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This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition of IT Contracts
and Dispute Management provides an in-depth analysis of the legal
issues that could potentially arise within each critical stage of a
technology project. The authors draw on their extensive practical
experience of advising and litigating in this evolving field, and
have produced a work that is both authoritative and pragmatic. Key
Features: Discussion of recent judicial decision of relational
contracts, and the Supreme Court’s judgment on ‘no oral
modification’ clauses and their applicability to change control
procedures Updated information to account for the new High Court
rules on disclosure Guidance on how to manage frequently occurring
issues, such as delayed delivery Examination of important methods
of project resuscitation when experiencing difficulty, as well as
potential end of project issues This informative book will be a
hugely valuable resource for lawyers in private practice who are
advising clients striving to avoid or resolve disputes occurring
from IT projects. It will also be beneficial for in-house legal
counsel who advise clients at each stage of IT projects.
'I believe this book will change the conversation in schools on
children's behaviour.' - Dr Luna Centifanti A School Without
Sanctions offers an innovative approach to behaviour management in
schools, prioritising compassion and behaviour modification over
punishment. Drawing on their award-winning methods, Steven Baker
and Mick Simpson explain why challenging behaviour occurs and
provide a toolbox of non-confrontational approaches that will
benefit the whole school community. When Steven and Mick set out to
transform their school's approach to behaviour, it changed
everything. With the help of Dr Alice Jones Bartoli at Goldsmiths,
they developed a sanction-free approach in their special school for
boys with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) difficulties.
Far from descending into anarchy, lessons began to improve and
student-staff relationships flourished. The school is now rated
outstanding in all areas, and more importantly, student outcomes
have been remarkable. Steven and Mick apply this experience, as
well as their work in pupil referral units and young offender
institutions, to explore their strategies for managing behaviour
without the need for zero tolerance, discussing exclusions, trauma,
motivation and engagement along the way. Rooted in neuroscience and
evolutionary psychology, this book will revolutionise the way you
think about behaviour management, help boost student mental health
and academic achievement, and protect teacher wellbeing.
Urban expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker
look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real
future of transportation and the repercussions for the world's
cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual
lives. Human mobility, dominated for a century by cars and trucks,
is facing a dramatic transformation. Over the next decade, new
networked devices, from electric bikes to fleets of autonomous
cars, will change the way we move. They will also disrupt major
industries, from energy to cars, give birth to new mobility giants,
and lead to a redesign of our cities. For Rossant and Baker, this
represents the advance of the Information Revolution into the
physical world. This will raise troubling questions about
surveillance, privacy, the dangers from hackers and the loss of
jobs. But it also promises startling efficiencies, which could turn
our cities green and, perhaps, save our planet. In an engaging,
deeply reported book, the authors travel to mobility hotspots, from
Helsinki to Shanghai, to scout out this future. And they visit the
companies putting it together. One, Divergent3d, is devising a
system to manufacture cars with robots and 3D printers. PonyAI, a
Chinese-Silicon Valley startup, builds autonomous software that
perceives potholes, oncoming trucks, and wayward pedestrians, and
guides the vehicle around them. Voom, an Airbus subsidiary, is
racing with dozens of others to operate fleets of air taxis that
fly by themselves. Hop, Skip, Go is about us: billions of people on
the move. Underlying each stage of mobility, from foot to horse to
cars and jets, are the mathematics of three fundamental variables:
time, space and money. We measure each trip we take, whether to
Kuala Lumpur or the corner drugstore. As the authors make clear,
the coming mobility revolution will be no different. As they unveil
the future, the authors explore how these changes might revamp our
conception of global geography, the hours in our days, and where in
the world we might be able to go.
"The place to go if you're really interested in this version of
the quest for creating Artificial Intelligence (AI)."--"Seattle
Times"
For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that
thinks like a human. Scientists have made progress: computers can
now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. Yet
we still await a machine that exhibits the rich complexity of human
thought--one that doesn't just crunch numbers, or take us to a
relevant Web page, but understands us and gives us what we need.
With the creation of Watson, IBM's "Jeopardy " playing computer, we
are one step closer to that goal.
But how did we get here? In Final Jeopardy, Stephen Baker traces
the arc of Watson's "life," from its birth in the IBM labs to its
big night on the podium. We meet Hollywood moguls and Jeopardy
masters, genius computer programmers and ambitious scientists,
including Watson's eccentric creator, David Ferrucci. We see how a
new generation of Watsons could transform medicine, the law,
marketing, even science itself, as machines process huge amounts of
data at lightning speed, answer our questions, and possibly come up
with new hypotheses. As fast and fun as the game itself, "Final
Jeopardy" shows how smart machines will fit into our world--and how
they'll disrupt it.
"Like Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine, Baker's book finds us
at the dawn of a singularity. It's an excellent case study, and
does good double duty as a Philip K. Dick scenario, too."--"Kirkus
Reviews"
"Baker's narrative is both charming and terrifying . . . an
entertaining romp through the field of artificial intelligence--and
a sobering glimpse of things to come."--"Publishers Weekly,"
starred review
IT Contracts and Dispute Management provides in-depth analysis of
the legal issues that customers and suppliers involved in a
technology project can face at each of its critical stages. The
authors offer a practitioner'?s-eye view of both the impact of
those issues and how to resolve them or minimise their effect. Key
features include:? guidance on all stages of a technology project
presented in the order in which they typically occur? discussion of
the tender process, preparation of contract terms and project
delivery? advice on how to manage commonly occurring issues, such
as delayed delivery? insight into potential methods of project
?'resuscitation'? when difficulties arise advice on ?'end of
project?' issues, including termination options, formal resolution
of disputes and quantification of losses first-hand insights
drawing on the authors?' extensive personal experiences throughout.
Being the only published work in this area relating to English law,
this book will be a valuable resource for lawyers in private
practice who are advising clients on the avoidance or resolution of
disputes arising from IT projects. It will also be of great
interest to in-house legal counsel who advise that part of their
business responsible for procuring, supplying, or managing an IT
project.
On Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972, British paratroopers killed
thirteen innocent men in Derry. It was one of the most
controversial events in the history of the Northern Ireland
conflict and also one of the most mediated. The horror was recorded
in newspapers and photographs, on TV news and current affairs, and
in film and TV drama. In a cross media analysis that spans a period
of almost forty years up to the publication of the Saville Report
in 2010, "The British Media and Bloody Sunday" identifies two
countervailing impulses in media coverage of Bloody Sunday and its
legacy: an urge in the press to rescue the image and reputation of
the British Army versus a troubled conscience in TV current affairs
and drama about what was done in Britain's name. In so doing, it
suggests a much more complex set of representations than a
straightforward propaganda analysis might allow for, one that says
less about the conflict in Ireland than it does about Britain, with
its loss of empire and its crisis of national identity.
What kind of teacher are you? What values, beliefs and principles
do successful teachers possess and how do they sustain these in the
face of challenging pupil behaviour? In this timely book, Stephen
Baker contends that rigid punishment systems weaponize young
people's defiance against them and that punishment doesn't work. He
believes that teachers need to take responsibility for behaviour
and to teach it, that we need to love the kids (even if we don't
like them), that children are people, thatweare an event
intheirlives, and that teaching is a relationship-based activity.
That Behaviour Bookis an essential guide for both the beginner and
the more experienced teacher, and its unique tone makes it an
indispensable companion. Steve Baker's anecdotes, drawn from his
years as a pupil, teacher and trainer pack an emotional punch and
are often hilarious.
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