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Boom, Bust, Bailout & Bankruptcy Monday

“We put all our chips on a poker hand called durable goods manufacturing, particularly the autos,” said Charles L. Ballard, a professor of economics at Michigan State University. “In the middle of the 20th century, every…
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Frosty Tuesday: Silver Bells, Falling Snow & Skidding Autos

Thistle Stop by photoshoparama The 24th annual Silver Bells in the City takes place this Friday (Nov 21) in downtown Lansing. The event features a parade of lights, the lighting of Michigan's Christmas tree and (weather permitting) a fireworks…
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Michigan History: Where the Model T Began

6 seater Model T - b&w by LindaB. Jerald Mitchell calls the Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit "a fulcrum point of human history [where] the balance of history shifted." It was at this factory in Detroit that Henry…
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Changing Gears Thursday: Cars, Guards & 100 Pound Carp

Tom's Vision by G0Da From the Pistons changing point guards and changing Tayshaun Prince to "point forward" to a Presidential campaign in which change was the overwhelming theme, "change" has been very much in the air of late. One part…
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What about water Wednesday?

AuSable river flood waters by sunrisepenny Michigan is known as The Great Lakes State, but we could easily be called "The Water State". 10,000 lakes? Please. Michigan has over 11,000 lakes (15,000 if you count the little ones!). All that…
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Trick or Treat Thursday: Curry wins #1, Tiger comic, Fixing Michigan, Wine harvest & new links

Congratulations to the Phillies, who last night won the World Series the Tigers were supposed to win. We'll have to settle for Michael Curry's first win as an NBA head coach in the Piston's opener last night. While the Tigers and everyone…
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Forward-Thinking Monday

the creative big three by vanessamiller (John Howkins, Charles Landry & Richard Florida) We'll lead off with a quick plug for an upcoming conference and a look back at one from the recent past. The Conference on Michigan's Future takes…
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Slightly Spooky Wednesday: Bats, Strange Michigan, Kerkorian & Haunted Houses oh my!

Bat by reddeviltj In Michigan bats - featuring the Iron Mountain Bat Mine, Edward Vielmetti introduces us to the Millie Mine, a critical hibernating and breeding location for up to 50,000 bats - one of the largest known concentrations of…
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Creative Cities: The Bold Vision of Bill Strickland

Mama's gunna knock you out by Kcjacoby Last night at the Creative Cities Summit, author and MacArthur Fellow Bill Strickland delivered one of the boldest and bluntest talks about what can and should be done to re-energize our cities and…
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Creative Cities: an ecology of hope

Hope This is the Fountain of Youth by Cherie S. I came to Detroit for the Creative Cities Summit unprepared, frankly, for the scale of the challenge that Michigan's largest city is facing. As we toured sights selected to offer hope this…
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Hello from Creative Cities and Detroit

the spirit by n.elle This week we're broadcasting (sort of) live from the Renaissance Center in Detroit and the Creative Cities Summit 2.0. In addition to a cool outing that we'll talk about later, we were able to check out the "Unconference"…
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It's "Hello World" for Michigan wine drinkers

Barrel room at Merryvale by star5112 Tom Wark's Fermentation wine blog says: Michigan Consumers should be smiling. A Federal District Court Judge in that state ruled on Tuesday that the state's law that bars consumers from buying and having…