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WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the eve of the Republican primaries in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, the Hispanic Leadership Network released its "Top Facts about Hispanics." Below are some interesting facts about Hispanics in tomorrow's primaries. Top Facts about Hispanics in California California's Hispanic population is 14,013,719, or approximately 38% of the state's total population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). From 2000...
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- IdentiSys Inc., North America's largest sales and service integrator of identification, card issuance, emergency response and access control/CCTV security systems, today announced the acquisition of the Identification Division of Claritus Inc., headquartered in Lincoln, NE, with additional offices in Sioux Falls, SD, Dakota Dunes, SD and Omaha, NE. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120602/CG17695) Claritus...
Nicholas Kristof’s portrait of the Pine Ridge Reservation in his piece for the May 9th New York Times “Poverty’s Poster Child” is shocking and sympathetic, but, according to the Lakota People’s Law Project, it does not address social and economic structures of oppression in South Dakota. While he implies that regular economic investment models could help Native American communities, he does not depict the reservation system’s perpetuation of conquest and Native American...
Residents in South Dakota can now use InsuranceCalculator.net to obtain insurance quotes instantly online. InsuranceCalculator.net works with the top auto, home, health, life, business, and travel insurance companies in South Dakota to help consumers save money on insurance. (PRWEB) May 27, 2012 Residents in South Dakota can now use InsuranceCalculator.net to obtain insurance quotes instantly online. InsuranceCalculator.net works with the top auto, home, health, life, business, and...
MITCHELL, S.D., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless will expand its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in Mitchell, S.D., starting Thursday, May 17, enabling customers in more areas of South Dakota to take advantage of the nation's largest 4G LTE network. The company also will expand its 4G LTE footprint in 10 other markets currently with Verizon Wireless 4G LTE service and introduce the network in 28 new markets the same day. With the new and expanded markets, the...
Appointment to support growth of water and wastewater solutions in Minnesota and western Wisconsin Watertown, SD (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 Dakota Pump & Control(DPC), a leader in water and wastewater pumps, controls and liquid storage for industrial, municipal, water contractor and utility customers, today announced the appointment of Darin Feist to the position of Sales Engineer for the Minnesota and western Wisconsin region. The move is consistent with the ongoing growth of DPC sales and...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TelAssistant business phone services has recently announced the addition of new offices in Sioux Falls, SD. The new move was in conjunction with Virtual Office Advantage, which manages the site. Virtual Office Advantage runs E-suites, which is a professional office space that provides many benefits for small businesses and non-profit organizations. Their specialty includes virtual administrative assistant services that screen calls,...
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sears has launched SearsLocalAd.com, which provides South Dakota customers with access to hundreds of additional local deals beyond the weekly Sears print circular or sears.com. The online shopping portal is dedicated to local customers, allowing them to shop smarter by previewing new local deals updated every week, and includes enhancements for Sears' SHOP YOUR WAY REWARDS(SM) members. "SearsLocalAd.com gives our South Dakota...
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/--Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR) reported production of 85,526 Boepd (barrels of oil equivalent per day) for the first quarter of 2012, a 66 percent increase over production of 51,663 Boepd for the first quarter of 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120327/DA76602LOGO) The Company's first quarter 2012 production of 85,526 Boepd was 14 percent higher than production of 75,219 Boepd for the fourth...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To continue to stay ahead of rising demand for wireless voice, multimedia and Internet access, Verizon Wireless has expanded its local network in South Dakota by activating eight new cell sites, expanding coverage in the following areas: Brookings County - Improving coverage along the U.S. Highway 81 and State Highway 28 corridors near Arlington. Buffalo County (two sites) - Improving coverage for the town of Fort Thompson and along...
Latest South Dakota Reference Libraries
Wind Cave National Park is located in South Dakota in the United States, only ten miles away from the town of Hot Springs. The park holds 33,847 acres of cave system, and was the first national park of its kind. European explorers and Native Americans that traveled through the area knew that the cave was there, but there has been no existence of habitation found within the cave. Although the Lakota people spoke of a scared cave that produced wind, the first recorded discovery of the cave...
Badlands national Park is located in the southwest region of South Dakota. It holds 242,756 acres of land, with 64,144 acres comprising a protected wilderness area. The park was designated as a national monument in 1929 and established in 1939, but attained national park status in 1978. The Stronghold Unit area of the park is managed by the National Park Service and the Oglala Lakota tribe and holds many sights including those used for Ghost Dances in the 1890’s, a bomb and gunnery range...
Tyrannosaurus, meaning “tyrant lizard,” was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period (68 to 65 million years ago). It was among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist prior to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event. Perhaps the most famous Tyrannosaurus species, T. rex, was named in 1905 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Teeth belonging to Tyrannosaurus were first discovered in 1874 by A. Lakes near Golden...
The Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) is a seabird from the tern family, Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races that mainly differ in bill color and minor plumage details. S. d. dougallii breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, and winters south to the Caribbean and West Africa. Both the European and North American populations have been in long term decline, though active conservation measures have reversed the decline in the last few years at some...
