I Would Like to Thank the Scheduling Department of my Company.....

......for scheduling me here during the week of Martyr's Day in Panama.  It was 46 years ago today that the U.S. Army killed 20 Panamanians for trying to fly a Panamanian flag at the Miraflores Lock of the Panama Canal.  It is a national holiday now so the company I'm working with was closed today.  Lots of parades, bands, and since it's an election year, lots of politicians campaigning.  Since I have a two-room hotel suite, I held classes in the morning in my room and we took the afternoon off.  I went along the promenade to get some exercise and tried to look as "Panamanian" as I could.