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The last First Friday of 2002 is Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. in downtown Hood River. Sponsored by the Hood River Downtown Business Association and the Gorge Arts Council, First Friday brings together arts, business and community in a celebration of the talents and services of our local region. December's event marks the finale of the first full year of First Friday celebrations, which began last fall.
"It's been very, very successful," said organizer Joanie Thompson said. "More than I could have ever imagined." She said nearly all participating businesses have reported the monthly event as being "a benefit for them as far as actual sales."
"It's not all necessarily that night, but they're seeing people come back in because of First Friday," she said. Many of the artists whose work is highlighted also have indicated the event has helped them sell work as well as earn commissions.
"When I'm approached on the street (people) just tell me how much they love it because of the sense of community it creates," Thompson said. That, she added, was one of the main goals in creating the event.
"It's been fun to see how well it's been accepted," she said. Thompson also said the gatherings have drawn people to the downtown who wouldn't normally go there — including people from the Upper Valley, White Salmon and The Dalles.
Friday's event will highlight artists Susan Garret Crowley, Laurel Grey of Joie De Vivre and Ruth Langland displaying their work at A Salon Day Spa Boutique. Elizabeth Anderson will display her work at Gorge Dog, John Shultz at At Home on Oak Street, Karen Jacks at the Frame Gallery, and Steve and Mary Andres of Opal Color at Big Winds. Designs by Ken Apland and Kevin Craig may be seen at Apland Jewelers. The Columbia Art Gallery will be open with its ever popular show of local artists.
The evening's music offerings include Charles Crossman at At Home on Oak Street, No Depression at 6th Street Bistro, and Bob Connelly at the Hood River Hotel. A local author, Lori Marques ("Holiday Child Safety") will be featured at the new Columbia River Christian Bookstore.
This First Friday will be a little different as the holiday season has arrived. In addition to the regular events, caroling by the Fourth Dimension and the Community Ed Choir as well as special appearances by Santa will add to the festivities.
This month's First Friday will feature a Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at 6 p.m. in the Overlook Memorial Park at Second and State streets. Performances by the Fourth Dimension, The Community Ed Christmas Choir and the Shar/Lynn Duo will help welcome in the season.
Art produced by May Street Elementary students will also be featured. Nearly 30 May Street students will display their work at Summit Projects, located above Doug's Sports. Proceeds from the sale of the artwork will go directly to the artists.
As part of the Peace Project out of Portland, children and families can create an ornament for peace in Mall 202 on Cascade Avenue. Local artists will be present to help interested people make a "Peace on Earth" ornament, which will then be donated for sale on Dec. 14. All proceeds will go to global non-profits that work with indigent third world children.
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At NBC's Upfront presentation Monday at Radio City Hall in New York City, the beleaguered peacock network was betting big on Michael J. Fox.
In a sign of its importance to the network, "The Michael J. Fox Show" was the first new series to be showcased during Monday's 90-minute presentation and was introduced by NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt.
VIDEO: NBC comedy trailers 2013
It stars the much-loved actor -- who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1998 and left the ABC sitcom "Spin City" in 2000 to spend time with his family and raise awareness of the disease -- as a version of himself: a well-known newscaster afflicted with Parkinson's disease who decides to return to television after several years out of the spotlight.
From the preview above, it looks as if the show will use the tremors associated with Parkinson's as a source for comedy. NBC ordered a full 22 episodes of the series earlier this year, based largely on the considerable appeal of its lead.
"The Michael J. Fox Show" also will be a homecoming of sorts for Fox, who shot to fame in the '80s as Reagan-worshiping teen Alex P. Keaton on NBC's beloved Thursday-night sitcom "Family Ties."
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Leaking blogger no match for the feds and Guns N' Roses
Axl Rose and the FBI might strike some as unlikely allies, but they are united in their belief that the long-awaited tracks from Guns N' Roses' endlessly delayed "Chinese Democracy" should not yet be heard.
On Wednesday the feds arrested a 27-year-old blogger named Kevin Cogill on suspicion of violating copyright laws by leaking nine unreleased songs, supposedly from "Chinese Democracy," on his Web site Antiquiet.com.
At the time of this June leak, the Web site announced:
"I'd like to share with you 9 tracks from the new Guns N' Roses album, 'Chinese Democracy.' These are mastered, finished versions that you probably haven't heard. I always said that the more that Axl and Geffen jerked around trying to figure out how to release this finally finished album that we've all been waiting over 13 years for, the greater the chances would be that it would slip out of a pressing plant or office somewhere and wind up in the hands of some [deleted] with a blog. So… Hey, I told you so."
Shortly after the tracks went up, the band's lawyers intervened, and the songs disappeared from the site, though they continued circulating elsewhere on the Internet.
Now that Cogill has been arrested, the site has a new headline: "Abbie Hoffman, Where Are You?"
Meanwhile, "Chinese Democracy" supposedly is in the hands of Geffen Records, and Billboard reports unconfirmed rumors that it may be out this fall, perhaps in an exclusive Best Buy retail deal.


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We stopped off at Extreme Audio & Kustoms in Riverside, CA, best known as the one-stop shop that built the 2007 Mini-Truck Magazine "Truck of the Year," the 2008 Truckin' Magazine "Mini-Truck of the Year," "D-Lowest", and others in the 2009 Mini-Truck Magazine "Best Builds of the Year" feature. This shop services more than just trucks, in fact, they were tackling a Lowrider build when we stopped by, so we got the scoop on this crazy install. The guys showed us just what it takes to build an award-winning set-up, so we were happily on board to document the install, step-by-step.
Air Zenith Compressors & Kicker wanted this car to be featured in their booth at a Lowrider show in San Bernardino, CA, so the car needed to have a top-notch system in it. Knowing what a crunch it was going to be to complete this job from start to finish in only four days, they called upon Joel "Grommit" Sadenwasser, the owner of Extreme Audio & Kustoms. Once in contact with them, Joel put his best guy on the job, in the form of master audio fabricator Adam "Handmade" Radovich. Luckily, Adam was available for the build and they knew they could count on him to get the job done. "Handmade" was confident in his ability to pull it off in time, and he made sure the work would be well above industry standards. After talking to everybody and getting the green light on the project, Adam was in full-throttle, to get some pounding sounds into this '53 Chevy. Now follow along, as "Handmade" builds an audio trunk compartment masterpiece in just four days.


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Artists: Eric Marcinizyn
Wilmington, DE
What year did you start tattooing?
I first started working in the shop in April 2008. Before that I was just an aspiring kitchen magician.
How did you get into tattooing?
I had a friend in high school who grew up tattooing. He was kind enough to always let me hang over his shoulder. I didn't know it was what I wanted to do, but that doesn't mean it wasn't still cool as hell. The first time I ever picked up a machine was trying his out on him.
Where did you apprentice?
I never actually did any kind of apprenticeship. Some time after trying out my homie's gear, I came up on my own tools and started cookin'. I ain't so good at approaching or dealing with other people when it comes to things like that, so I chose the harder route of attempting to figure it out on my own. He passed off new information to me from time to time, and I would do as much as I could with it. I managed to put together a book that got me a job at the same shop he was working at the time. There I was fortunate enough to be allowed to look over the shoulders of some very established guys, and it went from there.
What conventions have you worked at? Have you won any awards? What are some of your best convention memories?
I try to travel as much as I can. My favorite places to work are the L.A. area, and the UK. I'm at Vegas and Atlanta every year too, though. I've won a handful of awards at various conventions in the states for best of the day, or things like best portrait, best black-and-gray, etc., but the one I am the most proud of was this past fall: tattoo of the day on Saturday at the Paris convention. A couple months ago I was working Richmond convention. I always work with my back facing people to keep my anxiety under control, but anyway I turned around and Tony Olivas and Bob Tyrrell were looking at my book and seeing what I was working on. I had known them both for a little while at this point, but this time Tony had offered to go grab me a drink and asked if there was anything I needed. It doesn't seem like much, but a gesture like that from an OG like Tony means a lot, to me at least. Little shit like somebody just being nice to me, or remembering my name, are the most memorable experiences for me at this point.
How do you describe your style?
Honestly, I would say I'm still trying to find it. Because real refined black-and-gray work takes so long to do, development as an artist is a slow process. I'm only a couple years in, so I have a lot of figuring to do before I could give a confident answer. In my mind, I'm trying to take the most successful elements of various black-and-gray styles and pull them together with my own vision. I'd like to describe my style as delicate and elegant, but powerful and prominent. I guess I can say that now, and spend every day from here on out trying to prove it.
What inspires you as an artist?
Everything I see that I know is better than what I do. Every idea that I wonder why I didn't think of first. I dunno if we can call that inspiration, but I'll call it motivation. Either way, it keeps me mov- ing, and trying to keep that moving in the for- ward direction.
What sets you apart from other artists?
That's a hard question to answer. As long as I've been coming to conventions, older guys have been giving me a hard time for looking like I don't fit in. Maybe that's what sets me apart; I'm not really here to fit in. I'm okay with that. I'm confident in what I'm doing, and I feel like my head is on straight enough to say I'm on the right path. Maybe someday, if I can manage to do a good enough job at what I'm trying to do, for a long enough time, people will be worrying about fitting in with me.
What other mediums do you work in?
Presently, just this. I wish I could say I had more time available to draw or paint, but if I have the time available to be working on something artistic with my own two hands, I'm tattooing.
How have you branched out from tattooing?
Tattooing has opened a lot of doors for me. I've had the opportunity to travel the world and rub elbows with all kinds of people who otherwise I'd never have the chance or reason to be around. In dealing with so many people—clients, fellow artists, and just others in passing—new opportunities present them- selves all the time. It's almost overwhelming, and it sucks to have to pass up on good things, but at this point honestly the most important thing for me to do is try to stay grounded, and focused on the work that's in front of me. I look forward to the time when I'm comfortable enough to take a little attention away from just learning the craft, and take advantage of those other things it's made available to me.
What tattoo artists do you admire most?
I admire any artist that can consistently deliver quality work. Even more so when that work is continually groundbreaking. The first artists I was exposed to, that set me on my path of discovery, were Shane Oneill and BJ Betts. So naturally, stay on the list for life. It's hard to use the word admire, but I'd be happy to say whose shit I've really been into lately. Chuey Quintanar, Spencer Briggs, Placaso, Carlos Torres. It's hard out here on the East Coast.
What kind of tattoos do you look forward to doing?
I look forward to every chance I get to be fully trusted by the client to challenge myself with something new.
Is there anyone who you would like to tattoo?
Pusha T. I grew up listening to the Clipse. He just seems like a cool-ass dude. Back to the question about how have I branched out from tattooing—it just makes things like this possible.
Before someone gets a tattoo what advice do you give them?
Be sure you're ready. Know what you want, and know what your plans are for the future. Make your decisions responsibly. Do your research and choose your artist wisely. Make sure you are going to be dealing with someone you can trust to make aesthetic and artistic decisions, because they are the professional and you are confident in them to do their job.


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By Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retailers moving into old downtown buildings, an abundance of freshly planted greenspaces, and a stream of new jobs in Knoxville, Tennessee, are all signs to Mayor Madeline Rogero that for the last year prosperity has been blooming in her city.
"We feel very good about how we're coming out of this recession," Rogero said. "We see new interest. We see new development that's occurring. We're optimistic that this recovery is going to continue."
Knoxville is a member of a very small club. Three and a half years since the 2007-09 economic recession ended, only three major U.S. metropolitan areas are experiencing an economic recovery, according to the Brookings Institution.
The Washington-based research group has also deemed Dallas and Pittsburgh in recovery after analyzing their employment levels and gross domestic product per capita.
The United States has the most major metropolitan economies of all countries - 76 - according to an annual report on the 300 largest metropolitan economies worldwide that Brookings released on Friday.
"It was still better than last year when the U.S. had no metro recoveries," Brookings Associate Fellow Emilia Istrate said.
Istrate said the three cities had two features in common: strong local services such as healthcare, and business and financial services that cater to specific industries.
The recession came late to many city budgets. Their primary revenue source - property taxes - took time to fall because of lags in real estate valuations. By the time they dropped, cities were also contending with falling sales and income taxes resulting from job losses.
Many of the splinters the downturn drove into their budgets remain deeply lodged, and cities of all sizes worry about federal spending cuts that are part of the "fiscal cliff."
"Cities are emerging slowly from the Great Recession," said Robert Zahradnik at Pew's American Cities Project, which tracks fiscal conditions and budgets. "In many cities revenues are gradually recovering but there are still some risks out there."
Rogero has only been in office for a year. But she remembers, as a resident and as director of the city's community development office, when the recession hit. Sales tax revenues fell. The building inspections department that had always funded itself from fees had to tap the city budget.
"People were losing their jobs. People were losing their homes," she said.
Nonetheless, the city continued investing in infrastructure and fostering private investment, often using funds from the 2009 federal stimulus plan. The goals were to attract businesses and to keep people working on construction jobs such as a housing project for the elderly.
The Pittsburgh skyline partly tells the city's economic story, said Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. A major bank just finished building one skyscraper and started construction on another.
"In my mind, it's already recovered. We employ more people in Pittsburgh than we ever have," he said.
Pittsburgh built up industries before the recession, mostly in what Ravenstahl calls "eds and meds" - universities and healthcare. Then the shale gas boom put its business services in high demand.
"The opportunity that exists with shale is really something that most cities don't have. It really is going to be the economic engine in the future," he said.
All three cities created long-term stability with local services and the public sector, and growth with business and financial services, said Istrate.
"People always want to know what metros are recovering, what they are doing, so they can replicate it. There is no single industry that can help, but there is an industrial structure that can help you grow year to year," she said. "More and more metropolitan areas are looking at the export sector, at foreign investors, at infrastructure."
She noted that many U.S. metropolitan economies are doing better than some major cities in other countries.
In terms of Dallas, she said, the city's business services easily cater to the commodities sector.
Analysts at the firm IHS track employment in U.S. metropolitan areas and found almost all cities in Texas have returned to their pre-recession employment peaks, with Dallas reaching those levels in the last quarter of 2012.
The state was not hit hard by the housing bubble, said IHS Economist Steven Frable. Its industry diversity, which includes energy, business services, and trade and transportation, has attracted workers to the state.
Looking to 2013 and 2014, IHS expects more than 75 metropolitan areas to regain their peak employment, mostly large cities such as New York and Seattle.
"It's been almost four years since the recession happened and only a few metro areas...have been able to recover in terms of employment," Frable said. "Recessions these days seem to be deep, long and drawn out.
Any improvements could take a while to impact budgets, said Christy McFarland, who researches fiscal issues for the National League of Cities.
"We're going from worse to a little bit better, but it's still bad," she said.
(Editing by Cynthia Osterman)


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Healthy People 2010: A Blueprint for the Decade Ahead
December 2000
A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!
Debuted in January of this year, the most recent HP document, Healthy People 2010, will be published in a final format in the next couple months. Two overarching goals guided the process during the planning period, 1) to increase the quality and years of healthy life and 2) to eliminate health disparities. According to the Secretary of Health, Donna Shalala, Ph.D., these goals are to be achieved within the vision of "Healthy People in Healthy Communities." This vision recognizes that health behaviors start at home and are inseparable from how citizens interact and participate in society.
The central importance of HP to the entire Federal health system cannot be overemphasized since it unites an enormous, diverse, and geographically separated group of Federal health institutions. All aspects of their work draw on HP for funding justification. Health advocates must know this process in order to be effective in making positive changes for their constituents. This article focuses on how HIV is addressed in Healthy People 2010, in both specific and related goals and objectives, and explains how to become involved in and capitalize on resources of the HP process.
BackgroundAccording to HP 2010's introduction, individual behaviors and environmental factors are responsible for about 70 percent of all premature deaths in the United States. Developing and implementing policies and preventive interventions that effectively address these determinants of health can reduce the burden of illness, enhance quality of life, and increase longevity. The theory that underlies HP 2010, now several hundred pages long and containing over 460 objectives, is that its goals and objectives can be monitored using scientifically valid indicators of health. Changes in the indicators would provide the evidence for whether or not objectives are being met, and funding priorities of the different offices of HHS would stem from how well HP goals are met. For example, if one goal were to reduce the number of heart attacks in middle-aged Americans, the government would need to measure the number of heart attacks in middle-aged Americans over time to determine whether they are increasing or decreasing. If they were increasing, changes in funding priorities could include new programs aimed at increasing exercise or successfully treating high cholesterol and diabetes. There could also be more basic science research into why heart attacks happen, funds to teach improved prevention to health care providers, and a move to decrease the time a heart medicine takes to get approval by the FDA. If heart attacks were decreasing, priorities could be shifted to other diseases where the HP goals were not being met.
The second overall goal for HP 2010, to eliminate health disparities, acknowledges that different diseases affect different people differently. Otherwise, we would not have health disparities in this country. Many diseases, such as some cancers, are over-represented in particular US populations. The HIV epidemic is a dramatic example of health disparities. Communities of color, especially African-Americans, are over-represented in the epidemic. The leading cause of death for black men aged 25-44 in the US is AIDS. However, not all ethnic minority groups have higher incidence. Asian-Americans have the lowest rate of infection of all measured ethnic groups in the United States. There are other groups of Americans at increased risk for contracting HIV. Gay men, bisexual men, non-gay or bi-identified men who have sex with men, and intravenous drug users are also at greater risk. The interactions between demographics and behavior are as important as the individual determinants themselves in properly addressing the epidemic. Prevention and care programs directed at black, gay men would almost certainly not work with white, heterosexual IV drug users.
HIV ObjectivesInstructive to how well the US is taking care of its HIV-infected citizens is the progress toward the goals set out in HP 2000. Data to assess progress was available for 13 of the 17 Healthy People 2000 objectives. The objectives to lower the risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV infection and to protect workers from exposure to bloodborne infections exceeded goals. Progress was made toward targets, but targets were not reached, for objectives to slow the rise in the rate of new AIDS cases, contain the rate of HIV infection, and increase the proportion of sexually active females whose partners used condoms at last sexual intercourse. Objectives to increase the proportion of HIV-positive people who know their serostatus moved away from its target as did objectives for counseling, outreach, and school-based AIDS education. Thus, while the US succeeded in meeting objectives to protect health care workers and those who could have contracted HIV from transfusions, objectives were not met that affected the vast majority of Americans at risk for HIV and AIDS. The retreat from several important goals shows how the health of HIV-infected Americans can take a back seat even in a decade with an Administration seemingly more receptive to addressing HIV than its predecessors.
HP 2010 dedicates a section of 17 objectives to HIV, with the overall goal being to prevent HIV infection and its related illness and death. The objectives fall into several categories. With respect to prevention, the objectives include increasing condom use and providing increased access to HIV/AIDS counseling services in several high risk groups: substance users, prisoners, and those infected with TB. The objectives also call for increased STD and Hep B screening provided with HIV testing and for a reduction in perinatally acquired HIV infection.
With respect to treatment, the objectives call for reductions in the number of AIDS cases, increases in treatment and prophylaxis, and increases in proportion of HIV-infected people who know their status. The document also calls for the move from AIDS reporting on a national basis to HIV reporting. The CDC has already mandated that States enact HIV-reporting to maintain Federal funds for HIV programs. Some states, like New York, recently enacted named reporting while others have opted for confidential coding systems.
Other Objectives Important to HIV-Positive PeopleLeading health indicators were chosen for HP 2010 because they affect all Americans. Thus, the majority of the goals and objectives in the document are important for the health of Americans. Certainly the sections on tobacco use, exercise, nutrition, and even public health infrastructure can affect the lives of all Americans, including those who are HIV-positive. However, there are specific areas where HIV-positive individuals may be especially impacted.
Immunization and Infectious Diseases: Prevent disease, disability, and death from infectious diseases, including vaccine-preventable diseases. HIV-infected people should receive appropriate immunizations once diagnosed. Some infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and hepatitis, are often associated with HIV, and screening, prevention, and treatment may be necessary. Other issues such as emerging drug resistance are also of importance to HIV-infected people since they may take several antibiotics in the course of their care.
Mental Health and Mental Disorders: Improve mental health and ensure access to appropriate, quality mental health services. More and more research is demonstrating how mental illness can affect the course of HIV disease, such as its effects on medication adherence and how it may affect the likelihood that people will engage in high-risk behaviors that could transmit the disease. Mental illness should be identified and treated.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Promote responsible sexual behaviors, strengthen community capacity, and increase access to quality services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their complications. The majority of HIV-infections are transmitted sexually, and there are several STDs that can increase the likelihood of HIV transmission. STDs can also affect the course of HIV disease with some evidence that these infections can speed the rate of the disease.
Substance Abuse: Reduce substance abuse to protect the health, safety, and quality of life for all, especially children. Because injection drug use and needle sharing with HIV-infected partners can spread HIV, this is a critical area for addressing HIV. Intravenous drug users need to be able to seek care for substance abuse to reduce their risk of contracting HIV. The effects of other illicit drugs besides injectable substances can also increase high-risk sexual behaviors both because of the drugs' influences and because sex may be exchanged for drugs or money for drugs.
Affecting the HP ProcessThere are two steps in advocating for improved funding for health. Congress determines overall priorities and funding amounts. However, it is up to HHS to spend it! While the Departments and Offices receive their funding according to Congressional mandates, they distribute the money according to their own internal processes and politics. The Healthy People process is how the HHS has decided to prioritize its spending. Thus after advocating at the Congressional level, advocacy needs to continue within the Departments and Offices.
There is a catch-22 involved in the introduction of new priorities to the Healthy People document. Because the indicators, priorities, goals, and objectives are grounded in existing scientific evidence, poorly researched and understood health areas may not be considered for inclusion in the document. For example, the author of this article helped to spearhead an effort to better address health issues pertaining to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) Americans. Many Federal officials argued that there was little evidence that there were health disparities in these populations. However, while few if any Federal funds have ever been spent on research into GLBT health issues, there was a large and growing body of scientific health literature that had examined several domains of health in GLBT populations. Key to our success was making the Federal government aware of existing scientific evidence. However, for areas less researched, this can be an uphill battle. The creation of the Healthy People document is a political process as well. Even if there were compelling evidence that substance abuse rates were higher for lesbians than straight women, translating this into Federal dollars for programs aimed at substance abuse prevention and treatment for lesbians could be politically impossible.
Companion DocumentsWhile a final HP 2010 document is due out by the end of the year, the planning process had a new openness that included several public comment periods across the country and the ability to make comments on the document through the Internet. Now citizens need to advocate for the continued implementation of the goals and objectives contained in the document. Just having the objectives present does not mean progress will be made toward them! In order to address some of the gaps in the HP process, HRSA is funding the creation of companion documents to HP 2010. They are to focus on the how different communities can implement salient HP 2010 objectives. There is wide latitude for these documents, including what objectives are addressed and the audience for the document. A companion document that focuses on HIV-positive people would likely discuss the treatment and counseling objectives from the HIV-section as well the other critical areas of health that can affect their care and treatment and how these objectives can be realized within the community and the resources required.
Healthy People maintains a Consortium of national membership organizations whose missions include improving the health and well being for all. The members come from a full spectrum of life representing older adults, racial and ethnic coalitions, educators, businesses, providers, scientists, and many others. The members are also broadly based in terms of the range of activities to support achievement of the national health objectives.
Further AdvocacyThere are several hints that HIV communities can take when advocating for improved health care at the Federal level. Be aware that everyone with whom you interact has several allegiances. In the competitive world of Federal government, everyone has personal and political agendas, trying to get ahead or stay on top.
Resources for Participating in the HP ProcessThe HHS maintains a one-stop web page for all information related to the HP process. The site contains the full HP 2010 document in a highly searchable format at http://www.health.gov/healthypeople. The government has also produced a CD-ROM containing the document. This compact way of accessing the document is especially useful given the fact that the printed document is in two volumes, about 10 inches tall together, and weighs about 10 pounds!
The Internet site also contains information on several community-based initiatives that have grown up from the HP process. This information is useful in discussing how to bring communities together to address HIV. The site also includes information about the Consortium, upcoming meetings, and agendas. You can also call to get more information at 1-800-336-4797.
The HP process, now 20 years old, is becoming the main justification for all priorities of Federal health funding. The new emphasis on capitalizing on community to eliminate health disparities rings true for HIV-positive communities. Understanding the HP process is critical for health advocates and citizens alike.
Darren Carter, M.D., a research scientist at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, is the policy chair of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.
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