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PI's New Evidence Wins Freedom For a Convicted Man
On New Year's Day 2001, Jay Salpeter, a private investigator and former New York City police detective, was going through his mail when an envelope caught his eye because of its return address: the maximum security state prison in Dannemora.
The letter was from Martin Tankleff - Inmate 90T 3844. He was serving a 50-year sentence for the 1988 murders of his parents which happened when he was 17. But he wrote that he was innocent. And after 10 years of failed appeals, his only hope was to find out who really killed his parents and reopen the case with evidence that proved it. Tankleff had heard that Salpeter had a knack for finding new evidence in old cases. But his family didn't have much money to pay him. "I wonder if you would be willing to work on my case on a pro bono or primarily pro bono basis," he wrote.
Salpeter took the case and worked it for seven years. He made $10,000 but the real payoff was far bigger. On Dec. 21, 2007 - seven years almost to the day Tankleff sent his first letter to Salpeter from prison - a state appeals court vacated his convictions. The reversal was based on evidence Salpeter turned up over the course of a methodical, lonely and often agonizing investigation that he sometimes thought would never end. "Once I was convinced that Marty was innocent, how could I not do it? How could I stop?" Salpeter says. "But in my wildest imagination, I didn't think I would wind up working the case for seven years."
Salpeter had similar thoughts once before - as a student at CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice during his early years as a police officer: "It took me nine years to graduate," he says. "I stuck with it, going at night, stopping, starting up again. I just wanted to have a college degree. All my friends did. I graduated the same year as my closest friend growing up. I got my bachelor's he got his M.D."
Salpeter's persistent nature paid off for Tankleff, a young man who found himself in the most Kafkaesque of circumstances. He was a typical Long Island teenager until that day, in September 1988 - the first day of his senior year in high school - he woke up to find his parents stabbed and bludgeoned. Arlene Tankleff was dead. Seymour was barely alive. By the end of that day, he was under arrest, the police saying he confessed. He was convicted two years later and sentenced to the maximum. Tankleff, 19, wouldn't be eligible for parole until he was 69.
A decade later, Salpeter became his unlikely savior. He grew up in Queens and joined the New York Police Department after high school. He worked as a patrolman in Brooklyn and then as an undercover decoy on the department's street crimes unit. Meanwhile, he spent whatever spare time he could find pursuing his B.A. in criminal justice at John Jay. He began while in the police academy in 1972 and earned his degree just before his 30th birthday. "I saw the school grow," he says. "When I started, it was on Park Avenue South near Baruch College. It was mostly cops and law enforcement then. By the time I graduated, they moved to Tenth Avenue and it wasn't just cops."
Salpeter became a detective about the same time he became a college graduate. After 10 years, he tired of the murder and mayhem and retired.
A year later, he became a private investigator and instead of arresting suspects he was working for their lawyers. Along the way, he found himself with a few cases in which it seemed that his former brethren had locked up innocent people. So when he received Tankleff's letter from prison, Salpeter was open to the possibility that Tankleff was, as he claimed, an innocent man, wrongly convicted.
"What I saw right away was that the Suffolk County police never investigated the case," Salpeter said. "If they did, they would have made Jerry Steuerman the prime suspect, not Marty."
Jerry Steuerman was Tankleff's estranged business partner. He owed Seymour Tankleff a half million dollars, and the two had been at war for months. Salpeter came to believe that the lead detective, James McCready, might have framed Tankleff by fabricating his confession - a scenario suggested by its inconsistency with the physical evidence. Salpeter eventually developed evidence that McCready had a prior relationship with Steuerman but lied about it at the trial. McCready has denied any wrongdoing.
In the criminal justice system, reversing a murder conviction with new evidence is one of the hardest things to do. Harder still, nowadays, without DNA evidence. But Salpeter did, using old-fashioned gumshoe work to slowly unravel the case. The big break came when Salpeter tracked down a man who eventually admitted he had driven the killers - two men allegedly hired by Steuerman - to the Tankleff home on the night of the murders.
Salpeter continued to find people who knew pieces of the puzzle, while still others came forward on their own. One was the teenage son of one of the alleged hit men. He testified in appeals court that his father admitted to him that he committed the murders - and said that his father claimed that McCready was paid off to protect him and his coconspirators. The teenager's story along with other evidence Salpeter found led the court to overturn Tankleff's convictions.
The Tankleff case became a cause célèbre and made Salpeter one of the country's most high-profile private investigators. "Jay Salpeter is the best investigator I've ever known," Tankleff's lead attorney, Stephen Braga of Washington, declared at a news conference following Tankleff's release. Tankleff himself hailed Salpeter as his savior. "...You gave me my life back," he wrote to him on his last day in prison, a poignant bookend to his first letter seven years earlier.
Last December, Salpeter and author Richard Firstman published A Criminal Injustice, a book that both deconstructed the wrongful prosecution of Tankleff and reconstructed the investigation that reversed it. The book also revealed new details exposing the corruption by Suffolk County authorities that the authors allege was at the root of Tankleff's 17-year imprisonment.
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False confessions have come a long way as a recognized phenomenon since the days when Jay Salpeter was a student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. A good deal of the credit goes to another man with a connection to John Jay who has an abiding professional interest in the Martin Tankleff case.
Saul Kassin, distinguished professor of psychology at John Jay, is one of the country's leading authorities on interrogations and confessions. And like other top experts who have studied the case, he concluded long ago that Tankleff was the victim of psychological manipulation and outright fabrication by the Suffolk County police that cost him 17 years of his life.
Kassin is a pioneer in the field of false confessions, an area of interest he came upon after spending his early career researching juries and how they make judgments. "My fascination with confessions started with the question, 'Can you pry juries away from confessions?' " The answer, generally, was no. The next question was: Is confession evidence necessarily reliable? And the answer to that was troubling.
In 1985, Kassin and colleague, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, were the first to raise questions about confession evidence. They called on others in the fields of criminology and psychology to join them in making it the subject of scientific study. They were particularly interested in exploring false confessions — how often they occurred, under what circumstances, and how jurors might distinguish them.
Kassin began looking at the Tankleff case in 1992, not long after Tankleff's conviction. He found that the lead detective told Tankleff several manipulative lies in the interrogation room; the pivotal one was that his father had regained consciousness and identified him as his assailant. It led the dazed teenager to think he might have committed the attacks, as the police were insisting, and then blacked out. But he was unable to supply the details. According to Salpeter and Kassin, the detective did that for him.
"There was no evidence of Marty's involvement in these murders," Kassin said. In fact, he said, the physical evidence of the case disproved virtually every element of the confession that the police attributed to their teenage suspect. But the jury convicted him nonetheless. They couldn't imagine the police making up a confession. And they couldn't imagine someone confessing to crimes he didn't commit. Kassin has been writing and lecturing about the Tankleff case ever since. It's now a staple of the graduate-level course he teaches in confession evidence.


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One can only imagine that the cow that escaped an Ohio slaughterhouse on Monday had life, freedom, and the open road on his mind. The 1,000-pound steer took off into the woods of suburban Cincinnati, according to an AP article, after slipping through a gate that had been left open. I guess he felt it wasn't his time to become flank steak.
Perhaps while he's on the lam, he'll be able to pick up a copy of Sunday's New York Times, in which Mark Bittman—author of How to Cook Everything Vegetarian but admittedly not a vegetarian himself—discusses how we should really be rethinking our meat consumption. The average American eats almost 200 pounds of animal protein a year, an increase of about 50 pounds per person when compared to data from 50 years ago. That's more than half a pound of meat a day.
The cow would certainly agree with Michael Pollan, whom the article quotes as saying, "Who said people had to eat meat three times a day?"
Run, little (whoops, I mean big) steer, run!

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Tyler has been roaming and exploring the hills and mountains of BC's interior as long as he can remember. Growing up in Vernon BC he started snowboarding at Silverstar mountain in the late 80's. His love for the mountains brought him to the kootenays 11years ago where he landed in the dream job working for Valhalla Powdercats. Having worked there from the beginning Tyler has done just about everything for Snowwaters sister company. From shoveling snow, answering phones, and cat driving to now, where he is a lead guide.
In the summer Tyler has been building his company Canadian Murals and has painted numerous large scale murals across Canada. CanadianMurals.com
Maria (pronounced "Mariah"), has been with Snowwater for over 20 years now (yikes!). She is an assistant ski guide and, as one of the owners, oversees all things business with both Snowwater and Valhalla Powdercats in the off-season. After getting her BA at McGill University, she moved out west to take outdoor recreation at Capilano College, where she quickly fell in love with back country skiing. She has worked in the outdoor industry her whole life and is happy to report never having had a 9 - 5 job.
Melissa Cataford, is a Nelson born and raised local with an eccentric list of experiences with her massage work ranging from pets to palliative care and everything in between. Most of her work started as volunteer studying under RMT Christine Sutherland in the area. She's ecstatic to be blessed with a blissful winter job in the mountains covered in snow crystals. Travelling for three years with her massage work, Melissa has adapted to and adopted many forms of massage and energy work. She also has a line of elixirs working with plant medicines and loves to spend her time in the forest rain or shine for the views and wild plant foraging.
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We have had the privilege of presenting over 50 readings, workshops, and productions of new plays since our inception. Here's a gallery of some of our work from 2003 - present.
About Us
Founded in 2003, we're all about providing visibility to Philadelphia-area playwrights and their work. Since PTW is constantly on the lookout to do a fun NEW play in a fun creative or found space, let us know if there's one or the other we should know about!
We also like to host readings of new plays that we call Playshops. If you're a Philadelphia-area playwright with something HOT off your printer, contact us.
Bill Felty founded Philadelphia Theatre Workshop in 2003 which has since produced dozens of readings, workshops, full productions and world premieres (many of which he directed). He has also directed for theatres in Philadelphia, New York, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. He is currently working on his fourth play as a playwright and is a full-time faculty member at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Kathy Anderson is a playwright and fiction writer, member of the Dramatists Guild and the National New Play Exchange. Her plays have been produced and staged in the U.S. and Ireland. Her short story collection, Bull and Other Stories (Autumn House Press, 2016), won the Autumn House Press fiction prize, was long listed for The Story Prize and was a finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and the Lambda Literary Awards.


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In the middle of recording our next LP.
So far, so good. Lots of weird noises.
In the middle of recording our next LP.
So far, so good. Lots of weird noises.
We have been quiet, but we're very much alive. A lot of new material has been written since we got back from November's ERRORRS tour. Some of it will see the light of day very soon. As for those of you hoping to see us play live, we're holding off from that just a little while longer.
2011 was an amazing and productive year for us: three tours, recording and releasing ERRORRS, a feature on MTV Hive, and meeting lots of great people across the country. The release of our Daytrotter session this January was a satisfying punctuation mark to the year we had as a band.
Rest assured, we have big plans in the works. There will be collaborations, new singles, more shows, maybe a video or two, and one huge, beautiful beast of a record that I can't wait for you to hear. Thank you for caring about this band; we'll see you soon.
Hey friends!
We have some awesome music sharing news. For the duration of the material holiday weekend that is Black Friday / Cyber Monday, we have decided to share our first album, ERRORRS, with ya'll for the low cost of only $2!!! It's available at our bandcamp.com page, which you will find below!
Additionally, our first 2 EPs, Thank You, Goodnight! We are… and You're Buying Nothing, are now available for FREE DOWNLOAD throughout the Black Friday – Cyber Monday weekend.
Download ERRORRS right now for only $2 here:
Download Thank You, Goodnight! We are… FOR FREE here:
Download You're Buying Nothing FOR FREE here:
Enjoy, and spread the good word!
Hi ya'll,
We are excited to announce that our first album, ERRORRS, is now on sale on iTunes and on our bandcamp.com site.
Order information for the physical purchase of our album on vinyl will be coming soon, but if you're interested in owning the album digitally, then please head on over to our bandcamp site.
We are home, we are safe, and we are incredibly satisfied with our tour up North, East, and back down the Center of the good ol U S of A.
We have a new release coming on Saturday.
It's our debut album.
The name of our debut album is ERRORRS.
it is not Errors / ERRORS.
It's ERRORRS.
Here is the album art:
It will drop in VINYL FORM on Saturday, August 13th 2011 at the Cine El Rey in downtown McAllen TX.
For those interested in having the album shipped to them, please visit http://www.fallbackrecords.com and fill out the record form.
A select batch of vinyl will be CLEAR. This is what they look like:
The album will also drop DIGITALLY on Sunday, AUGUST 14th on Itunes and on our bandcamp site.
Additionally, it should be known that we will be performing ERRORRS in full on Saturday, August 13th at Cine El Rey. Find the show info here, and the flyer here:
We're so incredibly excited about Saturday. Can't wait to have everyone hear the album!
Hi everyone,
A happy Monday to all. We have a brief tour update for ya'll, info on our album, and a stream of our latest track! First,tour has been and is currently a wild ride. Brooklyn was great and the Cameo Gallery was beautiful. Boston was classy, Chicago was fun as hell, the South Carolina area killed it, Joplin MO is home to our new favorite out of town promoter, Jake Forste, and the folks over in Wichita, KS once again win our hearts over for the friendliest and most vibrant scene.
We are currently on the final stretch of our tour, and while we are bummed we can't keep it going we are excited to make preparations and begin strong rehearsals for our LP release party / performance on August 13th at the Cine El Rey Theatre in our hometown of McAllen, TX. RSVP here:
On that note, information regarding how to purchase of our first LP, ERRORRS, which will be on sale that night and on iTunes same day, will be coming soon.
Finally, we have our title track now on soundcloud, which you can stream here:
Anthony Fantano of theneedledrop.com, aka the interenet's 'busiest music nerd', wrote some kind words about the single. Read them here:
Thanks, Anthony,
That's all for now, and thanks for all the support.
Tour update, ya'll! First, our show at the Cameo Lounge in Brooklyn on Saturday, July 16th got moved to the actual Cameo Gallery upstairs, which is awesome! We've always wanted to play there, so this is definitely a venue adjustment we're totally cool with!
Venue here:
Aside from that, there are no major changes. Tour so far has been amazing. We are incredibly grateful for all the kind and hospitable people we have met along the way and are continually humbled with the familiar faces who bring out their friends and new fans to check us out in these out of town markets!
Keep in the loop and stay checking in here and on our facebook and twitter. We'll be posting up info on our album release, going down August 13th! ERRORRS!
Last night was beautiful. Huge thanks to all the supporters who came out to donate and rock out amidst the haze of sweat and over saturated guitars. It meant alot and the donations will certainly help us get on our way. Tour begins today! Stubbs, we're out to kill.
tour dates here:
6.30.11 – Stubb's Indoors, Austin TX
7.2.11 – Mango's, Houston, TX
7.3.11 – Prytania, New Orleans LA
7.4.11 – The Dalzell House, Shreveport, LA
7.5.11 – Super Happy Fun Land, Little Rock, AR
7.6.11 – The Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
7.7.11 – The Tin Roof, Charleston, SC
7.8.11 – The Watershed, Lexington, SC
7.9.11 – The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
7.10.11 – Slim's Downtown Distillery, Raleigh NC
7.13.11 – PA's Lounge, Somerville, MA
7.14.11 – Secret House of Pancakes, Allston, MA
7.16.11 – The Cameo Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
7.17.11 – Howler's Coyote, Pittsburg, PA
7.18.11 – South Park Tavern, Dayton, OH
7.19.11 – Buda Budans, Cincinnati, OH
7.20.11 – Frankie's Inner City, Toledo, OH
7.21.11 – The Elbo Room, Chicago, IL
7.22.11 – Penny Road Pub, Barrington, IL
7.23.11 – Blackthorn Pizza, Joplin, MO
7.24.11 – Vertical Violet Pond Party, Wichita, KS
7.25.11 – The Soundpony, Tulsa, OK
7.26.11 – George's Majestic, Fayetteville, AR
7.28.11 – The City Tavern, Dallas TX
7.29.11 – Andy's Bar, Denton TX w/Western Giants
7.30.11 – The Village Cafe / KEOS Showcase, Bryan TX
7.31.11 – The Stafford, Bryan, TX
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Ozzy tricked us into going to Porto with him for the weekend; we weren't really too impressed with the city. The Francesinha was delicious and São Bento was much better by night, but walking around laughing about nothing was the most memorable part of the trip.
We tried to meet up with Toby after Ozzy left us, but he didn't have a phone so we left a note at a statue (he
obviously unfortunately didn't find it).
We tried to be optimistic and keep exploring...
but listening to music and braiding each other's hair in a park sounded much better
We treated ourselves to Easter Brunch at McDonald's (it was the only thing open, get over it)!
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University Park, Pa. -- The University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC) presents rock group The Fray, coming to Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, with special guests, The Wheel.
There will be a special student-only pre-sale on Wednesday, July 29 from noon to 3 p.m. for Penn State University Park Students with a valid Penn State ID. Students can get their tickets for $20, courtesy of UPAC. During the pre-sale, tickets will be available at the HUB, the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium and the Downtown Theatre HUB outlet.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at noon on Friday, July 31, at a cost of $37.50.
Tickets will be made available at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu/ or by phone at (814) 865-5555.
The Fray is best known for their song "How to Save a Life," the title track on their debut album, which charted in the top three of the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured on ABC's Gray's Anatomy. The Grammy Award-nominated quartet also found national success with the song "Over My Head (Cable Car)", which became a top 10 hit in the United States and Canada. The album "How to Save a Life" was later certified double platinum.
The Denver act most recently released its self-titled follow-up album, which included the hit "You Found Me." The single was aired on ABC during a commercial advertising the upcoming season of the show "Lost" and quickly climbed the charts from there. Since then, the group has also found success on the airwaves with the hit single "Never Say Never."
Nathaniel Rateliff and The Wheel -- another Denver act and side project of the group Born In The Flood -- will accompany The Fray on their trip to the Bryce Jordan Center. The group's drummer played with The Fray during their recent appearance on the American Music Awards.


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Every weekend that we play, stuff gets left at the fields. Usually a coach or parent from one of the later games picks it up and says, "Hmmm.I wonder who this belongs to."
Here we have a place to try to reunite lost and found items. If you've lost something and you want to try to find it or you've found something and are looking for the owner, place a comment here describing the item. You should probably post an e-mail address, phone number, or some other way to contact you in your message.
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- March 14, 2015 at 5pm
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- Found a white ball bag with 3 balls at Conchas park. Found on 10/4/2014. 2 balls say "British soccer" and then 1 Blau and gray ball....
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Enhancing Food Security in the Northeast is a USDA-funded research initiative spanning 12 states. The goal of the project is to explore the benefits of re-regionalizing the food system. NESAWG and its partners will study whether a regional approach to food production and distribution could not only improve food access and affordability for the over 7 million Northeast residents who are food insecure, but also benefit farmers, processors, retailers and others in the food supply chain.
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World of Warcraft: Quick Guide to Professions
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Below are the best combination's for maximum results with professions available in World of Warcraft. I will do a follow-up on Jewelcrafting in the near future. So follow these guidelines and keep an eye on the auction house on your server to find out what is selling and what is not. There is always something selling…
Vantec NexStar MX Dual Drive Enclosure
Saturday, June 28, 2008
If you're looking for a slim compact SATA drive enclosure, the Vantec NexStar MX is one to consider! Vantec has hit a homerun with this simple, easy to use 2 drive enclosure. The enclosure is barely thicker than 2 drives stacked on top of each other, and only slightly longer. The enclosure is designed to operate as 2 separate drives, or as one larger JBOD drive.
With the prices of storage media coming down, it's easy to come up with a couple of extra hard drives that you can put to good use. The NexStar MX will easily allow you to expand storage onto your computer via USB. If you're using a product like Windows Home Server, you can use this drive to easily expand your Server Storage.
WALL*E Movie Review
Friday, June 27, 2008
To be honest, I didn't put much faith in a movie about a robot who could only say, "Wa-AA-lleee…." Especially one that's been by himself for 700 years. Then again, the last Pixar release of talking machines wasn't exactly a stellar production, either. Give me talking rats or talking fish, at least they had personality. But talking cars? C'mon, now. But maybe Pixar learned from its mistake of verbosity in Cars and decided limited dialogue would bring back the luster of Pixar's blinding three dimensional success. If that's how WALL*E came about, then kudos to Pixar. WALL*E not only kept me fascinated, it made me giggle throughout and left me sighing.
World of Warcraft Cheat Sheet
Friday, June 27, 2008
When you use chat you can target other people, change chat channels, manage your guild rankings, add or delete people from groups, and let's not forget the physical portion of the game. You can wave, dance, fart, growl, bark, and charge people. That's just a few of a couple hundred. So here's a link to the cheat sheet in PNG format. Print it out, and practice! You'll be amazed how much more interesting the game is when you know how to do some of these simple chat commands.
Arkanoid DS Review
Friday, June 27, 2008
Arkanoid DS had some promise for arcade game lovers when it was released in Japan earlier this year. For the United States version, Arkanoid DS has lost all of its appeal as a decent arcade title and as a title even worth buying. Might as well go shove your hard-earned twenty bucks into an arcade machine; you'd come away with more satisfaction that running home to play this title.
Taito actually made a peripheral to accompany Arkanoid. They created a paddle controller, which when used in an arcade game, directs your paddle left and right by turning the knob. The addition of this controller made classic arcade gamers wet their panties, but when it was left out of the US version, Square Enix doomed the title. Without this controller, Arkanoid is nothing. In fact, it is pathetic.
American McGee Talks Grimm and Alice Movie
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Recently I got the chance to speak with American McGee, who not only helped create the classics Doom, Doom 2, Quake, and Quake 2 as well as the macabre Alice and the pending Grimm. I want to thank America for taking the time to answer our questions as well as Wendy for making it happen. The game is due to ship on July 31st on Gametap.com
AM: The backgrounds and settings in Grimm vary from episode to episode. Each new episode is based on a different fairy tale – presented by the main character "Grimm". In every episode he presents a puppet theater of the current-day "light" version of the tale. He then invites you to help him return the tale to a form closer to the original – darker, meaner, and more informative. When finished he presents the "fixed" version in another puppet theater.
How to Get Flash Working on 64-bit Browsers
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Adobe must really want their users to start using Microsoft's new Silverlight technology (a rich media technology similar to Flash). Adobe has recently released a new version of Flash, and yet there is no version for 64-bit browsers. That means that the person using Vista x64 either has to miss out on the latest websites, or they have to use a 32-bit version of Firefox. Trying to install Adobe onto Internet Explorer (32-bit or 64-bit) seems to work, but users are still met with the infamous "you need to install flash" message.
Here's how to successfully install Flash on the Vista (32-bit or 64-bit) so it works with all of your browsers.
(Dis)Advantages of Storing on the Internet
Monday, June 23, 2008
Teens, tweens and our kids can't imagine not being able to go online and immediately have the world at their fingertips.
The concept of physical video/audio/photo production, paper/filing cabinets are difficult for them to fathom. Create the content using ultra-fast, ultra-cheap hardware/software. Put the content up for the world to "enjoy" and share. Make copies and copies of copies.
Fortunately storage is a low-cost commodity because we are producing, using, sharing, storing 6X the content of only a few years ago. Upgrading storage capacity is no big deal and it's a good thing because content is outstripping our storage capacity.
WoW Made Easy: Locations for Hard-to-Find Items
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Okay ladies and gents. Here's a follow up on my last WoW blog. I told you that Warcraft is all about supply and demand if you are after the big money. Now here's a few distributors for you to check out. But remember, the secret is to only put one or two of each item up for auction at a time. Just like in real life, the easier it is to find or make, the less it's worth. Keep the supply low, and the demand will be high. Then all you have to do is take advantage.
INEO I-NA305J External JBOD Enclosure Review
Saturday, June 21, 2008
With Digital Convergence finally becoming a reality, the first thing we're all starting to notice is that we NEED more storage. USB Hard Drive Enclosures have been helping fill this void as it's an easy way to quickly expand the available storage on your computer. By using an extra drive, or purchasing a new one, you can quickly put this into the iNEO Enclosure to add more space to your PC.
iNEO has introduced their I-NA305J Dual Bay JBOD Storage System for SATA Hard Disk Drives. This hard drive enclosure has these useful features:
Get Smart! Movie Review
Friday, June 20, 2008
In the post Cold-War era the focus on national security has changed from focusing on Eastern Block adversaries to terror cells and state sponsored terrorism. For the agents of the ultra secret agency Control, the demise of their arch nemesis KAOS was the signal that they had ceased to be important in the world of today and had shut down when in truth they just went further into a cloak of secrecy and continued their mission.
In the new movie "Get Smart" audiences are given a new interpretation of the classic Mel Brooks/Buck Henry series that started Don Adams and Barbra Feldon as a pair of secret agents tasked with saving the world.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Walkthrough
Friday, June 20, 2008
I love this game, maybe not the story, but the game is solid. Finally a future game that has future toys, and stealth gameplay that will be par for the course for all games to come. And short, not so complicated levels are quickly becoming the norm in games, and this game shines in that area.
And it's not like I hate the cutscenes or the nonsense story, it's just the two steps forward, one step back (maybe step for step). I mean, take half of the dialogue and maybe it all sounds better.
Regardless of what I or anyone else says, if you own a PS3, you also own this game… okay, you at least rent this game, period.
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Walkthrough
Thursday, June 19, 2008
We have the entire walkthrough for the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian for the Xbox 360 and PC. We take you through Cair Paravel, the Ruins of Cair Paravel, Miraz's Castle Infiltration, Assault on Miraz's Castle, Aslon's How and the Battlefield of Beruna. Here's a snip…
Once the level has loaded, take control of the Minotaur and head right towards the battlements mission You may take control of playable characters by approaching them and pressing to switch characters While heading right towards the stairs you will likely be attacked by Telmarine soldiers The Minotaur has a special smash attack that can be used to attack a number of…
How to Properly Reboot Your Computer
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Rebooting your computer is the most common first-step remedy for most PC ailments. Rebooting returns all of your computer's software (and hardware) to a known initial state, which in theory should eliminate fluctuating problems. The issue could be as simple as a software error or as complex as a motherboard or hard drive failure, but you really can't narrow down the options until you try a few things.
Since you have to take a logical scientific approach to identify the true source of your computer's problems, you should really eliminate all "unknowns" that could possibly exist when trying to get your computer back to a previous "known" state. For example, there could be some hardware that is "stuck" that causes a Blue Screen of Death, and it won't fix itself until the card is powered down (i.e. a hard reboot)… all the soft reboots in the world will not fix the problem.
Logitech Wave Keyboard Review
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
There have been many, many, many different keyboards for personal computers over the years. Ergonomic boards, tough boards, media boards, gaming boards: boards that climb on rocks… and there have been a few that many people like, but they become discontinued and obsoleted in favor of the company's next generation products.
An answer to the super-ergonomic keyboards are the new "wave" type of keyboards, which appear to be a hybrid between a regular flat keyboard and ergonomic. The keys are usually curved so your fingers don't have to reach so far to hit the top row of keys, and some are slightly cupped to cradle your finger's natural position. Logitech enters the fray for your fingertips with their new "Wave" keyboard.
Warcraft Grinding vs. Questing (part 2)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
In my last article I discussed the differences between Questing and Grinding to get to level 70. Both have been claimed as the fastest way to level your character. Each one has as many followers as the other. I pride myself on being biased. I have used both methods to get to the top many times, and have found both fault and glory on each path. In this segment, I will guide you through grinding a Human Alliance character to level 70.
9 Steps to Losing Your Ebay Virginity
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Ebay has been getting a lot of attention lately as a way to start your own home-based business or supplement your monthly income. Many articles have been written about what a genius idea this is, and many are geared towards domestic engineers (aka housewives). Unfortunately, these articles lack one important feature: how the heck do you actually do it? For students, singles, moms, dads, grandparents, anyone with half a brain and with "useless" junk around the house, Ebay is a smart move. And finally, here is an article to help you get started. Anyone with a computer, a bank account, and an internet connection can learn to use Ebay to their advantage. Read my how-to and start selling!
Harvest Moon DS Cute Review
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Nothing makes wanna-be farmers more excited than Harvest Moon. Over the years, Harvest Moon has taken one of the strangest simulators ever created (farming? come on…) and turned it into a huge hit.
Two years ago, Harvest Moon came to the DS. There was only one problem for Harvest Moon DS: you had to play as a dude. What if you are a girl and don't want to start a family with another girl? Don't want to woo and hit on another girl? Well, then you were screwed. Until now…
ThermalTake V1 CPU Cooler Review
Monday, June 16, 2008
The heatsink knows it's the most important part of your computer system, so manufacturers cater to this prima dona by adorning it with flashy mirrored copper and flashy aerodynamic designs. Not only do they just look impressive in a windowed case, but they have excellent performance, and manufacturers try to best each other with fancy physics tricks.
Thermaltake knows heatsinks… whether you think their previous products are great or passé. Their decades of experience have boiled down to their latest flagship model, the ThermalTake V1 (not to be confused with Thermalright's V1 VGA heatsink), which is not only massive, but employs every modern heatsink trick in the book. You'll find heatpipes, mirrored bases, adjustable fans, efficient aerodynamic designs, and all-copper materials… and it looks like its technology was taken from Area 51.
Interview with Call of Duty 4's Robert Bowling
Monday, June 16, 2008
RB: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare puts you in the middle of a global conflict that has many sides. From fighting as a US Marine Force Recon in the middle east against a well armed militia force, to fighting as part of the British SAS in Russia or storming a cargoship in the middle of the sea. You'll also be put in the role of a gunner on an AC-130, beind enemy lines as a 2 man sniper team and a lot of other intense scenarios.
Interview with Jeff Morris of UT3
Sunday, June 15, 2008
I got the chance to speak with Jeff Morris of Epic, Senior producer on Unreal Tournament 3.
I want to thank Jeff and Alex at Highwater for making this interview happen.
GVK: What is the background and setting for the game?
JM: Unreal Tournament 3 takes place in a science fiction universe of fast action and over the top carnage. You start on the planet Taryd, but before long you'll be seeking your vengeance off planet as well.
New Staff Blogs!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
The idea of this blog is to give you a behind-the-scenes peek at what goes on at OCmodshop.com. In addition to more of this meta-info, I and the rest of the staff will be writing mini-reviews.
Sometimes we have an idea about an article we'd like to put out into the world, but several factors limit this. Writing a review on even a simple product takes many many hours of preparation, research, authoring, editing… and so some articles never make it to the light of day. Sometimes the work vs. benefit ratio of the article makes it so that it's just not worth writing about a particular subject.
WoW: Grinding vs. Questing
Saturday, June 14, 2008
A question almost as old as WoW itself… What is the best and fastest way to level my character? Now, anyone you ask is going to tell you one of two things: "Grinding is the best way" or "The fastest way is Questing". I'm here to tell you they are both right.
Anyone who plays Warcraft knows what grinding and questing are. But for those of you who are new or haven't even started playing yet, here's a little terminology for you. Questing is the art of doing quests provided in-game for the sole purpose of increasing your character's experience (or XP) and thereby increasing your character's level. Grinding is basically killing monsters or mobs that roam the lands of Warcraft and gaining XP and leveling that way. Either technique works well, but it depends on how you go about it as to how fast you level.
"The Incredible Hulk" Movie Review
Friday, June 13, 2008
Anyone familiar with the comic book or the TV series that starred the late Bill Bixby will be familiar with the setup of "The Incredible Hulk," the new film version of the classic tale by director Louis Leterrier of "The Transporter" fame.
For those of you unfamiliar with the tale, after Dr. Banner (Edward Norton), is exposed to an accidental overdose of Gamma radiation his body chemistry is altered in such a way that he transforms into a large, green, and destructive creature when he is angered.
Naturally, this puts him at odds with the authorities and the military; thus, Banner is forced to live a vagabond existence while he searches for a way to contain his inner rage.
Useful (and useless) Vista keyboard combinations
Friday, June 13, 2008
The "Windows" key (or Start key) was implemented on standard PC keyboards shortly after the release of Windows 95. I suppose Microsoft wanted to increase the Windows brand by implementing two new keys that would open up new features of their operating system. At the time, there were only five new features that the new key opened up, and these weren't very useful.
For the most part, macros that use the Windows key are unconfigurable, and you must use the macros embedded within the OS. Windows Vista has added new features, allowing you quick shortcuts to some of Vista's new features (and finally addressing macros that users have been requesting for years).
Kung Fu Panda: The Video Game Review
Friday, June 13, 2008
Kung Fu Panda, the video game, will be enjoyable for those who like other movie-based video games. Relive the plot of the movie with a little bit more interaction.
While the movie is enjoyable by adults and kids, the game's target audience definitely seems to be children who enjoy simple platformers. Because Kung Fu Panda is similar to any other game based on a movie, I feel that explanations regarding the simple gameplay, blasé animation, and plot line is unnecessary.
River King: Mystic Valley Review (Nintendo DS)
Thursday, June 12, 2008
River King – Mystic Valley is the next installment in the beloved River King series. Unfortunately for fans of the game who own a DS, River King -Mystic Valley is a disappointment. Take one mini game and turn it into an entire game, and that is what River King for the DS has become.
Basic RPG mechanics (battles, leveling up) have disappeared, leaving this edition barely recognizable. For those that enjoy fishing, River King will be a small diversion from the drag of daily life. For gamers looking for a game resembling the traditional River King, you will not find it here.
Summer Sports: Paradise Island Review (Wii)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Sick of Wii Sports yet? If you love Wii Sports but have been playing it to death for the last year and a half, Summer Sports: Paradise Island is a welcome alternative. As its name suggests, SS: PI showcases seven new summer-themed games that all take place in a tropical setting. If you're ready for summer to start and need a fun family or party game, Summer Sports: Paradise Island is a great game to add to your collection.
The game begins when your character checks into the Paradise Island Resort. From there, you have seven different games to choose from.
Lost Planet: Colonies Edition Review (PC, Xbox 360)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The screenshot on the poster is not a mistake: that is actually a naked Frank West (from Dead Rising) playing a multiplayer map in the frozen tundra! Frank is one of the new playable character models in the latest edition of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. This new edition also gives you serveral enhanced single-player modes, many online gameplay modes, four new maps, new supercharged weapons, environments, and enemies!
The updated game is titled "Lost Planet: Extreme Condition: Colonies Edition" and is the same groundbreaking gameplay that was released for the PC and Xbox 360 last year, but has a ton of new fun features thrown in. A few new modes have been added to the single-player campaign, which can make playing through the short campaign a nice diversion again.
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs DVD Review
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The second of the straight to DVD Futurama movies, "Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs" has arrived and it comes loaded with laughs.
Picking up shortly after the end of the previous film, "Bender's Big Score", the people of our universe are in fear of what the new inter-dimensional rift will mean to them and there are those that predict an end to everything is coming soon.
Back at the Planetary Express Office, life is pretty much as it always is with one exception, Fry (Billy West), has a new girlfriend named Colleen (Brittany Murphy), and is doing well in his new relationship.
Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick Review
Monday, June 09, 2008
Recently I was handed a Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick to use on my new Dell Desktop. At first glance, I was amazed that you can tune HDTV signals with a USB device that was so small. The Pinnacle HDTV Pro Stick comes with the following items in the package:
If you have a laptop, then you have an HDTV-capable display, so why can't you watch free over-the-air HDTV on it? Most laptops today have a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9 or 16:10, and the minimum laptop resolution I've seen is equivilent to 720p. If you take your laptop on the road, then it makes sense to keep a HDTV tuner ready, because who wants to deal with crappy hotel cable?
Space Ace comes to BluRay
Monday, June 09, 2008
If you are a fan of arcade games, especially those that have the tendency to empty your pockets quicker than a trophy wife, the fact that a classic like Space Ace is now available in Blu-Ray format is a dream come true.
Space Ace has made the jump to the powerful PS3 and the graphics are cleaner because of it. Some graininess from the original production is still present, but overall the animation sequences are like watching a high-quality Anastasia (which, coincidentally, Don Bluth worked on).
Interview with World in Conflict: Soviet Assault's Magnus Jansén
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Recently, we got the inside work on World in Conflict: Soviet Assault from Magnus "Soundboy" Jansén, Lead Game Designer on the follow up to the smash Cold War strategy game. I want to thank Matt and Magnus for making this happen. GVK: What is the background and setting for the game?
MJ: World in Conflict: Soviet Assault takes place in the late 1980s and depicts a "what if" scenario where the Soviet Union invades Europe and the United States. In the game, NATO and USA join forces to fight the Soviet army in a series of battles that range from the American farmlands and metropolises to small Norwegian fishing villages.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Review
Saturday, June 07, 2008
After delighting fans on the PC the game has finally come to the PS 3 and X-Box 360 Consoles.
Players can also alter their load out in a specific class. For example, the human soldier can have a machine gun, rocket launcher, shotgun, or other weapons as their primary weapon. When you need to get down and dirty, the machine gun is often my default choice as between this and my grenades and heavy explosive charges; I can often do what I need to. When the tide of battle changes, I often sacrifice some speed for a rocket launcher, which enables me to destroy large vehicles and defenses from afar.
Devices Aren't Enough
Friday, June 06, 2008
Maybe because our kids attended the same high school as Jobs and Woz they can't imagine things as barbaric as communications using dial-up modems. They laugh when they see the photos of the Motorola brick. The idea that they would have to search out a pay phone or wait to call someone until they can use the home phone seems … ridiculous.
Especially when they have their flip and slider phone in their pocket. The cellphone for millions has gone beyond being trendy. It is a necessity – a means of staying in touch with friends and family, added safety and security. Growth came rapidly because people could stay in touch on the go:
Play World of Warcraft for Free with WoWscape
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
But one game heralded the age of MMORPG, and still remains at the top. The World of Warcraft. It has the power to engulf your mind in a world of fantasy creatures and fantastic worlds. With several races to choose from and over a million players from around the world logging in to battle, Warcraft has staked its claim as the leader in online gaming. And you too can experience their "World", for a mere $15.00 per month, plus the cost of the game.
Unless, that is, you are one of the thousands of people who are members of WoWscape.net.
Windows Vista Trivia You Never Knew
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Windows Vista has had an interesting reception by the technology community, to say the least. People either like it or they hate it, or they think it is O.K. The road to Vista was several years in the making, and there are lots of interesting stories and tidbits about the OS that most people don't know. We have a collection of very interesting tidbits about Vista (some of which we discovered ourselves).
You can have all the ladies crowd around you at the next geek party by sharing your infinite knowledge of Windows Vista Trivia. Trust me. If it doesn't work, then dinner is on me…
On to the trivia!
Pinnacle Studio 12 Review
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
The number one consumer video editing software, Pinnacle Studio has been enhanced with a new range of features and capabilities to meet the needs of first time and advanced videographers. The new Pinnacle Studio 12 includes more than 25 new features and more than a dozen capabilities requested by present users.
The new version includes Pinnacle Montage, an innovative tool that puts high-end compositing and animation effects in the hands of consumers. It also includes more titles, DVD menus and templates as well as professional audio/video controls and a complete high definition workflow capabilities with Blu-ray authoring in the advanced versions of Studio 12.
QNAP Q35s Automatic Backup Station
Monday, June 02, 2008
First off, let's have a little background on our subject. The QNAP QBack-35S Automatic File Backup Station is an encrypted data backup center designed for people who want a little more security for their data. Namely, an AES 256-bit data encryption. QBack-35S is a 3.5" single SATA drive external enclosure which is compatible with major hard disk drive brands. It supports up to 1TB capacity, USB 2.0, and eSATA high-speed data transfer. It offers hands-free and real-time automatic file backup along with Email backup. Four backup modes are provided including auto-sync backup, instant backup, one-touch-button backup, and schedule backup.
Wings Season 6 DVD Review
Monday, June 02, 2008
Get set to laugh as the classic sixth season of Wings has arrived from Paramount Home Entertainment. Set on Nantucket Island, the series followed the exploits of Sandpiper Airlines, a small one plane operation that commutes between the Island and Boston as well as other points of interest. The airline is owned by Joe Hackett (Timothy Daly), who is a stickler for details and a solid if unexciting individual.
Interview with Haze's Rob Yescombe
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Recently I got the chance to speak with Rob Yescombe from Free Radical, Screenwriter on the hot new PS 3 Shooter Haze. I got the chance to play an early version of the game at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, and Rob was kind enough to take the time to update me on what gamers can look forward to from this hot new titles.
GVK: What is the background and setting for the game?
RY: Haze is set in 2048. There's a war going on in a region of South America where a bunch of evil skanky-ass malevolent rebels called The Promise Hand are trying to overthrow the government. Thankfully, a private military company (PMC) called Mantel Global industries is sending in its forces to iron things out. Now, mantel is a media-savvy company, and they don't want the bad press of one of their soldiers getting killed or hurt. So, they give all their soldiers a 'miracle nutritional supplement' called Nectar. It makes the troops tougher, smart and faster. Basically everything they want and need to be on a battlefield.
Haze Review (Playstation 3)
Sunday, June 01, 2008
In the year 2048, The Mantel Corporation is waging an all out war for the freedom of civilization. At least that is the company line they are putting forth as they send legions of drug enhanced soldiers into the jungles of South America to bring down the rebel opposition.
In the new game HAZE, players take on the role of a Sgt Shane Carpenter who is tasked with leading a squad against the rebel leader, a man dubious named Skin Coat. I want to say at the outset that the game's publisher, Ubisoft, did not return several calls and e-mails for more information and review materials for the game. We were able to get a pre-release interview for the game, but since then, no further information was passed along, so I had to rely on Gamefly to provide the game for review and did not have an outlet to get explanations or clarifications for questions I had with the game and its performance.


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Comment | Theresa May's welcoming of Saudi Crown Prince visit shames Britain — We can't let it pass in silence
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:21 - 0 Comments
By Andrew Smith
Last Wednesday, nine civilians were killed by Saudi air strikes in north Yemen. The assaults were barely reported: a sign of how long the war has endured, and how regular these atrocities have become.
Three years of bombardment has ensured that almost nowhere is safe: with a refugee camp, a wedding, a market and even a funeral having all been turned into the scenes of massacres.
There is no way of knowing the true death toll from the war. The UN has said that over 10,000 people have been killed, but that figure is over a year old, and predates the cholera outbreak, which Oxfam has called the worst on record.
Analysis from Save the Children has found that 130 children are dying every day as a result of the humanitarian catastrophe, with over 50,000 having died in 2017 alone.
The architect of the brutal war will be touching down in London tomorrow. At only 32 years of age, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Bin Salman, may be young, but he has overseen the three year bombing campaign since day one.
His trip will include high-level meetings, newspaper puff-pieces and friendly photo-ops with government ministers and Royalty. In short, it will present a major propaganda victory and a chance to flex his political muscles on the world stage.
We will no doubt hear lots of hyperbolic platitudes about the small-scale reforms and cosmetic changes that he has brought in Saudi Arabia. However, he will say nothing about the appalling repression that has been inflicted on the Saudi people, or the thousands that have been killed by the deadly war on Yemen he has spearheaded.
There is no doubt that arms sales will be on top of the agenda. For years now, BAE Systems has been trying to confirm the sale of a new batch of fighter jets to the Saudi military. Their efforts have been supported by Whitehall, with Ministers and civil servants working to secure a deal.
Irrespective of a new deal, Saudi Arabia is already by far the largest buyer of UK arms, and has been for decades. Major arms deals took place under Thatcher, Blair and Cameron. It is a long and inglorious tradition that Theresa May has indicated she will pull out all stops to continue.
Since the devastating war in Yemen began, the UK government has licensed almost £5 billion worth of arms to the Saudi military. Right now, UK made fighter jets are being flown over Yemen by UK-trained military personnel and firing UK-made bombs and missiles.
The arms being pushed by Downing Street this week could be used in atrocities for years to come. There are no controls over how these weapons will be used once they have left the UK, or who they will be used against. Arms sales may have been promoted by successive governments, but poll after poll has shown they are opposed by the vast majority of people in the UK.
For far too long, Westminster has looked the other way and willingly ignored the awful atrocities being committed by the Saudi dictatorship. This hasn't been a coincidence, it is by design. This was implied last year when the then Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, urged opposition MPs to stop criticising the Saudi authorities in case it undermined future arms sales.
A lot is riding on the visit, with Downing Street promising that it will "usher in a new era in bilateral relations" between the two countries. A successful visit will be welcomed and celebrated in the palaces of Riyadh. It would be seen by the image conscious regime as another major step towards international legitimacy.
It wouldn't just be Saudi Royalty celebrating, it would also be the board rooms of arms companies like BAE, that have actively profited from the repression and conflict. They will see it as another great business opportunity and a chance to cash-in.
That is why a protest has been called for 5pm on Wednesday 07 March outside Downing Street, with activists from across the UK holding similar local events. Join us in sending the message loudly and clearly that the Crown Prince is not welcome.
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Sadly Mel is no stranger to brain injury. Her step-daughter Jo sustained a traumatic brain injury in 2000 from a head-on collision when another driver lost control of their car.
"Both cars were travelling at about 50mph and so it was a very high impact collision," said Mel.
Jo received support from Headway after the accident which helped her to understand the effects of damage to certain parts of the brain.
"I have contacted Headway at various times over the years for health advice & I don't know how I would have managed without them"
Her life and teaching career were significantly affected and following a seizure in 2015, she was advised to stop working. Jo actually went on to fundraise for Headway herself in 2011, raising funds when she trekked the Great Wall of China, which as Mel mentions "was no mean feat, given her brain injury."
Mel also has two other friends who have sustained traumatic brain injuries and has witnessed the impact that these injuries have on their lives.
"I am keen to give something back to Headway to enable the charity to continue its excellent work in supporting people who have sustained brain injuries, and also their families and carers."
Having fundraised previously, Mel is aware she has asked friends and family to sponsor her many times before and because of this, has come up with some clever ideas to raise money for Headway.
"I enjoy making things and this year, I have spent my evenings sewing. I have made a large number of items which I am planning to sell at craft fairs."
Mel's sister-in-law, Chrissie has helped to make some of these fantastic craft items as well which Mel will be selling at her first fair on Saturday 6th May from 12:00-16:30. These will be sold in aid of Headway at Lindengate which is adjacent to the Wyevale garden centre in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. She also has a stall booked at Studham School Summer Fayre near Dunstable on July 15th at 2pm.
Mel plans to hold a private tea, coffee and cake event as well for friends and neighbours and suggested a minimum donation of £5.00 per person. A raffle will be held on the day with prizes secured from local businesses and friends.
Mel has further managed to secure donations on her online giving page from friends who are unable to come due to distance or other commitments.
We are incredibly grateful to Mel for all her hard work and support. Her clever creative ideas are really boosting her fundraising target and raising awareness for Headway!
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Individual introductions
History of markets
Early barter markets led to using unified precious metal or items to unify pricing
Coins invented to simplify transactions
Seigniorage Middle age barons, lords, seniors, etc. added their mark to coins to demonstrate their quality. Those more highly regarded consequently traded for more value. Sterling example of silver quality. Minting coins thus generated profits.
Whole bodied money led to representative money.
In turn, representative money led to credit money. Brettonwoods agreement in 1944 tied U.S. dollar to gold and currencies of free world to dollar. Large U.S. monetary expansion of 1960s started inflation & led President Nixon to renounce agreement to exchange gold for dollars. Thus, dollars are only worth what somebody will pay for them.
To deliver contracts were introduced in Middle Age Europe. Sales would be agreed in advance and products delivered later. Forward contracts often used on agricultural products. Chicago (formerly a section of Peoria) emerged as a major agricultural center. Problems grew with enforcing forward contracts. Oversupply of grain encouraged elevator operators to renege on forwards. Counterparties were fully exposed to each other until contract completion. In 1848 Chicago Board of Trade invented futures contracts. These included margin (good faith deposits) and daily marking-to-the-market procedures. Through the 1970s virtually all futures contracts were for agricultural products.
Option contracts similarly have a long history of evolution. They were often used for land, stock shares, and other assets. Options on common stock were the most common applications. Options to buy stock are known as calls and those to sell stock are known as puts. The market was exclusively a primary market. If an option owner wished to eliminate a position before expiration or maturity, it was only possible to obtain the intrinsic value, typically by selling the option back to the broker who originally provided it. In turn, such brokers sometimes advertised these repurchased options for sale in the Wall Street Journal. The Chicago Board of Trade, then the largest commodity exchange in the world, created the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 1973. To create a viable secondary market a number of institutional changes were introduced to the option market. Without an ample supply of a fungible product a secondary market was unlikely to survive.
Standard option expiration dates were established typically at the end of trading on the third Friday of the expiration month. Historically, stock options expired on a scheduled number of days following the day of their creation. Thus, stock options which expired on any random day were replaced with contracts with unified expiration dates.
Unified exercise prices were established to limit the array of alternatives. Before the CBOE the tradition for setting exercise prices was to accept the existing market price for the exercise price. Given that the typical tick size for common stock was 1/8 of a point, an extraordinarily large number of alternative exercise prices was possible. For example, a stock that fluctuated between $40 and $50 per share over an interval of time could have 8 x 10 or 80 different exercise prices for different option contracts. The newly adopted system typically employs three exercise prices over that interval, $40, $45 and $50. Brokers of the earlier era were incapable of adjusting the premium to accommodate exercise prices initially set away from the market price.
Dividend treatment was adjusted from the earlier practice of protecting the contract from its effect. It has always been recognized that when a corporation pays a dividend the practice simply amounts to a transfer from one "pocket" of the stock owner to another of his or her "pockets." Specifically, wealth is neither created or destroyed by payment of dividends. Thus, a stock trading for a market price of $50 per share that pays a $1 per share dividend will experience an essentially automatic price drop of $1 per share to $49. The shareholder sustains his or her $50 worth attributable to that share, but now owns a stock worth $49 and a dividend worth $1. A call option owner entitled to buy a stock with an exercise price of $50 when the stock sells in the market for $50.75 has an option with an intrinsic value of $0.75 per share. Simply by paying a $1 dividend the stock value drops to $49.75 thereby eliminating the entire intrinsic value of the option. The mechanism used to protect call option holders from this effect was known as dividend protection. Option contracts were written to include an automatic adjustment in the exercise price, equal to the size of the dividend, any time the stock paid a dividend. The CBOE recognized that this practice would potentially lead to multiple new striking prices, often at unusual levels. For example, the above described stock with an exercise price of $50 would after protecting the call owner from the $1 dividend have a new exercise price of $49. Subsequent new contracts entered after the dividend was paid could have an exercise price of $50, making them not fungible with earlier contracts that should be much the same.
Swap contracts have a more storied origin than many other contracts. One explanation attributes their creation to a tax imposed by the labor government in England during the 1970s. At that time many of Britain's productive resources were owned by the government. Taxes on earnings were exceptionally high. Naturally, productivity was extraordinarily low. British investors realized that they could improve their returns by investing abroad. The Labor government imposed a stiff tax on transferring money out of the country for investment purposes. They hoped to force British investors to invest their money in the stagnant British economy. However, many British residents had long enjoyed a practice of swapping houses for holidays. For example, somebody in Britain wishing to spend a holiday in southern France might swap houses with a French resident who was concurrently traveling to Britain. Thus, neither traveler needed to pay anything to rent a house. It took little ingenuity to extend this practice to swapping currencies. The procedure was implemented as follows.
A British investor wishing to acquire assets in France would locate a French investor wishing to acquire assets in Britain. Frequently these steps might be accomplished by corporate parents wishing to found subsidiaries in the opposite country. Thus, a British parent firm locates a French parent firm and arranged for the French parent to provide funds to the British subsidiary located in France. Concurrently, the British parent firm provides an equivalent value of funds to the French subsidiary located in Britain. In the grand scheme of things, the eventual result was no transfer of money across the national border. However, the British and French firms were each able to locate subsidiaries as desired. Eventually, the tax was repealed, but other benefits realized by participants in these arrangements persisted and the practice was refined, improved and extended.
The alternate explanation for the origin of swap agreements is traced to a practice followed by the former Soviet Union. Since the Ruble was not a hard currency, it was useless for international trade. However, Russia had an ample supply of gold. Thus, Russia regularly entered into agreements to use hard currency and pledged gold to serve as collateral. When the time came for repayment of the hard currency, Russia often simply delivered gold when hard currency funds were inadequate to cover the obligation. Eventually, this notion led to swap type agreements.


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Calgary Hitmen hoping to predict future at WHL Bantam Draft
These are not finished products.
The Calgary Hitmen scouting staff has invested countless hours on the road, countless hours at the rink, countless hours of research in prep for Thursday's WHL Bantam Draft at Deerfoot Inn, but there is still some guesswork involved.
These are, after all, 14- and 15-year-old kids. The skates and shoulder-pads they wear now won't likely fit forever.
"You can't necessarily predict that a player like Ryan Getzlaf is going to grow from five-foot-eight or five-foot-nine to six-foot-three," acknowledged Hitmen general manager Mike Moore, using one the franchise greats as his example. "It's hard to predict. You try to figure out parents' sizes, whether a kid is shaving right now, a number of things that go into will he grow or won't he grow.
"But to be honest, the way the game is being played right now, size isn't as critical, as you see at the NHL level let alone our level."
The Hitmen selected Getzlaf in the third round of the WHL Bantam Draft in 2000.
And he did grow.
Boy, did he ever.
Getzlaf would blossom into a standout for the Hitmen, then a Stanley Cup champion, Olympic gold medallist and one of the NHL's marquee men.
"He wasn't a real big guy and had a ways to go," recalled Moore, who was GM of the Kamloops Blazers when the current Anaheim Ducks captain was available to the Hitmen at No. 54 overall. "And lo and behold, he becomes an NHL superstar."
Thursday's top priority, of course, is to find youngsters that will make an impact at the major-junior level.
The current crop consists of those born in 2002, kids who won't be eligible to skate full-time in the Dub until the 2018-19 campaign.
The Prince Albert Raiders will start the proceedings at 8:30 a.m. with the first-overall selection.
Moore will make his first announcement at seventh-overall, and the usual game plan applies: "Pick the best player available." The Hitmen own a pick in each of 15 possible rounds, with the exception of the fourth.
"You might hear that it's not as good a draft as last year but these are 14- and 15-year-old kids, so it's our job to project forward what a player might become when he's 16, 17, 18, 19, and how that best suits our organization," Moore said. "I think there are some very, very good players in this draft. I think it's a deep draft. I think it's a projection draft where there are going to be a lot of players that, if you get it right, are going to be terrific players down the road.
"It's what they're going to be, not just what they are right now."
To their credit, the Hitmen have done a heck of a job of reading the crystal-ball.
Recent first-rounders Beck Malenstyn (2013) and Tristen Nielsen (2015) were both regulars at the Saddledome this past season. In 2014, they traded away their first-round holler but plucked Mark Kastelic in the second. He, too, is a contributor in Calgary.
The Hitmen welcomed Jackson van de Leest at No. 16 overall last spring. The up-and-coming defenceman impressed in 10 contests as an underage call-up – including three playoff dates – and seems to have a bright future ahead.
"If you count the miles on the road and the flights and the hotel rooms and the long nights and the number of games, it's significant what our scouting staff goes through. As the general manager of the team, I can't thank them enough," Moore said. "It's feeding the future of the Calgary Hitmen and the Western Hockey League with this draft. It is exciting for all the time and effort put in. Everybody is extremely happy after the draft tomorrow that they got their guy, and then you kind of project and watch over the next one, two, three, four years to see how things work out."
ICE CHIPS: Regina Pats sharpshooter Sam Steel was the toast of Wednesday's WHL awards gala. The 19-year-old centre from Sherwood Park, Alta., was announced as winner of the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as Player of the Year and also accepted the Bob Clarke Trophy as the regular-season scoring leader. Other honourees included Seattle Thunderbirds blue-liner Ethan Bear (Defenceman of the Year), Everett Silvertips stalwart Carter Hart (Goaltender of the Year), Swift Current Broncos teammates Aleksi Heponiemi (Rookie of the Year) and Tyler Steenbergen (Most Sportsmanlike), Lethbridge Hurricanes captain Tyler Wong (Humanitarian of the Year) and Silvertips centre Brian King (Scholastic Player of the Year). Pats honcho John Paddock doubled up as Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year.


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Honduras struggle again in 4-2 loss to Israel
(Reuters) - Honduras, who face France in their World Cup opener in two weeks' time, suffered a second straight defeat in a warm-up for the tournament with a 4-2 loss to Israel in Houston on Sunday.
Honduras lost 2-0 to Turkey in their opening friendly on Thursday and once again they struggled against UEFA opposition.
Israel's early pressure paid off when they grabbed the lead in the 34th minute through a superb strike from Eran Zahavi, who grabbed the ball outside the area and drove it into the bottom corner.
Two minutes after the break, though, Honduras equalised with an even more spectacular goal - Roger Espinoza unleashing a fierce left foot drive from 25 metres which crashed in off both posts.
It took only five minutes for Israel to restore their advantage, however, with Tal Ben Haim's harmless looking shot deflected in off Honduras defender Maynor Figueroa.
Israel went 3-1 up on the hour when Gil Vermouth struck the upright and Omer Damari reacted well to control the loose ball and slot home.
Vermouth got his reward in the 74th minute, adding Israel's fourth with a low diagonal strike that went in off the far post after a smart head down from Bebar Natcho.
Honduras grabbed a consolation seven minutes from the end when Espinoza found Carlo Costly at the back post and the big striker headed in.
After playing France, Honduras must tackle Ecuador and Switzerland in World Cup Group E.
The Central Americans face England in their final warm-up game on June 7 in Miami.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, editing by Nick Mulvenney)


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After yesterday's post on my new favourite foundation, I stopped by the Chanel counter at Holt's today and picked up a few new goodies to try. I only intended to pick up the Sheer Illuminating Base but decided to try the Natural Finish Loose Powder and Éclat Lumiére for under my eyes as well. I'll let you know what I think! Here's a bit of info about each product:
The Sheer Illuminating Base is described as a multi-tasking fluid that 'primes' skin perfectly for makeup, while adding subtle contours and radiance to the face. It's unique blend of powders is also supposed to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines for a smooth, even, flawless finish.
Chanel's Natural Finish Loose Powder is an oil-free powder that says it will provide skin with a sheer, natural finish and disguise imperfections without emphasizing lines and skin blemishes (thanks to the inclusion of photo-reflective pigments). I've read a lot of great reviews for this powder so I hope it lives up to all the hype.
Éclat Lumiére claims to add new radiance to makeup and dark areas of the face. It's also supposed to reduce the appearance of fine lines and lighten dark circles. I'm trying this as an under eye concealer so I'll let you know how it works. I wondering whether it'll be similar to YSL's Touche Éclat... I guess I'll let you know!


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I had a conversation earlier this week with a practice director at a regional VAR. He told me that one of his customers was planning to purchase several Lenovo laptops. Because his customer processes and maintains very sensitive business information, I asked if he or the customer were worried about possible Chinese tampering with the firmware. He said no Is this wrong? Is the risk of Chinese tampering high enough to discourage use of Chinese-made hardware?
Chinese hackers, likely supported by their government, regularly are in the news for stealing intellectual property or national defense secrets. The terms Chinese and trust don't work well together, causing several Western governments to actually prohibit use of hardware manufactured in China.
In a July 2013 article in the Australian Financial Review claims intelligence and defense services in the US, Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand had banned the use of Lenovo products for use for use on networks where information classified as secret or top secret was present. The article goes on to claim that British and Australian researchers found
"…malicious modifications to Lenovo's circuitry – beyond more typical vulnerabilities or "zero-days" in its software – were discovered that could allow people to remotely access devices without the users' knowledge. The alleged presence of these hardware "back doors" remains highly classified" (para. 9).
Governments have taken steps to ban Lenovo systems from classified networks, but they still show up in unclassified spaces. Further, I can't find an instance in which any private industry data theft was enabled using firmware on Chinese-made computers. Is it reasonable to believe any manufacturer could get away with intentionally adding malicious code to computer chip sets?
Is it really possible for the Chinese, or any other unfriendly government, to rely long-term on firmware weaknesses or malicious algorithms. Too many researchers dig into new firmware releases trying to find problems. This doesn't mean that short-term gain isn't possible, but isn't it more likely that attackers will use other attack vectors that are not targets of close examination?
For example, use of advanced threat tools and techniques is effective, works unknown to many organizations, and has the potential to provide long-term benefits. Why would a government expose itself unnecessarily by tampering with firmware exploits it can't change or remove if things get too hot? As long as most organizations fail to get the fundamentals right (Olzak, May 2014), it's simply easier to rely on user behavior to gain access.
Does this mean we should trust processing of classified government information to systems made in China? Probably not, given China's penchant for stealing everything it can get its collective hands on. What it does mean, however, is that business operations where national security or highly sensitive intellectual property is not handled might still be good places to use cheap laptops or servers manufactured in our "friend" to the East.
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1st step to a new Walgreens
Heavy equipment spent the last couple of weeks tearing down the old satellite building that once housed Furr's Cafeteria at the west side of the Uintah Gardens shopping center. The demolition, which is now complete, will allow Walgreens to build a new free-standing store on that spot. The current 12,000-square-foot store, currently part of a line at the north end of the center, has been at Uintah Gardens since 1974. The new, 14,560-square-foot store will include a drive-through feature, according to Walgreens officials.
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What if we abolished peremptory challenges?The subject is discrimination in jury selection. The occasion is Foster v. Chatman, a case of pretty blatant racial discrimination where a Georgia prosecutor used peremptory challenges to kick blacks off a jury and help secure a death sentence.
The Supremes thought, in their naiveté, that they'd abolished that sort of discrimination in Batson v. Kentucky and a string of cases applying and extending it. They were wrong. They were also, as it happens, misguided.
Oh, the goal, end discrimination in jury selection, is high-minded enough. Nobody much, today, is going to be a public advocate for racial discrimination. (Batson's been extended beyond race, but the same point applies.) That's not really the issue, though. Because once you start down the road you've got a problem.
When Batson simply applied to the prosecution in criminal cases, it was a sham. (Only the hopelessly - like the berobed ones in Washington - really thought it would achieve what they claimed.) Built into the ruling was an easy out for prosecutors: Offer a race-neutral lie for why they were kicking this or that juror off a case. (Juror frowned; juror smiled; juror wore green pants; juror wore no pants (!); juror once knew someone who once knew someone who heard about someone who got a traffic ticket - or didn't; the possibilities are endless.)
But when the Court went further and made clear that the goal of Batson was not to ensure that defendants got fair trials but that discrimination ended, the largely empty but plausible logic went out the window. Batson, it turns out, isn't about the rights of the accused - not about the rights of the litigants at all. It's about the rights of the juror who is excused based on a discriminatory peremptory. The lawyer who challenges the peremptory, acts not (the court says) in the interests of her client but in the interests of the excluded juror.
That's bullshit, of course. As a lawyer, your only responsibility beyond upholding the basic integrity of the system by obeying the rules, is the interests of your client. If that peremptory - racially motivated or otherwise and regardless of reason - is one you're happy the other side exercised, you're not going to complain. It's only when your client would get screwed that you're gonna bitch.
And that's as it should be. The theory is that when I get rid of the jurors I hate and the prosecutor gets rid of the jurors he hates, the remaining 12 are going to be pretty fair. That theory may be nonsense in practice (jury selection is largely a matter of gut feeling rather than hard science), but it's the underlying idea. And it works. There are jurors who pretty obviously will be biased one way or the other but don't fall into any of the categories where exclusion for cause is allowed (brother of the defendant, witness in the case, plaintiff's lawyer in another case, whatever). So we have peremptories to get rid of them.
Doing away with peremptories means assuming that any 12 random folks will be fair to both sides. In the real world, that ain't so. And nobody who litigates really wants that. We want jurors who will vote our way. Same as the other side does. So we all get rid of the ones who surely won't. That's the idea. And hundreds of years of Anglo-American jurisprudence suggests that it works pretty well.
Does it allow for discrimination? Yeah. Can the discrimination be invidious and unfair and racist and lead to appalling decisions? Yep. (Think of those all-white juries in the south that routinely sentenced blacks to die for looking crooked at whites and routinely acquitted whites who murdered blacks.)
Of course, if instead we figured out how to give teeth to what seemed like the idea of Batson when it first came out. Prevent the government from using race to secure convictions and death sentences. Now that was an idea.
Scott Greenfield also takes on Greenhouse and Batson over at Fault Lines.
*If it were actually a thought experiment, the follow-up would be an examination of how that would (or would not) change things. Her follow-up is to announce that there aren't enough votes on the Supreme Court to do it but that she longs for a day when there are. Not an experiment at all.