FLORIDA DIGEST February 15, 2008

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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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Local gay teacher receives award
Global peace group recognizes Loupo for safe schools work
Long-time South Florida activist Robert Loupo was honored on Saturday at areception hosted by Wingspan Seminars, a global consulting agency thatfocuses on conflict management and peaceful human relationships in society.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/2-14/news/localnews/4420.cfm
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Art Walk showcases local talents
Lewis Parker's erotic photography among Feb. 15 highlights in Wilton ManorsSeveral local artists will display their works on Friday, Feb. 15, ingalleries and businesses along Wilton Drive as part of Island City, Inc.'smonthly Art Walk.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/2-14/locallife/pulse/4421.cfm
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Competition heats up among local AIDS agencies
Calif.-based AHF draws criticism as groups vie for scarce federal funds.After months of renovating its corner storefront in Wilton Manors, the Outof the Closet thrift shop and adjoining pharmacy made a splashy opening onJan. 26.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/2-14/news/localnews/4407.cfm
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Exquisite expressions
Art Explosion winners inspired by various life experiences
At first glance, the winners of ArtsUnited's 2008 Art Explosion visual artexhibition might seem as different as the media in which they work. Whethercreating a three-dimensional, mixed-media piece, a watercolor landscape or aphotographic print, each went beyond his individual techniques and insteadfocused on the opportunity to express himself through his art.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/2-14/arts/feature/4411.cfm
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Queery
Keith Clark is a local artist who specializes abstract oil painting. Two ofhis pieces are in the Art Explosion show. He currently sells his work atMichael Joseph Gallery in Fort Lauderdale and the Peter Meyhoefer Gallery inLake Worth.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/2-14/view/columns/4419.cfm
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From Care Resource
info@careresource.org
Please join Care Resource as Coconut Grove's hotspot CocoWalk is set to hostits first Bodies Exposed art exhibit benefiting Care Resource. Set in thecenter's courtyard, the art exhibit will showcase over 15 mannequins (a fewpictures above) each uniquely painted by local and international artists.
On the final day of the festival (Monday), CocoWalk will host a cocktailreception during which patrons will have a chance to meet the artists andpurchase the unique art pieces. Admission to the cocktail reception isfree. A portion of the proceeds from each sale will benefit Care ResourceSouth Florida's oldest and largest HIV/AIDS service organization, servingboth Dade and Broward counties.
Saturday, February 16 and Sunday, February 17 Exhibit: Noon - 9:00 p.m.
Monday, February 18 Exhibit: Noon - 6:00 p.m
Cocktail Reception and sale: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
CocoWalk - 3015 Grand Avenue
Coconut Grove, Florida 33133
www.cocowalk.net
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Miami Herald
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Dade schools chief warns of layoffs
The Miami-Dade school district's top administrator warned that further cutsin state funding could result in substantial layoffs. Citing a bleakrevenue forecast from lawmakers in Tallahassee, Miami-Dade SchoolsSuperintendent Rudy Crew said Wednesday he would consider laying off schoolsemployees -- perhaps hundreds -- to balance the district's tight budget.
http://www.miamiherald.com/519/story/418582.html
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Time to fix state's primary mess
When the Democratic National Committee declared last year that it wouldpunish Florida and Michigan for violating its primary election calendar byrefusing to seat delegates to the party convention, it failed to foreseetoday's state-by-state battle for votes. Now the 210 delegates from Floridaand the 156 from Michigan loom large. The two leading candidates aresquaring off for a credentials fight based on purely selfish interests. Theonly way out of this mess is to call in some grown-ups.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/420045.html
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Palm Beach Post
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Florida losing millions in federal Medicaid money
WASHINGTON - The hurricanes that battered Florida a few years ago arehurting the state once again in an unexpected manner: Florida is losinghundreds of millions of dollars in federal Medicaid money.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/state/epaper/2008/02/13/0213medicaid.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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South Florida's superdelegates are torn: Obama or Clinton?
Diane Glasser, a state Democratic Party leader from Tamarac, won't saywhether she will back Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama for president.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flpdems0215pnfeb15,0,1512254.story
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Easy Answers Elude Mich., Fla. Delegates
MILWAUKEE - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton desperately wants meaningless winsin Florida and Michigan to turn into votes she can count on. It won't beeasy with the Democratic National Committee rules standing in her way.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ats-ap_top12feb15,0,1262707.story
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The F. Scott Fitzgerald of Gay Lit
Holleran's stark critique of '70s gay life remains a controversial classic
By Jesse Monteagudo
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Andrew Holleran's career spans the history of post-Stonewall gay literature.His first novel, "Dancer from the Dance (1978)," a stark, tell-it-like-it-isstudy of gay life in New York and Fire Island, is perhaps the most importantgay novel of the 1970s. In its day, "Dancer from the Dance" was compared to"Faggots," Larry Kramer's scathing attack on the gay scene. But Holleran hasmixed feelings about the comparisons.
"Yes and no," he says. "Yes, in the sense that they were both about the NewYork gay community, a new subject at the time, and came out almostsimultaneously. No, because they were so different. Larry's book was blackcomedy, inspired in part by Evelyn Waugh; mine was more romantic, and wasrejected by one publisher for being too much like 'The Great Gatsby.'"
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