Upon taking his position, Root stepped in and altered some of the new design, getting rid of such fixtures as Vichy showers, which can be expensive to operate and difficult to explain to spa novices, and severely limit a room's flexibility.

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Authorities said the remaining section of the bridge has been examined and won't need replacing, raising questions over whether more failures could occur if the 58-year-old bridge's design isn't altered.

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Fiores II is an effort to develop software standards that will retain a design's intended esthetic, if not its exact shape, when being altered in the engineering process.

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At no point prior to its deployment of its altered technology did EchoStar ask the District Court, which had continuing jurisdiction over the case, to review the new design for patent infringement.

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