Just Here Doing Nothing-Happy Easter All=Love 1 Another eh!!!

Ya so thats what Christ commanded his followers to do,love each other !!!Now how hard is this?Its shouldn't be hard but it can be at times.Not all R the same belief system as i have but we should all respect each other enough & not harm other human beings.

New Discovery in War on HIV-AIDS~~

New discovery in battle against AIDSReuters Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Researchers have found another handle that the AIDS virus uses to attack cells, and said this one may explain how it gets into the gut, where it hides out and multiplies for a full assault on the body.
The handle is a cell receptor, and its discovery could open new ways to fight the fatal and so far incurable virus, the team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reported on Sunday.
The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, attacks immune system cells, or lymphocytes, known as CD4 T-cells. It was known to use three main receptors, or molecular doorways, to infect cells: CD4, CCR5 and CXCR4.
Writing in the journal Nature Immunology, the NIAID scientists said they found a similar receptor, more a handle than a doorway, called integrin alpha 4 beta 7.
"It is a homing receptor for lymphocytes to get to the gut. It is the very molecule that steers lymphocytes to the gut and keeps them there," NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a telephone interview.
"It is not only important in that it is a homing receptor to the gut. But it also can play a role in enhancing the ability of HIV to spread in the body."
Much of the body's immune response takes place in the gut, in gut-associated lymphoid tissue, or GALT.
Soon after HIV has infected someone it quickly moves to the gut tissue and starts replicating. This kills off the CD4 T-cells, leaving patients with a poorly functioning immune system and vulnerable to the infections that mark AIDS.
"The gut is where the virus really takes hold," Elena Martinelli, who worked on the study, said in a statement.
"We found that integrin alpha 4 beta 7, whose natural function is to direct T cells to the GALT, is also a receptor for HIV. It is very unlikely that this is a coincidence."
This could help explain why drug cocktails called highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART, cocktails often fail to completely suppress the virus. They can keep patients healthy for years, but never eradicate the virus.
"It has been suggested that the massive depletion of memory CD4 T-cells from the gut, soon after transmission, is central to HIV disease," the researchers wrote.
They said an important next step will be developing drugs that stop HIV from attaching to this receptor.
More than 33 million people are infected with HIV globally and 25 million have died of AIDS. There is no vaccine.YET,but we hope with research we will find 1 before a million+ PHA's Pass away!

HIV WARRIOR COMMITS LIFE TO CREATEING MORE FRONT LINES OF ATTACK ON HIV-AIDS!!!

No one knows why Frisco resident Glenn Kopanski is still alive, including him.In the time the AIDS survivor has left, he is devoting his life to educating young people about the disease.While on active duty in the United States Navy Kopanski was wounded in a bombing in Beirut in 1983. While being treated for his injuries a doctor advised him to have a tonsillectomy because of the chronic upper respiratory infections he suffered.While performing the tonsillectomy the doctor nicked an artery, making a blood transfusion necessary. That was before anyone knew that donated blood could carry the HIV virus or hepatitis C microbes.The young serviceman contracted both diseases from that tainted blood transfusion.It took four months for symptoms much more serious than upper respiratory infections to appear. He was diagnosed with what later became known as AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.Kopanski is the 18th longest surviving AIDS patient in the United States. He said none of his doctors has ever offered an explanation for his longevity. He said he believes his sheer determination to live an active life and to help educate people about AIDS could be part of the reason.When cytomegalovirus (CMV) confined him to a wheelchair a few years ago, he eventually taught himself to walk again. He refused to take the doctors seriously who told him he would never be able to walk again.He spoke to students at Griffin Middle School earlier this month and will speak to students at Clark and Fowler middle schools in the near future.“There is such a spirit out there for wanting to know about AIDS,” Kopanski said. “These kids are going to be helpless out there. Let’s educate them and then maybe we’ll see the number of new cases go down.”He said students listen to him intently. He usually brings along many of the medications he has to take every day. Someone usually asks if he has encountered any prejudice because he has AIDS.He tells them about a neighbor he had in Lewisville who put up signs in the yard that said, “No AIDS on my lawn.”Shortly after he was diagnosed with the disease, his fiancee left him because she questioned how he contracted the disease. He said people have refused to go near him for fear of getting AIDS.He educates students that it is impossible to contract the disease from a blood transfusion now the way he did because blood is tested for those diseases. He also tells them that young people between the ages of 12 and 25 make up the highest number of new AIDS cases in Collin and Denton counties.Since being diagnosed with AIDS Kopanski has chosen to live a celibate life to avoid putting anyone else at risk. He tells young people to know the person they are dating very well.Kopanski is also on the board of directors of AIDS Services of North Texas as well as a patient advocate for the organization. He also writes a landscape column for a local electronic newsletter.“My key to survival is staying motivated,” he said. “I want to bring AIDS awareness to the city of Frisco by fighting this disease through education. I want to tell young kids what I’ve been through in my life. I also want to stop the hatred. AIDS education can beat a cure any day. It’s living life responsibly and knowing your partner. There’s consequences to everything you do in life.”Comments are

COURT STRIKES DOWN REG ON AMOUNT POT GROWERS CAN GROW!ABOOT TIME EH!!!

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COURT STRIKES DOWN REG. ON POT GROWERS=ABOOT TIME EH~~~!!!!VOTE NDP & LETS LEGALIZE WEED!!!


strikes down regulation limiting growers of medical marijuana
Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2008 | 12:45 AM ET
CBC News
Canadians who are prescribed marijuana to treat their illnesses will no longer be forced to rely on the federal government as a supplier following a Federal Court ruling that struck down a key restriction in Ottawa's controversial medical marijuana program.


The decision by Judge Barry Strayer, released late Thursday, essentially grants medical marijuana users more freedom in picking their own grower and allows growers to supply the drug to more than one patient.


It's also another blow to the federal government, whose attempts to tightly control access to medical marijuana have prompted numerous court challenges.


Currently, medical users can grow their own pot but growers can't supply the drug to more than one user at a time.


Lawyers for medical users argued that restriction effectively established Health Canada as the country's sole legal provider of medical marijuana.


They also said the restriction was unfair, and that it prevented seriously ill Canadians from obtaining the drug they needed to treat their debilitating illnesses.


In his decision, Strayer called the provision unconstitutional and arbitrary, as it "caused individuals a major difficulty with access…"

Ottawa must also reconsider requests made by a group of medical users who brought the matter to court to have a single outside supplier as their designated producer, Strayer said in his 23-page decision.

While the government has argued that medical users who can't grow their own marijuana can obtain it from its contract manufacturer, fewer than 20 per cent of patients actually use the government's supply, Strayer wrote.


"In my view it is not tenable for the government, consistently with the right established in other courts for qualified medical users to have reasonable access to marijuana, to force them either to buy from the government contractor, grow their own or be limited to the unnecessarily restrictive system of designated producers," he wrote.

Ron Marzel, a Toronto lawyer representing the group of medical users who brought the matter before the Federal Court, called the decision a "great remedy" for his clients.


"All this means is that the limit — the one-to-one ratio — it's the last nail in the coffin for that ratio," he said in an interview.


"The court has said, 'Look, unequivocally, this is unconstitutional, it's arbitrary. All the reasons you've provided us with so far for this one-to-one ratio, they don't pass muster. We don't buy it, we don't accept it."'

The provision had been struck down by the courts before, but was reinstated by the government who contracted Prairie Plant Systems Inc. in Flin Flon, Man., to provide the drug to patients./As a PHA that has to use pot in order to eat- i face RED TAPE & beaurocratic BS. by Drs the refuse to help,politicians throw their hands in the air & do nothing!!! i think the CAS should mandate that 1)pot access for patients, & subsidizing $ spent on medical pot-or reimbursing us at tax time~~!!!Housing is another big issue that need attention.PEACE N LOVE NOT WARS N WALLS EH FOLKS!!!!

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CATIE News – Restless legs and HIV

Complications affecting the nervous system are common in people with HIV/AIDS (PHAs). In part these arise because HIV-infected cells produce proteins that affect the health of cells in the brain and spinal cord as well as nerve cells in the rest of the body. As a result, some brain cells can malfunction and even die, as can nerves in the rest of the body. Some of the complications that can affect the nervous systems of PHAs include the following:

* difficulty concentrating
* poor memory
* difficulty thinking clearly
* problems controlling muscles
* difficulty coordinating movement
* pain or numbness in nerves in the hands, legs and feet

Now doctors at the University of Münster in Germany have found what may be an additional complication—restless legs syndrome (RLS).

RLS is the term for a group of symptoms whereby people feel compelled to move their legs, feet or, in some cases, arms. The need to move legs occurs when a person is lying down or sitting for prolonged periods. Relief from RLS usually occurs when affected people do the following:

* stretch
* shake or wriggle their legs
* walk
* engage in exercise

Symptoms of RLS are usually more troublesome at night. People affected by this syndrome often have sleep disturbances—waking up prematurely or difficulty falling or staying asleep.

The precise cause of RLS is unclear. Some researchers suggest that there may be an insufficient level of a nerve-signaling compound called dopamine in the nerves of affected people.

In general, RLS is not linked to a serious underlying medical condition. But sometimes RLS can be found in people with the following symptoms or disorders:

* damaged nerves in the hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy); this can arise from alcohol abuse, diabetes or HIV infection
* insufficient iron
* severe kidney damage; when kidneys malfunction the level of iron in the blood can decrease

Some researchers think that there may be some kind of link between abnormal immunity and RLS. For instance, conditions in which the immune system attacks itself or parts of the body (autoimmunity) have been noted to carry an increased risk for RLS. These autoimmune conditions can include the following:

* rheumatoid arthritis
* multiple sclerosis
* diabetes

Researchers at the University of Münster have theorized that since HIV damages the immune system and increases the risk of peripheral neuropathy perhaps it also carries an increased risk for RLS. They conducted a pilot study to find out. The results from this study suggest that RLS may be more common in PHAs than in HIV negative people.

Study details
Researchers handed out or mailed surveys to 228 PHAs; only 129 PHAs responded. The study team then compared health information from 100 similar HIV negative people to the 129 PHAs. The average profile of PHAs in this study was as follows:

* 14% female, 86% male
* age – 44 years
* CD4+ count – 333 cells
* 44% of participants had AIDS-related symptoms in the past
* 82% of participants were taking HAART

Results
Of the 129 PHAs who responded to the survey, 33% had RLS compared to 7% of the HIV negative people. Moreover, PHAs were more likely to have severe symptoms of RLS. Also, the lower a PHA’s CD4+ count, the more likely the severity of RLS.

About 20% of PHAs with RLS also had a relative with RLS. None of the HIV negative people reported having relatives with RLS.

PHAs with RLS were more likely to have other complications, including the following:

* difficulty falling asleep
* difficulty staying asleep
* unexpected daytime tiredness

Bear in mind
The researchers suspect that RLS may have an underlying immunological link, though they cannot identify it at this time. That about 33% of PHAs had this problem is noteworthy because that is about the proportion of people with RLS in some other studies of immunological disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The study team highlights the apparent relationship between RLS and reduced CD4+ count in PHAs.

A major weakness of this study was its recruitment of volunteers from hospital-based clinics specializing in neurology and internal medicine. These sources of recruitment may have led to an excessive intake of PHAs with nervous system disorders. Still, the German study is an important first step in identifying RLS in PHAs. Hopefully, this research will stimulate other research centres to also study RLS in this population.

Although the intent of the study was not to assess the effectiveness of therapy for RLS, doctors at the University of Münster’s clinics prescribed L-dopa (dopamine) for 10 of their PHA patients. According to the research team, responses to therapy were “good to excellent.”

—Sean R. Hosein

BEST ANSWER TOQ=WHATS YOUR JOB & DO U LIKE IT?

I am on disability pension but do HIV-AIDS Education & Awareness & Living with HIV Talks at local places of education & i do out-reach work at night.I am always happy to do the talks,afterwords is cool as 9/10 all the students will come up & continue to ask Q ,saying how it takes guts to stand in front of a class & tell your life story & to keep up the great work on staying clean off of coke heroin & speed.(3 yrs) & so where i once was part of the problem i am now part of the solution.My faith in GOD & Jesus was not misplaced,& so i take 1 day at a time.i forgot to mention that i did have hep-c but found out recntly that i am no longer hep-c +!!!i Thank GOD EVERYDAY!!

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thanks for all the reply's .......they all sound interesting .......but i have 2 choose this answer .......cause i couldnt do this job knowing i had hiv ............you are braver than i would be tc xxx

Cool,Trial is Dec 6,GOD is Handling this one as Well

As i always give GOD my big troubles to handle,this time he has a tall order.I am facing a year in jail.I do NOT want to go to jail is it is filled with drugs,& drug dealing.I am afraid that if i go in,i will never get out.Just a Feeling i have.I thank Jehova GOD for Everyday & everything he has given to me.I pray that he will send me a love,a beautifull smart & funny & HOT~!Well if i am goona pray i pray for it all,not really but for those souls over in Burma,i pray they have peace soon.& democratic rule as welll.Well i am facing a year inside,shitty part is i just met a girl,so no use in trying to startanything but i want to really bad because i cant stop thinkin of her,i mean i am under her spell.completly and am afraid of her power over me.Will she abuse me,use me & then spit me out?>most likly.I have met some really cool peoples at TRIBE site.Theres a couple i have a crush on .PD is one of them.Pretty & smart & cool!k later folks~~!

Just fer today

So ya today was nice as it hit 18c out,so i went to the food store & then went & rented to movies,Both ROCKED!!NEXT & death proof!Both a MUST see movies,that are bound to become CULT classics fer sure.

Well i am wondering if my dream can become a reality?

Just curious of course,but its something that i am aiming for and whynot?i see alot of stuff going on and we have to tell these peoples that hiv still kills everyday,and hundreds as well are infected everyday,we must win this war ,if we do not,it will mean the END of man on earth.heavy yes,but true i believe as well!GODbless folks,peace eh!

joey's ponderings

Ya so,here we are,june27,2006,its just finished raining,cooling off the temp and holding at 25c,which is compfatable eh!just finished watching evolution about werewofves against vampires,cool show with good effects.looked convincingly real.I was just wondering where is it we go when we dream,is it a place,?just wonderin where our thoughts go or if they could become real,our imagination ,where does it all come from eh?the second movie is the cave.oooohhhhh!!!spooky lol,well not really,but it has a few dif idea's and thats whats cool about the film.well maybe not dif. idea's but an embellishment on current ones.well have a great summer all,may you all find peace ,happiness,and love,the keys to life!

Conditional sentence and a curfew of 6-7

So,court today was very scary!I leave for toronto on friday for leadership training.will post more later,peace all!