{"id":50,"date":"2007-03-23T13:18:04","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T18:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/wordpress\/?p=47"},"modified":"2007-03-23T13:18:04","modified_gmt":"2007-03-23T18:18:04","slug":"random-findings-vii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2007\/03\/23\/random-findings-vii\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Findings VII"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I want you to remember to have great strength and have great courage. There can always be a little bit of fear or nervousness, but courage overcomes that. Your desire to win, to be the best you can be, becomes greater than anything you fear. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s courage. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how you do it.<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0– Kay Yow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I want you to remember to have great strength and have great courage. There can always be a little bit of fear or nervousness, but courage overcomes that. Your desire to win, to be the best you can be, becomes greater than anything you fear. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s courage. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how you do it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0– Kay Yow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-O","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1771,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2016\/12\/16\/until-next-time-san-francisco\/","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":0},"title":"Until next time San Francisco","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, after 8.5 years, is my last day living in San Francisco\u00c2\u00a0- a city that\u00c2\u00a0gave me so much: The love of my life The birthplace of my three children The only jobs I've ever known My first major sports championship I've experienced The first home that I bought The only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Life Updates"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1736,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2016\/10\/30\/transfer-of-power-in-america-a-violent-tradition\/","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":1},"title":"Transfer of Power in America - A violent tradition","date":"October 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"They tell us that one of the marvels of the American system is that every few years power is peacefully transferred from one group to another. 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