Archive for ‘April 25th, 2007’

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Apr25

Factory jobs quickly become a thing of the past

by Duane on April 25th, 2007 at 11:17 am
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(clarionledger.com) WASHINGTON — Three weeks ago, Dawn Zimmer became a statistic.
Laid off from her job assembling trucks at Freightliner’s plant in Portland, Ore., she and 800 of her colleagues joined a long line of U.S. manufacturing workers who have lost jobs in recent years. A total of 3.2 million – one in six factory jobs [...]

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Apr25

“Diversity” comes to Beverly Hills High School–at what cost?

by Duane on April 25th, 2007 at 10:21 am
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(myfoxla.com) BEVERLY HILLS — Black parents and civil rights leaders will present applications today for Beverly Hills High School’s diversity program, which was modified after complaints that it benefited few black and Latino students.
At an April 12 meeting with civil rights leaders, Superintendent Kari McVeigh extended the deadline 13 days to tomorrow and decided to [...]

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Apr25

The history behind mealtimes

by Duane on April 25th, 2007 at 6:42 am
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A very interesting read!
(history-magazine.com) TODAY WE DON’T always agree on the names and times of our meals. Some of us have dinner at eight, while others have supper at five. It wasn’t always that way.
The names of meals and their general times were once quite standard. Everyone in medieval England knew that you ate breakfast [...]

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Apr25

Cuban hip hop artist “breaks it down”

by Duane on April 25th, 2007 at 6:07 am
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HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) — Working on an old computer with a burned-out monitor, Cuban rapper Aldo Rodriguez painstakingly lays the tracks for his next song.
Sitting shirtless on the edge of his bed, tattoos up and down both arms, the 23-year-old says he’s not afraid to speak his mind in the communist country run by Fidel [...]

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