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HURT/HEAL: The COMPANIONS
- Ian 13 - Zoe 13 - Romana I 11 - Barbara 12
- Liz 8 - Donna 13 - Vicki 7 - The Brigadier 18
- Nyssa 8 - Stephen 8 - Jo Grant 16 - Tegan 6
- Polly 8 - Sarah Jane 15 - Peri 6 (-2) - Ben 11
- Harry 14 (+1) - Ace 2 - Jamie 17 - Leela 14
- Rose 12 - Victoria 8 - K9 5 - Captain Jack 10
25. Martha
26. Turlough 27. Romana II 28. Mickey 29: Adric
30. Susan 31: Grace 32: Dodo 33: Mel
KINDA the review
What's odd to notice is that during this time in the show, the producers and script editor (Saward sucks) and maybe the writers were trying to, maybe, emulate the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith with the Fifth and Tegan. Trouble is the situations, the writers and especially the actors, were not up to it. The actors don't really seem to like each other much less want to interact in THAT way, thus Davison and Fielding, even when they are saddled only wiht Turlough, don't really pull it off....AT ALL. The Fifth to me always seemed to want Tegan to go until the last moment when she actually does but more on that later.
I love it when Adric's a part of the action and here he's center and he tries to save the Doctor yet again but fails again. He steals a key and makes the Doctor play a game to try to get it, much like his earlier self. The other thing is that the Third Doctor used to do what Adric basically did, hide a coin or another object and seemingly make it vanish. Somewhere I read that it happened in COLONY IN SPACE but I also know he did it in AMBASSADORS OF DEATH. In any event, the story moves along well disguising the fact that the Doctor's been imprisoned in the dome for a very long time, giving Adric much to do (and despite the ignoring from her and her acting like a biatch, Adric worries about her when the Doc doesn't seem to but perhaps that's not fair, he does ask about her too), and keeping Tegan in the nightmare realm...uhm, until she gives in to the Mara and gets out bodily...is a good idea. I wouldn't have minded if she died in this story. The Kinda are suffiently puzzling and ...uhm, very very good looking for the most part. The two female Kinda Panna and the girl appear and give Saunders a strnage box that enlightens or changes him. He brings it back to the unhinged Hindle who makes the Doctor open the box into a great cliffhanger. Yet we know it didn't really kill Saunders when he opened it. So...we know it probably won't do anything to them.
Again, another good episode, tension filled in a way. Nyssa doesn't appear at all. Thank Goodness. :) Davison still seems a bit flat and his Doctor seems in over his head ALL the time. No other Doctor was like that except maybe Hartnell in his early stories and maybe later on too. It's not a bad thing, just very noticeable. OHHHH and wouldn't Todd make a much better companion than Tegan and Nyssa. She certainly works well with this Doctor AND with Adric! And she knows something...beliveably.
Taras' Big Finish rating omnibus
I must also say the worst includes BOY TIME FORGOT and the ideas of : Peri's mom exploding thanks to the Doctor's stupidity; Tegan getting a deadly disease; Evelyn getting a deadly disease; and probably most of what happens to Crizz when he "dies". I also hate the whole vampire project thing and the 7th and psuedo clone 6th Doctor story. Oh and I HATE SPARE PARTS totally. Mostly because it seems to finalize that Adric can't be saved but then...oh dear. Some good scenes are in it though but again, it makes the Doc responsbile for the evolution of the Cybermen. I hate that too.
Best: Anything with Benny and the 7th Doctor together; Benny's son Peter; the evoluation of Ace and especially with Hex; the whole Death vs the 7th Doctor; Hex's link to the Doc's past; the whole 5th Doctor thing where he is in limbo while regenerating into the 6th and in fact, that whole storyline wiht he and Nyssa in four or three short stories; the 6th Doctor on the phone iwth a woman, brilliant; the singalong Pirate story was amazing esxcept for a melancoly ending and that's just all off the top of my head!
HURT/HEAL: The COMPANIONS
- Ian 13 - Zoe 13 - Romana I 11 - Barbara 12
- Liz 8 - Donna 13 - Vicki 7 - The Brigadier 18
- Nyssa 8 - Stephen 8 - Jo Grant 16 - Tegan 6 (-2)
- Polly 8 - Sarah Jane 15 - Peri 8 - Ben 11
- Harry 13 - Ace 2 - Jamie 17 - Leela 14
- Rose 12 - Victoria 8 - K9 5 - Captain Jack 10 (+1)
25. Martha
26. Turlough 27. Romana II 28. Mickey 29: Adric
30. Susan 31: Grace 32: Dodo 33: Mel
Poll anomaly
Hmm... Odd indeed. I wonder if this is related to the previous issue with the sidebar poll and our spam filtering? I had hoped the latest update to the filtering software had addressed it. I tested it out afterwards and all seem to be working as it should. I think (or suspect) it may only happen when the poll appears twice on the same page (i.e. side bar and main column). If that is the case, perhaps I can turn off the side bar poll until the poll scrolls off the front page... and then switch them (take it off the front page and activate the sidebar).
Taras' Big Finish rating omnibus
You gave it a 9
Spoiler text *Dust Breeding*
US Residents: Do you currently receive BBC America via your satellite/cable service?
There is one option that you left off the poll.
I do watch BBC America but I had to get a larger package to get it. I have dish network and it is not part of the basic programming (Dish 150 (channels)) set but you can get it as part of a large package (Dish 200 (channels)).
The missing choice should be - Yes, I watch it as an extra package.
CIA Info & Updates
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Underground Toys San Diego Comic Con 2009 Exclusives
Alien Entertainment and Doctor Who Store.com will be bringing in Colin Baker, the 6th Doctor, to sign the Exclusive "Blue" 6th Doctor action figure being offered by Underground Toys as well as an Exclusive SDCC Colin Baker photo and the Big Finish audio CDs.
Colin will be on hand for Preview night as well as all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday plus Sunday morning to meet his fans and sign autographs. Pre-orders will also be taken for the upcoming "Lost Season" (stories from the canceled season that were written for TV and have now been adapted for audio) by Big Finish.
Alien Entertainment and Doctor Who Store.com are in booth number 3848
BBC America in HD! Oh Yeah Baby!
BBC America has begun to air ads for the HD channel. The new ads show upcoming scenes from 'Torchwood: Children of Earth', 'Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead' and a new series 'Being Human' (which was originally shown on BBC 3).
Watch for ads that feature the new shows!
Air Date for Torchwood S3
Just to confirm what was suspected - The new series of 'Torchwood' will air on BBC America and BBC America HD on July 20th at 9:00 PM (EDT).
They will air an episode per night to complete the story by the end of the week. BBC America is calling it "a week-long event" in the new commercials for the channel and their ads for the HD Channel.
For the BBC channel (BBC 1) in the UK check the links in the above posts.
Oh and one more error concerning Adric: you would think he would know what photosyethesis is since he came from a swamp planet or rather a planet that had a swamp on it. The writers realy blew it concerning Adric (and to a larger extent Tegan) in FOUR TO DD. He also helped prepare slides in FULL CIRCLE so he should know more scientifically and as the writer had more to go on for Adric than any other character here, Adric is the one that he should have gotten terribly RIGHT but he's the one the writer gets terribly WRONG! Even through all of that, Adric still, IMO, comes off as the best more interesting companion. but this is his weakest story.
The Big Screen
Okay I hope Tennant DOES NOT make animated boredoms or even return once unless it's for something like the 11 Doctors. I also hope this movie plan falls through like the dozen that have in the 1990s. Truthfully I won't miss Tennant at all. He's overstayed his welcome just like RTD and have outlived all the good they've done and outdone undone all the good stuff.
Also frankly, if they were going to make a movie ARMY OF GHOSTS/DOOMSDAY would have been the one to go with. I'm afraid now we'll just get a bunch of crap.
I also quite like RTD's New Adventure novel (can't remember the name so that speaks volumes) but it's very good and could be a movie easily...
The Big Screen
For Davis and Tennant to create a big screen movie at this point is akin to Jay Leno turning over the reigns of the Tonight Show and then starting up a brand new show an hour earlier. It just a little crass.
I hope Tennant continues to make animated adventures and guest appearances but the work of previous doctors should never overshadow the current doctor. That's just bad form. Tennant is running the risk of becoming that lovable relative who stands with his hand on the door knob and talks for another hour after saying his goodbyes.
A fitting end. Tegan doesn't get reprimanded as she should but Adric does. Adric of course turns on Monarch and helps the Doctor and once again takes command as the main companion. A few questions remain: Nyssa at one point tells Adric her air is running low but nothing's done to help her and it's forgotten about. The poison: the Doctor throws it at Monarch and ...he shrinks? He doesn't seem to be dead either and the script says he turns back into a toad? WTF? Anyway the action is better in this ep and the Doc's plan makes sense but Monarch is too sedate a villain. I think there are deleted scenes of him trying to get into the Tardis...which is strange as the Doc and Tegan upon reTARDISing in, leave the door open in time honored blooper tradition. Persuasion ends up in a ridiculous position. The space walk scenes are not bad at all, better than memory allows and even if they don't make scienfic sense, they are fun and nice to see. All in all a better ep and a story that is not that bad. It also has the first cliffhanger at the very end into the next story, something that hasn't been done for a long, long time, possibly since Pertwee's DALEK MASTER...I mean FRONTIER IN SPACE into PLANET OF THE DALEKS and then before that back into Troughton's last season. It's a nice thing to have but again, Nyssa will be sidelined. If you have four companions, chances are good this will happen if your writers can think of what to do with four of them. Proving that Nyssa or the poorly turned out Tegan should have been written out. Nice to see Davison turn out his pockets as Tom often did and also to put himself into that trance state and to resist the cold temps of outer space.
A bit more action but not much. Though I must say the direction is sharp here, directed by trhe same director of KEEPER OF TRAKEN, he makes you feel a lot of action has happened even though it really hasn't. Why Monarch waited this long to try to stop the Doctor and kill Nyssa (to make her an android more specifically) is beyond me but it does make him a patient villain. His plans seem both logical and then mad (he believes he's god and will meet himself at the beginning of the universe?WTF?). The guest actors are very strong in all counts. Yet another SPACE: 1999 link is the actress who plays Enlightenment (I believe she played Tanya in 1999 in some first season eps and possibly even one second season ep).
The trouble here is still with the regulars and how they are written. Adric is nothing like Adric at all and the problem was discussed above I think. Tegan. Ahh, yes, until now she was just fearful and upset and rightly. In this ep, however, she panics. The dvd text tells us that she was deliberately made to be this way: in the first three stories she was supposed to usurp the Doctor's leadership over himself and Adric and take over, her brash overconfidence making her a liability. Well wtf? First of all, I can see Tom Baker squashing that. With the less in control Davison (that changes fast as he is the main reason JNT gets rid of Adric; Nyssa was supposed to go), the writers and silly producer and sillier script editor (and I mean Eric Saward and maybe even Root) made Tegan obnoxious, overprotective of Earth and the TARDIS and just plain annoying. SHE should have went. In any event, her scenes of stealing the TARDIS are just annoying and embarassing to watch as she overacts, cries, and laughs as she gains the ability to dematerializes. She sucks. In fact, she's left the Doctor and Nyssa to be killed in the event that she wants to go warn Earth...but she knows she can't fly the TARDIS. No wonder the Doctor didn't want her to be on board after this and tries to get her back to where she belongs...amid much harassement. I actually am annoyed that so much of the time Waterhouse had left on the show was filled with the annoyed, annoying, nag/boss Tegan and here she's at her worst, knocking Adric out (although to be fair, the way he's being written, as a brat, this time he deserved it). NO ONE here, save Waterhouse, understood Adric or knew how to use him.
It's easy to see how he might just think Monarch's abilities are interesting and when people are about to die at the end of their natural life span they might just want to become part of Monarch's process but none of that is stated. He just sides with Monarch and starts telling about the Doctor, prompting Nyssa to tell him to shut up. AGAIN, she gets the more scientific bits, using the Doc's pencil and sonic screwdriver to...do something in the next ep (stop the androids). Here, she's somewhat stupid too as instead of playing along with Monarch, she protests and then is surprised when they hypnotize her and try to make her one of the androids by putting her in another SPACE: 1999 prop (or one very like one in MISSION OF THE DARIANS).
It's still strange to see two companions fight physically and Tegan knocks Adric down and out and his recovery is pretty funny to watch. It's stranger still to see the Doctor tell Tegan earlier that if they try to warn Earth, they will be laughed at. Has he forgotten thanks to his regeneration that he was a member of UNIT and they fought all manner of invasions from outer space and even once from under the sea? UNIT certainly would not laugh at him. The dolt. Another thing is that this Doctor is the least interesting character here and that even includes the "NEW" stupider Tegan and Adric. He's just very flat and boring. I didn't notice at the time but he is but then again maybe I"m still comparing him to Tom Baker's better Doctor. Davison may be still finding his way but it's still...well, he's still quite dull in most ways. He doesn't even have the bad puns going at this point.
Again, though, even with all of that, this ep is not as bad as the story's reputation holds and there are far worse stories to come (I won't list them all but I might have already elsewhere) and far worse companions to suffer through.
HURT/HEAL: The COMPANIONS
- Ian 13 - Zoe 13 - Romana I 11 - Barbara 12
- Liz 8 - Donna 13 - Vicki 7 - The Brigadier 18
- Nyssa 8 - Stephen 8 - Jo Grant 16 - Tegan 8
- Polly 8 - Sarah Jane 15 (+1) - Peri 8 - Ben 11
- Harry 13 - Ace 2 - Jamie 17 - Leela 14
- Rose 12 (-2) - Victoria 8 - K9 5 - Captain Jack 9
25. Martha
26. Turlough 27. Romana II 28. Mickey 29: Adric
30. Susan 31: Grace 32: Dodo 33: Mel
HURT/HEAL: The COMPANIONS
- Ian 13 (+1) - Zoe 13 - Romana I 11 - Barbara 12
- Liz 8 - Donna 13 - Vicki 7 - The Brigadier 18
- Nyssa 8 - Stephen 8 - Jo Grant 16 - Tegan 8
- Polly 8 - Sarah Jane 14 - Peri 8 - Ben 11
- Harry 13 - Ace 2 (-2) - Jamie 17 - Leela 14
- Rose 14 - Victoria 8 - K9 5 - Captain Jack 9
25. Martha
26. Turlough 27. Romana II 28. Mickey 29: Adric
30. Susan 31: Grace 32: Dodo 33: Mel
CIA Info & Updates
CIA in 1 hour on Talkshoe
Talking about 'The man behind the curtain' producing the special effects
Only if time - the Wizard part left out last week - add 3 lose 3
Cheers, daveac & Ian
HURT/HEAL: The COMPANIONS
- Ian 12 - Zoe 13 - Romana I 11 - Barbara 12
- Liz 8 - Donna 13 - Vicki 7 - The Brigadier 18 (+1)
- Nyssa 8 - Stephen 8 - Jo Grant 16 - Tegan 8
- Polly 8 - Sarah Jane 14 - Peri 8 - Ben 11
- Harry 13 - Ace 4 (-2) - Jamie 17 - Leela 14
- Rose 14 - Victoria 8 - K9 5 - Captain Jack 9
25. Martha
26. Turlough 27. Romana II 28. Mickey 29: Adric
30. Susan 31: Grace 32: Dodo 33: Mel
Is the Doctor gay?
1-so let's review: the Doctor travels with many women and girls, most of them very pretty and shapely. And if we consider the audios, of a variety of age differences. He doesn't have sex with any of them and barely keeps a relationship going with any of them at all and nothing that continues and he uses the excuse that he's going to have to watch them die.
2-the Doctor seems to ignore his male companions for the most part when there are two or more companions but when he's alone with Jamie and/or Adric he holds their hands, gets more physical with them, puts his hands around them from behind, and even sleeps nearby them if not even having one of their heads in his lap!
3-The Doctor seems to try to have relationships with girls, especially Jo Grant and Sarah Jane Smith. He's hugged Liz closely. He seems real upset when Jo leaves and leaves her party early, drinks a bit, and doesn't really mention her much. He almost never mentions Liz and we never see her leaving scene. He's most upset when Sarah leaves, even though he seems to have made up the excuse for her leaving...rules indeed or maybe the Master knowing Sarah is his strength, was jealous or something. And did something to make her leave. None of his relationships with any female from Earth or as much as we know from anywehre has worked out and / or lasted. Grace leaves him. Dodo leaves him without saying goodbye.
4-He appears to want the world to think he is hetero and interested in girls but even the Brig seems to know there will always be a latest model.
5-after sex pots and skinny bodied health freaks and big boobed girls, he goes back to being in uncle mode for the 7th Doctor and "nuturing" Ace by torturing her with past scares for her and under the guise of making her better.
6-in unconscious mode he kisses Grace to get her to come with him. She doesn't. The girls probably see something gay in the Doctor or know he will never reciprocate or can't or won't.
7-the Doc's probably been married but even that didn't last for whatever reasons, IF Susan is his grand daughter.
8-No one no girl, not even Rose ("and we're arguing over the Doctor") seems to think the Doctor will make it with her no matter what they do.
9-the Doctor literally flees the one male we've seen him kiss in the entire series...and makes a lame excuse up for that. He seems jealous of Capt Jack's overt sexuality ("oh stop" and "There's a time and a place").
10-When even with females of his own race (we think as far as we know, then there's the whole debate over Time Lords are Gallfreans or Gallefreans are Time Lords or are Time Lords even really natives of Gallifrey or the only type of Gallfreans and even the debate over if the Doctor's even Gallfrean or a real Time Lord or something more of even god!) the Doctor doesn't seem to do any more than juvenile immature story telling and slight admiration of the type that makes him want to stand up and say, "She likes me!" but not much more. And even they leave him. Romana 1 is very sexy and she changes for no apparent reason. Romana 2 can't stand the thought of going back to Gallfirey but perhaps neither can he WITH her and having done nothing WITH her! ANd maybe she's embarassed too.
13-He threatens to kiss one of his companions for the first time in the Hartnell era ...and it's Ian!
15-Leela, Peri, Rose, Martha: and he does nothing much with them.
16-The Tenth Doctor's macho hetero posturing is just a cover.
17--ah yes but you're thinking he turned human and had fallen in love with Joan (TWICE if you count the novel of HUMAN NATURE) but ahh, yes, he had to turn into someone else, basically a fabrication in order to fall in love and chances are that he didn't have sex wiht her but maybe he did. In any event, the Master turned into a nice old man which isn't him at all so the Doctor in order to love a woman successfully and have a relationship with a woman has to change himself utterly so that (and to prove he's changed, he allows a boy to be spanked...well then again maybe he's not changed from his gay way all that much after all; and allows himself to be somewhat cowardly but not in the end) he's not the Doctor at all.
18-other stuff I haven't thought of.
19-why does the Doctor sometimes flirt with men and they with him but he shies away from that and instead seeks female attention that he knows will never amount to anything just like all the other 39 females he's sought. Including Kylie. KYLIE!
20-he seems almost resigned to the fact that he'll not love Martha and/or Donna that way.
21-he always seems to want more from his female companions but almost never goes for it or even tries until Doc10...who fails at it miserably. He's not a dope so tha'ts strange in itself. Perhaps he wants to fail so he can finally realize HE'S GAY!
This episode makes Tegan look almost schizo. She goes from annoying, whiney, to symapathetic, back to cowardly and human again. Fielding, it seems is doing what she can to keep Tegan likable but the script and dialog are not helping. On the other hand, Nyssa is child like and retains her innocence and almost regains her peaceful background, especially when the android (yes, that's what they are) knocks her away. And I think it's charming that Adric sticks up for her ("Don't you do that to her."). As if he can do anything about it. Again, he's a typical teen. ALthough his stupidity in helping Monarch doesn't happen until the next episode, here, he's becomes stupider than Nyssa science wise. He retains his mathematical excellence though and surprises this new Doctor with some figures or with his figure. I don't really get the whole distract the Doctor from the TARDIS with dances, gladiatorial combat, and performances thing but there you have it...and it works. Why the Doc didn't just get Tegan to the Tardis and then go find the others or find out what was going on is beyond me. Bigon is a colorful charcter, well played by Philip Locke. Adric and Nyssa's big adventure is nice and it seems not only are some of the set pieces props from SPACE: 1999 but some of the rooms they explore look like redressed and refitted rooms from the show such as MAIN MISSION and COMMAND CENTER! And they look great here too.
While the Doctor smiles and mugs his way through and keeps calm, Tegan's not doing so well and her prattling does tend to get on one's nerves. I"m not sure what else happens in this ep tha't's worth talking about but Adric seems more fit to being the companion at first here. He's not as nice to Tegan as he was in LOGOPOLIS and seems to be annoyed by her also, perhaps trying to show the Doc the obvious--that he's better companion material than she. I also am a bit upset that Tegan and Janet are listed in the credits before Adric. That's not fair really. Even if Fielding had more experience. Truthfully it doesn't seem like she did but there you have it.
The ending is effectively werid but could have been so much better had the effects been better. And they should have been. THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and THE BIONIC WOMAN were doing scenes of robot face lifting years before this and much better. In fact, unless I"m far wrong, even GET SMART did stuff like this in the 1960s so there's no excuse for the bad effects here except there wasn't enough money. And the flap of skin that covers Bigon's chest unit is a bit flimsey. Still thanks to the actor, Bigon's revelation is creepy. He plays it so well.
So this ep is not too bad and the story not as bad as one might have been lead to believe by others. It has it's moments, both good and bad and strange but this ep is pretty good.
One thing interesting to note is that when Monarch's computer is asked to try again to intefer what the Doctor's power is (Artron Energy and/or Gallifrey) it suggests "the occult"!!!!!
From the Beginning: The First Doctor
One note is that the mice scene for some reason reminds me of HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY!
From the Beginning: The First Doctor
Spoiler Alerts ... If you haven't managed to watch this sometime during the last 43 year (as I hadn't) this post may contain information you don't want to know ... but hurry up and watch it before the Sun prints the details.
Well an Epic, if uneven story, I think it could have been an excellent 8 parter with only the good stuff left in.
The Companions
Katrina - what a shame she was only in the Tardis for 3 episodes, there was no chance to get to know her and it was interesting having a complete niave/innocent as a companion, thinking all scientific/electronic equipment was the work of the Gods. All though it could be argued that Leela came from a similar non-advanced culture, she was much more worldly in other ways (i.e. killing, survival of the fittest etc.).
Bret Vyon - He was great, I especially like the way that he started of as an 'enemy' before mutual trust was established with the TARDIS crew. I immediately liked him (although I wonder how much this has to do with the fact that the character seems very similar to the Brig). What a shame he is only around for a couple of episodes before Sara kills him.
Sara Kingdom - Another great companion who starts of as an 'enemy'. I had forgotten to add her to my previous list of companions who started of as another character (Joanna in the Crusade). A very 'avengers' type of female lead though which I'm not sure we saw again until 'Leela' who didn't mind a fight. What a horrible way to die, though it did make me think of the Master aging the Doctor in 'The Sound of the Drums'. Although at the time I suspect the aging scene at the end of 'She' (1965) may have been more fresh in people's minds.
I need to go and re-listen to the recent Sara Kingdom companion Chronicle to see how they managed to get over the fact that she died during her first encounter with the Doctor.
Steven Tyler - After having disliked the character since his introduction, I finally warmed to him in this story, perhaps it was that life threatening injuring in teh Mythmakers changed him. He seemed to make much better judgement calls in this story and became the more 'mature' companion in this story, leaving Sara to be the brasher (i'm not following orders companion).
The Enemies
Mavic Chen - Well there was no doubt that he was the realy bad guy in this story, totally betraying his own planet/race/species for (not exactly clear for what) vague power. He appears to become more deranged as the story progresses, expecting the worst from the other galactic leaders, loyalty from his security services and truthfullness from the Daleks. Given that he is a manipulator, expects the others on the council to be double-crossing, why does he expect the Daleks to honor any deals they have made? What a strange way to hold a pen for writing? BTW what race was he meant to be? The name sounds Chinese/Asian but the skin coloring seems wrong (I know everything is in Black and White, but I was envisioning him with blue skin tones).
The Galactic Council - nice bunch of varied alien costumes here. It is a shame so few episodes have survived, as it looks like quite an effort was made to have various species move in strange ways - Liked the bouncy alien. Overall the Council chamber scenes reminded me of the Alien managerie on platform one in the 'end of the world'
The Daleks - The Daleks seemed almost unnecessary in this story. Although they were the foil for Mavic Chen, they were not a overwhelming source of Evil that typifies them in most stories.
However this lack of presence overall in the story is made up for by the scenes of DALEKS WITH FLAMETHROWERS - Yeah, we need more of this.
The Monk - Nice to see him back. Again he just appears to be mischevious rather than Evil. His revenge is to strand the Doctor, not kill him and leave his TARDIS with some hope of escape. He even says he'll come back and rescue them. When he 'betrays' the Doctor and Co. to the Daleks in Egypt, it is as if he cannot help himself, rather than plotting their downfall (The Master would be much more calculating about it).
The Varga plants - great idea, shame they are not really realized to their full potential. I think Big Finish used them much more effectively in the Dalek Empire (2?).
The Story
I'm sure that I am not the first person to notice this but Terry Nation seems to re-use a lot of his ideas. I think that many of them may have occurred here before he re-used them later but here is a list of what I noticed.
1. The comlete story second half of the story seems to be a reworking of 'The chase', Dalek Time machine chases the TARDIS over various time period s and worlds in an episodic manner. I guess the Monk was thrown into the mix to provide a little variation (which time machine is appearing on the scanner). I must say I was expecting a scenario where the Daleks were unaware two time macine were at the destination and they are temporarily distracted chasing the wrong one.
2. The Penal colony planet - This was reused as Cygna Alpha in Blake's 7
3. World with invisible aliens attacking the Daleks in a Hungle - Planet of the Daleks
I disliked the whole, Feast of Steven Episode as it seemed like unnecessary filler, likewise the prison planet episode. Katrina's death also seemed unnecessary, it would have been simpler if they had just not brought her from Troy. Does anyone know the motivation by bringing her along.
The cricket match landing and the New Year celebrations also seemed like filler material. Overall this reminded me of some of the Pertwee episodes where chases were inserted to pad out the story.
The gravity power incident was quite interesting and it was convenient that Steven was encased in a force field when he was shot by the Daleks. However, this was a little more believable than the Doctor's ring and the alien Sun having 'certain properties' which allowed the Doctor to undo the Monk's meddling with the Tardis lock.
The Reconstructions
Although I enjoyed the surviving episodes greatly, the Loose Canon reconstructions were on the whole excellent, the use of CGI Daleks and limited animation was good. The only episode I found poor was the aforementioned 'Feast of Steven' which seemed much more confusing than anyof the others, the use of silent movie titles rather than the more commonly used scrolling text made that part of the story difficult to follow.
A great Sci-fi story which was made over long by the inclusion of about 3-4 filler episodes which slowed things down in the middle. The gaining (and death) of two great companions and one who's greatness was never allowed to show.
Probably an 8/10 (but add an extra 1 for Daleks with flamethrowers)
Now for some shorter stories and hopefully a lower rate of companion consumption.
How Does Outpost Gallifrey Closing Affect Doctor Who: Podshock?
It seems that the Doctor Who Forum section of Outpost Gallifrey will now be essentially closing sooner than originally stated. Shaun Lyon had posted the following on 20 June 2009:
At the end of the day on Sunday, July 5, the Doctor Who Forum will become completely CLOSED to any new messages posted in the Forum in all sections EXCEPT the "Companions" section, in order to aid people transitioning to new communities


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Finally going to do something with all my scraps besides making stock. Just got this puppy and so far, so good. No rusting materials, but keep on level ground. Filled bottom with hay, then light layer of leaves. Ready for scraps and soil! Much more affordable at Sam's if available. Made in USA with partly recycled plastic. Plus it's #2, so no problems with recycling in future but I think this baby is going to last.

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Eleven Essendon board members and senior figures will have access to confidential documents supplied by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority as part of the court case brought by the Bombers and James Hird.
Justice John Middleton, the judge hearing the case, has released the court orders detailing who will be allowed access to key documents. The Bombers and Hird allege that the joint investigation by the AFL and ASADA last year into the club's supplements program was illegal.
Middleton has ruled that any information "discovered, produced or filed" by ASADA will be available not only to Essendon's lawyers but also to club chairman Paul Little, his deputy Paul Brasher and fellow club directors Jo-Anne Albert, Chris Heffernan, Greg Brown, Kevin Egan, Phil Pryor, Darryl Jackson and Simon Madden provided they sign a confidentiality agreement.
Newly promoted chief executive Xavier Campbell and media and marketing chief Justin Rodski will also be granted access should they also agree to confidentiality.
Middleton has also detailed who can access documents and information supplied by the 34 current and former players who have been issued with show-cause notices.
The players have insisted their anonymity, particularly in relation to the media and general public, is crucial.
Middleton says lawyers for the Bombers will have access to confidential player information. However, he does not specifically state whether the Essendon board or senior figures will have access but says "representatives of the applicant [Essendon] who have signed a confidentiality undertaking" will.
Lawyers for Essendon, Hird and ASADA continue to work through the discovery stage.
Hird has a hearing scheduled in front of a court registrar on Friday should there be any difficulties with his subpoena of information from the AFL. This hearing was adjourned from July 14.
Hird's subpoena is likely to focus on how AFL integrity department boss Brett Clothier defined the investigation and what arrangements were put in place. One argument Hird has is that he was not afforded the right to silence under the anti-doping code when he was interviewed by the AFL and ASADA last year.
Hird has already mentioned AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan and his predecessor Andrew Demetriou in documents lodged with the Federal Court.
The case goes to trial on August 11, with Middleton setting aside three days for the hearing. It could then be another month before he releases his ruling.
If Hird and the Bombers win, ASADA will need to decide whether to re-issue the show-cause notices, possibly not using any evidence that was considered tainted.
If ASADA's investigation is cleared, players almost certainly would have to respond to their show-cause notices - the first step towards infraction notices being issued.
Having returned home after completing a business course in France, Hird will not have a direct role with the Bombers for the rest of their 2014 campaign. He, instead, will begin planning for next season when he resumes as coach. However, if players are eventually served infraction notices, the Bombers may decide he cannot return.


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Mar 1, 2012 - By Joshua Scheer, Staff WriterRiverton businesswoman Jeri McFarlane has accomplished a feat few people do: invent a product and be able to produce and sell it.
"It came out of frustration," she said of her invention, the JarBox.
A JarBox is a plastic container made to store jars. The first iteration of the container holds 12 quart-sized jars.
"Every year my mom comes up for the summer," McFarlane said. "We can. We hunt and fish, and we can everything."
When the pair wrapped up their canning, she was always frustrated with the dirty state of her stored empty jars. There were also difficulties with her mother transporting her jars back to Arizona in her camper.
"Breakage was problem number one," McFarlane said, while noting the dead bugs, dust and other rodents that invade cardboard boxes.
"I said, 'I need a jar box.'"
She started looking for alternatives for storing her jars and couldn't find anything.
That was two years ago.
McFarlane, through her company Store-It-More LLC, hired Rob Wright and Pat Thayer of Riverton's Legacy Molding Corp. to help with the engineering.
Wright told her most inventors change their product 13 times before ending with a final design.
"At revision 24 we came up with the JarBox," she said. "It takes two years to reinvent the box."
Using jars full of water, McFarlane, her husband and the employees of Legacy took part in drop tests. Breakage was limited.
Wright estimated the protection provided by the JarBox is six times better than cardboard.
Legacy Molding will be producing the JarBoxes.
Wright purchased a 500-ton piece of machinery just for the product.
"We're really excited about it," he said. "We believe in the (JarBox) and think it's going to be a real boost to our business."
Elements of the design are protected under patents. The JarBox snaps shut, has special raised surfaces to make for safe stacking and has loops to tie them down. Each jar is separated from the others so they cannot bump into each other.
"It's designed to be an heirloom product," McFarlane said, "but you can recycle them."
Back in December, the first run of JarBoxes totaled 3,500. Of those, 1,000 were sold to an online retailer whose customers have provided McFarlane with feedback.
"To actually have something other people are willing to invest in ... it's really humbling," she said.
She's heard of people using the containers for reloading equipment, small children's toys, craft supplies and fly-tying items. She's even had requests for the product to be made in a camouflage pattern.
Currently, JarBoxes are being made in a nearly clear plastic after the first run was a solid tan color. McFarlane said early feedback indicated people wanted to be able to see what was in the containers.
She plans in the future to do limited production runs of seasonal colors.
In the coming months, McFarlane will be adding different sizes to the JarBox family. Next will likely be a 12-pack pint jar container. Prototypes are also in the works for six-packs for both quart and pint jars.
In Riverton, JarBoxes are available for sale at Linton's Big R.
The container is also available for sale online at a number of retailers. A list of retailers, which McFarlane plans to keep updated as she expects the number to grow, is available at www.jarbox.com.
The JarBox was one of five products chosen to represent Wyoming at a National Institute of Standards and Technology trade show in Orlando, Fla., and Washington, D.C.
The product also will be displayed at a number of other trade shows across the country this year.
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'Future Cities Of India' Offered Sharp-Focus On Pune's Business Potential
Pune, May 7, 2012: On May 5, 2012 Amit Enterprises Housing Ltd (AEHL) partnered with CNBC Awaaz to bring India's premier business channel, to Pune.
'Future Cities Of India' is a highly focused show which identifies some of these key contributions made by the smaller cities – cities that are rapidly making their mark in terms of economic and industrial prosperity. The series rising opportunities for business, consumption of retail, investor participation is slowly and steadily adding up to the growth of the city/state.
This show's Pune edition examined the city's limitless growth opportunities, and explored what is required to unleash and realize its ultimate business potential. To achieve this, 'Future Cities Of India – Focus Pune' engaged the city's most prominent business personalities and thought leaders in a gripping debate on the thrust areas for the development of business, industry and infrastructure.
The day-long seminar also documented Pune's futuristic quotient based on current and upcoming developments by way of infrastructure, education, health care and industrial development.
"We were happy to partner with CNBC Awaaz on this important initiative," says Kishor Pate, Chairman & Managing Director, Amit Enterprises Housing Ltd. "It is high time that the country's prominent business channels examine and document the various factors that have made this city such a popular destination for business, trade and industrial investment."
The show's opening session, which was telecast live from Pune, brought together representatives of the city's most prominent businesses and corporate houses to discuss the overall progress in the region in the recent years. The discussion encompassed job employment opportunities, healthcare, real estate development and education – all of which support the city's overall economic prosperity.
This was followed by the Investment Special, a live session which laid special focus on the investment opportunities prevailing in Pune. It examined the investments being made into various assets classes like gold, equity and real estate, and the kinds of profits these investments have yielded.
While consumers provided insights about their interest in investing into these verticals, investors offered insider prespectives on the kind of opportunities prevailing in the real estate space. The kind of returns one can expect in the near future by investing in Pune were discussed in depth.
The show ended with the Awaaz Business Summit – a live panel discussion featuring Pune's independent entrepreneurs, presidents of trade organization councils, senior representatives from the city's industrial sector and Government officials. The panelists discussed and drew up a road map for the further developmental agenda for Pune.


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Was wondering if anyone on here has ever ran the following Marathon. It's the Seven Bridges Marathon and it takes place in Chattanooga TN. It takes places Oct 20, 2013. I chose this one due it's close to home and it will not interfere with my Granddaughter's wedding in Dec. I had planned to run St. Jude in Dec. but I was told to change my plans by my wife. If you have any info on this Marathon please share with me. I plan to keep posting my results with training and checking on you all getting ready to run you races as well.
Rock on and keep on running. In closing Happy 4th of July to everyone.


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- May 26, 2010, 6:08 AM
On May 4, Sporavia and Aviastec signed a 30-year lease with CR Aeropuertos for a four-acre lot at Ciudad Real Airport south of Madrid, where the companies will build a new full-service FBO. Ciudad Real Airport has a Category III ILS-served 13,000-foot runway and is open 18 hours a day. FBO services and amenities will include 54,000 sq ft of hangar space, catering, cafeteria, fuel, de-icing, rental cars and limousine availability, pilot lounges, flight planning rooms, conference rooms, rest areas, VIP lounges, customs and security, access to aircraft by private vehicles, aircraft sales and management.


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Our ServicesKCR is a multi-service agency offering programs and projects in four over-arching areas:
Community Services for the Central OkanaganWe serve the Central Okanagan through our Community Services, connecting all to volunteer opportunities and resources in our community.
Family ServicesUsing a family-centred approach, we offer a variety of services to parents and children promoting healthy development of children in our community.
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We offer support services to children in care, their families, adoptive parents and birth parents.
Immigrant ServicesWe offer comprehensive settlement services helping Immigrants of all ages and nationalities integrate into Canadian society including life skills, employment services, friendship opportunities and activities encouraging our community to be welcoming to all.
Employment ServicesWe provide specialized employment services to individuals in order to help them overcome barriers to employment.
Further ServicesYou may be eligible for public assistance, such as a subsidy for childcare services or income assistance. During the intake process, staff will discuss the various forms of assistance that may be available to you and assist you in accessing public assistance should you require it.
For your information on other community services, KCR manages a Community Resource Directory listing all non-profit and government services in the Central Okanagan. Click to download a sample of the directory's table of contents, or call us to purchase your copy.
Accommodating Special Needs and RequestsAs part of our commitment to providing accessible services to all participants, we make efforts to minimize the impact of potential barriers to participating in services. We do our best to accommodate needs related to disabilities or special requests related to how we deliver our services, such as a request for a staff person with specific characteristics.
If you have a disability that requires some accommodation or a request you would like to make, please contact us and ask to fill out a request form, or,
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Donatella Versace Hails Kate Middleton as the Queen of Couture
Many of her gowns are custom-made, so it's no wonder that the Duchess of Cambridge loves herself a couture piece. For a black-tie occasion, Her Royal Highness will call on Jenny Packham, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen or even her own private dress-maker (though not for formal engagements…yet).
Donatella Versace picked up on this, and tipped her hat to Catherine for her classic, tasteful sense of style.
"I call it the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge effect," Versace told the Sunday Times (via InStyle UK) from Paris, where Haute Couture Fashion Week is underway.
The new mother can "wear anything," according to Versace.
"She can wear anything because she has a fantastic body."
That body, Versace hopes, will wear one of the designer's Grecian draped dresses from her SS14 collection. I don't hate this idea.
Versace's late brother, Gianni was a friend of the Princess of Wales, and passed away just a few weeks before her fatal Paris car accident. Diana, who wore many of Versace's designs, attended his funeral with Sir Elton John.


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In order to promote the new Blacksploi…am I even allowed to be writing this? This feels wrong. Tell you what, there's a movie coming out, and this is the plot:
When "The Man" murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
In order to promote said movie, their website allows you to "Black Dynamite Yo'Self". Bring skinny and white, I could always use a little Black DY-NA-MITE! (I just feel like it needs to be said that way, every time) so I did it. Results are after the jump, cause, really, no one wants to see my mug on the front page.
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TEL AVIV (Feb. 13)
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan said last night that he thought the most opportune time to pursue a peace settlement with Egypt will come when the Suez, Canal is reopened to shipping. He said the shooting would end on the Syrian front only after a disengagement agreement is reached there and until then Israel must continue to respond vigorously to Syrian attacks. He said he knew of no political pressure on Israel to limit its response.
Dayan made those remarks at a press conference with military correspondents here during which he observed that both Israel and Syria have had their Yom Kippur War losses fully replaced and expressed the view that Egypt was complying with the terms of the Jan. 21 disengagement accord. Dayan insisted that the government stands by its demand that Syria act in compliance with the Geneva Convention on POWs before Israel will sit down to disengagement talks.
He said the shooting on the Syrian line was not a "transient episode" but a deliberate policy of President Hafez Assad. Israel is dealing with an extremist nationalist regime intent on proving its point with deeds. Assad would have a harder time explaining to his people why he wasn't shooting then why he is, Dayan said.
Dayan observed that the Syrians do not consider themselves to have been beaten in the Yom Kippur War. They entered that war far stronger than in the 1967 Six-Day War and despite severe losses–1000 tanks, 200 planes, 10 missile batteries and 10,000 casualties–they have since been fully re-armed by the Russians and continue to get volunteers from Iraq. Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. "They don't feel hopeless. They don't like the present lines and the Golan Heights in Israel's hands, so they shoot," Dayan said. He said a firm reply was necessary "but this alone will not end the Syrian attacks."
The Defense Minister said he thought President Anwar Sadat of Egypt was anxious to have Syria enter into disengagement negotiations with Israel if only because he doesn't want Egypt to be the only Arab state to have reached such an accord. As for future relations with Egypt, Dayan said he wanted a certain amount of time to elapse to see how the disengagement agreement works out.
If the Egyptians begin to rehabilitate the canal zone, if they demobilize a large part of their army and embark on a development program, "I think it would be a mistake if we do not try to continue negotiations in an attempt to reach final peace whether in Geneva or elsewhere….I think the most opportune moment will come after shipping operations in the canal are resumed," Dayan said.
He disclosed the extent to which Israel's armed forces have been strengthened since the Yom Kippur War. He said the Air Force has had a five percent increase in fighter planes, 30 percent more transports, three percent more helicopters and 33 percent more Hawk missiles. On the ground, Israel has 15 percent more tanks; 85 percent more armored troop carriers; 25 percent more artillery; and 50 percent more ammunition than it had during the war.
Dayan mentioned the supply of Soviet Scud missiles to the Arab states which he said increased Israel's dependence on the U.S. for sophisticated weapons that it cannot afford to develop at home.


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Buford ace pitcher Colt Ellis helped the Jackets rebound in the second round of the Cheraw Braves Diamond Classic at Cheraw High School on Tuesday.
Ellis posted the win and drilled three hits to key BHS to a 6-4 win over Lake View.
Buford opened play Monday when it fell to Wilson of Florence, 8-3.
Ellis hurled a complete game in the BHS win Tuesday. Ellis yielded eight hits, four runs, one earned, and two walks. He struck out three.
Fewer categories and a new logo are changes in The Lancaster News' popular Best of the Best contest this year.
The contest, in its 11th year, gives readers a chance to vote for their favorite local businesses and service providers.
A new logo has been created for the contest, and the advertising department has slashed the number of categories by about half, said Katie Harrell, coordinator for the contest.
"Some of them were repetitive, like medical specialist and medical facility, which we condensed into medical specialist," Harrell said.
The Total Control Power Club of Elgin had a major hand in helping South Carolina defeat North Carolina in the recent Battle of the Border Powerlifting and Bench Press meet in Charlotte at the Dowd YMCA.
"There was a lot of pride and determination in this meet," said Terry Marshall of Total Control. "Our guys did an outstanding job."
Wade McAteer, in the the 242-pound weight class, had a 1,504 total – 556.5 squat, 473.7 bench press and 473.7 dead lift.
Jeff Smith won the battle to win the first-ever Clash South Tour race at Lancaster Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
"I had great horsepower under the hood and we were fast tonight," Smith said in victory lane.
Smith was able to net $4,000 for the 40-lap win.
Ross Bailes, in his No. 87, set the fastest time in qualifying, 18.540. The time was a new track record, topping Dennis Franklin's 18.573 set in September of 2008. The second-fastest time was set by the No. 09 of Johnny Pursley in 18.708.
It was all I could do to keep quiet.
This young fella sitting beside me started snickering and pointing at an older gentleman who was walking by.
The lips of the old man (who by the way, was about my age) were moving, but he wasn't saying anything.
I didn't see anything strange about his behavior at all. It looked perfectly normal to me.
Bless Pete, I used to do it all the time when I was growing up.
Evidently, this young upstart is not attune to the wonderful world of invisible friends.
The numbers are staggering.
Every 25 seconds, someone in America is diagnosed with diabetes.
Right now, there are 23.6 million Americans living with diabetes. That's almost 8 percent of the United States population.
There are nearly six million more people living with diabetes who don't know it. That includes an estimated 415,000 South Carolinians, said Lori Moseley, program manager of the Diabetes Education Clinic at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.
At times, the line between love and hate can be paper thin.
That notion is one Billy Ray "Reb" Deese can attest to when he holds the bowl displayed on the kitchen table of his home.
Most wouldn't give the white glazed china dish a second glance. But that bowl – and how it ended up on Holly Dale Drive – is the story of Deese's life. For Deese, it's more second chance than second glance.
Software improvements, better equipment and larger county facilities were all items discussed at Lancaster County Council's recent county planning session.
Held earlier this month, council met for its annual planning session to discuss priority projects for the county. This includes programmatic priorities, such as improved information technology services for county departments, as well as capital priorities such as the construction of bridges or road resurfacing. Council also discussed potential areas for cuts and cost savings.
INDIAN LAND – A Fort Mill man apparently accidentally shot himself with a stolen weapon after a burglary and robbery at an Indian Land home early Thursday.
Larry Joe Smith, 29, of 113 Allison St., Fort Mill, was taken to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte after the incident, said Lt. Mike Baker of the York County Sheriff's Office. His condition was unavailable on Thursday afternoon.
Kimberly Cox remembers the strong support from other residents as they marched the streets of Lancaster in a stand against violence.
This was in October, when Lancaster Alternative Policing Strategy (LAPS) hosted its first crime awareness march.
That day, people of all ages joined together to make a statement against violence and crime.
Cox, vice-president of LAPS, hopes for a similar outcome this weekend.
LAPS is holding its second crime march, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday outside Southside Early Childhood Center, 500 Hampton Road, Lancaster.
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Fifth Season
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Local farms and waters are the inspiration for this New American restaurant that focuses on preparing menus using ingredients that change with each season. American microbrews and wines are carefully selected to pair with each dish our chefs create. Enjoy our House-Infused Artisanal Cocktails made with seasonal purees and fresh squeezed juices while overlooking the Long Island Sound on either the outdoor patio, upstairs seating or cozy lounge. Established in 2004 in Greenport, this Zagat top-rated restaurant for both food and service moved in Spring 2008 to Port Jefferson harbor.
Dining Style: Casual Dining
Cuisine: Contemporary American, Organic, Seafood
Neighborhood: Port Jefferson
Cross Street: Mariners Way
Menu: View menu on restaurant's website
Price: $31 to $50
Website: http://thefifth-season.com
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: (631) 477-8500
Hours of Operation: Dinner: Monday - Sunday: Beginning at 5:00pm Year Round (Closed Mondays September 6-May 24) Lunch: Monday-Saturday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm May 24-September 4 Brunch: Sunday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Year Round
Payment Options:
AMEX, MasterCard, Visa
Executive Chef: Erik Orlowski & John Urbinati
Dress Code: Casual Dress
Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cafe, Entertainment, Farm to Table, Fireplace, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Takeout, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
Parking: Public Lot
Parking Details: There is metered parking available directly next to the restaurant from 10:00am to 10:00pm. Please present your metered ticket to your server for validation and we will gladly discount your check up to 4 hours. Please note the Metered Parking is suspended November 15th-April 15th each year.
Catering: We cater both on-premise and off-premise events.
Private Party Facilities: A Private Party room with a waterview of Port Jefferson Sound is available for up to 36 people. A Private Party Room with a fireplace is available for up to 75 people. A Private Party Room for the handicap accessible is available for up to 25 people. A Private Party Option for up to 110 people is also available.
Private Party Contact: Jeniffer Orlowski (631) 477-8500
Entertainment: Live music Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and during the summer on Saturday and Sunday afternoons on our outdoor patio or upstairs in our waterview lounge. Price (Price reflects the average cost of dinner, including one drink and tip): $31 to $50
Special Events & Promotions:
A Brunch Prix-Fixe is offered every Sunday from 11am-4pm for $19pp +tax + gratuity (includes a complimentary bloody mary or mimosa). Happy Hour Monday-Friday 4-7pm features select American wines, beers and well drinks for $4. A special food menu is also available for $4. Thursday & Friday Happy Hours feature live music on our outdoor patio or upstairs in our waterview lounge.


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Channings occupies five Victorian townhouses in a peaceful residential area just ten minutes' walk from the bustling city centre of Edinburgh. Every bedroom at Channings is unique, including bespoke decor, furniture and furnishings picked out for each. This boutique approach means Channings feels more like a Scottish country home, full of charming Victorian paintings, prints, books, furniture and memorabilia.
Every room is en-suite and features all amenities and comforts the modern traveller requires, including:
- Luxury toiletries from The White Company
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Paula Patton says she doesn't understand all the fussover her husband's controversial performance with Miley Cyrus at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.
During an appearance on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" Tuesday night, Patton told host Andy Cohen that she knew what was in store while watching Cyrus twerk on Robin Thicke.
"I wasn't surprised at all," Patton said. "Honestly, they rehearsed for three days beforehand. I don't know how not to dance with someone having their booty in your...all my friend's do it like that."
Three days after the Aug. 25 awards show, Cyrus told an MTV documentary film crew that she knew their would be a lot of talk over her number with Thicke.
"You're wanting to make history," Cyrus said, "Me and Robin the whole time said, 'you know we're about to make history right now.'"
While defending the VMAs performance, Patton also alluded to the 20-year-old pop star's recent hit, "We Can't Stop,"which some believe makes references to ecstasy use.
"And I didn't really know what the big deal was," Patton added. "I didn't know if they thought Miley was going to sit down and play the piano like Alicia Keys. Her song's about taking molly [a slang term for ecstasy]. I don't understand. I didn't get the big deal."
Patton, 37, and Thicke, 36, have been married since 2005. The couple began dating in their teens. Their son, Julian, was born in 2010.


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As you plan your schedule for this year, take the time to review the degree requirements to make sure you will satisfy all of them.
Each year a few seniors overlook something or misunderstand a requirement, so it is important to take the time to do this now. You can find the requirements on the Class Deans' website at http://www.wellesley.edu/academics/theacademicprogram/requirements. Please note that the P.E. requirement, though separate from the academic requirements, is still necessary to your completing the degree.
The first step is to review your Degree Audit on MyWellesley (look on the Administrivia tab, in the Especially for Students section). See the details about this here.
Next review your major(s) and minor, if any.
The Degree Audit Report will list your major(s) and minor (if you have one), but it does not review major requirements, and these, too, can be quite complicated. Although the general College policy sets a minimum of eight units to fulfill a major, requirements vary by major. There are several nine- and ten-course minimal majors and some majors that require coursework in other fields as part of the major. Make sure that you know the requirements of your major(s) and that you have a reasonable plan for meeting them. Even though all of you should already have declared a major, you will need to meet with your advisor and with their help complete a new major form this fall to confirm each of your majors by October 28. The online major/minor form is available on MyWellesley, on the Administrivia tab, in the Especially for Students section. Please do meet with your advisor or your chair in person before working on the form, in order to be clear about what courses are counting for your major. Ideally, you will do the form together. This process is for your own protection; the new form will confirm your plans and serve as a contract between you and your major department or program. If you successfully complete the set of courses that the department or program has approved, your major will be done; if you make any changes from the approved plan, you should update the form to ensure that the substitution is acceptable. Note also that seniors may not make changes to their majors or minors after the end of the spring semester add/drop period, so if you are planning to declare a second major or a minor, please do this in the fall semester.
If your original advisor is not available for consultation about the major form or if you have been working more closely with another faculty member in the field, it is fine to change advisors. Your official advisor is the faculty member in the department or program who approves your major confirmation. If you are doing an individual major and are following your approved plan, you do not need to complete a new major form, although any changes to your original plan need to be confirmed by the Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy (please see the Registrar's office for this).


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Have you always wanted to gain a direct insight into the companies´ work or a special technique they work with? Our masterclasses offer the unique opportunity for young dancers and choreographers to experience different artistic approaches during the whole season. Moreover, they provide an ideal setting to expand your network and maybe get to know your future colleagues. Or even an audition will come up - who knows? Come by and find out!
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The Thanksgiving Ski Package, which starts at $655, includes three nights of lodging in a one-bedroom premium condo. More nights may be added on, too, and larger rooms are available at additional cost. Additional nights for extending the stay beyond three nights are available at a $50 discount.
The package also includes two free adult single day lift tickets for Mt. Bachelor Resort. Additional lift tickets can also be added to the package for an additional cost. A free daily shuttle service is available between the resort and Mt. Bachelor, too.
The Thanksgiving celebration adds two adult Thanksgiving buffet vouchers to the package. Breakfasts for each day of the stay are also included.
Seventh Mountain Resort is home to heated pools, hot tubs, a sauna, and fitness center. Lodging includes free access to the amenities.
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PORT CHARLOTTE — OF Fernando Perez's dislocated left wrist will keep him out for at least three months, the Rays said Thursday.
But the injury, sustained Tuesday while diving for a liner to shallow right-center, also cost him an opportunity. Manager Joe Maddon said the speedster probably would have started the season in centerfield if B.J. Upton (left shoulder) wasn't ready.
Executive VP Andrew Friedman said Perez's absence likely won't prompt another move, citing the depth with Gabe Kapler, Ben Zobrist and Justin Ruggiano.
"I think a lot of things like that happen in life when you're really feeling good. Something has got to give," Perez said. "I felt really good, and it was shaping up to be an exciting spring."
Perez said he has been using a slightly larger glove, which helped on grounders. But the glove, about a quarter-inch longer, caught the turf as he dived. It's a play he has made "all the time," but his glove had never got caught.
Perez didn't blame the glove. He blamed himself and said he believes he let the team down.
"We already have an injury in the outfield. The last thing you want is another one," Perez said. "But again, it wasn't anything super reckless. Around here, we reinforce the idea … that spring training isn't any different. Balls have to get caught. Obviously, if I would have just come in and let that one drop, like I was a 15-year veteran, we wouldn't be in this position. But that's not the way that I'm accustomed to playing.''
Perez said he'll be in a cast for six weeks and won't do any baseball activities for two months. He said a dislocation is actually worse than a clean break, which would allow him to insert a plate and be back in a month.
PERCIVAL DEBUT: RHP Troy Percival said he was pleased with his mechanics and how he felt after his spring debut, in which he retired the Phillies in order on just nine pitches.
Percival got Ryan Howard and Geoff Jenkins to hit slow rollers beyond the plate, and the veteran closer covered first on a groundout by Greg Dobbs.
"I guess I tested everything," he said. "I threw strikes. I accomplished everything I wanted to do. I threw four offspeed pitches and five fastballs, and I hit my spots with them."
Said RHP James Shields: "He's looking back to his old self."
BALFOUR OKAY: RHP Grant Balfour walked three and gave up a hit in his first outing since getting hit in the forearm by a line drive Saturday. But he said he felt "great" physically.
"I felt like I missed a few times," he said. "But when I did miss, I felt like I wasn't missing by much."
Maddon, who pulled Balfour after two-thirds of an inning, said part of the reason the hard-throwing Aussie might have struggled is they asked him to use more breaking balls.
"He threw some good ones," Maddon said. "I talked to the umpire. And he said, 'Good pitches, just missing.' "
AYBAR BACK: INF Willy Aybar never expected to be back from the World Baseball Classic so soon. The Dominican Republic lost twice to the Netherlands.
"We lost to a team that no one imagined would be where they are now," he said.
How do the fans of his native country feel about the early exit?
"They probably feel more anger than anything," he said.
GAME DETAILS: Maddon said Shields was "very sharp" in four innings of one-hit ball. Kapler, who entered 1-for-18, doubled and homered in the 3-2 win. RF Gabe Gross had an RBI double and assist.
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DIY Garden Fairy House With Lights
Over the summer, E. and I decided to make a fairy garden. Our grocery store was selling some really cute fairy garden ornaments (bridges, table and chairs, gates, benches, gazing globes and a lot more), and we just couldn't pass up the opportunity. So, we bought some plants, found some nice smooth pebbles during an outing to the river, and bought two tiny fairy cottages (okay, so they're really just bird houses) that we painted. I started searching for pictures of other fairy gardens online, looking for ways we could arrange all the little accessories we bought. I did find some, but I became totally smitten by images of solar-powered fairy houses that would light up at night. Smitten may not be the right word. Obsessed is probably more like it. I knew I had to at least try to make one.
The next day, I went out to the local garden center and bought a larger, octagonal wooden birdhouse and one mini solar garden light. I made the door, window frames and awnings out of green Fimo, and the flowers are made from magenta Fimo. After the clay pieces were baked, I brushed them with artists inks to bring out the details before using a clear gloss sealer on top. I drilled three more holes in the birdhouse, a small one in the roof for the little awning, a larger one (35mm) in the back that is just big enough for the stake light to fit through, and one in the side for the window at the top of the door.
Before adding any of the details, I painted the birdhouse with the color that E. chose. After a few coats of paint, I sealed the entire birdhouse with about four coats of sealer because the fairy garden will live outside, and I wanted it to be able to withstand the rain. Next, I took a semi-translucent milk jug and cut out "windows" for the fairy house. These should be a bit bigger than the holes, but smaller than the window frames so they don't stick out around the edges. I used a yellow permanent marker to tint the plastic, and then used E-600 to attach them over the holes. Make sure you glue all the way around the windows to prevent water from getting in!
I still wasn't sure what I wanted to do for the roof, and after looking at many, many pictures of fairy houses, I chose to cover the roof with pine cone scales. This was a process that was really just trial and error (as it turns out, a LOT of errors, actually), but by the time I started working with the second batch of pine cones, I had worked out a pretty solid method for removing the scales. First, a note about the kind of pine cone you should use unless you're a masochist or something. In my (albeit limited) experience, the long pine cones with the smooth scales are much easier to work with than the pine cones that are round, because each scale on the round ones has a sort of "thorn" on the bottom, just where you have to grab with your thumb to pull it. They are stabby, and thus they hurt. Don't use them.
On that note, break each of the pine cones in half to expose at the center of the pine cone. This is the super-tedious part: pull each scale off of the pine cone individually. Yes, you have to. Unless you have teeny, tiny scissors that never go dull. It helps to have a container nearby to place them in. You need to de-scale about 4-5 pine cones to make sure you have enough to cover the whole fairy house roof. This is repetitive, but it goes surprisingly fast. Once you have enough scales, use scissors to clip the top part off of each one (the part that was attached to the center of the pine cone).
Next, preheat your oven to 200 degrees and cover a cookie sheet with tin foil. Spread the scales in a fairly even layer on the cookie sheet, and then pop them into the oven for about an hour. If you are like me and at this point your hands are covered with sticky pine sap, this is a good time to wash them. I found that rubbing my hands with nail polish remover, followed by soap and hot water did the trick to clean the sap off of my skin. Once the scales have finished baking, let them cool to room temperature before attaching them to the roof. Once they have cooled, you will notice that the sap has dried, making the scales much easier to work with.
I used E-600 to attach the scales to the roof, just like you would attach a roofing tile. Starting at the bottom, attach the scale with glue so that they are next to each other, but not overlapping. the next row should overlap the seam between the two scales on the bottom row. Continue in this way, making sure to leave some space around your window for the frame and awning to fit, until you reach the very top of the roof. Then arrange four smaller scales in such a way as to cover the remaining seams and prevent water from getting under them. Alternately, you can cover the very top with something like an acorn cap. I wanted to do that for our fairy house, but I couldn't find an acorn cap that wasn't crushed or rotten.
Once all of the scales are glued in place and dried, you can put a few coats of paint and a clear sealer on them, or you can just use the sealer if you are going for a more natural look. We opted to use the paint and sealer method. After the last coat of sealer has dried, use clear caulk to make a ring around the outside of the hole the solar garden light will go into. Be sure that the caulk is in contact with the roof and has no holes or gaps. Allow to dry and fully cure (about 48 hours, roughly).
Remove the stake from the bottom of the garden light and push the glass lamp cover through the hole so that the cap rests flush with your caulk seal. Now all that's left to do is decorate your fairy garden and enjoy!
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Urinary excretion of calcium
My remaining parathyroids barely function. (Had an adenoma removed.) I presently take 1600 mg. calcium citrate daily and .25 mcg Calcitriol every other day. My serum calcium level is 8.5, which is fine; but my 24-hour urine calcium is high @281. I have read that taking more Vitamin D can help in decreasing urinary excretion of calcium? Could you comment please. I might be able to reduce the amount of calcium supplements I take. Would this be better to reduce urinary calcium excretion? I also found a few references which stated that there might be higher urinary excretion when taking calcium citrate rather than other forms of calcium. Is this true? Does potassium citrate help to reduce urinary excretion of calcium? Thank you! Mary
A urine calcium of 281 mg per day is quite acceptable for a patient with hypoparathyroidism, and I wouldn't change a thing. If the urine calcium rose to greater than 300 mg per day then I would probably decrease your calcium intake rather than changing your vitamin D dose. In fact, an increase in your vitamin D dose would result in an increase, not a decrease, in your urine calcium. Vitamin D works by increasing the amount of calcium that is absorbed from the food in the intestines.
There should be no significant difference between taking calcium citrate and calcium carbonate (as long as the calcium carbonate is taken with food, which improves its absorption) as long as the doses are set so that an equal amount of calcium is present in the doses administered. By weight calcium citrate is only 21% calcium, whereas calcium carbonate is 57% calcium. This it takes more milligrams of calcium citrate to provide the same amount of calcium as a smaller number of milligrams of calcium carbonate.
Potassium citrate decreases the risk of kidney stones by providing citrate in the urine, which decreases stone formation. It does not, however, decrease the calcium in the urine.
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As regular visitors to this site will appreciate, Kensington, a leader in various computer related solutions, has been active recently in the development of a range of mice for the desktop user. Along with the Ci20 and Ci60 models, with Optical and Wireless Optical technology respectively, featured earlier on Gadgetspeak.com, Kensington has also launched the Si300 Laser Mouse. This is a wired mouse that connects to a USB port via a 175cm lead which should be adequate for most eventualities.
Several distinct differences between this model and the previously mentioned other two mice are immediately obvious. Cosmetically, Kensington has opted for a stylish combination of black and anthracite grey colour scheme. Polished silver metal is used for the Laser logo positioned at the rear of the mouse and as the surround for the rubber wheel which has four way scrolling capabilities. Each side of the mouse has ridged rubber panels to help ensure a comfortable grip - an important factor when being used over long periods.
Unlike the Ci range of mice, this model has been designed as an ambidextrous mouse suitable for right and left handed users. This has meant that the two side-mounted buttons, found on the other mice, are now conspicuous by their absence.
Rather than the DiamondEye® Optical technology featured on the Ci series, this mouse makes use of Laser Technology. Whereas an optical mouse will tend to emit a visible light from the sensor used by the device, laser technology does not require a visible emission. Laser technology also has the effect of improving the tracking ability of the mouse when used on a variety of surfaces by as much as 20x over that of optical technology. While I cannot confirm or reject the 20 times improvement, I certainly noticed a smooth scrolling performance and precise accuracy when using the Si300 Laser Mouse on various systems of the desktop and laptop variety.
Installing this mouse on a supported operating system (Windows 2000/XP or Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later) just requires the mouse to be connected to a USB port. It will then be recognised and ready for use. However this process was not all quick with my notebook system which took just over two minutes before the presence of the mouse was recognised and I was able to use the device to control the cursor. Software, in the form of Kensington MouseWorks, is provided. This software can be used to adjust click and scroll speed plus change the default actions for the various buttons. The Si300 Laser Mouse has been priced by Kensington at £24.99 but I found it for £20.69 from Amazon
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The gates have been shut at the waterway connecting the Big Sioux River and Lake Kampeska in anticipation of a initial flow of ice melt makes its way down the river.
While the move may seem counter intuitive because the lake is still 24 inches below an "ordinary" level, it is a highly planned and researched move the Upper Big Sioux Watershed Project must stick to, by law.
According to Upper Big Sioux Watershed Project Coordinator Roger Foote, the gates close "to divert the initial flush of dirty water coming down the river from entering the lake." He went on to define "dirty" as "sediment, nutrients and all the other nasties that come down the river" during the melt.
The opening and closing of the diversion is based on the level of the lake. The normal lake level is 1,717.8 feet (elevation, not depth) so if the lake is below 1715.3 feet (30 inches low) the gates would remain open to receive the dirty flow until the lake reaches 1,718.8.
The current lake level is 1,715.8 feet, so the diversion will remain closed until the lake reaches 1717.8 feet, the magic lake level that allows for the diversion to be opened.
The diversion is built to allow the river to run over the top of it to keep localized flooding downstream to a minimum. Once the lake and river levels stabilize, the gates will be opened once again.
The intricate ritual of opening and closing the diversion is set by the State Water Board and Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
"We're not expecting a lot of runoff this year," Foote finished by saying. "The Big Sioux Aquifer is fairly low so it will drink up a lot of the runoff."


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Hello, I'd like to play. I've indicated interest on mumble, but I should probably state it here as well.
And suddenly newly registered people come out of the woodwork!
I could be interested, but I might not be as noob-ish as required. I'm a horrible player, but a horrible player with over 500h into the game.
I know a lot of the Chums crowd are flexible as to who they play with and whether they will play or cast, so it shouldn't be too hard to form everyone up into friendly teams, with would be casters either filling team spots or some of us players ducking out to cast instead. We can probably sort out some practice matches before hand for those coming into teams they don't normally play with.
Hey folks, sorry to intrude on your thread, it's related to Dota if nothing. I just registered on the forum so I can't make new threads so I guess this will have to do. Got 13 Dota invites if anyone needs 'em, feel free to PM me. They're free ofcourse.
Depending on when it is, I'd be happy to play (with or without my usual group). And I have 4 invites if someone would like an invite. Even if playing from the other side of the world will give me horrible latency.
RPS Kindness Club Rides Again for giveaways (supplying or receiving), as well as both a dedicated DOTA 2 thread and and right in in PC Games Discussion there's a Dota Beta Key Giveaway thread.
Welcome aboard. :)
But I understand if that does not make me desirable for a tournament, amateur or not. :P
I brilliantly just realised that I havent really got a team to play with. I may or may not be joining someone as the fifth-wheel, but we'll see I guess. If any decent-ish teams are looking for a humble, leet!!111 player, feel free to add me on Steam. (You can find me through my sig')
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Added my info in the relevant pages. Looking forward to this :)
Oh and don't worry about your win rate or play times. We'll win find a way to make 1000hrs fit into the same league as 25 win noobs (like me). It will be achieved.
Not quite sure where to put me yet... I might have a team, but then again I might not, and if I do it might not be the full 5 people... So I just put me into caster for now.
Oh, by the way, could people link this thread to any dota-ers that they know not on the forum who might be interested?
Hello! I believe I've been signed up as part of a five man team of journo bastards, but I'm also interested in doing a bit of casting.
My team and I are going to shit on all of you.
(I was put in charge of shit-talking, and this is my opening salvo)
I'm happy to volunteer as a stand in or admin, added my info. I'll be spectating at the very least!
Added myself to the Ronins. I only play carry Witch Doctor.


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