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WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Guttman-McCabe has been promoted to Executive Vice President, and replaces Bobby Franklin, who was selected as the new President and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association. Scott Bergmann, Assistant Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, will succeed Guttman-McCabe as Vice President of the department. The promotions will be effective July...
YAKIMA, Wash., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the results of a recent study conducted by researchers at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service Western Human Nutrition Research Center, the Northwest Cherry Growers are pleased to announce that consuming about 45 (280 g) sweet Bing cherries significantly decreased circulating concentrations of specific inflammatory biomarkers in the blood. According to Dr. Kent Erickson, Professor at UC Davis School of Medicine and a...
- Local Franchisee Targeting Expansion in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Fairfield Counties - BETHESDA, Md., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bach to Rock (B2R), America's Music School for students of all ages, announced today that its first franchise school in Port Washington, N.Y. has been a hit in the local community as more than 250 children and adults have signed up for lessons since it opened in January 2013. Franchisee Amplified Capital Partners, LLC (ACP) plans to open several...
-- Unique, high-value timberlands predominantly west of the Cascade mountain range FEDERAL WAY, Wash., June 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced it has a signed definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire Longview Timber LLC from affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for $2.65 billion, which includes the assumption of debt. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and is expected to close in...
"INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR SYRIAN OPPOSITION" WASHINGTON, June 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Qorvis' Focus Washington, www.focuswashington.com, Libya's ambassador to the United States said today that the international community needs to do more to support the forces opposing the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. In an interview conducted by Chuck Conconi, host of Focus Washington, a program of Qorvis Communications, Ambassador Suleiman Aujali said,...
Dr. Doron Keren of Gold Coast Family Dental in Port Washington, NY recently introduced new dental imaging technology that eliminates the pain and hassle of traditional dental X-rays, giving patients a more comfortable, relaxed experience during their dental visit. This new imaging technology requires only one X-ray taken outside of the mouth digitally, unlike traditional X-ray methods that require several different angles. Port Washington, NY (PRWEB) June 14, 2013 Dr. Doron Keren of Gold...
Listen Now! http://federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=53&sid=2186234 WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tune in now to AFGE's "Inside Government" as AFGE members discuss staffing and sequestration concerns from the union's recent Midwest Regional Training in Spearfish, S.D. The show, which originally aired on Friday, June 14, is now available on demand. AFGE Department of Veterans Affairs Local 390 President Matthew Hokenson addressed low caregiver staffing levels...
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier today, former President Bill Clinton and leaders from six Sioux Indian Tribes announced a new wind power initiative that will harness South Dakota's greatest natural resource and spur long-term development in the economically depressed region. The initiative, which is receiving critical legal and public policy counsel from Arent Fox LLP, was announced as a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action during the 2013 Clinton Global...
"Hang Out" Live Online with SBA and Industry Experts During National Small Business Week WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During National Small Business Week, June 17-21, the U.S. Small Business Administration has invited expert panelists to join Google+ Hangouts. These live, online hang out sessions are open to everyone. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110909/DC65875LOGO) You can view the sessions through multiple SBA resources: SBA Google+ page...
Popular summer tour to travel to more than 30 states, offer new tour experiences WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Video gamers, roller coaster riders, surfers and music lovers across the country will be able to experience the fun and educational messages of the nation's largest youth smoking prevention campaign. truth® begins its 14th annual nationwide summer tour on Saturday, June 15 in Seattle with its first stop on the Vans Warped Tour. truth's crew of young adult "tour...
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Mount Rainer National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States. The park holds 236,381 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the Puyallup and Yakama tribes. Many sites were found throughout the park showing evidence of older tribes including rock shelters and projectile points. The establishment of the park began in 1893, when the Pacific Forest Reserve was established. This area included a national forest as well as Mount Rainer and...
Olympic National Park is located in the state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula, in the United States. The park holds 922,650 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native Americans. Most of the tribes were wiped out once European explorers introduced diseases into the area. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the logging industry boomed, but the public began to express concerns of over logging in the 1920’s. However, the first proposal to establish the area as a...
North Cascades National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States and was established in 1968. The park holds 504,781 acres and is the largest of three national park areas known as the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. It once contained 318 glaciers, but all of these have retreated at a fast rate and many glaciers have completely disappeared. The largest remaining glacier is Boston Glacier, but other large glaciers include Redoubt, Neve, and McAllister....
Symbol: WARO Group: Monocot Family: Arecaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Tree Native Status: L48 I Synonyms: WAGR2 Washingtonia gracilis Parish WASO Washingtonia sonorae S. Watson Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:FL Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta...
Symbol: POLA10 Group: Monocot Family: Poaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Graminoid Native Status: L48 N CAN N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:ME, NH, NY, VT Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta –...
