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...genomic pioneer J. Craig Venter said on a recent tour of his San Diego labs, where researchers are studying ways to convert algae into oil, coal into natural gas and human wastewater into electricity. "That's why we're here." Dressed in shorts, flip-flops and a crazy-loud floral shirt on a typically perfect day, Venter noted that California's quality of life isn't bad either: "It is pretty nice not to have to wear pants...
...Things have calmed down a lot," the boyish 41-year-old muses as he walks through a fair in Elkton, a town on the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay. Strolling past a booth for the Sons of Confederate Veterans and a church stand selling handmade floral crosses, Kratovil meets Donna Horgan, 54, a Cecil County real estate agent and a lifelong Democratic activist, who urges him to vote for a health-care bill - any bill. "Continuing to say no is not really an answer," Kratovil replies in agreement. Horgan is left with the definite impression that Kratovil will vote...
...prices have retreated. So if the hotel is your home away from home, IHG doesn't want you to be greeted by an old tube television if you own a flat-screen. It's the same idea with the bedding. "At home, we don't have heavy old-school floral bedspreads," says Kowalski. And travelers were never enthusiastic about the possibility that those bedspreads weren't washed regularly. Now everything on the bed is changed. The choice of four pillows - two soft and two hard - came, says Abrahamson, from seeing guests check in with their pillows under their arms...
...India Jane (Station Building, Main Road, tel: (27-21) 788 3020) stocks all the sophisticated stuff women want but usually can't find in just one shop. Designer gear and vintage labels, furs and frilly embroidered silks, shimmering fabrics and floral prints - all offset with the latest accessories...
...room, a full spa, and use of canoes, kayaks and hiking trails - and not cheap. But there's currently a 25% off package, which offers rooms at $500 per night for two, including a complimentary cottage upgrade, breakfast in bed, dinner for two in the lakeside dining room and floral bouquet. Chetek...