This show was just unbeliveable. I love POS.
Love him.
definitely check them out.
wow.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
hep C & detachable needles
this is from a press-release and conference abstract. If these findings withstand repeat testing & peer-review, this is huge-
Certain Syringes More Likely To Spread Hepatitis C Virus Among Drug Users
•...This is believed to be the first study establishing the survival of HCV in contaminated syringes and the duration of potential infectiousness. HCV is transmitted through blood-to-blood contact. There is currently no vaccine against HCV, and treatments are problematic because of limited efficacy, high cost and side effects. Untreated, HCV can cause severe liver disease and even death. HCV infection from people sharing contaminated syringes is one of the most common and predictable consequences of injection drug use.
The Yale team simulated the most common scenarios of injection drug use in order to measure the longevity of the residual virus-blood mixture left in syringes after injection. After loading blood spiked with HCV into various syringes and depressing their plungers, researchers tested the residual blood for the presence of infective HCV immediately and after storage for up nine weeks.
They observed a prolonged survival of HCV infection at all storage temperatures, with viable amounts measured even at nine weeks in tuberculin syringes that have detachable needles. They observed far less viable HCV in insulin syringes with attached needles.
“This tells us that syringes with detachable needles are the most dangerous in terms of potential HCV infection, because they are far more likely to transmit a surviving virus,” said lead author Elijah Paintsil, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics and pharmacology at Yale School of Medicine.•
Certain Syringes More Likely To Spread Hepatitis C Virus Among Drug Users
•...This is believed to be the first study establishing the survival of HCV in contaminated syringes and the duration of potential infectiousness. HCV is transmitted through blood-to-blood contact. There is currently no vaccine against HCV, and treatments are problematic because of limited efficacy, high cost and side effects. Untreated, HCV can cause severe liver disease and even death. HCV infection from people sharing contaminated syringes is one of the most common and predictable consequences of injection drug use.
The Yale team simulated the most common scenarios of injection drug use in order to measure the longevity of the residual virus-blood mixture left in syringes after injection. After loading blood spiked with HCV into various syringes and depressing their plungers, researchers tested the residual blood for the presence of infective HCV immediately and after storage for up nine weeks.
They observed a prolonged survival of HCV infection at all storage temperatures, with viable amounts measured even at nine weeks in tuberculin syringes that have detachable needles. They observed far less viable HCV in insulin syringes with attached needles.
“This tells us that syringes with detachable needles are the most dangerous in terms of potential HCV infection, because they are far more likely to transmit a surviving virus,” said lead author Elijah Paintsil, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics and pharmacology at Yale School of Medicine.•
Sunday, February 14, 2010
race & the criminal justice system: NYPD follow-up & how the Census counts prisoners
Urban, Rural Areas Battle For Census Prison Populace
by David Sommerstein
An urban-versus-rural battle is brewing over the census because prison inmates are counted as residents of the prisons where they are locked up. That inflates the population of the mostly white, rural towns that have the prisons.
Higher population means more political representation — and often more money for schools, road crews and other services. Activists say the counting unfairly shifts political and economic power away from the poor city neighborhoods most inmates came from....
& follow-up to this post:
glad to see that the NYPD has improved not one bit under Bloomberg
links to the original reports from the Center for Constitutional Rights
CCR's Report on Racial Disparity in NYPD Stops-and-Frisks(pdf)
CCR's NYPD Data Used in Report (MS Excel spreadsheet)
by David Sommerstein
An urban-versus-rural battle is brewing over the census because prison inmates are counted as residents of the prisons where they are locked up. That inflates the population of the mostly white, rural towns that have the prisons.
Higher population means more political representation — and often more money for schools, road crews and other services. Activists say the counting unfairly shifts political and economic power away from the poor city neighborhoods most inmates came from....
& follow-up to this post:
glad to see that the NYPD has improved not one bit under Bloomberg
links to the original reports from the Center for Constitutional Rights
CCR's Report on Racial Disparity in NYPD Stops-and-Frisks(pdf)
CCR's NYPD Data Used in Report (MS Excel spreadsheet)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
glad to see that the NYPD has improved not one bit under Bloomberg
Jim Crow Policing
By Bob Herbert
....An overwhelming 84 percent of the stops in the first three-quarters of 2009 were of black or Hispanic New Yorkers. It is incredible how few of the stops yielded any law enforcement benefit. Contraband, which usually means drugs, was found in only 1.6 percent of the stops of black New Yorkers. For Hispanics, it was just 1.5 percent. For whites, who are stopped far less frequently, contraband was found 2.2 percent of the time.
The percentages of stops that yielded weapons were even smaller. Weapons were found on just 1.1 percent of the blacks stopped, 1.4 percent of the Hispanics, and 1.7 percent of the whites. Only about 6 percent of stops result in an arrest for any reason.
Rather than a legitimate crime-fighting tool, these stops are a despicable, racially oriented tool of harassment. And the police are using it at the increasingly enthusiastic direction of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. ....
By Bob Herbert
....An overwhelming 84 percent of the stops in the first three-quarters of 2009 were of black or Hispanic New Yorkers. It is incredible how few of the stops yielded any law enforcement benefit. Contraband, which usually means drugs, was found in only 1.6 percent of the stops of black New Yorkers. For Hispanics, it was just 1.5 percent. For whites, who are stopped far less frequently, contraband was found 2.2 percent of the time.
The percentages of stops that yielded weapons were even smaller. Weapons were found on just 1.1 percent of the blacks stopped, 1.4 percent of the Hispanics, and 1.7 percent of the whites. Only about 6 percent of stops result in an arrest for any reason.
Rather than a legitimate crime-fighting tool, these stops are a despicable, racially oriented tool of harassment. And the police are using it at the increasingly enthusiastic direction of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. ....
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
SFmoma
so many teases. A whole room devoted to Gerhard Richter. The Fishers own half of his work. I expected mind blowing. Not so much. I still love him. Of three Richard Serra pieces,
one great one and two unremarkables.
Enough complaining. Even though I had already seen all of the Diane Arbus photos in the exhibit, they are still amazing. Even though I only saw a few Robert Bechtle's, I loved being reminded of how much I like him and how well he portrays San Francisco.
Some of the video installations floored me as well:
Pipilotti Rist, I'm Not The Girl Who Misses Much
Bruce Conner, Three Screen Ray
one great one and two unremarkables.
Enough complaining. Even though I had already seen all of the Diane Arbus photos in the exhibit, they are still amazing. Even though I only saw a few Robert Bechtle's, I loved being reminded of how much I like him and how well he portrays San Francisco.
Some of the video installations floored me as well:
Pipilotti Rist, I'm Not The Girl Who Misses Much
Bruce Conner, Three Screen Ray
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
prison AIDS walk
This is amazing:
Housing Works has long provided housing and services to help formerly incarcerated people get their lives on track. Now, through a federal government grant, Housing Works has implemented an innovative new program that sets people up with care before they get out of prison. The Housing Works program targets HIV-positive and high risk minority ex-offenders moving to New York City. The program has just begun in September, and seven people have already been connected with care and treatment at Housing Works.
“I always tell people that planning for re-entry starts the day you’re locked up,” said Ray Rios, Housing Works central intake/outreach program director.
And the good will goes both ways.
The prisoners at Otisville Correctional Facility held an AIDSWalk on World AIDS Day (December 1) where one-quarter of the prison participated in the walk. They raised $240 for Housing Works. The inmates joked that they wish they could have given $240,000; they all make less than 25 cents a day.
Housing Works
Housing Works has long provided housing and services to help formerly incarcerated people get their lives on track. Now, through a federal government grant, Housing Works has implemented an innovative new program that sets people up with care before they get out of prison. The Housing Works program targets HIV-positive and high risk minority ex-offenders moving to New York City. The program has just begun in September, and seven people have already been connected with care and treatment at Housing Works.
“I always tell people that planning for re-entry starts the day you’re locked up,” said Ray Rios, Housing Works central intake/outreach program director.
And the good will goes both ways.
The prisoners at Otisville Correctional Facility held an AIDSWalk on World AIDS Day (December 1) where one-quarter of the prison participated in the walk. They raised $240 for Housing Works. The inmates joked that they wish they could have given $240,000; they all make less than 25 cents a day.
Housing Works
Monday, January 11, 2010
free NYC - Irving Penn at MOMA
I love Irving Penn (and really wish he was not always described as a fashion photographer - he was infinitely more.) Ten or so of his photographs are on display in the MOMA lobby. They are free to see and well worth it.
If you do have the time and money for a full visit, the best Gabriel Orozco is the easiest to miss; it is in the stairwell with exhibit computers.
If you do have the time and money for a full visit, the best Gabriel Orozco is the easiest to miss; it is in the stairwell with exhibit computers.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
heroin and hysterics
nyc.gov has already removed its new injection safety flyer, Take Charge Take Care, from its website. (I have made it available here.)
This flyer elicited plenty of nonsense repsponses. My only real criticism is of its reliance on the same magical thinking incorporated into most injection safety information.
This flyer elicited plenty of nonsense repsponses. My only real criticism is of its reliance on the same magical thinking incorporated into most injection safety information.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
yesterday
@alli_k: 3 hallways of close-up flower photographs on the way to a pelvic exam. Subtle.
@nharlotekk: clearly, you need a briefcase full of sausage
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