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TULSA, Okla., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) will present at the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships Investor Conference on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Stamford, Conn. John W. Gibson, ONEOK Partners chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the conference on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 8 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (7 a.m. Central Daylight Time). The conference will be webcast and will be accessible on ONEOK Partners'...
The Newly-Offered Consultations are a Direct Result of the State’s New Bill, which will Overhaul the Workers’ Compensation System Oklahoma City, OK (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Johnson and Biscone, P.A., an Oklahoma workers compensation attorney law firm, has just announced that it will now offer consultations about workers compensation based on the new laws. According to a recent news story that was featured on Newson6 on May 6th, 2013, Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill that will overhaul...
DENVER, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinx Resources Ltd. (OTCQB: BNXR) ("Brinx Resources" or "Brinx" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company and its partners have spud the first well (OK-13-1) at the Oklahoma-2013 Project. The spud date was Tuesday, May 14, and it is expected that it will take approximately three weeks to reach total depth. It is anticipated that the total depth of the well will be approximately 5,650ft. As previously announced, Brinx and its...
Oklahoma residents can now take advantage of the new technology of Home Security Systems, Smart Home Energy and Lighting Solutions, Smart Thermostats, and Home Alarm Services Throughout all OK Counties. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Home Security County.com (http://www.homesecuritycounty.com) realizes that in several areas in Oklahoma crime rate is increasing day by day. They also realize that a large number of people who are affected by different type of crimes need the...
Cherokee Nation Industries is furthering its relationship with industry leader Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Catoosa, Oklahoma (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Cherokee Nation Industries is furthering its relationship with industry leader Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. The tribal enterprise was recently honored as a 2013 Sikorsky Gold Supplier and awarded a $5.1 million contract to provide frame and instrument panel assembly for the S-300C helicopter. “Aerospace and defense manufacturing is a core industry in...
TULSA, Okla., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) and ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) will present at the Citi Global Energy and Utilities Conference on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Boston, Mass. Pierce H. Norton II, executive vice president, commercial, ONEOK and ONEOK Partners, will present at the conference on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (7:45 a.m. Central Daylight Time). The conference will be webcast and will be accessible on...
MedUnison, LLC, a leading provider of cloud-based electronic health record (EHR), telehealth and referral and utilization management solutions to health systems, today announced a collaboration agreement with My Health Access Network in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 MedUnison, LLC, a leading provider of cloud-based electronic health record (EHR), telehealth and referral and utilization management solutions to health systems, today announced a collaboration...
Worldwide headquarters move for increased efficiency follows Dollar Thrifty acquisition PARK RIDGE, N.J., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) today announced that the company will relocate its worldwide headquarters to Estero, Florida (Lee County, near Bonita Springs and Fort Myers) from Park Ridge, New Jersey. Hertz made the decision following its recent acquisition of the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, which was finalized on November 19, 2012. (Photo:...
Oklahoma dangerous drug attorney Hansen Dirani warns people about the potentially fatal side effects of the popular antibiotic. Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 People who take Zithromax, a popular antibiotic used to treat infections, should take the recent warning about the drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seriously, dangerous drug attorney Hansen Dirani said today. “The FDA does not issue warnings if they do not believe there are serious health concerns,” said Dirani,...
DENVER, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinx Resources Ltd. (OTCQB: BNXR) ("Brinx Resources" or "Brinx" or the "Company") is pleased to provide this corporate update and discussion regarding the near term prospects of the Company. Brinx Resources is an exploration and production company focused on developing oil and gas resources within the United States and internationally. Brinx is currently producing oil and gas from several wells drilled and completed with its partners in Oklahoma...
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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...
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...
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: CAOK Group: Monocot Family: Cyperaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Graminoid Native Status: L48 N Synonyms: CASTO Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. oklahomensis (Mack.) Gleason Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:KS, MO, MS, TN, TX Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision ...
Gordon Cooper was an American engineer and astronaut, and was the first American to sleep in orbit. He was born Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. on March 6, 1927 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America and achieved the second highest rank of Life Scout. He attended the University of Hawaii and completed three years of coursework before he received an Army commission. Cooper met his first wife Trudy and married her in 1947. Together they had two children, Camala and Janita....
