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Калу́жский бор — особо охраняемая природная территория, памятник природы федерального значения, лесной массив, расположенный на западе города Калуги между Яченским водохранилищем, рекой Окой, микрорайоном Анненки, деревней Черносвитино и рекой Яченкой.

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Калужский сосновый бор представляет собой уникальный участок южного варианта соснового леса с примесью широколиственных пород, это старовозрастной лес, сохранившийся в своих границах с XVII века. Возраст большинства сосен составляет 180—200 лет, а некоторых до 300 лет. Высота отдельных деревьев достигает 40 и более метров.

Общая площадь бора составляет 1044 га. В общем лесном массиве доминирует собственно сосновый лес, занимающий 78 % площади бора. Остальные 22 % заняты хвойно-широколиственными участками, в которых преобладают такие породы, как дуб, вяз, клён, липа, ясень, берёза и осина. Одной из особенностей леса является то, что на его территории произрастает сразу шесть типов бора: лещинный, травяной, зеленомошник, долгомошник, черничник и сфагновый, каждый со своим видом подроста и подлеска. На территории бора расположено 5 болот, наиболее известное из которых — Богоново болото площадью 6 га.

В бору произрастает свыше 500 видов растений. В подлеске преобладают лещина, ирга, бересклет бородавчатый, жимолость обыкновенная, черёмуха, рябина, калина, шиповник и малина. Среди травянистых растений встречаются редкие и находящиеся под угрозой исчезновения виды, например, медуница неясная, хохлатка Галлера, гусиные луки, купальница европейская, купена лекарственная, любка двулистная и зеленоцветная, пальчатокоренник Фукса (ятрышник Фукса) и пальчатокоренник пятнистый (ятрышник пятнистый), а также очень редкий плаун-баранец. Некоторые виды, например, пальчатокоренник балтийский, занесены в Красную книгу России.

Из представителей животного мира в бору встречаются лоси, кабаны, косули, куницы, лисы, зайцы и белки; в течение года в лесу можно увидеть до 60 видов птиц.

Лес разделён просеками на 24 квартала. Многие дороги и просеки сохранили свои исторические названия, например, Чёрные столбы, Смолокурская, Тихоновская, Лаврентьевская. Статус особо охраняемой природной территории присвоен лесу 12 мая 1991 года.

История
Калужский бор известен человеку с древнейших времён. Археологические раскопки открыли в нём несколько неолитических стоянок, в которых сохранились орудия труда, изготовленные людьми каменного века. На территории бора обнаружены могильники славян-вятичей, населявших район Верхней Оки в 8-13 вв. н. э. Первое упоминание о нём как о «великолепном сосновом боре» датировано 1626 г. Однако уже задолго до этой даты жители Калуги использовали лес в качестве места отдыха и охотничьего угодья. По преданию, именно в Калужском бору, за р. Яченкой, был убит в 1610 году во время охоты на зайцев Лжедмитрий II. Во время церковного раскола бор служил убежищем для старообрядцев, которые устроили в нём тайное кладбище. Прятались в бору и разбойники, в связи с чем городская дума постановила в 1814 году выставить на дорогах в лесу сторожей. В начале 20 в. бор служил местом тайных сходок революционеров; в 1906 году в нём состоялись выборы Калужской организации РСДРП.

В 19 в. через Калужский бор проходила дорога, связывавшая Калугу с южными губерниями России. Русский философ-анархист П. А. Кропоткин, ездивший через лес в своё имение в с. Никольском, что близ Серенска, вспоминал:

За Калугою начинался тогда громадный сосновый бор. Целых семь вёрст приходилось ехать сыпучими песками; лошади и экипажи вязли в песке чуть ли не по ступицу, и эти семь вёрст до перевоза через Угру мы шли пешком. В моём детстве эти семь вёрст в сосновом бору, среди вековых сосен, соединены у меня с самыми счастливыми воспоминаниями. Все идут врассыпную, а я любил уходить один далеко вперёд. Громадные вековые сосны надвигаются со всех сторон. Где-нибудь в ложбине вытекает ключ холодной воды, кто-то оставил для прохожих берестяной ковшик, прикреплённый к расщеплённой палке. Напьёшься холодной воды и идёшь дальше, дальше — один, пока не выберешься из бора и экипажи не нагонят, выбравшись на лучшую дорогу. В этом лесу зародилась моя любовь к природе и смутное представление о бесконечной её жизни.

Есть сведения, что в конце 19 века одряхлевший сосновый бор, не приносивший дохода, городские власти хотели полностью вырубить. Однако жители Калуги, во главе с гласным городской думы Р. М. Жуковским и членом губернского лесоохранительного совета В. С. Сорокиным, не допустили сведения леса и добились значительного ограничения рубки. Приглашённый из Козельска опытный лесничий И. А. Предтеченский разработал новый способ восстановления лесных насаждений. С 1898 по 1916 г. под руководством лесничего М. В. Корзликовского соснами были засажены 224,8 десятины. После революции 1917 г. работу по восстановлению соснового бора продолжил А. А. Чеканов, проработавший лесничим более 30 лет.

Калужский бор был излюбленным местом отдыха русского учёного и философа, основателя космонавтики К. Э. Циолковского. Здесь, во время прогулок, на свежем воздухе он обдумывал свои идеи. По свидетельству А. А. Чеканова, особенно часто учёный бывал в 17, 22 и 23 кварталах бора, где росли только сосны. Циолковский подолгу сидел на пеньке, вглядывался вглубь леса и что-то записывал в записную книжку. Своему ученику А. Л. Чижевскому учёный рассказывал: «Я люблю большие русские просторы и моё одиночество в них. Люблю вот этот путь от города до бора. Идёшь — и никого… На просторе за городом я чувствую прилив того, что мы называем творчеством. Лучшие мои мысли всегда рождаются на вольном воздухе, дома я их только записываю, поправляю, совершенствую… Новые идеи всегда появляются на просторе, в полном одиночестве».

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I'll tell you what's not cool, though — proctology exams that feel like the doctor is wearing a four-foot tall/long version of Freddy Krueger's famous blade-fingered glove.
Catholic priests should really look into outsourcing as they don't have too good a track record for demonic purging. Heck, I'll do it for slightly less than the going rate. E-mail me for a obligation-free price quote.
Got bored with the first one (it came out in 2014) and only watched 20 minutes of it. So with the release of the sequel, I'll get advice from my life coach as to whether or not to go back and watch the remaining 71.
The creatures are not unknown as they put 'em right on the key art — they're WEREWOLVES! About time, as we've been overdue for a good werewolf romp. Until this one gets here, try Howl (2015). In that one a rural bound British commuter train is beset (sorry — word of the day calendar) upon by fuzzy monsters that turn the stalled train's passengers into buttsteak and kidney pies.
Here's their number in case you want to report an alien invasion: (206) 722-3000. Or if you don't have a phone (social misfit), visit their website at www.nuforc.org. They do important work.
Man, this one sounds cool. I wanna work for Department D — might be my only chance to hook up (heh) with a mermaid.
Not a fan of serial killer horror movies. They're like the karaoke of violence. That, and since we see this stuff all the time in real life and at the grocery store, who really cares?
Puppy flesh?!? What's for dessert — a Kit Kat™ candy bar made out of a real cat? Pretty ballsy to use that as a plot device, given the billions of dog and cat owners that would serial kill you for even insinuating harm towards an animal.
This one was supposed to come out in 2016. Seems like a long time ago and feels like anguished memories. So yep, YET ANOTHER serial killer movie with a plot that appear to have come from a Wal-Mart clearance sale. Hope there's a return policy.


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As a writing coach, story consultant, and script editor, Pat works with New York Times bestselling authors, professional screenwriters, and beginners of all stripes on their books and screenplays. She served as a story consultant on the Tinkerbell franchise, including Tinkerbell: The Secret of the Wings and The Great Fairy Rescue, and is currently script editor on the Australian feature films Thunder and Bad Girl.
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Statement to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022
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Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen.
My name is Windi Arini, and I'm a programme officer at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI). I will be reading this statement on behalf of the Institute.
RWI is an independent academic institution founded in 1984 and based in Lund, Sweden. We combine evidence-based human rights research with direct engagement, in close collaboration with our partners, to realise human rights for all.RWI operates in six offices, including one in Jakarta, where our Regional Asia and the Pacific office is based.
Our work seeks to leverage the strengths of international human rights law in a multi-level, multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral perspective, in line with the post-2015 development agenda.These will be anchored in the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the New Urban Agenda. To this end, RWI builds networks with various actors, such as, universities, civil societies, national and local governments, the judiciary, and national human rights institutions, to strengthen the human rights perspective in their decisions on land use planning and sustainable development, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation, amongst others.
This intervention focuses on the first guiding question for the session. RWI's contribution highlights that guiding principle 19(c) of the Sendai Framework has promoted transformational change by endorsing a human rights-based approach to disaster risk reduction.
To demonstrate the relevance of this provision, here are some examples of how RWI has been integrating human rights perspectives in this context.
Three years since the GP2019 in Geneva, RWI has continued leveraging its research capacity to build knowledge and awareness of the interlinkages between human rights, climate change, disasters, and displacement. In 2020, RWI published insights from a regional thematic study on Internal Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific.This study brought together researchers from ten countries across Asia and the Pacific to examine the relationship between national-level law and policy relating to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction,and local-level protection of people from and during disaster-related displacement. This research was underpinned by a systematic review of key international standards and guidelines relating to displacement in disasters and climate change that RWI published in 2019.
RWI, in collaboration with the Asia Disaster Preparedness Center, the Stockholm Environment Institute(SEI), and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, is implementing the five-year program on Building Resilience through inclusive and climate-adaptive Disaster Risk reduction in Asia-Pacific (BRDR 2018-2022). A notable output from this project is the Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE) presented at the Ignite Stage here at GP2022. FIRE consists of six dimensions and is intended as a guiding framework for decision-makers at national, sub-national and local levels to use in developing and implementing laws, policies, procedures, and practices related to DRR and climate resilience.
In another partnership with the SEI, RWI has launched a research initiative on integrating a rights-based approach to climate change adaptation, which includes a recently published discussion brief on pathways to a just and fair adaptation, and a research paper on human rights in the process of adaptation planning. This initiative will culminate in a handbook that will guide national and local actors on incorporating human rights int heir adaptation planning and implementation.
RWI has also led a series of initiatives to translate these key research outputs into practice through action-oriented blended learning courses (BLC) that promote rights-based and gender equal approaches to various thematic issues. One example is the BLC on human rights and gender-based approaches to displacement in disaster and climate change that RWI co-developed with its university partners in Asia. Some outcomes of this course include increased cooperation between academia and state organisations working on disaster management, including the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia, and the IndonesianNational Disaster Management Authorities (BNPB). Another outcome is the incorporation of human rights perspectives in the UGM's Graduate School Programme on Disaster Management's course plans and teaching modules. Finally, the University of Indonesia and Ateneo de Manila University have delivered certified courses that built on the topics and content of the BLC, targeting key stakeholders in their countries, including government officials at both national and sub-national levels, NGOs, and other practitioners.
Similarly, local governments across Asia have taken steps toward integrating human rights into local policy, both in relation to, and independently of, their participation in the regional courses that RWI organises together with the Metropolitan city of Gwangju and UCLG ASPAC. Policy changes were made in the framework of several participants' course projects. For instance, the city of Makati integrated human rights considerations into their Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan. Likewise, the city of Calamba focused on measures to ensure the inclusion of persons with disabilities in their Enhanced Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan.
RWI is looking forward to furthering collaboration towards achieving the Sendai Framework targets, informed by a human rights-based approach.
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Born in Madrid, PhD in Economics and Business Management, Master in Financial Management and Bachelor of Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Joined the Board of Directors of BFA-Bankia as a non executive member in 2015. Chairman of the audit committee since 2017.
Has been Counsellor for the "Colegio de Economistas", and General Advisor of Spanish Economic Association (2011-2015).
Has been General Secretary at the Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF) and Board Secretary at Patronato CUNEF (2007-2014).
Has been Representative of Spanish Ministy Education in Brussels for 2020 Universities Working Group Digital and Online Learning (2014-2015).
Also currently Full Professor of Accounting and Financial Economics at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid, from 2002.
Has served as a Professor at the Universidad Complutense and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, CUNEF, Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles, Full Professor at Universidad de Extremadura, Senior Visiting Scholar at Regent´s University of London and Senior Visiting Researcher at Dublin Business School.
Author of several books and manuals, among which the following stand out: "Economía y Gestión Bancaria" Ed Pirámide, "Gestión Bancaria: Factores Claves en un Entorno Competitivo", "Gestión Bancaria: Nuevos retos en un entorno global", "El Sistema Financiero del siglo XXI", McGraw-Hill publishers, "Financial Management", Financial Times Prentice Hall publishers, "Dirección Financiera" Pearson publishers, "Los Mercados de Valores" and "Renta Fija y Fondos de Inversión" Pirámide publishers, among others.
Has wide practical experience in the fields of bank management, investment funds, domestic and international financial markets and systems, as well as in business and financial management.
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Full Professor of Accounting and Financial Economics at the "Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid", from 2002.
Has been Professor at the "Universidad Complutense" and "Universidad Carlos III de Madrid", "Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles", Full Professor at "Universidad de Extremadura", Senior Visiting Scholar at Regent´s University of London and Senior Visiting Researcher at Dublin Business School.
Has been General Secretary at the "Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros" (CUNEF) and Professor of Finance.
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Director of doctoral thesis and research projects related to the global monetary system, macro economic operations, stock exchange, financial products, and financial management tools.
It is especially noteworthy international mobility, of which stands out, the aforementioned stays abroad, in Regents University London and Dublin Business School and an extensive international mobility especially in Asia, in countries such as China (Renmin University), June 2010, Korea (Ajou University, Hanyang University), and Taiwán (National Chengchi University) July 2010; Brasil (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro) September 2010.; Singapur (James Cook University), Australia (Newcastle University, International College of Management, Sydney ) Hong Kong (Lignan University) July 2011; University of Reading (UK) November 2011; Switzerland (Zurich University) June 2012, Canada (Ecole de Sciences de la Gestion Université de Quebec à Montreal) September 2012, and TELFER School of Management, University of Ottawa) June 2013, and Middlesex University London (UK) June 2013, managing international expansion projects of Cunef students as international coordinator of the mobility program.
Regarding his management activity it must be pointed out that work has been very intense. He proceeded continuously throughout the whole design of new degrees in the University College of Financial Studies (Cunef) coordinating teaching assignments in both Spanish and English for finance with national and international professors and students.
In addition, He carried out individual appointments as International Coordinator of Cunef, directing, managing, and administering the internationalization programs, incoming, outgoing students in the form of LLP Erasumus such as "bilateral agreements".
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He also advices as a reviewer and Editor for different Journals, and he is reviewer for very prestigious international editors in Finance and Banking areas for books in Spanish (for Spain and Latin-American countries).
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March 11, 2013 ( San Diego)--The 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, which established a woman's constitutional right to safe and legal abortion, passed last January 15 with a lot of crowing — from the anti-choice side. Time magazine ran a cover story that announced that advocates for women's right to reproductive choice won a big victory with Roe v. Wade — "and they've been losing ever since." Over those 40 years, the Supreme Court has moved farther and farther Right and given states leeway to create more and more so-called "reasonable restrictions" on women's right to choose. A continued campaign of terrorism — there's no other word for it — against abortion providers has intimidated doctors, nurses and clinic staff and forced women who want abortions to get them in conditions which resemble maximum-security prisons.
The terror campaign as well as the increasing number of legal restrictions on abortion providers has discouraged medical students from entering the field. The number of abortion doctors in the U.S. has been trending steadily downward, as the older generation with living memories of the pre-Roe years die off (naturally or otherwise). Younger doctors either choose not to buck the organized terrorism of the bitterly misnamed "pro-life" movement or, if they want to train to perform abortions, can't find medical schools willing to teach them. Pro- and anti-choice organizations have propaganda duels over the poll numbers, since on abortion, more so than most other issues, how the polls turn out depends largely on how the questions are framed. What's clear, though, is that most Americans are somewhere in the middle: supportive of some reasons women choose to have abortions, opposed to others and varying widely over whether they think government has the right to ban women from having abortions for reasons they personally don't approve.
In recent years the anti-choice movement has strongly pushed for so-called "personhood" laws, which would define the word person under the U.S. and state constitutions to include "every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof." That language is from an initiative that faced voters in Mississippi — not exactly a bastion of equal rights — in November 2011 as Proposition 26. Much to the surprise of people elsewhere in the country on both sides of the abortion debate, Proposition 26 actually lost. Enough Mississippians were concerned that the law would go farther than making abortion illegal again — assuming, as its proponents apparently did, that the current Right-wing majority on the Supreme Court would have used it as a pretext to reverse Roe — it could also have outlawed some forms of birth control and even in vitro fertilization.
In addition, according to National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) executive director Lynn M. Paltrow, opponents of Proposition 26 and similar measures in other states "argued that such measures would create legal grounds for forcing medical interventions on pregnant women and punishing those who … suffered miscarriages and stillbirths." Though the proponents of 26 dismissed such concerns as "scare tactics," a study Paltrow and her collaborator, Fordham University professor Jeanne Flavin, released on January 15, 2013 — the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade — said that not only could pregnant women be treated as criminals if laws like 26 went into effect, they already are.
"Our study identified 413 criminal and civil cases involving the arrests, detentions and equivalent deprivations of pregnant women's physical liberty that occurred between 1973 (when Roe v. Wade was decided) and 2005," Paltrow explained in a press release announcing the study on the NAPW Web site (http://advocatesforpregnantwomen.org/blog/2013/01/new_study_reveals_the_impact_o.php). "Because many cases are not reported publicly, we know that this is a substantial undercount. Furthermore, new data collection indicates that at least 250 such interventions have taken place since 2005."
What's most horrifying about the information Paltrow and Flavin collected is not only that women are being arrested, jailed or otherwise punished for conduct that wouldn't be illegal if they weren't pregnant, they're being dealt with by the criminal justice system even in the absence of any specific laws. "In almost every case we identified, the person who initiated the action had no direct legal authority for doing so," Paltrow explained. "No state legislature has passed a law that holds women legally liable for the outcome of their pregnancies. No state legislature has passed a law making it a crime for a pregnant women to continue her pregnancy to term in spite of a drug or alcohol problem. No state has passed a law exempting pregnant women from the protections of the state and federal constitution. And under Roe v. Wade, abortion remains legal."
Yet, according to Paltrow, "many states have passed anti-abortion and feticide measures that, like so-called 'personhood' measures, encourage state actors to treat eggs, embryos and fetuses as if they are legally separate from the pregnant woman. … Women have been arrested while still pregnant, taken straight from the hospital in handcuffs, and sometimes shackled around the waist and at the ankles. Pregnant women have been held under house arrest and incarcerated in jails and prisons. Pregnant women have been held in locked psychiatric wards, as well as in hospitals and in drug treatment programs under 24-hour guard. They have been forced to undergo intimate medical exams and blood transfusions over their religious objections. Women have been forced to submit to cesarean surgery. They have been arrested shortly after giving birth while dressed only in hospital gowns."
Paltrow and Flavin describe five such cases in their paper. One was Regina McKnight, a 21-year-old African-American whose pregnancy unexpectedly ended in a stillbirth. Though later tests showed that the stillbirth was the result of an infection, McKnight was accused of causing it by using cocaine. She was put on trial, convicted after only 15 minutes of jury deliberation, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. McKnight had actually been in prison for eight years when, in 2008, the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned her conviction on the ground that her attorney hadn't called experts who could have testified that recent studies showed "that cocaine is no more harmful to a fetus than nicotine use, poor nutrition, lack of prenatal care, or other conditions commonly associated with the urban poor." Nonetheless, rather than face a second trial and possibly an even longer sentence, McKnight pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to time served, which means she got out immediately but will be branded as a felon for the rest of her life.
Laura Pemberton, a white woman in Florida, ran afoul of the pregnancy police when she tried to bear a child naturally after having had a cesarean section when her previous child was born. Her doctors got a court order to force her to go through a C-section for her new child, too. "A sheriff went to Pemberton's home, took her into custody, strapped her legs together, and forced her to go to a hospital, where an emergency hearing was under way to determine the state's interest in protecting the fetus still inside her," Paltrow and Flavin wrote. "While lawyers argued on behalf of the fetus, Pemberton and her husband, who were not afforded the opportunity to be represented by counsel, were allowed to express their views as she was being prepared for surgery." The judge ordered Pemberton to have the C-section, and when she later sued over the violation of her civil rights, she lost on the ground "that the state's interest in preserving the life of the fetus outweighed Pemberton's rights under the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments." Since then, Laura Pemberton has had three more children, all born naturally.
Rachael Lowe, a 20-year-old woman in Wisconsin, voluntarily went to Waukesha Memorial Hospital for treatment for an Oxycontin addiction. The staff responded by reporting Lowe to authorities under Wisconsin's "cocaine mom" law, which allows the state to arrest a pregnant woman and keep her in custody if authorities believe the "expectant mother habitually lacks self-control in the use of alcohol[ic] beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs." Lowe was arrested and taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Racine, more than an hour's drive from the home she shared with her husband and two-year-old son. At St. Luke's she was held in the psychiatric ward, given no prenatal care and prescribed Xanax and other psychotropic drugs. Lowe wasn't appointed an attorney until she'd already been in custody for 12 days, and even after a judge ruled that she should be released, she was kept in the hospital under state control for several more days. Even after she was released, she was kept under surveillance for the rest of her pregnancy and forced to provide urine samples to law enforcement. As a result, Lowe lost her job and her husband had to take a leave of absence from his.
Martina Greywind was a 28-year-old homeless Native American in Fargo, North Dakota who was arrested when she was 12 weeks pregnant and charged with "reckless endangerment" of her fetus because she was allegedly inhaling paint fumes. She spent two weeks in the Cass County Jail before she was released so she could go to a medical appointment. She then had an abortion, in defiance of anti-choice protesters who were trying to force her to carry the pregnancy to term. Then she filed a motion to dismiss the charges, which the state agreed to on the grounds that, according to one of the district attorneys, it was "no longer worth the time or expense to prosecute her."
Michelle Marie Greenup was a 26-year-old African-American woman in Louisiana who encountered the pregnancy police after she'd had a miscarriage. She went to a hospital complaining of bleeding and stomach pains, and the doctors taken care of her suspected she'd recently had a baby and contacted authorities. She was grilled by police and forced into a "confession" that her baby had been born alive and had then died because she hadn't cared for it properly. Eventually Greenup's attorney got her medical records, which revealed she'd been given Depo-Provera — a drug notorious for causing miscarriages — and her fetus had been no older than 12 to 15 weeks. Nonetheless, she wasn't released from police custody until she pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of "improper disposal of human remains."
Paltrow argues that these five cases, and others she and Flavin uncovered during their research, mean that women won't be just as bad off if Roe v. Wade is overturned as they were before it became law. Rather, she says it will be worse. In an article called "Roe v. Wade and the New Jane Crow: Reproductive Rights in the Age of Mass Incarceration," Paltrow notes that before 1973 women were rarely prosecuted for having abortions. Rather, they were generally pressured into turning state's evidence against the doctors or other providers who had performed the procedure. But if Roe is overturned now and states are free to make any laws they wish restricting women's reproductive choices, it's going to be considerably harder on women than it was pre-Roe.
One reason is that this country is simply sending more people to prison for everything than it was before 1973. In the 1970's the U.S. had about 300,000 people in prison, and very few of them were women. Between 1970 and 2000, the number of people in U.S. prisons and jails rose a whopping 500 percent, compared to a 40 percent increase in the country's overall population. Today over 1.5 million people, including 200,000 women, are held in American prisons and jails, and another 4.8 million are under probation, parole or some other form of criminal justice supervision. According to Paltrow's "New Jane Crow" article, two-thirds of all incarcerated women in the U.S. have at least one minor child, and 5 percent are pregnant when they start their imprisonment.
"This new era of mass incarceration," Paltrow writes, " … makes it far more likely today than in 1973 that if Roe is overturned women will themselves be arrested and jailed." As she points out, the use of prison or the threat of prison as a weapon to control women's reproductive choices is a part of the massive growth in America's prison-industrial complex, "largely accepted by the public, defended by an army of lobbyists, and justified by a war on drugs deeply rooted in America's history of slavery and racism," including the growth of a private, for-profit prison industry that has a vested interest in lobbying for "tough on crime" laws and ever-longer sentences in order to grow the market for their services.
But it's also a sign of the return of a much older attitude towards human reproduction and women's role in it. It's as old as the "seed and soil" myth that, in the era before genetics existed as a science, held that a baby's heritage from its parents came exclusively from the male. The idea was that the man planted the seed and the woman was simply the soil in which it grew. Though any modern scientist would regard this as not only wrong but ridiculous, it's clearly an attitude believed in, consciously or unconsciously, by many people in the radical Right. We saw glimpses of it when two Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in the 2012 elections, Todd Akin of Missouri and Richard Mourdock of Indiana, both made their outrageous statements about women, rape and abortion; Akin said that women don't get pregnant when they're raped because "the female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down," and Mourdock said if a woman does get pregnant from a rape, she should regard that as "God's gift."
It shouldn't be surprising that a movement as tone-deaf to its own hypocrisy as the modern-day American Right should on the one hand denounce Social Security, Medicare and welfare as examples of the "nanny state" through which government controls people in the guise of "helping" them, while at the same time they embrace a "nanny state" that brazenly tells pregnant women what they may or may not do with their bodies. Paltrow's research reports pregnant women being arrested while driving with a level of alcohol in their system below the legal definition of intoxication — something that obviously wouldn't be considered a crime if done by a man or a non-pregnant woman. Women have been prosecuted for using drugs while pregnant; for seeking treatment for drug abuse while pregnant; for having abortions, miscarriages or stillbirths; and for either seeking or rejecting medical treatment.
The whole message behind this, as Paltrow notes, is that women in general and pregnant women in particular be put in "a second-class status that will not only deprive them of their reproductive rights and physical liberty … but also effectively strip them of their status as full constitutional persons." It's being pushed by men (and, amazingly, some women) who don't see women as fully equal people; who see their sole legitimate function as growing the next generation in their wombs, and are willing to use legal penalties as well as social pressures to force pregnant women to behave to their ideal of "responsible motherhood" regardless of the women's own needs or choices. It's a view that relegates over 50 percent of the human race to permanent enslavement to their wombs — and it's a view that is steadily gaining in power and influence throughout the United States.
The views in this column reflect the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of East County Magazine.
Submitted by throw the bums out on Mon, 03/11/2013 - 21:11
Its interesting we have a government that cannot manage its designed business or a budget yet they feel qualified to get between a woman and her doctor on medical matters. A government of old white man I may add.
Regards and keep up the fight.
Signed, a 70 year old white man.
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My husband had been trying for several minutes to bring me to consciousness but I wasn't responding, I didn't want to respond.
I don't know what held a tighter grip on me: the pain, the anesthesia or the disappointment that my daughter was just born via C-section.
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Does anyone understand why our ideal is to 'sleep like a baby'? I've spent a lot of nights with babies and, let me tell you, I do not want to sleep like one.
But I don't necessarily want to sleep like an adult, either. While sleep seems like it should come easily, it doesn't always.
In general I sleep well but between pregnancy insomnia, times of high stress and jet lag I've had my fair share of sleep difficulties. While at times it can be easy to reach for the melatonin (it's natural, right?) I'm learning some techniques to help me get a good night's rest without heading to the medicine cabinet and that go beyond conventional wisdom (exercise, chamomile tea, relaxing baths, etc.).
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We're half-way through 2014 (I can't get my head around it, either) so it's a good time to evaluate how you're doing on the goals you set back at the beginning of the year.
I've never been a goal-setter. It's just always seemed kind of corny to me so whenever I was forced to set goals I usually picked something I knew I could easily achieve.
But back in December when everyone on the internet was talking about setting goals for the New Year ('resolutions' are cliché) for the first time I started to think goal setting actually had some value. I read enough blog posts and statistics to convince me I really should set goals for 2014.
I was gung-ho and had my printables ready to fill out, breaking down my goals into action steps and such.
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I made one of my best parenting decisions long before I became a mother. Sitting in a psychology class in university I learned about how watching TV negatively affects brain development in children under two. Right then and there I decided my children would not watch TV until after their second birthday. Click over to Red+Honey to read the rest and leave a comment!
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package bdzimmer.pixeleditor.view;

import bdzimmer.pixeleditor.controller.PaletteUtils;
import bdzimmer.pixeleditor.model.Color;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Canvas;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.FocusAdapter;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.Image;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSpinner;
import javax.swing.SpinnerNumberModel;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;

// TODO: use CommonWindow
// TODO: consider scala rewrite

public class PaletteWindow extends JFrame {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  private static final int swatchSize = 16;
  private static final int cols = 16;

  private final Color[] palette;
  private final Canvas cColorLabel;
  private final BufferedImage image;
  private final ImagePanel imagePanel;
  private final int length;
  private final int rows;
  private final int colorFactor;
  private final int bitsPerChannel;
  public final Updater updater;

  private JSpinner rVal = new JSpinner();
  private JSpinner gVal = new JSpinner();
  private JSpinner bVal = new JSpinner();

  private int selectedIdx = 0;

  public PaletteWindow(
		  String title,
		  Color[] palette,
		  int bitsPerChannel,
		  Updater updater) {

    setTitle(title);
    this.palette = palette;
    length = this.palette.length;
    this.updater = updater;

    rows = (length + cols - 1) / cols;
    image = PaletteWindow.imageForPalette(length, cols, swatchSize);
    imagePanel = new ImagePanel(image);

    add(imagePanel);

    // Currently selected color
    cColorLabel = new Canvas();
    cColorLabel.setSize(32, 32);
    cColorLabel.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(0, 0, 0));

    this.bitsPerChannel = bitsPerChannel;
    final int colorMax = (1 << bitsPerChannel) - 1;
    colorFactor = (1 << (8 - bitsPerChannel));

    rVal.setModel(new SpinnerNumberModel(0, 0, colorMax, 1));
    gVal.setModel(new SpinnerNumberModel(0, 0, colorMax, 1));
    bVal.setModel(new SpinnerNumberModel(0, 0, colorMax, 1));

    rVal.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
      public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent event) {
        SpinnerNumberModel currentModel = (SpinnerNumberModel)((JSpinner) event.getSource()).getModel();
        int red = (Integer)currentModel.getValue();
        Color cc = PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx];
        Color nc = new Color(red, cc.g(), cc.b());
        PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx] = nc;
        update();
      }

    });
    gVal.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
      public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent event) {
        SpinnerNumberModel currentModel = (SpinnerNumberModel)((JSpinner) event.getSource()).getModel();
        int green = (Integer)currentModel.getValue();
        Color cc = PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx];
        Color nc = new Color(cc.r(), green, cc.b());
        PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx] = nc;
        update();
      }

    });
    bVal.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
      public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent event) {
        SpinnerNumberModel currentModel = (SpinnerNumberModel)((JSpinner) event.getSource()).getModel();
        int blue = (Integer)currentModel.getValue();
        Color cc = PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx];
        Color nc = new Color(cc.r(), cc.g(), blue);
        PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx] = nc;
        update();
      }

    });

    imagePanel.setToolTipText("right click: grab color
left click: set color
alt-left click: interpolate colors");

    imagePanel.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
      public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event) {

        int clickedIdx = (int) ((event.getY() / swatchSize) * cols) + (int) (event.getX() / swatchSize);
        // System.out.println("clicked color: " + clickedColor + " " + PaletteEditorNew.this.palette[clickedColor]);

        if (clickedIdx < length && clickedIdx >= 0) {

          if (event.isMetaDown()) {
            // right click - grab color
            selectedIdx = clickedIdx;
          } else {
            // left click -  interpolate or copy set color
            if (event.isAltDown()) {
              System.out.println("linear interpolation");
              PaletteUtils.interpolateLinear(
                  PaletteWindow.this.palette, selectedIdx, clickedIdx);
            } else {
              Color srcColor = PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx];
              PaletteWindow.this.palette[clickedIdx] = new Color(srcColor.r(), srcColor.g(), srcColor.b());
            }

            // update after done updating the colors / current selection
            selectedIdx = clickedIdx;

          }

          update();

        }
      }
    });

    JPanel sp = new JPanel();
    sp.setMaximumSize(imagePanel.getSize());
    sp.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, 0, 0));
    sp.add(new JLabel("R"));
    sp.add(rVal);
    sp.add(new JLabel("G"));
    sp.add(gVal);
    sp.add(new JLabel("B"));
    sp.add(bVal);
    sp.add(cColorLabel);

    add(sp, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

    addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
      public void focusGained(FocusEvent event) {
        update();
      }
    });
    setFocusable(true);

    addKeyListener(new KeyListener() {

      public void keyPressed(KeyEvent event) {

        Color color = PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx];
        int r = color.r();
        int g = color.g();
        int b = color.b();

        if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_A) {
          r++; if (r > colorMax) r = 0;
        } else if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_Z) {
          r--; if (r < 0) r = colorMax;
        } else if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_S) {
          g++; if (g > colorMax) g = 0;
        } else if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_X) {
          g--; if (g < 0) g = colorMax;
        } else if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_D) {
          b++; if (b > colorMax) b = 0;
        } else if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_C) {
          b--; if (b < 0) b = colorMax;
        }

        PaletteWindow.this.palette[selectedIdx] = new Color(r, g, b);
        update();
      }

      public void keyReleased(KeyEvent event) {}
      public void keyTyped(KeyEvent event) {}
    });

    pack();
    setResizable(false);

  }

  public void refreshPalette() {

    // redraw palette swatches
    PaletteWindow.drawPalette(image, palette, bitsPerChannel, rows, cols, swatchSize);

    // draw the selection
    Graphics gr = image.getGraphics();
    final java.awt.Color selectColor = new java.awt.Color(230, 0, 230);
    gr.setColor(selectColor);
    int x = (selectedIdx % cols) * swatchSize;
    int y = (int) (selectedIdx / cols) * swatchSize;
    gr.drawRect(x, y, swatchSize, swatchSize);

    imagePanel.repaint();

    // update the color sample and spinners
    Color color = palette[selectedIdx];
    cColorLabel.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(
        color.r() * colorFactor, color.g() * colorFactor, color.b() * colorFactor));

    updateSpinners();

  }

  public void updateSpinners() {
    final Color color = palette[selectedIdx];
    rVal.setValue(color.r());
    gVal.setValue(color.g());
    bVal.setValue(color.b());
  }

  public void update() {
    if (updater != null) {
      updater.update();
    }
    refreshPalette();
  }

  public void paint(Graphics g) {
	  super.paint(g);
	  refreshPalette();
  }

  ////////

  public int getSelectedIdx() {
    return selectedIdx;
  }

  public void setSelectedIdx(int selectedIdx) {
    this.selectedIdx = selectedIdx;
  }

  public Color[] getPalette() {
    return palette;
  }

  public int getBitsPerChannel() {
    return bitsPerChannel;
  }

  ///

  public static void drawPalette(Image image, Color[] palette, int bitsPerChannel, int rows, int cols, int swatchSize) {

    int colorFactor = (1 << (8 - bitsPerChannel));
    Graphics gr = image.getGraphics();

    for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
        final int colorIdx = i * cols + j;
        if (colorIdx < palette.length) {
          Color color = palette[colorIdx];
          gr.setColor(new java.awt.Color(
              color.r() * colorFactor, color.g() * colorFactor, color.b() * colorFactor));
          gr.fillRect(j * swatchSize, i * swatchSize, swatchSize, swatchSize);
        }
      }
    }

  }

  public static BufferedImage imageForPalette(int length, int cols, int swatchSize) {
    int rows = length / cols;
    return new BufferedImage(cols * swatchSize, rows * swatchSize, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
  }

}

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Travis DeTour
Position: Digital Archive Engineer
In his endeavors at BDRC, Travis brings together his years of experience working in the software industry with his passion for Buddhism and meditation. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2004 with a degree in Software Engineering. After his studies at engineering school Travis spent 3 months on a leadership expedition through the backcountry of Mexico with the National Outdoor Leadership School. After returning from his outdoor adventures Travis began his career working at IBM as a Tools Support Engineer and then swiftly moved on and worked at Vistaprint as a Release Engineer for the next 7 years. During that time, Travis became interested in yoga and meditation and in 2010 discovered his love for Dharma at the Boston Shambhala Center where he began to devote himself to the study and practice of Buddhism and meditation.
In 2014 Travis connected with Jeffrey Wallman through a member of the Shambhala community and has been working with BDRC ever since.


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Cephalothrix is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Cephalothricidae.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

Species:

Cephalothrix adriatica
Cephalothrix alba
Cephalothrix aliena

References

Palaeonemertea
Nemertea genera

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Best identity theft protection and monitoring services for 2021
By MTI September 11, 2021 15 views
It's important to protect your personal information, but it's not always easy to determine the best way to do that. Bigger data breaches are hitting victims with increasing regularity, so you might want to start using an identity theft protection and monitoring service soon, if you don't already. Fortunately, our selections for the best identity theft protection and monitoring services can help safeguard your identity, proactively monitor suspicious activity and assist with recovery if you become a victim of a data breach.
Identity theft is a serious and growing problem. If the current trends are anything to go by, ID theft protection is only going to become more essential. In 2019 alone, there were more than 13 million US identity fraud cases, with victims losing nearly $17 billion, not to mention untold damage to credit reports. The 2017 Equifax breach was the icing on a nasty cake — one that got even worse in the following years. One of the biggest 2020 data breaches was the Marriott hack, which impacted over 5 million customers. That followed an earlier breach of Marriott's Starwood reservation system, in which the personal information of more than 380 million guests was compromised, including more than 5 million passport numbers.
In this directory, we'll look at some of the best identity theft protection service options for helping you manage and protect your identity at various price points. We'll also help you learn the difference between an identity theft protection company and a credit monitoring service (though they might have overlapping services). Before we get started though, we should tell you that you don't necessarily have to spend $10 to $30 a month for the best identity theft protection service. The US government offers identitytheft.gov, an identity restoration service that can help an identity theft victim report and recover from identity theft.
We'll jump straight to the top choices for the best identity theft protection service options for ID monitoring, credit monitoring and more, but read to the end to see additional important information and facts about identity theft and ID protection. The list is updated frequently.
LifeLock has come a long way since the days when it was subject to multiple Federal Trade Commission investigations (settled in 2015) and various lawsuits from customers and credit reporting agencies. In 2017, it became a subsidiary of Symantec, purchased for $2.3 billion.
You may recall the ads where LifeLock's founder posted his Social Security number everywhere, as a statement in his confidence about LifeLock's protection services. While he did experience numerous instances of identity theft based on those Social Security number postings, LifeLock's theft protection services helped him recover.
The company offers a wide range of identity monitoring service and protection options, including stolen wallet protection, ID verification monitoring, home title monitoring and checking/savings account application alerts.
LifeLock's protection services range from $9 a month to $26 a month the first year. Terms apply. Reimbursement of $25,000 to $1 million is available, depending on the monitoring plan. The lower-priced protection services monitor credit only from one credit bureau. The $26-a-month identity theft protection plan monitors all three major credit bureaus. You can pull credit reports once a year, but the service will provide you with a credit score monthly, based on Experian data.
SSN and credit alerts, dark web monitoring, alerts on suspicious activity like crimes committed in your name and credit card activity and fraud alert services are all marks in LifeLock's favor, despite its past stumbles. Base price: $107.88 a year or $9 a month after 25% discount.
IdentityForce offers two tiers of service: UltraSecure and UltraSecure Plus Credit, the latter of which includes credit reports and scores. We liked how the credit score monitoring not only watches all three reporting agencies but provides a visual tracker that lets you examine your credit rating over time.
IdentityForce identity theft protection monitoring includes quite a lot beyond credit information. It checks for public information record changes, address changes, court and arrest records, payday loan applications, and checks for identity information on a variety of illicit identity-sharing websites to act as a guard dog from identity thieves. The company also monitors sex offender registries to see if your name is associated with such things. We also like that it tracks SSNs for new usages or associations with new names.
Its mobile app has been updated with a feature called Mobile Attack Control. This monitors your smartphone for spyware, insecure Wi-Fi locations, as well as "spoof" networks (networks that act as if they're legitimate connections, but they're not). Additionally, the phone app will present alerts if there are security issues monitored by IdentityForce that need immediate attention.
The company did not disclose frequency of service monitoring (beyond credit reporting agencies). That said, we liked how the company has an interesting credit score simulator which can help you understand how different balances, payments and balance transfers might have an impact on your credit score. IdentityForce offers a 14-day free trial version.
Right now, the UltraSecure program is $100 per year ($9 per month, with two free months). UltraSecure Plus Credit for individuals is usually $287.88 per year ($24 per month), but through the end of August 2021, CNET readers can get it for $179.90 per year ($18 per month). Base price: $100 a year or $10 a month.
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The Expert logo shows that the company specializes in customer service and assistance. The unification of disparate stores can be seen in the emblem. Each presents goods under different brands but is equally useful to customers.
Expert: Brand overview
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Website: expert.org
Expert International GmbH is, in fact, a large alliance of retailers. He owns over 5 thousand locations operating under different brands. But the main trademark is still Expert. It was registered in 1971 and became international because foreign retailers began to join the group. The company is now based in the Swiss city of Zug, although it also has a small team in the Croatian capital Zagreb.
What is Expert?
The Expert retail chain sells electronic equipment for everyday use. It is headquartered in Switzerland and has stores all over the world. It received its current name in 1971. Before that, the company was known as Intercop GmbH.
The emergence of the Expert brand was preceded by the creation of Intercop GmbH in 1967. It was founded by the entrepreneur Gunnar Nygren, acting in the interests of the Samex association, which included television and radio service providers. Later, other organizations began to join the group. And in 1971, it was renamed, which was the reason for changing its logo.
As a result of the rebranding, a new Expert symbol appeared, containing the brand name and an icon in the form of a striped six-pointed star depicting a white hourglass in negative space. The black wordmark seems as simple as possible: it consists of unremarkable bold sans-serif letters at first glance. But if you look closely, it becomes noticeable that some glyphs have an unusual shape. First of all, this concerns the lowercase "x," which looks like a combination of two angle brackets pointing in different directions. They look like a modified fast forward icon, usually used when playing video or audio.
To the right of the inscription is a white-orange emblem: a striped six-pointed star in a white circle with an orange outline. This is not just an abstract symbol but a stylized "x." Parts of the letter can be seen in two elements, shaped like angle brackets. They are distant but connected by two small triangles (one at the top and one at the bottom). The empty white space formed by geometric shapes looks like an hourglass.
The combination of all the fragments looks exactly like a six-pointed star, which is no coincidence. The hexagram has many meanings in cultural, religious, and historical contexts. It is considered a sign of the harmony of the spiritual and material, the connection of two principles. And it is also an ancient symbol to which mystical properties were attributed in all eras.
The brand name is written in bold sans-serif type. The lines are uneven in thickness: the main strokes are much wider than the secondary ones. Moreover, the word is completely translated into lower case. This is a subtle psychological trick used to gain consumer confidence.
Most likely, the designers developed a set of individual glyphs for the Expert International logo, giving them the necessary shape. This can be judged by the unusual appearance of the letter "x," which was adapted to the brand concept. There are, however, approximately similar typefaces, such as Balboa Extra Black by Parkinson Type Design or Ultimate Serial Heavy by SoftMaker. Almost one hundred percent analog of the lowercase "e" is in Quilon Bold from the Indian Type Foundry.
The black inscription is contrasted with an orange icon. So that it is not too bright and does not attract all the attention, the designers diluted the orange color with white accents.
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Under the patronage of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the Muslim Council of Elders and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the "Emerging Peacemakers Forum"...
Under the patronage of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the Muslim Council of Elders and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the "Emerging Peacemakers Forum" is held from July 8 to 18 in London, at the Churchill College of Cambridge University. 50 young people of different nationalities will participate in this Forum. This forum comes as a round of the dialogue between elders from the East and the West issued by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and the President of the Muslim council of Elders. The Forum aims at strengthening the role of the youth in their societies and promoting the culture of coexistence and integration. Therefore, this round is dedicated to listen to the youth, who will propose creative initiatives so that the religious institutions will adopt and put practical plans to implement them to create a better future where all people live in peace and enjoy well-being.
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism Strongly Condemns kicking a Copy of the Holy Quran and Burning It
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism strongly condemns what happened in Sweden earlier this day as three men were seen kicking a copy of the Holy Quran and burning it within a public square during anti-Islam protests. The Observatory...
Al-Azhar Observatory: Naming Kanye West's Sports Shoes after Islamic Angels is a Provocative Action that Arouses the Feelings of Muslims around the World
From time to time, Muslims experience events deliberately targeting their religion and feelings. The last of these is naming the Yeezy shoes after the names of Islamic angels by Kanye West, as the US rapper inaugurated a new...
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The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, is woefully following up the consequences of Beirut explosion, which has appalled the whole world and resulted in killing dozens and wounding thousands in a...
Al-Azhar lauds the Egyptian Armed Forces for thwarting terrorism and mourns the heroic martyrs
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Active COVID-19 cases in Tuktoyaktuk drop by more than half Friday
Tuktoyaktuk saw the number of COVID-19 cases drop in its community to six Friday, from 17 on Thursday, leading to an overall decrease in the number of cases across the territory by almost half. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada - image credit)
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Tuktoyaktuk dropped to six on Friday, from 17 on Thursday.
The drop meant the number of cases across the territory was reduced by almost half.
The Office of the Chief Public Health Officer reported 13 cases across the territory Friday compared to 23 Thursday.
In Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilǫ, there are seven active cases, one more than was reported yesterday.
The containment order currently in place for Tuktoyaktuk, where an outbreak began on Nov. 8, is expiring at the end of the day on Dec. 5. Schools can resumes in-person learning on Dec. 6.
Since the start of the pandemic, 12 people have died from COVID-19 in the N.W.T., and 61 people have been hospitalized.
Of the people that were hospitalized, 69 per cent were not fully immunized, says the OCPHO.
It adds that of the 61 people hospitalized, 57 were hospitalized since the current Delta variant outbreak.
There have also been 20 people admitted to the ICU in the territory since the start of the pandemic.
Changes coming to N.W.T. COVID-19 website
The N.W.T. government said on Friday it is changing the dashboard on its COVID-19 website.
It said that beginning Dec. 8, the dashboard will include community-level data on the number of active cases, and infections since the start of the pandemic.
"This information being available on the dashboard will help guide residents as they assess the level of risk related to COVID-19 when making decisions about travelling within the N.W.T.," it said in the release.
It said community level data will be updated weekly on Wednesdays.
"On the other days of the week cases will be updated and reported at the regional level," it reads.
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NANTES, France (AP) — Far-left French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon embraced migrants and Russia and derided campaign rivals Sunday as he sought to reinvigorate his flagging campaign for April's election with an unusual "immersive and olfactory" rally. Yes, olfactory: The campaign team diffused various smells into the exhibition hall in the western city of Nantes, surrounding participants with screens and speakers. While the videos were powerful, with ocean waves and starscapes trans
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TORONTO — An organization representing First Nations in northwestern Ontario is calling on the federal and provincial governments to provide better fire prevention and protection funding in Indigenous communities after three children died in a house fire. Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Bobby Narcisse said the tragedy in Sandy Lake First Nation on Friday is a result of inadequate resources, housing and fire protection infrastructure in First Nations communities. Ottawa and Ontario shoul


Abstract. Plant canopies affect the canopy micrometeorology, and thereby alter canopy exchange processes. For the simulation of these exchange processes on a regional or global scale, large-scale vegetation models often assume homogeneous environmental conditions within the canopy. In this study, we address the importance of vertical variations in light, temperature, CO2 concentration and humidity within the canopy for fluxes of photosynthesis and transpiration of a boreal coniferous forest in central Sweden. A leaf-level photosynthesis-stomatal conductance model was used for aggregating these processes to canopy level while applying the within-canopy distributions of these driving variables.
The simulation model showed good agreement with eddy covariance-derived gross primary production (GPP) estimates on daily and annual timescales, and showed a reasonable agreement between transpiration and observed H2O fluxes, where discrepancies are largely attributable to a lack of forest floor evaporation in the model. Simulations in which vertical heterogeneity was artificially suppressed revealed that the vertical distribution of light is the driver of vertical heterogeneity. Despite large differences between above-canopy and within-canopy humidity, and despite large gradients in CO2 concentration during early morning hours after nights with stable conditions, neither humidity nor CO2 played an important role for vertical heterogeneity of photosynthesis and transpiration.
How to cite: Schurgers, G., Lagergren, F., Mölder, M., and Lindroth, A.: The importance of micrometeorological variations for photosynthesis and transpiration in a boreal coniferous forest, Biogeosciences, 12, 237-256, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-237-2015, 2015.


Kathryn called me the day before Aislinn's scheduled newborn session to ask if we could postpone. She hated to do it, but Aislinn was just super fussy and not eating well because...tongue/lip ties. Oh man do I know that struggle. My youngest had both.
Naturally, we rescheduled. That is one of the things I love most about lifestyle newborn sessions. There is no pressure to fit that newborn session in before baby is 10 days old. I don't need my babies sleepy or pliable. I only need them snuggly. An easy requirement to meet when you're a baby. Even so, most mamas want to have those newborn photos done early and I don't get the pleasure of photographing too many 5-6 weekers. Babies are really beginning to engage and show personality at this age, and they are always especially fun to capture.
I laughed when Kathryn told me she was "feeling like a failure for waiting so long to have newborn pictures done," and assured her that we would have a wonderful session. And boy did Aislinn deliver. She worked the camera like a total pro and grinned about absolutely everything. Even the heirloom christening gown and bonnet mama wanted her picture taken in. Most babies I know would have complained about a lacey (and probably itchy) gown and bonnet, but Aislinn rocked it like it was the best outfit ever.
Big brother Bolt was so sweet and protective. I just knew it would make his day to be included in the pictures, so I asked mama to let him snuggle up on the couch with the rest of the fam. I'm pretty sure his look here is an expression of gratitude for my efforts to make sure he wasn't overlooked. I got your back little dude.
Thanks so much for stopping by to see Aislinn and her gorgeous family. I encourage you to take a moment to drop a comment below. If 50 people comment, I'll hook Kathryn & Luke up with an 8X10 mounted print from their session (valued at $40). I'm fairly certain they will choose one of Bolt. What's your vote?


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Opinion | The debate over medical marijuana dispensaries is ridiculous
The resistance to medical marijuana is rooted in the same old tired mantra that always holds us back: We hate any change.
Published on November 28, 2022 at 7:00 am CST
A scientist examines a cannabis plant. (STOCK PHOTO)
Medical marijuana is legal and there is great angst throughout Alabama.
OK, maybe "great angst" is pushing it. Some angst? A bit of angst?
Anyway, the point is that we're ever so slowly nearing the time in which medical marijuana dispensaries can begin operation. It's about time, since the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the state was passed nearly two years ago and we're still in process of figuring out where you can and can't get a license to sell the stuff.
These are the consequences of having a state legislature so thoroughly inept as ours. Absurd barriers are created where they're not needed and important details are left to state employees to figure out.
Among the many steps required by our lawmakers is one that essentially allows every municipality in the state to opt out of providing licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries. Which means, in city after city, all across Alabama, there have been debates at city council meetings about whether each city would offer medical marijuana dispensary licenses.
In a number of Alabama cities, particularly the largest, the issue moved through quickly and there was little, if any, resistance.
Well, except for Huntsville, where, inexplicably, the selling of medical marijuana is restricted to only the city's medical districts.
And if you think that's absurd, you should hear some of the junk from other cities.
Like in Decatur, where a councilman wants to implement a 1,000-foot buffer zone, forbidding dispensaries from operating within 1,000 feet of a school, nursery, church or residential area. The only way to get a legal dispensary in the city is to make it float.
Fairhope and Pelham, in the meantime, just went ahead and denied the licenses altogether. Fairhope council members cited "unprecedented opposition" to the dispensaries, although all of the opposition seemed to be roughly two dozen people led by a local doctor who compared medical marijuana to the opioid epidemic.
In Pelham, the resistance also was related to medical marijuana falling into the hands of people who wished to use it for non-medical purposes. (GASP!) The council there passed a resolution saying it wouldn't consider the licenses until safeguards to protect the general public from recreational use were put in place.
And on and on it's gone.
Honestly, I'm finding it difficult to wrap my head completely around the stupidity of this. Because this is an exorbitant amount of stupid. Even when judging on a curved Alabama scale of stupid, where a certain amount of ultra-conservative, church-based dumb is baked in, this is still off the charts absurd.
Let's take, for example, the comparison – from a DOCTOR, no less – of medical marijuana being used recreationally to the opioid epidemic that has killed millions of Americans and left millions more in financial and personal ruin.
To date, not a single person has died from a marijuana overdose. And, oh yeah, the places that sell those opioid pills – I believe we call them pharmacies – are operating on every other corner in every town in this state.
Has there ever been a single discussion about whether a town will grant CVS or Walgreens a license, because they're keeping all those oxycontin pills that keep falling into the hands of people using them improperly?
It's also worth noting that the medical marijuana being sold in Alabama dispensaries won't be the fun stuff – the edibles and traditional weed used for smoking or vaping. Instead, it will be pills, gels, ointments, suppositories, patches and oils for inhalers.
And yeah, I'm sure some of that will be used by people just looking to get a little high, maybe take the edge off the day. It'll probably be used by teenagers on occasion.
On every corner where there's not a pharmacy, there's a liquor store or convenience store selling wine and beer or some other kind of alcohol. And every drop of that drug is more harmful and dangerous than marijuana.
Let's put a stop to this.
Marijuana should have been legalized decades ago, but it remains illegal because keeping it so is an effective tool to over-police Black citizens and young people. Not to mention, legalization would mean a significant reduction in revenue for cities and counties, because citations and arrests would be cut dramatically.
There is no viable alternative reasoning. There are no medical statistics showing marijuana to be more harmful than thousands of other items we consume regularly. There are no statistics of any sort showing that marijuana poses a greater risk to society than alcohol, opioids or even tobacco.
All we have are thoroughly ridiculous arguments from stuffy old men who are perfectly happy to knock back a sixer while watching the game or swallow a few oxycontin pills to ease a back ache, but somehow believe marijuana consumption is a gateway to an opium den and dead bodies in the street.
The reality is those fears are ridiculous, and they're rooted in the same old tired mantra of all backwards conservative areas.
We hate any change.
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The Design Library is proud of the depth, breadth, organization and continuing expansion of our archive. The scope of the archive collections, our vast reservoir of untapped designs and our constant new acquisitions mean that the Library is effectively a limitless resource.
We welcome the challenge to present designs that most successfully transcend their original context to inspire the collections of our clients today.
The Design Library was founded 45 years ago by Susan Meller and her late husband Herbert. Through their love of old fabric patterns and passion for collecting, the Mellers assembled a vast record of Western textile design. Then began the daunting project—which continues today—of cleaning, mounting and classifying the hundreds of thousands of documentary fabric swatches, paintings and antique wallpapers. The acquisition and classification of unique design collections from all over the world is ongoing and the archive continues to expand.
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If a tree falls in the forest: the role of community formation and the power of the individual in zine making participation
Bryant, Peter (2014) If a tree falls in the forest: the role of community formation and the power of the individual in zine making participation. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 4 (3). ISSN 1986-3497
Zine making is a complex practice, rich in parallel traditions and historical engagement in a number of vocal creative and social communities. Drawing on data from thirty-two depth interviews conducted in Australia, Europe and the United States, this study was concerned with the question of whether the processes of identification and articulation into a community were critical to the decision by an individual to make zines and to what extent does the community influence these individuals as they engage in zine making practice? We found that although personal reasons for zine making were explicitly described by a number of respondents, there were few examples where altruistic community engagement was explicitly cited. There was also significant porosity between any discussion of community and the role that person played or sought from it.
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