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Architectural Photography is not just a profession, but a passion that is constantly evolving.
"Starting a photography project is like meeting someone new. You observe you read, then you proceed, and every occurrence is different and unique."
I've chosen to discuss this particular photograph, not because I took it, but because I like the idea of "imagery" coming along in between all the "information".
Architecture is one of the few professions that is never static. In that case, considerable time might be spent on finding customers and new assignments. Travel might be required, and photographers often work on their feet for extended periods of time.
This is to document and create a captivating visual narrative of a built environment for publication. The architect tries to capture the purity of the form at least in ever-lasting photographs before the users make their mess. It means seeing architecture as sculpture and denying its social nature. Architectural photographers meticulously work to bring us polished renditions of projects around the world every day. Often spending hours and days studying their subject, these creative professionals tirelessly walk the ins and outs of a building to find a telling angle, waiting for the perfect moment to catch the light at its best.
Photography exerts great influence in architecture and has played an important role in Architecture.
A symbiotic relationship has always existed between architects and their photographers. Photographers need good buildings to photograph and publish for a living, architects depend on good photographs to promote a design or attract new clients "Architects today use the photograph as a form of pornography. More importantly, it has become a substitute for experience." Such criticisms may be overstated, but they alert us to the power of the architectural photograph, a power that can be productive, problematic, and pleasurable.
Learn what keeps structures up – think what's underneath what you see, from foundations upward. Look at materials and how they interact with light.
Looking at a building and realizing why it is the way it is and where it is, and how that affects its function helps me convey views of locations that architects want.
Remember that for your business to make a profit you need to take photos that clients will pay for. Take time to talk with people in other disciplines and try and understand their worldview.
Photograph dull, badly designed buildings too – learn to apply the same skills to buildings that don't inspire you.
Learn to use a shift lens on a DSLR – it produced the most significant change in my appreciation of the space around me and how it can be represented in two dimensions since I started my architectural work … and no, 'fixing' it later in software is not the same!
Appreciate how different types of lenses project the world around you on to the flat plane of the camera sensor. Digital image processing allows you to remap this, such as this view of a factory taken with a fish-eye lens.
Source https://blog.xritephoto.com/2015/01/architectural-photography-coloratti-master-keith-cooper/#sthash.yJFoLxQT.dpbs
Although everyone has their own way of taking pictures, my approach involves learning how to analyze architecture, what the story is, what the design intentions were, which big and small moves made the project work, followed by more analysis on the day of the shoot, the kind of light, the neighborhood context, and the weather.
Photos of architecture strive to give a new perspective on lines, symmetries, patterns, and other qualities that are often overlooked when we pass by. Consider this low angle-point photo, for example. Note how it's framed, how I worked with contrast, and how the composition is clean to make you focus on the geometry and surface.
Architecture photography usually provides an innovative way of looking at what might seem dull and boring at first sight. The eye of an experienced photographer of architecture can find interesting angles and frame shots that we wouldn't think of.
By using geometry and cropping, photographs of architecture can often convey different feelings – you might feel overwhelmed by, say, enormous volumes of concrete, or invigorated by lots of colorful window reflections.
Low – Angle Viewpoint
- Low-angle viewpoint– This viewpoint lets you capture an image in unique ways. You can lie down and take the whole sky as the background if the surrounding disturbs your image quality. An architectural photographer takes every kind of shot and analyzes all the viewpoints before capturing any subject.
Architectural photography has the advantage that the objects standstill and the photographer have as much time as he or she needs. I like to come back to the same buildings and shoot them repeatedly in different lighting conditions.
Because of this, architecture is also great for learning composition – there are shapes, patterns, and lines built in deliberately, but it still takes some effort to capture them in a neat and interesting way. The added benefit of being able to take your time when shooting and even return another day make architecture a great starting point for any photographer.
All in all, although architectural photography might not be as attractive as portrait photography, I think it's magical in its own right and a worthwhile area to explore.
Architectural photography is related to clicking the pictures and images of ancient or modern structures that are aesthetically pleasing. This type of photography requires the professionals to make use of specialized techniques and equipment to capture the artistic stance of the architect at the time of designing the structure.
Architectural photography helps in bringing out the different perspectives and highlighting the various interesting elements of a single structure.
One must have knowledge in Perspective/Technical Drawing. Before, when 3D modeling is not the norm, we have to learn to draw the Plan's perspective. There are various styles, i.e. one-point perspective, a 2point perspective, 3 points perspective/birds-eye view, a worm's eye view, etc. These can help to create a strong sense of "architecture" for photos.
- 1point perspective
As you can see here, all edges are concentrated on a single point. In interior architectural photography, I mostly try to find this point and see if I can make it the same way I make my manual perspectives.
- 2point perspective
As you can see here, the edges are pointing in 3 directions, 2 of them are merging on 2 different points. One is just going upward. In exterior Architectural Photography, I sometimes use these guides as well.
The idea of Imagery.
Architects obviously value design. And architects need high-quality photography of their designs to display their skills beyond the immediate environment of the building that they have designed.
Architects need high-quality imagery to attract new clients.
Architects understand architectural photography and appreciate a photographer who can creatively photograph their work to enable them to display their work at its best to the outside world.
An Illustrative
Architectural photography, in order to fulfill its charter, has to be explanatory and illustrative; it has to show the reader how the building works, how it feels to be beside or within it, and how it looks: it has to be informative.
As part of any coverage of a project, I think it's important to include an impression, an interpretation, however symbolic or romantic – if for nothing else then to show how you personally feel about the building.
There is magic somewhere in most things, and it is good to take a bit of it home.
These images represent the potential of the camera to move beyond the document or record and to serve as translators of the authors' work. It is fitting to speak in the past tense when describing photography. Photographs of architecture not only allow us to stand in sometimes inaccessible places but perhaps most importantly, they allow us to re-enter an inaccessible time. These are enviable moments that can only be visited thanks to the skill of the photographers.
Some Career Advice
Laurie Black
"I can enter a space and quickly find strong and interesting views, from over-views to vignettes. I also have a keen sense of style and am very comfortable styling a location on my own. I use a sophisticated palette of natural and added lighting to bring life and dimension to my photography."
What career advice would you give your younger self?
"Never assume that you have this profession mastered. Over the years, I have constantly found myself learning new things about photography, and I don't think that will ever stop."
Nour El Refai
"I'm originally an Architect, and I've been working as an architectural photographer for more than 12 years in the Middle East and North Africa regions."
What career advice would you give your younger self?
"Invest less time on checking new gear and comparing different cameras or lenses. Instead, practice more, expose yourself to new experiences, take more calculated risks, and try new techniques more frequently."
Keith Isaacs
"My goal on a project isn't only to create photographs – it's to capture the magic. I believe that each building and space has its own unique energy. The way light and shadow transform the physical world throughout the course of the day are one of the most wondrous occurrences that life has to offer each day. The great architecture captures and harnesses light, purposefully redirecting it in ways that enhance the human experience."
What career advice would you give your younger self?
"Don't be so hard-headed about specializing. Don't compare yourself to other photographers, and trust your style and vision – it's what makes you unique and what makes the creative process fulfilling."
Andre Nazareth
"Architecture was my professional choice at age 17, and photography has been an intense part of my life for the last 15 years. Interest and experience in these two areas now complement the expertise of acquired techniques and a careful look at architectural interpretation.
What career advice would you give your younger self?
"When you are hired to photograph a new location, get as much out of it as you can. Even if it's for client work, see how you can use the opportunity to shoot for your personal portfolio, too. Use every job you can to build your portfolio."
SOURCE https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/03/career-advice-from-5-top-architectural-photographers/
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However, the fact that VapoRub can be used for other purposes aside from treating cold and cough symptoms is unknown.
As a matter of fact, VapoRub can do a lot more than just relieve a bad cough. For example, were you aware of the fact that it could treat an earache? Interestingly, applying a small amount of Vicks VapoRub to a cotton ball and placing it in the ear can help reduce pain. All you have to do is let it work for a few hours and repeat the procedure several times a day.
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Vaccinated pregnant woman gives birth to baby with COVID antibodies
Doctors report a baby girl in Florida was born with the antibodies to fight COVID-19 thanks to her mom.
Let's connect the dots.
A new study says the Florida mother is a frontline healthcare worker who received her first dose of the Moderna vaccine when she was 36 weeks pregnant. She gave birth three weeks later to a healthy baby with COVID-19 antibodies.
Doctors believe the mother passed on those antibodies through the placenta, but more research needs to be done.
The idea of a mom passing on protections to her baby is not new.
Starting in the second trimester, a pregnant woman starts passing important disease-fighting molecules onto her fetus. This ramps up as the pregnancy go on and is critical to helping newborns fight off infections.
These maternal antibodies help protect babies until their own immune system matures and they are old enough to be vaccinated themselves.
Pregnant women were not in the original trials for the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines, a common practice in these studies. But Pfizer has announced a large-scale trial with expectant mothers and Moderna has created a registry to track how pregnant women respond to the vaccine.
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Wilco have confirmed details of their 11th studio album, Ode To Joy.
The new record comes more than three years on from previous effort Schmilco, and is preceded by lead track 'Love Is Everywhere (Beware)', which you can hear above.
Speaking about the band's new music, Jeff Tweedy says: "There MUST be more love than hate. Right?! I'm not always positive we can be so sure. In any case, I'm starting to feel like being confident in that equation isn't always the best motivation for me to be my best self - it can kind of let me off the hook a little bit when I think I should be striving to contribute more love outside of my comfortable sphere of family and friends.
He continues: " I guess the song is sort of a warning to myself that YES, Love IS EVERYWHERE, but also BEWARE! I can't let that feeling absolve me of my duty to create more."
Tweedy describes the album as being full of "really big, big folk songs," the writing process for which was mainly led by him and the band's Glenn Kotche.
Ode To Joy is out on October 4 via dBpm Records. You can pre-order it here. The band will tour Europe through September, taking in UK dates in Glasgow, Manchester and London. Find the full list of shows here.


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Despite intense competition, television and radio continue to dominate media consumption in Germany.
Goldmedia launches Web-TV-Monitor 2015
German consultancy and research company Goldmedia has started data collection for the fourth edition of its Web-TV-Monitor, Germany's largest study on the reach, usage and development of the online TV […]
European cable operators expect faster growth
The largest European cable operators expect an accelerated growth with an average turnover increase of 6% per year until 2016. Two years ago, they expected a yearly increase of 5%.
German VOD market to grow to €750m
The total turnover in the German video-on-demand (VOD) market will rise to around €750 million by 2019.


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List of Ingredients
- 320 G of spaghetti
- 9 OZ. of tomato passata
- 7 OZ. of cauliflower, cleaned
- Sugar
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Keith Harold Stompro
Stompro, circa 2013
- Missing Since 12/10/2017
- Missing From Fairbanks, Alaska
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Male
- Race White
- Date of Birth 06/15/1947 (76)
- Age 66 years old
- Height and Weight 5'9, 165 pounds
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Graying brown hair, hazel eyes.
Details of Disappearance
Stompro is from Phoenix, Arizona and traveled to Alaska in November 2017. On December 10, he crashed his rental car into a herd of caribou on the Parks Highway near Cantwell and totaled it. He got a ride to Fairbanks and checked into Pike's Waterfront Lodge later that day.
Stompro told the hotel staff he planned to stay two days. When the staff went to clean out his room on December 12, they found his belongings still there, so his stay was automatically extended. He was reportedly seen by hotel staff on December 14, but it was later determined he hadn't slept in his bed or used the shower since December 10. The hotel staff reported him missing on December 20.
Stompro is a U.S. Army veteran, and he lived in Phoenix, Arizona in 2013; his family didn't even know he was in Alaska when he went missing. At the time of his disappearance, temperatures in the area dipped down to 30 degrees below zero. The circumstances of his disappearance are unclear.
Investigating Agency
- Alaska State Troopers 907-451-5100
Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated December 18, 2018; casefile added.


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For more and more RVers, especially Full Timers, having a computer on board (usually a laptop) has become a necessity rather than a splurge. Checking and sending emails has become almost a daily ritual for a large number of RVers.
At first, many RV parks added a modem connection in the office for park guests to use for sending/receiving emails. Some RV parks added an Ethernet port from their office computer system to provide a faster Internet connection. And, now, more and more RV parks are finally getting on the wifi bandwagon to answer the RVers' ever-increasing thirst for faster and more convenient Internet access.
Many RV parks still only provide a wifi hotspot in either the office or club house, if they have one. However, in the past two years, many RV parks have listened to the desire of the RV crowd and have started setting up wifi systems that can be used from just about any site in the RV park. (Hooray!) It is so nice to be able to sit in your RV or outside at the picnic table to check your emails, send replies, and even do some "surfing."
To many RVers, including us, those RV parks that insist on charging as much as $6/day for Internet access leave a very bitter taste in our mouths—and we usually do not return to those parks. Conversely, when we find a park with good wifi coverage at no charge— and good Internet connectivity—we smile ear-to-ear, enjoy our laptop, and always take the time to thank the manager for providing us with wifi.
The uses of a computer in your RV can go beyond simply sending and receiving emails. Many RVers hook up their computers to a GPS system that tells them where they are and how to get to their destination. For Full Timers and Extended Timers, the computer provides them with the ability to do on-line banking and, often more important, on-line bill paying.
With the advent of faster Internet connections at many RV parks, personal computers are being used for more and more tasks—such as updating a personal web site or blog, or sending pictures to family and friends.
Laptop computers are, by far, the computer of choice for RVers. They are small, light in weight, and have just as much computing power and hard drive storage as the big clunker that most of us have at home.
We have found that also having an Inkjet printer, integrated with a flat-bed scanner (we us it as a copier), and a card reader for our digital camera memory cards has been an invaluable asset as we travel.
Nowadays, even the low-cost laptop computers have just about all the features needed by an RVer.
Because the current crop of computers provides so much bang-for-the-buck, it is really not practical to upgrade an older model laptop computer. In today's market, you can buy a fully functional laptop anywhere from $500 to $1,500, with almost equivalent features and functionality. Visit two or three major electronic stores, and browse the Internet, before you make a choice.
It is just about impossible to find a new latop that comes with Windows XP (too bad). Windows Vista is the operating system that comes with almost all new computers these days. Being new, Windows Vista is still full of glitches, and the User interface is vastly different from the now familiar Windows XP operating system.
Try to find a laptop that comes with Windows Vista Premium and not Windows Vista Basic. (Yes, the new Windows Vista operating system comes in four different versions.)
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Conversation: 036-069Prev:  036-068 Next: 036-070
Start Date: 23-Jan-1973 11:31 AM
End Date: 23-Jan-1973 11:44 AM
Participants:Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;
Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-069 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 36-69 Date: January 23, 1973 Time: Unknown between 11:31 am and 11:44 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 404-6B] H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman's call to John B. Connally -Connally's location


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January 1999
Vernon Mogensen
While Congress consumes itself with the impeachment and trial of the president, many Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated as the nation's policy problems go unaddressed. Of special interest is the tremendous growth of repetitive strain injuries (RSIs) among office workers using video display terminals (VDTs). RSIs affect millions of workers and cost the economy an estimated $100 billion a year in workers compensation claims and lost work time. Carpal tunnel syndrome, a type of RSI, is so debilitating that it results in more lost workdays (a median of 30 days per case) than any other occupational illness. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) calls RSIs "the most important occupational safety and health problem in the United States today."
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the reported incidence of RSIs have skyrocketed from only 18 percent of all occupational illnesses reported in 1981 to 66 percent today. But even this dramatic growth underestimates the scope of the problem. Many cases of RSIs go unreported as workers try to "work through the pain" in order to keep their jobs, others are not reported by employers, and BLS data does not include self-employed workers or federal, state, and local government employees. The BLS put the RSI rate at 332,000 in 1994, but the American Public Health Association estimates that more than 775,000 workers suffered from RSIs in 1995. While RSIs afflict many types of workers doing repetitive tasks from postal workers using zip code sorters to automobile assembly line workers, the biggest variable during this time span has been the introduction and widespread use of VDTs. Most VDT workers are women and the federal government has long conducted a policy of not so benign neglect towards women and office workers' health problems. The federal government' s "Invisible Woman" policy is reflected in the fact that even in this day and age of the computer, the BLS does not collect data on the incidence of RSIs among the predominately female VDT workers. Nevertheless, OSHA acknowledges that much of the increase in 1981 is due to the proliferation of VDTs in the workplace.
With more than half of America's workforce using computers, this has become an increasingly important and politicized story. Organized labor has been pushing for regulation of the growing RSI problem since the early 1980s. In 1994, OSHA proposed ergonomic standard would have required employers to reengineer the work process to limit the amount of time workers could spend at five repetitive tasks considered RSI risk factors: doing the same motion or motion pattern; use of vibrating or impact tools; forceful hand exertions; unassisted frequent or heavy lifting; and working in fixed or awkward postures. But OSHAs work received little support from the Clinton administration, even before the President's legal problems overwhelmed the White House's policy agenda. However, the Republican controlled Congress has taken a more proactive stance in its opposition to any effort to regulate the RSI problem. While VDT workers' hands become crippled, congressional Republicans, like majority whip Tom Delay (R-Texas), have put their faith in the invisible hand of the free market. When the Republicans took power in Congress in 1995 for the first time in forty years, Delay, whose Houston-based pest control company was fined by OSHA, put the safety agency's proposed ergonomics standard at the top of his party's regulatory hit list. In the hopes of saving some semblance of an ergonomics standard, OSHA voluntarily narrowed the scope of its proposal to apply only to workplaces where two workers were diagnosed with the same type of RSIs within a year of each other (the original proposal would have applied to a broader range of workplaces). But Delay, whose nickname in business circles is "Mr. Dereg," was not to be placated; OSHA must be punished for "flouting the will of this Congress," he said. House colleague Cass Ballenger (R- North Carolina) seconded Delay's sentiments and displayed his ignorance of the issue when he proclaimed: "no one ever died from ergonomics." Punishment came in the form of Congress prohibiting OSHA from conducting research on the RSI standard, and cutting its already meager budget by close to $20 million to preclude any possibility of the safety agency's interfering with the movement of the invisible hand. However, supporters of the ergonomic standard won a surprising victory in 1996 with help from an unexpected source. Thirty-four moderate House Republicans committed the heresy of voting with the Democratic minority to permit OSHA to resume work on its proposed ergonomic standard. They were emboldened to cross the aisle by virtue of the fact that they held unsafe seats in an election year, and by House Speaker's Newt Gingrich's declining popularity in the wake of his ethics violations and his efforts to shutdown the government. But don't expect Congress to permit OSHA to promulgate its ergonomics standard just yet; the National Association of Manufacturers formed the National Coalition of Ergonomics, an imposing alliance of over 300 corporations and trade associations, just to oppose any such eventuality.
The fight to have the ergonomics standard cover VDT workers (at present it focuses on manufacturing, construction and assembly line workers) represents the battle within the battle. This battle to include protections for VDT workers has been going on since OSHA first acceded to organized labor's calls for an ergonomics standard in 1990. The Republicans' laissez faire approach dovetails nicely with computer manufacturers, represented by the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association and a host of Fortune 500 corporations that rely heavily on VDTs. Since organized labor and women's groups like 9 to 5: The National Association of Working Women first proposed regulations in the early 1980s, corporate interests have pursued a strategy of redefining the VDT health and safety crisis (which, of course also includes vision, stress, reproductive and other health problems) as a little more than an employee "comfort" problem that government bureaucrats best leave to employers to deal with on a voluntary basis. Their strategy has been successful in large part because it resonates so strongly with the individualist, "get-the government-off my back," philosophy that has been prevalent in American society since the 1980s.
Computer manufacturers received a major assist in opposing VDT regulation from the corporately owned major print and electronic media. The newspaper industry was one of the first industries to convert to VDT use, and the American Newspaper Publishers Association, which fought some intense battles with the Newspaper Guild during the 1970s, encouraged its members to downplay VDT stories. Their were cases of outright censorship of VDT stories, but more commonly the major media just ignored it altogether. This latter strategy, much more subtle and successful than censorship, grew to such proportions that it prompted the media watchdog publication, The Columbia Journalism Review to publish an article entitled: "VDTs: The Overlooked Story Right in the Newsroom." This approach gave corporate interests the advantage of defining what the VDT debate was about and gave them the political momentum when organized labor called for regulation. Federal and state government officials have been reluctant to regulate information industries that are seen as the engines of growth (i.e., a major source of new jobs and tax revenue) in the postindustrial economy.
The labor movement has been in a state of steady decline, losing its predominantly male, blue collar membership as its base in manufacturing shrank since the 1950s. Labor unions, which long ignored the plight of women workers, were slow to organize the predominantly female office workforce. The majority of VDT workers are women in low-paying, nonunionized, dead-end jobs- increasing numbers are minorities. The prospects for safe and healthful workplaces for those who work with VDTs in unorganized settings depends largely on the labor movement's ability and willingness to relate to the problems facing this postindustrial workforce.
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Some might wonder if it is a bit late in the game, but scholars at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute have finally completed the Assyrian Dictionary, listing 28,000 words of a language that hasn't been used for more than 2,000 years.
Published in 21 volumes, the dictionary project was started in 1921. In all, 88 scholars worked 90 years to compile it. At $1,400 a set, it will be sold mostly to universities, enabling students and scholars to study and read a reproduction of millions of original documents — sun-baked clay cuneiform tablets — left behind by the world's first civilizations.
Wedge-shaped indentations pressed into the clay formed the first known written language. The tablets hold the written history of life over 2,500 years in early nation-states in what is modern-day Iraq. The writers recorded transactions, laws, marriages, divorces, legal disputes, literature, religious texts and personal correspondence. The vast correspondence even includes a bratty letter from a spoiled rich kid.
"The dictionary is indispensible for anybody who studies ancient history, religion, biblical studies, art history, history of science, legal history," said Martha Roth, the last of just three editors who oversaw the dictionary's compilation.
The dictionary was the idea of James Henry Breasted, founder of the Oriental Institute. He gave it the name "Assyrian Dictionary Project" 90 years ago, but scholars later learned Assyrian was a dialect of the Akkadian language, which arose around 2500 BC and was spoken and written until the time of Christ by many cultures that rose and fell between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
The raw material for the dictionary was the millions of still-surviving cuneiform tablets recovered from ruins of Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian and other ancient Near Eastern Mesopotamian civilizations.
Since the project began, scholars worldwide who read and study the clay tablets have sent their translations to Chicago. Oriental Institute lexicographers carefully noted the use of each word on each tablet on more than 2 million index cards, assembling multiple meanings of single words by noting contexts in which the word was used in the original texts.
"By detailing the history and range of uses of each word (the dictionary) is in essence a cultural encyclopedia of Mesopotamian history, society, law, literature and religion," said Institute Director Gil Stein.
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Joshua 23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
Joshua 23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
Joshua 23:3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
Joshua 23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
Joshua 23:5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
Joshua 23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
all that is written. As at the beginning, when God admonished Joshua to observe everything Moses had written in the book of the law (Joshua 1:7, 8), so Joshua at the end of his ministry of leadership reminds the people of the absolute authority of everything written in the books we call the Pentateuch, from the record of creation to the last words of Moses.
Joshua 23:7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
Joshua 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Joshua 23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
Joshua 23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Joshua 23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
Joshua 23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
marriages. It has always been contrary to God's will for believers to marry unbelievers. Note 2 Corinthians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Amos 3:3; etc.
Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Joshua 23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
Joshua 23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Joshua 23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.


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What is it about the Alleyn Park area that has made it such fertile ground for actors and actresses? During the selection of the design for the Edward Alleyn statue, Prunella Scales mentioned that she attended the Old Vic Theatre school in the early 1950's which was then occupying the present Rosemead School premises in Thurlow Park Road and had 'digs' in Alleyn Park. She must therefore have been a near neighbour of Julian Glover who told us at the statue unveiling that as a schoolboy he lived in Alleyn Park and when he went to Alleyn's he was launched on his career by one of its teachers - the inspirational Michael Croft.
Were either aware that the film star Rosamund John (1913-98) also lived in Alleyn Park with her husband, the politician John Silkin? Although she got her first notice for the 1934 film "The Secret of the Loch" it was in the 1940's that she dominated the screen with "Johnny in the Clouds", "Spitfire" (1942) "Green for Danger" (1946) and "The Way to the Stars" (1944) in which she starred as Michael Redgrave's wife in that patriotic and popular film. In the 1950's she largely abandoned her acting to involve herself in supporting her husband's political career and her last film was "Operation Murder" in 1957.
Curiously yet another famous actor was also a resident of Alleyn Park at this time - David Farrar (1908 -95 ). Born in Forest Gate, Essex he was originally a journalist before taking to the stage. After spending some time in repertory he became actor-manager of his own company in 1930. In the same year he took over the lead in The Wandering Jew in the West End, bringing notices that immediately established him as one of most promising young leading men in the West End. He took over Grafton's Theatre in Tottenham Court Road for a series of plays.
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Users of "Bath Salts" - a trendy new designer drug that's all the rage in Germany's club scene - say the substance can be hit and miss: often a rush of euphoria, sometimes an attack of paranoia. In a few cases, users ha
MUNICH -- They may not be against the law, but they are definitely dangerous. "On a good high, I dance for hours – but once I had a down that lasted for days," says Rita Morales (not her real name) describing the game of Russian roulette that an increasing number of young Germans are playing with designer drugs known as "bath salts."
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Morales, 25, is a student in Munich, and she and her friends often take drugs on weekends. She has used Bath Salts many times. "They stimulate you, you feel like talking a lot, and for a couple of hours you're in a great mood," Morales says. "It's like taking Ecstasy." When things go well, that is. The catch is that sometimes Bath Salts trigger the opposite reaction. "You never know what the effect will be. Once I had to be rushed to the hospital to be stabilized," she says.
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One case involved a 15-year-old who became extremely aggressive in a train, attacked other passengers, and ended up at the clinic in a psychotic state. Another teenager experienced kidney failure after taking the drug for the first time, leaving him with irreparable damage that could eventually make him a candidate for dialysis, says Bernd Kreuzer of the drug unit of Bavaria's State Office of Criminal Investigations.
The drugs are easily available on the Internet, sometimes sold as "artificial fertilizer" or "air freshener." They contain mephedron or chemical derivatives of it. But their composition is such that they don't yet fall under existing narcotics laws, and are thus legal. It usually takes about a year for new substances to figure on the index, but by that time drug "designers' have come up with something new that is not yet outlawed.
According to Kreuzer, the problem with Bath Salts is the way they are being played down. "Young people see them as party drugs," he says. "They don't see that things can end very badly, very quickly. These new drugs have far worse side effects than conventional drugs."
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An enhanced deep learning architecture for classification of Tuberculosis types from CT lung images
Gao, Xiaohong W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8103-6624, Comley, Richard A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0265-1010 and Khan, Maleika Heenaye-Mamode (2020) An enhanced deep learning architecture for classification of Tuberculosis types from CT lung images. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP). In: ICIP 2020: 27th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 25-28 Oct 2020, Abu Dhabi, Unites Arab Emirates (Virtual Conference). e-ISBN 9781728163956, pbk-ISBN 9781728163963. ISSN 1522-4880 [Conference or Workshop Item] (doi:10.1109/ICIP40778.2020.9190815)
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In this work, an enhanced ResNet deep learning network, depth-ResNet, has been developed to classify the five types of Tuberculosis (TB) lung CT images. Depth-ResNet takes 3D CT images as a whole and processes the volumatic blocks along depth directions. It builds on the ResNet-50 model to obtain 2D features on each frame and injects depth information at each process block. As a result, the averaged accuracy for classification is 71.60% for depth-ResNet and 68.59% for ResNet. The datasets are collected from the ImageCLEF 2018 competition with 1008 training data in total, where the top reported accuracy was 42.27%.
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We have mentioned before that the uses of resin in projects are endless. Because there are so many options people can have a hard time knowing where to start and what the possibilities of this material can accomplish.
We wanted to share a project we found on YouTube by Doug Royal. Doug documented a personal project of taking a tree stump and turning it into a side table. He embellished the stump by adding some beads to the top in the shape of a tree and then made a carving down the middle and created a faux fireplace. It is a creative way to take an ordinary stump and make it a piece of art for your yard.
After adding the beads to the top of the tree stump he needed to protect the beads and make it safe to place things on, this is where epoxy resin comes into the picture. It serves as an extra layer that keeps the beads in place and creates a solid clear film layer on top of the beads that allow items to be placed on top without ruining the design and making it a permanent part of the table.
Check out this video to see his process.
As a finished project, this is AMAZING! But what are some other options that you could do if you wanted to tackle a project like this on your own? If you are going to create tree stump stools and tables that will be sitting outside in your yard, a perfect addition to this project is incorporating our glow in the dark powders with epoxy resin. Our colored pigments can be charged by the sun or by one of our 9 LED UV flashlights.
Doug created a page on Instructables that walks you through the entire process, make sure to visit.
Have questions about using resin in projects? Check out our FAQ blog post answering some popular questions regarding resin.
What can you dream up to make this project your own? Make sure to share with us by tagging @artnglow online!
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Hello William,
Our glow powders and paints are non-toxic and safe for skin contact, but they have not been approved for cosmetic applications at this time. We would not recommend mixing glow powders in suntan lotion.
I have this idea of mixing glow powders with suntan lotion. I'm assuming it wouldn't be toxic to the skin. Has anybody tried this?
Hello Kathy,
Our glow in the dark powders can be mixed into a wide variety of clear and transparent mediums, including epoxy resin, acrylic or oil paint medium, crafting glues (such as Mod Podge), many different clear/gloss/glaze clear coats, and much more. For your project, we would recommend either an acrylic medium or epoxy resin.
We typically recommend using 7 grams of powder for each fluid ounce of the medium. This ratio is designed to give your project the brightest and longest-lasting glow. However, there is room for experimentation if you wish to use more or less glow powder.
What would best to use to apply to the top of a sawed log/tree trunk that is used as a stool so the seat will glow in the dark


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The Home Front: 1861 to 1865
Women's Roles
Did anyone claim that they didn't care about the war?
Very few. It was such an unpopular stance to take that most people shied well away from it. There may have been many people who privately said that the North and the South were two devils that could hang each other, but such words were not bandied about.
The poetry submitted to newspapers and magazines had an unabashedly patriotic feel, and this is true whether one lived in Maine, Iowa, or Texas. There was no shame in calling oneself an ardent patriot; indeed, Americans from all sections tended to believe they were fulfilling the mandates of an earlier generation. What George Washington and the founding fathers had failed to accomplish, the men and women of 1861 would fulfill.


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1) Determine on a national level the extent of dual use of Indian Health Service (IHS) and Veterans Health Administration by American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) veterans, 2) describe characteristics of dual users and 3) identify types of medical and mental health care that are accessed in each system.
We performed a secondary bivariate analysis of linked and merged centralized administrative data from the VHA National Patient Data Base and the IHS National Patient Information Reporting System for FY02- FY03 (n=64,746).
One-quarter of this AIAN veteran population used both the VHA and IHS, while 28% used only VHA for healthcare and 46% used only IHS. The proportion of these three user groups varied by geographic location (i.e., state). Dual users, when compared to IHS-only or VHA-only users, were similar in age (average = 55 years; age = 65 = 25%) and more likely to be female (14% v 7% and 8%, respectively). Dual users and VHA-only users had similar priority status for VHA care based on the degree and severity of their service-connected injury or illness (40.2% and 38.6%, respectively). AIAN veterans had the same top three diagnoses as other veterans who use the VHA: diabetes, hypertension, and post traumatic stress syndrome. Among dual users, care was not evenly divided between IHS and VHA. Dual users were likely to use IHS for primary care (64%) and VHA mental health (86%) and diagnostic (89%) care. Dual users generally sought treatment in either the VHA or the IHS for mental health or acute conditions; however there was considerable overlap of care for such chronic conditions as diabetes (46.7%) or hypertension (33.6%).
VHA is an important source of healthcare for AIAN veterans who are also enrolled in IHS. Strategic planning efforts should focus on regional variation in enrollment and use of VHA. Coordination of care should be a priority to avoid potential overlaps and fragmentation of care.
This research informs the strategic planning processes at national and regional levels in the VHA and IHS as the agencies' Memorandum of Understanding to share resources is implemented.


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Different Uses for Fairy Doors
Originally posted on Acorn Tops Tumblr: On Fairy Wings and Acorn Hats
The original idea of the fairy door is to sit at the base of a tree. It welcomes the fairies to the garden and to make a home if they so wish.
However, this seems rather exclusive. What about people who do not have trees or a yard, for that matter? Currently living in the third floor apartment, my mom found an easy solution to this predicament. She has decided to invite the fairies to her bookshelf, because after all what is more magical than reading?
A customer decided to follow suit with her Wander door!
Some have put them around the baseboards and walls of their rooms.
One of my first ever customers put her fairy doors around her raised garden bed and added a stone path to them!
Last year, customers told me that they were buying dog fairy doors in honor of a beloved furry companion that had passed away and they were planning on putting the door over the spot their dog's ashes were buried.
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How Pretty Neat Creative Came To Be
Hi. I'm Katy, and I'd like to expand a little on how Pretty Neat Creative came into existence.
In 2016, my mom was diagnosed with a digestive disorder. After undergoing corrective surgery, she was home-bound for many months and was unable to leave her small apartment. The isolation and restricted movement started manifesting as stress, anxiety, and mild depression. With the hope of shifting my mom's focus, I bought her a few crafting kits to keep her mind and hands busy.
My mom quickly found an outlet in these kits and immensely enjoyed the creative freedom she found in them. I realized that many other people would also benefit from the healing power in these kits, and I found myself on a mission! I researched the crafting niche as a whole, and decided to hone in on Diamond Paintings in particular. After many months of research, and with the assistance of two energetic and dynamic friends, I decided to give back to others what my mom had so richly received. I wanted my fellow crafters to find as much joy and meaning in these projects as my mom had, and became the proud owner of Pretty Neat Creative. My, and your, crafting journey had begun!
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With a global vision in mind, we set up a small team of dedicated team members to run the administrative side of the company. Our main offices are in the US, and our primary suppliers are situated in China. Our products are shipped worldwide, and we are proud to announce that we have many satisfied customers from all over the world. Geographical locations do not deter us from supplying you with the best-quality Diamond Paintings available on the market!
Our mission is to bring pleasure and delight to people's lives through creativity, inspiration, self-expression, and good old-fashioned fun! Pretty Neat Creative strives to provide easy-to-use, top-quality products to our clients. We aim to continue growing our fun-loving Diamond Painting community, where we share knowledge, tips, and motivation, while providing excellent customer service and making a creative difference in people's lives.
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- Trendy and Unique Designs: You'll always find the latest and most up-to-date designs at Pretty Neat Creative. Our designers devote time and energy to bringing you the latest trendy and unique designs to pick and choose from.
- 365-day Warranty: With most products you buy online, you'll have a 30-day warranty to return your defective product or request a refund. We are thrilled to offer our clients a 365-day warranty – no questions asked. And as an added bonus, if you should complete your canvas and be unhappy with the finished project, we will offer you a gift card to purchase a replacement canvas.
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By Aaliyah Harry
'They do not owe us the win, they do not owe us a show, they do not owe us anything.'
Simone Biles.
Naomi Osaka.
Two young black women who are at the top of their games in their respective sports have made a stand about mental health. As a black woman, seeing them open up like this about mental health has inspired me beyond belief. Through this they have sparked a wider conversation about the toll elite sport can have on wellbeing. They have also reminded the world that hey, elite athletes are humans too with real feelings and emotions.
Yesterday Simone Biles, who is regarded as the most decorated American gymnast and by many as the greatest of all time, withdrew from the team and all-around events at the Tokyo Olympics.
Simone later told reporters she chose to step away from the competition after her vault because she was "struggling with some things." She went on to talk about her mental health and the immense pressure of being an Olympic athlete.
For Naomi Osaka, she returned to the court after a two-month absence since withdrawing from the French Open and Wimbledon to prioritise her mental health.
She went up against Marketa Vondrousova yesterday at the Tokyo Olympics but was defeated in the third round.
She said "I feel like my attitude wasn't that great, because I don't really know how to cope with that pressure."
It is no coincidence that both athletes have referred to the pressure and mental toll on the same day, this should be a wake-up call for all. Headlines around the world have branded this turn of events 'shocking', but can we really be that shocked?
Simone and Naomi have both been relentlessly attacked by racist abuse and misogynist harassment throughout their careers. Being a woman in sport, especially a black woman, adds an extra layer we must understand and take into account. There is a common and incorrect stereotype about the 'strong black woman' who must be able to withstand all pain. She must carry on even in the face of adversity or even if she is close to breaking point. Through standing up for their health, they have reminded many of the need to prioritise your own wellbeing above all.
Both Simone and Naomi have also become the faces of the Olympics and the 'it' girls to beat. Simone was branded 'superhuman' for her athletic ability stripping her of her humanity or space for mistakes. She is automatically expected to jump higher and push further even at the risk of her own detriment.
I'll be honest, as a black woman seeing someone who looks like me dominate a sport like gymnastics where representation lacked filled my heart with pride. Watching Simone nail "The Biles" ( a double layout with a half twist mid-air) always took my breath away. It's just the little things that got me, just watching a woman with similar body type to me and similar hair – I could just relate. Similarly watching Osaka have such a presence on the court and hold her own was inspiring to watch.
What I have realised is as amazing as it is, they do not have to represent an entire community. Putting this all on their shoulders is not healthy, for anyone. But I have also realised in these moments of honesty I've never related to them more..
Within the black community there is still a bit of resistance to discuss mental health and the stigma that surrounds it. For me, watching them open up and be vulnerable on the world's biggest stage has left a lasting impression. It also made me check in with myself for a second and just asses my own situation. It's very easy to feel like you have to carry on a keep up appearances in the bid to look strong or unfazed, I too have been a victim of this. At times I allow the need to appear okay to overwhelm me unknowingly. This very brave and courageous move has taught me to break down my barriers a little bit and allow myself to feel.
Having mental health advocates that I can see myself in have unlocked new doors for me. Women of colour being at the forefront of making these changes is touching. My only hope is that it opens wider conversations not just within the sporting world but amongst the black community also. It's so important to have these conversations and it is so refreshing to watch Simone and Naomi lead the way.
There is a lot of focus on the physical pain of being a champion but what about the emotional toll that comes with it? From the reaction of shock and dismay, we can see there is still a lot to learn.
Leading up to the team final Simone opened up on Instagram stating that she feels "the weight of the world on her shoulders at times."
This was the first time we have heard Biles let us into her most inner thoughts on the pressure she feels to win.
When placed on pedestal, with the expectation to win at all costs, it is no wonder they have both struggled with the need to be exceptional. There is a famous saying in sports 'pressure makes diamonds' well that's absolute rubbish. There is more courage in stepping back, admitting you need help and coming back when you are physically and emotionally well.
Whether it's on the mat or on the court, both women have stepped up to the challenge and given their best. And this is a turning point within sport which should allow conversations about mental health to flow without stigma. I hope watching Naomi and Simone serves as a lesson to everyone, but especially black women to prioritise our mental wellbeing above everything else. Mental health is health.
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Three days ago, Texas governor Greg Abbott "signed into law a so-called "heartbeat ban" abortion bill -- barring most abortions at the onset of a fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy," says CNN.
I'm disgusted. There's plenty to love about Texas, but a heartbeat bill is absurd and harmful to women. Plenty of women are not even aware they're pregnant yet at 6 weeks, so they've even taken away the ability to make informed decisions.
This has nothing to do with 'saving lives' of either mothers or the unborn - it's purely about control over girls and women.
Back when I was a full-time doula, I remember having a conversation with my husband's best friend. Something came up about abortion, and he kind of fumbled over his words and mumbled an apology to me.
I was confused for a moment, then asked him directly - "Wait - do you think I'm pro-life because I'm a doula?"
And he said, "Well, yeah....aren't you?"
He was surprised (and relieved!) to learn that not all birth professionals are pro-life.
I explained that actually, a large number of birth professionals are supportive of women--which means that we support women in making whatever choice she personally feels is best, even if it's not the one we'd make ourselves.
Birth professionals who come to this work as zealots with an agenda often end up frustrated and hurt, as do their clients.
Just because I chose to have 5 children, birthed at home without a midwife, and skipped the epidural, doesn't mean I automatically judge you for choosing differently.
Long ago, I used to think I was anti-abortion. I tried to make sense of it as a young adult, when I was trying to be Catholic, but never could reconcile my soul with that religion.
I think it's easy to imagine you're anti-abortion at first, because who doesn't want to save babies?
I vividly remember asking my mother what abortion was when I was around 10 years old, and she took the time to share her memories of when she was a teenager and young adult in the 1950s and 60s, before Roe v. Wade.
She remembered friends seeking illegal and dangerous abortions, and even knew someone who lost her life to one.
She also knew of girls who missed nearly a year's worth of school due to a "trip out to the countryside for their health", which was the polite way to explain that they had gotten pregnant and - regardless of whether they gave birth or not - needed to keep the ordeal a secret for 'propriety'.
Preventing, avoiding, and managing pregnancy is solely the domain of women and girls, even though we do not become pregnant solely by our own actions.
Our culture simultaneously wants to hold women and girls culpable for new life, while insisting that we are not competent enough to know whether we should be able to decline that responsibility.
I cannot hope to understand the many factors at play in each individual's mind and heart. As a birth professional, my job is simply to hold space safely, to provide compassion and empathy, and to offer (but not push) unbiased information.
Someone who truly believes in the sanctity of all life would naturally seek to preserve the life and sovereignty of a girl or woman who is already here...right? Is it really 'pro-life' to tell her that she's incapable of determining her own fate?
So let's pretend that abortion is about protecting life for a moment: Every time we breathe in, millions of bacteria die in our throats. Living necessitates eating, and eating necessitates the death of other beings, regardless if you're a vegan or whatever.
It's impossible to live a truly "cruelty-free" life, and it's just as impossible to know for certain the full impact and consequences of our decisions.
Is the life of an already-living female person of so little value that she should be forced by law to become a mother when she desperately does not want to? What kind of a life will it be for a child growing up unwanted, perhaps neglected or abused, perhaps even hated?
What kind of a life will it be for that girl or woman, forced to endure an alternate version of her own life, against her will? (Saying she "should've been more careful" is like blaming a rape victim for what she had to drink or what she was wearing--so check yourself.)
I do not see so-called 'pro-life' individuals or organizations stepping in to pay for childcare so mothers can go to school or work, or to perhaps rescue her and her child from an abusive relationship, poverty, drugs, etc. I do not see them offering resources for food, shelter, medical care, or education for the important new life they were so keen to preserve.
There is a distinct difference between pro-birth and pro-life - because "saving babies" is a charade unless we're also willing to help MOTHERS.
Otherwise, don't fool yourself into thinking that preventing abortions is good, righteous work. It's lopsided, incomplete, and little more than ego-stroking unless we look at the larger picture, where mothers also matter - including those for whom the right to choose is an act of mercy.
As a person who believes deeply that our souls are eternal, I think that the psychic scars of unwanted motherhood and/or being unwanted as a child are MUCH worse than abortion as a medical procedure.
I believe that abortion is scarcely a blip on the radar of universal consciousness, and for all we know, the souls of mother and child were in agreement that this was not the time, that an exit was part of their divine plan.
The science and research of consciousness is fascinating, and highly complex (For more on this, check out cosmiccradle.com's abortion and miscarriage stories).
This book is a legacy of incredible, spiritual, life-affirming stories of prebirth and inter-life memories, some of which include abortion and babies who came back. It's not an overstatement to say that reading it changed my life:
If you're against abortion, you're effectively saying that fetuses qualify as fully capable beings worthy of life and liberty--but women and girls are not.
For over 7 years now, I have been virtually supporting women who are faced with the immensely complex decision of abortion, and it's so much more involved than anyone can guess at.
While I'm not an abortion doula per se, I am glad that the full spectrum of doula care is being widely acknowledged and better understood.
A woman or girl facing abortion is usually desperate, terrified - and often alone and in agony, whether or not she chooses abortion. Abortion is haunting and heavy, and that profound energy stays with you on some level even if you ultimately choose motherhood. However, that doesn't mean the solution is to ban abortions!
Criminalizing abortion does NOT stop abortions from happening.
Medicine women and healers of every flavor retain the knowledge of the old ways, and pregnancy termination has been a thing since before history was recorded.
However, legislation against abortion does take away access to safer abortions, which means women will suffer - espcially those who are already suffering under economic hardship, abusive treatment, etc.
Anti-abortion folks seem to believe that death is the WORST thing that can befall a being from conception onward. However, full spectrum doulas understand that there are things much worse than death.
Being anti-abortion is saying, "I don't trust women to make the best choices for the potential life they may carry, so I must make sure to support punishments for them, so they will do what I think is right."
I think at the core of the anti-choice movement is a heinous belief that women and girls are terrible - so their fertility must be objectively managed by laws that govern their bodies and choices.
I believe that virtually all women who choose abortion are making that choice out of the deepest love and compassion for their potential child.
Female bodies are not empty vessels, only valuable insofar as they can and do carry life.
We each have our own worth, and bodily autonomy cannot be separated from the question of whether or not to bear a child.
We're not talking about two separate beings, really - there is no such thing as 'just' a baby, alone and separate from its mother.
A baby is nourished at its mother's breast, its heartbeat is entrained to her own, its breathing rhythms intertwined with hers. They are one, long after the umbilical cord is severed.
The mother's conscious choice has to matter more than some objective idea of "saving lives". No point saving a fetus' life, if its mother's life is considered forfeit.
Saying that "women deserve better than abortion" is something that anti-choice folks like to say to make it sound like they're looking out for women, but in reality - it's a refusal to accept the systemic challenges to sovereignty, dignity, and right-to-life that women and girls face.
There are systemic issues that are MASSIVE, and preventing safe and legal access to abortion in our current culture will not "save babies", and it will kill, maim, and torture women and girls--both literally and psychologically.
For many (sad as it sounds) death can be such a lovely friend--it's far from the worst thing that can happen.
I send love and clarity to each person who's reading this. Stay open, and approach this with your heart instead of your mind.
Sometimes, love and death are woven together so tightly it's hard to discern one from the other.
If you're interested in becoming an abortion doula, or simply deeping your practice of compassion, these works have helped me to see with eyes unclouded.
Click the titles below to purchase, if you're called to the path of full spectrum doula work:
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