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Auto supplier Faurecia opens $30M Auburn Hills headquarters
By Dustin Blitchok, The Oakland Press
AUBURN HILLS >> Faurecia, one of the nation's largest automotive suppliers, has invested about $30 million in new North American headquarters near University Drive and I-75 where about 700 employees work.
The French company has about 100,000 employees worldwide, and North American sales totaled $6.25 billion last year, or one-third of the supplier's business.
The Auburn Hills headquarters and automotive seating technical center is "a key milestone in our development in North America and worldwide," Faurecia Chairman and CEO Yann Delabrière said Wednesday.
Seats and interior components for Faurecia's automotive clients are developed and tested in labs at the three-story, 278,000-square-foot building on High Meadows Drive. The company moved employees to the new facility from other locations in Auburn Hills and Troy.
Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Michael Finney said the state is home to more than 375 research-and-development centers.
"We've never had the focus on growing the auto sector that we have now."
Finney said that when his son graduated from college, he told his father he wanted to work in the auto industry because of the technology that's developed in the field.
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said employment growth in the research-and-development side of the automotive business shows progress in diversifying Oakland County's economy.
"Innovation is clearly driving the success of this company," Patterson said of Faurecia.
The R & D work Patterson referenced was visible in the large, bright labs at Faurecia that work with everything from prototype construction to endurance testing.
Christopher Kus, 33, of Troy, conducts noise, vibration and harshness testing at Faurecia. Seats and even entire cars can be moved inside a room where the walls and ceiling are covered in dozens of perforated sound-deadening cones that bring noise levels to about 0 decibels.
When someone steps into the room and closes the door, their voice sounds different and even their balance can be affected by the deadened environment, which is used to evaluate the sounds made by parts such as seat motors.
"You can't hear any quieter than this lab," Kus said.
A dummy wearing a binaural ear, or microphone in each ear, sat strapped into a car seat in the room. Engineers consider factors such as how the window near a driver's head, a "near field," affects their perception of sound.
In the company's pilot building lab, employees work on products that are being developed for manufacturing at plants as close by as Sterling Heights.
At the 23,000-square-foot validation lab, a small robot repeatedly pulled a headrest up and down to test its life cycle, something it will do 9,000 times. Another hydraulic robot nearby was applying a load to a seat to test fatigue.
Products are placed in environmental chambers to test them at temperatures ranging from minus 40 to 85 degrees Celsius, or minus 40 to 185 Fahrenheit.
The company's metal shop builds prototype seats and components hands-on from engineering blueprints. Manager Jerry Lambert, 57, of Lake Orion, has worked at Faurecia for more than two decades.
"When I started here 24 years ago, there were only 18 (employees) in North America," Lambert said. The company now employs more than 20,000 people at locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Auburn Hills Mayor Kevin McDaniel said city officials have been looking forward to the opening of Faurecia's new headquarters ever since approving the project last year.
"It's great corporate citizens like Faurecia that make Auburn Hills a great place to live, work and play."
Faurecia North America grows into a new headquarters in Auburn Hills
To sustain its momentum, Faurecia North America grows into a new headquarters in Auburn Hills
Three years into a remarkable surge in growth, Faurecia North America today announced more details of its plans for a new headquarters building in Auburn Hills, Mich., at the hub of activity for southeast Michigan's auto industry.
Since 2010, Faurecia—North America's eighth-largest automotive supplier and the sixth-largest globally—has opened 15 new plants and tech centers in the U.S., Mexico and Canada and has nearly doubled the size of its workforce to more than 20,000. The region now accounts for 30% of Faurecia's global sales. In Michigan, that growth has taken the form of six new locations since 2010 and a total of 13 sites that collectively employ more than 4,000 people. Its success has led Faurecia North America to begin construction this month on a new headquarters building that also will house technical centers for Faurecia Automotive Seating and Faurecia Automotive Exteriors.
"As the auto industry has reinvented itself over the past few years, Faurecia has been a notable success story," said Faurecia North America President Mike Heneka. "We have grown substantially and now we are ready to extend our technical centers and headquarters operations to further support that growth. Our new location presents a distinctive opportunity to build from the ground up in a way that most suits our needs and to centralize our technical teams and administrative functions."
The new headquarters facility, at 2800 High Meadow Circle near I-75 and University Drive, positions Faurecia North America in a more highly visible, easily accessible, more spacious location that is tailored to its needs. Upon the building's completion in the spring of 2014, up to 700 employees will be transferred to the building from three smaller Michigan facilities: the current Faurecia Automotive Seating Technical Center on Meijer Drive in Troy; Faurecia's Oakland Shared Services Center on Squirrel Road in Auburn Hills; and its Oakland Technical Center for Automotive Exteriors on W. Entrance Drive in Auburn Hills. The Faurecia Interior Systems Technical Center will remain at its current location at 2500 Executive Hills Blvd in Auburn Hills. Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies will continue to be based in Columbus, Ind.
The technical centers in the new facility will carry out prototype development, testing and light assembly activities to further Faurecia North America's commitment to pioneering advanced vehicle systems to meet the auto industry's evolving needs.
"Faurecia has called Auburn Hills its home for 10 years, and we enjoy an excellent relationship with the city's leadership team," Heneka said. "They have been a strong partner in the momentum we have generated, and we are pleased to be expanding our presence in the city."
The layout of the new building will be more conducive to team work than were Faurecia's other facilities and will enable program teams to sit together. Shop and testing areas will be upgraded and organized for improved efficiency, and considerably more meeting space will be available. The building will include a new showroom, dedicated innovation areas, numerous conferences spaces, a larger break room and plentiful parking for employees and visitors.
"Auburn Hills is thrilled to add Faurecia's North American headquarters to our roster of leading national and international manufacturers headquartered here," said Pete Auger, Auburn Hills City Manager. "Companies like Faurecia are terrific corporate citizens and bring tremendous value to Auburn Hills, solidifying our reputation as the premier global manufacturing address in the Midwest."
Faurecia's newest location will be constructed by General Development Company, LLC, of Southfield, Mich.
About Faurecia
Faurecia is the world's sixth largest automotive supplier with four key Business Groups: Automotive Seating, Emissions Control Technologies, Interior Systems and Automotive Exteriors. In 2012, the Group posted total sales of $22.5 billion. It employs 94,000 people in 34 countries at 320 sites and 30 R&D centers. Faurecia is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange and trades in the U.S. over-the-counter (OTC) market. For more information, visit: www.faurecia.com
About Faurecia North America
Faurecia North America had sales of $6 billion in 2012. Faurecia has 37 production sites, six technical centers, two customer centers and a shared services center in the United States, Canada and Mexico and employs more than 20,000 people in the region.
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Atlas Copco to construct a 120,000 sq. ft.
Atlas Copco to construct a 120,000 sq. ft. United States Headquarters for the tools and assembly division for, which consists of a customer center and an application center, on a 14.63 acre site zoned T&R, Technology and Research district. The property is located at the southeast corner of Cross Creek Parkway and Deepwood Drive, across the street from Marposs Corporation headquarters. Approximately 53,000 sq. ft. of the building will be utilized for office space, 45,000 sq. ft. for shop space, and 22,000 sq. ft. for warehouse space. Atlas Copco has been a world-leading provider of industrial productivity solutions for more than a century. Founded in 1873, Atlas Copco's business has evolved into four distinct business areas. Their products and services range from compressed air and gas equipment, to construction and mining equipment, and industrial tools and assembly systems. The company moved to their current 58,748 sq. ft. Auburn Hills facility, located on Dutton Road, in 2006. The new building will provide the company an additional 61,252 sq. ft of space for future growth needs. General Development will be Developer and the General Contractor for the project. T he new facility in the Oakland Technology Park, which will employ approximately 225 people.
MPI Products LLC
Leased a new NA Headquarters at 2129 Austin, Rochester Hills MI. GDC welcomes MPI Products LLC as a valued tenant. MPI is North America's leading manufacturer of high-precision, fineblanked metal components for powertrain systems, hydraulic systems and other safety-critical automotive and industrial applications. Fineblanking is a dual-press stamping process for cutting, shaping and machining of highly engineered metal components that produces parts with uniform flatness, unparalleled dimensional accuracy, and near-net finish. The process is ideal for manufacturing geometrically-complex powertrain and transmission components.
Chrysler leases distribution space in Redford Township
In one of the biggest industrial real estate deals of the year, Auburn Hills-based Chrysler Group LLC signed a 400,000-square-foot lease in Redford Township.
The deal brought the 800,000-square-foot building from 35 percent occupancy to 87 percent occupancy, according to a statement from Farmington Hills-based Premier Equities, the real estate investment company run by David Friedman, which owns the building with Southfield-based General Development Co.
Chrysler will now use the space for parts distribution.
The building near Telegraph Road and I-96 was once used by Dearborn-based Ford Motor Co. for logistics. However, it has been largely vacant for the past few years.
The largest industrial deal of the year was the renewal of 632,000 square feet of space by U.S. Manufacturing Corp. in Macomb Township, according to Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group.
However, the Chrysler deal represents the biggest new lease of the year, topping the 320,000-square-foot lease by Tognum America Inc. in Brownstown.
— Daniel Duggan
Is construction starting to make sense again?
There were plenty of ear-to-ear smiles in Auburn Hills for the ground-breaking to celebrate the 55,000-square-foot headquarters for Henniges Automotive today.
Yeah, people are always happy at those events.
But this one was significant for a couple of reasons. The obvious: There have been very, very few of these events in recent history.
But the not-so-obvious reason for excitement on the deal is the math. Robert DePierre, CEO for the company, told me a little bit about his exhaustive search for office space. Buildings on the north side, east side and west side were all considered and then thrown out, he said.
"We looked at a lot of buildings and no one building had what we needed," DePierre said.
Finding the combination of contiguous space, an additional lab component to be combined with the office space, and obviously the right price, was harder than it seems, he told me.
Matt Farrell, executive principal with Core Partners, and Randy Thomas, principal with InSite Commercial Group, the two brokers in the deal, said that the idea of new construction came up and proved to be a savings for Henniges compared to what he was paying in rent in Farmington Hills and compared to some of the rental options out there.
People talk all the time about how high the vacancy rate is for office space in metro Detroit, ranging from 15 percent to as high as 30 percent in some areas. But at the end of the day, brokers tell me over and over that Class A companies looking for Class A space have a very limited number of options.
While the cost to put up a building remains expensive, there are some exceptions to be found, as in this case. Driving the deal is that it's in the Oakland Technology Park; land that was purchased for a song-and-a-dance from Chrysler in bankruptcy.
With the low land cost, Schostak Bros. & Co. is developing the building to lease to Henniges at a price competitive to using an existing building.
"As Michiganders, we have to benefit from moments like these," said Gary Weisman, a principal with General Development Co., one of the owners of the park.
Weisman went on to say that through the tough times come great opportunities, such as the Oakland Technology Park. They bought 211 acres for $2.5 million – a price that would have landed them 6 acres of land in that park in 2006.
But it's that ridiculous land cost that put the Henniges deal in the position to compete with existing buildings. It means bad news for development on land that people still value at $400,000 an acre, but good news for Weisman and his partners as they finish their second building in the park and think about doing more.
"After the meltdown, we begin anew," Weisman said.
But at a lower price, he should have added.
Henniges Automotive to build headquarters in Auburn Hills tech park
The Farmington Hills-based auto supplier Henniges Automotive North America Inc. is set to break ground as early as next month on a 55,000-square-foot headquarters in Auburn Hills.
The deal marks the second in the Oakland Technology Park — former Chrysler Group LLC land purchased in March 2010 by Southfield-based General Development Co.
While General Development will develop the building, Livonia-based Schostak Bros & Co. will own it and lease it to Henniges, said Randy Thomas, president of Southfield-based Insite Group. Insite brokered brokered the deal along with Matt Farrell, executive principal with Birmingham-based Core Partners LLC.
Thomas said Henniges will move into a building that is smaller and more energy-efficient than its current headquarters. The developers will seek LEED certification for the building.
"It's a deal that means a bottom-line savings in both rental costs and energy costs," he said. "They're right-sizing their space and getting a new, LEED-certified building, with a cost savings as well."
Henniges Automotive, which also has offices in Germany and China, manufactures automotive sealing systems for doors, windows, trunks, liftgates, sunroofs and hoods, according to its website. It also supplies the automotive market with anti-vibration products, encapsulated glass, obstacle detection systems and other rubber components. It sells to all major automakers and has 4,500 employees worldwide.
In November, Chicago-based Wynnchurch Capital Partners sold Henniges Automotive to Greenwich, Conn.-based Littlejohn & Co. LLC for an undisclosed sum.
The company currently occupies a 75,000-square-foot building in the Farmington Hills Corporate Campus, according to the Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group.
The deal continues General Development's momentum in the park.
The Southfield-based company bought 211 acres from Chrysler's liquidation arm, Old Carco L.L.C., for $2.5 million. The land had been valued as high as $400,000 an acre several years ago.
U.S. Farathane Corp. was the first to develop in the park, with the construction of a 78,000-square-foot building. It started as a lease and was later converted to a sale, with Farathane buying the building for $15 million and paying $2 million for some of the land around the building.
General Development buys 211 acres of Chrysler land in Auburn Hills
The holding company for the former Chrysler Corp. is closing today on the sale of 211 acres in Auburn Hills to a Southfield-based developer.
The property is the undeveloped portion of the vast Auburn Hills complex called Oakland Technology Park.
While some portions of the property were valued at as high as $400,000 per acre in past years, the entire 211 acres sold for $2.5 million, according to bankruptcy court documents.
It was purchased by General Development Co., said owner Gary Weisman.
Weisman, who has developed property in Rochester Hills and Auburn Hills for 25 years, said the land represents a great opportunity. He plans to create a corporate campus on the site, drawing medical, industrial, office and other corporate tenants over the long term.
General Development has built several sites in Auburn Hills, such as an $80 million facility for United Solar Ovonic L.L.C. in Auburn Hills in 2005 and a three-building complex totaling 158,000 square feet in 2000 along the I-75 corridor.
Weisman said the sale has been approved by the bankruptcy court and the final closing documents are being signed this afternoon.
"We are open for business," Weisman said. "This is a tremendous opportunity for us to continue developing property in an area that has been a sweet spot for us."
He declined to verify the sale price.
The "notice of proposed sale" document filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court indicates the property was sold for $2.5 million. UGL-Equis Corp. represented Chrysler as a broker, the document states.
The property purchased is between I-75 and Squirrel Road, north of the Chrysler L.L.C. headquarters.
Weisman said there are no buildings on the land, but there are paved roads, street lights and property that is ready to be developed.
Weisman said he and co-owner, Bruce Brickman, have been on the sidelines for the last few years waiting for the right purchase opportunity to come along.
"We've kept our powder dry waiting for the right deal," Weisman said. "This was it."
Ryan Beene contributed to this report
Image, location attract industry to Rochester Hills
Though Rochester Hills is often considered a bedroom community, industrial real estate brokers would beg to differ.
The industrial corridors near Hamlin Road, Crooks Road and M-59 have become among the most active in the area.
Buildings put up in the past 10 years are unlike the older manufacturing buildings in nearby Troy and Warren, fueling activity for companies looking for new images, said Peter Kepic Sr., a principal in the Southfield office of Colliers International.
He recently represented Southfield-based Thyssen Krupp Materials N.A. in a deal for 53,000 square feet of space at 2923 Technology Drive. After an extensive search, he said the image of Rochester Hills appealed to the company.
"They wanted an updated image," he said. "That's a high-tech corridor, and it fits the image of being a modern, updated, technology-driven company."
In addition, two companies given grants by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. took space in the area: Rochester Hills-based fluid-handling company Rayconnect Inc. and Israel-based vapor valve company Raval USA.
Rayconnect plans to spend $14.5 million on a new plastics injection-molding assembly plant and headquarters. Raval plans a $7 million design, development and manufacturing center.
Dan Casey, manager of economic development for Rochester Hills, said the recent deals build momentum that will yield more deals in the future.
The Rayconnect development, for example, will be built on 25 acres of vacant land near M-59 and Crooks Road. Among the incentives for the company is a new industrial road providing access to the land.
"We could see another 300,000 square feet of development in the area from that road," Casey said.
In addition, the city plans to widen Hamlin Road between Crooks and Livernois roads and is taking advantage of greater access to the corridors with the new Adams Road exit from M-59.
Transportation has become a major selling point, said Kris Pawlowski, a sales associate with Southfield-based Signature Associates.
"You have quick access to M-59, you're seconds from I-75," he said. "You're west of the Mound corridor, just south of Chrysler, and you can head to Telegraph and get to I-275. It's a location that will hold its value."
His client Hot Melt Technologies Inc. looked at buildings in Auburn Hills, Shelby Township and other industrial hubs when it was considering a move from its longtime home on Hamlin Road, Pawlowski said.
After the search, the company decidied to build a new headquarters and plant next door to its current location.
Occupancy in the area is strong.
The area bounded by Auburn Road to the north, Livernois to the east, Hamlin to the south and Crooks to the west includes 104 industrial buildings and had a vacancy rate of 8.7 percent at the end of the second quarter, according to data from Bethesda, Md.-based CoStar Group. That figure is down from a five-year high in the first quarter of 2004 of 14.4 percent.
The city of Rochester Hills had a 7.2 percent vacancy rate at the end of the second quarter for industrial and flex properties. Current asking rate is $6.24 per square foot.
CoStar listed a 12.2 percent vacancy rate for the metro Detroit area with an asking rate of $5.06 per square foot.
Gary Weisman, owner of Southfield-based developer General Development Co., has built more than 1 million square feet in that corridor since 1984. He said it has become a place known for new buildings.
"We've looked at M-59 as the dividing line in terms of where to own products with the best opportunities for customers, but will also bring a return on our investments that's better than the rate of inflation," he said.
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Teaching prize winner is a gardener who sows wisdom in the classroom
February 25, 2014
In her garden, University of California, Davis, anthropologist Suad Joseph has propagated more than 140 different varieties of fruit trees, assorted grapes, herbs and other vegetables — many grown from her own seeds and cuttings that she has collected. She shares the bounty, and her well-known cooking, with friends, colleagues and her students.
In her classroom, she propagates students in much the same way as her white Kadota figs and summer savory — urging her students to flourish by reading voluminous texts, coaxing them to look at each situation through a different lens, and teaching them what it means to be "human," her students say.
"There was nothing else for me but teaching; that is all I ever wanted to do," said Joseph. She is still in touch with her fifth-grade teacher and several of her undergraduate professors. She was brought up to value education, and teachers, above all things, she said. Joseph was recognized for her teaching, scholarship and service when UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi surprised Joseph's "Gender in the Arab World" class today to announce that she is the recipient of the 2014 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement.
Established in 1986, the prize was created to honor faculty who are both exceptional teachers and scholars. The $45,000 prize is believed to be the largest of its kind in the country and is funded through philanthropic gifts managed by the UC Davis Foundation. The winner is selected based on the nominations of other professors, research peers, representatives from the UC Davis Foundation Board of Trustees, and students.
With the professor's students and UC Davis officials looking on, Katehi surprised Joseph and her class with a fruit-filled cake.
"Professor Joseph has a gift for connecting with students — she challenges, invites, follows and leads them to thoughts and ideas they may not have encountered. In her class, students learn to think critically and solve problems, not just learn the subject matter. This is good teaching," said Katehi, in presenting the award in front of Joseph's students.
"The UC Davis Foundation is honored to present this award to Professor Joseph who exemplifies the wonderful professors we have on the campus and illustrates why UC Davis is such an amazing place," said UC Davis Foundation Chair Bruce Edwards '60. "The UC Davis Foundation is also proud to support this award because it promotes and celebrates stellar undergraduate instruction at UC Davis."
Created programs, majors and courses
Joseph has not only taught, but created subjects to teach. She founded the Middle East/South Asia Studies Program, which welcomed its first declared majors in 2008, at a time when the study of that part of the world was particularly poignant — and it remains so today. She "put UC Davis on the map" for study of the region, said George R. Mangun, dean of the Division of Social Sciences, which includes the Department of Anthropology. Joseph also has introduced many of the two dozen courses she has taught in 38 years — five of those in the past three years. She has introduced minors, the study of Arabic and Urdu languages, a lecture series — and cultivated donors to fund some of those programs. She has raised nearly $5 million in research grants and over $2 million in teaching/curricular development in the past decade.
Born in Lebanon, the youngest of seven children — all of whom achieved advanced degrees — Joseph and four brothers and two sisters were taught to put schooling first by their parents who were unskilled laborers. Her mother, Rose Haddad Joseph, could not read or write. If not for the presence of State University of New York, Cortland, in the town where she grew up, she fears that she may not have been able to achieve a college education. Her conservative parents, she said, would not have allowed their daughter to go away to school. She, however, did go on to complete graduate school, studying anthropology at University of Pittsburgh and then at Columbia University, where she achieved her doctoral degree in anthropology.
Her early education also informed her respect and love for public education — one she passed along to her daughter, Sara Rose Joseph Mitchell, who graduated from UC Davis in 2012 and even got married to her UC Davis graduate groom on the UC Davis campus last summer.
Joseph as mentor
Joseph came to UC Davis in 1976, when, she said, one could personally know almost all of the women faculty because there were so few. Today there are nearly 1,000, and they make up more than one-third of the faculty.
"There was no women's studies, no Middle East/South Asia studies. Anthropology was half its present size," she said. "Yet there were colleagues, especially senior women scholars … who made it their job to guide and mentor junior women faculty through the academic system."
Joseph has continued to mentor women students and faculty, seeing it as not only a duty but a passion. As a tribute to her dedication, she received the Consortium for Women and Research Graduate Mentorship Award, as well as the UC Davis Diversity Award, and the Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award.
One of the women who has looked to Joseph for guidance in her scholarship, teaching and life is Nadine Naber, an associate professor of gender and women's studies and Asian American studies at University of Illinois, Chicago. Naber achieved her doctorate in cultural anthropology at UC Davis in 2002.
"If one of the main problems with U.S. academia is the isolation women of color disproportionately face, Professor Joseph's role was to build a space for us to thrive, open up possibilities for us, and model for us the feminist principle 'lift while you climb.'"
Joseph carries on the tradition of mentorship partly as a tribute to what she has gained at UC Davis. "Davis is the place I grew up, academically, nurtured by unbelievably committed senior scholars, especially women scholars. I'm profoundly indebted to UC Davis for inviting me to make my academic 'home' here."
Teaching and scholarship, work in the Middle East
Li Zhang, department chair in anthropology, described Joseph's teaching style in a letter recommending Joseph for the teaching prize. "If one is truly open to the dialogue, one cannot predict the outcome of a give and take that aspires to be non-hierarchical and that engages students with each other as much as with the professor. When it works well, it is magical, electrifying, unsettling and inspiring… . The impact is that students learn how to think critically, rather than just learn the 'stuff' of the course."
Her students call her engaging. "The best class and the best professor I have had here at UC Davis," wrote one sophomore female student in an evaluation. "If I could take every class with Professor Joseph, I would."
"Her lectures were excellent. They went a long way in clarifying the reading material," wrote another.
Joseph also excels in scholarship. She has published eight edited or co-edited books and has five edited or co-edited books in preparation. She has published six print volumes and eight online supplements of the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, of which she is general editor. She has authored hundreds of articles.
Joseph is internationally known in the field of Middle East studies; has served as the president of the leading scholarly organization in the field, the Middle East Studies Association; and has founded scholarly organizations — the Association for Middle East Women's Studies, the Arab Families Working Group, the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association; and co-founded the Arab American Studies Association and the Association for Middle East Anthropology.
In 2001, while director of the UC Education Abroad Program in Egypt, Joseph founded a consortium for graduate student and faculty research that grew to five universities. Joseph has brought together other overseas projects, and has co-organized a trip to Dubai for Katehi in March, where the presidents of the four partner universities will discuss future projects with UC Davis.
In one of her many book projects, undergraduate and graduate students have worked with Joseph for a decade analyzing representations of Arab and Muslim Americans, Arabs, Muslims and Islam in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. She mentored graduate and undergraduates in a book project analyzing how Muslim women and the "veil" are portrayed in the New York Times over three decades.
The academic achievement Joseph said she values most is her founding of the Middle East/South Asia Studies Program. "It has attracted community members to campus across heritages," she said. "It has joined students, faculty, administration, and communities in a most unusual collaborative project to institutionalize academic degrees and scholarly programming whose impact will endure far beyond any one of us."
Editor's note: Photos of the award presentation will be available online soon at: http://photos.ucdavis.edu/albums.php?albumId=345220.
About the UC Davis Foundation
The UC Davis Foundation is a nonprofit organization that plays an essential role in sustaining and enhancing the excellence of UC Davis by highlighting the impacts of philanthropy and stewarding private donations to the university. It is governed by a distinguished volunteer Board of Trustees. Its mission is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for UC Davis. Established in 1959, the UC Davis Foundation has a rich history of stewarding private contributions that advance the university's mission. Gifts made through the foundation leverage the core funding the university receives from the state of California, enhancing UC Davis' ability to teach, discover and serve the public in ways that shape the future of our world.
The UC Davis Foundation Board of Trustees plays an integral role in leading The Campaign for UC Davis, the university's first comprehensive fundraising campaign that has inspired more than 106,000 donors to give $1.07 billion since 2006 to advance the mission and vision of UC Davis.
About UC Davis
UC Davis is a global community of individuals united to better humanity and our natural world while seeking solutions to some of our most pressing challenges. Located near the California state capital, UC Davis has more than 34,000 students, and the full-time equivalent of 4,100 faculty and other academics and 17,400 staff. The campus has an annual research budget of over $750 million, a comprehensive health system and about two dozen specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and 99 undergraduate majors in four colleges and six professional schools.
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17 year old Kaitlyn Griffin and her unborn baby were killed.
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Cowboys co-captain warns teammates to put rep dreams on the backburner to focus on season turnaround
- From: Townsville Bulletin
- April 23, 2014
JOHNATHAN Thurston has warned the Cowboys' season risks slipping away if players' eyes are on anything but National Rugby League.
North Queensland's co-captain was upbeat yesterday, clearly doing his best to put last round's controversial loss to Manly behind him ahead of Saturday's crunch clash with a rejuvenated Parramatta Eels at 1300SMILES Stadium.
But the two-time Dally M Medal winner's mood changed when representative selection was raised.
Thurston is among numerous Cowboys who will be on the radars of selectors for next weekend's international round, with Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and Fiji teams all to be announced after Round 8.
Then there's also State of Origin to consider in a month's time.
Thurston said he would be disappointed if any teammates were thinking about representative football as North Queensland languish at the wrong end of the ladder with a two-win, five-loss record.
"That's the furthest thing from my mind, I'm totally focused on playing well for the Cowboys," he said.
"It's time that we need to stand up and start winning some games because, if not, the season is going to get away from us."
As part of a measure to ensure that doesn't happen, coach Paul Green produced a selection shake-up on Tuesday, dropping half-back Robert Lui to Queensland Cup and shifting Ray Thompson from hooker into the No. 7 jersey to partner Thurston.
The pair have played together in the halves many times since Thompson's 2009 debut and Thurston predicted they would pick up from where they left off.
"I've played a lot of football with Ray so I don't think too much will change there," Thurston said.
"Defensively he's quite strong, he loves getting his head into tackles and he's a good talker as well.
"We just need him to do his job and when he's played there before he's done that."
The battle against the Eels marks the first of three straight home games for the Cowboys.
While there was plenty to complain about following North Queensland's loss to the Sea Eagles, Thurston said it could also be used as a building block into the favourable stretch.
"Last weekend was a step in the right direction for us, I was really pleased with the way we played attacking-wise, so we just need to better at the back end and close it out," he said. "I'm sure we'll learn from that."
Despite the Eels finishing as wooden spooners the past two seasons, Thurston said he was not surprised that the club from western Sydney would arrive in Townsville as one of the form teams of the completion.
"They were very unlucky to lose (to the Wests Tigers on Monday afternoon) and they will be coming up here with a lot of confidence after having won three in a row before they had that loss," he said.
"They've got a big forward pack, they're very mobile, they love running through the middle and obviously (Jarryd) Hayne out the back is causing a lot of havoc, so we'll have to be playing our best football there to beat them."


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The Potato Merchant, London's first restaurant and grocer specialising in potatoes, has recently opened at Exmouth Market. I had a nice dinner there recently and thought the restaurant would be worth keeping in mind for locals looking for a thoughtful take on the UK's favourite starchy staple. Continue reading
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Fish and Chip Showdown: Nathan Outlaw Versus Josh Eggleton
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Medical report: Hamilton back in lineup; Napoli begins catching drills
From Rangers beat writer Evan Grant
Medical report
LHP Joe Beimel, who missed a week earlier in camp with some arm soreness, is unlikely to make his scheduled outing Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers due to illness. Beimel was sent home from camp Thursday after reporting sick. It's uncertain when Beimel will take his scheduled turn.
Player, Injury, Date hurt, Status
LHP Joe Beimel, illness, Thursday, Missed camp with illness
C Dusty Brown, arm fatigue, Monday, Has resumed throwing to bases
CF Craig Gentry, left wrist, Tuesday, Re-evaluated over weekend
OF Josh Hamilton, right heel, Wednesday, Returned to lineup Thursday
C Mike Napoli, right groin, Saturday, Started catching drills Thursday
RHP Matt West, right elbow, March 2, Sent to minors to continue rehab


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Researchers from the The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), including scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, recently published two papers documenting the genomic landscapes of two cancers: melanoma and low grade glioma. The papers establish a framework for genomic classification for the two forms of cancer, dividing them into genetic subcategories and providing a more accurate diagnostic strategy than traditional approaches, which rely on subjective examinations of tissue under a microscope. The glioma study (published in the New England Journal of Medicine and covered in the New York Times) reveals a pattern of molecular alterations that is associated with better clinical outcomes. The melanoma study (which appeared in Cell and was covered by GenomeWeb) is the largest of its kind to date, with data from 331 patient tumor samples.
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Hi I have a 98 hyundai accent and this problem im having just started wile I was driving down the road my temp gauge start freaking out going from hot to cold and my light started to dim then go bright so I thought it was the alternator so I got a used one and put it in and im still have the same problem the mottor runs smooth even when the gauge goes crazy. So im not sure what it could be any thoughts would help thanks chris
November 4, 2012.
November 4, 2012.
Did you test the charging system even though a new alternator was installed?
Check ground circuits. A poor ground can cause the problem as well.
Check ground circuits. A poor ground can cause the problem as well.
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How do i properly remove the alternator? Step by step please, I'm kind of slow.
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Austin Tyler was in the mood to be bond and properly punished, so he hired daddy Tucker McKline. Austin has his smooth Latin ass paddled until it turns bright pink before he gets down on his knees to suck Tucker's cock. The older dom ends up fucking Austin against the St. Andrew's Cross before they move things to the bed. After Austin cums getting fucked, he sucks Tucker off until daddy's ready to pop!
Tucker McKline figures if he films his trick, it's porn instead of prostitution, and young Kyler Moss doesn't care either way! Daddy McKline works his nipples while Kyler gets down and gags trying to swallow his big cock. When he gets a hold of Kyler's tight ass, he fucks him doggy and missionary, he even fucks him in the air. After Kyler cums, he gets on the floor so Tucker can shoot all over his face and mouth.
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Who else thinks this could had made a unique crossover comic from Marvel and DC back in the 90s? they did rumbled in the DC vs. Marvel cards set and did became friends in the crossover comics event.
Both heroes are quite opposite when you think about it as John Henry Irons is quite like Tony Stark in some way and that his Steel personality is much like Iron Man.


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Newsday, 1 January 2006
ON MICHAEL JACKSON, by Margo Jefferson. Pantheon, ' 160 pp.
One morning on a weekend in December 2003, at a coffee shop in Washington, D.C., I sat down next to a table where two
people were discussing some news item. The actual event was impossible to make out in my groggy state, but it had them very
excited. There were references to "his wealth," "his megalomania" and "his crimes." By the time one of them mentioned "his
cult of personality," the caffeine was enlivening my senses, and I could draw a logical inference from these disconnected
phrases: For whatever reason, Michael Jackson was back in the spotlight.
In reality, of course, Saddam Hussein had just been captured -- news so recent that it was not yet in the morning's paper.
Learning this an hour later, I replayed the mental tapes and felt the suitable degree of embarrassment.Wasn't there
something appropriate about the confusion, though? The image of the King of Pop (self-crowned, like Napoleon) as Orwellian
dictator surrounded by cheering, hysterical crowds is something that Jackson himself has played with in his videos. Of course,
it has now been at least a decade since the Dear Leader's creativity generated as much excitement as his peculiarities. The
collapse of that empire has registered, quite literally, on his face. And yet the ruins still fascinate.About this
grand, or at least grandiose, phenomenon, the New York Times critic Margo Jefferson has written a very short book -- an essay,
really. The very title, On Michael Jackson, echoes the open-ended formula once used by Montaigne ("Of Vanitie") to
introduce his musings. Jefferson follows the intuition -- which most of us have had at some point -- that Jackson has long
since gone beyond the realm of ordinary fame and fortune. He now occupies some virtually unimaginable zone on the far side
of celebrity, and just beyond.So he is a symbol. But of what? To her credit, Jefferson mostly resists the quicker
shortcuts of pop-culture punditry -- finding social or political meaning neatly packaged in entertainment products, reading
the Zeitgeist via the latest sales charts. She pays attention to form, to performance, to the significance and the history
of style. Whether or not he is an artist in any nontrivial sense, Michael Jackson is certainly a perfectionist. Whatever meanings
his work and his public persona may have, they are embodied in gestures and images created, with obsessive urgency, by a man
with an exacting sense of his craft."Time and again in his videos," Jefferson writes, "we see Michael Jackson undergoing
monstrous transformations: from sweet young man to ghoul ('Thriller'); from natty pop star to black cat ('Billie Jean'); from
dancing white-robed shaman to hooligan smashing windows, then seizing and stroking his penis ('Black or White'). ... He loves
genres that emphasize mutable identities, carefree cartoons and horror tales."It's easy enough to move from this aesthetic
observation to comment on Jackson's own personality - his transformation into some kind of hermaphroditic, post-racial, trans-human
creature from planet Narcissus. But that comes later. It isn't what made Jackson fascinating in the first place. The capacity
to morph was already embodied in his moves on stage."It's mutability that makes his dancing so special," Jefferson
writes. "That ability to smoothly turn a James Brown funky chicken into Josephine Baker's knock-kneed Charleston. The quick
jumps. The pelvic thrusts in profile (one knee held up) that give way to sleek jazz runs. He has the ability to be liquid
and percussive at once, to create an aura of suspense and improvisation."At some point, though, Jackson's capacity
for suspense and improvisation went horribly wrong. "Michael doesn't look like anything we can correlate with experience,"
as Jefferson puts it. His motives, the needs that drive him, invite speculation - but are almost impossible to imagine. It
is like looking into an abyss to contemplate what Jefferson calls "the mystery of why someone would voluntarily pass over
into the world of solitary freakdom."The standard interpretation, of course, is that Jackson never really had a childhood
-- so now, having access to enough resources to keep adult reality at bay most of the time, he is trying desperately to reclaim
one. Drawing on various Jackson family biographies, memoirs and exposés, Jefferson revisits the now familiar stories of paternal
brutality and sibling rivalry -- the whole constellation of dysfunction surrounding Michael, the youngest of the brood. He
was also the most stunningly talented, as if destined from infancy for his vocation as song-and-dance man. He was generating
millions at an age when most kids have just gotten an allowance.Jefferson's thesis (if that is not too heavy a word
for an argument sketched in, but largely unelaborated upon) is that Jackson did not simply have a show-business childhood.
Rather, pop culture now forms the deepest layer of his self. "There is nothing natural about the making of child stars," she
writes. "They are little archaeological sites, carrying layers of show-business history inside them, fragments of history
and tradition."All children have a private culture," she continues, "put together from what they see and hear every
day and from objects they turn into fetishes. It's a space to play and dream in. But Michael's private culture has always
been turned into the stuff of his work life. Now it is the stuff of a private mythology he lives by and that we struggle to
grasp." Or in the words of a psychoanalyst friend she quotes: "Do you realize that this is someone whose inner life is 'Tom
and Jerry'?"So his depths are all mass-culture surfaces. Instead of an inner self, he has a collage of scraps from
minstrelsy, freak shows and Shirley Temple movies. (The latter being, as Graham Greene was tactless enough to point out in
1937, always more than vaguely pedophile in sensibility.) It's an interesting analysis and one that could be developed at
greater length. With On Michael Jackson, we have a book closer in spirit to a performance by the King of Pop himself
-- something graceful, capable of moves both liquid and percussive, dancing across the rooftops of cultural history rather
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Statesville, N.C. (7/11/12) – – David Gilliland takes the No. 38 Taco Bell Ford to Loudon, NH this weekend for the running of the Lenox Industrial Tools 301. Gilliland has a career best finish of 25th in ten career starts at the track.
David Gilliland on New Hampshire
"We had a tough break last week in Daytona. We were running strong and looking towards a good finish when we ended up in a wreck. New Hampshire hasn't been our best track, but our short to intermediate program has shown improvement lately, so we're looking to come up with a strong finish this weekend for our Taco Bell team."


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The Monroe Family YMCA's 11th annual Strong Kids Campaign is continuing until April 2.
The Strong Kids Campaign is a fundraising effort with a goal to help ensure no child or family is turned away from YMCA programs because of an inability to pay. The theme for this year's campaign is "The Future Is Now!"
The Y is looking to raise $50,000 for programs that go toward helping the children and families in the community live healthy and more productive lives. The organization not only provides sponsored memberships and programs, but hosts free events for the community and helps other nonprofits in their goals to build a stronger community.
The Rev. Al Overstreet will continue in his role as general chairman of the Strong Kids Campaign. Mike Yeager is repeating as honorary chairman.
Donations can be made in person at the YMCA or on-line at www.ymcaofmonroe.org/donate.


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Welcome, from the left coast!
Welcome, from the left coast!
Photography is a complex and fluid medium, and its many factors are not applied in simple sequence. Rather, the process may be likened to the art of the juggler in keeping many balls in the air at one time!
Ansel Adams, from the introduction to The Negative - The New Ansel Adams Photography Series / Book 2


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Arvest Bank to purchase 4 Bank of America branches in Oklahoma
TULSA - Arvest Bank announced Thursday it has entered into an agreement with the Bank of America Corporation to purchase 29 banks.
Pending regulatory approvals, the agreement includes the purchase of four branches in Oklahoma – with two in Muskogee and two in Tahlequah – 15 branches in Missouri, nine branches in Arkansas and one in Kansas.
In the announcement, Arvest Bank said it expects many Bank of America employees to transition to the company and keep their current positions.
Additionally, Arvest recommended Bank of America customers at the affected branch locations to continue to use their current Bank of America checks, debit cards and other products and services until notified by Bank of America and then later by Arvest when the purchase, now subject to regulatory approval, is approved.
Under the agreement, Arvest will purchase certain assets, including eighteen branch locations owned by Bank of America, most deposit accounts such as checking, savings, IRAs and CDs belonging to households and small business customers who live in the local area and are conveniently serviced at these locations, as well as lease obligations for eleven other branch locations.
The transaction does not include credit card, mortgage, brokerage or trust accounts, according to the announcement.


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prospect of a psychedelic renaissance cropping up in the
mid-80s is still pretty weird to think about. That decade
was many things, but deep it was not. These days, its
become a matter of course for bands to draw on music from
that period, but only the most innovative space rockers
and shoegazers look past the New Wavers and post-punks to
bands like Echo and the Bunnymen and the Jesus and Mary
Chain. This, in turn, has given many of those original bands
license to come back, but seminal neo-psychedelic band the
Church never needed anyones permission because they never
really went away.
After more than 25 years and almost as many albums, the
Australian quartet is touring in support of two 2009 releases,
Coffee Hounds EP and Untitled #23. Why 23?
Well, numerology (and that Jim Carrey movie) has it that
all incidents and events are somehow derived from it. And
the album? Duly heady.
Opening is former Swervedriver frontman Adam Franklin, whos
touring on the heels of the album Spent Bullets with
his band Bolts of Melody.
The Church play the Egg (Empire Plaza, Albany) on Friday
(July 10) at 8 PM. Tickets are $28. Call 473-1845 for more
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knows Edgar Degas as a painter of dancers. He also, however,
was fascinated by the world of music and musicians, and
created a body of work with musical themes. Oddly enough,
however, no one thought to present an exhibit based on this
Until now. The Hyde Collection, with Degas scholars and
guest curators Jill DeVonyar and Richard Kendell, will present
Degas & Music beginning Sunday (July 12).
The paintings and drawings in the show will reflect Degas
love of and interest in music, including portraits of musician
friends, dramatic images of cabaret singers, and stunning
scenes of the music-filled world of the ballet.
After all, you cant separate music from dance.
Pictured is Dancer on the Stage (1877-80), from the
collection of the Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton,
Mass. Other museums that have loaned works for this show
include the Art Institute of Chicago, Baltimore Museum of
Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, Musée dOrsay, Bostons Museum of Fine Arts, and the
National Gallery of Art; combined with items from the Hydes
own collection, the exhibit will feature 30 rich and varied
works by Degas.
The Hyde has partnered with many local arts organizations
(and summer visitors, like the Philadelphia Orchestra at
SPAC) to present events related to the Degas & Music
exhibit, throughout the summer and fall.
& Music opens Sunday (July 12) and runs through
Oct. 18 at The Hyde Collection (161 Warren St., Glens Falls).
There will be numerous activities associated with the exhibit
over the coming months; visit hydecollection.org for details.
For more info, call 792-1761.


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Acellular pertussis vaccination enhances B. parapertussis colonization
An acellular whooping cough vaccine actually enhances the colonization of Bordetella parapertussis in mice; pointing towards a rise in B. parapertussis incidence resulting from acellular vaccination, which may have contributed to the observed increase in whooping cough over the last decade.
Published: 2010
Author(s): Long GH, Karanikas AT, Harvill ET, Read AF, & Hudson PJ
Title: Acellular pertussis vaccination facilitates Bordetella parapertussis infection in a rodent model of bordetellosis
Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0010
Overlayed image of a wild type mouse sitting on a plate of Bordetella. Image courtesy of Alexia Karanikas.
Despite widespread vaccination, whooping cough incidence is on the rise worldwide, making it the only vaccine-preventable disease associated with increasing deaths in the United States. Although this disease is most often attributed to Bordetella pertussis infection, it is also caused by the closely related pathogen, B. parapertussis. However, B. pertussis has remained the center of attention, whereas B. parapertussis has been greatly overlooked in the development of whooping cough vaccines.
In this study, former CIDD post-doctoral researcher Grainne Long, CIDD graduate student Alexia Karanikas, and professors Eric Harvill, Andrew Read, and Peter Hudson evaluated a commonly used acellular pertussis vaccine for its efficacy against both of these causative agents of whooping cough during single infection and co-infection.
Their data showed no within-host competition between B. pertussis and B. parapertussis, as well as a strong acellular vaccine-induced protection against infection with B. pertussis in both singly and co-infected mice. In contrast, vaccination led to a 40-fold enhancement of B. parapertussis colonization in the lungs of mice. Though the mechanism behind this increased colonization was not specifically elucidated, it is speculated to involve specific immune responses skewed or dampened by the acellular vaccine, including cytokine and antibody production during infection. Despite this vaccine being hugely effective against B. pertussis, which was once the primary childhood killer, these data suggest that the vaccine may be contributing to the observed rise in whooping cough incidence over the last decade by promoting B. parapertussis infection. Highlighting the extreme consideration that should be exercised in future vaccine development, this work supports the use of vaccines that also target B. parapertussis as a potentially more efficient way to battle whooping cough.
Synopsis written by Alexia Karanikas
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The Soviet Union and Beyond
A study of major political, diplomatic, economic, and social developments from the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 to the second presidency of Vladimir Putin. Special emphasis will be placed on the state's continued imperialism, Stalinism and de-Stalinization, World War II, the Cold War, and the political systems of the USSR and its successor states. Offered alternate years. V.1, V.7


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As the world's largest ground beef producer, Cargill Beef is taking leadership by responding to consumer inquiries and transparency concerns at the retail level with multiple initiatives aimed at increasing transparency in its communications, packaging and use of Finely Textured Beef. These consumer-facing initiatives are designed to not only enhance consumer confidence in Cargill's U.S.-made, fresh ground beef products, but also to enhance consumer brand awareness, recognition and loyalty for both retailers and Cargill.
Currently effective updates include our consumer website, CargillGroundBeef.com, and the beginnings of Cargill's Our Certified™ ground beef brand refresh that includes new packaging with updated design elements, a "gluten-free" mention, and a QR (quick response) code to access CargillGroundBeef.com. Additionally, Our Certified branded ground beef that contains Finely Textured Beef will include the declaration "Contains Finely Textured Beef" directly on the package. The first packaging format under the Our Certified brand to receive this refresh was the U.S. Case Ready Chub effective January 20, 2014.
We plan to continue providing consumer transparency with additional updates being made to the Our Certified brand and other Cargill Beef branded products and packaging formats in the U.S. and Canada prior to the grilling season 2014.
Be sure to check back for additional updates.


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Kyle Strunk is a Cincinnati police officer in District 3.
I have been proud to be a Cincinnati police officer for seven years. It's what I always wanted to do. I worked hard to get where I am today.
During that seven years, I have seen a lot. Some of those things have been good, while some have kept me up at night. ...


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2015 CONCERT Information
Mitchell Stadium, Bluefield WV | Click here for Directions
Concert Times
Gate opens at 1:30 p.m. Concert starts at 2:15 p.m.
Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias wants to ensure each of our guests an enjoyable experience. Please take a moment to review the following general information, procedures and regulations designed for your own safety and protection.
Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias wants to ensure each of our guests has an enjoyable experience. Please take a moment to review the following general information, procedures and regulations designed for your own safety and protection.
All ticket sales are final. Everyone needs a ticket to enter and is subject to search upon entry. There will be NO REENTRY and NO REFUNDS.
Parking at Mitchell Stadium is $10.00. Area parking lots may have fees and are at the discretion of the owner.
Gates open at 1:30 pm. Concert begins at 2:15pm. Will call will be located on the west side of the stadium (Park/Bowen field side) and opens at 11am. Tickets to be picked up at will call/box office require matching I.D.
Rain or Shine, Second Chance Rocks!
No food, drinks, coolers, pets, chairs, blankets, towels, professional cameras, video or audio recording devices, large bags or purses (12 X 12 or larger), umbrellas, water guns/blasters/soakers, knives, firearms, mace, chains, laser pointers, fireworks and/or illegal drugs, as well as other items at management's discretion.
Small or disposable cameras will be allowed in the venue area. Sunscreen will also be permitted.
ATMS will be available on site.
Please dress appropriately. No chain wallets or bare feet.
Guests must remain in their specific reserved seating location. Fire code regulations require that all aisles and stairways be clear.
Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias strives to reasonably accommodate the special needs of patrons who attend our concert. If you have a special need to attend our event and have questions, please feel free to contact us. email@example.com
Smoking is only allowed in designated areas and will be strictly enforced.
Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias strongly enforces the law prohibiting the underage consumption of alcohol anywhere on site. You must be 21 years of age with a valid driver's license to purchase or possess alcoholic beverages. Identification must be produced upon request of concert staff. Failure to do so will require the forfeiture of your "Over 21" wristband and the possibility of removal from premises.
Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias supports the designated driver program. We urge you to decide in advance who will be your group's designated driver. Please Don't Drink and Drive.
Security personnel will be on duty throughout the stadium and surrounding areas. Your full cooperation with them is appreciated. Please report any incident requiring attention to a uniformed officer or event staff.
Guests engaging in violent, obscene or unruly behavior will be immediately ejected from the concert site and may be subject to arrest. Strict enforcement of all local, state and federal laws as well as concert regulations will occur. Anyone found to be in violation of any law or regulation may be subject to prosecution and will be evicted from the event without refund.
Fully equipped ambulances and medical stations will be on site. Please make note of their locations when you arrive. In the event of an emergency, please look for event staff or uniformed officers. They will contact medical staff to assist you.
Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias is not responsible for any articles lost, stolen or left behind. Any item turned in to the Box Office will be kept for 30 days.
All persons attending Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias do so at their own risk. Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias' owners, managers, promoters, sponsors or others assume no liability and are not responsible for lost or stolen tickets, personal injury, theft, loss or damage to personal property.
Rules may be updated with little or no notice. Artists and times are subject to chanbe with little or no notice. Guests should visit secondchancelearning.com/concert for updates or visit our Facebook page, Second Chance Learning Center.
Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias appreciates your support and wants everyone to have a safe and pleasant concert experience. Please remember to show respect and courtesy to your neighbors and fellow concert attendees. Your cooperation helps us to continue bringing great music to the two Virginias!


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Eli Roth showed Amazonian villagers Cannibal Holocaust, and they thought it was hilarious!
In one of the most delightfully disturbing stories you will read today, director Eli Roth screened 1980's Cannibal Holocaust for 200 Amazonian villagers who had never seen a movie before. While Roth was scouting for locations for his own cannibal-themed movie, The Green Inferno, he found a remote area with "no electricity, no running water, nothing." As a courtesy, he wanted to give the people living there an idea of what he was going to be doing in their backyard, so he showed them Cannibal Holocaust, and "[t]he villagers thought it was the funniest thing they'd ever seen." So, there's your nervous, cannibalism-related giggle of the day, plus a bonus cannibal cop! (via Movieline) Read the rest


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Microfluidic specialist Dolomite has announced that Multiflux has significantly exceeded all expectations for market take-up with sales in over 30 countries. The novel range of microfluidic connectors and interfaces provides users with fast and reliable multi-way fluidic connections, between chips, pumps, valves and other fluidic modules, increasing user flexibility without disruptions to the fluid flow.
Dolomite is currently developing a new PDMS Chip Interface which allows users to create multiple connections to PDMS-on-glass devices and PDMS chips. Available for purchase later this year, this microfluidic interface provides a flexible, time-efficient and robust solution for chips to be used outside the lab which widens applications for PDMS chips beyond research as well as the opportunity for greater collaboration between research labs.
Multiflux is an example of the company's ongoing commitment to provide innovative solutions which are essential for efficient and successful microfluidic research. Dolomite is currently in discussions with a number of major commercial players who would like to adopt the Multiflux standard as part of their microfluidic devices and systems.
For further information on Dolomite's range of Multiflux Connectors and Interfaces as well as a complete portfolio of microfluidic products including chips, pumps, valves and custom devices please visit www.dolomite-microfluidics.com.
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