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NASA has selected four more companies for indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity multiple-award construction contracts at the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. These are in addition to six companies selected in August. The fixed price contracts consist of a performance period of five years, with a total value not to exceed $700 million. The companies selected are: -- American Contractor & Technology, Inc., Scott, La. -- D.N.P. Inc., Biloxi, Miss. --...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected four more companies for indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity multiple-award construction contracts at the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. These are in addition to six companies selected in August. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The fixed price contracts consist of a performance period of five years, with a total value not to exceed $700 million. The...
ATLANTA, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the opening of Business Recovery Center in Gulfport, MS, Harrison County. This Center will provide one-on-one help to business owners seeking disaster assistance for losses caused by Hurricane Isaac that began on Aug. 26. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110909/DC65875LOGO) "Businesses with physical damages or loss of revenue should seriously consider visiting the...
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Weather from September 6: A very busy day from a severe weather aspect, with strong winds from Missouri and Kansas and also southward into portions of Arkansas and Mississippi. A second pocket of strong winds occurred in the panhandle of Texas. A third region was found along the Northeast region of New York and portions of PA along with Virginia and North Carolina. A large swath of hail reports came out of Iowa with the largest report from Newell, IA...
Mississippi State University has been awarded a grant to launch “MSU on the Move” a campus health initiative for students and local residents. In response, Massage School San Diego has released a tip sheet to help students stay healthy while at college. Starkville, MI (PRWEB) September 05, 2012 Following the announcement that Mississippi State University has launched its “MSU on the Move” health initiative, Massage School San Diego, a proponent of vegan foods and holistic schools...
CORINTH, Miss., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cortelco, a leading U.S. telephony supplier, and 2N, a worldwide developer and manufacturer of intercom and security solutions, with U.S. headquarters in Miami, FL, announced a partnership by which Cortelco will sell 2N products through their distribution partners in the United States and Canada. 2N is a proven provider of customized solutions. Their Helios IP Intercom product family includes the cost effective IP Uni, the IP Vario which...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Karen G. Mills issued the following statement after the announcement of the Presidential disaster declaration for several counties in Mississippi affected by Hurricane Isaac beginning on Aug. 26, 2012: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110909/DC65875LOGO ) "The U.S. Small Business Administration is strongly committed to providing the people of Mississippi with the most...
The Humane Society of the United States is transferring nearly 200 dogs and cats from animal shelters in Jefferson Parish La. and McComb, Miss. to other locations in order to make room for more rescued animals during the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. (PRWEB) September 01, 2012 The Humane Society of the United States is transferring nearly 200 dogs and cats from animal shelters in Jefferson Parish, La. and McComb, Miss. to other locations in order to ease the burden on local communities...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Hurricane Isaac was able to make the Mississippi River run backwards for 24 hours after hitting the Gulf Coast this week. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) instruments recorded the flow of the river, and found that it was running in reverse on Tuesday. The flow reached nearly 182,000 cubic feet per second upriver, and gathered up a height of about 10 feet above average. The agency said that the average flow of the river is about...
ATLANTA, Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Tate, Tippah, Union and Yalobusha counties in Mississippi as a result of the drought that occurred between...
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Symbol: SPMI9 Group: Moss Family: Sphagnaceae Growth Habit: Nonvascular Native Status: NA N Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Division Bryophyta – Mosses Subdivision Musci Class Sphagnopsida – Peat mosses Subclass Sphagnidae Order Sphagnales Family Sphagnaceae Genus Sphagnum L. – sphagnum Species Sphagnum mississippiense R.E....
The Blue sucker, Cycleptus elongatus, is a freshwater species of fish in the sucker family. Huge migrations of these fast, powerful fish once migrated throughout the Mississippi River basin, and spring harvests of blue sucker were a staple food for early pioneers. Blue suckers are quite rare today, mainly due to the segmentation of habitat caused by the thousands of dams that have been built in the last century. Early records indicate that this fish once reached weights of over 40 lb,...
The Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) is an endangered species of fish that exists in the waters of the Mississippi and Missouri River and numerous tributaries. In 1990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the species on the endangered species list, as very few young sturgeon had been found in recent years, and also due to the fact that all sightings of the fish had lessened in the preceding decade. The Pallid sturgeon is one of the largest fish found in the Mississippi...
The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear or cinnamon bear, is the most common bear in North America. The black bear can be found throughout much of North America, from northern Canada and Alaska south into Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This includes 39 of the 50 U.S. states and all Canadian provinces. Populations in east-central and the southern United States remain in the protected mountains and woodlands of parks and preserves. While there...
The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. One of the black basses, it is native to a wide area east of the Rocky Mountains in North America, encompassing the Mississippi River basin, the Saint Lawrence River"“Great Lakes system, and up into the Hudson Bay basin, as well as down into Florida, Texas, and northeastern Mexico. The largemouth bass is distinguished by a series of dark blotches forming a ragged...
