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Sea Shepherd's flagship the M/Y Steve Irwin retires after a life defending the oceans
Sea Shepherd's flagship vessel the M/Y Steve Irwin has conducted multiple campaigns in defense of the world's oceans, from protecting pilot whales in the Faroes, blue fin tuna in the Mediterranean, and humpback whales off the Kimberley coast, to shutting down six illegal Chinese drift-netters in the South Indian Ocean, and six illegal tooth fish poachers in the Southern Ocean.
Not least, it has conducted nine Antarctic whale defence campaigns in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary helping save over 6,000 whales from the illegal Japanese whaling fleet. The Steve Irwin has safeguarded one of the last large intact marine ecosystems on the planet in the Great Australian Bight (knocking out BP and Chevron), most recently visiting the Great Barrier Reef in opposition of the Adani coal mine.
Prior to Sea Shepherd obtaining the M/Y Steve Irwin, it served as a Scottish fisheries patrol vessel, built in 1975. So, in essence, the Steve has been defending marine wildlife its whole life. Sea Shepherd has always taken great pride and appreciation in getting permission from the Irwin family to rename our ship the Steve Irwin back in 2007, in continuing the legacy and honoring Australia's great wildlife warrior.
Sadly, our Steve is at the end of its life and we need to retire the vessel. We have reached out to many organisations and governments to look at options such as turning the Steve into a dive site or donating it to a maritime museum. However, with none of these options eventuating or being practical, the Steve Irwin will be recycled.
Sea Shepherd Founder, Captain Paul Watson, stated: "On December 7, 2007, Teri Irwin and I launched the M/V Steve Irwin, a vessel that would be our flagship for the next decade. It has been my honor to have been captain of this vessel for so many successful high seas campaigns. The lives we have saved and the difference we have made with this vessel has been awesome. We worked the ship hard, through horrific storms and crushing ice and after eleven years, our engineers have determined that the Steve Irwin is no longer safe for sea.
"It is simply not wise to risk the lives of our crew beyond the boundaries of practicality. Despite the many risks we have taken over the years we have learned when to hold a ship and when to retire a ship and regrettably the time to retire the Steve Irwin is now. Battle scarred and damaged, regrettably she must be retired, but the memories, the campaign victories and the lives saved will be the lasting legacy of a ship that was as valiant and courageous as her namesake."
Captain Alex Cornelissen, CEO of Sea Shepherd Global, stated: "I will always remember the first voyage of the Steve Irwin (called the Robert Hunter at that time), after having found the vessel in Rosyth, Scotland we prepared the ship for active service in Neptune's Navy. We sailed down the Atlantic and through the Straights of Magellan to the first Antarctic anti-whaling campaign in which we had a speed advantage over the whalers. The Steve Irwin was the game changer and stood at the base of Sea Shepherd's following Antarctic campaigns, saving over 6,000 whales."
Jeff Hansen, Managing Director, Sea Shepherd Australia stated: "Having sailed six campaigns personally on the Irwin, I have many fond priceless experiences and cherished memories that I take with me to the grave. So, it's with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our flagship the Steve Irwin, for the Steve has facilitated Sea Shepherd in creating lasting victories and legacies for our oceans. A global and Australian iconic vessel that has defended whales off the Kimberley, the Great Australian Bight, the Great Barrier Reef and off Antarctica," Jeff continued.
"The Steve Irwin's final journey will be to a Hong Kong Convention approved scrapping facility, meaning it meets international labor and environmental regulations. In essence, Sea Shepherd was able to further extend the life of the Irwin from a Scottish Fisheries patrol vessel to today since we purchased it back in 2007. Now in line with Sea Shepherd's environmental ethics and standards the Irwin will be recycled.
"Sea Shepherd would like to thank and acknowledge all the wonderful people around the world that over the years volunteered, supported and funded the Steve Irwin on its vital global missions, that had a piece of their hearts filled with the hope and courage that the Steve represented, and with each campaign Sea Shepherd sailed in defense of the oceans, our supporters spirits always sailed with us.
"Together, with the Steve Irwin, we have made history, saving hundreds of thousands of marine animals in defense of our oceans, humanity's primary life support."


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Carnegie Mellon University Athletics Names School's All-UAA 25th Anniversary Teams
As part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the University Athletic Association (UAA), the Carnegie Mellon University Department of Athletics will be announcing the school's all-time UAA teams throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
"Carnegie Mellon athletics has a rich tradition and history. As a charter member, we join the University Athletic Association in celebrating its 25th anniversary and take this opportunity to recognize our outstanding student-athletes from this era," said Director of Athletics Susan Bassett. "The UAA is the premier academic and athletic conference in the country. We are very proud of this affiliation."
The 2011-12 season marks the 25th anniversary of the UAA, which began competition in the fall of 1987. The eight members of the conference are research institutions located in major metropolitan areas. Along with Carnegie Mellon, the universities of the UAA include: Brandeis University, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Chicago, Emory University, New York University, the University of Rochester and Washington University in St. Louis.
All-Time Teams:
Men's Cross Country - announced December 12, 2011
Women's Cross Country - announced December 12, 2011
Women's Soccer - announced December 15, 2011
Men's Soccer - announced December 16, 2011
Volleyball - announced December 19, 2011
Football - announced December 21, 2011
Women's Basketball - announced March 19, 2012
Men's Basketball - annouced March 21, 2012
Women's Swimming & Diving - announced March 26, 2012
Men's Swimming & Diving - annouced March 29, 2012
Golf - announced June 18, 2012
Women's Track & Field - announced June 20, 2012
Men's Track & Field - announced June 22, 2012
Men's Tennis - announced June 29, 2012
Women's Tennis - announced July 2, 2012
The all-time anniversary teams were chosen by a selection committee comprised of Carnegie Mellon coaches, alums and administrators. The members of the selection committee are:
Amy Buxbaum '92
Josh Centor, Assistant Director of Athletics
Dario Donatelli, Head Coach, Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track and Field
Rich Erdelyi, Head Golf Coach/Assistant Football Coach
Mark Fisher, Sports Information Director
Sara Gaunter, Assistant Director of Athletics
Andrea James, Associate Sports Information Director
Kim Kelly, Head Volleyball Coach/Senior Woman Administrator
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Varianti
Maschili: Lucillo

Varianti in altre lingue
Catalano: Lucil·la
Francese: Lucille, Lucile
Inglese: Lucille, Lucile
Latino: Lucilla
Maschili: Lucillus
Spagnolo: Lucila

Origine e diffusione
Deriva dal cognomen romano, di epoca imperiale, Lucilla (al maschile Lucillus), che costituisce un diminutivo dei nomi Lucius e Lucia. Alcune fonti lo riconducono direttamente al latino lux ("luce"), da cui gli stessi Lucius e Lucia potrebbero derivare.

La sua diffusione in Italia è sostenuta dal culto di varie sante e santi minori così chiamati, ed è stato ulteriormente riportato in voga a partire dagli anni 1960; non è un nome comune, ma gode di una certa frequenza: è attestato maggiormente nel Nord e nel Centro, con punte in Lombardia. La forma maschile Lucillo, di gran lunga meno usata, è limitata sostanzialmente al qualche zona del Veneto (dove resiste per via del culto di san Lucillo, vescovo di Verona).

Onomastico
L'onomastico si può festeggiare in diverse date, in memoria delle seguenti figure:
4 maggio, santa Lucilla, martire sotto Diocleziano, venerata a Novellara
7 maggio, santa Lucilla, martire in Africa
29 luglio, santa Lucilla, vergine e martire a Roma con i santi Flora, Eugenio ed altri sotto Gallieno
31 ottobre (o 25 agosto, o 8 dicembre), santa Lucilla, vergine e martire a Roma con suo padre Nemesio sotto Valeriano
31 ottobre, san Lucillo, vescovo di Verona
10 novembre, beata Lucilla di Gesù, religiosa, martire a Madrid, una dei martiri della guerra civile spagnola

Persone

Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla, imperatrice romana
Domizia Lucilla, madre di Marco Aurelio
Lucilla Agosti, conduttrice televisiva, conduttrice radiofonica e attrice italiana
Lucilla Andreucci, atleta italiana
Lucilla Galeazzi, cantautrice italiana
Lucilla Giagnoni, attrice italiana
Lucilla Morlacchi, attrice italiana
Lucilla Perrotta, giocatrice di beach volley italiana
Lucilla Udovich, soprano statunitense

Variante Lucille

Lucille Ball, attrice statunitense
Lucille Bremer, attrice e ballerina statunitense
Lucille Fletcher, scrittrice statunitense
Lucille La Verne, attrice statunitense
Lucille Fay LeSueur, vero nome di Joan Crawford, attrice statunitense
Lucille Roybal-Allard, politica statunitense
Lucille Teasdale, medico canadese
Lucille Young, attrice francese

Variante Lucile

Lucile Browne, attrice statunitense
Lucile Duplessis, moglie di Camille Desmoulins
Lucile Fain, golfista francese
Lucile Grahn, ballerina danese
Lucile Hadžihalilović, regista, sceneggiatrice, montatrice, produttrice cinematografica e attrice francese
Lucile Watson, attrice canadese

Variante Lucila

Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, vero nome di Gabriela Mistral, poetessa, educatrice e femminista cilena
Lucila Pascua, cestista spagnola

Variante maschile Lucillo

Lucillo, politico romano
Lucillo Grassi, pittore italiano
Lucillo Merci, militare italiano

Il nome nelle arti
Lucilla è un personaggio dell'opera lirica La scala di seta di Gioachino Rossini.
Lucille Bruceburton è un personaggio della serie a fumetti PK - Paperinik New Adventures.
Lucilla Malfatti è un personaggio della serie televisiva Chiara e gli altri.
Lucilla Paperella è la protagonista femminile della parodia a fumetti I promessi paperi.
Lucilla Valpieri è un personaggio della novella La maestrina Boccarmè, compresa fra le Novelle per un anno di Luigi Pirandello.
Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt è un personaggio delle strisce a fumetti Peanuts di Charles Schulz.
Lucille è una canzone di B.B. King.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
Lucinda

Altri progetti

Prenomi di origine latina
Prenomi nati per alterazione

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Seville will pay homage to one of its great artists, Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), with the project "Murillo and Seville. 400 years since the birth of a painter". The project goes well beyond an exhibition of the Baroque painter's works, and Seville will offer diverse cultural and social activities centered on Murillo, his art, and his life in the city.
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Cities throughout the world, irrespective of their age, location, and economic vitality, are faced with a number of essential problems which are arguably endemic to the very concept of urbanization. From the provision of clean water and sanitation, to the availability of cost-effective and efficient transportation, many of these problems correlate rather predictably with population density. Some problems, however, prove far more abstract in both their causes and effects, as is the case with urban decay. Perhaps even more elusive is a reliable solution to such problems that is economically, ethically, and environmentally sound. A handful of progressive urban renewalists, however, have developed an adaptable framework which they believe may finally provide the answer.
While it is not immediately clear who first coined the term urban acupuncture, there does seem to be a broad consensus on its basic tenets. First, proponents argue that urban revitalization must begin at the hyperlocal level. Borrowing from the concepts of acupuncture, they advocate a targeted (small-scale) approach to "healing" the (large-scale) malady of urban decay. They argue that large-scale revitalization projects are not only less effective, but they are increasingly less feasible, as municipal budgets tighten. Moreover, such projects fail to meaningfully involve their surrounding communities in their planning and development, effectively discouraging long-term local stewardship. Above all, however, proponents suggest that cities must be treated as living organisms, requiring solutions as dynamic as life itself.
Highly influential in the contemporary discourse of urban acupuncture, Matta-Clark was an American artist with an architecture background who transformed abandoned buildings into site-specific art installations. He is credited with developing a system for identifying pockets of disrepair in the built environment—the first step in the framework of urban acupuncture.
I believe that some medicinal "magic" can and should be applied to cities, as many are sick and some nearly terminal. As with the medicine needed in the interaction between doctor and patient, in urban planning it is also necessary to make the city react; to poke an area in such a way that it is able to help heal, improve, and create positive chain reactions. It is indispensable in revitalizing interventions to make the organism work in a different way.
[a] cross-over architectural manipulation of the collective sensuous intellect of a city. City is viewed as multi-dimensional sensitive energy-organism, a living environment. Urban acupuncture aims into a touch with this nature.
While his definition may be abstract, the results of his work are very real, garnering considerable attention from the architecture community.
While it's easy to receive concepts like urban acupuncture with skepticism, one can scarcely reject the logic of its goals and methodology. The sheer breadth of support for the principles of UA are also reassuring, indicating a coordinated effort to seek new solutions to the problem of urban decay. Although urban revitalization is inherently a gradual process, we will perhaps see an increasing number of UA projects coming to fruition in the next few years. Hopefully, these efforts will prove not only aesthetically pleasing, but serve to categorically improve the health of urban communities.
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President Robert Mugabe says it is now unpalatable to continue blaming sanctions for failure to adequately remunerate civil servants given the abundant mineral resources the country is endowed with.
Speaking at his belated birthday celebrations organised by the Civil Service Commission at a local hotel on Friday, the 90-year-old Zanu-PF leader told civil servants that government would honour its promise next month.
Mugabe said while sanctions had previously militated against efforts to improve government employees' welfare, it cannot continue to be the reason for failure given the resources the country is endowed with.
"I will ensure that we don't go back to the time of saying ah masanctions ndiwo ari kutitadzisa (sanctions are the reason why we are failing to pay civil servants)," said Mugabe.
Civil servants were supposed to receive their February salaries backdated to January according to a pay deal they struck with government.
However, government has been shifting goal posts continuously.
Sanctions imposed on Mugabe's government have been blamed by Zanu-PF as the reason for their failure to honour the promises they made in the run up to last year's elections.
Zanu-PF has in the past blamed sanctions and its unity government partner, MDC, which was in charge of the Finance ministry, for failing to award civil servants salary increments.
But on Friday Mugabe said his government will re-organise the gold industry. He urged illegal gold dealers to get licensed and operate within the confines of the law.
He revealed that a lot of gold was being smuggled out of the country particularly to South Africa whose mineral resources he said were rapidly dwindling.
Mugabe also said government was mulling kicking out some gold mining companies to allow government to take over.
"Iye zvino kwanga kuine twukomana tunogarira kuborder reSouth Africa nekuti vanenge vaudzwa kuti tichauya naro gold nguva dzakati (Now we have foreigners waiting at the border with South Africa to receive gold from their local networks).
"And they take it to South Africa because their own mines are so deep, kilometres and kilometres deep," he said.
The nonagenarian added that civil servants had sacrificed a lot under difficult circumstances especially during the hyperinflationary period.
"I don't know kuti makararama sei. Isu vamwe tine minda nemagarden (I don't know how you made it. Some of us could fall back on our land), but there are some who depend solely on their salaries.
"It's our wish to have all our workers adequately compensated for the hard work, not only hard work but sacrifice that you have made," Mugabe said.
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IP Monetization and Investment 2017: Maximize Your Financial and Strategic Options
Speaker(s): Aaron Slan, Corey M. Horowitz, David L. Cohen, David Rabinowitz, Ed Fish, Eric Huang, Ira Jay Levy, Jose A. Esteves, Kent Richardson, Lew Zaretzki, Marti A. Johnson, Michael D. Friedman, Prof. Lisa A. Dolak
Recorded on: Apr. 19, 2017
IP Monetization: Techniques for the Current Landscape and Trade Secret Law Implications
Patent Value and Monetization: Impact of High Profile Cases and Statutory Developments
Patent Monetization Programs – Assertion and Defense in the Trenches
Doing Patent Deals: Key Issues in a Challenging Environment
Ethical Issues Arising in IP Monetization
Successful IP Monetization: What's Working, What Isn't and Other Lessons Learned
David L. Cohen, is the President of DLCIP Corporation which provides legal advice through the law firm of David L. Cohen, P.C. and IP and Business consulting services through Kidon IP Corp. David was admitted to practice in New York in 1999 and is also admitted to practice in New Jersey, the District of Columbia and before the USPTO.
David's hand-on experience includes strategic litigation planning; global project management; patent monetization; FRAND licensing; building and managing legal and IP teams; patent licensing and negotiations; global anti-trust; strategic IP portfolio development and acquisition; IP strategy and opinion work; patent and trade secret assessments; and IT needs, strategy, & design.
Prior to founding David L. Cohen, P.C. and Kidon IP Corporation, David was the Chief Legal and IP Officer of FORM Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a/ Vringo, Inc.) where he created a world class in-house team that spearheaded an effective global monetization program and brought in over 40MUSD in licensing revenue while pioneering numerous cutting edge, global monetization, enforcement and structured innovation techniques.
Prior to FORM, David was senior in-house counsel at Nokia Corporation, where he participated in or managed projects that generated over 1BUSD in revenue. David worked at the law firms of Lerner David and Skadden Arps before joining Nokia and clerked for Chief Judge Carman of the Court of International Trade.
David has a BA and M. Phil in the History and Philosophy of Science, an MA in History and an MA in Legal and Political Theory. His received his juris doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law in 1998, cum laude, where he was on law review. David has multiple publications to his credit, is a co-inventor on two patents, and is a frequent speaker at conferences. David was listed in IAM 300 The World's Leading IP Strategists in 2015 and 2016.
Eric Huang is a partner in Quinn Emanuel's New York office. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property matters. He specializes in building patent infringement cases on either side of the "v" in highly technical subject matter. He has extensive experience litigating patent cases involving a wide range of technologies – smartphones, user interface software, touchscreen technology, circuits, semiconductor processing, spreading and modulation techniques used in wireless communication, various aspects of 3G and 4G cellular communications, error control coding including turbocodes and low density parity check codes, digital video compression, audio compression, pharmaceutical formulations, fiber optics, liquid crystal displays, mechanical measurement devices, electronic engine control, e-commerce, and computer systems.
His practice encompasses all aspects of case preparation, pre-trial discovery, expert preparation, trial preparation and trial in U.S. federal district courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission. He served as a trial counsel for respondent Samsung in ITC investigation 337-TA-796 initiated by Apple against Samsung's smartphones, tablets and media players. The firm successfully defended against efforts to stop the importation of Samsung devices; to date, no Samsung device was excluded or seized as a result of any order from this investigation. Eric recently helped secure a very favorable jury verdict for Marvell Semiconductor in a case brought by France Telecom in San Francisco federal district court alleging infringement by Marvell's 3G baseband chips. In addition to a favorable damages verdict of a fraction of the damages sought by plaintiff, the firm recently secured judgment for Marvell Semiconductor on post-trial motions in that case. Eric also has experience prosecuting patents and is admitted to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Eric's representative clients include BlackBerry, California Institute of Technology, Canon, Marvell Semiconductor, MediaTek, Monolithic Power Systems, Motorola, Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Rovi, Samsung, and Sony.
Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel, Eric was an associate with the law firm of Fish & Neave and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eric Bruggink on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (1997-1998). He is a 1997 graduate of the George Washington University Law School, and has a materials science & engineering degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Prior to law school, Eric worked for National Semiconductor in California as an electronic packaging engineer. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and the Board of Trustees for the Blue School, a private independent school in New York City.
Ira Levy is a senior partner in Goodwin's Litigation Department and a member of its Intellectual Property practice. He is recognized globally for his cross-disciplinary expertise, successfully first-chairing patent, trademark, copyright, false advertising, IP licensing and related matters for a wide array of industries and in a variety of technical disciplines. Mr. Levy is fluent across a variety of product categories and technical disciplines, and has extensive experience with disputes involving biotechnology, electrochemistry, and pharmaceuticals; electronics, computers and telecommunications; mechanical devices; industrial and consumer products; and the Internet, new media and e-commerce.
Mr. Levy has handled as first chair numerous bench and jury trials in federal and state courts nationwide. He also has significant experience practicing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the United States Supreme Court. In addition to his litigation work, Mr. Levy works closely with the firm's Business Law Practice counseling clients on general corporate matters involving intellectual property and the Internet, as well as transactional due diligence, and other licensing issues.
Mr. Levy presently serves as the lead director for Stomp Out Bullying, the leading national anti-bullying and anti-cyber-bullying organization, and on the advisory board of BUILD, a non-profit focused on bringing entrepreneurialism skills to at-risk high school students. He is past director of Love Our Children, USA, a not-for-profit focused on breaking the cycle of violence against children. Mr. Levy has been an active member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, International Trademark Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group and the Legal Aid Society. He has also acted as pro bono counsel to the United Way of New York City and cyberangels.org., and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.
Mr. Levy is listed in New York Super Lawyers (2006 – 2018), The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers, World Trademark Review 1000, Who's Who Legal Patents, Who's Who Legal Life Sciences: Patent Litigation, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Patent Law and The Legal 500 and IAM Patent 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Professionals (2014 – 2018).
Mr. Levy is a frequent speaker and has written numerous articles on the topics of intellectual property, patent, trademark and copyright laws that have appeared in The New York Law Journal and Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. He serves as the co-chair of the Practicing Law Institutes multi-day Advanced Licensing Program, as well as presenting on license litigation for other PLI programs. He also authored chapters in Commercial Damages (published by Matthew Bender & Co.) and the Wiley Intellectual Property Law Update (published by Aspen Law & Business). Mr. Levy is also a regular presenter at AIPLA, INTA, NYSBA and NYIPLA events. In addition, he maintains an active roster of speaking engagements on intellectual property audit, portfolio development, strategy and management, and Internet and new media matters. He also lectures on Trademark Licensing at Cornell Law School.
Lisa A. Dolak is Senior Vice President and University Secretary at Syracuse University, and the Angela S. Cooney Professor of Law at the Syracuse University College of Law. As University Secretary, Professor Dolak supports the overall work of the Board and manages the Office of the Board of Trustees. She teaches courses on patent law, civil procedure and the federal courts, and serves as an expert in patent cases, attorney malpractice cases, and practitioner disciplinary proceedings.
During a sabbatical leave from Syracuse University, she served as law clerk to the Hon. Paul R. Michel, Judge (Ret.), United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She served during 2005-2013 as a member of the Federal Circuit's Advisory Council.
Prior to attending law school, Prof. Dolak worked for several years as a synthetic organic chemist in pharmaceutical research aimed at the development of new drugs at Bristol-Myers Company and Ayerst Laboratories Research, Inc.
Prof. Dolak received her Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Duquesne University and her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the Syracuse University College of Law. She is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Her research interests include issues at the intersections of patent law and judicial procedure and patent law and legal ethics. Representative publications include:
• Trial Lawyers in Trouble: Litigation Misconduct and Its Ethics Fallout, 52 U. LOUISVILLE L. REV. 225 (2014)
• Litigating Inequitable Conduct after Therasense, Exergen, and the AIA: Lessons for Litigants, Options for Owners, 13 CHI.-KENT J. INTELL. PROP. 51 (Fall 2013)
• America Invents the Supplemental Examination But Retains the Duty of Candor: Questions and Implications, 6 AKRON I.P. J. 147 (2012)
• Ethics in Intellectual Property Negotiations: Issues and Illustrations, 40 AIPLA Q.J. 197 (2012)
• One Patent, Two Paths: Federal Circuit Review of Divergent USPTO and District Court Decisions, 4 No. 2 Landslide 22 (2011)
• The United States Patent System in the Media Mirror, 58 SYR. L. REV. 459 (2008) (with Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph.D.)
• Power or Prudence: Toward a Better Standard for Evaluating Patent Litigants' Access to the Declaratory Judgment Remedy, 41 U.S.F. L. REV. 407 (2007)
Lew founded Hamilton IPV and is recognized as an industry leader who has appeared in leading business publications and academic journals, spoken at major IP industry events, and published a number of studies of the patent transaction market.
Lew focuses on buy and sell-side IP due diligence and transaction execution for major M&A transactions and financial investments, as well as the valuation and evaluation of IP transactions including licenses, acquisitions and divestitures. Lew also develops IP strategies, benchmarks best practices, and develops licensing strategies.
Prior to establishing Hamilton IPV, Lew served as EVP of Advisory Services for ThinkFire, an IP industry boutique, and as a principal in Regis McKenna's strategy consulting firm where he led marketing strategy development for high tech clients and investment due diligence for private equity and venture capital funds. Before that, Lew served as a management consultant in PriceWaterhouseCoopers' Telecom Strategy practice and Andersen Consulting's Technology practice.
Relevant publications include:
"A New Dataset on Mobile Phone Patent License Royalties", The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Galetovic, Haber & Zaretzki, Sep 25, 2016
"The Patent Transaction Market at a Crossroads", IAM Magazine, Zaretzki & Richardson, March/ April 2009
"Rising Prices and Changing Strategies", IAM Magazine, Zaretzki, February/ March 2008
Awards include: IAM Magazine's "IAM 250/ 300: The World's Leading IP Strategists"- 2009 - 2016
Citations include: The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, The Deal, The University of Chicago Law Review, The Toronto Globe & Mail, The Hastings Law Journal, The EE Times, The Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Speaking Engagements include: The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, The CIP Forum, The Gathering 2.0, Duke University, The Licensing Executives Society, Ropes & Gray
MBA, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1999
BA Economics, University of Michigan, 1992
Michael recently joined Hilco Global from his position as Managing Director at Ocean Tomo, LLC, an intellectual property merchant bank. Michael led the Investments practice, which included Investment Banking, Asset Management and Investment Research. As an IP investment banker, Michael executed IP financing, monetization and capital markets solutions for corporations and other intellectual property owners. He also served as Chief Investment Officer of OT Asset Management, engaging in public equity, special situations, IP collateralized lending where intellectual property insight drives alpha creation.
Prior to joining Ocean Tomo in 2007, Michael founded and was Managing Partner of FHS Investments, LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at UBS where he ran a $3 billion portfolio as co-head of Special Situations for O'Connor hedge fund and proprietary Special Situations trading. Mr. Friedman practiced mergers and acquisitions and securities law before entering investing and investment banking.
Mr. Fish is responsible for IP and tech transactions and strategies. He is an experienced technology company executive and board member, and has substantial experience in patent law and litigation, capital market fund raising, and corporate/business development strategy and execution. He previously served as President and a Board member at Digital Rights Management and IP Licensing pioneer, InterTrust, President & CEO at social education company ePals Corporation (now Cricket Media, TSX: CKT) (2010- 2014), and SVP Premium Services and SVP DeskTop Messaging at AOL. Mr Fish also specialized in Patent/IP transactions and litigation in the New York and Silicon Valley offices of national law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and served as a Law Clerk for Chief Judge Howard Markey on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
With InterTrust's founder, Mr. Fish helped build the Company from a small start-up to a Nasdaq-listed Company (ultimately sold to Sony and Philips for US$453M). He was responsible for building and later monetizing Intertrust's extensive patent portfolio through licensing, litigation and standards-based activities. At AOL, Mr. Fish and his teams created over a dozen highly rated products in the instant messaging, security and computing performance, digital media, and education services sectors. He served as counsel for Genentech in the landmark patent and antitrust case, Genentech v. Eli Lilly & the University of California.
Mr. Fish holds more than 20 issued and pending US patents in such diverse fields as presence and instant messaging, social networking, mobile computing and search/discover technologies. Mr. Fish holds a Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University, and a JD magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from Wayne State University.
David Rabinowitz is co-head of the Litigation Department and a member of the Intellectual Property Department and Legal Ethics and Law Firm Practice Department at Moses & Singer, where he has been a partner since 1985. He handles civil commercial cases of all kinds and in particular both litigates and advises clients on financial industry and intellectual property matters. He is a frequent speaker on ethical issues concerning negotiations. Mr. Rabinowitz has appeared in state and federal courts and in arbitrations throughout the United States.
Mr. Rabinowitz has lectured and participated on panels before the Bar Association of the City of New York, the American Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute, the Institute of International Banking Law, the Copyright Society of the United States, the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, the National Association of Recording Manufacturers, the Licensing International annual convention, the Professional Education Broadcast Network and the Massachusetts Software Council. He has taught Copyright Law at Seton Hall Law School. He is a member and former trustee of the Copyright Society of the United States. Mr. Rabinowitz has published numerous articles which have appeared in Advertising Age, Entertainment Law Reporter, The Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook, The Bulletin of the Copyright Society of the United States American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel Magazine and The Practical Lawyer.
Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1976, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1973-1976
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S.B., 1972
"New York Resolves In-House Counsel Bar Admission Problem"
"Up Close and Professional with New York's Engagement Letter Rules"
"Communications Decency Act"
"Non-Traditional Fee Arrangements and Doing Business with Clients"
"Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the Copyright Act Before 1909"
"Web Site Story 6-Breakaway Employees Beware"
"Web Site Story 5-Emerging Limits to Out-of-State Jurisdiction over Web Sites"
"Web Site Story 4-Nationwide Internet Jurisdiction is not Ended by Blue Note"
"Web Site Story 3-The Emerging Tort of Domain Name Infringement"
"Web Site Story 2-Finding Yourself Subject to Jurisdiction Far, Far Away"
"Web Site Story-A Legal Primer for Web Site Owners and Designers"
"Copyright Preemption: New York State's Erroneous Interpretation"
"Copyright and Trademark Infringement: Current Techniques for Plaintiffs and Defendants"
Presentations – (last 10 years - most recent year for series)
2017 Practicing Law Institute program, "Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer"
2017 Practicing Law Institute program, "Advanced Licensing Agreements"
2016 Institute of International Banking Law Standby and Guaranty Forum and Law Summit, "Recent Letter of Credit Cases"
2016 Practicing Law Institute program, "Understanding The Intellectual Property License"
2016 New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, "Cases in Negotiation Ethics"
2015 Practicing Law Institute program, "Outsourcing 2015: Sourcing Critical Services"
2014, 2012, 2007 Copyright Society of the U.S.A., "Show Me the Money: The Essentials of Valuation of Copyrights in Transactions and Litigation," "Basic Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer," "Non-Traditional Fee Arrangements and Doing Business with Clients"
2013 National Association of Recording Manufacturers, "Negotiation Ethics"
2010 Professional Education Broadcast Network, "Ethics in Negotiations"
2008 Licensing International - "Winning Ethics in Licensing"
2007 Practicing Law Institute program, "Internet Law Institute"
2007 CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival, "Games Without Frontiers"
2001-2004 Adjunct Professor, Copyright Law, Seton Hall Law School
Jose A. Esteves focuses on assisting clients in maximizing the value of their intellectual property and technology assets, including through strategic stand-alone transactions such as collaborations, joint ventures, cloud/outsourcing arrangements and other complex technology transactions; stand-alone and mergers-and-acquisitions-related development, licensing, supply, marketing and support arrangements; and IP monetization and financing transactions. Mr. Esteves also counsels clients on IP, technology and data legal and commercial issues, including with respect to privacy, cybersecurity and emerging issues in big data, artificial intelligence/analytics, internet of things and other key technologies, including in fintech, health care and autonomous vehicles. Mr. Esteves advises a diverse group of clients from the U.S. and abroad, including Europe, Asia and South America. Mr. Esteves also handles intellectual property and technology aspects of traditional mergers and acquisitions, financings, public offerings and commercial transactions. Intellectual Asset Management magazine, the leading trade publication focused on IP monetization, includes Mr. Esteves on its list of the "IAM Strategy 300 — The World's Leading IP Strategists."
Kent Richardson counsels clients on a variety of patent and business matters including patent buying, selling, licensing, valuation, prosecution and operations. Kent has licensing and marketing patent portfolio experiences resulting in more than $700M of patent license bookings and $100M in patent purchases or sales. Kent has served as an expert witness on patent monetization and licensing practices in cases in England and the United States. Richardson Oliver publish a widely read annual secondary market report on patent purchases and sales.
Prior to founding the ROL Group, Kent worked in various senior management roles with such growth businesses as ThinkFire, Sezmi, Constellation Capital, Rambus, Numerical Technologies. Kent was also an attorney in private practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Kent is a member of the California Bar and a United States Patent and Trademark Office registered patent attorney. He holds five US patents.
He holds a JD and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada.
Marti Johnson concentrates her practice on intellectual property and technology law, with a focus on patent and trade secret litigation. She has represented clients in federal and state litigation, multidistrict litigation, arbitration, and before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board. She is a member of the Skadden group recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the country's leading IP practices in its 2013 "IP Hot List."
Ms. Johnson has represented clients in matters involving a wide array of technologies, including computer hardware and software, financial systems, e-commerce, Internet technologies, food processing and engineering, telecommunications systems, medical devices, data transmission, semiconductors, electronic displays (including micromirror array and LCD technology) and pharmaceuticals.
Ms. Johnson also provides guidance to her clients on a variety of issues, including intellectual property transactions, freedom to operate determinations, electronic discovery parameters and damages evaluations.
Ms. Johnson's pro bono practice includes nonprofit intellectual property investigations, social security benefits representation, prisoner abuse cases, and work for the Innocence Project.
Private Equity, Valuation, Investment Banking, LBO, Financial Modeling, Hedge Funds, Capital Markets, Alternative Investments, Due Diligence, Corporate Finance, Leveraged Finance, Investments, M&A experience, Mergers & Acquisitions, Loans, Restructuring, Joint Ventures, Corporate Development, Financial Structuring
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School 2001 – 2003
BSc, Finance and Decision Processes
Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften 1999 – 2001
Fortress Investment Group 2014 – Present
Fortress Investment Group 2010 – 2014
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking 2005 – 2007
Credit Suisse First Boston 2003 – 2005
Mr. Horowitz is Chairman and CEO of Network-1 Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: NTIP) and has held such positions since December 2003. Network-1 is engaged in the development, licensing and protection of its intellectual property and proprietary technologies and also works with companies and individual inventors to develop and monetize their intellectual property. Network-1 currently owns portfolios of patents covering various telecommunications and data networking technologies as well as technologies relating to document stream operating systems and the identification of media content. Network-1 currently has twenty-four licensees to its Remote Power Patent, which include license agreements with Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks, Netgear, Microsemi Corporation, Motorola Solutions, NEC Corporation and Samsung Electronics. Network-1's Remote Power Patent has generated in excess of $90 million since licensing activities began in 2004. Mr. Horowitz oversees all development, licensing and enforcement of Network-1's patent portfolios, including all litigation and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office activities. He is currently overseeing several pending Network-1 litigations against Hewlett-Packard, Avaya, and Google, among others.


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Team: NWE
Round: 1 (pick: 15)
College: Alabama
Report: Mac Jones Excited About O'Brien Hiring
Bill O'Brien Hired As Patriots Offensive Coordinator
Belichick Believes Mac Jones Is A Capable NFL Starter
Report: Mac Jones Will Start Against The Bears
Mac Jones Suffers High-Ankle Sprain
Mac Jones Injured In Loss
Belichick Impressed With Mac Jones' Progress
Mac Jones Has Made Significant Strides In Off-Field Approach
Teammates Continue To Praise Mac Jones
Mac Jones Improving On Deeper Throws
2022 Stats | NWE Week
TM Snap % - 100% 100% - - - 35% 100% 100% - 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 96%
rshYds 0 6 31 - - - 24 19 -2 - 3 0 7 -1 10 -1 1 5 102
rushes 2 7 5 - - - 3 7 1 - 2 0 3 5 4 1 3 4 47
rshTDs 0 0 1 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
pasYds 213 252 321 - - - 13 194 147 - 246 382 195 235 112 240 204 243 2997
pasTDs 1 1 0 - - - 0 1 1 - 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 14
INTs 1 1 3 - - - 1 1 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 11
FScore 13 16 22 0 0 0 2 14 11 0 12 27 14 10 6 19 18 21 211
Opp @ mia @ pit bal @ gb det @ cle chi @ nyj ind bye nyj @ min buf @ ari @ lvr cin mia @ buf
TM Snap % 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 84% 100% 90% 87% 100% 98% 100% - 100% 100% 82% 100% 96%
rshYds 0 0 28 -1 3 -4 19 10 4 0 1 11 -3 - 12 33 12 4 129
rushes 0 0 6 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 6 2 5 - 1 6 2 3 44
rshTDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0
pasYds 281 186 270 275 231 229 307 217 139 198 207 310 19 - 299 145 227 261 3801
pasTDs 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 - 2 0 3 1 22
INTs 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 2 0 1 13
FScore 18 9 17 20 14 18 25 11 10 21 13 24 0 0 22 8 24 16 277
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Mac Jones 2022 Outlook
The most pro-ready QB in the 2021 draft provided calmness down the stretch, along with accuracy, and Jones even dropped the occasional pretty deep ball when required in what was a solid rookie campaign. Indeed, as NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal wrote, "I never understood the narrative that the Patriots weren't asking Jones to do much. If anything, the cautious Patriots staff's willingness to ask a lot was one of the defining traits of Jones' rookie season." Rosenthal went on to note that Jones was running a hurry-up offense while throwing the ball 40 times in the rain against Tom Brady by Week 4. Immediately stepping in as a league-average starting quarterback on over 600 dropbacks is usually a sign of great things to come. Rosenthal contends Jones needs to get stronger, but that's attainable. His already-excellent pocket movement and accuracy are harder to learn. His ceiling looks higher than most analysts expected. There are some issues, however. First and foremost, Jones needs more help from his receiving corps (and a trade for Miami's DeVante Parker was a good first step in that direction; we'll see if drafting speedy rookie Tyquan Thornton is as well). Beyond that, the departure of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels could mean another learning curve as Jones adjusts to the new play-caller. Still, from a fantasy perspective, Jones has a secure role, a solid floor and isn't without upside.
Bill Belichick stayed put during the first round of April's draft and watched as his desired future franchise quarterback fell right to him. The Patriots grabbed Jones with the No. 15 overall pick, making the Alabama standout the fifth QB taken in the first round. Just how quickly Jones takes over for incumbent starter Cam Newton obviously remains to be seen, but New England has its QB1 of the future in place. Jones emerges from a national title run under Nick Saban to play for his former head coach's close friend, Belichick. According to NFL.com, Jones' accuracy, poise and intangibles stand out and his arm strength is solid, but the 6-foot-2, 217-pounder doesn't have the athleticism that will pad fantasy stat columns. The Patriots, still defining their post-Brady form, get a proven winner in Jones coming off a phenomenally sensational junior season in which he threw for 4,500 yards with 41 touchdown passes and just four interceptions en route to a national championship. During the offseason Belichick and the Patriots hit free agency with an aggression never seen before in the lauded head coach's tenure, but they've been longing for their quarterback of the future. All signs indicate they found him on a Thursday night in Cleveland.


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This short-sleeved dress is made from polyester. It has a v-neckline featuring tuck-seam detail along waistline. Made in a relaxed fit with button-through detail on the front.
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Q: Block passed to find_or_create_by doesn't work I have a model User with attributes status and email. status can be :active, :pending or :invited (default status is :active). I want to check if a user with the passed email exists already and to retrieve it if it does, otherwise I'd like to create a new one with status = :invited. To do that I use:
user = User.find_or_create_by!(email: params[:email]) do |u|
  u.status = :invited
end

as in http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html#find-or-create-by.
The problem is when created in that way, the new user has again status = :active
> user = User.find_or_create_by!(email: 'example@example.com') do |u|
>   u.status = :invited
> end

> user.status
=> "active"

Does anybody know why it happens like that?

A: From the documentation you linked:

The block will only be executed if the client is being created. The second time we run this code, the block will be ignored.

The status will only be set to :invited when a user is created for the first time. If it found a user with that email already then it will just return that user with its status set to what it already was ('active' I presume).
If the status is being set to active then it suggest that a user already exists with that email.

A: If you are treating status field as enum, then you should store it as an integer.
The problem here is that the datatype of status field is string.
user = User.find_or_create_by!(email: 'example@example.com') do |u|
  u.status = :invited
end

Due to non conventional mapping with the status field, value is not properly parsed by enum.
It will work fine after changing status column datatype to integer which is basic convention for enum in rails.

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tvOS 11.2 Adds Sports to the TV App, Advanced Settings for Apple TV 4K
by tfindlay | posted in: January 2018 | 0
by Josh Centers
Apple has released tvOS 11.2 for the fourth-generation Apple TV and the Apple TV 4K. If it hasn't already updated automatically, you can update your Apple TV by going to Settings > System > Software Updates.
Home theater enthusiasts who own an Apple TV 4K will be pleased to hear that tvOS 11.2 offers new dynamic range and frame rate matching settings for that model under Settings > Video and Audio > Match Content. You can turn on Match Dynamic Range or Match Frame Rate to have the Apple TV 4K match the original dynamic range or frame rate of the content you are watching, instead of upscaling the content to the maximum your television set supports.
If you have an Apple TV 4K, I recommend enabling those settings. I don't know what content scaled up to HDR color would look like, but I have seen what happens when 24 frames-per-second content is upscaled to 60 fps, and it's not pretty. Imagine everything you watch looking like a soap opera.
The other big feature, at least for sports fans in the United States, is the addition of the Sports screen to the TV app. The Sports screen tracks a wide world of sports, showing you what's currently on and what's scheduled for the day. It really does track sports around the world — when I first opened it, it had listings for European soccer, American college basketball, American high school football, the NBA, and Canadian curling.
Opening a listing for a game gives you an option to watch via the appropriate app, if the game is live. But chances are, to watch a live sports game, you'll have to subscribe to the appropriate sports channel, and your TV provider will have to have a deal in place with the app provider. If your TV provider supports Apple's single sign-on function, tvOS will walk you through the process of authorizing the app. You can set up single sign-on in Settings > Accounts > TV Provider. Happily, Apple supports many more providers than it used to.
In a game's listing, you can also add the game to your Up Next list to watch later. When the game is on, it should appear in that list on the Watch Now screen, and you should receive a notification when it starts.
At the bottom of the Sports screen is a banner you can click to choose your favorite teams. You can select favorite teams from a variety of major sports leagues: MLB, NBA, NHL, college, etc. Setting a team as a favorite makes tvOS offer you those games in your Up Next list, place them prominently in the Sports screen, and notify you when those teams are playing.
To remove a team from your favorites, open TV, go to the Sports screen, scroll down to and click Your Favorite Teams, navigate to the favorites list, click the team, and choose Remove.
What I find disappointing, and somewhat baffling, is that while Apple seems to be going out of its way to show you how complete the Sports screen is (look, it includes curling!), it misses out on some popular sports entirely, like racing, boxing, figure skating, track and field, and mixed martial arts (MMA). The absence of MMA is especially puzzling, since the Ultimate Fighting Championship has a tvOS app.
The new sports features are impressive, and as far as I know, unrivaled by any competing platform. But since they largely depend on you authorizing apps with traditional television providers, they won't do much for cord cutters. And the option to match the content's frame rate is welcome, but it's frustrating that it's only for the Apple TV 4K. (Since the fourth-generation Apple TV doesn't support High Dynamic Range color, the match dynamic range setting wouldn't make much sense there),
tvOS 11.2 also includes seven security fixes, including one for additional Wi-Fi KRACK attacks, which Apple started patching in the tvOS 11.1 update (see "tvOS 11.1 Patches KRACK in Apple TV," 1 November 2017).
As the author of "Take Control of Apple TV," it saddens me that I now have a hard time recommending the Apple TV. Between the high price of the Apple TV 4K, the languishing App Store, and the fact that the Movies Anywhere service makes most of your iTunes-purchased movies cross-platform (see "Movies Anywhere Frees Your Films From Platform Lock-In," 14 October 2017), there's not much to be excited about in the Apple TV world.
I was slapped in the face by this harsh reality recently, when I helped my in-laws purchase a new TV. For $333 after tax, they got a TCL-produced 55-inch 4K with Roku software built in (it was a one-day deal from Target, but I'm sure we'll see this TV that cheap again). The picture is excellent, and the built-in software is snappy, user-friendly, and helpful. The remote is simple, yet ergonomic. Not only is it a far better value than the Apple TV, but it also does a better job at the primary task of watching content. They were so thrilled that I bought them a $50 Roku box for their old TV — despite its low price, the Roku box is arguably more capable than a $180 Apple TV 4K.
The main win of the Apple TV is its integration into the Apple ecosystem, but that may not be enough for many people to justify the Apple TV's price when faced with significantly less expensive competitors and integrated smart TV capabilities. New sports features aside, Apple needs to up its game.
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While some people might think a blog post dedicated to strapless bras might seem somewhat over the top, there are a lot of people that struggle with this especially if you are fuller busted in any way.
Over the past few years however, there are the key strapless bra go-to names that get great mentions by fellow bloggers and of course you guys at home too. I've put together those most highly recommended that I hope will be of use. A key thing I see time and time again is that's often worth going down a back size to ensure the fit is firm and stays in place and of course if you do have time to get a proper bra fitting, go! Most places offer free bra fittings nowadays too!
The Curvy Kate strapless is one of the most talked about strapless bra in positive reviews so this is first on my list. There are lots of varieties in terms of colour cut and style with a size ranging from a 28D-40J cup you can find here.
Any fuller busted gal will know Freya's name immediately. They have been a favourite brand of mine for such a long time across both their swimwear and underwear lines and their strapless bra is one to be noted. It's a favourite among many of my model pals and a tonne of people at home who prioritised this as one of their key strapless bra reliables for summer. Their size ranges from a 28B-38H and can be found on their own website here and with Figleaves in various colours.
Wonderbra is definitely a 50/50 split opinion for people with a size range of a A-G cup. For those that recommended this, I found they would be around the D cup size range and would describe their under bust and rib cage as being the smallest part of them. While I love their regularly cut bras I found this for me personally to be uncomfortable as it sits around your upper rib cage area to stay in place and the wiring felt heavy. If you are the type of person that does prefer this extra security or might be quite hourglass then this would be a good option for you. You can find more styles here.
This year I was introduced to Figleaves where I tried and tested out their new arrivals including their smoothing bra line ( you can find more on that here). It was a brand I was really blown away by based on delivery, how accessible is is for everyone in Europe but primarily how they stock both all the fuller busted brand names as well as their own Figleaves line which is really well priced. They have a selection of strapless styles but the smoothing bra style for me was a favourite due to how soft and breathable the material was. It would be an ideal find if you wanted a really good "day" strapless to go with cute summer tops while knowing it's still light and breathable. Size ranges from a 32C -38FF here.
This is one of the most recognised stores in the U.S for those with curves. Lane Bryant has been one of the longest standing fashion brands in the USA and most specifically with a huge concentration on underwear for fuller busts. They have numberous styles from multiway options to various back widths, basic styles to the more modern and vibrant colour palettes. Sizes range from a 36C-46DDD more details and options here.
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I've seen variations of this "lookalike" style online, in random Facebook advertisements and I've never been sold on them. It wasn't until I was in a fitting for a dress where the company recommended I tried a stick on bra to go with the dress. I was immediately not keen on the idea but I tried one out ahead of time just around the house to see how I felt. The Magic Bra line would be one of the originals of this sort of bra style and would cater up to an E cup. I found it surprising supportive but I would say it works beside if you were to team it with a bodycon, a dress where the bust line is either bone or quite supportive which in turn keeps the Magic Bra in place. If you were to wear a loose top or dress my concern would be it could come loose with heat and friction but for fitted items I do feel it would be fine. I purchased the D cup and you can get up to 4 uses out of them.


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Your call on meter
By CLARISSA MOI
PEOPLE hiring taxis have the right to demand or request the driver to turn on the meter at the start of the journey, says the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission.
Commissioner Paulus Ain was responding to concerns raised on why some taxi drivers refuse to turn on the meter after being requested to do so by the hirer.
Ain pointed out that some people hiring taxis did not bother asking the driver to turn on the meter because they preferred to negotiate a fare which they thought could be cheaper.
Many taxi drivers in Port Moresby are reluctant to turn on the meter at the start of the journey blaming the commission for not setting a fair fare structure on it. Ain said the commission's role under the Motor Traffic Act 1950 Chapter 243 by the Transport Department was to ensure meter calibration and that taxi fares were correctly set as per the commission's approved taxi fares under the Prices Regulation Act Chapter 320.
He explained that the responsibility of enforcing compliance lay with the Road Traffic Authority as the licensing authority.
Questions sent to the authority last week have received no response.
Ain said the commission could not penalise taxi drivers and operators who refused to turn on their meters.
"The enforcement power to either enforce the use of taxi meters, penalise or seize taxi meters from non-compliant operators lies with the licensing authority," he said.
"The ICCC will work with other government authorities such as the RTA to ensure established processes and procedures are set to address this issue."
The Public Motor Vehicles and Taxi Fares 2019 guideline for taxis operating in major towns is a flag-fall of K1.90 plus K2.60 per kilometre for the duration of the journey.
Ain said the public motor vehicle and taxi pricing was currently under review.
The review is conducted every five years. The last review was in 2014 with the new pricing effective from 2015 to 2019.
"Whatever pricing is determined in the 2019 review will be effective from next January.
The ICCC will be publishing public notices to announce the details of this review and call for comments and submissions from the public and stakeholders."
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