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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Google announced plans last July to rollout its Gigabit Fiber Internet service to residents of Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri. Like their competitors, Google’s Fiber can also be bundled with TV offerings. Unlike their competitors, Google Fiber offers Internet speeds nearing a Gigabit per second, or about 100 times faster than speeds from Comcast, Verizon and others. Until today, this service was only available to residents of...
LAWRENCE, Kan., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SilverSaver®, a precious metals accumulation service of Lawrence, KS based Mass Metal LLC, provides access to physical gold and silver bullion to thousands of clients in all 50 states and Canada. Recent news from Cyprus and across Europe has pointed out the risks for savers to have all of their assets in the banking system. A possible worst case scenario would be a run on banks not just in Cyprus but in other vulnerable countries....
WICHITA, Kan., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. [NYSE: SPR] announced today that its board of directors has named Larry A. Lawson, president and chief executive officer, effective April 6, 2013. Mr. Lawson, formerly executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics business segment, succeeds Jeff Turner who has been Spirit's CEO since the company's formation in 2005. Mr. Turner is expected to remain on Spirit's board of directors. "The board sought a CEO...
NEW YORK, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A poorly fact-checked article from a Kansas newspaper is being cited by well-funded advocacy organizations across the country to convince decision-makers, physicians and the public to disregard a peer-reviewed Harvard research paper linking fluoride to lower IQ in children, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Harvard scientist, Philippe Grandjean, MD, states the newspaper never "checked their information with the authors, even...
WICHITA, Kan., March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Beechcraft Corporation today issued the following statement regarding the Administration overriding congressional review of the Light Air Support (LAS) contract for Afghanistan. When it comes to producing aircraft that will help Americans come home from Afghanistan, the U.S. Air Force today concluded that America's "best interest" now rests on the shoulders of Brazil. This decision is very misguided. It will lead to the loss of American...
State Leaders Urged to Support Tobacco Prevention Initiatives WASHINGTON, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kids in Kansas will stand up against tobacco on March 20 as they join thousands of young people nationwide for the 18(th) annual Kick Butts Day. More than 1,200 events are planned across the United States. (See below for a list of local events.) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO ) Organized by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and sponsored...
KANSAS CITY, Kan., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Many Americans are familiar with common injuries sustained by male athletes because of the heavy year-round media coverage of men's sports. But as the tournament season for women's basketball gets underway, many people may be interested to learn that potential injury risks for female athletes differ from their male counterparts. "Women are more likely to have a different set of injuries playing basketball due to inherent differences...
New Study Finds Enormous Job Creation Potential Following Integration of Unmanned Aircraft into the National Airspace ARLINGTON, Va., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) unveiled new economic data, which finds that the unmanned aircraft industry is poised to create more than 2,515 new jobs in Kansas the first three years following the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into U.S. national...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- YRC Freight, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW), has mailed to union leadership a proposal for a new set of network improvements. Once implemented, the network improvements will be another step in YRC Freight's efforts to continuously improve customer service, optimize linehaul density and load average, reduce empty miles and reduce shipment handling. "By realigning our network, YRC Freight will reduce the number...
Continued involvement benefits PBN clients, provides needed presence in Washington, D.C. OVERLAND PARK, Kan., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jud Neal, President and CEO of Physicians Business Network, has assumed the position of HBMA Board President after being elected last year as President-Elect. The Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA) is widely recognized as a healthcare revenue cycle management authority. (Photo:...
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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...
