Classes start with three days of in-person training, at Stanford, the University of Michigan or Georgia Tech.

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Look at all this year's clutter in the brackets, run-of-the-mill conference losers: Arizona, Arkansas, Boston College, Duke, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan State, Purdue, Stanford, Texas Tech, Villanova, Virginia Tech.

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On Thursday, I visited a new, high-tech factory in Michigan where workers are helping America lead the way in a growing clean energy industry.

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Berg has been an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan since 1989, apart from a four-year stint from 1999 to 2003 when he served as Chief of the High Tech Crime Unit at the Michigan Department of the Attorney General.

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ReapSo started by partnering with businesses in the city of Royal Oak, Michigan since that city tends to have a tech-savvy demographic.

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Just this week, GM announced they plan to hire 1, 500 workers for a new research center in Michigan to help make sure the high-tech cars of tomorrow are designed and built right here in America.

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Indeed since 2002 these states have all enjoyed far greater growth rates in high-tech employment than California, Illinois, Michigan or New York.

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