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Alan Ladd was reportedly such a fan of Damon Runyon's columns and short stories that he was quite enthusiastic about producing this wonderful drama anthology through Ladd's own Mayfair Transcriptions label. The actual research of documenting this wonderful series was quite revealing in itself. We weren't all that surprised to find that an alleged 'newly discovered audition' of The Damon Runyon Theatre wasn't a newly discovered anything. But in the process we not only identified it as an exemplar of another lesser known Damon Runyon program entitled 'Damon Runyon Says'. Unraveling and explaining that mystery was as much fun as finally sequencing and provenancing the entire series for the first time. read more . . .
NBC's listening audience was clearly still quite receptive to a foreign intrigue anthology. With the memory of The Man Called X still fresh in the public memory it was a perfect time to resurrect the genre--for a short, Summer run at least, with the summer hiatus of the Judy Canova Show:
From the July 9, 1949 Daily Mail ''New York, July 9 (AP).More summer scheduling, along with other changes, are being set up for the week-end. Included is a Norman Corwin CBS documentary, his first radio script in a couple of years. The list contains: summer showson NBC at 9:30 tonight Brian Donlevy in Dangerous Assignment instead of Judy Canova;''
From the July 9, 1949 Daily Mail
''New York, July 9 (AP).More summer scheduling, along with other changes, are being set up for the week-end. Included is a Norman Corwin CBS documentary, his first radio script in a couple of years. The list contains: summer showson NBC at 9:30 tonight Brian Donlevy in Dangerous Assignment instead of Judy Canova;''
Airing for only seven episodes, the inaugural run of Dangerous Assignment very much set the tone for the full series that followed in February 1950. The basic format of the 1949 Summer Run teased each introduction with a build-up emphasizing the international, globe-trotting nature of the adventure to follow. The numerous obvious comparisons to Herbert Marshall's The Man Called X can be excused by the facts that they were both NBC-produced, the format was time-proven, and the public was already conditioned to the format. read far more . . .
Dangerously Yours was by no means a simple documentation effort. Thankfully we did manage to find newspaper provenances for almost every broadcast. In the process we finally determined and explained the relationship between Vick Chemical Company's Dangerously, Yours! and it's follow-up Vick's Matinee Theatre. read more . . .
Danny Kaye himself, was a legend in the making. Indeed it was the very showcase of The Danny Kaye Show that exposed him to 130 million potential new fans during two of the most successful and critical years of his entertainment career. How anyone in their right mind could characterize either season of The Danny Kaye Show as anything but an extraordinary success--by any measure--escapes our logic. The Danny Kaye Show served to not only catapult Danny Kaye to even greater success, but in the process jumpstarted the careers of several other up and coming entertainers. It stands for all time as a brilliant showcase--and the only Radio showcase--of Kaye's extraordinary versatility, innovation and talent. We would hope that as more exemplars of The Danny Kaye Show enter circulation that even more Golden Age Radio historians will arrive at this same, inescapable conclusion. read more . . .
In the course of the 1937 Lloyds of London tour, the idea arose of interviewing the most successful stunt people in the business at the time, for a possible retrospective on the lives of these heroic 'daredevils.' The twenty-six Daredevils of Hollywood episodes were the result of those ancillary recorded interviews. And indeed, Lloyds ultimately gave the early stunt performers' congress a green light as to their insurability. This effectively eliminated the studios' long-standing fairy-tale about not being able to insure either the stunts or stunt people, and stunt work soon became one of the most well-prepared, trained, educated and highly respected professions of the Film Industry. read more . . .
WKY, Oklahoma City had been a highly respected and equally highly sophisticated Radio operator for over eight years by the time this series first aired, so it was no great leap for NBC to take the gamble in taking the series nationwide. NBC-Red and it's flagship station WEAF began airing Dark Fantasy in New York simultaneously with the broadcasts airing out of WKY, Oklahoma City. WKY's talented writer, Scott Bishop, was responsible for all of the scripts. Indeed, the scripts were so chilling that both WKY and NBC felt obliged to air the program well after 1940s children had fallen soundly asleep. NBC-Red picked up Scott Bishop's Dark Fantasy series from November 14, 1941 forward. In 1943, NBC sustained Bishop's Strange Dr. Karnac series. read more . . .
"Over the minds of mortal men come many shadows. . . Shadows of greed and hate, jealousy and fear. Darkness is the absence of Light . . . So in the sudden shadows which fog the minds of men and women are to be found the strange impulses which urge them on to their venture . . . in the dark."
This was the portentious original introduction to KGO's new psychological thriller program, Dark Venture. the announcer emphasized these "ventures into the dark" as portents of the drama to follow. One of the last of many KGO-originated programs, Dark Venture first aired over KGO at 9 p.m., Tuesday night, on May 29, 1945, immediately preceding KGO's equally innovative and regionally popular Murder Will Out mystery drama, with William Gargan as Inspector Burke, Chief of Homicide. Both innovative new series' aired regionally until January 1946. read more . . .
NBC and The Council For Democracy felt it might be the right time to provide the entire nation with a means to vent some of that frustration in a more public forum. Dear Adolf was conceived as a short Summer series showcasing six weekly "letters to Hitler" framed as reflections of specific segments of American society and culture and their 'open letters' to Adolf Hitler. read more . . .
Scriptwriter Richard Durham and The Chicago Defender had already partnered with CBS affiliate station WBBM to bring it's award-winning Democracy USA program to the air in 1946. Durham had also contributed to Radio's first, successful Negro-performed serial melodrama, Here Comes Tomorrow (1947), a three-a-week offering of Radio station WJJD, Chicago. In addition, two other moderately successful retrospective drmatizations, New World A'Coming (1945) and Freedom Train (1947) had preceded Destination Freedom by as many as five years. The unfortunate, albeit starkly realistic, element of this fine early Negro-produced, directed, written and performed programming was that they were invariably aired only over either regional or local networks. read more . . .
As might be surmised from the title, The Devil and Mr. O, the 'Mr. O' refers to the diminutive genius playwright, Arch Oboler. Arch Oboler packaged several rebroadcasts of his programs between 1945 and 1970. Oboler repackaged The Devil and Mr. O in late 1969 for syndication in 1970 and beyond. The first documented broadcasts aired from May 3, 1970 through the Fall of 1970. The twenty-six programs were predominantly Lights Out! broadcasts retitled for this The Devil and Mr. O canon. The single exception was Rocket From Manhattan, the one program in Oboler's The Devil and Mr. O canon that survives with its title intact. This is undoubtedly the reason that Rocket From Manhattan is often mischaracterized as a Lights Out! program, which of course it never was. read more . . .
Miracle Diamonds was the brand behind Sidney S. Fox's $35,000 investment in a series of twenty-six, fascinating histories of the most famous diamonds in the world, circa 1926 to 1927. Before you start thinking that Sidney S. Fox was a famous jeweler, let us disabuse you of that notion. Sidney S. Fox was an extremely wealthy man, make no mistake about it. But his fortune was based on the 'miracle salts' found in and around The Great Salt Lake of Utah. The miracle salts upon which he made his initial fortune were laxative salts. They were coined 'miracle diamonds,' due to their unique, diamond-like crystalline appearance. The Freeman-Lang Studios was the syndicator for the original, 1926 production. The syndication first aired in the mountain time zone over radio station K-D-Y-L, Salt Lake, by prior agreement with Sidney S. Fox, the owner of the 'Miracle Diamonds' brand. The entire series aired in sequence under Miracle Diamonds sponsorship. read more . . .
Diary of Fate remains a work in progress for a bit longer. While we did manage to identify more of the 'books', 'pages' and 'the fated' in the process of provenancing almost half of the series, we had to resort to providing both our newspaper listing provenances in combination with a list of all known, named entries and their book and page, if identified. As more thorough provenances present themselves, we'll continue to work this fine psychological drama series until it's completely provenanced and logged. We did manage to appropriately memorialize two of Radio's unsung workhorses--the actor Herb Lytton and the producer Larry Finley. read more . . .
Mutual ultimately aired Did Justice Triumph? beginning on January 29th 1947 as weekly, late Wednesday night, 30-minute dramatizations adapted from true crime stories of the era. They were much in the vein of the 1945 through 1947 Print feature of the same name. The New York Daily News series', Did Justice Triumph and True Justice, had been tabloid crime features in the paper's Sunday gravure portion of each edition. read more . . .
This article might well have been titled ''Out of This World''. That's the name NBC first selected for its new science fiction drama anthology for an adult audience, destined to transport its listeners to ''a million could-be years on a thousand may-be planets.'' We won't quibble about the fact that NBC fell about 954 may-be planets and 9,999,954 could-be years short of it's stated goal. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Apparently NBC Television had other plans for the title Out of This World, since within 48 hours of teasing the title for the new sci-fi program in local newspapers, NBC announced the final title for its new Radio program: Dimension X. To help kick off the new sci-fi series, NBC also assembled a special presentation directed towards science junkies, to precede the first Dimension X broadcast on April 8, 1950. Titled ''Preview to the Future'', the 15-minute prequel proposed to bounce radio signals off of the moon, then record the sound of their impact on the moon as the speed of sound reflected them back to sensitive recorders here on Earth. read more . . .
The common theme underlying both The Doctor Fights and The Encore Theatre was the selfless, idealistic, altruistic and often heroic contributions of medical professionals throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. With The Doctor Fights, the focus was narrowed even further to the extraordinary efforts and sacrifices of the estimated 60,000 medical doctors serving Allied Forces throughout the world during World War II. read more . . .
The Marcus Loew Booking Agency had owned radio station call sign WHN since 1946. In September of 1948, WHN changed their call sign to WMGM, in part to capitalize on a series of MGM programming projects they were attempting to introduce to a national audience. Programs such as The Adventures of Maisie, Crime Does Not Pay, The Hardy Family, M-G-M Theatre of The Air, and The Story of Dr. Kildare, all drew on material that M-G-M, as a Film Studio, already had in the can. Having established Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Radio Attractions for the express purpose of transcribing, then syndicating this content, all that remained was for M-G-M to obtain a well-established radio station from which to broadcast their programming packages. The assumption was that once heard in a wide enough area they'd be picked up nation-wide in due time. The concept seemed to be working for several years, until a change in M-G-M focus made their M-G-M Radio Attractions division redundant. WMGM slowly began changing their format to remain viable to its expanding local audience, and the era of MGM-produced, network-ready, syndicated content dwindled to nothing. read more . . .
The Doris Day Show premiered over CBS in a 25-minute format on Friday, March 28th 1952. Doris Day, one of Hollywood's least starstruck Film stars made her first solo outing in a Radio series a family affair. Drawing on the many artists and friends that had helped her during her meteoric rise to stardom, The Doris Day Show's guests for her premiere program were Danny Thomas, her co-star from I'll See You In My Dreams (1952) and Mrs. Gus Kahn, the wife of prolific songwriter Gus Kahn. I'll See You In My Dreams was based on the life of Gus Kahn and his wife Grace. Danny Thomas had portrayed Gus Kahn and Doris Day portrayed Grace Kahn. read more . . .
Douglas of The World was probably recorded at the Capitol Records Tower building in Hollywood during 1952 to 1953. The production featured durable West Coast Radio actor and narrator Jack Moyles in the role of Bradford 'Brad' Douglas, a globetrotting foreign correspondent for 'The New York World,' a fictious New York-based newspaper with bureaus in Paris, Stockholm, and London. Bradford Douglas' portfolio encompassed the major geopolitical hotspots of the era, ranging around the world from Moscow to Indonesia and everywhere in between. Brad Douglas' assignments were usually provided by Mike Shaughnessy, the Managing Editor of The New York World. read more . . .
"Across the rugged Indian Territory, rides a tall young man on a mission of mercy; his medical bag strapped on one hip and his six-shooter on the other. This is Dr. Sixgun. Grey Matson, M.D. was the gun-toting frontier doctor who roamed the length and breadth of the old Indian territory; friend and physician to white man and Indian alike, the symbol of justice and mercy in the lawless west of the 1870s."
Dr. Sixgun first appeared over NBC on July 1st 1956 throughout America. Given its adult western genre, Dr. Sixgun appeared during the late evening in most markets. Versatile character actor Karl Weber was featured as Dr. Grey Matson, M.D., better known as 'Dr. Sixgun.' The series was set in the Montana Territory of the post Civil War 1870s, and centered around the frontier town of Frenchman's Ford. Upon arriving and settling in Frenchman's Ford, Dr. Matson acquired the town's muse, Pablo, a "wandering Gypsy peddler" [William Griffis] as Dr. Matson's chronicler, much in the vein of Sherlock Holmes' Dr. Watson. read more . . .
Though predominantly airing Condon's own variant of Jazz, Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert played host to some of the greatest names of the Jazz World in the course of its forty-six episodes. Pianist Gene Schroeder, bassist Bob Haggart, clarinetist Pee Wee Russell, cornetist Max Kaminsky, baritone trumpeter Ernie Caceres, trombonist Benny Morton, and drummer George Wettling formed the core of Condon's Jazz ensemble. All, of course, accompanied by Eddie Condon on his tenor guitar, banjo or ukulele. read more . . .
Electric Theater was another starring vehicle for Helen Hayes, much the same as Textron Theatre in 1945. It featured Miss Hayes in both original radio dramas created especially for her, as well as adaptations of stage hits for which she had already won great acclaim. In fact, in response to a flood of listener requests, she did a repeat of a broadcast of one of her most memorable performances in Textron Theatre, "My Little Boy." read more . . .
The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) was the first Radio network to bring Ellery Queen to a Radio audience on a recurring basis. Though still clouded in secrecy as to the true identities of either/both the creator, Ellery Queen or the actor portraying Ellery Queen, both details remaind shrouded in secrecy until the last episodes of that first CBS run of sixty-seven, CBS-produced mystery quizzes. That first series premiered in an hour-long format on the Sunday evening of June 18, 1939. read more . . .
An admittedly obscure program, there's no rational reason for it to have been overlooked all these years. With talent of the likes of Cornell Wilde, Lurene Tuttle, Paul Lukas, Ronald Colman, Robert Young, Robert Taylor, Hume Cronyn, Virginia Bruce, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Zucco, Elliott Lewis, Charles Bickford, Cathy Lewis, Franchot Tone, Lionel Barrymore, Zachary Scott, Howard Duff, Ida Lupino, and Dennis O'Keefe, one wonders how it was ever overlooked this long. And all of that talent in only thirteen episodes. We're glad that we tackled this one and we love the result. read more . . .
First aired in January of 1952, the five-program arc was repeated throughout 1952. Great, Canadian-born character actor, Raymond Massey, served as the series' narrator for all five programs. The production showcased then cutting-edge medical technologies of the era:
Raymond Massey's contribution as narrator for the series was a coup for NBC. By 1946, Massey had become one of America's most respected actors and most trusted personalities. His portrayals, both on stage and big screen, of Abraham Lincoln lent Massey an air of authority vital to the narration of these five important medical technology updates. read more . . .
The Columbia Broadcasting System's Escape was first conceived as a Radio property to be titled Out of This World. The CBS Division of Program Writing produced an audition for Out of This World starring Berry Kroeger and Art Carney in an adaptation of the recently popular Ealing Studios film, Dead of Night (1945). Dead of Night was subsequently released in a less adult form for American audiences by Universal in 1946. It was the Universal release that CBS adapted for the auditions. During the ensuing month the CBS Division of Program Writing produced a second audition adapting Dead of Night as a proposed Escape! canon, again starring Berry Kroeger and Art Carney. The second audition announced an adaptation of F. Scott Fitgerald's 1922 Smart Set story, The Diamond As Big as The Ritz [announced as "A Diamond As Big as The Ritz"], for the following week. read more . . .
The O'Neill series of four plays, starring Helen Hayes, Henry Hull, Ian Keith and Peggy Wood, were a highlight of Radio's 1937 dramatic season. More than any other dramatist, O'Neill sensed the sharp, and at times bitter, conflict between the sensitive man and the world about him. Filled with powerful emotion, his plays are usually tragic studies in frustration. Despite his ironic commentaries on American life, O'Neill has won the admiration of both critics and playgoers thruout the western world for his bold attack on the problems of modern life. Three times he has won the coveted Pulitzer Prize and once the greatest award of all, the Nobel prize. read more . . .
A glance at the leading artist roster for the twenty-six installments of Everyman's Theater shows a breathtaking diversity and depth of talent. Showcasing some of the most respected female actors of the era, Everyman's Theater boasted no less than the aforementioned Nazimova, as well as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Mary Astor, Elsa Lanchester, Marlene Dietrich, and Norma Shearer. The male starring line-up included Raymond Massey, Boris Karloff, Walter Huston, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone and Brian Donlevy. Also heard were several early repeat appearances by soon-to-be AFRS enlisted buddies Howard Duff and Elliott Lewis. read more . . .
Everything For the Boys was a wonderful send-up to the troops, and in a more intimate vein than Command Performance. The first twenty-five episodes were predominantly drama presentations, hosted by Ronald Colman. Ten minutes of each of the Ronald Colman-hosted programs were devoted to taking specific performance requests from soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen and nurses in the field. The remaining sixty-five episodes were in a variety vein, hosted by popular crooner Dick Haymes. read more . . .
The calculus that brought Exploring Tomorrow to the air was reasonably well supported. Dimension X (1950) had been quite popular with its fans while suffering under several scheduling changes and almost no promotion beyond its first few episodes. 1953's Tales of Tomorrow had been spun off from its Television version. And NBC's X Minus One's fans suffered even greater indignities than those of Dimension X at the hands of NBC's schedulers. read more . . .
If you liked the Steven Spielberg movie 1941 (1979), you'll love Eyes, Aloft! equally well. Eyes, Aloft! was a fascinating time capsule of the hysteria following the Pearl Harbor attacks of December 7 1941. The West Coast of the continental United States was on high alert for well over a year following Pearl Harbor. In charge of protecting the West Coast from enemy attack was the IV Fighter Command and its network of Air Warning System observers and Filter stations. This series introduced a new cautionary vignette each week of its run. It also honored a different group of selfless volunteers of the Air Warning System with a weekly Gold Trophy. read more . . .
An obvious effort to leverage Frank Morgan's most popular characterizations over the years, the quixotic, selectively absent-minded Doctor of Philosphy, Thaddeus Q. Tweedy seemed the perfect amalgam of Morgan's various film personae. A tenured Professor of Philosophy at his previous college, Dr. Tweedy got the boot for repeatedly flunking star players of the school's football team. The last straw was his flunking the entire backfield of Willowitz, Mankiewitz, Horowitz and Stinkowitz. The president of the college suggested that Dr. Tweedy pursue a recent opening with Potts College, in Pottsfield. read more . . .
Irrespective of the resolution of the convoluted etymology of the various The Falcon characters, April 10, 1943 launched a thirteen-year Radio and Television franchise of urbane, highly educated, and independently wealthy Michael Waring as a new nemesis of injustice and espionage, The Falcon. The Adventures of The Falcon ran off and on over the ensuing eleven years over Radio and ultimately over Television for another three years. Debuting over NBC's Blue Network (WJZ), the series appeared over The Blue Network (ABC), the Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS) and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), then ultimately over CBS as Television's The Falcon, starring Charles McGraw as 'Mike' Waring. read more . . .
Initially promoted as a rotating ensemble production featuring six major Hollywood movie stars, the build-up to the premiere also promised that major Hollywood Film Sextet in original dramas, whatever that hoped to convey. It was an ambitious undertaking for the era to be sure. The initial six promised Film stars were:
A stunning promised line-up to be sure. All six promised actors represented some of Film's most famous and popular names of the era. But managing and scheduling such a prestigious core of feature artists ultimately proved to be--as might be expected-- more like wrangling a herd of cats, even for a sponsor with the deep pockets of The Prudential. read more . . .
While there were, indeed, five seasons of Great Plays, there were also two alleged derivatives: Famous Fireside Plays and the alleged Blue Theatre Plays extension of Great Plays, neither of which maintained either the production values or classical patina of the five seasons of Great Plays, proper. One can only surmise that, with the break up of NBC by the U.S. Justice Department, Great Plays, one of NBC's Corporately produced and sustained productions, suffered somewhat during the period of the breakup and transition.
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Grantland Rice was by no means a newcomer to 1940s Radio. Beginning with 1930s Coca-Cola Top-Notchers, Grantland Rice had become as much of a fixture over Radio as he'd become in print media and Film. Along with Red Barber, Frank Graham, Bill Stern and Graham McNamee, Grantland Rice was one of a handful of Radio voices that were immediately associated with Sport. By then in his 60s, Rice was already working on his autobiography, The Tumult and The Shouting, when he was approached by NBC to narrate a series of half-hour sports stories which had become his favorites over his extraordinary career. Co-produced by NBC's Garnet Garrison and Rice's son, Herbert, the series showcased some of the greatest popular sports authors in American history. As the series evolved, it became apparent that Ring Lardner, James Thurber, Charles E. Van Loan and Frank Graham were particular favorites. read more . . .
The earliest airings of Favorite Story originated from the KFI, Hollywood station at which the entire series was recorded. The first sponsor, Bullock's Department Stores, was the early beneficiary of what had to have been a sweetheart deal for both Bullock's and Frederick Ziv. Ziv gained a high profile local sponsor for those first crucial thirteen episodes, and Bullock's launched what would eventually become one of the most successful independent syndications in broadcasting history. Called variously, My Favorite Story, Your Favorite Story or simply Favorite Story, those earliest broadcasts aired from as early as the Spring and late Summer of 1946. By the time that Ziv realized he had another winner on his hands, and the first fifty-two installments were pressed, Ziv fanned out his vaunted 100-man sales force throughout the U.S. and Canada. Those first sales of fifty-two installment packages resulted in another re-launch of the series throughout the U.S. and Canada during the Fall of 1947. read more . . .
The BBC's Radio fans are some of the most loyal in the world, so it seemed natural to mate The Man In Black to BBC Radio 4's new late night thriller anthology for 1988. Edward De Souza returned to present the first series of twelve spine-tinglers. The character of 'The Man In Black,' and indeed the original series of Appointment with Fear are very reminiscent of The Man in Black from our own long-running Suspense series over CBS. Joe Kearns, among others, portrayed the Man in Black as host to many of the early Suspense programs, and the theme music from Suspense seems uncannily like the introductory music for Appointment with Fear. read more . . .
Taken at face value, the presentations were exceptionally persuasive and effective. The Fifth Horseman alluded to The Bible's Revelation account of the Apocalypse. Revelations tells of four 'horsemen', euphemisms for conquest, war, famine and death. The four horsemen rode four horses of distinctively varying colors: 'Conquest' rode a white mount, 'War' a red mount, 'Famine' a black mount, and 'Death' a pale [or pale green] mount. The four horsemen were also equipped with varying armament: Conquest wielded a crown and bow, War a sword, Famine a scale, and Death a scythe. A fifth horseman was alluded to in various publications, films, short features, animations, and pulp stories of the early to mid-20th Century--and beyond. Conjecture regarding a possible fifth horseman--imagined or prophesied--proved to be a persuasive euphemism for a number of perceived evils of the era. read more . . .
The concept for Texaco's 'Fire-Chief' programs evolved from its promotion of its Fire-Chief gasoline--and by extension its alleged adoption by most Fire Departments across America. Throughout the mid to late 1930s, the Fire-Chief brand soon became as much a household word as Coca-Cola or Jello. But in fact it was the Circus that launched Texaco's longest running series of programs; programs that would air almost continuously under one Texaco-themed name or another from 1935 till 1950. read more . . .
Dick Powell's first outing as detective Richard Rogue arrived in the Summer replacement Fitch Bandwagon Mysteries program which ran for fourteen episodes during the Summer of 1945. It jumped from NBC to the Mutual Broadcasting System after it's 1945 Summer debut when Fitch realized there was nowhere else in the NBC line-up for it except as a summer replacement for Fitch's own Bandwagon Program. read more . . .
Five After the Hour premiered sustained over WBBM on May 16, 1945, broadcasting the drama anthology throughout the Midwest. WBBM had six years earlier discovered a young writer, director and producer within its ranks with great promise for a great future at WBBM--and CBS. Wunderkind Les Weinrott's rising star with CBS was being compared to that of Norman Corwin in some of the midwestern newspapers of the era. Also variously referred to as Illinois' greatest living actor or Chicago's greatest actor, Weinrott had become a real workhorse at WBBM having directed among other projects, the launch of WBBM's long-running and popular Those Websters situation comedy in 1945 featuring Willard Waterman. read more . . .
The fascinating chronicles of Jack Casey, Crime Beat photographer, began on Radio with Flashgun Casey, Press Photographer over CBS in the Summer of 1943. Initially starring Matt Crowley, Jack Casey was subsequently portrayed by Jim Backus of 'Mr. Magoo' and Gilligan's Island fame, then Staats Cotworth who ultimately embodied the role for its remaining seasons on Radio. read more . . .
Ford Motor Company launched its Ford Theater sponsorship in the Fall of 1947 to coincide with the roll-out of their 1948 models. Their post-War model lines had met with mixed success following VE Day on May 8, 1945. But VJ Day on August 14, 1945 provided the final boost America's manufacturers needed to secure funding for domestic retooling, advertising and revised infrastructure. During the post-War years, Ford was sponsoring:
Fort Laramie was blessed with all the right ingredients to create one of Radio's finest, albeit short-lived adult Western dramas. With William N. Robson producing and directing, an audition by no less than Radio star John Dehner, and forty excellent production episodes starring Raymond Burr in his first significant lead role over Radio. We also welcomed the opportunity to memorialize these three Stage, Radio, Television and Film greats. read more . . .
Four for the 5th was, understandably, produced on relatively short notice, given the D-Day Offensive mounted on June 6, 1944. Written, produced and directed by either Arch Oboler or William N. Robson, both legendary radiomen virtually guaranteed a high-quality production. Developed as a series of four dramatic productions to kick start the hurriedly organized 5th War Loan Drive, the title "Four for the 5th" was a natural, as well as catchy. The Treasury, clearly privy to the date of the D-Day Offensive, produced the series about a week prior to the invasion itself. read more . . .
NBC and Cosmopolitan magazine came to an agreement to showcase twelve of Cosmopolitan's short stories starring four of Film's rising stars of the era: Rosalind Russell, Loretta Young, Robert Cummings and Fred MacMurray. Dubbed, Four Star Playhouse, the repertory alternated leading roles between the four great actors of the era. read more . . .
The years during which Maxwell Coffee sponsored its Maxwell House Coffee Time saw some of Radio's most enduring favorites airing under the Maxwell House banner: Baby Snooks, Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Topper, and Burns and Allen among others. When their prime time season headliners would take a well-earned summer break Maxwell House continued the Maxwell House Coffee Time during the summer with many well-received summer programs featuring supporting artists from their prime time season shows, such as Meredith Willson from Burns and Allen, and band singer, comedienne, and actress, Frances Langford. read more . . .
An admittedly humble first offering, the three-feature series' offered name actors, top-notch writing and high production values. The syndicate offered the following to describe its concept:
"Since its organization less than a year ago, the Broadcasters Program Syndicate has built a success story unparalleled in the history of radio. Operating on a subscription basis exclusively, the Broadcasters Program Syndicate is essentially of, by, and for station subscriber-members. A single weekly fee equal to the subscribing station's national one-time class A quarter-hour rate entitles the station to the Syndicate's entire output of network-calibre programs. All current programs--plus every additional series produced by the Syndicate in the future. Currently, for a single weekly fee "PAT O'BRIEN FROM HOLLYWOOD," "FRONTIER TOWN," and "ADVENTURES OF FRANK RACE" all go to the following members of the Broadcasters Program Syndicate:"
The Free Company was a wonderful, patriotic expression by a group of some of America's brightest Literary lights and Performing Artists and technicians. The Free Company Players all agreed to provide their services to this production without any form of compensation. What resulted was a marvelously patriotic anthology celebrating the Freedoms that all Americans were fighting for throughout World War II--both on the domestic front and on the battlefields. This series became historic from the moment it first aired. The list of volunteers to the effort reads like a Who's Who of 20th Century American Culture. read more . . .
Frontier Fighters had long been poorly documented, primarily due to the inability to determine a first broadcast date for the syndicated series. Virtually every log--and book--in the hobby cites an approximate 1935 air date for the series. In fact the first advertised air date for the series was January 26, 1938. This is provenanced by its sponsor, the Peak-Hagedon Funeral Home in El Paso, Texas, which sponsored the entire run. Peak-Hagedon's first spot ad for the series appeared in January 26th's El Paso Herald-Post, announcing Peak-Hagedon's sponsorship for the broadcasts airing Wednesdays at 8:45 p.m., weekly. read more . . .
Frontier Gentleman's perspective on the rough and tumble Montana and Wyoming Territories of the 1870s was a fascinating twist on the--by then--formulaic adult western. Its protagonist was Englishman J.B. Kendall, a journalist for the 'London Times' on assignment in the Northwest Territories to report on the extraordinary progress being made in settling and taming the Frontier West of the United States. In the process we had the opportunity to memorialize both John Dehner and Ben Wright, two of Radio and Television's hardest working--and multi-talented--character actors. read more . . .
Who's 'Tex' Chandler? It was actually Jeff Chandler, then an up and coming Radio, Television and Film star who was actually billed as 'Tex' Chandler for this adult Western drama. One of the grittier of the spate of adult Western dramas appearing on Radio in the wake of the success of Gunsmoke, Frontier Town eventually starred two of Radio and Television's most durable character actors--Jeff Chandler and Reed Hadley. We managed to set the record straight as to the actual range of episodes starring each leading actor, as well as correcting a host of mis-titled episodes in the process. read more . . .


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Gabriella and I are just minutes from heading out the door to Norway for X-Mas. We get a 2 week vacation with our Norwegian relatives and we're looking forward to it for sure. Don't worry though, we'll be posting from up there and keeping up to date. In fact we hope to have a Cava article in time for the new year and a story of Gabriella's first "big" tasting. So for now here's a link back to one of my first articles, Graham's Port Tasting. Always the perfect time of the year to indulge in a little port wine!
Happy holidays to all!
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Movie SummaryMarta (...dopo di che, uccide il maschio e lo divora)
Description: In this suspense thriller, Stephen Boyd plays Miguel, who is clearly not in his right mind. He remembers killing his mother-in-law but cannot determine what happened to his wife Pilar (Marisa Mell). As far as he knows, she may have just run away. As the film opens, it is the servant's day off. Marta (also Marisa Mell), a good-looking young woman who is the spitting image of Miguel's wife, runs the gauntlet of his snarling dogs. He rescues her and puts her to bed in a very fatherly fashion. Later, she tries to seduce him, but he has some sexual dysfunction which causes her efforts to fail. Marta searches the house for Miguel's wife who is her sister. Among other things, she finds a room fitted out for torture but otherwise has no success. Later, she induces Miguel to join her in the search.~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Movie summaries and listings powered by Cinema-Source
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A bipartisan trio of House members wants the Federal Trade Commission to again probe the search and mobile advertising giant after it was revealed that the hidden code allowed Google to track the sites Safari users visit when they believed they were browsing privately.
And last week an Illinois man filed a federal lawsuit against Google, claiming its actions violate federal wiretapping laws.
Noting Personal
Google told us last week that the mischievous code, discovered by a Stanford University computer researcher, Jonathan Mayer and verified by the Wall Street Journal was "a temporary communication link between Safari browsers and Google's servers, so that we could ascertain whether Safari users were also signed into Google, and had opted for this type of personalization."
Google stopped using the code, the company said, when it determined that it was enabling cookies, which allow web sites to track visitors for advertisers. It said the link was intended to make sure that personally identifying information was not collected.
That explanation doesn't suit Republicans Joe Barton of Texas and Cliff Stearns of Florida and Democrat Cliff Stearns. In a letter to FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz, the trio noted "Google's practices could have a wide sweeping impact because Safari is a major web browser used by millions of Americans. As members of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, we are interested in any actions the FTC has taken or plans to take to investigate whether Google has violated the terms of its consent agreement."
The Safari flap comes on the heels of Google's announcement that it consolidated its terms of service to cover all of its services last month, and after it automatically opted millions of users into its Google Buzz social network last year. In October, Google reached an agreement with the FTC that calls for mandatory privacy audits for the next 20 years and a comprehensive privacy program.
All of which makes the latest flap a case of pretty lousy timing.
Election Year Posturing?
"In essence, Google chose a particularly inopportune time to act stupidly," said technology analyst Charles King of Pund-IT. "Since Google trades on its reputation for innovation, you'd think the company would be a bit better at avoiding 'mistakes' such as this one."
And the fact that we're in the midst of an election year makes it worse, he said, since Congress likely will push the issue as a way to gain solidarity with voters.
The Safari user who is suing Google was identified by Bloomberg News as Matthew Soble. The suit was filed in Federal District Court in Wilimington, Delaware.
But the suit will hinge on whether Google was the only one exp;oiting the Safari function and whether Google's practice measurably harmed users, said King. There is also the question of what, if anything, Apple is doing to prevent similar exploits.


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Thread: Foster aquarium - Help?
10-02-2013, 11:52 PM #1Junior Member Platy
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Foster aquarium - Help?
Hi all! Sorry for the possibly long read coming here.
My workplace has a 125 gallon aquarium. In March I found it and decided that the inability to see through to the back of it was possibly a Bad Thing. Suffice to say, nobody knew how to take care of it. The pump was not pumping at all, the entire substrate was covered in an inch of fuzzy green stuff, and every fish in it was desperately gulping air at the top. Being who I am, I repaired the pump (Magnum 350 canister filter) first. I managed to research enough to know that water changes would be a good idea (seeing as they had not been done at all in the 3-year history of this poor thing, only top-offs with about twenty times as much water-safe added to it as it needed for the refill volume). So I started the process of this with a 25% water change, siphoning from below the gravel and getting out water that best resembled heavily-used motor oil in color. Pump filters clogged in record time (two hours!!) but with a bit of a poke twice a week (and frequent water changes) the tank was soon no longer brown inside and no fish died. In response to this corrective measure, the six platies promptly dropped a few dozen fry and the aquarium was taken out of my hands so I could focus on my primary job.
Happy October. Now it's my responsibility or will be removed. I dread the thought of the concept of "removal".
Unfortunately I have the "help" of a person who swore that gouramies (sp?) are communal fish and wasn't sure why the neon tetras were vanishing with four 7-inch long grouramies in the tank. They were rehomed prior to now. As well the tank went though two Ich infections (thank you local PetCo), had a nitrate spike at one point because of semi-aquatic plants drowning (they have since been removed, and once again, thank you PetCo), and went through a Salt and Heat ich treatment to eradicate it the most recent time. Numerous times the fish have displayed evidence of severe overfeeding as well (at least according to the multiple pieces of uneaten food on the bottom and very fat and lethargic fish at the top).
Details of Doom:
125g that is impossible to find new top glass for as it's two sections three feet wide each and apparently that kind of aquarium is not made anymore.
Gravel substrate with only a few fuzzy rocks
Same Magnum 350 canister filter, now with charcoal and outer filter sleeve
A handful of live plants (I'm not sure what)
Numerous rocks of rocky stature
Nitrates ~ 20-40, Nitrites 0, pH 7.4 (tap water here is 7.6), Ammonia 0, "Very Hard" (Yay test strips. *sigh*)
The pump is still working and now there is an air pump to help the fish as well
80F set by 300W submersible heater
The fish inventory is approximate due to the fact that it is observation only.
1x 1.5" Albino bristlenose pleco
1x 2.5" clown pleco
1x 1.5" "oto"?
Somewhere between four and seven ghost shrimp (Four confirmed, seven in theory)
What appears to be a cory maybe (somewhat stripy catfish with tiny whiskers?)
A silver dollar fish about the size of my hand
A fish that "looked like the other silver dollar fish when they were both an inch big" but now is less-tall than long and has splotches, but follows the silver dollar fish around like a puppy
~12-17 fully grown platies (Deep orange with black fins?)
3x silver mollies
3x black mollies
Somewhere between 12 and 18 neon tetra
Somewhere between 14 and 18 black skirt tetra (?)
Six of what look like cherry barbs
Probably about 40-60 plattie fry
One that looks and acts like the platties but is a very light orange instead. Some of the fry have taken on this coloration. They always get eaten by the silver dollar fish first.
On any given day while feeding the fish, the silver dollar fish will gulp down three or four plattie fry as well. :\
Anyway... I won't pretend I know everything (or even most of much of anything) other than common sense and a bit of research to find the information I provided above. All funding is from my own pocket now. I'd rather not have things "Fail" and result in bad things for the fish. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, because with 1000 pounds or so of water, I'm in over my head.
1Welcome to the forum. It is awesome you are taking your time to provide these (previously) neglected fish a proper home. You posted a lot of information, so I may have missed lots! but right now all I have to recommend is switching from test strips to liquid test kits and also to get those nitrates below 20 ppm. It would help any members who are trying to help if you could post your concerns in specific questions. If you post pictures of your various fish we could help identify the unknown ones.
Good luck!
10-03-2013, 04:42 PM #3Junior Member Platy
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0I guess the first question would be a safe way to clean the front outside of the aquarium. I understand Windex and other cleaners are likely to be unsafe if even just a tiny bit gets up and into it, and even with the glass cover I am reluctant to possibly endager the fish. Dirty hands and water drips have resulted in front glass that is difficult to see through or photograph through.
3++ to Madag. Good for you for taking on this tank. It's such a shame when this happens. It's also amazing the fish are alive.
try using a sponge wet with water and a little vinegar to remove the water residue from the outside of the glass. Inside you can use a scraper (found at most fish stores) to rid it of the bulk of the residue.
Perhaps you can go to Lowes or Menards and find some plexiglass to cut for a top?
Keep up with those water changes. If you're using buckets, you might want to check into this product which works great: http://www.amazon.com/Aqueon-Aquariu...+water+changer
Also, you might want to purchase some Seachem's Prime to condition the water. It's highly concentrated and will be the most economical product to use. And new water must be conditioned as the chlorine in the tap water will kill the fish.
And lastly, put a sign near the tank that clearly states :"do not feed the fish unless you plan to clean the tank" Or HIDE the fish food so only you feed them :o)
Again, good for you and keep asking questions.30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
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10-03-2013, 06:17 PM #5Junior Member Platy
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0Not easy to get vinegar here. I may need to try water alone first, and see if I can find something very clean to use with it. I specced out Plexiglas and found that thick enough of it for the top of the tank would cost about $60 per sheet and each sheet would only cover half the tank. O.o I'm not getting a budget for this, so it's all out of pocket T^T
Doing a 25% water change ended up being a matter of carrying 30-40 lbs of water at a time over 80 feet or more through a library, so I did end up getting that at the local pet store, though more costly, and I had to get the 50' one and an extender. Carrying out 32g of water and 32g back in was... ow.
The food has been hidden and I did spend an hour yesterday armpit deep in the tank scraping the inside of algae that I've been advised has been there for a few months. The fish ate it all when I scraped it off. :\
More questions!
The silver dollar fish eating all the baby platties. Problem or not? If it is a problem, best way to deal with it? (I know of no place nearby to sell fish for rehoming unless just surrendering them to the PetCo or Petsmart. :( No quarantine tank, no dividers, etc.) Also somebody indicated they will get Even Bigger, and then it will definitely be a problem.
Tank overcrowded? Other folks keep wanting there to be more fish so it looks more interesting. :\
The tetras and barbs are not schooling really, which I have seen hints could be indications of an issue. They are just scattered throughout the tank randomly. With only six barbs, I can see this being more likely, but both the neon tetras and the other tetras have at least a dozen each.
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The very knowledgeable and friendly members here will help to get "your" tank back in shape. You have already started on the right path. Kudos to you for taking responsibility for the fish when given an ultimatum. Bravo!75 gal - Smudge Spot Cories, Silvertip & Pristella Tetras, Scissortail & Red Tail Rasboras, Pearl Gourami, Black Kuhli Loaches, Whiptail Cats, Wild Caught BNP
Dual 29 gals - Diamond Tetras. Harlequin Rasboras, Bloodfin Tetras
10 Gal - Mr. Betta's Fishy Paradise
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0Welcome to the forum, and good on you for taking on this task.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. -Vince Lombardi
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ― John Wooden
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1Welcome to the ac! You found the best place to get help.
First, the fry getting eaten is not really a problem unless you care that they are getting eaten. In a way it might even be a good thing, as it will prevent your tank from getting crowded when the fry grow up.
Second, since the tank is now your responsibility, under your own pocket, and it was going to get removed if you hadn't stepped in, have you considered taking it home? I don't know how easy it would be to move it (others would have to chime in on the best way to accomplish this) but if the tank was going to be removed, you are the only person paying for it, and the only one taking care of it, you might as well take it home with you. Since they were going to get rid of it anyway, perhaps you can offer to get rid of it yourself and take it home. Once the tank is at home you will have better control about what happens to it.
2Last edited by gronlaura; 10-03-2013 at 09:43 PM.
75 gal - Smudge Spot Cories, Silvertip & Pristella Tetras, Scissortail & Red Tail Rasboras, Pearl Gourami, Black Kuhli Loaches, Whiptail Cats, Wild Caught BNP
Dual 29 gals - Diamond Tetras. Harlequin Rasboras, Bloodfin Tetras
10 Gal - Mr. Betta's Fishy Paradise
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass....it's about learning to dance in the rain"
3If the tank stays at work, I'd tell others who want more fish to chip in for all the out of pocket expenses you've had. Also advise them that no matter what, they are NOT to purchase any fish and dump in the tank. Lord knows what they'd buy and it very well might not be compatible with the fish already there. Tell them if they are truly interested to read up on tropical fish so they'll realize how much care they take and then maybe some of them will pitch in and help you.
You're not over stocked. Not necessarily the best mix but it is what it is at this point. As I said before, it's a wonder any of them are alive. I think you'll see the fish returning to their schooling behavior as they grow healthy again. I would not add any fish. This tank needs to recover. See how all the fish are doing in 6 months.
Poor guys. They're so lucky you bit the bullet and stepped up30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
90 Gal Journal: http://bit.ly/1vC7gVX
fishless cycling: http://bit.ly/1DARf3T
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Steve Kovach, Business InsiderWe've known it was coming for a good six or seven months, and now we finally have it: the Nexus 7, Google's first tablet.
Yes, Android tablets are nothing new. But Google's hardware partners like Samsung, Toshiba, and HTC haven't been able to come up with a true hit yet. So Google took things into its own hands with the Nexus 7, partnering closely with Asus to come up with what it hopes to be the best Android tablet experience possible.
It worked.
Click here for photos of the Nexus 7 >
I'll start off by saying the $199 Nexus 7 isn't a substitute for the iPad. Instead, think of it as an answer to Amazon's Kindle Fire, a tablet focused more on delivering the best content as opposed to the most useful and innovative apps.
The Nexus 7 integrates tightly with the Google Play Store, which has been updated with new movies, TV shows, and magazines for purchase. One of Google's biggest weaknesses with Android has been its lack of quality content offerings. With the Nexus 7, that problem is gone.
When you first boot up the Nexus 7 and sign in with your Google Account, you're greeted by a series of widgets on your home screen called "My Library." There you'll find all the stuff you've purchased in Google Play. (By the way, if you don't have any content, Google gives every Nexus 7 owner a $25 credit to Google Play, a free copy of the latest Transformers movie, and a few magazines to get you started.)
Google Play now has plenty of movies or individual TV shows from networks like NBC, ABC, AMC, Bravo, and several others. Like iTunes, Google Play will also let you subscribe to an entire season of a TV show for one flat price. After you buy, you can choose to either stream the video to your Nexus 7 or "pin" it to your device for viewing offline.
The magazine selection is pretty decent too. You'll find a lot of major titles like Esquire, Cosmopolitan, or Newsweek. Most magazines are just static images that replicate the print edition, but a few such as Popular Mechanics and Entrepreneur are fully interactive with video and other multimedia goodies. And of course, you can subscribe to any title within Google Play.
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Music in Google Play hasn't changed much since Google Music launched last year. The service still lets you upload up to 20,000 songs from your computer and stream it all to your Nexus 7 for free. There are also plenty of songs available for purchase, but the selection isn't as good as what you'd find on Amazon or iTunes. (Warner Music, one of the big four labels, won't let Google sell its music.)
Despite all that great content, the Nexus 7 blunders when it comes to useful apps. Developers still haven't subscribed to the concept of an Android tablet, so most apps in Google's Play Store are designed for smaller smartphone screens. If useful, tablet-optimized apps matter to you, then the Nexus 7 is a bad choice.
The Nexus 7 is easily one of the highest quality Android tablets I've ever used. Despite the low price, it's extremely well built. The back is covered in a rubbery material that's a delight to grip, and it's still thinner, lighter, and much more attractive than the Kindle Fire.
Google didn't cut corners with internal hardware either. The Nexus 7 runs on a quad-core processor from NVIDIA along with 1 GB of RAM. That means everything from gaming to video to web browsing is smooth and snappy. Its 7-inch display is bright and clear, however the resolution is slightly less than what you get with the Retina display on the iPad.
The Nexus 7's spec sheet boasts up to 8 hours of battery life, but I found it only lasts about six hours or so. That's a bummer, considering both the iPad and Kindle Fire last longer.
The Nexus 7 ships with Google's upcoming version of Android, called Jelly Bean, which adds a number of improvements to the operating system. Overall, Jelly Bean is noticeably smoother and faster than Ice Cream Sandwich, the current version of Android that came out late last year. While Jelly Bean looks a lot like Ice Cream Sandwich, there are a bunch of nice tweaks like an expanded notifications menu and offline maps that make it a lot more user-friendly than before.
Best of all, Jelly Bean includes Google Now, the voice-powered searching tool that makes Apple's Siri look just plain dumb. I wrote about Google Now at length earlier, but here's the short version: Google Now is the way search should work on a mobile device. All you have to do is talk or type in a query such as, "How old is Tim Cook?" or "Show me pictures of cute puppies," and you get the answer in less than a second. (You also get "regular" Google search results in case you need more information.) It's nearly flawless.
Yes, but there are a few caveats here.
First of all, if you can afford the extra $200 or $300 for an iPad 2 or third-generation iPad, you should buy that instead. The iPad is still the best tablet on the market.
Also, if great apps matter to you, then you should know you're not going to get the best selection on the Nexus 7. Most apps on the Nexus 7 are just blown-up smartphone versions, making them look pretty awkward on the larger screen. The Nexus 7 is only good for watching video, reading books or magazines, and surfing the web. That's it.
At $199 ( or $249 for the 16 GB model), the Nexus 7 is tough to pass up. If you were considering the Kindle Fire, stop now. The Nexus 7 is the tablet to get.
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text: The Guy From The Dropkick Murphys Would Like You To Know He Didn't Really Say Jonathan Papelbon Couldn't Use His Entrance MusicBarry Petchesky3/07/12 1:25pmFiled to: Jonathan PapelbonDeadspin at your servicedropkick murphysKen caseyESPN.comEspnBoston Red SoxPhiladelphia PhilliesMlbNewsMusic19EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkYesterday, ESPN Music(?!) reported that Ken Casey, vocalist for the Dropkick Murphys, did not want Jonathan Papelbon using his old entrance song. That song, "I'm Shipping Up To Boston," is reserved for the Red Sox closer, Casey supposedly said, and now that Papelbon is in Philadelphia, he's no longer welcome to it.Advertisement"They fucked me," Casey says via email. (You'll be shocked to know that his online handle contains both a Pogues reference and Larry Bird's number.) Casey insists he was joking, but the ESPN story played his comments as if they were legit. He doesn't blame interviewer Mike Trask:"I don't think he meant to, but the story got edited down. It doesn't note the sarcasm and that we were laughing when I said it."Advertisement"Pap's a good friend and I'd never tell him that," Casey says, adding that he appreciates us using our platform to inform the world that ESPN took his words out of context. "Thanks for your help." Deadspin at your service!Reply19 repliesLeave a reply


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What IEMs do they sell there?
Do they sell the CK10s and CKM99s?
How do the prices there compare to those online?
And are there any other headphone/IEM specialist stores in Sydney?
I've been there a few times. They do not stock the CK10's as they are Japan only, but I'm not sure about the CK99's. Whats great about the store is that it is possible to ask for discounts, and sometimes they go below matching price on other stores if you buy enough.
Any more responses?
I've been there, they have a big range but didn't stop to see what particular models they have. Seems like a great store.
Why not just visit yourself, or call and ask them?
Yeah, I'll probably go there soon.
I've been a few times; my last visit would've been about 2-3 months ago. To be honest, the guys at Audio Technica Sydney don't really seem to know much about headphones from my various encounters.
Prices are much dearer than buying online. Also to keep in mind, is that that AT store is in the basement of Pitt Street Mall; loud and busy. Your audio experience will differ greatly, IMO, than going to an actual audio store to audition.
As for headphones available, from memory include: ESW-7,8,9 , ATH-M50, W1000X as well as a few others. There are also quite a large range of IEMs models, of which I can't recall.
To answer you last question, there are many retail stores that I can recommend.
Lane Cove, there's Lenn and Wallis. They have Sennheisers and Stax you can trial. Decent people to talk about audio with. They used to have the 007 mk I. Don't know about know.
Castle Hill. There's Castle Hilll hi-fi. They got some Sennheisers, Denon and AKG you can trial. Again, decent guys to speak with. The encounter with these guys gave me an impression that they were easy going.
Newtown. Hi-fi traders: Havent been there but on their website there's Senns, AKG and Denon.
Thing to remember is that most of these guys have very average head amps. Most will probably just have the SS Lehmann Blackcube with CD player as a source. So bring some CDs for audition.
As I said, they will match and at times go lower than prices you find elsewhere - plus you actually get the chance to audition some models. They have most of the A and AD series, all the ES and WS models as well - pretty much everything AT ranges in Australia.
They are actually owned by the Australian distributor of AT (TAG) so they also handle warranty service for you.


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[Production by Redman & Pete Rock]
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww SHIT!!
Check it out
Yo, 1992 begins the new wave for the blunt rollers
You know what I'm sayin'?
The saga of the Phillie blunt continues
The flava's the P-Funk y'all, get wit it
Check it out...
[Verse 1]
Check out a new type of gimmick which is splendid
Since you're down with other shit, let's see if you're down with this
It's about..strictly trying to roll a blunt
When you get the hang of it, you'll catch more blunts than Archie Bunk
First of all you get a fat bag of ism
From uptown, any local store sells the shit friend
Purchase a Phillie, not the city of Philly
Silly punk, I'm talking 'bout the shit called the Phillie blunt
Lick the blunt and then the Phillie blunt middle you split
Don't have a razor blade, use ya fuckin' fingertips
Crack the bag and then you pour the whole bag in
Spread the ism around until the ism reach each end
Take your finger and your thumb from tip to tip
Roll it in a motion then the top piece you lick
Seal it, dry it wit ya lighter if ya gotta
The results, mmmmmmmm....proper
That's how you roll a blunt
That's how you roll a blunt
That's how you roll a blunt
That's how you roll a blunt
That's how you roll a blunt
That's how you roll a blunt
Let's all roll a blunt
..and get fucked up (yea)
[Verse 2]
The second paragraph might makes you laugh
When a brotha rolls a blunt and his breath smells like pure ass
That's when you know you gotta take the blunt from him
Cuz his breath has the dragon in the dungeon
(yo, yo, yo, light the blunt. uh yo, here's the lighter..)
I would if this shit would stop drippin' wit saliva
And if you gonna lick it, don't drown it with ya spit, shit
I dunno what dick or last puss you licked quick
And how 'bout the non-blunt rollin' females
That always fucks it up 'cuz they don't wanna break their Lee nails
(hee hee hee hee hee, sorry Red for spilling it..)
[BEEEITCH] You better pickup every seed of it
Because I paid 10 bills for the get ill..
And for spilling it you better get lost or get grilled
Bo know everything from sports to other stuff
But I bet you Bo dunno know to roll a blunt
"Hey nigga pass the god damn blunt. Shit! What you holding it all day for?
Sit yo big ass down..."
Yo, yo, check this out
I want all the real niggas out there and the females too
If you got a fat blunt in ya mouth and you feeling high as hell
I want y'all to repeat after me, check it out
I'm fucked up (I'm fucked up..)
I'm fucked up (I'm fucked up...)
I'm high as hell (I'm high as hell..)
I'm high as hell (I'm high as hell) Yea
[Verse 3]
Last but not least, Redman would like to say peace
To all the blunt rollers from the Tri-State to the Middle East
And gimme a blunt when I kick the bucket
Devil or no devil when high I am the wrong one to be fucked with
So everybody put they blunt up in the air
Take a puff, blow the smoke out like ya just don't care
So..(pump up the volume) ..so it's heard thru the next block
I'm out, peace to Red Foxx, I'm off to the cess spot..
Yea, DJ Twinz in the house
Yea, Redman's in the house
Yo, peace to Pack Pistol Posse, the 4,5,6
Yo, I'm out, yo Reg
Turn this shit off man (yo turn that shit off..)
This jumpy anthem is off of Redman's stellar debut, "Whut? Thee Album."
Ever had a bag of endo and not known what to do with it? Listen up, kids.
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Hailing from San Francisco, the multi-platinum selling band Train just wrapped up a sold-out headlining tour across the US in support of their current gold album CALIFORNIA 37, which features the hits "50 Ways To Say Goodbye" and "Drive By." The Grammy-winning band is also known for chart-topping singles "Drop Of Jupiter, "Hey Soul Sister" and more. The band will perform a special three-song medley during the swimsuit competition including hits "Drive By," "Mermaid" and "Shake Up Christmas."
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COLTON â" The 48th annual Ken Hubbs Memorial Award took history-making to a new level this year.
The Hubbs Foundation, for the first time, honored an equal number of girls (22) as boys and also gave out overall awards to both genders.
Girls were honored only occasionally before this year.
âItâs a special thing,â Hubbs president Ron Doty said in the days preceding the event. âWhen we honored the two girls last year (Janae Sharpe and Krista Vansant) I knew there were more out there who were worthy.â
Turns out Doty was right.
Before a throng of nearly 400 in the Ken Hubbs Gym, Yucaipa multi-sport athlete Kodi Lavrusky won for the girls and San Bernardino San Gorgonioâs Ryan Hunter-Simms nabbed the overall honor for the boys.
âThis is such an honor,â Lavrusky said after posing for a series of photos with the handsome bronze-and-walnut bust of Hubbs. âThere are so many great athletes and to be the first female is just amazing. My parents told me to prepare a speech beforehand, but it was still nerve-wracking standing (at the podium).â
Added Yucaipa athletic director Mark Anderson: âThereâs nothing audacious about her. Sheâs quiet, well-mannered and doesnât attract a lot of attention. You donât necessarily notice her at first, but once you do you canât take your eyes off her.â
Lavrusky also has a tie to the late Ken Hubbs, the four-sport Colton High star and Chicago Cubs second baseman who died in a plane crash near Provo, Utah, before the 1964 season. The Yucaipa standout told the assembled how her father, Chuck, and grandfather Mike both played minor league baseball and that her grandpa was at spring training with Hubbs.
Best known for her soccer ability, Lavrusky was the 2010-2011 HSGameTime.com Co-Player of the Year. A UCLA signee, she scored 127 goals in her Thunderbirds career and made the U.S. Under-18 national team.
Lavrusky also played basketball and ran track this year. She was part of the 400-meter relay team that set a school record (49.0 seconds) and also managed a school-record mark of 17 feet, 8 inches in the long jump.
On the basketball court she made the All-CBL team, leading the Thunderbirds to the playoffs.
Regarded by most as the most heralded female athlete in Yucaipa history, Lavrusky also had a 3.8 GPA, ranked 93rd out of 635 students academically and participated in a wide variety of school and community activities.
Hunter-Simms is the second consecutive honoree from San G., with Paul Rodriguez having won it last year.
âItâs kind of surreal,â Hunter-Simms said. âThere were 22 kids who had a chance to win it ⦠but to actually be the Ken Hubbs winner is something, especially since (Hubbs) was such a great character guy â" really the whole package.â
The University of Oregon track and field signee was a star football and track and field athlete, as well as a campus leader.
âAs a freshman Ryan was something special and he was a kid who lived up to his potential,â Spartans athletic director Matt Maeda said. âAs a freshman he was brought up to varsity and by his sophomore year he was a team captain. He had the talent and dedication and (was well-coached). Off the field he was quiet and humble.â
In football, the Spartans lineman made All-CIF-SS as a junior and senior and was a team captain for three years.
Hunter-Simms was even more dynamic in track and field, heaving the discus a school-record 198-2, which ranks No. 2 in the state and fourth in the nation. He is also a standout in the shot put.
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Quote:Well if people with our ground fighting experience can't "see" something that ppl say is there, then its probably not. Thats what I was getting at.
Quote:now you are just outright being dishonest.arguing historical references are for the forum...arguing actual technique is for the mat.
Quote:so, in effect you are displayling that since you can't win a debate of logic and historical facts, then you resort to "proving" your historical correctness on the mat.
Quote:thats laughably transparant and is eqivalent to proving a technique on the mat, by telling your sparring partner to turn to "Nagamine's book Tale's of Okinawa's Great Masters page 138."
Quote:you may have H.S. varsity wrestling in your Karate on the mat, but you have no historical argument on a forum.
Quote:Quote:Credibility where? Here? On this board? With you guys? And how does that exactly affect me? The fact of the matter is you guys don't believe what I say anyway. Either you don't think my training and fighting is any good *lassos med, and drags him back to the topic* See, statements like that are the problem. You have totally, 100% changed the question from "Do we believe med about the historical connections between kata and groundfighting" to "Do we think med's training is bad".The overall opinion seems to be that the historical connections you have put forth are not substantial enough to make your case. This does not mean that anyone thinks you are stupid or inferior, etc. It just mean we disagree about that point.Your training sounds good, although video would be nice. So quit trying to change the subject.
Quote:Credibility where? Here? On this board? With you guys? And how does that exactly affect me? The fact of the matter is you guys don't believe what I say anyway. Either you don't think my training and fighting is any good
Quote:so am I to understand you've only ever been debating the issue of historical connections to kata and groundfighting, from the perspective of what you can show on the mat?
Quote:you don't see the disconnect of logic there?
Quote:and if that's true, then why do you reference page numbers from a book and cite quotes whenever asked for the historical connection? Aren't you being hypocritical?
Quote:My arguements have come from my training and physical study.
Quote:. But I believe the facts are that there is a connection between the okinawan grappling arts and karate.
Quote: Because the history as we have already agreed is so slim that there is no definitive way of proving either side.
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What is risk? Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act risk is generally doing business in a non-compliant manner under these laws, where such action can increase the possibility of engaging in or facilitating a corrupt payment or bribe. However, risk can involve other areas. If you are an investment bank, one of the risks which requires management is losses around trading. This was painfully put on in public display last week in the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearings into the JP Morgan trading losses and the trader who has come to be known as the "London Whale".
The London Whale involved trading losses which eventually hit $6.2bn for certain credit trades. In the FT Lex Column, an article entitled "Whale fail" stated that either the "bank leadership actively circumvented risk controls and misled the regulator and investors [the Senate's take] or the affair was an exercise in systematic incompetence [JPMorgan's]". Either version is not a good one for JPMorgan. The Senate report identified a list of failings at JPMorgan, accused the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of putting into place a risky investment strategy and then trying to hide the losses. It alleged the bank hid its trading losses and finally lied to regulators. The Senate Subcommittee report and hearings provide many valuable lessons for the compliance practitioner.
Change in Business May Increase Risk
As reported by the Financial Times (FT), in an article entitled, "Harpooning The Whale-Dimon and his lieutenants caught in spotlight over risk management" showed how this trading desk morphed over the years. While the trades were initially set up as derivative positions meant to be used as a hedge by JPMorgan, at some point they morphed into something very different so that by the first quarter of 2012, "the portfolio exploded in size, complexity and risk, with little or no notice to the bank's senior risk managers or its regulators." The trading program went from a "notational size of $51bn in 2011" to a value of $157bn in the Q1 2012.
When you have program that goes from a financial hedging operation to a program which generates profits, you have a very different risk profile. If your risk profile increases through such a change, you need better management of that risk. While the extent to which JPMorgan senior management were aware of the additional risk is unclear, it is clear that JPMorgan's risk management program was sorely lacking by failing to bring this trading desk into its overall risk management structure.
When Employees Call (Internal) 911
One of the things made clear at the Senate hearings was that JPMorgan executives tried to blame those big, bad traders in London for the whole debacle. In an article in the New York Times (NYT) Dealb%k, entitled, "Withering Questions at Senate Hearing on JPMorgan Loss", reporter Jessica Silver-Greenberg wrote, "Ina Drew, who resigned in May as the head of JPMorgan's chief investment office, the group at the center of the problems… directed virtually all of the blame at lower-level traders in London and other subordinates." However, the reporting by the FT would suggest otherwise. In "Harpooning the Whale" it said that the trader nicknamed the "London Whale" sent "panicked emails to his superiors" in late January 2012. Among other emails quoted in the FT piece it was stated that he said, "We need to discuss the synthetic book. The current strategy doesn't seem to work out." In another email he wrote, "The financial [p]erformance is worrisome." Finally he wrote that the derivatives trades were "huge" and "scary". Indeed.
A company certain wants its employees to notify upper management if something goes awry and a company's risk significantly increases. In the safety part of any company it is now standard procedure that 'safety is everyone's responsibility' and if any employee sees an unsafe operation occurring, you have the right to shut it down immediately, with no fear of retaliation. However the key lesson to be learned from this experience is that if an employee notifies his or her superiors of a high risk activity, that risk needs to be identified and the conduct which led to the risk stopped.
Do Not Raise/Exceed the Risk Bar
When these emails from the London Whale and other information came back to JPMorgan about the potential size of these losses, did it try and call off its position? No. It continued, but tried to contain the losses by changing the risk parameters so that the losses did not appear as losses and the trades were made to appear to be within the bank's risk restrictions. Gretchen Morgenson, writing in the NYT, in an article entitled, "JPMorgan's Follies, For All To See" explained the bank did so by changing its normal practice in valuing these types of derivatives. She said that "Normal practice at the bank and across the industry is to value these kinds of derivatives at the midpoint between the bid and offer prices available in the market. But in early 2012, as it became apparent that JPMorgan's big trades at the chief investment office were going bad, the bank began valuing the portfolio well outside the midpoint. This reduced its losses.
For example, in January 2012, the portfolio valuations hewed closely to the midpoint on all but 2 of the 18 measures, the Senate investigators found. A month later, 5 of the 18 valuation measures deviated from the midpoint. In March, however, all 18 deviated, and 16 were at the outer bounds of price ranges. In every case, the prices used by the bank understated its losses. While these valuation shifts were taking place in the chief investment office, JPMorgan's investment bank officials continued to mark their identical positions using the midpoint value.
In addition to changing its risk parameters, the Senate reported noted that JPMorgan did not follow its own guidelines regarding risk boundaries for such trades. Morgenson writes that "Risk limits, intended to protect the bank from losses, were also routinely breached at JPMorgan Chase. […] From late 2011 to the first quarter of 2012, Senate investigators saw a huge jump in the number of risk-limit breaches — to more than 170, from 6. Then, in April 2012 alone, risk limits were exceeded 160 times." Morgenson concluded that the bank's risk limits "were either ignored or modified to make the portfolio look better".
Risk parameters are put in place for a reason. It is to manage a company's risk, whether that be in an investment strategy or relating to bribery and corruption under the FCPA. Once a protocol is in place, it should not be changed in the absence of careful analysis and documentation of that analysis. When it all hits the fan it is not the time to change your risk protocols. It is equally important that a company follows its risk parameters and does not exceed them on a routine basis. While it is important that you have a compliance and risk management program, if you have one and do not follow it the consequences can be even more severe.
What Did You Do About It?
In thinking about any risk breach, whether it be safety, FCPA or credit trading; I always conclude my thoughts with Paul McNulty's Third Maxim, "What did you do when you found out about it?" JPMorgan did launch its own internal investigation into the trading losses but Morgenson noted that report produced was criticized by the Senate Subcommittee for its lack of rigor. She also reported that JPMorgan "has repeatedly said it made mistakes and has changed its policies." What about discipline for those involved? In an article in the Wall Street Journal, entitled, "Senate Puts 'Whale' On the Grill", it was reported that Douglas Braunstein, J.P. Morgan's former chief financial officer, testified "that his annual pay had been cut to $5 million from $9.5 million." Other senior executives at the bank, including Mr. Dimon, [JPMorgan Chief Executive] also saw large pay cuts.
For most companies which face a FCPA issue, they will not have to go through such a thorough and very public Senate investigation and hearing. However, because it was such a public event, there were many public lessons which can be learned by the compliance practitioner. As a publicly listed institution, it is the shareholders who will ultimately bear the losses sustained by the bank. The Lex Column of the FT stated that "Until Mr. Dimon has shown over a series of reporting periods that the "whale" was an aberration rather than a reflection of rotten corporate culture, investors should tread cautiously." In the FCPA world, if you have such a breach of your risk parameters, you may well have this same question posed to you.
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