Hard!

Summary Despite Aaron being the only person to complete all the latest challenges successfully, his request to stay at the Centre is in part the reason why no graduated after those last set of challenges. Before the next set of challenges, Shyamala conducts one-on-one therapy sessions with Tab and Afiya, the two whose driving problems are highly psychological ones. The first challenge the remaining five nominees take is a snow plow driving one on a simulated narrow street filled with fake snow (in reality wood chips). The nominees have thirty minutes to make as many attempts to drive through the course without hitting anything except fake snow. Despite successfully completing the challenge, one nominee doesn't take away the proper lesson of the challenge. The second challenge is an off road one, testing rules of Canadian roads, including some specific to only certain locales. The third challenge is a game of road curling, where the nominees push oversized curling rocks with their car to a hog line with the goal of getting the rock into the house. They are given eight rocks apiece to reach that goal of at least one rock in the house. Some who fail don't understand the point of the challenge. After being taught the skills by Philippe, the nominees, for their fourth challenge, have to do a swerve at high speed to avoid hitting an unexpected object. Shirley admits that she was taught never to swerve to avoid hitting animals, and as such has killed more than one animal in her driving life. In the panel deliberation, the experts shortlist two. Their decision on which of the two to graduate is ultimately a difficult one.

S7.E6 ∙ Hard!

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Andrew Younghusband Cam Woolley Philippe Létourneau Shyamala Kiru

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Genres : Comedy Documentary

Release date : Nov 27, 2011

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : Discovery Channel

Language : English

Production companies : Eggplant Picture & Sound Proper Television Inc.

Summary Despite Aaron being the only person to complete all the latest challenges successfully, his request to stay at the Centre is in part the reason why no graduated after those last set of challenges. Before the next set of challenges, Shyamala conducts one-on-one therapy sessions with Tab and Afiya, the two whose driving problems are highly psychological ones. The first challenge the remaining five nominees take is a snow plow driving one on a simulated narrow street filled with fake snow (in reality wood chips). The nominees have thirty minutes to make as many attempts to drive through the course without hitting anything except fake snow. Despite successfully completing the challenge, one nominee doesn't take away the proper lesson of the challenge. The second challenge is an off road one, testing rules of Canadian roads, including some specific to only certain locales. The third challenge is a game of road curling, where the nominees push oversized curling rocks with their car to a hog line with the goal of getting the rock into the house. They are given eight rocks apiece to reach that goal of at least one rock in the house. Some who fail don't understand the point of the challenge. After being taught the skills by Philippe, the nominees, for their fourth challenge, have to do a swerve at high speed to avoid hitting an unexpected object. Shirley admits that she was taught never to swerve to avoid hitting animals, and as such has killed more than one animal in her driving life. In the panel deliberation, the experts shortlist two. Their decision on which of the two to graduate is ultimately a difficult one.

Details

Genres : Comedy Documentary

Release date : Nov 27, 2011

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : Discovery Channel

Language : English

Production companies : Eggplant Picture & Sound Proper Television Inc.

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In the Diplomatic Service

In the Diplomatic Service

Dick Stansbury chooses a life of travel and pleasure rather than a more useful career. He returns from three years of foreign travel. His uncle, Major Blaine, interests him in a bold breach of ethics made by one of the foreign diplomats, Doctor Montell, but as yet nothing has been proved against the doctor, as he knows all the men in the Secret Service in Washington. Dick met him abroad, and Major Blaine persuades him to undertake the task of Doctor Montell's unmasking. Beverly Ryerson has a friend, an eccentric young authoress, Helen Wardlow, who is disgusted because, she says, there is no more originality in life. Beverly assures her that such is not the case. Dick, Beverly, Doctor Montell, Helen, Mrs. Ryerson, Beverly's step-mother, and her nephew, Lyna Hardi, who is loaning her money to pay her bridge debts, and who in return demands that she aid his cause with Beverly, are all at the Diplomats' Ball. Dick and Dr. Montell interest the girls and they induce Mrs. Ryerson to invite the men to a party at her country-house. Dick seizes the opportunity to ensnare the doctor in a plot that will prove his deceptions against the government. Dick has invented a "machine gun," supposed to fire a bomb that will burst anywhere within several hundred feet of an airship, asphyxiating the pilot and passengers with poisonous gas. He brings the model of the gun with him to the house-party, and takes care to talk about his invention where Montell can overhear him. He is soon approached by Montell with a proposition to deceive his own government, and sell the model to a foreign nation. Dick asks for time to consider the offer. Montell is determined to have the invention at once, and Hardi attempts to steal it for him, but is prevented by a Secret Service man. His reason for this move is that in trying to discredit big rival he has told Beverly that Dick is a traitor to his country. He has arranged for Beverly to overhear Dr. Montell and Dick talking about the invention. Though Dick has so far refused to sell, she fears he may succumb to the doctor's inducements, and to save him Beverly surreptitiously takes the model to her own room, though it is soon returned to Dick by one of his detectives. Montell and two accomplices then try to steal the model. Dick has been warned of their approach. He extends a wire from one of the house-lights to the model, and gets the janitor to operate a magneto at a signal. When the three malefactors step on a wet rug with the machine, they are held fast by the sudden shock of the electricity and caught by Dick. The ignominious recall of Dr. Montell by his own country is inevitable. Dick spares Hardi, since he has plotted against him only as a rival, not against him as a representative of the foreign government. In order to clear Beverly's mind of any possible doubt as to his loyalty to the nation, Dick next day asks her to accompany him to a junk dealer, to whom he offers his "wonderful invention." The junk-dealer finally consents to give him twenty-five cents for it. Out of sentiment, however, Beverly buys it back for $25. A happy denouement follows, and Helen, having found ample material for a plot, types busily away on her new story.

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