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...used the latter to make delivering the former more efficient. Since the late 1980s, the carrier has invested billions in technology to perfect the art of tracking shipments. Data now decides everything from the number of drivers needed each day to the exact routes their trucks should travel. "This traditionally is a company of engineers obsessed with detail," says Doug Caldwell, a principal at ParcelResearch.com based in Portland, Ore. "And all of those hundreds of little things add up to impressive advantages in efficiency, in cost and in keeping service levels high...
...which possesses the unique ability to transport its users through time and space. The movie begins when four friends—three middle aged men, Adam, Lou, and Nick, (John Cusack, Rob Corddry, and Robinson respectively) and their younger, introverted, and videogame addicted friend, Jacob, (Clark Duke)travel to the ski lodge of their childhoods in order to escape from the grind of their adult lives. The trip is initially a disappointment; however, after a night of heavy drinking in a hot tub, the four awake to find themselves transported through time to the year 1986. The group is then...
...plot offers the characters the chance to confront unique and hilarious situations as they try to “kick some past,” as the film’s tagline states. The cast acknowledges, for example, that little heed is paid to the theoretical laws of time travel in the movie. When asked about how the hot tub is able to travel through time, Duke, of “Greek” and “Superbad” fame, says, “There is little to no explanation...
...been thinking about going to China, to [the] Ukraine, to different places in Russia. I seem,” she said with a smile, “to have this fever about filming abroad.” Between the obvious costs of travel and permits, and Zimbler’s affinity for more expensive recording material—her thesis, “Dear George” was shot on high-definition digital video and Super 16—she’ll need those grants...
...such assassinations in the past, this one could have serious diplomatic consequences for Israel. It would appear that whoever was responsible underestimated Dubai's security capability. The city-state used sophisticated computer programs to quickly sift through its massive pool of security-camera footage and pinpoint the movements and travel documents of the alleged killers. More embarrassingly, the Dubai authorities are claiming that the hit team stole the identities of Israeli dual-national citizens, and traveled into Dubai using false British, Irish and French passports. Now the governments of those countries are promising swift investigations into the matter, while...