Listen We talk about: Senators Inhofe and Grassley questioning role of Goldman Sachs in the bailout funds, demand investigation into any handouts to ‘friends of’ Henry Paulson; bankers begin committing acts of violence; Mad Max world in the billionaire class; amateur landlords flooding the rental market with homes they can’t sell; armed gangs poaching game across UK as black market in food thrives; Mark Cuban charged with insider trading; a fantasy troika of angry billionaires, Cuban, Mike Milken and Ted Turner to march on Wall Street; and gold, gold, gold. Less

Tal y como comentábamos en una entrada anterior, Violeta ha actualizado un par de actividades incorporando a las mismas un podcast. Aquí tenéis el segundo. En él podremos conocer a la famosísima Rebeca Sagasta. Además, podremos trabajar con los presentes regulares y las acciones habituales. Como en el otro podcast, todo pensado para un A1. Una vez más adjuntamos la ficha, en la que tambiéns el incluye el texto transcrito. FICHA (pdf)        Less

Violeta ha actualizado en estos últimos días un par de actividades que tenía en su archivo personal y para ello, entre otras cosas, ha decidido grabar un par de podcasts. Sin duda todo un acierto. Aquí os presentamos el primero, pensado para trabajar las acciones habituales con el presente regular, un par de irregulares y verbos con pronombres. Todo ello en un A1. La idea es sustituir los puntos suspensivos por el nombre del profesor o de cualquier persona que imagine la clase. Adjuntamos una ficha de trabajo en la que aparece la transcripción. FICHA (pdf)        Less

Introducing Chattanooga to the world and the world to Chattanooga through independent music. Contact us: http://www.indieradiochattanooga.com indieradiochattanooga@gmail.com 423.443.4699 drop.io/indieradio Less

You’re backed up with work. There’s no time to spare. You’re busy, busy, busy. You eat your lunch at your desk and keep plugging away. An hour passes, then another. It looks like another late night at the office. And it’s Friday. Guess you’ll be working this weekend. As evening approaches, you get a call from a friend who is chairing the fundraising committee this year for his favorite charity. He asks if you’d help raise money this year. The campaign kicks off in a month. Oh, what the heck you say – it’s over a month away. No problem! You don’t think anymore about it. The weeks turn into a month. You get an e-mail reminding you of the first committee meeting. You’re just as busy now as you were when you committed to it. But now you have yet another obligation – you have to serve on this committee. ___ ___ The future becomes the present A study done a while back showed that we do have a tendency to think we will miraculously be less busy in the future than we are today. So we say “yes” to requests for our time in the future. Then we’re shocked when the future becomes the present and we have even less time than we had before. We’ve overcommitted ourselves … again! 5 questions to ask before committing yourself The first question is simply a check. It may be obvious, but we didn’t feel we could leave it out. How will this request advance me toward my goals? If it doesn’t, why say yes. The next four questions aren’t sequential. They should be answered simultaneously. If you had to do this tomorrow or next week, would you still say yes? If you can’t say yes to this question without hesitation, why commit yourself? But consider the next question before saying “no”. How significant would the impact be on your life if you say yes? You may be willing to pay the price of overextending yourself if the pay off is high enough. If that’s the case, look at the next question. How much time will it realistically take? You can only operate in a state of hyper-activity for a short period of time. If it will take a year, you can’t push yourself that hard. So if it’s a long-term project you may have to say no. If it’s short-term you may be able to say yes. In either case, consider the next question. What am I willing to say “no” to or put “on hold” in order to do this? You only have 24 hours in your day just like any human. Will you sleep less? Spend less time with your family? Skip your next vacation? Be realistic about what you have to give up. Is it worth the price?  Once you’ve answered these questions, you’re ready to commit (or not commit) your time in the future. You understand that you won’t have more time then. So you’ll be careful to only commit to those things which will make you a bigg success! ___ Get the tips and tools you need to be a BIGG success! Subscribe to the Bigg Success Weekly – it’s FREE! ___ We greatly appreciate you reading our post today. Join us next time as we look at the difference between being battle-scarred and battle-scared. Until then, here’s to your bigg success! Subscribe to The Bigg Success Show in iTunes.  Subscribe to the Bigg Success feed. Direct link to The Bigg Success Show audio file: http://media.libsyn.com/media/biggsuccess/00267-111808.mp3 Related posts Meet Count Clockula Is Your Schedule Overloaded Like A Dishwasher? (Image by Undy) Less

Download | Shownotes This week we go over community tales from the foxhole and Krunk gives us our friendly dose of the callins. GLewis makes his triumphant return (which is evident in the bloopers) so be sure to check this one out. We get a visit from refereechu, the podtacular soccer referee. Thanks to lilkuke for this week's podart. Less

Wild Bill Hickok - This juvenile western followed the same format as the TV show of the same name that ran throughout the same years. This format certainly was not new as the charismatic hero and comic side-kick was something that had been done before with Hopalong Cassidy and The Cisco Kid, and to some extent with the Lone Ranger. FIRST BROADCAST: May 17, 1951 LAST BROADCAST: February 12, 1956  SPONSORS: Kellog  CAST: Guy Madison and Andy Devine. ANNOUNCERS: Charlie Lyon PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Paul Pierc.  The storylines for Wild Bill Hikock are anything but challenging. The basic plot is usually along the lines of Hickock and his sidekick, Jingles, blundering into trouble, fighting their way out of it somehow, and then riding off into the sunset in readiness for next weeks trials and tribulations. THIS EPISODE: October 21, 1954. Program #243. Mutual network. " The Trail Of The Cougar ". Sponsored by: Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops, Kellogg's Variety. Old Dad Winters' herd is being whittled down by a "killer cat." The system cue is added live. The date above is approximate. Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Charles Lyon (announcer), David Hire (producer), Paul Pierce (writer, director), Richard Aurandt (music), Ralph Moody, Leo Curley, Frank Gerstle. 24:52. Less

The Witch's Tale - A seminal series which established the standard of a host-based anthology series, and the first horror series produced for radio. WOR, New York origination, Air Features Syndicate syndication. Music fill for local commercial insert. 9:30 P. M. lonzo Deen Cole (writer, producer, performer), Marie O'Flynn, Adelaide Fitz-Allen (as "Old Nancy"). John Dunning in his "On the Air, The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio," relates the odd tale of getting the replacement for the original Nancy, Adelaide Fitz-Allen, who died at 79 in 1935. A radio veteran, only a mere 13 years old, Miriam Wolfe by name, was then on the fine children's program, Let's Pretend. Of course, she wasn't considered for the part. She stayed in the studio during a late-night broadcast by Witch's Tale writer/director, Alonzo Deen Cole, and began her "Nancy" without warning. Cole was so chilled by her mimicry of an ancient crone that she got the part on the spot. Later in the show's run, the role was taken by Martha Wentworth. THIS EPISODE: Artransa syndication. "The Haunted Crossroads". Commercials deleted. An invisible woman has stabbed a policeman in the back at an isolated crossroads. The stabbings had happened before, and happen again. The "phantom woman" appears to another cop, who then begs his fiancee to shoot him! The script was used on "The Witch's Tale" on October 17, 1932, December 18, 1933 and October 12, 1937. This recording may be from the 1937 broadcast, or from an Australian production. Alonzo Deen Cole (writer). 26:27. Less

Mutual Radio Theater - In December 1979 the Mutual Broadcasting System acquired the Sears Radio Theater renaming it, the MUTUAL Radio Theater. It retained the same format as before with the same theme for different nights of the week. Lorne Greene remained host for Monday's Western night, Andy Griffith handled Tuesday's Comedy, Vincent Price still was host for Mystery on Wednesdays, Cicely Tyson did Love on Thursday, while Leonard Nimoy was now the Friday night Adventure host. As before the series aired week nights, Monday through Friday. The Mutual Radio Theater debuted Mar 3, 1980 and was to run for 13 weeks on almost 300 stations. The shows were then to be repeated over the summer and fall. It proved to be fairly successful and another 8 weeks of original programs were added; this was followed by another 8 weeks of repeats. The series was broadcast in stereo, making it the only commercial radio network drama program in the nation to use this technology at the time. Great writers were employed for this series including Arch Oboler and Norman Corwin. Good choices were made when it came to cast members. Old familiar voices and names included Janet Waldo, John Dehner, Vic Perrin, Mary Jane Croft, Hans Conried, Marvin Miller, Parley Baer, Elliot Lewis, Jeff Corey, Virginia Gregg, Lesley Woods, Robert Rockwell and Lurene Tuttle. Then from movies and TV - Eve Arden, Keith Andes, Harriet Nelson, Aan Young, Tom Bosley and Marian Ross, Lloyd Bochner, Rick Jason, Frank Campanella, Toni Tennille, Arthur Hill, Dan O'Herlihy, Jesse White and Frank Nelson. Less

Zero Hour - Rod Serling is known to most people as the TV host (and some times writer) for The Twilight Zone. A decade later, he returned to TV to host the spooky Night Gallery series. The series was sold to the networks on Serling's name and reputation, but in reality, he had signed away creative control. A few of his scripts were produced, but others were rejected for being "too thoughtful." (We can't have any of that on television, can we?) He was banned from the casting sessions and had no real say on the show. Despite the shabby treatment by hot shot execs, Serling grit his teeth and did his duty. He continued to lead TV viewers through a darkened museum every week, looking at paintings with even darker themes. (It was very similar to the role Orson Welles served two decades earlier as the host to The Black Museum.) When Night Gallery was canceled in 1972, Serling was probably happy to retire from TV and move to upstate New York. He taught at Ithaca College, not far from where he grew up. The 5-part series was syndicated by Mutual and the programs were allowed to be aired when convenient.  Therefore, broadcast dates vary around the country.  This section of the log is listed in Mutual's suggested ordering.  Broadcast dates start on the premier date and continue until completion without break.  The single-part show broadcast dates were more tightly defined by Mutual. Less

WHITEHALL 1 2, 1 2 Tweaked Jan. 12, 2006 This series was very similar to the Black Museum that was hosted by Orson Welles. Both the Black Museum and Whitehall 1212 drew their material from the files of Scotland Yard. The stories were true in every respect except that the names were changed to protect the innocent, as they say. The Whitehall 1212 series boasted that for the first time Scotland Yard opened its files and the producers promised to bring to the public authentic true stories of some of the most celebrated cases. Permission for these records came from Sir Harold Scott, Commissioner of the yard at that time. There is actually a Black Museum. This area is located on the lower ground floor of Scotland Yard and it does indeed contain articles that are closely associated with the solving of a crime. And "Whitehall 1212" was the actual emergency phone number for the yard at the time. The research for the shows was done by Percy Hoskins, chief crime reporter for the London Daily Express. For the benefit of American audiences, Wyllis Cooper of Quiet Please fame was hired as script writer. Interestingly enough both the Black Museum and Whitehall 1212 had all-British casts; both ran concurrently. Whereby Mutual Broadcasting System aired the Orson Welles version, NBC offered the Wyllis Cooper one. There were 44 episodes in the series and all but one are in circulation. None of the prorgrams were titled and as they appeared on the scene, were given names by those who collected them. For that reason there are variations of titles, some with incorrect spellings; an attempt has been made to correct this. Some of the shows had "case numbers" and when they were announced, are noted below. THIS EPISODE: September 21, 1952. NBC network. Sustaining. A wireless set that was never intended to be operative is in the "Black Museum" because of its involvement with the murder of a bartender with strychnine. Horace Braham, Harvey Hayes, Catherine Hines, Lionel Ricou (announcer), Lester Fletcher, Francois Grimar, Guy Spaull, Percy Hoskins (researcher), Wyllis Cooper (writer, director), Carl Harburg. 29:27. Less

Studio One - A drama anthology, which first aired Tuesday, April 29, 1947, at 9:00 over CBS stations. It brought hour-long presentations of books and plays to radio, many of which had not been attempted before. Fletcher Markle, a CBC radio veteran, produced, hosted and occasionally acted in the series. Half way through the season, ratings were not as expected, possibly because the series didn't air on the West Coast. Big name actors were brought in to help improve ratings. The sustained series still left the air after only one season. STUDIO ONE ran until July 27, 1948, when it was replaced by ROOFTOPS OF THE CITY. However, the standards it set led to a TV series of the same name which ran for nine seasons. STUDIO ONE seems to be a forgotten gem. If you like high drama, these shows should not be overlooked. THIS EPISODE: September 2, 1947. CBS network. " Thunder Rock ". Sustaining. A fascinating story of a lighthouse keeper who imagines six people who died 90 years ago in a wreck are alive again. Clarence Derwent, Fletcher Markle (producer, director, performer), Hester Sondergaard, Robert Audrey (author), Robert Dryden, Stefan Schnabel. 1 hour. Less

"Rocky Fortune" is about a wanderer that took odd jobs to support himself and never stayed in one place too long. He almost always seemed to meet beautiful women along with trouble. Sinatra was good and was proving to Hollywood that he could do serious work. When casting began for the movie "From Here To Eternity", Frank campaigned tirelessly for a part and because of that and a good word put in for him by Gardner, who he was now separated from, he won a part that would mark his return to Hollywood. Sadly for us, it also meant he didn't have time to do radio and "Rocky Fortune" was rather short lived, although it was popular. It only ran from 1953 - 1954, but" It was a very good year". THIS EPISODE: March 2, 1954. NBC network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. " The Doctor's Dilemma ". A doctor's son has stolen $25,000 worth of narcotics from his father's office. Rocky pretends that he's a blackmailer and lays a trap. Frank Sinatra, Raymond Burr, Norm Sickle (writer), Andrew C. Love (director), Maurice Hart, Jack Carroll, Georgia Ellis, Barney Phillips. 24:51.   Less

You Bet Your Life - Groucho Marx matches wits with the American public in four episodes of this classic game show. Starting on the radio in 1947, You Bet Your Life made its television debut in 1950 and aired for 11 years with Groucho as host and emcee. Sponsored rather conspicuously by the Dodge DeSoto car manufacturers, the show featured two contestants working as a team to answer questions for cash prizes. Another mainstay of these question and answer segments was the paper mache duck that would descend from the ceiling with one hundred dollars in tow whenever a player uttered the "secret word." The quiz show aspect of "You Bet Your Life" was always secondary, to the clever back-and-forth between host and contestant, which found Groucho at his funniest. It's in these interview segments that "You Bet Your Life" truly makes its mark as one of early television's greatest programs. Directed by: Robert Dwan. THIS EPISODE: 12-28-49  NBC network Sponsored by: Elgin-American. One of the contestants is tackle for the Green Bay Packards". Secret Word "Name." The system cue is added live. Groucho Marx, George Fenneman (announcer), Mike Wallace (commercial spokesman, billed as "Myron Wallace"), Robert Dwan (director), Bernie Smith (director), Jerry Fielding (music), John Guedel (producer), Henrietta Adair. 30:12.     Less

Ken and I decided to go through the four phases of mourning: Shock and Numbness Yearning or Searching or Anger Fear or Panic Acceptance We discussed everything from the Stock market to the potential actions of the Obama Administrations. Please take a moment to visit our sponsor - Click on the Sign Up Now link to the left! we were joined by my mother and step-father for the call. If you want to join in you can by calling in when we record live! Click Here to download tonight's show. Thanks to all who listen live and all who download the show! If you like the show, tell your friends or blog about us. If you don't, join us next week when you'll hear different words in a different order! Oh, we've got new sound effects, too! Less

The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen - First heard on Mutual featuring Elliott Lewis, who as Leonard Maltin writes in "The Great American Broadcast, "…wore every hat imaginable-actor, producer, and director-also penned a good number of scripts for series he supervised, including Suspense." And Maltin says of this show, "On the terrific late-1940's high-adventure series The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen he held down both jobs simultaneously as director and star." As Maltin continues, “Lewis had the ability to make you believe whatever he said. Cast as the skipper on the high-adventure series The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, he was completely convincing as seagoing ship's master Philip Carney-never corny or overblown." So let a master captain of drama chart a course to exotic ports of call and thrilling adventures. All you have to do is step aboard The Scarlet Queen. THIS EPISODE: October 23, 1947. Mutual network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. " Grafter's Fort and The Black Pearl Of Galayla Bay ". What and where is the pearl? Clue: it's a woman, not a jewel! The system cue has been deleted. Elliott Lewis, Edwin Max, Rolfe Sedan, Jack Kruschen, Virginia Gregg, Gil Doud (writer), Robert Tallman (writer), James Burton (producer), Richard Aurandt (music), Charles Arlington (announcer). 29:23 Less

We have 3 great calls to the farm phone calls this week. We go from cooking squash, to japanese beetles, to barn layouts. For the farm section we have a look at what worked and what didn’t in our fall garden. Less

En este capítulo muestro cómo quitar personas o elementos que no queremos en una imagen utilizando el comando “median” de photoshop cuando tomamos fotografías en lugares muy concurridos. Descarga el capítulo 134 Less

The team at Oblong is getting closer and closer to bringing Minority Report like gesture control to the market. This is awesomeness! Thanks to the HP MediaSmart Server for supporting The Brief. To find out where you can order one, click here. Less

The team at Oblong is getting closer and closer to bringing Minority Report like gesture control to the market. This is awesomeness! Thanks to the HP MediaSmart Server for supporting The Brief. To find out where you can order one, click here. Less