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Alabama (i /lbm/) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland waterways. The state ranks 23rd in population with almost 4.6million residents in 2006.

From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern states, suffered economic hardship, in part because of continued dependence on agriculture. Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature until the 1960s, while urban interests and African Americans were under-represented. Following World War II, Alabama experienced growth as the economy of the state transitioned from agriculture to diversified interests in heavy manufacturing, mineral extraction, education, and technology. In addition, the establishment or expansion of multiple military installations, primarily those of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, added to state jobs.

Alabama is unofficially nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie". The state tree is the Longleaf Pine, the state flower is the Camellia. The capital of Alabama is Montgomery. The largest city by population is Birmingham. The largest city by total land area is Huntsville. The oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists.

The Alabama, a Muskogean-speaking tribe whose members lived just below the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers on the upper reaches of the Alabama River, served as the etymological source of the names of the river and state. In the Alabama language, the word for an Alabama person is Albaamo (or variously Albaama or Albamo in different dialects; the plural form "Alabama persons" is Albaamaha). The word Alabama is believed to have originated from the Choctaw language and was later adopted by the Alabama tribe as their name. The spelling of the word varies significantly between sources. The first usage appears in three accounts of the Hernando de Soto expedition of 1540 with Garcilasso de la Vega using Alibamo, while the Knight of Elvas and Rodrigo Ranjel wrote Alibamu and Limamu, respectively. As early as 1702, the tribe was known to the French as Alibamon with French maps identifying the river as Rivire des Alibamons. Other spellings of the appellation have included Alibamu, Alabamo, Albama, Alebamon, Alibama, Alibamou, Alabamu, and Allibamou.

Although the origin of Alabama could be discerned, sources disagree on its meaning. An 1842 article in the Jacksonville Republican originated the idea that the meaning was "Here We Rest." This notion was popularized in the 1850s through the writings of Alexander Beaufort Meek. Experts in the Muskogean languages have been unable to find any evidence to support such a translation. Scholars believe the word comes from the Choctaw alba (meaning "plants" or "weeds") and amo (meaning "to cut", "to trim", or "to gather"). The meaning may have been "clearers of the thicket" or "herb gatherers" which may refer to clearing of land for cultivation or to collecting medicinal plants.

Indigenous peoples of varying cultures lived in the area for thousands of years before European colonization. Trade with the Northeast via the Ohio River began during the Burial Mound Period (1000BCAD700) and continued until European contact. The agrarian Mississippian culture covered most of the state from 1000 to 1600 AD, with one of its major centers being at the Moundville Archaeological Site in Moundville, Alabama. Analysis of artifacts recovered from archaeological excavations at Moundville were the basis of scholars' formulating the characteristics of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (SECC). Contrary to popular belief, the SECC appears to have no direct links to Mesoamerican culture, but developed independently. The Ceremonial Complex represents a major component of the religion of the Mississippian peoples; it is one of the primary means by which their religion is understood.

Among the historical tribes of Native American people living in the area of present-day Alabama at the time of European contact were Iroquoian-speaking Cherokee, and Muskogean Alabama (Alibamu),Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Koasati, and Mobile.

The French founded the first European settlement in the present-day state at Mobile in 1702. Southern Alabama was French from 1702 to 1763, part of British West Florida from 1763 to 1780, and part of Spanish West Florida from 1780 to 1814.

Northern and central Alabama was part of British Georgia from 1763 to 1783 and part of the United States Mississippi Territory thereafter. Statehood was delayed by the territory's lack of a coastline; when Andrew Jackson captured Spanish Mobile in 1814, he claimed that area for the US and gained passage to the gulf. Alabama was the twenty-second state, admitted to the Union in 1819. Its constitution provided for universal suffrage for white men.

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The Hot List Most Reported Hotels

Below we provide the hotels with the most reports of bed bugs.

Regency Inn & Suites New York City, New York Regent Palace Hotel London England, United Kingdom Riu Playacar Playa del Carmen Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Deauville Beach Resort Miami Beach, Florida Vistana's Beach Club Jensen Beach, Florida Coqui Inn San Juan, Puerto Rico Woodward Hotel & Conf. Ctr. Austin, Texas Park Plaza Boston Hotel & Towers Boston, Massachusetts Cadillac Hotel Los Angeles, California Atlantica Hotel Suites Miami Beach, Florida Atlantic Terrace Motel Montauk, New York Dream Castle Hotel Marne-la-Valle le-de-France, France

This is an important note! Check That Room! Before You Book That Hotel

During the day bed bugs hide. They are nocturnal. If you get bit, you will most likely be bit on the upper body. The shoulders, neck or arms. A truly disturbing fact is that bed bugs can live up to one year without feeding. So left on their own through abandoned hotel suites, or summer homes, they will still be alive and well and ready to feed when they find an animal or human.

Bed bugs normally start infestations by someone bringing them home. A visitor who has luggage from a hotel are often culprits. They could have hidden in that luggage for a year and when Uncle Billy visits, you could have an infestation in your house almost immediately.

Give your vaccum a thorough cleaning, before and after. I oftentimes clean mine with disinfectant wipes. For your new mattress, I recommend getting a mattress case. In case of future infestations, you can throw that out.

Bedbugs (or bed bugs) are becoming an epidemic in hotel rooms throughout the United States. Larger cities, especially New York City are literally infested with them. Before staying in a hotel room for the night these days, it is best to spend five minutes and check the room for bedbugs. Some of the pictures of victims are downright gruesome. The bugs come in the night and bite along the thickest veins in your legs in the middle of the night where your slumber is at it's deepest level. Bedbugs are small black creatures, but you should be able to pick them out by following a few simple procedures. Here are some tips to and information on how to check for bed bugs around the hotel room. 1. Pick up the mattresses in the rooms and look under it. Check around the edges of the box springs. 2. Check under the box spring. 3. Look at the corners of the room. Oftentimes bedbugs are wedged in corners sleeping during the day. Also, spiders do catch them and this is where they generally have their webs. 4. This is the most important tip of all. Headboards in hotel rooms are easily removed. They are basically decorative. Lift up each headboard an lie it on the bed. Carefully inspect the hole where the headboard was lifted out of. Also, inspect all niches and corners of the headboard. Remember bedbugs are very small and dead bedbug husks sometimes can be hard to pick up. If you see any type of bug or husk of small bugs, you most likely have bedbugs in the room (or at least used to).

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photos by Clayton Hensley/Special to the News Sentinel The Saturn V rocket is one of the largest artifacts in the vast collection on display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

The butterfly house at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens brings visitors up close to butterflies, turtles and more.

One of the most amazing views of the Tennessee Valley lasts only a few seconds and it literally takes your breath away. Like a rocket shooting toward the heavens, the "Space Shot" at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center brings you a stunning look at the city of Huntsville, Ala., as it brushes against the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains.This is "Rocket City, U.S.A" a place where technology and innovation collide with history and nature to provide a getaway unlike any other in the South.

Monte Sano Mountain was Huntsville's original "high rise." Early in the 1800s, pioneers had created a vibrant community on the gently sloped ridge. Tourists followed later in the century and continue to do so in the 21st century. Monte Sano State Park provides ample opportunities to enjoy the views from the 1600-foot-high mountain, hit the trails on foot or on bike or relax on a cabin porch with a panoramic view of the valley below.

Another way to enjoy the wonders of Monte Sano is to visit Burritt on the Mountain. The center attraction here is the X-shaped mansion built in the 1930s by the somewhat eccentric Dr. William Henry Burritt. The home, which features many "green" innovations, was built with the idea of one day becoming a museum for the city of Huntsville. Today, you can tour the mansion, hike to a 75-foot-high concrete cross or stroll through the collection of log cabins and buildings where workers relay lessons about life on the mountain long before the mansion.

History remains alive and well down in the valley, too. There are three well preserved historic districts in Huntsville, including Twickenham, which was the city's first name. Here is a large collection of antebellum homes including the birthplace of "Rebel Raider" General John Hunt Morgan, who later died in Greeneville, Tenn. A few blocks away is the home of prominent lawyer and legislator James McClung, whose family helped develop the city of Knoxville.

Huntsville served as an early seat of state government. As you step inside the Alabama Constitution Village you may find it difficult to believe that just a few decades ago a parking lot covered the foundations of this historic district. Everything has been reconstructed to look just as it did in 1819 when Alabama became a state.

Guides like Karen Napier escort visitors through the homes of some of the movers and shakers of early Huntsville. Napier braves the sweltering Alabama heat as she is dressed in period costume and offers a detailed history of the site as well demonstrations of the tools of the time. She may even relay the origins of "sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite" or how an "ugly jug" helped protect children.

Across the street, the Early Works History Museum shifts the focus to children. This is a hands-on learning center filled with facts about Alabama and how its history has influenced the nation. Children are sure to push a few buttons here, but they'll be learning a lesson or two when they do.

Inside the city's old train depot the walls truly have a story to tell. Union forces occupied the city in 1862 and used the old depot to house more than 100 Confederate soldiers captured on a train. The graffiti the soldiers left behind remains one of the most popular features in the depot, which now houses the Alabama Transportation Museum. If you look closely you may see the signature of a J.W. Mitchell of Morristown, Tenn.

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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville Housing Authority officials say an initial pesticide treatment appears to have contained a bed bug outbreak at the Johnson Towers senior apartment building.

"We have been monitoring it and have noticed an improvement" in the 20 affected units, Housing Authority spokeswoman Wendy Reeves said Tuesday.

Those apartments will be sprayed again this week with Zenprox and a second chemical designed to make any remaining bed bugs sterile, Reeves said.

In the coming weeks, the entire eight-story building on Seminole Drive west of downtown will be treated. Reeves said Housing Authority officials are considering using heat treatments designed to kill bed bugs and their larvae.

A Canadian company, Heat Assault, says it has designed a system capable of eliminating bed bugs from apartment buildings as large as 20 stories. Special heaters placed in each apartment rapidly raise the temperature to between 120 and 140 degrees, killing most insects within half an hour.

"We're trying to gauge the effectiveness of that with other places that have used it," Reeves said.

Two residents on different floors of Johnson Towers reported seeing bed bugs in late January. A follow-up inspection uncovered the tiny pests in 20 of the 120 units.

While not known to transmit disease, bed bugs feed on the blood of humans. Their bites can cause an allergic reaction that sometimes leads to more serious skin infections such as impetigo, ecthyma and lymphanigitis.

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A South Louisiana family brought back some unwanted souvenirs from their trip to Alabama. They were covered in bite from bed bugs.

A Livingston Parish woman, her husband, and her young daughter all got bed bug bites while at a hotel in Dothan, Alabama.  They are now being treated for their bites. They do not believe any bed bugs made the trip home with them but they are currently treating their home as a precaution.

Bed bugs are small insects that feed on the blood of mammals and birds. Adult bed bugs are oval, wingless and rusty red colored, and have flat bodies, antennae and small eyes. They are visible to the naked eye, but often hide in cracks and crevices. When bed bugs feed, their bodies swell and become a brighter red. In homes, bed bugs feed primarily on the blood of humans, usually at night when people are sleeping.

Many people will get bed bugs from infested hotel rooms while traveling.  New York City has been dubbed the "bed bug capital of the world" because so many travelers move in and out of that city and some hotel rooms there are infested.   Travelers will frequently return home and unknowingly have bed bugs in their luggage.

A man known as "The Bug Doctor" from the Pest Cemetery website has a suggestion for people who live in warmer climates who hope to prevent bed bugs from entering their home after a trip. He suggests leaving your unpacked luggage inside your hot car before bringing your luggage inside.  Be sure to remove electronics first.   On a warm day, the temperature in your car can quickly rise to 120 degrees and that way for several hours. That heat is high enough to kill bed bugs. After leaving the luggage in your car for several hours, The Bug Doctor says it should then be safe to bring indoors.

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