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On this subject: I went to Ferndale, and I saw the "Victorian" style
which was noted on billboards approaching the area.  Not quite the same
thing as Solvang or Bodie or Bodega Bay.  What's probably tragic is that
the homes worst hit by the earthquake are still around now that attention
went down south.  The area isn't doing well economically.

I spent a little time looking for my friend Wes Albert, but I suspect his
family moved out of the area years ago.  And so it goes.

In article <26732@dog.ee.lbl.gov> julian@frey.lbl.gov (julian cortella) writes:
>In article <ld9l41INN1gk@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> landauer@morocco.Eng.Sun.COM
(Doug Landauer) writes:
>>You're forgetting two of the most popular theme towns in California --
>>Las Vegas, and Santa Fe.   At least they *seem* to be full of
>>Californians all the time ...  and isn't LANL owned/operated by U.C. ?
>                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Well, it's managed by my alma mater. It's "owned" by the Department of Energy.
>The DOE also funds everything.  Some of us would love to see the UC ties
>broken.
>
>But, that's another topic.

I liked Doug's post.  The post from the "competing" DOE lab is also
interesting.  I'm not so hot on breaking the ties.  I'd rather see the Labs
de-militarized (and I certainly see some of them trying to do that).
The employees get pay checks from California.  There must be some way
to utilize their knowledge and talent (especially following the cold war)
for civilian purposes.  We demilitarized Japan after WWII and look where they
are in the world, just think what we could possibly do with LANL and LLNL.

If the UC (a public institution) simply dropped their ties, the Labs would
just get picked up by Sandia (the telephone company [see The President's
Analyst if you like conspiracy comedies]), or Dow/duPont/Rockwell like ORNL,
Hanford, etc., some private business not to be held publicly accountable.

And if they can't be converted?  Then cut the ties.

But then, I have a bias.

Besides, what better tool than the DOE to unmask Republican hawk candidates
who have no idea what Dept. of the US Government makes their nuclear weapons.
This is a litmus test of their understanding of government (yes I
know what they would do if they gut the DOE).

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