Model Airplanes

THAT’S JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE. POLICE SAY THIS CRACKDOWN BEGAN AS AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION THEY CALLED OPERATION REEL STUFF. TODAY INTERNET CAFES WERE CALLED OUT IN ALL PARTS OF JACKSONVILLE. INTERNET CAFE RAIDS. POLICE SAY THEY’RE TAKING A NEW APPROACH TO GO AFTER LANDLORDS WHO RENT SPACE FOR THE CYBERCAFE FACES. ASHLEY HARDING JOINS US NOW LIVE. YOU SPOKE TO ONE FRIEND OF A CAFE OWNER? THAT’S RIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT THE CAME LEADERSHIPS SO. YOU CAN SEE THE DOORS — CAME LEADERSHIPS OH AND THE DOORS ARE LOCKED AND THEY POSTED A SIGN RIGHT HERE. SHE SAYS THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO GATHER AND SHE’S ESPECIALLY UPSET ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO WAS ARRESTED. I’M VERY SORRY FOR WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO THEM. Reporter: THIS WOMAN ASKS THAT WE KEEP HER IDENTITY HIDDEN BUT TELLS ME SHE’S CLOSE FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT OWN CALYPSO CAFE ON 103rd STREET. LATE FRIDAY NOON AFTERNOON CRIME SCENE TAPE WAS STILL UP AND UNDERCOVER OFFICERS WERE SEEN PACKING UP. I WAS THERE FOR A LONG TIME JUST AS A FRIEND. MY FRIEND WORKS THERE, AND I’VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING. THEY COULDN’T GET THEM ON ANYTHING. THEY NEVER HAVE. Reporter: CALYPSO’S CAFE WAS ONE OF FIVE INTERNET CAFES RAIDED BY THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE FRIDAY. THEY SAY THEY’RE BASICALLY ELECTRONIC SLOT MACHINES AND NEEDED TO BE SHUT DOWN, SAY DETECTIVES. FOR HOURS THEY WERE SEEN TAKING PIECES OF PROPERTY FROM EACH OF THE BUILDINGS. NOW THEY JUST CHOOSE TO COME AND

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It’s hard to scan a gathering of little girls without catching sight of something soft.

And big. And colorful.

The hair bow, a bygone accessory in many parts of the country, has never gone out of style here among girl children, from babies to teens.

They bloom in pastel colors to match new spring dresses, in bright primary shades to complement softball and cheerleading uniforms, in plaid or muted navy, gray or maroon to go with mandatory school attire.

In one of my favorite photographs, my mother, age 12, wears a pinafore, ankle socks and a big bow in her long, shiny locks. She said people used to call these “airplane bows” because the lofty loops of ribbon looked as if they were going to take off at any moment.

It’s been that way for as long as anyone can remember.

Why?

“I don’t understand it,” said Shelly Chelette, owner of the Village Boutique children’s clothing shop in Opelousas. “But I like it.”

Easter is a big season for bow sales in shops like hers. “Every dress that we put out has a matching bow,” Chelette said. “People buy the dress and they’ll want that bow.”

The owner, who took over the store from her mother in June, added, “I’ve had customers complain about the price of a $50 outfit, but they won’t think twice about a

Article source: http://www.dailyworld.com/story/news/local/2015/04/04/bows-land-heads-take-hearts/25272043/

Manufacturers are offering to help you sell your old airplane when you purchase a new one. Should you let them?

Wary of taking trade-ins in the post-2008 era, business jet makers are instead offering to market customers’ old aircraft gratis. The majority of preowned airplanes in Gulfstream Aerospace’s inventory are being sold on behalf of customers, according to the company. Meanwhile, about 80 percent of the preowned inventory at Textron Aviation—parent of Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker—is brokered rather than taken in trade, according to president and CEO Scott Ernest. 

The trend has traditional brokers crying foul. “We’re promoting their products and they’re coming behind us and taking food off the table,” says Andrew Bradley, president of California-based brokerage Avjet.

Sour grapes? Maybe, but brokers cite reasons why they think having manufacturers market your used aircraft is not a good deal for you, either. 

“There is no such thing as free,” Bradley continues, contending that aircraft makers are “just tacking a quarter million dollars onto the purchase price.”

Steve Varsano, founder of the Jet Business brokerage in London, agrees. “You get what you pay for,” he says, suggesting that smart owners are skeptical of free service pitches. “They’re going to think, ‘You’ll sell my $20 million jet for free? What idiot is going to do that?’”

Free or not, George Marburger, a managing partner at Jeteffect’s Palm Beach brokerage facility, questions the level of manufacturers’ commitment to selling consigned aircraft. “They have a vested interest in selling

Article source: http://www.bjtonline.com/business-jet-news/preowned-a-new-breed-of-aircraft-broker

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