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Checking in from Carrizozo, NM …
As we travel through many towns of the west it is interesting to stop and walk through the local cemeteries as each one is so different from what we are familiar with on the east coast. The older sections of a cemetery, meaning graves of those born in the early 1800's and who died before the twentieth century, make you stop and think what life was like then and what means did their love ones or others have to bury them and provide a grave site marker. "Boot Hill", in the west alludes to the fact that many of its occupants were cowboys who "died with their boots on," the implication here being they died violently, as in gunfights or by hanging, and not of natural causes and most of these died before they were forty. There are many such graves in New Mexico, which only have a large stone or wooden cross to mark their site and no name or date scratched on the marker. The immediate families or loved ones of these souls are probably long gone and not around to maintain to maintain the cemetery. Within the cemetery there are crumbling retaining walls, tilted monuments, and unstable fences. Some may have a cast iron gate around them or a stack of available rocks from the area. Wooden headboards and iron markers are staples of the western cemetery throughout the late nineteenth century. There are weeds and scrub brush replacing what was once there, but the scenery gives the visitor a hint of the Wild West. As you read the epitaphs honoring the dead or notice the newer stones made of highly polished granite, you cannot help but notice the mix of wood, marble, wrought iron, and simple wood pickets. These cemeteries are an interesting mix where the past meets the present.
Not far from Lincoln is Fort Stanton, which was founded in 1855 to protect settlements of the Hondo Valley from the rampaging tribes in the Apache Wars. The fort operated until 1899 with an interruption from 1862 to 1864 when Confederate forces occupied the facility. (We had no idea that the Civil War had reached this far west.) When the fort reopened under the US Army in 1864, the first commandant was Colonel Christopher "Kit" Carson.
In 1899, President William McKinley closed the fort and had it converted to the first tuberculosis hospital in the nation. The hospital and research facility were limited to naval, marine and merchant marine servicemen. Seems a little strange that ocean-going men would end up being treated in the high country of New Mexico, but the dry, hot climate was considered ideal for treatment of the disease. There is a cemetery near Fort Stanton where 1,840 mariners are buried. The view from this site is fantastic, but it is a little unusual to see the cemetery marked with anchors and maritime markings. Fort Stanton also served one other purpose before its final closing. It was an internment location for Germans and some Japanese during World War II.
From Lincoln and the legend of Billy the Kid, my next destination was the town of Capitan. With a slight smell of smoke in the air from the New Mexico fires to the south, it was appropriate that I was entering the home of Smokey the Bear. In the spring of 1950 after a huge and horrendous fire, a badly burned black bear cub was found in the Capitan Gap near the body of his mother. Rescued by veterinarians, the cub was originally named Hotfoot Teddy. He soon was renamed Smokey, however, and he became the real life version of the mascot of the US Forest Service. Smokey spent the next 26 years at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. When he died in 1976, his remains were returned to Capitan where he was buried at the Smokey Bear Historical Park.
Walking the next day from Capitan to Carrizozo through the gorgeous Capitan Mountains, the elevation peaked at 7,000 feet at Indian Divide. The path then wound down to a high desert mesa with rough buffalo grass, scattered and stunted mesquite trees and more frequent cacti. Just west of Carrizozo, we came upon an almost unbelievable landscape that we had seen from Google aerial maps but couldn't quite understand. It was what the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century had described as the impassable Malpais or badlands. Now called the Valley of Fires, the area is actually the youngest lava flow in the continental US with its latest flow having occurred between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. The flow erupted from volcanic vents at the northern end of the Tularosa Basin on at least two occasions and has created a field of broken black lava that measures 44 miles long, up to two miles wide and as much as 160 feet deep. At our overnight parking space at the Valley of Fires Recreation Area on a high ridge, the view is spectacular. What appears to be a black gash in the earth from the aerial shots, is more like an amazing moonscape up close if the surface of the moon had cacti spurting from the broken lava. Truly a beautiful view as the sun dips behind the mountains and cast shadows on the area.
Today at Valley of Fires, we met a group of 6 cyclists and their support team, Journey of Hope, biking across the US. This group was created by Push America (www.PushAmerica.org) and is the largest fraternal fundraiser of its kind. The Journey of Hope covers 32 different states, cycling over 12,000 miles combined and is solely comprised of members of Pi Kappa Phi whose goal is to spread a message of acceptance and understanding for people with disabilities.
Heading west over the next few days toward San Antonio, NM with parking for the RV a possible challenge. Wish us luck and safe travel.


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Category Archives: Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi – 02 Review
Episode 02 (41) – The Eastern Forest
And so this episode follows the trend of two-episodes-only arc. I wonder if there will ever come a time where the series manages to stretch pass covering more than two episodes in an arc.
This was a nice and sweet ending to an exciting start and we were able to catch a glimpse of the typical Natsume heartwarming aftereffect glow towards the end of the episode.
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi – 01 Review
Episode 01 – Natsume Captured
So here we have it, the start of the onslaught of first episode reviews just as the Winter Season of anime kicks in!
Natsume really does know how to kick start off the series in a big way and if I am not wrong, this is the first time the series has started off on an arc. If you are hoping to be filled with nostalgia after watching the episode, you would probably be disappointed as tension runs high in this story's game of cat and mouse.

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be (one's) (own) lookout
To be a problem or difficulty that one has caused oneself. Primarily heard in UK. If you stay up till 3 AM, it's your own lookout if you sleep through your alarm.
See also: lookout
be a/the poor man's (someone or something)
To be an inferior substitute for the actual or genuine person or thing. That local artist is the poor man's Jackson Pollack—to everyone in town, at least. I was happy with my new car, even though my friends think it's just a poor man's Jaguar.
See also: poor
bring (someone) in from the cold
To allow someone to join or participate in a group from which they were previously excluded; to accept someone into a certain social setting. A relatively unknown director for most of her career, her work with the A-list celebrity garnered the attention of a major Hollywood studio and finally brought her in from the cold. The company finally brought its striking workers in from the cold after months of intense negotiations.
do justice to (someone or something)
1. To describe or show someone or something accurately. Often used in the negative to emphasize that something is better than it appeared or was portrayed. I think you two will love this house once we get inside—the pictures really don't do justice to its mid-century modern charm.
2. To eat or drink in large quantities. I think you bought too much soda—there's no way the party guests will do justice to all of that.
3. To give something the amount of care and consideration it warrants. I don't have enough of a vocal range to do justice to that beautiful song.
See also: justice
fall (a)foul of (someone or something)
To become disliked or to come in conflict with someone or something due to one's actions, often resulting in further trouble or conflict. Since you're new here, be careful not to fall afoul of Bill—he'll keep you off of every case if he's mad at you. I fell foul of the committee, and now I'm not sure how to improve my reputation. Ted fell afoul of the law when he was still a kid, and he's been in and out of jail ever since.
fortune is smiling (up)on (someone)
Someone is especially lucky, fortunate, or successful; good things tend to happen to someone. I hear that Jenny just won some major award, so soon after her huge promotion. It seems that fortune is smiling on her at the moment! Fortune has been smiling upon my younger brother since he was little: things have just always worked out for the best for him.
fortune smiles (up)on someone
Someone is especially lucky, fortunate, or successful; good things tend to happen to someone. I hear that Jenny just won some major award, so soon after her huge promotion. It seems that fortune smiles on her at the moment! If you're going into business for yourself, just remember that fortune smiles upon those who are willing to take risks.
hold (someone) in good stead
Especially of a talent, ability, or experience, to prove particularly useful or beneficial to someone in the future. Janet is hoping her internship working in IT will hold her in good stead when she looks for a job after college.
in the name of (someone or something)
1. Based on the authority of someone or something. We proclaim these things in the name of God. In the name of King John, I command you to halt.
2. With someone or something as a basis, reason, or motivation. They're releasing the documents in the name of transparency, but I don't think anyone is really interested in them. How many people have been killed in the name of religion?
3. Belonging to someone. According to the deed, this property is still in the name of your father.
now for (someone or something)
Used to indicate that attention will now be focused on someone or something. And that's all our headline stories for tonight. Now for Janet Morgan with sports. Thank you for that wonderful performance. Now for something a bit different.
See also: now
poor old
Describing someone or something that one feels sympathy, pity, or compassion for. Poor old Robert was let go from another job. He just can't catch a break. Are we nearly there? My poor old feet are killing me!
so much for (someone or something)
Someone or something is no longer relevant, feasible, or worth consideration. A: "The mechanic said the entire engine needs to be replaced." B: "Well, so much for our road trip." The new CEO lasted less than a week before he was fired for improper conduct. So much for him.
See also: much
stand (one) in good stead
Especially of a talent, ability, or experience, to prove particularly useful or beneficial to one in the future. Janet is hoping her internship working in IT will stand her in good stead when she looks for a job after college.
stand (one) to (something)
To treat one to or provide the money necessary for something. The company is standing me to a business degree, with the expectation that I take on more responsibilities after it is completed. I felt bad for the guy, so I offered to stand him to a drink.
See also: stand
the joke's on (one)
1. One is experiencing or will experience a negative outcome, particularly one that was intended for someone else. The phrase typically refers to a practical joke or malicious act that has backfired. Greg set up this bucket of water to fall on me, but the joke's on him now—I rigged it up over his bedroom door. He thought he could steal my job by telling the boss terrible things about me, but the joke's on him—he's getting fired for misuse of company time.
2. One seems silly or foolish. Well, the joke's on me because I spent so much time perfecting our itinerary that I forgot to put gas in my car before the trip.
See also: on
fall foul of ˈsb/ˈsthdo something which gets you into trouble with somebody/something: They fell foul of the law by not paying their taxes. ♢ Try not to fall foul of Mr. Jones. He can be very unpleasant.
the joke's on ˈsb(informal) used to say that somebody who tried to make another person look ridiculous now looks ridiculous instead
do justice to ˈsb/ˈsth,
ˌdo somebody/something ˈjusticesay or do something which shows that you know or recognize the true value of somebody/something; show the true value of something: They were not hungry and couldn't do justice to her excellent cooking. ♢ This picture doesn't do him justice; he's much better-looking in real life.
be ˈsb's (own) lookout(British English, informal) be somebody's problem because they are responsible for causing it: If he wants to invest all his money in one company, that's his lookout. ♢ It's my own lookout if I fail this exam.
See also: lookout
ˌso much for ˈsb/ˈsth
1 used to show that you have finished talking about something: So much for the situation in the Far East. Now let's turn our attention to South America.
2 used to suggest that something has not been useful or successful: She gave the job to the other manager. So much for all her promises to me.
in the name of ˈsb/ˈsth,
in somebody's/something's ˈname
1 using the authority of somebody/something; as a representative of somebody/something: I arrest you in the name of the law.
2 used to give a reason or an excuse for doing something, often when what you are doing is wrong: new laws introduced in the name of national security
3 for somebody; showing that something officially belongs to somebody: The reservation was made in the name of Brown. ♢ The car is registered in my name.


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MAMAMOO are starting off New Year on a strong (and high!) note.
The dynamic vocal group have released their new song and video, "Paint Me", with stunning picturesque lyrics that are supposed to show the contract between the warmth of love and the coldness of breakups.
The members are represented by four different colors – red, blue, yellow and white – in the artistic MV.
A rep for the group says of the song, "Despite the controlled session configuration, a combination of the abundant ambience, the melodies of the main piano that keep the balance of the song, the guitar sounds that lead the song by building tension in the song and the string sounds at the latter half of the song created the music in a magnificent scale like the OST of a blockbuster movie."


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Metrodome roof collapses
The roof of the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis has apparently collapsed. Witnesses say the roof is no longer visible above the dome's concrete bowl.
Chris Cowles is the security director at the Holiday Inn Metrodome, right across the freeway from the Metrodome.
"The chef lives in Elliot Park, the neighborhood just south of the Metrodome. And he came in and told us that it had collapsed. So we went up to the 14th floor to look at it. It looks kind of like a big dish of sugar," he said.
Officials with the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, which operates the Dome, couldn't be reached to answer questions about the dome's condition.
Today's Vikings game against the New York Giants had already been postponed until Monday evening because of concerns about snow on the dome's roof. It isn't clear if that game will have to be rescheduled again.


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This great sounding acousticelectric guitar goes beyond the design of standard classical-style guitars and allows for a seamless transition from steel-string instruments.
Played plugged in or acoustic, this nylon-string guitar will fit into all your musical scenarios. Includes built-in USB port for easy interfacing with recording software.
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- Body Type Concert
- Neck Wood Mahogany
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- Fretboard: ovangkol
- # Frets 20
- Nut Width 1-7/8"
- Tuners Hardware "3-in-line nylon "
- Lower Bout Width 15"
- Waist Width 9"
- Upper Bout Width 11 1/4"
- Body Length 20"
- Body Depth 4"
- String Gauge D'Addario EJ46
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- Binding Tortoise
- Inlay Centered dots
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- Scale Length (in inches) 25 1/2" (Bass 32")
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China overtook the U.S. as the largest importer of Vietnamese tra (pangasius) fish in the first quarter of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.
Even though many Vietnamese enterprises export tra fish to the U.S., only two seafood processors, Vinh Hoan JSC and Bien Dong Seafood Co Ltd, enjoy low tariffs, according to the association's general secretary Truong Dinh Hoe.
Another reason, he said, is American customers might have consumed tra fish inventories in the period. Besides, the rising domestic price of unprocessed tra fish, U.S. trade barriers and other factors were attributable to the fall in tra shipments to America, he added.
Meanwhile, he said, the local companies which had difficulty finding their way to the U.S. market shifted to exporting to the northern neighboring country. As a result, quarter one saw a steep rise in tra exports to China.
He said local tra fish exporters should be careful with their dealings with Chinese traders, especially via informal channels.
Meanwhile, tra exports to the European Union dropped a sharp 21.5% compared to the same period last year at US$49.9 million, representing 13% of the total.
He ascribed the fall to a smear campaign against the quality of Vietnamese tra fish and the volatility exchange rate between the euro and the U.S. dollar.
But shipments to Brazil rose a whopping 70% year-on-year at US$35.5 million, 10% of the total.
Export turnover of this sector in quarter one rose 1.6% against the same period of 2016 at US$371.3 million.


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Animal Health Institute Names Winners of 2014 Cutest Pets on Capitol Hill
Last night at the Cannon Caucus Room, the Animal Health Institute announced the winners of its Cutest Pets competition (for which FishbowlDC editor Nick Massella served as a judge) at AHI's Pet Night on Capitol Hill. Winners hailed from the offices of Sen. Boxer, Rep. Mike Honda, and Sen. Warren and were "unveiled" by Rep. Jeff Denham's (R-CA) dog "Lily," a 2013 winner.
Hundreds packed into the room for one of Capitol Hill's favorite annual events and posed for pictures with celebrity pets including Marti, who plays "Sandy" in the upcoming remake of "Annie" and Orion, who plays "Buttercup" in "The Hunger Games" (Rumor has it Jennifer Lawrence actually likes the fluffy cat…and there are actually two of them. Kinda like the Olsen Twins.).
In attendance: Story Partner's Trudi Boyd, Amos Snead, Lauren Culbertson, Jen Voss, and Elyse Petroni, Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY), Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), AHI's Ron Phillips and Rich Carnevale.


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Includes: Shirt, skirt, oversleeve
Material: Uniform colth
Net Weight: 0.56kg
Shipping Weight: 0.87kg
Shown Color: Blue
Care Instructions: Hand wash in cold water, hang to dry, no bleach
Features: Professional designer, more similar to the original character, it would good and comfortable for wearing.
Character Introduction: Kasane Teto is a Japanese UTAU who was originally created as a troll "VOCALOID" by fans. Her surname(Kasane) is widely interpreted as "Piled-up Sound", but TWINDRILL does not give any official account about the name. Her name(Teto) comes from Tetopettenson, a parody song of Le Beau Tambour. Although her voicebank is only for use in UTAU, many people still mistake her for a VOCALOID.


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One team will end a long, storied drought and bring Lord Stanley's mug back to a city that has been longing for it for an extended period of time.
Through three games, Chicago has held serve and won two close games at home: 6-5 in Game 1 followed by a tighter checking, nastier 2-1 decision in Game 2. Philadelphia headed home for Game 3 and promptly outlasted the Hawks in OT, 4-3.
The last time Philadelphia won the cup was back in 1975, their second in a row. Thirty-five years is a long time. Their last chance at the cup came back in 1997, but they were quickly swept away at that point, and most forget they were even there. For the Hawks, it has been even longer. In fact, 1961 was the last time they were able to hoist the glorious mug. And 1992 was the last time they even played for the chance. This spring, one of these teams will end that, and be forever remembered in their respective cities.
It is almost like a matchup you would expect in the first round. The Western Conference's second seed will be playing against the Eastern Conference's seventh seed. Don't let the seeding chart fool you, though; both teams expected to be here at the start of the season. No one could have expected the very different journeys the two clubs have taken to get here, but trust me, they both expected to be here. And both teams share many parallels in how they got here.
Big Offseason Acquisition
In the off-season, both teams made changes to get them over the proverbial hump. Chicago brought in Marian Hossa, fresh off back-to-back Stanley Cup finals appearances with the Detroit Red Wings and prior to that, the Pittsburgh Penguins. His experience and big body would serve well a young team learning how to win after bowing out in the conference finals last year. Philadelphia brought in hulking defenseman Chris Pronger. Pronger plays a game that is on the edge. Tremendous abilities combined with a penchant for simply being downright nasty. This is the third team he has taken to the Stanley Cup finals, all in the last five years, all in the first year he was in their respective uniforms.
Hitting Rock Bottom
Back in 2007, both of these teams were at rock bottom. They picked first and second overall, respectively, and were coming off divisional last-place finishes. Chicago won the draft lottery and was able to draft Patrick Kane. Kane won the Calder Trophy the next year and along with other young talent, sped up the recovery process in Chicago. Philadelphia went with fellow American James van Riemsdyk with the No. 2 pick. More of a power forward, the American took a couple of extra years to mature and fill into his body, but showed promise as a rookie this year. Combined with other young talent on the team, he has fit in well.
Questionable Goaltending
Both teams have goaltenders in place that many "experts" thought could be exposed. Annti Niemi was the choice in the net for Chicago as veteran Christobal Huet has played second fiddle and has seen but a single game of mop-up duty in the playoffs so far. The 26-year-old rookie has played with poise, and has been able to come up with the big stop when needed. Currently, Michal Leighton (the waiver wire pickup) is in goal for Philadelphia. Leighton has done nothing but earn himself a nice payday with his recent play. Picked off the waiver wire early in the year, he stepped in when the Flyers were ravaged between the pipes with injury and held his own, keeping his new team within range of the playoffs. He went down with an injury earlier this season, and it wasn't until he stepped in against the Bruins and helped preserve a shutout for the team, that he hasn't looked back. Leighton tied a record by posting three shutouts in a conference final, something that has only been done a handful of times in history. Against the undersized Canadiens, Leighton was able to control many pucks, and make the necessary stops. Even when they had the Canadiens on the ropes, many expected him to wake up from his "dream" and realize that he is "Michael Leighton." Well the carriage has not yet turned back into a pumpkin, and he remains Philly's backstop.
After the 6-5 Game 1 battle in which Leighton was pulled in favor of Brian Boucher, which created more of the same for Philly…which goalie is our goalie? Leighton started in Game 2 and played much better, but was still unable to steal a game in Chicago. Niemi was shown faith, with a lackluster Game 1 performance in which he gave up five goals, but was able to make some big stops when it counted most in the third and deciding period.
Quality, Young Leaders
Both teams have tremendous young leaders as their team captains. The Flyers boast Mike Richards, one of the best two way players in the game today, who has also been a winner at every level. Richards has won the Memorial Cup with the Kitchener Rangers, a World Junior champion (and former team captain), a Calder Cup with the Philadelphia Phantoms, a gold medal at the Olympics this year, and is now gunning for his first Stanley Cup. Richards followed suit after Sidney Crosby grabbed the Prince of Wales trophy at the trophy presentation, held it up, skated through his team before taking it to the dressing room. Signifying a team that has been through so much, they deserved to celebrate that trophy, but also acknowledging that more work needed to be done, and they won't celebrate too much until another three wins are in the bank.
The Hawks boast "Captain Serious" Jonathan Toews who is a fantastic two-way player in his own right. Also a winner wherever he has gone, a World Junior Champion (who will forget his shootout effort against the Americans in the semi-final), a World Champion, and Olympic gold medalist as well, he and Richards were teammates in Vancouver this year, where both ranked amongst team Canada's top players. Toews has very underrated strength on the puck and in the faceoff circle; it's been a treat to watch these two young leaders strut their stuff against one another in the finals this year. I don't think anyone out there in the hockey world could find two better leaders for their teams. It would be tough to say these two don't rank in the top five team captains out there right now.
Hobby Implications of the Stanley Cup Finals
There are a few stars that will probably see a spike in their card values should they be able to hoist Lord Stanley's mug. As discussed, both team captains would see a rise should they lead their respective teams to victory. Toews and Richards both already have good followings. Richards might get more of bump overall, as I believe his following is more regional then that of Toews, but they both have their die-hard collectors. One of them will be hoisting Lord Stanley though, and will be a big reason why in the end, look for the Cup winner to see a spike.
Jeff Carter and Patrick Kane also will probably see more movement on their top cards, especially top rookie cards should they help their teams to victory. These two stars simply have too much talent not to be a big part of their team successes. Both of these players will be forever linked with their captains. Carter made his debut back in 05/06, the same year as Richards, and Kane started in 07/08; the same year that Toews debuted. Like Toews and Richards, they have had some issues getting started in the series, so look for their respective coaches to scheme a few things to get them going.
Goalies will always be a part of any hobby-related discussion. Once a cup-winning goalie, always a cup winning goalie, and there is no way of taking that off of the resume. If you have won a cup, you will always have a team willing to take a chance on you and collectors who will want to pick up your stuff. Niemi and Leighton, while not necessarily household names when the season began, certainly are now. Their play has helped their teams as well as their place in the hobby.
The last two players I will look at right now from a hobby perspective are Dave Bolland and Claude Giroux. These two could play a huge role in the finals as they play their games. Bolland is a bit of a pest to play against, with a strong two-way game, he will play a large role in stopping one of the Flyers top two lines while hoping to continue honing his ever-evolving offensive game. He can skate, shoot, win face-offs, which basically means he can do it all. Look for him to grab hold of the regional market, as well as break into a larger light should he have the kind of impact in the finals as he did in the conference finals playing against Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks.
Giroux is certainly showing the offensive flair that made him a junior sensation. Currently playing at a point a game clip in the playoffs, he will be a big part of the secondary scoring unit that will be counted on to help deliver the Flyers the title. If Giroux is scoring, chances are good that the Flyers are winning. He has put up at least five points in each round of the playoffs so far, and will look to continue that going forward.
With Chicago holding serve at home, Philadelphia will look to do the same. Chicago has played well away from home thus far in the playoffs, but I never count a team out until they start losing home games. Philly is not in trouble yet in my books, sure a less then desirable spot, down 2-1, but not yet out of it. Who wins the Conn Smythe trophy? Going in, tough to go against Jonathan Toews, but after being held in check through three games, will someone else jump to the forefront? Who are you looking for to make an impact in the hobby because of this year's playoff run?
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After I wrote my last post, on using course-related Facebook pages to help enhance student engagement, I thought I'd see what students thought about the issue. So I shared a link to the post on the FB page run by our biology students, and asked what members had to say. I also mentioned the idea in class, and discussed it with a colleague (we were originally talking about student management systems, but it was one of those wide-ranging chats that grows and grows…).
Somewhat to my surprise – although I guess I hadn't really given it a lot of thought – there are a lot of FB pages out there with links to various papers and programs. (Our registrar set one up with several friends, when they were working on a group project for a postgraduate paper, as a means of sharing ideas and working on problems.) The students tell me that they found the pages really did help with a sense of 'belonging', especially for those who were at a satellite campus or didn't come onto the actual campus regularly. They gave opportunities to share information, answer questions, & just be social.
Interestingly, several said that they found our 'standard' student learning management system, Moodle, difficult to use from a smart-phone: apparently you need to log on again and again; there's no means of staying logged in for a day, for example. They also reminded me that with FB, you get notifications whenever someone posts something on a thread you're following; on Moodle the notifications are less constant and via email.
And apparently some students find Moodle quite intimidating (& I must follow up on why), and people were more likely to comment & to answer each other on student-run class FB pages.
One thing that's become more & more obvious to me, the more I think about it, is the immediacy and the highly visual nature of FB, as opposed to the text-based look of a Moodle page (and yes, I know you can add pictures!). Here's a screenshot of part of the page for my A semester class:
As you can see, it's all words. If someone wants to see what's being discussed, they have to open the 'Discussion forum' folder, & once they're in there, they need to open a particular 'topic'. They need to click on the link for a video or webpage – there's no enticing link. And so on. Whereas on FB, the video or the page are right there with a nice visual tag. OK, posts and comments build up & will slip to the bottom of the page if they're not active, but that happens within a Moodle forum as well.
Anyway, what I'm thinking I'll do is set up a closed page for the B semester paper (students have ask to join) and send the link for the page to everyone in the class. I'll make it clear that this is as well as and not instead of Moodle, which remains the official means of sharing information & resources. Also, I'll set it up so the class reps – if they agree! – are admins (& they and I can agree on some basic house rules), so that there's a feeling that this is more 'by the students, for the students'. And then we'll see what happens. (I'm sure I'll think of more things as we go along!)
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"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one."
When you are in China, you found you look different, speak different, think different. Do you really believe you are their countryman? Let's recall our own heritage: We are not Chinese, we are Teochew-Hokkien.


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Materials research at Rice encompasses many areas including biomaterials, coatings and thin films, optical materials, energy storage and conversion, carbon nanomaterials and composites and the list goes on. The Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of knowledge in materials and producing the materials scientists and engineers of the future.
Excellence — in education and research — is the guiding principle for the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering. We strive to provide a welcoming environment where diversity is valued and every student, faculty and staff member is supported in their academic and professional goals. Creativity and ethical practices motivate our efforts as we work to discover and create the new and the groundbreaking in materials science and nano engineering.
Materials science is a broad field involving engineers and scientists from many disciplines: chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, bioengineering, physics, computer engineering, and more. New materials are in demand for medicine, manufacturing, space exploration, defense and many more areas, rendering it one of the most in-demand majors today.
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Pardot just wrapped up its first annual users' conference, Elevate 2010. I'm pleased to report that it was successful beyond our expectations! We had a great response from our clients and partners, with a sold-out house of over 120 participants.
There's something incredibly powerful about getting some valuable face time with customers, learning about different clients' experiences with Pardot, and sharing best practices and our future product vision. It really is a great opportunity to nurture and deepen the valuable relationships we've built with our customers. It also helps us (and our customers) put faces with names–something that's increasingly rare in the realm of online marketing. Here are some valuable lessons we learned:
- Timeline – We secured our location for the conference about six months in advance, allowing us plenty of time to line up lots of great speakers and maximize attendance.
- Venue – The venue we selected was a newly remodeled business hotel located within walking distance of our office, MARTA trains and other public transportation, and plenty of shopping and restaurant options. We were certainly pleased, and we think the conference attendees loved the location as well.
- Technical Resources – We made sure we had the fastest internet connections possible, and we gave everything a test run beforehand to make sure it was working properly. All presentations were given on Macs in order to minimize problems and to ensure ease of use for presenters.
- Company Presentations – We focused our company presentations on Pardot-specific topics, including a "Year in Review" session and a product roadmap discussion, as well as two inside looks at how our own marketing and sales teams use our product.
- Client & Partner Speakers – We had so many great speakers–Omnipress, Ingage Networks, A.D.A.M., to name just a few. We also involved partners like SugarCRM, BrainRider, Arketi, DemandGenReport, LeadSloth, DataSync, MotumB2B, Pointclear, and Audaxium to further round out our slate of presenters.
- Staff Participation – We invited all Pardot departments to get involved with the conference, introduce speaker's sessions and attend the events throughout the week. We also created a schedule for our services team to ensure that we had at least four dedicated services representatives at the conference at all times to answer account questions for clients.
- Open Forum Q&A – In addition to having staff present throughout the conference, we scheduled time for an "Open Forum" session, during which we had almost 100% of our Pardot team present to work one-on-one with clients and answer personal questions about their account. We'd recommend this kind of session to others planning a users' conference, and we'll definitely do it again next year.
- Communication and Promotion – We thought it was important to provide a backchannel for attendees to communicate in real time during the conference, so we created a special Twitter hashtag (#pardot2010) just for this purpose. We also used this hashtag ourselves prior to the conference to promote it, and during the conference to supplement presentations and reply to attendee comments.
- Fun Stuff – We hosted lunch on both days, as well as an informal networking session on Tuesday. Our two happy hours (one each evening) were a big hit with attendees and gave us more crucial face time in a relaxing and fun environment. Some visitors got tours of our office, where much scootering and ping-pong playing ensued. We also got to hand out books, shirts, umbrellas, stickers, and other fun swag. Our number one piece of feedback was that we're "so much fun." That's not something you hear very often about users' conferences!
Thank you to all of the clients, partners and Pardot team members who helped make Elevate 2010 a success!


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Goa Records and Geomagnetic Morningstar presents the second fabulous progressive Goa trance album..
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... from Elepho titled New Vision, specially mastered by Ovnimoon and feat. a truly out of this world cover artwork designed by label heads Dr. Spook and Random.
This album is dedicated to bringing a miraculous healing to his dear son who has a unique medical challenge. This album rides the phenomenal tidal wave of success and world tour from his debut album 'Paranormal Activity' on Power House Records that received worldwide support and massive DJ and Dance floor approval as well as sitting high on the top 20 charts for many weeks.
This New Vision reinvents the artists sound yet still blending the deep and emotionally resonating journey Elepho has come to be known for. Once more taking the listeners and dancers deep into the realms of Progressive Psy, Goa and Trance that have rarely been explored in this way.
Elepho uses intricately floating and woven layers of sound to caress the listener's physical and spiritual ears, entrancing musical movements among a sea of pulsating tribal bass and percussive beats.


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In the last unit, we discussed tools for reflective writing to support your personal reflection efforts. In this chapter, we discuss tools, which aid your reflection efforts by providing triggers for reflection.
E-Portfolios are often used in formal education and describe a storage repository in which you can store all your learning related artefacts from all your learning experiences: lecture materials, notes from learning experiences, test results, feedback from teachers, and your personal journal entries and reflections.
There are multiple advantages of having a personal E-Portfolio. You have an overview over all your learning material and you can use it outside of training experiences to learn continuously. You can use it as a space to store your learning experiences.
It is also a nice opportunity to have look through your personal learning material in order to accidently stumble upon some triggers for reflection, aspects in which you wonder "hey, I experienced that in my job and it was similarly or differently because…". Those moments are great opportunities to reflect about your practice.
e-portfolios – image from Pixabay cc0
Picture-based Tools
Researchers have created various picture-based tools, which can be used to guide your reflection. In this section, we present two of them.
Apps such as Penzu (https://penzu.com/) are Smartphone-Apps which you can use to take pictures of anything: work related events, experiences in your private life, family events, etc. The app then reminds you every few months that this event has happened and shows you the picture. You are free to attach a rating about how you evaluate the experience now, and you can attach text about for this re-evaluation. In this we can see again the main aspects of reflection with returning to past experiences (the picture) and re-evaluating them (stating how you now think about it). The apps work as a journal-keeping app, but can also send you snippets of your older entries to reflect on.
Microsoft SenseCam by Rama (Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr)
SenseCam is physical device, which has a camera in it. You hang it around your neck, so that the camera is placed on your chest face forward and it then proceeds to take a picture of your viewpoint every few minutes. In a study, researchers used the device with teachers and tutors so that they can assess what has happened. Participants in the study used the pictures as a trigger for reflection, and discussed what happened in their teaching or tutoring session with colleagues to get feedback. Here the images from SenseCam were a picture-based reflection trigger. If you want to use pictures for your personal reflection, you do not need to buy SenseCam: Many camera apps for mobile can be configured to take pictures every minute, and if you wear your phone around your neck, you can document your day as SenseCam does. Look out for Apps, which can do time lapses or stop-motion recorder as they offer continuous shooting with intervals (e.g. Tina Time-lapse for Android, or Stop Motion Recorder for iOS).
Task-Capturing Tools
Task capturing tools are used to track the time spend on individual tasks. For example, they can capture and log the programs you use on your computer (how often, how long) or the apps you use on your phone. RescueTime is one example for such a tool, and there are many more. After using this kind of tool for a longer while, you can identify how much time you spend on individual tasks. You can reflect on this data how you spend your time and can lead to reflection about how to plan your day if you for example uncover that you spend a lot of time on a specific task each day.
It is important to note that in these cases you do not reflect about the data itself, but on your personal experiences associated with the data.
Reflective Exercise:
- Have you used other tools which might be also appropriate for reflection?
We'd love to hear your ideas, you can share them via Twitter with #EmployIDMOOC
Further Readings:
Alexiou, Aikaterini, and Fotini Paraskeva. "Enhancing Self-Regulated Learning Skills through the Implementation of an E-Portfolio Tool." Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Innovation and Creativity in Education, 2, no. 2 (2010): 3048–54. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.463.
Fleck, Rowanne, and Geraldine Fitzpatrick. "Teachers' and Tutors' Social Reflection around SenseCam Images." International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Collocated Social Practices Surrounding Photos, 67, no. 12 (December 2009): 1024–36. doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.09.004.


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I don't know about y'all but I'm exhausted. I had a good trip to Jackson to celebrate Shea's 24th birthday & seeing my loves, but it was a hard trip. I'm in Texas working on my undergrad & it's hard when all my girls are there & when something happens I can't be there to help out. It's not a great feeling being able to do nothing or ot not be there when it becomes rough for one of them. I try the best I can from 6 hours away, but I wish I could do more.
I was in a really bad funk today & I think it's just being back home & not having things in order like they should be.
- I'm so ready to move & decorate my new place
- Being selfish right now would be really easy, but I'm really trying to hold my tongue, cus it's not about me.
- I want to start baking a lot more & trying new recipes
- My hair has grown so much! Yay It's long again!
- I made bracelets out of leather rope today
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Dads Sweet PotatoesFrom sparow64 11 years ago
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How to make it
- Cook sweet potatoes on stove with butter, about 15 minutes, with liquid from can simmering
- Drain liquid off
- * Or peel fresh sweet potatoes, cut into chunks, and cook in water and butter until done for mashing, and drain liquid off *
- Over low heat, Add brown sugar, cinnamon, and squeeze orange over the pan, allowing some flesh to fall into the potatoes
- Mash by hand with potatoe masher
- Transfer to baking dish, (he uses the deep square corning ware dish)
- Cover entirely with rows of large marshmallows
- Place under broiler, on bottom rack, until marshmallows have browned
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UK construction growth hits three-month low in December, PMI show
Growth in Britain's construction sector fell to a three-month low in December, though businesses struck a more upbeat tone for the coming year despite Brexit uncertainty delaying commercial projects, a survey showed on Thursday.
The IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 52.8 from 53.4 in November, broadly in line with the consensus expectation of 52.9 in a Reuters poll of economists.
The fastest upturn in civil engineering activity since May 2017 was not enough to counter a slowdown in housebuilding and commercial construction, the survey showed.
IHS Markit economist, Tim Moore, said:
"Subdued domestic economic conditions and an intense headwind from political uncertainty resulted in the weakest upturn in commercial work for seven months."
Still, optimism in the construction industry, which accounts for around 7 percent of British economic output, rose to an eight-month high in December, contrasting with falling confidence in other sectors before Britain leaves the European Union in less than three months' time.
Moore said:
"Levels of optimism remained subdued in relation to those recorded by the survey over much of the past six years, largely reflecting concerns that Brexit uncertainty will continue to encourage delays with decision-making."
Businesses in the much larger services sector reported the slowest sales growth in two years during the final three months of 2018, another sign of a slowing economy ahead of Brexit, the British Chambers of Commerce reported earlier on Thursday.
PMI compiler IHS Markit linked the rise in morale among construction companies to upcoming major transport and energy projects.
The closely watched PMI for services is due on Friday.
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There aren't any restaurants in Calgary that serve Louisiana cuisine like crawfish boil, etoufee, dirty rice, hush puppies and seafood gumbo. If you want that kind of meal then head west to Banff where you can find everything including alligator bites. The place is called Tooloulou's and it is goooood.
My recommendation is to drive out in the morning, walk around Banff then around 2:00pm, sit down for a late lunch. They have 3 menus, breakfast, lunch and dinner. The lunch menu is pretty much the same as the dinner menu except for a few dishes and is less money.
I had the combo dish that gave me a sampling of three dishes including gumbo, jambalaya and creole. I expected three separate dishes but they cram it all on one dish and add a piece of cornbread on the side. The gumbo was a bit on the dry side and the red jambalaya was tasty and it had a lot of shrimp but it needed more hot sauce which you can add to by visiting their 'hot sauce shelf of pain'. There by the bar is a shelf full of hot sauce ranging from scotch bonnet to jalapeno sauce. Take your pick along with the jug of water to douse out any flame.
Next time I'm going to save room for the bread pudding dessert. Be sure to walk off the carb meal before driving back to Calgary.


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Double murder suspect had 'targeted' others, DA says
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EAGLE — Williams Anderson Amaya, charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his aunt and uncle late Saturday in El Jebel, might have planned to kill others, the district attorney said Monday.
Amaya made his first court appearance Monday morning after he was arrested early Sunday at his workplace south of Glenwood Springs. Amaya also will likely face attempted murder charges, said DA Bruce Brown.
Authorities allege that Amaya purchased a .380-caliber handgun Saturday and later that day killed his aunt and uncle, Mayra Lorena Lopez, 40, and her husband, Eliseo Lopez, 42. Their two teenage sons escaped, and one call 911.
"Other occupants appeared to be targeted during this event," Brown said outside the courtroom. "It appears that similar means used against the victims were contemplated to be used against others. Some of the forensic evidence indicated that."
The sons, whom authorities said are 13 and 14, are in the care of relatives.
Dressed in orange jail clothes, Amaya rocked back and forth in his swivel chair during Monday's court appearance, his brown eyes wide as he looked around the courtroom from his seat at the defendant's table.
His attorney, Reed Owens with the public defender office, sat beside him. Owens defended Rossi Moreau in one of Eagle County's most recent homicide cases.
Brown and assistant district attorneys Joe Kirwan and Courtney Gilbert will prosecute the case.
In the courtroom, Amaya's hands were cuffed in front of him, clasped to a thick leather belt around his waist. His feet were shackled with a two-foot chrome chain. A court-appointed interpreter explained to Amaya in Spanish what was happening.
Amaya's charges are expected to be made official by July 25. He's scheduled to be back in court at 9:30 a.m. July 28.
District Court Judge Russell Granger ordered Amaya held without bail because he is considered a flight risk.
"He fled the scene immediately after the crimes were committed," Brown said.
Amaya is a resident alien, in the country legally from El Salvador. He reportedly graduated Aspen High School.
Amaya had worked at Colorado Pool and Spa Scapes, which is along Highway 82 between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, for seven years.
Paula Busk, chief financial officer for the company, where Amaya worked as a service technician, described him Monday to the Post Independent as a "very conscientious" "good employee."
Amaya's job cleaning and balancing water chemistry in the field required a criminal and driving records check, neither of which turned up anything, Busk said. Although he didn't work out of the office much, everyone at the company knew him.
"We're all shocked and surprised," Busk said. "Our hearts go out to the family."
Amaya is eligible for the death penalty. Brown said it will be "weeks, if not months" before prosecutors decide whether to seek the death penalty.
Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis said autopsies Tuesday will determine if the Lopezes were hit with single or multiple gunshots.
The shooting occurred at about 11:17 p.m. Saturday at the Lopez home at 160 Arapahoe in Sopris Village, a subdivision behind the El Jebel City Market in unincorporated Eagle County.
After contacting Amaya's mobile phone provider to "ping" his phone, police surrounded Colorado Pool and Spa Scapes and called Amaya. He was arrested without incident at 5:40 a.m. Sunday. Police said they found the handgun allegedly used in the killings in his car.
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Prof. Mikkelsen Wins 2017 SPIE Early Career Achievement AwardMonday, August 28, 2017
Prof. Maiken Mikkelsen has won the 2017 International Society for Optics + Photonics (SPIE)'s Early Career Achievement Award. Only one is given each year worldwide and is presented in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions in the... Read More »
Department Members Share their Total Eclipse ExperiencesThursday, August 24, 2017
The Physics Department chartered a bus which took 50 members of the community to the eclipse's path of totality on Monday, August 21, 2017. The group traveled to Bryson City, North Carolina at the Swain County Event Park adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Prof. Ronen Plesser... Read More »
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Himmel Congratulations are in order: Former Neutrino Group postdoc Alex Himmel, now a Wilson Fellow at Fermilab, and Richard Longland, Assistant Professor of Physics at NC State and member of TUNL, have been honored with Early Career Awards from the Department of Energy.... Read More »
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The COHERENT Collaboration's 32-lb neutrino detector has observed coherent elastic scattering, before only theorized and something scientists have been trying to see for forty years. Read the team's paper "Observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering" in Science here.... Read More »
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On Monday, August 21, 2017 there will be a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse crossing the US, the first one in almost a century. The Physics Department has chartered a bus to go down to Columbia, SC in the region of totality (all spaces have been taken); we expect... Read More »
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Bola's relationship with Gboyega continues to blossom. They talk every morning and night but he refuses to mention the incident with Kofo.
Bola had wondered why he hadn't called the night he left Akure for Shagamu.
She had waited all day for his call. When she did not hear from him by a quarter to midnight, she decided to ring him. She wanted to be sure he was home safely.
Gboyega lied to her that he had slept off immediately he got home. He could not bring himself to tell her the truth. His mobile phone had been in his jeans pocket and the trouser lay on the floor where Kofo had pulled it down his thighs; her hands and lips exploring every nook of his body. The phone had rang continuously for a few minutes when the lovers were taking delight in the pleasures of their bodies and their orgies were about hitting a crescendo. None of them had heard the constant ringing and even if they had, the call would have been ignored.
Gboyega had seen the missed calls the next morning as he was about to call Tosan but had decided against calling Bola immediately.
After the incident of the previous night, his mind and conscience was in disarray.
He needed to calm his spirit before he could call her. When he was safe and settled in Tosan's apartment, he put a call to her.
It took a lot of willpower as the guilt of the night weighed so much on his soul that he felt dirty talking to her. Bola had noticed that he sounded depressed but he had waved it off as his lack of sleep. She was just beginning to trust him and he was not ready to break the fragile trust she had in him.
Gboyega has not seen or heard from Kofo in a while. Even though, he is happy that she is out of his life, he is also skeptical. Kofo was not one to be messed with and he knew that too well.
He hoped she was gone for good but at the same time, he reckoned she was probably preparing another arsenal of weapons.
The months pass by quickly and his National Youth Service Programme comes to a close.
He is most delighted because he would no longer be far away from Bola. He has saved up some money from the allowance paid to him by the government and he intends to propose to her after his programme. Even though he does not have a job yet, he knows they only needed to take it one day at a time. Besides, Bola had also mentioned that she did not intend to get married as a student. So that gave him ample time to look for a job, secure an apartment and settle down in Akure.
Mrs. Davies drives home alone on a Friday night.
She is tired and exhausted from a long day at work. She lets herself into her house and goes to the refrigerator to get herself a bottle of water. Her phone rings from her handbag and she walks back to the settee to get it. She looks at the caller ID. The number is hidden.
She wonders who could be calling her at this time of the night with a hidden number.
"Hello. This is Mrs. Davies, right?" The caller asks.
"Yes, Mrs. Davies speaking."
"I have some information that would be of great interest to you."
"Information? Sorry, may I know who I am speaking with?" Banke asks.
"A friend." The caller says
"A friend? From where please? Have we met before?"
"Mrs. Davies, all these questions are inconsequential at the moment.
Your husband was killed some years ago, right?"
"Who are you?" Banke shouts into the phone as she begins to shake.
"I told you I'm a friend. Take this address down."
Banke rummages through her handbag for a pen and a paper.
The caller reels out an address. "You might find something interesting in that address."
The mysterious caller drops the call and Banke looks at her phone confused. The caller had not given a name and the ID had also been hidden.
She tries to think if it was a man or a woman speaking but the voice had sounded muffled.
A door slams and she is startled. She looks around her and she is suddenly afraid.
She goes to the main door and locks it.
She closes all the window blinds and goes to her room fearfully.Who was playing games with her?
She locks the door of her bedroom behind her as well. She sits on her bed and scrolls through her phone. She hits the dial button on a number.
"Hi Tayo."
"Banke, how are you? It's been a while." Inspector Tayo asks cheerfully.
"Tayo, please I need help."
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"I just received a call from someone who mentioned Femi's death. The person gave me an address and asked that I go there."
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"But what if it is not. What if….I don't know, maybe Femi's killers live there."
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We tried our best to look for Femi's killers.
They were never found. They disappeared into thin air."
"What if….?"
Tayo interrupts her. "There are no what ifs Banke. So go to bed and have a good night's sleep. Okay?"
Banke is quiet.
"Tayo, Femi was your friend." Banke says as a sob catches in her throat. "Are you saying we would never find his killers?"
Tayo sighs loudly. "Yes, he was my friend.
I am not happy that we never found his killers.
There is really nothing we can do at the moment. We went to the airport together to see if we could locate the taxi. You could not identify the taxi or the driver. What else could I have done?" Banke is crying and does not utter a word.
"Banke, please let this matter rest."
"Thank you." Banke says as she cuts the call.
Oh how she wished she could turn back the hands of time. To have Femi back in her arms. How wicked the world is. To have rendered her a widow and her only daughter fatherless at a young age.
She takes off her clothes and steps into her bathroom to take a bath. She walks out of the bathroom minutes later still in tears. Tears will not bring Femi back but right now, she feels so heartbroken. The strange call had reopened old wounds. She lies on her bed and sobs till she falls asleep.
The next morning, Banke rises up from her bed after a fitful sleep. She has a nagging headache from her lack of sleep. She ponders over last night's call. She is unsure of what to do but she needs to satisfy her curiosity. She decides to ring a colleague of hers.
"Good morning Lolu."
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"I need a favour."
"Can you go somewhere with me today?"
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Banke takes a quick bath and heads out of her house without breakfast. It is really important that she checks out this address regardless of Tayo's warning. The only person she could count on was Lolu. He was single, daring and carefree. He was a few years younger than her but he was yet to settle down and get married.
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Trivia: Michael Bay Cameoed in 'Mystery Men'
Posted on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 by Russ Fischer
I really wish that Mystery Men was a better movie. Released in 1999, Kinka Usher's loose adaptation of some of the comics of Bob Burden is a great example of where the comic book movie was in the days immediately after the release of Joel Schumacher's Batman movies and before X-Men helped turn around the cinematic profile of comic book stories.
Which is to say: it is broad, weird, over-stylized and neither totally stupid nor particularly smart. It has a better cast than you'd expect (Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy,, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Izzard, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Claire Forlani, Tom Waits) and some definite highlights as a set of misfit heroes assemble a funhouse Avengers to rescue another hero.
The film also has one weird thing that few people in 1999 would have noticed, but which is a lot more attention-getting now: a super-brief cameo from director Michael Bay.
Here's the video called Michael Bay's Finest Hour — it isn't difficult to see why:
That scene and another have quite a few cameos, actually. Others are Dane Cook, Doug Jones, Dana Gould, Riki Rachtman, and Cee-Lo Green and Goodie Mob.


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If you're not already tracking & researching candidates for the next Presidential Election; you're LATE. Or least that is the way I see it..This is a brief list of the folks I feel are going to attempt to become the next POTUS.
HILLARY CLINTON..No doubt in my mind Hillary is going to make a run for it..She knows she had a HUGE following of women when she last ran..Her ego was far too big to accept an invite to become V.P. by President Obama..Hillary longs to BE the POTUS..She was the backbone behind Bill when he was in office; and she won't stop until she tries one more time to be the 'Head Mofo in Charge'. Mark my words she IS going to run in 2016>>
JOE BIDEN..Old as he is; Joe might decide to take the plunge one more time for old times sake! I don't think he stands a chance; but I also never anticipated the 3 ring-circus that landed Bush in the White House either..Just hope folks are paying more attention these days. *sigh*>>
CORY BOOKER..His speech at the DNC wasn't as awesome as when Obama blew the world's socks off with his; BUT he IS gaining attention & recognition..Don't count him out; regardless of whether he says he isn't going to run or not. He WILL run soon..More than likely he'll test the waters in 2016>>
ELIZABETH WARREN..She just might want it after a taste of being in the spotlight..Her work on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is no small achievement..Not sure if its enough to call for a run for the White House though..But there is a remote possibility..I've seen stranger things happen in recent years regarding our Presidential Elections! >>
ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA..I think he likes the idea of being the 1st Latino President..Even though he isn't yet saying he'll run; I think he will. Anyone want to bet on IT?>>
DEVAL PATRICK..Another one that says he won't run in 2016..Close friend of Obama & I personally think he WILL run..Many folks have said they wouldn't run; ended up running for past presidential elections..Time will tell</strong>>>
ANDREW CUOMO..Might be a long shot; but I think he will run…His chances are weak in my opinion…But I said that about the last Bush that ran. Twice! So who knows..>>
MICHELLE OBAMA..Personally? I think she is too far devoted to Motherhood to run..BUT I'd LOVE to see her make a run for it..How awesome to see her win on the heels of her husband's double terms! Little chance she'll run though; but I'm a dreamer…>>
Y'all ready for 2016 Presidential Election yet?