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**Verification Checklist**
Checkpoints	Passed
508 Standards, Section 1194.22	Yes	No	Other
A. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). Rule: 1.1.1 - All IMG elements are required to contain either the alt or the longdesc attribute. Failure - IMG Element at Line: 19, Column: 19 Rule: 1.1.2 - All INPUT elements are required to contain the alt attribute or use a LABEL. No INPUT Elements found within document. Rule: 1.1.3 - All OBJECT elements are required to contain element content. No OBJECT elements found in document body. Rule: 1.1.4 - All APPLET elements are required to contain both element content and the alt attribute. No APPLET elements found in document body. Rule: 1.1.6 - All IFRAME elements are required to contain element content. No IFRAME elements found in document body. Rule: 1.1.7 - All Anchor elements found within MAP elements are required to contain the alt attribute. No MAP elements found in document body. Rule: 1.1.8 - All AREA elements are required to contain the alt attribute. No AREA elements found in document body. Rule: 1.1.9 - When EMBED Elements are used, the NOEMBED element is required in the document. No EMBED elements found in document body.		No
B. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. Rule: 1.4.1 - Identify all OBJECT Elements that have a multimedia MIME type as the type attribute value. No OBJECT elements found in document body. Rule: 1.4.2 - Identify all OBJECT Elements that have a 'data' attribute value with a multimedia file extension. No OBJECT elements found in document body. Rule: 1.4.3 - Identify all EMBED Elements that have a 'src' attribute value with a multimedia file extension. No EMBED elements found in document body.			N/A
C. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup.
D. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. Note: Document does not use external stylesheets, inline style information, or header style information.			N/A
E. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. Rule: 1.2.1 - Locate any IMG element that contains the 'ismap' attribute. No IMG elements found in document body that contain the 'ismap' attribute. Rule: 1.2.2 - Locate any INPUT element that contains the 'ismap' attribute. No INPUT elements found in document body.			N/A
F. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. Rule: 9.1.1 - No IMG element should contain the 'ismap' attribute. No server-side image map IMG elements found in document body. Rule: 9.1.2 - No INPUT element should contain the 'ismap' attribute. No INPUT elements found in document body.			N/A
G. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. Rule: 5.1.1 - Identify all Data TABLE elements. No Data TABLE elements found in document body.			N/A
H. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers. Rule: 5.2.1 - Identify all Data TABLE elements. No Data TABLE elements found in document body.			N/A
I. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation. Document is not a FRAMESET Page.			N/A
J. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. Rule: 7.1.1 - Documents are required not to contain the BLINK element. No BLINK elements found in document body. Rule: 7.1.2 - Documents are required not to contain the MARQUEE element. No MARQUEE elements found in document body.	Yes
K. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.
(k) Option A - Check for the string 'Text Version' within the document.			N/V
(k) Option B - Check for a Global Text Version Link within the document.			N/V
(k) Option C - Check for an Accessibility Policy Link within the document.			N/V
L. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by assistive technology. Rule: 6.3.1 - Anchor elements are required not to use javascript for the link target when the NOSCRIPT element is not present in the document. These elements will not cause a failure of the checkpoint if the NOSCRIPT element is found, however, they will be identified. No Anchor elements that use javascript for the link target were found in document body. Rule: 6.3.2 - AREA elements are required not to use javascript for the link target when the NOSCRIPT element is not present in the document. These elements will not cause a failure of the checkpoint if the NOSCRIPT element is found, however, they will be identified. No AREA Elements found in document body. Rule: 6.3.3 - Locate elements that use HTML event handlers. Note: This rule has not been selected to be verified for this checkpoint. Rule: 6.3.4 - When SCRIPT Elements are used, the NOSCRIPT element is required in the document. No SCRIPT elements found in document.	Yes
M. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a) through (l). Rule: 6.3.5 - All OBJECT elements are required to contain element content. No OBJECT elements found in document body. Rule: 6.3.6 - All APPLET elements are required to contain both element content and the alt attribute. No APPLET elements found in document body. Rule: 6.3.7 - When EMBED Elements are used, the NOEMBED element is required in the document. No EMBED elements found in document body. Rule: 6.3.8 - All pages that have links to files that require a special reader or plug-in are required to contain the specified text indicating a link to the reader or plug-in. Note: This rule has not been selected to be verified for this checkpoint.	Yes
N. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. Rule: (n).1 - Ensure form controls are accessible for use with assistive technology. Note: This rule has not been selected to be verified for this checkpoint.			N/A
O. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. Rule: (o).1 - All pages are required to contain a bookmark link to skip navigation that has the specified text in either the link text or the 'title' attribute value. Skip Navigation Text: Note: This rule has not been selected to be verified for this checkpoint.
P. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.

Checkpoint Result Legend: Yes = Passed Automated Verification, No = Failed Automated Verification, Warning = Failed Automated Verification, however, configured not to cause page to fail (Priority 2 or 3 only), N/V = Not selected for verification, N/A = No related elements were found in document (Visual only), No Value = Visual Checkpoint

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1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> 2: <HTML> 3: 4: <HEAD> 5: <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> 6: <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Visual Page 2.0 for Windows"> 7: <TITLE>From Darwin to Hitler</TITLE> 8: </HEAD> 9: 10: <BODY BGCOLOR="#EBFDFE"> 11: 12: FROM DARWIN TO HITLER: 13: EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS, EUGENICS, AND RACISM IN GERMANY 14: by 15: Richard Weikart 16: 17: <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="84%" HEIGHT="468"> 18: <TR> 19: <TD WIDTH="33%"><IMG SRC="parts/dustjacket.gif" WIDTH="325" HEIGHT="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> 20: <TD WIDTH="67%">From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany 21: was released in 2004 (paperback edition in 2005) with Palgrave Macmillan in New York, a major publisher of historical 22: scholarship. 23: 24: 25: Dustjacket blurb: 26: 27: In this compelling and painstakingly researched work of intellectual history, Richard Weikart explains the revolutionary 28: impact Darwinism had on ethics and morality. He demonstrates that many leading Darwinian biologists and social 29: thinkers in Germany believed that Darwinism overturned traditional Judeo-Christian and Enlightenment ethics, especially 30: those pertaining to the sacredness of human life. Many of these thinkers supported moral relativism, yet simultaneously 31: exalted evolutionary "fitness" (especially in terms of intelligence and health) as the highest arbiter 32: of morality. Weikart concludes that Darwinism played a key role not only in the rise of eugenics, but also in euthanasia, 33: infanticide, abortion, and racial extermination, all ultimately embraced by the Nazis. He convincingly makes the 34: disturbing argument that Hitler built his view of ethics on Darwinian principles rather than nihilistic ones. From 35: Darwin to Hitler is a provocative yet balanced work that should encourage a rethinking of the historical impact 36: that Darwinism had on the course of events in the twentieth century.</TD> 37: </TR> 38: </TABLE> 39: 40: Available in hardback for $24.95 (which is 58% off the list price) at: <A HREF="http://www.thbookservice.com">www.thbookservice.com</A>, <A HREF="http://www.hebookservice.com">www.hebookservice.com</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.nrbookservice.com">www.nrbookservice.com</A>. It is also available in paperback for $24.95 at amazon.com. barnesandnoble.com, and other on-line bookstores. 44: <A HREF="index.html">Richard Weikart</A> is professor of modern European 45: history at California State University, Stanislaus. He has lived in Germany over five years, including one year 46: on a Fulbright Fellowship. He has published two previous books, including Socialist Darwinism: 47: Evolution in German Socialist Thought from Marx to Bernstein (1999), as well as articles 48: in German Studies Review, Journal of 49: the History of Ideas, Isis, European Legacy, and History of European Ideas. For more information, see his professional <A HREF="vita.htm">vita</A>. For information about speaking engagements, please contact him via e-mail (<A HREF="mailto:rweikart@csustan.edu">click here</A>). 54: 55: Praise for From Darwin to Hitler: 56: 57: "Richard Weikart's outstanding book shows in sober and convincing detail how Darwinist thinkers in Germany 58: had developed an amoral attitude to human society by the time of the First World War, in which the supposed good 59: of the race was applied as the sole criterion of public policy and 'racial hygiene'. Without over-simplifying the 60: lines that connected this body of thought to Hitler, he demonstrates with chilling clarity how policies such as 61: infanticide, assisted suicide, marriage prohibitions and much else were being proposed for those considered racially 62: or eugenically inferior by a variety of Darwinist writers and scientists, providing Hitler and the Nazis with a 63: scientific justification for the policies they pursued once they came to power." -- Richard Evans, Professor 64: of Modern History, University of Cambridge, and author of The Coming of the Third Reich 65: "This is one of the finest examples of intellectual history I have seen in a long while. 66: It is insightful, thoughtful, informative, and highly readable. Rather than simply connecting the dots, so to speak, 67: the author provides a sophisticated and nuanced examination of numerous German thinkers of the late nineteenth 68: and early twentieth centuries who were influenced to one degree or another by Darwinist naturalism and their ideas, 69: subtly drawing both distinctions and similarities and in the process telling a rich and colorful story." -- 70: Ian Dowbiggin, Professor of History, University of Prince Edward Island and author of A 71: Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America 72: "This is an impressive piece of intellectual and cultural history--a well-researched, clearly 73: presented argument with good, balanced, fair judgments. Weikart has a thorough knowledge of the relevant historiography 74: in both German and English." -- Alfred Kelly, Edgar B. Graves Professor of History, Hamilton College, and 75: author of The Descent of Darwin: The Popularization of Darwinism in Germany, 1860-1914 76: "This is truly a well-crafted work of intellectual history, and one directly relevant to 77: some of the most consequential ethical discussions of our present time. Christians and all people of good will 78: would do well to ponder these arguments, recognizing how easily the best and brightest can commit the worst and 79: darkest under the progressive banner of biological 'health and fitness.' The book should provoke much debate and 80: discussion, not only among historians but among ethicists and scientists too." --Thomas Albert Howard, Associate 81: Professor of History, Gordon College, author of Protestant Theology and the Making of 82: the Modern German University (forthcoming) 83: "The philosophy that fueled German militarism and Hitlerism is taught as fact in every American 84: public school, with no disagreement allowed. Every parent ought to know this story, which Weikart persuasively 85: explains." --Phillip Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Law, University of California, Berkeley, and author of 86: Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance 87: "If you think moral issues like infanticide, assisted suicide, and tampering with human 88: genes are new, read this book. It draws a clear and chilling picture of the way Darwinian naturalism led German 89: thinkers to treat human life as raw materials to be manipulated in order to advance the course of evolution. The 90: ethics of Hitler's Germany were not reactionary; they were very much 'cutting edge' and in line with the scientific 91: understanding of the day. Weikart's implicit warning is that as long as the same assumption of Darwinian naturalism 92: reigns in educated circles in our own day, it may well lead to similar practices." --Nancy Pearcey, author 93: of Total Truth and co-author of The Soul of Science and How Now Shall We Live 96: "Richard Weikart's masterful work offers a compelling case that the eugenics movement, and 97: all the political and social consequences that have flowed from it, would have been unlikely if not for the cultural 98: elite's enthusiastic embracing of the Darwinian account of life, morality, and social institutions. Professor Weikart 99: reminds us, with careful scholarship and circumspect argument, that the truth uttered by Richard Weaver decades 100: ago is indeed a fixed axiom of human institutions: 'ideas have consequences.'" --Francis J. Beckwith, Associate 101: Director, J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, and Associate Professor of Church-State Studies, Baylor 102: University 103: "Richard Weikart has provided bioethicists with an excellent resource in From Darwin to Hitler." --Center for Bioethics and Culture Newsletter 105: 106: "Weikart has written a significant study because it raises key ethical questions in broad terms that have 107: contemporary relevance. His historicization of the moral framework of evolutionary theory poses key issues for 108: those in sociobiology and evolutionary pscyhology, not to mention bioethicists, who have recycled many of the suppositions 109: that Weikart has traced." --H-Net review on H-Ideas 110: ". . . Richard Weikart's excellent new book. In precise and careful detail Weikart narrates 111: an indispensable chapter of cultural and intellectual history . . ." --National Review 112: "This important work of intellectual history will act as a catalyst for rethinking the scientific 113: and social forces that shaped the racial policies of the Third Reich." --Choice 114: "This book will prove to be an invaluable source for anyone wondering how closely linked 115: Social Darwinism and Nazi ideologies, especially as uttered by Hitler, really were." --German 116: Studies Review 117: 118: 119: 120: Links to On-Line Reviews 121: 122: <A HREF="http://www.townhall.com/bookclub/weikart.html">townhall.com</A> 123: 124: <A HREF="http://www.crisismagazine.com/march2005/book5.htm">Crisis Magazine</A> 125: 126: <A HREF="RootsofGenocide.htm">Roots of Genocide (Interview with World Magazine)</A> 127: 128: <A HREF="http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&program=CSC%20-%20Views%20and%20News&id=2534">National Review</A> 130: 131: <A HREF="http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=80951126890820">H-Ideas</A> 132: 133: 134: 135: Response to Critics 136: <A HREF="response-richards.htm"></A> 137: 138: <A HREF="response-to-critics.htm">General Response to Critics</A><A HREF="response-richards.htm"></A> 140: 141: <A HREF="response-richards.htm">Response to Robert Richards</A> 142: 143: <A HREF="response-Gliboff.htm">Response to Sander Gliboff</A> 144: 145: <A HREF="Response-Arnhart.htm">Response to Larry Arnhart</A> 146: 147: From Darwin to Hitler can be ordered directly from the publisher 148: (Palgrave Macmillan: www.palgrave-usa.com) or from just about any bookstore, including on-line book retailers. 149: However, as of this date (October 2005), the best price I know about is on the following websites, where it is 150: available in hardback for $24.95 (which is 58% off the list price): <A HREF="www.thbookservice.com">www.thbookservice.com</A>, <A HREF="www.hebookservice.com">www.hebookservice.com</A>, and <A HREF="www.nrbookservice.com">www.nrbookservice.com</A>. 153: It is also available in paperback for $24.95 at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and other on-line bookstores. 154: 155: This webpage was last updated on 5 August 2005 by Richard Weikart. 156: 157: </BODY> 158: 159: </HTML>