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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Propex Operating Co., LLC joins U.S. Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank, along with 19 other infrastructure-focused companies for a business development trade mission to Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; and Panama City, Panama which began May 12 through May 18, 2013. The governments of these countries have each outlined ambitious infrastructure development plans for the years ahead, and this trade mission will help U.S....
Chicago-based COO John C. Robak to help build local economic ties to the region on May 12-18 trip CHICAGO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- John C. Robak, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Chicago-based civil & environmental engineering and architectural firm Greeley and Hansen, will accompany U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dr. Rebecca Blank on an infrastructure business development trade mission to Brazil, Colombia and Panama from May 12-18, 2013....
CHICAGO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the opening of the first six rooms of its luxury hotel in February, the new private island resort on Isla Palenque, in Panama, has received glowing reviews and sold out its exclusive Founders Club for vacation homeowners in just 10 weeks. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130502/PH05760-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130502/PH05760-b) The master-planned resort community provides guests and future residents a...
Enterprise software and consulting leader opens Center of Excellence in Panama to better support the government, and create a base for all Latin American operations BOSTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 4Sight Technologies (www.4sighttech.com), a global enterprise software and IT consulting services company, today announced it has entered into a strategic agreement with The National Authority for Government Innovation (www.innovacion.gob.pa), the entity responsible for modernization...
Renowned Panamanian actor Aaron Zebede will play lead in Spanish adaptation New York City, NY (PRWEB) April 09, 2013 With an ongoing 4-year run in New York City and a successful run last year in Buenos Aires, Argentina, The Accidental Pervert will begin a new production this April in Panama City, Panama. The Accidental Pervert tells the hilarious story of an 11-year-old boy who finds his Dad's adult video collection. The play takes the audience on a real-life adventure through one...
Celebrity Emcee Karina Smirnoff to Host Special Event at the Beacon Theatre at 7:30pm ET on May 8, 2013 NEW YORK, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Join Bright Future International (BFI), an international nonprofit organization for "Beyond the Ballet: A Magical Night with Special Guests" at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Wednesday, May 8(th), 2013. Bright Future International and guest emcee, Karina Smirnoff of hit television show Dancing with the Stars, will bring together...
Self-identifies as a Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS), Bioequivalence, and Bioavailability Testing Facility EXTON, Pa., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The preclinical contract research organization Absorption Systems, a global leader in pharmacokinetic testing of drugs and the world leader in the in-vitro classification of drugs according to the Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS), announces that it has registered with the United States Food and Drug...
Leading US Vitamin and Supplement Retailer Opens in Panama PANAMA CITY, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (NYSE: VSI) has opened its first international franchised Vitamin Shoppe store in Panama City. With more than 600 retail locations across the United States, the Vitamin Shoppe brings 35 years of expertise in helping people fulfill their health and wellness goals. On Monday, March 4(th) the Vitamin Shoppe opened its doors to customers in Panama City....
MELBOURNE, Fla., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A National Science Foundation grant of $405,000 will fund Mark Bush and biological sciences graduate students on summer field research explorations to Brazil, Peru, and Panama over the next three years. Their megafauna extinction research will explore the cause of the largest recent mass extinction of large mammals. The extinction event occurred between 15,000 and 9,000 years ago--a time of rapid warming at the end of the last...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Isthmus of Panama uplifted 2.6 million years ago to form a land bridge connecting North and South America. This bridge has long been thought to be the crucial step in the interchange of animals between the Americas. Armadillos and giant sloths moved up into North America and ancient relatives of modern horses, rabbits, foxes, pigs, cats, dogs and elephants moved down into South America. A new study from the University of Florida...
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Image Caption: Holothuria mexicana. Credit: Daniel Hershman / Wikipedia (CC BY 2.0) The donkey dung sea cucumber (Holothuria mexicana) can be found in areas of the Caribbean, with a range that stretches into southern waters of Brazil. It prefers to reside in shallow waters between depths of about seven feet and sixty-six feet, in clear sandy areas located in mangroves, seagrass beds, and offshore reefs. This species can reach an average length of twenty inches. It dorsal skin is brown...
Geoffroy’s tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi) is a small primate that is native to Colombia and Panama. Its other common names include the rufous-naped tamarin, the red-crested tamarin, and the Panamanian tamarin. It can be found in many different habitats including dry, moist, tropical, and secondary forests. In Panama, it occurs in the central and eastern regions, but is found less on the Atlantic coast. It can be found in Metropolitan Natural Park as well as an urban park with its Panama...
The Boquete rice rat (Nephelomys devius), also known as the Talamancan Oryzomys, the Montane Rice Rat, and the Chiriqui Rice Rat, can be found in Costa Rica and western Panama. It prefers habitats within highland and cloud forest areas. Originally described in 1902 as Oryzomys devius, it was changed into a subspecies of Oryzomys albigularis in 1966, but quickly granted species status again shortly after this. Its classification changed once again in 2006, when members of the O. albigularis...
The Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctate) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. Its range extends from the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas in southern Mexico to Central America and from Columbia and northwestern Ecuador to western Venezuela. Populations of this agouti have been introduced into the Cayman Islands and Cuba. The Central American agouti typically weighs between 6.6 and 9.3 pounds, but its color varies slightly depending on location. In the main area of its...
Symbol: STAP Group: Dicot Family: Sterculiaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Tree Native Status: PR I Synonyms: HEAP2 Helicteres apetala Jacq. Distribution: Sterculiaapetala(Jacq.) Karst. distribution:USA+(PR) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants...
