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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 14-time Grammy Award®-winning Columbia Records artist Tony Bennett turns his attention to his timeless catalog of Christmas recordings and personally picks 18 of his favorites - including one brand new, previously unreleased tune, "What Child Is This" - for THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM. The new collection is available everywhere through Columbia/RPM/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM contains...
COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- What good are company wellness programs if employees don't know about them and the services offered? Just like other employee benefits, wellness programs can be under-appreciated and under-used if they're not properly communicated. Currently, 60 percent of employers offer a wellness program, and another 8 percent of companies plan to offer one within the next 12 months.(1) The growing popularity of wellness programs bodes well for the health...
COLUMBIA, Mo., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Carfax is the 'Best Place to Work' in Columbia for 2011, according to Inside Columbia's CEO. Columbia-born Carfax earned the top spot over more than 60 other local companies nominated for the magazine's inaugural 'Best Places to Work' list. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080507/CARFAXLOGO) "Being named Columbia's 'Best Place to Work' is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our employees," said Joedy Lenz, vice president at...
NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly three decades after its initial release in 1984, STREET TALK, the debut solo album from Journey lead singer Steve Perry, has been meticulously remastered for a new generation of rock fans who are rediscovering the sonic wonders of vinyl. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060130/LEGACYLOGO) The RIAA double-platinum classic, featuring the #1 single "Oh Sherrie" (and follow-up hits "Foolish Heart," "I Believe," "She's Mine" and "Strung...
COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, BTS(TM) announced the promotion of Aaron Tate to Vice President of Operations. The Operations Division at BTS manages all customer requirements, product delivery and integration for the company's growing suite of mobile 3G and 4G tactical cellular solutions. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110125/MM36218LOGO ) Prior to his promotion, Tate served as a Project Manager at BTS. Most recently, he led the operational and technical...
NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records -- The video for "Someone Like You," the second single from Adele's feverishly successful sophomore album 21, will premiere this Thursday evening on MTV and online at Vevo.com at 7:56pm EDT. This minimal and graceful clip, directed by Jake Nava (Beyonce, Kanye West), was shot entirely on location in Paris during the very early morning hours. "The location evokes style and romance," Nava explains, "and shooting early in the morning...
COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LPP Combustion, LLC's revolutionary technology for vaporizing a wide variety of liquid fuels into a natural gas-equivalent LPP Gas(TM) reached a major milestone of 1000 operating hours on a commercial combustion turbine that is generating electricity while connected to the local utility grid. Fourteen different liquid fuels including bio-ethanol, naphtha, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, and biodiesel were used to produce power during the 1000 hours...
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia/Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, is commemorating forty years of Billy Joel's career as a solo recording artist with a pair of historic releases - a limited edition Billy Joel - The Complete Albums Collection boxed set and a two-disc Legacy Edition of 1973's Piano Man album (exclusively featuring a long-lost fabled radio concert from 1972) - each appealing to aficionados of the iconic American...
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GREATEST HITS VOL. 2, a brand-new collection of original recordings by the mega-platinum band Journey will be available as a single CD, digital download, and special gatefold double-vinyl edition (which includes a code for a free digital download of the vinyl remastered album), available starting November 1, 2011. This new package from Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, spans singles and album tracks recorded between 1978 and...
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Syco/Columbia Records recording star Susan Boyle--who catapulted to international stardom overnight, sold 14 million albums in 14 months and smashed music records around the world--will be releasing her third album, Someone To Watch Over Me, on Tuesday, November 1. For Someone To Watch Over Me, Boyle reunited with well-known British songwriter/record producer Steve Mac, who produced her second album, The Gift. Together they have created a sensational...
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The Paleoproterozoic is the first of three subdivisions of the Proterozoic Eon (occurring from 2.5 billion to 1.6 billion years ago (Ga). This period is marked by the first stabilization of the continents, and also when cyanobacteria--a type of bacteria that uses biochemical processes of photosynthesis to produce oxygen--evolved. Experts have found paleontological evidence that during at least part of the Paleoproterozoic era, about 1.8 Ga, the earth year was about 450 days long, with days...
Symbol: COBU6 Group: Dicot Family: Tiliaceae Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Dilleniidae Order Malvales Family Tiliaceae – Linden family Genus Columbia Pers....
Symbol: COLUM3 Group: Dicot Family: Tiliaceae Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Dilleniidae Order Malvales Family Tiliaceae – Linden family Genus Columbia Pers.
Symbol: BRVU Group: Monocot Family: Poaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Graminoid Native Status: L48 N CAN N Synonyms: BRVU2 Bromopsis vulgaris (Hook.) Holub BRVUE Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. eximius Shear BRVUR Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. robustus Shear Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY Classification: ...
Symbol: ASSU7 Group: Dicot Family: Fabaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48 N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:OR, WA Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class ...
