I am a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew and a Buddhist too. If you don't like it, then this place is not for you, but as long as you don't force your beliefs on anyone, you're welcome to join in, it doesn't matter if you're a liberal, a republican or just simply you.
On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.
Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukemia. His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."
Brown's case paves a path for constructing a permanent cure for HIV through genetically-engineered stem cells.
I've never heard of "Spice" till my daughter asked me about it today. She said it's something people smoke and everybody is talking about it. I told her I've heard about "Liquid Cocaine", but "Spice"....no.
So naturally I had to Google it to satisfy my curiosity and found loads of information on it, mostly warning people for its dangerous effects and its growing popularity among teenagers.
I thought I better pass this on to help raise awareness on this harmful, but legal substance that's widely available to everyone, regardless of age.
We wanted to alert you to a new substance that has surfaced in our area. Spice is a herbal substance that gives a “cannabis-like” effect when smoked. The Sober Living by the Sea Community, as well as treatment centers across the Nation, are facing this new epidemic of Spice use head on, and we are all working to increase awareness for ourselves, our population and our families. We continue to research remedies, both in the medical community and though educational resources. We wanted to take this opportunity to make you aware of the existence of this new substance as you may hear about it from your loved one. We would ask for your cooperation in our efforts to combat this now legal substance. We are hoping that by providing the following information that you will have the knowledge you may need if your loved one broaches the subject in a conversation.
The smoking mixture, known as Spice, is sold nationwide in shops that specialize in the sale of drug paraphernalia, also known as “head shops”. It looks, and smells, much like potpourri, so it is difficult to detect. Many users of this substance are concealing it by rolling it into cigarettes, or putting a bit into a wad of chewing gum.
CLEVELAND - Cleveland Clinic researchers said they've made a discovery that
may lead to a cure for breast cancer.
In a study just released Sunday, those researchers said they've come up with
a vaccine that may not only treat, but also 'prevent' one of the biggest threats
known to women.
She was merely doing her job educating the public and raising
awareness to combat the spread of AIDS, while working for an anti-AIDS
nonprofit organization in a country that has 25,000 recorded cases of
AIDS infected patients.
Now she's being harassed and threatened for causing embarrassment to
the Muslim community, after she was shown on French TV educating
Moroccan youth and prostitutes at an anti-Aids conference on how to
apply a subtle technique to use a condom, especially when a sex partner
refuses to use protection.
The spread of AIDS continues to be a global menace that affects us
all!
Milouda should be hailed as a brave and courageous woman for going
all out to raise awareness on a serious public threat and should NOT be
ostracized for doing her job.
Clearly her intentions are good and
not meant to cause harm or embarrassment to anyone.
Thank you for your attention to this critical matter.
I just translated the first half of the Dutch article I linked to above (starting
with the title), which I think is most relevant to Milouda's case.
Also...it is not clear from this article if Milouda was fired or simply
quit her job out of embarrassment or as a result of being threatened and
harassed.
.........
Little trick with a condom cost Moroccan woman her
career
RABAT - Milouda can be seen only briefly on the Internet. "But those ten
seconds, have ruined my entire career," she says. Milouda is a Moroccan woman
with a headscarf shown on a clip via Youtube, demonstrating how to put a condom
on a penis with your mouth . She is being threatened ever since.
Her aim was so praiseworthy. In the fight against AIDS, she wants to get
prostitutes and young, inexperienced girls acquainted with the condom. Milouda
worked at Doctors Without Borders for ten years she says on Tuesday on the
Moroccan newspaper Akhbar Alyoum, and since 2007 she is working for the ALCS, a
Moroccan anti-AIDS organization.
In late March the ALCS organized a conference on HIV and AIDS in
Casablanca. In response, the French news agency AFP made a movie about HIV and
AIDS in Morocco, which was broadcast on French television. Afterwards, the clip
ended up on Youtube.
It's a neat movie. Himmich Hakima, president of the ALCS, explains that
in Morocco around 25 thousand people are HIV positive. An HIV patient says that
no one dares to talk about her illness and we hear that condoms are not popular
in Morocco.
The movie also shows what ALCS does in terms of AIDS prevention. One of
the actions is a weekly briefing for prostitutes - and the camera zooms in on
the educator, a woman with a black head scarf in the back with a condom. That
woman is Milouda.
Milouda explains how a prostitute can handle customers who do not want the
condom. "If the customer does not want to, tell him that you have something
new," says Milouda. "He will enjoy it." Milouda then crumpled the condom in her
mouth and let it slide down on one of the colored fake penises in front of her
on the table.
[I think this is the part that's most telling]
Morocco's conservative Islamic party PJD said it was a disgrace. Sex
education, fine, but this woman went into too much detail. She didn't need to
say how men like to be satisfied. Even chief editor Rachid Niny of Al Massae,
who is known as enlightened, thought this was a no no. The combination scarf and
condoms, that was what most critics found repugnant.
Thirteen of Britain’s leading topless and “glamour” models have shed their inhibitions and posed in many layers of heavy clothing for a charity calendar in aid of breast cancer research.
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