FLORIDA DIGEST February 17, 2008

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TONIGHT! [ Sunday]
2008 Stars of the Rainbow Gala & Celebration Ticket & Auction Information
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of South Florida (GLCC) is proud toannounce the Stars of the Rainbow Crystal Ball Gala & Celebration. Thisannual and much anticipated Stars of the Rainbow event, formally recognizesremarkable individuals and organizations who contribute to the Greater FortLauderdale LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community. Stars ofthe Rainbow will be held at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort, 3030 HolidayDrive in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, February 17, 2008. The event issignificant, as 2008 marks the GLCC's 15th anniversary of providing criticalprograms and services to the LGBT community. The "Crystal Ball Gala &Celebration" theme recognizes the GLCC's 15-year anniversary.
Tickets are available for $125 at the Gala level or $195 at the VIP level.
Complimentary valet parking will be offered at the main entrance of theMarriott. Tickets will be on sale at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center, onthe GLCC website at glccsf.org via this email or over the phone through 5pmon Saturday, February 16th. You may also purchase tickets at the door onSunday.
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Stonewall Library and Archives - Ft. Lauderdale
Today - Sunday - 2pm
LITERARY ICON ANDREW HOLLERAN TO APPEAR AT STONEWALL LIBRARY & ARCHIVES OnSunday, February 17, 2008, at 2:00 pm, at Stonewall Library & Archives,literary icon Andrew Holleran will discuss his works and will read fromanunpublished work. Essayist, novelist, and short story writer, Holleranisone of the preeminent writers of post-Stonewall gay literature. He wasamember of the Violet Quill, a gay writer's group that met briefly from1980-81 and included, among others, Edmund White, Felice Picano, and RobertFerro.
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Re-vote would give Florida a meaningful say
What if they held an election and more than 1.7 million Florida Democratscame? That is the quandary facing Democrats, as Hillary Clinton and BarackObama slog it out, state to state, with neither in reach of the 2,025delegates needed to claim the nomination. Florida Democrats could stageanother election that would count toward tie-breaking delegates, but acaucus with limited voting sites would draw a fraction of the record-settingJan. 29 turnout.
http://www.miamiherald.com/418/story/421367.html
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Clinton will have to get around DNC to seat Michigan and Florida 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.miamiherald.com/692/story/421303.html
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School officials willing to call evolution 'theory'
The offer is a nod to religious conservatives. Could two words make adifference in the evolution debate?
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/16/State/School_officials_will.shtml
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Clearer focus on science
Florida standards should specifically include evolution Evolution is abouthow species in this world change. The evidence is irrefutable, andunderstanding that scientific theory is essential to understanding scienceas a whole.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/opnOPN11021608.htm
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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Proposed rule could end some cruise lines' short trips
Proposed regulation could change itineraries. There's only so much you cando on Coco Cay, a flat spit of an island in the Bahamas that Royal CaribbeanInternational outfitted for cruise stops about 20 years ago.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzport0217sbfeb17,0,4001282.story
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Andrew Holleran's dark humor in age of AIDS
A regular reader of Andrew Holleran's novels - aside from his dazzlingdebut, Dancer From the Dance - might assume the author is a forebodingpresence, mired in bitterness over the senselessness of the AIDS crisis, andmore recently, the dying of the light brought on by aging.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/events/sfl-bkholleran17sbfeb17,0,6529871.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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Democrats' indignation a little too late
Suddenly, everyone's angry about the awful way Florida Democrats weredisenfranchised in last month's primary. It's an interesting development inthe state's long history of election dysfunction and one that proves, oncemore, that behind every act of public indignation, lies the shame of privatedesperation.
http://www.miamiherald.com/418/story/422284.html
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