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Of Freegans and Flatulence
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I heard the term "Freegan" for the first time tonight, and immediately pronounced myself one, falsely assuming that it meant I was a fan of Morgan Freeman.
My mistake was honest. Wikipedia says, "The lifestyle (of a freegan) involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters that have passed their display date but haven't passed their edible date. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement."
Apparently Oprah did an episode on this last year.
It's intriguing, this freeganism. But I like my definition of the word better.
Last night, I was farted on. I'll ...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 19, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
AIDS-related dementiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’m Bevin EnglishSince the early stages of the AIDS pandemic, doctors have known about an important neurological complication of HIV infection. This condition, known as AIDS-related dementia, AIDS dementia complex (ADC), or HIV-associated dementia (HAD), is a complex and poorly understood disease, and has the potential to greatly impact many people’s lives, including HIV-positive individuals and their families and close friends. In the United States, HIV-1 is the most common cause of dementia in adults under the age of 40. Also, neurological impairment affects roughly 60% of HIV-positive patients throughout the world. ...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - September 19, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs
The fabulous - VERESPHERE in SFEmail this article to a colleague.
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Discussion--Elizabeth Stephens, Rudy Lemcke, Annie Sprinkle, Tina Takemoto.
Visit California Institute of Integral Studies for more information
Source: VisualAIDS - September 19, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
September 18/08 Caught again exposing myself - With Fab Magazine.Email this article to a colleague.
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Of course, getting a dig any chance I can get at Sustiva, and Atriple, I will take. Especially with the help of my friend Kostas. It’s almost as good as the first cup of coffee in the morning.
More will follow.
Here is where I’m going to shameless plug myself, ahhhhh promote myself. I usually do the former, emphasis on usually, in a more private setting.
Mexico City, posthumous. I wanted to write something about the conference. And of course it was the continuation on the theme of A-list and my life on the D-list. I’m actually feeling a little nervous about it. That nervousness is actually a good thing be...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 18, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Exhibitionism is a Drug Uncategorized recovery Atripla Cognitive Side Effects Crazy Effarvirenz Fab Magazine gay GLBT HIV LGBT Sustiva Source Type: blogs
walt senterfitt at CHAMPS HHS watch: HIV/AIDS & the campaign to end homophobia (963)Email this article to a colleague.
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Where’s Our National Campaign Against Homophobia?
from CHAMP’s HHS watch
By Walt Senterfitt
The long-delayed release of the CDC’s new HIV incidence estimates for the United States coincided with the opening of the International AIDS Conference (IAC) in Mexico City. These two events had one striking common theme: gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are the core of the epidemic in the US and in many other parts of the world and must be at the core of the response in order to end AIDS.
The majority of new HIV infections (more than 57%) are among gay, bisexual and other MSM. [See be...
Source: aids-write.org - September 18, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous Source Type: blogs
blank physician’s recommendation letter for medical cannabis (962)Email this article to a colleague.
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Physician’s Statement
Regarding Medical Cannabis
as per California Health & Safety Code 11362.5
To Whom It May Concern:
this statement certifies that
___________________________________________
(patient)
is a patient under my care and supervision for the treatment of
___________________________________________
(diagnosis)
____ (optional; please check if applicable) I decline to state my patient’s diagnosis to protect his or her confidentiality
I have discussed the benefits and risks of cannabis use with my patient as a treatment for his or her condition. I recommend or approve cannabis use for my patient. I...
Source: aids-write.org - September 18, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs
maggie mahr, healthbeat blog: morally bankrupt policy of commodified public health (961)Email this article to a colleague.
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How U.S. Health Care Mirrors the Contradictions Ingrained in the Minds and Souls of America’s Citizens
Posted by Maggie Mahar on September 17, 2008
Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt is well known as one of the bluntest—and wittiest—critics of U.S. Healthcare. Last week, we both spoke at a conference organized by Princeton’s Policy Research Institute on “Access to Universal Health Care: New Jersey, the Nation and the Globe. As usual, I learned something from Professor Reinhardt.
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Earlier this year, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine received a somewhat startling letter from Pr...
Source: aids-write.org - September 18, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous Source Type: blogs
Video Killed the ThinbloodEmail this article to a colleague.
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Since My Pet Virus has come out, I haven't had one big, flashy media appearance... nothing!
In these troubling economic times, I sure could use any opportunity to reach the masses through the television, to not only raise awareness about HIV/AIDS but to boost book sales as well.
I never intended to embrace media whoredom back in 1996 I launched my little web site. Then I was a young buck from Waynesboro, figuring that people knew everything there was to know about HIV. For me, the site was about being breaking my cone of silence about my pet virus, and utilizing my blossoming HTML skills. (LOTS of blinking things.)
Short...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 17, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: Bill O ' Reilly Erin Weed My Pet Virus Nancy Grace Source Type: blogs
september 18 marks 1st annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD) (960)Email this article to a colleague.
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THE AIDS INSTITUTE LAUNCHES
NATIONAL HIV/AIDS AND AGING AWARENESS DAY
DURING THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE ON AIDS 2008
in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Washington, DC – September 18, 2008 marks the launch of a new national awareness initiative of The AIDS Institute entitled National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD). This national campaign will highlight the complex issues related to HIV prevention, care and treatment for aging populations in the United States.
It is the goal of the campaign to highlight challenges such as the need for prevention, research, data and medical understanding of the aging process and the imp...
Source: aids-write.org - September 17, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics upcoming events shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first Source Type: blogs
September 17/08 The Maple Leaf SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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My doggy Jo, she has some real strange habits some times. As I’ve written here before, she loves condoms, especially used ones and will go to great lengths to get one.
But tonight even my old girl managed to shock me.
Being the ADD kind of guy that I am, I tend to multi-task. As I picked up my phone to answer a call I felt my guts swirl giving me that, “It’s time to sit on the can.” feeling.
My friend and I chatted away about tickets to see Dolly Parton at Casino Rama, the same place where we went to see Donna Summer, I quickly did my business.
Careful not to flush the toilet so that I’d not...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 17, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized a wee tale damaged goods listeria maple leaf toilet paper Source Type: blogs
September 15th - Another day of glamourEmail this article to a colleague.
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My colleagues and I met at the “Pie In The Eye Studio” this afternoon to embark on our first step on our journey in the gay men’s HIV stigma campaign.
Of course when I got up this morning all I could see were the dark circles under my eyes. Thank god there were emergency make up available.
The campaign will have an official media launch date, this I’m not sure of exactly. A website will be up and officially unveiled on October 14th. Does that date ring a bell? Well if it doesn’t it means you are not Canadian. This is our next federal election where I will most likely be wearing all black for t...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 16, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Exhibitionism is a Drug Glamour on the Go! Uncategorized a wee tale HIV glamour Stigma Campaign video Source Type: blogs
Detailed study on the spread of HIV in the US from the Center for Disease ControlEmail this article to a colleague.
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An interesting article ran at the end of last week in the New York Times that takes a look at the not only the racial makeup of new HIV infections, but at the differences in the timeline of exposure for a number of communities.
The full text, including quotes from Dr. Kevin Fenton (who is the director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention), is available at the link above. Dr. Fenton is pictured here.
Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog - September 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Keith Tags: action HIV prevention HIV Health HIV Testing media Source Type: blogs
john james, AIDS treatment news daily alerts: secret ACTA treaty might undermine access to generic AIDS meds (958)Email this article to a colleague.
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[john james’] Comment [at aids treatment news daily alerts]: Pardon the late notice for the sign-on; we just learned about this negotiation. The main reason for this post is to let readers know about the issue.
Drug counterfeiting worldwide is a HUGE problem (less so in the U.S., which still has some effective controls). Apparently this treaty deals with only one part of that problem: counterfeiting a brand name. (In order to ban, say, selling a sugar pill as an antibiotic or malaria medicine, the treaty would have to get into drug testing and regulation, which seems unlikely.)
It is unimaginable that pharmaceutical co...
Source: aids-write.org - September 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pa Source Type: blogs
farah stockman, boston globe: iran, world leader in heroin addiction rates, arrests AIDS doctors, whose work is considered “shameful” (957)Email this article to a colleague.
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Iran’s arrest of doctors jeopardizes US program
By Farah Stockman
boston Globe Staff / September 9, 2008
WASHINGTON - Two celebrated Iranian doctors who participated in a US-funded exchange program have been arrested in Iran and accused of using their global AIDS work to destabilize the Iranian government, according to State Department officials and former students at Harvard’s School of Public Health who are seeking their release.
The late June arrests of Harvard alumnus Kamiar Alaei and his brother, Arash - apparently because of their close ties to organizations in the United States - are a setback for Sta...
Source: aids-write.org - September 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/aids bla Source Type: blogs
larry bryant, housingworks: stand against AIDS begins 9-23 in oxford, mississippi (956)Email this article to a colleague.
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Stand Against AIDS - September 23-26 Oxford, Mississippi
Starting this week, caravans will travel different routes across the country to Mississippi to demand a that our next President, John McCain or Barack Obama, develop a national plan to end the HIV & AIDS epidemic. Through almost thirty years of enduring a disease that is both preventable and treatable, we have not enough to either prevent or treat a disease that has claimed almost a million lives domestically. Infection rates are on the rise and life-saving care and treatment aren’t available to everyone who needs them. We must demand accountability from ...
Source: aids-write.org - September 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids awo call to action women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenou Source Type: blogs
Updates on People of Blogs PastEmail this article to a colleague.
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Recently I reconnected with my barista babe friends, Jenny and Lisa, who spent the summer away from C'ville but are now back in town. They used to work for my buddy, Irvin, at a local coffee shop.
On April 1st, Jenny and Lisa were instrumental in helping me suprise Irvin on April Fool's Day. That's me in the giant bean costume. These days I'm trying to rent out my services to shops around town, but nobody's biting on "The Bean".
Around the same time we surprised Irvin, he surprised all of us with the news that he and his wife were expecting a baby, which arrived the day that I was reconnecting with Jenny and Lisa. We jok...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
September 14/08 I do the AIDS walk every day.Email this article to a colleague.
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There is nothing like trying to write a post with having Trading Spouses on in the background. The one husband has just picked up his new spouse and is explaining that Katrina was a weapon of mass destruction sent by the US government to kill and displace the blacks.
This is simply distracting.
The annual AIDS Walk was today. Every time I was asked if I was participating in it, my answer was, Oh honey I do the AIDS walk every day, and if its a good one, it could be a jump or a skip.
However I was out and about in an, what could have been a better, effort to help out at the FrancoQueer table. Last week I was honored to joi...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Come Visit Us At Beautiful North Gate LodgeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: The Nata village blog - September 13, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
True BabiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Went in to see Dr. Greg today, and my t-cell count was 483 (26%), which is pretty much the same as it has been for the last year or so: good news.
Going in to draw the labs a couple of days before was kind of a waste of time, since the viral load test hadn't come back yet. I am curious about the results, because the blood was taken at the tail end of my week off cycle. (For newbies, I take my HIV meds on a 7/7 cycle- one week on followed by one week off, and have done so since 2002.)
On the TiVo tip, I finally watched the new HBO series, True Blood, and I wasn't too impressed. I'll watch the second episode just to give t...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Jack Mackenroth of ‘Project Runway’ Launches "Living Positive By Design" CampaignEmail this article to a colleague.
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Jack Mackenroth, from the hit reality television series “Project Runway,” will be launching a national HIV and AIDS education campaign called Living Positive By Design in partnership with HIV and AIDS community organizations across the county. The campaign seeks to help combat the stigma associated with HIV by
engaging people in thoughtful conversation about the condition. The launch event is being held at the 2008 United States Conference on AIDS (USCA), which is sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on Saturday, September 20th. Living Positive By Design will c...
Source: VisualAIDS - September 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Health Communication Survey re: Coping with Chronic IllnessEmail this article to a colleague.
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I received the following note from Justin Guild of Purdue University. He is conducting research on health communication with Dr. Jeong-Nam Kim to determine the role of internet sites in managing chronic illnesses. He has requested that I post this note to encourage my readers to take an online survey about how we use the internet to help us as we struggle to cope. I hope that you will participate and that you will provide feedback to him should you have any suggestions after completing the survey.RonMy name is Justin Guild and I’m a graduate research assistant currently working with Dr. Jeong-Nam Kim at Purdue University...
Source: 2sides2ron - September 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Together, We Can Be the Change We NeedEmail this article to a colleague.
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The following letter to the editor appeared in the New England Blade newspaper (vol 18, issue 04) dated September 10, 2008. It was written by Mark Forry, Program Manager at the MALE Center :
As the Program Manager at the MALE Center, and on behalf of my co-workers, I would like thank the Blade for covering our Town Hall Forum, on Tuesday August 26th. For many of us working daily in the fight against HIV, it has become increasingly, and at times frustratingly clear that this epidemic no longer sits at the forefront of discourse in our GLBT community.
As I stood in front of the crowd Tuesday night, I was excited and m...
Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog - September 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Keith Tags: action advocacy HIV prevention policy HIV Health HIV Testing media Source Type: blogs
Sept 11/08 Coopers CameraEmail this article to a colleague.
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Well, it’s September 11, the Republican’s closest equivalent to a religious holiday. Not to diminish the horrors of that one day, but when Jon Stewart on The Daily Show jokes about Giuliani getting a royalty fee every time 9/11 is mentioned, you know things have gone skewed.
This tragedy has really become a new generations version of “Where were you when Kennedy was shot?”
And for me, I was flying home on September 10th from Amsterdam, where I spent about three days smoking pot non-stop. I was on-route from Florence, the closest city to the rural location for shooting me only other professional po...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Elizabeth wins debate debateEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conservative leader Stephen Harper and NDP leader Jack Layton have now agreed to let Green leader Elizabeth May participate in the nationally-televised leaders debate October 2. Layton relented this afternoon, apparently breaking a pact he had with the Harper campaign, so then the Conservative camp caved. Layton was being hounded by questions and, [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: Green Party of Canada activism politics debates Elizabeth May Source Type: blogs
The Presence of HIV/AIDS in Prison PopulationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Welcome to The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I'm Ali Cundari.U.S. prison populations are at a record high today, with barely enough room to house incarcerated individuals. Due to the close proximity and high-risk behaviors of inmates, as well as a lack of intervention from authorities, the transmission of HIV in prisons is a major problem today. A combination of both pre-existing and new infections plague prison populations, making them one of UNAIDS’ four major at-risk groups for HIV/AIDS.In 2005, 1.8% of all state inmates and 1.0% of all federal...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - September 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs
The debate heat is following LaytonEmail this article to a colleague.
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Protests do not have to be large to get attention in election campaigns. NDP leader Jack Layton was touting a new jobs plan when a few Greens intervened to ask him about the role he played in keeping Green Party leader Elizabeth May out of the upcoming televised debates.
Here’s how cbc.ca reported it:
Green protester [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 10, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: Green Party of Canada activism media politics Elizabeth May Jack Layton 2008 election debate Source Type: blogs
Learning About Sex Before Learning to Spell?Email this article to a colleague.
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That's what McCain/Palin would have you believe children in Illinois are doing these days in kindergarten, and they're blaming Obama. But in a way, that's how they do it in the Netherlands and the Netherlands has the third lowest teenage pregnancy rate in the world.
I say "...in a way..." because Dutch kindergarten children embark on a learning process, beginning with the basic building blocks of sex - relationships. They're not learning about sexually transmitted infections, for heaven's sake, not at that age. They learn about families both traditional and non-traditional. They explore how relationships might differ as...
Source: Ann's HIV Blog - September 10, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Jane Swiftboats PalinEmail this article to a colleague.
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While on the campaign trail in Virginia, Sen. Obama delivered one of his canned lines about the Republican ticket. "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."
McCain's newly appointed damage/mind control operative, former Mass. Governor Jane Swift, swiftboated the vice presidential candidate, referred to the phrase, saying the words were "...disgusting comments, comparing our vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, to a pig."
Gee, Jane, tell us what you really think of Sarah Palin?
What is disgusting is the McCain campaign's new political attack ad. They are saying Obama voted for comprehensive sex education f...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 10, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
True Blood WorkEmail this article to a colleague.
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In all of my blustering about politics, I've realized that I kind of pulled a Bush recently, when I declared I'd finished writing my 2nd book...
Mission not accomplished on that front. And there will be no time tables for completion, either.
On the plus side, I won't be blogging about the writing process, because that is boring. I won't even mention "it" on here until I have a word on whether it's going to be published. All I can say is that after a summer break from the book, I was very happy to pick it up today and I liked what I read.
Or at least the parts that didn't, er, suck.
The timing of returning to the blood...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 10, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Sept 9/08 Future CrapEmail this article to a colleague.
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This week I’ve been drifting in a fog. At first I thought it was because my brain chemicals didn’t know which way was up. Since that’s been from last Saturday, that can’t be the case. I certainly wasn’t in the frame of mind to head into the Pedro experience.
Although it was an experience I feel privileged to have shared, but there is a reason why I stay away from HIV and death as subject matters for entertainment. It takes me to dark places, and I cannot help but feel as if I had left one of the heaviest funerals I’ve attended in a very long time. Shit like that can take me to dark plac...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 9, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Behind the Scenes: MALE Center USE ME Boys on the cover of OUT at NightEmail this article to a colleague.
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At the end of July, the MALE Center’s USE ME boys were asked to be on the cover of OUT at Night, the new nightlife publication from the publishers of Bay Windows. The USE ME team is made up of guys who go out to bars and clubs in Boston to help distribute prevention/safer sex materials.
The photo shoot took place at the MALE Center on a Monday afternoon, where the staff at the MALE Center, including Director Michael Shankle, had come up with the great idea of having the guys in a blow up kiddie pool surrounded by condoms. Photographer Kevin Day worked with the models to get the shot that would work the best on th...
Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog - September 9, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Keith Tags: HIV prevention Source Type: blogs
Help convince other party leaders to debate Elizabeth!Email this article to a colleague.
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ITEM: Greens can’t participate in leaders’ debates, networks rule - Defiant May won’t rule out legal challenge
Here’s the story from cbc.ca and there’ll be no shortage of reactions 1
I’m so angry I can’t describe it. While I can understand Stephen Harper’s objections - everything from arrogance to misogyny - Jack Layton’s are more selfish but [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 9, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: Green Party of Canada activism media politics Andrew Coyne CBC Maclean's magazine TV debates Source Type: blogs
Let Elizabeth in!Email this article to a colleague.
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ITEM: Greens can’t participate in leaders’ debates, networks rule - Defiant May won’t rule out legal challenge
Here’s the story from cbc.ca and there’ll be no shortage of reactions 1
I’m so angry I can’t describe it. While I can understand Stephen Harper’s objections - everything from arrogance to misogyny - Jack Layton’s are more selfish but [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 9, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: Green Party of Canada activism media politics Andrew Coyne CBC Maclean's magazine TV debates Source Type: blogs
Synthetic Division Snubbed at MTV Video Music AwardsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Saturday night a synthpop duo played their hearts out in Charlottesville. Then, on Sunday night in Los Angeles, MTV gave all their awards to Britney Spears. What?
No Best Synthpop Duo. No Outstanding Thinblooded Male Vocal. Not even a Video Vanguard Award for this.
Nothing! How many other artists can get up there and tear it up with a bleeding disorder?
Despite the snub to the bleeding disorders community, the weekend could only be considered a success. The rain stopped early in the afternoon on Saturday, and a good amount of people came out to shake their booties even though they saw us last month at the Dawning benefi...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
henry fountain, nytimes: new study suggests cannabis shows promise as “antibacterial agent . . . against resistant microbial strains,” incl. study abstract & link (955)Email this article to a colleague.
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Marijuana Ingredient May Fight Bacteria
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Published: September 5, 2008
Marijuana may be something of a wonder drug — though perhaps not in the way you might think.
Researchers in Italy and Britain have found that the main active ingredient in marijuana — tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC — and related compounds show promise as antibacterial agents, particularly against microbial strains that are already resistant to several classes of drugs.
It has been known for decades that Cannabis sativa has antibacterial properties. Experiments in the 1950s tested various marijuana preparations against skin and o...
Source: aids-write.org - September 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs
The Fight for a National AIDS Strategy and the Presidential Candidates' Positions on the Domestic AIDS CrisisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Last fall, a call to action signed by more than 100 HIV/AIDS organizations demanded that the presidential candidates commit to developing a comprehensive National AIDS Strategy that confronts the stigma, homophobia and violence at the heart of the epidemic.
In addition to top-level coordination and accountability, we insist that people with HIV and the communities most affected by the epidemic be central decision-makers in the strategy. What have McCain and Obama said and done about the domestic AIDS crisis? What strategies have they proposed? What commitments have they made? Join us to discuss tactics to ensure that a...
Source: VisualAIDS - September 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
anne kilkenny, wasilla, alaska resident, posts summary of 15 years’ experience with sarah palin because “bad things happen when good people stay silent” (2 items) (954)Email this article to a colleague.
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two posts here: an excerpt from s.j. komarnitsky’s article in the boston herald, and the text of ann kilkenny’s 2400-word letter after that. i first ran across it at gooznews
namasté
—rk
Wasilla woman’s e-mail offering firsthand critique of Palin becomes Internet sensation
By S.J. Komarnitsky / McClatchy Newspapers / [boston herald]
Sunday, September 7, 2008
WASILLA, Alaska - At 3 a.m. Thursday, Anne Kilkenny unglued herself from her computer and went to bed after spending hours answering an endless string of e-mails from strangers.
By 9:15 the next morning, she had 382 fresh ones in her i...
Source: aids-write.org - September 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs
Sept 7/08 Evil Dead and Pedro.Email this article to a colleague.
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Friday I finally made to to one of Canada’s finest contribution to the theatrical scene, The Evil Dead: The Musical. It was born here, then went off Broadway in New York, and I believe they had a run in Montreal as well.
Unfortunately we didn’t get close to the splatter zone. It only took 7 months of procrastinating to get there for the second last show.
But it as great fun, and my kind of cultural event!
The rest of the weekend was a bit of a fog for me. Such as it is when I screw up the happy pills. I’m afraid my brain didn’t know if the serotonin was going or going.
So much so that I had no id...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 7, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
A Perfect Bloom--La Dama de la Noche 2008Email this article to a colleague.
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This image of a double-flowering night-blooming cereus flower, La Dama de la Noche, was taken about two weeks ago. It is one of the most beautiful specimens of this plant's blooms that I have seen since my plant matured enough to bloom a few years back. Note the detail of the stamen and pistils inside the flower.(click on image to enlarge it)Categories: night+blooming+cereus flowers gardening houseplants photography la+dama+de+la+noche
Source: 2sides2ron - September 7, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
patrick mcgreevy, latimes: bill passes senate calling on docs to explain end-of-life rights to terminal patients (including AIDS) at diagnosis (951)Email this article to a colleague.
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California doctors may be required to explain end-of-life rights to patients
The state Senate passes a measure that calls on physicians to provide terminal patients with all options at the time of diagnosis.
By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 21, 2008
SACRAMENTO — Doctors who diagnose people with terminal illnesses would be required to immediately tell them about the right to refuse or withdraw from life-sustaining treatment under a measure approved Wednesday by state lawmakers.
The proposal, which divided the medical community, was narrowly approved on the same day the Legislature passed a...
Source: aids-write.org - September 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous Source Type: blogs
christine jolly, AIDS care service, in winston-salem journal: “struggling daily to live simultaneously with HIV and poverty.” (950)Email this article to a colleague.
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Kaisernetwork | Opinion | Marginalized Populations Should Be Focus of HIV Prevention Efforts, Opinion Piece Says
[Aug 28, 2008]
Although the U.S. has “relatively abundant resources available to those living with HIV,” socioeconomic gaps continue to lead to higher rates of the virus among marginalized groups in the country, Christine Jolly, president of AIDS Care Service, writes in a Winston-Salem Journal opinion piece. Jolly for the past eight years has worked for an HIV/AIDS service organization and writes that she has seen her clients “struggling daily to live simultaneously with HIV and poverty.&#...
Source: aids-write.org - September 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous Source Type: blogs
3rd annual medical marijuana expo in weho park 9-20 (949)Email this article to a colleague.
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3rd Annual LA County Medical Marijuana
Exposition & Patient Festival
September 20, 2008
All Day… 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
West Hollywood Park Auditorium
647 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood
(Between Sunset Blvd. and Melrose Ave.)
Tickets are just $5 at the door,
but no one will be turned away
for lack of funds
Please join us for the
3rd Annual Los Angeles County Medical
Marijuana Exposition and Patients’ Rally
a full day of music, special
guest speakers, medical cannabis exhibitors,
entertainment, celebration, and fun for everyone!
Don’t miss California’s
largest medical cannabis exposition
...
Source: aids-write.org - September 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: poetry aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacif Source Type: blogs
7th annual bookfair comes to west hollywood 9-28 (948)Email this article to a colleague.
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7TH ANNUAL WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
10AM to 6PM
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Cost - FREE!
Map to the Event - Click here.
400+ AUTHORS & ARTISTS
Literary legends, celebrity guests, poets, storytellers and LA authors
100+ PANELS & BOOK SIGNINGS
Mystery, entertainment, politics, memoir,
comics, fiction, LGBT, food and multi-cultural
3 LIVE PERFORMANCE STAGES
Theatre, poetry performances, storytelling, readings and poetry readings
CHILDREN’S AREA
Kids’ Stage with storytelling, children’s authors
and performances. Arts, crafts, games hosted
by exhibitors
125+ EXHIB...
Source: aids-write.org - September 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: poetry aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids films and books aids.org women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indi Source Type: blogs
Sept 4/08 Weekend Edition - FrancoqueerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Carlo, Sharon, Jean-Rock, and Nathalie (the shy one in blue)
“I’m Brian, and…..I’m a francophile.”
“Hi Brian!….”
I always me feel just a wee bit dirty when I say that, in a good way. For those who do not know what a francophile means it is not someone who fucks French guys. It means, however I love the French language, and I am willing to sleep my way to higher language proficiency.
The litmus test for bilingualism in Canada is a simple one. Book a flight to Montreal, and go shopping downtown Montreal and only speak French. If you can manage this without anyone speaking Engli...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 5, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized a wee tale dirty Francohone Francophile French gay tongue Source Type: blogs
Cool Cats Weigh In On PalinEmail this article to a colleague.
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I decided to take a break from writing about politics, but fortunately two brave females have stepped up to the forefront to discuss late-breaking matters regarding Vice Presidential pick Sarah Palin.
You may remember the greatest cat on Earth, pawsitoid River (living with FIV, aka "CRID"(Cat-Related Immune Deficiency)), whom I wrote lovingly about and who is still in foster care in Connecticut looking for a good home. Nudge nudge.
In response to the Palin pick, My Pet Virus's feline reporter wrote this to me: "Meeeoooowww! She wants to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Way to come up with alternative...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 5, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Strike! 2007Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: VisualAIDS - September 5, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Sept 4/08 Social Marketing Campaign.Email this article to a colleague.
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Having gotten up early, and probably not had enough coffee, I’m attempting this post. What the hell, I can’t do any worse than I already have!
Yesterday I spoke with someone from the Ministry of Health for the province. The are launching an anti-stigma campaign and have asked me to be one of their on line facilitators. This should be an interesting little job. All the facilitators will record a short video discussing whatever related to the campaign. Then we will have a profile somewhere, and then facilitate/respond to questions. It is essentially a social marketing campaign. The launch of the website and the m...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - September 4, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Exhibitionism is a Drug d-list Ministry of Ontario Social Marketing Stigma Source Type: blogs
Babe in ArmsEmail this article to a colleague.
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An alleged photo of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin
By now, you’ve likely heard that Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is five months pregnant. Perhaps you’ve also heard that this bit of news was released to prove that Sarah Palin’s own fifth child, Trig, who is about five months old, IS actually her own child—and not that of her daughter, as some liberal blogs unofficially linked to the Obama campaign (e.g., barackoblogger.com) have hinted. The allegation was that Sarah Palin had faked her own pregnancy to cover up the fact that her te...
Source: Regan's HIV Blog - September 3, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
A Virgin No MoreEmail this article to a colleague.
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"No kidding!" I hear you say. Ah, but last night I did something I've never done before. I had me some Sustiva. Over the past two weekends since I last wrote, Foxtrot Charlie and I have done a lot...
Source: Ann's HIV Blog - September 3, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Medical update: My 16 month ‘holiday’ is overEmail this article to a colleague.
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I am back on meds to do battle with HIV. (Don’t worry Medic-Alert, I’ll be emailing you soon.)
With the help of a lot of insulin, steadily increased since I started it July 17, my blood glucose levels are well enough in control that my doctor told me today that “We’re ready” or “It’s time” [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 3, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: 002 HIV/AIDS CD-4 autobiography bipolar health-care medical update mental health personal journal type-II diabetes viral load Source Type: blogs
