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Right-Wing Media Freak Out Over Decision To Deport Convicted Felons
Following the Obama administration's decision to postpone the deportation of certain undocumented immigrants in order to prioritize "convicted felons" and "public safety threats," right-wing media have reacted by resorting to fearmongering, inflammatory rhetoric, and falsehoods.
Obama Administration Prioritizes Deportation Of "Convicted Felons" And "Public Safety Threats"
LA Times: Obama Administration To Prioritize "Deportation Efforts On Convicted Felons And Other 'Public Safety Threats.' " An August 19 Los Angeles Times article reported:
The Obama administration said it will review the cases of 300,000 illegal immigrants currently in deportation proceedings to identify "low-priority" offenders -- including the elderly, crime victims and people who have lived in the U.S. since childhood -- with an eye toward allowing them to stay.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the review as the Obama administration has sought to counter criticism that it has been too harsh in its deportation policies. By launching the case-by-case review, officials said they are refocusing deportation efforts on convicted felons and other "public safety threats." [The Los Angeles Times, 8/19/11 [1]]
Right-Wing Media React To New Immigration Policy With Fearmongering, Inflammatory Rhetoric
Wash. Times' Miller: Obama Might As Well Stand At The Border With A Sign Saying, 'Come On In. Do Whatever You Want, Just Don't Get Caught.' " In an August 23 column titled, "Obama's immigration shake-up, White House grants amnesty to anyone but convicted felons," Washington Times senior editor Emily Miller wrote:
President Obama is using his executive authority to grant backdoor amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the administration's immigration-enforcement efforts would ignore "low-priority cases." That means most criminal aliens can stay, and only convicted felons will get the boot.
This new case-by-case-basis interpretation of immigration laws will give illegals a work permit to stick around in the United States, taking jobs away from the 9.1 percent of Americans looking for work. Congressional Democrats, who couldn't get their laissez-faire immigration bill passed last year, applauded the White House move.
The president shouldn't be allowed to loosen immigration laws in order to boost his standing among Hispanic voters for his re-election campaign. His new policies are far to the left of the American public.
Mr. Obama might as well stand at the border with a sign saying, "Come on in. Do whatever you want, just don't get caught." [The Washington Times, 8/23/11 [2]]
Wash. Times' Hurt Fearmongers: "Illegals Who Had Been Headed For Deportation Will Manage To Sneak In A Few Votes. Maybe Even Enough To Swing The Election." In his August 23 Washington Times column, Charles Hurt claimed that "you can bet some of these illegals who had been headed for deportation will manage to sneak in a few votes. Maybe even enough to swing the election." Hurt further compared Obama to a "dictator currying favor by releasing political prisoners just before an 'election.' " From the Times:
The surest sign yet that President Obama will cashier his "hope" and "change" gimmicks from the last campaign in favor of a switchblade and brass knuckles for the next one was the stunning landmark decision he quietly made last week before hightailing it up to Martha's Vineyard for a trip to Luxuryville.
Like a dictator currying favor by releasing political prisoners just before an "election," Mr. Obama decided to reject the repeatedly expressed wishes of Congress and halt deportations of illegal immigrants.
[W]ith all the skeezy Election Day tactics we see with same-day registration and a refusal to require voters to actually prove they are legal residents who should be voting in the election, you can bet some of these illegals who had been headed for deportation will manage to sneak in a few votes.
Maybe even enough to swing the election. [The Washington Times, 8/23/11 [3], via Media Matters]
Fox & Friends Hosts Hate Group Leader To Call Immigration Policy A "Sham... To Get Ethnic Votes." During the August 20 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends Saturday, guest Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), stated that the Obama administration's immigration policy was set into motion "for partisan political reasons. They have politicized our immigration policy in ways never before seen in American history for the sham, basically, of trying to get ethnic votes." FAIR has been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-immigrant hate group. [Fox News, Fox & Friends Saturday, 8/20/11 [4], via Media Matters; Media Matters, 8/8/11 [5]]
Bolling: Obama "Created Jobs For Several Hundred Thousand Illegal Immigrants By Instructing" ICE "To Look The Other Way." On the August 23 edition of Fox News' The Five, co-host Eric Bolling claimed Obama "created jobs for several hundred thousand illegal immigrants by instructing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to look the other way with arrested illegals." [Fox News, The Five, 8/23/11 [6]]
Bolling Dismisses Impact Of Breaking Up Families By Deportation: "They're Illegals." On the August 19 edition of Fox News' The Five, Bolling dismissed the impact of "break[ing] up a family" by responding, "[T]hey're illegals." From The Five:
BOB BECKEL (co-host): Listen -- Barack Obama's administration has deported more illegal immigrants than all other administrations in history combined; one. Two, in the course of that aggressive action, they have picked up people who are not supposed to be deported. For example, children who were born in this country. Whether you like that or not, you have to change the Constitution. The other thing is --
BOLLING: That's not part of this, though. That one isn't part of it.
BECKEL: Yes it is.
BOLLING: No, no. It's the parents of the children.
BECKEL: Well what are you going to do, break up a family?
BOLLING: It's -- it's -- they're illegals. [Fox News, The Five, 8/19/11 [7], via Media Matters]
Right-Wing Media Suggest Obama Could Be "Impeached" And Claim He Is "Abus[ing] His Executive Powers"
Fox's "Straight News" Anchor Suggests Obama Could Be "Impeached" For "Saying That He's Not Going To Deport Noncriminal Illegals." On the August 19 edition of Fox News' Studio B, guest host Gregg Jarrett claimed Obama is "now saying that he's not going to deport noncriminal illegals" and later noted that " there was another president, Andrew Johnson, who was impeached for a very similar reason." From Studio B:
JARRETT: The current law states that if you're here illegally, you must be deported. But the president, of course, now saying that he's not going to deport non-criminal illegals. Question is, can he do that? And for the answer, let's begin with the Constitution. We'll put it up on the screen. Here it is, Article 2, Section 3: "The president shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Now you'll notice that's not discretionary. It's mandatory. Isn't the president duty-bound by the Constitution to enforce the laws duly enacted by Congress?
You know, Anna Sigga, there was another president, Andrew Johnson, who was impeached for a very similar reason. He refused to enforce the Tenure in Office Act and he was accused of high crimes and misdemeanors, usurping the authority of Congress. And even this president has admitted that he didn't have the authority to do this, because here is what he said about a month ago. Let's put it up on the screen. He said this to the National Council at La Raza: "I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own. But that is not how our system works." What do you think? [Fox News, Studio B, 8/19/11 [8], via Media Matters]
Malkin: Obama's "Deportation Wavers" "Abuse His Executive Powers To Override The Will Of The People." In an August 22 post on her blog, Michelle Malkin wrote:
The Obama Department of Homeland Security late last week announced it would enforce the DREAM Act illegal alien student bailout by administrative order -- call them White House deportation waivers -- over the heads of a bipartisan majority of Congress that has repeatedly and resoundingly rejected such proposals.
The question for 2012 GOP primary voters: Is there a candidate out there who you trust to stand on the side of secure borders and strict enforcement, who has consistently opposed DREAM Act illegal alien bailouts, and who will resist the urge to use and abuse his executive powers to override the will of the people? [MichelleMalkin.com, 8/22/11 [9]]
Steyn: Obama "Issued An Imperial Decree" That He's "Not Going To Be Enforcing American Immigration Law." During the August 22 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show, guest host Mark Steyn said:
STEYN: Obama has just basically issued his own one-man amnesty. He decided -- he's decided to effectively change the rules on immigration enforcement just off the top of his head. It's easier than getting it through Congress or whatever. It's basically rule by executive decree. His majesty has issued a royal proclamation which, let's face it, is a lot easier than spend-- wasting your time negotiating with John Boehner and a bunch of those crazies over in the tea party Congress. So, instead, he's just issued an imperial decree that he's henceforth not going to be enforcing American immigration law. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 8/22/11 [10], via Media Matters]
Right-Wing Media Falsely Claim New Policy "Cancel[s]" Or "Ends" Deportation"
Fox Nation: "Obama Cancels Deportations." From an August 18 post on Fox Nation:
[Fox Nation, 8/18/11 [11]]
Drudge Report: "OBAMA CANCELS DEPORTATIONS OF ILLEGALS" And "Dems Declare 'Victory.' " From the August 19 archive of the Drudge Report:
[Drudge Report, accessed 8/19/11 [12]]
Ace of Spades: "Oh Boy: Obama Orders End To Deportation Of Illegal Aliens." From an August 18 Ace of Spades HQ post titled, "Oh Boy: Obama Orders End to Deportation of Illegal Aliens":
Except those guilty of violent crimes.
I remember Schoolyard Rock telling me that the Congress was needed for such changes in the law. How they lied, and lied. [Ace of Spades, 8/18/11 [13]]
Hoft: "Lawless Obama Administration Halts Deportations Of Illegal Aliens." In an August 18 post titled, "Lawless Obama Administration Halts Deportation of Illegal Aliens," Jim Hoft wrote on his blog Gateway Pundit:
It's an Obama world.
No morals. No money. No rules. No borders.
The Obama Administration will halt the deportation proceedings of illegal aliens on a case-by-case basis. [Gateway Pundit, 8/18/11 [14], emphasis in original]
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From CO2 to Climate Change: In-depth with Professor David Archer, PhD in Geophysics
Recently, more and more scientific research indicates that huge amounts of methane and other greenhouse gases stored in the ocean, permafrost and Arctic tundra are in danger of being released into the atmosphere due to global warming.
In order to learn more about this issue, Supreme Master Television recently interviewed Dr. David Archer who holds a PhD in Geophysics. For the past 15 years, he has been a professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, USA. Professor Archer is an expert on the subject of the global carbon cycle and specializes in studying ocean sedimentary processes. He teaches classes on global warming, environmental chemistry, and global geochemical cycles.
Dr. Archer has also authored a book on climate changed entitled, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. He is in the process of working on another book entitled, From Here to Eternity: Global Warming in Geologic Time. On Planet Earth: Our Loving Home today, we present to you Dr. Archer's interview with Supreme Master Television.
Supreme Master TV:
I know that one area of your research was in methane hydrates. Could you tell us what methane hydrate is and how it can become methane gas?
Dr. David Archer :
Methane hydrate is a peculiar form of water ice where the water freezes into a cage like a soccer ball and the methane gas is inside the soccer ball, frozen and trapped in this ice, but if it becomes too warm, then this ice will melt and it can release the methane into the environment.
Supreme Master TV:
What would trigger their release?
Dr. David Archer:
Warming, from global warming, from rising CO2 concentrations. So carbon dioxide, CO2, is a greenhouse gas and it causes the surface of the earth to warm. This is very well understood. And eventually the warming at the surface can also make the deep ocean get warmer also. Now this takes a long time. If the methane from the hydrates were to escape and actually make it to the atmosphere methane is actually a much stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide is, and so this could lead to stronger warming than we would get just from the carbon dioxide.
Supreme Master TV:
How much methane do you think there is stored in the earth?
Dr. David Archer:
It's a huge amount, actually. They measure amounts of carbon in units of a billion metric tons and so there are maybe one hundred or several hundred billion metric tons of carbon as oil and maybe another couple hundred of methane in traditional natural gas reservoirs: If you cook on a stove with gas that comes from a gas well. The largest fossil fuel type is coal and there are maybe five thousand gigatons, a billion metric tons of coal So coal is the largest of the fossil fuel types. But of this methane hydrate in the ocean, there may also be thousands of billion metric tons.
So there's enough carbon there that it could double the amount of carbon that could ultimately be released into the atmosphere. It's a huge amount. There's so much of it that if a fraction of it, say 10%, were somehow to get out into the atmosphere all at once, it would be the same as changing the CO2 concentration by a factor of ten.
Dr. David Archer:
If you could just take the earth and give it a shake, the ice that holds the hydrate that holds the methane floats in the water. It's held at the bottom of the ocean because there's mud sitting on top of it. But if you just shook everything up,it would float up and so much methane would be released that the climate would completely melt down.
Supreme Master TV:
Where would these stores of methane hydrates be located around the earth?
Dr. David Archer:
They tend to be just offshore, around the edges of the oceans, so not too deep not out in the middle of the ocean, because there's not enough methane there to make the hydrates and not too shallow because the pressure isn't high enough to make the hydrate either. So it's sort of in middle depths in a ring around the ocean. The Arctic Ocean has more than its share of methane hydrate because the water is colder there so that means that hydrate can be found at shallower depths in the Arctic because the colder water can stabilize the hydrates
So shallower in the ocean means that the warming from global warming can reach that faster than it can everywhere else in the ocean. Also there is thought to be more intense warming in the high latitudes. Alaska and Siberia, it's warming up there much more than it is here in Chicago because that's just the way the climate of the earth works, and so the Arctic is the place to be the most interested in methane hydrates and how they might affect the climate.
Supreme Master TV:
Speaking of the Arctic, are there methane hydrates in the permafrost soil?
Dr. David Archer:
Yes, there are thought to be some methane hydrates in the permafrost but more important in the permafrost is peat, which is frozen organic carbon, you know grass, roots, and things like that. They've been frozen for many years, tens of thousands of years but now when they thaw, they decompose and they produce methane and also carbon dioxide.
One way that this happens is in lakes in the tundra in the Arctic, so a lake covering the surface melts down some of the peat underneath it and so you get these methane bubbles that come out very strongly so it's possible that with more warming could be more lakes and then more methane released into the atmosphere.
Today on Planet Earth: Our Loving Home we have Dr. David Archer, a professor of geophysical sciences from the University of Chicago to discuss with us about climate change.During the 2007 summer ice melt season in the Arctic, the accelerated pace of ice melts greatly alarmed polar researchers in the scientific community.
From 2006 to 2007, they had never witnessed such a drastic reduction in summer ice melt. Furthermore, the disintegration of Antarctica's Wilkins ice shelf on February 28, 2008, where a huge 406 square kilometers of ice crumbled into the ocean, drew global attention and concern to the rate of climate change exceeding worst case scenarios made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Let's now hear from Dr. Archer, who clearly defines the importance of the Arctic ice packs in stabilizing our climate.
Dr. David Archer:
The sea ice plays a strong role in the climate of reflecting sunlight back out to space and so when you melt that sea ice, the sun shines in the Arctic year round, all 24 hours of the day in the summer time so it's a lot of sunlight, and so you start absorbing that sunlight and that could change the climate of the Arctic very strongly and that could indirectly affect the methane. And also the Greenland ice sheet and the circulation of the North Atlantic and lots of other things in the high latitudes.
Supreme Master TV:
I'm going to venture into asking you what is the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air right now and what was it before we noticed that there was global warming going on
Dr. David Archer:
The concentration in the year 1750, nobody could measure concentrations then but we have bubbles of ancient air trapped in ice cores so we can measure, we can know that at that time before human activity, the concentration of carbon dioxide was about 280 part per million. So out of a million molecules of air, 280 of them were carbon dioxide.
And today it is about 380 or 385, something like that. Before our period of warm climate in the last ice age, the CO2 concentration in the air was about 200, so going from 200 to 280 was enough to change the climate of the earth from the glacial world when there was two miles of ice over our heads here in Chicago to the interglacial world. So that was 200 to 280 and now we've gone all the way to 380. The ice core data that tells us about the value in 1750 or in the ice age now goes back 800,000 years and the CO2 concentration today is much higher than it's ever been throughout that 800,000 year time period.
Supreme Master TV:
So in the history of earth, We've had global warming before and we've recovered from it and we go into periods of glaciers and then we warm up again. Are we doing that? Do you think this is just another phase of the cycle?
Dr. David Archer:
Well, in one sense you are right but in another sense you are using the word "we" and we as human beings have never endured climate changes such as the one that we are now causing before civilization and agriculture all these things happened in a time period of very, very stable climate called the Holocene of the last ten thousand years.
Before that was the glacial time, the glacial climate was much more turbulent and there were strong changes; just a few years the climate would change from one state to another and then back. But the time that civilized man has been in existence, the climate has been very stable and we're now threatening to leave that stable climate, going into a climate such that we, as a species, have never even seen before.
Supreme Master TV:
But this time rather than from volcanic eruptions emitting massive amounts of carbon dioxide, this is human induced, fossil fuel carbon dioxide accumulating.
Dr. David Archer:
That's absolutely right. We can measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and compare that with how much fossil fuel we're burning and it's very clear that the carbon dioxide concentration is going up because of human activity, it's not because of volcanoes or anything like that.
Supreme Master TV: But the consequence would be similar to what we've seen in the past. The earth would warm up in a similar way and have similar results.
Dr. David Archer:
Yes, there was a climate event 55 million years ago called the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum event and it's very unclear exactly what happened but there was some release of carbon dioxide from the earth into the atmosphere fairly quickly within somewhere between instantaneously and ten thousand years; they don't really know how long it took but the amount of carbon that was released was comparable probably to the amount of coal that we have or the amount of methane hydrates.And then so the earth warmed and then it took 150,000 years for the climate to recover from that which is how long it will take actually for the earth to recover from global warming as well.
Carbon dioxide when you put in the air, it just accumulates in the atmosphere and ocean system and it takes a very long time for that to recover. The earth has mechanisms to stabilize its climate. It's almost miraculous to imagine but it seems to be true but these mechanisms to stabilize the climate act very slowly; they take hundreds of thousands of years. And so we have it in our powers to change the climate of the earth for a very, very long time.
Is there a certain number a concentration level that once we reach we'll see catastrophic events?
I personally think that we've already passed a danger limit. The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean in 2007 just crumbled. The amount of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has been decreasing over the years but then in 2007 it just crumbled. And the earthquake activity and the acceleration of the flowing ice in Greenland, I think these are signs that we are already in dangerous territory. Another way to specify or to define, to try to answer your question is to say when we can predict that things are not just possibly dangerous but likely to be harmful.
It's very difficult to predict but people oftentimes define a dangerous temperature change as 2C warming over the natural level. So far the earth has warmed about 0.7C and even if the CO2 concentration in the air were to stop rising today and just stay at 380 forever, the temperature of the earth would continue to rise to about 1C. If we want to avoid warming more than 2C, we have to freeze the emission of carbon dioxide so industry has to stop growing.
Right now its growth is projected to be twice as fast, twice as much carbon dioxide emitted per year in 50 years as it is now. We need to freeze that and not let it grow, and then in the next couple of decades it has to start going down or else we will exceed a dangerous temperature change of 2C.
2C would be warmer than the earth has been in millions of years, so to try to predict where you would have droughts or whether hurricanes would get much more intense than they are today or whether sea levels could rise by tens of meters, it's very difficult to make those kinds of predictions because that would be warmer than the earth has been in so long.
Would you say that there's a certain point of no return if we warmed a certain number of degrees?
Yes, I think there probably would be a point where the large ice sheets such as the Greenland ice sheet or the west Antarctic ice sheet would start to flow into the ocean and melt, raising the sea level. And it may already be starting; it's possible. They can see acceleration of the ice, flowing faster than it used to, and they can hear earthquakes in the ice indicating that the ice is flowing faster than it used to. So if the ice sheets start to flow more quickly, that might be a point of no return.
What would the world look like, do you think, if we were to reach that point?
Well, There have been times in the past like you mentioned before when CO2 concentrations were much higher than today and when there was basically no ice on the planet. So the sea level in such a hothouse world would be about 70 meters higher than today so if you just looked at a map of the earth, it would look different. Florida would be gone, for example, many of the river deltas would flood in such a situation.
It's called a hothouse world; in a hothouse world there's much less temperature difference between the equator and the poles so it's basically almost tropical all the way to the poles. There are alligator teeth, crocodile teeth that they find, fossils in Siberia and in Alaska from these hothouse kinds of worlds. Crocodiles can't live if it ever gets below freezing so that would be a world that would be tropical all the way to the poles.
But the details of how that climate could work or how many people it could support are difficult to predict, and what's even harder to predict, actually, is the transition from our relatively cool world to such a world. The forests would all be in the wrong places, so do they just die or do new trees grow in to sort of keep up with the changes in climate? It's very difficult to prepare for how society could cope with a transition like that.
It does seem like the problem of global warming is pointing us in a new direction where we would have to cooperate more, nations would have to be benevolent towards each other. (Yes) And even individuals would need a change in lifestyle, hopefully for the better.
I think that's true, although I think they could change the energy infrastructure so that when you plug something into the wall it comes from a carbon-free energy source. I mean individual virtue is a powerful thing in terms of changing energy use but it's not going to be enough.
We have to stop building these coal-fired power plants or else all is lost. I feel that the United States should take the lead in making these kinds of changes. And I also feel that we have the resources that we can begin to develop alternative energy technology and then make that available to the rest of the world.
So you would say to the leaders of the government and the policy makers that the time to act is now?
Yes. The last I heard there were 160 new coal-fired power plants that are being planned or designed or built in the U.S. alone and in China they are building a new coal-fired power plant every week and if they build all those things then all is lost. Those power plants are a crime against humanity is what I would tell the leaders.
Will we see like solar energy or hydrogen energy so that it's green, so that we have energy that does not generate greenhouse gases at all?
Yes. That would be much better. Hydrogen isn't a source of energy; it's more like a way of storing energy. We have to make hydrogen, so maybe you could use solar cells to split water to make hydrogen and then use hydrogen in a car or whatever, but there's no place to sort of mine hydrogen exactly so it's not a primary energy source.
But there's lots of sunlight; there's a thousand times more sunlight that hits the earth every day than we actually use in all of our energy production, so if we can start harvesting that efficiently that would solve all of our needs. I've read that to supply the United States would require covering about 2% of the land area of the United States, which is about how much area is covered by roads. So it sounds like a lot but if you told somebody a hundred years ago that 2% of the land would be covered by roads they would say that that was a lot too. They would probably say that it was impossible.
Do you stay up nights worrying about global warming?
Yes, sometimes I do. I feel like we have the technology to avoid global warming. We know of alternative ways of extracting energy from coal, for example, and we're starting to learn how to build windmills and solar cells and develop energy efficiency. So I don't think it's impossible to avoid. I think technologically we know how to do it but this is a more difficult social problem than humankind has ever faced before because it requires global cooperation.
There are two other University of Chicago researchers who have shown that adopting a vegetarian diet is one of the most effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Do you have any comments on their research?
They looked at this very carefully. It's very clear that when you grow grain and then feed it to animals and then eat the animals, you lose 90% of the energy from the original grain, and so not only can you feed fewer people on the agriculture that you have but as they discovered, it also requires a lot more fossil-fuel energy to make that happen. It makes that much difference to the CO2 emissions.
Along with the United Nation's report and many other scientists' observations, it is clear that adopting a vegetarian diet would be one of the most effective actions an individual can take to help reduce the effects of global warming.We sincerely thank, Dr. David Archer, for your invaluable research in the science of geophysics in providing us with further information on our Earth and the effects of climate change.
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http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2207736 there's a PDF in there, about 10 pages (but only 7 have what you want to read).
So, some researchers got together and were all like, "If more websites conform to WCAG, does this actually decrease the number of problems blind users run into on them?" and went to find out. Turns out it didn't seem to matter. Or, it mattered sometimes, but didn't stop a lot of problems because they aren't problems even mentioned in the WCAG.
First, the study:They used 32 blind volunteers to test. These people did not represent the whole swath of blind users: instead I'd say they prolly cluster near the middle of the Gaussian curve. They were majority- JAWS users- IE users- regular Internets users (not n00bs or grandmas)
A group of sites were put together for testing*. The researchers had trouble finding AAA pages so they just wanted to know, what's the difference in problems the blind testers ran into on non-conforming (to either WCAG1 or WCAG2) pages vs pages that technically conform? Now, there were fewer of certain types of problems on conforming pages. Pages who conformed more, had fewer of certain types of problems which were covered in the WCAG and the sites had conformed to those guidelines.
*List of tested sites:www.lflegal.com (Lainey Feingold's site)www.green-beast.com (Mike Cherim's site, though I'm not sure he still updates it)www.york.gov.ukwww.nhsnss.orgwww.copac.ac.ukwww.theaa.comwww.dh.gov.ukwww.digizen.org.ukwww.jisc.ac.ukwww.royalmail.comwww.pret.co.ukwww.tuc.org.ukwww.britishmuseum.orgwww.nhsdirect.nhs.ukwww.ford.co.ukwww.ticketmaster.co.uk
Some sites were conforming to WCAG, some weren't. They're listed in order of most-conforming to Fails.
But as a web developer, you'd want to look specifically at Table 2, which lists most of the main problems people had.
What are those problems?
Content found in pages where not expected by usersTotal user problems: 99Covered by WCAG2? No.
Content not found in pages where expected by usersTotal user problems: 88Covered by WCAG2? No.
Pages too slow to loadTotal user problems: 27Covered by WCAG2? No.
No alternative to document format (e.g. PDF)Total user problems: 17Covered by WCAG2? No.
Information architecture too complex (e.g. too many steps to find pages)Total user problems: 15Covered by WCAG2? No.
Broken linksTotal user problems: 10Covered by WCAG2? No.
Functionality does not work (as expected)Total user problems: 50Number Covered by WCAG2: 13
Expected functionality not presentTotal user problems: 29Number Covered by WCAG2: 10
Organisation of content is inconsistent with web conventions/common senseTotal user problems: 39Number Covered by WCAG2: 14
Irrelevant content before task contentTotal user problems: 86Number Covered by WCAG2: 39
Users cannot make sense of contentTotal user problems: 65Number Covered by WCAG2: 44
No/insufficient feedback to inform that actions has had an effectTotal user problems: 72Number Covered by WCAG2: 49
In other words, a majority of problems faced by these disabled volunteer testers weren't specifically accessibility-related: they were usability problems, which hit everyone (though people with strong disabilities get hit harder and it takes them longer and more effort to overcome the problems). The majority of these problems seem they could have been fixed not with someone testing the pages for accessibility and blind adherence to the WCAG spec, but by user testing. And they could have hit most of these problems testing "regular" users; that is, you don't need to be able to find 30 blind people to find these problems: your grandmother and her bridge club would've found them just as easily.
Example of one of the problems (too much crap nobody cares about before the content the user's actually seeking):
I remember we had this problem on many of our insurance pages. Where did the BS text come from? It was someone's attempt at having "content" for the freakin search engines. Oh I could rage for days about the crap people throw on websites "for the googles". I'm going to start saying this hurts your websites. Don't listen to the SEO craptastic advice about what's good for search engines. Getting people onto your page via SEs only for them to leave because your page is crappy is... a waste of everyone's time. And electricity. And bandwidth. And the blood of wee orphan children.
There was one disability-related issue that the study mentioned at length: when there was a video, the blind testers preferred a separate audio track describing what went on in the videos over a text description. Personal preference, one which both the developer and the website budget would have to keep in mind. Having a text description fulfilled a WCAG requirement, but users had (in this study) clear preference of one fulfilling method over another.
Anyway the point of the study was to see if the number of problems people encountered went down as sites went from non-conforming to WCAG1 conforming, or from WCAG1 to WCAG2 (which was supposed to be clearer to developers on what to do... testing on developers with little accessibility knowledge seems to show WCAG2 is almost as confusing and mis-interpreted as WCAG1).
They also then state their opinion,
WCAG is about accessibility and the people who wrote it have a generally narrow definition of "accessible". Or, if they're going to add more usability stuff to it, the name should reflect it and the definition of "disabled" needs to be broadend. I agree that you can't really call something "accessible" if it's not usable. Kinda defeats the whole purpose of building something in the first place. It's like spending time making broken toys.
What I would rather see happen: that web developers, bosses, and budgets get off their duffs and actually bother doing real user testing on their sites and applications. Yup, it's no easy automated test a machine can do, but damn, it's practically guaranteed to increase profits if that's what your site or application does. Sheesh.
And what's easier? Getting grandma to try our your page/application, or reading the WCAG? If you have limited time and have to choose between one or the other, which one will bring you greater results and the most improvements, for all users? I'll claim the grandma. Ideally you'd do both, but nobody lives in an ideal world, we live in a crap world and it's just going to suck either way.
What do you think?
I guess a bit of an update/extras:Brian Kelly believes WCAG ["needs a wrapper which provides contextualisation" and goes further in [url=http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/introducing-bs8878-on-global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad/]a post on UK Web Focus. He mentions [url=http://www.hassellinclusion.com/bs8878/]BS 8878](https://twitter.com/#!/briankelly/status/200223647015772161) as an example of how web developers can make good use of WCAG2 guidelines.
All this seems a bit excessive to me.
Remember our talk about how to convey to screen reader users a message, where I started devising "impressive" tech solutions like the use of strong in an out of context manner?
You said: why not simply say what you have to say. And I couldn't agree more. Simple as that.
Going back to the issue: why not simply doing it, instead of preparing technical solutions prone to fail?
Why not simply have a built in section for accessibility. Literally. Like the <nav> section. In it, describe the page and put navigation for it, for accessibility. An accessible short presentation and ToC. Accessible by default in UAs by ESC key. Your accessibility safe heaven in every website.
Further more, why not Google helping with accessibility in its SERPs? Doesn't it care for this market share? Forget SEO algorithms! Shouldn't it provide data about each link and about each website in accessibility terms too? And I don't mean the level of accessibility the website has employ, but actual data helping special needs users specifically to choose from and make sense of SERPs.
Why not a SE for special needs users alone? A branch in each Google, Yahoo, Bing, perhaps, if not. Like m.* only acc*. Are web devs the only ones that have to comply? What about UAs forgetting about -webkit and implementing -accessibility?
I don't think that's true. Web accessibility, like accessibility in general, is about providing access that is equal or equivalent to that provided to people who do not have a disability.
Poor usability is only a web accessibility issue if it discriminates against people with a disability. WCAG is not trying to address bad design principles and development techniques per se, just those that place people with a disability at a disadvantage. A site that is AAA compliant with WCAG is by no means guaranteed to be free of usability problems, or even to be particularly well-designed.
It's quite possible that site visitors without impaired vision have as much trouble with these sites - and sites in general - as blind people do. Perhaps compliance has only brought these sites' usability issues to the attention of blind people, whereas the same sites in non-compliant mode might have been totally inaccessible.
Ricky, Poes didn't write that quoted section that was an "article" citation.
What she actually said was she thought that term the [article] used was too "narrow" and that real human testing should also be done - if possible. Hence the hypothetical "granny" with age related problems or possible lack of computer knowledge regardless hence a perceived barrier.
I don't think that's true:
What is Web AccessibilityWeb accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web.
The authors of the study believe WCAG should cover usability more, since bad usability affects the disabled (and generally harder than non-disabled).
I'm not sure if (more) usability should be in the WCAG (maybe we need a WCUG instead), but I don't believe unusable sites can ever be considered "accessible." They're broken.
Correct. Simple mechanical adherence to WCAG does not ensure your site is usable, or therefore accessible, to real human beings.
Since the researchers were surprised that the results showed that sites going from non-compliance to WCAG, or from WCAG1 to WCAG2, did not have fewer problems, this tells me that they expected the majority of problems encountered by specifically the blind to be WCAG-covering accessibility issues. It turned out here the problems were at least half basic usability and outside the scope of the current WCAG. And, things a company/organisation could probably find with a grandma and her bridge club (it's pretty easy for a company to claim they can't afford to find 30 blind people for testing, and it would indeed be difficult and expensive. But cheaper usability testing with almost as much value can be had with the example grandma.
Yup. Exactly my point. I too am frustrated with pages that don't get to the point, broken links and crappy information architecture. And I do not rely on a screen reader.
In general the blind don't bother splitting hairs. They try to use a site. The site doesn't work. If they're not WCAG members or web accessibility people, they don't care if the problems they hit are in the WCAG or not. It doesn't matter. Broken is broken.On a mailing list I'm on, people will post websites and ask where the problem is: is it something on the page, or is it the browser, or is it the screen reader?
In agreement on all of that, Slimme Poes (stom ben je niet).
Having read the article thoroughly, I do think the authors have made a few baseless assumptions, held expectations that were unwarranted and drawn some dodgy conclusions.
My point is that WCAG is not meant to address usability issues, and there's no reason to expect a site that is WCAG-compliant to be especially usable. itmitică's quote from the W3C only points out the shortsightedness (ahem) of such definitions.
I think WCUG would be very helpful indeed, but we'd still need WCAG to address disability-specific accessibility issues.
All of this does portend very well what I expect to happen, which is that owners, designers and developers will expect WCAG-compliant sites to pass usability muster - and they will be disappointed.
There's some more discussion about the study over at the WebAIM mailing list ...and it seems the study's PDF is now behind a paywall, for those who wanted to read it now.
There does seem to be this mentality in all of web development where people think that simply following all the rules makes them accessible; AND at the same time we have the opposite where you have the folks that use articles like this one to throw it all in the trash.
It's a bit like fundamentalists vs. science really. In the same way Asimov said "It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong." -- it comes down to those who follow the WCAG are more likely to come up with a good page than those who ignore it.
But fairytale-land pseudo-science -- or in our case bad web design, is still rubbish regardless of what rules you followed to get there. Following rules, guidelines, and other ideas put together by hard-thinkers simply makes you more likely to succeed at the task; it's NOT a guarantee.
That said, a lot of those sites are absolute rubbish; and broken here since many of them are fixed widths with fixed height elements using dynamic fonts. /FAIL/ hard... of course with many of them being turdpress templates this is hardly a shocker, given what a total accessibility train wreck that is in the first place!
First three I looked at of those sites had broken layouts, paragraphs around non-paragraph elements, endless nesting DIV for christmas only knows what reason, improper heading orders, willy-nilly/nonsensical use of HR, and on the whole were poster-children for bad development techniques. All of those mean bad accessibility, and the WCAG covers exactly NONE of that.
Detlev Fischer has written an article outlining problems with the study's methodology and metrics (comments welcome) and stating that, with the methods of the study being unclear much of the time, the conclusion that WCAG-compliant sites do not reduce problems encountered by the blind may itself be suspect (also that of course that the blind in general cannot represent all disabled users, while the WCAG does).
He also states that the WCAG may indeed have something to say regarding some of the problems listed as "Not covered by WCAG". For example, problems #1 and #2 (Content found in pages where not expected by users, and content not found in pages where expected by users) could be covered by sections 2.4.4 and 2.4.6 (that the links users clicked told them correctly what the next page would have on it, and that the headings of these pages would correctly head and outline the page content, leaving few surprises for users).
Quote from the conclusion:
This reflects the current thrust of disability rights advocacy which is definitely towards "equivalent access" and this concept is now enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Telecoms Package and other recent policy/regulation/legislation developments. The concept is not completely simple, however. To use an analogy, what is "equivalent access" to a building for a person in a wheelchair? It implies at least that they can get in to all the rooms, use all the facilities, operate all the light switches, etc. that everyone else can. But does it imply that they have to be able to do this as quickly or as comfortably as non-wheelchair users? Is that even possible (without artificially slowing down the non-wheelchair users)?
In the case of websites, equivalent access would not seem to require that blind users should find the information architecture simple, that the functionality should work as they expect it or that there should be no irrelevant (to them) marketing bumf on a page. But bear in mind that web access is generally a lot slower for a blind person anyway, and that they will be further slowed down by these barriers, possibly past the critical point of the whole task being too difficult to be worth the effort. In which case, the effect of the usability barriers does become disproportional.
That may be true and I would like to know, did the research test for this? If not, then it certainly wasn't testing for equivalence of access. But again, even if vision impaired visitors only came across the same issues that everyone else does, the effect (especially the net effect when barriers multiply) may make the site unusable. This would not necessarily be revealed by an analysis of individual problems in isolation, however. It is quite a complex subject and it's good that these researchers are looking at the wider issues of usability, but I'm with ronsman. The goal should be "equivalent access" as a concept, even though the definition of precisely what that means is a little unclear to me!
As much as I'm a advocate of accessibility, and as much as I hate on mobile devices, screen readers and other methods of accessing pages ... the MOMENT people start talking about "equivalent access" or even "equality", I kneejerk into "what is this BS" mode.
Reason being, I don't believe in 'equality'. Let's be fair to the crippies, they're not equal. PERIOD. They cannot function equally with equal treatment, and trying to say otherwise is unfair and outright insulting.
Though of course, that's so non-PC all the limp wristed tofu loving namby pampy feel-good California drum circle types get their panties in a twist the moment you mention it.
It ranks right up there with this whole "entitlement" BS.
Sorry - I have to take issue with you there. Equal access means I should be able to make my own dentist's appointment, like everybody else. As long as my dentist keeps insisting the only way to make an appointment is by telephone, I can't do that and have to rely on somebody else to do it for me. Let me book by e-mail or letter and then I have equal access.
And please don't use offensive terms to label people that you have decided are not equal. Not equal to whom? Just because I don't use the internet the same way as the next guy, does that give anybody the right to say I'm not "equal"? I don't think so.
And please don't use offensive terms to label people that you have decided are not equal. Not equal to whom? Just because I don't use the internet the same way as the next guy, does that give anybody the right to say I'm not "equal"? I don't think so.
I feel pretty entitled to being able to do things other grownups can do when it's pretty darn reasonable for me to be able to do that, and that's the matter.
This isn't "we should be able to play Crysis on an Atari", this is "the internet allows me to do things for myself, so why is it okay for some limp-wristed whiney webdesigner to make that impossible for me through his/her own incompetence?"At least, that's how I see it. When you have to ask your children to translate your doctor telling you that you have cancer because you can't hear or understand him... when you have to ask your spouse to pick you up and bring you into the store... when you have to wait for a friend to show up to help you do something incredibly silly like check why your mail is silent...(and Crusty knows what some of this is like, so I don't think that's where his argument is coming from...)
This is why I care about accessibility. It's all about frustration, and not from "oh man I'm paralysed but I should be able to walk!" but from "this is something I expected to be able to do all by myself as an adult human being" when, due not to impossibility but silliness, is not the case.
(When I worked in hospital we had a case of Polish parents having their 12-year-old daughter translate from the doctor that the mom had an aggressive cancer, because there was no Polish translator available on that day, despite a large Polish community. I imagine Deaf parents go through this sadly often.)
I identify very well with frustration. Unnecessary frustration on the web is why I bother.
Damned straight.
I think Crusty's point here is that, if the disabled were equal, they would not need additional help/software/time/etc to do similar tasks, compared to the non-disabled. Similarly with the on-going gedoe over females in tech, there's no point in saying men and women for example are equal when they are different (and comparing things that are different is difficult to decide what "equal" means).But if his point is also that "well we can't expect the blind to be able to watch YouTube videos the same way sighted people do", well no, they're not going to watch YouTube videos the same way sighted people do, but that's not what "equal access" means here, does it?
I believe people have a right to socialise with friends and family over the internet, using the same software everyone else is using. There's no reason for this to be difficult. Having all your friends and family install TTY devices at home is difficult. Facewaste and twitter and LinkedIn and e-mail and forums don't have this excuse.
I believe people have the same right to information and knowledge, whatever that information may be: learning what your government is doing to you, learning health information, communicating with your doctors, kids' teachers, insurers, bankers, commercial companies, etc.
I believe they have the same right to be entertained and seek entertainment, as human beings seem to like that kind of thing.I believe the internet has made bringing these things to a wider group of people, especially the disabled, actually doable without going into the "playing Crysis on an Atari" argument. It now costs less and means it's now feasible. Putting lifts and ramps on every tiny old building is very often not feasible, for example. Equal access therefore is harder. Web sites? Jebus on a stick, it takes some work but it's not something to throw up our hands on and say "bleh!"
And I believe that because if this, it's now a responsibility web developers and technology innovators have.
Read the comments with interest as I volunteered for years with a challenged horse back riding program. Also a friend convinced my dad, who was a home builder, to implement 2 changes that make all the difference in accessible housing. 3'0 doors and hallways (width and entry/exit points). These two items are very expensive and hard to retro fit yet make such a big difference for accessibility, and they are items everyone enjoys
Seems to me websites are the same, if a few items can be identified, those few items that if they are built in, make that big difference, and would lean toward they are probably the same items that many users appreciate.
I can appreciate a short checklist, with maybe a sentence on why for each item. Use it for myself, show it to customers
This is an interesting area of web design that is often overlooked. I've never even considered optimizing my site for this demographic before. How would one determine if they have visually impaired traffic on their site?
Tanya: you don't. You'll never know how abled or disabled a visitor to your site is unless they bother contacting you to complain : ) Similar to how you'll never know their race or height or shoe-size.
This is because web visitors using Accessibility Technology are using it on top of regular web browsers, and it's the web browsers who give request information to your server (and the browser does not know if there's AT running above it, and if it did it still won't tell the server).
So you instead build with the assumption that you want your site to reach as many people as possible, within reason, and build with regular best practices in mind. I built a whole insurance site front-end with screen reader testing... though I'm pretty sure not a single blind person has ever visited that site. Still, should one do so, the site will Just Work, and people like stuff that Just Works. Other than learning how to do it, and then some testing, it didn't cost anything to build that way.
As techmichelle mentioned about the wider doors and little wheel ramps when there are height differences between rooms, it's usually pretty easy to just build things that way in the beginning, and often very costly and difficult to add them in later.
Usually building accessibly is simply building semantically and well anyway. If you look around the web for things like "accessible web forms" most of the recommendations are the things we should have been doing all along, like "use labels with your inputs". The difference then is, when your design visually doesn't want to show a label, instead of omitting the label, you keep it in the HTML like normal and pull it offscreen using CSS (pulling offscreen rather than display: none/visibility: hidden means AT considers the element on screen and so offers it to users).
Another example, from recent work I've done: we're using Twitter Bootstrap for a client. Bootstrap's code expects this for lists with headings above them:
<ul class="someclass"> <li class="nav-header">Some "heading"</li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li></ul>
The CSS then expects to style the fake header to look like a real heading, and assumes the other items underneath belong to that heading.Obviously styling one list item does not make it heading at all. The best practices thing to do is to make a real heading:
<h3>Some heading</h3><ul class="someclass"> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li> <li><a href="#">regular link</a></li></ul>
Now everyone will know it's a heading, not just people who happen to be able to see Bootstrap's CSS.
I'm not sure quite what you mean when you talk about WCAGtechniques for other formats. I believe there are already techniquesrelated to other formats such as Silverlight, Flash, and PDF.
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Goldberg, if you would only keep out of my way, I would make the All-American.
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Archives for July 2005
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'He turns 19 in December and is expected to continue playing in the juniors next season.'
Sabres scout homegrown talent
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Ryan Miller to attend Team USA Training Camp (Amerks.com)
Kalinin, Fitzpatrick back with Sabres
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Sabres focused on bolstering defense in draft
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16 Players in 4 Days, Part 3
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Sabres open-minded about the draft
'"We won't really have an idea how it will shake out until the first six or seven players are drafted," Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier said.'
Kalinin, Fitzpatrick, MacArthur in fold
'MacArthur will begin his pro career with the Rochester Americans, but he is one of the Sabres' top prospects. He had 30 goals and 44 assists in 58 games last season for Medicine Hat of the Western Hockey League. "He's a complete player with a solid two-way game," Regier said. "He's a very responsible player, has strong character, is a terrific competitor and can create some offense. Two-way players with some offensive skill are very important. They make up the glue of your team."'
Trio of Tigers sign at deadline
'MacArthur, a second-round 2003 pick of the Buffalo Sabres, said the contract process was nervewracking at times following the NHL signing a new collective bargaining agreement last week. "The first day I think everyone got pretty much lowballed in the whole league, so we were all sweating," he said while vacationing with his family in Penticton, B.C. "It worked out for us; it's great to have it done. We got the same deal as the picks in 2003, with a 24 per cent rollback. It was $942,000 for the cap for the (maximum) signing bonus. The (maximum) salary was $850,000."'
Empire Blog: Western Steamrolls New York City, 5-1
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Sabres Sign MacArthur
"Clarke is an excellent addition to the organization and he's a Buffalo-type of player with a strong work ethic and a great competitive spirit." said Regier.
Sabres sign 2003 third-round pick
'A play-making forward, MacArthur spent the past three seasons with Medicine Hat of the Canadian junior Western Hockey League. He's a two-time 30-goal scorer, and finished with 30 goals, 44 assists and 74 points in 58 games last season. He also represented Canada in last winter's World Junior Championship.'
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For all food-serve restaurants that are a little short on space, having a rice cooker that is also a warmer in one makes all the sense. This Universal 66 Cup Rice Cooker & Warmer [WRC-1070S] will do just that. This item includes a built in thermostat, measuring cup and spoon, and is manufactured out of heavy-duty stainless steel. With this item all you have to do is flip a switch and you can determine weather you will warming or cooking the rice.
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Sodium - bloodSerum sodium
Sodium is a substance that the body needs to work properly. Sodium is found in most foods. The most common form of sodium is sodium chloride, which is table salt.
A test can be done to see how much sodium is in your blood.
How the Test is Performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
How to Prepare for the Test
Many medicines can interfere with sodium blood test results.Your health care providerwill tell you if you need to stop taking any medicines before you have this test. Do not stop or change your medications without talking to your doctor first.
How the Test Will Feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the Test is Performed
This test is often done as part of an electrolyte or basic metabolic panel blood test.
Your blood sodium level represents a balance between the sodium and water in the food and drinks you consume and the amount in urine. A small amount is lost through stool and sweat.
Many things can affect this balance. Your doctor may order this test if you:
- Have had a recent injury, surgery, or serious illness
- Consume large or small amounts of salt or fluid
- Receive intravenous (IV) fluids
- Take diuretics (water pills) or certain other medications, including the hormone aldosterone
Normal Results
The normal range for blood sodium levels is 135 to 145 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L).
The examples above are common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What Abnormal Results Mean
Abnormal sodium levels can be due to many different conditions.
A higherthan normal sodium level is called hypernatremia. It may be due to:
- Cushing syndrome
- Diabetes insipidus
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Increased fluid loss due to excessive sweating, diarrhea, use of diuretics, or burns
- Too much salt or sodium bicarbonate in your diet
- Use of certain medicines, including birth control pills, corticosteroids, laxatives, lithium, and NSAIDs such as ibuprofen or naproxen
A lower than normal sodium level is called hyponatremia. This may be due to:
- Addison's disease
- Dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea
- An increase in total body water seen in those with heart failure, certain kidney diseases, or cirrhosis of the liver
- Ketonuria
- Too much of the hormone vasopressin
- Use of medications such as diuretics (water pills), morphine, and SSRI antidepressants
The following conditions may also affect your blood sodium level:
- Acute adrenal crisis
- Diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma
- Drug-induced hypothyroidism
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Hypopituitarism
There is very little risk involved with having your blood taken. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Taking blood from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Shorecki K, Ausiello D. Disorders of sodium and water homeostasis. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 118.
Review Date: 11/17/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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BREVARD, N.C.- The Brevard College (3-5, 1-2 SAC) men's lacrosse team lost 17-4 while hosting Wingate University (5-2, 1-2 SAC) in a conference match up at the Tornados Lacrosse Field on March 15.
Brevard took an early lead after Alsharif Blackman took the ball to the back of the net at the 13:35 mark of the first quarter. However the Bulldogs quickly recovered to take the lead 3-1 to go into the second quarter.
Wingate shut out Brevard and continued on a seven-goal run to take control of the game in the second quarter. BC was unable to answer their run until the third quarter when freshman, Mathew Dropuljic received an inside pass from teammate Blackman to put in the quick goal and advance Brevard to two goals.
The Bulldog's Ryan Vogrig contributed five goals towards the final score while teammate Chase Watts contributed a hat trick.
Brevard's Robert Thornley and Blair Alexandersen finished with one goal each during the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough to help Brevard gain the win.
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Study Abroad Office
The Study Abroad Office has implemented a new online system for applications and enrollment in our various programs. To access this information and see all of our updated content on study abroad, please visit: http://www.etown.abroadoffice.net
Please visit our new site if you have an interest in studying abroad!
If you've always wanted to get your passport stamped you'll be happy to know Elizabethtown College encourages all of our students to study abroad for a month, a summer, a semester, or a year.
Elizabethtown College students can participate in several type of overseas experiences. Globe-trekking students can choose from more than 50 academic programs offered by our nine affiliates, go on a faculty-led program or even work, volunteer or intern overseas.
The Office of Study Abroad Programs is here to help you through every step of the process, from finding the right location to fit your education, career and personal goals to helping you plan and finance your trip, to helping you adjust back to life at Elizabethtown. The Study Abroad Office can be found in Nicarry Hall 120.


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Cleveland — An Ohio inmate serving an 11-year sentence for sexual assault has been charged with five cold case rapes between 1996 and 2010 and with killing one of those victims.
A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Larry McGowan, 38, on Friday on 23 charges after authorities say he DNA testing connected him to the string of crimes.
It's unclear whether McGowan has an attorney.
"McGowan is a one-man crime wave, a cold-blooded killer and a psychopath who destroys lives," county Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said in a news release.
Among McGowan's new charges include the rape and murder of 41-year-old Maxine Pratt in Cleveland in 1997. Her body was found bludgeoned and her head had been run over with a car.
The most recent of the rape charges stems from 2010, when an 18-year-old woman was raped at gunpoint after being attacked as she walked to a bus stop.
The other alleged victims include a 21-year-old woman who said she was raped at gunpoint, shot by her attacker and then tossed out of a moving car in 1996, and a 32-year-old mother who was home alone with her baby in 1998 when she said a man broke in, grabbed her by the throat and raped her while threatening to hurt the infant.
Prosecutors linked the crimes to McGowan as part of their DNA Cold Case Task Force, formed in March last year.
Although McGowan had been in and out of prison since 1993 for non sex-related offenses, authorities did not properly collect his DNA until he was arrested for raping an Akron woman in 2012.
McGowan's indictment is the 100th brought through the task force, which has been working through a backlog of more than 4,000 rape kits that have never been submitted for DNA testing.
About a third of those indictments have involved serial rapists, prosecutors said.
"We now realize that the DNA in these old rape kits is a ticket to prison for a trainload of violent rapists," McGinty said. "We have an unprecedented opportunity to take a large percentage of this county's most dangerous criminals off the street all at the same time. We have hit the mother lode and we intend to mine the hell out of it."
McGinty said the task force is re-examining unsolved cases in the neighborhoods where they say McGowan operated to see if he's connected to any other crimes.
The task force is a joint effort between the prosecutor's office, Cleveland police, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Leads are generated by Attorney General Mike DeWine's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
Sondra Miller, president and CEO of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, said in a news release last month that the initiative sends a message to all rape victims, "that no matter how long ago you were hurt, there are people and agencies who believe you and will do everything in our power to help you find justice and healing."
"Dozens of survivors have finally found the justice that they have been seeking for almost 20 years," she said.


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The religious brain is hot stuff right now. Publications as diverse as Science and Newsweek seem to be gaga about how meditation affects the frontal cortex, how praying soothes the amygdala, or how religious belief affects the psyche. But there's a catch to all this excitement: nearly all the research focuses on either Christian or Buddhist forms of religious practice. Where are the other religions? A team of researchers from Malaysia recently helped to answer this question by studying how Muslim prayer affects alpha waves in the brain, and their results show a profound connection between mind and body.


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NEW YORK CITY- The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team struggled all night shooting the ball at Columbia's Levien Gym. Columbia did not. As a result, the Lions strolled to a 74-55 victory that, in truth, probably wasn't that close.
Penn shot just 37 percent from the field, and was just 2-of-13 on three-point shots. Columbia, by contrast, was a sizzling 12-of-25 beyond the arc (surpassing the Lions' 9-of-22 effort inside the arc).
If it wasn't for Fran Dougherty, this game would have been over well before halftime. The senior was 5-of-9 and dropped 14 points in the opening period; the rest of the team went 3-of-16, with many of the misses well off the mark.
At the other end, Columbia -- built for the long ball -- went 7-of-12 beyond the arc and 12-of-24 overall from the field in the first half. As a result, the Lions quickly built up a double-digit lead and threatened a number of times to blow the Quakers out of the building.
That said, Penn sprung to lifelate in thehalf, scoring five points in thefinal few seconds including a three-pointer from Tony Hicks -- the Quakers' first trey of the night -- at the buzzer. Somehow, the Red and Blue was down just 10 as the teams went to the locker room, 40-30.
Hicks then scored and was fouled to open the second-half scoring, and Penn had a chance to get within seven. However, he missed the free throw, and it was all Columbia after that. The Lions' Meiko Lyles hit a three-pointer that was answered by Darien Nelson-Henry, but then Columbia scored 15 of the game's next 16 points, knocking down three more treys in the run.
The low point came with just under eight minutes left when Hicks (6 points on the night) was ejected after throwing a punch at Lyles. Originally, both players were called for technical fouls, the punch was not revealed until a review of the play. Because of the nature of Hicks' ejection, by NCAA rule he must sit out Penn's next game (which is tomorrow at Cornell).
Columbia's lead was 26 on more than one occasion in the second half, and it was only because Penn's subs outscored the Lions' subs 11-4 down the stretch that the margin ended up below 20.
Dougherty finished the night with 16 points and also led the Quakers with seven rebounds, while fellow senior Miles Jackson-Cartwright had 10. For Columbia, Alex Rosenberg led the way with 22 points, while Cory Osetkowski had 14 (along with nine boards) and both Maodo Lo and Steve Frankoski had 12.
Penn returns to action on Saturday night at Cornell. The Quakers and the Big Red will tip off at 7 p.m.
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Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail is the most famous hiking trail in the U.S., extending 2,189 miles from Georgia to Maine. 46 miles of the Appalachian Trail meander through Cumberland Valley Pennsylvania, including a 13-mile section that is the longest, lowest and flattest section on the entire A.T. and one of the most accessible portions to park and take a short day trip. Cumberland Valley PA is the midway point of the Appalachian Trail. Explore A.T. Day Hikes below.
Find a map and GPS coordinates for parking along the Cumberland Valley PA stretch of the Appalachian Trail.
Cumberland Valley has a collection of experiences to connect with and enjoy the Appalachian Trail.
- The famous midway point of the Appalachian Trail is in Cumberland Valley Pennsylvania. Enjoy an easy hike and have your picture taken at this famous location.
- Visit the Appalachian Trail Museum, the only museum in the country dedicated to hiking, in Pine Grove Furnace State Park to learn about the history and preservation of the trail, and the stories of the most famous Appalachian Trail thru-hikers. More than likely you will bump into an A.T. hiker. Ask them about their journey and how they got their trail name. It will likely be an entertaining story.
- Across the road from the A.T. Museum is Pine Grove General Store, a site famed in hiker custom. It is here that a half gallon of ice cream is eaten, or attempted to be eaten, by thru-hikers to celebrate reaching the midway point of the Appalachian Trail. They keep a celebratory ice cream scoop and sign the log book at the store. Join in the tradition of trying to consume a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting.
- Stay overnight at the Ironmaster's Mansion, also at Pine Grove Furnace State Park, a famous resting stop of Appalachian Trail thru-hikers. The mansion was renovated and reopened in 2011 as a facility for weddings and meetings, and a hostel for A.T. thru-hikers and outdoor enthusiasts. For a nominal fee you can stay the night in their dormitory-style rooms, enjoy the park, hike the A.T. and have a chance to connect with a thru-hiker.
- Choose from a variety of Appalachian Trail day trips below. NOTE: Be sure to take along binoculars when dayhiking along the A.T. In Cumberland Valley, the Trail offers various habitats along which many species of birds can be found including scarlet tanagers, indigo buntings, Eastern bluebirds, American kestrels, winter wrens, and wood thrush. Numerous streams and runs along the Trail support American woodcocks, belted kingfishers, and Acadian flycatchers.
The Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Trail Conservancy is in the designated Appalachian Trail Community of Boiling Springs. You can pick up trail maps, free parking permits (long-term parking available) and find out more about best A.T. hot spots in Cumberland Valley.
Directional signage along the trail: 2 inch by 6 inch rectangular white blazes show you the way. A double blaze indicates a turn or prominent landmark.
Explore the Appalachian Trail Interactive Map to find parking and shelters along the trail.
DAY HIKES - Ideas for a Cumberland Valley A.T. Day Trip
Journey 1
Park at Scott Farm Appalachian Trail Work Center. Scott Farm is the headquarters for A.T. trail maintenance activity for the Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Trail Conservancy, as well as one of the maintaining clubs, Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club. A water spigot and portable toilet is available during spring, summer and fall. Trail information can be found at the bulletin board and in a box on the side of the barn.
Cross the bridge on the pedestrian walkway, heading southbound on the A.T. Continue left into the woods along a wooden boardwalk constructed in 2005 to keep the trail above swampy land along the beautiful Conodoguinet Creek. You may see herons and other water birds. If you are more ambitious, continue through woodlots and farm fields and across three major highways. Turn around and hike back to your car.
Journey 2
Boiling Springs is famous for its springs, the beautiful Children's Lake in the center of town and the pre-Revolutionary War Carlisle Iron Works Furnace. In the center of town is the Mid-Atlantic office of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. ATC is the overall steward of the A.T. The ATC office has very limited parking. More parking, a portable toilet and A.T. access point can be found nearby at the Fishermen's Parking Lot at the Carlisle Iron Works Furnace. If you're hungry, there are several options in Boiling Springs, including Caffe 101, The Boiling Springs Tavern or Anile's. There is also a supermarket about a half mile up the road from Anile's.
Option 1: The trail runs along the famous trout fishing stream, Yellow Breeches Creek. Follow the A.T. blazes across Bucher Hill Road, toward the ATC office, then along Children's Lake. Continue past the gazebo to the Mid-Atlantic Office of the ATC. If you have extra time, cross Route 174 at the ATC office, taking the short trail running between the post office and the Boiling Springs Tavern. There you can see a stream leading to the bubbling waters that give Boiling Springs its name. Then head back to the ATC office. Walk back along Children's Lake and return to your car.
Option 2: If you are more ambitious, start at the Iron Furnace and continue south across the creek. Follow the Appalachian Trail as it goes left across the beautiful historic stone bridge and zig zags through farm fields for more than a mile. You'll then begin a steady climb up South Mountain. The big holes in the ground are where they dug out iron ore for the foundry a couple of centuries ago. After a one-mile gradual climb you'll reach the peak, known as Center Point Knob. When the A.T. was first laid out in the 1930's, this was the exact center. The midway point is now several miles south, near Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
Journey 3
Park at the gravel lot by the Iron Furnace in Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
Option 1: After visiting the A.T. Museum, follow the white blazes south, past Pine Grove General Store. The large building on your right is the newly restored Ironmaster's Mansion. Continue south on the AT for a mile or two until you see the prominent marker showing the actual midway point of the A.T., where all thru-hikers have their pictures taken. The actual spot changes a bit each year, due to trail relocations. Retrace your route back to the car.
Option 2: Get a map from the Park Office. Then, travel north on the A.T. (away from the store and the Ironmaster's Mansion). Follow the white blazes pass the beaches at Fuller Lake and head down a dirt road into the woods. After a short time, the A.T. will head off the road to the right, steadily climbing another ridge of South Mountain. In less than a mile after you start climbing, you'll see a sign directing you left off the trail onto the rock outcropping on Pole Steeple. Rather than going back on the A.T., you can go down the blue blazed Pole Steeple Trail. This is a much steeper trip down, so be careful. Take the A.T. back if you aren't sure-footed or if the weather is poor. If you take the Pole Steeple Trail, you'll come to a dirt road at the bottom. Go left and in less than a mile you'll connect up to the A.T. again. Follow the white blazes on the road back to your car in the parking lot.
- Directions: Trail entrances: Wertzville Rd/Rte 944, Bernheisel Bridge Rd, Appalachian Dr, Lisburn Rd, York Rd (Rte 74), ATC Mid-Atlantic Office (Boiling Springs), Leidigh Dr, Whiskey Springs Rd, Rte 94 S. of Mount Holly, Pine Grove Rd at Myerstown Rd, Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Michaux Rd, Shippensburg Rd & Ridge Rd.
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Members of the MU College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2012 took the next step in their professional training during the 10th annual White Coat Ceremony held Oct. 17, 2010. The ceremony recognizes the students' transition from classroom education to hands-on clinical training. The 71 students were joined by friends, family and CVM faculty as they crossed a small stage within the Reynolds Alumni Center and received their white laboratory coats.
The students selected a family member, friend or mentor to present and assist them in donning their coats. Dr. Bruce Whittle, president of the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association, then presented each student with a lapel pin.
The White Coat Ceremony marked the midpoint in the students' professional curriculum. The first two years of preclinical training included basic science studies in anatomy, physiology, cell and molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology, virology and toxicology. The students also learned fundamentals in clinical disciplines including, anesthesiology, clinical pathology, radiology, public health and medicine and surgery.
The next phase of their education involves spending nearly two years working at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in the Small Animal, Food Animal and Equine clinics, as well as undertaking preceptorships in private practices or with public agencies on their way to completing their DVM degrees.
Dr. Neil C. Olson, CVM Dean, congratulated the class members on their success reminding them that they were now closer to the conclusion of their DVM education than the beginning. Dr. John Dodam, chairman of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Department, told the students that as their education moves from classroom to clinics their tests may no longer involve multiple choice exams, but instead will involve the lives of their patients. Dr. Ron Cott, director of Development and associate dean of Student and Alumni Affairs, served as emcee for the event and also recited the Veterinarians Oath that the students themselves will take in less than two years.
Class President Mike Hupp provided the response on behalf of the class. He spoke of how the group had come together as strangers during the Veterinary Enrichment and Teambuilding orientation and had in the subsequent two years become a family. He thanked the CVM "IT wizards" for helping the class members keep their laptops operational, the staff of the Office of Student and Alumni Affairs and the faculty. He also thanked the friends and family who attended the ceremony for their support in helping him and his classmates reach this milestone.
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Press cookie dough into pan. Bake. Place cookie pan on cooling rack; immediately imprint butterfly into warm cookie dough using cookie cutter; cool completely. (You can also trace butterfly shape with FoodWriter edible food markers after cookie has cooled completely.)
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Fairytale Brownies is wherever you need us for Saturday shopping, December 15!
AJ's Fine Foods on Ray & 56th St - Fairytale Brownies Demo Saturday from 11:00AM-2:00PM
You can pick up Holiday & Christmas Half-Dozens and our 9-Piece Truffles and of course Molly will have free tasting samples for you and yours!
Not your part of town Saturday? Then you can also find Fairytale Brownies at
Downtown Scottsdale Farmer's Market Saturday from 8:00AM-1:00PM
Fairytale Brownies will be part of a fundraising Bake Sale sponsored by the LDEI Phoenix Chapter. Member Chefs and Entrepreneurs will be offering all sorts of treats including Fairytale enrobed brownies, our beloved Fairytale Truffles.
And if shopping from home Saturday, go to www.brownies.com