Break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana about 130 Million years ago could have lead to a completely different shape of the African and South American continent with an ocean south of today's Sahara desert, as geoscientists from the University of Sydney and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences have shown through the use of sophisticated plate tectonic and three-dimensional numerical modelling. The study highlights the importance of rift orientation relative to extension direction as key factor deciding whether an ocean basin opens or an aborted rift basin forms ...

Elona Baum from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, will give a presentation on, "Doom to Boom?" at the Stem Cell Summit 2014 to be held on April 23-25, 2014 in Cambridge, MA. This presentation will discuss the 2014 funding environment generally as well as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's (CIRM's) funding programs for regenerative medicine. CIRM was created by a $3 billion California voter approved initiative which has resulted in the transformation and acceleration of the regenerative medicine field. Elona Baum is the General ...

This year, Party Princess Productions, a party character entertainment company, celebrates their fifth year in business doing 2000 parties per year. After gaining a large following in 2009, Party Princess Productions is only gaining momentum as the industry for birthday party character entertainment rises. Party Princess Productions is one of the largest party character companies, serving Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire and San Diego. Of the company's recent success, Party Princess Productions' CEO Hayley Henning said, "Reaching 2000 parties per year has ...

A unique Pismo Beach experience is being celebrated with a rare shipment of Alaskan Red King Crab from the waters off the coast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This year, only one United States outlet was chosen to be the recipient this rare seafood delicacy, the Cracked Crab in Pismo Beach. Because of Owner Mike Lee and Chef Mike McGourty's long-term loyalty to the fisherman and crews of Dutch Harbor, the plant chose to select them as the sole recipient in the United States to receive the most prized species of crab in the world. Dutch Harbor was featured in the popular Reality ...

Set a thousand years ago in the Middle East, this book follows the young soldier, Abdullah-Harazins, and the witch, Aziam, through vanishing deserts, up misty mountains on a quest to find the Garden of Earthly Delights and a prophet named Chim Chin Charu. Propelled by a map positioned on the center of Aziam's back, the couple (to use the term loosely) follows a series of clues on a wild-goose chase to find a fantastical place of both beauty and truth. However, a dark cloud hangs over their happiness; they are being trailed by one of the king's shadow guards, Azhi, the tracker, ...

Phoenix' Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) is home to nearly 15,000 instruments and objects from all over the world, providing a unique museum experience for guests of all ages. The museum features an exquisite, 300-seat music theater that features performances from a diverse range of artists -- including well known, nationally touring musical acts as well as traditional and eclectic acts from every corner of the globe. Designed and constructed as an intimate, world-class concert hall offering comfortable seating and state of the art acoustics, the theater hosted 193 concerts ...

The Awesometown Countdown has begun in Valencia! Each day from now through Friday, March 14, join Valencia as they feature a new model home, where you can visit and register for the chance to win a $3,600 gift card. For every model home you visit, your odds of winning will increase. Plus, at the end of the countdown, you're invited to celebrate the Grand Opening of The Classics at RiverVillage, Valencia's newest neighborhood opening March 15, where the grand prize winner of the Awesometown Countdown will be announced. The time to explore Valencia is now! The Grand Opening ...

Global parenting expert Jo Frost, known for her role as "Supernanny" and on the television show "Family SOS," will be embarking on a multi-city book tour to celebrate the release (March 4) of her 7th book Jo Frost's Toddler Rules: Your 5-Step Guide to Shaping Proper Behavior. The world renowned and foremost global parenting expert, will be at Dylan's Candy Bar's, flagship location in New York City on March 5th at 5:30 p.m. Fans will have the opportunity to purchase her new book, take photos and meet Nanny Jo. Jo Frost has always had a natural gift ...

The Avon Foundation for Women's Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $50,000, one-year grant to Vista Community Clinic to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer. It is the 14th year that the clinic has received funding from the Avon Foundation for Women to support its work on this important health issue. Vista Community Clinic's Breast Health Program educates North San Diego -area women about breast health. It also provides low-cost or free clinical breast exams and mammogram referrals for low-income minority women ...

Bolt Public Relations, a national public relations, marketing communications, events and social media management agency with offices in Irvine, Raleigh, N.C., and Dallas, has added three new clients to its California roster this year. Bolt PR will develop and execute public relations and marketing activities to drive awareness and growth for these organizations.   Vanity Catering & Events is a new concept in upscale catering. Headed by Michelin-starred chef Conrad Gallagher, the company specializes in menus of impeccable artistry all masterfully crafted for weddings, ...

Zerbee Business Products, which offers over 100,000 products including discount offices supplies, office furniture, restaurant and medical supplies, was recently selected to join the Google Trusted Stores program. To help shoppers identify online merchants that offer a great shopping experience, the Google Trusted Store badge is awarded to ecommerce sites that demonstrate a track record of ontime shipping and excellent customer service. When visiting Zerbee.com website, shoppers can hover over the Google Trusted Store badge and see metrics on the store's shipping and ...

For one night only, Byblos Mediterranean Restaurant on Westwood Boulevard, will host a dinner and cabaret show to benefit important stem cell mesothelioma research conducted by the Pacific Meso Center's laboratory at the Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute. The Pacific Meso Center (PMC), a division of PHLBI, provides education, advocacy and research, for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), an asbestos- related cancer, affecting the lining of the chest, the pleura. The event will take place on Saturday, May 3 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and the proceeds ...

Since its inception in 2000, SnagAJob.com has maintained a steady growth, now at a total of 50 million registered users, having 8.8 million register in 2013 alone. Currently, SnagAJob has been able to maintain an average of one million new members every 40 days. Now, partnered with Affiliate Manager, SnagAJob extends the performance-based reward system to the Employer Listing program to maintain the growth of success of SnagAJob.com. With their increasingly efficient tools, the Employer Listing Program stays true to SnagAJob.com's oath to finding employees, and not just ...

For the eleventh consecutive year, Bike and Roll DC will offer the Blossoms by Bike guided ride, created especially for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The team at Bike and Roll DC is also excited to introduce a brand new tour for the 2014 Cherry Blossom season: Segway into Spring. Come bike and Segway the sea of pink and white blossoms that surround the Potomac Tidal Basin to East Potomac Park and beyond, with the only official bike and Segway tours of the National Cherry Blossom Festival! With rides beginning March 22, celebrate the arrival of spring on two wheels ...

MOgene LC announced today that it has successfully completed Illumina CSPro certification for sequencing on HiSeq and MiSeq, gaining entry to an elite group of Illumina genomics service providers globally. Illumina Inc., a San Diego-based company, provides leading-edge genetic analysis tools to genomics centers worldwide. MOgene, a genomics service provider to agricultural, pharmaceutical, food and industrial markets is located at the BioResearch and Development (BRDG) Park in St. Louis, MO. Illumina CSPro is the collaborative service provider partnership dedicated ...

Five partners with Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP have been recognized as Super Lawyers for 2014. The distinguished Super Lawyers list includes fewer than five percent of the lawyers in the Southern California Region. Michael Case, Theodore England, Gregory Herring and David Shain were honored with the Super Lawyers recognition, and some have had multiple years of recognition. Wendy Lascher received the added accolade of being named one of the "Top 50 Women" Super Lawyers in Southern California.¬ She is the only Ventura County-based attorney to appear on ...

Award-winning professional communicator David Menzies, president of publicity and branding consultancy Innovative Public Relations, Inc., recently shared his expertise with readers of two high-profile regional and national business publications. Menzies was quoted in an article appearing in the February issue of Entrepreneur magazine, and authored an 800-word opinion piece appearing in the February 21st issue of the Triangle Business Journal. This thought leadership follows Menzies' participation in January and February biotechnology, nanotech, entrepreneurial, ...

Dr. Terry Hess, owner and founder of Foot & Ankle Surgical Associates in Turnwater, WA, announced today that his practice reached a highest-ever volume of new patients and collections in 2013 as the result of a customized consulting program from Sterling, a practice management company in Glendale, CA. "When I first opened my own practice with another podiatrist in 1996, it was chaos." says Dr. Hess. "There were no policies or procedures in place and the staff, with too little to do, ran amok. I worked long hours, was never home and made very little ...

With success in past designer swimwear lines, Lady Lux is branching out offering consumers a larger shopping selection by now including designer apparel and loungewear. Started in 2007 by designer Christiana Hanna, Lady Lux is currently being sold in numerous retail locations in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Russia and numerous of other countries. With continuing press release and various media exposure, Lady Lux is gaining popularity and has decided to expand its current market to create further company growth. Continuing on from the 2013 collection, ...

Rescue your little hamlet in British isles from crooked attack by the evil mischievous bogeys. While you were out on an expeditions, these little critters have mobbed your abode and build the garrisons while holding your kins hostage. The clamor of their rumble, mumble, singing and munching is disheartening to your folks. Sneak into your village without getting spotted and capture these bogeys into a Magic spell in Sphulling Arts new 3D physics based game called 'Bogey Wogey: Ghost Busters'. 'Bogey Wogey: Ghost Busters' is now available on all major mobile game stores ...

The 5th Annual HomeAid Inland Empire Essentials For Young Lives campaign, a community outreach effort to collect much-needed baby care items for infants and toddlers who reside in homeless shelters throughout San Bernardino and Riverside counties, will take place March 3-23. The goal for this year's Essentials campaign is to collect more than 12,000 baby care items that will be distributed to eight HomeAid Inland Empire service provider partners that offer shelter facilities and services for homeless families and single women with children. Businesses, community ...

A crisp, October evening in 1974: As an attractive Polish immigrant walks the deserted streets of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, she's filled with hope about her future. In a few hours she's found murdered in a gangway. It's a crime the police pursue without much interest, but for private detective Joey Boloccini it represents a chance to break the monotony of his fledgling career and achieve the success that's eluded him. At the heart of the mystery is the Pilsudski family - Anton, Mamie, Walter and Marek - known as The Coffin Haulers for the humiliating, low-paying ...

Awe-inspiring clothing label GREEN EMBASSY, (http://greenembassy.com.au), announced today their participation in 6th annual Everybody Every Body Fashion Show being presented by Gabby Wild . GREEN EMBASSY is an artisan-clothing label created by Australian Artist & Fashion Designer Zuhal Kuvan-Mills and will be debuting their "Night in the Bush Series". The show will take place at the University of Washington's Grand Ballroom located in the Husky Union Building at 4001 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98195. The event will run from 7:00pm-8:00pm. The "Everybody ...

Glacier Bottling Company, L.L.C., makers of Indigo H2O Premium Bottled Alkaline Mineral Water, was awards the Silver Medal at the 24th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting held in Berkley Springs, WV. "It was another wonderful year for the longest running and largest water tasting event in the world and we are deeply honored to win a silver medal," said Yuri Cataldo, president and CEO of Glacier Bottling Company. "Every year the perennial water master, Arthur von Wiesenberger, selects a new panel of international judges. To have the clean ...

FRS is very excited to welcome Christina Marotta to its team as Manager of Client Services. Marotta joins FRS with more than 10 years of experience in supporting the talent acquisition process for large Fortune 100 firms at LexisNexis and most recently with First Advantage. In this newly created role at FRS, Marotta will use her proven success methodologies in managing high profile organizations to lead FRS's support team in providing unmatched client support to their 200+ CRA clients. Marotta brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge and experience in managing client ...