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Watch Richard Adams, CEO of United Bank,
discuss the origins of the WCED.
Check out our Wood County Property Database to
see what properties are out there for your business.
From building permits to tax abatements, find the
resources you need to start or grow your business.
Are you looking to grow your business and
make valuable connections? Sign up today.
We take great pride in our business partners and investors. These are just a few of the great businesses that we get to work alongside.
Hino Trucks U.S.A. - America's Fastest Growing Light & Medium Duty Truck Brand
Offers full service banking solutions for individuals, small businesses, and commercial enterprises.
Apply for West Virginia health insurance from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia.
Find homes for sale, find an agent, receive homes by e-mail, learn about buying, selling and more.
The most professional & responsive accounting & financial services in the Parkersburg, WV area.
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital in Parkersburg, WV
Provides a wide variety of financial services including personal & business banking, loans and more.
BB&T offers banking services to help reach your financial goals and plan for a sound financial future.
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public college located in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Blennerhassett Hotel is a historic hotel located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
Pickering Associates is a well-aligned team of professional architects and engineers.
The firm focuses on areas including commercial and consumer lending, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, etc.
Ohio Valley University is a private, four-year Christian college and is affiliated with the Churches of Christ.
A local architectural and site services team that provide turnkey services.
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel is the primary newspaper in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
American chemical company that was founded in July 2015 as a spin-off from DuPont.
Operates the Easy Rider bus service. Includes routes, schedules and public notices.
Dedicated to using our cutting edge, common sense banking to serve our neighborhoods.
Founded in 1888, we are committed to the educational and personal enrichment of each student.
Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia, United States.
Matheny Motors is a Parkersburg new, used, and pre-owned vehicle dealer.
Vienna is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River.
Self-performing general contractor that offers a complete range of construction services.
We are an independent insurance agency that represents many different insurance companies.
We are a non-profit organization of construction contractors and associates.
First Neighborhood Bank is a strong, community-based bank headquartered in West Virginia.
A community-driven revitalization program designed to promote Downtown Parkersburg, WV.
FirstEnergy controls an extensive transmission network and provides electricity to 6 million customers.
We Listen. Businesses Grow. Solving marketing & design problems through digital mediums.
Our strong commitment to serving the community has been the driving force behind 52 years of success.
A leading supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials, providing products to build the world around you.
Committed to providing financial support to non-profits whose mission is to assist with human needs.
Mondo Building and Excavating has built its reputation in the Mid-Ohio Valley as a ``can do`` contracting firm.
Our job is to keep west central West Virginia an exceptional place to live and work.
An Economic Development & Government Affairs Consulting Firm.
Prime Retail & Office Space on Parkersburg, WV's ``Miracle Mile``.
A full-service private club boasting a 21-hole golf course, olympic-size heated pool, and much more.
Holding company for banks operating in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
Locally-owned, merit shop, general contracting firm specializing in various types of construction work.
Locally-owned, merit shop, general contracting firm specializing in various types of construction work.
Premier Bank is a community bank, focused on meeting the financial needs of the cities and towns we serve.
Multi-State Real Estate Development and Management Corporation Operating in WV, OH, VA, NC, & SC.
Siltstone Resources is a private exploration and production (E&P) company.
A Harley-Davidson® dealer of new and used motorcycles in Williamstown, West Virginia.
An organization comprised of local construction unions and their members who work in West Virginia and Ohio.
When you choose the Tri-State/Service Group, you're partnering with an experienced and safe roofing contractor.
Offers personal banking, business banking, and wealth management services to meet your financial needs.
We offer current and competitive products to meet your financial needs while providing that ``home town`` touch.
A six-state corporation encompassing a broad spectrum of cleaning services.
A window & door manufacturer with beautiful options for new construction homes or a replacement projects.
Our diversified crews, allow us to have a wide range of projects.
Passionate architecture and planning professionals that provide solutions to your building challenges.
We are a coalition of area businesses, industries, organizations, and professionals.
We are honored to be hearing some of the great feedback from our business partners. They are the fuel to our economic fire.
The Wood County Economic Development is so key to the economic growth in this community. We invest because we understand the value they provide to the area and reap such a benefit from their expertise.
The Wood County Economic Development office is a great collaborative partner, assisting Downtown PKB by providing resources to potential small business startups and promoting vacant properties on their database for redevelopment opportunities for potential investors and developers in our downtown. Working together with their office has been a tremendous help to our revitalization efforts of downtown Parkersburg.
The Wood County Economic Development is so key to the economic growth in this community. We invest because we understand the value they provide to the area and reap such a benefit from their expertise.
The Wood County Economic Development office is a great collaborative partner, assisting Downtown PKB by providing resources to potential small business startups and promoting vacant properties on their database for redevelopment opportunities for potential investors and developers in our downtown. Working together with their office has been a tremendous help to our revitalization efforts of downtown Parkersburg.
We have maintained a great relationship with Wood County Development Authority and foresee that relationship growing for years to come! We are pleased that we have a development authority that is actively engaged in assisting businesses to succeed as well as collaborating business needs with appropriate personnel to follow-up on. For any local business wishing to expand, or for any business that is attracted to Wood County; you're going to be taken care of with the WCDA.
I love the new direction the Area Roundtable is taking. New leadership, fresh vision and ideas. It's nice to have people looking out for the MOV and able to put the bad press of the past behind us! We have so much to offer! Thank you! And Congratulations to the new team!


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FINDING INFORMATIONThe Key to Good Research is finding RELIABLE information. Remember, anyone can post anything on the internet. It doesn't have to be true. Below, you will find recommended websites for reliable research information including:BIOGRAPHIES
STATISTICS and more!
Also, find resources to help you Organize your research information.
Also try the Debate Resources, Periodical Resources, Primary Resources, and Search Engines pages on this wiki.
GENERAL DATABASES- A database is simply a collection of data. Many of the resources listed on this page are some sort of database. The resources listed in this section are general research databases.
Directories- A site that sends you to other sites based on a certain field of interest such as "Reference", "News","Health", "Games", "Art", etc.
MAGAZINE and NEWSPAPER articles
(See the Periodical Resources page. For historic newspapers, see the Primary Resources page)
PRO and CON Resources:
Looking for STATISTICS?
As you begin to find information for your research, you need a way to organize it. Below, you will find some resources that will help you do this.
STATISTICS and more!
Also, find resources to help you Organize your research information.
Also try the Debate Resources, Periodical Resources, Primary Resources, and Search Engines pages on this wiki.
GENERAL DATABASES- A database is simply a collection of data. Many of the resources listed on this page are some sort of database. The resources listed in this section are general research databases.
- Our school recommends using the research databases found at INFOhio
- For home access to INFOhio, you may need a username and/or password. Just contact me if you do not know what these are. (email@example.com)
- The easiest way to search the INFOhio databases is to use ISearch. Find reliable information for your research projects with just one search. Use the tabs to find encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, primary source documents, videos, and ebooks at your reading level.
- The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is another great place to find Research Databases- Use this collection of databases to locate information on a broad range of subjects from magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, and books. In order to use these databases, you will need a valid Hamilton County library card and PIN which can be obtained at the Harrison Branch library. (The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County)
- Digital Public Library of America - The DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items—photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more—from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search the DPLA's collections by timeline, map, format, and topic; save items to customized lists; and share their lists with others. Users can also explore digital exhibitions curated by the DPLA's content partners and staff.
- Each year, RUSA (Reference and User Services Association) features a list of the best free reference resources.
- Access Biography Reference Bank at school and at home. All Ohio K-12 students and their parents, as well as K-12 educators, can use the state-funded INFOhio Electronic Resources free-of-charge. Home access requires a username and password available from your school's library media center
- SweetSearch Biographies - an indexed database of 1000+ bios that can be sorted by profession/gender/race or origin.
- Another good site that includes contemporary Biographies is Biography.com - there are some ads but there are also some great videos.
- Infoplease - Search 30,000+ Biographies
- Jock Bio- biographies of famous athletes--also includes quotes
- Literature Network - Author biographies
Directories- A site that sends you to other sites based on a certain field of interest such as "Reference", "News","Health", "Games", "Art", etc.
- Beaucoup is a great directory--links to all kinds of sources on EVERY topic you can imagine!
- Library Spot This is the one-stop site for general reference. It would be a great site to bookmark. Includes Award winners, Dictionaries, Maps, Encyclopedias, Statistics, Calendars, Calculators, Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Poetry, Speeches, etc.)
- INFOhio has World Book Encyclopedias for all ages (Preschool - High School) - also in Spanish!
- Encyclopedia.com has more than 100 trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.
MAGAZINE and NEWSPAPER articles
(See the Periodical Resources page. For historic newspapers, see the Primary Resources page)
Looking for PRIMARY Sources?In the study of history, a primary source is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic.
(Go to the Primary Resources page.)
PRO and CON Resources:
(Look under Pro/Con on the Debate Resources page)
- Creative Quotations
- Literature Network- has Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - A Collection of over 8000 Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs and quotes Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature.
- Quoteland- Quotations by topic, Humorous quotations, TV and movie transcripts, TV commercials, historical speeches and more!
Looking for STATISTICS?
- Try this one first - General Statistics can be found at the Library Spot.
- FedStats, another good place to start, provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capabilities to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information--you can even search state-by-state.
- Bureau of Labor and Statistics is the home site for many statistical links including time use, employment and prices.
- Census Bureau has statistics on population, age, race, fertility, education, marriage rates, poverty rates and more!
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Health statistics and data including diseases, disorders, injuries, deaths and much more.
- DATA USA - comprehensive website and visualization engine of public US Government data.
- Digest of Education Statistics covers statistics in the field of American education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school.
- The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. It is published by the United Nations Statistics Division.
- State of Working America This is an extremely well-designed and accessible website with a wealth of valuable information about US workers and the economy. It includes data on family incomes, wages, jobs, unemployment, wealth, and poverty - charts, graphs, and data sets...
- USA Live Stats Provides real time statistics on US population, economy, health issues, society and more. Worldometers is very similar, but has statistics for the world.
- Worldwide Statistical Sources (OECD)- great site for statistics around the world, with an emphasis on statistics from members of the OECD--there is a wealth of information available here.
- World Data Atlas: Great source of world statistics on every country. Includes data on more than 2500 indicators. Topics cover Economics, Demographics, Health, Education, Energy and other socioeconomic information. Includes interactive visualizations like rankings, graphs and maps.
- World Data Bank- is a FABULOUS site for statistics on all aspects of issues in the entire world. Search by topic or by country or even by specific data.
SURVEYS are great for finding answers in research. Try one like Survey Monkey. For more, see Quiz and Survey Generators page.
As you begin to find information for your research, you need a way to organize it. Below, you will find some resources that will help you do this.
iCyte offers students and teachers the ability to save and organize 'Cytes' (text, pictures, articles - even entire web pages). Users can highlight the information they would like to save and click the iCyte icon on the browser toolbar. Then, the data can be categorized into different projects designated by the user. Tags and notes can be added for further categorization, creating a searchable database. iCyte is useful for middle and high school students; they can use it to store important research material for assignments, along with their own personal projects.
- Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
- Automatically generate bibliographies
- Collaborate easily with other researchers online
- Easily import papers from other research software
- Find relevant papers based on what you're reading
- Access your papers from anywhere online
- Scrible is a free service that offers a nice set of tools for highlighting, annotating, and bookmarking webpages. When you annotate and bookmark a page in Scrible it is saved as it appeared to you when you were done altering it. Additionally, you can share your bookmarked pages with others. Students can get a free Scrible account that has double the storage capacity of the standard free account.
- Trello (Project management) provides project boards with built-in streams called, To-do, Doing and Done, which help students visualize their project from planning to completion. Trello contains a variety of organization features, such as color coding tasks, scheduling completion dates and a simple field for adding team members for collaboration. One of Trello's most helpful features is attachments and web links, making access to project information a click away.
- Zoterois an add-on in Firefox. It collects all your research in a single, searchable interface. You can add PDFs, images, audio and video files, snapshots of web pages, and really anything else. Zotero automatically indexes the full-text content of your library, enabling you to find exactly what you're looking for with just a few keystrokes. Once you install this free download, there will be a link at the bottom of the page for saving bookmarks and making notes or bibliography references.

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The previous post touched briefly on the notion that we can get a property of an Octopus Project and set a PowerShell variable to that value. As noted, there are several properties, and if we want to automate the process we could create a Function to return us a given property, providing it exists.
Below is a very simple function that will return the value of a property.
This is quite straightforward: all we need to do is change the $prop value to the name of any property for (in this case at least) a project and it will return a value.


text: Greetings! I was wonder if there was additional info on the website functionality. There isn't much info that I can find and all it has are the FTP settings. Interested in things like the file format. Is it html, txt and etc. I trying to figure out a way to post my signals to a webpage so when I travel I can get to them. I have played with the e-mail and go it to work, however after my moving machines gmail doesn't work. So I'm looking at alternatives. I got the e-mail to work via a different route.


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Great Spiritualists and Friends
A Harvard University professor for some 35 years, William James, M.D. distinguished himself as a pioneering psychologist and pragmatic philosopher. He is also credited with founding the American branch of the London based Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) and discovering the trance medium Leonora Piper in 1885.
After being told by his mother-in-law that she had sat with Mrs. Piper and had been given much information about deceased relatives, James became curious and decided to have his own sitting with her. He left his first sitting with Piper convinced that she had supernormal powers or that she had somehow become acquainted with a multitude of his family's history. After a dozen sittings in which deceased relatives or friends communicated through her entranced body, James came to accept her supernormal powers, certain that she could not have known or researched all of the information that came through.
"I am persuaded of the medium's honesty, and of the genuineness of her trance," James reported, "and…I now believe her to be in possession of a power as yet explained."
But James resisted the spirit hypothesis, initially theorizing that Dr. Phinuit, Mrs. Piper's spirit control, was a secondary personality buried in her subconscious and that this secondary personality somehow had the ability to read the minds of the sitters. When information came through that was unknown to the sitters, James expanded his theory to suggest that she had the ability to tap into some kind of cosmic reservoir for information.
While James turned over the study of Mrs. Piper to Dr. Richard Hodgson, the executive secretary of the ASPR, in 1887, he continued to be interested in her until shortly before his death in 1910. Indications are that James leaned toward accepting the spirit hypothesis, at least privately, but sat on the fence publicly. "One who takes part in a good sitting has usually a far livelier sense, both of the reality and of the importance of the communication, than one who merely reads the records," he wrote. "I am able, while still holding to all the lower principles of interpretation, to imagine the process as more complex, and to share the feelings with which Hodgson came at last to regard it after his many years of familiarity, the feeling which Professor (James) Hyslop shares, and which most of those who have good sittings are promptly inspired with [i.e., the spirit hypothesis]."
After Hodgson died in 1905, James began receiving very evidential messages from him through Mrs. Piper. James said he doubted that Mrs. Piper "dream life," even if equipped with telepathic powers, was capable of impersonating Hodgson, but he still wondered if some spirit had been impersonating Hodgson. Thus, whether Hodgson or an impostor spirit, James appeared to recognize that a spirit was communicating with him.
Since his death, a number of reputable mediums, including Jane Roberts ("The Afterlife Journal of an American Philosopher") and Susy Smith ("Book of James") have reported channeling wisdom from James.
From PBS.org:
The death of their six-month-old son in 1885 had led both William and Alice to investigate spiritualism and the supernatural, an exploration which William had already embarked on to some degree when he founded the American branch of the Society for Psychical Research earlier that year. Survival after death remained unproven, he concluded, but room for many things in heaven and earth was allowed in his philosophy.
See the excellent resource page of the Emory University (Atlanta, GA) about William James.
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Angry Bird Beef: Sarah Palin Blasts Bill Maher After He Calls Her Baby Boy Retarded "I'm Going To Flatten Your Lily White Wimpy Azz!"
- By Bossip Staff
Would you fight someone for calling your baby retarded??
Sarah Palin Beefs With Bill Maher After Calling Son Retarded
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasted comedian Bill Maher on Twitter recently after learning of a slur he directed at her special needs son, Trig Palin.
Via HuffPo reports:
The Las Vegas Review-Journal relayed background Wednesday on the apparent incident from last Saturday, which saw former local TV personality Ron Futrell get escorted out of Maher's show for criticizing the host's decision to call the child "retarded."
Palin's first tweet was of a Breitbart report on the same events that occurred, followed by two comments aimed directly at Maher.
Maher doesn't need to insult Palin's child, she already did that by naming him "Trig".


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Beyond the money, the value of a far reaching vision for startups
It is not far-fetched to say that at the heart of our current economic system (aka capitalism) entrepreneurship is still the energy connecting the collective economic effort to the humble individual starting from the scratch. Like a soul to a body, without entrepreneurs the system will grow old of ideas and renewal, vegetating into and stand still until it probably stops and collapse. The entrepreneur is still the representative of a heroic human endeavor on a system too complex, and machine like, to understand in its totality. They reduce the complexity to just a small business starting up; with the hopes, dreams and conviction of one day make it so big that the need, the problem, the user, that inspired the venture in the first place, is transformed by its solution via products or services.
And yes, this may sound like a romantic quest compared to business books, courses, and MBA's; all teaching about competitive advantage, and reducing the motive to being able to make more money than your competitors can. However, in regards to teaching about following a dream, a passion, a crazy ideal, these "ivy league schools" have been notoriously lacking anything to bring into the curriculum. This is how the "uneducated" entrepreneurs can push further beyond losing money, beyond a market not ready for their inventions, or even media that ridicule what they predict as being the future. The direction of the priority for some people starting up a business (MBA graduates or not) seems to be: principle or ideal first -> let's try to make to make a business of it -> see how to make it bigger, so to make the world better. Probably, the entire opposite of what an investment bank will ask you to structure a business plan: pick up a big market -> propose a venture that can have success in it -> fit the ethics to whatever you've created, so you can be labeled as socially responsible. Even gaming, alcohol, tobacco, mining, and similar industries, usually in the eye of the blame from the public, can turn around their views around using this formula. It seems that for the business establishment the new business motive is really irrelevant, as long as it can sustain itself economically, and doesn't break any laws. The rest is just fluffy humanist stuff that you cannot label, package and put a price on — a key to get funded.
Nevertheless, and using some of AC/DC popular song wisdom "it's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll", this gruesome entrepreneurship journey might propelled only by greed for some, but more often than not, the ones reaching the top were guided more by the crazy ideal of the world they want to make better, than for the price of the IPO they could float their startup shares on. It is so hard to get "to the top" that principle, ethics and virtue needs to go first unless you want to be just like any of the guys putting a business plan together in an MBA class, with slim chances of creating anything revolutionary or "insanely great" as usually described by the late Steve Jobs. The ones reopening the Pandora's jar and showing a human way to use an invention, the ones combining principle with cold hard science, and the ones fuelling hope that the world might indeed be better in the future, know how to connect and draw a human emotion, instead of hiding in their suits at the top floor corner office, or behind a geeky way of living only capable to relate with machines.
Once I read in a manifesto put together by Daniel Pink (his main area of writing is human motivation), how it was strange that for so many important things in life there was always the search for a grandeur purpose behind them, while for work in the average company, or the average annual strategic plan, the "why" question is not addressed. He writes about how it would make sense to rally troops towards a more engaged and humanly connected objective, to have a: "Department of Why". An organizational entity that clearly articulates and remind people what is the real purpose of the venture they dedicate most of their lives to, and obviously that has to be beyond "return of investment to shareholders", if one wants to move and draw from what he describes as "intrinsic motivation". The Department of Why will be the one dealing on how, if the venture succeeds, it can change the world for the better (or not), and how that is important for everyone related to it. A job is only that, if it means only providing money to fulfill your passion outside the job: a hobby, a craft, a sport, even a side business; something that really connects with your inner self and draws from that energy of things that seem impossible but are worth trying. The department of why would have the task to transform "the job" from the usual to the passionate — makes sense if that the most you do on a day — providing much more than just money to get people fired up towards things, critically giving them a quest, a purpose, a cause bigger than them, challenging but attainable enough, so they can connect their inner drive to the collective effort of a venture. Not a recipe, for the latest business craze in regards to managing human resources: Is not about making them feel they have a purpose, and keep doing things as always, is about being completely committed to having a company that will really have a purpose and a consequence in the world in the event of making it big. Something, that is clearly worth trying from the executive to the janitor.
So it seems, that from the entrepreneur to the employee, we are all looking to dedicate our efforts towards companies formed with a clear and honest intention to address an aspect that is worth trying to be changed. Something that bothers everybody, but looks so big, hairy and complex that no one dares to propose an alternative. A company with the right sequence of events, that starts from the issue to be changed at the individual level, and how to solve at a scale that can affect the whole world for the better. The money issue will always be there as a catalyst for movement, but more a means towards an objective, than the objective itself — how much this is missing from the current business school teaching where our human motives are reduced to being only financial. And, for every agent in the chain of innovation, financiers (funds, angels), scientists (researchers, hobbyists), and particularly the guys making it happen the entrepreneurs: "Why", should not be only just an important department in their future dealings, is probably the only true filter to determine if its worth to stick for the long-term with a venture, or to seek better alternatives. True, is not a black and white question, it will certainly depend on the values of the people involved and what they see as worth changing for the future. But yet, even in the diversity of what these views might be, the benefit of having to argue about values, virtue and ethics is that we get to define what is important for us, rather than carry forward (in terms of companies, products, and practices) in a system that perpetuates the aimless same problems we are trying to address. Markets still use money as a comparison mechanism, so businesses operational success can be reduced to a number, but the public, the consumer, the human, will never be. We seem to want be taken into a journey of something that strives to be better, something that connects, and gives us a little bit of color in a rather gray and machine like environment; something that brings the unpredictability in us, and gives a chance for the impossible to happen. As a collective the tough question to ask is whether we can put the long-term filter of asking for a better purpose in anything new we create, rather than the short-term view of filtering through how much money it will make for a few individuals. Certainly, a change in itself worth striving for.


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Residence Inn Alexandria Old Town/Duke Street
Property Details
*room for 6, book for 5
- • Evening Reception
- • Free Breakfast Buffet
- • Indoor Pool
- • Kitchen
Embassy Suites Hotel Alexandria Old Town has an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness facility. Guests are served a complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast each morning and a manager's reception is served daily. Room service is available during limited hours.
Amenities featured in guestrooms include sofa beds, coffee/tea makers, and clock radios. Guestrooms have television with pay movies. For an extra fee, WiFi can be accessed. All 288 guestrooms offer kitchenettes with microwaves and refrigerators. Bathrooms provide designer toiletries.
*Room for 6, book for 5 - The sofa sleeper is a smaller one, usually a full. While the sofa sleeper is big enough for 2 smaller kiddos, the hotel has designated it as a sleeps one due to its size or room fire codes. If using a crib, this room is a good fit for six.
- Check in starts 3 PM
- Check out noon
- Laundry facilities
- Rollaways available
- Parking fee
More details coming soon
User reviews
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Great option for our family of 2 adults, 4 kids and 1 baby
*Editor's note: This review is carried over from our old review system. Original review placed by Jackie from WI on May 18, 2012.
We stayed here at the end of April 2012 with our family of 7-2 adults and 5 kids - 13, 11, 10, 7 and 15 months. This hotel worked out great for us! It was a quick metro ride from Ronald Reagan airport. The hotel is about a 5 min walk from the King St. Metro Station. There is a Whole Foods just about a block from the hotel.
Our room was a 2 bdrm, 2 bthrm suite. Our master suite was quite big and had plenty of room for a pack and play that the hotel provided for our youngest. We had a full kitchen, including oven which worked out great for us to cook in some meals.
Great breakfast in the morning and a light dinner Mon - Thurs - all included in our room rate. There was an indoor pool which the kids enjoyed--not large, but did the job. Also nice laundry facilities which we did use.
My parents were also here in a 2bdrm suite...their room was not as large and they did not have an oven--just something to verify when booking your room so you know what kind of room you are getting


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Item Specification
Brand : Life Flo
Conditions : New
Product Description
Life-Flo Health Care Pure Magnesium Oil
(240ml) Made in USA
Product Description
- Mined from the Zechstein Sea
- Easily tolerated, convenient & non-greasy
- 4 sprays contains approximately 66 mg of elemental magnesium
- Can be used daily and leaves no unpleasant odor
Pure Magnesium Oil is a highly concentrated spray of pure magnesium chloride-nothing
added and nothing removed. Mined deep under the earth's surface from the Zechstein
Seabed in the Netherlands, it can be used daily, is non-greasy, and leaves no unpleasant
odor. Provides approximately 66mg of elemental magnesium for every 4 sprays or 560mg
per teaspoon.
Suggested Use
Spray 4-5 times onto skin and massage the area. After a while you may see a slight
white residue forming on the areas where you applied the spray. It is just the salt that
has stayed behind on the skin and can be wiped or washed off. Add 2 ounces to your bath
or foot soak and immerse for 20-30 minutes. It can also be usde as a deodorant.
Benefits of Magnesium Oil
Other Ingredients
100% pure magnesium chloride brine from the Ancient Zechstein Seabed in the Netherlands.
Important Infomations
For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Keep out of reach of children. If irritation,
redness, or discomfort occurs, discontinue use and consult a licensed health care practitioner.
No animals were used to test this product.
I bought this to help me with my leg cramps and it did more than that. I love this mineral,
it helps with my mild depression, Anxiety and relaxes me along with taking care of the
cramps in my legs. The only negative about it is that it stings when you put it on, it take a
couple of minutes for the sting to go away. I find that it does not sting under my feet or on
my stomach area. It says you can use it as a deodorant and I have, bear and grin the sting
but it goes away and it does it's job. It's a better way to apply an all natural form of
Magnesium without nthe additive and preservative junk they put on the supplements
that due more harm than good. I have not tried any other brand than this, this works for
me and its very affordable.
I purchased this product hoping it would help with my skin problems; I had what I belived
was some kind of bacteria in my ear that caused reoccurring ear infections & wouldn't go
away. My doctors would give me oral medications that would fix the problem for a few
weeks, but essentially would fail to prevent another infection. I used this oil diluted in
warm water and used an ear syrringe to flush out my ear. in less than days, I saw total
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Well, guys, I do still shoot weddings… and they happen to be very beautiful weddings, very deserving of a blog post. I'm a tad more caught up with delivering images to clients, which means I can squeak in a few posts hopefully in the coming weeks. We'll see!
So, AliceClaire and Jason… it's unnatural the kind of class these two exude. They're a friendly, warm, Christ-centered, and fun pair who brought together an insanely perfect team to make their wedding happen. Everything was brilliantly thought out and perfectly executed, mostly thanks AliceClaire's own creative edge, and of course Kendall Poole Event Planning, Wendy Putt and Fresh Cut Catering & Floral, and Davaine Lighting for playing a huge part as well. But if we're being honest, it's not really the over-the-top "event" that I hope you notice in these photos, but the over-the-top kind of love these two have for one another. These two are so, so right together.


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I don't even know where to start. There is so much to share about our Labor Day weekend in Big Canoe, Georgia. I'm going to save the Jeep Trail Hike for another post and instead I'm going to skip right to the wedding. Or the moments leading up to it anyway…..
Neither Ryan nor Owen wanted to go down for a nap. And therefore, they didn't. Well, that is until about 30 minutes before we needed to get ready for the wedding and then they both crashed. And crashed hard.
If anyone has ever had to wake a sleeping child you know what you're in for. A crabby, whiny, crying, uncooperative mess of a kid. Or in our case, two of them. And to make it even better, one needed to be in a tux!
I'm not sure the last time you had to wear a tux, but there are a lot of pieces to it. Between the cuff links, button cover thingys, vest, tie, pants, shirt, jacket, socks, shoes…. Ugh! There was a lot of bribing and negotiating, some tears, a lot of sweat (from mommy) and Ryan even took a swing at daddy, but we did it. Both boys were dressed and looking presentable.
Actually, they were flat out handsome. All three of them.
Wouldn't you agree? And if you look closely at the picture you will see two of my bribes present in the photo. Two Ring Pops! Hey! Whatever keeps them smiling and cooperating. There is a time and a place for a bribe and this was definitely that time and place.
The wedding was beautiful. It was at The Chimneys in Big Canoe, GA and Kelly looked amazing. Seriously amazing. Her dress was absolutely beautiful and could not have been more perfect. It had simple lines and beautiful bead work across the waist. She looked stunning. This pictures isn't the best one to show it off, but you get the idea.
The weather was perfect. The views were amazing and the company was great. We had a wonderful time. The boys were on their best behavior all night. Even several hours after their bedtime they were still all smiles and full of manners and politeness. I love evenings like that with our boys. So much better than the battles we encountered while getting dressed for the wedding.
As a matter of fact, all of the kids were being really good. I didn't hear any crying or tears at all. Kelly had 4 flower girls and 2 ring bears. Are these girls not the cutest things you have ever seen? How precious!
Ryan flat out refused to take a picture with Auntie Kelly. And why? Well, his reason was that he didn't like her big dress. And the funny thing is that he absolutely did not! He kept looking at her dress out of the corner of his eyes and refused to get too close to her. He definitely kept his distance from her. He had no problem with Uncle Chase, but Auntie Kelly…. no way! Absolutely not.
Everyone looked stunning. Everyone was glowing. Especially the father of the bride (Jim's dad). I just couldn't help but smile when looking at him. He was glowing.
Actually, you can also see the bead work on Kelly's dress in that photo. Isn't it beautiful?! And here is another photo of the new couple with Jim and Janice.
Ryan and Owen had such a great time being all handsome. I just can't get enough of these two little stud muffins. Umm… I mean three. Three stud muffins. Daddy is included in there too! Aren't they all so handsome?!
There are many more photos to share from the wedding and I will. I promise. I even have a few video clips that are worth posting. But for now I'll leave you with one of The Yahres Family.
It's not often we get family photos and I cherish each one that we have. This one especially.


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These tiny little bows are really yummy. They are not very sweet. Thats why added icing on top. They are just right to go with a nice cup of coffee.
When you make them make sure to pack them in air tight containers or in bags to keep them fresh and crispy. You can keep them for about one week . If you like it more sweeter add some sugar in to the mix.
- 280g Plain flour
- 70g Corn Flour
- Pinch of salt
- 2 Tbsp. Sour cream
- 5 Egg Yolks
- 60g Butter
- 60ml Baileys Irish cream or fruit juice
- Add flours, butter, salt and mix well.
- While mixing add sour cream and egg yolks. Mix until all start combining.
- Next add the Irish cream and mix until a smooth dough ball forms.
- Divide the dough in to equal size pieces. Roll each dough piece in to a thin layer.
- Using a pasta cutter, or a knife cut in to strips.
- Then again cut across in to small rectangular shapes.
- Press ends to make a bow.
- Prepare and pack on a tray.
- Heat some oil in a pan or your deep fryer.
- When the oil is hot add a batch of bows in to it.
- Fry until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
- After sprinkle some icing sugar on top.
- Serve with a coffee.


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The Buccaneers set offensive franchise records in 2015, and they did that with mostly rookie and second-year options at the wide receiver position. The team's most promising speed option heading into the season was Kenny Bell, but his season was lost due to an injury. Outside of Bell, the Tampa Bay offense lacks juice in the receiving group and could look to add a dynamic weapon to Dirk Koetter's arsenal of weapons, and that player could be Ohio State wide receiver Braxton Miller.
Miller was a top recruit coming out of high school, earning offers from most of the major football programs including Florida, Alabama, Georgia, USC, and Notre Dame among others. The 6-foot-2, 210 quarterback won back-to-back Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year awards in 2012 and 2013, and looked destined for an NFL chance at the quarterback position.
Following a shoulder injury that cost him his 2014 season, Miller became a part of a logjam of quarterbacks on the Ohio State Buckeyes' roster, which included Cardale Jones and J.T. Barrett. After a shoulder surgery, Miller decided to stay with the Buckeyes and switch his position to receiver in order to keep his NFL dreams alive. He finished fourth on the squad with 26 catches for 341 yards and three touchdowns and added 260 yards and a touchdown on 42 carries.
As a receiver, Miller is raw in his technique and route-running, but he's a phenomenal athlete with game-changing ability with the ball in his hands. The Ohio State product has been the best athlete on the field for the North squad during Senior Bowl week, and he doesn't look out of place at all as a part of the receivers group. Miller catches the ball cleanly and shows promise with his route-running. He's also been working with the Dallas coaching staff as a kick and punt returner, which increases his overall value.
Miller's former coach Urban Meyer showered praise upon the superstar athlete regarding his transition to the wide receiver position.
"His ball skills are tremendous," said Meyer in an interview with NFL Media's Chase Goodbread. "I think it's the perfect position, and the scouts see it too, for Braxton to play in the NFL. "I think he'll kill it at the combine. He will run a sub-4.4 at the combine, and show he's a really competitive guy. He'll knock it out."
Back in September of 2015, former Cleveland Browns general manager and Reese's Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage also had great things to say about Miller's transition to the NFL as a receiver.
"After (Monday) night you can say he's at least a potential starter," Savage told CBS Sports. "I'm always hesitant talking about rounds. But I'd say probably a second- or third-round pick."
The Buccaneers could use some juice and speed on offense and on special teams. Wide receiver Kenny Bell will return for the Buccaneers in 2016 and should help on that front, but adding a dynamic play-maker like Miller would give Dirk Koetter a special weapon to utilize.
I want this Kid to be a Buccaneer…..so many wrinkles for Coach DK
He's raw in his route running, but being a former QB will help him develop faster than most.
Always liked this kid. Production at WR doesn't warrant a high Draft status but he would be an intriguing late round prospect.
With Monken on board this kid could become great. Also imagine some wild cat, some reverses, kick returns. He's more then a one trick pony, also perfect blend of size, speed for a receiver. Would add some juice.
Hines Ward type of player… Maybe not as tough, but smart and versatile.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|15 Mar 2011
|Filing date
|30 Oct 2007
|Priority date
|17 Jun 1998
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Marc Mehrzad Jalisi
|Original Assignee
|Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (81), Non-Patent Citations (22), Referenced by (4), Classifications (17), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This is a divisional application of application having Ser. No. 09/995,196, filed Nov. 26, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,679,853, which is a continuation of parent application having Ser. No. 09/098,443, filed Jun. 17, 1998, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,387,060, all of whose contents are hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to the field of intracorporeal medical devices such as guidewires for advancing intraluminal devices including stent delivery catheters, balloon dilatation catheters, atherectomy catheters and other intraluminal devices within a patient's body lumen.
Conventional guidewires for angioplasty, stent delivery, atherectomy and other vascular procedures usually comprise an elongated core member with one or more tapered sections near the distal end thereof and a flexible body such as a helical coil or a tubular body of polymeric material disposed about the distal portion of the core member. The flexible body may extend proximally to an intermediate portion of the guidewire. A shapeable member, which may be the distal extremity of the core member or a separate shaping ribbon which is secured to the distal extremity of the core member extends through the flexible body and is secured to the distal end of the flexible body by soldering, brazing or welding which forms a rounded distal tip. Torquing means are provided on the proximal end of the core member to rotate, and thereby steer, the guidewire while it is being advanced through a patient's vascular system.
Further details of guidewires, and devices associated therewith for various interventional procedures can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,748,986 (Morrison et al.); U.S. Pat. No. 4,538,622 (Samson et al.): U.S. Pat. No. 5,135,503 (Abrams); U.S. Pat. No. 5,341,818 (Abrams et al.); and U.S. Pat. No. 5,345,945 (Hodgson, et al.) which are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety by reference thereto.
In a typical coronary procedure using a guidewire, a guiding catheter having a preformed distal tip is percutaneously introduced into a patient's peripheral artery, e.g. femoral or brachial artery, by means of a conventional Seldinger technique and advanced and steered therein until the distal tip of the guiding catheter is seated in the ostium of a desired coronary artery.
There are two basic techniques for advancing a guidewire into the desired location within a patient's coronary anatomy through the in-place guiding catheter. The first is a preload technique which is used primarily for over-the-wire (OTW) catheters and the second is the bare wire technique which is used primarily for rail type catheters.
With the preload technique, a guidewire is positioned within an inner lumen of an OTW device such as a dilatation catheter or stent delivery catheter with the distal tip of the guidewire just proximal to the distal tip of the catheter and then both are advanced through the guiding catheter to the distal end thereof. The guidewire is first advanced out of the distal end of the guiding catheter into the patient's coronary vasculature until the distal end of the guidewire crosses the arterial location where the interventional procedure is to be performed, e.g. a lesion to be dilated or an arterial region where a stent is to be deployed. The catheter, which is slidably mounted onto the guidewire, is advanced out of the guiding catheter into the patient's coronary anatomy over the previously introduced guidewire until the operative portion of the intravascular device, e.g. the balloon of a dilatation or a stent delivery catheter, is properly positioned across the arterial location. Once the catheter is in position with the operative means located within the desired arterial location, the interventional procedure is performed. The catheter can then be removed from the patient over the guidewire. Usually, the guidewire is left in place for a period of time after the dilatation or stent delivery procedure is completed to ensure re-access to the distal arterial location if it is necessary. For example, in the event of arterial blockage due to dissected lining collapse, a rapid exchange type perfusion balloon catheter such as described and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,516,336 (McInnes et al), can be advanced over the in-place guidewire so that the balloon can be inflated to open up the arterial passageway and allow blood to perfuse through the distal section of the catheter to a distal location until the dissection is reattached to the arterial wall by natural healing.
With the bare wire technique, the guidewire is first advanced by itself through the guiding catheter until the distal tip of the guidewire extends beyond the arterial location where the procedure is to be performed. Then a rapid exchange type catheter, such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,061,273 (Yock) and the previously discussed McInnes et al. patent, which are incorporated herein by reference, is mounted onto the proximal portion of the guidewire which extends out of the proximal end of the guiding catheter and which is outside of the patient. The catheter is advanced over the guidewire, while the position of the guidewire is fixed, until the operative means on the rapid exchange type catheter is disposed within the arterial location where the procedure is to be performed. After the procedure the intravascular device may be withdrawn from the patient over the guidewire or the guidewire advanced further within the coronary anatomy for an additional procedure.
An important attribute for guidewires is having sufficient radiopacity to be visualized under a fluoroscope, allowing the surgeon to advance the guidewire to a desired intraluminal location, particularly the distal extremity of the guidewire. Unfortunately, the most suitable materials for guidewires, such as stainless steel and NiTi alloys, exhibit relatively low radiopacity. Accordingly, various strategies have been employed to overcome this deficiency. Portions of the guidewire, usually the shapeable distal tip, are typically made from or coated with highly radiopaque metals such as platinum, iridium, gold or alloys thereof. For example, a 3 to 30 cm platinum tip-coil is frequently soldered to the distal extremity of the guidewire. An obvious drawback of these prior art methods is the high expense and scarcity of highly radiopaque metals and the difficulty and expense of manufacturing products from these materials. The requirement of both a high degree of radiopacity, high strength and flexibility can present design problems.
Accordingly, there remains a need for guidewires having sufficient radiopacity to allow visualization under a fluoroscope without the extensive use of expensive radiopaque metals such as platinum, gold, iridium and the like.
The present invention is directed to an intracorporeal device such as a guidewire having an elongate core member with a proximal core section and a distal core section and a flexible body such as a helical coil formed of metallic wire which is disposed about and secured to at least a portion of the distal core section.
In accordance with the invention, the intracorporeal product has a body with multi-components, at least one highly radiopaque component and at least one high strength component having less radiopacity than the highly radiopaque component. The amount of the highly radiopaque component and the high strength component of the flexible body depends upon the radiopacity of each of the components. Generally, however, the highly radiopaque component should be at least about 10% but not be more than about 60%, preferably about 20% to about 40%, of the total transverse cross-section of the flexible body. The greater radiopacity the high strength component has, lessens the amount of the expensive highly radiopaque material which is needed.
The highly radiopaque material of the coil may be selected from the group of platinum, gold, iridium, highly radiopaque alloys thereof. The presently preferred highly radiopaque material is an alloy of 90% (wt) PI and 10% (wt.) Ir. The high strength material of the coil may be selected from the groups consisting of radiopaque materials such as tantalum, tungsten and silver and non-radiopaque materials such as stainless steel, NiTi alloys and Co—Cr—Mo alloys. Tantalum and alloys thereof are preferred because these materials have significant radiopacity in addition to being high strength and can more significantly reduce the amount of expensive radiopaque material which much be used for a particular degree of radiopacity. For example, a solid wire of 90% platinum-10% iridium will provide complete radiopacity, whereas, a wire of the same thickness with 70% tantalum core and 30% of a 90% Pt-10% Ir alloy cladding will provided the same degree of radiopacity but substantially improved mechanical properties. The use of non-radiopaque high strength metals will provide a fair radiopacity with adequate or improved mechanical properties depending upon the material used. A thickness of about 5 to about 10 micrometers of highly radiopaque material will usually provide complete radiopacity for intracorporeal use with conventional fluoroscopic observation.
The presently preferred form of the flexible body which is secured to the distal core section is a two component metallic wire member such as a helical coil. Other forms include a multi-wire braid formed of two-component metallic wires. In one presently preferred embodiment, the two-component wire is made of a highly radiopaque cladding and a relatively high strength material. In this way, the radiopaque material of the cladding can be chosen for its radiopaque properties and the core material can be chosen for strength properties that enhance the guidewire's performance. Alternatively, the core material may be highly radiopaque and the cladding may be formed of the high strength material.
The distal end of the helical coil may attached directly or indirectly to the distal end of the core member and it may also be secured to the core member at one or more proximal locations.
In order to increase the flexibility of the distal section of the guidewire, the core member of the guidewire may be formed in a conventional manner with a distal section having at least one tapered segment, wherein the elongate core member tapers distally to reduced transverse dimensions. If desired, the one or more distally tapered segments of the distal section of the elongate core member may be marked with radiopaque markers to indicate where a tapered segment begins or ends. In this way, a physician using the guidewire is able to identify the relative flexibility and stiffness of an area of interest on the guidewire using fluoroscopic imaging.
A second or proximal coil formed of helically shaped wire may be provided proximal to the radiopaque first coil which is formed of less radiopaque material. The wire forming the second coil may have a circular transverse cross-section or a substantially rectangular cross section. A coil of wire having a rectangular cross section provides increased stiffness and coil integrity as compared to wire with a round cross section of similar thickness, due to the increased cross sectional area. The proximal end of the second coil is attached to the distal section of the elongate core member by means of adhesive, solder and the like. The distal end of the second coil is preferably secured to the distal section of the core member by the same mass of solder or the like that secures the proximal end of the first, highly radiopaque coil to the core member.
The flexible body of the present invention has at least adequate radiopacity and strength while being substantially cheaper to make than similar structures with helical coils formed of precious metal such as platinum and gold. By appropriately choosing the materials, properties can be obtained which are better than conventional products, while significantly reducing costs.
These and other advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying exemplary drawings.
The core member 11 of the guidewire 10, as shown in
As shown in more detail in
Another alternative design is depicted in
Another alternative design is depicted in
The clad wire forming the distal coil may be formed in a variety of ways. The presently preferred manner is to prepare a tubular member of one of the components and a solid core (e.g. wire or rod) of the other component suitably sized so that the tubular member formed of one component can be co-drawn with the solid core of the other component to flow with the latter to form a strong bond. It is presently preferred to form the tubular member of the highly radiopaque material and the core member of the high strength material with a lesser radiopacity. Other means for forming the clad wire for the distal coil include plasma spraying one component onto a wire or rod of the other component. Physical vapor deposition may also be employed in a similar manner. Electroplating and other more conventional methods may be used to form the clad product.
Generally, the overall length of the guidewire may range from about 80 to about 320 cm, preferably about 160 to about 200 for coronary use. Typically, commercial guidewire products of the invention will come in standard lengths of 175, 190 and 300 cm. The distal section of the guidewire is about 1 to about 10 cm, preferably about 2 to about 5 cm in length, the intermediate section is about 15 to about 50, preferably about 25 to about 40 cm in length. The outer diameter of the guidewire may vary depending upon use, but typically is about 0.008 to about 0.035 inch (0.2-0.9 mm). The lengths and diameters of the tapers may likewise vary. The composite wire forming the proximal and distal coils will typically have a diameter of about 0.002 to about 0.006 inch (0.051-0.15 mm). A 0.002 inch diameter composite wire is typically used for forming a coil of about 0.010 to about 0.014 inch (0.25-0.36 mm) in diameter, a 0.0025 inch (0.063 mm) wire for a coil with an OD of 0.0014 inch and a wire of 0.0055 inch (0.14 mm) for larger OD coils. To the extent not otherwise described herein, the dimensions, constructions and materials of the guidewire may be conventional.
Although individual features of embodiments of the invention may be shown in some of the drawings and not in others, those skilled in the art will recognize that individual features of one embodiment of the invention can be combined with any or all the features of another embodiment. Various modification may be made to the invention without departing from the scope thereof.
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Marilyn Monroe's Former Doheny Drive Apartment BuildingMar 22nd, 2010 | By Lindsay | Category: Celebrity Homes
Another day, another Marilyn Monroe location. 🙂 Last month, fellow stalker and major Drew Barrymore aficionado Ashley, from The Drewseum website, tipped me off to The Marilyn Monroe Collection Blog which had just published a post about an apartment building where my girl had lived at two separate times during the 1950s and 1960s. Amazingly enough, for whatever reason, I had never heard of that particular apartment building in relation to Marilyn Monroe before and I immediately added the address to my list of must-see locations! So, while were out in Hollywood doing some Oscar Weekend stalking earlier this month, I finally dragged my fiancé right over to Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills to stalk Marilyn's former residence. YAY!
I was especially excited to stalk this particular former residence of Marilyn's because The Marilyn Monroe Collection Blog had posted a photograph of the actress which had been taken while she was parked in front of the building! So darn cool! As you can see in the photographs above, while there have definitely been some changes to the property since the picture of MM was taken – including the addition of garage doors and the removal of the vent-like structures above the carport area – the building is still very recognizable from the time when the actress lived there. Love it!
Marilyn first moved into the Doheny Drive apartment building, which had been constructed just one year prior, in 1953 and lived there for about a year before marrying baseball legend Joe DiMaggio on January 14, 1954. The actress, who was already wildly popular at the time thanks to starring roles in both Niagara and Gentleman Prefer Blonds, lived in Unit #3 of the building, a one bedroom, one bathroom dwelling which measured a scant 648 square feet! It is incredibly hard to imagine one of the world's most popular movie stars living in such tiny digs, but she must have liked the place because in April of 1961, after her divorce from playwright Arthur Miller was finalized, the actress left New York and once again leased the very same unit in the very same building. She stayed there until March of 1962, at which point she moved into the Brentwood area home she had purchased a few months prior, the same home in which she would sadly pass away on the night of August 4th, 1962 (or in the early morning hours of August 5th, 1962, depending on which report you believe). Marilyn's former apartment building is now a made up of individually owned condominium units.
According to my buddy E.J. over at The Movieland Directory, Marilyn's former building, the front entrance of which is pictured above, is no stranger to celebrity. Other stars who have lived on the premises include actor James Coburn, pinup girl Jeanne Carmen, French actress Bella Darvi, and actress Viola Mertz.
Big THANK YOU to Ashley from The Drewseum for tipping me off to this location! 🙂
Until next time, Happy Stalking! 🙂
Stalk It: Marilyn Monroe's former apartment building is located at 882 North Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills. The actress lived in unit #3.


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Jimmy Fallon loves keeping in touch with the sports world as his love for that portion of pop culture is seemingly never-ending. In his recent late night talk show, he had one of his favorite — and everyone's favorite for that matter — guests on to do a little dancing. That guest was Justin Timberlake
What does this have to do with sports? Well, have you ever wondered what touchdown celebrations through time look like? Fallon and JT have just the video for you.
Check out the hilarious duo take touchdown celebrations to a whole new level by strutting their stuff in front of a live audience — not caring what kind of fools they are making of themselves.
This has to be one of the best videos of made-up dance touchdowns of all-time. Timberlake obviously has a background of dancing when he was a member of a dancing, singer boy band and Fallon is just a funny guy who doesn't mind showing off his 'worm on a leash' dance move for all to see.
If these dance moves were real, the NFL would be far more exciting. Not to say the NFL isn't already exciting, but with dance moves like these in touchdown celebrations, we could avoid the awkward, terrible, rhythm-less touchdown dances that seem to plague the league. How about installing a Timberlake-Fallon celebration instruction course for players to take part it. Only the poor dancer could attend and guys who don't score touchdowns are allowed to go to just so they know how to handle an unlikely score.
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Bobby Robinson sat in a lawn chair in the Harlem record store he opened before R & B music got its name, speaking softly about days of old and of an uncertain future, his strong face barely betraying his 90 years of life.
Around him, family members and friends chatted about topics ranging from food to Barack Obama. One person sat in a chair reading a newspaper, another sat on a cooler drinking a can of beer with a straw, yet another ate a slice of pizza.
And in a span of roughly two hours, the store had only three customers, who browsed the selection of gospel, jazz and soul records, cassettes and CDs. Only one made a purchase.
With computerized music in full swing, Mr. Robinson's store, Bobby's Happy House, which he opened in 1946, is hardly about selling records, cassettes or CDs anymore. It has become a landmark of Harlem's black heritage and a place that residents of the neighborhood can call home.
"It's a positive place," said Josephine Bush, 55, who grew up with Mr. Robinson's daughter and often spends time at the shop. "It's just comfortable. You can come in and relax."Continue reading the main story
But because Mr. Robinson's store is no longer lucrative, it may succumb to Harlem's growing corporate landscape. This summer, the building that houses Bobby's was sold to a development partnership of the Kimco Realty Corporation and the Sigfeld Group. Mr. Robinson was asked to leave by the end of last month.
Some neighbors held a rally on his behalf, and then his lawyer helped arrange a deal last week that will let him stay until early next year and receive money from the new management group for his move. The new owners did not return several phone calls seeking an interview.
Even if Mr. Robinson finds a new location, however, the market rates for commercial space in Harlem, and throughout Manhattan, could make it difficult for the store to survive, said Denise Benjamin, Mr. Robinson's daughter, who now runs the store.
"I'm concerned that we may not be able to reopen anywhere," Ms. Benjamin said.
"And I'm really concerned about him because it's his life work," she said of her father.
Mr. Robinson came to Harlem and opened his store after serving in the Army in Hawaii. He was originally on 125th Street, at the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Nearly 20 years ago, he was forced around the corner and onto Frederick Douglass by the advent of a Kentucky Fried Chicken branch.
Even with that move, Mr. Robinson had the same landlord, a friend who Ms. Benjamin said gave him a good deal on rent. When that building owner died, his daughter took over and continued to charge Mr. Robinson a manageable rent.
Ms. Benjamin said they now pay $2,850 a month for about 1,200 square feet, which is the equivalent of $28.50 per square foot per year. Retail space in Harlem is generally going for $75 to $200 per square foot per year, according to separate estimates by Shimon Shkury, a managing partner at Massey Knakal Realty Services, and CB Richard Ellis, a brokerage firm.
Of course, Mr. Robinson could move out of Harlem, but that would be less than desirable. For one thing, Mr. Robinson is widely believed to be the first black business owner on 125th Street — a distinction that his new landlords agreed to note in a plaque at the site of his original storefront. He has also lived within walking distance of his store since it opened.
"Harlem is my home," he said. "It always sets me apart as the first colored man to ever own a store on 125th Street. That's my big thing."
Indeed, some people believe that Harlem without Bobby's would not be the same.
The store is a stop on Hush Tours, which takes people for a close look at the hip-hop culture in Harlem and the Bronx. Debra Harris, who owns the tour company, said the visit to Bobby's helps people gain a sense of the roots of hip-hop: Mr. Robinson produced records for several performers under his own labels.
"With that being gone, it's really, really going to hurt the community and the preservation of the roots of hip-hop," Ms. Harris said, "because he's like one of the last Mohicans up there."
For the moment, however, Mr. Robinson, who was dressed in a suit with a top hat and snakeskin shoes, seems to be proceeding with the unruffled demeanor of a man who has lived his life note by note.
"I've had a great life so far," he said.Continue reading the main story


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An Audio Visual Corpus for Emergent Leader Analysis
In this paper we discuss our experience designing and collecting a data corpus called ELEA (Emergent LEader Analysis), and describe the use of a light portable scenario to record small group meetings. The corpus was gathered with the aim of analyzing emergent leadership, as a social phenomenon that occurs in newly formed groups. For each group in the corpus, the participants performed the winter survival task. To date, the annotations of the corpus include personality, concepts related to leadership, and participants' performance in the survival task. In addition, several features have been extracted automatically from audio and video.
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As a result of certain actions being taken by the new U.S. government, I have stopped planning hikes and field trips to the U.S. for the foreseeable future. I am not directing this to the people of the U.S., to employees of DHS, CBP or other enforcement agencies, or least of all to the people of Washington and Oregon, the majority of whom have reasonably progressive and welcoming attitudes. But the exclusionary policies being pursued by the White House go against everything I believe; more pointedly, they are intended to exclude people of certain religious or ethnic backgrounds and from certain countries, some of whom are active members of Nature Vancouver and participants in our field trips. I'm not comfortable with having trips which they may not be able to go on because of who they are. Therefore, until these policies change, I will not do trips to the US and encourage others to do the same.
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Delta held its annual Easter egg hunt in the city park on Saturday. Kids aged 12 and younger raced across the park to find thousands of eggs and treats hidden in the grass. The hunt was over quickly as eggs were scooped up into Easter baskets.
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SAP Bids to Become "Facebook of Enterprise"
When enterprise employees connect, the businesslike LinkedIn is the obvious forum for social activity. In reality, however, Facebook is the most popular platform even though it is not really geared for business, which makes it vulnerable to a more effective competitor.
In an interview with ReadWriteWeb, SAP's vice president for cloud marketing postulates the intriguing idea that his company through the cloud could be the one to grab the enterprise social function. The strategy is based on two main factors.


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Economic, Environmental and International Trade Effects of the EU Directive on Energy Tax Harmonization
In October 2003, the European Union introduced a Directive which widens the scope of the EU's minimum taxation system from mineral oils to all energy products including coal, natural gas and electricity. It aims at reducing distortions that currently exist between Member States as well as between energy products. In addition, it increases previous minimum tax rates and thus the incentive to use energy more efficiently. The Directive will lead to changes in the energy tax schemes in a number of countries, in particular some southern Member Countries (Greece, Spain, Portugal) and most of the Eastern European EU candidate countries. In this paper, we analyze the effects of the EU energy tax harmonization with GTAP-E, a computable general equilibrium model. Particular focus is placed on the Eastern European countries which became new members of the EU in May 2004. We investigate the effects of the tax harmonization on overall economic growth and sectoral development. Special attention is paid to international trade in order to analyze if competitiveness concerns which have been forwarded in the context of energy taxation are valid. Furthermore, the effect on energy consumption and emissions and thus the contribution to the EU's climate change targets is analyzed.
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