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Years ago when I was moving thousands of miles away from my home and everyone I knew, Mama gave me a bracelet. It was a simple silver cuff. Small and delicate. It was engraved with a quote by the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
I try to remember that when I am coming and going. Hellos are fun. Full of excitement and anticipation. Wonderment at the newness of getting to know someone, someplace new. Goodbyes are different. Goodbyes are full of a different kind of uncertainty. A sadness that comes with not knowing what the future holds or when we'll meet again.
We are leaving Guatemala today. We are saying goodbye.
Goodbye to a beautiful country. Beautiful people. Beautiful music.
Today is Guatemala's Independence Day. Yesterday, we got to celebrate with the people of Guatemala. Watching parades. Dancing in the Central Park in Antigua. Guatemala has a deep and rich history. And if the children we met this week are any indication, it is a country with a very bright future.
We are leaving Guatemala today, but we are not taking all of our hearts with us. We are leaving a little behind.
We are leaving our hears with our sponsor children and the joy we got from meeting them and playing games with them.
We are leaving our hearts behind in the music we played with the young musicians at World Vision's music school.
We may be leaving Guatemala today. But we are not saying goodbye. There is still work to be done. Instead we say, "Until we meet again."
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This Was Probably the Most Disgusting Super Bowl Commercial I Have Ever Seen
Super Bowl 50 has come and gone. Most Americans are looking for more than just great plays and big hits. Super Bowl Sunday is also a big day for advertisers. You could say it's like their… well, their Super Bowl! This year though there was one commercial that was more disgusting than any other Super Bowl commercial I have ever seen.
No I'm not talking about Mt. Dew's Puppy Monkey Baby commercial, which was plenty disgusting.
No, that commercial was disturbing, no doubt, but there was a commercial that made me just die a little bit inside. Not just because it is literally about poop but because it exposes a disgusting attitude we have in our country about health care. Here is the commercial I am talking about. Watch it first, then keep reading.
Ok, so here is my rant… It's disgusting first of all that we are a country that allows corporations like AstraZeneca to advertise on television. I estimate they spent $10 million to air this one ad for a product that none of us can even go to the store and buy. It's disgusting that any of us know about the blue pill, or the purple pill or any prescription pill.
The way prescription drugs should work is that you have a condition that a Medical Doctor is treating you for and the doctor makes the prescription that they feel fits the best. But the way we do it is that I can show up to my doctor and say, "Hey, give me the poop pills I found on that Super Bowel, errr…. Super Bowl commercial". Or, "Hey I'm feeling a little down, why don't you give me the happy pills I saw on the commercial with the guy flying kites with his son."
Think of the position this puts Medical Doctors in. These ads are so persuasive and a patient might feel like they can't trust their doctor if she wasn't prescribing the miracle drug they saw on TV; you know the one with all the side-effects at the end of the commercial? So some doctors just distribute them. Notice I said "distribute"? That's right because advertising these drugs on TV turns doctors into distributors. Is that the health care system we want? The one where we spend hundred and thousands of dollars and about a decade educating doctors to become drug distributors?
What about this condition they are talking about that has given this poor man so much potty envy? Opioid Induced Constipation is a condition that is 100% preventable. It is a condition that is created as a side-effect of taking opioid drugs. What are opioid drugs? We are talking about drugs like Apache, China Girl, Dance Fever, Goodfella, Murder 8, Tango and Cash, Friend, Captain Cody… Oh hold on… I'm sorry those are the street names for medications like Actiq, Duragesic, Sublimaze, OxyContin, Percodan, Percocet, Dilaidid, Codeine, etc. Opioid drugs are primarily used as pain control. Typically, this is for short-term use after surgery or a serious injury. Increasingly, they are being used for long-term treatment of chronic pain.
In my practice, one of my biggest goals is to get people who are on these medications clean by addressing the cause of the problem or using natural alternatives. I say "clean" because these prescribed opioids are the #1 gateway drugs to the abuse of drugs like heroine. They have the potential to destroy people's lives and their health. Their overuse is at the center of a major health crisis in this country. Trust me, constipation is the least of your worries if you are on a long-term prescription for opioids.
According to the CDC, the rate of deaths from opioid poisoning has increased by 200% since 2000 and in recent years this rate has been increasing annually. Around 47,000 Americans die every year from drug overdose.
So the disgust I'm feeling around this commercial comes from the fact that we have apparently become complacent and accepting of all of this. We are advertising drugs to help us with problems caused by other drugs. We are putting these commercials on during fun events like the Super Bowl. We are mixing in this message along with Beyonce and Bruno and the Broncos and yes… Puppy Monkey Baby.
We can't just take this sitting down any more (no… not another poop joke). We have to get outraged by this stuff. If you saw a commercial that advertised a medication to treat the side-effects of a chiropractic adjustment you would say, "Well, why don't we just get rid of the chiropractors?". We don't think that about these medications. We just shrug and accept this false idea that drugs and chronic pain and constipation are just an inevitability; an acceptable cost.
The aren't. There are solutions out there. ACTUALLY! The solutions aren't even out there they are RIGHT HERE! People are beating inflammation and chronic pain and diseases every day without the use of prescriptions and surgeries. We don't have to accept crappy (yes, that was on purpose) alternatives to the many natural ways that health can be created.
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JNN 04 Feb 2014 Pyang Yong : North Korea has reportedly put to death all direct relatives of the uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un, Jang Song-thaek, who was executed last month for "attempting to overthrow the state".
Children were among those killed on Mr Kim's instructions, as were North Korea's ambassadors to Cuba and Malaysia, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing multiple sources.
"Extensive executions have been carried out for relatives of Jang Song-thaek," one source told Yonhap on condition of anonymity.
"All relatives of Jang have been put to death, including even children."
The relatives, who were reportedly recalled to Pyongyang in early December and executed, include Jang's sister Jang Kye-sun, her husband Jon Yong-jin, the ambassador to Cuba, and the ambassador to Malaysia Jang Yong-chol, who is a nephew of Jang, as well as his two sons.
The sons, daughters and even grandchildren of Jang's two brothers were also executed, Yonhap reported, adding that it was unclear exactly when they were put to death.
"Some relatives were shot to death by pistol in front of other people if they resisted while being dragged out of their apartment homes," the news agency said, citing a source.
Relatives by marriage, including the ambassador to Cuba's wife, were spared and sent to remote villages along with their maiden families, a source reportedly said.
Jang, 67, was the vice-chairman of the North's top military body and previously considered the second most powerful man in the North, having acted as regent to the young Mr Kim after his father Kim Jong-il died.
The ruling Workers' Party said that he was relieved of all posts and titles for allegedly building a power base to challenge the leadership of the communist state.
The party "eliminated Jang and purged his group, unable to remain an onlooker to its acts any longer", according to state media.
A special military tribunal that examined Jang's "crimes" described him as "despicable human scum who was worse than a dog who perpetrated cursed acts of treachery".
Jang's execution prompted South Korea to put its military on high alert and unsettled the United States, with secretary of state John Kerry calling the execution "an ominous sign" that showed the world how "ruthless and reckless" Mr Kim is.


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Population drop prompts stricter protections
STAMFORD -- Gus Bertolf Jr. and his father returned to their Cos Cob dock last week with about $200 worth of conch, their new cash crop in the continued aftermath of a lobster die-off that began in the late 1990s, they said.
Since 1998, they have found few lobsters large enough to catch legally while trolling from the New York state line to the western end of Stamford. The futility sometimes causes them to question their investment in diesel fuel, bait and time.
"We caught one legal-sized lobster today, but we threw it back," Gus Bertolf Sr. said, standing on the deck of the boat Island Girl. "What's going on is discouraging."
To restore a lobster population decimated in the die-off, the Bertolfs said more aggressive intervention is needed to eliminate what they believe is the illegal harvesting of egg-bearing female lobsters and curb damage caused by commercial clam dredges disturbing the sea floor.
"How are lobsters supposed to breed with the dredges coming through every day?" the younger Bertolf said. "The state has to take greater action to protect the resource, and the clamming industry has to find a better way besides the dredge."
To help conserve the species, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission last week raised the threshold for legal-sized lobsters in the waters from Connecticut to southern Massachusetts, commission official Toni Kearns said. Effective Jan. 1, the gauge size -- the distance from behind a lobster's eye to the base of its tail -- for a legal lobster will increase from 3516 inches to 338 inches, said Kearns, a fishery management coordinator for the ASMFC, which regulates marine fisheries from Maine to North Carolina.
After lobster catches reached a record low last year, longtime southern Connecticut lobstermen said they are not seeing an increase in healthy young lobsters and egg-bearing females that might portend a resurgence for their industry.
Lobster catches in Maine and northern Massachusetts remain high, according to the ASMFC.
"There's nothing going on, and it's the same everywhere from New York City to Guilford," said Roger Frate Sr., of Darien, a lobsterman for more than 40 years. "Some people on the eastern end of the state are holding their own, but we don't see them (lobsters) coming back."
An assessment conducted by the ASMFC and released in May found that lobster stocks in southern New England remain unhealthy as a result of overfishing and other factors, such as higher than average water temperatures, Kearns said.
"The gauge size is a necessary step toward conserving the resource," she said.
The state began the so-called v-notch program, a catch-and-release conservation initiative, in 2006 to help forestall gauge increases viewed as restrictive to lobstermen.
Dave Simpson, director of the state Department of Environmental Protection's Fisheries Division, said the program has been discontinued.
Last year, the program fell short of marking the number of female lobsters necessary to prevent the tightened gauge regulations.
"It's still pretty much the same situation throughout Long Island Sound of pretty discouraging landings," Simpson said.
Frate, the Darien lobsterman, said he believes that compared with the continued use of pesticides to combat the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, other stated causes for the continued absence of lobsters are negligible.
"There isn't a person alive who doesn't know what the reason is," Frate said. "Mosquitoes and lobsters are in the same family. But the good thing, I think, is the lobster haven't died -- they've just run away."
Connecticut lobstermen caught 387,306 pounds of lobster last year, a 31 percent drop from 2007 and less than one-tenth of the 3.7 million pounds hauled in during the industry's recorded peak in 1998.
While the state is still awaiting some information, preliminary numbers of lobster landings reported to the DEP for the first six months of 2009 show only 16,000 pounds of lobsters harvested in the western basin of Long Island Sound, which includes the area from Greenwich to Bridgeport. In contrast, 56,000 pounds of lobsters were harvested in the first half of 2008.
Simpson said any number of factors -- including warmer than average water temperatures in the fall, fewer new lobsters spawned and predation by fin fish -- may be slowing recovery of the lobster stocks. However, he said the lack of lobster has reduced the number of commercial and recreational fishermen capitalizing on the resource, an encouraging development.
"I think in terms of encouraging signs, the amount of fishing has declined very quickly, which has increased survival but also reflects the poor stock size," Simpson said. "But the signs of recruitment of young lobsters are not very encouraging, and I don't see any immediate prospects for a rebound in the stocks."
The younger Bertolf said he will continue to seek lobster during this fall's run from roughly November to January, despite the out-of-pocket expense. To subsidize his lobstering efforts, he has begun using his captain's license to run a charter fishing business on the Island Girl, he said.
Bluefish, porgies, crabs and other marine life are flourishing in Long Island Sound, even as the lobster remains scarce, he said.
"I'm doing three different things just to keep the boat running," the younger Bertolf said. "Things are coming back in abundance except for the lobsters, but I hope they can get better management to help protect the resource."
Staff writer Martin B. Cassidy can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 203-964-2264.


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Police are investigating whether the murder of Bobby Moffett was sanctioned by the UVF leadership.
Speaking after a meeting of the Policing Board, Assistant Chief Constable Drew Harris said involvement of the UVF hierarchy was a possibility.
Mr Moffett (43), believed to be linked to the UVF, was shot dead by two masked men on the Shankill Road last Friday.
"There are a number of suspects that we would believe would be linked to the UVF," Mr Harris said.
"So that is a very serious development and an active line of inquiry that we are pursuing."
Mr Harris said the UVF remained a coherent organisation.
Mr Moffett's funeral is set to take place today. Tensions have been rising in the area since the murder and several people have said they have been threatened not to attend the funeral.
Yesterday it was revealed that the leader of the PUP, which is linked to the UVF, Dawn Purvis, had resigned following the murder of Mr Moffett.
Senior PUP members are to meet soon to decide on their future. But there is intense speculation that several leading figures in the party are to follow in the East Belfast Assembly Member's departing footsteps.
Some sources are suggesting they will form a new loyalist political group and attempt to distance themselves from PUP structures, while adopting many of the party's policies.
But there have also been reports that Ms Purvis, likely to remain an an independent MLA for East Belfast in the short-term, may consider joining the DUP or Ulster Unionists in the future.
UUP leader Sir Reg Empey initiated a Stormont tie-up with the party two years ago, which was blocked by Assembly rules.
In a party official statement yesterday, the PUP said they were losing "a great leader" and wished Ms Purvis well.
Interim leader John Kyle, who represents the PUP on Belfast City Council, said he was still committed to the political project of the PUP.
He added: "We need to take some time to take stock, review the situation and decide what is the best way to take forward the policies and projects we believe in."
Mr Kyle said the broad daylight murder of Bobby Moffett last Friday had been "a major factor" in the decision of Ms Purvis — who took over from the late David Ervine in 2007 — to stand down
She said: "It's been very difficult but I know that I have made the right decision. I believe there are elements within the organisation, that have absolutely no interest in politics or the future of their party and no interest in the PUP."
Ms Purvis said she was leaving with "a very heavy heart".
"I believe the Progressive Unionist Party was founded by individuals who had a real vision for Northern Ireland and a positive and important contribution to make to politics and the peace process in this country. I have been honoured to be a part of that.
"However, I can no longer offer leadership to a political party which is expected to answer for the indefensible actions of others."
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Clinical Legal Education as a Means to Assist Reforming the Thailand Legal Education
With a focus on Clinical Legal Education (CLE) as a means to assist reforming the Thailand legal education system, BABSEACLE Foundation is supporting and connecting other CLE programmes internationally and regionally to develop strong collaborations, synergies and best practices in CLE methodology.
BABSEACLE Foundation is a registered local non-profit, non-governmental organization in Thailand which developed from a programme of BABSEACLE in 2010. It is an independent organization that pursues its own individual, yet complementary, mission. Throughout Thailand, BABSEACLE Foundation currently works on and develops Clinical Legal Education (CLE) and Community Empowerment Initiatives.
"ภารกิจของ BABSEACLE คือ ช่วยก่อตั้ง เสริมสร้างและสนับสนุนพื้นฐานของมหาวิทยาลัยและพื้นฐานของชุชมชนจากโปรแกรมการศึกษากฎหมายเชิงคลินิก เราตั้งใจที่จะพัฒนาการเข้าถึงความยุติธรรมทั่วภูมิภาคเอเชีย ผ่านการให้การศึกษาด้านความยุติธรรมทางสังคม การทำ Pro bono (การให้ความช่วยเหลือด้านกฎหมาย โดยไม่เรียกค่าตอบแทน) แก่นักศึกษา ว่าที่นักกฎหมายในอนาคต ที่จะไปให้บริการด้านกฎหมายแก่สังคมต่อไป"
Asia Regional CLE Mock Trial
6 – 7 December 2018, Chiang Mai
This regional event is a practical learning experience in which students simulate a local court trial of a minor civil dispute or criminal offence. Regional CLE Mock trial allows students to develop legal, analytical and advocacy skills, thereby increasing familiarity with court process and enhancing participants' appreciation and understanding of legal ethics.
10th Asia Justice Marathon
9 December 2018, Chiang Mai
The event aims to bring together the communities and runners/walkers from various professions and countries to aware of justice. Besides legal service providers committed to achieving justice, the Asia Justice Marathon is another casual and creative way to get those who are not in justice field involved in this access to justice movement.
Justice, Health & Fitness Fair
6 – 8 December, 2018 Chiang Mai
This gathering celebrates our philosophy of building bridges among like-minded organizations and individuals. It is an awareness-raising event that gives groups working for social justice an invaluable opportunity to network with one another while introducing their work to the public and promoting job and volunteer possibilities.
Legal Ethics Workshops
Promoting access to justice, pro bono, and ethics at the university level will produce lawyers of tomorrow who care about vulnerable, justice, and inclusive societies.
Asia Access to Justice Week
The event focuses on both raising awareness of Access to Justice (A2J) challenges throughout Asia and globally, and identifying practicable and suitable strategies to overcome these barriers.
Continuing to support CLE throughout Thailand
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Chiang Mai University
Chiang Rai Rajabhat University
Khon Kaen University
Lam Pang Rajabhat University
Mae Fah Luang University
Mahasarakham University
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Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education Initiative (BABSEACLE), the Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE) and Southeast Asia Clinical Legal Education Association (SEACLEA) conducted a spectacular course, the 2nd Asia Clinical Legal...
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The National Economic University (Hanoi) Student Experience at the BABSEACLE Access to Justice (A2J) Weekend
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The video, above, was posted on Rabbi Berland's English-language
blog on Wesnesday by followers of their revered rabbi
After more three years on the run, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, leader of the Shuvu Banim sect, with headquarters in Jerusalem, was extradited to Israel on Monday night's El Al flight departing from Oliver Thambo Airport, accompanied by Interpol agents. On landing at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, he was handed over to the Israeli police who arrested him and took him into custody where he was scheduled to be questioned on "suspicion of serious sex offences".
Website Israelnationalnews.com (Arutz Sheva) reported that the extradited rabbi lost consciousness during the hearing at Ayalon prison and that he was evacuated to Assaf Harofeh Hospital in Tel Aviv. The site reported that his followers plan to set up a protest tent to call for his release.
Some 50 of his followers took the same flight as him on Monday night and hundreds were at Ben Gurion airport to meet him on Tuesday.
The Israeli Embassy told SA Jewish Report that South African authorities had placed him in the custody of Interpol agents who escorted him on the flight to Israel.
Berland fled Israel when called for police questioning on allegations of sexually abusing some female members of his sect and has wandered from country to country for three years with two stints in South Africa. The Hawks and Interpol failed with two attempts to arrest him before he fled to Holland in 2014, and again after his return to South Africa late last year. They finally got their man just prior to Pesach.
Israel's outgoing Deputy Ambassador to South Africa, Michael Freeman, told Jewish Report on Tuesday that, "on landing at Ben-Gurion Airport, he was handed over to the police and immediately arrested and taken into custody where he is being questioned on suspicion of serious sexual offences".
Speaking on behalf of the embassy, Freeman said: "We are pleased that this part of the story has finally come to an end."
Freeman, who will be taking up a new position in the UK next month, said that the "co-operation between the South African and Israeli authorities was professional and excellent on every level".
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Freeman says not even El Al was aware before the time that they were to be carrying one of Israel's most wanted fugitives. Around 50 of Rabbi Berland's followers bought all the remaining seats on the plane, says Freeman, "and if there were more available they would have taken those too".
On Rabbi Berland's English-language blog, his followers on Tuesday posted the following: "The Tzadik is coming home! 12 Tamuz is the day that Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn was released from a capital sentence and imprisonment in Soviet Russia (1927), today is the day that the Tzaddik Rav Eliezer Berland will be returning to Eretz Yisrael."
The embassy's Michael Freeman asked to "publicly thank the South African authorities and all those involved in the case, both here in South Africa as well as Israel", for their assistance.
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This Thursday, May 14, all three North Bay counties celebrate the Bay Area's 15th Annual Bike to Work Day. Sonoma County boasts 28 widely scattered "Energizer Stations" that day, where volunteers promise to gift bikers with "goodie bags." Energizer Stations will also be found in both Napa and Marin counties.
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This is the second Manchester International Festival, which got off to an impressive start two years ago with the debut of "Il Tempo del Postino" (the theatrical presentation of 15 artists curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno that also showed at Art Basel in June) and Damon Albarn's Monkey opera. 2009's offering has some equally headline-grabbing events, including the major performance event "Marina Abramovic Presents…".
Performance-based visual art is a strong theme for this year's festival, and Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller is leading a procession on 5 July along the Deansgate mile, with the aim of bringing together local communities in a show of civic pride. Processions and parades are currently a popular subject in art, with a group show at Parasol Unit in London dedicated to the theme with works by Deller alongside Thomas Hirschhorn, Francis Alÿs, Annette Messager and others on show until 24 July. Manchester's Cornerhouse gallery is showing "Procession: An Exhibition" (9 July-23 August), which will show documentation of Deller's event and explore the ideas behind it and the history of parades and processions.
Octogenarian artist-activist Gustav Metzger is still going strong, and is presenting his new Flailing Trees installation in the Manchester Peace Garden. Twenty-one upside-down willow trees will be placed in concrete bases as a statement about environmental damage, a long-term concern of the artist. 2009 is a prominent year for Metzger, with London's Serpentine Gallery holding an exhibition of 60 years of his work from 29 September to 8 November.
On a very different register, Iraq-born architect Zaha Hadid is collaborating with Manchester Art Gallery to create a high-tech chamber music hall in one of the exhibition spaces, specifically for the performance of solo works by J.S. Bach. Aside from the nine concerts performed during the festival, Zaha Hadid's spiralling installation will be a major attraction in itself, open to the public during gallery hours.
This article was published in The Art Newspaper, November 2009, p82. To see it in context, click on the PDF link below.


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As the parent of an ACLC learner, your involvement can make all the difference to your child's educational experience, as well as the experience of our entire learning community. Parents, along with learners and facilitators, are essential to the valuable educational milieu on which ACLC's reputation has been built. Two decades of involvement by members of this community has created something unique and powerful. Your participation helps maintain that tradition.
PAC is the ACLC version of a PTA, but there are no dues and no application for membership. As a parent of an ACLC learner, you are automatically a PAC member. PAC keeps parents in touch with each other and the school. We create community. We support learners. We promote parent involvement. We organize events.
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In 2001, the ACLC parent community created a 501(c)(3), the Creative Community Education Foundation (CCEF), to support the vision of ACLC. The CCEF welcomes parents from ACLC to support and fundraise for ACLC. Also, parents will serve on the school's Governing Board, governing committees, the CCEF Board of Directors, and the Parent Action Committee.
A new PAC will be formed specifically for ACLC to organize the parents to provide leadership for lunch programs, new parent mentoring, volunteer tutoring, planning the graduation event, support for sports teams and other extra curricular activities and field trip programs. Parents will also serve on the WASC Focus on Learning Committees.
Additionally, the school will hold an annual Parent Convention to solicit parent voice and input. Families of experienced learners at ACLC will offer mentoring to new learner families and a variety of parent taught or sponsored courses and workshops will be offered after school, such as UC college application workshops, art enrichment programs, etc. Parents will also assist in lunchtime supervision so that the ACLC Center may remain open throughout the day.
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It's 10:46 pm in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan and a small crowd is forming outside the mixology bar Sanatorium. As if accosted by some rare and extraordinary happening, several pedestrians stop in their tracks and instinctively whip out their phones to Snapchat and Instagram the moment. The renowned mixologist and Sanatorium owner, Albert Trummer, stands off to the side taking in the growing spectacle with looks of both satisfaction and awe. An intrigued, but slightly bemused teenager walks up to the entranced throng and asks, "Who is that?" Without missing a beat, a college girl answers fervently, "That's Bradley Theodore."
Neither enthused, nor disturbed by the commotion, the artist continues his dance – pouring, dipping, thinking, painting, unfolding a vivacious skeletal mural from his spirit to his mind, through his brushes, and onto the brick canvas of Building 14 on the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street. As the mural nears completion, Trummer paces the perimeter, feasting his eyes from different distances and angles before whispering, "Wow. He's transformed the whole block."
For Bradley Theodore Harvey, walking around New York City is like a trip to the local supermarket for most residents of Providenciales. You can barely make it 10 feet without running into someone you know – which is to be expected on an island of just 26,000 people, give or take. New York City, however, is not a small island supermarket. It's one of the greatest cities in the world, and with 8.5 million residents, making a name for yourself within it is far from a cakewalk.
Still, the allure of puncturing its rich arteries, of unlocking the code to its armored vault of opportunity continues to attract young creatives each year by the thousands. From western Kentucky to Eastern Africa they come to New York with hopes unbridled. For Bradley Theodore Harvey, the island of Middle Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands is where his story begins.
"I was actually born in South Caicos," the painter says, briskly walking down Rivington Street in the Lower East Side, hailing a taxi. He's remarkably refreshed for having gotten home at nearly sunrise, painting before bed, and once again in the early morning. "That's just Thursday in New York," Bradley laughs, tickled by the suggestion that it was somehow a wild night. The discipline it takes to rise early and create, he attributes not to the city, but to his mother Joy Harvey and the upbringing she gave him as a Turks Islander.
"Conch Bar, Middle Caicos. That's where my people are from," Bradley says on the way to Hotel Chantelle for brunch. "We moved to Miami when I was six-months-old. Rough neighboorhood, you know? But I saw my mother work three jobs to raise 9 kids and that work ethic, focus, and energy just stuck with me."
Throughout high school, graphic design and illustration piqued Bradley's interest so he decided to study it in college. "I got a reputation for being a hard-core digital arts guy in the lab. Friends of mine put me on to side projects that eventually took me to New York – thanks brother," he says to the cab driver before re-emerging into the sunshine.
The bouncer outside Hotel Chantelle greets him with the same warm familiarity as the wait staff at Harry Cipriani, the tattoo artists at Bang Bang, and the bartenders at Bleecker Heights Tavern in the West Village. Bradley walks past his Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid mural into the backdoor of the restaurant before continuing, "then Def Jam called."
The legendary record label utilized his talents in one of the most defining eras of hip-hop music, culture, and fashion iconography. They called him 'Digiman', a tech wizard whose video graphics, 3D animation, and album art visually punctuated multi-platinum selling records and clothing lines like Russell Simmons' Phat Farm. As a freelance consultant Bradley traveled the world, living in San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Paris at a time in his life when titans of the global fashion and music industries embraced him, but times change.
"The recession happened. Technology democratized digital art so more people starting doing it, fewer companies wanted to pay for it, and things just sort of…collapsed," the artist explains, this time opening the door to an UBER that will drive him to the Dream Hotel.
Unemployed and soul searching, the Harvey from Middle Caicos returned home to the islands. "The year I started painting I came back to Turks and Caicos. I was rejuvenated and resolved to use all the skills I had learned throughout the years – to put all the history, culture, and inspiration I had soaked up into my art."
Having worked and willed it into existence, in 2013 a mural appeared on Grand Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood that sent shockwaves up the spine of New York's street art scene and high fashion establishment. The evocatively colorful skeletal depiction of a conversation between Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld instantaneously went viral. Bradley's journey towards creating it, however, was anything but an overnight one.
"I locked myself away for a year, painting every day, reading, practicing, learning, and working to ensure that even though I come from a small country my work would compare to the best in the world."
Pairing the tutelage of bygone masters he found in books, galleries and films with guidance from living greats like his mentor and friend Ray Smith, Harvey developed his own voice. Describing the idiosyncratic style he unleashed to widespread acclaim across cities like London, Paris, and Hong Kong, he says, "It's a mixture of the colors of Turks and Caicos and the wildness of NYC."
At 6ft, 2, the painter cuts an impressive figure swaggering through the lobby of the Dream hotel. A Mexican television star approaches him asking to touch his hair and their ensuing conversation leads to the hotel's stunning installation of portraits. Shifting her gaze from Diane von Furstenberg to Naomi Campbell and Frida Kahlo, the actress says, "They remind me of Día de Muertos in Mexico." Bradley agrees before revealing he's actually the artist behind the array of famous faces. He elucidates the message behind his colorful skeletal style, explaining that it speaks not of death, but the spirit of life within all of us. His paintings viscerally communicate that beneath the glossy exteriors of even the rich, the talented, the famous, our unique experiences, choices, and desires are what speak to who we truly are as people.
From Marie Antoinette's splendiferous ball to the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, Harvey's work x-rays raw emotional energy in a way that exposes truth and vitality in all of his subjects.
A holler comes from down the street as Bradley heads home from the Dream. It's his old roommate from a decade before gushing with salutations and congratulations a plenty. "Brad I'm out in LA and you're big out there man, you're big!" he bubbles, as if to say, "Wow… you really made it."
Bradley breaks from the humble silence he often employs to update his friend on his latest developments.
In March, a short documentary about his life called 'Becoming Bradley Theodore' premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. At the launch, he unveiled a portrait of Robert De Niro that was given the nod of approval by the actor himself. His first solo show in London, 'Son of the Soil' at the Maddox Gallery in Mayfair received rave reviews before selling out completely on opening night.
As for later that evening, he's scheduled to attend the birthday party of NBA star Carmelo Anthony to present him with a portrait of his son – the one he completed earlier that same morning. In a few days he'll be off to Los Angeles, then back to London to close the exhibition, and finally, home to the Turks and Caicos for a while. He's just painted his first mural in the islands, a portrait of the National Hero and former Chief Minister of the country, the Honourable James Alexander George Smith 'JAGS' McCartney. The first, he hopes, of many.
"I plan on doing major art projects in the Turks and Caicos," Harvey says decidedly.
"Art is a part of culture. People travel to see statues, to see ruins, to absorb history. More than that, these are the things that reflect the soul of a people."
With a whirlwind of global experiences behind him, Bradley Theodore Harvey, the man from Middle Caicos, is finding his way back home. With passion, focus, and determination to build a creative oasis the world will revere, time will tell what the visionary artist has in store for the islands he has always drawn from as a source.
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Located on Manchester's central Deansgate Road and ideal for shopping, this modern hotel has spacious, air-conditioned rooms with city views. It is just 2133 feet from the Manchester Arena. Unlimited free WiFi is available in public areas. Renaissance Manchester's stylish bedrooms have a work area, high-speed internet access and 24-hour room service. Each room also has a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. On-site restaurant, Cast Iron Bar & Grill is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, offering a wide menu including light bites, burgers and British 28-day aged steaks. Renaissance Manchester Hotel is a 10-minute walk from Victoria Rail Station. There is a public car park next door.
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Agrii Fruit Show exhibition stand
Design of exhibition graphics for annual Fruit Show event
Agrii offer agronomy services to fruit growers and were looking to create a strong presence at the annual Fruit Show event.
Working with Agrii branding, we created a bright and clean look and feel for their exhibition stand. Using corporate colours we highlighted their core services.
The stand gave them a good presence at the show and helped communicate their offering to the fruit producers.


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As you walk through the huge entrance of this 3047 sqft home, you'll notice the home has a very luxurious feel & shows true pride of ownership. First you'll notice the formal dining area has more than enough room for your larger than usual dinner parties & has warm characteristics such as double sided fireplace into the living room. As you continue into the kitchen & living room, you'll notice the open & social floor plan that's great for entertaining. The kitchen features such things as a built in wine fridge & the living room has a great buit-in entertainment system. As you continue upstairs into the master bedroom you'll find a large ensuite to nicely compliment the generous sized bedroom. The ensuite features his & her sinks, tile shower as well as soaker tub & walk-in closet. As you walk down the hallway you'll find the 2nd & 3rd bedrooms, bonus room & 5 piece bathroom. If you're looking for a move in ready home with south exposure in one of Calgary's best communities, call today!
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Step up to the crease and compete with the professionals in cricket's most challenging tournaments, including the ICC Cricket World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy. Featuring all the official ICC One-Day International teams, with 16 players per squad, and stadia from around the world, including The Oval, Newlands, and Edgbaston, Brian Lara International Cricket will be a truly authentic experience.
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Our time with Ursula Rudor was inspiring. She and her husband were pastors in the East for many years before the wall came down - not a cool time to be a Christian. But they were steadfast, and she has many stories to tell, stories that remind me how thankful I am to live in a free country.
We had a great time with our pals Sybille and Gundi, and Sybille's sweetie Fred, who made roulladen for a dinner party we were able to attend. Yum! (And thanks friend for the headache remedy. You're a doll!)
The food was spectacular, the architecture inspiring and the views breathtaking.
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By Midge Pierce
Design is as important inside as out. It's no surprise that furniture stores are among the beneficiaries of Portland's building surge.
While furniture trends come and go, some things stand the test of time. Quality is one.
In SE Portland, two long-standing stores have delivered quality furnishing for several generations.
In a town that takes buying local to heart, the family-owned Kuhnhausen Furniture in the 2600 block of E. Burnside is a time-honored establishment.
Founded in 1919, it may be the last family-run furniture store in Portland. Siblings Neal, Jan and Shelley share a commitment to customer service and the mission that "everyone deserves to live in their ideal space."
What started as a small appliance store is now an eclectic mix of old and new design – much like the Portland of today. In the showroom where matched sets once reigned, mid-century modern side tables and coffeetables mix with classic armchairs.
One thing that hasn't changed is a focus on quality, local dealers, and family. For very nearly a century, the store has survived booms and busts, wartime and depression, and the opening and closing of satellite stores along the outer edges of town.
Showcasing inventory from local distributors like Biltwell or Castellano is important to brother Neal. The most popular items are upholstered sofas, chairs and sectionals. Neal, the first sibling to join the business, recalls why the store changed from appliances to all furnishings.
"Fixing appliances was intensive and required specialized labor," he said, adding that the family never had enough time for each other.
Since learning the business as a teen from his father and grandfather, Neal has witnessed enormous transformation in Portland shoppers and stores. He says Kuhnhausen's clientele is long-established but growing as the city expands.
"Ikea has its market position. We get the young people who have grown tired of putting it all together. They want grown-up, real furniture."
Jan Stewart says today's shoppers are savvy. "They come in focused, knowing what they want after researching online and watching home improvement shows."
For Shelley Howard, well-proportioned furniture that is neither too massive nor too scanty is important. "Not everyone gets to play house in a furniture store every day."
Something that never goes out of style is wood. The Natural Furniture store on Stark St. in Montavilla draws in customers with that clean, new wood smell and keeps them there with its craftsmanship and variety.
From Adirondack chairs to dressers, tables, bookcases and custom media centers, all items are solid wood, ready to be stained with a selection of low VOC finishes or simply left unfinished.
"High quality from local craftsmen withstands the test of time," says owner Rick Slagter.
His clientele has a can-do DIY spirit that comes from custom-designing wall units, bookcases, chest of drawers or other items "any way clients want" and staining them any colors they like.
"You can save a lot of money by doing your own design. Normally, if you hire a designer they develop the idea. Here, your idea is custom-made for a tenth of the cost. What a designer charges you $10 – $20 K, costs $2000 here.
He too has noticed that clients come in well prepared with exact specifications and line drawings of what they want a project to look like.
After 40 years on Broadway, Rick Slagter loves Montavilla's resurgence and ambience. He particularly likes his store's juxtaposition being across from restaurants like the Country Cat, Ya Hala, and The Observatory. "A lot of new homeowners in the area are from California. They know good wood."
The eco-friendliness of quality wood products that lasts a lifetime is important. For those with allergies against glue and stains, Slagter says that natural furniture – like natural foods and eating healthy – are all quintessential earmarks of Portland.
At least for his clients and staff, the smell of wood furniture never gets old.


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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 1, 2014 Edition
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki lamented the perception that President Obama's foreign policy has been plagued by incoherence and inconsistency, saying that "President Obama doesn't give himself enough credit for what he's done around the world."
"Lesser minds are having difficulty comprehending the sophisticated nuances of the President's world view," Psaki contended. "They see the resurgence of al-Qaeda as evidence of failure in the war on terror. What they fail to understand is that if the United States is not perceived as threatening, that it is no longer their enemy, they will have no reason to attack us. And unlike during the Bush Administration, there have been no terrorist attacks on America since President Obama introduced his 'smile turneth away wrath' approach."
Some members of the media found Psaki's perspective "laughable," however, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean came to her defense. "There is no question that there are vast differences between the mental capabilities of different people," Dean said. "President Obama is at the pinnacle of the human pyramid. It stands to reason that persons further down would have a hard time trying to figure out his thinking."
As an example of President Obama's superhuman mental accomplishments Dean cited "the transformation he has wrought in Libya. For 40 years Gaddafi ruled that land with an iron fist, but with the skilled intervention carried out under President Obama's orders a democratic and peaceful regime has supplanted his tyranny."
According to Dean, the fact that few would be inclined to agree with his assessment "only bolsters the case for President Obama's genius. Historically, geniuses have always stood out from the pack. Many have been pilloried and persecuted as President Obama is being pilloried and persecuted for his vision of a better world."
In related news, Secretary of State John Kerry labeled Edward Snowden a coward for refusing to return to the United States where he faces the threat of prosecution for divulging that the US Government spies on its own citizens. "I think that a person who has objections to what his Government is doing has an obligation to air these grievances face-to-face like I did as a young naval officer in order to expose the war atrocities being committed by US troops in Vietnam," Kerry said. The Secretary's comparison may be inapt, though. While Kerry may have committed crimes, the Government never sought to try him—a circumstance that Kerry attributed to "both Nixon's cowardice and the irrefutable truth of what I had to say."
Pelosi Explains Why VA Secret Waiting List Isn't an Obama Scandal
First of all, the contention that the Veterans Administration used secret waiting lists to conceal lengthy delays in treatments is disproved by the fact that everyone knows about them," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) argued. "To say it's a secret when there are hundreds of stories in newspapers, magazines, TV and radio is just more of the same old Republican dirty tricks."
"Then to say that somehow President Obama is at fault is simply unfair," Pelosi continued. "As anyone who has seen his recent press conference knows he only found out about it from media reports just like the rest of us did. Just because he is the President doesn't mean everything that goes on in his Administration is his fault. The Government is a vast enterprise that is far too big for any one person to manage."
Confronted with the fact that Senator Obama criticized the VA when George Bush was president, Pelosi insisted that "awareness of the mistakes of others is different. The objective in 2008 was to convince voters to make a change. That goal was accomplished and reconfirmed in 2012, which, I think, shows that President Obama was able to focus on and achieve the more important task."
"Now that President Obama has courageously and graciously accepted Shinseki's resignation I am hopeful that we can put this ugly episode behind us," Pelosi added. "Once again the President has been failed by a subordinate's ineptitude. That he still continues to persevere for a country that may be unworthy of his greatness shows a strength of character beyond what anyone else in similar circumstances could have shown."
In related news, VA officials testifying before Congress were accused of "stonewalling" by Representative Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan). Thomas Lynch, Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Health and Clinical Operations, claimed that "disclosing Government secrets to a rogue Congress would be both insubordinate and possibly treasonous. The ulterior motive of those prying into VA affairs is to undermine our nation's Commander-in-Chief. I cannot allow myself to become a party to this kind of disloyal and insurrectionist activity."
Clinton Calls Benghazi Probe "Unpatriotic"
In what appears to have the character of a preemptive strike in furtherance of her anticipated 2016 presidential campaign, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blasted GOP efforts to open a Congressional investigation of 2012's massacre of four Americans in Benghazi as "unpatriotic."
"For the sake of argument, let's say that maybe some mistakes were made," Clinton said. "Wouldn't a public airing of these mistakes reflect poorly on the US Government? And wouldn't making the Government look bad give aid and comfort to this country's enemies? Isn't this defined as treason in the US Constitution?"
"When you consider that I already conducted an investigation of this tragic event, the egregious redundancy of the GOP effort should be clear," Clinton asserted. "My investigation showed that nothing we could say or do at this point would make any difference to the Americans who died on that day in Benghazi. I conveyed these findings in testimony to Congress last year. I answered their questions. For the Republicans to say that there are still unanswered questions merely because they refuse to accept the answers I gave is deceitful."
Senator Refuses to Debate Opponent
Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss) continues to decline invitations to debate his Republican primary opponent Chris McDaniel on the grounds that "this is a race for the United States Senate, not a debating society."
"The voters of Mississippi have had 40 years to get to know my views," Cochran pointed out. "I don't see how a few hours of debate at this late date could provide a significant augmentation of what I've said and done in my service to the citizens of this fine state over this lengthy period."
"By appearing on the same platform with my less-experienced challenger I would be elevating his stature—making him seem a viable alternative," the Senator observed. "Why should I do that? LBJ didn't debate Goldwater in the 1964 election and he went on to crush him winning more than 60% of the vote. I'm the sitting senator. McDaniel is the naif crying for attention. I think this contrast alone is enough to give voters a clear idea of who they should want as their senator."
Obama Economy Continues to Under-Perform Expectations
For the 21st consecutive quarter the US economy has failed to live up to the Obama Administration's promised improvement. The revised GDP for the January-March period of 2014 showed a 1% decline. The vaunted recovery from the "Great Recession" remains elusive.
Jason Furman, Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, attributed the decline in GDP to "bad weather," which he blamed on "GOP resistance to the President's efforts to curb global climate change."
"In one sense, bad weather can just be bad luck," Furman suggested. "The Soviet economy was hammered year-after-year by an incredible streak of bad weather from the 1920s through the 1980s. If a country like the old USSR with a totally unified consensus on economic policy could suffer such misfortune, there ought to be more sympathy for President Obama's frustration with an uncooperative Congress."
"The real issue here is persistent GOP obstruction of the President's agenda," Furman maintained. "With each passing day the GOP's behavior is forcing him toward taking unilateral action to bypass their blockade. While those wed to strict adherence to Constitutionally delegated powers will complain, I, for one, will welcome this bold adventure into a new form of governance for this country."
Senator Pushes "Hate Speech" Surveillance Law
Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass) is pushing legislation (S-2219) that would empower the federal government to monitor all media to ferret out "hate speech."
"There is a large reservoir of bigotry in our population," Markey said. "If we are to stamp it out we need to know who is spreading these vile thoughts. While we can't listen in on everybody at this point we can access all communications passing over the Internet and airwaves."
The Senator denied his Bill is an invasion of privacy. "The Internet and the airwaves are in the public domain," Markey asserted. "In effect, this means that the Government owns these mediums and has both the right and the obligation to ensure that no hateful expressions are permitted on them. A necessary step to ensuring this is to find out who is abusing our communications systems for the purpose of fomenting hatred."
Currently, Markey has no co-sponsors for his legislation—a phenomenon he attributes to the "climate of fear that has been successfully nurtured by the purveyors of hate. If these people can intimidate members of Congress to spurn this vital legislation it should be obvious that it is needed more than ever."
Michelle Obama Vows Veto of Changes to School Lunch Menus
First Lady Michelle Obama says she will "veto" any effort by Republicans in Congress to grant local school districts discretion to deviate from her prescribed "healthy fare" food choices. "Obesity is a serious health threat and I have worked too long and hard to allow the gains I have achieved to be undermined by people suffering from nutritional ignorance," she declared.
School districts have sought freedom to diverge from the First Lady's program because many of their students refuse to eat what is served. Nonetheless, Michelle sees no reason to yield or compromise. "Even if it is true that some of their students won't eat what's good for them, I can't permit the substitution of unhealthy alternatives," she insisted. "If this means that some students go without lunch, well, is that really so bad? Kids today are way too fat. Missing one meal a day would probably benefit most of them."
Meanwhile, the lunches served to Michelle's daughters at the posh Sidwell Friends School deviate considerably from what she has decreed must be mandatory for public schools catering to the broader population.


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Drake's since responded to Mill with a couple dis tracks, filling the rap authenticity quotient in a case like this. "Back to Back Freestyle" and Drake's first response song, "Charged Up," which he debuted Saturday on his OVO Sound Radio show for Apple Music's Beats 1 station, made about as much an imprint on my memory as Dreams Worth More Than Money, which is to say not much. And yet Drake managed to make a point with "Hotline Bling," one of the other songs he premiered on OVO Sound Radio.
"Hotline Bling" is billed as a remix of "Cha Cha," an irresistible R&B cut from Virginia singer D.R.A.M. that's built on a Super Mario World sample. But "Hotline Bling" barely resembles the effervescent shot of summertime it's remixed. On Drake's track the tinny accordion-like synth from "Cha Cha" has been slowed to a sluggish shuffle that resembles a cell phone ringtone, which infuses the song with the nighttime mystique and shades of sadness the Toronto rapper-singer plays so well.
In "Hotline Bling" Drake's focus is on an ex, and he hits all the major points of a scorned lover. He recounts the times she called him in need late at night (seemingly the hours when Drake is at his peak, given how much of his material seems to grow out of the wee hours); he mentions the reputation she's garnered since he's been out of town and out of touch, that she wears fewer clothes, goes out more frequently, and hangs with people he doesn't know; and he does it all employing language that undermines his ex's autonomy, chastising her for not acting like the "good girl" he once loved. Drake, or rather his protagonist, appears petty, selfish, and oblivious to the desires and wishes of the lives not in his orbit on "Hotline Bling."
And yet Drake's performance breathes some humanity into his terse words. He sounds hurt, neglected, and confused even while he's admonishing his ex—often because he seems surprised to be saying the things he's saying (or rapping and singing). He's hurt, looking in on the life of someone he once cared about from the outside; he's unable to understand the changes taking place, so he tries to reside in the memories he holds dear, no matter how hard it seems in the current context.
Drake, like the protagonist in "Hotline Bling," is in a position to fight change. He sits at hip-hop's peak, and even though he arguably already shares the throne with a few other MCs, it's a position he wants to keep. And accusations like the one Meek Mill made a week ago can eat away at the person at the top, regardless of the statement's validity. But what's missing from Drake's dis tracks that's present in "Hotline Bling" is a range of emotion that makes room for vulnerability and even empathy. While Drake's protagonist in "Hotline Bling" spits venom, he also reveals shades of remorse and regret. As in some of Drake's best tracks, the MC casts himself in a gray area morally, and he succeeds in getting people to feel for him in such a state—he doesn't look great in the stories he weaves, but he sure sounds great weaving them.
Sounding great is the key. "Hotline Bling" is sui generis Drake—it's hard to imagine anyone else pulling off this kind of song with the same verve. Even if others did contribute to his lyrics, he's the one who was executes them and makes them resonate. I haven't been able to listen to much else since I first pressed play on "Hotline Bling," and that's the sign of success: I should want to listen to D.R.A.M.'s uplifting "Cha Cha" right about now (it fits the warm weather), but I'm still drawn back to Drake's downer, which is "Cha Cha" but with the touch of Sadness from Inside Out that only Drake can provide.
If you're in the mood to experience the lighthearted original "Cha Cha," head to the Mid tonight to see D.R.A.M. in the flesh; read my full preview in this week's Music section.
Leor Galil writes about hip-hop every week.
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OOB Has a New StageBuddy
It's getting harder for OOB. Journalism is on the decline, newspapers are tanking along with the economy - myspace flooded out, facebook is in - to twitter or not to twitter - what's an OOB theatre artist gotta do to get noticed around here? StageBuddy.com's answer: a new completely free, user-generated website for live performance events in New York City.
StageBuddy.com launched in September, and has provided a great solution for live performers to get the word out. In addition to listing information: synopses, pictures and logos, StageBuddy.com offers a true web 2.0 experience adding video uploads, profiles & interviews, and audience reviews & feedback. StageBuddy.com plans to get reviews online in the near future.
With your free account to StageBuddy.com, you even get free admission to StageBuddy's Weekly Night Live every Saturday night at the Times Square Arts Center. Without an account the tickets are just $5; the show features live interviews of and performances from New York theatre's movers and shakers by Dave Leftkowitz, former editor of playbill online. The icing on the cake? StageBuddy's Weekly Night Live has a 6pm curtain, and gets you out by 7pm, giving you just enough time to get to the theatre for an 8pm show!
Free, user-generated content, video uploads & interviews, plus a live weekly show previewing live performance in New York City? Head on over to StageBuddy.com to check it out.


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The mission of FADAA is to represent its members in advancing addiction treatment, prevention and research through public policy leadership, communications, professional development and quality member services.
Florida Council for Community Mental Health
The Florida Council for Community Mental Health (FCCMH) is a statewide association of 70 community-based mental health and substance abuse agencies. The association's membership includes a number of agencies that specialize in substance abuse services and children's services, as well as hospital-based programs.
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Advocate proactively on behalf of hospitals at the state and federal levels on issues that will assist its members in their mission of community service and care to patients.
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Our goal is to be recognized as a world-class social services system, delivering valued services to our customers. We are committed to providing a level and quality of service we would want for our own families.
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NAMI Tallahassee is a grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses.
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