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Known For Their Innovative Self-Made YouTube Videos NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Utah's favorite dads, The Piano Guys, release their latest self-made music video, a cover of Taylor Swift's "Begin Again." This new video finds the band in a greenhouse cafe with YouTube stars Alex Goot and Megan Nicole doing vocal duties in the recording studio. The two locations mirror the musical combination that the band wanted to achieve. Two versions of the song are available - an...
VANCOUVER, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Western Pacific Resources Corp. (the "Company" - WRP: TSXV) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire, through its U.S. subsidiary, the Deer Trail Mine located in Piute County, Utah from the Deer Trail Mining Company, LLC ("DTMC"), a subsidiary of Unico, Inc. Warwick Smith, CEO of Western Pacific, comments: "Acquiring the Deer Trail Mine is a significant milestone for Western Pacific. This transaction...
-- Raises Production Guidance by more than 30 percent over 2012 -- DENVER, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Resolute Energy Corporation ("Resolute" or the "Company") (NYSE: REN) today announced its 2013 capital budget and issued guidance for production and costs in 2013. Resolute also provided detail on its year-end 2012 reserves and production. Nicholas J. Sutton, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Following our successful 2012, Resolute is focused in...
Utah adoption agency offers a number of financial assistance programs to assist birth moms. Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) February 20, 2013 Heart to Heart Adoptions Utah is pleased to announce that they are now offering additional financial services to assist birth moms during and after their pregnancy. Heart to Heart Adoptions recognizes that one of the major reasons women place their child for adoption is due to lack of finances. The cost to give birth and raise a child can run in the...
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mummies of the World is pleased to announce that it experienced the most successful exhibit opening to date at The Leonardo museum in Salt Lake City. The exhibition debuted on Saturday, Feb. 16, and more than 7,000 people attended the exhibit over the Presidents Day Weekend. "We are thrilled with the exhibition's opening weekend record-breaking success in Salt Lake City," said Marc Corwin, president of American Exhibitions, Inc. "The...
-Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.) maintains No. 1 ranking; Montverde (Fla.) Academy, Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) stay Nos. 2 and 3 - MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of New Jersey's most longstanding boys basketball powerhouses--St. Benedict's Prep of Newark and St. Anthony of Jersey City--continued to advance up the rankings and have now moved into the top five of the USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 national editorial rankings for the week of Feb. 18, 2013....
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online People living around the Great Lakes and near the Great Salt Lake know all about how lake-effect snow bands can move in quickly and dump several inches of the white stuff in just a few hours. A pair of Utah researchers has found the topography around a lake can greatly influence the amount and range of a lake-effect snow event, according to a new study in the new journal Monthly Weather Review. The study's senior author, Jim...
Newly Reorganized Management Team Includes Benjamin Martin as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) February 14, 2013 MWI announced today that Benjamin Martin has been appointed executive vice president, Chief Technology Officer and a member of the MWI Leadership Team, effective February 15th, 2013. He reports directly to President and CEO Joshua Steimle. As Chief Technology Officer, Martin assumes responsibility all technology initiatives for...
PARK CITY, Utah, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Westgate Park City Resort & Spa, Utah's premiere mountain resort, was honored with two of the resort industry's most prestigious global awards as "The Best Timeshare Resort in North America" and proudly "The Best Timeshare Resort in the World," by Perspective Magazine at the GNEX 2013 Conference - The Global Meeting of Minds. The Perspective Magazine Awards program is conducted by a team of industry peers to recognize and celebrate...
ST. GEORGE, Utah, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest, Inc., (NASDAQ: SKYW) ("SkyWest") today reported that passenger boardings for January increased 6.7 percent to 4,496,285 compared to 4,214,301 for the same period last year. SkyWest also reported a 4.8 percent increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for January, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 2.0 percent compared to January 2012. The combined airlines generated 2.3 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs...
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Bryce Canyon National Park is located in the southwestern portion of Utah in the United States. The park holds 35,835 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes like the Basketmaker Anasazi and the Paiute Indians. The first explorers of European and American ancestry visited the area in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many explorers searched the area for viable farming and ranching grounds. A scientific expedition traveled into the area in 1872, led by John Wesley Powell....
Arches National Park is located in eastern Utah, close to Moab, Utah, in the United States and holds 76,679 acres of protected land. The park protects over 2,000 arches, which are made of sandstone, including Delicate Arch and many other geological formations. Forty-three of these arches have fallen since 1970, due to erosion. The highest point in the park is Elephant Butte, which reaches 5,653 feet, and the lowest point is found at the visitor center at an elevation of 4,085 feet. The...
Zion National Park is located near Springdale, Utah in the southwestern United States. The park holds 146,597 acres of protect land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes like the Parowan Fremont and Basketmaker Anasazi tribes. The Mormons were the first people of European ancestry to inhabit the area and in 1863, Isaac Behunin, the man who is credited with naming the area, moved into Zion Canyon. This canyon spans across 229 square miles and was used for farming and ranching by...
Canyonlands National Park is located in southern Utah in the United Sates. It occurs near the city of Moab and is divided into four distinct areas. These areas are comprised of the Green River and Colorado Rivers and their tributaries, the Needles, the Island in the Sky, and the Maze. The park holds 337,598 acres of protected land and was established in 1964. The four areas of Canyonland National Park, sometimes considered only three areas, are all different although they hold a similar...
The white-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula) can be found in a range that extends from Central Mexico in the South to Colorado and Utah in the North. Its western range extends from Texas to southeastern California, but it does not occur in the eastern areas of the United States. Populations of these rats occurring east of the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas are classified as the white-toothed woodrat. The white-throated woodrat holds fifteen subspecies that occur throughout...
