Attack Of The Crazy Ants: Invasive Species Spreading Throughout US Gulf Coast
[ Watch the Video: Rise of the Crazy Ants ] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Residents of the Gulf Coast are in the midst of an invasion - an ant invasion. An invasive and ecologically dominant species of ant is...
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The sweeping health care changes contained in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will likely affect every American, regardless of how they obtain health coverage. Yet three years after the ACA was signed into law, most are still unsure what to expect: a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 57 percent of all Americans and 67 percent of uninsured adults say they don't know how they will be affected when reform takes full effect next...
Entries to be Judged by Renowned Artists Gil Cerezo, Federico Archuleta, Juan Angel Chavez and Diana Garcia NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Indio, the dark lager Mexican beer, invites artists 25 and older who are residents of California, Texas, or Illinois, to "do their thing" and submit an original piece of 2D artwork into the first ever Indio Gallery contest, brewing on the brand's Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/IndioBeer (Gallery Tab) between May 21 and July 1. Thirty two...
Travelers receive airline rewards for parking, shopping, dining or boarding pets at DFW; New mobile app guides family travelers DFW AIRPORT, Texas, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport is kicking off the busy summer travel season by launching a customer rewards program powered by Thanks Again, in which passengers can earn airline mileage rewards for purchases at the Airport. Customers can start earning mileage rewards on May 24 for...
Colt McCoy and Matt Carter, authors of The Real Win: A Man's Quest for Authentic Success, join the national military support nonprofit, The Boot Campaign AUSTIN, Texas, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Now featured on http://BootCampaign.com is the official Boot Photo of star quarterback Colt McCoy and Pastor Matt Carter. By joining the Boot Campaign, the two men are helping the nonprofit in its strides to show tangible appreciation for our active military, raise awareness of...
SUGAR LAND, Texas, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Partners, LP (NYSE: UAN) (the "Partnership") today announced that Coffeyville Resources, LLC (the "Selling Unitholder"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc., priced an offering of 12,000,000 common units representing limited partner interests (the "common units") in the Partnership in a registered public offering at a public offering price of $25.15 per common unit. In connection with the offering, the Selling...
Comprehensive services save hospitals money through conservation, auditing energy bills and procurement savings IRVING, Texas, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VHA Inc., the national health care network, announced its new, comprehensive portfolio of energy services which enables health care organizations to reduce annual energy by as much as 30 percent. The portfolio includes programs from American Energy Assets, Eric Ryan Corporation and Hospital Energy. "Energy costs are a major...
Healthy meal concept, My Fit Foods, is set to open a new retail location in the bustling suburban area of Las Colinas on Friday, May 24th. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 My Fit Foods continues its expansion in the greater Dallas area with a new retail location bringing the healthy grab and go concept to the popular suburban area of Las Colinas. The new My Fit Foods store, located at 7979 N. Macarthur Blvd. Suite 110, Irving TX 75063 will offer fresh healthy pre-portioned meals and...
The most trusted fence builder throughout the North Dallas Texas region North Texas Fence and Deck have just started offering their acclaimed service in Plano. Since the year 1996, this company has been offering top class fence repair, installation and custom fence service in McKinney, Richardson, Garland and surrounding communities. Plano, TX (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Top class fence builder service from North Texas Fence and Deck is now available in Plano. The company has the enviable track...
The Austin sports medicine doctors at Medicine in Motion have put together tips for teenagers who are interested in beginning a fitness routine. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 The lives of teenagers are often filled to the brim. Juggling school, work, post-high school plans, family life, dating, friends and studying doesn’t leave much time for other activities; but physical fitness is extremely important. Since one out of three kids in the United States is considered overweight or...
Governor's signature makes Oregon the third state in the U.S. to prohibit minors from using indoor tanning facilities. Similar bills have been passed in Illinois and Texas, where they await governors’ signatures. Rolling Meadows, Ill. (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association applauds Oregon Gov. John A. Kitzhaber (D) for signing a bill (HB 2896) that will strengthen existing state law by banning minors from tanning indoors. With Gov....
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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...
David Walker was a United States Navy officer and a NASA astronaut. He was born David Mathieson Walker on May 20, 1944 in Columbus, Georgia and graduated from Eustis High School in Eustis, Florida in 1962. He then went on to attend the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966. Upon graduation, he went through flight training in Florida, Mississippi, and Texas and was subsequently named a Naval Aviator in December 1967. His first...
