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The following has been clipped from The Sunday New York Times published 7 September 2009

OF INTEREST . . .

A More Perfect Death by ROSS DOUTHAT

Our move toward physician-assisted suicide springs from the same quest that leads us to spend nearly twice as much on health care as any other developed nation.

OF NOTE . . . . . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/opinion/07douthat.html?th&emc=th

OF COURSE . . . .

Time will tell!

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SOME ADDITIONAL INTERESTING HIV+/AIDS FACTS

OF INTEREST . . . + Every 9 1/2 minutes another person in the U.S. is infected with HIV. OF NOTE . . . . . . . + As of 2007, there are 1,106,400 People Living With HIV in the United States. OF COURSE . . . . + Since 1981 25,000,000 people have died from AIDS.

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ALL THOSE YEARS AGO

OF INTEREST . . .

My younger brother died twenty years ago this month from complications due to AIDS. My younger lover died thirteen years ago next month, also from complications due to AIDS.

OF NOTE . . . . . . .

Thirteen years, twenty years . . . . it's hard to fathom.

OF COURSE . . . .

Millions more have passed on in the interim. May they rest in peace.

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