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• kearns to LA city council: observations on the medical cannabis dialog in my absence (2072)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 127
  [november 24, 2009] good morning president pro tem perry, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year- old gay man living with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years — a long-term survivor & AIDS activist, a medical ...
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• don duncan at about medical marijuana: LA city atty misrepresents CA atty general’s position on cannabis “sales” (2071)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 127
  LA City Attorney wrong about AG by Don Duncan November 25, 2009 The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office misrepresented the position of California Attorney General Jerry Brown today, implying that the state’s top law enforcement official said that all sales of cannabis are illegal. That never happened. On ...
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• nora proops, the AIDS beacon: global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB & malaria approves $2.4 billion in grants worldwide (2070)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 127
  Global Fund Approves $2.4 Billion For Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Programs By Nora Proops Nov 21, 2009 On November 12, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria approved grants worth $2.4 billion to support treatment of these diseases worldwide. Although it is the second ...
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• plosone post: statistical overview of HIV/AIDS in US prisons (2069)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 127
  HIV/AIDS among Inmates of and Releasees from US Correctional Facilities, 2006: Declining Share of Epidemic but Persistent Public Health Opportunity Anne C. Spaulding1*, Ryan M. Seals1, Matthew J. Page1, Amanda K. Brzozowski1, William Rhodes2, Theodore M. Hammett3 [1 Rollins School of Public Health of ...
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• Seventy-year-old mother celebrates daughter’s first birthday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Jind (Haryana), Nov 27 (IANS) Fifty-five years after her marriage, Rajo Devi last year became the world’s oldest mother at 69. As she and her 73-year-old husband proudly celebrated their daughter’s first birthday Friday, she said she was ready to have a second child.Rajo Devi had given birth to a healthy girl Nov ...
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• I don’t have a “real” mental health condition, I’m just weak, and other bad self-talk

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 665
  One of the hardest things for me in dealing with my mental health condition is my very strong theory that everyone else is having exactly the same problems that I am, but they’re just 8 million times better at dealing with them, and hiding them from everyone else. And thus, I don’t talk about my mental health, ...
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• Stigma A Barrier To Drug Treatment and Sobriety

  
  The Canyon — Authority: 117
  When a person considers going to drug rehab , sometimes they are stopped short.  Not because someone is telling them they can’t go, but because they are suddenly aware of how people might look at them.  The stigma of drug addiction is still a problem we all have to face. Break The Stigma For Drug Rehab Drug ...
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• When Families Are Homeless

  
  Providentia — Authority: 485
  The July 2009 issue of American Journal of Orthopsychiatry presents a special issue on the complex issue of parenting and homelessness.  Families are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population and now make up more than one-third of the overall number of homeless people.  The epidemic of family ...
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• World AIDS Day 2009

  
  The Not SO Talented Delfin 'DJ' Justiniano Ocampo Montano II — Authority: 114
  DECEMBER 1ST 2009 is World AIDS Day World Aids Day Offers Many Commemorative Events By Dennis McMillan Published: November 26, 2009 World AIDS Day is an opportunity to bring people together to get talking about HIV. By attending an event, you can help spread the word and break ...
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• EOS Canon Digital Rebel XTI Camera – The Best Entry Level DSLR Under $1000

  
  Best digital camera review — Authority: 447
  If you have been using a point and shoot camera for many years, the jump to SLR photography can be a little daunting.   There are a couple of reasons for this.   Number one is the cost of SLR photography.  Typically, to get a nice camera and lens the cost can go upward to over $1000.   If you have been using a ...
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• Merry Standing-in-Line-mas!!!

  
  heaven is...a beer volcano and a stripper factory — Authority: 134
  ... Click to embiggen... Yes...Ive stood in this line and Ive been a number of these people...though I havent ever been biweekly shopper douchebag second from the cashier. :/ Happy shopping. ...
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• mindyourmind Street Team – Session Two

  
  Mind Your Mind — Authority: 121
  I wasn’t sure what to expect for the second meeting of Mind Your Mind’s Street Team since last week we’d all just met and went over guidelines for the group. After playing an ice-breaker game tonight we quickly got down to business by playing “Reach Out with Marianas Trench.” We were split up into three [...]
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• Bipolar and Me by Grace

  
  Mind Your Mind — Authority: 121
  Each of us has our own story. One so unique, so detailed, and so special, we get to call it our own. Our stories are all different, each like a snowflake. Each chapter of our lives is written in as we live it. Each page, each word and sentence has its own meaning and truth. [...]
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• Weight Loss Diet Use Your Mind to Stop the Diet Wars

  
  Weight Loss Blog — Authority: 116
  When it comes to weight loss you may secretly be your own worst enemy. Before we get started on that, let’s look at the fact that accomplishing any goal, large or small, requires a mind that is clearly focused on the desired end. What does that mean? It means turning self-talk into [...]Related posts: Weight ...
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• 5 Ways to Beat the Ugly Networking Stigma

  
  CAREEREALISM: Because EVERY Job is Temporary — Authority: 525
  By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert , Kris Parfitt “My intention is to meet five people at this function who I really connect with and that two of them eventually become clients.”  My friend was impressed while somewhat doubtful of my declaration. My actual success that night was that I met ten people with whom I ...
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• brett stone, mmjnews: links to ammending motions to LA city medical cannabis ordinance (2068)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 127
  Amending motions to LA medical marijuana ordinance posted online by brett stone mmjnews november 19, 2009 All of the amending motions to the 5th draft ordinance regulating medical marijuana collectives in Los Angeles that were presented in city council on Wednesday are posted online at - ...
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• Woman Loses Health Insurance Due to Facebook

  
  e-Patients.net — Authority: 553
  Imagine a world you live in where every insurance offering is accompanied by a creepy set of Big Brother-like ongoing investigations into your life. Everything will be used as evidence against you. Yes, even your Facebook profile. That world is here. Well, not right here, but up north in Canada. Yes, a Canadian ...
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• NHL’s Theo Fluery talks about being sexually abused

  
  Mind Your Mind — Authority: 121
  NHL hockey player Theo Fleury has written a book, Playing With Fire, in the hopes of bringing awareness to issues of sexual abuse. A victim himself, he is speaking out about his own traumatic exprience and wants to empower other victims to get help. Sexually abused by former junior hockey coach Graham James, the same ...
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• Encore Interview: Erasing the Stigma of Suicide

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  This week, as National Survivors of Suicide Day approaches tomorrow, weve been exploring the impact of suicide, both on a personal and societal level. Michael Behmer, a marriage and family therapist and co-founder of the family-support organization Chaos to Connection , had this to say. What can people do to help ...
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• HIV infected women sell nutritious food items in Gujarat

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Ahmedabad, Nov 20 (ANI): Two Non-Governmental Organisations– Aadhar and Saral–are helping HIV–infected women prepare and sell nutritious and tasty food items in Ahmedabad. The purpose is to bring such women into mainstream society and remove the stigma attached to HIV, infected people.The women had earlier ...
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