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MARK AUSTIN THOMAS: When it rains, it pours for Internet phone provider Vonage. First, the company had a disastrous debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Then shareholders served up a class action lawsuit over that IPO. And yesterday, Vonage was sued by Verizon. Verizon claims Vonage is using their patented technology to offer phone service over the Internet. Janet Babin gives us a damage report.
JANET BABIN: Vonage stock dropped 12 percent yesterday as word on the Verizon lawsuit spread.
The stock price has fallen almost 50 percent since its initial public offering of $17 per share. But a few analysts remain bullish on the Internet phone company.
Daniel Berninger is an analyst with Tier One Research. He says the lawsuit is the price the start up has to pay to break a monopoly.
DANIEL BERNINGER:"The lawsuits take four or five years to play out, and then there'll be another one. Verizon will be playing about five or six different activities against Vonage for the foreseeable future."
Berninger says Vonage can survive so long as it keeps adding customers. It has about 1.6 million subscribers, and added some 300,000 in the first quarter of this year.
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In case you are looking for decors to spruce up your home but are working on a limited budget, you can opt to buy carpet remnants online. Carpets come in a variety of colors and patterns and are great for covering your floor and transforming your home in general. However since buying carpets can be quite expensive it is better to buy carpet remnants instead .Carpet remnants are extra pieces of carpet roll that are left over from large rolls of carpeting. As the pieces can still be used, carpet stores owners prefer to make good use of these leftovers by selling them at cheaper prices.
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Nada Jones (pronounced Ned-uh, like "Canada" or if you're a Starbucks barista you might prefer "Netta" or "Nedda", you get the point!) is the 40-something Founder and Creative Director of LIBERTY, a multi-media platform created to inspire and equip women to launch and grow their entrepreneurial ventures. She is married to Mr. Jones, a modern-day Jimmy Stewart, and a mother to three smaller (and way cooler) Joneses.
Nada has spent the last 17 years as a consultant and advocate for entrepreneurial women. Through the LIBERTY platform, she is committed to empowering all women, not just millennials who have embraced the entrepreneurial life with ease. "Considering what's possible and pursuing your calling doesn't end at 35, in fact, that's when the need for flexibility and purpose are realized."
Nada began her entrepreneurial career in 2000 with the launch of nedandshell.com, a retail and wholesale co-op for emerging female designers in NYC. Nada was CEO for nine years and experimented with other roles such as marketer, editor, retailer, wholesaler, business developer, publicist, accountant and HTML destroyer (there are some things you should hire out). She took great joy in seeing the co-op and its newly minted designers featured in swanky mags like InStyle, Lucky, Newsweek, WWD, Elle, Teen Vogue, the New York Post, Daily Candy and the Washington Post.
In 2008, she co-authored a "how to" book with friend and former nedandshell business partner. "Sixteen Weeks to Your Dream Business: A Weekly Planner for Entrepreneurial Women" spent time on Amazon's best-selling business books list thanks to its unique workbook format.
Speaking and seminar opportunities accompanied the book tour and Nada realized that her time working with female entrepreneurs was not over, in fact, it was just getting started. In 2011, Nada launched ltdLIVE, a conference that brought together speakers, experts, service providers and brands that were all in the business of empowering and helping small businesses. Because of the generous support of Wells Fargo, Microsoft, HP, Nestle, Cigna Health, Ikea, Lifetime and other partners, ltdLIVE connected women to the resources they needed to launch and grow their ventures. Nada continued to expand the ltd brand to include both ltdWORKSHOPS (a one-month program leading women through the start up process) and ltd365 (a blog that highlighted women-owned small businesses).
At the same time, Nada founded the Dream for a Dream initiative. Through this program she has been able to partner with and support game-changing social organizations, such as the Tory Burch Foundation, JoinFITE and Dermalogica, Charity Water and Miss Representation. She also co-founded Project Raiz, a social impact project partnering American designers with artisans in Swaziland and Mozambique.
In addition, Nada has supported women as a small business consultant gaining unique insight into their successes and challenges. It's these past 17 years of experience, combined with the absence of meaningful content for this hungry demographic, that has informed the creation of LIBERTY. Each LIBERTY platform is created to inspire and equip women to consider what's possible—at any age.


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Saleem Ahmed is 26-year-old American photographer who is from Connecticut, but now living in Philadelphia. He loves to shoot portrait, nature, and urban area on film mostly with his medium format film cameras.
Saleem has just been featured on Shooting Film, and now coming back to share his experience in photography in a project called 5 things I love about Film.
1. Quality over quantity: It slows me down. I know that I have 10 shots on my roll, and I take more time planning and making my photographs.
2. We spend so much time looking at screens all day, so I enjoy that my film camera (Plaubel Makina 67) doesn't have anything electronic except a little red/green light meter led.
3. To this day, I still have the anxiety and excitement after I drop off a roll of film to get developed.
4. The click of the shutter. It's so final and there is no way to go back and delete the image.
5. Forgetting to remove my lens cap from my lens. I have a rangefinder, so sometimes I photograph blank moments without realizing.
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Palo Alto, California (PressExposure) June 26, 2011 -- Today JobHintz released 14 free career development and personality tests (visit [http://www.jobhintz.com/index.php/career_test]) aimed at helping job seekers and candidates identify and select the right career paths for them. JobHintz career tests range from Myers Briggs, a widely popular personality test based on Carl Jung and Isabel Myers-Briggs typological approach, to Emotional IQ, which rates candidates' ability to regulate emotions in a healthy and balanced manner. JobHintz also released Enneagram Type Indicator (also known as ETI), a forced-choice psychological test which Time magazine selected as one of the top online personality tests, Communications Style Inventory, a diagnostic that allows users to determine their style of communication and suggests improvement changes, and Leadership Style Inventory, a test deigned to determine what kind of leadership style best fits a candidate's personality. The other JobHintz tests are focused on specific personality traits, such as optimism, self-esteem, motivation, organization, assertiveness and teamwork.
"The primary objective of JobHintz career development tests is to help job candidates better understand their personality and career requirements, so that they can search for a job that matches their character and needs," says Carla Olson, a Managing Director with JobHintz. Personality and career tests are frequently used in high schools and colleges to spark students' career exploration and decision making. Contrary to the popular belief, career discovery continues through adulthood and is instigated by candidates' reassessment of their personality and values. "Over 20% of adults express a high level of dissatisfaction with their jobs, and more than 50% of adults look for a new job each year," says Olson. "If you can relate to these statistics, it may be a good idea to take JobHintz personality and career tests and find out what makes your heart tick."
In the past, career assessment used to be a process of simply following your gut feelings and doing a little research into people's fields of interest. Today, career assessment is much more refined and looks not only at job fields but also spotlights the focus on the individuals and their personalities. This is perceived as critical to finding a career that will bring people happiness and satisfaction. Career development and personality tests, such as the ones offered on JobHintz, can accelerate that process and help candidates clarify their interests, match their skills and personality traits to specific fields and job types, identify their strengths, weaknesses and individual work styles, and guide individuals in their career path or educational pursuit. "One of the keys to career success - especially in today's highly-competitive, ever-changing workplace - is that you find work that is more than just a job: you need to find work you love," says Carla Olson.


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Susan Levin, a Harvard graduate and native New Yorker, explored careers in law and design before unexpectedly discovering that her passion lay in her family when her toddler was diagnosed with autism and she changed her life to help him. Susan shares how her son's diagnosis changed her life and redefined her priorities. She talks about common concerns and struggles every mother goes through: the guilt, the self-judgment, the loss of direction… Stop beating yourself up! You are not alone! Susan continues to embrace her passion by writing, lecturing, and coaching families with Susan's new online program – Autism Moms' Self-Care Workshop! You have to start caring for yourself, and by listening to this podcast, you will begin to get the tools you've been needing.
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[:22] Susan Levin´s personal life story
[1:28] Practice extreme self care.
[1:40] Mother of a child with autism.
[2:16] The loneliness
[3:01] I did not know how to relate to my child.
[3:18] Uncomfortable and ashamed of my kid.
[4:22] Self-judgment is a prison.
[4:42] Autism is epidemic.
[5:02] Isolation
[5:17] How do you get through this?
[5:43] Moms that look uncomfortable and unhappy
[6:33] We are all affected.
[8:02] How you take care of yourself?
[8:10] My well-being will have a huge impact in my child's well-being.
[10:12] Start talking about your feelings.
[10:30] Talk about fears and rage.
[11:03] Is there hope?
[11:29] I blogged every night.
[12:33] Start taking care of myself in a very practical level.
[13:45] I learned how to change my choices.
[14:18] Learning how to connect with myself.
[14:40] Breathing technique
[15:13] Mindset hacks
[16:19] Beating myself up.
[17:12] Being honest about what is inside.
[18:11] What is the one thing you do, that makes the biggest difference in your life?
[18:19] Prayer
[18:27] Crying is a liquid prayer.
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The Year of the Rooster starts on 28 February and will be a busy and important one for the Rat. While the speed with which certain events may happen may disconcert him, he does thrive on activity and both personally and professionally, the year holds exciting prospects for him.
The speed of events is a key feature, though, and throughout the year the Rat will need to be alert to unfolding situations and be prepared to move swiftly. Opportunities could arise suddenly, particularly at work, and if the Rat sees an opening he feels well suited for, he should act quickly and put himself forward. He will often find his initiative and earnestness being rewarded.
Also, he could find that one opportunity leads to another. Setting about his activities in his usual enthusiastic manner will also help him when further opportunities arise. This is very much a year to advance, with April, May, September and November containing some particularly good possibilities.
For those Rats seeking work the Rooster year also holds interesting prospects. Again, though, these Rats need to be swift in making applications and need to remain persistent as well as be prepared to contact companies directly about possible openings. This is a year when initiative can make a difference. Even if certain applications do not go his way, the Rat should not lose heart. With determination and resolve, he may well secure a suitable position, and one which offers the chance of further development.
Work wise, this can be an eventful and often significant year.
The progress the Rat makes in his work will also lead to a welcome increase in income, but throughout the Rooster year he would do well to manage his money carefully. In addition to his existing obligations, he will be keen to carry out accommodation and travel plans, and other purchases will be sure to tempt him. While the Rat is one who enjoys the fruit of his labours, in the Rooster year he would be wise to watch his spending and avoid risks. Succumbing to too many temptations could prevent him from doing all he would like. He would also find it helpful to save towards certain requirements as well as consider setting something aside for the longer term.
The Rooster year will also see much activity in the Rat's domestic life. The Rat always takes a fond interest in the activities of his loved ones and likes to be involved.
As a consequence, he will find himself very busy this year.
When those close to him have problems and pressures, he will be there to advise and assist, and similarly, whenever there is good news, he will be at the forefront of the celebrations. As always, he will do much to help others, but he should not hesitate to seek help himself should he feel under pressure. Should any problems raise their head, he will find that a willingness to talk them through will lead to the easing of tension. Once more, the Rat's ability to empathize with others and communicate so effectively will prove useful over the year.
Also, while the Rat and his loved ones may lead busy lifestyles, he should make sure family activities do not suffer as a result. By suggesting occasional family treats as well as enjoying time spent together on mutual interests, he will find his input into family life will again be appreciated.
The Rat's social life will also see much activity in the Rooster year. The sociable Rat knows a great many people and will often find himself with parties and social occasions to attend as well as regular opportunities to meet up with friends. On a social level he will be in great demand. And any Rats who may have had recent personal problems or be feeling lonely will find the Rooster year can bring an important new person into their lives, with a significant friendship or romance being forged. Late March to June, August and September will be favourable times for meeting others.
Although the Rat will have much to occupy himself with during the year, it is also important that he sets time aside for his own interests and recreational pursuits. Not only will these help him to relax and unwind but they can also be a good way for him to have a break from his everyday concerns. In some instances, too, the Rat's
interests will give him the chance to get out of doors, take additional exercise or meet other enthusiasts. Whatever he does, his personal interests can help bring balance to his lifestyle.
It is also important that he does not neglect his own well-being, and over the year he should try to make sure he eats a balanced diet as well as takes sufficient exercise. To make the most of such a busy year, he does need to keep himself in good form.
Overall, the Rooster year holds much potential for the Rat. In his work there will be excellent chances for him to make progress, while on a personal level the year will see much activity, with the Rat enjoying a busy but often rewarding domestic and social life. And for-some, important new friendships and romance beckon. The Rat is certainly a sign that lives life to the full and the Rooster year will give him the opportunity to do so.


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DAVID MOYES' hopes of bringing Joe Cole to Everton on a season-long loan have been undermined by the player's insistence he wants to prove himself at Chelsea.
The Goodison chief admitted last week that Cole (right) is on his summer wish-list, although a loan was the only way of bringing the England international to Merseyside.
Cole made 35 appearances for Claudio Ranieri's side last season, but rarely completed a full 90 minutes.
Despite that, the 22-year-old is keen to remain at Stamford Bridge and prove himself to the new manager, who is set to be Porto chief Jose Mourinho.
"I really want to make it work at Chelsea," he insists.
"They are a club who are really going places and I really want to be a part of that. There looks as though there could be a new manager in place and I want to be given a chance at both club and international level."
But Cole is also eager to prove himself in the Premiership playing in his preferred position at the pinnacle of a midfield diamond formation.
He is unlikely to be given that opportunity at Chelsea. Moyes could be more conducive.
Cole adds: "All I've ever wanted is a manager to say 'go and play there and show what you can do'.
"I have never had that at club level. It is going to be my best position, I am sure, and I have to find a manager who will put his trust in me and give me a run there."
Meanwhile, Thomas Gravesen has recovered from a medial knee ligament injury and is set to prove his fitness for Denmark in the next seven days.
He will play in one of his country's final Euro 2004 preparation games against Estonia tomorrow or Croatia next week.
If he comes through unscathed, Gravesen will be an automatic selection for the starting XI in Portugal, although he is suspended for the opening match against Italy on June 14.
Lars Berendt, Denmark's press officer, has revealed: "Since joining the national squad Thomas has been in full training every single day, so we are expecting him to be fully fit, not only for Euro 2004 but also for the two friendlies."


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Video evidence: Yuri Zhirkov (Chelsea)
Despite the facts that the transfer window is closed, that Chelsea are rumoured to be desperately short on funds for new recruits, that new Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has yet to take charge of his first match with the Blues, and that the Dutchman's contract at the Bridge only stretches until the end of the season, reports are today circling that CSKA Moscow's left winger Yuri Zhirkov is a prime target for the Pensioners in the summer.
25-year-old Zhirkov rose to prominence during Russia's superb tournament at Euro 2008, showing himself to be one of the best left-sided players in Europe. With a sharp turn of pace, silky left-peg, and the ability to both cross and score, Zhirkov arguably lives up to the billing that Florent Malouda has consistently flattered to deceive.
There are several reasons why there may be some truth to these reports. Hiddink obviously has an intimate knowledge of Zhirkov's talents from his time as the Russian team coach, and more importantly, all indications appears to be that the Dutchman is looking to turn Chelsea's style into a more standardised 4-4-2 system.
While Anelka and Drogba would fulfill the roles up top, the bigger question mark about Chelsea's deployment of 4-4-2 has always been who the four across midfield would be. Devoid of any natural width since the departures of Robben and SWP, the Blues have been hamstrung in playing with two frontmen with either Nickolas Anelka or Salomon Kalou being force out wide when Didier Drogba has been in the side. To this end, Zhirkov may prove the solution on the left-hand side.
Whether this proves to be anything more than paper-talk however remains to be seen.
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Third-quarter earnings last year have been restated for the effect of the three-for-two stock split that occurred in May 2002 and do not include goodwill amortization. Excluding the amortization of goodwill in last year's quarter, income would have been $14.8 million, or 33 cents. Sales for the quarter rallied 9.5 percent to $340 million from $311 million in the same period last year, while same-store sales fell 1.1 percent compared to a decline of 10.6 percent last year. By division, comps decreased 2.9 percent at AT but increased 1.7 percent at Ann Taylor Loft. Gross margins rose to 57.7 percent of sales versus 54 percent last year."The continued improvement in full-price selling further reinforces our clients are pleased with the merchandise offering," J.?Patrick?Spainhour,?chairman and chief executive, said on an afternoon conference call. "We are continuing to realize the benefits of a design-and-merchandise strategy to deliver quality products our clients insist on." In addition, he noted, AT's more effective inventory management helped its financial performance. Inventory at the end of the quarter was down 22 percent, which was lower than anticipated due to the late delivery of product, a consequence of the dock lockout. Moving ahead, Spainhour said the further evolution of the brand is his top priority to increase overall profits. For AT stores, it is a return to brand profiles, including further refining other product categories, as it's done in suits and dresses. Kim Roy, president of the AT division, said on the call that AT's focus on the "classic look and fit that is Ann Taylor" had paid off handsomely for its suit business. "Our inventory paid off — suits sales at full price were stellar," she noted.The firm said it remains comfortable with current consensus estimates ranging from 32 to 33 cents for the current quarter and $1.69 to $1.70 for 2002. It also said it expects fourth-quarter comps to fall in the mid-single-digit range. Comp declines are projected to be high single digit in November, low single digit in December and mid-single digit in January. Year-end inventory is expected to drop 10 to 15 percent.For the nine months, income was $64 million, or $1.37 a share, 117.5 percent higher than year-ago income of $29.4 million, or 67 cents. Excluding amortization, year-to-date income would have been $37.4 million, or 84 cents. Sales totaled $1.02 billion, up 10.8 percent from sales of $928.2 million, while comps fell 0.4 percent.TIFFANY & CO.Tiffany & Co. on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose 46 percent to $35.2 million, or 24 cents a diluted share, from $24 million, or 16 cents, in the year-ago period. Excluding a nonrecurring tax benefit of $8 million, or 5 cents, earnings would have risen 13 percent.Sales for the three months ended Oct. 31 were up 10 percent to $366 million from $333.1 million. Following release of the results, Tiffany shares ran up $1.76, or 7.1 percent, to close at $26.59 in New York Stock Exchange trading Wednesday.U.S. retail sales rose 11 percent to $168.5 million, while comparable-store sales were up 9 percent as branch store comps rose 8 percent and those for its New York flagship were up 10 percent. International sales rose 6 percent to $156.3 million, while comps declined 7 percent in Japan, increased 1 percent in other Asia-Pacific markets and rose 9 percent in Europe. Direct marketing sales rose 11 percent to $37.3 million, which included a 19 percent jump for combined Internet/catalog sales and a 1 percent rise in its business sales division. The company said it is phasing out its service awards programs, which represent less than $30 million annually, or less than half of the business division's sales.Michael J. Kowalski, president and chief executive officer, said in a statement, "We are pleased with Tiffany's ability to generate solid earnings growth in the third quarter, despite a continuation of challenging and uncertain external conditions, due to sales growth and prudent expense management."He noted that while the near-term outlook remains uncertain, the specialty retailer is well-positioned for the holiday season: "Customers are responding very favorably to our product assortment that includes several new jewelry designs and an important new collection of watches."The company said it expects low-double-digit net sales growth in the fourth quarter, with earnings per share in the range of 60 cents to 65 cents. To access this article, click here to subscribe or click here to log in. load comments blog comments powered by Disqus


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A very accurate model of the Earth. The model comes in three formats.
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The model is aniamted as it spins around its axis.
The texture is 10800×5400.
This 3D model was originally created in Blender 2.71 and rendered with Cycles.
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Not since High School lunch have I been offered canned corn. My fresh broiled fish was over cooked ( micro waved? ) and as tough as our tastless steak. Rib Eye? I think not. The baked potatoe needed to be cooked longer, as it was...More
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Spotify currently went on a further step to firm up competition in the Euro market: it finalized an arrangement with Orange to provide unlimited music services within "Orange Young" an exclusive subscription that Orange has invented especially for the under-27 market in Switzerland. The contract price comes with unlimited calls and text messages together with mobile data allowances, with offers setting up at $20 monthly with no handset included (or $30 with selected handsets).
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JACKSON, Miss., June 29 -- The head of a Mississippi Democratic Party organization illegally suppressed white residents' votes, a federal judge ruled Friday in the first case filed by the Justice Department alleging that whites were subjected to voting discrimination based on their race.
U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee ruled that Ike Brown, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Noxubee County, violated the Voting Rights Act by issuing different procedures for collecting and counting absentee ballots from white and black voters. The executive committee, also found liable in the case, is responsible for administering Democratic primaries in the county.
There was "ample direct and circumstantial evidence of an intent to discriminate against white voters which has manifested itself through practices designed to deny and/or dilute the voting rights of white voters in Noxubee County," Lee's ruling said.
Brown, who is black, has been chairman of the committee since 2000. He argued at trial that the government's suit was a perversion of the voting rights law and said it was "preposterous" that the Justice Department would claim that blacks, who faced 135 years of discrimination by whites in the state, are now oppressing whites.
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Oh, please. That race card is getting pretty old and tattered.
A skimpy wire story on page 10.
Repeat after me: "On Animal Farm, some animals are more equal than others."
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
True, but it's likely he actually believes it. It's gospel on the left that discrimination can only flow from the powerful (assumed to be white males) to the powerless (anyone other than white males).
That it makes no sense doesn't concern them a bit.
preposterous,???... oh puuulease, did ANYONE actually think this would not happen?
When I started a new job a year ago, the HR dept. asked if anyone knew what discrimination was. I answered that it's oppression of one group by another group. Nope. It's oppression by white people (those who have the power) against a minority. All the race cards are in a stacked deck.
I thought about Mississippi, where are my reparations?
No justice, no peas !
It's going to happen in 2008 in a big way in WA state. Now we're going to all mail in voting, so I expect alot of "lost" ballots from eastern washington and a lot of "found" ballots in King county like they did in 2004.
So where is Jessie Jacka$$on and his buddy Al Sharpturd? I thought they were all about disenfranchized voters... Send in the NAACP (CCCP?), and the ACLU...errr...oh... it's just old "The Man" Whitey getting the shaft? Nevermind.
I wouldn't call that "preposterous" - I'd call that "motive".
Whites Faced Election Bias In Mississippi, Judge Rules [Democrats guilty of discrimination]
lib/dems discriminating.....never could happen...they are the party of the people....illegals/criminals/gays/....they are not the party of law abiding tax paying americans!!!!...but the lib/dems do want all of their money!!!
40 acres and a mule for white people! :-)
The liberal mantra is that you can only discriminate if you have power
My response is that, on a deserted street at midnight, a couple of armed black gang bangers have all the power in the world over a white couple
Will da Revs JJ and Al dance around in the streets protesting?
I doubt it.
This can't be true, we all know that white men are the only ones that can be "racists".
Let's march...hand me my pack a Cools.....and bitc_ check da mail fo my check....
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May 07, 2001 - 4:21 pm
Hi ladies, how are you all doing this fine day? It is so peaceful right now, the wind blowing and the birds chirping away!!
May 07, 2001 - 4:41 pm
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May 07, 2001 - 4:42 pm
Hey Rosa. Sorry to hear the liver tumors are being so stubborn but hoping the new meds help!!! That's interesting about the TV interview. Keep on fighting! I'll be praying for you. HUGS!!! Cathy
May 07, 2001 - 5:30 pm
Hi Tiger - So sorry to hear that the tumors have not stopped living there. I hope the new medication is not that hard on you and it does the job it is supposed to do. You are such a brave person and I really look up to you. When I get a bad day, I try to think of you and what all you have gone through and how much you have hung in their to fight your battle. You definitely are a TIGER. I wish we could all see you on our TV's - and maybe this will be your real break to become famous! Anyhow, keep us posted on how you are doing and my prayers are with you all the way. Also, don't ever give up on that "positive attitude" that you have. We love you - Lucy
May 07, 2001 - 6:09 pm
I'm sorry to hear about your tumors. I am glad that your spirit is good. Keep fighting. God Bless You, Nelda
May 07, 2001 - 6:10 pm
Hi Tiger, You are an awesome lady! You give me strength to put up with my minor meds when I see how well you are tackling the big guns! You are an inspiration to all of us. What area are you on TV...I'd love to see you! God bless you...you are in my prayers. Dee
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Hi Rosa,
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As we go into 2017 the incipient 'technologisation' or 'IT-isation', if you'll excuse the terms, of our lives is gathering pace and becoming much plainer to see. The first few days of December 2016 alone have seen a number of significant developments:
- Michigan, the home of the US motor industry, became the first state to enact a comprehensive set of state regulations for autonomous vehicles;1
- Amazon announced its 'Just Walk Out' technology-enabled physical shop that does away with the check-out;2 and
- Google's Deep Mind subsidiary open sourced its core AI research platform.3
Whilst there is no easily observable overarching theme to unite these developments, they all centre on big data and can be grouped into building blocks around the cloud, AI and digital, and in combination constitute what has become known by the portmanteau term the fourth industrial revolution:
Figure 1: building blocks of the fourth industrial revolution
- the cloud: computer processing is migrating to the data centre, the cloud's engine room, fuelled by growth in social and mobile and generating an explosion in big data volumes;
- artificial intelligence (AI): big data is enabling rapid advances in machine learning. Combining machine learning with billions of internet-connected sensors enables machine perception – advances in implantable and wearable devices, personal digital assistants, the Internet of Things, connected homes and smart cities. Add actuation – the ability to navigate the environment – to static machine learning and perception and you get to machine control – autonomous vehicles, domestic robots and drones;
- digital: other related digital developments on the cusp of adoption at scale as we head into 2017, include augmented reality, gene editing, 3D manufacturing and blockchain and smart contracts.
AI and deep learning are worth calling out for particular attention. In research consultancy Gartner's 'Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2007' survey,4 Gartner Vice-President and Fellow David Cearley said "over the next 10 years, virtually every app, application and service will incorporate some level of AI. This will form a long-term trend that will continually evolve and expand the application of AI and machine learning for apps and services."
Deep learning, a machine learning technique, is emerging as AI's 'killer app' enabler. It works by first using large training datasets to teach AI software to accurately recognise patterns from images, sounds and other input data and then, once trained, the software's decreasing error rate enables it to make increasingly accurate predictions. Deep learning is the core technology behind the current rapid uptake of AI in a wide variety of business sectors from due diligence and e-discovery by law firms to the evolution of autonomous vehicles. To show how this happens, Microsoft in October 2016 released an updated version of the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, its deep learning acceleration software, and provided in its accompanying5 blog an example of how the toolkit used training sets to increase training speech recognition accuracy. This is reproduced at Figure 2, showing how prediction error was rapidly halved in the pre-training phases and then reduced by a quarter again in the more extended fine tuning phases.
Figure 2 – Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit:
Achieving increasing speech recognition accuracy through iterations of training set use
What will all these advances mean for IT lawyers in 2017?
AI, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and smart contracts projects
AI projects will come across our desks increasingly frequently next year. Here, there are two initial 'do's' and 'don'ts' on AI contracts:
- don't be blinded by the glare of the new and do work from first principles: in the AI era, legal change in the areas of intellectual property (IP), contract, regulation and tort will continue to evolve from established principles.
- don't anthropomorphise AI and do think of AI as a thing, software and data. AI is personal property not a person (the 'I Robot' fallacy); AI systems aren't 'agents' in any legal sense (the 'agency fallacy'); and AI platforms don't possess separate legal personality in their own right (the 'entity fallacy').
Increasing use across business of AI systems, software and algorithms means that more innovations, software and processes capable of IP protection will be generated and implemented by computers. Underlying copyright and patent law in this area is unclear, so do make sure the agreement addresses the parties' expectations.
The emergence of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – a software technique for digitising and automating previously labour-intensive business processes – has significant contractual implications. RPA software will increasingly interact with more and more different third party systems, and it is important for contracting parties to ensure that that the customer's use case matches the contract's licence scope: disputes around software 'over deployment' – where the licensor says that the licensee is using software beyond what the licence permits – will continue to increase in 2017. As ever, this is an area where 'contract is king' and licence permissioning and scope issues will need to be reviewed and fine-tuned.
We heard a lot in 2016 about the blockchain – in the words of the Economist, 'allowing strangers to make fiddle-proof records of who owns what'6 – and how this paves the way for smart contracts – software code representing chains or self-executing agreements that the computer can make, verify, execute and enforce automatically under conditions set in advance. Smart contracts promise lower costs, latency and error rates and are likely to enable new operating models in areas as diverse as financial clearing and settlement, insurance claim processing and electronic patient records. For the IT lawyer, it will be important to distinguish between what the software itself does (how it makes and operates the smart contracts as set out in the specification) and how the agreements between developer, smart contract platform operator and customer regulate the use of that software.
Data law
Legal aspects of data – data rights, security, protection and sovereignty – will become an even more central part of IT law practice in 2017. In AI, input and output training and operating data sets will need to be checked for consistency with inbound and outbound licensing terms. We will hear more about 'linked data' – standards and practices for connecting the data generated by the internet – as organisations vie to mine and refine this raw material of the fourth industrial revolution.
Information security (IS), as the combination of legal, IT and business requirements, policies and procedures to stop unintended access to and use of data assets, will continue to rise up the corporate agenda in 2017. As IT moves to the heart of business administration, regulated sectors like banking and insurance continue to see growth of regulator-mandated requirements around all aspects of IT and data use, including audit, privacy, data breaches, data retention, archiving, encryption, IS standards, business continuity, disaster recovery, and flow-down to subcontractors. Banks' policies that IT vendors must comply with have proliferated as a result – and may run to hundreds of pages – and need careful scrutiny. RegTech – automating aspects of compliance and reporting to manage the regulatory burden – is emerging as a significant area of FinTech in its own right, with the FCA hosting a landmark TechSprint in November 20167 where products like JWG's RegDelta8 financial regulation management product were showcased.
Early indications from the incoming Trump Administration suggest that regulated sector compliance burdens in the USA may start to be relaxed from 2017 and if so, this will affect IT vendor contracts in those sectors. In the UK, the added complication of Brexit means that managing IT in the financial, as in other sectors, is likely to get more complex before it gets easier, so that 2017 will combine increasing regulatory burdens with greater uncertainty.
Assuming the UK serves its Article 50 two year notice to leave the EU in March 2017, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which enters into direct effect in the UK on 25 May 2018, will be part of English law for almost a year before exit, meaning organisations will need to continue apace next year with their GDPR preparations.
More generally, the convergence of Brexit and the onset of the fourth industrial revolution looks like unfortunate timing: the need for high quality policy making in AI-related areas will be critical, but much of the civil service's resource will inevitably be taken up on Brexit legal issues around the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 and what to do with the mass of statute and case law that has come out of Brussels and Luxembourg since 1973. Stakeholders in IT-related policy debates will need to be persistent, attentive and vocal in 2017.
Regulators around the world will grapple in 2017 with how to address AI. What happens when an autonomous car, bus and ambulance collide? When separate smart contract systems incorrectly record a negotiated loan agreement? When AIs and robots used in a complex supply chain, in construction, in smart city transportation or in the home, fail to work properly? The emerging approach involves two steps:
- to establish advisory centres of AI excellence. The UK House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee in October 2016 recommended the setting up of a Standing Commission on AI and a Leadership Council on Robotics and Autonomous Systems; 9 and
- to adapt existing regulatory frameworks to cater for AI where practical.
In some regulated areas, like UK legal services for example, AI is in general terms already covered by the current regulatory framework. Here, the practical response is to adapt the engagement contract between law firm and client to set and detail expectations and outcomes.
In other areas however, like autonomous vehicles, new regulation will need to be grafted on to the current structure. Here, as AI development moves quickly from the human driver 'hands on/eyes on' world to a fully 'hands off/eyes off' world, the UK's approach has been to recognise that policy is aiming at a moving target and to break the regulatory tasks down into bite sized chunks. So, the UK:
- has clarified that the rules already permit testing of autonomous vehicles (2015);
- identified issues around insurance, vehicle construction and Highway Code adaptation as blockers that need to removed (2016); and
- is anticipating further waves of evidence-based reform as new technology develops.
As an aside, big data raises particular challenges for insurance, traditionally based on 'top-down' actuarial assessment and mutualisation of risk. Big data means that the premium charged to the individual insured can be much more precisely calculated 'bottom up', based on individual driving habits, domestic security, genetic predisposition to illness, etc. Aside from data protection implications, this poses serious questions around the potential for discrimination and potential difficulty or inability for those at high risk to get insurance cover. These issues will continue to play out in 2017, not only in retail general insurance but increasingly in professional and business insurance as big data and AI enable risk to be calibrated ever more precisely.
Competition policy continues to adapt to the online and AI-enabled world. With over 20% of UK retail sales taking place online in 2016, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in early November 2016 launched a press campaign in the run up to 'Black Friday' aimed at warning online sellers against price fixing.10 More fundamentally, in a 2016 book called 'Virtual Competition' 11 the authors have raised searching questions about the extent to which big data and AI in online selling platforms erode basic principles of competition law through instantaneous comparative price adjustments, concentration of platforms and data flows, and behavioural discrimination (determining the highest price the consumer will pay).
Tort law
Outside the area of regulation, and as a final example of the adaptability of established legal principles to technological change, it's perhaps the common law area of tort that is likely to see the most important developments influenced by the fourth industrial revolution. Negligence under English law centres on the common law duty 'to be careful', where, in the famous words of the UK House of Lords "the categories of negligence are never closed" 12, and it is hard to imagine that the common law duty of care will not arise in relation to many, or most, kinds of AI.
[1] 'Michigan passes new laws for driverless car trials', Financial Times, 9 December 2016, https://www.ft.com/content/58324438-be39-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080
[2] 'Amazon's no-checkout store threatens the death of the cashier – Disruptive change equated to supermarket equivalent of self-driving car', Financial Times, 9 December 2016, https://www.ft.com/content/e89f5c3e-bd55-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080
[3] 'Open-sourcing Deep Mind Lab', 3 December 2016, https://deepmind.com/blog/open-sourcing-deepmind-lab/
[4] 'Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017', 18 October 2016 http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3482617
[5] 'Microsoft releases beta of Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit for deep learning advances', 25 October 2016 http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2016/10/25/microsoft-releases-beta-microsoft-cognitive-toolkit-deep-learning-advances/#sm.0000lt0pxmj5dey2sue1f5pvp13wh
[6] The Economist, 5–11 November 2016, page 10.
[7] https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/project-innovate-innovation-hub/regtech
[10] 'CMA warns online sellers about price-fixing', 7 November 2016, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-warns-online-sellers-about-price-fixing
[11] 'Virtual Competition: the promise and perils of the algorithm-driver economy', Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E Stuke, Harvard University Press, 2016
[12] Lord Macmillan in Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] A.C. 562 at p. 619
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