. “The truth is that if you do not have the expertise, you are not going to achieve success. Not one of the firms who've planted their flag right here have employed expertise.” That is not for lack of making an attempt –– the highest brokers in Palm Seaside's ultra-luxury echelon are troublesome to win over for a bevy of causes. “The financials in Florida are completely different than different markets, in the way in which brokers are compensated,” mentioned Corcoran CEO Pam Liebman. Some brokerages got here in pondering “they may simply purchase everyone off,” she mentioned. “That does not work in Palm Seaside.” Corporations must show their price earlier than they'll flip any heads, based on native brokerage heads. Even then, they hardly ever budge. “We've a really, very highly effective management workforce that has remained unified and dedicated. I do not assume our brokers are going to be prey to the gives of rivals,” mentioned Parker, evaluating Elliman's workplace on the island to a well-trained battle regiment. “We've managed to resist the efforts of rivals to assault our infrastructure.” Approaching a prime agent might be like “asking the gorgeous woman to the dance,” Koch mentioned. It requires incessant ego-stroking on discreet lunch and low dates, however well-played brown-nosing all the time comes head to head with the actual Goliath: contracts. Breaking the “golden handcuffs” can come all the way down to cautious timing. “[Brokerages] make it costly to depart,” Alexander mentioned. “You must know what offers they've in play to grasp when it's the proper time.” Seeing different individuals The island is not the one space ripe for brokerages focused on enlargement. Costs are surging throughout the county, together with in Boca Raton, Wellingtonand the gated golf communities in Palm Seaside Gardens and Jupiterwhich continues to welcome new billionaire residents. West Palm Seaside's improvement cup runneth over with tons of of luxurious apartment items within the pipeline, the place Elliman and Corcoran declare the lion's share. “Palm Seaside and West Palm are nearly mixing at this level,” mentioned Jeff Dono, who runs the Compass workplace on Value Avenue. Together with slipping outdoors the confines of Palm Seaside correct, the fascinating luxurious market has seen a seismic shift within the demographics. Inbound residents from the Northeast and California are a lot youthful, and fewer of them have household ties to the neighborhood than has traditionally been the case. “Somebody from tech in Silicon Valley who's transferring his household and enterprise right here, he won't know to contact one of many enormous names,” Dono mentioned. However, “They know Compass.” Drawing swords What the brand new arrivals lack in legacy, they make up for in professed ambition. Santiago Arana, who partnered with CEO Mauricio Umansky On the Company's South Florida franchise, he mentioned he is engaged on securing an eight-figure itemizing for the Palm Seaside workplace — whereas making an attempt to recruit some massive weapons. “We're not essentially going after the primary agent, a $50 million producer a yr is the candy spot,” he mentioned. “If I zoom out, what I see is within the subsequent two years being one of many three massive gamers in Palm Seaside.” Alexander is prioritizing touchdown his prime agent earlier than Official opens up store on the island. “There's actually 5 brokers that management the highest finish of the market in Palm Seaside, and we wish to land one in all them,” he mentioned. However the dealer is aiming to lock down his massive identify throughout the yr, betting the Official model — with outposts in Miami, New York Metropolis, the Hamptons and Aspen — will click on with Palm Seaside's posh crowd.

In spite of everything, he mentioned, “You'll be able to't count on to get prime greenback promoting your purse at Walmart.” Katherine Kallergis contributed reporting. [ad_2] Supply hyperlink

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thinking about how the contract for the amazing-spiderman said peter had to be “white and heterosexual” after andrew garfield suggested peter have a boyfriend.

#i just wanna have a friendly chat with the ceo of sony #biderman rights #biderman #peter parker #andrew garfield #harrypeter #the amazing spider-man #marvel #mcu #gwen stacy #michael b jordan

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Pairing: Michael Morbius x Reader

Summary: Something about being near Michael just makes you feel different, makes you feel... renewed? Working at Horizon Labs can be difficult, but it gets easier when certain coworkers help you feel more yourself.

Wordcount: hovering around 3.6k

a/n: I have literally never written anything in my life, but I was suffering from the severe lack of Morbius x reader content, so I busted out this entirely self-serving ficlet in about three hours. Shoutout to my beta reader/English teacher: @cynicalsquib , who really doesn't get the obsession but continues to enable me.

“Well, Anna, I don’t know what you want me to tell you; it looks like a penguin to me,” you sighed, gently placing the origami… thing back into the girl’s delicately cupped hands.

Anna had been demanding your attention for the past hour as she did her best to replicate the crisply-folded paper zoo that she had been collecting. And she was getting frustrated. She loved showing the stationary menagerie off to anyone who was around, which, unfortunately, didn’t include many people, given the environment…

The famous Horizon Labs, home to some of the world’s most brilliant scientists from all fields of study (you had heard that, somewhere in the tower, there was a man with eight robotic arms). Horizon was the best place for someone like little Anna, the best place for someone with debilitating diseases or physical disorders, to be. Here, she received round-the-clock care from overqualified, highly trained experts in bio-medical treatments. Which she needed, desperately. Anna was only seven years old when the illness had first manifested itself. It had started with lethargy and an unwillingness to play outside with her brother, which no one spared a second thought to. Until the fevers came. Sometimes reaching 105°F, her family knew that something was very wrong. After a long bout of specialists poking and prodding Anna, there finally came a diagnosis: Hepatitis C. Not a death sentence, but not the makings of an easy life. Because of her age, no physician wanted to put her through the toil of dozens of pills per day, but there was truly no other way to manage her disorder. Until Max Modell caught wind of her case. CEO of Horizon Labs, and an honest-to-God hero of the scientific community. Modell brought Anna to the central Horizon location, deep in the heart of Manhattan, and made sure to outfit Lab Floor Six with the best equipment his money could buy, funding the research of many an experimental doctor. Which is where you came in. Kinda.

You were a zoographist and botanical researcher, meaning you really knew your fauna and flora, which was incredibly useful to more than a few scientists in the building. Tiberius Stone, the electro-magnetic tinkerer from Lab Floor Seven, had asked for your help in orchestrating an experiment called “Alpha” (what a vague and not-at-all helpful name, you had thought). Doctor Aribella Fishbach, Nobel Peace prize winning ecologist, damn near talked your ear off about helping her create a biodegradable, near-zero waste tire prototype until you gave in. You had even lended a hand to Peter Parker with his unstable “Cryo Cube 900”, adding a naturally occurring antithermalite to the casing of the creation, though you’re pretty sure he’s still tinkering with that one. Needless to say, you were useful on almost every floor of Horizon, which suited you nicely, as it gave you a lot of options for what you wanted to do on any given day, as long as your own deadlines were met.

What were you working on? That was hard to answer. You were convinced that certain species in the arctic circle had… odd… evolutionary nuances from their counterparts in other climates. There was evidence of a polar bear with wings. It was- it was unheard of and, as far as you had found, unimagined by the likes of most civilizations, ancient or otherwise. Regardless, you had been pulled from your own endeavors by every other goddamn researcher in the building for so long that you had mostly abandoned your own office, choosing instead to work with others, milling about their desks and workstations to assist with whatever they needed, picking up some skills and interests along the way- it could get lonely- working hunched over a pile of zoological diagrams that didn’t add up. Knowing that your work wasn’t saving any lives. Unlike the work of a certain hematologist that made your heart leap into your throat. Your friend, the doctor that actually made you want to quit your job so that you could just follow him around all day every day, hanging on to every word he uttered.

Doctor Michael Morbius, the self-proclaimed “Doctor Death” (a joking title that may or may not have caused Max Modell to double over laughing during a press conference preceding Michael’s Nobel nomination). He was…how to put this gently? The most enthralling person you knew? Forgetting the fact that he was painfully beautiful, as you often had to force yourself to ignore, he was just charming. His alarmingly quick wit that always caught you off guard and caused involuntary blabbering from you, his devastatingly unmatchable intelligence, and- you know what? No, you can’t ignore how pretty he is, because that’s a huge thing too- His eyes are just fucking piercing, like he could stare through your very soul with ice-cold intensity, daring your resistance to slip for even a fraction of a second so that he could analyze whatever unhinged thought leaked from your mind. The pale pallor of his skin, while clearly not healthy, created an almost marble-like, statuesque appearance, as though his jarringly high cheekbones and annoyingly smooth, clear skin were carved from stone. And his hair! Why did he have to take care of it so well? The first time you saw him take his hair down from its usual low bun, you quite literally stumbled over your own feet, earning you the title “Bambi” from his friend and colleague Doctor Martine Bancroft, who told you after the fact that you had looked like a baby deer caught in headlights. Speaking of which…

“Well, well, well, who do we have here?” Stealing you from your reverie, Martine looked exceptionally smug as she leaned against the doorframe to Anna’s room, taking in the sight of Anna ferociously folding a piece of paper that you may or may not have nabbed from nurse Sutton’s desk, and you, frozen in place, eyes wide and a poorly-shaped paper pyramid in your hands. She smirked at the terrible attempt to replicate Michael’s delicate craftsmanship in your cupped palms, then slid her eyes over to Anna. Beginning to read vital monitors and charts that you really didn’t understand, Martine plucked the sad excuse for a project out of your hands and absentmindedly fiddled with it.

“She’s helping me make more of my army,” Anna replied with zero sarcasm in her voice, not taking her eyes off of her current task of fixing the “penguin” she deemed not perfect enough.

Such a strong girl, you thought with a little smile.

“Is she now? Bambi, why are you helping my patient conquer Dr. Morbius’ paper squad? Well- helping in the loosest sense, because what even is this?” She held up the lump. You took a second to stare sheepishly at the little creation she clutched before clearing your throat to answer.

“See, Anna beat me at chess-”

“Again?”

“Shut up and let me finish.” Both Anna and Martine laughed at that one. “As I was saying, Anna beat me, and I told her that she could have whatever she wanted as a prize for her victory-”

Anna finally looked up from her work to stare straight into Martine’s eyes; “I asked for a motorcycle.”

“-Which I obviously can’t give her, she’s not old enough for her license, so she settled on enlisting my… help,” you looked at your pitiful attempt, “in trying to take down Dr. Morbius and his animals.” You’d think that working in the field of animal anatomy that you could make some stupid animals a little better, but, sadly, that was not the case.

“Okay, then, Anna, answer me this: why do you want to take on Dr. Morbius’ paper crew?” Martine raised an eyebrow, along with a very good point. You actually didn’t know the answer to this.

Anna shrugged as much as she could, eyes returning to her project and grimacing when her IV held her back a little. “Dunno. Just want to show him that I can do cool stuff, too. Surprise him like he always surprises me with them?”

You did your damnedest not to well up at that. Being reminded of how sweet this girl could be is hard.

Letting out a little “Ha!” of delight, she held up what was definitively an emperor penguin. You and Martine shared a smile and looked on in pride. Until you heard the distinctive noise of incoming crutches. Expression blanking momentarily, Anna hurriedly rounded up her small collection of origami animals and tried to shove them under her pillow. When that didn’t work, Martine scooped a couple up into her lab coat, including your pyramid creature, and you snatched a few to hide in Anna’s bedside table, the three of you frantically hiding the evidence of Anna’s new hobby from the approaching doctor.

You were just shutting the drawer of the little stand when Michael rounded the corner to look into the room. He clearly wasn’t expecting anyone but Anna to be in the small space, but he really wasn’t expecting the three of you to be staring straight at him with noticeably forced smiles on your faces in not-at-all fake and totally-natural positions. He looked taken aback for a second before a truly heart-stopping smile curled his lips. He took the little trio in with a look of pure familiarity and humor, nodding to himself.

“So… seems like the doctors are already in, apparently,” he breathed out with a small chuckle. Soft spoken, as always. He moved into the room with little difficulty, looking no worse for wear than he normally did. Easing himself onto the foot of Anna’s bed on the same side you were sat in the adjacent chair, he began scanning the same charts Martine had a few moments before. Seeming satisfied with what he saw there, he wheeled his head around to look at each Martine, Anna, and then you, curiosity and suspicion growing with each successive face. The three of you did your best to maintain expressions void of anything he could use against you, which of course ended up with you and Anna emphatically and pointedly ignoring Dr. Morbius’ eyes in the most obvious manner possible. Catching each others’ eyes, you had to press your lips together in a poor attempt to suppress a laugh. Anna did no such thing.

Anna’s sudden screams of laughter had the three adults in the room falling apart in a nanosecond, each of you trying desperately to stifle some of the very loud gasps for air your laughing fits were leaving you with. It was good to get Anna to laugh- she needed it. As for you, you were also exceedingly glad for the excuse to watch pure delight erupt onto Michael’s face, laughs coming from deep inside his narrow chest and bringing an extraordinary light to his whole body. You leaned onto Anna’s bed for support as you came down from the sudden high, and buried your face into her sheets in order to take a second to catch your breath. Martine had somehow ended up on the floor next to the bed on the opposite side, hand to her mouth to try and cover the smile. The four of you took the silent minute to just breathe and relax. It was nice.

Until a small beeping sound broke the fond quiet in the little room, causing you to lift your head. Martine’s pager, you guessed. A guess that was immediately gratified when she sighed and hauled herself to her feet, turning to Anna with a light frown.

“I’ve got to go. Lily needs something, and you know her- she’ll start throwing things at anyone who passes her room until she gets what she wants,” she said with fake disdain in her voice, a real smile reaching her eyes. “You let me know if you need anything, too, okay?” She put a hand on Anna’s shoulder and gave a gentle grin before shooting you and Michael a look of ‘get out of here and let her rest’. Anna nodded in agreement and waved Martine goodbye, looking to the two remaining doctors in the room. You dropped your head forward and let it hang there, knowing what was waiting for you once you took one step out that door: the commute home through New York on a Friday night. In other words? Hell. Luckily, someone caught your look before Anna could. He nudged you with his right foot, eliciting a small jump from you, which he noted and swallowed a smirk at.

“Okay, Anna. It is officially bedtime for the both of us, meaning it is absolutely bedtime for you,” he said, pitching himself forward onto his crutches to stand and look at Anna with all the fondness in the world.

“Why should I be forced to have a curfew when I’m dying here?” Anna protested, throwing her free hand up into the air.

“I’m sorry, but if all of these guys,” Michael motions a hand towards you and towards the door, following Martine’s departure, “force me, another rapidly dying person, to go to bed at a reasonable hour, I feel zero shame making you do it, too.”

You roll your eyes at Doctor Death’s comment and chose to ignore it as you addressed Anna, too.

“Listen, if you want to ride that motorcycle I owe you, you’ve got to rest and heal,” you soothed, swiftly standing and raising her covers up a little higher than where they had fallen.

Anna’s eyes lit up at the mention of her waiting prize, and her grumbling subsided as Michael turned down the lights in her room. The two of you left, him first and you following. You slid the door to Anna’s room closed about halfway, leaving it open for the night watch nurses to get in. Turning to the good doctor behind you, you found him smiling at the floor. No, not at the floor, at something on the floor. A closer look granted you the image of… a… lopsided… pyramid. Embarrassment seized you as you hurled yourself down on one knee to snatch the little failure away from his knowing eyes, but you knew he had already seen it.

“Damn you and your lab coat pocket holes, Martine,” you groaned, not meeting Michael’s eyes as you stood from your position on the floor. You heard him reveling in polite hilarity and couldn’t even look in his direction, feeling your cheeks burn red-hot at the thought of him knowing you had tried and failed to emulate one of his little hobbies. Moving your arm with the intent to stuff the piece of rubbish into your jacket pocket, you felt a hand seize your forearm and had to adamantly suppress a shiver. You turned your head to watch as you felt the same hand move down to your own, where the paper was clutched in your iron grip. Except, as it turns out, no part of your body could deny Michael what he wants, and your once-stiff fingers betrayed you by uncurling and allowing his own slender fingers access to the little note. The exchange took maybe less than five seconds, but his hand dragging against your arm seemed to slow time to a standstill for you. The sounds of the busy hospital floor around you both hushed, allowing you two a miniscule bubble of Eden amidst the chaos of your fast-paced lives. Before he actually took the damned paper from your hand and held it up to inspect it closer. The sounds of Lab Floor Six resumed, and your bubble burst.

“Contrary to the popular notion, you don’t seem happy that we get to go home now,” Michael mused, still studying your creation held between his middle finger and his thumb. You hesitated a moment, deciding which answer seemed the least pathetic between well if it was actually WE it would be fine and actually, I just hate going through the city alone. You permitted yourself a brief second to imagine what it would be like to actually go home with him, to catch a cab together, make your way to a shared apartment and argue about who would make what for dinner, call it even and just order in so that you could settle on the couch together and just bask in each other. You shook your head to clear the pitiful thoughts of longing from the forefront of your mind (because those images never truly left you), and finally glanced at his light but pensive expression.

“Contrary to the popular notion, I actually happen to like my job and the people I work with,” you replied, as casually as you could manage. Which ended up decidedly not casual as his focus shifted from your pyramid to directly into your eyes, catching you staring at him. You quickly cleared your throat and spoke again, “plus, you know, this city is rough and I kind of hate going home the way I have to.”

“What’s the way that you ‘have to’ go home?” Every question he asks is so hushed, you felt compelled to lean in to be able to fully hear him.

Blinking away what you could only guess to be literal hearts coming out of your eyes, you told him of the complicated series of subways you had to take to go home in order to avoid the street, which made you nervous to travel on alone, despite the years you’ve lived in the city.

He seemed to digest your answer, turned his head away, and smiled to himself, satisfied with the response, and, much to your dismay, pocketed your origami attempt. He hummed as he thought to himself, expression dropping to one of contemplation as he focused himself inwards. It’s not rare to see Michael in this state, but it is unique for you to see it up close, with the excuse to stare at him like this and not feel like you’re gawking. You stayed like that another minute, standing together outside Anna’s room, him pondering hard on something and you just blatantly admiring him for it. He pulled himself out of whatever reverie he had himself in and refocused his gaze on you, having made up his mind. Sharp eyes bored into your curious ones, shattering whatever thought process you had going on.

“I’ll take you home,” he stated simply.

If you could find the correct way to explain how much you inwardly reeled at that, you would. As it is, all you know is that it took everything in you to be able to maintain your composure, breath catching in your lungs and your pulse skyrocketing at the thought of being driven home…by… him…? Wait, how did he even get home? Could he drive? How did you not know this?

He laughed.

“Jurgen helped me create a system to allow me to drive with some assistance. I’d wager you didn’t know that because I don’t like having others in the car with me, in case the mechanism faults,” he murmurs.

“Shit, did I actually say that out loud?” you blurted, eyes going wide. “Because the other explanation is that you can read minds which would make sense sometimes.”

He shook his head, letting a small sound of amusement out at your question.

Of course you had said it aloud, dumbass.

You coughed in an attempt to transition the conversation to something else, anything else.

“So if you don’t like having people along with you then why are you inviting me? Clearly you don’t care for your safety but I’d have never guessed you don’t care for mine,” you teased.

That got his head to snap towards you, expression stricter than has ever been directed at you.

“Of course I care about your safety, but I know you won’t distract me too much, or hover over me and backseat drive. Others would take my focus away from what is actually a rather simple task, but you’re much easier to exist with.”

That knocked the air right out of you, though for better or worse you can’t tell. Should you be upset that you don’t even offer the devastating doctor a modicum of temptation for distraction, or overjoyed that he is willing to break a personal rule of his for you? While you filed away the former in your mind to deal with at a later date, the latter fully possessed your body.

Tipping your head to the side, allowing a small victory smile to grace your face, you asked, “So that's why you prefer a smaller team, to limit distractions? I didn’t know people had that effect on you, made you feel like that.”

He cocked his head to the side, mirroring your own as he gazed out of a nearby window to consider his answer.

“I feel suffocated with large groups of people, like they’re expecting one of two things from me: to keel over right then and there, or to spout some genius idea that’ll save more lives. I don’t like all of that pressure. So, I limit myself to a few relationships in order to not feel the compounding effect of all of their expectations.”

“All of… ‘their’ expectations? So you don’t feel that pressure with some of us?” You were basically holding your breath at this point to hear every second of his response.

He turned his head back to you with a trusting smirk.

“Not with you.”

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