Category Archives: Five Things You Need to Know

Five Things you need to know about Michigan for Wednesday, June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007 – 9:58 am

Vacation Time? There’s an interesting speech by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) wondering if now is a good time for members of the Senate to take a summer recess, pointing out (quite rightly) that schools, local government and others are waiting for hard numbers for the upcoming budget year. To see it, go to the [...]

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Five things you need to know about Michigan for Monday, June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007 – 8:43 am

Welcome to our special “Geez are we worried about the Great Lakes” edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan… Crown jewel of North America? Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty says that the Great Lakes are a tremendous resource, it is something that people around the world recognize as being a kind of crown [...]

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Five Things you need to know about Michigan for Thursday, June 21, 2007

June 21, 2007 – 8:52 am

OK Michigan, I have to level with you. I love to find five things about Michigan to tell you. I remember days like Tuesday, July 25, 2006 and … well … the day before yesterday and I can’t see how I can avoid doing Five Things. Every day can be overwhelming though, so I’ll just [...]

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June 19, 2007: Baseball, birds, biking, Bad Axe … and pensions

June 19, 2007 – 8:41 am

I have to say that as a web developer, I really admire the dynamic ways in which the web team at the Detroit News presents complex information. A great example of this is their interactive teacher pension costs presentation. It makes it point and click simple to see how retirement costs are looming for Michigan’s [...]

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Monday June 18, 2007: Clueless in the Capitol?

June 18, 2007 – 10:08 am

In the spirit of Five Things You Need to Know About Michigan, we’re going to try to post a more or less daily page that gives you a little idea of what’s happening in the Michigan news, events, the weather and on Absolute Michigan. We welcome (really!) your comments and links about anything at all [...]

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Five Things you need to know about Michigan for Monday, May 14, 2007

May 14, 2007 – 9:00 am

Been a while since I got the old 5 out of the bag. Great Lakes Blogger Dave Dempsey gets a stand-up double with this stunning satellite view of the Great Lakes, of which NASA says: At the very top of the image is a round white patch – this is Lake Nipigon, which is still [...]

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Five Things You Need to Know about Michigan for Friday, March 9th 2007

March 9, 2007 – 10:28 am

A-way back when, I would start every morning by scouring the internet for 5 things (more or less) that I thought folks who live in and/or love Michigan needed to know to post on Absolute Michigan. I am postive this will not be an every day thing, but I miss doing it so here goes… [...]

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2006 Michigan Student Mock Election

November 2, 2006 – 5:23 pm

Visit the Michigan Mock Election web site for current information. Students at the Election Rally There will be a rebroadcast all day TODAY (Nov 6th, 2006) VISIT MICHIGANLIVEEVENTS.COM TO WATCH!! On Thursday, November 2, 2006, Leland Public School hosted an area mock student election with nearly 1000 students from Glen Lake, Lake Leelanau St. Marys, [...]

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Connecting Michigan: Northeast Michigan

August 4, 2006 – 5:46 pm

Mackinac Bridge all lit up at dusk by Johnny RR The Mackinac Bridge is more than just Michigan’s most recognizeable landmark. The five mile span connecting upper and lower peninsulas is also a powerful symbol of how we as a state can come together behind a common goal and accomplish wonders. The herculean task of [...]

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The Mighty Wilderness: Upper Peninsula

August 4, 2006 – 5:35 pm

Tahquamenon Falls, U.P. Michigan by Bluejacket¬† Bluejacket writes: Located in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, these are the upper falls. This is the land of Longfellow’s Hiawatha. Hiawatha built his canoe “by the rushing Tahquamenaw”. The amber color is caused by tanin leached from the Cedar, Spruce & Hemlock in the swamps drained by the [...]

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