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Pinnacle Strategies Featured in Industrial Automation Highlighting Gulf of Mexico Cleanup Plano, TX (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Industrial Automation recently looked at how Rapid Analysis and Bottleneck Improvement Teams (RABIT) helped increase production of tubing hangers in the Gulf of Mexico cleanup. In the article entitled, "Rapid Analysis and Bottleneck Improvement Team Drives Double Throughput,” manufacturing journalist TR Cutler reported how Pinnacle Strategies was brought into...
OTTAWA, Jan. 16, 2013 /CNW/ - The Forces & Families Campaign, a new third party initiative to raise funds for the Military Families Fund was launched at a ceremony on Saturday, 12 January 2013, following a hockey game at the Air Canada Centre between a Canadian Forces All-Star team and Toronto Maple Leaf Alumni. Spearheaded by John Randolph, a philanthropist and founder of the successful annual Canadian Forces Appreciation Day in Toronto, this Campaign will be executed in...
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Barbara Elizabeth Walsh brings to life the story of World War I humanitarian Moina Belle Michael in The Poppy Lady (Calkins Creek Books), and a portion of proceeds will go to support the National Military Family Association's Operation Purple®. The title comes from the nickname Moina earned working for more than 25 years to establish the poppy as a universal tribute to U.S. war veterans. In this book, illustrated by Layne Johnson, Walsh...
Guards at Arlington National Cemetery put essay contest winners at ease as they marched with the children to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Delray Beach, Fla. (PRWEB) July 26, 2012 Four students from the Children of America Educational Childcare & Academy in Crofton, Md., recently experienced the high honor of laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Students were chosen to participate in the ceremony in Washington, D.C., based on essays they wrote that addressed what...
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a symbolic transfer of command, the direct descendants of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry will present Navy Rear Admiral Greg Nosal with the "Don't Give up the Ship" flag in a Longboat Rowing ceremony hosted by the Perry Group at the Port of Cleveland on Aug. 30, 2012. The United States Navy will be commemorating the War of 1812 during Navy Week in Cleveland Aug. 27 through Sept. 4, 2012. The presentation of the flag from Perry's...
STAUNTON, Va., May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cadence, Inc., a leading manufacturer of precision products for the medical device and life science markets, announced yesterday that it will invest nearly $16 million to expand its operations. This new expansion will allow Cadence to expand its capabilities in the medical device and life science markets and support production of significant new business. "This major expansion represents another significant step on our journey of...
Officials say the U.S. House of Representatives may soon commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Pig War, a historical conflict started over a dead pig. U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., said the conflict between the fledgling United States and Britain began when a U.S. farmer shot and killed belonging to the British company, Hudson's Bay Co., in summer 1859, McClatchy Newspapers reported Wednesday. This was a territorial dispute between a world power and a rising world power, Larsen said....
By Lohr McKinstry, The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Jun. 27--TICONDEROGA -- Gen. George Washington spoke on Ticonderoga's Town Green Friday. Washington was portrayed by historical interpreter Dean Malissa of Philadelphia in an appearance that was jointly sponsored by the Town of Ticonderoga and Fort Ticonderoga. Arriving via horse-drawn carriage with another famous military figure, Gen. Henry Knox, portrayed by Robert Huffman, Washington spoke to a crowd of about 35 people...
