Newstream.com Digest: Paleontologist Announces T-Rex Discovery, Toyota's Space-age Fuel Cell Vehicle, Nelly's New Clothing Line and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists
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Paleontologist Jack Horner Discovers What is Believed to be Three
Oldest T-Rex Ever and Most Complete Juvenile Tyrannosaurus Skeleton
Paleontologist Jack Horner announced today his discovery of what is believed to be the three oldest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils ever found, and the most complete juvenile Tyrannosaur ever found. Estimated to be some two million years older than previously identified specimens, the oldest of the three 67 million year-old Tyrannosaurus rex specimens -- named B-Rex, after Bob Harmon, one of Horner's team members who located the fossil -- was discovered in a remote area of Montana known as Hell Creek. Video available here.
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Toyota Introduces First Fuel Cell for Testing on U.S. Roads
As the latest example of its ongoing commitment to expand technology for environmentally friendly cars and trucks, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) demonstrated a space-age fuel cell vehicle that generates its own on-board electricity with compressed hydrogen.
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Super Hip-Hop Star Nelly Launches Vokal Clothes
Multi-platinum hip-hop recording artist Nelly has announced the debut of his own clothing line, VOKAL, to bear his signature hip-hop fashions for young men. For the clothing venture Nelly has teamed up with the clothing firm ALM International.
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Build-A-Bear Workshop(tm) and World Wildlife Fund "Making Friends
That Make a Difference" Partners for a Second Year
Build-A-Bear Workshop is proud to announce the arrival of the Bengal Tiger, second in a series of co-branded toy stuffed animals developed by Build-A-Bear Workshop and World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Beginning August 25, the Bengal Tiger will be sold in its Workshops nationwide and on the Web at www.buildabear.com.
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Interep Taps $11 Billion Automotive Advertising Category for
Additional Radio Dollars
Interep released a new report August 23 on automotive advertising entitled, "Radio Works for Automotive Advertisers." Automotive is the largest national advertising category in the United States, and generally ranks 3rd among the top national ad categories for radio.
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New eMarketer Report Declares Online Advertising is Alive and Well:
Will Increase 7 Percent in 2001
Despite recast projections from numerous research organizations, the new Online Advertising Report forecasts that online advertising spending is holding its own and will continue to grow steadily over the next several years. The Online Advertising Report from eMarketer cites data from more than 50 research organizations and consultancies, offering widely divergent projections for online advertising's future.
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OneWorldJourneys.com Webcast to Document Return of Salmon to British
Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest
As certain as the Fall migration of millions of students back to their schools, millions of wild Pacific salmon are returning from their journeys at sea to rivers along the Pacific Coast in which they were born. Awaiting their arrival will be the Internet expeditions team from OneWorldJourneys.com which will track this crimson-and-silver migration through British Columbia's coastal waters in a live webcast Sept. 6-17. The online expedition is co-sponsored by the Epson Corporation and will also be presented in Japanese.
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Nintendo Boosts U.S. Nintendo Gamecube Launch Shipments
Nintendo of America has announced it will increase U.S. shipments of its innovative NINTENDO GAMECUBE(tm) home video game console to 700,000 systems, and deliver them to store shelves on Sunday, November 18, directly in advance of the key Thanksgiving shopping week. In addition, continuing flow of NINTENDO GAMECUBE hardware will push total North American shipments to 1.1 million units by December 31.
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Mervyn's and Warner Bros. Consumer Products Partner For A "Frosty"
Holiday Season
Mervyn's and Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced August 23 a partnership regarding the holiday icon "Frosty the Snowman," created from the popular animated television special. Frosty has been the star of television specials, videos and children's books for more than four decades, but has not been affiliated with a major retailer until now.
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Bell Labs Scientists Find Remarkable Optics in Marine Creatures That
May Lead to Better Microlenses for Optical Networks
Scientists from Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs have discovered that chalk-like calcite crystals in the skeletons of marine creatures known as brittlestars have a remarkable dual function, acting as armor as well as optical receptors for an all-seeing compound eye.
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Cubic Appoints New Military Advisor
LTG (USA Ret) William M. (Mike) Steele has been named senior military advisor to Cubic Applications Inc. and Cubic Defense Systems, subsidiaries of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB).
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