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...person outfit like Bossa Nova, or 100 firms like it, will never replace the jobs at the big steel plants that once defined Pittsburgh. Palmer and Skaff wanted best-in-class manufacturing; for robotic toys, that means China. But Skaff says Bossa Nova is by no means constrained by child's play. He sees a company that can grow with its customers. "As the children age, they will be familiar with our toys," he says. "We will introduce robots that accompany them in their lifestyles." In other words, personal robots, born in Pittsburgh...
...days that explains "the world have gone to the extend on make money with every means you can get you hand on" and then asks for "Status Of Job You Into." Less blatant red flags include e-mail addresses with domains like Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! and Rediffmail (an Indian outfit) - most legitimate hirers have e-mail addresses from their companies. A company or recruiter that asks for your bank account or credit-card number is a huge warning sign. True, plenty of companies use bank information for direct-deposit paychecks - but that comes after you're hired...
Established in 1994, just as the U.S. military was drawing down forces after the the Cold War ended, TTT is funded by the Department of Education to the tune of about $14.4 million a year and run by a Defense Department outfit called Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support. Essentially a referral and placement service, TTT provides up to $10,000 for military personnel to obtain their teaching certification; they must be retired or have left their service with at least six years of active duty. Many of the more than 11,000 men and women who have participated...
...basketball coach's boorish behavior had embarrassed Indiana University, of which Brand was president. After Brand bounced Knight in 2000 for allegedly grabbing a student, rabid supporters of the coach burned Brand in effigy. But history will laud Brand's bravery. In 2003 he took over the NCAA, an outfit in desperate need of stricter academic standards. Though he couldn't purify college sports--can anyone?--Brand's reforms held schools more accountable by threatening to revoke athletic scholarships for poor classroom performance. Brand never looked like a power broker; the former philosophy professor seemed better suited to lecture halls...
...could tell you a story about the kid who did dress up for Heaven and Hell and then went to a Goldman interview in the same outfit. He doesn’t work at Goldman, but it’s a really funny story though...