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    <updated>2010-01-27T21:40:14Z</updated>
    <subtitle>Peter Staley, Founder &amp; Advisory Editor, AIDSmeds.com</subtitle>
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    <title>That&apos;s a Lot of Vivid Dreaming</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2010:/peter//1.2524</id>

    <published>2010-01-27T21:40:03Z</published>
    <updated>2010-01-27T21:40:14Z</updated>

    <summary>It seems Gilead is selling tons of Atripla these days:try{for(var lastpass_iter=0; lastpass_iter Gilead 4Q Profit Rises 43 Percent On Atripla SalesGilead Sciences said yesterday its profit climbed 43 percent in the fourth quarter due to rising sales of its three-in-one...</summary>
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        It seems Gilead is selling tons of Atripla these days:try{for(var lastpass_iter=0; lastpass_iter Gilead 4Q Profit Rises 43 Percent On Atripla SalesGilead Sciences said yesterday its profit climbed 43 percent in the fourth quarter due to rising sales of its three-in-one...
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    <title>Studies Show Huge Drop in Meth Use Among Gay Men in NYC</title>
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    <published>2010-01-11T19:00:52Z</published>
    <updated>2010-01-11T19:01:50Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ We did it! &nbsp;In 2004, gay men in New York City decided to confront what had been our dirty little secret up until then -- crystal meth had become our party-drug&nbsp;du jour.We forced the city council to appropriate funds...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[ We did it! &nbsp;In 2004, gay men in New York City decided to confront what had been our dirty little secret up until then -- crystal meth had become our party-drug&nbsp;du jour.We forced the city council to appropriate funds...]]>
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    <title>Told ya</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.2373</id>

    <published>2009-12-02T19:03:28Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-02T19:03:48Z</updated>

    <summary>A prediction from a little over 13 months ago:&quot;...the next big change in the guidelines will come within two years, and recommend starting treatment when CD4&apos;s fall below 500.&quot;AIDSmeds.com has a great overview of the latest updates to the HIV...</summary>
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        A prediction from a little over 13 months ago:&quot;...the next big change in the guidelines will come within two years, and recommend starting treatment when CD4&apos;s fall below 500.&quot;AIDSmeds.com has a great overview of the latest updates to the HIV...
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    <title>Don&apos;t Let 1 Be Like 8</title>
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    <published>2009-10-27T16:27:10Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-27T16:27:11Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Prop 1 in Maine is a week away.&nbsp; Let's not lose this one like we lost Prop 8, by sitting back, hoping for the best, and only becoming active after the vote.You can do something now.&nbsp; Donate online to No...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[Prop 1 in Maine is a week away.&nbsp; Let's not lose this one like we lost Prop 8, by sitting back, hoping for the best, and only becoming active after the vote.You can do something now.&nbsp; Donate online to No...]]>
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    <title>ACT UP, &quot;Terrorist Group&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.2322</id>

    <published>2009-10-23T16:40:42Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-23T16:40:40Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Now the Catholic League has dittoed the futile smear campaign tying Kevin Jennings to ACT UP.&nbsp; Bill Donohue, their president (or according to Kathy Griffin, "one man in a room with a computer"), describes ACT UP as a "homosexual urban...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[Now the Catholic League has dittoed the futile smear campaign tying Kevin Jennings to ACT UP.&nbsp; Bill Donohue, their president (or according to Kathy Griffin, "one man in a room with a computer"), describes ACT UP as a "homosexual urban...]]>
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    <title>Wingnuts Target Jennings &amp; Harvard&apos;s ACT UP Exhibit</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.2319</id>

    <published>2009-10-22T15:11:10Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-22T15:10:59Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[They're running out of ammo.&nbsp; The right-wing nuts that have been trying, and miserably failing, to bring down Kevin Jennings, Obama's "safe schools czar," are now trying to use ACT UP as a smear (see WorldNetDaily).&nbsp; It seems Kevin was...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[They're running out of ammo.&nbsp; The right-wing nuts that have been trying, and miserably failing, to bring down Kevin Jennings, Obama's "safe schools czar," are now trying to use ACT UP as a smear (see WorldNetDaily).&nbsp; It seems Kevin was...]]>
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    <title>Run, Public Plan, Run!</title>
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    <published>2009-10-21T14:58:24Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-21T15:00:03Z</updated>

    <summary>Love this new ad from the folks at MoveOn......</summary>
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        Love this new ad from the folks at MoveOn......
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    <title>The Jennings Line</title>
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    <published>2009-10-20T15:01:18Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-20T15:01:32Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[In case you've avoided listening to the hateful right-wing media machine (basically Limbaugh plus his parrots at FOX) - and who could blame you - they've been orchestrating a disgusting smear campaign against a hero of mine, Kevin Jennings.&nbsp; Kevin...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[In case you've avoided listening to the hateful right-wing media machine (basically Limbaugh plus his parrots at FOX) - and who could blame you - they've been orchestrating a disgusting smear campaign against a hero of mine, Kevin Jennings.&nbsp; Kevin...]]>
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    <title>Is Pharma Making the Grade?</title>
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    <published>2009-09-14T16:21:52Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-14T16:21:23Z</updated>

    <summary>The AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC), of which I&apos;m a member, issued report cards on the nine major pharmaceutical companies with HIV drugs on the market, and most aren&apos;t exactly graduating with honors (the average grade was C-minus).ATAC graded each...</summary>
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        The AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC), of which I&apos;m a member, issued report cards on the nine major pharmaceutical companies with HIV drugs on the market, and most aren&apos;t exactly graduating with honors (the average grade was C-minus).ATAC graded each...
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    <title>Obama&apos;s First Step Toward a National HIV/AIDS Strategy</title>
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    <published>2009-08-24T15:04:30Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-24T17:21:18Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[The cynical among us might call this a stalling tactic, or more foot dragging.&nbsp; I'd call it an essential first step.&nbsp; On Friday, the following press release was released by the Obama administration:WASHINGTON - President Obama today announced the launch...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[The cynical among us might call this a stalling tactic, or more foot dragging.&nbsp; I'd call it an essential first step.&nbsp; On Friday, the following press release was released by the Obama administration:WASHINGTON - President Obama today announced the launch...]]>
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    <title>An Obit for Robert</title>
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    <published>2009-08-20T13:21:35Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-20T13:21:54Z</updated>

    <summary>Kudos to Michael Petrelis for pushing me and other ACT UP alumni to lobby the New York Times for a much-deserved obit for Robert Hilferty, which ran in today&apos;s New York edition on page B12 (see it here online).As Michael...</summary>
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        Kudos to Michael Petrelis for pushing me and other ACT UP alumni to lobby the New York Times for a much-deserved obit for Robert Hilferty, which ran in today&apos;s New York edition on page B12 (see it here online).As Michael...
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    <title>ACT UP, Again</title>
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    <published>2009-08-14T16:20:08Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-14T16:21:29Z</updated>

    <summary>Great news -- ACT UP San Diego is reforming to fight California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger&apos;s HIV/AIDS budget cuts (he basically wiped out their entire HIV prevention program, along with other life-saving services like viral load testing for those on treatment).Long...</summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        Great news -- ACT UP San Diego is reforming to fight California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger&apos;s HIV/AIDS budget cuts (he basically wiped out their entire HIV prevention program, along with other life-saving services like viral load testing for those on treatment).Long...
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    <title>Michael &amp; Me</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.2196</id>

    <published>2009-07-30T17:29:27Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-30T17:50:50Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[It's definitely the worst picture of me ever taken, but how could I not post it?&nbsp; Can't a blogger try to ride a media frenzy?&nbsp; I would have posted it sooner, but it took me a while to find.In 1998,...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[It's definitely the worst picture of me ever taken, but how could I not post it?&nbsp; Can't a blogger try to ride a media frenzy?&nbsp; I would have posted it sooner, but it took me a while to find.In 1998,...]]>
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    <title>Too Soon, Dear Robert</title>
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    <published>2009-07-28T13:36:18Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-28T13:36:56Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[A great ACT UP veteran, and my boyfriend for most of 1988, died suddenly this weekend.&nbsp; Robert Hilferty was a filmmaker, movie critic, and music critic, working in the last few years for Bloomberg News (you can read many of...]]></summary>
    <author>
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        <![CDATA[A great ACT UP veteran, and my boyfriend for most of 1988, died suddenly this weekend.&nbsp; Robert Hilferty was a filmmaker, movie critic, and music critic, working in the last few years for Bloomberg News (you can read many of...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Unprocessed Rage</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.2178</id>

    <published>2009-07-17T19:35:13Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-17T19:35:36Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[At about 3:00 A.M. this morning, New York State Senator Tom Duane kind of snapped.&nbsp; He'd had enough of the backroom politics on a bill he supported that prevents people living with HIV or AIDS and receiving public assistance from...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[At about 3:00 A.M. this morning, New York State Senator Tom Duane kind of snapped.&nbsp; He'd had enough of the backroom politics on a bill he supported that prevents people living with HIV or AIDS and receiving public assistance from...]]>
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