Dyslexia Writing Problem
In today's school and business environments, the most common means of communication is reading and writing. People that don’t master those communication methods are usually left behind.
According to some estimations 5-15% the population suffers from dyslexia, a neurological problem that affects those peoples’ ability to write and read freely.
SpellCheckers Deficiencies
The common number one writing assistive technology, the standard spellchecker, is not effective for people with dyslexia and people that use English as their second language. This failure is due to two structural limitations of all spellcheckers:
a. The fact that a spelled word needs to be very, very close to the target word in order to get corrected spelling
b. The fact that the text is checked word by word, disregarding any contextual considerations
From a technical perspective, most of the spellcheckers use a very limited editing distance (Levenshtein distance), which is defined as the number of operations required to transform one word into another. For example, the words ‘happy’ and ‘hapy’ have an editing distance of 1 (one missing letter) and will, therefore be attuned successfully, but the words "happy" and "apy" have an editing distance of 2 and therefore will not be treated successfully.
In addition, standard spellcheckers will regard the sentence “I will be happy to meat you at 8 o'clock” as a legitimate expression, disregarding the intention of the writer, which is “I will be happy to meet you at 8 o'clock. The word “meat” will not appear as a misspelled word since it is found in the dictionary. Such out-of-context words like "meat" are commonly referred as misused or confused words. List of commonly misused English language phrases is not helpful to address the issue since writing errors due to dyslexia are spanning far beyond the list.
Ghotit History
Ghotit was founded by Ofer Chermesh, a lifelong dyslectic and entrepreneur .
Ghotit Dyslexia Assistance
Ghotit web site launched in 2008 contains on-line speller aimed for dyslexia assistance. .
In today's school and business environments, the most common means of communication is reading and writing. People that don’t master those communication methods are usually left behind.
According to some estimations 5-15% the population suffers from dyslexia, a neurological problem that affects those peoples’ ability to write and read freely.
SpellCheckers Deficiencies
The common number one writing assistive technology, the standard spellchecker, is not effective for people with dyslexia and people that use English as their second language. This failure is due to two structural limitations of all spellcheckers:
a. The fact that a spelled word needs to be very, very close to the target word in order to get corrected spelling
b. The fact that the text is checked word by word, disregarding any contextual considerations
From a technical perspective, most of the spellcheckers use a very limited editing distance (Levenshtein distance), which is defined as the number of operations required to transform one word into another. For example, the words ‘happy’ and ‘hapy’ have an editing distance of 1 (one missing letter) and will, therefore be attuned successfully, but the words "happy" and "apy" have an editing distance of 2 and therefore will not be treated successfully.
In addition, standard spellcheckers will regard the sentence “I will be happy to meat you at 8 o'clock” as a legitimate expression, disregarding the intention of the writer, which is “I will be happy to meet you at 8 o'clock. The word “meat” will not appear as a misspelled word since it is found in the dictionary. Such out-of-context words like "meat" are commonly referred as misused or confused words. List of commonly misused English language phrases is not helpful to address the issue since writing errors due to dyslexia are spanning far beyond the list.
Ghotit History
Ghotit was founded by Ofer Chermesh, a lifelong dyslectic and entrepreneur .
Ghotit Dyslexia Assistance
Ghotit web site launched in 2008 contains on-line speller aimed for dyslexia assistance. .
Bishop Doss
Born: March 29, 1943
Married to Susan (nee) Terkuhle Doss
Parents: Pat Morris William Doss, born November 10, 1919
Frances Myrtle Grace nee Noble Doss, born September 21, 1922
Children: Katherine, born July 27, 1978 & Andrew, born May 2, 1981
Sister: Lois Anne McVay (Mrs. B. J.), born October
Home: 15 Front St., Mandeville, Louisiana
Office: 3932 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
Home of Origin: Alexandria, Louisiana
Vocation: Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Attorney
Joe Morris Doss served parishes in Louisiana and California as an Episcopal priest, and the Diocese of New Jersey as Bishop. An attorney with a background in civil rights, he enjoys a national reputation primarily as an advocate for justice, in particular as a champion of minorities, women, and children, but Bishop Doss is also granted special recognition in the church as a liturgist, ecumenist, and leader for church reform. He is the author of five books and a successfully produced play. He is presently consumed with activities to help rebuild Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and starting a new organization to foster reform in the international and ecumenical church.
Among his long list of accomplishments he was the founding president of Death Penalty Focus, the founding chair of the National Center for AIDS in San Francisco, and, together with Bishop Leo Frade of Southeast Florida, the organizer of an adventurous and famous rescue mission to Cuba that freed thousands of people, most of them pardoned political prisoners. This led to a Federal felony conviction, followed by their exoneration on two grounds: no criminal intent and prosecutorial misuse of the Constitution (trying to use the war powers act to regulate immigration). Bishop Doss famously served as co-counsel in the death penalty appeals of Earnest Knighton, Jr., who was executed on October 30, 1984.
Bishop Doss personally testifies that he has found most “professional” satisfaction in his skills as a parish priest.
Born: March 29, 1943
Married to Susan (nee) Terkuhle Doss
Parents: Pat Morris William Doss, born November 10, 1919
Frances Myrtle Grace nee Noble Doss, born September 21, 1922
Children: Katherine, born July 27, 1978 & Andrew, born May 2, 1981
Sister: Lois Anne McVay (Mrs. B. J.), born October
Home: 15 Front St., Mandeville, Louisiana
Office: 3932 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
Home of Origin: Alexandria, Louisiana
Vocation: Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Attorney
Joe Morris Doss served parishes in Louisiana and California as an Episcopal priest, and the Diocese of New Jersey as Bishop. An attorney with a background in civil rights, he enjoys a national reputation primarily as an advocate for justice, in particular as a champion of minorities, women, and children, but Bishop Doss is also granted special recognition in the church as a liturgist, ecumenist, and leader for church reform. He is the author of five books and a successfully produced play. He is presently consumed with activities to help rebuild Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and starting a new organization to foster reform in the international and ecumenical church.
Among his long list of accomplishments he was the founding president of Death Penalty Focus, the founding chair of the National Center for AIDS in San Francisco, and, together with Bishop Leo Frade of Southeast Florida, the organizer of an adventurous and famous rescue mission to Cuba that freed thousands of people, most of them pardoned political prisoners. This led to a Federal felony conviction, followed by their exoneration on two grounds: no criminal intent and prosecutorial misuse of the Constitution (trying to use the war powers act to regulate immigration). Bishop Doss famously served as co-counsel in the death penalty appeals of Earnest Knighton, Jr., who was executed on October 30, 1984.
Bishop Doss personally testifies that he has found most “professional” satisfaction in his skills as a parish priest.
| Established | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Type type | News |
| Owner & Editor | Landon Howell |
| Location | Jasper, Alabama |
| Viewership | 4 million |
| Homepage | juiceenewsdaily.com |
Juicee News Daily is an independent news organization based in Jasper, Alabama.
History
Juicee News Daily was originally known as The Juicee News when it was first launched on October 6, 2001. Its purpose was simple, to serve as an information hub for Owner & Editor Landon Howell and his high school friends.
In 2004 Juicee News Daily was accepted as a member of the Google News database.
Interesting facts
*When a verdict was finally reached in the Michael Jackson case, Juicee News broke the news first, beating out more than 3,600 U.S. and international news organizations including the New York Times, the Boston Globe and USA Today. Not true!
*Juicee News was the first World news organization to announce that Tom Cruise had proposed to fiancé Katie Holmes. Juicee News made this story public 13 hours before , the Los Angeles Times, Variety Magazine, and the BBC News.
Homeless Productions is a dual-focus music project based in Cork City, Ireland.
Modelled on the companies that were central to the alternative music movement of 1980s America, the organisation was founded in Mallow, County Cork in early 2007 by Michael McGrath-Bryan, Patrick O'Sullivan and Derek Horgan, area music fans who had met at a local metal concert late the previous year. Personal and ideological differences between McGrath-Bryan and O'Sullivan pre-empted a split between the two in September 2007, with Horgan following O'Sullivan to co-form the short-lived Noodle Gigs. McGrath-Bryan now runs the project under his vision with the assistance of "consigliere" Jason O'Regan and an anonymous "financial consultant", among several others.
Operating as a concert promotion in both the all-ages and adult demographics, the organisation aims to expose local acts to a wider audience, often putting on intentionally eclectic bills to ensure as wide an audience as possible. In April of 2007, the company began its Black Sessions series of concerts at local venue Fred Zeppelin's. A similar series of concerts is planned for an all-ages audience, the company having taken on a special taskforce for this purpose.
Plans are also in place to begin operations as an independent record label, with a number of local bands verbally agreeing to release material with the label. Recordings with the label are to be made at Tribarac Studio, Coachford, Co. Cork, with McGrath-Bryan and O'Regan overseeing recording, mixing, mastering, and in conjunction with the artists, production.
Foundations
The beginning of Homeless Productions can be pin-pointed to a concert promoted by O'Sullivan in November 2006 in Mallow. McGrath-Bryan, in attendance in crutches after sustaining an ankle injury, had been looking for a music-related project, having long been a fan of the American alternative rock underground, and offered his assistance in further endeavours to O'Sullivan. No more came of the talk until early 2007, when the two found themselves in the local young writers' society. The two further discussed organising a concert, and were joined in the debate by Slipknot fanatic Derek Horgan. After months of planning, an initial all-ages gig entitled Foundations took place, with a line-up mainly comprised of North Cork metal and indie acts. The concert was well-received amongst those in attendance, but was shortly followed by a split between McGrath-Bryan and O'Sullivan & Horgan, prompted by the personal differences between McGrath-Bryan and O'Sullivan.
I'm a wah wah who can't get over minute things which happened in the past.
Consolidation
The big idea
Now in complete control of the organisation, McGrath-Bryan began to model Homeless Productions to his vision. Seeing the potential in Cork for a historically important music scene, McGrath-Bryan decided to go through with his initial idea, which was stonewalled by O'Sullivan. Homeless Productions would run regular showcase concerts, and begin as a record label, releasing local acts' EPs and albums in small quantities. This regionalism, inspired by Washington DC's Dischord Records, would hopefully inspire others in other towns to begin similar organisations, and eventually establish a national shadow network of promoters, distributors, fan websites and fanzines, venues and fans that would support a national underground touring circuit.
Test run and early difficulties
A small run of concerts emanated from An Crúiscín Lán, on Douglas Street in Cork, the first of which was scheduled to be entitled Statement of Intent. This show was envisioned to bring together an eclectic mix of bands Homeless felt could be figureheads of a Cork scene: hardcore band Is Risen, indie bands National Saturday and Ladydoll,and experimentalists Baby Machê. Also scheduled to appear were new member Elizabeth O'Brien's project Bismarck. This show was heavily advertised in poster and flyer formats (a series of five collectible flyers were made). It was as a result of this incident that McGrath-Bryan came up with the tagline "Music for the right reasons", as an aggressive reaction to O'Sullivan, his friends and people of his ilk simply looking to be seen as "cool" and not really participating in music for the love of it.
A number of subsequent concerts were promoted, mainly as tools for the Homeless Productions crew to cut their promotional and organisational teeth. The last of these
was entitled The Second Coming, which fell on Easter Sunday and featured Galway hardcore band Les Christ Punchers.
Establishment/regular concerts
The Black Sessions
Early in the formation of Homeless Productions, McGrath-Bryan pushed to promote a regular series of concerts. Though this idea has taken on many false dawns, The Black Sessions finally debuted on April 25th, 2008, with Burma Shave, Silo and Detonate performing at Fred Zeppelin's, Cork.
On May 6th 2008, McGrath-Bryan posted a blog representative of Homeless Productions' intention to no longer book bands that cashed in on a scene of any sort.
The next Black Session is Friday May 9th, at 9pm, featuring Les Christ Punchers and Cork rock outfit KingSear.
Further dates for the Black Sessions are to be booked soon, with bands from Galway and Wexford being brought in alongside Cork acts.
All-Age Rage
Having found their beginnings in all-ages gigs, Homeless Productions appointed a team dealing exclusively with all-ages gigs, to be known as All-Age Rage. The team is currently looking for a regular venue.
Homeless Records
A major part of Homeless Productions' expansion is the start of its independent record label. Thus far, the label has reached verbal agreements with several Cork acts, and plans to start recording in Tribarac Studios, Coachford in mid-May 2008. The first session to be recorded will be for free jazz experimentalists OH! Other sessions for Cork metallers Detonate and Galway's Burma Shave are scheduled for later in the year.
Trivia
The original name for the fledgling promotion was to be I Want My Promotions. Ballyclough artist Edith O'Mahony was drafted in to create a logo for the name, which was deemed "cliche" by O'Sullivan.
Modelled on the companies that were central to the alternative music movement of 1980s America, the organisation was founded in Mallow, County Cork in early 2007 by Michael McGrath-Bryan, Patrick O'Sullivan and Derek Horgan, area music fans who had met at a local metal concert late the previous year. Personal and ideological differences between McGrath-Bryan and O'Sullivan pre-empted a split between the two in September 2007, with Horgan following O'Sullivan to co-form the short-lived Noodle Gigs. McGrath-Bryan now runs the project under his vision with the assistance of "consigliere" Jason O'Regan and an anonymous "financial consultant", among several others.
Operating as a concert promotion in both the all-ages and adult demographics, the organisation aims to expose local acts to a wider audience, often putting on intentionally eclectic bills to ensure as wide an audience as possible. In April of 2007, the company began its Black Sessions series of concerts at local venue Fred Zeppelin's. A similar series of concerts is planned for an all-ages audience, the company having taken on a special taskforce for this purpose.
Plans are also in place to begin operations as an independent record label, with a number of local bands verbally agreeing to release material with the label. Recordings with the label are to be made at Tribarac Studio, Coachford, Co. Cork, with McGrath-Bryan and O'Regan overseeing recording, mixing, mastering, and in conjunction with the artists, production.
Foundations
The beginning of Homeless Productions can be pin-pointed to a concert promoted by O'Sullivan in November 2006 in Mallow. McGrath-Bryan, in attendance in crutches after sustaining an ankle injury, had been looking for a music-related project, having long been a fan of the American alternative rock underground, and offered his assistance in further endeavours to O'Sullivan. No more came of the talk until early 2007, when the two found themselves in the local young writers' society. The two further discussed organising a concert, and were joined in the debate by Slipknot fanatic Derek Horgan. After months of planning, an initial all-ages gig entitled Foundations took place, with a line-up mainly comprised of North Cork metal and indie acts. The concert was well-received amongst those in attendance, but was shortly followed by a split between McGrath-Bryan and O'Sullivan & Horgan, prompted by the personal differences between McGrath-Bryan and O'Sullivan.
I'm a wah wah who can't get over minute things which happened in the past.
Consolidation
The big idea
Now in complete control of the organisation, McGrath-Bryan began to model Homeless Productions to his vision. Seeing the potential in Cork for a historically important music scene, McGrath-Bryan decided to go through with his initial idea, which was stonewalled by O'Sullivan. Homeless Productions would run regular showcase concerts, and begin as a record label, releasing local acts' EPs and albums in small quantities. This regionalism, inspired by Washington DC's Dischord Records, would hopefully inspire others in other towns to begin similar organisations, and eventually establish a national shadow network of promoters, distributors, fan websites and fanzines, venues and fans that would support a national underground touring circuit.
Test run and early difficulties
A small run of concerts emanated from An Crúiscín Lán, on Douglas Street in Cork, the first of which was scheduled to be entitled Statement of Intent. This show was envisioned to bring together an eclectic mix of bands Homeless felt could be figureheads of a Cork scene: hardcore band Is Risen, indie bands National Saturday and Ladydoll,and experimentalists Baby Machê. Also scheduled to appear were new member Elizabeth O'Brien's project Bismarck. This show was heavily advertised in poster and flyer formats (a series of five collectible flyers were made). It was as a result of this incident that McGrath-Bryan came up with the tagline "Music for the right reasons", as an aggressive reaction to O'Sullivan, his friends and people of his ilk simply looking to be seen as "cool" and not really participating in music for the love of it.
A number of subsequent concerts were promoted, mainly as tools for the Homeless Productions crew to cut their promotional and organisational teeth. The last of these
was entitled The Second Coming, which fell on Easter Sunday and featured Galway hardcore band Les Christ Punchers.
Establishment/regular concerts
The Black Sessions
Early in the formation of Homeless Productions, McGrath-Bryan pushed to promote a regular series of concerts. Though this idea has taken on many false dawns, The Black Sessions finally debuted on April 25th, 2008, with Burma Shave, Silo and Detonate performing at Fred Zeppelin's, Cork.
On May 6th 2008, McGrath-Bryan posted a blog representative of Homeless Productions' intention to no longer book bands that cashed in on a scene of any sort.
The next Black Session is Friday May 9th, at 9pm, featuring Les Christ Punchers and Cork rock outfit KingSear.
Further dates for the Black Sessions are to be booked soon, with bands from Galway and Wexford being brought in alongside Cork acts.
All-Age Rage
Having found their beginnings in all-ages gigs, Homeless Productions appointed a team dealing exclusively with all-ages gigs, to be known as All-Age Rage. The team is currently looking for a regular venue.
Homeless Records
A major part of Homeless Productions' expansion is the start of its independent record label. Thus far, the label has reached verbal agreements with several Cork acts, and plans to start recording in Tribarac Studios, Coachford in mid-May 2008. The first session to be recorded will be for free jazz experimentalists OH! Other sessions for Cork metallers Detonate and Galway's Burma Shave are scheduled for later in the year.
Trivia
The original name for the fledgling promotion was to be I Want My Promotions. Ballyclough artist Edith O'Mahony was drafted in to create a logo for the name, which was deemed "cliche" by O'Sullivan.