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By Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
The fall campaign for Illinois governor between Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner will feature dueling brands of populism, campaign bankrolls in the tens of millions of dollars and plenty of scorched-earth attacks from groups with a vested interest in the high-stakes race.
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Indeed, even before Rauner had eked out a tougher-than-expected primary victory Tuesday, Quinn was up on TV with an ad attacking the wealthy Winnetka venture capitalist for his shifting positions on raising Illinois' minimum wage.
The tactic showed Quinn's street-fighting political acumen and displayed his brand of populism that's aimed at the working stiffs. Quinn is pushing a minimum wage increase.
"I'm here to fight for working people who deserve a fair shake," said Quinn, who easily dispatched nominal primary opposition. "I'm here to fight for students all across Illinois to make sure they have a good public education. Not just for the elite and the well-connected. Education is for everybody.And I'm here today to fight for an economy that works for everyone not just for the billionaires but for everybody."
Rauner's style of populism is the classic throw-the-bums-out. He's pushing term limits for lawmakers and vowing to serve only two himself.
"(Quinn) has jacked up our real estate taxes while our home values were going down," said Rauner after narrowly defeating state Sen. Kirk Dillard. "(Quinn) has shredded our social services safety net and he's defunded our schools while thousands of school children are trapped in failing schools. He's a failure. We're gonna get him gone."
With the general election not until Nov. 4, Illinois voters can expect a long, bruising fight where Quinn plays the Democratic class warfare card and Rauner sticks to the Republican playbook of pro-business agenda he says would lead to more jobs and lower taxes.
After spending much of the primary campaign being battered by Rauner attack ads, Quinn fired back Tuesday night with an ad of his own. The 30-second spot features footage of Rauner on the campaign trail in which he takes two different positions on the minimum wage: one in which he says he would roll the state's rate back to match the federal rate, and the other in which he declares he is "adamantly, adamantly against" raising it. The ad ends with a question in white text against a black background: "When you see billionaire Bruce Rauner on TV ask yourself who is the real Bruce Rauner?"
Rauner, who has said he is not a billionaire, struggled with the issue during the primary campaign. In December, he declared that the state's minimum wage should be rolled back to match the federal rate, which is a $1-an-hour cut. He then offered a variety of permutations, before saying he would back an increase in Illinois' minimum wage if it was coupled with several pro-business regulatory and tax reforms.
Quinn wants to raise the state's minimum wage from $8.25 an hour to at least $10 and contends Rauner should support that "without conditions." While it's an issue being pushed nationally by Democrats, it will play into Quinn's campaign efforts to paint the race as between the haves and the have-nots.
In addition to minimum wage, the governor might prefer to talk about social issues — during his first full term, he's outlawed the death penalty, legalized gay marriage and allowed medical marijuana. But Rauner, a social moderate, says those kinds of issues are a distraction to the state's real concerns: a high unemployment rate, stagnant economy and unsustainable government spending.
Indeed, the campaign is expected to quickly focus on taxes, which puts Quinn in a tricky spot. Next week, the governor will deliver a budget speech with an expectation that he'll take a stand on whether the 67 percent income-tax rate increase he signed into law should start to expire in January. Rauner has said the tax hike should go away but hasn't spelled out how he'd patch together a state budget in the absence of the $4 billion a year the state would lose.
Even before his primary victory, Rauner looked to take the fight directly to Quinn and largely bypassed his GOP rivals. Rauner rolled out a series of TV ads blasting Quinn's record in Springfield, declaring him a "career politician who failed to deliver on term limits."
Quinn's new ad references Rauner's near nonstop advertising blitz during the Republican primary contest, in which he sunk a record-setting $6 million of his own money as he introduced himself to voters. All the money Rauner poured in lifted contribution limits for all candidates in the race.
But Rauner's wealth won't be the only big-dollar driver. Outside groups also are poised to spend millions in an effort to influence the race.
Quinn will once again receive help from the Democratic Governors Association, which has formed the Jobs and Opportunity for Illinois PAC to assist Quinn in his bid for a second elected term in office. The political action committee will be allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in independent expenditures.
While public employee unions are upset with Quinn over his backing of a law curbing worker pensions, he'll still get help from trade unions and perhaps other labor groups opposed to Rauner's frequent attacks on "government union bosses" he blames for many of the state's problems.
Rauner, who frequently cites union-opposed laws backed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as political inspiration, was the subject of DGA and union-backed attack ads during the primary as they sought to suppress his momentum. The state's largest teachers and employee unions piled on, throwing their support behind Dillard in an effort to prevent Rauner from winning the Republican nomination.
Meanwhile, Rauner, who has been able to tap into a vast network of well-heeled donors, can expect financial reinforcement from the Republican Governors Association. The RGA in 2010 spent nearly $6 million on behalf of then-nominee state Sen. Bill Brady trying to flip the governor's office from Democratic to Republican control. This fall's campaign could mark the first time in Illinois since 1998 that the Republican candidate has more campaign money to spend than the Democrat.
There will be plenty of fodder for TV attacks. Quinn will have to answer for the state's dire financial state despite signing a major income tax increase into law in 2011, while Rauner has had to defend a number of controversial business deals.
"A lot of money will probably translate into a lot of negativity because they both have significant weakness that the other one can exploit," said Chris Mooney, director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois. "It's not like two philosophers battling it out on ideas here, right? It's Illinois politics."
A significant side issue to Rauner's campaign — and one which also could help him generate turnout in the fall — centers around his efforts to get a question on the November ballot asking voters if they want to amend the state constitution to impose term limits on lawmakers.
While the change would not impact other officeholders, Rauner has vowed to serve for only eight years — two terms — should he be elected. Two decades ago, the state Supreme Court struck down Quinn's attempt to get a legislative term-limit amendment on the ballot. Quinn, who took over as governor after Rod Blagojevich's 2009 impeachment, won election in 2010 but has refused to say if his second term would be his last should he be re-elected.
Tribune reporters John Chase and Jeff Coen contributed.
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Yes, it is their opportunity to shine.
But it might be good for ugly people.
That is true, but it might harm the rest of humanity.
If your ugly and have beautiful eyes, this might be your moment to shine.
It is a minor outbreak of disease, and more people have died from flu this season than from coronavirus, but there no great noise about those people.
It is a pandemic with lots of people dying from it. Which doesn´t exclude the possibility of greater ones in the future.
The main gainers in the UK seem to be the supermarkets ( panic buying) and the producers of: toilet rolls, rice, pasta and tinned baked beans! This is closely followed by pharmacy's and payment to all kinds of experts that appear on TV. Perhaps barter with toilet rolls, hand gel and face masks will replace money?
Originally Posted by Norm53
Lots of wishful thinking here.
1. DC fans are not representative of the nation's voters.
2. Senate will not convict T.
3. T will be the R presidential candidate in 2020. Haley? Dream on.
4. The race will be T v. Biden, or T v. Warren. Bernie is out, but he could be a spoiler.
Thanks for the laugh, but I did not mention your vote or how you might cast it in the blog, nor did I mention the impeachment going to trial, nor did I suggest that D.C. fans were typical of anything. But I greatly doubt the truthiness of your point three. But I also have great doubts about Haley's future also.
Lots of wishful thinking here.
1. DC fans are not representative of the nation's voters.
2. Senate will not convict T.
3. T will be the R presidential candidate in 2020. Haley? Dream on.
4. The race will be T v. Biden, or T v. Warren. Bernie is out, but he could be a spoiler.
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Yes, ignorance is a problem there, but horses can be gotten to do things by receiving good treatment, but many people have a problem doing that.
Actually, I don't think that the power sources for transportation would suffice for the present population.
[QUOTE=PeterL;bt66177]Without motorized vehicles, there would be huge numbers of horses dragging freight and people around, and many of the drivers, etc. would abuse the animals.[/QUOTE]
Yes, all of them, really. To make a horse go you have to show it who's boss, which unfortunately means whipping it or kicking it--with or without spurs. But enslaving horses is better than enslaving people to carry other people around on litters. And ask any farmer if he wants to go back to plowing fields with teams of animals. But most people are ignorant about the past, so technology becomes the bad guy.
Alternative history is a sub-genre of science fiction, and there is some great stuff in there, but eliminating personal transportation isn't something that has been done, because it would create so many other problems.
And I just thought of one of the ways in which motorized transportation has been very good. Without motorized vehicles, there would be huge numbers of horses dragging freight and people around, and many of the drivers, etc. would abuse the animals.
I agree. And It's a useless thing to speculate about besides. An engine that runs on flammable and combustible toxic waste (which itself produces toxic waste), to be used in a vehicle that responsible for far greater mortality rates than most diseases (at least in the West), would very likely be prohibited today. But today was made by that engine--the concept of place, the pattern of settlement, the reachability of employment, the greater availability of goods, asphalt roads and highways, patterns of crime and law enforcement, the decline (yes, decline) in casual drinking in comparison to previous centuries...Today is not yesterday. Not even close.
And that's the real point. Speculative history is the same thing as historical fiction. The world got the internal combustion engine when it did, and "knowing how way leads to way" there's nothing we can do about it now--there's no going back nor should there be. And as far as the historical dangers of transportation you mention go, yes, there are a lot of bones on the bottom of that sea. Hand-wringing about this will get us nowhere. We need to go forward. Even a Model T knew that. :)
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your right Peter I agree with you
That's great. That means that there are at least two intelligent people. It's a pity that we aren't running the country.
your right Peter I agree with you
Interesting Subject
Pompey Bum had posted a thread last week asking How do you write? I suppose at first sight thats a reasonable request, as this is after all a Literature Forum, and one would suppose that there would be a fair percentage of Lit Netters that not only read widely, but also indulge in a bit of creative writing themselves. To me its as normal as breathing. I presumed all persons had a creative style which they expressed differently; whether it be through: writing, painting, cooking; even though sport, bodybuilding or dancing.
Early man might have been too preoccupied regards basic survival to be really creative; though primitive cave paintings and the evolvement of basic inventions would prove me somewhat wrong.
I suppose Im basically saying that I had never even considered another human being not having a creative side, even those with little formal education.
Would it have a physical aspect, derived from our genes or having been breast fed, whatever? Or is it there in everyone, but requires to be identified, nurtured and developed? I dont know.
When it comes to mental illness, I am not formally qualified to pass judgement. That being said, I am a writer and by definition a watcher of human behaviour over the last 75 years, and I always ask myself the question; that in cases of marginal, (not full blown) mental illness where and in what circumstances did it develop. Napoleon had a thing about his height, Hitler as a patriotic German was humiliated by his experiences in the trenches & in the defeat of Germany in the First World War. He needed a scapegoat. Someone to blame and the Jews were convenient; even though he was sincerely grateful to the Jewish doctor who treated his mother for breast cancer free of charge when he was penniless. Trump himself has a dark past: a brother who died through alcohol abuse, a dominant father ruthless in business, and something in the relationship with his mother that one can never quite put the finger upon. No wonder Putin cultivated, or controlled him through his past and existing weaknesses.

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United States national team captain Carlos Bocanegra said on Wednesday that he'd like to finish his professional playing career where it began—with the Chicago Fire, which also happens where former American star Brian McBride has been playing out his days.
Tim Howard has also gone on record expressing his desire to return to a New York-area team at some point in the future. Jay DeMerit could be headed to the expansion Vancouver Whitecaps after failing to land a squad in Europe.
MLS is becoming a league where members of the national team—especially those who began their careers in the U.S. before venturing abroad — return for a final season or three.
But does that help or hurt the domestic league?
Ultimately, having American stars return to MLS improves the game in the States.
Not only is a guy like Bocanegra marketable, but he can obviously compete at a high level. Although a 34-year-old Bocanegra wouldn't match the form that made him MLS Defender of the Year in 2002 and 2003, he would still be one of the better center backs in the league.
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The same could be said of DeMerit and Howard, and McBride has easily been the Fire's most consistent forward in recent years.
But there's a larger benefit to having players return as well. There's a chance they'll stay with their clubs when their playing days are over.
Bocanegra could remain involved with the Fire organization in a development role and Howard with the New York Red Bulls as a goalkeeper coach. They can advise younger players about moving to Europe while simultaneously strengthening MLS. In more ways than one, this generation is breaking ground for those who come later.
MLS clubs have made some major acquisitions in recent years and ponied up for some young stars, all of which have helped avoid it becoming a "retirement" league. So there's no reason it can't welcome former American stars back with open arms.


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"Users now also have an easy way to discover relevant and interesting people and publishers to follow on Twitter, personalized to their interests and preferences," she wrote on the Yahoo blog. "Our continued partnership with Twitter is an exciting leap forward in our endeavors."
Yahoo will begin rolling out the new Twitter integration in the next few days, although when we tried to find it on Thursday we couldn't.
The announcement was less than detailed about the amount of tweets, only that they would be chosen based on "relevant and personalized" tweets. Without knowing the number of tweets or how often, Yahoo's move is a logical one, according to The Verge, because Twitter often plays a large role in breaking news.
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i have plenty of images of the hotel. we want to incoporate some really historic pictures of Brooklyn thru the directory. also, the manhattan skyline from Brooklyn. they are already in the hotel so not many actual pictures of the hotel are required per say. i'll attach a few items to get started. if you need more images or pics, let me know.
our target audience is a broad range. however, you can get the real taste from our website: http://www.hotellebleu.com
we are boutique. clean. hip. fresh. Situated in Brooklyn is enriched in much culture. we are the first luxury boutique hotel to open in Brooklyn.
design something you would pick up and read in a hotel room. this will serve as our guest directory so design it with the consumer/guest in mind.
i'm sure you have traveled before so you know how cheesy the guest directories can look. don't go overboard. just be creative.
bounce ideas off of me. i'll tell you if you are heading in the wrong direction.
if there is a real wow factor that i didn't expect, i have no problem upping the ante on the design award.
i'm waiting for the printer to get back to me on print requirements. once i get them, i will post those here.


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IGRA 20th Anniversary Conference -- Oct. 16-17, 2008
The Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, American Indian Policy Institute at ASU, American Indian Law Center, Inc., Native Nations Law and Policy Center at University of California, Los Angeles, National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Gaming Association, Arizona Indian Gaming Association, and the New Mexico Indian Gaming Association are pleased to announce a conference to commemorate and celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the enactment of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The Conference entitled Indian Country's Winning Hand: 20 Years of IGRA will be held on October 16-17, 2008 at the Ft McDowell Yavapai Nation's Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino in Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, Arizona.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
7:00 – 8:00 am Registration
8:00 – 8:45 am Welcome and Introduction
8:45 – 10:20 am A History of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
10:20 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 12:15 pm Federal Implementation of IGRA: The National Indian Gaming Commission, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of Justice
12:15 – 2:00 pm Keynote Luncheon
2:00 – 3:30 pm Class III Gaming Compacts and the Impact of Indian Gaming on Tribal-State Relations
3:30 – 3:50 pm Break
3:50 – 5:30 pm Class III Gaming Compacts and the Impact of Indian Gaming on Tribal-State Relations
6:30 – 8:30 pm Pathbreaker's Banquet (Courtyard Plaza)
Friday, October 17, 2008
7:30 – 8:30 am Check-In
8:30 – 10:00 am The Economic Impacts of Indian Gaming
10:00 – 10:20 am Break
10:20 – 12:15 pm Indian Gaming's Impact on the Tribes
12:15 – 2:00 pm Keynote Luncheon
2:00 – 3:15 pm Indian Gaming and the Federal Tribal Relationship
3:15 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 5:30 pm Where Does Indian Gaming Go From Here?
Confirmed Speakers: (listed alphabetically)
Allison Binney (tentative)
Dr. Eddie Brown
Robert N. Clinton
Philip S. Deloria
Howard Dickstein, Esq.
Franklin Ducheneaux
Eric D. Eberhard
Larry Echohawk
Shawn Ellis
Diane G. Enos
Franklin Ettawageshik
Glenn M. Feldman
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Thomas F. Gede
Carole E. Goldberg
Kevin Gover
Stephen M. Hart
Jacqueline Johnson
Joseph P. Kalt
Dan Kolkey
Thomas L. LeClaire
Steven Andrew Light
Arlinda Locklear
Michael Lombardi
Deron Marquez
Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier
Kathryn R.L. Rand
G. William Rice
Fawn Sharp
Jim Shore (tentative)
Alexander Tallchief Skibine
George Skibine
Kate Spilde Contreras. Ph. D.
Jonathan Taylor
Rebecca Tsosie
Mark Van Norman
Kevin Washburn
Richard West
Dr. Peterson Zah
Others who have been or are being invited,
not yet confirmed.
Carl J. Artman
Raphael Bear
Melanie Benjamin
Joe A. Garcia
Philip N. Hogen
Mark Macarro
Richard M. Milanovich
Raymond G. Sanchez
Ernest L. Stevens, Jr.
Kimberly Teehee
Labels: Economic Development, Indian Gaming Law


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WEATHERFORD (AP) — Guards shuttling inmates wearing street clothes inexplicably left eight of them alone in their transport van — with the keys — frustrating a local police chief called out to round up the prisoners after the vehicle vanished.
WEATHERFORD (AP) — Guards shuttling inmates wearing street clothes inexplicably left eight of them alone in their transport van — with the keys — frustrating a local police chief called out to round up the prisoners after the vehicle vanished.
Six of the inmates were quickly back in police custody Tuesday afternoon. Two inmates accused of breaking out of the van's locked compartment and driving it a short distance before fleeing on foot were captured about 6 p.m.
Lester Burns and Michael Coleman were taken into custody in Weatherford, according to Assistant Police Chief Louis Flowers.
"Somebody called in on them. They saw them in the backyard of a residence," Flowers said, who added that the men were found virtually across the street from where they had left the van.
The two were arrested by Custer County deputies who were assisting in the search. There were no injuries, Flowers said.
The guards, employed by Prisoner Transportation Services of Nashville, Tenn., had stopped in Weatherford to take one or two inmates to a hospital when the prisoners fell ill.
Flowers said the guards left the inmates alone in a locked compartment in the van.
"Two of the prisoners kicked the partition out and were able to gain access to the front of the van. … The keys were still in the van as far as we know, and it was still running," Flowers said.
The inmates were from jails in the western and northern United States and were being transported among agencies in the same regions of the country. Weatherford is about an hour west of Oklahoma City on Interstate 40.
Coleman was being held for assault and Burns for failure to pay child support, according to Flowers. He said he did not know what state or states the men were originally being held.
Ken Wood, a co-owner of the transport service, acknowledged it was moving the prisoners but said he could not comment further because the investigation is ongoing.
According to Police Chief Byron Cox, the van traveled about a mile before stopping. Two inmates ran away while the other six stayed nearby. Dogs and helicopters were summoned to help search for Coleman and Burns.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman Betsy Randolph said officers recovered a 12-gauge shotgun that had been inside the vehicle. No injuries were reported.
Critics of private prison transportation companies have complained that they are poorly regulated.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford was locked down for about two hours while police searched for the two inmates. The school lifted the lock down just before 4 p.m., KOKH television reported.


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Student satellite makes use of facilities at ESA ESTEC
The SSETI Express educational space mission received vital assistance with spacecraft integration and testing at ESA ESTEC. The student project to design, build and launch a satellite would not have been possible without the use of the ESTEC facilities and the technical assistance provided by personnel from ESA's Directorate of Technical and Quality Management.
In its ESTEC Test Centre, ESA maintains facilities for the testing of space vehicles and their subsystems and components. The centre is part of ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), located at Noordwijk in The Netherlands. The ESTEC test facilities have the capability of simulating the conditions that spacecraft will experience during launch and once they are in space. The test facilities are used by ESA's own projects but they are also available for use by external organisations.
The objective of the Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative (SSETI) is to provide young people with a learning and motivational experience through hands-on work on real space missions. Offering this opportunity is intended to ensure the availability of an experienced and talented future workforce for European space activities. Organised by the ESA Education Department, SSETI is a network of students, educational institutions and organisations facilitating the distributed design, construction, launch and operation of micro-satellites and, in the future, more complex projects such as a moon lander.
The first spacecraft design undertaken by SSETI was the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO), a 120 kg micro-satellite designed for an Ariane 5 'piggyback' launch and mission duration of two months. While slow but steady progress has been made on ESEO, it became apparent during 2003 that many of SSETI's most talented students would complete their studies without having had the opportunity to see their hardware fly and that enthusiasm, both within the SSETI team and among their supporting organisations, was declining.
It was decided to address these problems with an 'express' mission, in the style of Mars Express. SSETI Express was born as a result of this decision, with the intention of not only re-motivating the team but also acting as a technological test-bed, a logistical precursor to ESEO and as a demonstration of capability.
SSETI Express will launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on
Design reviews
During its development, SSETI Express has undergone reviews of its design, including a Flight Readiness Review conducted within the Education Department. Many ESA experts have assisted with the design and review process, most of them members of the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management.
Spacecraft integration
The integration of the various spacecraft subsystems was conducted in a clean room at ESTEC. Specialist tools and expertise were made available during the assembly of the hardware. The mechanical workshop at ESTEC offered invaluable advice and fabricated a number of small items needed during the integration process, which would have been impossible without this assistance.
The ESTEC Test Centre made some of its facilities available to SSETI Express for spacecraft-level testing. The use of these facilities and the assistance of the personnel who operate them were instrumental in allowing the satellite to built so quickly and at such low cost.
SSETI Express spent about two days in an anechoic chamber undergoing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing. This ensures that the spacecraft systems all operate without causing radio or electrical interference to one another.
In order to confirm that it was capable of withstanding the mechanical stresses of the launch environment, SSETI Express was mounted on a shaker table and subjected to vibration and shocks representative of those it will experience in August.
Due to the vacuum in space, the thermal exchanges in orbital vehicles are strongly dependent on radiation effects as compared to the situation on the ground. All thermal dissipation, of both internally generated heat and that due to the solar illumination, has to be managed by means of radiation in order to keep the spacecraft equipment at the correct temperature. To verify its thermal performance under real operating conditions, SSETI Express was placed in a vacuum chamber in the Mechanical Systems Laboratory (MSL) to simulate the space environment. Thermal balance and vacuum testing were performed with the support of the MSL engineers.
All the spacecraft-level tests were satisfactorily completed.
System-level functional testing was conducted while the spacecraft was in the ESTEC clean room. A ground segment simulator adjacent to the spacecraft was connected via a laptop computer and the Internet to the mission control computer in Denmark. A further Internet connection allowed the satellite operations team in Poland to control SSETI Express during testing, communicating with staff at ESTEC via Internet based messaging.
Record time and low costSSETI Express has progressed from kick-off to FRR in 18 months, which is probably the fastest ever spacecraft design and construction project. By using donated materials, equipment and expertise, the total expenditure has been kept below
For more information about SSETI Express, please contact Neil Melville, SSETI Express System Engineer, Education Department, ESA-ESTEC.
For more information about the Test Centre, please contact Jean Jamar, Test Centre Manager, ESA-ESTEC.
For more information about the Mechanical Systems Laboratory, please contact Olivier Pin or Bernd Lehmann at ESA-ESTEC.


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(Reuters) - Chrysler group LLC said on Friday it will pay its hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers union the second half of a $3,500 ratification bonus earlier than required by a labor agreement.
The company said the early payment, which will be made on December 21, was to acknowledge the "dedication" of the workers as the U.S. automaker's sales have grown.
Chrysler, which is controlled by Fiat FIA.MI, said it was waiving the financial threshold outlined in the labor agreement reached with the UAW in October 2011 that would not have made the payment possible until the first quarter of 2013.
"This waiver of the four-quarter requirement is made in recognition of the tremendous contribution you have all made to the performance of our facilities and to the revival of Chrysler," Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said in a letter to employees.
According to the agreement, Chrysler said UAW members were to receive the bonus in two equal payments with the initial piece paid upon ratification followed by the second payment if certain financial goals were met for four consecutive quarters.
Chrysler said about 26,200 hourly workers represented by the UAW are eligible for the payment. The payment is in addition to the $500 quality-related bonus that will be paid on December 7.
Reporting By Ben Klayman in Detroit; Editing by Grant McCool


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First-rate shopping and awesome outdoor adventures!
Freeport is the ideal destination for a multitude of reasons: world-class shopping (Freeport was voted best shopping in Maine by Down East Magazine, 2010 & 2011), outdoor adventures and scenic day trips, and of course, we're within a spit and a holler of three of the finest colleges on the East Coast; Bowdoin, Bates and Colby. There's something for everyone in this neck of the woods, which is why so many of our guests use the Harraseeket Inn as their home base and partake of the multitude of day trips available. Whether it's a scenic tour to Boothbay Harbor for a whale-watching cruise, or an inland jaunt to paddle or hike in Thoreau's legendary Maine woods and waters, the Harraseeket is an easy drive to whatever adventure awaits you.


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One of the coolest rallies in the United States is this weekend. No its not in Florida. If you go to watch, you will be cold. Very cold. But you will be in the woods with hundreds of other rally fans parting your ass off as rally cars come thru the night sideways. I can promise that part is awesome. And its something you can only see at a rally. Snow Drift Rally Starts Friday afternoon and continues through Saturday evening this weekend.
Keep in mind there is a second, generally better way to see rally. You can sign up to volunteer for the organizers. You usually get cool assignments out on stage and generally a lot closer to the cars - especially if you ask. You also get to the meet the teams and crews which can be a decent way to go if you want to get more into rally and not just stand in the woods. Some events let you split days. Give back the first day, party the second.
I'm running with Wyatt Knox this year. You guys might recognize his rail slide in a car below but Wyatt is an instructor at Team ONeil Rally School, a 2WD National Rally Champion, and spends his free time racing in places like Patagonia, Columbia, and writing articles on how to drive in strange situations.
The plan is for us to take turns driving. The rules allow for drivers and codrivers to swap places so why not? We're entered in the regional rally and just planning on having fun. I've never codriven before and it should provide some good perspective. I wish it was for someone a little slower but the snow and ice has a way of slowing everything down. Well it speeds it up when you don't want it to, but you get the idea.
There's a super special in a rock quarry and usually this awesome bus system that for a small fee gets you...All I know is my friends used it and said it was awesome and took them everywhere they needed to be. I saw homemade sleds with a keg of beer in the middle surrounded by propane tanks and massive outward facing heaters. Like a massive version of those heaters at outdoor restaurants. Except this one had an endless supply of beer in the middle.
We are running the 1999 318ti that we used here at ESPR but with the S50 3.0ltr from the WRC Mexico 2012 car. The motor seems to be running better with new electronics and hopefully this luck continues through the week. The smoke in the video below was the current motor starting to fail so it needed to be swapped.
As for tips for watching/ working the rally? I can tell you to bring something to stand on. Like an milk crate or insulated matt. Something that removes your boots from direct contact with the snow. It will keep you way warmer. I would bring massive moving blankets and wrap myself up. I would bring a ski mask and I would bring ski googles. Maybe even my ski helmet because music is already wired in. Yeah pretty much dress like you are going skiing or snowmobiling. Bring extra food and water. A small bottle of tequila never hurts either. Just make sure you have a sober driver.
I do know that the night stages are awesome. Huge bonfires in people's front yards and tons of music. Or at least there was the last time I ran Snow Drift back in 2010. You can find more event and volunteering information as well as stuff on lodging here. See you tomorrow.
Photos by Matthew Young(top) and Sam Smith.


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The policeman peered in through the open window of our car. "Can I borrow...?" he began. My heart sank.
This was our sixth police checkpoint in an hour. We were in Marange district, Zimbabwe's eastern diamond heartland. The sand, silhouetted baobabs, and the ever-present security forces made it an eerie place.
Diamonds were first found in the area in 2006, sparking a massive gem rush. Students threw schoolbooks into the bushes in their hurry to dig, their teachers following them in a crazed search for instant riches.
In late 2008, President Robert Mugabe ordered a controversial military clampdown to reassert state control. The authorities have been battling ever since to get the diamonds certified blood-free. Foreigners venturing into the area are viewed with suspicion: They might be diamond buyers or illegal dealers.
With the policeman's eyes upon me, I steeled myself. I knew that like most of Zimbabwe's civil servants, policemen are badly underpaid. (In fact, public service unions are clamoring for a share of the state's diamond wealth to be put into long overdue salary increases.)
"... one of your books?" the policeman finished. He pointed to the dashboard.
My books! I'd almost forgotten them. Before leaving home, I had bundled three paperbacks into the car, hoping to while away a hot journey with a pleasant read.
New and once-read books have reappeared on Zimbabwe's flea markets and in city bookshops since a coalition government was formed between longtime President Mugabe and former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in February 2009, putting a tentative stop to 10 years of economic downturn. Perhaps understandably, motivational books now appear to be the biggest sellers.
Not long ago, buying a good book in Zimbabwe was almost impossible. The government booksellers Kingstons sold flags and pens instead, its sparsely stocked shelves mirroring adjacent near-empty supermarkets. Our two favorite secondhand bookstores in Harare closed down, forced out of business by hyperinflation that topped 231 million percent.
Sometimes I felt I was starving for a nice novel. I wasn't the only one. Friends from the ethnic Shona majority begged to borrow magazines or novels sent to me by family members overseas. "Haven't you got anything for me to read?" they'd say. "Give us this day our daily bread" took on a whole new meaning: I realized that Zimbabweans around me didn't just want food, they also craved new texts to read, digest, and discuss.
State-controlled newspapers were not satisfying enough. The local library offered little help. It was "seasonal," I was informed: Because of a leaky tin roof, the library closed during the rainy months. Unfortunately, the authorities had discovered the leaks too late, meaning that many of the books were destroyed.
A habitual flick-reader, I have learned the pleasures of rereading, savoring over and over again sentences I might once have skimmed. I found echoes of Zimbabwe's shortages in British novelist Helen Dunmore's "The Siege," an imaginative reconstruction of the blockade of Leningrad in 1941. I recognized protagonist Anna's joy when she unexpectedly found an onion for her starving family: While we were never that hungry, I, too, had felt a sudden surge of elation when fruit disappeared from the shops but a neighbor invited us to pick mulberries from her tree.
When flour was hard to find, I was soothed by "Miriam's Kitchen," Elizabeth Ehrlich's account of her attempts to integrate her Jewish heritage into daily life. Ms. Ehrlich's meticulous recording of the way to make her Polish mother-in-law's apple cake reminded me that hardships teach us to cherish simple things.
But here on a road in Marange, a policeman was waiting. I looked at the three books on my dashboard. Each one was precious to me: Each had a story. Naomi Alderman's prize-winning novel "Disobedience" I had snapped up with glee when I saw it at a Harare flea market a few days earlier. I bought "The Vintage Book of Cats" soon after we acquired our first feline in 2002. As the tribe expanded, I enjoyed reading extracts from this anthology of cat literature to my husband by candlelight (frequent power cuts have taught us you need a minimum of four candles to read by). My son's former teacher gave us "The Fox Gate," a lyrical collection of stories by children's author William Mayne. Sam and I had just read the tale of a mouse who found his way to Bethlehem.
I looked again at the young officer. Behind him, wet laundry hung on the ropes of a police tent. With Zimbabwe's economy far from flourishing, graduates are joining the force in droves. There are few other jobs available.
"I just want one," the policeman pleaded. I heard the echoes of my own book hunger and knew there was only one thing to do.


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Dwyane Wade hasn't had a shooting streak like this since he was a rookie. The Miami Heat haven't had a winning streak like this all season.
And the team with the NBA's best record insists that better days are ahead.
Wade scored 27 points, LeBron James had 25 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and the Heat returned from a marathon road trip to beat the Orlando Magic 90-78 on Sunday for their sixth consecutive victory, each of them by double digits.
"We want to make sure that we're keeping things in perspective, we're staying humble and understanding that NBA adage — you're never quite as good as you think you are when you're winning and you're never quite as bad as you think you are when you're losing," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "And we are playing better, more consistent and we have taken another step forward as a basketball team."
With former President Bill Clinton sitting courtside next to Heat managing general partner Micky Arison, Udonis Haslem scored 10 for the Heat, who improved to 25-7, a half-game better than Chicago for the best record in the NBA and the Eastern Conference. The 12-point final margin Sunday was Miami's smallest during its current winning streak.
Wade made 13 of 23 shots from the floor, shooting 50 percent or better for the 10th straight game. He had an 11-game run of those nights as a rookie.
"Taking high-percentage shots," Wade said. "And just in a groove."
J.J. Redick, who was a late addition to Orlando's starting lineup after Jason Richardson was scratched with chest pain that resembled heartburn, scored 17 points. Dwight Howard finished with 12 points and 15 rebounds and Glen Davis — back in the Magic lineup after a one-game absence to attend his father's funeral — scored 12.
"They just played harder than us," said Howard, whose team was the last to beat Miami. "They did do well tonight. They clogged the paint. They forced me to pass the ball out. It was a pretty good defensive effort. Every time I caught the ball in the paint, everyone was there."
Quentin Richardson added 10 points for Orlando, which made 11 shots from 3-point range. The Magic had been 12-1 when connecting on at least that many this season.
"There are things we can do to play better," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "And I'm sure Erik feels there are things they can do better as well."
Fueled by Wade scoring 12 points in the first seven minutes, Miami ran out to a 22-11 lead, the second straight game where the Magic faced a double-digit deficit in the opening quarter.
Just as they did two days earlier against Milwaukee, Orlando rallied. The Magic scored the next 13 points, 3-pointers from Redick and Quentin Richardson getting things started. A 3-pointer from Ryan Anderson with 8:57 left in the half gave Orlando what was then its biggest lead at 27-24.
Good thing the Magic had that run. The rest of the half was downright abysmal.
"It was just one of those nights," Quentin Richardson said.
Orlando went more than seven minutes without a point, and wound up missing 11 straight shots and 14 of 15 in one stretch. Howard only had six shots in the first half, the Magic finished with just 12 points in the second quarter, and Miami took a 43-31 lead into intermission.
The Magic seemed to be in position to make a run in the third quarter, even with Wade and James combining for 16 points in the period. Davis' steal and layup with 1:44 left got Orlando within nine.
But the Heat had a quick and decisive answer.
Mario Chalmers made two free throws, Shane Battier hit a 3-pointer — Miami's third attempted 3 on that possession — and Udonis Haslem hit a jumper from the right corner with 1.8 seconds left to send Miami into the fourth with a 70-54 edge.
"This can't be (our) top gear right now," Wade said. "We want to go to another gear, and then another gear. Our next gear will be tuning up for the playoffs. Next gear after that will be playoffs. We know we still have ways we can get better."
Chris Bosh's jumper early in the fourth quarter gave Miami a 20-point lead, and the margin was not seriously threatened again, even though the Heat went nearly four minutes without scoring. Haslem missed a foul-line jumper, three Magic players were unable to corral the rebound, which Wade picked up and dunked with two hands for an 84-66 lead with 3:58 left.
James then sealed it with a turnaround jumper and transition dunk 13 seconds apart.
"We've got a strategy going into a game and we've been executing it both offensively and defensively," James said. "And it's resulting in wins."
NOTES: It was Heat swingman Mike Miller's 32nd birthday. ... The Heat stat crew got a first-half scare, when Davis — listed at 289 pounds — went airborne over the scorers' table. No one was injured, and Davis used the table as a springboard to get back onto the playing surface. ... Clinton got his hands on a deflected ball that bounded over a courtside table in the second quarter, James landed on a pair of young kids sitting courtside in the third, and Wade tumbled atop a baseline cameraman in the fourth. ... Wade left the game in the first quarter to get his left ankle re-taped. ... Grammy winner Chris Brown was in the crowd, as were Miami Marlins players Emilio Bonifacio, Heath Bell and Josh Johnson. Bonifacio took "batting practice" using plastic balls and bats from Heat mascot Burnie during a timeout.
Wade, James Lead Heat Past Magic, 90-78
Orlando goes scoreless for seven-minute stretch against Heat defense
Dwyane Wade hasn't had a shooting streak like this since he was a rookie. The Miami Heat haven't had a winning streak like this all season.


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In a blog entry today, Dell has revealed new technical details that provide insight into the company's Ubuntu Linux preinstallation plans. Dell will offer a default Ubuntu installation on select systems that it says will have "the most mature and stable Linux driver support."
Open-source drivers will be used wherever possible, but proprietary drivers will still be used for certain wireless cards and other components for which no open drivers are available. Dell also plans to host a wiki that will provide extensive technical information describing the factory install process and the drivers used for Dell hardware.
The most exciting part of Dell's announcement today is a new plan to collaborate with vendors to "improve the maturity and stability" of Linux drivers for components in Dell systems on which Ubuntu will not be supported. This will enable Dell to expand the scope of its Linux offerings and improve the viability of Linux on the desktop. This extremely welcome news represents a huge win for the entire open-source software community and reflects Dell's willingness to fully commit to Linux and consumer choice. This is exactly what I called for when Dell first announced its Linux initiative, and it is arguably far more advantageous to individual Linux users than the availability of preinstallation.
Dell does not plan to include "support for proprietary audio or video codecs that are not already distributed with Ubuntu 7.04," but Dell is considering changing that in the future. It is likely that Dell is trying to get its Linux initiative up and running as soon as possible, and providing proprietary codec support out of the starting gate just isn't feasible within the scope of their launch timeline. My guess is that Dell is communicating with Fluendo, which has considerable expertise in developing and distributing legal Linux ports of proprietary codecs. The absence of proprietary codec support in the initial offering isn't a deal-killer since Ubuntu 7.04 has a codec manager that makes it trivially easy to automatically download and install unlicensed codecs as they are needed.
It seems like Dell's Linux strategy is relatively well-defined. Although I still doubt that there is broad demand for this kind of Linux preinstallation from hardcore Linux enthusiasts and regular home users, Dell's commitment to improving hardware compatibility could earn the company the loyalty of Linux users and evangelists. Those who wish to receive notification of Dell's Ubuntu Linux launch can subscribe to the company's low-traffic Linux announcement mailing list.


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Could Open Source Make GMOs More Palatable?
from the it-worked-before dept
As a recent DailyDirt noted, opinions on the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are sharply divided. But that heated argument tends to obscure another problem that Techdirt has often written about in other fields: the use of patent monopolies to exert control, in this case over the food chain. By inserting DNA sequences into plants and animals and obtaining patents, the biotech industry is granted surprisingly wide-ranging powers over how its products are used, as the Bowman case made clear. That's potentially problematic when those products are the foods that keep us alive.
But we have been here before in the world of software, where companies had broad control over how people could use applications. The solution was free software -- code licensed in such a way that it granted users permission to do practically anything they wanted with it. So why not try something similar for GMOs? asks this article in Slate:
Like open-source software, open-source food genetics would advance biological research in this country, and our universities would soon become hothouses of innovation. Intellectual production without intellectual property would thrive, as scientists gained access to DNA code in all its infinite variety, along with the freedom to create derivative work and redistribute findings.
The column points out that a licensing system for plants already exists:
Open-source agriculture joined the patent left movement [inspired by Richard Stallman and his copyleft approach] when Cambia Technologies, an Australian biotech company that researches and develops GMOs, offered a licensing agreement called BIOS, which allows for the free use of a technology called "transbacter." Transbacter can be deployed to alter plant genetics, and its aim is not one specific modification for one specific corporate interest but to enable a slew of innovations.
Utlimately, though, the article's author Frederick Kaufman foresees the need for a more radical solution:
BIOS, like all the other open-source initiatives, is far from perfect, as it creates the paradox of endlessly replicating armies of anti-licensing licenses. The way out of the logical mire -- and the way to marshal agri-tech to the cause of climate change -- is an explicit exception in the licensing law, an intellectual property loophole for food.
The carrot, so to speak, would be that open-source GMOs would allow the creation of raw materials and foodstuffs without today's problems of ownership and control, and that might finally make them more palatable to the many people and countries worried about those issues.
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The Wabash College Art Department announces its first exhibition of the academic year, ReFresh: Print Biennial I: An Exhibition of Traditional and Digital Printmaking and Photography, in the Eric Dean Gallery in the Fine Arts Center.
This exhibition is a national print invitational organized by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, which showcases contemporary currents in print media. The works selected for this touring exhibition include a range of traditional approaches to printmaking and photography, as well as works that reflect artists' incorporation of digital media into their print practices. The exhibit consists of 61 works by 33 artists who examine the changing directions of the contemporary print.
The exhibition will run through Saturday, October 8, 2005. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9-5 p.m. and Saturday 10-2 p.m. Admission is free.
Photo: "Girl with Squirrel, Artist: Scott Frish


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Toilet paper should get appreciation, after all, it has a pretty crappy job. Post here to revere toilet paper, and name your favourite kind if you like.
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Well, um
I like any soft toilet paper
Nonon Jakuzure - Best Kill la Kill baePretty damn great! #spoke2soonOta "The Cutest Otaku" 2016 - Lol, how's your account doing lately? Oh wait.
We've come a long way since wiping one's donkey on the nearest puppy.
If each mistake being made is a new one, then progress is being made.
Always buy recycled!!!
Well the old saying the wrong end of the stick comes from roman times when they used a sponge on the end of a stick to wipe their behind and the saying is pretty much self explanatory
I think toilet paper is very underappriciated. It probably has the crappiest job in the world.
I can only post one day a week. ...Phooey.
I hate toilet paper. Toilet paper can wipe my *butt*.
We need a doormat appreciation thread too.
We also need a toast appreciation society.
Seriously its one of the most eaten foods. Everyday consistently doing its work and never getting a pat on the back.
I like soft fluffy toilet paper that feels like you are wiping your bum the faces of angels.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
-Albert Einstein
As expected, this is my toilet paper at home:
I like to use the skin of my fallen enemies.
My Sun and Stars
Moon of my life
I've lost my ability to can in this thread.
Set done by MissBunBun ^_^
Toilet paper??? you mean i'm meant to wipe????
Because toilet papers have feelings too!
When you don't have toilet paper you basically have to clean your butt crack with your hands. If you don't have good soap you hand is going to smell like grozit. I really am not fond of the double ply stuff. It can leave debris. Terrible.
Toilet...paper? Huh? What's that? I just kinda drag my butt on the ground or use a leaf when I am feeling really adventurous.
This is my war face.
This is what happens to trolls who mess with me.
I've often thought that life is like a roll of toilet paper,
the closer it gets to the end the faster it goes.
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Steve Hayward's lecture on the dearth of conservatives in academia is well worth reading in its entirety. Steve wears his learning lightly; he entertains as he instructs. From his lecture I have extracted this excerpt as the quote of the day:
In Vietnam, still run by the Communist Party, the very selective national university is offering free tuition to anyone who signs up for the university's curriculum in Marxism. They've had to offer free tuition because no students have been signing up for these courses, as in zero. I can't help but be amused that the market-clearing price for courses in radical philosophy is lower in a Communist university than in American universities.


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LONGMONT — Longmont will start to build the Terry Lake Neighborhood Detention Pond, a 400 acre-foot drainage pond near Colo. Highway 66, on Dec. 26.
The pond will be half a mile north of the highway, between Hover Street and Terry Street. City officials said having the pond should cut down the likelihood of flood waters from heavy storms overtopping Colo. 66.
Work is expected to run through May and cost $1.9 million. The money comes from a storm drainage bond approved by voters in 2008.


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put (one's) heart (and soul) into (something)
put (one's) heart (and soul) into (something)
To do something with one's maximum effort and passion. I can't believe I put my heart and soul into this script only to have the studio reject it.
put one's heart (and soul) into something
Fig. to put all of one's sincere efforts into something. She put her heart and soul into the singing of the national anthem. Come on, choir. You can sing better than that. Put your heart into it!


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reserve of 90 hours and a more constant force, hence greater
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OPHIR, Alaska —
Four-time consecutive winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Lance Mackey is leading the 1,000-mile race to Nome.
Mackey pulled into the checkpoint at Ophir, Alaska, at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and stayed for 15 minutes before getting his team back on the trail. He last won the race in 2010.
Musher Jake Berkowitz was in second place early Wednesday. Nicolas Petit was in third.
Ophir was once the center of an important gold-mining district but now is a ghost town. From Ophir, mushers head 90 miles to another ghost town, the checkpoint at Iditarod.
Mushers are approaching the half-way mark in the race, which began Sunday in Willow with 65 teams. Two teams have scratched.


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A gearbox,front brake parts (back plates,linings and cylinders) some other stuff.
I've now been messed about twice on this stuff so genuine people only please.I dont come on here much so PMs wont work,my contact details are on my web site. The scrap mans already arranged to visit in a few days time,so its now or never for the stuff thats left.


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Fight! Fight! Fight!
Actually, these are the kinds of players (I'm refering to BOTH of your posts) attracted by any game that allows BOTH VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES.
If your game is meant to be an angsty gothic Anne Rice epic, then you run Vampire. If you are running a noble "losing the war" tribal game about the coming Apocalypse, then you run Werewolf. The only reason to allow both together is if you have NO theme to your game, and are essentially just running a big circle-jerk power-gamer-fest where roleplaying takes a back seat to combat and rock-paper-scissors. Suffice to say that I have played in very GOOD vampire games, and I have played in very GOOD werewolf games... but every time PC werewolves make an appearance in a vampire game (or vice versa), the result is nothing but suck. And it reflects very badly on the ST for allowing that kind of garbage.
I myself made that mistake once in a LARP I ran... and even though I went to great lengths to insist that the werewolf characters had to be outcasts with a REASON to want to hang out around with vampires, it still did not end well. If ever you find yourself playing a vampire LARP and a PC werewolf (or mage, or changeling, or whatever) shows up, do yourself a favour and RUN. Don't look back. It's not a game worth playing.


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Four Favorite Getaways
On your next mini-vacation, head for one of our staff's favorite destinations. These spots have etched a special place in our hearts―and we'd like to share them with you.
Only an hour's curvy drive north from the Golden Gate Bridge, this place often entices Bay Area residents and visitors for picnics and hikes. But the exquisite peninsula deserves more than a day trip from San Francisco. Its beaches, forests, mountains, and valleys offer such diverse experiences―and seasonal variations―that exploring them can lead to a lifelong adventure among its 72,000 acres and some 150 miles of trails.
On clear autumn days, take the 10½-mile Sky-Bear Valley walk through forest, mountain, and beach; the 1½-mile trail to Abbots Lagoon to spy migrating favorites, including hawks and peregrine falcons; or the easy walk to Drakes Estero, where shorebirds wade. Into November, watch herds of once-imperiled tule elk, protected here, from bluffs above McClures Beach.
January into April, gray whales swim north past Point Reyes. Chimney Rock and Point Reyes Lighthouse make great viewing spots. So everyone sees the cetaceans, not SUV bumpers, the park provides a seasonal shuttle to whale-watch vantage points.
From winter into spring, there's a whole lotta breeding going on beneath Elephant Seal Overlook. February through August, wildflowers reign. Coastal summer fog makes inland trails and Tomales Bay-side beaches good choices for hikers wanting vistas and picnickers and kayakers seeking warmth.
Such a kaleidoscope of sights and sounds renders the expression "been there, done that" an oxymoron.
Point Reyes Info: Call 413/464-5100 or visit www.nps.gov/pore/home.htm.
Editors' Picks:
• Historic Olema Inn & Restaurant, where the restaurant welcomes nonguests; 415/663-9559 or www.theolemainn.com.
• Newer Point Reyes Seashore Lodge; 415/663- 9000 or www.pointreyesseashore.com.
• The Station House Café, serving scrumptious regional fare for 31 years; 415/663-1515 or www.stationhousecafe.com.
Visitors to Seattle, Vancouver, or the San Juan Islands could come and go a dozen times and miss this tiny town (population 800, give-or-take). But close to all three lauded neighbors, it rolls out a welcome mat that defines the Pacific Northwest.
Set along the Swinomish Channel against snowy Mount Baker, La Conner is also embraced by the lush Skagit Valley. Here, verdant summer plantings yield autumn-hued harvests. Winter brings flotillas of snow geese and tundra swans migrating across these inviting fields. Each spring, neon-bright tulips, irises, and daffodils pop up from the fertile ground for miles. In the midst of it all, La Conner mingles its historic texture with Internet-era pizzazz.
Explorers (those in the know come for the April-long Skagit Valley Tulip Festival) arrive by car via scenic roads off Interstate 5. Or they come by boat, docking in the town's narrow channel. Founded in the 1880s and an artist's colony since the 1930s, La Conner hosts the Museum of Northwest Art, quality galleries, and a bevy of art and literary doings. Locally owned cafés and shops keep the place authentic, rather than touristy.
Best time to come? Year-round―for fall biking, Christmas-season shopping, winter birding, spring tiptoeing-through-the-tulips, and summer kayaking.
La Conner Info: Call 888/642-9284 or visit www.laconner.net .
Editors' Picks:
• La Conner Channel Lodge, with fireplaces and waterfront balconies; 360/466-1500 or www.laconnerlodging.com.
• The vintage Hotel Planter, for preservation buffs; 800/488-5409 or www.hotelplanter.com.
• Museum of Northwest Art; 360/466-4446 or www.museumofnwart.org.
• The Next Chapter, for bookworms; 360/466-2665 or www.nextchapter.com.
• Calico Cupboard Café and Bakery, for yeasty treats; 360/466-4451.
• Kerstins Restaurant, for elegant dining; 360/466-9111.
• Viking Cruises; 888/207-2333 or www.vikingcruises.com.
Matthew Hillery, manager of venerable Cook's Lobster House, loves September on Bailey Island. "It's no longer blaringly hot, like August. The lobsters are starting to change from shedders to hard shells, and things slow down," he says.
An hour north of Portland, the ½-mile-wide and 2½-mile-long isle evokes an armchair traveler's Maine. Here is the rocky coastline. Here are the summer cottages for generations of Maine families. Here are fishermens' buoys strung like multicolored charms across weathered sheds. And here are the lobsters. During the summer, much of the catch consists of soft-shell lobsters, which locals and vacationers flock to buy.
The glorious swath of fall color adds to the checklist, and local property manager Lynn Reid alerts leaf-peepers that the "fall change happens a bit later on Bailey Island than in the mountains and on the mainland." Leaves begin to glow in September, and they're in full display by mid-October.
The island offers home rentals and seasonal inns with postcard settings and regional charm, including a few with a decided lack of luxury that showcases classic Maine frugality. Note to the many Driftwood Inn guests who fed coins to manager Alice Burpee's "Hawaii-bound" glass jar: She finally made her dream trip.
Bailey Island Info: Call 888/624-6345 or visit www.visitmaine.com.
Editors' Picks:
• Log Cabin Island Inn (open April through October); 207/833-5546 or www.logcabin-maine.com.
• Drift wood Inn (open mid-May until Columbus Day), humble cabins and rooms with a breathtaking setting and home-cooked food; 207/833-5461 or www.thedriftwoodinnmaine.com.
• Cook's Lobster House; 207/833-2818 or cookslobster.com. For rentals, Harpswell Property Management; 207/833-7795 or www.baileyisland.com.
Savory aromas awaken guests at gracious Victorian inns. Golf club thwacks punctuate the swoosh of surf at sumptuous resorts. Sunbathers sprawl on 13 miles of sand. Kayakers glide by wary, stilt-legged herons.
Amelia Island, on the Atlantic just north of Jacksonville, grants those experiences and more―from spa treatments to horseback riding on the beach. Despite the resorts, high-rise condos, and other tourist trappings, the mood remains lazily low-key.
Time seems to have stopped about a century ago in Fernandina Beach, the island's only real town and one of America's great bed-and-breakfast destinations. Immense old Victorian mansions, holdovers from bustling seaport days, have proven perfect for conversion into charming inns.
Fernandina Beach also harbors a significant fishing fleet, so visitors know what's freshest on every menu. At Fort Clinch State Park, rangers dress as 1864-vintage soldiers, blacksmiths, and other workers, staying in character to tell the inside story of Civil War-era military life. It's safe to say visitors to the island these days have a lot more fun.
Amelia Island Info: Call 800/226-3542 or visit www.ameliaisland.org.
Editors' picks:
• Elizabeth Pointe Lodge, a beachside inn; 800/772-3359 or www.elizabethpointelodge.com.
• Amelia Island Williams House; 800/414-9258 or www.williamshouse.com.
• Bailey House Victorian Bed and Breakfast; 800/251-5390 or www.bailey-house.com.
• The Addison; 800/943-1604 or www.addisonhousebb.com.
• Amelia Island Plantation; 888/261-6161 or www.aipfl.com.
• The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island; 800/241-3333 or www.ritzcarlton.com.
• Down Under Restaurant; 904/261-1001. Beech Street Grill; 904/277-3662 or www.beechstreetgrill.com.
• Fort Clinch; 904/277-7274 or www.floridastateparks.org.