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IRVING, Texas, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Apexus, the government's prime vendor for the 340B program, is excited to announce the launch of a periodic, scheduled, live group chat for 340B participants in Summer 2013. This venue is anticipated to provide stakeholders quick and easy access to answers to their 340B issues, while promoting networking with peers. This expanded service complements Apexus Answers, a call center equipped with live operators who are ready to assist 340B...
--KOSA-TV, Odessa Becomes Newest Station to Benefit From Rentrak's TV Ratings Currency-- PORTLAND, Ore., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and movie industries, today announced a multi-year local TV ratings contract with ICA Broadcasting for its CBS-affiliate, KOSA-TV and MyTV affiliate, NOSA-TV, Odessa, Texas. The new contract makes Odessa the 11(th) client market in Texas to...
Epic Coaster Features World's Tallest and Steepest Drop, Fastest Speed and a First-of-its-Kind Looping Zero-G Barrel Roll on a Wooden Hybrid Coaster SAN ANTONIO, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Coiled and ready to strike, Six Flags Fiesta Texas today unveils the most anticipated new coaster of the year, the Iron Rattler! The extreme, ultra-smooth coaster plummets guests down an 81 degree drop from a height of 180-feet, roars 70 miles per hour, snakes through four wild overbanked turns...
Oilfield Services company reports record revenues of $2.6 Million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, up more than 380% from 1st quarter 2012 on pro forma basis HOUSTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HII Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), symbol HIIT (OTCBB/OTCQB), an oilfield services company headquartered in Houston, Texas, today announced financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2013. As stated in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 15,...
3 Men Movers, a 28 year old Texas moving company took one of their Movits, a portable storage unit, to a local grocery store in downtown Houston for a one day charity effort to provide relief and support to a nursing home near West TX. Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 In light of the tragic events in West Texas on April 17th, 3 Men Movers organized a relief effort to support the victims and their families. The Atrium of Bellmeade in West, is a local nursing home that has taken in 20...
The Austin sports medicine doctors at Medicine in Motion have compiled tips for elderly adults who are interested in starting or getting back into a fitness routine. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 As a person ages, metabolism slows down, muscle strength declines, bone density decreases and the heart pumps less blood with each beat. Many seniors take this as a sign that exercise isn’t in the cards for them, but what they may not realize is that physical fitness is one of the best...
Ace Health is now providing Texas health insurance and California health insurance quotes online with their new “Super Easy” quote program that’s extremely simple to complete. (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Ace Health, the leaders in affordable Texas health insurance and California health insurance, now have an even easier method for customers to get health insurance quotes online by using their new “Super Easy” health insurance quote program. Ace Health’s new “Super Easy” quote...
John W. Huemoeller II, the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President will be a featured speaker to The National Eagles and Angels Association conference being held at The Petroleum Club of Houston, 800 Bell Street, 43rd Floor, Houston, TX 77002. Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Novas Energy USA a wholly owned subsidiary of Propell Technologies Group, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTCQB: PROP), announced that John W. Huemoeller II, the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive...
Retail Versions of Fancy Ketchup, Spicy Ketchup, Original Mustard Available at All H-E-B Stores by Saturday, May 25. San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Following unprecedented buzz about Whataburger’s popular condiments coming to an H-E-B store near you, the two Texas companies announced today Fancy Ketchup, Spicy Ketchup and Original Mustard should arrive in stores just prior to the Memorial Day weekend by Saturday, May 25. The highly anticipated Whatatfries product — a potato chip...
New sales channel tools boost revenue, productivity for Texas telecom agents. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Danny Steer has joined TelePacific to drive the development and implementation of advanced sales tools that will make pricing, changes, promos and other vital data available for Agents. He comes from Master Agent Telarus, where for the past four years he played a key role in maintaining the tools that company’s sales force depended on to build rapid, accurate proposals....
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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...
