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Bravo, Nauhcatzin Graduate Affiliate & SJD Candidate. Professor of Law, University of Guadalajara. Human Rights Protection in Comparative Perspective.
Collombet, Sophie Visiting Scholar. Doctoral Candidate in Law at European University Institute in Florence. Private Dispute Settlement: A Comparative Approach in France and the U.S.
Cottrell, Jill Visiting Scholar, Fall 2005; University of Hong Kong.
Den Dulk, Kevin Graduate Fellow. Professor of Political Science at Grand Valley State University. Dissertation: The Interaction of Law & Religious Groups.
Falsarelli, Glaucia State Judge, Brasilia, Brazil. Coordinator of the Community Justice Program and the Itinerant Small Courts Program in Brazil. Currently completing a Master in Law degree at Essex University's Human Rights Center in the United Kingdom.Community Mediation as a Tool to Promote the Empowerment of Citizens in Brazil.
Farnham, Jennifer Graduate Student in Sociology. Exploring Innovative Collaboration Between Lawyers and Non-lawyers.
Franz, Michael Graduate Fellow Doctoral Candidate in Political Science. Legal Issues in Campaign Finance.
Garcia-Villegas, Mauricio UW Tinker Fellow, Spring 2002. Professor of Constitutional Law, National University, Bogota, Colombia. Comparative International Perspectives on Law & Society Studies.
Gless, Sabine Visiting Scholar Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. In residence: Jan.-Aug. 2004 and Summer 2005. Criminal Law.
Gonzales Mantilla, Gorki Visiting Scholar. Professor of Theory of Law and Civil Law; Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Law School. Judicial Power, Legitimacy and Democracy in Peru.
Gonzalez, Felipe Visiting Scholar. Professor of Law, University of Diego Portales Law School, Santiago, Chile. International Human Rights.
Goodale, Mark Graduate Fellow. Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Anthropology, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. Dissertation: Interlegality in the Bolivian Andes.
Graubart, Jon Graduate Fellow. Assoc. Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University. Dissertation: NAFTA and the NAALC Agreement.
Hoffmann, Elizabeth Graduate Fellow. Professor of Sociology at Purdue University. Dissertation: Dispute Resolution in Business in the UK & US.
Houtzager, Peter Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex In residence: Oct. 25-Dec. 20, 2003. Dispute Resolution in Brazil and the Phillippines.
Jensen, Hanne Birgitte Researcher in the Department of Law at the European University Institute in Florence. In residence: January - May 2003. Research topic: Sustainability - A Constitution of the Mind (legal implications of the policy of sustainable development).
Kath, Peter Giessen Professor. Senior Researcher and Attorney at Law. In residence: July 15-Oct. 20, 2003. Computer Law; European/German Law.
Knoll, Bernard (Fall 2004) Visiting Scholar Doctoral Candidate, European University Institute, Florence. Miutilateral Institution Building: The Case of the UN Administration of Kosovo.
Kreuzer, Arthur Giessen Profesor. Director of the Institute of Criminology In residence: Sept. 1-20, 2003. European/German Law.
Krishnan, Jay Graduate Fellow. Professor of Law at William Mitchell Law School. Dissertation: Use of Courts in the U.S., Israel, and India to Advance Public Policy Goals.
Krug, Peter George Herman Kaiser Chair in International Law. University of Oklahoma College of Law. In residence: Dec. 2003; June-Aug. 2004. Comparative Law, International Business Transactions, Public International Law.
Levitsky, Sandra Doctoral Candidate in Sociology. Law and Social Change; Legal Rights.
Leal Arcas, Rafael Doctoral Candidate, European University Institute.In residence: Fall 2003. International Trade Law of the EC.
Lipson, Daniel Graduate Fellow. Asst. Professor of Political Science at SUNY-New Paltz. Dissertation: Affirmative Action As We Don't Know It: An Analysis of Undergraduate Admissions Reform at UC-Berkeley, UT-Austin, and UW-Madison.
Maciejewski, Mariusz Visiting Scholar. Doctoral Candidate at European University Institute in Florence.
MacLeod, Sorcha GLSI Visiting Scholar Lecturer in Law, University of Sheffield. In residence Spring 2005. International Natural Resources Law and Human Rights.
Marauhn, Thilo Visiting Professor of Law, Fall 2005. University of Giessen.
Marin Duran, Gracia EUI Visiting Scholar, Fall 2005. Doctoral Candidate in Law at European University Institute, Florence. External Economic Relations of the European Union and International Economic Law.
Marco Colino, Sandra Doctoral Candidate, European University Institute. In residence: Fall 2003. Vertical Restraints Under EC Competition Law & US Antitrust Law.
Ntoubandi, Faustin Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Fall 2005. University of Giessen.
Meneses, Maria Paula Associate Professor, Center for African Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique.In residence: May 2004 Reinventing Social Emancipation.
Monnye, Segoane Lawrence Visiting Scholar. Lecturer at the School of Law at Wits University in South Africa. Law, Medicine and Bioethics.
Naggita, Damalie Associate Dean, Faculty of Law, Department of Law & Jurisprudence, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. A comparative study between the ADA and other jurisdictions with disability rights protection, and the position of Uganda in disability rights.
Obregón, Liliana Assistant Professor, University of Los Andes Law School, Colombia (2003). In residence: Spring 2004. International Law; Human Rights; Latin American Legal History.
Oloka-Onyango, Joe Visiting Scholar. Dean of Law, Makerere University, Uganda; International Human Rights & Economic Law, Gender & the Law.
Parmar, Sejal Visiting Scholar. Doctoral Candidate in Law at European University Institute in Florence. The Fundamental Human Right of Equality: a Case Study of the European Union.
Perla Anaya, Jose Visiting Scholar. Professor, Sociology of Law & Communications Law, Universidad De Lima. Historical and Juridical Background of Telecommunications Policies and Regulations.
Quinn, Beth Visiting Scholar Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Montana State University. In residence Spring and Summer, 2005. Sociology of Law.
Robinson, Robert Reif Doctoral Candidate in Political Science. Judicial Institutions and the Admission of Controversial Expert Testimony.
Rotaru, Vasile Visiting Scholar. Lecturer, State University of Moldova Law Faculty. The Role of Plea Bargaining in Criminal Justice.
Ruggiero, Cristina Doctoral Candidate in Political Science. Impact of Federal Constitutional Courts on Implementing Rights Policy.
Sachs, Honor Legal History Fellow 2002-03; Graduate Fellow 2004-06. Doctoral Candidate in U.S. Women's History and American History. Women, Gender, and Politics in the 18th Century Kentucky Backcountry.
Sirait, Ningrum Visiting Fulbright Scholar sponsored by American Indonesian Exchange Foundation and Institute of International Education. Antitrust Law.
Steward, Dan Doctoral Candidate in Sociology. Social Theory and Sociology of Law.
Strach, Patricia Lynn Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Albany, Departments of Political Science and Public Administration and Policy. The Family Structure in American Public Policy.
Tamale, Sylvia Visiting Scholar. Senior Lecturer, Department of Law and Jurisprudence, Makerere University, Uganda. Third World Women and the Law; Feminist Legal Theory; Gender and Politics.
Thomas, William Legal History Fellow 2004-05. Office: Room 6218 (ILS) Phone: 265-8428. (Ph.D., History, University of Iowa, 2002) USDOJ and Dissent During the First World War.
Tamaruya, Masayuki Research Associate at the University of Tokyo. Fulbright Scholar at the East Asian Legal Studies Center and intern for Hon. Barbara B. Crabb of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. In residence January-July, 2003. Comparative law with emphasis on American law.
Torres, Joaquim Visiting Scholar. Doctoral Candidate in Social and Political Science at European University Institute in Florence. Political Discourse and the "Justice Crisis" in Portugal.
Tsesis, Alex Affiliated Scholar; Independent Researcher/Author. Regulating Hate Speech; First and Thirteenth Amendment Issues.
Ushijima, Hitoshi Visiting Scholar. Associate Professor of Law, Fukuoka University, Japan; Alternative Dispute Resolution in Environmental Law.
Veil, Rudiger Visiting Scholar. Assistant Professor, Humboldt University Law School, Berlin. Capital Marekt Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Governance.
Villa, Sonja Visiting Scholar. Attorney from Genova, Italy. LL.M. Candidate at the University of Chicago. International Law; European Community Law.
Weaver, Kate Graduate Fellow. Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Austin. Dissertation: Role of International Organizations in Legal Reform in Transitional Economies.
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Improved Milling Functions for Feature-Based CAM
Version 2011 of PartMaker software for programming CNC mills, lathes, wire EDM, turn/mill machines and Swiss-type lathes includes a variety of upgrades.
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Version 2011 of PartMaker software for programming CNC mills, lathes, wire EDM, turn/mill machines and Swiss-type lathes includes a variety of upgrades. More powerful milling functionality is said to provide enhanced four- and five-axis surface swarfing techniques. The PowerMILL/PartMaker Interface (PPI) has also been enhanced. Specifically, memory management and simulation speed were improved. PPI allows the entire PowerMILL functionality for making complex parts such as blades and blisks to be applied to multi-axis lathes by importing PowerMILL toolpaths into PartMaker for simulation and post processing through PartMaker. An Advanced Milling Toolpaths (AMT) module, which supports a variety of high speed machining including trochoidal milling and rest-area machining, has also been enhanced.
The software's Tools Database allows users to better manage their tooling information from a master tool file as well as import and export tools to and from spreadsheet programs, the company says. This will allow users to more effectively manage tool inventory, interface to their tool crib software and also access cutting tool manufacturers' catalogs.
An algorithm for automating the toolpath calculation of back-turning tools commonly used on Swiss-type lathes with multiple cutting points, angles and radii is also included. In addition, the software supports programming of five-axis simultaneous milling on bar-fed milling machines that often feature secondary spindles inverted to the main spindle.
Editor PickCAD/CAM Update Impacts 2½-, Three-, Four- and Five-Axis Milling
MecSoft Corp. has released VisualCAM 2019 for Solidworks, the latest version of its integrated CAM software.

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For the second year in a row the Lipscomb women's basketball team was honored as one of the top 25 Division 1 schools in the country academically, a sign, Coach Frank Bennett said, that his program is starting to master the "student" part of the student-athlete equation.
The Lady Bisons were ranked No. 21 in the 2011 Women's Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Honor Roll, released this week.
The team finished ninth in last year's poll. South Dakota State was ranked No. 1 this year, while Lipscomb's ranking was the highest of all Division 1 schools in the South.
"We're really proud of the honor," Bennett said. "It says a lot about the amount of effort our girls have put in. We try to be the best at whatever we're doing. Some of that is on the basketball court, but it's also spiritually and in the classroom."
Aside from the recognition just meaning his players are smart, Bennett said the ranking more reflects the hard work put in by players of varying academic abilities once in Lipscomb's classrooms.
"Not everybody is capable of making an A in every class," Bennett said. "But you like to see improvement and that your players are doing their best. Over the years a lot of times you see players struggle early on in their academics but we want to see them work through those times. They can learn time management, but it's not easy being a college athlete."
Toia McGowan is a player that comes to mind for Bennett whenever he thinks of hard work in the classroom. The former Lady Bisons player struggled with schoolwork early in her career, Bennett said, but she stuck with school even after she lost her scholarship for a semester during her sophomore year. After improving her study habits, Bennett said, McGowan walked during May's graduation ceremonies and will officially graduate once she finishes her summer externship.
"She finished so much better than she started and we're proud of that," said Bennett. "She got a little better every year."
With the effort of Bennett's recent teams in the classroom, he said that Lipscomb is starting to become a destination that top high school athletes are drawn to for academic reasons.
"It's an exciting time at Lipscomb," Bennett said. "We've got nice athletic facilities, but we've got strong academics, too. We're really able to bring in good students. The faculty does a good job selling the academics and it's not hard because they've got good programs. Smart athletes want to come here."
Bennett said he takes academics into account even at the early stage of the recruiting process.
"You see their basketball talent," he said. "Once you see that they can play you want to get an idea of how they'll do in school and whether or not they're responsible enough to succeed."
Once his basketball players arrive at Lipscomb, though, the support is there, said Bennett.
"We have required study halls for freshmen. If they make certain grades they get exempt from those for their sophomore year so that gives them even more incentive to do well as freshmen, I guess. We try and do whatever we can to make them successful."
This support and the emphasis Bennett and his staff place on academics is a good selling point to parents concerned about how their kids might do in college.
"I think athletes are interested and it leaves an impression on parents, as well," Bennett said. "They may be worried about how their kids will do but we can show them other kids that have come here and have been successful on-and-off the floor.
"Hopefully, all this becomes a part of the atmosphere here and we like being recognized for the work our players do. We want an environment where our players can grow into a total person. It's not just about playing basketball."


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8 Teams on the Bubble of the 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 'March Madness' of the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament begins with the play-in games on Tuesday, March 19. With no truly dominant team in the NCAA this season, a spot in the 68-team tournament field will allow the selected schools an even better chance at the national championship.
While powers like Duke, Indiana and Kansas are all but guaranteed a spot, many other teams are on the bubble of the 2013 NCAA tournament field. Here are eight teams that need to keep winning so their bubble doesn't burst.
When the defending national champions lost all five starters from its title team to the 2012 NBA Draft, Kentucky (20-8, 11-4 SEC) knew the 2012-13 season would be challenging. Head coach John Calipari's Wildcats have still managed to claw their way into third place in the Southeastern Conference. With an inconsistent offense — and without injured super-freshman Nerlens Noel — Kentucky is not a tournament lock.
*Current RPI Ranking: 46
Why They'll Get In: Wins over fellow bubble teams Maryland and then-ranked Mississippi will help Kentucky's cause. The overtime victory over Missouri last Saturday was a big plus. If the Wildcats can knock off Florida at home on Mar. 9, that could lock in a bid.
Why They Won't: Some of Kentucky's key losses were to other bubble teams like Baylor and Alabama. UK's 30-point loss to Tennessee on Feb. 16 was memorably ugly.
After advancing to the Elite Eight in 2012, Baylor (17-11, 8-7 Big 12) has slipped back significantly in 2013. Star senior guard Pierre Jackson (19.2 ppg) and freshman Isaac Austin (13.4 ppg, 9.0 rpg) have done their part, now the rest of the team must help. Wednesday night's win over West Virginia put the Bears over .500 in the Big 21, but they need more wins.
Current RPI Ranking: 64
Why They'll Get In: Wins over fellow bubble team Kentucky and Big 12 power Oklahoma State show that Baylor can beat good teams. They have three games left on the schedule, including home dates with No. 13 Kansas State and No. 6 Kansas. The Bears probably need to win at least one of those games to lock in a bid.
Why They Won't: Terrible losses to the College of Charleston and Northwestern, coupled with a failure to compete against Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma on the road will hurt Baylor's chances.
With guard Khalif Wyatt capable of scoring on any defense, Temple (19-8, 8-5 Atlantic 10) has pushed some of the nation's best teams this season. Unfortunately, coach Fran Dunphy's team has been inconsistent, suffering through a 6-6 mid-season slump after a hot start. The Owls are dramatic: before demolishing Charlotte by 20 last weekend, they had won four of five consecutive one-point decisions.
Current RPI Ranking: 39
Why They'll Get In: Wins over Syracuse, La Salle and fellow bubble team Villanova, and competitive losses to Kansas and Butler, help make the Owls' case for a bid. They have four more games to play in the regular season, and they should be the favorite in all of the contests.
Why They Won't: Losses to Duquesne and St. Bonaventure at home hurt the Owls. The selection committee could hold it against them.
After Maryland (19-9, 7-8 ACC) knocked off Duke on Feb. 16, the Terrapins seemed a solid choice to make the NCAA tournament. However, they are under .500 in the conference with just three games to play. Head coach Mark Turgeon's team is just 6-7 in its last 13 games. The Terps are 1-6 in conference road games.
Current RPI Ranking: 67
Why They'll Get In: The win over Duke, another victory over a ranked-N.C. State team in January and an early-season 13-game winning streak give the Terrapins a chance to make the field. A victory against North Carolina on Mar. 6 or Virginia on Mar. 10 should lock up a bid.
Why They Won't: A loss to Boston College, two defeats at the hands of Florida State and a season-opening defeat at fellow bubble team Kentucky, plus their recent erratic play, could doom Maryland.
With all of its talent, Villanova (18-11, 9-7 Big East) would seem to be a team that should have locked up its NCAA tournament bid already. However, Jay Wright's Wildcats have been streaky, at times, dropping games to inferior opponents. JayVaughn Pinkston and Mouphtaou Yarou form a front court that can play with anyone.
Current RPI Ranking: 55
Why They'll Get In: Back-to-back wins over then-top 5 teams Louisville and Syracuse and another big home victory over Marquette on Feb. 23 are key. If Villanova can beat either Pittsburgh on Mar. 3 or Georgetown on Mar. 6, they should make the field of 68.
Why They Won't: Early season losses to Columbia, La Salle and fellow bubble team Temple, as well as a road loss to Seton Hall on Monday will hurt the Wildcats' tournament chances. If they lose out — and other favored teams fall in conference tournaments — Villanova could get bounced out of the NCAA field.
In most years, a 20-win season would be enough for Mississippi (21-7, 10-5 SEC) to make the NCAA field, but not this year. Until winning their last two games, against Auburn and Texas A&M respectively, Ole Miss had lost five of seven contests. Few players are as entertaining as polarizing Rebels' guard Marshall Henderson, but he may not have a chance at the NCAA spotlight.
Current RPI Ranking: 58
Why They'll Get In: A victory against then-ranked Missouri is the Rebels' best win. They'll play fellow bubble team Alabama on Mar. 5 at home in a key game for both schools. The committee could consider Henderson as a ratings draw in a play-in round game.
Why They Won't: This is a terribly inconsistent team. Road losses at South Carolina, Texas A&M and Indiana State will hurt Mississippi's chances at a bid. They still have two of their last three regular season games on the road.
Arizona State
Arizona State (20-9, 9-7 Pac-12) has played well in a weak Pac-12 conference. The Sun Devils have 20 wins, but close their season on the road at USC and Arizona. Losing four of their last six games, including Wednesday's overtime loss at UCLA, hasn't helped Herb Sendek's team get closer to an NCAA tournament bid.
Current RPI Ranking: 85
Why They'll Get In: If the Sun Devils can beat Arizona on Mar. 9, it will give them their first victory over a top 25 opponent. Two earlier wins over Colorado and one over UCLA at home will help.
Why They Won't: Arizona State played a very weak non-conference schedule. Pair that with the Pac-12's lack of ranked teams, and the Sun Devils' RPI is fated to stay high. Two losses to Washington hurt, as well.
As the second-place team in the Southeastern Conference, Alabama (19-9, 11-4 SEC) would seem like a likely invitee to the NCAA tournament. However, the Crimson Tide probably still need two victories in their last three games to guarantee a bid. They travel to No. 8 Florida on Mar. 2, play fellow bubble team Mississippi on Mar. 5 and then home against Georgia on Mar. 9.
Current RPI Ranking: 63
Why They'll Get In: Wins over fellow bubble teams Villanova and Kentucky, as well as a victory over Arkansas, help make Alabama's case for admission. A few wins in the SEC tournament would be huge for the Crimson Tide.
Why They Won't: Ugly losses to Auburn, LSU and Tennessee in the conference, as well as no victories over ranked teams, make Alabama seem weak.


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Welcome to Studentspace at Aalborg University Denmark
to make it short: we do cubesats and have done that since 2001.
AAUSAT4 Launch and LEOP 2016
AAUSAT4 was launched April 25, 2016. Beacons were received during first pass and the satellite was doing very well. Follow the LEOP here.
AAUSAT5 launch August 2015 follow here
Launch party in lab.
You have reached the official homepage for AAU StudentSpace @ Aalborg University Denmark.
We have launched three cubesats since 2003 - AAUSAT3 in spring 2013.
Two more - AAUSAT4 and AAUSAT5 - are planned to be launched before November 2015.
If ... you want to build cubesats as part of your way to become an engineer you have come to the right place :-)
We are located at Department of Electronic Systems so our cubesats are built by students from this department.
The students at the department have a blog where you can be inspired.
AAUSAT3, AAUSAT4 and AAUSAT5
The AAUSAT3 mission has come to an end after 18 very successfull month. See [http://aausat3.dk]
We are now proud to state that AAUSAT4 and AAUSAT5 are on way.
See aausat4.dk and aausat5.dk
We are building and launching cubesats as well as other space activities like cansats.
We do it for ...
- For educational purposes
- For research
- and ... just for fun - bq we like to be engineers :-)
We can offer many different specializations like
- Automation and Control (where Satlab is hosted)
- Signal Processing
- Radio Technology
- Acoustics
- HW Technology
We are physical located at Fredrik Bajersvej 7C. 9220 Aalborg East.
On right side of this page you will find links to our activities.
disclaimer :-)
100% DIY characterize our satellites. We(students) design and construct the whole including PCBs, radio systems, frame, SW, embedded network etc. So no items from cubesat shops are in our satellites.
100% student made The staff and teachers are only here to help not to build ...
Please contact us if you want to know more, cooperate or just being interested.
Jens and Jesper (managament staff {jdn AT es.aau.dk jal AT es.aau.dk}


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Hope to not relive 37-point thrashing by FGCU earlier this season
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2013) – After dropping a 74-65 decision to Stetson on the first leg of the Sunshine State road trip, ETSU will look to snap a two-game losing streak when it travels to Fort Myers, Fla. to take on the Atlantic Sun-leading Florida Gulf Coast Eagles on Monday, Feb. 11, at 7:05 p.m. ET inside Alico Arena.
The Lady Bucs aim to put together a full, 40-minute effort which has been hard to come by in the recent losses to Northern Kentucky and Stetson. In these two contests, the Blue and Gold played well in stretches but then hit lulls that ultimately cost them. Putting together a complete 40 minutes will be no easy task against a Florida Gulf Coast (19-5, 12-0) team that sits atop the league standings. ETSU (6-13) (4-8) hopes that this matchup will not resemble the prior one this season where the Eagles bludgeoned the Lady Bucs, 97-60, behind a NCAA Division I women's basketball record 22 made three-pointers. To compete with FGCU, the Blue and Gold must see continued production from sophomore forward Tiana Burley (Camilla, Ga.), who has posted double-doubles in three of the last four games, and get the routinely strong numbers from a hopefully healthy junior guard Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.).
The matchup between the Lady Bucs and the Eagles will be the 12th all-time meeting between the two schools, a series in which FGCU dominates with a 9-2 overall series advantage. As noted above, earlier this season the Eagles took it to the Lady Bucs, 97-60, behind a game-high 25 points from guard Betsy Adams who nailed seven of FGCU's record 22 threes.
For more on Saturday's game, read the game notes below. For more on ETSU women's basketball throughout the 2012-13 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's hoops link.
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" throughout the 2012-13 season ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics, please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Lady Buccaneers, but Lady Bucs is also acceptable.
ETSU (6-13, 4-8) faced a hot Stetson Hatters (17-6, 10-2) squad who raced out to an early lead, primarily off of fast break points and points off turnovers. The Lady Bucs finally were able to get something going with points in the paint and nailing a few triples. The Blue and Gold was able to tie the game with 10 minutes remaining, but Stetson stormed back with a 20-0 run over the next seven minutes and a 25-5 streak to end the half, taking a 44-24 advantage into the break. The Lady Bucs used a 9-2 run of their own over the first four minutes of the second period to inch closer. SU responded and kept ETSU at bay with a double-digit deficit for most of the half, with the closest being 10 points at the 7:29 mark. Late baskets for ETSU proved to be too little, too late as they dropped a 74-65 decision to the Hatters. The Blue and Gold received another strong performance from forward Tiana Burley (Camilla, Ga.) who notched her third double-double in the past four games with game-highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds. The Lady Bucs had only one extra double-digit scorer with 10 points from Cara Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn.)
Monday's contest in Fort Myers will be the 12th all-time meeting between the two teams. The Lady Bucs and the Eagles met earlier this season on Jan. 12 when FGCU dominated ETSU, 97-60. In this recent matchup, ETSU looked to improve to .500 in Atlantic Sun play, but knew it would be quite the challenge against FGCU. These fears turned into reality as the Lady Bucs ran into a buzz saw against the Eagles. After shots were not falling early for both teams, FGCU quickly found their stroke and the rout was on. FGCU's hot shooting and efficient passing led to a 51-25 ETSU deficit at the half. The second half was much like the first, with the Eagles raining threes en route to a 97-60 bludgeoning of the Lady Bucs. FGCU set the NCAA Division I women's basketball record with 22 made three-pointers, eclipsing a mark of 21 made by the Eagles as well in 2008. ETSU did get leading scorer Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) going again with 16 points and eight boards. Brianna McQueen (Jonesboro, Ga.) also added 11 points and four rebounds.
The emergence of redshirt-sophomore Tiana Burley has provided a badly-needed inside presence for the Lady Bucs. In the transfer's first action as a Lady Buc due to NCAA regulations, the forward came off the bench and posted a double-double of 19 points and 13 rebounds in a loss to Appalachian State. This performance awarded Burley A-Sun Newcomer of the Week honors on Dec. 26. Burley also came up huge off the bench in the win against Jacksonville (1/28) when she posted season-highs of 22 points and four blocks as well as 11 rebounds in only 20 minutes of play. On Feb. 4, the sophomore forward was awarded Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Player of the Week by College Sports Madness. After being inserted into the starting lineup against Northern Kentucky due to injuries amongst the team, Burley dominated from the start and scored 16 points before the midway point of the first half. In total, the sophomore forward scored 20 points and ripped down 11 rebounds. The Camilla, Ga. native followed this with another double-double against Stetson with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Burley is currently averaging 8.9 points and 5.5 rebounds for ETSU.
The Lady Bucs have recently discovered the most offensive production through points in the paint. ETSU is currently averaging 30 points in the paint per game, including an average of 35 points in its past five. In the win against Jacksonville, the Blue and Gold recorded 50 points in the paint, the most since scoring 50 as well on Jan. 31, 2011 in a 100-62 victory against Mercer in Johnson City.
After being inserted into the starting lineup at the beginning of conference play, Shawn Randall (Orlando, Fla.) has answered the call and has been stellar in league play. In her first start of the season at USC Upstate, Randall tallied 16 points and was 4-of-6 from behind the arc. The junior guard followed this performance with strong showings at Lipscomb (13 points, 4 rebounds), at Northern Kentucky (9 points) and at Kennesaw State (18 points). Randall is currently averaging 8.3 points per game in Atlantic Sun action.
In addition to running the team as a true freshman point guard, Brianna McQueen has shown no fear at the free throw stripe with the game on the line. At Lipscomb and at Kennesaw State, McQueen stepped the line and buried clutch free throws down the stretch to seal the game in the Lady Bucs' favor. McQueen currently is ninth in the A-Sun in free throw shooting at 73.3 percent.
The Blue and Gold have outrebounded the opposition in 14 of the 19 games this season and enter Monday's game with a plus-6.2 rebounding margin (43.1-36.9), ranking first in the A-Sun … in its game at Morehead State, ETSU outrebounded the Eagles by 20, 46-26 … the Lady Bucs' plus-6.2 rebound margin currently ranks in the top 50 nationally.
Currently the Lady Bucs are averaging 5.1 blocks per contest, good for tops in the Atlantic Sun. ETSU swatted a season-high nine shots in a loss at Stetson on Feb. 9. The Blue and Gold are led by Tosha Austin's 1.1 blocks per game which ranks in the top five individually in the league. Austin also currently ranks 17th all-time in blocked shots in Atlantic Sun history with 119 rejections.
After a solid start to the season for the now eligible transfer, Serena Clark (Tucker, Ga.) has really turned it on when it comes to Atlantic Sun action. Through the first twelve games of league play, Clark is averaging 9.0 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, including back-to-back double-doubles at Lipscomb and at Northern Kentucky with 10 points & 14 rebounds and 16 points, 10 rebounds & seven steals, respectively.
Destiny Mitchell is well on her way to become the 21st Lady Buc to join the 1,000-point club ... She is on pace to break the 1,000-point mark near the end of February as she registered 347 points as a freshman and 367 points as a sophomore for 714 total points... through ETSU's first 19 games of the 2012-13 season she has scored 210 to move her career total to 924 .. if Mitchell scores in similar fashion in the next two years as she did as a rookie and a sophomore, she will put herself in the top-10 in Lady Buc history.
The Lady Bucs have been a tough team to beat when it comes to the second half of the season (games played from January-March) … since January of 2008, ETSU is 80-37 (.684) in the months of January through March, including a program-best 19-3 mark in 2009-10.
The Lady Bucs have enjoyed a lot of success since joining the A-Sun in 2005-06 … since joining the league, the Lady Buccaneers have averaged 15 conference wins a year, including a league-best and school record 18-2 mark in 2009-10, three Atlantic Sun Tournament titles (2008-2010), and two regular season championships (2008 and 2010) …in total, ETSU is 103-41 (.715) against conference foes since moving into the A-Sun … the Lady Bucs have also won 83 of their last 114 games against conference foes (includes the 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 A-Sun Tournaments).
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PJM Grid Meets Month-long Challenges Of Cold January
Reliability maintained despite extreme weather conditions
Jan 31, 2014, 04:00 ET
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Jan. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- PJM Interconnection, the electricity grid operator for more than 61 million people in 13 states and the District of Columbia, experienced one of its biggest weather challenges during the month of January.
In its nearly 87-year history, this January's prolonged cold was record-breaking. Eight of the 10 highest winter demands for electricity ever recorded in the PJM region occurred last month as the extraordinary arctic cold gripped a large part of the U.S. and all of PJM for extended periods.
PJM's new all-time winter peak of 141,312 megawatts was recorded the evening of Jan. 7. Temperatures broke a record for cold that day in several locations in the PJM region.
PJM employed a number of emergency procedures at various times during the month, including calling on demand response resources – businesses and industries that are paid for cutting back their use of electricity. They currently are not required to act in the winter months, but many demand resources did so.
With electricity supplies tight, PJM also issued appeals to the public for conservation on several occasions to help reduce high electricity demand.
"PJM again thanks consumers for responding to our requests to conserve electricity," said PJM President and CEO Terry Boston. "January was a challenging month, and the public response to our calls to conserve helped us manage the impact of the extremely cold weather across the entire PJM footprint.
"We also appreciate the performance of our members throughout the month of extended cold. Their cooperation and teamwork helped the region get through the challenging conditions without interruptions."
Among the challenges for PJM and its members in maintaining grid reliability during the month were unplanned generator shutdowns from the cold and the stress of extended run times, natural gas curtailments and fuel-oil delivery problems. All conventional forms of generation, including gas, coal and nuclear plants, were challenged by the extreme conditions. Because the frigid weather also affected neighboring grid areas, the availability of imported power to help meet demand and increase reserves was frequently limited.
These challenges came against the backdrop of extraordinary winter demand conditions in which usage for much of January was significantly higher than normal levels for the month – with many days 15,000 to 20,000 megawatts above normal. The additional demand is about as much power as would be used by the greater Washington and Baltimore subregion.
Because consumers used so much more electricity during the cold temperatures, their bills are likely to be higher than normal. Cold weather also pushed up wholesale power prices; however, the overall impact to consumers from higher wholesale prices should have little immediate effect on most residential bills.
PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power system serving 61 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the region's transmission grid, which includes 62,556 miles of transmission lines; administers a competitive wholesale electricity market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion. Visit PJM at www.pjm.com.
SOURCE PJM Interconnection


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Do you trim your brows? A lady on Shu Uemura showed me a few years ago, now I always do a little trim to keep them need. Most of the time, all you need is a trim, not a tweeze.
Sometimes when you tweeze, they don't come back
Anastasia Brow make some of the nicest brow products out there. The only other two brow products I adore are (is?) Shu Uemura's Hard Pencil (with Japanese sharpening) and Laura Mercier's Brow Gel (in the pot). Everything else brow-themed I like is by Anastasia.
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But wait! Why Brow Scissors?
Well – you don't want normal sized scissor do you? You can use those small scissors, but I find the blade isn't sharp enough. Brow Scissors tend to have straight and very sharp blades.
As cute as these scissors are I have to say I had a problem with it – they were stiff and not as smooth as I wanted them to be. Perhaps they are supposed to have some resistance but I prefer my scissors to be quite smooth so I don't accidently chomp down on a piece of skin.
They are sharp enough though – but as I said, the stiffness made me nervous. I had to oil it up later with a bit of WD40 and it worked better.
I have to say my HG scissors (and EVERYONE should own one) is the Shu Uemura trimmer:
I think I paid about £60 for it. But I am telling you – this baby is smooth and swift, it can cut through anything in one go but it never feels unsafe to use. Truly truly the best on there although you do pay for it. (I won't tell you about the time I caught someone using it to cut shapes out of paper…)
Anastasia's scissors and are an affordable choice for your first sharp brow scissors. If it were your lunch, it would be a cheese salad.
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This small park is named after Private Patrick J. Devanney, a native of the Bronx, who gave his life in World War I. Devanney grew up at 376 143rd Street, and he enlisted in the United States Army at the start of the war. He served as a private in Company E of the 308th Infantry and was wounded in battle. He died on October 3, 1918, just seven weeks before the war ended.
Devanney Triangle is in the historic central Bronx neighborhood of Tremont, which includes the smaller neighborhoods of Claremont, Mount Eden, and Mount Hope. The area was farmland in 1841, when the New York and Harlem Railroad opened a station that soon became the center of a village. In the 1850s, the postmaster, Hiram Tarbox, named the town Tremont, after the three major hills in the area—Fairmount, Mount Eden, and Mount Hope.


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He started Aug. 6, but Chris Cable has been working toward his new job as executive director of the Discovery Museum at the Powerhouse for almost 20 years.
On Wednesday, Jim and Melissa Youssef welcomed about 40 people, including museum staff members, board members and longtime supporters, to their lovely home overlooking the Animas Valley to introduce Cable.
Guests enjoyed a Mexican food extravaganza with a taco bar with choices of beef and chicken, guacamole, salsas, lettuce, tomato and cheeses for toppings accompanied by beans and rice. Margaritas and beer put the crowd in a festive mood, and Mexican chocolate and coconut-pineapple ice creams ended the repast on a dulce note.
There was plenty of excitement with the Youssefs zip line set up, and a little semi-genteel match of croquet on the lawn. In other words, a perfect summer gathering.
When Board President Bill Luthy introduced Cable, he handed over the reins of the museum from Interim Executive Director Ashley Hein, who ably led the mad scientists, education outreach specialists, exhibit designers et al., for nine months. While shes going to have her hands full with a new baby in October, she has had a lot of practice as a mother hen, as Jen Lokey put it while handing over a gorgeous bouquet in thanks. (Heins also the museums events guru, so shes not going anywhere except a little maternity leave.)
Cables journey to Durango started during his growing-up years in Boise, Idaho, and Sacramento, Calif. He worked his way through Idaho State University at the summer outdoors program, teaching everything from rock and ice climbing to river rafting. (He played on the colleges tennis team, too, and Discovery Museum marketing and communications manager Haz Said told me hes still got chops and lobs, forehand and backhand moves.)
While his bachelors degree is in biology, Cable worked only briefly in fish-hatchery research before what was supposed to be a summer job teaching outdoor pursuits at a remote Yupik village in Alaska took his life in a whole new direction.
After five years in the bush, he was hankering for a little more civilization and moved to Anchorage, where he spent the next five years as the assistant director of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Anchorage. It was a learning experience on many levels, teaching him leadership skills, facilities management, fundraising and working-with-young-people lessons.
That experience opened the door to the executive directorship of the Imaginarium Discovery Center, a hands-on science experiential museum much like the Discovery Museum. The Imaginarium had tremendous success during his tenure, leading to a $122-million merger with the Anchorage Museum.
After both receiving and investigating grants through several major funding organizations, Cable established relationships with NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the National Department of Education and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which can only help the Discovery Museum.
After a stop helping Mobius Spokane in Washington through its design and initial organization phase, he found his way to Southwest Colorado.
During the next few months, Cable will be on a steep learning curve as he gets to know us, and we get to know him. He also needs to complete a $600,000 capital campaign for exhibits. One thing he, and the museum board, have learned, is that exhibits need to be refreshed and changing, multisensory, multiuser, multioutcome in other words, you dont get the same result every time. (About $450,000 remains to be raised by the end of the year.)
On the personal front, Cable, who was the primary parent to his two sons, just watched his youngest graduate from the University of Montana at Missoula. His older son, who lives in Anchorage, has made him grandfather to two little girls. In college, when he wasnt pursuing his degree, playing tennis or teaching outdoor pursuits, he was taking gourmet cooking classes and he still loves to cook. Or get his hands dirty, because gardening is another favorite pastime.
Hes looking forward to pursuing his love of the outdoors in the Four Corners and farther afield, as he still has Asia and Africa on his bucket list.
He seems like a perfect fit for Durango, and he feels the same way.
Ive only been here three weeks, he said, but it feels like home.
Welcome him to Durango when you see him.
Happy birthdays wishes go to Sheila Burnett, Courtney Peterson, David Custer, Caysen Kirk, Jim Martin, Tom McCarl, Dylan Araujo, Pat Borgers, Vic Sanderfer, Beverly Brown, Diane Calfas, Alan Calkins, Dianne Williams, Don Spangsberg, Julie Williams, JennyWilliams, Dan Osby, Scott Wallace, Jill Carlson, Joan Kuhn, Connie Belles, Tom Kyser and Ken Fusco.
While Im on the topic of the Discovery Museum at the Powerhouse, staff members there never miss an opportunity to participate in community events, and that certainly holds true with the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
They have planned a special Sunday, with Jeff Vierling presenting a Human Fuel Lab, about how to eat and hydrate for endurance sports from 2 to 3 p.m. The Bike Blessing will take place at 3:30 p.m. A nondenominational, multimodal blessing by certified celebrant Cheri Kelly may give cyclists a bit of a safety edge, and from 3 to 5 p.m. those who arent racing can take on the Amateur Challenge.
Gov. John Hickenlooperwill be there at 5:20 p.m. to recognize the museum for receiving the Governors Award for Downtown Excellence in the creative community category.
While the events are free, and its a pay-what-you-wish day, remember that its not a way to look for a cheap deal, but a chance to show how much you appreciate this gem in our community.
To learn more, visit www.durangodiscovery.org.
Celebrating their anniversaries on a bicycle built for two I couldnt resist are Jeff and Dee Booton, Calvin and Kim Buffalo, Ernie and Peryl Schaaf, Duane and Gay Smith, Ray and Gerri Wilson, Al and Sandy Studer, Lou and Jane Steele, John and Stella Welcher, Paul and Susan Plvan, Bruce and Suzanne Rodman and Terry and Diane Sadler.


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Davis South Plaza
History & Architecture
The plaza was part of a campus beautification program under Mrs. Eugene J. Barney. It was rededicated in 1988 as the Samuel S. and Jeanette Albiez Davis South Plaza after Mr. and Mrs. Davis who established a $1 million work-scholarship program for students. Samuel S. Davis, class of 1926, was a trustee from 1954 until his death in 1984.
Building Style
Built in Jeffersonian Federal Revival style as an outdoor theatre


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It is ironic that while the streets of the Principality are swarming with beautiful Ferrari GT cars all week long, come Sunday, the single-seaters from the same factory seem to struggle to perform on the Monegasque street circuit. Fernando Alonso had a difficult time of it this afternoon to at least bring home a few precious points for seventh place, while Felipe Massa appeared to have a very similar accident to the one he had on Saturday morning and had to retire, fortunately without nothing worse than a stiff neck. As is often the case at this race, it was won by the man who started from pole, Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes. Joining him on the dais outside the Royal Box was the Red Bull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Alonso is still third in the Drivers classification, while Massa drops from fifth to seventh. In the Constructors table, Scuderia Ferrari remains second behind Red Bull, but the gap has grown from 14 to 41 points.
As the lights went out, Rosberg and Hamilton led from the front row, with Vettel in the Red Bull immediately harrying the English Mercedes driver, while behind it was also grid order, Webber, Raikkonen and Fernando sixth. Felipe, starting on the Prime Soft tyre from the back row had moved up to 18th. The race settled down into the usual Monaco high speed parade, with 5.8 seconds separating leader Rosberg from Fernandos F138 in sixth on lap 6. However, while the first five were pretty much nose to tail, the Spanish Ferrari driver was dropping back slightly from Raikkonen in the Lotus. On lap 9, Pic had to park the Caterham at Turn 18, as flames licked the rear of his car with black smoke pouring out of the engine cover. By lap 10, the McLaren Button-Perez duo was beginning to get nearer to Fernando, and at this stage, Felipe was sixteenth.
As cars ahead of him began to pit, Felipe went up to 15th on lap 24, while Fernando was 1.8 behind fifth placed Raikkonen. Webber in the Red Bull was the first of the leaders to change tyres on lap 25, which promoted Fernando to fifth. Further back, Di Resta had managed to get his Force India ahead of Felipe. Raikkonen pitted on lap 26 as did Button and Felipe, with Fernando now up to fourth behind Rosberg, Hamilton and Vettel. Fernando switched tyres on lap 28, dropping him back down the order.
Then on lap 29 Felipes Monaco weekend came to an end as he appeared to have an almost carbon copy of his Saturday morning accident, except that this time the impact with the barriers at Ste Devote was even heavier. Once out of the car, it was obvious the Brazilian was in some pain and the doctors at the scene fitted a brace around his neck as he sat atop the tyre barriers. The move brought out first the yellow flags and then the Safety Car, which meant plenty of cars diving for pit lane. The leading Mercedes duo actually came in one lap later than the other front runners, so the order behind the SC on lap 33 was Rosberg, Vettel, Webber, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Fernando in sixth who was unable to profit from the SC as he had already made his pit stop, Button, Perez, Sutil and Vergne completing the top ten.
Not until half distance on lap 39 did the Safety Car come in, allowing the race to resume and while Rosberg pulled out a small gap at the front, behind it was frantic nose to tail action with Fernando snapping at Raikkonens heels and Hamilton nearly passing Webber at Rascasse. At the Loews hairpin as Fernando momentarily ran wide, he was clipped by Perez but everything seemed to be fine on board the F138. But with no more pit stops scheduled, would there be any way of changing the order? On lap 44 Perez tried a bold move on the Ferrari at the chicane as Fernando rode the kerb to avoid a collision, but it did not stick.
On lap 47, there was a huge crash at Tabac, when Chilton in the Marussia was defending from Maldonado in the Williams and the collision threw the Venezuelans car into barrier which wrapped itself around the Williams, blocking the track. Race Control immediately red flagged the race and the rest of the field reformed on the grid. The cars were released behind the Safety Car for one lap with Fernando, on fresh Super Softs, having been instructed to give his position to Perez after he was deemed by the stewards to have used the kerb at the chicane to keep his position a few laps earlier. With everyone on new tyres, we now had a 30 lap sprint to the flag.
On lap 52, behind Fernando, Sutil got his Force India past Buttons McLaren at the hairpin, as Rosberg pulled out a visible gap over second placed Vettel and the rest of the pack. Hamilton was putting Webber under a lot of pressure for the final podium position. Fernando was coming under more and more pressure from Sutil and, on lap 57 the German squeezed by at the hairpin in a high risk move, so that the sole remaining Ferrari in the race was now eighth. Lap 62 brought out the Safety Car again, as Grosjean drove his Renault into the back of Ricciardos Toro Rosso on the run out of the tunnel. Racing resumed on lap 67. Lap 70 and the fiery Perez damaged his front wing trying to pass Raikkonen at the chicane, so the Finns race was ruined as he had to pit with a puncture, while the Mexican still managed to continue in his McLaren. It was now that Button also managed to pass Fernando. Perez could no longer control his damaged car and dropped back, so the Ferrari man was seventh, ahead of Vergne, in the Ferrari powered Toro Rosso, who was putting him under intense pressure in the closing stages, but the two times Monaco winner managed to keep him at bay, hanging on to seventh place at the flag. Behind the podium trio came Hamilton fourth, then Sutil and Button ahead of the Ferrari man, with the remaining points going to eighth placed Vergne, Di Resta and Raikkonen.
Although this period of the championship is known as the European part of the season, the F1 circus now heads across the Atlantic for a brief North American trip and the Canadian Grand Prix in a fortnights time.
Stefano Domenicali: We cant be happy with this weekend, not just because of the outcome of Fernandos race, but also because of the bad accidents that Felipe had. Fortunately, despite the violence of the impact, he is fine and has already gone home and I believe that in the space of a few days he will back in perfect shape and ready to race in Montreal. Apart from all the misfortune, it was a complicated race, conditioned by a few problems of a technical nature. Now it is important for us to understand why we were not as competitive as we were in previous races and try to react right away in Canada. Our aim is still to improve our qualifying and try to get back to the pace we had seen to date.
Fernando Alonso: Unfortunately today we didnt manage to have a good pace, as is usually the case on Sunday and I wasnt pessimistic about not being competitive yesterday, because so far, things have always improved in the race. That wasnt the case today, maybe down to a lack of traction, a problem we had seen before in Bahrain. This race came at the end of a weekend that overall was difficult, starting with a qualifying that left me in the middle of a group of drivers who had nothing to lose. If I had not cut the chicane, I would not have been able to avoid colliding with Perez and the same thing happened at Loews with Sutil. As for what Sergio did, I dont have much to say, his approach reminds me of my own in 2008 and 2009, because when you are not fighting for the Championship, you can take more risks, while for me today, it was important to finish the race and bring home as many points as possible. That approach has allowed me to close a bit on Kimi in the classification and even if the gap to Vettel has grown a bit, we know that sooner or later, an opportunity will come to close up on him too. Todays outcome doesnt bother me in terms of the next round in Canada, because we have to consider Monaco a law unto itself, with a different set-up and unusual strategy as well as being a place where it is almost impossible to overtake. We know there is still much to do to improve, but we are looking ahead with confidence.
Felipe Massa: Today my race ended on lap twenty eight after an accident at the Ste. Devote corner, just as happened yesterday morning in the third free practice session. I was taken to hospital for all the precautionary checks and luckily everything is in order. Im alright, Ive just got a slight pain in my neck, but nothing serious. Now I will look to get in shape and be back 100% for the Montreal race. All I want to do is put this bad weekend behind me and think about doing well in the rest of the season.
Pat Fry: First and foremost, Im pleased that Felipe is okay. Todays accident looked very similar to what happened in the third free practice session, but in fact the two incidents are very different. Unlike yesterday, it seems that todays incident can be attributed to a problem on the left front corner of the car. Its too early to say precisely what happened and in the next few days, we will try and ascertain the exact cause back in Maranello. As for the race, I dont think it was the Monaco Grand Prix everyone was expecting where usually the drivers take to the track to race on the limit. Today it seemed more a race of containment, with a slow pace dictated by the leading group: it was reasonably clear that the fact the cars were grouped together had thus reduced the strategic choices for those behind. It was impossible to find a space to make a stop and not come out in traffic, especially because the pace of those running at the back was the same as that of those at the front. Furthermore, the various safety cars and the red flag meant the same reasoning applied in the second half of the race and therefore it was a procession for the whole race which would only permit a few risky overtaking opportunities.


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LeBron James and the short-handed Heat were no match for Detroit's brilliant bench.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) ? LeBron James and the short-handed Heat were no match for Detroit's brilliant bench.
Will Bynum had 25 points and 10 assists, leading another spirited performance by the Pistons' reserves, and Detroit beat Miami 109-99 on Friday night despite 35 points by James.
Miami was without Dwyane Wade, suspended for a game by the NBA for flailing his leg and making contact with a Charlotte player Wednesday.
The Detroit reserves, who scored 85 points in a loss to Atlanta on Wednesday, contributed 64 this time. Charlie Villanueva had 18 points and Austin Daye added 11, helping the Pistons snap Miami's six-game winning streak.
"Their bench came in and turned it up about 17 notches. We let them get into a comfort zone in the second quarter, and after that, they were making all kinds of contested shots," James said. "It's hard to make any kind of run when a team keeps doing that to you."
The Heat scored the game's first 10 points and led by 15 after one quarter, but the momentum shifted for good when the Pistons outscored Miami 41-20 in the second.
Chris Bosh had 28 points for the Heat.
Miami had cut a 17-point deficit to four early in the fourth, but Detroit's reserves steadied themselves. Rookie big man Andre Drummond scored inside, Villanueva scored after a turnover by James, and a 3-pointer by Bynum pushed the lead back to double digits at 88-77.
"That little split of doubt that you can have ? it's a turnover, it's a missed shot, it's a bad play," Bynum said. "You just have to be aggressive and confident."
That's rarely a problem for Bynum, who looks out of control at times but can lift his team with his energy. He's played in only 22 of Detroit's 32 games this season, but he scored 31 points Wednesday and followed it up with another remarkable performance against the Heat.
"Will kind of got squeezed in the rotation," Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said. "Had several DNPs, stayed the course, and he deserves all the credit."
Detroit led 95-84 after Villanueva corralled a wild pass from Bynum and made a 3-pointer. Daye added a dunk in transition off a slick drop pass from Bynum for a 101-90 lead.
Bynum scored 13 points in the fourth quarter.
"He was amazing," James said. "He controlled the game with his motor and his offense. He was hitting everything and he was getting everyone else involved. We couldn't do anything with him."
The Pistons shot 58 percent from the field to Miami's 51. The Heat had been 31-0 since the beginning of last season when shooting at least 50 percent.
The Heat said before the game they didn't agree with Wade's suspension for making contact with Charlotte's Ramon Sessions earlier in the week.
"That's no excuse. We still had enough," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Obviously, we're a different team with Dwyane, but we have enough depth that we should be able to overcome missing one guy for a night."
Miami breezed through the first quarter, taking a 10-0 lead and eventually making 11 of its first 14 shots. It was 32-17 after one, but the game turned almost immediately.
Detroit's bench was again outstanding. The Pistons scored the first 14 points of the second and finally took a 41-39 lead on Villanueva's 3-pointer.
The bench ? specifically Villanueva, Bynum, Drummond and Daye ? scored 36 of Detroit's 41 points in the quarter, and the Pistons went into halftime with a 58-52 lead.
And that was only the beginning. Miami didn't start the third quarter any better than the second, allowing nine straight points. Greg Monroe's basket made it 76-59, and although the Heat increased the pressure defensively, they didn't always get the results they wanted.
After Shane Battier and James made consecutive 3-pointers to pull Miami within nine, James thought he'd knocked the ball away from Jason Maxiell cleanly near midcourt. But a foul was called and Maxiell made one of two free throws to make it 79-69.
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The term "software" is considered to be ambiguous, because it may refer to a program listing written in a programming language to implement an algorithm, but also to binary code loaded in a computer-based apparatus, and it may also encompass the accompanying documentation. So in place of this ambiguous term the concept of a computer-implemented invention has been introduced.
A computer-implemented invention is one which involves the use of a computer, computer network or other programmable apparatus, where one or more features are realised wholly or partly by means of a computer program.
Under the EPC, a computer program claimed "as such" is not a patentable invention (Article 52(2)(c) and (3) EPC). Patents are not granted merely for program listings. Program listings as such are protected by copyright. For a patent to be granted for a computer-implemented invention, a technical problem has to be solved in a novel and non-obvious manner.
As technology advances and matures, computer-implemented inventions are used increasingly in all fields of technology. In many cases the innovative part of a new product or process may well lie in the method underlying a computer program and/or its computational implementation. Another factor to bear in mind is that the developer, depending on the circumstances (e.g. energy consumption, processing speed), has the choice of implementing a method as a computer program or in hardware (e.g. with FPGAs - field-programmable gate arrays).
The Research & Development resources put into the creation and commercialisation of such products are enormous. It is questionable whether such an effort would be considered appropriate if the innovators could not expect to benefit economically from their work. Patent protection is every bit as well-deserved for computer-implemented inventions as for innovations in established and traditional technologies.
The EPO grants patents for inventions that comply with strict criteria on patentability laid down in the EPC. If the invention to which an application relates satisfies these criteria, the applicant is awarded a patent, which is a temporary exclusive right preventing others (including competitors) from using the patented invention without the consent of the patent owner. In return for protection the invention must be fully disclosed to the public.
Researchers therefore often innovate also in the knowledge that they may obtain legal protection for their ideas. Indeed, especially in areas which have high product-development costs and start-up investment, it is hard to imagine a business even contemplating putting its products on the market without adequate patent protection. Very often, therefore, a patent is a vital element for successful commercialisation. It constitutes an essential incentive to innovate, and indeed much innovation would not take place without patents.
The publication of patent applications - which is mandatory 18 months after they are filed - provides access for the public to the latest technical developments. By publishing this vast flow of new ideas the patent system serves as an effective transmission belt for the spread of knowledge and information on state-of-the-art technologies, and so efficiently supplies society's knowledge base.
The EPO's free patent database Espacenet is the largest in the world and, in 2013, already contained over 80 million documents. Equipped with an automatic translation tool for patents, Patent Translate, Espacenet is one of the most important information dissemination tools for the knowledge economy and a pillar of the innovation process in Europe.
Anybody can apply for a patent under the EPC, which makes no distinction between individuals, SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and large corporations. With its tools and services, the EPO aims to keep access to patent protection equally attractive for smaller users, such as individual inventors, SMEs and research institutions. There is little evidence to suggest that SMEs do not benefit from patents: indeed, for innovative SMEs and start-ups without sufficient financial resources and a large market share, patents are often the only chance to stand their ground in competition.
Before a European patent can be granted, each application is subject to a thorough search and rigorous examination procedure carried out by three members of the EPO's highly trained staff. This ensures that the application fulfils the strict patentability requirements of the EPC.
If the patent application is considered to contain only subject-matter excluded from patentability, no meaningful
search can be carried out. In such a case a declaration will be issued stating that no search report will be produced. Consequently, the vast majority of such applications are either refused by the EPO or withdrawn by the applicant.
Along with the European search report (or the declaration taking its place), the EPO produces the European search opinion, in which the examiner will set out his objections to the application. This allows the EPO to indicate at a very early stage in the procedure that some or all claims of the application are not patentable, and also to state the reasons why. For example an invention is excluded from patentability due to lack of technical character, or because no inventive step is involved. In that way, both the applicant and the public are informed very early of the invention's chances of becoming a patent.
The expression "trivial patent" is frequently used for patents which third parties think should have not been granted because they lack novelty or inventive step, which means that the proposed invention is seen as either being known already or being too obvious to a technically skilled person ("person skilled in the art") to qualify for patent protection under the applicable law. A reason for that may be that the invention appears to be trivial with the benefit of hindsight, but may not have been at the priority date of the application. Legal mechanisms enabling third parties to challenge such patents are in place. The various possibilities for these parties to already intervene during examination are important with a view to ensuring that European patents are of high quality and legal certainty, enjoying a good presumption of validity in court proceedings. When the examination at the EPO is finished and the resulting patents leave the jurisdiction of the EPO, subsequent disputes concerning the validity and infringement of a European patent are subject to national law, and the final decision rests with national courts of the member states for which the patent has been granted.
The EPC provides several legal means enabling third parties to monitor the procedure and also to challenge decisions taken by the EPO, for instance where new relevant prior art comes to light.
Within the EPO procedure the following are available:
There is no fee for the inspection of published applications (available at www.epo.org/register), or for the filing of third-party observations. Parties to opposition proceedings at the EPO are not required to have any economic or legal interest in the patent: anyone can file an opposition to a granted patent.
After the EPO procedure (in national courts):
The starting point for assessing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions is the fundamental provision that a patent should be granted for any invention, in any field of technology, provided that it is new, involves an inventive step, is susceptible of industrial application and is not expressly excluded from patent protection (Article 52 EPC).
Whilst the EPC sets out the patentability requirements of novelty, inventive step and industrial application in some detail (Articles 54, 56 and 57 EPC), it does not contain a legal definition of the term "invention". It has, however, been part of the European legal tradition since the early days of the patent system that patent protection should be reserved for technical creations. The subject-matter for which protection is sought must therefore have a "technical character" or, to be more precise, involve a "technical teaching", i.e. instruction, addressed to a technically skilled person as to how to solve a particular technical problem using particular technical means.
The problem solved by the invention must thus be technical, in contrast for example to a purely financial, commercial or mathematical one. This must be satisfied in order for the invention not to be excluded from patentability.
Although the law does not define the term "invention", it does contain a list of subject-matter or activities that are not to be regarded as "inventions". Among the particular examples mentioned in this list are "programs for computers". It should be emphasised that the subject-matter or activities on the list are excluded only if the European patent application or patent relates to them "as such". Therefore, inventions having a technical character that are or may be implemented by a computer program are not excluded from patentability.
In the field of computer-implemented inventions, many decisions have developed the interpretation of the EPC provisions relating to the term "invention", providing guidance on what is patentable and what is not. EPO case law says that controlling or carrying out a technical process is not excluded from patentability, irrespective of whether it is implemented by hardware or by software.
Whether the process is carried out by means of special circuits or by means of a computer program has been found to depend on economic and technological factors; patentability should not be denied on the grounds that a computer program is involved.
A specific claim form for the protection of computer-implemented inventions is the "computer program/computer
program product". It was introduced in order to provide better legal protection for computer programs distributed on a data carrier and not forming part of a computerised system.
This claim form should not be confused with the term "computer program" as a list of instructions. Subject-matter claimed under this form is not excluded from patentability if the computer program resulting from implementation of the corresponding method is capable of bringing about, when running on a computer or loaded into a computer, a "further technical effect" going beyond the "normal" physical interactions between the computer program and the computer hardware on which it is run.
The normal physical effects of the execution of a program, e.g. electrical currents, are not in themselves sufficient to lend a computer program technical character, and a further technical effect is needed. The further technical effect may result for example from the control of an industrial process or the working of a piece of machinery, but also from the internal functioning of the computer itself (e.g. memory organisation, program execution control) under the influence of the computer program.
For instance, a method of encoding audio information in a communication system may aim to reduce distortion induced by channel noise. Although the idea underlying such a method may be considered to reside in a mathematical method, the encoding method as a whole is not a mathematical method "as such", and hence is not excluded from patentability by Article 52(2)(a) and (3) EPC. Similarly, a method of encrypting/decrypting or signing electronic communications may be regarded as a technical method, even if it is essentially based on a mathematical method.
On the other hand, "schemes, rules and methods for (...) doing business" are not patentable; but a new method which solves a technical, rather than a purely administrative, problem may indeed be patentable.
Technical but not inventive
A SIM card having two identities (e.g. professional and private)
An invention consisting of a mixture of technical and nontechnical features and having technical character as a whole is to be assessed with respect to the requirement of inventive step by taking account of all those features which contribute to said technical character, whereas features making no such contribution cannot support the presence of inventive step.
Technical but not inventive
An auction method carried out over the internet, characterised by the auction rules.
In this case, it was considered that the technical problem allegedly solved by the application had not been solved but rather circumvented. (Furthermore, it was found that a method involving any technical means whatsoever is to be considered an invention, i.e. technical.)
Technical and inventive
Specific technical applications of computer-implemented simulation methods, even if involving mathematical formulae, are to be regarded as "inventions" in the sense of Article 52(1) EPC. Circuit simulations possess the required technical character because they form an essential part of the circuit fabrication process.
The President of the EPO has referred a number of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal in order to gain guidance on the finer aspects of the patentability of computer programs. In its opinion G 3/08 the Enlarged Board found that any possible divergence in jurisprudence over time was a normal development in a changing world, and that the practice of the EPO, while not the only one imaginable, was practicable and reliable in its results. It basically affirmed the status quo, i.e. the pragmatic problem-solution approach as set out in T 641/00 (Comvik) and T 258/03 (Hitachi). Since then the case law of the EPO has reached a stable situation, providing predictability for applicants for computer-implemented inventions.
The EPC as interpreted in the case law enables and obliges the EPO to grant patents for inventions in many fields of technology in which computer programs make a technical contribution. Such fields include medical devices, the automotive sector, aerospace, industrial control, communication/media technology such as automated natural language translation, voice recognition and video compression, and also the computer/processor itself.
According to EPO case law, the question "Is there an invention?" necessarily precedes all other patentability assessments (e.g. novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability) and also tacitly implies the further question: "Does the claimed subject-matter have a technical character?". So-called non-inventions (those expressly excluded under Article 52 EPC, such as methods of doing business, mathematical methods or presentations of information) enter the realm of patentability in Europe with the use of technical means such as a computer or a computer network. Computer programs for implementing a business method, nevertheless, would not be inventive since they originate from non-technical constraints of particular business requirements, the implementation of which on a conventional computer is obvious.
The high-quality examination practice of the EPO, together with the rights of third parties to comment on and challenge the Office's decisions, ensures that only those applications which meet the requirements of the EPC are granted.


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This article is sponsored by the NSW Government.
COUNTRY drivers are dying on our roads at four times the rate of city people.
And while many country people think road trauma will never happen to them, the sad reality is that it just might.
People all over the state are rushed to emergency rooms every day following road crashes, but Port Macquarie Base Hospital director of trauma Digby Hone says crash victims never imagine tragedy will strike them.
"I'm sure there's no one that gets up in the morning thinking they're going to meet me during the day, so it's really sad when I meet people who've made a poor decision and have ended up with a devastating injury," Dr Hone said.
Research shows that country people think road crashes happen to other people, not them, and they think they are safer on the roads because they are familiar with the roads.
But the reality tells another story.
Despite people in country NSW only making up one-third of the NSW population, two-thirds of all fatalities occur on country roads.
And alarmingly, the vast majority of fatal crashes on country roads involved local drivers crashing close to home.
Being familiar with country roads, and driving on them for many years, does not prevent local people dying on those roads, especially when they take risks such as driving too fast, drink driving, not wearing a seatbelt or driving tired.
Dr Hone said he sees people from all walks of life arrive in the emergency department and medical staff often witness people trying to come to terms with something they never expected to happen to them.
"You can see the disbelief as they're trying to think back through – how did that happen," Dr Hone said.
"People of all ages, all races and all levels of the socio-economic spectrum are affected – there is no discrimination."
However, it is older men aged 30-59 years who account for the majority of road fatalities in country areas. Road trauma survivors will ask if their injuries are life threatening, if they'll be paralysed, if their lives will be the same.
"People didn't think that what they were doing on the road was actually going to have any impact on them or anyone else's life," Dr Hone said.
New data has also shown that while country drivers will admit to unsafe behaviours there's a strong belief that they're safer on the roads than 'tourists' or 'city people'.
Country drivers rate their own driving abilities as better than others, but again reality tells us that this isn't the case.
Dr Hone said drivers make a conscious decision to take risks on the road.
"Something goes wrong and suddenly they've dramatically altered the course of their life and the course of many lives around them," Dr Hone said.
There is a deep level of complacency that allows drivers to justify taking risks on the road.
Country drivers don't believe it's their driving behaviour and choices that are impacting the outcomes.
There is belief that speeding 'just 10 kilometres' over the limit won't have consequences or choosing not to take breaks when they're tired because they just want to get home.
Others will have one too many drinks and still think they're ok to drive or they will illegally use a mobile phone because they know the roads like the back of their hand.
Excuses like these help drivers justify taking risks, but what they may not realise is that these excuses are killing local people – their mates, their family and them.
Dr Hone reflects on patient's reactions when they're wheeled into the hospital and he finds they're often worried about other people in the car.
"One of the most difficult things is telling people, particularly the one driving the car that passengers have died as a result of the crash."
Dr Hone is a father of five and urges people to think about their families when making decisions on the road.
He said a driver's decision to speed, drink and drive, not wear a seatbelt or drive tired could leave a family without a father, mother or a child.
"I've got five kids myself and the thought of losing one of my own in a car crash is just something I never want to deal with – to explain that to parents is just devastating.
"I feel incredibly helpless and sorry for those parents who have to deal with that.
"It's the most deeply impacting thing that could ever happen to you as a parent."
Dr Hone implores people to think about the knock-on effect their driving behaviour can have on others.
"It takes a massive toll on the people who look after car crash victims every day."
"It's not like you can just put your stethoscope down at the end of the day and walk out – there's a significant ongoing effect trying to come to grips with some of the patients that have deeply impacted you," Dr Hone said.
With such harrowing experiences, Dr Hone knows all too well that "it could be you" because he sees people holding onto their life – the people who thought it would never happen to them, and it did.
He recalls all the people who die because they were speeding, who become paraplegics because they fell asleep at the wheel and the people who live in unimaginable pain for the rest of their lives because of the injuries they sustained from not wearing a seatbelt.
It's these bewildering moments of complacency and careless decisions on country roads that impact not only the driver's life but their family and friends for the rest of their lives.
This article is sponsored by the NSW Government.


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Crewe boss Steve Davis has confirmed the club have reached an agreement with Arsenal to re-sign midfielder Chuks Aneke.
Aneke, 20, was a huge success during a loan spell with the Alex last season, netting eight times in 38 appearances.
The Railwaymen are now waiting on confirmation of the six-month loan from the Football League to see whether he will be eligible to face Rotherham on Saturday.
"We have managed to reach an agreement with Arsenal over Chuks and we are going to sign him on a six-month loan until January," Davis told the club's official website.
"We know the talent he has and he will be a good addition to the squad. I initially saw the ability he had and asked the supporters to have patience with him. They did that and in the end we saw what a huge talent he is.
"Chuks is a very creative player, who can play that killer pass behind centre-halves and full-backs. He is a big, strong lad and has two great feet. We are absolutely delighted to have him back. He made his wish to come back here and we can only thank Arsenal for all their help."


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Opinion: The importance of clearly-marked commentary
EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - I want to talk to you about my job. I am in the analysis, opinion and commentary business.
Yes, I worked for President Trump during the campaign, on the inaugural and in the White House.
I was also on the McCain campaign in 2008 and was a surrogate for the Romney campaign in 2012.
Some critics would have you believe that it somehow disqualifies me from providing you with my analysis and commentary.
But here's a question, wouldn't you want someone talking to you about politics only if he had actually worked in politics and knew the people he was talking about?
I know that I would want someone giving opinions about medicine only if they were a doctor.
In terms of my analysis playing during your local news, as you see, my segments are very clearly marked as commentary.
The same cannot be said for cable and broadcast news hosts who inject their opinions and bias into news coverage all the time without drawing any lines between them.
Here is the bottom line: I am proud to be the chief political analyst at Sinclair. My goal with every segment is to tell you facts which you may not already know and then my take on those facts. I am thrilled to keep sharing the truth and my perspective with you day in and day out. Thank you for tuning in.


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For Immediate Release
David Dupont Appointed International Sportscar Sales Manager
For Honda Performance Development and Wirth Research
· New role to promote LMP2 sales for HPD chassis, Honda engines
· Joint appointment by HPD and Wirth Research
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (April 15, 2014) – Honda Performance Development together with Wirth Research today announced the joint appointment of David Dupont to the position of International Sportscar Sales Manager across the two businesses.
The new position reinforces the companies' commitment to the global endurance racing market, highlighted by the new HPD ARX-04b coupe which is set to debut in 2015.
Dupont joined Bicester-based Wirth Research in November 2012, bringing with him a wealth of motorsport business development experience. His previous roles include Sales Director at Performance Friction, Business Development Director at Hewland Engineering and Aftersales Project Manager at Prodrive, where he worked for 20 years.
"We're delighted to welcome David in this joint initiative, which further strengthens our customer support infrastructure," said Steve Eriksen, HPD vice president and COO. The design and technology under development will be applied to our stunning new sports car being brought to the market and David is now in the enviable position of presenting this creation to endurance teams around the world. I look forward to seeing our cutting-edge designs racing to victory."
Nick Wirth President of Wirth Research, said: "David brings a wealth of experience and knowledge gained from a career which has encompassed the motorsport spectrum to this exciting new project that will see our car designs competing from 2015 onwards in all the major sports car championships around the globe. ."
"The combining of this new appointment and my existing role as Head of Business Development at Wirth Research reflects the strength and importance of the close technical collaboration between HPD and Wirth internationally," Dupont said. "This is an exciting new chapter for the companies, which already boast countless joint wins and numerous international championships. I'm looking forward to building on these successes to ensure our continued leadership in this market sector."
About Honda Performance Development
HPD was founded in 1993 as the performance arm of American Honda, to spearhead the company's entry into Indy car racing. No other manufacturer has matched Honda's success in Indy cars, which includes 204 race victories, 15 drivers' championships, six manufacturers' championships and nine consecutive Indianapolis 500 victories (2004-2012).
In 2013, Honda powered veteran Scott Dixon to four race wins and the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series championship; and Tristan Vautier to series Rookie of the Year honors.
HPD's prototype racing efforts have resulted in more than 60 victories and multiple American Le Mans Series championships. The company's sports-car racing debut in 2007 at the 12 Hours of Sebring marked the first win for HPD's LM-V8 engine and the first for a Honda racing engine designed and developed outside of Japan. HPD won the LMP2 title in the inaugural 2012 World Endurance Championship and has twice won the LMP2 category at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2010.
In 2013, HPD and Honda again swept the LMP1 and LMP2 manufacturers', engine, team and drivers' championships in the American Le Mans Series; while HPD-equipped Strakka Racing claimed the LMP1 class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for private team entries.
HPD participates in competition on both two wheels and four. The company offers a complete line of race engines for cars from grass roots to pinnacle; for professional, amateur and entry-level racers. For more information about HPD and the company's racing and Street Performance product lines, please visit http://hpd.honda.com.
David Dupont may be reached at:
David Dupont
International Sportscar Sales Manager, HPD/Wirth Research
Tel: +44 1869 355271
Mob: +44 7557 416617
Email: email@example.com
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Fall 2015
Cheap Monday's Spring 2015 Collection, Mindless Optimism, has a naïve, childish quality to it.
Scribbled, doodly prints, ruchings, delicate bow straps mixed with a sporty look on satin interlock fabrics with puff sleeves and stencilled allover prints on denim and jerseys. Sporty drawstrings play an important part on woven, sweat and jersey. It's a juvenile, punk look with pink checked flannel shirts and skirts for women and a denim check on men. We mix a leaner, longer silhouette on shirts and sweats for men and a boxier, cropped on women. The jeans look is heavily bleached down with a strong back-to-denim feature in washes and fits. Mixed with biker cuts, zips and coatings the black and 90's blue blends together in a pinky, yet modern way. A pop out-theme is a super trashed denim look, contrasted by tinted pastel shades in over dyed jackets and bottoms. Focus denim styles for the spring 2015 Collection are shorts on women and men and 90's boyfriend fits for women. Spray-On, our skinniest and stretchiest jeans model ever, is now available for men as well.


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The long-gestating alien invasion project "Echoes" is taking off in a big way—and with a "Stargate" alum at the helm.
Carl Binder, who worked for six years on the "Stargate" TV franchise, will showrun and write the pilot episode for "Echoes," which was created a few years ago by two "Stargate Universe" alums, Ken Kabatoff and Mark Savela, along with Andrew Karr and Craig VandenBiggelaar.
"We are incredibly excited to tell the Echoes story with Carl Binder, whose talent for writing multi-layered characters will be a treat for audiences all over the world," Kabatoff said via email Monday.
In early 2011, Kabatoff and Savela rallied several members of the "SGU" cast and crews to film an "Echoes" pilot presentation. (Find my stories about the presentation in the related field to the left of the page.) Binder and the team are now in pilot development with a Canadian broadcaster.
"Echoes" tells the story of Sonya, a woman in 2021 leading a band of survivors after two warring alien species make Earth their battleground.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project is the first show to be developed by Don Carmody Television since the Oscar-winning producer of "Chicago" got into TV drama production earlier this year. The series is being shopped this week to international buyers at MIPCOM, The Hollywood Reporter wrote Monday.
The "Echoes" pilot presentation photo gallery from 2011 can be viewed at the top of the page or by clicking this link.
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