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Big Brothers Big Sisters to direct balls to Police Athletic League and Detroit schools DETROIT, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Chevrolet will make a special delivery later this month of 1,350 virtually indestructible One World Futbols, bringing the "power of play" to children in Detroit with the help of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit. "We're applying our very global partnership with the One World Futbol Project at a very local level," General Motors North America...
BorgWarner Targets Increasing Customer Demand for Fuel-Efficient Technologies with New Production Facility and Engineering Center in Itatiba City AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner officially opened its new production facility and engineering center in Itatiba City, Brazil, on April 9, 2013. The new campus will produce several environmentally friendly technologies for passenger cars and commercial vehicles such as turbochargers, viscous fans and fan...
DETROIT, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- From pre-school to post-grad, local education providers will join together at the 2013 Michigan School Expo on Saturday, April 20, from Noon until 6 p.m. throughout Oakland Mall in Troy. The event is presented by WDIV-TV Local 4, Detroit Public Schools, Michigan Science Center, Music Learning Alliance and the Sam Bernstein Law Firm. The Michigan School Expo will include representatives from local, national and online universities, community...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) announces the following Webcast: What: BorgWarner 2013 First Quarter Results Conference Call When: April 25 @ 9:30 am Eastern Where: http://www.borgwarner.com/en/Investors/Webcasts/default.aspx How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at...
(Formerly the City County Building, Detroit, MI) DETROIT, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Detroit Wayne Joint Building Authority (DWJBA), owner, manager and operator of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, has been recognized by federal, state and local organizations for management best practices and operational standards. The Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) announced that the 2012 Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) award for government buildings went...
DEARBORN, Mich., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) will release its preliminary 2013 first quarter financial results at 7 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 24. The following briefings will be held after the announcement: At 9 a.m. EDT, Alan Mulally, president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Company, and Bob Shanks, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Ford Motor Company, will host a conference call for the investment community and news...
Telematics Update have today announced that with 2 months still remaining until the Telematics Detroit 2013 Conference & Exhibition (June 5-6, Novi, MI, USA) over 750 senior leaders from across the automotive, mobile, wireless, digital and web industries have already signed-up to attend this ground breaking event; a 25% rise on last year’s numbers. Detroit, MI (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 For the past 12 years Telematics Detroit has established its place as the world’s largest and most...
HOLLAND, Mich., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ: YRCW) -- The Michigan Trucking Association (MTA) has named Holland professional driver Mike Finn as their 2013 Driver of the Year. The honor is extended to just one Michigan driver per year to recognize excellence in safety, work habits, and public and customer relations. The Driver of the Year is selected from the twelve Drivers of the Month. He accepted his award from Ruth Johnson, the Michigan Secretary of State, at the MTA's...
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EVENT: THE MICHIGAN MODERNISM EXPOSITION LOCATION: The Southfield Municipal Complex, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfield, Michigan. On Evergreen Road at Civic Center Drive (10 1/2 Mile) exit south on Evergreen Road from I-696 DATES: April 26, 27 & 28, 2013 (Friday, April 26 - Preview Party, 7-10 PM) TIMES: Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm...
Shared Services Feature Logs Over 500 Best-Practices Ideas Contributed By Member Municipalities in a New Local Government Social Networking Environment AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Munetrix(®), the popular government transparency tool, has reached a major customer milestone within its rapidly expanding database. Munetrix users have posted more than 500 ways to collaborate and share services with each other as they continue to find ways to operate more...
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Isle Royal National Park is located in the state of Michigan in the United States. The park contains 571,790 acres of land and water. Its mains feature is Isle Royale, the largest island in Lake Superior that stretches over forty-five miles. The park also contains four hundred smaller islands and the water that connects them. The park was established in 1940, designated as a Wilderness Area in 1976, and designated as an International Biosphere Reserve in 1980. Isle Royal once hosted a...
The Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to the Palearctic ecozone (belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas), and is widespread throughout northern Europe, from the United Kingdom and France to the Ural Mountains in Russia. It was introduced to Morocco in 1948, however...
The Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. It comprises five subspecies, including the Arctic grayling proper (T. arcticus arcticus). It is native to the Nearctic (one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface) and Palearctic ecozones, T. arcticus arcticus being widespread throughout the Arctic and Pacific drainages in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, as well as the upper...
