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The Expedition - Has anyone done it?
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Hi! I have never been on a Contiki or even travelled before. I live in New Zealand. I really like the look of The Expedition. Has anyone done it? I get I'd need to buy a sleeping bag and things so would I need a super good warm down one for the July-August season? And also, I would take a big travel backpack right? Not a ridiculously huge suitcase?
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Saving-Investment Correlations: Transitory versus Permanent
In this paper, the authors investigate the difference between the short-run and the long-run savings-investment correlation coefficient, in order to shed light both on the validity of the Feldstein-Horioka regression as a means of measuring the degree of capital mobility and on its implications. Using quarterly U.K. data, they also examine the effectiveness of the abolition of exchange control which, in October 1979, ended a long period of restrictions on capital flows between the United Kingdom and the international economy. The authors find that, consistent with the logical implication of the Feldstein-Horioka regression, the short-run correlation is significantly higher than the long-run correlation. In contrast with much of the literature employing the Feldstein-Horioka interpretation, however, the results suggest that the United Kingdom is highly financially integrated with the global economy post 1979. Copyright 1998 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd and The Victoria University of Manchester
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In 1991, NICHD-supported scientists discovered the gene (FMR1) that causes Fragile X syndrome (FXS) on the X chromosome. FXS is the most common form of inherited intellectual and developmental disabilities. More recently, researchers have identified two disorders—FXPOI and Fragile X-associated tremor/ ataxia syndrome—that also are associated with changes in the FMR1 gene, but that have features and symptoms vastly different from FXS. Women with FXPOI often experience irregular menstrual periods, early infertility, and premature menopause. They are also at increased risk for heart disease and osteoporosis (thinning and weakening of the bones).
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What does an extremely elevated BUN mean?06/23/2010 |
My husband had a creatinine of 3. today but a BUN of 109. He is extremely tired; has confusion more often and a history of Type 11 Diabetes; Heart Disease; PVD; Congestive Heart Failure. Does this extreme number suggest failure of his kidneys?
A very high BUN sometimes means advanced kidney failure. But in that case, the creatinine is usually very high as well; with a BUN of 109, I'd expect a creatinine of 9 or 10 (with renal failure alone).
There are several conditions that can cause a BUN that is disproportionately higher than creatinine. These include:
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b) heart failure treated with diuretics (water pills)
c) internal bleeding, especially in the stomach or intestines
d) high doses of steroid medications like prednisone
Please check with your husband's doctors to see if one of these scenarios may apply to him. Advanced kidney failure can certainly cause tiredness and confusion; but so can heart failure and severe anemia (for instance, if there is internal bleeding). He sounds like he has a very complicated illness -- best wishes for his improvement, and please write again if I can furnish any more information for you.
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I bought this from Dick Smith for $1,099.95 , unfortunately I can not use it for its purpose due to my house design not suitable which this would be useless to be sitting in a box, it deserves to be in good use.
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Back to School Nights Answer Most of Your Questions
Most of us now have a week of school under our belts; the routine is setting in; homework should be coming home; the nerves should be settling down. If you haven't already, have some specific conversations about what's happening in school. Who is your favorite teacher? Who is the least favorite? What are you most excited about? Are there any new kids in school? How are they fitting in? Be prepared with a bunch of follow-up questions, starting with "Why?" Make the answers be specific.
When you have these conversations, don't try to talk your kids in or out of things. Just listen. Try to get as much information as you can. Ask them if they want to hear your opinions and suggestions, and don't get hurt feelings if they don't! Your goal is to learn as much as possible about how things are going and if any areas of concern are emerging.
In addition to these kinds of conversations, make sure you have made arrangements to attend the back to school events for parents. These often have varying names – Parents' Night, Back to School Night, Orientation – but their purpose is generally the same. They want parents to meet the teachers, learn about the students' schedules and routines, feel comfortable in the school, and hear about programs, assessments, and expectations. I recommend you make a little card with all your contact information for anyone who will be working with your student. Include email addresses both home and work, phone numbers, and notations to guide the communication --if you work nights and therefore sleep during the day, or if you absolutely cannot be contacted at work, or if there is another person to contact if the school cannot reach you.
I have scanned the calendars from our local schools, and most will be doing something during the third week of September. Go to your school's website to confirm times and locations. Remember: these types of events generally don't allow extended time with the teachers. Introduce yourself, let them know you support them and want to know –good and bad – about your student's progress, hand them your index card with your information on it, and enjoy the rest of the gathering. Don't expect specific information about individual grades or a lot of detail about the teachers' philosophies of education or justification of their math curriculum. Those conversations require more time.
No matter what age your student is, you must stay involved! If you can't volunteer at the school for even one day, make sure you read the newsletter, visit the website regularly, check in briefly with the teacher, visit your kids' classrooms if possible. Make sure you have other parents you can talk to, and if you have a question, ask. If you think something's wrong, you're probably right. Ask!
Finally, if you have any questions I can help with, please use my email to ask. I'll answer quickly. I may ask for your phone number so I can call. I may even ask permission to use your question in this column. But I'm telling you the same thing I tell your children: Don't wait if you need help! Always ask if you have doubts or need clarification. And never try to do this alone! There are lots of people who want success for you and your family.


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waltero wrote:The only reason I posted this was because I had invited two Friends to team against me and another guy.
Started the game and it was a joke! we had best drop ever. Now me friends do not come to anymore invites and they hate that particular board.
Not to mention, we went first...making it double whammy!
sdkenned wrote:Concise description:
At the start of the game, rather than receiving random starting territories, players take turns drafting territories.
The boardgame RISK allowed gamers to choose whether starting territories would be randomly distributed or drafted deliberatly by players, in turn.
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
An initial territory draft would add a huge strategic component to Conquer Club otherwise lacking.
blakebowling wrote:I could see having this feature either for speed games only, or as a premium perk (not necessarily because of the exclusivity of it, but to keep free members from getting stuck in these type of games).
That being said, I feel CC could do with more perks for premium members.
sdkenned wrote:Though perhaps not the solution, it may be possible to develop a permission system based on medal acheivement... by which players unlock the ability to start and play in territory draft games...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tell-No-Tales Thursdays: Jack Sparrow's Treasure
Before Jack Sparrow came along, this is what visitors used to see at the end of the ride as their boat went up the hill above the pirate grotto. This poor fellow was eternally straining to get his loot up the hill, but to no avail. Now, may he rest in peace as he is lost to the ages. This AA figure was "rescued" by Tony Baxter from the World of Motion at EPCOT center before it became Test Track.
The last scene you view as you leave the underground Pirates cavern is this treasure room with Jack Sparrow. The AA is pretty impressive (more so in person than in this static shot), however, I don't really care for this scene, as it just looks like a room dumped in the middle of the previous pistol duel. The entire Pirates ride seamlessly flows from one vignette to another, and yet the Captain Jack treasure just seems a little out of place.
A few more views:
And no flash:
Unfortunately, the Imagineer's attempts to have Sparrow roll a coin between his fingers was unsuccessful. One day maybe...
See more Pirates of the Caribbean (both recent and vintage) photos at my website.
7 comments:
- William Bezek said...
I am a huge Depp fan but they should have just left the ride alone. I am distracted while on it remembering the way it used to be.
- Major Pepperidge said...
I have to agree with Mr. Bezek... I like Johnny Depp, and liked the first POC movie, but I do find Jack Sparrow's presence a bit distracting. Probably younger people who only know this version think it's a totally natural fit!
Nice "no flash" photo, by the way... - 9:01 AM
- Vintage Disneyland Tickets said...
I try to avoid Jack S throughout the ride, but you can't miss him at the end! The spinning coin trick might have made it better and they need to lose the drunken Johhny D sound track of him singing Yoho, its miserable...
That said, GREAT PHOTOS Dave! Thanks! - 9:44 AM
- Dan Alexander said...
I grew up going to Epcot and miss the World of Motion! I love spotting "recycled" animatronics--or those that have been duplicated for other attractions, like how the "Pirates" pigs also live at Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain.
- TokyoMagic! said...
I don't mind the first two Jack Sparrows, but I've always thought that last scene looked "shoehorned" in. And I agree with VDT....they need to NOT have him sing!
- Chiana_Chat said...
I miss World of Motion too! It was very much a descendant of an attraction at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Ford's I think. Ironically a car sponsored ride replaced it.
- walterworld said...
The best closing scene was the original one, with the pirate balancing on the barrels. This figure is now in the chase scene with the pooped pirate.
I can still remember looking back while climbing back 'up' the waterfall and seeing him continue to balance away! - 9:40 PM


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Friday, October 26, 2007
I don't know if the ending is sad or happy.
"12, go ahead."
"12, when you go 10-8, contact the supervisor at 2300 Fernoak Road."
I stare at the cows I am currently attempting to put back behind their fence. Crap. Crap crap crap.
Twenty minutes later I pull up to the back door of the local nursing home.
I say back door, it is actually a set of French doors on the back side of the dining room/TeeVee room, opening onto a patio, surrounded by a faux wrought-iron fence about eight feet high.
Just inside the fence, a matronly-looking woman in scrubs, body language giving every impression of annoyed impatience I've ever seen, looks pointedly at her wrist watch as I park the cruiser.
"It's five minutes past seven o'clock. I called the sheriff at a quarter 'til. Be sure you put that in your report."
"Sorry about that, but I was on the far side of the county with a herd of cows when the --."
"That's sheriff's business. Mr. Johnson is missing. He's ninety-four years old, white, last seen wearing a tartan dressing robe over blue pajamas."
"Okay, good to know. When was he last seen?" Ninety-plus years old, I doubt if he got further than, say, a mile. Unless someone picked him up...
"When was he last seen?"
"Are you implying something?"
What the hell? I look at her over my Gargoyles in absolute confusion, "When was the last time he was seen? So I'll have a search limit?"
"Young man, Bugscuffle is not that big."
I see how this one is going to be played. "Okay, do you have any idea which way he might have gone, or where he might be going?"
"Mr. Johnson has a severe case of Alzheimers. Not only do we not know where he may be going, or which way, but he doesn't know either." The 'you idiot' was unspoken.
I'm trying not to show teeth in a smile that neither one of us is going to believe is friendly. "I understand. Can you tell me what kind of footwear he's wearing?"
"You, young man, should be looking for Mr. Johnson, not standing here, conducting what my lawyer will probably tell me is an illegal interro --."
"Madam. These are dirt streets. We haven't had rain in months, and there's a good layer of dust everywhere. I can track Mr. Johnson quite easily -- if I know what I'm looking for. Now. Am I looking for slippers, am I looking for sneakers, am I looking for bare feet, what?"
She looks at me for a long moment, no doubt cataloging my series of sins and trespasses in her mind.
"I'm sure that an aide will be able to help you. I'll send one out. You are planning on looking for poor Mr. Johnson sometime today, I hope?"
The amount of saccharine in that one little sentence would probably kill half a lab quota of rats, and I feel my jaw muscles knot up as I gravely incline my head, "I'll certainly do my best. May I see Mr. Johnson's room?"
"He's not -- oh, bother. Very well. 105." With that, the supervisor throws up her arms and stomps back into the facility, me taking the moment to slip in the self-locking door behind her.
A couple of moments later I'm at room 105.
I've been here before. About three weeks back, half-an-hour before end of shift, the ambulance was paged out to the nursing home. As was our policy, I had responded, had come to this room from the other direction to find it full of aides and nurses. The bed just inside the door had been empty, bedclothes thrown back as if the occupant had been taken out of the room. The far bed had had two of the staff attempting to resuscitate a tiny figure; then two of our local paramedics had button-hooked the door and taken over, only to gently shake their heads after a brief exam.
What was her name ... Viola Faye Carter Johnson. I worked the escort for her funeral later that week. I close my eyes and I replay my courtesy at the service in my mind:
Walked in through the side door. Waited at the door while my eyes adjusted and spoke with the funeral director about the route and location of the grave site. Walked through the line ... grandchildren, grandchildren, daughter, son, son, ah-hah. Tall, barrel-chested, big-boned, but no muscle over the bones. Natty bowler hat on top of thin white hair, incredibly bright yellow-and-red feather tucked rakishly in the hat-band, white moustache, good grey suit, malacca cane leaning forgotten against the pew.
Complete and total dazed incomprehension in the blue eyes.
Got him. Now I know who he is.
Out of habit I look under the bed -- hey, it's happened before. No such luck this time, though.
I open the closet door -- no Mr. Johnson there -- the clothes are hung with almost military precision, no gaps to show missing clothes. I'm looking at a tiny framed pen and watercolour portrait of a woman on the bedside table when two younger women step through the door, one of them carrying a red, blue and green check robe.
Well, he's not wearing a tartan bathrobe after all. Hope he's still wearing the blue pajamas.
The portrait is a bit smudged and looks like it was bent or folded a time or two before being framed. It is a blonde woman, young, who is pulling a blue ribbon from her ponytail while looking levelly at the artist. It is well-done, drawn with love as well as skill. Dollar to a doughnut says Mr. Johnson was the artist -- it has that feel.
The aides are clearly upset -- Mr. Johnson seems to have been a favorite. He is a white male, tall -- they're not sure how tall -- and he's nice. And never a problem.
That's nice to know.
The only thing they think is missing from his room -- aside from him -- is his cane. The side door alarm beeped at the supper meal, at five. They think that was him, but truth be told, nobody is really sure when Mr. Johnson amscrayed.
Yeah, this one isn't going to be easy.
I tip my hat to the aides and start walking around outside the home, checking the dirt at each door. At the side door, I find it. It's not much -- a circular imprint a little bigger than the diametre of a quarter in the dirt -- but in my memory I see the tan rubber after-market tip someone had slid onto Mr. Johnson's cane. With the cane imprint as a marker, I can see the shiny spots where his cloth-soled slippers pressed into the caliche and it's fairly easy to track Mr. Johnson to Muir Road.
I mark the spot, hurry back to the Super Scooter and call in a BOLO (Be On the Look Out) for Mr. Johnson to Dispatch, then a run the cruiser up to my mark and start slowly idling east on Muir road, head hung out the window, watching the little rounds marks.
Six blocks later, I'm starting to get worried. Muir Road goes straight east into Old Town, the original location of Bugscuffle. In the early 1900's, maybe teens, something had happened in Old Bugscuffle -- fire, tornado, I'm not sure. Whatever it was, that entire section of town had picked up and moved west to it's current location, leaving behind stone foundations and a few low ruined walls, overgrown in eighty-some-odd years of salt cedar, pecan trees, ornamental trees run amuck, cane breaks and other tree-type growth. Worst of all, Old Bugscuffle had red brick streets. Which New Bugscuffle happily -- and mindlessly -- runs a street sweeper down every other week.
Two blocks later, and I watch helplessly as the little circles and the small shiny spots turn into red brick streets. Dammit, dammit, dammit ... "Car 12, County."
"Go ahead, 12."
"County, I've lost track of that BOLO at Muir and Pecan. Might be a good idea to turn out the VFD."
"10-4, car 12."
"10, dispatch."
"Go ahead, 10."
"What's 12 got?"
I climb out of the car as Dispatch fills the Sheriff in on our Missing Person, hoping that Mr. Johnson had veered from his course and had climbed up into the grass. No such luck -- but I honestly didn't figure a 94-year-old man to get off on uneven grass when there was a perfectly nice brick road right there. Dammit. My walkie-talkie crackles into life.
"Car 10, car 12."
"Go ahead.
"You know that foundation slab about a block and a half east from your current location where the high school kids go to party?"
"That's the old Carter place. Next door to the east is the old Johnson place. Comprende?"
Bingo. I feel my chest ease a bit. "10-4, car 10, I'm en route."
"Good. Car 10, Dispatch, tone the fire department and have them meet me at the corner of Muir and Pecan."
Three quick breaths later and I pull the cruiser to a stop on the red brick street. North of the road is a huge lot waist-deep in vegetation -- where it isn't shoulder deep or worse in salt cedars, rioting pyracantha -- and a narrow path wending it's way through the undergrowth. I scoot along the path, anxiously looking for -- and not finding -- those little rounds marks, but checking anyway. At the end of the patch -- almost fifty yards back -- is an enormous stone foundation slab.
Dozens of burn marks show where decades of high schools students had started campfires, various names and statements were written onto the stones with pens and markers; sprayed on in every conceivable shade of Krylon; or carved into any available surface, while scads of empty beer cans, liquor bottles, fast-food containers, and empty condom wrappers give mute testimony to what the kids were doing when they weren't indulging their artistic and literacy Muses.
But not one sign of Mr. Johnson. I lope back to the street and walk slowly along the edge of the road, looking ... got it.
Right in the middle of the lot that the Sheriff had called "the old Johnson place" I find two parallel lines maybe a handspan apart, where the leaves had been moved and turned over, their damp bottoms dark in the sunlight, as if by someone walking through in a shuffle. Say, an elderly man. I kneel and brush gently to the right of the trail, and am rewarded when I come across a round impression -- a little larger than a quarter -- partially covered by a leaf.
"Car 12, car 10."
"Go ahead."
"I've got tracks at the old Johnson place."
Out of habit I stay to the left of the tracks, but I move quickly -- the sun is going down and night won't make this any easier. The tracks lead through the brush and up onto a foundation slab, straight up the center of the slab for several yards, before making an abrupt left turn, marching off the slab, then angling northwards of the Carter place.
Five minutes later, as the sun is going down, I find Mr. Johnson.
There is a low -- no taller than the middle of my thigh -- fieldstone wall separating the two lots, and sometime in the past there had been a pecan tree next to the wall.
He is sitting on top of the wall, back against the stump, his spiffy feather-adorned bowler hat a sharp contrast to his neat blue pajamas, a rusted metal box sitting in his lap and the cane leaning against the wall.
"Car 12, County. Code 4."
If one were to squint real hard, it would be easy to believe that he's lost in thought, or maybe napping.
But I can tell from ten feet away that he's not.
"Car 10, car 12, do you need Rescue?"
I take my hat off and put it on the wall, then I strip off my gloves and drop them into the hat. His right hand is resting on top of the metal box and I slip my fingers to the inside of his wrist to check for a pulse.
Looped around his index finger, held in place by his thumb, is a ribbon, badly faded to a dove grey, but probably once the cornflower shade that might have been used to tie back the hair of a blue-eyed blonde girl.
"Car 12?"
I gently place my fingers on the side of his throat. He's cold and there hasn't been a pulse there for some time.
"County to car 12."
Funny how there seems to be a hitch in my throat. I squeeze the fragile shoulder softly, then hit the 'send' button on my walkie-talkie, "County, negative on Rescue. Signal 9."
A long pause before the County Dispatcher replies, "10-4, 12." She'll be calling a Justice of the Peace to come pronounce -- there's going to need to be a path cleared for that, and for the funeral home, but it just doesn't feel right to leave that old gentleman alone again. Not in the dark.
The Sheriff and the volunteer fire department will be here soon enough.
88 comments:
- Geoff said...
I prefer to think it a happier ending. He strolled back to his roots, surrounded by many memories, perhaps sitting on the stump of the tree he watched many sunsets with his wife. It sounds like he passed peacefully in a place of his choosing.
I'm with geoff on this one.
He went back to his old home and got out the one item he treasured most in the world, and let the memories take him back to a happy time. - 7:50 AM
I'd go with happy ending too, brought tears to my eyes.
Randy in Arizona - 7:56 AM
- Jay G said...
I think I've said this before, LawDog: Would that we could clone you.
How many other men would have done much more than scan the road as they drove by?
How many more would have stayed with Mr. Johnson until the JP arrived?
You, sir, are one of the good ones.
I'd tip my hat to you, if'n I wore one... - 8:11 AM
- Bryan said...
Indeed a happy ending. Wish my granfather went like that.
- princewally said...
I hate wet eyes at work.
Thanks, Lawdog. - 8:14 AM
What a way to start a vacation. Smiling and with a tear in my eye. Thank you for sharing that Lawdog.
- BobG said...
I have to agree with Geoff on this.
Darn. I'm rather glad I have a cube space to myself. It would be rather difficult to explain why my allergies suddenly got so bad...
I appreciate you, Lawdog! - 8:49 AM
- Mr. Fixit said...
Excellent post.
I agree that it is a happy ending. - 8:52 AM
Law Dog,
One of your best stories yet. I know that we all wish that life had happy endings. But the reality of it is that life comes at us hard sometimes. I found this out quickly when I lived my younger years in Africa.
What we have here are two thing. First, we have a man - whom I see as having checked out the way HE wanted to. He checked out with good memories of his loved one - his sweetheart if you will. While he was sitting on that old stone wall there is no telling what was going through his mind. Maybe they had often sit there together years gone by. Second, I see a man (LD) who has not become jaded by his profession. A man who respects his elders and knows what it means to see and experience loss.
Law Dog, Bravo. You write a really good story. Thanks for sharing this with us your readers.
Best Regards
Dr. Joe - 9:04 AM
- phlegmfatale said...
- Dad29 said...
He went home to get home...
Good stuff, LawDog! - 9:27 AM
- James said...
I agree with Geoff. And, dammit, I think I've got something in my eye.
I have a suspicious wettness coming from my ocular regions.
Thanks for a poignant and yes, happy story. God bless that dear man. I know he died with happy memories coursing through him. - 9:40 AM
- Dad29 said...
One more thing, LawDog.
Need an informal "permission to use" for my Forensics team to use this.
It'll be edited a bit for length--must fit an 8-minute window.
But we won't hurt the story.
Thanks! - 9:43 AM
- Ambulance Driver said...
Happy ending, definitely. He died where he wanted to, not in a nursing home.
- Brandon said...
I'm in with the "happy ending" crowd, too. Beautiful story.
He's gone home to be with his wife. How could that not be a happy ending?
Beautifully, beautifully written, Mr. LawDog.
- LawDog said...
Dad29, permission grnted, of course.
- JD said...
I am in the happy ending group, he went his way surrounded by his happy memories. Seems like a nice peaceful way to go to me.
- CrankyProf said...
Oh, absolutely a happy ending. He went home before he went Home. Godspeed to him, on his way.
Now, just to be sure no one thinks I've gone all soft, I'd have to tell you that as soon as Missy Snark-nurse bristled and thought that there was a hint of accusation of neglect, I'd have been...harsh. I'd have made her eyes roll the hard way. - 12:31 PM
- CrankyProf said...
(I assume that this will go in to your book, along with the...ahem....ending to the pink gorilla suit story?)
- LawDog said...
- Dad29 said...
Thanks, with enthusiasm!!
Dammit Dog! How can someone who can make me bust a gut laughing make me cry just as easily?
Drink it up.....That's The GOOD STUFF!
Damn, LawDog...A grown man is not supposed to cry at work...
Next time put "Fine Writing Alert...Not Safe for Men at Work" at the start of the page, will you?
Doug in Colorado - 2:55 PM
- Erik said...
dag nab it, 'Dawg, you made me cry!
- The Freeholder said...
Damn, I hate it when my eyes get like this.
But I'm glad the story had a happy ending. - 3:23 PM
- CrankyProf said...
LawDog, you HAVE to write a book.
It's an imperative that your scribblings be preserved in print.
Must, must. must.
Hell, I'd agent it for you, and I haven't agented in three years. - 4:13 PM
- Simeron said...
I have to wonder if the lady in the bed the week earlier was the same in the picture.
That would be a reason for him to have found his way back to his happier time.
And I can think of alot worse ways to go then remembering a lovely, blonde woman that loved me almost as much as I loved her after 94 years on the Earth.
Hell, I'll be lucky to make it 94 years as will most of us and shoot, look how far he walked!
I'll put this one down to happy LD. He went with quiet dignity, remembering pleasant thoughts about someone he clearing cared alot about if not loved.
Not too shabby a way to go ya know? - 4:28 PM
- Bob@thenest said...
I'd rather go sitting there on the wall and respectfully attended to after the fact by you, than in that room with Snarknurse drumming her fingers on my bedrail.
"mr johnson"
"fair winds, following seas, and safe harbour at voyage's end".
"gunner" - 5:35 PM
- shooter said...
Damn you, Dawg!
Not for one minute do I believe he was suffering from a loss of mental faculties. He got up from his bed, grabbed his hat, and walked home. He had to get home because she was waiting for him.
God bless him, and you. I don't think there are many cut like you at all. Of those that are, you are their voice. Thanks for the story. - 6:52 PM
- OK Katrina said...
Beautifully told.
Alzheimer's is a thief and destroyer of dignity. I think the honor, reverence and respect you used in telling his story may have somehow restored some of that dignity to Mr. Johnson.
I don't think it's as black and white as sad or happy, it's both. But I am glad he went on his own terms, so to speak, and with happy memories. And, he was fortunate to be found by someone who treated him the respect that he deserved to the very end. - 7:20 PM
Sounds like a happy ending to me. Beautifully told, Lawdog. Both of my grandfathers died from complications caused by Altzheimer's, so this really struck a nerve. I'm glad I'm not reading this at work. Altzheimer's patients sometimes have fleeting moments of clarity during which they suddenly realize what is going on. This was clearly the case here, or he would not have been able to find his way home. What, pray tell, was in the case? Did he find the case there, or did he bring it with him as he escaped his place of captivity?
I'm ex LEO. One of the ones who didn't escape becoming cynical from what I saw over the years. You see so much bad you don't recognize the good anymore. Needless to say I haven't cried in twenty or so years...until tonight. Thank you for being who you are. Son, you're a gift to the world. Don't loose that compassion. If the job ever starts to make you cynical, QUIT!!
- Jean said...
Beautiful, sir.
You did good Deputy. God Bless Mr. Johnson.
- Melodee said...
His sweetheart was waiting for him at Home and that's where he went. Just three weeks later. I would have loved to see that homecoming. Sheesh. If only it could be like that always. Thanks for the tenderness.
As my beloved Uncle Edward was wont to say, you're a good soul, Deputy. Thank you for your kindness to Mr. Johnson, and thank you for telling us the tale.
Reminds me about a movie called Bubba Hotep.
"What is the best death?"
"The unexpected one." - 7:19 AM
- Tower Tales said...
Very nice Lawdog.
Theres' something so poignant about someone taking the long journey to get home.
I can understand how you wouldn't want to leave him alone in the dark. I too would have waited. He'd been alone long enough I reckon and decided it was time to get along to where he belonged.
Home is sometimes just a word, but its the place that a man, mortally wounded will think of with his last thoughts. A place where we long to be, though some of us have to travel pretty far to earn our keep.
Its another word for love. I'm glad to see he made it. - 8:06 AM
- Lady Jane said...
OMG! You've got me crying on that.. lovely story.
- 45govt said...
Beautiful story - made my day, and such a pleasant change from reading about all the unpleasantness we see today.
Glad I had you on my favourites - many thanks. - 8:47 AM
I've tried to read this story three time and for some reason it keeps getting blurry at the end.Thank you Lawdog for sharing and welcome home Mr. Johnson.
- SpeakerTweaker said...
Sir, I feel a bit awkward to inform you, but that is a happy ending.
It's just a bit harder to see than most, because it was an Ending.
But any ending met with a smile is always a happy one.
Thank you, sir. A finer story would be tough to find.
tweaker - 10:02 AM
- ASM826 said...
It was with reason that old train stations look like cathedrals. Leaving is always a solemn time.
If he sat and had his thoughts in a place that had resonating memory for him, it is as much as any of us could hope for.
And who's to say that when he drew his last breath, she wasn't standing there to take his hand? - 11:51 AM
- perlhaqr said...
Well. Good. At least I wasn't the only one with a trickle and a sniffle.
- William the Coroner said...
It was a happy ending.
- Breda said...
Bittersweet and lovely. Thank you.
lump in my throat.
- Mark said...
He found his peace at last in his own way and time. A very happy ending.
My, my, Lawdog, you can write!!
And thanks to your tracking skills, and caring, you found him. There are, perhaps, many people who would have stopped working on the case after requesting the BOLO. - 10:25 PM
- Matt G said...
Well told, sir.
- Area Trace No Search said...
Got me right *there* reading that. Sometimes being a copper ticks all the boxes, and sounds like this was one of those times.
I'd be happy to have you arriving as back up to any scenario you care to mention!
Area - 12:57 PM
LawDog, I wish I could have worked with you when I was "On the Job." You have a fine flare for description and a true Gentleman's heart.
Thank you for all you do for us on the net and for those in the communities you serve.
You are truly an example of all that is fine about Law Enforcement. - 2:00 AM
thanks, lawdog.
- John said...
Certainly a happy ending, he didn't die wasting away in the nursing home with attendant who sounded like she was only concerned with keeping her job not the welfare of Mr. Johnson. From your description sounds like he passed away peacefully and on his terms. I believe if it was left up to us on how we went out then that is how we would all like to go. After losing several friends and co-workers before even hitting the prime of their lives there seems to be a romantic feel to how Mr. Johnson left this life. My hats off to you LawDog for showing me that there are still some out there with a heart.
Oh, Dog, sitting here at work, weeping. I'm so glad it was you - with the skills to track and the heart to care. You, sir, are a Southern gentleman of the old school. I'm sure Mrs. Johnson would agree and thank you for the way you saw her beloved Home.
- phlegmfatale said...
Oh, yeah, cranky had it spot-on: the book. And we want Nana's pink Swarovsky crystal story there, too, along with the pink gorilla suit.
- miscca said...
I choose to think of it as a happy ending. As many have said before me, he died at peace, holding the ribbon she wore in the painting he made for her. It's how he remembered her and he died with a piece of that memory in his hands.
My grandmother did something like this when she passed. She held on for dear life until either my mom, my sister or I called her. After 4 days of surviving, she died 5 minutes after my sister called.
I don't think Alzheimer's or senility truly rob people of their senses. I think there's still a lot going on in those heads, science just hasn't caught up with this fact yet.
Beautiful story, well told and with the respect and honor it deserves. - 3:49 PM
- Glenn Bartley said...
My goodness your heart was surely in the telling of that story, the story of Mr. Johnson, and his love for Mrs. Johnson. I can only imagine they are together now, someplace where they are again as young as they were when that drawing was done, and I would think that the ribbon in her hair is as blue as it was on that day long ago.
All the best,
Glenn B - 10:58 PM
- AgPilot60 said...
Thanks LawDog for being one of the good ones. Way too often I see the bad ones. You stayed with him as you were taught the old way to respect the dead. Respect begets respect. God be with you and may your duty always be peaceful.
Sir, I respecfully suggest you submit your story to Reader's Digest.
A true story written this well should be shared as much as possible. - 5:56 AM
- rookie bebe said...
Thank you for caring. I've met too many officers on a scene that don't care. They don't even want to help us when we get there. They want to know why we want them to help with CPR because there's no one else to help.
Beautiful. I agree with the idea to send it to Reader's Digest. - 6:50 AM
- GreatBlueWhale said...
I've done a couple of those searches and neither ending was pleasant or peaceful. Thanks for giving me one to remember that was.
- kateykakes said...
What an incredibly powerful story, LD.
Thank you so much for sharing. - 5:14 PM
Thank you Law Dog....well done.
- RobC said...
Brilliant! LD, told with compassion.
I will point people this way for sure. - 10:57 AM
- Valerian said...
How wonderful...
- Adam said...
Thanks, LD. For your writing, which continues to produce gems of the "Hey guys, you gotta read this," variety... but also for your work.
Too often cops are either subjected to demands or treated as nuisances, which adds insult to the difficulty and pains of the actual job. So thank you for what you did, and what you do.
I only hope that when my time comes someone with as much compassion, whether cop, paramedic or nurse, can defend my dignity.
Indeed, should that task one day be mine, now I have an example to follow. - 5:02 PM
A happy ending. Death is an integral part of life, LD - it comes to all of us. He died at his old home, surrounded with his memories... and the man who found him stood vigil with him until his remains could be taken care of. Well done, sir.
I haven't been following you lately (been away on vaca without access to a computer), so I'm catching up on reading on a lazy day, and I have to say, reading this post makes me hope that you've given up the idea of working for a Big City department - you'd be wasted there. I think that you're doing good right where you are. - 9:15 AM
I'm late coming in on this one, but can't help but comment. Real life isn't going to sit on nice, neat shelves but rather those ambiguous shelves that decide to lean one way one day, another the next. Thank you for sharing this story with us. Happy? No. Sad? Yes. Affirming? Most definitely.
Keep fighting the good fight. You're one of those LEO's who hasn't managed to let all the ugly harden him with more calluses than are necessary in a decidedly stressful occupation. - 8:07 AM
- Ride Fast said...
I'm happy he made it home. Thanks.
- XD45 said...
Definitely a happy ending.
- Scott said...
Excellent job LD. If these tales are a glimpse into your world, then the Mrs. LD is one lucky lady. :)
Cheers. - 4:39 PM
- seticat said...
Thank you for sharing this, LD. You're the kind of LEO I grew up with in my small home town. And you and your town are the kind of place I'd like to spend the rest of my years in.
Godspeed and blessings on you, LawDog. You're good folk. - 1:20 AM
- Gopher said...
Dang, it's dusty in here for some reason. Well written Sir!
Sure hard to type on a wet keyboard.
Pops - 12:19 PM
You got me misty there, Lawdog. You, sir, are indeed a gentleman. Once again, you have made me proud of our law enforcement in Texas.
- Ward Gerlach said...
Oh, my yes!
You have the technical writing skills.
You certainly have the stories.
And you have the Gift of telling the story.
In short, write the damned book! - 10:16 PM
- fuzzys dad said...
This story made me cry. I can tell you were touched deeply. Thanks for the post.
- Berry said...
Had to re-read this one aloud while wife's playing on the other computer.
Dammit, but I don't hitch-up when reading aloud.
Dammit again. - 8:27 PM
Well my girlfriend walked in as I finished that and asked me what was wrong. I had her read the story and we agree that Geoff is correct.
Fair winds Mr Johnson. - 9:45 AM
- Gregory said...
One thing's for sure. . . I ain't to proud to admit I'm wiping a tear.
Good ending I think. Thank you indeed LawDog. - 11:52 AM


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Our 30 day Thailand visa was up so it was time to move on to Malaysia. It was our first over-land border crossing, very exciting. Basically the same as at the airport, you get your passport stamped to leave one county, walk 50 feet, go through customs, and get your passport stamped for the new country. We came straight to Georgetown, on an island called Penang on the Northwest corner of Malaysia. We came here solely because we heard the city was a melting pot of cultures, and some of the best food in Malaysia...and we have not been disappointed. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. So that's fun. Basically the east India company took the city over in 1786 and it became a huge trading hub. So immediately people from all over Asia started immigrating here. Now it's primarily made up of Hokkien Chinese, Tamil Indians, and Malays, but you have people from everywhere else too.
The reason I love it is because the city is filled with street hawkers selling all kinds of foods. And they have these cafes everywhere. Basically they are huge seating areas where people come around offering you beverages and surrounding the whole perimeter are all different food vendors. It's amazing. And we have even been watching some world cup action from some of them. 1 has a stage with live music in the middle of the "cafe"
Last night we had the best dim sum ever, right near our place. This was in a restaurant. The only other time we eat in restaurants here is when we want the best Indian food we've ever had. There are a handful of 24 hour Indian restaurants down the street a few blocks that are incredible.
And the city is filled with the most beautiful Buddhist and Hindu temples.
It's pretty awesome.
We came to this city to catch up on the blog, and we have been here 6 or 7 days already and haven't even started with the blog. But we have all the time in the world. We are so lucky.
Yesterday we waited for a bus to the botanical gardens for 90 minutes in the insane searing heat. It was crazy. We knew we could get on any of the dozens and dozens and dozens of buses that were going by, and go to the main bus hub and find the #10 bus there. But 3 people told us the 10 would come by here. Even though it wasn't on the list of buses on the sign. These 3 people worked for the city bus company too. Long story short, we gave up, walked around the block to see a Buddhist temple and there was the 10 bus driving along a random street. We flagged it down and hopped on. It felt amazing to get on the freezing cold bus. It turned out the bus was on the way back to starting the route again. I sat down and asked D, "what's the moral of this story?"
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ANAHEIM (AP) — Garrett Richards pitched seven effective innings, and the Los Angeles Angels parlayed three errors and another mammoth home run by Mark Trumbo into five early runs against Derek Holland to beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 Saturday night.
The Rangers' fifth loss in six games, coupled with Oakland's 2-1 victory against Houston, put Texas 1 1-2 games behind the Athletics in the AL West race.
Richards (6-6) allowed two runs — one earned — and six hits while striking out five and walking one. The right-hander, who finished his night by fanning the side on 18 pitches, is 4-0 with a 3.25 ERA in seven starts at home this season.
Holland (9-8) was charged with eight runs — four earned — and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings. He struck out four and walked one in his sixth attempt to join Kenny Rogers as the only left-handers in the history of the Rangers/Washington Senators franchise with double-digit victories in three consecutive seasons.
Holland, whose last victory was Aug. 4 at Oakland, gave up unearned runs in the first two innings. The Angels took a 3-1 lead in the first after Holland fielded a dribbler toward the first base line by leadoff man J.B. Shuck and committed a two-base throwing error.
Shuck advanced on Erick Aybar's sacrifice bunt and scored when four-time Gold Glove third baseman Adrian Beltre misplayed Mike Trout's slow bouncer for his 13th error. Trumbo drove the next pitch to center field for his 31st homer and second in two nights, following a drought of 57 at-bats without one.
Collin Cowgill led off the Angels' second and reached on a fielding error by shortstop Elvis Andrus. He tried to score all the way from first on a double to left by rookie Luis Jimenez and was thrown out by Andrus on the relay from David Murphy.
Jimenez continued to third on the throw and scored on Green's sacrifice fly — barely making it to the plate in time with a headfirst slide after initially breaking for the plate on contact and having to scurry back to third to tag up.
Trumbo's bid for another two-run homer run was ruled foul by third base umpire Adrian Johnson in the third inning, and manager Mike Scioscia calmly walked out to request a video review. The call was upheld and Trumbo struck out on the next pitch, but Chris Iannetta increased the Angels' lead to 5-2 after a two-out walk to Josh Hamilton.
The Angels, 14 1-2 games out of first place despite winning 12 of their last 15 games, tacked on three more in the sixth on Grant Green's two-out, two-run double and an RBI single by Shuck that chased Holland.
Texas catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who ended the scoring with a leadoff homer in the ninth against Cory Rasmus, committed the Rangers' fourth error when he dropped a foul pop by Shuck in the eighth and Shuck singled on the next pitch. That ended a streak of 127 errorless games by Pierzynski since his previous one on Aug. 28, 2012 with the White Sox at Baltimore, when he made a poor throw to second base trying to prevent Nate McLouth from stealing.
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In the ancient language which he spoke
But I didn't even give a damn
'Cause all I wanted to do was just sit and have a toke
Talk about the restless winds that were blowing in my mind
That twisted all we grow as too thin
And feelings I had which I couldn't describe
And the places I'd come within
And in the chrome light I stood up and I just began
I'd sell my pride on a whim, let it blow
The righteous light that was guiding me still
And the man with the Holy soul
Impatience took a dim view of my words
And let me down again
I'm so dusty, cladden with all that world-weary stars and reverends
I've got your Mother Mary, God
Life is empty
I wanna find some peace today
I said, Mother Mary, oh
Life's so empty
I need some peace today, oh oh today
Oh those twisted corridors of power
In the ivory walls of hate
Where the eagle flies so proudly
And I just can't, just can't wait
In the victim's mind, he's ready
He is ready to exploit the weakness
Of the century's greed and feebleness
And the lies they whisper
To his brothers and sisters
Please Jesus, oh I love you
Won't you come and stay
Mother Mary, I know life is empty
I wanna find some peace today
Hannah hung around for the the rapture
On the roam for forty years
Of course no-one came, and you know I still live in fear
I was waiting for the witnesses of seventy-two
I was waiting for the world to fall apart, how about you?
If Husain could have waited
Nava'i could have seen the stars in the sky
'Cause I've been waiting for you for fifty odd years
I've been waiting for you through these hopes and these tears
I was waiting for you, I'm a-waiting for you
There's thunder, in the sky
Why why why - did I let you down?
Can I carry that cross for you?
Can I carry that cross for you?
Is there anything that I need to know?
Did you let me down?
Did you let me down?
Why why why - did you let me down?
Did you think I wouldn't know
Why why why - did you let me down?
I wanna sit right here, I'm gonna write you a letter
I wanna sail, I wanna sail over the ocean
I'm only Georgie Best and Muhammad Ali
I don't just use my fists, yeah I use my feet
They got spirit, I got spirit
Oh mama mama mama it's like yellow earth
What was it like for you when you was giving birth
You got it in for you, I got it in for me
I said, why you always jumping fences like Stevie Mc Queen?
I got spirit, come feel it
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Nucleic Acids
A nucleic acid is a large biopolymer consisting of many nucleotides. The two primary nucleic acids found in cells are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). What are the functions of these two nucleic acids?
A nucleotide is a molecule that contains a five-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen containing base. What is the difference between ribose and deoxyribose? (Hint: use the following structures to help you explains)
Note: there is a carbon (C) where the structure bends, and hydrogen atoms are attached to each point, unless otherwise noted (i.e. O and OH).
RNA and DNA both can have adenine, cytosine, and guanine as bases. What bases are unique to each kind of nucleic acid?
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DNA and RNA
A DNA nucleotide looks as follows (specifically adenine, in this case):
DNA and RNA polymers consist of multiple nucleotides strung together into long chains, with only the nitrogenous base changing.
DNA has a double helix shape, with each nitrogenous base on one strand paired up with another base on the opposite strand.
Remember: in DNA, adenine (A) and thymine (T) pair up, while the cytosine (C) pairs with guanine (G). In RNA, uracil (U) replaces thymine!
The following diagram is of a strand of DNA:
How many hydrogen bonds are there in the A-T pairing? In the C-G pairing? What do the 3' and 5' represent?
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Protein Synthesis
Protein synthesis basically consists of DNA producing an RNA template that directs animo acids to be introduced into a protein chain.
First, there's transcription, which is the unfolding or unzipping of the double-stranded DNA and the production of messenger-RNA, or mRNA; the DNA strand uncoils, providing the pattern for the formation of the single-stranded mRNA. What happens to the mRNA afterwards? Where does transcription take place in a cell?
Then, during translation, amino acids will link with specific transfer-RNA, or tRNA, molecules for proper placement in the protein chain. What is the function of tRNA? How do tRNA and mRNA interact? Where does this amino acid assembly occur?
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Genetic Code
Each organism contains protein molecules that are specific to that organism, and the base sequence of DNA is responsible for the production of the different proteins present in all living things. How does this work?
A gene is a segment of DNA that carries a code for making specific polypeptide chains. The genetic code works as a series of three-letter codes, or a triplet. How does the gene code relate to amino acids? What triplets act as end or termination codes?
The particular DNA sequence of a certain organism is like a genetic blueprint of that organism. Where is this found? What is the Human Genome Project, and why is it important?
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