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From: mike@cs.umd.edu (Mike Steele)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
Subject: Re: baby speaking doll
Date: 24 Jan 93 20:35:51 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

In article <23JAN199318114077@trentu.ca> nritchie@trentu.ca (Nicole A. Ritchie) writes:
>Just out of curiosity, my boyfriend got me a baby Sinclair doll that has 
>one of those strings in the back and when you pull it, the baby says things
>like "Gotta love me" and my favorite "Not the momma".  Has anyone else ever 
>seen these or is this just something that can be found in small towns like 
>Peterborough (where I live)?

No, it's not a local thing...I've seen them advertised on TV around here 
along with a line of Dinosaurs "Action Figures".  My girlfriend gave me a
"Baby" figure for Christmas... :-)
					--Mike

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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: mikeb@pandora.dell.com (Michael Brundridge)
Subject: Re: Big Songs CD/Cassette
Organization: Dell Computer Co
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:13:58 GMT

mcclure@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:

>I'll start by saying my favorite song is "Poor Slobs, Terrible Jobs",
>I'm in the 31-40 bracket, from Milpitas, California.
>Kent M. McClure
>Auto racing afficionado and member of San
>Jose IPMS chapter.
>My views are what they are, like them or not.


Mine is I'm a Dinosaur (I can do whatever I want)
I'm in the 31-40 bracket, from Austin, Texas

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From: demetri@cgrg.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
Subject: Species Exchange Program
Date: 27 Jan 93 01:40:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: OSU Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design

There was a scene on this show 2 weeks ago between Baby and the French
exchange student bird. It went like this:  
Bird: "Ack!"
Baby: "Shut up!"
Bird: "Ack!"
Baby: "Shut up!"  etc.
My husband and I were about on the floor laughing.  It's an interchange I
have with his parrot all the time!

Renee
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs,ne.general
From: rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Richard L. Carreiro)
Subject: WCVB again
Summary: good news
Organization: Digitopolitan Embassy to the US
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:33:56 GMT

Good news!

Though for some reason they didn't mention this to me when I called,
a couple of my friends report that they were told that the preemption
was a one-shog thing only.  WCVB claims that it "had" to show a couple
of "extra" Cosby reruns.  Go figure.

But in any case, the pre-emption is one-time only.

YAY!


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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: mcculloc@sps203.lds.loral.com (Thad McCulloch)
Subject: Re: baby speaking doll
Organization: Loral Data Systems
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:33:34 GMT

In article <23JAN199318114077@trentu.ca> nritchie@trentu.ca (Nicole A. Ritchie) writes:
>Just out of curiosity, my boyfriend got me a baby Sinclair doll that has 
>one of those strings in the back and when you pull it, the baby says things
>like "Gotta love me" and my favorite "Not the momma".  Has anyone else ever 
>seen these or is this just something that can be found in small towns like 
>Peterborough (where I live)?
>

I got one for my wife for her birthday in December.  They seem to be fairly
common.  I got hers at a big discount chain called Service Merchandise
here in Florida.

Thad McCulloch
mcculloc@lds.loral.com
From: f1sami@uta.fi (Samu Mielonen)
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
Subject: Meditation advice sought
Summary: tm, $$$, concentration, relaxation
Date: 26 Jan 93 10:39:29 GMT
Distribution: inet
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland

I would like to start meditating daily, but I don't know how I would actually
go about starting it. I've heard that it's best to be taught by a skilled
person in the beginning and as one progresses one mayteach oneself and read
some literature. The problem is that the local introductory TM courses
are about $150 (the last time I checked), which is a bit steep for me. And
how do I know if these people are frauds and only in it for the money? I've
considered buying a heap of books and starting on my own, but some people
advice against this. Any particular reasons for this, except that TM teachers
may end up unemployed :-)

A puzzled mind wants to know,

Samu Z. Mielonen (f1sami@kielo.uta.fi)

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sZm
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"It's not where you're from. It's where you're at."

Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
From: lrvanh00@nx38.mik.uky.edu (lee r vanhorn)
Subject: meditation
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:42:56 GMT

Well, I also just thought I would be the first to post in the meditation  
thing.  Its kinda neat, I like it.  I have my own ideas as to what it does  
and how it works, but I could be wrong.  And I couldn't go into those  
ideas without going in to some serious philosophical things, so I won't.

	But if anybody has an ideas or comments or anything, please post.   
I don't care if you say, "Man, meditation is stupid and boring.  It  
sucks." just say something.
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
From: harts@sun006.research.ptt.nl (Paul Harts)
Subject: Re: Benefits
Organization: PTT Research, Groningen
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:58:09 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.113905.3503@alex.com>, dec@alex.com (Doug Clinton) writes:
|> .....
|> 
|> I actually find the meditation itself a bit of a bind most days. It's
|> only 20 minutes morning and evening but I often have to force myself
|> to sit down and do it.
|> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
|> Doug
|> 
|> -- 
|> ---------------------------------------------------------------
|> Doug Clinton				Alex Technologies Ltd
|> dec@alex.com				CP House,
|> 					97-107 Uxbridge Road,
|> +44 (0)81 566 2307			Ealing, London, W5 5TL
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Wearing hard contact lenses is a headache too for Transcentental 
Meditation. I can't just sit down and practize TM, I have to put 
them off every time I want to meditate, which is espacially 
anoying when I want to meditate in trains, plains or cars. 

NIW, Is it for anyone reading this officialy permitted to 
meditate during work hours? The TM movement often claims 
this is the case, also in very big companies like 
Sony, but it is very difficult to get this information
confirmed. 



Paul.

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Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
From: dec@alex.com (Doug Clinton)
Return-Path: <news>
Subject: Re: Benefits
Organization: Alex Technologies Ltd
Apparently-To: mail2news@demon.co.uk
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:51:42 +0000

In article <C1FG4q.GHx@cs.uiuc.edu>, mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu (Robert McGrath) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan25.113905.3503@alex.com>, dec@alex.com (Doug Clinton) writes in part:
|> |> I have a lot more energy. If I get home after a hard day at work then
|> |> meiditating helps to pick me up again for the evening. Also, I used to
|> |> get very drowsy almost every day at about 4pm at work. I'd practically
|> |> fall asleep at my desk. That now happens very infrequently now. This
|> |> may be related to the fact that I have given up coffee completely at
|> |> work. Giving up coffee corresponded with starting meditiation but I
|> |> don't know if meditating was directly responsible for it.
|> 
|> You can be pretty sure that giving up coffee accounts for this.
|> 

But I am also pretty sure that without the meditation I would not have
been able to give up coffee. I had been trying to give it up for quite
a long time before I started meditating and within a month of
medititating I went from 3-4+ cups a day to almost none (maybe 2 cups
a week).

I know you find the science and organisation behind meditation
dubious. I, myself, am not totally conviced by the explanation of how
it works but I do know that it does work for me and it does work for
my girlfriend.

Also, I have no first hand experience of the TM movement in the US but
from what I read of it in this group I can say that here in the UK the
group is a lot more easy going. I paid my initial learning fee but
have not been coerced into parting with any more money. We were told
about the Sidha technique but my instructor made it clear that if I
wasn't prepared to devote a lot of time to it every day then I
shouldn't bother.

I know you think it is a religion but the only time I have been
uncomfortable with any religious aspect to TM was when I attended a
one day event at the centre just before Christmas. After lunch a
couple more instructors came in with a guitar and started singing
christmas Carols. Since I am an atheist I did not enjoy this very
much.

Regards,
Doug

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From: gpivar@maestro.mitre.org (Greg Pivarnik)
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
Subject: Re: Meditation advice sought
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:16:37 GMT
Reply-To: gpivar@mitre.org(The Pancake Emporium)
Distribution: inet
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Va

In article <f1sami.728044769@uta.fi>, f1sami@uta.fi (Samu Mielonen) writes:
|> I would like to start meditating daily, but I don't know how I would actually
|> go about starting it. I've heard that it's best to be taught by a skilled
|> person in the beginning and as one progresses one mayteach oneself and read
|> some literature. The problem is that the local introductory TM courses
|> are about $150

...Don't do it! You're being duped. One of the most important lesson
one can learn in this exsistance is that the exchange of knowledge
is free, the only fee is personal commitment. 

 (the last time I checked), which is a bit steep for me. And
|> how do I know if these people are frauds and only in it for the money? I've
|> considered buying a heap of books and starting on my own, but some people
|> advice against this. Any particular reasons for this, except that TM teachers
|> may end up unemployed :-)


... That is certainly one possibility. 
My advice to you is to go down to your local health food/spiritual book store
(they're usually combined) and ask the clerk if he or she knows of any meditation
groups that meet in the area, ask for a contact and then call that person and
tell them that you are interested in learning to meditate. 

-- 
Greg 

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Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
From: harts@sun006.research.ptt.nl (Paul Harts)
Subject: Re: Benefits
Organization: PTT Research, Groningen
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:54:08 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.191852.10933@hellgate.utah.edu>, llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Loren Larsen) writes:
|> I know lots of people who meditate, but they all seem to do it for a different
|> reason.  Some don't really know why, they just like it.  Why do you do it?
|> I have no first hand experience.  One thing that intrigues me is that I've
|> heard that relatively short periods meditation can replace the need for sleep.
|> Are there any people out there who don't sleep, but just meditate? 
|> 
|> Thanks very much for your comments,
|> Loren
|> 


Loren, 

Although meditating twice a day for about 7 years now,
which I like and gives me more energy and probably is 
resonsible for 0 sickdays a year, I didn't manage
to sleep less. I still need my 8 hours. Actually 
working hard on my fysical condition has a higher 
impact on  lowering my need for sleep than transcedental meditation.

However, I do know lots of people who practice the 
'heavy form' of transcedental meditation, the do called 
Sidha's, who almost all claim to experience 'lucid sleeps'. 
This term is used for a sleep in which you realize you are 
asleep. In other words, you,  your conciousness,  is still aware 
of being. Especially the first time this is quite a weird
feeling, but later on it gives deep relaxation. 

The question whether or not these 'lucid sleepers' are 
asleep merely depends on your definition of sleep. 

In general these people claim they enjoy sleep in a 
far more intense way than you and I. But never the less
the time the can spend on real activities is just the same 
as the time we have eacht day.

Paul. 
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Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
From: dec@alex.com (Doug Clinton)
Return-Path: <news@alex.com>
Subject: Re: Benefits
Organization: Alex Technologies Ltd
Apparently-To: mail2news@demon.co.uk
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:39:05 +0000

In article <1993Jan22.191852.10933@hellgate.utah.edu>, llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Loren Larsen) writes:
|> I know lots of people who meditate, but they all seem to do it for a different
|> reason.  Some don't really know why, they just like it.  Why do you do it?
|> I have no first hand experience.  One thing that intrigues me is that I've
|> heard that relatively short periods meditation can replace the need for sleep.
|> Are there any people out there who don't sleep, but just meditate? 

Meditation isn't meant to replace sleep completly but it can make it
easier to sleep.

I meditate because it provides several specific benefits for me. Since
I started meditating I have been able to think much more clearly. I
used to find it hard to concentrate most of the time but I have much
less trouble now. This has made me a lot more effective at work.

I have a lot more energy. If I get home after a hard day at work then
meiditating helps to pick me up again for the evening. Also, I used to
get very drowsy almost every day at about 4pm at work. I'd practically
fall asleep at my desk. That now happens very infrequently now. This
may be related to the fact that I have given up coffee completely at
work. Giving up coffee corresponded with starting meditiation but I
don't know if meditating was directly responsible for it.

I actually find the meditation itself a bit of a bind most days. It's
only 20 minutes morning and evening but I often have to force myself
to sit down and do it.

Doug

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Doug Clinton				Alex Technologies Ltd
dec@alex.com				CP House,
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+44 (0)81 566 2307			Ealing, London, W5 5TL
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From: mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu (Robert McGrath)
Subject: Re: Benefits
Reply-To: mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:47:04 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.115408.26351@spider.research.ptt.nl>, harts@sun006.research.ptt.nl (Paul Harts) writes in part:
|> Although meditating twice a day for about 7 years now,
|> which I like and gives me more energy and probably is 
|> resonsible for 0 sickdays a year, I didn't manage
|> to sleep less. I still need my 8 hours. Actually 
|> working hard on my fysical condition has a higher 
|> impact on  lowering my need for sleep than transcedental meditation.

Generally speaking, "working hard on your fysical condition" is
likely to reduce sick days without meditation.  And 0 days in
7 years is not especially unusual if you are basically healthy
(and don't have kids to infect you with every germ in school).

|> The question whether or not these 'lucid sleepers' are 
|> asleep merely depends on your definition of sleep. 

Lucid sleeping definitely is sleeping.  However, it might have the 
advantage of being more useful than non-lucid sleep.

-- 
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  Urbana Illinois
  mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
From: mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu (Robert McGrath)
Subject: Re: Benefits
Reply-To: mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:41:14 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.113905.3503@alex.com>, dec@alex.com (Doug Clinton) writes in part:
|> I have a lot more energy. If I get home after a hard day at work then
|> meiditating helps to pick me up again for the evening. Also, I used to
|> get very drowsy almost every day at about 4pm at work. I'd practically
|> fall asleep at my desk. That now happens very infrequently now. This
|> may be related to the fact that I have given up coffee completely at
|> work. Giving up coffee corresponded with starting meditiation but I
|> don't know if meditating was directly responsible for it.

You can be pretty sure that giving up coffee accounts for this.

-- 
  Robert E. McGrath
  Urbana Illinois
  mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu
From: dec@alex.com (Doug Clinton)
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
Subject: Re: Meditation advice sought
Date: 28 Jan 93 10:42:56 GMT
Distribution: inet
Organization: Alex Technologies Ltd
Return-Path: <news>
Apparently-To: mail2news@demon.co.uk

In article <1993Jan27.131637.20442@linus.mitre.org>, gpivar@maestro.mitre.org (Greg Pivarnik) writes:
|> In article <f1sami.728044769@uta.fi>, f1sami@uta.fi (Samu Mielonen) writes:
|> |> I would like to start meditating daily, but I don't know how I would actually
|> |> go about starting it. I've heard that it's best to be taught by a skilled
|> |> person in the beginning and as one progresses one mayteach oneself and read
|> |> some literature. The problem is that the local introductory TM courses
|> |> are about $150
|> 
|> ...Don't do it! You're being duped. One of the most important lesson
|> one can learn in this exsistance is that the exchange of knowledge
|> is free, the only fee is personal commitment. 

You are not being duped. The exchange of knowledge *is* free, however
that does not mean that anyone with knowledge about meditation is
qualified to teach it, or that it can be learned from books. You would
not expect to learn how to fly an airplane from someone with a few
hours flying experience or from a book. You would find a qualified
instructor.

|>  (the last time I checked), which is a bit steep for me. And
|> |> how do I know if these people are frauds and only in it for the money? I've
|> |> considered buying a heap of books and starting on my own, but some people
|> |> advice against this. Any particular reasons for this, except that TM teachers
|> |> may end up unemployed :-)
|> 
|> 
|> ... That is certainly one possibility. 
|> My advice to you is to go down to your local health food/spiritual book store
|> (they're usually combined) and ask the clerk if he or she knows of any meditation
|> groups that meet in the area, ask for a contact and then call that person and
|> tell them that you are interested in learning to meditate. 

And that person will likely direct you to the local T.M. centre. I
paid approx $300 to learn to meditate. It was well worth it. You learn
in a group taught by a qualified instructor who is able to deal with
any problems which come up. In my opinion the benefits from meditating
over the past 15 months have repaid my initial investment.

I have noticed a lot of cynicism attached to TM in the U.S.  Perhaps
the organisation there has been taken over by more self-serving people
but here in the UK (and in the rest of Europe I hope) they have a lot
better reputation.

Regards,
Doug

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Doug Clinton				Alex Technologies Ltd
dec@alex.com				CP House,
					97-107 Uxbridge Road,
+44 (0)81 566 2307			Ealing, London, W5 5TL
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Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
From: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Loren Larsen)
Subject: Benefits
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:18:52 MST
Reply-To: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu
Organization: University of Utah, CS Dept., Salt Lake City

I know lots of people who meditate, but they all seem to do it for a different
reason.  Some don't really know why, they just like it.  Why do you do it?
I have no first hand experience.  One thing that intrigues me is that I've
heard that relatively short periods meditation can replace the need for sleep.
Are there any people out there who don't sleep, but just meditate? 

Thanks very much for your comments,
Loren

Newsgroups: alt.rodney-king
From: lrvanh00@nx38.mik.uky.edu (lee r vanhorn)
Subject: just thought
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:29:44 GMT

Just thought I would be the first to post on this...ever.  Well, Rodney  
King did have something bad done to him, although he provoked it.
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:15:02 CST
From: <U60132@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.rodney-king
Subject: Re: just thought

Provoked it? Where are you getting this information from?
Newsgroups: alt.rodney-king
From: chavis@thumper..bellcore.com (Dennis Chavis)
Subject: Re: just thought
Reply-To: chavis@thumper.UUCP (Dennis Chavis)
Organization: Bellcore MRE
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 21:43:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.023309.17172@EE.Stanford.EDU> budd@playfair.Stanford.EDU (David Budd) writes:
>In article <93022.221502U60132@uicvm.uic.edu> <U60132@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>>Provoked it? Where are you getting this information from?
>
>
>Are you saying that fleeing police, driving at speeds of (at prosecution's
>own admittance) 85 mph, and charging officers is not provocation?
>
>The point is not that he did not provoke a response. The problem
>is that the response was inappropriate, to say the least.
>--

IMHO
Granted Rodney was doing some things he should not have been doing.
However, something called equal force comes to mind.
This means that if Rodney would have had a night stick and was beating on
the officers they can use the same force to subdue him.
My point being, maybe I missed it, when was he beating up on all those 
officers?  I must have blinked. 

It does not matter if he was going 200 mph, the policemans job is to apprehend
the fugitive and bring him to justice, not administer his own.

Even if he had shot 1 of the cops kids that is still his job to bring him to
justice.  Granted if he shot someone in my family I'd be pissed
and would want blood.  That is why I am not a cop, I would not be able
to follow the rules.  However, personal feelings do not excuse a police
man from doing his job.

More riots will probably continue if shit like that is not halted.
What in hell were those jurors thinking about with that verdict?


Confused
ZZ

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