| December
25, 2011 Michigan Protection & Advocacy Services |
MPAS advocates and protects the legal rights of persons with disabilities, mandated by federal and state law. The cases in this report are indicative of a statewide failure to provide quality nursing care and protect nursing facility residents from harm – without exception. |
| December
5, 2011 Pure Michigan Talent Connection |
The State of Michigan has launched a new web portal which seeks to place job creators, job seekers and entrepreneurs within the same agency, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for one stop shopping for Business, Talent, Jobs and Economic Growth. |
| November
28, 2011 Old Farmer's Almanac |
This website tool allows one to find weather conditions going back to 1946 for more than 1,300 stations across the United States and Canada. General searches are free of charge; however there is a fee to develop a customized historical search ability |
| November
21, 2011 Crimereports.com |
Crime Reports works with thousands of law-enforcement agencies to help reduce, prevent, and solve crime by enabling officials to easily open and manage a controlled dialog with citizens. The site offers a public crime map, alert messaging, anonymous tipping and data analytics. |
| November
7, 2011 Superior Watershed |
Shoreline Viewer is an imagery tool used to view professional color photography of the coastline in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Originally conceived as a land-use decision tool for local governmental units, it is now used by numerous groups such as tourism and habit protection. |
| October
24, 2011 Washfunders.org |
Washfunders.org provides funders with “one stop shopping” for the data and information needed to improve water access, sanitation and hygiene around the world. It features an interactive mapping application that shows where foundation grants are going, and for what purpose. |
| October
10, 2011 GoodReads.com |
By signing up for a free account an avid reader can rate the current book they are reading from the start of the book and continue updating through the reading experience. Readers can also search for similar authors and titles based on the reviews written by other users of the site. |
| October 3,
2011 Detroit Publishing Co. |
Detroit Publishing Company aka. Detroit Photographic Co obtained the exclusive rights tot the Swiss "Photochrom" process for converting black-and-white photographs to color images and printing them by photolithography. Searching this collection for Marquette Michigan brings up historical photos like “Superior Hotel” and “Harlow’s Wooden Man” and “Peter White Library” |
| September
19, 2011 HIP Michigan |
Residents of Michigan who are uninsured and considered high-risk may be eligible for a new program that will provide affordable coverage. Health Insurance Program or HIP covers eligible citizens of Michigan with pre-existing conditions such as Cancer, Diabetes or Heart Disease. |
| September
12, 2011 Internet Crime |
Internet Crime Complaint Center is a collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center to receive Internet related criminal complaints & refer criminal complaints to federal, state, local, or international law enforcement for investigation |
| September
5, 2011 Nerd Wallet |
Nerd Wallet allows one to search and compare credit card ratings and services. Rated as Money Magazine’s Best Credit Card site for 2010, Nerd Wallet allows you to compare and contrast credit card programs free of charge. |
| August 1,
2011 Family Search |
FamilySearch.org, provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, consists of genealogical resources and historical records - free to the public. Discover more about your family history with basic genealogy classes and new databases added monthly. |
| August 8,
2011 Pure Michigan |
www.michigan.org Highlights the state of Michigan and what it has to offer tourists and residents. In a state where traveling is the norm, Pure Michigan guides everyone to unspoiled nature and authentic character that can revive our spirits. |
| August 15,
2011 EPA Superfund |
Superfund was
established by the Environmental Protection Agency to address hazardous
waste sites and enforce laws to get them cleaned up. Michigan falls within region 5 and clean up such as the Cliff Dow Dump site information is available for viewing. |
| August 22,
2011 Iron Ore Mining |
The Northern Michigan University Archives was awarded a Digitizing Historical Records Grant in early 2010, resulting indigitized mining records from ore mining companies in the Lake Superior district (Cleveland Iron Company) and its corporate successor. |
| August 29,
2011 Map the Night Sky |
This interactive night sky map (Astro Viewer) is well suited to beginning astronomers. It allows you to locate the stars in your area and provides the capability of printing out a map of names and locations of the stars within that domain. |