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- Apr 29:
- L.A. Clippers beat Warriors, go up 3-2 in NBA playoffs
- Kawakami: A release, an emotional re-set, and a Golden State Warriors loss
- Thompson: Warriors were ready to walk out on Game 5
- Warriors were ready to boycott Game 5 over Donald Sterling sanctions
- Warriors' Joe Lacob, Stephen Curry react to Donald Sterling ban
- Report: Warriors assistant Darren Erman was fired for secretly recording conversations
- Kawakami: Entire NBA deserved action Silver took against Sterling
- Report: Warriors assistant Darren Erman was fired for secretly recording conversations
- Thompson: Clutch game-winner by Adam Silver
LOS ANGELES -- Everything is apparently happening almost all at once, and let's try to sort through the most immediate things right now:
That coincides with, clarifies and amplifies what little I've heard about this matter -- it wasn't anything that involved police or harassment, and though it didn't directly involve anything Mark Jackson did, it is part of the general odd atmosphere around the Warriors this season. (While they won 51 games.)
What I've written from the day Erman was fired is what I believe: This plus the reassignment of Brian Scalabrine, reportedly for insubordinate actions towards Jackson and other staffers, is illustrative of an unstable situation.
You can blame Joe Lacob and the front office for this (exerting pressure on the team and the coaching staff to show more signs of improvement) or you can blame Scalabrine and Erman for acting in a way that forced their dispatching.
Or, as I believe the Warriors front office is generally judging this, you can point out that Jackson is the one who put together this staff, and if two of his top guys splinter off in other directions -- again, while the team is WINNING -- there could be tough conclusions made about Jackson's tenure.
Some people have jumped to the belief that Erman might've been doing the alleged taping at the request of the GSW front office.
I have heard zero indication of this and my sense is that when the front office was made aware of the secret tapes, he was fired.
But I do believe Erman thought he was accruing information, and I do not believe that mission -- or that information -- was intended in a kind way towards Jackson.
(If he was sharing them with front office staffers, or was asked to do this by any other Warriors employee, this is a HUGE DEAL. But I just don't think so. Otherwise, Erman would not have gone as quietly as he did.)
Did the Celtics know the reasons why Erman was fired and hire him any way? As one NBA source told me recently: "Everybody in the league knows what happened."
Well, they absolutely do now.
To say that Warriors execs aren't happy with a staff that, by playoff time, has ended up as Pete Myers, Lindsey Hunter and a few inexperienced hands... is a vast understatement.
But Jackson has had total authority to hire his own staff. I would expect the GSW brass to insist that he either hires better, more stable staffers or that they will try to take that power away from him.
And if you want to look for an issue... that might be the one that ends his tenure.
That makes sense in a lot of ways: Kerr is obviously Phil Jackson's first choice and there is not second choice on the horizon yet.
Also, the Knicks probably would like to keep Kerr away from other teams who might begin their searches after the first round... such as, yes, the Warriors, who are known to be high on Kerr.
But I don't think this is a race to Kerr, or if it is, that the Warriors would do anything presumptive.
They still haven't had a final decision on Mark Jackson, that I know of, and if they make the call to remove Jackson, I believe there are other possible candidates beyond Kerr.
In fact, I would circle Iowa State's Fred Hoiberg as probably ahead of Kerr on any Warriors' potential wish list, should they move on from Jackson.

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Last Saturday, a group of about 15 Oak Ridge High School football players and three coaches joined Scarboro neighbors in their efforts to clean up the area. The morning work ended with a lunch of hot dogs, baked beans, potato salad and cake. Trash and debris was picked up and several truckloads of brush were removed and placed in a wood chipper.
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Energy Act Provides Tax Incentives for Energy Efficiency
President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law on August 8th, setting in motion a process that will yield new tax incentives for consumers and businesses that pursue energy efficiency. "Energy conservation is more than a private virtue; it's a public virtue," said President Bush. "And with this bill I sign today, America is taking the side of consumers who make the choice to conserve." See the White House press release, President Bush's comments, and the White House's related "Energy for America's Future" Web page.
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Buying hybrid electric vehicles and vehicles with cleaner burning diesel engines, known as advanced lean-burn engines, can earn you a tax credit of up to $3,400. The credit is largest for the vehicles that save the most fuel, but the credit will phase out shortly after an automaker sells 60,000 eligible cars. Tax credits of up to $4,000 are also available for alternative fuel cars. Businesses can earn the same tax credits, as well as credits of up to $12,000 for buying large hybrid vehicles, such as buses, and up to $32,000 for the purchase of large alternative fuel vehicles. And although fuel cell vehicles are not on the market yet, the act also establishes tax credits for these vehicles. See "Energy Bill Signed" on the DOE Web site and the Alliance to Save Energy press release.
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I am up stair and at the other side of the house with several walls in between the router and the WiFi card, it works really well. The cable antenna is a brilliant thing. Great value for money! also is small in pc I have it on an Asrock extreme 4 970 am3+ mobo inside a sharkoon t9 green (not from BT)
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I got this not becuas eof the price but because of features.
1) External aerial, Im sure the car5ds with antennae diversity work very well but I felt it was better to have one extended away from the chassis than 2 or 3 tighgt in amidst the cable and on the wrong side of the chassis to my route, and its proving me right.
2) Linux support, not tried it yet but allegdly this has linux support, I have a dual boot system (Windows 7 and OpenSuse) so this is kinda important.
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Great, easy to install, simple support software package that gives far more detail than previous system.
Cheap yet brilliant product, good performance, features I wanted that the pricier onmes did not have.
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This card is easy to install and performs great probably due to the external aerial. I am using it to connect to a computer over 30 feet away with 2 walls in-between and I still have a reasonably good signal. Would definitely recommend.
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Replaced a 'g' rated USB device with this and am delighted with the result - I pick up with ease and get no break offs - fantastic value for money- well done BT and Edimax
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Defiantly a good wifi card - but DO NOT install the supplied utility as it is a pain to work with in that it kept "banning" my network saying they were using unsupported encryption (wpa2-psk?!?!?!)
Instead install only the drivers and let windows manage your connections.
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Intermittent problems
Reviewed by Jodes. Review Posted 18/01/2014
Mine seems to have a bad connection between the antenna and the card. Sometimes there is no signal at all, other times it is fairly good.
Given the above, and:
1. installing PCI cards is a pain
2. the antenna cable is really short
3. the antenna gain is only 2dbi
The only plus side was windows 8.1 picked it up automatically without having to install drivers.
I strongly suggest buying the following USB dongle instead: TP-LINK TL-WN722NC. It's cheaper, has a better antenna, longer cable, is easier to install, and is reliable. Excellent value for money.
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YME 6, LqPV/DB 1
The Yellow Medicine East girls' tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Section 3A tournament with a 6-1 win over Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd Monday in Granite Falls.
The No. 7 seed Sting advanced after all six of its points came in straight sets. The Sting will now meet No. 2 Redwood Valley at 4 p.m. on Thursday in Redwood Falls.
Keaunna Hammer and Sandy Bartels paired to blank their opponent in both sets at 3-doubles for YME. Also winning 6-0 in a set during their wins for YME was Danielle Clark at 2-singles and Leah Gluth at 4-singles.
Head coach Steve Barber is confident in his team chances Thursday. "We really like our chances with Redwood as we match up very well. During the season we lost 5-2 but had several close matches. We've been in this exact situation before and came out on top."
The Sting have settled on a lineup that features Jordan Glad and Danielle Clarke at No. 1 and No. 2 Singles, then Rachel Christensen and Leah Gluth at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. In doubles Britanna Raddatz and Jordan Trotter lead things off with Allie Trudel and Anna Posch at No. 2 Doubles and Keaunna Hammer/Sandy Bartels at No. 3.
Said Barber, "We've made so much improvement the last two weeks it's showing in our confidence level. There were some some great performances by our players in the conference tournament. Particularly in doubles that shows we've improved."
As for a possible meeting with tennis power St. James, Barber said, "Believe we have a great shot at making the finals in section this year. St. James is the state ranked favorite and fortunately for us is on the other side of the bracket."
(1) Kylie Jahn, L, def. Jordan Glad 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) (2) Danielle Clark, Y, def. Amber Borstad 6-0, 6-1 (3) Rachel Christensen, Y, def. Kamryn Siedschlag 6-1, 6-2 (4) Leah Gluth, Y, def. Sierra Koepp 6-1, 6-0
(1) Brianna Raddatz/Jordan Trotter, Y, def. Anna Devorak/Mary Savoy 6-2, 6-1 (2) Allie Trudel/Anna Posch, Y, def. Karissa Jahn/Kristyne Frank 6-2, 6-1 (3) Keaunna Hammer/Sandy Bartels, Y, def. Molly Hacker/Courtney Hanson 6-0, 6-0
YME 7, LqPV 0
The Sting didn't need three sets in any of its matches to sweep Lac qui Parle Valley in their season finale on Thursday.
YME's 1-singles player Jordan Glad had the Sting's toughest match, winning a first-set tiebreaker before closing out her match in the second set.
(1) Jordan Glad, Y, def. Kylie Jahn 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 (2) Danielle Clarke, Y, def. Amber Borstad 6-3 6-0 (3) Rachel Christianson, Y, def. Kamryn Siedschlag 6-1 6-1 (4) Leah Gluth, Y, def. Sierra Koept 6-0 6-0
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I was describing Stephanie LaFortune�s artwork as contemporary the friend said what�s that? I had to think for a minute about what I really did mean and I was wrong. I was thinking contemporary art tended toward abstract art. Contemporary art is art that in being made now by living artists. Hmm�that makes all the artists I work with� contemporary artist and me, too!
Abstract art is described as a movement in painting and sculpture that seeks to break away from traditional representation of physical objects. Abstract works explore the relationships of forms and colors as opposed to traditional art where the images are recognizable.
I think abstract artworks can be difficult for people to relate to because we humans are always looking for connections and similarities. It makes it difficult to find something to relate to in abstract work. I feel like abstract art is more about raw unfettered emotional relationship to the artist�s world.
I think the viewer must see the artwork in person before we can truly judge any piece of art. We all react to the colors and texture of any abstract, but I think it takes time to find the place where you and the artwork can come together. It�s easy to see a portrait and say, �that�s a face�I like it,� then move on. It takes time to look at a face, to study it and see what you can of the person and the artists. When you see work in person you can see the brush stroke or explore where one color begins and another ends. I think it�s impossible to really know about a piece of art without this personal contact.
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Consumers aren't buying electric cars. They're leasing them.
Experian Automotive, a data research arm of the credit company, reports that 93% of people who obtained an electric car in the fourth quarter of 2012 leased it rather than financed it.
There are good reasons for this trend. Most of the companies that sell electric cars are offering much lower monthly payments to customers who lease Nissan Motor has been offering a $199-a-month lease on its Leaf electric car. Mass market rivals are offering similar deals on their electrics General Motors is offering a $269 a month, three-year lease on its plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt.
The sticker price for most of the electric cars is north of $30,000 and even with a hefty $7,500 federal tax credit, the monthly payment is hundreds of dollars a month higher than for a lease. Tesla Motors Inc. earlier this year began offering a lease-like financing deal aimed at dropping the monthly payments for its $70,000 and up Model S sedans.
Leasing an electric car also insulates the customer from long-term costs associated with replacing tired batteries. A lease represents a bet that in three years, electric car batteries may offer longer driving range at a lower price.
There's also another financial disincentive to owning an EV – that same tax credit for $7,500 degrades the residual value of a financed vehicle very quickly.
The National Automobile Dealers Association said earlier this week that the expected trade-in value this year for a model-year 2011 Chevrolet Volt was $21,235 or 49% of the original price and for the Nissan Leaf it was $14,792, or just 42%. Those figures are well below the 62-63% residual of similarly-sized, gasoline-powered compact sedans over that period.
Consumers who lease electric cars don't have to worry too much about the resale value. But auto makers and finance companies that are offering discounted lease deals do. The low residual values of the leased vehicles could result in losses when the vehicles come back and are resold at auction, depending on the size of the gap between the value estimated when the lease contract price was calculated and the actual value at auction.


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An earlier version of a story about newly released Academic Performance Index scores and school rankings incorrectly reported the average similar-school ranking for the Campbell Union School District. The district's average ranking, when compared with 100 schools with similar demographics, for elementary schools is 4.7 out of a possible 10; for the district's three middle schools it is 4. The story also incorrectly reported that Galarza Elementary in the San Jose Unified School District ranked 1 compared with schools statewide and 1 compared with similar schools. Galarza ranks 4 statewide and 7 on the similar-school scale. And it omitted the ranking of Gardner Elementary, which ranks 1 statewide and 1 compared with similar schools.
Middle school -- where the minds of newly minted teenagers are suddenly hijacked by hormones and stop-and-start growth -- is a challenging level to teach.
And yet Milpitas Unified's two middle schools defy the trend and have propelled its seventh- and eighth-graders to the top when compared with schools of similar diversity.
As California's Academic Performance Index scores released Friday indicate, even districts with high-scoring elementary schools falter in grades 6, 7 and 8. And while some high-performing schools in the South Bay and Peninsula excel on middle-school standardized tests, more falter.
The 1-to-10 rankings that compare schools statewide and with similar schools showed wide variation in area schools. The rankings are based on results of tests taken in spring 2012.
The school rankings released Friday comparing schools of similar demographics illustrate the middle school challenge. In the Burlingame, Jefferson (Daly City) and Mountain View-Whisman districts, elementary schools averaged above 5 on the 1-to-10 scale. But their middle schools ranked only a 4.
The drop is even more pronounced in other districts. Ravenswood elementary schools, in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, averaged an impressive 7.3 rank among similar schools, but the middle schools ranked only a 2.
Franklin-McKinley middle schools in San Jose averaged a 1.5 in similar-schools ranking. And at the bottom, Morgan Hill elementaries ranked an average of 2.4 among similar schools, and its four middle and high schools ranked at the bottom -- all 1s.
Some perennial top-scoring schools defy the middle school drop, scoring a 10 on the statewide scale and on the similar schools scale. Among them are Miller, Kennedy and Lawson middle schools, all in the Cupertino Union district; Egan Junior High in Los Altos; Redwood Middle in Saratoga and Dartmouth Middle in the Union District in San Jose.
At the other end of the scale, the region has several "1-1" schools, ranking in the bottom 10 percent statewide and at the bottom of their peer group. Among them is Hoover Middle School.
Other 1-1 schools, at the elementary level, are Bayshore in Daly City, Ronald McNair Academy in the Ravenswood district in East Palo Alto, John Gill in Redwood City, Horrall in the San Mateo-Foster City district, Santee in the Franklin-McKinley district in San Jose, Escuela Popular in East Side Union and Empire Gardens, Gardner and Horace Mann in San Jose Unified.
And then there is Milpitas, where two middle schools year after year outscore feeder elementary schools -- whose average is 6 -- and the district's lone high school, Milpitas High, which has a 5 on similar-school rankings.
At Thomas Russell Middle School, Principal Laura Foegal credits a concerted effort to engage students -- to corral easily distracted young minds.
"We're trying to find different ways to get them involved in their learning," she said.
On Wednesday, seventh-graders in math teacher Suzanne Hughes' pre-algebra class were measuring how long it took to hop, walk and otherwise travel 3 meters. They collected, recorded and graphed data, then extrapolated various statistics from them.
The staff works in teams, with many teachers "looping," or keeping students in both seventh and eighth grades. And the staff assigns a teacher to track each at-risk student and provides extra help for those falling behind.
"With their brain development, even trying to focus and concentrate is a huge challenge." said Stephanie Woodhams, who teaches eighth-grade U.S. history.
But it's not all academic. There's middle school drama. "If someone says something, it's all-consuming to a middle schooler," Woodhams said. "If you don't address it, they can't focus."
She also frequently messages parents, via the school's online locker system. As a result of collective efforts, Russell Middle School scored a 9 in state rankings and a 10 when compared with similar schools. Its sister school, Rancho Milpitas Middle, also has an impressive 9-9 score.
It's not a job for every teacher. Middle school is a calling, Foegal said.
Hughes, who has been at Russell for 25 years and is retiring next month, agreed. "You've got to be a certain kind of animal to work in a middle school."
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She was a sweet young lady who was always willing to do anything to help others. She was goofy and silly and always trying to make others smile. A soul too sweet for this rotten world and called home too early. She is survived by her mother Jessica Coghill and son Bryce, her father Ed Jasper and wife Hollie, their children Austin, Nicolos, Mason and Star. Also her fiancé Brandon Bogner. She will be missed by all of her extended family and many friends. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Ashley Coghill Memorial Fund at Centera Bank for the purchase of a headstone. The family will be having a candle light vigil at the cemetery on Friday Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. There will al be a celebration of life dinner Saturday Sept. 7 at 5 p.m. at Broken Spoke.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team hits the road Saturday to take on Sam Houston State in second round of Southland Conference action. The Islanders are riding on a two-game winning streak after snapping a string of three conference losses. The Islanders improved to 8-14 overall and 3-2 at home in conference play.
In the Islanders last contest, Myeisha Myles' winning shot with 2.4 seconds left lifted Texas A&M - Corpus Christi past Northwestern State, 88-86. The Islanders were powered by four players in double-figure scoring in a game that featured 13 ties and 19 lead changes.
The Islanders sit at 4-5 in the conference and will face Sam Houston State for the second time this season. The Islanders dropped a 65-56 decision to the Bearkats at the Dugan Wellness Center on Jan. 21.
Sam Houston State comes into the game on a two-game winning streak after picking up a win at UT Arlington and at home against Southeastern La. The Bearkats hold a 12-9 overall record and are 7-3 in the conference, which is good for first place in the West Division. Sam Houston State sits at an 8-1 record at home, with their only loss coming against Stephen F. Austin, 69-67. Saturday's game will mark the 16th meeting.
• The Islanders have now won straight two games, snapping a string of three straight losses.
•Texas A&M - Corpus Christi scored a season-high 88 points in their victory over Northwestern State on Sunday.
• Myles registered a career-high 27 points and 14 rebounds in 23 minutes, marking her fourth double-double of the season
• Verne'qua Taylor posted her first double-double of the season with 15 points and a career-high 10 assists, while tallying seven rebounds, three shy of a triple double, while adding five steals. Taylor tallied a career-high 20 points to lead the Islanders past Nicholls State on Wednesday.
• Taylor broke the all-time assist leader as a junior Saturday night against Northwestern State with 10 assists. She now has 110 assists on the season. She is leading the conference with an average of 5.0 assists a game.
• Zoe Vega-Vega tallied her third double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Nicholls State.
• The Islanders shot a season-high .818 percent (9-of-11) from the charity stripe against Nicholls State.
• Head Coach Robert Robinson has used eight different starting lineups this season.
Myeisha Myles' winning shot with 2.4 seconds left lifted Texas A&M - Corpus Christi past Northwestern State, 88-86, at the American Bank Center. The Islanders were powered by four players in double-figure scoring in a game that featured 13 ties and 19 lead changes.
Myles paced the Islanders with a career-high 27 points and 14 rebounds and junior Verne'qua Taylor also scored a double-double with 15 points and a career-high 10 assists, while tallying seven rebounds, three shy of a triple double, while adding five steals. She now holds the Islanders all-time assist record as a junior with 110 assists this season. Junior Alisa Roberts also had a career-night with a career-high 21 points including 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Sophomore Brandi Huff also chipped in double-figure scoring efforts with 10 points and seven rebounds,
Sam Houston State heads into Saturday's game with a 12-9 overall record, 7-3 in conference play and sits at 8-1 on their home court. The Bearkats are 4-1 in Huntsville in Southland Conference action. Sam Houston State is on a two-game winning streak.
The Bearkats only loss in conference action came against Stephen F. Austin at home. Sam Houston State sits at the top of the West Division, ahead of Stephen F. Austin and Texas State, who have identical SLC records at 5-4.
On the season, Sam Houston State averages 61.9 points, shoots .353 from the floor (458-of-1298), .278 percent (93-of-331) from three-point range and .693 (291-of-420) from the line.
Individually, the Bearkats are led by Britni Martin with 16.2 points per game. Sequeena Thomas is second on the team with 14.1 points per game and leads the team with 11.7 rebounds per game.
Saturday's game will mark the 16th meeting between the two schools with the Islanders claiming the 5-2 advantage. Sam Houston State garnered the 65-56 road victory at the Dugan Wellness Center on Jan. 21. The Islanders cut the lead to five with 36.8 seconds left, but it wasn't enough. The Islanders were paced by three players in double-figure scoring efforts.
Junior Alisa Roberts tallied her third double-figure scoring game with a career-high 18 points and Myeisha Myles and Verne'qua Taylor each added 11 points. Britni Martin paced the Bearkats with 22 points, Sequeena Thomas added 15 and Jasmine Johnson chipped in 11.
The Islanders are leading the conference with 28.9 defensive rebounds a game and are fifth in offensive rebounds with 15.1.
Myeisha Myles is leading the team on the glass with 7.4 rebounds per game, which is good for ninth place in the conference. Myles has 4.3 defensive rebounds (T-13th, SLC) and 3.0 offensive rebounds (8th, SLC).
The Islanders are 6-3 when they outrebound their opponent and 2-11 when their opponent has more rebounds.
The Islanders have tallied 17 assists or more in five games this season. They have registered 17 assists in wins against Jackson State, UT Arlington and a loss at SMU. The Islanders dished out 18 against Southeastern La. and registered a season-high 19 against Northwestern State. The Islanders are in seventh place in the conference with an average of 12.0 assists per game.
Verne'qua Taylor has tallied six or more assists in 10 games this season and six of those she had eight or more assists. The junior dished out a season-best 10 assists against Northwestern State to move into first place on the all-time assist leader as a junior with 110 assists. Taylor passed Kirbria Lewis who set the record with 107 during the 2005-06 season. The all-time Islanders record of assists in a season is 179 set by Mandie Vinck during the 2002-03 season.
Coach Robinson has used eight different lineups this season. Myeisha Myles and Verne'qua Taylor are the only two Islanders to have started all 22 games. Nine of the 12 players have made their way into the starting lineup. The most times one set lineup has been used is five games.
This season the Islanders seem to perform better when at least three players have scored double-digit points rather than two. The Islanders are 6-3 when at least three players have scored and 1-7 when at least two have posted double-digit scoring efforts.
The Islanders were powered by four players in double-figure scoring against Northwestern State. Myles paced the Islanders with a career-high 27 points, junior Verne'qua Taylor scored 15 points, while junior Alisa Roberts had a career-night with a career-high 21 points. Sophomore Brandi Huff also chipped in double-figure scoring efforts with 10 points.
Myles leads the Islanders with 11 double-figure scoring games, Taylor has eight while Anderson-Sparks has tallied six. Myles also has four double-doubles while Vega-Vega has three. Taylor tallied a double-double against Northwestern State with 15 points and 10 assists.
Senior Myeisha Myles has stepped up for the Islanders in crunch time. Against Northwestern State she hit a game-winning shot off a Zoe Vega-Vega missed jumper with 2.4 seconds left to clinch the Islanders two-point victory.
Myles paced the Islanders with a career-high 27 points and career-best 14 rebounds over Northwestern State. She led the Islanders with her ninth double-figure scoring game with 11 points against Sam Houston State and tallied 17 points and 11 rebounds at Texas State. In the Islanders first conference victory against Southeastern La., Myles tallied 18 points.
This season, the senior has registered four double-doubles and leads the team in scoring with 10.6 points per game and in rebounds with 7.4 rebounds per game. Myles is second on the team with an average of 25.1 minutes per game.
She leads the conference with a .533 (96-180) field goal percentage. She is in 17th place with 10.6 points per game and sits in ninth place in rebounds with an average of 7.4 a game. Myles is averaging 0.9 blocks per game which is good for ninth place. She is in eighth place with 3.0 offensive rebounds a game and is tied in 13th place with 4.3 defensive rebounds a game.
Myles along with Taylor are the only two Islanders to have started all 22 games.
The Islanders were picked to finish last in the Southland West Division after finishing last in the conference last season.
The Islanders return to the Coastal Bend on Wednesday, Feb. 15, to take on Texas State at the American Bank Center. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.


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Rifle is tied with Eagle Valley for second place in the Western Slope conference.
Which explains why the Lady Tigers' basketball team had a hard time putting points on the board. They scored seven points in the first half and eight in the second, while Rifle walked away with the win.
"We played defense well, which is what we have to do," Rifle head coach Rick Schmitz said.
And his program, which has depth, strength, speed and skill, is what Summit head coach Dylan Hollingsworth told his team he hopes they can become.
"It's what we aspire to be," he said.
The coach played a number of freshmen, whose talent pool is large, in Friday's home game.
"We have so many injuries, we had to cancel the JV game. Which means we had more in the rotation, but we are beat up," Hollingsworth said.
It's good to give younger players experience, but it also means less experience on the court.
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Remembering D-Day
Published: Monday, June 24, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 11:17 p.m.
The June 12 letter "Remember D-Day" by James R. Masters struck a high note with me. I remembered and flew my Stars and Stripes proudly that day.
While stationed at SHAPE Headquarters in Paris, I was privileged to tour Omaha Beach in 1953, nine years after D-Day, with a master sergeant who was dropped behind Nazi lines by glider aircraft. He told how they communicated to locate American soldiers with Halloween clicker "crickets" so the Nazis who might hear wouldn't know and locate them.
In a snapshot, two friends and I are standing in front of a highly reinforced concrete bunker still harboring a decommissioned Nazi 88 mm artillery gun aimed up the beach as a personnel killer. Nearly as far as the eye could see there were still sunken boats partially protruding from English Channel waters.
As a young airman, I was awe-struck thinking of how many young men's lives, American and German, were ended there in those terrible days fighting for freedom. The ground on which I stood had been saturated with blood and exploded human body parts, of which I suppose minute particles still remain even now mixed in those beach sands.
The American cemetery there was under construction and we couldn't tour that. Those memories will be with me always.
Yes, Mr. Masters, thank you. I remembered.
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Showtime's Stephen Espinoza shared his vision of the network's future plans for boxing during a recent exclusive interview with RingTV.com.
A sports attorney, Espinoza is the U.S. cable network's new executive vice president and general manager of sports and event programming, hired after Ken Hershman left the position to become president of HBO Sports in November.
In his new role, Espinoza will direct a major push by Showtime to begin televising high-level, meaningful fights geared toward increasing the sport's profile and visibility, starting with the Feb. 11 rematch between Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto.
Nine days after RingTV.com first reported Espinoza's hiring, Showtime bought Ortiz-Berto II for $2.25 million, an amount which trumped the offer of $2.15 million by HBO, which televised the first fight, won by Ortiz.
Ortiz-Berto I featured a total of four knockdowns — two by each fighter — and will serve as the prototype for selecting future bouts by Espinoza, whose criteria will include the competitive nature, as well as the stature and personalties of the combatants, which will count as much or more than their title belts or glossy records.
Espinoza discussed his views on topics ranging from pay-per-view events to the the various media platforms at Showtime's disposal for boxing. (The network plans to promote Ortiz-Berto II with elements usually reserved for pay- per-view events, including spots on the CBS network.)
"The excitement that this fight is generating actually reverberates around our company," said Espinoza. "The support that this fight will get includes the support of our parent company, CBS, and all of its platforms — the network, CBS interactive, and all of the various channels of both CBS and Showtime. We will throw our full support behind this fight because it deserves it."
Espinoza also spoke on the role of formats such as the Super Six Super Middleweight Boxing Classic and Winner Take All (bantamweight) tournaments.
RING super middleweight champ Andre Ward emerged victorious for the title from the Super Six tournament, scoring a unanimous decision over Carl Froch on Dec. 17 to end a six-man round-robin event which spanned two years.
On the other hand, Showtime's four-man bantamweight tournament took less than a year to complete, ending with Abner Mares defeating Joseph Agbeko last August.
Espinoza also envisions scenarios during which he might work directly with rival HBO, particularly in relation to events involving potential fights with the sport's premiere attractions such as Ward, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Sergio Martinez.
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Keselowski wins NASCAR pole
Published: Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
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LOUDON, N.H. — Brad Keselowski turned a lap of 135.922 mph to set a track record and win the pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Keselowski led a fast Friday on the track as nine drivers topped the previous track record held by Ryan Newman, who went 135.232 in 2011.
Jimmie Johnson joined Keselowski on the front row for Sunday's race, but Johnson flunked inspection because both sides of the front of his No. 48 Chevrolet were too low. He'll start in the rear, in the 43rd spot.
Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Kyle Busch now follow Keselowski, while Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne, and Jeff Burton all topped Newman's record.
Keselowski, the 2012 series champion, has yet to win a race this season and needs a big weekend if he wants to defend his title in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- From coffee tables, to lamps, and everything in between, Jeff Diamond has found a new use for old golf clubs.
"I make spheres out of the old persimmon drivers, which most people know they don't even make anymore," artist Jeff Diamond said.
He started out as a street vendor on Washington Road nine years ago, but now every Masters week he calls the Magnolia Club home.
"I was exhibiting my items outside of Carrabbas on Washington Road, and that's when the owner of this club found me, discovered me, I guess, and brought me into the club. I can sell upwards of nine to ten-thousand dollars," Diamond said.
This year he's hoping for more, and he thinks he'll get it with his biggest sculpture yet.
"This is one giant golf ball. I started building this last year after The Masters," he said.
Weighing in over 1,500 pounds, his masterpiece is made up of 3,000 white golf clubs welded together to make the shape of a giant golf ball.
"I'm one of the only non-golfers that have handled hundreds of thousands of golf clubs. I don't golf," Diamond said.
While Diamond might not golf, one of his pieces now sits in the home of someone who definitely does and is no stranger to The Masters.
"I'm happy to say this past Christmas one of my items was bought and given to Jack Nicklaus. They bought one of my turtles made out of metal wood drivers and a verdigris finish put on it," he said.
Nicklaus is a six-time Masters champion, the most in the tournament's history.
"He wrote me a nice little note. It said Jeff, best wishes. Thank you, Jack Nicklaus," Diamond recalled.
Now Diamond is hoping his artwork will be a hole-in-one with the guests coming into town.
His art is featured at the Magnolia Club all week long, but if you don't want to battle Washington Road, you can also find some of his pieces at the Aiken Center for the Arts.


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Joseph F. Beddingfield, 92
Published: Friday, January 4, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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HENDERSONVILLE — Joseph Franklin Beddingfield, 92, of Hendersonville, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at Pardee Hospital.
A graveside service with Military Rites will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, at Shepherd Memorial Park with a visitation at the Mausoleum from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the service.
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Budva (pronounced Bood-vah) is a very touristy town in the middle of the coast of newly independent Montenegro that is visited by few Western Europeans and next to no Americans. It had been and continues to be the main summer destination for people living in Belgrade, Serbia as well as a great many Russians and other Eastern Europeans. This lends it an exotic feel as you almost never hear English unless you have to ask someone to speak it. But, overall, the town is a lot like Santa Cruz, California and is not some backwards place with donkey carts. There is a very long promenade that runs parallel to the beach and leads you to the walled old city eventually. It has a little something for everyone, but most importantly, it has a lot of sun.
In staying there for three days, we found that we covered all the sites quickly and realized that we should do as those in Budva do and go to fry on the beach. It took only a couple hours of 96 degrees and nearly 100% humidity to make us run for cover from the sun. We felt like a couple of really weak Californians and were amazed at the people that would spend and entire day out there roasting to a reddish/brownish hue like a raisin. Luckily, second only to the massive abundance of sun in Budva, there is also a massive abundance of cafes, to which we ran for shade.
With our brains cooling, we ordered up some boiling water for tea. We're sure this isn't the most logical choice to people, but there's a secret to this, in that you want to drink a mint tea. It's something that those in Northern Africa do and they claim it keeps them cool, so we decided to put it to the test. While it doesn't really keep you cool, there is some kind of effect that it has on your body wherein it levels out your head and you don't feel blown out by the heat. Weird, but true and it allowed us another day to brown.
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The Moberly Monitor-Index received a call at approximately 11:30 a.m. Friday reporting a small plane had crashed around Darksville located north of Huntsville, MO. MMI staff member Atina Roberts arrived on the scene to find a plane crash fatality. Crop dusting is a frequent means of spraying crops in mid-Missouri and the small plane was being used to spray corn on property owned by Circle A Ranch. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, Randolph County Ambulance, Huntsville Fire Department, Sheriff Mark Nichols, and the Randolph County Coroner Gerald Luntsford were on the scene. Smoke was still rising from the cornfield. The (yellow) plane was covered with a blue tarp at the time of the photo. The pilot's name had not been released by 4:25 p.m. Friday. Atina Roberts/MMI
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In an intriguing working paper from University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, it was found that cell phone use may be associated with becoming less socially minded and less likely to engage in prosocial behavior.
The study, which involved separate sets of college students in their early twenties, found that after a short period of cell phone use, the participants were less inclined to volunteer for a community service activity compared to the control group. The Atlantic reports that the cell phone users were also less motivated to solve word problems, even though they knew coming up with the answer would translate into a monetary donation to charity.
To explain this phenomenon, study author and marketing professor Rosellina Ferraro says: "The cell phone directly evokes feelings of connectivity to others, thereby fulfilling the basic human need to belong." Meaning once the need to connect with others is met; our desire to feel empathy or engage is behavior that would help others is reduced.
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David Irving, Holocaust Denial, and his Connections to Right Wing Extremists and Neo-National Socialism (Neo-Nazism) in Germany: Electronic Edition, by Hajo FunkeTable of Contents
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1.3 Sources.
1.3.1.The arguments and opinions set out below have relied on those set out by the Plaintiff and the Defendant as set out their respective pleadings. In the course of writing I have relied mainly on the documents and materials released in the Plaintiff's further discovery2 .
1.3.2.It is important at this juncture to comment on two items in the further discovery. David Irving's diaries, although named such, are not what one would consider diaries in the normal sense. Only rarely does David Irving comment on political activities or political issues. Much more they constitute a listing of daily occurrences and business (political or domestic). References in the diaries indicate that Irving at times gave copies to friends or used them to substantiate legal issues. This would suggest that they have been 'sanitised' for other readers, and thus do not constitute a private but rather a public diary. As will be set out below important passages in Irving's diaries have not been released to the defence, sometimes consisting of a few days, sometimes weeks or even months. David Irving has also released many hours of video and audio material. As will become apparent Irving and those he associated with were almost obsessive in their recordings of David Irving's speeches in Germany. The suspicion is that some crucial speeches have not been disclosed. Where this suspicion arises it is noted.
1.3.3.Part of the duties of the German office for the protection of the constitution [Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz - OPC] is to monitor those activities within Germany seen as extra-constitutional and more importantly anti-constitutional (see below). Since the late 1960s the OPC has published their monitoring activities and their judgements on parties, groups, and individuals. These findings are published in Germany at both a national and state level in the form of annual constitutional reports [Verfassungsschutzberichte, henceforth VSB]. They constitute an invaluable and authoritative source on extremism in Germany and more importantly on what activities and individuals are officially considered extremist in Germany by the authorities. In this sense the VSBs can be viewed as an equivalent in politics to say yearly government economic reports. The reports are consequently cited frequently in my report.
1.3.4.A certain amount of secondary literature has been relied on, particularly in identifying some of the more obscure figures and organisations Irving came into contact with. Some of it is what David Irving would consider 'anti-fascist', although it has mostly been written by experienced and conscientious academics and researchers. In my own experience I have found that the material contained in such reference books is reliable, and that any short-comings are inherent to the secretive and conspiratorial nature of individuals and groups concerned.
2. All references in the footnotes refer to this further discovery unless otherwise stated by prefixing a document number. All ellipses and comments or translations in the square brackets are ours unless otherwise stated. Party and organization abbreviations originate with the German proper nouns. English abbreviations have been used where common or more pertinent to the report.
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Ticket to Free Ride
Firms often go to great lengths to protect the intellectual property that is the source of their competitive advantage and profit margin, creating massive security systems and requiring staff to sign noncompete agreements that prevent them from working for the competition for a set number of years after they leave the firm.
Yet the rise of open-source software has bucked the conventional wisdom about protecting intellectual property. Open-source products — including but not limited to software — are typically produced on a pro bono basis or by expert volunteers and made available for free to the public.
One popular open-source alternative to the Windows operating system for PCs is Linux. Despite the radical transparency of open-source software, and Linux in particular, the software development firm Red Hat has built a healthy business based on the operating system. Red Hat does so in part by effectively piggybacking on Linux by providing supplemental services that customers still value but that are not provided by the open-source developers, including documentation, technical support, service contracts, and complementary software that helps manage the Linux software.
At first glance, the ability to profit from open-source products seems difficult at best. Open-source software licenses typically require that any time a commercial venture makes changes to the software, those changes also be made available free of charge to the public, along with open access to the code itself. If the firm's intellectual property thus becomes public, any competitor can easily free ride on its enhancements — so how is a firm to gain any competitive advantage?
"Why is Red Hat willing to put so many resources into improving a product that is made freely available to anyone else?" asks Professor Brett Gordon, whose research interests include competitive pricing and product innovation. Gordon worked with Vineet Kumar of Harvard and Kannan Srinivasan of Carnegie Mellon to understand how firms like Red Hat are able to compete in this unique market, and how a broader market based on open-source products can work. To do so, the researchers created a model reflecting the behavior of firms and their competition with one another and how open-source software is created.
The latter is no simple matter. Software developers' motivations to contribute to open-source platforms vary greatly. Some do it for altruistic reasons, some simply enjoy contributing or for the challenge, some do it to enhance their reputations — and some do it to signal their skill to potential employers.
Developers are linked to the pieces of open-source software code that they write, giving employers a completely transparent way to verify their contribution to the product. "That's a huge advantage to a developer because it is otherwise very difficult or impossible to show prospective employers exactly what work you've done," Gordon says. "Software firms simply don't open their code up to inspection by competitors. But if you work on open-source software you can carry your CV with you wherever you go."
Firms can then put these skilled developers to work on either the public features of the open-source product — the software's functionality — or private commercial enhancement such as service contracts, documentation, support services, and easy-install programs — which enhance the software's usability.
But where should a firm primarily concentrate its resources — on the features or on usability? Both, according to the researchers' model: when firms make better products in the public dimension — that is, when they contribute to the open-source software — they make their private products more valuable and vice versa. This means that firms should not focus on one or the other but should split their resources to invest substantially in each.
"Firms can free ride on the contribution of other firms, but unless they themselves contribute to public components of the software, they aren't likely to reap much benefit from it," Gordon notes. This is borne out by Red Hat's place in the open-source software market — historically it has provided more contributions to Linux than any of its commercial competitors, placing it in the strongest position to profit from the software.
In addition to helping show why Red Hat and firms like it can succeed in the open-source space, the model predicts how much open-source software is created as a result of commercial firms' entry into open-source collaborations. One common open-source licensing agreement, the GNU Public License, deems that firms must share their contributions publicly. Another, known as the Berkeley Software Distribution license, allows firms to keep some of its enhancements private. Under the former license, firms tend to contribute to open-source software primarily to make their own products better — this mirrors the experience of Red Hat. But the model predicts a different outcome under the Berkeley license: more open-source software gets created for public consumption when firms are able to privately appropriate anything they do on top of the open-source software itself. This happens when the market is large enough and when firms are able to effectively screen good from bad developers.
Why does more open-source software get created under the Berkeley license? Because firms are able to charge a higher price for the private components of the product, other firms can't copy the product or build on it, and price competition among firms is reduced. The frontrunner firm earns a higher return on its contributions and can attract better developers for higher salaries. Developers are attracted to the highest-paying jobs so they contribute even more to open-source software to better signal their skill to potential employers.
"You can think of open-source development as not unlike a charitable contribution," Gordon says. "More seems better. And open-source contributions are higher when licensing arrangements allow firms to keep some of their contributions to open-source software private."
Brett Gordon is the Class of 1967 Associate Professor of Marketing at Columbia Business School.
Brett Gordon
Brett Gordon was a Columbia Business School faculty member from 2007 to 2014.


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Buddy Peace wrote: This is really ill... 2mex is just a killer. Without trying to single any particular track out, the posse cut is straight up ridiculous. So good to see this release happen with SFR.
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Authorities continue their investigation at the site in Midland City, Ala., on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 where a five year old boy was held hostage in an underground bunker before being rescued Monday. Authorities shot and killed Jimmy Dykes after a week long standoff. The boy who was freed from an underground bunker is acting like a typical 5-year-old by all accounts, playing with toys and running around, but psychology experts and a woman who suffered through a similar ordeal warn there could be long-term emotional scars. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)


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- Oct 19:
- Felon charged with murder of federal investigator in Oakland
- Oct 18:
- Timeline: Randy Alana's troubled past and Sandra Coke's slaying
- Sandra Coke disappearance: Former boyfriend arrested as suspect in criminal investigator's killing
- Aug 17:
- We were going to marry, says person of interest in Sandra Coke slaying in exclusive jailhouse interview
- Aug 16:
- Oakland: Parole revoked for ex-con connected to Sandra Coke case
- Aug 13:
- Sandra Coke Case: Family says it is 'devastated' by death of federal investigator
- Sandra Coke disappearance: Body identified as the missing Oakland woman
- Aug 12:
- Sandra Coke case: ID on body found in Solano County not expected until Tuesday
- Aug 10:
- Vacaville and Sandra Coke disappearance: No ID yet of body found Friday near Vacaville park
- Aug 9:
- Sandra Coke disappearance: Body discovered near Vacaville park
- Police begin search in Vallejo for missing Oakland woman
- Aug 7:
- Oakland: Family of missing investigator fears foul play
- Aug 6:
- Oakland: Missing woman's car found in parking lot
- Aug 5:
- Police search for missing Oakland woman who disappeared from home
DUBLIN -- In a jailhouse interview the day after he was charged with murdering his former girlfriend, Randy Alana again proclaimed his innocence but did not deny he was at the West Oakland motel where authorities believe federal criminal investigator Sandra Coke was likely killed in August.
Alana would not elaborate on his alleged visit to Oakland's Night's Inn Motel on Aug. 4 between 8:43 p.m. and 9:21 p.m. where police tracked him by his GPS ankle monitor as "stationary" for 38 minutes, according to court documents.
"What do people do at motels?" he asked rhetorically via telephone through a glass window at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, where he has been held since Aug. 6 on a parole violation.
Alana, a career criminal with 17 prior felony convictions, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of killing Coke, 50. Yet on Saturday, in his second jailhouse interview with this newspaper, he maintained his innocence.
"I know I'm seriously innocent," he said. "Trust me, everything seems different until it's explained."
Asked to explain, Alana declined: "I can, but I prefer not to; it's like exposing my defense."
Until he was officially arrested Thursday afternoon, he said he thought he would be a free man when his parole violation hold expired Nov. 1. "I thought I was going to walk out of here," he said.
Alana, 56, and Coke met two decades ago at Santa Rita Jail when he was incarcerated and she was investigating a death penalty case for her job. He claims they saw each other at various times over an 11-year period, including stints when he was in custody.
"She's always been in the corner for me, for the last 21 years," he said Saturday.
Alana was originally arrested Aug. 6 at the Pittsburg-Bay Point BART station for the parole violation.
Since being locked up at Santa Rita, Alana said Saturday he has been working out -- pulling up his red jail uniform to show his biceps -- as well as scrubbing his cell clean of graffiti with toothpaste, doing newspaper puzzles and thinking of Coke. "There's times when I see her face, and it makes me smile and cry at the same time," he said.
According to court documents filed Friday, Alana called Coke on her work cellphone at 8:22 p.m. Aug. 4. Soon after, Coke left her North Oakland home, telling her 15-year-old daughter she was going to see someone about her missing dog and to pick up a prescription, according to police and court documents.
Video and a GPS ankle monitor attached to Alana showed him at the motel, at 874 W. MacArthur Blvd., from 8:43 p.m. to 9:21 p.m., when video shows him driving her car north on Market Street. Coke's work cellphone was found about a mile from the motel. At 9:23 p.m., the GPS tracking stopped; Alana later admitted that he had removed his ankle monitor, according to court documents.
Anil Dhivar, a motel employee, said recently he had "no idea" if the two were registered there that night. "It was a long time ago," he said, adding that police came to the motel to investigate Coke's death. Investigators searched the premises, including a secluded area at the rear of the parking lot, but Dhivar said he did not know what, if anything, was found.
When Alana was arrested, he was carrying Coke's car keys and debit card, according to court documents.
Alana said he had planned to squeeze his 6-foot-3 inch, 200-pound frame into Coke's Mini Cooper to sleep at night. He said he had been staying with her in her home on Aileen Street, but his parole conditions allowed for only six-hour stints there. Neighbors have confirmed he was there over the summer.
He repeated Saturday that he did not kill her and was not the last person to see her alive Aug. 4. "I don't know who the last person to see her was," he said. "The last person to see her is the one who killed her."
Alana is also charged with stealing Coke's car and using her bank card to withdraw more than $400 the morning after she disappeared. He was arraigned on the charges Friday and will be back in court Monday.
After a five-day search, Coke's badly decomposed body was found in a dry creek bed in Vacaville on Aug. 9. Authorities have never revealed how she was killed, but there are no gun or knife enhancements in the complaint.
Before her death, Coke worked as an inspector with the Sacramento branch of the federal public defender's office. The pair rekindled their romance in January after he was paroled from a 15-year bank robbery sentence in June 2012, Alana claims. Her family has maintained the pair only had a brief fling two decades ago. Coke's younger sister, Tanya Coke, who lives in New Jersey and is caring for Coke's daughter, did not return multiple calls and emails for comment.
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- I heart the Toronto Public Library (39 words)
- Postponing driver's ed (66 words)
- If I don't go and do something, I'll go mad (184 words)
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1. I heart the Toronto Public Library: 10:44
Did you know that the Toronto Public Library is the largest in North Americ in terms of circulation, with 19 million circulated items? (Source: Wikipedia) *Shiver.* What luck!
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2. Postponing driver's ed: 15:27
Driving is a useful skill, and I will definitely look into it. However, I will postpone driving lessons right now because I don't have a good handle yet on whether it will be needed for my job and what the costs of keeping a car will be like (especially as I'm not yet 25)...
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3. If I don't go and do something, I'll go mad: 16:14
My thesis draft has been sent to my committee members. I've also revised my CASCON paper and outlined my presentation. And if I don't find something else to do, some neat work-type thing, I'm going to go mad. I can't really give myself permission to waste the time idly surfing the Net. I get that itch to do something interesting and useful...
Tomorrow, I'm going to go to IBM. I think my laptop's just too slow for reliable VPN. If I go tomorrow, I can invest time in fully participating in the blogosphere. I can even do some of the story-collecting and analysis I'd been meaning to do forever. Maybe I'll start putting the slides together.
Ah, there's another thing I can do: update my literature review with older papers.
And get back into open source development, maybe with Rails.
This is teaching me a lot about my ideal life. I don't want to be retired-retired. I want to be doing interesting things. Twitch, twitch, twitch...
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