Posted by admin on 25/11/2009
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Aptos
The Castro family grave marker in Aptos. The Castro Family owned nearly a quarter of all the land in the county in the 1840s. They lent their name to Castroville.
Claus Spreckels was born in Germany, but emigrated to Hawaii and started [...]
Posted by admin on 24/11/2009
Aptos, California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aptos, California
— CDP —
Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of California
Coordinates: 36°58′53″N 121°54′27″W / 36.98139°N 121.9075°W / 36.98139; -121.9075
Country
United States
State
California
County
Santa Cruz
Area
- Total
7 sq mi (18.2 km2)
- Land
7 sq mi (18.2 km2)
– Water
0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
108 ft (33 m)
Population (2000)
- Total
9,396
- Density
1,342.3/sq mi (516.3/km2)
Time zone
PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)
PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes
95001, 95003
Area code(s)
831
FIPS code
06-02378
GNIS feature ID
1657939
Aptos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, [...]
Posted by admin on 14/11/2009
The Death of Marilyn Monroe
Was it Murder or Suicide
© Cyrus Dehkan
A shroud of mystery has surrounded the death of Marilyn Monroe. This article will review what’s currently known, enabling the reader to judge the matter for themselves.
On August 4th 1962 the world learned of Marilyn Monroe’s death. She was discovered by her housekeeper in her [...]
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RIP Marilyn Chambers (and a Brief History of Adult Entertainment)
by Kara Kovalchik -
During the 1960s and 70s, you didn’t have to scour through the fine print in the sports section of your daily newspaper to find adult entertainment venues; adult theaters had their locales and screening times listed on the same page as the Bijou [...]
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Marilyn Monroe arrived in New York on the evening of May 17, 1962 to prepare for what would be one of her most memorable major public appearances, but tragically, her last. She had left Hollywood against the wishes of studio executives while filming “Something’s Got to Give”, a film that was never completed, to perform [...]
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Basic Facts: Marilyn Monroe Profile
Marilyn Monroe Biography
Quotes from Marilyn Monroe
Books: Biographies of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe has attracted many interpretations. Here’s what a few people have had to say about Marilyn Monroe:
• From the eulogy by Lee Strasberg: She had a luminous quality — a combination of wistfulness, radiance, yearning, that set her apart and [...]
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Monroe, Marilyn (1926–1962), film actress.Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson in Los Angeles. She did not complete high school, marrying James Dougherty in 1942 and divorcing him in 1946. An army photographer discovered her working in an airplane factory during World War II, and she parlayed her photogenic face and figure into modeling assignments. [...]
Posted by admin on 30/10/2009
Civil defense siren
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Federal Signal Thunderbolt 1003 Civil Defense siren.
A civil defense siren (also referred to as an air raid siren, tornado siren, tsunami siren, or other outdoor warning siren and also rarely referred to as the doomsday siren) is a mechanical or electronic device (modern-day sirens are [...]
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trout gulch crossing
soquel & post office drive
smart girls
hot coffee
amazing pastry
my civil defense meeting point
if the shit hits the fan
you know where i will be
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Posted by admin on 29/10/2009
1926
1926 – She was born in 1926, Norma Jean Mortenson, the illegitimate daughter of a Gladys Baker. Marilyn’s mother worked as a film cutter at a Hollywood studio and had a history of mental illness. One particularly haunting shot in this documentary is a shot of Marilyn’s …She was born in 1926, Norma [...]