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Focused on expanding service to graduate and professional schools LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NSLP has added a new member to its Business Development Team. Tom Ramaeker will serve as a senior strategic business director focusing on extending NSLP's products and services to graduate and professional schools. "Tom is uniquely suited for this position. He will use his outstanding reputation and experience to help us build our new debt management services,"...
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Introductory economics courses at colleges and universities will soon be taking a giant step forward in the digital age. McGraw-Hill Higher Education and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are developing the first-ever fully digital curriculum for the economics course. The curriculum, offered in English and Spanish, will feature a range of multimedia components and will be fully functional on McGraw-Hill's industry-leading course management...
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE: VMI), a leading global manufacturer of engineered products for infrastructure, mechanized irrigation equipment for agriculture, and a provider of coating services, will hold its Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 beginning at 8:00 a.m. CST. An audio discussion of Valmont's fourth quarter results by Mogens C. Bay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Terry J. McClain,...
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutionary Inc., the leading provider of managed security services, today announced the promotion of Rob Kraus as Director of the Solutionary Engineering Research Team (SERT). Augmenting existing research initiatives that actively monitor and assess vulnerabilities, Kraus offers a client centric perspective based on his previous manager role within Solutionary's Security Consulting Services. "Actionable threat intelligence that provides...
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it invested $61 million in 2011 to enhance its network in Nebraska including the expansion of its groundbreaking 4G LTE network in the greater Omaha and Lincoln areas, giving more Nebraskans access to the most advanced 4G LTE network in the world. The company's continuing investment to support Nebraska's infrastructure required for economic development and robust business growth included: Adding new...
A Minnesota-based food company is recalling more than a million hard-cooked eggs distributed to 34 states after testing of the product revealed possible contamination from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. Diane Sparish, a spokeswoman for Michael Foods, said in statement to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that 15,000 pails of eggs in brine, sold for institutional use, were being recalled due to contamination. The FDA said the eggs were produced at the company’s Wakefield,...
CINCINNATI, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (NasdaqCM: STRM), a leading provider of enterprise content management and business analytics solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced that The Nebraska Medical Center will expand its use of Streamline Health's content management solutions through a direct licensing agreement with the Company. The medical center is migrating to a direct license with the Company from a license through a...
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Campus Management Corp., a leading provider of enterprise software products and services for educational institutions, today announced that the University of Nebraska at Kearney will employ its Talisma® CRM solution to help more effectively communicate with current and prospective students and to help increase enrollment and graduation rates. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100924/CAMPUSLOGO) Initially, the undergraduate...
National On-Campus Retailer Will Utilize Mood Media's Music and Messaging Services TORONTO, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Mood Media Corporation (TSX:MM / LSE AIM:MM), the world's leading in-store media solutions provider, today announced that it has entered into a new national agreement with the Nebraska Book Company, a leading retailer serving the college bookstore industry. Under the terms, Mood Media is providing custom music, messaging and new sound systems to Nebraska Book...
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Providing the latest in integrated multimedia module solutions and products, Z3 Technology today introduced its Z3-DM8168-PCI-RPS H.264 1080p60 system based on the DaVinci(TM) DM8168 video processor from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). The new Z3-DM8168-PCI-RPS is comprised of a set of hardware boards, software tools and applications designed to enable the rapid development of media-centric PCI Express (PCIe) applications. The...
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The Sandhills, frequently written as Sand Hills, is a region of mixed-grass prairie on grass-stabilized sand dunes within north-central Nebraska, covering just over a quarter of the state. The dunes were established as a National Natural Landmark in the year 1984. The boundaries of the Sandhills are defined by various standards by different organizations. Depending on the definition, the region's area can be as small as 19,600 square miles or as large as 23,600 square miles. The dunes...
The High Plains are a sub region of the Great Plains mainly in the Western United States, but also partially in the Midwest states of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota, generally ecompassing the western portion of the Great Plains before the region reaches the Rocky Mountains. The High Plains are located in southeastern Wyoming, southwestern South Dakota, eastern Colorado, western Nebraska, eastern New Mexico, western Kansas, northwestern Texas and western Oklahoma. They rise in elevation...
Symbol: MACAN Group: Dicot Family: Asteraceae Duration: Annual Biennial Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48 N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:NE, SD Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants...
