A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist from Frierson, LA and a Professor from Cameron, TX invent a device that will revolutionize the hair extension industry.
Necessity is often called the mother of invention. This is particularly true for Texas native, A’Mera Frieman, and Louisiana native, Angela Smith. Personal experience in the removal of sewn-in-hair extensions led this talented duo onto the path of discovery. What they found was an innovative approach to the removal of hair extensions. The Takedown Tool-E™, which was developed for hair professionals and everyday consumers, is taking the hair extension industry by storm.
During the painstaking process of removing her own extensions, Frieman encountered a nature show featuring hawks. The curvature, sharpness and dynamic use of the hawk’s beak immediately became the inspiration for the TakeDown Tool-E™. The device combines the three traditional hair extension removal tools – comb, razor, and scissors. Compared to the alternate methods, the unique design of the Tool-E’s patented C-Shaped Cutting Curve significantly increases safety and efficiency in the extension removal process. The easy to use device is guaranteed to not only save time for the consumer, but also reduce the overall cost of extension removal. With less time spent on the extension removal process, an increase in profitability is projected for stylists and salon owners.
Frieman and Smith combined their knowledge and business acumen to bring the Takedown Tool-E™ to market with a new business endeavor– Friedom Innovation LLC. Friedom Innovation is a collective innovation firm that was created to breathe life into ideas that facilitate efficiency, convenience, and safety for consumers and professionals in the beauty industry.
Frieman and Smith have pre-launched the Takedown Tool-E™ on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, offering up to a 40% off discount of the retail price. To order the innovative and efficient Takedown Tool-E™, the Kickstarter campaign can be found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1543700549/takedown-tool-e?ref=5k2iam.
Media Stage Produces Professional AV for Meetings at Affordable Prices
Media Stage, an award-winning Florida based audio visual service company with offices in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and Puerto Rico, is now offering corporate meeting producers professional level HD video projection, LED video walls, concert quality sound systems, theatrical digital stage lighting, and complete scenic designs at a cost well within the budget of even the most cost conscious business client.
Now in its 29th year of corporate AV rental and event service, the Media Stage staff delivers complete AV support to businesses and producers across the U.S. Most recently, the company staged an elaborate multimedia extravaganza at the New York City Sheraton, in the heart of world famous Times Square.
“Our job is to make an event planner’s vision a reality,” said Larry Blocker, Vice President and General Manager at Media Stage. “Whether projecting computer mapped videos onto luxury cars or building a complete outdoor concert stage and sound system, our talented technicians will deliver a perfect live production, hassle free and within budget. Customer satisfaction is Job #1 at Media Stage.”
The privately held company maintains its own 18,000 square foot production and staging facility where it stores and maintains one of the most extensive state-of-the-art audio visual presentation inventories in the U.S. All equipment is top of the line including Barco Industrial projectors, Meyers concert speaker arrays, Gloshine digital video walls, and a wide selection of scenic and staging options.
While supervising his operations team load one of the company’s owned and operated fleet of trucks for a show in Los Angeles, company founder Wilson Alers smiled, “We started out with a couple of overhead projectors and a flip chart. Today, we have enough enterprise-quality computing power, driving digital lights, sound, and large screen video projection to satisfy even the most demanding event producer and corporate client. But we still follow the guiding principles I set out all those years ago: deliver an outstanding audio visual experience for all of our clients regardless of size, from small private meetings to Fortune 500 conventions, and always at the lowest, most affordable cost”.
For more information or a free show quote: Call 800-418-8388
Beyoncé, through her BeyGOOD initiative, has established the Homecoming Scholars Award Program for students attending Xavier University, Wilberforce University, Tuskegee University and Bethune-Cookman University – all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Beyoncé announced the program when she made history at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival by becoming the first Black woman to headline in the festival’s 19-year run.
The show, with its homage to excellence in education, was a celebration of the homecoming weekend experience, the highest display of college pride. The energy-filled production put the spotlight on art and culture, mixing the ancient and the modern, which resonated masterfully through the marching band, performance art, choir and dance. It was the impetus to mark her second scholarship program.
One winner from each school will win a scholarship award for the academic year for study in various fields.
The Homecoming Scholars Award Program will expand to all qualifying students at the four universities, regardless of gender. The disciplines will include literature, creative arts, African- American studies, science, education, business, communications, social sciences, computer science and engineering. All applicants must maintain a 3.5 GPA or above. All finalists and winners will be selected by the universities. Winners will be announced in the summer.
The deadline for this scholarship is usually in June of each year, and the award amount is usually $25,000.
