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4.0 out of 5 stars Good story crawls out of BBC's vaults,
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This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
The BBC, in the days before home video, decided that some of its programs were no longer required in its archives. In a somewhat unsystematic purging, many classics were consigned to the flames, including several Doctor Who stories. Fortunately, some fans of the series had made their own audio recordings, and these (following a thorough re-mastering by the BBC) are being released.
"The Macra Terror" is one of these releases. The story features a human colony under siege from a race of monsters - not an unusual description of a Patrick Troughton story. What makes this story unique is the nature of the colony - set up like an archetypical British holiday camp, the enforced bon hommie and cheerful tunes cast it in a different light. (This kind of society was revisited some 21 years later in the Sylvester McCoy story "The Happiness Patrol".)
The comparatively recent addition of Jamie to the TARDIS crew mean that all three companions (the other two being Ben and Polly) have smaller roles than might be desirable. The Doctor is very much on centre stage in this story, and Pat Troughton is well in his stride in the part.
Linking narration is by Colin Baker, who played the Doctor's sixth incarnation, and is surprisingly subdued given Baker's portrayal of the Doctor. The visual aspects of the show would probably added quite a bit to the enjoyment of the show (particularly in setting the holiday camp tone), but based on stills the appearance of the Macra is probably not truly missed.
The story is quite strong and not unduly tied in to the shows on-going history, so is suitable for both fans and casual listeners.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Giant space crabs of death,
M. Wilberforce "mwilberforce" (Bristol, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
"The Macra Terror", by Ian Stuart Black, is one of those adventures that probably benefits from being presented in audio format. Why? Because, in visual terms, the Macra themselves have a reputation for being utterly rubbish. Doctor Who seldom did well at representing non-humanoid monsters, and the Macra are no exception.
As it is, however, we get a decently paced adventure with clear audio quality and intelligible audio narration. "The Macra Terror", however, departs from the format of the rest of the missing story audio CDs, reusing the narration from the earlier audio cassette release of the story, which is in the past tense and is read by actor Colin Baker rather than one of the TV companions contemporary to the story (the latter being the norm for the Audio CD releases). The past tense narration doesn't work as well as the present tense narration to which CD listeners are accustomed.
The crab-like Macra have relatively little direct involvement with the story. Instead, the Doctor and companions Ben, Polly and Jamie are pitted against a society of brainwashed humans. Some use is made of the traditional capture-escape-capture motif of early Doctor Who, but not exclusively so. The holiday camp colony is a bizarre image, accentuated by the grating 1960s incidental and in-scene music, but plays a background role in much of the proceedings. In general the story is decently constructed and reasonably diverse, and Troughton and company are on good form. "The Macra Terror" is unremarkable, perhaps, but has a few original ideas and has earned its place in the Doctor Who canon.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic !,
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
Back in the early 1980's, the only way to experience vintage Dr Who was through the medium of fan circulated audio tapes (usually pretty dire sound quality) containing soundtracks of the various stories. I well remember the magic of sitting over my tape recorder listening through the static as these stories unfolded. The tricky bit was visualising what was happening during periods without dialogue. The story reviews in Dr Who Monthly and the Target novelisations were invaluable for this. Now of course we have these wonderful clear recordings, complete with linking narration and what a treat they are. Nothing can completely compensate for the criminal loss of these stories on video, but these CD releases are superb, bring some classic Dr Who back to life and transport me straight back to my childhood. Highly recommended !
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Macra Terror - Lost Forever - Partly...,
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
When I first heard the Macra Terror, I loved it, and that was a battered old 2 cassette release from the early 90's. The audio quality was poor but I still very much enjoyed it. Colin Baker's linking narration is great and a real help if you are listening to the action rather than watching it via the reconstructions widely available online. If I could sum up the whole serial in one word, it would have to be atmosphere, this story screams atmosphere, the incidental music by Dudley Simpson is electric, it really adds to the production and is fantastic. There should be a BBC CD release for Dudley's work on Doctor Who for us to enjoy, but currently no such release has emerged. Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Michael Craze and Anneke Wills are the centre of attention here, each with their own part in the story to play. As ever, Pat is on top form here and you get the sense that he is loving every minute of working on the series he has helped to continue. The other quest cast are all very intriquing, the Pilot, Ola and more importantly the Controller are fascinating.
Synopsis: The Doctor and his 3 companions of Jamie, Ben and Polly arrive on a distant world in the distant future, the planet has by now been colonised by humans. The colony is run by the Pilot under command from the Controller, who although has the visual appearance of a human, is in fact the Macra, a group alien insects who have infiltrated the colony and are brain-washing the humans in to mining vital gas for the creatures survival. The Doctor eventually finds all this out and gradually persuades the colonists that the colony is in the grip of these horrible monsters. In the end, the Macra are defeated by the Doctor and his companions. All is well until they touch down on an active runway in 1960's London.
The Macra Terror is completely lost barring a few brief clips, it is a shame that the Beeb junked these classics but lets be grateful that fans of the series recorded these episodes for us to enjoy today. The story suits audio, the Macra suit audio, the Doctor suits audio. This production is much better realised through the audio medium than if the visuals survived. The Macra in visual form were never going to be impressive, and as a person who has seen the Macra Terror in visual form, I can tell you that listeners are not missing out. I prefer the audio soundtrack to the visuals as the audio with narration really adds atmosphere and enjoyment.
As for the BBC CD release, its been lovingly remastered and not rush-released like it was in the 90's. The cover is very attractive and the narration from Colin Baker is clear and easy on the ears, there is not too much talking from Colin here and he never interups or talks over the actor speaking. All these factors make the Macra Terror a great addition to the Doctor Who missing adventures range on BBC audio.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great 'lost' story which deserves a great deal more attention...,
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
As many long-term fans of Doctor who will know, only a handful of stories from the mid-sixties exist in thier entirety. Due to the wiping policy of the BBC's which carried on until the late seventies, The Macra Terror is one of four patrick Troughton stories (The power of the Daleks, The highlanders, The Macra terror and fury from the deep) of which not a single episode exists.
Thankfully the soundtracks to every story remain, and here the four episodes are presentred on 2 CDs having been very well restored, with linking narration being provided by sixth doctor Colin Baker. The story itself is a highly enjoyable adventure about a colony of humans being manipulated by the Macra, a giant race of crabs. Althought the plot isn't particularly subtle there are interesting political paralells that were highly contreversial back in the sixties.
All-in-all I would highly recommend the macra terror to any Patrick Troughton or Doctor who fan. It offers a tantalising taste of a wonderful 'lost' adventure.
4.0 out of 5 stars DOCTOR WHO THE MACRA TERROR,
K. Gooch "Keith Gooch" (Edinburgh Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
One of the many early Doctor Who stories that were wiped by the numpties a the BBC, because they didn't think they were commercal viable.
And to be honest much as I love the Patrick Troughton era of the show, this isn' one of his best stories, and perhaps should have remained lost or missing.
Giant crabs who use mind control over humans to get them to mine the poisonous gas they require to live sounds like something that Roger Corman woul have come up with in th 1950's.
Enjoyable for all the wrng reasons, but worth listening to once.
One for the purists only.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Missing Troughton Story,
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This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
I enjoyed listening to The Macra Terror. The story hangs together well and the narration is effective in filling in the missing visual side of the story. The premise of the story is a little weak ie that the people are mining the Gas without really any clear reason why other than that's what they do because their minds are being controlled in some way. However, the 1984-ish mind control of Ben adds an interesting element with the inevitable conflict between him and Jamie, and there are effective cliff-hangers to keep the viewer (now listener) wanting to get to the next episode.
5.0 out of 5 stars great Doctor Who cd if you loved Patrick Troughton as ...,
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This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
great Doctor Who cd if you loved Patrick Troughton as the Doctor then buy this. i listened to it and could visualise what was happening even though i was not watching it. a great Doctor Who story.
5.0 out of 5 stars Dr Who,
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Macra Terror[1967](Original BBC Television Soundtrack) (Audio CD)
Loved it Loved it its great story what a pity this one got destroyed I found the narator good although I do prefer Frazer Hines
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Two-time defending District 2 Class 3A champion Jamie Scarantino continued his domination of the lightest weight class by advancing to the title match of the 106-pound class yesterday at the D2 Class 3A Wrestling Championships at Hazleton Area High School.
Scarantino (26-5) faced off against Wallenpaupack freshman Chase Gallik (29-4) for the title last night after Dispatch deadlines. Win or lose, Scarantino will advance to next week's PIAA Class 3A Northeast Regional at Bethlehem Freedom High School.
The Pittston Area senior advanced to the title bout with a 6-0 decision over Coughlin's Bob Hawkins on Saturday morning. The top-seeded Scarantino won his quarterfinal bout on Friday night over West Scranton's Stephen Caple in a 10-3 decision.
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Fifth-seeded Angelo Lussi pulled off the first major upset on Saturday morning when he earned a 10-4 decision over top-seeded Pat Ingulli of Wallenpaupack at 145 pounds. Lussi (23-7) denied Ingulli (31-7) an automatic berth to regionals, and in turn picked up an invite to next weekend's event.
A junior, Lussi pinned Coughlin's Dominic Gulius in 4:53 during Friday's first round action before earning a trip to Saturday's semis with a 2-1 decision over fourth-seeded freshman, Cody Cordes (27-8) of Wyoming Valley West.
Lussi grappled with third-seeded Kyle Hankinson (24-2) of Crestwood last night for district gold.
PA Heavyweight Chris Wesolowski (18-10) gave the Patriots three wrestlers in a title bout with his mild upset of second-seeded Dylan Berardelli (24-9) of Abington Heights.
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The senior Patriot won his quarterfinal bout on Friday night with a pin of Wallenpaupack's Michael Pajalich in 1:50.
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Lutecki began the tournament by pinning Mike Pavlichko (16-15) of Tunkhannock in 3:31 during Friday's quarterfinal bout. But the Patriots sophomore lost a 7-4 decision to second-seeded Tom Hendry (28-5) of West Scranton in Saturday morning's semifinals.
Lutecki was set to face Coughlin's Eddie Ciprich (24-14) in the third-place bout early Saturday evening.
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Falcone wrestled third-seeded Delaware Valley's Dan Favaro (18-16) for the bronze medal Saturday night.
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Nallin (12-17) lost his first bout on, a Friday night championship quarterfinal, against Ethan Wehrmann (27-10) of Wallenpaupack. The two wrestled again for third-place on Saturday evening.
Pittston Area had two more grapplers wrestle back into regional and medal contention only to fall in the consolation semifinals with hopes of earning a fifth-place medal.
Dave DeLeo was knocked into the 113-pound consolation bracket by top-seed Bobby Gray of Crestwood in Friday night's first round. But that did not deter freshman.
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Pittston Area sophomore Kevin Wesolowski (15-13) earned a win in the preliminary round before being ousted by finalist Derrick Sims (22-8) of Valley West in the championship quarterfinals. But the 138-pounder wrestled back through the consolation bracket on Friday and Saturday to get to the consolation semis where he faced top-seeded Aaron Kennedy (31-4) of Honesdale who was upset by Simms in the championship semis.
Wesolowski pinned Liam Caplette of Wallenpaupack in 5:51 to begin the tournament before falling to Simms in a major decision. He then won a 9-0 major decision over Chris Packer of Tunkhannock in the first-round consolation bout.
Wesolowski opened Saturday's wrestling with a 4-2 decision over Crestwood's Jake Geroski to advance to the consolation semifinals but lost a 6-3 decision to James McNally of Scranton to settle for a berth in the fifth-place bout.
Wesolowski faced Anthony Colletta of Delaware Valley, the second-seed in the tournament for the fifth-place medal late Saturday afternoon.
Five Pittston Area wrestlers left the district championships without a victory on Friday night.
Dan Gambini (126), Brad Rush (132), Frank Ardo (152), Troy Platkus (170), and John Minich (195) all went 0-2 in their matches.
Minich and Ardo were the only seeded wrestlers of the five for the Patriots
Minich (15-12) was the fourth-seed in the 195-pound bracket, but lost to fifth-seeded Joe Baress of West Scranton in the championship quarterfinal on Friday night. Minich was then ousted in the first round consolation bout by Joe Quinn of Honesdale.
Ardo (14-13) was seeded seventh in the 152-pound bracket but was pinned by unseeded Tim Russell of Honesdale in his opening bout on Friday night. The PA junior then dropped a 7-3 decision to Hazleton Area's Adam Fredmund who was seeded eighth.


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Regular readers of my blogs will know that I am fascinated by time travel. I would like to believe it's possible, but so far, no proof.
It has long been asked: If at some point in the future time travel is possible, why haven't some travelers come back to THIS time to tell us? Fear of creating a paradox? Unable to go back, only forward?
I saw on the news that an Irish filmmaker, George Clarke, says he thinks that he discovered footage from a 1928 Charlie Chaplin promotional film that shows a woman talking on a cell phone. He – and others – have concluded that the woman is a time traveler from the future.
I'm not sure that the only explanation is that the woman at the promotion for "The Circus" has a cell phone and is therefore from the future (maybe our "present").
After seeing the video (see link bottom of this post) and watching the slow-motion replays, it's unclear to me. Some people say she is using an early hearing aid – but she does seem to be talking, not just listening.
Who is she talking to? Herself? Does she have a cell phone that can actually call the future? What 1928 cell tower is she using? Could a cell signal travel back to the future? Is she calling another time traveler also in 1928 using some type of other technology? Why does she look right at the camera? Is she a she?
It's not the first report of a time traveler I have found.
An earlier one was a still image. I'm less trusting of still images which are much easier to fake than video. (Especially video from 1928 that is pretty well documented.) But I found the image on a site that says the image was made available by the official website for Canada's museums as part of an exhibit "Their Past Lives Here."
The photo is labeled "Reopening of the South Fork Bridge after flood in Nov. 1940. 1941 (?)"
See that guy on the right? Those look like pretty modern sunglasses for 1940. What's with his silk-screened "M" t-shirt? Is that some kind of compact camera he is holding? What was a time traveler doing at a bridge reopening in 1940? Was he stupid enough not to wear 1940s clothing for his trip?
So many unanswered questions. I want to believe.
Seen any time travelers? Are YOU a time traveler? If so, please post a comment and let us know what's coming.
Video by George Clarke showing the 1928 time traveler.
All my life I have been a Libra (Libran?). And now, I might be a Virgo.
An astronomer claims that a shift in the Earth's alignment has changed zodiac dates and added a 13th Zodiac sign which is being called Ophiuchus. (watch a news clip)
I am not someone who reads my daily horoscope, or gives much attention to readings. But people who are fans of astrology are not happy with this suggested change. A girlfriend in college was very serious about all this. She did my sky chart for the hour that I was born. It was pretty close to me, for what that's worth. She did tell me that those generalized horoscopes in the newspaper that cover a whole month and have no connection to the position of the stars and planets in the year you were born mean almost nothing.
The 12 signs we are familiar with were assigned almost 3,000 years ago by the Greeks. Since then, the position of the Earth in relation to the sun has changed, so your sign may have changed. For example, I was born on October 20 which was near the edge of Libra. With the shift I have moved into Virgo. This might explain some lousy things that have happened in my life when I expected Libra goodness. Or maybe not.
The New Dates:
Capricorn: Jan. 20 – Feb. 16
Aquarius: Feb. 16 – March 11
Pisces: March 11- April 18
Aries: April 18- May 13
Taurus: May 13- June 21
Gemini: June 21- July 20
Cancer: July 20- Aug. 10
Leo: Aug. 10- Sept. 16
Virgo: Sept. 16- Oct. 30
Libra: Oct. 30- Nov. 23
Scorpio: Nov. 23- Nov. 29
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29- Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17- Jan. 20
And who or what is Ophiuchus? It's a constellation and it's not new. It is a large constellation located around the celestial equator. Its name is from the Greek and means "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented as a man grasping the snake that is represented by the constellation Serpens. Ophiuchus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.
Maybe what is news to non-astronomers is that since the Greeks first cataloged the constellations, the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon has caused a 23 degree shift in the Earth's celestial position.
To an astrologer, we should look for signs and effects on human events caused by the motions of the planets and stars. Astronomers are the scientific observers of the motion and behavior of stars, planets and other celestial objects. Similar names, similar interests but very different missions.
I haven't done any deep research on this, but here's two things I have concluded.
This new sign isn't really new. It has been known since the first century. Even the astronomer who started all this talk – Parke Kunkle – has taken a step back and admitted that this isn't really "new news."
Some confusion comes from the fact that there two astrologies. The tropical zodiac (Western) is the one Americans would know and it follows the seasons. But the sidereal zodiac (Eastern) is based on the constellations and has different signs including a 13th.
All this jabber got me curious though. I discovered that I could get my daily horoscope on my Google homepage
They say that they use "real Astrology" and that my horoscope is calculated from my "unique personal birth chart" not just from your zodiac sign. My old college girlfriend would be pleased. Their analysis of the connections between the planets in your birth chart, and the planet's positions every day are powered by interactivestars.com
In my Libra mode, today will be like this:
You could find yourself on a creative roll today, but you'll have to take a risk in order to get the most from it. It's important to keep yourself motivated, for if you become lazy, you might miss a significant opportunity. Forget about the tried and true path to success. If you want to accomplish something extraordinary now, you must set your comfort aside, step out of the box and do something you've never done before.
But if I am really a Virgo, then today looks like this:
Your personal life has merged with your professional world, but you still may feel somewhat restrained today as you attempt to limit your energy to what's going on between you and a co-worker or friend. Your life may seem like it's full of static; everywhere you turn there's more information coming in and your senses are temporarily overwhelmed by the noise. Step back from all the commotion; reclaiming your objectivity is a smart way to restore your vitality and tune up your resonance.
I'm more on the side with Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar when he says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…" Fate (in whatever incarnation you choose for it) is not what drives our lives, rather, it is our decisions and actions and the human condition in which we live.
Recommended listening: Opening to Our Lives — Jon Kabat-Zinn's Science of Mindfulness from Being
Scientist and author Jon Kabat-Zinn has changed medicine through his work on meditation and stress. This program explores what he has learned, through science and experience, about mindfulness as a way of life; about slowing down time, as he says, and "opening to our lives." This is wisdom with immediate relevance to the ordinary and extreme stresses of our time — from economic peril, to parenting, to life in a digital age.
Krista Tippet writes:
"…I had read and heard of Jon Kabat-Zinn for years. But I hadn't really grasped that he is first a scientist — a molecular biologist — and second one of the world's leading experts on meditation. And it was when I listened to talks he'd given at Google and MIT that I really wanted to have this conversation with him. He is the real thing — a teacher — with a personal combination of erudition, warmth, wit, and wisdom. As we began to speak, he told me that the seeds were planted in his earliest life with his microbiologist father and painter mother to pursue the nature of the human condition in its fullest sense.
In more than three decades of work at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Jon Kabat-Zinn has contributed mightily to demystifying meditation — taking it out of a box that says it is only for Buddhists or special practitioners, then studying its effects clinically and bringing the fruits of his research into life-changing work with the ill and dying, with leaders, and with Olympic athletes. He has followed a conviction that began to grow in him after he began to meditate while a doctoral student at MIT in 1966: that if the deepest insights behind mindfulness meditation are true, they must be true for everyone, in every circumstance."
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"Well, I'm lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did."
So, I posted online as my "status" this weekend that I had a Brian Wilson kind of day. Never got out of my robe. Ate junk food. Sang harmony with myself in my room.
It got a few Facebook "likes" which makes me think that people don't know what that kind of day is all about.
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys had a high note in 1966 when they released the Pet Sounds album. It's the album that Paul McCartney said is his "favorite album of all time." But Brian went into deepening seclusion in the late 60s and early 70s.
I love that album. It has some very happy songs. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" kicks right off on a high and keeps going. I never really liked "Sloop John B." from that album but it was a hit and an up tempo tune.
But you can hear the sadness creeping into the album too. I most identified with "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times."
They say I got brains
But they ain't doing me no good
I wish they could
Each time things start to happen again
I think I got something good going for myself
But what goes wrong
Sometimes I feel very sad
Sometimes I feel very sad
Can't find nothing I can put my heart and soul into
I remember reading some long Rolling Stone articles about his drug use, overeating and depression. The part that I really connected with was that he spent days, weeks, months in bed. He lived in his robe.
I know the feeling. When I had my worst days, weeks and months, it was when I didn't want to get out of bed. Under the covers was one of the only places I felt safe.
Brian got connected with the controversial psychiatrist Eugene Landy around 1976. It seems like that may have screwed him up even worse, but eventually Brian got dressed, went outside and started producing records again. Landy moved his piano into a giant sandbox that was constructed in his living room to inspire him. He wrote "Surf's Up" there. (see comment)
I was thinking about Brian this weekend and listening to some of his music. And when I searched online for a photo to use of Brian in his robe, I came across a number of related articles. I also came across another blogger, Charlie, who also went through his Brian phase.
Turns out he also got some relief hearing the song "Brian Wilson" by the Bare Naked Ladies.
So I'm lying here, just staring at the ceiling tiles.
and I'm thinking about what to think about.
Just listening and relistening to Smiley Smile
and I'm wondering if this is some kind of creative drought
I never quite understood why, but I know that whenever I am depressed, I tend to listen to depressing music. Maybe it's just that you can't stomach "happy" music right then and just identify with the sadness. Maybe you want to go down deeper until there is nowhere left to go but up.
Well, I'm lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did.
That particular song isn't a real downer. It's hopeful in the end and pulls out of the dive, like Brian did –
And if you want to find me I'll be out in the sandbox,
wondering where the hell all the love has gone.
Playing my guitar and building castles in the sun,
and singing "Fun, Fun, Fun."
A song that always brings me down to the bottom of the well is Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" from his eponymous album.
How sad is this verse –
Lonely, lonely
Tin can at my feet
Think I'll kick it down the street
That's the way to treat a friend
And yet that is how it feels then.
It's late now. It's night, but it's really morning. I haven't made it into bed yet, unless the couch and a blanket counts. In a few hours, I have to go to work.
Or maybe I'll be out in the sandbox. In my robe. Just like Brian Wilson.
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Far from the scientific side of the Moon, eclipses and solstices is the lore and legend of our favorite satellite. It's the stuff that was once passed on to children and published in places like The Old Farmer's Almanac.
As Native American and colonists monitored their gardens and nature, we inherited a similar mix of gardening lore, that oftentimes crosses paths with the phases of the Moon and the passing of the seasons which were recorded in gardening calendars.
Here is some of that side of the lunar lore which I will try to post throughout the year.
Whatever the weather is like the first twelve days of January indicates what the weather will be like for the next 12 solar months. Each day equals one month in succession.
To wish on the Moon in order to see a specific person soon, say, while looking at the Moon:
" I see the Moon, The Moon sees me. The Moon sees (name of the person) who I want to see."
To get rid of warts, take a slice of apple and while looking at the New Moon, rub the flesh of the apple against the wart and say: "What I see is growing, What I rub is going." Bury the piece of apple. As it rots, the wart will disappear.
In prophesying marriage, on must look at the first Moon of the new year through a silk handkerchief. The number of Moons showing through it represents the number of months (Moons) of single life.
The Danes believed in a type of elves they called the Moon Folk. These were perfect in appearance when seen from the front, but were hollow when seen from the back. It was said that the Moon Folk caused sickness by blowing on humans.
In Italy they say that if the Moon changes on a Sunday, there will be a flood before the month is out.
By way of the Being blog, I discovered the guided practice of bell sound meditation as taught by Arthur Zajonc.
They suggested this practice as a weekend contemplative meditation that can be as brief as ten minutes. It's an odd thing to ask you to do – focus using the sound of a bell.
They asked readers to reflect on the experience by asking:
- How did the sound of the bell help you focus your attention?
- Did you find that paying close attention allowed you to "let go" and be openly aware?
- How did/didn't the voice of a guide help you in this exercise?
At the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society site, there are other guided meditations and Zajonc's five-minute introduction to the bell sound meditation and the full 10 minute walk-through of the practice, bell sounds and all. I tried it, but I found his "teaching" a distraction. Good for an intro, but then I would want just the sound of the bell.
I first heard of Zajonc through his book The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal which connects with my own teaching life and is a call to advance integrative teaching and learning.
I had encountered the use of temple bells before in reading Thich Nhat Hanh. It is another way to allow your self to simply be aware of the gentle physical sensation of your breath moving in and out of your body. Will this allow you to experience "the infinite timelessness of now?" Don't expect any revelations in your first thousand attempts.
Today is the Full Wolf Moon, so named by Native Americans because it was the time of year when the wolf packs howled hungrily outside villages.
Other names have been attached to this moon by tribes including the Old Moon, the Cherokee Cold Moon, the Cooking Moon of the Choctaw, the Terrible Moon of the Dakotah Sioux and the Full Snow Moon (though that seems to have been applied more often to the next Full Moon).
It should be noted that the Full Moon names used by Native Americans were a way to record the seasons and the names applied to the entire "month" that began with the full moon.
Also, variation in the names for the moons is often geographic and based on the flora and fauna of their climate.
The European settlers created names of their own for the full moons such as Moon After the Yule and Winter Moon.


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I agree with you on most points with the whole thing about using sextants and CN. Especially if you are doing Coastal Cruising. But if I was going world cruising I think I would have a Sextant, a book on its use with calculation #''s and maybe a brief course before I go out on that long cruise. But you are right, the odds of needing it are slim. BUT you never know and what if something happens to all your GPS''s or Batteries or The Satelites...(I know.,...unlikely). But it would be nice to have a fall back, especially if your boat took a roll and flooded everything in the boat and the GPS''s failed. Don''t think this can never happen, because on a nasty day navigating home my Garmin 48 "bit the dust" (Of course it was a nasty, foggy and rainy day....those are the days when you really need it) So I had to "Dead Reckon" the rest of the way home, which wasn''t too much of a problem.
But that is the whole point. My fear is that too many boaters are going out there with no knowledge at all of navigation. Some don''t even have charts, all the have is chartplotters and use the thing like a AAA roadmap. Now I am not putting down electronics or chartplotters...I LOVE THEM. I have a full color Raytheon RL70CRC and it greatly enhances my sailing pleasure and lessens the stress. But you know what. If I lost all my electronics I could home fine with just my charts and the compass, even in nasty weather. Yeah, it would be a pain, especially relative to what I do now, but I could do it.
But how many people can do that. Even though electronics are wonderful they are not infallible and maybe *that* is why Liza Copeland wrote that it was dangerous to "rely solely on electronic navigation." A skipper should be able to verify what the electronics "say" to what the eyes are telling you, he should constantly be able have that "warm & fuzzy" feeling that what he see''s electronically matches what he actually see''s and if they don''t match up he should figure out why.
True story. July 3rd, 2000 sailing from Long Island Sound to NY Harbor to see the OP Sails Tall Ships Parade. I had my GPS on and it was sometimes giving me readings of 1/2 mile off. It was easy to see because I was 40 yards off of the "Stepping Stones Light" but that is NOT what the GPS said. It was easy to see that my GPS was giving readings outside of the "normal". I had come to learn that because of all the Navy Ships that will be in the Harbour and I think the President the next day, that the government was inducing errors into the GPS. It wasn''t a problem for me, because I was able to "see" where I was going. But what about those boaters that are relying exclusively on electronics to get them where they are going. There is a good chance once in a while that its going to be off and that will put them in a lot of trouble....BTW even with WAAS, the government can induce errors.
So remember sextants are not always needed for boaters but some OTHER NON_ELECTRONIC means of navigating and the skills required are necessary. (Coastal Navigation, Dead Reckoning in cases of limited visibilty, etc?)
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A new ruling is offering greater protection against copyright infringement when it comes to open-source software.
Open-source proponents applauded the ruling, saying it upholds the legal argument for open-source licensing that the community has supported for years.
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In the latest saga of a row analysts say has attracted the attention of possible foreign investors in Indonesia, the Bakries said Rothschild should have quit earlier to avoid Bumi Plc's stock price from plunging.
"Mr. Rothschild is a threat to all shareholders who are fighting for the best interests of the company, and ultimately for themselves and the investors they represent," Bakrie Group spokesman Chris Fong said.
"There are no winners in this deal anymore, it's pure damage control." Rothschild's resignation on Monday from Bumi, which he co-founded with the Bakries, came as its board considers a proposal by the Indonesian family to sever their ties with the company and buy its most productive Indonesian mines.
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here are the finish pics of this little truck i put together out of left over parts Hope you all like !
Minidreams ture minitruck! is complete !
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Where's the rest of it? LOL! Love the paint scheme....
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That'a a wild one, cool paint. How about different wheels on each side to match the paint.


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only thing i can figure is if not a td, then a reversal or something
only thing i can figure is if not a td, then a reversal or something
Having situations where fans still don't know whats going on after three years of these rules is awesome.
It's absolutely absurd, fortunately all the rules should get changed again after this cycle.
Sure, blame it on the rules. Didn't the same rules give US its first team title last year?
I'm not blaming it on the rules, Deitchler got beat fair and square I mean the first period he got thrown twice those are the same under any rules. As you note these same rules won us the team title last year.
It just strikes me as kind of absurd that situations like the one at the end of Deitchler's match happen and people who follow the sport are confused as to what just happened.
JensenS seems to be implying that the rules are confusing, Big, not that they are unfair.
I think the nature of Greco and freestyle produces controversies often because the points can be scored in so many different ways by simply breaking 90 degrees.
So when people flip each other back and forth the points pile up but the fans don't follow quick enough.
I think fan confusion is due to a passive fan syndrome. people are used to watching baseball and football where you take a nap come back and still know what is going on.


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How to mount the racket correctly
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So he mounts the top and bottom loose and then tightens the 12 and 6 clamps. That is different. I thought you mount the 12 and 6 then go to the others. Also I snug up the clamps which according the the video he does not. I guess when he starts pulling strings it will sung up?
All the mounts should be about the same pressure. I snug up the 6 and 12 o'clock supports first. If you tighten your side supports first you may not be able to tighten your 6 and 12 o'clock supports properly. The side supports are connected to you standards on the top and bottom. If you need to moved your standards in you can't if the side supports are snug. If you need to move your standards out your side supports will no longer be snug. Many time when switching from a smaller to larger frame or vice-a-versa you will need to adjust the top and bottom standard(s.)
On my machine I tighten the side supports on the bottom of the racket first but they hold the frame against the 6 o'clock support. Then I adjust the top support and lastly the upper side supports. But my machine is a little different than most in as much as it has a self centering turntable and the upper and lower supports don't have individual adjustments. Each machine's mounting procedure may be a little different. What you are looking for is to be able to mount an unstrung frame with as little distortion as possible with very little pressure but enough to hold fit fairly firmly.
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In 1991, a few friends who had been volunteering with several child welfare organizations, including the Children's Home Society (CHS), were asked by CHS to form an auxiliary volunteer group. The mission of this auxiliary would be create awareness and obtain support from the burgeoning Hispanic community in South Florida. The auxiliary was named "Amigos of Children's Home Society."
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