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Champion® Athleticwear Draws Inspiration From American Flag to Outfit U.S. Women’s National Lacrosse Team

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WINSTON–SALEM, N.C., Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time, the U.S. women’s national senior lacrosse team will sport custom Champion® Athleticwear uniforms on the lacrosse field at this year’s Champion Challenge, scheduled for this weekend, Jan. 29-30, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Working directly with the coaches and players over the past six months, Champion designed uniforms specially for the women’s team, taking into account what’s important to the players, most notably on-the-field play and performance pieces that deliver on comfort and style. From one-on-one consultations with the players and coaches to field-testing during practice, the collaborative collection leverages the brand’s on-trend design team with the performance technology that has defined Champion since 1919.

“Designing the uniforms for the women’s lacrosse team is an exciting step for Champion, merging the brand’s iconic heritage with the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.,” said Kevin Hall, Champion executive vice president and general manager. “We’re proud to exclusively outfit these dynamic athletes and look forward to further fostering our partnership with the women’s lacrosse community.”

“We’re thrilled to have partnered with Champion to provide apparel for the U.S. women’s national teams,” said US Lacrosse Director of National Teams Nathaniel Badder. “Doing so allows us to provide our players with best-in-class apparel from top to bottom. From the start, Champion has been a great partner, inviting our staff and players into the design process, soliciting feedback after training events, and working diligently to develop a look and feel which will allow our athletes to perform their best. The new uniforms are, put simply, very, very cool and we look forward to many more great things to come from this relationship in the years ahead.”

From the start, the athletes pointed to the American flag as a source and symbol of pride when they step onto the field. Drawing inspiration from this national symbol, the Champion jerseys feature a sleek, curved stripe designed to evoke the image of the flag’s stripes waving in the wind. And like the flag, the uniforms were developed with longevity in mind thanks to a sublimation process that prevents jersey numbers and lettering from fading, washing out or bleeding. The uniforms also address the players’ request for a clean look with a patriotic tonal star pattern set against blue and white color blocking.

From a performance perspective, the collection brings to life Champion’s innovation as well its understanding of the needs of the everyday athlete. The uniform skirts feature a gripper for a stay-put fit to prevent the skirt from twisting and turning during play, a common complaint among players. The Champion uniforms are made from a lightweight, high-performance blend of recycled polyester and spandex. Ventilation areas, wicking material and stretch ensure the players are focusing on the game and not on their uniforms during play.

“As the apparel provider for the U.S. women’s national team, Champion is dedicated to bringing fresh, fast and innovative products to the everyday athlete. By outfitting Team USA’s women’s lacrosse teams, we are staying on the cusp of what’s happening in the marketplace,” said Champion Chief Design Officer Ned Munroe.
The final touch? An inspirational quote found at the bottom of the jerseys: It Takes a Little More to Make a Champion.

The sixth annual Champion Challenge, a US Lacrosse event sponsored by Champion Athleticwear, will feature the U.S. men’s national lacrosse team, the U.S. women’s national Senior and U19 teams, the Notre Dame University men’s lacrosse team, the Maryland University women’s lacrosse team, the University of Virginia women’s lacrosse team, the University of Jacksonville (Fla.) women’s lacrosse team and Rollins (Fla.) College women’s lacrosse team.
For more information visit www.ChampionUSA.com or the events page on www.Facebook.com/Champion.

About Champion®

Since 1919 Champion athleticwear has offered a full line of innovative athletic apparel for men and women including sports bras, activewear, team uniforms, sweats and accessories. Champion athleticwear can be purchased at most sporting goods and department stores. For more information please contact us at 1-800-999-2249, visit www.championusa.com or at www.facebook.com/champion or follow us on Twitter @Championusa. Champion is a brand of Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI)

About US Lacrosse

US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is the national governing body for men’s and women’s lacrosse. US Lacrosse is the parent organization of the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams. US Lacrosse has more than 300,000 members in 63 regional chapters around the country. Through responsive and effective leadership, US Lacrosse strives to provide programs and services to inspire participation while protecting the integrity of the game. To learn more about US Lacrosse, please visit www.uslacrosse.org.

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Click here for a refresher on the time James Franco wanted to get a hotel room to share with a 17 year old girl called Lucy on social media. She posted their exchanges online which is when the whole world found out he’s a gross pervy loser.

Franco appeared today on Kelly & Michael and tried to explain what happened:

“I'm embarrassed and I guess I'm just a model of how social media is tricky.”

Oh OK. So it’s not that he was behaving like a predator, it’s that he was actually a VICTIM of social media. And it’s so hard to be celebrity, you know?

“The embarassing ritual of meeting someone is doubly embarrassing” when you’re a big star and what you do on social media – PUBLIC by its very nature, you idiot – is put on blast. Still, he suggests that he was naïve to it all and didn’t think that Lucy would end up sharing his digital pick-up online. So…it’s Lucy’s fault?!?!?!?

“You just don't know who is on the other end.”

The implication here is that the person on the other end of his situation betrayed him. Again, he’s the victim. A grown man, with resources and connections and protection, is victim to a 17 year old civilian who was upfront about her age even though HE was the one who asked her if she wanted to get a hotel room…?????

Franco’s only mistake?

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Because the first words out of his mouth weren’t “Oh thank you all so much” but instead “there’s been a terrible mistake”. He knew he didn’t deserve the best actor award at all. Now, he was all “I’d have given it to Jim Parsons” while I, personally, would have had Larry David and Don Cheadle have a quip-off for it – but the point is he’s self-aware enough to know his work didn’t warrant it.

What do you do if that happens? Winning something that’s not exactly for you and your work kinda feels dirty, right? Like a consolation prize, or hush money, or something? I mean I don’t know his life but I don’t imagine this is going to suddenly start raining parts down on him or anything. It’s not a “real” win in that he’s suddenly going to be seen in a whole new light, right?

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RedState co-founder Erick Erickson said Friday he won’t challenge Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss in a GOP primary.

Were I to run for the Senate, it would be a terribly nasty campaign,” the well-known conservative blogger wrote on RedState. “It’d actually be really awesome, but it’d be really nasty. I have a seven year old, a soon to be four year old, and a wife who does not like being anywhere near a stage. I’m not putting my family through that when the best outcome would mean a sizable pay cut in pay and being away from my kids and wife all the time huddled in a pit vipers often surrounded by too many who viewed me as a useful instrument to their own advancement.”

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North Laurel 31, Williamsburg 14

Wayne Co. 36, South Laurel 7

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Friday's games

South Oldham at Anderson Co., 7:30

Western at Butler, 7:30

Ballard at Collins, 7:30

Seneca at Doss, 7:30

Central at Eastern, 7:30

Valley at Iroquois, 7:30

North Bullitt at Jeffersontown, 7:30

Walton-Verona at KCD, 7:30

Fairdale at Male, 7:30

Carroll Co. at Moore, 7:30

Christian Acad. at N. Oldham, 7:30

Franklin Co. at Oldham Co., 7:30

Shelby Co. at Owen Co., 7:30

Holy Cross at Providence, Ind., 7:30

PRP at Scott Co., 7:30

Atherton at Shawnee, 7:30

Bullitt Central at Southern, 7:30

LaRue Co. at Spencer Co., 7:30

Bowling Green at St. Xavier, 7:30

Bullitt East at Waggener, 7:30

DeSales at Warren Central, 7:30

Trinity at Lawrence Central, Ind., 8

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Somerset at Southwestern

Pulaski Co. vs. N. Hardin at S'western

Breckinridge Co. at Adair Co.

Magoffin Co. at Allen Central

Geo. Wash., W.Va. at Ashland Blazer

Todd Co. Central at Ballard Memorial

Marion Co. at Bardstown

Glasgow at Barren Co.

Dixie Heights at Beechwood

Berea at Bethlehem

Sheldon Clark at Betsy Layne

Cooper at Boone Co.

Bourbon Co. at Breathitt Co.

Russellville at Butler Co.

Newport Catholic at Campbell Co.

Russell Co. at Casey Co.

Simon Kenton at Conner

Boyle Co. at Danville

Apollo at Daviess Co.

Pendleton Co. at Dayton

Rivrvw East Acad., Oh. at Eminence

Jackson Co. at Estill Co.

Greenup Co. at Fleming Co.

Fort Knox at Fort Campbell

Green Co. at Frankfort

Bellevue at Gallatin Co.

Wayne Co. at Garrard Co.

New Richmond, Oh. at Grant Co.

Edmonson Co. at Grayson Co.

Belfry at Harlan Co.

Montgomery Co. at Harrison Co.

Letcher Co. Central at Hazard

Christian Co. at Henderson Co.

George Rogers Clark at Henry Clay

Owen Co. at Henry Co.

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Central Hardin at Madisonville

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Rowan Co. at Mason Co.

Dyer Co., Tn. at McCracken Co.

Clinton Co. at McCreary Central

Caverna at McLean Co.

Hart Co. at Metcalfe Co.

Pineville at Middlesboro

Warren East at Monroe Co.

Leslie Co. at Morgan Co.

Hopkins Central at Muhlenberg Co.

Graves Co. at Murray

Caldwell Co. at Ohio Co.

Owensboro Catholic at Owensboro

Pikeville at Paintsville

Ludlow at Paris

Woodford Co. at Paul Dunbar

Tates Creek at Perry Co. Central

Sycamore, Oh. at Ryle

Aiken, Oh. at Scott

East Ridge at Shelby Valley

Rockcastle Co. at South Laurel

Greenwood at South Warren

Campbellsville at Taylor Co.

Nelson Co. at Thomas Nelson

Corbin at Trimble Co.

Elizabethtown at Washington Co.

Union Co. at Webster Co.

Nicholas Co. at West Carter

Mercer Co. at West Jessamine

Bell Co. at Whitley Co.

Pike Co. Central at Williamsburg

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Hopkinsville at Trigg Co.

Hancock Co.-Calloway Co. at Trigg Co.

Knox Central vs. Prestonsburg

Bracken Co. at Bishop Brossart

Raceland at Boyd Co.

North Laurel at Clay Co.

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Blazing fast read/write speeds; Easy setup; Works with Macs and PCs

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Requires external power supply

The Buffalo DriveStation DDR uses a 1GB RAM cache to make this USB 3.0 hard drive the fastest we've tested.

One of the latest advancements in notebook storage last year was the introduction of hybrid hard drives, which combined a small SSD with a mechanical hard drive to enable faster app open times and startups. Buffalo has taken this a step further with the DriveStation DDR, an external hard drive that uses a 1GB DDR3 RAM cache to complement its 2TB hard drive, to enable superfast read and write speeds over USB 3.0. At $170, this device is a bargain for multimedia hoarders and graphic artists. Find out why the DriveStation DDR is one heck of a backup plan.

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Like most external hard drives, the DriveStation DDR is unassuming, and designed to blend into the background. Its matte black plastic exterior is accented only by a small red strip along the top front edge and two blue status lights.

Long and thin, the DriveStation DDR measures 7.75 x 4.96 x 1.77 inches, and weighs 2.2 lbs. On the back is a USB 3.0 port, the power jack and a Kensington lock slot. This drive isn't meant to go with you, but you can move it fairly easily from room to room.

Although it could potentially run on bus power alone, the DriveStation must remain plugged into an outlet, so that the data stored in the RAM isn't lost.

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Getting the DriveStation DDR up and running is a simple affair. Just plug the power cord into an outlet, and the USB 3.0 cord into a notebook. The drive was recognized instantly on a PC as well as a Mac. After you plug it in, you have the option of installing the utilities that Buffalo includes on the drive.

The DriveStation DDR comes with a number of tools common to Buffalo's external hard drives. They include a Backup Utility, eco Manager (which regulates power consumption), RAMDISK (which lets you use your notebook's RAM as storage), and SecureLock (which you can use to encrypt your files). The DriveStation is also compatible with Apple's Time Machine.

A Cache Control tool, available for both Mac and Windows users, lets you determine whether the drive uses the RAM cache for reading, writing or both.

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To test the DriveStation DDR, we connected it to a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch running Windows 8. We copied a 4.97GB folder of multimedia to the DriveStation in 32 seconds -- a rate of 159.4 MBps. When compared to internal SSDs, it's not as fast as the Samsung 840 Pro SSD, which took 25 seconds to complete the same task, but it beat the OCZ Vertex 4 (33 seconds), the Intel SSD 334 (34 seconds) and the SanDisk Ultra Plus (35 seconds).

We then copied that same 4.97GB folder back to the X1. This operation took 40 seconds -- a rate of 127.2 MBps.

The DriveStation performed even better when it came to individual files -- even large ones. We copied a single 2.36GB MP4 video to the DriveStation in 9 seconds -- a rate of 268.5 MBps. Copying that same file off the drive took just 13 seconds, or 186 MBps.

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After reformatting the drive to Mac OS X Extended, we ran the file-transfer test while the device was connected to a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. It took 36 seconds to copy our 4.97GB folder from the DriveStation to the Mac -- a rate of 141.4 MBps. In comparison, it took the LaCie Little Big Disk 53 seconds to copy that same folder via Thunderbolt to a 15-inch MacBook Pro. While it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, it's still a remarkable time.

Even better, it took just 23 seconds to write the 4.97GB folder to the DriveStation -- a rate of 221.3 MBps. It took the LaCie drive 55 seconds -- more than twice as long.

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Click to EnrgeWe also tested the drive using CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2, a synthetic test that measures read and write speeds by transferring a 1000MB file in sequential, 512K and 4K block sizes. When compared to the internal SSDs we tested previously, the DriveStation's read speeds were significantly lower, but still competitive.

When transferring the file sequentially, the DriveStation managed a read speed of 307.2 MBps, which is significantly below that of SSDs such as the Samsung 840 PRO Series (490.6 MBps), but still fast when compared to mechanical hard drives. Its write rate of 361 MBps is also well below that of the Samsung (462.7 MBps) but above the Intel SSD 335's mark of 325.9 MBps.

Using 512K blocks, the DriveStation's read/write speeds of 297.6/368.1 MBps bested those of the SanDisk Ultra Plus (264.8/366.6 MBps) but couldn't keep up with the read/write speeds of the Samsung SSD 840 PRO (430.1/418.5 MBps).

Performance decreased with smaller 4K blocks. The DriveStation's read/write speeds of 5.2/10.2 MBps were well below those of the worst-performing SSD, the Intel SSD 335 (20.9 / 52.3 MBps).

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Buffalo offers two configurations of the DriveStation DDR. The 2TB version, which we tested, costs $170. A 3TB version will go for $219; Buffalo says street prices for both drives are likely to be lower.

Let's face it: Thunderbolt hasn't exactly taken off, and SSDs, while dropping in price, are still very expensive for those who need to back up a lot of data. At $170, the Buffalo DriveStation DDR is a cost-effective device for backing up multimedia files quickly. It's more than twice as fast -- and less than half the cost -- of a LaCie Little Big Disk, but features the same amount of storage. The fact that the Buffalo drive uses USB 3.0 instead of Thunderbolt makes it much more versatile, too. Although we wish it were more portable, photographers and movie editors on a budget will love the DriveStation DDR's performance and price.

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The start of the 2000 Petit Le Mans. It was an all Audi front row, with Panoz and BMW sharing the second and third rows.
It was not long before Allan McNish began leaving the field. In the first Petit Le Mans, McNish had done the same when he was driving the Porsche GT1-98.

That year, McNish was two laps ahead early in the race when his co-driver Yannick Dalmas experienced the blowover on the back straight. This year, McNish would not be comfortable with the lead until the victory flag fell.

The awesome Audi R8 duo looks very stable at high speeds.

McNish in his Audi R8 puts a lap on Wayne Taylor in the Cadillac Northstar LMP.
JJ Lehto was confident that BMW could win the race.
Early in the race, Bill Auberlen experienced the Petit Le Mans' second dramatic blowover in three years. He left the ground in the #43 BMW V12 LMR, did a complete nose to tail flip and then hit hard on the right rear. Auberlen experienced a bruised elbow.
My 'Courage Award' for the 2000 Petit Le Mans goes to JJ Lehto. After Auberlen's blowover, Lehto kept pushing hard in his #42 BMW V12 LMR and had the car as high as second place late in the race.

Of course it reads, "YOU ARE SO COMPLEX THAT YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO DANGER" on the side of his BMW Art car.

The Panoz LMP-1 team of Brabham and Magnussen drove a strong race and were the 'fastest of the rest' after the super-quick Audi R8.
The #2 Panoz LMP-1 of Graf/ O'Connell/ Katoh.
The Corvettes looked great on the grid and ran a strong race to win in GTS. The #4 of Pilgrim/ Collins/ Freon came home first to ensure Corvette Racing a spot in next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Last year's winner in GTS, the #91 Dodge Viper GTS-R of Beretta/ Wendlinger/ Duez had its problems this year and finished 4th in class. The #92 finished second in class.
Bumping and grinding became a part of the hotly contested race. Here the Audi and Panoz race only inches apart as they approach turn 6.
The Panoz #1 passes the Cadillac #9 while being pursued by the #77 Audi.
Butch Leitzinger in the Cadillac Northstar LMP.
McNish drove a large portion of the stints in the #77 Audi R8. Here, he goes back into the car just before dusk.
The BMW crewman on the left seems to be saying, "Uh, something looks different back here! Isn't there supposed to a wing on the car?" as Jorg Müller brings the #42 BMW V12 LMR into the pit after spinning out of second place and destroying the rear wing.

It was deja vu!

Last year, Lehto turned the #42 over to Müller when the car was in first place and Müller spun out of the lead in the darkness. This year, Lehto turned the car over to Müller when the car was in second place before he spun in the dark.

The BMW crew went to work and replaced the rear wing support and wing as Müller gets out of the car. Unlike last year, Lehto stuck around this time and BMW put him back into the car. The car finished in fifth position.
And the winners are... McNish, Capello and Alboretto in the Audi R8. And experience Georgia they did!

Other winners include the state of Georgia, Road Atlanta, the American Le Mans Series, Don Panoz and international sports car racing.

The crowds were large, the weather perfect and the sights, sounds and smells outstanding. Once again, there was a quality field of cars, drivers and teams in the race. Sports car racing gained many new fans as well as bringing some back to the track.

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Ivy is a Populated Place in Upshur County, West Virginia. It has an elevation of 515 meters, or 1,690 feet.

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Latitude: 38-56'24'' N
Longitude: 080-11'04'' W

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The Hawk Inn

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  • S Jarvis

  • December 2014

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Having stayed in Andover on numerous occasions, this hotel was a very pleasant surprise.

Friendly staff, great accommodation very clean and a nice touch with a fridge on the landing with fresh milk, for adding to your fresh ground coffee, or twining's tea. Nice continental breakfast with fresh locally made breads.

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  • May 2014

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On arriving we were able to check in fairly quickly by a polite member of staff.

The room was comfortable enough though quite small for the price paid. Breakfast was adequate, though when we went down, we weren't asked if there was anything we needed and the choice and availability of breakfast was very limited. Cooked breakfast was not offered. All in all, clean and comfortable accommodation in a nice quiet area, but value for money is poor compared to what you would get for the same price at a quality hotel. Based on the cost of the rooms alone, we will not be returning to this inn and couldn't recommend it for the same reason.


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Art Hotel Navigli

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The Art Hotel Navigli, in the bygone ambiance and fashion, is set in the lively Navigli area of Milan, and features a collection of modern art paintings and sculptures. 103 ample and brightly rooms available in modern and stylish versions, welcome Art Hotel Navigli guests with all the comforts and services expected of a quality level 4-star hotel in Milan. Free Wi-Fi, a minibar, and a kettle.

Moreover a private parking, garden, meeting rooms, 5 minute walk to the subway, 2 km from the cathedral and just 5 minutes from the expressway. . . Because of its charming atmosphere, Navigli area has become one of the favourite district for the artists. Different events take place: antique market, flower market, live concert and so on.

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Jan 17, 2014

Chile impressed with the lowest coupon and yield ever achieved by a Latin American issuer for the 10 and 30-year tranches

On the shortlist of candidates for Sovereign Bond of the Year, there were deals with impressive structures, sizes and execution, and which met a strong welcome from investors and peers. But the Republic of Chile’s dual-tranche issue stood out in particular for landing the lowest-ever coupon and yield for an emerging market bond.

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Media Advisory: UC Irvine Election Law Expert Richard Hasen to Deliver Lecture on "The Voting Wars"

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 9, 2012 - UC Irvine School of Law will present a lecture by election law expert Prof. Rick Hasen.

WHEN: Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, 4:30 to 5:30 pm.

WHAT: Prof. Hasen, a nationally recognized expert on election law, will lecture on the subject of his new book, The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown, to be published this summer by Yale University Press. The book explores why nearly a dozen years after the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election, the problems with how we run our elections are still not fixed. He argues that we are just one razor-thin presidential election away from chaos and an undermining of the rule of law.

WHO: Prof. Hasen blogs on his Election Law Blog, which is often quoted by the national media, and has written more than four dozen articles on election law. He also co-authored a leading casebook on election law, and was founding co-editor of the quarterly Election Law Journal. The lecture celebrates his newly endowed Chancellor's Chair, given only to a small number of faculty across the UC Irvine campus.

WHERE: UC Irvine School of Law, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine, CA 92697, Room EDU 1111. Directions and parking information.

REGISTRATION: The lecture is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow. Please RSVP online.

MEDIA CONTACT: Rex Bossert, Assistant Dean for Communications,, (949) 824-3063.

UC Irvine School of Law seeks to create the ideal law school for the 21st century by doing the best job of training lawyers for the practice of law at the highest levels of the profession. Recruited from prestigious schools, the faculty ranked ninth in the country in scholarly impact in a recent study. The student body has median grades and LSAT scores comparable to those of student bodies at top 20 law schools. The school's innovative curriculum stresses hands-on learning, interdisciplinary study and public service.


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Lisa Milot publishes article in the Kentucky Law Journal

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Assistant Professor Lisa Milot has published "Accounting for Time: A Relative-Interest Approach to the Division of Equity in Hybrid-Property Homes upon Divorce" in 100 Kentucky Law Journal 585 (2012).

Harlan Cohen wins JILP Peer Review Award

Monday, August 20, 2012

Associate Professor Harlan G. Cohen won the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics Peer Review Award for his piece in Volume 44 titled "Finding International Law, Part II: Our Fragmenting Legal Community." The award recognizes the most significant contribution by an emerging scholar under age 35 published in the JILP during the academic year.

Peter Rutledge publishes article in J. Empirical Legal Stud.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Talmadge Chair Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge has published "Arbitration Clauses in Credit Card Agreements: An Empirical Study" in 9 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 536 (2012).

Illegal immigrants seeking relief from deportation can apply Wednesday

Monday, August 20, 2012

Adjunct Professor of Law Charles H. Kuck was featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution for representing a client who plans to apply for special consideration under a new Obama Administration policy to remain in the U.S. to receive an education. The article was written by Jeremy Redmon and appeared on 8/14/12.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Assistant Professor Jaime L. Dodge was featured on National Public Radio regarding the U.S. Department of Labor's decision to declare Georgia's denial of seasonal employment benefits in violation of workplace laws. The article was written by Parker Wallace and appeared on 8/14/12.


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Art Around Town

Annie Lapin, 1:6:2:3:1 (2008)

Annie Lapin at Angles Gallery

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Annie Lapin, 1:6:2:3:1 (2008)

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Yvette Gellis, Open Window (2008)

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Monika Baer, Untitled (Multiple/drop) (2008)

Imagine yourself a portraitist whose services are requested one day not by your typical human patron but by a dust devil, a small twister, that beckons you to come outside and capture its likeness in paint, and promises to be as good a sitter as it can be — containing itself somewhat and trying to hover in roughly the same spot while you do your work. Such could be a myth of origin for one of Annie Lapin’s paintings at Angles Gallery. Lapin lays down a collection of sharp marks, the sum total of which is a blur of energy — as much a description and depiction of force as of form — and such could describe most of the works in this impressive debut. Rather than clear narrative scenes, Lapin paints states of being, often anomalous or uneasy. Some of her paintings are reminiscent of the painter David Park, or the earlier works of Joan Brown, with figures inhabiting and defining spaces dominated by mood. In Lapin’s work, however, the figures often become like apparitions caught in spirit photographs or reflections seen in a hall of mirrors. You’re often unsure whether they’re really there, or if they’re more energy and movement than flesh and blood, and with several canvases, when you attempt to account for the figures present, you never really can settle on a head count.

Other of Lapin’s paintings are more suggestive of Richard Diebenkorn’s later work, with shapes and colors stacking up with just enough hints of pictorial logic to suggest that you are looking at something somewhere between an abstraction and an illusionistic representation — though when Lapin gets into such business, the results are more chaotic. Such is the case with a painting in which, just as you note the horizon that seems to secure the illusion of a landscape with a figure, you note a second horizon. This suggests a collision of worlds, whether pictorially, metaphorically or, within the anomalous range of possibility upon which Lapin insists, an actual dropping of one world atop another.

The likes of Park, Brown and Diebenkorn don’t just identify the Bay Area Figurative School painters that Lapin’s work evokes but also indicate the range of her practice, and her ability to work between representation and abstraction. But her paintings are never as comfy as a Park or a Diebenkorn; even when they start to feel serene, they maintain a sense of agitation, and often they deal in the sort of antics found in the more distant precedent of Symbolist painter Odilon Redon, whose overripe palette Lapin’s work sometimes recalls, as does its ability to deliver scenes of sweetness and even reverie tossed with stormy unease. Lapin also has clearly taken a kind of permission from neo-expressionists, especially, it would seem, the German Georg Baselitz, and what we might now call post-neo-expressionists, like the Brit Cecily Brown. And like these two predecessors, both among the stronger exemplars of their genres and generations, Lapin looks for grounding in bedrock — less worried about neo, and more serious about expressionism. The results are works that feel perpetually on the verge and on the edge of something excitingly uncertain. They’re the sorts of scenes that suggest both the promise of heaven on Earth and the threat of a falling sky. Angles Gallery, 2230 Main St., Santa Monica; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; thru June 21. (310) 396-5019 or

Monika Baer at Richard Telles Fine Art

If you know Monika Baer’s work, you might have difficulty connecting the artist responsible for small collage-drawings of meat and athletic musculature, or washy abstract canvases from which materialize delicately rendered faces and coins, seemingly dropping out of thin air, with Baer’s latest, much more reductive and graphic compositions. But there’s a through-line that emerges: a preoccupation (facilitated by Baer’s impressive technical range) with exploring ways that images can speak of mortality. Baer’s latest offering uses the breast as a motif. Seen in profile and with a silhouette that straddles some maintenance of naturalism and a kind of international-symbol generic reduction, the breast appears in isolation, inching in from the edge of the canvas, or often emerging, as if poking out from behind a curtain, from seams Baer has actually sewn into her canvases. Such compositions allude to bodies that remain otherwise concealed, but more often than not — and especially in compositions that show breasts seemingly cascading in space or appearing in groupings that would make their connection to behind-the-scenes bodies unlikely — these breasts become independent entities, less apparently severed or disembodied than made autonomous and given full rights of personification. Some are fleshed out with greater realism, while the silhouettes of others become formats or windows within which Baer composes both abstract and representational compositions; most are a flat, pasty white with blushing nipples, sometimes dripping or spurting. If that last phrase borders on the embarrassingly intimate, then it makes sense, because, like Philip Guston, whose influence Baer surprisingly signals in this exhibition, Baer risks the embarrassing and the intimate, and, like the characters — often body parts that stand in for whole bodies — that populate Guston’s paintings, sometimes peeking out at you or pulling the bed covers up around themselves, the breasts in Baer’s paintings risk vulnerability to achieve intimacy. These paintings are as goofy and clumsy of vanitas as one has ever seen, but they are nonetheless kin to the more stylish or elegant and dramatic of Baer’s works in drawing you near and speaking of life and passing. Richard Telles Fine Art, 7380 Beverly Blvd., L.A.; Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; thru June 14. (323) 965-5578 or

Yvette Gellis at Kim Light Gallery

If paintings had to worry about their diets, Yvette Gellis’ would be on their way to a heart attack. The large canvases in Gellis’ solo debut would be better described as slathered than brushed, with a rich combination of acrylic and oil paint, and a honeylike Galkyd medium. Looking at them, I couldn’t help but think of an episode of The Simpsons in which Bart, compelled by Homer to eat buttered bacon, complained, “My heart hurts.” But the goo in Gellis’ paintings has less a savory taste on one’s eyes than a combined suggestion of the chemical and the confectionery — sludge meets cake frosting with dashes of lipstick and glitter. Laid on the surface, all that material also adds up to a dose of gestural figuration, foregrounded in each canvas against backdrops of interior architecture and cityscape that are much more leanly rendered in lighter brushwork, thinner paint, straight lines and a grayed-out palette. The lesser of these paintings seem to hedge their bets in an effort to please, offering up relatively conventional sketches with a dollop of texture and a splash of color, like hosts wanting to indulge but not sicken their guests. But the stronger pieces, which push their materials and their compositions to what seems a risk of structural failure — and which also risk nausea — become richer as both material experiences and metaphors. Kim Light Gallery, 2656 S. La Cienega Blvd., L.A.; Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; thru July 12. (310) 559-1111 or

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Looking for Blood

THE DONNASAmerican Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine (Lookout!)

Let any first-time Donnas listeners be forewarned that this record delivers a serious ass-kicking. These four teenage girls from Palo Alto have spent an enormous amount of time in a shitty little garage perfecting the furious sound of high school rebellion. While their classmates were measuring trapezoids and dissecting fetal pigs, the Donnas were skipping curfew, smoking much cheeba and fantasizing about becoming the next Kiss, something they may yet accomplish.

With American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine, the retro-garagey, recorded-in-a-washing-machine sound and cute shrieking vocals of their first singles are gone, and they're of course missed, but this is the record they've always wanted to make, with the beefed-up production and slightly raunchy lyrics of a classic Kiss or Motley Crue record, complete with Mick Mars-style guitar licks and Gene Simmons-size attitude. There are some very cool touches, such as the ridiculous '70s-rock-inspired grunts at the beginning of "Checkin' It Out," the ultracrunchy guitar and borrowed opening of the Crue's "Too Fast for Love" on "You Make Me Hot," and the over-the-top switchblade-metal guitar lick on "Looking for Blood." Singer Donna A. has never sounded so feisty, while guitarist Donna R. has been polishing her scalding leads and probably not getting much homework done.

Donnas singles like "A Boy Like You" or "I Want To Be a Unabomber" from a few years ago sound like they were cut by a completely different band from the bad-girls-grown-up who made this record, which in "Leather on Leather" has them purring, "I don't want to know your number/I don't want to know your name/I don't want to know how good you are/'cause to me they're all the same/I walk the streets at night/and I'm looking for lust/want instant satisfaction/so baby give me leather on leather."

It's hot stuff, the most accomplished thing these gals have come up with yet, and one of the most awesome rock & roll records ever.

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How Alarcón Sold Out the Schools

As he cruises toward an apparent easy victory this month in his bid to return to the Los Angeles City Council, which he left in 1998 to pursue statewide power in Sacramento, Richard Alarcóns peripatetic career is a game of musical chairs driven by the special-interest influences that dominate legislative life in the term-limits era.

Alarcón led unsuccessful efforts to block Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggers highly effective workers compensation reform, which has slashed costs for small businesses, nonprofits and other companies pushed near to collapse during the recent workers comp crisis. Before that, Alarcón led a successful fight, vociferously opposed by California schools, to convince then-governor Gray Davis to sign his law banning money-saving private contracting in schools.

Critics say Alarcóns move, on behalf of the huge, 240,000-member California School Employees Association representing non-educators, costs the schools $300 million per year.

California School Transportation Association Director Ron Kinney says Alarcóns law now forces schools to pay much higher wages to low-skilled non-classroom workers, like drivers. Says Kinney, He had a lot of support from CSEA [California School Employees Association] and SEIU [Service Employees International Union]... Weve lived with consequences since.

A flamboyant lefty, former teacher and one-time Valley representative for the late mayor Tom Bradley, Alarcón has never achieved his ambitions, unsuccessfully seeking the highest offices in the state Senate, the state Assembly and the city of Los Angeles, each time falling short yet always moving forward, not unlike the shark that requires constant motion to survive.

Most famously, in one of his many more or less sideways moves, Alarcón in 1998 left a powerful post on the City Council for a seat in the state Senate. He narrowly won, in part thanks to a nasty campaign in which Alarcóns camp branded his rival, former Assembly Democratic Leader Richard Katz, a racist. Which, as it happens, Katz is not.

Alarcóns dual goal has been to climb the ladder personally and use the power of government to promote the power of unions, without whom he would have far less financial backing.

Once in the Senate, Alarcón swiftly became the majority whip, a leadership slot a few rungs below the top. While he was arguably in Sacramento to represent the varied needs of Los Angeles, his real role was as a tribune of organized labor. A Project Vote Smart nonpartisan analysis shows more than 40 percent of his current campaign funds come from labor.

Alarcón was one of the legislators always pushing the soon-to-be-doomed Davis ill-advisedly away from the center in which statewide elections are won.

In one key move, as chairman of the Senates Labor Committee, Alarcón pushed through the bill that forces non-instructional jobs such as drivers and gardeners in the public schools to either be unionized or compensated at higher union levels. It directly benefited the powerful, huge, cash-rich California School Employees Association, which bitterly opposed schools strategy of saving money for the classroom  by hiring inexpensive non-union gardeners and drivers.

Today, the estimated $300 million per year diverted away from the classroom thanks to Alarcón equals about one-third of what Californians pay into schools when they buy Lottery tickets. Governor Davis, who fancied himself a school reformer, had qualms about Alarcóns bill but, having attended every CSEA convention for the previous quarter century, Davis signed it.

Soon after Davis signed that bill, he began to fight his recall from office and worked hard to convince top Democrats not to run on the ballot to replace him. Yet Alarcón repaid Davis for his help on diverting school funds into non-educator jobs by helping push through a unanimous endorsement of Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante  by the state Legislatures Latino Caucus  to run on the ballot replacing Davis. The move by the Latino Caucus helped open the floodgates to a series of such endorsements, which seriously hurt Davis recall fight.

When the new governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, moved in 2004 to reform the out-of-control workers compensation system, Alarcón, mindful of his union and trial-lawyer supporters, opposed the move  although it overwhelmingly passed in a bipartisan Senate vote of 33-3, and in a bipartisan Assembly vote of 77-3. When the reform proved a success  slashing workers comp insurance costs and pouring some $13 billion a year back into the economy  Alarcón tried to impose controversial rate regulations on the workers comp insurers, arguing that they would pocket the huge savings.

On the surface, Alarcóns claim seemed logical. But in truth, 80 percent of California employers either self-insure their own workers  meaning theres no outside profit to pocket  or are covered by a nonprofit state workers comp fund that cannot pocket any profits. Among the 20 percent of insurers Alarcón was confusedly trying to target, many had fled Californias workers comp disaster  and refused to return.

Alarcóns move failed, and later, Schwarzeneggers 2006 Democratic opponent, Phil Angelides, who attacked the governor on virtually every basis, barely mentioned workers comp. Even state labor federation president Tom Rankin, while bemoaning some aspects of the reform, noted that Injured workers will be able to receive immediate medical treatment rather than experience delays that perpetuate suffering.

While falling far short of undermining Schwarzenegger on workers comp reform, Alarcón in 2004 did succeed in protecting his law halting the schools use of money-saving workers in non-educator jobs.

Schwarzenegger and Bakersfield Republican Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy, backed by education groups including the California School Boards Association, sponsored a repeal of Alarcóns law. As the school associations director Scott Plotkin put it, This bill was enacted over the objections of most school districts, county offices of education and community college districts.

The authors of the repeal bill said a reversal of Alarcóns law would save school districts $300 million every year without a single layoff or service cutback. A California School Transportation Association sampling of districts statewide that were still using cheaper drivers and other workers  because the private contracts were set before the Alarcón ban kicked in  revealed that those schools are saving approximately $1 million per 20,000 students enrollment.

Transportation association director Kinney says of Alarcóns law, Schools used to have a choice. Now they have no choice. Schools have to get money elsewhere or eliminate service.

Kinneys group estimates the extra cost to public schools for transportation alone is $252 million each year. A 2000 study by the Los Angeles Unified School District found that if the district were allowed to contract out all its transportation jobs, it would recoup $1 million in annual savings per 14,500 students.

Tiny districts say the same: The 14,000-student Hesperia Unified School District saved $900,000 annually by hiring less expensive non-classroom employees, while 15,000-student Folsom Cordova Unified School District saved $700,000 annually. And the Community College League of California says its annual costs due to Alarcóns legislation are around $30 million  for transportation, landscaping, maintenance and food-service jobs.

With very, very little press attention, Alarcón and his labor allies prevailed easily on the schools issue. Meanwhile, Alarcóns latest dream  of moving further up in the Senate  was not going to happen, because Oakland Democrat Don Perata was firmly ensconced as Senate leader.

While Alarcón had indulged in the politics of grandiose gesture  establishing a Senate Select Committee to End Poverty in California (with apologies to Upton Sinclair) with himself as its chair, and winning a Local Hero award from The Nation magazine  the state Senate was a dead end for him.

So in 2005, he ran for mayor of Los Angeles. It went badly. In the first round, Alarcón finished a very distant fifth, with less than 2 percent of the vote. While Antonio Villaraigosa and Mayor James Hahn advanced to the runoff, Alarcón was left trailing far behind the also-rans  former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg and former Los Angeles police Chief Bernard Parks.

Perhaps worse than the grim results was his series of odd TV commercials. In one, he stood Sam Spadelike in a trench coat at a purported crime scene. In another, he dissed special interests while riding in a Lincoln Town Car. After his trouncing, Alarcón had better success opposing Schwarzeneggers ill-fated 2005 special-election agenda. But even there, he got in some trouble, earning sharp criticism for using taxpayer resources to fight Proposition 75  an initiative that would have made it harder for public-employee unions to dominate many campaigns through the use of members dues.

Prop. 75 would have required that government unions get specific permission from union workers to deduct money from their paychecks for political use. Alarcón used the Senate Labor Committee he chaired to sponsor a hearing on Prop. 75, which swiftly turned into an anti-75 event. Asked Alarcón, Is this Prop. 75 nothing but a sham under the guise of workers protection, but in fact an effort to whittle away the protections that the workers have by virtue of the advocacy that these organizations provide?

I dont support this measure, added Alarcón. Im vehemently opposed to it not only for the substance of the issue, which I believe undermines workers rights, but also Im opposed to the proposition and initiative abuses that have taken place in the last decade or longer. He went on to urge Californians to say no to all of the measures on the ballot in November, including this one.

Noted one Prop. 75 critic, Pacific Research Institutes Lance Izumi, California law prohibits the use of public funds or resources to advocate the passage or defeat of a ballot initiative. At his hearing on Proposition 75, Alarcón totally disregarded that.

Prop. 75 was, at best, one-way campaign reform  it included no accompanying provision requiring that corporations get shareholder permission to use corporate money on politics. But Alarcóns blatant use of his committee and government resources to promote the interests of his union patrons was widely seen as over the line.

Termed out of the Senate, Alarcón in 2006 easily won a seat in the Assembly  and quickly became a focus of intrigue. While Alarcón today is running for City Council District 7 on March 6, with the backing of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the Sierra Club and a host of others, it hasnt always been that way.

He ran against Villaraigosa for mayor, of course, and wasnt exactly tight with Núñez, Villaraigosas ally. Then, with Núñezs time as speaker running down due to term limits, Alarcón pondered a run at his powerful post. Rumors swirled in Sacramento that veteran political consultant Richie Ross was pushing Alarcón for Núñezs job  leaving Núñez strategist Steve Maviglio notably unamused.

The speaker, as you know, Maviglio said, had, and has, every intention of serving out his full term in the speakership. He wasnt going to be pushed aside.

With Alarcóns dreams of the speakership dashed, his interest in returning to Los Angeles City Hall begins to make sense. The new, higher City Council salary of $171,648 a year  as distinguished from the mere $113,098 for members of the Assembly  bandied about by some as Alarcóns reason, probably isnt his key motivation. More likely, its his addiction to moving from political job to political job  and his probable latest desire, to be City Council president.

The truth is that, even as he was elected to the state Assembly last November, and while still serving in the state Senate, Alarcón was running for City Council. By the end of 2006, the Panorama Citybased Alarcón had raised $94,144 for the northeast San Fernando Valley council seat and pushed a major candidate out. His main remaining opponent, Monica Rodriguez, had raised $44,874.

Although elected to the Assembly four months ago, he has done little. He didnt bother to attend the Assembly Democrats recent policy retreat. Probably the only noteworthy move in this stage of his career is his bill to create a state cabinet-level secretary for poverty. (Shouldnt it actually be a secretary against poverty?) No serious Sacramento-watchers believe that his plan, to create a post overseeing all state programs pertaining to anything at all poverty-related, will ever see the light of day.

When California voters adopted term limits in 1990, sold on the quaint notion of a return to citizen politicians, they undoubtedly never contemplated someone like Richard Alarcón, who in the past year has served as both state senator and assemblyman and sought election to the Assembly, to the Assembly speakership, and to the City Council.

Yet it took more than the now familiar game of political musical chairs brought on by term limits to come to this pass. It also took a Sacramento legislative system dominated by voting-district gerrymandering and special-interest finance  in which politicians catering to the hyperpartisan edges flourish  to create the Alarcón spectacle. One can only wonder whats next, with Alarcóns probable re-election to the Los Angeles City Council.

For more on Richard Alarcón, read David Zahniser's article, "Revolving Door"Pot of GoldWhat Council members reap Proposition R was approved by Los Angeles voters to soften term limits for the Los Angeles City Council, whose members placed the measure on the ballot last year after a hurried and controversial vote. But the money pot the council created for itself via Prop. R went virtually unreported by the media:

 All current and former City Council members, if they win a third term (giving them 12 years on the council), will reap about $700,000 in additional salary. The council, already the highest-paid big-city council in the nation at a stunning $171,168 per year, receives a sizable raise each time California Superior Court judges get raises.

  A handful of City Council members  those who have not previously worked for government  will, during a third term, pass a 10-year employment threshold. Passing the 10-year mark qualifies them for lifelong health-care subsidies of about 50 percent already being reaped by the rest of the City Council, according to the citys Personnel Department, amounting to about $1.25 million to $2.5 million per council member by age 82.

 Any council member who wins a third term  including any former council member, such as Richard Alarcón  will, based on a conservative estimate, reap $300,000 in additional pension, for a total pension of more than $1 million, according to city officials. Because of expected salary raises, which are likely to boost City Council pay past $200,000 in a few years, the pension pot will also grow.

 With a sizable fortune in extra pay and benefits awaiting them, many current and former City Council members are expected to begin eyeing another run for City Hall.

1. Council annual salaries, at $171,168 the nations highest  nearly double that of the New York City Councils  will soon rise beyond $200,000 due to automatic raises based on judges pay.

2. Automatic cost of living raises are likely to push the current $900 monthly maximum health subsidy to $2,000 to $3,000 per month (as council members age).

3. This retirement pot, based on living to age 80, is expected to rise well beyond $1 million as further council pay raises kick in. Most of them also have government pensions from previous positions.

Sources: City of L.A. Personnel Department and L.A. City Employees Retirement System

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Studying and Exam Taking / Supplements
« on: September 15, 2009, 04:28:07 PM »
Anyone have suggestions on the best study supplements for...
1. Criminal Procedure
2. Federal Tax
3. Bus Orgs
4. Con Law?

Personal Statement / Personal Statement Rough Draft
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Would anyone like to read my rough draft and offer suggestions? I really struggled to find a topic so I may have completely misfired...I would really like someone's opinion. Thank you.

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