Human cloning has been a catchphrase for years and aroused worldwide interest for its scientific and ethical implications. Imagine, if someone dearest to you died, you could just consult some scientists to clone that person and make him/her alive again. You could have also cloned yourself so that someone will do homework for you while you are enjoying a night out with friends. Renowned personalities like Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana, and even Adolf Hitler could have been alive with the help of this technology. Historical people like Queen Nefertiti, Egyptian emperors, or Roman cavaliers could also be brought back to life with all of this wonderful human mind.
If cloning is meant to duplicate human or produce plants and animal; are you aware that the new trend today is the creation of dolls that might replaced men and women for sexual pleasure?

Realistic silicon love dolls have been gaining massive popularity and been invading the cyber space. Thousands of men are spending almost $6,500 or embezzling million dollars for silicone love doll. These dolls are doomed to feed men’s sexual desire and fantasies.

Real love dolls are manufactured and designed as a total replication of humans. You can choose from different body types, size of heads, skin tones, palette of make up, colors of hair, pubic hair style, areola color plus the shipping fee and you can have your own silicone dolls.

You can choose the breast size that you can massage. These dolls would be a more erotic and pleasurable companion in bed because they help you easily reach your orgasm anytime. These dolls can pose at different erotic angles and you’ll be assured that she will be loyal to you. She’ll never cheats, get pregnant, or passes on sexually transmitted disease. And most of all, she never says “no” when you want to have sex.

At any viewpoint you have and cast to these creation, adult love dolls manifest either the intimate or lustful necessities of men. These love doll for sex serve as the companion and relief for men until they reach their orgasm. They become a potential friend to those who are seeking momentary happiness and unexplainable sexual cravings.

Although it is spine-chilling to know that there are a lot of men who are indulged in having or having had sex to these dolls, we have to keep in mind that there are reasons why they are inclined to do it. We can’t find words or adjectives to describe these men—misogynist, pervert, rapist, loser, desperate—they tragically do!! Many of them are simply longing for companions or some are blatantly sexual monster!!!

By: Badeth Abonita

Am I ready for sex; sadly we have those who believed they were at the time of having sexual intercourse and now push babies in prams or treated for venereal diseases? Knowing when the time feels right is a personal decision, whether you’re in a long standing relationship or having casual sex. The most important thing is to think of your health and feel content with the situation.
Sex is a not a compulsory issue so you get to choose. Sexual activity has to be a joint agreement between both genders. Readiness means fully understanding all risks involved from having unprotected sex. Take necessary precautions for protection before sex becomes a reality. The contraceptive pill may not be agreeable to all so your doctor will have questions to ask. Condoms are forms of contraception that are effective and safe and help prevent infections.

Sex isn’t just a physical act. A level of arousing intimacy and loyalty is involved for both parties. Talking about your feelings will bring closeness. Knowing each other’s expectations will have the experience be a pleasant one than one of disaster. If this is your first time tell your partner you are a virgin, this will have them take things gently. Losing your virginity is not a mature act and is not the in thing to do just because others are:
First time sex brings its own rewards in the right situation and preferably with the right partner. Sex is not about penetration. Am I read for having sex? This is something only you can answer. The important things is to be open and honest with your partner,

Never leave anything to chance. Get a second opinion from mum or your doctor. Some hearsay advice below for you

1 I can’t get pregnant if the man pulls out before he ejaculates.

“Oh yes you can.” Sperm can still be present in pre-cum. It only takes one sperm to get you pregnant. Fluid may contain infections. Some men aren’t aware of ejaculation and can easily forget to withdraw the penis in time to prevent sperm entering the vagina.

2 I can’t fall pregnant during my period.

“Oh yes you can.” There is every possibility of pregnancy happening during a period, particularly towards the end of the menstrual cycle.

3 I can’t get pregnant having sex standing up.

“Oh yes you can.” If you have unprotected sex, no matter how, where, time or place you can get pregnant.

4 Condoms are 100% safe.

“On no they are not.” Although considered a highly effective form of contraception, they can split so use them in conjunction with another form of contraception (the pill.)

5 I can’t get pregnant while on the pill.

“Oh yes you can” if you forget to take your pill.

6 It’s safe to have sex after the first pill is popped.

“Oh not it is not.” Different types of contraceptive pill can take time to go to work. This can range from 0-14 days. Use another form of contraception during the time it takes for the pill to become effective.

7 If I miss taking my birth control pill it doesn’t matter.

“Oh yes it does.” The contraceptive pill should be taken at the same time each day, but is regarded as “missed” if it is taken more than 12 hours late (three hours late for the mini-pill, although with the mini pill Cerazette you have a 12-hour window. If more than one pill is missed, the last missed pill should be taken and the rest of the packet taken at the normal time.

8 If a condom slips off or splits, there’s nothing you can do.

“Oh yes you can” If you’re female and you can take emergency contraception, the morning after pill. This should be taken within 72 hours of having sex.

9 Urinating after sexual intercourse washes out sperm.

“On no it does not.” Urine exits the bladder through the urethra, which lies in above of the vaginal opening. Which means any sperm in the vagina won’t even get wet when you pee.

10 All men hate wearing a condom.

“Oh no they don`t.” Although some fellas have said it is like going to bed with your socks on, if a bloke has any respect for you he will wear a condom to keep you both safe.

Take heed of “Oh yes you can” and “Oh no it does not” because both are indecisive quotations. If these stick at the back of your mind then you are simply not ready.

Abortion data carried out in England and Wales in 2007 was made public on 19 June 2008 and approved by the UK Statistics authority. How many of these were a result of an unwanted pregnancy is not clearly determined.
The number of abortions was 198,500, compared with 193,700 in 2006, a 2.5% increase.

1 The age-consistent abortion rate was 18.6 per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44, compared with 18.3 in 2006

2 The abortion rate was highest at 36 per 1,000, for women age 19

3 Under-16 abortion rate was 4.4 and the under- 18 rate was 19.8 per 1,000 women, both greater than in 2006

4 89% of terminations were funded by the NHS; 57% took place in the independent sector under NHS contract
90% of terminations were carried out at under 13 weeks gestation; 70% under 10 weeks

5 Medical abortions accounted for 35% of the total compared with 30% in 2006

6 1,900 abortions (1%) were underground E, risk that the child would be born handicapped

In 2007, 7,100 abortions for non-residents were carried out in hospitals and clinics in England and Wales (7,400 in 2006)

Over the past ten years there has been a considerable increase in sexually transmitted diseases in the UK. Uncomplicated gonorrhea increased by 42% between 1998 and 2007, while genital Chlamydia increased by 150%. Chlamydia is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease since 2001, passing genital warts. Bacterial infections have speedily increased partly due to a general deterioration in sexual health amongst young people and gay men. GUM services have made a major contribution by encouraging testing. G.U.M. clinic is an N.H.S. run establishment for all aspects of sexual health. The phone directory lists these services under genito-urinary clinic, STDs or venereal diseases.

By: kacycarr

Charla Muller couldn’t think of what to give her husband for his 40th birthday. It was a special birthday, but nothing she came up with seemed particularly creative.

Then she had a flash of insight. As her gift, she promised her husband they would have sex every day for a year. 365 days of sex.

“This is something no one else would give him,” said Muller in an interview. “It didn’t cost a lot of money, it was highly memorable. It met all the criteria for a really great gift.”

At first he was delighted. Then he figured she wouldn’t follow through. But when it became clear that she was serious, off they went, having sex almost every day for a year.

The experience is chronicled in Muller’s book, “365 Nights.” Coincidentally, the book is being released at nearly the same time as another one with the same subject matter. “Just Do It,” by Douglas Brown, tells the story of Brown and his wife and their pledge to have sex 101 days in a row.

Both books seem to have hit a nerve and are selling well, and the couples are being adopted as media darlings and hitting the talk show circuit.

Psychotherapist Dr. Barton Goldsmith, author of “Emotional Fitness for Couples,” said to reporters that the economic situation could be part of the reason for the books’ popularity.

“Recession is good for relationships,” said Dr. Goldsmith. “People don’t want to go out so they can cocoon, and sex can be fun for many couples. It beats the hell out of Monopoly. Reclaiming the spark of romance is always a timely subject.”

While the Mullers embarked on their year of love as a birthday gift, the Browns decided to “just do it” because they were in the doldrums after having moved from Baltimore to Colorado.

Missing friends, family, and neighborhood, the couple thought up their idea as a way to get them out of their depression. “We were just kind of bummed out when Annie handed me this idea, and I said that it might be kind of fun and put some spark back in our lives,” said “Just Do It” author Douglas Brown. “Baltimore was the kind of place that generated its own spark. We wanted to see if we could do the same in what we began to call our sensory-deprivation chamber.”

That doesn’t say much for Stapleton, Colorado, where they had moved to.

Both books chronicle the challenges of sex every single day, whether they felt like it or not. Sick? Gotta have sex anyway. Mad? Too bad, time to have sex. Kids getting in the way? Hire a babysitter and go to it.

There were definitely obstacles. One day Doug Brown experience a bout of vertigo (dizziness and disorientation) and his wife was not going to take no for an answer. “I’m not a quitter,” she told reporters. “The night he had vertigo, I said, ‘I’m sorry guy, but you’ve got to keep going.’”

For her part, Charla Muller says she hit a wall around month 10, and started referring to the “gift” as “my stupid idea,” and “my cross to bear.” But the Mullers, too, kept going, missing only a few days per month as husband Brad traveled for work. “When he was traveling, we tried to make up for it,” said Charla.

Both books are selling very well, though “Just Do It” is doing somewhat better on bestseller lists, some say because the details of the 101-day sexathon are more graphic, and the reader feels like he or she “is part of a threesome.”

Think you could do it? It might not solve all your problems, say psychologists and sex therapists. “There’s all sorts of reasons people lose interest in sex with their partner; disappointments, life cycles, financial issues. Just having [sex] isn’t going to resolve those.”

But for the Mullers and the Browns, they say it definitely brought them closer. “[We had] this intense closeness,” said Annie Brown of the 101-day experience. “We were so aware of wherever the other person was mentally and emotionally, and physically.”

The Browns say they didn’t have sex for a month after the 101st day, but that their frequency these days is better than it was before the experiment.

The Mullers, too, say that sex is better these days, and they’re glad for their year-long tryst. “It made it much easier to be open to the idea, more spontaneous,” says Charla Muller. “It was a really meaningful lesson.”

In discussing how he got the virus, Johnson said, “Sometimes you are a little naive and think it can never happen to you. You think it can only happen to other people. Well here I am to say it can happen to anyone, even me, Magic Johnson.”

Since then, Johnson has participated in several programs to raise awareness of the disease in sports and society, but have his efforts made a difference?

While few statistics exist gauging the impact on sports, anecdotal evidence would indicate that his influence has been limited.

For example, the high-profile Gold Club (a strip bar in Atlanta) trial last summer showed that many professional athletes continue to succumb to sexual temptation despite the increased risk of disease.

Not confined to basketball, stars from the National Football League and Major League Baseball are alleged to have frequently engaged in sexual activity while visiting the bar according to court records. Among the athletes who appeared, or were scheduled to appear, as witnesses at the trial were Andruw Jones, Terrell Davis, Jamal Anderson and Patrick Ewing.

The list of athletes who have contracted HIV or died of AIDS since the Johnson announcement represent a broad spectrum of sports, ages and races. Some of the more prominent are Arthur Ashe, Greg Louganis and Tommy Morrison.

In a recent interview with ESPN, Indiana Pacers Head Coach Isiah Thomas, attempting to explain Magic’s limited impact, said, “I think the first month or two Earvin came out — just probably like every other athlete, thinking that it couldn’t happen then and then it happens to the greatest player to play the game — everyone focused on being more careful. But, watching a lot of the guys that come up in the league now, it is almost back to 15, 20 years ago.”

The growing paternity problems faced by many pro athletes further suggest that messages promoting HIV/AIDS awareness are falling on deaf ears. In a 1997 Sports Illustrated investigation, many examples of athletes with numerous illegitimate children were cited to illustrate this trend. Perhaps the most notorious player was the NBA’s Shawn Kemp, who at the time had seven children with six different women.

In addition to these examples, national data reveals that society’s reaction to the illness parallels the pattern evident in sports. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of reported AIDS cases in the United States actually increased from 41,502 in 1990 (the year prior to Johnson’s announcement) to 70,715 in 1995. By 1999, the number of cases had decreased back down to 41,680.

Even when taking into account the population growth the nation has experienced in the last 10 years, the data at best show little change in the spread of HIV/AIDS over the past decade. In fact, the decrease in reported cases of AIDS in 1999 can probably be attributed more to medical advancements than a shift in people’s behavior. Thus, the world of sports — rather than being an aberration — seems to simply mirror the lack of change in society since Johnson’s revelation.

In an ironic twist, part of the minimal impact of Johnson’s message may lie in his ability to thrive in life after obtaining HIV. Specifically, he has yet to develop AIDS, is bulkier than he was when first retiring, has come back to the NBA twice and has built a powerful business empire to match his success on the court.

Another contributing factor to the lack of response among athletes may be the lower rates at which heterosexual men contract the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that just 15 percent of men who have HIV/AIDS in the United States received the disease through heterosexual intercourse. In fact, some studies find that women are 20 times more likely to become infected when engaging in unprotected sex than men.

As a result, many heterosexual athletes may have a false sense of security when having unprotected sex. They shouldn’t though, because the CDC also reports that 80 percent of cases worldwide are transmitted through heterosexual sex.

Despite these obstacles, Johnson has certainly succeeded in raising awareness of HIV/AIDS among sports leagues. For example, the NFL, MLB and NBA all have implemented formal programs to increase knowledge about the dangers of the disease.

The leagues have also adopted policies to reduce the risk of transmission during athletic competition. Research from the University of Alberta Health Center has found that the risk of transmission is infinitesimally small during competition. Since 1993, only one documented case has occurred during an athletic event, when two soccer players smashed heads during a game.

Nonetheless, HIV/AIDS remains a large problem both off the court and off the field. As a result, Johnson has a lot of work ahead of him. Fortunately, he shows no signs of slowing down in his crusade to prevent the spread of this tragic disease.

An estimated 31 per cent of Nelpruit’s population of 600,000 is infected. Now the city has another problem, a dramatic increase in child rape caused by the myth that sex with a virgin cures HIV.

Until 2000 most rape victims were adults. but there was an abrupt turn-around from 2001, when 65 to 70 per cent of victims were children, some as young as two weeks old. The city seems helpless in the face of its woes. The ANC’s provincial Health Minister, Sibongile Manana, has been placed under ‘curatorship’ – the Minister of Housing and the Minister of Public Works are going to help her do her job.

In the main Mpumelela hospital – Rob Ferriera, in Nelspruit – the telephones were not working and public phone boxes had to be used to call doctors and ambulances.

Surprisingly, the shortage of burial space does not appear to extend to the health facilities. Tonga hospital itself is difficult to miss – a red cross signalling its presence is painted on the side of a water tower that can be seen for miles. But the parking places for cars, while efficiently signposted – ‘public’, ‘maternity’, ‘casualty’, ‘disabled’ – are empty.

The impression that it is a modern hospital, with all the mod cons that a doctor might require, is confirmed by a plaque next to the entrance recording that it was opened by South Africa’s Minister of Health only four years ago.

But inside wheelchairs and hospital trolleys stand unused. The neat line of registration booths are empty. Spider webs across doors show that most of the wards are never used, although the beds are made.

The individual tragedy into which all this translates is epitomised by the case of Senzo Mgwenya. Senzo knows he is dying, what is killing him, how he got it and how, in theory at least, he could save himself.

He explains that as a pianist in a band he used to have as many girls as he liked. Now he has abscesses under his right arm and one of his testicles has been removed. But the drugs he really needs he cannot get. ‘Vuka Kwabifile’ is how they describe anti-retrovirals: ‘Wake up from the dying.’

Not many are being saved from the dying. South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ordered the authorities to administer anti-retrovirals to pregnant mothers and their newborns to block transmission, but the syrup by which the drugs are administered is not available in Mpumalanga.

Rape victims get anti-retrovirals immediately after an attack, but if they are found to be HIV-positive treatment stops. Barbara Kenyon, who runs a counselling service for rape and HIV/Aids victims, says they have seen an extraordinary turnaround in the incidence of rape.

She attributes this to the myth that HIV/Aids sufferers can be cured if they have sex with a virgin. Kenyon recalls how a senior policeman who recently overheard her rebutting the widespread belief interrupted her. ‘But it does!’ he said.

Just over two dozen people near Lake Victoria have been found to remain uninfected even though they have unprotected sex with HIV-positive partners, a phenomenon termed “discordant couples”.

Researchers found that the immune systems of the 28 resistant individuals behaved in surprising ways which, it is hoped, will point the way to a vaccine within 10 years.

Some of the resistant individuals had a lower measured immune response than infected partners but their immune systems attacked the virus more effectively, keeping them HIV negative. The finding suggests that what matters is quality, not quantity, of immune response.

The Ugandan results suggest resistant individuals are a more widespread and significant phenomenon than first realised, researchers said.

They expect to cause a stir by calling on the scientific community to focus half of vaccine research on resistant individuals, a dramatic scaling up of what has been until now a minority interest.

The research in Entebbe takes forward the findings from studies of a small group of commercial sex workers in Kenya. The Nairobi women’s apparent immunity triggered a line of research which has led to the most promising vaccine now in trials, a joint enterprise between the universities of Oxford and Nairobi.

The findings come from the Uganda Virus Research Institute, which is backed by the International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a not-for-profit organisation set up to channel funds into promising projects.

The Entebbe-based institute started phase one trials in February of the promising DNA-MVA vaccine designed by Pro fessor Andrew McMichael at Oxford University in collaboration with scientists in Nairobi. Specifically designed to combat the A strain of the HIV virus prevalent in east Africa, phase two trials are under way in the UK and Kenya.

The Ugandan discordant couple research is expected to be published this year.

Scientists are most excited by the minority of resistent partners who possess T-cells which kill cells infected with HIV in a narrow, targeted attack, unlike their partners whose immune systems launch wider, bigger – and unsuccessful – attacks.

Former US president Bill Clinton said yesterday that the new charges on airline tickets, pioneered by France, meant his Clinton Foundation HIV/Aids Initiative had the buying power to negotiate with drug companies for big discounts.

This year the foundation will receive $350m (£178m), most of it from an airline ticket tax France began collecting this summer. The government charges passengers an extra €4 for every international economy seat and €40 for first-class tickets. Britain has given $25m to the initiative, called Unitaid.

Mr Clinton said that not enough was being done for children in the developing world. “Only one in 10 children who need [treatment] to live get the drugs. That has to change.”

The foundation has been able to reduce sharply the price of anti-retroviral drugs. Mr Clinton, speaking after a visit to a new ward for children affected by Aids in New Delhi, said two Indian pharmaceutical companies, Cipla and Ranbaxy, had agreed to supply anti-retroviral drugs for children at prices as low as 16 cents (8p) a day, or $60 annually.

“India should be proud of these companies; they are saving countless lives every day,” he said. “We are negotiating for 19 products which are 47% less costly than what is available today.”

With 5.7 million HIV-positive people, India has the highest number of HIV cases in the world. The new deal would provide treatment for 10,000 children in India alone by March 2007. Mr Clinton added that the new medicines were also easier to store, transport and use than current drugs.

Mr Clinton was flanked by India’s most powerful politician, Sonia Gandhi, and the French foreign minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy, a testament to the networking power he still wields. Mr Douste-Blazy said that by 2008, Unitaid would have a £500m budget. “This is a global issue. We are seeing 1,900 new cases [of children infected with HIV] every day, especially in the countries of the south.”

At the last count, India had 202,000 children who were HIV positive. The country has only just woken up to the fact that Aids is killing off the future labour force.

Ms Gandhi, who has made tackling Aids one of her government’s priorities, admitted that the country had suffered from a “painful paradox”, with Indian companies supplying Aids treatments everywhere but India. “That has changed. At the moment 8% of those affected get drugs [in India]. I am confident that momentum will continue,” she said.

Understanding the definition. Making more sense of Sensory Integration Dysfunction Disorder (SIDD) begins with understanding the following definition: a person with SIDD has difficulty with the processing of sensory input. All of the information we need in order to function in the world comes to us through our sensory systems. Most of us learned about the five basic senses as children (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch), but there are also sensory systems that give us information about movement, gravity, and where or how our bodies are positioned at any given moment. If there is a problem with the delivery of any of those sensory messages to a child’s brain, he is unable to understand the message and may respond to that sensory experience in an unexpected or completely inappropriate way, either seeking ways to avoid that sensory experience at all costs, or pursuing a particular sensory experience to an obsessive degree.

If a child’s sensory systems are all functioning properly, he is able to process all of the sensory stimuli he encounters and respond in an appropriate way: for example, his mother may spray on a light perfume, and he may respond by saying it smells nice or perhaps that he doesn’t like it. For a child with a sensory disorder, there is what amounts to a neurological “short circuit” which throws the child’s perception of a given sensory stimulus completely out of proportion. For this child, what seems to his mother a pleasant and subtle hint of fragrance may be overpowering to him to the point of causing nausea, anxiety, tantrums, or even hysteria. Sensory disorders do not merely affect a child’s sense of smell, however. A child diagnosed with SIDD frequently experiences difficulties in one or more of the sensory areas, occasionally experiencing a greater sensitivity in one system than in the others.

What does SIDD look like? The symptoms of Sensory Integrative Function Disorder vary in intensity and type, depending on which particular sensory system is being affected. Children may be highly sensitive to sounds, smells, or touch; on the other hand, they may be highly under-reactive to the stimuli, seeking out more intense experiences, such as wild spinning or crashing into things, to try to satisfy their craving for that sensory input. Some children alternate between the two extremes. More often than not, it is not solely a child’s being hyper-sensitive to smells and sounds or his crashing into everything that first signals the existence of a problem, however. There are some general symptoms that parents, teachers, even caregivers observe that often lead a parent to ask for a referral:

    * Violent, inexplicable tantrums. It is difficult for children, especially younger children, to put into words what has set them off, leaving parents bewildered as to why the child is having a tantrum.

    * Being easily and quickly frustrated at trying to complete routine tasks.

    * Fine or gross motor skills difficulties, such as the child being unable to dress himself at an appropriate age, or being unable to run, hop, or skip without bumping into things.

    * Difficulties with completing puzzles or matching objects, or losing his place while reading.

    * Being easily distracted or having a very short attention span.

This is a very short listing of possible symptoms that might cause a parent or teacher to seek help; there are other possible symptoms that can be found in the resource materials listed at the end of this article.

How is SIDD diagnosed? Diagnosis of SIDD is done only by a skilled professional, most commonly a licensed occupational therapist with a background in sensory disorders. Evaluating your child will include a developmental, medical and academic (if applicable) history of your child; meetings with the parents, teachers, and other professionals who work with your child; formal observations and evaluations of your child, occasionally in multiple settings (home, school, at the therapy site); and standardized testing.

Sensory disorders can be tricky to diagnose, because many of the presenting symptoms of SIDD are also found in children with other disorders (Asperger’s Sydrome, Autism, ADD/ADHD); sometimes, the sensory disorders occur in tandem with these other disorders.

Ruling out other problems. Because SIDD does share symptoms with several other disorders, it is important for parents and pediatricians to rule out any other possible causes of the child’s symptoms, especially possible physiological causes. Your pediatrician will want to check several areas first, including, but not limited to:

    * Allergies: What you think of as your child’s “tic” of constantly picking at his nose may be a response to a seasonal allergy.

    * Sleep apnea related to tonsil/adenoid enlargement: Sleep disturbances can cause a host of problems, as we all know, but severely enlarged tonsils or adenoids can cause a child to react to different foods in a way that mimics a problem with food textures, when it’s really a problem with not being able to breathe through his nose.

    * Current medications: Some allergy medications do not list hyperactivity as a side effect, but anecdotal evidence suggests there may be a link. Ask your pediatrician about doing a trial cessation to see how your child responds: it may be that your child simply needs a different medication or dosage.

How is SIDD treated? SIDD is typically treated through occupational therapy. Depending on the severity of your child’s condition, it may be as little as one hour of formal therapy a week, with half an hour of at-home therapeutic activities done by the parent each day, or it may be a more intensive regime. Generally, the therapist will focus both on activities which will promote better sensory integration for the child, as well as on helping the child to develop appropriate behavioral responses to sensory input. Depending on a child’s specific needs, therapeutic activities may include the use of a therapy ball, swinging, use of a weighted vest, rhythmic jumping, soft brush therapy, deep tissue massage, visual tracking activities, and auditory therapy using headphones. Therapy for SIDD usually lasts anywhere from six months to two years, depending on the severity of the child’s condition.

What can I do to help my child? There are many things that you can do to help your child:

    * First, and most importantly, be his advocate. There are expert doctors, expert therapists, expert teachers, expert everything, if you want to look hard enough for them, but there are only one or two experts on your child in particular, and those are you, his parents. Be persistent, be methodical, do not give up on your quest to try to discover the answer to his problem.
    * Educate yourself. This article was just a skimming of some of the best information available, but we are learning more about this disorder every day. At the end of the article, you will find some suggested books and websites for additional information. Use them yourself, and share them with your child’s teachers, with his caregivers, and with his pediatrician both to help in obtaining a correct diagnosis, as well as to help them provide a supportive environment for your child.

    * Be firm and consistent with your child about your expectations regarding his behavior. You may now know the reason why he crashes into things, but it is up to you to establish consistent and firm guidelines within which he can still meet his sensory needs, yet still behave in an appropriate fashion. You will not do your child any favors by letting this disorder control his life or by letting him make this disorder an excuse for poor behavior; you need to help him gain control of his responses to it.

    * Be loving and supportive with your child. Imagine what it must be like to feel as though the entire world around you were constantly attacking you; these children often respond the way they do out of fear and anxiety, out of a loss of control. Let them know that you are there to support them through it all.

    * Do the at-home therapy your therapist recommends; he or she has assigned specific at-home activities to you because your child needs them. Make the time to do them.

Any time that we deal with the central nervous system, we are talking about an enormously complex, and complicated piece of machinery, and children with SIDD have what is essentially a glitch in that machinery.

Understanding that glitch, and taking the steps to help you, your child, and those around him, understand it and learn to live with it day by day, can help you and your family to make more sense out of this complex disorder, and help him to respond to the world around him in a better way.

About 200 cases a year are reported in England, mostly as single isolated incidents, but the bug responsible has been found in ponds, hot and cold water systems, whirlpool baths and water in air conditioning plants. It particularly likes warm stagnant water.

Outbreaks tend to occur in healthy people staying in hotels or other buildings in which cooling systems or showers have been contaminated. The bug may also cause 2% of hospital cases of pneumonia.

Breathing in droplets of water is the most likely route of infection and you cannot catch it from another person. There is also little evidence anywhere in the world that it can be caught from household or car air conditioning systems.

People of all ages can be affected but men over 50 are particularly vulnerable. Early symptoms include flu-like illness, muscle aches, fatigue, headaches, dry cough and fever. Sometimes diarrhoea and confusion can develop, and the symptoms frequently lead to pneumonia. The illness is treated by antibiotics but deaths occur in 10%-15% of normally healthy individuals. The rate can be higher in some groups of patients, including older people, heavy smokers and drinkers and those who are already ill, with diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, diabetes or Aids. Irreparable damage to the lungs is the most usual cause of death.

Symptoms of Legionnaire’s, officially caused by a bug called legionella pneumophila, can take up to 10 days to develop, or, in very rare cases, three weeks. Three to six days is more normal.

Rapid diagnosis is possible through testing patients’ urine samples.

So how much is the business worth? Some of the most acclaimed research agencies in the world say that the business is worth anywhere between $500 million to $10 billion. In other word, not many people have a clue as to how much it is worth in America. Worldwide figures are out of the question. One of the obvious problems faced by these agencies is that there are very few adult entertainment companies that are publicly traded. Another fascinating exercise is watching analysts take a call on the future earnings of these companies. It is like having a 3rd grade student write a 7th grade examination.

So what is legit porn and what is not? Nobody seems to know for sure. Some of the premium production houses insist that the actors wear condoms while they perform. But some of the not-so premium producers argue that since they are in the business of selling fantasy, the presence of a condom devalues the product. Another industry rule is the insistence of monthly testing for HIV. Every actor needs to show his HIV negative certificate to his co-stars before the shoot begins. This seemingly non-complicated rule is again broken time and again.

Recently there has been a hue and cry about the outsourcing of jobs in various industries to low cost providers like India and China. But the porn industry has been openly practicing outsourcing for years together. This has been done in terms of locations and actors. One of the places in the world that seems to have both in abundance is Brazil. Brazil has some of the most eye-popping locations for any kind of filmmaking. But the sun, sand and surf of Sao Paulo are perfect porn. Combine this with the fact that there are actresses in Brazil who have no hassles performing without condoms. This ensures that the overall cost of production is lowered without any compromise in the quality of the final product. They seem to conveniently forget the fact that the incidence of HIV amongst prostitutes in Brazil exceeds 90 percent.

A recent incident has shaken up the entire porn industry in America. Darren James (screen name), one of America’s veteran porn stars was shooting for a movie in Brazil. The next month he was back in America, where he was working again on a different movie. While in America, he performed extensively with an actress named Laura Rox. Not once during the shoot did Darren show Laura his HIV negative certificate. Laura who is a relative new comer in the industry did not ask for it either. Darren’s Brazilian shoot resulted in him contracting the HIV virus. He passed it on to Laura. She is 22 years old. But it doesn’t end there. Darren and Laura went on to perform with host of other actors and actresses before they were discovered with the virus. These actors and actresses went on to perform with others. The ironic part of the whole Brazilian affair is that Brazilian actors will not perform with their female counterparts without a condom. But American actors do not seem to have a problem.

For the first time ever, all the producers, both big and small have agreed to stop production for a period of 60 days. More than 60 actors and actresses have been quarantined and are repeatedly being tested. 6 have already tested positive. So is this the end of the road for the industry. Apparently not if one goes by what the stock market. analysts are saying.