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QUINCY, Wash., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quincy Valley Medical Center recently held a special training and demonstration event as part of the launch of the hospital's new Robotic Telestroke Program (on May 6, 2013). The Robotic Telestroke Program, coordinated through Providence Sacred Heart's comprehensive Stroke Center, will directly link physicians at Quincy Valley Medical Center to Sacred Heart's nationally certified, award-winning stroke center, allowing Quincy area patients...

Specialized Data Service Adds Slough LD4 Co-location Site to Growing List OAKLAND, Calif., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quincy Data, a recognized leader in low latency market data, is pleased to announce the addition of the Slough LD4 co-location center to its growing list of distribution sites. The latency for CME Group data delivery in LD4 will be the lowest known for a publicly available service. The underlying network--combining microwave and fiber--delivers select CME data in...

OAKLAND, Calif., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quincy Data, LLC a recognized leader in low latency market data, is pleased to announce its offering of CME futures data inside the Carteret data center at latencies believed to be faster than ever before. The Quincy Extreme Data service (QED) today delivers select CME Group data in 4.16 milliseconds rack to rack. "Timely CME data is extremely important to trading in Carteret," says Stephane Tyc, co-founder of Quincy Data. "We are...

Nurses Will Picket for 24 hours and will be prepared to re-enter the hospital on April 12 at 6 a.m. to resume care of patients QUINCY, Mass., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following media advisory was issued today by Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United: To protest dangerous staffing conditions at their hospital, registered nurses at Cerberus-Steward owned Quincy Medical Center will conduct a one-day strike on Thursday, April 11. The strike will...

SEATTLE, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle-based energy and facility services firm McKinstry has released a carbon analysis study that confirms that the unique (Cold Train) refrigerated express intermodal service to/from the Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal produces a smaller carbon footprint than shipping by long-haul truck to/from Quincy, Wash. The report validates a previous estimation of carbon emissions reported by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway's Carbon...

OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quincy Data is live with the Quincy Extreme Data (QED) Service offering financial market data to exchange-collocated clients over an ultra-low latency microwave network linking the Chicago and New York trading centers. Being milliseconds ahead of the competition can lead to significant increase in profits and reduction of risk for Quincy's bank, dealer and trading clients. The QED Service integrates and normalizes market...

WENATCHEE, Wash., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Apple Commission has recently released an economic impact study on the effect that the state's apple industry has on the state and region. According to the study, Washington's apple industry is a major contributor of income, employment and tax revenues to the state's economy. For example, the apple industry boosted the Washington economy by an estimated $7.02 billion in direct, indirect and induced economic activity in...

ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, the Port of Quincy and Rail Logistics-Cold Train will be jointly exhibiting at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit Convention and Expo. Last year, the Port of Quincy and Cold Train successfully partnered on an exhibit at the PMA Fresh Summit in Atlanta, GA. This year's Fresh Summit is in Anaheim, CA from October 26-28. The PMA Fresh Summit is the largest tradeshow and exposition in the world...

QUINCY, Fla., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- /Continental Who's Who/ -- Gertrude Betsey is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional. Gertrude is recognized by the Funeral Services industry as a result of 46 Years of Excellence in the field. Betsey is the Owner of Betsey Funeral Home, located in Quincy, Florida. Gertrude's expertise lies in the area of Customer Service, however, Gertrude believes that Customer Service is much deeper than providing services and...

QUINCY, Wash., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rail Logistics-Cold Train and Interstate Distributor Co. have announced a new partnership in which Cold Train (www.icoldtrain.com) will utilize a dedicated fleet of trucks from Interstate Distributor Co. (www.intd.com) for short-haul drayage service to and from the Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal (www.portofquincyintermodal.com) in Washington State. In early 2010, Rail Logistics (www.rrlx.com) launched the "Cold Train" Pacific...