Rapaz é preso com dinheiro, droga e 24 mudas de maconha

A Polícia Militar cumpriu dois mandados de busca e apreensão na manha desta quarta-feira 14 de novembro no bairro Eldorado onde apreendeu droga, dinheiro, e 24 pés de maconha, plantados em dois vasos. Coordenada pelo o Capitão Eleutério, na equipe ROOCA (Rondas Ostensivas Com Cães Adestrados) que tinha o sargento Magno, cabos Alexandro, cabo Carvalho e soldado Gabriel, em outro ponto do bairro estava o Tático Móvel do sargento Eduardo, cabo Oliveira e soldado Fernandes, que foram à casa de um parente daquele primeiro alvo. Na casa de Darlan Marlon Silva de Freitas, 23 anos, na Travessa Olinto Martins da Costa, os PMs localizaram R$500, um dólar, um facão, uma faca, marica para fumar crack, duas pedras lapidadas semelhante a preciosas, um celular e varias notas de dinheiro em pedaços no qual um dos militares alegou ser típicas de notas retiradas de caixas eletrônicos explodidos. Havia 12 pedaços notas de 20reais, 10 de 50reais, duas de 100reais e por fim quatro de 10reais. O Darlan Silva não foi localizado para explicar aos PMs que notas eram aquelas. Na outra moradia situada na Rua Congonha (Haidê de Alvarenga) pertencente ao Charles Lenon Silva de Freitas, 21 anos, foi localizado 12 mudas de maconha em dois vasos, uma balança de precisão, a quantia de R$809 reais, um notebook branco com varias fotos de pessoas fumando droga e uma barra de maconha prensada que estava escondida dentro da geladeira em meio à carne. Diante aos fatos todo material arrecadado juntamente com o único detido foram levados para a Delegacia de Policia Civil no bairro Campestre.

 (Foto: Átila Lemos)

Investing in green energy in Greene County, Iowa

If you drive northwest from Des Moines, Iowa, you’ll see a lot of corn fields. From time to time, you’ll also see wind turbines rising out of those fields, making efficient use of our natural resources to produce renewable energy. It’s places like these that are home to a vibrant, emerging clean energy economy.

Today we‘re announcing that we’ve made an equity investment of $75 million in a 50MW wind farm in Rippey, a small town in Greene County, about an hour outside of Des Moines. The Rippey project, developed by RPM Access, is expected to produce enough energy to power over 15,000 Iowa homes. The project, which is now in operation, uses turbines produced by Nordex USA at their Jonesboro, Ark. facility.

Investment team members Nick Coons and Steffi Russell-Egbert visiting the Rippey project on a (windy) day in October.

We’ve taken two approaches to greening the grid in Iowa, a state where we operate a data center. Back in 2010, we entered into a long-term contract to purchase wind energy from NextEra Energy Resources’ Story County II wind farm. This time, we’re investing directly into a wind project, which has been contracted to sell all of the energy to the Central Iowa Power Cooperative, an Iowa-based utility that will deliver the energy to local consumers. We’re happy to help make more renewable energy available to Iowans and to support the growing wind energy industry in the state.

This project brings our committed investment to the renewable energy sector to more than $990 million. Read more about our previous investments on our Google Green site.

Posted by Axel Martinez, Assistant Treasurer, Head of Capital Markets

SEC Charges Miami-Based Adviser with Hiding Trading Losses and Diverting Client Funds

In a complaint filed last week, the SEC charged a Miami-based investment adviser for defrauding his clients by concealing trading losses and diverting investor funds for personal use.

The SEC alleges that Anand Sekaran and his firm Wasson Capital Advisors Ltd. fabricated documents showing illusory profits after his trading strategy became unprofitable in 2008 and produced substantial losses for clients. The Commission also alleges that Sekaran also misused client funds to pay various personal and business expenses, and he collected fees in excess of what he was due under the arrangements he had with clients.

 According to the press release from the SEC, Sekaran and Wasson agreed to resolve the SEC’s charges as well as a parallel criminal action announced today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

“An investment adviser’s fiduciary duty applies equally in good times and bad,” said Bruce Karpati, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s Asset Management Unit. “Sekaran breached that duty when he concealed trading losses and misled clients rather than simply admitting that his investment strategy was unsuccessful.”

In settling the SEC’s charges, Sekaran and Wasson consented to a final judgment imposing permanent injunctions from future violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws. Sekaran separately consented to an SEC order barring him from the securities industry and penny stock industry. Sekaran is required to pay $2.3 million to satisfy restitution and forfeiture orders in the criminal matter.

For more details see the SEC's complaint and press release. If you believe you have been defrauded in a securities related matter, our attorneys, located in New York, New Jersey and Boca Raton, Florida, are available for a free consultation by phone. Email our office at info@beamlaw.com and we will connect you with the appropriate attorney. You can visit our web site - Securities Enforcement Attorneys and SECLaw.com - The Securities Law Home Page, for more information about our firm, and the securities laws in general.

The results are in—Zagat’s America's Top Restaurants revealed

To help people find the best places to eat in 46 U.S. cities and regions, we’re revealing the results of our 2013 America’s Top Restaurants Survey covering 1,822 of the nation’s top-rated restaurants. From Boston to Portland and Chicago to Miami, the results of this year’s Zagat Survey are based on millions of reviews from everyday diners who shared their experiences through their favorite Google products.

Winners include perennial favorites like the “exceptional” American Gary Danko (San Francisco), Eric Ripert’s French “seafood shrine” Le Bernardin (New York), and the “flawless” New American Bacchanalia (Atlanta), as well as top spots like Alinea (Chicago), Urasawa (Los Angeles) and Joël Robuchon (Las Vegas).

While many of the top restaurants break out the china and crystal, a number of standouts included in the guide are casual gourmet places like pizzerias: Settebello (Vegas and Salt Lake City), Supino Pizzeria (Detroit’s No.1 restaurant), Serious Pie (Seattle) and Dough (San Antonio); sandwich specialists: Bäco Mercat (LA), Cochon Butcher (New Orleans) and Melt Bar & Grilled (Cleveland); burger specialists: B Spot (Cleveland), Flip Burger Boutique (Atlanta) and Sketch (Philadelphia); and BBQs: Union Woodshop, Slows Bar BQ and Zingerman’s Roadhouse (Detroit).

Thanks to those of you who share your restaurant adventures with us, we also have a snapshot of what dining out in America looks like. Based on surveyors in 10 major cities, we have found that the average number of meals cooked at home (7.0 per week) outpaces the average number of meals they eat/take out (6.1)—a trend that has been building since the Great Recession. We also know that diners in Houston eat out the most (4.1 times per week vs. the 3.2 national average), and that at 19.6 percent, the City of Brotherly Love is also the city of most generous tippers.

Zagat ratings and reviews for tens of thousands of restaurants at every price point and cuisine are available via the Google products you use every day, like search, Google+, Maps and mobile.

Congratulations to this year’s winners and bon appétit!

Posted by Bernardo Hernandez, Managing Director, Zagat

A healthy grant to support healthy buildings

Imagine having nutrition-label-like data about every product you use at your fingertips—knowing exactly what ingredients make up things like office chairs or house paint and how they could impact your health today and 30 years from now. It’s a future that goes hand in hand with our commitment to creating the healthiest work environments possible and promoting transparency within the wide world of building materials.

Today, we’re taking a step toward that future with a $3 million grant to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a leading non-profit organization that works to create greener buildings and communities in the U.S. and around the world.

There’s a lack of clear and accessible information on building ingredients, which means that a lot of us might be exposed to potentially harmful and toxic chemicals in building materials—whether it’s in the desk you sit at every day or the building’s paints, tiles and carpeting. This grant is designed to improve human health and well-being by supporting more industry research and better standards around healthy materials.

We’ve already done a lot to eliminate many of these chemicals in our offices around the world, and we want to make it easier for others to do the same. The USGBC has had great success with their widely adopted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system for the design, construction and operation of green buildings. LEED is certifying 1.7 million square feet every day with 9.3 billion square feet participating in LEED across all 50 states and 138 countries. We think they’re in a great position to build on this track record to create real and lasting change in the industry.

But it isn't enough just to have better labeling or standards about the ingredients in various products. We also need to know more about the ingredients themselves, which is why this grant also supports more scientific research and outreach so we can all do a better job of understanding how building materials impact human health. By doing so, we hope to empower consumers and businesses alike to make more informed decisions about the materials they purchase and use in their day-to-day lives.

Posted by Lacy Caruthers, Sustainability Team

Bregazia, uma festa que virou tradição em Monlevade

No ano 2000, enquanto alguns temiam pelo bug do milênio e outros pelo fim do mundo, nascia em João Monlevade a maior festa a fantasia do Médio Piracicaba. Irreverência, alegria, inovação e muita gente bonita, foram às principais características desta festa, que chega a sua 12º edição com grandes novidades, a Bregazia 360º. Idealizada e realizada pelo produtor Marcelo Henrique Braga (Sadan), a Bregazia 2012 está de volta às suas origens. Para alegria de muitos, e em parceria com o músico Marquinho Infocus, a festa este ano acontecerá no próximo dia 24, após a novela Salve Jorge no Ideal Clube e promete abalar a cidade, promovendo o encontro de muitas pessoas num ambiente seguro e descontraído. Para isso o evento contará com uma mega estrutura entre shows, premiações para as melhores fantasias e muito mais. Além da apresentação do grupo Viro Samba, também está confirmada a presença do DJ Junio Queiroz fazendo o lançamento do seu show “In Led”. Com um repertório inovador, o DJ promete desafiar seus limites ao se apresentar com uma camisa contendo centenas de leds que mudarão de cor a todo o momento, fazendo parte da iluminação da mega boate. Outra novidade será a presença permanente de um saxofonista tocando junto com o DJ em uma espécie de electrosax. Para este ano, as premiações para as melhores fantasias serão: um Tablet da Yeah, uma noite no Motel Hawaí, um Churrasco para 50 pessoas, um vale compras no valor de R$200,00 na Explosão Eletrônica, um Jantar a dois no Stammtisch Scot Bar, uma bolsa e um sapato da Bruna Calçados, e um Estojo de maquiagens da Val Make Cia & Up. Os ingressos podem ser adquiridos na MR Som e no Arena lan house. A festa será exclusivamente para maiores de 18 anos em estilo Open Bar. De acordo com o produtor do evento, será indispensável à apresentação de documentos na portaria.

Dois são presos em Nova Era acusados de tráfico de drogas

A Polícia Militar de Nova Era prendeu mais dois traficantes de drogas. A ocorrência foi registrada na tarde dessa segunda-feira (12). Segundo a PM, quando passavam pela Avenida Copacabana, os Militares perceberam os autores Robson Pierre Lucas, “Sapão” e Allison Martins Dias, em atitude suspeita. Com a aproximação da guarnição policial, "Sapão" teria jogado um objeto no leito do Rio Piracicaba, que corta a cidade. O objeto foi recolhido pelos militares, que constataram que se tratava de um tablete de maconha. A droga estava molhada e envolvida em uma fita adesiva. Os autores foram presos e conduzidos até a Delegacia de Polícia, onde foram autuados e levados para a cadeia pública. Durante uma Operação Policial, realizada no dia 10, foi cumprido mandado de busca e apreensão na residência de “Sapão”, onde estavam vários indivíduos com passagens por crimes diversos, dentre eles, Allison, que teria vindo da cidade de Governador Valadares sob o pretexto de ficar na casa de um irmão, no entanto segundo a polícia, ele é sempre visto entre suspeitos de tráfico de drogas. Além disso, consultando o histórico criminal de Allison, a polícia constatou que ele já cumpriu pena por porte ilegal de armas de fogo, tráfico de drogas e homicídio. O capitão Ronaldo Sanglard, comandante do 5º Pelotão Especial da PM em Nova Era, alerta a comunidade para que comunique a Polícia Militar sempre que perceberem a presença de algum indivíduo estranho na vizinhança, em atitudes suspeitas.