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Michael Baker International Acquires Tidal Basin

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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PITTSBURGH , Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that the firm has acquired Tidal Basin, a leading comprehensive emergency and disaster management consulting firm. Tidal Basin will continue to operate as a stand-alone entity and will complement Michael Baker's efforts to support the nation's recovery efforts and rebuild infrastructure to be safer and more resilient.

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  • PITTSBURGH , Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Baker International , a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that the firm has acquired Tidal Basin , a leading comprehensive emergency and disaster management consulting firm.
  • Tidal Basin will continue to operate as a stand-alone entity and will complement Michael Baker's efforts to support the nation's recovery efforts and rebuild infrastructure to be safer and more resilient.
  • "We are excited to welcome Tidal Basin as a sister company to Michael Baker.
  • Michael Baker and Tidal Basin have a history of working together on projects throughout the country, including planning projects targeting wildfires in California and infrastructure projects in Colorado and New York.

COUNTDOWN TO THE RELAUNCH OF RUSH'S 'SIGNALS'

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Friday, March 3, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 28th, UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records continue the comprehensive Rush 40th anniversary album series with new and expanded editions of the band's decade-defining 1982 release, Signals, an album that signified how the band was in no way detached and subdivided from the ever-shifting 1980s musical landscape. Signals-40th Anniversary will be available to fans in three distinct configurations, including the (1) Super Deluxe Edition, (2) one-LP Picture Disc Edition, and (3) Dolby Atmos Digital Edition. There will also be a limited edition Super Deluxe box featuring eight lithographs of Neil Peart's original hand-drawn lyrics for each song on Signals only available through the official Rush online store. All configurations can be pre-ordered and pre-saved, HERE.

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  • Next, the band shifts gears and leans back into the wide-eyed yearnings of "The Analog Kid," a propulsive track that also reached No.
  • The album wraps up with the optimistic skyward views of "Countdown," an unabashed celebratory chronicle of the launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981.
  • "Countdown" also features approved audio of the voice communications between the Columbia astronauts and ground control.
  • The picture disc is housed in a transparent plastic sleeve, and it showcases new Hugh Syme artwork on both album sides.

5Star Life Insurance Company Appoints Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) John F. Sampa to its Board

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Thursday, February 9, 2023
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5Star Life Insurance Company announced today the appointment of Command Sergeant Major (Ret.)

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  • 5Star Life Insurance Company announced today the appointment of Command Sergeant Major (Ret.)
  • “It is our pleasure to welcome Command Sergeant Major John Sampa to the 5Star Life Board of Directors.
  • Command Sergeant Major (CSM) John F. Sampa was appointed as the 12th Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard on 15 February 2018.
  • CSM Sampa was previously the Command Sergeant Major for the 36th Infantry Division for more than three years.

NASA to Dedicate, Rename Rocket Park for Former Director George Abbey

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Monday, December 6, 2021
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HOUSTON, Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Media are invited to attend the dedication of Rocket Park at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for former director George W.S.

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  • HOUSTON, Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Media are invited to attend the dedication of Rocket Park at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for former director George W.S.
  • The Apollo rocket housed inside a protective building there is the only one comprised of all flight-certified hardware capable entering orbit around the Moon.
  • Abbey, one of the most influential NASA leaders through the end of the 20th Century, distinguished himself throughout a career spanning five decades.
  • After returning to Johnson in 1994 as deputy to the first female center director, Carolyn L. Huntoon, and Abbey became center director himself in January 1996.

Media Invited to Naming of Ellington Field Hangar after Astronaut John Young

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will honor astronaut John Young by naming the hangar at Ellington Field in Houston that holds NASA's T-38 astronaut training jets, and media are invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 19,at Ellington Field.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will honor astronaut John Young by naming the hangar at Ellington Field in Houston that holds NASA's T-38 astronaut training jets, and media are invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 19,at Ellington Field.
  • Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche and NASA Astronaut Suni Williams will be available for interviews immediately after the event.
  • NASA astronauts regularly train for spaceflight in the T-38 jets housed in the Ellington Field hangar, so naming the facility for the accomplished pilot was considered fitting.
  • Young began his impressive career at NASA in 1962, when he was selected from among hundreds of young pilots to join NASA's second astronaut class, known as the "New Nine."

Media Invited to Naming of Ellington Field Hangar after Astronaut John Young

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will honor astronaut John Young by naming the hangar at Ellington Field in Houston that holds NASA's T-38 astronaut training jets, and media are invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 19,at Ellington Field.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will honor astronaut John Young by naming the hangar at Ellington Field in Houston that holds NASA's T-38 astronaut training jets, and media are invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 19,at Ellington Field.
  • Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche and NASA Astronaut Suni Williams will be available for interviews immediately after the event.
  • NASA astronauts regularly train for spaceflight in the T-38 jets housed in the Ellington Field hangar, so naming the facility for the accomplished pilot was considered fitting.
  • Young began his impressive career at NASA in 1962, when he was selected from among hundreds of young pilots to join NASA's second astronaut class, known as the "New Nine."

Gallaher Edge Executive Team Releases New Book, The Missing Links: Launching a High Performing Company Culture

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

The Missing Links provides leaders and aspiring leaders the fundamentals of building organizational culture through a three-part structure.

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  • The Missing Links provides leaders and aspiring leaders the fundamentals of building organizational culture through a three-part structure.
  • Each part focuses on understanding Gallaher Edge's key concepts with stories and science behind their culture model.
  • "Our purpose at Gallaher Edge with our work and our book, The Missing Links is to evolve humanity," said Dr. Meade.
  • Suneera Madhani, CEO and Founder, Stax by Fattmerchant
    To purchase The Missing Links: Launching a High Performing Company Culture, visit https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-missing-links-dr-phillip-meade-phd/... .

NASA's Johnson Space Center to Close for Hurricane Laura

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will close Wednesday, Aug. 26, to all but essential personnel and will remain closed until the threat of Hurricane Laura has passed.

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  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will close Wednesday, Aug. 26, to all but essential personnel and will remain closed until the threat of Hurricane Laura has passed.
  • It also allows the center to focus on the highest priority mission activities, including the crewmembers currently aboard the International Space Station.
  • The Flight Control Room supporting the space station closed Tuesday as the hurricane neared the Texas coast.
  • Flight operations teams deployed to NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in northeast Texas and the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will continue to support the space station and its crew.

City Wide Grows in South Carolina with New Columbia Location

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --City Wide, the nation's largest management company in the building maintenance industry, announced its third South Carolina location completing service coverage in that state with a new office serving Columbia.

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  • COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --City Wide, the nation's largest management company in the building maintenance industry, announced its third South Carolina location completing service coverage in that state with a new office serving Columbia.
  • Camden resident and former vice president of a multinational manufacturer of industrial machinery, Ben Mackey, opened the doors of City Wide of Columbia today at 1401 St. Andrews Road, Suite 140.
  • For more information about City Wide of Columbia and the services it offers, please visit www.GoCityWide.com/Columbia or email [email protected] .
  • Founded in 1961, City Wide has become synonymous with building maintenance in its home Kansas City market and nearly 60 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut Owen Garriott Dies at 88

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
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HOUSTON, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Former astronaut and long-duration spaceflight pioneer Owen Garriott, 88, died today, April 15, at his home in Huntsville, Alabama.

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  • HOUSTON, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Former astronaut and long-duration spaceflight pioneer Owen Garriott, 88, died today, April 15, at his home in Huntsville, Alabama.
  • Garriott flew aboard the Skylab space station during the Skylab 3 mission and on the Space Shuttle Columbia for the STS-9/Spacelab-1 mission.
  • "The astronauts, scientists and engineers at Johnson Space Center are saddened by the loss of Owen Garriott," said Chief Astronaut Pat Forrester.
  • "We remember the history he made during the Skylab and space shuttle programs that helped shape the space program we have today.