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Surveying populations of breeding grebes in prairie parkland Canada: Estimation problems and conservation applications
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Wildlife Society Bulletin
Volume 38, Issue 1, pages 14–17, March 2014
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Routhier, D. D., Dufour, K. W., Bidwell, M. T. and Clark, R. G. (2014), Surveying populations of breeding grebes in prairie parkland Canada: Estimation problems and conservation applications. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 38: 14–17. doi: 10.1002/wsb.362
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So after I said I'd offer fitness advice to anyone who asked, I got bombarded with messages. Instead of answering each one individually, I'm going to make this here journal post to cover a variety of topics regarding exercise and a little diet stuff. Full disclosure: I'm not an expert, nor would I claim to be. What works for me might not work for you, so take all of this with a huge grain of salt (but watch that sodium intake, bro).
Gaining Muscle: I personally enjoy the Hypertrophy approach to weightlifting. It's commonly used by bodybuilders, and I've noticed it gives me a good mix of mass and tonage. Hypertrophy is typically 3 or 4 sets of about 10-12 repetitions. There are some great workout programs available on Bodybuilding.com that I've used in the past. They break it up based on your goal, your intensity level, and the amount of time you want to commit to the program. Look into it. I'm super reluctant to upload my own regimen because it's what's working for me now, and it may not be what your body needs.
Diet: For keeping my weight down and insuring muscle gain, I keep an eye on my macronutrient ratios. I want to make sure my diet is divided into 30% Fats, 30% Proteins, and 40% Carbohydrates. I use a cool app called "Tap and Track" on my iPhone that helps me monitor this. You go through and enter information on your weight, activity level and goals and it calculates roughly how many calories you should take in in a day. Typically you'll want to take in a lot of carbs earlier in the day, and then fats and proteins later in the day. Another note about diet: drop sodas. That's a load of sugar you don't want. I stopped drinking sodas regularly years ago and I don't regret it. Sodas make you gain weight. Stop eating if you are no longer hungry and drink between mouthfuls. If you're full, don't finish what's left on the plate. You've gotten the food your body wants, so cool it. Drinking between mouthfuls of food helps quell your hunger. In regards to supplements: I take a protein shake after workouts (Whey Tech Pro 24 from Vitamin Shoppe). Post workout supplements are great. Other than that, I do not feel comfortable giving supplement advice. I cycle creatine now and then, but if you want to get into that, go look at professionally written articles about it.
Exercises: Don't neglect cardio, and don't neglect body parts. Cardio will help you burn fat and increase endurance, so go biking, go running, climb stairs, whatever. Just get that heart rate up. As you improve, introduce more challenges. If you notice you can run a mile with ease, then run faster or run further. Keep pushing your body, you'll be surprised by your increase in stamina, and it'll help with other aspects in life (like staying awake throughout the day or HAVIN' SEX). In terms of lifting, work all your body parts. I break my workouts into three days. Day 1: Biceps, Backs and Shoulders. Day 2: Triceps, Chest, Traps and Forearms. Day 3: Leg day. I also like to do small abdominal exercises each day. Your abs and calves can regenerate quick enough that you could work them on a semi-daily basis if you wanted. If you can lift something easily, at 3 sets of 10 reps, increase the weight. I shoot for a weight that, on the tenth rep, I am giving it my all to lift it. Don't just coast through exercises, you won't see improvements that way. Push yourself.
Final Notes: Don't get discouraged and stick to it. You won't get a six pack over night. It's a slow progression, but you will get there if you put in the effort. Like anything in life, you'll get out what you put in. With fitness, if you put in a lot of time, effort and work, you'll get results. Just give it time and stay motivated.
One of the best parts of RTX was people coming up to me and saying I had inspired them to exercise. I love hearing about people improving themselves. The last few years of my life have been the best, I owe a lot of that to the fact that I feel in control of my body and my health. Everyone deserves to feel this good. Life's too short to keep pushing off fitness goals and wishing you were in-shape. If you want to make a change, get off your ass now. Don't wait until tomorrow, because you'll keep pushing it off, and pushing it off. Leave your computer now and go improve yourself. Best of luck, and I want to hear all of the success stories next RTX.
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So when I'm not working or at school, I volunteer for UT's student-run television station known as TSTV. I'm a producer on Longhorn LateNight where we do SNL-style skits and talk show-style interviews. I've made it a habit of writing and acting in one sketch each episode when I'm not running cameras. It's pretty low quality stuff, but here's one of my favorite videos we've made:
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I'm already missing my Guardian family! I had such a blast with everybody at RTX and it was such a great experience making new friends. I've always been bummed about my lack of participation in the Rooster Teeth Community and I'm so glad that I finally decided to change that and bond with fellow fans. :)
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I'm sure you've seen a thousand of these already, but thought it'd be cool if ya saw the one I made.
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Sorry this is late but happy birthday Blaine!
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Happy Birthday Blaine!
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Hi sorry to do this but... To anyone it may concern! I have a song I enjoy and I believe it fits the Red vs Blue universe to a T! I would like to make a video with them but I don't have the equipment to do so. So I want everyone to check out Smash Mouth's 'I Wanna Stay Home Today' and help make this dream come true! '(>.<),
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Safoura is the group member who sells clothing. She is standing on the left of the picture. She plans to use her loan to buy clothing from the wholesalers which she will resell locally at the Médine market to a diverse and varied retail clientèle. She expects to make an average monthly profit of 40 000 francs, part of which will be used to pay off the loan and its interest and part of which will used to build up her savings.
Elles sont à leur 13ème prêt avec l'institution de microfinance Soro Yiriwaso dans le souci de satisfaire le besoin de leurs clientèles.
Mme SAFOURA fait le commerce des habits dans ce groupe de femmes. Elle se tient en première position de la gauche vers la droite.
Elle compte utiliser son prêt pour acheter des habits auprès des grossistes et revendra en détail sur place et au marché de Médine, à une clientèle diverse et variée.
Elle envisage réaliser un bénéfice mensuel moyen de 40 000 FCFA dont une partie est utilisée pour payer le prêt et son interêt et l'autre pour son épargne.
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Important InformationSoro Yiriwaso is a microfinance institution that works primarily in rural and semi-urban areas of Mali to provide underprivileged communities with access to financial services.The organization facilitates access for disadvantaged clients, particularly women, to new resources and services, fostering solidarity and cooperation among its clients. Kiva lenders' funds will enable Soro Yiriwaso to expand its outreach and target even more underserved Malians involved in business and agriculture.
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Audio Drama Review: The Death and the Life
The Death and the Life is another one-man play starring Roger Llewellyn and written by David Stuart Davies adapted by Big Finish Productions. The story is a mix of fact and fiction as it centers upon Arthur Conan Doyle's efforts to rid himself of his most famous creation once and for all with the writing of "The Final Problem" and failed.
The play imagines Holmes and his fellow characters reacting to Doyle's actions and scheming. Doyle's disinterest is reflected in a hilarious scene where Holmes describes a madcap adventure to a snoring Watson. The story is bolstered by the use of Doyle's own journals and letters. Another great scene is the one which Holmes learns he's a fictional character from his arch-rival who is not too pleased that he's been created by Doyle as a single-use plot device.
With its light comedy and heavy symbolism, The Life and the Death is a story about a literary creation whose popularity transcended the writer who created him. The play is helped by another strong performance from Roger Llewellyn who manages to perfectly portray all the characters and angles of this very deep and well-written play. Overall, this is another story that's a wonderful listen for fans of Sherlock Holmes.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0
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TV Episode Review: The Rockford Files: There's One in Every Port
In this Season 3 episode of the Rockford Files, Rockford is begged to take part in an illegal high stakes poker game by the daughter of Eddie Marks (Howard Duff, best known as radio's Sam Spade), an old friend from prison after Rockford visits an apparently ailing Eddie in the hospital. However, the poker game is robbed and the organizers pin the blame on Rockford.When Rockford finds Eddie gone from the hospital, he realizes he's been had. Rockford had been used to lead the gang to the poker game so Eddie could take the pot in order to pull off a scam.
In order to avoid being killed by the gamblers, Rockford has to concoct a con of his own to foil Eddie's scam and to reclaim the stolen money before he finds himself killed by the gamblers. To do this, his pal Angel recruits a group of conmen to help pull off the job.
As a story, the plot is intricate, and it's different from a typical Rockford Files episode. It's much more of heist/sting story with the big question being not who done it, but what is Rockford's scheme to defeat the conman. It's graced by great writing and a super guest cast including John Doehner (who played Paladin in Radio's Have Gun Will Travel.)
As a fan of old time radio, I love seeing Duff and Doehner on screen. Also, the appearance of Duff in The Rockford Files is interesting as Rockford's work was compared to Sam Spade's earlier in the series. However, even if that's not a highlight for you, the episode's clever plotting and strong acting make this story a winner.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0
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Book Review: Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration was published in 1988 on the 100th Anniversary of Chandler's birth. The book collects more than twenty Marlowe short stories. While most of them are by newer authors, the book includes "The Pencil," (1959) Raymond Chandler's last completed Philip Marlowe story which (heretofore) has only been published in this collection.
To begin with, I'll take a look at "The Pencil." In it, a former mob figure asks Marlowe's help in disappearing when threatened with being penciled out by mob hitmen. The story is good, astonishingly so. It was published in 1959 a year after Chandler wrote the awful Playback and it's stunning to think the same author wrote both. The story isn't quite the equal of, "Red Wind," but stands up with the other Philip Marlowe stories published in Trouble is My Business.
"The Pencil" recaptures the feel of mean streets, fascinating characters, hard boiled dialogue, and a battle with the underworld that made Marlowe stories so good in the beginning. The story also brings back Anne Riordan from, Farewell, My Lovely who is a far more interesting character than Chandler's insipid and vapid "love interests" of his 1950s novels. It even has Marlowe getting money out of the deal, so it's a wonderful story and it'd be great if this story were added to future editions of Trouble is My Business so a wider world of Marlowe fans could enjoy this story.
So that's the last 30 pages of the book. What about the twenty plus stories and 339 pages that proceeded it? The writers were all admirers of Chandler and all competent as modern mystery writers. Many of them made a good try. For the most part, their stories weren't on par with the originals but they were fairly enjoyable.
However, some stand out, both for good and ill.
- "Saving Grace" by Joyce Harrington is one of the closest stories to Chandler stylistically. However, I don't like the end. It brings in the idea of sex crimes against children and a Jerry Springeresque final confrontation that leaves a bad taste.
- "Malibu Tag Team" by Jonathan Valin captures a lot of the spirit of Farewell, My Lovely.
- "Sad Eyed Blonde" by Dick Lochte is a great take on Marlowe and the only pastiche that's a sequel to a previous Chandler story. This story reintroduces characters from, "The Gold Fish" in a different sort of mystery. The end is pure hard boiled detective and is a great set-up.
- "Dealer's Choice" by Sara Paretsky, creator of V I Warshawski, takes a superb turn that really captures Chandler's cadences in a tale that deals with the Japanese internment.
- "Consultation in the Dark" by Frances Nevins, Jr. may not capture all of Chandler's feel but it's probably the second best story in the book behind, "The Pencil." It's a suspenseful tale when Marlowe is out of town, and a man comes to Marlowe asking for help. Marlowe's reluctant but the man's got a bomb tied to his chest.
- "In the Jungle of the Cities," by Roger Simon is a dull tale that rejects private eye tales to talk about the House Un-American Activities Committee. This was written back when Simon was on the left, and he's since moved right. Whether he'd write something more interesting and less political now that his politics have changed or write something that's as dull only with a right wing slant is an interesting question, and indeed far more interesting than this story.
- "Star Bright" by John Lutz sees Marlowe involved in a search for and protection of a potential Hollywood starlet. It's a compelling story that captures the essence of the character, and post-war Hollywood is a superb location for a Marlowe story.
- "Locker 246" by Robert Randisi is an interesting tale where Marlowe is manipulated into a trip to New York. Marlowe's sense of honor is reliable, in fact it's predictable which works to someone's advantage in a tale of Marlowe's brief but action-packed trip to the Big Apple.
- "Bitter Lemons" by Stuart Kaminsky creates a great Chandleresque character in Warren Hluska, a man who swore he'd never win a beauty contest but he actually did.
- "The Man Who Knew Dick Bong" by Robert Crais is one of those stories that left me with mixed feelings. It works fine as a private eye tale, just not as a Marlowe tale. It's also the story in the book that uses the most swearing. To be fair, Chandler did include a dash of swearing in the rich, sweet language of his novels. Emphasis on "a dash." Crais uses more in his twenty-two page short story than Chandler used in some novels and generally more severe. Given how creative Chandler was with language, Crais's story was jarring for its repetitiveness. Still, the plot was interesting.
- "In the Line of Duty" by Jeremiah Healey is a story where I don't think the author quite gets Marlowe's sense of justice. Marlowe might go against established rules, but there's always a reason. This story doesn't capture how Marlowe thinks.
- "The Alibi" by Ed Gorman captures the tone of Marlowe from The Long Goodbye. The dour, world-weary shamus gets a request for help from one of his few friends on the force. Anyone expecting a happy ending hasn't been paying attention.
- "Asia" finds Marlowe at a personal low in his life in 1958. However, an Asian woman gives him a chance to be a hero again. This is a great look at the Knight in Tarnished Armor. The actual case Marlowe gets into isn't solved this story. In fact, it barely begins, but it's a great character journey.
Each story is prefaced by a stylistic illustration and many of them are quite evocative of the era.
While this book is out of print, it is available cheaply (1 cent plus shipping on Amazon at the time of this writing.) That makes it a no-brainer for any fan of Marlowe or hard boiled detectives in general to pick up. "The Pencil" is a superb Chandler story and at least some of the rest of the stories in the book should catch the reader's eye.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5.0
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Audio Drama Review: The Last Act
The Last Act brings Roger Llewellyn's long-running, Sherlock Holmes, one-man play to audio. The story finds a somber Holmes reflecting on his life and career after Watson's funeral. It's an emotional and occasionally heartbreaking performance as Holmes reflects on his friend and his career. "You never appreciate the best things, the best people, until they're gone."
Not every moment is somber. There are humorous moments as Holmes will reflect on one of his friend's oddities or on Lestrade's unremarkable career that saw him never rise above Inspector.
The play covers a variety of ground. From "The Abbey Grange" to "The Speckled Band" "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House" and The Hound of the Baskervilles and many more, Holmes offers his reflections on his cases and it's a Tour de Force performance.
I enjoyed the second half far less as it offered insights into Holmes' dark secrets, including his little discussed childhood. On one hand, this explained Holmes being merciful in one particular case. On the other, there's a certain modern conceit that tries to explain everything anyone does as a result of some childhood trauma to provide motivation. This can be seen in superhero fiction where so many characters' origins are being rewritten reflect that sort of trauma. It becomes somewhat monotonous in fiction when no one ever does anything good, noble, or heroic unless a parent was killed or was abusive, or some other trauma occurred to explain it.
I also didn't like the way Holmes' drug use was addressed. In the books, Watson claims to have weaned him off cocaine. However, the play insists Holmes' use continued unknown to Watson and it leads the play into a dour place. While some would argue this is more realistic than the books (which removed the cocaine habit as it became socially unacceptable) and it might be clever to undermine audience expectations by moving from downbeat to depressing, I wasn't pleasantly surprised by the turn.
Still, the play is well-written even if I have issues with the tone, Llewellyn's performance as Holmes (and twelve other characters) is pitch perfect and thoroughly engaging. He captures Holmes as a man trying to come to terms with the greatest loss in his life as a lifetime of emotional restraint begins to ebb away. I only wish the play had a more satisfactory conclusion.
Rating: 4.25 out of 5.0
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TV Series Review: Ellery Queen
While four television shows bore the name of Ellery Queen, one incarnation is the undisputed best. The series starred Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen with David Wayne as Inspector Richard Queen.
Hutton first played the master detective in the 1975 Telefilm, "Too Many Suspects" which then led to a 22 episode run in the 1975-76 series.
The series was set in Post-War New York City with Ellery as a mystery writer often called in by his father on various cases. Only one suspect ever cried foul on this odd process.
The mysteries are well-written and well-crafted and very traditional, trying to provide a sense of fair play and usually succeeding. Though in one case, "The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne," I don't think anyone could have come up with a proper solution based on what was shown on TV. Still, following the tradition of the book and the golden age radio series, before the solution was revealed, Ellery issued his challenge to the viewers to see if they could solve the case.
There was great chemistry between Hutton and Wayne who made a solid and believable team, and played off each other beautifully.
In the majority of episodes, Queen wasn't the only one trying to solve the case. He had a rival who was also collecting clues, sharing some findings with Ellery and hoping to come to a conclusion. Several times he faced off with the Suave and sophisticated Simon Brenner (John Hillerman) who was a criminologist who played himself on the radio but also tried to solve real life mysteries. He'd come up with very clever and well thought out solutions that always turned out to be wrong. When Brenner wasn't around, resourceful newshound Frank Flannigan (Ken Swofford) would often try to solve the case from right under the police's nose.
The program featured an embarassment of riches when it came to its guest stars. Adding to the 1940s atmosphere, many great stars of the Golden Age radio appeared in the series including George Burns, Dana Andrews, Don Ameche, Lloyd Nolan, Rudy Vallee, Vincent Price, and Arthur Godfrey. In one episode, Eve Arden (best known for Our Miss Brooks) played the star of a radio soap who was murdered. Beyond the radio stars, such classic TV and film stars such as Ken Berry, Eva Gabor, Tom Bosley, and Bob Crane featured.
The series did a good job capturing its era with the vehicles, the cultural references, and the overall feel although it did occasionally deal with issues that were emphasized less during the era itself such as payola. Some of the portrayals of how radio drama worked were more played for comedic value than for realism. Still, this was a very wonderful period series.
Unfortunately, the series was cancelled after a single season, losing its time slot consistently to ABC's Streets of San Francisco. Despite how well beloved by fans, it faced two challenges.
The 1970s was a great era for the TV detective, similar to the late 1940s for radio detectives. Ellery Queen began airing in the era of Columbo, McCloud, Mcmillan and Wife, Rockford, Kojak, Canon, and Barnaby Jones. However, its period feel and strict puzzle story format made it different from its competitors but perhaps they were too different.
As a postscript, the creators of 1970s Ellery Queen TV Series, Richard Levinson and William Link, waited eight years and then did another program featuring a Mystery writer as the main character and found great success with Murder She Wrote. Star Jim Hutton died at a young age, but his son, Tim would go on to star in a Nero Wolfe mystery as Archie Goodwin. Suggesting that the attraction to doing well-made but short-lived, great period detective television shows ran in the family.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0
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Audio Drama Review: Poirot's Finest Cases
Poirot's Finest Cases collects eight different BBC audiodramas starring the late John Moffat as Poirot and dramatizing eight memorable Agatha Christie Stories.
1) The ABC Murders-Classic case as Poirot receives notices of murders in advance of seemingly random people tied to the first letter of their last name, and the city they live in with an ABC railroad schedule left behind. A brilliant plot that is very well-adapted. Grade: A
2) After the Funeral: The death of a wealthy man appears to be natural causes, but then his sister suggests it was murder and she is soon found dead herself. A good case, and a solid adaptation. Only weak spot was Poirot as narrator narrating about obvious reasons for why certain people should be suspected. Grade: B+
3) Death on the Nile: This is my favorite Poirot story and this adaptation is simply marvelous. While it lacks the flair of the Ustinov version, this captures the essence of the story. If you wanted complain about Death on the Nile, I suppose you could point out the almost absurd number of romances that spring up on this boat. But, I think that serves to balance out the unhappiness that dominates the "A" plot. Overall, this is a great portrait of Poirot as a character and an absolutely brilliant adaptation. Grade: A+
4) The Murder of Roger Akroyd: One of Christie's most controversial tales because of the identity of the murderer. I thought the TV adaptation was only "so so," but BBC Radio 4 manages to do the story justice. It really is a clever and remarkable tale and manages to outperform the 1930s adaptation for the Mercury Playhouse with Orson Welles. Grade: A-
5) Murder on the Orient Express: Perhaps, the most iconic of Christie mysteries. It's perfectly executed over radio. This requires multiple accents (including several Americans) and they're all performed quite well. Grade: A
6) The Mysterious Affair at Stiles: The first ever Poirot story in which he solves the murder of a wealthy woman. I really enjoyed this adaptation. With all the great stories that followed, it's easy to forget how good this one was. It establishes so much about Poirot in terms of mannerism, but is different as Poirot is closer to Sherlock Holmes in his first story. Still, this is incredibly enjoyable. Grade: A
7) Peril at End House: Another somewhat underrated story. It's the classic tale of misdirection and of Poirot being pulled out of retirement. It's incredibly and involved tale. I love how Moffat plays the beginning where he's claiming to be content in retirement but his voice tone betrays it. Grade: A
8) Three Act Tragedy: This is probably the most questionable title in the set. Given that's it's Poirot's Finest Cases, it's odd to feature a case where Poirot is out of action for so much of it. This, like the other stories, were originally broadcast in five parts. Poirot's role in the first three parts could be considered middling as he doesn't actually actively join the investigation until the end of episode three and doesn't take charge until the end of episode four. Most of the investigation is carried by amateur detectives. The story's certainly good, but doesn't really have the material to rise to the top echelon of Poirot stories, even with laying aside the issue of how much Poirot's in it. I will say that I enjoyed the character moment in episode 2 when Poirot reflected on his life. Grade: B
Throughout all these stories, John Moffat makes a great Poirot. While David Suchet is the definitive Poirot on television, Moffat had a parallel run over radio lasting from 1987-2012 where he adapted most major Poirot novels and he was Suchet's equal in many ways. Moffat was great in every story here.
As for the rest of the cast, Simon Williams (Counter Measures) appears as Captain Hastings and Philip Jackson (who played Inspector Japp on television) appears as Japp in The ABC Murders and The Mysterious Affair at Stiles. The cast of the rest stories are very good, bringing the type of talent you expect from BBC Radio 4.
The sound design is good, particularly on Murder on the Orient Express.
However, the theme music for the majority of the episodes seems to have been chosen without much thought. It could best be described as, "This is the 30s" music. It's very generic and sometimes doesn't fit Poirot or a mystery story at all.
It also seems they could have done a little more with the way the episodes are presented. Essentially, each story is five episodes long and is divided into two chapters with two and a half (or so) episodes per chapter as you're listening to it. It seems they could have combined each story completely or at the very least had each episode as its own separate chapter which would have made things more neat and symmetrical-which Poirot would appreciate.
If I'd been making the set, I would have substituted Five Little Pigs and Cards on the Table for After the Funeral and Three Act Tragedy.
But these are extremely minor points. The mysteries themselves are superb and more than justify the minor annoyances over presentation. Given that the set sells for less than $20 for the general public and less than $14 for Audible members, this is an item I highly recommend for any mystery fan.
Rating: 4.75 out of 5.0
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Audio Drama Review: The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, Volume 1
The Twilight Zone was one of television's most remembered and enduring dramas from the 1950s and 60s, running from 1959-64 and then being revived for a movie in 1983, and revival TV series from 1985-89 and again from 2002-2003.
Carl Amari, best known for his work at Radio Spirit, brought the Twilight Zone to radio in a series starring Hollywood actors and narrated by Stacey Keach, who took over for Rod Serling as narrator. The stories are often expanded and updated to the reflected the twenty-first century technology and society. We'll take a look at the first volume of Twilight Zone Audio Dramas from Audible.com which collects six stories.
"Night Call" features Mariette Hartley playing an old shut-in who begins receiving disturbing calls with nobody there. The story is creepy and Heartley's performance is perfect as she manages to play this character with gusto and depth. I found the ending a little disappointing but that is due to the original story.
"Long Live Walter Jameson"-Lou Diamond Phillips plays Walter Jameson, a professor with a secret. The father of the woman he's about to marry discovers photos of Jameson dating back to the 19th Century. Phillips turns in the best performance of the set and the story has a classic Twilight Zone feel to it.
"The Lateness of the Hour"-In a house full of androids, with a middle-aged couple and their daughter, the daughter (played by Jane Seymour) is fed up with their artificial life and wants something far more real. It's a wonderful Science Fiction story with a classic twist at the end.
"The 30-Fathom Grave"-Is a good and proper ghost story with kind of a classic feel as a 1960s Submarine comes upon the wreck from World War II and one crew member goes a little beserk over it.The story has a period feel---for the most part. The series had the idea of giving a woman the role of the ship's doctor, but you don't have to be an expert in military history to know that wouldn't have been the case. Either moving the story forward a couple decades or having a male doctor would have made sense. In the case, the woman doctor on the 1960s Naval vessel came off as a distracting anachronism.
"The Man in the Bottle" features a modern day genie that offers a couple who owns a pawnshop four wishes Ed Begley, Jr. stars in a tale that's amusing and has its own subtle lessons, though some of them unintended.
"The Night of the Meek" is probably the biggest disappointment of this collection. As made starring Art Carney, the story was a Christmas classic. Chris McDonald steps into Carney's role and almost sleepwalks through it. The expansions and the revisions of the story make it even weaker. I will admit that, on reflection, "Night of the Meek" had its problems and if done wrong would have come off almost as bad as the audio version if not for the fact that Art Carney was in the lead and the future Oscar-nominated Actor was able to take a performance that would have been forgettable and make it gripping and real. Sadly Mr. McDonald was out of his depth in terms of doing this for radio.
Overall, this is a good collection with some good audio quality, some solid soundscapes, and mostly well-done musical production. I will admit the appeal of these audio dramas is probably a bit less than it was in 2002 when they first began. With the development of Netflix and Amazon Prime, coupled with 4G networks, many people can watch any episode of the original Twilight Zone anytime and anywhere they want and in most cases the originals are still better.
Still, if you're a fan of audio drama, these are worth a listen. It's particularly noteworthy for allowing us to hear many modern American actors in audio drama. Beyond those in this first set John Rhys-Davies, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Jason Alexander are among the stars who found themselves in the Twilight Zone.
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Telefilm Review: The Brazilian Connection
In the 1980s, the Saint returned to television with a series of TV movies starring Simon Dutton. "The Brazilian Connection" originally aired in 1989. In it, the Saint takes a hand to investigate when a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight.
The best thing about this updated Saint story is that Simon Dutton isn't Val Kilmer. The second best thing about it is everything that doesn't have much to do with the main mystery. There's the early scene which has the Saint robbing a couple of criminals and getting away in style and then busting up an art fraud ring. Inspector Teal's got a new boss who believes the Saint needs to be brought to heel, despite Teel's support of Templar.
There's lovely location shooting in London as well as some nice effects.
As a leading man, Dutton isn't in the same league as the great Saint Actors: George Sanders, Roger Moore, or Vincent Price. He's more like Hugh Sinclair, who played the role in two films in the 1940s. He's certainly adequate, looks up to the part, and can be charming when the script lets him be. The problem is, far too often, the script doesn't.
While this is better than the 1996 movie by a country mile, it seems the creative team doesn't really understand the Saint and thus we're given a story that could feature any 1980s Detective/Action hero.
The big failing of, "The Brazilian Connection" is it's mystery story. It's told with little style or real intrigue, and it's hard to buy into the plot.
You could applaud the story for being years ahead of its time by its discussion of human trafficking, but the way the movie addresses the issue is unbelievable.
I'm not spoiling anything to explain the couple who kidnapped the baby in London worked for a black market baby ring that kidnapped babies from Brazil, particularly rural areas, taking advantage of local corruption to kidnap babies and smuggle them out of the country. The mystery is who the boss is.
So these kidnappers who have this Brazilian deal set up where due to their connections, they can easily smuggle babies out of the countries. So they are walking down the street, see a stroller, and do an impromptu kidnapping in the middle of London where they have none of the advantages they do in Brazil. Why? They figured they could pick up some extra bucks.
The story also does a disservice to adoptive parents who are concerned with overly strict regulations that made it difficult for them to adopt by tying people who support their cause to a baby smuggling ring.
Overall, the story isn't awful, but it's not great, either, and it didn't leave me at all curious to see future episodes of this incarnation of the Saint.
Rating: 3.0 out of 5.0
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Book Review: The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is rightly considered one of the landmark books in detective fiction. The tale was also immortalized on the screen in one of the greatest films of all time.
The book works so well because of its characters. Joel Cairo, Wilmer, and Brigid O'Shaughnessy are incredibly rich and fascinating characters who would be copied and recreated by lesser writers. Spade himself is perhaps the most fascinating character of them all.
As a person, he has many detestable qualities. At times, he's coldly sociopathic, he uses people, and his own moral code is far more questionable than Philip Marlowe's is. Yet, this allows the reader to wonder where exactly Spade stands. That question is probably the most intriguing mystery in the book.
The language of the book is fascinating. Hammett uses so many rich, active words. For example, Spade doesn't light a cigarette. He ignites it or he sets it on fire.
Probably one of the big differences (although relatively minor) between the movie and the novel is the movie doesn't include Guttman's daughter. It's understandable why the film didn't include her as there would have been issues with the production code and it also would have overcrowded the film. However, she does serve two purposes in the book. We do get a clearer picture of Spade's humane side, as well as an idea of how ruthless Guttman could be.
The book does deal with some adult themes, but in a tasteful way, as was required by the times.
Overall, the book is a classic and worth reading as an example of great writing and characterization, even if you don't care for the type of protagonist Spade represents or the type of protagonists that the book has inspired.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0
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Radio Comedy Review: The Mel Blanc Show
Around the world, people are sitting at their computer listening to Old Time Radio.
In Boston, Jim says, "I can't get enough of that Jack Benny."
While in Sidney, Mike says, "I can't get enough of the Great Gildersleeve."
Meanwhile in Boise, Adam Graham sighs and says, "Enough of this Mel Blanc show."
—If the Writers of Mel Blanc wrote an intro for this review.
Mel Blanc was best known as the voice of Bugs Bunny and a host of other Warner Brothers cartoon characters. He'd also become a real presence on radio, providing talents to a variety of comedians including Abbott and Costello and Burns and Allen where he played the morose and abused "Happy Postman." He'd also been a regular on the Armed Forces Radio Services portraying a stuttering Private Sad Sack (a modified version of his Porky Pig voice) for programs such as Command Performance and Mail Call.
So, it was natural he would land a sitcom. Unfortunately, for him, he landed it at CBS. CBS comedies during this era were very hit and miss. The Mel Blanc Show would be the first of three CBS programs that wasted a reserve of comedy talent due to sub-par scripts.
It was not due to a lack of talent. Mel Blanc played himself and he also played his assistant Zookie, who was essentially a civilian version of Sad Sack. Throughout, the production Mel Blanc was supported by Mary Jane Croft as Mel's girlfriend Betty and the legendary Joseph Kearns appeared as her grumpy father. At different times, the series was supported by Hans Conreid, Alan Reed, and Jim Backus among others.
Early episodes were burdened by an unnecessary uncle who didn't contribute any plot or humor as well as a third Mel Blanc character, Dr. Chris Crabbe, a vet who had some mannerisms of a dog. The character was strictly for the dogs and was discarded. Also Betty had a little brother who disappeared from the show.
The story improved from dreadful to below average after the first dozen episodes as it relied more on Mel Blanc's legendary voice talent. To save himself from whatever predicament he got himself into, he'd unleash one or more of his legendary voices. Most of the show's truly funny scenes came from these moments. I couldn't help but think this would have been a much better show had they made it a sketch comedy show like Red Skelton.
The program featured a nice set from Victor Miller and the Sportsmen every episode. If you delight in 1940s music, even if you can't get into the comedy, the musical interlude is pleasant.
However, overall, I have to rank this pretty low compared to other comedies of the era.
The first problem is it was too repetitive.
Repetition and running gags are part of comedy. There's nothing wrong with them, to a point. Repeating catchphrases is part of situation comedy from Lum Edwards saying, "I'm worn to a frazzle, worn to a frazzzle" to Steve Urkel's nasally plea of, "Did I do that?" after one catastrophe or another. Even show without such obvious repetition would have characters doing similar things.
The problem with the Mel Blanc show is, once the show is established, every episode is exactly the same with the opening narration illustrating how pathetic Mel is, to Betty's father coming over to complain about a repair job and calling Mel an idiot, and Mel "accidentally" calls him one back. Then we learn about what passes for a plot and Mel gets some task, Zookie goes to talk to Betty's father, which leads to Mel being displaced by Hartley Bentley, who brags about how attractive women find him. Then Mr. Cushing the lodge president comes over and complains about how ugly his wife is. After this, Mel finally gets around to explaining his problem. Mr. Cushing suggests he disguise himself and use a funny voice, Mel Blanc does so, has a final scene with Betty, cue the music.
The show's writer, Mac Benoff, would eventually get less repetitive, though not until he wrote Life with Luigi. When I reviewed Life with Luigi three and a half years ago, I noted it was somewhat repetitive. Compared to the Mel Blanc Show, Life with Luigi was the most original program on radio.
The other thing Benoff would figure out is how to make his lead character likable. As written, the character of Mel is a born loser with no personality. It's hard to root for the character to triumph and get the girl when I see no reason to care about him at all. At a time when radio featured such likable and memorable characters as Fibber McGee, the Great Gildersleeve, and Chester Riley, Mel is written as a nebulous void.
The show was cancelled after one season with poor ratings and I can't argue with either the network or the audience. The best thing to say for the Mel Blanc Show is that, unlike CBS's future talent-wasting comedy duds, the show did no long-term harm.
After a decade and a half in serialized daily radio comedy and six movies, in 1948, Lum 'n Abner came to CBS prime time in a show sponsored by Fridgidaire. It essentially destroyed their careers. In 1950, After nine seasons and four movies as the Great Gildersleeve, Harold Peary got his own show for CBS, which lasted one season and managed to put him into supporting roles for the rest of his career.
Mel Blanc's career emerged unscathed. Blanc continued to provide voices for all the wonderful cartoon characters he was legendary for doing. He also did radio work and made the transition to early television along stars such as Jack Benny. Throughout his lengthy career, he showed how funny he could be when given good material. It's a pity that didn't happen in the show that bears his name.
Rating: 2.0 out of 5.0
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For many of Oklahoma City's homeless, library offers refuge from reality, the cold
For many of Oklahoma City's homeless, the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library is more than just a civic jewel. For them, it's a place to put aside, if only for a while, the realities of their harsh existence on the cold winter streets.
The Metropolitan Library System, which includes the Norick library, has a code of conduct that, among other things, prohibits barefoot or shirtless patrons and those wearing wet clothes or with offensive body odor.
Library system spokeswoman Kim Terry said the homeless issue played no role in the code's development and that the homeless posed no particular problem.
"I'm sure we get just as many complaints with that as we do with anything else; unattended children, loud cellphones, teens talking back," Terry said.
Terry said the library does not track individual complaints and would have no way to determine how many complaints involved the homeless.
'Peace of mind'
On a recent afternoon, both men and women who appeared to be homeless, could be found throughout the downtown library, bundled under heavy layers of grime-stained clothes.
Some sat in the quiet room on library's second floor.
Others filled the computer terminals sprinkled throughout the building, their belongings on the floor beside them in backpacks, gym bags or paper sacks.
Hancock, a big man with a goatee and two missing front teeth, grew up in the Oklahoma City area and said he has been homeless since losing a temp agency job last summer. He said he goes to the downtown library "pretty much every day."
For the most part, he feels welcome. Sometimes guards get on him for leaving his belongings while he uses the restroom, he said. He's seen guards remove people who were sleeping or drunk, but said he's never had any problems.
In addition to staying warm, he likes to scour the newspaper and read Jack Reacher novels or books by authors John Sandford or John Grisham.
Scott, 43, who said he was on his way to Las Vegas from Tampa Bay, Fla., when he got delayed in Oklahoma City a couple of weeks ago, prefers to read National Geographic and hunting and fishing magazines.
"You can come here and relax," Hancock said. "It's quiet and orderly. You just get more peace of mind."
With that, he and Scott turned and trudged off down the snowy sidewalk.