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Dow Constantine Democrat warns public and King County staff of temporary Metro Transit cuts if the funding expires. SEATTLE, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Dow Constantine for King County Executive (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130430/CG04779) King County's Metro Transit could be forced to eliminate 65 bus routes and reduce service on 86 others if the state Legislature fails to approve new revenue sources this session, said King County Executive Dow...
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Pew Research Center survey of Muslims around the globe finds that most adherents of the world's second-largest religion are deeply committed to their faith and want its teachings to shape not only their personal lives but also their societies and politics. In all but a handful of the 39 countries surveyed, a majority of Muslims say that Islam is the one true faith leading to eternal life in heaven and that belief in God is...
Former Award-Winning Journalist, Corporate Executive Joins Strategic Communications Firm WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Anne Marie Squeo, a senior corporate executive and Pulitzer-winning journalist, has joined 30 Point Strategies, a strategic communications firm, as managing director, starting May 6. Based in Washington, Anne Marie, 45, will spearhead 30 Point Strategies' efforts in media engagement, crisis communications and helping clients build integrated strategies...
FEDERAL WAY, Wash., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced its 2013 operating schedule for the Charles W. Bingham Forest Learning Center located inside the blast zone at Mount St. Helens. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120111/AQ34535LOGO) The center tells the story of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and the subsequent hand-planting of more than 18 million seedlings. Through interactive exhibits and displays...
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the US-Ukraine Observer: Long-time senior advisor to President Ronald Reagan, Peter Hannaford has warned against sanctions on the senior Ukraine government leaders should Kiev not meet conditions for the European Union's Association Agreement. Writing for the leading conservative publication, The American Spectator, Hannaford writes: "A democratic and economically strong Ukraine is important to...
Campaign returns to television, expands digital and social initiatives, while pitting tobacco industry facts against one another WASHINGTON, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tobacco-related facts and the business tactics of the tobacco industry take center stage in the latest advertising campaign from truth®, the nation's largest smoking prevention campaign for youth and young adults. The "ugly truth" campaign features the campaign's first television ads since 2010, while...
Strategic Acquisition Exemplifies Mill Creek's "Buy Where We Build" Strategy DALLAS, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mill Creek Residential Trust LLC, a national apartment developer, investor, owner and operator, and AEW Capital Management, L.P. (AEW), one of the world's leading real estate investment advisors, announced that through a joint venture together they have acquired Archstone Belltown, a 360-unit, 18-story high-rise situated in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. The seller...
Listen Now! http://www.federalnewsradio.com/216/3298267/MSNBCs-Chris-Hayes-discusses-workplace-safety-on-Inside-Government---April-26-2013 WASHINGTON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tune in now to AFGE's "Inside Government" for a discussion on workplace safety. The show, which originally aired on Friday, April 26, is now available on demand. Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes," looked back on the Boston Marathon bombings and Texas fertilizer plant...
EVERETT, Wash., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Chester Zoo, the largest zoo in the UK and home to more than 11,000 animals, has selected Fluke Networks' OptiView(TM) XG Network Analysis Tablet to gain visibility that helps quickly troubleshoot problems with its network and applications. With more than 175 PCs, 300 IP phones, 100 PC-based electronic point-of-sales cash registers (or EPoS tills) and 50 printers, the 400 person staff relies heavily on the zoo's network to meet the...
Regional Events to Spur Public Interest in Regional Air Quality in Time for 2013 Ozone Season WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With National Air Quality Awareness Week and the start of ozone season approaching, Clean Air Partners, a regional air quality organization chartered by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, announced today the winners of its first annual Air Quality Infographics Challenge and upcoming events...
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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 –...
