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Picturemate Printer
Epson Japan
2006 —
Representing a significant shift in design approach for Epson, Industrial Facility created a small home printing unit that is portable and beyond being a peripheral to computers. With liberating features such as battery power, integrated handle, and adjustable LCD screen, it takes up a sympathetic position for domestic use, rather than merely migrated office machinery. Photo printers tend to be used occasionally, with most of their time spent in a state of idleness. For any manufacturer, that realisation can be hard to swallow, but Epson accepted it. The lid acts both as a protective cover and a paper tray. The paper exit door reveals camera card inputs.
Compact, simple, storable and not shouting for attention, the design went on to become the first Epson production printer to be designed by an outside design company, and one of their most successful. Its production continues to this day, some 6 years after its introduction.
Designed in Collaboration with Epson Design.
IF Hannover Gold Award, 2006
Japan G Mark Award, 2006
Permanent Collections
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Some Recent Projects, Design Museum London, 2008
Margaret Howell, London, 2011
Found, Made, Thought, Israel Museum, 2005
Love & Money Ozone Gallery, Tokyo, 2006
International Design Biennale, Saint-Etienne, 2006
Industrial Facility w152
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Industrial Facility w152 moves Swedish lighting company Wästberg into new territory: electronics in combination with light. Modern lighting has now become unrecognisable - no longer the subject of only electricity. Printed circuit boards, micro-chips and diodes are now staple ingredients, providing greater control, conserving energy and with longer lifespans. This transformation is a chance to establish new possibilities for the meeting point between light and electronics – that wherever light is supplied, power is often also required to charge our burgeoning devices. Industrial Facility's w152 is a lamp that also provides intelligent, universal power from three 3A USB outlets, detecting charging requirements and managing them at their fastest rate, however many devices are plugged in.
It is able to charge the latest generation of laptop computers. The lamp is available as freestanding, wall-mountable or integrated. The w152 illuminates and powers the office, the workshop, the library, the living room and the bedside table.
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Introducing Industrial Facility w152
Its design reference was obvious – that of cine projectors, partly because of making the LCD projector upright rather than flat. The result was a product that felt as though it was meant to play movies, giving some pride and enjoyment through its use. Seeing the spinning DVD also contributed to the 'atmosphere' of playing a film.
Designed in collaboration with Epson Design.
Some Recent Projects, Design Museum London, 2008
Margaret Howell, London, 2011
Found, Made, Thought, Israel Museum, 2005
Core 7 and Core 4 USB Hubs
2008 —
The Core 7 and Core 4 USB Hubs represented the second project for LaCie - the first was the Little Disk program of external hard drives that set the course for a very different design attitude applied to computer peripherals.
It made clear that a hard drive could be viewed not as a product but a piece of media, in the same vein as a DVD or Cassette, and so remove all superfluous details, flashing lights and power cords. Even though the launch in 2007 was derided as mere boxes with no design credentials, it became one of the most succcessful product ranges ever developed for LaCie. Like the Little Disk Program, these USB Hubs were viewed similarly to extension sockets used on the floor, allowing several USB's to be plugged in, when the computer has limited sockets.
The Core 7 Hub can be used on the desk or wall mounted. At the rear, two compartments house regular and mini-USB cables, along with 6 USB sockets. The 7th is on top, allowing for fast in and out of data sticks. The Core 4 Hub is a mobile device that provides 4 USB inputs.
Red Dot Award, 2008
Less and More, the work of Dieter Rams, Design Museum London, 2011
Some Recent Projects, Design Museum London, 2008
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Lite Plug
IDEA Japan
2008 —
The studio finds it more and more rewarding to examine the types of objects where design is either ignored or heavily compromised so it was our choice to examine the world of emergency torches. It's a particularly popular product in Japan, due to the country's earthquake proximity. The existing configurations of these types of product are often illogical and also visually too brash for something that spends most of its life in a wall socket.
The Lite Plug is plugged into a wall socket to become a nightlight, with the front lens pushed down to reveal both a light and motion sensor. As the room gets darker, a single LED emits a soft glow. When someone walks past, all 3 LED's light up, making the room a little brighter.
In an emergency, the Lite Plug senses power failure with all LED's turning on. The nightlight can then be pulled out to become a torch, with the front lens being pushed up for extra brightness.
Less and More, the Work of Dieter Rams, Design Museum London, 2011
Turn, Twist and Branch Off, Aram Store, London, 2011
Some Recent Projects, Design Museum London, 2008
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From Dec. 12 through Jan. 1, various Niagara County police agencies participated in a nationwide holiday season DWI enforcement program by increasing patrol units specifically designated for DWI enforcement.
Twenty-eight people across Niagara County were arrested during this time frame for driving while intoxicated. These extra patrol units also had an additional 30 arrests, and issued approximately 750 traffic tickets.
Participating were the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, New York State Park Police, and the Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Lockport, Middleport, Lewiston, Town of Niagara, Youngstown and Barker police departments.
Future "crackdown" periods are already scheduled, with all agencies again being involved.

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For some UConn Law graduates, supporting their alma mater means making a gift to the annual fund, providing money support to sponsor events or by making a gift to an endowed fund. While private financial support is vital to the institution – and greatly encouraged and appreciated – there are many other important ways graduates are giving back, including assisting in the student recruiting and admissions process; enhancing career awareness on the part of current students; helping students gain confidence and marketability; and, of course, helping UConn-educated attorneys find rewarding work.
Want to join the ranks of UConn Law graduates who use their time, expertise, contacts and resources to assist the staff in Admissions, the Career Planning Center, and Student Affairs? For more information please contact:
Ellen Keane Rutt '90, Associate Dean for Enrollment Management and Strategic Planning
Career Planning Center:
Aimee Houghton '06, Director
Development Opportunities:
Ron Fleury, Director of Development
Graduate Events:
Julia B. Dunlop, Director of External Relations
Student Affairs:
Karen Demeola '06, Assistant Dean of Students
For the most part, engaging in the life and continued success of the University of Connecticut School of Law is often quite easy. Here's a look at how several distinguished graduates are using their time, expertise, contacts and resources to advance the goals and objectives of their beloved alma mater, its students and fellow graduates.
Each year, the Law School Admissions staff works tirelessly to attract a highly qualified and talented pool of applicants. But that's only part of their job. Once they determine which applicants will be offered a place in the incoming class, it's time to go about encouraging the best and the brightest to enroll.
Chrystal Szeto '09 has been assisting her alma mater with admissions-related tasks since 2007, when she was a work-study student assigned to the Law School Admissions Office. "I started out conducting campus tours for prospective students and their parents," says Szeto, an associate at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's Hartford office, where she represents institutional investors, fund managers and lenders in complex workouts, insolvency proceedings, and litigation. "Eventually, I was given the opportunity to go to Fairfield University to meet with prospective [UConn Law] students and answer their questions about preparing for and applying to law school. Since graduation, I've come back to campus each year to participate on the graduate panel at the Law School's Admitted Students Day."
Szeto, a member of the Connecticut Asian Pacific Bar Association, emphasizes that it is easy and rewarding to do what she does in support of Admissions. "I've been performing outreach for my undergraduate institution (Columbia University) since I graduated, and knew I wanted to be involved with UConn's outreach and admissions process as well. I don't think it takes any special skills to do what I do, just an interest in getting the word out about the great opportunities UConn Law and the greater Connecticut legal community have to offer. I think prospective students appreciate an honest perspective."
Szeto, who also finds time to mentor Asian and Hispanic Law students, is quick to recommend that Law School graduates get involved in helping Admissions. "It's a great way to stay connected to your school," she says. "It's also a great way to meet the… students [who will] eventually become your firm's summer associates, externs and associates."
"UConn Law provides a terrific value proposition for its students and graduates, in terms of academic excellence, tuition and post-graduation career opportunities. Why not share it with as many people as I can?" Chrystal Szeto '09
Karen DeMeola '97, who headed up Admissions until July 1, when she became assistant dean of Student Services, says that changes in the market make it more important than ever to address the concerns of prospective Law School students right off the bat. "Part of that involves making sure we are engaging all of our constituencies to help us recruit, matriculate and retain our student population," she says, "so when we look at our recruitment calendar each year we identify a number of events at which alumni can help out."
According to DeMeola, those events include recruitment fairs, such as the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund event in New York City; large forums sponsored by the Law School Admissions Council in New York, Boston, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles and Chicago; smaller fairs on individual college campuses; and small group or one-on-one meetings in the conference room of a graduate practicing just about anywhere in the world. "It is no longer enough for us as administrators to give the speech," explains DeMeola. "Applicants are often more honest with graduates and current students than they are with us as to why they might not be putting UConn in the number one spot…Having alums behind the table has made a huge difference."
DeMeola notes, as an example, that the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education recruitment fair has been staffed with the help of a graduate of Puerto Rican heritage who speaks candidly about his experiences as a student of color at UConn. "That's a really important piece that goes into the mix for someone who self-identifies as a student of color and ends up matriculating – or not – here," she says. "Using a graduate for that purpose makes a lot of sense."
While Admissions welcomes all graduates interested in helping out at recruitment events, "recent" graduates are of particular value due to their familiarity with the "current" UConn Law experience. DeMeola also emphasizes that working at a recruitment fair usually requires only a few hours of a graduate's time. "We offer to pay for travel to and from an alum's home, but nine times out of ten they say no," she says. "They do it because they want to and because they believe in the institution."
Erik Lohr '02 is one of those many graduates who believes in the institution that helped prepare him for the success he has achieved, both in private practice and in public service. "My legal education and training have opened doors to some of the most wonderful and fulfilling experiences of my working life," he says.
Lohr, an assistant attorney general the Office of the Attorney General in Hartford, regularly helps out at open houses, something he has been doing since his days as a student. "I first attended an open house at the Law School just prior to being admitted," he recalls. "I am African American, and I distinctly [remember] an African American female who also was in attendance…turning to me and commenting on the lack of a single African American participant on the student panel. Following my admission, I felt compelled to participate whenever possible to avoid a recurrence of that situation."
Lohr, an adjunct professor in the Law School's Street Law program, continues. "[As graduates], we all should, in some way, reach back to help and encourage those still coming through the pipeline so that they too will 'pay it forward' when their time comes. Others reached out to give me direction…and I now feel an obligation to do the same, although…it has never felt like [an obligation]."
"We ask our graduates to encourage qualified candidates to apply to the Law School – and to hire our even more highly qualified graduates after they have completed their legal education." Ellen Kean Rutt '90, Associate Dean, Enrollment Management, Institutional Advancement and Strategic Planning
The University of Connecticut School of Law is fortunate to have a number of graduates who generously donate their time and talents to support efforts to enhance the diversity of the student body and the profession as a whole. Among those generous graduates is Peter Wilson, Jr. '00, the director of diversity and inclusion for Proskauer Rose LLP (New York), where he helps develop strategies and programs associated with the recruitment, retention and advancement of lawyers from racial and ethnic minority groups and the LGBT community, women, and people with disabilities. "I have been supporting diversity-related events at the Law School since I was a student," says Wilson, who was the director of diversity and legal recruiting at Day Pitney LLP prior to joining Proskauer. "After I graduated it was very important to me that I remained connected and visible at the Law School…I remember attending Diversity Week [events] when I was a junior level associate and feeling proud that UConn was boldly addressing diversity issues in the legal profession."
In his position at Proskauer Rose, Wilson reaches out to students at UConn Law, where he conducts on-campus interviews, spearheads the sponsorship of diversity-related events by his firm, and creates and fosters mentoring relationships on an ongoing basis. "I always felt that participating in events and mentoring minority law students was the least that I could do, given my passion for equality and inclusion in the legal profession," explains Wilson, the vice president of the Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals. "I encourage others to take the time to support the Law School's efforts and be active in the pursuit to create a more diverse bar. All that is required is that you take the time to show up and engage in the dialogue."
Wilson continues. "My father always taught me 'to whom much is given…much will be required,' and I am motivated to support UConn's diversity efforts because I realize the significance of my law degree…My hope is that I inspire the next generation of graduates… to want to stay active, support their fellow Huskies, and create a more inclusive bar."
The Law School Alumni Association and Career Planning Center have teamed up to sponsor on- and off-campus panel discussions geared to helping graduates-to-be and young graduates prepare for the transition from the classroom to the workplace. In doing so, the Law School staff looks for panelists who have been particularly successful in making this transition, such as Cristina Madry '05, an associate in the Hartford office of Jackson Lewis LLP, and her classmate, Ndidi N. Moses '05, an assistant United States attorney for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut and the civil rights coordinator for the Civil Division in Connecticut.
Madry, who serves on the board of directors of the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association and the Law School Alumni Association, has been participating in panel discussions since her first year out of law school. "I graduated from UConn Law in 2005 and my first panel discussion was in 2006," she says. "It was entitled 'Balancing the Scales – Law School Application and Success Workshops,' and the discussion was aimed at diversifying not only the classroom but also the bench and bar. I was truly honored when a Law School student reached out and asked if I would be interested in offering my perspective as a recent graduate. I became even more enthusiastic…when I learned of the panel discussion topic, as I knew I had valuable personal and professional experiences to share." As recently as November 2011, Madry served as a panelist at a Hartford graduate gathering for members of the classes of 2002-2011, where the topic was "The Most Important Lessons Learned Since Graduation." She says that the key to being an effective panelist is a willingness to speak from the heart. "It has been my experience that students are genuinely interested in knowing how you handled a problem, how it impacted you, what you did right, and what you would do differently if you could," says Madry, whose practice is concentrated on employment litigation and preventive counseling. "To answer these questions in any meaningful way, you must be prepared to have a frank and heartfelt dialogue about your successes and setbacks."
Given her enthusiasm for giving back, it is not a surprise that Madry recommends that other Law School graduates consider sitting on panels at Graduate Gatherings across the state and nation. "The students who attend the panel discussions are eager to hear what you have to share and are very appreciative of the time that you set aside," she explains. "They truly make you feel like an awesome individual."
"I take a lot of pride in my alma mater and want to see it succeed in the generations to come. To that end, my husband and I donate what we can to assist in making the UConn Law experience just as great for students going forward as it was for us." Cristina Madry '05
Ndidi Moses has been serving on Law School panels since her days as a student, when she participated on panels directed at newly admitted students and students still in the process of thinking about attending law school. Since that time she has participated in several other Law School events, including a September 2011 graduate gathering in Stamford, where Moses sat on a panel entitled, "Early Career Transition: How to Set Your Path." "For me, (serving on) panels is no different than having a conversation with someone and giving them advice," says Moses, past president of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association. Despite the ease with which Moses handles her role as a panelist, she finds the experience highly rewarding. "I enjoy knowing that I can make a difference in someone's life," she says. "Also…UConn is one of the few places where when I introduce myself as an assistant United States attorney people actually smile." Moses, who also serves on the board of the Law School Alumni Association, adds that she has directly benefitted from the support of many older attorneys and mentors. Among the UConn Law graduates she credits for helping her along the way were Peter Wilson '00 at Day Pitney LLP; Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Lubbie Harper, Jr. '75 (who reached out to Moses when she was a clerk at the Connecticut Appellate Court); Jeffrey White '03 and Linda Moran '87 at Robinson & Cole LLP (where she practiced for two years); District Court Judge Vanessa Bryant '78; and Randall Pinkston '05 and Frank Borges '78, both of whom she met while planning an event. "They [and many others] made me who I am today, and I am forever in [their] debt," she says.
"I try to never say no to a request from the Law School." Ndidi Moses '05
Starting work at a large law firm or public agency can be an intimidating experience for a new – or veteran – lawyer. To help ease the stress of that transition, Jem C. Sponzo '06, a trial attorney at the Department of Justice's Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) in Washington, DC, makes a conscious effort to reach out to UConn Law students beginning work at her office, as others did to her. "OIL features brief biographical sketches of new attorneys, including where they attended law school, in its newsletter," says Sponzo. "After I was listed, a few OIL attorneys who were also UConn graduates approached me, and we planned a lunch. I have since had the opportunity to greet two UConn grads at OIL, and I have been fortunate to meet other alums working in other government offices here in DC. Our lunches are a pleasure, but helping new attorneys see…how rewarding government service can be has been far and away the best part about welcoming fellow UConn alums to Washington."
While Sponzo looks forward to the opportunity to meet and greet other graduates of her alma mater on and off the job, she also hopes to serve on Law School panels geared to assisting students and young graduates as they pursue their legal careers. "I remember being asked as a student to speak as a panelist regarding opportunities in international law after interning with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees," says Sponzo, who interned at Human Rights Watch during the fall of her 3L year. "While I'm certain there are many alums with far more fascinating careers than mine, I can't think of a better way to thank UConn than to help students see the potential their degrees will have and [to] help them get excited to make amazing careers for themselves."
State Senator Martin Looney '85 has served in the Connecticut General Assembly for more than 30 years. For close to ten of those years, Looney has called on student interns from UConn Law to help him meet the needs of his constituents. "Over the years, our Law School interns have been engaged in a series of research projects evaluating proposed legislation," says Looney, who is currently in his fifth term as Senate majority leader. "They also have been quite helpful undertaking comparative studies about how other states have dealt with problems we are grappling with here in Connecticut."
Looney, who was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives two years prior to beginning law school, says that he first got involved in taking on UConn Law interns at the recommendation of former Senate Majority Leader Cornelius "Con" O'Leary '82, an adjunct professor who has co-taught the Legislative Process course at the Law School for the last several years. "As someone who is also a teacher (Looney is an adjunct faculty member in political science at the University of New Haven and at Quinnipiac University), I thoroughly enjoy interacting with the Law School interns. I also enjoy addressing Con's class on the legislative process."
Looney emphasizes that there is a strong interest in UConn Law in the Connecticut General Assembly because such a large group of attorneys serving there are graduates. "There is a very strong connection between the Legislature and the Law School," he says, "and it's bound to stay that way."
"The benefits to the legislator far outweigh the work involved in having and evaluating a Law School intern." State Senator Martin Looney '85
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in Washington, DC makes it a point to post job openings with the Career Planning Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Why? According to Jason K. Levine '05, chief counsel to Commissioner Robert S. Adler, the Commission knows first-hand the quality of UConn Law graduates. "Everywhere I have worked I have encouraged the HR department to participate in UConn Law's career service efforts," says Levine, who spent three years with Kelly, Drye & Warren LLP before moving on to the Federal Election Commission and Consumer Product Safety Commission. "Last year, I also had a chance to be involved in the hiring process for a summer legal intern in my commissioner's office. One of the law schools we posted the position at was UConn – and I'm thrilled to say we had a great experience with our UConn legal intern."
Levine believes that until more alums who have left New England reach out and bring new graduates into their legal communities, UConn Law will remain a "hidden gem in Hartford instead of the nationally recognized law school it could be." Accordingly, he encourages his fellow Law School graduates to help their alma mater in whatever ways they can. "I feel very fortunate to have had a great experience at UConn Law and believe it prepared me in many ways for where I am today," he says. "Any small contribution I can make to other UConn Law graduates having a similar experiences seems like the right thing to do."
"There are many ways graduates can assist our students, from posting job opportunities to conducting mock interviews…Graduates can also assist our office by participating in panels and brown-bag discussions, attending career fairs and availing themselves to informational interviews." Aimee Houghton '06, Director, Career Planning Center
Observing the daily duties and responsibilities of a working attorney is a great way to get a feel for all that is involved in a particular legal position. Not every lawyer is willing to be shadowed, however, for fear that it is too time-consuming and distracting. Not so for Ann Guillet '87, senior assistant public defender for the Division of Public Defender Services at Enfield Superior Court, who welcomes the opportunity for law students to shadow her. "The time commitment is not usually much outside of the normal working day," she says. "What is needed…is [enough] time fit into your day to educate the law student about the way in which the criminal courts work in Connecticut. This not only includes reviewing criminal statutes and Connecticut Practice Book requirements, but also the various pre-trial diversionary programs available to our clients. All of this requires the attorney to be patient, especially with students who have not had much experience with criminal practice."
Guillet urges other UConn Law graduates to invite law students to shadow them for a day, a semester, or as a summer intern. "It is extremely important, especially in the field of public service, to explain to future attorneys the importance of what we do, why we do it, and the reason that we have to be positive role models," says Guillet, who has been a public defender in the Connecticut Superior Court system since 1988. "Lawyers in general often get a bad rap and…there is still a common perception that we (public defenders) are not 'real' lawyers…It is important to show students that civil service is an important part of our criminal justice system and that the University of Connecticut School of Law has produced many fine attorneys and jurists. Job shadowing is a perfect opportunity to share skills, network and have seasoned attorneys as resources for newer attorneys beginning in practice. It is a great avenue to give back to [UConn] in a non-financial, yet valuable, way."
Guillet adds that her experience as a Criminal Clinic student under clinic founder Michael Sheldon (now an Appellate Court judge) and Todd Fernow '83 (the current head of the Criminal Clinic) was an invaluable training ground for the everyday practice of criminal law. "Having interns [shadow me at work] has allowed me to share my experiences and knowledge in a job I absolutely love in a non-academic environment, but with many of the same benefits and opportunities for learning as I had in the clinic setting."
From October 2003 to March 2011, Mark Dubois '77 served as the Connecticut Judicial Branch's first chief disciplinary counsel, a position in which he was responsible for investigating and prosecuting a wide range of lawyer discipline matters, as well as the unauthorized practice of law. That experience makes him a particularly valuable mentor for newly-minted and veteran lawyers alike, though his mentoring dates back to 2001 when he was an assistant clinical professor at UConn Law. "While I was at [UConn] I was advisor to the Student Bar Association and the student trial lawyers group," says Dubois, who is now counsel to Geraghty and Bonnano LLC in New London, where his practice includes ethics and compliance issues in law, government and business. "Since leaving the fulltime faculty, I have continued to teach at UConn and Quinnipiac [School of Law] as an adjunct. I tell students that I am a resource that does not end when the class is over."
While serving as Connecticut's chief disciplinary counsel, Dubois, a member of the Connecticut Bar Association's mentoring committee, spent a significant amount of time "extricating young lawyers from trouble and helping them avoid getting disciplinary records." To help ensure that they stay on the right path, Dubois offers them the opportunity to "call anytime for advice and guidance."
"We are looking forward to the newly updated on-line community where graduates and students can connect more easily. We hope this new platform will assist in building lasting mentoring relationships across the globe." Aimee Houghton '06
A litigator for more than 20 years before joining the Law School faculty, Dubois says that there is a gap between what is learned in law school and what lawyers need to succeed. "Mentoring can fill the gap for many [young lawyers] in solo and small firm environments where they do not have access to experience lawyers for direction."
Looking ahead, Dubois hopes to enhance mentoring opportunities for, and on behalf of, Connecticut attorneys. "I am presently vice president of the Connecticut Bar Association and will be president in two years," he says. "I hope to use that position to continue to advance the goal of making mentoring and support for law graduates a part of both the legal culture and the process of bar management and leadership."
"The University paired me with a mentor my first year of law school (Superior Court Judge Angelo L. dos Santos '73) who mentored me throughout my entire law school experience and thereafter… He was a tremendous resource and offered me much encouragement." Cristina Madry '05
Thanks to James O. Fleckner '98, Boston-based Goodwin Proctor LLP has been an active player in the Law School's on-campus interview (OCI) program since 2006. "When I came to the firm as a lateral associate, Goodwin had not been regularly participating in on-campus interviewing," says Fleckner, who heads Goodwin Proctor's ERISA litigation practice, where he defends financial services institutions, employers, officers and directors against claims arising from employer-sponsored retirement, health and welfare plans. "I lobbied my firm's recruiting department to begin interviewing at UConn. They agreed."
As a lawyer practicing at a national firm with an increasing international presence, Fleckner believes it is important to be able to help provide opportunities to upcoming UConn Law graduates interested in finding a legal career outside of Connecticut. "Having lived and worked in Connecticut before moving to Boston, I know that the Law School is well known and highly regarded in Connecticut," explains Fleckner. "What I see as an opportunity is to find ways to introduce the Law School and its graduates to people outside of [the state] who may not [be] familiar with the school."
For Fleckner, participating in the Law School's OCI program is both beneficial to his firm – and a simple matter of giving back to his alma mater. "I have been afforded some tremendous opportunities in my career, and I hope to be able to do the same for others coming up," he says.
Career Planning Center Director Aimee Houghton '06 adds that she and her colleagues are always available to assist graduates with their hiring needs. "We hold on-campus interviews throughout the year and host a career fair in February, as well as a more formal Firm Review Reception in April," says Houghton. "We [also] currently run two off-campus interview program in August for Boston and New York employers."
FACT: Immediate employment opportunities for current UConn students or fellow graduates can be posted on Symplicity, the Career Planning Center's online employment database, by logging in to https://law-uconn-csm.symplicity.com/employers/; e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com; or faxing the job posting description to (860) 570-5317.
Summer associate opportunities are often associated with large law firms with significant human and financial resources. Tell that to Jane I. Milas '86, of New Haven-based Garcia & Milas, who has been providing summer associate positions for UConn Law students on a regular basis for many years. "When I started as an associate at the predecessor to Garcia & Milas, the firm already had in place a practice of hiring summer associates, and that practice has continued to this day," says Milas, whose law practice focuses on construction and commercial litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution. "I first became involved though the on-campus interviewing program at UConn."
FACT: Five of the six attorneys at Garcia & Milas are UConn Law graduates.
Milas emphasizes that while there is a commitment of time and energy to the summer associate program on the part of everyone at Garcia & Milas, lawyers at the firm are "energized" by the summer associates, who, she says, bring with them a fresh perspective and enthusiasm for the law. "[While] the time commitment is not daunting, it is critical that our lawyers be available to the summer associates for feedback and for general discussion about the law and the practical aspects of being a lawyer," Milas explains. "The desire to share what it means to be a lawyer and an interest in mentoring a soon-to-be lawyer are important skills in working with summer associates."
Milas, the managing director at Garcia & Milas, continues. "I would recommend without hesitation that UConn Law graduates become involved with Career Planning and the on-campus interviewing program. Working with the Career Planning Center has been…so rewarding for this firm, and we have thoroughly enjoyed our experience with our summer associates."
"Each of us can find some way to stay connected with the Law School and help keep it moving forward." Jane Milas '86
FACT: Eighty-two percent of the Law School's class of 2012 borrowed money for their legal education, and the average total debt for those who borrowed was more than $65,000. "By helping to defray the daunting expenses of a legal education [through, for example, scholarships supported through the generosity of graduates], we can attract and retain the best applicants and have them afford what we all know to be the best education bargain in Connecticut – a degree from UConn Law School," says Associate Dean for Enrollment Management, Institutional Advancement and Strategic Planning Ellen K. Rutt '90.
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Graduate Profile: Traci Cipriano '97
Graduate Profile: Michael Lynch '12
Alumni Association Awards Dinner
Giving Back: Pullman and Comley
Giving Back: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Remembering: Robert M. Cook '99
- Alice Bruno, executive director, Connecticut Bar Association
- Diane C. McEnroe '88, partner, Sidley Austin LLP
- William J. Egan '90, partner, Robinson & Cole LLP
- Douglas M. Connors '95, partner, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
- Anne Davis Barry '01, partner, Cantor Colburn LLP
- Jeffrey J. White '03, partner, Robinson & Cole LLP
- Mario F. Coppola '04, partner, Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C.
- Alexander D. Pencu '04, partner, Meister Seelig & Fein LLP
- David E. Rodriguez '05, partner, Cantor Colburn LLP


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The Presidential, Dean's, and Founder's Scholarships are awarded to entering first-time freshmen for academic excellence and achievement. The average recipients have high school grade point averages that range from 3.00-4.00 and SAT composite scores in the range of 1150-1600. Scholarships and their respective annual award amounts for students entering Fall 2018 are:
Scholarship applications are not required. Selection is based upon your Application for Admission. Early application is required.
Revisions to financial aid awards due to updated SAT and/or ACT scores will not be allowed once the official financial aid offer is made. Please contact your Admissions Counselor if you plan to have your financial aid award held until all of your test scores are received.


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Digital River (NASDAQ: DRIV) is an international E-commerce outsourcing firm. It runs e-commerce sites for software companies and other high-tech corporations such as Motorola (MOT), 3M Company (MMM), and Symantec (SYMC). Digital River also provides marketing and data mining services in order to discover customer trends.
DRIV's revenues have grown by 504% since 2001 despite several industry-wide crises in e-commerce. Because Digital River provides the online marketplace platform as well as derivative products, it receives a percentage of the price of goods sold on its sites. This translates to low cost of sales, while its margins depend on the revenue earned by its clients. As more people around the world turn to the Internet to make purchases, DRIV is poised to benefit by expanding its services to existing clients and adding new ones.
The growing e-commerce market, however, is also attracting new competition for DRIV. Low barriers of entry due to the low cost of sales mentioned above allow for a constant influx of start-up competitors.
Digital River's services include design, development and hosting of online stores, store merchandising and optimization, order management, denied parties screening, export controls and management. Temporary agencies like Adecco SA provides supporting staffing with the growing number of new graduates, it has kept the business booming. Through partnership the company acquire subsidiary services like tax compliance and management, fraud management, digital product delivery via download, physical product fulfillment, subscription management, online marketing including e-mail marketing, management of affiliate programs, paid search programs, payment processing services, Website optimization, Web analytics and reporting, compact disc (CD) production and delivery[1]. In May 2010, the Company acquired fatfoogoo.[2]
Digital River is an international E-commerce outsourcing firm. It runs e-commerce sites for software companies and other high-tech corporations such as Motorola (MOT), 3M Company (MMM), Symantec (SYMC) and Google(GOOG). Digital River also provides marketing and data mining services in order to discover customer trends. . In addition, they offer marketing research, loyalty programs, web hosting, online advertising, and an online payment mechanism. Furthermore, they are also exploring ways in which to make money in the online gaming industry by operating a gaming news website[3].
Digital River's business is dependent on companies wanting to take their sales online. Companies do this in an effort to expand their markets while avoiding the cost of having to establish a physical presence.
Apart from helping companies establish an online presence, Digital River must be able to guide potential customers to these sites. Since Digital River earns a percentage of price of goods sold, their ability to perform search engine optimization and relevant advertising is crucial to their future growth. The e-commerce business as a whole has seen consistent growth since its inception, and with more and more people purchasing online, Digital River will look to participate in this growth.
Second Quarter 2010 Results[4]
Digital River's second quarter revenue totaled $81.8 million, compared to $96.6 million during the same period in 2009. Second quarter GAAP net loss was $2.5 million, or $0.07 per share. This compared to GAAP net income of $11.8 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2009. These results, which were better than management's second quarter guidance for a net loss of $0.12 per share, reflect a one-time restructuring charge of approximately $2 million, primarily related to a reduction in workforce.
The company's price to sales index jumped from 2.45 in 2009 to 2.76 in 2010 which showed a positive capital growth and a cost per share of $14.48.[1]
Store Design, Development and Hosting[1] [2]
This company offers its clients web design services. Its e-commerce solutions are deployed and implemented in a variety of ways from shopping carts through merchandise online stores. The online stores operates for its clients to match their branding and web services. When a shopper navigates from a client's site to their store, the transition is seamless. The company tracks order(s) processed through their payment processing, fraud screening and fulfillment (either digital or physical) and notifies the buyer via e-mail once their transaction are completed. The company design, development and hosting capabilities are influenced by the evolution of global e-solutions which are developed to handle lastest technology Apps. and computers from Apple Corporation.
The global cloud-based solution enables physical and digital goods merchants to sell directly to new or underserved groups of business buyers by tailoring their e-commerce services and using authenticated portals, segmented pricing, preferred payment methods, private reseller networks, and more. For some companies, selling direct to business buyers has materially increased margin efficiency and produced renewal rates of 30 percent gain. B2B [5].
The Company's technology platforms support a range of merchandising activities. This enables its clients to execute promotions, up-sell, and cross-sell activities and to feature specific products and services during any phase of the shopping process. From the home page of its clients' online stores through the checkout and thank you pages, its solution allows clients to deliver offers.
The Company manages all phases of a shopper's order on its clients' e-commerce stores. It processes payment transactions for orders placed through the technology platform and support a variety of payment types, including credit cards, wire transfers, purchase orders, money orders, direct debit cards and many other payment methods accepted both in the United States and around the world. Through these payment systems, accountability is a key in putting transaction record source data in an accurate streamline format which may be better understood by both the business and end-users.
The Company provides both digital and physical fulfillment services to its clients. It offers the clients an array of electronic delivery capabilities that enable delivery of digital products directly to customers' computers via the Internet. Delivery is completed when a copy of the purchased digital product is made from a master, generally stored on the technology platform and then downloaded to the purchaser. Optionally, buyers can, for an additional fee, request that a CD be created and shipped as a backup for their order.
The Company provides multiple delivery channels and supports its customers products and services through their customize platforms. It provides assistance to buyers regarding ordering and delivery questions around-the-clock globally. Most of it's customers are retained due to excellent Total Customer Satisfaction and real-time capabilities of meeting client's needs. This provides Quick access to reach most of their requests and response time.
The Company captures and stores detailed information about visitor's traffic during sales through online stores and manages their clients. This information is stored in the database systems where it is available for analysis and reporting. The Company provides clients access to a collection of standard and customise reports via its Web analytics technology. This enables the clients to track and analyze sales, products, transactions, customer behavior and the results of marketing campaigns. Usage of these data is essential to both the company and customers which may create a need for historical data store.
The Company offers a range of marketing services designed to increase customer acquisition and improve customer retention. Through a combination of Web analytics, analytics-based statistical testing, optimization and proven direct marketing practices, its team develops, delivers and manages programs, such as paid search advertising, search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, store optimization and e-mail optimization on behalf of the clients. The Company generally charges an incremental percentage of the selling price of merchandise for sales driven by its marketing services activities. These Strategic Marketing Services have pushed Net Fixed Assets (NFA) from 48.06M to 51.46M with a net income rise of 15.74M in third quarter of 2011. The latest wireless network servers has increased delivery speed of internet applications from federated/distributed data stores to our customers around the world.
This Company offers payment services for online merchants worldwide. It also offers a range of back office payment reconciliation services which may have resulted in programs such as e-payments. The Company sells and markets these services through a direct sales channel located in offices in the United States and Europe. These services are provided either via a direct interface between the client's commerce systems and its payment services platform. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant wrapped secure Web based payment page that is served to the client's commerce system on a transaction by transaction basis.
A bulk of Digital River's future income is expected to come from its new agreement with Microsoft (MSFT) to sell Windows Vista and Office 2007 upgrades online via Microsoft's Digital Locker initiative. This future income stream depends on people adopting Vista and Office 2007. DRIV is also working with Electronic Arts (ERTS) to further its online sales platform, a move which could bring significant revenue in the future as more people purchase games online. By selling downloadable games, DRIV will be in direct competition with Valve Corporation's Steam content delivery system. Digital River Inc. is looking forward to form partnership with afflitates and also enabling affilates to generate income in the future. With a possible upcoming merger with YAHOO, profitability and quarterly earnings may improve the bottom line and future acquisitions to well place affiliates economically and improve their B2B.
Digital River is currently dependent on its relationship with Symantec (SYMC). Although Digital River is attempting to offset this through its partnership with Microsoft, pressure on the electronic security industry to lower prices (and the rise of cheaper alternatives) could harm Symantec's future sales, which in turn would harm Digital River's.
As of July 2010, DRIV is no longer managing Symantec's Ecommerce Platform. Nor are they providing any marketing, affiliate, or customer service for Symantec. DRIV has fared well through this transition and will continue to do well with its ongoing relationship with Microsoft.
At the end of the day, Digital River's revenue comes from online sales to consumers. Therefore, it is, like most of the retail industry, susceptible to recessions and other declines in consumer spending. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, for example, Digital River saw a decline in revenue. Currently, due to the problems in the housing market and the credit crisis of 2007, as well as the 2008 recession harmed Digital River's sales. With the decline in housing market, employment rate fell by 1% to put the country's total unemployment rate at 9%. We have seen great progress with DRIV as a whole based on their systems applications in generating sophisticated search engines similar to that of GOOG.
Digital River has considerable expertise on global markets, particularly in the areas of payment processing, multilingual support, and online hosting and merchandising[6]. Although GSI Commerce has entered the arena through its acquisition of Aspherio S.L., Digital River still has many more years of experience in the field. It has offices in various European countries, Taiwan, China, and Japan[7]. Such a presence is important to Digital River because it makes its revenue stream less susceptible on the economic fluctuations of the U.S. economy.
Digital River competes with Art Technology Group, Inc., IBM Corporation, IBM Global Services, Accenture, Inc., GSI Commerce, Inc., asknet Inc., Bertelsmann AG, CyberSource Corporation, PayPal Corp., ValueClick, Inc., aQuantive, Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Buy.com, Inc., Network Solutions, LLC, Akamai Technologies, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., eBay, Inc. and Hostopia.com, Inc.
Digital River faces competition from other e-commerce outsourcing companies, including those that specialize in one of DRIV's sub-businesses (such as logistics or search optimization), and companies that have successfully developed and implemented their own e-commerce solutions in-house and now lease them out to others.
Amazon.com (AMZN): Amazon developed their own in-house e-commerce solution, which they now offer as a platform for others to use. Its customers range from individuals to companies seeking to sell their goods online. Its sheer size and name recognition, as well as its expansion into search and application hosting, create a significant threat to Digital River.
The company is facing tough competition from other online e-commerce corperations which have lately forced analysts to indicate a good time to "BUY". This will have an impact to decisions made by some of its investors and bankers to invest on future ROI.
EBay (EBAY): After creating a platform where individuals can sell items to one another, EBay extended it to allow small companies to sell their goods its site. Unlike Digital River, it has a very high asset turnover ratio, meaning it makes more money in sales for every dollar of assets that it controls. This makes the company more resilient during recessions.
GSI Commerce (GSIC): GSI is possibly Digital River's closest competitor. It covers the exact same product mix as Digital River. Although GSI is the larger and more established of the two, Digital River is expanding faster into new markets.
ValueClick (VCLK): ValueClick offers comprehensive online advertising campaigns. ValueClick provides most of the same services as Digital River's online advertising division, but on a much larger scale.
NaviSite (NAVI): NaviSite offers website hosting, site optimization, and managed infrastructure services. While it does not offer services such as advertising and search engine optimization, it is a powerhouse when it comes to developing and deploying online applications.


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Executive Summary:
If your applications are loading slowly or don't load at all, the culprit might be a device driver and the deferred procedure calls (DPCs) it makes. By using such tools as Windows Task Manager, Performance Monitor, Process Explorer, the Kernel Profiling Tool, and the registry, you can quickly recognize, diagnose, and solve driver performance problems.
I'm waiting for an application to start…again. As I stare at the hourglass on my Windows XP desktop, I wonder what is slowing things down this time. I press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to bring up Windows Task Manager and click the Processes tab. I'm ready to kill the offending process, but I find nothing but the usual System Idle Process at the top of the list.
Over time, Windows system performance tends to degrade. Many performance problems can be resolved by eliminating unnecessary programs from startup, defragmenting the hard disk, and cleaning the registry. In my case, however, none of these actions worked. I don't usually get into desktop support issues but since it was my desktop, I was determined to find and resolve the problem.
When I searched the Internet, I found many people complaining about the same symptoms in blogs and forums, but they didn't provide any solutions. I got a few clues when some people mentioned that the problem went away after they upgraded a driver or replaced a disk controller. At this point, I concluded that the performance problem was probably related to a driver, but I didn't know for sure. So, I dug deeper. After wading through some device-driver development articles, I found a gem. The Microsoft TechNet article "Advanced DPCs" (www.microsoft .com/technet/sysinternals/information/ advanceddpcs.mspx) discusses how to diagnose driver performance problems by examining deferred procedure call (DPC) queue activity.
DPCs wreaking havoc on Windows system performance is a common problem in not only workstations but also servers. Knowing how to recognize, diagnose, and solve a DPC problem can save you hours of troubleshooting and possibly save you from having to reinstall or reconfigure the problematic workstation's or server's OS.
What You Need:
Solution Steps:
1. How to Recognize the
To recognize the problem, you need to know about DPCs and how to perform an initial check in Windows Task Manager when you're experiencing a performance problem. DPCs are a part of the Windows interrupt handling architecture. Interrupt handling consists of two components, both of which are part of a device driver. The first component is the Interrupt Service Routine (ISR), which quickly allows the hardware to get the device to stop interrupting. The driver actually handles the processing around the interrupt later by queuing a worker thread from the created DPC queue object. In short, this means that a driver does its initial work with a hardware device in a DPC. Because both the ISR and DPCs are vendor-provided within the driver for a device, a poorly written kernel-mode driver can have a significant impact on overall system performance.
When you're experiencing a performance problem, you can use Windows Task Manager to see whether it might be due to DPCs. When a performance problem might be related to DPCs, you'll see that the CPU usage is high on the Performance tab, but no processes are taking the blame on the Processes tab. You'll also see that System Idle Process is showing the highest CPU usage on the Processes tab, which is typical for an idle system.
The System Idle Process typically doesn't significantly affect system performance. However, when DPC problems exist, the kernel will be using a large percentage of the CPU, which can impact system performance. You can find out the kernel's CPU usage by selecting the Performance tab and choosing the Show Kernel Times option on the View menu. The bottom red portion of the CPU Usage graph shows the CPU time being used by the Windows kernel. The sample CPU Usage graph in Figure 1 reveals that something loaded by the kernel is monopolizing the CPU.
2. How to
A kernel can monopolize the CPU for several reasons, so the next step is to diagnose the problem to determine whether DPCs are in fact causing the high CPU usage and if so, which device is using those DPCs. You can use three tools to drill down and get the details needed for diagnosis:
• Performance Monitor (perfmon.exe). This is a built-in Windows tool.
• Process Explorer (procexp.exe). You can download this free utility from Microsoft at www.microsoft.com/technet/ sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ ProcessExplorer.mspx.
• Kernel Profiling Tool (kernrate.exe). This tool is part of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit, which you can download at www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.spx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en.
To determine whether DPCs are causing high CPU usage, you can use Performance Monitor or Process Explorer. I find Process Explorer easier to use than Performance Monitor for this purpose, but I'll cover both in case you prefer to use Performance Monitor.
In Process Explorer, you can quickly and easily see whether DPCs are causing high CPU usage. In the main window, the System Idle Process is broken into three groups: Interrupts, DPCs, and System. Just doubleclick DPCs to bring up the DPCs properties page and select the Performance Graph tab. The top two graphs show the DPCs' CPU current usage and CPU usage history, as Figure 2, page 53, shows.
Under the Processor ob-ject, Performance Monitor includes a counter named % DPC Time, which tells you the percentage of time a processor is spending on receiving and servicing DPCs. Comparing this percentage to the % Processor Time value reveals what portion of total CPU usage is consumed by a thread in the DPC queue, as Figure 3, page 53, shows. For information about how to use Performance Monitor, see "Performance Management in Windows" (March 2003, InstantDoc ID 37933).
After Process Explorer or Performance Monitor has confirmed that the CPU is being disproportionately consumed by activity in the DPC queue, you can use the Kernel Profiling Tool to determine which driver is causing the problem. This command-line tool lists kernel modules, including kernel-mode device drivers and the percentage of kernel time that they're consuming.
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The Kernel Profiling Tool has many arguments you can use, but for our purposes, you can run it without any arguments, with the command
kernrateAfter running this command, you first receive output like that in Figure 4. Wait for about 30 seconds or so, then press Ctrl+C. While the Kernel Profiling Tool runs, keep an eye on DPC activity in Process Explorer or Performance Monitor to ensure the CPU usage remains consistently high during the sample.
Figure 5 shows an excerpt from the second part of the sample output. As you can see in the "Results for Kernel Mode" section, the problematic driver is intelppm, the Intel processor driver that's part of the OS load. This driver throttles the CPU in order to conserve power consumption to extend battery life. The Intel processor driver probably wasn't the cause of the problem; instead, the problem was likely due an interoperability issue with this driver and other hardware or drivers installed on my system. Regardless, it's not required on a nonportable computer where battery life is of no concern.
3. How to Solve the Problem
The options for solving a DPC problem are to reinstall, update, or disable the driver that's causing the problem. Which option you choose depends on the driver. For example, you can't disable a driver that your system needs or update a driver when no updates exist. In my case, because the Intel processor driver isn't a required driver for my system, I decided to disable it.
There are several ways you can disable drivers, including through the registry, Device Manager, and Recovery Console (RC). I opted to disable the Intel processor driver through the registry. If you're interested in using RC or Device Manager to disable a driver, see the articles referenced in the "Learning Path."
The registry data for the Intel processor driver is in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControl Set\Services\intelppm subkey. To disable this driver, I changed the Start entry from a value of 1 to a value of 4. Table 1 shows the Start values you can use for subkeys under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet Services key. For more information about how to read and change entries in these subkeys, see the Microsoft article "CurrentControlSet\Services Subkey Entries" (support.microsoft.com/kb/ 103000).
As Microsoft continually reminds us, it's important that you understand how to restore the registry before you edit it. It's also important to reboot before and after editing the registry. Rebooting before a change is important to ensure a clean Last Known Good Configuration in case you need to restore the registry. (The Last Known Good Configuration includes everything under CurrentControlSet key and is updated after a successful logon.) Rebooting after a change is necessary for the change to take effect.
3 Simple Steps Is All It Takes
If your applications are loading slowly or don't load at all, the culprit might be a device driver and the DPCs it makes. By using tools such as Windows Task Manager, Performance Monitor, Process Explorer, the Kernel Profiling Tool, and the registry, you can quickly recognize, diagnose, and solve driver performance problems.


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(AP) - CC Sabathia pitched a four-hitter and the New York Yankees once again came out on the right side of a disputed home run call against the Orioles in October, beating Baltimore 3-1 Friday in the deciding Game 5 to reach the AL championship series against Detroit. Nate McLouth's bid for a tying homer in the sixth inning was ruled foul by the slimmest of margins. Sabathia hung on in the late innings for his first postseason complete game and defeated the Orioles for the second time in this division series. The ALCS opens Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Raul Ibanez hit a go-ahead single in the fifth off Jason Hammel and Ichiro Suzuki added an RBI double in the sixth. Curtis Granderson boosted it to 3-0 with a second-deck solo homer in the seventh. The Yankees advanced following their decision to bench slumping third baseman Alex Rodriguez, their $275 million man.