December 2009
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2009
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CAUTION BIOHAZARD
Code Oscar: On a ship, a code oscar means someone has gone overboard. If the ship has to maneuver erratically to handle the situation, it must also send out blasts on the signal so that other ships nearby are aware of the fact that it is about to change its course. It should be noted that ships don’t have an internationally standardized set of PA signals and they can differ from place to place, but this is a fairly commonly used one.
Code delta: can mean that there is a biological hazard – though who knows what that might be on a passenger ship.
Code Alpha: often means “medical emergency”.
Code Adam: was invented by Walmart but it is now an internationally recognized alert. It means “missing child”. The code was first coined in 1994 in memory of Adam Walsh, a six-year old, who went missing in a Sears department store in Florida in 1981. Adam was later found murdered. The person making the announcement will state “we have a code Adam,” followed by a description of the missing child. As soon as the alert is heard, security staff will begin to monitor the doors and other exits. If the child is not found within 10 minutes, the police are alerted and a store search begins. Also, if the child is found in the first 10 minutes in the company of an unknown adult, the police must be called and the person detained if it is safe to do so.
Mom: (calling me from downstairs, where she is watching the Kennedy Center awards) Hey...don't laugh at me or think I'm dumb, but where do we know an actor named Michael Morrison from?
Me: Uhhh...I dunno.
Mom: Well, can you look it up for me?
Me: Sure, hang on. *clickiddy-click-click-click* Uhhhh...well the first things that come up are an author and a soccer player *clicky-click* ...or a porn star?
Mom: Well that can't be right...he was tap dancing!
Me: *type in the words "Morrison" & "Kennedy Center"* Mom! It's MATTHEW Morrison! He is on Glee, he plays Mr. Schuester!
Mom: Ooooh! That's where I've seen him! Real cute with the curly hair. He can dance! He can tap dance really well!
Me: Is he still on! I want to see!
Mom: No, he is done. You'll have to see if you can find it online. Hmm...actually, I think Michael Morrison was a singer. He sang that one that goes, "Come one baby light my fire."
Me: Mom...that song is by The Doors..that would be Jim Morrison.
Mom: Oh. Okay bye.
“We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.”
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I have high expectations for you. Please do not disappoint me.
