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Forward-thinking financial service with phasers set to stun SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CARD.com is beaming Star Trek prepaid debit cards into the U.S. market. The Star Trek prepaid card, under license by CBS Consumer Products, is available at CARD.com/Star-Trek. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130513/LA12108) "We live in a mobile world, and the next generation of banking isn't tied to a brick-and-mortar institution - it's in the palm of...
STARKVILLE, Miss., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parking at Mississippi State University (MSU) is now more user-friendly with the addition of a new parking guidance program on campus utilizing the award-winning motorist guidance application, Parker(TM) by Streetline, and parking publishing platform, ParkEdge(TM). In collaboration with California-based Streetline, Inc., the new app and web browser tools provide near real-time insight on available parking, including policy...
CAMPBELL, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for Information Display (SID), the leading global organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic display technology, in collaboration with IHS, today unveiled the keynote speakers for its Business Conference taking place during Display Week 2013 (May 19-24) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The keynotes for this must-attend event are Zane Ball, Intel's vice president of architecture and general manager of PCCG...
New ViaSat high-capacity satellite system improves connections for first responders CARLSBAD, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As first responders worked to get the community of West, Texas back on its feet, they were able to coordinate relief operations using new high-speed satellite communication links. Team Rubicon, a veteran-run non-profit that unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams, relied on...
Pub Club Leads has tripled revenue and call center staffing to support its fast-growing business of delivering high-quality consumer leads to the financial industry WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- People contract with Adam Sthay's company Pub Club Leads for one reason- to find customers for them. The company usually works in the mortgage and loan sector, and prides itself on delivering the highest-quality leads to its buyers. And within a year of switching to...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that its Quantm(®) system has been chosen by the Russian High-Speed Rail Authority to investigate alternatives for two high-speed rail lines. The Quantm technology will allow the Russian High-Speed Rail Authority to rapidly view a wide range of alternatives, considering the social, environmental and design constraints and present preferred options to stakeholders for public consultation during...
Tasty Dessert Trend Offers Brides Something Old, Something New, Something Smelly, Something Blue SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and MODESTO, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Move over cupcakes and cake-pops, this season's tastiest wedding trend has officially arrived, wedding cheese cakes. Elegant wheels of California cheese stack up to create a savory spin on the classic wedding cake and offer couples a tasty way to personalize their special day. (Photo:...
LAD Solutions has announced that it will be discounting all of its web development services for the month of May 2013. Clients can take advantage of the promotion by contacting the company for a quote. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 LAD Solutions has recently announced that it will be providing a discount of 10% off all of its web development services in the month of May. The company has decided to offer this promotion in order to attract more customers to the diverse range...
PCC (Plastics Color Corporation), a leading supplier of color concentrates, compounds, custom-functional masterbatches and other polymer technologies, continues to gain market share in California and throughout the West. The company recently announced the hiring of a second account representative to cover the region. Calumet City, Ill. (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 PCC (Plastics Color Corporation), a leading supplier of color concentrates, compounds, custom-functional masterbatches and other...
It was “May Flowers in April” for idea innovator and design leader Mel Lim and her award-winning, San Diego-based, innovation studio: Mel Lim Design (MLD). Accolades and opportunities blossomed in the form of exciting speaking engagements, an esteemed council appointment, and prestigious project awards. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 At the UXD Re-Design Conference held April 29-30, 2013 in Silicon Valley, California, Mel Lim challenged the traditional Western innovation paradigm...
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The brown bear (Ursus arctos) can be found in North America and northern areas of Eurasia. There are sixteen recognized subspecies of the brown bear. This is the most widely distributed species of bear in the world, although its range is shrinking. Its range includes the Alaska and a few other areas of the United States, areas of Russia, and Romania and other areas of the Carpathian region, as well as Canada, Sweden, Finland, and the Balkans. The brown bear derives its common name from the...
Pinnacles National Park is located in the state of California in the United States. The park is comprised of 26,606 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the Ohlone people. When Spanish explorers arrived in the area, they brought diseases that nearly wiped out all of the Ohlone people, leaving the area uninhabited until Anglo-Americans arrived in 1865. By the 1880’s, visitors like picnickers and explorers began moving into the area, with the first...
Sequoia National Park is located in the United States in the southern area of the Sierra Nevada. The park contains 404,063 acres of protected land that was once inhabited by the Western Mono Native American tribe. The best evidence of Native American inhabitants are the pictographs found on Potwisha and Hospital Rock and bedrock mortars, tools that were sued to crush acorns. When European explorers and settlers entered the area, smallpox had already decimated the Native American...
The Redwood National and States Parks, also known as RNSP, are located along the northern coasts of California in the United States. RNSP is comprised of the Prairie Creek Redwoods State, Del Norte Coast, and Jedediah Smith State Parks, created in the 1920’s, and Redwood National Park, encompassing an area of 133,000 acres. These areas protect 45 percent of the red wood old growth forests that occur along 38,982 acres of California’s coastline. Many Native American tribes including the...
Yosemite National Park is located in eastern California in the United States in the central area of Sierra Nevada, extending to the western slopes of the range. The park holds 761,268 acres of protected land. The area became very popular after Thomas Ayres, the artist who was responsible for much of the publicity of the area, and an entrepreneur named James Mason Hutchings visited in 1855. Early tourists that visited Yosemite before it was a national park could enjoy passing over the Wawona...
