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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
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• Building an economy that works … for everyone

  
  Washington Policy Watch — Authority: 117
  From the Everett Herald:Last week the 787 finally made it up into the air for its first test flight. I watched its smooth take-off, and cheered, along with thousands of other citizens in our state. It seemed like we could claim again another milestone for flight, thanks to the Machinists and engineers who put this ...
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• Celebrate Action Network Successes in 2009!

  
  AAUW Dialog — Authority: 423
  The growing power and reach of AAUW’s Action Network can claim some impressive achievements. Just consider that over the past year, together, we have:Regained ground in the fight for pay equity by successfully advocating for the enactment of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed into law by President Obama on ...
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• 2009/2010 Auto Industry Analysis: GM’s Transition to China

  
  Press About — Authority: 461
  GM Under De Facto China Auto Sector Control;Analysis Identifies Primary Culprit in Deterioration of the US Industrial Base and Contributor to Financial Sector Meltdown: China;Historically Unacknowledged Atrocity Revealed;Immediate Nationalization of Saab and Volvo EncouragedDetroit, MI, December 23, 2009 — eMOTION! ...
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• No sick days for swine flu sufferers

  
  Washington Policy Watch — Authority: 117
  Despite warnings from the CDC, millions Americans can’t afford to stay home when they or their child catches the flu. In this video, ABC News investigates how the H1N1 flu season is affecting students, parents and millions of American workers who could be facing the loss of pay or even the loss of their job. [...]
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• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
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• Health Care Reform and the Value of Work

  
  Washington Policy Watch — Authority: 117
  Janet Bauer | Oregon Center for Public PolicyIn the pantheon of American values, few are more venerated than work. The esteem accorded to a strong work ethic dates from the days of the Puritans and was evident in President Obama’s recent address to the nation’s schoolchildren.But if we rightly value work, why does ...
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• H1N1 Hearing

  
  Washington Policy Watch — Authority: 117
  Video from a December 4th hearing Washington State House Commerce and Labor Committee hearing. The H1N1 hearing starts about halfway through–I recommend starting at 01:06:18 to hear personal testimony from a restaurant worker. | WatchPosted in sick leave, work-life standards Tagged: business, children, community, ...
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• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
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• Want to create jobs? Then create jobs.

  
  Washington Policy Watch — Authority: 117
  An emergency job creation program for the Washington StateWe’ve got an official unemployment rate of 9.3% here in Washington, and the likelihood of increased unemployment in the coming months.  This understates the actual unemployment and underemployment of workers in our state, and the decrease in the employment ...
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• FAST FACT: Immigrant women made up approximately 12 percent of all women in the United States in 2008

  
  The Big Five — Authority: 121
  December 17, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird The Migration Policy Institute just published a spotlight on immigrant women. It includes the latest data on labor force participation and socioeconomic status.  Here’s a preview: The 18.9 million immigrant women in the United States in 2008 made up approximately ...
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• Women Electricians Are Live Wires for a Labor Cause

  
  The Big Five — Authority: 121
  December 15, 2009 posted by Francine Moccio* I wrote Live Wire to go beyond conventional definitions of discrimination in order to point up some of the more submerged reasons an occupation remains sex segregated and to more effectively frame the content of policy reform, advocacy and compliance regulations ...
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• New Book on Women in the Trades by Jane LaTour

  
  The Big Five — Authority: 121
  December 15, 2009 posted by admin Sisters in the Brotherhoods is an oral-history-based study of women who have, against considerable odds, broken the gender barrier to blue-collar employment in various trades in New York City beginning in the 1970s. It is a story of the fight against deeply ingrained ...
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• It’s Not Sexy – It’s Social Security!

  
  MomsRising Blog — Authority: 129
  From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog   MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Few women get excited about Social Security, the most successful and efficient effort undertaken by the federal government.  I know, I know, I’ve heard all the excuses – all those numbers, ...
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• Weekly Round-Up: News and Analysis on Women and Poverty (Week ending December 4, 2009)

  
  Washington Area Women's Foundation — Authority: 424
  The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity , a national foundation-led initiative, is excited to collaborate with The Women’s Foundation to bring you the latest news and analysis on ...
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• Boat crew’s shock as shark gnashes oar

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A surf boat has been attacked by a white pointer shark while on a training run at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. The boat was about 400 metres off shore when the sweepers oar was ripped from his hands by the shark - thought to be a juvenile. Surf boat sweeper, Greg Ross says the crew got the shock of their lives. ...
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• NCRW’s Emerging Leaders Network tackles tough questions in its first official meeting

  
  The Big Five — Authority: 121
  December 10, 2009 posted by Lisa Rast At NCRW, we’re all about networking – building partnerships with other women is one of the most powerful ways to advance oneself in the workplace.  In an effort to support young women in that pursuit, the Council has launched the Emerging Leaders Network to provide a ...
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• Public sector should get to work on jobs

  
  Washington Policy Watch — Authority: 117
  From the Everett Herald:For anyone who thought we could just elect a new president and magically fix all our problems, the bloom is probably off the rose. Not even one year in, the Obama administration is grappling with fixing Wall Street, completing the job in Afghanistan and Iraq, getting a universal health care ...
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• Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech and Just Peace Theory

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 653
  If all we notice in President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture is a justification of war, we will miss the 21 st century import of his thinking and the hope of peace he called forth.  President Obama spoke of just peace, the middle…
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• Washington’s 2010 budget leaves state morally bankrupt

  
  Washington Policy Watch — Authority: 117
  The Governor’s 2010 supplemental budget, released today, is disastrous for Washington’s children. Among millions of dollars worth of cuts to every kind of basic service, the cuts to early learning and K-12 education are especially tragic. Here’s why.First off, the Governor’s budget completely eliminates the ...
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