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Mott is only children's hospital in Michigan ranked among the best nationwide in all 10 evaluated pediatric specialties ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital is among the best children's hospitals in the country in pediatric specialties and is the only hospital in Michigan ranked in all 10 specialties evaluated, according to the U.S. News & World Report's 2013-14 Best Children's Hospitals rankings....
DEARBORN, Mich., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Survey commissioned by Ford shows parents and teens wrongly perceive the winter months to be the most deadly time for teens on the road 76 percent of teens and 83 percent of parents consider the dangers of distracted driving to be comparable to drunk driving, yet parents are 40 percent more likely to check their phones while driving than their teenage children Parents are concerned about their teens having safe driving habits, but...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The automotive research group AutoPacific has for the third year in a row named the Jeep® Grand Cherokee Best-In-Class Mid-Size SUV in its 17th-annual Vehicle Satisfaction Awards (VSA).In addition, for the second time in the last three years, AutoPacific named the Chrysler Town & Country Best-In-Class Minivan, while the Dodge Challenger tied for Best-In-Class Sporty Car. It was the Challenger's first VSA."Having three Chrysler...
DEARBORN, Mich., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A one-of-a-kind, customized Ford Mustang plays a prominent role in the upcoming film from DreamWorks Studios, "Need for Speed," based on the long-running video game series Mustang fans have crowd-sourced a list of about 3,000 Ford Mustang appearances on the large and small screen over nearly five decades Mustang made its silver screen debut in the 1964 James Bond film "Goldfinger" just months after its launch From appearances in...
HOUSTON, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut and Michigan native Andrew "Drew" Feustel will attend the Summer Skies at Macomb star party at 7:30 p.m. EDT Friday, June 14, at Macomb Community College's South Campus in Warren, Mich. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Feustel's keynote presentation will be from 8:30 to 9:15 p.m. at 14500 East Twelve Mile Road, in the John Lewis Student and Community Center (K Building) on Hayes Road...
MUSKEGON, Mich., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The real estate and assets of Michigan Steel will be sold at a two-day auction event conducted by Stuart B. Millner & Associates (SBMA), an asset management company. The event starts July 10 at 10 a.m. EST with the sale of the real estate, a 17-acre lot on Lake Muskegon (to be sold either as parcels or whole). The sale of the foundry's equipment, systems and machinery will follow. The auction will be both an onsite and online...
Funding Made Possible as Part of the Governor's 'Economic Gardening' Initiative FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, the Library of Michigan and CIVICTechnologies, a leading provider of market research and analytics software for libraries and businesses, today announced a partnership to make business resources available at no cost to...
Impact investment advances innovative, prevention-focused health care for vulnerable children and families BATTLE CREEK, Mich., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) today announced an impact investment in SeeChange Health through its Mission Driven Investing (MDI) platform. SeeChange Health is an innovator in wellness-centered health care coverage to improve health and reduce health care costs. WKKF's investment will accelerate the company's efforts to...
The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan held its annual Summer Stroll for Epilepsy at the Detroit Zoo MIAMI, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 8, 2013, the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan held its annual Summer Stroll for Epilepsy at the Detroit Zoo. Rapid Capital Funding's CEO, Craig Hecker, donated $5,000 to support his sister's team, "BrainThunders", funds that go directly to support the Foundation and its programs. Hecker, has a very personal connection to the...
Groundbreaking roster of original "see the good in the world" programming now available to all two million Bright House Networks subscribers in AL, CA, FL, IN, MI PROVO, Utah, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BYUtv, the only nationwide university-affiliated television network, announced today that its roster will now be available to all Bright House Networks markets on its Digital Basic tier in both HD and SD across five states - Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana and Michigan. The...
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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 Indiana bat (Myotis sodalist) is a mouse-eared bat that can be found in North America. Its range primarily includes eastern and Midwestern states, but it can be found in some southern areas of the United States. During the winter, its range becomes much smaller, with most populations occurring in large clusters in only a few caves. One study conducted in 1985 suggested that an estimated 244,000 individuals of this species reside in Indiana. Its range overlaps that of the endangered gray...
Symbol: LIMI9 Group: Monocot Family: Liliaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48 N CAN N Synonyms: LICAM Lilium canadense L. ssp. michiganense (Farw.) B. Boivin & Cody LICAU Lilium canadense L. var. umbelliferum (Farw.) B. Boivin LIMIU Lilium michiganense Farw. var. uniflorum Farw. Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS,...
The shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). The species is resident to the Nearctic ecozone, formerly occurring in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Ontario in Canada and the United States. The last reported population was restricted to Georgian Bay off Lake Huron in Canada. Reaching a maximum recorded length of 14 in (36 cm) and a maximum recorded weight of 1.2 lb (540 g), the shortnose cisco is distinguished from the other...
Halite is the mineral of sodium chloride, NaCl, commonly known as rock salt. Halite forms isometric crystals. The mineral is colorless to white, light blue, dark blue, and pink. It commonly occurs with other evaporite deposit minerals such as several of the sulfates, halides and borates. Halite occurs in vast beds of sedimentary evaporite minerals that result from the drying up of enclosed lakes, playas, and seas. Salt beds may be up to 350 m thick and underlie broad areas. In the United...
