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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Facing relentless human encroachment, some endangered primates and large cats will seek sanctuary in the sultry thickets of mangrove and peat swamp forests. These are not inviting places. Instead they are harsh coastal biomes with thick vegetation such as clusters of salt-loving mangrove trees and highly acidic peat soil composed of the waterlogged remains of partially decomposed leaves and wood. Because of these conditions, swamp...
NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- R. Kelly, The Jacksons, the Ojays, Tito Puente, Jr., and Akon will share the stage with renowned international and Saint Lucian artists during the newly renamed Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival, April 30 to May 12, 2013. The Caribbean's premier cultural event is expected to attract thousands to the iconic Pigeon Island National Landmark for the 13 day festival, which will also be held at scenic vistas across the island showcasing a new...
Top Experts Focus Seminars & Workshops on Green Living at Internationally Themed Show SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show opens the first day of Spring, Wednesday, March 20(th) to the 24(th), 2013 at the San Mateo Event Center. The third largest flower and garden show in the U.S., this year's show "Gardens Make the World Go Round" features 18 internationally themed gardens, beautifully crafted by top garden creators. Garden lovers...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online More evidence is pointing to the nightmare scenario that global warming is taking a toll on our planet. Oxford University scientists say that a global temperature rise of 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit could thaw the ground over a large area of Siberia, threatening the release of carbon from soil. If the thawing of Siberia's permafrost occurs, it could see that over 1,000 gigatons of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane are...
AZOUR, Israel, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (NASDAQ: ITRN) announced that, the Board of Directors has approved the distribution of a cash dividend in the amount of NIS 1.22 per share or $0.33 per share, totaling approximately NIS 25.6 million or $7 million. The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of March 21, 2013. The Company will pay the dividend out on April 4, 2013. In its decision to approve the distribution of...
Win a complimentary Polar heart rate monitor and complimentary fitness books for everyone at the Heart Rate Watch Company for February, which is American Heart Month. Everyone's a winner when they take care of their health. Bozeman, MT (PRWEB) February 16, 2013 February is American Heart Month and to celebrate the Heart Rate Watch Company (HRWC) is giving away three complimentary fitness e-books to everyone, no purchase necessary. "The first e-book "How To Successfully Use A...
TEANECK, N.J., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Holy Name Medical Center (HNMC) hosted a premier screening of Caucus: New Jersey's "Make a Difference: Have a Heart, Help Haiti" on February 13. The public television program, which features interviews with Michael Maron, President/CEO of HNMC, and David Butler, MD, HNMC Ob/Gyn and President of the Center for Rural Development of Milot, was one component of the evening's event, which introduced Holy Name's "Hospital for Haiti" initiative...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Soul Beach Music Festival is proud to announce the addition of Grammy-Award winning singer D'Angelo to the spectacular line-up of musical brilliance as he joins three-time Grammy Award-Winning Ne-Yo on the main stage of the Nikky Beach Amphitheatre in Aruba on Memorial Day weekend. D'Angelo will take to the stage with a luminous show on Saturday, May 25 and Ne-Yo will close out the three-night main stage spectacle with an iridescent...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the azure Caribbean Sea, Dominican Republic is one of the hottest destinations for boating and yachting, featuring dozens of full-service international marinas, a variety of watersports, deep sea fishing and upscale resorts and hotels. Located just 800 miles south of Miami, the pristine beauty of the land and its 1,000 miles of coastline attract a variety of regattas, tournaments and other water...
MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With President Obama's Executive Order, cybersecurity for critical infrastructure becomes a priority of the federal government. Cyber intrusions to the information infrastructure in water treatment plants, the electrical grid and other sensitive sites will be taken seriously. The federal government in partnership with the owners and operators will secure these systems. The Cermetek iController, a fully independent sensor network,...
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The dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii), also known as the dusky wallaby, is a marsupial that can be found on the Kai and Aru islands, Papua New Guinea, and in the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands ecoregion in Papua Province in Indonesia. It prefers a habitat in both arid and tropical savannahs, forests, shrublands, lowlands, and grasslands. This species was named after its discoverer, Cornelis de Bruijn, and was once commonly known as philander, or “friend of man,” and the Aru Island...
The Central and Southern mixed grasslands are a prairie ecoregion of the central United States, a portion of the North American Great Plains. This is a vast grassland area with few trees running north to south from central Nebraska through central Kansas and western Oklahoma to north central Texas, covering about 282,000 square kilometers. This is a transition zone between the Central tall grasslands and Central forest-grasslands transition ecoregions towards the east and the Western short...
The Northern short grasslands is only 1 of 867 terrestrial ecoregions defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. This ecoregion includes portions of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the American Great Plains states of Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. The Northern short grasslands have a semi-arid climate, with the annual average precipitation ranging from 270mm to 450mm. The winters here are cold, with an average temperature of 14 degrees...
The Northern tall grasslands is only 1 of 867 terrestrial ecoregions defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. This ecoregion largely follows the Red River Valley in the Canadian province of Manitoba and the American states of Minnesota and North Dakota. The grasslands have a humid continental climate with moderate precipitation, normally between 450 and 700 mm. The winters are very cold, with an average temperature of 9.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and the summer are warm with the mean...
The Semi-arid Pampas, alternatively known as the Dry Pampas, is a temperate grassland ecoregion located in central Argentina. The Semi-arid Pampas cover an area of 126,000 square miles, including western Buenos Aires Province, southern Cordoba and San Luis Provinces and most of La Pampa Province. The area is, in all, a home to no more than a million people, who normally enjoy some of the nation’s lowest poverty rates. Not dissimilar to the more humid pampas to the east, the area is...
