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Will Baby Boomers Bust the Markets?
Worries that large-scale liquidation of investments by retiring baby boomers will pressure financial markets are overstated. Here's why.
The usual suspects have issued a dire warning: the baby-boom generation is retiring; markets are vulnerable. It sounds plausible. Financial advisors can see their older clients liquidating investments to support their retirement needs. The expectation of such events on a larger scale leads many to feel this fear. But if this story, like so many other scare stories, harbors a kernel of truth, this heavily publicized worry is vastly overstated.
The Basis for Fear
The broad demographic picture certainly is capable of raising anxiety. According to the Bureau of the Census, low birth rates will continue to slow the flow of young people into the workforce, while increasing longevity will enlarge the proportion of dependent retirees. The number of working-age people will fall, from an already low 5.2 for each retiree today to barely 3.3 by 2030.1 Since retirees tend to draw on pensions and their own savings to support themselves after they have left off active production, these demographic patterns naturally raise fears of net liquidations in financial markets and so, consequently, downward price pressure, especially since the relative shortfall of the working-age in the population means that the nation will also have proportionally fewer people saving, contributing to pension plans, and generally replenishing the pool of investable assets. But while this demographic picture leaves reason for many longer-term economic and financial concerns and will force many changes in this economy and its markets, at least four points raise doubts about these particular, immediate, market concerns.
No Reason for Panic about the Pace of the Drawdown
First, the changing demographics will alter retirees' investment strategies. Decades ago, people had to support five, maybe 10 years of retirement. All but the wealthiest converted assets, largely to bonds, as the retirement date approached and then drew down a significant part of that asset base each year. But today, when people can contemplate 20 or more years of retirement, such past practices no longer seem so wise. Retirees will draw down on their asset base much more slowly than their fathers and mothers did in retirement. The newer retirees will strive to protect the principal of their investment base much more carefully. Indeed, their planning horizon is so long that they will tend to keep much more of their portfolio in equities for longer than once was the case.
Second, the changing nature of the investment industry further suggests that funds will move much less dramatically than is generally expected. As financial advisors shift increasingly toward a fee-based instead of a transaction-based business model, they will become less eager certainly than they once were to move assets about. Registered investment advisors, already 25% of the nation's wealth-management business and growing fast, are almost all fee-based. Even the wire houses, once the center of transaction-based brokerage, are moving toward the fee-based model. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, the nation's largest, reports 37% of its assets are fee-based. Bank of America's Merrill Lynch reports 44% and Wells-Fargo 27%. The proportions are growing, too, even as the overall dollar amounts rise.
Third, pension funds are less likely to liquidate, too. Indeed, they face legal restraints that should prevent much of a drawdown in assets. All pension funds (Social Security excepted), even those run by state and local governments, must by regulation maintain an acceptable level of funding. If contributions from the existing workforce cannot support that level, then the sponsor of the fund must direct other revenues toward it. Corporations will have to channel revenues toward pension investments, and public authorities will have to direct tax monies to their funds, effectively putting funds into financial markets to supplement any shortfall.2
Still Less Reason to Panic Now
Fourth, any impact will face delay. Although the long post–World War II baby boom is indeed beginning to retire, the biggest birth years of that boom came toward its end, between 1958 and 1961. The birth rate figures of the time tell the story. At the beginning of the baby boom in the late 1940s, the birth rate was just over three children in the average woman's lifetime. That figure rose throughout much of the 1950s, and by 1957 it had reached 3.7, a gain of about 20%. The rate stayed at that high level until 1961, when it began its long decline. As a consequence, the bulk of the baby boom is not retiring now or anytime soon. Rather, it has enlarged the part of the population in its fifties, an age well recognized as the highest earning and highest saving period in a person's lifetime. Even as the beginning of the baby boom is retiring, then, the bulk of it is earning, saving, building up pension assets, and more than offsetting any drawdown from the older, smaller, retiring part. These people will not reach normal retirement age until 2022–23, and they will not likely begin their drawdown until later, suggesting that any real problems are eight to 10 years off, at least—time enough for advisors to shift portfolio strategy, if necessary, and time enough for many other things to change.3
A Last Word
This less frightening picture does not ignore the ill effects of the demographic trends. It recognizes the very real and detrimental financial and economic impact from the growing mismatch between dependent retirees on the one hand and taxpaying, saving, pension-contributing producers on the other. This fact of life in the United States will weigh heavily in coming years and force dramatic change in business practice, production emphasis, and public policy, as an earlier series in this space described. But the panic over the immediate market impact is misplaced and sadly typical of those who prefer drama to probability.
1 Milton Ezrati, Thirty Tomorrows (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014).
2 Joshua Brown, "The Quiet Takeover that Keeps Stocks Moving Up No Matter What," Business Insider, March 5, 2014.
3 Data from the Department of Commerce.
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Key Mover:
Durable Goods Orders for March*
Thu., Arpil 24, at 8:30 a.m. ET
Previous: +2.2% • Prospect: +0.3%
Though a delayed measure, this sign of future capital spending is a key indicator. Always volatile, this measure has bounced around inordinately of late. Its sharp rise in February was a reaction to decline in the prior months. It could easily fall in the March report. The figure indicated here would put it back on trend.
*Source: Department of Commerce.
Others to Watch:
Existing Home Sales for March*
Tues., April 22, at 10:00 a.m. ET
Previous: -0.4% • Prospect: +0.5%
Weather caused a drop in the February report. Relief in March could support modestly above-trend growth.
*Source: National Association of Realtors.
New Home Sales for March*
Wed., April 23, at 10:00 a.m. ET
Previous: -3.3% • Prospect: +0.4%
The drop recorded in February rebalanced an unsustainable surge in January. March reports should be on trend, though some weather relief could add to the recorded growth rate.
*Source: Department of Commerce.
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Coach Mike Shanahan said Wednesday he discussed the benching of quarterback Robert Griffin III with Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder and General Manager Bruce Allen before putting the plan into effect this week.
Shanahan said the discussions began last week and he would not have opted to sit down Griffin for the remainder of the season if Snyder or Allen had objected.
"Well, just put it this way: I said if either one wasn't 100 percent behind my reasoning that I'm giving you, I said we won't go there," Shanahan said at Redskins Park. "Nothing needs to be said. We'll just keep it status quo."
Shanahan said there was consideration given to sitting down Griffin beginning with last Sunday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
"Yeah, there was talk" of that, Shanahan said. "I brought it up. … It was in the back of my mind, really, any time you're out of the playoffs. I look at all the different positions. But the one thing I thought was most important to this organization — and that's one of the reasons why I talked about it with Dan, because I thought it was very important to include him — that, 'Hey, this is your guy of the future. What do you want to do? What's important for us making the right decision?'
"And it's easy to say after somebody gets hurt, 'We should have took him out.' And I didn't want to put our organization in that type of situation."
Snyder was attending an NFL owners' meeting in Dallas and was not available to comment. He declined to comment to reporters there, according to the NFL Network.
● Related: D.C. Sports Bog: Great Shanahan press conference quotes
Shanahan, in a nearly half-hour news conference, denied that he is attempting to provoke Snyder to fire him so he can leave the organization immediately and collect the money due to him for the remainder of his contract. He said he would like to remain with the team next season but acknowledged it's possible that won't happen once he and Snyder sit down after the season to discuss the situation.
Shanahan also said his gut instinct was to remove Griffin at halftime of last season's playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks and he wishes he had trusted that instinct. Griffin remained in that game and re-injured his right knee, necessitating surgery days later.
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Griffin will be de-activated in the final three games of the season, Shanahan confirmed, while Kirk Cousins becomes the starter and Rex Grossman serves as the backup quarterback. Shanahan reiterated that he was making the move to try to protect Griffin from continuing to absorb the number of hits he's been taking lately. Griffin was sacked 24 times in the past five games and Shanahan said the hits were "piling up" for the second-year quarterback.
"At the end of the day we felt that the best thing to do for Robert was to not play him, give Kirk an opportunity to play, so [Griffin] could go into an offseason healthy," Shanahan said.
Shanahan said he weighed the risks of Griffin being hurt and the experience he would gain by playing the final three games.
"We have to do … what is in the best interests of Robert," Shanahan said. "What is the best thing going forward for him — to have those next three games, the experience of going through those reps, or having him healthy in the offseason? … I said, 'Hey, Dan, we're not gonna go this direction unless you fully support it.' Same thing with Bruce: 'You've got to tell me that you're behind this and you're in favor of it. But I don't want anybody coming back in a game or two and saying hey, you know, we should have talked about this.' "
Shanahan said it would be "devastating to him" if Griffin missed a second straight offseason program, and added: "We made a decision that I think is the best for Robert."
Under the terms of Shanahan's contract, he was not obligated to discuss the move with Snyder, he said.
"In theory, I don't," Shanahan said. "But would you ever make a decision like that with your future quarterback that you gave up two number one [draft choices] and a number two without having the courtesy to talk to the owner and say, 'Hey, would you make this move? If not, this is your football team. I'm a head football coach. I would not make it unless I got your blessing' because I don't want to do that to him if he feels it's not the right thing to do."
Shanahan also said: "That's what you do about a quarterback. He's your franchise. That's why you ask those questions. You don't do it about the other positions. Dan could care less about the other positions: 'Hey, that's why you coach. That's why I own.' I understand that. That's not a problem. But I do ask it about a quarterback because we're gonna have a circus atmosphere any time you make a decision like that."
Shanahan later clarified that remark in a conference call with Atlanta reporters, saying any owner would be concerned about a decision regarding the quarterback and Snyder leaves all football-related decisions solely to him about players at other positions.
He dismissed the notion that he benched Griffin in an attempt to provoke Snyder to fire him, which would enable him to leave the organization immediately and collect the money owed for him for the remainder of his contract.
"Somebody said, 'Hey, the reason why you're going with Kirk is you're trying to get fired and get a year left on your contract,' " Shanahan said. "If I were trying to get fired, I'm not gonna call up Dan Snyder and ask his opinion on a player I don't have to. And if he says no, I'm not gonna go that direction."
Shanahan acknowledged the possibility that he and the Redskins will part ways soon.
"I don't know until I sit down with Dan," he said. "Dan will find out what I think. I'll give him my opinions and he'll give me his opinions. Maybe we just hit it off and everything goes — I get that 12-, 15-year contract. Maybe three years. But anyway, whatever it is. But that's where grown men talk at the end of the year and you find out 'hey, what's the best way to go?' We may have big differences and we say, 'Hey, I believe in this. You believe in that.' And you go. Or, 'We're on the same page and let's go forward.' I can't tell you that until I talk with him."
Shanahan said he wants to return.
"You always want to finish something you started, always want to," he said. "Dan and I will sit down at the end of the season and I will give him the things that I believe it takes to get to the next level. And I'm sure he'll give me his viewpoint. So at the end of the year, we'll get a chance to sit down, chat with one another, feel like if we're on the same page, all the things that coaches do going into the last year of their contract."
He said he should have removed Griffin at halftime of the Seattle playoff game, as he'd been inclined to do.
"Just like the Seattle game at halftime," Shanahan said. "I could have kicked myself in the rear end because my gut was, even though the doctor said, 'Hey, he was fine. You know what? It was all stable. Hey, you don't have to worry' [and] Robert said it was fine, I knew, my gut, I watched him. I said, 'Hey, that's what I should have done' because I did see it. You have to go with your gut sometimes in saying, 'Hey, this is what you do for a living. You've been around it. You've got to make sure you take care of your best players in a situation like this.' "
He knows that Griffin wants to play, he said, but added he hopes that Griffin understands this move at some point in the future.
Shanahan continued to refuse to directly address last Sunday's report by ESPN that he contemplated resigning after last season but said he's not in the habit of planting stories with reporters with conversations not attributed to him by name. He said he was being, in his estimation, unusually candid Wednesday.
"What I'm trying to do is be as honest as I can," Shanahan said. "And I don't normally do that because I don't really think it's anybody's business except the guys in our locker room. And I don't get into a lot of detail. But here I think it's a must for people to understand what I'm thinking relative to Robert, what I'm thinking relative to Kirk, this organization and what direction we're trying to [go] moving forward."
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July 8, 2013
Josh Roenicke, a 2001 Nevada Union graduate and pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, appeared in three games this past week as his team went 1-6 against American League East opponents after being swept at home in a four-game series versus the New York Yankees and losing two out of three games on the road against the Toronto Blue Jays.
In Monday's 10-4 loss against the Yankees, Roenicke entered the game in the top of ninth and threw 1/3 inning as he allowed a walk and then induced a ground ball out to end the inning. The Twins had gone ahead 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth on a Chris Parmelee solo homer to right field, but New York rallied for three runs in the eighth and four more in the ninth to give itself a comfortable lead. Minnesota had eight hits, left nine runners on base and was 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position while the Yankees scattered 14 hits, left eight men on base and was 4-for-16 with RISP. In a loss against New York on the Fourth of July, Roenicke took the mound in the eighth inning and retired all three batters he faced on just 14 pitches with two ground ball outs and a strike out. The Twins had 11 hits for the game, left seven runners stranded and were just 2-for-7 with RISP. The Yankees built an early lead scoring three in the first, two in the third and four in the sixth to take a commanding 9-1 lead. Minnesota battled back with three runs in the seventh and a solo shot by Justin Morneau in the eighth, but it wasn't enough as the Twins fell 9-5. Roenicke's latest work came Sunday in an 11-5 loss versus the Blue Jays in which he pitched 2/3 of an inning and yielded one hit, two earned runs and a walk. Most of the damage had been done early by the Blue Jays who put up six earned runs on starting pitcher Scott Diamond.
In the final week of play before the All-Star break Minnesota (37-48) currently sits in fourth place in the American League Central division and opens a four-game series today versus the Tampa Bay Rays. Roenicke (2-1) has played in 35 games this season and has an 3.68 ERA with 36 2/3 innings pitched to go with 23 strikeouts.
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He, Ligang, Duan, Kewei, Chen, Xueguang, Zou, Deqing, Han, Zongfen, Fadavinia, Ali and Jarvis, Stephen A. (2011) Modelling workflow executions under role-based authorisation control. In: 8th IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (ICSC'11), Washington DC, USA, 4-9 July 2011. Published in: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC) pp. 200-208.
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Workflows are often used to represent enterprise-type activities, and authorisation control is an important security consideration in enterprise-level applications. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a popular authorisation control scheme under which users are assigned to certain roles, and the roles are associated with permissions. This paper presents a novel mechanism for modelling workflow execution in cluster-based resource pools under Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) schemes. Our modelling approach uses Coloured Timed Petri-Nets, and various authorisation constraints are modelled, including role constraints, temporal constraints, cardinality constraints, Binding of Duty and Separation of Duty constraints, etc. The interactions between workflow authorisation and workflow execution are also captured in the model. In this paper, the modelling mechanism is developed in such a fashion that the construction of the authorisation model for a workflow can be automated. This feature is very helpful in modelling a large collection of authorisation policies or complex workflows. A Petri-net simulation tool, the CPN-Tool, is utilised to implement the developed modelling mechanism and simulate the constructed model. Both system-level performance (e.g., utilisation of resource pools) and application-level performance (e.g., workflow response time) can be obtained from model simulations. This work can be used to plan system capacity and investigate the impact of authorization policies on system and application performance.
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I remember being amazed at the advertisement displays when I first moved to Stuttgart. Around the city are what appear to be normal posters, but they change every minute or so to another advertisement. With these displays in mind I have imagined what a school bulletin board would look like in the future. I imagine walking down the school hallway and seeing digital boards displaying students' multimedia projects. Comments are also displayed. A built-in webcam and microphone allow comments to be made by all those passing by. Captchas keep and other settings ensure that comments are safe. Touch technology allows the bulletin boards to be very interactive. No need to waste paper or have to throw away student work. This is my favorite part of the digital revolution. I can keep student work for years as reminders of teachable moments or creativity at work. So many projects lugged home each year and how many of us can keep every poster, science fair project, drawing, story, and so forth. So much work left behind by students, teachers, and parents.
We no longer have to discard student work.
Instead, with digital cameras, smart phones, and Web 2.0 tools we have the ability to save all work. Students can remember some of their best work and build on it year after year. These can be part of a portfolio and important for reflection. Parents can have a permanent record of their child's creativity and growth.
Before the Digital Revolution & Web 2.0
Before the emergence of digital technologies, we took Polaroid shots, developed film, or used camcorders. I never enjoyed taking pictures, because many times I would ruin the film. Unfortunately, there are countless moments I have lost this way. Now, that rarely happens. It's so simple to capture video and photographs with my Iphone. I can even edit my film and images on the Iphone. Additionally, I have a digital camera if I want better looking pictures. Instead of the PowerPoint slideshows I used to make of my students, I now have access to several web 2.0 tools. One of my long-term goals is to encourage my students to capture their special moments and keep their work for an ongoing portfolio.
Reflection is powerful. Sometimes, we forget and we need the reminder of fun times with friends or family. Sometimes, we just need to reflect on when we made a difference in our student's lives. With Web 2.0 tools and digital technologies we can easily capture moments to reflect upon.
Top 4 Sites
These are favorites from the edtech community, therefore, I am giving a brief description and helpful links to facilitate using these tools more effectively in the classroom. I have also included the links to the free educator accounts for each of these sites.
- Animoto– Make videos with creative common images and audio. Upload your own images, video clips, and audios.
- My Animoto holiday greeting
- The Animoto Challenge– various activities from the Box of Tricks blog.
- VoiceThread– Integrate slides, drawings, videos, and images. People can leave comments in a variety of formats. See these resources for examples.
- Getting Children Involved with Edtech
- 17 Ways to Use VoiceThread in the Classroom
- Voicethread 4 Education wiki– Find schools to partner with for your Voicethread projects.
- Glogster– An interactive and multimedia poster.
- My glog, The EFL Teacher's Kit for Surviving Young Learners
- Glogster wiki– lists resources, video tutorials, examples, and more
- Prezi-the alternative to PowerPoint. Create non-linear presentations with images, text, video, and cool transitions.
- Prezi as a Presentation Tool wiki– Lists several tips, resources, and examples. You will also find useful information in integrating Twitter and other tools with Prezi.
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Here are some fantastic free tools in case you happen to want to create various types of multimedia videos or presentations to capture moments with your students.
- Empressr-Upload video, images and audio to create cool slideshows with impressive effects. Use the charting and table tools, import images from Flickr, embed your presentation on your blog, and create a backchannel with Twitter during your presentation.
- SlideRocket– Store your slide presentations online and integrate audio, images, and video. You can also collaborate with peers on presentations and create presentations online. Embed this on your blog, publish to a url, or conduct a webinar. A content library is available.
- Masher– Create a video by mixing video clips, music tracks, and images. These can be from your own library or choose from a huge library of audio, video, and music content, which are free to use. Easily embed it in your blog.
- Video Thang– You have to download this but it supports various platforms. This video editing software takes your uploaded video clips, photos, and music and allows you do to add cool transitions, text, and effects. Moreover, you can do close-ups, which I haven't seen in other video editing tools. You can then upload your video to Youtube or embed it.
- JayCut– This exciting video editor launches the full features in February. However, this is really impressive online video editor that you can play with here. Online you can upload images, audio, and video clips. Add transitions, effects, and more. Easily collaborate with others on the same video. You can also edit videos on your smartphone.
- Vuvox-Choose from 3 different types of effective presentations- express, collage, or studio. Upload your own video clips, photos, and music and add incredible effects. You can embed this in your blog.
- Stupeflix-Mix images, videos, and soundtracks. Add titles, transitions, and themes. There is no library of free music but you can easily embed it. See this great example.
- Capzles-make an impressive presentation with your videos, images, and music. Moreover, blog about the experience which goes on a horizontal timeline.
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Washoe Valley and the English House of Lords
This started out as a story of a prominent Washoe Valley resident of days gone by but it also ended up as a tale of historical research. I was rummaging the local papers of 1933-1970 and came with a variety of contradictory snippets of information. Very frustrating and I wondered if the story I was going to present would even be accurate. Then I happened to find a relevant article in the Oakland Tribune of California which wrote up the whole affair entertainingly and succinctly. What a relief. It also illustrated how different the reporting quality was between Reno and "the big city". So, I will pretty much quote that article with some info brought in from other sources.
Oakland Tribune, Tuesday, November 14, 1933.
Earl To Seek U.S. Citizenship
Nephew of Duke of Wellington, Who Wed Night Club Girl, Will Live Near Reno
By James F. Wickizer
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Christian Arthrur Wellesley, Fourth Earl of Cowley, who married a Reno nightclub hat-check girl last June, plans to give up his seat in the House of Lords and settle down to a pastoral life on a Washoe Valley ranch, he said today. Lord Cowley, grandnephew of the original Duke of Wellington revealed he had made application for American citizenship and had a purchased the Lakeview Ranch, a section of land 25 miles south of here in Washoe Valley.
"My wife and the life of the West mean more to me than titles". said Cowley, who wears blazing red-and-green plaid shirts and chaps after the fashion of the Hollywood cowboy at his ranch.
Cowley's marriage to Mary Elsie Himes, beautiful brunette hat-check girl of "The Cedars" Reno nightclub, startled two continents.
Wed Check Girl After Divorcing Lady Cowley
He married Mrs. Himes the day following his divorce from Lady Mae Josephine Cowley, known the London stage as Mary Picard. The divorce was granted on the grounds he and Lady Cowley, whom he married in New York City in 1914, had lived apart for five years. A settlement of $18,000 per year was made on Lady Cowley and their three children.
The new Lady Cowley is a native of Reno. She was born on the old May ranch.
She divorced Joseph T. Himes of Oakland, Cal. here on June 8, after she testified Himes made her mow the family lawn, build the fires, and left her sitting in the family automobile while he attended baseball games. (the charge was mental cruelty-ed).
Her 7-year-old son, George Hadley Himes, is living with the Earl of Cowley, who said he may adopt the boy.
Predicts happiness on Little Ranch
"We shall be immensely happy on our little ranch." Lord Cowley said. "We shall have sufficient pasture for my horses, raise a little hay and settle down being happy living a simple life."
Cowley's Lakeview ranch is one of the most picturesque places in Nevada. It is situated on a rolling ill which overlooks Washoe Valley to the north where the half-million-dollar stone mansion built in 1861 by Sandy Bowers and Eilley Orrum, first "King and Queen of the Comstock," now is transformed into a beer garden.
To the south is the sleepy town of Carson City, Nevada's State Capital. Virginia City, the "billion dollar city" on the Comstock Lode, lies to the east.
In a clapboard ranch house of eight rooms Lord and Lady Cowley expect to spend the remainder of their days, Cowley said. (end of article)
The House of Lords is the upper house of Parliament in the United Kingdom and was once only made up of the upper class who inherited their seats. These inheritances were the result of titles given as "Kingly Favors" stretching back to the Middle Ages. Lord Cowley who evidently rejected the privileged but stiff lifestyle we see in the TV show, Downton Abbey, came to America in 1925 and pursued an artist's life on the stage.
Lord Cowley insisted on being known as Christian "Bill" Wellesley when he lived in Washoe Valley. As outlined in the above article, he came to Reno for his divorce for unlike nearly everywhere else, Nevada had just instituted "quickie" divorces by only requiring a six-week residency. This created a divorce industry in Western Nevada employing lawyers, entertainers and funding many dude ranches in the area where wealthy divorce seekers could live their western fantasies. There were several in Washoe Valley.
Despite the unusual and scandalous circumstances of their union, The Wellesley's apparently really did live happily ever after in Washoe Valley. They were married in the home of his divorce attorney and her immediate family were the only other guests. They had two sons and they both attended the one-room school house in Franktown on the west side of the valley. In fact, over the years, more than a few children from notable domestic and foreign families attended the school as their parents waited for their divorces to finalize.
Christian's daughter, Lady Patricia Wellesley, visited in 1938 and made numerous friends in Reno and Carson during her visit of a year. In September, 1944, the Wellesley's received news she was killed in London. It may have been the result of a robot bomb. She was 28 and a member of the WRENS the British equivalent of the WAVES.
Christian passed away here in 1962 and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Reno. The Lakeview Ranch was purchased by the father of future governor Bob List. I have not had time to research the precise location of the 700 acre ranch but it may have included the Lakeview subdivision north to Franktown Road, west of Highway 395. It was modeled on the English style of self sufficiency with it's own blacksmith, carpentry and butchery shops. Along with cattle, Mr Wellesley raised prized race horses.
Even though he insisted on living as a "commoner" (but a wealthy one) he did do a couple of interviews for the local papers. In 1936, he gave his opinion of the controversy that rocked the world- King George's decision to abdicate the throne of England and marry Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American socialite. "The day of Kings marrying Princesses and nobility marrying nobility is gone forever-as well it should be". In another article, this one in 1936, the Earl is asked to contribute to the Nevada State Journal's feature, "One Sound State". The title was, "Why I Chose Nevada". It deserves it's own article at a later date.
The Lord and Lady's son, Garrett, excelled in school, college and corporate America and later moved to England to take part in his aristocratic connections. Christian's first son from his first marriage became the 5th Earl of Cowley but due to life events, Wellesley's Washoe Valley born son, Garrett, despite being an American and a "cowboy from Nevada" eventually assumed the title and his seat on the House of Lords. His mother, Elsie, the "Dowager Countess Cowley", and his brother Tim continued to live in Western Nevada amongst the commoners. The Dowager Countess joined William at Mountain View cemetery in 2003 to spend eternity together in their beloved Nevada.
The Wellesley's have made a complete circle and are now firmly back in England. Now, Garret's son will inherit the title and his son. but now they are fortified with Nevada blood.
We can really be proud of our wonderful valley and those it inspired over the years. We have a history and heritage that most places can't match.
Editors note: Additional information was obtained by contemporary articles in the Nevada State Journal and Reno Evening Gazette and an article by J. D. Deming, Reno born nephew of the Dowager Countess who's article appeared on the Nevada Journal website.


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Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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Irwin, PA, United States
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Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Pittsburgh Athletic Association4215 5th Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Pittsburgh, PA 15201
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Girasole Restaurant733 Copeland St
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
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Pittsburgh, PA 15291, United States
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Pittsburgh, PA 15201
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The Panthers also left without developing any sense of rhythm in their passing game. Hunter Cantwell (6-of-9 for 36 yards) and Tony Pike (10-of-18 for 44 yards) led a passing attack that finished with only 51 net yards. Carolina yielded nearly as many sacks (four) as it picked up first downs through the air (five).
Cantwell and Pike, competing for the No. 3 quarterback position, didn't get much help from their receivers. Rookie David Gettis led the uninspiring group with a modest two catches and 15 yards.
QB Hunter Cantwell and RB Mike Goodson
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The Steelers finished with just 273 yards of total offense despite winning time of possession. A big reason for this was Carolina's third-down defense, which allowed Pittsburgh to convert just 2-of-12 opportunities (16 percent).
The special teams handled all the scoring once again, with John Kasay's 51-yard field goal in the fourth quarter accounting for all of Carolina's points. He did, however, miss a kick earlier from that same distance.
The good news for Jeff Rodgers' units was that Armanti Edwards fought his way back into the mix at punt returner, bringing back his lone attempt 17 yards.
With final auditions now over, Carolina has until Saturday to reduce its roster to 53 players. Eight days later, the Panthers' 2010 season gets underway as they help the New York Giants open New Meadowlands Stadium.
Cat Quicks
The Panthers reported three injuries after the game: OG Duke Robinson (knee), LB Jordan Senn (ankle) and TE Jamie Petrowski (head). All three will be further evaluated this week.
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Courses for the Psychology Major
The psychology department supports the mission of the College to transform students' hearts, minds, and lives as it engages them in the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Students develop a broad based appreciation for the multiple perspectives currently active in the discipline, develop the intellectual ability to evaluate the potential of psychological constructs to inform real life decisions, and prepare to pursue graduate study if they so choose. We enable students to pursue their vocational calling through the behavioral sciences.
Course Descriptions
PSY 1013 Introduction to Psychology
An introduction to psychology as a scientific and applied discipline including the findings, concepts, theories, methods, and applications of psychology. This course is a prerequisite to all following psychology courses.
PSY 2023 Health Psychology (Same as HEA 2023)
This course will examine cognitive, behavioral, and biological approaches to health psychology. (On Demand)
PSY 2033 Positive Psychology
This course will provide an introduction to positive psychology. Happiness, or subjective well-being, will be studied along with the strengths and virtues that allow individuals and communities to thrive. A strong experimental component in this class will facilitate students' understanding of concepts related to well-bring such as gratitude, forgiveness and service to others. Students will be challenged to consider the Christian perspective on happiness and ways their personal faith impacts their subjective well-being. (Odd Fall)
PSY 2043 Child and Adolescent Development
This course includes the study of growth and development from birth through adolescence. Methods of studying child development are examined and theoretical approaches used in the field are explained. There is attention to genetic and prenatal development with most of the course focusing on physical, cognitive, and social and personality development during infancy, early childhood, middle childhood and adolescence. (Spring)
PSY 2053 Marriage and Family (Same as SOC 3013)
This course is a broad based study of the family that specifically focuses on contemporary shifts in the modern American family structure. Significant attention is paid to social historical context, cultural diversity, and economic conditions that bear on family life. The emotional and behavioral aspects of marriage and family life such as love, communication, and conflict are considered, and problems including intimate violence, child abuse, poverty, separation, and divorce are explored. The decision to have children is discussed as is the experience of parenthood including roles and relationships of parent and children. (Spring)
PSY 2063 Adulthood and Aging (Same as SOC 3113)
This is a comprehensive course investigating the social dimensions of aging and its links to historical, demographic and cross-cultural patterns. Current theories of aging are studied, as well as crucial issues impinging on the daily lives of older adults. (Odd Fall)
PSY 3013 Social Research Methods - Traditional Program (same as CRJ/ SOC 3013)
This course serves as an introduction to the concepts and methods associated with the practice of modern social inquiry. Concepts addressed include but are not limited to sampling, construct operationalization, research design, data collection, methods of analysis, and the dissemination of results. Also discussed are such enduring issues as reliability, validity, and research ethics. Prerequisite: PSY/SOC 1013 and Co-requisite or Prerequisite: MAT 2023. (Fall)
PSY 3033 Theories of Personality
This course is an introduction to the organization and structure of personality. Personality is defined and methods of assessing and studying it are considered. Major theories of personality are investigated. The major theories are used to explore issues including love, hate, gender, culture, religion, stress, adjustment, and health. Students are challenged to apply theories to the personality of a specific historical figure. (Odd Spring)
PSY 3043 Abnormal Psychology (Same as CRJ 3043)
This course is an introduction to the study of psychopathology. The difficulty of determining whether specific behaviors should be considered abnormal is examined. A history of views about abnormal behavior is discussed as is current thinking on the subject. Models used for explaining abnormal behavior are described and issues related to diagnosis and assessment of psychological disorders are given attention. The primary emphasis of the course is the study of categories of mental disorders and their symptoms as well as possible causes and recommended treatments for specific disorders. Prerequisites: JR Standing. (Fall)
PSY 3053 Biological Psychology
This course is a study of how biological processes, especially activity in the brain and nervous system, relate to behavior. (Odd Fall)
PSY 3073 Psychology of Religion
This course will apply the predominant constructs and methods of inquiry associated with the science of psychology to the domain broadly considered as religion. Students will investigate the varied ways in which an individual's faith system influences their behavior and mental processes. Positions on religion by major theorist in the discipline will be considered and evaluated. Prerequisite: PSY 1013 (Even Fall)
PSY 3083 Social Psychology (Same as SOC 3083)
This course is a study of behavior in social contexts, including interpersonal attraction, group dynamics, leadership, conformity, and a host of additional social psychology constructs and theories. It is the intent of this course to introduce you to those variables and relationships that describe and even predict human behavior as influenced by the presence of others. (Spring)
PSY 3093 Social Research Methods for the inSPIRE Program Only (same as CRJ/HSE/SOC 3093)
It is the intent of this course to introduce you to the tools and techniques of inquiry in the social sciences. During the term you will be exposed to the vocabulary, the generally accepted yet varied methods, and the potential sources of error associated with the investigation of social phenomena. We will discuss the constructs of sampling, measurement, research design, and data analysis as well as the very important process of forming a meaningful and rigorous research question. Such constructs as reliability, validity, error, etc. will be defined and made useful in the minds and actions of thoughtful scientists and citizens.
PSY 3133 Minority Issues in Psychology for the inSPIRE Program Only
This course provides students the opportunity to investigate characteristics of minority issues. It is a broad introduction to the field of race relations in America. Course work includes theoretical perspectives in intergroup relations and social psychological elements present in minority-majority interactions. The social history of selected minority group experiences in the United States will be studied, along with current issues in American race relations.
PSY 3143 Psychology of Criminal Behavior (same as CRJ/HSE 3143)
This course will provide the student with psychological and psychosocial explanations of crime. Students will explore specific psychological aspects that contribute to criminal and deviant behavior such as personality disorders, impulse control disorders, developmental disorders, and substance abuse disorders. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: CRJ 2013 or CRJ 2203.
PSY 3153 Psychology of Leadership
This course addresses the major theories of leadership from the perspective of the discipline, psychology. Emphasis will be placed on developing an appreciation as well as a working knowledge of contemporary leadership theories and in the broadening of this knowledge through the juxtaposition of psychological principles such as social influence, personality, and group dynamics. (Odd Spring)
PSY 3413 Human Sexuality (Same as HEA 3413)
This course is a study of the biological, social, and personal aspects of human sexual identity and behavior. (Fall)
PSY 3501, 3502, 3503 Directed Study in Psychology
This is a specialized course of study for qualified students. Prerequisites: JR standing, and instructor's approval.
PSY 3523 Stress Management (same as HEA 3523)
This course examines the physiological, psychological, and interpersonal effects of stress. A variety of healthful coping mechanisms are identified with emphasis placed on students' developing effective personal coping strategies. (Fall)
PSY 4013 Tests and Measurements
This course provides the student of behavioral sciences with a basic foundation in the components of psychological assessment. The course addresses basic psychological assessment concepts and develops an awareness of the variety of assessment instruments that are available. Students become familiar with the components of the assessment of personality and cognitive ability and discuss the professional and ethical standards and social issues in assessment. Prerequisites: PSY/SOC 3013. (Even Fall)
PSY 4033 Learning and Cognition
This course will provide a broad yet detailed study of the learning process, learning theory in its historical perspective, and will develop skills in the application of learning theory to current issues. This study is augmented by integrating learning theory with multiple constructs found in cognitive psychology including judgment, memory, perception, attention, categorization, and problem solving. JR standing. (Even Fall)
PSY 4043 History and Systems
This course is a study of the historical development and contemporary status of psychology. Prerequisites: JR standing. (Even Spring)
PSY 4053 Counseling and Psychotherapy
This course is an overview of the major theories of counseling as well as practical techniques and information for the counselor-in-training. Personal attributes of counselors are considered as are important theoretical issues. As each theoretical approach is discussed, its strengths and limitations are identified in general and as they relate to multicultural situations. Students in this class are expected to become knowledgeable about the various theoretical approaches and begin to apply them to a hypothetical client. Prerequisites: PSY 3043 and JR standing. (Odd Spring)
PSY 4063 Group Dynamics
This class is a study of the history, processes, and dynamics involved in groups. It will review the theories of group intervention, the stages of group development, the necessary group leadership skills, and the process of leading groups for special populations. Ethical issues in group counseling will be emphasized and the application of group counseling approaches in school and multicultural contexts will be considered. (Even Fall)
PSY 4071, 4072, 4073 Psychology Vocations Internship
See criteria for internships on p. 145. Prerequisites: SR standing and instructor's approval.
PSY 4083 Multicultural Counseling
This course will examine the role of culture in our lives and in the counseling relationship. Students will come to understand how their culture affects them and their attitude toward others. Individuals and families from other ethnic and social groups will be better understood based on students' study of their cultures. (Even Fall)
PSY 4093 Advanced Research Methods
This course applies the methods and constructs learned in PSY/CRJ/SOC 3013 as the student designs, constructs, and presents a significant social research project. Students will present their findings at the end of the semester to the college community and may submit their work for consideration by appropriate professional associations. Prerequisite: PSY 3013; Co-requisite: MAT 3403. (Spring)
PSY 4201, 4202, 4203 Academic Internship
Students selected for this internship will assist course instructors through tutoring, showing videos, conducting study sessions, researching course materials, proctoring tests, grading objective sections of survey exams, and teaching at least one class in a survey course during the semester. The selected students participating in this internship will acquire some practical experience in higher education.
PSY 4501, 4502, 4503 Special Topics in Psychology
A subject of special interest may be selected; may be repeated for credit with different topic. Prerequisites: PSY 3013, JR standing, and instructor's approval.
PSY 4603 Senior Seminar
This is the capstone course for Psychology majors taken during the senior year. Students review their personal development, investigate the interface between religion and science, and articulate their personal understanding of the integration of their faith and the discipline of psychology. (Spring)


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Robyn Little Davis is put in a police car after being found guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday. (Taylor Prejean / American Press).
Last Modified: Friday, May 11, 2012 5:16 PM
By Taylor Prejean / American Press
Jurors in the second-degree murder trial of Robyn Little Davis and Carol Noland Saltzman on Thursday found the two women guilty of second-degree murder after three hours of deliberation.
Davis and Saltzman, who were out on bond, were taken into custody following the verdict. Second-degree murder carries a mandatory penalty of life in prison without parole.
Judge David Ritchie said they will be sentenced on June 22.
Before closing arguments began Thursday, the defendants moved to have the responsive verdicts removed from the verdict sheet.
Jurors normally have the option to convict a defendant on the original charge, or any number of lesser offenses, called responsive verdicts.
Responsive verdicts for second-degree murder include manslaughter and negligent homicide.
Ritchie asked the defendants if they understand that jurors sometimes convict defendants on a lesser offense, which could carry a shorter sentence. Manslaughter carries a maximum of 40 years in prison, and negligent homicide carries a maximum of five years in prison.
Both defendants told Judge David Ritchie that they wanted the lesser offenses removed from the verdict sheet.
Prosecutor Rick Bryant said that even though the case was circumstantial, the evidence clearly showed that Davis and Saltzman are responsible for murdering Davis' husband, Brian on June 29, 2009.
Bryant said that while the amount of evidence presented to jurors in the case was "overwhelming", each fact was a piece of the puzzle.
He said three factors -- Brian Davis' extra-marital affairs, money and insurance policies -- could have been motives for murder.
Testimony revealed that Brian Davis had been seeing other women during the time he was with Robyn.
Bryant also said that Robyn Davis had been fired from her job for a few months, but continued to make large expenditures in the months leading up to Brian's death. Financial records offered during trial showed the Davis bank accounts were overdrawn, but they continued to make large withdrawals at video poker establishments, Bryant said.
He said the nearly $645,000 in life insurance policies on Brian Davis also could have provided a motive, since Robyn was the beneficiary of each one. He said Robyn Davis only told police about two of the four policies on Brian, even though she filed a claim on one of the larger policies the day before her police interview.
"Look at these as reasons a person would want to hurt someone else," he said.
Bryant also pointed out inconsistencies in the women's video-taped statements, portions of which he played for jurors during closings.
He said the defendants' cell phone records show that not only did they lie about their whereabouts in those statements, but they were in the vicinity of the murder scene around the time Brian was killed.
At the end of his argument, Bryant encouraged jurors to consider all the circumstantial evidence and use their common sense to reach a verdict.
"Carol Saltzman is Robyn Davis' alibi, and Robyn Davis is Carol Saltzman's alibi," Bryant said. "Two women, one plan."
Robyn Davis' defense attorney Glen Vamvoras told jurors that the state's case was "lacking in substance" and was not sufficient to justify a conviction.
"No one should be casting judgment based on this investigation," Vamvoras said.
He said crime scene investigators polluted the scene by mishandling evidence.
Brian Davis was found shot to death on July 1, 2009, on Wagon Wheel Lane. Davis' body was about 30 yards from his vehicle, which was jacked up with the spare tire next to the front tire.
Vamvoras said crime scene photographs show footprints surrounding the Davis' car, and the scene looked like a "track meet".
Investigators found "nothing that points the criminal finger at these two women" at the scene, he said.
He said no murder weapon was ever recovered, and no valuable physical evidence was collected at the scene.
Prosecutors hung their hats on the testimony of their cell site analysis expert, but such records should not be used to try to pinpoint a cell phone user's specific location, Vamvoras said. He said FBI Special Agent William Shute's report "was replete with bias and distortion."
Shute told jurors Monday that he received the basic facts of the case along with the cellphone records which he used to generate his report. He claimed that he could place Davis within one-half to five miles of the crime scene during the time investigators believe Brian was murdered.
Vamvoras pointed out that defense communications expert John Minor said historical cell site analysis is not accurate enough to place a person in a specific location.
Vamvoras also attacked lead detective, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputy Brent Young, for lying in a report and failing to follow up on a Crime Stoppers call.
He said there could be many other explanations for what happened to Brian, including a robbery gone wrong. Since the case was based only on circumstantial evidence, prosecutors had to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt and exclude every other reasonable hypothesis of innocence. Vamvoras said the state failed to meet the high burden.
Shane Hinch, counsel for Saltzman, also attacked Shute's report claiming that he made the report accommodate the state's theory of the case.
"He used his conclusions to justify the data, not the data to justify his conclusions," Hinch said.
Hinch also criticized law enforcement for failing to "exhaust every avenue" in the investigation and "zeroing in" on Davis and Saltzman. He said Young should have pursued the Crime Stoppers call to at least see if the caller had any valuable information about the case.
The caller testified on Wednesday, and said he noticed a red truck parked down Wagon Wheel Lane the day before Davis was found dead. He said detectives never contacted him to follow up on the call.
Hinch said the state never showed any reason why Saltzman would have motive to kill Davis, other than being Robyn Davis' friend.
Posted By: Justine Elizabeth Kessner On: 12/12/2016
Title: Guilty!!!
The phone records, she was losing her house, then Bryan wanted to bye a BOAT, they did not have the money, and I think it was the last strew!! He cheated, they were broke, and now he wants help seal the deal with a major purchase!!!! Think about that, she's very much into her image, so if she lost her wonderful life, then she would have to lose her "standing", and that made her do that, selfish killing!!!! Sissy, is not educated, so she was easy to manipulated, I feel for Sissy, and am very mad at Robyn for doing that to Sissy!!!!!
Posted By: Reagan R On: 12/5/2015
Title: They're not guilty
This is crazy that they were convicted!! That DA should be fired!!
Posted By: Shm207 On: 9/14/2015
Title: Watch id episode
After watching the id episode its easy to see the true nature of these women. It just makes me think any and all facts(proven), should be evidence in a trial. To many cases jurrors are not allowed to hear facts because of some loop hole that is used to have fact thrown out. When peoples freedom is on the line, or the publics safety, any fact should be heard by jury. System needs overhaul.
Posted By: Latonia Parker On: 5/3/2015
Just watched this on ID and these ladies were scandalous.
Posted By: RoxanneC On: 1/7/2015
Title: Justice for Friends
I pray God bring justice for these 2 women... I feel there are too many people in the world today, that are quick to misjudge people they dont know. I applaud the 1 juror, that understood what her job was, as a juror, & seemed to be the only 1, that understood "Beyond Reasonable Doubt"...It"s 2015, with technology today, police should have been able, to find real physical evidence against these women, IF they were guilty, along with investigating, all avenues, not lose evidence, especially, when 2 peoples lives are on the line. I hope all the other jurors can stomach their decision, We none, know where life path can take us, It could have easily been 1 of them that was being judged, by others with Not enough evidence...We all think it could'nt happen to us?? I'd wager, Robin & Sissy did'nt either. I saw 1 juror that said they showed "No Emotion" during trial??? It was 3 years after the fact, I'm sure they'd already mourned by then, and were in a fight for their life!! Did she see them, a month after being convicted, life behind bars??? They could still smile. Maybe like all of us, we dont show remourse for somethin we didnt do!!
Posted By: Esther On: 11/7/2014
Title: No enough evidence for arrest either
Even if these women could have fabricated this, they are not smart enough to leave absolutely no physical evidence. Investigators didn't even question the husband of the victims mistress. They lost or tampered with evidence and they didnt even considered all the facts. They just wanted to close the case. This should have been a mistrial . People with common sense would've offered these women a polygraph. They got no fair chance from the beginning . I know these women are completely innocent. God help them overturn their convictions so that the police dept. could do their jobs and look for whoever really did this.
Posted By: S.Janis On: 10/20/2014
Title: cell phone education
I really am glad I wasn't a Juror for this case because If I'm frustrated now
With the only hard evidence being a close cell phone ping then as a Juror
I would have screamed out questions! Like can a cell phone tower be to
Overloaded and force a ping miles n miles away? I know my cell phone
Never has consistent bars of strength.! Beyond a reasonable doubt.
It seems they should be cleared!
Posted By: Brittany On: 8/11/2014
Title: REALLY...?
Posted By: marie On: 9/19/2013
Title: Justice for all!
Guilty as charged! 48 Hours did not present all the evidence given at the trial and was very misleading. These two women plotted and killed an innocent man with children. One who was waitng on daddy to come home that night.
They should have been charged with first-degree murder!
Posted By: Linda Jungblut On: 8/20/2013
Title: miscarriage of justice
If these two women can be found guilty then none of us are safe in this country...i honestly can't believe they even brought this case to trial based on the so-called evidence they had & better yet that 11 people found them guilty...any other state and this would have been a mis-trial...i pray that their lawyers don't their case & get them freed on an appeal!#
Posted By: Claudette mitchell On: 8/20/2013
Title: Questionable
Dear Lord if these two ladies r guilty then they r where they need to b n justice was served, but Lord, if they r innocent of this crime as only u and them and the victim are the only ones that know the truth, then Lord I pray u let their attorneys find the evidence they need to get a judge to set these ladies free n return them bk to their families!! As we all know dear God, you don't want to see ur ppl hurting and I trust ur will b done!! In ur sweet son Jesus' name
Posted By: Ron barker On: 8/11/2013
Title: Guilty as charged
The circumstantial evidence in this case is overwhelming . Actions speak louder than words. These killers can deny all they want but they are greedy ,evil, and ignorant and belong in prison for life.
Posted By: Kevin Flynn On: 8/8/2013
Title: If I were god....
Let's say I were God and I was the sole witness to what happened that day. Let's even say I saw them do it.
These two women, unfortunately should have walked. The city FAILED to do any job at all and the jury clearly was either misled or filled with slanted jurors. Either way this is an atrocity. Even if you "know" they are guilty, you have to PROVE them guilty. If we do not abide by this strict IMMOVABLE code, there is no point to the justice system and it will wrongfully convict as long as shit like this can fly.
Posted By: Derek On: 7/8/2013
Title: Conviction
I believe without a doubt these two women are responsible for the killing....WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!
Posted By: Kim Burgamy On: 7/7/2013
I just watched 48 hours where this story was featured. These ladies convictions are a crock of crap! There was no hard core evidence to substantiate these convictions! The police never truly considered anybody else. They failed to follow up other leads AND they lost video evidence that could have proved their innocence. This is a shameful miscarriage of justice directed by keystone cops, a stupid judge and idiot jurors! These ladies should be freed and the above mentioned people locked up!
Posted By: Justice Done On: 7/7/2013
Robyn Davis and Sissy Saltzman are a couple of middle aged hags who thought they could get away with murder by hiding behind their personas. Glad they're rotting in prison.
Posted By: Stacey M On: 6/8/2013
Title: Cell phone data hoax
Huge miscarriage of justice. Jurors are incapable of understanding their responsibilities. Didn't even approach "beyond a reasonable doubt". That cell phone info has been proven to be a hoax, they will be released because they DIDN'T DO IT. People we have to stand up to law enforcement officials and make them PROVE these cases. Don't be a lazy juror. It may be you or your child or your best friend next time.
Posted By: Keisha On: 6/8/2013
I don't believe these women did this and the police don't care at all. The police set there sites on them and didn't want to look at anyone else. There are lots of other people that were far more likely to have done this. The lead detective lied,they used junk "science" on the cell phone towers and they also contaminated the crime scene,"lost" a video tape that could have proven who went down that road that day. That doesn't seem like police that wanted to find the truth,that sounds like police that wanted to set-up two innocent women for a quickly closed police investigation.
Posted By: R Reid On: 6/8/2013
Title: unbelievable
This is a horrible injustice! Jurors say the defendants didn't show emotion. Defendants are told to not show emotion in court. Also, after three years after the crime, a loved one has bereaved, and suffered FOR three years before the trail!! it is not as shocking to them to cry and carry on as when their loved one died. They are now trying to save their own life.
This is just awful that the jury convicted these two ladies based on prosecutions evidence.
Common sense, "BEYIND A REASONABLE DOUBT people" (Jonathan A ^^^) I agree. WTF??
I am praying they are granted an appeal.
Posted By: lauraann On: 6/3/2013
Title: omg
Can't believe these two ladies were convicted on this evidence, jurors are so stupid
Posted By: rene arias On: 6/3/2013
Title: need more of this story
Girls had to of done it right? They're caught on lies n traded cars and the guy was found as if he was doin sexual act qhile having a flat? Girls had to of done too much. Plus no emotion?
Posted By: Terri On: 6/3/2013
Title: Friends for Life
I just read the article and watch the 48 hours episode and I still don't believe they did it.
Posted By: Rafer J On: 6/2/2013
Title: Amen brother
A lot of smoke, but they didn't prove a fire
Posted By: Jonathan A On: 4/13/2013
Title: wow wtf?
I can't say these two didn't kill Bryan but the jury didn't do their job.BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT people.


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Hammer and dolly
On my '49 Chevy truck I have dents and dings I need to bang out on the fenders. I bought a hammer and dolly fit from Harbor Freight, Now what?? Do I take the hammer and start banging the heck out of it? How do I use the hammer and dolly together to form the steel the way I want it?

Help me out HK! I bet you know the proper way to hammer out dents to were you just have to use a small amount of filler.

The dolly is used on the underside of the dent. You just hit the dent up. What you have to do is get the feeling of the hammer and dolly meeting. I learned how to do this years ago. It will sound like a drummer hitting the drum to a beat. The best thing is to use what they call a slapper with the dolly. It looks like a file bent in a S shape. When you use the 2 together the dent is Almost all taken out. Pratice and you will get it. Hope this helps ED
Thanks! So the dolly goes on the side were the dent sticks out?? Say the fender is dented in I place the dolly on the underside of the fender? That seems backwards to me. I have seen the slappers. I have one fender that has a long crease down the side. I have been putting the dolly on the indented part an trying to hammer the dent back into the dolly. Is this why I havent had much luck?

Maverick, the dolly is used as a back up tool for the hammering process. The dolly can be used to raise low areas or the hammer can be used to raise low areas or lower high spots. Once the metal is level or if any high areas remain the dolly can be placed on the back side of the panel then using the hammer lower the high areas.
The hammer and dolly process can be done 2 different ways.
Hammering-on-dolly, dolly beneath the area where the hammer is hitting the metal.
Hammering-off-dolly, dolly to the side of where the hammer is hitting the metal.
Be careful not to stretch the metal.
Always remember to keep checking the metal for straightness, rubbing the damaged area with you're hand flat across the panel. Also use a rag to between your hand and the metal so as not to cause rust from the moisture in you're skin.
Its all about practice, if possible use an old panel to practice on before you get started.
Good luck!
Thanks! I havent been messing with it much just need to keep working with it. Thanks for your help!
Maverick; I congratulate you on wanting to learn these skills yourself. You will always have dozens of people tell you that you can't do it yourself which is ridiculous. The people who know how to do it learned so why can't you. I recommend HIGHLY that you buy a couple of Ron Covell's how to tapes on metal finishing. He is a master and his tapes make it very understandable. I learned how to smooth, stretch and shrink metal from his tapes and I think I am adequately funcitional to handle most dents and dings. I too have the Harbor Freight set (for 15 years) plus a couple of other dollies I have picked up over the years and they work fine. You don't need a whole tool box of body tools to do a respectable job.
I had the same body work to do on my '53 Chevy pickup and the compound curves on those fenders is a great place to learn metal finishing techniques. Compound curves are MUCH easier to work on than flat panels.
In general, you use the hammer to gently pound down high spots. The dollie is held behind the pannel and can be used in several ways. First it can be used like a hammer to beat a dent out from the back side. Second if you hald the dollie on a low spot and pound on a high spot with the hammer (this is called 'off dollie' metal finishing - the hammer is hitting metal not directly in contact with the dollie), the two will eventually level out without stretching the metal. Third, the dollie can be held directly under the spot that you are hammering which will squeeze the metal between the two and stretch it out.
Th other basic function you need to use is shrinking metal that has been streached. The common dent in an old fender that has been beat out using a ball peen hammer is a good example of metal that has been stretched. To shrink it, you heat a quarter sized spot red hot with a torch, lay the torch down. the red spot will have swelled and risen quite a bit from the level when it was cold. Now take your body hammer and tap around and on the red spot 'til it is level again with the surrounding metal, then quench it with a wet rag. This will greatly shrink the metal. You will need to learn where to apply the heat to get the shrinkage you need but it is not hard to do. Once the basic panel is back to near the proper size, us the dollie and hammer to massage it to the proper contour.
Get Ron Covell's tapes and this will all make sense.
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I appologize for the lack of responce. Been busy and only been able to pop on for a few minutes at a time. All these guys are correct and willy's gives great advice, get some of Covells videos, he also has a line of good tools, I have a set of his hammers I use for motocycle tanks specifically, but other things as well.
Thanks guys I have seen those tapes and plan on getting one. Your right Willy if they can learn it why cant I! Hell my Motto is "I can do anything!" It tends to get me into trouble more then anything. LOL. Great advise! Thanks!
I was born in trouble!
Maverick... I am by far not a professional but I did take over 30 dents out of my car using a hammer dolly and for the last two I was at home away from my buddies tools I just used a screwdriver and a hammer (came out nice too) the biggest thing about working with metal is anything you do.. if you do it lightly it can be undone... start by tapping lightly and then progessivly get harder hitting the surface until it goes to the right shape (sometimes it needs a good wack but you don't know till you tap it)
Also dollies can be used in many many ways... such as having it behind the metal you are hitting as suggested... or using it on the low spot as you hit the high one... you can do other things with it too... if a body line is dented in and you can't pull it out (with fingers, claw end of carpenters hammer etc) you can use the dolly from the back side hammer it and use the /\ shape on the dolly to push your body line back out (us the dolly... what i would suggest is play around... preferrably on extra metal left over... bash stuff in and then push it out...
That's a rather complicated question and there's no really short answer. Suffice it to say, you just don't bang the hell out of it--it creates much more work in the long run. I agree with the assessment of small ding = a little bit of body filler. There is a great little instructional book (originally produced in the 50's)on bumping techniques that's being sold by Eastwood for something like $8 (sorry don't recall the exact title right now--and I'm at work so I can't check). It explains the mechanics of dent removal with a hammer and dolly very well. the one line summary is swing from the wrist, not the shoulder and do so very quickly. Practice on a junk fender first or the reslut could be Big Ding = much body filler.
Better go back to town and pick up a book on autobody repair before you cause more damage than you already have. Advise from a guy who's done this stuff for over 30 years
All good responses. Most dents have stretched the metal; therefore, you likely need to shrink it, and you want to do a fair bit of hammer off dolly work before you grab the torch. You generally want to pick a dolly that has a contour that roughly matches the shape the panel should have. It acts like an anvil to form the metal over. You can pound the dolly on the dent from the back side to hit push it back out. By tapping on the high spots with the hammer you can tap them down. So long as the "high spot" is not flattened, and in contact with the dolly and the hammer at the same time, you can be shrinking. Once the panel is closely matching your dolly shape, or if you hit a low spot, you may pinch the panel between the slightly convex head of the hammer and the dolly, this causes stretching which is what you generally want to avoid. This is partly why the flatter panels are so much harder to straighten than the complex curves of your fenders. The complex curves are also better at hiding minor imperfections, provided they are smoothed out. Some sources describe knocking out dents as reversing the way they were created, and is a good way to think about the task. The tip about working out the bodylines is very important, and I would start with that aim. With your truck fenders, not having much of a line, I would try get the wheel openings correct before working too hard on the dents. Failing to get the bodylines out magnifies the amount of metal that seemingly needs to be shrunk. Straightening the body links can get rid of a lot of that metal and give you a better idea of what really needs to be shrunk. Slappers are great tools to use instead of the hammer because they spread you blow over a larger area, and are less likely to hit a low spot and stretch the metal. They also decrease the power of your hit by spreading it out, so you hit alone doesn't stretch the metal (as pounding with a ball peen would stretch the metal without pinching anything). Another good tool for shrinking the metal and works great on convex curves like your fenders is the amazing shrinking disk sold by sunchaser tools http://www.sunchasertools.com/ It's rather expensive if you are just doing a few dents, but it makes heating the high stretched spots easy, and you can then do hammer on dolly work forming the panel over your dolly with impunity, which is much easier than the hammer off dolly work. Using the shrinking disk, you basically pound the bodyline out, and work the dent up and out, then run the disc over the area like a flat board, which heats only the high areas, quench them, which shrinks the high spots. Then continue pounding up the low spots and repeat the use of the shrinking disk, and ultimately some sand paper on the body grinder. Using this method you can get many dents removed to the point no filler is needed. You can do a lot with the torch too, but I find this is easier to control and less likely to cause more work for yourself. It also makes working on the flatter panels much easier to get straight. Another good resource is http://www.metalshapers.org/ in particular the autobody restoration group.
And last and least. It is better to tap it 50 times lightly than to hit it hard once.
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Glock 30 all the way
This is a discussion on Predict which one within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; A very good friend of mine has just got a carry permit he used one of my glocks to take the course. Now he asked ...
A very good friend of mine has just got a carry permit he used one of my glocks to take the course.
Now he asked for my help in choosing his first gun for carry.
Here was my suggestions.
1. A 1911 full size 45acp
2. A sig sauer carry P220 45acp
3. A glock30 45 acp
He has experience with all of these cause he has been shooting mine.
These are the guns i usually carry.
Hmmm, I'd think he should decide for himself which is best for him, but a Glock, M&P, or XD would be fine in .45.
1911! I think most newer shooters lean towards them cuz of how shootable they are.
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women
You said he was a good friend so I can only assume you said GLOCK...
If he's paying any attention at all he'll choose the GLOCK 30. Depends on how succeptable he is to the influence of others.
NRA Life Member
With great power comes great responsibility.-Stan Lee
I have to go with Glock, for defensive purposes the simplicity of pull and shoot is a good thing under stress
"Some men, you just can't reach"
Be aware that the Glock 30 has some issues that usually turn out to be nothing but on occasion could be disastrous, such as the trigger bar being grooved after repeated firing which may cause the gun to go Tango Uniform. It's a small sample issue, but you should confirm that it has a recent production date as Glock is not the best company when it comes to CS and is the primary reason I chose the Ruger SP101 over the G30 and G36.
M&P.45 Compact 8+1, or full size hands 10+1 down. Once you shoot one you won't want another Block to uncomfortably hold.
it is very 1911 like. more so the full size.
here is the compact
NRA Certified Rifle/Pistol Instructor
Accuracy ALWAYS WINS! So carry what you can hit with.
If you find yourself in a fair fight your tactics stink.
Sig P220 or HK 45/45C.
"Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less".
General Robert E. Lee
From the choices listed I would say the G30. For my liking it was too wide. I would pick the smallest, narrowest firearm I could obtain.
I chose Sig P220, but I am a little biased. My reasoning for my choice was a full sized grip and the DA/SA trigger. I had 1911's before, but obviously did not practice enough with them to remember swiping the safety. The Glock 30 just doesn't fit my fingers well. I still want a G30, but will need to get some grip work done on it to remove the finger grooves.
Glock 30
Glock 26 9mm, Ruger LCR .357mag
"Protect yourself at all times."
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."-Clint Smith


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