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Controversial Muslim campaigner vows to fight hidden extremism in UK
Sara Khan was chosen after a decade heading an organisation promoting women's rights and tackling extremism
Sara Khan: The UK government's controversial pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts. Isabel Infantes
Paul Peachey
A prominent Muslim campaigner has vowed to investigate the hidden threats from extremism in modern Britain following her controversial appointment to a key government post established after a series of deadly terrorist attacks during 2017.
Sara Khan was named by the UK government to lead a new Commission for Countering Extremism, first proposed after a British-born and raised suicide bomber killed 22 people in Manchester in May last year. An inquiry has revealed missed opportunities to identify and potentially nullify the threat posed by the bomber, Salman Abedi, 22.
Response to her appointment has been divided, with dozens of Muslim groups and scholars opposing the move because of her backing for key sections of the government's controversial counter-terrorism agenda.
Ms Khan's three-year contract will include examining the scale and threat of extremism before laying out her plan to government to tackle it over the next two years. Her remit will include all forms of extremism including from far-right political groups as well as from Islamist extremists behind four of the five attacks in 2017 that killed 36 people.
"I want to hear from victims, whose voices are often missing from the debate," she said in a statement. "We know about the hateful marches and poisonous online videos. But what about the harm we can't see?"
Analysts said such "hidden harms" would include within the family unit from parents whose extreme views could lead their children into active support for ISIL.
Ms Khan was also likely to investigate concerns about home-schooling, a lightly regulated system outside of mainstream education that has been open to abuse, said Nikita Malik who heads the counter-radicalisation unit at the Henry Jackson Society thinktank.
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Ms Khan was chosen for the job based on her work over the last decade as a founder and leader of Inspire, an organisation designed to tackle Islamist extremism and promote women's rights. She has been at the forefront of efforts to deflect girls and women from travelling to Syria to join ISIL and become a face of moderate Islam in Britain.
But her outspoken criticism of the "gate keepers" who have spoken on behalf of British Muslims for years has made her a target, according to Ms Malik.
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and the Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) were among 100 groups and scholars who signed a letter to the Home Secretary Amber Rudd objecting to her appointment. The signatories said they had "no confidence" in the appointment and were "concerned that Muslim communities will refuse to liaise with Ms Khan, thereby defeating the purpose of her appointment to the role," according to Sky News.
Both MCB and MEND had been criticised by Ms Khan during her work as an outspoken rights campaigner for the alleged toleration of extremism among their affiliates and personnel, according to the Policy Exchange thinktank in a blog.
The opposition to Ms Khan's appointment has focused on her support for part of the UK's counter-terrorism programme, known as Prevent, designed to stop the vulnerable being drawn into extremism but has been criticised by some groups as unjustified snooping and scapegoating of Muslim communities.
The former government minister, Sayeeda Warsi, who has led the opposition, has also said she would not be able to challenge those in power since some of her previous work had been government-funded.
But the idea that she is a "government stooge" was hard to reconcile with her opposition to earlier plans for counter-extremism legislation, said David Anderson QC, a former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation who backed her on Twitter.
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New report suggests another classic planet's return for Star Wars Episode VII
Matthew Jackson
Tag: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
It looks like a return to the most familiar of Star Wars locales is likely for Episode VII.
Last week we heard whispers of early location shooting for the next Star Wars film in Iceland, suggesting that the ice planet Hoth will return for the continuation of the saga. Hoth isn't the only planet fans would like to see again, of course, and when you're talking classic Star Wars locales, the name that's almost always first on the list is Tatooine. It's the ancestral home of the Skywalkers, the first planet you see in Star Wars and the last planet you see in Revenge of the Sith. As far as the original saga is concerned, it's home base for everything, so it wouldn't be surprising at all to see it return for Episode VII. Now a new shooting report seems to confirm our suspicions that we will indeed see Tatooine again.
Devin Faraci of Badass Digest cites a source he trusts "implicitly" who claims that principal photography for Star Wars Episde VII will begin May 14 and will kick off with two weeks of location shooting in Morocco, with shooting also possible in neighboring Tunisia. Tunisia famously served as the original Tatooine location for Star Wars, and the dilapidated sets from the original trilogy are still mostly standing there, though they're not in very good condition. Some fans have even started campaigns to restore the old sets in recent years, but Faraci speculates that director J.J. Abrams and company might end up using the disrepair of the original buildings to their advantage, and he's got a point. How poignant would it be to see an older Luke return to the ruins of childhood home?
We already knew via Disney CEO Robert Iger that production is definitely set to begin on the film in May, though Disney has only cited London's Pinewood Studios as a shooting location thus far. We don't know yet if we'll see on-set photos from the Moroccan desert, but we do know that we're just a few short weeks away from production officially kicking off on a brand-new Star Wars movie.
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Cuba lifts ban on computer and DVD player sales
By Marc Frank
HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist Cuba has authorized the unrestricted sale of computers and DVD and video players in the first sign that its new president, Raul Castro, is moving to improve Cubans' access to consumer goods.
An internal government memo seen by Reuters on Thursday said the appliances long desired by Cubans can go on sale immediately, although air conditioners will not be available until next year and toasters until 2010 due to limited power supplies.
Only foreigners and companies can buy computers in Cuba at present, while DVD players were seized at the airport until last year, when customs rules were eased.
Now Cubans will be able to buy them freely, paying for them in hard currency CUCs, or convertible pesos, worth 24 times more than the Cuban pesos state wages are paid in.
"Based on the improved availability of electricity, the government at the highest level has approved the sale of some equipment which was prohibited," the memo said.
It also listed television sets, which were already on sale, electric pressure cookers and rice cookers, electric bicycles, car alarms and microwave ovens.
Raul Castro, 76, has led Cuba since July 2006 when his older brother Fidel Castro provisionally handed over power after intestinal surgery from which he has not fully recovered.
The younger Castro was formally named president on February 24, becoming Cuba's first new leader in almost half a century, and he promised to ease some of the restrictions on daily life.
"The country's priority will be to meet the basic needs of the population, both material and spiritual," he said as he replaced Fidel Castro, a staunch critic of capitalist consumer society.
Students look at an image of late rebel hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara while working with a computer during class in Allen in the province of Santiago de Cuba October 20, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer
Last year, under Raul Castro's provisional government, customs regulations were eased to allow Cubans to bring in some electronic equipment and car parts.
AIR CONDITIONERS AND TOASTERS
The new memo circulated within the state-run retail system said Cubans will have access to a second group of products in 2009, including air conditioners, which are much in demand to help endure the hot summer days in the tropical country.
If Cuba's electricity supplies permit, additional appliances to be sold freely in 2010 include toasters and electric ovens, the memo said.
Cubans were delighted with the prospect of being able to buy items such as microwave ovens and air conditioners that were previously only available as stolen goods on the black market.
Shop attendants in central Havana had not heard about the measure but said there was great demand for the items.
"That's great. I hope this is the necessary start along a new path," said second-hand clothes vendor Maritza Hernandez, eager to see further reforms to Cuba's command economy.
The sale of many electric appliances was banned in the 1990s when the collapse of the Soviet Union deprived Cuba of billions of dollars in subsidies and oil supplies, resulting in an energy crunch and daily blackouts of as long as 18 hours.
Cuba put an end to power cuts in 2006 by importing hundreds of electricity generators run on fuel supplied by Venezuela, its main foreign ally.
Raul Castro has encouraged debate of Cuba's economic woes and has received a torrent of complaints focusing mainly on poor wages and limited access to consumer goods that are priced in hard currency.
In December, he said Cuba had too many restrictions and last month, formally assuming leadership, he vowed "in the next few weeks we shall start removing the most simple of them."
Many Cubans expect the state to soon allow them to buy cellular telephones. While they will now be able to buy computers, access to the Internet remains controlled by the government.
Additional reporting by Rosa Tania Valdes, Editing by Anthony Boadle and Kieran Murray


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Exscientia, a world-leading Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company – announces today that it has delivered a highly potent in vivo active lead molecule, targeting a novel pathway for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). By delivering the candidate, it has reached the first major milestone in its AIdrug discovery collaboration with GSK.
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It's Elementary—Talking About Gay Issues in School
IT'S ELEMENTARY takes cameras into classrooms across the U.S. to look at one of today's most controversial issues - whether and how LGBT issues should be discussed in schools.
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Sometimes when I'm working on a project, another one will happen by happy accident as I'm playing and experimenting with materials. This stamped watercolor butterfly card is one of those happy accidents, a bonus project that grew out of work I did while creating another butterfly card that I made for Buttons Galore awhile back.
This card has a super simple background – it's just three strips of patterned paper, with the sentiment stamped on one of them.
The centerpiece of the card is the butterfly, which the card was actually designed around. I created the butterfly while playing with my stamps and inks to see what effects I could get while creating the other card . When I created this particular butterfly, I first dabbed the stamp with a combination of Abandoned Coral and Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. Then I spritzed it with water before stamping it. The effect was a blotchy liquid look that eliminated the newsprint design filling the butterfly but I thought was still really cool. So I decided to cut out the image and ink the edges and create a card base for it.
Sometimes happy accidents are the happiest way to create! This fun little butterfly will be flitting someone's way to say "hi" soon!
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Alabama Senate passes strictest abortion law in the country
Alabama is close to approving a near total ban on abortion after the state Senate passed a measure that would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony.If signed into law, it would be the most stringent abortion restriction in the country.The bill would make performing an abortion at any stage of…
Alabama is close to approving a near total ban on abortion after the state Senate passed a measure that would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony.If signed into law, it would be the most stringent abortion restriction in the country.The bill would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison. The only exception would be when the pregnancy endangers the woman's health.There would be no punishment for the woman receiving the abortion, only for the abortion provider."Our bill says that baby in the womb is a person," said Republican Rep. Terri Collins, the bill's sponsor.State senators voted 25-6 for the bill, which had overwhelmingly cleared the House of Representatives earlier this month. The legislation now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey, who will decide whether to sign the bill into law.Ivey has not publicly said whether she will sign the bill if it's approved by lawmakers."The governor intends to withhold comment until it makes its way to her desk for signature," deputy press secretary Lori Jhons wrote in an email prior to Tuesday night's vote.Emboldened by conservative justices who have joined the Supreme Court, abortion opponents in several states are seeking to spark a legal challenge they hope could cause the court to revisit Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia recently have approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur in about the sixth week of pregnancy.The Alabama bill, which was approved by the House of Representatives 74-3 two weeks ago, goes further by seeking to outlaw abortion outright.Critics have promised a swift lawsuit to challenge the abortion ban if enacted, and people on both sides of the debate say they expect lower courts to block the measure from taking effect."We are already preparing a complaint," said Randall Marshall, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama.____Associated Press writer Blake Paterson in Montgomery, Alabama contributed to this report.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. —
Alabama is close to approving a near total ban on abortion after the state Senate passed a measure that would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony.
If signed into law, it would be the most stringent abortion restriction in the country.
The bill would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison. The only exception would be when the pregnancy endangers the woman's health.
There would be no punishment for the woman receiving the abortion, only for the abortion provider.
"Our bill says that baby in the womb is a person," said Republican Rep. Terri Collins, the bill's sponsor.
State senators voted 25-6 for the bill, which had overwhelmingly cleared the House of Representatives earlier this month. The legislation now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey, who will decide whether to sign the bill into law.
Ivey has not publicly said whether she will sign the bill if it's approved by lawmakers.
"The governor intends to withhold comment until it makes its way to her desk for signature," deputy press secretary Lori Jhons wrote in an email prior to Tuesday night's vote.
Emboldened by conservative justices who have joined the Supreme Court, abortion opponents in several states are seeking to spark a legal challenge they hope could cause the court to revisit Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia recently have approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur in about the sixth week of pregnancy.
BREAKING: Alabama's legislature just passed a law that criminalizes doctors and makes abortion illegal.
Abortion is NOT a crime — it's a constitutional right.
We will sue to stop this law from ever taking effect.
— ACLU (@ACLU) May 15, 2019
The Alabama bill, which was approved by the House of Representatives 74-3 two weeks ago, goes further by seeking to outlaw abortion outright.
Critics have promised a swift lawsuit to challenge the abortion ban if enacted, and people on both sides of the debate say they expect lower courts to block the measure from taking effect.
"We are already preparing a complaint," said Randall Marshall, executive directo
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Julie Doucet
Born: 31-Dec-1965
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation: Cartoonist
Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Dirty Plotte
Julie Doucet is chief among the scant handful of distinguished female cartoonists the world has ever produced. She started her career by self-publishing Dirty Plotte, a series of autobiographical cut-and-paste minicomics. The word "plotte" is French-Canadian slang blanketing a wide variety of topics, including: (a) a girl who is sexy, (b) a girl who dresses like a prostitute, (c) a girl who has sexual relations with lots of men, (d) a timid male, or (e) female genitalia.
Doucet's panels are darkly inked and densely filled, with claustrophobic dialog block-lettered in easily understood French-tinted English. Her stories are largely true: she chronicles her move to New York and her various failed attempts to set up a life. Doucet can be observed for months at a time, cramped in a cluttered apartment trying to draw, at times taking so many drugs she begins to have regular epileptic seizures. Her room appears filled with nothing but dangerous instruments: scissors, knives, sharp pens and pencils, broken wine bottles, angry pets and wire frame brassieres. Exacerbating her ability to create art is a never-ending revolving door of childish, retarded boyfriends who lash out with violence, jealousy, and possessiveness whenever Doucet starts to receive praise or attention from admirers.
In 1990, Doucet got her big break: Montreal's Drawn & Quarterly publishing house picked up her comics and made them available to a worldwide audience. Since that time, some of the most striking connections she's managed to make with readers involve the comical renderings of her dreams and nightmares, mostly involving grotesque female anxiety. Willing herself to float across the room so she can change a tampon, waking up one morning with a penis, tearing her breasts off, and stomping all over New York with blood gushing from her vagina are but a few examples.
Doucet has since stopped Dirty Plotte: "because it's quite a lot of work, and not that much money. I went to a newspaper to propose a comic strip because I only had to draw a small page and it would be out the next week. For once it was regular pay and good money." The bulk of her work is now available in anthology compilations.


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Busy week ahead
We have a recording session for THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES in just a couple of hours; and on Wednesday of this week we have two new CD's being released: PERRY MASON and the CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS, and also BARRYMORE. Hope you check them out!
Jeff Gage is in a recording session at this very moment, recording Shonna McEachern's song for our Christmas Special which airs on Dec. 24th on Sirius XM. We will be recording more of the songs in the show on Monday and Wednesday, then we're done. Most of the show was recorded in September, so we're just in the finishing touches stage right now.
THE COLONIAL RADIO VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL will air on Dec. 24th and 25th, ONLY on Sirius XM. It will not be available for download.
Sirius XM will be repeating DIBBLE'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL from 2003. Wow. Seven years since we did this one!?
Also broadcasting Christmas weekend will be our 2004 production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This is the same version that was just released by Brilliance Audio - but it was cut from 67 minutes to 55 minutes for broadcast - so if you want to hear the entire show you gotta get the CD or download :)
In a couple of weeks we will start pre-production on LOGAN'S RUN - LAST DAY. We plan on recording it in mid to late January, and the release date tentatively set for June 7th. RUNNER! Here is hoping that winter snowstorms do not cancel too many recording sessions this year! We have too much to do!
OZ on CD
Here is the cover to our upcoming release of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ - by Ron Boyd! We recorded this production in November of 2000. We did the first five OZ books that year, and this was actually the last one to be recorded. We had recorded it in May of 1999, but I didn't like it (and the publisher didn't like it either), scrapped it, and did it over after we had completed the others.
Up till now, it has only been available on Audio Cassettes, or download; so we are excited to get it out at last on CD! JAN. 11th is the date!
I think I mentioned before, that we will be continuing the OZ series with book 6, THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ! Which we will be recording soon.
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December already! We're ready for it! We recorded our annual Christmas Special for Sirius XM back in late September, and it should air on Dec. 24th and 25th (not sure of the times yet). December 15th we release PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS and also BARRYMORE by William Luce. I spoke with Bill tonight, and in the morning he is flying to Toronto where Christopher Plummer is in rehearsals for his revival of the play - very exciting! I'll be going in January to see a preview before opening. Can't wait!
And some of you have asked about our production of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES! Well, it's in editing and we still have some sequences to record, and I hope you will find it worth the wait :)
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SPECIAL HOLIDAY PRESENTATION
I hope all you Sirius XM listeners get a chance to hear our newest production when it airs this weekend!
I was asked in an interview why we call ourselves Colonial Radio Theatre, and not the Colonial Audio Theatre.
To me, Radio Theatre is a classic term. It is instantly identifiable. "But it sounds old" Well, in 15 years we have not had a problem selling them - and I get MANY letters and emails from grade school, middle school, High School kids saying how they enjoy this 'n that (and Dibble gets even more fan mail); so that's not really a worry. If they like the show, they will listen. If they don't like the show, they wont listen, not matter what you call it.
Radio Theatre has a classic sound to it. Audio Theatre sounds like something you buy at Wal Mart for your DVD set-up. So, we call ourselves Radio Theatre. It's not dead, it's not old, it's alive and kicking and not stuck in the 40's or 50's. Bottom line, it's not about what you call yourself - it's about keeping the listener listening.
BUCK ALICE RELEASE
We had a GREAT opening day on Amazon with WALTER KOENIG'S BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT - selling out in the first day! The Amazon site is now saying new copies available in 1 to 2 months, but that is a standard posting - they should have new copies by the end of the week - so if you want to order - JUST CLICK RIGHT HERE!
It's also on most of the main download sites, and also Barnes and Noble and Borders. You can still hear the trailer on the CRT website.
What an honor it was to have been able to work with Walter - a Star Trek, Babylon 5 Legend - a wonderful writer, and a great guy!
*Illustration by Ron Boyd
PERRY MASON on CD
FINALLY we are going to be releasing our PERRY MASON series on CD with a dramatization of the very first novel, THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS. Although we recorded this production in 2008, I wasn't happy with our publisher at the time, and decided to hold off giving it to them for release - I didn't want this series to be buried in thumbnail size on page 35 of a 36 page catalog, not to mention zero publicity or the slightest acknowledgment of its existence - so we put it up for sale on a couple of download sites, thinking that once we had a few more titles they would give it a bigger push. Well, other circumstances came along, and we are now with an awesome publisher who rocks! With that, we will be releasing a new PERRY MASON case every other month, starting with THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS - now for pre-sale on Amazon, with a release date of WED. DEC. 15th.
Here's hoping for a long run with the incredible PERRY MASON stories!
M is for MILLIGINIAN!
Yes, in just three days the Milliginians,from the planet Milligan, will invade Earth with Walter Koenig's BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR ROBOT! You can get the CD and downloads pretty much anywhere, including Amazon, i-tunes, Audio Editions, Audio Bookstand, Audible.Com - and many more. There will also be copies on the shelf in bookstores (if yours doesnt have it, they can order it for you!). This is a picture of the character I play in the show, Imhor. Ron Boyd did the drawing for the poster. Fun stuff!!
We were originally going to run it over seven consecutive nights, but we now will be running on Wednesday nights for seven weeks, starting November 17th at 7pm EST, followed by an encore broadcast (that's the new word for re-runs) each Saturday at 6pm.
Also, we got a schedule change today for THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER which was to run on Thanksgiving Day. There is going to be a "storytelling marathon" on the station for the entire day, so we will now air on FRIDAY, NOV. 26th. The time will be announced soon. This production will be released on March 16th.
This weekend we'll be adding a new COLONIAL RADIO TALK episode to the website and i-tunes; in this episode I got to speak with SAM DONATO about his time on Powder River, The Dibble Show, Buck Alice, and his years on television in Rex Trailers BOOMTOWN! This is a longer than usual podcast because we were having such a fun time! Sam lives in Florida now, but he was up in Beantown for a week and got to record a VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS episode with us in studio. Good times.
That's all for now! ~JR
ZORRO hits the streets and BUCK ALICE is in the wings
Our production of ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS is now available - you can get it on Amazon, and every other place that sells CD's and downloads. It sold out at Amazon the first day, but new copies should be in in just a couple of days. We're all set with the sequel as well, ZORRO RIDES AGAIN, which will be released FEB.15th.
Walter Koenig's BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR ROBOT will be released next Monday - Nov. 15th! This is a different kind of show for Colonial; very much a black comedy, and our second that would carry the rating R if it were a motion picture (the first being BARRYMORE).
It's a fun show, with some really great performances. We had over 50 performers in this epic, headed by Walter Koenig himself, who flew into Boston for the recording sessions.
Sirius XM will run it as a 7 part mini-series, starting the 15th. I'll post the times as soon as I get them.
Walter will be a guest on Maggie Linton's COVER TO COVER show on Nov. 16th at 3pm EST, and then on WBZ radios THE JORDAN RICH SHOW, Nov. 19, at 1AM (10pm Pacific). Both shows are live.
More later. cheers
Busy day, but wanted to do a quick update. We're getting BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT ready for broadcast (starting Nov. 15th for 7 nights), and MJ is editing the final three JARREM LEE episodes.
This week we record the final 4 episodes of PROJECT-X, which we will announce soon. This will go on the air in January, on weekends. We did 36 episodes in just a little over three months, so I think we'll have a wrap party to send this one on its merry way to editing land. Congrats to Deniz Cordell for cranking out 36 scripts (well over 1,200 pages) since early July. Quite amazing.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL is now in release! Our first release with Brilliance Audio. This is the first time it has been available on CD (except for a box set with three other Dickens titles) and we're hoping it does well in retail.
Check out the incredible new cover art illustrations from Jeff Hayes (Guns of Powder River, Father Brown, Prince and the Pauper, Treasure Island) Jeff, along with Ron Boyd (Buck Alice), are creating some great covers for our upcoming releases!
Got some really great emails from folks who said they enjoyed the VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS episodes we ran over Halloween weekend! We'll be recording a few more this month, and we'll most likely run them on our Sirius XM show late winter or so. We are hoping to have a set out on CD in early Spring.
Our new production of Mark Twain's THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER is scheduled to be broadcast on Thanksgiving Day. We're very excited about this production, and the music is outstanding. Headlining the cast are Anastas Varinos, Isaac Bean, JT Turner, Joseph Zamparelli Jeremy Benson and Shana Dirik.
We recorded our annual Christmas Special for our show on Sirius XM back in September, and we're getting it ready for broadcast. Music legend Neil Sedaka granted us permission to perform some of his new Christmas songs, and they are fantastic. Can't wait till you hear them (they are also on his Christmas CD - check it out!) My guests on the show this year are Shonna McEachern (one of the best voices in Boston), Anastas Varinos (not only can he act, he's a great singer too!) and Dibble (we needed a third guest and he was all we could get).
Thats all for now! cheers ~ JR
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NOVEMBER AND A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Well, as Marjorie Main said, "Another Halloween and we're all a year older!" Thanks to everyone who emailed me, or wrote on my facebook page about the VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS broadcast this weekend. Lots of great comments and it seems folks enjoyed it! We will re-run them late winter on our Sirius XM show along with two new episodes in the series. The series is literally just getting under way, so it will take some time to ramp up with episodes - but we're working on it!
TODAY is an exciting day - our CD of A CHRISTMAS CAROL is released! Our first release by Brilliance Audio. It's in stores, and online everywhere.
Our new production of THE PRICE AND THE PAUPER will air on Sirius 117, and XM 163 on Thanksgiving Day! Hope you tune in! It has a March release on CD. Great poster by Jeff Hayes. The show stars Anastas Varinos and Isaac Bean as the Prince, and the Pauper.
This'n'That
We've done A LOT of recording in October, 10 episodes of a new PROJECT-X series, 4 episodes of VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS, and a segment of a new PROJECT X. Looking forward to next weeks release of A CHRISTMAS CAROL from Brilliance. We did the show six years ago, but its only CD release was in a set of 4 Dickens stories; so this is the first time it has been out on its own. It's priced great for mass retail so we're hoping it does good biz. J.T. Turner is our Scrooge! Those of you in the Boston area can see J.T. on stage in the role of Fezziwig, in the spectacular production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATER in Beverly, opening the first week in December for 28 performances.
Jeff Hayes and Ron Boyd continue to produce the best cover art we've ever had! Right now Jeff is working on the cover art for POWDER RIVER AND THE MOUNTAIN OF GOLD that will be released on April 19th, and Ron is illustrating an amazing cover for THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ that hits the stores on Jan. 15th. These two artists are really amazing and at some point we will make prints of their art available on our website.
SPEAKING OF WEBSITES - we will be updating ours soon. It's on the list of things to do. The original design of the site was done by Sean Timberlake, 15 years ago. It was less crowded then as we had about 10 titles at the time. Now we have over 300 and we really need to make it easier to find them; so yep, we're working on it!
ALL READY FOR HALLOWEEN? I went to "Spookyworld" with my friend Curly a couple of weeks back, and it sure was SCARY! I think it's rated one of the top 10 horror theme parks in the county. Lots of fun.
As I mentioned in my last post, this weekend we air two episodes of our new series,
VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS on SIRIUS XM. The CD release is not until the spring, but how could we let Halloween sneak by without airing a couple of episodes?
LAST but not least, we have created a youtube channel for Dibble. We will be youtubing episodes of THE NEW DIBBLE SHOW on rotation; the shows won't be up for all time - just a week or two. You can see the channel at
http://www.youtube.com/user/dibblestaa
First up is Dibble's Halloween Show from 2005.
My Maple tree hasn't changed color yet!
What's up with that?
That's all for now.
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COLONIAL RADIO HALLOWEEN
CRT has certainly produced a fair share of programs fit for Halloween listening, and this year we add two more to the list.
Our collaboration with Bluewater Productions on the VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS series will be heard for the first time on a SIRIUS XM Book Radio Special Halloween Weekend.
Broadcast times are SAT. OCT. 30 at 5AM and 5PM, and SUN. OCT. 31 at 8PM - all times Eastern. Both these episodes were dramatized for radio by MJ Elliott and produced by Bryan Rothrock. Jeff Gage composed the music.
JARREM LEE WRAPS
On March 30, 2009 we recorded the first episode of JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER, and tonight, we recorded the final three episodes. In that time, we had three co-stars in the role of Arthur Bennett. The first, David Ally, got a tv series in Hawaii after we recorded episode 6. He was then replaced by Jeremy Benson, who played the role to Episode 12, when he was cast in the lead role of MacBeth on stage. Joe Caliendo Jr. took on the role for the final episodes. Many of the CRT Players appeared in the series, and it was a lot of fun. A big thank you to Gareth Tilley in England for creating the series and turning out 24 scripts! Our Producers were Bryan Rothrock and M.J. Cogburn.
The end of a very busy day. Hard to believe that after many, many months, our first Brilliance Audio release is only 4 weeks away! A CHRISTMAS CAROL will be our first release. So far, this has only been available as a download or in a 4-CD set from our previous publisher - but now it's gone solo! Also in November, Zorro is ready to cross-swords with some pirates, and Buck Alice will be plotting against the Actor-Robot in Walter Koenig's new release: BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT
Q: How cool was it for CRT to work with a Star Trek Legend?
A: Pretty damned cool.
What else? OH - next week on our Sirius XM show on Book Radio, they will be broadcasting OLD IRONSIDES AND THE BARBARY PIRATES and OLD IRONSIDES - ESCAPE TO THE WIND.
Many years ago, at an Officers Mess Dinner at the Billionaires Boys CLub (AKA The Lannam Club in ritzy Andover - and no, I am not a billionaire, we just looked that way in our dinner jackets) I was sitting next to the then Captain of the USS Constitution - Old Ironsides, the oldest commissioned warship in the world. Every year tug boats pull it into the harbor to turn it around in its berth (so it weathers evenly).
So, I asked this Captain (his name escapes me) if the ship was capable if being under sail - for real - with no tugs.
"Yes" he replied.
I took another swig of port (and I hate port, but that's what you do at the billionaires boys club before the cigars come out)
"So, why doesn't it sail?" I asked.
He then said something amazing. "Because" - said he - "No Captain wants the responsibility, should something go wrong, of being the commander who lost Old Ironsides."
I looked at him and said with astonishment - "Huh! That's too bad."
Well, low and behold - some time later, it was announced that Old Ironsides was being rigged for sail.
I - kid - you - not.
Special riggers were called in from the Coast Guard, and the crew of the Constitution was drilled in setting canvas and all that is required of sailing under sail.
In July of 1997 she sailed under her own power to Marblehead, Ma. before returning to Boston. What an amazing site it was. What was more amazing was that it was her 200th Anniversary.
I often wonder if it all started with a glass of port.
How 18th Century that would be.
Oh, Lord it's 3:30 in the morning, and I'm actually starting to get tired. Normally, this is "early evening" for me, but tonight I actually think I'll be turning in before the birds start chirping (early for ME anyway).
Tonight we had a good recording session for JARREM LEE, recording three episodes - and now only three remain in the series, and we'll be taping those on October 5th.
I just posted a press release from the folks at Bluewater about two new shows we are signed to do! We're headed back into darkest Africa with QUATERMAIN - a nice follow-up to our 2008 production KING SOLOMON'S MINES. Another story, WAR OF THE ELEMENTALS is sure to be a fun one as well!
Our VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS series is coming along - Bryan Rothrock is just about finished editing THE TINGLERS, and WOW is it cool! He has really captured the sound and feel of a 1950's horror movie and he has done an incredible job on this. We have taped two other episodes and will do a few more in October. I am thinking about going to St.Louis for the 100th Anniversary of Vincent Prices' birthday. Any CRT fans in St. Louis!??
Another big recording session lined up on Saturday - three shows actually - two "Project X's, and then we record our annual Christmas Special for Sirius/XM, which, this year will air on Dec.24&25.
LAST MOVIE I SAW: Last night, watched "Requiem for a Heavyweight" - Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris. Have you seen this picture!?? Amazing. Loved it. Don't know how I missed this one for so many years.
New Press Release from Bluewater
COLONIAL RADIO THEATRE EXPANDS THE BLUEWATER RADIO PROGRAM LINE-UP WITH "WAR OF THE ELEMENTALS" & QUARTERMAIN"
Months ago Bluewater announced that both Logan's Run and Vincent Price Presents are becoming radio shows! Colonial Radio Theater on the Air announced today that they have entered into an agreement with the comic book publishers Bluewater Productions to also produce "War of the Elementals" & "Quatermain".
Explained producer Jerry Robbins: ""I am very excited to get the chance to record this amazing graphic novel as a radio drama. We had a hit with our production of the original KING SOLOMON'S MINES in 2008, and this story is every bit as exciting and adventurous. I can't wait to get it into production!"
As for WAR OF THE ELEMENTALS Robbins continued, "The cover art alone on this story grabbed me! How great a concept is this!? The Royal Flying Corps' 5th Squadron is fighting in WWI when they are suddenly transported to a world dominated by giant flying bat-creatures! This is the stuff that makes for fantastic radio theater! We get letters and emails from kids who are just discovering our shows and they rave about how much fun they are, and how much they enjoy them. Radio drama has been around for many, many years - and it is great when kids are discovering it for the first time. They are forced to use their imagination. No movie can ever capture the world that you create in the theater of your own mind - we supply the sound to your minds picture, and the combination is unbeatable. I think WAR OF THE ELEMENTALS is one of those stories that is going to be incredible as a radio adventure! "
Both are based off the comic book series from Bluewater Productions. War of the Elementals was written by Scott Davis and Quatermain the graphic novel is out in the Fall and written by Clay and Susan Griffith. To pre-order it go to Amazon: http://amzn.to/cREdOu
Celebrating it's 15th year, the award winning Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air's goal is to resurrect an old medium - making it modern and relevant - in a new and unique way for people to enjoy. With people's busy schedules keeping them on the road and limiting their time to read, "This is the future," said Vander Berg, "audio drama is the next wave."
More information can be obtained by visiting http://www.colonialradio.com/
High-resolution images and interview opportunities are available upon request.
About Bluewater Productions
Bluewater Productions Inc. is one of the top independent production studios of comic books, young adult books and graphic novels. Its extensive catalog of titles includes the bestsellers "10th Muse" and "The Legend of Isis" "Bluewater publishes comic books in partnership with entertainment icon William Shatner ("TekWar Chronicles"), legendary filmmaker Ray Harryhausen ("Wrath of the Titans," "Sinbad: Rogue of Mars," "Jason and the Argonauts," et al) and celebrated actor Vincent Price ("Vincent Price Presents"), Additionally, Bluewater publishes a highly successful line of biographical comics under the titles "Female Force" and "Political Power."
Bluewater aims to unite cutting-edge art and engaging stories produced by its stable of the publishing industry's top artists and writers.
For more information, visit www.bluewaterprod.com.
BUCK ALICE IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDERS
Our production of Walter Koenig's BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT will be released by Brilliance Audio on NOV. 15th, 2010! Jeffrey Gage composed and produced the music score, and the production was edited by Jim Hamilton, Seth Adam Sher, and MJ Cogburn.
Walter Koenig heads a cast of over 50 actors in this 6.5 hour long adventure, and it interview recorded during a session break with Boston Radio personality Jordan Rich talking to Walter on how he came to write BUCK ALICE, and his days on Star Trek.
BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT on AMAZON
You can hear the trailer at colonialradio.com
Remembering.
BEWARE OF PRICE GOUGERS
Once a month I try to check on the internet to see what is going on with CRT at various sites. Some of the "satellite sellers" or whatever they are called, on Amazon, are selling some of our titles for outrageous amounts.
I have seen our LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW for as much as $900.00 for the CD's! That is just plain WRONG. Even now it is at $40.00 for a used copy. You can buy the download on Audible for $8.95! Now that the show is no longer available they think they have some kind of rare recording - which is ridiculous. It will be released again, this time from our new publisher, Brilliance Audio, and will be better distributed than it ever was with our old publisher. Same goes for CAPTAIN BLOOD, THE FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES,KING SOLOMON'S MINES, BARRYMORE. They may be unavailable at the moment from Amazon, but that's just temporary, to be sure.
A QUICK CHECK IN
It's SEPTEMBER ALREADY!? Well, lots going on. We have recorded two episodes of the upcoming VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS series; ongoing with JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER, and since July we have been recording PROJECT-X that I will announce soon. In Marks department, contracts are flying out the door left and right: watch for
WAR OF THE ELEMENTALS and QUATERMAIN, both in association with Bluewater Productions, coming your way in 2011.
Speaking of VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS, I am hoping to attend his Centennial Celebration in St. Louis in May.
I am also planning on being in Toronto early next year for Christopher Plummers revival of BARRYMORE, by William Luce. It will be great to finally meet Bill in person after working with him on the audio production of this great play. We have become good friends and we've never met!
I pulled out of the planned stage production of THE LION IN WINTER that I had mentioned for January. I just don't have the time anymore, I'm sorry to say. Would have been fun, though, under different circumstances.
Sound rolls on LOGAN'S RUN in November, and also in November, watch for our first titles being released by Brilliance Audio!
NOV. 1: CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
NOV. 7: ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS
NOV. 15: WALTER KOENIG'S BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT
I saw the cover art for ZORRO and it's fantastic! Really pops!
Ron Boyd, in Toronto, is designing the cover art for BUCK ALICE, and will be ready by Monday!
Time to call it a day. It's been a very long one.
Next time!
cheers - J
JEFF GAGE VISITS THE XM STUDIOS
Considering that next month we start our 6th Season on Sirius/XM, I think it's GREAT that someone from CRT finally went there in person! Jeff Gage, who many of you know writes those incredible scores that you hear in 99% of our shows, was in Washington DC last week, and got a tour of the studios at 1500 Eckington Place.
And here is in in the studio with our FANTASTIC program Director Maggie Linton (L) and Assistant Program Director, Kim Alexander!
Jeff had a great time, and even got say HI on the air at 60's on 6 when Maggie popped in the studio during the tour for an impromptu Book Radio plug! I hope to visit the studios in the Spring!
SPEAKING OF WALTER -
Walter Koenig has inked a deal with Bluewater Productions for a series of comic books and graphic novels!
The first revisits a character he created in 1993 called RAVER, and the second is a fantastic tale of Vampires, called THINGS TO COME (These are not your Twilight Vampires!).
Walter is appearing in Chicago this weekend at Comic-Con and has given a few press interviews on the new deal. I am very happy for Walter, and I can't wait to read these stories. I know they are going to be a blast!
BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT ON THE LAUNCHING PAD!
We have finished post-production on WALTER KOENIG'S BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT! Walter may have some more post-production notes for a change here and there, but all in all, it's completed! We released the first trailer for the show today on the CRT Yahoo Fan site, and will release it on our website during the week. Jim and Seth worked overtime this path month to bring this massive production to completion, and the end result is incredible; not to mention the fact that Jeff has once again delivered a stunning score. Release date is set for Nov.15th. Walter will be a guest on Boston's Jordan Rich Show, and also on The Maggie Linton Show on Sirius/XM.
IF IT'S AUGUST -
- I must be getting older.
Busy, busy, busy.
Our production of Walter Koenig's BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT is edited! Now we are mixing and doing some final corrections; but I expect to run a preview of the entire program on Sunday. I am very, very happy with this one, and hope that Walter's fans enjoy it. Jeff has turned in another great score,and Jim Hamilton and Seth Adam Sher have done a magnificent job in post. Release date is November 15th! Walter will be appearing on Bostons THE JORDAN RICH SHOW sometime late fall, and he will also be guest on Maggie Linton's show COVER TO COVER on Sirius/XM Book Radio. I'll post the dates when we lock them in. ALSO - BUCK ALICE will run as a mini-series on Sirius/XM Book Radio. So keep tuned!
Our 2008 series JERRY AND THE PIRATES had a fun 24 episode on our Sirius/XM show this summer, and now TICONDEROGA will play Mon-Fri. thru Sept. 10th.
Lots of other projects going on, and I can't talk about any of them yet. Soon though.
It has been HOT as #$!! here in Boston these last two weeks. What's it like where you are?
LOGAN'S RUN and VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS
BIG RECORDING DAY TODAY
Today we start recording ... PROJECT X. No, thats not really the title, but Project X is what we call EVERYTHING now that we don't want snoopy people finding out about and then going behind our backs to cut their own deals ... THAT ain't gonna happen again, you can bet on that. ANYWAY, we'll announce it soon, and it will then be replaced by ANOTHER Project X.
AUG. 4th we start rolling on VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS! Cool horror episode set in the Amazon! Gonna be a scary one.
MJ turned in the revised FATHER BROWN - THE ARROW FROM HEAVEN (which will replace the version recorded in 2007), and also JARREM LEE EPISODE 18. I did one more round of notes.
VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS begins production
Our new series has begun production! Produced in association with Bluewater productions, it's VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS. The first episode, adapted for audio by MJ Elliott, will record on Aug. 4th!
Recording session with Anastas at high noon; we should wrap this project next week. This kid gets better and better. He's come a long way since SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES four years ago!
Then I continued with notes for BUCK ALICE and also some notes on upcoming scripts, followed by scheduling sessions through August. We will be recording our 1st VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS the first week in August! Grab your Pith Helmet or Solar Topee - we're going to the Amazon!
ON THE TRAIL OF THE BIG HORN
This week on IMAGINATION THEATER, Jim French presents CRT's POWDER RIVER - ON THE TRAIL OF THE BIG HORN. Free streaming till next Monday.
POWDER RIVER - ON THE TRAIL OF THE BIG HORN
RITA'S
Anyone who listens to CRT's THE DIBBLE SHOW will get a kick out of this! Just as I imagined it would look!
IF IT'S TUESDAY, IT MUST BE WEDNESDAY
Spoke again with Walter Koenig about the Buck Alice credits, and ideas on the cover art, and Walter sent some notes for editing. This project is very exciting! Regarding other shows - casting completed for the next session and the scripts will go out in the wee small hours of Wednesday morning for Saturday recording(oh, that's today - Tuesday is over), and Wednesday I need to start the voice casting for PROJECT-X which starts taping in a week and a half.
Monday, Monday.
Recording session today for two more JARREM LEE episodes. Always nice to see Marcia and Leigh! Mark did the proposals for some upcoming projects, Jim continues to make great magic with BUCK ALICE, and I spoke with Walter Koenig about the credits that will be recorded on Tuesday, and Deniz continues working on the 7th script for PROJECT X. MJ turned in some more FATHER BROWN as well. All in all - things are moving right along! (Okay, so it's Tuesday, but we recorded on Monday!)
A NEW THUNDER AND SAHARAH!
A Powder River fan sent me this photo of her cats! They are a father and son, and were adopted a few years ago. They named them after Thunder and Saharah - Chad and Britt's horses in POWDER RIVER (they were going to name them Britt and Chad, but her sons thought the others were more exciting!). This is the first time someone has named a pet after a POWDER RIVER character, and I think it's cool! Thanks so much, Michele for sending the photo! Made my day!
HEY CRT FANS!
Things are really in a whirlwind here - which is good! We continue with our summer recording schedule, heavier than usual, and getting the job done. We are very excited to announce a new series - VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS.
In celebration of his 100th birthday in 2011, we are producing this series with Bluewater Productions, based on their line of comics.
One of classic Hollywood's most famous scary men, Vincent Price made a name for himself in classic mysteries and thrillers throughout the 1940's, 50's and 60's. We will produce 30 half hour episodes. The series will feature audio dramatizations of some of Prices's films as well as developing new frightening ones with his estate. Welcome back to the macabre world of Vincent Price!
FINAL SHOW OF THE SEASON
All you Sirius/XM Subscribers - DON'T MISS THE FINAL "FIRST RUN FRIDAY" episode of the season on our Sirius/XM show today at 12pm (Eastern). Our 5th season finishes off with JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER - The Last Stand! This year we brought 47 new half hour programs to the air! JERRY AND THE PIRATES begins a summer run Mon-Fri. starting July 5th, and ...we'll be back with new shows with our 6th Season premier on SEPT. 23!
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GETTYSBURG MINI-SERIES THIS WEEKEND
To commemorate the 147th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, SIRIUS/XM Book Radio will present CRT's 1999 mini-series, GETTYSBURG.
"This is a high quality, digitally recorded production features top-notch actors and music... a great selection for Civil War buffs... and students." - Elaine Hanson - BOOKLIST.
" The sound effects are good, the narration clear and crisp, the various voices even better ...an endless spectacle of blood and dust and insects and carnage. That's what the war itself was like, of course. Here are the fatigue, the despair, the pain, the screams, the deafening cannon plowing through human ranks, death, and dismemberment. Sometimes the politicians are heard. More often the generals and officers and foot soldiers. One would swear that a newspaper reporter with cassette recorder in hand was dashing around the battlefield in the thick of it" - AudioFile
In the tradition of classic radio plays, with a full cast, music and sound effects. The Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air is proud to present this spectacular three part production - "Gettysburg." Highly detailed and accurate, you will find yourself in the middle of General Buford's skirmish line, Little Round Top.The Wheatfield, Pickett's Charge, and listen while President Lincoln delivers his address some four months later. No matter which side you are loyal to... "Gettysburg" will have your heart pounding with its action, adventure and suspense.
SAT. JULY 3 at 8pm - "Good Ground"
SUN. JULY 4 at 4pm - " SEA OF ANGUISH"
MON. JULY 5 at 8pm - " ARMY OF THE LIVING GOD"
All times Eastern. Sirius Ch. 117 / XM Ch. 163
GET READY TO RUN .........
COOL NEWS! CRT will have the honor of bringing William F. Nolan's LOGAN'S RUN - LAST DAY - to audio! Based on the classic book by Mr. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, we are very excited to get the chance to bring this incredible story to life with a full cast, full music score, and a couple of hundred thousand sound effects!
LOGAN'S RUN - FINAL DAY depicts a dystopic ageist future society in which both population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by requiring the death of everyone reaching a particular age. The story follows the actions of Logan, a Sandman charged with enforcing the rule, as he tracks down and kills citizens who "run" from society's lethal demand — only to end up "running" himself.
CRT will produce the show in association with Bluewater Productions.
Congrats to our Publisher!
Congratulations are in order for our publisher, BRILLIANCE AUDIO for being named Business of the Year, in their home town of Grand Haven.
a little update
Working on THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES script this weekend. Need to get it to Ray for approval in July, and then hopefully we can record in August and have it out on time. MJ has finished editing on THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, which now awaits music. Jim and Seth continue editing on BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR-ROBOT, and we are getting close to completion. Lots of other projects in the works that we can't announce yet; but we will be announcing a big one within a couple of weeks. Stay tuned!
A Thursday Update!
Had a good meeting with Brilliance yesterday, mapping out how to go about digging into our catalog of 300 plus titles :) 300! No wonder I have dark circles under my eyes!
Today I have a 3:30pm recording session for LORENZO AND THE PIRATE, and then working on a Powder River script.
Some amazing things on the horizon that I can't wait to tell you about! A new 36 episode series is barreling down the pike right at ya, and it's like nothing we have ever done before! We start recording on July 24th and have a air date premier of Nov.6th on Sirius/XM (yep, the show will be broadcast on weekends, outside our normal time slot).
RANDOM THOUGHTS:
Saw the schedule for the CAPE COD MELODY TENT in Hyannis. I must be getting old because I only knew about four of the "stars" playing there this summer. The days of Liberace, Bob Hope, Robert Goulet, Rosemary Clooney, Martha Ray, Angela Lansbury, Victor Borge performing on that stage are long gone; behold the era of foul mouthed stand up.
JAWS is still an amazing movie to behold. Can't wait till it's on Blu-Ray. Is it??
The MGM lion at the start of a movie still has the most class of any movie logo, but the triumphant trumpets of 20th Century Fox really get the blood going and screams out HOLLYWOOD!
I think Colonial Radio needs to do the 6th L.Frank Baum OZ book as a radio drama.
Am I the only person who did not like AVATAR?
JARREM LEE and such
We had a GREAT recording session on Monday for JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER, completing two new episodes. There will be 24 episodes in all. Joe Caliendo Jr. has taken on the role of Arthur Bennett, due to Jeremy Benson who needed to bow out since he will be playing the title role in the Scottish Play! Joe first recorded with CRT back in 1997 with THE STORM BREEDER, followed quickly by our Dickens Holiday offering for that year, THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS. Nice to have Joe back behind the CRT microphones. We have aired the first 12 episodes on our show, and we're recording / editing the final batch now. Bryan Rothrock is doing a fantastic job on this series.
MJ continues to edit on THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, which will be broadcast as a special on Sirius/XM Radio on Thanksgiving Day. I think the CD release will be in the spring of 2011. So far 75 minutes has been edited; I'm taking a guess and predicting a final cut of 100min. Let's see if I'm right!
OH - and a note on the posters on this site; these are temporary ones that I create just to get the buzz going. Our publishers art department will produce the actual cover art for the CD's - so don't worry, they will look a bit more slick in the end :)
That's all for now,
cheers from Boston.
New COLONIAL RADIO TALK podcast, with Deniz Cordell. Deniz plays Clay Tucker in the POWDER RIVER series, and also starred in CRT's 2005 production KIDNAPPED. He is currently writing a new series which will premier this fall, and is composing the score to THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, scheduled for broadcast on Thanksgiving Day.
Check out the newest CRT TALK podcast, with guest Anastas Varinos (Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Halloween Tree, The Prince and the Pauper, Treasure Island).
OUR NEW PUBLISHER
We are THRILLED to announce that we have a NEW PUBLISHER! CRT has signed with BRILLIANCE AUDIO, the largest audio book publisher in the United States! We have a great line-up of releases coming up - it's all very exciting!
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BUCK ALICE ZOOMING ALONG
Walter Koenig's BUCK ALICE AND THE ACTOR ROBOT. Although this show has been a long time in the making, I think it will be worth waiting for. It's a fun production: theater of the absurd, black comedy, and some great writing. After a long delay we are finally on track and have two editors on the project, Seth Adam Sher and Jim Hamilton, and Walter Koenig is very much involved with the editing and pacing of the show.
This is not the typical CRT show, and already I found a "critic" who wrote about it, pretty much blasting it before hearing it - which is amazing to me. Judging it before it is even released. Then again, we have come to expect that sort of thing these days. People hear what they want to hear. I remember a review we got when we released THE ALAMO back in 1999. A critic mentioned how he "rolled his eyes when Travis drew a line in the dirt for the defenders to cross." Well, the amazing thing is, that never happens in our production! It wasn't even in the script because I knew it was legend and not fact - and yet - here was this guy accusing us of having it in our show. Incredible. You can still see the review online where it has been misleading potential listeners for 11 years.
BUCK ALICE is one-fun-show. I am loving what I am hearing so far! Walters fans will really enjoy this one.
Last week we recorded THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER with a great script by MJ Elliott (Father Brown Mysteries, Perry Mason Radio Dramas) and a wonderful cast headed by CRT teen stars Anastas Varinos and Isaac Bean. We hope to have this one ready for a Thanksgiving Day Broadcast on Sirius/XM.
The world of contracts and negotiations have been dominating the CRT agenda for a few months and I am hoping that we are just about set and ready to make some exciting announcements. Yes, I have been talking about a new publisher since last October, and yes, it has taken this long to get biz done and ready for the dotted line. It will be well worth it though, and we are excited about it.
May will be a quiet recording month as we focus on getting BUCK ALICE ready for release. In fact, I'm not sure I will be recording at all until June. Gives me some time to catch up on my scripts which have taken a slow turn these past few weeks.
Not a week goes by that I do not get emails about Powder River Season 5. We will start recording new episodes this summer! These will be our final episodes in the series, and when completed (and assuming I get all the episodes done I want for the final season) we should have a grand total of 75 half hour episodes and 2 feature length productions. I'd love to hit 105 episodes, but someone else would have to write the 30 scripts to get there. Still, 75 is not a bad run at all. :)
April already?
Well, I have been out of touch lately - both here and in the "real world" as things at CRT are incredibly busy. Two of our editors are working on getting BUCK ALICE completed, while MJ and Bryan work on FATHER BROWN and JARREM LEE.
We are ramping up with our new publisher (who we will announce soon) and are in talks for some heavy duty titles that will surprise just about all of our fans (again, announcement to come). I HATE not being able to spill the beans, but until the deals are set, we can't talk about it.
Add to this my trying to get some scripts done, and not having taken a break in about 9 years, I'm a little out of steam. So, I need to get off facebook, and blogger, and just take it easy for a while - because when the new publisher launches our titles, there won't be a moment of peace around here. Only one recording session is planned this month, for THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, and after that, I most likely will not turn the CRT mics on again until June.
Lots of amazing things about to happen. Just wait and see :)
Busy times
Is this the longest I've gone without posting? I think so. It's been a busy month with CRT and life in general. We are trying to get some productions wrapped up and ready for release, and planning new ones. We have a few sessions being scheduled for April, and most of these productions will air in the fall.
This week we should be releasing two new programs; a new FATHER BROWN MYSTERY called The Eye of Apollo, and episode 10 of JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER.
Our new audio book sideline has been very busy as well. We have one book in release, THE BOOK OF NONSENSE; and two more have been completed and will be out soon; KICHI IN JUMGLE JEOPARDY and also Earl Murray's MOUNTAIN SHERIFF (the first in a series of four). We have a lot of books in line for recording - a lot.
thats all for now. More later :) cheers
NEW RELEASE! SHAKESPEARE'S GHOST
The Bard himself has returned to comment on his life, his works, and how the centuries have treated him. J.T. Turner brings Shakespeare to life, and this audio presentation (based on his stage play) is filled with stories about Shakespeare, his works, productions through the ages, and passages from many of the Bard's best works. Created and Written by J.T. TURNER, this is the first production from our newest producer at CRT, Jim Hamilton. The show is now on Lulu.Com, and will be coming soon to Spoken Network, Amazon, Audible and i-Tunes.
SHAKESPEARE'S GHOST
TICONDEROGA COMPLETED
We started recording on Nov. 10th 2008 and finished taping in February of 2009, and now, on Feb. 28th a year after, the entire TICONDEROGA production has been completed! Bagpipes, fifes and drums, a few thousand muskets and Highlanders, and we're good to go! CRT's first historical program in almost 10 years.All 24 episodes are now at the CRT store on LULU.COM and the CD release will be this summer. If you don't like single episodes, we will soon have a continuous version available.
COLONIAL RADIO TALK seems to be catching on. We have had quite a few downloads to the podcast, and MJ Cogburn has set us up as a RSS feed; you can download the show from various podcast sites, or have it delivered to you each week via your email. All the info is at CRT PODCAST
Monday, so we're recording tonight. Three more episodes of SOLUTIONS, INC. We will wrap the series on the 15th of this month.
More later!
NEW FATHER BROWN RELEASE
Today we released the second to last episode in our FATHER BROWN series.
THE INSOLUBLE PROBLEM
From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.
EPISODE 15: THE INSOLUBLE PROBLEM - Father Brown's best friend is a master thief, who's been assigned the task of catching another thief. But first the pair must solve a murder that couldn't possibly have happened.
THE FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES
Starring J.T. TURNER as Father Brown. HUGH METZLER as Inspector Craven.
From the FATHER BROWN short stories by G K Chesterton
Dramatized by M J Elliott
Executive Producer MARK VANDER BERG. Directed by JERRY ROBBINS. Produced by M.J. COGBURN
Music by KEVIN McLEOD
QUESTIONS FOR LINCOLN CLARK?
QUESTIONS FOR LINCOLN CLARK?? Lincoln will be my guest on COLONIAL RADIO TALK, our new podcast, recording Mon. Feb. 15th. Lincoln has been with CRT for 20 years, and is perhaps best known as "Doc" in POWDER RIVER. If you have anything you would like to ask Lincoln, please post your questions in the CRT Forum in the catagory of QUESTIONS FOR THE CRT PODCAST. This show will be posted March 5th
NEW COLONIAL RADIO PODCAST
Check out the brand new COLONIAL RADIO PODCAST! This is going to be a "behind the scenes" look at CRT shows past, present and future with the actors of the CRT Players. This week, my guest is J.T. Turner in the first of a two-part interview!
THE COLONIAL RADIO PODCAST
PLUGGING AWAY
Been a busy month here at CRT, including finishing off our 12 hour production of TICONDEROGA. We've recorded the bagpipes and drums and putting the finishing touches on the battle scenes - which are rather extensive! The show began broadcasting Dec.4th on our Sirius/XM Radio Show, and will continue through May.
Also this month we recorded a book, KICHI in JUNGLE JEOPARDY, which is a fun story that I think kids will love. J.T. Turner performed this one, and we managed to record the entire story in one day!
Also on our new Audio Book front, Anastas Varinos continues recording LORENZO AND THE PIRATE, and Sam Donato is hard at work recording Earl Murray's MOUNTAIN SHERIFF.
Also in production is our PROJECT-X; a feature that we will announce the title of when it is completed, and also a new series SOLUTIONS, INC. began recording and will continue through March.
Pictured is J.T. Turner at the session for KICHI!
SPOKANE ANYONE?
Just saw that the Spokane County Library District has a few of our shows in circulation. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE is one of them. For this, I wanted a "documentary" feel, and we did the entire show with no music underscore. It's an odd production from CRT, and by odd I just mean different. However,now in its 10th year of release, it continues to sell in downloads, and we are looking forward to its first CD release later this year. They also have our 2004 mini-musical production of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, and POWDER RIVER. However, for PR, you need to search the title, as our former publisher never saw it fit to actually mention our name anywhere in print. The little darlings. ;)
COLONIAL IN SPOKANE
M.J. Elliott (Father Brown, Perry Mason) will be writing the script for CRT's upcoming production of Mark Twain's THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. Hopefully production will begin in the spring for a fall release.
SNOWY DAY IN TOWN
Well, tonight we are supposed to start recording a new series, SOLUTIONS, INC. and this is the view from my writing desk. A nice heavy, wet, icy snow. I'll see how the day pans out and how the roads look before deciding if we are on or off. We recorded KING SOLOMON'S MINES during the winter of 2008, and TICONDEROGA las winter, and never had to cancel for snow. In fact, the last time we canceled for snow was in 2005 for the three Custer episodes in POWDER RIVER! So, I guess I can't complain. We've been lucky as far as the weather.
NEW TITLES ON SPOKEN NETWORK
It's been a while since we released new titles to Spoken Network! Our 2004 production of TOBY TYLER has been on the site for six years, however, it was only available in its broadcast form - 7 half hour episodes. We have re-cut the program to run as a continuous feature. This is one of my favorite shows, and captures the mood of circus life in the 1880's.
CAPTAIN BLOOD, our 2006 production, has also only been available for download in episodes. It is now on Spoken Network as it was released on CD - in a continuous 7 hour program. There is also a new FATHER BROWN episode (the series will be completed in March), as well as a new episode of JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER.
Here are the links
ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS
PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG
TOBY TYLER or TEN WEEKS WITH A CIRCUS
JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER
THE BOOK OF NONSENSE
Today we record our final two episodes in the JARREM LEE series, and next week we begin a new series by Mike Murphy, called SOLUTIONS, INC. More on that later.
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For centuries, earlier than the ancient times off our forefathers we've been familiarized with the very taste, aroma and preparation of Tea. It really sounds old, however what a wonderful drink it is. Consisting of tranquilizing properties, the substance is said to be extremely healthy and good for soothing the nerves. There are countless varieties when it comes to 'Tea'; White, Black, Green, Yellow, Oolong and Post fermented Tea are the commonly known types.
The most common part of the day known specifically as 'Tea Time' is one such afternoon when the family would usually gather around, chat, converse or merely spend some quality time with one another. It certainly is an essential component of the day without which our weary souls would feel so incomplete.
Apart from reducing cholesterol levels in our blood, Tea happens to have antioxidants present as well as anti-carcinogenic substrates which prevent Cancer. It contains chemicals which destroy pathogens, basically is has germicidal properties. Hence it helps to protect the immune system from some harmful vectors.
Tea originally was an Asian plantation, where it was grown in expanse in the eastern and southern parts of the continent. Northeast India, Burma and even southwest China have been known to be native to its growth. Around the 3rd century BC, Chai was already a beverage in mainland China in the Qin Dynasty and from there its popularity spread to different parts of the world due to trade and commerce.
Green Tea and Black Tea were the first ever varieties known to have been transported into Europe and grown on the Azores Islands around the 16th century when it was first introduced to the European continent. Portugal, Brazil were the next nations to adopt the cultivation and around the 19th century Britain initiated the business of growing Chai in its home lands.
Tea contains an aromatic substance known as L-theanine and affects the nervous system directly. It is a tranquilizer as well as a stimulant therefore hits the senses in such a form that a calming wave washes over the entire body system thereby stabilizing our organs and their efficiency. Hence it is more or less consumed to relax the brain and activate our muscular coordination.
After the tea leaves have been picked from the plant scientifically known as Camellia Sinensis, they are allowed to wilt till they eventually become dark as the chlorophyll stored within changes to Tannins which gets released. The phenomenon is known as fermentation which takes place under the action of enzymes. In the mid stages the darkening is stopped and the leaves are heated, dried in most cases and basically under strict temperature and moisture conditions the processing comes to an end.
It is an aromatic preparation of tea leaves which are processed under different conditions and methods to finally give the final products which after boiling in hot water, known as a basic composite of 'Tea'. The slight astringent that results after consuming a just a sip, is an effect plenty tea lovers enjoy hence it is regarded as one of the most popular beverages alongside coffee.
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Mark Wahlberg was on The Graham Norton show in the UK and completely hijacked a group interview with Michael Fassbender and Sarah Silverman. It was hilarious. They say he was drunk, and I would have to agree.
I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with his actions. He was being funny...OK, yes he was interrupting people all the time, but it was entertaining as hell. If Michael Fassbender had to carry that interview it would be the most boring segment in the history of the world.
Can we please get a show this hilarious in Canada? And not on MTV or some other show where you would expect people to get trashed and then go on in the interview. Strombo is so serious. We need someone to really let the interviewees go free like Graham did here. It was a beautiful thing.
Because I couldn't pick a single ridiculous moment I am posting the entire show. Enjoy.
Everyone in my office (clearly representative of the UK's opinion lol) thought he was being rude and off-putting and he's definitely dropped down on their scales, currently to sit at a place of dislike. Not sure how the rest of the country feels, but that's just with 10 women in the 20-30 demographic.


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Carleton A. Scofield:
A Good Investment
Around 1925, a young man, fresh out of high school, went to work for The Ridgefield Press. Carleton Scofield assisted editor David W. Workman with writing news and setting the printing type by hand. Pretty soon, Scofield was doing much of the weekly's work, especially when Workman was out fighting forest fires in his capacity of state fire warden or policing the town when he was on duty as a local constable.
The value of the energetic young Scofield was not lost on Samuel Keeler, then owner and publisher of The Press. Karl S. Nash, who would later own the paper, said Keeler saw Scofield "as good protection for his investment in the printing and publishing business."
Scofield, however, had his eye on a better opportunity and applied for a teller's job at the Ridgefield Savings Bank. Keeler, a bank director, did not want to lose a good printer and journalist, and opposed the hiring. "We can run the bank without him," he confided in an associate. "I'm not sure I can make a profit at the Press without him."
The bank's directors overruled Keeler, Scofield was hired, and eventually he became the eighth president of the institution, now the sizable Fairfield County Bank.
He also became one of Ridgefield's most active and involved citizens.
A native of Ridgefield, Carleton Avery Scofield was born in 1905 and graduated from Hamilton High School on Bailey Avenue in 1925. After four years at the Press, Scofield began his banking career. He studied at the American Institute of Banking, at the Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers, and at Columbia. He began as a teller in 1930, the year the Art Deco bank on Main Street was built. He was named an incorporator in 1933, a director in 1942, secretary and treasurer in 1946, and president in 1955 — a position he held until his retirement in 1972. He was chairman of the bank's board until 1981.
He was also active in regional and national banking affairs, serving as an officer of the Mechanics Bank Association of America and president for four years of the Savings Bank Guarantee Fund of Connecticut, a predecessor of the FDIC.
Scofield was a prominent public official. In 1926 at the age of 21, he was first elected a justice of the peace, an office that then wielded some power in Connecticut. People who were arrested by constables, state police, or fish and game wardens were tried before a justice of the peace in the town hall. The arresting officers decided which justice to bring their case to, and some justices were more popular than others. Scofield was among the popular ones and got a good deal of the business, Nash reported.
When the state established the trial court system in 1941, Scofield was named a trial justice, presiding over Ridgefield's court in town hall. He held that post until 1961 when the local trial courts were merged into the circuit court system. However, he did quit briefly in 1960 when he became enraged over the fact that 10 boys who'd been "engaged in a gang fight at Lake Mamanasco" and two other boys caught stealing auto parts all got off in Town Court on legal technicalities. He called it a "circus-like treatment of justice," but he soon returned to the job.
For 11 years, Scofield served on the Police Commission, including periods as its chairman. He was treasurer of the Connecticut Police Commissioners Association, a director of the Connecticut Public Expenditures Council and a member of Governor Thomas Meskill's task force on housing.
Locally, he was a president of the Lions Club, secretary of the Ridgefield Library, treasurer of Ridgefield's Salvation Army unit, an incorporator of the Boys Club, treasurer of the Fairfield County YMCA, and active in other organizations, including an antique car group. In 1930, he was a leader of one of Ridgefield's first Boy Scout troops.
During the 1950s and 60s, he dabbled in real estate development in town. A bit of his name lives today in Scodon Drive, a road at the 57-lot Scodon development that he and savings bank lawyer Joseph H. Donnelly subdivided in 1958.
Banking was not only a business but a hobby. Scofield and his second wife, Irma, were widely known for their extensive collection of mechanical and cast-iron toy banks. By 1970, he had more than 250 mechanical models and 600 "still" banks — many were exhibited in the Ridgefield Savings Bank's several offices. Some dated back to the 1700s.
Scofield died in 1983 at his retirement home in Florida. He was 78.
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struct max17205_data {
  int rc;
  int value0;
  int value1;
  bool fired;
};

static struct max17205_data result   = { .fired = false, .rc = 0, .value0 = 0, .value1 = 0 };
static subscribe_upcall* user_upcall = NULL;

// Internal callback for faking synchronous reads
static void internal_user_upcall(int   status,
                                 int   value0,
                                 int   value1,
                                 void* ud) {

  struct max17205_data* data = (struct max17205_data*) ud;
  data->rc     = tock_status_to_returncode(status);
  data->value0 = value0;
  data->value1 = value1;
  data->fired  = true;
}

// Lower level CB that allows us to stop more commands while busy
static void max17205_upcall(int   return_code,
                            int   value0,
                            int   value1,
                            void* ud) {
  if (user_upcall) {
    user_upcall(return_code, value0, value1, ud);
  }
}

int max17205_set_callback (subscribe_upcall callback, void* callback_args) {
  // Set the user-level calllback to the provided one
  user_upcall = callback;

  // Subscribe to the callback with our lower-layer callback, but pass
  // callback arguments.
  subscribe_return_t sval = subscribe(DRIVER_NUM_MAX17205, 0, max17205_upcall, callback_args);
  return tock_subscribe_return_to_returncode(sval);
}

int max17205_read_status(void) {

  syscall_return_t com = command(DRIVER_NUM_MAX17205, 1, 0, 0);
  return tock_command_return_novalue_to_returncode(com);
}

int max17205_read_soc(void) {
  syscall_return_t com = command(DRIVER_NUM_MAX17205, 2, 0, 0);
  return tock_command_return_novalue_to_returncode(com);
}

int max17205_read_voltage_current(void) {
  syscall_return_t com = command(DRIVER_NUM_MAX17205, 3, 0, 0);
  return tock_command_return_novalue_to_returncode(com);
}

int max17205_read_coulomb(void) {
  syscall_return_t com = command(DRIVER_NUM_MAX17205, 4, 0, 0);
  return tock_command_return_novalue_to_returncode(com);
}

int max17205_read_rom_id(void) {
  syscall_return_t com = command(DRIVER_NUM_MAX17205, 5, 0, 0);
  return tock_command_return_novalue_to_returncode(com);
}

int max17205_read_status_sync(uint16_t* status) {
  int err;
  result.fired = false;

  err = max17205_set_callback(internal_user_upcall, (void*) &result);
  if (err < 0) return err;

  err = max17205_read_status();
  if (err < 0) return err;

  // Wait for the callback.
  yield_for(&result.fired);

  *status = result.value0 & 0xFFFF;

  return result.rc;
}

int max17205_read_soc_sync(uint16_t* percent, uint16_t* soc_mah, uint16_t* soc_mah_full) {
  int err;
  result.fired = false;

  err = max17205_set_callback(internal_user_upcall, (void*) &result);
  if (err < 0) return err;

  err = max17205_read_soc();
  if (err < 0) return err;

  // Wait for the callback.
  yield_for(&result.fired);

  *percent      = result.value0 & 0xFFFF;
  *soc_mah      = (result.value1 & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16;
  *soc_mah_full = result.value1 & 0xFFFF;

  return result.rc;
}

int max17205_read_voltage_current_sync(uint16_t* voltage, int16_t* current) {
  int err;
  result.fired = false;

  err = max17205_set_callback(internal_user_upcall, (void*) &result);
  if (err < 0) return err;

  err = max17205_read_voltage_current();
  if (err < 0) return err;

  // Wait for the callback.
  yield_for(&result.fired);

  *voltage = result.value0 & 0xFFFF;
  *current = result.value1 & 0xFFFF;

  return result.rc;
}

int max17205_read_coulomb_sync(uint16_t* coulomb) {
  int err;
  result.fired = false;

  err = max17205_set_callback(internal_user_upcall, (void*) &result);
  if (err < 0) return err;

  err = max17205_read_coulomb();
  if (err < 0) return err;

  // Wait for the callback.
  yield_for(&result.fired);

  *coulomb = result.value0 & 0xFFFF;

  return result.rc;
}

int max17205_read_rom_id_sync(uint64_t* rom_id) {
  int err;
  result.fired = false;

  err = max17205_set_callback(internal_user_upcall, (void*) &result);
  if (err < 0) return err;

  err = max17205_read_rom_id();
  if (err < 0) return err;

  // Wait for the callback.
  yield_for(&result.fired);

  uint64_t temp = result.value0;
  temp  <<= 32;
  temp   |= result.value1 & 0x00000000FFFFFFFF;
  *rom_id = temp;

  return result.rc;
}

float max17205_get_voltage_mV(int vcount) {
  return vcount * 1.25;
}

float max17205_get_current_uA(int ccount) {
  return ccount * 108;
}

float max17205_get_percentage_mP(int percent) {
  return ((float)percent / 26000.0) * 100000.0;
}

float max17205_get_capacity_uAh(int cap) {
  return (float)cap * (5.0 / .01);
}