I have mixed emotions over making web pages talk though. Blind web surfers most likely already have some sort of text to speech technology. Making a redundant voice on a web page to read it will only create a confusing situation of listening to two separate voices, at different quality, and different reading speed. Folks who might need it most are those who are on the fringes of poor eyesight, or in denial over their blindness, and don’t have a text to speech product. Having a large print, easy to see button might then be helpful. I’m sure coding it into the web page wouldn’t be hard, but the web site owner would need to have the ability to run it on the server, and pay for the online site license. I know I can’t afford it for my web pages. Most browsers have some sort of zoom feature to enlarge the text to 4 times or more.Although adding extra style sheets would be another thing, and probably the best thing a web site developer could do.

The next best thing to do is to ban captcha images, and improve how screen readers access flash media players. Making photos readable shouldn’t be all that important, unless they convey vital information that other text doesn’t address. Background images for website layout and decoration are negligible. As the article mentioned, personal pages that have photos could be counted as negligible as well, but place encouraging remarks and suggestions that the individual include a descriptive bit of text for the alt tag. Other than that, any other embedded image, whether a photo, or image for a button or control ought to have some sort of alternate text, a description, or caption. If it’s not worthy of trying to describe, don’t even put it there. If the information in it’s content is so important, show it, and tell in text what it is.

But that’s just the way I see it.

A mention of cataract surgery with complications is mentioned. Does Tom also want veterans to email him on this as well?

What is the expectation of reporting these instances? Can the VA offer support, or followup, or additional benefits? Will it help pave the way to recieving a pension or compensation?

I can’t comment on the RK procedure, but I’ve had complications after cataract surgery that have ultimately led to blindness. Not that the surgery failed, or was botched, or was the incorrect thing, but that other complications caused the sergery to be ineffective. .

Not to mention certain social definitions, and responsibilities were much different then than now. Back then, there were no police, so taking revenge for a wrong was perfectly acceptable. Even today, if a person doesn’t take initiative to press charges for the legal system to spring into action, nobody else will.

In ancient times slavery probably resembled something like our current system of employers and employees. In that sense, everybody who is not the owner of the corporation is the slave to the corporation.

I think if my neighbor were to offer a burnt sacrifice of a young bullock in his backyard, my only thought would be, ?I wonder why he didn’t invite me to the BBQ?” Oh, that comment about playing football had me laughing. I suppose they could always make a kosher football from lamb or cattle. Would it make that much difference in how a person handled it in a game? Hmmm…

One key point of the Bible is that it points out what good behavior is, and what sin really is, and the massive short fall that humans have to meet before we are to be “good” enough to live with God in the afterlife. That vast varience is the purpose of the Christian belief, and importance of why Jesus came to Earth. To forgive, and fill in the gap of those sins. Just something to think about.