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Baton Rouge Charties
To Submit a Charity for listing on this page:
Please visit our Contact Us page. Select 'Obituary Inquiry' and write a brief description of the organization, a contact name, address, phone number and the Web site link. Organizations listed here must be verified as non-profit organizations. Posting in the list is not automatic and may be denied.
Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross
The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. The Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross serves the following 10 parishes: Ascension, East & West Baton Rouge, East & West Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena and St. James -- www.batonrouge.redcross.org
Arthritis Foundation of Louisiana
The mission of the Arthritis Association of Louisiana is to improve lives through continuing community service, education and support of research for arthritis and related diseases. We are the only local nonprofit organization providing services and support to Louisianans with one of the more than 100 forms of arthritis. We offer free information, a statewide listing of rheumatologists, lending library of books and videos, land- and water-based exercise programs and an annual camp for families affected by juvenile arthritis. We are a United Way agency based in Baton Rouge, with many programs and services available statewide. Learn more about the Arthritis Association of Louisiana at our Web site -- www.aaola.org
Big Buddy Program
At the Big Buddy Program our mission is to provide positive role models and learning experiences to children who lack resources. It has been our purpose for over 25 years. A fundamental challenge facing many communities is how to support those children who are economically, educationally, or emotionally disadvantaged. We believe that at the Big Buddy Program we create an opportunity for the community as a whole to help and help they have. Learn more about Big Buddy at our -- www.bigbuddyprogram.org
Capital Area Animal Welfare Society
The Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS) is a private, all volunteer, nonprofit organization devoted to the prevention of animal suffering and animal overpopulation. Our primary function is to place animals into permanent, responsible, loving homes and to pursue educational programs and circulate information to the general public in an effort to reduce pet over population. Founded in 1971, we are the oldest local humane organization. We receive no government funding and are supported by private donations and our own fund raising efforts. CAAWS is run solely by unpaid volunteers and 100 percent of the funds received go toward helping animals. Learn more about us at our website www.caaws.org
Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge
Since 1959 Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge has been providing programs, services, assistance and support free of charge - to those in our 10 parish area living with, through and beyond cancer. We can help with nutritional supplement, prescription assistance, wigs, medical equipment and supplies, library and resource information, support groups, professional counseling and childrens programs. We are a United Way agency dedicated to improving life for those living with cancer. Learn more about us on our website -- www.cancerservices.org
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been in the Baton Rouge area for over 140 years. We provide services to the homeless of our community through our dining room, pharmacy, shelters, and with collaboration with the Baton Rouge Primary Care Collaborative and the Baton Rouge Bar Association we provide free medical and legal services. Learn more about us here -- www.svdpbr.org
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank
Our mission is to provide for the unmet food needs of the thousands of poor and those living in poverty in the greater Baton Rouge area by providing food and educational programs through existing social service agencies, churches, synagogues, and religious agencies. Our vision is to eradicate hunger in our 11-parish service area. Learn more about us here -- www.brfoodbank.org
Hilltop Arboretum
Hilltop Arboretum is an independent, non-profit organization that works in partnership with LSU to preserve, protect, and enhance a 14 acre nature preserve located along the historic Highland Road escarpment. It is noted for its collection of over 150 species of plants native to Louisiana, its unique topography; and its reputation as a readily accessible space where people can experience and learn about nature, plants, and the Louisiana landscape. It can count itself among the few remaining links in Highland Road's green corridor that has not been disrupted by urban sprawl. Learn more about us here -- www.lsu.edu/hilltop
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation was founded in 1964 as a community foundation with a commitment to the improvement of our community. Learn more about us here -- www.braf.org
Boy Scouts of America, Istrouma Area Council
Our mission is to provide an educational program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness. Learn more about us here -- www.iac-bsa.org
Capital Area United Way
Capital Area United Way works to stabilize individuals and families through programs and services that provide a safety net for the most vulnerable in our 10-parish area; and we strengthen our community by focusing strategically on the building blocks for a better life: education, income stability, and healthy lives. Our vision is a community where everyone is empowered to achieve their full potential. Our mission is to improve lives by leveraging partnerships in our community to advance the common good through education, income stability, and healthy living. Learn more at CAUW.org
Catholic Community Services
Catholic Community Services serves people of all faiths in 12 civil parishes with programs such as adoption, low cost counseling, transitional housing for pregnant women and intact families, prison ministry, refugee relocation, English classes, job placement for seniors, emergency assistance, Foster Grandparents, and advocacy services for persons with disabilities. For more information, visit our website at www.ccsbr.org
Girl Scouts of America, Audubon Council, Inc.
Our mission is to inspire girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service that they may become happy and resourceful citizens. Learn more about us here -- www.girlscoutsaudubon.org
Hospice of Baton Rouge
Our mission is to provide care and support to patients and their loved ones at home or in a homelike setting. Our vision is to ensure that no one dies alone or in pain. Hospice of Baton Rouge is a community-owned, freestanding agency and is the only 501(c)(3) hospice provider in this area. Established in 1984, it is the second oldest hospice in Louisiana and is the only hospice in Louisiana to receive the LANO Standards of Excellence. The Butterfly Wing, our eight-bed inpatient unit, is one of only four hospice inpatient units in the state and provides care and support to patients whose care needs exceed that which can reasonably be provided at home.-- www.hospicebr.org
LSU Foundation
The purpose of the LSU Foundation is to foster private financial support for LSU and A&M College, the LSU Agricultural Center, and the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Learn more about us here -- http://appl003.lsu.edu/lsufoundation.nsf/index
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
We are a freestanding, community-owned, nonprofit cancer radiation treatment, education and research facility with locations in Baton Rouge, Hammond and Covington, Louisiana . Learn more about us here -- www.marybird.org
Our Lady of the Lake
In a given year, Our Lady of the Lake treats approximately 25,000 patients in the hospital, and serves about 350,000 persons through outpatient locations with the assistance of almost 900 physicians and 3,000 staff members. Learn more about us here -- www.ololrmc.com
Our mission is to comfort the spirit, nurture hope and represent the presence of a loving God within a multi-cultural ecumenical environment. The main services are with women who are pregnant while incarcerated, with adolescent girls in residential treatment facilities, with families who have experienced early pregnancy loss and with stroke survivors and their families. Learn more about us here -- www.paracletia.org
Southern University System Foundation
"The mission of The Southern University System Foundation is to maximize private gift support for The Southern University System while continuously laying the groundwork for future fund-raising success, in order to aid the campuses of the Southern University System in fulfilling their individual missions of excellence in education, research, and service." Learn more about us here -- www.foundation.sus.edu
Woman's Hospital Foundation
We are committed to serving the people in the surrounding community, and support many worthwhile health care initiatives aimed at helping to achieve our mission: to improve the health of women and infants Learn more about us here -- http://www.womans.org/giving_opportunities/ways_to_give.php
St. Joseph Hospice Foundation
The St. Joseph Hospice Foundation (SJHF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensure support and financial assistance to terminally ill patients and their families who may not have the financial resources to pay for basic needs such as food and utilities, or for supplies and medications to those who are not covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or other insurance plans. The Foundation provides support to patients and their families regardless of which hospice they choose. All donations and in-kind gifts are tax deductible under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. Donations help support hospice care for those who could not otherwise afford these services as well as to fund volunteer and community education programs. It is our mission to provide comfort, peace and dignity for terminally ill patients and their families in the comforts of their home. Learn more about us here --stjosephhospicefoundation.org
The Foundation for Historical Louisiana (FHL)
The Foundation for Historical Louisiana is Baton RougeÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs premiere historic preservation organization committed to the safeguarding of our stateÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs cultural and architectural heritage for generations to come. The Foundation, a member-based group, is also a Local Partner of the National Trust for Historic Preservation . FHL is currently working toward the preservation of Charity Hospital in New Orleans, the Huey P. Long Fieldhouse Pool and Baton Rouge High School, among other Treasures in Trouble. Learn more about us here -- www.fhl.org
Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge (FHFGBR)
Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge (FHFGBR) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that is organized and staffed by individuals with disabilities and their family members. FHFGBR is a group of families who, because of their own experiences, are committed to reaching out to other families who have individuals with disabilities. Disability could mean a physical, cognitive, mental, emotional or behavioral disability. FHFGBR provides the individualized services, information, resources and support needed to positively enhance the independence, productivity and integration of persons with disabilities into the community. Learn more about us at www.fhfgbr.org


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It's that time of year! I've separated my favourite products of 2014 into three categories: Skincare, Base, Eyes & Lips. Last year's fave list was a little bit more detailed (see here), but I just didn't feel like doing it the same way this time around. Still, these products represent the year that was in makeup/skincare terms and I kind of love each and every one of them with a love that is disproportionate to what any inanimate object should receive. Kicking it off with SKINCARE because 2014 was all about creating a flawless base which, of course, always begins with good skin. I finally got the hang of dealing with my combo-oily skin and although I still had some breakouts, I was able to manage them without aggravating the situation or flying into a panic.
Bioderma Sensibio H2O. This has been a part of my skincare routine for a few years now, but it deserves a special mention because Bioderma only recently became available locally. I use this micellar water to remove my eye makeup every time I have eye makeup on and it's the only product that does not irritate that area of my face.
Smith's Rosebud Salve (review). This little tin has saved my butt more than once in 2014. It normally just sits by my bed for use as a lip balm before I sleep, but I also take it with me whenever I travel. It doubles as a soothing makeup remover just in case I forget my real one or if the trip is so short that I just can't be bothered to bring my Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil and Bioderma micellar water.
Juice Beauty Blemish Clearing Serum. Life-changing because it really does clear my skin of blemishes. I talked about it in [this post] but I really should revisit this soon and talk about it in-depth. It's also lasting me ages as the bottle is huge!
Khiel's Creamy Eye Treatment. There must have been some magic in the air in the month that I picked up this eye cream and the Juice Beauty Blemish Clearing Serum, because both have become indispensable to me ever since I added them to my routine. This keeps my under eye area hydrated and smooth.
Jason Tea Tree Oil. Everyone should have a bottle of tea tree oil in their home. I put the spotlight on some of the many uses of tea tree oil in [this post] and I continue to use the stuff every single day for any one or more of those purposes. In 2014, it was especially useful for keeping my hands clean so that I could avoid breakouts.
Armada Face Cover 45. Pretty much my everyday base fore use under mineral foundation. It's got a decent SPF, mattifies the skin, and it protects against both outdoor and indoor light. I do notice that my skin is healthier and happier when I use a sunscreen daily, so I recommend that everyone does so even if it might seem like such a pain in the ass. Once you find your perfect formula, it's not difficult to form a habit. Your future self with thank you for it!
Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream. I'm still trying to stop biting the skin around my nails– it's my worst habit– and this is the only moisturiser intense enough to keep those dry cuticles moist enough so that I don't tug on them excessively. This is a multi-use product, but I really only use it as a hand (and sometimes foot) cream before sleeping.
Bioderma Cicabio Cream (review). Yet another multi-use product! I seem to really like these. This one in particular has the ability to soothe any rash that may appear on my body. I have skin asthma, so that happens to me quite often.
Ah, my BASE products. 2014 saw me settle into a routine once I figured out what was working for me, so a combination of some or all of these products are what helped me enhance my skin in good times and create the illusion of skin in bad times.
Ellana Minerals Loose Powder Foundation (review). If this foundation ever gets discontinued, I will have a major life crisis. I kid you not.
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder (review). I have this in Dim and Diffused Light and I use both to set my under eye concealer or all over the face if I use a liquid foundation (which is rare these days because of Ellana). The Ambient Lighting powders impart the most beautiful glow onto the skin.
Myra Vita BB Cream. Best cream highlighter I own. It's not really meant to be used as one, but since it's way too shimmery to be used as an all-over base, I applied it just on my cheeks and have been using at as a highlighter ever since! At 99.00 Php, you can't go wrong.
Happy Skin Zit Zapper Cream. I almost didn't include this because it entered my life rather late in the year, but I did end up using it surprisingly often. I didn't think it would actually work, but it does help reduce redness on bad skin days and it's the kindest base to use over a pimple. Props, Happy Skin!
K Palette Zero Kuma Concealer (Type 1). I do believe this is the only repeat appearance from last year's favourites. What can I say, it's a really good concealer!
Shu Uemura Hard 9 Pencil in Seal Brown (review). There was a time when I alternated between this pencil and using brow powders, but now I don't feel the need to use any other product to fill in my brows… ever.
Ellana Minerals Blush in Peach Passion. The perfect "sculpting blush." You can see a swatch of it in [this post]. Peach Passion is just one of those shades that goes with any eyeshadow or lip colour you can imagine.
theBalm Cindy Lou-Manizer (review). Before 2014, I never really understood the appeal of highlighters. They were all just way too shimmery. That's not the case with theBalm's Cindy Lou-Manizer, which I called the "highlighter of my dreams" in a recent post. When used properly, highlighters can add dimension to the pace and perk up dull skin in an instant.
2014 was the year of the simple, easy-breezy eye look and the bold lip (for me, at least), which is why I lumped EYES & LIPS into one category.
Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette (review). Overall the best palette I saw all year. Was late to the party on this one, but at least I eventually arrived!
Urban Decay NAKED Palette (specifically Naked and Buck). Those two shades made up my go-to look for most of the year. I created variations by using different LM Caviar Sticks as cream bases. The NAKED palette in general is good, but the Naked and Buck are amazing mattes that I haven't found dupes for elsewhere.
Laura Mercier Caviar Sticks (review). I love all of the caviar sticks I own, but my fave shades are featured in this photo: Moonlight, Rosegold, Cocoa, and Copper.
VMV Hypoallergenics Ooh La Lash Mascara. I really did not like this mascara when I first tried it, but giving it a second chance was one of the best makeup-related decisions I made all year. I love film mascaras in general but this one is very black, so it makes it extra awesome.
Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm. I went through three of these in 2014! An old staple that just never gets old, especially for a mint-lover like me. It isn't the most deeply moisturising lip balm on the market, but it serves my needs well enough.
Revlon Laquer Balm in Ingenue. My perfect nude in the perfect glossy finish. I just finished my tube of this and will be repurchasing for sure!
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Mink. You know how everyone was obsessed with the Kylie Jenner brown lip trend in 2014? Mink totally helped me jump onto the bandwagon for that trend. Different skin tones will require different browns to achieve the look, and this "greigey brown" is perfect for me. It also made a great mixer shade for muting out other, brighter lipsticks.
MAC Lipstick in Smoked Purple (review). What. A. Colour. 2014 will always be remembered as the year I discovered Smoked Purple. For a couple of months in the year, this was all I wanted to wear and that is so uncharacteristic of me. Definitely my fave vampy lipstick of 2014 and (so far) of all time.
And that's it for my 2014 faves! :) It was a great year in makeup and skincare. A lot of these products will be difficult to overthrow as HG products or favourites, but I'm still always excited to see what's new on the market. So thanks 2014, but hooray for 2015! Wuhoo! Catch you guys in my next post. ;)

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Joining a church can mean many things to many people. Some seek out God and community when they feel they have lost their way, or are seeking a deeper purpose, or are looking for a way to connect to their family and cultural identity. But it is our believe that the Church, at its core, is about finding love and beauty through God and God's work.
At Brooke Hills FMC, we exist to live for and worship God in order to see people loved, saved, changed, mended and sent to serve.


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Diplo, Haim, Eric Koston And More Help US National Team Model 2014 World Cup Uniforms
The 2014 World Cup is just around the corner, and now we have our first look of the uniforms to be worn by the US National Team. In addition to the US Mens' team Captain Clint Dempsey the rollout featured photos of track & field athlete Allyson Felix, pro skateboarder Eric Koston, filmmaker Spike Lee, indie rock band Haim, EDM producer Diplo and more all wearing the new jerseys.
The jerseys have a modern crew-neck collar and consists of three bands representing the colors of the American flag. They are laser cut for comfort and also incorporate Nike's Dri-Fit technology.
The tops are part of a complete World Cup Kit, which includes jackets, bags, shorts, and even soccer balls, all to make sure you stay well fitted for this year's big match. You can view the whole collection on Nike.


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IELTS has become a popular English language course in the world due to its wideness and authenticity in examining different aspects of English language. It serves the main aim of many institutions in assessing whether a person is satisfying in his English language skills.
For instance, many countries have adopted IELTS as their official criteria to judge the applicants who tend to apply for different visas. It has four different aspects of English language namely: reading, speaking, listening and writing.
Students have to attain a certain level of bands to pass in their IELTS examination. However, different bodies have different bands requirement to pass for their country visa.
Education crucial for nation building
However, the main concern for most IELTS students is where to get assistance and guidance for their IELTS preparation. Many students suggest that guidance of a human teacher is vital for good preparation in the English language.
As the English language is a wide and diverse course, so a detailed and exclusive guidance is essential.
Using teacher is usually a good idea for IELTS preparation as he gives you different ideas and teaches you with various angles according to the requirements of IELTS examination.
Its tuition provider offers two months study plan in which they guide students in listening, speaking, writing and reading area and provide detailed assistance through different course books, audio, and video presentations etcetera.
Using teacher is also more advantageous because a qualified English teacher has an adequate knowledge and idea in how to teach the whole syllabus to cover the wide length requirements of English language effectively.
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Furthermore, a teacher knows all the relevant ideas and angles of teaching the English language which makes it easier for students to learn, as a teacher himself gone through this phase earlier in his life.
Moreover, students could also be benefited from the teacher as he can focus more on the area where he is weak. For instance, a student might be good at listening and reading, but his speaking and writing skills are not that good to match the acceptable level of IELTS examination.
Therefore, it is highly recommended for non-native IELTS students to take human teacher assistance to achieve the desired results.
On the contrary, a population of IELTS students thinks that instead of wasting time in taking long hour classes of IELTS in an institution one could be taught by himself through different IELTS training websites and improves their English language skills through computers.
Thesis maker : A significant Academic Help
As in modern world, there is no such thing that is not available at online world. This approach might be right for those students who have an extensive grip on the language and have high self-efficacy that they can score required bands without taking any human guidance.
However, use of computer teachers is not a bad source to study for IELTS, as many online websites are keen to provide online material for different aspects of IELTS examination.
Conclusion IELTS Education
Conclusively, you can easily find IELTS multiple choice questions in different websites that can help you in test your fundamental English skills and then decide whether to go for a human teacher or the task is attainable through computer guidance.


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The Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal decision which had allowed the award of "Wrotham Park" damages for breaches of non-competition and non-solicitation restrictive covenants (Morris Garner and anor v One Step (Support) Ltd).
Background law
Wrotham Park damages - also known as "negotiating damages" - emerged from the seminal case of Wrotham Park Estate Co Ltd. Parkside Homes Ltd. In that case, a developer built 14 homes on the Wrotham Park estate in breach of a restrictive covenant which prohibited doing certain things on the land. Wrotham Park was awarded damages in lieu of an injunction, even though the value of the estate had not decreased by "one farthing". The purpose of the damages was to provide a just result by reflecting the sum that Wrotham Park and the developer would have agreed as the price for a release from the covenant.
In Morris Garner, the Supreme Court considered whether Wrotham Park damages were available for breaches of non-competition and non-solicitation covenants.
In 1999, the first defendant (and appellant), Karen Morris-Garner (KMG), established a business providing supported living services to vulnerable, young people. The second defendant (and appellant), Andrea Morris-Garner (AMG), was employed as the operations and area manager.
In 2002, KMG sold 50% of the business to Mr and Mrs Costelloe (the Costelloes). One Step (Support) Ltd (One Step) (the claimant company and respondent), was incorporated as a vehicle for the transaction. The shareholders' agreement contained 3-year restrictive covenants which prevented the shareholders from competing or soliciting key clients.
In 2004 the relationship between KMG and the Costelloes deteriorated. In 2006 KMG resigned as a director of One Step and sold her 50% shareholding to the Costelloes for £3.15 million. Both KMG and AMG entered into deeds of compromise which contained 3-year non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions.
However, unknown to the Costelloes, in 2004 KMG and AMG had already set up a competing venture called Positive Living. Positive Living provided the same services as One Step, but also obtained registration as a domiciliary care agency with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Positive Living's marketing literature covered the same rented accommodation and support services as provided by One Step, but distinguished itself by its CQC registration and the ability to provide personal care.
In 2007, Positive Living began trading in the same area as One Step. By early 2008, One Step experienced a significant decline in its fortunes. This led to correspondence between the parties' solicitors in which KMG and AMG denied that they were competing with One Step. No further action was taken at that time. In 2010, KMG and AMG sold their shares in Positive Living for £12.8 million.
In 2012, One Step decided to issue proceedings against KMG and AMG for breaches of the restrictive covenants contained in the deeds of compromise. One Step sought either an account of profits or Wrotham Park damages, the latter being the reasonable amount that the parties would have agreed should be paid to secure the release of the restrictive covenants.
The High Court refused an account of profits. However, given the secret manner in which Positive Living had been set up, the judge accepted it would be difficult for One Step to identify its financial loss. Therefore, it was just to make an award of Wrotham Park damages. KMG and AMG appealed to the Court of Appeal.
Court of Appeal decision
The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's decision and attempted to clarify the circumstances in which Wrotham Park damages would be awarded. It had been thought that Wrotham Park damages were confined to cases where the claimant had suffered no identifiable financial loss but where it would be wrong to allow the defendant to profit from their wrongdoing. However, the Court of Appeal decided that:
- There was no rule that Wrotham Park damages would only be awarded in such circumstances. Wrotham Park damages allowed the court to take a flexible approach where it was difficult, but not necessarily impossible, to show an identifiable financial loss.
- The correct test was whether Wrotham Park damages would be a just response to the breach. This was "quintessentially, a matter for the judge to decide" taking into account the difficulties that One Step would have encountered in establishing an ordinary damages claim given that Positive Living had been incorporated in secrecy.
- Wrotham Park damages were not exceptional. The test was "not whether the case is exceptional but what does justice require". In any event, the facts of the case were exceptional, with Positive Living having been established in secret before KMG and AMG signed up to lengthy restrictive covenants that they proceeded to disregard. This subterfuge meant that One Step had not been able to obtain interim relief in the form of an injunction. The Court of Appeal noted that the difficulty of obtaining interim relief in consequence of the breach of contract was another factor that could be taken into account.
- As to the amount of damages that can be awarded, the judge must guard against over-compensation. However, the Court acknowledged that: "the price that might reasonably be demanded for the relaxation of a covenant may necessarily exceed the loss that would have been suffered by the actual breach".
KMG and AMG appealed again to the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court upheld the appeal and overturned the High Court and Court of Appeal decisions. Lord Reed gave the main judgment in the case and began by setting out a reminder of the "first principles" relating to damages awards:
- User damages in tort: these damages are assessed by reference to the value of the use wrongfully made of property, measured by what a reasonable person would have paid for the right of use. Such damages are typically awarded for the breaches of tangible and intellectual property rights.
- Damages in equity under the Chancery Amendment Act 1858 (the "Lord Cairns' Act"): these damages can be awarded in place of an injunction or specific performance where the court has jurisdiction to grant such a remedy. One way of quantifying such damages is by reference to the amount the claimant might reasonably have demanded in return for the relaxation of the obligation in question.
- Damages for breach of contract: common law damages for breach of contract are intended to put the claimant in the same position as they would have been in had the contract been performed. The conventional approach to quantifying such damages is to look at the difference between the effect of performance and non-performance on the claimant. The claimant's loss should be measured or estimated as accurately or reliably as possible. Only in exceptional circumstances can contract law damages be awarded to deprive the defendant of profits flowing from the breach (i.e. an account of profits).
Turning then to the question of Wrotham Park damages – the Supreme Court preferring the term "negotiating damages" – Lord Reed reviewed the case law and considered that it fell into two phases. In the first phase of cases (starting with the Wrotham Park case itself), damages awards were made under the Lord Cairns' Act in cases concerning interference with rights over property and land and were based on a hypothetical release fee in place of an injunction. That measure of damages reflected the fact that the refusal of an injunction had the effect of depriving the claimant of an asset which had economic value. In the second phase of cases, similar awards were made at common law, but on a wider and less certain basis.
Lord Reed concluded that negotiating damages could be awarded for a breach of contract where the breach "results in the loss of a valuable asset created or protected by the right which was infringed, as for example in cases concerned with the breach of a restrictive covenant over land, an intellectual property agreement or a confidentiality agreement". In such cases, the claimant has been deprived of a valuable asset, and his loss can therefore be measured by determining the economic value of the asset in question.
However, in other types of breach of contract claim, such as breach of non-competition or non-solicitation restrictions, damages should be assessed in the conventional way. At paragraph 93 of the judgment it is said that: "…the breach of a non-compete obligation may cause the claimant to suffer pecuniary loss resulting from the wrongful competition, such as loss of profits and goodwill which is measurable by conventional means, but in the absence of such loss, it is difficult to see how there could be any other loss".
Was One Step entitled to negotiating damages?
Applying these principles to the present case, Lord Reed concluded that the High Court and Court of Appeal had been wrong to conclude that One Step was entitled to negotiating damages. Neither the difficulty of proving the loss nor the deliberate nature of the breach justified making an award of negotiating damages to One Step.
The substance of One Step's claim was that it had lost profits and goodwill as a result of KMG's and AMG's breaches of contract. This form of loss was capable of being quantified in the conventional manner for assessing damages for breach of contract i.e. accurately measuring or estimating the actual loss sustained. It could not be said that One Step had suffered a loss of a valuable proprietary asset created or protected by the rights which had been infringed.
Therefore, the case will now return to the High Court for a hearing on quantum to measure One Step's actual financial loss.
This decision confirms that where a former employee breaches a non-competition or non-solicitation covenant, the employer will be confined to an assessment of damages in the normal way: the mere difficulty in quantifying loss is not a gateway to an award of negotiating damages. Instead, the employer is required to demonstrate and/or estimate their actual loss as accurately or reliably as possible. Recognising that this may not always be straightforward, Lord Reed pointed out that "there are a variety of legal principles which can assist the claimant in cases where there is a paucity of evidence". For example,where the defendant had destroyed evidence, a claimant is able to ask court to make presumptions in their favour. Lord Reed also acknowledged that there may be limited circumstances in which a hypothetical release fee might be relevant to the conventional assessment of damages for breach of contact (e.g. if the parties had been negotiating a release fee prior to the breach occurring then the fee might be relevant to the quantification of loss). Negotiating damages may still be available as a remedy where the former employee has breached their duty of confidence as Lord Reed concluded such a duty to fall into the same category as a restrictive covenant over land or an intellectual property agreement.
Where does this leave employers? Where a former employee breaches a non-competition or non-solicitation restriction the employer must be ready to evidence the loss flowing from the breach. This involves proving that the contract in question would have been placed with the employer (rather than with the former employee's competing business). The challenge for the employer here is that it's not usually possible to show this would definitely have been the case. Accordingly, the loss is more likely to be treated as a "loss of chance", meaning that the court will evaluate the chance of which the employer has been deprived. This will usually be expressed as a fixed percentage chance of making a specified amount of profit.
Employers in this situation may be able to pursue an "account of profits" as an alternative remedy. An account of profits has the advantage that the employer is not required to prove loss. This remedy will be available where the former employee has improperly received or retained profits acquired from the use of the employer's property (which would include confidential information). In such circumstances, the court can order the former employee to surrender the profits in question. However, as was seen in the One Step case, such awards are exceptional in breach of contract cases.
Finally, employers should remember that where either confidentiality and/or intellectual property rights have been breached negotiating damages may still be available. In practice a dispute may well involve breaches of confidentiality as well as breach of a restrictive covenant making the task of assessing damages complex.


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Xmelt is an all female band. We are tired of the SHIT SHOW! We wrote a song after the Kavanaugh Hearings. It's a familiar story.Read More
We did a fundraiser for a foundation that supports women and children experiencing domestic abuse. Here's some video from that event.Read More
We have a number of songs on our new album that are based on real life events. City Ghosts is a song about a broken relationship between friends, then you don't see that person anymore. Until one day when you bump into that person and you both startle like you've seen a ghost. That is your City Ghost. We all have them.
This drawing was done by Brooke, Tonya's sister and our new bandmate!
These are the lyrics:
We have new bandmates! We have had a few members come and go over the last year or so, but now we have a couple of amazing ladies playing with us! What is so amazing about these women? Well, for one they didn't play the instruments they play in the band before they started playing with us, but they loved our band and us so much they decided to learn the instruments and they are KILLING IT!
So who are these new members? One is Tonya Breaux's little sister Brooke. The other member is Brooke's wife, Rachel. Brooke plays the bass and Rachel plays the drums. We are having so much fun playing with them!
Here is Tonya teaching her sister Brooke the ropes
Here's the whole crew: Rachel, Tonya, Brooke and Jen
We are almost done with our new album and cannot wait to release it! The CDs are being pr...Read More
Tonight XMELT, StumbleBum, ViQueen and Rad Max are playing at the Twilight Cafe and Bar!
1420 SE Powell Blvd. Doors open at 8 pm – $7 admission – 21+.
XMELT has been pulling out the stops for this show. We've painted a backdrop for the stage. We've made costumes. We'll even give you a little sneak peak of the happenings.
Here's a batwing, shoulder pads and part of a bustier in mid-production. Our entire band is dressing up like another band. Can you guess the band we're dressing up like? We are even doing a cover by this band. Hint: it's an all-male metal band that our all-female band is covering. You know you wanna see this!
Come by tonight! The more the scarier!Read More
XMELT is playing with No Me Gusta Friday,
September 29th at 10 pm
1800 E Burnside
We know it's a busy time of year!
This time of year is so busy with events and projects. The band is almost done with their album! Daniel Riddle – the taskmaster – is keeping everyone on task, which is hard because the band is so busy. Jen is trying to become a hotelier on the Oregon Coast, Graye is going on tour with another band that she's in (she's so popular! Everyone wants her in their band!), Tuesday has been working on more large-scale metal shows with her boyfriend, Chris Nuka and Tonya has been busy traveling and visiting family.
We know you're busy too! The women of XMELT would be so honored if you would take the time to come by and hear their sound...Read More
XMELT is playing with Apology Calls
Tuesday, August 29th. Doors open at 8 pm.
The Twilight is located at 1420 SE Powell Blvd. $5 cover – 21 and over.
We are having so much fun playing together. You should see the scene! Tonya running around with her wireless guitar, Jen sing-screaming, Graye singing and holding down the bass and Tuesday hitting the drums so hard that she sometimes misses and leaves bruises on herself.
Here's a video of us from right before our last show: IMG_2929
Hope to see you Tuesday night!Read More
We're playing at the Lombard Pub tomorrow night–Thursday– 8/17/17!
Bands start at 9 pm with Manglor Mountain, 10 pm XMELT and at 11 PM The Very Least.
3416 N Lombard Street, PDX. 21 and over – Free Admission.
By the way, we are so stoked to have Graye playing bass at the show (she's the pipsqueak with the dark eyes). She's been playing keys and guitar and just jumped onto the bass because we needed some support in that area. Thank you, Graye!!! We are a team effort!
We will leave you with this little preview of the bands playing tomorrow night.
Hope to see you there!
The Very Least
Manglor MountainRead More
We are playing tonight at 11 pm, with our Friends A Certain Smile, who play at 10 pm. We'll literally be rocking the house at EastBurn Public House. 21 and over only, suggested donation: $5. If you've seen us before, come check out our new sound with our rad, new bass player! Her name is Melissa and she's great!
The show tonight is for our new single called, "We Won't Go Back!" which is a song we wrote in reaction to the 2016 election. It's a political anthem song about not going back in time under the Trump administration. Give it a listen here:
If you can't make the show, but would like to purchase this song, you can do so here.
Otherwise, we hope to see you tonight!
Love and bruises,
JenRead More
Yesterday we had band practice, which was hot, but totally fun, as always. We were pretty tired afterward so we went to sit in the grass, to talk and we took a few photos. Then Tuesday, our drummer (the redhead) suggested that we play some songs that we'd never played before acoustically.
So we started singing songs. Tonya on guitar and freestyle rap (she's the one in the middle with the dark hair), Tuesday on snaps and you know me, always the loudest singer (I'm on the right with the lacy dress). I think I sing for all three of us.
Here is a recording of us from last night, that we only started recording halfway through, but you get the idea. This sounds nothing like our band typically does. Normally, we are so loud and I'm screaming, so this was a fun treat to strip it all down.
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point at
1. To extend one's finger, especially the index finger, in the direction of someone or something. The librarian pointed at the sign that said to keep quiet. "There he is! That's the guy who mugged me, officer!" I said, pointing to the man crossing the street.
2. To direct, aim, or indicate at or in the direction of someone or something. We set up signs pointing at the house so no one would get lost on their way to the party. The GPS marker pointed at a rest stop a few miles from where we were.
3. To direct or aim someone or something in the direction of someone or something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "point" and "at." Don't point that thing at me—the radiation off those devices causes cancer! I turned her around and pointed her at the rack of books labeled "Computer Sciences." He pointed his rifle at the deer, but he couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger.
4. To indicate some particular outcome, possibility, interpretation, etc. All these signs point at a renewed interest in the market for these sorts of devices. The patterns of the killings point at a single murder who has developed a particular MO.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
point something at someone or something
to aim or direct something at someone or something. Don't ever point a gun at anyone! Point the rifle at the target and putt the trigger.
point at someone or something
1. [for someone] to direct an extended finger at someone or something; to point one's finger at someone or something. You should not point at people. Harry pointed at the mess Jerry had made and scowled.
2. [for something] to aim at someone or something. The gun pointed directly at him. He was frightened. The sign pointed at a small roadside cafe, populated by truck drivers.
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24th May in School
24th May 2020
Dear Parent / Carer
I hope my letter finds you and your loved ones safe and well.
As always my thanks to all our staff and community partners involved in supporting the children in the Hubs; in delivering free school meals; in preparing the food boxes and in delivering learning opportunities to our children online. This week I asked staff to make a wee video introducing themselves and showing what they've been working on. You can watch the video here:
This week saw the First Minister provide a route-map out of Lockdown. Contained within this recovery plan is guidance for schools and Local Authorities on how we can take forward the education provision for schools over the coming months and into the new term in August. As previously mentioned, together with the Local Authority, we have already been working on a recovery plan and such guidance helps us further. In summary, all schools will welcome all children back to school in August but that a "blended approach" will be necessary, with pupils in school and also continuing to receive online learning. Of course I shall keep you briefed on these developments as the plans are firmed up over the coming weeks. I have attached the link to the Scottish Government plan for interest:
Online learning
Our engagement checks are illustrating the things that are going well in our efforts to provide learning opportunities for all our pupils; and the areas we need to work on. We have supported families to overcome device issues and supported youngsters with understanding the subject material and how to use Google Classroom quite well. The seniors are almost all working away on their certificated courses; some of the junior school pupils have a few more engagement issues. Although many of our junior pupils are thriving with the online material, many are finding it difficult to stay focused on the tasks without adult supervision and, of course, this is very difficult to achieve when we are all working from home. Our Guidance team will be happy to help parents with this difficult problem, should you wish to call us.
A month ago, we issued a questionnaire to determine how our pupils, parents, carers and staff were coping with our remote learning provision. We used the feedback from this survey to inform our remote learning strategy and to identify who needed what support; whether it be IT, pastoral or subject based. We would now like to run the survey again to determine what we now need to do to support our families and staff. Please find the links to the first survey results and the new questionnaire.
New Survey
Transition of P7 to S1
Thanks very much to all our new S1 pupils who completed last week's task. The videos, stories and PowerPoints were great!! We now have 155 pupils in the classroom. Around 50% have submitted the All about Me task - we will look through these next week. Ms. Sharp will be helping Mrs Morrison review the submissions. We will add a comment to each submission. Remember, you do not need to complete this if you feel you already have too much work from your Primary school.
Once again this week we uploaded new online resources for our new pupils entitled "You tell us" which asks: "What are you most looking forward to about coming to Oban High School? What are you concerned about? Do you have any questions for us?" You can ask us on this form; but remember you can ask questions anytime. Just add a question to Mrs Morrison on the Google Classroom page.
Also posted this week: An introduction from the PE staff.
You may also like to look at this staff video and get to know some of the staff you will see in August.
I know this is a reminder but a useful one I think. The new S1 (P7s) Google Classroom code is uv247l6. Please note that what looks like a 1 in the code is a small letter L. (Uniform, Victor 2 4 7 Lima 6)
Just log into Glow, then into Google Classroom, click the plus button and add this code. If you do not have a Glow Login or password, please contact your Primary school.
School Hostel
Mrs Morrison is in regular communication with Fran Bichard, the Officer in Charge at our school hostel. She will continue to communicate plans and information to our youngsters. She will also be sending out information packs and communications to new S1 youngsters this week.
Remember, if there is anything at all you wish to ask us about, or require support with anything, please contact us at:
Stay home, stay online, stay safe, stay learning.
Yours faithfully
P A Bain
Executive Head Teacher
Oban High School, Tiree High School & Tiree Primary School


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WrestleCon: USA vs. The World
Date: April 5, 2019
Location: New York Hilton Midtown, New York City, New York
Commentators: Excalibur, Dan Barry
This is a new one as WrestleCon is running a pair of shows and there's a theme to this one. It's a pretty simple idea here and the name alone should explain things. We'll be seeing some interesting matches here and WrestleCon knows how to do these things quite well most of the time. Let's get to it.


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Emergency Manager Law and City Representation
Here is what is causing so much mistrust of the state by the citizens of Detroit as it relates to the emergency manager law and its application to the city.
This will be especially true during the upcoming Governors attempt to be reelected.
"...After the hearing or the expiration of the 10 days in the case of no hearing, the governor confirms or revokes his determination. A confirmation will assign management of Detroit's fiscal emergency to a Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board composed of three state officials, including the treasurer, who are all Snyder appointees...." NBC News, March 1, 2013This mistrust is exasperated when the Financial Assistance Loan Board is making decisions where both the state and the city have a direct and competing financial interest. The word "Local" is misleading. How can state officials look out for the best interest of the city and the state at the same time when the interest of the two entities may be in conflict?
This will be especially true during the upcoming Governors attempt to be reelected.


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Michael Kemps, CEO of Innovative Computing Systems, spoke on two panels at the 2015 International Legal Technology Association Conference (ILTACON). Both were devoted to moving law firms to the cloud. (You can find the other here.)
If you weren't at ILTACON, couldn't make the session, or would like to listen to the session again, please fill out the form to the left to access an audio file and slides from the presentation.
The cloud. It has become more than just a place to host services such as spam filtering. The cloud today can be used to host your entire infrastructure including servers, storage and appliances. Two of the largest companies for cloud services are Amazon and Microsoft. Hear an in-depth discussion on both AWS and Azure storage, servers, infrastructure environment and how they can be used for your firm.
Michael was joined by Rich Lilly, Cloud & Datacenter Evangelist, at Netrix, LLC.


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Salesforce announced plans Friday to anchor a new riverfront skyscraper and add at least 1,000 jobs to its Chicago workforce in the next five years.
The San Francisco-based software firm has leased about 500,000 square feet in the planned third and final tower in the Wolf Point development, which will become its regional headquarters.
The company plans to put a Salesforce sign near the top of the 60-story building, which will rise on the north side of the Chicago River near the Merchandise Mart. The 1,000-square-foot exterior sign, a key aspect of the deal, required a new city ordinance.
Salesforce will occupy floors five through 23 and 55 through 57 in the building, to be called Salesforce Tower Chicago. It is one of six towers Salesforce has announced, with the others in San Francisco, New York, London, Indianapolis and Atlanta.
As it has done in its towers in other cities, Salesforce plans to make its top floor a common space available for nonprofits and local education groups to use for free on weeknights and weekends.
Salesforce is committed to give back to the cities it works in, Elizabeth Pinkham, executive vice president of global real estate at Salesforce, said Friday during an event announcing the lease.
"This beautiful tower reflects our commitment to being a partner with this community," she said. "We want these spaces to feel like home and really welcome everybody."
Founded in San Francisco in 1999, Salesforce has grown to a global company with more than 32,000 employees. Its revenues were $3.39 billion in the third quarter, up 26 percent year over year. Salesforce makes software that its clients, such as Northbrook-based Allstate and Chicago-based United Airlines, can use to connect with their customers.
The company expects to pay $475 million over 17 years to lease the space, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company could receive $41.5 million in tax credits from the state if it meets job creation and capital investment requirements.
Wolf Point, a site that has been owned by the Kennedy family for decades, is already the location of two residential towers — one completed and one under construction. The office tower, designed by architecture firm Pelli Clarke Pelli, will be the tallest of the three.
[ READ MORE: City looks to ease Trump-inspired sign limits as Salesforce eyes huge office lease on Chicago River ]
Developer Hines plans to begin construction of the 813-foot-tall tower around Jan. 1, 2020, with plans to complete the 1.2 million-square-foot building by early 2023, said Greg Van Schaack, a senior managing director at Hines. The city already has approved zoning for the project.
Salesforce's name will be on a sign with 11-foot-tall letters atop the east-facing part of the tower, Van Schaack said.
The company's plans to move to Wolf Point were reported in August, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel in September introduced the ordinance allowing larger signs on downtown buildings. Since the addition of 20-foot-tall letters spelling out "T-R-U-M-P" near the base of Trump International Hotel & Tower in 2014, the city had placed limits on signs.
Under the ordinance approved by the City Council in October, office tenants that occupy at least 350,000 square feet or have at least 1,000 employees in a building are allowed to have exterior signage. The ordinance also allows signs to become larger, on a sliding scale, based on how high they are above the ground.
The rules change would permit Salesforce's sign, which would be 800 feet off the ground, to be as large as 1,100 square feet.
[ READ MORE: Salesforce invests in wind farm as it grows in Chicago area ]
Salesforce opened its Chicago office in 2012 and has grown its workforce in the city to more than 1,400 people.
The company already occupies more than 200,000 square feet of office space in River North and Loop buildings, the largest of which is at 111 W. Illinois St. It also has workers in buildings at 114 W. Illinois St., 222 S. Riverside Plaza, 205 W. Wacker Drive, and within WeWork co-working space at 20 W. Kinzie St.
Pinkham expects employees to start moving into the Wolf Point tower in 2023. The company will continue finding space as needed to accommodate the growing employee count until the tower opens, Pinkham said.
"Growth does not stop," she said. "That's our biggest challenge these days … keeping out ahead of the growth."
The company entered into a tax credit agreement with the state worth an estimated $41.5 million, with a requirement to add at least 1,000 new full-time jobs by the end of 2023. Salesforce expects the average annual salary of those employees will be $100,000. The agreement is through the EDGE program, short for Economic Development for a Growing Economy, which provides tax breaks for companies that promise to create jobs in Illinois. It also requires Salesforce to make $175 million in capital investments over the next 10 years.
Salesforce entered into the tax agreement in 2012 and amended it to include the new project, according to state documents. It has qualified to receive more than $10 million in tax credits to date.
Other companies have received larger incentive packages from the state. Amazon entered into an agreement in 2016 that could be worth an estimated $71.5 million, contingent upon creating 3,500 jobs at a Joliet warehouse. An agreement that same year with Rivian Automotive tied to the creation of 1,000 jobs in Normal could be worth more than $49 million, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
The announcement comes just weeks after Chicago lost its bid for Amazon's second headquarters, a project that would have brought tens of thousands of high-paying jobs to the city. The Salesforce tower and increasing employee count is a win for civic and business leaders working to boost Chicago's standing as a tech city.
At Salesforce's announcement Friday, Emanuel lauded the company's decision to anchor the Wolf Point tower, bring jobs to the city and invest in the community. Chicago has recently landed near the top of several rankings of tech cities and innovation hubs, including one from consulting firm KPMG, Emanuel said.
"Salesforce says those aren't just studies, those are the reality, and they're here," he said.
Salesforce was represented in the lease by brokers Brad Serot, Paul Reaumond and Mark Cassata of CBRE. The landlord was represented by Hines executives Jim Walsh, Brian Atkinson and Van Schaack.
Houston-based Hines and the Kennedy family are in talks with other companies to fill the remaining 700,000 square feet of space in the tower, Van Schaack said. Plans for the skyscraper come amid a lengthy office development cycle that has added several new towers to the skyline, increasing competition for tenants willing to pay the highest rents in the city.
But Van Schaack said Wolf Point's location, at the confluence of the North and South branches of the river, will make it competitive even if the economy slows.
"The Chicago River is increasingly a powerful magnet for companies," he said.
Unlike many tech companies that prefer older buildings or sprawling campuses, Salesforce is known to seek naming rights and signage on new skyscrapers. In January, Salesforce moved its headquarters into the 61-story Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. At 1,070 feet, it is the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi River.
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At the 1917 Rotary International convention, outgoing RI President Arch C. Klumph proposed to set up an endowment "for the purpose of doing good in the world." In 1928, it was renamed The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International.
In 1929, the Foundation made its first gift of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. "Daddy" Allen, later grew into Easter Seals.
When Rotary founder Paul Harris died in 1947, contributions began pouring in to Rotary International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation. A contribution of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation is recognized by a Paul Harris Fellow Award. For a list of Paul Harris Fellows in the Rotary Club of Fairhope, see this page.
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5 things that will remake big data in the next 5 years
Big data has evolved a lot of the past few years; from a happy buzzword to a hated buzzword, and from a focus on volume to a focus on variety and velocity. The term "big data" and the technologies that encompass it have been pored over, picked over and bastardized sometimes beyond recognition. Yet we're at a point now where it's finally becoming clear what all of this talk has been leading up to.
It's a world of automation and intelligence, where it's easier than ever to mine data, but also to build intelligence into everything from mobile apps to transportation systems. Big was never really the end goal, but the models driving this change generally feed on data to get smarter. Variety was never really a goal, it's just that the more we can quantify, the more we can learn about the world around us.
It's a world we'll delve into in great detail at our Structure Data, which kicks off just a week from today (March 19) in New York. We have speakers from nearly every tech company that matters, as well from some of the biggest companies in the world and some of the smartest startups around. They'll be talking about everything from fighting human trafficking to the future of Hadoop and the cutting edge in artificial intelligence.
Here are five of the big trends I have been watching that helped shaped who'll be speaking and what they'll be talking about. Hopefully, it gives you something to think about and, if you're planning to attend, something to look forward to.
1. Hadoop's march toward true platform status
Apache Hadoop might still be a distributed file system and the MapReduce processing framework, but Hadoop is so much more. Thanks to general advances such as YARN, Hadoop clusters can now run any number of different processing frameworks for any number of different workloads, all taking advantage of the same underlying storage infrastructure. What was once a MapReduce cluster for ETL jobs, for example, can now also operate simultaneously as a Spark cluster for machine learning, a Storm cluster for stream processing and a Tez cluster for interactive SQL.
Essentially, Hadoop is transforming from a tool useful for certain tasks into a bona fide platform capable of supporting all sorts of applications. Early adopters such as Airbnb and Twitter are already taking advantage of this new reality, and efforts by Hadoop vendors such as Cloudera, Hortonworks and MapR to build new capabilities into their products and support new frameworks suggest mainstream Hadoop users also will at some point. Startups such as Continuuity, Mortar Data and WibiData should speed this evolution as they make it easier to build big data applications, all the while open sourcing some of their technological underpinnings and thus giving tools to even more developers.
Of course, it won't just be developers feeling the effects of Hadoop as a platform, but incumbent software vendors, as well. Traditional data warehouse, database, and even statistics software companies will have to find ways to cope with the fact that Hadoop can now store a lot more data they they can for a lot less money, and also analyze it a variety of ways.
2. The rise of artificial intelligence, finally
We have the computers, we have the data, and we have the algorithms: so we now have the artificial intelligence. No, it's not yet the fear-mongering stuff of science-fiction or the human-replacing stuff of Her, but AI is finally for real. Thanks to advances in machine learning, we have smartphones that can recognize voice commands, media services that predict what movies we'll like, software that can identify the relationships among billions of data points, and apps that can predict when we're most fertile.
We have IBM's Watson system putting together ingredient lists for chefs.
Looking forward, the work being done in areas like deep learning will make our AI systems more useful and more powerful. Set loose on complex datasets, these models are able to extract and identify the features of what they're analyzing at a level that can't be programmed. Without human supervision, deep learning projects have figured out what certain objects look like, mapped word usage across languages and even learned the rules of video games. All of a sudden, it looks possible to automate certain tasks such as tagging content to make it searchable, or predicting with high accuracy what someone's words means or what they'll type next.
Applied to new types of content in new areas, these methods could prove even more valuable. What are the features that comprise a certain type of cancer cell? Can we help nurses know as much as doctors? What combination of previously unmeasurable variables might signal a suicide risk among teenagers? How do we make self-driving cars and drone delivery services commercial realities? We can't call it a savior yet, but AI does seem to hold a lot of promise.
3. Analytic power to the people
It might not seem like a big deal compared with the really hard infrastructure and algorithm work being done elsewhere, but efforts to make data analysis a standard and easy-to-achieve skill could prove transformative to our society. Just giving everyday people the power to visualize the data around them in new ways can open up entirely new ways of thinking about our lives.
Yesterday, for example, I used free software to build a network graph of my iTunes library and compare the words Edward Snowden used in a recent interview to those used by NSA boss Gen. Keith Alexander. I wasn't doing data science or deep learning, but I was able to perform simple analysis on, and then visualize, data that I found interesting. Previously, I've mapped my Twitter followers, analyzed Gigaom writers' headlines and even visualized my food intake and exercise. Who knows, getting young people interested in analyzing their own data with interesting visualizations might actually help spur that data-savvy workforce everyone seems to think we need.
And as the tools available to laypeople get more advanced, and as we accumulate even more data about ourselves via fitness trackers, connected cars and the internet of things, in general, being able to get a sense of our quantified selves will become much more important. We are, for many purposes, becoming numbers fed into and spit out of algorithms. Our personal data will influence everything from the ads we see to the job offers we get, and it will behoove individuals to see at least a modicum of what companies, institutions and the government are seeing.
4. The cloud
I've said three years ago that cloud computing and big data are on a collision course, and it's finally happening — only in a much broader way than I predicted. In fact, the biggest impacts of this convergence might have little to do with being able to consume Hadoop, business intelligence suites or any other sort of analytic software as a service. Those things are happening, and they'll make life easier for startups and established companies that want to move new workloads into the cloud, but the beauty of the cloud to me is now its ability to democratize hard computer science.
Already, some of the technologies and techniques I've highlighted are being delivered as services, often via API, and the list will only grow. If you're a developer and you want to learn Hadoop and use Elastic MapReduce, that's available. But if you just want to connect to a service like IBM's Watson cloud or the MindMeld API and have someone else's algorithms provide a layer of artificial intelligence to your data, that's an option, too. The work being done at places from Google to Pinterest to Netflix assures that many of these techniques will just be embedded into the service we consume.
Assuming these approaches really work and let developers deliver real intelligence (as opposed to, say, generic recommendation features that become more of a plague than a benefit) it will raise the bar for what consumers expect, even for mundane tasks. Many of us will expect to know not just that our shopping list contains lettuce, but also what recipes it's good for, what are good alternatives if the store is out and where we can get the lowest prices. Paired with the available processing power and data capacity of our smartphones and other computers, well-designed apps can actually make this a reality whatever signal we're picking up from AT&T's towers.
5. The law
And, finally, the legal system is the potential rain — or, depending on how you look at it, parental chaperone — on this big data party. Already, judges, legislators, regulators and even the president are trying to get their heads around what all this data collection means and then carve out some semblance of order. It is not easy terrain to navigate, especially with all the competing interests at play.
One of the trickiest areas to govern will be the consumer privacy area, where there's great potential to elevate the consumer experience but also great risk of invading individuals' privacy. Oh, and lots of lobbyist money is now coming into play. We want to get the best deals on food or new clothes, and we want to be able to have our DNA sequenced for $99. We also need to make sure the potentially sensitive information we supply isn't used in unexpected ways or doesn't pop up in places we didn't expect it to, such as in banner ads on a shared computer.
It will be a big challenge for lawmakers and others in the legal field to craft a framework of laws, regulations, and case law that lets consumers have their cake and it too when it comes to privacy. Frankly, I'm not sure they can without understanding the technology and where it's headed, and I'm not sure we'll ever really be happy with the results.
Sure, we don't want Facebook, Google and ultimately even someone like Geico analyzing the heck out of all our data, but we also don't want to go back to a world of weirdly designed websites, waiting for taxis, and generally inefficient, not-personalized lives.


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Spy Video: BMW's PAS caught testing in Munich
With the launch of the 1-Series coupe/convertible, the M3 coupe/sedan and the X6 all scheduled for this year, BMW sure has its work cut out for 2008. However, BMW isn't stopping there. The auto maker is now working on branching into a totally new segment, giving its lineup more than just passenger cars and SUVs.
Work is under way on the company's first stab at an MPV-ish vehicle, or better known as Progressive Activity Sedan (PAS) by BMW. The BMW PAS is expected to be powered by a choice of four, six and eight-cylinder gasoline and turbodiesel engines, available in rear-wheel-drive only.
According to AutoCar the car may carry the badge 'V5' when it hits roads in late 2009 in the UK. U.S. will get its version sometime in 2010. Expect a concept version of the PAS at the 2008 Frankfurt Motor Show.
Click through for the video to learn more.
Source: AutoCar
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