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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a symposium at the historic Willard Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday, former senior U.S. officials urged the State Department to delist the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK), and protect its members in Camps Ashraf and Liberty in Iraq. In his opening remarks, former Congressman Patrick Kennedy made a reference to the 6th group of 400 of the residents of Camp Ashraf who were preparing to go to Camp...
MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with September's designation as California Wine Month, Monterey Wine Country is releasing a ground-breaking series of wines - the Monterey Signature Series Wine Collection, showcasing four of Monterey County's nine American Viticulture Areas (AVA). Offering an up-close look at the essence of this burgeoning wine region, the Signature Series' release includes two Pinot Noir and two Chardonnay wines, each crafted...
FULTON, Md., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Colfax Corporation (NYSE: CFX), a diversified global manufacturing and engineering company, today announced the acquisition of the 91% interest in Soldex S.A. held by Inversiones Breca S.A. and its affiliates. The transaction values Soldex S.A. at $235 million, including the assumption of debt. With plants in Lima Peru and Bogota Colombia, Soldex is the pre-eminent supplier of welding products to customers along South America's...
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The majesty of Yosemite Falls, North America's highest waterfall, can now be viewed on Yosemite Conservancy's website thanks to a new webcam. The nonprofit organization is connecting people to Yosemite National Park using webcams and a variety of technologies. Working in partnership with the National Park Service and Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, the Yosemite Falls webcam is the...
REDDING, Calif., Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Humor amidst sadness and love amidst suffering. This is author Peter Wright's touching true love story of The Art of the Gentle Healer. In 1983, a single Registered Nurse from Michigan, Gloria, meets an alcoholic English sailor, Peter, in a Long Beach hospital where she works in the alcohol recovery ward. There is an immediate two-way attraction, and they are married two years later. In 1984, in an exciting house hunt, both Peter and...
CiminoCare, with facilities located in the Sacramento and San Mateo areas, has recently been accepted in the Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver Program. Citrus Heights, CA (PRWEB) December 23, 2011 CiminoCare, with facilities in the Sacramento and San Mateo counties, is now a part of the Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver Program. CiminoCare’s River Fountains of Lodi Assisted Living Facility, along Turner Road in Lodi, has been receiving residents for the past five months following the...
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Water rights are important to most Indian Nations. The legal battle by one Indian tribe to establish and quantify its water rights took a significant turn last week. A 36-year water rights dispute in Southern Oregon recently produced a milestone victory when an Administrative Law Judge in the State of Oregon's Klamath Basin Adjudication granted the Klamath Tribes' claims to water bodies throughout their homeland area. The Klamath Tribes...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sutter Health today named longtime Sutter executive Sarah Krevans chief operating officer (COO) for the Sacramento-based, not-for-profit health care network. The COO role has been vacant since Sutter Health President and CEO Pat Fry left the position in 2005. Krevans, who assumes her new role in January 2012, will oversee the operations of Sutter Health's five Northern California regions and the Sutter Care at Home network of home health and...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A quarter-million-dollar donation by Sutter Health to 29 food banks throughout Northern California will help put more than 1 million meals on family tables this holiday season. On average, every dollar donated translates to 4.5 meals provided by Sutter's community partners. The Sutter Health network of care has donated $762,500 over the past three years to food banks in local communities. The donations are provided on behalf of the health...
FireWhat Inc. hosts 62nd film by the famous Warren Miller Crew Dunsmuir, CA (PRWEB) November 02, 2011 Since 1949, Warren Miller’s films have annually kicked off the winter season with footage from around the world highlighting some of the very best of skiing’s top athletes. The film traditionally goes on an annual World Tour, and this year a stop will be made at the College of the Siskiyous in Weed. FireWhat Inc., a Dunsmuir, CA start-up that has built a website...
