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Google Search Stories: Ypsilanti's SolarYpsi ProjectYouTube has a new "Search Stories" feature, and they profile is Dave Strenski of Ypsilanti, who created SolarYpsi in 2005 with the hope of making his hometown a solar power destination through tying solar power generation to the electrical grid. Check out what they've done including a real-time solar power generation map! |
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The Daily Michigan: Private Tea Cupping from Light of Day OrganicsToday's giveaway is kind of different but very cool - it's a private tea cupping for up to 6 people from Light of Day Organics that will include matcha ceremonial green tea! Light of Day teas are grown organically and biodynamically, then hand-harvested and packaged with great care. Click through for a video from Angela where she shows you how to brew an ideal cup of tea! |
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The Daily Michigan: Tropical Love Valentine's Day BoxGrocer's Daughter Chocolates are all-natural and contain many organic and other naturally grown ingredients. We're giving away one of their Tropical Love Valentine's Day Boxes with: Mango, Guava, Passion Fruit, Coconut and Blood Orange bonbons! You may be happy to learn that dark chocolate is particularly good for your heart ... and for Valentine's Day joy!! |
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Fly High at the Pine Mountain Ski Jumping TournamentPine Mountain was once the highest artificial ski jump in the world and is still known throughout the world as one of the best jumping hills. Every year the Kiwanis Ski Club in Iron Mountain hold the Pine Mountain Continental Cup Ski Jumping Competition. It takes place the weekend of February 11-12, 2012 and will draw top US & international jumpers 12 countries and over 20,000 spectators. |
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The Daily Michigan: 2 tickets to the Winter Traverse City Microbrew & Music FestivalToday's offering in The Daily Michigan is 2 tickets to the 3rd Annual Winter Traverse City Microbrew & Music Festival. The festival features over 40 breweries, wineries, cideries, and meaderies - most from Michigan - along with local food vendors and beer and cuisine pairings. A highlight of the festival is a wide range of entertainment and also fire dancers, live polka music and a silent disco. |
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The Daily Michigan: 5# of Dried Cherries from Cherry RepublicIn the first of our new The Daily Michigan features, one of our readers will win 5 pounds of tart cherries! February is National Cherry Month, and what better way to celebrate than with plump & tasty dried cherries from Cherry Republic is a Glen Arbor, Michigan-based company that sells almost 200 cherry products and employs over 200 people. |
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February is National Cherry Month!Did you know that Michigan is the largest producer of Montmorency tart cherries, growing 70-75% of the crop? With February being National Cherry Month, it's only appropriate we celebrate Michigan's almost-official fruit! |
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Michigan and the Super BowlWhile there's nowhere near the degree of Michigan hype this year as there was in 2006 when Detroit hosted Super Bowl XL, we have a few points of Michigan interest for when the New England Patriots meet the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday including former Wolverine & Spartan players, Michigan's own Madonna and how to add a little Michigan to your Super Bowl spread! |
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February Michigan Event CalendarOur February Calendar shows that the more the weather tries to keep us holed up inside, the more ways we find to get out and have fun!! Of course, there's still many, many more and we invite you to fill us in on other February events in the comments section. |
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Michigan's 175th Birthday! What's great about the Great Lakes State?Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837 - a Thursday as well! We've had so much fun doing a giveaway a day for Michigan's 175th Birthday Bash that we're going to see just how long we can keep things going with our new program called "The Daily Michigan" that will feature a giveaway a day from the Great Lakes State! Click through for details along with tweets and photos celebrating Michigan! |
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Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Boyne Mountain & Boyne Highlands Ski TicketsIn January Absolute Michigan is celebrating Michigan skiing and ski resorts. This week we have a pair of tickets that (like every ticket from them) good at both Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands. Click through for more including a great video about Boyne and founder Everett Kircher by the legendary Warren Miller. |
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Seeking Michigan: Michigan's "Birth Certificate" Comes Home The Archives of Michigan collects and preserves significant records generated by the state and local governments of Michigan. On rare occasions, however, this depository of Michigan’s documentary heritage is called upon to care for selected federal papers. There are four good examples of this unusual situation, and they all occurred years ago and at the same time. |
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See Detroit Rockers Sponge at the Emerald TheatreDetroit's beloved rock sons - Sponge - will offer fans a rare treat when they perform their break through hit CD "Rotting Piñata" for the first time ever in its entirety - and in CD track order at Mt. Clemens' Emerald Theatre on Saturday, January 28. Click through to learn how you can win a pair of tickets! |
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Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids - January 26-29, 2012The Michigan International Auto Show returns to DeVos Place January 26-29, 2012 with manufacturers from around the world setting up their finest traveling displays. With almost 300 cars, trucks and vans from 40 different manufacturers, this is the place to befor car lovers! Absolute Michigan has a giveaway of 2 tickets for the event! |
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Northern Lights a strong possibility in Michigan!NASA's Space Weather site is the place to go for Aurora Borealis forecasting. Yesterday they gave Northern Lights watchers a lot of hope with news that a massive M9-class solar flare hits the Earth today. The level of intensity makes the Northern Lights a real possibility for the next couple of days so definitely LOOK UP tonight! Click for more including a very cool Northern Lights video! |
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Discover Michigan Wines at Regional Wine and Food Tasting EventsRead on for information about two cool wine touring events (Taste the Passion on the Leelanau Peninsula and Romancing the Riesling on the Old Mission Peninsula) as well as a pair of books on the Michigan wine industry AND how you can have a chance to win through an Absolute Michigan giveaway! |
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Michigan 175: Yooper Steez Skateboard DeckOne of the items in our Michigan's 175th Birthday Bash giveaway is a skateboard deck from Absolute Michigan sponsor Yooper Steez. Lumberjack Jack wears wool plaid shirts, spends lots of time in the woods, has one mean looking beard, loves the UP and represents the Yooper in all of us! |
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Michigan's 175th Birthday Bash!The Great Lakes State turns 175 next Thursday. To celebrate, we're throwing Michigan's 175th Birthday Bash and giving out a week's worth of prizes! All you need to do to have a shot is to have your address on our email list! Click through for details and to see our great prizes! |
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Why We Went DarkAlong with many sites on the Web, Absolute Michigan went dark on January 18th to protest a pair of truly awful bills that are on a fast-track for passage, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the Senate's Protect IP Act (PIPA). Read on for our thoughts and links to contact your representatives in Congress. |
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Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Ski Tickets to The HomesteadOur January Ski Month giveaways continue with a chance to win a pair of lift tickets to The Homestead in Glen Arbor. Bay Mountain overlooks Lake Michigan and Sleeping Bear Bay, providing one of the most amazing views in the Midwest! They are just moments away form the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and a great destination for cross-country skiers as well! |
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