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A Scottsdale, AZBoard Certified physician specializing in Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Stuart C. Kozinn MD, is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2013 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Scottsdale's Orthopaedic Surgery specialist Dr. Stuart C. Kozinn MD for inclusion in its highly selective list of Regional Top Doctors this year. (Photo:...
A Minneapolis, MN Board Certified physician specializing in Surgery, Dr. Richard Zera, is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2013. MINNEAPOLIS, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Minneapolis's Surgery specialist Dr. Richard Zera for inclusion in its highly selective list of Regional Top Doctors this year. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130513/DC12716) Castle Connolly...
A Grand Junction, CO Board Certified physician specializing in Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Leonard Lapkin, is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2013. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Grand Junction's Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery specialist Dr. Leonard Lapkin for inclusion in its highly selective list of Regional Top Doctors this year. (Photo:...
Annual "Be a fan" program raises money for Special Olympics from Maine to Florida. CHERRY HILL, N.J. and PORTLAND, Maine, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank(®) ("TD"), will be joined by TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD) to support Special Olympics through its annual "Be a fan(®)" program, beginning May 13, 2013. The "Be a fan" program encourages TD customers and employees to raise funds for their local Special Olympics programs. Last...
DENVER, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After 60 years of industrial hemp growing dormancy in America, hemp grower, Ryan Loflin is set to revitalize commercial-scale hemp growing today in Springfield, Colorado. The historical event will be filmed with Hemp, Inc. (OTC: HEMP), the leader in the industrial hemp industry, serving as one of the Executive Producers. The documentary entitled, "Hemp in America: The Revolution and Hemp Canada: Seeds of Growth," is planned as a two-part film...
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) MONDAY, MAY 13: HONORING ELDERS Profile America -- Monday, May 13th(. )As Americans live longer, the problems of financing their retirement and paying their medical bills continue to make headlines. But the growing number of healthy seniors also means opportunities. Both the problems and...
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SUNDAY MAY 12: WHAT GOES AROUND Profile America -- Sunday, May 12th.( )It seems like a simple device, really -- that a row of numbers on the speedometer that measures how far your car has traveled since it was new, or how many miles you've covered on a trip. Called an odometer, it was used...
Diet Doc has recently improved their prescription-only hCG diet plans, capable of shedding much needed pounds from overweight teens, improving self-esteem and long term health in the process. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 With two of every three Americans clinically overweight, this twenty-first century plague has reached monumental proportions, rendering America one of the least healthy countries in the modern world. Behind cigarette smoking, obesity and its related complications is...
These notes have become the classics for any banknote collector, with each denomination being a mainstay of everyone’s collection, although very seldom in the grade quality of these four $5 examples. Always desired, the $5 Silver Certificate version was formally named as one of the 100 Greatest American Currency Notes by David M. Sundman & Q. David Bowers in their 2005 book by the same name. (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 Four sequentially numbered 1896 $5 “Educational” Notes, previously...
A Poughkeepsie, NY Board Certified physician specializing in Internal Medicine, Dr. Kavita Aggarwal, is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2013. POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Poughkeepsie's Internal Medicine specialist Dr. Kavita Aggarwal for inclusion in its highly selective list of Regional Top Doctors this year. (Photo:...
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Ronald Ellwin Evans, Jr. was an astronaut that worked with NASA on the Apollo missions and served as a Captain in the United States Navy. Evans is one of the twenty-four astronauts to fly to the moon. . Evans was born on November 10, 1933 in St. Francis, Kansas. He graduated from Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas. Boy Scouts of America played a huge role in Evans youth as he attained the highest level of Life Scout. Evans then went on to study at the University of Kansas...
The Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) is a large species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southeastern Texas to northernmost Costa Rica. In Central America, this species occurs in the Pacific lowlands from Chiapas, Mexico to northern Nicaragua. It occurs solely as a separate population in Costa Rica. Its habitat is dry and moist forests, especially where interspersed with scrub and savanna....
The Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) is a species of grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is a forest-dwelling bird, with a breeding habitat along the edges of conifer and mixed forests in western North America, from southeastern Alaska and Yukon south to New Mexico. Its range is closely associated with that of various conifers. It is a permanent resident within its range, but will often move short distances by foot or by wing to denser forest habitat in the colder...
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is a medium-sized species of sea duck. Its breeding habitat is wooded lakes and ponds in northwestern North America, but also in scattered locations in eastern Canada and Iceland. In Iceland it is commonly known as husond (house-duck). It is a migratory bird and will winter in protected coastal waters or open inland waters. It rarely migrates as far away as Europe and southern North America. Barrow’s Goldeneye is named after Sir John Barrow. The...
Staphylococcus aureus is a facultative anaerobic gram-positive coccus, and is the most common cause of staph infections. It is commonly part of the skin flora found in the nose and on skin. Around 20% of the human population is long-term carriers. It gets its golden color due to its carotenoid pigment staphyloxanthin. The pigment acts as a virulence factor with an antioxidant action that allows the microbe to evade death by reactive oxygen species used by the host immune system. Staphylococci...
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