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...while Agnes Water is on the make, it hasn't quite made it yet, thanks to its relative isolation. It's 307 miles (490 km) north of Brisbane - a six-hour drive - and almost two hours from the nearest provincial cities, Gladstone and Bundaberg. Flying into either and hiring a car is the best way to get there, though some travelers ride the rails north and then bus in from nearby Miriam Vale...
...still alive because I have always had a plan of action when things go wrong. When I now fly commercial, I am disappointed that no one other than myself pays attention to the flight attendant. I also read the emergency instructions on the card. I look for the nearest emergency exit and tell my wife, "In case of an emergency, I'm going that way. Grab my belt and follow me." My grandkids say my middle name is "Safety." I didn't make it to 80 by being careless. Tony Weissgarber, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS...
...Nikolai Gogol, were its fools and its roads. And even though the overall population of contemporary Russia continues to shrink by more than half a million people a year, fools appear to multiply as profusely as ever. Perhaps that's why whenever national elections are held, the polling station nearest my dacha (country house) is the local loony bin. As for the roads, each 40-mile drive here from Moscow confirms my suspicion that roads were in much better shape in Gogol's time. Today, they look as if World War II just ended, but not before a couple...
...Recently, we called an ambulance from the nearest township when my mother-in-law came down with a bad case of strangulated hernia. I walked half a mile through a heavy rain to the main road to meet the medics, lest they lose their way in our forest - which happened the last time we called for urgent medical help. They do carry cell phones, but can't afford the cost of using them. An hour after I got to the main road first, we finally connected. The medical orderly was friendly and unflustered. Having examined the patient, she advised hospitalization...
...turned back toward Ramadi. The woman wore a billowing black gown known as an abaya, and her face was veiled. As she drew close to the blast walls of the checkpoint, she seemed to trip over her abaya and fall. According to eyewitnesses, the woman called out to the nearest policemen, "Come and help me up. I'm hurt." When two policemen approached, she reached into her tunic and pulled the trigger on her bomb belt, instantly killing the two cops and fatally injuring a third. A huge fireball slammed into a car parked at the checkpoint, and the five...