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Brink: Bethesda releases four gameplay videos

PCGHX (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

On the last E3 Splash Damage announced Brink, a new First Person Shooter with innovative technology. Now four gameplay videos have been released.

• Brink in-game footage extravaganza, game delayed until Fall 2010 - El33tonline

Bethesda's Winter Wonderland

Sum Random Knowledge (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Last Saturday was the "Bethesda's Winter Wonderland" event with an ice sculpture carving, student concerts and even a visit from Santa Claus. I didn't get there in time to see if they used a chainsaw on the ice, but I enjoyed watching the sculpture putting on the finishing touches. It was in the shape of a giant snowflake. After that, they had five different schools singing carols...

Bethesda Marriott Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Serving the Community

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long-time locals can’t help but turn nostalgic upon the announcement that the Bethesda Marriott hotel is celebrating its 30 anniversary. As the first hotel in Montgomery County in 1979, the hotel has seen many changes over its lifetime. The Bethesda Marriott has done its part to help Montgomery County evolve from an out-of-the-way suburb into...

the bethesda eight!

gwadzilla (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

. the bethesda eight or is it the bethesda seven maybe tom or george clifford could clarify as I fear that I may spread an urban myth if I go any further no matter the truth the times have changed even if I was not there I have a feeling about what the times were about .

amazing murals graced the walls of Bethesda Chevy Chase High School

gwadzilla (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

robert elwell painted some of the mural pieces that decorated the halls of C Building at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School when I was a student there back in the early 80's although I have not taken the tour... I am aware that the building has been renovated within the last five years these old buildings with walls of asbestos were not fitting for these times the building that is Bethesda...

Chevy Chase West Residents want to be able to bike to Bethesda

TheWashCycle (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

From an article about speed cameras on Wisconsin Avenue. A north-south crosswalk across Bradley Boulevard west of Wisconsin Avenue at Strathmore Street is also unlikely, [Ken Hartman, the director of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center] said, because westbound motorists...

Parking Fuels Anger in Bethesda

DCmud - The Metro Urban Diary (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

LOT 31 , Bethesda's stalled mixed-use development, has come under fire again for its $89 million, 1,100-space parking garage. The structures are part of two developments at Woodmont and Bethesda Avenues, a joint project between Montgomery County, PN Hoffman and Stonebridge Associates approved in 2007 . In a joint press release this week, The Action Committee for Transit (ACT) and the...

Marriott Takes Fairfield Inn & Suites Brand International, Will Add Record 36 Hotels In Mexico, Tripling Presence There

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) today bolstered its international hotel development strategy in the Americas by signing an agreement with Pulso Hotelero of Mexico to develop 36 Fairfield Inns in Mexico, which will triple the company's lodging portfolio there. It represents Marriott's largest multi-unit development agreement ever.

Despite Early Uptake, Seasonal Flu Vaccination Rates are Similar to Last Year

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

BETHESDA, Md., December 9, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Seasonal flu vaccination rates among American adults have only slightly improved over last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak of the H1N1 virus. The findings are from a national survey of more than 5,000 adults conducted online between November 4-16, 2009 about...

RegeneRx Announces Final Clinical Results from Phase I Trial with RGN-352

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--REGENERX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (NYSE Amex:RGN) announced today that it has completed and analyzed the safety data from its double-blind, placebo controlled Phase I clinical trial evaluating the systemic administration of RGN-352. The trial included testing of a single escalating intravenous dose of the drug candidate on forty healthy volunteers in Phase IA...

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust prices $350 million IPO

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Pebblebrook Hotel Trust late Tuesday priced 17.5 million common shares at $20 a share, raising $350 million, in its initial public offering. Shares of the Bethesda, Md. real estate investment trust will begin trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. Proceeds of the offering will be used to invest in hotel properties in accordance with the company's investment...

Brink: Gameplay video

Xboxyde (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bethesda release this long gameplay video of Brink, far from the usual sunny environments and showing how the objectives based multiplayer mode works.

D.C. wholesaler, two buyers indicted in bay poaching case

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Washington fish wholesaler and two of its buyers have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Greenbelt for their alleged roles in the largest striped bass poaching case in Chesapeake Bay history. Ocean Pro Ltd., also known as Profish, and Timothy Lydon of Bethesda and Benjamin Clough of Grasonville have been charged in federal district court with purchasing illegally caught striped bass...

• District of Columbia Seafood Company, Two Employees Charged with Purchasing Illegally Harvested Striped Bass - News Unfiltered

Tiger Woods? Support Langston Golf Course in Washington, DC

AAEA Hollywood (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

... part of the city where many children come from low-income households. Last July, when Tiger was in Bethesda for the AT&T National, Greg McLaughlin, president of the Tiger Woods Foundation, announced plans for a golf and learning center in Washington, D.C. McLaughlin has stated that their key criteria are safety, proximity to public transportation, availability of land and cost. McLaughlin...

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Prices Initial Public Offering

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (the “Company”) today announced it has priced its initial public offering of 17,500,000 common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share, at $20 per share, for a total of $350 million of gross proceeds. The offering is expected to close on December 14, 2009. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up...