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Mobile operators were out in full force at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, promoting their improved data networks and unveiling new devices. But with their marketing efforts in overdrive, the operators may confuse rather than attract users.
AT&T, for example, started calling its current upgraded HSPA+ network 4G instead of 3G. It's not the fastest major network in the country -- that's Verizon's LTE, based on advertised speeds -- but AT&T says it has a better transition path to its next-generation network.
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"Today, we're seeing 4G on HSPA+ in markets with enhanced backhaul, with speeds up to 6Mbps," said Ralph de la Vega, AT&T Mobility's president and CEO, during his company's developers' summit held at CES.
"We have the best transition path to 4G and we're the only U.S. company with this plan," de la Vega said.
He is arguing that AT&T's plan is better than Verizon's because once AT&T starts launching LTE, users will be able to fall back onto the HSPA+ network, which can deliver as fast as 6 Mbps download speeds. At CES, AT&T said it will advance its timeline for rolling out LTE, with launches starting in the middle of this year.
Verizon, however, is going straight from its existing 3G network to LTE, without an interim step like HSPA+. That means users who aren't in the LTE coverage areas will drop down to Verizon's slower 3G EV-DO Rev. A (Evolution-Data Optimized) network, which offers download speeds of around 600 kbps to 1.4 Mbps.
Still, even if Verizon doesn't have AT&T's "4G" HSPA+, it has a head start on the pack with the faster LTE. Verizon launched LTE in 38 markets in December and last week said it is speeding up its upgrade path so that another 140 markets will come online this year. Currently, Verizon's LTE network covers 100 million people, and in 18 months it will reach 200 million people, Tony Melone, chief technology officer for Verizon, said at CES. He said the network should offer 5 Mbps to 12 Mbps download speeds.
Further confusing matters, T-Mobile last week also announced new plans for its own "4G" HSPA+ network, saying that it will double the speed so that it's capable of delivering an astounding 42 Mbps. That, however, would be the download rate if just one person were connected at a time to a cell tower. Operators typically try to offer users a more realistic approximation of the speed they'll get in a real-life situation when sharing the network with other people.
To make the situation even more complicated, the International Telecommunication Union has flip-flopped on what technologies should officially get the 4G moniker. In November, the ITU's Radiocommunication Sector said the only technologies that qualify as 4G will be a future version of LTE, called LTE-Advanced, and the next generation of WiMax, known as WirelessMAN-Advanced.


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So...people waiting for a 5DIII - do you want it announced on November 3rd, if it has 26 MP, 4 fps and the exact same AF as the 5DII? Do you want it announced in March when the 1D X comes out, if it has 30 MP, 4.2 fps, and the 9 cross-type points of the xxD line? Or do you want to wait for a late 2012 announcement with 2013 availability, if it has 36 MP, 4.5 fps, and 15 cross-type points?Alternative option, increased price:
I want it out "soon", 35MP+, 4fps, 7D style AF, price position increased somewhere between 5D2 and 1D lines. I'll pay more for more, without going into 1D territory. It doesn't have to be called 5D3 but would be in a 5D/7D style body not 1D style body. Anyone else with me on this?

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So, here we are halfway through the NFL season and I wonder how your team is doing...if you have one. In the last version of "Introduce Yourself" or "Who Are You" or whatever it was called (which I can't seem to find), teh Grind Crusher and I engaged in some lively debate re: our respective teams in the AFC South. Actually, the conversation was more fan oriented than team and, suffice it to say, he's as passionate about his team (Texans) as I am mine (Titans). There are plenty of NFL Team Fan sites at SB Nation, but I prefer to hang out in the friendly confines of the Cafe.
So, how's your team doing? Remember to type slow (Steelers fans can't read very fast).
Titans are coming off a Bye week at 5-3 facing the Dolphins at 4-4 in Miami. In case you turned off all electronic devices this past week, you may have missed that Tennessee picked up Randy Moss for the rest of the season. Normally, I'd be indifferent at this news, because when you never throw the ball deeper than 11 yards, what's the point in having a deep threat? Then I had this thought: maybe when we're in our usual 3rd & 7 situation and we call our usual draw or screen that gets us our usual 6 yards, maybe, just maybe, the Randy Moss threat will clear some guys "out of the box" and Chris Johnson can go to work.
Re: the rest of the Titans Schedule - 5 of our last 6 games are divisional and those are always tough in the AFC South, especially with the emergence of Texans RB Arian Foster who put down 231 against the Colts in Week 1. The Titans have motored thru the NFC East which, to be honest, I thought would be tougher.
How do I feel about us being "contenders"? Tough to say. The AFC is rigid this year. I'll have a better feel after the first game against the
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Tired of it: Cultist/Messiah/Kool Aid/Obamabot
by Shem, Sun May 18, 2008 at 08:46:59 AM EDT
I'm not a member of a cult, I'm an Episcopalian. Referring to me as a "cultist" is a blatant attack, and I'm tired of it.
I don't consider Barack Obama my Messiah. That's Christ's role, and accusing me of believing otherwise is an extremely offensive attack no matter how cute you think it sounds, and I'm tired of it.
The Peoples' Temple of Jim Jones murdered over 900 people, including Democrat Leo Ryan, the only Congressman in United States history to have been killed in the line of duty. The "Kool Aid" line is a much sicker attack than you realize, and I'm tired of it.
Obama supporters are not all "boyz," no more than Clinton supporters are all "girlz." I'm also not sure whether this "boyz" thing is meant to carry primarily age, gender, or racial connotations -- but it reeks of carrying all three. I'm tired of it.
I'm not a robot or an automaton. I support my candidate over yours, but would support either in the general election. That's no excuse to refer to me or any other Obama supporter as an "Obama-bot" or "Obama-ton." It's a personal attack, and I'm tired of it.
These're the lines I'd expect from Republicans against Democrats in the general election, not from Democrats during our primary season. Just so we're clear: If you use these lines, I'm hide-rating you for attacking other users. If you uprate any of these attacks, I'll report you for abuse of your Trusted User status. These're all totally uncalled for, and've become far too commonplace in this Democratic community. I'm tired of it.
Update: I would never refer to Hillary supporters as "Hillbots,""cultists," nor any other derivatives of the disgusting memes the Clintons were painted with in the 90s. I will refer to you by your username or as a supporter of your candidate, and ask that same courtesy in return.


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The chassis used for the vehicle is that of a TAM-150 6x6 truck, on which a body of welded steel plates was placed.
Our Armed Forces finally made an overhaul of their website. While the info is still very outdated (No Mi-171s or Helsinki class listed, etc), the site no longer looks like it was made in the 90s, and the info on it will hopefully be updated soon.
It can also be viewed in english.
Yes, a much welcomed change altought I fear it would limit itelf to became another internal bullettin like the MORH one.
In every case I tried with the aid of my vocabulary to understood the literary meaning of croatian ranks and still I found somewhat confused.
First consideration: Croatian ranks seems to be focused on concepts of functional role and command autority.
Even in the lowest rank, we have not a soldier (One that earns the military wage) or even less a private (One that serve individually and command no one) but a Pozornik meaning [the one that call for alert (pozor)], so sentinel or even better watchmen can be an appropriate translation.
Consequently the corrispondent rank to private first class is a Razvodnik meaning usher, watchpost commander (so not a private at all).
Another peculiarity, that seem to conferm the focus about autority, is that in Croatian Army there is a rank insigna even for the Pozornik:
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Sretna Nova! Happy New Year!
Hm hm. has the fact that new MoD was a soldier effected this year's article about presidents New Year address to our soldiers abroad
Check last year compared to this year
Much much shorter and without any identity of those who were talking with the Commander in chief
Perhaps Kotromanović wants to enhance the confidentiality of some data
But, on the other hand... he almost stands attention while officer reports to president
Still, aside from decision to return MoD seat back to town, we didn't hear much about future plans. Yet.
It seems also he would be back at work very fast.
Hope that with that the loooong pause for election and government change would be over.
In the period from '91-'98 there where different examples of M-84 produced/patched together from various parts, left from Yu or imported. But a series of 20 pcs. of M-84A4 was buit from scratch in ĐĐ. Components were built or imported. Those M-84A4 used the new FCS, and that goverment order was to be some 50 pcs. but was canceled. Conteract was signed in '99, lasted '01-'03. But it seems ĐĐ build some chassies and aguierd parts and they are stored now, partialy paid.
Degman is not a Vihor, it is a follow up (or down)! There was a single Vihor body that was left in Sr.(mated with M-84 turret). There were two cast Vihor turrets in ĐĐ. They were mated to a M-84 body to form first Degman prototypes. Later a welded turret was built for Degman,( if you bother to search look on ĐĐ website under "montaa", there is the picture). Degman ended just as a prototype program. What is most important in M-84D is that it is a complete overhaul of older M-84s, upgrade with things learned from Degman and use of some new equipment is a bonus.
All that stuff about producing a new tank type independently is impossible , well M-84, Degman etc, it just a T-72 with upgrades, and there are a lot of parts you can buy. Degman is even more easier to build in DD since it has wellded turret, but it's just a money issue, nothing more. Look, even if we built them in numbers, then what? To what units they should/could go to?
I'm not trying to lecture YOU here but be careful what you write and do YOUR research before you post such information here.
We built all the M-84A4s from scratch?! To build sth from scratch means to produce all the components on your own but you yourself said: "In the period from '91-'98 there where different examples of M-84 produced/patched together from various parts, left from Yu or imported". Immediatley after that you said. "But a series of 20 pcs. of M-84A4 was buit from scratch in ĐĐ. Components were built or imported." - you basically repeated the same thing, most parts had to be imported or were already present in the factory.
The M-84A4s were produced/patched together on the same basis as all the tanks produced from 1991 till 1998, but this time the tank had some improvements (FAC Omega) and the government signed a deal with the factory securing that all the tanks were produced on the same level, with strictly determined dead-lines of delivery etc., unlike the tanks which were assembled '91-'98 when every example was financed independently and delivered as soon as the parts became avilable (due to arms embargo, attacks on the factory, insecure financing...).
About the M-95 Degman - one prototype used the old chassis, the other used the left-behind turret, and we produced a single new turret but coupled it with an already existing body. So, basically, neither of the two prototypes were our own products. So what exactly did you correct in my post? And also, a true Degman version was to have the "Vihor" body and a new turret, this means that it is no longer just a T-72/M-84 upgrade.
Finally, we actually agreed on the same thing so I don't get it what exactly you wanted to correct in my post:
1) All the M-84s produced after 1991 used components either already existent or imported. (you said it also)
2) No further M-95 will ever be produced because the there is no money or need for them. (you said it also)
Fresh pics of Mils in action
Some good news about fighter component:
The journalist who wrote the article knows his stuff, and the article is very pro-fighters. Interestingly, it says that president Josipović, when he said that fighters won't be acquired, was misinformed by some of his staff (I wonder who) with bad and outright untruthful info. This by itself is a serious problem, it means that people hostile to Croatia advise our president.
However, in the meantime, Josipović was informed of the pro-fighter arguments and requested to see all offers. Maybe he'll see that EUR 2-3 billion for Eurofighters or Gripens means 2-3 billion invested in Croatia industry and econom, something we desperately need.
Very interesting also the panel with fly cost for hour.
Even if some data seems me grossly exagerated.
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The Mig-29 cost per flight hour is ridiculously exaggerated, especially since only the new ones are available for purchase, which have a further reduced cost per flight hour of 2.5 times less than the old Mig-29s.


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I was wondering with the very open API offered by GoodReads, why aren't their any Plugins to integrate GoodReads into BuddyPress?
This feels like such a no brainer, I am shock it hasn't already been done. Would anyone be willing to work on one? I know my members are begging for this.
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#!/usr/bin/env ruby # # app_name This is a startup script for use in /etc/init.d # # chkconfig: 2345 80 20 # description: Description of program / service APP_NAME = 'app_name' case ARGV.first when 'status': status = 'stopped' puts "#{APP_NAME} is #{status}" when 'start': # Do your thang when 'stop': # Do your thang when 'restart': # Do your thang end unless %w{start stop restart status}.include? ARGV.first puts "Usage: #{APP_NAME} {start|stop|restart}" exit end
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I've written a libray which abstracts the common features of init scripts. You just have to implement a start and stop method. The restart method is generated automatically, but you can set a delay in seconds between calling the stop and the start method. You can get it via "gem install init". Documentation can be found here: http://aef.rubyforge.org/init/ An example: require 'init' class Demo < Aef::Init # The time in seconds between stop and start when restart is called stop_start_delay 3 def start # Do you thing end def stop # Do your thing end end # The parser is only executed if the script is executed as a program, never # when the script is required in a ruby program if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME Demo.parse end


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Last time Brian Atwood tried to do a film, it was banned. Which wasn't really surprising, considering the Mert & Marcus-lensed Fall 2012 short featured a completely naked Candice Swanepoel (save a sometimes-there corset and some killer Atwood boots) watching porn and rolling around with two muscular male models. But now that he's worked out the kinks, Atwood is back for round two. The designer teamed up with the famed photographers again for his Spring '13 film, which, inspired by Marilyn Monroe's iconic pool scene in Something's Got To Give, stars Eva Herzigova. Despite the fact that she's nude (come on, what did you expect?), the film is a playful and, dare we say, tasteful expression of the seductive femininity around which Atwood's shoes are built. "I think our last film and campaign was very sexual. It pushed the boundaries. But this is more feminine," Atwood told Style.com. The video has a distinct Old Hollywood feel and shows Herzigova swimming around in a pair of floral heels (which Atwood thought resembled vintage swimming caps). "Yes, there is a man [you only see his arm as he reaches over the pool to give Herzigova a martini], but it's all about her," added the designer, who notes that Monroe's "unapologetic sex appeal" is a constant source of inspiration. "She was mesmerizing—she had this power over men and women. And I think we captured that in a modern and very luxurious way." Indeed, what could be more luxurious than wearing emeralds and sky-high sandals in a private pool? "Every woman wants to be that woman." And Herzigova does a more than credible Marilyn impression. "When we were filming, I told Eva that I didn't realize she was so curvaceous," Atwood said. "And she leaned over to my ear and said, 'I'm three months pregnant.' " Watch the debut of Atwood's Spring '13 film, above, exclusively on Style.com.


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Question: Is It Anti-Pagan to Celebrate Halloween?
A reader asks, "I was curious if it was anti-Pagan to celebrate Halloween? I'm sort of worried it might seem disrespectful to go out collecting candy while I'm supposed to be honoring the spirits of my dead ancestors. How do Halloween and Samhain relate if at all to one another?"
This is actually an excellent question - and the short answer is, "You can celebrate Halloween if you want to!" Not only that, you can celebrate Samhain as well.
Much like Yule and Christmas, Samhain and Halloween are two different ways of observing the same time of year. Think of Samhain as the spiritual version, and Halloween as the secular. There's no reason at all why you can't celebrate both if you choose. In our family, we do a huge Halloween party with friends and family. I also do a Samhain ritual with my coven. There's never been a conflict.
How do Samhain and Halloween relate to one another? Well, the "trick or treat" Halloween evolved from the British tradition of All Soul's Day. Poor people went begging, and the middle-class wives handed out special treats known as Soul Cakes. By the nineteenth century, this tradition had followed British and Irish immigrants to America, and by then, begging for goodies wasn't just the domain of the poor, it was a kids' activity. Following the Great Depression and World War II, the notion of giving away candy really took off, and so today's candy-deluged Halloween celebration was born.
I do realize there is a small portion of the Pagan community that finds the whole Halloween thing off-putting, and I've heard the occasional complaint that Halloween trivializes Samhain. However, my opinion is that there's no reason you can't observe the solemnity of Samhain in addition to the fun of Halloween. I've been Pagan for over two decades, and just don't feel that a gaggle of kids collecting candy and dressed like Disney characters has any bearing whatsoever on my religious obligations or needs. My ancestors and my gods know that I honor them and respect them, and they don't seem to be troubled by my love of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
Often, too, the question comes up of whether or not celebrating a mundane event -- like Thanksgiving or Fourth of July or Halloween -- somehow lessens the value our spiritual celebrations. Honestly, eating a turkey or lighting fireworks or snarfing down candy only diminishes your spiritual holidays if you allow it to. There are plenty of Pagans who ask, "Should I celebrate this with my family, when it's not part of my Pagan belief system?" It's a question that each individual has to answer for themselves, but as long as your tradition doesn't have a specific mandate against it, I'd say go ahead and celebrate however you like.


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Clash of Rights over an Allergy-Detecting Dog Leads to EEOC Complaint
Posted May 14, 2010 6:15 AM CDT
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The rights of an employee who uses an allergy-detection dog are at odds with those of another worker with asthma in a complaint pending with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Emily Kysel brought her specially trained, $10,000 golden-retriever to work at the city of Indianapolis until a co-worker reacted to the animal with an asthma attack, the New York Times reports. Kysel's boss then gave her a choice, the story says: Report to work without the dog or go on indefinite unpaid leave.
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger
|The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|William A. Fraker
|Produced by
|Walter Coblenz
|Written by
|Ivan Goff
Ben Roberts
William Roberts
Michael Kane
Gerald B. Derloshon (as Jerry Derloshon)
|Klinton Spilsbury
Michael Horse
Christopher Lloyd
Matt Clark
Juanin Clay
Jason Robards
John Bennett Perry
|Music by
|John Barry
|László Kovács
|Edited by
|Thomas Stanford
|ITC Entertainment
|Distributed by
|Universal Pictures
|Release date(s)
|Running time
|98 minutes
|United States[1]
|Box office
The Legend of the Lone Ranger is a 1981 American western film directed by William A. Fraker and starring Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse and Christopher Lloyd.
It is based on the story of The Lone Ranger, a Western character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker. Its producers outraged fans by not allowing actor Clayton Moore to wear the character's mask when making public appearances, and created a further bad buzz when the dialogue of leading man Klinton Spilsbury was dubbed by another actor.[2] The film was a huge commercial failure, and Spilsbury has not appeared in any film since.
The outlaw Butch Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) ambushes a party of Texas Rangers, killing all except John Reid (Klinton Spilsbury) who is rescued by his old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto (Michael Horse). When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the crime that Cavendish represents. To this end, John becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Grant (Jason Robards) when Cavendish takes him hostage.
- Klinton Spilsbury as John Reid/The Lone Ranger
- Michael Horse as Tonto[3]
- Christopher Lloyd as Butch Cavendish[4]
- Matt Clark as Sheriff Wiatt
- Juanin Clay as Amy Striker
- Jason Robards as Ulysses S. Grant
- John Bennett Perry as Ranger Captain Dan Reid
- John Hart as Lucas Striker
- Richard Farnsworth as Wild Bill Hickok
- Ted Flicker as Buffalo Bill Cody
- Buck Taylor as Robert Edward Gattlin
- Tom Laughlin as Neeley
- Merle Haggard as Balladeer
- Lincoln Tate as George A. Custer
Many attempts had been made to create a Lone Ranger movie that would appeal to a modern audience, including making Tonto an equal partner and mentor to the Lone Ranger. In the movie, Tonto teaches the hero how to shoot and is mainly responsible for training Silver, the hero's horse. Moreover, Tonto speaks whole sentences, while in the radio and TV series he had quite a limited vocabulary. In another change to established canon, Reid is (at first) not an actual Texas Ranger but a civilian observer (and younger brother of the Rangers' captain) who survives Cavendish's massacre.
This film was shot in New Mexico, Utah, and California. Two of the movie's four screenwriters, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, previously created the hit TV series Charlie's Angels; they also worked together on another hit series, Mannix. According to Larry McMurtry, novelist George MacDonald Fraser had written an excellent script for the film[5] though he is not credited in the finished film.
The movie's ballad-narration, The Man In The Mask, was performed by country music legend Merle Haggard, and composed by the legendary John Barry with lyrics by Dean Pitchford of Footloose and Sing fame.
Klinton Spilsbury's dialogue was overdubbed for the entire movie by actor James Keach.[6]
Clayton Moore lawsuit[edit]
In 1978 Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville gained the legal rights to the Lone Ranger character and were planning a feature film with a younger actor. In 1979, Wrather obtained an injunction to stop Clayton Moore from appearing as the character at county fairs, much to fans' displeasure.[7] Wrather anticipated making a new film version of the story, and did not want the value of the character being undercut by Moore's appearances. Also, Wrather did not want to encourage the belief that the 65-year-old Moore would be playing the role in the new picture. This move proved to be a public relations disaster.[citation needed] Moore responded by changing his costume slightly and replacing the mask with similar-looking wraparound sunglasses, and by counter-suing Wrather.[8] He eventually won the suit and was able to resume his appearances in costume, which he continued to do until shortly before his death in 1999.
Box Office[edit]
The film was released to massive negative publicity fueled by the above controversy in 1981, and did poorly, grossing a mere $12 million against its $18 million budget.[9] Lew Grade who invested in the movie had managed to sell it to TV for $7.5 million, and also to HBO.[10]
The film received generally mediocre reviews:[11] Time Out London said "The mystery is how Fraker, a gifted cameraman who made a superb directing debut in Westerns with Monte Walsh, could produce such a clinker as this.",[12] while TV Guide proclaimed "This film is so inept it's almost camp.".[13]
Lew Grade later wrote he thought the problem was the movie took an hour and ten minutes for the Ranger to put on his mask. "The mistake was not dispensing with the legend in ten minutes and getting on with the action much earlier on," he said.[10]
Awards and nominations[edit]
The film was nominated for, and won, several Golden Raspberry Awards:
- Won: Worst Actor (Klinton Spilsbury)[14]
- Won: Worst New Star (Klinton Spilsbury)[14]
- Won: Worst Musical Score
- Nominated: Worst Picture
- Nominated: Worst "Original" Song (The Man in the Mask)
A novelization of the movie was released in 1981, written by Gary McCarthy and published by Ballantine Books (ISBN 0345294386).[15]
A line of action figures created by the toy company Gabriel in 1982 which included Buffalo Bill Cody, Butch Cavendish, George Custer, The Lone Ranger, and Tonto. Also released by Gabriel were the horses Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse), Scout (Tonto's Horse), and Smoke (Butch's Horse).
- ^ "The Legend of the Lone Ranger". British Film Institute. London.
- ^ Labrecque, Jeff (2 July 2013). "Who was that masked man? The Legend of Klinton Spilsbury.". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Noriyuki, Duane (2003-11-07). "Art away from Hollywood is where his heart is". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ "THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER DVD Review". Collider. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ^ McMurtry, Larry (2010). Hollywood: A Third Memoir. Simon & Schuster. pp. 60–61.
- ^ "The Legend of the Lone Ranger". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ^ Stassel, Stephanie (1999-12-29). "Clayton Moore, TV's 'Lone Ranger,' Dies". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ "Clayton Moore Back In Mask". Chicago Tribune. 1985-01-30. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ^ Goldstein, Richard (1999-12-29). "Clayton Moore, Television's Lone Ranger And a Persistent Masked Man, Dies at 85". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ a b Lew Grade, Still Dancing: My Story, William Collins & Sons 1987 p 259
- ^ "The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ "The Legend of the Lone Ranger | review, synopsis, book tickets, showtimes, movie release date | Time Out London". Timeout.com. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ "The Legend Of The Lone Ranger Review". Movies.tvguide.com. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ a b "Who was that masked man? The Legend of Klinton Spilsbury - CNN.com". Edition.cnn.com. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ "Legend of the Lone Ranger by Gary McCarthy". Fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
External links[edit]
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger at the Internet Movie Database
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger at AllMovie
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger at Box Office Mojo
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger Action Figures


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Ready for archery season, im pumped I can't wait!:D
I just went out and bought a new alphamax 35 and I can't wait for the season.
I'm pretty much ready to go now with all the toys installed and sighted in.
Seasons just so far away.
I missed this big boy yesterday, The snuffers looked like a Hula dancer in the wind. It was a clean miss. But I know where he lives eats and sleeps. I'll be going back in 2 weeks.
Man, I love Hawaii. It's bow season all year long.
Plus the ruts is just starting, they are starting to make rubs. by June it'll be in full swing
Yeah I'm breaking in my Monster. He's almost potty trained now. By August he'll be a trained killer for sure.
You betcha! I've been ready for a few weeks!
A few guys at work are convinced I'm nuts....( I came in and said "almost down to 3 months to opening day")
The wife can see the depression starting to fade....
Already planning treestand hanging trips to Indiana...
LMAO!!! Now THAT'S FUNNY!!!!!
Hey, you dang well better stop in and say hey!! Um...just where are you hanging stands???
Have alot of work to do before the season open here on Oct 1/09. Need to clear afew more trees on the one property that I hunt. Also looks as if I might have lossed one of the big ranches that I hunt just afew minutes down the road from my dads place. Have shot alot of deer there in the last four years and seen afew big ones that got away.
My bow looks as if it is tuned pretty good just need to set up pins for some more longer distances. Going to have to choose which broadhead to use also, Rage three blades will be in the quiver most likely along with either Spitfires or Montecs for deer then Montecs or Something else for Moose? Nitrons maybe have some coming will have to see what I think of them. Would also like to try some Hellrazors.
Been trying alot of different heads over the last couple of months.
Not sure of which bow will be my hunting rig either might have to split the time between them.
you'll like the montec G5's a lot better than the hellrazors. hellrazors have a weld where the blades come together at the base of the set up. had trouble getting them to all fly the same. montecs don't have this weld.
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Bridge chaos: MP says new crossing must go outside Thurrock
5:00pm Tuesday 10th September 2013 in Echo News
AN MP has called on the Government to look again at plans to build a new Thames crossing to Southend or Canvey, after a security scare led to hours of delays at the Dartford crossing.
Jackie Doyle-Price, Tory MP for Thurrock, said Friday's chaos, which saw motorists delayed for up to seven hours on the bridge and surrounding roads, showed the need foranew crossing east of Tower Bridge. Thousands of motorists travelling between Essex and Kent were caught up in the chaos on Friday, after a cylindrical device with wires was found on a Dover-bound coach.
A man was later detained under the Mental Health Act.
The Government favours another crossing cutting through the Thurrock countryside to link up with the M25.
However, Ms Doyle Price said: "Friday's chaos proves there are not enough crossings east of Tower Bridge. When the Dartford crossing closes vast areas become car parks causing misery for motorists.
"It also illustrates the options under consideration are the wrong ones.
They would simply add to congestion on the M25 and the A13.
The Government needs to think again. A new crossing at Canvey offers the opportunity to link the M2 and the M11 and establish an outer ring road. Dependency on too few crossings brings real risk which costs our economy badly."
"I have used the incident on Friday to ask the Government to look again at options D and E – a crossing at Canvey or at Southend."
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ThecountrysgonetopotI would think that if a new crossing was to be built at Canvey(or anywhere else)then the roads leading to it would be newly built and existing roads would be be upgraded.
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As much as i agree that another crossing is required i dont think Canvey is a good choice. The residents of the island already struggle to get on and off as it is and when there is an accident or incident the whole area including benfleet becomes absolutely gridlocked. As a former resident of Tilbury i understand the nightmare when things like the incident on the bridge last friday happen but as this area is not overly builtup (by this i mean tilbury is surrounded by alternative roads as is grays etc) its not too bad to eventually get home. Im now a resident of Benfleet and remember last winter when the pump failed at the bridge by benfleet station and the road flooded, the whole area simply could not cope. I know the crossing will need to go somewhere but the whole areas roads need a complete overhaul in order to do this, i for 1 would not be happy if it was built here but im just 1 person
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The details have been very sparse - always makes me wonder when information is withheld. I know where there are active court cases certain details are left out in case it prejudices a decision. But as a regular user of that bridge - and I WOULD have been there at that time under normal circumstances, I want to know the ins and outs.
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This first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney could be called "the middle debate." Both candidates will try to connect with middle class voters, from the middle of the country, in the middle of the political spectrum.
Polls show only around five percent of voters are truly undecided. And with President Obama and Mitt Romney close in national polls, that five percent is very important to both campaigns.
"I've lost races by less than five percent, so five percent is a big number," said Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who is supporting President Obama. This will be the first major exposure they have had to these major candidates, standing toe-to-toe with each other, and they will get to hear the very different perspectives each candidate has for the future of our country.
As President Obama and Mitt Romney prepare for the debate, their running mates are pressing themes that will likely drive some of the discussion on Wednesday night.
Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan accused Obama of planning tax hikes.
"Look, there's only one person who has raised taxes and is promising to raise taxes in the future who's running for president, and his name is Barack Obama," said Ryan.
Meanwhile, Vice President Biden argued Romney would give breaks to the wealthy at the expense of working-class families.
"I know I'm not the only one who has found it strange for Governor Romney to write off 47 percent of the country," Biden said.
President Obama or Mitt Romney could win the debate with specifics (i.e. explaining plans to revive the economy). Both have set high goals and both have accused each other of not fully explaining how they'd reach their goals.
"I'd like them to address the Medicare issue completely," said Tampa voter Pat Streuber. She is concerned about the future of Medicare, and said she began leaning toward President Obama after Romney chose Paul Ryan to be his running mate. (Ryan had proposed changes for future recipients, including optional vouchers).
"That selection pretty much leaned me in the other direction," said Streuber. "This voucher thing has me extremely concerned."
Mitt Romney has repeatedly said his policies would protect and strengthen Medicare, and that reforms are needed to keep it solvent. He has also accused the President of cutting funding for the program. Either candidate could gain ground in Florida by winning the Medicare argument.
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STAWELL - A six hour boot camp has done wonders for the Stawell Warriors Football Netball Club and will be high priority again next year.
Last weekend saw approximately 38 Stawell Warriors footballer, netballers and committee members take to the highway for a day camp in Geelong where 30 people participated.
The bus load of keen individuals departed Stawell at six o'clock Sunday morning ready to go by the time they hit Geelong.
Westlift Warriors head coach Brad Cassidy began organising the event when he was re-appointed as coach in September.
The clinic was conducted by 'Stoofa' a friend of Cassidy's and a motivational speaker and fitness instructor from the Geelong area.
"Stoofa has quite an extensive background in fitness so it was something I really worked hard at organising" Cassidy said.
Stoofer otherwise known as Steven Lewry has spent 10 years working with football clubs across Victoria as a strength and conditioning coach and has twice been a winner of middle distance races in the Stawell Gift carnival..
The boot camp consisted of nine different stages each testing the strength and endurance of the players.
The training was at a high intensity and given the condition Brad was very happy with how everyone went.
"I'm extremely proud of everyone that came along, no doubt there will be sore bodies afterwards." Cassidy said.
Brad Cassidy also made the point of reducing the workload for the week to just one training session on the Wednesday night.
Over the course of the day 22 kilometres were completed by each individual something that would be near impossible as an individual was made easy in a big group.
"Doing 22 kilometres as a group with people around you is possible, it's so much easier when you're not on your own but you're all in it together" Brad said.
One of the 30 participants was Kristy Matthews.
Kristy who has been around the club since under 13's and has in the last couple of years taken on a coaching role said the words that "Stoofa" used and the way he spoke would help her coaching.
"As a coach, the words he used were so helpful, he was so encouraging, he is an awesome bloke doing amazing things" Kristy said.
Kristy echoed the thoughts of Brad Cassidy about the club being better for the day spent together.
"It was just a really special day and at the end of it we could all look at each other and know we had gained respect from everyone."
"As physically tough and mentally demanding as it was it was an opportunity that was missed by those that couldn't attend, it was a life changing experience."
Westlift Stawell Warriors will look into doing the program again next year after it was such a success this year hoping that the event can build and get bigger and better.
Stawell will now continue the normal training schedule ahead of their opening game on April 12.


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Wash fined thousands for employing illegal workers
GOSPORT, ENGLAND — A carwash here was fined 10,000 pounds after they were caught employing illegal workers, The News reported.
The Feb. 4 story stated that a raid at The Car Wash happened in March of 2012, and it is unknown how many illegal workers were found at the firm.
City had contracts with labor law violating carwash
Between July 1 and Septebmer 30 of last year, five firms in Hampshire were fined for a total of 77,500 pounds. Also, nine illegal workers were deported from the United Kingdom with cases active on a further eight illegal workers.
"Our officers carry out regular operations throughout Hampshire to target unscrupulous employers who hire illegal workers. Illegal working is not a victimless crime as it cheats the taxpayer, undercuts honest employers and potentially exploits some of society's most vulnerable people," Carla Johnson with the UK Border Agency said in the story. "It also deprives legitimate job hunters of employment opportunities. As these fines show, any employer involved in this sort of activity can expect to pay a heavy financial penalty."
CWONJ meeting covers OSHA, labor laws
According to the story, hundreds of businesses do not perform right-to-work checks on their staffs. The carwash was given the chance to prove the checks had been done before the workers were hired, but it did not do so.
Last year, the UK Border Agency handed out 1,200 penalty notices that added up to 6 million pounds in fines.
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Last night's Marni at H&M launch party drew a mix of A-listers and next-gen talent to a private residence in L.A.'s Los Feliz neighborhood. Among them, Drew Barrymore reconnected with Molly Shannon, Rashida Jones caught up with Annabelle Dexter-Jones (no relation), and Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain mingled with Lily Collins. Marni's Consuelo Castiglioni, H&M's Margareta van den Bosch, and Sofia Coppola, who made a short film celebrating the collaboration starring up-and-comer Imogen Poots, were the evening's hosts.
"I think she captures boredom in modern-day society so well," Poots said of Coppola. "I knew that she'd bring something extra and character-driven to what could just be otherwise perceived as one-dimensional." There was nothing boring about this fête—not with Bryan Ferry (whose song "Avalon" is featured in the video) playing some of his biggest hits, and not with all the pretty girls wearing Marni's geometric prints.
"All the elements that make Marni are in this H&M collection: the brocade and the patterns," the designer said of the capsule pieces, set to hit stores March 8. "It's really everything that I like."
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#42 Jalen Harrington
Class: RS Freshman Ht/Wt: 6-2/227 Position: Linebacker Hometown: Louisville, KY (Product of Fern Creek)
Louisville's Take: Tall, rangy athlete who can play a number of different positions... played for Curtis Higgins at Fern Creek High School... has been clocked at 4.65 in the 40-yard dash... often played linebacker, safety, running back and quarterback... rated as a three-star prospect by Scout.com and the 68th-best safety... named one of the top 20 football players to watch by Louisville.com... was named the 6-A District 4 Player of the Year... rated as the seventh-best prospect in the state of Kentucky...
Thoughts: Jalen may be listed in your media guide as a linebacker, but this kid is an ATHLETE, plain and simple. The Louisville note above covered it somewhat, but he has the versatility to be placed in numerous spots on the field and make an impact while there. I can honestly say I have no idea where all Jalen will play this year, and that's actually a good thing. Finding a position that you play well enough to compete at a Division-I level is challenging enough, but if you can play 3 or 4 positions, in my mind, even better. We've covered the competition at linebacker already so I might lean more towards the safety position or possibly even special teams. Although, even with the talent we brought in, I wouldn't be shocked at all to see him compete with Deon Rogers for that other linebacker spot. I look forward to seeing what Jalen will provide to the squad over the next few years.
Potential Nicknames: "Herringbone"
#42 Tyler Sharp
Class: RS Freshman Ht/Wt: 5-10/229 Position: Fullback Hometown: Louisville, KY (Product of Butler)
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Thoughts: I honestly don't know much about Mr. Sharp. Even though he is a local talent I don't remember hearing much about his play or even his athletic skill set. If Tyler remains at the Fullback position, I would expect him to see some playing time as the season progresses. There are only two other fullbacks on the roster and both are Seniors, so Tyler needs to be prepared when the time comes.
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MBB Seeks Successful Start in Sherwood
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- The Whitman College men's basketball team looks to get its Northwest Conference season off to a successful start this weekend when it hosts George Fox and Lewis & Clark in Sherwood Center.
Both games start at 8 p.m. on George Ball Court.
Whitman is 3-1 in early non-conference games and heads to the weekend on a three-game winning streak. The lone Missionary loss came in overtime at the hands of Washington University (St. Louis), a traditionally strong NCAA Division III squad.
George Fox, which has lost three of its first four games, is Whitman's Friday night opponent.
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Lewis & Clark, 3-2 after falling to the University of Portland earlier this week, plays Whitworth Friday night in Spokane before coming to Walla Walla on Saturday.
After stubbing its toe in its season opener, Whitman has rolled to victories over three NCAA DIII West Region teams from California.
Four Missionaries scored in double digits in the win over U.C.-Santa Cruz, senior David Michaels blitzed Chapman for a career-high 31 points, and junior Peter Clark drilled a career-high seven 3-pointers in the triumph over Cal Lutheran.
Whitman was one of the hottest teams in the country toward the end of last season, winning 16 of 18 games at one point to finish the NWC regular season in a second-place tie with Lewis & Clark.
The Missionaries beat the Pioneers in the first round of the post-season playoffs but then lost to Whitworth, falling one win short of the NCAA DIII national championship tournament. In finishing with a 19-8 record, the Missionaries enjoyed their best season in more than two decades.
Whitman, which returns most of its roster from a year ago, picked up three first-place votes and finished second overall in the 2011-12 NWC preseason coaches poll.
Michaels, a 6-foot-7 forward, has had a big hand in Whitman's strong start this month. He is averaging 17.2 points (third in the NWC), shooting 56.5 percent from the floor and averaging 5.5 rebounds.
Senior Brandon Shaw is hitting 65.5 of his shots from the floor while averaging 12.2 points and 3.8 rebounds. In scoring 49 points in his first four games, the 6-foot-2 guard boosted his career scoring total to 1,206. He needs 28 points to break into the Top 10 on Whitman's career scoring list.
Sophomore guard Josh Duckworth is averaging 10.7 points and 3.3 rebounds to start the season. Clark adds 7.5 points per game while sophomore LuQuam Thompson is contributing 7.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals.
The early rotation also includes junior Drew Raher (5.0 ppg, ) and sophomore Ryan Gilkey (4.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg).
Senior D.J. Wright is second on the team in rebounding, averaging 4.5 per game, while sophomore Jordan Dickson (6-14 3pt) gives Whitman another long-distance threat.
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Counting two wins last year, Whitman has won its last three meetings with George Fox.
Shaw scored 26 points, matching his career-high, to spark Whitman's overtime victory against the Bruins last January in Newberg, Ore. The Missionaries then rolled to a 21-point triumph on its home floor in February rematch.
Three players are scoring in double figures for the Bruins to start this season.
Freshman guard A.J. Grant has connected on 10 of 25 3-point attempts while averaging 13.4 points and 4.0 rebounds.
Two wings, senior Mike Taylor and sophomore Sean Atkins, are averaging 11.2 and 10.2 points, respectively.
Other George Fox contributors include junior Anthony Sanchez (8.8 ppg), senior Cam Rier (4.2 rpg), and senior Corey Clark (3.8 apg).
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Early last season in Portland, Whitman worked its way to a two-point halftime lead but eventually fell victim to a Lewis & Clark 3-point shooting barrage. The Pioneers combined to make 16 3-pointers in that game.
Whitman got even in the rematch in Walla Walla with Gilkey, Duckworth, Shaw and Michaels combining for 52 points and 27 rebounds.
The Missionaries then won the rubber match in late February, bouncing back from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat the Pioneers 79-76 in the first round of the conference playoffs.
PJ Taylor, a 5-foot-10 senior point guard, is 17 of 45 from the 3-point line to start this season while averaging a team-high 14.6 points.
Ross Erickson, a 6-foot-6 junior transfer from the University of Hartford (NCAA DI), is shooting 51.1 percent from the floor and averaging 14.0 points and 7.0 rebounds.
James Hollins, a 6-foot-3 junior guard, adds 13.4 points and 8.0 rebounds. Other key Pioneers include senior guard Marcus Wells (7.6 ppg) and 6-foot-8 freshman Caron Rayford (6.8 ppg).
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Intel To Cut Price For Quad & Dual Core Xeon In Apr
Intel plans to lower the price for its Quad-Core Xeon 3200 and Dual-Core Xeon 3000 processors, in April 2007, in a bid to help boost demand in the 1-way server market. It will also introduce new 1-way targeted chipsets in the second half of the year, but will hold off releasing new processors based on
Quad Core Opteron Series Unveiled
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OCZ PC2-6400 Gold Edition 4GB Dual Channel Kit
OCZ today announced the PC2-6400 Gold Edition 4GB (2x2048MB) dual channel kit. These new modules are optimized for perfect compatibility for extreme gamers transitioning their high-performance systems from Microsoft Windows® XP to Vista™. These new 800MHz modules are the ultimate upgrade for gamers taking advantage of the feature-rich, yet demanding operating system. The PC2-6400 Gold
SiS Mobile Chipsets Roadmap Updates
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New ATi R600 Details Appear
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ATi RS690T Chipset Details Unveiled
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Quad Core Opteron In Q2
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AMD Prepares For ATi R600 Tech Day
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Broadcom Combines Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & FM Into One Chip
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Sharkoon DriveLink Hard Drive Interface
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ASUS Commando P965
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Ham and Swiss Puff-Pastry Quiche
Servings: 8 prep: 15 minutes total: 40 minutes
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry (one 17.3-ounce package), thawed
- 1 cup diced ham
- 2 cups coarsely grated Swiss cheese
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup sour cream
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Unfold 1 pastry sheet on each of 2 baking sheets. Top with ham, cheese, and mushrooms, leaving 1/2-inch plain border. Whisk eggs, rosemary, pepper, salt, and nutmeg in bowl. Whisk in sour cream. Spoon egg mixture over toppings on each pastry. Bake until pastries are puffed and golden and toppings are set, about 25 minutes.
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LEBANON, IN (WAVE) - Indiana's Rules of Evidence and court orders prevented David Camm's defense team from using Charles Boney's criminal history against him after he'd claimed to have heard Camm fire the shots that killed his wife Kim, and their young children on September 28, 2000. The only hope to open that door would be by prompting Boney himself to turn the knob.
Tuesday, Richard Kammen, the lead defense counsel, tried repeatedly to do that. But whenever Boney got close, prosecutors would keep the door shut by calling for conferences with Special Judge Jon Dartt. After those conferences ended, Kammen would shift gears.
Early on, Kammen had prodded Boney about Kim Camm's shoes.
"You remember picking them because you were worried about DNA, but you can't remember dates and times?" Kammen asked.
"I remember seeing Mrs. Camm didn't have on socks," Boney replied.
During his testimony on Monday, Boney had told jurors that he'd tripped over Kim's shoes after running into the Camm's garage to investigate what he believed were screams and gunfire. Tuesday, prosecutors stopped Kammen before could ask Boney to explain why he would key in on those details of a grisly, complicated murder scene.
It would have taken jurors back to opening arguments when Kammen told them that Boney had a foot fetish. It has been the basis for several of Boney's convictions and prison sentences for robbery and assault. But jurors couldn't hear about it unless Boney acknowledged it first. That restricted Camm's team to highlighting and probing inconsistencies in Boney's accounts of his role in the murders of the Camm family.
"They've been kind of a work in progress," Kammen said.
The defense showed jurors part of an interview Boney gave to WAVE 3 News in 2005 in which Boney claimed to have given the sweatshirt away. But Boney revealed the shirt contained other markers besides his prison name, "Backbone," that was written in the collar.
"It had my DOC (Department of Corrections inmate) number," Boney told Kammen.
"So if somebody had seen that (in 2000), they wouldn't even have needed DNA (to link Boney to the murders)", Kammen said. "They could have just made a phone call."
Boney was tried and convicted of the Camm murders in 2006. Tuesday, he conceded that he didn't name David Camm as the shooter until police confronted him with specific details regarding the sweatshirt and their evidence against Camm.
"He (ISP Det. Myron Wilkerson) told you 'it's better to be a witness than a defendant, correct," Kammen asked.
"He could have said that, sir," Boney replied.
Boney also admitted that he has told different stories concerning how often he claimed to have visited Camm's Georgetown home before the murders. Initially, Boney told detectives Camm ask that he follow him there on three occasions. But Monday, Boney told jurors he'd been there only twice. Boney said his first visit to the Camm home was after Camm bought the first of two untraceable guns he requested that Boney acquire. The final trip came on September 28 when Boney said he delivered the second .380 caliber pistol. That's the weapon Boney said Camm used to kill his family.
"These officers are providing you information, giving you Intel? (intelligence), "Kammen asked.
"Yes sir,' Boney replied.
Such Intel would get him into trouble.
"You told them you met Camm and drove out to his house at 5:30 (the night of the murders), but detectives knew that was nonsense," Kammen told Boney. By then, investigators knew that Camm had accepted a food delivery there just before 7 p.m.
Monday, Boney told jurors that the agreed upon meeting time was 7 p.m., but he could not explain how he and Camm set their meeting times because they never talked by phone.
"Didn't you tell Det. Wilkerson in 2005 that puzzled you as well," Kammen inquired. "But didn't Wilkerson then ask if you had met at Better Way?"
Better Way is a convenience store in New Albany and is adjacent to a meat market run by relatives of Camm's wife. Boney has claimed that a chance meeting there with Camm led to the gun sales.
Kammen also suggested that Boney crafted his tale of two guns only after detectives highlighted a major flaw in his claim that Camm tried to shoot him after killing his wife and family.
"How would Dave Camm account for four victims shot with the same weapon?" Kammen asked.
Boney might have opened one more window when Kammen asked whether he had tried to cut a deal for a reduced sentence before testifying while knowing full well that such offers come only afterward.
"It's never worked for me," Boney responded. "That's why I took my case to trial."
That brought another bench conference after which Kammen left the questioning to jurors.
When asked why he didn't call 911 after the shootings, Boney called himself a coward who wanted to stay out of prison more than he was willing to give Kim Camm's family closure. Boney also told jurors that his backpack included the type of pistol that investigators have identified as the murder weapon - a .380 semi-automatic. It's also the same caliber as the weapons Boney claims to have resold to Camm.
When asked why he didn't sell Camm a gun from his backpack, Boney said, "He wanted something untraceable, and I didn't have one. And I didn't have my backpack with me that night."
"Sure," Kammen replied, when Boney offered a similar answer to a follow-up inquiry. The response drew admonishment from Judge Dartt, who instructed jurors to disregard it.
The court also heard from Kathleen Boone, an ISP trace analyst, who told jurors that fibers taken from Boney's sweatshirt were similar to those pulled from the carpet in the Camm's master bedroom. However, Boone said she could not pronounce them identical. A match could have discredited Boney's claim that he never entered Camm's house.
Likewise, Richard Hammer, a state police investigative supervisor testified that one of Camm's gym shoes could have made a bloody partial print that was found in the garage. Hammer said he was unable to confirm enough individual characteristics to call it an exact match.
First up Wednesday will be Rod Englert, a blood pattern analyst, who offered what prosecutors termed an illustration of the difference between transfer and high velocity stains. Prosecutors have identified several dots of Jill Camm's blood on David Camm's t-shirt as high velocity back spatter. Prosecutors said that is proof that Camm was the shooter.
Englert placed stage blood in an eye-dropper, onto a hairpiece, and into an atomizer bottle to assert that the patterns each left would indicate how they were left.
"Sometimes (High Impact Spatter) is a mist," Englert testified. "Sometimes it will be almost too small to see."
"It's an impressive show, but it has no relevance," Kammen argued before Dartt ruled to allow the testimony. "Some appellate court is going to call this for what it is; non-scientific junk science."
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"It's easy, you go to almost any street corner," says Citibus rider Daniel Carmen. Catching a bus has never been a problem for Daniel Carmen, but next year it may be. When Lubbock's population spilled over 200,000, Citibus lost two things: $700,000 in federal money, and the right to decide exactly where the money they 'do' have goes.
"It's a funding problem in the fact that the money we get now we can't use it for operating," says Citibus General Manager, John Wilson. Citibus was able to get federal funding they needed for this year, but it's 2004 their worried about. That's why Wilson turned to city council Wednesday for help.
"We need a contingency plan in case funds don't come in," says Mayor Marc McDougal. City Manager, Bob Cass says, "It's going to take a big chunk of our money." But Wilson says they have already made a series of budget cuts. "$591,000 worth of cuts, they'll go into effect the 13th of this month."
Two of the biggest cuts include evening rides going from two dollars to five dollars and starting Monday, eight lunch routes will run every hour, instead of every half hour. As a Citibus rider, Allen Bryant knows firsthand how inconvenient this will be for others. "Especially if they have to be at work at a certain time, and buses run once an hour," he says.
"They're gonna have to change routes or they're gonna find other means of transportation," says Wilson. Wilson says a decrease in passengers will cost them an added $96,000 in yearly revenues.
In total, Citibus needs about $450,000 to operate in 2004, and they're not sure how much federal help they'll be receiving in 2004 until mid way through that year. So they are left with several options:
The city council asked Citibus to prepare a contingency plan to work within the budget. Then the council will decide whether or not they will fund the additional money. Mayor Marc McDougal says council members will discuss the issue again at Thursday's meeting.
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Game theory on strategic communication: an approach from Thomas S. Schelling
AbstractIn their recent work Thomas S. Schelling (2007, 2010), reiterating original arguments about game theory and its applications to social sciences. In particular, game theory helps to explore situations in which agents make decisions interdependent (strategic communication). Schelling's originality is to extend economic theory to social sciences. When a player can anticipate the options and influence the decisions of others. The strategy, indirect communication plays a crucial role. To illustrate, we investigate how to perform the payoff matrix in cases of bribery and threat
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My New York Christmas
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I'm currently spending the Christmas holidays with my sister and her family in New York City.
It's my first time to be abroad during the Christmas season, as well as on my birthday and New Year's day. On my second day in New York, my sister treated me to the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular show featuring the Rockettes at the Radio City Music Hall. I was a bit bored with the show with its predictable story, but the place itself was awesome! Great architecture with its grand art deco style.
Christmas in New York is definitely very different from Christmas in the Philippines. For one thing, you'd only know it's Christmas when you're near the commercial centers having with blinding holiday lights, and Christmas songs blaring from loudspeakers. In the residential areas, only a few houses and buildings have Christmas displays.
In the Catholic church where we attended Christmas day mass, the … Continue Reading →


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Wednesday, March 27, 2013College Athletics: BG's Christopher expected to take Xavier to new league
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CINCINNATI -- Greg Christopher didn't even pause when Xavier asked if he had any interest in becoming director of athletics. Not many jobs out there like this one.
The Musketeers are moving into a new Big East that's under reconstruction, a step up for a school that had developed one of the nation's top basketball programs in the Atlantic 10. Christopher, who leaves the same job at Bowling Green, will get the rare opportunity to help mold an entirely new league.
"It's a conference out of a building box, literally starting from scratch," Christopher said on Tuesday. "So it's going to be a dynamic year in a lot of ways."
He's got a lot to learn, and fast.
Xavier and Butler are leaving the Atlantic 10 to join seven Big East Catholic schools and Creighton in forming a reconfigured league that will start play in the fall. It's a big step up for the Musketeers, who developed a prominent basketball program after moving from the Midwestern Collegiate Conference to the A-10 in 1995.
The seven Big East schools -- Georgetown, St. John's, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, Marquette and DePaul -- reached an agreement to leave the league and take the name with them. Xavier, Butler and Creighton were added last week, giving the league 10 teams for its initial season.
There are a lot of decisions to be made, which made Xavier's job more attractive. It's not often that an athletics director gets to work on something so new.
"No doubt this year is going to be distinctive, going to be unique," Christopher said. "Not only do I have to get adjusted and acclimated, build relationships and build trust with people here, but you've got the entire second apparatus out there in this brand new conference that is literally starting from scratch."
The Musketeers went 17-13 this season with an inexperienced lineup -- no returning starters -- and a short-handed roster. Xavier had been one of only eight teams to reach the NCAA tournament each of the last seven seasons, a streak that ended when they were left out.
They return most of their team for their first year in the Big East, losing forward Travis Taylor (11.8 points per game, 9 rebounds), forward Jeff Robinson (6.9 points, 4.9 rebounds) and reserve guard Brad Redford (7.4 points).
Christopher, who also was an associate athletics director at Purdue, has already talked to coach Chris Mack about the schedule for next season. Xavier has developed a successful formula, playing one of the nation's toughest nonconference schedules leading into the A-10 season. Now, they'll have to work it with the Big East.
"It is a balancing act," Christopher said. "You've got to have a schedule that's strong enough that it doesn't tip too far one way, and you don't want it to be so far to the other side that your team is beat up at the end of the season."
Part of his job is to keep Xavier's graduation rate for athletes -- 97 percent most recently -- among the highest in the country.
"I suspect there's not a whole lot of room for improvement for that," said the Rev. Michael Graham, Xavier's president. "But I do know we're going to have to run as fast as we can, just like Alice in Wonderland, just to stay in place."
Christopher first heard of the job opening from Mike Bobinski, who is leaving for the job at Georgia Tech. Bobinski called him a few weeks ago to see if he had any interest.
The two knew each other from serving on several basketball committees.
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After sitting out the last three games with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, Dwight Howard is a game-time decision for the Lakers' nationally televised showdown against the Celtics on Thursday. Howard participated in the team's shoot-around on Thursday morning, but no final report of his status has been given yet.
Perhaps not coincidentally, Howard's possible return would come a day after L.A. learned that Pau Gasol would miss at least six weeks with a tear in his right foot, an injury he suffered in the closing minutes of their victory over the Nets on Tuesday.
Silver Screen And Roll, SB Nation's Lakers blog, has an in-depth look at how the team responded to Gasol's injury on Tuesday here.
Howard has already missed six games this season with the shoulder injury, on top of lingering concerns about his back, which is still recovering from off-season surgery. He's also complained of lingering damage to his nerves, revealing that he occasionally can't feel his legs while playing.
However, with the Lakers sitting in the No. 10 seed out West at 23-26, they need to start stringing together wins if they have any chance of reaching the playoffs. With Jordan Hill already out for the season, Gasol's injury leaves L.A. painfully thin upfront.
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Texas Tech wins/loses on same day in Chess
The Texas Tech men's chess team, The Knight Raiders, brought back to Lubbock their second straight National Championship trophy. The team, consisting completely of international players with none from the U.S.A., won the title by 8 points over the two teams that tied for second place with 7.5 points each, from The University of Texas at Dallas and University of Maryland Baltimore County, and New York University which finished fourth. They won the President's Cup for Tech's female coach, Susan Polgar , the first female to ever coach a men's team to two straight titles. The Susan Polgar Institute, including the top players of the team are transferring this Summer to Webster University in St. Louis. An ammicable breakup, she leaves behind a strong base for Texas Tech to do well in the future. Thanks to Susan for leading Tech into the national spotlight in chess.


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Ed Murray, News 9
OKLAHOMA CITY -- State Question 754 is directly aimed at stopping the education funding question -- State Question 744, but unlike the candidates on November 2, both questions have the potential to win.
The resolution that became State Question 754 passed through the legislature with bi-partisan support, but now, just like with State Question 744, there have been comments of good intentions but bad unforeseen consequences.
State Representative Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, said she wrote 754 not only to stop the education funding mandate question but to keep the current appropriations process intact. But a line in the resolution that the measure could not require the legislature to fund state functions based on predetermined constitutional formulas has several of her colleagues now opposed to it.
State Senator Randy Brogdon said it could stop funding for 31 other agencies.
"Don't expect the politicians to step up to the plate and just automatically give our counties their fair share of the gasoline tax, or whether it's healthcare, whether it's transportation, or corrections, a lot of the agencies have built in funding formulas that will be at risk if 754 passes," Sen Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso.
But Osborn said other agencies would not be at risk.
"I've had several outside legal opinions, but it will not affect any of the current constitutionally provided funding formulas we utilize," Osborn said.
And some have asked what will happen if voters approve both questions, since 744 and 754 counter each other?
Oklahoma State Statute, Title 34 Section 21 states "if two or more conflicting amendments are approved in the state election, the one with the most yes votes prevails." That could mean something called voter fatigue could help determine the outcome, 744 appears first on the ballot while 754 is question number 8.
"The longer the ballot, the more likely you are to see a drop off in the number of votes cast as you go along the ballot," said Paul Ziriax, State Election Board Secretary.
Pat McGuigan of CapitolBeatOk.com has been following ballot initiatives in Oklahoma for most of his lifetime.
"It's a crowded ballot, 754, there's now some confusion created. I wouldn't be surprised if voters default to a no vote," McGuigan said.
The latest numbers from Sooner Polls showed 754 has more support than opposition, but more than 20 percent are still undecided. As for 744, the "no" votes have risen since the last poll to more than 60 percent.
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James Storm is a beer swilling "Cowboy" from the south who speaks loudly and carries an even bigger stick. That's the character he's been working for some time now, at least, dating back all the way to his America's Most Wanted tag team with Chris Harris.
Well enough is enough and it's time for a change.
When speaking with Ring Rust Radio, Storm revealed plans to switch things up in 2014:
"Well, you know, I don't want to show my hand now but I definitely have a few things cooking for 2014. Maybe change up my character because I've been the beer drinking cowboy for 4,5 or 6 years in TNA so I think it's time to freshen it up a little bit and hopefully the fans will take to it and if they don't, oh well. I always look at pleasing me first because at the end of the day I'm the person I have to look at in the mirror."
Storm was at his hottest in late 2011 when he won the heavyweight title. His split from Bobby Roode should have been a story to carry TNA all the way through 2012 and the company largely dropped the ball on it. There was a memorable segment or two with a couple solid matches but Roode went over big the whole way and Storm slowly faded back into the tag team scene, most recently teaming with Gunner.
Now he's poised to get back out on his own and there's no better way to do that than by keeping his character up to date with a fresh coat of paint.
Excited to see what he's got in mind?