The Week for June 16-22, 2008


tahquamenon falls by ercy

In his SE Michigan 2008 Strawberry season field report, Ann Arbor blogger Edward Vielmetti says that strawberries are ready to pick. In addition to continuing storms and flooding, the presumptive Presidential nominees are setting their eyes on Michigan with Barack Obama in Flint and Detroit today and John McCain reportedly deciding on a suburban Oakland County location as the Michigan campaign HQ. With a recent poll by Rasmussen Reports finding 45% of Michigan respondents favoring Obama with 42% for John McCain, it's safe to say that we'll see much more of them in the months to come.

Our Michigan June Event Calendar says that events on tap for this weekend include the Straits Area Car Show in St. Ignace, the Dearborn Arab International Festival and the International Freedom Festival in Detroit (which features a massive fireworks display).

Ercy also posted a short Tahquamenon Falls video that does a good job of showing the second biggest waterfall east of the Mississippi. You can read about and see more of the Tahquamenon Falls from Michigan in Pictures (be sure to check out Sunday Study: Upper Tahquamenon Falls).

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7 Comments

  1. Absolute Michigan
    Posted June 17, 2008 at 2:59 pm | Permalink

    'David vs. Goliath': City Takes On BAE Systems - npr.org

    This is a story that might seem straight out of a James Bond movie. It involves a massive arms deal, British fighter jets, a Saudi prince and billions of dollars in payments to a longtime ambassador to the United States. But the plot veers away from thriller territory when it lands in a leafy suburb of Detroit.

    Harper Woods, Mich., has filed a lawsuit against a massive defense contractor, BAE Systems, over allegations that the company funneled payments to a member of the Saudi royal family.

    In the process, this small city has become a central player in an investigation that spans continents, involves accusations of corruption on an unimaginable scale, and has players ranging from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to a substitute teacher.

    Continue reading and check out the audio while there!

  2. Absolute Michigan
    Posted June 18, 2008 at 11:15 am | Permalink

    Sing, Muse, of werewolves in contemporary L.A. - mlive.com

    Watch as this sequence of facts goes from perfectly normal to incredibly bizarre:

    1. Toby Barlow is an advertising director.

    2. He lives in downtown Detroit.

    3. While stuck in a hotel room working on "a very important cheese account" he read a story in the Chicago Reader about a dogcatcher.

    4. A throwaway fact in the article got him thinking about werewolves, so he started writing a story.

    5. Rather than writing the novel in prose, the story came out in verse.

    6. He got HarperCollins to publish his epic poem, a style of storytelling that hasn't been especially popular since the English Renaissance.

    The result, "Sharp Teeth," has been getting lots of favorable reviews, and Barlow has been interviewd by everyone from The AV Club to NPR.

    Continue reading

  3. Absolute Michigan
    Posted June 18, 2008 at 11:37 am | Permalink

    Muskegon energy center develops home wind turbine - The Grand Rapids Press

    They call it "wind turbine in a box," a simple off-the-shelf but high-performance wind turbine.

    The innovative wind turbine is the first major launch of a commercial product from the Grand Valley State University energy center in Muskegon. Plans are to sell the turbine at home improvement stores for less than $2,000 to homeowners who can use it to provide up to 20 percent of their electricity.

    Continue reading

  4. Absolute Michigan
    Posted June 18, 2008 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

    Wireless network helps farmers - The Freep

    A unique high-tech network of weather monitoring stations in farm fields connected to the Verizon Wireless network and beamed back to Michigan State University is helping Michigan's agricultural industry grow better crops and bring them to market faster and with higher quality.

    A team of 11 technicians at MSU gathers data sent wirelessly from 60 weather stations across Michigan, from all parts of both peninsulas. The information is updated every 30 minutes and made available through a Web site, called Enviroweather at http://www.enviroweather.msu.e.....halist.asp.

    Continue reading

  5. farlane
    Posted June 19, 2008 at 7:00 am | Permalink

    H20 Notes tipped us to this feature (with lots of photos) on a Lake St. Clair 'tiger' muskie, a naturally spawned cross between a muskellunge and a northern pike.

    I think it's also the leading cause of nightmares in the under 6" fish population...

  6. farlane
    Posted June 23, 2008 at 6:32 am | Permalink

    Check out these photos of flood/storm damage on US 31!

  7. David Norris
    Posted June 23, 2008 at 7:38 am | Permalink

    Thanks for visiting Big Bass Lake and Beyond. I also enjoy your website as Michigan is my favorite state. Keep up the sound work.

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