How many times have you gotten a mail from Capital One this month? More than once, for sure. Capital One wants to waste paper, which is why the credit card issuer can afford to send offers in paper to your mailbox many times a month. Capital One offers Visa and MasterCard, with platinum and gold [...]
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Dacotah Bank, Brookings, SD – Now Open!
January 10th, 2010
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I just passed by the new building of the Dacotah Bank in Brookings, SD. A big electronic board was placed in front that says “Dacotah Bank is now open.” I thought the construction of the building will never be finished. In all those times that I drove along 6th St., it seemed the bank construction [...]
Greedy H&M, WalMart Destroy Clothing
January 7th, 2010
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These big companies are greedy, with special mention going to both H&M and WalMart. Have you heard about the two throwing unsold clothing / clothes to waste? Can you imagine how many people, suffering in this cold winter months, could have benefited with the clothes had H&M and WalMart donated the unsold merchandise to Goodwill [...]
Bay Landing Hotel Review – San Francisco Bay Landing Hotel
December 17th, 2009
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Bay Landing Hotel at the Bayshore Area in San Francisco exudes comfort more than what meets the eye. In my last trip to San Francisco, around mid-December, I was expecting the hotel prices to sky rocket due to the holiday season craze. San Francisco is one of the U.S. busiest cities — tourists and locals [...]
Donate in Goodwill Store, Brookings, SD
November 6th, 2009
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I always make it a point to donate my old (and sometimes new) clothes to the Goodwill store. Goodwill is a thrift shop with a collection of all things used and cheap. Goodwill Store in Brookings, SD is located beside the Dollar store. I have this vanity for clothes. Whenever I go shopping, which happens [...]
UPS Tracking Information is Confusing
October 28th, 2009
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UPS is better in tracking information of your package than USPS. USPS does not update their tracking site often, which will leave you wondering where your package is — if it is still on its way or already lost somewhere. UPS, on the other hand, is efficient enough to scan the package in each and [...]
South Dakota Unemployment Rate Map
October 16th, 2009
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ESRI released a beta version of its “Make a Map” application that website folks/bloggers can play around and embed on their sites/blogs. The ESRI prototype application intended to highlight the ArcGIS API for Flex, the great demographic data available from ArcGIS Online, as well as the “Map Sandwich” web map layering technique proposed by the [...]
Giant Vision Awards 2009 for Business-Minded Students
October 12th, 2009
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Join the South Dakota Giant Vision Awards 2009! This is a good opportunity for those students who have great business plans but don’t have the finances to start the business off. According to Hon. Mike Rounds, the Governor of South Dakota:
