07~07~07

Live Earth is the name for a series of concerts of pop and rock music featuring various artists planned to take place on Saturday July 7, 2007 (the anniversary of the Roswell incident) (07/07/07) to give cause to global warming.[1] The concerts have the intent of bringing together more than 150 of the world's most popular music acts and drawing a worldwide audience of 2 billion people, making it one of the largest global events in history. The umbrella organization for the event is a new global movement under the name Save Our Selves (SOS). The plans for the Live Earth concerts were announced at a media event in Los Angeles on February 15[2], 2007 by the former Vice President of the United States Al Gore and other activist celebrities. The inspiration for promoting the cause using the vehicle of benefit concerts comes from many similar events over the past 25 years including the 1985 Live Aid concerts and the 2005 Live 8 concerts and it will be the longest show ever to be recorded in the world records. In addition to raising awareness of global warming, on June 28, 2007, it was revealed that Live Earth is to be the launch event for the Live Earth Call to Action.[3] During the concerts people will be asked to support the following 7-point pledge:[3]

1. To demand that my country join an international treaty within the next 2 years that cuts global warming pollution by 90% in developed countries and by more than half worldwide in time for the next generation to inherit a healthy earth;
2. To take personal action to help solve the climate crisis by reducing my own CO2 pollution as much as I can and offsetting the rest to become 'carbon neutral;'
3. To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store the CO2;
4. To work for a dramatic increase in the energy efficiency of my home, workplace, school, place of worship, and means of transportation;
5. To fight for laws and policies that expand the use of renewable energy sources and reduce dependence on oil and coal;
6. To plant new trees and to join with others in preserving and protecting forests; and,
7. To buy from businesses and support leaders who share my commitment to solving the climate crisis and building a sustainable, just, and prosperous world for the 21st century.

BLAMING OTHERS

As we begin to truly understand that the world outside of us is a reflection ofthe world inside of us, we may feel confused about who is to blame for theproblems in our lives. If we had a difficult childhood, we may wonder how we cantake responsibility for that, and in our current relationships, the samequestion arises. We all know that blaming others is the opposite of takingresponsibility, but we may not understand how to take responsibility for thingsthat we don’t truly feel responsible for. We may blame our parents for our lowself-esteem, and we may blame our current partner for exacerbating it with theirunconscious behavior. Objectively, this seems to make sense. After all, it isnot our fault if our parents were irresponsible or unkind, and we are not toblame for our partner’s bad behavior. Perhaps the problem lies with the activity of blaming. Whether we blame othersor blame ourselves, there is something aggressive and unkind about it. It setsup a situation in which it becomes difficult to move forward under theburdensome feelings of shame and guilt that arise. It also puts the resolutionof our pain in the hands of someone other than us. Ultimately, we cannot insistthat someone else take responsibility for their actions; only they can make thatchoice when they are ready. In the meantime, if we want to move forward with ourlives instead of waiting around for something that may or may not happen, webegin to see the wisdom of taking the situation into our own hands. We do this by forgiving our parents, even if they have not asked for ourforgiveness, so that we can be free. We end the abusive relationship with ourpartner, who may never admit to any wrongdoing, because we are willing to takeresponsibility for how we are treated. In short, we love ourselves as we want tobe loved and create the life we know we deserve. We leave the resolution of thewrongs committed against us in the hands of the universe, releasing ourselves tolive a life free of blame.

POTENTIAL CURE 4 HIV DISCOVERED

In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said.The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it out of the infected cell, according to the study published in Science magazine.The enzyme is still far from being ready to use as a treatment, the authors warned, but it offers a glimmer of hope for the more than 40 million people infected worldwide."A customized enzyme that effectively excises integrated HIV-1 from infected cells in vitro might one day help to eradicate (the) virus from AIDS patients," Alan Engelman, of Harvard University's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, wrote in an article accompanying the study.Current treatments focus on suppressing the HIV virus in order to delay the onset of AIDS and dramatically extend the life of infected patients.What makes HIV so deadly, however, is its ability to insert itself into the body's cells and force those cells to produce new infection."Consequently the virus becomes inextricably linked to the host, making it virtually impossible to 'cure' AIDS patients of their HIV-1 infection," Engelman explained.That could change if the enzyme developed by a group of German scientists can be made safe to use on people.That enzyme was able to eliminate the HIV virus from infected human cells in about three months in the laboratory.The researchers engineered an enzyme called Tre which removes the virus from the genome of infected cells by recognizing and then recombining the structure of the virus's DNA.This ability to recognize HIV's DNA might one day help overcome one of the biggest obstacles to finding a cure: the ability of the HIV virus to avoid detection by reverting to a resting state within infected cells which then cease to produce the virus for months or even years."Numerous attempts have been made to activate these cells, with the hope that such strategies would sensitize the accompanying viruses to antiviral drugs, leading to virus eradication, " Engelman wrote. "Advances with such approaches in patients have been slow to materialize. "New experiments must be designed to see if the Tre enzyme can be used to recognize these dormant infected cells, he wrote."Although favorable results would represent perhaps only a baby step toward eventual use in patients, the discovery of the Tre recombinase proves that enzymatic removal of integrated HIV-1 from human chromosomes is a current-day reality," he said.The researchers who developed the enzyme were optimistic about their ability to design additional enzymes which would target other parts of the virus's DNA.However they warned that there were significant barriers to overcome before the enzyme could be used to help cure patients."The most important, and likely most difficult, among these is that the enzyme would need efficient and safe means of delivery and would have to be able to function without adverse side effects," wrote lead author Indrani Sarkar of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden."Nevertheless the results we present offer an early proof of principal for this type of approach, which we speculate might form a useful basis for the development of future HIV therapies," Sarkar concluded.

WHAT A BOTTOM NEEDS...

THIS STEREOTYPICAL TERM IS USED OFTEN AND CARRIES A NEGATIVE MEANING; THUS FORCING OUR COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY OUR SEXUAL IDENTITY BY WHAT THE WORLD THINKS ABOUT US. I am not saying that A BOTTOM is just an individual that is the passive person in a sexual encounter. I am not saying that this individual isn’t more than likely effeminate. I am not saying that this individual is more is just a receptor for some TOP. I AM SAYING THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL DOESN’T LIKE TO BE GROUPED, CATEGORIEZED OR LABELED AS THEIR SEXUAL ROLE. They would rather not be defined by the SEXUAL position they take during sex, hence owning their SEX and not being a segmented part of society. ALL BOTTOMS know that this label hurts more than anything else and this also makes this their permanently role because most if not ALL TOPS refuse to allow anything else. ALL BOTTOMS need the world to understand that this descriptor not only reference sexual role, but represent the behavior as well. However this SEXUAL role is seen as the only way to solidify a TOP’S manhood, so with that said doesn’t that mean that the BOTTOM is more of man than his counterpart? Think about it the TOP needs HIS manliness to become a man. So A BOTTOM needs the world to understand that they are the litmus test and the indicator of how much MAN a TOP is and how well he performs. If one thinks about it logically the TOP only truly gets his jollies when the BOTTOM relax and takes him all in; it as this time that the TOP knows that its all systems GO and the connection has been made. A BOTTOM wants a TOP that takes his time and eases his way into him; in the words of ALEXYSS TYLOR, THE PENIS IS CODED WITH INFORMATION AND IT KNOWS WHAT IT HAS TO DO. Hence in pornographic films it is easy to detect if the PASSIVE individual is enjoying himself by reading his body language. Most MEN are not MEN they are just what the world made them, I would go as far as to say that they are not owning their sexuality and just trying to take it from another. A BOTTOM wants a TOP that is willing and able to allow both of them to try both roles. Most TOPS argue that ANAL SEX hurts and it’s uncomfortable but if someone allows you to bring that to them why can’t it be reverse? This AQUIRED TASTE is an activity that requires a lot of mental and emotional connection. But why make a person feel he is less than because he decides to get F&CKED? Isn’t the SEX ROLE DIFFERENT but EQUAL? I’ve met men that said they were TOPS and flipped their roles, loved it and then ran like hell because they couldn’t deal with the fact that they were on the receiving end of a D!CK. A BOTTOM only wants the world to recognize that SEXUAL ROLE is NOT a correlation with in physicality or masculinity. As a person that has BOTTOMED and will do again, I have to wonder why we label SEXUAL ROLES as TOP and BOTTOM. Why can’t we just view SEXUAL ROLES as a continuous spectrum that map onto OUR continuous SELF DISCOVERY? What happens when a BOTTOM gets with another person that is PASSIVE? Does this mean that they don’t like masculinity? Isn’t masculinity the same as machismo? Hence doesn’t this mean that this is a learned behavior? A BOTTOM WANTS US AND ESPECIALLY MEN THAT SEEK TO MAKE THEM AS SUCH THAT IT ISN’T ABOUT WHO IS PLAYING WHAT ROLE OR WHO IS GOING TO MAKE HIM LESS OF A MAN. MOREOVER IT’S ABOUT HOW WELL CAN THEY MAKE A CONNECTION AND HOW CAN THEY ENSURE FULFILLMENT AND SEXUAL DUALITY. SO IN MY OPINION WE NEED TO NOT WORRY OR TAKE ON THE SOCIETAL VIEW OF WHAT A TOP AND BOTTOM IS, WE NEED TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS TO SEE TWO MEN DO WHAT ONLY TWO CAN DO WITH EACH OTHER.

WHAT A TOP WANTS...

SEX BETWEEN MEN DOESN’T INVOLVE JUST ANAL PENETRATION, BUT SEXUAL STIMULATION COPULATED WITH VERBAL INTERCOURSE. SO IF A TOP IS GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE, HE’D WANT IT TO BE WITH SOMEONE THAT HE REALLY LIKES AND IT HAS TO BE SOMEONE HE HAS A REAL CONNECTION WITH. So with that said I say A TOP is an individual that is known or seen as the PENETRATOR when SEX is involved between HE and another MALE. I FEEL THAT THIS NOTION PROVIDES MANY MISCONCEPTIONS BECAUSE I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THE AGGRESSOR’S SEXUAL NEEDS ARE BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL HE IS GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH. HENCE A TRUE TOP KNOWS THAT ONE-SIDED-SEX DOESN’T PROVIDE FULFILLMENT, IT IS ONLY THROUGH BOTH DOMINANT AND PASSIVE ROLES THAT THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED. It is sad when we live in a place and time that doesn’t afford an individual that is viewed as an aggressor the opportunity to be independent of the labels that is placed upon him by SOCIETY and the GAY COMMUNITY. I feel a TRUE TOP only assumes this role because it somehow, someway demonstrates his manliness. In this instance the notion of MALE/FEMALE copulation is formed and accepted and this is so very wrong because first and foremost they are both MEN and neither has a GOD-GIVEN-VAGINA. So why make the fact that A MAN that wants to be with anther MAN seem like it something more than what we think it should be? A MAN knows what a MAN wants so why label them in order for them to MAKE LOVE to each other? Deep down inside a TRUE TOP needs to understand that if he can’t allow the person he is penetrating to penetrate him then he is with the wrong person. A TRUE TOP knows that no matter how hard he tries he cannot deny his yearning to get his ANAL ORGASM on. But in SEXUAL ROLES we tend to create and foster this energy that lends itself to the same madness that belittles and sees homosexuality as null and void creating a discomfort, lack of openness and resistance to change that prevents a TRUE TOP from becoming a whole man. A TRUE TOP wants equality and shared dominance and it makes perfect sense because we have the advantage of being both the plug and the socket. So why just go through life saying you are just a plug? If an ASS is all that A TOP’S sex is about then he should simply find himself a WOMAN and F&CK her in the ASS. When the rules of a TOP never being dominated are created both parties miss out on tons of enjoyment and are never really satisfied. A TRUE TOP doesn’t want to present himself as an individual that only looks for another that is sexually weaker or another that is sexually stronger. A TRUE TOP wants a MAN that doesn’t have to convince him take his loving because he knows that he is safe and can trust that his passiveness is appreciated and enjoyed. But before this can take place I feel that SEXUALITY on a whole must be recognized and the profound significance of the act needs to be seen as a SPIRITUAL and UPLIFTING one. Hence the al pleasures interpersonal role of sex has to be equally prominent in order to firstly serve the psychological parts of both persons. Therefore boosting self-esteem, validating desirability, releasing stress. However it’s never should be about gaining power and must always be SENSATION-SEEKING and SPIRITUAL FULFILLING. There will be times when a TOP’S SEXUAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS WONT REFLECT THAT OF WHAT SOCIETY SAYS HE IS AND WHAT IS TO DO THEN? In this instance he is TRAPPED in role that he cannot and will not be able to maintain; HE KNOWS THAT SEXUAL ROLE DOESN’T EQUATE TO POWER AND BEING A MAN. A TRUE TOP WANTS US TO KNOW THAT HE ISN’T ABOUT BEING CONVERTED OR JUST F&CKED, HE WANTS TO SEDUCED AND HAVE HIS MAN PUSSY WORKED OVERTIME FOR A DICK. A TRUE TOP WANTS US A MAN THAT CAN CHALLENGE HIM AND MEASURE UP TO THE EXPECTATION OF THE SEXUAL EXPERIENCE; REWARDED ACCORDINGLY WITH CUDDLES AND AN ABUNDANCE OF AFTERGLOW.

ALL FALL DOWN...

I AM A MAN~NOT YOUR TYPICAL THUG HANGING ON THE BLOCKS, NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE THAT CATERS TO PUSSY POWER, NEVER THE DOPE SMOKING, HOTEL WORKING, DEAD BEAT DAD DRINKING LET’S HAVE A GOOD TIME KIND OF MAN. I AM A MAN, THE MAN…A MAN IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. I have concluded that MOST if not ALL young men are typically the same. They do not own themselves and fall short of mark, leaving themselves open to IGNORANCE and STUPIDITY. These men do such a F&CKED UP job of being MEN that they make my life as MAN rather enjoyable. This is a scary notion, but I LOVE IT to a certain extent because I am not in denial of who or what I am. Sadly these young men are in a category all their own and have no idea that they should not be there. Moreover, the blasphemous thing is that they feel that the have what it takes to convince some young woman that she has what it takes to be with him. Oddly this is so sad because that either means these women are less intelligent than they are or they are just accepting this because they have no self-love. How can a boy grow up into a man thinking that what the world says to him about being a man is true? How can he think that the rappers have the life? All he can think about is the fast life, fast cars and the fast girls. How can he think that what he sees in a porno movie is how a woman wants to be treated? He is totally removed from the real meaning of what sex is about. How can he not realize until he changes his conform behavior, he will never be happy? Deep down inside he knows that he is not connected no matter how hard he tries. He can wear all the baggy pants he wants, drink all the rum he can get and buy the best ride. HE WILL NEVER STAND ALONE AND BE AN INDIVIUAL! Life for him is mechanical and he is made by world day in and day out. His puppet master decides his fate and he just willing allows it. He knows that his life is not appealing for him, but it’s what everyone else is doing so…MAKES ME WONDER WHAT KIND OF VALUE HE PLACES ON HUMANITY? DOES HE WONDER WHAT THE PURPOSE IS FOR ALL OF THE THINGS AROUND US? HOW CAN HE LIVE FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT NOT LEAVING A POSITIVE MARK? HOW CAN HE NOT OWN HIS NEGATIVE ACTION? HOW DO WE LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT? I will tell you how, we see these individuals as cute and doing what is natural to them, but this is crazy and does more harm than good. We have a future where MEN are not MEN they are simply little boys that still play with toys. They wreak havoc on society and drain all the positive energy that is there. They are the ones that get in trouble with the law and mother says, NOT MY SON, HE IS A GOOD BOY. Funny how that works because he had to be doing something in order to dealing with that sort of thing. Why don’t we make these YOUNG MEN responsible for the life they have? Why don’t we make them see that it is not cute to try to get some girls attention and treat her crap if she ignores him? Who is the blame for this all? How can we know that ALL HAS FALLEN DOWN and no one have tried to pick things up? I THINK THAT THE WORLD IS IN TROUBLE WHEN YOU HAVE BOYS GROWING UP INTO MEN THAT ARE A LET DOWN. WE CANNOT CONTINUE LIKE THIS BECAUSE THIS BEHAVIOR IS DESTRUCTIVE AND HURTS THEM MORE in the End, MAKING IT WORST FOR OUR SOCIETY.

OUR TIME IS NOW!

Somewhere between the super-fabulous doors of the clubs and the sometimes-tumultuous world that we inhabit sits an entire community living their lives, in many different ways. THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW AND WE SAME-SEX-PRONE INDIVIDUALS WERE ALWAYS NOW; WE JUST DID NOT BELIEVE AND LIVE IT. Now we have entered into our consciousness and one only has to open their eyes and see, open their ears and listen and free their hearts of confusion and accept what is. I LOVE WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD FOR GAY PERSONS RIGHT NOW and the more the issues are being discussed the more it refuses to go away. We have not taken a stand for ourselves, thus the struggle has strangled us. I feel this struggle is just as or bigger than those that fought in the civil rights movement; theirs was more physical and ours is more a moral one. If both group of persons are mirrored the core of each definitely are similar in that we fight with passion for equality and liberty. However, at the same time we have more at stake. Our fight is bigger because this encompasses a vast array of individuals of ALL race and creed that has to fight for JUSTICE, EQUALITY and ACCEPTANCE because we want part of this world. They say we are all about PROMISCUOUS SEX and HIV/AIDS is our punishment for who we are. Nonetheless, we are more than our SEX. Thus times has changed and we stand for things that mean so much more, refusing negative energy and reaping only positive energy. For such a long time being gay has not exactly been easy; relationships with family and friends bear the scars of HATRED & UNACCEPTANCE, thus rendering us a shell of who we are. Nonetheless, our lives went on; funny how no matter what done it did not stop or change what is true. HOMOSEXUALITY remained despite itself making it hard for that MOTHER to accept the fact that she may not have a grandchild. This however pales in comparison to what her son or daughter has to endure because of whom they seek as a partner. They are targeted and denied the simple things in life all because of not being what the world thinks they should be. There are GAY MEN who are beaten within an inch of life mentally, emotional and physically. There are GAY WOMEN whose sexuality is challenge and put to the test because the world feels that they have no right to be who they are. Ironically, the world knows HOMOSEXUALITY exist, but rather act as if it did not in order to live with themselves. We are treated as if we are few in numbers and that we are just strange and odd but that will change. I sense a change; the air is thick with it. Being GAY in this time is unlike any other, we are not retreating and hiding; we are fighting for our rights. Hence, the next generation who know and love us will not be quick to show any prejudice signs; how can they? It is odd for them to wake one day and say, UNCLE BOB IS GAY AND I HATE HIM FOR THAT. Rather they will weigh what they know to be true against what others say is true. This time is ours and one day we’ll have SAME-SEX MARRIAGE and homosexuals wouldn’t’ be afraid of what the world say about them. In this time, we are making the world pick up the broken pieces of that glass ceiling that we cracked years ago. We have thrown out tradition, replaced it with logic and reason, and showed the world little by little that YOU CANNOT HOLD GOD’S PEOPLE BACK FOR LONG. I find it so amazing how anything that the world cannot understand or identify with is the thing that scares them. Why do they ridicule instead of trying to get an understanding of that fear? It is said that TO LOVE ANOTHER MAN IS TO LOVE ONE’S SELF, I say that the world have a problem with self-love; thus, they give us HATE. To LOVE a HOMOSEXUAL person is the only way to love one's self in totality. Each of us in a circle is a reflection of the other and this is the only way MAN can truly see himself reflected in human form. It is through this HUMANITY that we are able to grow, ponder, bond, question, with the result being that we are all one. Loving us regardless of sexual orientation is the epitome of love. So we have to show the world that when MSM & WSW they are not just based on a shared commonality of being SAME GENDER LOVING, but based on what is meant to be. Our connections go beyond the physical, as we are human; it is the spiritual side of ourselves that keeps us. Our spirits are linked together making us two halves-made whole. Our connection goes beyond comprehension and human understanding and it is not our fault that the world cannot deal with that. We are setting the examples and not taking the scraps that life hands to us. THE WORLD HAS TO REALIZE THAT THEY CANNOT HAVE ANY MORAL CREDIBILITY BEFORE GOD IF THEY ARE LIVING IN HATRED WHERE WE ARE CONCERNED. THIS TIME IS OURS AND WE WILL TAKE OUR PLACE IN SOCIETY, WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE STOPPED.