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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth call off their engagement, Kris Jenner shares a bikini photo at age 57 and Kate Middleton and Prince William introduce Prince George to Great-Grandfather Prince Philip: See Us Weekly's top 5 stories from Monday, Sept. 16, in the roundup!
1. Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Call Off Engagement
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are officially off-again — for good, it seems. The couple, who met on the set of 2010's The Last Song, have called off their engagement, a rep for the "We Can't Stop" singer confirms to Us Weekly.
2. Kris Jenner, 57, Shares Bikini Photo After Kendall Jenner's Stunning Ad Campaign: Picture
Looks like Kendall Jenner has some competition — from her own mother! Days after the aspiring model, 17, wowed in stunning new shots for Agua Bendita's swimwear line, mom Kris Jenner shared a bikini photo of her own on Instagram.
3. Kate Middleton, Prince William Take Prince George to Meet Great-Grandfather Prince Philip at Balmoral in Scotland
Baby's first Balmoral visit! Prince George — with parents Kate Middleton and Prince William, plus nanny Jessie Webb — flew to Scotland early Sunday, Sept. 15, bound for Balmoral Castle, a source confirms to Us Weekly.
4. Miss America 2014 Is Miss New York Nina Davuluri, First Woman of Indian Descent to Win
There she is: Miss America 2014! Besting 52 other beauty queens (50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island), Miss New York Nina Davuluri won the coveted crown in the pageant, which aired live on ABC from Atlantic City, NJ on Sunday Sept. 15. The triumph of the 24-year-old from Syracuse, New York marks a milestone in the history of the institution: Davuluri is the very first woman of Indian descent to win the crown.
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Items where Subject is "Health > Public Health > Chronic Illness & Diseases > Mental Health"
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Ibrahim, S.A. and Thomas, S.B. and Fine, M.J.
Logan, Jeongok G and Barksdale, Debra J
Nguyen-Rodriguez, Selena T. and McClain, Arianna D. and Spruijt-Metz, Donna
Kruger, Daniel J. and De Loney, E. Hill
Kabir, Azad Alamgir and Whelton, Paul K. and Khan, M. Muhmud and Gustat, Jeanette and Chen, Wei
Wu, Chun Yi and Prosser, Rachel A. and Taylor, Jacquelyn Y.
Johnson, J L and Cameron, M C
Abrams, Laura S and Dornig, Katrina and Curran, Laura
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Putting a Group of Processes into a CPU and Memory Jail -- First Steps with Control Groups in Linux
0. Prerequisites
Cgroups were first merged into Linux with kernel version 2.6.24. Use cat /proc/cgroups to find out what (parts of) cgroups your system supports. If there's no such file, you probably don't have support for cgroups on your system.
1. Mount cgroups
You need a dir cgroup and then mount the special filesystem there:
mkdir -p cgroup
mount -t cgroup none -o cpu,memory cgroup
2. Creating a new group
cd cgroup
mkdir jail
cd jail
3. Adding PIDs
Adding tasks is as easy as
echo $PID >> tasks
Be aware that the children of that PID (any process started by it, e.g. by that bash shell) will automatically also belong to the same group. Using 0 as PID includes the PID of your current shell into the group.
4. Making CPU Restrictions
This is very easy. If you want a program to be able to use only a maximum of 10% of your cpu, echo 102 > cpu.shares
Because 100 % CPU is devided into 1024 shares. Note that if there are left over cpu shares from other processes, cgroups are benevolent and give them to the poor so to speak: Unless the CPU is fully used and it would affect processes/groups, a process/group can use as much CPU as it wants. But that includes the system time of the process, so the time shown in top does hardly ever equal the cpu shares assigned.A hard cpu limit for cgroups is not yet available in mainline.
5. Making Memory Restrictions
Making memory restrictions works just the same way.
echo 200M > memory.limit_in_bytes
to restrict the group to a 200 MB hard limit. Otherwise use memory.soft_limit_in_bytes.
6. Removing Tasks
Removing a task works be putting it into another group. If you want it in no group, put it into the root group. That's the group directly in the cgroup/ directory. Note that unmounting the cgroup does not seem to change anything at all. It all remains in place, you just won't be able to change anything.
7. Try it out
Now save all your data and try this out with some huge memory and or cpu hog. Once you've got it working, try converting it into a cgconfig.conf and cgrules.conf to get it working automatically at system start. Or just write a bash script. If you're hungry for more, the cgroup kernel docs can help.
8. Grepping Process
This command helps to you get pids ready to be pasted into the tasks file:
ps aux | /bin/grep "$@" | /bin/grep -v grep | gawk '{print $2;}'
Put that into a script and then do e.g. grep_pid make.
X. Problems?
If you run into problems also check this post about common issues with control groups.
If you like this post, share it and subscribe to the RSS feed so you don't miss the next one. In any case, check the related posts section below. (Because maybe I'm just having a really bad day and normally I write much more interesting articles about theses subjects! Or maybe you'll only understand what I meant here once you've read all my other posts on the topic. ;) )
7 comments:
- AnonymousJune 5, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Informative, thanks you :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2011 at 11:58 AM
nice one.. Thank you!! :-)ReplyDelete
You're both welcome! ;)ReplyDelete
Don't forget to subscribe. ^^ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 16, 2011 at 2:09 PM
Great tip, thanks for posting it!ReplyDelete
I'll give it a try for my 'svn update' at work, which is killing my system performance for half an hour due to the size of our repo.
Cool, let me know! You may also want to try around with -o ...,blkio then, as that's very heavy IO.ReplyDelete
But in any case do let me know how it works. In my experience this has been extremely nice. I've used this on a compile again recently, and somehow the desktop latency pretty much doesn't seem affected at all. Very, very nice stuff.
Also in my experience so far, kernel 3.0 seems more responsive with heavy disk IO.
Instead of that long command in 8, one could easily use 'pidof' to find the pid of a process.ReplyDelete
I appreciate comments. Feel free to write anything you wish. Selected comments and questions will be published.


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Coastal Italia: Chris Pastena's eagerly awaited Lungomare will add a dash of Ligurian coastal appeal to Oakland's Jack London Square when it opens its doors this Thursday. Pastena, the man behind Oakland's popular Chop Bar and upcoming Tribune Tavern, has teamed up with Tom Henderson and Temoor Noor from Grand Tavern and exec chef Craig DiFonzo on this waterfront promenade project, which includes a cafe, cocktail lounge and patio dining, as well as the main 120-seat dining room.
The seafood-centric menu showcases rustic Italian cuisine with Bay Area ingredients, and offers wood-fired pizza and handcrafted pasta as well as dishes such as Monterey squid, borlotti beans and preserved lemon ($11), Corzetti pasta with arugula, basil and hazelnut pesto ($14) and Berkshire porchetta with farro and chard ($26). Cozy up in the bar and lounge with wines from Liguria, Portugal and Argentina, custom craft beers made for Lungomare by the Linden Street Brewery and cocktails designed by bar manager Paul Christensen, who hails from nearby Haven.
Lungomare will be open for dinner this weekend, with lunch, weekend brunch and cafe breakfast service coming on board next week. Details: 1 Broadway, Oakland; www.lungomareoakland.com.
Dessert first: Why should tasting menus be restricted to swanky savory offerings? It's a valid question, especially when you're Yigit Pura, the chef and owner of San Francisco's Tout Sweet Patisserie and winner of Season 1 of "Top Chef: Just Desserts." Pura's sweetly elegant answer launches Feb. 14 with a three-course seasonal dessert menu ($55), with wine and beer pairings, dubbed Tastings@Tout Sweet. Already booked that night? Encores are slated for March 14 and April 11 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended. Details: Tout Sweet, Macy's Union Square, 170 O'Farrell St., third floor; www.toutsweetsf.com.
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The Boulder Beer Pub will serve Buffalo Gold bison meatloaf, tenderloin tips marinated in Obovoid Stout, locally made Italian sausage with Singletrack copper ale, blackened salmon spring salad with citrus ale vinaigrette and Hazed & Infused pork chile.
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In the end, that's all that matters
I know the feeling of never really fitting into the culture. I feel straight but am Bi? I don't know. heres to the last panal!
Minor Rant…why is queer culture so often against bisexual men? I have always had to deal with the term 'halfbreed' (as in half queer – half breeder) as in "make up your mind halfbreed". Is it any wonder most bi men are totally closeted? Bi girls don't have this problem. They're 'cool' for being bi. And since men who are fully gay often won't touch bi men with a ten inch…whatever, I'm not even getting laid all the time.
Kitty, I know a whole bunch of guys who say their bi… In fact, it's pretty popular to come out as bi, at least in high school right now. There are more guys that claim to be bi than girls in my experience. I have never heard anyone say anything negative about bi guys. People usually just call the girls sluts. It's interesting that your experience is the exact opposite of mine.
I've seen what each of you described, Kitty, Hannah. Bisexuals are often the subjects of ridicule and distrust—either they're indecisive, or they're just horny swingers, or other such nonsense. Most of my male friends are bi, but then we're not much past high school—and while none of them claimed bisexuality for popularity's sake, it seems easier to be out as bi for our age group.
Female bisexuals have at least as much trouble in both queer and straight cultures. Among lesbians, there's the impression that either they're actually gay and just haven't admitted it to themselves, or they're only doing it to get attention from men. And both men and women tend to assume that all bi girls are swingers, or polyamorous, or other such nonsense. A huge portion of lesbians (and even other bisexuals!) are afraid or unwilling to date bisexual women because they're convinced they'll be jerked around or will ultimately be left for a man. And while men are often aroused by the *idea* of a bi girl, many men feel intimidated or emasculated by the reality.
That said, I'm not entirely sure why this discussion is taking place on this comic. I wouldn't try to label either of the depicted women as bisexual — bisexual suggests an equal attraction to both sexes, which is clearly not the case here. Seems more like a demonstration of sexual fluidity (and there's a great book by that name that can really help make sense of things). Labels rarely provide a complete picture, anyway.
Kitty, I disagree. As a bi girl, I get insulted with comments that we are either going through a "phase" just to appear hot to guys, or we're just "greedy" animals. I actually haven't heard this as much with bi guys.
Bisexuals have the trouble of being rejected by both sides of the spectrum– we're not gay enough or we're too gay to be straight.
Labels are just so frustrating.
I agree completely with Emily.
Kitty's way off on this one, ever since I came out as bi YEARS ago, I still get judgmental/insulting crap from people about my sexuality as a bisexual woman, from both hetero and homo sexual people.
Please, Denette and Dominique I don't think it's a good idea to say Kitty is bad for stating his opinion… On the other hand I really don't agree with bi-girls having it easy..
Honestly, I've only come out to three friends and, though I am pretty sure more people know about it, the whole reason I haven't told any others is because a lot of people I know are one-minded about these things.. Whether it's make-a-choice or that you're promiscuous, in my case it's both nonsense… I mean, how could I be a whore if I've never had sex and really only kissed two or three people…
On the other hand, I don't think every dyke, gay-guy or straight person is scared of or ridiculing bisexuals.. It's all just a bunch of prejudgments…
I like almost every kind of person and it honestly isn't the parts that make me fall for someone.. I do say I like every kind of person, but I don't date every kind of person, because not every kind of personality makes me feel comfortable while being around them or good about myself, you know ;)
The sort of people I love the most are those who aren't too stuck up on their opinions but still have some opinions they won't change for the world, yeah!!
P.S. especially if those they won't change are the same as mine, haha
And the reason I have never had sex is, because I haven't met someone I feel comfortable enough to give myself completely to, just yet… And I was very, very insecure about myself and my body during puberty, so experimenting or curiosity just wasn't a good enough reason ;)
And I think I might have found someone who is good for me, though I still have to ask him how he really feels about me.. I think he likes me too. Well, at least, I hope so!!
To the comic – Damn. Straight. :-)
Also, to most of the responses about Bi's having problems with society; welcome to the world, lol. Society wants us ALL to fit into neat little boxes, and when any of us don't fit perfectly, it doesn't know what to do with us. We're guilty by association to some, we're awesome to others, but what matters is how much we love ourselves; not arrogant Gaston loving, but honestly loving and respecting ourselves and trying not to focus (I can't say not care because I know it still bothers me a bit) on what others think of what we are and what we do. Now I'm not Bisexual, but I have a lot of qualities from a lot of different "boxes" and due to that, I have a hard time fitting into society myself, and it sucks, but I also have some honest/true friends who I'll keep forever :-)
People who try to "fit the mold" of society may be happier with the shallow parts, but most of them don't have what those who only fit their own mold do.
I like the term heteroflexible, (or homoflexible, as the case may be) for those of us who are attracted to only a tiny portion of one of the genders. Calling yourself bi when you're not definitely feels wierd
Erika is a genius.
Walrus is a genius.
I love you all.
Note: I haven't read the previous comments. Please forgive me if I come across as ignorant or redundant.
I think it's somewhat unfair to avoid the term "bisexual" so studiously. I identify as bisexual (even though my attraction isn't split 50/50), and it honestly hurts that people assume I must be a straight/lesbian person in denial, or that I have to call myself something else because it doesn't come out even if you add up the men and women I've been attracted to. I can understand the desire to come up with a label that one feels accurately sums up one's sexual orientation, but it's beginning to feel that when people seek to specifically avoid being labeled as "bisexual," it only makes it more difficult for the rest of us to be members of both the LGBT *and* straight communities.
Erika Moen Here:
That is wonderful that you have a label that you feel comfortable with! I feel most comfortable with the term "queer". That is my personal preference and what feels right. What works for me has absolutely no importance in your life and identity and (this is not written with any sarcasm or snark) feeling hurt that I do not identify with the same label as you is a waste of your energy :) Be happy you have an identity title that fits you and respect that I have an identity title that fits me even if it is not that one you want me to have.


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Hiding inline SVG icons from screen readers
How to hide inline SVG used for decorative icons from screen readers.
Hiding visible content from screen readers with aria-hidden
If you want to hide visible content only from screen readers in order to give users a better experience, aria-hidden may be an option.
Skip links and other in page links in WebKit browsers
In page links do not work as expected (or as in other browsers) when activated by keyboard in WebKit browsers like Safari and Chrome.
Screen readers and CSS
Some CSS intended for visual media types only has unexpected and semantic effects on screen readers.
An accessible, keyboard friendly custom select menu
A way of styling the closed state of select elements without sacrificing accessibility.
Using display:table has semantic effects in some screen readers
When you use the table-related display properties of CSS to get the display properties of a table, some screen readers will treat the non-table markup as a real table.
Screen readers, list items and list-style:none
Many developers expect screen readers to ignore visual styling of semantic HTML elements. They mostly do, but with list items their behaviour is hit-or-miss.
Block level links and accessibility
HTML5 allows links to contain block level elements instead of just inline elements. This can be useful but there are currently potential usability issues with screen readers.
Do not use display:none to visually hide content intended for screen readers
Hiding content with display:none hides it from all users, including those who use screen readers. Be aware of this when deciding how to hide content visually.
Accessibility in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
A quick walkthrough of the accessibility improvements in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that stood out most to me.
The iOS Zoom setting disables maximum-scale=1 and user-scalable=no
Enabling the Zoom setting (in Settings > General > Accessibility) on iOS makes it possible to zoom normally on web pages that use a meta viewport element to prevent zooming.
Do unobtrusive, accessible social media sharing widgets exist?
No social media sharing widgets that I know of are keyboard friendly, and most use obtrusive markup. Anyone know of an accessible, unobtrusive option?
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Some people argue that checklists should not be used when evaluating accessibility. I think they work fine when used right.
Keyboard accessibility (again)
Keyboard accessibility really is not that hard to get right, but many, many web developers do not seem to think about it. Here are some simple guidelines that may help.
DanKam for iPhone and Android corrects colour blindness
DanKam is an augmented reality app that uses the phone's camera to filter images in real time, changing their colours to make them easier to see for colourblind people.
Why do drive-through ATMs have Braille keypads?
It may not seem obvious why drive-through ATMs would have Braille keypads to enable blind persons to use them. But once you know the answer it's quite simple.
Accessibility myths in 2010
Highlighting some persistent myths about web accessibility.
Is hiding text with CSS to improve accessibility bad for SEO?
Does using CSS to hide text - any text, for whatever reason - result in an automatic search engine penalty?
Accessibility improvements in Apple iOS 4 for iPhone/iPod Touch
iOS 4 for Apple's mobile products have improved accessibility features, including support for navigating by WAI-ARIA landmark roles.
No longdesc attribute in HTML5
The longdesc attribute, which can be used to provide a longer description of an image, is currently not included in the HTML5 specification.
Accessibility does not prevent you from using JavaScript or Flash
Many people mistakenly believe that in order to make a website accessible you have to completely abstain from using technologies like JavaScript or Flash.
If you use the accesskey attribute, specify unique values
If you use the accesskey attribute and specify the same value more than once, browser behaviour is unspecified and varies a lot. Make sure values are unique if you use accesskey.
Built-in or bolt-on accessibility in HTML5? How about a bit of both?
Having built-in semantics and accessibility in HTML5 is great, but I think we also need specifications like WAI-ARIA that let us add accessibility to less than ideal markup.
Using the lang attribute makes a difference
Specifying the natural language of complete and partial HTML documents really does make a difference to users of screen readers that support language switching.
A selection of VoiceOver keyboard commands
A selection of keyboard shortcuts used to control the VoiceOver screen reader in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
Accessibility issues on Vancouver Olympics websites
Joe Clark takes a look at the accessibility (or rather the lack of it) of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics websites.
Remember the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
ATAG addresses software that is used to create websites or manage the content of websites, but is unfortunately ignored by many creators of such software.
sIFR default CSS hides content from at least one screen reader
If you use the CSS that comes with sIFR, Apple's VoiceOver screen reader will not read the replaced text. But there is a simple fix.
Unobtrusive JavaScript is not necessarily accessible JavaScript
There is no guarantee that a JavaScript that is unobtrusively implemented is also keyboard and screen reader accessible.
Telling organisations that their websites are inaccessible
By contacting organisations with inaccessible websites about the problems you encounter, you increase the chances of them fixing their sites. W3C's WAI has created a document intended to help you do this.
W3C HTML Accessibility Task Force
The W3C HTML Accessibility Task Force will help ensure that HTML 5 provides features to enable Web content to be accessible to people with disabilities.
If you must use a dropdown menu, make sure it's keyboard friendly
Many dropdown/flyout/DHTML menus are not keyboard friendly. Next time you implement a dropdown menu, make sure it can be used without a mouse.
JAWS has a weird way of recognising data tables
The heuristics used by the JAWS screen reader to determine whether a table is used for layout or data are quite strange.
Do you find table summaries helpful?
Looking for input from screen reader users with regards to the usefulness of the summary attribute for data tables and the information provided in it.
Headings and document structure conclusions
There appears to be no single solution to heading structure in HTML that fits all situations, but as I see it there are two choices.
New accessibility overview on the W3C website
The new W3C website has a new and very good summary of the why, what, and how of Web accessibility.
Results from WebAIM's screen October 2009 screen reader user survey
The results from WebAIM's October 2009 screen reader user survey have been posted. Some results are expected while others can be a bit surprising.
Design patterns and examples for colour blindness
We are Colorblind contains good and bad examples of designing for people who are colourblind along with design patterns, tips and tricks, and colour checking tools.
Lightboxes and keyboard accessibility
All Lightbox clones that I have tested have issues with keyboard accessibility, making it unnecessarily difficult or confusing to use them without a mouse.
Remove the outline from links on :active only
Completely removing the outline from links makes it very difficult for people who do not use a mouse to see where the keyboard focus is. But there is a better way.
Improve your keyboard accessibility
Many web designers and developers forget about or ignore keyboard-only users when building web sites. Here is some advice on what to avoid and what to do.
Gesture-based VoiceOver on the iPhone and iPod touch
Apple has made the iPhone and iPod touch accessible to visually impaired people by shipping them with the new, gesture-based version of the VoiceOver screen reader.
Readable – another way of improving readability on the Web
The Readable bookmarklet, especially in combination with the Better Web Readability CSS framework, makes websites easier to scan and read.
Opera adds support for the longdesc attribute
Very few visual browsers support the longdesc attribute, but now there are at least two: iCab and Opera.
HTML 5 and the summary attribute
The current HTML 5 Working Draft lists the summary attribute as an obsolete but conforming feature and tells authors to provide table information to all users.
Make more web content readable with Readability
Like the content on a site but have a hard time reading it? Try the Readability bookmarklet.
Accessibility improvements in Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6 has plenty of accessibility improvements, several of which will be useful not only to people with disabilities. No mention of WAI-ARIA, though.
Do you think a WCAG 2.0 technique can be improved? Let the W3C know.
If you think a technique or other document related to WCAG 2.0 could be improved, you can let the WCAG Working Group know about it.
Using the Web with a refreshable Braille display
Roger Hudson has posted a video of Bruce Maguire using a refreshable Braille display to browse the Web.
Cufón and screen readers
Cufón is a potential replacement for static images or sIFR when you must use a specific typeface that is not widely available. However, it has some usability and accessibility issues.
Building accessible forms with WCAG 2.0
Examples, with references to relevant WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria, of how screen reader users can successfully interact with forms that use JavaScript.
Making accessibility more real
Even if you do not have a disability, there are some things you can do to gain a better understanding of the obstacles some people with disabilities run into on the web.
Accessibility is more than "possible to access"
Making web sites and web applications accessible is more than making them possible to access - it also means making them usable.
NVDA – a free, open source screen reader
Testing your web sites and web applications with a screen reader is good. Screen readers can be expensive, but NVDA is a completely free alternative that has WAI-ARIA support.
WCAG 2.0 Checklist by WebAIM
WebAIM's WCAG 2.0 Checklist condenses the guidelines into an easy-to-use and understandable checklist that will help you get started with WCAG 2.0.
Screen reader testing
While it is important for all web developers to have access to a screen reader for testing, setting one up may prove a little tricky. Fortunately there are instructions that will help.
Check your design with text size increased to 200 percent
To make sure that people who need larger text can use your size, increase text size to 200 percent and check that the content is still readable and functional.
WAI-ARIA 1.0 Last Call Working Draft
The Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) specification has reached Last Call Working Draft status, and the W3C wants your feedback.
IE 8 still does not resize text sized in pixels
Internet Explorer's text resizing behaviour is different from that of other browsers since IE does not allow the end user to (easily) resize text whose size has been specified in pixels.
WCAG 2.0 recommends using luminosity contrast ratio to check colour contrast
With WCAG 2.0 now being a W3C recommendation it is time to check that the tool you use to check colour contrast supports the luminosity contrast ratio algorithm recommended by WCAG 2.0.
Results from the WebAIM screen reader survey
WebAIM's screen reader survey provides some interesting results. Most are expected, but there are some surprises.
WAI-ARIA support in IE8 RC no longer non-standard
As of IE8 RC, Microsoft have changed their implementation of WAI-ARIA to use the standardised syntax for setting ARIA properties through JavaScript.
Headings, heading hierarchy, and document outlines
What do you do when an HTML document's main heading is not the first text that should be marked up as a heading - insert a dummy heading or give up on having a perfect document outline?
WCAG 2.0 finally a W3C Recommendation
Today the W3C announced that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG) has finally been declared a W3C Recommendation.
Making Google Maps more accessible
You can make the Google Maps you put on your site more accessible by providing a static image fallback for users without JavaScript and hacking in keyboard accessibility.
Dyslexia and accessibility
The problems dyslexics have when using the web are often overlooked, even by people who make an effort to create accessible websites.
Writing good alt text
It is quite common to come across images with missing alternative text or alternative text that does not properly describe the image's content or function.
Going from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0
It is time to start reading up on WCAG 2.0. It may be a lot to digest, but there are documents available that compare the checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0.
Reading up on WAI-ARIA
WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, helps developers make their web applications more accessible to people who rely on assistive technology. Start reading up on it.
Multiple form labels and screen readers
If screen readers reliably supported multiple labels for the same form control, it would be easier to make error messages and instructions fully accessible.
Turn Firefox into a screen reader with Fire Vox
Fire Vox is a free, open source, cross platform screen reader extension for Firefox. If you create websites you need it.
Specify a maximum width for em-based layouts
When creating layouts with an em-based width, specify a maximum width to avoid horizontal scrolling for users who increase text size.
The WCAG Samurai Errata are now available
The WCAG Samurai have released version 1 of their list of corrections for and updates to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
Helping others understand web accessibility
Accessibility is sometimes harder to get into than it should be. The documentation is hard to read and we can all do a little bit more to help each other.
Overdoing accessibility
Some accessibility features are commonly misused or overused by well-meaning developers, in some cases leading to decreased accessibility.
Accessibility is part of your job
James Edwards notes that as Web professionals we owe it to ourselves and our clients to do our jobs properly, which means taking accessibility seriously.
Manual for Apple VoiceOver in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
A Getting Started guide for VoiceOver is available for download in a number of formats, including audio, PDF, and Braille.
Videos of people using assistive technology
A set of fantastic videos that show how people with various disabilities use computers with the help of assistive technology.
Update on the Target accessibility lawsuit
The US-based retailer Target has been sued for refusing to make their website accessible. The lawsuit has now been given class-action status.
Scrap text resize widgets and teach people how to resize text
10 colour contrast checking tools to improve the accessibility of your design
A list of tools that help make your design readable to all users by checking if text has sufficient contrast against its background.
Can the alt attribute be omitted without hurting accessibility?
In the current editor's draft of the HTML 5 specification, the alt attribute for images is no longer required. I am not convinced that this is a good idea.
Provide an accessible alternative if you must use a CAPTCHA
Visual verification of distorted characters displayed in an image is a major accessibility barrier to people who are visually impaired, blind, or dyslexic.
Introduction to screen readers and screen magnifiers
See how people who are experienced screen reader or screen magnifier users interact with their computer desktop and the Web.
London 2012 Olympics branding film causes epileptic seizures
A segment of a film that promotes the London 2012 Olympic Games brand has triggered epileptic seizures in at least thirty people.
WCAG Samurai Errata published
The WCAG Samurai have published the first draft of their errata for and extensions to WCAG 1.0.
HTML 5 and accessibility
The HTML Working Group is required to cooperate with the Web Accessibility Initiative to ensure that HTML 5 enables accessibility.
WCAG 2.0 Working Draft May 2007: A closer look
Jack Pickard has taken a good look at the latest Working Draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, and likes what he sees.
The Dutch accessibility law is awesome
The new Dutch accessibility law goes way beyond the WCAG and embraces the spirit of modern, Web standards-based Web development.
Seven accessibility mistakes you don't want to make
Seven accessibility mistakes that even well-intentioned developers make, and some advice on how to avoid them.
Six things that suck about the Web in 2006
A rant about some of the trends that I find really annoying about the Web in 2006.
Best practices for the Mobile Web
Much of the advice intended to provide a better user experience for users of handheld devices will also improve accessibility in other contexts.
Barrier-free Web design, a.k.a. Web accessibility 2.0
An attempt to explain why we believe that including everybody does not risk excluding people with disabilities.
False accessibility claims on public sector websites
Far too often, public sector websites falsely claim that they are accessible after paying tax money to web agencies that do not know what accessibility is.
Light text on dark background vs. readability
The recent design trend of light text on dark backgrounds is reducing the readability and usability of many sites for certain people.
Google Accessible Search rewards accessibility
Google Accessible Search is designed to prioritise search results that are more usable to blind and visually impaired people.
WCAG 2 disregards Web standards
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 is confusing, difficult to understand, hard to implement, and disregards web standards.
AJAX, JavaScript support and screen reader accessibility
Making websites and web based applications that use a lot of JavaScript accessible isn't as easy as just making sure that there is a non-JavaScript fallback.
Evaluating website accessibility
An introduction to a series of articles that explain techniques for evaluating the accessibility of a website. Useful to both developers and website owners.
Alt text is an alternative, not a tooltip
Alternative text should never be displayed at the same time as the image it provides an alternative for.
Evaluating website accessibility part 3, Digging Deeper
The third and final article in a three-part series that explains how to evaluate the basic accessibility of a website.
Evaluating website accessibility part 2, Basic Checkpoints
The second article in a three-part series that explains how to evaluate the basic accessibility of a website.
Evaluating website accessibility part 1, Background and Preparation
The first article in a three-part series that explains how to evaluate the basic accessibility of a website.
Accessibility and usability for interactive television
Accessibility and usability for ITV have a lot in common with accessibility and usability for the web. There are also many differences, some of which are highlighted in this article.
Does accessibility encourage discrimination?
A discussion on whether it is acceptable for a website to be accessible to people with disabilities but inaccessible to people that use alternative browsing devices or operating systems.
To-do list for the WaSP ATF
Some things I would like the Web Standards Project Accessibility Task Force to take a closer look at.
Web standards vs. Accessibility
Web accessibility is not just for screen readers or blind people.
Accessibility myths and misconceptions
A few common accessibility myths and misconceptions explained.
VoiceOver and Safari: Screen reading on the Mac
Examining VoiceOver, the built-in screen reader in Mac OS X 10.4.
Accessibility charlatans
Claims of adhering to accessibility standards are often false and nothing more than marketing.
The alt and title attributes
Bring on the tables
Avoid using tables for layout, but make sure to use them, and use them properly, for tabular data. This article explains how to make HTML data tables accessible.


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ATLANTA - Compared to the last five miserable weeks, Tampa Bay rookie running back Doug Martin sensed something different this time.
Martin got all the proof he needed when the Buccaneers, though out of the playoffs for the fifth straight year, needed just 2 minutes to respond to a fourth-quarter touchdown by Atlanta.
"I could see it in everybody's eyes out there," Martin said. "They weren't going to let that happen. Everybody just started to show up."
Martin rushed for 142 yards, Josh Freeman and Mike Williams connected on a short touchdown pass and Tampa Bay snapped a five-game losing streak to end the season with a 22-17 victory Sunday.
Despite falling short of their postseason goals again, the Bucs at least were able to leave the Georgia Dome feeling some self-respect.
That was hardly the case last season, when they suffered a 10th straight loss in a Falcons rout and learned the next day that Raheem Morris had been fired as head coach.
Atlanta, just like this year, was on its way to the playoffs.
"We were on a losing streak last year, obviously, and it did not feel good walking out of this locker room, regardless of the situation," safety Ronde Barber said. "I think everybody doesn't feel great about the season, of course, but we'll definitely be proud of the way we played this last game."
Tampa Bay (7-9) relieved some frustration against an NFC South rival that had ended its four-game winning on Nov. 25.
The Bucs had not won since, but on Sunday they answered appropriately each time the Falcons (13-3) threatened to take the lead.
Martin's 40-yard touchdown late in the third quarter was significant because Atlanta had cut the lead to six after Asante Samuel picked off Freeman and Michael Turner scored on a 17-yard run.
"Erik Lorig, our fullback, did a good job of staying on his guy, and also Donald Penn, our left tackle, stayed on his guy," Martin said. "I just pressed it and bounced it out and then broke two tackles, and it was off to the races."
The score was important, too, because it helped restore Freeman's confidence. The fourth-year quarterback had thrown four interceptions in each of the last two weeks as New Orleans and St. Louis outscored the Bucs by a combined 69-13.
That wasn't the case this time.
"Any time you have a turnover, you have to respond," Freeman said. "It's happened a number of times this year. A lot of times we responded. Sometimes we didn't respond, but especially when you're on the road and the team is as good as the Falcons are or really any team, it's crucial to respond."
Tampa Bay's defense began the game ranked first against the run and last against the pass, but the Bucs were stout in both facets.
They played lots of zone coverage and let their linemen and occasional blitz packages keep pressure on Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan.
The Falcons' 275 total offensive yards were their second-fewest this season as defensive ends Daniel Te'o-Nesheim and Michael Bennett combined with defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and linebacker Lavonte David with two sacks for minus-25 yards and six quarterback hits.
Middle linebacker Mason Foster finished with 12 tackles, 11 of them solo stops, and safety Mark Barron made arguably the Bucs' defensive play of the game when he knocked down a fourth-down pass to tight end Tony Gonzalez with 2:02 remaining.
"The few pressures we did bring really were run stoppers," Barber said. "We did a good job of first and second down to what we thought were manageable third downs to get off the field. It's been a problem for us all year, but it's how you win football games in this league."
Offensively, Freeman surpassed 4,000 yards passing for the first time in his career. Martin, who began the game ranked third in NFL yards from scrimmage, averaged 5.1 yards on 28 attempts, and Williams beat Samuel in the back of the end zone for an 8-yard score that gave Tampa Bay a seven-point lead midway through the second quarter.
Dekoda Watson sparked the special teams by blocking a second-quarter punt that led to the second of Connor Barth's three field goals.
The Bucs played their best against Atlanta's starters for four quarters. Despite having the NFC's No. 1 seed and homefield advantage in the playoffs clinched last week, Falcons coach Mike Smith kept his first-string players on the field for the entire game.
"This team, I think, never really takes it for granted that they get to do this (for a living)," first-year Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano said. "It's a good thing to be able to use all of your cumulative experiences and make up who you are and what you do."
Freeman said he would take some satisfaction in the victory even though it came too late to save the season.
"If you end the year without winning the Super Bowl, your season can't be considered a success," Freeman said. "But certainly I'm optimistic. We've got a lot of pieces and a number of guys we'll get back on the team this offseason. Looking forward, I'm really excited."
NOTES: Martin was the only Tampa Bay running back with a carry. WR Tiquan Underwood and Freeman each had one carry for 1 yard. ... Bryant's first-quarter field goal was his 33rd of the season, setting a Falcons record. Jay Feely had 32 field goals in 2002. ... Tony Gonzalez reached 90 catches to become the first NFL tight end with five seasons of 90 or more receptions. ... Ryan's TD pass gave him a team-record 32 for the season. Steve Bartkowski threw 31 TD passes in 1980. ... Jacquizz Rodgers had a game-high eight catches for 50 yards and led Atlanta with 28 yards rushing on five carries.
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Paul H. and Helen Shubert Dutton
Photo taken on the Occasion of their 67th Wedding Anniversary
September 2007 - Lenoir City, Tennessee
Photo taken on the Occasion of their 67th Wedding Anniversary
September 2007 - Lenoir City, Tennessee
Helen Shubert Dutton, age 87 of Lenoir City, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 6, 2008, at her home. Helen was a faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church since 1941. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Paul H. Dutton; parents, Henry and Martha Shubert; and her brother, Ray Shubert.
Helen is survived by her daughters, Paul Ann Baker, Betsy Lynn Munsey and husband, Steve all of Lenoir City; granddaughters, Carla Culpepper and husband, Phillip of Knoxville and Lisa Holmes of Oak Ridge; grandson, Christopher Munsey and wife, Cindy of Knoxville; great-grandchildren: Briana (Bree) Holmes, Taylor and Caleb (Bubba) Munsey, Carissa (C.C.) Culpepper; sisters: Alyce Proaps, Lucille Greene, Bunnie Walker all of Lenoir City; and brother, R.H. Shubert of Seymour; sister-in-law, Anna Lee Preston of Loudon along with many beloved nieces, nephews and friends.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday with funeral services to follow at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Donny Crass, Rev. Charlie Henderson and Rev. Bill Wilkinson officiating. Serving as pallbearers: Phillip Culpepper, Fred Shaver, George A. Gardner, Jim Gardner, Mike Pickell, Tom Walker, Larry Walker and Terry Holder. Serving as honorary pallbearers: Deacons and wives of Calvary Baptist Church and her Sunday School class. Family and friends will proceed to the Lenoir City Cemetery for graveside services. Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church or the charity of your choice. Click Funeral Home, 109 Walnut Street, Lenoir City is serving the Dutton family. www.clickfuneralhome.com
Published in the Knoxville News Sentinel on 3/7/2008.


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NFO period: 19th January – 02nd February 2015
Highlights of the NFO:
- Scheme type – Close-ended Income Scheme
- Investment objective – The Scheme seeks to generate income by investing in a portfolio of debt and money market securities which mature on or before the date of maturity of the Scheme. The scheme also seeks to invest a portion of the portfolio in equity and equity related securities to achieve capital appreciation. There is no assurance that the investment objective of the Schemes will be realized.
- Product suitability – The product is suitable for investors who are seeking regular income as well as capital appreciation over 1160 days (tenure) of the fund by to generate returns by investing in debt and money market instruments and also in equity and equity related instruments to achieve capital appreciation.
- Minimum Application Amount - First investment Rs. 5,000/- and multiples of Rs. 10/- thereafter.
- Plan/ Options available – Regular Option and Direct Option having Growth Option & Dividend Option. Dividend offers Dividend Payout facility only.
- Fund Managers –
- Mr. Anil Bamboli (Debt Portfolio)
- Mr. Krishan Kumar Daga (Equity Portfolio)
- Mr. Rakesh Vyas (Dedicated Fund manager for Overseas Investments)
- Benchmark –
- For Plan(s) having tenure upto 42 months: CRISIL Debt Hybrid 75+25 Fund Index
- For Plan(s) having tenure greater than 42 months to 66 months: CRISIL Debt Hybrid 60+40 Fund Index
( Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read all scheme related documents carefully.)
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International Energy and Sustainability Conference 2013, March 22, 2013
The second International Energy and Sustainability Conference will be held in March 2013 at Farmingdale State College. The theme of this year's conference is "Renewables in Smart Grid Technology for a Sustainable Future". The conference will bring together the latest research and development works in energy and related topics, along with industrial and management issues and challenges. Experts in research as well as in industry will be invited to present the emerging technologies and future directions in their field. Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers for presentation at the conference. Conference content will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.
Why attend?
IESC 2013 will provide a great opportunity to gain an up-to-date perspective on the state of the Smart Grid, including emerging technologies and how they will affect the industry, policy developments, programs and incentives. It will also include expert opinions from various sectors, including New York State legislators, federal energy related agencies, power authorities, energy and green building related academic and corporate agencies. In addition, the participants will get an opportunity to explore the latest products and systems in the market through interaction with a number of vendors at the conference.Who should attend?
IESC 2013 will create a platform for all working in the field to learn as well as exchange ideas with experts in the field. Participants from different sectors are invited to join this great event, including:
- Students/researchers
- Faculty and other academic representatives
- Small and large business representatives
- Home owners who would like to know about saving money on their energy bills
- Any domestic or international individual or corporation interested in energy related fields
Farmingdale State College is ABET accredited and is thereby recognized by NYSED for the issuance of PDH credit for professional engineers and architects. PDH are equal to the total hours attended for the course. Presenters will be eligible for PDH credit toward presentation times plus preparation time. The ratio is 1 part presentation to 2 parts preparation.
Professionals wishing PDH credit must sign in and sign out for proof of attendance during every scheduled class. Attendees must keep certification letters for six years and would produce the same if asked to do so during a NYSED licensee audit.
When registering be sure that you indicate you are interested in receiving PDHs.
For more information send your inquiries to email@example.com.


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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Rory McIlroy moved to the top of the leaderboard with a 5-under 67 Friday in the second round of the Dubai World Championship.
The top-ranked golfer, who missed several makeable putts on the front nine and then saw an eagle putt roll past the hole on 14, is tied with Luke Donald (68) and Marc Warren (67) at 11-under 133.
"I continued driving the ball well today and gave myself plenty of opportunities,'' said McIlroy, who has already won the European and PGA tour money titles. "Missed a couple of short ones on the front nine for birdies. But apart from that, it was a very solid round of golf and obviously in good position going into the weekend.''
Related Photos: McIlroy's 2012 Season
Sergio Garcia, playing for the first time since having laser eye surgery, matched the course record with an 8-under 64.
Garcia started with four birdies on his first five holes and then had a string of birdies at the turn before holing a long putt for eagle on 14. But he shot into the water on 16 for a triple-bogey before recovering to finish with a birdie and eagle.
"Coming back from a long break, so trying to get some good vibrations going and I managed to finish better than that,'' said Garcia, who is tied for 18th.
Donald joined McIlroy and Warren at 11 under with a short birdie putt on the 18th. Warren had a chance take the outright lead, but his 12-foot putt on the 18th came up short.
"Obviously, haven't dropped a shot in 36 holes, so feel good about that,'' said Donald, who finished with four birdies in a bogey-free round. "I had some opportunities, 10-foot, 15-footers on a few holes that I just misread. But that was a solid round of golf.''
Donald said he wasn't getting his approach shots as close to the pin as the first day, but made up for it with the putter, including a difficult birdie on No. 9 and nice par save on 12.
Related Photos: Rory, Caroline Tour the World
"When I have myself a little bit of trouble out on the course, I was able to recover with the putter,'' Donald said.
The 189th-ranked Warren, who has not won a tournament since 2007, matched the second-ranked Donald's opening birdie and had five more, including a 12-footer on the 16th to move him into a tie with McIlroy.
"It was nice to be the Scot in the pack with the Englishman and the Northern Irishman,'' Warren said. "It's great to be in contention with guys like that. Looking down the leaderboard, it's a high-quality leaderboard and doesn't get any better anywhere in the world really.''
It was also a good day for the South Africans as 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen (67) is only one stroke behind. He was joined at 134 by four-time tour winner Branden Grace (67).
Related Photos: Rory vs. Tiger: Head-to-Head Meetings


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Jumping right into the warrior class, let's take a look at what Mists of Pandaria will be doing to your talent tree.
At the end of the day, subject to a little variations, a protection warrior's talent specialization will probably look a little like this: http://mop.wowhead.com/mists-of-pandaria-talent-calculator#wyUi
Our first choice at 15 is between three mobility talents. and I'd recommend Double Time, with Juggernaut following close behind. Of the choices available, Double Time is the one that more closely resembles the flexibility of the old Warbringer talent which made warriors such a mobile tanking choice in any encounter. While Warbringer can potentially be very useful when it comes to charging down a lot of mobs, it'll have no effect on most bosses which makes it a substandard choice when compared to two talents that will be active no matter what fight you're part of.
At 30, the obvious choice is Enraged Regeneration. While Second Wind can be useful, you're likely not going to spend too much time under the 35% hp mark. Impending Victory can be nice but it requires you to have a hittable enemy on hand to activate its heal while Enraged Regeneration can be used at any time and has more healing right then when you need it most.
At 45, it comes down to the utility choices and I'll have to lean to the tried and true Piercing Howl. While Staggering Shout follows very close behind, if it's a choice between keeping enemies snared ALL the time or rooted once every forty seconds, I'd have to go with the snare. Disrupting Shout can have its uses but is a very situational ability.
At 60, the choice is between Shockwave and Dragon Roar. I'd recommend Shockwave due to its lower cooldown and longer stun. Though Dragon Roar will potentially stun all around you as opposed to Shockwave's frontal cone, in the majority of situations, you're not going to find it hard to get the enemies to shift so that they're all inside the effect range, effectively making Shockwave perform almost the same as Dragon Roar with a shorter cooldown. There might be some fights where you'll want that knockback dur to certain mechanics but like Disrupting Shout at 45, those are very situational.
At 75 we have a bit of a hard choice but I'll give the nod to Safeguard. Mass Spell Reflection can be potentially life-saving but again, very situational. And my issue with Vigilance is the long cooldown compared to Safeguard which does almost the same thing but every 30 seconds instead of every 2 minutes. Also, the Safeguard modification to Intervene also acts as a snare break which can be useful in those tense moments.
Finally, at 90, we have a big damage talent and I'd recommend Storm Bolt for tanking. Avatar CAN be good but as a tank, your damage isn't really going to compare against your pure damage dealers so you're mainly going to be blowing it at the start of the fight for that extra threat cushion and maybe during Heroism/Bloodlust if the fight lasts long enough. Bloodbath sounds like it can have a lot of potential but with the inclusion of Piercing Howl into the build, you'd pretty much just get that extra 30% damage as a bleed effect. Storm Bolt has the baked in CC for situations where the mobs are stunnable (and at a range no less) which can definitely save lives and in situations where the target cannot be stunned, the ability does 3 times the damage and is on a shorter cooldown than the other two options.


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Larry Bragga is in his 13th season as a member of the Golden Eagle baseball staff, handling a variety of duties to help build the program directed by his son, Tech head coach Matt Bragga.
A 1967 graduate of the Ohio State University, Bragga earned his bachelor's degree in biology and speech before moving on to Kent State University where he received his master's in education administration.
Bragga spent 24 years as a high principal at Jefferson High School and Painesville Riverside High School before retiring in 1997. He was elected and served as mayor of Jefferson, Ohio for seven years before his arrival at Tennessee Tech.
A baseball coach his entire life, Bragga served several coaching roles over the years prior to his time in Cookeville. He spent time coaching high school baseball at Ashtabula Harbor High School, summer ball at several different levels and assisting his son at Bevill State Community College in Alabama.
He has proved to have an eye for talent and has recruited many collegiate, minor and major league players during his many years in baseball. He joined in the TTU staff in August of 2006. Bragga serves the program wherever he is most needed. He has been a bench coach, recruiting coordinator, operations coach, equipment manager, mental skills director and academic coach, while also handling many administration duties.
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Hot off the press courtesy of Equality Florida, Charlie Crist has issued a new position paper on LGBT rights. It's not bad. It says that Crist is for civil unions, ENDA, the repeal of DADT and the UAFA, too. Here are some excerpts:
Civil Unions
I believe that the government should not make it harder for people to take care of their loved ones. I believe civil unions that provide the full range of legal protections should be available to gay couples. That includes access to a loved one in the hospital, inheritance rights, the fundamental things people need to take care of their families.
Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
I support strong anti-discrimination laws including ENDA. Employment and advancement should be based on skill and merit, not hindered by prejudice of any kind.
Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
I'm a strong supporter of the men and women of our military. Those willing to risk their lives to defend our country should not be compelled to lie to do so. I support the current efforts by Congress and military leadership to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell and hold every member of the military to the same standard of professionalism that has made our military the greatest force for good in the world.
Uniting American Families Act
Family reunification has been the foundation of U.S. immigration law but U.S. citizens who are gay cannot sponsor their partners for family-based immigration. As a consequence, many same-sex, bi-national couples are kept apart or torn apart sometimes even separating parents from their children. This bill, which I support, humanely addresses a problem that disproportionately impacts Floridians.
It seems like Crist is engaging in some damage control and needle-threading after expressing support for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.


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I've been busy the last two years building fairly intricate web apps for my customers and while it's a fun job it's also by necessity not public in the same way an open-source project is. The only comments I get and discussion I'm involved in are generally from my customers, so it's a bit of a closed loop.
When I met Paul Irish in May this year in San Francisco he asked me,' But what do you actually do?', which was a fair question but took me by surprise. I'm mostly known for .. being that Swedish guy. With some luck people know I prefer Dojo as well, but I guess that's about it.
So what do I do? I build web apps as an independent consultant. Sure, I arrange conferences and user group meetings too, but that's where my beer comes from, so to speak.
This series of posts is both written to share and discuss what I feel are best practices around building large web apps, from a developer perspective, but also to let people know what I do. Possibly with the secretly evil intent of getting new customers if anything I write seems to be useful :)
Let's begin with defining what a large web app is.
A large web app (according to me, but please challenge and/or add to the list of items);
- Have composite views (showing both a static status area and a changing subview of items and lists, for example)
- Have widgets that are variants of each other.
- Have widgets that need to show up in dynamic configurations (e.g. a list of n, or each a always have a b except on Saturdays, ..)
- Initializes communication with the server or service and caches some or all information.
- Have widgets that need to change states, remember states and react to state changes in other widgets.
This list could go on and on, probably, but these are the most important things off the top of my head.
One of my customers had an existing, successful product that was built in .Net C#. It was a client-server system where the client had the following features;
- Personal view of things going on, of various sorts.
- List of personal things, arranged per time period in a tree structure, which showed a grid with the selected things.
- Library of things of other people, arranged in a tree by both time period, user names and project names.
- *very* complex search view where list of search queries could be build up dynamically and combined like date, project names but also other domain-specific (and visual) properties.
- A thing editor which let the user compose a thing that was composed of various parts which could be dragged from a tab to the left and then changed according to their type and rearranged. There were parts like annotatable image, rich text, project reference, and so on.
- Some of the parts needed access to the system clipboard for reading and writing, and some parts needed to start with and communicate with Excel. Several parts needed file access.
- Lots of other, minor stuff.
And now, two years later, the Dojo/HTML5 version of the client have about 80% of the functionality of the old client (and some that it didn't) being sold to clients and everything. It's been quite a ride!
I realize that I both want to cover the story of the programs creation and 'how to make large web apps' at the same time. It probably is a bad idea, but let's anyway.
First of all, before digging into specific implementation I would like to talk about bare necessities. Stuff you just can't do without, stuff that if you are indeed left without it you will have to reinvent, poorly, and too late and botch things up completely. Yes, I have, and probably you too. But I didn't on this project(s) :)
Anyhoo, If we take the first list of things that define a large web app, the items leads to certain demands on your tooling and libraries of choice. First of all you need to have a clean widget abstraction to work with, one that clearly modularize your code and your markup. It also help tremendously if you have a widget lifecycle metaphor, which is handled for you and that you can plug in to when and if you need to.
Widget Abstraction
The widget abstraction should, at minimum do the following (lots of lists, sorry);
- Separate code and markup, so you have a separate file or string for the markup of the widget
- Make it possible to create widgets in classes that derive from each other, so you can have one grid baseclass, then a librarygrid that inherits from the basegrid, et.c.
- Completely hide id allocation to elements and sub-widgets. By this I mean that the abstraction need to let you use symbolic names inside the markup (
- Use markup replacement, so that parts of the markup is replaced with data in the widget class (${foo}will be replaced with this.foo in the widget before the widget is placed in the DOM)
- Have a lifecycle so that when you create a widget, the widget "subsystem" / superclasses will call a number of functions on it that corresponds to the different event like a) init, b) before markup creation, c) after markup creation, d) before widget inserted into the DOM, et.c.
Dojo does all of this (as does several if it's peers (JavascriptMVC, Sproutcore, ExtJS, et.c.), but since the 'everything in a box' approach is a conceptual hard-sell, people generally want to use smaller and separate libraries that does just one thing, but well.
A good, but a little bit dated list of a couple of markup libraries can be found here. But markup libraries (like Mustache.js) only solves one of the problems.
I'm going to cover a bit how Dojo works here, but please let me know in the comments if you know about stand-alone libraries for these functions. i would think that some are probably part of a larger library's class-system, but still.
When I create a widget using Dojo, I create two files. One is the JavaScript class (obv) whic inherits from another custom widget or directly from dijit._Widget (widget subsystem) and dijit._Templated (markup replacement and symbolic element/subwidget naming). It could look like this;
In the directory "my/custom" the file "widget.js";
dojo.declare(""my.custom.widget", [dijit._Widget, dijit._Templated],
templatePath: dojo.cache("my.custom", "widget.html"),
username: "nisse",
postCreate: function()
dojo.connect(this.mybutton, this, function(e)
{console.log("Someone pressed me button, eh?");
The file "widget.html";
< div>
< button dojoAttachPoint="mybutton" >${username}< button >
<div / >
The 'postCreate' function on a widget is called (if present) just before the widget is placed in the DOM, but after all markup replacement have been done. We now have markup that contains a div with a button in it, and the content of the button reads 'nisse', since that was what the class variable 'username' contained.
To use the widget you just have the following things in you code;
There a re lots of other things you can do, like automatic event wiring, but I hope this small example is just enough to make you think 'Hmm.. that could actually be kind of useful'.
I am not really touching on the namespacing either, which is a simple things that have had ridiculous positive effects on the development speed and stability. We'll get to that later.
What the widget will look like in the actual page is something like this;
The 'postCreate' function on a widget is called (if present) just before the widget is placed in the DOM, but after all markup replacement have been done. We now have markup that contains a div with a button in it, and the content of the button reads 'nisse', since that was what the class variable 'username' contained.
To use the widget you just have the following things in you code;
var foo = new my.custom.widget();
// Not mentioning argument passing or automatic placement in page stuff. it's just a widget in the wind right now
There a re lots of other things you can do, like automatic event wiring, but I hope this small example is just enough to make you think 'Hmm.. that could actually be kind of useful'.
I am not really touching on the namespacing either, which is a simple things that have had ridiculous positive effects on the development speed and stability. We'll get to that later.
What the widget will look like in the actual page is something like this;
< div>
<button id="mycustomwidget_0_mybutton">nisse</ button >
<div/ >
What's actually in the id is not important, the important thing is that the id is never visible to you (unless you really want to, but you don't. Why would you? The only thing you need is to get a reference to the node in question (in this case, to attach an event handler to it).
Also, what may be less apparent, is that when you customer want another widget just like it beside the first, you don't have to worry about widget id lookup code, you know that you abstraction will handle those details and just create a new one and smack it up - no problem.There are tons of more things I'd like to fit in here, but I have to clean the house while parts of the family is playing Deus Ex (the original) and others are off galivanting with horses. Oh well..Oh, right. I'll be doing a series of free, half-day Dojo-training events at Valtech in Sweden beginning the 13/10 2011. I'll post here (and on twitter etc) if you live nearby and want to learn the basics of creating custom Dojo widgets.See you soon!


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Brought to our attention by the folks over at Kotatku, the Battlefield rig was originally built by case modder Brian Carter for a Raptr competition — where readers for the gaming site went to great lengths to enter for a chance to win this marvelously modified PC, priced at around $5,000.
Making up this sweet rig is a sleek sniper fan grill surrounding by an explosive amount of LED lighting, military goggle switches, a set of external roll cages and a custom air-brushed Battlefield mural on one side. To top it off, the custom case features an imposing rotating mini-gun and an integrated mini-fridge disguised as a medi-kit compartment to keep your thirst at bay during long gaming sessions.
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Bake the Book: Peoria Corn Fritters
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These fritters from Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream Desserts may look like beignets, but they're stuffed with corn. The powdered sugar forms a sweet crust, one that only grows thicker the longer you let the freshly fried fritters sit. (Though we recommend you break them open as soon as possible to get at their sweet, light, corn-y insides.) Want to up the ante? Jeni recommends serving these fritters with buttermilk ice cream.
Tips: Fresh corn isn't quite in season yet, so we relied on frozen corn to make these little guys. Jeni's instruction to pulse the kernels was wise, since the juice they release flavors the dough, and the bits of sweet corn studded throughout adds to that. But nothing beats fresh produce, so try our modifications below, if you want to wait for corn to come in season.
Tweaks: Here's another way to make these fritters, replacing corn with fruit, and using a previously featured recipe from the book:
Strawberry Fritters: Replace the 1 1/2 cups of corn kernels with 1 1/2 cups chopped strawberries (chopped as small as corn kernels), and add to the dough the same time you would the corn. Macerate an additional 1/2 to 1 cup of strawberries. Serve the fritters split open, with a scoop of creme sans lait inside. Top with macerated strawberries, or just the strawberry juice.
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Cyndi Lauper's 'Unusual' life focus of new reality show
The '80s star has a new TV reality show and Broadway musical.
The WE series follows the singer/composer/philanthropist/mom at home and at work.
NEW YORK — In 2012, Cyndi Lauper published a memoir, lobbied Congress and premiered a Broadway-bound musical. This year, she'll relive those experiences — or at least give fans a chance to do so, through the modern magic of reality TV.
The first two episodes of Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual premiere Saturday (WE, 9 and 9:30 p.m. ET/PT). Discussing the series after lunch in an Upper West Side restaurant, the '80s pop star — still so recognizable at 59, with her bright yellow hair and kewpie-doll grin — describes the series as a natural progression.
"I've always liked to work in TV and film," says Lauper, who collaborated with veteran producer Mark Burnett, with whom she had signed a deal before appearing on his Celebrity Apprentice in 2010. "People think they know what reality TV is, but it's still a new medium. It has that element of documentary, and I think that documenting your life and your process as an artist is part of your art."
Viewers will get to observe Lauper as she readies the score for Kinky Boots, which has a libretto by Harvey Fierstein and is set to begin previews in New York in March. They will follow the singer, who co-founded the True Colors Fund, to Washington, where she seeks to draw awareness to the plight of homeless gay and transgender youth.
Granted, there are fluffier and more prosaic moments. In Saturday's episodes, Lauper is captured at home with her husband, actor David Thornton, and their 15-year-old son, Declyn, as she washes dishes and teases them about their favorite hockey team. A camera crew accompanies the family to Los Angeles, where Lauper frets about appearing on The Voice, and Louisville, where she courts controversy as grand marshal of the Kentucky Derby's Pegasus Parade.
"Even when I'm trying to be serious, the ridiculous comes my way," Lauper says. "Fortunately or unfortunately, you don't have to make anything up in my life. You don't have to write it in. It happens."
Lauren Gellert, senior vice president of production and development at WE, notes that Lauper is in some ways "representative of what we call our breadwinner viewership, women who are in at least some way adding to their families' bottom line. She's everything we are, but she's a rock star, so women get someone they can relate to as well as fantasy."
Both Lauper and Gellert cite "the struggle of the juggle" between work and family as an important facet of the series. Lauper concedes that her husband had concerns: "He's a Yale-trained actor, so to do something like this — he was like, 'Oh, my God' at first, but we talked about it."
Declyn evolved in other ways: "He grew about 5 inches while we were shooting."
For Lauper, who hopes to write material for another album soon and eventually craft another musical, Still So Unusual reinforced her passion for both storytelling and self-expression. And, she figures, it will make a heck of a memento. "How many times in my life will I get to do all the stuff I did last year? Now, no matter what, I can always go back and see it again."


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"I'm here tonight with some of my closest friends from Oklahoma and beyond to help with the rebuilding of this land that means so much to me," Blake Shelton said to kick off his Healing in the Heartland event on Wednesday night (May 29). The proceeds from the one-hour show will be going to the United Way to fund Oklahoma's short- and long-term needs.
Shelton didn't waste any time getting down to the business of music for the Oklahoma City event that sold out the Chesapeake Energy Arena just five minutes after tickets went on sale. "God Gave Me You" was his opening song, with a slight lyric change toward the end: "He gave me people like you all," Shelton sang.
Darius Rucker was there to show his support, doing "True Believers." As was Miranda Lambert, who could barely get through "The House That Built Me" without crying. Rascal Flatts took the stage to sing "I Won't Let Go," and Ryan Tedder from One Republic performed the band's "Counting Stars."
Later in the night, Reba McEntire came out to sing "Everyday People" and to recognize the first responders in the audience. Luke Bryan also came in for the show and performed his new single, "Crash My Party."
The highlight of the night seemed to be Vince Gill saying, "It's sure good to be home." He sang his Grammy-nominated "Threaten Me With Heaven." It was the perfect choice, because, as Gill said, he was doing it for the 24 people who didn't make it.
Pleas for help poured in from stars throughout the show. In video footage, Carrie Underwood said, "Long after the tornado has gone, and the camera crews have left, the devastation will remain. Please join me in helping." Then Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood each took time to ask for viewers to lend a hand. "Sixteen minutes," Brooks said. "That's the only warning these people had."
Toby Keith, who was raised right in Moore, Okla., where the tornado touched down, called attention to the day of heartbreak and heroes. "People in Oklahoma reacted as they always do in a time of crisis: with strong hands and compassionate hearts," he said.
At the end of the show, Shelton came to the stage one more time to sing his perfectly fitting "Home," inviting Usher — his friend from The Voice — to join him on the song, with a message that resonated far beyond Oklahoma.


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Jeff Belanger will be discussing the weird and spooky side of Massachusetts on October 29th at 7:00 P.M. at the Millbury Historical Society in Millbury, Massachusetts.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email Sharon Anderson at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Who owns the land? Only the land knows. We mortals are passersby, and our lives are but a brief moment in the great span of time and space. We are born, we live out our lives, and most of us do the best we can with it, but the wind is forever, and the rivers flow forever to the sea, and all the seasons of the weathers will come and go after we are gone. But the Earth endures, the Earth is eternal" - Earl Hamner
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Prevention is not a hard concept to understand and carry out, once you know the consequences of disease. Preventing disease in the mouth follows the same path as preventing disease in any other organ in the body. With the mouth it's even simpler since you can see inside the mouth. It is much simpler to detect and treat illness at the early stages than waiting until it has advanced.
Routine 3-6 month visit (depending on health of your mouth), along with 5 other steps are the means of saving all of the teeth all your life. Just practice the steps listed below on a daily basis and you will always have a beautiful smile:
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Macro Photographs of Dew-Covered Dragonflies and Other Insects by David Chambon
Over the past few months photographer David Chambon has been working on a phenomenal series of photos featuring insects covered in tiny water droplets. These are a few of my favorites but you can see dozens more over on 500px and Flickr. If you liked these also check out the dew-soaked macro photography of Sharon Johnston and Ondrej Pakan. (via faith is torment)