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Apricot Lane, a leading retail franchise specializing in women’s apparel, accessories and gift items announced today its projected growth for the remaining three quarters of the year. Currently with 80 stores operating in 35 states across the country, Apricot Lane already has 22 new franchisees committed to open in 2013 – and it’s still just the first quarter. Vacaville, CA (PRWEB) March 28, 2013 The spring fashion season always helps increase awareness of the Apricot Lane brand as...
Nerium is excited to announce being the featured company in the new issue of Success from Home magazine. Addison, TX (PRWEB) March 11, 2013 Nerium International has been highlighted in an array of publications, including being the youngest company to ever be featured in industry leader Success from Home Magazine; in November of 2012, Nerium was highlighted in the inaugural issue of Beautiful You magazine. This weekend, they announced to thousands of attendees at the company’s Spring...
Naturally-sourced and great tasting Coconut Water with Pulp is added to Zola’s popular and growing line of products San Francisco, CA. (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 Zola®, maker of the fastest selling Coconut Water and Açaí Juices in the United States¹, has expanded its product line to include an all-natural Coconut Water with Pulp, just in time for Expo West 2013. Zola’s newest addition furthers their commitment to going directly to the source to find Mother Nature’s...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The US government and the polar bear won an important court ruling on Friday, as an appeals court deemed that the Bush administration had acted reasonably when they decided to list the Arctic mammal as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act due to the effects of climate change. According to Brent Kendall of the Wall Street Journal, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a 36 page...
Nerium sponsors gifting suite at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards. Talented actors like Wayne Brady, Samuel L Jackson, Beatrice Rosen, and Wyclef Jean now have their bottles of Nerium. Addison, Texas (PRWEB) February 20, 2013 Nerium International, a marketer of age-defying Nerium skin care products, was pleased to be invited to be the exclusive skincare of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards’ Gifting Suite. The 44th Annual NAACP Image...
State Wildlife Officials Agree to Precautionary Measures Requested by Conservation Groups to Protect Wolves During Hunt & to Consider Changes to Rules Allowing Unlimited Killing of Coyotes SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State wildlife officials in California declined to call off a coyote-hunting contest in Modoc County this weekend but, in response to public outcry, agreed to take steps to clarify the scope of the hunt and protect OR-7, the first wild...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- thinkThin®, the #1 ranked weight management bar in the natural channel (according to SPINS research), today introduced thinkThin® Divine--an innovative line of chocolate and coconut bars that are decadently satisfying and found in the nutrition bar aisle. The newest member of the thinkThin family of natural and delicious portable nutrition, thinkThin Divine offers a completely new, healthier way to satisfy your chocolate cravings....
Nerium International Announces its 2013 Spring Bashes in Grapevine, TX, Nashville and Las Vegas, NV Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) January 21, 2013 Nerium International, a Dallas-based skin care company, is pleased to announce their 2013 Spring Bashes in East, West, and Central locations. The Central Spring Bash is scheduled for February 14-16 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas. Then, from March 14-16, Nerium heads to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee for the East Coast...
Nerium announces the launch of new blogs for vital resource development for customer, Brand Partners, and employees. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) January 21, 2013 Nerium, a skin care company based in Dallas, has been busy creating new blogs for curious potential customers looking for Nerium facts, Nerium reviews, or Nerium personal development stories. The company has come a long way since its inception, and there’s no end in sight to its powerful growth. The fast-growing company is eager to...
In recent months, wild animals have invaded city streets and taken over urban environments. (PRWEB) December 31, 2012 Wild animals are starting to occupy urban areas, according to USA Today. It is no longer just rats and feral dogs terrorizing city streets. Over the past few years, people have spotted coyotes, mountain lions and other forms of wildlife roaming the city streets. Many people blame environmental issues like global warming and the destruction of forests for wildlife...
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The striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), also known as the zoril, zorilla, zorille, or the African polecat, is a member of the weasel family. It can be found in sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa, and the Congo Basin. It prefers a habitat within open areas and savannahs. This species resembles a skunk, and even releases a foul odor when threatened by predators. It is black in color with four white stripes running down its body. It can reach an average body length of 24 inches, with a tail length...
The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) is a member of the Bovidae family that is native to Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Asiatic buffalo and the Asian buffalo. Its range includes Nepal, India, Cambodia, and Thailand and once included other areas like Laos and Pakistan, but populations there have gone extinct. In India, populations are mainly restricted to protected areas including Manas and Dibru-Saikhowa National Parks and D'Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, among other areas....
The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is native to the central areas of North America, where it is also known as the prong buck, or pronghorn antelope and antelope, although it only resembles true antelopes. The pronghorn is the only remaining species in the Antilocapridae family, which once held five other species. Its range stretches throughout the United States, and starts in Alberta and southern Saskatchewan in Canada. It holds five subspecies, including the Baja California Pronghorn,...
Franklin’s ground squirrel (Poliocitellus franklinii) is native to the northern area of the United States and Canada, inhabiting tall grasses on the American prairie. Joseph Sabine who named it after Sir John Franklin, a British Arctic explorer, first described this squirrel in 1822. Previously, it was classified in the Spermophilus genus, within its own subgenus. However, genetic testing showed that it belonged in a different genus because it was paraphyletic, and so it was placed in...
Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) is native only to the island of Madagascar. It can only be found in habitats that are at an altitude of less than 300 feet in arid deciduous forests. These areas include coastal forests and it mainly resides east and north of the Betsiboka River. Its range extends south to Ambato-Boéni. As is typical with all lemurs, Coquerel's sifaka is a tree dweller, and so has long, muscular legs that allow it to leap and climb trees. It has a body length that...
