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FYI...for those in the south Florida areaRegards, VergelProgram for Wellness Restoration ThanksLecture Dates:Philadelphia Sept 15, NY Oct 12 & 13 (Spanish and English), LA Sept 21 & 22, Salt Lake- Oct 3, AIDS Nutritionist Conf- DC Sept 15-17, El Paso Oct 10, San Francisco Oct 25, Fort Lauderdale Oct 14, POZ Cruise- Miami- Oct 15-21, Houston Sept 29, Austin Nov 1, Baton Rouge Nov 9, Mexico Nov 29

DisclaimerThis information (and any accompanying printed material) is not intended to replace the attention or advice of a physician or other health care professional. Anyone who wishes to embark on any dietary, drug, exercise, or other lifestyle change intended to prevent or treat a specific disease or condition should first consult with and seek clearance from a qualified health care professional.

CRUISE UPDATE

The ship is currently sold out, however if you know anyone

who would still like to join us,

has been able to clear wait lists for inside cabins.

Have them Call now!

Contact, Stalbaum

Universal Travel/American Express

1425C S.E. 17 St.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316

ext 241

1-, ext. 241

fax

paul@...

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YES THERE IS A PRE CRIUSE PARTY AND WE STILL HAVE SPOTS LEFT

AT NIKKI BEACH CLUB!

We have limited space for 100 people for this annual event.

Folks will be flying in and driving in to meet and party with you all.

We have a guest list to get in, A RSVP IS A MUST!!!

Remember to fly in to Miami Airport, take

supper shuttle or taxi to the hotel, and then taxi it over to the party to join

us for an evening of fun and memories. We can also arrange carpools from the

hotel to the party from the hotel.

What: Pre-Cruise

Celebration and Fundraiser

At: Nikki

Beach Miami

One Ocean

Dr.

Miami

Beach, FL ( just a 3

minute taxi ride from the hotel)

(305)

538-1111

www.nikkibeachclub.com

When: Friday, October 14, 2005 From

7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Suggested door charge: $10 for cruisers $25 for non

cruisers.

We will mingle with the earth’s sexiest jet setters at

this exclusive beach playground. Plan to frolic in the sand, embellish your

five senses and maybe feel your sixth sense too. Nikki Beach is a two-story

restaurant with teepee cabanas on the sand.

The outside VIP Garden is reserved

for us.

• We

will have belly dancers,

• Magic

by Mentalist Lawrence Lemon,

• a mini psychic fair

• and two hours of free soda/juice

• Passed

hors d’oeuvres.

• Each

person will receive two complimentary cocktails

• a wristband for access through the entire

restaurant/nightclub.

• a $5.00 special valet parking rate for our guests.

• We

will also have a Mini Mystical Psychic Fair

The

following professionals will be available for your entertainment purposes:

The

fee is only $1.00 per minute, in 10 minute increments.

(Proceeds

benefiting the Center)

Confirmed:

Ghary Bowlin-Astrologer

Fay Segal-Medical Intuitive

Lenny Sullivan –Psychic

Elaine Feretti-

Psychic/Astrologer/tarot

Shepard-Tarot

a -Tarot

Quintero-Tarot

Ms. Graham-Psychic/tarot

Mc Carty-Palm/tarot/astrology

Blue Star Spirit- I Ching

Fleming- Life purpose hand analysis

RSVP NEEDED to get in or or

email@...

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UPDATE ON PRE CRUISE HOTEL

Where is the pre cruise hotel? The hotel is The Blue Moon

located in the heart of South Beach at 944

Ave. Miami

Beach

www.coralcollection.com/sobe

The Blue moon is sold out, but they have space available at

their sister hotel at The Essex or the WinterHaven,

just down the street.

They will honor at the same rate $89 a night. We have reserved rooms for Friday the

14th. Valet parking is $20 per car.

Sister Hotels:

WinterHaven Hotel : 1400 Ocean Drive

Directly across from the beach on Ocean

Drive! Amidst all the

clubs, restaurants and boutiques. Most rooms with water views. Roof-top garden terrace rooms.

Essex House Hotel: 1001

Avenue

The most authentic art deco hotel in

the heart of South Beach's restaurants, clubs, shopping. 1/2 block to the

beach. Room, incredible suites, and a new spa pool.

Free SoBe breakfast.

BLUE MOON SOLD OUT!!!!!

ALL Hotel Reservations must be made

through

GREAT NEWS!!! OUR OWN MASSAGE THERAPIST ON BOARD!!!!!

We will be bringing our own Licensed Massage Therapist, and

master Reiki Practitioner, and Energy Healer, Atkinson on board with us,

to provide treatments conveniently in your own room at a reduced price of $75

for a 60 minute combo treatment.

Proceeds will benefit the Center. currently

volunteers at the Center in Miami, and WE

KNOW HOW GOOD HE IS!!

You can make checks payable to Positive Connections and give

to in person

when receiving services or mail to us in advance or you can pay in advance

through Pay Pal with your credit card on our website www.positiveconnections.org/helpus

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

We have only 25 slots available. Email me now with your

interest so he can begin to make a schedule.

Most sessions will be available while at sea on the 17th and

20th , and after we return from ports of call.

Sun 10/16: after

4pm

Mon 10/17: all day

Tues 10/18: time undecided

Wed 10/19: after 5pm

Thurs 10/20: all day

Fri 10/21: before 1pm and after 8pm

The massages on board the ship are 50 minutes and their fee

is $90.

30 DAYS AND COUNTING!!!!!

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Could valproic acid eradicate HIV

from the body?

A small proof-of-concept study has shown that the drug valproic acid (Depakote) may be

able to reduce the pool of dormant HIV-infected cells in the body. According to

the authors of the study, which was published in the 13th August edition of The

Lancet, this may eventually point the way towards a cure for HIV infection.

Read the full article at:

http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/7E9AE4D0-FA87-432E-837F-7A350A8F4E94.asp

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**ICAAC postponed to December, Washington, due to hurricane

http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/0E5A0CAD-8C08-4E94-8243-1001DC806FFB.asp?wk=1

The Forty-Fifth Interscience

Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy,

due to take place later this month in New

Orleans, has been postponed until December

16-19 due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina, and will now be held at the Washington D.C. convention

center, it was announced yesterday.

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**HIV treatment dramatically cuts risk of HIV transmission

in steady heterosexual couples

http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/11D0BCF6-B93A-4FDA-9436-7279344CD363.asp?wk=1

Effective anti-HIV treatment has significantly reduced the

sexual transmission of HIV amongst steady heterosexual couples, according to

the results of a Spanish study published in the September 1st edition of the

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The investigators found that

HIV prevalence amongst the initially HIV-negative partners fell from 10% before

potent HIV therapy became available to 2% after the introduction of effective

antiretroviral treatment. In addition, the investigators also noted that not a

single case of HIV transmission occurred in a couple where the HIV-positive

partner was taking a powerful combination of anti-HIV drugs.

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**NNRTIs have a greater risk of

resistance than PIs when used in regimens after treatment break

Patients who take a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) -based regimen after a

break from HIV treatment are significantly less likely to achieve an

undetectable viral load than patients reinitiating HIV therapy with a protease

inhibitor-containing combination, according to the results of a retrospective

Spanish study published in the September 15th edition of Clinical Infectious

Diseases. The investigators believe that the resistance barriers and pharmacokinetics of NNRTIs could

explain these findings and suggest that resistance tests should be performed

before a patient recommences NNRTI treatment after a break from HIV therapy.

Read more here: http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/24591AF0-90FC-4FD1-96F0-657307860915.asp?wk=1

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Dorothy “Net”Weaver, Capital and The Human Services

Coalition of Dade County invite you to:

NetWeaving: Creating

Business Connections that Build Community with Bob Littell

Noon to 4 p.m. (lunch optional)

Tuesday, Sept. 20,

2005

Florida International University Koven’s

Center,

3000 NE 151st St. North

Miami

Dorothy Weaver and Capital join HSC in presenting NetWeaving, a business technique aimed at enhancing your

network of contacts. With NetWeaving, you’ll

create connections that will have a meaningful impact on your bottom line and

on your community.

Whether you work in government, business, the arts,

education, media or for a nonprofit, NetWeaving creator Bob Littell

can teach you to create connections and provide resources that will have a

significant impact on your career and generate goodwill.

NetWeaving builds on

the Golden Rule and Pay it Forward:

Bring people together in win/win situations, because what

goes around does come back around.

*Tickets: $40 for HSC members and $50 for nonmembers. Pay

online: www.hscdade.org

RSVP by Sept. 15. Call x32 or e-mail

hsc@.... Special prices available.

Transform Your Life through Spiritual Healing

DATE: September 29 - October 2

LOCATION: Ft. Lauderdale Oceanfront Hotel on 17th St.

WEBSITE: www.ftlauderdaleoceanfront.com

MORE INFO: Call Fleming at

Join Jaffe Institute founder Dr. Ibrahim

Jaffe in this workshop and create an extraordinary quality of life immediately

and forever -- for yourself, your family, your friends, and your community.

In loving service,

Dr. Ibrahim Jaffe

Global peace through love, healing,

service and leadership.

http://www.jaffeinstitute.org/Programs/one_item.php?id=85

FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING A POZ HETERO GROUP

IN LA HERE'S THE INFO:

Welcome to the Valley+ Club! We took the summer break and now we are

back up and running again and you are invited to join us for group in our NEW

MEETING LOCATION!

SEPTEMBER 1st & 15th (Thursdays); 7-9 PM

2640 GRIFFITH PARK BLVD. SILVERLAKE

LITTLE YELLOW HOUSE on SE corner of HYPERION

Closest train station is Vermont/Sunset Red Line

Exit 5 freeway @ Los Feliz, go

west to Griffith Park Blvd., go south

and cross Over Hyperion, 1st little yellow house on

SE corner.

Exit 101 freeway @ Sunset, go EAST

to lin, turn left.

lin becomes Hyperion. Turn right (south) onto Griffith

Park Blvd., look for 1st little yellow house

on SE corner.

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Tampa Bay Chapter

Hello to Everyone,

August's social at Ft. Desoto Park was a great

success! We would like to thank Council member Ray Namia

for hosting that event. Also, we would like to thank our new Council members

Jay & T. May for volunteering to help out PosConn Tampa Bay.

September’s social event will be on Saturday September

17th, at the AMF Bradenton Lanes - 4208

Cortez Rd. W., Bradenton - from 2 to 4 pm. Expenses for this event are your

own. The event is hosted by council member Mike Trauth.

Please RSVP by September 15th to PosConnTampaBay@...

A reminder that on September 24th, PosConn

as a group will be walking in the AIDS Walk St. sburg (a 5k walk to

benefit FACT, a local charity). If you can join our group in this walk it would

be appreciated or if you can't join us in the walk - please make a donation

under the group name PosConn to help us with our

goal. You can join our group, or make a donation by going to

www.aidswalkstpete.org ; then click on " Find a Team " on the top of

page; there you can find PosConn listed - and either

click on " Join Team " to sign up with our group; or you can click on

" PosConn " to get to the team page and make

a donation. Any donation of any amount you can afford will help us achieveor goal to help local charities.

Finally, there is no Social the third weekend in October -

Instead, Our huge national Social Event " BHIVE'05 " (Be HIV Empowered

in '05) hosted in Treasure Island, Florida from

October 26th thru the 30th will be October’s social event. Whether you

join us at the resort on the beach, or just stop by for any of our scheduled

events or cookout. Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to come out, people with

HIV, affected by HIV, gay, straight, or social workers and health care workers

- Join US!!! You can get more info, post messages, and view last years pictures

by visiting www.webspawner.com/users/bhive05

Thanks again, Guber

Social Activities Director

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" The Independent " , the leading local gay community

newspaper, has made an offer to both individuals and businesses who are

supporters of the Pet project for Pets. For EVERY current supporter of the Pet

Project for Pets - personal or business - who is not currently advertising in

the newspaper who takes out an advertising contract with The Independent

between now and the end of this calendar year they will donate 15% of the value

of the contract to the Pet Project for Pets.

Contact ph Green, The

Independent's Director of Sales, on his direct line , or by email

at JGreen@.... Remember to tell him that you are calling with

regard to the offer relating to the Pet Project for Pets.

Gay men who use methamphetamines

three times more likely to get HIV, says US study. Gay

men who use the recreational drug methamphetamine are three times more likely

to test positive for HIV than non- users of the drug, according to a study

conducted in San Francisco and published in the September 2nd edition of AIDS.

The investigators also found that gay men who use methamphetamine are more

likely to report unprotected anal sex. Read more…

http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/10CADDC7-EA77-465D-B269-4822E36DE9E6.asp?wk=1

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International

Conference on HIV/AIDS Awareness Programme 2005

NATIONAL AWARENESS

PROGRAM ON HIV/AIDS

The last meeting held by UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION (UNO),

UNAIDS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

(WHO), UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

FUND( UNFPA) top executives discussed about the pandemic disease

(HIV/AIDS) in the world and confirmed that, everyday more than 8,000,000 people

die from AIDS and every year another five million (5,000,000) people become

infected with the Virus. Since July 2004 only 260,000 new patients have

benefited from Anti-retroviral Vaccine (ARV) therapy in developing countries.

Treatment expansion in these countries is moving at snail pace.

From the perspective of a medical/ humanitarian organization

working, resource-poor countries are finding it difficult to get aid for the

treatment of HIV/AIDS, the global picture is bleak. Are you aware of the up

coming NATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAM 2005 that will be held in AMERICA (WASHINGTON

DC.) and ENGLAND (LONDON)? This program is to enlighten us about HIV/AIDS and

the introduction of newly manufactured drugs (MIROBICIDES) which are used to

reduce the transmission of the Deadly Virus and other sexually transmitted

infections (STIs).

Send your application Letter to the Organiser

of this Programme in person of the UNITED NATIONS

SECRETARY GENERAL,

Mr Kofi anaan(CHAIRMAN). Via this Email: unaids@...

Stating the following:

1 Name and

2Address/Country

3 phone number

For more info email: sophia_lorentd@...

September 23-24-25: Miami FL

WHO SAYS LIFE HAS TO BE A STRUGGLE?

The Essence of Being workshop is a 3-day experiential

weekend to discover your definitions of success, how successful you are, and

how to enhance your life! It's about breaking old habits and changing methods

that no longer work for you. Through a series of simulations, role playing, and

experiential games, you will have an opportunity to see the patterns you've

developed in your life. With your new awareness, you have the opportunity to

change or keep them. Learn how to create a new approach to life.

This workshop is designed for you to:

• Create

more abundance.

• Enhance

your self-esteem.

• Play

a win/win game in any situation.

• Let

go of limiting belief systems.

• Manage

stress and conflict in ways that support your physical and emotional

well-being.

• Hone

your communication skills.

• Discover

" the path of least resistance " .

• Assume

a stronger level of personal responsibility.

Understand the meaning of trust

Location: 4770 N.E.

2nd Avenue in the Miami

" design district " is " The Hub " ,

there is ample parking for all of us.

(There is a lot on the corner of 48th

Street and N.E. 2nd

Ave with room to park 30 cars).

Workshop price is $445.00. Register

at

http://www.essenceofbeing.com/index.asp?cat=39024 or call

The World AIDS Day Planning Coalition presents: 2005 National

World AIDS Day Conference “Stop AIDS. Make the Promise!”

For information regarding registration, speakers, abstract

submission, sponsorship and exhibits, please contact Hamilton (305)

891-9260 or Janet or visit http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/2005worldaidsdayconference

or email a request for information to wadconf@...

Book signing with the author of

“Getting Unstuck”. A riveting story about a brave HIV

positive woman who defied the odds against her to become the bodyguard for Mark

Wahlberg, music manager for the Queen Latifah Show, Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen Media and the

upcoming Showtime film from the Executive Producer of the L Word starring EVE.

This is an Annual Conference addressing HIV/AIDS prevention,

clinical trials, substance abuse, special sub-populations and the role of the

faith-based community. Pre-Conference registration &

reception by November 30, 2005.

Sponsored by the City of Miami’s

Honorable Mayor Manny A.

December 1-2, 2005

Coconut Grove Convention

& Expo Center

Miami, Florida Due to

tremendous response, registration is now open to first 500 registrants.

Register, NOW!

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Co-authors Connie Goodman-Milone and

Rose announce a last call for submissions for their bereavement poetry

anthology. Send request for

guidelines to cgmilone@... and/or proseguy@...

The Office of the Medical Director, New York State

Department of Health AIDS Institute, is pleased to announce that

" Drug-Drug Interactions between HAART, Medications Used in Substance Use

Treatment, and Recreational Drugs " is now available on the web. This

chapter was developed by the Committee for the Care of the HIV-Infected

Substance User.

This chapter includes the following:

• explanation of the mechanisms of drug metabolism and

potential interactions

• drug interactions between HAART (and HIV-related drugs) and

methadone or buprenorphine (see Appendix

• drug interactions between HAART and recreational drugs (see

Appendix C)

• drug interactions between HAART and psychotropics

(see Appendix D)

How to access " Drug-Drug Interactions Between HAART, Medications Used in Substance Use Treatment,

and Recreational Drugs " :

The guidelines for drug-drug interactions in substance users

can be accessed when you log on to the HIV Clinical Resource home page,

www.hivguidelines.org, and visit the " New Information " section to the

right of the page. You can also access all HIV clinical guidelines pertaining

to Substance Users by clicking on the link below, or by going to the Clinical

Guidelines section of the HIV Clinical Resource site.

http://www.hivguidelines.org/public_html/center/clinical-guidelines/sub-gl/substance.htm

Are you currently on Fuzeon or

thinking about starting Fuzeon therapy?

Let’s talk about…..Fuzeon

with Pruski, RN,

September 28, 2005

6:00-8:00 PM

Statscript Pharmacy

1669 Meridian Avenue

Reservations:

Dinner will be served

SOUTH FLORIDA BUYERS CLUB FOR

JON KAISERS VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS “K-PAX” IS NOW AT POSITIVE

CONNECTIONS

Save $30 on each monthly supply of double strength K-PAX

vitamins. Your cost is only $99.95 instead of $129.95. Single strength is

$60.00. Call the center to place your order for shipment to TCPC. Payment must

be received when the product is picked up. Call . A $5.00

administration fee will be charged on all orders. It will be waived for those

on Disability. Product is in stock now.

Thursday – September 29, 2005

Educational Dinner Lecture - “Women &

HIV/AIDS”

Presented by: Liliana Eagan, MSW

This seminar will focus on:

Risk

factors for HIV transmission

Same

virus, different experiences

Biological

differences from men

Specific

drug cautions for women

Pregnancy

– planning & treatment options

Depression

& HIV

Gynecological

issues

Metabolic

complications

Cardiovascular

disease

Resources

Space for 100

people at Bistro Biscayne, 738 NE 125 ST, North Miami. Men are welcome to attend. Please RSVP by September

26th to The Center for Positive Connections at or email

us at email@...

with your name, telephone # and choice of chicken or salmon. Sponsored by Gilead

Pharmaceuticals

As always, if you would like to be removed from our emails,

just hit “reply” with please remove in the subject line.

Thanks.

Peace.

Barbara Salim

The Center for Positive Connections