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Obtains Promising Vaccine Candidates Against Dengue and Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, Advancing Takeda's Commitment to Vaccines and Global Health OSAKA, Japan and DEERFIELD, Ill. and FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") and Inviragen, Inc. ("Inviragen") jointly announced today that Takeda, its wholly owned subsidiary Takeda America Holdings, Inc., and Inviragen, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement for Takeda to...
A Colorado Springs, CO Board Certified physician specializing in Psychiatry, Dr. Jerald Ratner, is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2013. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Colorado Springs' Psychiatry specialist Dr. Jerald Ratner for inclusion in its highly selective list of Regional Top Doctors this year. (Photo:...
FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Colorado State University's Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) today announced the rollout of the Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL) Tracker - a new online database of energy-related state legislation pending in all 50 states, from solar to natural gas and everything in between. This first-of-its-kind database, created in partnership with Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), will also enable CNEE to conduct analysis of trends...
SHAWNEE, Kan., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare LLC, Animal Health Division is proud to announce that Jessica Bridge, a junior at Colorado State University's College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, is the inaugural national winner of the Bayer Excellence in Communication Award. Bayer HealthCare Animal Health launched the award program this year to highlight the importance of effective client communication in veterinary practices, and to reward veterinary...
Bikes & Brews Package Includes City Bike Rental, Fat Tire Beer and a Chance to Win a New Belgium Cruiser Bike DENVER, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Top hotel management company Sage Hospitality is excited to announce that it has partnered with fellow leading Colorado company New Belgium Brewing to offer the Bikes & Brews Package at select Sage hotels across the United States. 18 hotels from Minneapolis to the Napa Valley will offer a summer package including a bike rental to...
Gold Sponsor Wilier Donating $5000 Zero9 Bike DENVER, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Red Rocks Century charity bike event, formerly known as The Healing Wheels Tour, has announced its newest sponsor for the Aug. 10, 2013 ride. Wilier, a preeminent Italian bicycle maker, has joined the sponsorship roster as the Gold Level. As part of its sponsorship, Wilier has donated a complete Zero9 bicycle valued at $5,000, to be given away as a post-ride door prize. "We are very excited to...
It’s time to get out the big hats and glad rags. This Saturday is the annual Boulder Derby Party to benefit the Colorado nonprofit Front Range Hippotherapy. Boulder, Colorado (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 This weekend is the 139th renewal of the Kentucky Derby and with it is the 2013 Boulder Derby Party. The Boulder Derby Party benefits Front Range Hippotherapy, a Colorado 501c3 organization in the Boulder/Longmont area, that provides physical, occupational and speech therapy for individuals...
Portraits of Hope visits Braille Institute in Los Angeles to involve children who are visually impaired in another major civic initiative. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Portraits of Hope http://www.portraitsofhope.org/ is conducting a session today for children from the Braille Institute in the program’s next big motivational art and civic initiative that will culminate with the vibrant visual makeovers of the fire, rescue, and emergency vehicles in world-renowned Aspen and...
6Webs.com releases their rankings of the best alarm system companies in the state of Colorado. 6Webs.com discusses what consumers consider when selecting a home security alarm system. Colorado Springs, CO (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 6Webs.com has taught thousands of consumers on what to look for when deciding on a home security monitoring company. Homeowners that are searching for an alarm system can do a comparison of the options and services of the nation's leading security system...
The new Historic Fairy Caves Tour in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, includes sections of the cave that have never been open to the public. Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park will celebrate on Sat., May 11, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, half-price cave tours and drawings for prizes. Glenwood Springs, CO (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Tourists first visited the Fairy Caves in the mountains above Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in 1895. A hundred and eighteen years later, Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is...
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Mesa Verde National Park is located in the state of Colorado in the United States. The park contains 52,485 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the basket maker and pueblo peoples, also known as the Anasazi tribe. In 1868, the American government made a treaty with the Ute tribe that established the area west of the Continental Divide as belonging to the Ute people. A new treaty was established in 1873 that decreased the Ute’s land to a strip that...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is located in the western portion of Colorado in the United States. The park holds 30,750 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native Americans, including the Ute people. The first recorded American presence in the area occurred in 1881, when the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad encountered the area, taking nearly two years to build a line through the canyon. This railroad moved from Denver, Colorado to Salt Lake City and was a main line...
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located in Colorado in the United States. The park occurs in what is known as San Luis Valley in the far eastern areas of Saguache and Alamosa counties. The area was first established as a national monument in 1932. It was not until 2000, when Congress passed the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000, that the area became a national park. The park underwent an expansion when the government, collaborating with the Nature...
Rocky Mountain National Park is located in north-central Colorado in the United States. The park holds 265,761 acres of protected land and is bordered by Routt National Forest in the northwest, Arapaho National Forest in the southwest, and Roosevelt National Forest in the east and west. The park is separated into two areas by the Continental Divide, giving the west and east areas different climates and habitats. It holds 450 miles of streams and 150 different lakes, as well as 72 mountain...
Formally known as the Colorado squawfish, this freshwater species is now called the Colorado pikeminnow. This fish was native to Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as portions of Mexico, but with the natural habitat changed by the damming of rivers and streams, this fish is now restricted to the Colorado Basin. Limited numbers of the Colorado squawfish still remain in the following rivers: Green, Gunnison, White, San Juan and Yampa; additionally it...
