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Image 1: AIDS awareness ribbon

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 * This site is about how HIV/AIDS has long since been pandemic and what we can do about it. The HIV virus is spread through the blood, around the world unprotected sex & contaminated needles have sparked the spread like a wildfire. The disease can be spread from a mother to their child while in the womb, so many innocent victims are affected by AIDS as well. //Human immunodeficiency virus// (HIV) is a retro virus that can lead to //acquired immunodeficiency syndrome// (AIDS) which is a condition in humans in which the immune begins to gradually fail opening the door to a life-threatening opportunistic infections. In 2007, the death rate for the world from AIDS is 2.1 million. The number of people living with AIDS in 2007, was 33.2 million. While the disease is treatable with certain drugs like nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors, it is uncurable. There are many organizations working to wipe-out AIDS, but it seems that the most affected way to prevent the spread is the use of condoms & sterile needles.  ||

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"What is HIV? ." __Center For Aids Prevention__. Feb 7 2008. Center For Aids Prevention. 3 Jun 2008 <[|http://www.centerforaidsprevention.org/faq-whatishiv.html>.Treatment]- AIDS- //acquired immunodeficiency syndrome// (AIDS) which is a condition in humans that is a result of the HIV severing destroying the immune system. MLA Citations: Pandemic- A worldwide problem MLA Citations HIV testing- The test for HIV is MLA Citations Treatment- AIDS is uncurable, but it can be managed with certain drugs like nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors. MLA Citations || -Comments:
 * HIV- //Human immunodeficiency virus// (HIV) is a retro virus that weakens the immune system leaving it seceptiable to infection. The HIV virus is spread through the contact of infected blood or fluids from the carriers; unprotected sex, contaminated needles, breast milk, and from mother to child in the womb are ways that the virus can be spread.

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 * * rss url="http://news.google.com/news?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=AIDS&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=d&as_mind=2&as_minm=6&as_maxd=3&as_maxm=6&output=rss" link="true" number="10" date="true" author="true" ||  ||   ||
 * * rss url="http://news.google.com/news?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=HIV&ie=UTF-8&output=rss" link="true" number="10" date="true" author="true" ||  ||   ||

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-Comments: These are all websites of organizations that are helping to lead the fight against AIDS. Some have scientific information about the HIV virus while others just have a mission statement + ways to get involved.
 * * Center for AIDS Prevention: http://www.centerforaidsprevention.org/index.html
 * WHO (World Health Organization) information:http://www.who.int/topics/hiv_aids/en/
 * AVERT (Averting HIV & AIDS organization): http://www.avert.org/
 * AIDS.org: http://www.aids.org/ ||

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Picture 3: The HIV virus particle ||  ||



Picture 4: World AIDS day Awareness Ribbon
 * GET INVOLVED: December 1st is National AIDS Awareness Day (check the websites listed under links for events)

-Videos (Creative Commons)** Video 1: Spotlight- Information about AIDS
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media type="youtube" key="xFicX7KK5NE&hl=en" height="344" width="425" Video 2: Annabell's Story: Growing up with AIDS

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Someone in the world dies of AIDS every 10 seconds...**

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8/24/2007
Find an web article from a reputable news website that contains information about any type of projectile. The article must relate to some science topic this could include something having to do with the projectile of bullets or weapons but should not focus on killing!Write a short (1 paragraph) summary of the article and then describe how anything you have learned in the past week about projectile motion might relate to it (second short paragraph). Finish with a citation to the web article. Enter all of this under "Entry" below.

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