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Welwitschia mirabilis, Namib Desert, Ugab River Valley. @ Caroline Hogan
The Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) is a gymnosperm relict plant endemic to the Namib Desert. The species aerial architecture consists of a pair of very wide curled and contorted leaves; these persistent structures are as thick as 1.4 millimetres in the adult specimens. Some individual plants are estimated to have lived for over a millennium.
Welwitschia mirabilis female cones. @ Barry Rice/CalPhotos/EOL The Welwitschia plant is endemic to the Namib Desert, with a range spanning northwestern Namibia and southwestern Angola. This taxon is limited in distribution to the desert biome along the southwest coast of Africa. This land strip is about 1000 kilometrers long and stretches from the Kuiseb River, immediately south of Walvis Bay in Namibia (latitude 20 to 24°S), to the Nicolau River in Angola (latitude 15 to 16°S).While some outlier populations are found 200 kilometers inland from the Atlantic Ocean, the majority of occurrences are restricted to within 80 kilometers of the coastal zone influenced by the cold Benguela Current. Extreme outliers have been found as far east as western Botswana.
Each of the leaves emerges from the base via an intercalary meristem; moreover, each leaf typically has tattered tips that exhibit extensive basipetal splitting. When a leaf is injured, that area produces a wound periderm. The leaf epidermal cells manifest thick, cutinized outer periclinal walls with a primary cuticle of up to three micrometres in thickness; moreover, these walls contain crystalline sand as calcium oxalate.
As with other warm desert plant taxa that exhibit Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), Welwitschia leaves contains high concentrations of organic acids. In controlled experiments, direct daytime carbon dioxide uptake is exhibited, supporting the fact that Welwitschia is a C3 carbon fixation species, underscoring the species primitive origin from the late Palaeozoic era. The anticlinal as well as inner periclinal cell walls are thickened, suggesting a desert adaptation that minimizes cuticular transpiration. The stomata are dense, exhibiting concentrations of around 150 stomates per square millimeter; moreover, the stomata are amphistomatic and sunken to about 30 micrometres. Furthermore, stomates lack opposite sclerenchymatous girders, and manifest longitudinal pores, similar to the stomatal architecture of desert palm taxa.
Upper leaf surfaces have high sunlight reflectivity, which property inhibits overheating of these large area structures. These broad leaves, of course, cast a wide cool shadow, which creates a micro-habitat microclimate cooling for the plant and its arthropod associates. Relative to the full gamut of desert succulents, the Welwitschia leaves store relatively modest amounts of water (approximately 45 to 65 percent). The leaves are isolateral and exhibit three or four palisade layers (of about 220 micrometres) of isodiametric parenchyma on each side of the central mesophyll. These palisade chlorenchyma are in longitudinal strips, since the tissue is divided by parallel clusters of unlignified hypodermal fibres. The mesophyll is the repository of the calcium oxalate (between primary and secondary cell walls). Prominent longitudinal veins accompanied by smaller oblique anastomosing bundles characterize the leaf vasculature. The main veins contain primary fibres associated with the xylem and phloem: moreover, the older vascular bundles are enveloped with sclerified central mesophyllic parenchyma.
Habitat and ecology
Aerial view of habitat for welwitschia along the Namibia Skeleton Coast. @ C.Michael Hogan
The main occurrence of this species within proximity of the coastal zone suggests fog is an important source of water for this taxon. The Namib Desert habitat is extremely arid with annual rainfall varying between one to five centimeters in most years, with some years having no measurable rainfall. This plant grows upon gravelly or rocky soil, often without other plant taxa nearby. The species elongated taproot capitalizes on any underground water. However, the most important water gathering trick is the ability to condense fog on the large leaves, which effectively have grooves to channel the condensate toward the thick taproot. Fog drifting from the Atlantic contributes approximately one to five centimeters of effective precipitation per annum. W. mirabilis can survive extreme temperature fluctuations between 6°Celsius (C) at night up to 50°C during the day.
Male and the female cones both produce nectar, thus attracting insects.The female cone manifests exposed stigmas that extrude nectar, whereas the male cone exhibits a modified stigma-like structure to produce the sugar rich nectar. Beetles may contribute to pollination for welwitschia, but, due to characteristic long distances of separation between individual plants, wasps and hornets may be more effective pollinators. Female cones attain maturity nine months after fertilization, typically during the months September to October. Seed germination depends on precipitation, which generally must sustain for several days to promote germination of seed. The arid conditions and other impediments such as fungus infection and small animal seed granivory promote seed attrition.
Welwitschia mirabilis is locally common within parts of its range, but overall populations are not large. The species is protected within its Namibian range, but its best protection rests with the inhospitable and harsh desert environment. In parts of its range where precipitation is highest, some farming of marginal lands threatens the species, although human population densities are not high throughout the range. The Angolan populations are difficult to assess since the Cuban funded armed Angolan rebels have controlled most of the Angolan range during the last four decades. My own local guides were reluctant to travel into that portion of Angola, or to lead scientists there, due to the danger involved.
- Chris Bornman. 1978. Welwitschia. Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869770977.
- Encyclopedia of Earth. Species curator: C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Welwitschia mirabilis
- Arthur C.Gibson. 1996. Structure-function relations of warm desert plants. Springer. 215 pages
- Winter K, Schramm MJ (1986). Analysis of Stomatal and Nonstomatal Components in the Environmental Control of CO2 Exchange in Leaves of Welwitschia mirabilis. Plant Physiology 82 (1): 173–8
- W.Wetschnig and B.Depisch. 1999. Pollination biology of Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. f. (Welwitschiaceae, Gnetopsida). Phyton-Annales Rei Botanicae 39: 167.
- D.J.Willert, B.M.Eller, E.Brinckmann and R.Baasch. 1982. CO2, gas exchange and transpiration of Welwitschia mirabilis. Naturwissenschaften 67: 21-28


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When I'm careening down a slope of talus I like to know whether it's granite or chert that's excising the skin from my back in the manner of a cheese grater wielded by a sociopath.
"This stupid rock" seems to me a pathetically impersonal epithet.It is vastly more gratifying to have gleaned a smattering of geology so that you can curse skin-shredding stone by proper name, or at least by mineral content.
"You dastardly basalt," for example, rolls right off the tongue.
A verbal assault, in any case, is the only wise tactic to deploy when you're tussling with the topography.
Punching a boulder, whatever the initial, and quite brief, satisfaction it provides, likely will have the less pleasant, and more persistent, effect of abrading yet more skin. And if you're especially unlucky you might get to add a nice dislocation or fracture to your list of maladies.
I have indulged here in anthropomorphism, I know, and of a particularly tenuous type.
Lots of people, I imagine, believe they can detect sadness or humor or joy in the face of a dog.
But I'm writing about rocks, the very epitome of the coldly inanimate object. Rocks, with the exception of certain sedimentary types formed from the desiccated husks of marine animals, cannot be said to have ever lived, something which isn't true of any dog, and especially the mutt that thought your leather recliner was a chew toy.
But I am convinced nevertheless that rocks are considerably more clever — cunning, even — than we've supposed them to be since we started peering at them through electron microscopes and probing what's left of their radioactive isotopes.
And I don't mean just the rocks that inhabit steep mountainsides, either.
The trouble there is not the rocks themselves but rather the way they conspire with gravity to create an environment ideal for exploiting the peculiar locomotion of humans, and in doing so putting new BMW convertibles in the garages of orthopedic surgeons.
I have no doubt that rocks which hunker on a table-flat trail, with just a sliver showing above ground, can instantly thrust upward a couple inches — rather like an iceberg bobbing in heavy seas — when my boot approaches.
Tree limbs harbor similarly sinister feelings for people.
I've walked among thickets of prickly spruce, for instance, that went right for my eyes.
In any case there is, I think, a happy sense of accomplishment in being able to recognize what makes up the guts of a mountain — even if you're merely gazing upon the mountain rather than falling off it.
In the national parks you can scarcely avoid such facts, so frequent are the educational signs.
I visited Olympic National Park in Washington a couple months ago and they even displayed samples of the park's various rock types. You could heft these stones, feel their texture, even punch one when nobody was looking.
Which I didn't. In a national park somebody's always looking, even if it's a first-grader who's dripping ice cream all over the trail maps.
We have no national parks nearby, though. And once you leave the settled country around here you're fortunate to find a road sign that hasn't been eviscerated, like a World War I pillbox, by concentrated gunfire.
All of which goes toward explaining why I was chagrined to learn, by way of an e-mail, that the local purveyor of some of Oregon's more intriguing maps will no longer be one.
Not in Baker City, anyway.
The map-seller is the state Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. The agency, which has maintained an office in Baker City for more than 70 years, is moving out of its building at Campbell and Cedar this autumn. Fortunately, thanks to the county commissioners' offer of free rent, the agency will move into the Assessor's Office at the County Courthouse.
State officials, as you've probably guessed, blame declining budgets.
This excuse, though mathematically plausible in the case of massive state bureaucracies such as the Department of Human Services, seems to me flimsy when applied to the geology agency, which employs just 36 of the state government's 52,000 full-time workers.
I suspect you could peruse the ranks of any of the larger state departments and find there 36 workers who, even after you read their job descriptions, you'd have no idea what they actually do.
And they probably don't have cool maps or know the difference between schist and slate, either.
Although they all probably have the keys to a Prius.
The geology office does have the maps, and the answers . Except it won't sell the maps after it moves next month into its considerably more confined (although cheaper) quarters at the Courthouse.
This is hardly a tragedy, of course.
The loss of a local outlet for maps is not so great as, for instance, firing social workers or teachers or prison guards.
Also, you can still buy all the maps that were sold at the Baker City geology office — plus hundreds more besides — online at www.naturenw.org/store-maps.htm.
Yet it seems to me a pity that in a place surrounded by some of Oregon's most confoundingly scrambled strata, I soon won't be able to buy a map that shows me where, during a hike, my trail leaves the bed of an ancient tropical sea and begins winding through the detritus of a long-dead volcano.
You won't get that data from the official Oregon highway map.
Which, I've noticed, the state continues to hand out for free at DMV offices across the state.
Specifically, the grass that covers most of the ground at Geiser-Pollman Park.
I lingered in the park perhaps half a dozen times this summer, and walked through it at least twice as often.
Each time I was impressed by the lushness of the lawn.
I was tempted on a few especially hot days to peel off my socks and walk barefooted through the patches of shade, just to relish the cool caress of the soft blades. But I thought I might look silly.
My 2-year-old daughter, Olivia, is not impeded by any such inhibitions. One day while we were at the Farmers Market she kicked off her rubber clogs and started scampering around.
The City Council made a wise choice a few years ago when it hired Don Fink and his crew from Classic Landscape to care for the city's parks and for Mount Hope Cemetery.
I'm pretty particular about my own spread of sod, too. Possibly even obsessive (I sometimes slink along on hands and knees, simian-like, searching for the telltale fronds of an imminent dandelion invasion).
But my yard is to the park what one fairway is to Quail Ridge Golf Course.
Anyway I appreciate Fink's deft touch with turf.
So do Olivia's toes.
Jayson Jacoby is editor of the Baker City Herald.


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Human β-Cell Proliferation and Intracellular Signaling Part 2: Still Driving in the Dark Without a Road Map
- Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi1⇑,
- Rohit N. Kulkarni2,3,
- Donald K. Scott4,
- Franck Mauvais-Jarvis5,
- Andrew F. Stewart4 and
- Adolfo Garcia-Ocaña4,6⇑
- 1Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
- 2Islet Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- 3Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- 4Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- 5Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tulane University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
- 6Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Corresponding authors: Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi, ebernal{at}med.umich.edu, and Adolfo Garcia-Ocaña, adolfo.g.ocana{at}mssm.edu.
Enhancing β-cell proliferation is a major goal for type 1 and type 2 diabetes research. Unraveling the network of β-cell intracellular signaling pathways that promote β-cell replication can provide the tools to address this important task. In a previous Perspectives in Diabetes article, we discussed what was known regarding several important intracellular signaling pathways in rodent β-cells, including the insulin receptor substrate/phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/Akt (IRS-PI3K-Akt) pathways, glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) S6 kinase pathways, protein kinase Cζ (PKCζ) pathways, and their downstream cell-cycle molecular targets, and contrasted that ample knowledge to the small amount of complementary data on human β-cell intracellular signaling pathways. In this Perspectives, we summarize additional important information on signaling pathways activated by nutrients, such as glucose; growth factors, such as epidermal growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, and Wnt; and hormones, such as leptin, estrogen, and progesterone, that are linked to rodent and human β-cell proliferation. With these two Perspectives, we attempt to construct a brief summary of knowledge for β-cell researchers on mitogenic signaling pathways and to emphasize how little is known regarding intracellular events linked to human β-cell replication. This is a critical aspect in the long-term goal of expanding human β-cells for the prevention and/or cure of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
- Received July 24, 2013.
- Accepted November 20, 2013.
- © 2014 by the American Diabetes Association.
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The Vapid Uranus is a two-door fastback that appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto IV.
GTA San Andreas
In GTA San Andreas, the Uranus appears as a tuner coupe. It is based off of the cars that are part of the 1992-1994 Chrysler D platform, such as the Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon, and Plymouth Laser. It shares it's headlights with the first generation Mitsubishi Eclipse, while taillights are based off the Eagle Talon. The body shape itself seems to be derived from the Subaru Alcyone SVX Version L.
GTA IVThe Uranus is redesigned for GTA IV, having been branded with a Vapid badge. The car is strongly based off of the 1979-1993 Ford Mustang, with the front being inspired more by the 1985-1989 Merkur XR4Ti and its European counterpart, the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth. The sides of the car appears to be based on 1987 Dodge Charger "Shelby Edition" The rear fascia resembles, albeit loosely, the XR4Ti. There are also some design features from the 1st generation Ford Escort, mostly comprising of the black pieces of trim and the shape of the side window.
A modified version of the Uranus also appears in the game. It is usually driven by members of the Russian Mafia and appears in Hove Beach with a custom bodykit, rear window louvers, a "whale-tail" spoiler, (which is very similar to the spoiler available on the Sierra RS Cosworth) and a large windshield decal that reads "LOZSPEED" (pronounced as "lose speed", mocking "ricers"). The interior of the vehicle is also modified with LOZSPEED racing seats, a pink Burberry patterned Baseball Cap placed behind the backseats, aluminum pedals, and white gauges with black digits. This modified version, however, lacks any enhanced performance over its stock counterpart.
In The Ballad of Gay Tony, the LOZSPEED Uranus is one of vehicles that can be found with an unique paint job during the Drug Wars side missions. It can be found in a few different color combinations, including, but not limited to, matte black paint and green rims, pearlescent blue paint with purple undertones and black wheels, and yellow and dark brown two-tone paint with brown wheels. The color combinations correspond with which faction the player is fighting against.
GTA San Andreas
GTA San Andreas' Uranus is regarded as an average sports coupe, with above average acceleration and top speed, and very stable cornering and grip, coupled with excellent braking. However, given the vehicle's stiff suspensions, considerably high ground clearance, a tall body construction and shorter axle tracks, the vehicle's risk of tipping over on bumpy terrain is higher than most cars of its class. The engine sounds like the turbocharged 2.0L that is used in the real-life cars that the Uranus is based on.
The Uranus in GTA IV is powered by what sounds and drives like a six-cylinder engine, coupled to a 4 speed gearbox in an FF layout. Acceleration is fair, and top speed is 143 mph (230 km/h), but leaves a lot to be desired. The suspension is rather soft, and leads to much body roll, making the Uranus sometimes fishtail when cornering at higher speeds. Braking is good, though ABS is not available on the Uranus. Accident deformation is very poor, often rendering the vehicle undrivable after one or two major impacts to the front. The engine is also very shoddily built, and stalls after two to three impacts. Like its rival, the Dinka Blista Compact, the front wheel drive system causes understeer. Although top speed is acceptable on the Uranus, the small V6 engine is underpowered, even though the Uranus is the lightest car in the game, according to the game files.
Modifications (GTA San Andreas)
- The Uranus plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
- SF-UR in GTA San Andreas.
- The Vibe 98.8 in GTA IV.
- Uranus is a planet in the Solar System. It is pronounced, "you ran us", however, people tend to mispronounce it or to jokingly use the word as a crude reference to the term "your anus". Seeing Rockstar Games' love for crude references, the Uranus is most likely an in-game joke.
- The Uranus features the Door Ajar Chime in GTA IV, which can be heard with the driver's door open in quiet areas.
- In TBoGT's Drug Wars, the Uranus can be found, similar In form to the LOZSPEED version, however these ones don't have the windscreen banner or the four fog lamps or the front.
- On the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of GTA IV, The Russian Mafia variant has a visual glitch where the exhaust pipe is on the opposite side of the car. Also noticeable is the trail of exhaust coming out of the original and correct place.
- "LOZSPEED" is a possible parody of Neuspeed, an aftermarket parts manufacturer.
- In GTA IV, the car is front wheel drive, whereas its real-life counterparts, the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, is rear and all-wheel drive.
- In GTA San Andreas, if the Uranus' rear is damaged, and the taillights are active, a red light can be seen inside the car. It is seen better when viewed from a rear-top angle, however it will not always happen.
GTA San Andreas
- A Uranus can be found parked in the showroom of Wang Cars after completing Zeroing In.
- Like the Euros, Uranus' spawn rarely in Los Santos International Airport. *They also spawn in Easter Bay International Airport more commonly than at Los Santos International Airport.
- Spawns when the cheat, "Fast/Rare Cars" is activated.
- Spawn around Hove Beach, Broker.
- Spawn around Northwood, North Holland and East Holland, Algonquin.
- Spawn around Middle Park, Algonquin.
- The modified variant can be found in Hove Beach driven by Russians.
- Strangely, a Uranus can sometimes found parked behind a building on Happiness Island.


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- [EOWG add your thoughts] This Easy Checks page is to replace the old Preliminary Review page. Is the new page in good enough shape yet that we can replace the old page -- leaving on the new page [Draft] in the title and h1 ? {Shawn}
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- [EOWG add your thoughts] When I was using the document to analyze a major redesign, I found the "To practice ... in BAD" sections a bit disruptive. But that may just be me. {Anna Belle}
- We thought that newbies might find it helpful in some cases to see how things should and shouldn't look. I think this might be helpful for things like the headings one. Right now we have it 3 times in the doc. I mildy prefer to keep theses sections; however, I could easily be convinced to removed them. :) {shawn}
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- [closed] According the Chicago Manual of Style Rule 6.8: "Periods and commas precede closing quotation marks, whether double or single." The way I did the previous sentence conforms to that. Things like "not "magnifying glass"." don't. We use this pattern a lot, but that means we're consistent. It just may be consistently wrong. OTOH, it would be an incorrect pattern in code, so coders may cringe if we adopt the Chicago rule. {Anna Belle}
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- comment {name, date}
- [expanded by default: will do. heading: done - changed to "Using the Easy Checks"] In the interest of visibility, I would have "Using this Page" expanded by default. Having it open gives more information about what's underneath. Otherwise, it's easy to miss the section and there's no link above in the content list to point you to it. This may be too high level but I found the header "Using this Page" unclear. I'd prefer "Using Quickchecks." Sorry I'm reading this material in depth for the first time. These are my reactions as a first time reader.{Howard, 3-14-13}
- [closed] Get rid of comma in 3rd sentence under "WCAG Links" in "Using this page": "In the "Learn more from" sections of this page, there are links" {Howard, 3-14-13}
We generally put commas after introductory prepositional clauses, especially in sentences that are a bit long like this one. added to Style, Punctuation {Shawn}
Ok by me {Howard, 3-23-13}
- [done] The h3 heading "Little Background" doesn't make much sense in telling what the following section contains {Andrew, 15/March} tried "A Little Background". welcome other suggestions! What about just "Background"? {Andrew, 22/March}
- [done] Suggest "assistive technologies (AT) is software or hardware that people with disabilities use ..." should be "assistive technologies (AT) are software or hardware products that people with disabilities use ..." {Andrew, 22/March}
- [done] Suggest "There are other useful tools ..." becomes "There are many other useful tools ..." {Andrew, 15/March}
Page title
- Complete, ready for detailed review.
- OPEN: a couple things listed in "To be implemented" below
- 21 March edit: changed "Best practice is for titles to be "front-loaded" with the important and unique identifying information first..."
- [EOWG] We should include FF web developer toolbar example too - 'Information' then 'View Page Information' opens a new window with the page title at the top {Andrew}
reply: why? the page title is shown in the window title bar so why would you need to use the develop toolbar to get it? {shawn}
response: allows people who can't easily see/interrogate the 'window title bar' to get quick access to the page title {Andrew; 15/March}
re: I still don't get why we would add the steps to use the tool, when all they have to do is look at it. Maybe you just feel like FF instructions are missing? I tried adding: "To check page title with Firefox and most browsers..." to see if that helps. :-) {Shawn}
I can hover the mouse in IE9 and Chrome v25 too and the earlier Windows IE versions already display in the title-bar too, so why give IE-WAT instructions? {Andrew, 22/March}
[EOWG open] How do you get the title in IE or Chrome without a mouse? (unless you use the IE WAT toolbar) {Shawn}
Listen to it, or use a tool. Also, how long will FF keep the title display as IE has dropped it and Chrome doesn't have it? BUT, I can live without FF Toolbar instructions if that is consensus. {Andrew, 22/March}
Less is more sometimes. This is supposed to be an "EASY CHECKS". I think we provide ample and clear examples of how to find the title - it is clear that it is either found in the tab or in the window title depending on the browser. {Howard, 23/March }
- [open] I wonder if the line "Most browsers have a window title bar, except Chrome and IE 9 and later" should have a qualifier. Firefox and Opera only show the window title bar if you have the main menu displayed (see under "tool bars" under "view", which is not the default (I believe). In Opera, it's referred to as "main bar" under "toolbars". We should probably mention the instructions for showing the window title bar in Opera and Firefox. {Howard, 22/March }
Opera - I have the latest version of Opera and I don't even know how to hide the title. (I have Main Bar not visible.) I think the title is always visible in Opera.{Shawn}
Firefox - I added instructions for how to show the title (via menu bar) under "To check page title with Firefox and most browsers"{Shawn}
IE & Chrome - Is there a way to show the title bar?{Shawn}
Not as far as I've been able to find {Andrew, 22/March}
There is not a way to show the title in Chrome or I.E. without an add-on (verified this via some research). The Opera title (at least in Windows), can be turned on and off. It is displayed when the "main bar" is active. To toggle it on or off in Opera: alt (press & release), 'o', 'm'. Shawn, I think what you have for Firefox is good. You might want to add the instructions for Opera also. Under the "To check page title with Firefox and most browsers" you could add another bullet item for Opera with the instructions I just entered above. {Howard, 3-23-13}
To be implemented:
- [to be implemented: for images, add title with browser & version] Suggest the alt-text on screen grabs include the browser name and version {Andrew}
reply: I think it would add unnecessary clutter - lots of text and do people who cannot see the image care so much which browser & version? what do others think? {shawn}
reply: I concur, I would leave it out {Howard}
response: Let me change the suggestion to indicating this information with a title attribute - the images look different from what I see on my setup, so hovering would show what browser & version was being illustrated {Andrew, 15/March}
- [to do: change visual example to Easy Checks page] Title tips: is the visual example and tips inconsistent? Note that in Tips text "About Acme Web Solutions" (subpage then company name) is said to be better than "Acme Web Solutions, Inc. - About Us". But, in the visual from WAI the good example is: "Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) - home page".(company name then subpage). Personally, in my visual world I find the WAI example order more useful when looking at tabs and in referring to history and bookmarks. One exception to that is when we are working on the WAI agenda, but this is the only time I have multiple pages open from the same organisation. {Suzette}
And the EO page just has "Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG)" {Andrew; 15/March}
e-mail thread with more discussion
Images for Page Title
- To check page title - with IE WAT:
<...image link here...>
Image text alternatives ("alt text")
- Complete, ready for detailed review.
- only minor edits since February
- comment {name}
- [done - also outdented all so no more nested list & bolded the intro phrase] To aid visual scanning I would bold bullet items in the tips section (and possibly the first sentence or phrase of each sub-bullet item) {Howard}
- [done] Tips / Appropriate alt text / second bullet - change "Alt text depends on content" to "Alt text depends on context" {Andrew, 15/March}
- Complete, ready for detailed review.
- 21 March edits: combined instructions under each tool
- comment {name}
- [closed] To quote: "Is the hierarchy meaningful? (Ideally the page starts with an "h1" — which is usually similar to the page title — and does not skip levels; however, this is not an absolute requirement)." Following an enquiry from my son who is hand coding a blog: does "this" refer to the requirement to always have an h1 heading, or the similarity of the text content to the page title? In his blog it looks like is is trying to have a banner with his identity followed by a series of weekly blog posts that have h2 headings. He has asked whether he needs to have an h1. By way of profile he is a working open source developer and programmer with a positive approach to accessibility - he would just like to get it right.{Suzette}
Changed the sentence to: "(Ideally the page starts with an "h1" — which is usually similar to the page title — and does not skip levels; however, these are not absolute requirements.)" {Shawn}
- [closed] Change the subsection "Headings Checks" title to "Heading Checks" {Howard}
response: On most pages there should be multiple headings. The title of the overall section is "Headings" plural. OK to leave it plural here, too? {shawn}
Ok with me {Howard 23/March}
- [done] I found it confusing that the IE WAT, FF toolbar, & Any browser were split into two groups (outline and markup). I thought I was repeating myself or there was an editorial mistake at first. I would suggest combining all steps for each tool under the tool. {Anna Belle}
I concur with grouping tests by tool {Andrew, 15/March}
- [closed - We indeed want to ask "are there headings marked up" here. added clarification: "(In almost all pages there should be at least one.)] Under "What to check for" change "Are there headings marked up?" to "Are the headings marked up?" {Howard}
- [done] Under both bullet items "Non-visual check," "Are headings listed." needs a question mark instead of a period. {Howard}
Luminosity Contrast
Visual contrast in WAI draft page
- Overall flow, instructions, text is complete and ready for review.
- OPEN: Needs someone to fill in some details on using the tools. - Vicki will do it
- CLOSED: Needs some images. - Vicki sent to Shawn 22.3.2013
- 22 March edit: changed heading to Luminosity Contrast ("color contrast")
- 21 March edits:
- changed heading to Visual contrast ("color contrast", luminosity contrast)
- tweaked wording a bit and added: This accessibility requirement is sometimes called sufficient "color contrast"; however, that is incorrect — technically it's "luminosity contrast".
- 7 March edit: moved the 3 options with pros & cons from under "To check contrast with IE WAT" up a level to apply to all.
- [open EOWG] I think right above "Download the Color Contrast Analyzer" the heading needs to have the word "Windows" added so it changes to "To check contrast with any Windows browser." {Anna Belle}
reply: a mac version is available - http://www.paciellogroup.com/node/18?q=node/20#macdownload {Andrew, 15/March}
Questions: Is "you don't need to install it so should be able to do even in environments where you cannot install software." true for that TPG Windows & Mac versions as well? The current link goes to Vision Australia page with "Color Contrast Analyzer". The TPG version is called "Contrast Analyser" - which is better. Should we just point to that one?
Reply: The CA and CCA are the same - when installed, the CA2.2a from TPG is actually 'Colour Contrast Analyser version 2.2a'. Also, the TPG and the Vision Australia downloads are the same tool - it was originally developed at Vision Australia then Steve moved it to TPG when he moved - VA retain up-to-dates version on their site. I don't know if the Mac version needs to be 'installed' or not. {Andrew, 22/March}
[open action] Someone please check if "you don't need to install it so should be able to do even in environments where you cannot install software." is true for that TPG Windows & Mac versions?
- comment {name}
- [closed] mention/discuss color blindness? {Andrew}
reply: is that too much complication for an easy check? If you think not, please draft wording :) {Shawn}
response: we decided earlier in the year that colour blind issues complicated this section (so I'll accept that we'll ignore 9% of the Caucasian population for now) {Andrew, 15/March}
- Complete, ready for detailed review.
- 8 March edit: Added "If possible, you should check zoom text only." and moved "To check zoom text only" up.
- 7 March edits were mostly minor. Note new second sentence in first paragraph: "Some need to change other aspects of text display: font, space between lines, and more." This is important so that readers don't think simple zoom covers all user needs (like in the color section we mention the need for low luminosity).
- comment {name}
Keyboard access, content order, visual focus
Keyboard, etc. in WAI draft page
- Draft in progress
- comment {name}
Forms, form labels, and error messages
- Draft in progress
- comment {name}
Multimedia (video, audio) alternatives
- Complete, ready for detailed review.
- [EOWG review updated multimedia section] 21 March: significant edits.
EOWG: Feel free to suggest major changes. You can copy some or all of the text here and edit it.
- comment {name}
Next Steps
- rough draft in progress
- [EOWG review] Feel free to edit the text or add comments below.]
So, you've spent a little time getting a sense of the accessibility issues that need to be addressed, but what do you do next? How can you flag what you've discovered, while being sure that the information reaches those who can make the changes happen?
If you're a site visitor who doesn't work for the organization but wants to report accessibility-related concerns, you will likely want to reach out by using the site's contact form or by sending email to a "Webmaster" address. Of course, if you have a specific point of contact in the organization, starting with that person can be beneificial.
On the other hand, if you work for the organization that operates the site you've looked at, you might use a bug-tracking/helpdesk system to report your findings. Or you might decide it would be more effective to write a report in which you group problems and possible solutions in a way that makes sense within the company's structure.
Whether or not you work for the company that runs the site you've checked, you'll want to describe the issues clearly, including identifying the browser and any other tools you used. Providing as much detail as you can will help others replicate the issue and identify approaches to resolve it. For examples of recommendations we have developed to guide site visitors who experience difficulty accessing a web site, see a section of Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites called "Describe the Problem." These Sources for More Information will help your colleagues familiarize themselves with additional references for more details about problems and solutions. When it's time to conduct a more thorough evaluation,either internally or by hiring a qualified contractor, the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) will help you or others develop plans as we all work together to provide a more accessible web for all.
EOWG comments on Next Steps
- comment {name}
- My apologies if I'm not doing this correctly - I don't see another way of entering a comment. I think this reads very nicely. I had to pause briefly at "see a section of ..." to determine what I was supposed to look at first and the relationship to the larger document. I'm not sure however that it could be rearranged to be more clear. Perhaps switching the two urls around to read:
For examples of recommendations we have developed to guide site visitors who experience difficulty accessing a web site,see "Describe the Problem" (also embed url in text) [1], a subsection of "Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites" (also embed url in text) [ http://www.w3.org/WAI/users/inaccessible ]. {Howard}
- Thinking about how people read on the web - via skimming - I wondered if some small sub-headers would be helpful, such as "Reporting about an external site" above the second paragraph or "Preparing your report" above paragraph 3, "A More Thorough Evaluation" above paragraph 4. {Howard}
I agree subheadings might help. I think this section still needs work and whomever does that can consider subheadings. :) {Shawn}
Thanks to:
- Those who participated in the F2F before CSUN in February: Andrew, Anna Belle, Helle, Jennifer, Shadi, Sharron, Shawn, Wayne
- Those who edited in December and January: Suzette (forms, @@), Sharron (Intro, @@), Shawn (Intro, page titles, headings, alt text), Ian (zoom n text resize).
- Those who commented in December and January: Sylvie, Wayne, Anna Belle, ...
- Those who drafted checks 16-28 November:
- Sharron for drafting {list sections!}
- Suzette for drafting : Check usable with page zoomed and text enlarged, Check color contrast, Check color coding and shape coding, {?other sections}
- Wayne for drafting {list sections!}
- Andrew & Shawn for editing the keyboard access & visual focus section in early Nov.
- Ian, Suzette, Vicki, Sylvie, Helle, Shawn for working on an early draft at the f2f in Nov.
- Sharron for help making all the early drafts and versions less confusing.
- Wayne and Ian for sharing colleagues' related work.
- Denis for edits to the old page content.
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Consider for Later
- The text says: "The first thing screen readers say when the user goes to a different web page is the page title. Page titles are important for orientation — to help users know where they are and move between open pages."
Would it be useful to have a sound clip of the screen reader going through page titles? Low priority, but maybe neat for people who don't know screen readers? {Shawn}
Internal Notes
- WAI draft page
- title ideas
- For tasks, example use cases with audience, and focus for this and related documents, see the Eval Analysis page, including the table at the top and the specific Analysis section at the bottom
- A template for the check items is at the top of the discussion tab.
- For previous drafts and contributed material, see:
- Prelim Eval 2013-March-7 - snapshot of draft on 7 March 2013
- Prelim Eval 2013-Feb-26 - snapshot of draft on 26 February 2013 - end of f2f before more edits
- Prelim Eval 2013-Feb-21 - snapshot of draft on 21 February 2013
- Prelim Eval 2013-Feb-08 - snapshot of draft on 8 February 2013 in the middle of edits
- Prelim Eval 2013-Feb-01 - snapshot of draft on 1 February 2013 before edits
- Prelim Eval 2013-Jan-24 - snapshot of draft on 24 January 2013
- Prelim Eval 2013-Jan-17 - snapshot of draft on 17 January 2013
- Extensive revisions and suggestions at Archived_Work_on_PreLimEval (Links section)
- From Wayne & Tom Prelim Eval input: Smart analysis simplified
- Old page with Denis' edits and Ian's input in Preliminary Eval - old notes
To Do
Ask Identifying Web Accessibility Issues to link to Easy Checks when it's more done.


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A) The compositional structure synthesizes the three symbols of the Rome Marathon.
The Colosseum – the city icon, that comes from the past and which is passed by the runners as they shape their life paths with pure the act of running.
The human figure – purposely androgynous. When we run, we belong to the earth, to the air. We go beyond the concept of gender itself. Runners are creatures similar to angels.
The background – it's all about air. The air-trails runners leave behind them, the air they eagerly breathe (see the angle of the runner's head).
B) The dynamism of the legs. It results from a study of the muscles involved in the mechanic of running. What we see in the artwork is the overlapping of several muscular postures as seen in the real act of running.
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Accurate System Time (NTP)
It's important that your Funtoo Linux system has an accurate clock. NTP (network time protocol) can ensure your clock is accurate at all time.
My favorite and recommended NTP client/server is net-misc/chrony. It is recommended for Funtoo systems:
# emerge chrony # rc-update add chronyd default
Use something like the following for your /etc/chrony/chrony.conf:
server time.apple.com maxupdateskew 100 driftfile /etc/chrony/chrony.drift keyfile /etc/chrony/chrony.keys commandkey 1 dumponexit dumpdir /var/log/chrony initstepslew 10 time.apple.com logdir /var/log/chrony log measurements statistics tracking logchange 0.5 mailonchange email@example.com 0.5 rtcfile /etc/chrony/chrony.rtc rtconutc sched_priority 1 lock_all
Chronyd can then be started immediately by running rc to start all new services:
# rc
Because Funtoo Linux starts network daemons without waiting for an Internet connection to become available, and because chrony will attempt to synchronize the clock over the Internet when it first starts, you must manually configure chronyd to be dependent on whatever method you use to enable your outbound network connectivity. For example, if using dhcpcd, add the following to /etc/conf.d/chronyd:
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AAAS, Nobelists, Lawrence mayor criticize Kansas board of education
Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Kansas board of education on September 13, John Staver, a professor of science education and the director of the Center for Science Education at Kansas State University, delivered a message from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of which he is a Fellow.
Project Steve: n > 600
With the addition of Steve Trigwell on September 12, 2005, NCSE's Project Steve attained its 600th signatory. A tongue-in-cheek parody of a long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who doubt evolution" or "scientists who dissent from Darwinism," Project Steve mocks such lists by restricting its signatories to scientists whose first name is Steve (or a cognate, such as Stephanie, Esteban, or Stefano). About 1% of the United States population possesses such a first name, so each signatory represents about 100 potential signatories.
Kitzmiller trial to begin 9/26
The trial in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the first legal challenge to the constitutionality of teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools, is scheduled to begin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 2005.
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University of California system sued over creationism
Creationism is prominent in a recent lawsuit that charges the University of California system with violating the constitutional rights of applicants from Christian schools whose high school coursework is deemed inadequate preparation for college. The complaint was filed in federal court in Los Angeles on August 25, 2005, on behalf of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), the Calvary Chapel Christian School in Murrieta, California, and a handful of students at the school. Representing the plaintiffs are Robert H.
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Maine Today Media Publisher Lisa DeSisto says former CEO Richard Connor spent company funds on vacation rentals, a new vehicle and unauthorized salary increases for himself.
Former Maine Today Media CEO Richard L. Connor gave himself unauthorized salary increases and used company funds to pay for personal expenses, including vacation rentals in Camden and a new vehicle.
In a letter to MTM employees, Publisher Lisa DeSisto says the company's employee theft policy through Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. covered the losses, totaling $537,988.68, with the exception of a $50,000 deductible. The payment was made in December, the Portland Press Herald reports.
In an interview with the paper, Connor claims that the expenses were legitimate. "They're wrong and they're lying," the paper quotes him as saying.
In her letter, DeSisto said there's a "possibility of further legal action" in the case. Meanwhile, Connor's lawyer, Peter Bennett, says his client is considering "taking action," though he doesn't specify what that action might be.
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The American Red Cross was in action many days before Sandy began impacting the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Red Cross volunteers from Southeast Texas geared up and headed toward the hardest hit areas. Cameron Ballantyne, regional communications officer for the American Red Cross, provides information on what is being done to help those impacted by the storm and gives valuable information about how you can help.
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Both have strong opinions about how an expected close election will turn out.
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Chris Bell, www.chrisbelllaw.com
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Roundup: Valley players earn state soccer honors
Athletes from the Kanawha Valley swept the Player of the Year awards for boys and girls soccer, as voted on by the coaches.
In Class AAA, Hurricane's Felipe Thompson was tabbed as the state's top player. Thompson, who is originally from Chile, helped lead the Redskins to their first state title with a win against Parkersburg in the championship match.
Capital's Michelle Newhouse won the girls award in Class AAA. Newhouse, a senior goalkeeper for the Cougars, led Capital to the sectional championship game where it fell 2-0 to eventual state runner-up George Washington.
Charleston Catholic's Sam Revercomb was named the top boys player in Class AA-A. Revercomb, a senior, had goals in the Irish's semifinal and state championship matches, helping lead Catholic to a fourth-consecutive state crown.
Sissonville's Lydia Murray, Kanawha County's all-time leading scorer, won the award for Class AA-A girls. The Indians were at or near the top of the girls state rankings all season before falling 2-1 to Charleston Catholic in the regional championship.
WVU HOOPS: The WVU women's basketball team will being its season tonight when the Mountaineers host UNC Wilmington at the WVU Coliseum.
It is the first-ever meeting between the schools. Last season, UNCW finished with a 20-13 record and advanced to the Women's NIT for the second consecutive year.
WVU SOCCER: The West Virginia men's soccer team will play Northern Illinois in the semifinal round of the Mid-American Conference tournament today in Akron, Ohio.
The Mountaineers finished the regular season 9-5-2 (4-2-1 MAC) and have won seven of their last 11 games.
Northern Illinois comes in to the match with a 6-9-3 record and is the No. 2 seed. The winner of this game will face either top-seed Akron or Bowling Green in Sunday's championship game.
WVC SOCCER: The University of Charleston and Davis & Elkins will take part in the NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament this weekend.
The Golden Eagles (13-1-4) host No. 3 Mercyhurst (14-5-1) at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Schoenbaum Stadium, while D&E (14-3-2) travels to face top-seed Gannon (12-5) on Sunday.
MU SOCCER: Marshall's Zach Hunter has been named to the Conference USA All-Academic team, making him the fifth Thundering Herd player to receive a conference honor in the last week.
Hunter, a redshirt junior from Mariette, Ga., started 13 games and recorded a team-best 3.74 grade-point average as a double-major in chemistry and math.


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It has me thinking about blogging and social media. As I work on Keeper of the Creatures, is it still worth it to spend time online? Here are my thoughts on the benefits and drawbacks of using social media while writing.
The negatives:
- I have a tendency to create terse dialogue after spending time on social media. I forget that people talk in more the 140 characters. So, there are times I tell myself to slow down and let the characters talk.
- Initially, I tend to ignore gestures and setting. When I blog and use social media, it's a place free of the physical environment. I find myself closing my eyes and actually picturing what I'm seeing while I type.
- When I'm fully immersed in social media, I find myself expecting instant feedback. But novel-writing is more solitary. Nobody tells me what sucks. I don't get RT-styled metrics saying if a line is good.
The positives:
- Twitter has taught me to look more closely at individual lines. I spend longer in crafting a phrase. I'm more comfortable with turning words around.
- I am exposed to different speech patterns. While this might not sound like a big deal, it's easier for me to see the varied uses of verb tenses or the regional phrases that people use.
- I can solicit feedback when I need it. I tweeted out three potential first lines. Although I am not about to crowd-source my novel, I like the fact that I can go to a group of people when I am stuck.
- I feel a little less crazy about spending this much time in my writing. Left on my own, I would probably write the story, read it aloud to my three kids and leave it at that. However, it has been the encouragement from friends on Twitter and Facebook that have convinced me that I should spend time on this project and self-publish it.


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Friday, July 16, 2010
London Vintage
*a little note from the cheap seats here in NYC:
Dear Ari: Thank you for finding me my new boyfriend! This man is divine.
11 comments:
- FirePhrase said...
I'd fight ya for him.
- July 16, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- Heather Lucille said...
This gentleman has an amazing personal style and he is very alluring and confident. He could easily set the heart of a younger lady atwitter!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- sacramento said...
Absolutely brilliant. Such class!!!
- July 16, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Zuzia said...
- July 16, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
and you can add me to the list of women to arm wrestle you for him. That suit is gorgeous, what style!
- July 18, 2010 at 12:11 AM
- Sheffield @ back-in-style.com said...
What a great sense of style. Even while wearing all vintage pieces, he still looks very modern and sophisticated, but not in an off the rack" kind of way, which is how most men dress. His look is more unique and distinctive. You remember him, unlike the million other guys you passed on your way to work this morning.
- July 19, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Oh yeah! He cuts a fine figure. Thanks for making my day Ari!
- July 22, 2010 at 1:44 AM
- Brittany said...
Great suit!
- July 23, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- Brownie said...
He's handsomely turned out! And that color of spicy brown is not the easiest to wear with a light, 'english' skintone, however this gentleman wears it well! Love his matching boots too!!
- July 26, 2010 at 8:42 AM
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- July 30, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- JnsSF said...
Nice suit, but the pointed shoes have to go!
- March 2, 2012 at 7:10 AM