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Deden Noy, an Indonesian musician who turned his dreams into reality

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          D eden Noy (29) lives in the village of Batu Lambang in the Bengkulu province. Since he was in middle school, Deden admired Mike Portnoy, an american musician. It all started when a friend of him gave him a VCD album of the band Dream Theater.     Since then, Deden said he idolized and made Mike Portnoy a role model in playing the drums, and his admiration for the american musician was immortalized by adding the name Portnoy behind the name of his first child, Tama Aditya Portnoy (10)     When Deden graduated from high school, he began working as a scavenger. " Day and night I look for used trash to sell. In the area I can't make a living relying on my drum skills, " he said with a laugh.     Things got worse in 2016, when the price for the garbage Deden collected had dropped. Even so, he learned the art of recycling; or how to turn old garbage into new stuff. The skill that he had learned was definitely worth it, as it wo...

woman in florida, sentenced 30 days in jail due to cough assault

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    Debra Jo Hunter, 52, is sentenced to jail for 30 days of jail and a fine of $500. She coughed inside a Pier 1 store in the midst of the Pandemic. She also had been charged to cover the costs of the victim's Covid-19 test.           The victim was Heather Sprague, who had started recording before the encounter, when Hunter was storming and insulting the employees over an item which she wanted to return but didn't have with her. Hunter saw her recording, and suddenly gave Heather a double flip and told Heather that she was going to cough on her, which she did. Sprague then had to find a place for her and her family to stay until she had taken her Covid-19 test. fortunately, the results were negative.     To the judge, Hunter's husband told him that they were facing multiplex hardships, which included losing everything in their house on fire.     'it was like air being inflated into a ballloon, and it finally got to the point ...