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The White House political and congressional liaison staff is livid with Club for Growth founder Stephen Moore for going public with comments that he may seek a primary opponent against Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Consistent with points he made in an interview published in the Nov./Dec. 2002 American Spectator, Moore sent out a fundraising letter saying he could raise a million dollars for a run against McCain. The Wall Street Journal recently repeated that Moore may be recruiting Rep. Jeff Flake for the task.
"McCain is already pissed off with us, now he has a group like Moore's agitating him further. He'll think we're behind it," says a White House staffer who monitors Capitol Hill.
That's doubtful. Given the way the White House has treated Moore of late, it should consider itself lucky Moore isn't talking about running someone against Bush next time around.
Indeed, the White House has every reason to be grateful to Moore, whose Club for Growth was key to helping elect pro-tax cut, conservative House and Senate members (John Sununu, Jr., was one of Moore's big winners) in the last election cycle. Instead, it put off his call for a more conservative, pro-tax-cut Treasury Secretary in order to install another moderate, country club Republican in Paul O'Neill's place.
Besides, the White House has so badly botched the McCain relationship, that anything anyone else did wouldn't even show up on the radar.
McCain is now on the warpath against the Administration because he feels it — and former Senate leader Trent Lott — backtracked on a deal to give his favored nominee to the Federal Election Commission a seat at the table before his landmark campaign finance reform legislation passed through the FEC's regulatory clutches. Instead, his nominee was seated too late in the process to make a real difference.
"Okay, they seated her, but it was way after they should have. If the Senator is mad and looking to get even, it's because these guys didn't play straight," says a McCain staffer.
Currently, McCain is threatening to lead a revolt of GOP Senators against the Bush team's economic stimulus package, and has also told associates that he will again move to block new Bush nominations.
The Bush team has failed at almost every turn to deal with McCain in a manner that would ensure at least his receptivity to the Bush agenda. Most onlookers say the FEC shenanigans came on the recommendation of Lott. "He said he could handle McCain," says the White House staffer. "Looking back, we shouldn't have put so much faith in that."
Gee, ya think?
While it's easy to blame Lott for some of the problems with McCain, not to mention McCain himself, that doesn't absolve the Bushies for their central role in the McCain mess. The two camps have been acting like Hatfields and McCoys ever since McCain became a thorn in Bush and Karl Rove's side during the 2000 presidential primary season. Perhaps out of sheer spite, the two sides have failed to get together on just about everything.
Lost in this feuding is that Moore and the Club for Growth are absolutely right to look for a better alternative to McCain, whose voting record is hardly as reliably Reagnanesque as once it was. "He's a hero, but heroes don't always make the best politicians, or the most reliable," says a conservative political consultant. "McCain's been talking off and on of late about retiring, so it's not a bad thing that Moore is at least looking to position a strong candidate. I'd take some of his picks over some of Rove's any day."
Moore isn't stopping at McCain. He's also looking to find someone to mount a primary challenge to Pennsylvania's Sen. Arlen Specter, who is already facing unrest among conservatives in the state GOP. Now if Moore could find a reliable candidate to run for the Senate in California, supply-siders would really be in business.
Former President Bill Clinton has been in almost nonstop contact with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson since envoys from North Korea began sitting down with Richardson late last week to discuss the crisis between the U.S. and the rogue nation.
Richardson has said that the North Koreans came to him because they could not get meetings with Bush Administration officials. Richardson, to his credit, while keeping Clinton up to date on his meetings, has also been passing along information to the State Department and the National Security Council.
Richardson was not asked by the Bush Administration to cancel his meetings with the North Korean contingent, most of whom are attached to the country's U.N. delegation. But Richardson also did not seek White House approval for the meetings, either. By the time Richardson spoke with State Department and White House officials, the meetings were already on track.
"You know that Clinton is going to step into this, if for no other reason than to try to salvage his administration's reputation on how they handled North Korea in 1994," says a Republican staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "He's going to muck this up, he can't help himself."

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One interesting trend that's worth noting if you are a marketer or a business owner is that many shoppers today are starting their path to purchase on one device and ending it on another one. Sometimes they look around in a store and then purchase it online. Sometimes it's the other way around.
This is because of modern technology: consumers now have more ways to access the products and services they want. This is also why relying on one platform alone to market everything is no longer a viable strategy. We need new ideas to keep up with the growing demands. And if you don't adapt to these changes, you'll get left behind by your competition.
You need omni channel marketing. To put it simply, you need to be everywhere your ideal customers are. Today we will be talking about what that means.
What is Omni Channel Marketing?
Learning about your competitors will help you understand what makes them appealing to your target audience. You can get a better perspective on what makes your target audience tick. You can also compare your products more accurately.
By researching your competitor's product you can understand its limitations and the pain points of your competitor's audience.
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Omni channel marketing is all about delivering a consistent experience for shoppers across all devices and channels. No matter where they are shopping from, they need to get all the information necessary to make a decision. The value you provide should also be consistent in all your marketing platforms.
The main goal of omni channel marketing is to make your products and services as accessible as possible. By making the shopper experience convenient, you are increasing your chances of converting them. You can boost your revenue significantly by using this approach.
In fact, businesses that use omni channel marketing see bigger gains. Shoppers that take a long purchasing path are highly valuable. People who research products online before making a purchase tend to spend more money than those who don't.
It's about providing a seamless experience. Whether they are using a desktop computer, a laptop, a mobile phone, etc.—they can learn about your product, buy it, or get redirected to the site where they can make their purchase.
Consistency is the most important part of omni channel marketing. You want to be there, no matter how a shopper is interacting with you. If they view your product on Instagram, you should send them an email promoting that same product.
Effective omni channel marketing is personalized based on the shopper's behavior and preferences.
If you want to get started on omni channel marketing, LinkedIn is a good place to do it. LinkedIn is a social networking platform with a focus on building professional relationships. This means it is full of high quality leads that are more likely to convert. If you establish a relationship on LinkedIn, it is much easier to reach your targets outside of the platform.
One good example of this is with the use of Kennected, a LinkedIn automation tool that brings you smart prospecting on autopilot. When a lead connects with you on LinkedIn, you can get their email address, phone number, and other important information right inside your Kennected dashboard. This means you can ask them to join your email list, SMS list, or both.
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Once you get a reply, you can just jump into the conversation and start building that relationship.
We know that you're not supposed to sell right away. The goal of your outreach should be to get those conversations going. You should only sell once you've established that trust and learned about your target's pain points.
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Once you start talking to your leads on LinkedIn, the sky's the limit. You can add them to your email list, invite them to your website, etc. But focus on developing that relationship, so you are always welcome to communicate with them.
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Scrum: to use or not to use
At a certain point every company specializing in software development realizes the importance of having a simple and efficient approach to project planning and implementation. Having tried multiple sorts of planning, delivery and support methods on our projects, we opted for such a popular Agile framework as Scrum. Today we are using it in most of our projects and find it so powerful and helpful that we cannot imagine our daily life without it. At the same time, we are everyday finding room for improvements on how to employ this method in even more efficient ways.
When to begin?
In our case, it came to us naturally. There were several reasons to start using Scrum; and its implementation is a kind of continuous step-by-step work.
Requirements. First, in most of our projects we have only high-level requirements as input from our customers. When doing our projects in compliance with a Waterfall-like approach, we always had to convince customers to start with the Requirements Specification and Architectural Design phases. No doubt it is surely good and helpful to collect requirements as much as possible in advance. But is it efficient in most cases? Not at all. Simply because it takes tremendous efforts to interview all target users and stakeholders when collecting software requirements from all possible perspectives. Even if you manage to create hundreds-of-pages documentation with actor diagrams, sequence diagrams, and long lists of use cases, you will most likely need to revise it and change dramatically in the future, when you eventually proceed to implementation. Taking into account the time and money spent, nobody is inclined to spend more. People are normally trying to implement the system according to only those requirements collected during the previous stage of the project.
Feedback. Of course, during the implementation phase by classical Waterfall you also have milestones and interim deliveries. But over and over again, our experience proves that in the majority of cases customer people are just happy about the progress reports as they believe that everything is running well when the software requirements specification has been carefully completed beforehand. As a result, product review is postponed till another day closer to the end of the project. Last minute change requests are often brought to the table at the point of not having enough time and money for their implementation. All this happens not because of the lack of skills, manpower or loyalty. Not at all. Everyone was trying to do their best to build modern and powerful software, but things simply did not fit in the timeframe because of the employed monolithic development method like Waterfall.
How to begin?
Today we love Agile, and Scrum in particular, more and more. However, looking back at the past when we only started working by Scrum, we had no idea about the best way to proceed. Having external personal Scrum consultants on a long-term basis is very expensive and, in many cases, is not very efficient. The team should walk through this path themselves and implement best practices into daily chores. Eventually we decided to take consultations from time to time as needed, and bring selected practices, based on those external consultations, into the projects. Practically speaking, we support our team members, who are most interested in Scrum, by providing professional external courses in order to bridge the knowledge to our daily work on the projects. It means those guys regularly prepare and conduct in-house trainings on different aspects of Scrum with practical exercises and parallels to our real projects. They also act as professional Scrum masters educating all players on both our and customer sides to properly utilize the principles of this development method in full measure.
Experience is always a personal thing, but we strongly believe that learning from others is something very efficient and natural, so we would be happy to share our Scrum experience gained at our company of GRSE. It will be published in several posts starting with such important topics as shaping a project backlog and estimating the efforts. We hope you will enjoy and find it practical to apply within your organization.


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News that world temperatures set a record high in 2016, for the third year in a row, was released by U.S. government agencies Wednesday just as a Trump nominee with a record of climate denial went before the Senate for his confirmation hearing.
Scott Pruitt, the nominee to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, disagreed with President-elect Donald Trump's past claim that global warming is a "hoax," but dodged questions about the role of human activity.
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Intense criticism of Pruitt, who as Oklahoma attorney general has sued to curtail the EPA's efforts on climate change, has come in particular from Northwest lawmakers.
After questioning Pruitt at a committee hearing, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said:
"I asked Mr. Pruitt why he would use his office to question the reality of climate change when we can already see the damage that is being done on-the-ground in places like Oregon, where our farming, fishing and forestry industries are being hit hard. He had no good answer."
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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., noted that Washington has more than 3,000 miles of coastline from the Pacific Ocean to its inland waterways.
"Climate change is a threat to our forests, our agriculture and fishing economies," said Cantwell. "Ocean acidification is impacting our shellfish industry, which supports thousands of jobs in the state.
"Refusing to acknowledge the very real economic cost of inaction seems to be the most fashionable new form of climate denial for a handful of these Trump nominees."
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Impacts of climate change in the Northwest are apparent, and include:
-- The region's glaciers, upon which summer stream flow depends, are rapidly retreating. The South Cascade Glacier has lost more than 50 percent of its volume since the U.S. Geological Survey began studies in the 1950s.
The Coleman and Roosevelt glaciers on Mount Baker, advancing from 1949 to 1979, have gone into rapid retreat.
-- The pine bark beetle, its reproduction boosted by milder winters, has destroyed lodgepole pine forests in British Columbia over a region the size of Sweden.
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In flying north from Vancouver to Terrace, passengers can look out the window at trees turning orange, which are dying, and those turned gray, which are already dead.
-- The region's snowpack, as measured at its maximum on April 1, has declined 20 percent since the 1950s. The Northwest's water is stored in its snows. The decline has meant longer wildfire seasons, warmer temperatures, lower stream flows and higher salmon mortality.
"Spring snowmelt is projected to occur three to four weeks earlier by mid-century and summer stream flows are likely to decline," said an EPA analysis issued last year.
-- Cities in the Northwest are built on the water, and the region stands to lose estuaries, experience higher tides and suffer increased flooding as ocean levels rise.
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"Over the last century, the global sea level has risen by about seven inches and is projected to rise up to 13 additional inches over the next century in Washington state," Cantwell warned Wednesday.
As was the case elsewhere on the globe, North America experienced record temperatures in 2016.
Sea ice in the Arctic is experiencing record low volumes for mid-January. The continent saw wildfires in Alberta that were the costliest natural disaster in Canada's history. (Central Washington and southern British Columbia suffered record fires in the summers of 2014 and 2015.)
Such industry allies as EPA nominee Pruitt have attacked the Obama administration's efforts to control carbon emissions, claiming curbs on Big Oil and Big Coal will cost jobs across energy-producing states.
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The reverse is true on the West Coast and in the Mountain West.
Both scientists and political leaders argue that climate change will hurt the economy, from droughts to ocean acidification to rising sea levels. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., responding to the Pruitt nomination, said:
"At a time when we are already seeing the very real effects of climate change in my home state -- from longer, more devastating wildlife seasons, to ocean acidification and endangered salmon runs -- it's unnerving to think the president-elect would choose a climate change denier to set our national environmental policy."


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League of Legends Goes Virtual with ROE Visual
China – The 2020 League of Legends World Championship, one of the biggest events in esports, took place in Shanghai, China from 25th September to 31st October. Creative Technology supplied ROE Visual LED panels to create an immersive xR Stage to broadcast this international tournament.
The League of Legends World Championship is a yearly international tournament that brings together the top teams from each regional league in a battle to host the Summoner's Cup and earn the title of World Championship. This year marked the tenth edition.
The annual League of Legends World Championship in Shanghai, like most major events, had to be re-envisioned in order to make it happen. Normally, the early stages of the tournament would be a travelling road show, with different rounds taking place in different cities. In 2020, things had to change. With travel restrictions in place, and fans no longer able to attend matches, the team at League developer, Riot, tried something different, with the intention to honour the great legacy of the game.
In order to make this work, Riot brought in some of the most advanced LED technology from Creative Technology (CT). They used the same Unreal Engine-driven technology used to film Disney's The Mandalorian series to create an immersive stage setup that changed themes completely depending on the stage of the tournament.
The matches looked like they took place in a cloudy, cyberpunk Shanghai skyline or amid a flooded landscape. What could have been a drab competition in the absence of fans, turned into a really impressive contest with an exhilarating vibe.
For the Lux Machina team, commissioned with all the VFX and xR work, this production was quite ambitious. Due to the fact that the whole project is based on live streaming, there is no time for fixes or tweaks. The background needed to be adjusted and co-ordinated live to follow the movements of the four cameras used, which was at times quite challenging.
To build this huge xR Stage, CT used ROE Visual Black Pearl BP2 LED walls and a Black Marble BM5 LED floor. The combination of a 360-degree mixed-reality background using high-resolution LED screens and an LED floor created exactly the type of 3D immersive environment Riot had envisioned.
With a team of team 40 artists and technicians, the complete setup proved to be a powerhouse. The visuals were made using a modified version of the Unreal Engine. Riot claims that the LED walls, consisting of over 900 LED panels, display visuals at 32K resolution and at 60 frames per second.
The total structure consists of a cube, with three backwalls from ROE Visual BP2 LED panels, each measuring 17m wide and 4.5m high. The floor is 17 x 18m, using 812 Black Marble BM5 panels in total. To install and level the LED floor, a combination of 2 x 2 and 2 x 3 support frames was used.
Completing the set-up were Game desks, built from BP2 as well, using 108 panels in total, including the corner panels, making the flush 90-degree angles possible. All LED screens used in this set ran on Brompton processing, using two SX40 processors, including the back-up.
The staff from CT Shanghai we're really pleased with both the technical support from ROE Visual, as well as with the ease and speed of build of this large set. "The fact that we could not allow a gap between the LED walls and the floor was a challenge, but the LED floor from ROE Visual is easy to level and very precise, so we were able to make a perfect joint between the walls and floor."
"This was a fantastic job to build, the LED panels from ROE Visual are fantastic to work with and their performance is unrivalled", states project manager Aron.
"ROE Visual products have been involved in many global esports events, like the PUBG and International DOTA 2 Tournament", comments Grace Kuo, sales director for ROE Visual. "We're proud to be involved with these League of Legends events, which are without a doubt the largest and most spectacular esports events happening. We're thankful for the fact that CT trusts our products to use them on such a prestigious project."
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Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP, 2022)
Population (UNFPA, 2022)
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Volunteer statistics (ILO)*
Source: ILOSTATS. The data is collected by ILO from national statistical offices. As national statistics on volunteer work are produced using a variety of approaches and tools, direct and cross-country comparisons are not recommended. For more information, visit https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/volunteer-work/
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Laws, Policies, Schemes on Volunteering
Does the country have a piece of legislation on volunteering?
Law No. 45/2016 On Voluntarism
Year 2016View source
Does the country have a national policy, scheme, plan or strategy specific to volunteering?
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Does the country have a sectoral and cross-sectoral policy, scheme, plan or strategy that mentions volunteering?No
VNR Reporting
Albania Voluntary National Review on Sustainable Development GoalsView source
Reporting positive contribution of volunteering to the SDGs
Paragraph 1, page 25
At present, publicly funded non-financial social care services (other than limited institutional services) are very limited in Albania. Most such services are provided by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on a voluntary basis or by development partners.No mention
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Gaming laptop PC, the Dell Inspiron G7 17 7700-778 can support recent and greedy games thanks to its NVIDIA Turing GeForce RTX 2070 Super high-end ray tracing graphics card which also accelerates processing like the Hexa Core processor i7 Comet Lake-H and a good amount of RAM which ensure great power. In its black frame it houses a 17-inch IPS Full HD anti-glare screen with a frequency of 144Hz to improve fluidity in games, fast SSD storage with a large capacity that enhances responsiveness, a backlit chiclet keyboard but also connectivity with Wi -Fi ax, USB 3.2 Type-C Thunderbolt 3 and dual video output.
Specifications Dell Inspiron G7 17 7700-778
|Screen (s)
|17.3 " Full HD LED IPS 144Hz 72% NTSC 300cd / m² thin edges 9ms (1920×1080, matt / anti-reflective)
|Intel Core i7-10750H Comet Lake-H (2.6 GHz, 6 cores)
|RAM installed (max)
|16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 2933 MHz (32 GB), 2 slots (occupied)
|Graphic card
|NVIDIA Turing GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB GDDR6 dedicated, Intel UHD 630 integrated in the processor and Optimus
|1TB M.2 SSD (NVMe PCIe)
|3 USB 3.0 (1 PowerShare) 1 USB 3.1 Type-C (Gen2) Thunderbolt 3, HDMI 2.0, mini-DisplayPort 1.4, SD
|Wi-Fi ax (2×2, Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650), Bluetooth 5.1 Gigabit Ethernet (Killer Networks E2500)
|Backlit Keyboard
|Yes, 4 zone RGB
|Numeric keypad
|Windows Hello
|Audio system
|2 speakers (2 x 2W)
|Operating system
|Windows 10 64-bit
|Autonomy announced / Battery
|6 hours / Li-Ion 6 cells 97Whr
|Weight / Dimensions (mm)
|3.29 Kg / 398.2 x 290 x 20.7
Chassis, connectors, Dell Inspiron G7 17 7700-778 screen
It adopts a gamer look with its aluminum frame and black plastic Mineral Black with angular lines, and is original with its advanced screen as well as its connectors positioned mostly at the back.
To cool it down, Dell integrates 2 fans, heat pipes and air vents.
The connectivity integrated into this gaming laptop PC is good, consisting of 1 USB 3.1 Type-C Thunderbolt 3, Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi-Fi ax modules ( newer and more efficient than Wi-Fi ac ) to communicate and connect to wireless distance, practical HDMI and mini-DisplayPort video outputs for easily connecting this computer to a TV or monitor, for example, Ethernet and audio ports as well as 3 USB (compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0), USB 3.0 guarantees transfers up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if USB 3.0 peripherals are connected.
A 4-zone RGB backlighting system is fitted to the chiclet keyboard, which is very practical for discerning its keys in the dark.
To appeal to gamers, Dell integrates the G key above the keyboard, which activates Game Shift technology to provide peak power in games as needed.
In the same vein, the screen is adorned with a frequency of 144Hz which reinforces the fluidity in games compared to the standard 60Hz.
As a bonus, it adopts IPS technology thanks to which the colorimetry is more faithful than the average and the viewing angles are important, both horizontally and vertically.
The screen is also very suitable for displaying High Definition content such as videos with its precise Full HD definition and 16: 9 format. Anti-reflective coating, it also offers better visibility than a shiny panel in bright environments (eg outdoors) while being more restful for the eyes in prolonged use.
Performance, battery life of Dell Inspiron G7 17 7700-778
The Dell Inspiron G7 17 7700-778 targets those who are looking for a versatile large-format laptop that performs well, especially in games, and is creative oriented.
Equipped with the high-end dedicated GeForce RTX 2070 Super NVIDIA Turing graphics card with ray tracing, it is able to support the most recent and graphics-intensive games at a good level of detail.
In addition, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be of interest to creatives because it speeds up processing in software that takes advantage of GPU computing power, such as Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere / Photoshop.
On-board NVIDIA Optimus technology switches between the GeForce RTX 2070 Super and the integrated Intel UHD 630 solution in the processor, and this automatically according to the tasks performed. Despite its very modest benefits, the Intel UHD 630 is given maximum preference by Optimus because it is energy efficient which promotes autonomy.
In this regard, expect about 6 hours of battery operation in light use.
The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is therefore activated by Optimus to perform graphics work deemed too heavy for the UHD 630. With one or the other, you can of course watch photos and videos.
To support the GeForce RTX 2070 Super in gaming, Dell integrates a core delivering global power capable of satisfying demanding users, including creators. It is indeed composed on a Hexa Core i7-10750H Comet Lake-H processor and a good amount of 16 GB RAM.
This duo guarantees much faster processing than a Quad Core processor and 8 GB DDR4, the difference being particularly important in areas that require CPU and RAM resources using multicore, such as video editing, 3D rendering or photo editing.
However, it should be borne in mind that currently in games, the contribution of the Hexa Core is variable compared to a Quad Core.
The storage is up to the task, entrusted to an SSD with a large capacity of 1 TB that rivals hard drives.
An SSD has many advantages compared to a hard drive: it is silent, more resistant to shocks, more energy efficient but also much faster.
Result thanks to the SSD, we reach for example faster on the cards of online games than with a simple hard disk for example, and we benefit from much faster games / software launches as well as processing and start / stop.
Finally, expect a portable gaming PC to be heard and to heat up in the event of heavy loads (eg games, processing).


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There's a Latin phrase, used mostly by lawyers describing certain confessions: in vino veritas. It means, "In wine lies the truth." The phrase implies that people who are drunk and removed from all their inhibitions speak something a little closer to the truth.
We're currently experiencing the pandemic corollary to that: in covid veritas. We're seeing the actual virtues of our society as a virus strips the lesser — or even fake — ones away.
When it became inevitable that the coronavirus demanded the complete attention of the government, we got to see something rare. Politicians of all parties agreed on the most important value in this time: life. We've witnessed a complete reordering of our values. From top to bottom, politicians have had one imperative: save lives.
New York's Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told reporters that "job one has to be 'save lives.'" And he's said that "if everything we do saves just one life, I'll be happy." It's a reordering of all values that places human life and its preservation above all other things — including rights and economic prosperity.
The importance of protecting life has spanned all age groups, socio-economic factors, and race. And while the results of our intervention haven't shown success across all those factors, we've at least taken notice of that fact. We've seen that those who live in more impoverished neighborhoods have worse outcomes.
We've also noticed that a virus, which infects and kills anyone, has disproportionately affected the black community in America. This is one of those occasions where these outcomes are universally acknowledged and found concerning.
During the Obamacare debates in 2009 and 2010, one of the main flashpoints centered on how we care for the elderly. The costs of caring for a person as they age go up rapidly, and that has long been perceived as a driver of health care costs.
We aren't talking about such measures anymore. We're focused on saving every older adult, and the idea that a virus is running rampant through the nursing homes of America appalls us (rightfully).
To save more lives, we've asked something of everyone — including the sick. We've temporarily halted nearly all forms of elective procedures. "Elective" doesn't mean unneeded; some of these elective procedures are very much needed. "Elective" only means that we can schedule these procedures in advance — but they can't be put off forever. This includes everything from mole removal to cancer treatments.
When you start looking at the long list of people who have had to put off life-saving treatments to help prevent the spread of the virus, it puts things into perspective.
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU have filed multiple lawsuits across the country, trying to ensure that all abortions continue to go forward, even while anyone else with an elective procedure scheduled must wait. It's not like abortions are the only "rights" getting infringed right now. Most rights listed in the U.S. Constitution or separate state constitutions are getting curtailed by the long arm of state police and public health powers.
And it doesn't take much to see the people yelling that "we're in this together," and that everyone needs to stay home and shut everything down, are also fine with those lawsuits. Anyone needing an elective procedure is out in the cold.
Fortunately, that mindset is not a majority line of thought on either side, and only reflects the tone-deaf myopic view of a few. The fact that it is a minority mindset is a good sign. Americans value life. In the middle of a pandemic, most people see the value of life outweighing any notion of choice.
Stripping us of all the usual political arguments and jargon, the virus has revealed human life is intrinsically more valuable than anything else. In fact, we have to bring in the manufactured debate of life versus choice to bring life off of that pedestal and get people to view the topic differently.
Another thing this reveals is how wrong the progressive mindset is on those considered less fortunate. In recent years we've seen a eugenics mindset creep back into popular thought. Though far less visceral than the past, the perniciousness of it remains as we identify the "less fit" through new ways.
The virus has revealed what an appalling standard that is. If we're willing to protect and save everyone in a pandemic, what changes in a person's intrinsic worth in regular times? The rejoinder to this would be that we're in a moment of pandemic mortality, and things have shifted based on the situation.
There's undoubtedly some truth to that. We're OK with some rights being curtailed in a pandemic to protect public health. But it's not as if a person's worth or value has suddenly changed before or after the virus.
What's changed is not the value, but rather, the focus. And when forced to focus on what matters, we choose life.
The abortion advocates seem overly tone-deaf because they're seeking to protect a medical procedure in a time when others, in far more dire circumstances, cannot get service. That shift happens because we are focused on life.
If your claim is that abortion is more needed than cancer treatment, you are tone-deaf. It's maintaining a facade others have long since dropped.
And it's in this moment, when we see that life does have all the intrinsic value, that should stand up to say it always has that value. It's not that life loses value outside a pandemic.
Human life has intrinsic value at all times. We have to lie to ourselves to get into quandaries where we measure that life against other factors. We should keep these lies removed after the virus is conquered — we're better for having those lies exposed.
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How to choose sunscreen
The best sun protection method is to avoid staying in the sun for longer periods, especially during the times of intensive sunlight, i.e. between 11.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. If you are unable to avoid being in the sun, you should use other sun protection methods. Sunscreen alone is not enough. Special sun protection clothing (which protects both dry and wet skin), wide-brimmed headgear and sunglasses with ultraviolet light protection used in combination with sunscreens help to protect us from the sun significantly better.
The ultraviolet radiation which reaches the Earth's surface constitutes UVA and UVB wavelengths. UVA is long-wave radiation which penetrates the skin deeper and damages elastin and collagen fibres, causing photoaging (wrinkles) but also skin cancer. UVB has a shorter wavelength and leads to sunburn, increase in epidermal thickness and skin cancer. In the summer, 95% of ultraviolet radiation is UVA and 5% UVB, in the winter the percentage of UVA is even higher – 98%.
SPF (sun protection factor) shows the sunscreen's ability to protect the skin from sunburn. A sun cream labelled only with SPF protects only from UVB rays. The higher the sun protection factor, the more time it takes for sunburn to develop, which is why people spend more time in the sun and leave themselves unprotected against the damaging effect of UVA. We recommend using sun protection creams labelled Broad Spectrum SPF, which shows that the sunscreen protects against both UVB and UVA radiation. Broad Spectrum SPF 30–50 sunscreens also reduce photoaging of the skin if used in sufficient quantities (people often use sunscreen in much smaller amounts than recommended) and combined with other sun protection methods. Do not forget your lips and ears! We also recommend that you choose sunscreens which contain titanium dioxide or zinc oxide (sun creams intended for children). These sunscreens provide good physical protection against UVA and UVB radiation; however, they may leave a white layer on the skin. It is worth remembering that not one sunscreen product can protect completely against ultraviolet light!
Instead of sun cream, children should wear special UPF (ultraviolet protection factor) clothing. Children and minors should be protected from sunburn with utmost care because sunburn before the age of 15 doubles melanoma risk.
It is important to know that UVA penetrates glass, which is why an ordinary car or window glass does not protect against the harmful effect of UVA rays. Patients with melanoma who drive a car often have been researched and it has been revealed that in countries with right-hand traffic, the left arm is much more often affected by cancer.
Summary of recommendations:
- avoid long exposure to intensive sunlight (from eleven in the morning to four in the evening);
- avoid sunburn;
- do not use sunbeds;
- protect yourself every day with clothing, wide-brimmed headgear, sunglasses with ultraviolet protection and sunscreens labelled Broad Spectrum SPF 30+. You should apply sunscreen on your skin about half an hour before going out into the sun and once again after two hours or swimming or intensive perspiration!
- check your skin and moles at least once a month;
- once a year, have your physician examine your skin and moles, unless the physician has recommended more frequent examinations.


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Crurotarsans are some pretty amazing animals, having occupied almost every major ecological niche during the Triassic Period, a time that lasted almost 50 million years (251 Ma to 201.6 Ma). They still survive today as crocodiles, alligators, and their relatives but are nowhere near as diverse and impressive as their ancestors.
Named by Paul Sereno in 1991, Crurotarsi means "cross-ankles" based on the way their ankles articulate compared to their sister taxon, Avemetatarsalia (Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, etc).
Although the taxonomy is still disputed some of the groups that make up this clade include Phytosaurs, Aetosaurs, Rauisuchians, Poposaurids, and Crocodylomorphs.
Crown group Archosauria, which includes birds, dinosaurs, crocodylomorphs, and several extinct Mesozoic groups, is a primary division of the vertebrate tree of life. However, the higher-level phylogenetic relationships within Archosauria are poorly resolved and controversial, despite years of study. The phylogeny of crocodile-line archosaurs (Crurotarsi) is particularly contentious, and has been plagued by problematic taxon and character sampling. Recent discoveries and renewed focus on archosaur anatomy enable the compilation of a new dataset, which assimilates and standardizes character data pertinent to higher-level archosaur phylogeny, and is scored across the largest group of taxa yet analysed. This dataset includes 47 new characters (25% of total) and eight taxa that have yet to be included in an analysis, and total taxonomic sampling is more than twice that of any previous study. This analysis produces a well-resolved phylogeny, which recovers mostly traditional relationships within Avemetatarsalia, places Phytosauria as a basal crurotarsan clade, finds a close relationship between Aetosauria and Crocodylomorpha, and recovers a monophyletic Rauisuchia comprised of two major subclades. Support values are low, suggesting rampant homoplasy and missing data within Archosauria, but the phylogeny is highly congruent with stratigraphy. Comparison with alternative analyses identifies numerous scoring differences, but indicates that character sampling is the main source of incongruence. The phylogeny implies major missing lineages in the Early Triassic and may support a Carnian-Norian extinction event
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14772010903537732 .
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A good representative is Euparkeria who you have seen in previous lectures. Euparkeria lacks specializations that bar it from the ancestry of the archosaurs (3). Almost all of the Archosauriformes from the Newark and Chinle, however, belong to a more advanced sub-group within.


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On May 15-16, 2018, there was a presentation of ZETOR tractors for the market in Kenya. In the cities of Narok and Nakuru, the partner of ZETOR TRACTORS a.s. in Kenya presented tractors with the power range of 80-150 hp. The official presentation, which took place as part of the project to support Czech manufacturers of farming machinery, was visited by about 150 visitors, including the Governor of the Region and representatives of Czech Embassy.
ZETOR INDIA Private Limited, subsidiary of ZETOR TRACTORS a.s., in cooperation with its partner Automobile Warehouse, Ltd., presented the market in Kenya with tractors of MAJOR, PROXIMA, and FORTERRA model ranges, with the power of 80, 100, 120, 135, and 150 hp. PROXIMA 100 turned out to be the most popular which matches the needs of the farmers in Kenya in respect of power and price. Owners of large farms were also interested in FORTERRA 135.
"Farming is the key area to create economic growth in Kenya; it is essential to reduce poverty and hunger. The numbers of farming machinery are growing in the country as well as the demand for the machinery. This also develops the market with high-quality tractors and farming machines. The offer of tractors we presented in Kenya matches the needs, which has been proved by the great interest of both farmers and bankers who are concerned about the support of loans for farmers," says Lukáš Krejčíř, Finance and Sales Director, ZETOR TRACTORS a.s., commenting on the presentation of ZETOR tractors in Kenya.
The farming sector is the backbone of the economy in Kenya. It contributes to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Kenya with 25% and it is the source of living for the majority of rural inhabitants. The numbers of farming machinery in the country is growing just like the opportunities for commercial farming. The demand for high-quality tractors is a natural reaction to that. The home base of ZETOR tractors in Kenya is in the city of Nakuru, the farming centre of Kenya. Tractors are mainly used in growing wheat, corn and sugar cane, and generally for cultivation. ZETOR tractors are popular also in other regions, such as Narok, Kericho, and Eldoret.
Since its foundation, ZETOR has supplied Kenya with tens of tractors. The first 25 pieces were exported in 1965. Subsequently, the tractors were exported to the country in 1997. ZETOR INDIA Private Limited, the subsidiary of ZETOR TRACTORS a.s., concluded partnership with the Automobile Warehouse, Ltd. Company in July last year. By this, Kenya has become the fifth African country where the products of the ZETOR brand are exported; the other ones being Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Zambia. In 2017, several tens of ZETOR tractors were sold in Kenya; the plans for 2018 expect higher numbers of sales due to the presentation.


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The conditions seem to be coming together now for a distracting kind of war.
First, "Qaeda Branch in Syria Poses Threat, U.S. Says," reported by Eric Schmitt in The New York Times, Monday, September 30, 2019, p. A7 (the New York Times may charge for online access). This information reportedly comes from the current State Department run by Mr. Mike Pompeo. That would be the same State Department in the same federal government that claims that ISIS was totally defeated in Syria. Apparently, even though ISIS has been "defeated," Al Qaeda is now a threat, they say.
Second, "Trump's Next Top General Is Combat Tested and Skilled in Banter," reported by Helene Cooper in The New York Times, Monday, September 30, 2019, p. A 14 (again, the New York Times may charge for online access). The incoming Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is an Army General, Mr. Mark Milley. He will replace a Marine appointed by President Obama and he is the current regime's favored choice over an Air Force General recommended by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Many people say that Mr. Milley got the head military job "because he cozied up to President Trump," the New York Times reported in the linked article, which ends with this quote:
For military leaders, operating in a political environment will push you to the limit, and you've got to be prepared to say, "I'm not going there."
Quoting Admiral Mike Mullen, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
The conditions seem to be coming together now. "We'll see."
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There is no easier means of mobility in India than a motorcycle. We are all aware of the fact that India is one of the largest bike markets in the world, thanks to their practical nature and compact dimensions, making them ideal for our roads. Entry-level commuter bikes have always been in high demand. We shortlist five motorcycles that you shouldn't miss out on having a look at.
1) Honda CD 110 Dream
Price: ₹ 49,232
The Honda CD 110 Dream gets a 110cc, fuel-injected engine that makes 8.25bhp and 8.63Nm of torque, paired to a 4-speed transmission. This new engine is also more frugal and is BS6-compliant. Like all other BS6 Honda bikes, the CD 110 Dream features silent-start that was first seen on the Honda Activa 125. There's also a new starter button that can also be used as a kill switch. The headlamp works on DC power and also comes with a pass light switch. Even the bodywork has been revised a bit with new graphics, body-coloured mirrors, silver alloy wheels and a chrome exhaust shield. The seat is longer than before.
2) Bajaj Platina 100
Price: ₹ 47,763
The Bajaj Platina 100 is powered by a 102cc, single-cylinder engine that produces 7.7bhp and 8.34Nm of torque, paired to a 4-speed gearbox. The new Platina gets a fuel-injection system and an updated exhaust system. The new BS6 model gets new components for the chain cover and fork, which get a black finish while the engine casing gets a silver finish. The bike also sports some refreshing graphics, silver alloy wheels and a black grab handle.
3) Hero HF Deluxe
Price: ₹ 46,800
The HF Deluxe is sold in two variants: spoke wheel and alloy wheel. It is powered by a fuel-injected, 100cc, single-cylinder engine, which is now much more fuel efficient. The engine produces 7.8bhp and 8.05Nm of torque, paired to a 4-speed transmission. The updated engine offer improved performance with fast acceleration too.The BS6 HF Deluxe is sold in new graphic and colour themes: Heavy Grey with Green and Techno Blue.
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Price: ₹ 51,750
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The views expressed in our content reflect individual perspectives and do not represent the official views of the Baha'i Faith.
The Baha'i Faith's concept of the oneness of humankind is rooted in the belief that human nature is fundamentally spiritual. The Baha'i Faith challenges notions of racial superiority and essential racial difference as false constructs based on prejudice, and holds that humanity is a single entity of a single origin, consisting of people of diverse national and ethnic histories, religious backgrounds, genders, ages, and geographic origins. Variations, rather than dividing humanity into groups of lesser and greater stature, confirm and support its unity through its diversity:
Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. – Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 288.
There are no differences or distinctions of race among you in the sight of God. Nay, rather, all are the servants of God, and all are submerged in the ocean of His oneness. – Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 433.
Science supports these statements. But nevertheless, the philosophy of racialism persists perniciously. It has been used to justify social systems of ethnic superiority—such as white supremacy and Aryan ascendancy—and has spawned genocide and ethnic cleansing; segregation, separatism and apartheid; and enslavement. These overt expressions of prejudice have been the source of great conflict and suffering.
Unfortunately, one of the origins of racism comes from misguided, literal interpretation of certain passages of the Old Testament. The account describes the origin of three different groups of humanity, the descendants of the three sons of Noah after the great flood in the book of Genesis had receded: Japheth, Shem, and Ham.
In the narrative, their descendants colonized three different lands after the flood. Because Japheth's descendants colonized the north, interpreters assumed them to be of the white race. Shem's descendants led to the Semitic peoples of the middle region. The descendants of Ham—whose name some people think means "hot" or "dark" in Hebrew—presumably colonized the tropical or lower and hotter regions, and were therefore assumed (in these misguided interpretations) to be dark skinned or of the black race. Additionally, Ham was called the father of Canaan, a people assigned in the narrative servitude to the descendants of Ham's brothers.
The harsh, disdainful, literal interpretations of the story of Noah created the basis for rationalizing racism, separation of races, and slavery. Alma Bridwell White, the founder of the Pillar of Fire Church in the United States, used it to justify white supremacy:
The Book of Genesis, in its account of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, sons of Noah, teaches the supremacy of the white race. (…) Thus establishing white supremacy as foretold more than four thousand years ago. – Alma Bridwell White, Heroes of the Fiery Cross, p. 142.
Author and integrationist Daryl Davis recorded the Biblical justification of segregation of the races by Roger Kelly, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan for the state of Maryland in the U.S.:
"The Bible preaches separation of the races. The Bible is the most segregated book in the world … " [he said]. I … produced my Bible and asked him to point out where this philosophy could be found. The Grand Dragon paged through the Book and began quoting from Isaiah 13:14: "And it should be as a chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land…" It appeared to me that Roger Kelly interpreted the last three words of this passage to mean that different people had different lands and that they should not traverse into another land. – Daryl Davis, published in Klan-Destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan, p. 41.
But these passages from the Old Testament have been misunderstood because of the strictly literal—rather than allegorical—interpretation. A review of the story of Noah quickly leads to the conclusion that a literal interpretation of it is not scientifically tenable.
Therefore—following the guidelines in the Baha'i that religion be in agreement with science—we must dismiss the literal interpretation of this story, and along with it the racialist point of view it has engendered.
From a Baha'i perspective, the three sons of Noah and their descendants should be understood not as representing different racial groups—as in the interpretations we explored in the last segment of this series—but rather as typological representations of the three different natures or spiritual dimensions of the human being, as identified in these passages from the Baha'i writings:
Thus, for that they move on these three differing planes, the understanding and the words of the wayfarers have differed; and hence the sign of conflict doth continually appear on earth. For some there are who dwell upon the plane of oneness and speak of that world, and some inhabit the realms of limitation, and some the grades of self. – Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys, p. 21.
[Humanity's] nature is threefold: animal, human and divine. The animal nature is darkness; the heavenly is light in light. – Abdu'l Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 465.
The three sons of Noah, then, refer sequentially to the material or animal self (Ham), which relates to Baha'u'llah's category of those inhabiting the plane of the grades of self; the prideful, struggling human self (Shem), related to those inhabiting the plane of limitation; and the spiritual and resurrected self (Japheth), which corresponds to those inhabiting the plane of oneness.
The idea that Ham is "dark" and Japheth is "white" relates to the common use of darkness as a way to describe a person with a "dark" heart—that is, someone engrossed in materialism, selfishness and ignorance, as in the above statement "the animal nature is darkness." This kind of typological figuration in the form of a spiritual anthropology appears regularly in the Bible—with, for example, the three sons of Adam, the three men in the fiery furnace, and other contexts. It also corresponds with the three days of the resurrection of Christ and the three-day spiritual journey described in Exodus and in the Gospel of Luke.
The lands in the passage from Isaiah can best be understood not as geographic regions where people live, but rather as figurative ways to describe dynamic spiritual states, described by Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, not using skin color as a literal descriptor of those states, but rather a spectrum from darkness to light in a spiritual and figurative sense.
From this point of view—which is entirely reasonable and consistent with the symbolic tenor of sacred scripture such as the Book of Isaiah or the Noah narrative—the racist and segregationist view is erased, and the narrative's meaning is reversed and spiritualized.


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Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday evening that he viewed himself as a "transition" candidate. He added that he wanted "to bring the Mayor Petes of the world into this administration."
The quote was first reported by pool reporter Madeleine Rivera, who was covering a virtual fundraiser co-hosted by former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Biden, during a virtual fundraiser tonight, praised @PeteButtigieg (who co-hosted the event) for his leadership. Biden called himself a "transition candidate to bring the Mayor Petes of the world into this administration."
— Madeleine Rivera (@madeleinerivera) May 1, 2020
On Friday, Biden was asked about his comment during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe (in which he denied former Senate aide Tara Reade's allegations of sexual assault against him). He said:
MSNBC: Mr. Vice President, you made a comment last night in an interview with Bob Costa of the Washington Post [sic] where you said, "I view myself as a transition candidate making way for the Mayor Petes of the world to come into my administration." Some people read that as you saying, you were sort of a placeholder, and that don't worry, I'm going to open the door to this more progressive movement, perhaps led by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and others. What did you mean when you called yourself a "transition candidate"?
Biden: It doesn't have to do with philosophy. It has to do with, we have not given a bench to younger people in the party, the opportunity to have the focus and be in focus for the rest of the country. There's an incredible group of talented, newer, younger people. I ran this time because I think the issues that are before us happen to be my wheelhouse. They — I said from the beginning, we're going to inherit a divided country, as well as a world in disarray. They are the two things I've worked on my whole life. I've been able to get things done in the United States Senate and as vice president with the other party, without making them the enemy, and get things done. Unless we can reach consensus, this democracy is in trouble.
Buttigieg dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden on March 1. He was viewed with suspicion by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), whom he narrowly defeated in the delegate race in the Iowa caucuses and whom he only lost to in the New Hampshire primary by 2 points.
After Sanders trounced all other candidates in the Nevada caucus Feb. 22, Buttigieg delivered a concession speech in which he warned: "Senator Sanders believes in an inflexible, ideological revolution that leaves out most Democrats, not to mention most Americans."
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). His new book, RED NOVEMBER, is available for pre-order. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.


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Budgeting for Your Cabinet Project
If you've been thinking of ways to upgrade the look of your kitchen, while increasing the value of your home, embarking on a cabinet project can be an exciting way to change the footprint of that area. However, while you're speaking to a potential cabinet installer, it's important not to let your excitement about updating your kitchen cause you to forget about the cost. It's important to complete the process of budgeting for your cabinet project before making any decisions and moving forward.
Although creating a budget for your cabinet project may seem intimidating, you're in the right place for guidance on how to best manage and create a budget for this important investment in your home. There are simple steps you can take to streamline the process and make your journey a lot easier and more enjoyable.
Budgeting for Cabinets
Getting new cabinets can be quite an investment—which may add up quickly depending on the type that you get as the costs vary widely based on variables like size, materials, design, and modification options. For example, semi-custom cabinets cost between $150 and $650 per linear foot, while custom cabinets generally cost between $500 and $1,200 per linear foot. Also, stock cabinets can cost between $100 and $300 per linear foot. In addition, homeowners can expect to pay $40 to $60 per linear foot for installation labor. In order to determine the best solution for your home, do your research and leverage your contractor's expertise so you get the most for the amount of money you want to spend.
At Modernize, we frequently speak to homeowners about their home improvement projects. Budgeting your project is stressful and we get that: The first step is to be sure you can afford the cabinets you're planning to install, based on factors like your cash flow, your assets, and what the return will be on your investment.
In other words, your budget is comprised of some simple math. After consulting with your cabinet installer, the following is what you need to figure out.
Calculating What You Can Afford
Calculate your income and your expenses, your needs and your wants, and find the figure of money you could theoretically put aside for this investment in your home. An experienced cabinet contractor is one of your most important initial sources on how to best determine what that investment should look like from outside your personal goals— be sure to consult them, but remember this is your project (and your money) so it's okay to be a little selfish and somewhat frugal to get what you want.
What Is Your Home Equity?
If and when you decide to finance your own cabinet installation, your home equity could play a pivotal role in everything from your loan amount to your interest rate. Simply put, your equity is the difference between what you owe on your home or property and the appraised (or market) value determined for it.
The more of your mortgage you've already paid, for example, the higher your equity in the given property. And the more equity you hold in your home, the more powerful you are as a borrower, especially when it comes to purchasing power, or the financial ability to buy (or purchase) things.
What Is Your Credit Rating?
From your credit score to your existing savings, purchasing power, and other ongoing loans, various financial institutions will have slightly different scales by which to determine your eligibility for a home improvement loan. And while some programs are certainly designed to be on your side—like the HomeStyle Energy Program or the Title I Property Improvement Loan—you're going to be paying back in some way.
One of the most significant markers of your financial health—as determined by financial institutions, anyway—is your credit score. Plainly put, a credit score "predicts how likely you are to pay back a loan on time," according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Companies use proprietary scoring models to calculate your credit score with information from your credit reports, which essentially break down your "credit activity and current credit situation, such as loan paying history and the status of your credit accounts."
Knowing your credit rating and how you'll be considered as a borrower will go a long way in helping you determine how much you can afford as you budget for new cabinets.
Be Real About Your Cabinet Needs
Homeowners have shared through surveys that trying to decipher the complex elements of their cabinet project left them seeking more professional support—which our homeowners found with Modernize.
You likely already have a solid idea of what this project will entail based on what your contractor has shared with you. And while their goals might be completely in your favor, they might not necessarily align with your personal or aesthetic goals. Be sure to communicate your own priorities with your contractor before beginning your cabinet project.
It all comes down to trusting your cabinet installer—and that also means your contractor should be able to trust you. The more upfront you are about what you want to do and your financial limits, the better a contractor will be able to hone in on the best type of budget for your cabinet needs. It might not result in the cabinets of your dreams, but it will result in the best value you'll get for the money you're able to invest.


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NIAID CEIRS | Research Publication Commentary Ping, J., et al. Development of high-yield influenza A virus vaccine viruses. Nat Communications (2015). The majority of influenza vaccines, including most annual seasonal vaccines and stockpiled vaccines against strains with pandemic potential, are produced in chicken eggs. These egg-based vaccines depend on a large supply of eggs, are… Read more »
Dr. Hualan Chen receives the 2016 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
The CEIRS Network congratulates Dr. Hualan Chen, who has been named the Asia/Pacific laureate of the 2016 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards. Dr. Chen is a professor at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in China, a part of the Emory-UGA Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS). She is recognized "For her… Read more »
8th Annual CEIRS Network Meeting, July 26-29, 2015
The 8th Annual Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS) Network Meeting was hosted by the New York Influenza Center of Excellence (NYICE) at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. More than 270 CEIRS members attended the four-day meeting to discuss accomplishments and contributions of the CEIRS Network in the past year…. Read more »
CEIRS Researchers Recognized for their Scientific Contributions
Several researchers from across the CEIRS Network have recently been recognized for their contributions to the fields of influenza research and virology. The recognitions and awards come from around the globe, showing the true international scope of the CEIRS initiative. The CEIRS Network would like to congratulate our researchers for their outstanding accomplishments. Drs. Stacey… Read more »
Different Gene Activation in Response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza May Explain the High Mortality Rate in Chickens, While Ducks Survive
NIAID CEIRS | Research Publication Commentary Smith, J. et al. A comparative analysis of host responses to avian influenza infection in ducks and chickens highlights a role for the interferon-induced transmembrane proteins in viral resistance. BMC Genomics (2015). The recent highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 outbreak continues to have significant economic impacts on the… Read more »
Distinguished influenza researcher, Dr. Daniel Pérez, moves to the University of Georgia
Dr. Daniel Pérez, an investigator with the Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis (CRIP), recently joined the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine. The CEIRS website staff took this opportunity to talk with Dr. Pérez about his research. Dr. Daniel Pérez recently accepted a faculty position at the University of Georgia (UGA) College of… Read more »
Dutch H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus does not cause severe disease in ferrets, nor is it easily transmissible between ferrets
NIAID CEIRS | Research Publication Commentary Richard, M et al. Low Virulence and Lack of Airborne Transmission of the Dutch Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N8 in Ferrets. PLoS One. 2015 June 19. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses are lethal to wild birds and poultry, causing large-scale outbreaks among poultry flocks in Europe, Asia,… Read more »
Center Highlight: Introducing the Johns Hopkins CEIRS Center
Johns Hopkins CEIRS has just passed its one-year anniversary this April. The CEIRS website staff interviewed the Center Principal Investigators to report on the unique strengths of this Center within the CEIRS network as part of a new article series highlighting each Center. Johns Hopkins CEIRS (JH-CEIRS), the newest CEIRS Center, exhibits a convergence of… Read more »
Influenza B virus-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes strongly cross-react with viruses of the opposing influenza B lineage
NIAID CEIRS | Research Publication Commentary van de Sandt, CE et al. Influenza B virus-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes strongly cross-react with viruses of the opposing influenza B lineage. J Gen Virol. 2015 Apr 21. The seasonal flu vaccine is reformulated each year to protect against influenza strains that are expected to prevail in the upcoming…
Behind the Bench: 3rd International Symposium on Neglected Influenza Viruses, 15-17 April 2015
This edition of the Behind the Bench (BTB) column is written by Laura Eckard, a graduate student in Dr. Richard Webby's laboratory at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where she studies a novel influenza virus discovered in pigs and cattle. Laura attended the 3rd International Symposium on Neglected Influenza Viruses and provided a summary of the…


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A deuterocanonical addition to the book of Daniel recounts the dramatic story of the beautiful and pious Susanna. She is the wife of the wealthy and respected Joakim, at whose Babylonian house elders gather daily to judge the people's cases. Of these, two "wicked" elders lust after Susanna and conspire to rape her. When they see Susanna bathing alone in a locked garden, they demand sex; if she denies them, they will report that they saw her having sex with a young man. When Susanna does refuse, they publicly charge her with adultery and condemn her to death. Susanna cries out to God. At the last moment, Daniel intervenes to expose the lies, sentences the elders to death, and absolves Susanna.
This story has spawned significant artistic interpretations. Early catacomb art focuses on the vindication of Susanna and sets her as an example of (Roman) piety and faith, comforting the deceased and their families that they, like Susanna, will be vindicated by God (see the third-century catacomb fresco and the similarly-themed ninth-century Lothair Crystal). Starting in the 15th or 16th century, however, many artists highlight the nude Susanna bathing in the garden.
In most of these paintings, the characterization of the elders remains fairly static. They are usually partially obscured behind foliage or a wall; their arms reach toward Susanna; their eyes caress her; they often have a lurid grin; their features and caps are often devilishly pointed; their clothes are dark and plain; and they are cast in shadow, darkness, and obscurity.
In contrast, Susanna's "portrait character" sees remarkable variation, depending on the moment selected for portrayal. Some capture Susanna still oblivious to her voyeurs. Pablo Picasso arranges his oddly disjointed Susanna on a bed under the gaze of two intact men looking down at her from a painting on her wall. Rembrandt's Susanna of 1634 is an awkward young virgin oblivious to the gaze of her stalkers but shamed by being caught naked by the painting's viewers. Other artists take the story one step further: Susanna is aware of the elders' menacing presence. Artemisia Gentileschi, for example, shows Susanna raising a frail hand in a futile gesture of restraint against her overpowering attackers.
Many artists show Susanna in physical contact with the elders, although the biblical account does not mention that. For example, Jean-François Millet's Susanna has swooned into (or submitted to?) their embrace. Still others depict Susanna as the instigator of the event. Jacob Jordaens' Susanna smiles as the elders energetically attempt to climb into the picture and into Susanna's private space(s). Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's Susanna seems to float above her discarded scarlet robe and haughtily dismisses the proffered gift of jewelry. Tintoretto's vain Susanna is so preoccupied by her reflection in the mirror that she fails to see the elders peering at her from behind a wall. Alessandro Allori's Susanna seems to pull the head of an elder to her face (for a kiss?) with one hand while she holds the other's face in her lap. Is she resisting or imploring? These Susannas are not innocent but fully mature sexual temptresses, wanton sluts scheming to ruin the reputations of honorable men. How far Susanna has fallen. The victim has become the victimizer.
Where is Susanna's community in all of this? True to the biblical account, these later artists rarely include anyone to defend Susanna's honor and safety, neither her maids, nor her family, nor her husband. As viewers, we do not come to her defense either but choose instead to gaze at her naked and vulnerable form, passing judgment, complicit in her demise. We silence her outraged cries, trusting God alone will hear her.
Jane S. Webster, "Art of Susanna and the Elders", n.p. [cited 5 Dec 2022]. Online: https://www.bibleodyssey.org:443/en/people/related-articles/art-of-susanna-and-the-elders
Jane S. Webster
Professor, Barton College
Jane S. Webster is professor of religious studies at Barton College in Wilson, N.C., author of Ingesting Jesus: Eating and Drinking in the Gospel of John, and coeditor of Teaching the Bible in the Liberal Arts Classroom and Lady Parts.
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Daniel was popular in Jewish and Christian literature, where he was seen as a prophet and a model of Jewish faith in a pagan world.
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Madagascar – A 31-year old research assistant from West Lafayette, Indiana, has become the subject of world-wide attention due a political conflict in Madagascar — one that's claimed 120 lives so far. Using Twitter, Lova Rokotomalala has managed to keep the English-speaking worlds informed of goings on due to his live tweets, changing the way this political crisis is understood by the English-speaking world.
Website like Twitter have such amazing potential for regular citizens (not journalists) with normal Internet access to be our eyes and ears in the midst of world events. The reality is that tweeting about community goings on provides a global historical record for anyone who listens at the time, or comes by later to examine what happened and when. When several regular citizens are tweeting about their point of view, what they see, what's happening around them in the event of a crisis, a real picture begins to form.
Such information could even be crucial to investigators looking to get at the truth of the matter, one which is often separate from "political truths".
In this particular case, Rokotomalala is translating political events which have occurred in recent months into English from French and Malagasy, two local languages. He emigrated 10 years ago tot he country of 20 million. He says, "A lot of people don't even know where Madagascar is", though many know it is famous for exotic wildlife, like its lemurs.
The crisis Rokotomalala has been reporting on involves Antananarivo, the nation's capital. Clashes between 34-year old Andry Rajoelina (a former disc jockey), and 59-year old Ravalomanana (head of security forces for the president) have resulted in corruption and growing signs of a dictatorship, along with economic concerns like high food prices, though the president calls it "a power grab".
Government troops had opened fire on thousands of protestors in early February, killing 28 people. At the time, Rakotomalala was in Indiana. He began to become very concerned for his relatives who were in Madagascar. He noticed a flow of ground-level reports coming through on Twitter, and online blogs. He made contact with a number of local contributors and created what The Wall Street Journal calls "an informal news bureau of sorts."
Many of the reports were coming out in French and Malagasy. Rakotomalala began following events one day in early February which took him completely by surprise. At 12:40pm the mayor was quoted by a 28-year old bank cashier, Lalatiana Rahariniaina, who said "We people will take the power" (translated into English). At 2:33pm, Rahariniaina wrote in reference to soldiers guarding the palace, "Militaries are prepared to fire if needed." When shots rang out, at 2:46pm Rahariniaina wrote "Militaries shot from …" and then the message ended.
Rakotomalala was monitoring several blogs and tweets coming in from the events, translating them to English. His efforts are paying off as world-wide attention is now being given to the situation in Madagascar. Rakotomalala says, "Before, when you Googled my country, you just got the movie. We are correcting that."
Recently, courtrooms have started allowing real-time tweeting. And as famous people broadcast their lives, real-time news is also being generated for sporting events, social events and now political events.
People who have Twitter accounts should definitely learn how to use them on their mobile devices. During crucial local events, the ability to tweet real-time happenings could be an invaluable tool to investigators, family and friends, as well as an accurate historical account for future generations.
UPDATED: March 16, 2009 – 1:00pm CDTTo see the effectiveness of Twitter's tweeting on this even, here we read a static version of today's Madagascar happenings on Voice of America. And now compare to the tweeting of just one person, Ariniaina on Twitter, which at the time of this writing read:
#madagascar The chief of CEMGAM has declared on MaTV that all the civilians in Iavoloha have to leave the place cuz they are going to attack
about 2 hours ago from web
#madagascar Pakysse is in Antaninarenina now and is seeing lots of militaries and 5 tanks
about 2 hours ago from web
@thierry_ratsiz La Banque Centrale plus exactement
about 2 hours ago from web in reply to thierry_ratsiz
#madagascar The central bank has been attacked by militaries of TGV (src Radio MADA)
about 2 hours ago from web
#madagascar There are bangs of grenades or I don't know somewhere around Anosy or Antaninarenina (not sure) said a friend
about 2 hours ago from web
#madagascar Andry Rajoelina and TGV protesters disagree with the referendum
about 2 hours ago from web
A user named Dadandry has posted these tweets:
#Madagascar: Colonel André Ndriarijaona, chief of the mutineers, has ordered to all the civilians at Iavoloha presidential palace to leave
about 1 hour ago from web
#madagascar: 07.00pm Madagascar time, the mutineer militaries have attacked the central bank in Antaninarenina (downtown of Antananarivo)
about 2 hours ago from web
#madagascar: according to Radio Mada, the mutineer millitaries and the gendarmes will attack Iavoloha presidential palace tonight.
about 6 hours ago from web
#madagascar:there are "pirate" tv & radio which are disturbing the broadcasting of tvm & rnm(national tv&radio)
7:12 AM Mar 15th from txt
It should be noted that Madagascar (UTC+3) is 7 hours ahead of the U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Ariniaina's posts would've ended around 7pm at night, and Dadandry's posts would've ended around 8pm. See the Foko web-site for a link of several tweeters. Foko means, "It takes a village to raise an idea".
Considering the powerful nature of these unfolding events, some posts occurred within minutes of each other, which type of news would you rather follow for unfolding world events?
In my opinion, I believe there is some future for a website startup to begin sifting through Twitter posts, providing correlating information that can be searched, queried and consumed via regular update RSS feeds with paragraph summations of significant unfolding events. Twitter is on its way to changing the world.


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KAMPALA – As a multi-faith country, Uganda's population is predominantly Christian, accounting for 66 percent, while the rest is made up of Muslims, Hindus, Bahais, Jews and African traditional religions.
Over the years, Ruparelia Foundation has allocated substantial support to aid churches, mosques and other religious groups in improving service delivery in their communities.
Latest, the Foundation has on Monday donated bags of cement towards the completion of a Multipurpose building of the Archdiocese of Mbarara Development Association (AMDA) at Lubaga.
The building will among others host a multipurpose hall, business offices, priests houses and the Archbishop's Residence. Sunday
Donated bags of cement
The contribution was received by the treasurer of the construction committee, JB Kairukomusyo who lauded the Foundation for the caring heart towards the great causes.
In the recent past, the Rupareria Foundation has also contributed to the construction of churches such as the completion of Our Lady Grace Chapel, contributed to transport facilities such as Kizinga Church of Uganda's new vehicle, facilitated activities of religious leaders such as contributing to the Church of Uganda Archbishop's Emergency Fund which organised the "Farewell of the 7th Archbishop and Enthronement of the 8th Archbishop of Church of Uganda", as well as being part of the contributors at the launching ceremony of a book written by Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala.
Other contributions include maintenance of the Shree Jalaram Mandir (temple) by contributing to their 12-month expenditure, aiding in religious events such as contributing to the Eid celebrations, contributing to the festival of Ashtami Aarti Chadavo-Navratri – Shree Sanatan Dharma Mandal, working with the Saudi Embassy in contributing for the Holy Ramadhan among others.