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So how do they sound? Basically, excellent, at least for their size. Certainly there’s no way you’re going to get the bass response or the sheer volume of a larger set, but for the portable, ‘music in a hotel room’ market that these are aiming for it’s powerful enough.

My first impressions were that the soundstage was quite narrow, which is hardly surprising when you consider that the speakers are on either side of the iPod. Once you’ve got past this you’ll appreciate the fact that everything is there. The highs, mids and the lows are all present - particularly the lows. One of the test tracks was Spearhead, and the growly drawl of Michael Frante was perfectly intact.

All of this was in marked contrast to the Altec Lansing iM3s. Moving to this I was initially impressed by wider soundstage and the generally airiness. However, this soon was apparent that this was more a disconnectedness between the various instruments. The upper range and the vocals were very clear but there was no mid-range to speak of and the bass was poor. Switching back to the iRhythms was like getting the music back again. As I said before, musically it’s all there, just smaller then the larger set. We kept listening to a number of tracks of different styles of high bit-rate MP3, AAC and Apple Lossless encoded music and the characteristics remained constant.

On quality terms it’s a clear hands down win to the iRhythms. It lacks the remote control of the Altec Lansings, which is a shame but you can forgive it this at the price. The RRP is £45 so you can expect five pounds of so off this once it hits retail in mid November.

Next time I’m heading off on my travels, this is the set that I’m going to make sure is packed in my case.

The Acoustic Authority iRhythms CA614 sound as good as you could expect for a set of this size. It’s very portable and the only missing feature is a remote control, though the price goes a long way to making up for this.

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Using computers can be, and more often that not is, a fairly stressful pursuit, but just how much, can usually only be calculated based on how much remains of whatever was on the desk before the damn PC decided to crash again - hardly scientific. Asus might just have a more interesting option, though, in the form of the Vito W1 mouse which not also serves as a pointing device, but also packs a built-in heart monitor. I suppose I should make some kind of pun about Asus having its finger on the pulse of modern technology…

The mouse reads its user's pulse with a sensor which sits under the thumb (right-handed users only here) and feeds data back to a bundled software suite which displays not only heart-rate but also various different smiley (or not) faces to based on that information. Of course watching your stress levels build up over time could, arguably, start a dangerous feedback loop - there's no better way to exacerbate someone's stress that to tell them they need to calm down.

The mouse itself is a 1,200dpi affair, uses 2.4GHz wireless to communicate to a PC via a bundled dongle and sports five programmable button. Asus reckons a pair of AA batteries will provide up to five months operation, although frequent long use will obviously shorten that. The use of the heart-monitor will reduce battery life, too.

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LG 4K Ultra TV 2014 range launched at CES

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LG has unveiled its newest range of 4K Ultra HD TVs at CES 2014, launched alongside the 105-inch curved TV.

If curved TVs aren’t your thing, then LG has new super high-res display TVs to offer you this year in 65-, 79-, 84- and 98-inch options.

“Our newest ULTRA HD TV offerings are going to turn a lot of heads at this year’s CES,” said In-kyu Lee, Senior Vice President and head of the TV Division at LG Electronics’ Home Entertainment Company. “Image quality is simply outstanding, and consumers are recognising LG as a trend setter in Ultra HD technology and a leader in moving the 4K medium forward.”

All four models offer a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160p 4K Ultra HD on Ultra IPS panels and feature 4K Motion Estimation Motion Compensation (MEMC) for 4K source content.

These 4K Ultra HD TVs key features also include their Tru-Ultra HD Engine Pro chip, which handles upscaling SD, HD or 1080p True HD content.

They also have a built-in 4K HEVC 60p decoder and can display Ultra HD content from any source, including HDMI 2.0, USB and LAN.

The prices and release dates for these flat panel 4K TVs have yet to be announced, but we’ll keep you informed of any updates.

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  • Lovely design
  • Bright pictures look spectacular
  • Brilliant Smart interface

  • Native contrast performance isn't great
  • Adaptive Backlight Control lacks finesse
  • Fewer video streaming services than rivals

Review Price £1,995.00

Key Features: 55in LCD TV with edge LED lighting; passive 3D playback with 4 pairs of glasses included; Smart TV online system; multimedia playback via USB, SD card, DLNA; My Home Screen Interface

Manufacturer: Panasonic

What is the Panasonic TX-L55DT65?

After experiencing a slightly mixed bag from other Panasonic LCD TVs so far this year, in the shape of the excellent Panasonic L42E6 and the glamorous but flawed Panasonic L55ET60, we’re really not sure what to expect of the Panasonic L55DT65. A 55-inch set with a hefty price tag, can it match the superlative Panasonic TX-P42GT60 that revceived 10/10 recently?

Panasonic TX-L55DT65 - Design

The Panasonic L55DT65 sits one rung below the top of Panasonic’s new LCD range, and is one seriously good-looking TV. Its frame is only around 1.5cm wide, and it’s adorned in a lovely metallic silver finish. Also rather fine is the open ‘V' neck design that connects the TV to its surprisingly small and beautifully built desktop stand.

If you’d rather wall hang the Panasonic L55DT65 you’ll be pleased to hear that it’s only 35mm deep, and arranges all of its connections – including the power inlet – so they can be accessed from the side rather than sticking straight out.

Panasonic L55DT65

Panasonic TX-L55DT65 - Connections

The set’s connectivity is mostly impressive, with one notable exception. The good news: there's three USBs, an SD card slot (a feature unique to Panasonic at the moment), a LAN port, Freesat and Freeview HD tuners, and built-in Wi-Fi. The bad news: there's only three HDMIs when most TVs at this level give you four.

The USBs (one of which is the faster USB 3 variety) can be used for playing back multimedia from USB devices or for recording from the integrated tuners to USB HDDs. The SD card slot provides direct playback from the SD cards used by so many digital cameras and camcorders these days, while the network options support streaming from a DLNA PC and access to Panasonic’s online Viera Connect platform.

Viera Connect provides access to a decent selection of apps, including the Netflix, BBC iPlayer, BBC News and Acetrax video platforms. But its video streaming support falls well short of that found on Samsung’s latest TVs, with Lovefilm, Blinkbox and more UK catchup channels being particularly noticeable by their absence.

Panasonic L55DT65

The Freesat and Freeview HD tuners are more exciting than most for the key reason that there are two of each, adding up to four tuners in total. This is a brilliant set up for two reasons. First, it allows you to record one programme from either tuner while watching another. Even better, it means you can watch one broadcast programme on the main TV screen while you watch another tuner feed on a smartphone or tablet computer via Panasonic’s excellent Viera Remote 2 app for iOS/Android. Brilliant.

This well-designed app also lets you to share your smart device multimedia on the main TV screen - shifting content between your TV and smart device is no more complicated than just swiping your finger on your smart device screen towards or away from the TV. The Panasonic L55DT65 also supports screen mirroring, unlike the ET60 series.

REVIEWS: Panasonic TV reviews

Panasonic TX-L55DT65 - Smart TV & Controls

Another superb element of the Panasonic L55DT65’s interface is Panasonic’s My Home Screen system. It has three themed hub screens with direct access to different collections of apps, but also lets you to build your own completely customised home screens to sit alongside the preset ones. You can even create a separate hub for each member of your family if you wish.

We’ll leave Viera Remote 2 and My Home Screen there as we’ve covered it in-depth in our full Panasonic My Home Screen Smart TV review, but suffice it to say that it’s rapidly become our favourite smart TV interface so far as sheer user-friendliness is concerned.

Panasonic L55DT65

Still on the subject of the Panasonic L55DT65’s control systems, however, this is the first TV we’ve seen from Panasonic this year that ships with not one but two remotes; a standard one, and a touchpad one designed to make web browsing and some other aspects of the smart interface easier.

We didn’t find this remote especially helpful, though. Its touch pad’s small size and circular shape doesn’t make for a particularly ergonomic fit between your finger movements and the rectangular screen, and the lack of physical response you get from tapping the pad to select an option feels weird. There is at least a separate, more tactile ‘select’ button on the latest remote’s underside, but the unit’s only real saving grace is its ability to work as a mic so you can issue voice instructions to the TV.

Panasonic’s voice recognition system is far less sophisticated than Samsung’s in terms of both the functionality it delivers and the level of sentence structure it can recognise. It's also very prone to hearing ‘mistakes’. But in principal, at least, the way it just uses basic key words – or more usefully, names – to track down content shows promise, and can be quite effective so long as you take the time to understand and stick within its limitations. As well as accepting that sometimes it just won’t respond as you expected it to at all…

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    Saturday, Aug 29. 2015 09:40 AM
    Valuable article – Speaking of which , if anyone has been looking for a 2013 WV DoR IT-140 , my company found a fillable form here http://pdf.ac/2QdZ8Q
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    Thursday, Aug 27. 2015 06:50 PM
    I like to look after and give attention to people who others kinda don’t want to look after. I feel they have enough in their lives to bring them down so I like to add a little sunshine into their world if I may.~Tsem Rinpoche
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    Thursday, Aug 27. 2015 02:27 PM

    每位講法師都有自己的專長，各就各位為上師、三寶、護法利益大眾的使命而努力，竭盡所能多方面服務大眾。懇請十方大德支持我們 http://www.youcaring.com/kechara-pastors-405767！

  • Pastor Adeline
    Thursday, Aug 27. 2015 01:40 PM

    Nice painting of Tibetan King Trisong Deutsen who did alot for the propagation of Dharma during his reign. He is worshipped as a Dharma king and attained being also. H.E. 25th Tsem Rinpoche

  • Pastor Adeline
    Tuesday, Aug 25. 2015 02:24 PM
    For Gyaltsen –

    Dear Gyaltsen,

    You might like to read “The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra” written by Jamgon Taye for your questions earlier.

    Thank you.

    With best wishes,
    Pastor Adeline
  • xuliang
    Tuesday, Aug 25. 2015 10:38 AM
    Extract from an interesting article : “……….. We still speak for God, in more sophisticated ways than all the times before put together. We keep speaking for the gods, for God, for the Buddha – we are speaking so much, so often, that we do not ever hear ourselves. Remarkably, the Buddha knew about this all along. He refused to speak for God. If God does not or cannot speak for Himself, then no one should. The Buddha is a listener, the great listener, who listens to the soft gentle voices of nature, telling us where to look for God and beyond. These voices are all within ourselves, the voice of our heart’s love. We can only hear them when we are happily silent. Hence, the Buddha is also known as the silent sage (muni). We can understand why the Buddha called his saints “listeners” (sāvaka). If we want to follow the Buddha to hear those soft gentle voices of wisdom, we need to stop speaking (and writing), for a while at least, so that we can sit in silence, settling our body and mind in true inner peace. Then, we will hear that silent voice that the Buddha himself heard, that inspired him to give up all the world and its gods, and awaken to everything.”
  • xuliang
    Monday, Aug 24. 2015 09:18 AM
    When we start to see the light that we really are, the light waking up in us, the radiance, we realize it has no intention to change us. It has no intention to harmonize. It has no agenda. It just happens. The Truth is the only thing we’ll ever run into that has no agenda. Everything else will have an agenda. Everything. Did we ever pull weeds from a lawn, grabbing only their tops, and discover they were back again so quickly that it was as if the lawn was never weeded at all. There is a difference between pulling the weeds of confusion out and getting to the root of Truth. So it’s really important to get to the point of maturity where we are willing to look at what is fundamental.
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    You CAN change, you CAN transform, you CAN improve, we can overcome it when we think we can overcome it, because we create the karma to overcome it. It is not magic, it is called karma.

    H.E. the 25th Tsem Rinpoche

  • Pastor Adeline
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    If we are grounded in the foundational practices and we enter in Heruka and Vajra Yogini practices, we can gain high attainments, or enter in Kechara Paradise with our very bodies at the time of our death and or full enlightenment. This is the path that is most recommended by our lineage gurus.

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    Broken Hope Guitarist Donates Farm to No Kill Animal Rescue

    Jeremy Wagner, founding member and guitarist of the heavy metal band *Broken Hope, has decided to donate his whole rural Illinois farm, buildings and all, to an animal rescue and rehabilitation organization.

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    I found this illuminating article explaining how much ‘poison’ we actually store in our bodies because we don’t consume the right foods or drinks to cleanse it! If you have never had a detox session before, then it is highly likely that your body contains a lot of ‘poison’ which is bad for your health.

    This article tells you how having these toxins in your body can affect your health. It also offers simple solutions for you to eliminate them from your body.

    Do put in some time and effort to take good care of your body – it is the vehicle that your mind inhabits in this life, and when one has good health, one is able to do more to benefit others.

    Tsem Rinpoche 25th

  • Pastor Adeline
    Sunday, Aug 23. 2015 02:31 AM
    When conceptualizing our accommodation at Kechara Forest Retreat, Dukkar Apartments, the idea of using containers came to mind. It was quick to implement, and durable for outdoor use. The idea seemed a bit different for most people to easily accept at that time, but everyone, including our VIP guests, have been very taken aback at how comfortable the space is!

  • Pastor Adeline
    Sunday, Aug 23. 2015 02:29 AM
    Benefits of large statues
    1. Plant seeds of liberation in all beings who lay eyes on the statue
    2. It is said that seeing the Buddha even when we are angry helps to purify the mind
    3. Creates waves of merit for those who help to sponsor, create and maintain the statue
    4. Pacify the environment. It is said that the construction of the Leshan Buddha helped to calm a particularly notorious stretch of the Yangtze River known for many drownings and ships capsizing

  • Pastor Adeline
    Sunday, Aug 23. 2015 02:28 AM
    This is an important practice I’ve been wanting to have available for a very long time. Many high lamas, my teachers and even the my dharma protector has recommended this practice to me and the general public. This practice is not based on what school of Buddhism as anyone may practice this even if you are not Buddhist.

  • Pastor Adeline
    Sunday, Aug 23. 2015 02:27 AM
    On June 14, 2015 Kechara marked another milestone with the opening of Kechara House Penang. Located in the northern island state of Penang, the opening of Kechara House Penang is the result of many years of hard work by my student Pastor Patsy Gooi.

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Japanese small towns are quaint, neat, clean and very organized and it has very rustic feeling and they connect with nature. They are timeless with modern conveniences but old world feel. I love small Japanese towns.
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Nice painting of Tibetan King Trisong Deutsen who did alot for the propagation of Dharma during his reign. He is worshipped as a Dharma king and attained being also.
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I want to be this Yogi in the picture. I want to be just like him deep within myself exploring the outer universe because I have conquered and mastered my inner universe. Because everything on my inside is explored, purified, cleaned and awakened, I venture out to the thousands of universes and limitless minds to bring them the truth of existence and phenomena. I wish to travel the three realms, various planes and six forms of existences. I wish to share vision of emptiness and bodhicitta which is the view to liberate the countless beings still trapped within themselves and their surroundings. I wish to be of tremendous benefit as I sit by my tree and placid lake. Tsem Rinpoche
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This picture was taken on Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. I was around 19 years old I think. I was living in Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist centre under the holy guide of Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen whom I love and respect so much. I was lucky to be a young boy in a huge city like Los Angeles and living under the guidance of a great master like him. I feel I have very good karma to find this master and trust him, follow him and live with him when other teenagers were doing such different things in a big city. My interest was always dharma. Tsem Rinpoche
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This was my tiny small room in Gaden for the first few years. The space next to my rooms are where the cows stayed. I had a huge crack in my wall and I can see the cows and they can see me! My room leaked very badly when it rained with a separate toilet nearby. The toilet barely worked and rarely flushed and had snakes in the toilet or behind the door a few times. The manager of the place told me I can get a better room that does not leak if I raise funds to build more rooms. I was barely getting enough to eat let alone raise funds for buildings. This was back in 1988 till around 1992 I lived in the small room in Gaden Shartse Monastery. I was having such a difficult time finding sponsorship, I could not at that time. But even still I was grateful to be in Gaden and always miss it. This room has since been renovated and fixed up. It has alot of memories for me. Spiritual memories. Tsem Rinpoche
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Nice Picture! Kache Marpo in full trance offering a khata to our sacred Kechara Forest Dorje Shugden statue. When Kache Marpo flings the khata (Tibetan white offerings scarf), it really just flies to the massive statue!! Tsem Rinpoche
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Duo Bao Jiang Si Monastery in China. Beautiful.
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Tsem Rinpoche's immediate previous incarnation. Kentrul Thupten Lamsang of Phari.
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Intricate Heruka. What is nice is Marpa and Milarepa is on this. Marpa initiated Milarepa into Heruka's tantra and Milarepa practiced and became enlightened from this practice. We know the famous Milarepa but he relied on Heruka for full enlightenment.
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Beautiful Buddha image and strong message.
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What a BEAUTIFUL Vajra Yogini. I like this so much. The face and body is so very nice. I like the flames behind Her also. This is very nicely done.
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When we seek pleasure, we always end up in pain eventually. All phenomena is subject to compositional decay and nothing is permanent. Tsem Rinpoche
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Peace is what we need.
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Some people have the freedom and some people don't. But all deserve it.
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We all have a choice of how others view us and where we end up. Have shared my thoughts here: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=70726
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    His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang chants the prayer of Dorje Shugden
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29/8/15 星期六, Royden 跟随着爸爸妈妈 来KC Lounge 陪伴姐姐Robey乐器演奏组的练习，没料到他一手把彩色假发带上，然后在我们面前耍宝，真的又淘气又可爱，逗得我们每个笑开怀，真的是可爱到 ～呵呵呵。*Royden也是我们佛法班5岁到 6岁(KSDS)的同学。Asyley Chia KSDS
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During Dzambala puja , there was a ritual bathing the Dzambala. By Puja House 30 August'15
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Pastor Yek Yee was performing last rites for the Sponsor beloved's pet. By Puja House 30 August'15
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A funeral ceremony for a Sponsor's pet was handle by Kechara Puja House this morning. By Puja House 30 August'15
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Puja team was preparing altar for puja at Sponsor house. By Puja House, 30 August'15
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~Guess what they got?~ Dear friends, When we want to do something we normally always have fear of the commitment, time, energy involved and even greater fear if we would be successful. We are worried about what others might think of us, if our work will be accepted by friends, family and peers. If ... http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/animals-vegetarianism/guess-what-they-got.html From: June Tang (Khjb)
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~What are pujas about… do take a good read…~ An expression of your Compassion: A teaching by H.E. Tsem Rinpoche Rinpoche gave a really lovely teaching to a few of us yesterday about the significance of doing pujas (literal translation: a set of rituals and prayers done to remove obstacles). Here is the full, unedited transcript of his teaching, ... http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/kechara-13-depts/what-are-pujas-about-do-take-a-good-read.html From: June Tang (Khjb)
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~ "Is There A Ban on Dorje Shugden's Practice?" ~ https://youtu.be/femiJw8eaFs http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/dorje-shugden-teaching-videos.html Despite the overt discrimination and aggression against both lay and ordained Dorje Shugden practitioners around the world, some have attempted to deny the existence of a ban on Dorje Shugden’s practice. This video explores historical and current events surrounding Dorje Shugden’s practice since 1996, to ascertain beyond any doubt that there is most certainly a ban on Dorje Shugden’s practice, that this ban has been enforced, and that the rights of Dorje Shugden worshippers’ to engage in their faith without fear of persecution has been breached. From: June Tang (Khjb)
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I will follow my root Guru, Tsem Tulku Rinpoche all the way and never stray. He is the source of my light in the darkness. And I will do the same. From:June Tang (Khjb)
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这幅是我的唐卡。处在中间的大师为至尊嘉杰宋仁波切；左边自宋仁波切心间化现的是金刚瑜伽母；右边则是多杰雄登护法。我就在下方，恒时向祂们顶礼。~ 詹杜固仁波切 http://m.weibo.cn/1837031263/CxFxPF8kd From: June Tang (Khjb)
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~"Is Dorje Shugden's Practice Dangerous?"~ https://youtu.be/v_bQnGBPoVg http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/dorje-shugden-teaching-videos.html Detractors of Dorje Shugden’s practice claim that this practice creates harm and danger for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan cause as well as the individual practitioner. Such accusations are not only untrue, but also challenge the most basic Buddhist concepts such as karma and the nature of enlightened beings. This video directly addresses such unfounded claims and rebuts it with clear logic and also foundational beliefs that the Buddhist religion is built on. From: June Tang (Khjb)
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Life is like smoke, only visible for a short while then it's gone.~Tsem Rinpoche https://mobile.twitter.com/tsemtulku/status/557737526472245250 From: June Tang (Khjb)
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Real change will never come from choices that are familiar and comfortable. You have to step out of your comfort zone to succeed. ~Tsem Rinpoche From: June Tang (Khjb)
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This wonderful lady is on her knees begging a stranger to not beat and hurt this dog. She puts her pride/ego aside for the life of the dog as she is a animal lover and genuine human being. Beautiful. For our animal works to be successful, we have to be like her. We have to be able to swallow our ego, beg, plead and be selfless in taking care of others (dogs in this case). We have to beg and create awareness for public support constantly. We have to be able to put our own feelings aside and work hard and tirelessly. There is no quitting because once we start, the animals depend on us and we cannot let them down and the people who believe in us down. We must be strong, committed, read up on internet on how to take care of animals/dogs, social media our cause to create awareness and be tireless. We must be updated on the latest news on care for them. In the age of internet, everything can be found. Once we take care of animals, we have to put all sense of selfishness aside. What do we g
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~Is Dorje Shugden’s Practice Sectarian?~ https://youtu.be/v52s_pF2A4o http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/dorje-shugden-teaching-videos.html Since 1996, the long-established practice of the enlightened Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden was banned. Although no sound reasons were given for this ban, some have claimed that this practice causes sectarianism and disunity among Tibetan Buddhists. However, such statements directly contradict historical facts surrounding this protector practice. In this video, key issues, facts and events pertaining to Dorje Shugden’s practice are discussed, which clearly proves beyond a doubt that Dorje Shugden’s practice is neither sectarian nor ‘supremacist’ in nature. From: June Tang (Khjb)
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Another Compassion action by Tsem Tulku Rinpoche Few year Back ----by Meng KIat Heng
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Tsem Tulku Rinpoche always give the teaching from his action, please care animal with love :)
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Benefits Of Dorje Shugden Puja.-Wee KPVH
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Distribution went smoothly in Petaling Street and Keramat area last night. Apart from distributing food onto the streets, we as usual would help clean the streets along the way. Justin@KSK
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Today Mr Teo from Sibu come to visit Kechara House. Hope to see you soon again. KP Louise
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Our Kechara Oasis customer Kelly Chow and William Goh come to Kechara Paradise to invited Lama Tsongkhapa for their new house. So nice young couple setup altar at home soon. KP Louise
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FAMILY . . . . . . Where Life Begins & Love Never Ends Birthday. Celebration and Family gathering for everyone. For reservation please call Kechara Oasis Viva Home > 03 92841818 or Kechara Oasis Jaya One > 03 79681818
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Pastor Chia 很认真在讲解和介绍种植草药，所有的观光客都很认真在听。Asyley Chia KSDS
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Robey的妈妈Grace Tan,细心的教导和指挥，一个一个教让这个练习都非常顺利。真的感激不尽。Asyley Chia KSDS
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每逢星期六8.pm到9.30,是乐器表演组的练习日。今天是第二次的乐器表演练习，所有的孩子表现的非常好，非常认真的练习，请大家拭目以待吧!!!Asyley Chia KSDS

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Adding a text watermark to your digital images is a good way to keep them protected from misuse. This article provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to create text watermarks using Photoshop or similar photo editing software.
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In part one, I talked about why watermarking digital images is important and how you can apply watermarks using a cool software tool called Watermark Factory.

Now I want to show you how you can create watermarks in Photoshop in just a few quick steps.

With Photoshop open, hit CTRL+O to open your image file and select the Text tool or hit the T key.

Click on the image where you would like to place your watermark and type away. You might want to include your name and copyright information, you might want to date it or you could type in the URL of your Web site. Whatever you choose to type, make sure that it covers a significant portion of your image so that it cannot be easily cropped out later.

Photoshop gives you a lot of choices when it comes to formatting your text. You can change the color, size, font type and you can even add layer effects. Experiment a little to find a solution that works for your needs. I suggest using white for most images, but if the image itself is very light, a darker watermark will work much better.

Once you have placed the formatted text where you want it, you will probably want to lower the opacity level below 50%. I find that I prefer my opacity level around 20-30%

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Open the files that you would like to watermark and create a new document with a transparent background. Type the text you want and format the size and color. Then, hit CTRL+C to copy it. Select the first image to receive the watermark and move your mouse to the Actions tab. (Go to Window > Show Actions if it isn't already open). Click on the Create new action button.

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Then, select each image in turn and apply the action by clicking the Play selection button. Photoshop will automatically do the work for you. All you have to do then is save each file.

Tip: If you think you might do more watermarking at a later date, save the text you created on the transparent background as a PSD document to preserve the layers.

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Joon Han, owner of AB Cleaners in Westwood, knew for a long time that using perchloroethylene (perc) to clean clothes was not healthy but was unsure of his options. The impetus for change came when his wife, who works daily in the shop, became pregnant.

“We knew that perc was not good for us,” he says. “I was concerned for the health of my pregnant wife and baby and also for my employees. You know perc is in the air especially when you see the dust build up and smell the air when you first come in the shop. I always had a bad feeling about it.”

About three years ago, he read articles about how professional wet cleaning is an effective and safer replacement to perc, a toxic chemical characterized by the Environmental Protection Agency as a “likely human carcinogen.”

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Postby shad309 » February 11th, 2011, 12:00 pm

The magic mailbox was good to me this week! On Thursday I got my 3rd box call from Scott (WillowRidge). It's my1st Turpin style box and boy do I have some learning to do  ;) It's a beautiful curly maple box with curly walnut lid that is full of turkey. This completes my set of maple boxes with walnut lids from Scott. It's a wonderful set  RkLu

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Postby gooseberry » February 27th, 2011, 6:24 am

They're beautiful. I have one of Scott's Turbin calls and it's a beauty, too.

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RE: Few boxes

Postby Turkeybuster » February 27th, 2011, 10:44 am

Good looking set of calls Shad Scott puts a lot of turkeys in his calls.

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those calls look great,bet thry sound great too. I've seen some calls here from Scott and they all look great

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The Department of Computer Science encourages the students to be involved in teaching and research activities. In order to achieve this goal, proposals have been submitted to NSF and selected industries. With these grants, we are able to provide stipend for students under the REU (Research Experience for Undergraduate) program and UTA (Undergraduate Teaching Assistant) program.

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Selected undergraduate CSCI students will work as teaching assistants for Computer Science gate-keeping courses. The duties of the UTA include helping the instructor to collect course material, to monitor the lab activities, to provide after class tutoring, and to evaluate class performance. CSCI gate-keeping courses are CSCI 0150, CSCI 0210, CSCI 0220, and CSCI 0230.


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  • S 42 : Ep 117

    Season 42, Episode 117

    Aired 3/17/14

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    Season 42, Episode 116

    Aired 3/14/14

  • S 42 : Ep 115

    Season 42, Episode 115

    Aired 3/13/14

  • S 42 : Ep 114

    Season 42, Episode 114

    Aired 3/12/14

  • S 42 : Ep 113

    Season 42, Episode 113

    Aired 3/11/14

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  • The Price Is Right has long been a staple of daytime and nighttime television. It has seen five incarnations: the 1956-1965 daytime version hosted by Bill Cullen on NBC and ABC, the 1972-1980 nighttime version hosted by Dennis James and Bob Barker, the 1985 nighttime version hosted by Tom Kennedy, the 1994-1995 nighttime version hosted by Doug Davidson, and the current daytime version hosted by Barker and Drew Carey. This guide covers the current daytime version. The object of The Price Is Right is to correctly guess the retail prices of items, without going over, to either win the items themselves or other prizes. At the beginning of each show, the announcer calls out the names of four contestants, imploring each to "come on down!" A prize is announced for which each contestant (one at a time) makes a bid (called the One Bid). After the host announces the actual retail price, the contestant who bid closest without going over is invited on stage to play a pricing game for a larger prize. If a contestant's bid is exactly correct, he/she wins a $500 bonus (on the Armed Forces and $1,000,000 Spectacular Specials, the bonus for an exact bid is $1000). Frequently, during Barker's tenure as host, an animal would be brought out on stage by one of the models during the One Bid prize plugs. Barker would then comment that the pet was available for adoption at an area animal shelter. He also encouraged viewers to visit their local humane society. Pricing game prizes often include cars, trips, rooms of furniture, cash, and various other items. Furs were also given away during the early years, but this practice was dropped per Barker's wishes due to his involvement with animal-rights issues. The episodes that offer furs as prizes will likely never be seen again as Barker continues to fight against their re-airing. There were over 100 total individual pricing games with 72 in the current rotation. Some games involved pricing grocery or small, everyday items. Others involved chance, deduction, skill and/or patience. Many games quickly became very popular. Contestants chomp at the bit to play such entries as Plinko, Ten Chances, Cliff Hangers, Any Number, Grocery Game, Range Game, Race Game, and many others. While each of the pricing games uses only one player, there was one game (known by fans as Bullseye 2) which used two players. This game, which was retired during the first season, had the players alternating bids on a car or boat, and the first to guess the price exactly won. The second contestant was determined by immediately playing another One Bid. Some pricing games have been retired. The reasons include frequent mechanical malfunctions, complicated rules, low odds of winning, and negative responses from viewers. Pictures, audio files, and videos of most of the retired pricing games can be seen on various fan pages on the World Wide Web. After each pricing game is played (except for the final game of the day), one more contestant is called from the audience to "come on down," and another One Bid item is shown for another chance to play a pricing game. Until the fourth season, the two contestants with the highest winnings after all three pricing games had been played went to the Showcase round. Two showcases (prize packages worth several thousand dollars) are shown, one at a time. After the first showcase is revealed, the top winning contestant has the choice to bid on the showcase or pass it to his/her opponent and force him/her to bid. The contestant coming closest to the actual retail price of his/her own showcase without going over wins their showcase. Originally, the contestant could win only his/her showcase. Early in the show's run, a stipulation was added stating that if a contestant's bid came within $100 of his/her showcase's actual retail price, they'd win everything in both showcases. In 1998, the stipulation was modified, and, now, winning contestants who are $250 or less away from the actual retail price of their showcase win both showcases. For the week of November 3-7, 1975 the show expanded from 30 to 60 minutes, following a successful week of experimental hour-long shows the week of September 8-12. A new round called the Showcase Showdown was added. After three contestants have played their pricing games, each has the chance to spin a large wheel called "The Big Wheel." The order of spinning is determined by each contestant's winnings with the player having won the least going first and the player having won the most going last. The Big Wheel contains 20 spaces with numbers in increments of five cents (not in order). Each contestant gets up to two spins in an attempt to get as close to $1.00 without going over. If he/she does not have $1.00 after the first spin, the contestant can choose to spin again to get closer to $1.00 or stop at their current score with the hope that the other contestants will either score lower or go over $1.00. Getting $1.00 exactly earns the contestant a $1000 bonus. Going over $1.00 automatically disqualifies the contestant from going any further. A one-spin spin-off is held if there is a tie between two or all three contestants. If the first two contestants go over $1.00, the third player automatically advances to the Showcase but is still entitled to one spin. After the first Showcase Showdown of each show, three more pricing games are played, followed by the second Showcase Showdown. When the Showcase Showdown was first introduced, during the experimental hour-long week, the wheel spun sideways, and there was no $1000 bonus. When the hour-long show became permanent on November 3, 1975, the $1000 bonus was added, and the current wheel debuted. Beginning in June, 1978, contestants scoring $1.00 were now allowed to spin again in an attempt to win an additional $5000 for hitting one of the green sections above or below the $1.00 space (five and 15 cents) or $10,000 for hitting the $1.00 space. During the prime time specials that first aired in 2002, contestants that hit $1.00 during the bonus spin win $100,000. During the $1,000,000 Spectacular specials airing in 2003, this bonus was increased to one million dollars. The winners of each Showcase Showdown (two per show) advance to the Showcase round. Numerous other changes have taken place through the years, and several prime time specials have aired. The Price Is Right's 5000th episode aired in March, 1998 at which time the studio at CBS's Television City where the show is shot was renamed the Bob Barker Studio. Also, the set and some of the pricing game boards went through numerous minor changes due to inflation or to give it a modern look. The bloopers that have occurred on The Price is Right are among the most celebrated in television history. In early 1976, a woman called to Contestant's Row was in the ladies' room. Her husband had to leave the studio to tell her she'd been called. At the beginning of an episode early in the sixth season, a woman's tube top slipped down as she was running toward Contestant's Row. Also during that season, a woman fainted when she learned she won her showcase ($11,000 in prizes). Other bloopers include cars with malfunctioning brakes and other prizes which give way at the wrong time. Usually, one of the models is often a victim of these unfortunate mishaps (such as Janice Pennington and Rachel Reynolds hitting the wall with the car they are revealing for the Lucky $even pricing game). Many pricing games have malfunctioned at one time or another. Many contestants spinning the Big Wheel spin it so hard that they fall to the floor. There have been a fair share of contestants who claim to or actually don't understand how to play a given game. The most notable is the Check Game (where the contestant writes in an amount that when added to the actual retail price of a prize must total between $5000 and $6000. In addition, one game was victimized by a cheater on the April 4, 2005 playing of Flip Flop (where a contestant is presented a string of two sets of two numbers, representing an incorrect price, and must correct one or both sets to win a prize). The contestant, after receiving input from the audience, pressed the reveal button without making any changes. Barker awarded the contestant the prize anyway, although many fans believe the player should have been disqualified. Some contestants eventually became celebrities - Vanna White in particular. She was called to "come on down" in June, 1980, but did not get out of Contestant's Row. Other future stars include Rick Schroeder and Linda Cardellini. Main Title Theme Song "The Price Is Right Theme" by Edd Kalehoff CBS Broadcast History September 4, 1972 - March 23, 1973 .... Monday - Friday at 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM March 26, 1973 - August 15, 1975 .... Monday - Friday at 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM August 15, 1975 - November 28, 1975 .... Monday - Friday at 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM November 3, 1975 - March 25, 1977 .... Monday - Friday at 10:00 AM 11:00 AM March 28, 1977 - November 4, 1977 .... Monday - Friday at 10:30AM - 11:30 AM November 7, 1977 - December 16, 1977 .... Monday - Friday at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM December 19, 1977 - April 20, 1979 .... Monday - Friday at 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM April 23, 1979 -present .... 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Darkwing Duck

Season 1 Episode 42

Twitching Channels

Aired Weekdays 3:30 PM Nov 05, 1991 on ABC

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Megavolt invents something called the Electrolizer and is able to travel through electrical wires to different appliances until he gets to a television set. He realizes that by adjusting the frequency of his device, he can travel through the airwaves and move from television to television. He uses this to commit several robberies and steals money and items by popping out of the sets and then popping back in to get away. Drake is helping Herb bring a large box to the Muddlefoot's house and finds out that Herb got a fancy remote control that controls all the electrical items. Herb turns on the TV and Drake sees Megavolt. They change the channel and Megavolt is on everyone of them. Megavolt comes out of the TV and steals Herb's new remote control and then disappears. Darkwing uses a tracking device and tracks down where Megavolt's transmission coming from. He appears just in time to confront Megavolt. Darkwing pulls out a rubber plunger and Megavolt fires an electrical bolt at him. Darkwing knocks the bolt back at Megavolt with the plunger and shocks him. Megavolt tries to escape and Darkwing grabs his feet and they are both sucked into the TV set. They go through a couple of programs until they come on a science program and Megavolt tries to use a device to trap Darkwing but it winds up overloading and exploding. They appear in the human world and Megavolt runs off when they see people coming. Darkwing learns from some kids that he is on a popular cartoon show and he also finds out that he is on lot of merchandise. Darkwing wonders where all the merchandising money is going and finds out that a Mr. Rockwell created the cartoon. Darkwing goes to meet Mr. Rockwell and asks him how he came up with the idea. Mr. Rockwell tells him that he was a struggling writer and he sent off for a helmet device that was supposed to improve his creativity. Something happened and he somehow tuned into Darkwing's world and started writing his adventures based off of that. Darkwing asks to be compensated and what does he do to get home. Mr. Rockwell doesn't have any idea how to get Darkwing home. As they are talking, a breaking news story appears on TV and it seems that Megavolt is terrorizing the city. Darkwing confronts Megavolt and Megavolt begs him to help him return home. Megavolt tells Darkwing that he was trying to use the antenna to transmitt himself hime, but cannot find the right frequency. Mr. Rockwell offers them a way to go to St. Canard. It turns out that he is putting Darkwing and Megavolt in a play based on their adventures in a mock up St. Canard. They start to do the play and mayhem breaks out and the set is wrecked. The audience loves it and Mr. Rockwell figures that now he doesn't need to do the series any more and that he can have them do the same act every night. Darkwing realizes that he can use the helmet with Megavolt's antenna to find the frequency and get them home. they go to the antenna with the helmet and Mr. Rockwell pleads with Darkwing. Darkwing tells him that he should be original and write the show based on his ideas and not use the helmet to get material for the cartoon show. Darkwing hooks up Megavolt and Megavolt tries to double cross him and kicks him off the antenna. Just then lightning hits and Darkwing launches the plunger and attaches to Megavolt at the last second and they disappear. Mr. Rockwell cries and realizes that he can't tune into their world anymore and as he walks off, his writer hears Monty and Chip from Rescue Rangers and comments that that would be a good show. Herb is watching his TV when it explodes and Darkwing and Megavolt appear. Megavolt tries to get away by using his device and hops into the electrical wiring. Darkwing traps him in a light bulb. He hold up the doll he brought from the human world and says he needs to find a toy factory to start producing them.

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  • 'Lou Grant' - another example of what made TV great in the '70s.

    Great, well-written stories that held personal resonance and societal relevance. Hard to find shows of this caliber today.

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    Of the 5 different intro sequences made for each season, the first season's is my favorite: the whole 'Bird loses it's home because the tree is felled to be turned into paper to be used for the news publication which ends up on the floor of a bird cage to be crapped on' is brilliant irony & beautiful poetic justice.

    Seasons 2-5 had a little guitar solo at the end of the intro sequence soundtrack... season 2 featured the best lick.
  • Lou Grant (1977-1982) was a spinoff of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, centering on Lou Grant working as an editor for the LA Tribune. It's weird, I've been using tv.com for ages and never ever thought of becoming a member ...

    It's weird, I've been using tv.com for ages and never ever thought of becoming a member and now because of Lou Grant I am a member nevertheless. I couldn't believe that so many people thought that this childhood classic of mine was a bad show. Lou Grant was shown in Germany in the late 70s and the early 80s ... not all episodes as I know by now but some and I never missed a single episode although I wasn't even 10 years old at that time. The stories fascinated me and in me grew the wish to become a journalist just because of this brilliant show. The cast, the characters and the stories delivered every single week and I couldn't name a single bad episode. I'm still hoping that one day this wonderful series will be released as a DVD set ... I'd be amongst the first to buy it!
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Monday 10:00 PM on MTV - Music Television

Teen Wolf S04E03: "Muted"

If you are anything like me you've destroyed your brain with too much gas station candy and can't remember anything anymore. I legit can't remember anything that happened longer than 10 minutes ago, which is why I get tons of stuff wrong in these reviews, which are basically the only literate thing I do all week. This is why we are a good team; you remind me when I miss something and I remind you that I have mental probs. Mythology-dense shows like Teen Wolf just get denser and denser as they go along and it can be hard to remember half the stuff that happens. Which I think is fine, that is normal, we have a lot of information to process all day every day. But it's a bummer when misremembering something causes you to like it less. Like, I keep getting into arguments with people who are claiming that True Blood went off the rails recently. Uh, do you even remember the first season? Or more pertinent to this review, that the previous two episodes of Teen Wolf somehow weren't in keeping with what had come before? I'm just saying, don't misremember the format of every season! The main plot doesn't usually kick in until a third of the way through, and that's how it's always been. Even Season 1 devoted its first third to the question of whether Derek was the Alpha or not. Season 3A had something to do with ritual sacrifices. Sorry to sound defensive, but here we are, I'm defending my favorite show. Not that it needs defending: "Muted" was one of the best episodes of Teen Wolf maybe ever. So yeah, Teen Wolf can speak for its-f*ckin-self pardon my French cussin'!

So again, we know that Teen Wolf likes to devote extra time at the start of the season to world-building and character introductions. Haunted motels and coyote girls may not have tons to do with their seasons' respective climaxes, but they DO have a lot to do with getting into our characters' heads and setting things up for future seasons. (At this point maybe only a deeply disturbed person would regret those Malia introductory episodes at the beginning of Season 3B.) That's why I wasn't super impressed with complaints that a Mexico-set episode or an episode about baby Derek were Teen Wolf being somehow off its game. Um, you've seen four (basically) seasons of this thing by now. This is how it works!

However, I definitely understand those complaints a bit more now if only because of how fun and wonderful "Muted" was. Like, I know intellectually that we NEED world-building episodes for a back-to-basics episode like this one to feel so special. But "Muted" nailed all the best Teen Wolf tropes in an almost next-level way. That cold open! The new monster(s)! Lacrosse! The bite! "Muted" was a real holy sh*t of an episode. And yeah, it REALLY does feel like the season has finally started. I think we can all agree on that.

Let's talk about it!

So, one of the things I'd been missing that Teen Wolf had made less and less frequent over the past few seasons were the truly terrifying, near-standalone cold opens. When it wants to be, Teen Wolf is one of the scariest damn shows on television. It's very clear the writers know their horror and the directors really tend to shine during these scenes. This cold open was probably the best one in the history of Teen Wolf, and I'm not going to lie, it was shockingly disturbing. Like, I maybe can't even believe MTV aired it? On the other hand: AMAZING. An alone-in-the-house suburban boogeyman horror scene reminiscent of HalloweenThe StrangersHigh TensionHouse of the DevilMartyrs AND Saw (except 1 million times better than Saw) and centered around a shirtless hunk? Sign me up. If this opening teaser were a feature-length horror movie it would be an instant classic, no joke. I would own it on Blu-Ray. I would watch it more than once a year. I would probably obsess over it and constantly name check it in photo recaps of teen supernatural soaps. So good.

Anyway, here's what happened: a teen hunk went looking for his cat outside but then came inside and turned out the lights and doffed his top and went to bed. That's when he noticed bloody paw prints on the rug, which in my opinion is not a good sign.

AAAAAAAH! A bloody... nevermind. But that's when things got horrifying. On the other side of his bedroom door there were suddenly the sounds of an older married couple getting axe-slaughtered!

Like, jeez, Teen Wolf. That is DARK.

And then the kid finally went to go see what was happening and found a hulking behemoth with a bloody axe standing in the hallway! And oh yeah, the boogeyman "spoke" using a touchpad and a robot voice:

In this case he urged the teen to break a shard of mirror and fight him.

But like a clever minx he merely shattered the window and split. Fair enough! But then the killer stepped into the moonlight:

OMG. Holy moly. Where is your mouth, guy?? Teen Wolf is the best show on television. Amazing.

So then after the opening credits thankfully brought us back into a slightly less terrifying plane of existence, the Hales were negotiating something with Braeden. Specifically how much money they'd have to pay her to capture Kate Argent.

ALL OF IT, basically. She wanted all of their money. Which would be tough since Peter Hale had gotten all of his bear bones stolen. (Or bearer bonds, doesn't matter.) Anyway, Derek immediately agreed because he wanted Kate captured so bad, but Peter Hale got mad at him.

(Thanks to people who reminded me that yellow eyes means a werewolf hasn't murdered anybody.) So I guess Derek had had his murder stolen from him and he wanted it back? But why was he mad about not being a murderer anymore? Because blue eyes look cooler? That seems kinda racist, Derek. I guess we'll find out later after— Whoops, nevermind, can't talk now:

TWO NEW HUNKS! Meet Garrett and Liam, tiny hunk lacrossies (is lacrossie a word?) and obvious threats to Scott and Stiles' status on the team, especially Liam who is a freshman but seems like a prodigy or something.

In fact, Liam was so good at lacrosse that the boys immediately assumed he was a paranormal monster of some kind. So next thing we knew Stiles and Scott were grilling him in the locker room about it.

So, I don't know if this is a subject that will bum everybody out or not, but Teen Wolf is a show that will probably be on for a long time and cast members will continue to cycle in and out. It's sort of like how Captain America 2 [SPOILER] introduced a character who miiiight very well become Captain America should Chris Evans retire from the franchise. So it makes sense that while Dylan O'Brien and the gang are on the cusp of stardom that Teen Wolf needs an infusion of cute sympathetic boys, you know? (What happens to Liam later on in this episode kinda plays into my theory a lot also.) This character turnstile is already spinnin' with Malia and Kira replacing Allison as female leads. I don't know, maybe I shouldn't have said anything. I guess what I mean is these new guys are characters we should probably get used to if we plan to stick with this show for a while. Teen Wolf may just become the DeGrassi of supernatural horror soaps and that is a reality we should start accepting now. But these two also seem so tiny right now, which is rude for me to point out, but aren't they SO tiny??

Meanwhile at the hospital:

Hey look at the new doctor! He was an ancient hunter on The Vampire Diaries. Man, I will never get tired of the cast crossovers between all my favorite shows. Also HEY MRS. MCCALL! Missed u.

So after that bloody hunk showed up a the hospital Sheriff Stilinski discovered that his whole family had been murdered with an axe and he and Mrs. McCall had to decide whether to even inform their kids or not. What a weird moment! Like, theoretically their kids have super powers or whatever, and are probably better and investigating this stuff, but on the other hand, can you imagine being a sheriff and having to ask your teen son for help to do your job? But the biggest question at this point was why any of these people still live in Beacon Hills. So then I laughed when it appeared that Kira's family had already come to the correct conclusion about that:

Aw, they were selling their house and moving back to Manhattan! Kira was not happy, mostly because she hadn't yet sat 'n spun on Scott's werewolf D.

Also HEY KIRA'S MOM. Man, I love the parents on this show. I still wish we could get more appearances by the ghost of Mrs. Argent or maybe it could be a Lady Stoneheart situation, but who knows, maybe later. Nobody stays dead forever.

Meanwhile this episode confirmed that the lead characters are juniors in high school, which was weird considering they seemed to be taking algebra? As juniors? I mean obviously Malia is uneducated and Scott probably won't be acing SAT tests in general, but why was Lydia taking basic algebra? But I did love this chalkboard exchange with Malia:

Aw, poor Malia. She hates math. Meanwhile this cracked me up:

Stiles got a text alert about the murders! It reminded me of the time I was in a waiting room and everybody's iPhone got an Amber Alert (which is a California thing indicating that a child was stolen by gypsies or something) and it was honestly really terrifying to hear twelve phones go off simultaneously. It was like the beginning of a horror film where technology goes haywire and then the machines rise up to turn us all into batteries. So yeah, this was just a cool text message to get in the middle of class.

But the heroes being the heroes they were, Stiles immediately reasoned that they should skip out of school and go sort that murder sh*t right out.

Haha I liked that Scott seemed VERY disinterested in jumping into the season mythology just yet. It's like he KNEW it was only the third episode. Stiles on the other hand was appalled. I guess ever since his brain unbroke and he became literate again he's been rarin' to get back in the saddle. Classic Stiles.

There was also a cute moment here where Scott kissed Kira goodbye on the mouth too chastely and they both freaked out. That is a teen plotline I've never seen addressed before, so again, I like when Teen Wolf remembers it's about teens.

Meanwhile I have never related to a character as much as I related to The Mute:

The scene where he stayed up all night staring at his computer screen was VERY RELATABLE BASICALLY. And I'm not going to lie, I was slightly jealous of how he eats:

I mean, gosh, I'm just thinking of all the time this would save me and I'm suddenly craving a hole in the neck. Anyway, The Mute is obviously a horrifying monster with a blood-caked axe, but I feel like in certain ways he really "gets" me. Like, look at what he was typing:

That's exactly how these recaps start looking to me when 6am rolls around.

Meanwhile the Coach announced in the locker room that the entire lacrosse team was experiencing a rebuilding season because half of its hunks went away. Like specifically Jackson and Isaac. But he didn't say anything about Danny, who I guess is not only gone but also forgotten? If he's gone forever this doesn't surprise me, since the revelation he was hip to the monsters all along felt like an unofficial parting line, but who knows if he is off the show or not. Only the lawyers and agents know for sure.

So even though Stiles has spent the better part of a semester running toward and away from dangerous monsters, he was surprisingly wheezy at lacrosse practice!

It was cute that Kira and Malia went to go watch practice like a couple of devoted girlfriends, but I REALLY liked their weird friendship, which mostly consists of Kira being awkward and Malia telling her off.

Malia was amazing in this episode, as always, no duh.

Meanwhile tiny hunk Liam was invited into a three-way with Scott and Stiles and he scored a ton!

I loved when Malia demanded that they all go again and Stiles got embarrassed:

Also I am not going to lie, I laughed out loud when the Coach immediately accepted her $10 offer to let them go again. He needs that money for the vending machines they keep in the lobby of his adult daycare.

So, anyway, this time Scott turned on his werewolf powers and broke Liam's effing LEG!

Poor Liam. See, this was a good introduction to the character because I was already feeling bad for the fella. Luckily there was no bad blood between any of them and Scott and Stiles immediately walked Liam off the field to go to the hospital. Meanwhile Kira caught a stray lacrosse ball with her stick thingy!

And then she threw it back at Coach and he fell down. Man, if this show is implying that Kira might join the lacrosse team I would LOVE that. That would be really awesome, I am in favor, case closed.

Meanwhile, could THIS be a blossoming romance?

Yeah, sorry, I'm definitely feeling it. I like Braeden a lot and it seems like she and Derek were flirting a bunch. Plus she has him all figured out (and not even Derek has Derek figured out.) So I approve of this muy mucho.

Meanwhile Scott and Kira continued to be awkward around each other. Like, he made her wait for him after practice and then he barely had time to say hi?

But then the music got loud and he ran back out and they mouth attacked each other! Whew! It finally happened. Friendzoning is over! Good job, guys.

Later Kira went home and destroyed the 'for sale' sign on her house, so it seems like she's probably going to stay a while now:

Meanwhile dreamy Deputy Parrish went to go investigate the house where everyone was murdered and guess who he found lurking around already!

Um, again, is there something romantic going on here? He is technically a grownup and an officer of the law and Lydia is underage, so that would obviously be strange and illegal, but on the other hand these are a couple of dreamboats and they seem to have good rapport. Who knows! The only thing we know right now is that if there is a wood panel with screaming faces on it, then it is probably the doorway to a secret passageway that leads to an enormous walk-in freezer full of hanging meats:

And despite Deputy Parrish weirdly assuming the hanging objects were DEER, they were actually just a ton of dead people.

This poor extra. I hope she at least puts this scene on her reel. But also WHAT ON EARTH? That family had some 'splaining to do. Just kidding, they were axe-murdered.

So then the Malia-Stiles romance proceeded accordingly with a sexy study session!

They had a really cute moment when Stiles saw that Malia had color-coded her highlighters in the same way he'd once color-coded his crazyperson yarn web. Like, come on, the look on his face when he realized the coincidence was as charming as possible.

Then he discovered that the "notes" Lydia had lent to Malia were probably not very helpful.

Lydia, girl, what is UP with your brain? No wonder Malia was failing algebra.

So then Liam was chilling at the hospital and guess who his step-dad is?

The doctor dude! Personally I love that Liam arrived complete with a dynamic parent who works in a position of power within the community. Now we KNOW Liam's an important new addition to the cast. You're not anybody in this town unless you have cool parent working in the public sector, you know? (Is Lydia's mom still substitute teaching?)

So yeah, after all those bodies were discovered in the crime scene house, it was clear the surviving family member hunk dude was probably not what he seemed. And Mrs. McCall had to find that out the hard way:

(I will never get tired of this joke sorry.) Look at that guy! Just eating a cop like it was NBD. That I didn't have a problem with, but it struck me as unnecessary for him to then also attack Scott's mom!

Luckily Scott was there to save her.

After a brief hallway tussle, the guy—a self-admitted wendigo!—grabbed Liam in the hallway and dragged him up to the roof where he threatened to eat him!

I mean, Liam IS fun-sized but that didn't mean Scott was happy about this possibility.

But the next thing we knew Liam was hanging off the ledge by his fingertips and Scott was trying to save him but the wendigo was grabbing onto Scott and acting a fool.

So Scott did the only thing he could think of to save Liam, and it was a very weird decision!

HAHAH oh man. Of course. Good thinking. Meanwhile the wendigo was mysteriously struck down behind him!

It was The Mute, come to finish his handiwork! Scott probably had mixed emotions about seeing a mouthless demon straight-up murdering someone with an axe right in front of him. But on the other hand, The Mute DID kill an enemy and didn't seem to pose a threat to Scott himself at that point in time. So no harm, no foul. Meanwhile, there was plenty of harm and foul going on with Liam's new werewolf bite!

Wuh-oh. Scott may have officially turned his first werewolf! (Let's be real, Liam's definitely going to survive that bite and will probably not become a banshee or a lizard in my opinion.) That's obviously a big moral grey zone for Scott, even though he seemed ready and willing to turn Stiles into a werewolf last season. But still, he's definitely going to be in trouble with the Mexican Fratellis, seeing as Mexican Mama Fratelli specifically warned Scott not to bite innocent people. But hey, now there is a backup Teen Wolf in case Scott decides to move to Paris or London or get shot with an arrow in the chest, you know? Hakuna matata.

"Muted" was pretty much fantastic. I mean, I don't know if this is too early to say, but is there a Royal Rumble of monsters going on in this town? Will there be even more monsters? I'm VERY into this idea. Very. Into it.

Okay bye.

... Will Kira join lacrosse?

... Will The Mute show up in your nightmares?

... What's the better hinted-at romance, Derek and Braeden or Lydia and Parrish?

... Would you date a wendigo?

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AIRED ON 8/24/2015

Season 5 : Episode 10

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