Peter on December 27th, 2009

How much is that cash in your pocket worth? How’s your credit limit from one day to the next?  The top of the pyramid will let you know, as North Korea’s president Kim Jong Il recently did.  The Washington Post reports (In N. Korea, a strong movement recoils at Kim Jong Il’s attempt to limit [...]

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Peter on December 24th, 2009

The Senate voted (60-39) today to extend coverage to United States citizens.  It will be very interesting to watch the details come out of this next year.  Will prevention become a focus? Washington Post: Senate approves landmark health-care bill.

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Peter on December 20th, 2009

The Times ran an editorial (End to the Abstinence-Only Fantasy) on the policy/funding changes for abstinence-only education: From the piece: Gone is all spending for highly restrictive abstinence-only sex education programs that deny young people accurate information about contraceptives, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy. The measure redirects sex-education resources to medically sound programs aimed at [...]

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Peter on December 19th, 2009

The DC Agenda reports (Fenty signs marriage bill) on the enactment of the Religious Freedom & Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 pending congressional review. From the article: “My parents know a little something about marriage equality,” [Mayor Fenty] said. “They married almost 40 years ago and in a country at the time where [...]

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Peter on December 13th, 2009

The Washington Post (HIV funds bypassing areas in need) reports on HIV funding in Washington, DC, citing programs that have had (1) “little lasting impact,” (2) “financial and operational problems,” and even (3) outright fraud.  Focusing on the “disparity in AIDS dollars in the District” is one major part of the fiscal equation, but the [...]

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Peter on December 12th, 2009

Looking for early HIV and AIDS imagery for my dissertation, I came across the following article and website recently: Trebay, G. (2009, December 11). Lost to AIDS, but Still Friended. The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/fashion/13memorial.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hpw http://www.avert.org/history-science.htm

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