I was employed by the Federal Highway Administration from the mid 70s to 2008. I did work in many subject areas over this time but am probably known most for managing one of the big discretionary programs, for creating Interstate designation content and for research and management in the area of highway economic development.
I did other things over the years: e.g., taught people in the FHWA how to play the card game called "schafskoft", raised a family, served in the US Navy reserves, served on the board of various civic and religious organizations.
My daughter lives in Israel and the rest of the family have visited there many times.
Apparently there is a smuggling operation which brings illegal products to Russia via nearly empty trucks. The products, which are hidden in secret compartments (I suppose in the driver's cab part of the truck) include items such as bear claws, elk lips and mammoth tusks which evidently have a very high value.
Russia has successfully used dogs at border stations to locate these items in the trucks.
Mr Coke decided that young Panda should go to boarding school in the fall.
At first he was thinking of sending Panda to a school for troubled youth that has a reputation for hard discipline.
But after finding out that school had been closed perhaps due to being sued, he looked for schools worldwide and eventually decided on a school in China.
It took a lot of Coke to think his way through this and it took a lot of time.
