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CHICAGO, IL, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today it will increase shipments of heavy northern Alberta crude oil through LBC Tank Terminals' expanded terminal at Sunshine, located within the Geismar, La., Industrial Complex, starting in March 2013. The new service is part of CN's plan to develop new markets for northern Alberta crude oil on the east side of the Mississippi River near the Gulf of Mexico. CN is also moving chemicals from the...
Drugstore Lobby 'Power Grab' Hits Legal Roadblock WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Facing a lawsuit alleging violations of federal law, the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy (BoP) reversed course and rescinded a proposed regulation that would have imposed unprecedented - and costly - new fiduciary mandates on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the companies that employers, unions, and state agencies hire to negotiate discounts from drugstores. Most states, including...
The MS Center of Atlanta, along with the NMSS (National Multiple Sclerosis Society), are dedicated to remove all barriers to patient care. The Center is proud to team up with GPT (Georgia Partnership of Telehealth) and Dr. Brian Griner to set up the first dedicated telehealth center for MS in Valdosta, Georgia. (PRWEB) February 22, 2013 A significant number of patients in Georgia lack access to physicians knowledgeable about their disease or illness. This is true not only in rural areas,...
HATTIESBURG, Miss., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Frances A. Karnes, Ph.D. is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional in the field of Education as a result of her role as a Distinguished Professor with the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Karnes is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education and Director of the Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she has been...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Concerned over the safety of BP's current and future operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast organizations, along with national and international supporters are demanding BP be assessed the maximum Clean Water Act fines possible under current law and that the federal government aggressively move forward with a fully transparent and public trial. More than forty-five organizations have signed the letter, which was delivered to...
DALLAS, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Meridian Healthcare Intelligence, a Dallas-based healthcare software company, signed a deal with Post Acute Medical for its latest suite of analytical programs designed to help improve cost management and operational performance. Post Acute Medical operates nine long-term acute care and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals as well as 11 outpatient rehab centers. Meridian's Pinpoint(TM) software package enables hospital executives to identify best...
JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mississippi Community College Board and the state's 15 community colleges recently selected Canvas by Instructure as the learning platform for the Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC). This partnership marks the beginning of a five-year engagement with Instructure, an innovative company in eLearning technology. Canvas will provide the critical tools necessary to ensure that the MSVCC accomplishes its strategic goals centered...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, a unit of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) and the parent company of Willmut Gas Co., announced today that it is donating $100,000 to the South Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross and local schools to assist victims of last week's tornado. The contribution also will include a donation-matching program of up to $50,000 by the Sempra Energy Foundation to support the Sempra Energy companies' employee-giving...
eScholar®, a leader in the application of data to personalize education, today announced that the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has deployed eScholar products and services to collect, analyze and report data for the state’s 152 school districts. Utilizing eScholar Complete Data Warehouse® for K-12 (eScholar CDW) combined with the eScholar EDEN Solution™, MDE harnesses the experience garnered from 12 other state education agency implementations, as well as a wealth...
JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U-Haul Company of Mississippi is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box Pod moving and self-storage to central Mississippi residents who were affected by yesterday's tornado, and also to residents statewide who need to move their belongings to safety because of flooding. With U-Box pod moving and self-storage, you can conveniently pick up our custom-designed trailer and take your U-Box pod with you. U-Haul also can store...
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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...
