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THis is the first book of James Grippandos that I have read. I found his writing very exciting. The story is action packed. I was amazed at the complexity of kidnapping and how easy it was to double cross many times during such a ransom transaction
very suspenseful story of a kidnapping in Columbia - similar to Proof of Life movie.
Fresh out of law school, Nick Rey lands a job with a prestigious Miami law firm, and he's at the top of his game. But a dark cloud of misfortune is moving in - his fiancee breaks off their engagement, and his father Matthew is kidnapped while tending to his fishing boat business in Columbia. Demanding three million dollars, the guerrilla captors can be dealt with easily enough. The real threat comes from men in suits - the lawyers, the insurance company, and the FBI.
A book that follows the kidnap and release of a father and the son who is doing everything he can to get his father home. The story takes a good look at the harshness of the kidnap trade, but also weaves an interesting action plot through the story. The plot was overwhelming at times, slow at others, but in the end a good book.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0061097845, Mass Market Paperback)Miami attorney Nick Rey was perturbed by his fiancée's ocean-side pronouncement that in the future her title should be preceded by "ex-". So perturbed that he barely noticed when, seconds later, a sharp-shooting seagull dropped him another plate of the same. Odd to think that he'd shortly look back on it all as, well, a day at the beach.
Then again, having one's father kidnapped and held for ransom by Columbian revolutionaries will alter one's perspective, as will hearing that the FBI's declined to pursue the matter as they suspect the kidnappee, Matthew Rey, is not a commercial fisherman at all, but a drug smuggler. The state department, citing official policy against paying kidnappers, won't intercede and, oh yes, the insurance company that sold dad his $3,000,000 kidnap-and-ransom policy won't pay up because they think he's as much in cahoots as he is in Cartagena. Nick's sister, Lindsey, who's probably in South America, hasn't been heard from in a month, and his mother's pregnant.
And that's just the starting block as Nick and the beautiful insurance investigator, Alex Cabrera (also a former revolutionary), run waist-deep into pan-American treachery and deceit--and nifty plot twists and surprises--much of it supplied by Nick's own law firm, Coolidge, Harding and Cash.
Throughout A King's Ransom, author and Miami attorney James Grippando deftly balances first-person (Nick's) and third-person (Matthew's) narrative with true-to-life dialogue and characters drawn as well or better than most. It's fast, it's gripping, and it's getting to be a habit with him. Grippando bolted from the starting gate (and, presumably, the courtroom) with 1994's breath-holder The Pardon; if his sixth book in eight years is any indication, he'll neither slow down nor reenter the courtroom for some time to come. --Michael Hudson
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What Is The Value Of Agile In Your Organization?
Posted by Tom Grant on November 8, 2011
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From: Forrester Analysts Tom Grant and Diego Lo Giudice
To: App dev and delivery practitioners, especially ones with Agile experience
Re: It's time for us to take another look at the value adoption, and we're inviting you to join our survey
Starting around 2009, Agile moved into the mainstream of software development methodologies with startling speed. Today, Forrester's data shows approximately 38% of developers have adopted Agile across a wide range of industries. The demand for Agile is so great that it has broken through many potential barriers, including ones such as compliance. As year-to-year growth of Agile adoption continues, it's clear that a lot of teams are seeing a lot of value in Agile. But what kind of value? In some of our earlier surveys about Agile, it was clear that velocity was only one of several perceived benefits.
For example, Scrum is far and away the most widely adopted flavor of Agile. Scrum focuses on how teams organize themselves and how they organize their work. For teams that have struggled to make accurate estimates or adapt to changes to the backlog, the attraction of Scrum isn't just velocity.
The mixing of Scrum with other methodologies is a sign that development teams measure the benefits of Agile across a variety of dimensions. For example, the increasing popularity of Kanban, often as a mechanism for collaborating with people outside the development team, shows how teams are looking at "Agile plus something" as a path to improved combination and that magical experience of "flow" we read about so much recently.
This deeper look into value is the next step in our research about Agile. What do teams want from Agile? How many of these benefits are universal, and which depend a great deal on team size, offshoring, type of project, and other factors?
We plan on using the results to help app dev teams better explain the potential value of Agile to stakeholders outside their team. Executives need to know that "ship code faster" is not the only measure of Agile success. Business users need to understand that they have an active part to play in the success of Agile, measured as delivering more successfully the software they want. As metrics are all the rage these days, organizations need to apply the right ones to identify the real value of Agile.
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Comment from Matt Klassen on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 19:26
This was a very good survey and much of this applies broadly across industries. That being said, we have a large number of customers that live in the historically hardware centric world of product manufacturing and are struggling with how Agile fits in. Software is becoming the tail that wags the dog in many organizations and so Agile practices for manufacturing organizations is a very hot topic that would be great for Forrester to cover in greater detail. One of my colleagues wrote a recent blog post on Agile and SPL that is an interesting facet of this area (http://ptc-integrity.blogspot.com/2011/10/spl-and-agile.html). Thanks.
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Comment from Ben Linders (not verified) on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 04:11
Good to see this survey, and the focus it has on making the business value of agile visible. I've heard many organization that have realized benefits using agile, though the actual benefits (shorter lead time, higher quality, better internal/external co-operation) differ. It would be great to get more insight in this - looking forward to see the survey results.
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Comment from Per Jacobsen (not verified) on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 10:36
The survey is great, but I found it lacking a dimension related to the hybrid nature of IT shops. Clearly IT shops will for an extended period run a mix of project approaches (for instance agile and traditional projects) How is this going to play out? Will IT shops deploy hybrid project management tools or multiple tools to support it? I would have liked to see this dimension surveyed and discussed.
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Panasonic regularly graces the top of our Recommended list for premium camcorders, but its budget models haven't been quite so all conquering. They're good, but not usually priced as keenly as their competitors. The Panasonic HC-V500 arrives with a street price somewhere between £250 and £300, which on the face of it puts this model in the same category as predecessors. But this time it does have a few features that justify that extra cost and place it ahead of budget devices costing around £200.
The base specification is not particularly exciting. There's a small 1/5.8in CMOS with just 1.5Mpixels - not enough to match the resolution of the Full HD format it shoots. However, this is what Panasonic calls a High Sensitivity sensor, which essentially means it's a back-side illuminated CMOS, providing potential benefits when shooting in low light.
Footage can be grabbed at up to 1080p (Full HD with 50 progressive frames per second) with a bitrate of 28Mbits/sec, and there's a discrete button to enable this mode. Unlike the previous generation, the 50p mode doesn't switch to MP4 but still records an AVCHD MTS file. However, strangely the top non-50p recording mode runs at just 17Mbits/sec, not the 24Mbits/sec possible from the AVCHD format. Footage is recorded to SD memory card, with around 1.25 hours of footage fitting on a 16GB at the top 28Mbits/sec data rate.
However, where the V500 does place itself a cut above the budget level is in image stabilisation. Most camcorders costing around the £250 mark or less will rely on an electronic form of image stabilisation. But Panasonic has endowed the V500 with its latest Hybrid OIS system, which compensates for roll as well as movement in the X and Y axis. In Panasonic's higher-end camcorders, this is the most effective image stabilisation system currently on the market, and it's equally good in the V500.
The zoom factor is pretty commendable, too. The lens itself provides a 38x factor, but this translates to a 42x optical zoom. Panasonic has also enabled an iZoom, which boosts the factor to 50x. This presumably crops into the sensor slightly as with similar provisions elsewhere, rather than magnifying the image electronically as with digital zooms. However, this technique works best when the sensor has surplus pixels, and the V500's CMOS already lacks the native resolution for Full HD. So we're not convinced the iZoom is such a useful feature here, and the real 42x optical zoom is already sufficient on its own.
As this is a budget camcorder, it's no surprise that the V500 lacks enthusiast features like an accessory shoe or minijacks for headphones or an external microphone. There are also only discrete buttons for a few major options, like switching to manual from Intelligent Auto, enabling the image stabilisation system, and choosing the 1080/50p recording setting. But it does have more user-configurable settings than you would expect within the touch-screen menu. Even in Intelligent Auto (iA) mode, there's a full range of scene modes available, including all the usual suspects, although iA does a decent job of detecting conditions and selecting scene modes automatically.
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I have a canon ixus 230is that shoots hd video.
I am curious is there any benefit to having a dedicated video camera like this over using the video function in a stills camera?
I've been wanting to know this for a while now. TR folks, please opine !
Very much so, yes. Dedicated camcorders such as this one offer vastly greater optical zoom ranges (the key thing really), optical image stabilisation, easier handling for video shooting, smooth zooming, better audio recording. If you're doing anything more than just a few short clips, they're infinitely easier to use. That said, if you go to the really low end - the sort of cheaper camcorders referred to in this review - then the lack of manual controls and optical stabilisation and lower image quality may mean that for many casual users it's not worth the outlay (though you'll still get a much larger zoom range).
Thanks for that Ed. I feel better purchasing my Panasonic SD60 back in 2010 after reading this review http://www.trustedreviews.c... just before my purchase
One thing I am interested in knowing is that in the Panasonic FHD (Full High Definition = 1920x1080) lineup this camera is in the odd situation of having insufficient pixels to support 1080p. My understanding is that for 1080i you are supplying half the lines in each frame so only need 0.5 of FHD = 1.05 megapixels approx. Given this camera boasts FHD @ 1080p it would seem to have insufficient motion pixels for this. It needs 2.1 megapixels but really has 1.3 - 1.12 megapixels. Is this therefore FHD ? It would seem not to me.
The review above in relation to the camera FHD capabilities appears to skirt around the issue of whether it is really FHD. The mention that the sensor has high sensitivity is really a separate matter to the native resolution and support for FHD.
I just bought this camera to replace a larger network quality camera and I was SURPRISED with the picture quality.Simply amazing.I bumped it to 1080p right out of the box and definitely will be enjoying this camera for all my video needs.The stabilization of the picture is worth it alone.Take video while walking or running and it's smoooooth as silk.The 1080p HD videos from this camera are shown in 1080p on my 55 inch Samsung flat screen so defects will show at that size,but there are few,if any.This camera is priced too low for what you get and if you are smart you will grab one before they are gone.You can argue specs but it all comes down to the actual picture when viewed by the naked eye. Panasonic has hit a home run with this one.
Im just contemplating trading in my HV40 for this or similar hoping that time will have made image quality better or at least equal. Whats your take
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Although I've mentioned my black Lab mix Shadow before, I diverge from many large animal vets in that I do not bring my dog on farm calls with me. Shadow is, in human terms, an introvert and, in canine behavioral terms, fear aggressive. As such, she sometimes does not play well with others.
To illustrate this point, I'll relate the one and only time Shadow accompanied me on a call.
Late on a Saturday night a few springs ago, I went to see a Standardbred foal with a fever that just would not break despite medication and TLC already given by the owner. Feeling sorry for myself driving alone in the truck on a moonless Saturday night, I invited Shadow to come along, much to her surprise and delight.
After cautiously climbing into the cab, Shadow sat in the passenger's seat, snout out the window in the breeze. Everything was going great until we arrived at the farm.
Let me interject just for a moment to elaborate on Shadow's temperament. Shadow does not like strangers, strange environments, strange noises, strange smells, or any strange feelings she may get from any of the above. Given that she was about to encounter a strange one of everything at this appointment, I recognize now that I wasn't thinking clearly when I invited her in the first place.
As soon as I pulled up to the barn, the owner came out to greet me. At the sight of a stranger approaching the truck in the dark, Shadow exploded with a barrage of barks, snarls, and growls. As I closed the automatic window on the passenger side, I almost caught her nose. Then, as the owner came around to the driver's side to avoid the snarling creature, Shadow decided to release her anal glands. In my truck. With me in it. With the windows closed.
Let me interject once more to explain canine anal glands for those unfamiliar. For some annoying evolutionary reason, dogs have glands located at their rear end. These glands contain a vile, horrible, brown liquid that smells so bad, it's indescribable. Saying it smells like rotten fish covered in skunk is being conservative at best, but it at least gives you some idea of how dismayed I was to be in a closed vehicle at the time of anal gland ejection. Dogs sometimes express their anal glands when they are scared. Shadow has been known to do so at numerous scary points in her life, such as when my best friend comes to visit the house, the vacuum cleaner is running, or the pizza delivery person comes to the door — all very scary times, indeed.
I quickly found myself in the middle of a stink bomb of monumental proportions and leaped from the truck as fast as I could, coughing, sputtering, and seething. NEVER, I promised myself, would Shadow be invited for a ride-along again. EVER. However, the rest of the visit went without a hitch and the foal's temperature was soon brought under control with IV fluids, antibiotics, and pain medication. Then Shadow and I were on our way back home.
I am a bit jealous of farm vets who own a dog that is actually reasonable during appointments, but I've seen plenty of calls that go wrong in spite of a reasonable canine companion. For example, the vet dog that wanders off to roll in fresh cow manure, or the vet dog that chases the client's horse, or the vet dog that gets in a fight with the client's dog, or the vet dog that almost gets left behind and at the last minute leaps into the truck … and reeks of skunk.
All of these situations arise from a dog, well, just being a dog, and it makes me wonder if really, shouldn't these dogs just be left at the office? I'm sure not every client is ecstatic about a random canine wandering their farm, especially if there are young lambs, goat kids, or crias around. But on the other hand, the hours on the road can be long for a farm vet and if small animal clinics can have an "office cat," well then why can't I have my "truck dog"?
For now, at least, this debate is a moot point. Shadow is no longer invited on any calls with me. Let's just say it took a really long time to get the smell out of my truck.
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I've seen some pretty fast PCs pass through the TrustedReviews lab, but this system from Alienware is, without a doubt, the fastest machine ever to grace the pages of this publication. Anyone who knows Alienware will be aware that it has built its reputation on creating fast, beautifully built and downright desirable computers, and the Aurora 7500 continues that tradition.
It comes as no surprise that I'm reviewing this machine today, because at about 5am this morning AMD launched the Athlon 64 FX-60 - the fastest chip in its lineup - and that's exactly what's sitting inside the Aurora 7500. The FX-60 is, to all intents and purposes, two FX-55 chips in one package. So, what you have is two unlocked Athlon 64 cores running at 2.6GHz - a pretty formidable power source by anyone's standards. Our own review of the FX-60 shows it to be a welcome successor to the FX-57, which although clocked faster, was only a single core chip.
Alienware has made sure that the FX-60 has been surrounded by equally high-end components. The chip is sitting in an Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe motherboard, complete with twin x16 PCI Express slots. This is a great motherboard and one that we liked when it was reviewed back in November. The chipset is cooled passively thanks to some good looking heatpipe equipped coolers - this helps keep overall system noise down to a minimum.
The Asus motherboard is stacked to the gills with features, including an external SATA port for high-speed external storage. There's integrated 7.1-channel sound complete with optical digital output, but Alienware hasn't made use of this, instead fitting a Creative X-Fi soundcard. It's definitely good to see an X-Fi card in a gaming system, allowing the user to take advantage of the latest environmental audio effects. The list of games with native X-Fi support is growing, with A-list titles like Battlefield 2 and F.E.A.R. taking advantage of Creative's new baby.
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* U.S. leads Canada 3-0 in winner-takes-all tax game
* Arbitration rulings are confidential
* Companies welcome the certainty of arbitration
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WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The United States is undefeated in the nearly two years since it began settling corporate tax disputes with Canada through a winner-takes-all process popularly known as baseball arbitration.
Tax lawyers and accountants in both countries said the U.S. Internal Revenue Service had won three of the binding decisions and Canada none. They said the IRS had collected a significant sum of money, possibly in excess of $100 million.
Launched in December 2010, the arbitrations follow the rules for resolving salary disputes between Major League Baseball players and their teams. In the tax game, however, the companies forced to pay and the payments remain confidential.
The United States has had similar agreements with France since 2004 and Belgium and Germany from 2006, but no cases involving them have gone to baseball arbitration, the tax experts said. Continued...


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Keith Hunter Jesperson Canadian serial killer dubbed the "Happy Face Killer" since he would sign many of his letters to the media and prosecutors with a happy face. One page handwritten letter dated 18 August, 2012. Hand signed, "All my best, Keith". Includes the original prison issued mailing envelope postmarked August 20, 2012 and hand signed, "Keith Jesperson".


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Muhammad Ali's 'Fight of the Century' gloves sell for nearly $400,000
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DALLAS (Reuters) - The gloves that boxing great Muhammad Ali wore in his legendary 1971 fight against Joe Frazier in what became known as the Fight of the Century sold at auction on Thursday for almost $400,000.
An anonymous bidder bought the gloves for $388,375 at the auction run by Texas-based Heritage Auctions at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. Heritage previously auctioned a set of gloves Ali wore to claim his first World Championship in 1964 for $836,500.
The Fight of the Century, in New York's Madison Square Garden, was the first of three fights between Ali and Frazier during the 1970s.
In 1971, Frazier officially held the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World. Ali had been stripped of the title he had held since the 1964 bout against Sonny Liston because of his refusal to participate in the Vietnam War-era draft.
The March 8 fight against Frazier was Ali's second after returning to the ring following a 3-1/2 year absence. Ali's conviction had just been overturned earlier in 1971 by the U.S. Supreme Court and his boxing license was reinstated.
"It was a controversial fight at a controversial time in America and the bout took on distinctly political and cultural overtones," Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions for Heritage, said in a statement.
Frazier and Ali were each guaranteed $2.5 million, a record purse for the time.
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An American stockbroker penned a note confessing to a multibillion dollar fraud and setting out in detail how he carefully faked bank statements every month for 20 years, then ran a hose from the exhaust of his car and tried to kill himself.
But Russell Wasendorf's suicide bid failed, and last night the Iowa-based financier found himself facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison.
The suicide note was the centrepiece of an FBI charge sheet against Mr Wasendorf, in which he is accused of embezzling at least $100m from thousands of clients of his firm, Peregrine Financial.
Regulators, who moved in to shut the firm after the 64-year-old was airlifted to hospital on Monday, said that an account which purported to contain $220m in customer funds contained only $5m.
"I have committed fraud. For this I feel constant and intense guilt." Mr Wasendorf wrote in the note, copies of which he left in his car and for his son.
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Play Hard - Getting involved in activities that are stimulating. Join a sports team, take an adventurous holiday, or take up jogging together. The key to playing hard to improve a relationship is doing something together, and making it all about increasing the adrenaline. Studies by Midwestern University have shown that adrenaline has a direct correlation to attraction, arousal, and emotional bonding.
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Take advantage of the Code First data modeling approach in ADO.NET Entity Framework, and learn how to build and configure a model based on existing classes in your business domain. With this concise book, you'll work hands-on with examples to learn how Code First can create an in-memory model and database by default, and how you can exert more control over the model through further configuration.
Code First provides an alternative to the database first and model first approaches to the Entity Data Model. Learn the benefits of defining your model with code, whether you're working with an existing database or building one from scratch. If you work with Visual Studio and understand database management basics, this book is for you.
This book is a continuation of author Julia Lerman's Programming Entity Framework, widely recognized as the leading book on the topic.
Julia Lerman is the leading independent authority on the Entity Framework and has been using and teaching the technology since its inception in 2006. She is well known in the .NET community as a Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, and INETA Speaker. Julia is a frequent presenter at technical conferences around the world and writes articles for many well-known technical publications including the Data Points column in MSDN Magazine. Julia lives in Vermont with her husband, Rich, and gigantic dog, Sampson, where she runs the Vermont.NET User Group. You can read her blog at www.thedatafarm.com/blog and follow her on Twitter at julielerman.
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I have worked with Entity Framework 4 a little, mostly on side projects and working through various tutorials on the web, but they typically don't get to the deep dive level. Julie Lerman's book does just that. After reading this book and working through some of the examples, I feel comfortable enough with Entity Framework 4 to use it on a production project.I was especially pleased to learn more about customizing the database that Entity Framework creates (location, name, etc.) and seeding the datatbase with data.I have the Kindle edition of the book, but I've seen the print edition and it almost doesn't seem big enough for all the content it contains. I found it a great read from cover to cover (so to speak), and it will also serve as a great reference in the future for some of the more complex topics.
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Alpina Foods Buys More Land In Genesee County
Batavia N.Y-Alpina Foods has confirmed its intent to purchase 10 acres next to its new plant in Batavia.
@The acquisition at the Genesee Valey Agri-Business Park doubles the company's footprint. It comes only nine months after the openingof its 40,000-square-foot facility specializing in Greek yogurt production.
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Michael Card looks at the laments of Job and how they represent worship. An excerpt:
We must never lose sight of the fact that all these laments flow from that first faithful response in Job 1:20, "then he fell to the ground in worship." They are all connected to that initial act of worship by the threads of lament that weave together the fabric of the entire book. Job stubbornly insists on maintaining the dialogue with the God who, for a while longer, remains infuriatingly silent. He continues to offer up to Him all his suffering, his suicidal groanings, his confusion and hurt, even his own deep disappointment with God. He has come to the desperate understanding that there is no other place to take them but to God. They are the only offering he has left. He cannot lose now because he has nothing left to lose. Despite his heartbroken and heartbreaking accusations against God—that He no longer sees or cares—Job sees with a crystal clarity provided by suffering that he simply has no place else to go.
Today we would ask Job to leave all these negative emotions at the church door. They are not appropriate to, nor do they fit inside the narrow confines of our definition of, worship. And so, likewise, those of us who have nothing else to offer but our brokenness find the door effectively closed in our faces. It cost Job everything to teach us this lesson. It is time we learned it.
Worship is not only about good feelings, joy, and prosperity. If this were true, then according to this modern American understanding of worship, the poor have nothing to say, nothing of value to bring to God. While Jesus would pronounce a blessing on those who mourn, we in modern congregations often pronounce a curse. Those who "labor and are heavy laden" can find no place in our comfortable churches to lay their burdens. We reason, "Who could possibly conceive of a God who would want to receive such worthless, empty offerings?"
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USA Announces 2012-13 Programming Slate
USA Network is building on its consistent track record of hits and expanding its original programming slate with the development of several high-profile comedies. The new projects will join the network's latest acquired series - the award-winning and top-rated MODERN FAMILY - when it beings airing next year. The new slate features some of television and film's most sought after comedic talent, including Kelsey Grammer, Mark Gordon, Denis Leary and Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun. The announcement came today from USA co-presidents Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel.
"The comedy genre has re-emerged as a top choice for television audiences, and we anticipate our latest projects coupled with MODERN FAMILY will ignite excitement with our viewers," said McCumber and Wachtel. "Our track record of provocative storytelling from marquee talent has made USA a top entertainment brand for consumers and a great investment for brands looking to reach them."
"USA is the perfect home for MODERN FAMILY," said Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer. "We are proud to anchor USA's next generation of comedies when we begin airing next year."
REGULARS, BENCHED, THE DICCIO BROTHERS and START UP will join the previously announced comedy projects in development: PAGING DR. FREED, from Michael Feldman and SIRENS, from Denis Leary.
USA's upcoming half hour comedy slate includes:
REGULARS - A misfit group of customers and employees at a suburban New Jersey bar express their joys, sorrows and observations through karaoke. Executive produced and written by Andrew Leeds & David Lampson. Executive produced by Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein (BermanBraun). From Universal Television.
BENCHED - After losing her boyfriend and her high-powered job as an attorney all on one day, Nina finds that the only job available to her is at the Public Defender's office. She quickly realizes that the system is more screwed up than her own crazy personal life. Written by Michaela Watkins and Damon Jones. Executive produced by Mark Gordon ("Grey's Anatomy," "Criminal Minds") along with the Mark Gordon Company. From ABC Studios.
THE DICICCO BROTHERS - From comedy icon Kelsey Grammer and writer Ed Cannistraci comes the story of a promising dot-com entrepreneur who moves to the very politically correct culture of Silicon Valley with dreams of making it big. His dreams may unravel though when his colorful, blunt, and unrefined extended family arrives to "offer their support." Story by Ed Cannistraci & Chris Cannistraci and teleplay by Ed Cannistraci ("Pierre Pierre"). Executive produced by Kelsey Grammer ("Medium," "Girlfriends," "The Game"), Brian Sher and Stella Stolper, with Grammnet Productions. From Universal Cable Productions.
START-UP - Matt and Josh don't want to settle in life, love or in deciding on what job to get out of college. They don't want to be cogs in some big company's machine - they want the new American dream... being their own bosses and creating a start-up. Now all they have to do is land on an idea and hey, what could be so hard about that? Written by Justin Spitzer, ("The Office") and executive produced by Peter Traugott ("Samantha Who?," "Jake In Progress"), comes a comedy about the great lengths this group of friends will go to dream big and cash out. From Universal Television.
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PAGING DR. FREED - From Michael Feldman ("That's So Raven") comes PAGING DR. FREED, a comedy about two gynecologist brothers who inherit their father's thriving medical practice after he suffers a heart attack during an attempt at "playing" doctor with his young secretary. Along with taking over the family business, these brothers also must deal with something else their father left behind - their overbearing, neurotic mother. Trusted and beloved by their patients, these guys are professionals when it comes to women but only from the neck down. From Fox 21.
SIRENS - The distinct comedic point of view of Denis Leary returns to television with SIRENS. Teaming up with the co-creator of "Wedding Crashers," Bob Fisher, Leary's new comedy follows three of Chicago's best EMTs whose sometimes self-loathing, other times narcissistic, and always downright self-destructive personalities make them unqualified for sustaining relationships, friendships and most occupations. They are, however, uniquely qualified for saving anyone unlucky enough to wind up in their ambulance. From Fox Television Studios.
The #1 network in all of basic cable, USA Network is seen in 115 million U.S. homes. USA is a leader in scripted programming with a powerful stable of originals including POLITICAL ANIMALS, SUITS, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, WHITE COLLAR, ROYAL PAINS, BURN NOTICE, PSYCH, COVERT AFFAIRS, COMMON LAW, FAIRLY LEGAL and IN PLAIN SIGHT. The network offers 52 weeks of spectacular live television with WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW and is home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, a broad portfolio of acquired series and entertainment events. A trailblazer in digital innovation and storytelling, USA is defining, driving and setting the industry standard for Social TV. USA is a program service of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal. The award-winning website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.
USA Network is announcing a slate of high-profile drama projects in development, signaling a diversified portfolio with a variety of new characters and themes. The announcement came today from USA Co-Presidents Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel.
On the heels of two successful drama launches last summer with the SAG-nominated SUITS and Golden-Globe nominated NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, USA continues to push the brand forward with provocative new programming, including POLITICAL ANIMALS, the pilot GRACELAND and the development of three new dramas including BANG BANG, RARE, MIND FIELDS, FALLEN, WE COUNTED YOUR KNIVES and the UNTITLED Dick Wolf PROJECT. The slate underscores USA's continued commitment to market leadership. A decade after the network sparked the resurgence of cable storytelling with MONK and THE DEAD ZONE, the network has enjoyed six straight years as the premiere destination for summer programming.
"As USA moves into Upfront week, this new slate reaffirms the network's position as a 'blue chip investment' to the advertising and creative community," said McCumber and Wachtel. "These projects will continue to further the scope of our dramas with the collaboration and passionate input of Hollywood's top talent."
USA's upcoming slate includes:
BANG BANG - - An unlikely partnership is formed when veteran hitman Danny is saved by rival novice hired gun Marco, while executing a target. This dynamic duo pair up to execute contracts, if they don't kill each other first. Based on the French film, "Doom Doom." Writer/executive producer is Tim Schlattmann ("Dexter," "Smallville"). Executive Produced by Pierce Brosnan & Beau St. Clair of Irish DreamTime Productions. From Fox Television Studios.


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Shauna Signorini is the trainer and director of Involve Families, a mental health training and consultancy business. When her daughter experienced severe mental health issues, she wanted to help families with her experience.
She leads professional development courses for professionals who work with kids with mental health issues and leads workshops for parents. She also consults with organizations around trauma, family engagement and mental health.
Previously she worked for Oregon Family Support Network in Training and Outreach. She is the state trainer for NAMI Basics, a 6 week course for caregivers of children with mental health issues and Tier 2 trained in Collaborative Problem Solving through Think:Kids. She was part of an 80 hour Child Trauma Academy interdisciplinary training through the state of Oregon in 2011.
She has trained and worked with diverse families with children with serious emotional, social and behavioral issues across the state of Oregon. Her desire is to see families and those who work with them collaborate for better outcomes


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Your guide to the best nightclubs, live music and concerts in Boston
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Chart-topping smashes, up-and-coming bands—catch 'em all in Boston
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Looking to hit the dance floor tonight? Here's our guide to the best Boston nightclubs.
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Improv, stand-up and belly laughs: You'll find them all with our guide to the best Boston comedy clubs
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When the Roxy's shabby sort of elegance became just plain shabbiness, new ownership took over to revamp the entire interior, renaming the space Royale. The massive room has a grand stage, an elegant marble foyer, cushy seating nooks, a fantastic sound system, a festive light show and more bustier-wearing bartenders than you can shake a glowstick at. There are VIP balconies if you feel like getting away from it all—but Boston clubs rarely reach the size of this place, so why not take the opportunity to get lost? The DJ spins house/dance on weekend nights, while hipper-than-thou promoters Bowery Boston (yes, the Hub's own branch of the much-loved Bowery group in NYC) bring in a diverse range of indie and mainstream rock, pop and hip-hop throughout the week.
Middlesex Lounge
Though the DJs spin the best vintage hip-hop, classic electro and underground dance, and while the clientele has been known to kick off their shoes and fill the floor, Middlesex is still more of a lounge than a full-blown nightclub. The room is filled with little metal benches on wheels that can be artfully arranged to accommodate even the most disorganised of parties, enabling the space to transform to suit laidback hipster hangouts, MIT tech nerd power lunches or downtown hip hop heads that form the sidewalk queue each weekend night.
The Estate
The name has changed, but the song remains the same. The cul-de-sac of clubbery that is Boylston Place is a reliable hot spot on weekends, and the Estate (formerly Mansion) holds its own as the strip's largest space. Hip hop and mashups make up the bulk of the playlist, and the interior boasts lots of leather, fireplaces and balconies.
Good Life
One of several spots that have helped to drag downtown Boston out of late-night wasteland, Good Life caters to many different scenes. On a given night, the DJs may be spinning top-40 hits, underground hip hop, Latin remixes or cutting-edge electro music. Don't like the scene upstairs? Head down to the more intimate subterranean lounge area.


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The university invites applications from qualified international students. International applicants are those who already have, or will be applying for, a temporary U.S. visa such as F-1 and J-1. Applicants who are United States citizens, permanent residents, asylees, or refugees are not considered international. These students should follow application and admission procedures for undergraduates or graduates as described elsewhere in this catalog.
More than 1,000 international students from more than 95 countries study at CU-Boulder. Applications for admission are processed by the Office of Admissions. International students who wish to pursue a full-time program of study at the undergraduate or graduate level should go to the international student website at www.colorado.edu/admissions/undergraduate/international for admission information and online application forms.
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The campus community is continually involved in developing proposals for improving or creating new technology initiatives, accompanied by the purchase of software, computer, and media systems. These activities typically require careful coordination among LITS technology units (Classroom & Customer Support Services, Computer Information Systems, Computing Systems & Desktop Support , Instructional Technology, and Network Operations).
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OEM bushings throughout. I had the H2 spherical bearings on hand, but it turned into a minor fiasco for reasons not worth going into. So I'm still running the OEM LCAs and bushings. From what I've read, the H2 bearings do not add much vibration but really improve steering feel and free up the suspension to do its work.
Nothing special for camber, just new strut bearings. I can ask Tom what alignment specs he used.
Regarding the GC coilover setup: it can always be done after the fact. Right now, I'm really liking the feel of the linear springs. I'll give a full report once we dial in the ride a bit more.
I'll also give a report on the DLI-Teknik mounts. They look amazing--and might be a viable alternative to the Delrin mounts (Beta is in talks to import them as a group buy for probably what I scored mine for from Rdurty2. e.g., less than what the VWR mounts would run).


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Conducting statistical tests of hypotheses : five common misconceptions found in transportation research
Washington, Simon (1999) Conducting statistical tests of hypotheses : five common misconceptions found in transportation research. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1665, pp. 1-6.
Most statistical methods use hypothesis testing. Analysis of variance, regression, discrete choice models, contingency tables, and other analysis methods commonly used in transportation research share hypothesis testing as the means of making inferences about the population of interest. Despite the fact that hypothesis testing has been a cornerstone of empirical research for many years, various aspects of hypothesis tests commonly are incorrectly applied, misinterpreted, and ignored—by novices and expert researchers alike. On initial glance, hypothesis testing appears straightforward: develop the null and alternative hypotheses, compute the test statistic to compare to a standard distribution, estimate the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis, and then make claims about the importance of the finding. This is an oversimplification of the process of hypothesis testing. Hypothesis testing as applied in empirical research is examined here. The reader is assumed to have a basic knowledge of the role of hypothesis testing in various statistical methods. Through the use of an example, the mechanics of hypothesis testing is first reviewed. Then, five precautions surrounding the use and interpretation of hypothesis tests are developed; examples of each are provided to demonstrate how errors are made, and solutions are identified so similar errors can be avoided. Remedies are provided for common errors, and conclusions are drawn on how to use the results of this paper to improve the conduct of empirical research in transportation.
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O2 Sensor thoughts?
Anyone with high-mileage experience on BMWs have any thoughts on change interval for O2 sensors? I'm at about 167K miles now and still on the original sensors. No error codes but, on my E39 before this car, my first warning was when the cats were exhausted (and that car had four cats. I could never pass inspection after that but, compared to the $4000+ to replace them, I could pay a lot of tickets for no inspection sticker...)
I see that our cars have four total (before and after the cat on each side) and they're in the neighborhood of $150 each.
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One Woman's Memory Of Robin Williams:
No surprise that the internet is overflowing with tributes to Robin Williams today.
Here's one that caught my eye. Redditor ContestLoser posted this with the caption, "I've always respected him not only for his amazing comedy, but for coming to visit us troops in Baghdad, Iraq during the height of the war. Getting mortared every night didn't stop him from being the funny S.O.B. that he was."
Check out the comments HERE. I like this one: why is Robin Williams dead and Dane Cook still alive?
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BASEBALL: Lone Oak Youth Baseball Softball Association will be holding its final registration for the Fall Ball Season on July 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Boardroom in the Ballpark. Details on the season can be obtained from www.loybsa.org.
GOLF: Metropolis Country Club will be hosting the Metropolis Invitational Men's Golf Tournament on July 26-27. Entry forms are available from the club website (www.metropoliscountryclub.net/Events.php) or by contacting the club at 618-524-4414.
SOFTBALL: The Paducah Lady Storm softball team will hold tryouts for its 12-under team on July 26, at Stuart Nelson Park on Stuart Nelson Park Rd in Paducah. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. with tryouts from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Girls with 2002 and 2003 birth dates are eligible. Contact Terry Pierce at 270-871-5260 or Keith Collier at 618-559-8211 for more information, or visit our Facebook page: Paducah Lady Storm.
FOOTBALL: Graves County Middle School eighth grade football practice begins at 5 p.m. on July 23, at the middle school football field. All incoming eighth graders interested in playing should be at the field by 4:45 p.m.
GOLF: The Calvert City Country Club will host the Junior Redbird golf tournament this Thursday. The tournament is open to boys and girls ages 6-18. Entry fee is $35 and includes lunch. For more information go to www.calvertcitycountryclub.com or call (270) 210-7069
TENNIS: The Ruff Park Tennis Complex will host a USTA-sanctioned tournament for adults and juniors on August 1-3. Registration can be done online at www.usta.com and deadline is July 27. For more information, contact Lori Harper at 270-889-5434 or email@example.com or Richard Winsatt at 270-484-0471 or firstname.lastname@example.com
BASEBALL: The Central City Youth Athletic Association will host a Back-to-School Classic for 8-under, 9-under and 10-under baseball teams on August 1-2. Entry fee is $150 per team and each team is guaranteed three games. To enter, call Johyn Lovell at 270-543-2689.
GOLF: Silos Country Club will host The Silos Senior Summer Challenge on July 31. It is for seniors 55 and older and will be flighted after play. Entry fee is $35 and includes cart. Call 270-488-2182 to reserve a spot for a single or a group. Tee times will be between 10 a.m. to noon.
SOFTBALL: Heath, Reidland and Lone Oak Middle School players wishing to tryout for middle school softball teams will need KHSAA physical to participate in try-outs. Reidland tryouts will be at RHS field July 28-29 6 to 8 p.m. Lone Oak tryouts will be at LOHS field July 30-31 6 to 8 p.m. Heath try-outs will be at HHS field August 4-5 6 to 8 p.m.
SOFTBALL: The 2014 Special Olympics West Kentucky Regional Softball Championships will take place at the Lone Oak Ballpark on August 9. The tournament is seeking sponsors, volunteers, and donations. Anyone interested in helping can contact Joel Speer at 270-210-6390. .
TENNIS: The Paducah Area Tennis Association will hold a free 18-and-over tennis play day on August 2, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Chad Gamble Tennis Courts at Paducah Tilghman High School. For more information, call Brad Gordon at 502-491-1290.
FOOTBALL: Graves County students who will be in grades K-6 for the 2014-15 school year can attend the Future Eagle Football Camp free-of-charge between 5-8 p.m. Aug. 1, at the Graves County High School football field. Eagle head coach Lance Gregory leads the camp staff. All campers get a free camp tee-shirt. Snacks and water will be provided as well. Campers may preregister by mail or on the first day of camp. Liability and release forms must be signed the first day of camp. Parents and guardians must be on-site to sign their children into camp both days. Registration forms are available from Gregory and his staff. Forms may be submitted in advance. To learn more, contact a GCHS football player or coach or phone (270) 328-6242.
SOFTBALL: Open tryouts for the Downstate Rippers Softball Organization will take place August 3 at Ray Fosse Park in Marion, Ill. for teams 8-under through 18-under. For further information, go to www.downstaterippers.com.
BASEBALL: The Kentucky Prospects 14U Elite Major baseball team will hold tryouts for the 2015 season at the former Lone Oak High School baseball field behind Hendron Lone Oak Elementary School on Bleich Rd. (2501 Marshall Ave.) Tryouts will begin on July 29 at 6 p.m. and will continue on August 2 beginning at 10 a.m,.. Players may not turn 15 before April 30th. For more information contact Tremayne Donald at 270-366-6894 or Jim Grief at 270-564-4117 or see website kyprospectsbaseball.com.
BASEBALL: Murray-Calloway Co. Parks are hosting two upcoming youth baseball tournaments in Murray for all-star and travel teams. The 15th Annual West Ky. Invitational is July 25-27 and the 13th Annual Back to School Bash is August 1-3. The tournaments are open for age divisions 7u through 17u. The WKI is an unsanctioned event and the BTSB is USSSA sanctioned. Entry fee is $150 for machine pitch (7u and 8u) and $175 for all other divisions. For entry forms and rules visit www.playballmcc.com, email Tab Brockman at firstname.lastname@example.com, or call the MCC Parks office at 270-762-0325.
TENNIS: The Paducah Tennis Association will hold a free, ages 18 and older Tennis Play Day on August 2, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Chad Gamble Tennis Courts. The USTA KY board of directors, plus PTA volunteers, will be on site to give instruction to new and beginning players and to provide instruction and play for adults coming back to the game.
TENNIS: On August 1, the USTA board will host a town hall meeting with refreshments, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Paducah Tilghman High School. The public is invited. For more information about tennis opportunities, friend Paducah Tennis Association or Paducah Junior Tennis on Facebook.
SOFTBALL: The Graves County Middle School softball team will hold its second round of tryouts soon. Any player who was listed from the first round and any new player who wants to try out should participate. Players need to bring their equipment and should wear pants appropriate for tryouts. Those tryouts are scheduled on the high school softball field from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on July 25. To learn more, email coach Stan Waller at email@example.com or phone 270-705-8207.
GOLF: The Ballard County Country Club will host its annual Drakes and Hens couples tournament on July 26-27. Entry fee is $100, which includes lunch both days, practice round the week before the tournament and range balls. For further information, call the pro shop at 270-665-5557.
GOLF: The Oaks Country Club will host the Calloway County Charity Golf Scramble on September 18. It will be a four-person scramble with an entry fee of $60 per person or $240 per team. For further information, call 270-753-6454.
GOLF: The Ballard County Country Club's Ladies Golf Association will host a ladies invitational tournament on August 12 at 9 a.m. This is individual play and the entry fee is $30. For further information, call the BCCC proshop at 270-665-5557 or Barbara Chandler at 270-334-3166.
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In the sedate setting of an academic symposium in Provo, a respected LDS scholar delivered this historical bombshell:
Eliza R. Snow, one of Mormonism's "founding mothers," was gang-raped by eight Missourians during 19th-century tensions between LDS settlers and their Midwestern enemies.
"The rape was brutal, and so it made Eliza unable to have children," Brigham Young University-Idaho professor Andrea Radke-Moss said in an interview. Mormon founder Joseph Smith "offered her marriage as a way of promising her that she would still have eternal offspring and that she would be a mother in Zion."
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Volkswagen Photo Series Teases Museum of Extinct Backseat Drivers
A new social campaign for the manufacturer's Polo promotes the vehicle's safety features
The new Volkswagen Polo has a range of advanced technology options that add a level of smart thinking to the car's attributes. These features positively impact on safer driving. The vehicle has been engineered with up to 26% increased fuel efficiency and includes City Emergency Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control, Driver Alert System and Automatic Post-Collision Braking System.
To promote the Volkswagen Polo's revolutionary new safety features, the manufacturer created a social campaign with photography by Daniel Stier. The 'Museum of Extinct Backseat Drivers' photo series features quippy portraits of annoying types of passengers. It aims to show that the VW Polo's new features mean the backseat drivers days are numbered. They are now redundant, banished to museum cabinets and accompanied by labels detailing their last sightings.
'The Handle Grabber' is now said to be extinct because of the Polo's Adaptive Cruise Control, which helps maintain a safe distance and speed so there is no need for passengers to grab the handles in fear anymore. City Emergency Braking automatically brakes in case you don't so there is no more passenger foot stamping from 'The Pre-Braker' and the dashboard is kept clean from 'The Dashboard Pusher'.
The VW Polo's Fatigue Detection helps keep drivers awake by telling them to take a break, so 'The Waffler' has been sent to the museum. The vehicle's Lane Assist means 'The Directioner' is no more, as the safety feature stops you drifting into lanes when you're being distracted by backseat drivers. It's Rear View Camera is like having eyes in the back of your head, so no more parking help is needed from 'The Parking Advisor'.
You can check out Volkswagen's photo series of backseat driver portraits, all dubbed extinct with the latest safety technology, below: