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celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day on the 17th. It’s a great occasion to get together with friends to hoist a pint of Guinness and have a fun time. Full disclosure, I’m of Irish decent. Erin Go Bragh!

This month’s cover story is on Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers. Lifestyle writer Ryan Cortes shares a lot of intimate detail about the player who LeBron James loves to yell at, but check out his account of challenging Chalmers to a duel. While Chalmers is famous for his on-court performances, I also admire him for creating the Mario V. Chalmers Foundation, which supports athletic and educational programs for children and as well as helping fund breast cancer research. He may not be one of the “big three,” but without him the Heat and South Florida may not be white hot!

Speaking of great, I am taking a personal privilege to acknowledge a man who had a huge infl uence on me – legendary UM baseball coach Ron Fraser, who passed away recently. In addition to football coach Howard Schnellenberger, coach Fraser taught me how to treat people with respect and dignity, regardless of stature in life. I met both at the University of Miami, where each taught the state and the nation how to build a championship team by building a community. Many of my Gator and Seminole friends will agree he was a formidable and respectable opponent. He led the Canes and the USA National teams to many championships. He left his mark on college baseball and South Florida like no other. He was a coach, a neighbor and a friend. His legacy will live on.

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CHALLENGING A CHAMPIONOn the 49th fl oor of his four-room apartment

near the Miami Heat’s arena, Mario Chalmers rests his hands on a glass table. Across from him sits someone waiting to challenge him.

Me.I’ve always wanted to test my strength

against a professional athlete, and here was my chance – with a champion Heat player, no less. I wanted to arm wrestle Chalmers, and I wanted to see the headline the next morning, “Chalmers Loses Arm-Wrestling Match with Reporter.” But he refused the challenge.

“I won’t do it,” he said. “I was in high school watching an arm wrestling match, and dude broke his arm. So ever since then, I’ve never arm wrestled.”

He offered something else instead.“I’ll thumb war,” he said. “I thumb war all the

time.”While it wasn’t the challenge I wanted, and

while it was sure to garner zero headlines ever, I accepted.

One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war.

I noticed immediately that his hands engulfed mine. I was at a disadvantage. But in the opening seconds of our duel, something interesting happened: My thumbs darted every which way, and the man who wants to shoot game-winning shots with LeBron James on his team couldn’t clamp down on my fi nger.

Frustrated, he yelled out, “Snake attack!” – and clamped down on my thumb with his long index fi nger. He smiled and slinked away.

I’ll never know if I could have taken him down in an arm-wrestling match, but I was elusive enough in our thumb war that Chalmers had to cheat to beat me.

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The variety of courses offered by the AutoNation Academy of Art + Design address all levels of interest and skill. They can be used to develop broad fundamentals, instill creative

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The AutoNation Academy of Art + Design is offering a number of new courses for the spring session that starts March 25, 2013. For illustrators seeking experience with digital arts, the Academy is offering Character Design for Adults. Students will create original two-dimensional characters full of personality that are suitable for game design, comic books, films, animation and merchandise. Also new to spring is Interior Design Fundamentals, a unique interactive experience prepared for students interested in interior design. Additionally, due to the growing interest in an off-site class, the Academy is offering a course in Plein-Air Landscape Painting. Students are free to explore new mediums and styles using acrylics, oils, pastels, watercolor, graphite, charcoal, ink and more.

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For a decade, Sheila Mullen was a paralegal at Greenspoon Marder. She was well known there for organizing the company picnic. And when you have 550 employees, that’s not as easy as renting a tiki hut at a county park.

“They were elaborate events,” Mullen recalls. Now she’s doing those events full-time as executive director of the Greenspoon Marder

Foundation. The noted law fi rm, ranked among the 2013 “Best Law Firms” by US News and World Report, launched the foundation only last month, and its fi rst offi cial event was called the Snow Ball – featuring indoor snowboarding and ice-skating that raised money for Junior Achievement of South Florida.

The next big event is its Celebrity Golf & Tennis Classic later this spring. The highlight: “Tennis participants will be able to test their game against Hall of Famer Chris Evert in a round robin format.”

“This fi rm has always given a lot over the years to charity,” says Gerald

Greenspoon, co-founding shareholder of the fi rm. “I was considering something like this for a while.”

And it wasn’t as hard as you might think.“We’re attorneys – we’ve been establishing foundations for others for

years,” Greenspoon says. He says the foundation will specialize in “children and youth services,

education, arts and culture, minority and women’s organizations.”Those were the same areas the fi rm’s charitable giving focused on. Now

Mullen will organize events to raise even more.“We’re suing one dollar to try to create two dollars,” Greenspoon says. “Those

events will raise even more money than we’ve been donating in the past.”www.gmlaw.com

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Whist leb lower at torney ANTHONY J. RUSSO, JR. has opened The Russo Law Firm in Weston. He was formerly the managing partner of WestonLawyers, Russo says he “was instrumental along with co-counsel in settling the fi rst Whistleblower case in United States history that topped $1 billion (Civil Action #03943).” His new partners are LEILA BILLINGS, the 2011 Volunteer of the Year for Volunteer Broward, and HARRY ROSEN, the founding Mayor of the Weston. The fi rm will focus on personal injury, negligence, and medical malpractice. www.therussofi rm.com

SAWGRASS FORD decided to donate $100 to the DARRELL GWYNN FOUNDATION for every vehicle it sold or leased in December. Result? The Sunrise dealership donated $25,000 to the foundation’s Wheelchair Donation Program. The money bought a new custom wheelchair for 16-year-old Alex Lowe of Plantation, a sophomore at Western High School, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and recently lost his ability to walk. “This is really great to get this wheelchair,” Alex says. “It’s really going to help me get around at school and help me do the things I want to do with my life.” Learn more about the foundation at www.darrellgwynnfoundation.org.

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The 17TH ANNUAL RANCH ROAM moseys into Weston on Saturday, March 23, from 6 p.m. “till the cows come home,” says Head Cattlemen “Alligator” RON BERGERON. This Wild West fundraiser for the Boy & Girls Clubs of Broward County features country singer Amber Leigh, gator wrestling by Animal Planets’ “Gator Boys,” hayrides, gunfi ghts, line dancing lessons, bull riding, old western photos, and “who knows what else might happen.” It happens at Ron Bergeron’s Green Glades Ranch in Weston, and tickets are $250 apiece of $5,000 for a table of 10 with perks. Call the BGBC for details.

SERESTA is a Portuguese word that means “gathering of musicians to play.” It’s also the name of a music group formed by three Colombian musicians whose fi rst album was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2001. They’ve played all over South and Central America, from Argentina and Chile to Mexico. And now they come to Broward County. On Thursday, March 21, Seresta plays at Nova Southeastern University. Tickets are $30 and $50, available by calling 954-254-5899 or emailing [email protected].

You can help yourself to sangria and tapas at HELPING TURN LIVES AROUND on Thursday, March 14, at the Bonnet House Museum & Gardens in Fort Lauderdale. Listen to Spanish music and stories of abused children who found security through foster care, adoption, and counseling. The Children’s Home Society of Florida-Intercoastal Division hosts cocktails and a silent auction at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The goal is to raise $85,000 to support programs serving abused and neglected children in Broward County. Call 954-453-6400 for details.

CHILDREN’S OPPORTUNITY GROUP will host its annual charity luncheon on Thursday, March 15, at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Sip bubbly at the 11 a.m. champagne reception, eat lunch at noon, and enjoy a fashion show presented by the Colonnade Outlets at the Sawgrass Mall. All contribution and money raised at the luncheon will go to supporting select children’s organizations. Tickets are $85. www.childrensopportunitygroup.org

The United Cross? The Red Way?

You’d think two giant, do-gooding agencies like Broward County’s United Way and Red Cross would’ve worked together before on many projects. But actually, this is their fi rst: Mission United.

“This is the fi rst time the two organizations have ever joined forces to collaborate on such a large initiative,” says Kathleen Cannon, President/CEO of United Way in Broward County. “We came together with strategic intention of serving our veterans and not duplicating efforts and services already in place.”

What they devised together is both clever and necessary – basically, a one-stop shop for veterans, including employment, education, health, legal assistance, emergency fi nancial aid, and housing.

That can mean everything from big (pro bono legal services) to small (cash for utility bills and school supplies).

“The men and women who are returning to South Florida, some after several tours of duty overseas, are facing extraordinary challenges,” Cannon says. “It’s already a diffi cult economic climate, and the dedicated men and women in the military face a multitude of obstacles readjusting to civilian life. We’re eager to connect them with a wide array of services to make the transition easier and help them get their lives back. We cannot thank them enough for all they have done for us.”

Business owners and residents can get involved by donating money or services. Check out www.Mission United.org or call 954-4-UNITED.

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If you don’t act fast, you’ll have to say Good Knight to the 21st annual Renaissance Festival – it ends March 17 at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfi eld Beach. But it’s going out with a bawdy bang. You can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the festival with plenty of dance, drinking and feasting. Listen to traditional and original Celtic music by a band appropriately called Celtic Mayhem, and watch – or even participate in – the “Men in Kilts” contest. “It’s Rated R but truly comical,” says festival publicist Jose Boza. www.ren-fest.com

One new restaurant opened and another reopened in the past few weeks…If D’ANGELO PIZZA, TAPAS WINE BAR sounds vaguely familiar, it’s probably because you’ve heard of Casa D’Angelo in Fort Lauderdale. Well, D’Angelo is the new project by the same guy: Angelo Elia. His new place is at 1370 Weston Road in the Country Isle Plaza in Weston (pictured above). Among the more intriguing dishes: polpo (octopus with olives and tomato pesto), manzo (beef carpaccio with shaved Reggiano and truffl e oil), and wood-oven baked ziti. www.dangelopizza.com

If a sports bar is going to renovate, it better reopen in time for the Super Bowl. And NICKY’S RESTAURANT SPORTS BAR in Pembroke Pines (220 NW 180th Ave.) just made it, hosting a free Super Bowl tailgate party last month, complete with live music. Among the innovations: Kids under 12 eat free on Mondays and a private room available for rental. 954-441-9464

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Former Parkland native Katelyn Pankoke was rejected twice from Project Runway before being accepted onto Season 11, which premiered Jan. 24 on Lifetime. For the fi rst time ever, the participants will conduct the show paired with another member – something that originally worried Pankoke. She owns her own bridal line, Elaya Vaughn, and we sat down with the 23-year-old to fi nd out how she got involved with wedding gowns – and how Project Runway really works.

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN DESIGNING WEDDING DRESSES? WHY THAT?

It actually happened when I was college. I had known since my senior year of high school that I really wanted to devote my career to design. But I started to realize it doesn’t matter how good your grades are – it’s still almost impossible, especially in the design industry, to get a good job with a good line right out of college.

So I decided that I would just start my own line. My thoughts turned to bridal. I had been designing wedding gowns just in school for the fashion shows, and I really enjoyed it. You can go over the top and you can really invest in the good fabrics – because for a wedding gown, people will pay what the gown is worth. It’s really hard for people to justify spending something like $80 in this economy on a shirt, so my decision was both design and economical. People are always getting married no matter what the economy is like. It’s a one-time thing, and they want everything to be perfect, including the gown.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGN STYLE?Artful femininity. It’s kind of ambiguous. But basically, I

like to work with different silhouettes and really enhance the female fi gure while having fun with it. Your wedding should be unlike any other day of your life. You should really be transported to another world. And that’s what I like to do with my wedding gowns. There’s always a sense of whimsy while still being practical and still fl attering. At

the end of the day, that’s what fashion is: It’s wearable art.

PROJECT RUNWAY REJECTED YOU TWICE BEFORE BEING ACCEPTING YOU ON THE THIRD TRY. WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO TIMES?

The fi rst time, I learned they read applications way more carefully than I had hoped. I was actually not old enough, but that’s really never stopped me in my life, so I was like, “Why start now letting that stop me?” But I missed the age cut-off by 10 days! My birthday is June 10, and the date they cut it off was June 1.

The next year, when I was fi nally old enough, I got a phone call to come for the in-person auditions. So I basically stayed up all night for a week before my audition. I made all these new garments. and I was really proud of them. I thought I did a great job. And then the judges, they loved the garments, they loved my personality, but they thought I was just too young and fresh. So obviously, I was very frustrated. That’s always been a point of contention for me my whole life: people judging me on my age. So it really kind of hurt to be turned down because they didn’t think I was old enough. But that didn’t stop me. I tried out again, and they were really happy with me.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS LIKE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH?

It’s a very complicated process. You have a paper application that you have to fi ll out fi rst. It’s like 50 pages long, and it’s really in-depth. It basically delves into your family life, your personal life: “What are you like as a designer?” “What are you like as a person?” “What are your pet peeves? Your fl aws?”

It’s a design competition, but it’s also a TV show. So they want to make sure they’re getting people that aren’t introverted. Once you fi ll that out, if you make it, there are the in-person interviews, and once you make it past that, there’s another on-camera interview. And you just wait for a phone call.

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WHAT WAS THAT PHONE CALL LIKE? DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU WHERE?

I had been waiting for a really long time, and I had gotten calls letting me know that I made it through to another round and another round. I was taking a nap, and I was going through a depression, thinking they’re never going to call me back. And my phone rings. I jump out of bed. They’re like, “Just so you know, we have some news about Project Runway.” And I’m expecting bad news. “You’re going to be on season 11!” And I just started freaking out.

YOU GREW UP IN PARKLAND, HOW OFTEN DO YOU

COME BACK TO VISIT? Oh my gosh, I go back all the time. What I

love about Parkland is just how tight-knit a community it is. Everyone knows everybody in Parkland, and I made so many friendships that have lasted my whole life and will continue to last. I mean, my best friend, she grew up right across my street. That’s also where I met my fi ancé – he was her neighbor. That’s my home.

ANYTHING YOU DON’T LIKE ABOUT IT?It was very diffi cult to be in Parkland

after college because I had to move back in with my parents, and that’s hard. After

I left and came back, everybody else was gone, so I did get a little lonely. There’s really nothing to hate about Parkland. You have trees and open spaces, which I’ve really grown to miss being in Chicago.

WHAT DID YOU USED TO THINK ABOUT REALITY SHOWS? AND HOW HAS THAT CHANGED AFTER FILMING PARTS OF PROJECT RUNWAY?

I’ve always loved reality TV shows. I’ve watched Project Runway since it’s fi rst season, and I watched America’s Next Top Model. For me, Project Runway has always been the most respected of the shows. While it does have its drama, it’s more than just a show – it’s a competition. Going into it, the thing that made me the most nervous was the time. Just knowing I only had one day to make a garment, I didn’t know if it was going to be physically possible. But I was determined to do it. You fi nd out you’re capable of a lot more than you give yourself credit for.

HAS IT MADE YOU A BETTER DESIGNER, HAVING TO WORK UNDER THAT KIND OF PRESSURE?

One hundred percent. I have learned so much on Project Runway – it would have taken me years to learn that in the real world. On the show, you’re just forced to learn and adapt. Especially because this season is about teams, you really learn to work with other people. Sometimes being nice just doesn’t work. I like to think of myself as a nice person, but sometimes in the real world, when it gets tough, you have to get tough.

HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO WORK ON TEAMS LIKE THAT?

This season was the fi rst one Project Runway had ever done teams. I was dreading the team challenges going into it, but I had no idea it would be all teams. My heart just dropped. I thought this was the universe playing some kind of karmic joke on me. Here I am, my dreams are coming through, I’m on Project Runway, and now it’s all going to be teams. I knew it was going to get pretty ugly.

WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT WHEN THEY WATCH YOU ON THE SHOW?

I’m going to work my butt off to win the prize because what that can do for a designer and their line is, it can bring you all the way to the top.

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Mario Chalmers has a table reserved at his favorite restaurant in South Florida. It’s a place where he walks in

and gets treated, like, well, LeBron James.Chipotle.“I know the manager pretty well now that

I’ve been going so much,” Chalmers says. “I just go in there, and they’ve got a table set up for me already.”

He orders the same thing every time: three soft tacos with brown rice, chicken, and mild sauce. The price is right: $6.25. But he does have one complaint. It’s about the question he’s asked most often while he’s ordering and eating.

“Where’s LeBron? We all get that,” Chalmers says. “It’s like, ‘I don’t know. I’m not LeBron’s keeper.’ I just fi nd it funny.”

His teammates fi nd most things about the 26-year-old Chalmers funny — his eating habits, his defi ant confi dence, his colorful socks, and even what happened to him late last year. That’s when he was named in People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive issue, and he hasn’t heard the end of it.

“Yeah, I made the list,” he says before laughter consumes his words. “My teammates actually did tease me about that. We always call each other ugly. We always say that. But, you know, I told them, at the end of the day, I’m in the magazine.”

His teammates even mock him on Twitter.When the Miami Dolphins were chasing

after superstar quarterback Peyton Manning before the season, Ethan Skolnick, who covers the team for The Palm Beach Post, tweeted out “Even if Manning came to the Dolphins, Mario Chalmers would still believe he’s the best and most important athlete in town.”

“And that was the fi rst time Dwyane Wade ever retweeted me,” Skolnick says.

***On the 49th floor of his four-room

apartment, just a few blocks from the

American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami, Chalmers rests his hands on a glass table in his offi ce. The glass window looks out over the ocean.

Chalmers is decked out in blue pants and a long sleeve form-fi tting blue plaid dress shirt, buttons fastened. He has on socks that go from black to blue to pink to green to baby blue to grey. He’s wearing sunglasses inside, and a smirk across his face.

“He just wanted to wear his shades,” says his sister, Roneka, who doubles as his stylist.

In his offi ce are signs of a young man (an old-school gray Nintendo player) and a worldly man (books about money, one entitled Asset Protection Secrets, the other Financial Self-Defense). In other words, the offi ce fi ts him just perfectly.

When two Lifestyle Magazine photographers enter and Chalmers stops talking about his video-game habits – he plays Call of Duty, a basketball game called NBA 2K and, yes, even Super Mario – a big, gaping smile covers his face.

“Are you ready, Mario?” one photographer asks.

“Oh,” he says. “I’m ready.”As pictures are snapped and his sister

rearranges his clothes just so, Chalmers mutters under his breath multiple times the one word that describes his look the most:

“Swag.”

***Even though he loves Chipotle and has

self-proclaimed “swag,” Chalmers doesn’t always behave like a teenager — especially on the basketball court. In fact, he yearns for the end of games, when he can let fl y a potential game-winning shot.

His fi nal year of college ball – 2008 with the University of Kansas – Chalmers played in the national championship game. His Jayhawks team trailed Memphis 63-60 with 2.1 seconds left. He bolted around the three-point line before a teammate shuffl ed him the ball. A defender draped on him, Chalmers rose and buried a three – sending the game into overtime. Energized, his team

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Mario Chalmers is shooting a career-high 40.2 percent from behind the three-point line this year. Last year, in 23 playoff games – leading to the championship – Chalmers shined, averaging more than 11 points per game.

The championships series against breast cancer

When Mario Chalmers was a freshman in college he’d often call Pauline Peterson for guidance. She was the mother of his childhood best friend, Paul Peterson. She died of breast cancer while Chalmers was in college. When he made it to the NBA, the Mario V. Chalmers Foundation was started in her honor.

On March 9, Chalmers continues his tradition of supporting breast cancer awareness when he hosts a fundraising event called Think Pink Basketball. Money collected from ticket sales and a silent auction will be split between his foundation and the Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Women’s Center, part of the Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale.

“The mission and the purpose of the two organizations are linked through the focus on breast cancer,” says Lynn Mandeville, the Holy Cross director of development.

Chalmers also started “Mario’s Closet,” a speciality store in Kansas for women with breast cancer.

“It’s a place where people get prosthetics and wigs for their suffering,” Chalmers says. “In Kansas, a lot of breast cancer patients have to go elsewhere to get things to help with their everyday life, so it’s good to have a store right there, anytime, that they can go to.”

Silent auction items range from a Hublot watch donated by Weston Jewelers to a complete trip to New York donated by SitInMySeats VIP Tickets, Travel & Concierge Services – including two tickets to opening day at Yankee Stadium on April 1, roundtrip airfare for two to New York City and a two-night hotel stay.

“It’s going to be a lovely evening, and we hope to bring a lot of people from the community,” Mandeville says. “I think with our special guest host, Mario Chalmers, that will attract a lot of people – and I think the cause will bring a lot of people out because breast cancer affects so many people.”

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Grille 401, and Local CBS sportscaster Jim Berry will emcee the evening. Specialty Automotive Treatments is donating its space.

“We host two or three events every year,” said Rafael Jorge, the CEO of Specialty Automotive Treatments. “It’s something we do to reach back to the community.”

The Mario V. Chalmers Foundation is teaming up with a local hospital to raise money for breast cancer awareness.WHEN: Saturday, March 9, from 7-9 p.m.WHERE: Specialty Automotive Treatments, 700 W. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort LauderdaleTICKETS: $100CONTACT: Patricia at 954-765-1329 or email [email protected]


won the game and the championship. The famous shot was dubbed “Mario’s Miracle.” And just a

few weeks ago, on Feb. 16, the University of Kansas retired his No. 15 jersey and hung it from the rafters.

“He was a guy who seemed like the bigger the stage, the brighter he shined,” Kansas coach Bill Self said in a statement. “He had an orneriness and toughness that a lot people didn’t see because they saw the smile. He was an assassin on the court.”

The miracle this NBA season, though, is that Chalmers hasn’t lost any of his college bravado.

He won’t call it the most frustrating year of his career, but admits it’s been “challenging.” Consider the ups and downs...

Jan. 10, Miami Heat at Portland Trail Blazers: Chalmers played just 18 minutes during the late-night game – Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh all

played 35 or more – in a 92-90 loss to the Trail Blazers. Down by two with 10 seconds left, it was Chalmers who took – and missed – the game-winner. Head coach Erik Spoelstra and a frustrated Chalmers spoke after the game.

“I just told him, fourth quarter, that’s when you can really count on me the most,” Chalmers recalls. “Last year, before anything happened, you really needed me in fourth. And now you don’t need me. So I was just trying to fi gure out what’s going on.”

Jan 12. Miami Heat at Sacramento Kings: The very next game after Portland on a West Coast roadtrip, Chalmers hit 10 3-pointers in 30 minutes of play. That was a career high in points (34) and tied Brian Shaw (back in 1993) for the most 3-pointers ever hit in a Heat uniform.

“We all know that Mario,” Wade said after the game,” no matter what goes on, is a big-game-type player. He has big cojones.”

And so even on a team with James, Wade, Bosh, Ray Allen and a host of other current and former all-stars, it’s Chalmers who craves the ball in his hand at the end. “I’d rather take the shot,” he says. “Any day.”

“I can’t even describe it,” he continues. “All the emotions leave my body and I’m just focused. There’s no better feeling.”

“There’s no question he wants to take that last shot,” says Jorge Sedano, the studio host on Sun Sports for Heat

games and an afternoon host on 560 WQAM. “Reality is, the guy’s confi dence is on par with any player on the team. He is fearless.”

***Back in his offi ce, Mario Chalmers is trying to explain

his unrelenting confi dence. On the wall is a framed photo of himself after winning college basketball’s national championship with Kansas in 2008. His arms are pushing to the sky, his face housing a primitive and unfi ltered gaze usually seen after a lion has pounced on prey.

“It never goes away,” he says of the feeling that night. “That’s just something I have within myself. I feel like anytime my team needs me or I need to do something special to make my presence known, that’s what I’m going to do.”

He was college basketball’s most talked-about player for a night, at least. And it was all forgotten soon after. Since he entered the NBA, Chalmers’ teammates have yelled at him so much, it shocks those who cover the sport.

“I’ve never encountered – and I’ve been doing this 17 years – an athlete who shakes off more stuff from his teammates than Mario Chalmers,” Skolnick says. “It has no impact. He’s immune to this.”

Late in the second game of the NBA Finals last year, Chris Bosh spewed curse words and spittle at Chalmers after he allowed an easy basket. The Wall Street Journal said Bosh’s mouth looked like a “Venus Flytrap.”

Two games later, Chalmers would drop 25 points on the Oklahoma City Thunder, and cameras would capture Wade, delirious with joy, yelling, “Mario mother------’ Chalmers!”

“I just know that the guy is afraid of nothing,” says former Miami Heat and Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy. “There’s not a situation that’s ever going to come up in a game that Mario Chalmers is going to shy away from or back down from or be afraid of. I think he’s like everybody who’s good in those situations – in that they know there’s going to be a lot of times they fail in those situations. That’s what separates people.”

Chalmers agrees.“You can never let your confi dence be shaken,” he says

with a smile. “It hasn’t been shaken. I’m the kind of person that’s just going to keep going.”

***Chalmers is still a college kid with college sensibilities.

“To this day I play Super Mario, it’s my favorite game,” he says. But the team knows and values what it has in him.

“I think they’re very honest when they say that his performance is a huge difference-maker for them,” Skolnick says. “Lebron has never backed away – or Dwyane – from passing to him in big situations. I think they trust him in that regard.”

Adds Van Gundy, “I don’t think he’s gotten the respect that he deserves, either locally from the fan base or even nationally. The guy is a good player, a tough guy, will battle defensively, take big shots. It seems to me, with Mario Chalmers, that he’s a guy who’s never going to get much credit. And he’s always going to be the fi rst guy in line to take the blame when things go bad.”

Still won’t stop him from shooting.

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Promising a night of mystique, the Broward Health Ball will feature exquisite fl oral designs, epicurean delights and captivating music that will lead everyone onto the grand ballroom dance fl oor at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.

“It will be an event that tempts all the senses,” said Traci Allyn Shur, director of foundation operations.

In a great show of support, more than 600 guests are expected at this spectacular evening of cocktails, dinner, dancing, and live and silent auctions. And many community leaders and companies will be in attendance, including Ryan and Lauren Tannehill, Rick and Rita Case, Aramark Healthcare, Pediatrix Medical Group, Northwestern Mutual, True Health and 21st Century Oncology.

Dennis Stefanacci, president of the Broward Health Foundation said, “The Broward Health Ball is a unique opportunity for our neighbors to support Broward Health while attending what promises to be one of the region’s fi nest social events this year. Everything will be fi rst class, and the event promises to be a fun time for all.”

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In refl ecting back to the time when she fi rst heard the words, “You have stomach cancer,” Debbie recounted some of the milestones CSC has reached. CSC holds events across the country and has nine chapters, a world-renowned Medical Advisory Board, a prestigious Honorary Board, a talented Corporate Advisory Board, a dedicated Board of Directors, and helps patients all over the world.

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Before that, he was president and CEO of Oz Audio, a high-end car audio manufacturer. And before that, he was an audit manager for a chemical manufacturing fi rm. If those jobs had one thing in common, it was surviving computer problems.

“We started ITCS because in my previous life, I had every single known IT disaster, backups going away, everything that could happen,” says Wiggins, 48. And the structural problems were bigger.

“I wanted to hire a company that can take me from startup to the enterprise level – and not be at a point where they run out of the technical abilities to help us,” Wiggins recalls. “Then I have to hire somebody else – who says they need to change everything.”

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“The heart of what we do today is manage existing corporate networks through outsourcing. We started this as the recession came into play,” Wiggins says. “We were asked by several customers that were looking to downsize, ‘Could you run our IT department for us?’ – and that’s probably 70 percent of our business.” They can manage all or part of a network. He says for some clients, “We just run their email system but nothing else.”

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Wiggins also serves on the board of the Boca Children’s Museum, working to bring art education to young people and the disadvantaged, and he does work with Fort Lauderdale-based mental health services center Third Step.

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When Fassberg was younger, every time he visited his grandparents in Florida, he always had to bring Brooklyn bagels. A lot of them.

“There was nothing even close that they would eat,” says Fassberg, now 52. “Their biggest thrill was to get the fresh bagels we froze – and keep eating them for the next six months. When you leave New York, there are three things you miss: bagels, pizza, and Chinese food. In that order.”

F a s s b e r g ’ s f i n i c k y grandparents sparked the idea for his current business, The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Company, which was founded in 2009 and opens its fi rs Coral Springs location this month.

But it took the Boca Raton resident a while to get going.

“I was an investment banker and mortgage pro, but I’ve always had a love of restaurants,” he says. No kidding – he’s owned

Don’t drink the water – eat it11 of them, including a steakhouse and two kinds of deli (kosher and, yes, drive-through). “I’ve always had two careers simultaneously.”

He tinkered with the idea of exporting that Brooklyn fl avor for a long time. But the problem, he decided, was the water.

“You can’t ship water because it’s very expensive and heavy. It weighs 14.4 pounds per cubic foot, it’s illegal to transport across state lines without FDA approval, and it changes composition with humidity,” Fassberg says. So he had to fi gure out what minerals were in Brooklyn water – knowing its source was the Adirondack Mountains – and take out the bad stuff.

“It’s not healthy, it’s got lead leaking in, fl ouride, 24 strains of bacteria I can’t pronounce, and sodium,” Fassberg says. Once that was worked out, he developed a proprietary computer-run treatment system to create the miracle water.

The computer can “make it consistent with New York water,” Fassberg says. “We Brooklynize it.”

His company uses that water in everything on the menu. It’s in the coffee, and it’s in the dough for both pizza and bagels.

The bagels were good enough to bring Brooklyn-born broadcaster Larry King on board. He’s the company spokesperson and opened the fi rst Brooklyn Water Bagels location in Southern California.

Fassberg says he pitched it to King because “he embodies Brooklyn, knows every ex-president and world leader, and Larry can get there with a phone call.” As he tells it, King wouldn’t agree to anything until he tasted the product, so Fassberg had some fl own to him – from Florida.

“We sat and had breakfast and 20 minutes later he said he loved it and wanted to be involved,” Fassberg says. “‘Talk to my lawyer,’ he said.”

But the attorney wanted a $5 million deal up front, and Fassberg didn’t have it.

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Ignore the tried and true. “Try to recognize a market that is underserved and create something out-of-the-box. The only risk is not taking one.”

Be creative, not original. “I didn’t create bagels or water, but I created a new way to do it. Look at the packaging, the delivery system, or how it’s portioned. Think about what hasn’t been done.”

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Steve Nudelberg starts every day at 4 a.m. – but the 52-year-old has never used an alarm clock to rise early. He’s just excited for the day.

Nudelberg, who lives in Weston and works in Plantation, rolls out of bed and spends the fi rst 45 minutes reading and catching up, then posts a “Steveism” – an often motivational, sometimes silly quote – for his 11,000 subscribers. (His post-Super Bowl message on Feb. 4 said, “If it’s the ultimate game, how come they’re playing it again next year?”)

Then he works out. Nudelberg is a proponent of Fort Lauderdale-based Orangetheory Fitness, which he likens to CrossFit. Next, he checks in on his two sons. One is a University of Cincinnati football coach, and the other is a quarterback on the Cypress Bay High School football team.

Then his day really starts. He

Thinking Bigtravels frequently, prefers face-to-face meetings, and tries to never eat lunch alone.

“I do more work before 8 a.m than most people do all day,” Nudelberg says without bragging. “I keep a fairly aggressive schedule, take on a lot, and then just sort of fi gure it out.”

The same might be said for On The Ball, the company Nudelberg launched 15 years ago. What started out as a sports-marketing business has evolved into a broader blend of marketing, sales, and strategy – one that now has 11 full-time employees and sometimes makes its own products.

In 2009, OTB launched PureSuasion, its own cosmetics company, which they developed the naming, marketing, branding, website, and distribution plan for. They used that as a model to rope in more business.

“The market looked at it and said, ‘If you can do it for yourself you can do it for me.’ That was the secret sauce,” says Nudelberg, who’s always looking for more startups to work with. “On the Ball has grown to be a holding company that has equity stake in six different organizations.”

You might think companies would be reluctant to give up any equity, but Nudelberg says his team has a skillset few small businesses can afford.

“Most people react really well to the model. They say, ‘You have skin in the game and have incentive to help me grow, rather than giving me a playbook and saying go do this.’”

On the Ball’s latest partnership is with Polaroid Fotobar, which Nudelberg calls “one of the most exciting things I’ve ever worked on.” The service, which opened a new Delray Beach walk-in workshop in mid-February, lets you print Instagram-like photos on a variety of unlikely mediums including canvas, bamboo, polished aluminum, and lucite blocks. (Think of those laser-etched glass keepsakes you seen in the mall.)

Nudelberg says the drive behind his business, and really his whole life, is the fear of being average.

“Everybody has some kind of fear, and I found mine early on and dealt with it,” he says. “The biggest problem in society is people are OK with being average.”

Driving Hard BargainsGiven Steve Nudelberg’s dedication to motivating people – including himself – we asked him for some “Steveisms” for getting more done. Here’s what he said...

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Defi ne priorities carefully. “Set goals SMART: specifi c, measurable, attainable, realistic, trackable.”

Be a machine. “In order to be successful you need to manage life like you’re a computer, as if multiple windows are open and you have to give lots of attention to lots of things all the time.”

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still can fail. Culture is something you’ll likely feel – deeply – from the fi rst meeting. In a word, do the firms “Grok,” or intimately, profoundly or completely share your mindset or thinking? Truth be told, no one may. But look for the one that comes closest in this eye-to-eye point of view. It’s powerful – and irreplaceable.

• LIST OF REFERENCES. That a connection on LinkedIn or a trusted ally of 20 years made the referral isn’t enough. Ask each marketing fi rm for at least three to fi ve references from clients in businesses not much different from your own. Then, call those references. Ask about the agency’s strengths and weaknesses, its power and shortcomings. If the reference has nothing but high regards for the firm, you may be left wondering if you’re getting an honest assessment.

In the end, your selection of a marketing partner should be just the fi rst step in a productive, profi table and enduring relationship. It’s about creating The Right Fit.

Todd Templin is Executive Vice President of Boardroom Communications Inc., an integrated marketing and public relations agency based in Fort Lauderdale. He can be contacted at 954-370-8999 or [email protected].

THE RIGHT FIT: HOW TO SELECT YOUR NEXT MARKETING FIRM

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TODD TEMPLIN

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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33322

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Selling a business is not easy. Each deal has its challenges and nuances. That is why I love what I do, and know how valuable our service is at Transworld.

Do you think you place an advertisement somewhere and the perfect buyer will call? I wish it was that simple.

While many entrepreneurs build a successful business through vision, excellent management skills and sheer hard work, most do not have a thorough understanding of the complexities and factors that are present in the deal structuring and business selling process. Plainly said, “It’s a jungle out there, and you need a professional tour guide”!

Here are more of the most common pitfalls when trying to sell your own business continued…………..7) FAILURE TO PROPERLY STRUCTURE THE DEAL

When the seller has limited knowledge about the available alternatives for structuring the deal, he is at a defi nite disadvantage and probably a costly one. Items such as leverage buy-outs, leases, royalties, earn-outs, consulting agreements, non-compete contracts can add immeasurable value and security to both buyer and seller alike. At the same time, terms unfavorable to you could be a fatal mistake or make

your head ache trying to fi gure out if something is a scam.8) FAILURE TO PREPARE FOR PROPER DUE DILIGENCE

Due diligence issues are very important to the selling process. It is imperative to be prepared and organized. You must be able to defend and substantiate representations made during the selling process. We can guide you through the due diligence jungle. If your records are still in the shoebox, you will probably not get the deal done!9) FAILURE TO MARKET THE SALE

If your business sale is being handled by a small brokerage or by you with limited advertising resources you will never fi nd the best buyer at the highest selling price. With our large network, we are able to interview hundreds of buyers and get the best ready to purchase your business. Transworld’s approach creates a mini trading floor and auction like atmosphere that will produce buyers that know the value of your business.10) FAILURE TO SEEK THE RIGHT PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AND CONSULTATION

There are legal, fi nancial, marketing and other vital considerations that must be addressed in the selling process. Many decisions in the selling process should not be made without the advice of the right professionals. The wrong professional can lead you to make bad decisions. You need the right team. 11) FAILURE TO PROPERLY PACKAGE YOUR BUSINESS

A potential buyer will want

information about your customer base, competition, fi nancial history and industry characteristics, such as size, growth potential and areas of opportunity. This information must be provided in a salable format and in a way to ensure your confi dentiality. Your fi nancials must also be recasted to show your business in the proper light. Most fi nancials are prepared to minimize taxes; we work with you and your accounting professional to recast them in a format that maximizes your businesses value. 12) FAILURE TO CONTROL THE DEAL

We have sold thousands of businesses. We know when to let buyers look at customer lists, when to talk with employees (if ever), when to start and end due diligence, when to hire the right professionals, when to call the landlord and more importantly we know when to refuse access to your business and its records. There are many opinions on how to sell and buy a business. You need a strong brokerage company in your corner.

Again, this is a complicated process with many pitfalls. But with the right team, your goal of selling your business for the right price is just a phone call away.

If you missed last month’s Part I, numbers one through six, email Andy for the whole article at [email protected]

12 FATAL MISTAKES YOU CAN MAKE WHEN SELLING YOUR BUSINESS!! PART II

lifestyle advice

ANDREW CAGNETTACertified Business Intermediary

CEO, Transworld Business Advisors

Offices Nationwide954-772-1122

www.tworld.com


SINGLE FAMILY HOMEANALYSIS WESTON

CLOSED PAST 6 MONTHS

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Eating is a journey, and I’m on a quest for the most wonderful tastes in South Florida

– and especially Broward County.

As another foodie has written, “To fi nd your own food adventure, you’ll need to become a traveler, not a tourist. After all, the tourist

is led; the traveler seeks.”

So, let’s begin an adventure! Here’s what I did last month…

Finding food adventures close to home

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CAFÉ MAXX2601 E. Atlantic Blvd.Pompano Beach, FL 33062Phone: 954-782-0606

NOT TO MISS: Duck & smoked mozzarella ravioli… grill braised beef short ribs

Café Maxx has a quiet, sophisticated, yet unpretentious dining area. Th e chef delivers

consistent favorites. Th e duck & smoked mozzarella ravioli is a dish to be savored. Made with brown butter, basil, sundried tomato, and parmigiano reggiano, you’ll be satiated. If you enjoy short ribs, these are prepared perfectly, with cheesy sundried tomato polenta, roasted winter vegetables, and crispy onion rings.

CASA MAYA GRILL301 S.E. 15Th Terrace Deerfi eld Beach, FL 33441Phone: 954-570-6101

NOT TO MISS: Roasted corn salsa…the mole poblano rojo chicken burrito…the guava cheesecake

Casa Maya Grill is an authentic Mexican experience. Th e roasted corn salsa awakens your taste buds

and is addictive. Th e chicken inside the burrito is tender and fi nished with just the right amount of mole sauce. Th e unusual cheesecake is worth the calories for a perfect fi nish.

JAPANGO RESTAURANT7367 North State Road 7Parkland, FL 33073Phone: 954-345-4268

NOT TO MISS: Toro tower…Japango tataki

Exotic, beautiful dishes are standard at Japango. Art and food collide. Th e toro tower has chopped tuna and is layered with miso glaze with wasabi, red

tobiko (fl ying fi sh roe, topped with premium caviar) and served with chips that are diffi cult to stop eating. Th e Japango Tataki is perfect with wasabi cream, sweet red pepper paste and masago (a smaller roe). Th e tuna is wrapped in seaweed and lightly coated in tempura. Th is is not to be missed if you love tataki.


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300 guests enjoyed the spectacular cultural celebration of Trin and Trieu’s wedding. They enjoyed the magnifi cence of

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at 2601 East Oakland Park Boulevard in

the Coral Ridge section of Fort Lauder-

dale with a ribbon cutting and reception.

The Coral Ridge Branch offers clients the

convenience of a traditional bank branch

after having only one high rise location in

downtown Fort Lauderdale.

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BRUCE TURKEL

Do you know where good ideas come from? Don’t feel bad, neither do I.

Surprising, perhaps, considering my advertising agency is responsible for coming up with great ideas for our clients every single day.

I know how to present ideas. I know how to sell ideas. And like the blind pig

fi nding the occasional truffl e, I even create some good ones now and again. I just don’t know where they come from.

What I do know is that new ideas, good and bad, are very fragile and easy to scare away. And once you frighten them, others don’t show up. Just think of yourself as Elmer Fudd sneaking through the woods. “Shhhh, be vewy vewy qwiet, I’m hunting theowies.”

The other thing I know is that ideas don’t suffer criticism well. That’s not to say that all ideas are good ideas and should be used, only that criticizing ideas at the same time you’re trying to come up with them is the way to make sure you don’t come up with any more. And fi nally, I know that shooting down new ideas is the quickest way to prove that they won’t ever work.

Plenty of people will shoot down your ideas, whether they realize it or not. And so you have to be on constant alert, vigilant to the telltale signs of idea killing. I call it concepticide….

Con-CEP-ti-cide n.

1. The act of murdering one’s ideas.2. One who murders one’s ideas.

Like a feral cat hunkering down before it pounces on an unwitting bird, concepticidal maniacs clearly telegraph their intentions, both with body- and spoken-language markers. Here are some of the giveaways…

1. ROLLING EYESConcepticides often initiate their attacks with signs of frustration at having to explain why your idea will never work. While you’re alert, keep an eye peeled for shrugged shoulders, shaking heads and waved hands. They’re all ways Concepticides let you know that your ideas are no good.

2. COMMENTS DESIGNED TO DISCLAIM PROVIDENCE. As in, “I don’t know anything about copywriting, but…” Well, if you don’t know anything about copywriting (or whatever), then why are you qualifi ed to comment on it? I don’t know anything about Bulgarian tort reform either, but I don’t offer my opinion on it.

3. DAMNING YOUR IDEA WITH FAINT PRAISE......and then moving on to the criticism portion of their diatribe with, “however” or “but.” Example? Saying, “That’s a great idea, but…” The simple truth is that “however” and “but” negate anything that was said before.

4. OFFERING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMConstructive criticism is hardly the former and almost always the latter.

5. THE SOUND OF FRYING EGGSThat’s the little sizzling sound critics make with their mouths when they want to make it subtly obvious that they’re not happy your ideas. That’s where the Spanish saying, “No frieír huevos” (don’t fry eggs) comes from. Frying eggs usually goes hand in hand with rolling eyes.

6. HISTORICAL REFERENCESAs in, “We’ve already tried that, it doesn’t work.” The interesting thing about this type of concepticide is that it’s seldom accurate, mostly because your critic doesn’t usually wait until you’re fi nished presenting your idea before their heads start shaking. Funny thing is, when they do let you fi nish, what you’ll fi nd is that the idea they tried years ago is usually different from what you’re proposing.

7. SHOWING OFFThe other way to know when concepticides are getting ready to pounce is when their superiors ask them for opinions and they’re in a position to show off. The equation is elementary: When Concepticides compliment you on your idea, they hear themselves saying, “You’re smart.” But when they shoot down your ideas, they’re telling their boss or their client that they’re smart and good to have around. After all, if they just left it up to you, who knows what crazy ideas you’d come up with?

Bruce Turkel is a branding expert who’s been

featured on CNN, NPR, and The New York Times.

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