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CHICAGO, April 20, 2010 – The Field Museum and the University of Chicago today announced the establishment of the Emerging Pathogens Project, a unique research program to study the evolution of species-switching parasites or pathogens that result in diseases such as bird flu, malaria, and AIDS. Many diseases have a long infection history in animals. The project's goal is to provide in-depth, baseline information on pathogens that appear in animals, eventually leading to important clues for how humans can combat emerging epidemics.
In recent decades, high urban population density, global travel, and the loss of natural areas have provided new ways for diseases infecting animals to come into contact with people. In many cases, these new diseases – such as SARS or Ebola – prove devastating because their rapid, unexpected emergence in humans means medical personnel lack the data to design an appropriate response or predict distribution patterns. Without a previous history of infection patterns or prior knowledge of the pathogen, medical researchers have to scramble to understand how the disease evolved in animals and what enabled it to jump to humans and spread from person to person.
The Field Museum and University of Chicago created the Emerging Pathogens Program (EPP) to address this gap. The EPP melds the Field's extensive research into biodiversity studies and evolution with the University of Chicago's systems biology and genomics programs to create a cross-disciplinary collaboration.
"This is a fascinating initiative combining traditional field collecting with new technologies in the attempt to identify grave disease threats to humans that we may face in coming years and decades," said John McCarter, President of The Field Museum.
The Field Museum planned and conducted its first EPP field expedition last fall in Malawi (southeast Africa), one of the world's least developed and most densely populated countries. The expedition was the most comprehensive field collecting ever done by the museum (and perhaps by any natural history expedition). It yielded 1,100 mammal and bird specimens, including the parasites and pathogens that live in and on them.
The EPP's team of scientists is led by Shannon Hackett, PhD, the Richard and Jill Chaifetz Curator and Head of The Field Museum's Bird Division, and Kevin White, PhD, the James and Karen Frank Family Professor in human genetics and ecology and evolution and Director of the Institute of Genomics and Systems Biology at the University of Chicago. Under their supervision, scientists will extract DNA not only from the animals themselves, but also from viruses, bacteria, parasites and other pathogens affecting the collected animals in order to create an extensive database of emerging animal and pathogen biodiversity. Through these DNA data, the scientists can begin to understand how diseases have evolved and what might happen, genomically, as infectious organisms jump between animal species, as well as monitor any changes in the distribution and virulence of diseases that may threaten humans.
By collecting across ecological gradients, Field Museum scientists can conduct research on how climate change and ecosystem loss is affecting human interaction with wildlife and create models for monitoring and predicting the outbreak of new species-switching diseases.
As part of this work, the University of Chicago's Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology will spearhead efforts in conjunction with the medical community to identify high-risk pathogens for advanced DNA studies. These in-depth studies will provide medical researchers with powerful, new genetic information on the evolutionary history of disease-causing organisms. These data will be invaluable in helping to predict how an organism might spread, what it might do in the environment, what else it might effect, and how we might contain or treat it (for example, whether there are vaccines for related viruses), and how we might monitor such organisms in the future.
The EPP is at the leading edge of cross-disciplinary biological and medical research. It provides an important new model for understanding the evolution of emerging threats to human and environmental health and bolsters the medical community's ability to curtail or even eliminate new diseases before they become epidemics.
The Emerging Pathogens Project, a collaboration of The Field Museum and University of Chicago, is supported by The Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust and a local Chicago family foundation.
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Effective Spring 2013, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin will offer a Bachelor of Applied Art and Sciences (BAAS) online completion degree at a total cost of $5,000 in tuition and fees for students who currently hold an Associates of Applied Sciences degree (AAS).
The online BAAS degree is open to any Texas resident with an AAS degree in appropriate fields. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin offers this $5,000 program to all Texas community colleges that offer the AAS degree.
UTPB was founded as an upper-level institution, and this University continues to welcome and accommodate older and non-traditional students. We offer numerous evening classes, online classes, and a study room for veterans. The new Student Activities Center houses a day care center. There are even scholarships for non-traditional students.
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Lacoste is a beautifully preserved medieval village, known by artists for its extraordinary light and exquisite pastoral setting. SCAD Lacoste facilities date from the Ninth to the 19th centuries, yet they feature a variety of modern amenities. SCAD Lacoste facilities include a library, gallery, dining hall and housing, as well as teaching studios dedicated to painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography and digital imaging. Students interact with visiting artists, take field trips to museum and historic sites in the area, and have an opportunity to exhibit their work at a local vernissage.
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In the late eighties, the Yankee starting rotation included promising prospects, Doug Drabek and Bob Tewksbury. Although scouts predicted both would become solid Major League starters, the ever impatient George Steinbrenner dealt them both. Drabek went on to win a Cy Young Award with the Pirates and Bob Tewksbury, who was born on today's date in 1960, in Concord, NH, won 66 games during a five-season span with the Cardinals. "Tewks" is now a sports psychologist working for the Boston Red Sox. He had a chronically sore pitching arm throughout his big league career forcing him to experiment with different pitches and deliveries that he could use without stressing his right arm. These experiments included an eephus pitch he threw twice to Mark McGuire in a 1997, getting the slugger out each time.
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Kip Holden and Mike Walker, once close allies, now are facing off in a mayoral contest generating little excitement from donors or voters. |
Back in the summer of 2008, Metro Council member Mike Walker counted Mayor Kip Holden among his closest political allies. "I love Kip Holden to death," Walker said at the time, in reference to the mayor's proposed $900 million bond issue. "I'm glad he has the courage to present this bond issue."
These days, the love is nowhere to be found, and Walker—the main challenger in the mayor's bid for a third term—is taking on his former friend in one campaign forum after another, attacking Holden's record on crime, crime and, well, crime.
"The No. 1 responsibility of all public officials is public safety," Walker said at a forum in late September. "Mayor Holden has forgotten that."
That Walker and Holden's relationship has devolved so dramatically in such a relatively short amount of time is one of the more interesting aspects of the 2012 Baton Rouge mayor's race. The other is that the lackluster political contest has been such a sleeper—focusing on few issues, attracting just one viable opponent, raising little money, and generating almost no interest outside of the most diehard of political circles.
Why didn't more hopefuls challenge a mayor that just 18 months ago was at war with the sheriff, the Metro Council and the daily newspaper? Is Holden's victory a foregone conclusion—or is there anything Walker can do to win? And what does it say about a community in which no one wants to run for the city's top elected position?
"I recruited hard for this race and finally quit because I couldn't find anyone that would light a fire under people," says businessman and political activist Lane Grigsby. "Politics is so ugly and mean-spirited that qualified, capable and competent people do not want to run."
The turning point
Four years ago, only those in municipal political circles thought Walker would challenge his buddy Holden. But then, in politics four years is a lifetime. Back in the halcyon days of Holden's first term, the two worked well together and Walker championed several of Holden's prized initiatives, including a new downtown library, a tolerance resolution and—above all—the $900 million bond issue, which would've paid for a new jail, infrastructure improvements and the controversial Alive attraction downtown.
"They were such allies that Walker was a bigger advocate for the tolerance resolution than Kip," recalls political radio show host Jim Engster. "Kip, in fact, actually told Walker they didn't have the votes, and Walker insisted it was the right thing to do. Walker has totally flipped on that now."
Even at the beginning of Holden's second term, the two were still in the same camp. But throughout 2009, Walker began moving from right of center to far right field, clearly trying to differentiate himself from the mayor, who at the same time was becoming increasingly contentious in his relations with the council. The bond issue elections—three of them, no less—had a lot to do with it. The parish was firmly divided over the issue, and that split was reflected among politicians, who were either for it or against.
The other major factor was a rising crime rate and the perception that it was spiraling out of control, spilling over into white neighborhoods from the more notoriously dangerous low-income areas in the northern part of the parish. In September 2010, when a Beauregard Town woman was murdered in her own home by an intruder, who also shot the victim's young daughter, the outrage over crime bubbled over at a public rally—a moment, the Walker team now says, that marked the councilman's split from the mayor.
"Kip and Mike were allies till Beauregard Town, and Mike went out there and said there is a crime emergency in this community," says political consultant Roy Fletcher, who is producing Walker's campaign ads. "The break really started at that point."
Crime and cash
Thus, by the time Walker officially entered the race, it wasn't much of a surprise. Nor has been his focus on crime. It was evident from the day he kicked off his campaign with a speech to supporters at Cortana Mall, asking them rhetorically: "Are we becoming New Orleans?"
When pressed on the racial implications of the question, Walker said he meant only to suggest that Baton Rouge's crime rate is almost as bad as the Crescent City's. In the months since, he has hammered at the theme time and again. In forum after forum—and there have been plenty—Walker calls for a zero tolerance-style approach and the creation of a 24/7 misdemeanor court, while Holden touts his solution, an Operation Ceasefire-style initiative called BRAVE. Both are good ideas, but the candidates have only criticisms for one another.
"Crime is really the only issue in this race," says political pollster Bernie Pinsonat. "It's probably 70% of Kip's problem and it's all anyone cares about."
The battle between 'Smokie' Bourgeois and John Delgado for a Metro Council seat is being closely watched. Read about it here.
If the campaign is short on issues, it has also been short on money. So far, Holden and Walker together have raised just more than $800,000 and have spent even less than that. To put in perspective, consider that candidates running last year for BESE—an unpaid position—spent more than $1 million each.
"If you compared a BESE race, which is basically nothing, and the money spent last year by these education reform groups to get Chas Roemer re-elected and Kira Orange Jones elected, it's amazing," Engster notes. "Even Bobby Jindal, with no opponent in 2011, spent $10 million."
Analysts attribute the relatively anemic pace of fundraising and campaign spending to a couple of factors. For one, Holden has name recognition throughout the parish so doesn't need to spend a lot on advertising. For another, big donors haven't coalesced behind either candidate in great numbers and, therefore, have kept their purse strings tightly drawn.
One notable exception is the Oct. 17 fundraiser for Walker at a hip restaurant in New Orleans' Warehouse District, a rather curious venue given the candidate's blue-collar, Biblebelt-bred demeanor. It is being hosted by some of the state's top Republican pols—U.S. Sen. David Vitter, and U.S. Reps. Bill Cassidy and Steve Scalise—and suggests that money from the GOP might finally start flowing in significant amounts.
"That's a big, big deal and it's a big help to Walker," says Pinsonat. "There's only so much money you can raise in Baton Rouge."
Still, with political ads only now starting to hit the airwaves, many voters are unaware there is even a campaign under way. As a result, there hasn't been a lot of excitement.
"What is interesting to me is that no one has started advertising on television just four weeks out from Election Day," says Bob Mann, who holds the Manship Chair at the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication. "You see yard signs and stories about the forums, but the advertising is starting pretty late."
Running from the race
Why didn't more hopefuls jump into the race? Besides Walker, only two other minor candidates are giving it a shot, Gordon Mese and Steve Myers. Both are credible candidates with professional backgrounds, and could pick up enough votes together to force Holden and Walker into a runoff. But neither has the name recognition or political organization in place to make it to December, much less win. (See related story here.)
Others who considered a run but decided against it suggest the timing wasn't right. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, who concedes he was "approached by several individuals and asked to run," opted out because his "heart and background are in law enforcement. … I plan to stay the course and continue doing what I'm doing."
Metro Council member Tara Wicker also gave the race serious thought, after being courted by various groups. She decided against it because she "didn't want to get in the middle of everything going on between Mike and Kip." Also, she says she didn't want to run because she knew it would be an uphill battle to take on the incumbent. After all, even though Holden doesn't enjoy the same level of widespread support he did during his first term, he's still the mayor, and a generally likable one at that.
"With him being the incumbent and having the popularity that he has, it would have been tough," Wicker says.
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In reality, the numbers are the main reason most candidates on either side of the political spectrum have stayed out, say political analysts. Given that nearly 40% of the city's population is African American, and the fact Holden is still popular with black voters—and not that unpopular with most white voters—the race is his to lose.
"I think people are reasonably enough satisfied with Holden not to turn on him at the end of the day," political consultant George Kennedy says.
That said, if Walker can raise enough money in the next two weeks to flood the airwaves with seriously negative ads—enough to make Holden's supporters either stay home or vote against him—Walker could force the mayor into a runoff. If that happens, all bets are off. But at this point, analysts don't think that's a likely scenario.
"If he gets 95% of the African American vote, he only needs 10%-20% of the white vote to win," Mann says. "That's why you haven't seen more candidates running."
There may be another reason, though, that more candidates have not thrown their hat in the ring: a general disgust with the electoral process and politics in general. People are burned out, cynical and fed up with the negative tone of campaigns and the incessant criticism that seems to follow getting elected. Grigsby says that's why those he approached about running scoffed at the idea.
"I spoke to elected officials, businesspeople and non-elected public servants," Grigsby says. "In one case it would have meant a pay reduction. In another, they said they didn't think their spirit would be able to stand the ugliness of a political campaign. I quit recruiting."
GOP candidates dominate the field for an open seat on the PSC. Read about it here.
Pinsonat says those attitudes are not unique to Baton Rouge or to Louisiana. He sees the same reaction all over the country and for many different types of races.
"You've got a lot of smart people running businesses who would be great running government but they're not going to go into politics because they don't want to put up with what you have to put up with," he says. "It used to be an honor and a challenge. Today, they not only are not interested; they don't like the political process and don't want any part of it."
If correct, that's a sad commentary on American democracy, and it portends a bleak future, long-term, not only for Baton Rouge but for the state and the country. But others say nothing that profound is actually going on in this mundane mayor's race.
"There are still plenty of people who would like to run for mayor; they just don't want to run this time around," Mann says. "I think for this race, no one thought they could beat Kip without another African American in the race and politicians usually do not like to run in races they know they cannot win."
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Two Best In Class Metals Stocks for the Bernanke Aftermath
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As is inevitably the case when the Federal Reserve or its chairman does or says anything, the interpretations of the address given by Chairman Bernanke in Jackson Hole vary dramatically. While some pundits are viewing the lack of a specific rollout of QE3 as a sign that the additional easing may not be a forgone conclusion, others believe that it is now a matter of when, not if, more quantitative easing will begin.
Favoring the latter scenario is the fact that the labor market played a key role in the address and recent jobs numbers have been less than stellar. In an interview after the speech, Pimco's co-chief investment officer offered his own insights into the address stating: "Until you see several quarters of perhaps 7 percent unemployment, you will see QE." Mr. Gross expects the Fed to act at its regular September meeting and is not surprised that a formal announcement was not made from Jackson Hole.
The precious metals markets appear to agree with Mr. Gross's understanding of the address, sending both gold and silver prices significantly higher in the wake of the speech. Using the ETFs as proxies, the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEMKT: GLD) closed Friday's session 2.3% higher, while the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEMKT: SLV) added 4.6%. Metals traders clearly took the speech as a "when not if" indicator – yes, that is a highly technical investment and trading term – and did not want to be left behind.
The questions investors must now ask are whether the initial reaction was overblown and which stocks make the best choices to harness additional moves higher, should they come. The following two stocks – one in gold and one in silver – should be considered the best-in-class for its respective metal, and are the best vehicles to use when playing the longer impact of QE3.
Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX) – In the past few months, and under the direction of a new CEO, Barrick has been setting a new course of discipline. In reaction to its most recent earnings miss, the company has begun to explore asset divestitures and is putting efficiency and common sense above sheer production growth. During that time, the company's stock has dramatically underperformed gold miners in general; Barrick is down about 8%, while the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT: GDX) is up about 3% (see chart).
The languishing price of gold and the earnings miss are responsible for slowing down Barrick, but its underperformance should now be seen as an opportunity. As the stock normalizes in relation to GDX, investors will have the chance to capitalize.
In terms of valuation, the company looks cheap at current levels. On a trailing twelve month basis, the stock has a P/E of 9.4 relative to multiples in triple digits for many of the majors and an industry average just below 14. The company leads its peers in efficiency, with an operating margin of 45%, and as the world's largest producer by volume, Barrick has the wiggle room to focus on quality over growth without the need to concede the top spot. The stock traded 3.9% higher after the Bernanke speech, so buying on dips would be preferable. That said, any price below $39 should prove attractive over the longer-term.
Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) – This stock was up over 5% in the aftermath of the Jackson Hole speech, reacting strongly to the news as a strong bullish indicator. Silver stocks tend to react more severely to news because the dramatically smaller size of the silver market means that the impact is magnified.
As the world's largest silver streaming company, the controller of the world's largest silver reserve at roughly 800 million ounces and a company that boasts an operating margin of 75%, Silver Wheaton is the best-in-class play in silver by a considerable margin. A fellow Fool investigated how the company, amongst others, fared in previous rounds of quantitative easing. He determined that during QE1, Silver Wheaton rocketed up by 505%, while appreciating by 45% during QE2. He rightly points out that much of the 505% was a recovery from the slaughtering the stock endured in the financial meltdown.
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Blues legend Zola has been tipped as a potential successor for interim boss Rafael Benitez at Stamford Bridge next season.
But the former West Ham boss, who spent seven years at Chelsea during his playing days, insists he is committed to Watford for now as he looks to steer them into the Premier League.
Asked if he would like the Chelsea job, the Italian told The Times: "I would like to answer that question but I can't. It would be unfair to other people.
"That club is special for me, but for now I'm committed here."
Zola also defended the amount of loan players Watford have signed this season, with 14 currently on their books, 10 of which have been borrowed from sister club Udinese.
Under Football League rules, clubs are only allowed to name five loan players in a matchday squad, but loan deals arranged with foreign teams are recognised as transfers.
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This would be yet another knee Jerk hiring (And six months later firing) of a coach at my team. The Watford fan has hit the nail on the head, let him learn his trade, he is a a complete novice when its comes to coaching. It would be about 5 years too soon if Chelsea hire him.- Grimupnorth
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Titled "Away in a Manger", the scene and program will include scripture readings, a candle lighting ceremony in remembrance of a loved one, and special music by Emi's Angel Choir. The choir was organized by Sharon Hawley and Paulette Harrison especially for the nativity program. Seven selections by a group of 11 girls attired in angel costumes will be presented just after 6 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.
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Scalable and Maintainable CSS Approaches
Front-end developers working on large complex websites know the challenge of writing scalable and maintainable CSS. Even when working on small sites, skilled front-end developers take into consideration more than delivering a website to spec, but also the future adaptability of that site and other developers who may work on it.
Amidst the constant effort to develop CSS best practices, object oriented programming concepts have been finding their way more and more into mainstream conversation and thought process about css code.
This article assumes knowledge of CSS and introduces object oriented CSS along with 3 distinct approaches to execution. It is important to note that these are methodologies that seek to address a set of problems experienced in front-end development. Object oriented CSS provides (an often highly opinionated) way of thinking and approaching CSS development. Thoughtful practitioners have to be flexible — choosing or developing an approach that fits with the project and team they are a part of.
What is Object Oriented CSS?
The standard introduction to OOCSS for many has been the tutorial by Nicole Sullivan about the media object. Smashing Magazine also recently did a great in-depth OOCSS intro on their site. There's also a OOCSS Concepts slideshow by John Hann. If your new to object oriented css you may want to review these discussions.
At it's core, object oriented css aims to increase code reuse resulting in a system of scalable code that is efficient and maintainable. OOCSS is based on 2 core principles:
- 1. separation of structure and skin — layout and design styling are separate.
Colors, borders and other visual characteristics are often styled separately from the core structure. This results an object layer and a skin layer for CSS objects. - 2. separation of container and content — containers should be able to be placed anywhere on a page and be able to adapt to the content they contain.
This translates into avoiding the use of location dependent selectors: a sort of decoupling of the CSS from the HTML. Avoiding location dependence results in fewer CSS overrides and reusable components that can be placed anywhere on the page.
Three current expressions of OOCSS concepts include:
- The OOCSS framework
Each approach interprets OOCSS principles based on a different underlying philosophy.
1. OOCSS framework
The OOCSS framework is a project on Github maintained by Nicole Sullivan. According to their Github page, the OOCSS framework is "a collection of code that's built using the OOCSS approach and is meant to help you get started. However, the framework is not the same thing as the OOCSS idea".
The OOCSS framework provides documentation and a code library. The code library contains CSS objects created by finding repeating patterns and abstracting them into a snippet of HTML, CSS and JS (if necessary).
The framework website has a core guidelines list including:
1. Avoid the descendent selector.
NOTE: the recommendation is not: don't use it, rather it IS avoid it.
2. Avoid attaching classes to elements in stylesheets.
Instead of using a selector such as .sidebar h3, you would give the h3 it's own class and then style the class itself.

.sidebar h3 { font-size: 20px }
Element in stylesheet
h3.article-heading { font-size: 20px; }
Class only
.article-heading { font-size: 20px; }
It's important to note that there are also levels of strictness in the interpretation of guidelines of OOCSS. Some people will tell you you can never use descendant selectors or that you can never use an ID selector. In other words, almost every HTML element will have at least one class applied to it so that you don't have to use descendent selectors.

What about semantic CSS?
.article-heading {}
is a descriptive selector. However, to become fully re-usable the OOCSS framework might suggest just using a medium heading class
.md-hd {}.
There is some argument about semantics in all of this. Should classes be named after the presentation or the content within? With OOCSS you can make the choice yourself. Some people believe very strongly that classes should only be named after the content itself. On the other hand, naming classes (consistently) after presentation is a different approach to semantics. At its root, it is still semantic. It is communicative and it clearly communicates an expectation of the resulting behavior.
Reusable CSS
The OOCSS Framework encourages avoiding location dependent styles. So rather than styling a whole page based on the body class you create smaller modules on the page and extend them with subclasses as necessary. This allows you to maximize reuse of code.
Reusability is also improved because of the OOCSS Framework encourages abstracting CSS structural styles and skin level styles.
.button { width: 200px; height: 50px; } .box { width: 400px; overflow: hidden; } .widget { width: 500px; min-height: 200px; overflow: auto; } .skin { border: solid 1px #ccc; background: linear-gradient(#ccc, #222); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, .5) 2px 2px 5px; }
.skin-alt { border: solid 1px #000; background: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, .9) 2px 2px 5px; }
While OOCSS Framework focused specifically on abstracting snippets of code, Dry Css focuses primarily on not repeating yourself. The DRY CSS approach was presented by Jeremy Clarke at ConFoo 2012 . The goals are similar but the approach is radically different.
The core recommendation of Dry Css is to group reusable properties, name them and then add all selectors to the group. This means that the objects created in DRY CSS aren't snippets of HTML, CSS and JS but rather an object created of shared styles with many possible selectors.
#LARGE-TEXT, #featured-headline, h1, .pull-quote { font-size: 20px; }
This recommendation reflects the 2 principles that Jeremy says make good CSS:
- Keep style separate from content (Tags, classes and IDs should refer to the content not how it looks)
- Avoid specificity by harnessing the cascade
Compared with the OOCSS framework, DRY CSS argues that semantic HTML should be HTML that reflects the content.
The DRY CSS approach encourages thinking about how many objects share CSS values. It also allows you to edit those styles in "one place" because of the groupings. Jeremy also suggests that one of the benefits is that it "doesn't require changes to HTML".
I'm not convinced that this is entirely a benefit. If the HTML is out of your control, it is obviously valuable, on the other hand it doesn't necessarily encourage thoughtful HTML structuring.
3. SMACSS (Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS)
The third approach to OOCSS also shares goals with the OOCSS Framework and DRY CSS, but the implementation again is very different. SMACSS' documentation introduces it as "a way to examine your design process… to fit rigid frameworks into a flexible thought process… to document a consistent approach to site development when using CSS." SMACSS is all about developing a system and thought process. It recognizes that there is no "one-way". Of the 3 approaches, SMACSS has the most detailed documentation. There is even a book you can purchase.
The philosophy underlying SMACSS is:
- Increase the semantic value of a section of HTML and content
- Decrease the expectation of a specific HTML structure
SMACSS encourages
- Minimizing the depth of applicability. Thoughtfully decoupling CSS from HTML.
- Following consistent naming conventions
SMACSS defines 5 categories of CSS rules along with naming conventions: Base, Layout, Module, State and Theme. Rather than lumping all the CSS into one rule, the CSS pertaining to each category is meant to be separate. Additionally, Snook has defined guidelines for each category.
Applies to: the defaults
Naming convention: none
Selector guidelines: typically single element selectors
Selector example: h1, body, p, ul
Applies to: major page structures
Naming prefix: on ID selectors none, otherwise l-
Selector guidelines: typically a single selector unless layout needs to respond to other factors such as shifting from a fixed to fluid layout
Selector example: #sidebar, .l-grid, .l-fixed #sidebar, .l-fluid #sidebar, .l-grid
Applies to: smaller reusable components of a page. Modules can be sub-classed.
Naming convention: named but no prefix, related elements in module use base name as prefix
Selector guidelines: only class names, avoid use of IDs or element selectors
HTML example:

, sub-classed:

Selector example: .box, .box-notification
Applies to: the state of an object
Guidelines: can modify appearance of layout or modules, indicates dependency on JavaScript
Naming prefix: is-
Selector example: .is-collapsed
Theme (depending on project needs)
Applies to: the visual skin. (colors, etc…)
Naming: preferably located in a theme.css file removing need for additional naming convention
Guidelines: can override any of the other categories as needed
There is much more to SMACSS. To fully explore SMACSS methodology, I highly recommend reading the documentation by Jonathan Snook which is clearly and beautifully presented online or available as a Kindle book through Amazon
CSS and the future of front-end development
The approaches diverge significantly from each other, yet they share some common characteristics. Each requires abstracting design patterns into a reusable chunk of code (resulting in less total code) and seeing objects in the big picture instead of just seeing isolated pages. They demand consideration of the future in terms of scalability as well as others who will work with the code (code user experience?). Additionally, they encourage a decoupling of HTML and CSS to an extent - some more than others. This suggests embracing the single responsibility principle recently discussed by Harry Roberts on CSS Wizardy which says, "every module or chunk of code should do one job well and one job only". The benefits of course being that your code is more portable, reusable and maintainable.
Most importantly for the future of our craft, all 3 approaches demand that front-end developers be critical practitioners as they considering the big picture, the quality of code and the future maintainability of the code.
Does one CSS methodology win?
Out of the 3 implementations of object oriented CSS, I find SMACSS the most compelling and flexible. This is a personal choice. I know many developers will be attracted to other systems or to none at all. SMACSS offers clear documentation and guidelines which are easily adapted to your own style. SMACSS offers a systems and thought process solution rather than a library or framework. The architecture is a highly flexible middle-ground between the OOCSS Framework and DRY CSS, could allow incorporation of a framework and allowing avoidance of class-itis and avoidance of using deep selectors. All of which makes it ideal given the fact that I work daily in a team environment on a high-traffic site with a significant amount of code
Object oriented CSS critics
The 2 primary arguments I've heard regarding OOCSS are:
- it's not semantic
- it's making css too hard
The first primary crique of object oriented CSS I've heard is that it isn't semantic. I've addressed this concern above, yet it bears repeating that semantics can be based on different underlying thought processes. It's certainly important to critically consider the issue.
The second primary crique of object oriented CSS I've heard is that it makes CSS too hard. Writing CSS is "easy" but creating efficient, reusable code that scales well takes thought. I recently heard it suggested (as an alternative to OOCSS) that it was only necessary to put each CSS rule on one line and to group rules by name. Presto! Shorter line count and easier to maintain without making it hard like OOCSS. In my opinion, this is short sided thinking.
There are many challenges introduced when working on large and complex sites in a team with with multiple developers and front-end developers writing CSS. The challenges demand having a system that minimizes errors, improves efficiency and provides guidelines for quality code.
I suggest that even builders of small sites can benefit from trying the thought processes behind object oriented CSS approaches. Through the practice of abstracting code into reusable objects, applying the single responsibility principle and considering naming and categorization methods front-end developers learn to consider the system in it's entirety. With OOCSS you have to think about the big picture. The end goal isn't just to get a site working.
No matter where you land on this topic or which methodology you choose, for the future of our craft, may we go forward as critical practitioners.
Further CSS Resources
Scalable and Maintainable CSS Approaches Part 2 & 3: OOCSS & CSS Pre-processors
DRY CSS presentation
CSS Blog posts by other authors:
VANSEODesigns has in-depth introductions to each of the systems.
CSS Wizardy on Github has some great tips (take with a grain of salt)
Stubbornella has great thought provoking articles on CSS


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As comptroller, Hevesi was sole trustee of the fund for a million state and local government workers and beneficiaries, now valued at nearly $150 billion. He pleaded guilty to official misconduct in 2010 and was sentenced to one to four years in prison. He was denied parole last year.
The 72-year-old former assemblyman and New York City comptroller was entangled in an investigation of so-called "pay to play" practices at the fund. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who followed Hevesi, instituted rules banning the use of paid placement agents and comptroller campaign contributors from fund business.
"Your statement of remorse for damage caused to the state of New York, the Office of State Comptroller and its employees is acknowledged," board member Kevin Ludlow wrote. He also acknowledged Hevesi's personal and health issues, noted there was no official opposition, that Hevesi had served "significant time" beyond his minimum sentence and concluded he was a low risk for re-offending.
His parole interview was Wednesday. He was notified Thursday.
Hevesi, now at Midstate Correctional Facility in central New York, will be released by Dec. 19, with parole supervision to follow until April 14, 2015, according to the decision. Other board members were William Smith Jr. and Michael Hagler.
Release conditions include not associating with three other men convicted in the investigation, political consultant Henry Morris, investor Elliot Broidy and former fund investment officer David Loglisi.
"He's obviously very happy to be going home to his family," attorney Bradley D. Simon said. He's doing well despite various health conditions, served the prison sentence without complaint and accepted responsibility for all his actions, he said.
"He will be able to put this behind him and move on with his wife, go home to his family, to his children and his grandchildren," Simon said. "It's important to remember that prior to this unfortunate series of events he had a very distinguished career in public service for over 35 years on both the city and state levels."
Transcripts of Hevesi's Wednesday parole interview were not immediately available. He told the parole board last year that letting a venture capitalist pay $75,000 of expenses for five trips to Israel, primarily on fund business, which the state could have paid, represented an "unprecedented" level of stupidity for him. Continued...
He said all campaign contributions were spent on his re-election and he didn't personally receive any money.
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10:30am Monday 7th May 2012 in High Wycombe By Simon Farr
HIGH Wycombe is in the top ten of the country's worst identity fraud hotspots, according to figures released by Experian.
Fraudsters struck 13 in every 10,000 households in the Wycombe area – placing the town seventh on the unwanted top ten list, the report states.
Slough topped the list, followed by London, Gravesend, Birmingham, Luton and Manchester.
Experts say identity thieves are targeting people living in rented accommodation, those on low incomes and heavy internet users.
Peter Turner, Managing Director at Experian Interactive, said: "Fraudsters are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
"They are now targeting groups that they know to be vulnerable, such as people in rented accommodation or on low incomes.
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To avoid becoming a victim of identity fraud, Experian CreditExpert has issued the following tips:
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