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The Chronicle caught up with Ann Marie Sastry, co-founder of Sakti3, at the auto show in Detroit last week. She didn’t give up the secret sauce to her proprietary battery technology, but she did sketch out where they hope to go with it and how they’ve arrived at this point. [Full Story]
Freelance journalist Howard Lovy shadowed David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, on the first day of the auto show in Detroit. Cole is more cautious about the short-term future of electric vehicles than Gov. Granholm, who stopped by for a chat with Cole. [Full Story]
Judy Ravin, founder of the Accent Reduction Institute, has developed pronunciation software aimed at eliminating language barriers. [Full Story]
Writer Howard Lovy takes a look at the business background and philosophy of Rick Snyder, a likely Republican gubernatorial candidate from Ann Arbor. [Full Story]
The Chronicle profiles a corrections officer at the Washtenaw County Jail, Carla Wilson, who leads inmates in meditation at the J Block. She’s a contributing author to a new book, “Serving Productive Time.” [Full Story]
Ashley’s is gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day. [photo]
The Detroit Free Press reports on plans to reform Detroit’s public schools, as laid out by Robert Bobb, the system’s emergency financial manager. The article quotes UM education professor Susan Neumann, who described Bobb’s goals are too ambitious and who said the plan lacks specifics regarding changes to curriculum, instruction and professional development: “These are very generalized goals.” [Source]
Ann Arbor’s Huron Hills Golf Course has opened for the season, and Leslie Park Golf Course could open as early as March 22, according to the city’s website. [Source]
In a recent report on an AAPS board meeting, we paraphrased remarks of participants, and we employed the informal nomenclature of the speakers for “Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack.” Those variants were departures from the accepted standard shortening to “Ann Arbor Open.” We acknowledge the name of the school here, and have cleaned up references to it in the original piece.
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