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Bottled Water: 2000 times the impact

water bottles by shrff14 Last week I received a rather shocking bit of news from J Carl Ganter. Carl is a childhood friend, fellow Michigander and founder of a super cool organization grappling with the world water crisis called Circle…
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AbMich Mobile

We've added support for mobile users including iPhones and Google Android phones. If you're on a phone and want to look at pages in the normal Absolute Michigan template, there's a link for that at the bottom too. To do it, we used the Wordpress…
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Featured Link: People and Land

Here's a great video from People & Land about transforming Michigan: People and Land (PAL) is an organization focused on growth and change in Michigan, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Every day, decisions made by local officials…
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AMP and the Arsenal of Creativity

Untitled by Vanessa Miller Vanessa has a great set of photos from allied media conference oh8 Wiretap's Jenny Lee has a great article called In Detroit: Arsenal of Creativity. It begins: “Michigan will be the next film capitol…
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Hybrid batteries? It's the infrastructure, silly

327 Chevy Volt by mikeh5856 The Michigan Messenger asks: Will batteries recharge Michigan's economy? To answer it, they turn to science writer Howard Lovy, one of the founders of Ann Arbor-based nanotechnology and microsystems publication…
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Somewhere in the late Cretaceous Era at the Detroit Auto Show

2008_03_04_UofM_HistoryMuseum_Walking by Andy Tanguay Jack Lessenberry writes about the frustrations of journalists at the bare cupboard of swag at this year's Detroit Auto Show and the seeming idiocy of holding an event like this in sub-arctic…
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Michigan Automotive History: Reo Motor Car Company

In association with our coverage of the Detroit Auto Show (aka North American International Auto Show) and the upcoming Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids, we are taking rear view mirror look at the REO Motor Car Company. The…
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Mitch Albom on the Michigan Film Incentive

They're coming, and they're liking what they're seeing and we have a chance to seed a new industry in the state of Michigan. ~Mitch Albom Scott Allman has produced a great interview with Mitch Albom about the Michigan Film Incentive. Check…
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Introduce your Michigan Business or Organization

snowy field by PepOmint Here's a page where you can say "hello" and tell everyone a little bit about your Michigan business, nonprofit, community organization, or other web site or blog. Feel free to add a comment below and definitely include…
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Rollercoaster Wednesday

MSU College of Human Medicine by Eridony Going up The New York Times reports that in the midst of the darkest economic times Michigan has seen in decades, the University of Michigan is spending billions to grow with nearly three million…
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I wanna scooter and a pony and a better Michigan Wednesday

The North Pole by luna.nik Dear Santa, I realize that we in Michigan seem to be asking for a lot of stuff lately: auto bailouts, people to listen to Tim Allen and come visit us, a football team that can win a game, etc. However, I…
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Bush approves Big Three bailout

Built in America by radiospike photography Pretty much everyone (Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, mLive, NY Times and Wall Street Journal) is reporting that President Bush has approved a $17.4 billion bailout. Assessments vary, but as…