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GRAMMY® AND EMMY® AWARD-WINNING ARTIST'S FIRST HEADLINING TOUR IN SIX YEARS WILL VISIT CITIES THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AMERICA LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- One of this generation's most-celebrated entertainers, Justin Timberlake, announced today he will kick off The 20/20 Experience World Tour starting this year on October 31. After dominating the global charts with the release of his acclaimed new album, The 20/20 Experience, Timberlake...
BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) announced today that RES Group's global construction portfolio had exceeded 8 gigawatts, or 8,000 megawatts (MW). More than 6,000 MW of the construction portfolio is located in North America. "This is an important milestone for RES Group, and RES Americas has played a pivotal role in our overall construction portfolio," said Dr. Ian Mays, CEO of RES Group. "We're pleased to see...
IIT Madras Alumni in North America to gather in the Bay Area from May 31st-June 2nd for the first annual Gajendra Circle Reunion Weekend. Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) May 04, 2013 Alumni from IIT Madras in North America will gather in the Bay Area May 31st through June 2nd for the first annual Gajendra Circle Reunion Weekend - a celebration of alumni achievements and an opportunity for alumni to reconnect with each other. IIT Madras alumni have had a significant impact on the American tech...
- 14.9-megawatt, Connecticut facility will produce electricity for about 15,000 homes BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch today joined officials from Dominion (NYSE: D), one of the nation's largest energy companies, and FuelCell Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL) to break ground at the largest fuel cell power project in North America. Dominion Bridgeport Fuel Cell, which is being built downtown alongside Interstate 95 and...
The new Malcolm Rosenberg Center for Jewish Life at Virginia Tech is both North America's first Passive House religious assembly building and the first project to incorporate a commercial kitchen range hood inside a Passive House building envelope. Roanoke, VA (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Commercial Passive House consulting firm, Passiv Science, announced today that its Passive House community center project, the Malcolm Rosenberg Center for Jewish Life at Virginia Tech, has earned the...
PITTSBURGH, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Steelworkers (USW) members at Wausau Paper's Rhinelander, Wis., and Mosinee, Wis., mills and the Thilmany mill in Kaukauna, Wis., today ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with KPS Capital Partners in anticipation of the private equity firm successfully creating the largest specialty paper company in North America. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO ) "We are proud of the leadership that our local...
Commercial Workboat and Fishing Fleets Across North America Using Web-Based Boatracs BTConnect® to improve operations, safety and compliance. San Diego, California (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Boatracs Inc., a leader in providing integrated satellite communications and software solutions to the maritime industry, announced today that over 2,000 vessels are now being managed with Boatracs BTConnect®, making it the most widely used vessel tracking and fleet management software in the U.S....
Custom electronics distributor offers miniature device to share smartphone contents wirelessly. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 AVAD LLC, one of North America’s leading providers of custom electronics, has announced it now offers dealers access to the bCODA Jak, a portable content streaming device for Android-based smartphones and tablets, with an iOS version coming soon. The wireless plug-and-play tool connects to any device with a USB port to share content such as music, photos...
-- Increases Revenue by 16% over Q1 2012 to $45.5 Million -- SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenTable, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN), the world's leading provider of online restaurant reservations, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110606/MM07085LOGO ) OpenTable reported consolidated net revenues for Q1 2013 of $45.5 million, a 16% increase over Q1 2012. Consolidated net income for Q1...
Home Automation Giant Named to Prestigious List for Third Consecutive Year PROVO, Utah, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivint, the largest home automation services company in North America, today announced it has secured the No. 2 ranking on the annual CE Pro 100 list. This marks the third consecutive year Vivint has been named to the prestigious list, and the company's rapid growth has enabled it to ascend the rankings each year, arriving at No. 27 in 2011 and advancing to No. 3 in...
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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...
The Sega Genesis is the fourth generation of game consoles developed by Sega. It was also known as the Sega Mega Drive released in Japan on October 29, 1988. It was released in other regions as the Sega Genesis. In the US, New York and Los Angeles were the first cities to get the console on on August 14, 1989 in. On September 15, 1989 it was released to the rest of North America. It was released in Europe as the Mega Drive on November 30, 1990. It was also released in Brazil in 1990 as the...
The Sega Master System (SMS) was manufactured by Sega as the third generation video game console, released on October 20, 1985 as the Sega Mark III in Japan. The system was redesigned and released as the SMS in June 1986 in North America, 1987 in Europe, and 1989 in Brazil. A re-release of the SMS came in late 2006 with a hand held device that used 3 AAA batteries and contained 20 built in games. The console featured a cartridge slot and a card slot for game play. The unit also featured a...
The Nintendo 64 (N64) is a game console produce and sold by Nintendo. It was released in June 1996 in Japan; September 1996 in North America; March 1997 in Europe and Australia; September 1997 in France; and December 1997 in Brazil. The N64 was the third generation home game console from Nintendo and the last to use ROM cartridges. The N64 was discontinued worldwide by the end of 2003. Its successor was the Nintendo Game Cube released in 2001. Worldwide sales for the N64 reached 32.93...
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1990 as the Super Famicom. The SNES brand was released in North America on August 23, 1991, in Europe and Australia April 1992, and in South America 1993. This system was the successor to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and featured advanced graphics and sound. It was the first game console to offer 3D graphics with the game Star Fox. Even...
