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I like Damien Hirst's work.

Hey everyone, I thought I'd reach out to the good people of the Miami board and see if anyone might have the right contacts to help the non-profit organization I work for here in Miami. I work for Best Buddies International, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment. As you may be able to imagine, people with intellectual disabilities often have a difficult time connecting to their peers and creating lasting friendships. So, Best Buddies pairs a person with intellectual disabilities to a person in their community with similar interests and of the same age in the hopes of establishing friendships that might not otherwise exist. Our Buddy Pairs enjoy doing all types of activities together such as going to sport events, the movies, the zoo, museums…etc. In Broward and Dade County alone we have over 1,000 participates! It truly is an awesome organization that brings tons happiness to a lot of people. How I’m hoping the people of the Miami board might be able to help out is by putting us in contact with people in the local community that might be able to give free or discounted stuff (movie passes, zoo passes, sports tickets, museum passes…anything) that we could give out to our local participants so that they can enjoy cheap and fun activities together. We are also having a local high school training day in two weeks where ~100 of our Best Buddies high school participants will be gathering to learn how to make their Best Buddies chapters better and we are always looking to give out all sorts of free stuff to our student participates! So then, if anyone has some contacts of local people or companies that you think would like to help out a really cool local non-profit please e-mail me at JeremiahAngel@bestbuddies.org with their info. Big thanks! For more info about Best Buddies International please visit www.BestBuddies.org! Jeremiah D. Angel Executive Assistant to the VP, Programs & Merchandise Coordinator Best Buddies International 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 1990 Miami, FL 33131 1-800-89-BUDDY Fax: 305-374-5305 www.bestbuddies.org

I thought I would pass this on for anyone on the board that might be interested. WHO: South Florida Peace & Justice Network *Broward Anti-War Coalition (www.antiwarbroward.org) *Citizens for Peace & Justice PB/Treasure Coast (pbpeace@yahoogroups.com) *Greenpeace (www.greenpeace.org) *Miami Workers Center *Pan Afrikan Nationalists *Progressive Democratic Alliance (www.progressivedems.net) *Women's Int'l. League for Peace & Freedom *Members of Labor (AFL-CIO), Muslim-American Communities, Arab Communities, Students, Veterans WHAT: GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION (Peace Protest with entertainment, speakers, music, march, et cetera) WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 20TH from 11:30 am - 4:00 pm WHERE: TORCH OF FRIENDSHIP, Bayfront Park, Miami (Biscayne Blvd. & NE 3rd Street) SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN - YOUR VOICE IS!! SPEAK OUT!!!

Older News story (still funny): Disgruntled Asian Tattoo Artist Inks His Revenge Reprinted from Sept. 2002 -- Pitt junior Brandon Smith wanted a tattoo that proclaimed his manliness, so he decided to get the Chinese characters for “strength†and “honor†on his chest. After 20 minutes under the needle of local tattoo artist Andy Sakai, he emerged with the symbol for “small penis†embedded in his flesh. “I had it for months before I knew what it really meant,†Smith said. “Then I went jogging through the Carnegie Mellon campus and a group of Asian kids started laughing and calling me ‘Shorty.’ That’s when I knew something was up.†Sakai, an award-winning tattoo artist, was tired of seeing sacred Japanese words, symbols of his heritage, inked on random white people. So he used their blissful ignorance to make an everlasting statement. Any time acustomer came to Sakai’s home studio wanting Japanese tattooed on them, he modified it into a profane word or phrase. “All these preppy sorority girls and suburban rich boys think they’re so cool ‘cause they have a tattoo with Japanese characters. But it doesn’t mean shit to them!†Sakai said. “The dumbasses don’t even realize that I’ve written ‘slut’ or ‘pervert’ on their skin!†* Symbols on the back of a Pitt Student inked by Sakai (inset) were originally meant to say, "princess." They really say, "prostitute." In the last month, seven people unknowingly received explicit tattoos from the disgruntled artist. Kerri Baker, a Carlow College freshman, paid $50 to have the symbols for “beautiful goddess†etched above her belly button, but when she went into Szechuan Express Asian Noodle Shop sporting a bare midriff, the giggling employees explained to her that the tattoo really said, “Insert General Tso’s Chicken Here!†“I don’t even like General Tso’s!†Baker sobbed. “I’m a vegetarian!†Sakai doesn’t feel guilty about using hapless college students as canvases for his graffiti. “I think I’m helping my fellow man by labeling all the stupid people in the world,†he explained. “It’s not a crime, it’s a public service.

I agree, people need to chill the fuck out with the horns.

Zabiela and Burridge at Nerve.

Lawler @ State

Bump for Pappanastos!

I use to party at Tonic in Charlotte, NC. Their friday night (Lush) resident, Pappanastos, is fucking great. He's actually one of my favorite DJs so I'm really looking forward to Sunday. BTW, any set times? What's the cover? Peace

What else will be happenin' at Jazid over the WMC?

I'm going to try and head down after work around 6. Does anyone know the set times yet?

No habla espanol.

Sounds like a good one

I'm at the Mirador (1000 West Ave, South Beach) and love it. My 1/1 is $1100 a month. Check the Mirador's website: http://www.miradorsouthbeach.com/ here's a view from my patio. I'd have to say its one of the best on South Beach

I voted for Kerry in this poll but I support Dean's views and opinions more than Kerry's.