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CT 31, Turkeyfoot 17
DAVIDSVILLE - Tom Kapcsos shared high-game honors with 11 points to highlight Conemaugh Township's 31-17 victory over Turkeyfoot in a junior high boys basketball game Friday.
Josh Valdez also netted 11 points for Turkeyfoot.
Conemaugh Township (1-1) travels to Johnstown Christian School on Tuesday.
Rockwood 35, Berlin 14
BERLIN - Colt Bowman's game-high 16 points powered Rockwood's 36-14 victory over Berlin in junior high basketball Friday.
Brett Hankinson netted eight points to pace the Mountaineers.
Both teams play today in the Mountaineer Tournament in Berlin.
Berlin 18, Rockwood 16
BERLIN - Leah Simmons and Jackie Kimmel scored seven points each to highlight Berlin's 18-16 victory over Rockwood in a junior high basketball game Friday.


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Jayson Werth hasn't had the greatest offseason. In fact, the break from baseball was particularly tough on the Washington Nationals outfielder, who is now working hard to try and make up for lost time.
A shoulder operation isn't anything too crazy for a Major League Baseball veteran. But at 35 years old, it's a considerable challenge. Werth has to rehabilitate his shoulder joint and bring it back to playing shape, going against the grain of aging that has already cost him some athleticism and speed.
And then there was that brief stint in jail -- five days for excessive speeding. According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, Werth was caught going 105 miles per hour on his way to the Nationals ballpark last year, and a judge ordered a $1,000 fine plus a short stint in jail.
Werth was fine with the punishment but noted that the experience of getting pulled over was alarming: the officer who caught him lost his temper on Werth and had his hand on his gun while talking to Werth in the car. Ultimately, Werth did everything he could to comply with the authorities.
"I did the crime, so I did the time," Werth told CBS.
Despite that run-in with law enforcement, Werth is still coveted by the Nationals. His production may be at risk of slipping, but Werth is seen as a positive clubhouse influence, and one that the team needs to sustain its run of success.
The challenge, rather, is getting back into playing shape. After shoulder surgery, Werth isn't able to swing a bat still. He has his sights on being ready for Opening Day, but isn't sure yet if he will hit that goal.
That's much better than where he was a few weeks ago, though, when his arm hadn't recovered at all. At that point, Werth couldn't even throw a baseball, and he was worried his career might be over.
Slowly, the rehab has come along, but it remains to be seen whether Werth can overcome the rough offseason and return to his old form.

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I had fun last week with my book themed pins...so, I thought I'd try again, BABY STYLE! No, I don't have a baby (yet) but that's what Pinterest is for, right??
All of these are from my Future Kids board.
Click on over to Pinterest if you want to see more!
Source: breaktheday.deviantart.com via Cynthia on Pinterest
Seriously?! "Off to Neverland!" I found this one just the other day while looking for Neverland ideas for the blog. This is just too cute. Great for a boy or a girl.
Source: blogs.babble.com via Cynthia on Pinterest
Hehe, cute baby Halloween costume, Sushi!!
My Dad will be a blubbering crying mess when he becomes a Grandpa.
I love this onesie.
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Smart idea. Rocking chair and cradle in one!
Do I want a boy to dress up like this??
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Or maybe a girl! Too friggin cute!!
I love this nursery. The chair especially.
Today I am linking up with all of these wonderful bloggers....


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The Threat
|In addition to the obvious problems a direct strike will cause, the induced voltages can damage overhead and underground lines, as well as the telecommunication systems, electrical equipment and cable TV some miles away.
|Electric Mains:
|The induced surges caused by the switching of electric motors and other interference.
Static Discharge:
|The peak voltage can be as high as 35,000v and cause data corruption and damage to printed circuit boards and components.
|Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP):
|A nuclear detonation of one megaton 100 miles above the surface of the earth will not cause any damage to life or property. However, the energy produced would cause a nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP) that would damage unprotected electronic circuits over an area as large as Europe
What Needs Protecting?
The Basic Types Of Protection
Lightning Conductors:
|These are installed on buildings and structures after calculations have been made considering various parameters including soil resistivity.
|Gas Discharge Tubes (GDT's):
|This device is gas filled and usually consists of an envelope made up of two or three electrodes separated by ceramic insulation. It operates like a switch diverting surges and preventing them reaching equipment.
|Metal Oxide Varistors operate by clamping a surge at a specified voltage.
|Transient Voltage Suppressors:
|These devices operate by clamping voltage transients at specific values.
|Hybrid Arresters:
|These devices are made by joining GDT's and Varistors or Transient Voltage Suppressors together to obtain the different benefits of each in one package


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The Position of Turkey
By A. Rustem Bey
(Turkish Ambassador to the United States)
(The World's Work, October 1914)
The Editors of the WORLD'S WORK have asked me to contribute an article dealing with Turkey as an element in the present European situation. I gladly place before the American public, whose sources of information concerning Europe and more especially its southeastern corner are generally tainted, a statement defining the conditions governing to-day or likely to govern at a later stage the attitude of the country I represent. In doing so I have been frank to the point of bluntness and express in human terms the strong emotions I could not fail to feel at this time. This may be a departure from diplomatic conventions, but I strongly believe that, in this solemn hour, when the destinies of Europe, of which the Ottoman Empire still forms part, are passing through a fiery furnace, it would be a great mistake for those holding responsible positions to maintain the cult of worn-out forms and formulae. If further complications, that is to say further horrors, are to be avoided, those representing their respective countries should not indulge in the circumlocutions and the dilution of terms which are so customary in official style, but should make bold statements forcibly reflecting the feelings of their nations.
Two weeks ago Turkey was credited with the intention of declaring war on Greece. This has not come to pass. To-day [this article was written on August 29th], she is represented as being on the point of actively joining Germany and Austria-Hungary. Should this be true it would mean that a radical change has taken place in the policy of the Sublime Porte which, as defined in several official declarations on her part, was that of neutrality up to the 15th of August. Having been cut off from code communication since then with my Government, I am not in a position to make a definite statement as to any developments in the situation. But I am loath to believe that my country will plunge into the fray. I beg and pray that the necessity for such a portentous decision may not have arisen. If, however, Turkey has really resolved to throw her weight into the Austrian-German side of the scales it will be largely due to the exasperation and despair caused throughout the length and breadth of the land by the transfer to the British flag of the two dreadnaughts which were building for her in England, the latest—I wish I could say the last—of a long series of attacks by Great Britain on Turkish interests and feelings. Whether Great Britain had or had not the right to take over these ships is immaterial. To her, who enjoys an overwhelming superiority over Germany at sea besides acting in conjunction with two other naval Powers against her, they were unnecessary. To Turkey they meant everything by reason of the independence they would have conferred upon her in regard to Greece. At the very least Great Britain should have paid for them on the spot! She has not settled the account yet, contenting herself with making liberal, very liberal promises of compensation—after the war!
That Great Britain should have adopted a course of systematic hostility to Turkey—a string of other instances of this kind is to be found in the loud and ostentatious support she gave to the Balkan Allies all through the Balkan crisis, in flagrant violation of her treaty engagements pledging her to defend the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, the while adding insult to injury—is the strongest proof among many others of the narrow-mindedness and prejudice with which her later-day statesmen, so different alas! from the Palmerstons, the Salisburys, the Disraelis, deal with vital problems. The after effects of the present struggle, whether it end in triumph or in defeat for the Triple Entente, will open their eyes to the folly of a policy aiming at the weakening of Turkey and her humiliation—that Turkey, who has tried hard to remain a friend of Great Britain despite all. But it will be too late and they will stand condemned before the British nation of the grossest misconception of its interests. At least let them refrain at this, maybe the eleventh hour, when everything is in the balance, from addressing threats to Turkey. This will be only adding one more to the long list of errors in their attitude toward that country.
In proof of the accuracy of my description of the attitude of Great Britain toward Turkey I will quote the following extracts from statements made at the Ottoman Association in London on the 11th of February last, all by Englishmen of high standing:
Sir Thomas Barclay, (who presided): "... If Turkey needed us, we, on the other hand, needed Turkey. She formed part of that neutral zone which generations of our ablest statesmen had considered necessary for the defence and consolidation of our Indian Empire. She also formed part of the line of communication to that Australasia which was destined to be another North America for the Anglo-Saxon race. We had, therefore, political interests of the greatest magnitude in the maintenance of the integrity of Turkey. We had also great economic interests which would be lost if Turkey should pass under the dominion of any other industrial state or states. The interest of this country in every respect was that we should remain the friend of Turkey and of Turkish regeneration. (Cheers) ...."
Sir John D. Rees, M.P.: "... He had the highest admiration for the Turk and was at a loss to account for the lack of sympathy exhibited of late toward him .... He hoped that with the formation of the Association a new era would be commenced and that our old traditional friend, the Turk, would once more be appreciated."
Mrs. Marmaduke Pickthall: "...Why was Turkey shut out from the decent money markets of the world? Why was the French loan still withheld? Simply because Turkey showed a fierce determination to resist the further degradation of her country. She was determined to do the work that England was by treaty bound to do for her, to maintain her integrity. We should have secured to Turkey fair financial treatment, which was all she needed to become again the strongest bulwark of our Indian Empire...."
Mrs. Harold Cox moved: "That this meeting regrets that the recent policy of Great Britain has the appearance of having been persistently directed against the Turkish Empire.... In his judgment Sir Edward's foreign policy had been marked by a long series of disastrous blunders. Take, first, what was said before the war. It was stated that war should not result in any territorial readjustments because everybody believed that Turkey was going to win. Afterward the Powers forgot their resolution and allowed the Balkan States to take the greater part of Turkey in Europe. Then when the Turks occupied Adrianople, first Sir E. Gray and then Mrs. Asquith ordered them to clear out, because they were so instructed by Russia. Turkey remained in Adrianople. So England had been dishonored by trying to deprive Turkey of winning back one of her famous cities and having failed. We now had the question of the Islands and Albania. The Aegean Islands must go to Greece because there was a considerable Greek population. Suppose there was a considerable German population in the Isle of Wight, as there was in summer, was the Isle of Wight to be handed over to the German rule? (Laughter.) These Islands were essential to the defence of the Dardanelles, yet we threatened to use force in order to compel Turkey to give them up. The whole of our foreign policy since Sir Edward Grey went to the Foreign Office had been marked by subservience to Russia; it had been to keep Turkey weak in order that she might be ready when Russia wanted to swallow her. When Turkey asked for Englishmen to help in Armenia Sir E. Grey refused because Russia wished to keep Armenia in a state of disorder. And disorder meant robbery, rape, and murder. At the present moment England, professedly a Christian Power, was conniving at those crimes in order that it might be a mouthful for the Russian Empire...."
The Hon. Walter Guiness, M. P. seconded the resolution, which was supported by Professor E. D. Browne and carried unanimously.
Yes, if Turkey breaks with the Triple Entente it will be largely through the fault of Great Britain, whose seizure of the two Turkish ships shows that the Ottoman Empire has nothing to hope and everything to fear from her. When she declared that she meant to observe a strict neutrality she was perfectly sincere. It is true that she ordered at the same time a general mobilization, but this was in the nature of a precautionary measure destined to safeguard the security of her territories. A painful experience has taught her that she is denied in practice the guarantees of international law and that she can be at any time the sudden victim of armed aggression. It is because she would not allow herself any more to be overtaken by such a contingency that she called her entire manhood to arms. It is also true that a German mission headed by General Liman von Sanders is in charge of the reorganization of her land forces, but that does not mean, as some believe, and others, less ingenuous, affect to believe, that she has abdicated into its hands. Indeed, if ever there was a soldier who was jealous of his authority and a Turk who was nothing but Turk, it is the young and famous Minister of War, Enver Pasha. To speak of him and such other members of the Turkish Cabinet as Prince Sai'd Halim Pacha Talaat Bey, Djemal Pacha, Djavid Bey—all men of strong and original minds and intense patriotism—as tools of the Kaiser and his representatives, is an absurd perversion of fact proceeding from brains obsessed with the fear of Germany.
Besides, there is also a large British naval mission in Turkey, and a considerable number of French specialists are in her employ.
No doubt, Turkey has a great regard for Germany, as it seems to me every other nation must have which is not absolutely blinded by prejudice; and may have considered at one time or another the advisability of cooperating with her; but she is not at her beck and call, and has never been. She has not been "hypnotized"—as the operation has been called—by her diplomatists and soldiers, which if it were the case would only mean that they are cleverer than their rivals. Rather have Great Britain and France, especially the latter, hypnotized themselves into the nightmare that Germany is everywhere in possession of men's minds and souls. Germany's attitude toward Turkey has not always been above reproach; but that of the other great Powers has been much less so; and when, two years ago, the whole of Europe and, I am sorry to add, America, saw in what was considered to be the agony of Turkey an opportunity for pouring contumely and obloquy upon her, for insulting and mocking her—truly, the sorriest exhibition Christianity and Occidentalism ever gave to the world—Germany, alone of the group of nations claiming to be the guides of humanity, found words of sympathy and encouragement for that distressed country. The Turks, who may serve as a model in this as in several other respects to many another nation priding itself upon the superiority of its civilization, know how to be grateful, but they cannot afford to pay their debt to Germany in this connection by drawing the sword in her behalf. Participation in a war can be determined only by the call of vital interests or loss of poise resulting from unendurable provocation. In what degree the one or the other or both have operated to bring about a departure on the part of Turkey from her original attitude in relation to the struggle between the two systems of Powers in Europe, I repeat, I have no means of ascertaining.
Another question which presents considerable interest is whether Turkey will take advantage of the splendid opportunity offered to her to recover Mytilene, Chio, and Samos, which fell into the hands of Greece during the first Balkan war with the other islands of the Aegean not occupied by Italy.
Turkey has not bowed and will not bow to the arbitrary decision of the great Powers of Europe leaving the Greeks in possession of these three islands. Their population is no doubt Greek, but they form part of the geographical system of Asia Minor, and, owing to their proximity to its coast, they would certainly be used by the chauvinistic propounders of the "Great Idea" as bases for bringing into existence the same revolutionary agitation among the Greek population fringing the mainland as was created and kept up so successfully at the expense of Turkey by Greeks, Bulgars, and Serbs in Macedonia. Greek imperialism, which is founded on the pretensions of a race numbering at the very outside 7,000,000, whose principal qualities are gesticulation and declamation, does not seriously threaten Constantinople, whose capture is also modestly included in its programme. But with Mytilene, Chio and Samos governed from Athens it could make itself dangerously felt in Anatolia. A minor, but still intolerable, inconvenience would result to Turkey from the possession of these islands by the Greeks in the irresistible inclination of the race for contraband trade. For these reasons, but more especially for the first, Turkey is absolutely bent upon reestablishing her rule in the islands in question, a rule which meant a very liberal autonomy for its inhabitants before as it will mean hereafter. To her their recovery is synonymous with her survival as an independent state. So, much for the importance they have in her eyes. That, on the other hand, the present situation is an extremely favorable one for immediate action in accomplishment of her decision will be gathered from the following facts. Lastly, Servia, Greece's only ally in the Balkan Peninsula, is busy fighting a great Power.
Besides, this alliance is founded on an even less solid basis than that which exists between Austria-Hungary and Italy. No sooner had the two countries exchanged signatures pledging one another to amity and coöperation than they started erecting fortifications against one another on their common frontier. The fact is that Servia, debarred as she is from gaining direct access to the Adriatic, has formed secret plans to wrest from Greece the narrow strip of territory which to-day separates her from Salonica, and Greece, to whom the installation of Servia in the province of Monastir became from the day of its consummation a source of national heartburning, is also thinking of the campaign that will transfer to her this territory which, ethnographically speaking, is really neither Greek nor Servian but Turkish and Bulgarian. Roumania, on the other hand, has already ceased to be a sincere supporter of the treaty signed under her dictation in her capital only a year ago, as the result of her intervention in the second Balkan war, when all the parties to it were exhausted—an achievement of opportunist diplomacy aiming at the maintenance of the balance of power in the Balkans through the legislation of Servian and Greek conquests as against Turkey and Bulgaria.
Why this rapid retraction? Because so far as Greece is concerned the massacre five months ago, in a place called Koritza, of Koutzo-Vlaks (Macedonian Roumanians) including their bishop, by local Greeks who had rebelled against Albanian rule under the leadership of officers and with the help of soldiers from the Greek army, reminded her sharply of the deep-seated antagonism existing between the two countries and, so far as Servia is concerned, because Roumania realized, on second thought, her first having been formed somewhat hastily, that an aggrandized Servia flanking her to the west when she is already flanked to the East by the gigantic patron of the smaller Slav state, was not precisely a neighbor whose fortunes called for her protection. The further prospects of expansion, which the eventual defeat of Austria-Hungary holds out to Servia, have made her improvised solicitude for the latter's interests entirely cool off. Indeed, there are indications since the outbreak of hostilities that she is drawing close to Turkey and Bulgaria. Montenegro, the Lilliputian Kingdom in the northwestern corner of the Balkan peninsula, which would not count in any case except as an instance of extraordinary blustering and theatrical posturing, is engaged in "annexing" Bosnia and Herzegovina from Austria. The only Balkan country which is free to dispose of its resources as it chooses, Bulgaria, has entirely made up her differences with Turkey. Not only is this the case but the result of the second Balkan war has brought about a close community of views between the two countries. Turkey has come to consider her continental losses as a good riddance, so that the passionate desire of Bulgaria to recover from Greece some of the territory taken from Turkey, but ceded to the former, under the compulsion of defeat in the second Balkan war, does not clash with Turkish aspirations, which are directed only toward the reoccupation of the strategically important Aegean islands. In one word the short-lived "Christian" alliance of the Balkans has no more chance of resuscitation than the dead of the second Balkan war which brought it to an end.
How could it, when the different Christian sects, meeting in Jerusalem, have repeatedly fought with one another in the very precincts of the Holy Sepulchre, and have been prevented from continuing to profane the shrine with these scenes of sanguinary violence only by the permanent presence of a squad of Turkish soldiers, who, with fixed bayonets, keep them apart?—Truly an eloquent comment, more eloquent even than the massacres committed by the Balkan States.
Thus the great Powers being engaged in war, with the exception of Italy which must give undivided attention to what is going on in central Europe, and Greece being condemned to isolation, the situation is politically very favorable to Turkish action. The Turkish army of to-day is a vastly superior instrument to that with which Turkey fought the allies and defeated Bulgaria, Yes, Turkey defeated Bulgaria at Tchataldja as a result of which Bulgaria sued for peace. But this is another story. Thanks to the transfer of the Goeben and Breslau to the Turkish flag, which gives Turkey to-day the same superiority in the Aegean which the Averoff gave to Greece during the first Balkan war, the former can attack the latter on the sea with every chance of success. This is a highly dramatic change in the relation to one another of the two rivals for naval supremacy in that part of the world, which has something almost providential in it, since it not only shows Greece deprived of all the advantages which she expected to derive from the acquisition of the Idaho and Mississippi, but compensates Turkey for the loss of the Sultan Osman and Réchadié, taken over by England just as they were going to be delivered to her. No doubt these two ships represent a fighting power which is considerably superior to that of the Goeben and her companion, but, whereas the former might not have reached Turkish waters, the latter, called by new names and flying the Star and Crescent, are safely anchored at Constantinople, This is the first smile Fortune has bestowed upon Turkey for many a year and the first frown she has cast on Greece to whom it should be an indication of the proverbial fickleness of the goddess. If Greece was victorious in 1912-13, which was largely, almost exclusively, the effect of luck, she was very thoroughly beaten by Turkey in 1897, when the Fates looked on impartially. Her intransigent policy in regard to the contested islands and the general arrogance of her attitude toward Turkey may bring upon her an even greater chastisement.
Thus the political as well as the military situation is favorable to immediate Turkish action in view of the recovery from Greece of her lost islands. And yet, I feel sure she will not move, The reason is very simple. She must husband all her resources and keep them intact so as to be in the best possible position to meet an aggression on the part of some great Power which at the end of the present struggle may feel free and disposed to attack her. And this constitutes a third contingency in the present situation. More than one European Power has still designs on Turkey. Great Britain swooped on Egypt in 1884 and has practically annexed that essentially Mussulman territory, in flagrant violation of the Treaty of Berlin, than which a more solemn international pact has never been concluded and which, drawn up largely under her dictation, pledged her, with the other great European Powers, to respect themselves and defend against others the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire. Italy proceeded in the same violently arbitrary manner in regard to Libya. What guarantee has Turkey that she is not exposed to some new act of spoliation on the part of one or the other of the great Powers of Europe, some of which are denouncing Germany very loudly for her violation of Belgian neutrality but are themselves among the greatest treaty breakers of the world?
In this connection I would add that if Turkey is again assailed by a great Power she will fight with the determination and heroism of despair, and I, for one, would strongly advise her, no matter who her adversary, to call to her assistance the whole Mussulman world. Yes, a new attack upon Turkey, proceeding as it would from the fact that she is practically outlawed because she is Mussulman, would justify in unfurling the Green Banner of the Prophet—proclaiming a Holy War. Even so she might fall, but this would be sowing the seeds of an even more extensive and desperate struggle than the one that is raging to-day.
© J. Fred MacDonald, 2013
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Friday 15 December | Doors 7:30 | performance from 8pm
Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St. London, E2 8JD
Acme would like to invite you to a performance at the Hundred Years Gallery by our International Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec Residency artist Yves Charuest, accompanied by Ute Kanngiesser and Steve Noble.
Yves Charuest has been involved in the Canadian jazz and improvised music scene since the 1980s (Nicolas Caloia, Jean Derome, Lisle Ellis, Lori Freedman, Michel Ratté, Scott Thomson, Peter Valsamis) and has played with international musicians such as Peter Kowald, Louis Moholo, William Parker, Agustí Fernández, Nate Wooley, Georg Graewe, Roscoe Mitchell, Lê Quan Ninh, Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders and Steve Noble.
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MacGyver » Season 3
Episodes 45 - 48 49 - 52 53 - 56 57 - 60 61 - 64
Thin Ice
Original Air Date: February 1, 1988
Episode #057
MacGyver returns home to Minnesota to help coach a college hockey team as a favor to one of his own heroes, Turk Donner. The team, the Raiders, is in the championship playoffs, but their star player, Derek Kirby, spends as much time in the penalty box for fighting as he does on the ice. After Derek is ejected from a game for one of his stunts, Mac warns him not to do it again. Derek's dad is incensed, but Brett Thompson, a representative for an NHL team, likes what he saw. Mac visits Coach Turk in the hospital, and the Coach urges Mac to show Derek the way. Mac then asks Mr. Kirby to keep the NHL reps away so that Derek can play for the team, but Mr. Kirby refuses, saying that this is Derek's chance for something better. During the next playoff game, Derek's attempt to show off for the NHL reps results in a fight with another player; during the fight, Derek shoves the guy and he falls unconscious after knocking his head against the goal frame. At the hospital, Derek is stunned to learn that the player, Eddie, may be disabled. Later, Derek's dad insists that what happened wasn't Derek's fault. Mr. Thompson arrives with news that the Mustangs want to sign Derek, but Derek realizes that MacGyver was right: the Mustangs only want him as a hit man on skates. Derek turns down the deal. Derek's dad thinks he is making a mistake; Derek says that he's quitting it all, and Mr. Kirby retorts that he's quitting too. Mac finds Derek in the locker room and says that if he gives up now, he'll always wonder if he could have made it. After some thought, Derek returns to practice with the team. Mac pays another visit to Mr. Kirby and asks him to support his son. During the final playoff game, Derek works as part of the team, and the Raiders win in overtime. More important than that, Derek sees that his father is still there for him.
MacGyver: Like most kids growin' up in Minnesota, I could skate before I could walk. So when my old coach sent a call for help, I jumped at the chance to come home and coach his team through the state championship playoffs.
Coach: I see a little bit of me in the kid, but I also see a whole lot of you, MacGyver. He has what you had when I coached you in high school. All he needs is someone to clear a path for him, to show him the way.
Mr. Kirby: At least it's a chance for something better than this! Right?! Let me tell you something, MacGyver . . . you get in the way of that and, so help me, I'll--
MacGyver: Don't say it, Mr. Kirby. Please. Don't say it.
MacGyver: That's what did it for me: Turk Donner's gold medal, Squaw Valley, 1960. Turk and his team beat the Czechs. I was eight years old, and I can still remember him bringing home that medal. I couldn't wait to get into high school to play for him.
MacGyver: You don't have to bang heads to win.
Derek: You know what it's like to be chosen from four hundred of the best players in the country?
MacGyver: I wish I did.
MacGyver: Doesn't it say something to you when the only team to show any interest in you at all is a team with a fairly bad reputation? You can do better than that, Derek.
Thompson: I didn't haul these Mustang coaches down here to watch you try out for the Ice Capades.
Derek: Look. We can't win with me in the penalty box.
Thompson: Who cares if you win? You're making a fool out of me - and your old man. Now, I want to see some of the hard-nosed hockey that's gonna prove you're Mustang material.
"I'm sorry, Eddie. Nobody was supposed to get hurt." Derek, standing outside Eddie's hospital room
Thompson: If you hadn't come through with the goods in the third, you'd be history. Now, don't push it.
Derek: Wait a minute . . . Are you saying that if I hadn't put Eddie in the hospital, the Mustangs wouldn't have anything to do with me?
Thompson: You're starting to sound like that MacGyver.
Mr. Kirby: You can't just up and throw it all away, son. I mean, you've wanted this your whole life!
Derek: NO! You wanted it!
Derek: What kind of trophy do I get if Eddie dies? I'm finished.
MacGyver: So. When the going gets tough, the tough quit. Is that it, Derek?
Derek: Look, MacGyver, you don't have a clue how I feel.
MacGyver: I know how you're gonna feel about ten or fifteen years down the line.
Derek: What is this? Another pep talk?
MacGyver: Trust me, it's no pep talk.
MacGyver: My injuries were bad enough that I convinced myself that it just wasn't worth it, and I quit. And now every time I lace up my skates and go out on that ice, I've gotta wonder whether I could've made it or not. And you know something, Derek? I'll never find out.
MacGyver: If you quit - that's it. You'll always wonder.
MacGyver: You know, when something's broken, the easiest thing to do is just throw it away, go on, and forget about it . . . But if you just step back and take a look at what you've got, sometimes you find a totally different way of making it work.
Mr. Kirby: That boy has a gift. God-given talent, MacGyver, that could earn him a good living. And he's throwin' it away. I mean, you're worried about one game . . . I'm worried about the rest of my son's life.
MacGyver: The rest of your son's life starts with tonight's game.
"There always seems to be a way to fix things." Mac, making a point for Mr. Kirby
The Odd Triple
Original Air Date: February 29, 1988
Episode #058
Exhausted after his latest mission, MacGyver is not happy to find his friend Jack Dalton waiting at the houseboat for him. Not surprisingly, Jack has a plan: he and Mac fly an heiress named Elena Iturbai back to France in her plane with the jewels she just purchased, and, hopefully, the lady will be persuaded to finance Jack's dream of starting his own airline. Reluctantly, Mac agrees to go. At the airport, two men in suits appear, pointing guns at them. Ms. Iturbai cries, "Thieves!" Mac stops the men and the plane takes off. As the jet starts to land, Ms. Iturbai calls her associate for a pickup; at the airport, a helicopter arrives and takes her away. Moments later, the authorities arrive and arrest Mac and Jack as thieves. At the station, Inspector Andres explains that the real Ms. Iturbai and her flight crew were found tied up in her hotel suite, and the inspector believes that Mac and Jack hired a look-alike to take her place. The men who tried to stop them at the airport were part of Ms. Iturbai's security team. Meanwhile at the Phoenix Foundation, Pete Thornton discovers that Jack has gotten Mac into trouble yet again, so Pete boards a flight to France. Inspector Andres plans to torture Mac and Jack into revealing the location of their accomplice, but they manage to escape. Between something the fake Ms. Iturbai said and the quickness with which the helicopter arrived, Mac traces her to a nearby winery. They climb a fence, but Mac is accidentally caught. Inside, Leann refuses to allow her partner, Mr. Donnay, to hurt Mac, so Donnay locks them both in the wine cellar to be dealt with later. As Jack walks the streets trying to hire some help, he is knocked out by a man who delivers him to Pete. Pete used his former contacts to find them after Inspector Andres warned him against interfering through diplomatic channels. Pete's contact reveals that the last participant in Donnay's auction for the jewels is still at his hotel; Pete and Jack find the guy and knock him out. Pete arrives at the winery posing as the third buyer; he'll bid to buy time while Jack, as his chauffeur, looks for Mac. Jack finds Mac and the woman, Leann, in the wine cellar, but the guards lock Jack in too. Leann reveals that the auction is being held in the wine-tasting room next door. Knowing that Donnay will have discovered that Pete is a fake, Mac aims the device he was working on at the wall; it punches through the wall and Jack, Mac, and Pete knock out the bad guys, while Leann assists by grabbing a nearby gun. Having successfully regained the jewels, Jack starts to explain about another scheme, but Mac and Pete simply walk away.
"Three and a half weeks. Two continents, five countries, one island, about nine thousand miles, and I was wasted. Right now, I was looking forward to miles and miles of nothing happening - except sleep." Mac, glad to be home
MacGyver: Jack, the answer is no. No rescue missions, no buried treasure, no sunken gold, no oil wells. No!
Jack: I just taped over some old movie.
MacGyver: My classic western collection!
Jack: The plane's there. We're signed up.
MacGyver: What about her flight crew?
Jack: Lost. Strayed. Stolen. Who cares?
Elena: Did you see them on television?
MacGyver: Oh, yeah.
Elena: And what did you think?
MacGyver: I think it's kind of a flashy way of tellin' people you're rich.
Elena: Ah. You don't approve.
MacGyver: Probably just jealous.
Elena: Dalton told me about you. Apparently you would rather give thirty-two million dollars to medial research.
MacGyver: Yeah . . . but then that's probably why you own the plane, and I'm just flying it.
Elena: You would probably give them to a campaign for hunger.
MacGyver: Yeah.
Elena: And save a few lives for what, six months? A year? Until they breed more starving children, and the money runs out, and then what?
MacGyver: Then you'd have bought another year. You can do a lot in a year.
MacGyver: My grandfather used to say, if you're afraid of the answer, don't ask the question.
"There are no Americans here. Only prisoners." Inspector Andres, burning the passports after Jack demands a visit to the consulate
Jack: She looked the part! She had Elena Iturbai's passport; wh- why wouldn't we believe her?
Inspector Andres: Be quiet. Stupidity irritates me.
MacGyver: We're officially crooks until we square with the police. Which means we whould get a line on those jewels.
Jack: MacGyver, we're wanted criminals; we just broke out of a torture chamber by slugging an inspector of police and the head of security for the richest woman in the universe.
MacGyver: We've got no choice. Either we're innocent - or we're dead.
MacGyver: Looks like at least two armed guards on duty.
Jack: Okay . . . so I guess knockin' on the front door is out.
"This guy's kind of nervous for a lousy thirty-two mill in hot ice." Jack, after Mac spots the security system
Leann: What are you talking about?
MacGyver: Torture. He's talking about torture.
Leann: No. We had an agreement. The Iturbai woman, she loses money she can afford to lose, but nobody gets hurt, and nobody gets killed.
MacGyver: I like that . . .
Leann: I'm your partner.
Donnay: I think I just bought you out.
MacGyver: Jack will be back.
Leann: Dalton? He's an ex-smuggler with the ethics of a weasel.
MacGyver: Yeah . . . but he's still my friend.
Leann: I believe in honesty. At least, when I'm contemplating my own death.
"Your friend plans to kill you. My friend plans to save me." Mac, after Leann doesn't believe that Jack will return
MacGyver: Maybe we should consider a different way out.
Leann: That door is steel. It is cross-braced and double-locked.
MacGyver: I never said it was going to be easy.
"I'm touched. As a matter of fact, I'm bruised." Jack, after learning that the guy knocked him out because Pete offered a reward
"Jack, having you as a friend is a little bit like owning a pet disease." Pete, furious after learning that Mac got caught
Pete: We've got to sneak in.
Jack: Disguised as what? Mother Teresa and a leper?
The Negotiator
Original Air Date: March 7, 1988
Episode #059
MacGyver meets with a man named Remick; Remick's company wants to build a marina, but Mac is concerned that the project will disrupt the ecosystem and cause a nearby beach to wash away. When Mac says that he will recommend an eighteen-month environmental impact study, Remick fails at bribery and resorts to threats. Leaving their meeting, Mac's Jeep is pursued by a wrecker; Mac forces the truck off the road but the driver flees, leaving no evidence that could convict Remick. Knowing that a longer study will prove that Mac is correct, Mr. Knapp, the developer of the marina, hires a negotiator - a woman who calls herself Deborah - to either change Mac's mind or get rid of him. To determine the best approach, Deborah watches Mac and leaves a listening device in his houseboat. Finally, she strikes up a conversation with him at an art class. She makes it seem as though they share similar interests, and soon they are growing closer as they spend time together. She continues with her plan by subtly questioning Mac about the project, and she realizes that he won't be driven away from it easily. After learning that Mac is close to Nikki Carpenter, Deborah breaks into her apartment and kills the dog that Nikki was keeping for her neighbors. Mac knows that someone is trying to send him a message, but he remains determined to fight. Deborah tries to kill Mac by detonating a bomb in the boat he's driving, but he survives. At the hospital, the doctor reveals that Mac is fine except for temporary blindness caused by the flash. Mac's eyes are covered with bandages to prevent infection, but he is released from the hospital the next day. Pete is concerned with leaving Mac alone at his houseboat, but Deborah arrives. She tells Mac that she's made a reservation for them to stay at a lodge. That evening, Pete Thornton receives the dog's autopsy report from Nikki. Hairs from a fur coat were found in the dog's mouth, and Nikki realizes that the killer is a woman. Knowing that it must be Deborah, they try in vain to call Mac. Soon, a police barricade looking for Mac forces Deborah to pull off the road into an abandoned warehouse. She stops the Jeep and they get out, but Mac realizes that something isn't right. Hearing a switchblade, Mac manages to knock Deborah down and go hide. He removes his bandages. His sight is blurry, but he is able to shock Deborah unconscious with jumper cables and a pool of liquid. Later, Mr. Knapp is stunned to learn that Deborah, who is now in police custody, has agreed to testify against him.
Remick: I don't know what you think you're protecting. The beauty of this land enhances the value of our own investment. I mean, do you think we're fools? We'd act against our own interests?
MacGyver: I think your company's first priority is to get your marina built.
Remick: Come on, MacGyver. There's other beaches for your birds.
MacGyver: Well, the fact is . . . we're running out of "other" beaches.
Remick: We respect your opinion. In fact, we respect it so much that we'd like to bring you aboard our team as a private consultant. And pay you what? A hundred thousand a year.
[Mac laughs.]
MacGyver: Come on, Remick. What happened to that lawyer subtlety of yours?
Remick: This is a two billion dollar project, MacGyver. And the interest on that money on our loan could run well over one hundred million dollars a year, while you're busy delaying this thing . . which is something you'd know if you lived in the real world.
MacGyver: I live in the real world, Remick. This one.
Remick: Mr. MacGyver, you don't know anything about the real world . . . But you'll find out. I assure you.
"Thanks for wearing a shirt and tie - looks great! Can't talk you into a haircut, can I?" Pete, to Mac after the hearing
Remick: This MacGyver is no pushover. I mean, he's not like other guys; I don't know what to make of him. But there's gotta be a way, and I'll find it.
Knapp: No, you won't. We have three weeks to turn him around. I don't have time for any more of your amateur stunts. This situation calls for a different approach.
Knapp: Half a million dollars is a lot of money.
Deborah: I'm worth it.
Knapp: Two hundred and fifty thousand down payment as we agreed. You'll receive the balance when MacGyver is either on our side or out of the way.
Deborah: I'm a negotiator, Mr. Knapp. I'll deliver the best deal possible to accomplish your ends. That's guaranteed. What you're paying for is what I'll do: whatever is required.
Knapp: I don't know what to tell you about this MacGyver. We put together this file. Not married. Has no relatives that we could find, close ones anyway. He's got a grandfather somewhere--
Deborah: I do my own research, Mr. Knapp.
"Hi, this is MacGyver. We all know how these things work, so when you hear the beep, go for it." Mac's answering machine message
"They're gonna have to do a little better than that. I don't scare off that easily." Mac on the phone to Pete, while Deborah is eavesdropping
"Goalies are easy models. They never move." Mac, joking with someone inspecting his artwork
MacGyver: Maybe we could get together some time and compare notes, over a cup of coffee maybe.
Deborah: I don't drink coffee.
MacGyver: Neither do I.
Deborah: I'm surprised they didn't try to buy you off. That's usually the level those corporate bullies operate on.
MacGyver: Yeah, well, they tried that first.
Deborah: So far, they just try to kill you off instead. Is it all worth it, MacGyver?
MacGyver: Yeah. Yeah, it is.
Nikki: We don't have a lot of time, here, and you know that this is no more complicated than screwing in a lightbulb.
MacGyver: Or blowing off your head!
Nikki: I'm Nikki Carpenter.
Deborah: Hi, I'm Debbie.
Nikki: So. You're the one who's got MacGyver's heart going pitter-pat.
Deborah (about Nikki): Are you two just friends?
MacGyver: Good friends. We've been through a lot together.
Deborah: Why would anybody do something so horrible?
MacGyver: Maybe for effect.
Deborah: Are you saying it could be those marina people again? But you're the one in their way, not Nikki.
MacGyver: Maybe they're looking for a soft spot.
Deborah: Why can't we just go away? If that's the kind of people you're dealing with, let them have their marina. It'll probably get built in the end anyway.
MacGyver: Maybe. Maybe not.
Deborah: The big people play their games. The world's wired a certain way. All we can do is . . . try to make it work for ourselves.
MacGyver: Now, see, I don't believe that. I think we're all in this together. That's why I'm not gonna let 'em stop me.
Doctor: He's fine, for the most part.
Deborah: "For the most part"? What does that mean?
Doctor: It's flash burn. He suffered some minor trauma to the cornea.
Pete: Are you saying he's blind?
Doctor: Oh, it's only temporary.
"I didn't have any hope..." Deborah, with a nod to her Days of our Lives character?
Deborah: I have a surprise for you.
MacGyver: You rearranged the furniture?
"How 'bout it, MacGyver?! Am I a sight for sore eyes, or what?!" Deborah, after seeing that Mac took off his bandages
MacGyver: You want to talk about this?
Deborah: We did; don't you remember? I gave you every chance in the world to close the deal your way.
Deborah: But, no. You've got to be a hero.
"I think it's time we re-negotiate." Mac, after shocking Deborah unconscious
MacGyver: Our survey more than justifies the eighteen-month impact study . . . However, I think Mr. Knapp will be behind bars a touch longer than that.
Deborah: Don't be so surprised. I'm a negotiator, Mr. Knapp. You know that. Testifying against you was just the best deal I could make.
The Spoilers (a.k.a. Earthquake World)
Original Air Date: March 14, 1988
Episode #060
At a mountain creek, MacGyver takes a water sample to determine what is polluting it. Further upstream, two men climb out of a tanker and begin to dump its contents into the stream, and Mac observes the water turn cloudy as the chemicals flood by. Not far away, a dog drinks the water and dies; the dog's owner, a mountain man, finds the men at the tanker and attacks them, but they drive away after shooting him in the leg. Mac finds the man and helps stop the bleeding from his wound. The man introduces himself as Earthquake. Mac wants him to come report the dumping, but Earthquake doesn't want to go into the city. The truck returns to a chemical processing plant, and the man in charge, Farber, tells an underling to investigate the man who fought with his drivers. Later, Earthquake changes his mind and shows up at the Phoenix Foundation, where Mac was discussing the dumpers - a company called Chemco - with Pete Thornton and attorney Karen Matsuda. Earthquake agrees to testify at a hearing before the state environmental agency. Mac and Earthquake sneak into Chemco to collect evidence. At the hearing, Farber brings up Earthquake's past in Vietnam and describes him as a borderline psychotic; Earthquake loses his cool and grabs Farber by the neck. The hearing is delayed. Outside the building, Earthquake is approached by the men from the truck; one throws the other over the railing, framing Earthquake for the man's murder. Earthquake flees, and Mac knows that he'll go to Chemco. That night, Earthquake sneaks in and arrives at Farber's office. Unfortunately, Farber pulls a gun on him. Mac also sneaks in and sees that the bad guys have got Earthquake. Mac works on a distraction while Farber concocts a cover story for his plan to kill Earthquake. Mac's distraction works and he knocks out the other baddies while Earthquake catches Farber. Later, back at the Phoenix Foundation, Pete reports that Farber had a network of similar operations, and they have all been shut down. Mac arrives with a puppy for Earthquake.
MacGyver: We've got a pretty good planet here, as planets go. The trouble is, we're lettin' it go down the drain in too many places.
"I'm on your side . . . I think." Mac, to Earthquake
MacGyver: I'm real sorry about your dog.
Earthquake: I learned a long time ago . . . you bury the dead, and that's it.
"Toberman. They call me Earthquake." Earthquake, introducing himself to Mac
MacGyver: You can identify one of the men. You're a witness.
Earthquake: I fought my wars.
Farber: Toxic waste disposal is very profitable for the organization. In ten years, we'll be part of an industry worth billions - bigger than narcotics! So, one mistake . . . is too many.
Dorman: Okay. We'll run a check on Toberman, but we're clean. He's nobody.
"Toxic would be an understatement." Pete, about the sample Mac took in the stream
Earthquake: I don't care what they call themselves. I saw one of 'em.
Karen: Could you identify him?
Earthquake: At night, in a fog, underwater.
Earthquake: What is this place?
MacGyver: They recycle industrial waste by filtering out toxics. At least, that's what they're supposed to do.
Earthquake: They look legit enough.
MacGyver: Well, it is. But if they're being paid to reprocess waste, and all they're doing is dumping it, a guy's gotta wonder where all the money goes. And we're talking about some big bucks.
Earthquake: What do you think a bunch of paper-shufflers are gonna do? They're no court.
Pete: No, they're not, but a fuse isn't a bomb either. But if you light the end of it, and it burns down far enough, there is an explosion.
Farber: Why is it you're called Earthquake?
Earthquake: Used a landslide once to get out of trouble.
MacGyver: When I was a kid, my grandpa gave me two things I'll never forget: a subscription to Popular Mechanics and a chemistry set.
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As the Fall weather creeps in more and more, my palate begins to crave more hearty, seasonal dishes. That's one of the great things about Fall and Winter- you can cook delicious soups, stews, and one pot meals to comfort and warm you up. Even though it isn't exactly cold yet here in the South, I still enjoy cooking a hearty meal. My creole turkey chili is spicy, comforting, and healthy!
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Moreover, what's a good meal without a nice beverage to accompany it with? One of my friends is a wine guru and he gave me some great wine pairings to go with this spicy chili recipe. His recommendations were: a Riesling- something on the sweeter side with tones of apple and isn't oaky or dry; a Pinot Grigio such as Kris is less sweet but still has the nice, fruity elements; and New Age Wine, a South American version of a white wine that is clean, crispy, and refreshing. Little did I know that white wine would be so perfect with chili- the sweet and fruity surely balances the hot and spicy.
For this recipe you will need:
1 lb ground turkey
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion, small dice
1 red bell pepper, small dice
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup okra, sliced
1 can Original Rotel
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 Tbsp tomato paste
4 Tbsp chili powder
1 Tbsp ground cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
Salt and Pepper to taste
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Pea Ridge is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The name Pea Ridge comes from a combination of the physical location of the original settlement of the town, across the crest of an Ozark Mountains ridge, and for the hog peanuts or turkey peas that had been originally cultivated by Native American tribes centuries before European settlement, which later helped to provide basic subsistence once those pioneer settlers arrived.
The rural town is best known as the location of the pivotal American Civil War engagement the Battle of Pea Ridge, or, as it is locally known, the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, which took place approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of the town. The site of the battle is preserved as the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
Archeologists from the University of Arkansas have determined the first people to occupy the area were Bluff Dwellers or Rock Shelter Indians. By the artifacts, arrowheads, rock hammers, and crude knives which have been found, they can tell which native peoples were here first. They also note that for each period of time there was a vast improvement in their relics. During this time several families lived together because the caves or shelters under bluffs were larger. These shelters were always near to a clear spring of bubbling water.


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If you want a memorable experience in Japan which you will never forget, you have to go to Koyasan.
Via Japaneseguesthouses you can book a stay at one of the temples at Koyasan which are managed by monks. You can experience the culture and way of living of the monks up close.
The meals (dinner and breakfast) which are included are of excellent quality. When you stay you are requested to attent a morning ceremony in the temple where you can experience 40 minutes of chanting and prayer.
There is an important graveyard with millions is graves in a cedar wood wood, which will certainly move you. Even the ride by train to Koyasan with a mountain train and cablecar to the tranquil village makes the trip worth it, also make a walk at nigth when the village is almost deserted.


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"The English language is a work in progress. Have fun with it." ~ Jonathan Culver
It was during one of those funny days in the college that I met with my funny friend and had really fun time that made me to smile from ear to ear. Besides, it made me to wonder about the jocular facet of English language that presents to us in our usual life. Here is our conversations;
ME, myself
Time : Afternoon (1:11:11 pm)
SCENE: It's time for physics practical class. ME and HE are heading towards the class, with usual idle chat. There are also some other classmates busy in their own ways.
ME: [Gesturing.] Did you have lunch?
HE: Yes. [Pointing towards ME.] How a-bout...?
ME: Yeah. I had.
HE: [Eagerly.] Where? Your home?
ME: Yeah. Sure.
HE: Where...your home? Last year?
ME: No. Now we are shifted to AC Guards, a five-minute walk from the college.
HE: [Nodding.] Oh!
[His friends eye at them and dissolve into laughter.]
HE: [Turning to them, says something in their language.]
ME: [Smiling.] Why are they laughing at you?
HE: [Frowning.] My English talking...you understand?
ME: Yeah. It's more than enough, you are speaking well and only if you speak you will be able to speak fluent-er otherwise nothing will help you. Feel comfortable, don't get uneasy at their laughter because it's your way of learning the things for yourself, people will say many things, don't listen to them, keep going, keep moving.
HE: [Beaming.] How we...improve English?
ME: I don't have much idea about it but as far as what I know is, reading books and writing articles. I believe reading and writing are the basic pillars for English improvement. Besides, learning to speak, as you do too can help you improve your speaking skills. These are what I believe and do.
HE: [Looks at his friends and smiles.]
[They reach the class, teacher hasn't come yet. They stay outside beneath the giant tree.]
ME: Hope you will always speak in English to me and learn speaking everyday for one day you will surely be able to speak fluently.
HE: [Sighing.] Yes. I will try.
ME: [With thumbs up.] That's good to hear from you. Be bold to learn it. You can.
[Silence follows and then the leaves above them rustle in the breeze.]
HE: [Stammering.] In your country school...small child, talk English?
ME: Yeah. We learn English at very early age like any other subjects, like maths and physics. How about you?
HE: We don't learn. We learn English... first time in this college.
ME: [With surprise.] Then which language did you learn in your intermediate classes?
HE: Telugu (one of the language in hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India)
ME: [Believing.] Oh! So you didn't get to learn.
[Two of their female classmates come.]
HE: [Grinning. Pointing at one of the girls.] She is my sister.
ME: [Smiling. Believing. Nodding] Oh!
[The girls giggle and enter the class]
ME: [Doubting.] Is she your real sister?
HE: Yes. No. I mean she is [Stuttering] ke-rai (meaning rent).
ME: [Unknowingly.] You are trying to say 'sister for a rent'.
HE: Yes.
ME: [Laughing out loud.] That means 'rented sister.'
HE: Yes. Your are correct.
ME: [Continues laughing.]
HE: [Amused.] Why are you laughing? I am not telling the right word. Please teach me.
ME: You are right but usually we say 'rent' in terms of house or shop but definitely not for a sister or brother because it's disapproving. Instead, you have to say as 'adopted sister.'
HE: [Smiles with uneasiness] 'Adopted sister.'
HE: [Smiles with uneasiness] 'Adopted sister.'
ME: [Wonders about the word, 'rented sister' and ponders about the jocular facet of English language.]


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Do You Like Hitchcock?
A college film student, obsessed with the works of Alfred Hitchcock, investigates a murder committed in the apartment building across from his and suspects that his seductive neighbor hired a girlfriend to commit the deed.
Genre: Thriller
Actor: Elio Germano, Chiara Conti, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Cristina Brondo, Iván Morales, Edoardo Stoppa, Elena Maria Bellini, Horacio José Grigaitis, Giuseppe Lo Console, Milvia Marigliano, Giampiero Perone, Antonio Mazzara, Anna Varello, Carla Gambino, Lorenzo Federici
Director: Dario Argento
Duration: 93
Release: 2005
IMDb: 5.7
Quality: HD


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Here are the audio versions of my 2nd and 3rd posts on this blog. Say hello (again) to The Specifics and Nujabes!
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Shameless Plugs for the New Year!
As the title states, before the start of the New Year (or during the start), go and check out the artists I've previously discussed on the Discovery blog! I started this blog in my freshman year of college, so just in case, be easy on the young me haha 😉
Wow, another year. I've had this blog for about 3-4 years now, and I can't wait to provide more content for the years to come! Thanks to all who dropped by the site during this time-span. As for now……
I wish you all a H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! ! !
J Dilla – The Man, The Myth, The Legend
The Specifics – Smoothest group you'll ever hear
Nujabes – My favorite artist of all time; one of the greatest music producers
Gang Starr – Old school vibes that are timeless
Yoko Kanno – Another of my favorite artists; a goddess among composers


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Biography - 59 - Charles Stanley
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- Category: Brethren Biographies
- Published on Saturday, 14 November 2009 18:30
ANY have reason to praise God for blessing and help received through the perusal of tracts with the well- known initials, "C.S." being the initials for CHARLES STANLEY, of Rotherham. Born in a Yorkshire village, he was left an orphan at the age of four. At seven he had to earn his living in the summer by working in the fields, and in the winter months he attended the village school. When a merry little fellow of eight summers a gentleman who knew him said: "You will either be a curse or a blessing to mankind." This prediction was a true one, and by the mercy of God "C. S." became a channel of blessing to thousands of his fellow-creatures. His conversion took place when he was a boy of fourteen, and shortly afterwards he began to "tell to all around what a dear Saviour he had found."
At the age of twenty-three we find him starting on his own account in the hardware business in Sheffield. For many years he traversed England as a commercial traveller, and at the same time did "the work of an evangelist." From help he obtained through a Captain W—, the Bible became a new book to him. It was his daily study, and "he grew in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." Though only possessed of a small capital when he commenced business, he managed to devote a good deal of time to preaching the Gospel and teaching believers in various parts of the kingdom. Speaking of those early days, forty years after, he says: "Seldom in those days did the Lord open my lips without some soul being converted. Not that this appeared at the time, but I have met them everywhere, ten, twenty, or thirty years after." Instances are given of the Lord's thoughtful and tender care when in business straits, proving the truth of the promise, "Them that honour Me I will honour" (1 Sam. 2. 30). God marvellously blessed his labours in the salvation of the perishing, and in the edification and comfort of Christians.
"C. S." believed in the Lord's special and direct guidance of His servants. Again and again he was deeply impressed with the conviction that he ought to go to places to preach the Gospel where he had never been; and on many such occasions he found a people anxious to listen. Here is an instance. "Three of us felt led to go to Leamington. We had a little notice printed, about the size of a small envelope, asking the Christians of Leamington to come together in the Music Hall at three o'clock for prayer for the Lord's blessing on the Word to be preached in the hail that night. About two hundred came together, and oh! what a cry of united expecting prayer went up to the Throne of Grace. At seven the large hall was filled. That night God answered prayer. It was the birth-night of many precious souls. It was said some hundreds found deliverance and blessing that night." By the wayside and riverside, in railway carriages and steamboats, at balls and races, in halls and chapels, in kitchens and drawing-rooms, theatres and concert halls, Charles Stanley nobly witnessed for his Lord and Master. "He being dead yet speaketh" by hundreds converted through his preaching, and through the scores of tracts and booklets he has written.
What Christian worker has not heard of the "C. S. "tracts? He tells how he began this most blessed service for the Lord. "I had been preaching the Word at T—, and brother W— said to me, 'Why don't you print some of those incidents of the Lord's work in the railway carriages? I am sure the Lord would use them.' I said I had never thought of it, He urged me to do so, How little did I think at that moment that the Lord would use them in so many languages" The object he had in view in writing the tracts are stated.
"To look to God to give me to write just what He pleased, and to enable me to write it plainly without any adornment. To never allow me to write with a party feeling, but to write for the whole Church of God, or Gospel to every sinner. In every incident related to give the exact words as near as I could recollect." Speaking of his address on "Mephibosheth," he remarks: "I believe the Lord rarely ever led me to preach from Mephibosheth without souls being converted. He has been pleased to use that tract very often when repeated to the sick and the dying, and also through others preaching it. Mr. M— told me he had preached it in almost every city and town in America, and, he thought, never without souls being brought to God. It would fill a volume to tell of the great number of cases that have been brought before my own notice."
His counsel to Christian workers is most seasonable and helpful, and is worthy of prayerful and careful consideration. Invaluable is the following testimony: "I have always found blessing and results in proportion to communion with Christ in His love to the whole Church, whether in writ ing or preaching; and no Christian can prosper in his own soul unless he is seeking the welfare of others."
Charles Stanley was called from his earthly home in Rotherham, to the Heavenly Home, in March 30, 1890. He has left behind him a legacy in the form of the "C.S." tracts, which will cause his name to be honoured for many a day. A.M.


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Adobe Flash was one of the best things to happen to the Internet. It made animated and interactive websites possible like nothing before it, and proved to be an ideal way to stream online video. Without Flash, YouTube might not be a household name.
Of course, times have changed and as it aged Flash got bigger and slower. Steve Jobs famously refused to allow Flash on the iPhone and tried as much as possible to keep it off Macs in recent years. And that was before the serious security problems started.
As Flash got more popular, and more complicated, hackers started finding tons of security flaws they could use to attack just about every computer in the world. In fact, Flash is one of the biggest security risks on computers right now.
You might have noticed that the number of Flash security stories we've run has gone up dramatically this year. Every month there's one or more flaws discovered and there have been several emergency patches, in addition to Adobe's regular patches.
That's one reason we recommend disabling Flash in your browser, or removing it from your computer entirely. Browser manufacturers have the same idea. Chrome now blocks Flash from automatically running, and Firefox has disabled it entirely during periods where it had unpatched security flaws.
Hastening Flash's impending demise is the fact that most of what Flash does can now be done other ways using standards like HTML5. And now it looks like Adobe is also admitting that the days of Flash are numbered.Next page: Adobe's plan for the future


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Posts Tagged 'pain'
Moving Toward Suffering
Over spring break, I got to go on vacation with Joel's family. We stayed in a whimsical cottage outside of Wimberley, and for the most part had a lovely time. The second night, however, we heard a scream from the loft upstairs. Grace had been practicing a dance on the slick wood floors and had…Read More
Presence & Longing (Advent 2017)
All God's gifts are right in front of you as you wait expectantly for our Master Jesus to arrive on the scene. (1 Cor. 1:7) Thanksgiving was a really hard day for me this year. People always say that the holidays can be hard, but I'd never felt it as acutely as…Read More


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The College Dropout received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 87, based on 25 reviews.[54] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times dubbed it "2004's first great hip-hop album".[17] The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin praised its "substance, social commentary, righteous anger, ornery humanism, dark humor, and even Christianity", calling it "one of those wonderful crossover albums that appeal to a huge audience without sacrificing a shred of integrity".[55] Dave Heaton of PopMatters called the album "musically engaging", writing that "every single one of these songs comes off like a genuine extension of Kanye's personality and experiences".[23] URB wrote that the album "manages to be both visceral and emotive, sprinkling the dancefloors with tears and sweat."[53] Mojo dubbed the album "manna for hip hop fans starved of basic but ballistic beats-and-breaks fare in an increasingly litigious age."[50]
Late Registration received rave reviews from contemporary music critics.[62] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalizedrating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 85, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 31 reviews.[63] Rolling Stone magazine's Rob Sheffield deemed the album "an undeniable triumph, packed front to back, so expansive it makes the debut sound like a rough draft", while calling West "a real MC".[2] In his review for Uncut magazine, Simon Reynolds found most of the album brilliant and highlighted by West's unparalleled use of vocal samples.[64] Josh Tyrangiel of Time praised West's storytelling ability and musicality, particularly the sample and string arrangements on "Gone", which he felt may persuade listeners to believe his own hype.[65] Alexis Petridis, writing forThe Guardian, commended West's topicality and subversive studio production: "Late Registration suggests an artist effortlessly outstripping his peers: more ideas, better lyrics, bigger hooks, greater depth."[60] The Observer called the album a significant milestone in hip hop and West "the Brian Wilson of hip-hop" who "plays up the struggle between conscience and covetousness, the pop mainstream and what can be achieved within the notional boundaries of hip hop".[28] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Hilburn compared West's dignified execution of pop crossover to that of The Beatles, Johnny Cash, and Bob Marley.[61] Sean Fennessey of Pitchfork Media felt West avoids the sophomore slump with an "expansive, imperfect masterpiece" that draws on his enthusiastic, ambitious, and scattered personality.[30] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice wrote that every song has "exquisite details", many of which are lyrical as well as musical, and concluded that West is "as good as he thinks he is—a backpacker at heart who, like many brilliant nerds before him, has accrued precious metal by following his dream. He wants everybody to buy this record. So do I".[24]
Graduation received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 32 reviews.[125] Allmusic's Andy Kellman credited West for "being his shrewd, occasionally foolish, and adventurous self", and stated, "Those who have admired Kanye as a sharp producer while detesting him as an inept MC might find the gleaming synth sprites ... to be one of the most glaring deal-breakers in hip-hop history."[59] Pitchfork Media's Mark Pytlik complimented the accessibility of West's sonic experimentation, noting his visionary proficiency with interweaving seeminly disparate elements and bridging musical gaps.[46] Greg Tate, writing in The Village Voice, dubbed him "the most genuinely confessional MC in hip-hop today" and said, "bouts of narcissism aside, Graduation contains killer pieces of production."[126] Spin called the album "mesmerizing and alienating, like all the purest forms of pop culture."[124] Stylus Magazine's Jayson Greene said that it "serves as a document of West's maturation" and, "musically, at least, it's the most accomplished thing he's ever done."[7]
808s & Heartbreak received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 36 reviews.[67] Alex Macpherson of The Guardian praised its "stylised, minimal music".[61] USA Today's Steve Jones commented that "West deftly uses the 808 drum machine and Auto-Tune vocal effect to channel his feelings of hurt, anger and doubt through his well-crafted lyrics".[68] Dan Cairns of The Times stated, "This so should not work...Yet 808s & Heartbreak is a triumph, recklessly departing from the commercially copper-bottomed script and venturing far beyond West's comfort zone."[66] Tom Breihan of The Village Voice found it to be "a work borne of depression" and dubbed it as West's "superstar-freakout album: his Low, his Trans, his Kid A. The one where he decides that frozen remoteness is the only thing that makes sense".[62] Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen commended West's incorporation of the Roland TR-808 drum machine and described the album as "Kanye's would-be Here, My Dear or Blood on the Tracks, a mournful song-suite that swings violently between self-pity and self-loathing".[64] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly wrote that its "frosty, minimal sound backs lyrics of surprisingly raw emotion".[60]
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy received rave reviews from music critics.[140] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalizedrating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 94, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 45 reviews.[141] Andy Gill of The Independent called it "one of pop's gaudiest, most grandiose efforts of recent years, a no-holds-barred musical extravaganza in which any notion of good taste is abandoned at the door".[142] In her review for the Los Angeles Times, Ann Powers called the album's music "Picasso-like, fulfilling the Cubist mandate of rearranging form, texture, color and space to suggest new ways of viewing things".[42] Time magazine's David Browneviewed it as West's most lavish album and said that it proves again that few other artists have his ability to adeptly combine diverse elements.[143] Dan Vidal of URB highlighted West's ability to bring out the best out of his collaborators and found it comparable to that of Miles Davis.[138]
Watch the Throne received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted meanrating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 42 reviews.[94]Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club wrote that "exhilarating messiness and go-for-broke spontaneity infect Jay-Z and push him outside his comfort zone and into a realm of intense emotional reflection."[42] Pitchfork Media's Tom Breihan felt that it "works best when Jay and Kanye are just talking about how great they are," adding that "Kanye is this album's obvious guiding force ... He displays levels of unequaled audacity."[31] Claire Suddath of Time called it "a beautifully decadent album by two of hip-hop's finest artists — men with a lot of things to say and a lot of money to spend."[46] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph praised West's "attention to detail" and found their "wit and absurdity [...] entirely suited to the epic scale of productions."[93] Kitty Empire of The Observer stated, "Some find this sort of branded gloating distasteful, but at their best both rappers can still make you laugh."[45]
Upon its release, Yeezus received rave reviews from music critics.[73] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album received an average score of 84, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 45 reviews.[63] Steve Jones of USA Today called the album "immediately stunning [...] he created a polarizing, multi-layered body of work that probably will be debated all summer."[72] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone called Yeezus a "brilliant, obsessive-compulsive career auto-correct," comparing it to similarly abrasive records: "Every mad genius has to make a record like this at least once in his career – at its nastiest, his makes Kid A or In Utero or Trans all look like Bruno Mars."[70]Pitchfork Media writer Ryan Dombal viewed it a "razor-sharpened take" on West's fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak, concluding that "Cohesion and bold intent are at a premium on Yeezus, perhaps more than any other Kanye album. Each fluorescent strike of noise, incongruous tempo flip, and warped vocal is bolted into its right place across the album's fast 40 minutes."[69]