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YEAHRIGHT

ALLRIGHT

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End of cheap Made in China era - by A.W. Berry - Helium

Oh really? Is that because we're all unemployed or because they are tired of working for slave wages? Do you believe it?
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ART

NATURE

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A Quick and Mild-Mannered Review of Harvest at Subversive Theatre

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For me, attending plays at Subversive Theatre feels as comfortable as going home, somehow. There's no sense of "going out;" no ritual of being seen (although I always see people I know). So, is this art?
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BELIEVE

DOUBT

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Hourly employees happier than salaried

The researchers theorize that hourly wage-earners focus more attention on their pay than those who earn a salary. That concrete, consistent focus on the worth of the employee's time in each paycheck influences the level of happiness the employee feels.
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GOOD

BAD

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The Internet Creates a New Kind of Sweatshop

The Internet has created new markets for human labor potentially gleaned anywhere in the world—indeed, a company called CrowdFlower has set up a special program to channel tasks to refugees working at a data center in Kenya
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WALMART

COMMUNIST

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The Ikea Conundrum - free labor comes with a price tag.

Is Ikea hot or cool? Walmart, Target, or Euro style elite? Is there such a thing as manufactured cool, and just who is the low skilled labor which makes such wonders possible, you just might wonder.
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FUNNY

FOUL

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Ruh-Roh - Labor secretary nominee has tax problems too

WASHINGTON (Feb. 5) - Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis became the latest Cabinet nominee to face questions about unpaid taxes Thursday as a Senate panel abruptly postponed a scheduled vote on her confirmation.
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HERO

JERK

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State Trooper Gives Traffic Ticket To Woman In Labor

All too often, the congested roads of Greater Boston conspire with the vagaries of childbirth to leave a mother-to-be in a car on the roadside at one of life's most critical moments. A hard-bitten state trooper shows up and morphs into a highway midwife, clearing the newborn's nose and mouth, cutting the cord, and sometimes even saving a life. This is not one of those stories
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