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MANHATTAN, Kan., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Kansas State Cars, a Kansas affiliate car dealership, knows how important OnStar technology is in times of emergency. Those on the East Coast right now will also get to find out how useful OnStar technology is as OnStar will be there every step of the way for those on the East Coast that need it. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121029/CG02030) OnStar is estimating that roughly one-million of their subscribers are in the...
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Briggs Auto, a Kansas car dealership(s), is encouraged by the progress that booster seat safety has taken as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety(IIHS) continues to crackdown. Booster seat manufacturers are also responding, as the IIHS just recently reported that booster seat designs are improving. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121029/CG01929) This is apparent as only two, of the seventeen, booster seats...
WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will release its third quarter 2012 financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central time on Thursday, November 1. President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Turner and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Phil Anderson will participate in a conference call presentation to securities analysts about third quarter 2012 results and company outlook at 10:00 a.m. Central time. That...
WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. [NYSE: SPR] today announced that it expects to record pre-tax charges of approximately $184 million on the 787 program; $163 million on the G650 Wing program; $151 million on the BR725 (Engine Nacelle Package for the G650); $88 million on the G280 Wing program; and $4 million on other combined programs. These combined forward loss charges total approximately $590 million, and will be included in...
Green Dot, a new bioscience social enterprise, has developed a compostable elastomeric bioplastic that is a superior alternative to petroleum based packaging material. Green Dot is introducing this pioneering new bioplastic to manufacturers at Pack Expo 2012 in Chicago October 28-31. Cottonwood Falls, Kansas (PRWEB) October 24, 2012 Packaging material should not last longer than the product inside. Unfortunately, petroleum based plastic packaging will last forever. Even when recycled,...
CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) and Benefitfocus, the nation's largest healthcare and benefits technology provider, are extending their relationship by partnering together to build a personalized private insurance exchange for Blue KC's large group clients. Benefitfocus will provide Blue KC with a retail platform that supports defined contribution as well as a number of different health plan options, allowing...
WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers Mikirova N, Taylor P, Feldcamp C. and Casciari J under the supervision of Hugh D. Riordan, M.D., at the Riordan Clinic in Wichita, Kansas, published "The Effects of a Primary Nutritional Deficiency (Vitamin B Study)" in Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2012, 3, 1238-1244 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=22300). Rats were deprived of a single B vitamin to determine the side effects of such...
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CVI), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and majority owner in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer CVR Partners, LP (NYSE: UAN), announced today that Carl D. Findley will become the companies' vice president of human resources, effective immediately. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20071203/CVRLOGO) Findley had been the human resources manager at Coffeyville Resources Refining &...
Oklahoma weight loss clinic gets the word out that it offers life-changing solutions for Kansans. Edmond, Oklahoma (PRWEB) October 23, 2012 WeightWise Bariatric Program, a leading provider of weight loss surgery solutions, calls Edmond, Oklahoma its home. While that is where the program is headquartered, the surgeons at WeightWise have transformed the lives of people well beyond the borders of Oklahoma. Wichita has the most residents of any city in Kansas, a state that, according to the...
NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM) shows the Top 25 results compiled from rankings submitted by the Harris Interactive panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and current and former members of the media. The Top 5 teams remain intact from last week - Alabama, Oregon, Florida, Kansas State, and Notre Dame. Alabama retains its No. 1 ranking with 109 first place votes. (Logo:...
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The Flint Hills, known historically as Bluestern Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, are a group of hills located in eastern Kansas reaching into north central Oklahoma, extending from Marshall County and Washington County in Kansas in the north to Cowley County, Kansas and Osage and Kay counties in Oklahoma towards the south. The people of Oklahoma usually refer to the same geologic formation as the Osage Hills or “The Osage”. The Flint Hills are designated as a unique ecoregion due to it...
Steven Hawley is a former NASA astronaut. He was born Steven Alan Hawley on December 12, 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas. He graduated from Salina High School Central in Salina, Kansas in 1969 and continued on to The University of Kansas, where he received two Bachelor of Arts degrees in physics and astronomy. After graduating with the highest distinction of his class and spending summers as a research assistant at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, Hawley received...
Looking at our weather map above we can see a cold front moving through the states of Oklahoma and Kansas. The major thing about a cold front is the weather it can bring with it. The eastern side of the cold front provides two chances to receive precipitation. The first one is known as a squall line which usually forms some 50-150 miles ahead of the cold front. The squall line can be responsible for bringing severe weather in the form of super-cell thunderstorms. The second part...
Symbol: SAAM4 Group: Monocot Family: Alismataceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48 N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:KS, MO, OK Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class...
Symbol: PEKA8 Group: Lichen Family: Lichinaceae Growth Habit: Lichenous Native Status: NA N Synonyms: OMKA Omphalaria kansana Tuck. Classification: Kingdom Fungi – Fungi Division Ascomycota – Sac fungi Class Ascomycetes Order Lichinales Family Lichinaceae Genus Peccania A. Massal. – peccania lichen Species Peccania kansana (Tuck.) Forss. – Kansas...
