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Butler County Community College Opens Site in Hermitage
Tuesday, November 16, 2004BUTLER, Pa. -- Butler County Community College will celebrate the opening of its new building in Hermitage, Pa., at the LindenPointe Innovative Business Campus tomorrow.For the 38 years, Butler County Community College, known as BC3, has offered higher education and work force training at an affordable cost to residents of Cranberry Township, Butler, Armstrong and Lawrence counties, with some classes held in Mercer County on a limited basis.
Brown-Nosing Works Better than Boasting in Job Interviews
Tuesday, November 16, 2004GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Sucking up. Apple polishing. Brown-nosing. Whatever you choose to call it, it's more likely to work in a job interview than boasting of one's accomplishments, a new University of Florida study finds."Kissing up, being nice and agreeing more than disagreeing do seem to be effective tactics for people to use when looking for a job," said Timothy Judge, a UF management professor who did the research.
Strike Rocks The Vindicator, Replacement Drivers Hired"
Tuesday, November 16, 2004By Andrea WoodYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Picket lines ring The Vindicator this morning as the newpaper prepares to distribute one edition today with the help of newly hired replacement truck drivers.Contract negotiations broke off early this morning between the Local 34011 of the Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America, which represents 179 employees, and the management of The Vindicator.
"Strike Rocks The Vindicator, Replacement Drivers Hired"
Monday, November 15, 2004"By Andrea WoodYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Picket lines ring The Vindicator this morning as the newpaper prepares to distribute one edition today with the help of newly hired replacement truck drivers.Contract negotiations broke off early this morning between the Local 34011 of the Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America, which represents 179 employees, and the management of The Vindicator.
Brown-Nosing Works Better than Boasting in Job Interviews
Monday, November 15, 2004"GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Sucking up. Apple polishing. Brown-nosing. Whatever you choose to call it, it's more likely to work in a job interview than boasting of one's accomplishments, a new University of Florida study finds."Kissing up, being nice and agreeing more than disagreeing do seem to be effective tactics for people to use when looking for a job," said Timothy Judge, a UF management professor who did the research.
Butler County Community College Opens Site in Hermitage
Monday, November 15, 2004"BUTLER, Pa. -- Butler County Community College will celebrate the opening of its new building in Hermitage, Pa., at the LindenPointe Innovative Business Campus tomorrow.For the 38 years, Butler County Community College, known as BC3, has offered higher education and work force training at an affordable cost to residents of Cranberry Township, Butler, Armstrong and Lawrence counties, with some classes held in Mercer County on a limited basis.
$3.5 Million in Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program Grants
Monday, November 15, 2004"WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Gov. Bob Taft joined local officials and fuel cell industry experts yesterday to dedicate one of the nation's first utility-scale fuel cell power plants, located at a substation in here. The AMP-Ohio/City of Westerville Commercial Fuel Cell Demonstration project, a 2003 Third Frontier Project grant recipient, is a fuel cell power plant substation designed to feed power directly into a local distribution for general consumption, which will provide enough electricity to power more than 180 homes in the City of Westerville, Taft said.
Ohio Forms Marketing Partnership to Boost Development
Monday, November 15, 2004"COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new statewide, nonprofit marketing partnership called the Ohio Business Development Coalition is getting $8.1 million from the Ohio Department of Development, according to Bruce E. Johnson, ODOD director. The primary objective of the coalition is to provide the department and regional development organizations with qualified business development leads and effective tools to retain and expand Ohio companies and attract new companies to Ohio.
"Forge Consensus Minus Boundaries, Penn Northwest Told"
Monday, November 15, 2004"By Hal Johnson GREENVILLE, Pa., -- A self-confessed election junkie, Larry Segal, executive director of the Governor's Housing and Community Revitalization, watched Mercer County's Web site as the votes came in against the consolidation in the Shenango Valley. Voters defeated a referendum that would have merged Sharon, Hermitage, Farrell, Sharpsville, and Wheatland. "You have to do this as a region," Segal said at last night's annual meeting of Penn-Northwest Development Corp., held at Thiel College.
"Guild, Vindy Bargain Briefly; No Progress to End Strike"
Monday, November 15, 2004"By Andrea WoodYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A two-hour meeting Tuesday afternoon between leaders of the striking union and management at The Vindicator brought no progress to end the day-old strike at the Mahoning Valley's largest newspaper. "We accomplished nothing -- absolutely nothing," said Anthony Markota, president of Local 34011 of the Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America. "We made a counter offer.