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James P. Comer, MD, MPH
Dr. Comer, perhaps, is best known for the founding of the Comer School Development Program in 1968, which promotes the collaboration of parents, educators, and community to improve social, emotional, and academic outcomes for children that, in turn, helps them achieve greater school success. His concept of teamwork has improved the educational environment in more than 500 schools throughout America.
A prolific writer, Dr. Comer has authored nine books, including Beyond Black and White, 1972; Black Child Care, (with Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint), 1975; paperback revision, Raising Black Children, 1992; School Power: Implications of an Intervention Project, 1980; the autobiographical Family, 1988; Rallying the Whole Village, (edited with Dr. Michael Ben-Avie, Dr. Norris M. Haynes, and Dr. Edward T. Joyner), 1996; Waiting for a Miracle: Why Schools Can't Solve Our Problems, And How We Can, 1997; Child by Child, (edited with Dr. Michael Ben-Avie, Dr. Norris M. Haynes, and Dr. Edward T. Joyner) 1999; The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action, (edited with Dr. Edward T. Joyner and Dr. Michael Ben-Avie), 2004; and Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World, 2004. Between 1978 and 1994, Dr. Comer wrote more than 150 articles for Parents Magazine and more than 300 syndicated articles on children's health and development and race relations.
In addition to his writing, teaching and research activities, Dr. Comer has served as a consultant to the Children's Television Workshop, which produces Sesame Street and The Electric Company. He was a consultant to the Public Committee on Mental Health chaired by Rosalyn Carter as well as a member of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy (1987-1991). Since 1994, Dr. Comer has served as a member of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has provided testimony before state and congressional legislative bodies.
In 2014 President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Comer to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. He chaired the Roundtable on Child and Adolescent Development Research and Teacher Education, organized by the National Association for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). He also co-chaired the national expert panel of the NCATE Initiative on Increasing the Application of Developmental Sciences Knowledge in Educator Preparation. The NCATE report, "The Road Less Traveled: How the Developmental Sciences Can Prepare Educators to Improve Student Achievement: Policy Recommendations," is based on the work of the three-year period of the second expert panel. He also served on the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Commission on the Whole Child and contributed to the 2007 report, "The Learning Compact Redefined: A Call to Action: A Report of the Commission on the Whole Child."
Dr. Comer was one of the national experts tapped by the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center to serve on the Health Advisory Group of the School Discipline Consensus Project, a 18-month effort that is coordinating with the Supportive School Discipline Initiative launched by Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Since 1971, Dr. Comer has served as Director or Trustee of the following Boards: the Nellie Mae Education Foundation (2003-present); Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (1978-1984); Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT (1989-2000); Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY (1999-present); the Hazen Foundation, New Haven, CT (1974-1978); the Field Foundation, New York, NY (1981-1988); the Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY (1990-1994); Connecticut Savings Bank (1971-1991); the Connecticut Energy Corporation, Bridgeport, CT (1976-2000); and the National Academy Foundation, New York, NY (1993-1998).
For his work and his scholarship, Dr. Comer has been awarded 48 honorary degrees and has been recognized by many organizations. In 2007 he received the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Education. In 2004, he received the John P. McGovern Behavioral Science Award from the Smithsonian. In 2006 he received the John Hope Franklin Award, given to those who have demonstrated the highest commitment to access and excellence in American education. In 1996, he won both the prestigious Heinz Award in the Human Condition for his profound influence on disadvantaged children, and the Healthtrac Foundation Prize (renamed the James F. And Sarah T. Fries Foundation).
Other honors include the Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Education, 1991; the James Bryant Conant Award, presented by the Education Commission of the States, 1991; the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education given by McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1990; a Special Presidential Commendation from the American Psychiatric Association, 1990; the Rockefeller Public Service Award, 1980; and the John and Mary Markel Foundation Scholar Award in Academic Medicine, 1969-1974.
In 1993, Bill Cosby served as the Master of Ceremonies for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the School Development Program. In 1998, Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the Program's 30th Anniversary Symposium.
A native of East Chicago, IN, Dr. Comer received an A.B. degree in 1956 from Indiana University, an M.D. degree in 1960 from Howard University College of Medicine, and an M.P.H. in 1964 from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Between 1964 and 1967, he trained in psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and its Child Study Center. He also completed one year of residency training at the Hillcrest Children's Center in Washington, D.C.
Curriculum Vitae
Major Honors and Awards
Over his 45 year career, Dr. Comer has received numerous awards and honors for his pioneering work including:
- Yale Child Study Center Lifetime Award, 2012
- John H. Romani Award, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 2009
- University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education, 2007
Awarded for his outstanding ideas in education presented in his book, Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World.
- John Hope Franklin Award, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
- John P. McGovern Behavioral Science Award, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 2004
- "100 Faces of a Century," Education Week, December 15, 1999
- Teachers College Medal for Distinguished Service, Columbia University, 1997
- Heinz Award in the Human Condition, Heinz Family Philanthropies, 1996
For his profound influence on the lives of thousands of disadvantaged children through his visionary approach to public education.
- James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation Prize for Improving Health, 1996
- Presidential Citation, American Educational Research Association, 1995
- Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Education, 1991
- Council of Chief State School Officers Distinguished Service Award, 1991
Given annually to a person or persons outside its membership who have shown leadership and/or contributed to the advancement of education
- James Bryant Conant Award, Education Commission of the States, 1991
One of the most prestigious honors in the education community that recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions to American Education.
- Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, 1990
Awarded annually to outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education in this country and whose accomplishments are making a difference today.
- Erikson Institute Award for Service to Children, 1990
- Milton J. E. Senn Award, American Academy of Pediatrics,1990
For his distinguished work in the field of school health on a national basis
- Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States Book Award, Maggie's American Dream, 1988
- Eight Must Read Books of 1989 (Maggie's American Dream), The American School Board Journal, December, 1989
- Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences/Graduate School Distinguished Alumni Award, 1989
- "25 Americans on the Cutting Edge,"Newsweek, October 2, 1989
- Rockefeller Public Service Award, 1980
For his contributions toward solving important problems facing the nation.
- Henry J. Kaiser Senior Fellow Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1976-77; Frederick Redlich Senior Fellow, 1994-95
- Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, 1976-
- John and Mary Markle Foundation Scholar in Academic Medicine, 1969-1974
Honorary Degrees
Dr. Comer has also received 48 honorary degrees.
- Coker College, LHD, 2012
- St. Joseph's College, LHD, 2009
- Harvard University, LLD, 2008
- Lesley University, LHD, 2008
- Sacred Heart University, LHD, 2008
- Rosemont College, LHD, 2004
- North Carolina State University, LHD, 2002
- Eastern Michigan University, LHD, 2000
- Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, DPed, 1999
- Southern Connecticut State College, DSc, 1998
- Connecticut College, DSc, 1997
- Albion College, DSc, 1997
- Cleveland State University, LHD, 1996
- St. Mary's College of Maryland, DSc, 1996
- Briarwood College, LHD, 1994
- Boston College, LLD, 1994
- Columbia University, LLD, 1994
- Morehouse School of Medicine, DSc, 1993
- Lawrence University, LLD, 1993
- West Virginia University, DSc, 1993
- Howard University, DSc, 1993
- Medical College of Ohio, DSc, 1992
- University of Massachusetts Lowell, LHD, 1992
- Brown University, DSc, 1992
- Hamilton College, LHD, 1992
- Niagara University, DPed, 1992
- University of Pennsylvania, LHD, 1992
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, DSc, 1991
- Northwestern University, DSc, 1991
- Princeton University, DH, 1991
- Wesleyan University, LHD, 1991
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice, LHD, 1991
- Amherst College, DSc, 1991
- Rhode Island College, DPed, 1991
- New School for Social Research, LHD, 1991
- State University of New York at Buffalo, LHD, 1991
- University of Connecticut, LLD, 1991
- Wheelock College, EdD, 1991
- Wabash College, DSc, 1991
- Indiana University, DSc, 1991 – Northwestern Campus
- Indiana University, DSc, 1991 – Bloomington Campus
- DePauw University, LHD, 1990
- Quinnipiac College, LHD, 1990
- Albertus Magnus College, LHD, 1989
- Bank Street College, LHD, 1987
- Calumet College, DLitt, 1978
- University of New Haven, DSc, 1977
- Yale University, M.A.H., 1975
Recent Publications
- Comer, J. P., Giordano, L., & Brown, F. E. (2012). Integrating Six Developmental Pathways in the Classroom: The Synergy between Teacher and Students. Handbook of Prosocial Education, 445.
- Banks, J. A. (Ed.). (2012). Comer School Development Program. Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education.(Vol. 1). SAGE. 411-415.
- Farmer, V. L., & Shepherd-Wynn, E. (Eds.). (2012). James P. Comer: My Way. Voices of Historical and Contemporary Black American Pioneers. ABC-CLIO.
- Chaltain, S. (Ed.). (2011). Faces of Learning: 50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education. John Wiley & Sons.
- Comer, J.P. (2009). What I Learned in School: Reflections on Race, Child Development and School Reform. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
- Comer, J.P. (2009). From There to Here. Those Who Dared: Five Visionaries who Changed American Education. Carl Glickman, editor. New York: Teachers College Press. 49-80.
- Comer, J.P. (2004). Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World. Connecticut: Yale University Press. (Excerpted in Yale Medicine (Spring 2005): 24-29 and Yale Alumni Magazine (September/October 2004): 20-23.)
- Comer, J.P., Joyner, E.T., and Ben-Avie, M. (editors), (2004). The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action. California: Corwin Press.
- Comer, J.P. (1997). Waiting for a Miracle: Why Schools Can't Solve Our Problems and How We Can. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Comer, J.P., Haynes, N.M., Joyner, E.T. and Ben-Avie, M. (editors), (1999). Child by Child: The Comer Process for Change in Education. New York: Teachers College Press.
- Comer, J.P., Haynes, N.M., Joyner, E.T. and Ben-Avie, M. (editors). (1996). Rallying the Whole Village: The Comer Process for Reforming Education. New York: Teachers College Press.
- Comer, J.P. (1980, 1993). School Power: Implications of an Intervention Project. New York: The Free Press.
Selected Articles and Commentaries
- "What We Really Need," in What Do School Tests Measure?, New York Times Room for Debate blog, August 3, 2009.
- Comer, J.P. (2008). An open letter to the next president. Education Week, 27 (19), 25, 32.
- Comer, J.P. and Levett, M.A. (May/June 2007). Lessons from early childhood and elementary education practice. Focus, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. 35(3), 5-6.
- National Research Council, Institute of Medicine's Committee on Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn. (2004). Engaging schools: Fostering high school students' motivation to learn. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. (Committee member)
- Comer, J.P. Child and Adolescent Development Research and Teacher Education: Evidence-based Pedagogy, Policy, and Practice Summary of Roundtable Meetings. National Association for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, Co-Sponsored by: National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. December 1-2, 2005; March 20-21, 2006.
- Comer, J.P. (January 2006). Our mission: It takes more than tests to prepare the young for success in life. Education Week Quality Counts, 25(17), 59-61.
- Commission on the Whole Child. (2006). The learning compact redefined: A call to action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (Commission member)
- Comer, J.P. & Emmons, C.L. (2006).The research program of the Yale Child Study Center School Development Program. The Journal of Negro Education 75(3) 353-372.
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Association for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. (2006). Child and adolescent development research and teacher education: Evidence-based pedagogy, policy, and practice. Bethesda, MD and Washington, DC: Authors. (Roundtable Chair)
- Comer, J.P. (Fall 2005): The human development gap. Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. XX(2), 35-36.
- Comer, J.P. (March 2005). The rewards of parent participation. Educational Leadership, 62(6), 38-42.
- Comer, J.P. (June 2005). Child and adolescent development: The critical missing focus in school reform. Phi Delta Kappan. 86(10), 757-763.
- Comer, J.P. (November/December 2004). Educators overlook child development. Focus, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. 32(6), 12.
- Comer, J.P. (May 2004). Brown v. Board of Education 50th anniversary. News Leader, National Association of Secondary School Principals. 51(9), 2.
- Comer, J.P. (April 2004). Brown 50 years later: Reflections on the ongoing struggles. American School Board Journal. 19(4), 57.
- Comer, J.P. (January 24, 2003). Making schools of education bridges to better learning. The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education XLIX(20), B20.
- Comer, J.P. (April 23, 2001). Schools that develop children. The American Prospect, 12(7), 30-35.
- National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. (1996). What matters most: Teaching for America's future. New York: Author. (Commission member)
- Task Force on Youth Development and Community Programs. (1992). A matter of time: Risk and opportunity in the non-school hours. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. (Task Force member)
- Task Force on Education and Young Adolescents. (1989). Turning Points: Preparing American youth for the 21st century. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. (Task Force member)
- Q&A:At 79, Comer still emphasizes development of the whole child, William Hathaway, Yale News, March 4
- From New Haven to the White House, Comer's message of academic excellence endures, Jim Shelton, New Haven Register, Feb. 24
- Comer to Obama: Look beyond test scores, Melissa Bailey, New Haven Independent, Feb. 21
- Obama taps Yale psychologist for national education panel, Melissa Bailey, The CT Mirror, Feb. 2
- Yale's Comer named to Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans, Karen Peart, Yale News, Feb. 11
- DeLauro applauds Comer appointment to commission, Staff, Connecticut Postings, Feb. 4
- Comer tours schools, meets principals, Ardie Arvidson, The Hartsville Messenger, Jan. 24
- School ties: A Psychiatrist's longtime commitment to education, Jennifer Dubin, American Educator, Spring 2013
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when i turn the wheels they wont go back straight. it like sticks to the right or to the left. ive tried loosening everything to make sure they wernt to tight. it looks like to servo goes back to neutral.
im having the same problem at the moment. im getting a bluebird 390 to see if that fixes the problem. its pretty annoying isnt it?
sure is. i just spent the last three days tearing down and putting back together.got a some new stuff on there and bam. this
If that is the case and the servo is centering but the wheels not then there is either a bind in the steering linkage or knuckles or you have too much slop in the servo saver.it looks like to servo goes back to neutral.
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it looked like it was but its just off by just a little bit. but that little bit is more by the time it gets to the wheels
Check that servo saver!!!! I used to have that happen till i got a new servo saver. The old one would not center up, sometimes it'd go left and other times right...I'd put money down that that's where your issue is.
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servo saver seems ok. i thinks it just want to be a pain just to agrivate me
i tried driving it and it steers all wierd now. ive got it close. but still doesnt come all the way onecenter. ive checked everything. linkage, knuckle. servo gears are fine,
Did you take the link from the servo horn off and move the tires?
yeah, i did that and it turned really smooth. when i turned the servo with nothing hooked up it was really smooth and fine. but when i hook everything up its like the servo is whinning just a little, its hard to hear. but when i turn the wheel left or right, it turns really good, pleanty of power. im thinking maybe i might of accidently tweaked it abit when i tore everything down. and i heard these stock servos are kina weak.
Did you mess with the pillow balls at all.
Make sure ur knuckles aren't getting binded up with those if they are screwed in to much without setting endpoints on ur servo
You'll be looking into to one very soon if not adjusted
ya i checked all of that. just glued together some tires and now they seem all out of whack.. im bout to just sell it all and forget about it. about every time i try something it just goes to you know what.
It's a pain, but you'll figure it out
When u do you'll be glad and it's just Probally something silly thats all
Drop everything for now and come back tomorrow
Unless ur very persistent than I wish you luck with it
Don't give up...
Dont sell it, thats a mistake. Just shelf it for a while if its frustrating you. I went through this quite a few times with my RCs in the past. Sometimes you just need a break and to comeback with a different view.
Back to the issue. I got a way to diagnose if its the servo saver (im pretty sure it is).
1. Next time you drive it. Grab the wheels and turn them to the left with your hand (not the remote), let the servo saver do its job.
2. set it down and drive without steering input, note what way it pulls
3. now the tires to the right just like in step 1 , now repeat 2
if it pulled to the left when you turned them to the left and to the right when you turned them right, it's the servo saver. If it only pulled one way the whole time...IDK Sorry if I cant seem to let the servo saver go, I had this problem an it stumped me for a bit too. Obviously was the servo saver for me. I hope its the same for you so you can have fun.
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thanks everyone. im just fustrated. i just need to take a break from it. on top of the servo i went ahead a glued together my new wheels and tires. and they just didnt go right either. it was on the hpi mesh and some spots of the wheel didnt seat in the lip wheel and ther all just woobly and weird. its been a rough month. just found out my wife has cancer, they found it early and get it. its just this rc car is all i got to get my mind off of things, and everytime i try to do something its like i just cant get it right. but thanks again everyone
Sorry to hear that...tell her not to give up!
You didn't glue the servo saver? Did you? J/K
I had a steering post/saver do funny things to in the past
Worst case try the saver n pop it off...
Unscrew 2 toe links, take front skid off, pry/pop off saver
Check steering post (clean it while the saver it's off)
See how the saver spring reacts when ur moving it left/right in ur hands
Don't screw (2 screws) on the saver completely tight
After you tighten it, back off about 1/2 - 3/4 turn
Just to give it some slack
Put it all back if the saver is good
Check ur bushing(White circle thing 2 in total) give that a good wipe also
Bearings are good to if you haven't change them
Good Luck n sorry for the essay
no i appreciate it. the saver is hard to move. it does move but goes back into place no issues. bushings where good,i cleaned everything. the tires almost go completely back to nuetral now. thanks. when i turn left and let go then turn right and let got theres maybe 1/8 inch of a difference. no sure if that made sense. will have to see how it drives tomorow. now im going to have to boile my new tires and retry those.
You will get there don't worry.
You can get some CA glue solvent to redo them. Everything takes some.practice .
Servo arm is on good with the the steering trim at 0?
Get a better servo, problem solved (sumn sumn 390/bluebird 390/hitec-hs85mg)
What's a coffee if it aint Irish
steering arm is on good. i messed around with the trim. not sure how you set it to zero
would like to get a new servo but i live on disability. so funding aint so good.
Oh, I hear ya, what about sending it in to Traxxas for a replacement?
What's a coffee if it aint Irish
would rather just buy a new one then mess with sending it in. there not much money. i just already spent my play money this month
One of the problems that is often overlooked is that the screws, which hold the turn buckles to the servo saver, can stick out a little and rub against the bulk head. Gives you weird steering behaviour and is very hard to see with the naked eye.
Nobody is born with experience
boy these wheels do not want to come off
Can't you get the nuts off, or are the wheels itself the problem?
Nobody is born with experience
im boling my new wheels cause i messed them up. as far as the the servo not centering i still got nothing. its like the servo wont recenter itself. everything is clean, nothing is binding. i unhooked the servoe and move the wheels with the servo saver and it moves really smooth. and the servo unhooked looks like it recenters. but it wont complety recenter with everything hooked up. it not alot but when i tryed to drive it ,,,,, it didnt work soo good
You probably tried a lot and maybe this too, but trying to help here: Try to find any binding with the suspension pushed in. Sometimes that makes a difference.
Nobody is born with experience
i really appriciat all the help. i tried with the suspension pushed it. its like it doesnt have the power to recenter itself. but it has power to turn the wheels
Problems with the steering are no fun to work on. To get he problem clear: the wheels don't go back to the center. Is that the same when you drive slowly?
Another thing to check is what Dad said about the slop: if you can turn the wheels too much without the servo saver moving, it will never properly center.
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Nobody is born with experience
yes. wheels dont go back to center matter what i do.
the wheels come close to center but not all the way. it doesnt seem like much, but when driving you sure can tell.
there really is not alot of stop. i just put on gh knuckles, and stainles pushrods.
the servo saver is hard to move is that normal.
when i pull the wheels withmy hand it moves the servo,not the saver. its probly not norm,but i dont think the saver is keeping it form centering cause the servo savo stays centered.
the saver will move but takes some force,
worries me now i think its the servo
I have bearings in the steering stuff, which made it turn a little more easy. You could have overtightened it which makes it harder to turn. The 2080 servo is not the strongest part of the Merv. You might look at other options like the Hitec 85MG (or the digital equivalent) or the Bluebird 390.
The servo saver is hard to turn, even on a stock Merv. That is quite normal.
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Nobody is born with experience
so not the saver, thanks 60
i found a video that looks just like mine does
Does it do the same when the wheels are not touching the floor? The Talons are relatively wide tires and are hard to turn at a stand still.
Nobody is born with experience
it does the same thing. i loosend up the knuckles and all that
If it does the same, then its simple: either the servo itself, or there is binding somewhere.
Nobody is born with experience
didnt feel any binding when i unplugged servo and moved the wheels, this is a bummer
What Petertje60 said about the toe links screw slightly touching/binding could be a cause too
On my merv with rpm arms and aftermarket servo no problem
My other one with stock arms n servo, toe links screw to the saver touches the arms very slightly.
Make sure ur pillow balls are not screwed into the A arms too much because it can be hitting arms when turning all the way and getting caught up without setting Endpoints on the servo
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Ok, builders shut of the power and though I have ups's on Joshua they didn't seem to work, all my other servers shutdown and booted up perfectly.
Basically Joshua boots up, until it gets to where you would normally see the nvidia splash screen and then login. But instead you get a black screen and at the bottom in white text(I have put in text as I don't have a diamond or pie or square icon on my keyboard:
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Now I have tried ctrl alt F2 for console and it just sits there and does nothing. All services are up and running students can get to thier work if its on Joshua and I can get to all of his shares.
He is running MDK 10 ....I know I know I should update, but when something works it works!! and in a school you tend not to get the time to update all the time. My gut feeling is to check Sal to make sure he has backed up correctly and start again, but it is such a problem as it means yr 9 and 10 will have no work.
I really think this is the end as I can't get a console...unless I use the MDK boot disk?!?
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Running Warehouse has a large selection of Men's running vests and Women's running vests, and we're big believers in the value of this apparel piece.
We know what you're thinking: "If it's cold and rainy, why would I want my arms exposed?" Certainly, a vest isn't going to keep your extremities roasty toasty or dry when out in the elements. That's just the nature of the design. But vests do offer five big benefits:
- Protect your core body temperature. Many runners find that even in colder weather, they feel comfortable as long as their core is protected. A run vest fits the bill perfectly.
- Provide warmth with full range of motion. This is where the lack of sleeves really comes in handy. You can move your arms freely and twist and turn without restriction.
- Block wind without causing overheating. Remember the wind and water-resistant jackets of yore that trapped sweat like nobody's business? The technology has advanced in recent years, but many wind-resistant jackets still can't provide the inherent breathability of a wind-blocking vest.
- Keep you dry. Some vests such as the Nike Men's Shield Winter Vest (shown above) and Nike Women's Shield Vest feature water-resistant fabrics or finishes. For the ultimate in wind and waterproof fabric, along with 360 reflectivity, check out the Pearl Izumi Men's Fly Evo Vest.
- Help you be seen. Several running vests are made with high-visibility, brightly colored fabric that helps you get noticed and stay safe on the road. These vests include the Brooks Men's Nightlife Essential Run Vest II, the Brooks Women's Nightlife Essential Run Vest II (shown above) and the Saucony Men's ViZiPRO NMD Vest.
Do you ever run in a vest? What features do you look for in a running vest?


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He's not quite C3PO, nor the emotional fireplug that Star Wars fans knew as R2D2, but Robonaut 2 will soon be taking his place in space as the latest resident on the international space station.
Jointly developed by NASA and General Motors, the 300-pound R2, as he's become known to developers, is designed to see if a life-like robot can work alongside human counterparts in a variety of duties off planet Earth. (See NASA and GM Working on Robotic Technology)
R2 will actually be the second robot on the space station, though the original, Canadian-designed Dextre, is anything but anthropomorphic. It consists of two long, spider-like arms that can perform some of the exterior construction and repair work that would normally require a space walk by human astronauts.
"The use of R2 on the space station is just the beginning of a quickening pace between human and robotic exploration of space," said John Olson, director of NASA's Exploration Systems Integration Office. "The partnership of humans and robots will be critical to opening up the solar system and will allow us to go farther and achieve more than we can probably even imagine today."
While R2 might look like an astronaut suited up for a space walk, GM developers stress that he not only looks human but is designed to work like one, with arms and hands that can perform the same function as living, breathing space station dwellers.


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This thread is dedicated to your favorite Porn Stars from the past.
Ever wonder what happened to your favorite porn stars. Post their name and if anyone has details about that star, let us know. Or if you have info about a former porn star that you know, give us the low down.
I'll start. My favorite bottom boy from the 90's is Danny Sommers. I always wished it was me hitting that tight bubble ass. Anyone know where and what he's up too.


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MasterCard is a technology company and payments industry leader. For more than four decades, we have been a driving force at the heart of commerce, making the global economy safer, more efficient, more inclusive and more transparent for all.
Consumers, merchants, business partners and governments in markets around the world have reaped the benefits of our innovative products and solutions which, simply put, are designed to make life easier.
What We Do
Every day, we make payments happen. Every day, we deliver value.
What We Don't Do
We don't issue cards, set interest rates or establish annual fees. Those decisions are made by card issuers, such as banks. We don't set merchant discount rates either. Acquirers do that. And, of course, we don't make money from interchange fees.
In the last four decades, people and businesses worldwide have transformed how they pay for goods and services. The rise of the electronic payments has fueled economic growth while delivering value to consumers, merchants and governments. From the earliest days of credit cards to the contactless and wireless payment options of today, MasterCard has led the industry in driving this evolution.
Our story began in 1966 when a group of bankers created a member-owned association that later became MasterCard. In 1968 we extended our presence to Mexico, Japan and Europe, marking the start of our commitment to becoming the leading global payments network.
Through the 1980s, we continued to build on this promise, bringing the advantages of electronic payments to new regions and markets. We launched Maestro®, the world's first truly global online debit program, in partnership with Europay International, and MasterCard became the first payment card issued in the People's Republic of China.
In the '90s, electronic payments became even more integrated into peoples' lives, a behavioral shift we capitalized on by developing new technologies that improved convenience, speed and efficiency. We launched "Priceless", our award-winning advertising campaign in 1997, and it continues to build brand awareness and resonate with consumers worldwide.
In 2001, we launched MasterCard Advisors, bringing innovative consulting services to customers and others in the industry. That same year, we upgraded our state-of-the-art network, enhancing our ability to make payments safe, simple and smart. We integrated with Europay International in 2002, establishing a unified global corporate structure and also becoming a private share corporation.
By 2005, we committed ourselves to a new, customer-focused strategy that aligned our advisory and processing capabilities with our long-standing role as a franchisor. This three-tiered business model crystallized our positioning as a franchisor, processor and advisor, helping to lay the groundwork for our initial public offering in 2006 (NYSE: MA).
In 2010, we established MasterCard Labs, which serves as our incubator for new ideas, and also acquired DataCash. In 2011, we acquired the prepaid card program management operations of Travelex, now called Access Prepaid Worldwide.
Today we are innovating and growing the range of products and solutions we bring to market. As a technology company that's a key player in the payments industry, we're leveraging our technology and expertise to benefit our consumers, merchants, business partners, governments and the communities we serve. We're also building financial inclusion and revolutionizing the way people pay, whether by using our traditional cards, our Contactless technology or mobile devices.
With 85 percent of the world's transactions still made with cash and checks, there is plenty of room for us to grow and for billions of people to benefit from our innovations as we pursue a world beyond cash.
Being a great company takes hard work—and we're pleased that our efforts haven't gone unnoticed. Below you will find many examples of the recognition that MasterCard has received recently.
Top 10 – Bloomberg Business Week
MasterCard ranked among the top 10 in the Bloomberg Businessweek 50 annual ranking of top-performing U.S. companies, for two years running. (Feb 2013)
2013 GSMA Best NFC/Mobile Money Product or Service
MasterCard, Etisalat and Oberthur Technologies were awarded the 2013 GSMA "Best NFC/Mobile Money Product or Service" for the Etisalat Commerce Programme, announced at Mobile World Congress. (Feb 2013)
Top 10 - Fortune's 2012 Business Person of the Year
Fortune magazine ranked Ajay Banga #8 among the top 50 leaders in its 2012 Businessperson of the Year list–crediting MasterCard's innovative strategies, increasingly global revenues and a rising stock price. (Nov 2012)
Fortune 500
MasterCard is #348 in the 2013 Fortune 500's annual ranking of America's largest corporations, up from #370 in 2012. (May 2013)
Barron's 500
MasterCard ranks #11 on the 2013 Barron's 500 list of top companies that are investing in growth. (May 2013)
2013 Paybefore Awards
MasterCard won three Best-in-Category 2013 Paybefore Awards and Most Innovative Program from the Paybefore Awards Europe. (Mar 2013)
2013 VRL Prepaid Middle East Awards
MasterCard and partners won four of five 2013 VRL Prepaid Middle East Awards for innovative prepaid solutions for consumers in the United Arab Emirates for the Bayani Card from RAK Bank; Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Landmark Gift Card; the Sharjah Islamic Bank COOP Prepaid Card; and Majid Al Futtaim Finance's (MAF) Industry Partner of the Year Award. (Apr 2013)
#20 – 2013 BrandZ Report
MasterCard comes in at #20 on Millward Brown,s BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands. MasterCard is BrandZ's fastest growing brand, jumping 67 spots from #87 in 2009 while nearly quadrupling in brand value from $7.4B to $27.8 billion. (May 2013)
Top 50 Global Champion Brand – APCO
APCO Worldwide selected MasterCard as one of the 50 companies that top its Champion Brand Index, a global study that measures the brand strength of nearly 600 of the world's largest public and private companies. (Jan 2013)
Top 100 - Interbrand's 2012 Best Global Brands
Interbrand recognized MasterCard on its annual list of the Top 100 Global Brands, lauding the company's leadership in mobile payment via MasterCard PayPass, the launch of its "Priceless Cities" customer benefits program, its unforgettable "Priceless" tagline, and its growing suite of solutions for business owners. (Oct 2012)
Fortune's World's Most Admired
MasterCard ranked first in its industry in global competitiveness on the Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list. (Mar 2013)
Brandfinance Global Banking 500
MasterCard ranks #42 on BrandFinance's annual ranking of the 500 most valuable banking brands –measuring the strength, risk and future potential of a brand relative to its competitor set as well as a brand value and financial strength. (Mar 2013)
#9 - World's Most Influential Brands
MasterCard ranks #9 among the Most Influential Brands in the World according to Ipsos based on a survey of consumers in USA, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, UK, France, Germany, China and Canada. (Mar 2013)
Top 10 Business Superbrands in the UK
MasterCard is #10 among the UK's strongest B2B brands as ranked by the Business Superbrands Council the Business Superbrands Council and thousands of individual business professionals on the YouGov panel in a study conducted by The Centre for Brand Analysis. (Feb 2013)
Smart Card Awards Asia 2013
MasterCard and partners mobile wallet platform provider C-Sam and mobile network operator Starhub won "Best NFC Project" at Smart Card Awards Asia 2013 for the innovative near field communications wallet, Smart Wallet. (Mar 2013)
Gold, Silver and Finalist - 2012 Midas Awards
MasterCard, in conjunction with creative agencies R/GA, MacLaren McCann and McCann swept the 2012 Midas Awards with nine awards, including three Gold, three Silver, and three Finalist/Midas Certificates. These annual awards celebrate the "World's Best Financial Advertising." (Jan 2013)
Bronze – 2013 Effie Award
MasterCard and creative agency partner Universal McCann received a Bronze 2013 Effie Award North America for their Priceless New York campaign. (May 2013)
Gold District - 2012 Addy Award & Bronze and El Ojo de Iberoamérica 2012
Creative Communications Agency McCann Erickson Puerto Rico won a Gold District 2012 Addy Award from the Caribbean Advertising Federation (April 2012) and a Bronze award from El Ojo de Iberoamérica 2012 for its MasterCard International Cuisine/Newspaper. (Nov 2012)
Gold, Communications or PR Campaign/Program of the Year–IBA Stevie Awards 2012
The International Business Awards selected MasterCard among its 2012 Communications, Public Relations & Investor Relations Stevie® Award Winners. MasterCard received a Gold Stevie Award for its "NoCash@MasterCard" internal campaign in MasterCard Europe SPRL, Waterloo, Belgium. (Aug 2012)
Internal Communications - European Excellence Award 2012
MasterCard Europe was awarded a European Excellence Award 2012 in the Internal Communications category for its NoCash@MasterCard internal campaign. (December, 2012)
Great Place To Work
#5 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity
MasterCard was recognized for its diversity and inclusion practices by DiversityInc's list of Top 50 Companies for Diversity for the fourth time in five years—ranking #5 for 2013. More (Apr 2013)
Top 100 Best Companies - Working Mother
MasterCard was named to the 2012 "Working Mother 100 Best Companies" list for leadership on creating family-friendly policy and culture for the fifth consecutive year for its programs designed to help employees with their caregiving needs. (Sep 2012)
BEOEJ Best of the Best
MasterCard is recognized among the BEOEJ's (Black Equal Opportunity Employment Journal) 2013 "Best of the Best" for its diversity and inclusion efforts. (Apr 2013)
Latino Magazine Top 100
MasterCard is among Latino Magazine's first-ever annual listing of the 100 companies providing the most opportunities for Latinos. (Spring 2013)
Best Places to Work 2013 - Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
MasterCard made HRC's "Best Places to Work" list for 2013 with a 100% Corporate Equality Index (CEI) rating for the third time in four years. The HRC's CEI report provides an in-depth analysis and rating of large U.S. employers and their policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. (Nov 2012)
Professional Woman's Magazine - 2013 Best of the Best Lists
MasterCard ranked among Professional Woman's Magazine's 2013 Best of the Best Lists recognizing the nation's top Companies in Finance, Healthcare, Energy, Gas & Oil industries as well as colleges, universities, and MBA Schools. (Mar 2013)
NAFE's Top 50 Company for Executive Women
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) and Working Mother named MasterCard as one of their 2013 Top 50 Companies for Executive Women for adopting advancement programs and welcoming cultures to work to fill their top management levels with strong female talent. (Feb 2013)
#42 – Training Top 125, Training Magazine
MasterCard was included on Training magazine's 2012 Training Top 125 list of organizations recognized for their comprehensive training programs. This annual ranking is the only report that ranks companies unsurpassed in training. (Feb 2013)
#29 Best Places to Work – Glassdoor Employee Choice Awards 2013
Glassdoor, an online resource for job seekers, ranked MasterCard #29 among the Top 50 Best Places to Work in its fifth annual Employee's Choice Awards. (Dec 2012)
Best Employers in America – Business Insider
MasterCard was ranked #6 among Business Insider's Best Employers in America. (Feb 2013)
#25 - Top 50 Best Places to Work in Greater Toronto, Toronto Star
MasterCard Canada was voted one of the Top 50 places to work in Greater Toronto Area by the Toronto Star and Aon Hewitt, a human resourcing consulting firm. (Nov 2012)
MasterCard is committed to sustainability by respecting and preserving the environment in our daily activities and in how we work with others. As we pursue our vision of a world beyond cash, our innovations in electronic payments create value for society while reducing reliance on paper and plastic, particularly as we embed payment technology in mobile devices. Our efforts involve creating sustainable business practices around the world and giving employees opportunities to practice environmental responsibility.
We are decreasing our overall environmental footprint by focusing on three areas – energy conservation, recycling and pollution control. Recognizing that seemingly small steps can have a large effect, programs at our offices worldwide include:
- Motion sensors on faucets and lights
- Black and white and double-sided printer defaults
- Eco-friendly food packaging
- Recycling batteries, plastic, cans and glass
- Rain water harvesting to reduce potable water use
- Electric car charging stations
We're especially proud that MasterCard Technologies, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification for existing buildings. While a 24x7 operations center inherently has large energy demands, we designed our facility with sustainable features and continue to focus on optimizing the ways in which we use energy to power our network. We look forward to announcing other LEED certifications in the coming year.
We want to work with others who share our commitment to environmental responsibility, so sustainability is a key feature of our Supplier Compliance Program. We've established a supplier sustainability web site and are working with other financial services companies to share best practices in global supply chain management.
Our focus extends to the many stakeholders in the communities we serve. Working with partners in the private and public sectors, we help provide prepaid and debit cards for payroll and government benefits, saving money and virtually eliminating paper. Walmart, for example, estimates it will save 300,000 pounds of paper each year by replacing payroll checks with MasterCard prepaid cards. Similarly, the U.S. Treasury is replacing paper Social Security checks with electronic payments. We're also partnering with banks in China, Macau, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to give consumers ways to support environmental causes that matter to them by using their cards.
Our goal is to educate employees on the measures we can take to protect the environment. Employee volunteers on our worldwide Environmental Action Team are driving that awareness and action. Efforts to conserve energy, recycle and reduce pollution can go a long way in helping MasterCard diminish its environmental footprint and create a sustainable world today and in the future.
Environmental Sustainability Facts
Did you know…
Through our partnership with Walmart, we've already saved nearly 700,000 pounds of paper by replacing payroll checks with MasterCard prepaid cards since 2009.
In 2011, MasterCard employees recycled more than 350,000 pounds of paper and nearly 50 tons of scrap metal.
Changing the default printer settings in our offices to encourage double sided, black-and-white printing reduced the number of printed pages by 33 million since 2009.
MasterCard and Telefónica create a joint venture to offer mobile financial solutions in Latin America
MasterCard and Western Union partner to fuel growth of electronic payments
Ajay Banga is named CEO
MasterCard acquires DataCash Group plc, to expand e-Commerce payment solutions
MasterCard begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol MA
Introduced new brand mark, MasterCard, and adopted a new corporate signature and tagline, The Heart of Commerce™
Converted from a membership association to a private share corporation
Mastercard Newsroom
Cashless Conversation Blog
The most recent trending news and commentary about payments and a world where people use cash... Less.


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WoW has dominated the MMO scene - and the PC world - for a reason: it's the best game in the genre. At least, that's how you see it. After traveling from Silithus to Northrend, you've got a lot of experiences you'd like to share with those just starting ou
Okay Blizz, its been a year now, and I'm all for race changes, new lfg, cool, sweet, but um, you promised us something we still have yet to hear anything about...
Has anyone else noticed the sever lack of moves to bust?
If I have to buy cataclysm for something they promised us in wrath, i swear... i'll... i'll start a conga line in org... or something...
Ps. Dwarven shaman totems aren't kegs?
I'm not sure what happened to the new dances but I think they got canceled.
has anyone seen an article anywhere on this?
I was wondering about the new dances and asking guildies about it just the other day, but nobody knows what became of them.
VoodoLord said it best.
"The truth is more important than the facts." - Frank Lloyd Wright
ya there needs to be more dances
From the twitter dev chat:
Q. Will we ever see proper physics/animation for chain weapons? Will we ever GET chain weapons?
A. We'd love to. Whips too. It's just expensive (in terms of time) and we have to prioritize if it comes at the expense of something else (new dances maybe, or the animation for a new Cataclysm mob).
Though it is not confirmed, there have been numerous blue posts saying that there will eventually be new dances in the game, and this is just a hint that it is still something on the list of things to do, and apparently pretty high.
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.


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Yesterday, Adam Carolla's YouTube video about the human capacity to change inspired me to write a post about the metamorphosis I've seen in myself over the course of my lifetime. What made the difference, of course, was living life, rather than just being (as all children are) a passive recipient of lessons from schools, family, and friends.
It turns out that Robert Avrech responded to Adam's video in much the same way, writing a post about the changes he's gone through, and how his life experiences made him question the knee-jerk Democrat leaning that was the mother's milk of all American Jews. (It wasn't exactly the same way, of course, because Robert's life has been different from mine and because Robert's a much better writer than I am. But still…. I flatter myself that great minds — or, in my case, pretty darn good minds — think alike.)
In his post, Robert includes a marvelous paragraph about those self-styled intellectual "elites" who don't change, and who are locked forever in an immature ideological stasis (emphasis mine):
Yes, we eager students studied history, literature and art. But soon enough it became clear to me that a massive amount of time was spent on Marxist theory, a material view of the world. Still observant, still wearing a yarmulke, I would ask about religion, about the spirit. With deep condescension, my professors informed me that we live in a post-religious world. Religion, I was lectured, was the opiate of the people.
I wondered, but never had the courage to suggest, that perhaps Marxism was the opiate of the elites.
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Reds done with major moves this offseason
By Mark Sheldon /01/02/13 10:36 PM ET
CINCINNATI -- Having checked off all of their offseason needs in rapid fashion in late November and December, the Reds are poised to keep more additions to a minimum in the final weeks of the Hot Stove season.
Reds general manager Walt Jocketty re-signed closer Jonathan Broxton and outfielder Ryan Ludwick, traded for center fielder Shin-Soo Choo and signed infielder Jack Hannahan as a free agent. His primary focus this month will be trying to sign his own players that are eligible for arbitration.
"The only thing we could possibly need is another left-handed reliever, but it's not critical," Jocketty said Wednesday from his winter home in Phoenix. "Our right-handed relievers have done well versus left-handed hitters."
Cincinnati currently has one established left-hander in its bullpen in Sean Marshall. Another lefty, Aroldis Chapman, is expected to shift from closer to compete for a rotation spot in Spring Training.
The free-agent market is not flush with southpaws, especially after the Brewers closed deals with two of them in recent days -- Mike Gonzalez and Tom Gorzelanny. The Reds were reportedly interested in Gonzalez, who has agreed to a one-year contract worth $2.25 million plus incentives, according to reports.
Other names that remain on the market are Manny Parra, Rich Hill, J.C. Romero and Pedro Feliciano.
A glance at the numbers show that Jocketty was correct about his right-handed relievers. All of them had better success versus lefties compared to righties last season -- including Jose Arredondo (.277 vs. righties, .165 vs. lefties), Sam LeCure (.232 vs. righties, .208 vs. lefties), J.J. Hoover (.196 vs. righties, .120 vs. lefties), Logan Ondrusek (.285 vs. righties, .190 vs. lefties) and Alfredo Simon (.283 vs. righties, .267 vs. lefties).
Top left-handed pitching prospect Tony Cingrani is not currently being viewed as a bullpen candidate.
"He could do that, but we would prefer him to start at Triple-A," Jocketty said. "We want to have starting pitching depth. He's capable of relieving, but it's not in his best long-term interests. If it becomes in the best interests of the club, maybe it's something we could look at in Spring Training."
Jocketty has never been shy about combing for late-winter bargains as prices come down. Late last month, the team re-signed veteran catcher Corky Miller for depth at Triple-A Louisville. Other catchers still on the market are seeking big league contracts, while the Reds only want to offer Minor League deals.
There is still interest from the Reds in retaining free-agent third baseman Scott Rolen for a supporting role, but Rolen, who turns 38 in April, still hasn't decided whether he will retire.
"We could possibly improve our bench, but I like the makeup of our bench now," Jocketty said. "Other than that, we're pretty well set. We never stop trying to improve the club, but at some point you look to make do with what you've got."


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Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement Is Working on a New HBO Series
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It's business time once again for Jemaine Clement and HBO. The Flight of the Conchords star is currently developing a new series for the network, he revealed to The Guardian. "It was supposed to be this year but then we decided to… Read more


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Anglers Target Carp
ST. MARYS — For the past three days, anglers from around the Midwest convened on Grand Lake St. Marys to participate in the second-ever "Get the Carp Outta Here" fishing tournament.
With the sunny weather, anglers were bringing in fish by the dozen.
"The numbers of people fishing are down, but we're on pace to weigh in more fish," co-organizer Dan Manning said on Sunday. "There are people from all around to do this — they're professionals."
Manning said he had seen people from the local area, as well as participants from out of town.
"We have a lot of people from out of town," he said. "I know some folks from Indiana have traveled here to do this."
Even though the number of participants was below 2011's numbers, Manning said the negative publicity surrounding Grand Lake St. Marys could have had something to do with turnout.
"We thought for our second year we would build bigger numbers," he said. "I think all the negative publicity is hurting the numbers — even though what we're doing is trying to help the lake. But I really think this is something that will grow year after year. We've heard people saying they will come back for it next year."
Carp, Manning said, disrupt the lake's ecosystem.
"It's a large species — the lake's ecosystem gets out of balance," he said.
"With our lake, we have an imbalance of rough fish, like carp, versus game fish, like crappie, bass and bluegill. These things also disrupt our fish's nests — they eat the other fish's eggs. Carp also eat up the bottom of the lake, and they stir up the phosphorus. It's also a large fish — they create a lot of phosphorus."
Manning noted not many people eat carp these days and people don't usually keep them if they catch them.
"The state doesn't do things to manage carp like they do with other fish," he said.
"There's no natural selection for carp. Usually, most people just throw it back in."
The carp collected during the tournament will go to G.A. Wintzer and Son in Wapakoneta.
"This is a small effort but a fun one," Manning said.
"The guys doing this love it, they're into it. Every little bit helps."
Chris Law and Walter Hallum traveled from Columbus to Grand Lake St. Marys this weekend to participate in the tournament.
"We exclusively fish for carp," Law said. "Usually there's a cheap entry fee and a big payout. Plus, this is a really nice lake, a large lake, and this helps the lake. There's some good fishing here."
This was the first year the two participated in "Get the Carp Outta Here," they said, but Law noted they heard about it because of his brother who came up for last year's tournament.
"My older brother did it last year," Law said. "He got us to come this year."
Hallum noted the two use a European-style method to carp fishing.
"There aren't many tournaments here in Ohio," he said. "We do a lot out of state. It's big over in Europe and that's the method we use."
St. Marys resident Jim Schnarre participated in the tournament with his son Michael.
"It sounded interesting," Michael said, noting he caught 13 fish over the weekend.
It was the pair's first year participating in the tournament, and Schnarre said Michael fared better than him — he caught four during the tournament.
"It sounded interesting, it sounded like fun," he said. "We thought it would be time for us to spend together for three days and a way for us to help with the lake."
He noted the lake's asset to the area.
"We would like to see the lake improve, and if we can get a few of the trash fish out, it's a way we can help," Schnarre said.
He noted Michael likes to fish at the lake.
"He spends a lot of time out here fishing, and I don't want to ruin it for him and for future generations," Schnarre said.
"It would be nice to get it turned around and to see it headed in the right direction."


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Jacks prep for championships
With less than two weeks to go until The Summit League Indoor Championships, the South Dakota State men's and women's track and field teams will travel to Lincoln, Neb. and Vermillion, S.D. to prepare for the big meet.
The Jackrabbits will compete in the Nebraska Tune-Up and the South Dakota Twilight on Friday. The Nebraska Tune-Up is hosted by Nebraska and the University of South Dakota hosts the South Dakota Twilight.
This will be the second time the Jackrabbits will travel to Nebraska and to the University of South Dakota.
The Nebraska Tune-Up will start at 12:30 p.m. with the women's distance medley relay.
The South Dakota Twilight will be begin at 4:30 p.m with the men's weight throw.
LeAndre Kennedy is tied for fourth in the 60-meter dash (6.98).
Luke Leischner is third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.13 seconds, he is also second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.61 seconds.
Gina Fritz is tied for fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.44 seconds.
In the 800-meter run, Phillip LaVallee ranks fifth with his time of 1:57.00.
Michael Krsnak is third overall in the mile with a time of 4:13.85, he is also second in the 3000-meter with a time of 8:17.76.
Tera Potts is first overall in the mile with her time of 4:55.02.
Trent Lusignan ranks third in the 3000-meter with his time of 8:30.00. He also ranks second in the 5000-meter run with his time of 14:26.68.
In the women's 5000-meter run, Erin Hargens is fourth overall with a time of 17:33.56.
The women's 4x400 relay team ranks fifth with their time of 3:52.58.
The women's distance medley relay team ranks second with their time of 12:17.50.
Connor Berg is fifth overall in the high jump with his height of 6' 4.00".
Kali Olson ranks fifth in the high jump with her height of 5' 6.00".
Jeremiah Ary is fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 45' 7.00".
McKenzie Johnson and Shelby Assmus are ranked fourth and fifth respectively in the shot put. Johnson has a mark of 47' 6.50", while Assmus has a distance of 46' 6.50".
Brooke Garner is second overall in the weight throw with a mark of 59' 10.50", in third place is Assmus with a distance of 56' 2.00".
Fifth in the heptathlon is Bennett Mercil with 4593 points.
SDSU will be traveling back to Vermillion, S.D. next weekend to compete in The Summit League Indoor Championships. The championships will take place on February 24th and 25th at the DakotaDome.


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Coaches Corner with Coach Heather
From the www.hbunfiltered.com VAULT (9/20/13):
Big shift from yesterday's post. I think it's time we clean it up for a bit and prove that we actually are civilized humans with a heart…that just happen to fart and queef. MAN, I canNOT belieeeeeve how hard it is to stay clean. ANYways…
I was thinking the other day about how out of all the people in the entire world…everyone…I have more respect for my husband, Ben, than anyone else.
That's a pretty loaded statement, because I am surrounded by very, very good people: my parents, my in-laws, incredible friends, amazing elite and world-class athletes, even my ex-husband is one of the most stand-up guys I know. I am SO lucky to have this impressively long list.
But, truly, the one person that stands far above all the rest is the man I'm married to. How lucky am I? I ran into a woman who knows of Ben the other day, and ten minutes into the conversation, she says, "He really is too good to be true, huh?" I thought about it for a second, and said, "In every way." I mean that. He spends more time at CFNE than anyone else (well, Harry's probably sabotaging that statement right now, but you get the point). Ben is the most committed father I've ever known or known of. He never, ever tries to cheat the system. Anysystem. I can't remember the last time he said a bad word. He cried once when he yelled at Jonah because he was so disappointed in himself. Ben takes care of his employees as if they were his own children.
And, then there's how Ben cares for me. He gives me zero reason to ever be jealous of other women. He helps clean up the kitchen at night so I can write for this blog…and, I don't have to ask him to do it. He never questions what I spend our money on. He doesn't mind AT ALL when I take off for a couple hours to hang out with the girls. And, one of my favorite ways of knowing Ben cares for me is when I hear from other people about how he was talking about me to them.
All of this got me thinking about how while I'm lucky and all, I think this is how it actually should be, right? I mean, you shouldn't be settling for a place in your relationship where you don't fully respect your significant other for the person they are.
But, just because you don't completely feel that way about that person in your life, doesn't mean you can't get there with them. If you're really with the right person, the person you truly believe you were meant to be, you need to sort of lead by example.
Good people eventually follow good examples. It just sort of happens that way. Some people need more time than others, but it does happen.
I do believe that Ben cares for me so well in part because it is my mission to let him know he is cared for. He knows how I think he is the most attractive man on the planet. I try to bring him food at the gym because I know he works so hard all day that most days he never steps foot outside the gym door. I am very careful with our money because it's just that: our money…not mine to spend as I wish. I know it's important for him to have time to hang out with the guys and go to Bruins and Patriots games whenever they invite him. And, I never…ever…talk badly about this man. Anyone that knows me knows how I feel about him.
We will occasionally read back over our wedding vows. They remind us about how important all of this stuff is. Respect is in there…for sure.


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Women's Center Winter Reading Selection
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Noon to 1 pm
Women's Center, 148 Millett
Current Students
Join us in the Women's Center to discuss our Winter reading selection, The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. In her latest novel, Kingsolver "takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. The Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities." (From www.barbarakingsolver.com/) The Winter Quarter reading discussions continue the conversation about Barbara Kingsolver's November 2011 acceptance of the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, a prestigious Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
Participants are welcome to attend one or both of the book discussions. Call or stop by the Women's Center to reserve your spot and one of the limited books available for those committed to the Winter Reading discussion. For more information about the Women's Center Winter Reading, contact Cindy at 775-4818 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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We may all already have phones - but this would be invaluable for someone who takes a professional-quality image or video of say, law enforcement. Any data recorded stands a better chance of being immediately put out of reach from your average plod
"You want me to erase all the evidence I just recorded of you officer? Of course."
So what's new about this? This was available 10 years ago: http://www.mobiletechreview.com/tips/sandisk_SD_wifi.htm [mobiletechreview.com]
Or are they applying for a patent?
So what's new about this? This was available 10 years ago
What's new is that Toshiba sent out a press release, so all media outlets must comply with the requisite awe and wonder.
That's how this works.
Ah, no, this is not just normal WiFi, this is two-way WiFi. With old one-way WiFi, you had to send a packet, then eject the card, turn it around, and insert it the other way around to receive the reply. With this new two-way wireless magic your card can both send and receive! It's exciting and new!
The next one in the making (and I didn't tell you this; SHHHHH!) introduces Valid Strict Capability and a subset of Comprehensive Logistical Programming that will maximize security, and efficiently assure upgradeable firmware functionality! It will increase market share by over 35%.
No, I didn't use BuzzWord Generator (http://www.outofservice.com/buzzword/); I swear!
With old one-way WiFi, you had to send a packet, then eject the card, turn it around, and insert it the other way around to receive the reply.
Now before anyone tries this at home: You forgot to mention that this won't work unless you punch out a hole on the side of the sd card to change it from r/o to rw!
So what's new about this? This was available 10 years ago
What's new is that Toshiba sent out a press release, so all media outlets must comply with the requisite awe and wonder.
That's how this works.
Heh.. Yeah.. You're right, IMHO. Old news is often the best profit-driving news.
Someone go out there and find that this isn't the case. C'mon. I challenge you!
This appears to be a real sd card, not just some gadget that uses the SD card slot.
That it could be used for this, I guess it's not surprise to anyone, that you could incorporate it in a real size SD card, could be news.
that you could incorporate it in a real size SD card, could be news.
Nope, still not a surprise, since over 200,000,000 photos have already been uploaded through Eye-Fi cards: http://www.eye.fi/ [www.eye.fi]
According to their website, of course. Even if it's half that, it's nothing new.
Is that two way communication?
Eye-Fi is a real SD card, and appears to be a storage SD card to the camera. Instead of Wifi card using SD as interface.
Consider this is a USB Flash drive - but it can do two-way sync to the Wifi (Wifi configured separated, not with convention tools, and you cannot get network connection with that Wifi either). And this is not USB Wifi stick. Now s/USB/SD/g and you see the different.
the storage capability matters because you can't upload sdio drivers to your camera.. that's the only reason, really, miniaturising them wouldn't have been the problem, but doing the storage link needs sw and engineering, and something at the other end. still, how does one configure it?
(and there's that direct upload wifi sd card that has been out for a while, so two way probably means you could stick this in your smartphone and upload stuff back too, and that's why this is different from the sdio wifi card
That's one of the reasons why I hate SD cards and most of the other cards. CF cards are a bit larger, but it's nice to know that pretty much any device with a CF slot will take a CF card, no matter how new. I think the only compatibility questions are for CF type 2, because they're a bit thicker and for Microdrives.
But, even my 11 year old Canon s10 is limited only by the filesystem that Canon chose to use, it will take a modern CF card because the card itself has the necessary controller embedded.
What Sandisk did 10 years ago was a network card running over a SPI bus. (It's just like you classic network card, but over an SDIO slots' bus instead of PCIe or USB)
That means that, using correct drivers, a PalmOS or a WindowsCE PDA could use the card to access WiFi network. (At a time where most built-in options were IrDA and maybe bluetooth for the top-level PDAs).
I did use similar card to get WiFi access on my Plam Tungsten T3 and Tapwave Zodiac.
They are similar to the CF Wifi cards for PDA (
In that case, I don't think they'd "ask" or "want" you to erase anything. Best case scenario, it's taken away from you. Worst case scenario, you never see it again. (bonus points for getting physically assaulted)
It's still nothing more than a product release announcement, as opposed to "OMG NEW TECH," since this very product has been available from others for some time now, and is in (more or less) wide use already: http://www.eye.fi/ [www.eye.fi]
How would this work?
SD cards are just block storage. Surely it wouldn't modify the underlying filesystem while being connected to a host? Wouldn't that potentially corrupt the filesystem?
This isn't a SDIO card but rather from the host device appears as a standard block storage card. Presumably finding a way of modifying the file-system without causing corruption is what qualifies this as news.
The easy way way would have been to have placeholder files that were always visible to the host device. Which when read where blank, until new files where actually received.
I expect they have gone an extra step and found a way of forcing the host to reload the FAT (so the files get relevant filenames),
I have had a SD wifi card for years. It was for a PDA that i had at the time that didn't come with it nativity. I don't see the big deal here, but don't doubt the have made one, again.
It has been labelled a security worry â" but most of us already have cameras with wireless connections
Please, even the best cellphone camera is a toy compared to what a pro or semi pro would be using. Most cell phone camera's are pretty much a point and shoot whereas I'd be using a digital slr with a wide range of lenses. I'm not putting down cell phone camera's. I'm just saying that comparing (example) my Iphone 4 camera to a digital SLR is like apples to oranges.
what is best current cameraphone? It is N8.
and it is terrible camera.
- limited to 28mm wide = terrible for person photographing (you want 50mm, 85mm or 110mm usually) and even for most landscape situations (you want to zoom on those as well)
- no macro function at all. macro means at least 1:1 ration and N8 has only a close-up functionality.
- Almost infinite DOF, even with 2.8f what means no great videos, potrait or even landscape photos. only because camera is build to so small case that you are forced to w
even the best cellphone camera is a toy compared to what a pro or semi pro would be using
I agree, but we should be careful not to underestimate cellphone cameras, they can be surprisingly good:
iPhone @ New York streets [blogspot.com]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonatasluzia/6103884318/ [flickr.com]
http://365iphone.blogspot.com/2011/08/1382010.html [blogspot.com]
http://365iphone.blogspot.com/2011/08/2882011.html [blogspot.com]
http://365iphone.blogspot.com/2011/08/2382011_24.html [blogspot.com]
http://365iphone.blogspot.com/2011/08/2082011.html [blogspot.com]
http://365iphone.blogspot.com/2011/08/1782011_17.html [blogspot.com]
http://365iphone.blogspot.com/2011/07/1872011_18.html [blogspot.com]
I'm just saying that comparing (example) my Iphone 4 camera to a digital SLR is like apples to oranges.
"Apples" to Oranges? Hmmm....... [ohinternet.com]
FWIW, Apples' phones may be restricted by their being stuck in a mobile phone, but so are Oranges'. [engadget.com]
Actually, cell phones are a much more serious threat as far as security goes. Sure you can hook a 1.4x teleconverter to a 2x teleconverter to a 500mm lens and be taking pictures from a quarter mile away, but you still need to be close enough to have an unobstructed line of site, which is tough and while you're doing it you're going to have all sorts of folks wondering why you're using bird photography gear in an urban environment. And have to answer questions when the police confront you for being suspiciou
but most of us already have cameras with wireless connections
Not everybody wants to have a separate $60 per month data or data+voice plan for every separate camera that the family owns.
And WiFi helps this how? It's not like there's an open WiFi available at the average photo scenery.
These devices are primarily for studio work. Previously the work would be done tethered to a computer, but now they can do it wirelessly using a WiFi device. It's nice in that it makes it a bit easier to move around in the studio, but this technology is unlikely to be of much value outside of a studio environment.
Wow! 2 way WiFi you mean it sends as well as receives?
The new Toshiba FlashAir card can transmit photos and videos to the back-end system, but the really clever bit is that it can also receive data (photos, videos etc) as well.
This means that two people, both equipped with FlashAir-equipped cameras, can transmit photos or other data between their respective devices, in a peer to peer manner.
No, what it means is that you can have a scheme something like:
What this means is that a photographer can shoot until their battery runs out while a nearby notebook or WiFi enabled SAN device records the images. Instead of being limited to 32 GB, you can happily fill a terabyte drive or more.
Or if you're concerned about the data's safety locally (journalist working in a dangerous area, someone taking pictures of authorities who might take the camera away) you can even set the device that's receiving the images to upload into a remote FTP or some kind of cloud based service.
Or am I missing something?
Or if you're concerned about the data's safety locally (journalist working in a dangerous area, someone taking pictures of authorities who might take the camera away) you can even set the device that's receiving the images to upload into a remote FTP or some kind of cloud based service.
That is how my fairly inexpensive Nikon point and shoot works now, it sends pictures to a ftp/http site for later retrieval. Rather annoying that its tied to THEIR service however as i would rather it just hook to my server at home.
It would probably be easier to just build the wireless networking into the camera, than to build it into each SD card. That way you also don't risk having the antenna buried inside the camera along with the SD card.
Some cameras already do this, but this way they can get a piece of the camera market that won't buy a whole other phone to get Wi-Fi.
I just paid $50 for a used 10 MP Fuji with a 2GB card at a flea market, basically what I'd have paid on eBay but without having to pay for shipping or the memory card. Should have paid forty but anyway. I'm not in the market for an expensive new camera for Wi-Fi, but if I could get one of these on sale or something I might think about it
no one even makes compact flash anymore, besides its just an ide interface not magic
I think the higher security worry should be that this could be used to silently plug a pre-configured Wifi device on a PC. What if you make it discreet, using some sort of rootkit and use a program to extract data from the device - and the networks it has access to?
People already use this today, see Stuxnet. This would allow for an extra communication device and could come handy. You'd avoid wired networks security measures, and short of scambling wireless frequencies or scanning for odd signals, which not
"How many teamsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?" "FIFTEEN!! YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?"


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Set for inclusion in the next patch, dual talent speccing will allow players to easily switch between two separate talent specs, hotbar and glyph setups. Level 80 characters will be able to gain the ability by paying a one-time training fee. nope Once trained, the talent specs can be freely switched between at any Lexicons of Power. The lexicons will be available in major cities, and inscribers will be able to create an item that summons one. A new "Gear Manager" will allow players to easily switch between sets of talent-matching items.
"We will be launching the feature with just two specs, but depending on how we feel it works out, we might consider additional specs in the future," added Warcraft senior designer Greg Street.


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Cathy Jerome spent a year and a half watching her 3-year-old daughter's legs lifelessly drag behind her on a treadmill's conveyor belt, as the rest of her upper body slowly lurched forward.
Jerome would hit the stop button, then start again for what seemed like a hundred times every session.
Until the day she didn't have to.
When Jerome's daughter, Sydni Pecevich, finally took a step on that treadmill, it marked another moment in the young girl's life where she defied the odds.
Sydni was never expected to walk. Nor was she supposed to reach the age of 3. Sydni wasn't expected to make it out of the room where a team of doctors spent 12 hours operating on her 2-month-old body to remove an aggressive malignant brain tumor the size of a grapefruit.
On Wednesday, Sydni turns 8, and she is celebrating seven cancer-free years.
She also got an early birthday present Tuesday from Boston zoning officials, who unanimously approved a permit allowing Jerome to build a 75-foot wheelchair ramp on the side of her South Boston home, as well as an addition in the rear of the home that will give Sydni more room to move around.
Like Sydni's recovery, the process that will ultimately lead to making the family's Marine Road home handicap accessible, is nothing short of a miracle, said Jerome, a single mother to Sydni, 10-year-old Tari, and 6-year-old Tristin. The work will be done for free.
"It's unbelievable," said the 45-year-old, whose group of friends had already started a fund-raising effort to retrofit the home. "We figured we needed to make $5,000 every single week for 16 consecutive weeks or something, and we were not doing that."
The work could start the end of this week, and is expected to be completed in time for Christmas thanks to an unlikely chain of events that led to Mayor Thomas M. Menino's office.
When Jerome applied for the special permits in September, the project request, like all others requiring relief from the city, was automatically sent to the Office of Neighborhood Services, which coordinates meetings between applicants and abutters.
Jerome's application landed on the desk of Sean Regan, the coordinator for Jerome's neighborhood. Regan set up a meeting with Jerome and heard Sydni's story. Although in remission, Sydni was left with a series of disabilities that require 24-hour supervision, including her inability to speak, and dependency on a wheelchair and feeding tube.
At her special needs school in Weymouth, Sydni is able to use a gait trainer, a large two-wheeled device resembling a walker that has helped her gain mobility to the tune of 50 steps in a 30-minute span.
But the device is too wide to bring into the four-room, first-floor unit the family calls home.
The home is also too narrow to accommodate Sydni's specialized wheelchair that affords her more support, so Jerome, with the help of personal care attendants, has to transfer the 4-foot-tall, and growing, girl into a smaller wheelchair.
"When she started taking these steps a few years ago it was unbelievable," Jerome said. "But she hasn't really progressed to the next level, and I really believe it's just because of the lack of continuity between school and home."
Realizing the urgency of Sydni's needs at home, Regan sought help from Jay Walsh, Neighborhood Services director. Walsh reached out to Menino's office.
"It was an easy ask," Walsh said. "I think it's just the desire of the family to stay together and doing whatever they can to make that their home, and make it more comfortable to live as one. You see the family's devotion."
Menino got in touch with the carpenter, electrician, plumber, and ironworker labor unions, and they all agreed to donate their work for Sydni.
"I'm proud that we can make a difference for such a brave and deserving young lady," Menino said in a statement.
After being contacted by one of Jerome's friends, Dorchester architect Bill Christopher is coordinating the process at no cost to the family. Christopher accompanied Jerome to the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing Tuesday, where he gave a two-minute presentation before the swift approval.
"Ordinarily, this could easily be a nine-month project, but the city is working very closely with us to expedite permits, and the labor unions are stepping up," Christopher said. "In a project like this, you don't have to negotiate."
Jerome said she had been anxious about the process for the past two years. "Even though in my heart I knew we weren't asking for anything more than what we needed, I still was afraid," Jerome said of the permit application process. "I walked out totally crying."
Jerome, a stay-at-home mom dependent on the rental income from the two units upstairs from her home, said she is grateful to Regan for sparking the movement that brought all the right people together for Sydni. "I would talk to anybody and everybody who would listen," she said, "but there was no real coordinator of all the pieces until now."
A fund-raiser benefiting the project is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the L Street Tavern in South Boston.Katheleen Conti can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @GlobeKConti.


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Can a school really keep a head coach who can't recruit for a year? I would think that if Tressel gets the same punishment, he'll resign or be fired.
One other difference between McNair and Tressel, the evidence against Tressel is much more air-tight. Against McNair, it was a photo and records of a phone call. That's nothing compared to the written proof demonstrated by the emails.


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By Chris Whitaker
The Americus Times-Recorder
AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history this season, and the Hurricanes did it in large part with defense.
GSW was third in the Peach Belt in scoring defense and second in field-goal percentage defense. But the Hurricanes were eighth in rebounding.
Mike Leeder believes he's found a source to improve the defense even more and raise the rebounding numbers. Leeder signed Milos Kleut, a 6-foot-10 center from Lipscomb University.
Kleut, an incoming junior, played sparingly in his two years in the Atlantic Sun Conference. He will join former teammate Matt Shaw, who Kleut lived with his final two years of high school, playing at North Cobb Christian.
"I think it's a chance for him to play," said Leeder. "He backed up Adnan Hodzic who scored 19 points a game. I think he's just ready to go on his own and have a chance to have a little more of an impact."
Kleut played in 25 games this season, averaging 1.2 points and 1.4 rebounds while shooting 58 percent from the floor.
He is the tallest player Leeder will have coached.
"He's around 225 (pounds) right now, so he's gained 20 pounds since he got up there," said Leeder. "He can really run the floor. He's a good athlete. I think with the way we play, he will fit in with what we want to do.
"I think the thing Milos does a great job with, he's a great help defender, and he knows how to use his size without leaving his feet. He uses his position and size to alter shots and have the opportunities to block them. He's a tremendous pick-up for us."
GSW graduated swingman Trayce Macon, who could play inside and on the perimeter. With Kleut, Leeder said he and Phillip Brown can become a formidable duo in the PBC, and it can open up things for Shaw.
"He will be the second-tallest player in the league," said Leeder. "It should help us rebounding the ball. We've got another guy with size and length who has a passion for rebounding. He's polished with his back to the basket, and he allows us to upgrade in talent, but in a different way from Trayce. We're not necessarily replacing his skill set, but picking up a guy we didn't have last year. It's a comparable tradeoff. We'll be a much bigger team.
"Matt can now assume the role of Trayce and play inside and out. Matt was doing some great things in November and December before he got hurt. As good as we were offensively, I hope (Kleut's) size will allow us to be a little more aggressive on the perimeter knowing we have a legitimate guy who can block or alter shots in there."
Kleut was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference's All-Academic Team.
GSW won the Western Division for the first time this season, as well as 20 games for the first time. The Hurricanes lost to UNC Pembroke in the conference semis and then to Montevallo in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Photos by Anthony Estes/Lipscomb Athletics