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THE MIAMI HERALD MiamiHeraldcom METRO STATE THURSDAY MAY 1 2008 SB Dl DEATHS ALFREDY JOSE ANZOLA JAUMOTTE 34 Voting system creator's plane crashed between Smartmatic the Bizta Corporation and Venezuela's telephone provider CANTV for managing the technology platform of elections in Venezuela In 2004 The Miami Herald reported that the Bizta Corporation had to buy back the government's shares in the firm a move meant to deflect criticism that the government's investment was a tool to manipulate the BY GERARDO REYES AND CASTO 0CAND0 El Nuevo Herald A founding partner of the Smartmatic voting system headquartered in Boca Raton was killed this week in Venezuela when a private plane he was traveling in plummeted into a home near the Caracas airport Alfredy Jose Anzola Jau-motte 34 one of the creators of the voting system program died at an area hospital Tues day Also killed in the accident were the pilot Mario Jose Donadi a convicted drug-trafficker in both the United States and Venezuela Smartmatic employee Eduardo Ramirez and two residents of the home that was struck by the falling aircraft at about 10 am Monday Two other residents of the home were also seriously injured Venezuelan authorities reported that the aircraft a twin-engine Piper Navajo 310 bearing United States issued license N6463L was en route to Curagao a 20-minute flight from Venezuela's northeast coast The pilot notified the control tower of Maiquetia International Airport that he was experiencing a problem with one of the engines shortly after take-off from the terminal at 9:30 am In 1999 Donadi the 43- year-old pilot was convicted in a Florida federal court to a three-year sentence on drug-trafficking charges according to court documents After serving his sentence in Florida Donadi was convicted on a separate matter involving drug-trafficking in Venezuela he was granted probation in April of last year and resumed piloting According to Venezuelan aeronautics authorities the aircraft was used to transport gamblers to Curasao's casinos and was decorated with three aces on the fuselage According to local news reports the plane was being operated by a local intermediary company According to the Federal Aviation Agency in the United States the aircraft is owned by Aircraft Guaranty Trust of Houston Anzola was one of the architects of the SBC consortium a strategic alliance BOCA RATON No one seriously hurt in FAU apartment shooting Messages were posted on the FAU home page and throughout the website and a university-wide e-mail was sent out asking those on campus to seek shelter and those off campus to stay away new reverse 911 system was also used In addition notices were posted in residence halls regarding the situation Thanks to the surveillance images witnesses identified the shooter as Graham Police learned he was affiliated with Johnson Wales and traced him there It was not immediately known it" he is a student or an employee of the school Despite the shooting FAU's six other campuses held classes as usual gunman and appealed to the public for help in finding him Here's how authorities said it happened: At about 1:15 am Wednesday a party in an on-campus apartment which caters to juniors and seniors turned hostile At some point Graham who was captured on surveillance video wandering the halls with a beer opened fire A man who is not an FAU student suffered a superficial cut in the fracas although it may not have been from a bullet Less than a half-hour later the campus-wide PA system issued an alert that there was an armed suspect on campus and all students should seek shelter immediately Like many schools FAU set about beefing up its emergency-notification system after the mass killings at Virginia Tech Graham will likely be charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon on a college campus It is still not clear what led to the fight in residence hall 58 Totten added As police worked to piece together the night's events students at FAU's Boca Raton campus were finally allowed to venture outside after hours of seclusion The campus remained closed until Thursday but the lockdown which began less than an hour after the shooting was lifted at about 12:30 pm All Wednesday classes were canceled in the middle of final exam week but will resume Thursday Wednesday's exams will be made up Saturday Police located Graham after releasing a strikingly clear surveillance photo of the man believed to be the Florida Atlantic University was locked down after a shooting BY ADAM BEASLEY AND ANDREA TORRES abeasley a MiamiHeraldee A Palm Beach County man squeezed off two shots during a fight at an overnigh party in a Florida Atlantic University apartment Wednesday striking no one in particular but paralyzing the campus for nearly 12 hours during finals week police said Authorities traced Omar Graham 23 to Johnson and Wales' College of Culinary Arts in North Miami where they arrested him No one was seriously hurt in the morning shooting and it is likely no one was even struck by a bullet "It's very fortunate that no one was killed" said Keith Totten deputy chief of FAU police WALTER M1CH0TMIAMI HERALD STAFF SHOOTING SCENE: Florida Atlantic University was put on lockdown Wednesday after an early morning shooting at the University Village Apartments FAU police activated a siren and PA system put in just six weeks ago alerting the student community that there was an armed suspect on campus and that everyone should seek shelter "When we first heard the alarm a lot of people thought it was just a storm" said sophomore David Shreve who works for the school newspaper The University Press "It took a while for it to sink in that it was a malicious event" 1(3 MiamiHeraldcom Video report at Today's Extras MIAMI BEACH MIAMI-DADE URBAN DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY Mayor's veto unlikely to hold up Artistic director for Art Basel resigns mission vote point to a promise by Lowe's to sell land to build a high school and another promise from developer David Brown to build a road to alleviate traffic congestion as potential benefits Those against including the county's planning board and state regulators say the approvals are not necessary because there is enough vacant land inside the UDB for the next two decades tain development has far-reaching implications even for those who live outside the districts He cited ecological concerns strained resources and overburdened services like police and fire "I am concerned that approving this application will set a potentially dangerous precedent for future development applications requesting movement of the UDB" Alvarez wrote Still the mayor's decision may not have impact: The nine commissioners who voted last week to allow a Lowe's home improvement center at Southwest 137th Avenue and Eighth Street and a commercial and retail complex at Southwest 167th Avenue and Kendall Drive are enough to override the veto Proponents of the com BY CHARLES RABIN crabirnci MiamiHeraldcom Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez delivered on his promise Wednesday vetoing a pair of commission votes allowing developers to build outside the county's Urban Development Boundary The mayor's message said moving the UDB an imaginary line on the county's western edge created to con nearly complete Artistic direction for the fair will be assumed by the remaining co-directors Annette Schonholzer director of operations and finance and Marc Spiegler director of strategy and development The trio took over direction of Art Basel from Samuel Keller who left the post this year to become director of the Foundation Beyeler in Riehen Switzerland and remains on the board of directors for MCH Swiss Exhibition MCH Swiss produces both Art Basel which takes place in Basel Switzerland and Art Basel Miami Beach which launched in December 2002 Fitzmaurice said that Rabi-nowitz's work for the fair such as curating existing programs and spearheading new ones would not be lost "The show is very committed to seeing through and fulfilling all the projects and work she had in play" Fitzmaurice said "Wherever and if appropriate she will be available to support and see through those initiatives" Art Basel Miami Beach considered the biggest art fair of its kind in the United States cldsed its sixth edition Dec 9 reporting an overall attendance of 43000 In an unexpected move the Art Basel Miami Beach artistic director resigned for 'personal reasons' leaving two remaining co-directors with the task BY DANIEL CHANG dchang a MiamiHeraldcom Art Basel Miami Beach artistic director Cay Sophie Rabinowitz one of three co-directors for the annual visual art megafair resigned Wednesday said the fair's parent company MCH Swiss Exhibition Rabinowitz who began the job in January left for "personal reasons" said Sara Fitz-maurice a spokeswoman for Art Basel Rabinowitz recently wrapped up mid-April meetings of the Art Basel Miami Beach selection committee to choose the estimated 225 galleries that will participate in the December 2008 art fair Frederic Snitzer a Miami gallerist and selection committee member described the meetings as "very very productive" He said Rabinowitz did not give any indication during the meetings that she would resign While Rabinowitz will be missed Snitzer said her resignation should not affect the selection process which is Yom Hashoah Observance Presented by the Holocaust Memorial Committee in cooperation with the Greater Miami Jewish federation and the following co-sponsors Anti- Defamation League B'nai Aviv of Weston Adult and Youth Choir Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education Century-Pines Holocaust Survivors Group Children of Survivors Groups Dade Broward and Palm Beach Child SurvivorsHidden Children of The Holocaust Palm Beach Chapter Child Survivors of the Holocaust South Florida Group The Coalition of Holocaust Survivors of Florida Consulate General of Israel Qesntodlove and Vicm'ty Social Club JfivW David Ber Gurion Culture Club Join us as we remember those who were lost and pay tribute to those who survived Thursday May 1 2008 at 6:30 pm Holocaust Memorial 1 933-45 Meridian Avenue Miami Beach Free parking available south of the Memorial (In case of ram proceed to Temple Emanu-EI 1 70 1 Washington Avenue Miami Beach) Program to include: Guest Speaker Bernd Wollschlaeger MD Author "A German Life: Against All Odds Change is Possible" Remarks by Consul General of Israel 82nd Airborne Division Color Guard and the South Florida Shomnm Society RASG Hebrew Academy Choir FEDERAL COURT Liberty City terror case to be retried in January ia feitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture Fritmds of -Israel Defense Forces Habonim Culture Gub Smoet Scheck Hillel Community Day School Ben Upson lillel Community High School Holocaust Documentation and Education Center Holocaust Survivors Club of Boca Raton Holocaust SUrvivorJ Federation Nv-' 11 Holocaust Survivors Fnsndship Oub of Deer-field Beach Jewish War Veterans sR 4 jL ft March ol the iving Miami Dade Public Schools American lewish Social Club Intergenerational Candlelighting Ceremony (individual memorial candles available) provide "material support" to al Qaeda in a plot to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI buildings in major cities The prosecution's case failed to sway jurors because some viewed the underlying investigation as a sting operation led by an FBI informant posing as an al Qaeda operative The jury foreman in the second trial told The Miami Herald that most of the jurors believed the group's ringleader Narseal Batiste was guilty despite his defense that he was trying to con $50000 out of the informant Hut the foreman said jurors struggled to connect most of the other defendants to Batiste's alleged terror plot BY JAY WEAVER iweaver a MiamiHeraldcom The third trial of a Miami group accused of plotting with a Qaeda to wage war against the United States will start Jan 6 Meanwhile four of the six defendants in the Liberty City case held without bond in solitary confinement since their arrests in June 2006 were being released on $50000 bail each US District (udge Joan LaQltd on Wednesday scheduled the new trial after prosecutors had decided to retry the men following two hung juries in prior trials The defendants are charged with conspiring to WL New Citizens of Chicago Rabt i Alexander Or rtvrv A Kabbimcai Association ol Greater Miami Radomn ot Greater Miami Shalom South rionda Radio Shq vVLVj 1 CH0 AMI Simo" Wipsenthil Center South lor ida SNinyVn Society Lwnarf rljtr Center I tot Contc-inpcv- judaic SdiriV I iM Stito ol I iofldj Deel of ducation I Workmen' Ckcta Yiddish Outturn CI Cirqup of ladr Wind PJikJ Airborne Division South Hi In 'haplc Zagjftmbu' ommitieo 0 South Honda Mi imi Dadr 1 ot'ify Vpt ol Cuttrai 'ffifvTropKutiurrrniami City ol Miami iiea "Unto Every Person There is a Name" 10:30 am 3 pm Reading of the names of those who perished For more information or to volunteer as a reader please call the Holocaust Memorial 30S538I663 or 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