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San Bernardino With You
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Am about to hop a redeye back home in a few hours, but wanted to post about this afternoon's orientation talk at Cal State San Bernardino: it totally rocked!
The students were great, very attentive and, as is always the case whenever I speak without Gwenn, they were very curious about Gwenn. Near the end, after so much about this Gwenn character, one girl asked. "Where is Gwenn right now?" (I said she's busy managing a rock band, which is true.)
At the end, I got a couple of pics with my cell phone. This is only half the room- the other half didn't turn out. It was funny, just as I snapped it this whole gang of students ...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 22, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
August 20/08 An unsuccessful road tripEmail this article to a colleague.
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Yesterday’s quest was not a complete success. My mission was to get a photo taken with Stephan Dion, to go along with my other political photos, but I had not succeeded.
We got there early for the reception in a state of complete starvation. This venue was out in the land of fields in the outskirts of Oakville. Outside of the centre, just beside the entrance, was a woman selling bottled water and chips at a “mom &pop” set up. This was clearly not a good sign for those overcome with peckishness.
My friend and I sat down at the table where upon lay the platter of strawberries, melon balls, and other a...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 21, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
“believe and be ready” — the journeys of “turpentine jake” take flight at lmu’s del rey theatre (final weekend) (925)Email this article to a colleague.
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“Turpentine’s a hard line! huh!”
And so, with music and magic, the world premiere of “Turpentine Jake,” staged at Loyola Marymount’s Del Rey Theatre, takes off on a smart flight of legendary scope and impact, a skillfully-crafted historical drama of character and social justice that doesn’t depend on a car-chase mentality for suspense. To the contrary, the soaring use of lanuage in gem-like self-narratives, poetry and songs, accentuates the action.
Set in the”debt peonage” system of the Florida Turpentine camps in 1937, the story is dramatized by the grandson of one of those workers, James E. Hu...
Source: aids-write.org - August 21, 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
kris hermes, asa: dea says person wearing blackwater t-shirt at organica raid is not blackwater employee (924)Email this article to a colleague.
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DEA claims agent is not Blackwater employee
August 4th, 2008
Posted by Kris Hermes
americans for safe access
The photo of a law enforcement agent conducting a raid on a state-sanctioned medical marijuana dispensary in Culver City, posted last week by ASA’s Rebecca Saltzman, has attracted significant online attention. The photo depicts the agent carrying a box marked “DEA,” and wearing a t-shirt with the word “Blackwater” and its logo on it. Blackwater is a private security company that has deployed personnel in Iraq and is increasingly being used for international drug interdiction efforts. Blackwater has recent...
Source: aids-write.org - August 21, 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
veronique de turenne, la times: knights of columbus donates $1.25 million to pro prop 8 same-sex marriage ban (923)Email this article to a colleague.
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Knights of Columbus tip the balance with big anti-gay marriage donation
3:49 PM, August 20, 2008
It’s official — opponents of gay marriage have raised more cash in support of Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative, than gay marriage supporters, who have vowed to defeat the Nov. 4 ballot measure.
A contribution by the Connecticut-based Knights of Columbus of $1.25 million on Aug. 14 put Proposition 8 supporters within striking distance of opponents. Yesterday, another infusion of cash from groups and individuals who oppose same-sex marriage put them ahead in the money race.
Our own Maloy Moore is fo...
Source: aids-write.org - August 21, 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
About FaceEmail this article to a colleague.
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When I first heard that the Chinese government was promoting safer sex at the 2008 Olympic Games by distributing information and condoms in hotels throughout Beijing, I was psyched (yeah, I know, I’m so ’80s). (Read the story here:
Source: Regan's HIV Blog - August 21, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
HIV/AIDS and Abstinence-only EducationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Welcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I’m Amy Jendrek.In fiscal year 2005, President Bush requested $270 million to fund abstinence-only education programs in the U.S. While Congress did not appropriate the full amount requested, they did allocate $167 million to support these programs. There are three principal programs that use federal funds to support abstinence-only education.The first of these is SPRANS, Special Programs of Regional and National Significance, which has a sub-program devoted to Community-Based Abstin...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - August 21, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs
August 20/08 Satan was a lesbian, and other graphicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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I have my fabulous friend Kostas from Greece, our sister country in beheading, to work on some new re-branding graphics, such as banners, posters, and of course fake merchandise. Kosta’s is responsible for many of the groovy graphics, banners and of course, the all time Acid Reflux classic, “The Pandemic Tour” poster. I can’t thank him enough for this undertaking, for this would not be Acid Reflux without him, and what a title to wear!
Today on my quest to shameless meet anyone of inconsequence, my journey takes me out to Oakville tonight for a reception with out Leader of the Royal Opposition. The ...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
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via BeOneCity.com
The BBC over at www.condomcondom.org have made available an awesome "condom condom condom" ringtone mp3 which you can download...
Listen here condom-a-cappella
Source: VisualAIDS - August 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
AIDS, Medicine & Miracles - HIV/AIDS RetreatEmail this article to a colleague.
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AIDS, Medicine & Miracles will celebrate it's 20th Anniversary Nov. 21-23 at Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, CA
For over 20 years AIDS, Medicine and Miracles has been providing life-changing empowerment programs for ALL people with HIV/AIDS including their loved ones and service providers. The annual retreats offer powerful experiential programs that build community and empower people to live healthy and responsible lives filled with hope. We provide a safe, nurturing, empowering environment for people to address the profound impact that HIV has on one’s life.
The AIDS, Medicine & Miracles retreat at the ...
Source: VisualAIDS - August 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
kearns to weho city council: same-sex marriage saves lives (long play) (922)Email this article to a colleague.
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richard kearns, poet activist
[monday, august 18, 2008]
i stand before you this evening as a member of SCHAC, the southern california HIV advocacy coalition. SCHAC’s mission is
• to expand access to quality health care and treatment for all people living with HIV/AIDS;
• to advocate for appropriate funding for HIV/AIDS programs within the state of California; and
• to lobby for legislation and public policies that promote the health, welfare and civil rights of all Californians affected by HIV/AIDS.
it is my joy to unofficially inform you that SCHAC has come out in opposition to prop 8; we have vowed to...
Source: aids-write.org - August 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality contains rks original photography, graphic art hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first n Source Type: blogs
nedra weinreich, spare change: notes from cdc’s national conference on health communication, marketing and media (921)Email this article to a colleague.
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Engagement and Deliverance at the CDC, Part 1
Nedra Weinreich
spare change
. . . Last week at the CDC’s 2nd National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media, . . . So many sessions were scheduled, and nearly every one was spot-on as to the topics I want to learn about, that it was hard to choose which ones to attend. . . .
[here are notes & links from two of the many conference presentations on spare change —rk]
. . . Plenary session
• James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds, talked about how, under the right conditions, a group’s decisions can be smarter than those ...
Source: aids-write.org - August 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality global warming & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first n Source Type: blogs
kaiser election poll: a quarter of u.s. struggles to pay for healthcare (920)Email this article to a colleague.
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August Election Poll: One in Four Americans Continues to Struggle Paying for Health Care
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 — August 2008
The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 poll finds that one in four (24%) Americans continues to struggle with paying for health care. Health care ranks as a “serious problem” above paying for food (18%), problems with debt (16%), and paying the rent or mortgage (15%) and below paying for gas (37%) or getting a good paying job or raise in pay (26%).
Among the 24 percent that find paying for health care or health insurance a serious problem, those...
Source: aids-write.org - August 20, 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 Secret World of CampusportEmail this article to a colleague.
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Was enjoying one of my favorite things today- an iced mocha- when the phone rang. It was a call I have been dreading for months.
Incoming Call: Campuspeak
As I mentioned previously, after 8 years with the speaker's bureau, Campuspeak, Gwenn and I have decided to fly solo. The relationship ended amicably, we love those guys and enjoyed the partnership and everything we learned not only from them, but the incredible people who have worked for them as employees, interns and speakers.
One thing I didn't write about, however, was CAMPUSPORT.
An off-shoot of Campuspeak, CAMPUSPORT represented a dark side of the speakers. Duri...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
maura dolan, latimes: 2nd major ca gay rights ruling — patients’ fair access to treatment takes precedence over docs’ religious beliefs (919)Email this article to a colleague.
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California doctors can’t refuse treatment to gays on religious grounds, court rules
The state Supreme Court decides that an antidiscrimination law takes precedence over doctors’ right to religious freedom.
By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 19, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Doctors may not discriminate against gays and lesbians in medical treatment, even if the procedures being sought conflict with physicians’ religious beliefs, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday.
In its second major decision advancing gay rights this year, the state high court ruled that religious ...
Source: aids-write.org - August 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism 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/aids black msm gay h Source Type: blogs
Mary Engel, latimes: 1918 flu epidemic caused by both viral & bacterial bugs (918)Email this article to a colleague.
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chers—
there are two historical models of plague whose records we can study to try and understand effects and course of the AIDS plague — first, the 14th century bubonic plague, and second, the 1918 influenza epidemic.
so these findings offer clues about ending AIDS. this seems to be a pretty good resource article.
namasté
—rk
Bacteria played a role in 1918 pandemic flu deaths, scientists say
The virus triggered a violent immune response that injured the lungs, making them a target for bacterial infection, two studies say. The findings may guide preparations for future outbreaks.
By Mary Engel, Lo...
Source: aids-write.org - August 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism 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 hiv/aids Source Type: blogs
Lovable, affordableEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's a sparkling automn day here in the lowlands, golden sunlight is seeping through the white curtains, and the air will be fresh and crisp when I emerge from the cluttered yet cozy apartment and let my well worn sneakers beat on the dappled pavements. Then I will rush home, it will be already after 10.00, and hope in the shower, ignoring the water that rises above the clogged drain, towel myself dry and rush out on my rusty little bike to work. I'll be sitting alone in my room with a nunch of papers, typing away, waiting for a text message from my brother, who is hopping on the Eurostar to come see me after more than a y...
Source: NotPerfectAtAll - August 19, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Dragonette Source Type: blogs
McCain's Cone of SilenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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I haven't written about politics in a bit, but I had lunch with my parents this weekend and the topic came up.
See, I like Obama. And my parents were/are big "HillCats", as Mom says. Or "HillRaisers", as she screams. They love 'em some Clintons, and I can respect that. What kind of stinks is that they really are having a hard time warming up to Obama, even though they are lifelong Democrats.
And really, they aren't alone. To many people, the "It takes a Clinton to clean up after a Bush" slogan really struck a chord. My problem with it is that I really didn't want to hear, "It takes a Bush to clean up after a Clinton" i...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 18, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
August 18th Weekend Update.Email this article to a colleague.
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My adventures continued this weekend with the unexpected stumbling upon the Church St. Fetish Fair. It wouldn’t be fair to say that this was completely unexpected. I knew the fair was happening, I just didn’t know what the date was.
There was an interesting mixture of people sharing at the meeting I was at located in the community centre right across the street where one of the stages.
Here was the perfect to continue on the my carry on my internet reality show.
Proving that I would pretty much do anything for attention, and a photograph, I asked Vincent if he’d share some of his flogging skills on me. ...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 18, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The American Athlete of the WeekEmail this article to a colleague.
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Gwenn and I have been Tivo'ing and consuming the Olympics at a record pace, which should be an Olympic sport in and of itself. We don't waste time on water polo, basketball, baseball or runs that last longer than 30 seconds.
Among our favorite sports? The trampoline, swimming, women's beach volleyball, the man-made white water rafting (waiting for King's Dominion to get that) and gymnastics. "That's an Olympic sport?", is a common phrase, and the more random the better. As much as I love writing and HIV education, I have to admit that if they ever give Bocce Ball the greenlight I may be forced to rededicate my life.
It'...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 18, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
andy furillo, sacramento bee: federal receiver j. clark kelso sues ca for $8billion for inmate health care, says state prison medical care violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment (917)Email this article to a colleague.
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Court asked to order state to pay $8 billion for inmate health care
By Andy Furillo - afurillo@sacbee.com
Published 10:14 am PDT Wednesday, August 13, 2008
California prison medical care receiver J. Clark Kelso filed a legal motion today to force the state to come up with $8 billion over the next five years to fund his plan to build seven long-term care facilities and provide other improvements for inmate patients.
The action filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco also seeks contempt of court citations against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state Controller John Chiang.
Kelso said he is still talking with the gov...
Source: aids-write.org - August 17, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism 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 black msm gay hiv/aids latina-lat Source Type: blogs
pulitzer prize-winner laurie garrett: until there is a cure for AIDS — why i stayed home from the mexico city int’l AIDS conference (916)Email this article to a colleague.
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A DANGEROUS SHIFT
The wrong way to fight AIDS
By Laurie Garrett
Published: July 30, 2008
international herald tribune
In a few days [published just prior to the opening of the mexico city conference —rk] some 20,000 people who work in various capacities on the AIDS pandemic will gather in Mexico City for the International AIDS Conference. I will not be there: This will mark the first AIDS Conference I have deliberately missed since 1985, when a cluster of scientists convened the first such gathering in Atlanta.
Many of the leading lights in the battle against AIDS from all over the world are similarly disinclined...
Source: aids-write.org - August 16, 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
kearns reads from psalms of capt’n saint lucifer at poz life weekend, saturday, august 9: chapter 6a, “home is where…”; conducts storytelling circle (915)Email this article to a colleague.
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I remember when Russell came home the first time. A Sunday afternoon.
The occasion was a homecoming for me too—one more of a zillion homecoming - from - the - hospital parties. Pardon me — brunches and openhouses.
This time my hospital stay had been necessitated by an eye infection that went berserk. Every half hour, for six days and seven nights, ceaseless nurses put two different super-potent antibiotic drops in my left eye. It was perfect medical management: the mild madness of sleep depravation kept me from realizing how brutal a hit the rest of my body was taking from the toxicity of the antibiotics. Before I c...
Source: aids-write.org - August 16, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: poetry aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality contains rks original photography, graphic art hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt life group la Source Type: blogs
Opportunistic Infections in Developing Nations: A World AwayEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the United States and other developed nations, for many people, AIDS has become a manageable disease. With adequate care and lots of medication, HIV positive individuals can live with relatively few serious complications for a long time. In the US, 71% of HIV-infected individuals have at least started HAART therapy, decreasing deaths per infected individuals per year from 30/100 to 5/100 since the 1980’s. In developed nations, however, HIV positive individuals do not have the luxury of adequate care. In areas like Africa where the ‘burden of disease’ is highest, HIV positive individuals must face an array of oppor...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - August 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs
Hemo2Homo Connection: The Dark Knight ReviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Hemo2Homo Connection Movie Review
Homo: Hemo, since it's taken you three weeks to see the movie, I'd like to elaborate on why I went on opening weekend. (And yes, reader, hemo is the reason this is so late).
Hemo: Take it away, sir.
Homo: Boy Wonder Drugs, I have been a comic book fanatic all my life, and it made me crazy that most of them have been so bad. Before, it would be a studio making a "comic book" movie. Campy or badly acted. Super hero comics are deadly serious and very adult in their relationships, which is what makes them interesting. And too man...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Paging Dr. Larry KramerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Am trying to catch up on everything that happened at the International AIDS Conference last week while staying on top of Olympic badminton... man, those guys are fast.
In regard to HIV/AIDS, I noticed an article written by Tim Horn, which addresses why a lot of positoids are afraid to start meds. A chief concern? The fear of side effects.
Reading Tim's article took me back. A few years before I started on HIV meds in 1999, I felt the same way. The HIV-related fatigue I could deal with, I'd lived with it for so long and managed to enjoy life with subpar energy levels. When I got really sick, however, there was no longer a...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 14, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
August 14/08 One small step….Email this article to a colleague.
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I finally upgraded Wordpress, so now I can clean up my links and add new ones; something I had been procrastinating on for quite some time. Given my IT skills, I didn’t want to put a lot of work into something I might have had to redo again.
Yesterday, a friend of mine who works in HIV received an email saying “On the four minute mark, Brian Finch went global….”
“What does that mean? The four minute mark?”
While on the phone my friend fired back an email asking what that meant. Then, I forgot all about it, until I was watching this clip on Clinical Care Options, a site giving conference ...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 14, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Sustiva Blues d-list mexico 2008 treatment Source Type: blogs
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Keith Haring: Untitled, 1982 Copyright Keith Haring
August 15-November 16, 2008
Ludwig Museum
Museum of Contemporary ArtPALACE OF ARTSH-1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1.
Keith Haring, having died of AIDS at the age of 31, would be 50 years
old in 2008. His anniversary is going to be celebrated with several
exhibitions and events all over the world.
The Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest contributes
to the celebration with a unique exhibition organized in co-operation
with the Keith Haring Foundation in New York. It will be the first time
that such a comprehensive overview on his oeuvre is...
Source: VisualAIDS - August 14, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Water BabyEmail this article to a colleague.
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I am falling, or maybe flying. I have met the Under Toad, and he is me. I am three years old, maybe four. Possibly only two. Swinging my chubby feet in the warm chlorinated water. Mom sits in a lounge...
Source: Jonathan's HIV Blog - August 13, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
August 12/08 Thanks BrentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Brent pointed me to a post on a site called Wow TV. Posted was the campaign that up until “the incident” would have been great. I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of dollars went down the drain as this marketing strategy died along with the victim of the of my home province’s first beheading.
I guess now we have.
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: trauma Source Type: blogs
President Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama visits Nata KgotlaEmail this article to a colleague.
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President Lt.Gen. Ian Khama came to visit the Tutume Sub District, which is located on the Northern part of Botswana. During his visit to Nata Village Kgotla, President Lt Gen. Ian Khama was welcome with open arms. Hundreds came to see the president speak and hear his message regarding alcohol abuse in Botswana among young men and women. The president spoke of alcohol abuse, which, he said, has resulted in the lack of respect for parents. President Lt Gen. Ian Khama was concerned as to who would lead the nation in the future, if the young continued to abuse alcohol.
Source: The Nata village blog - August 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission support groupEmail this article to a colleague.
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The programe of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV infection (P.M.T.C.T) is spear headed by the Ministry of Health with the aim of reducing the HIV infection from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery and post delivery periods. There had been reduction in the numbers of HIV infected children since the introduction of the programe. HIV/AIDS is a major problem in Botswana, with a large number of pregnant women infected, in a bid to control the infection rate in this group of people Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of Hiv program was established in 2001 in some places in Botswana, then years late...
Source: The Nata village blog - August 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
Aug 11/08 This is what it takes to make the news south of the border!Email this article to a colleague.
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One story that put the name of my hometown Winnipeg on the lips of reporters around the world was the gruesome murder on a Greyhound bus just outside of the city on the way from Edmonton.
If you haven’t seen heard of this, then I don’t know where you were. I was just on my way to Mexico when a nutbar took a knife and stabbed to death this poor 22-old guy and beheaded him.
And just when you thought taking the bus was horrifying enough.
As terrible as this is, this is not why I’m writing about it.
The story behind the story is this just as crazy group, which may have not made international news, but is abou...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: trauma Source Type: blogs
table of contents for aids-write.org on monday, august 11, 2008, los angeles & west hollywood, caEmail this article to a colleague.
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chers—
have been doing massive amounts of sleeping and reading this past month. just finished arthur herman’s double biography gandhi & churchill. i am now focusing on laurie garrett’s betrayal of trust with the three trillion dollar war by joseph stiglitz and linda bilmes next in line.
also been looking at reports from the financial times on how the economics of big pharma — profit no matter the cost — are still driving research and distribution of AIDS meds. should we be developing treatments or patents? what is the commodification of public health doing to the healthcare access infra...
Source: aids-write.org - August 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: poetry aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality contains rks original photography, graphic art hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma Source Type: blogs
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My last fake outrage post about the Olympics has been haunting me- especially since I've been watching the Games every night before I go to bed.
How can you not cheer for that swimming dude who has inspired a nation to believe? No, not Phelps- I'm referencing the Korean swimmer, Park-Tae-hwan, who, at the age of 14, was disqualified in the 2004 games when he lost his balance and fell into the pool. He didn't even get to race! Well, he ate nothing but glass for four years and came back to win Korea's first Gold Medal in swimming this year... triumph!
And what the controversy over China's female gymnastics team? Everyone i...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
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I probably won't be posting the weekly links to articles and videos much any more. Something inside has clicked and I have reached a tipping point where I am at total overload; about my age, HIV status, lack of success at life and making friends and position in the human social food chain.I stopped by the Conspiracy Cafe yesterday to let them know I won't be around much any more, may drop by to say hello, but not much more. I know what I know, and have come to the conclusion that over 90% of the population does not see the world as I do, know the things that I know, and has no desire to do so.What's pushed me over the edge...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - August 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
August 10/08 D-List AIDS Celebrity Return To Canada, Page 20, The National GlobeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Whew, I am back at home, what a trip.
My last full day in Mexico City was insane. As much as I love my Rwandan friends, I never want to try to do anything with them again in a western environment. We went to the pyramids on Friday with a gang of Canadians, Norwegians, and Rwandans. In Africa, they concept of time and structure is very different, or almost non-exisitent. It takes 30 mins just to end a meeting that never starts on time. It must have taken up 30 minutes just to round everyone up and walk them over to the bus!
The day, as interesting as it was, was like pulling teeth very slowly in terms of getting the tour to...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 10, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: travel Source Type: blogs
The latest reports on HIV infections are not good. What are you going to do about it?Email this article to a colleague.
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by Keith Orr and Michael Shankle
This past week what we suspected was confirmed: HIV still affects our community more dramatically than originally projected.
The first news came from the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, where the CDC reported a dramatic increase in reported HIV infections in the U.S.
But more jolting health news hit closer to home with the governor’s and Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (MDPH) report Inequitable Impact: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among Gay and Bisexual Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Massachusetts (See “DPH: No decrease in HIV infection rates among g...
Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog - August 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Keith Tags: harm reduction HIV prevention Source Type: blogs
Shawn's Favorite Things: Engine DownEmail this article to a colleague.
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To escape the impending clot-fest of the Olympics, I ran off to Richmond to see a screening of Engine Down's new DVD- "From Beginning to End". Here's the trailer:
Watching the documentary gave me a lot of insight into the band, whose music is still among my favorite. It also brought back a lot of memories, how I came to know their music and their bass player, Jason, the gentleman who open the trailer above with a toast to his friends.
I always assume the bands of mutual friends suck, because statistics back up such an assumption. So I wasn't eager to check out this "great band" my friends, Kelly and Jeff, kept telling ...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Four new Interns at Nata ClinicEmail this article to a colleague.
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During August through December 2008, these young interns will become Botswana's future register nurses. The interns have been studying for three years at The Institute of Health and Science College in Francis Town. The four interns will shadow all Nata Clinic staff for an excellent training. During their training the interns will also take part in community outreach and provide most needed information regarding HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Carrying for family members who are infected or affected by the disease.
Source: The Nata village blog - August 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
Themes from the International AIDS ConferenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today marks the end of the 17th International AIDS Conference. 25,000 delegates were in Mexico City this week to discuss the current state of the pandemic. While I was not able to attend this year’s conference, I have been following the proceedings online. What were some of the major themes? The infection rate in the US is higher than previously thought. We need to do a better job reaching out to men who have sex with men. We need to develop an effective microbicide. We need to serve our children more effectively. New media – blogs, podcasts, twitter, mobile phones – may help us get the message out.Because of AIDS co...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - August 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs
Activist T-shirts from the IACEmail this article to a colleague.
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photos by Ted Kerr
Source: VisualAIDS - August 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
I heart Pato's Corpus! - by Ted KerrEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ted Kerr reports from the International AIDS Conferencevia AIDS 2008 BlogSun, 08/03/2008
"I want to Survive in the Millions"-Jamie Cortez Editors Note for Corpus 1
Let’s face it -- I am in love with Patrick ‘Pato’ Herbert. But before
you think that I am about to move to California where Pato works with
AIDS Project Los Angles and get gay married to him (where gays can now
get married…for now), I should say that I don’t really know him beyond
having heard him speak at the ART/AIDS.WORK conference in NY and at the
MSM Global Forum here in Mexico city. It is his cultural work that
make...
Source: VisualAIDS - August 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
August 6/2008 Tales From Mexico City Vol.2Email this article to a colleague.
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Yes, the sound of the beat marching to over twenty thousand people, and frayed nerves as one has to constantly crisscross the grounds to get to the next event going on. It is none stop all day. However, on my way to the posters area I came across this transgendered display so I had to get a photo.
What do you think?
This day I choose to look at some international MSM stuff, an area I don’t have a lot of knowledge, and of course I was too sick when I got here to take in the pre-conference MSM forum.
Before I came to this conference, I had a conversation with one of the editors of a local gay mag. We were talking about...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 7, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: travel Source Type: blogs
The Politics of Memory - by Alan GilbertEmail this article to a colleague.
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The following is a review of the SIDE X SIDE exhibition and reading.
The Politic of MemoryAlan Gilbert
via The Poetry Foundation
Dean Daderko is an imaginative and adventurous independent curator
working in New York City. A few years back, he turned the living room
of his ground-floor Brooklyn apartment into one of the more interesting
alternative art spaces in the city.
Parlour Projects hosted solo and multi-artist shows, performances,
screenings, even a reading group. Parlour Projects is closed, but
Daderko continues to curate various exhibitions around the city. His
most recent one, sponsored by Visual ...
Source: VisualAIDS - August 7, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Who is really affected by laws criminalizing HIV transmission?Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: AIDS and Rights - August 7, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: webadmin Source Type: blogs
Beyond Barriers: Disability and HIV/AIDSEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: AIDS and Rights - August 7, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: webadmin Source Type: blogs
La Voz GlobalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today, POZ made the backpage of La Voz Global, the daily newspaper of the International AIDS Conference! We have a space in the Global Village where we are collecting photographs and videos of people living with, and those affected by, HIV from around the world (for those of you who are here in Mexico City at the conference...please come see us at booth #200). A very special friend of POZ, photographer Joan L. Brown, is snapping some of the most amazing photos of those visiting the conference.
Here is a snap of the coverage in La Voz Global and some shots of Joan and a subject (who is not necessarily HIV-positive - many o...
Source: Regan's HIV Blog - August 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
37.5 percent of US patients skip AIDS/HIV treatment due to side effects.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: Nelson Vergel's HIV Blog - August 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: HIV side effects Source Type: blogs
Why I Hate the OlympicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Every four years the greatest athletes of the world gather to compete for gold and glory. The way I see it, they are just rubbing my bleeding disorder in my face.
"Hey, look at me! I can do flips and land on my feet- no knee hemorrhages!"
"Look at this! I'm launching myself through the air with this sharp pole. If I land on it? No problem, that's what band-aides are for!"
Ironically, the only athletes that make me think a thinblood has a chance at the Olympics are the boxers, who have to wear that ridiculous looking headgear....
OK, maybe not. Unless the cornermen are allowed to inject their boxers with clotting facto...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
