Are they students? Or are they employees? NLRB rules that graduate students are employees. – The Washington Post

Cosby Potter, 2, sits on his father’s shoulders during a “day of action” to celebrate graduate students and draw attention to demands Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, near the columns on the University of Missouri campus, in Columbia, Mo. (Daniel Brenner/The Columbia Daily Tribune via AP) The National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that graduate students who…

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This Photograph Is Not Free

So this was the first sunset I captured in 2012. It cost me $6,612 to take this photo. more $12 in gas to go from work to this spot and then home. The camera I took this with cost $2500. The lens was another $1600. The Singh Ray Reverse Neutral Density filter was $210. The…

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In Bob We Trust: THE EXASPERATING SPIDER-FANS – YouTube

The new Mary Jane is Black (maybe) – guess how that’s going over with The Internet?https://www.patreon.com/moviebob1 IN BOB WE TRUST: New episodes, new look, new topics. Subscribe to this channel for more each week! MUSIC:“Heroic Reception”, “Night on the Docks – Trumpet”, “Reformat”,”Zap Beat”, “Eighties Action, Black Vortex, Full On”Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons:…

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At Least 247 Killed After Powerful Earthquake Rocks Central Italy – BuzzFeed News

The death toll from a shallow magnitude-6.2 earthquake which struck central Italy early Wednesday morning rose to 247 amid frantic efforts to dig out residents still trapped in rubble. More than 4,300 rescuers worked through Wednesday night and into Thursday in the hilltop towns and villages that were devastated by the quake, Italy’s Civil Protection…

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In Race for Missouri, Red Since 1996, Trump Leads by a Single Point — Poll – Washington Wire – WSJ

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton by just one percentage point in Missouri, a state the Democrats have won only twice since 1976. A new Monmouth University poll released Tuesday shows Mr. Trump with 44% to Mrs. Clinton’s 43%. Democrats have won the state only twice since 1976 — Bill Clinton won in 1992 and…

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