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Keeping food local focus of 2013 conference at Penn State
Cheese making, beekeeping and important policy issues surrounding the sustainable food movement will be topics at the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture's conference in February on the Pennsylvania State University campus in State College.
The conference will take place Feb. 6-9 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, and registration is open.
The sustainable agriculture association, based in Millheim, is expecting more than 2,000 people, including farmers, chefs, students and business leaders from the United States and abroad.
The theme of the conference is "starting fresh, starting local, starting now."
"More than ever, it is becoming clear that our prevailing systems for producing and procuring good food for our communities, and for the world, must be reformed rather drastically," said Brian Snyder, the executive director for the association, in a news release announcing the conference.
The conference's keynote speaker is Charles Eisenstein, author of the book "The Ascent of Humanity," published in 2007; and also "The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self," due out in February. Eisenstein, formerly an instructor at Penn State, is now on the faculty at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt.
Another speaker at the event will be Ben Hewitt, author of "The Town that Saved Food," a book that chronicles Hardwick, Vt., and efforts from agricultural entrepreneurs there to set up a network of food that depended on local farms.
The conference gets under way with two days of sessions featuring topics that will include farming for beginners, beekeeping and cheese making.
Workshops will follow the last two days of the conference, with topics such as marketing to restaurants, communicating with policymakers and financial planning.
Eisenstein's keynote address is scheduled for Feb. 8, and Hewitt takes the podium on Feb. 9.
The activities will also include a seed swap, an auction, live music as well as programs for children.
The schedule is available online at www.conference.pasafarming.org. Preregistration for the conference ends on Jan. 29
The association has more than 6,000 members and works to promote profitable farms that produce healthful food that is environmentally friendly.


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I'm at the Guggenheim in New York, at the Burri show. It's magnificent, as a workshopper described to me a few days ago. I couldn't agree more. When I first saw Burri's Cloth I thought I understood it. I knew it, instantly. I felt like it was a beautiful "fuck you" to the Art Establishment. Pretty major projection on my part. I mean, I grew up lower middle class and had a big chip on my shoulder about "everyone else" who had money, who seemingly had more opportunities because they weren't as bad off as I was. Super self centered, and embarrassingly superficial, but that's how I was. So when I saw Burri's cloth, I felt like finally someone who is using meaningful materials to say something sharp, simple, poetic, and spot on about something simple. His is a big gesture using a very little gesture. Just some gold leaf on a sack cloth. Nothing more than some stitches. But then see what happens when he does that: majesty. 20 years on I hope to have lost some of that edge. I understand these works on very different ways. I've never seen so many at one time before. So who am I without my perceived problem of being 'poor'? What can I contribute? What do I have to say?
I think our dialogue is relevant, (in how strangers can interact perhaps differently from the known.) So I posted the last few entries on the blog. I hope you don't mind. I've been thinking about making the dialogue public. Is that alright with you?(I knew that was a lyric.)
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A new Assembly Member for South Wales West has been sworn in at the Senedd, replacing Byron Davies, who stood down after becoming MP for Gower.
Dr Altaf Hussain, a retired orthopaedic surgeon, takes his place as a Conservative regional AM, without the need for a by-election.
Dr Hussain also stood at the general election, finishing third behind Labour and UKIP candidates in Swansea East.
He was born in Srinagar, Kashmir, and worked for the NHS for 25 years, before retiring in 2009. He has been involved in campaigning for the Welsh Conservatives since then, and is also a school governor.
I am honoured to be serving South Wales West as an Assembly Member and I am committed to continuing the determined work of my predecessor.
I relish the opportunity to be an incredibly strong voice for my region.
With a background in medicine and medical science, it will be no surprise to hear that one of my main priorities will be continued work to ensure improvement of the National Health Service in Wales.
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'Strong economy' at heart of Welsh Tories' manifesto
The Welsh Conservatives pledged 'continued economic recovery' as they launched their manifesto in Builth Wells this afternoon.Read the full story ›
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Selection as Cheshire MP would be "huge honour" says AM
North Wales Conservative AM Antoinette Sandbach has confirmed that she's applied to be chosen as Tory candidate in the safe seat of Eddisbury in Cheshire.
It would be a huge honour to be chosen. North Wales and Cheshire are neighbours and we have always had close links.
Although she is still waiting to hear officially that she has been shortlisted, Antoinette Sandbach added that if she's selected she would donate her Assembly salary to charity until polling day on May 7. So it seems highly unlikely that she would remain an AM if elected an MP. But she was unwilling to speculate about what would happen after the voters of Eddisbury have chosen their MP.
- Nick Powell
Tory AM shortlisted for safe Westminster seat
A North Wales Conservative AM is one of three people shortlisted by Tories in a Cheshire constituency to be their new candidate for Westminster.
Antoinette Sandbach is in the running to be the next MP for Eddisbury, just over the border from Wrexham. The present MP, Sir Stephen O'Brien, has a majority of 13,255 and received more than half the votes cast in 2010. He's leaving the Commons to take up a senior post at the United Nations.
Antoinette Sandbach has been a regional list AM for North Wales since 2011. She stood for the Flintshire seat of Delyn at the last Westminster election and came within 3,000 votes of defeating its Labour MP, David Hanson. Today she refused to comment about her shortlisting in Eddisbury, where the candidate will be chosen next Wednesday, March 25.
Despite a recent change in the law, to stop AMs "double-jobbing" by sitting as MPs as well, Antoinette Sandbach would be allowed to hold both posts for up to a year. That would take her up to the next Assembly election but as a regional AM, she could stand down without causing a by-election. Her seat would be filled by the next person on the Conservatives' North Wales list, Janet Howarth, who's a Tory councillor in Llandudno.
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Welsh Tory leader sees case for more AMs
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies has signalled that his party is no longer totally opposed to an increase in the number of Assembly Members, so long as the "total cost of democracy" does not go up. Mr Davies says the Welsh Government's growing powers and responsibilities make it difficult for an Assembly with so few backbenchers to hold it to account.
Are we really going to have another five years with just 60 AMs? It's already evident that there are huge pressures on the Assembly's ability to scrutinise the government.
It's possible that an increase in AMs could be linked to a cut in the number of local councillors as part of the local authority mergers expected in the next few years. Also the Conservatives are likely to revive plans to cut the number of Welsh MPs from 40 to 30 if they're still in power at Westminster after May's election.
Welsh Conservative Leader calls for 'living wage'
Welsh Conservative Leader, Andrew RT Davies says all public sector workers in Wales should earn the 'living wage'.
Speaking at his party conference in Cardiff, Mr Davies said they will seek to make the change by 2021 if the Conservatives win next year's Assembly election.
Around one in four Welsh workers earn less than the living wage.
"This sends a clear message that a future Welsh Conservative Government will tackle unfair pay and set a clear example to all employers to value and invest in their staff."
Now says Welsh Conservatives after 2016 will be a living wage country.
RT attacking Labour claiming "if they cannot deliver in 15 year how can they deliver in another 5 years"
RT Davies says yesterday's devolution announcent will help people's lives.
Welsh Conservatives hit back at Labour 'broken promises'
The Welsh Conservatives have hit back at criticism from First Minister Carwyn Jones at Welsh Labour's Conference in Swansea.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said it was "more empty rhetoric from Labour's First Minister of broken promises. In a week when Carwyn Jones talked of 'juvenile politics', Welsh communities will rightly see through his hypocrisy."
This is the Welsh Labour leader who said his party took its eye off the ball on education. This is the Welsh Labour leader who runs the only UK health service where funding is falling. Like a scratched record, he repeats the same promises, yet delivers on none. Welsh Conservatives are the only alternative to a lazy Labour government that has run out of ideas.
- Nick Powell
Support for new motorway tested in Senedd vote
Conservative AMs will force a vote in the Senedd today on whether there should be a review of the Welsh Government's plan to build a new motorway south of Newport to relieve pressure on the existing M4.
The £1 billion project is highly controversial, both because of its cost and because of the environmental impact on the Gwent Levels wetlands. Some business groups prefer the idea of upgrading the existing Southern Distributor Road to a motorway, arguing that it would be a cheaper and quicker solution.
That's angered residents who live near the distributor road who fear the noise and pollution that might be caused by a motorway. Now the Conservatives' transport spokesman, Byron Davies, says he's not convinced that a full motorway is required and that more modest improvements might be enough to relieve pressure on the M4.
It doesn't have to be a motorway.
That's roughly in line with what the Liberal Democrats have been arguing, while Plaid Cymru oppose spending such a major part of the transport budget on just one road scheme.
There's also been opposition from some Labour AMs, including two former ministers. So it would appear that most Assembly Members at least have doubts about the project. The Welsh Government has already conceded that construction work won't get the go-ahead before the 2016 Assembly election.
Welsh Govt didn't pay attention to rail deal say Tories
The Welsh Conservatives have blamed a lack of attention to detail by Labour ministers when Valleys rail electrification was first announced for the row over money that put the entire project at risk. Originally the UK government expected the entire £460 million cost to be repaid by the Welsh Government, primarily by increasing train fares.
Under the new deal announced today the UK Government will contribute £230 million to the scheme, though the rest of the money will still have to be repaid.
This deal will have a hugely beneficial impact on the lives of tens of thousands. It is a massively important investment that puts Wales first, prioritises infrastructure and transport, and provides a hugely welcome boost for business.
Labour didn't electrify an inch of rail track – and their mistakes and lack of attention to detail led to the circumstances preceding today's solution. In stark contrast - this announcement is the real action Wales needs.
I wholeheartedly welcome the hard work of Conservatives in Wales in securing a pivotal and life-changing deal for our communities. From Newport to Swansea and - crucially, into the Valleys - this is what the region needs to secure growth and move forward.
Tories want elected commissioners to run Welsh NHS
The Welsh Conservatives are calling for locally elected health commissioners to take over from health boards, which they say are subject to political patronage as their appointed by ministers.
Communities across Wales have felt powerless to influence the decisions which have been made about health services in their areas. The Welsh NHS must become more accountable to those it serves and more responsive to the taxpayers who fund it.
Elected Health Commissioners will put the patient voice at the heart of decision making in the NHS, transferring decision making over health services from central government and into the hands of the people.
You vote them in, and you vote them out - that's our vision for patient voice in the Welsh NHS.
The Conservatives claim that the new system would lead to greater openness, as the commissioners would be publicly answerable when something went wrong in the running of the health service. Labour have dismissed the proposal as a waste of money.
This month the Welsh Labour Government announced nearly half a billion pounds of extra funding to secure our safe, modern NHS, free at the point of use. Now the Tories want to cream off some of that money, take it away from the front-line and put it into the pockets of Health Commissioners. What planet are they living on? Welsh Labour is on the side of patients and NHS staff, we want health money spent on health services, not another layer of bureaucracy.


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Internet-Based Personal Services on Demand
Gottfried Zimmermann, Ph.D., firstname.lastname@example.com
Gregg Vanderheiden, Ph.D., email@example.com
Al Gilman, D.Sc., email@example.com
Trace R&D Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
August 16, 2001
Zimmermann, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2002). Internet-Based Personal Services on Demand. In: Winters, J.; Robinson, C.; Simpson, R.; Vanderheiden, G. Emerging and Accessible Telecommunications, Information and Healthcare Technologies - Engineering Challenges in Enabling Universal Access. RESNA Press.
Internet-based services tailored to a person's personal communication, information, and assistance needs could improve the quality of their lives. Examples include language translation for business and private communication, text transcription for lawyers and people with hearing impairments, assistance for drivers searching their way through unfamiliar environments, and assistance for people with mental retardation to help them live more independently.
This chapter introduces the "Modality Translation and Assistance Services on Demand" concept, a variety of remote personal services available anywhere and anytime, to enhance the lives of people with and without disabilities. It identifies the research and development challenges for a telecommunication and information infrastructure aiming to provide personal services on demand.
1 Introduction
We are at the edge of radical technological changes in our environments. Recent and ongoing advancements in the area of telecommunications and information technologies are facilitating the implementation of the vision of pervasive computing, which will allow a wide variety of devices and services to talk with each other, which in turn opens up new possibilities for personal services. While the future of machine-to-machine connectivity could make our lives easier, we still struggle with the very essentials of human-to-human conversation and human-machine interaction. For example, people don't understand each other because they speak different languages, or because one cannot hear and the other person does not understand sign language. To overcome these restrictions we could harness emerging technologies to provide personal services on demand remotely. The following fictive example illustrates this.
Sarah is a lawyer working at a legal agency in New York. Because she wants to get accurate minutes of a current trial, she uses a remote speech-to-text service to get text transcriptions of the court hearings. The resulting text is automatically stored on her handheld computer.
Back in her car, she decides to visit a new client who is deaf, Rob, located somewhere in the vicinity of New York. In order to get verbal driving directions, she speaks the name of the client to the Web-enabled car radio. When she arrives at Rob's office, he welcomes her by signing in American Sign Language. Instantly a clear voice from his pocket computer translates the signs into English language. When Sarah talks to Rob, a signing avatar being projected onto his glasses provides a speech-to-sign translation.
A week later, Sarah is on business travel, sitting in a restaurant in Tokyo. As she cannot read the Japanese menu card, she directs her handheld computer's camera to it. Having a scanned image of the menu on the screen of her handheld, she taps on the menu items on her handheld and gets an English translation of each, plus a symbol telling whether or not she may eat it on her special diet.
2 Personal Services on Demand
The "Modality Translation and Assistance Services on Demand" concept[1] includes a variety of services, like the ones described in the scenario above. These services are becoming possible as a result of recent technological advancements in wide-area, high-bandwidth networks and wireless communication technologies. The concept uses telecommunication technologies to allow people to call up services on demand at anytime from anywhere, and on a variety of access devices. The services are operated on a moment-by-moment basis and the user pays only for a service when they are using it.
2.1 A Diversity of Personal Services
Figure 1: Modality Translation and Assistance Services on Demand Spectrum
Modality translation and assistance services on demand can render information from one specific presentation form (mode) to another, or provide other forms of assistance on demand (see Figure 1).
- The Speech Recognition Service accurately translates speech to text, for any speaker. There is a wide range of applications for this service. By translating spoken information into an "ears-free" text format, it can be used in noisy environments (e.g. a factory building), enforced quiet environments (e.g. in a library, in a business meeting), by persons needing accurate meeting minutes, or by people with hearing impairments. By generating text without requiring typing or writing by the user, it can be part of a highly accurate speech interface for devices with tiny or no keyboards (e.g. car radio, PDAs, cell phones), or for users with limited manual dexterity. Finally it can be used to generate a text index for audio content of real-time audio and video streams.
- The Sign Language and the Sign Language Recognition Services facilitate communication between a person who is deaf and using a sign language, and a person who can hear and does not understand sign language. These services may be applied in any situation where sign language interpretation is required: in face-to-face conversations, phone calls (involving a video phone and a regular phone), meetings, or tele-collaborative sessions.
- The International Language Translation Service translates from one language to another. It can be applied either real-time to spoken language (in face-to-face conversations, phone calls, meetings, or tele-collaborative sessions), or to written content in a foreign language (e.g. in documents, e-mails, or web pages).
- The Assistance/Mentoring Service provides expertise or assistance in certain situations. This includes help for people in unfamiliar surroundings (e.g. driving directions), mentoring or assistance (e.g. help desks, or medical assistance), or specialized expertise (e.g. for medical doctors, scientists). This service also provides assistance for people with cognitive impairment or older people needing help to live more independently.
- The Language Simplification Service simplifies text, or real-time speech, presented in a complex language or expert knowledge level. This service addresses the needs of people with cognitive impairment, but also anyone listening to someone who is much more expert on a topic (e.g. a doctor in an emergency room), and anyone who needs to present a high-sophisticated topic to an audience not familiar with it (e.g. a scientist writing a newspaper column about their science).
- The Print Recognition Service provides text or speech for written information available only in print or pixel-based formats. This service delivers textual content for people with visual impairments (e.g. for reading paper documents, getting text buried in online images, or reading menus or environmental signs). Another application for this service is generating an electronic index for real-time video streams with textual content. Coupled with the international language translation service it provides instant translation for scanned information in a foreign language (e.g. menu cards in restaurants, tourist panels).
- The Image/Video Description Service provides a speech or text equivalent for a visual image or video. When used by people with visual impairments, it can provide a verbal description where no text-based information is available (e.g. for a live photo on the web, or for a diagram being discussed in a meeting or tele-collaborative environment).
2.2 Try Harder
One barrier in trying to move forward is the fact that today there is no sophisticated fully-automated and reliable implementation of any services described above. Instead, we still rely on human assistance to provide a service, or verify and correct the results of a machine-provided service. For example, speech recognition software installed locally on a wearable computer may suffice for some face-to-face conversations if it is quiet and the people speak carefully and clearly. However, it may fail when there is too much background noise. In this case a more sophisticated (and more expensive) service implementation employing noise suppression running on a powerful network computer may be used in order to yield reasonable quality of text transcription. Again, this implementation might fail when dealing with a strong foreign accent of a speaker. In this case a human assisted service implementation could meet the user's needs. For example a re-speaking' method may be used where a person listens to the conversation remotely and re-voices everything distinctly into a high-quality speech recognition system, checking the output for errors.
Although fully automated services may be possible with future technologies, today's implementations are not as mature as needed in most situations. In these cases a "Try Harder" feature could be used to easily promote the task to more powerful applications (network-enhanced services), or to human assistance in the automatic translation process. Thus a "try harder" feature would allow users to try the least expensive approach first, but have an easy way to escalate the power (and cost) as needed until the service works for whatever situation they find themselves in[2].
From the perspective of a service provider, the "Try Harder" feature is a convenient method for allowing them to introduce future automated services today. Automated service implementations that would not be reliable enough of the time to sell, could be offered if they are backed up by more effective (albeit expensive) services (humans or additional resources) until they are mature enough to be used stand-alone.
3 Building an Infrastructure for Personal Services on Demand
Most all of the parts of modality translation and assistance services on demand exist as automatic or human-provided implementations today. There is, however, no implementation of this network concept overall and no infrastructure on which to build it. Building such an infrastructure for diverse Internet-based personal services on demand poses a number of challenges. We identify challenges for three different areas involved: communication networks (global access to a reliable and secure network), middleware standards (common service framework), and service implementations (automated service model that does not rely on human assistance).
3.1 Challenges for Global Access to a Reliable and Secure Network
The concept is for people to be able to use modality translation and assistance services on demand in virtually all situations. This means that people can tap into the future network of information and services using a number of different access devices (e.g. computers, wearable computers, public information kiosks, telephones, cell phones, PDAs, car equipment), outfitted with a variety of input and output devices (e.g. glasses with a built-in monitor and camera, earpieces, inconspicuous microphones) from any location (e.g. at work or at home, at school, on the road, on travel, in a tele-collaborative environment, in an emergency room).
As the network evolves to bridge the gap between the person requesting service and the service provider, this network connection has to be as reliable and secure as if the service provider were in the same room. The network must be able to provide the required bandwidth for different multi-media stream formats (text, audio, and video) with (almost) no time delay, and even be able to flexibly change bandwidth requirements on demand during a session. Eventually a network featured with a sophisticated "Quality of Service" (QoS) implementation could meet these requirements.
3.2 Challenges for a Common Service Framework
In order to develop a common service framework for modality translation and assistance services on demand a standard meeting the following requirements would be needed (this standard may be part of a broader standard for Internet-based services):
- Provides a mechanism for registering service providers so that a service request could automatically be directed to an available service implementation.
- Provides a common service description scheme in order to distinguish different service types and features.
- Provides a mechanism for automatic dispatching of service requests, taking into account user preferences and service availability. (Consider commercial and volunteer models for service provision.)
- Specifies common formats for multi-media streams (text, audio, and video) that are appropriate for all access devices (see above).
- Provides a mechanism for splitting off and merging streams in a virtual meeting. Several combinations of services may be used in a virtual meeting, with each combination used by a different subset of users, spread over several locations.
- Specifies a registry and common formats for globally available speaker profiles (for speech recognition service).
- Modularity: Allows that services may be combined (e.g. speech recognition and video description for a deaf-blind person) and concatenated (e.g. print recognition feeds international language translation service for the translation of a restaurant menu card).
- Allows seamless switching of the user's access devices within a session (e.g. when leaving home the user wants to switch from the desktop computer to a cell phone).
- Allows seamless switching of the service provider within a session (facilitating shift changes during a session).
- Provides for micro-payment model for accounting and charging for delivered services. This includes third party payment models.
- Accommodates a wide range of security and privacy technologies.
3.3 Challenges for an Automated Service Model
Humans can provide all services mentioned in the Modality Translation and Assistance Services on Demand concept today. Connecting to human-assisted remote services facilitated by a globally available and reliable network represents a time-efficient and flexible service provision model, as opposed to the traditional model requiring advance arrangement, traveling and on-site presence of the service provider.However, automated service applications implemented in the local and network enhanced layer could facilitate a more cost-effective service model. Among the services, some (speech recognition, international language translation, and print recognition) are available as automated services today, but often rely on human assistance for verifying results and making corrections if needed (human-assisted layer). For the other services (sign language, sign language recognition, assistance/mentoring, language simplification, and image/video description) there are no implementations yet mature enough to be used even in conjunction with human assistance.For each of these services we identify research issues and challenges, mainly in the area of artificial intelligence and natural language processing that need to be addressed in order to develop highly sophisticated, automated implementations for modality translation and assistance services on demand:
- Research Issues and Challenges for Speech Recognition Service. Today's speech recognition works moderately well on modern desktop computers and for speakers that have trained the system in advance. However, highly accurate voice recognition technologies that can adapt themselves to any speaker, suppress disturbing influences like background noise, and improve recognition quality on the fly are needed. By recognizing the speaker's voice and its parameters, systems could automatically tap into globally available profiles. Grammatical and semantic analysis may further improve accuracy. One of the main challenges is to derive implementations that can run on handheld devices. However, mobile devices of tomorrow may have the same computational power as desktop computers today.
- Research Issues and Challenges for Sign Language Service. A sign language service implementation consists of three consecutive tasks: speech recognition (optional), machine translation, and sign language rendering (signing avatar). More Research on sophisticated linguistical models for sign language processing is mostly needed. Advances in the area of human modeling and computer-generated animation could eventually facilitate a speaking interlocutor being "morphed" into a signing avatar so that the person who is speaking will appear to be signing.
- Research Issues and Challenges for Sign Language Recognition Service. A sign language recognition service implementation consists of three consecutive tasks: sign tracking, machine translation, and text-to-speech translation (optional). The greatest challenges here are developing the advanced algorithms for face recognition and tracking of upper body movements necessary to deliver high-quality input for the machine translation process, and developing the sign gesture recognition system.
- Research Issues and Challenges for International Language Translation Service. This service will benefit from intensive research and world-wide collaborations in the area of natural language processing and machine translation. Challenges are mostly caused by the complexity and context-sensitive nature of human language. Progress made in this area will also facilitate other services being implemented.
- Research Issues and Challenges for Assistance/Mentoring Service. We anticipate that this service could be partly provided by automatic service implementations made possible by emerging Artificial Intelligence technologies. Expert systems should respond to and generate output in natural language, providing answers for special knowledge areas (e.g. help desk), and even assist in making every-day decisions in the lives of cognitively impaired and mentally retarded persons.
- Research Issues and Challenges for Language Simplification Service. An automatic implementation of this service depends on advancements in processing and generating natural language, machine translation, and information extraction algorithms. Eventually a language simplification system should react to questions and commands in natural language, and simultaneously adapting to the user's language level.
- Research Issues and Challenges for Print Recognition Service. Optical character recognition (OCR) provides the basis for an automated implementation of this service. The main challenge for this service is to harness heuristics and Artificial Intelligence technologies to facilitate the process of serializing the textual parts of a complex layout (e.g. graphically arranged text, frames and columns), if no structural information for the document is available.
- Research Issues and Challenges for Image/Video Description Service. An automatic implementation would involve advanced image and pattern recognition algorithms, combined with natural language generation. The eventual goal for a fully-automated service implementation is to provide verbal descriptions for images and video that are indistinguishable from those of a human narrator.
For all these services, the "Try Harder" feature allows for a smooth transition from inferior to superior automated implementations, and from automated to human-provided service implementations. Beyond the challenges of implementing the individual services in an automated manner, there is the overall challenge of an automatic "Try Harder" feature. This feature could be facilitated by the services implementing a probabilistical model keeping track of the probabilities of the provided output. Then, based on heuristics, a more sophisticated service implementation (machine or human-based) could be automatically consulted for certain parts of the problem, or the whole assignment could be transferred to a superior (or inferior) service implementation, if appropriate.
4 Related Work
Applications and services that provide personal translation and assistance services similar to those described in this paper, are envisioned by researchers, developers, and service providers. Some interesting research and development results in this area are mentioned below. Once a service infrastructure is built up, these service implementations (or their successors) could be integrated into the concert of personal services on demand.
The company Vcom3D produces signing avatar software[3], that uses scripting technology to convey Web content by signing (see Figure 2). The TEAM system[4] uses a machine translation approach to translate English sentences to American Sign Language rendered by an avatar application. The ViSiCAST project[5] features a signing avatar that translates standardized content of a weather forecast Web page into several European sign languages. The iCommunicator[6] is a computer-based system providing speech to text translation, and speech to sign language translation via digital movie images. The SignTel interpreter[7] is a similar system. The Media Access Group[8] at Boston's WGBH provides text captioning and descriptive video services for the media industry. Ultratec in Madison, Wisconsin, provides a speech-to-text service called "FASTRAN" for telephone users with special premises[9]. The Trace R&D Center has demonstrated the application of speech-to-text translation to tele-collaborative environments at the SuperComputing conference 2001 in Denver, Colorado[10].
Figure 2: Signing Avatar 1.0 from Vcom3D
In the area of potential architectures, Foster and Kesselman (1999)[11]provide input for several aspects of the Modality Translation and Assistance Services on Demand concept, including communication and security issues. Postel and Touch (1999)[12]mention the convergence of media, of telephony, cable television, radio, and the Internet as a possible driving factor for a future network infrastructure. Foster (2000)[13] developed a set of requirements for an "Integrated Grid Architecture" and presents a candidate structure for this architecture.
Another potential architecture model is the eCommerce driven Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) standard[14] which aims to connect buyers, suppliers, marketplaces, and service providers within a global, open electronic business framework.
5 Conclusion
The "Modality Translation and Assistance Services on Demand" concept has the potential to improve the quality of life for everybody regarding human-to-human communication, access to information, and independent living. Moreover, it seamlessly integrates the needs for people with disabilities into a more general network based service delivery model.
We have identified some challenges for building an infrastructure for Internet-based personal services on demand. In order to reach this goal, we rely on advancements in three areas. First, computer networks are needed that can make these services available to anybody from any location, on a reliable basis. Second, Web-based middleware standards are needed to provide a service framework that accommodates the structural needs of a common service infrastructure. And finally, advances in the area of Artificial Intelligence and natural language processing are needed in order to create fully automated implementations of these services, thus lessening today's dependence on expensive human assistance.
6 References
[1] Zimmermann, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2001, March). Translation on Demand Anytime and Anywhere. CSUN's Sixteenth Annual International Conference, Los Angeles, California, March 19-24, 2001. Retrieved Aug. 14, 2001, from the World Wide Web.
[2] Vanderheiden, G. (in press). Telecommunications Accessibility and Future Directions. In: Abascal, & Nicolle, (eds.). Inclusive Guidelines for HCI. Taylor & Francis Ltd., in press.
[3] Wideman, C.; & Popson, S. (2001). Sign Language Assistive Technology Offers Access to Digital Media. Proceedings of CSUN's Sixteenth Annual International Conference on "Technology And Persons With Disabilities", Los Angeles, CA, March 19 - 24, 2001. Retrieved Aug. 14, 2001, from the World Wide Web.
[4] Zhao, L.; Kipper, K.; Schuler, W.; & Badler, N. (2000). A Machine Translation System from English to American Sign Language. Proceedings of AMTA-2000: Envisioning Machine Translation in the Information Future, Mexico, 2000.
[5] Verlinden, M.; Tijsseling, C.; & Frowein, H. (2001). A Signing Avatar on the WWW. International Gesture Workshop 2001, City University, London, April 2001. Retrieved Aug. 14, 2001, from the World Wide Web.
[6] Teach The Deaf, Interactive Solutions, Florida.
[7] SignTel Inc., Connecticut.
[8] Media Access Group, WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts.
[9] Ultratec (2000). Some ultratec.com. Service announcement Aug. 2000. Retrieved Aug. 14, 2001, from the World Wide Web.
[10] Gores, N. (2002). Building an Accessible Access Grid. NCSA Access Online, Jan. 15, 2002. Retrieved Jan. 25, 2002, from the World Wide Web.
[11] Foster, I., & Kesselman, C. (1999). The Globus Toolkit. In: Foster, I., & Kesselman, C. (editors). The Grid Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure (chapter 11, pp. 259-278). San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann.
[12] Postel, J., & Touch, J. (1999). Network Infrastructure. In: Foster, I., & Kesselman, C. (editors). The Grid Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure (chapter 21, pp. 533-566). San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann.
[13] Foster, I. (2000). Building the Grid: An Integrated Services and Toolkit Architecture for Next Generation Networked Applications (Draft). Retrieved Aug. 14, 2001, from the World Wide Web.
[14] Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI).
This work was partly funded by the National Science Foundation (USA) via the Alliance Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure within the Education, Outreach and Training (EOT) program; and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), US Department of Education under grants H133E980008, & H133E990006. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not the funding agencies.
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Samsung GALAXY S II PlusCompare7.5 reviewSamsung just announced the rumored Galaxy S II Plus on the hush-hush, and the specs don't differ from the ones it had on its 2011 flagship, but the phone is breathed new life by loading it from the get-go with Android 4.1.2. It also supplied it with its latest Nature UX interface, which features options like Smart Stay that keeps the screen on when you are are looking at it, and PopUp Play, which detaches the current video in a separate hover window, so you can do something else underneath. Other than that, the specs stay a 4.3" WVGA Super AMOLED Plus display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, a gig of RAM, 8 GB of storage plus a microSD slot, 21Mbps HSPA+ radio, and an 8 MP rear camera with zero shutter lag this time.+ View Specs
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Samsung Galaxy GrandCompare8 reviewThe Galaxy Grand is mostly about having a big screen at an affordable price. The screen is not HD, it is not a high-resolution display, but instead to arrive at that price Samsung had to pick a WVGA, or 480 x 800-pixel panel. That works out to a pixel density of around 186ppi, which is far from retina and decisively mid-range, so you'd be able to see some jagged edges on icons. Under the hood, the Samsung Galaxy Grand runs on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor of unknown breed, and on the back there is a capable 8-megapixel camera. Good news is there is little shutter-lag and start-up is allegedly quick. The camera features backside illumination sensor (BIS) for better shots in low-light conditions, and it is capable of recording 1080p video. The Grand also has a front-facing, 2-megapixel camera for video calling. It all runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, which should mean that performance is smooth lag-free with Project Butter.+ View Specs
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Samsung Rugby IIICompare3 reviewThe Samsung Rugby III offers military-grade resilience to the elements paired with Enhanced PTT service from AT&T. The fifth-gen Rugby series phone can survive all kinds of torture, including drops and shock, all the while being highly resistant to water and dust damage. Flip the Samsung Rugby III open and you'll be greeted by a 2.4-inch QVGA display. There is a 3-megapixel camera on its back side, and a GPS radio can navigate your way around with the help of AT&T Navigator. There is a dedicated PTT button on the handset's side for convenience.+ View Specs
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Samsung ATIV OdysseyCompare7 reviewThe Samsung ATIV Odyssey will support LTE, but it will also be a global ready smartphone. The handset will be 4.82-inches high, 2.51-inches wide and 0.43-inches thick. With a slightly larger battery at 2,100mAh, and a smaller 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED screen, the ATIV Odyssey will weigh less than its counterparts at 4.41 ounces. The main camera is 5MP, will be able to shoot 1080p video and the front facing camera is 1.2MP which will be able to record 720p video. Power is managed by the same 1.5GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor found in the other Windows Phone 8 devices sold in the US. On board there is 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, plus the aforementioned microSD expansion. Samsung will have some of its own apps on the Odyssey, Now, Mini Diary and Photo Editor. NFC is supported, but wireless charging will not be available.+ View Specs
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Samsung Galaxy AxiomCompareSamsung Galaxy Axiom is a mid-range device quite similar to the Galaxy S III mini. There are, however, a few notable differences between the two. To start, there is no word of an AMOLED panel being present on its front. Instead, the Samsung Galaxy Axiom is equipped with a 4-inch TFT screen offering 480 by 800 pixels of resolution. The processor inside it is a dual-core chip running at 1.2GHz. You also get a pair of cameras – a 5-megapixel one with LED flash on the back and a 1.3MP cam for video chats up front. Further down the specs sheet we see 4GB of internal storage that can be expanded by popping in a microSD card and a 2,100mAh battery good for 7.5 hours of talk time. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich comes pre-loaded with goodies like S Beam and S Voice. Last but not least the Galaxy Axiom runs on the U.S. Cellular 4G LTE network for speedy internet access.+ View Specs
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Samsung M400CompareSamsung M400 is a basic clamshell phone with a 2.4" main display and a 1.3MP camera.+ View Specs
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1CompareThe Sprint flavor of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is the same Android tablet featuring a 10.1 inch screen with several Samsung apps pre-loaded such as Media Hub and Smart Remote. There is also a 7000mAh battery inside to power the tablet.+ View Specs
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Samsung GALAXY MusicCompare7 reviewThe Samsung GALAXY Music is an android 4.0 ICS smartphone with a 3-inch QVGA display, 3G connectivity and 3MP camera. It is powered by a 850MHz ARM processor, 512MB and provides 4GB of onboard storage, which can be expanded by up to 32GB microSD card.+ View Specs
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Watch This Baby Lose Her Mind Over Katy Perry's 'Dark Horse' [VIDEO]
Having a rough morning? Take a cue from this adorable baby and banish that cranky attitude with a little help from Katy Perry's 'Dark Horse'.
Having a rough morning? Take a cue from this adorable baby and banish that cranky attitude with a little help from Katy Perry's 'Dark Horse'.
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Apparently divorcing her ex-husband Russell Brand wasn't quite enough for Katy Perry. The pop star is looking to clear her marriage slate by seeking an annulment.
Katy Perry debuted the first advertisement for her latest perfume, Royal Revolution, on Instagram today (July 1).
The 'Birthday' singer just accomplished an incredible feat -- she just became the most certified digital artist in music history, meaning that she has received more gold and platinum certifications than any other digital artist. Work it, girl!
As a follow-up to her hilariously crazy music video 'Birthday,' Katy Perry is releasing "unseen footage" from the production featuring each of her five disorderly characters. Watch the behind-the-scenes video here!
Katy Perry has done it all — she's released platinum albums, toured all over the world, debuted a big-screen movie and signature fragrance. Now, the pop star is taking on another side of the music biz with Metamorphosis Music, a joint venture record label with Capital Records.
In July, Katy Perry will have the honor of being Cosmopolitan's first global cover girl. Perry will grace the covers of Cosmo around the world, including Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, UK and more.
Perry is interviewed by talk show host and comedian Chelsea Handler for the magazine, and Perry opens up about her exes, dating and her sex life.
John Mayer was asked by TMZ on the idea that his ex Katy Perry will be writing songs about him. "You're supposed to write songs. You're just not supposed to tell everyone you're doing it."
We love the fierce determination at the root of Katy Perry's 2013 hit, 'Roar,' but the song tugged at our heartstrings in an entirely different way when covered by a five-year-old cancer patient.
This might be the sweetest video we have seen all week! 5-year-old Kai Langer, aka the most adorable little kid on the planet, stopped by the 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' to chat with the host and show off his rendition of Katy Perry's anthem, 'Roar.'
Pop and country are colliding not just on Taylor Swift albums, but at the taping of the 'CMT Crossroads' Katy Perry x Kacey Musgraves special. Get a sneak peek at some pics and some video from the performance.


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text: QSpace Collection: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/790 2016-09-27T01:57:57Z Design and Synthesis of Acridine-Based Macrocyclic G-Quadruplex DNA Ligands http://hdl.handle.net/1974/14963 Title: Design and Synthesis of Acridine-Based Macrocyclic G-Quadruplex DNA Ligands Authors: Mahmoudi, Farnaz Abstract: DNA sequences that are rich in the guanine nucleic base possess the ability to fold into higher order structures called G-quadruplexes. These higher level structures are formed as a result of two sets of four guanine bases hydrogen-bonding together in a planar arrangement called a guanine quartet. Guanine quartets subsequently stack upon each other to form quadruplexes. G-quadruplexes are mainly localized in telomeres as well as in oncogene promoters. One unique and promising therapeutic approach against cancer involves targeting and stabilizing G-quadruplexes with small molecules, generally in order to suppress oncogene expression and telomerase enzyme activity; the latter has been found to contribute to "out-of control" cell growth in ca. 80-85% of all cancer cells and primary tumours while being absent in normal somatic cells. In this work, we present efforts towards designing and synthesizing acridine-based macrocycles (Mh) and (Mb) with the purpose of providing potential G4 ligands that are suited for selective binding to G4 vs. duplex DNA, and stabilize G-quadruplex structures. Two ligands described in this study include an acridine core which provides an aromatic surface capable of π-π interactions with the surface of G-quadruplexes. The successful synthesis of 4,5-diaminoacridine is described in chapter 2, as an essential fragment of the macrocycles (Mh) and (Mb). In order to investigate the synthetic method for macrocyclization, model compounds composing almost half of the designed macrocycles were explored. As discussed in chapter 3, the synthesis of the model compound for (Mb) turned out to be challenging. However, as a step towards the synthesis of (Mh), the synthesis of the hydrogen-containing model compound, which is almost half of the desired macrocycle (Mh) was achieved in our group and proved to be promising. Description: Thesis (Master, Chemistry) -- Queen's University, 2016-09-23 14:38:18.679 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z DEVELOPMENT OF A CONDENSED PHASE VELOCITY MAP IMAGING APPARATUS: DISSOCIATION PHOTODYNAMICS OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE AT 355 NM http://hdl.handle.net/1974/14824 Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A CONDENSED PHASE VELOCITY MAP IMAGING APPARATUS: DISSOCIATION PHOTODYNAMICS OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE AT 355 NM Authors: Walker, STEPHEN Abstract: The photochemistry of the polar regions of Earth, as well as the interstellar medium, is driven by the effect of ultraviolet radiation on ice surfaces and on the materials trapped within them. While the area of ice photochemistry is vast and much research has been completed, it has only recently been possible to study the dynamics of these processes on a microscopic level. One of the leading techniques for studying photoreaction dynamics is Velocity Map Imaging (VMI). This technique has been used extensively to study several types of reaction dynamics processes. Although the majority of these studies have utilized molecular beams as the main medium for reactants, new studies showed the versatility of the technique when applied to molecular dynamics of molecules adsorbed on metal surfaces. Herein the development of a velocity map imaging apparatus capable of studying the photochemistry of condensed phase materials is described. The apparatus is used to study of the photo-reactivity of NO2 condensed within argon matrices to illustrate its capabilities. A doped ice surface is formed by condensing Ar and NO2 gas onto a sapphire rod which is cooled using a helium compressor to 20 K. The matrix is irradiated using an Nd:YAG laser at 355 nm, and the resulting NO fragment is state-selectively ionized using an excimer-pumped dye laser. In all, we are able to detect transient photochemically generated species and can collect information on their quantum state and kinetic energy distribution. It is found that the REMPI spectra changes as different sections of the dissociating cloud are probed. The rotational and translational energy populations are found to be bimodal with a low temperature component roughly at the temperature of the matrix, and a second component with much higher temperature, the rotational temperature showing a possible population inversion, and the translational temperature of 100-200 K. The low temperature translational component is found to dominate at long delay times between dissociation and ionization, while at short time delays the high temperature component plays a larger role. The velocity map imaging technique allows for the detection of both the axial and radial components of the translational energy. The distribution of excess energy over the rotational, electronic and translational states of the NO photofragments provides evidence for collisional quenching of the fragments in the Ar-matrix prior to their desorption. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Chemistry) -- Queen's University, 2016-08-31 14:19:09.536 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Fiber-optic vibration sensing of cantilevers immersed in fluids http://hdl.handle.net/1974/14728 Title: Fiber-optic vibration sensing of cantilevers immersed in fluids Authors: Freytag, Annica Abstract: An all fiber-optical method to monitor densities and viscosities of liquids utilizing a steel cantilever (4 x 0.3 x 0.08 cm3) is presented. The actuation is performed by photothermally heating the cantilever at its base with an intensity-modulated 808 nm diode laser. The cantilever vibrations are picked up by an in-fiber Fabry Perot cavity sensor attached along the length of the cantilever. The fluid properties can be related to the resonance characteristics of the cantilever, e.g. a shift in the resonance frequency corresponds to a change in fluid density, and the width of the resonance peak gives information on the dynamic viscosity after calibration of the system. Aqueous glycerol, sucrose and ethanol samples in the range of 0.79–1.32 gcm−3 (density) and 0.89–702 mPas (viscosity) were used to investigate the limits of the sensor. A good agreement with literature values could be found with an average deviation of around 10 % for the dynamic viscosities, and 5–16 % for the mass densities. A variety of clear and opaque commercial spirits and an unknown viscous sample, e.g. home-made maple syrup, were analyzed and compared to literature values. The unique detection mechanism allows for the characterization of opaque samples and is superior to conventional microcantilever sensors. The method is expected to be beneficial in various industrial sectors such as quality control of food samples. Description: Thesis (Master, Chemistry) -- Queen's University, 2016-08-17 07:44:06.58 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Characterization of New Carbosilane Liquid Crystalline Monomers and Dimers http://hdl.handle.net/1974/14717 Title: Characterization of New Carbosilane Liquid Crystalline Monomers and Dimers Authors: Hosawi, SARAH Abstract: 'De Vries-like' smectic liquid crystals exhibit low layer contraction of approximately 1% on transitions from the SmA to the SmC phase. These materials have received considerable attention as potential solutions for problems affecting liquid crystal displays using surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals (SSFLC). In SSFLCs, layer contraction of 710% is normally observed during the SmA to SmC phase transition. A study by the Lemieux group has shown that liquid crystals with nanosegregating carbosilane segments exhibit enhanced 'de Vries-like' properties through the formation of smectic layers and by lengthening the nanosegregating carbosilane end-groups from monocarbosilane to tricarbosilane. This observed enhancement is assumed to be due to an increase in the cross-section of the free volume in the hydrocarbon sub-layer. To test this hypothesis, it is assumed that dimers with a tricarbosilane linking group have smaller cross-sections on time average. In his thesis, this hypothesis is tested through the characterization of new liquid crystalline monomers (QL39-n) and dimers (QL40-n) with 2-phenylpyrimidine cores and tricarbosilane end-groups and spacers, respectively. The thesis describes the synthesis of two homologous series of liquid crystals and their characterization using a variety of techniques, including polarized optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. The results show that the monomers QL39-n form a tilted SmC phase only, whereas the dimers QL40-n form an orthogonal SmA phase. These results are discussed in the context of our hypothesis. Description: Thesis (Master, Chemistry) -- Queen's University, 2016-08-13 05:48:50.237 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z


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Prior to joining Hoover, he was an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
In addition to his research and writing, he practiced law with Boyden Gray & Associates, writing briefs on constitutional and regulatory issues in the Supreme Court and various other federal courts. (He continues to be "of counsel" to the firm in three pending cases involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Communications Commission.) Previously, he was a senior associate with Baker Botts, working on various constitutional and regulatory matters, including energy infrastructure regulation.
In 2015 he was appointed to the leadership council of the American Bar Association's Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, where he co-chairs the Judicial Review committee and co-directs its Supreme Court Series. He also is a member of the executive committee of the Federalist Society's Administrative Law & Regulation Practice Group.
He received his J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School, and his B.B.A. (economics) from the University of Iowa College of Business. He clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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Brand-new Flaming Lips track scores 'epic' Hyundai Super Bowl spot
The Flaming Lips are invading this year's Super Bowl. Sort of.
The quirky rock band have composed a brand new song for Hyundai's latest commercial, a 60-second spot entitled "Epic Playdate" that's set to air during Sunday's big game.
The slick new ad, which debuted earlier today on Billboard.com, sees an "average suburban family" going on a series of adventures in their new Hyundai sport-utility vehicle, all scored to the upbeat new Lips tune "Sun Blows Up Today" (the band members themselves also make an appearance). The song - which plays over scenes of the seemingly-innocuous clan engaging in a series of "rebellious" activities (including going for a joyride in one of the giant clear balloons regularly crowdsurfed in by Lips frontman Wayne Coyne) - will also be included as a bonus track on the iTunes release of the group's forthcoming album "The Terror."
"The Flaming Lips are very much like Hyundai," Hyundai marketing VP Steve Shannon assured Billboard. "They're a little offbeat. They've been around a long time and they continue to reinvent themselves."
Added Warner Bros. Records exec Lori Feldman, senior VP of the label's brand partnerships division: "Hyundai really understands and appreciates what the Flaming Lips are all about."
As an added bonus for the band, the Korean carmaker will give away 100,000 free downloads of the song via their website in order to build awareness for the new album.
"The Terror" hits stores on April 2. Super Bowl XLVII airs this Sunday.
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