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PABLO ESCOBAR, THE HELLS ANGELS, THE WHITEY BULGER TRIAL, OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING, THE ICEMAN MOVIE, AND MUCH MORE.

Crime Beat: Issues, Controversies and Personalities from the darkside on Artist First World Radio Network is pleased to announce its forthcoming schedule for May 9, 2013, through July 11, 2013. Topics covered include the Whitey Bulger trial, Vinnie Gorgeous, FBI profiling, Hells Angels and the Oklahoma City Bombing, among others.

May 9: Anthony Bruno discusses the movie that’s based on his book The Iceman. The movie is scheduled for release on May 3. 

• May 16: Lorne Campbell and Pete Edwards discuss their book, Unrepentant: The Strange and Sometimes Terrible Life of Lorne Campbell, Satan’s Choice and Hell’s Angel Biker.
• May 23: John Douglas and Mark Olshaker discuss Douglas’ profiler career and their book Law and Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler’s Relentless Pursuit of Justice.
• May 30: Dick Lehr and Gerald O’Neill discuss their book, Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss. 
• June 6: Ron Chepesiuk, Dave O’Flaherty and William Callahan will discuss Chepesiuk’s new biography, Black Caesar: The Rise and Disappearance of Frank Matthews, Kingpin. Margaret McClain, Special Correspondent, will also give the first of her continuing reports on the Whitey Bulger trial in Boston.
• June 13: Journalist Gerald Posner discusses his new book, The Third Man: Was there another bomber at Oklahoma City?, and his writing career. Also, Margaret McClain, Special Correspondent, reports on the Bulger trial.
• June 20: Robert Mazur discusses his book, Infiltrator: My Secret Life inside the Dirty Banks behind Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel, which is being made into a movie. Margaret McClain, Special Correspondent will report on the Bulger trial.
• June 27: Peter Lance discusses his book, Deal with the Devil: The FBI’s Secret 30-year Relationship with a Mafia Killer. Margaret McClain, Special Correspondent, reports on the Bulger trial.
• July 4: In a command appearance, David Albright of the Institute of Science and International Security discusses Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. 
• July 11: Journalist Robert Destafano discusses his new book, Vinnie Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster. Also Margaret McClain, Special Correspondent, reports on the Bulger

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On the air since January 28, 2011, Crime Beat is a weekly hour-long radio program that airs every Thursday at 8 p.m. EST.  Crime Beat presents fascinating topics that bring listeners closer to the dynamic underbelly of the world of crime. Guests have included ex-mobsters, undercover law enforcement agents, sports officials, informants, prisoners, drug dealers and investigative journalists, who have provided insights and fresh information about the world’s most fascinating subject: crime.

Crime Beat is currently averaging 160,000 listeners plus, from over 120 countries world-wide each week, and the figure is growing. All shows are archived for 24-7 listening. Crime Beat is hosted by award-winning crime writer and documentary producer Ron Chepesiuk (www.ronchepesiuk.com) and broadcast journalist and freelance writer Will Hryb.

Noah Seidenberg of Chicago says, “Love the show. Great questions you guys ask. More people need to know about this. I live in Chicago and have read about many of these events since I was a child. Keep it up.” Carolyn Yarema of Toronto, Canada writes. "One hour, commercial free, and how time flies....you guys have incredible chemistry on air and your guests are so fascinating, just keep pumpin them out....."

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Crime Beat airs weekly every Thursday at 8 P.M. EST on the Artist First World Radio Network at artistfirst.com/crimebeat
To contact the Crime Beat radio program for interviews, e-mail crimebeat123@yahoo.com or call 803-366-5440.

Downtown Las Vegas: Alive & Grooving!

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Fremont Country Club
Fremont East District, Las Vegas -
A hip new music venue with state-of-the-art recording capabilities opened its doors on March 6 in previously unhip downtown Las Vegas. Located across from the El Cortez Hotel, it's the second venue to open inside a building that Metro police once used for its fingerprinting The Backstage Bar and Billiards opened last year on the building's west side. Both are owned and operated by impresarios Carlos "Big Daddy" Adley and his wife Ava Berman. 

Nick Holliday of Vegas Chatter rates the FCC concept as... "awesome. Bringing 1,000 people downtown to see a show will do wonderful things for the local economy. It will expose all new people to the neighborhood and what it has to offer."

The 10,000-square-foot Fremont Country Club, Adley mused, is "Tex-Mex swanky chic meets space cowboy." That theme encompasses cow-skin ceilings, antler chandeliers and chrome horseshoes.

Rock, blues and alternative music will grace the club's stage three to four nights a week.

"We're not going to be doing local garage (band) nights, Adley said. "Not going to happen."

Opening night



Louis Prima, Jr. livens things up at the grand opening

Light-up horseshoes make up the back
of the Fremont Country Club Bar



Brian Saliba, Chris Kael, Carlos Big Daddy Adley, Terry Caudill

Notables in attendance: Chris Kael of Five Finger Death Punch, pro rider Ricardo Laguna, Robert Ortiz of Escape the Fate, casino executive Terry Caudill, Bogus Productions' Brian Saliba and actor Verne Troyer.

Current mayor Carolyn Goodman and her husband, former mayor Oscar Goodman, gave an unofficial Las Vegas stamp of approval to the Fremont Country Club.

For more pics and news check these sites: http://www.lasvegassun.com/photos/galleries/2013/mar/06/fremont-country-club-grand-opening-downtown-las-ve/#479699 and
http://www.dtlv.com/2013/03/13/scenes-from-the-fremont-country-club-opening/



Advantage: Blackjack

Nathaniel Tilton is a world class blackjack player with a story to tell. His book The Blackjack Life, is a compelling read detailing his start from being an average Joe, to learning an authentic skill, to honing that skill into a finely tuned craft that afforded him an incredible array of fantastic experiences that he adeptly shares in his truly excellent book. Read the entire interview here:

http://thepogg.com/thepogg-interviews-nathaniel-tilton-author-of-the-blackjack-life/

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 Several years ago, I met and briefly consulted with author Nathaniel Tilton whose book The Blackjack Life, recently hit the stands. To say the least, our time together was one of the most interesting I've had in my writing career.

In Nathaniel's own words, here are some of the things that grabbed my interest in the oft-misunderstood though thoroughly fascinating world of card counting. All are excerpts from the above interview on thepogg.com:

"If more investors approached things with a mindset of getting to the long-term, like so many good advantage players do, they’d have a lot more success."

"Most students come to me with a desire to “win big” and believe that their skill set is better than it actually is. So I have to temper both by managing their expectations with how volatile the game is and how much more work they need to put in. My advice is always the same, though. If they want to get great, they have to put in a lot of practice. The edge in this game is so slim that each skill involved in counting cards needs to be incredibly sharp."

 

"Any pro will tell you that there’s not one strategy in my book that was new to the blackjack community. But what was different about our system was how we moved in and out of various strategies within a playing session. We felt like if we could move from back counting and wonging, to big player call-ins, to gorilla big player signaling at the table… all within one session… it would be difficult to detect."

 

"I realized that so many books either focus on the experiences of big teams or the science of solo play. I wanted to highlight the value of small team play in a way that would appeal to both students of the game and casual readers." 

 

"Blackjack subject matter can be intimidating for people, especially those who are new to the game. I think my book shows that you don’t need to go to MIT to be successful at it. You just have to have a relentless enthusiasm."

 

"Here we were, being wined and dined, going to big fights and shows, staying in luxurious suites, and being driven around Vegas in a limo, only to come back to a Boston morning commute (which is miserable), a 9-to-5 job, and lunch in the office park’s cafeteria. There’s some culture shock. And I wanted so badly to tell my stories to friends, but it always felt like it would sound like bragging. So I mostly just kept it all to myself."

 

"I specifically withheld certain techniques from the book that we used, just in case I returned to the game. So writing the book didn’t mean that I couldn’t return to playing some day.

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The Blackjack Life is a story for the expert, novice and anyone curious about the enigmatic life of card counting. Check it out on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Blackjack-Life-Counting-Teamwork-Clandestine/dp/1935396331. By the way, this is NOT a book on how to count cards but rather a book about a card counter's experience.

 

 

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CHICAGO GANGS, THE RUSSIAN MAFIA, BOSTON GANGSTERS, CYBER TERRORISM, HISTORY’S GREATEST SPY, AND MUCH MORE

Crime Beat: Issues, Controversies and Personalities from the darkside on Artist First World Radio Network is pleased to announce its forthcoming schedule for March 7, 2013, through May 2, 2013. Topics covered include psycho killers, the Russian Mafia, cyber terrorism and murderers in search of redemption. Here is the lineup:                    

March 7 — Harold "Noonie G" Ward, discusses his former life with the Gangster Disciples, as well as Chicago gangs and the violence in the Windy City. See twitter.com/TheRealNoonieG

• March 14 — Veteran Police Officer Stacy Dittrich discusses her book, Searching for Sandra: The Story Behind the Disappearance of Sandra Cantu. See www.stacydittrich.com/
• March 21 — Cyber sleuth Shannen Rossmiller discusses her work hunting down terrorists online. See www.shannenrossmiller.com
• March 28 — Joseph D. Serio’s discusses his investigation into the Russian Mafia. See http://joeserio.com/about/
• April 4 — Nancy Mullane discusses her fascinating book, Life after Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption. See www.lifeaftermurder.com/
• April 11 — Harold Schechter discusses his book, Psycho USA: Famous American killers you never heard of. See http://www.haroldschechter.com/
• April 18 — Stephen Talty discusses his fascinating book titled Agent Garbo: the Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent who Tricked Hitler & Saved D-Day. An investigation of the life and career of Garbo, World War II spy and history’s greatest double agent. See www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/book-reviews-jack-1939
• April 25 — George Hassett will discuss his fascinating book, Gangsters of Boston. Publisher: Strategic Media Books www.stragicmediabooks.com
• May 2 — Focus on the late Chris Kyle, author of American Sniper. Repeat of his appearance on Crime Beat.  See http://amzn.com/0062238868

 On the air since January 28, 2011, Crime Beat is a weekly hour-long radio program that airs every Thursday at 8 p.m. EST.  Crime Beat presents fascinating topics that bring listeners closer to the dynamic underbelly of the world of crime. Guests have included ex-mobsters, undercover law enforcement agents, sports officials, informants, prisoners, drug dealers and investigative journalists, who have provided insights and fresh information about the world’s most fascinating subject: crime.

Crime Beat is currently averaging 160,000 listeners plus, from over 120 countries world-wide each week, and the figure is growing. All shows are archived for 24-7 listening. Crime Beat is hosted by award-winning crime writer and documentary producer Ron Chepesiuk (www.ronchepesiuk.com) and broadcast journalist and freelance writer Will Hryb.

Noah Seidenberg of Chicago says, “Love the show. Great questions you guys ask. More people need to know about this. I live in Chicago and have read about many of these events since I was a child. Keep it up.” Carolyn Yarema of Toronto, Canada writes. "One hour, commercial free, and how time flies....you guys have incredible chemistry on air and your guests are so fascinating, just keep pumpin them out....."

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Crime Beat airs weekly every Thursday at 8 P.M. EST on the Artist First World Radio Network at artistfirst.com/crimebeat

To contact the Crime Beat radio program for interviews, e-mail crimebeat123@yahoo.com or call 803-366-5440.

Online gambling: New Jersey's Christie ready to give thumps up

New Jersey governor Chris Christie

To date, online gambling is legal in only 2 states: Nevada and Delaware. But favorable tax rate increases for such wagering may soon be inacted by the New Jersey legislature. That would make online gambling tax revenue a more favorable source of income than from brick and mortar establishments. Various sources report that Christie has made it abundantly clear he’s ready to sign a similar bill into law if the New Jersey Legislature raises the proposed tax on online gambling from 10 percent to 15 percent.

In addition to seeking online gambling revenue for his state, Christie is also fighting to make New Jersey only the fifth state in which sports gambling is permitted. (Betting on sports is considered illegal under federal law except in Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon.)

For a complete account on the above check out http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865573499/Chris-Christie-Silicon-Valley-want-legalized-online-gambling.html.

Other sources:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/online-gaming-looking-promising-us-162828424.html
and
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/usa-gambling-newjersey-idUSL1N0BJCRW20130219

Black Power in Bermuda

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Investigative Journalist Mel Ayton Pens Book about Intrigue, Assassinations and
Black Power in Bermuda

  Justice Denied – Bermuda’s Black Militants, the ‘Third Man’ and the Assassinations of a Police Chief and Governor is the first full account of the 1972/1973 assassinations of Bermuda’s governor, Richard Sharples, and police chief, George Duckett. The book includes a Foreword by Dr. Carol Shuman, a former journalist with the Bermuda Sun and Mid Ocean News.

During the 1970s, a black power organization in Bermuda, which modeled itself on the American Black Panthers, conspired to bring about social change “by any means necessary,” including assassination. The struggle for equal rights in Bermuda during this period both imitated events in the United States and was heavily influenced by them. This is especially true for the role American black militants played in encouraging Bermuda’s youth to challenge the white power structure on the island. Bermuda became the first nation to suffer the violent effects of the importation of 1960s-style American Black Power militancy. As a result, Governor Sharples, Police Chief George Duckett and others were murdered.

Justice Denied points the finger of guilt at a faction of the black militant group led by the ‘Third Man’, who controlled the convicted assassins. The author names the Bermuda businessman, a convicted drug dealer who assisted the assassins in financing their political aims through drug deals and bank robberies. Ayton also concludes that the real story about the assassinations was ‘whitewashed’ by consecutive Bermudian governments in the interests of racial harmony.

This investigative book is based on interviews with police officers involved in the investigation into the assassinations and murders, as well as interviews with prison officers familiar with two members of the assassination team. Additional material for the book was gleaned from the previously secret Scotland Yard murder files, British Foreign Office files, court records, newspaper archives and interviews with the Bermudian governor’s widow.

Paul Donnelley, author of 501 Most Notorious Crimes, says of Justice Denied, "Murders in paradise... Mel Ayton has proved in previous books that he has a consummate skill for unraveling the facts behind conspiracies or debunking them where they don't exist (JFK, RFK, MLK to name but three). His latest book is no exception. It reads like a thriller, but every word is true and his telling of racism, riots, murders, and cover-ups on Bermuda makes this an unputdownable page-turner."

For more details about Mel Ayton and excerpts from Justice Denied please go to the website www.strategicmediabooks.com.

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Check out Seth Ferranti's new book:

Gorilla Convict

Gorilla Convict is a selected compilation of Seth’s work that has appeared on his long running blog at gorillaconvict.com. Online since 2005, the blog gives the scoop on street legends, the mafia, prison gangs, hip-hop and hustling and life in the belly of the beast.
What makes this collection so unique is that Seth writes his blog and stories from his cell block in the Federal Bureau of Prisons where he has spent nearly two decades in prison. He founded the Gorilla Convict website from prison, and his intriguing and amazing stories have created a large and dedicated audience from prison.
The book gives the reader real, raw and in your face stories that have not been written from the mainstream news media point of view. They are written by a man who understand the criminal and convict codes and who lives and resides with the men he writes about in the belly of the beast. This collection of crime, prison and street lore is as inside as you can get.