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The letters are addressed to Munger, and refer to the girlfriend with a slur, the sheriff’s office report says.
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The girlfriend told police she is afraid for her safety and that of Munger, the report says.
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Munger receieved one of the letters Jan. 25 and another on Sept. 7, 2017, the report says. Both letters threatened Munger’s life.
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The letters were sent without a return address. No one has been arrested in this case.
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Land mobile radios, or “two-way” radios, ensure that firefighters can communicate on the fireground and stay safe. Unfortunately, the software for public safety-grade radios is expensive.
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Can anything be done to lower these costs? That’s the question the team at KENWOOD Viking, makers of the award-winning KENWOOD Viking Radios, asked when they developed their perpetual software license program with the Vault – a free cloud-based portal used to manage the licenses.
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The Vault is a cloud-based license purchase, storage and transfer system. The system gives fire departments more control over the expenses associated with radio ownership and software upgrades, said Arindam Roy, KENWOOD Viking’s vice president of product management.
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When a customer connects their X, ES or Viking radios to the Vault, the program downloads the license information for the radios into a database and then organizes that data by the radio’s serial numbers. Licenses available for transfer are tagged accordingly.
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When a customer retires or disposes of a radio, the radio’s perpetual software licenses are forever maintained in the Vault for future use in a different radio.
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With the Vault, customers can easily manage their radio software assets. There are two convenient sort/view options. The fleet view lists all of the radios in a fleet and identifies the licenses assigned to each, whether those licenses are perpetual or not. The Vault view includes only the perpetual licenses that are unassigned and available to transfer to a radio.
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Customers can transfer licenses from their existing radios to the Vault and later transfer those licenses to newer radios, eliminating the need to purchase the same software license again. The Vault works with KENWOOD Viking’s Armada fleet management and programming software to execute the transfer of the software licenses.
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The Vault has built-in reporting functionality. Users can view license transfer reports, transaction history and purchase reports.
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In addition to managing software licenses, users can also create tags for their department and assign those tags to different radios. This will help them filter and manage all of the radios they own by custom groupings.
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Roy said perpetual licensing for radio software significantly reduces cost of radio ownership because software licenses often exceed 70 percent of the cost of a radio. The ability to transfer a license to another radio saves the customer money by not requiring a repurchase of that software feature license for every future radio.
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“Purchasing new hardware no longer means purchasing new software,” he said.
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Once a software license is purchased, it belongs to the customer forever, regardless of the hardware it’s used on. Buy once, and then use again and again.
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As an added bonus, customers who bought these software licenses before the launch of the Vault program are automatically grandfathered in. That’s an immediate financial perk because the monetary value of software already purchased is maintained and transferred into the next hardware purchase.
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“The process of storing software licenses in the Vault and then transferring them to new hardware is quick and simple,” Roy said.
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This new perpetual software licensing program is a boon for fire departments. It not only enables LMR licenses to be loaded into new radios with fewer steps, but also eliminates the redundant costs of repurchasing licenses. That translates into savings of both time and money.
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Looking for grant funding to purchase KENWOOD Viking products? Let us help you.
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Toronto voters want to slow down the city's construction boom. There is a real prospect of a freeze on real estate development in Toronto following this week's municipal election. Nine aldermen of the 17-member city council are so-called reformers; the last council was pro-development, this one will be against new building.
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The new councilors are members of the New Democratic Party, the Canadian equivalent of Britain's Labour Party. The party is against unbridled development. Although the NDP does poorly at the federal level, only 30 percent of the population votes in city elections.
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``We don't want this city to be a moneymaking machine for the developers, we want it to be a good place for people to live,'' said Jack Layton, who has called for a three- to six-month freeze on development projects. He represents the downtown ward where most of the development is taking place.
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Mr. Layton has already taken aim at a specific project, the $500 million (Canadian; US$405 million) Bay-Adelaide project, which includes a 57-story office building and another three-block office building. He wants the project scaled down.
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The concern expressed by the reformers and their supporters is that Toronto is becoming overcrowded with skyscrapers, too much like other North American cities. The city is a place where many people actually live downtown. Its streets are not deserted at night and are considered safe.
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The reformers and their supporters are worried about high-rise apartment buildings being built along the lake and the downtown core being overcrowded with office towers. Toronto's economic boom - there is no unemployment to speak of - has the sky breaking out in construction cranes.
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There was also a concern that developers were corrupting municipal politicians. At one stage in a recent council meeting, a lawyer representing developers was said to be in the gallery signaling an alderman on how he should vote.
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The Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper carried an exhaustive series on municipal corruption and urged its readers to vote against pro-development candidates.
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The mayor of Toronto, Arthur Eggleton, is in favor of development and was reelected. Although he has administrative power, his vote is only equal to that of one alderman.
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There was a similar wave of anti-development politics in Toronto in the 1970s. Buildings were restricted to a height of four stories while the city rethought its ``official plan,'' which sets the rules for developers.
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OXON HILL, Md. (WUSA9) -- Prince George's County detectives now say that the robbery turned murder may not have been the act of one man.
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They believe the killer may have had an accomplice and there may have been a second person in the car that drove off.
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Investigators are working around the clock on this case that took the life of a hotel restaurant manager. The surveillance video is clear.
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A driver pulls into the parking lot of the Clarion Hotel in Oxon Hill Monday night. The gunman is seen walking in, then jumps over the counter, pointing a gun at a 22-year-old pregnant woman, demanding money. She hands over the cash. At the same time 27-year-old Jesse Chavez hears the cries for help from his co-worker. Chavez reaches the gunman as he's running out the door. There's a confrontation and then Chavez is shot in the upper body.
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The gunman and whoever else maybe in that car is seen speeding out of the parking lot.
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Chavez's family is left reeling from his death, with only memories of the man who played Santa for school kids, loved the Redskins and worked his way up as a food and beverage manager at the hotel where he died.
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Police have also revealed the black car they're looking for is a Toyota sedan, possibly a Camry or Avalon.
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Detectives desperately want to catch this killer because he's dangerous and is capable of anything, if anyone gets in his way.
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Alan Zucker, an agent at IMG with clients such as Peyton Manning, Maria Sharapova and Taylor Swift, is leaving for a rival sports agency on the eve of IMG’s acquisition by William Morris Endeavor, TheWrap has learned.
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“He has tendered his resignation,” IMG spokesman Jim Gallagher told TheWrap. “We wish him the best in his future endeavors.” ESPN reporter Darrin Rovell tweeted that Zucker is leaving for Excel Sports, a competitor to IMG with clients such as Derek Jeter and Blake Griffin.
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IMG did not specify which clients would be leaving with Zucker, but those familiar with his plans indicate football superstars Peyton and Eli Manning will follow Zucker. The brothers, two of the most successful quarterbacks in the NFL, are very close to him.
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Zucker handles the country music star’s international sponsorship deals; most of her touring business is handled by a manager based in Nashville.
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nsidered one of the best sports marketing agents in the business.
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Tennis star Sharapova, Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer and quarterback Matthew Stafford will remain at IMG, according to an executive familiar with Zucker’s plans. Other Zucker clients include hall of fame quarterback Joe Montana and broadcaster Jim Nantz.
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The departure comes as IMG is in the process of being sold to WME for $2.4 billion, a deal that will lead to many changes at both the Hollywood talent firm and the sports behemoth. Insiders expect many agents will leave both companies while WME will also bring in several others as it begins to take control of IMG’s business. WME has not assumed control yet, and is in the process of raising debt from banks to finance the deal.
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IMG’s business consists of far more than talent representation, as the bulk of its revenue comes from college sports marketing and worldwide events.
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Why do young adults risk being the “lost generation” and not being as wealthy as their parents? It’s because those born in the 1980s grew up and entered the workforce during the Great Recession and have not recovered financially like those born in other decades, according to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The report concludes those born in the 1980s have 34 percent less wealth than previous generations at that same age, and that debt and homeownership may have played important roles.
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The group of young adults known as millennials gets a bad rap with references as the Boomerang, Selfie or Tolerant Generation. But they’re also stereotyped as open-minded and collaborative. And they’re well-educated and have many years ahead of them. We at Sage Financial Advisors are fans of this age 22- to 37-year-old group. They’re our future, our daughters, nephews and grandkids, and our employees. They will soon become America’s largest generation and bypass boomers by 2019 as the largest living adult generation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Good financial health pairs well with other aspects of your life. Yet the path can be long and painful. Don’t forget to celebrate the successes along the way.
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Eliminating debt: Young adults face unique challenges, including enjoying today vs. saving for tomorrow. Unfortunately, millennials have an average of $42,000 in debt, according to a Northwestern Mutual 2018 study. The biggest form of debt is credit cards, followed by student loans. You can only do two things with a paycheck — save or spend — and debt reduces both. Consider checking out some debt-reduction tools and support groups available online — David Ramsey, and Mary Hunt’s Everyday Cheapskate Monthly, to name a few.
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Emergency funds: These free you from living month-to-month, help during emergencies and provide peace of mind during major life changes such as relocating due to a job or living independently and confidently after a divorce. A common guideline is to have enough money saved to cover three to six months of living expenses. You should also consider parking the funds in a competitive online FDIC money market account.
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Getting paid in stock: Cash pays the bills. Equity feeds the entrepreneurial spirits and can be rewarding. Ask artist David Choe, who painted the walls of Facebook with murals in 2005. He was advised to take his $60,000 fee in shares rather than cash. Those options were worth $200 million when Facebook went public at $38 a share in 2012; it now trades around $172. I use the term “stock” loosely – it can be shares, options, or even cash in the form of profit-sharing incentives. Begin to think and act like an owner with a focus on growing customer satisfaction.
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Making a charitable impact: People do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do. You can be impactful and make this world a better place by giving your time, talent or treasure to a local nonprofit.
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“The art is not in making money, but keeping it.” Good luck and remember to celebrate your financial successes.
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Former Wisconsin Badger running back Montee Ball continues to find trouble. Ball, who is facing charges for two separate domestic violence accusations made by two different women, is now accused of violating his bail.
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Wisconsin television station WKOW reports that Ball was taken into custody at 9:25 pm Saturday in Whitewater. According to the report, police were called and informed that Ball was in a bar drinking alcohol despite having bond conditions not to consume alcohol and not to be in a bar.
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Ball reportedly wasn’t in the bar when police arrived but they were able to track him down and he had an odor of alcohol on his breath. The report stated that Ball refused blood-alcohol tests, but police obtained a search warrant to draw his blood.
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Ball’s next scheduled court appearance is Tuesday afternoon.
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Ball played his high school football at Timberland in Wentzville, Mo.
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Bella Hadid Is Nearly Unrecognizable, Goes Blonde for 'Paper' Magazine -- See the Pics!
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Bella Hadid isn't afraid to totally transform her look.
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The 20-year-old model graces the cover of Paper magazine's new Outspoken issue, in which the usually brunette stunner boldly rocks blond hair and dramatic makeup. Thanks to her heavy green eyeshadow, multi-colored lips, and funky jewelry, anyone else getting some serious Miley Cyrus vibes?
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And check out more NSFW pics from the edgy photoshoot.
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In the accompanying article, Bella talks about her big Victoria's Secret Fashion Show debut this year in Paris, France, and admits that she focused on "working out and eating well" in the months leading up to the show.
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"I feel the healthiest I've been in a long time," she says about her super slim figure. "I feel fit."
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And although Bella has already landed high-profile campaigns with iconic brands from Dior Beauty to Nike, a successful modeling career is not the only thing on her mind for the future. Bella says she wants to act.
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"I think it would be really fun, because it's exciting to be in front of the camera on film instead of just pictures," she explains. "I have so many goals... most of the time I like to keep them to myself, because I'm really superstitious."
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The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show aired on Monday night on CBS. Bella made headlines when she shared a sweet moment with her ex-boyfriend, singer The Weeknd, who performed as she walked the runway. She and her older sister, 21-year-old Gigi Hadid, also got emotional about getting to walk the VS show together.
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"I am so proud of [Bella] for getting this show because she worked so hard," Gigi told the cameras while fighting back tears. "[And] for us to be able to do it together, and be the first sisters in the show, we're really, really honored."
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Sisters Anne Liner and Idy Harris first opened The Bead when they had only $1,500 to their names. Now, 48 years later, they are retiring, and on Jan. 31 will close the store, which does more than $1 million a year in sales. The Bead is in The Shops at Kenilworth, and was in the Rotunda for about 30 years.
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Sisters Idy Harris and Anne Liner started The Bead with six Nehru shirts and six pairs of bellbottom jeans.
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What a long, strange trip it's been for sisters and best friends Anne Liner and Idy Harris, both of Pikesville, who opened The Bead in 1967 as a "hippie" store, the first in Baltimore to sell Nehru shirts and bellbottom jeans.
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Forty-eight years later, Harris, 71, and Liner, 68, are retiring, effective Jan. 31, 2016. They have already emailed their customers that they will be closing the boutique clothing and accessories store that they started with $1,500 between them and grew into a business with sales of more than $1 million a year.
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"Don't be sad," Liner told a downcast customer at the store in The Shops at Kenilworth mall Nov. 17.
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That's easier said than done for longtime customers.
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"I didn't know. It's just terrible," said former Barclay School Principal Gertrude Williams. "I used to go when they were in The Rotunda, every day from work."
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"It's like a death," said Pam Goode, of Owings Mills, citing The Bead's unique merchandise. "I don't know where else we're going to go."
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Sisters and co-owners of The Bead Anne Liner, left, and Idy Harris stand behind the counter and in front of a drawing of them that says, "Sisters forever." They are retiring and plan to close the store Jan. 31, 2016.
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"When I got the news, my husband was on the phone with his father," said Goode's friend, Jody Millstone, also of Owings Mills. "I got the email and I screamed. He said, 'What's happening?' I said, 'The Bead is closing.'"
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Millstone said she immediately called her sister-in-law and Goode to commiserate. "This is our go-to place," she said. "This store has stuff you won't find at any of the major stores. It's just a special store."
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Harris and Liner started The Bead after the death of their father, Joseph Bashoff, a shoe salesman, of a heart attack at age 59. He had no savings, and his wife, Belle, a bookkeeper, and daughters each had $500 to their names.
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At the time, Liner, was in her late teens, making and selling jewelry in a vacant storefront at 209 Read Street in downtown Baltimore, to put herself through Baltimore Junior College (now Community College of Baltimore County). Harris was barely in her 20s, doing secretarial work at Friendship Airport, a precursor to Baltimore-Washington International.
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Liner had no intention of opening a retail store, until people began walking in off the street and buying her jewelry. The family pooled its money, with Bashoff giving her daughters her $500, and The Bead opened its door — a door that was designed to look like a coffin.
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"We don't know why," Harris said, shrugging.
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They decided to sell clothes as well as jewelry, so they all went to New York City and bought six Nehru shirts and six pair of bellbottom jeans, which was all they could afford. They sold out of everything at their new store and went back to New York to buy more clothes with the money they'd made.
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They had natural business acumen, but no business experience, other than what wisdom their father had imparted..
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"There was no business model or bank telling us what to do," Liner said.
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"I think it was just in us," Harris said.
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After two years, they moved from Read Street to Park Avenue and Mulberry Street, and by 1972, they were operating four separate stores, including an accessories store, a head shop and a men's store. Liner designed snakeskin and platform shoes, and they also sold ruffled shirts.
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"We sold men's clothes to men and women," Harris recalled.
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In the days before malls and Harborplace, the main store was so popular that people came by bus to gather there. But independent stores began to fade away, and crime came to live in the area. The family was robbed and even shot at, and Belle Bashoff was taken to jail in handcuffs on a charge of defacing the American flag by hanging it in the store window as a "peace flag."
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The family had no lawyer, only an accountant, who bailed Bashoff, then 57, out of jail.
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Bashoff worked for The Bead until her death in 2001 at age 87. "She came every day, in a wheelchair at the end," Harris said. Harris and Liner still have the peace flag, which hangs in the store, near the front door.
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By the late 1970s, The Bead had moved north — "It was time to go," Harris said — this time to The Rotunda, whose management recruited them to the mall. And there they stayed for the next 30 years, selling everything from big, clunky clothing to fanciful wall clocks and jewelry (but not by Liner, who had long since stopped making jewelry).
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In 2004, New Jersey-based Hekemian & Co. purchased The Rotunda and announced plans to redevelop the aging mall, a prospect that didn't suit the sisters, and spurred them to relocate to Kenilworth Mall, now The Shops at Kenilworth, where they had their nails done. At Kenilworth, Harris' daughter, Julie, has helped modernize The Bead's merchandise and gave the store a presence on Facebook and other social media.
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But now, Kenilworth, also an aging neighborhood mall, has a new owner, Greenberg Gibbons, which is planning a two-year, $20 million renovation aimed at giving the mall a more contemporary look.
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"We couldn't face another redevelopment," Harris said.
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And, said Liner, it's becoming increasingly difficult to pay rent and "decent wages" to The Bead's 12 full-and-part-time employees, some of whom have worked there for 30 years or more.
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Again, it's time to go — this time into retirement.
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"It's really hard to keep a single brick-and-mortar store going today," Liner said. "We worked for 48 years. We would have liked to have made 50, but the time was right."
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