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PASADENA, Calif., July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 14, 2012 Rachael Worby and MUSE/IQUE, a new orchestra that made its debut last summer, will open its Summer Series at Caltech with a program titled, "Art and Soul of Music." Six-time Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval leads the program with a Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie - on the heels of his new CD on Concord Jazz, "Dear Diz, Every Day I Think of You." Sandoval will serve up everything from bebop to classical to swing...

PASADENA, Calif., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Programs to promote healthy eating can substantially reduce the amount of unhealthy foods and beverages on school grounds if the programs focus on a school's specific needs and involve teachers, parents, staff and administrators, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. The Healthy Options for...

SoCal Solar Energy is proud to announce that U.S. Congresswoman, Judy Chu, Pasadena Mayor, Bill Bogaard, and others are to speak at the unveiling of Calstart's major solar and electric vehicle project at 48 S Chester Ave in Pasadena California on June 25 beginning at 11am and ending at 12pm. Mission Viejo, CA (PRWEB) June 22, 2012 SoCal Solar Energy is proud to announce that U.S. Congresswoman, Judy Chu, Pasadena Mayor, Bill Bogaard, and others are to speak at the unveiling of...

PASADENA, Calif., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Rock It Studios, already familiar to local residents for being the home of Pasadena's hippest workout Rock It Workouts (www.RockItWorkouts.com) as well as chic tea bar Blend 54 (www.Blend54.com), today announces the opening of VIPbeauty (www.VIPBeautyPasadena.com). Located in the posh Rock It Lifestyle Center at 54 West Green Street in the heart of Old Pasadena, VIPbeauty brings the most sought after stylists and beauty experts...

COSTA MESA, Calif. and PASADENA, Calif., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. CAD, an Autodesk® Gold Partner and the largest Autodesk Reseller in California and the Western US, is joining forces with Bluebeam Software, leading developer of PDF-based solutions for digital project workflows. As the newest member of Bluebeam's Reseller Program, U.S. CAD is now offering and supporting Bluebeam's award-winning PDF platform and advanced technologies to its architecture, engineering and...

A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected. The climate was suitable to support substantial vegetation -- including stunted trees -- along the edges of the frozen continent. The team of scientists involved in the study, published online June 17 in Nature Geoscience, was led by Sarah J. Feakins of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and included researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion...

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected. The climate was suitable to support substantial vegetation -- including stunted trees -- along the edges of the frozen continent. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The team of scientists involved in the study, published online June 17 in Nature Geoscience, was led by Sarah...

A new study finds that the pattern of heat coming from volcanoes on Io's surface disposes of the generally-accepted model of internal heating.  The heat pouring out of Io's hundreds of erupting volcanoes indicates a complex, multi-layer source.  These results come from data collected by NASA spacecraft and ground-based telescopes and appear in the June issue of the journal Icarus. A map of hot spots, classified by the amount of heat being emitted, shows the global distribution and wide...

Astronomers are getting to know the neighbors better. Our sun resides within a spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy about two-thirds of the way out from the center. It lives in a fairly calm, suburb-like area with an average number of stellar residents. Recently, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has been turning up a new crowd of stars close to home: the coldest of the brown dwarf family of "failed" stars. Now, just as scientists are "meeting and greeting" the new...

NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a precautionary standby status early Friday, June 8, Universal Time (Thursday evening, Pacific Time), when the spacecraft detected unexpected characteristics in movement of one of its reaction wheels. The spacecraft uses three of these wheels as the primary method for adjusting and maintaining its orientation.  It carries a spare reaction wheel. Odyssey's flight team is in communication with the spacecraft while planning actions in response to...