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Students will learn about the history of the AIDS pandemic and the status of AIDS in the United States. Students will create ways to inform various demographic groups in the U.S. about the risk of HIV/AIDS.ProcedureInform students that December 1 is World AIDS Day. Since this day was first marked in 1988, people and organizations around the globe have worked to bring attention to the AIDS pandemic. The United Nations notes that in 2007, more than 33 million people worldwide were living with HIV or AIDS, and of this number, 2 million were children under the age of 15. According to the U.S. government, more than 1 million Americans are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Next, refer student groups to the online resources provided to learn more about AIDS, the history of the AIDS pandemic and the...
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Short selling reforms are a long time coming
IT doesn't smack of good planning to make laws retrospectively, particularly in relation to the knotty subject of short selling.But a push by most of the major stakeholders looks set to help construct what should be a clear and transparent short-selling regime in Australia.You may remember that the relevant minister, Senator Nick Sherry, had been planning to introduce a bill to parliament tightening up on definitions of short selling when the whole process was fast-tracked in September by ASIC chairman Tony D'Aloisio.He used his powers to close a loophole in the regulations and left it to parliament to draft the law later. That capped off a crackdown that started on Friday, September 19, with a ban on "naked" short selling, and by the end of that weekend had become a ban on all forms of short...
AIMA, as a knowledge organisation
Rekha Sethi,who has recently taken over as Director General, All India Management Association(AIMA), talks to Surbhi Bhatia about her futureplans for the association.What is your vision for AIMA?Whenever people refer to premier management institutions, AIMA is not there in terms of profile. I want to take AIMA to that level and want it to be positioned as a knowledge organisation. In order to achieve premier position, we have constituted a taskforce that will create a vision for AIMA. We operate in a number of areas like conducting the MAT exam in the country, offering distance-learning programme, and so on. We are also looking at promoting global links.Can you elaborate on the global links?We are tying up with international institutions such as Yale University and INSEAD business school...
Bad idea jeans
Sports blotter: "You’re looking at some years, son" editionTHE NOT-SO-GREAT HEIST: Charleston Southern University football teammates Tyrone Lattimore, Zachery Hillery, Ronald Jay Baldner, and Samual Baptiste teamed up to rob a couple — and scored $7.50 a piece for their efforts.Bad idea, Ch. 1Man, there must have been something in the air last week. A rash of arrests across the sports world, with most of them involving college football players. And not little piddly-widdly, penny-ante, wuss-bunny arrests, either, but serious, man-size, you’re-looking-at-some-years-son felony arrests.The worst (and stupidest) of these might have taken place in...
Journeys to the Center of Our Worth
The Old Heads' Chronicles, Volume VPHILADELPHIA -- Regardless of what happened throughout and up to the general election, 2008 will go down in history as The Year We Made Contact with the conscience of this entire ball o’ dirt we call the Earth.But, as is the pedigree of my country ‘tis of thee, the blatant reminders, desires, troubles and woes, status and quos of little minds and soulless vessels emanating vexing visions of America and their citizens whose skin color remains anathema to those Real Americans…It is of thee I sing…It is the day after Thanksgiving, and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb has weathered another storm....
Punch Drunk Hangover 12.01.08: A December to Remember
Read ahead for Bren Oliver's thoughts on Faber vs. Pulver II, Sokoudjou and Gurgel getting axed by the UFC, World Victory Road signing Antonio Silva, UFC 91 buyrates, and the plethora of MMA action slated for December. Those things and more, plus this week's "Monday Morning Moment of Zen" featuring a triple-dose of some good ol' fashioned Arianny Celeste, are all just a click away!Good morning, afternoon, evening, or whatever in-between time your eyes have found their way to the Punch Drunk Hangover! As is the case most Mondays, I'm here with another one-stop shop for catching up on Mixed Martial Arts news, hoping as always to help you escape...
Snap Judgments from Week 13
Plaxico Burress has only pulled down 35 catches for 454 yards this season -- just months after signing a lucrative extension.GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Musings, observations and the occasional insight as the snow starts to really fly at a Lambeau Field left morose by the Packers' late-game fold job against Steve Smith and the playoff-bound Carolina Panthers ...• Call it the tipping point, or the reaching of critical mass, but the feeling you get is that the Giants are nearing the "enough is enough" stage with Plaxico Burress. The self-inflicted gunshot wound that Burress suffered Friday night is only the latest example of New York's No. 1 receiver doing...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY DECEMBER 1
Leadership is the theme for World AIDS Day 2008, promoted with the campaigning slogan, “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.”Leadership encourages leaders at all levels to stop AIDS. Building on the 2006 theme of accountability, leadership highlights the discrepancy between the commitments that have been made to halt the spread of AIDS, and actions taken to follow them through. Leadership empowers everyone – individuals, organisations, governments – to lead in the response to AIDS.In 2007, people around the world were encouraged to take the lead to stop AIDS. Campaigns took the shape of marches, leadership discussions, public awareness events and pledges...
