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Deadline in Athens
An Inspector Costas Haritos Mystery
by Petros Markaris Translated from Greek by David Connolly
Published to coincide with the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from the acclaimed Greek thriller writer, the first of three novels featuring Inspector Costas Haritos
Publication Date August 15, 2005
Petros Markaris was born in Istanbul in 1937. Having studied economics, he made his literary debut in Greece in 1965 with a theatrical work, The Tale of Ali Retzo. This was followed by several other plays and film scripts. Markaris recently published a translation of Goethe's Faust to critical acclaim.
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Petros Markaris's crime fiction has won critical acclaim around the world. His suspense novels are propelled by intricate plots and peopled by villains and all-too-human heroes tangled up in the peculiar ways of contemporary Greece. At their heart is junta-trained homicide squad chief Costas Haritos, "with his disillusioned humor, his wily stubbornness, his human thickness, his relationship with his wife at once tense and complicit. This inspector is an everyman, with whom the reader immediately falls in step" (Elle, French edition).
When an Albanian husband and wife are found dead in their home, Inspector Costas Haritos, a veteran junta-trained homicide detective on the Athens police force, is called to what seems at first to be an open-and-shut case. For the Greek police, two dead Albanians are hardly a matter of concern. But when Albania's celebrity television news reporter Janna Karayoryi insists that the case was closed too early, Haritos becomes unnerved. He doesn't exactly like the ambitious young journalist, but could she be right in thinking the murder has something to do with babies?
Before Haritos can find out, Janna is murdered suddenly and chillingly, moments before she is to go on the air with a startling newsbreak. Did her mysterious report have something to do with the murdered Albanians? Who wanted her silenced, and why? Caught between a bumbling junior officer and higher-ups all too easily influenced by news executives determined to protect their own, Costas Haritos sets out to get to the bottom of the matter–and ends up neck deep in a dark form of capitalism that has emerged in Albania after the dictatorship.
Tags Mystery & Detective/Hard-Boiled
"The material is rich, the characters are drawn with depth, and Haritos himself is an intriguing find." –Paul Skenazy, Washington Post
"Haritos charms with his sardonic wit and his qualities as an everyman. Markaris serves up a gritty, realistic, urban mystery, and gives readers a glimpse inside 1990s Greece." –Michele A. Reed, I Love a Mystery
"A tale well told, set in a novel and engaging locale." –Eugen Weber, Los Angeles Times
"Well-crafted with a set of memorable characters and satisfying plot twists, Deadline in Athens provides just enough hints to keep you guessing and more than enough suspense to keep you reading." –Howard Shirley, Bookpage
'markaris paints a tremendously vivid picture of today's Athens. With wit, charm, and irony, he recounts an enthralling, intricately woven crime story, peopled by extremely realistic characters." –Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"For crime aficionados who like nothing better after a long hard day than to jump into bed with a big, fat, juicy murder . . .
[Deadline in Athens is] unalloyed pleasure, with [an] intricate plot that satisfyingly unravels its secrets in well-timed surprises until the very last page." –Kathimerini (English edition)
"The material is rich, the characters are drawn with depth, and Haritos himself is an intriguing find." –Paul Skenazy, TheWashington Post
"A vivid, rough, abrasive novel with a dry humor, in the image of its main character, Inspector Haritos . . . The police intrigue . . . is remarkably done. But Deadline in Athens is most valuable for the portrait it paints of today's Athens, quotidian and familiar. . . . one can only rejoice." –Le Monde
Praise for Petros Markaris
"Thanks to Markaris' pen, the reader is taken on a tour of the centre of Athens and its outlying neighbourhoods, its streets and squares, its expensive suburbs and its districts inhabited by the poor and unemployed. . . .Subtle irony and catalytic humour, together with a faint trace of bitterness, are the hallmarks of Markaris' writing." –Philippos Philippou, Ithaca
"While adhering to the conventions of the crime novel, the author also ventures further afield into the province of more overtly literary fiction. Markaris delineates and illuminates the society in which his tales are played out. . . . For crime aficionados who like nothing better after a long hard day than to jump into bed with a big, fat, juicy murder, Markaris's crime novels are unalloyed pleasure, with intricate plots that satisfyingly unravel their secrets in well-timed surprises until the very last page. The villains are intriguingly varied and their motives spring as much from the nature of the society they inhabit as from their own characters. But the soul of the books, and the source of much of the rich vein of humor that runs counter to events both grim and mundane, is their hero and narrator–homicide squad chief Costas Haritos, a Greek incarnation of the hard-boiled cop." –Vivienne Nilan, Kathimerini
Every morning at nine, we would stare at each other. He would stand in front of my desk with his gaze fixed on me, not exactly at eye level, but somewhere between my forehead and my eyebrows. "I'm a moron," he would say.
He didn't say it with words; he said it with his eyes. I sat behind my desk and looked him straight in the eye, no higher and no lower. Because I was his boss and could look him in the eye, whereas he couldn't do the same with me. "I know you're a moron," I'd tell him. No word escaped me either; my eyes did the speaking. We had this conversation five days a week, every week of the year, excluding the two months that we were both on leave. From Monday to Friday, without our saying as much as a word, just through our eyes. "I'm a moron" –"I know you're a moron."
Every division has its share of losers.
They can't all be high-flyers; you're bound to get stuck with a few dimwits like Thanassis. He entered the police academy but quit halfway through. With a great deal of effort, he managed to get to the rank of sergeant, and there he stopped. He didn't aspire to achieve anything higher. From his first day in the division, he made it clear to me that he was a moron. And I showed due appreciation, because his honesty saved him from difficult assignments, night duties, roadblocks, and car chases. I kept him in the office. An easy interrogation, filing, liaison with the coroner's office and the ministry. But because we had a chronic shortage of men on the force and simply couldn't deal with all the work, he made sure he reminded me every day that he was a moron, so that I wouldn't forget and assign him by mistake to a patrol car.
I glanced at my desk and saw that the coffee and croissant were missing. His only regular assignment was to bring me these every morning. I looked up at him questioningly.
'so, where's my breakfast today, Thanassis? Have you forgotten it?" When I first entered the force, we used to eat biscuits. We'd wipe the crumbs off the desk while some murderer or robber or common pickpocket by the name of Demos or Lambros or Menios sat across from us.
Thanassis smiled. "The chief phoned to say that he wants to see you right away, so I thought I'd bring it to you when that was done with."
He wanted to talk to me about that Albanian who had been seen lurking near the home of the couple we'd found murdered on Tuesday afternoon. The front door of the house had been open all morning, but no one had been inside. Who'd go into a decrepit hovel with one window missing and the other boarded over? Even burglars would turn up their noses at the prospect. Eventually, around noon, a neighbor who'd noticed the door open all morning with apparently no one around went to take a look. It was an hour before she contacted us because she had fainted. When we arrived on the scene, two women were still trying to revive her spirits by sprinkling water over her face, as if they were trying to make a fish look fresh.
A bare mattress was laid on the concrete floor. The woman was sprawled on it on her back. She must have been around twenty-five. Her throat had been slashed wide open, as if someone had cut her a bloody second mouth. Her right hand was clutching at the mattress. I couldn't tell what color her nightdress had been, but now it seemed to be dark red all over. The man beside her must have been about five years older. He was sprawled facedown and lying over the edge of the mattress. His eyes seemed to be fixed on a passing cockroach. He had five stab wounds in the back; three in a horizontal line from the level of the heart to his right shoulder and the other two beneath the middle horizontal stab wound, one after the other, as if the murderer had been trying to carve a T on the man's back. The rest of the house looked like the house of anyone else who leaves one hell to go to the next: a folding table, two plastic chairs, a gas stove.
Two dead Albanians is of interest to no one but the TV channels, and then only if the murder is sensational enough to turn the stomachs of those watching the nine o'clock news before sitting down to dinner. In the old days it was biscuits and Greeks. Now it's croissants and Albanians.
It took us the better part of an hour to get through the initial stage of photographing the two corpses, looking for fingerprints, putting the few pieces of evidence in plastic bags, and sealing the door. The coroner didn't even bother to come. He preferred to have the corpses delivered to the mortuary. There was no need for any investigation. What was there to investigate? There wasn't so much as a cupboard in the house. The woman's few rags were hanging on a hook screwed into the wall. The man's were lying beside him on the concrete floor.
'should we check if there's any money?" Sotiris asked. He was a lieutenant and always did things by the book.
"If you find any, it's yours, but you won't find a cent. Either they didn't have any, or the murderer took it. And that doesn't mean that he killed them for their money. He'd have taken the money even if it was revenge. His kind wouldn't find money and leave it." Nevertheless, he poked around and found a hole in the mattress. No money.
None of the neighbors had seen anything. Or so they said. They may well have been hiding something for the cameras in order to make a little money for themselves. All that was left for us to do was to get back to the station for the second and final stage: a report that would go straight to the files, because looking for whoever killed them would be a waste of effort.
She popped up just as we were sealing off the house. Chubby-faced, wearing a sparkling blouse that looked about to burst open and her breasts spring out of it, plus a tight skirt that was shorter at the back because her backside stopped it from hanging properly, and with mauve slippers. I was sitting in the patrol car when I saw her approaching the two men boarding up the door. After she said something to them and they pointed to where I was in the car, she turned and came over to me.
"Where can I talk to you?" she asked, as if expecting me to make her a private appointment.
"Here. What is it?"
"Over the past few days I've seen a man snooping around the house. Every time he knocked on the door the woman would slam it in his face. He was average height, fair-haired, and had a scar on his left cheek. He was wearing a blue anorak, jeans that were patched at the knees, and tennis shoes. The last time I saw him was the day before yesterday. It was in the evening, and he was knocking on the door."
"And why didn't you tell all this to the officer who took your statement?"
"I needed time to think. The last thing I need is to be bundled off to police stations and courtrooms."
How long did she sit and stare at the street, at the neighbors and passersby? Evidently, she made her bed in the morning, put the pan on the stove, and then took up her watch at the window.
"Okay. If we need you, we'll contact you."
When I got back to the office, my first thought was to have the case put on file. What with terrorism, robberies, and drugs, who has time to worry about Albanians? If they'd killed a Greek, one of ours, one of the fast-food and cr"pe-eating Greeks of today, that would be different. But they could do what they liked to each other. It was enough that we provided ambulances to take them away.
Who says we learn from our mistakes? I sure don't. At first, I always say I'm not going to do anything, and then something starts needling me. Either because the office gets to me and I feel bored, or because, despite the routine, I still have something of the policeman's instinct left in me, I'm overcome by an urge to take it a stage further. So I put out a call to all the other stations with the woman's description of the Albanian. To be honest, you don't need to carry out prolonged investigations. All you have to do is go around all the squares: Omonoia Square, Vathi Square, Kotzias Square, Koumoundouros Square, the Station Square in Kifissia, all the squares….The place has become an ass-backward zoo. They've shut up the people in cages, and the animals stroll around the squares staring at us. Even before I began, I knew that any efforts I made would come to nothing. Finding him was hopeless. And yet within three days, they'd sent him to me gift-wrapped from Loutsa.
The chubby woman came to see me wearing the same striking getup. Except that this time she was wearing shoes, old-fashioned ones with high heels that sagged under her weight so that the heels slid first inward, then outward, as if about to embrace each other, before changing their minds and going their separate ways. "That's him!" she cried as soon as she saw the Albanian. I believed her at once and thanked God that she wasn't my neighbor watching me from morning to night. He was just as she'd described him to me. She'd missed nothing that mattered.
This was why the chief wanted to see me. To ask how the case was going. And Thanassis hadn't brought me my breakfast, because he was certain that once I heard that the chief wanted to see me, I'd drop everything and rush upstairs.
"Your job is to bring me my coffee and croissant. I'll decide when I see the chief," I told him angrily and leaned back into my chair to show him that I had no intention of budging from my desk all morning.
The smile immediately vanished from his face. All his assuredness went out the window. "Yes, sir," he mumbled.
"Well–what are you waiting for?"
He turned on his heel and bolted. I waited a minute or two and then got up to go see the chief. I wouldn't have put it past Thanassis to let it be known that the chief wanted to see me and that I was playing the smart alec. And the chief knew every trick in the book; you had to watch your back with him. Not to mention that he was a bundle of neuroses.
My office was on the third floor, number 321. The office of the chief of security was on the fifth. The elevator usually took five or ten minutes, depending on whether it had decided to get on your nerves. If you got irritated and started pressing the button continually, it could take up to fifteen minutes. You heard it on the second floor, thought it was coming up, and then, without warning, it changed direction and went back down. Or the other way around. It came down to the fourth floor and instead of coming on down, went back up again. Sometimes I'd decide "To hell with it" and take the stairs two at a time, more to blow off steam than because I was in a hurry. At other times, I dug in my heels and reflected that since no one else was in any hurry, I'd have to be insane to rush. They'd even calibrated the elevator doors to open slowly, enough to drive you crazy.
All the big brains are on the fifth floor, either so they can think collectively or so they'll be isolated before they ruin our brains too. It depends on how you look at it. The office of the chief of security is number 504, but he's had the number removed from the door. He considered it demeaning to have a number on his door like in hospitals or hotels. He had a plaque put up in its place: nikolaos ghikas–chief of security. "In America, there are no numbers on the doors. Just names," he went on saying crossly for a good three months. He said it again and again till he finally had the number removed and his name put in its place. And all because he'd spent six months on a training program with the FBI.
"Go straight in, he's expecting you," said Koula, the policewoman who did the job of his secretary but looked more like a supermodel.
The office was large and bright with a carpeted floor and curtained windows. They intended to give us all curtains, but the money ran out, so they limited them to the fifth floor. Just inside the door was an oblong conference table with six chairs. The chief was sitting with his back to the window, and his desk must have been all of three yards long. One of those modern ones with metal corners. If you want to get a document lying at either edge of the desk, you need a pair of tongs to reach it.
He looked up at me. "What more on the Albanian?" he said.
"Nothing more, sir. We're still interrogating him."
"Incriminating evidence?" Short sharp questions, short sharp answers; just the basics to show that he's (a) busy as hell, (b) efficient, and (c) direct and to the point. American tricks, we told ourselves.
"No, but we have an eyewitness who recognized him, like I said."
"That's not necessarily going to get you a conviction. She saw him in the vicinity of the house. She didn't see him either entering or leaving. Fingerprints?"
"Lots. Most belonging to the couple. But none to the suspect. No trace of a murder weapon." The ass had me speaking in shorthand, like him.
"I see. Tell the reporters that there'll be no statement for the time being."
He didn't have to tell me that. If there was a statement to make, he would have made it himself. And not only that, but he would have got me to write it all down for him so he could learn it by heart. I'm not complaining; it doesn't bother me in the least. Reporters are always on my back. It's just like the biscuits and croissants. Once it was newspapermen and newspapers; now it's reporters and cameras.
Using the secretary's telephone, I sent word for the Albanian to be brought to me for questioning. Interrogations take place in an office with bare walls, a table, and three chairs. When I entered, the Albanian was sitting handcuffed in one of the chairs.
'should I remove the handcuffs?" asked the officer who'd brought him.
"Leave him and let's see whether he's cooperative or wants to play tough."
I looked at the Albanian. His hands were resting on the table. Two calloused hands, with thick fingers and long nails, black around the edges; misery's mark of mourning. He was staring at them as if seeing them for the first time, as if surprised. Surprised at what? That he'd killed with them? Or that they were rough and dirty? Or that God created him with hands?
"Are you going to tell me why you killed them?" I said to him.
He slowly raised his eyes from his hands. "Got cigarette?"
"Give him one of yours," I said to the officer.
He looked at me in shock. He thought I was messing with him. That's how sharp he was. He smoked Marlboros, whereas I'd stayed with the old Greek Karelia. I was giving the Albanian a Marlboros, to win him over. The officer put it in the suspect's mouth and I lit it for him. He took a couple of drags, beaming with satisfaction. He held the smoke as if to imprison it, and then let it out as sparingly as possible, not wanting to waste any of it. He raised his hands and squeezed the cigarette between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand.
"I no kill," he said, and, at the same moment, his two hands moved like one lizard and wedged the cigarette between his lips, while his chest heaved to make space for the smoke. His instinct told him that I might take the cigarette away now that he hadn't told me what I'd wanted to hear, and he hastened to inhale what he could.
'don't play with me, you lousy Albanian!" I yelled at him. "I'll have you for every unsolved murder of Albanian lowlife on our files for the last three years, and you'll go down for life times ten, damn your country and damn its leaders!"
"I not here three years. I come–" he stopped to search for a way to say "last year." "I come "ninety-two," he said, pleased with himself for having solved his vocabulary problem. Now his hands were stowed under the table, presumably so that I would forget about the cigarette.
"And how do you intend to prove that, dickhead? From your passport?"
I lunged at him, grabbing him and dragging him to his feet. He wasn't expecting it; his hands banged hard on the underside of the table and the cigarette dropped to the floor. He cast a quick glance, full of concern, at the fallen cigarette and then looked at me anxiously. The officer stretched out his foot and stepped on the cigarette, while grinning at the Albanian. Smart kid, catches on very nicely.
"You entered Greece illegally. There's no record of you anywhere, no visa, no stamp, nothing. I could dispose of you and no one would ever ask what happened to you. I've never seen you or heard of you, because you don't exist. Are you listening? You don't exist!"
"I go for woman," he said in fear, as I shook him.
"Fancied her?" I let him sink back onto the chair.
"That's why you were creeping around the house all day. You wanted to go in and do her, and she wouldn't open the door for you."
"Yes," he said again and smiled this time, enjoying the psychoanalysis.
"And when she didn't open the door, you went crazy and broke in at night and murdered them!"
"No!" he shouted in alarm.
I sat in the chair facing him and stared into his eyes. I let some time pass. He grew anxious. Luckily he didn't realize that I'd come to a dead end. What else could I do to him? Let him go hungry? He wouldn't give a rat's ass. He was used to eating one day in three and then only if he was lucky. Get two strong-armed boys from upstairs to give him a going-over? He'd had so many goings-over in his life that he wouldn't think twice about it.
"Listen," I said to him in a calm and friendly voice, "I'll write down everything we say on a piece of paper, you'll sign it, and you'll have nothing more to worry about."
He said nothing. He just looked at me with indecision and doubt. It wasn't that he was afraid of going to prison; he'd simply learned to be suspicious. He did not have it in his experience to believe that suffering comes to an end somewhere and you find relief. He was afraid that if you accept one thing, you'll have to face a second and third, because that had always been his fate. The poor wretch needed some gentle persuasion.
"After all, it won't be so bad in prison," I said to him in a conversational way. "You'll have your own bed, three meals a day, all courtesy of the state. You won't have to do anything, and you'll be taken care of, just like it was in your own country back then. And if you have any brains, after a couple of months you'll join one of the gangs, and you'll make a bit on the side as well. Prison is the only place where there's no unemployment. If you have your wits about you, you'll come out with a nice little nest egg."
He went on staring at me, except that now his eyes were glinting, as if he liked the idea, but he continued to say nothing. I knew he wanted to think about it, and I got up. "You don't have to give me an answer now," I said. "Think about it, and we'll talk again tomorrow."
As I was going toward the door, I saw the officer taking out his pack of Marlboros and offering him one. I made a mental note to get the kid transferred and have him work with me.
I found them all milling around in front of my office. Some were holding microphones, others pocket recorders. All of them with that greedy and impatient look: a pack of wolves hungry for a statement, soldiers waiting for their rations. The cameramen saw me coming and hoisted the cameras to their shoulders.
'step inside, all of you." I opened the door to my office, muttering under my breath, "Go to hell, you bastards, and leave me in peace." They burst through the door behind me and planted their microphones with the logo of their TV channels, their cables, and their pocket recorders all over my desk. In less than a minute, it had come to resemble the stall of an immigrant vendor in Athinas Street.
'do you have anything more to tell us about the Albanian, Inspector?" It was Sotiropoulos, with his Armani checked shirt, his English raincoat, his Timberland moccasins, and his spectacles with their round metallic frames, the kind once worn by poor old Himmler and now worn by intellectuals. He'd stopped calling me by name some time before and now just addressed me as "Inspector." And he always began with 'do you have anything to tell us' or "What can you tell us," in order to make you feel that you were being examined and graded. He believed, you see, that he represented the conscience of the people, and the conscience of the people treated everyone equally: no name or sign of respect, courtesies that only lead to distinctions between citizens. And his eyes were always fixed on you, wary and ready to denounce you at any moment. A modern-day Robespierre with a camera and a microphone.
I ignored him and addressed myself to them all as a body. If he wanted equality, he'd have it. "I have nothing to tell you," I said genially. "We're still interrogating the suspect."
They looked at me in disappointment. A tiny, freckled woman wearing red stockings tried to get something more out of me, refusing to go down without a fight.
'do you have any evidence that he's the murderer?" she said.
"I told you, we're still interrogating him," I said again, and to let them know that the interview was over, I picked up the croissant that Thanassis had brought me, removed the cellophane, and bit into it.
They began packing away their paraphernalia, and my office recovered its normal appearance, like the patient who, once out of danger, is unhooked from the machines.
Yanna Karayoryi was the last to leave. She hung back deliberately and allowed the others to go out. I disliked her even more than all the rest of them. For no particular reason. She couldn't have been more than thirty-five and was always dressed elegantly without being showy. Wide trousers, cardigan, with an expensive chain and cross around her neck. I don't know why, but I had got it into my head that she was a lesbian. She was a good-looking woman, but her short hair and her style of dressing gave her something of a masculine appearance. Now she was standing beside the door. She glanced outside to see that the others had gone, and then closed it. I went on eating my croissant as if I hadn't noticed that she was still in my office.
'do you know whether the murdered couple had any children?" she said.
I turned, surprised. Her arrogant gaze was where it always was, and she was smiling at me ironically. That's what irritated me: those meaningless questions that she suddenly came out with and that she underlined with an ironic smile to make you think that she knew something more but wasn't going to tell you, just to annoy you. In fact, she knew nothing, she just liked to fish.
'do you think there were children there and we didn't notice them?"
'maybe they weren't there when you got there."
"What do you want me to say? If they sent them to study in America, we haven't located them, not yet at any rate," I said.
"I'm not talking about grown-up children. I'm talking about babies," she answered. "Two years old at most."
She did know something, and it was amusing her to play with me. I decided to go easy, be friendly, try to win her over. I pointed to the chair in front of my desk.
"Why don't you sit down and let's talk," I said.
"Can't. I have to get back to the studio. Another time." She was all of a sudden in a hurry. The bitch wanted to leave me wondering.
As she was opening the door to leave, she bumped into Thanassis, who was coming in at that moment with a document. They exchanged a look, and Karayoryi smiled at him. Thanassis averted his gaze, but Karayoryi kept hers fixed provocatively on him. She seemed fond of him. Truth to tell, she had every right to because Thanassis was a good-looking fellow. Tall, dark, well built. It occurred to me to get him to establish a relationship with her. That way he'd be able to answer both of my questions: whether she did, in fact, know anything about the Albanians and was hiding it from me, and whether she was a lesbian.
She waved to me, ostensibly saying good-bye, but actually it was as if she were saying, 'sit there and stew, you dummy." She closed the door behind her. Thanassis came over and handed me the document.
"The coroner's report on the two Albanians," he said. Karayoryi's smile had embarrassed him, and his hand was trembling as he handed me the paper. He didn't know if I'd noticed or how I'd react.
"Fine," I said. "Leave it and go." I was in no mood to read it. In any case, what could it tell me? Whatever the bodies had to reveal was obvious enough to the naked eye–apart from the time of the murder, but that was of no importance. It wasn't as if the Albanian was going to come up with a convincing alibi that we'd have to disprove. And Karayoryi didn't know anything. Like all reporters she was bluffing. She wanted to arouse my curiosity so that she would be the first I'd open up to and she'd be able to get more out of me. There were no children. If there were and we hadn't found them, the neighbors would have told us.
Copyright " 2004 by Petros Markaris. Translation copyright " 2004 by David Connolly. Reprinted with permission from Grove Atlantic, Inc. All rights reserved.
Report for Murder and Common Murder
by Val McDermid
Second Violin
by John Lawton
by Donna Leon
by Mo Hayder
by Deon Meyer


A record 81 companies entered the competition, from which the jury chose 33 finalists.
CBRE, the world leader in the commercial real estate sector, is organizing CBRE Meeting Room of the Year competition for the second year running, which aims to show inspiring office spaces in the Czech Republic. The professional jury is composed of Taťána le Moigne, Marie Passburg, Richard Curran, Tomáš Jindříšek, Pavel Maurer and Petr Šimůnek, selecting the finalists which will compete in three different categories, including Meeting room of the Year, the Office as DNA of the company and the Most Attractive Working Environment. The competition in the Healthy Office category will be decided by the Czech Green Building Council and the Future-Proof and Innovative Offices category will be chosen by a professional jury from Skanska.
"We greatly appreciate the participation by Eva Jiřičná and all the jurors, who faced difficult decisions this year. The offices of individual contestants have opened many lively discussions and currently there is no clear leader in the CBRE Meeting Room of the Year competition. I'm also curious whether the jury and the general public in the Public Voting will agree on the finalists and winners", says Petra Lávičková, Head of Corporate Marketing & PR, CBRE, which is the promoter and organizer of the competition.
In the CBRE Meeting Room of the Year competition, 81 companies across various industries and regions of the Czech Republic have registered. The expert jury chose 33 finalists evaluating the working environment of participants in terms of design, originality, innovation, practicality and location.
"I often see the current trend and a notion that the more things and a variety of materials and colours being used, the more attractive the space. We can think about and try to implement all our ideas, however, I think it's necessary to take the following step and reduce everything that is out of limit. In life, it is also important to be able to distinguish superfluous and unnecessary things. The same is true for arranging and creating office spaces – they need to be designed in such a way as to reinforce the main idea and purpose of the space and make people feel good in their offices," says Eva Jiřičná, Chairwoman of the CBRE Meeting Room of the Year jury.
The winners will be selected according to the main criteria and the publication of all categories, including the winner of the Public Prize, will take place early next year.
The competition is announced and covered by CBRE, the world leading company in the field of real estate services and investment. The chairwoman of the jury will be the famous architect and designer Eva Jiřičná. The general partner is SKANSKA, and the main partners are CISCO, Philips, Microsoft, Steelcase and Vodafone. With Moser, Darkside and the Czech Green Building Council being partners. Forbes, Hospodářské noviny, Jobs.cz, Direkt, Kancelář snů and PRIMA Living cover the competition in the media. For more details about the competition see www.zasedackaroku.cz.


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Tom's 1927 Model 18 Norton
-JdK- Tom bought a Model 18 late in 2018 and wonders if anyone could help him with any of the previous history and a half time pinion. Please contact us when you can help.
The bike was first purchased by William Stacey, the 23 year old son of a butcher, at 1 High St, Hampton in June 1927. He's the young chap pictured on the right of the photograph (below) taken a few years before.
It has probably been used very little for the last 20 years or so before he bought it, but before that it was registered in Essex and Kent and then went to Blackpool, Lytham St Annes. It has been tuned a bit, with a bored out carb and long inlet tube. Internally it has a CS1 piston, otherwise is standard and the gearbox is close ratio. Forks have been changed and the front brake has additional bracing and works surprisingly well.
If anyone recognises the bike he would love to hear from them and find out anything about previous history or owners. Also, the half time pinion has a tooth missing, if anyone has a good one they would like to sell I would love to hear from them, making new would be expensive!
1935 CS1 Norton - top yoke bracket wanted
-JdK- Leon contacted us with the following request: "The original top yoke that is fitted to my 1935 CS1 is the same as the one I have just purchased (below) but the handle bar bracket section was cut away from my yoke, WHY?, I think to fit an Inter type fuel tank.
In their wisdom they then altered the top yoke to accept the WD16H type alloy handle bar brackets seen in the photo but they failed on one important point and that is to get them level. When I did find the correct panel fuel tank I found it would not fit with the handle bars bracket currently fitted as the clashed with the tank,
So I was left to find another top yoke, which luckily I have but as you can see is still missing the little bracket to be able to fasten the handlebars down with."
If any reader has one of the clamps spare and is willing to sell, please get in touch!
1926 Model 18 Norton
-JdK- A few pics of Enrico's 1926 Model 18 Norton
Ken Boulter's bikes
-JdK- Frank in the UK sent me a stack of pics made by the late Ken Boulter. Most bikes were his.
First there are several pics of LPD1 he made before the restoration. Ken constructed the sidecar himself
Second, several pics of the 1927 Model 18 owned by Ken, then Paul d'Orleans and now by me; I did replace the guards, saddle and ditched the strange tanktop petrol tank. Ken told me he worked on this bike and LPD1 at the same time.
And another Model 18 from the same stack.
And these
1928 Model 16H Norton
-JdK- An email from John in the UK: "My Norton has spent the majority of its life in the Isle of Man. It was supplied to Vic Horsman in February 1928 and was shipped to agent Brown, Douglas, for J. Wiiliamson, Glen Hotel, Laxey in 1934. It came back to the UK in 2007.
I've had vintage bikes all my life, mainly Rudges, although my Father was a cammy Norton man. He raced in VMCC meetings for about 20 years. I bought my 16H in memory of him as he always wanted a flat tank Norton. I must admit, I'm impressed with its performance and ride quality - far better than a Rudge!
1928 Norton 16H
-JdK- Colin grant from Australia is desperately chasing a 1928 or there about 16H barrel for his fully restored Norton. "It's of course the non detachable head type, I sent mine to get a new sleeve and the so called engine rebuilder stuffed it then politely told me to F*** off so I'm sort of stuffed. I seen your add and thought you might know of or know someone who plays with the flat tank Norton stuff any help would be greatly appreciated." Please contact us when you can help. (Colin found the barrel)
Jan's 1927 Model 18 Norton
-JdK- This Norton was sold a while back by Bonhams as a project. It's a matching number machine, despatched to dealer O'Donovan in May 1927, and has now been rebuilt, fortunately conserving also the bits that may not be entirely original, and it looks great!
The current owner Jan in his quest for speed has been working on the valve timing and when opening the timing chest we found that the cams look different compared to standard Norton cams. They look wider than the standard W7 but have a different shape than the racing IT/TTG/1.25 cams; note that they are not symmetrical. These cams will open the valves very quickly and close them gently. Please let us know when you've seen cams like this before.
Cawthorne
-SG- Attached a rather small and rather fuzzy shot of Cawthorne at Doncaster speed trials in 1923.
Terry Grogan
-SG- Back in January 2010 we had a couple of postings about Terry Grogan and his Brooklands successes on a Model 18 Norton. I have recently been sent a photo of him taken in 1922 - with a 16H, on which he won the Two Lap solo handicap at the track in June. During the thirties, he went on to race Frazer Nashes at Brooklands.
Terry Grogan was a regular in the Royal Navy having joined as a Midshipman in 1917 and served on numerous vessels during the twenties and thirties. Sadly (by then having attained the rank of Commander) he lost his life in the sinking of HMS Hood in 1941 by the Bismarck - itself sunk three days later, both with enormous casualties.
In case anyone is interested, a memorial to the crew of the Hood is to be found in Boldre Church near Lymington in the New Forest.
1929 CJ Norton frame - SOLD-
-JdK- Malthe is selling SOLD his early 1929 CJ (Camshaft Junior) frame. It is in very good condition and could be used as is, if one wanted to build an early camshaft bike with patina. Or it would form the basis for a perfect early camshaft build. The CJ frame will fit a CS1 engine too. The frame number stamping is clear and crisp as the frame has never been blasted clean or re-painted. Please get in touch for more info. Asking price is 2900 Pounds.
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Les Arachnoidiscaceae sont une famille d'algues de l'embranchement des Bacillariophyta (Diatomées), de la classe des Coscinodiscophyceae et de l'ordre des Arachnoidiscales.

Étymologie
Le nom de la famille vient du genre type Arachnoidiscus, dérivé de arachn‑ (du grec , araignée), et du latin ‑discus, disque, en référence à l'aspect de la diatomée, à la fois discoïde et ressemblant à une toile d'araignée.

Description

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Selon  :
 Arachnoidiscus Deane ex Shadbolt, 1852
 Hemiptychus Ehrenberg, 1848

Systématique
Le nom correct complet (avec auteur) de ce taxon est Arachnoidiscaceae Round, 1990.

Publication originale
 Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms biology and morphology of the genera''.  pp. [i-ix], 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Famille d'algues (nom scientifique)
Bacillariophyta

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Top Ten 2011 South Carolina Football Plays: Number Seven, Marcus Lattimore Goes the Distance on a Screen Pass against Vanderbilt
By Gamecock Man Jun 29, 2012, 1:39am EDT
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This post continues our series on the best plays of last season. Last time, we discussed D.J. Swearinger's interception in the Tennessee game. Installment number seven is Marcus Lattimore's TD reception in the Vanderbilt. Here's the play:
Marcus Lattimore 52-yard Touchdown vs. Vanderbilt (via GamecocksOnline)
Why It's Here: Mainly because at the time, this play really had the look of a Heisman moment for Marcus. He had some help on the play: the linemen were perfectly lured by the blocking scheme and Stephen Garcia's patience to let the play develop, Terrence Campbell makes a nice block in the second level, and Nick Jones emphatically takes out a Vandy DB to make sure his buddy gets into the end zone untouched. However, the play also showcased some of Lattimore's best attributes. You really get a taste here for his great vision, as he perfectly anticipates the blocks in the open field and chooses the right running lanes. This is also probably the fastest he's looked to me on game tape, although I guess you have to concede that Vandy's defense isn't Florida's when it comes to speed. In any event, this was simply a very memorable play that showcases why we have one of the best running backs in the nation. Here's to hoping this is how he looks this fall when he comes back from injury.
Why It's Not Higher: Like some of the other plays we've looked at so far, this one didn't have a big enough impact on the outcome of the game. That's not to say it didn't have an impact. As you'll probably recall, our offense struggled quite a bit in this game, mainly due to some really ugly Garcia interceptions. I remember thinking before this play that we needed a little momentum going into the second half, perhaps a field goal. We got the big play, but unfortunately things didn't get too much better in the second half. Luckily, our defense was playing so well that this play put the outcome far enough out of the Commodores' reach for me to feel pretty comfortable about the game regardless of what Garcia did thereafter.


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Q: How to check if a file exists on a remote server I want to test if a file exists somewhere on a remote Linux server (e.g., /var/run/test_daemon.pid), without logging in to the server interactively. For example, you may want your script to behave differently depending on whether or not a specific file exists on a remote server.

A: The following command will do, if you know exactly where the file is located
  ssh user@remote_server  test -f  /path/to/file/filename && echo "YES" || echo "no"

You need the piece beginning with && because test will not produce any output, and you won't be able to tell whether the file has been found or not.
Otherwise, if you only know the name of the file but are unsure as to its whereabouts,
 ssh user@remote_server find / -type f -name 'name_of_file*' -print

will search through the whole file system for your file.
Notice the use of ssh: it connects to the remote server, executes the command following the expression user@remote_server, but will not open an interactive session: control will be returned to the shell on your local pc.

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La saison 1934-1935 du Racing Club de Strasbourg, ou RC Strasbourg, est la première saison que le club strasbourgeois dispute en première division.

Le RCS participe donc à la troisième édition du Championnat de France de football, ainsi qu'à la  de la Coupe de France.

Cette première saison est pourtant l'une des plus réussies du club, puisque ce dernier termine deuxième du championnat, derrière le FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.

Championnat de France de football de Division 1

Première moitié de saison

Deuxième moitié de saison

Classement final

En cas d'égalité entre deux clubs, le premier critère de départage est la moyenne de buts.

Coupe de France de football
Au stade des trente-deuxièmes de finale, le club affronte l'AS Lorraine. Ce match, disputé le  à Nancy est gagné 2-0 par les strasbourgeois. Néanmoins, dès les seizièmes de finale, Strasbourg tombe face à l'US Valenciennes-Anzin. Les deux formations se rencontrent le  à Metz, et ce sont les Valenciennois qui s'imposent, par un but à zéro.

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Camping In Wisconsin: Four Seasons Of Fun For RVers
by Greg Gerber
December 1, 2020 December 28, 2020 Filed under:
Camping In Wisconsin
With its distinctive shape resembling a left hand, Wisconsin is one of the most beautiful states in America. RVers who visit Wisconsin can enjoy four seasons of fun. Bordered by Lake Michigan on the east and the Mississippi River on the west, water is a big draw for the state named "the Land of Gathering Waters" by Ojibwa Indians centuries ago.
RVers aren't the only people who enjoy visiting Wisconsin. There are more than 15,000 lakes within its borders, making it a favorite among anglers, boaters, and paddle sports enthusiasts alike.
The state features interesting terrain because glaciers from the world's Ice Age bypassed a wide swath of land, resulting in unusual geological formations, exquisite bluffs, and spectacular rolling hills not found in the much-flatter nearby states.
Located in the upper Midwest, Wisconsin residents love the four seasons which encourage a plethora of outdoor activity. Except for the winter months from mid-November to early April, temperatures are often comfortable the rest of the time.
The state is rich in history and is well known for its dairy products, especially cheese curds. In fact, it is estimated a quarter of America's cheese comes from Wisconsin.
Best time to visit Wisconsin
The best time to go camping in Wisconsin is generally from early May through the end of October. Winter can be brutally cold, spring can be a bit soggy, summer can be hot and humid, but fall is spectacular with a kaleidoscope of color ranging from dark red and deep brown to bright yellow and the always-present evergreens.
Camping and RVing during spring and fall is particularly enjoyable because the daily temperatures are moderate, but nighttime temps are warm enough to keep the windows open, yet cool enough that you may still want a blanket. The locals will tell you that if you don't like the weather, wait a few hours and it will change.
Summer is bustling with activity throughout the state, and most communities large and small lay claim to some type of celebration, whether it is historical, cultural, or just because Wisconsinites like a good party. But, pack your mosquito repellent. The insects are so prevalent in some areas that you'd think "skeeters" were the state bird.
Outdoor recreation is extremely popular in Wisconsin and it's very affordable, even for non-residents. For $38, people can buy a sticker giving everyone in the vehicle unlimited access to more than 60 state parks, forests, and recreation areas. Most of those areas offer camping at rates between $20 and $42 per night for non-residents.
RV driving in Wisconsin
There are more than 11,700 miles of highways scattered throughout the state. And, with more than 110 million tourists visiting each year, tourism is a huge industry. As a result, for those that visit Wisconsin, it's one of the best states for traveling in RVs.
First, there is no special speed limit for recreational vehicles. The speed limit for cars, trucks and RVs is 70 mph across the board on interstate highways, except for congested urban interstates. On rural divided highways, the speed limit is 65 mph, but that drops to 55 mph on other roads with two-way traffic.
People are allowed to ride in fifth wheels in Wisconsin as long as they are over the age of 13; however, passengers are not permitted to ride in travel trailers. Of course, people should wear seat belts whenever any RV is moving.
Wisconsin maintains 28 rest areas throughout the state. Although they are a little more difficult to find in the northern half of the state, rest areas are generally found within an hour of each other. People traveling in big rigs will appreciate advisory signs along interstate highways telling drivers how many truck-size parking spaces are available in upcoming rest areas.
During summer months, the state and counties also maintain a number of more rustic waysides along rural highways. Some of the waysides may not have bathrooms, and neither rest areas or waysides have RV dump stations.
Wisconsin law allows three-vehicle combinations to operate on state highways, which means a truck towing a fifth wheel can also tow a boat or car as long as the combined length of all three vehicles does not exceed 70 feet. People trying to sneak three vehicles through Wisconsin during winter months should be aware of ever-changing weather conditions because laws prevent large combinations from operating on snow-covered or icy roads.
The state numbers its interstate highway exits based on the official mile marker, not sequentially like it is done in some states. So, when you see a billboard advising people to take Exit 92, and you're at mile marker 75, you know the exit is 17 miles away.
You can RV on one of the many scenic routes when you go camping in Wisconsin
Scenic drives in Wisconsin
Because it is a crossroad of several major highways, many RVers travel through Wisconsin on their way to other destinations.
One of the most scenic drives in Wisconsin is the Great River Road, which starts in the historic trading town of Prairie du Chien, where French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet charted where the Wisconsin River enters the mighty Mississippi.
Wyalusing State Park is one of the prettiest campgrounds in the state. RVers can park atop a bluff overlooking the delta and even view ancient earthen mounds constructed by Indians in the shapes of animals that were used in ceremonies and as burial sites. The park has a marked canoe trail that guides people through the backwaters of the Wisconsin River onto the Mississippi River where you can see eagles soaring over the bluffs and spot their large, magnificent nests among the treetops.
From Prairie du Chien, the Great River Road follows Wisconsin Hwy. 35 directly along the eastern edge of the Mississippi River through La Crosse to Hudson. Laura Ingalls Wilder fans will enjoy the museum honoring the famous author's legacy in Pepin, just a few miles south of her log cabin birthplace, which remains a historical site and rest area. There are a number of campgrounds along Hwy. 35 that afford fun opportunities to view tug boats carrying minerals, crops and other goods up and down the river.
In Door County, highways 57 and 42 form a loop drive that offers spectacular views of Lake Michigan and Green Bay. The landscape is sprinkled with colorful orchards and farmland. During fall, the changing leaves provide an array of color.
May is a fun time to drive through Door County because the apple and cherry trees are in full bloom. By July, the cherries are ripe and ready for picking. In August and September, the apples appear and pumpkins can be seen in October.
Called the "Driftless Area" because glaciers left the region virtually unscathed more than 10,000 years ago, the 115-mile Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive meanders through six counties in southeast Wisconsin including more than 20 officially-sanctioned natural areas. Travelers can also visit the Wade House, an 1860's stagecoach inn; Holy Hill, the highest peak in the region with stunning views of the rolling countryside; and Old World Wisconsin, a living history museum with lots of live demonstrations of life in the 1800s.
Starting near Whitewater and traveling north to Elkhart Lake, you can follow the route along various county roads and less-trafficked state highways past several lakes and through Kettle Moraine State Forest. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources offers a free downloadable map by visiting dnr.wisconsin.gov and searching for Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive. Some areas will require a state park admission sticker.
RVers can enter Wisconsin from Rockford, Illinois, on Interstate 39/90 at Beloit and follow that highway about an hour north of Madison where the highways divide near Portage. Interstate 90 continues west through Wisconsin Dells and La Crosse before heading into Minnesota and eventually reaches Seattle. Interstate 39 directs RVers north to Stevens Point and the ski destination of Rib Mountain.
A little further east, Interstate 94 guides RVers from Chicago through Milwaukee to Madison and Wisconsin Dells before splitting off in Tomah. From there, Interstate 94 connects with college cities Eau Claire and Menomonie before entering Minnesota on the way to Minneapolis and Billings, Montana, before reconnecting with Interstate 90.
Located entirely within Wisconsin, Interstate 43 starts less than three miles from the Illinois border and follows Interstate 94 through Milwaukee before diverting north along the western edge of Lake Michigan to Sheboygan and Manitowoc until it terminates in Green Bay.
Interstate 41 begins less than a mile south of the border with Illinois and directs travelers through Milwaukee and on to the Fox Valley cities of Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, and Green Bay where it becomes U.S. Hwy. 41 and continues into upper Michigan.
RVing near Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's largest city is Milwaukee, located in the southeastern part of the state along Lake Michigan and only a few hours north of Chicago. With almost 600,000 residents, Milwaukee boasts of many major league sporting events, cultural activities, and was once the beer-producing capital of the nation until the craft beer industry arrived on the scene.
Still, there is one bar in Wisconsin for every 1,877 residents. But beer isn't the only drink delicacy residents enjoy. Brandy Old Fashions, a mixture of brandy, fruit juice, and clear soda served with a cherry or orange slice, was introduced by German immigrants in the 1800s.
Nowhere is Wisconsin's immigrant roots better celebrated than in Milwaukee. Developed by settlers from many nations, the city proudly commemorates its heritage with a number of community festivals. Not only does it keep the native spirit alive, but it creates opportunities for people who visit Wisconsin to explore the myriad of foods, crafts, music, and history that defines each unique culture.
Cultural celebrations are so important in Milwaukee that the city built a festival park just to accommodate all the family-friendly parties occurring throughout the year. When you go camping in Wisconsin, here are a few events you shouldn't miss:
Starting with Polish Fest in June, visitors can enjoy colorful folk dancers, sample a sip of vodka, and chow down on kielbasa sausages or Pierogi, a native delicacy of meat, sauerkraut, cheese, and fruit while listening to youngsters compete in the annual Chopin piano competition.
Bastille Days in July features a number of talented chefs demonstrating how to prepare scrumptious French foods and pastries. Sip on award-winning wine while listening to French music or watching mimes and buskers (musicians) as they entertain the crowd.
RVers who visit Milwaukee will enjoy Festa Italiana in July. You can't walk away from the annual event hungry! The festival combines the music, culture, food and wine of Old Italy in an outdoor park near the shores of Lake Michigan. Visitors can even enjoy an old-fashioned gondola ride in the harbor.
Grab a partner and polka to your heart's content at German Fest or raise a stein of beer while listening to traditional music and enjoying the ever-popular bratwurst, a sausage often cooked in beer and served on a chewy bun. The event also takes place in July.
The Dragon Boat Festival in August is a family favorite for kids to make Chinese lanterns, ornamental masks and other crafts. There are even martial arts demonstrations and an opportunity to participate in a dragon parade. People can learn to write or speak Chinese, which may come in handy while cheering on their favorite vessels participating in the annual dragon boat races.
Though not a festival, about an hour drive north of Milwaukee is the picturesque village of Elkhart Lake. This tiny town of less than a thousand residents got its start in the 1870s, thanks to the arrival of the Milwaukee & Northern Railroad. Elkhart Lake boasts golf and family-friendly activities through Road America.
Enjoy Milwaukee's many festivals while camping in Wisconsin
RVing near Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the second-largest city in the state, one of the most beautiful capital cities in America, and a must-see when you visit Wisconsin. Built on an isthmus between four lakes, Madison is home of the University of Wisconsin, an internationally-recognized educational institution with a famous mascot called Bucky Badger.
Madison is also the seat of state government. The capitol building itself was modeled after the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., but was intentionally constructed to be six inches shorter in deference to the nation's capital.
Strolling through the capitol building, people are impressed by the granite architecture, carefully laid mosaic art, and historical paintings that garnish the walls. Kids and adults enjoy standing in the center of the rotunda and gazing up at the giant painting 200 feet above them. The capitol building is open daily, except for major holidays, and people can either walk through the building themselves or join a 55-minute guided tour.
Except for winter, people can often enjoy the sixth-floor observation area which provides guests with a 360-degree view of Madison and its lakes. Those lakes also ensure there are plenty of campground options for RVers who visit Wisconsin.
The Madison Children's Museum, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, and Wisconsin Historical Museum are all situated along Capitol Square, but don't try to drive an RV in the downtown district. Parking is sparse and there are very few places to turn around among the many one-way streets.
From May through October, the capitol grounds host a farmer's market each Saturday morning where people can buy locally-produced goods and, of course, fresh cheese curds. A few blocks away, people can tour the Madison Convention Center, a building overlooking Lake Monona that was designed by legendary architect and Wisconsin native Frank Lloyd Wright. Fans of his work will also enjoy touring Taliesin, his 600-acre estate located 45 minutes northwest of Madison near the city of Spring Green.
The walk down historic State Street from the capitol to the university's Bascom Hill offers a true taste of Madison's culture. Be sure to stop at the Memorial Union, grab an ice cream cone, beer or bratwurst and sit on the terrace watching the sailboats.
There are plenty of hiking and biking trails throughout Madison, including several that navigate around the lakes and through the university's arboretum or Picnic Point peninsula jutting into Lake Mendota. It is one of the most bike-friendly communities in the nation. Madison is also home to the Vilas Park Zoo, one of the best free zoos in America.
Madison is a must-see city when you are camping in Wisconsin
Camping in Wisconsin Dells
When you visit Wisconsin, no trip to the Badger State is complete without stopping in scenic Wisconsin Dells. Located about an hour north of Madison, the Dells is also the Waterpark Capital of the World with the largest concentration of indoor and outdoor water facilities on the planet.
The region has always been a popular tourist destination during summer months, but Wisconsinites want to play in the winter, too. Thanks to a brilliant marketing strategy and some rather sizeable investments, Wisconsin Dells is home to six massive waterparks.
While in the Dells, enjoy a cruise on the historic Ducks – amphibious World War II-era vehicles which take visitors on guided tours along city streets and past interesting geographical formations on the Wisconsin River. For people who like more adventure, jet boats can take them on a wild ride as well.
There are literally hundreds of natural and manmade attractions in the Dells, including golf and mini-golf, amusement parks, zip lines or ropes courses, wineries, shopping, museums, and shows suitable for people of all ages. So be sure to allow plenty of time to see as many of these attractions as possible. With more than 100 campgrounds near Wisconsin Dells, accommodations for RVers shouldn't be a problem.
A short distance away, people can tour Circus World in Baraboo, where "The Greatest Show on Earth" was founded as the Ringling Brother's Circus in 1884. Through a bunch of displays, including the colorful trains and wagons used to transport animals and people, visitors can delve into the history of the circus and relive what life was like for performers and animals. They can also enjoy a live show featuring traditional circus acts.
Very few people know that America's wine industry actually started in little Prairie du Sac, between Madison and Wisconsin Dells. The Wollersheim Winery traces its start to the 1840s where the first grapevines were planted by Agoston Haraszthy, a Hungarian immigrant.
After a few tough winters and the historic Gold Rush's call to fortune, he dug up some of those plants and relocated them to Napa Valley, California. People can still visit the historic site which still operates as a working winery when they visit Wisconsin.
RVing in Fox Valley and Green Bay
Following the Fox River from Green Bay to Fond du Lac, this region encompasses Lake Winnebago, the largest fresh water lake located within the boundaries of a single state. It is a favorite among boaters who enjoy "lock hopping" through the 17 historic locks along the river. The region is unique in that many bridges must be raised to allow large sailboats, lake yachts, and houseboats to pass through.
You can't visit Wisconsin without stopping by Green Bay. In Green Bay, people can visit legendary Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers football team. With a population of slightly more than 100,000 people, Green Bay is the smallest city to host a professional football team. Not only that, but the team is actually owned by local residents.
Football fans will love touring the Packers Hall of Fame and learning about famous players and coaches like Vince Lombardi, Bart Starr, Reggie White, Brett Favre, and other players who guided the team to a record-setting 13 championships, including four Super Bowl wins. The nearby Title Town shopping district offers a great place to grab a meal.
In Appleton, people can visit the Paper Discovery Center to learn how the paper industry really defined the region for many years. They also see how paper is made and are encouraged to try making some on their own. There are active mills still operating in the region, as evidenced from the foul smell encountered from time-to-time.
It's hard to believe, but the airport in Oshkosh (population 67,000) becomes the busiest airport in the world during the annual Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) AirVenture. Thousands of amateur pilots fly in, many of them in hand-built planes, for a week of displays, training and aerobatic air shows. Children are often admitted free.
The EAA maintains a museum where people can walk through displays of 200 military and civilian aircraft to learn the history of aviation in America. Using a cell phone, people can even take a virtual cockpit tour to see some aircraft from a pilot's point of view.
History buffs who visit Wisconsin will want to stop in the small town of Ripon, located 30 miles to the west of Oshkosh or Fond du Lac. There, in 1854, the Republican Party was formed during a meeting of Whigs, Democrats, and Independents. The museum is open year-round for self-guided tours.
People who have never been to an ocean can enjoy a taste of sea travel by taking a ferry across Lake Michigan from Manitowoc to Ludington, Michigan, aboard the SS Badger. Onboard, people can visit a museum, shop in the "boatique," or enjoy a movie, a drink, or a meal.
The four-hour trip across the lake can save many more hours of travel compared to diving around Chicago to Michigan. The ferry can accommodate RVs of any length, as can many of these nearby campgrounds.
RVing in Door County, Wisconsin
One of the most popular destination areas in the Midwest is the Door County peninsula. On a map, Door County gives Wisconsin its distinctive thumb appearance as it juts out into Green Bay and Lake Michigan. No visit to Wisconsin is complete without a drive up to Door County.
Many people say Door County resembles New England fishing communities because of the quaint houses and beautiful water views. It's also an art lover's paradise with hundreds of galleries and scenic places to paint. Fish boils are more than a meal; they're an experience as well.
People sit outside around a large fire pit watching dinner being prepared as the chef explains the history and describes the ingredients used to create the meal. Each fish boil dinner is topped off with a slice of fresh Door County cherry pie.
People who like wine will love Door County. Several orchards and vineyards are scattered throughout the county selling their own brands of distinctive flavors. Cider concocted from unique blends of various wines and fruit juices is also readily available in the area.
There are five state parks and a state trail in Door County which offer some of the most scenic views in Wisconsin. Peninsula State Park is the crown jewel of the state park system. Located along the shores of Green Bay, there are miles of trails for hiking and biking. People can tour an old lighthouse and even climb steps to the top of a fire watchtower for a spectacular view of the region.
A ferry operates multiple times each day year-round from the peninsula's tip in Rockport to Washington Island. Only 35 miles in circumference, the island boasts more than a hundred miles of roads that are ideal for biking and hiking.
People can take another ferry from Washington Island to Rock Island, which exclusively encompasses Rock Island State Park. People looking for RV parks and campgrounds near Door County can focus on the Egg Harbor area.
Wisconsin celebrations in every community
Parties and festivals aren't just confined to Milwaukee. Those who are camping in Wisconsin will discover nearly every city and village hosts some type of cultural commemoration each year. Here are some of the more popular gatherings:
You can enjoy lefsa, krumkake, and lutefisk as part of the Norwegian festival in Stoughton which is the largest Syttende Mai celebration in North America around May 17th commemorating Norway's independence. Located just outside of Madison, the festival features traditional dances performed by a high school troupe, rosemaling exhibits by seniors, and two parades. If you feel especially athletic, you can run 20 miles or walk 17 from downtown Madison to Stoughton as part of the annual Syttende Mai Classic Run/Walk.
In October, La Crosse hosts one of the largest Oktoberfest celebrations outside of Germany the last weekend of September and first weekend of October. Whether you enjoy the traditional folk dancing, one of several parades, or simply raising a stein of your favorite adult beverage in the outdoor biergarten, you'll be caught up in the camaraderie. The annual dachshund race is hilarious and you are not likely to find finer original German cuisine anywhere else. Grab your lederhosen or dirndl and get your polka on!
Called America's Little Switzerland for a reason, New Glarus is a beautiful area for biking and driving. Founded by Swiss immigrants, New Glarus maintains the appearance of a quaint Swiss village and hosts the annual Heidi festival every June to commemorate its heritage. The event features traditional Swiss music, dancing, costumes, food, and even yodeling. Visitors can also tour an authentic Swiss village and pick up souvenirs at an arts-and-crafts show. The Heidi play is a family-favorite story about a young orphan girl who lives with her grandfather in the Alps. If you can't make the June celebration, return to New Glarus in August for the Wilhelm Tell Festival that features a play commemorating the famous archer who split an apple resting on his young son's head.
People of the Christian faith will enjoy Lifest, one of the largest Christian music festivals in America with seven outdoor stages playing host to more than a hundred acts. The event takes place in Oshkosh each July. Wisconsin Dells also hosts the annual Gospel Music Festival in May.
Wisconsin Dairy Month in June kicks off with the Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival in Little Chute, which is just south of Green Bay. This event is guaranteed to clog any artery with cheese tasting, cheese carving demonstrations, cheese curd eating competitions and, of course, the annual cheese breakfast. If you want to get a head start on these dairy delicacies, check out the annual Wisconsin Grilled Cheese Championship in April where chefs compete in Dodgeville to create delicious varieties of the classic hot sandwich.
Whether you spend a few days traveling through Wisconsin, or an entire season as a work camper, visiting the Badger State will be a memorable adventure. Let the stress melt away as you take in the fresh air, unique scenery, and Midwest hospitality of this culturally-diverse state. For more information, visit www.travelwisconsin.com. To find more points of interest while camping in Wisconsin, start planning your trip with RV Trip Wizard and the RV LIFE App.
Greg Gerber
Greg Gerber is an acclaimed journalist with a long history of writing in the RV Industry. A public speaker, writer and author of faith-based books, Greg splits time between Arizona and Wisconsin. Learn more about Greg at GregGerber.com
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Mark Washatka says
What a lovely article. Most in depth one I've ever read. As a native of Wisconsin, trucker and RV'er, I've been to most every part of Wisconsin. I live in the Fox Valley and have a second home up in thre American- Highland State Forest. Our state is very diverse and all four seasons offers something for everyone. Good job! And thank you!!


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By Ukamaka Doris July 16, 2020 2 Mins Read
24-year-old famous British YouTube dancer, who was eight months pregnant with son, Reign passed away at home in Hexborough, Yorkshire, on Saturday morning, July 11, after complaining to her 20-year-old Ghanaian boyfriend, Global Boga that she was having difficulties breathing and was suffering chest and back pains.
Two days before her death, she told her followers on Instagram in a clip posted on July 1 that : "I'm more emotional. Literally, I could be fine one minute and then the next second I'm crying. "I'm having a good pregnancy, but emotions are just too much. I'm so out of breath 24/7. I would walk from here to the end of the room and feel like I'm dying. I feel like the baby's eating me."
Her uncle has now revealed that the family believes she suffered a cardiac arrest.
Speaking in an interview with MailOnline, Charles Murray said: 'From what I heard at the moment, we think she had a massive heart attack.
'She had it in her house and she was telling her partner that she had pains in her chest and her back. Nicole was saying that she was struggling to breathe. She was struggling with her chest – she had a pain in her chest. 'It is so surreal as she was so young. It is such a shock. It has really, really shaken us all up.'
Mr Murray said his niece was a dancer and had no known health issues.
'She is a dancer and we don't think she had any underlying health problems,' he said. 'It is terrible. But we won't know for sure until we have the post-mortem.'
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