Tuesday, October 4, 6:00 PM

Positive Life Series - HIV & the Brain

The next presentation in the monthly Positive Life HIV education series will focus on neurocognitive problems associated with HIV, featuring Dr. Ron Ellis of UCSD.  A light supper will be served starting at 6:00 PM, and the program will begin at 6:30 PM.  The location is the Sinatra Auditorium at Desert Regional Medical Center (at the corner of Tachevah and Via Miraleste in Palm Springs), and is always free.  ASL translation will be provided. Sponsored by Jewish Family Service of the Desert. Please email or call Jeff Taylor at jefftaylorps@gmail.com, or 760.835.1926, with any questions.  Future presentations include:  

• November 1, Accessing HIV Benefits--Social Security, Medicare Part D, etc. 
• December 6, Aging with HIV--speaker Nelson Vergel

Saturday, October 22, 7:30 AM

Palm Springs AIDS Walk 2011

It's time to sign up!  The twenty-fourth annual Palm Springs AIDS walk is coming up soon!  Follow this link for information and registration. 

The Client Community Center hosts regular activities and events every week (listed below).  Community Center special events and other activities can now be found on the main D.A.P. website.  Click here for the complete list of upcoming special events.

Friday, October 7, Noon to 1:00 PM

Community Center Presents:

Join us at a luncheon sponsored by ViiV Healthcare, facilitated by Jeffrey Bach, Clinical Specialist.  Lunch will be served at 11:45 AM.  Please RSVP to Ray at 760.323.2118 ext. 295 by Wednesday October 5th @ 3:00PM or rrobertson@desertaidsproject.org

Protect your health, sign up now!

First and Third Tuesday, Every Month, 4:30 - 6:00 PM

Community Center Presents: POZITIVELY POSITIVE

D.A.P. Community Center is pleased to support this peer-led group for HIV+ men striving to live a more empowered and healthier life. Discussion topics are chosen by group members. For more information please contact the group's facilitator, Tim Neuman at 323.854.3248.  Stay strong!   

Every Thursday, 1:00 PM

Community Center Presents, October 6:

LET'S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES 

The 40-Year Old Virgin (2005)

Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother. Directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Steve Carrell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd. 

Roll film! 

Regular Client Community Center activities include:

For the first time, researchers have discovered that a cell-based therapy for HIV/AIDS can reduce the amount of virus in infected people. The breakthrough was announced last week at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Chicago. To date, the only treatment for HIV has been multi-drug regimens that prolong life but never eliminate the virus.  "The data are very encouraging," says Edward Lanphier, CEO of Sangamo Biosciences, which conducted the study.  "We are seeing a statistically significant correlation between our treatment and viral load reduction."  Other scientists agree this is a significant step, but advise caution and further study, emphasizing that these results cannot in any way yet be considered a cure.  Click here for full information and other opinions.  (sb)  

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The National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. is marking the 30th anniversary of HIV/AIDS through continued education both in-person at the museum as well as online in the form of a newly-functioning website. The program, "HIV and AIDS Thirty Years Ago,"

began its run on June 10, 2011 and will continue through November 27, 2011. In "Archiving the History of an Epidemic: HIV and AIDS, 1985-2009," the museum's Archives Center will show how individuals and society were affected by the epidemic through a selection of archival materials from its collections, including posters for the 1993 movie Philadelphia with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington and the 1989 film Longtime Companion; brochures, photographs and other popular culture materials; and quotes from oral histories of people affected by the epidemic. Visit the museum online, or stop and see the phsical exhibit if you are planning to be in Washington D.C. (rv)

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We the People: A new way to petition the White House
The White House recently announced an upcoming addition to  its offical website, WhiteHouse.gov called We the People which may significantly change how the public engages with the White House online.  With We the People, you can submit an online petition on a range of issues--and get an official response.  Read more here. (jl) 

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Paraprosdokians

A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.  It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax.(rv)

The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on the list.

If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. 

 
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;  wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism;  to steal from many is research.

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay checks.

A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

You do not need a parachute to skydive.  You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.

I used to be indecisive.  Now I'm not sure.

I always take life with a grain of salt, plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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