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Charles and Mary Hash Building
Bassler Hall and the Charles & Mary Hash Building form the Velma A. Dilworth McCollough and Clair R. McCollough Communications Complex and Broadcast Studio. The McCollough Communications Complex houses the Communication & Theatre department. The Hash Building houses classrooms, faculty offices, and the Communication & Theatre department office.
Charles and Mary Hash Building was built as the Model School to serve pupils of the community as well as the students of the normal school for practice teaching. The building opened for use in the Fall of 1901. In 1921 the Training School library opened. In 1968 it was rededicated as Myers Hall, named for Carrie E. Myers (1885-1923), an 1884 graduate of the normal school who joined the faculty of the Model School and became its superintendent. In 1996 this building underwent major renovations and was dedicated as the Charles and Mary Hash Building.


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Release Date: February 8, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Lockport native Paul Haenle, who served as U.S. National Security Council director for China, Taiwan and Mongolian affairs from 2007 to 2009 under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, will visit the University at Buffalo on Feb. 12 to present two talks, both free and open to the public.
The first, "Preparing for an International Career," will take place from 2-3 p.m. in 280 Park Hall on the UB North Campus.
"The presentation will be geared to students considering an international career, but will certainly be of interest to others as well," says Bruce Acker, assistant director of UB's Asian Studies Program, one of the sponsors of Haenle's visit. "Haenle will discuss the courses, skills and experiences that will help students launch careers in the international arena and the paths such careers can take. He will also comment on the opportunities and challenges for Americans living and working in China."
The second presentation, "U.S.-China Relations and China's International Role," will be held from 3:30-5 p.m., also in 280 Park Hall. Haenle will address the legacy of mistrust, the capacity for cooperation between China and the United States and the implications if we were to strengthen collaboration based on common interests or, alternatively, fail to manage our differences in a constructive manner.
For program details, contact Acker at 645-0763 or email@example.com.
Haenle, who now serves as director of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, a joint U.S.-China research center funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, will offer a rare, personal glimpse into U.S.-China relations and international affairs from someone with experience at the highest levels of U.S. foreign policymaking.
In addition to his National Security Council responsibilities, Haenle played a key role as the White House representative to the U.S. negotiating team in the "six-party talks" involving the U.S., China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia in negotiations pertaining to North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Prior to being appointed director of the National Security Council, Haenle served as executive assistant to U.S. National Security Advisors Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley.
Trained as a China foreign area officer in the U.S. Army, Haenle was twice assigned to the U.S. embassy in Beijing, served as a U.S. Army company commander in Korea and worked in the Pentagon as an advisor on China, Taiwan and Mongolian affairs.
He is a 1984 graduate of Lockport High School and in 2008 received the school's Distinguished Alumni award. He graduated from Clarkson University and holds a master's degree in Asian studies from Harvard University.
In addition to the UB Asian Studies Program, Haenle's visit will be sponsored by the university's Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Program, Undergraduate Academies, Office of Career Services and Confucius Institute.
Patricia Donovan has retired from University Communications. To contact UB's media relations staff, call 716-645-6969 or visit our list of current university media contacts. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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1. Who Can Participate in the Walk?
Anyone and everyone can become part of the fight against ALS by joining a local Walk to Defeat ALS. All Walk routes are wheelchair accessible and Walk Day activities include something for all ages!
2. Is There a Fee to Participate?
There is NO FEE to participate in the Walk to Defeat ALS. Walk participants contribute to local patient service programs and internationally-driven ALS research by raising donations through a variety of fundraising methods. Walk participants can raise anywhere from $100 to $100,000 dollars - the sky is the limit!
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Registering for your local Walk to Defeat ALSTM is quick, easy and can be done from the comfort of your home in 4 easy steps!
- The first step in joining the Walk to Defeat ALSTM is to select the Walk location you would like to join.
- Next, decide: Will you be participating as a member of a Walk Team, Individual Walker or Virtual Walker?
- Complete the appropriate Online Registration Form to become an official participant of your local Walk!!
4. What is a Walk Team?
Your Walk Team includes anyone and everyone who wants to join in the effort to raise money for patient services programs and ALS research. Family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, children and adults create Walk Teams. Walk Teams and their fundraising efforts drive the success of a Walk. More team walkers means an increased opportunity for fundraising and increased awareness of ALS.
There are two primary types of Walk Teams:
- Family Walk Teams: A Family Walk Team is typically created by family members and friends whose lives have been personally touched by ALS. Family Teams usually rally around a loved one with ALS.
- Corporate Walk Teams: A Corporate Walk Team is created when a company wants to support The ALS Association's mission and the Walk. These teams are generally made up of coworkers and their family and friends. Corporate Teams may or may not have a personal connection to ALS but they are all dedicated to improving the lives of those touched by the disease.
- Other Walk Teams: If you are not forming a Family or Corporate Walk Team, as described above, your Walk team might fall under the "Other" heading. "Other" Walk Teams include school teams, fraternity/sorority teams - any type of team that would like to join the fight against ALS.
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A Team Captain is the lead organizer and motivator for a Walk to Defeat ALSTM Team. Team Captains are responsible for recruiting people to join their Walk Team, naming their team, setting a team fundraising goal and continually communicating with and encouraging team members prior to and during Walk Day. Team Captains are The ALS Association's primary contact and liaison to the Walk Team; he/she will receive ongoing information and updates from our office during the months leading to Walk Day. Each Walk Team must have a Team Captain.
6. What is a Team Walker?
Team Walkers are individuals who participate in the Walk to Defeat ALSTM as part of a Walk Team. Team Walkers will communicate regularly with their Team Captain and encourage friends and family to support the Walk and their team. Along with hundreds of other Walk participants, Team Walkers will attend Walk Day and collect donations by using their "Walk Participant Center" tool or other fundraising methods.
7. What is an Individual Walker?
Anyone can participate in the Walk to Defeat ALSTM as an Individual Walker! People who choose to participate as Individual Walkers do not belong to a specific Walk Team; rather, Individual Walkers choose to participate as a single member of their local Walk to Defeat ALSTM. Along with hundreds of other Walk participants, Individual Walkers will attend Walk Day and collect donations by using their "Walk Participant Center" tool or other fundraising methods.
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People who choose to participate as Virtual Walkers of their local Walk to Defeat ALSTM differ from Individual and Team Walkers in only one way: Virtual Walkers do not attend Walk Day. Virtual Walkers register for their local Walk and raise donations like all other Walk participants. Join a Team to walk virtually or join as an Individual to walk virtually. The choice is yours!!
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As you begin collecting Walk donations, we encourage you to send all contributions to The ALS Association Chapter office prior to the Walk.
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- Encourage online donations! Online donations are made directly to your personal Walk web page and are instantly attributed to your Walker and/or Walk Team fundraising goal. No additional steps are necessary.
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- Give your donations to your Team Captain. If you are participating as a member of a Walk Team, you can gather donations and submit them to your Team Captain before Walk Day. Please use the provided Walk Collection Envelopes as described above to collect your donations and simply give your envelope to your Team Captain.
- All donations received after Walk Day should be mailed to The ALS Association Chapter office.
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Remember that your username and password are case sensitive. Click here to find your password. You will receive an e-mail with your username and password.
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Convio, the company that powers The ALS Association's Online Walk System, makes every effort to protect your personal contact and credit card information. They use industry-standard SSL encryption techniques to make sure your credit card information, passwords and personal information travel securely over the Internet. Convio also installed an encryption engine on our database server so your data is securely stored within our offices as well.
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Credit card information is not stored in our database. During the donation process, we send an individual's credit card information to an online processing terminal using a secure connection. The information passed back is an approval or denial for the credit card donation.


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With their distinctive, A Clockwork Orange influenced image, sensational live shows and catchy, anthemic songs, American Pinup emerged from the suburban sprawl and unsung underground music scene of Westchester County, New York and brought along an original brand of fierce, exuberant performance that is just as wild as it is charming. The indie/punk four-piece was pegged by AMP magazine as the "voice of the new decade" and combines elements of rockabilly, surf rock, punk, pop, folk, and ska to create a unique and fresh alternative sound. Blending the DIY ethos of the punk scene with a reverence for the melody and simplicity intrinsic to pop music, American Pinup has carved out their own niche in the world of independent music. Their debut record was released in 2011 on Altercation Records, followed by a split with New Jersey punk rock hard-hitters Lost In Society in 2012.
American Pinup has appeared at festivals such as Vans Warped Tour, The Fest, SXSW, Move Music Festival, Red Gorilla, Valley of the Vapors, Tinderbox Music Festival, Philly FM Fest, Upstart Fest, and many more since coming on to the scene. They have also been featured on compilation records such as Blood, Sweat, and Punk, Vol. 1 released by Altercation Records, the Punk for Progress compilation to raise money for V-Day.org, a global movement to end violence again women and girls, which features artists such as The Bouncing Souls, and most recently, the international compilation Punkabilly Shakes the World, Vol. 2 released by Japanese label Rude Runner Records.
The band is currently touring in support of their sophomore full-length release, Change Machine, released on September 3, 2013.
The video was made in bits and pieces over a long period of time and is a surreal dream sequence that aims to produce a sense of longing, but for something very vaguely defined. The band's frontwoman actually drove that cool, old rat rod, which is how she learned to appreciate power steering.
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Rated: R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language.
Release Date: 2009-03-06
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Film goers, be warned. Watchmen is no ordinary superhero movie, but it's also not an extraordinary one.
This latest comic book adaptation is one complex, multi-layered murder mystery, set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. It is the world Alan Moore created for his legendary comic book series, which, when published, challenged both the genre and medium.
For those who haven't read the books, Watchmen chronicles a group of vigilantes which disbanded years earlier when masked superheroes were banned by the US government. The story begins when one of its members, "The Comedian" (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is murdered, setting "Rorschach" (one of his former partners) on a mission to find out who done it.
Those that have read the books, will know that in reality the story is about much more than that. It is part political satire, part Shakespearian tragedy and oh yes, part "Detective Comics". It's mature content is without a doubt bound to surprise many. The ones who argue that comic books can't be or aren't "deep", simply haven't read this one. And that's precisely the challenge the filmmakers met when adapting it to the big screen.
The books are so carefully crafted that everything in them, needs to be there. If even one of the elements goes missing the story just doesn't work. There's no question that director Zack Snyder attempted to make a faithful adaptation, but when you try to fit all 12 issues into a regular movie's running time (this one runs 15 minutes shy of three hours), some of the desperately needed elements in the story are bound to be lost in translation. In the end however, some different directing choices could have tied things together more coherently.
One such thing I think could have been re-imagined is an opening montage that condenses the origins of the Watchmen lore to the duration of a 1960s folk song, leaving you will little time to figure out what's happened. At times things feel a bit convoluted but unlike reading a comic, in a movie you can't go back and re-read a page to further understand what happens later in the story. Fortunately the appeal of some of the characters are undeniable. Jack Earle Haley wonderfully plays "Rorschach" the borderline psychopath who wears a mask with shape shifting inkblots, and gives the film its edge and ferocity.
It is not the first time that one of Alan Moore's graphic novels is adapted to the big screen. V for Vendetta and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen were the other two films that fell short on their promise.
While the film disappoints on some levels, my hope is that viewers will be drawn to read to the comic book series that set a precedence for future books of its kind.


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Palit 9800GTX+ Review
Video card technology has moved at an unprecedented pace in the past 18 months. New product releases by nVidia were quickly followed by new product releases from ATI and vice versa. ATI was competitive at particular price points but nVidia always seemed to have the upper-hand in overall performance. ATI's 3870 and 3850 just couldn't overcome the graphics processing power of nVidia's 8800GT and 8800GTS. Everything changed in June of 2008 when ATI released the 4000 series.The 4870 and 4850 quickly showed their dominance in performance and price. In addition, these new ATI cards had one thing that nVidia's didn't, a 55nm manufacturing process. In response, nVidia dropped the price of its 200-series cards and released a 55nm version of the 9800GTX called the 9800GTX+. Not only did the 9800GTX+ include a die shrink compared to its predecessor but it also came with a higher core and shader clock speed. In this review I will be looking at how Palit's 9800GTX+ competes with its ATI counterparts and the 9800GTX. Palit is known worldwide as an enormous manufacturer of video cards but has just recently emerged at a more visible level in the west.
Closer Look:
The packaging for the Palit 9800GTX+ is in typical Palit fashion. Frobot, the company's mascot, is shown prominently on the front cover along with nVidia's color of choice, green. The front of the box also has a brief description of the 9800GTX+'s features. A label stating "Gamer's Choice" adorns the front of the box as well. Will the 9800GTX+ live up to the hype? The back of the box has a brief list, in twelve languages, detailing some technical specifications of the 9800GTX+.
Opening up the outer box doesn't reveal a whole lot. Inside the outer box there is a white box that holds the the video card and accessories. The video card itself is held inside of another padded white box. The accessories are individually wrapped.
Palit bundles the 9800GTX+ with a wide variety of install documentation, power and connectivity accessories. Among the power accessories are a 6-pin PCI-E to 8-pin PCI-E power adapter and a Molex to 6-pin PCI-E power adapter. The connectivity accessories include a DVI to VGA adapter, a DVI to HDMI adapter and a S/PDIF cable that connects to the 9800GTX+ from a digital audio out connector. Also included is a drivers CD.
Now that we've made it through the accessories and packaging, it's on to the fun part, the video card!


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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - MIT rifle continued its best start in 10 years over the weekend, gunning down the University of Sciences in Philadelphia in both events. The Engineers defeated their arch-rival behind two new team highs and seven personal highs.
Saturday's victory moved Tech's shoulder-to-shoulder match record to 5-1 on the season, while the team has compiled a 3-1 mark in postal competition. For the year, the Engineers boast an 8-2 ledger, and have been improving every week.
In Air rifle, MIT outdistanced USP, 2223-2190. Led by Anton Katz's 581, the total was the best this season for Tech's unit. Nathan Pfaff energized the group with a career-best 577, while co-captains Taylor Barton (536) and Jay Gill (529) also set personal records.
MIT totaled 2212 for an easy victory in smallbore. Katz, who continues to serve as the program's top marksman, shot 580 to pace the attack. Pfaff followed with a score of 548 and Jake Latcham (544), Taylor Barton (540), Jay Gill (544) and Wes McKinney (541) each registered new highs. McKinney enjoyed a tremendous afternoon in the range, setting a new personal best in air as well (531).


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Raccoon Dog, Tanuki
(Nyctereutes procyonoides)
Facts about this animal
This is a unique kind of wild dog - marked like a raccoon, with curved claws enabling it to climb trees, and "hibernating".
With a head-body-length of 50-68 cm, the raccoon-dog is about the size of a fox but has shorter legs and a shorter tail of 13-25 cm. The body weight ranges from 4-6 kg in summer, but may reach close to 10 kg before winter hibernation.
The fur is long and dense, especially in winter. Its general colour is yellowish-brown. The shoulder, tip of tail and legs are blackish. The facial markings resemble those of a raccoon.
Raccoon-dogs occur mainly in forest and dense vegetation bordering lakes and streames. They use dens, which often have initially been made by a fox or a badger. They are monogamous. Mating season is in spring. After a gestation period of 59 to 64 days usually 5 to 8 cubs are born, but as many as 19 in one litter have been reported. Both parents participate in the rearing of their offspring.
Raccoon-dogs are omnivorous, feeding on invertebrates, frogs, lizards, rodents and birds along with seeds, berries, fruit and rhizomes. Those living near the ocean will also eat crabs and other marine species.
Did you know?
That raccoon dogs are the only members of the canid family to go into torpor during winter? Torpor means a stage of inactivity, whereby the body temperature drops, allowing the organism to save energy. In the raccoon-dog there is no proper hibernation, however, because if winter weather warms up a bit they will emerge from their dens and may forage. In the milder, more southern parts of their range they may not go into torpor at all.
|Name (Scientific)
|Nyctereutes procyonoides
|Name (English)
|Raccoon Dog, Tanuki
|Name (French)
|Chien viverrin, Tanuki
|Name (German)
|Name (Spanish)
|Tanuki, Perro Mapache
|Local names
|Estonian: Kährik
Finnish: Supikoira
Italian: Cane procione
Japanese: Tanuki
Romansh: Chaun-vulp
Swedish: Mårdhund
|CITES Status
|Not listed
|CMS Status
|Not listed
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|Native to Eastern Asia, but they were introduced to western Russia and are now widespread in northern and eastern Europe.
|They are found many habitat types (forests, farmlands, meadows, open landscapes and urban areas from coastal to subalpine zones), but they are especially common in woodlands near water
|Wild population
|Unknown, but stable (Red List IUCN 2011)
|Zoo population
|100 reported to ISIS (2006), but captive raccoon dogs stll exist on fur farms in Finland (IUCN Red List)
In the Zoo
How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 82 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Why do zoos keep this animal
The raccoon-dog is not a threatened species. Zoos keep it primarily for educational reasons, e.g. to present a species with a high invasive potential, or to show the only representative of the dog family going into torpor during winter. Often raccoon-dogs are kept together with or next to raccoons which allows for demonstrating convergence, i.e. the evolutionary process whereby organisms not closely related independently evolve similar traits as they both adapt to similar environments.


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Garmin Nuvi 255W 4.3" GPS Navigation with Text to Speech
Review Date: 09/02/13
Garmin seems to have the ideal POI organization by category -- Tom Tom, for instance, will just list all "restaurants" alternatively of allowing you to pick "Asian" or some other category. The a single point that kept me from obtaining any Garmin model, was the truth that you cannot enter an address by Zip Code -- you have to truly enter the state and city (albeit with some help by way of preloaded state and city names). This truly boggles the thoughts.
Review Date: 07/28/13
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This GPS will lead to much more frustration and pressure than convenience. What boggles my mind is this model is no additional enhanced than the older models- its the identical terrible slow laggy UI with just about every essential press. The keyboard is really awful to variety on and it LAGS like hell. Also the huge screen bevel makes it not possible to press certain letters or backspace without repositioning your hand awkwardly. I live in Rhode Island, so I'm frequently commuting between RI and Mass mainly because they're so close with each other. Effectively this GPS isn't intelligent adequate to understand that, so every time I have a new address to enter, I have to form in the complete state name since there's no list of *recent states*. A different factor that SUCKS about this GPS is THERE IS NO WAY TO SEE THE ITINERARY when you enter an address. This is a single of the hugest flaws with it. The only way you can see your itinerary in advance is if you retain dragging the map more than and more than with your finger, which requires forever mainly because the unit lags so bad. Also, its quite tricky to Alter THE ITINERARY; for example, if you want to take a diverse highway than it recommends to get some spot. It's specially difficult to do while driving- and regrettably, you have no decision but to do it although driving because like I stated before, there's no way to adjust the itinerary until you GET THERE. Perhaps the most frustrating difficulty with this GPS is that every single time you start off it up, it says "Searching for Satellites" which occasionally can take ten MINUTES or Additional to even CONNECT. It'll ask "Are you indoors?" and from time to time I can't get a connection at all even when I'm holding the issue up in the air towards the windshield while driving. I've also had a lot of troubles with preset areas NOT getting in the GPS. For instance, I was seeking for directions to a Navy base, and in another instance, to a distinct hospital. The GPS did not have EITHER location in it's presets!! Now I know Google Maps has these areas! WT eff? Also, as other people have noted, there are no POIs (points of interest), which tends to make possessing this GPS in an location you're already familiar with incredibly useless. It'd be good to see company and McDonalds and Pizza Huts and shops on my map rather of just colors.Also, there's no way to adjust the volume on this GPS with no navigating via a ton of slow UI menus. There are no hardware buttons on the side to dim the screen or adjust the volume. An additional downside is that there's no way to tell the GPS that a distinct road is blocked off/under construction so the GPS won't take you down that road anymore. There's been a bridge out in my location for 3 years and it's not on the map updates- the Garmins consistently attempting to take me across this unfinished bridge. Google wants to come out with their personal GPS that makes use of their mapping software. I essentially ended up smashing mine in aggravation, so now I have nothing, which in my opinion is far better.
Review Date: 03/20/13
This was a gift for a directionally challenged loved ones memeber. I say invest the income to obtain this unit if you are seeking. Obtaining a piece of mind when you are traveling with worth what you will devote The only factor I have located is, that the unit at instances does not know proper from left, so make confident you appear at the screen.
Review Date: 03/17/13
Really intuitive interface. Free map update within 60 days. Outstanding consumer service. Have utilized Garmin product for years as a pilot (no one particular is greater) and decided to use for auto travel specifically when away from hometown. Recalc time is amazingly fast. Voice synth could be better (it was on my old Garmin Street Pilot 330). Loading time could be Much faster. Some directional quirks but often gets me their without delay. Sometimes offers me a route exactly where the street has been manually blocked...but no map is great. Those who rate it low compared to Tom-Tom should have absurd customer loyalty or basically hate adjust. I attempted a Tom-Tom - identified it so user-UNfriendly, returned it for a different Garmin. Those who criticize it for getting DOA have no standing unless it was not promptly replaced upon acquiring and RMA...same goes for these who goes who got a poorly functioning unit. It's all about consumer SVC!
Review Date: 03/15/13
Nice screen, size is fantastic and it looks very good. Voice path is nice, but can be a little annoying. Transportable. Fantastic information base. Desires a suction cup to mount, hate the energy cord draping down the dash. Far better than the little screen units, but nonetheless wish it was larger, like the built in units, but then again it doesn't price + either.
Review Date: 12/17/12
Vibrant colors, loud adequate (adjustable volume, also), good graphics, the voice recognizes factors that I kind in (typed in "Erin's Home" and when I arrived, she mentioned "You have arrived at Erin's home")... incredible GPS. Really recommended. If you need to take a break on your trip and pull into a gas station, restaurant, and so forth., it automatically redirects you, thinking you made a incorrect turn. After you get back on the road you were on, it takes you the identical way you were going prior to you stopped, but there demands to be a "Pause" button for the guidance or something...
Review Date: 10/27/12
Garmin website was uncomplicated to register and do automatic computer software updates. It gets GPS signals in no much more than 30 seconds. It tends to make rapidly adjustments if you take a diverse route than the original directions it offers you. It only came with a Rapid Start out Manual. I had to log on to Garmin.com to get a pdf file of the total manual. No USB connector cord. I was able to use the ones from my digital camera or mp3 player. This was my first auto GPS and it was incredibly basic to figure out. The female voice sounds clear and is straightforward to understand.I like that it calls out the streets by name and offers you advanced warning that your next turn is coming up. I am glad I didn't pay for the factory installed GPS that could have come with my car. I got this for less than 跌 and can use it any automobile.
Review Date: 09/03/12
I can't consider of any...truly. Ridiculous routes, incorrect routes and occasionally literally just going in circles. Maps are NOT correct, in spite of what I've read in other reviews. Slow to reposition vehicle soon after turns, frequently so slow that you locate yourself in the wrong lane if your in a series of rapid turns. I applied a TomTom One in europe for four years devoid of a single issue. Coming back I necessary a new GPS and read some critiques indicating as Garmin is an american company versus TomTom which is european...Garmin's maps of the US are a lot a lot more accurate. I fell for it and it wasn't extended just before I regretted it. Soon after almost acquiring killed in a major merge since it took so lengthy to clarify the route...I'd had it. Back to TomTom and I have no regrets or incorrect routes or close to misses. I'd strongly encourage any prospective GPS purchaser to steer clear of the Garmin.
Review Date: 08/18/12
Price tag. IF you don`t want bluetooth and website traffic, this the the way to go. none for this price battery could final a bit longer.
Review Date: 07/10/12
Supremely intuitive interface. Setup was a snap and I often use it for all sorts of trips. The far more you use it the a lot more you will comprehend how friggin' cool this tiny device is. So substantially information is accessible to you that you will drive off the road digesting it all. The maps are about 95% up to date. I have driven off the map a couple of times - and it's entertaining to watch the steam coming out the Garmin's brain as it tries to get you back on a road. The widescreen Nuvis have just the correct amount of screen space. The screen seldom gets washed out by sunlight. No problems with GPS reception and I usually get a sturdy signal in my kitchen. Just acquire 1! I wish that the battery life was longer and that the battery was replaceable/exchangeable. The unit lasts about four days or two hours on a total charge though becoming stored in a cold auto. On long continuous drives, I can get about five hours out of a full charge (screen at 10% brightness). Eight to ten hours would be preferrable. The charging cable is not quite flexible till it is warm. The Nuvi is a small sluggish in cold weather. I wish it had Chick-Fil-A areas. I purchased the AC charger and USB cable (then realized I currently has a mini-USB connector - doh!) to go with the Nuvi. I don't like the appear of extraneous wires in my car so the AC adapter lets me charge the unit at residence - of course the Nuvi will also charge itself via the USB cable. Had I known these two truth I would possibly not have bought the USB and AC adapter. I used to have it in my vehicle daily but I grew tired of removing it daily so I use it only for areas I haven't but visited.
Review Date: 05/23/12
Simple to use uncomplicated to realize....fantastic unit worth every single penny. The widescreen is nice and its easy to navigate via. Calls out streets by name not just make a left make a proper ....Rapid adjustments advocate it to anybody....bought one particular for my mom also she loves it!!!!!! None
Review Date: 05/07/12
General it is a solid unit. Has all the functions you'd expect of a standard GPS unit.Attributes I like:Loud and clear voice.If there is a turn coming up quickly soon after the current a single, it will generally warn you of it verbally (not on the screen even though).Shows your current speed subsequent to the speed limit, so you know when you are speeding :)Starts up relatively rapid, and finds satellites fairly rapidly also. If you're coming out of a garage, give it 30 seconds or so.Seattle has a lot of tunnels (ex. the ones on the two bridges 90릠). It appears to know about some of them, as it will continue tracking at your final identified speed even although it has lost the satellites.I got the version with targeted traffic; it doesn't generally get all the visitors jams but when it does find one particular en-route I can steer clear of it.Its resolution is very precise, offers remaining distance at 10ft intervals and updates your position at a fairly high rate ƒ+ times a second) - I've observed it track me going much less than 1 mph in a website traffic jam **CONTINUED PROS**Its tracking is also relatively accurate - my parent's GPS 'lagged' so when the map showed you were half a block from a turn, you were essentially currently there. This GPS doesn't have that problem - it's dead on accurate.**CONS**However, gets confused from time to time (like shifting a street more than, finding stuck on the incorrect street, and so on), specifically in the city with tall buildings.I had the stuttering issue - seemed to be triggered by using the rotating top rated-down map. I use the always north map now and no stuttering. If you can't wrap your head around that, I hear the 3D map is also Okay (dunno why that is less CPU-intensive than the rotating top rated down...)Did not come with a USB cable.Cannot see 'directions' (the complete list of turns).Routes are normally shortest distance but not the fastest. I usually use google maps very first for a rapid overview of the common route, then use the GPS for comprehensive navigation. Wonderful deal for the cash. None of the cons (except for the stuttering problem, and excellent luck if you can't repair that since it was driving me nuts) are critical. Excellent starting GPS unit.
Review Date: 04/23/12
Incredibly sturdy device. I applied for numerous days in a road trip comparing with an iGO, and even though the iGO shows additional relevant data, the Garmin was often showing much better techniques and getting signal faster. I applied for quite a few days in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Angeles, Santa Monica and quite a few places to walk by foot and it was seriously useful. The battery genuinely lasts some thing like 4 hours and it's really fantastic.The search of closest POI's is genuinely good. It doesn't say how several miles for arrival, just the arrival time. This is the only issue I genuinely miss. It's a truly easy GPS, you don't have a lot of extras but it does the job genuinely nicely. It assists you to locate your destiny.I sent this GPS to my mother in Brazil, and installed a totally free map known as TrackSource. It's performing actually well. The price of the very same model in Brazil in a very good shop is practically U.00. I paid 79.00 in a nearby store.
Review Date: 04/13/12
The widescreen packs a lot of region into it, the Text-To-Speech function is good and loud enough for me, shows the sort of turn you'd have to take with the turn indicator at the prime-left No 'Volume' knob/slider on the side, can be slow to recalculate at instances,
Review Date: 03/31/12
LCD screen is a excellent sizeThe GPS quickly fits in a bag when on the road.You'll almost certainly get to your destination. 1. The suggested routes are terrible. The GPS doesn't recognize that getting off the highway and generating numerous turns will take additional time.two. The user interface is awkward. Typical commands are buried in the interface.three. The voice is absolutely terrible. I heard greater in voice synths from the late 90's This was supposed to be an "upgrade" from a TomTom 1 I bought about four years ago. The TomTom was actually effortless to use with intuitive menus and routes that were uncomplicated and effective. This Garmin has terrible route selection. It doesn't have an selection for "using most highways" when finding a route. The two possibilities are Fastest Time and shortest distance. However the Fastest Time appears to be based on speed limits rather than the actual speeds you will travel. So... the highway is only 55mph while a "faster route" via the city is estimated at 40mph. If you follow the recommended route you are guaranteed to sit at targeted traffic lights and be caught in congestion.The user interface is terrible. At a single point I tried to work about a detour and it took about 8 clicks to cancel my detour and recalculate the original route.I am nonetheless employing my TomTom. I believed the Garmin would have new maps and greater technology (routes and targeted traffic) but it is terrible. I wish I could get a refund.
Review Date: 03/29/12
The thing is wonderful. You can decide on a place then search for some thing like WalMart that is close to your current route and add it. Neat features...massive database of stuff. Went to Florida exactly where I knew absolutely nothing about streets and it had them all that I could find. Turn-by-turn it is quite awesome specially with having precise roads.It also has telephone #'s of places you want when you kind them in. I typed in "CVS" though on the telephone with medical doctor to refill prescription out of state and they did it. It seemed to have numerous places programmed in that had been incorrect. It would have a WalMart (you'd think this is an important a single to be right) in the middle of a grassy field. I'd drive a couple of miles each ways to make confident it wasn't just a little off and it was nowhere. It had a bookstore that was under no circumstances there, and I went to a different book retailer it had listed which was also nowhere in sight.This wasn't a matter of me just not searching well or anything. I got out of the automobile and asked the locals. They'd say the nearest WalMart was like 8 miles away.Also the airport in Ft. Myers, FL is brand new. It had it quite close when we place it in, but it said remain to the correct (which was right), and your destination is on the left...when it was on the appropriate. Just minor stuff there. If you put in intersections, it is awesome. If you're trying to uncover a WalMart, CVS, Bookstore, and so on. occasionally it will send you on a goose chase. It does contain the telephone # of the places it tries to take you to usually, so I just named a few and got dead numbers and looked for yet another 1 in the GPS.
Review Date: 02/28/12
Unit is lightweight and slim design. Mounting system/bracket is above common. Widescreen offers very good image good quality in 2D and 3D views. Familiar setup and config (if you've had other Garmin goods). Signal top quality has remained above typical in the week I've had it. Quickly connected to laptop or computer for upgrades/downloads. Text to speech (street/turn notification) is horrible. You can barely hear it at 70% or lower volume, and it becomes distorted at volume levels above that. It sometimes puts my location on yet another street - but it's usually when traveling slow/stopped and in complex neighborhoods Purchased this unit to replace an older StreePilot which was not too long ago stolen. General a great receiver, which has a nice image and computer software set up. The volume/distortion can be irritating. I tend to keep it only loud enough to act as a notification, and then appear at the display for route info (not relying on voice).
Review Date: 02/01/12
Rich, was curtious, quickly and incredibly useful. He was also incredibly understanding and was able to meet my issues and quite knowledgeable on different processes. None
Review Date: 01/22/12
Price tag at the time. This thing can't discover itself on the dash. I took a trip that I printed out a Google Map for and it was straight interstate all of the way. McComb, MS to Caryville, TN. This unit told me to take a suitable turn at Just about every exit. Each and every exit that I didn't take it would "recalculate route" as it need to have, but I can't remember how several instances that it locked up and I had to restart it. Most likely about just about every 30 minutes.I used it for nearby directions this morning and it took me ten miles from where I wanted to go on a computer service call. When I finally located the place via phone calls, I was told that they have a lot of truckers call them with the similar problem. It apparently took them to the identical location that it took me. They said the only folks who get there through GPS personal a TomTom. I don't even see how these folks are even thought to be a GPS. I wish that I would have had a cause to use this ahead of the 30 day warranty ran out so I could get a refund, though I don't assume that I could have on this. Need to have been a "recertified" unit that was not advertised as 1.The only reason that I gave this a 1 egg rating is since there was not an option for a Ŕ" or a negative number.
Review Date: 01/21/12
These are good units when they in fact work. Low cost- at the time, considerably less costly than most brick & mortar stores. Unit was D.O.A. Waiting for a replacement.
Review Date: 01/05/12
This is a ought to for directionally challanged persons. This is the second Garmin Nuvi I have bought. My husband will not leave household with out his. It is easy to hear, and to view. The only factor I have found incorrect is often it will tell you some thing is on the left when it is Genuinely on the right.
Review Date: 11/27/11
It worked. I bought this item as a shell shocker at the time and the cost couldn't be beat unless by a black Friday deal. This gps was really basic to use and functions just. It took me from point A to point B many occasions. The cost now for this unit is out of the question IMO. Immediately after working with other high finish Gps, I would take them more than this one, just since i liked the meue superior. So I would recommend going to a retailer and trying them out very first just too see how the menus work and flow from menu to menu.But all in all a solid unit and it works fine for me.
Review Date: 11/14/11
Really very good unit. Does what its supposed to do for a reasonable price. None Hmm, To the guy who says this unit almost got him killed..lol. The GPS don't drive your car. Its up to you to spend attention to what your carrying out and not totally rely on some electronic device. My guess is perhaps you had been watching the GPS with a telephone glued to your head and that was the dilemma. If you can't drive your automobile with no pretty much finding killed mainly because of your GPS maybe you should sell it or superior however quit driving all together..that woould make it safer for the rest of us.
Review Date: 10/08/11
Straightforward to use. Gives adequate directions. This model's black case blends in greater with my car's dashboard. Often will take a although to discover satellites. Battery life could be greater. Don't rely 100% on GPS units when travelling, I have noticed little differences in the GPS' map software program and reality. Hopefully map updates will resolve these issues.


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Expert and less experienced financial traders show different physiological responses to market events and market volatility, according to new research by The Open University.
The researchers concluded that learning to regulate emotions effectively is an important facet of a trader's expertise. They argue that effective management of emotions for traders is not a question of removing all emotion, but rather recognising emotions as they occur and learning that emotions may carry valuable information. Traders identify important cues and develop effective strategies to avoid being overwhelmed by emotional reactions.
Mark Fenton-O'Creevy, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at The Open University Business School, led the study to show how financial traders make decisions and develop learning tools to help them to regulate their emotions.
Using heart rate data to monitor emotional reactions to market events, the researchers found that traders working in volatile markets have difficulty regulating their emotions and that traders with more expertise have more effective ways of regulating their emotions.
"Evidence is building that the work of professional traders is intensely emotional and that these emotions have important effects on their decisions and behaviour," said Professor Fenton-O'Creevy. "In our paper, we argue that emotion regulation may be an important facet of trader expertise and that learning to regulate emotions effectively is an important aspect of traders' skill development."
The researchers made it clear that effective emotion regulation is not the same as suppressing emotions.
The team studied 28 traders with experience ranging from one month to 25 years over multiple trading days in two European investment banks, one based in London and the other in Copenhagen. Each trader was equipped with an ECG sensor to capture heart-beat information, which was worn throughout the trading day including over the course of releases of important market information and during periods of significant market turbulence.
This research is part of the EU-funded €3.2m xDelia project (www.xdelia.org), a collaboration between The Open University, Saxo Bank (Denmark), Erasmus Research Institute of Management (Netherlands), Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (Sweden), The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Spain); The Forschungszentrum Informatik (Germany) and Bristol University.
The findings will be presented at the NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference in Rotterdam this week (15 June 2012).
Editor's Notes
The Open University Business School is one of a select group of schools worldwide accredited by the three leading international accrediting bodies – AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS. It is the only triple-accredited business school that specialises in flexible learning and is home to 22,300 successful MBAs. Its MBA programme offers residential schools and face-to-face and collaborative learning options.
The Open University Business School is also home to the Open University Law School offering amongst its programmes an LLB (Hons) – a qualifying law degree in England and Wales- in collaboration with The College of Law and a master's degree in law (LLM). It is also one of the top three UK universities for student satisfaction.


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I had a very hard time watching Mitt Romney's GOP presidential acceptance speech last night (I had an even harder time watching Clint Eastwood—what was that!?). Romney and vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan are supporters of the Sanctity of Human Life Act—Ryan co-sponsored the HR 212 Bill last year—"to provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization." Similar legislation called the "personhood" bill declares that life begins at conception and a newly fertilized egg is entitled to the same legal rights as a human being. If passed, such legislation could make in vitro fertilization illegal.
Consider what this means for those of us who need assisted reproductive technology, which often means producing more embryos than one might need, in order to have a baby. In many cases, all the embryos produced during an IVF cycle aren't good enough to become babies, and may get discarded. Some people, like me, have chosen to donate any extra embryos to science for stem cell research. What this bill would do, though, is either outlaw IVF or change how doctors perform IVF to limit the amount of embryos that get produced during a cycle (which, by the way, most insurance companies don't cover and is VERY expensive). Limiting the number of embryos produced to one or two would drastically reduce IVF success rates.
So what does that mean for people like you and me—among the 7.3 million Americans with infertility? We wouldn't have the same options as we do today. If IVF is even still available, the procedure would change. We might have to go through several rounds of IVF to achieve success, which few people would be able to afford. It would change the medical practice of fertility. Fertility specialists could be considered criminals if a single embryo didn't make it, for whatever reason.
What makes even less sense? Romney's own children suffer from infertility. In May, his son Tagg became the father of twin boys, thanks to IVF and a gestational carrier. Tagg's son Jonathan was also conceived this way. Two of Tagg's brothers reportedly have struggled with infertility and gone through IVF as well.
Romney's own grandchildren were conceived through IVF—would he have preferred they not been born? He made a subtle reference during his pledge in his acceptance speech last night: "As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage…"
There are many more things about the Romney/Ryan ticket I don't agree with, like the fact that they want to overturn Roe v. Wade to outlaw abortion, and are against same-sex marriages, but this blog is about infertility so I'll stick to the topic.
I don't usually get political here but this is personal; I had a hard time watching the 2012 Republican National Convention and listening to Romney pretend to relate to women and women's rights. If he's really all about unconditional love and family values—and pro-life—shouldn't he be for the creation of life through in vitro fertilization? One in eight couples suffers from infertility; IVF gives those couples a chance at having a family.
How do you feel about the Sanctity of Human Life Act, or Personhood bill? Leave a comment.


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BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders end regular season with win over Shawnee
ST. MARYS — St. Marys' five seniors made sure their final home game was a winner and that the Roughriders are heading into the tournament on their first winning streak of the season.
St. Marys senior guard Derrick Lauth read where the ball was going next, lunged from the free throw line into the passing lane near the top of the three-point arc, swatted away a Shawnee pass and then chased the ball all the way down to the opposite baseline. Lauth didn't quite come up with the ball before it bounded into the pep band's corner of the baseline seating, but St. Marys boys basketball coach Dan Hegemier clapped and cajoled the fans to cheer even more for the effort.
"He gave us a good spark, didn't he?" Hegemier said after the game.
He wasn't the only one. The Riders' five seniors brought the energy needed to close out the regular season on a high note with a tip-off to final buzzer 61-47 victory on Friday night.
St. Marys put three players in double figures, all five seniors — Garet Fledderjohann, Austin James, Adam Neal, Jarrett Taylor and Lauth — got in the scorebook as the Roughriders have won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
"It's a great way for us to end the season and great for our seniors to go out winners the last time they're going to play here," said Hegemier, who won his 496th career game and is within four victories of becoming the 44th 500-win coach in Ohio high school basketball history. The game featured a pair of coaches in Hegemier and Shawnee's Dick Heath who have combined to win 819 games.
Fledderjohann led all the Riders with 17 points to move within four points of Adam Johns' 1,068 points for No. 3 on the school's all-time scoring list.
James drained 4-of-8 three-pointers for his 12 points and became the school's single-season 3-point record holder with 62 made treys. He passed Tom Burke's 61 made treys in 2004-2005, acccording to St. Marys basketball historian Mike Jay.
St. Marys sophomore Quinn Zaerr came off the bench and was a tidy 5-of-7 from the floor for 12 points. Isaac Fitzgerald also scored eight points off the bench, as the two put up the Roughriders' 20 bench points.
Hegemier liked St. Marys' balance on offense. "We've been spending a lot of time with that," Hegemier said. "You just can't win with one. Quinn started off hot. Austin started off hot."
St. Marys shot 54 percent from the floor on 25-of-46 shooting and shot 68 percent inside the 3-point arc for the game.
While Fledderjohann has been ripping off 20 point games — and even a 40-point performance a week ago — regularly over the past few weeks on his road to 1,000 points and moving into fourth in the all-time scoring list, St. Marys is at its best when he can do the work he did on Friday night, Hegemier said. With the team putting multiple scoring threats on the floor, Fledderjohann became a masterful distributor. Shawnee guarded Fledderjohann closely with 6-foot sophomore Marquis Miller, Hegemier said.
"He had to earn every point he got, but criminy sakes, he must have had eight or 10 assists, and that's what a good point guard does," Hegemier said.
The WBL home victory is St. Marys' first since beating Kenton at home on Dec. 16, 2011.
Shawnee nearly emptied the bench, throwing everyone except the ball boys into the game in waves as first-year head coach and program rebuild specialist Dick Heath tries to build depth with a young Shawnee team that shocked Wapakoneta a week ago and had won three of its last five heading into Friday night's game.
"They've been playing really well," Hegemier said. "They don't quit. They have nice athletes. For a team that's had a lot of hard luck, I give a lot of credit to them and their coaches."
Shawnee's Jay Thomas led all scorers with 18 points off the bench.
The Indians play Bath on Tuesday in the opening game at Lima Senior. The Roughriders will play Kenton on Tuesday night at Lima Senior in a Division II sectional semifinal at approximately 8 p.m. Kenton beat the Roughriders 48-40 at Kenton on Dec. 14. The Wildcats lost to Wapakoneta 52-41 on Friday night.
"I'm sure Kenton is a lot better and I know we're a lot better," Hegemier said of the teams since their early-season match-up.
Rebounding woes hurt the Riders in that eight-point WBL loss to the Wildcats. "They've got some big guys, so we have to rebound a lot better, work our half court a lot better, and I'm going to want to get them to run the floor a little bit. We'll enjoy this win tonight and then Saturday morning start working on tournament."
St. Marys beat Shawnee for just the second time in eight years. Last season, Shawnee's Thad Vernon knocked down a 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat the Riders, 57-55.


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Dear Mario,
Where did the past 4 weeks go? You're my 3rd little boy but this is the first time that a little boy has entered my life and life just kept going. You go along with it so nicely and are the most perfect addition to our family. We were meant to be, little guy. I know it. I needed you and you needed me and it's just so good having you here. Ever since you've arrived, I keep thinking of this phrase:
"Just keep swimming! Just keep swimming! Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!"
It never meant anything to me until you came along. That's what I feel like I've been doing for 4 weeks. Swimming. and swimming… and swimming. Life has been a whirlwind but I love it! I love that you made us a 'clan'; there's no denying it. And 1046… oh, 1046. I can't imagine what it looks like to outsiders. Such a busy home full of noise and love and laughter and screaming and crying and a crazy dog barking; you aren't phased by any of it. Your big brothers and I started playing 'The Silent Game' during the day and that's when I figure things out. or try. Like how to keep up with it all. Friends, family, school, home, schedules, sports, hubby, dog, toddlers, baby; somethings gotta give. And thankfully people understand. I love to take care of you and I'm fine putting everything else on the back burner.
Baby boy, you make me feel like super-woman.
People thought you'd set me back, 'throw me for a loop' and keep us from going but you're not. Actually, its me that holds us back; I'm still recovering. You're good and we're getting in our groove. It's happening! The biggest challenge to date has been grocery shopping with 3 boys. Guess what I do now? I buy Lunchables. Plastic containers filled with pre-cut cheese and pre-cut perfectly round pieces of turkey or ham and an Oreo cookie. Well, I bought them twice since you've been born. First time in 5 years and I tell ya, your brothers think we just discovered gold. If you were my first little boy, I would have never bought Lunchables. Ever. Between breast-feeding and watching monkeys finagle themselves in the 'car-cart', I just didn't (and don't) care. You'll probably be eating Lunchables soon too.
I thought I should also mention that your brothers are soooo in love love looooooove with you.
So much that they like to give you all of their big boy germs from outside, from pre-school, from everything they touch (and they touch everything). Monkeys. They're monkeys, you see. And they can't wait to turn you into a monkey too! Next Summer… you'll be in the dead trees with them; I know it.
All their monkey germs gave you a runny nose though. At 4 weeks old. You and I had an all night Slumber Party while everyone else got their beauty sleep. It was fun. You're so easy to stare at. I kiss you every moment I get.
What a fun 4 weeks you've given us, baby boy. You're pretty darn awesome and we all just love you. Your mama is loving the craziness, the nonstop ride, the 'swimming' and even the sleepless nights. You're totally worth it and I thank God every day for giving you to me… to us.
Love You little one,
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Nashville, Tenn. - Tennessee State University's Athletic Director Teresa Phillips announced Parrish McGrath will become the interim coach for both the men's and women's golf teams. McGrath had previously served as an assistant for the men and women's golf program since September of last year.
The announcement comes after the resignation of Chris Seibel who had coached the Tigers since January of 2011.
"It is sad to see a bright young coach like Chris leave who was a former student-athlete and who had begun the process of establishing solid golf programs," Phillips said. "But we are very excited that we do have an assistant coach in Parrish that can pick up where Chris left off. We are very optimistic that Parrish will maintain and grow both programs."
Seibel returned to his alma mater last year after competing for four seasons with the TSU men's golf team. As a senior, he was named the TSU Male Athlete of the Year and was selected to the 2010 All-OVC team
During Seibel's tenure, the Tennessee State's golf teams had three top-five finishes. In addition, the men's team placed first at the National Black College Invitational in Atlanta, Ga.
Under Seibel and McGrath's tutelage, golfer James Stepp was selected to the Ohio Valley Conference's All-Newcomer team last season as a freshman.
Prior to being appointed at TSU, McGrath worked at the Summerfield Golf Club in Riverview, Fla., for five years. During his stint at Summerfield he served as an assistant professional before stepping into the position of the head pro.
McGrath also worked at the Harpeth Hills Golf Club in Nashville, Tenn. (1992-96). He became a professional in 1993 and qualified for the FedEx St. Jude Classic PGA Tour Event in 1994.
"I would like to thank Teresa Phillips and senior woman administrator Valencia Jordan for allowing me the opportunity to continue my work with the men's and women's golf team as interim head golf coach," McGrath said.
"We have shown signs of improvement for both teams this fall which I see continuing this spring and for many years to come. We participate in the OVC- a very competitive conference- and we look to stake a claim as a contender each year. We aim to set the example of how TSU student-athletes perform on the course, in the classroom and in our community."
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MWSU / New to the mwsu disc golf course« on: January 02, 2013, 12:08:30 PM »
Just recently moved back to Saint Joe from KC and played the course a couple times in the fall. I've never seen anyone play out there before. Is there a league or anything? Also the last time I was out there the baskets seemed kind of shady.


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Author Notes: At the end of every season it happens. Suddenly, it dawns on me that I have casually overlooked an ingredient, a special fleeting something that, in a few weeks time, will be no more - until next year. This quarterly epiphany causes an inexplicable sense of panic, and I end up purchasing mass quantities of some ingredient.
This past winter it was the kumquat that sent me into a buying frenzy. When it finally occurred to me that eight weeks had passed without a single bite of those sweet, tart, orange jewels, I purchased pounds. Pounds! And then spent weeks candying, slicing and dicing kumquats.
This gluten-free cake was one of my favorite recipes that resulted from weeks of experimenting with kumquats. It was inspired by a somewhat heavier orange and lemon cake in the wonderful Rose Bakery cookbook, Breakfast, Lunch, Tea. I tweaked and reworked until I found something that worked for me and my final pound of kumquats. Once you see that the recipe excludes flour, butter and oil, some of you may be skeptical. But I assure you - this cake is moist and incredibly delicious!
—Michelle McKenzie
Serves: 6-8
ounces kumquats, rinsed
large eggs
ounces sugar
ounces finely ground almond flour
teaspoon baking powder
pinch sea salt
- Preheat the oven to 375 F. Butter a 6x3" paper loaf pan and set aside.* *Because this a gluten-free cake, the crumb is incredibly delicate and moist; the cake tends to stick to the pan and can fall apart easily (this is also why it needs to cool completely before cutting). Therefore, I opt for a small loaf pan made of paper; if you want to use a glass or metal pan, make sure to butter the pan, line it with parchment, and butter it again. (PS - Paper loaf pans are perfect for holding homemade gifts!)
- Place kumquats in a medium saucepan with enough cold water to cover by 2-inches. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook kumquats for 35 minutes, or until tender. Drain kumquats and allow to cool to room temperature. Cut each kumquat in half and remove any seeds with the tip of a paring knife. Add seeded fruit (flesh and rind) to the bowl of a food processor; puree mixture until a rough paste forms.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs until combined. In a small bowl, whisk together the almond flour, sugar, baking powder, and a pinch of sea salt; add almond mixture to the eggs and stir with a spatula until combined.
- Add the pureed kumquats to the batter and mix well. Pour batter until buttered pan and bake for approximately 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow cake to cool completely before cutting and serving.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Brown Bag Lunch
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BillGuard.com Review – The Easy Peasy Guardian Against Bad Credit & Debit Card ChargesPosted by Cap on September 25, 2012 |
Earlier this month I attended FinCon12, the financial blogger conference. While at the conference, I was met with wonderful greetings such as "So what are you doing here? You don't even write anymore?" via Greg from WiseBread AND Ben from MoneySmartLife — at two separate occasion, no less. To which I immediately scoffed and replied to these two fine gentlemen with: "I'm escaping from my parental duty, duh."
But in all seriousness, one of the main reasons why I frequent conferences such as Finovate and FinCon is to keep an eye out for innovative and interesting financial tools and startups — to which BillGuard.com is one such nifty web app.
While hanging out with Jim and Jeremy, we got a brief wind of BillGuard from its CMO, Mary Anne Keegan, and before she can gave us the full pitch, one of us pulled up the site on our smartphone and immediately thought the whole premise was in fact pretty neat.
"Antivirus for bills"
BillGuard pitches itself as a service that finds bad charges on your bill and help you get your money back. The service is pretty straightforward in its promise. For anyone out there that ever had to call customer service after discovering a charge on their bill from THREE months ago, you'll know how helpful and stress-relieving the whole process would be if the bad charge was caught earlier, before it gets charged again and again, month after month.
BillGuard catches bad charges on your bill by analyzing millions of customer billing complaints (crowdsourcing) in order to find deceptive, errorneous and fraudulent charges on your credit and debit card bills. A good example of this would be if everyone and their mom flags "NIGERIASHIPPING.COM" as a potential fraudulent transaction, if BillGuard scans your bill and see this transaction (or variants of it) on your bill, they will flag it and alert you.
The best part though is if you're dead sure the transaction is a bad one, BillGuard helps you with the dispute process, saving you some time and headache.
Cost and Service
BillGuard is currently free to signup, with up to 3 cards protected for the free plan, and up to 10 cards protected for the "Family plan" which runs $79 a year. Given the free price tag, you really don't have much to lose to give the service a whirl, provided you're comfortable with handing your credit card login credential to a third-party web application.
The good news is that BillGuard's data comes to them via Yodlee, a well-known data aggregation platform that is in used by over 600 leading financial institution, and of course comes with bank-level security. Data is also read-only, meaning that what BillGuard access can only be used to scan and analyze your transaction to find bad charges — even if your BillGuard login is somehow compromised, the unscrupulous person wouldn't be able to transfer money or make any changes to your financial account.
The sign-up process is pretty darn straight forward. You put in an email address you'd like to use to sign-up and choose your password. Once the account is created, you can add the credit/debit card account of your choice (screenshot above). For those with multiple credit cards from a single issuer, you can select the specific card you'd like BillGuard to scan vs the defunct one you rarely use (e.g., you use your Costco Amex card more than your Amex Blue card).
For my review, I picked my more frequently used cards: my Delta Amex Card, Chase Freedom Card, and finally the good old classic Amex Blue Cash. Once logged in, BillGuard immediately gets to work, scanning your previous transaction and organizing them in a fairly visually appealing format. The user interface, as you can see from the first screenshot above, is clean and concise. Even if you're not a savvy web user it should be easy to identify and absorb information.
Making Your Life Just a Tad Bit Easier
One reason why BillGuard immediately caught my eye on initial impression is how simple (and helpful) the proposition is. The service is especially appealing to people like me, who make about 90% of their transaction on a credit/debit card. I simply don't carry a lot of cash, especially due to my Schwab checking account refunding ATM fees — plus, its nice to get the occasional credit card perks such as cash back, or miles for that first-class ticket to a Euro vacation (but not on Delta Air Lines).
The problem with charging 90% of your transaction on credit/debit is that things can get a bit hectic at the end of the month if you review your bill for any errors (because errors do happen, and to be honest your bank isn't going to proactively help you find bad charges from nefarious merchants).
As you can see below from my screenshot, I've had over 182 transactions in the past 90 days (Cap, you buy too much crap). This comes out to an average of 60 transactions per month — quite a bit of charges to remember and keep in mind.
With BillGuard, you can immediately skim some of the latest charges for potential hiccups.
On my initial scan, BillGuard flagged a transaction called "Pho Lu" as an "unsure" charge. Mainly because this isn't something in their database yet. For those quick with their Google-fu (or well versed with Vietnamese noodle soup), you'll know that this is an Asian noodle joint in Southern California. I suspect as more people in my area uses BillGuard, the merchant categorization will get more rounded-out and the less popular merchants will be identified more precisely.
Another not-quite-as-well advertised functionality of BillGuard is "transaction search," which lets you look up some of the more questionable transactions & merchants out there. Unsurprisingly, you'll see lots of complaints on credit score charges or various fees — and funny enough, lots of complaint on unknown World of Warcraft charges.
Quick Skim on Recurring Charges, Fees, and New Merchants
Another helpful portion in BillGuard is the immediate ability to see your recurring charges, potential fees from your bank, and new merchants that you recently frequent (so even if its flagged as OKAY, you can double check later to see if all is peachy).
A quick look at my recent new 7 merchants shows:
- Paypal Blackdecker – Bought a refurbished handheld vacuum cleaner for $17.
- Wayfair – New crib, mattress for the kiddo at Wayfair, my new favorite online shop.
- Walmart – Funny that I don't visit enough that this got flagged as new merchant.
- Cox Orange – Internet bill. AT&T DSL is so much cheaper but oh-so-unreliable.
- Gamefly Digital – Guild Wars 2 for the wife. No joke.
- Vons – Didn't have a Vons in my previous location so this came up as new.
- Hyatt Hotels Denver – For my recent aforementioned FinCon12 trip.
This is pretty handy as it gives me a quick glance of the charges thats happening, plus reviewing recurring charges also reminded me that I really need to cancel my monthly Equifax subscription (which I no longer actively use):
Come to think of it, I probably should cancel the Netflix account since I hardly use it these days too…
Who It's For and Who It Isn't For
All-in-all I find the service to be pretty impressive and useful and the free price-tag is icing on the cake. Having said that, there are definitely some people who might not find BillGuard attractive what-so-ever.
BillGuard is perfect for you if:
- You charge most of your transaction on your credit/debit cards.
- You're the family "CFO" and you can always use an additional tools to help make sense of things – especially when there's multiple cards to juggle
- You still read every line of transaction in your bills, but can use the "extra pair of eyes" (or in this case, millions of eyes) to catch things you may miss
- You have a transaction on your credit card you'd like to dispute with the merchant and you don't know where to start
BillGuard isn't right for you if:
- Cash is king. You simply don't use your credit/debit cards enough to warrant such a service (though you can make the argument that if you don't use your card enough, its nice to have a service checking it for unsuspecting, real fraudulent charges vs finding out months later)
- You're adverse to online banking, let alone giving your login to another website other than your bank. Some people just aren't comfortable with this aspect, even if no transactions can be made via their bank's credit card login information. And to be honest that's okay. You shouldn't use a service you're not comfortable using.
A Quick Glimpse Into the Near Future
For those who live & breath their daily transactions on credit/debit cards, BillGuard will seem like a no-brainer service that should have been available years ago. While some current PFMs do offer part of the features (e.g. notifying you when you have a fee on your account), crowdsourcing merchants and transactions goes a long way in identifying fraud (and scales much better). If the service hits a certain critical mass, I suspect its data will be fairly robust and the transaction dispute process will be even more painless (how awesome would it be if you can solve a dispute and get your money back within 24 hours?).
While the service is US-only so far, its potential is pretty big for markets such as Europe and Japan, where mobile payments / NFC transactions are already populating in abundance, and consumers are already comfortable with moving to a cashless system. As the US eventually plays catch up (or maybe not, I still personally like to spend cash at small mom and pops even though I'm a credit lover), I can see how services like BillGuard may come built-in to your bank logins or third-party banking apps.
BillGuard seems to be gravitating towards the mobile market too as they just released their service for Passbook in iOS 6. They will most likely have an Android/iOS app version soon, though the web app worked fine enough on my iPad and Galaxy Nexus.
At the end of it all, its a good time for financial nerds and OCD personal finance people such as myself. We now have much more tools at our disposal — not only to help us figure out our financial life, but also keep a safe watch over our financial nest eggs. Personally for me, even if the fraudulent charge is some measly $5 charge, if I can dispute it in a painless and non-time-wasting manner, then I'm one happier camper.
Related Links & Resources:
- BillGuard.com – Official site of the service
- BillGuard Review from Bargaineering.com – Jim reviews the same service
- BillGuard Circa 2011 – Video archive from FinovateFall 2011
If you think this review was handy, keep an eye-out for some more financial startup/tools I've been meaning to review through the years: SaveUp.com, ReadyForZero, FutureAdvisor, Betterment, and you've probably already heard of CreditKarma and CreditSesame.
4 Comments to "BillGuard.com Review – The Easy Peasy Guardian Against Bad Credit & Debit Card Charges"
Jessica N Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 12:56 pm
what a great tool! I've never used anything like this. I'm one of those people who check the bank accounts constantly, but I wish I didn't have to. It get's really annoying sometimes. Thanks for sharing!
Josh Says:
March 12th, 2013 at 5:06 pm
Let me know if you need anything when you review FutureAdvisor. I'm just a shout away. Thanks!
Natalie F Says:
March 14th, 2013 at 10:40 am
Sounds like a fantastic tool. I'm the type that constantly looks over my statements and my husbands statements as well. This could be quite useful for me :)
Rich Says:
May 15th, 2014 at 7:36 am
Would love to be part of the discussion when you decide to review other financial start-ups.
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Efavirenz belongs to the class of medications called non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). Efavirenz is used in a combination with other anti-HIV drugs to treat the infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is the virus responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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What form(s) does this medication come in?
This medication is available as a 600 mg tablet.
How should I use this medication?
The recommended adult dose of efavirenz is 600 mg once daily taken in combination with other anti-HIV (antiretroviral) drugs. The recommended dose of efavirenz for children age 3 to 17 years of age is based on body weight and will be determined by your doctor.
The efavirenz capsules or tablets should be swallowed whole with a full glass of water. The daily dose is best taken before bedtime to reduce problems associated with potential nervous system side effects.
This medication should ideally be taken on an empty stomach (i.e., 2 hours after a meal). Food can increase how much efavirenz your stomach absorbs, which can increase your risk of side effects.
Your doctor may decide on a different dosing pattern. Do not change your dose unless instructed by your doctor.
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It is important to take this medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and continue with your regular schedule. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are not sure what to do after missing a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Store this medication at room temperature, protect it from light and moisture, and keep it out of the reach of children.
Do not dispose of medications in wastewater (e.g. down the sink or in the toilet) or in household garbage. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medications that are no longer needed or have expired.
Who should NOT take this medication?
Do not take efavirenz if you:
- are allergic to efavirenz or any ingredients of this medication
- are taking cisapride, midazolam, triazolam, pimozide, St. John's wort, or ergot derivatives
Do not give this medication to children less than 3 years of age or those weighing less than 13 kg.
There are life-threatening interactions that can occur between efavirenz and many other medications. For your safety, if you are thinking about or using any other medication, prescription or non-prescription, you should check with your doctor or pharmacist first. See the "What other medications could interact with this medication?" section for more details.
What side effects are possible with this medication?
Many medications can cause side effects. A side effect is an unwanted response to a medication when it is taken in normal doses. Side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent.
The side effects listed below are not experienced by everyone who takes this medication. If you are concerned about side effects, discuss the risks and benefits of this medication with your doctor.
The following side effects have been reported by at least 1% of people taking this medication. Many of these side effects can be managed, and some may go away on their own over time.
Contact your doctor if you experience these side effects and they are severe or bothersome. Your pharmacist may be able to advise you on managing side effects.
- diarrhea
- dizziness
- fatigue
- headache
- nausea
- trouble sleeping
Although most of the side effects listed below don't happen very often, they could lead to serious problems if you do not check with your doctor or seek medical attention.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
- abnormal dreams
- difficulty concentrating
- drowsiness
- rash (mild, possibly itchy)
- signs of depression (e.g., poor concentration, changes in weight, changes in sleep, decreased interest in activities, thoughts of suicide)
- signs of infection (symptoms may include fever or chills, severe diarrhea, shortness of breath, prolonged dizziness, headache, stiff neck, weight loss, or listlessness)
- signs of liver problems (e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, dark urine, pale stools)
- signs of pancreatitis (e.g., abdominal pain on the upper left side, back pain, nausea, fever, chills, rapid heartbeat, swollen abdomen)
Stop taking the medication and seek immediate medical attention if any of the following occur:
- signs of a severe skin reaction such as blistering, peeling, a rash covering a large area of the body, a rash that spreads quickly, or a rash combined with fever or discomfort
- thoughts of self-harm
Some people may experience side effects other than those listed. Check with your doctor if you notice any symptom that worries you while you are taking this medication.
Are there any other precautions or warnings for this medication?
Before you begin using a medication, be sure to inform your doctor of any medical conditions or allergies you may have, any medications you are taking, whether you are pregnant or breast-feeding, and any other significant facts about your health. These factors may affect how you should use this medication.
Birth control: Methods of birth control that use hormones, such as a birth control pill, patch or injection, may not be fully reliable as efavirenz interacts with many medications and may change the way that your body uses the hormones. At least 2 forms of non-hormonal birth control (condom, diaphragm) should be used while you are taking this medication. It is recommended that a woman not attempt to become pregnant until at least 12 weeks after stopping this medication, to give the medication time to leave the body.
Depression: Anti-retroviral medications have been known to cause mood swings and symptoms of depression. If you have depression or a history of depression, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed. If you experience symptoms of depression such as poor concentration, changes in weight, changes in sleep, decreased interest in activities, or notice them in a family member who is taking this medication contact your doctor as soon as possible.
Drowsiness/reduced alertness: Side effects of efavirenz may include dizziness, drowsiness, and trouble concentrating. You should not undertake activities requiring mental alertness or physical coordination until you determine that efavirenz does not affect you in this way.
Fat redistribution: Over time, this medication may change how fat is distributed in your body and may change your body shape. You may notice increased fat in the upper back and neck, breast, around the back, chest, and stomach area; or loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face. The long-term effects of this are not known.
Immune reconstitution syndrome: This medication may cause immune reconstitution syndrome, where signs and symptoms of inflammation from previous infections appear. These symptoms occur soon after starting anti-HIV medication and can vary. They are thought to occur as a result of the immune system improving and being able to fight infections that have been present without symptoms (such as pneumonia, herpes or tuberculosis). Report any new symptoms to your doctor immediately.
Liver function: If you have liver problems, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed. Your doctor may want to test your liver function regularly with blood tests while you are taking this medication.
If you experience symptoms of liver problems such as fatigue, feeling unwell, loss of appetite, nausea, yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, dark urine, pale stools, abdominal pain or swelling, and itchy skin, contact your doctor immediately.
Pancreatitis: Efavirenz can cause the pancreas to become inflamed. If you have a history of pancreatitis, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Report signs of pancreatitis such as abdominal pain on the upper left side, back pain, nausea, fever, chills, rapid heartbeat, or swollen abdomen to your doctor immediately.
If you have a history of pancreatitis, gallstones, alcoholism, or high triglycerides, you may be more at risk of experiencing this.
Seizures: There have been occasional reports of seizures occurring when taking efavirenz. If you have a history of epilepsy or medical conditions that increase the risk of seizures, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Stopping the medication: If you stop taking this medication, your HIV infection could get worse. Take the medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor, and do not stop taking the medication without checking with your doctor first.
Pregnancy: Women should avoid becoming pregnant while taking efavirenz as this medication may cause harm to a developing baby if it is taken during the first trimester of pregnancy. Your doctor should test you for pregnancy before starting this medication. If you become pregnant while taking this medication, talk with your doctor before stopping the medication. After assessing the risks and benefits of efavirenz in your particular situation, your doctor may recommend that you continue the medication.
Breast-feeding: It is not known if efavirenz passes into breast milk. Women who have HIV infection are cautioned against breast-feeding because of the risk of passing HIV to a baby who does not have the infection.
Children: The safety and effectiveness of using this medication have not been established for children less than 3 years of age or weighing less than 13 kg.
What other drugs could interact with this medication?
There may be an interaction between efavirenz and any of the following:
If you are taking any of these medications, speak with your doctor or pharmacist. Depending on your specific circumstances, your doctor may want you to:
- stop taking one of the medications,
- change one of the medications to another,
- change how you are taking one or both of the medications, or
- leave everything as is.
An interaction between two medications does not always mean that you must stop taking one of them. Speak to your doctor about how any drug interactions are being managed or should be managed.
Medications other than those listed above may interact with this medication. Tell your doctor or prescriber about all prescription, over-the-counter (non-prescription), and herbal medications you are taking. Also tell them about any supplements you take. Since caffeine, alcohol, the nicotine from cigarettes, or street drugs can affect the action of many medications, you should let your prescriber know if you use them.
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Arizona immigration law: states vs. Obama at US Supreme Court, againPublished: Apr 23, 2012 9:00 am
"On April 25, the issue before the justices is whether Arizona exceeded its authority when it passed a tough immigration enforcement statute, Senate Bill 1070, designed to encourage illegal immigrants to pack up and leave.
The Arizona strategy is called 'attrition through enforcement.' The Arizona case comes roughly a month after 26 states argued at the high court that Congress had overstepped its authority in passing the president's health-care reform law."
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