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Q: CSS FLEXBOX ONLY - 2 elements at top, 1 element at bottom. (not structured) I have this HTML.

I should be at top right

I should be at top left

I should be at bottom right

I want to achieve this state:

This is my current CSS using absolute positioning

However, I was told that it is possible not to use absolute positioning at all (and only use flexbox).
Any idea how I can achieve this? Thank you.

A: Simply use flex-wrap: flex; and adjust the width of the child elements. In your case also flex-direction: row-reverse; is helpful. No futher explaination added for reason of missing research efford.

.parent {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  flex-direction: row-reverse;
}

.parent > div {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  width: 50%;
}

/* for styling purpose only */
.parent > div {
  border: 1px solid red;
}

I should be at top right

I should be at top left

I should be at bottom right


A man is driving along in the Irish countryside, when he comes to a petrol station, since he's in need of petrol, the man decides to stop. He says to the attendant at the station, "Fill it up, will you?". The man says "Sorry - we're right out of petrol." So the man considers, and says "Well, I'm a bit low on oil, would you mind topping that up?" And the attendant responds"Sorry, but no oil either." The man thinks, and asks the attendant to wash his windscreen, to which he gets the by-now predictable response that he can't do that. The man at this point is fairly mad, so he asks the attendant "Just what kind of petrol station is this ?" The attendant then looks both ways, and very carefully whispers to the man "To tell you the truth, this is just an IRA front."
The man then says "Well, in that case, you can blow up the tyres !"
Michael Hoolihan was courting Frances Phelan. The young couple sat in the parlor of the girl's house night after night, much to the annoyance of old man Phelan. One night he couldn"t take any more. Standing at the top of the stairs, he yelled down, "What's that young fella doin' here all hours of the night?" "Why, Dad, " said Frances, "Michael was just telling me everything that's in his heart!" "Well, next time, " roared Phelan, "just let him tell you what's in his head, and it won't take half as long!"


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An Uncommon Rosie
Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, History, Politics, Uncommonday
Alaska Natives, Anachorage Museum, Art, civil Rights, Decolonization, Elizabeth Peratrovich, History, Museum, Unsettled
Rosie the Riveter is one of those proverbial gifts that just keeps on giving. So, was Elizabeth Peratrovich. She would have been a contemporary of the many women who inspired this icon, which makes it just a little more interesting to see her standing in here for the women (whose real name was Naomi Parker) most of us envision when thinking about Rosie. This poster is part of the Unsettled exhibition currently showing at the Anchorage Museum.
Elizabeth was a major figure in the movement to combat discrimination against Alaska Natives in the 1940s. She is memorialized every February 16th, the day in which the Alaska Territorial Government signed the Anti-discrimination Act 0f 1945 into law. You can learn more about her work on civil rights at Alaskool.org. The quote featured in this poster is commonly thought to have been part of her testimony at the Alaska Territorial Legislature during hearings over the Anti-Discrimination Act. It isn't entirely clear whether or not these were her exact words, though it probably says something about her actual testimony that it has become something of a legend in itself. The wit would certainly be right at home with other things that Elizabeth clearly did say.
Seriously, the woman kicked ass!
Apayo Moore, the artist behind this particular piece has the following to say bout it:
May Conservatives Remember you Fondly!
Posted by danielwalldammit in History, Politics
Activism, Black Lives Matter, civil Rights, Colin Kaepernick, Martin Luther King, Protest, Race, Racism, Take a Knee
My title may seem like an oddly partisan blessing, but it's more of a definitely partisan curse. It's not the worst form of damnation you could wish upon a person, but for some folks it oughtta be bad enough. The curse is real thou. It happens.
Civil Rights activists must have felt the sting of this curse this last weekend as right wing America did its best to distinguish Colin Kaepernick from Martin Luther King, Jr. It seems, their efforts had been necessitated by publican of an image linking Kaepernick, Michael Bennett and Martin Luther King, all kneeling together. Outraged to see Kaepernick and MLK connected, plenty of folks took to the net to tell us Bennet and Kaepernick shouldn't be put on the same level as MLK. Beyond that, cultural conservatives assured us that MLK was selfless and that Kaepernick is simply out for himself, that King was a patriot whereas Kaepernick hates America, and that MLK preached unity whereas Kaepernick is being deliberately divisive.
Heard that last one a lot this weekend.
I'm not old enough to remember MLK's activism in its day, but I am old enough to remember cultural conservatives attitudes towards him before he became a national holiday, before you could find roads named after him all over America, before admiration or MLK became a forgone conclusion. And of course before conservatives began to claim him as one of their own. We heard many of the same things about Martin Luther King back then that are said of Colin Kaepernick today. Lots of folks were not so impressed with his patriotism. As to divisiveness? Hell, he could be so lucky as to be described as merely divisive! I grew up hearing stories about how MLK and other civil rights leaders were just trying to cause trouble, simply drawing attention to themselves. Things were getting better, plenty of people assured me. Those activists were simply making things so much worse. Divisive? Hell, MLK that would have been an improvement over the things said of him at some of the dinner tables I've attended.
It's a poetic injustice, really, seeing Martin Luther King transformed into a means of silencing black activists. He's been held over the heads of the Black Lives Matter movement for some time now, and thrown in the face of just about any African-American deemed a little too disruptive by conservatives, especially by those conservatives moderate enough to think of they've learned the lessons of the civil rights movement. Gone are the days when cultural conservatives would spit 'commie' after hearing the name of Martin Luther King. Now, being more comfortable with his legacy, they spit his name at any black activists they find more threatening today.
That's gotta be a special kind of Hell, to be used against those who carry on your legacy? If so, it's a special Hell reserved for people who've earned a lot better.
What I think a lot of moderate conservatives and a good deal of middle-of-the-road America likes about MLK is the notion that we should be color blind. Some folks may even mean it. Others just like the prospects of using this principle against social justice warriors, affirmative action programs, and any number of left wing causes that ask us to take difference into account. Yet, the message of equality changes a great deal when it's employed in this manner. When King delivered his "I have a dream" message, equality was message flying in the face of white privilege. If you'll pardon the cliche, it really was a way of speaking truth to power. Today that message is used to speak power to truth. It is a call to ignore real differences in opportunity, to silence those in need of help, and to preemptively dismiss any political agenda aimed at helping the underprivileged. There is something genuinely vicious about the way cultural conservatives have turned King's message on its head and turned him into a weapon well-suited to re-enforcing comfort and privilege.
It's enough to make you lose your lunch.
Sadly, this isn't an uncommon thing. It seems that those leaning to the right have a general tendency to remember some lefty figures fondly, but only after forgetting the lefty part. How many people have complained about the politics in Roger Waters concerts over the years? Some folks may have specific complaints about aspects of Waters' politics, but a fair number seem genuinely shocked to find political content in Animals or The Wall.
Maybe they were just too stoned to listen the first time.
I know. Pink Floyd lyrics may not warrant the same admiration as the life of Martin Luther King, but in a sense that impression too illustrates the point. Just as with Kaepernick and questions about whether he should be on the same par as MLK, the veneration of MLK here misses the mark. When someone advocates on behalf of those in need, or confronts those who abuse power, should we really be all that concerned about how they compare to other heroes? Or should we be more concerned about how their politics contributes to something of value?
Yes, that was a rhetorical question.
And then of course, there were those people shocked and outraged to find Coretta Scott King. As George W. Bush attended her funeral, some thought it inappropriate for those honoring her legacy to speak out against the Iraq. And thus his decision to honor her, became her limitation, or rather the limitation on what could be said in her honor while he was present. I get it. It's a little rude to criticize the President when he's sitting right there, especially knowing that he doesn't have to be. But you know what's more rude? Expecting the funeral of an activist with a life-long commitment to non-violence to pass by without any comments on the greatest war of the day.
In America, even our conservatives are happy to celebrate liberal activists.
Once they and their own learn to be quiet about it.
"We love you, shhhhhhh…"
Dreaming Away the Nightmare of Right Wing Double-Speak
Posted by danielwalldammit in Politics, Write Drunk, Edit Stoned
civil Rights, Double-Speak, Dreams, Irony, Martin Luther King, Recursion, Rhetoric, Right Wing, Sarah Palin
…that one day, folks will stop playing the race card …card.
…that one day, accusations of racism will be judged on the merits of the actual claims and not simply taken up as plot points in a well-known narrative.
…that one day some folks really will stop crying racism whenever convenient. …and that other folks will stop dismissing cries of racism whenever convenient.
I have a dream that professional bigots will no longer find an audience ready to believe that 'racism' needs a prefix and 'reverse' really needs a place to hang out.
In this dream no prominent figure would be so foolish as to suggest that the best way to end racism would be for people to stop complaining of racism when it happens. Should such a figure step forward, she would be banished to the Hell of many guffaws, which is admittedly happening, now but in this dream she does it without the golden parachute for a job well abandoned and a history of throwing her own allies under the bus.
In this dream my hero Sally the Smart Swan shows up and puts putrid pundits in their place, saying; "knock it off you damned head; stop talking!" She waves her wand and war ceases to be about peace, taking from people no longer counts as providing them jobs, and kindness no longer leaves a bruise. (Some folks still fuck for virginity, that was always a good idea.) Then a pack of wild jackalope buy the world a coke and sing in perfect harmony. …everyone except me, I'm off-key of course, and my pants are down.
I did mention this was a dream.
In any event, I have a dream that one day recursion will not simply mean a political u-turn back to old Jim and his Crows. Or that people who send us on such a trip will not loudly proclaim their commitment to values they clearly don't hold.
I have a dream that concerns about opportunistic anti-racism will not serve the goals of opportunistic anti-anti-racism. It's a funky dream to be sure, and somewhere in this dream the Great Double Negative will descend from the sky and pronounce its wisdom to all! "Yea verily!" it will say (because the Great Double Negative talks like that). "Tis true, a not well knotted becomes a do, and a tangled web it weaves for me and you!" And the crowd will cock their heads slightly and look confused (because no-one talks like that anymore, if anyone ever did), and they will shout up at the Great Double Negative; "Get to the point you damned personification!" The the Great Double Negative will say; "If you consistently oppose anti-racism, there is a point when we might be justified in suggesting you are yourself a racist!" And "Oh" said the crown, surprised thatactually made sense, and "no" said the echo-chamber hoping they could bend a yea into a nay and no-one would notice.
I have a dream that anti-war speeches will not be out of place at the funeral of a peace activist.
I have a dream that people who say liberals are communists are fascists, and the Holocaust starts with compassion will be recognized for their comedic genius, because no-one would be so foolish as to take that as serious political commentary.
I have a dream that people who attack others will not play the victim when they draw return fire, and that those seeking to defend such people will read their words before telling the rest of us all about it.
I have a dream in which helping people is not confused with enslaving them, in which those defending privilege do not call others 'elitist' in a folksy voice, in which poverty is not blamed on efforts to end it, and in which greed is not celebrated as the source of all that is good and gooey.
I have a dream in which not being racist does NOT mean you wait for others to use racial epithets first, and in which the word 'satire' does not absolve one of all guilt.
I have a dream in which professional bigots will not count as 'conservatives', 'patriots', "Christians", or even 'entertainers'. I have a dream in which such people are dismissed for the living caricatures that they are.
I have a dream in which those actively working to stop African-Americans from voting, lower wages, and take away all forms of public support do not assume the voice of civil rights leaders and lecture others on dreams they clearly do not themselves share.
This is not a dream without enemies; it's a dream in which those enemies do not include quite so many clowns. In fact it's a dream full of tougher questions and better arguments, but it's a dream in which the other side doesn't stand every important value on its head and their professed politics comes a lot closer to an honest engagement with the rest of us. But that's all just a dream of course. In the real world, all of this continues as before, and amazingly with straight-faces all around.
And lotsa people have their pants on the floor.
Sarah Palin appears here (I'm sorry) by way of The Hollywood Reporter. The American Headache Institute comes to us courtesy of HKS, who assures me that this is where Sarah can be found. I think she might be the director.
Irritation Meditation Number 2: The Second Amendment and Japanese Internment
Posted by danielwalldammit in Irritation Meditation, Justice, Politics
civil Rights, Gun COntrol, Internment Camps, Japanese Internment, Justice, Memes, Politics, Second Amendment, The National Rifle Association
I suppose it is too much to ask that folks distinguish the varieties of gun control from an outright ban. The way the gun rights crowd raises the specter of a completely disarmed populace when speaking about any variety lesser measures smacks of dishonesty.
It would hardly give away the farm to distinguish such things from one another. There are plenty of legitimate questions about the efficacy of lesser gun control measures, especially when applied to a population already so well armed as we are here in the U.S. But that is an interesting and well focused discussion some folks don't seem to want to risk.
But what is really fascinating about memes like this is the slippage between a right to bear arms and a prescription for doing so. The second Amendment was alive and well when the internment of Japanese occurred in the first place. So, that right and that right alone simply is not a cure for the evil that this pic wants us to think about. The meme only works if we are to imagine a population which is not merely in possession of the right to bear arms, but which actively uses that right even to the point of preparing for war against its own government.
And can anyone really imagine Japanese immigrant population of the west coast doing this in the years leading up to World War II? Can anyone imagine the response from their neighbors?
This is not merely a defense of the Second Amendment, it is an argument for the expansion of private gun ownership well beyond anything previously imagined in American history. To make this argument work, we need more than just the right to bear arms, we all need to have the arms, the training to use them, and enough firepower to make them an effective counter to the powers of the United States Government.
Is the author suggesting that gun owners could stop such a thing as internment? Perhaps, but would they?
It's a pretty common claim from the gun rights crowd, the notion that the Second Amendment puts the teeth in the rest of our civil rights. It is through gun ownership, so the argument goes, that people are protected from abuse by government officials. It is the most important means by which our rights are protected.
Pardon me, …from 'thuh government.'
But gun owners did not stop the internment of Japanese.
Or of Aleuts during the same war.
Neither did they stop lynching of blacks.
Nor did gun owners secure the right to vote for African Americans.
…or for women.
…or Native Americans.
Gun owners did not stop the Federal Government from kidnapping Native American children to be taken to schools far from their families.
They didn't stop police harassment of homosexuals.
They didn't improve treatment of the mentally ill.
They didn't stop the Zoot Suit Riots.
…or legacy provisions precluding Jews from owning homes in some neighborhoods.
Gun Ownership didn't stop Jim Crow laws.
It was not gun owners that secured for any number of minorities the right to an education or any other protections by states or the federal government.
In each of these instances, the rights in question were won by protestors, and lawyers, and people who talked a hell of a lot, even if their main opponents didn't. In many of these instances gun owners were actively involved in the very repression suffered by those in question. Since the founding of the country, Gun violence has played a far greater role in the repression of civil rights than it has in protecting them. There are exceptions to be sure, but this narrative is not built on the exceptions. It is built on a fantasy that skips any active consideration of how these things actually work.
Herein lies the biggest problem with this fantasy scenario; it presents us with the image of a government acting on its own, independent of the public will. That could happen, I suppose, but is far less likely than the countless times in which government policies actually have facilitated repressive measures popular with the American people, or at least a large segment of it. And in such moments, the victims of repression have rarely been sufficiently well armed to make an effective stand against those who wanted a piece of their liberty.
In real world history, those who have suffered the greatest deprivations did not merely face the threat of Federal Authority; they also have had to contend with the prejudice of an American population content to have them suffer.
…one that sometimes even demanded it.
We can imagine the victims of repression better armed, yes, but only if we also imagine the majority better armed as well. This is hardly a story which leads to a successful defense of liberty. I would call the scenario anarchy, but I don't wish to sully the term 'anarchy' with such a vision of violence and destruction.
It's damned hard to read these self-indulgent fantsies when considering the actual history of people struggling for their rights. It's hard to give credence to this juvenile narrative, knowing what it took for the people in these camps to survive, what it took the Freedom Riders to earn rights enjoyed by gun-toting whites in the South. And it is especially hard to hear such arguments from those with so little to say about such things as Guantanamo Bay or the countless encroachments on Fourth Amendment Rights we've seen over the last few decades.
What pisses me off about this argument isn't the defense of gun ownership, or even opposition to gun control. Frankly I don't think this kind of crap even touches either one of those issues. It sheds no light on those issues whatsoever, and leave us with a whole different discussion to have if we can ever get clear of noise like this. What bothers me about this stuff is the scorched-earth tactics; the vision of politics as warfare and questions about rights as an invitation to shoot at one another. It's a vision of government as a faceless evil empire in opposition to private citizens, and begging for opposition from heroic gun-owners everywhere. Folks telling this yarn have no sense of how such things actually happen. But they are happy to tell stories of gun-toting heroes squaring off against a government turned inexplicably on its own population. How that will work is a Hell we can only hope we will never see.
And it's a Hell as likely to be brought about by gun-owners defending their own rights (as they define them) as anything done by a corrupt and tyrannical government.
While others have struggled and died for some of the most basic human rights imaginable, so many in the gun crowd openly fantasize about acts of violence over basic policy disagreements and the possibility of restricted access to a commodity. The pretense that this commodity is the key to civil rights plays a big role in these fantasies. The end result is a tantrum born of paranoia and privilege and a gun culture increasingly dangerous to the rest of us.
No. I'm not talking about the weapons. I am talking about the mindset of people who produce memes like the one above. People who make such arguments are not interested in protecting anyone under serious threat of government repression. The gun rights crowd did not protect the Japanese during World War II, and I for one don't believe they will be there the next time someone decides to create camps like this.
…unless of course it is to close and lock the gates.
Real World Villains, Volume III: Those Troublesome Alaska Natives!
Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, History, Justice, Native American Issues, Politics
Alaska, Alaska Natives, Alberta Schenck, civil Rights, Duck-In, Ducks, Elizabeth Peratrovitch, Hunting, Inupiat, Subsistence
Governor Gruening Signs the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945
"What the Hell is a duck in?"
That must have been my first response to one of the stories I want to write about today. Hopefully, I didn't say it out loud, but the duck-in is one of many historical narratives that has changed my sense of the political landscape since coming to Alaska.
Yes, I'm still a lefty. I said "changed" not "destroyed."
And like many a lefty, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about civil rights issue. You know, Martin Luther King, the Freedom Rides, Brown vs. Board of Education, …all good stuff!
Since coming to Alaska, I have been blessed to learn about several new and unexpected additions to the list of civil rights struggles, some with clear parallels to those taking place outside Alaska.
Somewhere in my list of my thoughts about nuclear power, I now add the struggle over Project Chariot. Next to the relocation of Japanese in World War II, I now have a definite place for the story of Anangan (Aleutian) relocation. And of course the big story up here, at least in my mental timeline would certainly be passage of the Alaska Native Lands Claims Act.
But I don't want to talk about any of those things today.
No, what interests me at the moment is a range of smaller battles, and the story of those who fought them. I'm talking about battles like the one fought by Alberta Schenck.
Alberta Schenck Letter
Who is Alberta Schenck? Well, she was the best kind of troublemaker. As a girl of mixed heritage (her mother was Inupiat and her father was white), Schenck faced discrimination against Alaska Natives and "half breeds" on several occasions. At the age of 16, she wrote this letter to the editor of the Nome Nugget, protesting the segregated seating of natives and whites at a local movie house, known as the Dream Theater. To say that the significance of her protest stretched beyond the specific policies of that specific theater would be an understatement.
It's worth noting that Schenck herself worked at Dream Theater, at least she did until the letter was published. She later returned to that very theater on a date with a white army sergeant. After refusing to leave her seat, the Chief of Police for the city of Nome physically removed Schenck from her seat and she spent the night in jail.
Outrage over Schenck's arrest helped eventually to fuel for passage of the Anti-Dicrimnatory act of 1945. She was subsequently elected Queen of Nome during the Spring Carnival of that year. This was in 1944, 11 years before Rosa Parks picked her fight with the city of Montgomery Alabama. …well before the sit-ins, or the freedom rides.
And then of course there is Elizabeth Peratrovitch, a Tlingit Native whose testimony before the territorial senate helped to secure the final passage of the Anti-Discriminatory Act, mentioned above. She said a lot of things in that testimony, but this particular line is particularly memorable:
I would not have expected that I, who am barely out of savagery, would have to remind gentlemen with five thousand years of recorded civilization behind them, of our Bill of Rights.
With actions like those of Alberta Schenck and testimony such as that of Elizabeth Peratrovich, the territory finally passed a law banning such acts of discrimination.
I should add that the law did not merely eliminate discriminatory policies at the government level; it forbade discrimination by private businesses. Opponents of the bill had argued, as many do today, that government had no role to play in limiting the choices of private businessmen. Fortunately, that argument lost in 1945, as it did in 1964, and as it should today. Those who imagine it is enough to keep government policies free of racial bias have seriously underestimated the impact of private discrimination. Here as elsewhere the individual decisions of private businesses were the centerpiece of segregation.
But my all time favorite story about civil disobedience in the great state of Alaska would have to be the "Duck in." This narrative begins in 1918 with a treaty between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Under this treaty, the U.S. agreed to ban the taking of migratory waterfowl from the period between March 10th and September 1st.
So what's the trouble? That is the ONLY time that migratory waterfowl can be found on the North Slope of Alaska. For a people very much dependent on subsistence hunting for their survival, the terms of this treaty removed a critical resource from the Spring and Summer menu.
The issue does not appear to have been much of a problem, at least not until Alaska became a state and began to enforce Federal laws with greater diligence. Then Fish and Wildlife officers began arresting people and confiscating their weapons, and their catch.
Duck Hunters at Point Barrow
How did the Inupiat population of Barrow respond to the arrest of people in their own community? How did they deal with a game warden in town to enforce the hunting regulations?
Well, they were very cooperative.
He found about a hundred and fifty Barrow residents outside his hotel room one day, each with a duck in hand. He didn't have enough forms to process all the arrests, so Barrow Magistrate Sadie Neakok advised him to record the names on extra paper and attach them to the main form. And thus, everyone with a duck got counted.
Subsequent to this, State Senator, Eben Hopson, sent a request to then Governor, William Egan, asking that welfare officials be sent to help take care of all the children whose parents would be locked up due to enforcement of the law.
…and Fish and Wildlife simply stopped enforcing the regulations.
That's called a 'win' folks!
Okay, that's it, just a few of my favorite stories about troublesome Alaska Natives. I haven't covered any of this with sufficient detail to do justice to these stories, so I'll just briefly mention some better sources:
Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson produced a wonderful documentary on the Duck In. It is available through the North Slope Borough School District.
Wikipedia does seem to have a page on Elizabeth Peratrovitch. , and she is mentioned in quite a few additional sources. This one from Alaschool.org has a pretty thorough discussion of her contributions to the state of Alaska.
Numerous references to Alberta Schenck may be found in sundry parts of the net. Her memorial website would be a good place to start.
One good reading on the subject of discrimination would be an article by Terrence M. Cole, "Jim Crow in Alaska: The Passage of the Alaska Equal Rights act of 1945," in Stephen W. Haycox and Mary Childers Mangusso (eds.) An Alaska Anthology: Interpreting the Past, (Seattle and London. University of Washington Press, 1996) pp 314-335.
The Images of Governor Gruening signing the Anti-discriminatory Act, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Alberta Schenck's letter are from Alaska's Digital Archives. The image of Duck Hunters came from the Marine Image Bank of the Digital Collections at the University of Washington.
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So, I've heard a lot of comments about how kids these days are growing up way too fast. When I first heard complaints about this I didn't think too much of it. Afterall, it's the same thing our parents said to us, their parents said to them, and so on and so on. Nevertheless, I've recently come to believe there is a lot of truth to these accusations.
I have an eight year old niece who is more concerned with clothes and makeup than I ever was at that age. When I was eight years old I was into Barbies and the latest Fisher Price play set. My niece grew out of that stage two or three years ago. I've also noticed that children (girls) seem to dress far more sexually as time goes on. I work in retail and have seen 12 year olds walk into my store that imitate styles of girls in their late teens. Mini skirts, crop tops, and heels have become must have items for many young girls. These are much milder examples compared with other cases. Everyone hears horror stories about how kids are having sex at younger ages than ever before. The youngest I remember is a boy having sex at age 10 or 11. That completely baffles me.
One has to wonder why this is happening. Is the behavior of today's juveniles really as extreme as people say? Or is it the typical opinion of the older population versus the up and coming youthful culture? Is our society becoming more corrupt and influencing kids? Or has this always been happening and now we just hear more about it?
In my opinion, it's a combination of all these issues. Members of older generations will always find fault with younger generations. This has always been the nature of our community. Also, as our society becomes more open to discussion and technology encourages the spread of information, many aspects of our lives come to light that were not necessarily discussed or widely known before. I also think our world is slowly becoming a more dangerous and corrupt place, however, that is not entirely to blame for the behavior of the kids. Children have been shown to be more susceptible to outside influences (usually negative) depending on their background and home life. From what I've seen, some of the kids who dress and act far above their age group have parents that either support or show indifference to what their kids do.
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I honestly think parents becoming more lax in discipline has a major impact on what these kids are doing. I wasnt allowed to wear lipstick on a semi-regular basis until I was around 13/14 years old. However, today I was just watching a fashion video about how Suri Cruise (Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter) was becoming a trendsetter, wearing gold heels on one day and a dark red lipstick on another. Suri is only five. That's just a Hollywood example but I have seen children in that age group with similar style habits.
Then of course there's the media. Television, music, and movies have always influenced society's youth. My niece is obsessed with the Nickelodeon show Victorious. The girls often sport short dresses, skirts, and stilettos, as part of their wardrobes. In certain snapshots you could easily mistake some of the teens girls for grown women.
In short, I do think that kids today are growing up way too fast. However, this is not a new phenomenon. They are products of society. This has always been the case. I think all we can do is monitor what these kids see and hear as much as possible and refrain from encouraging them to grow up to quickly. There shouldnt be groups of 12-year-old kids roaming the town unsupervised, five-year-olds in eyeshadow and heels, and preteens dressed like they're going to the club. Childhood is a very important stage of life and it only comes once. When its gone they can't get it back so try not to let them take it for granted.
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Cynical political manoeuvring? Frack that.
Western Australia's protest campaign against fracking is called Frack Free Future.
Last week, Stephen McNeil told the Halifax Chamber of Commerce that he is willing to consider lifting the ban on hydraulic fracturing if a community builds local support for it. His comments are strategic political manoeuvring.
The Liberal party, which introduced the ban on fracking, now wants to make it clear to everyone that maintaining the public will to support the ban is everyone's responsibility, except perhaps its own.
Justin Trudeau used this approach to justify abandoning electoral reform: blaming the population for not miraculously developing a unified voice. McNeil wants to weaken the ban without taking responsibility.
Let's not dwell on how cynical it is to propose downloading the costs of a referendum or appropriate public consultation to municipalities, especially as McNeil's own government has already paid for the Wheeler Report. Or, how fracking can release uranium and other radioactive minerals currently in our bedrock, Into our water supply, possibly contributing to our province's already high bladder and kidney cancer rates.
Let's instead consider why anyone might want to frack.
The number "60 billion dollars", which has been proposed as a value on the natural gas that is embedded in our ground, may sound like a very juicy amount indeed, but that number is extrapolated, and is suggested to be a high estimate. Assume we start by finding a partner through our usual process of offering low to no taxes, payroll rebates, low- to no-interest, often forgivable loans, other subsidies, very favourable locations, plus an offer that we'll take care of any 'externalities' like pollution. That partner will likely be some giant conglomerate with shareholders far afield. The timespan of the project will necessarily be short, as the price of alternative energies drops and the gas gets harder to extract. By the end, the amount generated in revenue to the province dwindles to a much smaller number, if any.
Frick and Frack were funny, but fracking is no laughing matter.
In 2014, the Globe & Mail reported that the number of green energy jobs surpassed jobs in the oilsands. We need to invest our province's resources into building jobs that are long term and forward facing, instead of propping up dying industries.
Nova Scotia has tremendous natural resources and as we cultivate diverse new industries (like biomedical devices, ocean technology, video game development and nutriceuticals), our rich resources really only help us by staying here.
propriate value to sustainable forestry, organic and sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry, those jobs will be there for more than just a few years. If we build the right infrastructure, more opportunities will open up in these areas. We will find ourselves much better off in the long run. Nova Scotians will be healthier, and the odds are, both our health system and tourism operators will benefit.
As voters, every time you go to the polls, you can choose a same-old cynical party, or a hopeful, healthier future. Expect better of your elected officials. Tell Premier McNeil, frack that.
I listened to Premier Rachel Notley's strong words yesterday on the radio, and I agree with her that we need a strong leadership. I also understand that the oil industry is currently a strong component of Alberta's (and hence Canada's) industry. Where I don't agree is that this should be the status quo. I do believe it is now time to turn to our future industry in which our kids will thrive; I do believe we should stop making a quick buck on the future of our planet; I do believe that we should listen to the wisdom of our native elders; and I do believe that it is time to give our young entrepreneurs a chance instead of feeding the rich.
In Nova Scotia there is now a new campaign to imply the potential for carbon riches. The federal government approved new drilling off our coast, and we are told that there is lots of potential for fracking here. I do understand how people get excited by this dream of wealth; also, it is easy to be taken by the scare that losing this industry would kill our economy. It is difficult to argue against the powerful lobbies in our society. However, I believe that a government is there to watch out for all of us. I know know the other parties believe that they do their best by helping the big industry. However, and quite frankly, I question their abilities to see the bigger picture.
I believe we should not just think about the current jobs of a dying industry; instead, we need to think about the new jobs they prevent and the opportunities for people outside the lucky 1%. Other economies, specifically in the north of Europe which have climates and population densities similar to Canada, have been turning around their fortunes by moving away from the carbon economy and embracing a vision of a healthy society. Selling out our environmental riches for a bargain price to the pulp industry while poisoning our citizens is wrong. I came to Nova Scotia because I believe it is one of the best places to live, and I will not give up the fight for this to continue to be true for all.
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The Center for Open Science: Promoting openness in the scientific community
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The Center for Open Science (COS) believes that some of the biggest scientific challenges we face today could be solved if research was progressed more quickly and disseminated more widely. Striving for a culture of openness where methodology and results are shared across disciplines, COS provides support, tools and training for researchers, institutions, funders and publishers. Through their work, they aim to make scientific research and data available for all, accelerating progress in areas such as disease, poverty, education, social justice and the environment.
The Center for Open Science (COS) celebrated its fourth anniversary earlier this year. In that time, the organisation has established itself as a key player in the fight for a culture change in the scientific community, advocating openness, integrity and reproducibility of research. Since its inception, more than 5,000 journals have signed the transparency and openness promotion guidelines, and the Open Science Framework now hosts more than 67,000 projects. Likewise, hundreds of visitors rely on COS to source collaborations and learn how to implement open science products and processes.
Jeffrey Spies, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of COS; on Twitter as @JeffSpies.
In this interview with co-founder Jeff Spies, Research Features found out a bit more about the story behind the COS's core mission, its current projects and what the future might look like if more of the community engaged with open science.
Hi Jeff! Can you briefly tell us about the heritage and background of the Center for Open Science (COS)?
Brian Nosek and I (co-founders of COS) had both wanted to create a system like the Open Science Framework (OSF) for a while. I had wanted to back in 2004, before joining Brian's lab, but was told it would kill my career – I should focus on publishing and save this sort of tool development for post-tenure. Brian had submitted two proposals to the National Institutes for Health in 2006 and 2007 to create a virtual laboratory (https://osf.io/784rn/) and participant pool (https://osf.io/3v2wy/) with features that promoted the sharing of research data and materials. However, neither of these were funded.
When I joined Brian's lab, I started developing the OSF as a side project and then, after deciding to kill my academic career, as part of my dissertation project. Around the same time, we started the Reproducibility Project: Psychology, a large-scale effort evaluating the rate of replicability in psychology, managed on the OSF. Enter the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and COS was born.
Can you tell us what projects you are particularly passionate about at COS?
Openness is key to increasing research efficiency by enhancing research quality, reproducibility, replicability, extension, quality, inclusivity and diversity. We need high quality research to solve some of the big challenges we face, like curing diseases, and we need as many and as diverse a group of people as possible to work on them. We also need rapid dissemination of research.
Academic researchers make critical contributions to these problems, both directly and indirectly. But the primary incentive for academic researchers is publication, and that has created inefficiencies, e.g., delayed dissemination, inaccuracy, lack of reproducibility and replicability and exclusion. There are many people that could be making a contribution to the research enterprise, but cannot because they or their institutions cannot afford the access fees or because of restrictive licensing. More than that, the publication is only a sliver of the actual research process – we need access to the whole of the research lifecycle.
Can you tell us about your individual role at the COS and the role of the board?
Over time, roles have shifted – early on, I was involved in just about everything. As the team has expanded and the amount of work we have committed to has increased, we have all had to become more focused. What has not changed in my role is being responsible for technical strategy, product vision, software architecture, external partner/funder development and the management of research and development (now called COS Labs).
As our website states: 'Our board represents the research and technology communities and provides COS with valuable advice for meeting its mission.' You can read more about it at https://cos.io/about/our-board/.
Staff hard at work in COS's office in downtown Charlottesville, VA.
Can you tell us a bit more about open science? How did you become interested and an advocate of open science?
I like solving problems. It started off with an interest in using artificial intelligence to solve problems – evolutionary computation, behaviour-based robotics, artificial life. Via these paradigms, I was doing research using neural network modelling. That led to work in quantitative psychology while in a joint PhD programme with computer science. Fairly early on in those studies it became clear that there were even broader problems to solve with regards to the research process itself – and here I am.
COS has a strategic plan which outlines its mission to increase openness, integrity and reproducibility of research with five interdependent activities: metascience, infrastructure, training, incentives and community – can you explain how these relate to fulfilling COS's mission?
Metascience is acquiring evidence to encourage change, infrastructure is building technology to enable change, training is disseminating knowledge to enact change, incentives provide reasons to embrace change and community is fostering connections and inclusion to propagate change. I do think a multi-pronged (i.e., cross-strategy, cross-stakeholder, cross-discipline, cross-lifecycle) and open, community-focused approach is required.
Openness is the key to increasing research efficiency by expanding research quality, reproducibility, replicability, extension, quality, inclusivity and diversity
What impact has COS had since its establishment?
I will be most satisfied when, perhaps after a few more years of our work, we (or ideally others) can bring forth empirical data to answer that question. But I will just cite a few numbers that I am particularly proud of: researchers have created over 67,000 projects, 21,000 are public. We have had more than 5.1 million downloads on the OSF. We have had over 11,000 registrations – a paradigm not well understood or incentivised in most disciplines. A total of 70 journals now offer the registered reports format and 6,700 preprints have been uploaded to OSF Preprints or one of our 15 community-supported preprint servers. This aggregates with another 2.1 million preprints collected by SHARE, a project I co-direct with Judy Ruttenberg at the Association of Research Libraries. COS has 194 Ambassadors helping us scale our work.
Where in the world has benefitted most from the work at COS?
Over the last year, we have had some use of the OSF in every country in the world. The numbers do seem to align with what might be expected based upon what we know of 'output' across the world, as measured by the number of publications or number of citations of those publications. However, our numbers do diverge in some important ways. For example, usage from Brazil, Indonesia and India is higher than in some of the expected top ten locations in the world.
How does the COS correlate with the open access movement? How can readers get involved and support this?
As Peter Suber defines it, open access removes both price and permission barriers from literature. At COS, we advocate going further than open access: open workflow, i.e. opening text but also materials, data, analyses, software, etc. The OSF, for example, is meant to support an open workflow approach rather than focusing on just one or a few components of the research lifecycle.
In terms of getting involved, all of our work is free and open. Our code is on Github http://github.com/centerforopenscience, services described at http://cos.io and the OSF is freely available at http://osf.io. Readers can get in touch with us at contact@cos.io.
How does COS differ from other open science organisations?
There are certainly others doing great work that we share similarities with. It seems that our uniqueness comes from our multi-pronged approach – ideally helping to connect the more focused work others are doing that we would never be able to do. For example, with our technology, we support community partners who want to run preprint servers. Those people are much closer to their communities – they know the people, speak their language and understand their challenges. It does not make sense for us to be in every community, but we can support the people already there.
Publication is only a sliver of the actual research process – we need access to the whole of the research lifecycle
What needs to happen to continue to promote and support the open science movement, making research accessible to all levels of people worldwide?
Across the board, we need a change in incentives so that scholarly values can be aligned with scholarly practices, and this needs to come from and be supported by universities, funders, societies and journals. Until incentives and culture changes, increased resourcing to support endeavours worldwide would accelerate change.
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation was key to the establishment of COS in 2013 – how else does the COS campaign for more generous funders and partners to support COS in its mission?
We are extremely appreciative of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation's generosity. Beyond the funders active in the ecosystem, our team is pursuing new opportunities and grants that come to our attention. Much of that work – pre-proposal or pre-engagement – is done by Melanie Benjamin, our donor and funder relations lead. Her and other members of the team have been working hard at making it easy and compelling for others to donate as well (see more at https://cos.io/donate-to-cos/).
What does the future hold for open science and COS?
The question of whether or not change will occur such that open is the default in science/scholarship is not a matter of if but when. The future for those working to promote openness is working towards a when that is sooner rather than later. Openness will accelerate solutions to problems having to do with health, social justice and the environment – solutions that many people are actively waiting for as their lives or well-being depend on it.
• To find out more information about the fantastic work of COS, please visit their website at www.cos.io.
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Thanks for the Vivaldi Concerto. I'm far from being an expert on any type of music, let alone classical music, but from a layman's perspective, it's possible the concerto contained a few too many notes, something the almost perfect Mozart was want to do in a few of his compositions.
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That's one of the best renditions of "Ain't No Sunshine" I've heard (or seen) to date.
Here's one of the the best renditions of "Havana" I've heard (or seen) to date, and done completely "a cappella".
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Completely Random: isamorph after learning about discrete mathematics, I appreciate your username that much more.
I must say, at the risk of being attacked by ABBA and Mamma Mia fans, this Swedish Duo has raised the bar very high for music coming out of Sweden, and they dress much better than ABBA did.
sovashadow wrote: Completely Random: isamorph after learning about discrete mathematics, I appreciate your username that much more.
Completely random is basically how I got that user name, although I do try to be discreet about my ignorance of mathematics. I think I mentioned before that I picked my username many years ago when I had selected a few names while setting up my private Youtube channel that were already taken, and so, perhaps from something I read in the past, I just willy nilly came up with "isamorph" on the spot because I assumed it would not have been taken already. Funny, I saw today where there is a Youtube channel called "Isa Morph", and that isamorph is an actual word. Maybe I'll consider changing my real name to isamorph, since my current real is rather commonplace and boring. But, then, what's in a name?
I never knew there was an "uncut" full -version of "Papa was a Rolling Stone"
It's 12 minutes long vs the "aired" version which was 7 minutes long.
Thanks for the "Uncut" version of a classic. Since I've been using a smartphone, my attention span has somehow been considerably reduced, so I listened to it in two parts, six minutes each. Here's another classic that I may have to listen to in three sessions. Seriously, though, it's a shame that someone creates something that is meant to be experienced in its entirety, yet it must be edited or shortened so it will not be too much for people to experience at one time. Anyway, the final performance for Iron Butterfly, thank goodness.


You are Krumb, a dwarven pitman with the quest for mighty artifacts. On your journey through mysterious mines, swamps and dungeons you will encounter many dangerous enemies, from the malicious cave goblins to the enormous trolls. Drink from health fountains, open treasure chests, collect a wide range of food, weapons and magical items and use them wisely - to eventually stand your ground against the perils that await you!
IMPORTANT NOTE: In this free version you will have access to the first half dungeon only!
ALSO BE AWARE: The game was only tested on an iPad and on an iPod Touch G4. Users told us that it works on 3G, too.
It will not run on devices of the first or second generation. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Initially made for the "Seven Day Roguelike Challenge" the game got a complete overhaul. Pitman will let you die a thousand deaths ... and make your survival especially satisfying!


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On the first day of the 7th edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League, the North Zone was on the way to a large number in the first sessions. The Khaled Mashud Pilot team has scored 335 runs for 2 wikets at the end of the day, against Nayeem and Jahurul in the Rajshahi East Zone. The Central Zone is ahead by 253 running in front of the South Zone Earlier, Majumdar scored 282 runs for the first wicket with Abdul Majeed scoring all the wickets in the middle. In response, the South 29 ran without losing any wickets.
As the national team's cricketers were busy in the Probation series against India and the West, the Bangladesh Cricket League began a lot of unexpected. Initially, many were reluctant but later the cricketers out of the national team squad participated in the BCL.
In the first day of Rajshahi, Uttar Centers have two hundred in the first day. The Khaled Masud Pilot team was invited to bat at the start of the throw. The Varendra region team has started very well. Mizanur and Junaid Siddiqui wrote the morning. After refusing the opening partnership of 67, Junaid returned to 28 runs. Farhad, who came out of the field when he was outside the field after being struck by a great game, was frustrated.
The Nayeem and Farhad partnership held only 33 runs. Then, the rest of the day, Naeem and Jahurul Islam were awarded by East bowlers. Good play. Hundreds of runs have hit the blade. In a world class career, 25th Century, Haqan Nayeem and Jahurulal 16th. After the end of the day in 235 running, the team scored 335 running for 2 wicts in the score. Rahi and Mahmudal took two wickets for the South.
In Sylhet, middle class could not make a lot of difference. The team, after losing the load, lost the first time in the group after losing the game. The middle order lost two liton batsmen at Lono and Saif Hasan before scoring any running on the scoreboard.
Peace and Majid failed to cope with the shock, but failed. Just returned to 23 running quietly Marshal, Shuvagat, Taibura returned, one after another. However, Abdul Majid played on one side of the game.
Majid 124 against Shahidul Islam did in the last wicket. Sixth Century Career Shahid also made the first step of career in the highest quality. At the end of the day there are 282 runs all in the middle. Razzaq and Al Amin took three wickets each.
At the end of the day, South Zone 29 ran without losing any 5 layers.
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Careem was launched in Pakistan in March 2016 and has rapidly become one of the most popular ride-hailing services in the country. The company stated that sensitive information like customers' names, email addresses, phone numbers and trip history data had been stolen by hackers.
This outbreak of Bad Rabbit Ransomware bears similarities to the WannaCry and Petya ransomware outbreaks that spread around the world causing widespread disruption earlier this year.


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Q: Magento - List Products Categories In Magento on each products detail page I would like to list which categories which belongs to.
How would I go about achieving this?

A: Give this a try:
$currentCatIds = $_product->getCategoryIds();

and also
 $categoryCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/category_collection')
  ->addAttributeToSelect('name')
  ->addAttributeToSelect('url')
  ->addAttributeToFilter('entity_id', $currentCatIds)
  ->addIsActiveFilter();

Cheers,
JD

A: You can use the following code to display all categories related to the selected product in the product detail page.
<?php $categories = $_product->getCategoryIds(); ?>
           <?php foreach($categories as $k => $_category_id): ?>
           <?php $_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($_category_id) ?>
            <a href="<?php echo $_category->getUrl() ?>"><?php echo $_category->getName() ?>
           <?php endforeach; ?>

A: The  code will get product category name based on store id. This will also use full for multi store and multiwebsite concepts
   $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($product_id);
   $cats = $product->getCategoryIds();
   foreach ($cats as $category_id) {
   $_cat = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->setStoreId(Mage::app()-  >getStore()->getId())->load($category_id);
    echo $_cat->getName();
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So far all of the products I've measured against the David Suzuki Dirty Dozen have been 'natural', products containing no more than 1-2 at most of these toxic ingredients. But what about popular conventional products?
have manufacturers that would be fully accountable and address the concerns ingredients raise- openly, in full view of the consumers who go searching for the information.
That SHOULD be a safe assumption. But it's not. Whatever the product, we have to stay on top of the information that helps us make good and healthy decisions for ourselves, and for our families.
Regulation is not infallible. Just because we have a rule it does not mean people, groups, organizations, and corporations will abide unerringly by it.
Regulations have to be changed constantly to reflect the ever-changing market. When regulations can't keep up, we end up with gaps in our safety net.
Regulation takes power out of our hands and puts it in the hands of a system governed by bodies that are prone to corruption.
In this instance, regulation also has the tendency to make us feel we don't have to be more informed. While I really admire the principle of the matter, I just don't agree. I also don't think it's an either/or proposition. Whether appropriate and trustworthy regulations exist or not, we can always benefit from being better informed.
If you want to join me in becoming better informed please share your opinions in the comments below.
*Note: While the Huggies lotion has been discontinued, it is still readily available through eBay, Amazon, and countless other sites that specifically market products for babies. If you can find any information directly from Huggies about the product I'd love to see it.
The Gerber lotion is also widely available, but if you're a Canadian resident, you can forget about trying to access Gerber's site. There isn't anything I've seen so far that even suggests that this lotion contains potentially toxic ingredients (yet it does).


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When we first met Ariana, the Ivy League was not even in the realm of her thought. However, after a year of hard work and commitment, Ariana brought her ACT score up dramatically (more than 10 points in some sections!), and went on to achieve tremendous results on the Subject Tests. Academically, Ariana enjoys studying English Literature and Biology, and applied broadly to schools where she would be able to pursue these diverse passions. After being accepted to NYU, Cornell, Columbia, and other amazing universities, Ariana decided to attend Columbia next year. Although unsure of her intended major, Ariana looks forward to exploring various academic areas through the Core Curriculum.
Outside of school, Ariana devotes much of her time mentoring first generation middle school students. Having been in their shoes just a few years ago, she works to inform students and their families on beneficial strategies for success in high school. She hopes to continue mentoring younger first generation students at Columbia and paying forward all that has been done for her.
While we typically rely on guidance counselors to refer superstars to the LogicPrep scholarship program, when this student showed up at our office and shared her transcript, Andrea's potential was immediately apparent.
When she was a seven-year-old, Andrea explained, her parents moved her family to the US seeking better opportunities for her and her sister. At the time, she spoke no English. While both her parents were teachers in Peru, coming to the US would mean starting over -- and to this day, relying on their young daughters to navigate everything from paying bills to ordering pizza. One thing that remained constant, however, was her family's emphasis on education.
With incredible grit and the support of the LP team, this student raised her ACT score 10 points and aced the Math II and Physics Subject Tests. Inspired by her work ethic, our college advising team jumped at the opportunity to guide her through the application process. Mid-December, our office erupted into screams when Andrea called telling us she'd been offered Early Admission to her first choice school, MIT. It was a true team effort, and a dream come true for this incredibly hardworking and talented young woman.
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A denizen of Oregon, Cameron writes critically-acclaimed mysteries, including Crossroad, Property of the State, and the award-winning County Line. whcameron.com Twitter: @bcmystery
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When not tending his chickens, Crossroad author W.H. Cameron shapes unruly words into captivating people caught in harrowing situations. As Bill Cameron he writes the critically-acclaimed Skin Kadash mysteries, and his YA mystery Property of the State was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best of 2016. His stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, A Beast Without a Name, and more.
whcameron.com | Twitter: @bcmystery
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When not tending his chickens, Crossroad author W.H. Cameron shapes unruly words into captivating people caught in harrowing situations. As Bill Cameron he writes the critically-acclaimed Skin Kadash mysteries. His stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, A Beast Without a Name, Lee Child's First Thrills anthology, and more. His work has been nominated for the Left Coast Crime Rocky Award, the CWA Short Story Dagger, and multiple times for the Spotted Owl, which he won for County Line. His YA mystery Property of the State was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2016: Teen. whcameron.com | Twitter: @bcmystery
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Crossroad author W.H. Cameron raises backyard chickens in Oregon, and shapes unruly words into captivating people caught in harrowing situations in his writing room. As Bill Cameron, he's the critically-acclaimed author of the edgy and stirring mysteries County Line, Day One, Chasing Smoke and Lost Dog—featuring irascible Portland homicide cop Skin Kadash. His young adult mystery Property of the State, introducing troubled yet resourceful Joey Getchie, was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2016.
In a starred review, Kirkus described Property of the State as, "An eminently satisfying series opener for mystery fans who want their downtrodden detectives to be appealing, clever, and unafraid of action." Booklist said, "Joey's intense, gripping narration of his heartbreaking life will haunt readers." Publishers Weekly said of County Line, "Contemporary sharp-edged noir doesn't get much better than Cameron's mournful novel featuring ex-cop Skin Kadash." New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Cain described Day One as "an utterly engrossing page-turner." In the Vancouver Voice, Carolyn Schultz-Rathbun said, "The body count is positively Shakespearean, but in Cameron's vision of P-town's dark underbelly, love really is strong as death. Maybe stronger." Chasing Smoke received a starred review from Library Journal, and Booklist declared, "it engages the reader on an emotional as well as literary level."
In 2012, County Line won the Spotted Owl Award for Best Northwest Mystery. Lost Dog was nominated for the 2008 Rocky Award and was a finalist for the 2008 Spotted Owl Award. Cameron's short story, "The Princess of Felony Flats," was nominated for a 2011 CWA Short Story Dagger Award. His short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Portland Noir, Murder at the Beach, Killer Year, First Thrills, and A Beast Without A Name: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Steely Dan (Fall 2019).
Described by Publishers Weekly as a "pulse-pounding tale [that] begs to be read in one sitting," Crossroad marks the first in a series about Melisende Dulac, an apprentice mortician more comfortable with the dead than the living.
Learn more at www.bill-cameron.com or twitter.com/bcmystery.
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W.H. Cameron Bios PDF
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Crossroad (300 dpi JPG format in a ZIP archive)
Cover design by Melanie Sun
Property of the State (300 dpi JPG format in a ZIP archive)
Cover design by Christian Fuenfhausen
County Line (300 dpi JPG format in a ZIP archive)
Day One (300 dpi JPG format in a ZIP archive)
Chasing Smoke (300 dpi JPG format in a ZIP archive)
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Revisions are when you get to get to move the darts onto the bullseye while no one is looking.
Copyright © W.H. Cameron/Bill Cameron. All rights reserved.


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A New Democratic government would use the purchasing power of the federal government to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs and pass those savings on to the provinces and territories, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says.
The NDP plans to spend $2.6 billion over the next four years to "work towards a plan to support universal comprehensive public drug coverage for all Canadians," if it takes the Oct. 19 vote.
The party is not committing to implement full coverage by the end of its first mandate, but Mulcair said he hopes to achieve average savings of 30 per cent in prescription drug costs through bulk buying.
Once in place, the plan would save the provinces and territories up to $3 billion annually.
Health care is a provincial and territorial responsibility, so an NDP government would have to negotiate precise arrangements with the other various governments. It would not have the power to impose a free coverage scheme. Some provinces, however, have been pushing for such a scheme for some time.
The announcement follows a series of health-care commitments made by the NDP earlier this week, amounting to nearly $5 billion in campaign promises.
Mulcair made today's pledge at a seniors' facility in the riding of Regina-Wascana in Regina, which has been held by high-profile Liberal candidate Ralph Goodale since 1993. It is one of only two federal Liberal seats in the Prairies.
The New Democrats have suggested they believe Goodale's seat is fairly secure, but have hopes for the other two ridings in the city: Regina-Qu'Appelle, held by Conservative candidate and House Speaker Andrew Scheer; and Regina-Lewvan, a new riding formed when boundaries were redrawn after the 2011 election, with no incumbent.
But a survey of the breakdown of votes within the boundaries of Regina-Lewvan suggests that, had the riding existed during the 2011 election, the NDP would have taken it by 500 votes over the Tories.


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Abe Oudshoorn is Assistant Professor in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at Western University, the Department of Psychiatry Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and Associate Scientist with Lawson Health Research Institute. Having worked as a nurse with people experiencing homelessness, Abe's research focuses on health, homelessness, housing policy, and poverty. Outside of the University, Abe has the privilege of chairing the London Homeless Coalition, is a board member with the United Way of London & Middlesex, and sits on the Mayor's Advisory Panel on Poverty.
Carri Hand is Assistant Professor in the School of Occupational Therapy in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University. Carri's research explores physical, social, policy and cultural contextual factors that impact social connectedness, social inclusion and participation in occupations among older adults — all to inform the development of innovative strategies to promote inclusion of older adults in community life. Carri collaborates with community organizations and community members, focusing on vulnerable older adults who may be experiencing poverty, disability, or social isolation. Her current work explores the complex ways in which neighbourhoods can support social connectedness and inclusion; how primary care and neighbourhoods can be integrated to support inclusion and participation; and measurement of meaningful outcomes in primary care as a basis for addressing health inequities.
Debbie Lalibert e Rudman is Associate Professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University. Debbie carries out equity-oriented, collaborative research that works with marginalized collectives and community organizations to optimize opportunities for participation. Her work enhances understanding of how social, economic, gendered and other contextual factors lead to situations of inequity in relation to health, social inclusion, and occupation (the range of activities people need and want to do). Debbie's research has examined social, health and occupational inequities in relation to: retirement and later life work; aging with disabilities; post-secondary education and First Nations youth; barriers to successful integration for immigrants; and precarious employment and long-term employment. She aims to provoke awareness of inequities and highlight alternative ways stakeholders can re-shape contextual features — such as policies and institutional practices — to promote equity and social inclusion.
Gerda Zonruiter has 15 years experience working as a social policy and planning researcher with the City of London. During her tenure she has provided research support for a range of portfolios, including homelessness, housing, poverty, social assistance and childcare. Prior to leaving the City to pursue freelance research and consulting work, Gerda was the co-chair of London's Child and Youth Network's, Income Security Working Group, working with community members to identify systemic issues of poverty; and recommending changes in the areas of social assistance, minimum wage and affordable housing. Well-versed in the issues of social inclusion, poverty and health equity, Gerda's involvement with London's Bridges Out of Poverty ❘ Circles initiative keeps her grounded in the everyday challenges associated with living with poverty
Marlene Janzen Le Ber is Assistant Professor, Leadership at Brescia University College and Adjunct Research Professor at the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership at Western University. Her PhD in Business Administration – Strategy followed a MScN, a career in mental health and public health nursing, and over 20 years in hospital and health research administration. Marlene's research focuses on the complex processes of leadership in social innovation at both the micro/individual level and at the more macro/organizational/systems level. The two ongoing projects at the individual level are: "Women's Leader Identity Development" and "Organizational Culture and Leadership: Exploring the Practice of Leadership in a Women's Circle." Two additional projects, "From Intractable to Tractable: Transdisciplinary Processes of Innovation" and "Develop and Test Indicators of Ontario Local Public Health Agency Work to Address the Social Determinants of Health to Reduce Health Inequities" are at the organizational/systems level, with a focus on how social systems change. More specifically, Marlene focuses on the processes of social innovation that address issues of social (in)justice and equality for vulnerable, disenfranchised and marginalized populations.
Melanie Katsivo is Research Officer and Adjunct Research Professor at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, where her interests and work are focused on innovative and disruptive approaches to dealing with factors that deter the enjoyment of acceptable levels of good health and overall wellness by individuals in communities. Melanie uses a gender- and human-rights framework to interrogate socio-cultural determinants of wellness.
Nadine Wathen PhD (nadinewathen.ca) is Associate Professor & Faculty Scholar at Western Univeristy, a Research Scholar at Western's Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, and a Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada. Her research examines the health and social service sector response to violence against women and children, interventions to reduce health inequities, and the science of knowledge translation, with a focus on enhancing the use of research in policy and practice. Nadine co-leads a number of research initiatives, including: the PreVAiL Research Network, VEGA: A Public Health Response to Family Violence, EQUIP: Research to Equip Primary Health Care for Equity and the Domestic Violence @ Work Network.


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Q: ExcludeFromCodeCoverage Exclude Auto-Generated Code Is there a way to mark an auto-generated class as ExcludeFromCodeCoverage.  I am using that attribute in other areas and works great.  But if you open the code of the auto-generated guy and mark the classes as ExcludeFromCodeCoverage, once you re-generate that class itll be over written.
I can create partial classes in the code behind of the dbml and apply that attribute to it and it works, however, that would make for a lot of partial classes.

A: You can use PostSharp or other AOP framework to create aspect which will apply ExcludeFromCodeCoverageAttribute to specified types or namespaces:
[Serializable]
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly)]
[MulticastAttributeUsage(MulticastTargets.Class | MulticastTargets.Struct)]
[ProvideAspectRole(StandardRoles.PerformanceInstrumentation)]
public sealed class DisableCoverageAttribute : TypeLevelAspect, IAspectProvider
{
    public IEnumerable<AspectInstance> ProvideAspects(object targetElement)
    {
        Type disabledType = (Type)targetElement;

        var introducedExclusion = new CustomAttributeIntroductionAspect(
              new ObjectConstruction(typeof (ExcludeFromCodeCoverageAttribute)));

        return new[] {new AspectInstance(disabledType, introducedExclusion)};
    }
}

Then just apply this aspect to assembly and provide namespace which you want to exclude. During compilation PostSharp will add ExcludeFromCodeCoverageAttribute to all classes in My.AutogeneratedCode namespace:
[assembly: DisableCoverage(AttributeTargetTypes="My.AutogeneratedCode.*")]

Sample code and explanations you can find here.


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