Nearsightedness (Myopia) in Kids - Ophthalmologist Stephen Prepas M.D.
One of the most common problems I see in kids is something I'm quite familiar with (since I have it myself!): Myopia, which is commonly called nearsightedness. Those of us with this problem can see fine up close, but things get blurry at a distance. It is usually picked up during a vision-screening test at the pediatrician or at school, and it most commonly appears during the elementary school years. The problem is usually due to the size of the eye…the eye is too long! Two of the most typical facts about myopia are that is genetic (it runs in families) and it usually gets worse (as the child grows, the eye grows too).
Several studies out of the Far East (where the incidence of myopia approaches 100% in some areas, such as Singapore) show that myopia progresses faster in children that are always inside (whether studying, playing video games, playing music, etc.). There is something protective about having at least an hour of outside playtime. Whether this is due to the physical activity, the lack of near focusing, or just being out in the sunlight is not known, but being outside helps. So make sure your child doesn't study all the time!
A popular treatment with some practitioners is flattening out the front of the eye with hard contacts that the child wears at night. This is called Ortho Keratology or CRT (corneal reshaping therapy), and while it does seem to be effective, I have seen several problems (corneal scarring and infections), that make me never recommend it.
Other theories suggest that continued near focusing in itself can lead to progressive myopia, and three different treatments have been recommended. The first is to continually keep the child's eyes dilated with atropine (a long acting relative of the drops I use during the exam). While this can be effective, the potential side effects (both short term and long term) make me not support this treatment.
Another way to reduce near focusing in a child with nearsightedness is to prescribe bifocal glasses (or have the child take off the glasses when doing near work). While those of us that are over 45 need bifocals because we can't see up close with our distance glasses on, the idea here is to keep kids from focusing up close even though they can.
A recent study suggests that the same principle can apply to multifocal soft contact lenses. These contact lenses allow the patient to see up close without having to accommodate (close focus).
Fortunately (as far as I've heard!), no one is recommending Lasik for children. That is something you would never want to do on a growing eye!
So while, my opinion is that those of us with myopia are generally stuck with it, and it will probably get worse during the growing years, I don't feel it's such a bad problem. Just coming in once a year to make sure the glasses are right and not doing anything else is fine. But if you want to take a more active position, and do some of the safe suggestions for slowing down myopia in kids, I would suggest either taking off the glasses when reading, trying bifocals, or, for the kids at least nine years old, trying multifocal contacts lenses. The bifocals are annoying and the multifocal contacts aren't quite as clear as regular soft lenses, but I don't believe they are as harmful as the other options.
I'll be happy to discuss this further when I see you in the office!


Dr. Nathaniel Rickles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences. He completed a psychiatric pharmacy practice residency and is board certified in this area. His research focuses on the improvement of the role of pharmacy across various vulnerable and high risk populations in the community. Specifically, he is interested in factors that affect the development of pharmacist intervention programs to improve medication adherence and other patient outcomes and the development, implementation, and evaluation of intervention programs that improve pharmacist communication with other professionals and patients. Through his work, Dr. Rickles hopes to improve medication adherence and other patient outcomes. Dr. Rickles also explores educational methods to improve the teaching of communication skills to current and future pharmacists. His primary teaching interests involve courses on communication skills, health behavior and promotion, cross-cultural health care, and research methods. He has published in several peer-reviewed publications and presented at multiple local, national, and international meetings. In addition to his role as a faculty scholar at the IUHR, Dr. Rickles is the lead editor of the recently published second edition of the textbook Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care.
Rickles, N.M., Dube, G.L., McCarter, A., & Olshan, J.S. (In Press). Relationship between attitudes toward mental illness and the provision of pharmacy services. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.
Rickles, N.M., Brown, T.A., McGivney, M.S., Snyder, M.E., & White, K.A. (2010). Adherence: a review of education, research, practice, and policy in the United States. Pharmacy Practice, 8(1), 1-17.
Rickles, N.M., Tieu, P., Myers, L., Galal, S., & Chung, V. (2009). The impact of a standardized patient program on student learning of communication skills. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 73(1), 1-10.
Noland, C., & Rickles, N.M. (2009). Reflection and analysis of how pharmacy interns learn to communicate about medication errors. Health Communication, 74(4), 351-360.
Rickles, N.M., Svarstad, B.L., Statz-Paynter, J., Taylor, L.V., & Kobak, K. (2006). Improving patient feedback regarding antidepressant treatment: an experiment in eight community pharmacies. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 46(1), 25-32.
Rickles, N.M., Svarstad, B.L., Statz-Paynter, J., Taylor, L.V., & Kobak, K. (2005). Pharmacists' telemonitoring of antidepressant use: effects on patient feedback and other outcomes. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 45(3), 344-353.


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Iran deployed short-range missiles and drones to Iraq: Al-Qabas
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has deployed short-range missiles and drones to Iraq, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas reported, citing anonymous sources inside Iran.
According to the sources, the rockets in question were domestically-made Arash guided missiles and were delivered to facilities and camps of pro-Iran Iraqi armed groups.
The sources did not specify what type of drones were deployed, but noted that they were also produced in Iran and are stationed in high-security sites in Iraq's south.
The sources emphasised that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps could potentially use the hardware to hit targets within Iraq and in neighbouring countries in the coming weeks or after US President Donald Trump leaves the White House.
Al-Qabas also cites the sources as saying that Esmail Ghaani, head of the IRGC's Quds Force, raised the question during his visit to Iraq of retaliation for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's murder. Fakhrizadeh, a prominent nuclear scientist, was killed in November in an attack Iran believes was perpetrated by Israel.
The reported deployment of Iranian military hardware to Iraq comes amid renewed tensions between the US and Iran in the wake of an attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad, which Trump blamed on Iran.
Tehran has denied the accusations as groundless and false.
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SELECT 10 ordby, 'January' MonthName
UNION SELECT 11, 'February'
UNION SELECT 12, 'March'
UNION SELECT 1, 'April'
UNION SELECT 2,'May'
UNION SELECT 3,'June'
UNION SELECT 4,'July'
UNION SELECT 5,'August'
UNION SELECT 6,'September'
UNION SELECT 7,'October'
UNION SELECT 8,'November'
UNION SELECT 9,'December') monthList
left  JOIN (select YEAR(Date) [Year], MONTH(Date) [Month],DATENAME(MONTH,Date) [Month Name],sum(Amount)as amount
FROM transaction
where id=2 GROUP BY YEAR(Date), MONTH(Date),DATENAME(MONTH, Date) ) as t on t.[Month Name]=monthList.[Month Name])

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// Copyright 2020 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

/** @fileoverview Suite of tests for the Settings basic page. */

// clang-format off
import 'chrome://settings/settings.js';
import 'chrome://settings/lazy_load.js';

import {isChromeOS, isLacros} from 'chrome://resources/js/platform.js';
import {webUIListenerCallback} from 'chrome://resources/js/cr.js';
import {loadTimeData} from 'chrome://resources/js/load_time_data.m.js';
import {flush} from 'chrome://resources/polymer/v3_0/polymer/polymer_bundled.min.js';
import {CrSettingsPrefs, MetricsBrowserProxyImpl, pageVisibility, PerformanceBrowserProxyImpl, PrivacyGuideBrowserProxy, PrivacyGuideBrowserProxyImpl, PrivacyGuideInteractions, Router, routes, SettingsBasicPageElement, SettingsIdleLoadElement, SettingsPrefsElement, SettingsSectionElement, StatusAction, SyncStatus} from 'chrome://settings/settings.js';
import {assertEquals, assertFalse, assertTrue} from 'chrome://webui-test/chai_assert.js';
import {TestBrowserProxy} from 'chrome://webui-test/test_browser_proxy.js';
import {eventToPromise, isChildVisible, isVisible} from 'chrome://webui-test/test_util.js';
import {flushTasks} from 'chrome://webui-test/polymer_test_util.js';

import {TestMetricsBrowserProxy} from './test_metrics_browser_proxy.js';
import {TestPerformanceBrowserProxy} from './test_performance_browser_proxy.js';

// clang-format on
class TestPrivacyGuideBrowserProxy extends TestBrowserProxy implements
    PrivacyGuideBrowserProxy {
  constructor() {
    super([
      'getPromoImpressionCount',
      'incrementPromoImpressionCount',
    ]);
  }

  getPromoImpressionCount() {
    this.methodCalled('getPromoImpressionCount');
    return 0;
  }

  incrementPromoImpressionCount() {
    this.methodCalled('incrementPromoImpressionCount');
  }
}

suite('SettingsBasicPage', () => {
  let page: SettingsBasicPageElement;
  let settingsPrefs: SettingsPrefsElement;

  suiteSetup(function() {
    settingsPrefs = document.createElement('settings-prefs');
    return CrSettingsPrefs.initialized;
  });

  setup(async function() {
    document.body.innerHTML = window.trustedTypes!.emptyHTML;

    // Because some test() cases below call navigateTo(), need to ensure that
    // the route is being reset before each test.
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.BASIC);

    page = document.createElement('settings-basic-page');
    page.prefs = settingsPrefs.prefs!;
    // Don't show the privacy guide promo in regular tests.
    page.setPrefValue('privacy_guide.viewed', true);
    document.body.appendChild(page);
    page.scroller = document.body;

    // Need to wait for the 'show-container' event to fire after every
    // transition, to ensure no logic related to previous transitions is still
    // running when later transitions are tested.
    const whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);

    // Ensure that all settings-section instances are rendered.
    flush();
    await page.shadowRoot!
        .querySelector<SettingsIdleLoadElement>('#advancedPageTemplate')!.get();
    const sections = page.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('settings-section');
    assertTrue(sections.length > 1);

    await whenDone;
  });

  test('load page', function() {
    // This will fail if there are any asserts or errors in the Settings page.
  });

  test('basic pages', function() {
    const sections = [
      'appearance',
      'onStartup',
      'people',
      'search',
      'autofill',
      'safetyCheck',
      'privacy',
    ];
    if (!isChromeOS && !isLacros) {
      sections.push('defaultBrowser');
    }

    flush();

    for (const section of sections) {
      const sectionElement = page.shadowRoot!.querySelector(
          `settings-section[section=${section}]`);
      assertTrue(!!sectionElement, 'No sectionElement for section: ' + section);
    }
  });

  test('safetyCheckVisibilityTest', function() {
    function querySafetyCheckSection() {
      return page.shadowRoot!.querySelector('#safetyCheckSettingsSection');
    }

    // Set the visibility of the pages under test to their default value.
    page.pageVisibility = pageVisibility;
    flush();

    assertTrue(
        !!querySafetyCheckSection(),
        'Safety check section should be visible with default page visibility');
    // Set the visibility of the pages under test to "false".
    page.pageVisibility = Object.assign(pageVisibility || {}, {
      safetyCheck: false,
    });
    flush();

    assertFalse(!!querySafetyCheckSection());
  });

  function assertActiveSection(section: string) {
    const activeSections =
        page.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll<SettingsSectionElement>(
            'settings-section[active]');
    assertEquals(1, activeSections.length);
    assertEquals(section, activeSections[0]!.section);

    // Check that only the |active| section is visible.
    for (const s of page.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('settings-section')) {
      assertEquals(s === activeSections[0], isVisible(s));
    }
  }

  function assertActiveSubpage(section: string) {
    // Check that only the subpage of the |active| section is visible.
    const settingsPages = page.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll(
        `settings-section[active] settings-${section}-page`);
    assertEquals(1, settingsPages.length);
    const subpages =
        settingsPages[0]!.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('settings-subpage');
    assertEquals(1, subpages.length);
    assertTrue(isVisible(subpages[0]!));
  }

  test('OnlyOneSectionShown', async () => {
    // RouteState.INITIAL -> RoutState.TOP_LEVEL
    // Check that only one is marked as |active|.
    assertActiveSection(routes.PEOPLE.section);
    assertTrue(!!page.shadowRoot!.querySelector(
        'settings-section[active] settings-people-page'));

    // RouteState.TOP_LEVEL -> RoutState.SECTION
    // Check that navigating to a different route correctly updates the page.
    let whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.SEARCH);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertActiveSection(routes.SEARCH.section);
    assertTrue(!!page.shadowRoot!.querySelector(
        'settings-section[active] settings-search-page'));

    // Helper functions.
    function getCardElement() {
      return page.shadowRoot!.querySelector(
          'settings-section[active] settings-appearance-page');
    }

    function getDefault() {
      return getCardElement()!.shadowRoot!.querySelector(
          'div[route-path="default"].iron-selected');
    }

    function getSubpage() {
      return getCardElement()!.shadowRoot!.querySelector(
          'settings-subpage.iron-selected settings-appearance-fonts-page');
    }

    // RouteState.SECTION -> RoutState.SECTION
    whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.APPEARANCE);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertActiveSection(routes.APPEARANCE.section);
    assertTrue(!!getCardElement());
    assertTrue(!!getDefault());
    assertFalse(!!getSubpage());

    // RouteState.SECTION -> RoutState.SUBPAGE
    whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.FONTS);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertActiveSubpage(routes.APPEARANCE.section);
    assertTrue(!!getCardElement());
    assertFalse(!!getDefault());
    assertTrue(!!getSubpage());

    // RouteState.SUBPAGE -> RoutState.SECTION
    whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.APPEARANCE);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertActiveSection(routes.APPEARANCE.section);
    assertTrue(!!getCardElement());
    assertTrue(!!getDefault());
    assertFalse(!!getSubpage());

    // RouteState.SECTION -> RoutState.TOP_LEVEL
    whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.BASIC);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertActiveSection(routes.PEOPLE.section);

    // RouteState.TOP_LEVEL -> RoutState.SUBPAGE
    whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    // Navigate specifically to a subpage that is *not* a child of
    // TOP_LEVEL_EQUIVALENT_ROUTE .
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.COOKIES);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertActiveSubpage(routes.COOKIES.section);

    // RouteState.SUBPAGE -> RoutState.DIALOG when both reside under the same
    // SECTION.
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.CLEAR_BROWSER_DATA);
    await flushTasks();

    // RouteState.DIALOG -> RoutState.SUBPAGE
    whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.SYNC);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertActiveSubpage(routes.SYNC.section);

    // RouteState.SUBPAGE -> RoutState.DIALOG when they reside under different
    // sections.
    whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.CLEAR_BROWSER_DATA);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertPriacyActiveSections();
  });

  function assertPriacyActiveSections() {
    const activeSections =
        page.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll<SettingsSectionElement>(
            'settings-section[active]');
    assertEquals(3, activeSections.length);
    // Privacy guide promo.
    assertEquals(
        routes.PRIVACY.section,
        activeSections[0]!.getAttribute('nest-under-section'));
    assertFalse(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));
    // Safety check.
    assertEquals(routes.SAFETY_CHECK.section, activeSections[1]!.section);
    assertEquals(
        routes.PRIVACY.section,
        activeSections[1]!.getAttribute('nest-under-section'));
    // Privacy section.
    assertEquals(routes.PRIVACY.section, activeSections[2]!.section);
  }

  // Test cases where a settings-section is appearing next to another section
  // using the |nest-under-section| attribute. Only one such case currently
  // exists.
  test('SometimesMoreSectionsShown', async () => {
    const whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.PRIVACY);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    assertPriacyActiveSections();
  });
});

// TODO(crbug/1215630): Remove once the privacy guide promo has been removed.
suite('PrivacyGuidePromo', () => {
  let page: SettingsBasicPageElement;
  let settingsPrefs: SettingsPrefsElement;
  let testMetricsBrowserProxy: TestMetricsBrowserProxy;
  let privacyGuideBrowserProxy: TestPrivacyGuideBrowserProxy;

  suiteSetup(function() {
    settingsPrefs = document.createElement('settings-prefs');
    return CrSettingsPrefs.initialized;
  });

  setup(async function() {
    loadTimeData.overrideValues({showPrivacyGuide: true});
    privacyGuideBrowserProxy = new TestPrivacyGuideBrowserProxy();
    PrivacyGuideBrowserProxyImpl.setInstance(privacyGuideBrowserProxy);
    document.body.innerHTML = window.trustedTypes!.emptyHTML;
    page = document.createElement('settings-basic-page');
    page.prefs = settingsPrefs.prefs!;
    // The promo is only shown when privacy guide hasn't been visited yet.
    page.setPrefValue('privacy_guide.viewed', false);
    document.body.appendChild(page);
    page.scroller = document.body;
    testMetricsBrowserProxy = new TestMetricsBrowserProxy();
    MetricsBrowserProxyImpl.setInstance(testMetricsBrowserProxy);

    // Need to wait for the 'show-container' event to fire after every
    // transition, to ensure no logic related to previous transitions is still
    // running when later transitions are tested.
    const whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);

    // Ensure that all settings-section instances are rendered.
    flush();
    await page.shadowRoot!
        .querySelector<SettingsIdleLoadElement>('#advancedPageTemplate')!.get();
    const sections = page.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('settings-section');
    assertTrue(sections.length > 1);

    await whenDone;
  });

  test('load page', function() {
    // This will fail if there are any asserts or errors in the Settings page.
  });

  test('promoNotShown', async function() {
    loadTimeData.overrideValues({showPrivacyGuide: false});

    page.remove();
    page = document.createElement('settings-basic-page');
    page.prefs = settingsPrefs.prefs!;
    // The promo is only shown when privacy guide hasn't been visited yet.
    page.setPrefValue('privacy_guide.viewed', false);
    document.body.appendChild(page);

    await flushTasks();
    assertFalse(
        loadTimeData.getBoolean('showPrivacyGuide'),
        'showPrivacyGuide was not overwritten');
    assertFalse(
        isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'),
        'privacyGuidePromo is visible');
  });

  // Same as the SometimesMoreSectionsShown test in the suite above, but
  // including the privacy guide.
  test('SometimesMoreSectionsShownWithPrivacyGuide', async () => {
    const whenDone = eventToPromise('show-container', page);
    Router.getInstance().navigateTo(routes.PRIVACY);
    await whenDone;
    await flushTasks();
    await privacyGuideBrowserProxy.whenCalled('incrementPromoImpressionCount');

    const activeSections =
        page.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll<SettingsSectionElement>(
            'settings-section[active]');
    assertEquals(3, activeSections.length);
    // Privacy guide promo.
    assertEquals(
        routes.PRIVACY.section,
        activeSections[0]!.getAttribute('nest-under-section'));
    assertTrue(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));
    // Safety check.
    assertEquals(routes.SAFETY_CHECK.section, activeSections[1]!.section);
    assertEquals(
        routes.PRIVACY.section,
        activeSections[1]!.getAttribute('nest-under-section'));
    // Privacy section.
    assertEquals(routes.PRIVACY.section, activeSections[2]!.section);
  });

  test('privacyGuidePromoVisibilityChildAccount', function() {
    assertTrue(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));

    // The user signs in to a child user account. This hides the privacy guide
    // promo.
    let syncStatus:
        SyncStatus = {childUser: true, statusAction: StatusAction.NO_ACTION};
    webUIListenerCallback('sync-status-changed', syncStatus);
    flush();
    assertFalse(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));

    // The user is no longer signed in to a child user account. This doesn't
    // show the promo.
    syncStatus = {childUser: false, statusAction: StatusAction.NO_ACTION};
    webUIListenerCallback('sync-status-changed', syncStatus);
    flush();
    assertFalse(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));
  });

  test('privacyGuidePromoVisibilityManaged', function() {
    assertTrue(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));

    // The user becomes managed. This hides the privacy guide promo.
    webUIListenerCallback('is-managed-changed', true);
    flush();
    assertFalse(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));

    // The user is no longer managed. This doesn't show the promo.
    webUIListenerCallback('is-managed-changed', false);
    flush();
    assertFalse(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));
  });

  test('privacyGuidePromoNoThanksTest', function() {
    assertTrue(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));
    assertFalse(page.getPref('privacy_guide.viewed').value);

    // Click the no thanks button.
    const privacyGuidePromo =
        page.shadowRoot!.querySelector<HTMLElement>('#privacyGuidePromo')!;
    privacyGuidePromo.shadowRoot!.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
                                     '#noThanksButton')!.click();
    flush();

    // The privacy guide should be marked as seen and the promo no longer
    // visible.
    assertFalse(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));
  });

  test('privacyGuidePromoStartMetrics', async function() {
    assertTrue(isChildVisible(page, '#privacyGuidePromo'));

    // Click the start button.
    const privacyGuidePromo =
        page.shadowRoot!.querySelector<HTMLElement>('#privacyGuidePromo')!;
    privacyGuidePromo.shadowRoot!.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
                                     '#startButton')!.click();
    flush();

    const result = await testMetricsBrowserProxy.whenCalled(
        'recordPrivacyGuideEntryExitHistogram');
    assertEquals(result, PrivacyGuideInteractions.PROMO_ENTRY);
  });
});

suite('SettingsBasicPagePerformance', () => {
  let page: SettingsBasicPageElement;
  let performanceBrowserProxy: TestPerformanceBrowserProxy;

  function queryPerformanceSettingsSection(): SettingsSectionElement|null {
    return page.shadowRoot!.querySelector('#performanceSettingsSection');
  }

  function queryBatterySettingsSection(): SettingsSectionElement|null {
    return page.shadowRoot!.querySelector('#batterySettingsSection');
  }

  async function createNewBasicPage() {
    performanceBrowserProxy = new TestPerformanceBrowserProxy();
    PerformanceBrowserProxyImpl.setInstance(performanceBrowserProxy);

    document.body.innerHTML = window.trustedTypes!.emptyHTML;
    page = document.createElement('settings-basic-page');
    document.body.appendChild(page);
    flush();
    await page.shadowRoot!
        .querySelector<SettingsIdleLoadElement>('#advancedPageTemplate')!.get();
    const sections = page.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('settings-section');
    assertTrue(sections.length > 1);
  }

  test('performanceVisibilityTestFeaturesNotAvailable', async function() {
    loadTimeData.overrideValues({
      highEfficiencyModeAvailable: false,
      batterySaverModeAvailable: false,
    });
    await createNewBasicPage();
    // Set the visibility of the pages under test to their default value.
    page.pageVisibility = pageVisibility;
    flush();

    assertFalse(
        !!queryBatterySettingsSection(),
        'Battery section should not exist with default page visibility ' +
            'if feature flags are off');
    assertFalse(
        !!queryPerformanceSettingsSection(),
        'Performance section should not exist with default page ' +
            'visibility if feature flags are off');

    // Set the visibility of the pages under test to "false".
    page.pageVisibility = Object.assign(pageVisibility || {}, {
      performance: false,
    });
    flush();

    assertFalse(
        !!queryBatterySettingsSection(),
        'Battery section should not exist when visibility is false');
    assertFalse(
        !!queryPerformanceSettingsSection(),
        'Performance section should not exist when visibility is false');
  });

  test('performanceVisibilityTestFeaturesAvailable', async function() {
    loadTimeData.overrideValues({
      highEfficiencyModeAvailable: true,
      batterySaverModeAvailable: true,
    });
    await createNewBasicPage();
    // Set the visibility of the pages under test to their default value.
    page.pageVisibility = pageVisibility;
    flush();

    assertTrue(
        !!queryBatterySettingsSection(),
        'Battery section should exist with default page visibility if ' +
            'feature flags are on');
    assertTrue(
        !!queryPerformanceSettingsSection(),
        'Performance section should exist with default page visibility ' +
            'if feature flags are on');

    // Set the visibility of the pages under test to "false".
    page.pageVisibility = Object.assign(pageVisibility || {}, {
      performance: false,
    });
    flush();

    assertFalse(
        !!queryBatterySettingsSection(),
        'Battery section should not exist when visibility is false');
    assertFalse(
        !!queryPerformanceSettingsSection(),
        'Performance section should not exist when visibility is false');
  });

  test('performanceVisibilityTestFeaturesAvailable', async function() {
    loadTimeData.overrideValues({
      batterySaverModeAvailable: true,
    });
    await createNewBasicPage();
    page.pageVisibility = pageVisibility;
    flush();

    await performanceBrowserProxy.whenCalled('getDeviceHasBattery');
    const batterySettingsSection = queryBatterySettingsSection();
    assertTrue(!!batterySettingsSection);
    assertTrue(
        batterySettingsSection.hidden,
        'Battery section should be hidden at by default');

    // Simulate OnDeviceHasBatteryChanged from backend
    webUIListenerCallback('device-has-battery-changed', true);
    assertFalse(
        batterySettingsSection.hidden,
        'Battery section should be visible after being notified that the ' +
            'device has a battery');
  });
});

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The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality: Race and Regional Identity in Northeastern Brazil
by Stanley E. Blake
The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Getúlio Vargas, Stanley E. Blake offers original perspectives on the paradoxical concept of the nordestino and the importance of these debates to the process of state and nation building.
Since colonial times, the Northeast has been an agricultural region based primarily on sugar production. The area's population was composed of former slaves and free men of African descent, indigenous Indians, European whites, and mulattos. The image of the nordestino was, for many years, linked with the predominant ethnic group in the region, the Afro-Brazilian. For political reasons, however, the conception of the nordestino later changed to more closely resemble white Europeans.
Blake delves deeply into local archives and determines that politicians, intellectuals, and other urban professionals formulated identities based on theories of science, biomedicine, race, and social Darwinism. While these ideas served political, social, and economic agendas, they also inspired debates over social justice and led to reforms for both the region and the people. Additionally, Blake shows how debates over northeastern identity and the concept of the nordestino shaped similar arguments about Brazilian national identity and "true" Brazilian people.
"The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality changes the way we understand brasilidade, and thus Brazil. Blake shows how the Northeast was a created 'other,' providing a foil for a national idea of 'Brazilianness.' Yet as Blake shows, creations often lead to realities. Thus the invention of the nordestino gave urban professionals and government officials a justification for social reform programs aimed at improving what would become an essential aspect of Brazilian identity."
—Jeffrey Lesser, Emory University
"Blake brings a different approach to the topic by emphasizing the role of politicians, civil servants, urban professionals, scientists, and physicians in 'creating' northeastern regional identity. His very approach moves him to bring new sources, theory, and insights to the subject of regional and national identity and enables him to present political, scientific, and social history in a refreshing and compelling manner."
—James N. Green, Brown University
"A well-crafted and carefully executed study that brings a new approach to understanding the construction of an important Brazilian regional identity, using the lens of racial thought."
—Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History
"Blake's discussion of the construction of northeastern racial identity is a valuable addition to a field that tends to privilege the history of Brazil's economically dominant center-south. . . . What is new is the historic specificity that Blake brings to this topic, demonstrating the variable impact of both rapidly evolving intellectual trends and the political and economic exigencies of the time. . . . Superb in the details."
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Explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Getúlio Vargas, Stanley E. Blake offers original perspectives on the paradoxical concept of the nordestino and the importance of these debates to the process of state and nation building.
Stanley E. Blake is assistant professor of history at The Ohio State University at Lima.
University of Pittsburgh Press
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The two separate towns of Rajpur and Sonarpur in the South 24 Parganas district of the Indian State of West Bengal has been united to form the municipality of Rajpur Sonarpur. This small and emerging city comes under the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority or KMDA region. The area was earlier inhabited by the zamindars, who called the area "Rajar Puri," that translates to "Land of the Kings" in the regional language. The city is well connected to the nearby areas and lies in the vicinity of the metro city Kolkata. Rajpur Sonarpur is mostly a residential area and its residents mostly work in the service sector of the KMDA region. The Tripurasundari Temple in Boral area of Rajpur Sonarpur is a famous spot that attracts tourists as well as devotees. Many famous Bengali movies have been shot in and around this city. Rajpur Sonarpur city has a population of around 4 lakh and Bengali is the most commonly used language in the area.
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The first Paul George Memorial Tournament was began by the Muthoot Group in 2012, for children of the government schools in the Delhi NCR region. The winners of the tournament were awarded scholarships. The Muthoot M George Foundation conducted all of the philanthropic activities of Muthoot Finance through which it performs tree plantation drives and offers scholarships to the needy people regularly. The company also took the initiative on education, environment, health, financial assistance, and eco-friendliness through M George Foundation. The Muthoot Finance is associated with the concept of an E-toilet, which was a public sanitation initiative, with the aid of the Credai Clean City Movement. Along with that, the company also conducts agricultural seminars on a regular basis by the name of My Kitchen Garden to educate farmers on the effects of pesticide use in farming and how to control that for healthier living. The company has also actively helped cancer patients, as well as individuals diagnosed with the kidney diseases, by taking care of their medical expenses. The Muthoot Finance runs the "Horn Not Ok Please" initiative to raise awareness on the harmful effects of vehicular noise pollution. It has also established a Centre for creating road traffic and safety awareness and the prevention of traffic accidents at the office of Assistant Commissioner of Police in Kochi.


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Mokete who is very young and active is expected to be helped on the flanks by countrymen Souru Phatsoane and Amadou Ngom respectively, while Osiase William Koto plays the role as fourth referee.
The fear of elimination has already gripped several Kotoko supporters following their side's 1-0 victory over CARA in the first leg despite having four penalties awarded them by Senegalese referee Issah Sy.
According to reports in the local media, CARA have sworn to retaliate the alleged unfair treatment they went through in Ghana but Kotoko have already made arrangements to resist such actions.
Kotoko are expected to depart Ghana for Brazzaville on February 19 with a chartered flight ahead of the second leg after realising tickets for each player ranges between $1000 and $1,200 since they will have to make a transit in Ethiopia.
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Which game will come out on top?
Everyone is talking about Black Ops 4 at the moment, specifically Black Ops 4 Blackout which is going to be Activision's answer to Battle Royale and a new competitor for Fortnite and PUBG.
Treyarch unveiled the game to the world for the very first time during a community stream on May 17 and at the end of the broadcast we had a glimpse of Black Ops 4 Blackout which you can watch again below if you missed it live.
Blackout is going to incorporate all elements of previous Black Ops games, this includes weapons and elements of all previous maps – rolled into one huge battleground as you see with the 100 player war zones on the likes of PUBG and Fortnite.
It's no secret that everyone is playing Fortnite at the moment, so in turn it's no surprise to see Activision eager to want their slice of the cake and give fans a Call of Duty themed version of Battle Royale to play.
At the moment, Treyarch has not given specifics on the mode other than dropping the teaser video which you can see below. However, we do know that the scale of the Blackout map is going to be 1500 times bigger than Nuketown.
The developers have also teased on their video description that it's the biggest Call of Duty map ever and players will be able to navigate through it on a choice of land, sea and air vehicles.
We don't know how many players Black Ops 4 Blackout will support yet as the 100 player limit has not been confirmed just yet.
Just to throw one more bombshell out there, Treyarch has also confirmed that weapons and traps from zombies mode will also be supported in Black Ops 4 – so we're assuming wonder weapons will be accessible!
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Let us know your expectations of the mode, what you want to see personally which would make you buy the game and drop Fortnite and PUBG for it.


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Lovely variegation Shirley..shame it would get too big for my garden..I shall have to stick with the Euonymous !
You got 2 lovely evergreen shrubs there.
I háveď two golden Ligustrum on boh sides od a green hedge they are quite nice bit nôt so dense.
Good plants to lift a dark area and can be clipped too.
Sandra, as Dotty says, it can be clipped, so if it does get too much of a giant I'll have the shears at the ready!
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I roundly mocked voice search for such a long time.
And I argued internally at Distilled against it being an important trend.
I don't drive much, and almost never on my own; I commute on the train and most of my driving is with my family.
I work in an open-plan office without so much as a cubicle to shield my embarrassing experiments with voice search from the world.
I actually don't like using the phone much, so it may have passed me by that talking into that small device is a perfectly acceptable thing that normal people do.
In hindsight, perhaps this was the most shortsighted of all my arguments. Of course we don't always look entirely sensible holding a bit of technology up to our ears, but it seems like we have made it socially acceptable in most environments.
More importantly, I think that I underestimated the speed with which things can become socially normal. I'm personally more up for trying this kind of new thing than most, and I think I underestimated everyone else's willingness to try new things.
I increasingly make calls on my computer. Between Google+ Hangouts, Skype, and GoToMeeting, I probably average 2-3/day, so even in my cubicle-less existence it's becoming more and more normal for me to talk to my computer.
"Delete word back. DELETE WORD BACK. Screw it."
My imagined future of voice search had all kinds of similar problems. While some people are reporting that third parties can activate Google Glass, I imagine that is just teething difficulties.
All of this gives Google ever-increasing ability to get the query right by appending context and other information to it.
Of all the many things that should impress me (like Google's ability to return results for a never-seen-before query in a fraction of a second), conversational search is perhaps one of the more gimmicky in its current incarnation.
All of this makes me think that query correction may not be needed too much, and when it is, it may not be too much of a problem. It's already quicker than typing for relatively easily spoken mid-length queries.
In actuality, the clumsiness of voice input appears to be a driving force behind Google relying less on the query itself and more on the implicit and explicit input from the user.
Voice search is a powerful driver towards queryless search and (more importantly, I think) query-enhanced search, where sparse input information is combined with ambient and personal information to return the results you need right now.
Is voice search the future, then?
I think it's part of the future. I don't see it cannibalising much of desktop search, where I imagine it'll remain a novelty or an add-on, and I expect much of the its application to mobile search is incremental on top of more complex written queries.
The more important part in my mind is the impact of the technology it takes to power voice search. The fact that Google can roll out voice search this effective speaks not only to their natural language processing ability but also to the maturity of their ability to understand the web.
What should we do as marketers?
As web marketers, we need to realise that the dumb robot we've been considering all these years is rapidly becoming smarter. I think the actions for marketers have far less to do with voice search itself than with a real understanding of the underlying technology.
...and that's from over two years ago. It's quite stunning how far Google's understanding of the web has come, and technologies like Google Now are highlighting ability to put it all together.
Conceptually, I think we need to change our mindset around keywords. "(not provided)" isn't the only thing taking away query information; queries will increasingly be composed largely of implicit information alongside the explicit query.
Even if "(not provided)" rolled back (some chance!), we would still be left with less and less information to explain why and how a particular visitor arrived on our site and why we ranked for them. I see analytics and reporting moving towards a content- and user-centric model (across repeat visits and across devices), and moving away from a transactional, session-based view of keywords. You can set yourself up for future success by moving towards content-centric metrics now, and by implementing user-centric tracking with your analytics platform of choice (or waiting for it to come to universal analytics).
I'm looking forward to some disagreement in the comments, but remember: there's a lot of science left to come.
I think the key comment is "I think it's part of the future." Obviously once it gets better, it will be used more frequently. Specifically being used while doing tasks that reuires the use of hands (ie - driving).
I am damn sure, Google Voice Search will not be an effective option to search anything, we have different different ascent around the globe and most of them are quite different from each other, i appreciate Google for launching a new features but it would be foolish to expect an appropriate result from Google Voice Search.
Ended up here by backtracking links to my blog. Found your article and had to read!
I'm looking for an inexpensive way to add transcripts to my videos, but the answer wasn't here!
supplied transcripts (some don't make a lot of sense!) and their soon to be voice chat and Hangouts.
I think the audio searches will always have a problem because of regional accents...but it is definitely on its way.
Whether we appreciate it or not.
Did everyone hear that Bing is going to power Siri voice search? This is going to be interesting.
I think it has a place but personally haven't used it that much - will make an effort to give it a try.
I'm not sure it likes British accents, but maybe background noise was making it harder.
I think we will use voice search in the future the same way it was used in Star Trek.
Probably we won't say "Computer ... " will say "Ok Google .." but it's the same thing.
I belive we are only in the early stages of voice search, in the Ubiquitous computing era that will soon come, we will probably use only or mostly voice search.
Hi Will! You are putting light on the future by posting such content regarding the voice search and I think those days are not far away when technology will change the whole insight of things and we will step forward in the more advanced world. Still the voice recognition feature is added in most of the Smartphones and people are using this feature to write text messages.
Google glasses looks stupid on you, even if you're Barack Obama.
Google glasses looks stupid. period.
I think voice recognition has a way to go before voice search would be something everyone is interested. A lot of customer service phone lines use this and I always have to repeat what I'm saying multiple times; I'd much rather use the keypad.
This is new era so we should respect new technology that is on our way. However there is need some amendments but still i like voice search. Thanks for sharing all thoughts.
I've gone through some unpleasant experience of this Voice Search which made me use my keyword and brought back to the traditional way of searching. I'm little worried about personal speech recognition and voice modulation for err proof voice search. Considering this, all I can say is Future is not way too far for exceptional ways of searching..
Someday voice and other innovative search and/or communication methods, will be the primary tool. But as of now, not really.
Communication is meant to be easy. It is far easier to say something than to write it, and we are moving away from button based communication.
E.g. the touch based and voice activated devices replaces buttons on mobile phones.
I think more voice searches will come from people on mobiles in need of something soon, like your grocery store or soccer game examples.
More Schema.org markups will be used due to needing information faster.
Searches will still happen on Non-mobile computers where people type in longer queries.
Implicit queries are on the way, which will affect the "long tail," I just don't know how or when. These are 100% guesses and am open to other ideas about voice search's relationship with the "long tail."
I would love voice search to work and to work well. Smart phones don't work for everyone (me included) so asking for something would be much better than giving my phone a techno melt down when my finger touches it!
Saying that, 20 years ago I was testing voice recognition so the company I worked for could save money, sack all the secretaries and everyone would talk at their computer which would then produce our reports and letters - it didn't work!
If 3D can finally be sorted out, I guess voice search can as well.
You are spot on with conversational search. Voice recognition technology is quickly moving from a set of pre-defined commands to a free form recognition based on usage patterns (we have been testing voice recognition software in 9 different languages for more than a year and experience this first hand). Based on how this technology is evolving will quickly change how we search and as a results how content is being optimized.
Lets say I need a plumber. The traditional search query for such a need "plumber Vancouver" will be replaced with "Find me a plumber" or "Where is a plumber" as we speak to our devices more and more naturally. Google is not quite ready for this, as searching for "where is a plumber" returns a Wikipedia entry for me - "joe the plumber" - at the moment. This suggests that it is still mostly Voice --> text --> query --> result but will not stay that way for long.
Voice and motion interaction will only grow. It may be awkward to us (for now) but will be natural to today's kids.
Has anyone seen this happening (the microphone stuff)?
Your article had a lot of great points! I always thought people looked stupid using blue tooth but then when Siri came out it seemed to suddenly become cool again. Interesting to see how it continuous to improve.
Great post Will! First off, it's good to see that other people are able and willing to admit when they are wrong about something. We don't admit our mistakes nearly as often as we make the mistakes, so it is really refreshing to see it, especially in such a public space. Thanks!
Secondly, I have similar reservations about voice search. I already don't care for phones and I find standard search so easy as it is that I don't see the need for voice search. BUT--that doesn't mean it isn't going to become more and more useful, especially as mobile becomes more and more the primary tech used for communication and accessing information. It really is something that is going to impact the search marketing industry whether we like it or not.
I really don't think Voice search is the future, from my testings it doesn't really understand much of my British accent as off right now. Though I can see it being developed for Glass nicely in the future, as off right now.. It's a pretty horrific way of searching and I think I can type faster then I can speak (That's probably from my Geeky few years of being a Gamer and SEO though).
Rand too was thinking the same about Voice Search. At least that is what he was saying almost one year ago answering to my question about it (and everything mobile) in my The State of SEO post here on Moz (last question: "the future").


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Alomar is a friend of Primus and one of the two guardians of the Compass. Along with Primus's spiritual attendant, he resides in the Abbey of Galdebar.
As Primus died in Ren's arms on the shores of Octopon, he told Ren to seek Alomar; unthinking, Ren assumed Alomar was a man. But Alomar's appearance serves as a lesson to Ren, showing him that things are not always as they seem.
Alomar breathes fire over a wall to reveal a set of runes. Through them, he explains the Quest for the Treasures of Rule to Ren. But just moments later, Bloth's pirates break into the abbey. Alomar offers to hold them off to give Ren and Niddler a chance to escape, and he dies at their hands.


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This outlet trebled the number of real ales on offer - great news as well as now being a member of CAMRA's LocAle scheme. Guest beers will aim to be one light, one best and one dark. The drinking area comprises several distinct spaces around a central bar with a lot of original wood panelling. Free wi-fi. Children welcome until 17.00. Pub quiz first Mon every month. They are now doing a loyalty card – buy 10 get one free. DJ - Fri/Sat. Impressive Sunday roasts.


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LCWR 2016: Looking beyond the horizon of a post-contemporary religious life
by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
LCWR President Marcia Allen, CSJ, addressed the assembly Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia, asking members to think about what kind of conference will serve a post-contemporary religious life. (GSR/Dawn Araujo-Hawkins)
Atlanta, Georgia — During the first full day of the 2016 Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly, August 10, participants were challenged to explore the future of religious life and reinvent the annual gathering in the face of rapidly declining membership.
LCWR President Marcia Allen minced no words in describing the demographic reality confronting women religious in the U.S. In her address to the approximately 800 attendees in Atlanta, she wove a series of vignettes focused on the theme of this year's assembly: "Embracing the Mystery - Living Transformation."
"We are keeping a brave face on it, but the truth is that the very thing that makes the conference possible and necessary is disappearing," Allen said. The Sister of St. Joseph cited data from the National Religious Retirement Office, showing the number of men and women religious in the U.S. has dropped from 107,000 to 49,000 in the last 20 years -- and will be fewer than 29,000 by 2025.
And yet, Allen said, this is not a cause for despair.
Read the full story at Global Sisters Report.
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The Myth of the Holy Hierarchy
Remembering UK scientist R. J. "Sam" Berry (1934–2018), a real scientist with real faith.
Ruth Bancewicz| April 27, 2018
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"As a Christian at university, I was faced with a hierarchy of possibilities. The really holy people became missionaries, the rather holy people were ordained, and the fairly holy people became teachers; the 'also rans' did all the other jobs in the world," so wrote R. J. Berry in his book Real Science, Real Faith. Having discovered that he either couldn't or shouldn't do any of the "holy" jobs, Berry, known to most as Sam, eventually realized "that we have all been given different talents and callings, and that there is not (and should not be) such a thing as a typical or normal Christian."
Sam Berry was anything but a normal Christian. He attended his local church regularly, went to the monthly prayer meetings whenever he could, and served on the church council. For the last 30 years of his life he was licensed to preach, and for about 20 years he took part in national synod meetings. This would have been a huge commitment on top of a regular job and raising three children, but Sam was a high-capacity person who was not content to conform to the stereotype of "also-ran"—those who run races but never win. He demonstrated to the best of his ability that every single Christian is in full-time ministry.
As professor of genetics at University College London, Sam studied island populations (especially mice), which often involved field trips to remote Scottish islands. He was a distinguished biologist and published work on evolutionary and ecological genetics, biodiversity, and conservation biology, and was the president of several prestigious scientific societies. His final academic contribution, a book titled Environmental Attitudes Through Time was published this month by Cambridge University Press, just a few weeks after his death at the age of 84. I attended the service of thanksgiving for his life, which included a tribute from his colleague Professor Steve Jones—himself a renowned biologist and communicator. Jones's contribution was all the more remarkable because he is well-known for his rejection of faith yet was able to celebrate such a well-known Christian's scientific achievements and recognize that he had "gone to a better place."
Another hang-up for Sam as a student had been the pressure to share his faith in a particular way. Realizing that he "had none of the gifts possessed by some of getting alongside people and proclaiming Christ," he recognized that this was "not an excuse to avoid living and speaking for Christ at every available opportunity." One of the ways he did this was by thinking deeply about how science and faith can work together: speaking, writing, and editing books on the subject.
His first science-faith book was on the compatibility of evolutionary biology and the Genesis story. This has been a difficult and sometimes painful question for many biologists in evangelical churches, and Sam's first book Adam and the Ape in 1975 helped many people to think through the issues. In his 2007 Faraday paperCreation and Evolution Not Creation or Evolution he wrote, "When we put together faith and reason, we can join with the whole creation in praising our maker and redeemer, and rejoice in the wholeness which is the true end of humanity. We do not have to choose between evolution or creation; biblical faith leads us to affirming both."
The question of miracles can also be a tricky one for scientists, and when there was controversy over a senior bishop in the Church of England rejecting certain miracles, Sam stepped in. His 1984 letter to the Times, signed by 13 other senior scientists and academics, stated, "It is not logically valid to use science as an argument against miracles. To believe that miracles cannot happen is as much an act of faith as to believe that they can." This stirred up a hornet's nest of debate in the scientific community that ran over multiple issues of the journal Nature. I am personally glad that such a senior scientist was willing to nail his colors to the mast so clearly.
When he "retired," the majority of Sam's energy was devoted to caring for creation. He was one of a generation who realized that we will face serious problems if we fail to rein in our consumption of natural resources. Drawing on his experience as a geneticist and a naturalist, he became one of the founders of the UK Christian environmental movement. I remember his excitement when he managed to gather a group of senior leaders for a meeting where they could learn about the issues we need to face if we are to tend and keep the earth God has entrusted to us (Gen. 2:15).
Sam was one of the founders of the John Ray Initiative, an organization that aims to help people understand the Christian imperative to care for creation, and he was heavily involved in the Christian conservation charity A Rocha. It is hard to defend the intrinsic value of an ecosystem without some sort of faith or philosophical commitment, and Sam taught that "to a Christian, nature is valuable because it is God's—created by him and declared to be good." He believed very strongly that caring for creation is just as much a Christian act as meeting together as a church on a Sunday.
Toward the end of his career in science, Sam won the UK Templeton Award for "long and distinguished advocacy of the Christian faith among scientists." The student who gave a tribute at his service of thanksgiving was just one of the many people who are very glad that Sam had not been ordained or become a teacher or an overseas missionary. When I was a graduate student, I also appreciated his example: Sam showed us that it is indeed possible to be a real scientist and have a real Christian faith.
Dr Ruth M. Bancewicz is a Senior Research Associate at The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge, UK. Her PhD is in Genetics, and she has worked at Edinburgh University as well as the UK-based professional group Christians in Science. Ruth blogs at www.scienceandbelief.org.
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As part of a continuing relationship with C-Bro Ltd. Development Group, FitzGerald—in concert with CB Richard Ellis—has provided services to aid in the leasing of available commercial space in One Bell Valley Commons, a 70,000 square foot Class A office building in Cherry Valley, Illinois designed by Cody Design Group (now part of FitzGerald Associates Architects). As a result of that tenant search, FitzGerald has recently been retained by Network Medical Review Company to develop space plans for the 10,400 square foot office with future option to expand into an adjacent 3,600 square foot space.
FitzGerald has been retained to provide architectural services for a 14,000 square foot Class 100,000 clean room for Medline within their existing industrial facility in Waukegan, Illinois. This is the second such clean room FitzGerald has been retained to work on in the last six months, and both are recent examples of a successful ongoing relationship between Medline Industries and FitzGerald across several facilities. The facility will be an expansion of their existing medical implement packaging facility and will incorporate specialized sterile manufacturing equipment. The space is designed with specialized floor and wall finishes, monitored HVAC systems, secure clean material transfer spaces, and environmentally-isolated entry vestibules.


Growing up I trained as a classical ballerina, danced professionally, traveled the world, got injured and quit. Not knowing what to do with myself I switched gears graduated college and entered the workforce where my day to day takes place in a world of numbers, guidelines, and structure. Realizing that I still need a creative outlet to maintain a balanced, fulfilled life, I began to paint. I allowed myself to freely create, regurgitating my emotions, highs, and lows, dreams, and fears onto a canvas. My creations are an extension of who I am, they are my soul stories.
I am inspired by creation, original ideas and ways of thinking. I am inspired by adventure, new faces, and new places. I am inspired by passion and perseverance, love and loss…..I am inspired by extremes.


0. binomTools - The binomTools package provides a collection of diagnostic methods for binomial regression models.
6. factorplot - factorplot provides numerical and graphical summaries of factor-level differences in GLMs. It produces all pairwise hypotheses tests with either the exact pairwise difference and variance or user-supplied quasi-variances or floating absolute risks.
7. DirichletReg - Dirichlet Regression - This project implements Dirichlet regression models for the analysis of compositional data. Starting with the basic fit routines, new functions (model selection, graphics, etc.) will be added and tested here, before being submitted to CRAN.
8. afex - Analysis of Factorial Experiments - This project has the goal to provide convenience functions for analyzing factorial experiments, namely provide convenience tools for ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses with type 2 and type 3 sums of squares for classical ANOVA and lmer().
13. causality - My project is to create packages r to analyze the causal effects, because it is very important to study the relations among the variables for understanding the mechanisms that underlie the various phenomena.


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Music exists partly to challenge those authorities (i)
[…] In order to understand the
dynamics of reggae, however, a clear understanding of Rastafari must be
grasped. Reggae is an auditory representation of the experience of
Rastafari which is based on the mystical union of the human and the
divine. Rastafari, like many syncretized religions of the African
diaspora seeks a unity (inity) of the personal, social, and intrapersonal aspects of being. This inity is expressed in the concept of InI,
which depending on the context, could refer to the individual, the
community, or divinity located in the personage of His Imperial
Majesty, Haile Selassie I, Jah Ras Tafari. Everything begins and ends
with InI.
As Dawes explains, "Rastafarianism represents a fundamental break with
traditional and conventional Judaeo-Christianity. It redefines the
meaning of deity and recasts the figure of God in terms that are
antithetical to colonial representations of the Christian godhead. By
establishing a god in Haile Selassie, Rastafarianism breaks away from
the patterns of conventional Christianity that operate in Jamaica and
brings into being a new and very elaborate series of modern myths"
(98). Rastafari's insistence on the validity of individual experience,
the indwelling god, "I," whose union with the ever living God, "I",
provided an intellectual and experiential basis
to its claims. There was no difference between "I" and "I". The
Cartesian mind/body split and the "I" and "Thou" of Buber were
obliterated. As Dawes further states, "This lends to reggae a defiant
but complex mythology and offers the reggae influenced artist an
approach to art that allows for a dialogue between the political and
the spiritual. Essentially, this quality in reggae defies much of the
binarism that characterises much of western discourse" (99). In other
words, the legitimacy of a reggae influenced artist's work would be based on her depiction of the experiences of the landscape, peoples, religions and cultures of the Caribbean or Plantation America […]
That's from Geoffrey Philp's "Reggae, Rastafari and Aesthetics" (via Planet Grenada) and it went well for me this evening with Spinner's "Sinead O'Connor Gives a Lesson in 'Theology'"
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First and foremost as a way of using language
Weird Al Yankovic – White and Nerdy Live
Mary Bucholtz, a linguist at the University of California,
Santa Barbara, has been working on the question for the last 12 years.
She has gone to high schools and colleges, mainly in California, and
asked students from different crowds to think about the idea of
nerdiness and who among their peers should be considered a nerd;
students have also "reported" themselves. Nerdiness, she has concluded,
is largely a matter of racially tinged behavior. People who are
considered nerds tend to act in ways that are, as she puts it,
"hyperwhite." […]
That's how Benjamin Nugent's New York Times essay "Whos [sic] A Nerd?" begins.
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Follow the Chosen People as they enter the Promised Land of Israel. Meet Moses' right hand man Joshua, King David, a man 'after God's own heart', as well as Samuel, Ruth, prophets, priests and kings. We also meet villains like Jezebel, Manassah, and General Sisera. Along the way we will review the rich history of Israel as they learn what it means to be God's People. From the Conquest of Canaan until the Return from Exile: you will not be bored as you follow this adventure in holiness and nation building.


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Community in South Lanarkshire Could see
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Considerate developer Banks Renewables has won backing from council planners for a wind farm which would provide around £8.9 million of funding for nearby rural communities.
The Hamilton-based company is a step closer to realising plans for a wind farm at Kype Muir, south of Strathaven after it was supported by South Lanarkshire Council.
A final decision on the 26 turbine development will be made by the Scottish Government consents unit, but the council's backing is a significant milestone in the process.
Colin Anderson, director at Banks Renewables said: "We are delighted the council has decided to support our application after a long and exhaustive process of assessing it.
"We don't just create wind farms, we forge long-lasting partnerships with the communities where we operate to bring real opportunities and benefits to local families and businesses.
"If Kype Muir Wind Farm is given the go-ahead by the Scottish Government, as we hope it will be, South Lanarkshire Council will be an essential partner in supporting the local communities around Kype Muir deliver the major projects and local improvements they would like to see and are now made possible by the funding from their local wind farm."
The fund outlined by Banks Renewables would be one of the most generous drawn up as part of a Scottish wind farm development and could deliver training and apprenticeship schemes to help up to 1000 local young people into work.
The firm is offering community funding of 1.5 per cent of the gross annual revenue from the wind farm – up to £8.9 million over the 25 year lifetime of the site – money that would support local communities within a 10km radius of Kype Muir.
Colin added: "One of the biggest concerns people have voiced is about the jobs situation in the area. So, we are working with South Lanarkshire Council to develop a major, targeted employment initiative for the local communities around Kype Muir.
"This is likely to focus on 18-25 year olds, who have been one of the hardest hit groups through the recession and would, subject to us securing the agreement of the local communities over the coming months, involve substantial annual funding for a range of apprenticeships, scholarships and graduate job location initiatives."
It is estimated that during the 25 year life of the wind farm, £200,000 a year could be contributed from the Kype Muir Wind Farm community fund to the initiative.
Colin added: "This major jobs initiative could help get up to 1000 young people into employment and all of us at Banks Renewables are excited about the possibility of helping families and businesses around Kype Muir not just in the short term, but for many years to come."
The firm is seeking permission to install 26 turbines on the site, which is in an area identified by the Council as suitable for wind farm development. Each turbine would be up to 132m high.
If approved, the wind farm would generate enough power to meet the annual electricity requirements of 50,000 homes. Annually it would remove around 99,400 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere that would be released producing that energy by non-renewable means.
Power generated by wind farms will help Scotland continue to enjoy the constant, reliable energy supply upon which our lifestyle depends – and have already reduced reliance on fossil fuels imported from unstable overseas markets.
As part of its deeply rooted development with care philosophy, Banks Renewables has already undertaken lengthy consultations with the local communities surrounding the development.
The community fund would be administered through South Lanarkshire Council's Renewable Energy Fund, which would receive £2500 per MW per year, alongside a new local community fund which would be set up by Banks Renewables.
A local community advisory body would also be set up to make recommendations to the Council in respect of applications made to the Renewable Energy Fund and to specifically ensure that this major annual funding gets invested in projects and initiatives that matter to the local people around Kype Muir.
As well as the community fund, Banks Renewables anticipates that construction of the wind farm would result in tenders worth around £17m being put out to the Scottish construction industry, with local businesses encouraged to tender for the work.
Colin added: "We have gone to great lengths over the last two years to work with local people around the design of the Kype Muir scheme.
"We've listened to their queries and ideas, while developing a planning application that is both environmentally acceptable for its location and of benefit for all parties involved. We hope to be here for the long term and we'll keep listening to what local people say."
Banks Renewables is part of the Banks Group (www.banksgroup.co.uk), a family firm founded in 1976, which now employs 380 people in the renewable energy, property and mining sectors. The company's development with care approach underpins all community consultation and ensures environmental excellence.
Contact: Holyrood PR
Website: http://www.holyroodpr.co.uk


After recapturing the city from the Moors, the Christians took the urbanistic task of building up what was to be the urban and social centre of the town: The Plaza de los Naranjos which was the city's key point and the noble zone of social life.
Apart from the Hermitage or Santiago and the Town Hall, both still existing inns, the House of the Burgomaster and various mansions.
The Orange Tree Square takes its present name from its picture orchard of orange trees planted in 1941 that substituted the palm-trees which had replaced the horse chestnuts.


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Gov. Newsom will call special legislative session to impose windfall tax on oil companies
Updated: 6:27 PM PDT Oct 7, 2022
Ashley Zavala
California Capitol Correspondent
EXPLAIN. >> THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES. HE'S ORDERING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION AFTER THE ELECTION. >> IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS. I'M SICK OF THIS. >> IS CALLING STATE LAWMAKERS. HE WANTS THEM TO PASS THE PROFITS TAX ON OIL COMPANIES. THE MONEY COLLECTED WOULD GO BACK TO CONSUMERS. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU. ANY OF YOU. OPEC-PLUS DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. IT'S ALL ABOUT SHORT TERM, EXTRACTING MONEY FROM PEOPLE. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY DAM DISGRACEFUL. WHICH SIDE ARE WE ON. >> NEWSOM SAYS THIS LOGISTICALLY MAKES IT BECAUSE LAWMAKERS WERE ALREADY SCHEDULED TO COME BACK FOR JUST THAT DAY -- THAT JUST -- JUST THAT DAY. HE SAYS HIS OFFICE WANTS TO SPEND TIME ON THE PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE IT LEGALLY SOLID. NEWSOM WOULD NOT SAVE THE UPCOMING ELECTION PLAYED A ROLE IN HIS DECISION. OIL COMPANIES HAVE WENT IT OUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUES THAT HAVE MADE IT HARD TO REFINE OIL AND IMPORT GASOLINE. IF THIS WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A POLITICAL STUNT, THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT WAIT TWO MONTHS AND WILL CALL THE SPECIAL SESSION NOW FOR THE ELECTION. THIS INDUSTRY IS READY RIGHT NOW TO WORK ON REAL SOLUTIONS TO ENERGY COSTS AND REALITY -- AND RELIABILITY OF THAT IS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT -- GOVERNOR TRULY WANTED. >> NOTHING JUSTIFIES THIS -- THESE OUTRAGEOUS PRICES. THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOU AND FLEECING YOU FOR BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. >> WE KNOW VALERO RESPONDED AND VALERO SAID CALIFORNIA IS THE MOST CHALLENGING MARKET TO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES. EXACTLY HOW THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL WOULD WORK AND HOW SOON IT WOULD GO INTO EF
Gov. Gavin Newsom will call state lawmakers back to Sacramento for a special session in response to rising gas prices.The session will take place on Dec. 5. "It's time to get serious, I'm sick of this," Newsom said on Friday. "This is one of the greatest fleecings for consumers in world history."The governor has requested the Legislature approve a measure that would require oil companies to pay back excessive profits to consumers through a new tax. The Legislature finished policymaking for the year on Aug. 31 and can't begin action on proposals until January, unless the governor calls the special legislative session.(Earlier coverage in video above.)Newsom said Friday he chose Dec. 5 because that is when the Legislature was already scheduled to reconvene briefly to swear-in new state lawmakers after the election. He said his office wants time to make sure the proposal is on solid, legal ground in anticipation of lawsuits from the oil industry. The measure would require approval from two-thirds of the Legislature. Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San Jose, proposed a similar measure in March that stalled soon after it was introduced. Although Newsom intervened in other, climate-related proposals toward the end of the legislative session, he did not get involved with Lee's.Top Democratic lawmakers, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, said in a statement that they looked forward to Newsom's "detailed proposal" and referenced inflation relief payments that have begun to hit bank accounts.| MORE | California inflation relief payments start going out"The gas rebates that are beginning to roll out today to Californians were a huge step in helping ease the brunt of rising fuel costs, and we will continue to examine all other options to help consumers," they said. "As stated last week, a solution that takes excessive profits out of the hands of oil corporations and puts money back into the hands of consumers deserves strong consideration by the Legislature."California Assembly GOP leader James Gallagher and Vince Fong, the Assembly Budget Committee vice chair argued in a letter Friday for Newsom to not call the special session.They said that if Newsom does take that action, lawmakers should suspend the state's gas tax instead. Newsom's latest policy push comes after California's Energy Commission demanded answers from the state's major oil companies in response to spiking gas prices. Oil groups have said the latest spike in the state is the result of supply and demand issues.In a response letter to the state, PBF Energy's Senior Vice President Paul Davis pointed to California's mounting restrictions that have made it harder to refine oil and import gasoline.Valero leaders noted in their letter, post-pandemic supply and demand has presented recent challenges. "California is the most challenging market to serve in the United States for several reasons," wrote Scott Folwarkow, the company's Vice President of State Government Affairs.The Western States Petroleum Association on Friday said that a "better use" of a special legislative session would be to "take a hard look at decades of California energy policy and what they mean to consumers and our economy.""If this was anything other than a political stunt, the governor wouldn't wait two months, and would call the session now," their statement said. "This industry is ready to work on real solutions to energy costs and reliability if that is what the governor is truly interested in."The rise in gas prices comes weeks after the governor and state lawmakers passed a sweeping set of climate bills, some that will significantly reduce the state's use of oil and gas over the next two decades. When asked if he thinks the spike in gas prices is pay back for the legislation he signed, Newsom noted the oil industry has launched a referendum against one of those proposals that establishes new set-backs for oil drilling away from communities. "I thought that was payback, that's how these guys operate," Newsom said. "These guys are playing us for fools, they have been for decades."The Republican National Committee released the following statement: "Gavin Newsom calling a special session to create a new tax on gasoline is the epitome of what's wrong with California Democrats. Newsom and his supermajority are trying to distract voters from the fact that their policies made gas prices so high, but creating a new tax that will inevitably be handed down to taxpayers in the midst historic inflation is a failing strategy." | MORE | Here's why gas prices vary from gas station to gas station--KCRA 3's Daniel Macht contributed to this report.
Gov. Gavin Newsom will call state lawmakers back to Sacramento for a special session in response to rising gas prices.
The session will take place on Dec. 5.
"It's time to get serious, I'm sick of this," Newsom said on Friday. "This is one of the greatest fleecings for consumers in world history."
BREAKING: Governor Gavin Newsom will call a special legislative session December 5th to impose a windfall tax on oil companies in California.
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) October 7, 2022
The governor has requested the Legislature approve a measure that would require oil companies to pay back excessive profits to consumers through a new tax. The Legislature finished policymaking for the year on Aug. 31 and can't begin action on proposals until January, unless the governor calls the special legislative session.
(Earlier coverage in video above.)
Newsom said Friday he chose Dec. 5 because that is when the Legislature was already scheduled to reconvene briefly to swear-in new state lawmakers after the election. He said his office wants time to make sure the proposal is on solid, legal ground in anticipation of lawsuits from the oil industry.
NEW: I'm calling for a Special Session to address the greed of oil companies. Gas prices are too high. Time to enact a windfall profits tax directly on oil companies that are ripping you off at the pump.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) October 7, 2022
The measure would require approval from two-thirds of the Legislature. Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San Jose, proposed a similar measure in March that stalled soon after it was introduced. Although Newsom intervened in other, climate-related proposals toward the end of the legislative session, he did not get involved with Lee's.
Top Democratic lawmakers, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, said in a statement that they looked forward to Newsom's "detailed proposal" and referenced inflation relief payments that have begun to hit bank accounts.
| MORE | California inflation relief payments start going out
"The gas rebates that are beginning to roll out today to Californians were a huge step in helping ease the brunt of rising fuel costs, and we will continue to examine all other options to help consumers," they said. "As stated last week, a solution that takes excessive profits out of the hands of oil corporations and puts money back into the hands of consumers deserves strong consideration by the Legislature."
California Assembly GOP leader James Gallagher and Vince Fong, the Assembly Budget Committee vice chair argued in a letter Friday for Newsom to not call the special session.
JUST IN: CA Assembly Republican leader @J_GallagherAD3 and Budget vice chair @vfong urge Gov. Newsom to not call special session for windfall tax on oil companies.
They say if special session is called, it should be to cut gas tax and reduce fees and regulations. pic.twitter.com/43sJpq01qH
They said that if Newsom does take that action, lawmakers should suspend the state's gas tax instead.
Newsom's latest policy push comes after California's Energy Commission demanded answers from the state's major oil companies in response to spiking gas prices. Oil groups have said the latest spike in the state is the result of supply and demand issues.
In a response letter to the state, PBF Energy's Senior Vice President Paul Davis pointed to California's mounting restrictions that have made it harder to refine oil and import gasoline.
Valero leaders noted in their letter, post-pandemic supply and demand has presented recent challenges. "California is the most challenging market to serve in the United States for several reasons," wrote Scott Folwarkow, the company's Vice President of State Government Affairs.
The Western States Petroleum Association on Friday said that a "better use" of a special legislative session would be to "take a hard look at decades of California energy policy and what they mean to consumers and our economy."
"If this was anything other than a political stunt, the governor wouldn't wait two months, and would call the session now," their statement said. "This industry is ready to work on real solutions to energy costs and reliability if that is what the governor is truly interested in."
The rise in gas prices comes weeks after the governor and state lawmakers passed a sweeping set of climate bills, some that will significantly reduce the state's use of oil and gas over the next two decades.
When asked if he thinks the spike in gas prices is pay back for the legislation he signed, Newsom noted the oil industry has launched a referendum against one of those proposals that establishes new set-backs for oil drilling away from communities.
"I thought that was payback, that's how these guys operate," Newsom said. "These guys are playing us for fools, they have been for decades."
The Republican National Committee released the following statement: "Gavin Newsom calling a special session to create a new tax on gasoline is the epitome of what's wrong with California Democrats. Newsom and his supermajority are trying to distract voters from the fact that their policies made gas prices so high, but creating a new tax that will inevitably be handed down to taxpayers in the midst historic inflation is a failing strategy."
| MORE | Here's why gas prices vary from gas station to gas station
--KCRA 3's Daniel Macht contributed to this report.


Large voltage differences between closely spaced MEMS structures can cause electrical breakdown and destruction of devices 1-2. In this study, a variety of planar thin film electrode configurations were tested to characterize breakdown response. All devices were fabricated using standard surface micromachining methods and materials, therefore our test results provide guidelines directly applicable to thin film structures used in MEMS devices. We observed that planar polysilicon structures exhibit breakdown responses similar to published results for larger metal electrode configurations 3-6. Our tests were performed in air at atmospheric pressure, with air gaps ranging from 0.5 μm to 10 μm. Our results show a sharp rise in breakdown level following increases in gap width up to about 3 μm, a plateau region between 3 μm and 7 μm, and breakdown in gaps over 7 μm following the Paschen curve. This profile indicates an avalanche breakdown process in large gaps, with a transition region to small gaps in which electrode vaporization due to field emission current is the dominant breakdown process. This study also provides information on using multiple-gap configurations, with electrically floating regions located near the energized electrodes, and the added benefit this method may provide for switching high voltage with MEMS devices. In multiple-gap configurations, we noted a transition between direct tip to tip breakdown across electrode gaps of 40 μm, and a preferential breakdown path through the electrically floating contact head region for electrode gaps over 100 μm.


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