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By Mark Payne and Wikipedia
This series was a spinoff
of the ABC series, The
Six Million Dollar Man. Jamie Sommers, played by Lindsay Wagner,
was an internationally known tennis pro who, one day while parachuting
with her then fiancée Steve Austin (the Six Million Dollar Man), was
critically injured and rebuilt at Steve's request for a cost of slightly
less than Six Million Dollars ( "My parts were smaller"). In
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This series brought several new additions to the bionic family,
including the Fembots and Max, the bionic dog. While similar to the series
it was spun from, "The Bionic Woman" had more emotionally driven
storylines. Lee Majors guest starred as Steve Austin on several occasions.
The series ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1976 to 1977
and on NBC from 1977 to 1978.
Jaime Sommers and Steve Austin, The Six Million Dollar Man, had
been engaged prior to his career as an astronaut, but had drifted apart.
Jaime first appeared in a two-part episode of The Six Million Dollar
Man in 1975 entitled "The Bionic Woman." In this episode,
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parents and take a vacation from his work. During his visit, he rekindles
his old relationship with Jamie Sommers, now one of America's top tennis
players. Their relationship progresses rapidly to the point where Austin
proposes marriage.
an outing, Steve and Jamie take part in some skydiving. However, Jamie's
parachute malfunctions and she crashes through a tree and hits the ground,
hard. Her injuries are extensive and she is not expected to live. Austin
makes an emotional plea to his boss, Oscar Goldman, who agrees to assign
Dr. Rudy Wells and the bionics team to rebuild her.
Jamie's body is reconstructed with parts similar to Austin's, but
smaller. (The actual cost of rebuilding her is not revealed but is said to
be less than the $6 million it cost to rebuild Austin.) Jamie is given two
bionic legs and her right arm is also replaced. In addition, her right ear
is augmented by a bionic device that gives her the ability to hear a
whisper a mile away. Jamie recovers well from her operation and even
threatens to upstage Steve in some areas. Over Austin's initial
objections, Jamie agrees to go on missions for Oscar Goldman. But during
one mission, her bionics malfunction and she begins experiencing mental
instability and blinding headaches.
Dr. Wells determines that Jamie's body is rejecting her bionic
implants. Soon after, she goes berserk and crashes her way out of the
hospital, Austin in hot pursuit. He catches up with her and she collapses
in his arms. Soon after, Jamie appears to die on the operating table, her
body shutting down. The downbeat episode ends with Austin weeping at her
The character was so popular that the next season it was revealed that
Jaime hadn't died after all, although Steve Austin was not informed of
this fact. He discovers it when he is hospitalized at Dr. Wells' bionic
clinic after a mission goes bad and he suffers severe damage; he sees
Jamie as he is being rolled into the operating room for repair.
Eventually, Jamie is revived from a coma and the rejection issue appears
to have been resolved. An unfortunate side-effect, however, was she
developed a form of amnesia that caused her to forget her relationship to
Austin; any attempts to make her remember her life with Steve causes her
headaches and pain. Steve reluctantly let her go on to live her own life,
as an agent for the OSI.
Jaime, now retired as a tennis player, took a job as a schoolteacher in
Ojai, where she lived in a converted farmhouse rented from Austin's mother
and stepfather, who were aware of her and Steve's bionic nature and their
double lives as secret agents. In later episodes, Jaime all but adopted
Maximillion, a German Shepherd that had been given bionic legs and other
augmentations in an experiment to see if trained animals could benefit
from bionics. She also worked frequently with Austin on missions and the
two reestablished their friendship, although no romance resulted
initially. (It is never explained how the issue of Jamie's memory-linked
pain was resolved, but it is never referenced again.)
Her most noted enemies were the Fembots, a line of powerful androids
that Jaimie fought twice in the series.
Jamie's bionic abilities were depicted as being similar to Austin's.
She could run in excess of 60 mph, could bend steel bars with her right
arm, and could jump great heights with her new legs. (One episode
illustrated limits in her abilities: after jumping out of a particularly
tall building to escape from a fembot, Jamie's legs virtually exploded
upon impact when her legs' shock absorption function was overwhelmed,
although she was soon repaired.) Instead of an artificial eye, one of her
ears is an extremely sensitive implant that can detect most sounds
regardless of volume or frequency. As it is encased in her body, it is
also typically not subject to the negative effects extreme cold has on
bionic implants.
In later years, the love between Jaime and Steve rekindled, and this
was further explored in three made-for-TV reunion movies in the late 1980s
and early 1990s (see the article for The
Six Million Dollar Man for more information). In one of these
films, a new "Bionic Woman" was introduced (played by
then-newcomer Sandra Bullock) a paraplegic whose entire body essentially
becomes bionic after receiving an extensive series of next generation
bionic implants that did not require the replacement of whole limbs. This
bionic woman appeared only once.
In the final reunion film, Bionic Ever After?, Jamie's bionics
are corrupted by a computer virus. She undergoes a major upgrade which not
only increase the power of her devices, but also gives her bionic vision
similar to that of Steve Austin (although there is no evidence to suggest
her eyes were actually replaced).
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By far, the best episodes of this series were the fembot eps: "Kill Oscar" and "Fembots In Las Vegas". Other great episodes were "Black Magic" with Vincent Price, the Bigfoot cross over shows with Lee Majors, "Sister Jaime". Although I always felt that Lindsay Wagner gave fabulous performances in every episode. She really was perfectly cast as The Bionic Woman.
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Discussion in 'The Anime Lounge' started by WeToYou, Feb 16, 2007.
Why? Cartoons are for children.
so you dont watch any cartoons? cartoons are a very interesting form of media, and they are pretty entertaining. And your posting in the anime section. Anime is aimed more twords adults, with the heavier action and drama and whatnot that goes on in them.
Why do you play video games? Are you some kind of pedofile that tries to get lil boys in their bed by tempting them with games?
Video games are a child's sport!
Of course I'm kidding, but that's just how ignorant you sound.
Video Games were originally aimmed at Adults.
I acknowledge my ignorance. I'M HOPING FOR ENLIGHTENMENT.
This is so true, Bugs Bunny cartoons were meant for ADULTS!!!
Why else would they have jokes only adults could understand?
EDIT: I wasn't reading correctly and assumed you meant cartoons, well I'm glad you're enlightened then
Even American Cartoons are adult these days, I'd hate if any mom or dad would allow their kid to see Family Guy with those jokes. King of the Hill is adult too, not in a bad way, but in a way most kids wouldn't be able to appreciate.
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I dare you to let your kids watch Ninja scroll
Fist of the north star
Dead leaves
If there for kids why was Bevis and Butthead on late at night
And so meny jap one are badly edited for the us crowd
Hey I'm 20 and I watch cartoons sometimes, and I'm not a nerd or anything, I have a life too, so what? everyone can watch carttons if they want to, it's not just for children
i'm 24 and let me tell you cowboy beebop rules... oh and i'm a geek but all my cool friends are crack heads in jail so i guess that makes me cool now
i'm 14 and watch a few cartoons, i'm a kid, who cares? why was this made?
QFT, cartoons were originally for adults! :cornut:
It's ok if I QFT myself, right?
says who?:scared:
Dont worry I'll QFT you.
Thanks much.
ROFLMAO - that placed in the anime lounge is the most horridly blatant flame baiting I have ever seen! you must be really bored with your life!
anime fan and proud. even in mid 30's. have been an anime fan for 25 years and there is NO way its all for kids!.
most anime's are for Teens+ and there are lots that are for adults. like Afro Samurai and The Boondocks, those are absolutely not for kids. btw i love those =]


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Ryan Reynolds Speaks About Green Lantern's Origin Story
by Ethan Anderton
November 30, 2009
Source: MTV
Just last week we heard from Ryan Reynolds (via MTV) and all the excitement he has about working with Martin Campbell on the DC Comics' adaptation of Green Lantern. But with no trailer, no pictures, nor even a simple teaser poster, we're all dying to hear something good about this potential new franchise that will be introducing the world to a superhero who has never made his way to the big screen before. Well now MTV has even more talk from the funnyman-turned-action-hero, with Reynolds giving some insights into the approach to Green Lantern as an origin story, and as a character who's more than just a masked hero.
When planning the first in a hopeful series of films in a new comic book franchise, it's hard to get past the formulaic approach to a hero's origin story in order to properly introduce them to audiences both familiar and unaware. Here are Reynold's comments on how they're dealing with it differently in Green Lantern:
It is [an origin story] to a certain degree, but it's not a labored origin story, where the movie [truly] begins in the third act. The movie starts when it starts. We find out Hal [Jordan] is the guy fairly early on, and the adventure begins."
Not really any new details here, but it's good to hear that they're trying to make the film different from other comic book movies which is something that DC Entertainment is going to have to nail if they want to have a hot property other than Batman. Another plus is that DC and Warner Bros seem to be taking a page from the Marvel Entertainment book, more specifically the Iron Man chapters, to really craft a layered story in this.
"I think you walk away from this first film, and the moments that you remember and the moments that mean so much to you, not unlike 'Iron Man,' are the moments where the guy's not in the suit. That to me is the tough thing to get right. And that's something that they did get right [in 'Iron Man']. You see why this guy's in the suit, and that's what's interesting to me. Not that he is in the suit, but why."
Reynolds is right on the money for the most part, but the other interesting aspect of Tony Stark (which DC has already gotten mostly right with Christopher Nolan's take on Batman) is that Stark isn't like all the other heroes in that he's spectacularly flawed and has to fight his own demons. I'm not entirely certain how dark or hard of a struggle Hal Jordan has to face if any, but Reynolds is right in that Green Lantern can't just be another masked superhero, but rather, he has to have a character with some depth behind the mask as well.
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Do You Offer Purified Water to Pets?
Last week, I shared North's unsightly tear stain problem and several users suggested offering him purified or Brita-filtered water. I'll admit, I have been offering him drinks from the tap most of the time (unless we're on an adventure, then he gets bottled). This sounded like an easy fix and I've attached a filter to my faucet so he'll be getting fresh water from now on. How many of you consistently give your pets bottled or filtered water on a day-to-day basis?


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The Garden - Teaser
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Loved the song. The electronic instrument worked well with the piano in the beginning, and while the vocal performance wasn't technically perfect, it added that human element that you don't get from "perfection". Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it, meep! ^_^
Final Destination (Loop)
Rated 4 / 5 stars
I like the overall sound/feel to it, the weight of the brass. The violin staccato that comes in around 12 seconds sounds awkward to me (just those sudden few notes at the end of the phrase) as I imagine it would also be awkward to play in real life. I'd love to hear some percussion with this!
Yeah, I made the staccato strings a bit unplayable... Well... maybe. I dunno, it may be possible to play if someone tried really damn hard.
As for percussion, there's both bass drum and crash in it, it's tied to the low brass.
Glad you like it though.
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I originally wrote this article in May of 2013. I wrote it then because Slowtwitch forum members too often (justifiably) complained about bad results from bike fit sessions.
Forum threads of this type have continued in the 4 years since this article was first published, including a thread just published today inquiring about an upcoming fit session. Will it be a $250 well spent?
Lets talk about what you should be getting out of a bike fit session. The last third of the article is devoted to what else you need from your fit session beyond what I listed in 2013. What constituted a thorough and professional set of deliverables back then no longer suffices now.
Fit Coordinates
Below is any customer's reasonable expectation. It's the "output" of a fit session and at a minimum it's just 4 or 5 numbers that you need. I dont believe this is just my idea of the output, or the F.I.S.T. protocols output, I think by now its recognized by Retul, Guru Experience and others as a consensus set of deliverables. The problem is that not enough of Retuls trained fitters, Guru Experience trained fitters, or fitters I have trained in our own fit workshops, are providing these deliverables. What output am I talking about?
Saddle Height obvious and simple. I measure from the bottom bracket straight up to the top of the saddle, halfway between the tip and the tail. Certain saddles I alter this convention, and an ISM Adamo is a case in point. There are only several centimeters of rideable flat on the saddle, near the nose, and I measure to the center of this section of rideable flat.
Saddle Fore/Aft the nose of the saddle relative to the bottom bracket. This is strictly an X measurement, meaning if you consider your high school geometry, a Cartesian graph can be used to plot a point along the Y axis (height) or along the X axis (length). Were just talking about where the nose of the saddle sits, in length, in front of or behind the BB. We also call this a plumb line measure, because if we drop a plumb bob from the nose of the saddle and we measure horizontally from the BB to that line, thats our measure. With a road race bike set up with traditional road bars your saddle nose is going to be behind the BB, somewhere between 8 percent and 10 percent of your saddle height (so, if your saddle height is 72cm, your saddle setback will probably be between 8 and 10 percent of that amount, which is between 58mm and 72mm and trending toward dead in the center). The saddle on your tri bike will sit in an entirely different spot fore/aft. The saddle nose is going to be close to the BB, maybe a little behind, maybe even in front of the BB.
Cockpit depends on whether its road or tri. Road, there are two measures Im interested in: saddle nose forward to the center of the handlebar clamp; and saddle nose forward to what I call the hood trough, which is that depression in the hood right before that final upturn (look at the image above). I measure this in a straight line and I call this an angular measure rather than an X/Y measure. Im simply measuring directly from the saddle nose to the center of the clamp where the handlebar passes through the stem; and again from the nose directly over to one of the hoods, to the trough. Make sure, obviously, that the wheel is pointing straight forward when you do this. Now, on a tri bike, its different. What I want to know is: saddle nose to the back of the armrest (first place that line can touch the armrest); and nose forward to the shifter pivot, which should be directly in line with the index knuckle (where my index finger attaches to my hand). Again, these are angular measures.
Handlebar elevation now were back to X/Y measures. This is a Y measure. For road, its the elevation of the top of the saddle down to the handlebar, the top of the bar, right at that 31.8mm section as its ready to pass through the stem. I measure this by placing a level on the saddle, right about the saddles midpoint, and hold the level over the front of the bike, just barely to the side of the stem. Then, with the level horizontal, I measure from the bottom of the level to the top of the handlebar. Tri bikes, same sort of thing, just I angle the level over a little more and hold it over the armrest, and measure down to the top of the armrest. This is armrest elevation.
Thats it. these are fit coordinates. Wait! you complain. What about saddle tilt, aerobar angle, the distance between the armrests! Sure. Fine. Yes. But these are minor coordinates and dont port into any system or calculator helping you determine what your complete bike solutions are.
Further, Id be happy to talk about all of these other metrics, along with a discussion about where your pursuit bars should be on your tri bike, and where the drops and tops should be on your road bike. Id like to talk about road bar geometries and how they affect your fit and ride quality while in various rider positions (climbing, riding in and out of the saddle, riding in the drops).
Heres the problem. Too many fitters arent even giving you your basic fit coordinates. And without these coordinates you arent the master of your own bike.
Now, once you know these coordinates, what can you do with them? Plenty. I can tell you all sorts of things about your bike, your future bike, road and tri, and about whether those fit coordinates seem logical. If you complain to me about lower back pain I might be able to quasi-diagnose possible problems with your fit. But I need to know your fit coordinates, and weve made it pretty easy for you. For some years weve given you the ability to place your fit coordinates right on your forum user profile. At the bottom of the profile. Heres mine.
Complete Bike Solutions
This is rougher, because it requires a knowledge and perhaps some tooling that not every fitter has. The stuff above, fit coordinates, a fit is of no value to you whatsoever if you dont get these. Now, if you get these, well, it uncovers a fitters limitations as a practitioner if the coordinates just dont make any sense whatsoever, so, I sort of understand why they arent given out by some fitters. Still, this is what you paid for.
Turning fit coordinates into complete bike solutions is kind of extra credit for your fitter and requires, in almost all cases, X and Y coordinates to one of two places. Depending on the fit bike (if used), or fit tooling, youre either going to get X and Y from the bottom bracket to your perfect bikes head tube top; or to that perfect bikes handlebar clamp (where either a road bar, in a road fit, or the pursuit bar in a tri fit, pass through the stem). I can give you the bikes that match those fit coordinates if I have either set of X and Y coordinates.
Two kinds of popular fit bikes the Retul Muve and the Exit Cycling fit bike give you X/Y to the head tube top as an output. X/Y to the head tube top is another way of saying Stack and Reach. You can port these numbers straight into our stack and reach tables.
However, if you were fitted aboard a bike like this, you MUST know what length stem was used during the fit, what the pitch of the stem was, and if there were any spacers under the stem during the fit (and how high was the spacer).
If you were fitted aboard either a Purely Custom fit bike or a Guru Experience fit bike, these bikes dont accept stems, so, theres no need to note and archive the stem configuration used during the fit session. However, in all cases, and with all these fit bikes, you need to know:
Road Fit Handlebar reach
Tri Fit The model of aerobar used, the pad height aboard the centerline of the pursuit bar
This is minimum. It would also be nice to know the position of the center of the pad fore/aft of the pursuit bar.
Also, in all cases, its necessary to know what model of saddle used for the fit, and it would be nice to know what crank length was used.
This might seem like a lot, but its not. The fit coordinates above are essential for you, because you cant set up any bike unless you know your fit coordinates. The other stuff everything underneath the heading of Complete Bike Solutions this is the list of complete bikes that will fit up under your fit coordinates. If one doesn't have the metrics listed above, it is not possible to "prescribe" with any precision what bikes will work for you. I can't do it, and nobody else can either.
However, if I do have the numbers above, I can tell what list of bikes will match your fit coordinates, or what the geometry needs to be of the custom bike getting built for you.
Under the first heading above Fit Coordinates you'll find the bare minimum that you should demand and require of your fitter. Under the second heading Complete Bike Solutions this represents the state of the art in bike fitting. A properly trained, experienced fitter will do this for you. It will require one of the four fit bikes named above, or a fit bike that does what these fit bikes do. If you talk to the folks at Guru Experience or at Retül they'll tell you that what I'm writing here is true and correct. What none of us really are comfortable telling you is that a number of the fitters all of us have trained haven't exactly gotten this memo.
In fact, print this article out and hand it to your fitter, and that will constitute the memo.
What has changed between 2013 and 2017?
Two updates to this. First, because of the move to fully integrated front ends on tri bikes, bike makers have had to fashion a work-around. The typical trigonometric equations that allow us to resolve a frame's stack and reach from handlebar X and Y do not work if the bike does not have a typical stem. The workaround is a solver or prescriber based on Pad X/Y. Did I lose you? Let's see if I can get you back.
Per the image above, if you tell me your X (horizontal) distance from the bottom bracket forward to the center of the armrest if your ideal position; and the vertical component as well; I can tell you exactly what Trek Speed Concept you'll fit aboard, with granular precision.
The "prescription" might be: Size L, low/far stem, 25mm pedestal, pads pushed forward 15mm from "neutral". If you give me that same set of metrics, except to the back of the armrests, I'll tell you which Quintana Roo PR6 you'll ride with the same precision; or which Giant Trinity Advanced Pro, or the Cervelo P5X. These three bikes use X and Y to the back of the pad. Here you'll see on a black background the solver for the Orbea Ordu OMP. You'll see a small red square there that identified my Pad X/Y position. As you see I can actually fit on 3 sizes of this bike, and then it becomes a handling and weight displacement decision. Where I am inside a size's parallelogram tells you how many pedestals I'll need under the armrest and whether I'm in the middle, or forward, or rearward of the bike's neutral position.
If my "dot" is way toward the front of the parallelogram, that bike is probably not long enough for me, if I want a really nice-fitting bike. If, after a tri bike fit session, you aren't getting a discussion from your fitter kind of like what you've read in this paragraph, that's a problem.
For this reason there are three new numbers you need from your fitter: Pad Y, pad X to the center of the pad, and pad X to the back of the pad. With these numbers you'll know which Diamondback Andean to buy, or which Felt IA, or the Scott Plasma, or the BMC TM01. All the modern tri bikes have solvers now.
The second new thing I think you need is a video. In fact, more than one. First you need to see the videos of the "artist's work". Today, I don't know that I'd even sit for a free bike fit session (let alone one that cost $250) unless I saw examples of the fitter's work. Above is the video of a Slowtwitcher who sat for a fit session, got the fit, and then posted the video of the fit on our forum asking whether our forum readers thought this was a proper fit. After much comment and hand wringing, this Slowtwitcher traveled down to the Los Angeles area and was repositioned by our head F.I.S.T. instructor Ian Murray. Below is the result.
If you think the above video is evidence of a fit you admire, go see that fitter. If you like the video below, go see that fitter and give him your money.
This got me thinking, and I had our CTO, Jordan Rapp, put a new field on our database of fitters. It's called Portfolio, and if you click our Search button the very first searchable option is every fitter who has a portfolio. I'm going to be a nag about this. I'm going to pester all the fitters on our database to find some way to show to prospects what the fitter's work looks like. The portfolio can be as easy as throwing up videos of fits on a Youtube channel and the portfolio link on our database listing refers to that channel. Mind, as of this writing this is new. It's going to take awhile for fitters to get this done.
Finally, I think you should have a video of your fit. I've just seen too many times when the subject wishes he'd had his fit memorialized in video.
A fit session isn't a discrete occurrence that happens, like a tonsillectomy, and it's immediately in the past, not to be referenced. It's more like a physiological test that generates a set of numbers that you use for training and racing. It's a tool that carries forward. And it's a tool that's yours, that you use.
All the protocols that rely on the use of dynamic fit bikes and resolve complete bike solutions using frame stack and reach began with, well, me. Since they are all progeny in one way or another of the F.I.S.T. protocol which began in 2003 I'll continue to prod them along, as they also apply gentle, welcome pressure to me.


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This week the City of Stonnington launched the spring fashion season in style, with their annual spring fashion Hall of Fame VIP evening.
Kicking off at The Olsen, the event saw sleepwear king Peter Alexander join the Hall of Fame alongside the late fashion Doyenne, Mary Lipshut. Hosted by renowned fashion identity and journalist Janice Breen Burns, the invitation-only event featured an interview with Alexander, as well as Lipshut's family and friend, Philip Boon.
The evening also saw the launch of South, a 32-page collaborative effort between the Fashion Journal team and the City of Stonnington. Highlighting all things fashion, lifestyle and beauty around the area, the mag can be be picked up at hundreds of points around Stonnington.


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K9 Gero was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a burglary suspect.
The subject had been observed burglarizing a law office by a plainclothes officer. Responding units surrounded the building and made an announcement for the man to surrender. When the man exited the building he was holding a gun and began shooting at the officers.
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"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller
The Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization currently has a base of approximately 100 volunteers. They have chosen protect and save sea turtles and to educate the public in various ways.
Our volunteer field scientists can become as involved as their time permits. However, each volunteer hour is equally important to the success of protecting sea turtles.
We are committed to providing the necessary training and hands on experience for those interested be becoming volunteer field scientist.
Beach Patrol Drivers and Riders
5:30AM start time beach drivers and riders checks for evidence of new nests. Beach walkers check the far east and west ends of beach (when needed due to high tides)
These are the tracks of a loggerhead turtle.
Nest Location/Relocation – 24 hour response required.
Volunteers respond to calls from the beach patrol to investigate reports of mother turtles on the beach or turtle track to determine if a new nest has been laid. This job requires heavy lifting and digging in the sand in most weather conditions.
Nest Parents
Team Leaders and Team Members
All new volunteers will be trained on the first nest of the season with a date to be determined but likely in July.
Team leaders will be to each assigned nest. The team leaders are responsible for putting together a team to work the nest.
Nest Inventory
A nest inventory is performed to carefully to determine the hatch rate for each nest.
Turtle Stranding and Transport to Sea Turtle Hospital.
24 hour response time for sick, injured or dead turtles.
Heavy lifting required.
Turtle Talks
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Volunteer Lead needed- leader will schedule volunteers to each Friday night.
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It is the beginning of a brand new year and it is time to set aside those New Year resolutions, which will help make your relationship grow from better to the best.
These days, couples have no time for themselves as well as for their relationship, and that is the sole reason why there are a million breakups that happen so easily. It is important that couples who are dating should spend sometime together, understanding the wants and needs to make their relationship work out for good.
If you happen to be in a new relationship, set aside some ground rules, which you and your partner can coordinate, to allow the relationship to grow well. Apart from spending time together, experts also state that, as individuals, we should also set time for ourselves and other loved ones too.
Time is too short, so make the best of every moment this New Year 2016 with some of these beautiful and romantic resolutions the two of you can make as one.
So, lovers, what are you waiting for? Take a look at these meaningful New Year 2016 resolutions that couples should make and dedicate themselves too, in order to make the relationship last a lifetime:
Value Each Other
The first step to make a relationship work is to value the presence of each other. By doing so, you will learn to respect and fall much deeper in love with each other.
Make The Relationship A Priority
Yes, you are in a relationship and to make it last, it is necessary to make this moment in your life a priority. When you give your relationship its importance, you are only building a better foundation for it to last a lifetime.
Be Open To Problems
One of the New Year resolutions couples should make this year is to open up about each other and their problems, no matter how big or small they may be. Just by sharing your problems, you will be able to fall more deeper in love.
Communicate To Stay In Love
Communication is the key to better understand each other with a firm commitment towards each other. No matter how busy this year is for you, it is necessary to make sometime to communicate with your loved one.
Make Compromises
Make positive compromises when it comes to your partner. It is essential for both partners to make sacrifices, it simply proves your love for one another.
Never Let A Third Person In
No matter what problems this year gives you, never allow a third person or a party to help you solve your issue. Deal with your relationship problems together to make it work.
Have One Relationship Goal
When your hearts combine, there comes a time in your relationship where there are goals to set, which will benefit the bond that you share with your loved one. One of those goals is marriage, and if the two of you are planning to tie the knot this year, it is time to set a goal.
Forgive & Forget
Forgive and forget to prove your love for one another. This is one of the most important New Year resolutions couples should promise to one another.
Make Time For Thy Self
Make time for yourself, even if work or your love life is too much to handle. It is important to give yourself sometime and much pampering to come out as a more confident person.


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On the floor, you will find:
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room on 2 levels with a mezzanine,
the total area covers about 40 sq. m.
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room on 2 levels with a mezzanine,
the total area covers about 35 sq. m.
it is scheduled for 4 people
-- In annex small apartment can welcome 4 people.
Come to the discovery of crosses on our villages. These beautiful sculptures mark the lives of saints who make history of our region.
More information on the site of the Community of common country Châtenois
Take the time to discover Neufchâteau. Great city that has retained its rich historical heritage architectural and artistic prestigious churches and medieval statues, Renaissance town hall, houses specific seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
More information on the site of the Tourist Office Neufchâteau
Visit Domremy-la-Pucelle, the birthplace of Joan of Arc. You will discover its birthplace and a museum dedicated to his memory.
Do not hesitate to extend your route to the Basilica of the Bois Chenu. Begun in 1881 and consecrated in 1926, it is built at the place where Joan heard "his voice".
Spend your way also by the Gallo-Roman site of Grand.
You will discover its amphitheatre which could accommodate up to 17 000 spectators time of antiquity.
Do not miss one of the larger mosaic of the Roman Empire with its 224 square metres of surface in one piece.
The visit of Vittel and Contrexéville you delight. Come discover these 2 cities separated by a few kilometers and globally known for the quality and benefits of their water. Stop to their sources to sample the water if fresh and refreshing.
Stroll to Vittel
Stroll to Contrexéville
And of course, it is here that a meagre list of remarkable sites. You can obtain more information by visiting the Syndicat d'Initiative Chatenois or the Tourist Office Neufchâteau
Prices:Prices may vary depending on the season. Please check with the owner.
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You and your friends have been charged with treason by the British Empire. They have detained you in a guarded field tentwhile they ready the firing squad for another Boston Massacre. An American sympathizer has left you clues to distract the guards and escape. You have 60 minutes to get out before the redcoats return!
AGE APPROPRIATENESS: 10 and up
Light historical references, a wide range of puzzles, and a mild theme make this room excellent for: First-timers, Team Builders, Families, Logic-puzzlers, and School Events
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The revelry never ends in Sin City – the party capital of the world. There is so much to see and do in Las Vegas that it is virtually impossible to cover it all in one trip alone. However, some of the must-see attractions that you should not miss during your Las Vegas vacation are the Grand Canyon, The Barrick Museum that houses various exhibits and research collections of great cultural relevance, and The Mob Attraction that's home to numerous artifacts and memorabilia related to the mob.
That apart, you should also take a tour of Springs Preserve that attracts thousands of visitors all year round. It's popular for its hiking trails and science exhibits as well as its live animal shows and botanical gardens. Family vacationers can spend a day at Adventuredome – the largest indoor theme park in America or go on an Ethel M Chocolate Factory Tour. Finally, you must see the Show in the Sky at the Rio to complete your trip to Vegas.
If boutique shopping is your thing, the shopping complex at Mirage is the place for you. You can find everything from designer shoes to exclusive jewelry pieces here. You can also head to Town Square, Meadows Mall, The Forum Shop, Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood or Premium Outlets for a similar high-end shopping experience. However, if you want great bargains while shopping in Vegas, you need to head to the Fashion Show Mall with your credit card.
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Border Grill and Burger Bar in Mandalay Bay are ideal restaurants for a hearty meal or a light snack respectively. B and B Ristorate and Epicurean Epicenter are other popular haunts for gourmands in Vegas. Stingy diners can enjoy a sumptuous and filling meal for less than fifteen dollars at Gonzalez y Gonzalez and America, both housed within New York New York Hotel & Casino. Winner of the Wine Spectator's Grand Award every year since 1999, Aureole in Mandalay Bay is one of the most popular restaurants in Las Vegas and has a four-storey wine tower. The hotel also houses the Rí Rá Irish Pub and Red Square that offers a comprehensive drinks list and the best vodka concoctions in town respectively. Parasol Up, Center Bar at the Hard Rock Hotel, and the Chandelier Bar at the Cosmopolitan Hotel are three of the top ten bars on the Strip. For unparalleled comfort and luxury, make reservations at The Venetian, Mandalay Bay or The Palazzo. However, if you want to save a few in order to spend at the casinos, book a room at one of the budget hotels and motels that line the Las Vegas Strip such as The D Las Vegas, Las Vegas Club Hotel & Casino, and the Riviera Hotel & Casino.
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About KCTX
A 50,000 watt station, KCTX 96.1 FM covers a large area of northwest Texas and southwest Oklahoma with country music from the '70s through today. We have farm blocks at 6am and noon focused on agricultural markets, industry developments, and agricultural news. We're well known for longtime live call-in trade program "The Trading Post," we offer ABC News and weather updates at the top of every hour, sports news throughout the day, local news updates, and lots of localized programming. Seasonally, we offer play-by-play of area high school sporting events, and we are the Dallas Cowboys affiliate for the region.
J. Scott holds down the morning block 6 to 9am with music, agriculture and entertainment news, community calender, while handling your song requests and dedications.
Middays with Wendy from 10 to 2 with the best Country Music of yesterday and Today. town.
Matthew Halliday is on the air from 2 to 6, playing the music that'll take you through the afternoon and home from work. After the Drive at Five he heads home himself, and hands the reins over to Larin.
Larin is on from 6 to midnight Monday through Saturday. Her show consists of the best country music of today and yesterday. If you enjoy an engaging announcer, you'll enjoy listening to Larin from 6 to Midnight.
Here's a little history of 96.1 FM. The station was assigned the call letters KQAI on April 5, 1984. On September 29, 1986, the station changed its call sign to KSRW,. Then on February 23, 2001, the call sign changed to the current KCTX.


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Artisan Plans a Boatload of Promotion for <I>Jonah</I>11 Dec, 2002 By: Stephanie Prange
Artisan Home Entertainment is planning numerous cross-promotional partners and the largest home video advertising campaign in the Family Home Entertainment arm's history for Big Idea Productions' Jonah — A VeggieTales Movie, which debuts March 4 (prebook Jan. 21; Jan. 14 for prepacks).
"We think it's going to be a big hit," said SVP of marketing Hosea Belcher, adding the company expects to ship close to 4 million units. "The title really delivers. It has a fan base that's so broad. It should be the biggest [property] of the year for FHE. It's a universal message about compassion that's important in this time."
The advertising campaign is "definitely millions of dollars," Belcher said. The first flight of television and radio advertising breaks the last week in February and continues throughout the month of March. A second flight will be timed to the Easter holiday in April.
Tie-in partners for the title, which earned more than $25 million theatrically, include Applebee's, Auntie Anne's, Chuck E Cheese, Curad Bandages, Langer's Juice, Sea World and Souper Salad.
Most of the partners joined the title for the video campaign. Artisan has worked with Langer's and Chuck E Cheese in the past; Applebee's, Auntie Anne's, Curad, Sea World and Souper Salad are new partners for Artisan.
The film also has toy licensees Belcher said Artisan is promoting to retailers in the hope that they will design displays.
All 1,500 Applebee's restaurants will participate in an Applebee's Kid's Only Clubprogram that will feature the video on 4 million Jonah-themed activity booklets and plastic cups to be distributed to youngsters.
Auntie Anne's Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels will sponsor aspecially-created Jonah character plush for a nominal fee when ordering twosoft pretzels and a drink from any of Auntie Anne's 650-plus domestic locations.In-store POP at more than 700 mall-based Auntie Anne's stores nationwide will support the promotion. Additionally, FHE will package an Auntie Anne's coupon offering savings inside the Jonah DVD and VHS.
Chuck E. Cheese's will highlight Jonah through an in-restaurant promotional campaign that will feature Jonah stickers in more than 150,000 birthday goodie bags and as prizes. The restaurant will also play the Jonah trailer in all Chuck E. Cheese's nationwide during the restaurant's fun and famous entertainment shows as well as display in-store signage promoting the home video release. FHE willdrive traffic to Chuck E. Cheese's locations by packaging a coupon within both the Jonah DVD and cassette.
Curad will support Jonahby featuring a burst promoting the title on the front of more than 300,000 boxes of Curad's VeggieTales brand kids adhesive bandages. FHE will include a Curad coupon packaged with both the Jonah DVD and VHS.
Langer's Juice will highlight Jonahby featuring Jonah-themed labels on more than 1.5 million juice bottles and by hosting a sweepstakes that will award one lucky family a trip for four to SeaWorld in San Diego. The special Jonah bottles and sweepstakes will be promoted through a regional freestanding newspaper insert reaching 30 million households that will also tag the home video release. FHE will package a Langers coupon with both the Jonah DVD and VHS.
SeaWorld will donate three trips to its San Diego park — including airfare, hotel, car rental, tickets and more — valued at more than $4,000 per trip. FHE will support SeaWorld with a special discount on admission offer packaged within both the JonahDVD and VHS.
Souper Salad will feature Jonah in the chain's tagged radio and TV advertising and in-store signage. FHE will include a Souper Salad coupon in both the Jonah DVD and VHS.
Big Idea's fan-based marketing developed over the past 10 years will also support the title. The "VeggieTales" series has sold more than 30 million videos.
The two-disc JonahDVD includes never-before-seen outtakes produced specifically for its home video release, three audio commentaries, five featurettes and three music videos.The video comes packaged with a holo-foil wrap in a limited edition clamshell package that differentiates the full-length movie from VeggieTales short-form videos.


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"The call to evolution is a call to kufr and apostasy from Islam.
Ibn al-Uthaymeen in particular, he was asked this question about a teacher who comes into the classroom and teaches evolution. He said that not only this person, who is in a position of a teacher at school, should be expelled, but even outside of school he should be monitored in terms of his activities and his contacts to make sure he is not misguiding others. And he should be stopped by any means necessary even if it means his execution.
Upon that Ibn al-Uthaymeen was asked 'do you mean that it is permissible to execute him?'. Ibn al-Uthaymeen says 'Yes, if there is absolutely no other way of stopping this person except execution, then this person should be executed because he is an apostate and apostates are executed.'
The point of quoting this fatwa is not that people or individuals listen to this message and to figure out for themslves what to do but only this fatwa is only being quoted for information purposes because executing people is solely the responsibility of the Imam who is implementing sharia in a Muslim country and is not up to individuals to take the law into their own hands and contemplate executing Usama Hasan.
Secondly he's also made statements regarding hijab, he's appeared and he's said and questioned the obligation of wearing the headscarf, not the niqab but covering of the women's hair. And he said it's not an obligation.
If a person denies the obligation of wearing the hijab, which is to cover the head for women of course, then this person is an apostate. He is no longer a Muslim.
The third charge of kufr is for him to call for secularism and he actually gave lectures at the launch of the Quilliam Foundation, which is an anti-Muslim secular organisation that seeks to shape Islam from within and shed Islam of all its political aspects, the sharia in its entirety. And the other organisation called British Muslims for Secular Democracy. He gave a lecture at both of these events. At the second lecture in particular he claimed that Islam has no problem with political secularism.
Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan he says about anybody who attributes themselves to kufr philosophy, such as communism, secularism, capitalism, that these people are apostates and if they claim to be Muslims then these people are major hypocrites, major munafiqeen because on the one hand they outwardly claim to be Muslims whilst they are inwardly kuffar, disbelievers.
Anybody who mocks Allah or his messenger or anyone or any aspect of religion which is known from the deen, by necessity is a kaffir and a murtad and is subject to execution because the prophet said 'execute the one who changes his religion.' "
Charges of Kufr against Usama Hasan:
"The belief that the origin of man was the apes then this is disbelief in Allah because it involves rejecting the Quran and what the Muslims have agreed upon, nay, what the humanity has agreed upon because it is now clear that this view is utterly false devoid of any truth. As far as this person's teaching position in the school is concerned then it is not permissible for him to remain a school teacher. It is incumbent upon the headmaster to refer his case to his superiors so that he could be kept away from education. It is also obligatory to monitor him outside the school to make sure that he does not mislead others. But if he returns to the truth, then this is what is sought of him. That would be merciful of Allah to him and others. Otherwise, he must be dealt with in order to prevent his harm through any means, even if it be execution." The Questioner asked: "Is it permissible for him to be executed in this situation?" Ibn Uthaymin, "If he cannot be stopped except by this method, and he further becomes an active caller to this atheism and disbelief then it is obligatory to execute him because he is an apostate. And apostate must be executed." The kufr and apostasy of the one who holds such beliefs is a matter of consensus amongst all the scholars of Islam.
Shaykh Salih al-Munajjid writes about those who deny the obligation of Hijab (covering the head): "But if what is meant by hijab is covering the head, then there is no difference of opinion among the scholars concerning the fact that it is obligatory. His rejection of both types (hijab and niqab), and his making fun of them, is apostasy from Islam, because even though covering the face is not obligatory according to some scholars, they are unanimously agreed that it is prescribed in Islam and that it is part of the religion of Allah, so denying it and making fun of it is kufr which puts one beyond the pale of Islam."
Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan says, "Adherence to philosophies of disbelief, such as communism, secularism, capitalism and other such philosophies of disbelief is apostasy from the religion of Islam. If an adherent to these philosophies also claims to be a Muslim, then this is from major hypocrisy. This is because the hypocrites outwardly attribute themselves to Islam, while inwardly they are disbelievers."
Shaykh Ibn Baz said, "The scholars of Islam in all times and places have agreed on the disbelief of the one who mocks Allah, His Messenger, His Book, or anything from the religion. They also agreed that anyone who makes mockery of any of this, while being a Muslim, he becomes a disbeliever and an apostate by doing so, and it becomes incumbent to execute him, due to the saying of the Prophet SAW: "Execute the one who changes his religion."
While some may disagree with excommunication of Usama Hasan (supported by the Quran and the Sunnah, and the four Sunni schools), it remains an undeniable fact that he stands accused of disbelief on all the aforementioned counts which make his Imamate of the mosque untenable."
'No Thanks' to Tariq Ramadan – Abuz Zubair
"Therefore, in order to establish and protect religion, the Shariah obliges the society to establish the various acts of worship in isolation as well as congregation, just as it sanctions the punishment for apostasy, or Jihad in defence of the faith; in order to preserve life, the Shariah sanctions the right of retribution (Qisas), prohibits suicide and calls for the aversion of any harm that may lead to the loss of human life; in order to preserve dignity and lineage, the Shariah legislates marriage, forbids fornication and sanctions the Hudud punishment for it; in order to preserve wealth, the Shariah legalises trade while prohibiting usury, and forbids the destruction and usurpation of wealth, and sanctions the Hadd punishment for theft; and in order to preserve the intellect, the Shariah forbids all intoxicants and sanctions the Hadd punishment for consuming alcohol.
Interestingly, exactly a year after the report was released, Amina Wadud lead the first Friday congregational prayer, in a public event organised entirely by the secularist extremists, attended by no more than a hundred men and women, but nevertheless, given wide media coverage, with the objective of sending shockwaves throughout the Muslim world, either in an attempt to encourage the Muslims to challenge and question their faith, or merely as an exercise to test the waters.
Only twelve days after the Amina Wadud incident, came yet another attack on the Shariah, this time by a prominent professor and 'Islamist', Dr. Tariq Ramadan, who made 'An International call for Moratorium on corporal punishment, stoning and the death penalty in the Islamic World'. This article comes as a response to the latter call.
The secularists would argue that to temporarily lift the Hudud is perfectly in line with the objectives of Shariah – that is to preserve life – if it involves lifting the Hudud even to save one innocent soul. The argument only sounds reasonable to those who lack a deep understanding of the Shariah objectives behind the legislation of each of the Hudud with its respective set of rigorous conditions and impediments. This is because what they do not realise is that they may be saving the lives of a handful of innocent people by halting the Hudud, whereas on the other hand, they are opening the floodgates for all kinds of crimes and vices in the society, along with the mass devaluation of human life on a social scale, and that is a far worse outcome than a handful of innocent victims losing their lives or limbs. The ever-increasing crime rate and immorality in the Muslim countries, since the abolishment of the Shariah in its entirety, is perhaps the greatest proof against the practicality of the call for moratorium on Hudud.
Some secularists argue that since poverty is rife, ignorance is prevalent and the level morality is lacking and slowly fading away in the Muslim countries, it follows that the application of Hudud in our current social context would result in mass executions and amputations, and hence, they declare that a moratorium is needed until the society is revived through educational and spiritual processes, not before poverty is defeated and moral values are restored, particularly when the Hudud are not the sole factor in defining a society to be Islamic. Upon analysis, we find that their argument is based on two misconceptions; firstly, that it is possible to revive a society morally and spiritually without the need of Hudud; and secondly, that the application of Hudud in a corrupt society leads to mass executions and amputations, and not to the restoration of social peace and security.
In response to the first misconception, we may confidently assert that those troubled with this argument simply have not grasped the objectives of Shariah behind the legislation of the Hudud. This is because the Hudud are primarily sanctioned for the prevention of crime, in as much as they are a measure to keep the society in shape morally, spiritually, socially and economically; although there is no doubt that the Hudud alone cannot completely rid the society of all evils, for surely the combination of morality, theology and spirituality has been the bedrock of any Islamic civilisation. The point being made here, however, is the Hudud are an essential component of the comprehensive Islamic solution for social reform. Allah promises the righteous in this world with a prosperous hereafter, as it also reminds them of the severe torment as a deterring factor from committing vice; similarly, Islam promises those who follow the moral and spiritual code of Islam, a prosperous and happy life in this world, just as it sanctions the Hudud and other measures as a deterring factor from committing crimes. Hence, a reform must be composed of both of these two components, for one without the other is bound to fail. It is also true that Hudud is not the Shariah in its entirety, but it nonetheless is a fundamental aspect of the construction of the entire Shariah, such that its absence renders a society to be un-Islamic, just as the presence of Hudud without other essential components of Shariah does not necessitate that a society is Islamic.
In response to the second misconception, it is inconceivable that the application of the Hudud with all its applicable conditions and impediments would fail to reform a corrupt society and result in mass amputations. In fact, anyone who objectively analyses the Hudud system in Islam will no doubt agree that it is the wisest and the most effective solution to criminality and to moral decline by being a two-edged sword, because it efficiently decreases the crime rate on the one hand by the harshness and the fear factor, and on the other hand, the preliminary conditions for the Hudud make it more than difficult for the punishments to be applied. If we look at the Hadd punishment for adultery, for instance, the punishment for which is stoning to death, applicable equally to both male and female, we find that such punishment cannot be carried out except in two cases. One such case is for four upright men known for their integrity ('Udul) to testify in the court that all four of them literally witnessed the penetration. Such a condition is nearly impossible to fulfil, for in most cases it is inconceivable for four righteous and upright men, who are known for their integrity to be bystanders while unmarried couples engage in sexual intimacy. They are also required to testify that they literally 'witnessed the male organ in the private part of the female', for if they do not, then there is always the doubt factor that the couples may have been caught in an act of intimacy not reaching the level of intercourse, for which they deserve a punishment at the discretion of the judge, but the Hadd is not to be applied to them. Moreover, those who agree to testify against a person in a court always carries the risk of the Hadd of slander, if their testimony were to fail due to other factors; as well as the fact that a Muslim society is encouraged not to report such crimes, in order to hide the sins of others, and preserve the marriage in hope that the person will repent, unless of course, the person is a criminal by profession who will not be stopped by anything except the Hadd punishment.
The Islamists are in agreement that our decline is primarily due to our own disregard for the application of Shariah, and that the only way to a social reform is precisely to adhere to the teachings of Islam in all aspects of human life, from worship to politics. This recent call emerges in manifest opposition to the agreed upon solution. Although, the call itself is more theoretical than practical, since the Shariah is already absent in most Muslim countries, it still poses a great threat to the Islamic thought process, known traditionally as the Principles of Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh) as well as fundamentals of Islamic theology, which categorically regards ruling with other than the Law of Allah as tantamount to witchcraft."


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It was a sad end for Bayo Ogunbamwo, a commercial motorcycle operator in the Somolu area of Lagos, penultimate Friday. On that day, he had ferried a passenger to the Alakara area of Mushin. But on his way home after dropping off the passenger, he was brutally attacked by suspected armed robbers.
The okada operator was attacked at Ojuwoye by criminals, who dealt him several blows on the head and body with machetes and robbed him of his cash and motorcycle.
CRIME DIGEST gathered that despite Ogunbamwo's cries for help, none was forthcoming from the residents of the area known as a notorious enclave of hoodlums. Wounded and in great pain, he had managed to find his way to the Olosan Police Station in Mushin to report the attack. Unfortunately, the policemen on duty thought he was a lunatic and chased him away.
Ogunbamwo was said to have wandered around aimlessly for awhile, begging for help from residents and other persons, who he came across on the street, but because everyone probably thought he was a robber, they were afraid to attend to him.
A friend of the motorcyclist known as Abbey said the deceased might have bled to death. He said, "I have known Ogunbamwo for a while. I had given out my motorcycles to him on many occasions. He was last seen by some of the okada riders at Somolu at about 9.30 pm that Friday. At the time, he was heading for the Alakara area of Mushin with a passenger.
"When I didn't see him the next morning, I had to send some people to Mushin to look for him. The search party discovered his lifeless body at Olorunsogo Bus Stop. Then some of the residents who were in the area at the time he died said he told them his name and what had happened to him.
"It was already too late at the time to help him because he was already drenched in his own blood. This was at about 12 am on Saturday morning. That was when he died. I even learned that at a point during his wandering, some residents drove him away for fear that he was a robber. If only the police at Olosan had responded promptly, he would have lived."
The late okada operator was eventually buried on Sunday according to Islamic rites in Ijebu Ode, his home town.
When CRIME DIGEST contacted the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, a deputy superintendent of police, she said, "There is no confirmed report of this incident. Once I have the details, I will be able to speak on the case."
Source: Naija.ng