Lusitania sinking and WWII surrender noted in history
On this date in history 1915 the Lusitania was sunk by a German U boat killing 1198 off Ireland. 1945 Germany surrendered ending World War II. 2000 Vladimir Putin became Russia president marking its first democratic transfer of power.
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Ireland
Germany
Vladimir Putin
Russia
Johannes Brahms
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Gary Cooper
Eva Peron
Johnny Unitas
Tim Russert
Arizona anti ethnic studies bill targets students claims
Seattle Times columnist Lynne K Varner argues Arizona lawmakers target Mexican American, gender and European history programs in Tucson Unified School District. She urges Gov Brewer to veto the bill, defend multicultural education, and notes the bill misreads history and harms students’ knowledge of cultures.
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Arizona
Jan Brewer
Tucson Unified
Steve Montenegro
Phoenix
Anne Frank
Tom Horne
Horne
Montenegro
America
University of Louisville
Nat Irvin
Browning
Brewer
Salute to the conflicted working mother on Mother's Day
Suzanne de Janusz discusses how four decades of change have shifted mothers into concurrent work and family roles. The piece highlights the double standards, the book The Time Bind, and rising women entrepreneurs shaping flexible, inclusive workplaces.
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America
Arlie Hochschild
Hochschild
Felice Schwartz
Forbes
U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
Blippy and the social sharing craze explained
Dayton Daily News columnist D L Stewart reviews Blippy a social buying site that auto shares every purchase on cards with other users and compares it to Twitter and Facebook while noting mixed reactions and similar apps like Swipely Justbought it Skimble and Dopplr and DailyBooth trends.
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Blippy
Speedway
Target
Victoria's Secret
Twitter
Butthead
Dawn of the
Cnn.com
Philip Kaplan
Facebook
DailyBooth
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Suzanne de Janusz
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