Late last month, I was in San Diego for the annual American Society of Microbiology meeting.  While there I was able to combine business with a little pleasure.  The meeting was in the San Diego Convention Center downtown by the water and just across the harbor from the Naval Air Station.  From the window of my hotel, I could look out and see three aircraft carriers, the Nimitz (CVN-68), the Carl Vinson (CVN-70), and the  Ronald Reagan (CVN-76).

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