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Last year Danish toymaker Lego announced plans to outsource most of its manufacturing to Eastern Europe and Mexico. Of 1,200 blue collar jobs at Lego's headquarters in the town of Billund, only about 300 would remain...
...collision--which was more of a love tap, since the Rover was going less than 10 m.p.h. (16 km/h)--took place in a very unusual road race on a dismantled Air Force base in Victorville, Calif. A few years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's blue-sky high-tech research wing that everyone calls DARPA, decided it was interested in developing robotic vehicles that could drive themselves: no remote control, no human intervention, only artificial intelligence behind the wheel. But instead of hiring a bunch of fancy nerds and sticking them in an undisclosed location until...
...Thanksgiving due to strike-related cutbacks.“This kind of thing is happening all over the place. Assistants are getting fired everywhere,” says Oliver. “There’s this pervading sense of doom around town.” Micah N. Fitzerman-Blue ’05, another aspiring writer in L.A., echoed Oliver’s sentiments. Fitzerman-Blue recognizes that his youth in the business leaves him time to carve out a place in the industry. But, he adds, “there’s a high likelihood that...
...opposed to looking into it. I’m joking, of course. No, that’s probably something I should stay away from while dating. Jealous husbands aren’t too fun to deal with.RR: So you’re wearing this nice blue paisley jacket. Is that the costume you wear for the performance or do you have a whole wardrobe of this stuff?DD: No, this is my costume. My wardrobe is pretty cool, if I say so myself, but this is even a little outrageous for me.RR: Where can I get a tie like that...
While browsing YouTube, Alison H. Rich ’09 stumbled upon a video of a University of Michigan student performing a song entitled “Blue Hair.” Struck by the song’s unconventional yet identifiable character, Rich immediately tried to contact its writer, Joe Iconis, in order to get a copy of his sheet music. “I loved this song,” said Rich. “I Googled him and found his MySpace, and set up an account to message him.” To her surprise, Iconis...