Body Shop; Drums and Microphone

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BODY SHOP
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Not in HDAS.
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25 July 2005, New York Post, pg. 31, col. 1:
_SIMMERING SWINDLE_
_Indian fugitive intrigue sweeps up media big shots_
by Christopher Byron
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(Box--ed.)
This week shareholders of New York-based The A Consulting Team, Inc. are  
scheduled to vote on a merger with one such "body shop," Vanguard Info-Solutions  
Inc., of New Jersey.
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Squeezed from below by immigrant workers eager for any job in which a  
reading and writing knowledge of English is not necessary, these workers are now  
being squeezed from above by so-called "body shops" like Allserve, which have  
sprung up to help cost-conscious employers outsource their back-office  
operations to the low-wage economies of Asia.
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(GOOGLE)
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[PDF] _Why Offshore Your Software and Web Development? Introduction  ..._ 
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outsourcing and offshore software  development, and why you may wish to 
consider
... The term  “body shop” refers to a local firm whose working staff are  ...
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_CPR: April 2004: Shipping Out_ 
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But it  is white, not blue-collar outsourcing to destinations like India  
that ...
the tech industry calls a ‘body shop,’ a  company which obtains technical ...
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_Flames_ 
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Flames. Furore over Telstra  Outsourcing to India ... Also, I would like to 
note
that  these India body shop are taking jobs away from Australian  graduates, 
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_OUTSOURCING LAW AND BUSINESS JOURNAL - JULY AUGUST  ISSUE_ 
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g.htm&e=912) 
... companies that make L-1  nonimmigrants available for "body shop" 
services.  See
... 2003 India Outsourcing Summit, Bangalore,  India, October 15-16, 2003. ...
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_The Future of Outsourcing - Newsweek Small Business Report  - MSNBC.com_ 
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He argues that right now India is  more a body shop, ready to develop for 
other
...  Crofton, MD: Does outsourcing, say, in India and China really help  the 
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DRUMS AND MICROPHONE
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In a few hours, I'll address the OutPOCPAC (Out People of Color Political  
Action Club).
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In other matters, a friend at work gave me "tips" about something else.  
"Bang on the drums!" he said. Drums? Is this in HDAS? Then he mentioned  
"microphone." HDAS?
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Must be some concert I don't know about.