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Video Ad Views Reach Another All-Time High at 13.2 Billion in April RESTON, Va., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 181.9 million Americans watched 38.8 billion online content videos in April, while the number of video ad views reached an all-time high at 13.2 billion. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080115/COMSCORELOGO) Top 10 Video...
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, a diverse group of Senators from both sides of the aisle introduced the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013, a bill to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Led by Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA), the bill had an additional seven Republicans and seven Democrats as original co-sponsors. The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) applauds their efforts to come together on...
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- World markets are constantly changing and developing. To stay aligned with the latest trends and events, companies now need a global business intelligence provider that can predict where an industry is headed next, so that they can adapt, react and evolve. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/CG19099) Global Information Inc (GII), in partnership with market research publisher GlobalData, offer decision makers and...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Teryl, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Teryl Resources Corp., (TSX Venture Exchange: TRC.V, OTCBB: TRYLF) is pleased to announce a placer and hard rock diamond drilling program has commenced on the Fish Creek property in the Fairbanks, Alaska mining district. The drilling contract requires 15 days of placer diamond drilling at a cost of $1,500 per day, for a 12 hour day. The drilling is subject to favorable weather conditions....
New Study Documents Benefits for Job Creation, Diverse Industries, States WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rising exports of U.S. coal to Europe and Asia added $16.6 billion to the U.S. economy in 2011, making significant contributions to America's economic recovery and job creation in many industrial sectors as well as in regions far beyond the nation's coalfields. In a report released today by the National Mining Association (NMA), the industry's national trade...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy has begun the 90(th) year of its reservoir mosquito control program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130322/CL81938LOGO ) Conducted annually since 1923, this public health program was started by company founder James B. Duke. It provides mosquito control along the shoreline of five of the company's largest urbanized reservoirs, including lakes James, Norman, Wylie, Wateree and Keowee. The program, which...
DENVER, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bill Barrett Corporation (the "Company") (NYSE: BBG) announced today that management plans to participate in upcoming investor events. The Company will post an investor presentation on the homepage of the Company's website at www.billbarrettcorp.com at 5:00 p.m. Mountain time the day prior to each event. Senior Vice President - Geosciences Terry Barrett will present at the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 2013 "Play-by-Play" Oil and Gas...
BOCA RATON, Fla., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Novation Holdings (OTCQB: NOHO) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of StarPoint U.S.A., Inc. (StarPoint), a Delaware corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, StarPoint Acquisition Corp. (SAC), a Florida corporation formed for the acquisition. The ownership of SAC then will be transferred to Crown City Pictures, Inc. (OTC Pink: CCPI), a controlled subsidiary...
Route to operate 4-times a week starting June 1st, 2013 NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelling from the U.S. to Martinique will be made easier with the launch of Seaborne Airlines' new weekly service to the island beginning June 1(st). The new flights will operate as follows: San Juan (SJU) - Martinique (FDF) Martinique (FDF) - San Juan (SJU)...
Company to Provide Engineering Services in Support of the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) Program MCLEAN, Va., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced it was awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide engineering services in support of the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program. The multiple-award, cost-plus fixed-fee contract has a six-month base period of...
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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 grey sea star (Luidia clathrata), also known as the slender-armed starfish or the lined sea star, is a species that can be found in westerns areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from Brazil in the south to Virginia in the United States and includes the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. It prefers to reside in muddy or sandy areas along the coastline, at depths of up to 131 feet, although it can sometimes be found in deeper waters. This species was first discovered by Thomas...
Wrangell- St. Elias National Park and Preserve is located in the southeastern portion of the American state of Alaska. The park holds 13,175,799 acres of land, divided between the park and preserve, which was once inhabited by Native Americans like the Ahtna and Tlingit peoples. Although Alaska was purchased by the United States in 1867, American citizens did not move into the area until the 1880’s, when gold was discovered in the Yukon Territory. It is thought that George Holt was the...
Petrified Forest National Park is located in the state of Arizona in the United States. The park holds 221,552 acres of land, of which 50,260 acres are comprised of a designated wilderness. The area was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the basket maker and pueblo peoples. The first American explorers to enter the area arrived while searching for good routes leading from east to west. This group, led by Army Lieutenant Amiel Whipple, surveyed the northern area of the...
The Columbia Plateau ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, with little areas over the Washington state border in Idaho. This ecoregion stretches across a wide swath of the Columbia River Basin from the Dalles, Oregon to Lewiston, Idaho to Okanogan, Washington near the Canadian border. It incorporates nearly 500 miles of the Columbia River, as well as the lower reaches of major tributaries....
