Forest restoration operation in Pará state using agroecological practices focusing on au soil health and making wide use of local biodiversity © Ianca Moreira Lívia NavegantesFederal University of Pará, BelemE-mail Emilie CoudelCIRAD, MontpellierE-mail Joice FerreiraEMBRAPA, BelemE-mail Lívia Navegantes is an agronomy tutor at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) She is working with a group of smallholders on agroforestry systems and degraded land restoration in the Brazilian Amazon When she asked the farmers involved what were the first things to change as trees returned "I expected them to talk about their animals the first thing they mentioned was their food supply and health Agroforests have changed their entire lives." along with a ground cover such as beans or cassava for the first few years Some agroforestry systems centre on five tree species per hectare but others are much richer in biodiversity "We build these systems based on natural forests so we try to make use of their vast biodiversity" "The idea is that there should be plants on every storey And this aerial stratification is mirrored by the root systems." Multi-storey agroforestry plot with plants ranging from a soil cover to trees several metres tall © Ianca Moreira Agroforestry practices restore soils and landscapers that have been degraded by monocultures not suited to the context in the Amazon They guarantee greater sustainability and better living conditions for local people Farmers like to say that they grow "food forests" agroforests also include medicinal plants and timber trees Lívia Navegantes' studies of agroforestry practices have primarily been done under the umbrella of Sustenta e Inova a development project funded by the European Union and coordinated by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae) in Pará CIRAD has been working on degraded landscape restoration alongside longstanding Brazilian partners such as UFPA the Rural Federal University of the Amazon (UFRA) and EMBRAPA The scientists involved have mapped more than 400 farmer-led forest restoration initiatives in the eastern Brazilian Amazon and have discovered that 78% of farmers working to restore forests have made use of agroforestry such forest restoration initiatives remain marginal in municipalities with several thousand farmers the movement is beginning to emerge and warrants both studies and support "Who are these Amazonian farmers trying to restore forests and what prompts them to adopt agroforestry?" asks CIRAD socioeconomist Emilie Coudel we are trying to document the entire range of agricultural restoration practices and we organize meetings between farmers to allow them to compare notes and learn from each other." Lívia Navegantes visiting an agroforest owned by farmers who grow cocoa and acai © Ianca Moreira She and Lívia Navegantes have set up a research group involving scientists, students and farmers: Refloramaz "We are working together to find sustainable ways of producing in the Amazon" and the best combinations of species." And Emilie Coudel adds: "We are trying to support emerging alternatives We suggest to farmers that we work together to build specifications for their systems we reassure them that the knowledge they have is both relevant and valuable and that they are the true masters in terms of agroforestry" To provide this farmer network with training has launched a university course (MSc level) for rural community leaders Some 40 people are currently on the course ranging from senior staff from NGOs or public institutions to farmers this somewhat atypical research group seeks to promote farmers' knowledge "the farmers practising agroecology in the Amazon often come from families that have built up knowledge over several decades They can instantly tell us which plant will work best for which use and how such and such a shrub will react if we prune it in such and such a way Science continues to vastly underestimate the extent of their knowledge of plants and the forest" Refloramaz brings together very different rural communities Each group has its own agroforestry practices which proves that there is no single restoration solution they all follow the same basic agroecological principles centring on soil health and on using a wide range of biodiversity "one of the aims of Refloramaz is to build a network of farmers with shared values The network is building its own political legitimacy which will allow it to propose actions and public policies better suited to the farmers' reality to support agroforestry and forest restoration" Refloramaz members at a workshop © Ianca Moreira the Refloramaz student farmers have confirmed their role as "farmers' leaders" By working with scientists and the local authorities they have taken on a political role in advocating for the rollout of agroforestry practices across the Amazon Collective workshops aimed at setting up new agroforests have allowed these student farmers to encourage their community to come on board and to discuss soil health and agroforestry practices.  Joice Ferreira is an ecologist with EMBRAPA She is also one of the people behind the Refloramaz group: "It is absolutely vital that local communities make a commitment if forest restoration is to be done in the right way reflecting local cultural values and above all responding to local requirements This is a crucial time for Brazil in this respect The national restoration plan is being revised and will be launched at the end of this year The Pará restoration plan was launched in late 2023 by providing advice on how to build restoration processes founded on co-construction with local communities There are many women among the Refloramaz student farmers this is no coincidence: "In the Brazilian Amazon They are often the ones who care for their families most of them know a wide range of medicinal plants taking care of their family also means taking care of the environment." Two Refloramaz students helping to plant an agroforestry plot © Ianca Moreira The French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions Simple Sunscreen Tips Straight From An Expert Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists One of the most essential tasks associated with healthy skin is creating a routine to keep it hydrated This will make skin look and feel supple and soft and will also build an important defense system that can ease itchiness associated with dry And experts say this should be a year-round commitment because harsh weather conditions in each season can create the potential for damaged skin "The barrier of the skin is compromised in the winter when you have the cold an associate professor of dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian Hospital "And it’s compromised in the summer when you have heat perspiration and also sunlight and air conditioning." 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The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM. \\nSimple Sunscreen Tips Straight From An Expert Ainsley arrived minutes later. “Hey,” she said. Bianca rose from her chair, tilting her head in a manner that she hoped conveyed a winning combination of warmth, loyalty, and alacrity, mediated by the tiniest hint of regret for the obstacles that had been unwittingly placed in their mutual path. “Ainsley!” Bianca replied. “It has been too long. You look wonderful, as always!” “Ainsley,” Bianca replied, “let me first say how tremendously happy I am that you agreed to meet me for lunch. I have been intending to connect with you all year. But my schedule got away from me. Tell me first: How are your precious little ones?” Insofar as they were universally understood to be cute, children were, of course, a safe topic. “They’re great. How are yours?” Ainsley answered sourly. They’d shared other intimacies as well. Bianca still fondly recalled the two of them breaking the Sabbath together at her classic six on Park, martinis jiggling in their hands and babies bouncing on their knees, while, giggling and intoxicated, they’d compared their husbands’ sexual predilections. The sad truth was that, whether on account of time constraints or inclination, Bianca didn’t currently possess any close female friends. There wasn’t time. Perhaps there wasn’t inclination, either. Though she felt warmly toward her personal trainer (Maude) and hairdresser (Ling). Leaning forward in her seat, she gazed into her old friend’s eyes and said, “Ainsley, before we proceed, I just want to articulate that I have missed you tremendously.” No sooner had Bianca uttered the words, however, than she became concerned that Ainsley would interpret the sentiment as a concession of some kind. If Bianca’s father had taught Bianca anything in life, it was that winners did not apologize. “Thank you for saying that,” replied Ainsley, displaying the flicker of an actual smile, which gave Bianca hope. “But I just have to say that, given everything that’s happened, it’s not easy for me to sit here.” Another invaluable lesson that Ronald White had imparted to his only daughter at an early age was that even if one’s eponymous fashion line was being “discontinued,” and even if Daddy’s chief of staff had recently urged one to keep a lower profile due to bad polling numbers, there was never a bad time or place to promote oneself and one’s brand. Yet, as Bianca ambled, she was beset by a brief moment of self-­doubt: Were her DD breast implants too large for her frame and, as such, did they convey the wrong impression? That is, did she look more like one of her father’s special ex-porn star friends en route to a dollar store in Tampa than a genuine Park Avenue princess on her way to a trunk show at Van Cleef & Arpels? But no, that was impossible! Just then, Bianca became aware that multiple diners were busy capturing her image on their phones. Bianca’s confidence restored, she smiled to herself. Her security detail followed, albeit at a respectful distance. After Bianca left the table, Ainsley took a deep breath and imagined—in the words of her new meditation coach, Harris—“pulling energy in from the earth.” Since the election, she had been working with him on the concepts of centering and grounding, both of which Ainsley considered to be semi-­bogus. Also, with his shiny pate and beady eyes, Harris looked vaguely like a serial killer. Nonetheless, she was willing to try anything that held out the promise of improving her terrible mood. Suddenly, Ainsley couldn’t even remember how long she was supposed to hold in her breath before she exhaled through her nose. Four seconds? Six? Eight? (Did it even matter?) In any case, yoga breathing wasn’t helping. Sitting there, waiting for her former best friend to piss fine perfume out of her delicately tapered urethra, Ainsley thought she might spontaneously combust into flames of frustration and rage. Ainsley wasn’t even sure why she’d accepted Bianca’s invitation to lunch—and at Bianca’s family’s conflict-­of-­interest-­steeped hotel, which had been financed by gangsters from Uzbekistan. Or was it Kazakhstan? Ainsley had never quite gotten her “stans” clear—and she was pretty sure that Ronald White hadn’t either. He didn’t care. He’d take money from anyone. I could have at least insisted on another venue, Ainsley thought to herself. And yet, she’d never fully ceased to find the invasion of her personal space an affront. It was one thing to be at a town hall meeting with her mother and have people gawking at her, another to be at an intimate lunch. Or was Ainsley kidding herself? Was there really any difference? And was the lack of privacy simply the price one paid for power? Just then, Ainsley’s phone pinged. After fishing it out of her bag, she held the screen to the light. Incoming was a new text from her nanny, Rihanna, about what her kids had eaten for lunch. Maybe it was neurotic of her, but Ainsley liked to keep tabs. “Great—thanks,” she wrote back, a thumbs-­up emoji tacked onto the end. Except, when she looked at it again, she realized she’d texted the middle-­finger emoji. “OH MY GOD I AM SORRY THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!” she furiously typed. “Meant to send normal thumbs-­up.” Ainsley opened Twitter to check her notifications. Next she checked to see if President White had tweeted anything egregious, outrageous, or just plain unhinged since the last time she looked. He had. Ten minutes earlier, referencing a rally of Ku Klux Klansmen and other white supremacists that had gathered on the Mall in Washington, he’d written, “Honest, hard-­working Americans have the right to congregate for Causes they believe in! #1stAmendment.” Ainsley was disgusted and outraged at the president’s refusal to condemn these terrible individuals. At the same time, she realized it afforded her a good opportunity for a scathing social media post. After hitting the retweet button, she typed into the “add a comment” section: “Mr. President, With all due respect, racism is not a ‘cause.’ It’s a cancer.” Ainsley felt a surge of adrenaline, or maybe it was dopamine, coursing through her. She sensed this one would get a big response. “Am I interrupting?” Bianca began in a throaty, staccato baritone. “It seems as if every person in the New York metropolitan area, including my own husband, believes we are literally the same person and need to become best friends immediately,” Bianca enthused. “So I thought we ought to at least meet.” She stuck out her hand and, although there was no need for Bianca to introduce herself, given that she was a regular both on her father’s reality TV show and in fashion and lifestyle magazines, said, “Bianca White.” “Fair enough,” Ainsley replied with a quick laugh. “And nice to meet you.” She extended her own hand to meet Bianca’s and said, “Ainsley Burton.” Besides, if Ainsley had a brand, it was being unpretentious. Indeed, it was a point of pride that, as exceptional a life as she’d led, she was just like everyone else. Or at least she preferred to give that impression. It was the reason she purposefully wore the most nondescript clothes she could find. “Oh, my God,” said Bianca, eyes widening as she peered into Ainsley’s face. “How on earth did you get such gi-­nor-­mous blue eyes? You are so impossibly lucky.” They both knew it was a pantomime—and also who the Beautiful One was—but sure, let’s play pretend, Ainsley thought. Even so and despite her better instincts, Ainsley found herself flattered. “I don’t know about that,” she told Bianca with a light laugh. “But thanks.” Cradling the dog in her arms, Bianca began to run her immaculate whisper-­pink nails down the back of its head, whereupon the entranced animal bore its hideous jagged teeth and emitted a strange guttural sound that reminded Ainsley of her husband right before he came. “Look at that, he’s totally in love with you,” Ainsley volunteered. Even the dogs were taken in that night, she later concluded. Bianca restretched her sleeveless sheath dress around her shapely backside and sat down at the restaurant table. She smelled of lavender and newly minted hundred-­dollar bills. “So, you must tell me what you have been up to!” she said, blinking and smiling broadly at Ainsley, as if their brief but tense pre-­ladies’ room exchange had never occurred. “I want to hear everything.” It was a sore point for Ainsley that Mike didn’t currently have a job. Was it too much to expect that he go out into the world and forge his own connections, separate from the Burton family? There had been a recent and brief foray into small-­batch ice cream, but that hadn’t worked out, either. Nor did Ainsley have any idea what her husband currently did all day long behind the shut door of his home office. At this point, all she could hope was that it didn’t involve Pornhub. “Forgive me—I am not following,” said Bianca. “Reservations for hotels or restaurants?” “No, Native American reservations,” said Ainsley. “Oh, of course.” Bianca nodded respectfully. “I imagine you’ve got your hands full as well,” Ainsley said to Bianca, then wished she hadn’t. “That is indeed true,” Bianca faux-­sighed. “I am actually leaving for Berlin on Monday to meet with the chancellor regarding a women’s business initiative I am launching with the IMF.” Well, aren’t you fucking important now, Ainsley thought but refrained from saying out loud. Instead, she quipped, “Oh, cool,” while nodding her head. “I’m sure that’ll be interesting.” “To be sure,” said Bianca. “Anyway—shall we look at the menu? I am beyond starving.” “No—I understand,” said Bianca, nodding her head dutifully. “It makes sense—that you would feel aggrieved on some level. But alas, someone must win and someone must lose. That is the nature of competition! I wish it were otherwise.” She smiled congenially. “I don’t feel hurt because my mother lost the election,” Ainsley said carefully. “Well, what is it then?” asked Bianca, eyebrows up near her hairline, lips pursed. As if she didn’t get it. But that was impossible. She was an intelligent woman, Ainsley thought. There was no way she didn’t understand. There was silence at the table. It occurred to Ainsley that, quite possibly, other diners were listening in. Although as a general rule she was keen to keep her private conversations from public view, at that moment she didn’t care. Let anyone quote her who wanted to do so, she thought. Bianca’s face froze. She looked as if she’d been asked to scrub a urinal. Curling her nose in distaste, she announced, “I will make inquiries. But I cannot promise anything. I have only limited say over my father.” “Thank you,” said Ainsley, who had no reason to believe that her entreaties would lead anywhere. But at least later she could say she’d tried. “It would be appreciated. And if you don’t mind, I’ll follow up in a week or two. I assume you’re still using your BJFamily.com email address?” “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m afraid I’ve lost my appetite,” said Ainsley, unhooking her handbag from the back of her chair and standing up. “I thought you said you were always happy to eat,” said Bianca. “That was before,” Ainsley replied, walking away. She checked her Twitter account en route to the door. Six thousand likes and counting. (Not bad.) Ainsley Burton had always been the difficult type, thought Bianca, shaking her head as she dug into her greens. She would do what she could to talk Daddy into pardoning Ainsley’s mother, if only to keep the peace, but her hopes were not high. Daddy believed in the law, except of course when he didn’t. Her father could be capricious that way. In truth, it was not always easy working for him. Then again, it would all be over soon. After he was impeached, Bianca was planning to quit both Judaism and Jason, both of which bored her to tears, and move her family and staff to Paris. She had always dreamed of trying her hand at writing a novel. And with its rich literary tradition, Montparnasse seemed like the perfect place to do it. With any luck, Jason would go to jail, making joint custody impossible.  is the author of five novels, most recently Class (Little Brown, 2017), a satire about public school and the liberal bubble. Timeless stories from our 175-year archive handpicked to speak to the news of the day. “An unexpectedly excellent magazine that stands out amid a homogenized media landscape.” —the New York Times 2015 9:48 AM [ET] | Originally published: April 8 young and politically active New Hampshire college grad is exactly the kind of person Hillary Clinton’s proto-campaign would love to have knocking on doors in that early primary state But the 22-year-old is ambivalent about Clinton “It’s not that I hate her,” Acebron Peco said last week at a New Hampshire Young Democrats event in the basement of a Mexican food restaurant in Nashua “I just want someone someone new and fresh and isn’t as tied to the old ways things have always been done.” It’s a sentiment that has been amplified recently by many in the progressive left who describe Clinton as a centrist and hawkish insider and complain that she is too loyal to her impressive Rolodex of corporate donors “We would consider her a corporate Democrat in stark terms,” lamented Hugh Espey, the executive director of the progressive, Des Moines-based Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement “She is a middle-of-the-road Democrat that on a regular basis would pick Wall Street over Main Street.” liberal and populist dissatisfaction with Clinton promises to be the central conundrum facing the former Secretary of State’s campaign the populist left must fill the role of Clinton’s primary opponent Campaign For America’s Future and National People’s Action have stepped into that position by organizing grassroots campaigns designed to force “all Democratic candidates” (read: Clinton) into adopting the populist agenda usually brandished by liberal hero Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren That means taking concrete positions on breaking up big banks expanding Social Security retirement benefits and providing students with a path to a debt-free college education “If you get activists showing up at forums across the state you can hold candidates’ feet to the fire force candidates to find their own voice on these issues.” the Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s “Ready for Boldness” campaign announced that more than 5,000 lawmakers and party leaders including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid had joined in urging Democratic candidates to adopt “big bold economic populist ideas.” Senators Al Franken and Jeff Merkley later voiced support should be running on big ideas that create the kind of change middle class Americans want and deserve,” said Merkley in a statement provided to TIME While the progressive left frames their own campaigns in positive terms—an effort to ensure that all candidates embrace populist ideas—it’s also about backing the former First Lady into a corner during her quarter century in the national limelight Clinton has been closely associated with a raft of policies that populists specifically abhor It was her husband’s administration that filed down Social Security and Medicare (the liberal base would like Hillary to commit to expanding them) passed NAFTA (the base would like her to reject future free trade deals) and repealed Glass-Steagall a law that separated commercial and investment banking (The populist left blames the repeal of Glass-Steagall in part for the massive growth of the biggest Wall Street banks and want her to promise to reinstate it.) As both a New York Senator and Secretary of State Libya and Syria—positions that liberals generally opposed How Clinton reacts to this pressure remains to be seen but most expect her to go on an careful offensive: she’ll come out of the gate sometime this week or next talking the populist talk and loudly embracing a ream of progressive policies paid family leave and universal early childhood education such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal taxing stock market transactions and raising corporate taxes “She has to have a credible challenger before she is pushed anywhere,” said Whit Ayres a longtime moderate Republican pollster at North Star Opinion Research why would you say something that you didn’t want to say She won’t have to talk about anything.” who has been active in the left’s effort to draft Warren into the race agreed that “there’s only one way” to get a candidate to stake out a concrete position: “If you’re in the electoral arena You can’t do it without a candidate.” But if Clinton avoids committing to populist position She’s got to take positions on liberal ideas such as breaking up big banks prosecuting bankers who break federal laws and dealing with rising student debt she needs to have a political discourse,” he said “These are the issues that inspire people She needs to find a way to address that or she can’t win.” Read next: How Liberals Hope to Nudge Hillary Clinton to the Left Write to Haley Sweetland Edwards at haley.edwards@time.com One of the goals of the Kaunas 2022 program Modernism for the Future is to arouse the residents’ love for their environment change the attitude towards heritage the reasons and subtleties of its preservation According to the representatives of the program emotional connection is one of the most necessary conditions for creating heritage value We aim to include Kaunas modernism in the UNESCO World Heritage List when we will become the European Capital of Culture And a significant part of the Capital of Culture events will take place in the buildings that were built during the interwar period And we have more of them in Kaunas than enough for this occasion modernist history is an important part of today’s city’s identity; a city’s that sees itself in a global context One of the ways to perceive oneself in the global context is the game of recognizing symbols and international features of modernism mentioned in the introduction It has been played on the Instagram account of the Modernism for the Future for some time now Program coordinator Ugnė Marija Andrijauskaitė gladly agreed to share an improvised geographical-photographic route Let’s start the journey from Portugal and Porto Architect Mário Abreu’s Art Deco Passos Manuel garage on Rua de Passos Manuel was built in 1939 Do you notice any similarities with the house of lawyer Kazimieras Škėma at V which was built according to architect Bronius Elsbergas project in 1933 And what do basketball and airplanes have in common Because of its large windows and arched roof the aircraft hangar built by the Soviet army in the Romanian town of Ianca in 1950 resembles the legendary Kaunas Sports Hall (the first arena for basketball in Europe!) It opened its doors in Perkūno Alley in 1939 (Architect Anatolijus Rozenbliumas) We turn the helm east and end up in Mumbai Rounded corners and corner entrances sound Kaunas-like while walking in The Hague (Netherlands) and discovering the luxury De Bijenkorf shopping center (architect P we would surely notice that t is somewhat reminiscent of the Bank of Lithuania building (architects: M although the discourse on Kaunas modernism is often limited to the interwar period the loss of statehood did not mean the end of the prevailing style There are many examples of Soviet modernism both in Lithuania and in the former Eastern bloc it is not surprising that World War II memorials can be similar despite being far away from each other The memorial to the Battle of Sutjeska in Bosnia and Herzegovina (artist Miodrag Živković 1971) and the 9th Fort memorial to the victims of fascism (artist Alfonsas Vincentas Ambraziūnas if you found yourself in Albania and looked at the Tirana pyramid that was built in 1988 (architects P you would notice that it is similar to the Occupation exhibition space of Kaunas 9th Fort Museum which was built in 1984 near the fort (architects Vytautas Vielius and Gediminas Baravykas) We would like to end the global modernist route in the Western Hemisphere Edificio Vengoechea house (architects Ricardo Ribas and Manuel de Vengoechea where a Lithuanian Antanas Mockus once served as a mayor has similarities with a house designed by Bronius Elsbergas and built in 1938 on Putvinskio St Maybe their residents could become pen pals You will find more modernist discoveries on Instagram do not forget the hashtag #KaunasLooksLike instagram.com/modernizmasateiciai ABC News News HomeCyclone warning cancelled for WAShare Cyclone warning cancelled for WATopic:Cyclones ianca is expected to be below cyclone intensity when it reaches the state's south-west coast later today. (www.bom.gov.au) Link copiedShareShare articleThe weather bureau in Western Australia has cancelled a cyclone warning associated with Tropical Cyclone Bianca. The rapidly weakening Bianca is expected to be below cyclone intensity when it reaches the state's south-west coast later today. Cyclone Warning Centre spokesman Joe Courtney says communities south of Bunbury are already experiencing heavy rain. "Bianca is still tracking towards the coast but it is weakening and expected to weaken further during the day, so we don't expect it to cross the coast as a cyclone," he said. Forecaster Matt Boterhoven says people should expect fresh to strong winds and a possible thunderstorm. "Along the coast today with the approach of Bianca we'll see some higher than normal tides and flooding of low-lying coastal areas may result, particularly around Geographe Bay," he said. "Swells may lead to dangerous surf conditions and as tides rise coastal erosion is possible, so be careful near the coast today." Meanwhile, communities in the state's Wheatbelt have started assessing the damage caused by severe thunderstorms. The storms, which were not related to Bianca, passed through a number of towns, including York, Northam and Toodyay yesterday afternoon. Wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres-an-hour ripped roofs from houses and downed trees and powerlines. Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents Topic:Food and Beverage Processing Industry AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) Australian-born model Bianca Censorireportedly intends to have kids with her husband, rapper Kanye West and her parents are not too keen on the idea Censori's family disagrees with her getting pregnant for West as they feel he would not be able to provide a "stable" environment for their grandchildren A previous report alleged that West's wife's parents found him "slightly disturbing" at the start of their relationship Censori's parents are allegedly "unsupportive" of their daughter having children with her "controlling" husband who already has four kids with reality TV star Kim Kardashian reportedly hinted at his intentions to have more in his song "You already know I'm impulsive/and another baby is my end goal." Now, a source has shared with the Daily Mail that Bianca has "of course discussed baby plans with her family." "He is her husband so of course she has talked about this and being a stepmom to Kanye's kids has really only made her desire to have kids stronger." The source further claimed that although West's in-laws were once supportive of their daughter's dreams of having kids with the rapper they no longer think it's a good idea due to all the scandalous and controversial outings they have had in the past months many of which featured Censori dressed in very racy outfits "There was a time when her parents were supportive of her having children with Kanye but no one believes at this time that her becoming pregnant and having a baby right now is a good idea," the source said "They want Bianca to have children and they want grandchildren but they want them to grow up in a stable and loving household News of Censori's parent's disapproval of her wanting to have kids with West comes after a source revealed that the 29-year-old's father allegedly plans on confronting West about his daughter's recent racy outfits which has drawn a lot of outrage from the public and also put her at risk of being arrested or fined for public indecency Insiders told the news outlet that Bianca's family is "hurting" to see their loved one being treated like a "trophy pony" and wonder how Kanye would feel if a man treated his daughters North and Chicago in the same manner later in the future "Bianca's father Leo wants to have a proper sit down with Kanye and ask him what the h--- he is thinking when he parades Bianca around like a trashy naked trophy pony," a source said shared more about Leo's grievances with West noting that he just wants to talk to the rapper about how much he is "hurting" his wife's family "He wants to ask Kanye what he would do if his daughters North were seen in public half-naked in outfits encouraged by their husbands," the source said "He knows that there is no way in h--- that Kanye would allow this for his daughters so it makes no sense why he would encourage this for his own wife." is "shutting her out from her own family" and that "Leo honestly wants to just sit Kanye down to let him know that he is hurting her family by turning his beloved daughter into a trashy-looking marketable commodity." They concluded: "No man should ever encourage the woman that he loves to walk out in public and present herself like this A previous report alleged that the family found West "slightly disturbing" at the start of his relationship with Censori They were worried that he was using their daughter as a rebound due to how quickly he married her following his divorce from Kardashian.