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Acclaro announces winners of the social media contest “POP Your Culture With The Warhol D.I.Y. POP App”, which invited fans to translate their own culture into a Warhol-like digital screen print. The translation and localization agency has helped The Warhol expand into multiple new language markets and continues to provide specialty services in the cultural and non-profit realm. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Today, Acclaro, in association with The Andy Warhol Museum, announces...
Local groups and citizens say it's time for new limits that will hold industrial polluters accountable for the dangerous carbon pollution they pump into our air HARRISBURG, Pa., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When President Obama stated at his second inauguration that we have a moral obligation to fight climate change, Pennsylvanians saw it as a call to action. Over the past 100 days, a coalition of environmental groups including PennFuture, National Wildlife Federation,...
Comrise, a global consulting firm specializing in Managed IT, Big Data, and Workforce Solutions, will be presenting an overview about "Big Data" and LexisNexis Risk Solutions© "Big Data" platform HPCC Systems at two upcoming IT events in Pennsylvania HAZLET, N.J., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comrise, a global consulting firm specializing in Managed IT, Big Data, and Workforce Solutions, will be presenting an overview about "Big Data" and LexisNexis Risk Solutions© "Big Data"...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environment Protection is celebrating National Drinking Water Week from May 5 to 11 by encouraging all Pennsylvanians to learn how to better protect and conserve their water. "This week, we renew our commitment to work with the state's water quality partners and ensure drinking water meets all federal and state standards," Acting DEP Secretary Chris Abruzzo said. "With 11 million Pennsylvanians using public...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today ordered all Pennsylvania flags at the Capitol Complex and at commonwealth facilities in Lawrence County to be lowered to half-staff immediately in honor of Shenango Township Police Officer William J. McCarthy IV. McCarthy, 60, died on May 2, 2013, when he was injured in the line of duty. This order shall remain in effect until sunset on Wednesday, May 8, the day of McCarthy's funeral. All...
Beginning this month, many pharmacies and medical supply retailers in Pennsylvania will have a new medication adherence system for their customers, the MedPro Pill Organizer. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) May 04, 2013 For all of Pennsylvania, Automated Security Alert (ASA) is pleased to announce that it is now offering seniors and other individuals the MedPro Pill Organizer. Matthew Couillard, Director of Customer Relations for the Pennsylvania-based medical technology company, is...
Beginning this month, independent-living seniors in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area will have a new option for their medical technology needs. For Philadelphia and all of the Eastern Pennsylvania area, Automated Security Alert (ASA) is pleased to announce that it is now offering seniors the ASAPro Plus Medical Alert System. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 The ASAPro Plus is the latest medical alert system product offered by ASA to provide safety and personal security...
With it's introduction of accepting Bitcoin, the all digital currency, American Sandwich Co. a single location restaurant in the small Pennsylvania town of Coopersburg, is the first restaurant to bring Bitcoin out of the high tech urban areas and into the burbs. Coopersburg, PA (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 American Sandwich Co. this week announced a new milestone for the all-digital currency Bitcoin by being the first restaurant in the nation to bring it to "Middle America."...
Wharton Professors Franklin Allen and Nicolaj Siggelkow on “Global Finance” and “Management Strategy” Tokyo, Japan (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 What: Through intensive lectures and hands-on exercises, the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors, help reporters gain better understanding of key business and economic issues. This no cost, one-day program will feature Wharton Professors Franklin Allen (Co-Director, Wharton...
CHICAGO, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GO Airport Express, Chicago's premier ground transportation provider, will offer the "Bringing Heroes Home" program to active military personnel in honor of Memorial Day. Under the program, active military personnel in uniform will be provided free rides from O'Hare and Midway airports to downtown Chicago and Lincoln Park on Sunday (May 26) and Monday (May 27). To participate, military personnel must show their military IDs to GO Airport Express...
Latest Pennsylvania Reference Libraries
Symbol: USPE Group: Lichen Family: Parmeliaceae Growth Habit: Lichenous Native Status: NA N Classification: Kingdom Fungi – Fungi Division Ascomycota – Sac fungi Class Ascomycetes Order Lecanorales Family Parmeliaceae Genus Usnea Dill. ex Adans. – beard lichen Species Usnea pensylvanica Mot. – Pennsylvania beard lichen
Symbol: SPPE6 Group: Moss Family: Splachnaceae Growth Habit: Nonvascular Native Status: NA N Synonyms: TEPE3 Tetraplodon pennsylvanicum (Brid.) Sayre Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Division Bryophyta – Mosses Subdivision Musci Class Bryopsida – True mosses Subclass Bryidae Order Funariales Family Splachnaceae Genus Splachnum Hedw....
Symbol: RUPE3 Group: Dicot Family: Rosaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Subshrub Native Status: L48 N CAN N Synonyms: RUAB2 Rubus abactus L.H. Bailey Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:CT, DC, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular...
Symbol: RAPE2 Group: Dicot Family: Ranunculaceae Duration: Annual Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48 N AK N CAN N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:AK, AZ, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom ...
Symbol: POPEP5 Group: Dicot Family: Rosaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48 N AK N CAN N Synonyms: POAT4 Potentilla atrovirens Rydb. POBIG Potentilla bipinnatifida Douglas ex Hook. var. glabrata (Lehm. ex Hook.) Kohli & Packer POGL14 Potentilla glabella Rydb. POPEA Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. atrovirens (Rydb.) T. Wolf POPEG2 Potentilla pensylvanica L....
