PULASKI

Dawood Engineering Elevates Jason Cowen, PE, to Manager of Highway Services

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Friday, February 23, 2024
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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dawood, an international engineering and technology firm, has promoted Jason Cowen, PE, to manager of highway services. With more than 20 years of highway design experience, Cowen is responsible for daily operations of Dawood's national highway practice.

Key Points: 
  • Active with the American Society of Highway Engineers Delaware Valley Section, Cowen is a licensed professional engineer in Delaware and Pennsylvania.
  • KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dawood, an international engineering and technology firm, has promoted Jason Cowen, PE, to manager of highway services.
  • With more than 20 years of highway design experience, Cowen is responsible for daily operations of Dawood's national highway practice.
  • Cowen is the one of the most recent transportation team members elevated from within the company, since Dawood Engineering expanded key leadership roles for Decker and Brien last year.

Wildland firefighters face a huge pay cut without action by Congress – here's how physically demanding this lifesaving job is

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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Up the fireline, firefighters in yellow jerseys are swinging Pulaskis, axlike hand tools, to carve a fuel break into the land.

Key Points: 
  • Up the fireline, firefighters in yellow jerseys are swinging Pulaskis, axlike hand tools, to carve a fuel break into the land.
  • By 10 a.m., these firefighters have already hiked 3 miles up steep, uneven terrain and built nearly 1,200 feet of fireline.
  • But that increase expires after Sept. 30, knocking many federal firefighters back to earning the minimum $15 per hour.
  • The National Federation of Federal Employees warns that a large number of firefighters could quit if their pay also drops.

Firefighters push their bodies to extremes

    • It’s a constant reminder that everything wildland firefighters need, they carry – all day.
    • Hiking with a load and digging firelines with hand tools burns about 6 to 14 calories per minute.
    • Measured with the same techniques used to quantify the energy demands of Tour de France riders, wildland firefighters demonstrate an average total energy expenditure approaching 4,000 to 5,000 calories per day.

The physical demand of a day on the fireline

    • Each participant swallows a temperature-tracking sensor before breakfast that will record core body temperature each minute throughout the work shift.
    • The highest-intensity activity is generally during the early morning hike to the fireline.
    • However, regular breaks and having a strong aerobic capacity provides some protection by reducing heat stress and overall risk.

The season takes a toll

    • Hotshots are physically fit, and they train for the fire season just as many athletes train for their competition season.
    • Most crew members are hired temporarily during the fire season – typically from May to October, but that’s expanding as the planet warms.
    • Pollutant and smoke exposure, lapses in nutrition, sleep disorders and chronic stress during the season seem to gradually poke holes in the Hotshot armor.
    • Many Hotshots have bounced back and returned season after season.

Yellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require as much endurance as riding the Tour de France

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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Nearly 5,000 miles away in the mountains of North America, radios crackle with chatter from a wildfire incident command post, air operations and other crews fighting a wildfire.

Key Points: 
  • Nearly 5,000 miles away in the mountains of North America, radios crackle with chatter from a wildfire incident command post, air operations and other crews fighting a wildfire.
  • Up the fireline, the swings of Pulaskis, axlike hand tools, are carving a fuel break into the land.
  • The day is just beginning, the first day of a 14-day rollout.

Measuring the physical strain

    • The sounds of sleeping bag and tent zippers signals the beginning of a new day in a remote Montana fire camp.
    • The crew is participating in a study that my team from Montana is conducting to measure the physical strain and total energy demands of work on an active wildfire, with the goal of finding ways to improve firefighter fueling strategies and ultimately health and safety on the line.
    • Each swallows a temperature-tracking sensor before breakfast that will transmit measures of core body temperature each minute throughout the work shift.

Burning 6-14 calories per minute

    • It’s a constant reminder that everything wildland firefighters need, they carry, all day.
    • Hiking with a load and digging firelines with hand tools burns about 6 to 14 calories per minute.
    • Measured with the same techniques used to quantify the energy demands of Tour de France riders, wildland firefighters demonstrate an average total energy expenditure approaching 4,000 to 5,000 calories per day.
    • Some days can exceed the Tour’s average of about 6,000 calories.

Impact on the wildland firefighter’s body

    • During intense activity in high heat, their fluid intake can increase to 32 ounces per hour or more.
    • However, the metabolic demands can sharply increase if crews are forced into a rapid emergency evacuation from the fire, as more than 25 years of wildland firefighter physiology research shows.
    • However, regular breaks and having a strong aerobic capacity provides some protection by reducing heat stress and overall risk.

The season takes a toll

    • Hotshots are physically fit, and they train for the fire season just as many athletes train for their competition season.
    • Most crew members are hired temporarily during the fire season – typically from May to October, but expanding as the planet warms.
    • Many Hotshots bounce back and return season after season.

Back in camp

    • Back in camp, the crew provides another urine sample, and I download their monitors’ data.
    • I will use that data combined with our previous research to help crews develop early-season training and advanced nutrition strategies.

Westrock Coffee Announces Move to New Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas

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Monday, March 6, 2023
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Building 3, Little Rock, Arkansas 72212.

Key Points: 
  • Building 3, Little Rock, Arkansas 72212.
  • “We are long-time customers of First Security, who have been true partners with Westrock Coffee from the beginning, so this decision was the perfect move for both firms.
  • “Both First Security Bancorp and Westrock Coffee share a commitment to excellence to the central Arkansas business community, and we’ll share even closer proximity with this move.
  • For more information about Westrock Coffee and its new headquarters, please visit https://westrockcoffee.com .

Class Intercom Releases Social Media Certification for School Administrators, Educators & Students

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Friday, February 11, 2022
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LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Class Intercom , a leading provider of social media management software for schools, has released an official social media certification process, including training and assessment.

Key Points: 
  • LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Class Intercom , a leading provider of social media management software for schools, has released an official social media certification process, including training and assessment.
  • The Class Intercom Certification is designed for school administrators, educators, and students involved in social media management, digital citizenship and storytelling, and media literacy initiatives.
  • The Class Intercom Certification instills confidence in administrators, school PR professionals, and school IT professionals charged with ensuring that social media channels are properly utilized, secured, and managed.
  • Class Intercom Certified educators in oversight roles for school social media programs are also better positioned to build social media teams that include both peers and students.

Techstars Announces Industries of the Future Accelerator Class of 2022

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Monday, February 7, 2022
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I am honored to announce the first Techstars Industries of the Future class with 10 exceptional founders building breakthrough technologies that will change this world, said Tricia Martinez, Managing Director of the Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator.

Key Points: 
  • I am honored to announce the first Techstars Industries of the Future class with 10 exceptional founders building breakthrough technologies that will change this world, said Tricia Martinez, Managing Director of the Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator.
  • The inaugural Industries of the Future class includes:
    Armada IQ : Building a vision-based intelligence platform for integrated human-autonomous fleet operations.
  • We are thrilled about the first class of future accelerators in the Techstars program, UT System President Randy Boyd said.
  • The inaugural class of the Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator will operate over a three-month period beginning Feb. 21 and conclude with a demo day at the end of the program on May 26.

Migdal Insurance Commits to Invest in Doral Renewables’ Mammoth South Project

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022
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Migdal Insurance, Israels largest insurance company, with assets under management of $90 billion, has expanded its strategic partnership with Doral Renewables LLC (dba Doral LLC) by committing to an investment of up to $75 million in the second phase of the companys Mammoth Solar project (which phase is known as the 300 MW Mammoth South project) in Northwest Indiana.

Key Points: 
  • Migdal Insurance, Israels largest insurance company, with assets under management of $90 billion, has expanded its strategic partnership with Doral Renewables LLC (dba Doral LLC) by committing to an investment of up to $75 million in the second phase of the companys Mammoth Solar project (which phase is known as the 300 MW Mammoth South project) in Northwest Indiana.
  • Migdal has committed to contribute up to $75 million of the projects capital cost in exchange for a 22.5% ownership stake in the project.
  • Mammoth Solar, Doral LLC and the renewables market are transforming the world.
  • Erez Migdali, Deputy CIO and Head of Private Assets at Migdal Insurance: We are delighted to deepen our investment in Doral LLCs activities.

Migdal Insurance to Increase Its Investment in Doral Renewables LLC

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Monday, January 31, 2022
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Migdal Insurance, Israels largest insurance company, with assets under management of $90 billion, is expanding its strategic partnership with Doral Renewables LLC (dba Doral LLC) by committing an additional amount of up to $75 Million in the second phase of the companys Mammoth Solar project in Northwest Indiana.

Key Points: 
  • Migdal Insurance, Israels largest insurance company, with assets under management of $90 billion, is expanding its strategic partnership with Doral Renewables LLC (dba Doral LLC) by committing an additional amount of up to $75 Million in the second phase of the companys Mammoth Solar project in Northwest Indiana.
  • Doral is creating jobs and revitalizing communities across America, says Nick Cohen, President and CEO of Doral LLC.
  • Erez Migdali, Deputy CIO and Head of Private Assets at Migdal Insurance: We are delighted to deepen our investment in Doral LLCs activities.
  • Doral LLC was founded in 2019 as a joint venture between Doral Group and Clean Air Generation.

Indiana Governor Acknowledges Doral LLC’s $1.5 Billion Mammoth Solar Project During the 2022 State of the State Address

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Friday, January 14, 2022
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Indiana Governor, Honorable Eric Holcomb delivered his 2022 State of the State address on Monday.

Key Points: 
  • Indiana Governor, Honorable Eric Holcomb delivered his 2022 State of the State address on Monday.
  • Nick Cohen, President and CEO of Doral LLC was present as the Project was showcased by the Governor.
  • Indiana is leading its Midwestern neighbors in economic success and Mammoth Solar is part of it.
  • The project is being developed in Starke and Pulaski counties in Northwest Indiana and covers 13,000 acres of farmland.

Martin & Company Advertising Announces – Randy Martin Memorial Arts Scholarship to Benefit UT Southern is Halfway to Goal

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Monday, December 20, 2021
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The scholarship was developed in honor of agency co-founder Randy Martin to benefit UT Southern, formerly Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, TN.

Key Points: 
  • The scholarship was developed in honor of agency co-founder Randy Martin to benefit UT Southern, formerly Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, TN.
  • Randy Martin, a graduate of Harris School of Art, held numerous positions with Nashville-based advertising agencies as well as art director for CBS Records.
  • Martin & Company president and CEO, Zan Martin says, Randy was the most creative person I have ever known.
  • To make a donation to the Randy Martin Memorial Arts Scholarship Endowment, visit here .