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One of the most important settings to configure for your Rackspace email service is the DNS. Without the correct DNS settings associated to your domain, you will experience problems receiving email. Please read the sections below detailing the most common DNS record-types for email transfer.
MX Records
A Mail Exchange, or MX, record directs incoming email sent to your domain to the specific server set up to accept email traffic on behalf of your domain. For example, if your email is hosted through Rackspace you will have a set of MX records that point to mx1.emailsrvr.com (10) and mx2.emailsrvr.com (20).
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Note: In order to change the settings for your domain, you must own and have access to edit these records. If you do not have access to do so, please contact your DNS provider. Typically it takes between 24 and 48 hours for changes to DNS records to fully propagate. We typically recommend updating your DNS records during the off-peak traffic hours to allow for DNS propagation. No mail will be lost during this time.
Autodiscover Record
Autodiscover is a service that allows you and your team to easily configure your email clients, knowing only your Rackspace or Microsoft Exchange email address and password. Autodiscover also enables additional features for Microsoft Exchange mailboxes such as: downloading the offline address book, viewing Free/Busy time in a calendar, and the Out-of-Office Assistant.
Note: Autodiscover is not compatible with Outlook 2011 and Mac Mail
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SPF Record
The Sender Policy Framework record, better known as the "SPF" Record, is a DNS record designed to combat and reduce spam for your domain. The SPF records helps mail servers identify unauthorized use of your domain in the form of forgeries (spoofing). SPF records also help improve your email deliverability rate by preventing the email that you send from landing in a recipient's spam or junk mail inbox.
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I certainly believe that recycling will be a big part of the answer, and I likewise applaud companies such as Dell that have make such a strong effort to promote recycling throughout their products' life cycle (see here for more on that). But I think it's more likely that, no matter how efficient our recycling becomes, we will still need to mine new materials to make new computers. I have yet to be convinced that we can truly close the loop.
Tod and I also talked about the idea of turning things like computers into (to quote a term coined by Dr. Saul Griffith at the recent Greener Gadgets conference) "heirloom products" – products meant to last decades rather than simply years. Tod pointed out that, while he'd love to make a computer that will last 50 years, the reality is that computers continue to get faster and more powerful. We often upgrade, not because our old computer broke, but because we can do more things with the new one.
He was also quick to point out that newer computers often consume less energy. A Dell desktop today, he said, consumes five times less energy than its counterpart five, ten years ago. Personally, I think that in the 100-years-from-now scenario, we won't be making efficiency gains that will warrant mining more metals, ceramics and plastics (you don't mine plastics, but you get the idea), but I concede that in 2009 the amount of energy saved could rival the http://visitkansascityks.com/herbal-alternative-to-cialis amount of energy embodied.
So the question is – what do you think? Do you think we're going to keep building computers and other electronic devices until we've tapped the Earth dry? Do you think that day will never come? Or do you think that, with proper incentives and careful planning we can build a recycling system that makes our consumption of we like it buy viagra online viagra stuff truly sustainable?
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written by Kyle, April 01, 2009
As for the question. It is totally bullshit. In 100 years from now, computers will be unrecognisable in construction and most likely will use organic compounds which are 'grown' through biological processes.
The Dell comment about today's computers using five times less energy than their counterparts five to ten years ago is not very true at all and only here gay levitra in fact quite dishonest. It is true that due to decreasing size of the individual silicon gates, each gate's power consumption is less, however the complexity has increased so over-all there is a net increase in power. Ten years ago, most desktop PCs had 250-300watt rated power supplies, today the average desktop PC has a power supply rated at 400-600watts.
written by Lucas Jordan, April 01, 2009
Maybe only elliptically related to the article, but it does seem like computing is 'good', even if computers are 'bad.'
written by Twist9, April 01, 2009
written by Fred, April 02, 2009
We'll come up with a way to make all the digital switches optical, to where a zillion will fit on the head of a pin, and my big screen will be soon be a mere projection on the wall or become a tiny eyepiece "heads-up display" - or something. And my solar baseball cap will power it.
The main point to remember is this - we began the process of decarbonizing our economy several centuries ago, without any government direction or intervention, and we'll continue to do so, as fast as it's economically possible to do so.
Likewise, we've been squeezing much more performance and efficiency from all kinds of materials, and every new technology adds to those gains - that won't stop either, if we each have the freedom to continue experimenting.
Free people in free markets have made all this possible. The whole world benefits when all the people like Steve Jobs and Dean Kamen and good choice buying levitra online canada Gordon Murray are free to keep dreaming and inventing - and helping us grow comfy and healthy and rich.
We just need to make sure we don't 'kill the goose that lays the golden eggs', in our haste to spread the buy pfizer levitra wealth around.
End of sermon.
written by Magnulus, April 02, 2009
Ten years ago, computers were not nearly as good at power saving as they are today. Most of the time, we're not using NEARLY all of those 400 watts. The max amount of watts may have increased, but so has the difference between idle and full power.
written by russ, April 02, 2009
Kyle was correct. We may have learned how to make a computer power down more efficiently but when they operate they do suck more juice.
To Twist9:
Do you really prefer to leave all your data, photos etc on a mainframe for big brother to baby sit?
written by Brad, April 02, 2009
By aluminum industry measurements (disclaimer: I work for Alcoa) something like 75% of the aluminum ever made, since 1888, is still around, doing useful work in all kinds of things. This is because it is a high-value material, both in terms of the money (energy) used to make it from scratch and in terms of the value it adds to electronic gear -- thermal properties, durability, portability, eye appeal, etc. Plus the ease with which you can recycle it.
So with that kind of value, aluminum gets recycled, naturally. Even beverage cans get recycled, as much as 90% in countries like Japan and we choice best cialis prices Brazil. In the US, not so much, but that's another topic.
written by Twist9, April 02, 2009
(also thousands of people do it already with "remote desktop" hosting, and they don't seem to have too many problems with peeking eyes)
written by Carl, April 02, 2009
Unfortunately, we don't measure the energy cost of software and bad web site design. New bloatware (100X larger 10X slower) and bad web site design (web stunts 100X slower) is a major cause of computer obsolescence.
written by russ, April 02, 2009
Anytime I buy anything on line it is with a 'one time' ecard. I do use cards at merchants in person though which I guess is not too different.
Being an old guy I much prefer to control my own destiny. I am not a fan of centralization at all.
Depending on where data is stored makes a difference as well. Having worked there for 15 years I know very well that there are no secrets in India.
Anytime you sat in a meeting to discuss a competitor you had their internal documents in front of you. Why guess when it is not necessary.
written by EV, April 02, 2009
Tod pointed out that, while he'd love to make a computer that will last 50 years, the reality is that computers continue to get faster and more powerful. We often upgrade, not because our old computer broke, but because we can do more things with the new one.
Told you so (Again).
Re: Twist9, russ
It is not necessary for a mainframe to exist outside the home. It is at the point where a household could have a 'mainframe' in the basement (probably about as large as a microwave) and the house could have terminals throughout the house. It may even be possible to have them wireless at some point (I know the difficulties, I merely say possible). This would allow for both the mainframe to come back and for privacy to be maintained.
One thing I notice is EcoGeek always forgets non-earth sources of materials. If we moved one of www.beverly.org several known nickle-iron asteroids into orbit, we would have access to more iron that has been mined in the past 2,000 years and could stop mining for iron. The same thing applies to other elements. Getting it down to the surface of the earth safely, that is another mater.
written by Paul, April 03, 2009
written by Twist9, April 04, 2009
The reason Ecogeek does not mention extra-terrestrial resources is that they are COMPLETELY infeasible to even think about harvesting within a thousand years. If you haven't noticed, Ecogeek focuses on current events and progress, not sci-fi speculation.
written by Russ, April 04, 2009
written by Tom, April 04, 2009
So instead of focusing on the tiny bit of how much power does it take to run them, we should also look at how much power we did not have to use because we did not go anywhere to do what we wanted to do.
I have full faith in the future, as I see it, for every windmill and every solarcell comming out of a factory somewhere in the world, there will be need for less and less of the fossile fuel/coal that clogs our air today, so lets keep building more and more of levitra fast delivery those please, yes it will take time to replace it all, but we will get there if we want to.
By the way, I still use my 10 year old keyboard, why replace it, it still works, so some parts of computers can actually last for a long time, the real sinners here is the laptops, not upgradable, not repairable and so on, lets get more of the desktop ( under desk cabinet ) style computers, where you can replace small parts when newer ones come to market ( less transport, less weight, less materials used, less packeting )
So its a much more complicated formula than just how much power does my computer use....
written by EV, April 04, 2009
The calculations are trivial, especially when dealing with a slow moving rock and when you can take your time. The problem with bringing things down to the surface of the earth is much easier than getting them out of earth's gravity well. Nor would it be a planetary death wish. We would not have to bring it immediately into LEO, we could start with the Lagrange Points and slowly move it down from there. A Space Elevator, which is probably 50 years off at most, would vastly reduce the good choice uk levitra energy required to bring the material down from orbit. From there, it is probably 5 years at most until we start mining the asteroids.
"Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it."
written by Yvelle, April 06, 2009
written by dixza, April 09, 2009
As long as we still mine and http://www.kachinwomen.com/cialis-online-in-usa extract resources from the crust of the earth there is an impact on the environment thus can not be called sustainable.
The XPrice founder was already talking about platinum space hunting last year! if you add that to the iron, nickel,etc hunt that will be economically feasible!
What is the biggest environmental impact of computers?
Which parts ca we substitute with benign materials?
Can we use nature to absorb current solar energy to grow and shape the materials we need?
Somebody said to "spread the wealth around" At the end of the day what is wealth? May be we already have it but we impoverish our selves:8?
I wish you all Peace, Love and Light, what else do we need? :D ahhahai
written by Fred, July 22, 2009
written by computer recycling and disposal, November 23, 2010
Alongside this switch to alternative fuel sources (of which Helium 3 is just one) there should a major overhaul in material usage. Materials can be constructed with longer lifetimes and more durable qualities (eg. nanotubes, diamond surfaces and advanced composite materials with nanotechnology surface properties).
Finally advances in bio-engineering may yield self-assembling structures (not exactly a new idea, all lifeforms are one such example). Self assembly would dramatically reduce the inefficiencies involved in the manufacturing process.
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February 11, 2010, 2:32 PM — In what could be an important decision for the IT outsourcing industry and its customers, a London court recently ruled that EDS ( now part of Hewlett-Packard) must pay damages to a former outsourcing customer for failing to live up to its sales pitch.
British Sky Broadcasting (BskyB) had signed a £48 million outsourcing contract with EDS to build a customer service system in 2000, but terminated the deal early in 2002 after what it said was "woeful" performance by the IT service provider. BSkyB alleged deceit, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract by EDS.
Although the total costs and damages will be determined at a later date, BskyB said it expects EDS will be liable to pay at least £200 million-more than four times the amount of the original contract.
"This size of claim for a fraudulent statement made prior to an IT contract being signed is unprecedented within the U.K.," says Peter Brudenall, a partner in the London office of law firm Hunton & Williams.
The damages include "cost of replacement services" several times the contract price which is unusual, according to Dan Hildebrand, a partner in Mayer Brown's litigation practice.
In fact, it's rare that an outsourcing dispute makes it to court, let alone to a final decision. And given the result, many outsourcing experts expect this could have implications not just in the U.K. but industry-wide.
"Customers are often discouraged to take on their vendor in such a manner and settle for far lower compensation than they could otherwise get in court," says Phil Fersht, an independent outsourcing analyst and author of the outsourcing blog Horses for Sources.
Vendors want to avoid the bad publicity of a trial, and the customers just want the problem to go away. Consequently, disputes are often arbitrated outside of the courts, which results in confidential settlements.
"This could set a precedent to encourage more customers to seek damages for business impact caused by poor IT delivery performance," Fersht says.
"The basic lesson is the same on both sides of the pond," says James Harvey, a partner in the Hunton & Williams outsourcing and privacy group in Atlanta. "Customers need to pay attention to what suppliers say so that they're sure they get the full benefit of suppliers' statements. And suppliers need to be somewhat more thoughtful with their pursuits so that they don't overpromise, underperform and then get brought to task for it."


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Sharp Sensation Edges Ben's Cat in 'Monster
Sharp Sensation, a 16-1 outsider, denied iconic Maryland turf sprinter and favorite Ben's Cat a third win in the $300,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT) Sept. 1 at Parx Racing.
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Sharp Sensation, a 16-1 outsider, denied iconic Maryland turf sprinter and favorite Ben's Cat a third win in the $300,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT) Sept. 1 at Parx Racing.
The Jim Stable's Ben's Cat will seek his third victory in the $300,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT) when the race is run again Sept. 1 at Parx Racing in Pennsylvania.
The Jim Stable's Ben's Cat will seek his third victory in the $300,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT) when the race is run again Sept. 1 at Parx Racing in Pennsylvania.
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The irrepressible Ben's Cat came from off the pace with a big rush on the outside to register his third consecutive win in the $200,000 Parx Dash Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf at the Pennsylvania track July 12.
Claire Novak and Tom LaMarra handicap the Delaware Handicap with Princess of Sylmar, and the Parx Dash with Ben's Cat. watch video
Ben's Cat, winner of the Parx Dash Handicap (gr. IIIT) in 2012 and 2013, returns July 12 for his fourth consecutive outing in the race. He'll face nine, including Tightend Touchdown, runner-up by 1 1/4 lengths last year.
Wes Welker's Undrafted charged from off the pace to win the $300,000 Jaipur Invitational Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 7 at Belmont Park. The son of Purim completed the six furlongs in 1:07.24.
King Leatherbury's Ben's Cat, the top cat in turf sprints in the Midlantic region, ships to New York for the June 7 Jaipur Invitational Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Belmont Stakes undercard.
American Turf (gr. IIT) winner Global View and grade III winner Bobby's Kitten headline the early probables for the second running of the $500,000 Penn Mile at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course May 31.
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The $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint Stakes May 16 at Pimlico Race Course could be a one-horse show as popular Maryland-bred gelding Ben's Cat towers over eight opponents for the five-furlong dash.
Remarkable old-timer Ben's Cat did not disappoint in his season debut April 5, taking the $75,000 Mister Diz Stakes for the fifth year in a row at Pimlico Race Course.
Former Central Kentucky stallion Mutakddim, sire of six champions and more than 100 stakes winners, has died at Haras La Quebrada in Argentina.
King T. Leatherbury's homebred Ben's Cat was named Maryland-bred Horse of the Year for an unprecedented third time in the annual poll conducted by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association.
Penn National Race Course has released its 2014 stakes schedule and live racing calendar, following approval by the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission at its Dec. 12 meeting.
Marvelous veteran Ben's Cat did it again Nov. 27 when he wore down odds-on Ribo's Bobo in the final furlong to score a repeat victory in the $250,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.
Ben's Cat, King Leatherbury's winning machine, will look to collect his 19th career stakes victory when he defends his title in the $250,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap Nov. 27 at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.
Sylvia E. Heft's Eighttofasttocatch led from start to finish and won the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic Oct. 19 at Laurel Park for the second time in the past three years. Last year the son of Not For Love finished fifth.
Immortal Eyes left the gate in a flash, opened up quickly on his rivals, and won in hand in the $350,000 Frank J. DeFrancis Memorial Dash contested over the sloppy main track at Laurel Park.
The Jim Stable's Ben's Cat was put to the test while being floated extremely wide down the lane and still got up to register victory Sept. 21 in the $100,000 Laurel Dash Stakes at Laurel Park.
King Leatherbury said Sept. 20 he has decided to run his star Ben's Cat in the $100,000 Laurel Dash, a six-furlong turf sprint, rather than the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash on dirt Sept. 21 at Laurel Park.
Nine sprinters have been entered in Laurel Park's 22nd running of the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Sept. 21, including local star Ben's Cat.
Stormofthecentury collared pacemaker Tightend Touchdown in deep stretch to capture the $350,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT) in a 28-1 upset at Parx Racing, denying favored Ben's Cat a third straight victory in the race.
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With more than 500 career collegiate victories and as the only Division I coach to ever take five different schools to the NCAA Tournament, Lon Kruger has been leaving his trademark rebuilding stamp on college basketball programs as a head coach for 28 years. In fact, he is perhaps the greatest change agent in the sport's history.
Now in his fourth season at the University of Oklahoma, Kruger's reconstruction job with the Sooners has occurred faster than even some of the program's most ardent fans imagined possible.
After inheriting a program that went 27-36 (.429) in the two seasons prior to his arrival, Kruger has coached the Sooners to a 58-38 (.604) record in his three years in Norman. Over the last two campaigns, OU has posted a 43-22 (.662) mark and advanced to the NCAA Tournament both seasons. The Sooners had not been to the postseason since they advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2009.
In 2013-14, Kruger led OU to a 23-10 record and a 12-6 Big 12 mark, which was good for sole possession of second place. For his efforts, Kruger was named AP Big 12 Coach of the Year.
Oklahoma is the fifth school Kruger has taken to the Big Dance. His collegiate teams have made postseason appearances in 19 of the last 24 years, and he has the storied OU program positioned for another long run of success.
Kruger's effective communication and teaching skills with his players aren't the only reasons for the Sooners' quick re-ascension on the ladder of hoops relevancy. He has also taken a lead role in the program's community outreach efforts, positively impacting the lives of local residents and reinforcing the strong manner in which they view the OU program.
Despite his relative newcomer status in the state, Kruger, who was named the Sooners' 14th head coach on April 1, 2011, arrived in Norman already armed with first-hand awareness of OU's rich basketball history from an opponents' perspective. As both a player and coach at conference foe Kansas State, Kruger had many battles against the tradition-laden Sooners.
Kruger, a native of Silver Lake, Kan., acknowledged that location was also a factor in his decision to accept the offer to coach the Sooners.
"My wife, Barb, and I have lived in a lot of places, but we were raised in middle America and that has always been home for us," he said. "We never knew if the opportunity would present itself to get back there, but it did in this case, and it came at a great university."
What makes Kruger's more-than-500 career wins and NCAA Tournament trips with five different programs even more impressive than they might first seem is the condition of the six programs when they hired him and the rebuilding jobs he faced at each. In the year before his arrival as head coach at Texas-Pan American, Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV and Oklahoma, the schools combined for a 78-99 record (.441). Kruger's teams went a combined 92-89 (.508) in his first year at those schools, 117-72 (.619) in his second year, 114-74 (.606) in his third year and 115-49 (.697) in his fourth season. He directed all six programs to 20-win campaigns and took each of the last five to the NCAA Tournament or NIT by his second year. Not only has Kruger taken Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV and Oklahoma to the NCAA Tournament, he has guided each to at least two appearances in college basketball's marquee event.
Immediately prior to coming to Norman, Kruger compiled a stout 161-71 (.694) record in his seven years at UNLV. He coached the Runnin' Rebels to the NCAA Tournament four of his last five seasons after the program appeared in only two of the previous 15 tournaments, and also helped achieve UNLV's first national ranking since 1992-93. Over his final five seasons in Las Vegas, Kruger's teams posted a .743 winning percentage (127-44) and averaged 25.4 victories. His 2006-07 squad won 30 games and advanced to the Sweet 16.
He took over a UNLV program in 2004 that had gone through a period of significant instability with nine different head coaches in the previous 13 seasons. Over that span, UNLV made just two NCAA Tournament appearances, both first-round exits.
The success of the program during Kruger's tenure was reflected in the crowds in Las Vegas. UNLV's 2009-10 attendance numbers at the Thomas & Mack Center were the largest since Jerry Tarkanian's final season (1991-92), and the Runnin' Rebels were No. 18 overall in attendance and No. 1 on the West Coast.
Kruger's overall college mark stands at 537-342 with 19 postseason appearances in 28 years. He owns a 14-15 record in NCAA Tournament games and is 8-7 all-time in opening-round contests. He has also compiled 14 20-plus-win seasons, including seven in the last eight years.
Kruger, 61, began his head coaching career in the 1982-83 season at Texas-Pan American, where he compiled a four-year mark of 52-59, including a 20-8 record in the final season.
He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the ninth round of the 1974 NBA Draft. He also starred on the baseball diamond for Kansas State and was drafted by the Houston Astros in 1970 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974. During his Wildcat baseball career he posted his best season in 1971 when he went 4-3 as a pitcher (3-1 in Big Eight games) and had an earned run average of 3.33. He struck out 38 and walked 14 in 46 innings. An all-around athlete, Kruger even got some football notice after graduating from KSU when the Dallas Cowboys invited him to their 1974 rookie camp as a quarterback.
A prep standout at Silver Lake High School, Kruger lettered all four years in football, basketball and baseball. As a senior, he averaged 23 points per game in leading his team to the state basketball tournament, passed for 2,079 yards and 23 touchdowns in nine football games and led the baseball team to the state tournament as a pitcher/infielder. In 2006, Kruger was honored by being inducted into the Topeka and Shawnee County Sports Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class.
Born on Aug. 19, 1952, Kruger graduated from Kansas State in 1975 with a degree in business and earned his master's degree in physical education from Pittsburg State in 1977. He and his wife, Barbara, have two children: daughter Angie, who is a medical school graduate from the University of Florida and who practices obstetrics and gynecology in Henderson, Nev., and son Kevin, who graduated from Arizona State University and played at UNLV for his senior season, starting at point guard for his father's 2006-07 squad. Kevin, now an OU graduate assistant manager, went on to play professionally overseas and with the NBA Development League's Utah Flash. Angie was married to Mike Ciklin in the fall of 2008. Mike is an associate at SPB Partners in Las Vegas. The couple had their first child, a daughter named Avery, in August 2012.
Kruger has been involved in a host of charities, especially the Coaches vs. Cancer program that is sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Over the past seven years, Kruger has been instrumental in starting the Coaches vs. Cancer's Las Vegas Classic, which has raised more than $1.5 million to benefit research, education and treatment programs for the Nevada Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society. In 2012, he received the national Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award for his work with the organization.
While at Florida, the Krugers were honored with consecutive Community Service Awards from the Gainesville Community Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse, and in 1995 Lon was named the Gainesville (Fla.) Volunteer of the Year. From 1991-93, the couple served as co-chairpersons of Alachua County's Red Ribbon Campaign, a week-long program aimed at increasing awareness and promoting a drug-free environment.
During the Krugers' stay in Atlanta, Barbara was also involved in charity work, especially "My House," a transitional home for children 1-3 years old.
In Las Vegas, she was on the board of directors for Safe Nest, a domestic violence shelter, was a member of the Las Vegas Paradise Sertoma Club, which provides educational scholarships for the deaf, and is also a sustaining member of the Junior League. Additionally, she is involved with PEO Sisterhood. The Krugers also spent time helping the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth.
Coach Kruger was involved with many causes in Las Vegas and assisted, among others, the NCI and the ACS, the Clark County School District, Southern Nevada Health District with childhood obesity, the City of Las Vegas recreation and youth sports, the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
In 2008, Kruger released his first book, "The Xs & Os of Success: A Playbook for Leaders in Business & Life." The book, which highlights the parallels between coaching a sports team and leading others in non-sports settings, consists of 40, five-minute lessons conducive to leadership, life and teamwork. It uses sports as a way to tell the story and a way to make things tangible. All proceeds earned by Kruger from the book are being donated to the Clark County School District's School-Community Partnership.


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A study just released by Connecticut College has found "America's favorite cookie" may be just as addictive as cocaine. Yes, we're talking about Oreos.
The study was done with lab rats, not people, but the rats ate the cookies from the inside out just like a lot of people do.
Personally I rarely buy Oreos because I find myself eating half the bag. Do others have the same issue? The best way to find out is to open a bag. Double stuff should make it twice as tempting.
One man I asked, Reggie Crutcher, agrees.
"Once you eat this one then you want another one," Reggie said.
"That is the problem," I commented.
"But it's because it's sweet, not because it's a drug," Reggie added.
The Connecticut College study showed lab rat's pleasure center in their brains had more activity from sugar than from cocaine or morphine.
When placed in a maze with Oreos at one end and rice cakes in the other the rats went for the cookies, and would return to the same spot even if there weren't any there.
The rats acted the same way given a choice between saline and cocaine.
A 2012 study by Harvard University, 10,000 years ago fat and sugar were scarce and could keep us alive so our brains would fire off pleasure neurons as a sort of reward when we consumed sugar and fat.
There is USDA research that states today we consume 52 teaspoons of sugar a day, on average. 10,000 years ago people could only get around 22 teaspoons a year.
Now we can have all the sugar and fat we want, but the wiring hasn't changed.
Dr. Jerry Bettinger is a neurologist and says the brain's pleasure center is the limbic system, which is very complex and varies from person to person.
"Eating sugar and sugary doughnuts may be more pleasurable than eating a bowl of rice and the addict may choose cocaine over methamphetamine or a drug that you could get in a store because of the difference in the responses of those," Dr. Bettinger said.
A third study gave rats the choice between intravenous cocaine and saccharine-water. 94 percent of the lab rats chose sweet water.
The research showed the reward to the brain was so high it could override self-control mechanisms and lead to addiction.
The Connecticut study chose Oreos because they have been called "America's favorite cookie", and because rats really love them too.
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Nice little display unit to go with character cards and pins. The glossy feel and look of the material used could not be any better to show off any award and could even be used for pictures. We are proud to be giving these to our office staff as they look well made.
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The product came with no'backing'for a pin "collection" display! I had to cut one from cardstock paper myself, this not what I wanted to do!
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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I gave this as a gift to someone who was going off to teach for the first time. I think it said something that every teacher needs to know.The only problem was that the blue color was a little darker than shown, and it didn't look great against the black frame that I also ordered. However, it was still a lovely gift.
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The A33 undoubtedly opens new doors and Sony's clear-cut commitment to pushing new technology into the photo market is an interesting angle for a company looking for new approaches to capture today's demanding audiences. Digital technologies are changing and it has to be said so are consumer's expectations. While a year or so ago many noses would have turned at the mere suggestion of an Electronic Viewfinder the technology has come on in leaps and bounds. It may still not be perfect and, indeed, the EVF may be the A33's greatest challenge. Though that sounds rather cynical as, in actuality, the A33 is an innovative, super-fast and top quality camera that feels much the same as using a 'new age' DSLR camera. There are one or two small improvements that could be made, but all things considered, this is new technology pushing the boundaries. The super-fast autofocus in live view and continuous focus burst modes actually work a treat. An exciting development that looks to be a step further towards the end of DSLR cameras as they once were - and not in a negative manner.


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I am always looking for growth, but that growth must be priced at a reasonable or not expensive valuation. When analyzing growth stocks I look at several things then I ask myself this simple question, will the fundamentals improve in this company? As Peter Lynch explained, this is the question that ultimately matters. In this article I describe 3 growth companies that are fairly valued, have attractive growth prospects, and prominent investors have bought in recent quarters.
Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP)
The first stock is MasterCard (NYSE: MA), which benefits from the continued secular shift from cash to electronic payments (as 85% of global transactions are still comprised of cash and check) with the expectation for additional issuer additions in 4Q12. In fact, I think this secular trend from cash to electronic will offset macroeconomic weaknesses. Top value managers seem to agree with this thesis, considering that prominent investors Chuck Akre, Andreas Halvorsen, Joel Greenblatt, and Ken Heebner bought the stock in the recent quarter. At the last Mastercard Investor Day, the company reaffirmed its FY13-15 annual growth targets and projected net annual revenue growth of 12% with operating margins no less than 50%. This reflects that MasterCard's management is very optimistic on the company's future. I also like companies that buy back their shares. During the third quarter of 2012, MasterCard repurchased ~500,000 shares of Class A common stock at a cost of $216 million, with $1.1 billion remaining under the most recent $1.5 billion repurchase program authorization. MasterCard continues to drive growth through increased cross-border volumes, improved pricing along with consistent growth of processed transactions, which grew 29% in the first half of 2012, backed by 18.3% growth in 2011 and 2.9% in 2010. MasterCard is also focused on achieving international growth. The company reported a worldwide increase of 14% in gross dollar volume. Outside the U.S., the growth rate was 17%, with more than 20% growth in Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa according to Zacks. MasterCard's cross-border volume increased by 14%. FBR Capital issued an interesting report explaining that while its research team believes that +20% EPS CAGR is achievable for the three-year period ending in 2015, near term, they expect EPS CAGR to be below 20% reflecting the weak global economy, which will adversely affect net revenue growth rates. However, once the global economy stabilizes, considering MasterCard's exposure to underpenetrated, high-growth emerging markets, FBR expect EPS growth to surpass 20%.
MasterCard shares are fairly valued at 21x consensus 2012 earnings estimate. The company has a high ROE of 42% and strong growth metrics. In fact, MasterCard reports a 3 year annual EPS growth of 65% and 21% sales.
The stock to play the US housing rebound?
Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) goal is to double its size in 10 years. This is not a surprise for investors as the company has been growing earnings at an average rate of 105% and revenues at 10% in the past 3 years. The company has a solid balance sheet and shareholder friendly management. Williams-Sonoma has a proven ability to grow its own brands, acquire new companies, and provide superior customer experience in its stores and through its web sites and catalogues. In a recent report, Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock explaining that the company is one of the best retailers to balance merchandising strength with better analytics to drive consistent top line growth and improved margins. Deutsche Bank also projects revenue growth from improvements in housing and related home furnishing sales. In fact, economists are optimistic that the housing market is recovering and that home remodeling is rising. This trend should benefit Williams-Sonoma. The company recently delivered strong performance in revenues, operating margins and earnings per share. Diluted earnings per share grew 16% on net revenue growth of 7%, with comparable brand revenue growth accelerating from 5.4% in Q1 to 7.4% in Q2. Also during the quarter, e-commerce net revenues increased a strong 14%.
Most importantly, the company drove this growth in revenue and earnings while simultaneously investing in its long-term growth initiative. All brands contributed to these results. Pottery Barn and West Elm again performed very well during the quarter. Pottery Barn Kids and Pottery Barn Teens both posted year-over-year increases, and Williams-Sonoma improved its revenue trend versus the prior quarter.
I am also optimistic on Starbucks' (NASDAQ: SBUX) Verismo launch. Williams-Sonoma will be the first retailer to launch the platform, and the company will carry its own exclusive premium model. The availability of Starbucks Verismo pods combined with this versatile machine will appeal to Williams's customers' desire to create an authentic Starbucks café experience in their home. Lastly, the company is starting to expand to international markets. Management recently announced the opening of the first company-operated stores outside of North America. Williams will be opening 4 stores in Sydney, Australia, a Williams-Sonoma, a West Elm, a Pottery Barn and a Pottery Barn Kids, expecting to open these stores in early fiscal 2013.
An Innovator in the Medical Devices sector
Sirona (NASDAQ: SIRO) just introduced a product that could be a blockbuster in the dental sector. Cantor Fitzgerald believes that Omnicam is a game-changing technology that could spark a new product cycle and drive broader adoption in the vastly under-penetrated 3D dental market.
Cantor highlighted that Sirona still trades at a discount to its peer group and considering the company has a market-leading new product and likely return to positive operating leverage and double-digit EPS growth in 2013, they think a premium is warranted.
Sirona has a clear leadership position in the attractive, growing digital dental market and is on the cusp of a new product cycle. The company is poised to continue growing revenue faster than the underlying dental market. In fact in the recent earnings report, the U.S. segment grew 7.7% and continued to show sequential improvement up from last quarter's 4.9% growth rate and first quarter's 2.0%. International markets were up 6.6% constant currency. The company keeps expanding its outstanding portfolio of high-tech dental products through continuous innovation and continues building its world-class global sales and service infrastructure, which is active in over 135 countries around the globe. Top investors Joel Greenblatt and Ruane Cuniff bought the stock in the past quarter.
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Category: Birth Control, Obamacare, State Fights, Photos
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Which is good — we can keep the blog post snappy! Some of the pictures below sparked a movement, others served as an act of defiance, and at least one of the photos below serves as a reminder about how far we've come. Check out the nominees for the top 5 photos of the year….
NOMINEE: Wendy Davis at the Texas Capitol
Senator Wendy Davis held her ground in an 11-hour marathon filibuster, speaking out against a dangerous bill, while thousands of Texans packed the capitol in solidarity.
When it came time to vote, the crowd in Austin cheered, shouted, and used their voices to block a vote while Senator Wendy Davis raised her hand in the air signifying the "no" vote. Throughout the fight in Texas, this image became a symbol of what happened that night, and the opposition to this extreme bill.
NOMINEE: 6,000 Texans rally
Rick Perry may have called a second special session to pass the extreme and dangerous bill that threatened to virtually end access to safe and legal abortion in the state of Texas, but it didn't discourage women's health advocates. They were just gearing up for a fight — which became more than clear when 6,000 people showed up to a rally in Austin, TX, to oppose this bill.
NOMINEE: North Carolina Mad (Wo)Men
When North Carolina lawmakers pushed a bill that would allow your boss to decide if employees can access affordable birth control, it felt like we went to sleep and woke up in the 1950s. Realize that if they were going to be treated that way they might as well dress the part — women showed up to the state capitol to protest the bill in retro attire, proclaiming, "We like watching Mad Men but we don't want to live in it!"
NOMINEE: Wendy Davis at the Texas Capitol
What does motorcycle safety have to do with women's health? That's the question women in North Carolina asked only a few months later, when they found themselves once again fighting another anti-women's health bill. This time though, legislators went to new lengths, attaching restrictions on a woman's right to make her own health care decisions to a Motorcycle Safety bill. And if you need to know more, see 10 ways you know you have a bad bill.
WINNER: $0 Receipt
Is there anything better than checking out at the pharmacy and receiving birth control without busting out your wallet? A lot of women have been asking themselves this very same question now that birth control is covered as a preventive benefit, available with no additional copay thanks to Obamacare.
The photos from Texas and North Carolina encapsulate critical moments for women's health this year, but there is nothing better than the numerous receipts we keep seeing from individuals. Here's to hoping we see a lot more of these photos in the New Year!
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Star Fox Adventures also marks the introduction of Krystal to the series, who has gone on to become a prominent supporting character in the franchise.GameplayFox, about to fight one of the game's bossesThe gameplay mechanics of Star Fox Adventures have been compared to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, due to a number of gameplay similarities that both titles share. Unlike other Star Fox titles, the player character Fox McCloud is on foot for nearly the entire game, though Arwing sequences are used for traveling between different parts of the planet. Early on, Fox discovers a staff that belongs to Krystal and is encouraged to use it over his blaster. The staff can be used for attacking enemies with physical melee strikes, but is also used for firing magic attacks, such as ice, fire, or various others. As in Ocarina of Time, Fox cannot jump. Instead, he jumps automatically when the player runs toward an obstacle that he is capable of leaping over. He can also roll at the end of a fall to reduce the impact and avoid taking damage. Also like Ocarina of Time, Star Fox Adventures features a lock-on system, but while Ocarina of Time forces the player to manually lock-on, Fox locks onto his enemies automatically.PlotThe game opens with a prologue that serves as the introduction of Krystal, a vixen who has received a distress call from the planet of Sauria. She lands in Krazoa Palace, and quickly learns that the planet has been captured by General Scales and his SharpClaws. A wounded dinosaur begs Krystal to collect all of the Krazoa Spirits in the palace, which supposedly can change the course of the war. After collecting the first one, she is pushed up into a floating crystal and trapped inside. She remains here for the majority of the game.Fox, collecting an itemThe game then transitions to the Great Fox, where it becomes apparent that the Star Fox team has fallen on hard times and seen little action as of late. Falco Lombardi has left the team, and the Great Fox is in need of repairs, which the team doesn't have the money to buy. Thus, when General Pepper contacts the team asking them to investigate Sauria, Fox jumps at the chance to help.Upon arriving on Sauria, Fox meets with the queen of the Earthwalker tribe, who informs him that General Scales has stolen the planet's Spellstones from two Force Point Temples. As a result, Sauria is literally falling to pieces. To prevent the planet's destruction, Fox must restore the Spellstones, and the queen enlists the aid of her son, Prince Tricky to assist his efforts. However, after restoring the Spellstones, it becomes apparent that the Krazoa Spirits are also needed.After collecting all but one of the Krazoa Spirits, Fox finds himself face to face with General Scales. Fox and the general prepare to fight when a mysterious voice commands General Scales to give up the Krazoa Spirit.After taking all of the spirits to the Krazoa Palace, Krystal is freed. The spirits then all enter a Krazoa statue, who is revealed to be Dr. Andross, the Star Fox franchise's main antagonist. Fox flies after Andross in his Arwing. During the long battle, Falco Lombardi makes an entrance. He aids Fox in defeating Andross, and with their archenemy defeated once more, rejoins the team. The Krazoa spirits fly back to and restore the planet to its natural shape.CharactersFox McCloudFox McCloudFox McCloud is back to investigate the planet of Sauria. Unfortunately, Fox can't use his trusty blaster this time around, but nonetheless, Fox is still resourceful. He utilizes Krystal's staff, learning magic attacks and more. Unlike with previous Star Fox games, Fox is operating without the rest of his team this mission. They are still there, but they can only assist Fox from the Great Fox.KrystalKrystalKrystal's past is a mystery to everyone. She could be from a completely different system, although it is never clearly stated where she is from. What is known is that she is from the destroyed planet of Cerinia and is investigating the murder of her parents. In the opening sequence of Star Fox Adventures, Krystal is answering a distress call originating on Sauria. Despite some great skill with her staff, she is quickly defeated at the hands of General Scales. She later becomes Fox's love interest; this is hinted at during the ending of Star Fox Adventures and during a mission in Star Fox Assault, but they develop a real relationship in Star Fox Command. Krystal is capable of speaking Dino; a fictional language created for the game.Slippy ToadSlippy Toad is the engineer for the Star Fox team. His inventions come in handy for Fox during the course of the game, with such inventions as R.O.B. 64 and a translator for the Dino language. Slippy can provide hints at any time during gameplay, triggered by the player asking. However, many players find him quite irritating.Peppy HarePeppy Hare has aged since his last appearance; he is now 49 years old. He is now in charge of mission status and tactical information. By contacting him during gameplay, the player can save, change options, etc. He is an essential part to the team.General ScalesGeneral ScalesGeneral Scales is a major antagonist of Star Fox Adventures. He terrorizes Sauria by stealing the Spellstones and Krazoa Spirits. He is also the ruler of the SharpClaw race, which follows his every command. However, he is not the primary antagonist. He is merely a pawn being used by Andross.Prince TrickyPrince TrickyPrince Tricky is the son of the King and Queen Earthwalkers. To follow commands, Fox must feed Tricky mushrooms. These mushrooms then count as a "power meter" so that Tricky can follow commands, such as breathing fire or even menial tasks such as fetching a ball. Tricky can attack using his abilities, but it is complicated, as the player must simultaneously fight and select the command. Tricky ends up appearing in later games as well, including an appearance in Star Fox Assault.Falco LombardiFalco Lombardi, despite his large popularity, doesn't appear in the game until the final battle with Dr. Andross. Falco also appears in the ending cutscene, rejoining the Star Fox team. He aids Fox by dropping power-ups for use during the final battle. He is rendered differently than in his previous incarnations; he now has a more black, mercenary feel, and he has sunglasses. It is notable that his feathers received no rendering, while other characters' fur and scales were rendered.Dinosaur TribesThere are eight dinosaur tribes that range from good to evil. RedEye and SharpClaw are the only truly evil tribes; the rest are generally benign.LightFootEarthWalkerHighTopCloudRunnerSharpClawRedEyeThornTailSnowHornDevelopment HistoryDinosaur Planet Promotional ArtworkStar Fox Adventures began its long and storied development history as a Nintendo 64 game called Dinosaur Planet. During an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto at E3, he joked that the hero of Dinosaur Planet bore a resemblance to Star Fox's own Fox McCloud, and suggested in jest that Rare make a Star Fox game instead. Rumors had been circulating at E3 that Nintendo was shopping around for a team willing to make a new Star Fox game, either for the Nintendo 64 or the upcoming Nintendo Gamecube. Not long after that E3 comment, Rare and Nintendo penned a deal to convert Dinosaur Planet in to "Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet".Not all of the team at Rare was willing to make the change, however. Nintendo's often vague (but strict) guidelines regarding the Star Fox universe and canon meant a vast majority of the characters and storyline of Dinosaur Planet had to be heavily reworked or removed entirely, which did not sit well with those who had spent months crafting the game's original world and plot. As the game (now renamed simply to "Star Fox Adventures") neared its release date, rumors began to crop up regarding strife between Rare and Nintendo. The founders of Rare, the Stamper Brothers, had been known to sell stake in the company to Nintendo in order to drum up additional development funds, and by the time work was underway with Star Fox Adventures, Nintendo owned 49% of Rare - just 2% shy of owning a controlling portion of the company. Once again needing money in order to finish Star Fox Adventures, the Stampers offered to sell the entire company to Nintendo, but at a price Nintendo was not comfortable paying, and they were told to find other buyers.Two weeks after Star Fox Adventures hit retail, Nintendo and Rare announced that they would be parting ways; Microsoft had bought the entire company, including the 49% Nintendo owned.The Original Dinosaur PlanetSabre, the hero of Dinosaur PlanetMembers of the Star Fox Online forums discovered that a decent portion of the original Dinosaur Planet script is still contained within Star Fox Adventures. A file on the Star Fox Adventures disc called GAMETEXT.bin contains all of the text ever used in the entire game, both for the Nintendo 64 version of Dinosaur Planet and the GameCube version of Star Fox Adventures. Though not entirely complete, many scenes from Dinosaur Planet's storyline remain fully intact.Dinosaur Planet's plot involved the war between a dragon-like race called "Kamerians", and the Krazoa. The Kamerians had existed on Dinosaur Planet for centuries, and were originally worshiped as Gods by the lesser species. The Kamerians created the powerful and dangerous Spellstones. According to the Krazoa, the Kamerians intended to use the Spellstones to destroy Dinosaur Planet, and a war began between the two species over their creation. Though, to the player, the Krazoa are introduced as "Peace Spirits" that bring life to the planet, characters throughout the game hint that they have a more sinister purpose. A boss in Star Fox Adventures described simply as a "Mutant" was originally named "Drakor", a key character to Dinosaur Planet's storyline, and General Scales' father. Before fighting Drakor in Dinosaur Planet, he would relay a key piece of dialog to the player: "Do not believe everything the Krazoa have told you. We Kamerians did not start the Great War." He declares that defeating the Krazoa Spirits is the key to destroying Dinosaur Planet, and that there is no task more important to him.Sabre and TrickyIn Dinosaur Planet, players controlled one of two characters: Sabre, a wolf boy who lived on Dinosaur Planet all his life, or Krystal, a feline girl who was orphaned on the planet after her home world was destroyed. Both Sabre and Krystal were raised by a wizard named Randorn, who used to know Sabre's father. When playing as Sabre, the player would be tasked with collecting the Spellstones. When playing as Krystal, the player would instead collect Krazoa Spirits. Switching between Sabre and Krystal could be done at any time by talking to the Swapstone (later renamed the Warpstone for Star Fox Adventures). Sabre would be accompanied by Prince Tricky, and Krystal would be accompanied by Tricky's brother, Rocky (though later on, Krystal would be instead paired up with Princess Kyte of the Cloudrunner Tribe).It would eventually be revealed that by joining all Krazoa Spirits together at the Krazoa Shrine (originally called "Warlock Mountain" in Dinosaur Planet) they would form the ultimate weapon in the galaxy. Not enough of the Dinosaur Planet script remains to describe what happens after that.Trivia"Bafomdads", items used to bring Fox back to life after dying, are a jumbled way of saying "Back from Dead".In Dinosaur Planet, Bafomdads were called "Dusters".Warlock Mountain, Golden Plains, Golden Plains Shrine, Diamond Bay, Discovery Falls, Swapstone Hollow and Willow Grove are all names of locations that are present in GAMETEXT.bin and were either changed or are not present in the final game.Tricky was to have extra commands: DISTRACT, which distracted SharpClaw guards from certain locations, and RIDE, which apparently allowed Fox to ride Tricky. In addition, the STAY command was originally named GUARD, which explains why Tricky takes a defensive position and growls when Fox tells him to stay.A Cinema Viewer, Big Head Mode, and Giant Head Mode were to be unlocked via Cheat Coins, but never were implemented.In addition to listing where the player was when they saved, Save Files were to have descriptions of recent plot events tied to them.The Final Krazoa Spirit test was cut, known as "The Test of Sacrifice". It's save file description simply says "Would you put yourself before your friends?"As the game was being converted to a Star Fox title, Falco was intended to show up earlier in the storyline. He would bail Fox out in the Walled City, after he unexpectedly encounters General Scales.Fox originally offered Krystal a position to join the Star Fox team, but Krystal would only agree to if Fox gave her a kiss. Dialog for this scene was recorded and exists on the Star Fox Adventures disc, but is not used.


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SARU announced a group profit before taxation of R6.2 million for 2012 at their annual meeting in Cape Town on Friday.
Group revenue rose to R689 million, up 15% from the 2011 level of R597 million, due mainly to an increase in income from broadcasting rights, sponsorships and home tests, which were typically depressed in the 2011 Rugby World Cup year.
That rise was offset by group operating expenditure, which increased by 20%, largely due to costs associated with the hosting of the Test match at FNB Stadium and the IRB Junior World Cup (6%), national teams (4%), development of the game (4%) and staffing costs (3%) following the operational restructuring in late 2011.
"The overall position remains reasonably healthy – despite the macroeconomic situation," said SARU CEO Jurie Roux.
"However, cash reserves (R10 million), are significantly lower than those of the previous year, due partly to an increase in loans and advances to and amounts receivable from provincial unions, and partly to non-recurring capital expenditure incurred mainly on the relocation to new premises."
Roux added that SARU had budgeted for a modest rise in revenues in 2013, although there would be a commensurate increase in expenses.


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Six years after he was arrested for shaking down a motorist in a McDonald's parking lot, former Hialeah officer Misael Guzman on Friday pleaded no contest to a bribery charge.
Guzman, 48, will not serve any jail time, but agreed to give up his law enforcement certification and pay more than $3,000 to Hialeah police and prosecutors for the cost of investigating him.
He also received a "withhold of adjudication," which means the felony bribery conviction will not show on his criminal history.
Hialeah police said that in October 2007, Guzman pulled over a motorist, wrote him several tickets but then asked for $100 cash or else he would call a tow truck.
The motorist agreed to meet him later to give him cash, then called Hialeah police, which launched an internal affairs investigation. That night, investigators secretly video taped Guzman — who was off work and out of uniform — accepting the cash at the parking lot of the McDonald's on East Fourth Avenue and 45th Street.
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We never get tired of hearing about new ways to control home control. Back in January, Home Automation, Inc. (HAI) announced an iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app for the company's Snap-Link product. Now, they want to deliver that same type of access to its Android-loving customers.
The company now says that they are wrapping up testing on Snap-Link Mobile for Android, with plans to release it in the Android Marketplace in April 2011.
Similar to both the PC version of Snap-Link and Snap-Link Mobile, this new app will offer control of any compatible HAI home or business from any Android mobile device. That means customers will be able to view real-time video and event logs, as well as control lighting, appliances, temperature gauges, window coverings, audio and much more—all from that Android device.
HAI says that one app can also control multiple setups.
Expect the Snap-Link Mobile for Android app to start selling in April, via the Android Market. HAI says that the app will have a one-time charge of $49.Follow Electronic House on Facebook and Twitter.
The company had a total of 11 new products on display this week in Denver, Colorado.
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All the news from the annual Google I/O event, including the latest on Android.
It's good news, bad news for Google. A federal appeals court agrees to rehear the Street View case but also affirms its earlier ruling that tech giant violated wiretap laws when collecting data for Street View.
The Linux Foundation's new Core Infrastructure Initiative creates a virtual Justice League of the biggest tech firms to ensure that open-source code gets the cryptographic scrutiny that it desperately needs.
The security vulnerability has implications for users across the Web. Here's what the bug means for you.
A Bloomberg report says the agency knew about the Heartbleed security flaw that's sent sites like Google scrambling to patch their systems -- but it kept it secret and used it to spy. The agency, however, says that's not so.
A flaw in software that's widely used to secure Web communications means that passwords and other highly sensitive data could be exposed. Some say they've already found hundreds of Yahoo passwords.
Yahoo will begin recycling usernames on accounts that have been inactive for more than a year. But with log-ins and password recovery linked to e-mail addresses, it's raising some security concerns.
Welcome to CNET's community! Here are some frequently asked questions about the features that will allow you to get the most out of our community platform. We hope you enjoy it!
The fine imposed by Germany represents a total of 0.002 percent of Google's $10.7 billion net profit in 2012, and would take mere minutes to claw that back.
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A South Side elementary school teacher who was fired on Wednesday is in police custody for allegedly making threats to harm students at the school.
Shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday, police responded to Schmid Elementary School in the 9700 block of South Greenwood Avenue following a report of a threat, News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
A school administrator had been told that someone at the school had overheard a threat being made by a teacher on Wednesday, Mirabelli said.
CPS spokesman David Miranda said in a statement that the threat "against the safety of students at Schmid" was made by a teacher who had been "released from his position" on Wednesday.
The school was put on lockdown, he said, and CPS immediately notified authorities.
Police set up a perimeter around school and monitored the entrances, checking the IDs of everyone entering the building, Mirabelli said. The male teacher who made the threat was then taken into custody.
No one was injured in the incident, police said.
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The Australian Open has begun, and Serena Williams is a heavy favorite after her impressive 2012 season. She won at Wimbledon, took the gold medals in women's singles and doubles at the Olympics in London and finished off the summer with a U.S. Open title.
So what kind of season can Williams have in 2013? That is one of the questions ESPN analyst and Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert answered recently.
Can Serena win the calendar year Grand Slam in 2013?
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"Yes, it is absolutely possible. She's got the motivation, there's no doubt about it. She is a very driven young woman who wants to win every time she steps out on the court. Serena has come to Australia ready for the season to begin and clearly in good health, which has been an issue for her over the past few years."
You spoke of Serena's fitness. Is she healthy and focused enough to win?
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"To stay healthy these days ... I think is more difficult, especially for someone like Serena who is such a physical player and has a tendency to get injured. When she's on, she can't lose; she's dominant and unbeatable. But you have to remember that we're talking Grand Slams in the same sentence, and they're two-week tournaments, and the unexpected sometimes happens. So the big question is for those two-week periods, can she keep the high level of focus and fitness for 14 days in a row? Make no mistake about it. There are no easy matches anymore. She lost here in Melbourne last year and then at the French as well. ... So can she win a calendar Grand Slam, yes, but she needs to be at 90 to 100 percent all year long, and that is the real test."
Is the heat a big factor?
Evert » "Some players went skiing [in the offseason]. Some players really did take time off and are kind of working their way into the beginning of the year. Some already have worked hard and are very fit. I think conditioning and fitness is definitely going to be a factor with the heat. So the fittest players will be rewarded in this kind of weather."
Examiner columnist Jim Williams is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning TV producer, director and writer. Follow him on Twitter @wordmandc.


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I do this for fun, and because I love basketball, and it's just taken a backseat for my new career selling illegal narcotics on the streets, otherwise known as "slanging."
I'll try my best to post during the Finals, but this week will be tough. Make sure to follow me on twitter: @GotEm_Coach, as that's where I'll be most active during games.
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33 U.S. Code § 2 - Regulations for navigation of South and Southwest Passes of Mississippi River; penalties
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to make such rules and regulations for the navigation of the South and Southwest Passes of the Mississippi River as to him shall seem necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing any obstruction to the channels through said South and Southwest Passes and any injury to the works therein constructed. The term "South and Southwest Passes", as employed in this section, shall be construed as embracing the entire extent of channel in each case, between the upper ends of the works at the head of the pass and the outer or sea ends of the jetties at the entrance from the Gulf of Mexico; and any willful violation of any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of the Army in pursuance of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, for which the owner or owners, agent or agents, master or pilot of the vessel so offending shall be separately or collectively responsible, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor exceeding $500, or by imprisonment for not exceeding three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Source(Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 264, § 5,35 Stat. 818; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a),61 Stat. 501.)
These provisions were part of section 5 of act Mar. 3, 1909, popularly known as the "River and Harbor Appropriation Act of 1909".
These provisions superseded previous similar provisions relating to the navigation of the South Pass only, contained in act Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 5,25 Stat. 424, amended by act Sept. 19, 1890, ch. 907, § 3,26 Stat. 452.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
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And questions are the only answers we need to know that we are alive as I am when I have the mind of a child, asking why is 2 + 3 always equal to 5 ?
Where do people go to when they die?
What made the beauty of the moon?
And the beauty of the sea?
Did that beauty make you?
Did that beauty make me?
Will that make me something?
Will I be something?
Am I something?
And the answer comes: already am, always was, and I still have time to be.
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Conference Volume: TIAA-CREF Institute Series on Higher Education
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This conference volume (2007) is the third in the TIAA-CREF Institute Series on Higher Education and is based on presentations from the 2006 TIAA-CREF Institute Higher Education Leadership Conference. This national conference of campus leaders was convened by the TIAA-CREF Institute to address the management of transformational change by campus leaders as a key element of institutional success.
The book is co-edited by Ronald G. Ehrenberg, TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow, and Director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute at Cornell University and Madeleine d'Ambrosio, Executive Director, TIAA-CREF Institute. Contributors to the volume are distinguished higher education researchers and policymakers who were asked to summarize a conference session and provide their own perspective on the issues that the session raised. Chapters explore the role of entrepreneurial leaders and their interactions with stakeholders such as trustees and the public; strengthening the academic presidency; financing institutional operations; and changing student access through strategic pricing. The book also delves into the pressures associated with private fund raising by colleges, athletics, and other campus issues that impact important decisions and strategies that add to the complexity of modern collegiate leadership.


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