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With a powerful kick onto his chest, Wu Qi almost broke Yi Shang's ribs into pieces.
Yi Shan looked around the room with a frightened gaze. all two hundred guards had been knocked to the floor. Wu Qi's soldiers numbered ten times the amount of coffer guards, also, these soldiers never showed any mercy when attacking, therefore, all of these guards were seriously injured. A few of them were even spitting blood and falling into comas. If they were not provided with medical treatment, someone might die soon.
Wu Qi drew out the dagger which Aher had used to injure his shoulder a few days ago. This is a lower tier magical weapon, totally different from ordinary weapons. Its edges were reflecting a bright shining light and emitting a chill that made anyone nearby feel cold. Yi Shan, feeling this chill, can't help but let out a sneeze.
Simply waving his hand, a wisp of hair was cut down by Wu Qi, and on top of Yi Shan's head, a coin size piece of scalp had been removed. Blood spilled from the wound. Wu Qi placed his palm on the wound, getting some blood and smearing it on Yi Shan's face.
On Wu Qi's face was a bright, friendly smile. No one would be able to tell he was trying to kill someone. But, Yi Shan had started to tremble. He was like a poor little lamb who was being pressed on the ground by a fierce tiger. He felt death was at his doorstep.
Yi Shan was frightened, scared, and he twisted and struggled madly, screaming and yelling.
Yi Shan gazed at Wu Qi insidiously, clenching his teeth tightly and walking to the door of coffer room. He started to work with a complicated puzzle on the face of the door. It was an 18 x 18 stars' chart, and unless it was arranged according to the correct order and the star chart was restored, the door wouldn't open.
Wu Qi nodded his head silently. The design of the door was sophisticated, which means this world had some advanced production capabilities.
While working with the puzzle, Yi Shan was grinding his teeth. His master had suffered extremely bad luck the past few days, and all his personal wealth was stolen. This had put his servants and subordinates in a state of anxiety. Therefore, when Laohei came to him with an official document, asking him to allocate the funds, he purposely spurned Laohei so he could teach Lu Chengfeng a lesson on behalf of his master.
But, for god's sake, where did this freak come from? Wu Qi actually brought a team of City Guards and attacked the coffer room! Just because he wanted to get the reward money for some barbarian heads. Did he have to go so far? Yi Shan knew there were not much money left in coffer room because all the military funds had been used up, due to corruption, but Wu Qi's way of asking money was really too awful. He only wanted such a small amount of money, so did he really need to torture Yi Shan?
Staring at the black, huge footprint on his chest, Yi Shan had decided that later, when Yi Yan's mood had calmed down, he would definitely make a serious official complaint toward Wu Qi. If Wu Qi did not die, how could he vent his anger?
As the Bursary Officer of Little Meng City, he was sitting high above others and was in control of the finances of the city. Who would dare to show him even the slightest bit of disrespect? But, this Wu Qi actually dared to beat him, dared to make him bleed, dared to step on his chest and scold him!
The sound of a mechanism rapidly moving could be heard and the door to coffer room opened up slowly. As it opened, a cold breeze came out and swept across those who stood in front of it.
Yi Shan turned around and gazed at Wu Qi over his shoulder. He snapped, "Bring few of your men and take all your money away! Let me make this clear, all the money in the coffer room was recorded precisely. Also, 90% of them are the offerings that will be sent to the Capital in the coming months. If any one of those go missing, you will find out that such things generally end with the one at fault losing their head.
Yi Shan was so angry his eyes almost popped out of his skull and he wanted to curse Wu Qi's mother aloud. But, he dared not to curse, as he was still bleeding from the top of his head! Gazing at Wu Qi in anger, Yi Shan could only curse him silently, but at the same time, he felt surprised at Wu Qi's caution.
Screaming with his high pitch tone, he summoned dozens of boys who worked in the Bursary Office, Yi Shan brought them into the coffer room. After some time, they had brought out all the money Wu Qi requested in push carts made from metal. 197,500 coins, which had filled up twenty big chests, and one-years military funds for the City Guards, which was five hundred boxes of silver coins.
There were, in total, eight thousand City Guards in Little Meng City, none of which were official soldiers. According to the years they had spent in the army and their rank, they were paid from one to three silver coins a month. As for those who were ranked lieutenant and above, their salary were from ten to a hundred silver coins. It would require twenty thousand silver coins per year just to pay the salaries. If one included the wear and tear of the military equipment, and the living expenses for those footmen and steeds, the total expenses for the army in a year would be one hundred gold coins.
Wu Qi didn't waste any breath on Yi Shan. The reason he brought these two thousand soldiers was for this. With a command, all the money was removed from push carts by the soldiers. After waiting for all his men to leave, only then did Wu Qi ink down on the issued document with a token of the General's Office, then he held his fists out and bowed to Yi Shan, biding him goodbye and leaving.
After wishing numerous curses on Wu Qi, Yi Shan locked the coffer room door hurriedly and rushed to the backyard of the Mayor Mansion. Yi Yan was still immersed in the sadness, suffering from the huge blow of losing the last bit of his money, he was currently laying on a bed and drinking medicinal soup. Yi Xing, Yi De, and Yi Cu were all staying by his bedside and taking care of him, so who would have the energy to handle all the matters within Little Meng City?
Currently, Yi Yan had gone into a hysteric state, he became easily pissed off by anything, and he would order someone to drag those servants or guards who he didn't like out from his room and have them cruelly beaten. Therefore, screams of begging for forgiveness kept coming out from the Mayor's Mansion all day long.
At midnight, Wu Qi, who had spent a restless day assisting Lu Chengfeng, was striking again. This time, he was heading to the coffer room of Little Meng City.
The last few missions only created some disturbance in Yi Yan and his sibling's mind, so they wouldn't have the time or mood to find trouble with Wu Qi and Lu Chengfeng. But this time, Wu Qi was going to give Yi Yan and his siblings a heavy blow – There were offerings stored in coffer room that were about to be sent to the Capital. Each year, Little Meng City had to pay a huge amount of money and treasures to the Lu Kingdom? So, what would be the punishment if these offerings were stolen?
Messing around with Yi Yan, who was just a good for nothing son of a rich family, was meaningless. By upsetting, frightening, and imposing fear in their minds for few days, then killing them with a single blow, he would save himself much trouble in the future.
Even the weather was on Wu Qi's side tonight, as thick gray clouds were covering the sky and it was drizzling. The air was filled with moisture, causing fog to start appearing everywhere, which reduced vision down to a few feet.
Under such a perfect weather, and with the help of his Innate Water Energy Shift, Wu Qi had his body covered with faded water vapor and was dashing through the night like a phantom.
There was water vapor everywhere, and the innate water energy had started to spin extremely fast in Wu Qi's arms, and started flowing into all the other veins within his body. The refreshing sensation squeezed through Wu Qi's body through all his pores, making Wu Qi feel as if his energy was slowly rising. Suddenly, he learned a trick in cultivating with Seven Foundation Establishment. By cultivating in the place rich with the respective elemental energy, his cultivation speed would double.
To cultivate with the Source of Water Chapter, he may need to find a lake or river and soak himself within it.
Moving swiftly like a phantom, Wu Qi landed on the flat rooftop of the coffer room. Sneakily walked to the edge of the roof, Wu Qi saw outside of the coffer room, where there were rows of fire torches which made the place as bright as day. A few hundred guards were walking around and looking around alertly.
Sneering silently, Wu Qi walked back to the center of the roof and then took out the lower tier magical dagger, carefully injecting a thread of energy into it.
A faded bloody red light shined from the dagger, then Wu Qi used it to cut down three stone slabs into the roof, exposing the thick metal plate underneath. An ordinary thief would have to return empty handed when they met this metal plate, but in Wu Qi's mind, it just took him a little longer time to cut a hole on it. A lower tier magical weapon truly worth its value, its was more powerful than Lu Chengfeng's dagger, and he was able to use it to cut the metal plate like he was cutting through some soft dirt.
While being amazed by the huge difference between a magical weapon and an ordinary weapon, Wu Qi removed the cutout metal plates to his side, soon he had made a meter-wide hole in the metal plate. Underneath the metal plate, the man who built this coffer room had even installed three layers of green steel wire mesh.
Wu Qi narrowed his eyes, a bright light started to glow within. These three layers of green steel wire mesh were not as simple as they looked, there were few tiny threads of wire linked outside the coffer room to some unknown places. It was not difficult to imagine where these tiny threads of wires linked to, there must be some bells or alerting devices hooked at the end of these wires, once they were triggered, it would alarm the whole Mayor Mansion.
But, in Wu Qi's eye, this kind of anti-burglar mechanism was too rough. With the deep knowledge of secret traps and mechanisms from Le Xiao Bai, Wu Qi easily solved the threat of these wires, cutting himself through the three layers of wire mesh.
Jumping into the coffer room like a slippery fish, Wu Qi started to rub his hands excitedly.
Different from the fatty and his siblings' hidden treasures, there was not much gold, silver, or jewelry within the coffer room,. Most of the items stored here were all sorts of rare stuff from the mountain and huge piles of materials. All kind of rare beasts' leathers, their bones, horns, and also some rare and precious herbs, which were being kept within boxes made from jade or sandalwood. They were all the expensive items produced from Meng mountain. In the capital of the Lu Kingdom, these items could be sold for a huge amount of money.
There were even some precious herbs which he had seen in the Scroll of Stealing. They were considered to be lower tier magical medicines and provided great benefits to cultivators. These herbs were getting their special attention as well, as they were stored either in warm jade or cold jade boxes.
Taking a quick tour in the coffer room, suddenly, Wu Qi saw something that made his heart start pounding quickly!
There were soul stones in Meng Mountain? Wu Qi found two thousand soul stones in each the five elements, and they were all premium quality! There was total of twenty-seven hundred water soul stones, and each of them was emitting a watery aura that made Wu Qi feel extremely comfortable.
Besides the soul stones, Wu Qi also discovered many metal materials that could be used by cultivators, although the quantity was not great, it was more than enough for him.
Breathing out a long sigh, Wu Qi raised his head and shook with mirth. So many treasures, this was too much! This was such a painful happiness!
Rolled up his sleeves, Wu Qi clenched his teeth tight and started about his business.
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Q: Errors with Peterson's Algorithm Hey I was wondering if someone could help me figure out why my implementation of Peterson's Algo isn't working.
Currently my output is:
From Process total = [number > 100,000]
Child with ID -1 has just exited
Child with ID [Child ID] has just exited
     End of Program
From Process 2 total = [number > 200,000]
Child with ID -1 has just exited

My output should be along the lines of:
From Process 1: total = 60234.
From Process 2: total = 100000.
Child with ID 2412 has just exited.
Child with ID 2411 has just exited.
     End of  Program.

For some reason one of my child processes has an ID of -1 which means there is some sort of error (I think). I have no idea what's going on with that. I'm still confused how this algorithm ever works because if turn never changes, how does the process ever get access to the critical section?
My code is as follows:
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0

typedef struct
{
  int value;
  int flag[2] = {FALSE, FALSE};
  int turn = 0;
} shared_mem;

shared_mem *total;

       void process1 ()
{
  int k = 0;

  while (k < 100000)
    {
      total->flag[0] = TRUE;
      total->turn = 1;

      //prevent P1 from access CS
      while(total->flag[1] == TRUE && total->turn == 1)
      {
        int k = 0;
        if(k = 0)
        {
            total->p2Block = total->p2Block + 1;
        }
        k++;
      };

      k++;
      total->value = total->value + 1;

      total->flag[0] = FALSE;
    }

  printf("Process 2 interrupted %d times in critical section by Process 1.\n", total->p2Block);
  printf ("From process1 total = %d\n", total->value);
}

    void process2 ()
{
  int k = 0;

  while (k < 200000)
    {
      total->flag[1] = TRUE;
      total->turn = 0;
      int critical;
      //prevent P2 from accessing CS
      while(total->flag[0] == TRUE && total->turn == 0)
      {
            int k = 0;
            if(k = 0)
            {
                total->p2Block = total->p1Block + 1;
            }
        k++;
      };

      k++;
      total->value = total->value + 1;
      critical++;

      total->flag[1] = FALSE;
    }

  printf("Process 1 interrupted %d times in critical section by Process 2.\n", total->p1Block);
  printf("From process2 total = %d\n", total->value);
}

main()
{
  int   shmid;
  int   pid1;
  int   pid2;
  int   ID;
  int   status;
  int   waitID1, waitID2;

  char *shmadd;
  shmadd = (char *) 0;

/* Create and connect to a shared memory segmentt*/

  if ((shmid = shmget (SHMKEY, sizeof(int), IPC_CREAT | 0666)) < 0)
    {
      perror ("shmget");
      exit (1);
    }

 if ((total = (shared_mem *) shmat (shmid, shmadd, 0)) == (shared_mem *) -1)
    {
      perror ("shmat");
      exit (0);
    }

  total->value = 0;
  total->flag[0] = FALSE;
  total->flag[1] = FALSE;
  total->turn = 0;
  total->p1Block = 0;
  total->p2Block = 0;

  if ((pid1 = fork()) == 0)
    process1();

  if ((pid1 != 0) && (pid2 = fork()) == 0)
    process2();

  do{
    waitID1 = waitpid(pid1, &status, 0);
    waitID2 = waitpid(pid2, &status, 0);
    if(WIFEXITED(status) && waitID1 != -1)
    {
      printf("Child with ID %d has just exited\n", waitID1);
    }
    if(WIFEXITED(status) && waitID2 != -1)
    {
      printf("Child with ID %d has just exited\n", waitID2);
    }
  }while (!WIFEXITED(status) && !WIFSIGNALED(status));

  if ((pid1 != 0) && (pid2 != 0))
    {

      if ((shmctl (shmid, IPC_RMID, (struct shmid_ds *) 0)) == -1)
      {
        perror ("shmctl");
        exit (-1);
      }
      printf ("\t\t  End of Program.\n");
    }
}

A: Watch what you share
Your global declarations
int flag[2] = {FALSE, FALSE};
int turn = 0;

are not shared memory.  Your total is shared memory because you share it, but the flag and turn are not.  Each process has its own copy of the flag and turn and modify only their own copy of it.  Since the synchronization mechanism you're trying to implement (Peterson's Algorithm) relies on both processes modifying the same flag and turn, it doesn't work.  When one process changes the flag, the other doesn't know about it.
(The above has since been addressed in an edit to the question.)
Sharing and synchronizing between processes is typically more complicated than sharing and synchronizing between threads.  The two are different things for different purposes.  If it is possible, I'd consider using threads instead of processes.  This way, sharing memory is trivial.  This problem seems to be an educational exercise, and schools typically teach processes before threads.
Watch how you share it
You will need to initialize turn and flag after creating the shared memory, such as where you initialize total->value = 0; and not in a typedef declaration.
Go through your notes about how to set up shared memory and read through the relevant man pages.
In smget() you have a size of sizeof(int), which is not enough for the whole struct.  Personally, I'm against hard coding types in sizeof() operators.  I suggest using something like sizeof(*shared_mem) and let the compiler figure out what the type and size should be.  It's also easier if you change the declaration for some reason, because you don't have to sift through your code looking for sizeof() operators.
Restructure the fork() calls and test the return values
Library functions return values for a reason.  Ignoring what they say is like ignoring alarm bells.  Sometimes such an alarm might help you figure out what is wrong with your program.
There are three return states to check from a fork() (check all of them):

*

*-1, an error occurred

*0, in child process

*>0, in parent process (with child's PID)

Also, notice that after completing process1() and process2(), the children return to main() and fall through the subsequent instructions, even trying to wait for children they don't have.  This is probably not what you want.
Check the return value from wait()
The -1 printed is the return value from wait().  This means that wait() encountered an error.  The likely cause for this is that the calling process has no child to wait for.
From POSIX.1-2008/IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (2013 Ed.) for the function wait():

pid_t wait(int *stat_loc);
pid_t waitpid(pid_t pid, int *stat_loc, int options);
. . .
If wait() or waitpid() return because the status of a child process is available, these functions shall return a value equal to the process ID of the child process. In this case, if the value of the argument stat_loc is not a null pointer, information shall be stored in the location pointed to by stat_loc.

I am interpreting this to mean that if wait() did not "return because the status of a child process is available", then we can not rely on the value written to stat_loc.
In other words, you should have checked the return value from wait() before using your status.  A garbage value (status is uninitialized) could possibly evaluate WIFEXITED(status) to non-zero (true).  If wait() returns an error, you shouldn't rely on the value of status.  You can also use errno to check what went wrong (be sure to set errno = 0 before the call to wait()).  See documentation for details.
Some comments about pointers
The  lines
char *shmadd;
shmadd = (char *) 0;

are equivalent to char *shmadd = NULL;.  You don't have to type cast it.  (Do you even need the local variable shmadd? Can you just use NULL instead?)
Similarly, in
total = (shared_mem *) shmat (...)

you don't have to type cast the return value because it is a void *.  (C++ or C# might make you do this, but not in C.)
Watch the variables
You have a second variable declaration of a variable named k that shadows the first one.  Here is the declaration of the second one:
while(total->flag[1] == TRUE && total->turn == 1)
{
  int k = 0;
  if(k = 0)
  {
    total->p2Block = total->p2Block + 1;
  }
  k++;
};

This int k shadows the earlier k.  Any reference to k in this block will use this one instead of the earlier one.  There are several other problems with this code:

*

*if (k = 0) is an assignment of 0 to k, not a comparison.  Since this evaluates to 0 (interpreted as false), the block will never be executed.  The if has no effect.

*If you change this to if (k == 0) (a comparison) it still makes no sense since it will always be true.  You just assigned 0 to k then check to see if k is 0.  Why would it change?

*The k++ also has no logical meaning.  This k was declared at the beginning of the block, and its scope is just this block.  The next iteration of the while loop pushes a new k and initializes it to 0.  So there is no logical effect of incrementing it.

*Why write total->p2Block = total->p2Block + 1 instead of just total->p2Block++?

This may explain why your counting is not behaving as intended.

A: The fork() and wait() functions return -1 when they fail.  You do not test for that.
Moreover, all processes involved in your program call wait().  That call will certainly fail (returning -1) in at least one process, as regardless of the success or failure of the fork()'s, there will be one process without any child processes.
Your program has more serious problems, however.  It appears to assume that ordinary global variables flag and turn will be shared between processes, but since I see you using shmget(), I presume you know that that won't actually happen.
And even if you move flag and turn into your shared memory segment, you still have a synchronization problem: you cannot rely on one process to see the other's modifications to shared memory in a timely manner -- or, in fact, ever -- without employing appropriate synchronization.  The synchronization aid that naturally goes with SysV-style shared memory segments is the SysV-style semaphore.
And when you do implement synchronization, it should naturally fall out that you no longer need to use busy loops to make each process wait on the other.

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A , sidafobia ou estigma sorológico, é o preconceito, medo, rejeição e discriminação contra as pessoas que vivem com HIV. A discriminação é uma manifestação de estigma social. Atitudes e comportamentos estigmatizantes podem cair sob a rubrica de discriminação em função da legislação de um país em particular.

O estigma sorológico existe em todo o mundo em uma variedade de formas, incluindo o ostracismo, rejeição social, discriminação e evitação de pessoas infectadas pelo vírus; teste obrigatório sem o consentimento ou a proteção da confidencialidade antes; violência contra indivíduos infectados pelo vírus ou pessoas que são vulneráveis ao mesmo; a quarentena de indivíduos infectados; e, em alguns casos, a perda de direitos de propriedade, quando um cônjuge morre. A violência relacionada com o estigma ou o medo da violência impede muitas pessoas de procurarem o teste de HIV, voltando para seus resultados, ou garantir o tratamento, possivelmente, transformando o que poderia ser uma doença crônica controlável em uma sentença de morte e perpetuando a propagação do mesmo. O estigma sorológico foi dividido em três categorias a seguir:
Estigma instrumental da AIDS - um reflexo do medo e apreensão que são susceptíveis de ser associada a qualquer doença mortal e transmissível.
Estigma simbólico da AIDS - a utilização do vírus ou da doença já instalada, como forma de marginalizar as atitudes de certos grupos sociais ou estilos de vida de algumas pessoas, supostamente (muitas vezes, nem sempre) associados com a doença.
Estigma "cortesia" da AIDS - estigmatização de pessoas ligadas à questão do HIV/AIDS ou de pessoas soropositivas.
Muitas vezes, o estigma sorológico ou a discriminação são expressos, de acordo com um ou mais outros estigmas, particularmente aqueles associados com a homossexualidade, a bissexualidade, a promiscuidade, os/as profissionais do sexo e os usuários de drogas injetáveis.

Algumas formas de discriminação grave podem incluir: a expulsão da escola, a negação de habitação, tendo que pagar aluguel extra, e a perda de emprego. As pessoas que têm, ou são vulneráveis a ter, o vírus ou mesmo a doença já instalada, há experiência de discriminações em vários aspectos da vida. Nos Estados Unidos, as leis de deficiência proíbem a discriminação de soropositivos em habitação, emprego, educação e acesso à saúde e serviços sociais. Lei semelhante fora criada no Brasil em junho de 2014, a qual a presidente Dilma Rousseff sancionou, que dispunha sobre tornar crime a discriminação direta e intencional a soropositivos em quaisquer circunstâncias, bem como a divulgação intencional da sorologia com o explícito objetivo de denegrir e difamar os mesmos, seja em ambientes escolares, familiares ou de trabalho.

Rejeição e sofrimento
Muitos portadores do vírus, tendo ou não a doença já instalada, se sentem excluídos e rejeitados pelo simples fato de possuírem um microrganismo que pode ser devastador sem tratamento.

Normalmente, o Ministério da Saúde recomenda que portadores comecem a tomar medicação antirretroviral quando a contagem de células cd4 estiver abaixo de 350, mesmo que a condição de doentes de AIDS só seja possível com uma contagem abaixo de 200, e ainda assim segundo o mesmo Ministério é aconselhável que se comece a adesão ao tratamento antes de ultrapassar os 350.

Mesmo com um tratamento atual com efeitos colaterais reduzidos ou praticamente inexistentes quando se inicia o tratamento antes da contagem mínima, e ainda que todas as pesquisas indiquem que mesmo entre os parceiros sorodiscordantes que optam por transar sem camisinha o risco de transmissão é mínimo por parte do soropositivo que toma a medicação certa e regularmente, os portadores do vírus experimentam sentimentos de dor e culpa internalizados, e correm o risco de não serem aceitos em novos relacionamentos, relações de trabalho ou dentro da família, e tudo isso acontece por vários motivos: ignorância, falta de informação, associação de soropositivos aos estilos de vida que levam tendo como exemplo estigmatizador principal a promiscuidade (embora essa associação muitas vezes seja errada e não corresponda à realidade), entre outros.

Como esse risco é real (e muitas vezes convive com o soropositivo de maneira recorrente ou por boa parte da vida), muitos dos mesmos acabam por se isolarem, procurando relacionamentos somente com quem também é portador por medo de ser rejeitado por alguém que não seja, e passa a esconder esse detalhe de sua vida até onde puder, com receio de perder a admiração das pessoas no campo familiar, entre os amigos ou no trabalho; tudo isso acaba por gerar um sofrimento terrível no psicológico da pessoa portadora.

No geral, quando mantêm relacionamentos com alguém que não sabe sua condição, tentam esconder isso do(a) parceiro(a), com medo de ser rejeitado e excluído da vida do outro.

Todo esse medo de rejeição se torna internalizado em pessoas de grupos socialmente discriminados e/ou vulneráveis ao contágio, incluindo homossexuais, bissexuais, travestis femininas e profissionais do sexo, fazendo com que boa parte dessas pessoas que possam, possivelmente, ter sido expostas ao vírus, não façam o teste sorológico, temendo descobrir que possuem a infecção e carregar esse estigma pro resto da vida, fazendo assim, com que a infecção se alastre cada vez mais e gerando uma brecha pra que o vírus possa atacar o organismo das mesmas levando ao quadro aidético em muitos casos.

Por vezes, o preconceito e a discriminação partem não só de possíveis relacionamentos, familiares, amigos ou colegas de trabalho, como também, surpreendentemente, pelos próprios profissionais de saúde, pois alguns deles parecem não ter o esclarecimento necessário que precisam ter pra lidar com tais questões e colocam no portador toda a culpa por ter contraído o vírus.

Nem sempre o contágio é feito por esquecimento do uso da camisinha (embora essa seja a forma de contágio mais comum). Outras formas, dentre várias, incluem estupro, sexo oral (que mesmo com risco minimo, infecta, porém a informação parece não ser muito divulgada nos meios de comunicação) e até mesmo defeitos do próprio preservativo (rasgos e furos na hora da relação sexual, por exemplo).

Muitas vezes, filmes pornográficos podem também induzir às pessoas inexperientes sexualmente (sobretudo homossexuais, visto que ainda é um grupo vulnerável socialmente) a comportamentos de risco, não só pelo sexo sem proteção em si, mas com práticas de alto risco para contrair DST, como ejaculação interna (no caso de sexo desprotegido) e ejaculação ou consumo de esperma via sexo oral (informação não muito divulgada pelos órgãos de saúde nem pela mídia, mas que consiste numa prática perigosa que também transmite o vírus, pelo fato de o mesmo não ser digerido no organismo, e em vez disso, formar reservatórios no trato intestinal).

Algo que poderia ser muito divulgado pelos grandes meios de comunicação é a questão da profilaxia pós-exposição (PEP), que funciona em até 72 horas, onde alguém que, em tese, tenha passado por uma situação de risco, pode procurar um unidade de saúde mais próxima em até 3 dias e começar a tomar uma medicação que pode impedir o vírus de se instalar no organismo, geralmente o remédio truvada.

Infelizmente, a grande mídia, muitas vezes, pode contribuir para a sidafobia em vez de esclarecer a população sobre os direitos dos soropositivos. Tendo como exemplo a divulgação de um tal clube do carimbo na cidade de São Paulo, em março de 2015, por meio de uma reportagem do programa Fantástico da Rede Globo, que soropositivos teoricamente "tratados" passavam a infecção adiante pra pessoas desavisadas em saunas e boates paulistas, geralmente perfurando preservativos com objetos pontiagudos e aconselhando a outros soropositivos a fazerem o mesmo em redes sociais, geralmente se comunicando por gírias como "vitaminado" (portador) e "carimbar" (transmitir, daí o nome). Esse clube realmente existe, mas representa uma minoria das pessoas infectadas, sendo sem dúvida uma atitude que coloca em risco a vida de outras pessoas, porém, a julgar pelo que as pessoas que fazem parte do mesmo falarem em entrevistas que tinham sua infecção controlada e as mesmas mostrarem indivíduos infectados pelo clube, ocorre uma contradição, já que, como dito anteriormente, por meio de pesquisas, foi comprovado que soropositivos com carga viral indetectável não passam o vírus a pessoas não-portadoras. Os integrantes do tal clube possivelmente não se tratam e possuem transtorno de personalidade antissocial, o que não corresponde à realidade da maioria dos soropositivos. A Unaids divulgou uma nota esclarecendo que muitas dessas entrevistas são preocupantes por dar enfoque ao grupo de transmite e não à realidade de boa parte dos portadores, podendo fazer com que assim, sejam aumentados o preconceito e a discriminação aos mesmos, e consequentemente, a rejeição.

Grande parte dos portadores, por conta da sidafobia, podem sofrer com transtornos psicológicos, sendo os mais comuns nesses casos transtorno de ansiedade generalizada, transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo, TEPT, síndrome do pânico, fobia social, depressão nervosa, distimia e transtorno bipolar, alguns dos quais (entretanto, não todos) podem debilitar a imunidade de alguns soropositivos. É possível que pessoas que já tinham alguns desses transtornos e contraíram o vírus piorem seu quadro psicológico ao descobrirem o resultado positivo. Geralmente, pessoas que desenvolveram doenças mentais e contraem o vírus são pessoas também vulneráveis em certas situações sociais, como gays que sofrem homofobia no seio familiar, sofrimento com decepções amorosas, desfuncionalidade familiar, entre outras.

Soropositivos, se tratados, podem viver uma vida normal como a de qualquer pessoa, se relacionar com qualquer pessoa, fazer atividades físicas, trabalhar, enfim, viver como todos vivem, gozando de direitos e deveres cidadãos. Muitos deles merecem atenção pela situação de vulnerabilidade social em que se encontram, pois tem o direito de conviver normalmente em sociedade.

Direitos de soropositivos e doentes de AIDS no Brasil

Caso Sheila Cortopassi
Em maio de 1992, uma menina chamada Sheila Cortopassi teve sua matrícula num colégio público de São Paulo recusada, por conta de ela ser soropositiva.

O caso foi parar na Justiça, e dividiu escolas e educadores. O Sieeesp, sindicato que reúne as escolas particulares, apoiou a decisão do colégio e sugeriu a mesma atitude a outros. Os pais de Sheila recorreram à Justiça, que garantiu a matrícula de Sheila. Apesar disso, a menina passou a estudar em outro colégio, que lhe ofereceu a vaga.

Por conta desse caso, ainda em 1992, uma portaria do Ministério da Educação passou a proibir todo o tipo de discriminação a portadores do HIV.

Outros Direitos
Desde o ano de 2012, são reconhecidos alguns direitos e deveres de cidadãos soropositivos e doentes de AIDS. Tais direitos estão descritos a seguir:

Direitos previdenciários
Fundo de Garantia por Tempo de Serviço
PIS/PASEP
Auxílio-doença (este somente para doentes de AIDS)
Aposentadoria por invalidez (para soropositivos que adquiriram quaisquer doenças incapacitantes ou doentes de AIDS)
Auxílio de Previdência Social
Pensão por morte para os familiares dependentes
Isenção do Imposto de Renda em rendimentos relativos à aposentadoria.

Direitos trabalhistas
Direito a recusa de teste sorológico para admissão e/ou manutenção do emprego de funcionários
Direito de um soropositivo trabalhar em qualquer tipo de atividade, salvo em atividades que envolvam risco de ferimentos ou contaminação (nestes casos, uma equipe médica deve avaliar a situação do portador do vírus)
Proibição da demissão de um funcionário de uma empresa pelo simples fato de ser soropositivo, de acordo com o Artigo 7º da Constituição Federal do Brasil, com o desrespeito a esta lei acarretando ao empregador as sanções previstas em Lei
Direito de ter as faltas devidamente justificadas em caso de doença por meio de atestados médicos, o que acarreta que o empregador não possa demitir o funcionário nem durante o tempo que estiver gozando de licença-saúde

Direitos civis
Direitos previstos no ECA para crianças e adolescentes na comunidade escolar
Sigilo médico sobre seu diagnóstico
Direito a convênios médicos e/ou odontológicos
Pensão alimentícia a soropositivos ou doentes de AIDS que não possuam bens e condições de sustento próprio
Uso e moradia de aluguéis, não podendo sofrer restrições de qualquer natureza
Indenização por contaminação através de sangue
Gravidez, no caso de mulheres portadoras
Partilha de bens de casais homossexuais
Proibição da dispensa de professores e funcionários portadores do vírus de quaisquer escolas, bem como obrigatoriedade de matrícula de
crianças e adolescentes soropositivos

Discriminação
Homofobia
Síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida

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Austin Outman's state runner-up finish caps memorable season for Cowanesque Valley golfers
A memorable first-place team finish and an unforgettable runner-up individual finish highlighted a golf season that began with uncertainty for Cowanesque Valley.
Austin Outman, a senior, put the final touch on the team's season Oct. 22 when he finished second at the two-day, 36-hole Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class AA championship meet at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York.
Just over two weeks earlier, Outman was the individual champion as Cowanesque Valley captured the program's first District 4 title, finishing eight shots better (360-368) than Northern Tier League power Wellsboro in the Class AA competition at Eagles Mere Country Club.
"We didn't do so well in the league, but we pulled it together when it mattered the most at districts," Outman said. "It was pretty cool to win that since it was our school's first-ever district win for the golf team."
Until a week before the season the team was without a coach. Denice Williams and Brad Heck became co-coaches after Larry Moon stepped down. Williams said she and Heck worked together to help develop the team, with the players in turn doing their part.
"When the season started, our first match all I could think of was, 'Oh my God, just get me through this year,'" Williams said. "But as we kept practicing and as we kept playing, we got better and better and better. We never placed lower than third. Wellsboro was the team to beat in our league this year. We lost to Wellsboro by two in the final league meet.
"I'm just proud of Austin, I'm proud of the team. Coming in as a first-year coach it's just awesome. They worked hard and their endurance paid off."
Outman closes career strong
Outman's final high school round was a 1-under-par 70 on Tuesday at Heritage Hills. He ended up three shots behind champion Skyler Fox of Riverside (72-72-144) in the Class AA state tournament. Outman opened play Monday with a 77.
"I had mixed emotions about it," he said of his initial reaction after finishing Tuesday. "I was upset because I knew I had lost and I had just missed probably a 10-foot birdie putt to shoot 69 on the last hole. But then after I got into the clubhouse it kind of set in that I had just placed second and had the lowest round for both days. It felt pretty good after I got in there and figured everything out and it kind of set in."
This was the second trip to states for Outman, who tied for 16th last year at Heritage Hills with rounds of 81 and 78. His putter let him down Monday in his return to a course he described as in great shape.
"The first day didn't get off to a real good start," Outman said. "I had a bad time putting, couldn't roll it very well. I had I think three or four three-putts. The second day I figured a couple things out with the putting and really struck the irons well and got the putts down a lot better."
Williams told Outman on Tuesday morning to have a positive attitude and leave behind any bad holes. As she described it, "positive thoughts, positive actions."
Outman entered the day five strokes behind Fox but still believing he had a chance to win. Another player let him known midway through the round he was two shots back, information Outman said he didn't necessarily want to have.
"I was pretty confident I could make up the five shots I was down," Outman said. "Skyler Fox played really well both days. I knew when I got to I think my 10th hole on the second day I was down two shots to him at the time and I knew I had to make it up. I made two good par saves on 8 and 9, then birdied 10, then bogeyed 11 unfortunately."
Outman said course conditions were tougher Tuesday, with heavier winds and cooler temperatures. He said to the best of his recollection he hit 12 of 18 greens. He also had no three-putts.
"The way I finished as an individual, I couldn't be any happier," he said. "To do what I did at districts and regionals and states and even in the league is pretty hard to do. I would say I'm really, really happy with how (my career) ended. I don't think it could have got much better than that, other than maybe first place at states."
Williams said Outman works extremely hard at his game, with that work helping to produce both individually and for the team.
Said Williams: "I thought he played very well. I think he prepared himself very well by practicing every day. I think he's definitely a team leader. It's quiet leadership. He led the team by practicing, he led the team by winning."
CV makes history
The Indians finished with a 24-11 record during the dual season despite missing key player Skylar Smith early with an injury. Outman finished first in five of CV's seven multi-team NTL meets.
With the steady progress, CV was at its best when the District 4 championship meet rolled around. Outman led the way with another win, with a two-day score of 153 after after shooting a 78 during the first round, which was also when the team winner was decided.
Heck shot an 89 during team play, one shot above a season average that was five strokes better than his 2018 scoring.
Zach Carr added a 98, one of his stronger efforts during the season. The key round ended up being a 95 from Smith, who was initially being counted on to shoot under 104 for CV to have a shot at the title.
"I didn't realize we were even that close," Williams said. "Austin comes up to me and goes, 'We're taking gold home today, coach.' And I said, 'Really?' He's like, 'Yeah."
The party followed once results were in.
"We couldn't believe it," Williams said. "There's been many good teams coming through Cowanesque Valley the last five or six years. We just couldn't believe it. We just couldn't stop smiling and hugging. Just that warm, excited feeling."
Heck, a junior at CV, joined Williamson High junior Smith and Outman at regionals at Golden Oaks Golf Club in Fleetwood. Outman finished second there, one shot behind Thomas Lynch of Scranton Prep. Scranton Prep previously beat Cowanesque Valley in the District 2/4 sub-regional.
Heck was solid at regionals, firing an 86 while falling short of qualifying for states. Smith also played well there, with a few bad holes costing her on a day she shot a 99.
"I will probably never experience that again in my whole life," Williams said of the season. "Not only did we win districts for the first time ever, but then we had someone win district individual, team districts, one come in fifth in individuals. We I had a girl who made history for Cowanesque Valley/Northern Tioga to even be on the team and go to districts and regionals. We took three to regionals, one coming in first."
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BREAKING Air France #AF66 A380 just diverted to Goose Bay (YYR) due to disintegrated engine #4 cowling
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Air France A380 (reg. F-HPJE) flight #AF66 from Paris CDG to Los Angeles LAX diverted to Goose Bay.
UPDATE 2223 UTC Air France is sending a Boeing 777-300 and a B737 to get the 497 passengers of Flight #AF066 to their destination. The two flights are scheduled to leave Goose Bay at 04:15 (LT).
UPDATE 2124 UTC Someone onboard is confirming us passengers are still on board the plane, almost 6h after landing.
UPDATE Customers taken care by Air France and rerouting solutions on going.
During the flight, engine #4 (right hand side) suffered issue causing the loss of the engine inlet cowling.
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Air France A380 landed safely on runway 26 at 15:42 (UTC).
Air France statement
Air France confirms that the crew of flight AF 066 operated by A380 from Paris-CDG to Los Angeles decided to divert to Goose Bay airport (Canada) following serious damage to one of its four engines.
The aircraft landed safely at 15:42 (GMT), and the regularly trained pilots and cabin crew handled this serious incident perfectly. The passengers are currently being assisted by teams dispatched to the location.
Air France is currently working to re-route the passengers to Los Angeles via one of its connecting platforms in North America.
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The climate crisis: An issue of justice
The climate crisis is a social justice issue.
The climate emergency has affected every region on earth. 85 percent of the world's population is experiencing the impacts of climate change already [1].
The costs of climate change are clearly mounting for most of the world's population. Yet not all climate impacts are created equal. From an increase in extreme weather events to rising sea levels, the impacts of climate change disproportionately affect marginalised people and communities, particularly women and children in low-income countries.
Why are we calling for climate justice?
Those on the frontline of the climate crisis, who are hardest hit by its impacts, are those who are least responsible for causing it. Women, in particular, often have limited access to the resources needed to respond to, or mitigate against, the devastation climate disasters cause in their communities.
Women are often responsible for their family's food, water and energy needs, which means that increasing droughts, floods and rising sea levels can have devasting impacts on women's ability to access essential natural resources. Furthermore, climate change exacerbates existing gender inequalities meaning women face greater challenges adapting to its impacts.
Despite this, women's collective action and leadership is enabling flexible, cohesive responses to the climate crisis in communities across the world. But those most affected by climate change need wealthy countries, who are most responsible for the climate crisis, to take responsibility and support local-led climate action.
Wealthy countries like Australia, who bear much of the responsibility for the climate crisis due to historical greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel usage, have an obligation to support those who will be most affected.
Climate justice is about supporting the world's most vulnerable countries and communities to survive and respond to the climate crisis. We need to reshape climate action, so it addresses more than just emissions reduction and becomes centred around human rights, social equity and historical responsibility.
What does climate justice mean to young women climate activists in the Pacific?
In the Pacific, ActionAid Australia works in collaboration with the Shifting the Power Coalition in seven Pacific Island countries to support women to lead climate action in their communities.
Carolyn Kitione, Regional Young Women's Focal Point for the Shifting the Power Coalition says that women's human rights need to be at the forefront of our response to the climate crisis.
"Climate justice is about people and communities. It's about making it very clear that different groups of people are affected by climate change in different ways and that there are existing structures that have contributed to that vulnerability and inequality. So, when we talk about climate justice, it is about looking at the intersecting crises that affect our resilience to climate change," she says.
Lucille Chute, Young Women Focal Point in Fiji from the Shifting the Power Coalition adds that "climate justice means that no one is left behind, no one is worse affected by the impacts of climate change. For us as young women in small island countries, climate justice means an end to all activities that contribute to the damaging effects of climate change."
As the world grapples with the climate crisis and politicians wrestle with how to deliver on climate promises, the expertise of women leaders from the communities that are most impacted by climate change must be recognised and prioritised.
"If you want to know what Pacific young women are saying, then speak to us directly. Work with young women to transform the climate crisis into climate justice," Carolyn adds.
If you want to hear more about ActionAid's work, join us on Thursday 21 October for an exclusive webinar on how we can achieve climate justice for women.
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Special Meeting, Economic Development, Transport and Climate Emergency Scrutiny Commission - Tuesday, 7 September 2021 5:30 pm
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Venue: Meeting Room G.01, Ground Floor, City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ
Contact: Scrutiny Policy Officer - Sazeda Yasmin - Email: sazeda.yasmin@leicester.gov.uk / 0116 454 0609 Democratic Support Officer- Aqil Sarang - Email: aqil.sarang@leicester.gov.uk / 0116 454 5591
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
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Apologies for absence were received from the Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Commission, Councillor Kitterick and from Councillor March.
Apologies for absence were also received from the City Transport Director.
Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed on the agenda.
The Vice Chair declared that his wife was a small business owner in the City Centre.
QUESTIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF CASE
The Monitoring Officer to report on any Questions, Representations or Statements of Case received in accordance with Council procedures.
The Monitoring Officer noted that none had been received.
The Monitoring Officer to report on any Petitions received in accordance with the Council Procedures.
LOCAL TRANSPORT PLAN AND WORKPLACE PARKING LEVY PDF 371 KB
The Director of Planning Development and transportation Submits a report on the Local Transport Plan and Workplace Parking Levy.
Members of the Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Commission have been invited to participate in the discussions on this item.
Members of the Commission are recommended to note the report and pass any comments to Director of Planning, Development and Transportation.
The Director for Planning, Development and Transportation delivered a presentation on the Local Transport Plan and Workplace Parking Levy which was subject to public consultation.
It was noted that extensive meetings had been undertaken with groups across the city and the public consultation was live on the Council's consultation page. The meeting gave an opportunity to highlight the priorities and reasons for the new Local Transport Plan which was a statutory requirement and the thoughts behind the Workplace Parking Levy.
With the emissions target set in law requiring 100% zero emission vehicles by 2036, the government were committed to sustainable transport with ambitious targets.
It was also noted that money generated from the Workplace Parking Levy would be allocated for future transport schemes. The consultation results would be published in November 2021 and in the spring of 2022 the final version of the plan was expected to be available.
As part of the discussions it was noted that:
· This was a project with many challenges in a challenging environment, but strong economies had good investment in transport
· Site by site visits would be made to all businesses affected by the Workplace Parking Levy to establish the number of eligible spaces and small businesses with less than 10 parking spaces were not charged in Nottingham.
· Work was underway looking at options for reduced fares for bus users across the different bus operators
· The focus was on public transport being the best means of transport for longer journeys and encouraging homeworking and alternative means for transportation such as the electric bikes
· The impacts of the workplace parking levy on larger retail businesses such as supermarkets would not include shopper parking. It was up to the businesses if the charge was passed onto the employee.
· It was suggested that orbital bus routes to connect the different neighbourhoods across the city and an expansion of the bus timetables to suit the workforce at various locations in the city were options for the future that could potentially be funded through the workplace parking levy
It was also noted that:
· All cities should be concentrating developments in and around city centres as it allows for people to access services
· In Leicester the scale of growth means options outside of the city boundary had to be considered and we should work to ensure all neighbourhoods are connected. New developments had transport impacts considered as part of the developments along with new routes for walking and cycling
· The introduction of the Workplace Parking Levy was one of the options that was under consideration to encourage people on to sustainable transport. This has proven to be effective in Nottingham and many cities nationally were considering this option
· With car ownership changes and the increased use of electric vehicles, incentives for electric vehicle owners were under consideration to aim to achieve the 2030 goal
Members in attendance from the Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Commission shared their concerns with the street designs for cycling and pedestrian ways. It was noted that ... view the full minutes text for item 28.
The Chair took the opportunity to thank Members of the Commission, Invitees and Officers for their contributions and it was suggested that an in-depth discussion would be very useful for Officers to consider.
With there being no items of urgent business, the meeting was declared closed at 7:28PM


Offseason means we need to keep track of who Seahawks meet with. Most picks they've made has been to players they've met with and invited out to the VMAC.
My guess is the guys they meet with early are the ones they are most interested in.
Seems like they like to commit early to a few guys and then they'll take fliers.