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Visual Studio 2010 Best Practices
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- This book and e-book detail a large breadth of recommended practices in Visual Studio
- Consolidated reference of varied practices including background and detailed implementations, great for inexperienced and experience developers alike.
- A guidelines-based set of practices for all aspects of software development from architecture to specific technologies to deployment.
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 280 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : August 2012
Author(s) : Peter Ritchie
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Application Development, Enterprise, Microsoft
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: Working with Best Practices
Chapter 2: Source Code Control Practices
Chapter 3: Low-level C# Practices
Chapter 4: Architectural Practices
Chapter 5: Recommended Practices for Deployment
Chapter 6: Automated Testing Practices
Chapter 7: Optimizing Visual Studio
Chapter 8: Parallelization Practices
Chapter 9: Distributed Applications
Chapter 10: Web Service Recommended Practices
- Chapter 1: Working with Best Practices
- Recommended practices
- Intransitive "best" practices
- Benefits of using practices
- Avoiding pragmatic re-use
- Reducing technical debt
- Not invented here syndrome
- Beyond practices
- Using katas
- Reaching kaizen
- Aspects of a practice
- Evaluating practices
- Documenting practices
- Geographic distribution
- Team size
- Regulatory compliance
- Domain complexity
- Organizational distribution
- Technical complexity
- Organizational complexity
- Enterprise discipline
- Life-cycle scope
- Paradigm
- Categorization
- In this book
- Evolving practices—a collaborative effort
- Axiomatic practices
- Patterns
- Why practices?
- An empirical and not a defined process
- Cross-cutting concerns
- Focus on the value
- The power of mantras
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Source Code Control Practices
- Terminology
- Repository
- Edit/merge/commit
- Lock/edit/check-in
- Trunk
- Branch
- Fork
- Merge
- Check-out
- Check-in
- Changeset
- Lock
- Commit
- Push
- Pull
- Tag/label
- Shelving/shelvesets
- Principles
- Recommended SCC software evaluation criteria
- Workflow model
- Total cost of ownership
- Integration options
- Team dynamics and location
- Self or third-party hosting
- Authentication
- Organizing for source code control
- Organizing directory structures
- Solution structure
- Continuous integration
- Branching strategies
- Isolation
- Ad hoc isolation
- Testing isolation
- Release isolation
- Feature isolation
- Team isolation
- Commit (check-in) practices
- Merge remote changes before commit
- Commit frequently
- Atomic commits
- Occasionally connected source control
- Distributed source control
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Low-level C# Practices
- Working with generics
- Limits of generics
- Writing sequence and iterator members
- Working with lambdas
- Working with extension methods
- Exception handling
- Exceptions to the exception practices
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Architectural Practices
- Terms
- Decoupling
- Command Query Separation
- Data Transfer Objects (DTO)
- Single responsibility
- Layering
- Data-based applications
- Object Relational Mappers (ORMs)
- NoSQL
- Document databases
- Pulling it all together
- Distributed architecture
- Messaging
- Data synchronization and events
- DTOs Revisited
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Recommended Practices for Deployment
- Working with installers
- Working with Windows Installer
- Uninstalling
- Visual Studio Setup and Deployment projects
- Setup Wizard
- Setup Project
- Web Setup Project
- Merge Module Project
- CAB Project
- File System
- File types
- User interface
- Launch conditions
- Custom actions
- Drawbacks of Setup and Deployment Project
- ClickOnce
- Windows Installer XML (WiX)
- Include files
- Fragments
- Migrating from Setup and Deployment projects
- Integrating into Visual Studio
- Setup Project
- Merge Module Project
- Setup Library Project
- Bootstrapper Project
- C# Custom Action Project
- C++ Custom Action Project
- Continuous integration
- Silent installations
- Testing
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Automated Testing Practices
- First principles
- Related terms
- Test-driven development
- Red, Green, Refactor
- I'm not a tester
- Why automated?
- Benefits
- Continuous verification
- Documentation
- Caveats
- Aspects of good tests
- Repeatable
- Independent
- Verifies one thing
- Simple
- Readable
- Fast
- Reliable
- Informative
- Test naming
- Separate test projects or not?
- Test styles
- Arrange, Act, Assert
- Given, When, Then
- Test types
- State-based testing
- Interaction testing
- Object-orientation and tests
- Fluent interfaces revisited
- Mocking
- Isolation frameworks
- Methodologies
- Test coverage
- Continuous testing
- Round-tripping requirements and acceptance
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Optimizing Visual Studio
- Visual Studio efficiency through configuration
- Recommended computer specifications
- Multi-monitor
- Organizing projects
- Organizing windows
- Auto-hiding
- Toolbars
- Exceptional features
- Exporting/backing up your custom look and feel
- Add-ins and extensions
- Productivity Power Tools
- Resharper
- Visual Studio efficiency through usage
- Using the keyboard over the mouse
- Dividing up solutions
- Macros
- Advanced search/replace
- Playing nice with source code control
- Tracked file in project/solution
- Continuous integration
- Tests
- Build
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Parallelization Practices
- Principles
- Threading primitives
- Threading caveats
- Other terminologies
- Threads
- Thread synchronization
- Thread safety
- Minding your invariants
- Thread synchronization and locking
- Locking
- Lock-free synchronization
- Advanced synchronization
- Asynchronous operations
- Asynchronous Design Pattern
- Event-based Asynchronous Pattern
- Division of labor
- Task Parallel Library
- Tasks
- Execution
- Parallelization
- Working with Asynchronous Design Pattern
- Continuations
- Visual Studio 2012 asynchronous programming
- The Task-based Asynchronous Pattern
- Reactive Extensions
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Distributed Applications
- Seeking scalability
- Design options
- Communicating via a database
- Messaging pattern
- Message queues
- Command-query separation
- Message bus
- Service bus
- Cloud
- Infrastructure as a Service
- Platform as a Service
- Software as a Service
- Debugging
- Logging
- What to log
- Health monitoring
- Proactive monitoring
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Web Service Recommended Practices
- Implementing WCF services
- Editing configuration
- Hosting
- Hosting WCF services in IIS
- Windows service WCF self-hosting
- WCF self-hosted
- Manual testing
- Authentication and authorization
- Different transport options
- ASP.NET Web Services
- Authentication and authorization
- Summary
All in all a good read, nice tips and accepted practices. I like the conciseness of the subjects: Etienne Tremblay
I enjoyed reading Visual Studio 2010 Best Practices. I recommend reading it cover-to-cover and then keeping it on hand as a reference guide: Alvin Ashcraft
Code Downloads
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Sample chapters
You can view our sample chapters and prefaces of this title on PacktLib or download sample chapters in PDF format.
What you will learn from this book
- Learning source code control
- Practices for advanced C# syntax
- Asynchronous programming in C#
- Learn tips for architecting decoupled systems
- Practices for designing multi-threaded and parallel systems
- Practices for designing distributed systems
- Learn better ways of developing web services with WCF
- Learn faster ways to design automated tests
- Tips and tricks to test complex systems
- Understanding proven ways of deploying software systems in Windows
In Detail
When you are developing on the Microsoft platform, Visual Studio 2010 offers you a range of powerful tools and makes the whole process easier and faster. After learning it, if you are think that you can sit back and relax, you cannot be further away from truth. To beat the crowd, you need to be better than others, learn tips and tricks that other don't know yet. This book is a compilation of the best practices of programming with Visual Studio.
Visual Studio 2010 best practices will take you through the practices that you need to master programming with .NET Framework. The book goes on to detail several practices involving many aspects of software development with Visual Studio. These practices include debugging and exception handling and design. It details building and maintaining a recommended practices library and the criteria by which to document recommended practices.
The book begins with practices on source code control (SCC). It includes different types of SCC and discusses how to choose them based on different scenarios. Advanced syntax in C# is then covered with practices covering generics, iterator methods, lambdas, and closures.
The next set of practices focus on deployment as well as creating MSI deployments with Windows Installer XML (WiX)—including Windows applications and services. The book then takes you through practices for developing with WCF and Web Service.
The software development lifecycle is completed with practices on testing like project structure, naming, and the different types of automated tests. Topics like test coverage, continuous testing and deployment, and mocking are included. Although this book uses Visual Studio as example, you can use these practices with any IDE.
It will be a step-by-step tutorial that will discuss best practices. The book is structured in such a way that it can be read both from start to end or can dipped into.
Who this book is for
.Net developers using Visual Studio for programming will find this book useful. If you are developing your application with C#, you will find better ways to do things with Visual Studio.
You should know basics of development with .Net Framework and need working knowledge on VIsual Studio

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Five protesters stood outside General Electric's corporate headquarters in Fairfield on Monday to urge GE to stop building nuclear power plants, saying the disaster in Japan - and earlier disasters at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island - prove they are not safe.
"I do not want any more nuclear plants, and I want the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to decommission all the American plants," said Wendy Hamilton, a New Haven resident and retired nurse at Yale-New Haven Hospital. "They are just too damn dangerous."
Hamilton, who donned a surgical mask during the hour-long protest, said she had read a great deal about Chernobyl and nuclear power in general and believes people haven't learned enough to warrant construction of nuclear power plants. She said 104 nuclear power plants are in America and a few are on earthquake fault lines. "We've already had two bad accidents now, and people should be more convinced nuclear power plants are a mistake," she said. "It's not a viable answer to our peak oil problem. Nuclear energy is too damn dangerous and we're going to wipe out the species if we play around with it."
Hamilton said she was protesting at GE's corporate headquarters on Easton Turnpike because GE had built nuclear power plants in Fukushima, Japan, which failed after an earthquake and tsunami, and wanted to build more in America. She said her concern was "the health of Americans and the health of the species, the human species."
"The recorded history of humans is 6,000 years, and we're dealing with spent fuel rods that are going to be dangerous for 30,000 years. It doesn't make sense," Hamilton said, adding that a proper disposal method for nuclear waste material did not exist.
James Duarte of New Haven, another protester, had similar reasons for going to GE. "To protest them for building these things," he said. "They're responsible for building the plants."
Nancy Burton was more direct in her criticism of GE, saying the Fairfield-based company "designed and built and profited handsomely from the six Mark 1 boiling water nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi." (Editor's note: Full disclosure: Nancy Burton has written several articles on Fairfield Patch not related to nuclear power.)
"General Electric knowingly sold and built them on the coastline in an earthquake and tsunami-prone region," Burton said. "And General Electric knowingly sold and built them even after three of its nuclear engineers publicly resigned citing dangerous shortcomings in GE's designs."
A spokesman for GE was not available Monday afternoon to respond to the protest and the protesters' allegations.
According to a report from Reuters on Monday, radiation at the six-reactor Fukushima complex "has soared in recent days," with contamination 100,000 times normal in water at one reactor and 1,850 times normal in a nearby sea. Evidence of radiation also is in tap water in Tokyo 150 miles away, and four of the six plants are still seen as volatile, according to the Reuters report.
Burton said GE is now "revving up to unleash its latest nuclear technology" in India against the will of that country's citizens. She said President Barack Obama was "corrupting the English language" when he calls nuclear power clean and safe and hadn't been educated on "the horrors of Fukushima."
"We must bring an end to this nuclear madness, this perpetuation of nuclear energy," Burton said. "As we have seen over the past two weeks so frighteningly, billions of dollars of investment in a few hours can turn into billions of dollars of liabilities." She said the cost of the Fukushima disaster in economic terms came to $200 billion to $300 billion.
"General Electric, which proclaimed healthy revenues last year while it paid nothing in federal taxes, has announced that it has sent $5 million in aid to Japan to relieve its people's suffering. $5 million," Burton said. "Do not shame us any further, General Electric. You have embarrassed us profoundly."
Lee Evans, another protester, said GE ought to concentrate on wind, solar and geothermal energy and get out of nuclear power. She said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission had extended the license on the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant despite public opposition, and Hamilton said the NRC hadn't rejected "a single license renewal application" and that the Vermont Yankee plant was aging and leaking.
Evans said nuclear power plants weren't designed to sustain the impact of a large airliner and that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would have been even more devastating if planes had struck Indian Point reactors.
Burton held 1,000 origami cranes as she spoke, which she said symbolized a Japanese belief that if you create 1,000 cranes, a single crane will appear and grant your wish. She said a child who died from the effects of Hiroshima had begun to make 1,000 cranes but didn't reach that number before she died.
After the protesters spoke, they walked in a circle in silence for several minutes, as cars and trucks whizzed by on Easton Turnpike after leaving the busy Merritt Parkway. The protesters also held a moment of silence, Burton said, to "send hope, prayers, a sense of solidarity, sadness and our sense of culpability in what has happened to our friend and neighbor, Japan."


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More than 400 York County business and community leaders are expected to attend the 15th annual Meeting and Awards Program of The York County Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday at the Events at Manchester, 1965 Cinema Drive in Rock Hill.
Regional Chamber Chairman, Jeff Bushardt of Comporium Communication passes the gavel to Jerry Helms of Carowinds, chairman for 2014. Also on the program is recognition of several of York County's outstanding business representatives.
Awards will be presented to the Business Person of the year for the Fort Mill, Rock Hill and Tega Cay areas; Small Business Achievers and Small Business Person of the Year awards; the Ambassador of the Year recognition; Lifetime Business Achievement Award; and Duke Energy will present The Eddie Black Memorial Award, recognizing an individual who has worked for positive progress in the York County.
Business News
• WRHI of Rock Hill will carry Charlotte Knights baseball for the 2014 season., broadcasting Knights games except mid-week day games.
The Knights and WRHI have been radio partners since 1991, the team's second season at Knights Stadium in Fort Mill.
The "Voice of the Charlotte Knights" Matt Swierad will return for his 17th season behind the microphone. Swierad, a veteran of more than 3,000 professional baseball broadcasts, has been calling games for the Knights since 1998.
The Knights flagship station is ESPN 730 AM. Knights games can also be heard online at charlotteknights.com, ESPN730.com, and WRHI.com.
• National moving company Two Men and A Truck recently filmed a commercial at the Indian Land community of Barber Rock.
The Charlotte area was selected for its selection of homes, climate, and ultimately, its people. Local actors were cast for the roles and the film site is owned by Matthews-based builder, Bonterra Builders.
The commercial follows a typical family through their daily routine which does not change during their move day. The movers work seamlessly with the ebb and flow of the family's schedule until every piece of furniture is out of the house and the truck is ready to go.
The commercial is expected to air on TV in February.
• The Rock Hill/York County Convention and Visitors Bureau is holding a Harry Potter Costume Contest on Feb. 15 in conjunction with the International Quiddich Southern U.S. Regional championship.
The costume contest is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Manchester Meadows Soccer Complex in Rock Hill.
Participants of the costume contest can dress as any one of their favorite Harry Potter characters. Contest registration will be on-site and is open to youth and adults of all ages. There are two age brackets,youths 12 and under and ages 13 and older. There will be two winners each each bracket and the winners will receive two tickets each to Carowinds.
This will be the first time that Rock Hill has hosted the International Quidditch Southern US Regional Championship. The field will have up to 20 college teams including Florida State University, University of Miami and Winthrop University.
For information about the Harry Potter Costume Contest, contact the Rock Hill/York County CVB at 803-329-5200.
• WTVI PBS Charlotte is holding a contest to highlight nonprofit groups
The winning group will receive $10,000 in free underwriting on PBS Charlotte! Plus. PBS Charlotte will create a video story/profile of each of the finalist and the profiles will air during "Carolina Impact." To enter, nonprofits should send three paragraphs: one describing a nonprofit's story/mission, another on how many people the nonprofit serves and the last on how winning the $10,000 in underwriting would advance the nonprofit's cause. Nonprofits in York and Lancaster are eligible. Information should be e-mailed by Feb. 14. to firstname.lastname@example.com
• The Recycled Closet, carrying new and recycled clothing, jewelry and other accessories for women and teenage girls has opened at 2210 India Hook, Suite 107 in Rock Hill. Owner Lori Benson finds and purchases the store's inventory to assure consistent style and quality. She acquired her passion for fashion while living and shopping in Tokyo for 15 years. The Recycled Closet is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For information go to ShoptheRecycledCloset.com or call 803-517-5507.
• Mercury Marine and Tracker Marine Group, Gregory's Marine and RV, LLC of Rock Hill has been named the Mercury, Mercruiser and Tracker Marine official dealership for the Southern Charlotte and The Olde English District of South Carolina.
Gregory's Marine and RV, LLC, has been in boating repair and service business for 30 years. In February 2007, Gregory's moved operations to its current location at 3021 Mt. Gallant Road in Rock Hill. With the addition of Tracker Marine, Mercury and Mercruiser lines, Gregory's Marine will be adding 21 new boats to its current used and consignment inventory. Winter office hours are from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
• Chip Smith of Fort Mill has retired from EW Process, a distributor of industrial equipment headquartered at 100 Main St. in Fort Mill.
Smith founded Process Equipment, Inc. in 1990, which became EW Process in 2009 when the company merged with Emory Wilson Industrial. The company, grew from three to the 23 employees and more than $15 million in annual sales. Smith is leaving to dedicate more time to a non-profit organization he founded, Education Equals Hope, which provides scholarship assistance to needy children in Ecuador, Haiti and Uganda.
Mark Pettibon replaces Smith as president. Pettibon previously was president of PEP Filters and former partner in Process Equipment, Inc. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and lives in Rock Hill.
Michael Taylor has been promoted to vice president of sales. Taylor has been with Process Equipment and EW Process 17 years, serving as the regional sales engineer for the Greenville/Upstate. He is a graduate of Clemson University.
• The York County Regional Chamber of Commerce has a new buy-local partnership with Thanx Inc. Thanx is a mobile application that connects businesses directly to their customers and allows them to reward those customers with each return visit. Using the app, customers can flip through a list of all participating local merchants and track their progress towards available rewards; and as new merchants join, customers will be alerted right away through their mobile device.
This project is the latest effort in the Regional Chamber's Buy-Local campaign, encouraging York County consumers to keep their dollars here at home. For information contact Alisha Rosenthal at 803-324-7500.
• Advanced Home Care has opened a Rock Hill store at 2067 Celanese Road. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 803-285-2026. Services include oxygen therapy, CPAP, infusion and nutrition and home medical equipment.
• The York County Community Foundation is accepting applications from eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, congregations, governmental and educational institutions for its 2014 Grants Program.
Priority will be given to projects and programs in the following areas: Arts & Culture, Education: K-12, Environment, Health and Human Services. Proposals must fall within one of these areas to be considered. Additional guidelines can be found at the Foundation's website www.yorkcounty-cf.org. Deadline to register is Feb. 28. asfasf
Tuesday - Piedmont Family Practice at Baxter Village is having a ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. at 502 Sixth Baxter Crossing, Suite A in Fort Mill.
Same day or next day appointments are available. Hours of operations are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 803-835-2088 for appointments or go to www.PiedmontFamilyPracticeAtBaxter.com.


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What's the best cocktail name you've ever come up with?
I used to work at Platinum in Norwalk, and I came up with a cocktail I call Scarlet Fever. It has gin and vodka with lime juice and cranberry juice.
How does a bar re-invent itself?
I think change is good, but I believe most people want some stability when it comes to the menu. You need to have signature cocktails that don't leave. Making improvements to the menu is necessary because you want to be on top of things, but it goes deeper than that. I think for a bar to re-invent themselves they have to change their staff and their clientele, who they cater to.
What's the most popular cocktail here?
I get a lot of Manhattan orders. I also get a lot of people saying "surprise me, make me something." That freaks me out because I don't know what they like. What I have done a couple times is make a cocktail I call The Italian Delight. It has amaretto, orange juice and a splash of cream in it. It tastes like an Italian cookie. People love it. That is my go-to now.
Best joke you've heard?
How much does Jesus love you? This much (spread arms out in Christ like pose).


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Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress is a D&D adventure designed to take characters from 17th to 21st level. In this adventure, the PCs discover that not all souls rest easy, particularly those spirited away to Nightwyrm Fortress. To learn the truth, players must pierce death's veil itself and entre the Shadowfell, where sinister echoes of life wing through eternal gloom.
This adventure can be run as a stand-alone adventure or as Part Three of a three-part series of adventures (starting with P1 King of the Trollhaunt Warrens, and continuing with P2 Demon Queen's Enclave) that spans the paragon tier of gameplay.
A special thanks goes to Jon Schindehette, art director for this project, plus cartographer Jason A. Engle.


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text: Forces are either conservative or nonconservative. Conservative forces were discussed in Conservative Forces and Potential Energy. A nonconservative force is one for which work depends on the path taken. Friction is a good example of a nonconservative force. As illustrated in Figure 1, work done against friction depends on the length of the path between the starting and ending points. Because of this dependence on path, there is no potential energy associated with nonconservative forces. An important characteristic is that the work done by a nonconservative force adds or removes mechanical energy from a system. Friction, for example, creates thermal energy that dissipates, removing energy from the system. Furthermore, even if the thermal energy is retained or captured, it cannot be fully converted back to work, so it is lost or not recoverable in that sense as well.


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Cooler heads; warmer offspring.
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Chuck Klosterman answers readers' questions about flopping, biting and cheering.
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Your World Cup Ethical Questions, Answered
On flopping, biting and rooting for the quality-of-life underdog.
July 1, 2014, Tuesday
Is It Wrong to 'Spoil' World Cup Results?
The ethics of discussing games in real time.
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So You Think You Can Steal?
Taking the bait car.
June 22, 2014, Sunday
Highly, Highly Recommended
Charity, once removed; rogue editing.
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When to leave people — and trash — where they lie.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Ryan Fitzpatrick's future with the Buffalo Bills remains unclear.
Bills President Russ Brandon declined to commit to Fitzpatrick being on the roster when the quarterback's $3 million bonus is due next month. Brandon also said the Bills have not approached Fitzpatrick about restructuring his contract "at this point."
Asked about whether Fitzpatrick's spot on the roster is safe, Brandon said that will be determined by General Manager Buddy Nix and head coach Doug Marrone.
"The main thing there is we're continuing to evaluate, and that's more in line with how Buddy and Doug come out on that," Brandon said. "We're looking at everything and evaluating every aspect of the organization.
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Fitzpatrick's contract will pay him a base salary of $4.25 million. His 2013 salary-cap number would be $10.45 million. If he is released before his roster bonus gets paid, then he still would count $10 million toward the cap because of amortized bonuses.
The best way the Bills can clear cap room would be to get Fitzpatrick to agree to a new deal that spreads out the money.
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A Centerville man facing 17 criminal counts in seven different felony, aggravated and serious misdemeanor cases in two southeast Iowa counties entered a guilty plea to three of the counts and was sentenced to state prison. The other 14 counts were dismissed by the court.
Trevor David White, 28, was sentenced April 23 in Appanoose County to five years in state prison, fine, suspended and given credit for any time served by Judge Daniel P. Wilson for the charge of failure to appear, a class D felony. The offense date for this count was Nov. 30, 2012. White entered a voluntary, negotiated guilty plea to the charge on Jan. 2, 2013.
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Judge Daily April 25 in Wapello County sentenced White to 365 days in jail, 361 days suspended, credit for four days served and a fine for the charge of possession of marijuana, third or subsequent offense, an aggravated misdemeanor. The offense date for this charge was Feb. 11, 2012.
White entered voluntary, negotiated guilty pleas to both Wapello County charges.
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---- — NEWBURYPORT — The Newburyport boys' basketball team (5-3) took on Cape Ann League rival Manchester Essex (5-4) at home last night and found the Hornets more than up to the challenge.
The Hornets took the Clipper defense apart to the tune of a 54-38 victory, the fifth win in the last six games..
"We're not making any excuses," said Clippers coach Tom L'Italien. "Everyone is coached to play a certain way, and I feel like we battled hard just to make foolish mistakes at certain times."
The Clippers started the night quick with a deuce from Matt Canning followed by a 3-pointer from Hornet Max Nesbit. Clipper senior Ian Michaels sunk a lay-up with a booming assist from Colt Fontaine next, followed by two more from Dillon Guthro and a pair from Hornets forward Taylor Ketchum as things began to go back and forth, culminating in a 18-14 Hornets lead at the end of the quarter after Canning dropped a brick and Ketchum hit another pair.
Newburyport started the second quarter with three from Michaels, and Ketchum grabbed one at the line, then two more Hornet points were gained by Dylan Estes. Nesbit nailed three more to put the Hornets up seven. Fontaine grabbed a point and then two with a lay-up, but Craig Carter sunk a bucket to give the Hornets a six-point lead at the half.
The Hornets kept the attack going into the third quarter opening an 11-point lead a lead that the Clippers would cut to seven by the end of the quarter 39-32.
The final stanza would start off with Hornets Petey Morton nailing a 3-pointer followed by two from Michaels and a three from Fontaine to cut the Manchester Essex lead to four. But Manchester Essex would not be shaken, regaining their previous lead and then some, leaving the Clippers in the dust.
"I thought we moved the ball really well," said Hornets coach Bryan Shields. "We rebounded hard which is what we knew we needed to do. Newburyport is a really well coached team. They go to the glass well, they rebound well, and I thought that we did well keeping them off the glass."
Nesbit led the Hornets with 19 points on four three-pointers, Liam Aldrich chipped in 10.
The Clippers clearly missed the presence of stand-out senior point guard Colby Morris, who is out on a five-game MIAA violation suspension, but L'Italien was adamant that his team's problems were not just the lack of one man.
"We strung together too many mistakes," said L'Italien. "Four or five times over the course of the game, and you can't do that against a team like that, that can score. But we played hard. We're getting a little bit better, and we measure success by being better, game after game. We held them to 54 points and that's a pretty good job against a team that has been in the 70s. We're pleased with the 54, we're not happy with the little mistakes on offense. That's the thing that we need to work on. We'll battle our way out of it."
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Walker met with John Doe prosecutors in spring
Gov. Scott Walker and his attorneys met with Milwaukee prosecutors behind closed doors about six months ago to discuss the long-running John Doe investigation of Walker's current and former aides.
Prosecutors are just now disclosing the top-secret meeting - amid signs the Milwaukee County phase of the probe is winding down.
Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf told Journal Sentinel reporter Steve Schultze that the sit-down had taken place but provided no additional details, such as who attended, when it occurred, what was discussed and how it went.
Walker had previously said he was willing to meet with prosecutors in the probe.
"He gave a statement to us in connection with the investigation," said Landgraf, who has helped lead the John Doe probe. "It was a voluntary statement."
Sources have told No Quarter that the two sides got together in Milwaukee during April or early May in an all-day session that often proved contentious. Even prosecutors disagreed so vigorously with one another, two sources said, that the meeting created a rift within the Milwaukee County district attorney's office that lasted for weeks.
Walker's session with prosecutors was divided in two, according to sources, with part of it dealing with issues related to the county and the rest to campaign matters. Walker was Milwaukee County executive from 2002 to 2010.
"The governor cooperated, just as he said he has cooperated in the investigation," Landgraf said.
The veteran prosecutor said he was releasing this information now to explain why he had released Walker from his subpoena to testify at the trial for former Walker aide Kelly Rindfleisch.
Rindfleish, who was deputy chief of staff for Walker in 2010, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one felony count of misconduct in public office for campaigning on county time.
Also convicted as a result of the John Doe probe were former Walker aide Darlene Wink, who pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for doing campaign work at her county job, and railroad executive William Gardner, who was convicted of two felonies for funneling campaign donations to Walker and others through Gardner's employees.
Walker appointee Kevin Kavanaugh became the fourth Walker ally convicted in the John Doe probe earlier this month. A jury found Kavanaugh guilty of stealing more than $50,000 raised for a Walker-hosted veterans picnic.
Tim Russell, Walker's former chief of staff at the county, is set to go to trial in December on three felony counts of embezzlement.
Reached last week, Walker acknowledged the meeting with prosecutors earlier this year.
"I said all along that we'd cooperate with them," Walker said earlier this month. "We followed their lead on that."
But Walker declined to discuss specifics of the meeting, including when the two sides got together.
Asked if the sitdown occurred before or after the June 5 recall election, the Wauwatosa Republican said, "I don't remember the exact date."
Walker declined to answer when asked if he thought the John Doe probe, which has been running for more than 29 months, should be shut down. He said he trusted District Attorney John Chisholm to follow the facts in the case.
The governor did emphasize again that he does not believe he is a target in the investigation, pointing to a statement Landgraf made earlier this month to the media: "This case was never about Gov. Scott Walker. It was always about Kelly Rindfleisch."
"He's the one who pointed out - actually, a couple of times last week - that it wasn't about us, which is exactly what I've said," Walker said.
Two sources described that spring meeting between Walker and prosecutors as something of a cat-and-mouse game, with the two sides debating the meaning of various facts and whether they constituted criminal offenses.
Walker's defense fund has paid $145,500 to his criminal defense team this year, though nothing was paid out to them since the recall election.
In addition, Walker's campaign has paid Michael Best & Friedrich a little more than $191,300 for "compliance" issues. The campaign hired the firm after prosecutors subpoenaed campaign emails in November 2010.
Insiders say there has been little activity by John Doe investigators in Milwaukee County since the recall race, which Walker won over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
"This thing is as dead as a doornail," suggested one official familiar with the Milwaukee County phase of the investigation.
Other sources said Chisholm's office has not been in contact with most of the key Walker witnesses in about four months.
Last month, Landgraf traveled to Madison in part to prep witnesses who might have potentially testified in the Rindfleisch trial but who ultimately did not have to do so because of the plea agreement.
State Government Accountability Board spokesman Reid Magney told Journal Sentinel reporter Jason Stein that on Sept. 21, Landgraf arrived unannounced at the board's offices and spoke to a staffer. Magney said he was not able to give other details about the visit.
Sources also say that authorities in Dane County are holding evidence in connection with the John Doe. It is not clear whether the material being held had produced anything of value to prosecutors, however.
The Milwaukee County district attorney's office has been in contact with several individuals and groups that made open records requests to the Walker administration either at the state level or in Milwaukee County during the time Walker served as county executive.
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Boy J-S and Bice just won't let go of this witch hunt. Keep turning over rocks, you lefties aren't going to find anything (much to your disappointment). I know you all long for the days of the ethically challenged Jim Doyle.Hide replies
"This thing is as dead as a doornail," That makes many people very sad......But alas they still have Dane County to count on. Maybe.
... and I can't think of any reason at all why "one official familiar with the Milwaukee County phase of the investigation" might anonymously want us to think the investigation is 'dead'.
give it up Robert..he's clean...deal with it...get therapy if you need to.
Not clean, but slick. Teflon Walker.
The union president prosecutor that got Walker, won back union bargaining rights would of been a superstar. Riding in on a white horse he would of achieved what the unions and even teamsters couldn't. The TV show, book deal and endless media interviews waiting is a motive.
Take my picture Hollywood.
The issue of wrong and right, justice and truth would not have been the priority. We will never know how much was filtered or who was guilty or not.
Walker initiated the probe, it makes sense that he's talking to them and providing information to ensure a proper investigation.
Now, let's stop the nonsense that is spewing in Walker's direction on all this, please.
Move on people, there's nothing to see here.
This tells me that Walker is pretty incompetent to not know what was going on in his own office. It did say the Milwaukee County phase is over which tells me the investigation hasn't concluded overall.Hide replies
You are really a fanatic MV. Get a life, please!!
No, just analyzing what's being reported. If a democrat hired three criminals and had an illegal network in his office, had a legal defense fund and claimed they had no idea of the illegal actions around him, you'd claim they were unfit for office.
That's the difference between me and you, I see wrong as wrong. You see wrong as wrong unless it's a republican.
One thing that continues to trouble me is that not only did Walker hire three criminals, but they were some of his top staffers. Warning: Walker need not apply for any HR jobs.
"You are really a fanatic." -Pot (to kettle), 2012.
Hope springs eternal in the heart of those suffering from Walker derangement Syndrome!
This tells me milwaukeevoter is a cheap, lying, no good, rotten, far flushing, snake licking, dirt eating, inbreed, overstuffed, ignorant, blood sucking, dog kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat assed, bug eyed, stiff legged, spotty lipped, worm headed, sack of monkey shat he is!!! Halleluah!! Holy shat!! Where's the Tylenol??"
they got zip..nada..nothing. wow, what's next. what a joke. I hope many are fired in that joke of a d.a.'s office. patheticHide replies
How in the world do you count 4 convictions and a jury trial as "they got zip..nada.. nothing" That seems pretty substantial to me!
"Cat and Mouse" folks. That's all I need to know. They're coming for ya, Walker.Hide replies
Dream on!
Not quite 'dead as a doornail' or the private emails would be released to the many pending Open Records Requests. Heard a rumor that things will progress in DecemberHide replies
lol. let it go, you'll be much happier.
bffk1234: Walker would be happier too.
keep putting the thumbs down, danny boy. you seem to have nothing else to harp about
For something that is "dead as a doornail", it sure cost a lot of money!
Wow. He met in spring and co-operated.
Here we are 6 months later and Democrat Danny is just getting of whiff of this? Pretty sad when every "secret" about this dog and pony show was leaked...especially right before the recall election...Hide replies
rad, do you see Walker out there campaigning for Rmoney?
John, who is Rmoney? Is that a rapper that voted for Odumbo?
you are running your mouth off subject as usual again Johnny-boy...but...as a matter of fact...he was just in Iowa last week to campain for Mitt..
@rad, funny how you are proud of Walker NOT being in Wisconsin, again, to campaign. Doesn't he have a job he should be doing???
rad, he was raising money for the Heritage Foundation. http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/10/11/controversial-wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-to-speak-in-iowa-oct-26/
Tickets were $75/person.
Is he going to be with Rubio in Waukesha?
@John, I think he is going to be in Indiana for a $1000/person luncheon.
You mean like your boy Obama who scampers off to a Vegas fund raiser while our embassy in Libya is under attack??
Danny-boy, why the heck would they tell you the specifics of a "secret" investigation? Keep up the craptacular hit jobs on republicans.


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---- — Traverse City commissioners are right to support installing video cameras in city police cars, pushing the city into the mainstream of modern policing and taking a big step toward protecting police officers and the public alike.
Some commissioners had balked at a proposal to add video cameras to 10 city patrol cars when it appeared it would cost the city $40,000. When that price came down to $20,000, Mayor Michael Estes dropped his earlier opposition; three other commissioners voiced support.
The city has had video cameras in seven patrol cars since about 2004, but only two of the cameras are functional today because their software is incompatible with in-car computers.
The new push makes great sense and offers real protections to both officers and individuals who get pulled over or come into contact with police arriving on the scene of a fight or other altercation.
Patrol car videos have been crucial to resolving he said/he said disputes about what transpired in a traffic stop or some other contact between civilians and police. Many an officer has been cleared of claimed wrongdoing by an in-car video and cameras have offered proof of assaults on police or victims.
But in-car cameras also offer protection to citizens from assaults or bullying by police officers who know their actions are being videotaped. Cameras can also provide proof of what really went on during a traffic stop or any contact between officers and individuals within the range of the camera or its microphones.
Without a camera to provide an unbiased account of a traffic stop, it is usually an individual's word against a police officer's that determines if someone is charged or ticketed. And like it or not, prosecutors and jurors often have a predisposition to believe a police officer's interpretation of events over that of someone accused of a crime.
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Joel Staniszewski noted earlier today that betting trends for playoff teams are going to be sparkly. The games are tougher to dissect.
But he correctly speculated the Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers would cover their spreads today.
Staniszewski, oddsmaker for Cantor Gaming in Las Vegas, has been delivering his betting insight for Buffalo Bills games all season and is continuing his analysis for the playoffs.
Here are his thoughts on Sunday's games.
Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens
Spread: Ravens minus-7
Total: 47 points
- • Baltimore is 5-1 against the spread in its past six wild-card games.
- • Indianapolis is 5-1 against the spread in its past six games.
- • Indianapolis is 8-2 against the spread in its past 10 games versus the AFC.
- • Indianapolis is 8-0 against the spread the past eight meetings with the Ravens, but that's with Peyton Manning at quarterback.
Staniszewski's take: "The thought about the Ravens is the same as the Houston Texans. They started off strong and played some solid games, but the games you remember are the games they've played poorly. The public loves the Colts' underdog story, the feel-good story of the coach, the No. 1 overall draft pick taking the last-place team to the playoffs. But Cinderella gets you only so far. This is Baltimore at home in the playoffs."
Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins
Spread: Seahawks minus-2.5
Total: 46 points
- • Home team is 4-1-1 against the spread in the past six meetings.
- • Seattle is 4-0 against the spread in its past five games in a spread loss.
- • Seattle is 6-0 against the spread against teams with a winning record.
- • Washington is 4-0 against the spread in its past four home games.
- • Washington is 5-0 against the spread versus teams with a winning record.
Staniszewski's take: "This game, when we first looked at, was a pick game. Maybe the Seahawks were a slight favorite on the money line. This is a tough one to gauge. You're looking rookie quarterback against rookie quarterback in a big game. Seattle can run the ball well with Marshawn Lynch, and Washington can run the ball with Alfred Morris."
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Boise real estate agent Jill Giese says it's a struggle for agents to show houses to engineers, programmers and other number crunchers. Analytical people seem to speak in numbers and graphs and can be hard to read.
But Giese said she's learned to speak their language. She arrives at showings for engineers armed with enough data to lull most shoppers to sleep. She avoids a standard question - how do you feel about this house? - because it doesn't compute with the left-brained buyer.
"When most of us have a gut feeling about something, it's a good thing," Giese said. "When an engineer or analytical person gets that gut feeling, alarm bells go off: 'Warning! About to make an emotional decision! Must have data to back up decision!' "
Of course, Giese isn't the first salesperson to try to get inside a customer's head. Sales pros have doubled as amateur shrinks since the dawn of time. But modern salesmanship has more research at its disposal than ever before, said Konya Weber, a marketing professor at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa. Research indicates successful salesmanship today requires adjusting to customers and not the other way around.
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Creating rapport makes customers comfortable, Crowley said. Customers don't buy cars if they feel the salesperson is pushy or trying to upsell them on a more expensive car.
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A customer's emotional response should matter more to a salesperson than whether he or she closed the short-term sale, Weber said. The rise of Internet reviews and an increased intolerance among consumers hold businesses more accountable than in the past for aggressive sales tactics. Weber said happy customers are likely to return, even if they don't buy. She said research indicates happy customers tell between three and six people about a positive sales experience. Unhappy customers tell between 10 and 13.
"You may even have to direct them to your competitor," Weber said. "It sounds counterintuitive. But if they feel you are honest, they'll still recommend you to friends. ... "
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Love said customers are also annoyed by irrelevant product demonstrations, a practice he said is common in some stores but rare in his shops: "We don't want to give the impression they have to hurry up and learn everything they can possibly do with a computer."
Ultimately, power lies with the customer to call out pushy salespeople or demand to negotiate with someone else, Crowley said. Dealing with salespeople in his personal life reminds him to exercise that power himself.
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