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Richard Hodkinson joins Freeths as CTO
Richard Hodkinson has joined Freeths as its first-ever chief technology officer, as the UK top 60 law firm engages in a transformation programme that will see it overhaul its underlying technology stack before moving on to more strategic planning.
Hodkinson was previously CTO at DWF, where he was a member of the executive board as well as chairman of DWF's software arm DWF360. A legal tech veteran, before DWF he was group IT and operations director at Irwin Mitchell.
Freeths, which outsources much of its back office, is led by CEO Peter Smith and managing partner Philippa Dempster and until now decisions around its technology stack have been led by the partnership.
In July we revealed that Freeths had opted to replace its bespoke Lexis Axxia-based case management system with sharedo, which will run alongside Linetime Liberate and is currently in pilot in the private client and real estate departments.
Earlier this year seen the 860-staff firm swapped out its sunsetted Lexis Axxia practice management system for Aderant Expert. Both the Aderant and slicedbread implementations will be run through Nikec Hubshare – which, as we revealed at the start of July, Freeths has selected as its new collaborative project management portal.
The Aderant and sharedo implementation have been led to date by Kathryn Gray, who joined in February as senior implementation manager. Gray led the selection of Hubshare.
The firm's desktop infrastructure is being replaced, with around two thirds now using Microsoft HP Minis and a third Surface Pros.
The firm will select a new document management system by 2020, according to White, who told Legal IT Insider: "The background to Richard's hire is that we've been growing considerably and now have 12 offices with a turnover just short of £80m and we've decided to invest in IT and are in the process of putting in a new network and investing in new software. We committed to Aderant, which we bought at the beginning of this year and plan to roll out in November next year. We will be acquiring a new DMS and new intranet over the next couple of years."
The firm has long turned to Quiss Technology for its helpdesk training to manage its network but White says: "Because of our investment we felt that we should have a senior in-house resource, hence creating the brand new position of CTO.
"A large element of the decision making will be made by Richard on a day-to-day basis and more strategic decisions will involve me and the management board".
While the 800-staff firm's recent Aderant selection is on premises the firm is not averse to using cloud solutions and is a client of Mimecast, Select HR and document sharing tool Egress.
Speaking to Legal IT Insider Hodkinson said: "There's plenty to do, which is great because I can make a difference and I hope, once a lot of this modernisation work has been completed, we will have scope to do some more transformational stuff.
"There's a little bit of catching up and they recognise that but we'll get there very quickly and have an aggressive programme so this time next year we'll probably be done and talking about what do we do next."
He adds: "Clients are getting more specific about the quality of services they require and the differentiator in services is usually via technology."
Hodkinson is in the process of having discussions with stakeholders and will present his views to the board early next year.
Unlike at DWF, he will run a very small team of five and says: "There is work to do around helping it to mature."
With Quiss taking care of the service desk infrastructure, LAN, WAN and print, Hodkinson observes: "An awful lot of stuff has gone to third parties so it will be a case of looking at the team and seeing what its role is in life."


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Part 1 of 2 parts: As noted elsewhere in this section a transgender individual is a person who experiences sustained Gender Dysphoria. These terms are no longer used because they are seen to be stigmatizing. Their genetic gender is different from their perceived gender. Some describe themselves as a woman trapped in a man's body, or vice versa. Others view themselves as having a male brain in a female body, or vice versa. There are two obvious ways to resolve this conflict: Change the person's thinking so that the accept their genetic gender: Our scientific knowledge of the workings of the human brain are not developed to the point where this is possible; it may never be.
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This idea has become so prevalent that an opinion piece about it has made its way to the New York Times. So who needs men anyway? As Husbands and Fathers Where would we be without the example of St. Joseph, who listened to the voice of the angel in his dreams and sheltered Mary so that Jesus would be brought into the world? We need men who listen readily to the voice of God, thus leading and protecting the family unit.
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Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love April 8, This apostolic exhortation, "The Joy of Love", is the result of Pope Francis's prayerful reflection on the discussions and outcomes of two synods of bishops held in Rome October and October on marriage and the family. In Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis shares with the Church his teaching and encouragement regarding pastoral ministry to marriages and families, and the great vocation and mission that married couples and families are called to live out.
For more about this document, visit our Amoris Laetitia page. While broadly teaching about love, the work is nevertheless applicable to all facets of the Christian life, including that of marriage. The pope describes the current threats to the value of life and urges all Christians to create a new culture of life, fostering a deeper appreciation and respect for all men and women. Included in the discussion of threats to human life is the subject of contraception which is described as "intrinsically evil.
Main sections include The Civilization of Love, which reflects on men, women, marriage, children and society; and The Bridegroom Is With You, an extended meditation on marriage and family's place in the Scriptures, the life of Christ, and the Church. Appealing to the individual's experiences of truth, the Holy Father discusses both Sacred Scripture and Catholic Tradition on the subject. This approach seeks not only to make understandable the rich theology of Catholic teaching on the nature of humanity created as man and woman, but also to communicate the truth and beauty of God's design of human sexuality.
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Q: How to find match items from two lists?
Possible Duplicate:
Python: How to find list intersection?

I have two lists of data in a .txt
data1 = "name1", "name2", "name3", "name4" etc.

data2 = "name3", "name6", "name10" etc.

I want to find out which names appears in both list
How would I do it?

A: Use sets:
set(data1) & set(data2)

The & operator means "give me the intersection of these two sets"; alternatively you can use the .intersection method:
set(data1).intersection(data2)

A: nf = [x for x in data1 if x in data2]
nf

would return the common item in both lists

A: >>> [ name for name in data1 if name in data2 ]
['name3']

A: For a in data1:
    for b in data2:
        if a==b:
        print(a)

That's one way to do it, not the best way though

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Q: Difference in the query execution on the db, between Hibernate session.flush() and grailsObject.save(flush:true) In my project I have lots of nested objects, and after few days server becomes really slow on every query execution.
I have removed flush:true from object.save(flush:true), which should avoid objects to be persisted with the database immediately, as I don't need object id, I think it is better to let hibernate decide when to flush and commit.
But even after this, I am getting some deadlock related issue with the db, I am getting the error:
    Timeout waiting for idle object. Stacktrace follows:

org.springframework.transaction.CannotCreateTransactionException: Could not open Hibernate Session for transaction; nested exception is org.hibernate.TransactionException: JDBC beg

in failed:

        at SecurityFilters$_closure1_closure2_closure4.doCall(SecurityFilters.groovy:13)

        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)

        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)

        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Caused by: org.hibernate.TransactionException: JDBC begin failed:

        ... 4 more

Caused by: org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot get a connection, pool error Timeout waiting for idle object

        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDataSource.getConnection(PoolingDataSource.java:114)

        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:1044)

        ... 4 more

Caused by: java.util.NoSuchElementException: Timeout waiting for idle object

        at org.apache.commons.pool.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:1167)

        at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDataSource.getConnection(PoolingDataSource.java:106)

        ... 5 more

After some digging more into the issue, some suggest that after few executions I should flush hibernate session manually.
As I have removed object flush from save call, should I go for
session.flush()
session.clear()

to clear hibernate session, if yes then what is the difference between these two aspects.

A: It looks like you have a connection leak, or that you need to adjust the maximum number of open connections. This is configurable in the properties block in DataSource.groovy.
But to answer your question about flushing, there's no difference. You cannot flush a single object - Hibernate flushes all cached changes. save(flush:true) is just a convenient way of calling save() and then session.flush()


Wondering what's on this month? Here are our top picks for festivals, activities, Halloween events and more for kids in Toronto this October.
Bedtime is usually sacred, but occasionally it's worth it to stay up late—especially when it's a one-of-a-kind event like Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Plenty of exhibits are fun for kids and on the Nuit Blanche website you can filter the projects and exhibitions by "family friendly" and use the My Night Planner scheduling tool to create your plan of attack.
Do an old-school Thanksgiving dinner at Black Creek Pioneer Village, accompanied by traditional ale and followed by wagon rides.
Thanksgiving feasts are also taking place at Casa Loma and Westfield Heritage Village.
Head to a pumpkin patch to choose your gourd for decorating, and get some great photo ops in the process. Or join the pumpkin frenzy at Whittamore Farm's Pumpkinland, with a corn maze, bouncy inflatables, wagon rides, a tree fort with slide, a pumpkin cannon show and much more.
Follow the Pumpkin Trail at Burlington's Royal Botanical Gardens or, for a pumkin-themed day, head to Pumpkin Sunday at Westfield Heritage Village.
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The theatre and concert season has officially begun, so get your culture on!
Shows on this month include The Princess and the Pea at Solar Stage, Pinkalicious the Musical at the Lower Ossington Theatre, and To Kill a Mockingbird at the Young People's Theatre.
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Italeri 6485 1/35 17 pdr. SP M10 Achilles Kit First Look
17 pdr. SP M10 Achilles
Reboxing of the nice Academy kit
Originally developed as part of a mobile tank destroyer force in 1941, the M10 was composite solution to a complex problem. The US Army used a modified M4 Sherman chassis to transport a 76mm (3 inch) anti-aircraft gun in an open-top turret. The US was not the only ones to adapt an AA gun for anti-tank duties, the Germans used the 88mm AA gun against British and US armor in North Africa with devastating results.
The 'duckbill' version of the M10 was the configuration put into production later in the M10's development. The 'duckbill' was actually a more effective turret counter-weight to offset the weight of the M7 76mm main gun. The extended 'duckbill' also provided a better 50 cal machine gun mount. The M10 would phase out in favor of the highly mobile M18 (with an improved 76mm gun) and the M36 (with its 90mm Panther-plinking gun).
The British Army put the M10 to good use in its own anti-tank missions, but to make the system compatible with British logistics, they replaced the US gun with the Mark V 17 pounder that was also adopted to the British Firefly variant of the Sherman tank. The Mark V gave the Sherman and the M10 the firepower to plink virtually any armor that the German Army could field.
Italeri continues to diversify its portfolio without incurring new tooling costs. In the past, we've seen a number of kits in Italeri boxes including ESCI/ERTL, Accurate Miniatures, Revell, and more. Now we see a reboxing of Academy's beautiful M10 Achilles kit.
The kit is molded in a tan styrene and is presented on eight parts trees, not including the upper and lower hull, turret halves and the tracks. The detail is finely molded and there does not appear to be any flash on any of the parts or trees. Ejector pin marks are mostly limited to areas that will not be visible when the kit is assembled, there are a couple of spots that will need attention, primarily on the inside surface of the turret.
The M10 features a very detailed driver's and radioman's compartment, inner hull stowage, engine compartment, and even fuel tanks that can't even be seen once the model is assembled. The turret is also beautifully detailed with the Mark V main gun, secondary armament, and turret stowage. The suspension and road wheels are very nicely executed.
As you can see in the accompanying photos, this model was designed for the modeler from the start - there are no holes in the lower hull for motors, switches or battery stowage. When assembled, the lower hull mates solidly with the upper hull leaving no unsightly gaps (and daylight) as was the case with the older Tamiya kits.
Options provided in this kit include two styles of drive wheels and return rollers, two different type of transmission covers, two different styles of towing loops, two different types of towing hitches, positionable driver's and radioman's hatches (complete with periscopes), and even an additional 30 caliber machine gun to augment the 50 caliber. A complete set of ammunition is provided (stored in tubes in the hull and stored at the ready in the turret).
Numerous other details are also provided including canteens, lanterns, and even a Thomson Submachine Gun. A complete set of pioneering tools are also provided. The only minor drawback that I can find in this kit involves the pioneering tools, well actually where they mount. The rear of the hull has silhouettes molded to show where to place the tools, and while this might be helpful for some, it will need to be removed with a little light sanding.
The kit provides marking options for four examples:
M10, 1 Bn/7 AT Regt/2 AD, Polish Army, Italy, 1945
M10, 1 Bn/1 AT Regt/1 AD, Polish Army, Netherlands, 1944
M10, 1 Bn/75 AT Regt/Royal Artillery/11 AD, British Army, Belgium 1945
M10, 21 AT Regt/Royal Artillery/Guard Armored Div, British Army, Netherlands, 1944
The Academy M10 and M36 releases nearly 10 years ago raised the bar on armor kits and we've seen that bar continue to rise with the proliferation of Trumpeter and DML kits on the market. What is nice about the Academy kits is that while these do have lots of good detail, they haven't over-engineered the kits with painfully small parts to make construction of these kits overly painful.
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George Gelnovatch (born February 12, 1965) is the men's soccer coach at the University of Virginia.  He played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and American Professional Soccer League. As head coach, he has led Virginia men's soccer to the College Cup Final Four in 1997, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, and 2019. Under his leadership, Virginia won its sixth and seventh NCAA National Championships of the sport in 2009 and 2014.

Player
Gelnovatch grew up in Wall Township, New Jersey and played soccer at Wall High School, where he was part of three state champion teams.  He attended the University of Virginia, playing on the men's soccer team from 1983 to 1986.  He was a 1986 First Team All American.  He ranks fifth on the school's all time lists for points (118) and goals (49). During his career, the Cavaliers went 67–14–4. In 1986, he earned first team all-ACC and first team all-American honors.  In 1987, the Minnesota Strikers selected Gelnovatch in the fourth round of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft.  He spent one season with Minnesota.  In 1988, he moved to the New Jersey Eagles of the American Soccer League. In 1990, Gelnovatch joined the Penn-Jersey Spirit of the American Professional Soccer League.  He was a first team All League defender that season.  In April 1991, Gelnovatch moved to the Maryland Bays.  In 1996, he played a handful of games for D.C. United in Major League Soccer.

Coach
In 1989, Gelnovatch served as a part-time assistant coach under Bruce Arena with the Virginia Cavaliers.  In 1995, he became a full-time assistant at Virginia.  On January 3, 1996, Gelnovatch replaced Arena as head coach. He is most notable for leading the Cavaliers to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship where the Cavaliers won a penalty shoot-out against Akron. His teams have reached the NCAA tournament every year he's coached, except 2021. He has led the Cavaliers to three NCAA college cup appearances, four Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles, and two Atlantic Coast Conference regular season titles.  In September 1999, Arena appointed Gelnovatch as the head coach of the United States U-18 men's national soccer team.  In 1999 and 2002, he also served as an assistant coach with the United States men's national soccer team.

Head coaching record

References

External links
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 MISL: George Gelnovatch

1965 births
Living people
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Twilight: Is It Just A Story?
"I'm the world's most dangerous predator. Everything about me invites you in… I'm designed to kill… I wanted to kill you. I've never wanted a human's blood so much in my life… Your scent, it's like a drug to me. You're like my own personal brand of heroin."
So says the handsome vampire, Edward Cullen, to his star-struck 17-year-old lover, Bella Swan, in the blockbuster Twilight series. What's the deal with Twilight anyway? Vampires are just fiction, right? Actually…
It all started one dark night – June 1, 2003 to be exact – when a virtually unknown Arizona stay-at-home mom named Stephenie Meyer had a mysterious dream. On her official website, Meyer reports, "I woke up (on that June 2nd) from a very vivid dream. In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire. They were discussing the difficulties inherent in the facts that A) they were falling in love with each other while B) the vampire was particularly attracted to the scent of her blood, and was having a difficult time restraining himself from killing her immediately."*
This dream was so compelling that when Meyer awoke she wrote like a woman struck by lightning. In a relatively short time, to her family's great surprise, her compulsive writing not only landed her a lucrative publishing contract (she's now very wealthy), produced four full-length vampire-romance novels (The Twilight Saga), but has even resulted in making each book into a movie. Twilight is so hot. It's bigger than Harry Potter. It all seems so… mysterious and supernatural. Is it?
Is it possible that invisible forces are working behind the scenes? Let's find out. Here's something creepy. Whether you realize it or not, countless teenagers have not only become fascinated by vampire novels and movies, but interest in drinking real blood is soaring too. Just do a Google search for Sean Hannity's report, "Night Neighbors: Members of America's Vampire Subculture Could Be Living Right Under Your Nose," or the ABC News story, "Real Life Vampires: Who Are They?" You'll be amazed at what you find. It's the truth. Real vampirism has sprung out of the coffin, and real people are really experimenting with drinking real blood. It's a dark trend.
Ancient Warnings
Do you know what the Bible says about swallowing blood? First of all, the practice is plainly forbidden (Lev. 17:10; Acts 15:20). Secondly, it's tied in with the mystical world of occultism. God warned His ancient people: "You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying" (Leviticus 19:26, NKJV, emphasis added). "Divination" and "soothsaying" are occult practices. Thus blood swallowing and occultism are linked together, and for good reason. In Bible days, blood drinkers often practiced sorcery, and the same camaraderie exists today. In Twilight, Edward Cullen has psychic abilities, can read minds, and is even a member of "The Olympic Coven." "Coven" is a witchcraft term. It's the same old story.
When one delves deeply into the Bible's sacred pages the truth about a great war emerges. Unknown to most, an unseen battle now rages between God and a fallen angel, "Lucifer," and at its heart is a message about blood. Nearly two thousand years ago on a fateful Thursday night, a Man named Jesus Christ distributed the juice of crushed grapes to His disciples inside a tiny room in Jerusalem. He alone understood the full meaning of the sweet elixir. "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28, emphasis added). Jesus wasn't passing around real human blood, but grape juice that represented His pending sacrifice for the sins of the world.
The next day, He was dead, crucified between two thieves. As He hung on that cross, drop- by-drop, His blood soaked the wood of the tree supporting His beaten body. What does it all mean? The Bible explains the mystery: "…Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures" (1 Cor. 15:3, emphasis added). The last book of the Bible identifies those who beat an invisible foe. Don't miss it: "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb [Jesus Christ]…" (Revelation 12:11, emphasis added). What this means is that we "sinners" (who have broken God's law) can yet enter heaven through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is God's Son, and through the merits of that royal substance that He shed on the cross. The Devil knows this, and he hates the blood of Christ. That's why he gave Stephanie Meyer that dream, and that's why he is mesmerizing our generation with witchcraft, vampirism, and even real blood drinking. "Anything to lure sinners away from the blood of Jesus Christ!" he whispers slyly. Based on the stellar popularity of Twilight, his strategy has become a satanic success.
Twilight's appeal is twofold. First, it's a captivating tale about vampires and werewolves; and second, it's a heart-stirring love story about Edward and Bella. In Robert Coleman's book, Written in Blood, a young boy named Johnny conquered a deadly disease. Unfortunately, his little sister Mary caught it, and was nearing death. "She needs a blood transfusion or she'll die," the family doctor told the parents, "and Johnny's blood is perfect because he has already overcome the disease." All eyes then turned to the lad. "Will you give your blood?" his parents asked tearfully. Johnny hesitated. His lower lip trembled. "Sure," he finally whispered, "She's my sister." Then they raced to the hospital. In the operating room, Johnny and Mary lay next to each other on separate beds. Johnny's body was healthy, while Mary lay pale and faint. Neither spoke. When their eyes met, the boy grinned. Tubes were connected, a needle was inserted into Johnny's arm, and the red liquid began to flow. When the transfusion was over, Johnny broke the silence, and with a shaky voice asked the doctor, "When do I die?" Only then did the doctor realize why the child's lips trembled when he agreed to the donation. He thought he was offering his life for his sister. Yet he was willing to do it because he loved her, and the giving of his own blood was the ultimate proof of it.
Dear reader, someone else wants to capture your heart today. His name is Jesus Christ. Vampires take blood, but He shed His blood for you. Three days later, He rose from the dead. Believe me, His love is better than that of vampires, including Edward's. His blood alone can save our souls. Now is the time to repent of our sins and trust in Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21). In these last days before He returns (John 14:3), don't let Lucifer divert your heart to the wrong blood.


This article is the entire text of the research paper I prepared for my presentation at the NZ ICT Innovation Conference, held in September 2010 in Rotorua, New Zealand.
There are many everyday products that evolved from technology developed by, or for, people with disabilities. There are also many cases where these everyday products are later used or refined to be used by people with disabilities. Other products were designed in parallel – technology finding uses both for specialised assistive technology and in everyday products. This paper looks at some technologies and concepts used by people with disabilities, and how these technologies and ideas have grown from, or with assistive technology.
Many of these technologies have become so usual to us that we rarely stop and consider where they come from, and how they could be used differently. By examining what has been happening, we may conceive solutions for all, using existing technologies in new ways, or developing new technologies altogether.
This paper focuses on tools and machines (and their relevant software) used to resolve problems or eliminate barriers.
Truly universal design is when disability-related solutions move into everyday use or are incorporated into everyday products, and further development of these solutions become the norm for everyone. A prime example of this process is kitchen utensils with big handles.
It is now possible to purchase kitchen utensils such as vegetable peelers, can openers, or graters with extra large handles. These products are available in almost every shop, and can even often be found at your local supermarket. These large handles make the utensil easy and comfortable to hold, especially if you use them for long periods. It can also reduce cramping. Many people are preferring these utensils over the ones with smaller, "regular" handles.
These utensils are, in fact, becoming the norm, and people don't realise that these handles are the direct descendants of assistive technology for people with impairments affecting their hands. For instance, quadriplegics with limited hand functions or people with arthritis have been using a special foam tube to mold over their utensils to make it easier to grab or hold these utensils.
This is a good example of assistive technology moving into everyday use products, as well as universal design.
Kitchens are often not very friendly to wheelchair users. One particular issue is cabinets with shelves that are too high to reach. One design becoming more popular is a pull-down shelf, where the entire shelf is able to easily be brought down, and stowed back in its place.
These shelves are beginning to be used by people who are naturally too short to reach the shelves. It can also benefit children who won't be tempted to climb the bench to reach into the shelves.
Most larger stores and shopping malls now have automatic door openers. Not necessarily designed for wheelchair users, they do benefit people with mobility impairments, people carrying many bags, pushing prams, etc.
This kind of design becomes truly universal, benefiting many groups.
Curb cuts and ramps are not really technology per se but are a good example of universal design.
Curb cuts, also known as curb ramps, were initially implemented to allow wheelchair users to get on or off the sidewalk. Now, parents pushing prams, or children on skates have an easier time with street corners as well.
Ramps are often an after-thought, added to the design separately, or at the back of a building or a structure. This example shows an effort to integrate the ramp with the stairs. Unfortunately, while the concept is interesting, the implementation is problematic. Wheelchair users would have difficulty using this ramp, but so would any other person using it – inconvenient and dangerous.
There can be conflicts between solutions for various barriers. For example, some curb cuts, much favoured by wheelchair users and parents pushing prams, cause a problem for people relying on guide dogs that were trained to cross streets from corner to corner: If the curb cut encompasses the entire street corner, the dog has nowhere to aim and may become confused and lead its charge in the middle of traffic.
The ramp winding its way through the steps could be problematic for people with low vision: the steps are not designed properly and it could be easy to miss seeing the steps or the ramp.
Universal design, unless carefully planned, may not be so universal after all!
Plato is usually credited with the saying "Necessity is the Mother of Invention". This concept is well understood by most people with disabilities. People with disabilities arguably encounter more barriers than people who don't have impairments. One can ignore some barriers, but the majority of barriers need solutions. It is necessary (or at the very least highly preferable) to come up with ways around the barriers of daily life.
A lot of assistive technology is the result of the solutions "invented" to eliminate or reduce barriers. One example among many is the invention of the "offset door hinge". These hinges allow the door to swing away from the door frame, hence expanding the clear opening width. This allows some wider wheelchairs to get through, where the frame is wide enough, but the door itself could get in the way with a regular hinge.
Another example is that of MaryBeth G's wheelchair footrest. MaryBeth uses a power wheelchair because she has Cerebral Palsy (CP). One of the issues with her CP is that one of her feet keeps turning out. Another issue is that her legs are very short, requiring "paediatric footrests". The footrest of her wheelchair was designed to support a foot that would point straight forward, not turning out. As a result, her foot would twist itself off the footrest of her wheelchair. MaryBeth dealt with this problem for over a decade – asking her wheelchair vendors what her options were to find a solution. One day she spoke to me about the issue and pointed out that "if only the footrest was at an angle…". We discussed drilling a hole in the support for her footrest, at an angle, and mount the footrest. This was a relatively simple solution to a problem that had existed for a long time.
Margaret Pfrommer was a disability rights' activist. She died in 1998 at the age of 61 (Ritter, 1998) . Margaret contracted poliomyelitis as a child and was paralysed "from the neck down". She required a ventilator to breathe. I had the pleasure of working with her for many months.
She controlled her power wheelchair with a "Sip and Puff" controller. This device is used by many individuals who have impairments affecting both their legs and arms. Christopher Reeve was perhaps the best known person to have used a Sip and Puff controller on his wheelchair (Kluger, 2002) . Margaret was the first to use such a controller, which was developed at the University of Chicago in the late 1960's (Little, 1996) . This technology has now been used by quadriplegics to sail solo around Britain , Australia , and to cross the Atlantic ("Disabled Sailor | Disabled and Productive," n.d.) . The Sip and Puff technology is not one that has made its way into every day use, but it is a significant advance in technology for people with disabilities.
Margaret was also instrumental in the development of communication aids such as text typing or environmental controllers such as book page turners. She also used a voice-controlled telephone exchange and worked as a receptionist using this device (Childress, 2002) .
People have tried to invent machines to write for a very long time. There were many different designs that led us to where we are at today. In fact Acocella suggests as many as 52 different designs led to the typewriters we know today (2007) . One of these designs was the Hansen Writing Ball, invented by Reverend Rasmus Malling-Hansen. His "typewriter" was the first typewriter to be commercially produced, and was even a commercial success in Europe (Wikipedia, n.d.) .
Mr Malling-Hansen was, at the time of the invention, the Principal at the Danish Royal Institute for the Deaf (Wikipedia, n.d.) . According to John Lee Clark, his motivation was: "to find a way for [the Deaf students] to write as fast as they fingerspelled" (2010) . One of the major designs of early typewriters was aimed at people with disabilities. Arguably this design benefited the evolution of they keyboard to what we know today.
Speech-to-Text (or Speech Recognition) applications, as the name implies, allows a user to speak to a computerised device, and process the voice into commands usable by the device. One of the primary reasons for developing this was to give greater access to people with disabilities, such as Margaret Pfrommer. From there, other applications were quickly built upon.
One of the best known software for Speech-to-Text is Nuance's NaturallySpeaking, formerly known as Dragon Dictate. This application allows not only the dictation of text into documents, but also allows full control of a PC, including creating/opening/saving/closing files and starting applications. This is ideal when you are unable to use your hands to control your computer.
Nuance is now marketing several different specialised versions of their software, including some specifically for professionals working in law wishing to do dictation. They don't need to send anything for transcription, they can just "talk and it types" ("Dragon NaturallySpeaking Legal," n.d.) . Businesses also benefit from this. Nuance also has specialised medical software for transcription, as well as systems that allows " p hysicians [to] dictate their 'medical decision-making' in their own words using the fastest, most accurate speech-recognition product, ever. Review medications or lab results with a single voice command and dictate your comments directly into your EMR. " ("Nuance Healthcare Solutions Real-Time Speech Recognition," n.d.) .
I was made aware of an interesting use for Speech-to-Text software by a friend of mine who is Deaf. She told me that her local church had several Deaf or hard-of-hearing parishioners. The church could not afford to hire sign language interpreters, but even had they been able to, not all people who couldn't hear the sermon were fluent in sign language. The church used a donated laptop and overhead projector to project the output of NaturallySpeaking onto a big screen. The priest was then able to talk to his parishioners, using his usual microphone, which was connected to the laptop (Boos, 2003) . It is a relatively simple and inexpensive solution to a disability-related barrier, using an everyday product which had its origin in assistive technology.
Another area of use for speech recognition is in home automation. One can control the volume of music piped throughout the house, the temperature, the lighting, the curtains, and any number of other aspects of being comfortable at home. Using speech recognition, it is even possible to control these things from a remote location (Milward, 2006) – Go on holiday and control opening/closing of curtains and lights, music, TV, giving the impression of someone being there, or turn on the heater or air conditioner on the way home from work with a phone call (HAL, n.d.) . This kind of automation also benefits people with disabilities. It is a "win" for everyone.
Speech recognition is increasingly used in automobile entertainment systems, allowing drivers or passengers to control the radio or video in cars (Geyer, 2010) . Ford's system is called "SYNC" and allows you to "make hands-free calls, control your music and other functions with simple voice commands" (Ford Vehicles, n.d.) .
Speech recognition is also a great part of hands-free telephony. With many phones it is possible to speak to the phone and initiate calls, or even conduct online searches. I remember a colleague who was quadriplegic and had this functionality in his phone in 2003. It caused much hilarity as he hadn't programmed it quite properly and every time he mentioned my name in a discussion, his phone would call me. Despite these kinds of hiccups, the advantages to him were tremendous. This is yet another example of assistive technology moving into everyday use, and those products being used by people with disabilities to increase independence.
Text-to-Speech, or speech synthesis is not new. There are legends of Pope Sylvester II having built a "talking head" that could answer questions by saying the words "yes" or "no" as far back as the late 900's or early 1000's. In the late 1700's bellows-operated machines could "speak" vowels. In the late 1960's, "proper" computer speech synthesis was completed (Wikipedia, n.d.) . These efforts were not in the realm of assistive technologies.
Yet a significant part of more recent growth of text-to-speech software came from developing "screen readers" for people with visual impairments. These screenreading applications allow someone who is blind or has poor eyesight to have the computer "read" what is on the screen. The application "JAWS" by Freedom Scientific is probably the best known such screenreader, but other applications such as Windows Eyes or Orca are also available. These complex applications allow interaction not only with text in a document, but also with all menus and controls on the computer itself.
Text-to-Speech technology in combination with GPS technology is used in many navigation assistants used by drivers, such as Garmin, NavMan or TomTom (Garmin, n.d.; Navman, n.d.; TomTom, n.d.) . These hands-free devices allow hands-free operation would not be possible without the improvement in speech synthesis / text-to-speech triggered by work on screenreading applications.
Other applications using GPS and speech synthesis were developed primarily as navigational assistance for people with visual impairments, such as Loadstone GPS, but can be used by anyone, regardless of level of sight (Loadstone GPS, n.d.) . Loadstone is available for Symbian/Series60 phones. There are many other like applications such as Trekker, Wayfinder Access, etc (Wapedia, n.d.) . There even is an application that combines GPS directions with "augmented reality", available for Android devices.
Ford SYNC, mentioned in the Speech-to-Text section of the paper, will also speak out loud incoming text messages.
Text-to-Speech has also been used in game development. Dez Lang tells how he was getting frustrated by repetitive actions that didn't really move his project forward, and how it resulted in him using text-to-speech to ease his workload (2003) . It is also conceivable that major games might use text-to-speech and advanced speech synthesis to reduce the reliance on voice actors. This could give more flexibility in gaming experience for the individuals playing the game – a greater range of options and dialogue could open up based on their actions in the game.
I met Dean Kamen in 1999 at the National Council of Independent Living convention in Washington DC . He was demonstrating a wheelchair that could balance on two wheels. He had invented a "balancing technology" based on the gyroscope. This wheelchair could also climb stairs, curbs, or go over terrain often not passable by other power wheelchairs. It was named "iBOT", and produced until 2009, by Johnson & Johnson (Wikipedia, n.d.) . At a cost of over US$26,000 this wheelchair was not as successful as it could have been simply because most people who could benefit from it could not afford the device.
Kamen "recycled" the gyroscope technology and gave the world the Segway, "a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle" (Wikipedia, n.d.) . While the iBOT was not a commercial success, the technology driving this device was used in a tool that is used everyday by people all over the world, including many police departments.
An interesting aspect of the iBOT-to-Segway development is that the Segway is now used a lot by people with disabilities, notably leg amputees. Disability Rights Advocates for Technology (DRAFT), a US-based non-profit organisation began Segs-4-Vets, a programme distributing Segway vehicles to US Veterans who lost one or both legs at war.
Used with permission from the Stars and Stripes © 2008, 2010 Stars and Stripes.
The study of eye movement or gaze tracking is not new. Some of the early concepts came out in the 1800's, with the "modern" work done by Yarbus in the late 1950's. (Wikipedia, n.d.) . Today, eye gazing or gaze tracking is used in many different environments, for people with disabilities, and for the general public.
Communication is one of the main uses of eye gaze tracking for people with disabilities. This technology is used for people with Locked-In Syndrome, a condition in which a person is aware and awake but cannot move or communicate due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes (Wikipedia, n.d.) . They are able to use their eyes to point at letters or pre-determined phrases on a board. This is often done with the assistance of a human helper who interprets the phrases for the individual who has a disability. More and more, computer-based applications "speak" these phrases for the individual. Such technology was being investigated to allow Stephen Hawking greater communication freedom in April this year (Fox, 2010) . Until now, Mr. Hawking has been selecting letters by hand, and later by twitching his cheek.
Image © Jakob Nielsen 2006. Used with permission.
Arguably one of the best known uses of eye gaze tracking in the web development community is to see where visitors look first on a website. This has led to what many refer to as the "F-Shaped" pattern which was discussed at length by Jakob Nielsen (2006) .
Canon EOS 5D – Features eye gaze focusing.
Eye tracking was used for a while in Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras, in particular the Canon EOS 5. The concept was excellent – helping the focus of the camera based on where you were looking through the viewfinder. But the feature never really took off. It has been suggested that this is already a "thing of the past" (Brendant, 2008) .
Lexus LS460 – Features eye gaze tracking for safety.
Lexus offers safety features in some of their cars, notably the LS460, which use eye gaze tracking to determine whether a driver is focusing on the road or possibly falling asleep (New Car Net, 2006) . One might see it as an "anti-feature", but for people who are driving long hours at night, being alerted by the car before falling asleep and driving off the road is a huge benefit.
Vertegaal, Dickie, Sohn & Flickner suggested a design for an "Attentive Cell Phone" – a device that could detect if you're already in a face-to-face conversation, and could then control the phone's behaviour for you e.g. sending calls to voicemail (2002) . Again, this may or may not be behaviour you want controlled by a device, but the concepts can be used and re-used.
In 2000, a group of Finnish academics proposed "iDict" a Gaze-Assisted translation aid which analyses where the eye stops on the page and suggests definitions of words (Altoonen, Hyrskykari, Majaranta, & Räihä, 2000) . While this has not come through as a commercially available system, it would be easy to see how it would help people learning foreign languages, children with learning disabilities, or people recovering from brain injuries.
Over the last few years we have seen more and more ways to interact with computers using only our thoughts. This technology wasn't developed merely for people with disabilities, but the application of the technology is beneficial to many people with various disabilities. The same person who has Locked-In Syndrome and communicates with eye gaze systems could control environmental systems to increase independence. They could control wheelchairs, lights, doors, email, etc.
This sounds like science-fiction, but science-fiction is here!
Better yet, Emotiv Systems has a "simple" headset that is used for controlling computers, environmental controls, and can also be used for gaming. These functionalities are demonstrated in the video "A headset that reads your brainwaves" on TED Talk by Tan Le (Le, 2010) . These headsets are relatively inexpensive, retailing at US$300 each.
There has been ongoing development of tools / technology to handle barriers for people with disabilities. These technologies often migrate from a "disability-only" use to a wider use by "everyone", in everyday situations. There are many situations where the technology wasn't specifically designed for people with disabilities, but where it can be used by everyone.
What comes next? One can imagine an improvement of existing technology. Looking at the EPOC neuro-headset, it is easy to imagine a reduction in size of such a headset, and the development of more applications to be used by all. A doctor who 20 years ago had to get his notes transcribed by a 3 rd party, and can now dictate these notes directly to the computer with an application such as Nuance NaturallySpeaking would be able to simply think his notes. The same hardware and application could be used by quadriplegic to manipulate their environment and gain independence. Perhaps advances in this technology will allow us to do away with the headset altogether. It is conceivable that a silicon chip implanted in the brain could be used for this kind of control. Professor Naweed Syed of the University of Calgary just published his research about such a silicon chip implanted in a brain and being able to interact directly with brain cells through the chip (Calgary University, 2010) .
One hopes that the concepts of Universal Design will be adopted by everyone involved in designing new tools & technologies. Such a paradigm shift would likely increase the synergy – providing better solutions and more of them at a reduced cost. Everyone benefits.
Altoonen, A., Hyrskykari, A., Majaranta, P., & Räihä, K. (2000). Design Issues of iDict: A Gaze-Assisted Translation Aid. Presented at the Eye Tracking Research & Applications Symposium 2000, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA.
Boos, J. (2003, March 14). Church Sermons for Deaf/HoH via Dragon.
Geyer, R. (2010, August 13). Speech to text in automobile entertainment systems.
Little, J. (1996). If It Weren't For The Honor.. I'd Rather Have Walked. Cambridge MA: Brookline Books.
Vertegaal, R., Dickie, C., Sohn, C., & Flickner, M. (2002). Designing attentive cell phone using wearable eyecontact sensors. In CHI'02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (pp. 646–647).
The Evolution of Assistive Technology into Everyday Products by Nicolas Steenhout is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Thanks again for letting me get a sneak peek, and a chance to contribute to this.
Don't forget that blind people had been using PDAs long before sighted people could buy things like Palm Pilots. Because braille embossed on paper takes up so much space, blind people have used portable devices with speech and/or refreshable braille display output for years. They include calculator, word processing, and, these days, email connectivity. Though the iPhone 4 is surprisingly accessible, with voice output capability native to the operating system, and navigation by touch screen gestures.
What an excellent discussion, and what great examples – thanks for distilling the issues around universal design and technology so clearly.
Especially appreciate the reminder that universal design – when it tries too hard – ends up not being so universally beneficial after all!
Last I heard, Stephen Hawking had been trying out brain computer interfaces but says the technology is still slow and prone to error. Eye-tracking devices don't work for people who, like him, are very active.
At the rate that technology is developing, it surely won't be long until these teething problems are ironed out.


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New York, July 29, 2005—As many as eight journalists were injured today in Srinagar, the major city of Indian Kashmir, after a grenade attack triggered gunfire between militants and security forces in the area, according to international news reports and local reporters.
At least one journalist, Muzzafar Ahmad Bhat, a cameraman for the Indian news channel Sahara TV, was critically injured and taken to Srinagar Hospital, two local reporters told the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Armed militants exploded at least one grenade in a main street of the city late afternoon, according to international news reports and local reporters. The blast struck near the offices of several media organizations, and several of the journalists who arrived on the scene to report on the explosion were caught in the crossfire of an ensuing gun battle, local reporters said.
Senior police officer S.A. Sayeed told The Associated Press that 10 civilians, including eight journalists, were injured in the crossfire.
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Earlier this week, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) filed an absurd lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence to keep the 2020 election from being certified in the Senate on January 6.
As CNBC noted when Gohmert filed the suit, it has no chance of changing anything:
"The suit asks federal Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee in eastern Texas, to declare that Pence has the 'exclusive authority and sole discretion' to decide which electoral votes from a given state should be counted.
"Legal scholars quickly dismissed the Republicans' lawsuit as hopelessly far-fetched."
Even worse for Trump and his allies, the suit is already backfiring against them and may only serve to prove yet again that the Donald lost to Joe Biden, according to the New York Times:
"The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Thursday to reject a lawsuit seeking to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the results of the election, pitting the department against President Trump's allies in Congress who have refused to accept President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s victory. The department, acting on behalf of Mr. Pence, said that Republican lawmakers, led by Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas, could not invalidate the more than century-old law that governs the Electoral College process to expand an otherwise ceremonial role into one that has the power to reject electoral votes that were cast for Mr. Biden."
When even your own Justice Department is trying to get a lawsuit dismissed, that's a sure sign it's completely bogus.
The DOJ also asked a federal judge to make clear in his ruling that Pence can only play a procedural role next Wednesday:
"The Justice Department also made clear in its filing that it welcomed any comments from the federal judge in the case … that would clarify that Mr. Pence's role in the election was purely procedural. If a judge were to make clear that Mr. Pence does not have the authority to reject votes or decide the results, it could alleviate pressure on him. Since the election in November, Mr. Trump has become singularly focused on the proceedings of the Electoral College. He cut short his vacation at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida to return to Washington early, at least in part to push Republican lawmakers to reject the results when they meet on Jan. 6 to count the votes."
The president's DoJ is interceding on Pence's behalf in a suit filed by the president's supporters that's aimed at forcing Pence to take his procedural role on Jan 6 and become a judge making rulings on an election outcome https://t.co/EKr5CMa957
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 1, 2021
If the Trump-appointed Texas judge makes clear that Pence's role is in fact only procedural, it could have the opposite effect of what Trump's allies in the House intended and alleviate the pressure on him https://t.co/EKr5CMa957
When the judge dismisses Gohmert's suit (and he will), he will also make it clear why: Because Pence cannot do anything except what the Constitution specifies: Certifying what the Electoral College decided on recently: Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States and Donald Trump is a one-term loser.
After that, maybe Trump will retire to Florida and never return.
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A millionaire church minister from the US has bought a 15th century castle in the north-east of Scotland with plans to turn it from a luxury hotel into her private home.
Ackergill Tower in Caithness was once a garrison for Oliver Cromwell's troops but had in recent years been a five-star hotel.
Stars reported to have stayed at the tower in its time as a hotel include Hollywood stars Michael Douglas and Jack Nicholson.
The stunning castle sits on the rugged coastline close to Wick and was a popular holiday and wedding destination until it closed in December, with the loss of 40 jobs.
Now, after being bought by Episcopalian church minister Dr Betsee Parker, it will be turned into a private home.
The Scotsman reports that Dr Parker, a widowed American philanthropist and the 17th Baroness of Lochiel, plans to use the historic building as a holiday home.
The tower, which is believed to date back to 1475, sits in 30 acres of ground along the North Coast 500 route that is popular with motorists and cyclists.
It has been in the possession of Clarenco since 2009, having been bought by one of its divisions, AmaZing Venues in 2009.
In 2012, the 32-bedroom castle was given a £2m refurb after which it received a five-star rating. Clarenco put it on the market in 2015 and it was reportedly snapped up last year for £3.9 million, below the original asking price of £4.5 million.
In addition to the tower, the property comes with a luxury treehouse, six cottages, a boathouse and a bothy.
Highland Council last month approved Dr Parker's request to convert the hotel back into a private home.


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First Runner Up On The Voice, McAndrew Wins A Career For The Rest Of His Life
By tasithoughts December 17, 2014 Chris Jamison Craig Wayne Boyd Damien Matt McAndrew music The Voice
THE VOICE — "Live Show" Episode 718A — Pictured: Matt McAndrew — (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
Craig Wayne Boyd won The Voice this season. He is a great singer. He is a star and he deserved it. Quite frankly so did the other three finalists, My own favorite was Matt McAndrew. There was something about his music artistry that was so unique that won me over the other other contestants. Kudos also goes to Chris Jamison and Damien. I would buy their music from all their records they will surely have now moving forward.
All these artists represent the best talent that The Voice has seen in any season. This can be said of their Top Ten finalists. This show just keeps getting better and better. I like American Idol. I love The Voice!
L-R Craig Wayne Boyd, Matt McAndrew, Damien, Chris Jamison
It is set up in such a way that recognizes and promotes real talent. The mentoring from real artists is spot on and these artists really grow in their talent from day one. We really become invested in them.
Allowing the finalists to produce original songs and music videos was genius!
Here is Matt McAndrew's original song Wasted Love that went to #1 on the iTune Charts.
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As one of its primary goals, the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center (LBECEC) supports research conducted by UNLV faculty and their students. The LBECEC Research Advisory Council was established with the specific purpose to facilitate the achievement of that goal. It meets regularly to identify obstacles to faculty research use of the facility and to develop strategies to eliminate those obstacles. To that end, it has established a procedure for the submission of requests for access to children and/or their parents to serve as participants in university-approved research, which may include the use of equipment and space in the facility.
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