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United Steelworkers :: Now is Our Time

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“I’d rather fight to my last breath than let the fate of my children and grandchildren be dictated by billionaires on Bay Street and Wall Street.” – USW International President Leo W. Gerard, 2011 Convention Opening Speech, Aug. 15, 2011.Dear Sisters and Brothers, Every generation has its moment, its moment to stand up and fight for a better world and brighter tomorrow. Now is our time. As United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard said to open our Constitutional Convention: “We can only win the future if we’re willing to fight for it!” Our union’s fighting spirit has been...

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GOP Plan To Create Jobs Fails To Create US Jobs

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The United States economy is failing not into a recession, that is our current economic condition, but into a depression.  The failure of the ‘trickle down economics’, removing regulations and opening Free Trade Agreements with China has reared its ugly head.  Now the GOP is promoting its “job creation plan” which will only make matters worse for the middle class and create an substantial economic class society. Here are some highlights of the GOP Plan (read full proposal here): Require congressional review and approval of any government regulations that have a significant impact on the economy or burden small businesses. Audit existing...

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Flipping Good News : Discover of Rare Dolphins

Flipping Good News : Discover of Rare Dolphins

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced the discovery of a huge population of rare dolphins in South Asia. Using rigorous scientific techniques, WCS researchers estimate that nearly 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, which are related to orcas or killer whales, were found living in freshwater regions of Bangladeshâ’s Sundarbans mangrove forest and adjacent waters of the Bay of Bengalâ”an area where little marine mammal research has taken place up to this point. Prior to this study, the largest known populations of Irrawaddy dolphins numbered in the low hundreds or less. â’With all the news about freshwater environments and state of the...

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Interesting Information : Compulsive Hoarding

Interesting Information : Compulsive Hoarding

Even though Elizabeth Nelson was raised in an upper-middle class suburb, she felt a deep sense of shame about her living conditions growing up. The spacious basement where she rode her Big Wheel at age 3 was filled to the brim by the time she was 8. As years went by, the homeâ’s empty spaces disappeared, replaced with clutter. She was so used to piles, it took Nelson years to realize her momâ’s compulsion to collect and save was a psychiatric condition. She recounts a visit to her parentsâ’ home as an adult. â’My dad was using portable urinals...

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The Book on Atari

The Book on Atari

Racing the Beam, The Atari Video Computer System, a book by Georgia Tech Associate Professor Ian Bogost, takes a look at the development of the first popular video game platform through the lens of six game cartridges to show how the developers of those games, for better or worse, laid the ground work for the industry Atari helped spawn. Those games are Combat, Adventure, Pac-Man, Yars’ Revenge, Pitfall! and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The book is the third by Bogost on video games and the first he’s co-written with MIT’s Nick Montfort. With this book, the pair...

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