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July 14, 2016 A request to extend an existing awning six more inches over the city sidewalk in front of the former Marietta Ignition business spurred some discussion about the city code regulating signs and... more »»
Drilling anything but boring
July 14, 2016 Vibrations could be felt in the ground near Harmar Elementary School this week as a huge horizontal drilling rig continued burrowing into solid bedrock 60-70 feet beneath the Muskingum River. more »»
Simulator drives home its point
July 14, 2016 BELPRE — Residents got the chance Wednesday to see the dangers of texting and driving could pose with a virtual reality simulator set up at the Memorial Health System, Belpre Medical Campus. more »»
Wood Co. school board split on future bond topic
July 14, 2016 By Emily Cramer Special to the Times PARKERSBURG — At Tuesday night's Wood County Board of Education meeting, board members discussed the pros and cons of the different items for the proposed bond. more »»
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July 14, 2016 Howlin' in the Alley benefit Friday The third annual Howlin' in the Alley, a benefit concert to support The Humane Society of the Ohio Valley will be held at 8 p.m. more »»
Mural at Putnam and Third streets crumbling
July 13, 2016 Bricks are tumbling down on the corner of Third and Putnam streets as the mural beside the Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre is falling apart in the summer heat. Dan Stephan J. more »»
Washington County school administrators excited about jobs
July 13, 2016 As summer break continues for students, new principals in the county's school districts are preparing for their new positions. more »»
Interim Marietta College president's job isn't over
July 13, 2016 It's in with the new, but not quite out with the old as Marietta College Office of the President Tim Cooper — the previous interim president — stays on board to assist new Marietta College President... more »»
Sweet Corn Festival fun ahead
July 13, 2016 It's that time again to head to Muskingum Park to sink your teeth into the roasted sweet corn at the Marietta Sweet Corn Festival this weekend. more »»
Wood BOE gets initial Fenton site soil report
July 13, 2016 PARKERSBURG — Soil sample results presented Tuesday evening to the Wood County Board of Education keep the Fenton Art Glass property in Williamstown as a viable option for an elementary school site,... more »»
WOOD COUNTY Airport pays off debt; sees ability to ride out slumps
July 13, 2016 PARKERSBURG — It was the morning for numbers at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Authority meeting on Tuesday. more »»
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Legislators on Thursday unveiled a bicameral, bipartisan proposal to repeal and replace the sustainable growth rate formula, which determines Medicare payments for physicians. One expert called it "above and beyond" anything else he's ever seen.
Julius Hobson, senior policy advisor at Polsinelli, a law firm in Washington, worked as a lobbyist for the American Medical Association in 1997.
"I didn't like [the SGR] then, and I've been lobbying to fix it ever since," Hobson said. "Until this year, Congress has never made a serious attempt to repeal SGR."
Each year, Congress throws together last-minute, Band-Aid solutions to Medicare's payment problem, popularly known as "doc-fix" bills.
"This year for the first time, there was a clear determination to do something about this," Hobson said. "They started in January."
The proposal carries the support of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees.
"For years, Medicare payments to doctors have been at risk of being slashed, limiting seniors' access to high-quality care," said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. "Enough with the quick fixes. Our proposal is for a new physician-payment system that rewards value over volume. It will go a long way in improving the efficiency and quality of care for America's seniors."
It proposes a 10-year freeze of current payment levels, but physicians are able to get performance payments above the payment freeze. It also authorizes Health and Human Services to develop alternate payment models.
There is no Congressional Budget Office cost estimate — the proposal is currently in discussion draft and will be turned into a bill mid-November — but there are concerns with how Congress will fund the solution.
Chip Kahn, president of the Federation of American Hospitals, said he thinks the ideas are good, but that the ideas aren't what ultimately matters.
"The dark cloud that hangs over the legislation is the fiscal question," Kahn said. "How do you make it budget-neutral?"
Kahn said the hospitals have faced $95 billion in cuts since health reform passed, and worries Congress will "rob Peter to pay Paul" in the effort to solve Medicare's payment problem.
"My concern is that in order to achieve these laudable goals for physician payment reform, we may create a deeper fiscal cut for other providers," he said.
If the proposal doesn't gain traction, Congress would have to pass another short-term patch by the first of the year, or physician payments would be cut 24.4 percent.
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The cough has not changed in nature, only in frequency. He has no rib retraction or other difficulty. However, my father is a pulmonary physician and when I called my mom this morning she thought the cough sounded asthmatic over the phone. So I don't know.
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Eight time Oscar nominated actor Peter O'Toole - best known for his lead role in 1962's 'Lawrence of Arabia' - has died.
Peter O'Toole has died.
The legendary 'Lawrence of Arabia' star passed away aged 81 at a London Hospital yesterday (14.12.13) following a long illness.
The Irish-born actor got his big break when Sir David Lean cast him in the lead as adventurer T.E. Lawrence in his groundbreaking 1962 epic.
For his role he received the first of eight Oscar nominations for Best Actor, although he never won the award.
Peter's other Oscar nominations included his memorable roles in 'Becket', 'The Stunt Man' and 'Goodbye, Mr Chips'.
Peter was given an honourary Oscar in 2003 aged 70 for ''providing cinema history with some of its most memorable characters'' but had initially wanted to refuse it, writing to the Academy asking them to delay it until he was 80, and claiming he was ''still in the game and might win the bugger outright''.
His last nomination came a few years later for his role in 2006's 'Venus'.
Peter is survived by grown up daughters Kate and Patricia and a son, Lorcan.
In a statement, Kate said: ''His family are very appreciative and completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of real love and affection being expressed towards him, and to us, during this unhappy time. Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts.
''In due course there will be a memorial filled with song and good cheer, as he would have wished. We will be happy to speak to you all then but in the meantime if you could give Peter O'Toole the respect he deserves and allow us to grieve privately we'd appreciate it.
''Thank you all again for your beautiful tributes - keep them coming.''
Peter was considered one of Hollywood's hellraisers, and embraced hard drinking and partying in the 60s.
He said: ''Me, [Richard] Burton, Richard Harris; we did in public what everyone else did in private then, and does for show now. We drank in public, we knew about pot [marijuana].''
However, in the 70s Peter was diagnosed with pancreatitis and had to give up alcohol on the advice of doctors.
He retired from acting last year, saying: ''I bid the profession a dry-eyed and profoundly grateful farewell.''
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Sonu Nigam goes unrecognised as old street musician (Watch video)Mumbai, May 17 : Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam, who has been enthralling fans with his melodious voice for over two decades now, slipped into the garb of an aged street performer for a newly released web video. (Read:6 Pack Band Teams up With Hrithik ... India.com, 1 day ago
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A colossus, yes. But at the Jubilee and the Olympics the magic had all too obviously faded. Now a life-long fan sadly says... I revere you, Paul, but it's time to let it be
During the Sixties, I saw The Beatles play live several times. First at a riotous performance in Bedford, of all places, then at Finsbury Park and Hammersmith in London.
Even now, I remember those febrile nights as though they were yesterday. The jangling guitars, the screaming girls and, under the lights, the four young men who were at the very centre of the musical world.
As a musician in a band myself, I marvelled at their control, their force, their versatility and their sheer, colossal verve. Though the fans would have screamed if they'd played nothing more than a penny whistle and a zither, the fact was they were stunningly good musicians.
Sad: Christopher Wilson says as he watched Sir Paul McCartney at the finale of the Olympic opening ceremony, he felt as though an era was coming to a close
Downfall: Amid the glory and genius that was Danny Boyle's vision of Britain, a massive audience around the globe was privy to the fading legend that is Paul McCartney, says Christoper Wilson
Much of that was down to Paul McCartney, and since those heady days I've followed him through the highs and occasional lows of his career with unstinting admiration.
He was, and remains, a personal hero of mine. Anyone with a guitar in the early Sixties wanted to be him. By the early Seventies, anyone who had charted his career path had long since acknowledged his unique skill as a melody writer as well as a rock star.
Sometimes it has felt as though this musical giant would simply go on for ever, playing the scores of tunes which have for so long been the soundtrack to our lives.
But on Friday night, as I watched Macca bring down the curtain on the Olympic opening ceremony, something profound changed: along, I suspect, with millions of others, I suddenly felt as though an era was coming to a close.
To see a colossus laid low by his failing powers is the stuff of Greek tragedy — but doubly tragic is that it should happen in front of a worldwide audience.
Amid the glory and genius that was Danny Boyle's vision of Britain, a massive audience around the globe was privy to the fading legend that is Paul McCartney.
Yes, his millions of Beatles fans have never deserted him, and in the 40 years since the group disbanded he has doubled and redoubled his fan-base the world over.
He's a favourite of the Queen, a powerful supporter of the arts, a gifted composer across the broader music spectrum and a man driven daily by the need to scale even greater heights.
But the Olympic ceremony was a mountain-top too far for Macca. And for the second time in as many months, he demonstrated — albeit unintentionally — that his best days as an entertainer may well be over. The voice in particular, is increasingly creaky, struggling to hold a tune, never mind hold spellbound an entire stadium.
Legend: McCartney is a favourite of the Queen and a powerful supporter of the arts
Concern: Was the Olympic ceremony a mountain-top too far for Macca?
Fans likened his appearance to a veteran batsman coming out to the crease when he should have retired from the game and be at home tending his roses. Or a boxer trying to earn one last title before he is flattened for good.
Many and wide-ranging have been the expressions of disappointment about what should have been a barnstorming finish to the greatest show on earth.
Few of them were cruel — he is held in too much reverence by us all for that — but there was a general air of sadness, a feeling that this is not how we want to remember the man who wrote Yesterday and Eleanor Rigby.
Ironically, his performance started well. The fragment known as The End — the last lines of music The Beatles ever recorded together — spilled out into the Olympic Stadium with confidence and clarity. But what followed hardly bears recalling.
Hey Jude, though a personal favourite of Sir Paul's, has travelled less well than most of the hundreds of songs he's composed. There is — particularly around its final chorus — a certain naffness as dated as the fluffy dice in a Sixties' Ford Cortina.
It didn't help that technical hitches as he plunged into the song caused a loss of synch, so he appeared for a moment to be in competition with an echo of himself around the stadium.
Those of us who've admired him for so long could only look on in mortification — when he stages his own shows, as he still so often does, no such errors are ever allowed to creep in.
That glitch overcome, McCartney pressed on with Hey Jude, written for John Lennon's son, Julian, in 1968, leading it on its meandering way towards the chorus.
A view of a pre-show at the Olympic Stadium before the opening ceremony
Spectacular: The stadium was bathed in colour during the spectacular fireworks display
At this point, the 70-year-old star abandoned his keyboard and dived for centre-stage, where he vigorously encouraged the audience to sing along to the endless string of 'nah-nah-nah-nahs' which provide the song's coda.
By way of encouragement, McCartney invited first men, then women, to add their voices to his familiar lyrics, waving his arms around before his voice rose to a shrill shriek.
It was strangely unedifying stuff from this pillar of post-war British culture. And the reaction was waspish to say the least.
'Cringe-inducing,' one observer wrote on the internet. 'Only thing that dampened an amazing show,' said another. 'Time to Let It Be,' commented a disgruntled chap from Berkshire.
'Naively childish attempts to get the crowd to sing along,' wrote Dagmar, from Macca's native Liverpool.
Amber, from Mitcham, Surrey, seemed to sum up the general feeling of disillusion when she commented: 'I have been a fan for ever, but please do not do this again Paul. Sorry, your voice has gone. Enjoy yourself, enjoy time with your wife and grandchildren and spend your money. Do not worry about singing — please.'
Last month at the Queen's Jubilee Concert, McCartney was again on stage with another of his favourite anthems — Let It Be — and again his voice faltered and wavered, its weakness and loss of timbre sadly contrasting with the raucous bellows of Sir Tom Jones — at 72, two years older than McCartney but still with his musical powers fully intact.
Then, with the Queen once again in attendance, McCartney — though surrounded by excellent musicians and hugely accomplished himself on keyboard, bass and guitar — was finding it difficult to hit the notes convincingly.
It was the same again on Friday in the Olympic Stadium. All of this begs two questions: just how wise it was for the organisers to invite the revered Beatle? And how wise for him to accept?
This is no criticism of McCartney but rather an application of the same rigorous standards he has set himself over a lifetime devoted to music.
It is only because he has proved his genius time and again that we are dismayed when his standards fall.
(Though some enthusiastic words adorn his official website on the matter of his Olympic appearance, the video of his performance that night is curiously absent.)
A few days ago, the Mail reported how the increasing health problems of Sir Paul's contemporary, Keith Richards, may well soon dictate the demise of the Rolling Stones as we know them.
For McCartney to lose his majestic vocal power is an even greater tragedy, for him and for us.
We want to remember him as a hero, not a man with suspiciously deep brown hair and a voice that can no longer carry a tune with clarity and conviction.
For posterity's sake, maybe it is time for Sir Paul McCartney to hang up that famous Hofner violin bass, and join us in our remembrances of times past . . . when the going was good, and when he — and British music — ruled the world.
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But there's a cost, and sometimes that's energy, effort and ability. The Lakers found that out the hard way this season when a litany of injuries to their star players left them relying on a bench that was old and ineffective. In an interview with ESPN Brazil, transcribed by the LA Times, Kobe Bryant said the team needs to get younger.
"It's a big summer for us. We don't know what direction we're going yet but one thing I know about the Laker organization is that they're very committed to making sure that we have a team that's on the floor that's a competitive team to win a championship," said Bryant. "Which direction that's going to be, whether it's with Dwight or not? I don't know. We'll just have to see."
If Howard returns and with the addition of some youth, length and defensive ability on the perimeter, Bryant is confident the Lakers can compete next year.
"We need a couple of younger legs, long guys that can defend and can cover the floor on the perimeter," he said. "If we do that, I think we'll be all right."
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Usual Panera offerings, but service was a little unsure of offerings. We had to ask about what was ready/available several times. restaurant layout seemed a little constrained, hard to maneuver through the table layout.
Want a good sandwich and a bowl of soup? Then Panera is the place for you! Not only do they have good lunch, but they also have a breakfast quiche, yogurt & fruit cups, assorted pastries, coffee, and tea that will really wake up your taste buds in the morning! My fave time there is lunch. Service gets you through...
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I recently joined a yoga studio not far from my beautiful pink house. It seems to be the vibe these days. For the past six weeks, I had been doing yoga at home watching videos on youtube. I, however, felt there was something missing. So, I thought it over for a minute…attending a class with […]
I absolutely love this wonderful place. I feel so at home and peaceful when I am here. David and Shawna have been absolutely wonderful and kind. The only complaint I have is that I wish I could make it to a class or a massage session every day! I sure wish the best for Lotus and all the yogi's, for you have inspired this lady!!
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While the American Marines came out of the Dominican Republic in 1924 they are still interested in that country.
Some of the Marines stationed in Haiti, particularly the aviators, visit the sister Island-Republic, from time to time. Brigadier-General George Richards visited Santo Domingo in the fall of 1926; the Flagship Seattle was at Santo Domingo City February 14-16, 1927 and Colonel James C. Breckinridge, Fleet Marine Officer, reported that the Dominicans received them very hospitably; the Dawes Commission was down there in 1929 and Colonel Harold C. Reisinger dropped in on the Dominicans in the same year.
The Revolution of 1930 was settled without the presence of Marines and brought forward General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo who had been an officer of the Policia Nacional under the Marines. The Policia, after the withdrawal of the Marines, had been transformed into the Ejercito Nacional with General Trujillo at its head. He was elected President on May 16, 1930.
June of 1930 again found some Marines in the Republic, on the occasion of the visit of the U. S. S. Sacramento which after visiting Sanchez on Samana Bay dropped anchor at Santo Domingo City on June 24. First Lieutenant Shelton C. Zern commanded the Marines of the Sacramento. The Sacramento's Medical Officer was Lieutenant-Commander James W. Ellis, who had served with the Policia Nacional.
The Sacramento fired a national salute at 8:52 a. m. on June 24, with the Dominican Republican Ensign at the Main. At 8:57 a. m. a shore battery returned the salute, gun for gun, with the United States flag displayed. The ship moored at the Municipal Wharf at 9:18 a. m. The American Vice-Consul called followed by the Consul. They left together. Commander William W. Smith, the commanding officer, left ship to call on Charge d'Affaires John M. Cabot. Mr. Cabot promptly returned the call.
The following day Commander Smith called on President Rafael Estrella Urena. The President's Aide returned the compliment.
President-Elect Rafael Leonidas Trujillo gave a luncheon party at Hotel Fausto, in honor of the visiting Americans. General Trujillo insisted that Commander Smith sit at the head of the table while he, himself, sat on his left. On his left were Senor Vargas, Lieutenant Bennie Decker, Lieutenant Zern of the Marines, C. P. C. Eichel, a newspaper man, and Major Dominiche. On the right side of the table were Charge d'Affaires Cabot, Colonel Fiallo, Lieutenant Commander Ellis, Senor Galvan, Lieutenant Hanns and the General's Aide. General Trujillo said that he had a very warm spot in his heart for the Marines and the American people. Senor Galvan interpreted for him.
That evening Commander Smith and his officers gave a dinner on the forecastle of the Sacramento in honor of President-Elect Trujillo, Ministers of Interior and Foreign Affairs and others.
The baseball team of the Sacramento dropped a game to an All-Dominican Team. The Sacramento sailed on June 26.
Shortly after Trujillo was inaugurated as President the terrific hurricane of September, 1930, practically destroyed Santo Domingo City. The Brigade of Colonel Richard M. Cutts, from Haiti, sent assistance to Santo Domingo, the Marine aviators being among those who visited the stricken city on missions of relief.
Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams, on September 10, 1930, ordered Maj. Thomas E. Watson, of the Marines, who was on duty at Quantico, to duty as Naval Attache, American Legation, Santo Domingo City, his orders requiring him to report to the American Minister. "During your service as Naval Attache, you will regard the American Minister at Santo Domingo City as your superior officer and will, at all times, comply with such instructions as he may give you," ordered Secretary Adams.
Major Watson sailed from Hampton Roads aboard the U. S. S. Gilmer. He arrived at Port-au-Prince on September 12. The next morning Major Roy S. Geiger flew him to Santo Domingo City in a Ford transport plane. On February 25, 1931, Major Watson was detached from Quantico and Santo Domingo City made his permanent station. Major Watson was detached from this duty and sailed for the United States on the S. S. Coamo on July 28, 1931.
President Rafael L. Trujillo wrote the following letter dated October 30, 1930, to Major-General Commandant Ben H. Fuller:
"Now that Santo Domingo has been the victim of a devastating hurricane and that upon such a disastrous occasion the services of the United States Marine Corps were given with the greatest promptitude and efficiency, there come to my recollection the valuable services rendered by you to this country, when, during its Military Occupation by the forces of the United States, you occupied successively the office of Head of the Department of Interior and Police and the even higher one of Acting Military Governor, and I base upon your habitually favorable disposition towards our country the belief that your personal intervention was a principal part in the promptitude and efficiency with which the United States Marine Corps, which you now so ably command, served us on the above cited occasion.
"The good impression which you produced in serving our collective interests in the high offices which you filled during your stay in Santo Domingo in the service of the Military Government is naturally still lively amongst the Dominicans.
"I believe it to be opportune, distinguished General, to congratulate you upon your promotion to the command of the Marine Corps and with that purpose I have addressed you this letter; but I believe at the same time it is opportune to extend congratulations to that same Corps commanded by you, because it obtains by this fact the advantage of having a Chief profoundly imbued with military discipline and knowledge of human psychology, and very especially in that of the peoples of America intimately associated with the United States."
General Fuller's reply was as follows:
"It was with a feeling of great pleasure and satisfaction that I received your letter of congratulation, all the greater that it came from one who represents a country for which T have the warmest affection.
"I am much gratified at your praise of the services of the Marine Corps in the recent deplorable disaster, but while I would have been the first to act had I still been in Haiti, the credit for promptitude belongs to Colonel Cutts.
"I hope that some day I shall have an opportunity to visit your country again and renew the many delightful associations which remain fresh in my memory.
"With assurances of my highest consideration, Mr. President, I remain."
Brigadier-General Rufus H. Lane and Major Edward A. Ostermann visited Santo Domingo in March of 1931. They had proceeded to Haiti for the purpose of inspecting the Marines. General Lane served in the Dominican Republic from July, 1916. to February. 1920. He had filled the high offices of Secretary for Foreign Relations and for Justice and Education. On March 14 two planes flew from Port-au-Prince to Santo Domingo City piloted by Joe Ed Davis and "Tex" Rogers. General Lane was a passenger in the first and Major Ostcrmann in the second. On arrival they were met by Major "Tommie" Watson, the Naval Attache. They called on American Minister C. B. Curtis and then on President Rafael L. Truiillo. Senor Julio Ortega y Frier, a friend of General Lane and former Superintendent of Schools under him. accompanied them on the latter visit.
Major and Mrs. Watson were hosts to the visiting Marines for luncheon.
That night President Trujillo gave a dinner and dance at the Country Club in honor of General Lane and Major Ostermann. There were about fifty guests present including President Trujillo and his lady, the American Minister, Archbishop Noel who is a former president, Major and Mrs. Watson, and many others. The band of the Ejercito Nacional played during the dinner while a civilian orchestra jazzed music for the dance.
The General and the Major slept at Hotel Palacio, and left by plane for Port-au-Prince at 11 o'clock the following morning, after breakfast at the Hotel.
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A woman who kidnapped a newborn baby from Middlemore Hospital to hide her own miscarriage has avoided a jail sentence.
Neha Narayan, 25, pleaded guilty to kidnapping the day-old infant last month and this morning in the High Court at Auckland was sentenced to 200 hours community work and two years of intensive supervision, which will include a range of psychological and psychiatric treatments.
Narayan had a miscarriage six months before the incident on January 4 but pretended she was still pregnant, buying baby clothes and toys before asking her then partner to take her to the hospital because she was "overdue".
When she took the newborn out of the hospital and into the car park, her partner was there to pick her up genuinely thinking he was the father.
The baby was out of the hospital for only minutes before Narayan was tracked down by members of the infant's family, but it had traumatic effects on the mother.
Reading from her victim impact statement, Crown prosecutor Mark Williams told the court she was horrified when she found out she had been tricked by the offender.
"It was the worst feeling I can imagine," she said.
"When I returned home I was scared someone would take my baby. I didn't even trust the community midwife."
Narayan was originally charged with abduction after she took the baby from the maternity ward but it was later upgraded to kidnapping.
Defence counsel Ron Mansfield accepted charges of that nature usually resulted in imprisonment but said his client was "a very unwell young woman".
Narayan had nearly half a dozen psychological and psychiatric reports on her file which Justice Peter Woodhouse said highlighted her "complex mental health issues".
The 25-year-old had no previous convictions and the judge accepted the abduction was not done for financial gain or with any sense of evil intent, as was often the case.
As conditions of Narayan's intensive supervision, Justice Woodhouse directed her to several programmes, including a drug and alcohol assessment.
He accepted there was a low risk of Narayan reoffending but banned her from employment or voluntary work that gave her unsupervised access to babies or young children.
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With its round top and scrolling base, this table is a beautiful setting for mealtime gatherings. A pedestal design maximizes legroom, making it ideal for smaller dining spaces. Its distressed finish imparts the look of an antique, adding to its rustic beauty. HOW IT'S CONSTRUCTED Built of solid pine, particle board, and pine veneers. Handcrafted with a kiln-dried wood frame. Finished by hand using our exclusive layering technique for exceptional depth of color, in Tuscan Chesnut.
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Reclaimed pine and forged iron create an engaging mix of textures and hues in this collection. The handcrafted dining table has an antique finish and is detailed with rivets and an X stretcher for a simple, rustic look that lets it work easily with other decor. HOW IT'S CONSTRUCTED Made of reclaimed pine top and an iron base. Hand distressed antique brushed black finish on all sides. KEY PRODUCT POINTS Adjustable levelers to add stability on uneven floors. Simple assembly required. Imported.
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Reminiscent of mid-19th-century English pine furniture, our Sumner Pedestal Table is great for entertaining. It maximizes legroom while putting every guest within easy conversation range. Our set's Napoleon® Chairs are crafted by skilled artisans using centuries-old finishing techniques, and feature a natural rush seat. Dining Table: 48" diam, 30" h; extends to 72" l (seats 4-6) Napoleon® Side Chair (6): 20.5" w x 20" d x 37" h Dining table is handcrafted with a kiln-dried wood frame. Finish is weathered and distressed to reveal its grain pattern and detailed with saw marks and cutouts for a vintage look. A 24" drop-in leaf transforms the table from a circle to an oval, comfortably seating six people. Chairs are expertly crafted from solid hardwood with a curved backrest and a woven rush seat. Set includes one extending dining table and six side chairs. Side chair is sized for use with our small PB Classic Dining Cushion; armchair is sized for use with our medium PB Classic Dining Cushion. Wood swatches, below, are available for $25 each. We will provide a merchandise refund for wood swatches if they're returned within 30 days. View our Furniture Brochure. For successful delivery: Furniture Delivery Video. Dimensions & Care Features Rustic Pine option is crafted of solid pine and hemlock; Rustic Mahogany option is crafted of solid poplar and hemlock. Beautifully built from solid K5836 hardwood and finished with a natural rush seat that's woven onto the frame. Stained and antiqued by hand using an exclusive multistep process that results in exceptional depth of color, then sealed with a protective lacquer. Black and Antique White finishes are painted by hand, then edge distressed to allow hints of the undercoat to show through the top coat. Details Overall without leaf: 48" diameter, 30" high Overall with leaf: 72" long x 48" wide x 30" high Extension Leaf (1): 24" wide x 48" deep x 3.5" thick Top: 1.5" thick Apron: 2" high Clearance under table: 27" Distance between legs: 34" Weight: 134 pounds Overall: 20.5" wide x 20" deep x 37" high Seat: 16" wide (front), 14" wide (back) x 17.5" deep Backrest: 20" high Seat height from floor: 17.5" high Distance Between Legs: 14.5", 11.5" Weight Capacity: 300 pounds Weight: 13 pounds Care View complete Care & Cleaning Instructions. Shipping & Return Info View our General Shipping Oversized Items Upholstered Furniture View Return Policy At Pottery Barn, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction is our priority. We carefully inspect your order prior to shipment. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement. If, within 7 days for Quick Ship upholstery and 30 days for all other products, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. Mattresses are final sale and may not be returned or exchanged. We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, made to order items, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. We also cannot accept returns of final-sale items which are identified by a price which ends in .99. For returns of items purchased from your Pottery Barn registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later. You may return merchandise through the mail for a refund or replacement. For detailed procedures for returning items through the mail, please contact Customer Service at 1.888.779.5176, 7 days a week, 5:00am - 9:00pm (PT).
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Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.3/10
265 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
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Welcome to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta
With an outdoor pool, flat-panel TVs, plush bedding, indoor parking and easy access to mass transit, find comfort and convenience at the newly renovated non-smoking Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
Hotel Features
Opened in 1967, the hotel underwent a multi-million dollar renovation, retaining the hotel's signature 22-story atrium lobby and iconic blue dome. The hotel's 1,260 non-smoking rooms include plush Hyatt Grand Beds, Wi-Fi (for an additional fee), large mobile workstations, flat-panel TVs with premium channels and pay movies and audio/video checkout. The bathrooms feature granite countertops and designer toiletries. The restaurant and lounge, designed by world-renowned architect Cass Calder Smith, serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, and the lobby bar highlights flat-panel TVs, cushy seating and beers on tap. The hotel also features a heated outdoor pool, a business center, a gift shop, a 24-hour to-go market and a 24-hour fitness center. Valet parking is available for a fee.
Hotel Location
The Hyatt is in downtown Atlanta and is accessible to the Peachtree Center Mall via an indoor skywalk, which translates to top shopping and quick transport to/from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (10 miles south) via the MARTA subway stop. Next door, AmericasMart is home to the Atlanta Convention Center, and Centennial Olympic Park is a short three-block stroll west.
Guest Favorites
Priceline guests say the "modern and clean" Hyatt Regency Atlanta provides "newly renovated and very well done" rooms in a downtown location that offers "ease of public transportation" managed by a "well-trained and happy" staff.
Hyatt Regency Atlanta Amenities
- Accessible facilities
- Accessible parking
- Accessible room
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- Alarm clock
- AM/FM radio
- ATM/Cash machine
- Bell staff/porter
- Breakfast served in restaurant
- Buffet breakfast
- Business center
- Cable television
- Catering services
- Check-in kiosk
- Children welcome
- CNN available
- Cocktail lounge
- Coffee shop
- Color television
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Concierge desk
- Connecting rooms
- Continental breakfast
- Currency exchange
- Desk with electrical outlet
- Dinner served in restaurant
- Direct dial telephone
- Dry cleaning
- Early check-in
- Efolio available to company
- Executive floor
- Exhibition/convention floor
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fire safety compliant
- Fitness center on-site
- Free toll free calls
- Front desk
- Full american breakfast
- Full service housekeeping
- Gift/News stand
- Hairdryer
- Handicap rooms
- Heated guest rooms
- High speed internet access fee
- High speed internet connection
- Housekeeping - daily
- Individual Efolio available
- Indoor parking
- Interior corridors
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Late check-out available
- Laundry/Valet service
- Lobby coffee service
- Lounges/bars
- Lunch served in restaurant
- Meeting rooms
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-site business center
- On-site business center is staffed
- On-Site parking
- Outdoor pool
- Parking
- Photocopy center
- Pool
- Private bath or shower
- Public address system
- Public area air conditioned
- Remote control television
- Room service
- Room service - limited hours
- Safe deposit box
- Secured parking
- Security
- Storage space
- Sundry/Convenience store
- Technical concierge
- Telephone
- Telephone jack adaptor available
- Train access
- Transportation
- Transportation services - local office
- Turndown service
- Valet cleaning
- Valet parking
- Valet same day dry cleaning
- Video review billing
- Voice mail
- Wakeup service
- Wireless connectivity
- Wireless internet connection
- Wireless internet connection in public areas
Hotel Information
Upon check-in photo identification and credit card is required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.Please note that extra beds are only available for rooms containing a single bed. Rooms with 2 or more beds cannot accommodate extra beds. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Hyatt Regency AtlantaOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
Sort by: All Travelers | Business Traveler(29) | Solo Traveler(24) | Traveling as Couple(62) | Family with Young Children(26) | Family with Teens(12) | Group Traveler(25)
Laura from Eatonton, GA
July 22, 2016
Solo Traveler
July 22, 2016
Solo Traveler
Incompetent valet service lost my keys and kept calling me to bring them down. Tossed items in the car around looking for the keys. Horrible experience. Will never stay there again. EVER.
Verified Hotel Guest from Lexington, KY
June 6, 2016
Solo Traveler
June 6, 2016
Solo Traveler
The room was excellent,very modern& clean. However the outside staff at entrance allowing people to just loiter and hang out in the front was awful. For that I probably will not return to that location. There needs to be rules and protocols for loitering.
There was a concern about the outside hotel staff allowing people to loiter around and it appeared almost unsafe. I initially went to the wrong Hyatt over by the Ritz Carlton and the outside hotel experience was more structured and no loitering.
Wondu from Las Vegas, NV
May 13, 2016
Solo Traveler
May 13, 2016
Solo Traveler
Bell desk ppl inside and outside rude!
Jessica from Rancho Cucamonga, CA
May 10, 2016
Solo Traveler
May 10, 2016
Solo Traveler
Easy Check In/Out. Room was close. Very clean hotel. Wish I had an opportunity to stay longer.
Parking garage was full when I arrived so had to park off site. Was a little nervous about the safety and condition of my vehicle when I picked it up the next day.
Verified Hotel Guest from Tacoma, WA
May 8, 2016
Solo Traveler
May 8, 2016
Solo Traveler
The location was great! The staff was available to answer any question. The valet outside was EXCELLENT! They were very friendly.
Verified Hotel Guest from Laurel, MD
March 27, 2016
Solo Traveler
March 27, 2016
Solo Traveler
Location and staff
The bathroom could have been cleaned better
Ingrid from Bayside, NY
December 5, 2015
Solo Traveler
December 5, 2015
Solo Traveler
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Richard from West Orange, NJ
November 5, 2015
Solo Traveler
November 5, 2015
Solo Traveler
Good location
Bathroom a lip it smaller than I expected.
Adam from Ranson, WV
September 29, 2015
Solo Traveler
September 29, 2015
Solo Traveler
Bars and restaurants in the lobby. Atrium was amazing.
Monique from Gainesville, FL
September 22, 2015
Solo Traveler
September 22, 2015
Solo Traveler
The parting gift with snacks was a great suppose ! I truly appreciated it since I had a 5 hour drive back and the free wi-fi was fantastic !
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MMAWeekly Radio returns for Tuesday's edition of the big show with UFC 152 co-headliner Joseph Benavidez as well as all new debate topics.
Joseph Benavidez will fight Demetrious Johnson at UFC 152 for the first ever UFC flyweight championship, and today he'll talk about the match-up as well as a ton of other topics.
The debate heats up on today's show as well with the following topics being covered:
- Jon Jones tweets out he's not fighting at UFC 151 because of 'the old man and his knee' and also says he's not fighting to be loved. Does Jones have a point in both messages?
- Jose Aldo suffers minor injuries in a motorcycle crash but will fight at UFC 153. Should the UFC have provisions in contracts to avoid these types of situations?
- Rate your interest level in the heavyweight bout between Daniel Cormier and Frank Mir?
- ONE FC has gone back to the PRIDE style rules for soccer kicks after controversial endings at their last show. Good move or bad move?
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Major League Baseball Suspends Kirk Gibson, Esmerling Vazquez for Beaning
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The Arizona Diamondbacks will have no skipper when they face off against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight.
Manager Kirk Gibson was suspended for one game by Major League Baseball for Esmerling Vazquez' plunking of Washington Nationals player Danny Espinosa during the eighth inning of Sunday's game.
The hit was retaliation for Nationals starter Jason Marquis plunking Justin Upton in the sixth.
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Marquis faces the prospect of a five-game suspension, which he's appealing. Vazquez was given three days, which he's also appealing.
Nationals manager Jim Riggleman also received a one-game suspension, starting tonight against the defending champion San Francisco Giants.
Major League Baseball has been sensitive about beanings over the last few years, issuing warnings against pitchers whenever they feel a hit-by-pitch was deliberate. They warned both benches during the fifth inning Friday not to engage in any more shenanigans, which the teams disregarded.
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Sun unleashes massive solar flare SEVEN times the size of the Earth - and is so strong it's delayed an ISS rocket delivery
- The stunning flare peaked at 6:32pm GMT yesterday and follows on the heels of a mid-level flare earlier in the day
- Both flares came from one of the largest sunspot groups seen on our star's surface in over a decade
- Orbital Sciences was hoping to launch a significant cargo delivery flight to the ISS today, but cancelled the launch
- It was concerned about the rocket's electronic systems would be weakened under the harsh radiation environment
The sun has unleashed a massive solar flare seven times the size of Earth from one of the largest sunspots seen on the star's surface.
The stunning flare, the first major one of the year, peaked at 6:32pm GMT yesterday and follows on the heels of a mid-level flare earlier in the day.
Each flare came from a different area of a large sunspot
group which Nasa believes is the biggest seen on the sun in nearly a decade.
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A false-colour composite image from a blast of activity originating from an active sunspot region at the centre of the sun's disk. The sun erupted with a powerful X1.2-class solar flare on January 7, disrupting radio traffic and sending a blast of electrically charged particles our way
Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Their energy travels at the speed of light to reach Earth in just eight minutes.
At Earth, a part of the atmosphere called the ionosphere absorbs it.
Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground.
However, when intense enough, flares can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.
This picture combines two images from Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured in January. Together, the images show the location of a giant sunspot group on the sun, and the position of an X-class flare that erupted
Solar flares can temporarily alter the upper atmosphere creating disruptions with signal transmission from, for example, a GPS satellite to Earth.
Another phenomenon produced by the sun could be even more disruptive. Known as a coronal mass ejection or CME these solar explosions propel bursts of particles into Earth's atmosphere.
Those fluctuations could induce electric fluctuations at ground level that could blow out transformers in power grids. A CME's particles can also collide with crucial electronics onboard a satellite and disrupt its systems.
This disrupts the radio signals for as long as the flare is on-going, anywhere from minutes to hours.
The latest flare already delayed the launch of a private cargo ship to the International Space Station which was due to lift off today.
Commercial spaceflight company Orbital Sciences was hoping to launch a significant cargo delivery flight to the space station with its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft.
The decision was made as the Antares rocket was awaiting launch at its pad at Nasa's Wallops Flight Facility.
'Early this morning the Antares launch team decided to scrub today's launch attempt due to an unusually high level of space radiation that exceeded by a considerable margin the constraints imposed on the mission to ensure the rocket's electronic systems are not impacted by a harsh radiation environment,' Orbital Sciences said in a statement today.
The latest flare is classified as an X1.2-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
It is not thought to pose a threat to the six astronauts and
cosmonauts living on board the International Space Station, Nasa has confirmed.
Forecasters, however, are anticipating strong geomagnetic storm conditions to occur on January 9 and 10.
This labeled image taken by SDO's Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager shows the location of two active regions on the sun, labeled AR1944 and AR1943, which straddle a giant sunspot complex. A January 7, 2014, X1.2-class flare emanated from an area closer to AR1943
The forecast is for a 'fairly direct' interaction with Earth, anticipated to arrive in around midday in the UK. The storm may disrupt some GPS satellites in its path.
'The solar flux activity that occurred late yesterday afternoon resulted in an increasing level of radiation beyond what the Antares engineering team monitored earlier in the day,' Nasa officials added.
The sun is currently in an active phase of its 11-year solar weather cycle. The current cycle, known as Solar Cycle 24, began in 2008.
In November, the sun fired off a similarly huge solar flare causing a wide-area blackout of high frequency signal.
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