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One of Europe's largest cargo airlines connects DFW with its global freighter service DFW AIRPORT, Texas, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cargolux Airlines International S.A., one of Europe's largest cargo airlines, tomorrow will launch its first freighter flight connecting Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Luxembourg. The twice-weekly operation will be operated with Cargolux's new 747-8 freighters, offering cargo customers fast and efficient overseas cargo...
TORONTO, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Longview Solutions, a leading provider of corporate performance management (CPM) and tax reporting software, today announced the appointment of Terence Wallis, Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing and Stephanie Bullock, Vice President, Global Marketing. Together they will provide strategic leadership to the growing global sales and marketing team. "We are pleased to have both Terence and Stephanie join Longview Solutions," said...
The Wing Experts heat up tournament time with new limited-time offer RICHARDSON, Texas, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Now that the NCAA tournament brackets are complete, Wingstop is adding to the excitement with an all-star offer for fans - the Wingstop Triple Double Pack, available at more than 550 Wingstop locations across the country. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130319/DA79692) The Triple Double pack includes eight classic wings and 12 boneless wings,...
Global conference organizer, CMT announces the 9th SugarWorld ASIA Summit to be held in Yangon on April 28-30, 2013. Put together with industry leaders, the summit examines global sugar landscape, role of Asia in the trade, and the opportunities that follow. Yangon, Myanmar (PRWEB) March 19, 2013 Held in emerging market Myanmar, the [9th SugarWorld ASIA Summit seeks to provide frank perspectives on global as well as Asia sugar markets, developments in high yielding crops, growing...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (NYSE:HTA) ("HTA") announced that on March 11, 2013, the Company acquired the Forest Park Tower (the "Tower") in Dallas, Texas for approximately $48.7 million. The Tower is a 130,000 square foot class A medical office building built in 2010 and located on Forest Park Medical Center's ("Forest Park") - Dallas campus. The Tower represents the second high quality, on-campus medical office building...
LUFKIN, Texas, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lufkin Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUFK), today announced that the Company will be attending the Howard Weil 41(st) Annual Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans on March 17 to 21. John F. "Jay" Glick, Lufkin's president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, March 19, at approximately 3:20 p.m. Central Time (4:20 p.m. Eastern Time). The conference is not being webcast but the slides of Lufkin's presentation...
Community Partners of Dallas received 10 beautiful Easter Baskets from LifeBox 24*7 employees. Baskets are given to abused and neglected children who are served by Dallas County Protective Services. Garland, Texas (PRWEB) March 16, 2013 Employees of LifeBox 24*7 made and delivered 10 beautiful Easter baskets to Community Partners of Dallas this week. Community Partners of Dallas was established in 1989 by a committed group of Dallas County individuals to ensure that the community could...
The featured cast from Discovery Channel's hit show, "Fast and Loud", are partnering with Cinsay and the R2RLIVE.com event during SXSW to showcase video and sell limited edition merchandise from the iconic Gas Monkey Garage brand. AUSTIN, Texas, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman of the famed Gas Monkey Garage and Discovery Channel's hit show, "Fast and Loud", have partnered with Cinsay and the "Rags to Riches" live music event in Austin. "We are...
GENEVA, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE/Euronext Paris/SIX: WFT) today announced that it has scheduled a conference call for Friday, May 3, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. ET. The purpose of the conference call is to discuss results for the company's first quarter ended March 31, 2013. The call will be open to the public. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/19990308/WEATHERFORDLOGO) To access the call, please contact the conference call operator at...
DALLAS, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bombshells Restaurant and Bar, an already popular restaurant and live music venue off the Stemmons Freeway (I-35) north of Mockingbird Lane, hosts its grand opening party March 15(th)-17(th) featuring bands In10City & Time Machine. Although not a gentlemen's club, Bombshells is part of the publicly traded Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK) group of adult clubs and restaurants nationwide. (Logo:...
Latest Geography of Texas Reference Libraries
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 ...
