As top deputies for Philadelphia's mayor and Pennsylvania's governor parried last week over how the state will take over the city's schools, hundreds of chanting citizens stopped rush-hour traffic to demonstrate their opposition to hiring private management to run their neediest schools.
With an unusually tight lid of secrecy clamped onto the weeklong negotiations, little was known of the exchange between teams dispatched by Democratic Mayor John F. Street and Republican Gov. Mark S. Schweiker. The state was expected to take control of the schools as early as Dec. 1, but the outcome of the talks was to dictate just how cordial that takeover would be.
"It's hard to say how it will go," Steve Aaron, the governor's spokesman, said as the final day of negotiationsFriday, Nov. 30began. "Differences remain, absolutely. But a real deadline can make it happen."
The mayor's education secretary, Debra Kahn, said: "We're still talking. We're working toward a partnership."
One potential roadblock to a state takeover emerged last Thursday, when a coalition of labor groups filed suit in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a bid to block the state's school takeover law. The plaintiffs objected to the law on many grounds, including the powers of a school reform commission—which would be appointed by the governor and the mayor to run the schools—to tax citizens for the schools and to abrogate employee contracts. As of early Friday morning, the case had not been heard.
As the mayor's and governor's teams met in a Center City office in Philadelphia, demonstrations unfolded on the street. On Wednesday of last week, activists carrying signs reading "Our Children Are Not for Sale" took over an eight-lane street in a march from the State Office Building to City Hall. They arrived as Mayor Street, surrounded by local children, was lighting the city Christmas tree, but no words were exchanged.
The next day, several hundred students staged a demonstration at City Hall and Mayor Street met with a few of them to hear their concerns. That evening, students formed a human chain around the city's enormous school district headquarters in a symbolic defense against privatization.
While few dispute that the nation's eighth-largest school system is in dire need of fiscal and academic help, there has been substantial disagreement over how best to provide that help to its 210,000 students.
Gov. Schweiker withdrew that part of his proposal Nov. 20, revising the role of New York City-based Edison from decisionmaker to key consultant. But the possibility that 60 of the city's worst-performing schools still could be privatized has attracted national attention and sparked intense local debate.
"A for-profit entity should not be running public schools," said Veronica Joyner, who founded a high-performing charter high school in a poor, predominantly African-American North Philadelphia neighborhood and runs an advocacy group called Parents United for Better Schools.
"They are going to cut corners for profit," she charged, "and not have the best interests of our children at heart."
Wendell A. Harris, who has four children in city schools, believes privatization is a "ploy" rather than an attempt at true reform, which would have to tackle inequities in state funding that leave city schools cash- strapped compared with their suburban counterparts.
"Our problems are based on revenue and resources," he said. "If they don't have the resources for us in public education, how can they have it for us in privatization?"
Even in northeastern Philadelphia, where some of the city's best-performing schools are located, many parents don't like the idea of private management. Lois Yampolsky, whose two sons graduated from Northeast High School, said she worries that if a profit-conscious company manages city schools in needy areas, resources from better-financed schools could be drained to sustain those programs.
She has called for resistance "by any means necessary," invoking the language of black civil-rights activist Malcolm X.
"When you have thousands of people coming together, it shows a diverse group that says, 'We don't want you here,' and the governor would not be well-advised to ignore that," Ms. Yampolsky said. "We're going to be a bad dream. We're prepared to stay and fight."
But not everyone shared those sentiments. Vernard Johnson, whose daughter attends a charter high school in southwestern Philadelphia, said many other parents he knows think Edison should be given a chance. At Edison's invitation, he and other parents visited schools the company operates in Baltimore, Washington, and nearby Chester, Pa.
"I saw clean buildings, students walking single-file in the hallway, kids engaged in learning in quiet classrooms," Mr. Johnson said. "As leery and skeptical as I am about a corporation managing a school, I was really impressed. If they come [to Philadelphia] with the same model, determination, and authority that we saw, we can turn this system around."
Some have worried that the five-member school reform commission would be unable to provide an objective assessment of the district's progress.
State Sen. Allyson Y. Schwartz, the Democratic chairwoman of the Senate education committee, has proposed setting up a separate board that would hire experts to appraise the district's academic and financial progress.
If such an idea is not incorporated into the takeover agreement, she said, she might introduce it as legislation.
"Legislature Signals Probable Takeover of Phila. Schools," Oct. 31, 2001.
"State Chooses 3 Companies to Run Pa. District's Schools," March 28, 2001.
"Philadelphia Schools Warn City of Spiraling 'Fiscal Crisis,'Crisis" March 14, 2001.
"Troubled Pa. Districts Eye Dramatic Changes," Nov. 22, 2000.
The President of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers provided testimony opposing privatization and encouraging support of public education in the city, Nov. 8, 2001.


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Lorrell Robinson: It doesn't take a whiz to know that only a desperate man would drop his pants in living color on national television!
Effie Melody White: [sings] And I am telling you/ I'm not going./ You're the best man I'll ever know./ There's no way I can ever go./ No, no, no, no way... / No, no, no, no way I'm living without you./ I'm not living without you./ I don't want to be free./ I'm staying, I'm staying,/ And you, and you,/ you're gonna love me.
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Curtis Taylor Jr.: Who was the first artist to sing "Hound Dog"?
C.C. White: Elvis Presley.
Curtis Taylor Jr.: Big Mama Thorton. She had the number-one single on the R&B charts, but the white stations wouldn't play it, because to them it was just another race record.
Lorrell Robinson: You got the same wig I got?
Effie Melody White: Yeah.
Lorrell Robinson: You got same the same dress I got?
Lorrell Robinson: [Drags it out] Then shut up!
Curtis Taylor Jr.: Deena, you know why I chose you to sing lead? Because your voice... has no personality. No depth. Except for what I put in there.
Effie Melody White: That's right Curtis. You stopped me once, but you'll never stop me again.
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Effie Melody White: 'Cause this time, Effie White's gonna win!
Lorrell Robinson: [as Early is kissing her] That feels nice... I mean it feels funny! You're married, aren't you?
James 'Thunder' Early: Everybody knows Jimmy's married, baby.
Lorrell Robinson: Well, then, you get your married hands off!
C.C. White: Isn't music supposed to express what people are feeling?
Curtis Taylor Jr.: Music is supposed to sell.
James 'Thunder' Early: Hey, where you going? You can't leave me, girl! I love you!
Lorrell Robinson: [sings] And Lorrell loves Jimmy, / Lorrell loves Jimmy, / Lorrell loves Jimmy, it's true. / But Lorrell and Jimmy are through.
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Lorrell Robinson: "I got a show to do", remember, baby?
Lorrell Robinson: Oh, baby, I got a show to do!
Case Worker: Have you considered asking the girl's father for help?
Effie Melody White: Magic don't have a father.
Effie Melody White: Tell me something, Curtis. Do you think it's right to promote an amateur performer over a professional?
Curtis Taylor Jr.: I'm not sure what this is about...
Effie Melody White: It's about fairness, Curtis. It's about people paying their dues. Isn't that what you keep telling me? "Get in line, Effie. Wait your turn". So why am I sitting here without so much as a B-side on a 45, when an amateur like Martin Luther King Jr. gets his own freaking album? I mean, can he even sing?
Effie Melody White: So... Deena's going to sing the lead 'cause you like the way she looks? Am I ugly to you, Curtis?
Curtis Taylor Jr.: Baby, come on! You know how I feel about you, come on. Don't make it personal.
Effie Melody White: Well, what am I supposed to do? Deena's beautiful, and she's always been beautiful... but I've got the voice, Curtis! I've got the voice! You can't put me in back; you just can't!
May: I'm amazed, Mr. Taylor. As much as I love my daughter, I never thought she had much of a voice.
Curtis Taylor Jr.: Oh, Deena has something better. She has a... quality.
May: You make her sound like a product.
Curtis Taylor Jr.: A product. I like that!
[Black protesters are rioting outside Curt's studio]
Curtis Taylor Jr.: Hey! We black-owned!
Deena Jones: Maybe you just don't see me for who I am.
Deena Jones: [during "The Deena Jones Story" promo film] ... I'm somebody, and nobody's gonna hold me down... I'm somebody!
Deena Jones: [at the end of her TV "documentary" she sings] ... I'm somebody, and nobody's gonna hold me down... I'm somebody!
C.C. White: [knocking on the dressing room door] You ladies decent?
Deena Jones: I am. I can't speak for these two.
James 'Thunder' Early: [singing] Jimmy want a rib! Jimmy want a steak! Jimmy want piece of yo chocolate cake!
Lorrell Robinson: What Does R&B stand for?
James 'Thunder' Early: Rough and Black.
James 'Thunder' Early: [singing] Jimmy got, Jimmy got, Jimmy got SOUL!
M.C.: And now the courageous, the curvaceous... Creamettes!
Deena Jones: It's the DREAMettes! The Dreamettes!
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El municipio de Amanda (en inglés: Amanda Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Fairfield en el estado estadounidense de Ohio. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 2706 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 28,27 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Amanda se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 95.71 km², de la cual 95.51 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.2%) 0.19 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 2706 personas residiendo en el municipio de Amanda. La densidad de población era de 28,27 hab./km². De los 2706 habitantes, el municipio de Amanda estaba compuesto por el 98% blancos, el 0.37% eran afroamericanos, el 0.3% eran amerindios, el 0.07% eran asiáticos, el 0.04% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.22% eran de otras razas y el 1% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 0.89% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Municipios de Ohio
Localidades del condado de Fairfield (Ohio)

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Oregon researchers glimpse pathway of sunlight to electricity
EUGENE, Ore. -- Dec. 18, 2014 -- Four pulses of laser light on nanoparticle photocells in a University of Oregon spectroscopy experiment has opened a window on how captured sunlight can be converted into electricity.
The work, which potentially could inspire devices with improved efficiency in solar energy conversion, was performed on photocells that used lead-sulfide quantum dots as photoactive semiconductor material. The research is detailed in a paper placed online by the journal Nature Communications.
In the process studied, each single photon, or particle of sunlight, that is absorbed potentially creates multiple packets of energy called excitons. These packets can subsequently generate multiple free electrons that generate electricity in a process known as multiple exciton generation (MEG). In most solar cells, each absorbed photon creates just one potential free electron.
Multiple exciton generation is of interests because it can lead to solar cells that generate more electrical current and make them more efficient. The UO work shines new light on the little understood process of MEG in nanomaterials.
While the potential importance of MEG in solar energy conversion is under debate by scientists, the UO spectroscopy experiment -- adapted in a collaboration with scientists at Sweden's Lund University -- should be useful for studying many other processes in photovoltaic nanomaterials, said Andrew H. Marcus, professor of physical chemistry and head of the UO Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Spectroscopic experiments previously designed by Marcus to perform two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy of biological molecules were adapted to also measure photocurrent. "Spectroscopy is all about light and molecules and what they do together," Marcus said. "It is a really great probe that helps to tell us about the reaction pathway that connects the beginning of a chemical or physical process to its end.
"The approach is similar to looking at how molecules come together in DNA, but instead we looked at interactions within semiconductor materials," said Marcus, an affiliate in UO's Institute of Molecular Biology, Materials Science Institute and Oregon Center for Optics. "Our method made it possible to look at electronic pathways involved in creating multiple excitons. The existence of this phenomenon had only been inferred through indirect evidence. We believe we have seen the initial steps that lead to MEG-mediated photo conductivity."
The controlled sequencing of laser pulses allowed the seven-member research team to see -- in femtoseconds (a femtosecond is one millionth of one billionth of a second) -- the arrival of light, its interaction with resting electrons and the subsequent conversion into multiple excitons. The combined use of photocurrent and fluorescence two-dimensional spectroscopy, Marcus said, provided complementary information about the reaction pathway.
UO co-author Mark C. Lonergan, professor of physical and materials chemistry, who studies electrical and electrochemical phenomena in solid-state systems, likened the processes being observed to people moving through a corn maze that has one entrance and three exits.
People entering the maze are photons. Those who exit quickly represent absorbed photons that generate unusable heat. People leaving the second exit represent other absorbed photons that generate fluorescence but not usable free electrons. People leaving the final exit signify usable electrical current.
"The question we are interested in is exactly what does the maze look like," Lonergan said. "The problem is we don't have good techniques to look inside the maze to discover the possible pathways through it. The techniques that Andy has developed basically allow us to see into the maze by encoding what is coming out of the system in terms of exactly what is going in. We can visualize what is going on, whether two people coming into the maze shook hands at some point and details about the pathway that led them to come out the electricity exit."
The project began when Tonu Pullerits, who studies ultrafast photochemistry in semiconductor molecular materials at Lund University, approached Marcus about adopting his spectroscopic system to look at solar materials. Khadga J. Karki, a postdoctoral researcher in Pullerits' lab, then visited the UO and teamed with the Marcus and Lonergan groups to reconfigure the equipment.
UO doctoral student Julia R. Widom was a co-leading author on the paper. Other co-authors with Pullerits, Marcus and Lonergan were Joachim Seibt of Lund University and UO graduate student Ian Moody.
The National Science Foundation (grant CHE-1307272 to Marcus) and U.S. Department of Energy (grant DE-SC0012363 to Lonergan) supported the project. The Wenner-Gren Foundation, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, Swedish Energy Agency and Swedish Research Council funded the Lund University researchers.
Sources: Andrew H. Marcus, professor of physical chemistry and head of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 541-346-4809, ahmarcus@uoregon.edu, and Mark C. Lonergan, professor of physical and materials chemistry, 541-346-4748, lonergan@uoregon.edu
Note: The University of Oregon is equipped with an on-campus television studio with a point-of-origin Vyvx connection, which provides broadcast-quality video to networks worldwide via fiber optic network. In addition, there is video access to satellite uplink, and audio access to an ISDN codec for broadcast-quality radio interviews.
Marcus faculty page: http://chemistry.uoregon.edu/profile/ahmarcus/
Lonergan faculty page: http://chemistry.uoregon.edu/profile/lonergan/
Pullerits faculty page: http://www.chemphys.lu.se/people//pullerits/
Chemistry and Biochemistry: http://chemistry.uoregon.edu/
Institute of Molecular Biology: http://molbio.uoregon.edu/
Materials Science Institute: http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/
Oregon Center for Optics: http://oco.uoregon.edu/
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Social Security is not just a guaranteed income for retired workers; it's also a form of insurance for families when those workers die. Today, Social Security pays monthly survivor benefits to more than 4 million widows and widowers (including divorced former spouses) and nearly 1.9 million children of deceased wage earners.
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Authorities are compelling Tomorrow Holdings, owned by a missing Chinese billionaire, to sell insurance and banking units, Reuters says. It is not clear if this is about politics, crime or systemic risk. Still, it is a worrying template for other conglomerates also under scrutiny.
Tomorrow Holdings, a financial empire owned by missing Chinese-born tycoon Xiao Jianhua, has put billions of dollars of investments up for sale, Reuters reported on July 5, citing three people involved in the process.
Xiao is a billionaire with close links to Chinese leadership. He was last seen on Jan. 27 when he was escorted out of the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong in a wheelchair with his head covered. Local and international media have reported that he was taken to the mainland by Chinese agents. His whereabouts are not public.
The sources told Reuters mainland authorities are pressing Tomorrow Holdings to pare back its portfolio, which includes stakes in more than 30 domestic financial institutions, as part of a wider drive to rein in risky practices by financial institutions.
Stakes to be sold include shares in Huaxia Life Insurance, New China Trust, Bank of Weifang and Baoshang Bank, the sources said, while preserving stakes in affiliates including Harbin Bank and Hengtai Securities.


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OpinionThu Nov 20, 2014 - 1:12 pm EST
CBS affiliate presents explosive exposé on Oregon's 'Triple X' sex education
planned parenthood, sex education
"A KOIN 6 Investigation uncovered that there's a good chance the parents who signed permission slips in order for their children to attend have no clue what is really being taught behind closed doors. Part of the lesson plan at a workshop at the Oregon Adolescent Sexuality Conference is an adult website called Virtual Fem. In addition to the content from that website, numerous handouts, such as one that encourages cyber and phone sex, have been passed out to high school and middle school students in attendance." And that's only the tip of the iceberg uncovered in an explosive exposé that aired yesterday on the CBS affiliate television channel in Oregon about the conference that has Planned Parenthood on its steering committee. The report continues:
The pamphlets go on to suggest other ways students can engage in intimate activities without going all the way, including bathing together, shaving each other, wearing each other's underwear, role playing, buying an extra-large pair of pajama bottoms to sleep in together, lap dances, and strip teases.
Another workshop at the conference focuses on how to pleasure someone else over the Internet.
"Teledildonics basically refers to the control of sex toys over the Internet; the remote use of sex toys," said keynote speaker Cory Silverberg in an audiotape obtained by KOIN 6 News after the conference from an attendee.
When confronted about the graphic content, the conference's director, Brad Victor, declined to comment about one session in particular about performing sex acts over Skype and whether those sessions could potentially be recorded and used against a student later.
"Is this interview going down this line the whole time? If it is, I'm walking out. I'm serious about this," said Victor.
Victor is also spokesperson for the Teen Pregnancy Task Force, according to the report.
A student who attended the conference had more to say to KOIN investigators. Describing a workshop where the speaker brought students to a porn website and taught them to program virtual women, the students said, "When you press a certain command, it tells her to perform various sexual acts, um, and so that was very disturbing."
The report goes on to recount how one of the handouts from the conference promotes meth use to help sexual drive. "Indeed," the KOIN report says, "a section of the handout . . . read: 'Meth is widely used for a million reasons to have lots of sex with lots of partners for long periods.'"
Brad Victor, the conference director, receives financing from two state agencies and the conference. He continued throughout the report to defend the conference content.
"The material passed out at this conference is dedicated to preventing teen pregnancy, preventing STDs and also developing healthy relationships," said Victor.
When asked whether he thought the suggestions given in the pamphlets prevent teen sex, Victor refused to comment.
"I'm not going to address that question. That question is inappropriate," he said.
KOIN investigators attempted to reach the 16 school district superintendents that may have sent students to the conference. Ten of the superintendents who were reached said they were "unaware such material was being taught."
The report aired yesterday at 11 p.m. Pacific time. The time slot was chosen because of the unavoidably explicit nature of the materials to be presented—materials that are given to children as young as middle school age at the state-sanctioned conference. The full report is available on the station's website.
A local watchdog group, Parents' Rights in Education, has had its eye on the Oregon Adolescent Sexuality Conference and the XXX-rated presentations and materials being peddled to and by schoolchildren there for several years. Planned Parenthood is on the steering committee of this conference.
In 2013, Parents' Rights in Education and others asked American Life League's Rita Diller to attend the conference and see for herself what was being foisted on children. Diller says she came away scarred. "I monitor Planned Parenthood sex education on a regular basis and I have seen some unbelievably horrifying situations that young people are put in because of the abortion giant's fixation with sexualizing children, but never have I seen so many adults work so hard to defile young people than at this conference," she said. "It is blatant child abuse," Diller continued.
Diller wrote a series of reports for the Wednesday STOPP Report about the conference, revealing the repugnant materials and off-the-wall behaviors she witnessed there. Her initial report from the conference reveals her shock:
As I reflect on the Oregon Adolescent Sexuality Conference (ASC) recently held in beautiful Seaside, Oregon, only two blocks from Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, I feel overwhelming grief and pain.
I grieve for the students who spent two long days with adults who relentlessly threw the most vile, deceptive, sexually soaked garbage in their faces in an apparently successful attempt to numb them to sin, to turn them against Christianity, and to tempt them with the embrace of debauchery in some of its most vile apparitions.
National news outlets picked up the STOPP articles. Because of those reports, many people came to know about the atrocities that were being perpetrated at the conference and to have a clearer understanding of the agenda of Oregon's WISE initiative—Working to Institutionalize Sex Education—led by Brad Victor, the "sexuality education expert" with the Oregon Department of Education. School districts across Oregon that are on board with the WISE initiative are required to attend the annual ASC in Seaside, Oregon, where they transport children for what Diller described as a "field trip to hell."
Because of the media exposure, more concerned citizens joined in the investigative efforts of Parents' Rights in Education, resulting in more than 100 parents and concerned individuals demonstrating outside the 2014 ASC conference.
While parents were demonstrating outside, the dirty work of the conference continued inside. Several parents attended on behalf of the investigative effort and brought out materials that matched and expanded on the cache that Diller brought out in 2013. Those materials are now on the website of Parents' Rights in Education for the world to see. Also on the website are some videos from the 2014 conference. One of them shows a presentation where a teen boy blows up a condom, lubricates it, and performs a simulated sex act with it while adult sponsors and teens laugh.
Diller's reports from the 2013 ASC are available on the STOPP website using the links below:
Planned Parenthood's war on Oregon children
Female condom manufacturer hawks goods at adolescent sexuality conference
Teens teach porn class to adults at Oregon Adolescent Sexuality Conference
Anti-Christian rant to teens: 'Pro-choice' movement not radical enough; abstinence is impossible
'Sexuality ed expert': Laws pass when parents don't object; says one or two phone calls can derail sex ed program
Valentine card for teens at Planned Parenthood conference: 'I'm ready for sex!'
Planned Parenthood loves this: It's not normal when adult gender matches the sex 'assigned' at birth
Foundation funding targets schools across nine states to institutionalize repugnant sex classes
ALL applauds the work of Parents' Rights in Education—the group that documented the atrocities at the ASC and brought them to the attention of investigative reporters at KOIN—and others who have worked so hard to bring the truth about the ASC to light. The KOIN investigative report has, at long last, turned the floodlights on the atrocities that have been perpetrated behind closed doors at the Oregon ASC, out of range of the watchful eyes of parents. As a result, at least one school district has said that students from that district will no longer be brought to the conference by the school.
What is happening in Oregon sex education is, unfortunately, not unique. All across the nation Planned Parenthood and its cohorts are networking with state education departments and others who are in a position to foist its repugnant, abusive sex education on children, deceiving and sidestepping parents. American Life League and its Stop Planned Parenthood International (STOPP) project are working overtime to put a halt to the sexualization of children. The STOPP website contains a wealth of information on eliminating Planned Parenthood from schools. ALL's Jim Sedlak has written Parent Power!!, the definitive book on how parents can take back control of their children's schools. It is available free of charge for download here.
Reprinted with permission from STOPP.
CBS affiliate presents explosive exposé on Oregon's 'Triple X' sex… CBS affiliate presents explosive exposé on Oregon's 'Triple X' sex education Opinion By STOPP


There's nothing worse than being in the hot seat in the group chat. After nearly two years of, "Wait, we're not bringing dates, are we?," my friends were over my singledom. Blame it on their adorable-yet-aggressive pursuit of my happiness. I wasn't on the dating scene and was out of reasons why.
Looking "like myself" is easier said than done. Almost two years ago, I cut off all my hair and started a natural hair journey. At the same time, I began experimenting with wigs. What started as a reasonable solution to a choppy, at-home haircut evolved into a means of self-expression and the cherry on top of my all-black wardrobe. If you've never looked at an outfit and thought, "Damn what this really needs is an aquamarine bob," you're missing out, I assure you.
How would I be able to assemble photos that "look like me" when I'm prone to multiple wig changes a day?
Someone (most likely a non-wig wearer) once said the most logical approach was the best approach. I uploaded a few pics to my Bumble in my simplest wig, a mid-length curly style in black. It most closely resembled my natural 'fro, pretty much the hair equivalent of Cher Horowitz's "most capable looking outfit." For some reason, I found myself approaching the world of dating apps with all the fanciful romance of a conservative interview or driving exam.
After a week or so, I thought I'd swap out my pics for new ones featuring my latest purchase, a very sleek, very much the other Cher, jet-black center-part situation. Since I only had a few pics in my new style, I was stuck. (You never want to have less than a full profile of six pictures, I was told.) I figured I had nothing to lose and decided to go for a full portfolio of varied hairstyles. Bobs, lobs and fros in green, black, red and blonde with a newly updated bio stating that, "ever-evolving hair is part of the package." My new chameleonic take on hair turns out to be a crowd pleaser and my queue grows tremendously. I was pulling surgeons, professional athletes, elected officials, motorcycle guys, cool dads, cute nerds and, as to be expected, an overflow of men who do hair.
This by no means is a success story and I hope it isn't reading as one. See, I throw on a wig the way anyone else would toss on a bangle. It seemed like a good idea to show would-be matches how I get down, but my fun little hobby is starting to become my gimmick. It's literally all anyone can talk about. No one asks me where I grew up, the last concert I've been to or my favorite travel destination. If there's a tactic to steer a conversation away from hair, I have not yet found it. Answering a million questions about the whole hair thing is exhausting and takes the fun out of it, tbh.
That being said, I most likely won't be editing my pics. The single men within a twenty-five mile radius will just have to take me as I am, whatever that happens to look like.


Cyclopentasiloxane, Isohexadecane, Dimethiconol, Fragrance (Parfum), Phenyl Trimethicone, Amodimethicone, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil.
At first I didn't care for this product since it left my fine, thin hair lank and with no body. Now that I have long extensions, I love it. My hair looks shiny and smooth. I like it best when I put it on my dry ends, before heat styling.
I had a very positive experience with this oil just over the past day and thought I'd add my voice to the many who appreciate this cheap but wonderful (and versatile) product.
I bought this after seeing the high rating and normally use a bit on dry hair and my clip in extensions to tame flyaways and add shine. It works great for both of those and does NOT weigh down my fine hair but my hair is naturally voluminous (maybe too voluminous LOL) because it's naturally quite curly. So normally products don't flatten my hair unless I'm overusing them, but this goes on SO light, it has just the right amount of scent, and I think the packaging is very convenient and, being a smaller bottle it's easy to take on vacation or keep in your bag.
Anyways my hair was feeling very dry over the past couple days and even after a hair mask I wasn't liking what I was feeling. So I washed, conditioned and applied my usual leave in. The only part of my routine that I added in was applying three squirts of this oil to the bottom 2/3s of my hair, raking it through, and letting it airdry as usual.
The results? Silky, healthy hair with a hearty shine and a better flat iron experience that didn't make me feel like I was frying my hair. Instead the hair felt "coated" but NOT flat or greasy.
Also applied this to my damp clip in hair extensions (like half a squirt per section) and they came out just lovely.
I was pretty excited to try this, since I have really dry, fine hair. Wasn't impressed.
Didn't tame any frizz - made it worse.
Made my hair just hang, even with curl.
Strange, didn't control frizz at all. I only used this product before drying - usually I use a leave-in conditioner + shine spray (Aussie) but I was afraid if I mixed any of these with the oil, it would weigh my hair down. I may try this with my shine spray, but I just don't think it's worth it for my hair. It made it softer, but it still feels frizzy (not dry). I applied it while getting ready for work at 7AM - by 9AM, I had my hair pulled back because it was just blah.
EDIT: Tried this again with my normal hair products - still a big NO. For some reason, it makes my hair SUPER FRIZZY. I don't understand. I thought it would make it more greasy, if anything - but it's the exact opposite. I have better results if I do NOT use this product. I think I'm returning it. Only other option would be to try it on my dry hair, but I'm afraid THAT will make it greasy for sure.
I have fine hair with a lot of volume and a bit of frizz from being color-treated, so my hair is tangly. I use a squirt of this when my hair is wet and combing is no problem. My scalp is pretty oily, but Suave Moroccan Infusion Styling Oil does not exacerbate the problem. One bottle lasted me a good 2 years, so I'd say it's definitely a bargain!
I like this better than the name brand comparison!
I love my morrocan infusing styling oil.
Effectiveness: 10/10 Doesn't apply on greasy and makes my hair feel amazing. My hair feels extremely soft and can be curled or straight and looks great.
Value: 10/10 Can't beat the price! Under $10 dollars and lasts a long time!
Even though it does have silicones this oil is AMAZING! It transforms my frizzy hair into silk. The smell is great too. I put it in my hair when it is damp and after styling if needed.
I hate to be the one to say this, but Suave Moroccan Infusion Styling Oil is mainly silicones. My hair loves silicone because it gives my hair a slippery feel that mimics healthy hair. No, this product will not undo any damage, but it can temporarily pretend to. I will note that this can *prevent* further damage, as explained in the next paragraph.
I would recommend applying this to damp hair only. That's the beauty of silicones, they act as occlusive agents. For those unfamiliar with the term, it means that silicone will serve as a physical barrier to prevent epidermal water loss. You can lock moisture in by applying to damp hair...and you can lock moisture out by applying to dry hair. Here is where preventing damage comes in. If a product locks in moisture, your hair won't have the opportunity to break/split as much.
My other gripe is fragrance is way too high up on the ingredient list. Fragrance tends to be drying; so the fact there's a higher content of fragrance than natural oils is worrisome. This product only has a minuscule amount of the beneficial ingredients that advertising brags about.
Edited to add: I wouldn't be surprised if this product is breaking out a lot of acne-prone consumers. Cyclopentasiloxane is a notorious silicone for clogging pores. The other silicones tend to be okay...but cyclopentasiloxane is the main ingredient! Additionally I can definitely see the natural oils (argan, almond, coconut) causing major break outs for many. Out of those 3, I am 100% positive coconut breaks me out. Everyone's skin is different. But hey like I said - the content of those ingredients is almost nonexistent in this formula.
I love this product. It's light, smells good and has become a staple. I usually don't detangle or comb my hair when it's wet, so I use this on dry hair. I take a small amount each time as many times as needed, rub it in my hands and then use on my hair for some "slip" to make detangling easier.


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Pusha-T reveals Noah "40" Shebib was the source of information about Drake's son
Drake had previously accused Kanye West of being Pusha-T's source.
on October 17, 2018, 11:24am
BROCKHAMPTON cover Alicia Keys' "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" for triple j's Like a Version: Watch
Plus, a very boy band-esque performance of "San Marcos".
by Lake Schatz
Drake premieres new album Scorpion: Stream
The 6 God's lengthy double LP features Michael Jackson and Jay-Z.
on June 28, 2018, 11:56pm
Drake releases new song "Signs" for Paris Fashion Week — listen
Smooth track was aired during the showing of Louis Vuitton's latest collection.
on June 22, 2017, 10:48am
Drake premieres new short film Please Forgive Me — watch
Anthony Mandler-directed short features cuts from Views and new music from Noah "40" Shebib.
by Collin Brennan
on September 26, 2016, 1:55am
Drake releases new album Views: Stream/download
The 6 God returns with the follow-up to 2013's Nothing Was The Same.
on April 28, 2016, 11:02pm
Action Bronson releases crazy video for "Actin Crazy" — watch
100% appropriate clip for the Mr. Wonderful cut.
on February 27, 2015, 12:20pm
Action Bronson details new album, Mr. Wonderful, premieres "Actin Crazy" — listen
Queens MC will make his major label debut in March.
by Chris Coplan
on January 08, 2015, 9:10am
Drake's posthumous Aaliyah album has been canceled
Producer Noah "40" Shebib says he "wasn't comfortable and didn't like the stigma."
Drake's OVO partners with Warner Bros. Records
It's gonna be October every day of the week!
Check Out: Sade feat. Jay-Z – "The Moon And The Sky" remix
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Fantasy Formula 1: Austrian Grand Prix
By: Andrew Ferguson
The 2019 Formula 1 season reaches its first back-to-back weekends of racing, when the Austrian Grand Prix takes place at the Red Bull Ring on Sunday.
Last weekend saw the French Grand Prix take place where Mercedes returned to the top two places on the podium, when Lewis Hamilton scored another race victory, with his team mate Valtteri Bottas running second. The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc ran third.
When it comes to Formula 1 and daily fantasy sports, PlayON, the official fantasy partner of Formula 1, is the only place you can go. This weekend they will have 2 major contests where $500 in prize money will be up for grabs, both with a $22 entry fee. One is for the race only, while the other is for the Race and Qualifying.
If you're new to fantasy F1, then be sure to read our guide about How to play Daily Fantasy Formula 1. We also have a review of the PlayOn site if you need help navigating the site.
The track in Austria is the home race for Red Bull, however in the first 4 years after the race returned to Austria, it was Mercedes who were victorious. But last year Red Bull finally won on their home track when Max Verstappen picked up the win. Mercedes are always the most expensive constructor, priced at $32.5M, but given they have scored far and away more points than any other this year, the price is justified. Red Bull is at a more reasonable price of $24.3M.
Of the next best outside the top 3 makers, McLaren is priced at $7.8M, making them very attractive. Renault are worth $12.0M and looking more competitive last week.
Championship leader Hamilton is the most expensive driver, worth $32.1M while his team mate Bottas, who is second in the drivers championship, is worth an attractive $22.5M. Last years winner Max Verstappen costs $25.1M) and should be challenging for a podium as well.
Carlos Sainz is again great value at $8.6M with Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat has the same average fantasy score as Daniel Ricciardo however Kvyat is worth $6.0M to Ricciardo's $11.0M. Kevin Magnussen costs $9.8M and has been scoring consistently well so far this year.


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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: State legislators hear Orange County ideas for fixing homelessness
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By Theresa Walker
A first-of-its-kind legislative hearing in Buena Park Tuesday covered a wide range of issues related to homelessness in Orange County, from the cost of operating emergency shelters to support for medical-based treatment for jailed addicts to the dynamics some people face for being viewed as 'resistant' to accepting services.
The Select Committee on Orange County Chronic Homelessness was convened on Nov. 5, by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, who was joined on the dais by three other California Assembly members who represent Orange County constituents — Bill Brough, R-Dana Point, Tyler Diep, R-Westminster, and Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach.
DAILY PILOT: Around Town: Federal, state and local lawmakers to speak at breakfast for female business owners
Female business owners will meet Friday with state, federal and local elected officials to discuss national issues with significant effects on small businesses.
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) is scheduled to appear along with state Assembly members Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach) and Stephen Choi (R-Irvine), state Sen. John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa), Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner and others at the third annual Legislative Breakfast presented by the Orange County chapter of the National Assn. of Women Business Owners.
"This breakfast is an opportunity for women business owners to participate in actively creating a business environment that will help them thrive," NAWBO-OC President Katie Adams Farrell said in a statement. "We need to be a bigger part of the process, and this is part of that effort."
LA Times: Ceremony honors area veterans at Heroes Hall museum in Costa Mesa
Excerpted from Los Angeles Times
By Luke Money
The 10 people who assembled in front of the Heroes Hall veterans museum Friday morning hailed from diverse walks of life. Their experiences and expertise are wide-ranging, as are their interests.
Despite their differences, they all share a love of country and a willingness to serve it as part of the armed forces.
The 10 veterans — as well as two more who couldn't make it in person — were recognized by state Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach) during a ceremony at the museum on the OC Fair & Event Center property in Costa Mesa.
"Today we're here for one very important reason: to honor the men and women of our community, the heroes right here living in our community who have served our country and who have sacrificed so much so that all of us can live in freedom," Petrie-Norris said.
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: Public hearing on addiction treatment: What actually works?
By Teri Sforza
COSTA MESA — After a legislative session that sent a quartet of reform bills to the governor's desk, Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris will hold a hearing on California's still-loosely-regulated addiction treatment industry at Costa Mesa City Hall at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Southern California remains ground zero of the Rehab Riviera, with nearly 1,000 of California's 1,800 licensed or certified addiction treatment facilities clustered in just four counties: Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino. The industry has been targeted with allegations of widespread fraud.
CALMATTERS: California pursues a holy grail: high-tech data to predict how wildfire will spread
Excerpted from CalMatters
By Julie Cart
On a recent day at an expansive National Guard airfield in Los Alamitos, local fire officials put on display what $4.5 million can buy: planes crammed with high-definition cameras, radar and infrared equipment that peers through smoke. This eye in the sky can provide commanders on the ground with a broad picture of a wildfire in its infancy, the most critical time for decision-making.
The plane — operating at 10,000 feet, out of signal range — beams the information to a smaller aircraft below, which relays it to a UC San Diego research team running a lab known as WIFIRE. The lab's supercomputer spits out mapping and heat-detection data within minutes, and it generates a model of how the fire might spread based on a number of factors — the holy grail for fire bosses. Eventually, such information will go to a wildfire warning center created under a new state law.
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Op-Ed: Rogue Rehab Facilities Need State Oversight
By Cottie Petrie-Norris
The scope and scale of America's opioid crisis is staggering, and thousands lose the battle with opioid addiction each year in California alone.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans die from opioids every single day. Far too many of us know and love someone in our community or family who has suffered the consequences.
While there are good actors who are doing positive work for those seeking recovery, a number of unscrupulous operators have been exploiting patients to reap high profits. The story is all too familiar:


Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by variable airflow obstruction and airway hyper-responsiveness in which prominent clinical manifestations include wheezing and shortness of breath. All too often, it means kids that can't breathe.
Factors that contribute to asthma are numerous, and include genetics, infection, allergies, socio-economics and the environment.
An analysis of the Missouri Information for Community Assessment data reveals that 99.16% of asthma hospitalizations are preventable. This equates to a tremendous savings, and improved quality of life, if the right steps were taken to prevent and limit asthma.
Much of asthma is preventable because most asthmatic episodes are "triggered" by something in the environment. These can be chemical or biological "triggers" indoors or outdoors.


ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The Northern Michigan University Track & Field team took part in the Grand Valley State University Big Meet Friday and Saturday and came away with an eighth-place finish, placing ahead of eight NCAA Division I schools. The team also posted three NCAA provisionals and one individual victory in a talented field.
The meet consisted of two separate meets with several student-athletes displaying success Friday night. Senior Michelle Juergen (Gau-Odernheim, Germany) highlighted the night by taking first place in the long jump with a winning jump of 18 feet 8 ¾ inches. Juergen also posted a jump of 5 feet 6 ½ inches to take third in the high jump. Both leaps gave her NCAA Provisionals.
Sophomore Dunja Drobac (Novi Sad, Serbia) placed seventh in the triple jump with a distance of 36'5 ¾.
The 4x400 meter relay team of junior Sydney McPeters (Sugarland, Texas), Junior Paige Du Bois (Green Bay, Wis.), senior Paige Dutcher (Williamston, Mich.) and senior Shayla Huebner (Marquette, Mich.) placed seventh with a time of 3:51.54. Dutcher also captured ninth place in the 400-meter dash by crossing the line in 57.45.
Huebner took 10th place in the 800-meter run, coming in at a time of 2:11.93 to post an NCAA Provisional time.
In the 60 meter hurdles, Nina Augsten (Koenigsbronn, Germany) posted a time of 9.10 seconds to take 13th. Sophomore Izabelle Peterson (Marquette, Mich.) also took 13th place in the 200-meter dash, notching a time of 25.34.
Juergen returned Saturday and continued her success. In the high jump, she posted a jump of 5'4½ while her leap of 38'1¼ inch in the triple jump gave her second place in both events.
Drobac took eighth in the triple jump with a jump of 34'9.
The team of freshman Hannah Jones (Williamston, Mich.), senior Lynsey Collins (Escanaba, Mich.), junior Megan Martin (Hillsdale, Mich.) and freshman Sydney Ormsbee (Brighton, Mich.) teamed to post a time of 4:10.09 in the 4x400 relay. The time was good enough to put them in tenth place.
Peterson posted a time of 7.90 seconds to finish in eighth place in the preliminary race of the 60 Meter Dash, however she was unable to compete in the finals. McPeters posted a time of 7.98 seconds for 14th place.
Collins finished with a time of 59.82 to take 19th place in the 400 Meter Dash. In the 800 Meter Run, Jones recorded a time of 2:21.02.
Augsten claimed 19th place with a time of 9.52 seconds in the 60 Meter Hurdles while the Distance Medley team of Du Bois, Dutcher, Huebner and sophomore Elise Longley (Bloomington, Minn.) posted a time of 12:35.75 to capture 18th place.
In the shot put, freshman Alyssa Rivest (Watertown, Wis.) had a throw of 38'7 to finish in 20th place.
The Wildcats finished the meet in eighth place overall with 16 points, but were fifth among NCAA Division II schools. NMU placed ahead of eight NCAA Division I schools competing in the meet.
The team returns to action next weekend as they head to the Titan Challenge, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.


LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of insuring debt issued by Thomas Cook against default hit a record high and its bonds tumbled on Tuesday, as worries about the travel company's borrowings deepened following its second profit warning in as many months last week.
The world's oldest tour operator said last week it was not in breach of its banking agreements, its lenders remained supportive and it had enough breathing space to handle the debt.
The British company, which employs more than 21,000 people, declined to comment on Tuesday.
The company's five-year credit default swap , reflecting the cost of protecting against a default on its debt, jumped 73 basis points from Monday's close to 1,071 basis points, IHS Markit data showed.
The price equates to a 60 percent implied probability of default, one trader said.
The price of the company's 2022 euro-denominated bonds tumbled more than 13.5 cents to a record low of 69.51 cents, according to Refinitiv Eikon data.
Its shares, which have plunged more than 60 percent in the past week, were down 14 percent at 1300 GMT, giving the firm an equity market value of about 363 million pounds.
That puts it on course to be demoted from Britain's FTSE 250 mid-cap share index <.FTMC>, and is below the company's last published net debt figure of 389 million pounds.
S&P cut its outlook on the company's credit rating to "negative" from "stable" on Thursday, saying its leverage - debt-to-core earnings (EBITDA) - was too high at 5.9 times.
Bernstein analyst Richard Clarke said there was speculation Thomas Cook might need to raise more equity, and that its shares could also be suffering from uncertainty over Britain's departure from the European Union.
"If you think that Brexit gets more dangerous, then you're not going to be wanting to buy into Thomas Cook at this stage because the fear will be that they're going to have to do a capital raise," he said.
A Thomas Cook spokesman confirmed the CEO was meeting investors, which he said was normal after results.
Thomas Cook's bigger rival TUI Group has better coped with the summer heatwave, helped by its greater ownership of hotels and a large cruise ship business, which boost margins and mean its profits are less exposed to unpredictable trading.
This is not the first time large debts have combined with tough trading to hurt Thomas Cook. It was last plunged into crisis in 2011, when unrest in key destinations such as Egypt and Tunisia almost brought the company to its knees.
The current share price pressure on Thomas Cook, which also owns an airline business, is being exacerbated by market negativity towards airline stocks. They have been hit this year by oil price rises, and worries over further possible airline collapses after those of Air Berlin and Monarch in 2017.
There was media speculation in July Thomas Cook could sell its airline, but Fankhauser ruled that out at the time.
"If they're pushed into a corner that is one option," said Bernstein's Clarke, who also speculated Thomas Cook could look to sell its operations in one country, such as Germany.
The billionaire co-founder of Chinese conglomerate Fosun, Guo Guangchang, owns a 13 percent stake in Thomas Cook, according to Refinitiv data. Fosun and Thomas Cook operate a joint venture.


The Fazioli is a 10 foot grand piano, a precious instrument, perhaps one of its kind in Sonoma County. The Friends are Ken Piters, Piano; Roy Zajac, Principal Clarinet, Santa Rosa Symphony; and members of Scattered Winds, a woodwind ensemble.
Together they will make beautiful music in the concert-like great room of a Calistoga home, performing the sonata for clarinet and piano by Francis Poulenc, the Quintet in E-flat Major Major for piano and winds, K4522 by Mozart, and a piece to be announced.
Performances will take place two consecutive afternoons. Refreshments will be served, along with wine from Petrified Forest Vineyards.
All proceeds will be shared by The Santa Rosa Symphony League in support of music education for youngsters in Sonoma County, and FACE 2 FACE whose mission is to end HIV in Sonoma County while supporting the health and wellbeing of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Reservations can be made at link below. For more information, contact Sheila McQuillen, 707-579-4094.


On January 26, 2017, two representatives from Thai Global Energy joined the DIW & PEA ENCOM 2017 academic seminar on the topic of "Moving Thai Industry Beyond Others by Clean Energy" at Impact Forum, Muang Thong Thani. There were a lot of speakers who came from different organizations. For example, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, PEA ENCOM, Department of industrial works, Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, and The Board of Investment of Thailand. The objective of this event is to encourage people to see how important renewable energy is. Especially solar energy. Moreover, they provided valuable information about starting a solar power plant, which is not as difficult as some people have thought.


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Never Isolationist As a Dartmouth alum, it was great to see the front page of Friday's issue covering the lecture I gave on Jan.
Big Green weekend athletics roundup
Men's Basketball falls to Colgate Despite a second-half surge, the men's basketball team (0-3) lost its home opener to Colgate 55-43 Saturday afternoon. Trailing 25-20 at the half, the team managed to knot up the score with just over 15 minutes remaining in the second stanza, but was unable to keep pace with the Raiders thereafter.
Oct. 3, 9:40 p.m. Hanover Police was called to the scene of a landlord-tenant dispute when a former tenant showed up at a Lebanon Street rental property and refused to leave upon the landlord's request.
No to Petition Candidates
By Mohamad Bydon '01 After the successful campaign of T.J. Rogers, many alumni feel emboldened to stand against the increasing emphasis on scholarly research at Dartmouth.
Whitney Douthett '07 Women's Lacrosse Sophomore and Pennsylvania native, Whitney Douthett, contributed five assists and one goal in Dartmouth's 18-8 victory over Brown on Saturday.
Jamie Coffin '06 Lacrosse Apparently bereft of cobwebs to shake off, junior Jamie Coffin opened his 2005 campaign in mid-season form.
Steve Callahan '05 Basketball In his last game at Dartmouth, the Big Green's two-year captain brought Leede Arena to its feet.
Jayme Ahmed '05 Tennis Dartmouth tennis' senior co-captain Jayme Ahmed lived up to her title, coming through with two wins against nationally ranked Boston College.
Jarrett Sampson '06 Ice Hockey Sampson played an integral role in Dartmouth's stunning 9-8 victory over No.
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Berkley High School Students Win ACE Michigan Design Competition
SOUTHFIELD—A team of high school students from Berkley High School was recognized as the winner of the 2018-19 ACE Mentor Program of Michigan in an honors dinner Tuesday night at Lawrence Technological University.
The ACE Mentor – Michigan (an acronym for Architecture, Construction, Engineering) program teaches high school students about the wide range of career options open to young people in the building design and construction industry, and lets them work alongside professional mentors to plan, design, and go through the preconstruction process associated with a building project.
Students in the ACE Mentor program attend 17 biweekly sessions presented by professional mentors covering site design, architecture, landscaping, geotechnical sciences, civil engineering, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, project estimating, and the skilled trades. The program ends with a presentation where the students show their design for a hypothetical building—in the case of Michigan this year, a 2,800-square-foot high school student activities center.
"There's no right or wrong answers, it's a matter of them applying the criteria they're given and telling us why they did it that way," said ACE Mentor Michigan board chair Vince DeLeonardis, president and CEO of Auch Construction, a Pontiac construction services firm. "These activities align with what we do in our professional lives every day. And the proposals the students came up with were just astounding."
ACE Mentor was founded in 1995 by Charles H. Thornton, founding principal and chairman of Thornton-Tomasetti, a 550-person firm providing engineering services based in New York. There are now ACE affiliates in 40 states and Washington, D.C. The Michigan program got off the ground in 2005. Today, it involves Avondale, Berkley, Bishop Foley, Plymouth, and Pontiac high schools.
Karl Daubmann, dean of LTU's College of Architecture, joined the ACE Michigan board last year. The board includes leaders from the construction, architecture, and engineering industries in Michigan. Daubmann said the goal of the board for 2019-20 is to expand the number of participating high schools and students.
The Berkley winners received iPads and trophies for their achievement. Three high school seniors from among all the teams also were presented a total of $7,000 in college scholarships.
Tuesday night's event also featured presentations from mentor Kevin Irrer, president of CI Contracting Inc., a Brighton underground utility contracting firm, and ACE supporter Craig Wolanin, corporate development director of Frank Rewold & Son Inc., a Rochester construction manager and general contractor.
In his keynote, Wolanin praised LTU's "Possible is Everything" advertising slogan, and said the ACE students "have helped our mentors rediscover their 'why.' Sometimes we forget the energy and passion we had when we were young. Energy and enthusiasm is exactly what the construction and design industry needs."
Offering the students career advice, Wolanin said: "Fit supersedes everything. Where you fit is where you belong." At the same time, he cautioned, "Embrace the grind. Nothing is going to come easy. If you do that, possible really is everything."
More about ACE Michigan, including student and mentor registration, at https://www.acementor.org/affiliates/michigan/.
This story was published in Technology Century.
By Matt Roush|2019-05-17T12:09:53-04:00May 17th, 2019|ESD|
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