This is how it goes when you are Steve Perry. Everyone is excited to see you, and no one can quite believe it. In , an ambitious but middlingly successful San Francisco jazz-rock band called Journey went looking for a new lead singer and found Mr. Perry, then a year-old veteran of many unsigned bands. This new incarnation of Journey produced a string of hit singles, released eight multiplatinum albums and toured relentlessly — so relentlessly that in , a road-worn Mr. Perry walked away again, from Journey and from the spotlight. Over the course of a long midafternoon lunch — well-done souvlaki, hold all the starches — Mr. And when he detailed the personal tragedy that moved him to make music again, he talked about it in language as earnest and emotional as any Journey song:. With Mr.

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The City of Miami is seeking to fill an upcoming vacancy in the District 5 City Commission seat following the resignation of Commissioner Keon Hardemon, which resignation is effective November 17, Today, the City of Miami Commission through a unanimous vote, approved a resolution that will make the streets in Little Havana safer. Vehicular traffic on the privately-owned Grove Isle Bridge in Coconut Grove will be restricted beginning this weekend and until further notice. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez today formally extended the City of Miami's state of emergency declaration in keeping with Charter requirements.
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In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. If you are, Gary John Bishop has the answer. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho continues to change the lives of its readers forever. With more than two million copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has established itself as a modern classic, universally admired.
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