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Customers Encouraged to Vote for Favorite Finalist, Nonprofit via Facebook Contest. San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) April 02, 2013 Recently, Whataburger announced the 21 restaurants that emerged as finalists in the company’s “WhataGames” competition, a unique and spirited contest designed to test the skills of Whataburger team members in three categories: operations, corporate history and customer service. Today, Whataburger added another twist to the competition – each finalist team has...
Over 3,000 Families Helped Since 1995 Flower Mound, TX (PRWEB) April 02, 2013 Jeff Brand, President of Jeff Brand & Associates of RE/MAX DFW Associates announced today that his firm has exceeded $600 Million in total residential real estate sales since its inception. In an era when the average REALTOR® sells approximately 8 homes per year, Jeff Brand and his team close hundreds of sales every year. When asked about his continued success, Jeff states, “Much of our success is due...
Kicking off the season with free Jumbo Jacks DALLAS, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After 60 years of serving guests at their restaurants, Jack in the Box® has introduced a mobile food truck. Jack's Burger Truck is visiting the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex and supporting civic and charitable activities around town. The truck will serve free Jumbo Jacks with cheese and offer coupons and gifts. Fans arriving at Rangers Ballpark for opening day on Friday, April 5, are invited to stop by...
EL PASO, Texas, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- /Continental Who's Who/- Claudia Deneen is recognized by Continental Who's Who as Woman of the Year 2013. Claudia receives this professional honor as a result of 26 Years of Excellence in the Electric Industry. Claudia is currently the Superintendent of Relay Construction of Maintenance and Transmission Distribution NERC Compliance for El Paso Electric Company, an organization that generates and distributes electricity through an...
Expert Speakers to Present at Unique Industry Event LOVELAND, Colo., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Longview Advisors, organizers of the annual Collaboration & Interoperability Congress (CIC), today announced its lineup of speakers for this year's event. The agenda is available at the congress website, (www.3dcic.com). Now in its tenth year, CIC has become a yearly barometer of the state of collaboration and interoperability strategy, technology and solutions in manufacturing and...
Robert C. Kratschmer, MD of Pearland, TX has been honored with a recognition by Vitals Patients Choice in its selection of "2012 Patients' Choice." PEARLAND, Texas, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Announcing a special recognition appearing in the January, 2013 issue of Vitals Patients Choice published by Fairchild Publications, Inc.. Robert C. Kratschmer, MD was selected for the following honor: "2012 Patients' Choice" (Photo:...
PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Covenant Security Services (CSS), one of the nation's largest American-owned security service providers, continues to expand its domestic footprint with the opening of a new regional office in Houston, Texas. With the opening of the new office, Covenant is proud to announce the promotions of several key CSS personnel. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120530/CG16014LOGO) Brandon Hyatt, who serves as a National Account...
New Service Expands American's Presence in Growing Latin American Market, Offers Latin American Customers Additional U.S. Gateway FORT WORTH, Texas, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines today launches daily service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Lima, Peru - providing more access and choices for customers traveling between the two key markets and beyond. The new route will enable customers to connect to other destinations in North America, Europe and Asia via American's...
Junior Achievement program helps students learn about the business of professional sports HOUSTON, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, March 27, the Houston Rockets hosted more than 500 high school students from 20 different school groups for the opportunity to "practice sports management" courtesy of Spectra Energy. From pre-game to post-game at Toyota Center, a unique program called JA Job Shadow offered students an up-close look at a day-in-the life of...
2013 National Public Gardens Day features essay contest for 1st-8th graders DALLAS, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas Arboretum is planting a seed and asking North Texas youth to spread the message of National Public Gardens Day. Together with Rain Bird®, the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, and the American Public Gardens Association (APGA), the Arboretum is sponsoring an essay contest for local 1st-8th graders aimed at exploring the...
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The Edwards Plateau is an area of west-central Texas which is bordered by the Balcones Fault towards the south and the east, the Llano Uplift and the Llano Estacado towards the north, and the Chihuahuan Desert and Pecos River towards the west. San Angelo, San Antonia, Del Rio, and Austin make a rough outline of the area. The eastern part of the plateau is the Texas Hill Country. The trees of this savanna include a juniper-oak mix and a mesquite-acacia mix scattered over the fairly short...
The Texas Blackland Prairies are a temperate grassland ecoregion that is located in Texas that stretches roughly from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. This area covers an area of 19,400 square miles, consisting of a main belt of 17,000 square miles and two islands of tall grass prairie grasslands located southeast of the main blackland prairie belt; both the main belt and the islands stretch northeast/southwest. It hosts many different eco-regional organisms....
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in in western Texas in an area of the Guadalupe Mountains. The park contains 86,367 acres of land that once was home to hunter-gather Native Americans. The first Spanish explorers arrived in the area in the 16th century, but these groups did not stay long. They introduced horses into the area, which greatly benefited the nomadic Apache tribe that moved through the Guadalupe Mountains area. When Americans settled the area, it created turmoil with...
Big Bend National Park is located in the United States in the state of Texas. This park was first established in 1933 as a Texas State Park known as Texas Canyons State Park, but was later renamed Big Bend State Park. The park attained National status in 1935 when the U.S. Congress passed legislature to acquire the park. The park was completed and opened in 1944. The history of human presence in the Big Bend area dates back to prehistoric times, when several Indian tribes inhabited the...
Symbol: SCLER10 Group: Dicot Family: Cactaceae Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass ...
