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Alabama warehouse workers prepare to face down Amazon in union vote

The Verge

An Amazon warehouse in Alabama could become the first to unionize in the US For the next seven weeks, employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will vote on whether to become the first of the company’s US employees to unionize. Amazon spokesperson Rachael Lighty said that the company offers a starting salary of $15.30

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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Some are working on reinvention: Huntsville , the Alabama town famous for its history with NASAs rocketry program, has remarketed itself as a music, arts, and cultural destination; while Hilliard , an Ohio city of less than 40,000 in the Columbus area, continues to build out infrastructure to incubate innovative startups.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

NTEN

Last year, as jobs, schools, government services, social gatherings, and everyday tasks moved online, there blossomed a growing recognition that digital access and skills are critical in our society and should be a universal human right.

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Renew The Heart & Soul of your Non-Profit for a Chance To Win $10,000

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A professionally written and recorded song by the Grammy Award-winning group, The Original Blind Boys of Alabama. Three autographed guitars: one by The Original Blind Boys of Alabama, one by Los Lonely Boys, and one by Sunny Shipley. If you have questions about the grant, please see the FAQ page on the Heart & Soul site.

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Directing ML toward natural hazard mitigation through collaboration

Google Research AI blog

Indeed, Google's current ML-based flood forecasting approach was developed in collaboration with researchers ( 1 , 2 ) at the Johannes Kepler University in Vienna, Austria, the University of Alabama, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, among others.

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Colorblindness: Implications for Youth Services

ASU Lodestar Center

Young boys are generally not allowed in the Girl Scouts, as noted by Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama : “Our many years of experience shows that girls have unique needs and interests that are best met in a program designed especially for them, delivered in an all-girl setting.”. The bottom line is that youth are not a homogeneous group.

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Poolit raises millions to turn accredited investors into LPs in VC, private equity funds

TechCrunch

One thing that stood out to him was how only a small group of select people and firms could invest in venture capital and private equity funds. For Rice, who grew up in rural Alabama before attending Brown University, it would be a dream to one day open access to investing in VC and private equity funds to an even broader pool of people. .

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