Recent news on Acon

SEROSORTING STILL A RISK  -  May 23, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,Nick Corrigan, director of community health at ACON, found those results concerning in light of evidence of serosorting among HIV-negative gay men in Sydney

OUR COMMUNITY  -  May 23, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,To register for the conference go to www.healthindifference07.org.au. The Queensland Association for Healthy Communities and ACON are community partners in

Yageo and Acon dismiss merger speculations  -  Apr 27, 2007
DigiTimes,Passive component makers Yageo and Advanced Connectek (Acon) have dismissed speculations that their recent settlement over a patent dispute might have been

WE CAN BE HEROES by Harley Dennett  -  May 16, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,ACON’s Community Support Network is run almost entirely by volunteers to provide home-based assistance for people living with HIV and AIDS, and calling for

Get Together Gets Sneaky  -  May 20, 2007
Same Same,Not only will it be a hot party, but it will also be raising cash for ACON. This will be Sneaky Sound System’s first gay and lesbian gig since taking the

NO VACCINE FOR AT-RISK GAY BOYS  -  May 16, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,...“But despite lobbying from ACON and centres like ours, that study is not collecting data on sexuality,� Grulich said. Brad Gray, education manager at ACON,

OUR COMMUNITY  -  May 9, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,Happy Hour and a Half, an ACON-organised forum, will look at the positive and negative influences of booze and bars on gay people’s social lives.

Chepkirwok third  -  May 12, 2007
Sunday Vision,His time was the second fastest by a Ugandan over the distance and was 0.19seconds short of the national record of 1:44.55 set by Julius Acon in Fairfax in

"Stride 4 Autism" Fundraiser Gala in Sparks  -  May 9, 2007
KRNV,The guest speaker will be Ralph Toddre, founder of Autism Coalition of Nevada (ACON) and father of 2 autistic children. $100.00 per plate admission (100% of

Fag Tag and Bitch present Get Together  -  May 9, 2007
Same Same,Following in the well-worn footsteps of Hand-in-Hand and Super Fag Tag last year, Get Together will be a fundraiser for the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON).

ANZAC’S GAY ‘DESECRATION  -  Apr 25, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,Rowe said the gay-related ads in NSW that play on Anzac themes, such as ACON’s “Two Up Ya Bum� condom reinforcement campaign, hadn’t caused concern.

Autism Bill Makes Way Through Assembly in Carson City  -  May 7, 2007
KRNV,It is backed by first lady Dawn Gibbons and ACON, the Autism Coalition of Nevada. Together they have pushed the autism bill forward, testifying that the

VIC MP IN SEX CLUB 'RESEARCH  -  Apr 25, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,ACON CEO Stevie Clayton said she had “mixed feelings� about Abbott’s call for a national strategy, given the sensational media reports about cases in

Government's HIV project slammed  -  May 16, 2007
SX News,ACON CEO, Stevie Clayton, said portraying genotyping in this way would cause more infections and more ill health for people with HIV.

Ugandan runner third in IAAF Super Grand Prix  -  May 14, 2007
People's Daily Online,...runner over the distance, which was just 0.19seconds short of the national record of 1 minute 44.55 seconds set by Julius Acon in Fairfax in 1996.

AT FIRST, HE WAS AFRAID  -  Apr 25, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,A week before opening night, we had the ACON preview. We were all petrified as the show was not ready. But it was one of the best experiences in live

GLLO program 'utterly inadequate': AVP  -  Apr 25, 2007
SX News,Adrian Lovney, President of the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) said more GLLOs were needed in Sydney, including at least one full-time GLLO; called for all

ANZAC’S GAY ‘DESECRATION  -  26 Apr 2007
Sydney Star Observer,Rowe said the gay-related ads in NSW that play on Anzac themes, such as ACON’s “Two Up Ya Bum� condom reinforcement campaign, hadn’t caused concern.

AT FIRST, HE WAS AFRAID  -  26 Apr 2007
Sydney Star Observer,A week before opening night, we had the ACON preview. We were all petrified as the show was not ready. But it was one of the best experiences in live

GLLO program 'utterly inadequate': AVP  -  26 Apr 2007
SX News,Adrian Lovney, President of the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) said more GLLOs were needed in Sydney, including at least one full-time GLLO; called for all

Yageo and Acon settle patent suit  -  Apr 24, 2007
DigiTimes,Yageo announced that it has resolved the intellectual property rights infringement and trade secret litigations with Advanced Connectek (Acon).

PUDDING & SOUSE: Jealous trick backfires  -  Apr 20, 2007
Nation News,It appeared that she tried to compete with her opponents by wearing next to nothing, trembling her body up and down and sending requests for Acon's song

HIV stabilises in Queensland  -  Apr 11, 2007
SX News,The stabilisation of HIV in Queensland was partially attributable to QAHC's adoption of campaign materials from the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON), he said,

A MIGRANT'S JOURNEY by Harley Dennett  -  Apr 18, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,...“I was recruited here to work for ACON, as a manager for their education program in 1997.� Previously working for the UN, Allan said his intention was just

OUR COMMUNITY  -  Apr 4, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,A fundraiser for ACON’s Lesbian Health Project, Candy Mansion on Friday 11 May will see Studio 54 meet the Playboy Mansion. Katie Underwood will perform

HIV ORDERS RARELY USED IN NSW  -  Apr 11, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,ACON CEO Stevie Clayton, who sits on the health department’s expert panel, said no system was going to be foolproof, but she believed NSW had the best

Labor wins fourth term in NSW election  -  Mar 28, 2007
SX News,ACON, meanwhile, gave the Iemma government a qualified welcome. ACON CEO Stevie Clayton told SX, "In practical terms [this result] was the best we could

Clover, AVP Demand More Police  -  Apr 18, 2007
SX News,Moore said that police continually claimed "homophobic violence is low", which she cast doubt on, as did ACON President Adrian Lovney, spokesperson for the

CASH WINDFALL FOR GLBT GROUPS  -  Apr 11, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,The fundraising group’s donations will also be spent on awareness raising and support for ACON’s Lesbians Affected by Cancer project.

EXPERTS DEMAND NEW AIDS CAMPAIGN  -  Apr 4, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,Kidd said an advertisement contracted by federal Department of Health would not be like the ACON and AFAO campaigns the community has been accustomed to.

COMING IN FROM THE COLD  -  Apr 4, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,But if they’re still going through the coming-out process, Wilson encouraged them to seek a coming-out group or ACON-run group first.

Foreign diplomats take up new posts  -  Mar 22, 2007
Taiwan Journal,Mario Acon Chea, the new Costa Rican ambassador to the ROC, presented his credentials to Chen March 14, the OOP Web site stated. Chen related that Acon is

ACON Investments Acquires ABB´s Power Line Components Businesses ...  -  Mar 5, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Under ACON´s ownership, these businesses will be integrated into a single, independent company with a pan-regional strategy, renamed SAE Towers,

RAINBOW SKY OBSERVES ACON  -  Feb 28, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,As part of the ongoing relationship between ACON and Thailand’s Rainbow Sky, a contingent from Bangkok returned to Sydney this week to observe how the

The State Of Our State  -  Mar 20, 2007
Same Same,ACON and The Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby have been out there scoping the current lay of the land, getting a sense of what is on offer for us when it comes

CIVIL UNIONS A HIT WITH POTENTIAL POLLIES  -  Mar 14, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,The Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby will not be endorsing any party in this election, instead joining with ACON to query the parties and offer voters a

ABB Selling Power Line Components Manufacturing Business  -  Mar 5, 2007
Manufacturing.net,An investor group led by ACON Investments LLC, in partnership with former managers of ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB), said Monday it acquired ABB’s Power

Take Care Of Yourself This Mardi Gras  -  Feb 26, 2007
Same Same,According ACON gay men and lesbians are generally up to six times more likely to experience prejudice-related abuse, harassment or assault than anyone else,

Rift hits new heights  -  Mar 2, 2007
Beaver County Times,The e-mails include a series of exchanges between Trombetta and former Rodis employee Marian Acon, in which Trombetta is supposedly asking Acon to "rework"

ANGER AT ‘OVERZEALOUS’ DRUG BUST  -  Feb 28, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,Following the arrests, the police sought a warrant for the early closure of the event, dispersing patrons from the area monitored by ACON rovers.

HIV no high mountain to climb  -  Mar 16, 2007
Independent Online,They have already climbed Kilimanjaro and now Acon-cagua. Nika and Matamo reached its peaks in January and also scaled Mount Elbrus in Russia late last year

Friendly’s Largest Franchisee Hires Strategic Advisor, Mastodon ...  -  Mar 12, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Mastodon’s restaurant, food, and franchise practice closed several transactions during the second half of 2006, including representing Acon Investments,

Court: Texas Court of Appeals, Second District of Texas on appeal ...  -  Mar 17, 2007
MoreLaw.com,This argument fails because of the Acon-tort@ rule: A cause of action for negligence cannot be based on an allegation that a party failed to perform duties

Party - 2007 Mardi Gras Party  -  Mar 6, 2007
Same Same,We passed the ACON stall, grabbed a couple of safe sex packs and dove into the Hordern in time to catch Boy George step up to the decks. A true gay icon,

Sepracor replaces top 2 executives in shake-up  -  Mar 2, 2007
Boston Globe,...from the Federal Trade Commission in connection with a probe into its 2006 acquisition of rapid-diagnostics business Innovacon from ACON Laboratories.

Party Will Not Be Closed  -  Feb 28, 2007
Same Same,In addition, there will be many ACON drug rovers roaming the site. The Mardi Gras Medical team has extensive front line experience in the management of all

"Thank You For Showing us the True Chinese Culture!"  -  Feb 27, 2007
Epoch Times,Joel Hervieu, city mayor of Acon, president of South Eure community "Very very good, there is in this Spectacle an elegance very representative of chinese

DJ Suketu casts musical spell  -  Feb 24, 2007
Gulf Times,Apart from LG, other sponsors were Sports Corner, Professional Security Services, Splash, Al Jaber Opticians, Al Kabeer, Damas and Domasco, Bomba and Acon

Senior class gift meeting Thursday  -  Feb 20, 2007
UDaily,Seniors who are interested in serving on the Senior Class Gift Committee are encouraged to e-mail committee chairpersons Amanda Conforto at [acon@udel.edu]

Uganda: Let's Kill Off American Sports Scholarships  -  Feb 11, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Renowned athlete and 1500m national record holder, Julius Acon, has announced his intention to promote American sports scholarships in Uganda.

Telegraph lambasted for anti-gay article  -  Feb 8, 2007
SX News,However, he said that ACON would continue to engage with the newspaper, as it would with all news media. Andrew Duckmanton, President of the Darlinghurst

Inaugural Walk for AIDS this week  -  Feb 11, 2007
GenerationQ,..."The message for AIDS Awareness Week this year is 'many faces, different stories' and at ACON, we really do see the many different faces of HIV/AIDS - gay

NEW RESEARCH ON QUITTING SMOKING  -  Jan 31, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,The good news is that ACON has developed programs for our community. The Stop Kissing Butts program for gay men has been successful in the past and there is

Peter Piper Pizza eyes bigger slice of the US market  -  Feb 4, 2007
Arizona Republic,In early January, Scottsdale-based Peter Piper announced that it had been bought by Acon Investments, a private equity firm in Washington, DC It's a move

EDUCATORS TARGET CHAT ROOMS  -  Feb 21, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,Nick Corrigan, ACON director of community health, told Sydney Star Observer the health body would be studying the pilot results next week for consideration

Einfeld's song and dance over trips and trappings  -  Feb 16, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,Kirby is a long-time ACON supporter, and found himself posing for a photograph with the alcohol-free event's host, "gender illusionist" Courtney Act (say

AES to Sell Utility Stake To Venezuela  -  Feb 8, 2007
Washington Post,...former assistant secretary of state for Latin America and now managing partner at ACON Investments, a private equity firm that invests in the Americas

Fertile Growth at Inverness Medical Innovations  -  Feb 8, 2007
Seeking Alpha,...a consumer diagnostics joint venture with Proctor & Gamble Company (PG), and the acquisition of the rapid diagnostics business of ACON Laboratories over

Uganda: Museveni Commissions IDPs' Homes  -  Feb 3, 2007
AllAfrica.com,It is a result of years of deliberate work especially building our military capacity to contain peki acon (old problems) like Kony and cattle rustling.

CAUTION ON $10M HIV PLAN by Ian Gould  -  Jan 31, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,ACON chief executive Stevie Clayton said the HIV announcement was “a great move but it’sa long time coming�. “And also, as with every time a politician

NZ ONLINE DIVIDE IN HIV AWARENESS  -  18 Jan 2007
Sydney Star Observer,ACON’s director of community health Nick Corrigan suggested the lower rate was possibly because men who attended gay events and did not seek sex online were

ACON sets up new crystal group  -  Jan 16, 2007
SX News,ACON is to run a nine-week course on crystal meth for the partners, family and friends of people who use the drug in a problematic way.

ACON's Pizza Purchase Highlights Week of Deals  -  Jan 11, 2007
HispanicBusiness.com,On Monday, ACON Investments announced that it had acquired the Peter Piper pizza chain, which owns or franchises 132 dine-in restaurants in the Southwest

ACON Investments acquires Peter Piper Pizza  -  Jan 11, 2007
San Antonio Business Journal,ACON Investments, based in Washington, DC, acquired the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based chain for an undisclosed amount. The restaurant company will retain its CEO

Peter Piper Pizza Acquired by ACON Investments, Deal Will Fuel ...  -  Jan 9, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),Business Wire)-January 9, 2007 - Peter Piper Pizza, the Southwest's premier pizza and entertainment chain, has been acquired by ACON Investments,

Peter Piper Pizza Acquired by ACON Investments, Deal Will Fuel ...  -  Jan 9, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...“We’ve been opening new restaurants steadily at a five-to-10 percent rate for the past several years, and this investment by ACON enables us to increase

ACON Investments Completes Acquisition of Peter Piper Pizza ...  -  Jan 8, 2007
Hispanic PR Wire (press release),We are excited about partnering with ACON to more fully exploit our growth opportunities, including new restaurant openings in our core and contiguous

ACON finds sex-on-premises venue complies with Code  -  Dec 20, 2006
SX News,ACON Education Officer Brad Gray told SX this week that an ACON representative visited the Crown Street premises after last week’s SX report on the venue’s

Peter Piper Pizza purchased; price private  -  Jan 9, 2007
East Valley Tribune,Washington, DC-based private equity investment firm ACON Investments said Monday it bought the popular pizza-and-play restaurants for an undisclosed price.

DC equity firm buys Scottsdale's Peter Piper Pizza  -  Jan 10, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Hometown pizza chain Peter Piper Pizza has been acquired by private equity firm ACON Investments for an undisclosed sum. Frank Sbordone and other members of

Nigeria: Atiku - Legal Fireworks Begin -VP Hires 13 Sans, FG Seeks ...  -  Dec 29, 2006
AllAfrica.com,...platform he was elected as vice president of Nigeria and his open declaration for another party ACon 20th day of December, 2006 and/or by his conduct.

China to set USB as standard for handset chargers  -  Dec 20, 2006
DigiTimes,Advanced Connectek (ACON) believes most connector makers have the ability to cope with the regulation, as USB is not a challenging technology.

THAT'S HOT CHRISTMAS  -  Dec 20, 2006
Sydney Star Observer,Speaking of Arq the club raised a whopping $15400 for ACON at its recent World AIDS Day event Under The Mirrorball. The night featured drag queens Minnie

ACON finds sex-on-premises venue complies with Code  -  Dec 20, 2006
SX News,ACON Education Officer Brad Gray told SX this week that an ACON representative visited the Crown Street premises after last week’s SX report on the venue’s

ACON to investigate sex-on-premises venue  -  Dec 13, 2006
SX News,Surry Hills sex-on-premises venue Headquarters is to be visited by a representative from the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) to see whether the venue is

ACON Board change  -  Dec 13, 2006
SX News,...corporate lawyer with an interest in indigenous issues and housing affordability for gay men and lesbians is the latest addition to the Board of ACON.

Granite Files Chapter 11  -  Dec 12, 2006
Broadcast Newsroom,Last fall, AM Media, a unit of Washington-based private equity firm Acon Investments, agreed to pay $180 million for Granite's WB stations, WDWB Detroit and

Online daters at greater risk of HIV  -  Dec 5, 2006
SX News,ACON’s director of community health, Nick Corrigan, said he was “not surprised� by some of the NZ results. “If this study looked at men who use the internet

IS WORLD AIDS DAY RELEVANT  -  Nov 29, 2006
Sydney Star Observer,Last year, ACON had one of its lowest responses to World AIDS Day events, including the iconic Red Ribbon Appeal – a possible sign of dropping community

Research underway on HPV vaccine for men  -  Dec 13, 2006
SX News,ACON CEO Stevie Clayton said there would be difficulties arguing for a vaccine to be available as part of a government-funded program for gay men because

Eastland to raise $2m in placement  -  Nov 29, 2006
WA Business News,West Perth-based Eastland Medical Systems Ltd will raise $2 million through a placement to ACON Actinebank, for purposes of strategic growth and attracting

Sydney Convicts blow for AIDS  -  Nov 29, 2006
SX News,They are among the volunteers who will be on the frontline of ACON’s annual Red Ribbon Appeal. Stationed at 25 locations across the city, the volunteers

AHIV in inner Sydney “at sub-Saharan Africa levelsâ€?  -  Nov 29, 2006
SX News,Responding to the report this week, ACON President Adrian Lovney said that it was “most unhelpful�. While he declined to censure Dr Prestage or the Herald

AIDS figures prompt call for better education  -  Dec 1, 2006
ABC Online,A local community health group, ACON, which released the figures to coincide with World AIDS Day, says about 20 new cases are diagnosed in the region each

San Francisco gay patrols “would not work hereâ€?  -  Nov 29, 2006
SX News,Stevie Clayton, CEO of the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON), which oversees the AVP, told SX that such a scheme “would not work here�.

China to set USB as standard for handset chargers  -  Dec 20, 2006
DigiTimes,Advanced Connectek (ACON) believes most connector makers have the ability to cope with the regulation, as USB is not a challenging technology.

THAT'S HOT CHRISTMAS  -  Dec 20, 2006
Sydney Star Observer,Speaking of Arq the club raised a whopping $15400 for ACON at its recent World AIDS Day event Under The Mirrorball. The night featured drag queens Minnie

Lipina earns Eagle Scout  -  Dec 17, 2006
Appleton Post Crescent,Other Lawrence first-place finishers included Derrell Acon of St. Louis, Mo., in the freshman men's division; Molly Wilson of Richmond, Va., in the freshman

CalPERS makes commitments to alternative investments  -  Dec 14, 2006
Pensions & Investments,C$110 million to Tricor Pacific Capital Partners IV, a lower middle-market Canadian buyout fund; and up to $50 million to Acon-BastionPartners II,

THE SSO AZ GUIDE TO QUEER SYDNEY  -  Dec 6, 2006
Sydney Star Observer,ACON recently launched a new magazine to educate and empower gay and lesbian young people in Sydney suburbs. It has also begun new youth workshops outside

Latest deaths  -  Dec 6, 2006
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,ACON, Jessie T., 88, of Rochester Borough, died Dec. 6. Huntsman Funeral Home, Rochester Borough. CUNNINGHAM, John E., 78, of Beaver, died Dec. 5.

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