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A WELSH mother of two facing drug trafficking charges in Malaysia no longer faces the prospect of death by hanging if found guilty, it is understood. Shivaun Orton, 41, of Harlech in North Wales and her husband, Abdul Harris Fadilah, have been held in a Malaysian prison on remand since they were arrested shortly before Christmas. Police raided the beach resort the couple ran in the northern state of Terngganu and reportedly seized drugs worth an estimated £16,000. Shivaun pleaded not guilty to eight charges of drug trafficking and possessing cannabis, amphetamine and heroin at a hearing in January. Under Malaysian law, possessing more than 15g of heroin carries the death penalty. She was due to make a court appearance today but this evening, a member of Shivaun’s family who have begun a Facebook campaign in support of her posted this message: “Shivaun and Harris did not go to court today as a chemical report showed that the...

Council members Highlighted extract from this page: “Council members are all highly valued and bring with them a wealth of diverse experience.” Lord Justice Leveson Right Honourable, The Lord Judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Igor Judge is the president of the Sentencing Council. In his role he provides oversight to the Council and appoints judicial members. He became Lord Chief Justice on 1 October 2008. He was called to the Bar in 1963, became a Queen’s Counsel in 1979, appointed High Court Judge, Queen's Bench Division 1988, was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal and sworn in as a Privy Councillor, 1996, was Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales from1998 to 2003, appointed Deputy Chief Justice for England and Wales in 2003 and appointed President of the Queen's Bench Division in 2005. back to top The Right Honourable Lord Justice Leveson Brian Leveson was appointed as chairman of the Sentencing Council by...

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Current consultations   Drug offences guideline The consultation on the draft guideline on drug offences is open from 28 March 2011 to 20 June 2011. The consultation documents comprise a draft guideline, a full consultation paper intended for criminal justice professionals, a shorter public consultation paper, a resource assessment and an equality impact assessment. If you are a member of the public and you wish to read the consultation please download the following document: Drug offences guideline – public consultation Drug offences guideline – public consultation (large print) If you would like the public consultation paper in easy read format please contact us . There is also a simple online questionnaire which you can complete. If you are a criminal justice professional (including members of the judiciary) and would like to read the consultation, please download the following document: Drug offences g...

Dealer is caught with £50,000 of cocaine, crystal meth, cannabis and ecstasy... and judge frees him By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:03 AM on 31st March 2011 Comments ( 56 ) Add to My Stories   Judge rules Colin MacDonald's case 'exceptional' Lenient: Judge Stephen Holt described Colin MacDonald's case as 'exceptional' A drug dealer caught with a  massive haul worth £50,000 has been spared jail by a judge. Colin MacDonald was found with the  stash of class-A drugs including cocaine, ecstasy, three bin bags of cannabis and deadly crystal meth when police raided his home. But Judge Stephen Holt provoked fury by giving the 34-year-old a 12-month suspended sentence, allowing him to walk free from court. The soft sentencing came just 24 hours after new guidelines recommended drug dealers could escape jail even if they were selling heroin. MacDonald, of Dollis Hill, North London, had 90g of crystal meth, 90g of ...

Free to deal By TOM WELLS, JENNA SLOAN and NICK FRANCIS Published: 29 Mar 2011 Add a comment (121) A DRUG dealer was spared jail by a soft judge - even though he was caught with a massive stash worth £50,000. Colin MacDonald, 34, appeared for sentencing before Judge Stephen Holt after cops who raided his home found: 90g of highly-addictive crystal meth rocks stuffed in a washbag; 90g of powdered cocaine; 100 ecstasy pills; 85g of amphetamines, and THREE bin bags stuffed with dried cannabis leaves. Lenient ... Judge Holt Police also discovered seven boxes of Viagra, a large quantity of powerful painkiller Tramadol, self-seal bags and two sets of scales. MacDonald admitted five counts of possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs at a magistrates' hearing. Yet Judge Holt gave him just a suspended 12-month jail term. And MacDonald, of Dolli...

ARMONK, N.Y. & BURLINGTON, Mass. - 17 Feb 2011: IBM (NYSE: IBM ) and Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced a research agreement to explore, develop and commercialize the Watson computing system's advanced analytics capabilities in the healthcare industry. The research and technology initiative will combine IBM’s Deep Question Answering (QA), Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning capabilities with Nuance's speech recognition and Clinical Language Understanding (CLU) solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of patients that provide hospitals, physicians and payers access to critical and timely information.  The two companies expect the first commercial offerings from the collaboration to be available in 18-24 months. Additionally, Columbia Univer...

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A movie explains more than thousand words. Videos of innovative solutions or some of our references Interactive Horror Movie - with voice control The audience, via voice control on the mobile phone, controls the next step of the actor. During this project, aixvox GmbH was the consulting team for speech technology. We provided the creative people from Jung von Matt and the creator of the interactive movie player from Powerflasher with the knowledge about voice technology. The project uses voice portal technology from Telenet. Voice biometrics in real life As a demo project together with manufacturers, aixvox created a solution for opening a door with mere use of voice. The system knows the persons biometric voice data and the door opens after verification. Both video and solution were shown at CeBIT 2008 in Hannover, Germany. Interview with Detlev Artelt, CEO of aixvox at CallCenterWorld 2010 in Berlin Detlev Artelt in an interview with Günter Greff of Call-...

Jim Larson SpeechTEK Europe Programme Chair Have you developed a multimodal application that uses speech technologies? Take SpeechTEK Europe’s Multimodal Challenge Submit a written description of your speech tech multimodal application and, if selected, you’ll be invited to create a two-minute video of your deployed multimodal application on YouTube. Submit your entry here We’ll promote your video on this site and user experience experts will evaluate your application and award prizes based on originality, usability, and quality. SpeechTEK Europe conference attendees will vote for the best multimodal application during the conference in London and winners will be announced at the close of SpeechTEK Europe. Check out the latest companies to take the Multimodal Challenge: Personal Health Assistant Openstream Inc www.openstream.com This smart multimodal mobile applicatio...

Dial H for Horror - aixvox presents interactive horror movie in San Francisco Aachen/ San Francisco. The first interactive horror movie “ Last Call ” evokes national sensation and enthusiasm. Aixvox GmbH, a consulting company from Aachen, created in collaboration with the renowed agency Jung von Matt, Powerflashers and Telenet communication systems a hitherto unique setup. Via speech recognition the dialogue between protagonist and an audience member becomes possible. The participant's answers are transformed into specific instructions. Thus, every member of the audience can design a different film. At Mobile Voice Conference in San Francisco aixvox will present the interactive movie for the first time to the American market. “The project is groundbreaking for the future. Speech technology will find its place at the entertainment market not only here in Germany, but world-wide“, explains Detlev Artelt, CEO and senior consultant of aixvox. The Mobile Voice Conference ( www.mobi...

SpeechTEK Europe 2011 25 - 26 May 2011 • Copthorne Tara Hotel • London, UK SpeechTEK University • 24 May 2011 SpeechTEK University - Tuesday, 24 May 2011 W1 – Hola! Bonjour! Shalom! Are you ready? Challenges in designing and deploying multilingual speech applications 10:00 - 13:00 Sondra Ahlén , Principal VUI Consultant/Owner - SAVIC Nava Shaked , CEO - Brit Business Technologies Ltd (BBT) The design and deployment of multilingual speech applications for speakers of multiple languages presents many challenges. Issues range from defining business and user requirements, to incorporating cultural...

Mature Autism – What I Want for World Autism Awareness Day March 31, 2011, 06:13 Filed under: asperger's syndrome , autism , disability | Tags: AS , asd , Asperger diagnosis , asperger's , asperger's syndrome , autism , autism awareness , autism spectrum , blogging , blogs , disability , emotions , information processing , language , sensory processing , World Autism Awareness Day I think the thing I want most for World Autism Awareness Day is understanding. Autism is not a disease neither is it – as a rule – life threatening. I don’t want to pretend that everything will be perfect, but neither should any one assume that autism will ruin their or their child’s life. Autism is a diagnosis not a sentence. I want the world to better understand what Autism is. I want people to understand that Autism is not a psychological illness. Some people with autism may be below average intelligence, but many will be above, some will be very much above. That a person h...

Mum facing execution in Malaysia is back in court 31 March 2011 A COURT hearing is being held today (Thursday) for Shivaun Orton, a Harlech woman facing execution in Malaysia. The mum-of-two and her husband, Abdul Harris Fadilah, have been held in an Asian jail since they were arrested in December on suspicion of drug trafficking after police carried out a raid on their home in Cherating. She pleaded not guilty to eight charges of drug trafficking and possessing cannabis, amphetamine and heroin at an earlier court hearing in January. Chemistry reports have now been submitted to the courts to allow for a further hearing. Police seized £16,000 worth of drugs from the beach resort the couple ran in the northern state of Terengganu, includ-ing 225g of heroin. Under Malaysian law, the offence of possessing more than 15g of heroin carries the death penalty, and if found guilty, Shivaun, 41, could be hanged. Her family, who have be-gun a Facebook campaign in...

March 31, 2011 Texas caught illegally dispensing lethal injection drugs under the name of a hospital that closed 30 years ago The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has today been reported to the US Attorney General Eric Holder for illegally purchasing and dispensing lethal injection drugs under the name of a hospital that closed in 1983. In a letter to Holder and to the Texas Department of Safety , lawyers for death row prisoner Cleve Foster describe how the state's prison agency has been purchasing controlled substances – including drugs used for lethal injections – under a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration certificate assigned to Huntsville Unit Hospital, which has not existed for 30 years. "[A]s a result, we believe that TDCJ is unlawfully in possession of and unlawfully dispensing controlled substances," the lawyers write. Under US drug laws, DEA registration numbers must be renewed every three years. Yet ...

85% of women are annoyed by their Facebook friends By Emil Protalinski | March 30, 2011, 4:01pm PDT Summary There’s a fine line between friend and frenemy on Facebook, according to a new survey with 400 female respondents. Topics Facebook , Women , Friend , Gender And Diversity , Human Resources , Emil Protalinski Blogger Info Emil Protalinski Bio Contact Biography Emil Protalinski Emil Protalinski has covered the tech industry for five years for multiple publications, including Neowin for two years and Ars Technica for three years. He has written 1,000s of articles for both, with a particular focus on scrutinizing Microsoft products and services. Recently, Emil has expanded his coverage to non-Microsoft technologies, including the social networking giant Facebook. Vendor HotSpot The...

The Parable of Prohibition A very bizarre chapter of history can teach us a lot. By Johann Hari Posted Thursday, June 3, 2010, at 10:03 AM ET Since we first prowled the savannahs of Africa, human beings have displayed a few overpowering and ineradicable impulses—for food, for sex, and for drugs. Every human society has hunted for its short cuts to an altered state: The hunger for a chemical high, low, or pleasingly new shuffle sideways is universal. Peer back through history, and it's everywhere. Ovid said drug-induced ecstasy was a divine gift. The Chinese were brewing alcohol in prehistory and cultivating opium by 700 A.D. Cocaine was found in clay-pipe fragments from William Shakespeare's house. George Washington insisted American soldiers be given whiskey every day as part of their rations. Human history is filled with chemicals, come-downs, and hangovers. PRINT DISCUSS E-MAIL RSS RECOMMEND... REPRINTS SINGLE PAGE Facebook Digg Reddit StumbleUpon CLOSE And in every generat...