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THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:

1) Product Development Manager
2) Motion Graphics Designer
3) UI Designer
4) Associate Brand Manager
5) Editor/Proofreader

POSITION: Product Development Manager

TERMS: Long-Term Temporary (On-Site)

MUST HAVES!:

2 to 4 years of consumer products experience
New product development and packaging experience
Hand illustration skills

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POSITION: Motion Graphics Designer

TERMS: Temporary (On-Site)

MUST HAVES!:

5 to 7 years professional design experience
Extensive motion graphics experience
Modern and edgy design (please provide samples)
Awesome hands-on skills in After Effects, Flash, Director, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress

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POSITION: UI Designer

TERMS: Temporary (On-Site)

MUST HAVES!:

Extensive User Interface experience
5 to 7 years professional design experience
Excellent hands-on skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, 3D Studio Max, Flash, and Director

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POSITION: Associate Brand Manager

TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)

MUST HAVES!:

2 to 3 years experience in Brand Planning and development
Familiarity with online communication research and presentation of results
Prior experience supporting Brand Planners in the coordination of strategic initiatives

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POSITION: Editor/Proofreader

TERMS: Long-Term Temporary (On-Site)

MUST HAVES!:

3-4 years prior professional proofreading and copy editing experience (brochures, ads, magazines, long, and short documents)
Ability to work within a large team and interface with Project Managers, Copywriters, etc.
Successful completion of the Aquent Proofreading Assessment

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Though many will prattle on (and on) about the uncanny predictions of Nostradamus (Michel de Nostredame), it seems surprisingly few Americans know anything about the more accurate and eerie divinations of late, great Italian seer Cosa Nostradamus.

Born in the early 20th Century to a extraordinarily poor family of piano wire makers in Sicily, Cosa Nostradamus (or "Cosy" as he came to be known) was able to prophesize with an uncanny precision not only in his hometown of Palermo, but as far away as America's East Coast, even up to a full decade after his death.

Raised by his father, a devout advocate of the "stick-in-hand" method of child rearing, his first prediction was, ironically, his father's own demise. So precise was the young Italian's prophecy that he not only foresaw his papa would fall off a cliff while trying to get a look at two young women sunbathing, but that he would be clutching a bottle of grappa and calling out Cosy's name as he passed from the earth.

The poetic and sometimes musical forecasts of the young Sicilian brought rhyme and meter to such tragedies as the brutal bludgeoning of his own language teacher, Roberto Mazarro (who consistently gave the young man poor marks) and the accidental sale into slavery of his long-time nemesis Guido "Four Eyes" Stagnaccio.

Though Cosa Nostradamus could not predict common events such as the sex of an unborn child or the length of a particular rainstorm, he could foresee exceptional human events such arson, break-ins, and drownings with frightening accuracy.

In fact, as he approached his teen years it seemed nary a beating, murder, or unexplained disappearance could take place in Palermo without Cosy knowing about it ahead of time.

If one were to compare the writings of Nostradamus and Cosa Nostradamus side by side, it would soon become apparent of the superiority of the latter. The writings of Nostradamus are incredibly difficult to understand. His "hidden" messages inside quatrains and sixains can be interpreted however the reader would like (as has been done with his "prediction" of the Kennedy assassination). Cosa Nostradamus's purer, more straightforward language can be neither misunderstood or misinterpreted, even after translating them from their original, and often poorly spelled, Italian.

Consider this prophecy of a fire at the local police station in nearby Trapani:

"Your station will burn
to the ground, I say!
You'd better hope you
are home asleep
with your mothers,
because when the fire starts
in the morning
there will be nothing left but embers!"

Little to be lost in translation there.

As Cosy entered adulthood, word of his incredible powers grew, not only in his native Sicily, but all over Italy as well.

Many Italians came to both worship and fear the impact both he and his predictions would have on their lives. He was given his own column in the national Italian newspaper "Il Manifesto" and became a national celebrity. He was invited to high level government dinners and asked to chair Italian goodwill associations like Italians for a Cleaner Drug Trade and The Gambino Family Anti-Poverty League.

Though he spent most of his years in his modest fortress in Palermo dispensing predictions to (mostly) men in fedoras with nicknames like "Knuckles" or "Lucky", he never turned down a request for help. He gained worldwide attention with his musical prophecy concerning the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, which he promptly turned into a hit record with his band "Il Incendiario", lasting over 16 weeks on the Italian Hit Parade.

Of his more than 1,546 prophesies, an amazing 95% came to fruition.

Among his more famous "misses" were the failure of Joseph "Light Fingers" Genovese to become Pope, the continual disappointment of Italian astronauts to make it out of the local cafe during a liftoff, and defeat of Esperanto to become the world's language.

After a lifetime of public service, Cosa Nostradamus passed away quietly at the age of 84.

So quietly, in fact, that it was two full weeks until they found him. Most likely due to his senility, he'd walked into one of Palermo's many rivers still wearing the cement shoes he'd gone to bed in.

But we can all fondly remember the great Italian seer every time the world shakes its collective head, baffled at unexplained disappearances, mysterious building fires, construction delays, and costly overruns of public projects.