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- Report: #816684
Complaint Review: Mark Valinsky Photography
Mark Valinsky Photography 4333 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, California United States of America |
Mark Valinsky Photography Mark Valinsky took semi nude photographs of me when I was 13 Marina del Rey, California
*Consumer Comment: Don't forget to follow-up!
*Author of original report: A Police Report Has Been Filed Against Mark Valinsky
*Consumer Comment: Becoming less believable
*Author of original report: Mark I Want All My Pictures Back!!!!
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: investigations into your cyber terrorism have already begun
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: investigations into your cyber terrorism have already begun
*Consumer Comment: Have your parents call the police.
*Consumer Comment: Peyton, no turning back
*Author of original report: Dr. Mark S. Valinsky, Age 50, Photographer/Actor/Doctor - This is him
*Consumer Comment: Peyton, tell parents, get a lawyer and go to police
*Consumer Comment: Payten, if what you have described is accurate...
*Consumer Comment: It's not too late for justice.
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He answered when I called, I told him who I was and where I met him and he said he remembered me. I said I wanted to be a model and I asked him how much would it cost and what do I need to do. He said it would not cost anything and all I had to do was pose. Mark said he wanted to do a test shoot to see how photogenic I was. I said do I need my parents to go with me and Mark said no because it was a test shoot and that the photos would no be used for anything.
So Mark picked me up where we met and he took me shopping to buy some clothes for the shoot, he told me I would be perfect for glamour modeling. I said can teens do that? And Mark said yes, he told me of a site that specialized in teen glamour modeling (www.trueteenbabes.com) and that I could make a lot of money with them. So we got to Mark's studio and he showed me the website he mentioned.
He asked me if it would be ok to take test shots like the girls on that website and I hesitated, but he convinced me to and I went along with it. Mark first took pictures of me in a dress, then in a bikini and finally implied and semi nude. Mark must have shot over 400 pictures of me, I felt naked and exposed. Mark took pictures of me with barely any clothes on, I mainly wore a thong, high heels and open shirt with no bra. Mark then asked me if I would do implied nudity and I said no I am not getting naked.
He said implied nudity is not nudity at all, that it gives the impression that I am nude. He offered to pay me $500 to do it and I did. Some of the pictures my nipple was showing and Mark said he would edit it out. After the shoot, Mark dropped me off where he picked me up and said he would contact me when he selected the best pictures. About a week later Mark called me and told me he selected the best pictures. So once again he picked me up at the mall and we went to his studio. Some of the pictures I liked and some of them I hated.
I asked Mark not to show anyone those pictures and he said that he could do whatever he wanted to do with the pictures because they were his property. I said how much do you want for me to buy those pictures and he said $5000.00. I said I don't have that kind of money, then Mark put his hand on my leg and moved it up my skirt. I was nervous and scared. Mark said I could have the pictures or he would destroy them if I performed a striptease for him and be completely naked in front of him.
I did it because I wanted those pictures. There I stood completely naked in his studio, I was nervous and scared, I was more worried about my parents finding out what I did. Mark had his pants open and he was touching himself as i stripped. After I was done he wanted me to touch him where he was touching himself. I said no way!!! And I started to cry and I wanted to go home. Mark said if I touched him while I was naked, that I could get the pictures and that he would drop me off.
When Mark dropped me off at the mall, all he did was smile at me and then he drove away. I cried and was ashamed at what I had did. If this is what modeling is all about I don't want anything to do with it. The reason I made this post 2 years later was because I saw one of my pictures on Mark's website (www.markvalinskyphotography.com), it was a picture of me in my dress. This scared me and I wondered if Mark still had copies of all the pictures he took of me. I sent him an email to take my picture down, which he did.
If anyone reads this beware of Mark, I checked online and the things on Mark's Model Mayhem profile #431659 and his website are not true, Mark has done nothing that he claims. Mark use to own a company named Valcom Media, he said he use to be a movie producer too. I think Mark is a liar. What Mark did to me, I wonder if he did it to his two daughters. Yes, Mark has children too, I worry about them, I hope they don't go through what I went thru when I was 13 years old.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 01/01/2012 10:03 PM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Mark-Valinsky-Photography/Marina-del-Rey-California-90292/Mark-Valinsky-Photography-Mark-Valinsky-took-semi-nude-photographs-of-me-when-I-was-13-Mar-816684. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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Don't forget to follow-up!
AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Don't let "the system" forget about this. Your parents need to contact the investigative detective WEEKLY to obtain investigation updates. Your parent should also contact your county/city District Attorney to ensure this complaint doesn't get lost in the woodwork. In other words, your parents are going to have to apply some pressure to the authorities so that this case is ACTIVELY INVESTIGATED and so the DA will prosecute.
The first thing that should happen is a request for a SEARCH WARRANT to examine his computers. Also, the will need to supply a subpoena to his web host and internet service provider to obtain any backup copies of his website and website change logs. If you know the approximate date that the images were removed from his website, that will help the investigators to find evidence of the pictures. The subpoena needs to executed quickly for obvious reasons.
Keep up the pressure! Good luck.
#2 Author of original report
A Police Report Has Been Filed Against Mark Valinsky
AUTHOR: Payten C - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
#3 Consumer Comment
Becoming less believable
AUTHOR: voiceofreason - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, January 09, 2012
If you are for real, you need to stop posting here and have your parents contact the authorities IMMEDIATELY.
By posting here, you are opening them up to civil/legal liabilities from the man you are accusing, and possibly crossing the line yourself into illegal actions.
In addition, let's say this is all on the level, and he has these photos you describe. How would you ever know he's sent you all copies, whether film based or digital, if he were to send you anything?
He could store multiple digital copies of anything anywhere. Even film negatives can be duplicated.
If your last request was on the level, it paints you as incredibly naive, or as not being for real.
Ripoff Reports and other social media are not the venues for playing a situation like this out.
Any more posts from you here and I guarantee, your folks are likely to pay a heavy price legally or civilly, so stop it now and heed the advice of those of us who told you from the get go to go to the authorities.
#4 Author of original report
Mark I Want All My Pictures Back!!!!
AUTHOR: Payten C - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, January 05, 2012
#5 REBUTTAL Individual responds
investigations into your cyber terrorism have already begun
AUTHOR: Mark Valinsky - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, January 05, 2012
I, Mark Valinsky would like to inform you that investigations into your cyber terrorism have already begun. I already have a very good idea of who this is based on your writing style and previous use of similar deceitful and lie filled techniques on others we know. Your writing and word usage are definitely
smarter than any 15 year old possibly could perform, but apparently you are not smarter than a 15 year old, nor will you be smarter than the people that will be tracking you down. Your use of previous cyber terrorism and fraudulent criminal activity has already given you away.
#6 REBUTTAL Individual responds
investigations into your cyber terrorism have already begun
AUTHOR: Mark Valinsky - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, January 05, 2012
I, Mark Valinsky would like to inform you that investigations
into your cyber terrorism have already begun. I already have a very good
idea of who this is based on your writing style and previous use of similar deceitful
and lie filled techniques on others we know. Your writing and word usage are definitely
smarter than any 15 year old possibly could perform, but apparently you are
not smarter than a 15 year old, nor will you be smarter than the people that
will be tracking you down. Your use of previous cyber terrorism and fraudulent
criminal activity has already given you away.
#7 Consumer Comment
Have your parents call the police.
AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Your rational for not calling the police doesn't wash. It will cost you and your family NOTHING to file a criminal complaint with your county/city D.A. Plenty of other wealthy celebrities have been prosecuted and convicted for similar offenses. Roman Polanski comes to mind.
If you're not willing to have your family contact the D.A and prosecute this guy, then there is some other aspect to your story that you're not telling. It might be some drug issue or 'pay for sex" issue but that is irrelevant to having this schmuck prosecuted. That would be grounds for additional charges against him and would probably mean that if he's convicted, he might actually spend some time behind bars. This is assuming what you have posted is TRUE.
The way to STOP him is to have him prosecuted. Postings on the internet, especially serious allegations mean NOTHING. Anyone can post anything.
At this point, if you're not going to tell your parents there really isn't much to be done by posting this on the internet. Most folks know how to filter out the bullsh*t. When SERIOUS allegations of a crime, especially a crime against a child, are posted with NO FOLLOW-UP with government authorities, it usually means the story is bull.
You claim to want to prevent him from doing this to someone else. If that is true, then you'll talk with your parents and they will contact the D.A. and file formal charges against this guy.
#8 Consumer Comment
Peyton, no turning back
AUTHOR: voiceofreason - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 04, 2012
If you're on the level, and so far some of us obviously believe you are (belief however is subject to change, and is not statement of fact), your family needs to take this guy down legally.
If you don't press charges against him, not only is he free to do this to others (who will likely not see these posts), but he can take action against y'all for defamation.
I don't want to scare you, because kids your age tend to blow anything serious someone tells them totally out of proportion. The world is NOT coming to an end. But you, and possibly others, have been victimized, and you need to make your post here OFFICIAL by taking it to the proper authorities.
You have photos? Then you have evidence, to some extent anyway, depending on how much their origin can be verified.
He might have evidence too that can be obtained via search warrant. You'd be surprised how stupid some pedos can be about that.
Have your parents file a complaint TODAY!!!!!!!!!
#9 Author of original report
Dr. Mark S. Valinsky, Age 50, Photographer/Actor/Doctor - This is him
AUTHOR: Payten 13 - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 04, 2012
#10 Consumer Comment
Peyton, tell parents, get a lawyer and go to police
AUTHOR: voiceofreason - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 03, 2012
http://www.markvalinskyphotography.com/about.htm - he is apparently a pretty well connected guy in Hollywood.
Check out his other mentions on the internet, Facebook, etc and see if its the same guy who used you.
It may have been a predator using a fake identity in hopes the big name recognition would make it more likely his victim would go along with him.
One way or the other your parents need to know, you all need an attorney to protect your interests, and go to the cops and DA to get whoever this is off the streets.
#11 Consumer Comment
Payten, if what you have described is accurate...
AUTHOR: Ken - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, January 02, 2012
It will take some courage, but the previous poster has pretty well summed up what you should do.
Best wishes to you, hopefully you can blame the proper party (him) and get on with your life.
If someone had done this to my daughter, I'm not sure what would happen to the pedophile, but I'd likely be in jail.
#12 Consumer Comment
It's not too late for justice.
AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, January 02, 2012
#2. Talk to your parents and contact law enforcement to press charges against this creep! Posting here doesn't accomplish much, if anything. CONTACT THE POLICE!
#3. Your parents need to file and pursue charges against this bozo. The way to stop him from doing this again is to PROSECUTE HIM-that will put an end to his games.
Good luck in the future.
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A fictionalized account of the life of a young Jane Austen and her older sister Cassandra. The language was a little difficult to get into at first, but a good read if you persist. Definitely gives a background to the novels Jane would go on to write, as well as insight into the difficulties of life in the late 1700's. B
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Murdoch, William Garden Blaikie, 1880-1934. Work of Arthur Symons. [Folcroft, Pa.] Folcroft Library Editions, 1972 (OCoLC)775830772 |
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OCLC Number: | 402725 |
Notes: | "Limited to 150 copies." Reprint of the 1907 ed. |
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Consumers Energy plans to begin construction this year on a $255 million wind power project in Michigan that will expand the company's renewable energy options. Comment?
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I admit I was reluctant to read The Handoff, because I know how the story ends – with the untimely death of sports radio's bigger-than-life ambassador, mentor, friend and programmer Andrew Ashwood. However, I am better for having pushed through.
This is a book about brotherhood, determination, vulnerability, passion, certainty, self-confidence, self-awareness, and one guy's successful rise from high-octane, motivated, passionate stock broker to high-octane, motivated, passionate sports radio host.
Through his journey of excesses, friendships, and passions, we accompany JT (currently a host on Fox Sports Radio from 1a-6a ET, 10p-3a PT) as he comes-of-age over and over again. The reader witnesses his evolution into a man, a husband, a father, a friend and talk show host. We are there as John transforms into JT and we are cheering with his buddies when he earns the name "Brick." It's funny, intense, authentic, emotional and ultimately hopeful.
JT rips his heart open for examination allowing the world to peer into his dreams, doubts, passions, and feelings. From being elected president of his fraternity to moving across country away from his boyhood home and then again when he quits his lucrative stock broker job only to pay his way on the radio – you will be rooting for JT.
Somewhat surprising for a sports host known for his scratchy, bullhorn of a voice and for banging the phones, JT is refreshingly self-deprecating, self-aware, and reflective. Even though I knew how it ended, it was a captivating roller coaster of a journey. The book gives an honest behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to succeed in life and radio. You'll be motivated by JT's hustle and moxy, and feel the urge to reconnect with friends from the past.
One of the lessons Andrew passed along was to "make someone's day."
Reading this has made mine. Thanks JT.
Beware of "The Line"
"I just thought it was sick."
Shan Shariff is host of The New School on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas.
"First off, I didn't think it was funny at all. Sometimes you can maybe, maybe in my opinion, get away with some of that stuff if the bit is at least funny — but wrong. But, the thing I thought was it sucked. It was just a terrible, terrible bit. It wasn't funny. I thought it was just disgraceful."
He's talking about the attempt at humor this week on a sports talk radio station in Atlanta. The three morning guys – all fired now – executed a bit about Steve Gleason, the former NFL player suffering from ALS.
Deb Slater and I talked to Shan in Episode 6 of the Radio Stuff Podcast (listen here). We also talked to Bean of Kevin and Bean from the "World Famous" KROQ in Los Angeles, Terry Jaymes of the nationally syndicated Lex & Terry Show and Terry Jaymes Alive podcast, and Fred Jacobs, President of Jacobs Media.
We all agree the bit crossed a line.
Ah, "the line." Every talent deals with it. What is it? Where is it? How do you find it?
Shan can sense when he's approaching it, "My show overall definitely flirts with the line a lot."
"No one knows what the line is. The FCC doesn't know what the line is." Gene Bean Baxter has no doubt he's crossed it –where ever IT is, "Well, of course, I mean I think something on our show crosses someone's line every day."
Terry just got off an apology tour, "I didn't even know what the situation was. We had to go back and listen to it. When I heard it, I said, 'oh, this is not good.'" It was a fleeting, over-the-line remark from Lex about a murdered transvestite. It was unplanned, unfunny, inappropriate, and, "It sounded very hateful."
Enter Fred Jacobs, President of Jacobs Media.
"What is offensive is a moving target over time."
Oh, isn't that special? Imagine being a blindfolded tight rope walker, but every night as the blindfold is put over your eyes, they move the guide wire.
Even so, Fred believes talent should know where it's moved to.
"Air personalities need to have a basic understanding of where the lines are, again with the proviso that the lines are often gray or even blurry."
So, how do personalities deal with this blurry, gray, moving line of what's acceptable?
"I think the lesson is that if you have a job like mine, or like the guys on the show in Atlanta, you are taking your livelihood in your hands – in my case 22½ hours per week, every time the mic is open – it's possible that you might say something that will get you fired. That is the hard reality of the truth."
It's also a sad reality for a guy like Bean who has been on the air for 24 years. And not a reality that is necessarily fair in his opinion,
"There aren't a lot of occupations where you get fired for making a mistake. Think about it, a doctor can misdiagnose someone, a mailman can deliver a wrong letter every once-in-a-while, a policeman can shoot someone by accident – they don't always lose their jobs over it."
Shan tries to avoid being the edgy comedian, "I don't make cancer jokes. I don't make AIDS jokes. I don't make tornado jokes. I don't do that stuff."
On the Lex & Terry Show it boils down to their intentions behind a bit, "We never set out, in our entire 20-years, to hurt anybody, to say anything wrong, or anything like that. We don't want to be controversial. We never fight with other morning shows. All the regular schticky things they do…we've never done that."
Terry has seen a sea change over the past 20 years of hosting Lex & Terry, "It used to be you could say whatever you want, got fired and ended up making more money somewhere else. You don't anymore."
Fred Jacobs senses a change too.
"I wonder, given the point and time that we're at societally and culturally, whether this kind of radio – the Howard Stern, Mancow stuff and how that proliferated even into smaller markets – if that hasn't maybe totally run its course."
"Maybe people are just getting tired of the anger and tired of the humiliation. You know it even kind of rolls into the whole bullying conversation. You know whether it's Rush Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke a slut or these guys making fun of a former athlete who has ALS, I just kind of wonder if that kind of bullying and humiliation, perhaps, hasn't just run out of gas. And if that's the case, maybe that's a good thing."
The responsibility for what radio is and how it evolves falls on everyone's shoulders; talent, programmers, companies AND listeners.
Shan knows as a talent he is responsible, "I did send a warning to my producer, to my co-host, and our call screener. I just said, 'look, let's continue to push the envelope, be edgy, but let's use this as a warning. I think it's really good to have warnings that scare the hell out of you. And that one should scare the heck out of any single person that works in our industry."
Bean dreams of a day when companies step up to support talent more in these situations. He doesn't think the guys in Atlanta should have been fired.
"I was very disappointed a couple years ago when my own company fired Don Imus over his remarks. That remark was consistent with the show they had been paying him to do for years and years and years on that station. But, just because enough people got upset they fired him for that. I think they should have stood by him and said, ' look, this is the kind of show Don Imus does. If people stop listening to it then we'll fire him, because it won't be profitable for us anymore.'"
Bean also believes listeners play a role.
"If I tune into a show and I'm offended by something that I hear on that station, so what?"
He believes shows can have momentary lapses of judgment and still recover.
"If they have a good relationship with their listeners – they are going to forgive them for a misstep , are going to say, 'Wow, that was out of line dude, but I know you because I've been listening to you for a long time, so come back tomorrow and do something better.'
Fred Jacobs is pointing to talent and PDs. He writes about is passionately and eloquently in his blog post, "Stupid DJ Tricks."
"I think when you communicate well with talent – they understand you and you understand them – the likelihood of this kind of thing happening lessens a great deal."
Based on these conversations and my observations, radio is going through some growing pains as it evolves and redefines itself. The line is moving. It's moving away from sophomoric humor, on-air bullying and sidekicks running around with underwear on their heads. It's moving towards something that's enriching, entertaining, enlightening, and empowering. And it's moving, because listeners expect more, companies expect more and hopefully we expect more from ourselves.
Seven Take Aways from Mike McVay
Cumulus Senior Vice President of Programming Mike McVay knows a lot about radio. He's been in the business since 1969 as a talent, PD, consultant and futurist. In his current role, he heads up programming for over 500 radio stations nationwide.
Deb Slater and I chatted with Mike this week on the Radio Stuff podcast. It was a wide-ranging interview that went well beyond the ten minutes he had promised us. He was gracious, accessible, frank, funny, and insightful. You should really listen to the whole thing. Really.
Here are my seven big takeaways from Mike McVay.
1. If you are on-air at a Cumulus radio station bring your "A" game each day, don't phone it in, because he's listening.
McVay: "I still dial in on a radio when I travel. I carry a Sony ICF-SW1; a small, 10 channel, digital radio. And the reason I carry it on the road with me is I want to hear the local station and their commercials and the imaging."
McVay: "Lew Dickey said it best in a recent weekly meeting I had with him. Air talent that are live and local are fewer and fewer, so those air talent who are live and local need to really make every break count. They really need to be in the community, they really need to show why live and local is so valuable. Because where we have live and local talent we do excel. If we're going to be live and local, the air-talent need to grasp that every time they turn on the microphone it is a rare opportunity and a privilege that they should take advantage of. "
2. If you are an air talent looking for work follow Mike McVay (@mikemcvay) on twitter and get his attention.
McVay: "I find myself actually finding new talent on twitter. One of the reasons why I tweet so much and I'm so involved in social media is because other people at the same level or same position I'm in in our industry don't. And so I thinking making me accessible is a good thing."
3. If you are a PD at Cumulus you are being closely watched.
Slater: In the 20-months you've been there what impact have you made?
McVay: "…and I've been able to help educate and direct our program directors. Having been a consultant for so many years, I've become a teacher. If anything I hope I've helped to make our PDs better."
Slater: What keeps you up at night?
McVay: The greatest thing that worries me is individual programmers and individual air talent who are going through the motions, who don't share the passion that we at the top of the food chain at Cumulus share.
Gifford: What's your biggest programming challenge?
McVay: Getting your people to use the tools and resources you give them and then have connectivity to a market. I can show you markets where our program directors take the tools we give them and they excel in the market and stations in the market are highly rated. I can show you other markets where the PDs take the exact same tools and for whatever reasons stations don't excel. Now in some cases, one could argue the competition is better, but other cases I think I could argue that our PDs don't embrace the systems the way they should. They don't use the tools they way they could. As a result, the stations don't perform as well."
4. Radio says it wants change, but those who try to change get ridiculed.
McVay: "Someone challenged me that putting Huckabee on, putting Geraldo on, hiring Michael Savage are crazy ideas and my response was I've been coming to these conferences for ten years. I hear all of you sitting in this audience complain there isn't change, that we need to do something to get new and younger demos. Well, if nothing else, give Cumulus credit for trying something. Some things we try are going to fail. Some of the things we try are going to work. Everyone should be hoping that what we do works, rather than belittling it, because if it works, in this lemming business everyone will then run off the cliff and do what we're doing."
5. Rush Limbaugh isn't going away anytime soon.
McVay: "He's not done. We are continuing to be big fans of Rush. You have to keep in mind that many of the things you read in the trades are taken out of context. And we are fans of Rush Limbaugh and, you know, the demise of Rush Limbaugh is greatly exaggerated. He continues to be one of the highest rated talk talent in America and all of us should want to have the ratings that he has."
6. It's a great time to be in the radio business. Believe it!
McVay: The opportunities are greater today, because there are so many more outlets. There are 12,000 radio stations, limitless internet radio stations, and opportunities for you to be heard. You may not make the type of money that people in broadcasting made in the past, but the opportunity to be on the air is greater than it's ever been before.
If someone sits down and believes there is no opportunity for them in radio, then that is a person who is not creative. They are closed minded. If you really want to get the message out, you're going to find a way to do it.
7. And one final thought…
McVay: People in broadcasting mostly need therapy, because they have a great inferiority complex.
A Picture For The Voice
For the better part of 10 years, I've had the privilege of working with big voice guy Jim Cutler (ESPN Radio Network, E!, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The CW, and gobs of radio and TV stations across the country including 97.3 KIRO FM and 710 ESPN Seattle). Jim and his awesome wife Dawn are on vacation and stopped by the Bonneville Seattle studios yesterday. If Jim wasn't blessed with a big voice and the talent to use it, he'd likely be a professional photographer. He takes his Nikon everywhere he goes. Last night he brought it to the Mariners v. A's game and has posted photos on his blog…
Here he is taking some of the pictures…
In a previous blog I interviewed Jim about how what he has learned from photography relates to radio. It's worth a read if you missed it before…
The other thing that struck me after meeting with Jim and Dawn yesterday is a great reminder that the more often you can work with and talk with people in this industry whose opinions and talents you trust, respect and challenge your own complacency – do it.
Godin Sticks a Fork in Radio, Gifford Chews On It
I'm a big fan of author Seth Godin. I read his books, follow his blog, and when I saw he was coming to Seattle for a half-day session I jumped at the opportunity. I think Seth is a big thinker and while he's marketing-minded he has wide-ranging opinions on wide-ranging topics. At our session he jumped from chastising those in attendance for daring to "waste the revolution," permission marketing, the difference between artists and workers, the important role of parents in education, and the death of radio, among many others.
In regards to radio, Seth was answering a question I asked, "What's the future of radio?"
Seth responded, "Terrestrial radio is d-e-a-d. Dead." He went on to explain that radio was built on the model of scarcity. If you owned a radio station you were one of say 14 radio stations in the city. The number of commercials were finite as were the number of places you could place commercials. In three years, when wi-fi is readily available in everyone's car, those 14 stations become 14,000,000 stations, including channels you can program yourself, and thus scarcity is gone forever. Your options are infinite.
While not a revelation, hearing it out loud in a room full of people is stinging. I'm sure I was a little red-faced, as my stomach dropped and I considered for a half-second that I should quit this crazy business. I recovered. So now what? Do we all just close up shop and call it a career? Nope.
The key is for "radio people" is to stop being defined by the delivery system. We are artists who create and sell content. That won't change. How we create it, how we distribute it, and how we sell it will change. Welcome to the radio revolution. In order to save "radio people" from singing the same, sad, bitter tune that the record and publishing industries are right now, we need to think about how we do what we do differently.
Consumers want what they want, when they want it on the device of their choosing. It's no longer mass media; it's personal. That's actually good news, because now we can focus on improving the quality of our content. You see, in order to have "mass consumption" of a product it (radio, a widget, or otherwise) has to appeal to a mass of people, which means it's likely average. Godin described this as a race to the bottom – the cheapest, the most efficient, the "good enough." Good enough radio content has succeeded for years and years. Now the game is changing and the most successful of us are racing to the top, which means your audio content needs to stand out from the crowd – be remarkable. It has to be so great that if you were to go away tomorrow, you'd be missed. If not, you're just a cog in the radio/audio wheel. And cogs are interchangeable.
So, yes, radio as we know it will come to an end. That puts the responsibility on all of us to help determine how it evolves. In order to do that we can't wait around be told what to do. We all have a tendency to show up and do "our job." In order to influence the future, we need to think of ourselves as artists who do work. Godin encourages us to stop waiting for the map to appear and instead create it ourselves. "True art," Godin says, "is when someone solves a problem for the first time in a creative way." This means no longer using the excuses we've used so well for so long; my boss won't let me, it's not my job, and I don't have the authority to make change. Be a leader. Help solve problems. Get involved. Make the impossible, possible. It's time for us all to push forward, try things, fail, learn, try again.
Let's get to work.
Look Who's Talking Play-by-Play: Steiner, Dedes & Keels
When Charley Steiner was just a boy, the first game he heard on his mom's microwave-sized Zenith radio was a Brooklyn Dodgers game announced by a 23-year old Vin Scully.
"I knew when I was 7 years old what I wanted to be when I grew up with all the specificity of I wanted to be the announcer for the Dodgers." Steiner continues, "The big thing, more than anything else, was hearing this disembodied voice coming out of the speaker and beneath the voice you could hear the crowd cheering, you could hear the guy selling, 'Peanuts! Popcorn!' and I'm just sitting there like a dopey little kid listening and listening and listening. I think it was my Mom who said, 'You know that's his job.' And I said, 'You're kidding me!'"
This season marks Steiner's seventh in the Los Angeles Dodgers radio booth, which he will share again this season with Vin Scully, who is entering his 62nd season behind the microphone.
Paul Keels grew up in Cincinnati in the late-60's listening to Jim Mcintyre call Reds games alongside the then-recently retired Reds lefty Joe Nuxhall. He also recalls Dom Valentino describing the action for the NBA's Cincinnati Royals games and Marv Holman providing play-by-play for Ohio State football.
"Just being able to listen to the games on radio, keep up and learn about the sport, learn about athletes and keep track of what was going on kind of gave me a great feeling of how wonderful it was to have something provided to you almost as if you were at the event. It gave me the feeling: wouldn't that be nice to be able to be the go-between for other people like others had been for myself and my brothers while we growing up listening?"
Keels is in his 32nd year of broadcasting including stints with the Reds, Bearcats, Bengals, Pistons and he is in his 12th season as the voice of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Spero Dedes was a huge Knicks fan as a kid and used to tune into Mike Breen's call of the games.
"I recall at some point I stopped paying attention to what was happening in the game and started paying more attention to what the announcers were saying. My passion for play-by-play started there and just grew."
Dedes is in his sixth season as the voice of the Los Angeles Lakers and is a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports NFL and NCAA Basketball coverage.
I talked to Steiner, Keels and Dedes for the Larry Gifford Media "Let's Talk About It" newsletter to get a better idea of what it takes to be a successful play-by-play announcer. The entire interviews are available as podcast downloads at the conclusion of this story.
GIFFORD: All three men were inspired to be play by play announcers when they were young fans and listeners. So, I asked them what their obligation to the fan is going into each game.
STEINER: Tell the story as truthfully and accurately and photogenically as you can on the radio. You have to paint the picture, because there is someone stuck on the freeway, there's someone working in a kitchen and (that person) doesn't have access to television. I have to "A" paint a picture and "B" be as accurate and precise as I can be.
KEELS: When you're describing a game, it's about what's going on, on the field. It's not about you; it's about the listeners, players and coaches on the field. Be mindful of those people who are listening. They can't see what you.re seeing and you need to describe it as best as possible so they can.
DEDES: The obligation is to give as much information as we can and present it in a way that is unique. With the access we have to the coaches and players every day, we can go into the locker room, talk to the guys, we.re on the airplanes with them, we travel with them on the road; I think our obligation is to give them that behind the scenes look and take advantage of the access that we have.
GIFF: All three guys talked about how important preparation is. They all read newspapers, websites, blogs, stat sheets, and media guides. They all talk to players, coaches and other announcers to get information. So, what are they looking for?
DEDES: Just stuff that stands out. I've never been a numbers-driven play-by-play guy. I think numbers work better on TV than they do on radio. I try to look for story ideas, little nuggets we can play into the broadcast in a conversational way. Throwing numbers out there on radio…it doesn't translate as much.
KEELS: It starts with trying to get as much biographical information (on the opposing team) and organize that in a way that's suitable. Try and, as much as possible, view the opposing team on TV at least once or twice. DVR has been a great thing because you save some of these games and watch them over and over to get more familiar with people. And as much as possible talk with the other team's radio announcers, sports information directors and pick up what you can and read sports pages and newspapers that cover the teams on the Internet. And have all of that as best you can at your disposal while the game's going on.
STEINER: (Listen: Charley Steiner No Sh-t Philosophy) I have a "no sh-t" philosophy. Well, what's that? "A" I don't want to put any sh-t on the air. And "B" any stuff I put on the air I want to get a reaction from the fans, "no sh-t?" That's it. You want to be relevant. You don't want to beat folks over the head with inane statistics and inane chatter; make it interesting, make it entertaining. At the end of the day – especially broadcasting a baseball game – make it fun.
GIFF: What advice do the these three pros have for aspiring play-by-play broadcasters?
KEELS: Be mindful of the people you work with. Try not to burn bridges, but do the best at the job you have. Don't always be putting more effort into the job you want that's not there in the moment than the job you have in the present time.
DEDES: Try to figure out what your strength is early and try to develop that talent or skill as best you can. And then, once you establish that, you want to become versatile. Writing is imperative, I think, to anything in this field that you want to do; even as a play-by-play guy. I like to sometimes write something that I'm going to say…one of our game opens. You always have to be able to write. During the course of a game you want to cap a call with one phrase or one line of commentary and those are writing skills. Maybe not pen to paper writing skills, but skills with words. You have to convey through the spoken word during play-by-play.
STEINER: Our business is one of the very few on Earth where it is a prerequisite that you must have fun. If you don't have fun, sure as hell your audience won't. Leave your issues at home if you have any. Leave your ego at the door if you have some. Go out and a call a game. If you can go home at the end of the day, look at yourself in the mirror and say I told them the best story I could today and go again tomorrow. Mission accomplished. It's been a good day.
The podcasts of my interviews with Paul Keels, Charley Steiner and Spero Dedes are available for download and include more details on how they prepare for each game. Plus, Charley talks about eating dinner each night with Vin Scully and what it was like to create an iconic "This is SportsCenter" commercial. Spero discusses the most intimidating moment of his career — taking over the legendary Lakers announcer Chick Hearn.
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0bama's SS # 042-68-4425
Can ya hear me now?
Coinkidentaly didn't the CT guy pass away in HI?
IMHO 'lawlessness' is the rot that is killing America.
Someone said that the Republic cannot survive without honest men willing to fight for our principles. Clearly, the oath sworn by officers of the court, lawyers, legislators, military, to honor, defend and protect mean much less to those whose families depend upon the corrupt machine. That was the plan. Make the contest a choice between an old document, like the Constitution, and the guarantee of double the average aalary for unionized government employees. By their repudiation of the Constitution citizens believe they can maintain their standards of living.
Obama told us all he was "a native-born citizen of the U.S." To those not familiar with the language of citizenship law this sounds like he is telling us he is eligible to be president. Those words tell us the truth. Obama told us he was a naturalized citizen. Obama acutally told us, that he was not a natural born citizen, and dared them to challenge him. The implication was probably for race riots if he was denied the presidency because of an outdated document of negative protections which few people have read, The Constitution.
If anyone broke the law it was every congressman who didn't vet Obama (one, Nathan Deal, did, and his answer was to charged with ethics violations cooked up by searching Deal's old income tax forms; he resigned, and is now Governor of Georgia). They refused to challenge Obama, though there were hundreds of registered letters to Congressmen in 2008 asking for vetting. Chief Justice Roberts certainly violated the law, knowing the law, and probably able to cite the positive law, but still administering an oath he knew to be fraudulent. There was never doubt that Obama was born to an alien parent. There was never doubt in the law that a natural born citizen is born on our soil to citizen parents. Five Chief Justices have confirmed the common law, and at least three cited the positive law confirmation found in Minor v. Happersett.
We are in the midst of deciding whether to dispense with the protections against tyranny by our government provided by out Constitution. Obama's having been sworn in was the first real violation. We had three ineligible candidates in 2008, Obama, McCain, and Roger Calero, the Socialist Workers Party Candidate. They didn't break any law by running. They were all Constitutionally ineligible, Calero wasn't even a citizen; McCain was born on unincorporated territory, Obama was born to an Alien father. The left depend upon our ignorance of a rarely discussed, and seldom taught, even in law schools, legal concept. Then they used ridicule to quench honest discussion of the issue.
Second that! God bless Sheriff Joe.
And God bless Col. Terrance Lakin, one of the few that upheld their sworn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
The goal of most public school teachers is NOT to teach, but rather, to intentionally 'dumb' students down for easy manipulation and recruitment by the Democrat party. The Republican party does not prey on ignorance. The Democrat party does. Nancy Pelosi is a living example of such tactics and she illustrates this CONSTANTLY.
The SS card wasn't submitted, and only an internet image of the BC was submitted - and that only by Van Irion.
The end result of that was Malihi's decision that though no probative evidence of eligibility had been presented, Malihi called Obama eligible anyway.
The SS card wasn't submitted, and only an internet image of the BC was submitted - and that only by Van Irion.
The end result of that was Malihi's decision that though no probative evidence of eligibility had been presented, Malihi called Obama eligible anyway.
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A clear case of obamacide...
This WND article is the 6th hottest page on the internet right now.
The link from Drudge really helps. Information is seeping out there.
Barak could pick his nose and eat it, and Brian Williams would ask for a taste.
It just moved up to 4th place. That was fast. : )
Wrong end.
The evidence of the bogus card was submitted and discussed in detail .
Sheriff Joe is just putting all this out there. What We the People decide to do with it....well....it's up to the Employers of the Feds.
Sounds logical. Now all we need is someone with the "cajones" to lead the fight. The Sheriff is great, but kind of "getting along" at 78. Need someone younger and more energetic to take the lead.
I believe the samples were submitted on March 6; should have results by mid-April.
Sheriff Joe's #2, Mike Zullo, seems up to the task.
Some young, smart, aggressive State Attorney General would be better...more clout...most likely a lawyer so he would know better how to deal with the "slimes". But, hell...if he were smart and aggressive enough, I'd take a blind hunch-back midget with a club foot to go after the bastards.
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part I: Kanda Yuu meets Sion (link)
part II: Nezumi meets Allen Walker
(inspired from the short doujin I reblogged at one point)
Having lost Sion, who was only trailing after him moments before, he both worries and tries to convince himself that Sion has become more capable of protecting himself. He remembers the time the other boy caught him off guard, and then the times he went berserk. He wonders, "Sion… Just who is he?"
???: 「 "Royal straight flush!" 」
He passes by a group of almost naked gamblers and their agonized cries of denial at having lost to a kid. What caught Nezumi off guard was that the back of the player in front of him that had seemingly won… Was the back of a child with white hair and a lithe build… And a terrifying, demonic aura.
At this point, Nezumi's thought process was something like: "No, it can't be. Sion's too innocent for that kind of thing. I made sure of that—I mean, really, those men are down to their underwear!! It's probably just an old man, right? With an overly cutesy shota voice, right?! Rigghht?!?"
Then the figure turns, facing towards the awkward bystander, revealing a brilliant smile and a youthful face with familiarily bright eyes and with a different scar, but a scar on the left nonetheless—No. Wait. That smile is entirely insincere. And those eyes… There's a demon under there!!
One thought echoes in Nezumi's mind: "Sion… Just who the hell is he!?!"
Then the silver eyes placed on him changes into those of recognition, ones that should be red. He approaches Nezumi, who wonders if the silver is from coloured contacts.
???: 「 "Why, Kanda! You've gotten shorter! How thoughtful of you, but you shouldn't have. I would have caught up pretty soon anyway." 」
Why that cheekily little—Wait, since when is Sion cheeky? And sarcastic? And… sexy? Oh great, now he can't stop staring at the kid. Wait, what did the boy call him?
The boy stands and dusts himself off after pocketing his winnings, and—holy shit, that's a lot of cash.
???: 「 "Woah—you really are shorter than before…" 」 A true smile bloomed on his face (criminally adorable) and he grew giddy. 「 "It… It's amazing! I outgrew you… in half an hour! Maybe money really can buy height…!!" 」 He's crying. And obviously hysterical. …And taller than before.
Nezumi: 「 "S-Sion…? Get a hold of yourself!!" 」 Nezumi shakes the boy, deciding that right now, curing this poor boy of his delusions is more important than his identity. Unfortunately, it becomes counter-productive, and cards shake out. …So he was cheating? Who from what used to be the dystopian world—!!
One of the despairing victims of takes notice before Nezumi has the chance to voice his confusion. Cries of "I knew it!" and "get him!" come from the group, followed by back-up consisting of a higher up (not quite the boss but rather a mid-boss. Yes, let's call him that) and the swinging and firing of weapons.
Unexpectedly, the kid swiftly dodges an on-coming pounce. Men jump from every direction in attempt to capture him, but he leaps above and flips meters through the air and lands gracefully on his feet.
Nezumi can only stand there bewildered, and in his bewilderment he finds himself in an arm lock. He attempts to react by tossing the larger man over his shoulder, but his feet have left the ground. He's been taken hostage, and his weapon removed. There's an exchange of trivial words, and a confident smile on the false gentleman's face.
N: 「 "Feather-head, run for it already!" 」
The next second, a giant golden ball dents the face of his capturer, millimeters away from his own head. Nezumi swears it was aimed at him. He easily pushes out of the loosened arms.
???: 「 "My name is Allen, bird-brain!!" 」 Well, that explains a lot. 「 "Who are you to patronize me!" 」
The boy rips the guns in the hands of the attackers and crumbles them in hand before taking Nezumi's hand and dashing off at a speed approaching the speed of light, causing the raven's gawking face to appear to move slower.
Cutscene, staged at the Dogkeeper's in town, and Allen finally understands too, that the other wasn't whom he thought he was. After introducing himself, Nezumi sketches Sion down on paper, asking of his whereabouts, only to be answered by shakes of the head. Allen asks to borrow the pencil, and draws out a poorly illustrated Tim Burton-esque figure labeled "girly" and an arrow pointing at the bangs saying "straight-cut fringe".
N: 「 "Your illustration skills are almost… comically bad." 」 He has to hold in his laughter.
Allen pouts.
Allen: 「 "That's just because he always wears an ugly expression. Like this," 」 and he imitates his partner's trademark scowl without much effort. It used to be the one he'd always make as a child, after all.
The white-haired boy sighs and takes out a thick wallet, baffling Nezumi yet again, and opens a hidden compartment, taking out one of the photos of his so called partner, "Kanda Yuu". Nezumi thought he was Eve looking in a mirror. Except this man didn't even need make-up to look as androgynous as he did.
N: 「 "So where are you from, anyway?" 」 The line comes out smoothly, and oh my god, Nezumi, are you hitting on him?
A: 「 "Nnn.. It's a long story. We're not from this time, or realm at all, actually." 」
The two converse freely and exchange stories, past the point of satisfying the other's curiousity. Like college roommates. They talk about Shakespeare and how Allen's foster father took him to see one of his plays. Nezumi recites a few lines in a dramatic fashion, and talks about how Sion has no taste in literature. Allen didn't get the opportunity to read much, back when he had access to the Black Order's library, but Allen says that Kanda has once or twice read to him books in Japanese. They discuss Sion and Allen's heights, and how Kanda calls him unreasonably rude names. They notice that they have similar eyes. Nezumi has trouble believing many of the other boy's stories, and is introduced to the golem Timcanpy, who proceeds to play scenes from the zombie incident and recordings of various akuma in action. Allen describes Nezumi and Sion's apparent relationship as "practically married". Allen is briefly introduced to Sion's city's developing the old technology of "internet". Nezumi says he doesn't understand how Allen can act so similarly to Sion who's innocent and naive, despite still going through hell. He thought Sion was the only one who could stay like that. Nezumi has only read about wars, but understands the sight of dead bodies everywhere. Allen doesn't understand the concept of a dystopia, but he understands corruption from higher ups.
Allen's face turns to one of realization.
N: 「 "Hm? Something the matter?" 」
A: 「 "It's just that… I wonder why. It's so easy to act more naturally in front of you… 」 He grins sheepishly.「 I suppose it's the resemblance." 」
N: 「 "…I too, said much more than I do with anyone other than Sion. This person you speak of… Is he your lover?" 」
Allen sputters, and nearly turns red before adopting his poker face.
A: 「 "W-What kind of question is that! We're barely… (ahem) Barely even friends, and he's only ever used my name once. I'm even sure he still hates me to quite an extent. And he's detestable, really." 」
Nezumi is gaping again, amazed for a totally different reason. He can only face palm at how oblivious Allen is.
N: 「 "…UTS. That's all I'm going to say. Don't ask." 」 He refuses to expand futher than that.
???: 「 "Nezumiiiiii—!!" 」
Nezumi raises his head, and sees a waving white-headed figure in the distance, dragging along a man he recognizes now as "Kanda Yuu", whom for some reason is staring at him in distaste.
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Jake Bequette has plenty of Ryan Mallett stories to tell. He just wasn't about to share any of the good ones with the local media last night, after being chosen by the Patriots in the third round (90th overall) last night. But that didn't stop the defensive end from talking about the Pats backup quarterback.


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Eat plums for spider veins - get smarter - help digestion and maybe flush fat-packing toxins - and because they taste great!
Just one cup of plums has 248 grams of Vitamin K, more than any other fruit. This vitamin reduces the appearance of spider and varicose veins by stimulating the body's production of thrombin. In a recent study, this clotting protein was shown to obstruct blood circulation to damaged veins, causing them to shrink and fade in as little as six weeks. Plums are rich in chlorogenic acid and neochlorogenic acid. These antioxidants fight off superoxide anion radical (a toxin by-product of a normal immune response). Shutting down this free radical halts brain-cell damage, thus safeguarding memory, enhancing reasoning skills and supporting new neuronal growth. Plums are a top source of the natural sugar sorbitol and are packed with the insoluble fiber hemicellulose. Research shows that this healthy duo improves the digestive tract's food-shuttling efficiency, slashing heartburn and constipation risk by 36%. Bonus: Once consumed, gel-like hemicellulose fuels bloat-fighting probiotic bacteria in the large intestine, rapidly flattening the belly. Eating plums might prevent fat accumulation in the belly, hips, and thighs. Plums are acidic and high in vitamin C, two factors that trigger bile production. This digestive fluid traps dietary fat molecules before they can be absorbed, speeding their elimination from the body. And acidic, vitamin C rich fruit helps flush fat-packing toxins from the lymphatic system. A powdery haze on a plum, known as its bloom, indicates that the fruit has not been over handled - so it's less likely than a shiny plum to be bruised on the inside. More about health and plums: WHFoods Fast Food Junkie? Pop A Green Did the Surgeon General Get It Wrong About Weight? Free Report Surprise Source of Vitamin D Thank you for reading WholeFoodandMoreBlog.com! When a passion guides your life, it becomes your true north. |
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