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AMP and the Arsenal of Creativity

February 12, 2009 – 8:19 pm

Untitled by Vanessa Miller
Vanessa has a great set of photos from
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Wiretap's Jenny Lee has a great article called In Detroit: Arsenal of Creativity. It begins:
“Michigan will be the next film capitol of the world,” Clint Eastwood said in a recent interview following the release of his new film Gran Torino, shot in [...]

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GM Designers in the classroom

May 7, 2008 – 8:55 am

It appears that General Motors is in the midst of a transformation from a massive company to a somewhat less massive company. It seems that while - or perhaps because - that is happening, interesting things are bubbling out of Michigan's largest company.
One such item is a venture of GM and the College of Creative [...]

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Arresting Site for May 2008: Michigan Innovators

May 6, 2008 – 10:14 am

Hands at Work by detroitsky
Tim Pulice's Pulice Report blog has announced the Arresting Site of the Month for May 2008. The inaugural selection is Michigan Innovators and Tim writes:
I first ran across this terrific online destination last summer, which dovetails perfectly with the spirit of this blog, wherein I look to spotlight Michiganders who display [...]

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Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan

April 29, 2008 – 7:23 am

Orange Tulip by markmarko
This weekend is the kickoff of Holland's Tulip Time celebration. The annual festival starts this Saturday (May 3, 2008) and continues through May 10.
The Tulip Time Festival's history page says that Tulip Time was introduced in 1927 at a Woman’s Literary Club meeting by Holland biology teacher Miss Lida Rogers. It's grown [...]

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Photo Friday: Lioness by rckrawczykjr

December 7, 2007 – 10:07 am

This photo is titled Lioness and it was taken by Ralph Krawczyk Jr. at the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle in Detroit. If you follow Michigan in Pictures, you've seen a lot of Ralph. If you don't click here to see what you've been missing!
Ralph says that he's a graphic designer, a [...]

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Service Tax repeal appears certain

December 1, 2007 – 12:49 pm

Capitol, Landing MI by Irina Vasiliu
Below you'll find a news release from Governor Granholm regarding an agreement to add a 21.9% surcharge to the new Michigan Business Tax to replace the 6% Michigan Service Tax.
The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News have details on the agreement as well.

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The Eleven Seconds to Midnight Gang rides again

November 30, 2007 – 9:08 am

Carousel by jnhkrawczyk
"We've got a shift starting in 36 hours that we've got to charge 6% more on ... and I don't know how to do it."
-John Evans, president of Evans Distribution
Welcome to Michigan, where we somehow seem to be stuck in the Reality TV version of Groundhog Day: Your Government inAction. With just hours [...]

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6% of x? Untangling Michigan's Service Tax

October 11, 2007 – 9:08 am

Half Staff by Apocaplops
UPDATE Oct 25: Carol of ArborLaw.com writes:
I actually have the entire list of services descriptions covered by the law, on my blog at Arborlaw.com. When the law came out, I cross-referenced the NAICS codes (which are incorporated into the new law specifically by reference) with the section numbers from the bill and [...]

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Shutdown averted … by a service tax

October 1, 2007 – 10:27 am

An appeal to reason by Apocaplops
StateGate seems like it might be nearing its conclusion with an 13th hour deal reached at 4 AM when legislators were apparently too tired to fight anymore. The LSJ reports:
"This budget agreement is the right solution for Michigan," Gov. Jennifer Granholm said in a news release after the vote. "We [...]

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86: UM Art & Design Senior Show this week

April 9, 2007 – 7:40 am

We aren't (yet at least) a big events site, but I feel compelled to let you know that 86: the Art & Design Senior Show will be held this week (April 12-14). The show features projects by the University of Michigan's School of Art & Design's 86 graduating seniors, including film, installation, traditional and new [...]