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Get your Green(s) at the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference

SEEDS director Sarna Salzman talks about the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference which takes place October 17-19th, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan @ Northwestern Michigan College (click through to view in high quality). The music is "Greens" by…
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Creative Cities Summit 2.0 in Detroit

.cadillac buildings-detroit. by tEdGuY49 ® Note: they have a special "no frills" registration for $100 - amazing deal! Detroit will host the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 (CCS2) on October 12-15, 2008 at the Renaissance Center. CCS2 is…
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Park(ing) Day webcasting from Grand Rapids

Tomorrow (Friday, September 19) is National Park-ing Day. In this video about Parking Day in Grand Rapids, Andy Dragt says he'll be broadcasting live via internet (Twitter/andydragt.com)/Rapid Growth) tomorrow. A Trap is Set by Rudy…
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Michigan's Small Business Advocate ... and cider

cider by yodraws Crain's Detroit has a neat "Small Talk" series of videos. One of these is a Q&A with Michigan's Small Business Advocate, Chris Holman. His job is to connect small businesses with services and programs. I had no idea there…
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GM2K: Production Chevy Volt revealed

In Chevy Volt, Live & Unplugged, Jalopnik reports on yesterday's unveiling of the Chevy Volt: The finale of GM's centennial celebration today was the official reveal of the production 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the first official plug-in hybrid…
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Back to School: Free college with The Kalamazoo Promise

The Promise Starts Here by Ed Roth Quite simply, The Kalamazoo Promise is a scholarship offered to every Kalamazoo Public School student. Depending on the time in the district and income level of the family, students may earn up to 100% tuition…
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John McCain & Michigan

Sarah Palin Addresses Michigan, photo by b24chicago Last Friday, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain made his first major visit to Michigan. In McCain Makes a Run at Michigan, A Wavering Democratic Stronghold, the Wall Street Journal…
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Traverse Epicurean Classic video

Scott Allman & Eric Villegas of the TV show Fork in the Road visited the Traverse Epicurean Classic in 2006 - you can visit in 2008 if you enter Absolute Michigan's Epicurean Classic Giveaway! The winner will be announced on Friday so be…
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Wooodward Dream Cruise 2008

Absolute Michigan's video correspondents Scott Allman and Jim McClain have some great shots of the cars along with interviews with the interesting and colorful characters that make up the world's largest one-day car event: It's definitely…
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We Are All Downstream

Together. by Rick Spillers Eric Hansen is the author of "Hiking Michigan's Upper Peninsula" and "Hiking Wisconsin". In this morning's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining that…
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Remembering the Detroit Riot of 1967

One of the most profound events in Michigan's history is the Detroit Riot of 1967. Wikipedia's 12th Street Riot entry explains: The 12th Street Riot was a civil disturbance in Detroit that began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23,…
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Michigan History: The Story of Michigan J. Frog

Chuck Jones, the famous Hollywood screen artist, helped create such cartoon characters as Elmer Fudd, the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepe Le Pew and others. But of all the fictitious creatures that appeared in his more than 300 films, his…