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    Morning in a Dark Place

    MAY 14, 2012 11:29AM

    By Gary Fandango


    Topics: unemployed, failure, mental illness, lost, hopeless

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 2073 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Killing Me Softly (With This Economy)

    FEBRUARY 9, 2012 10:43PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: gave up, not interested, bum, handout, lazy, unemployed, employment, overseas, jobs, semiconductors, manufacturing, production, marketing, sales, door-to-door, experience, self employment, work ethic, desire to work, training, education, intelligence, entrepreneurial spirit, hard work, employment, unemployment myths debunked, open call

    • 0 Ratings
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    Life After Being a 99'er

    FEBRUARY 9, 2012 8:22PM

    By Christine Rahgozar


    Topics: florida unemployment, 99 weeks, exhausted benefits, no jobs, unemployment rate, unemployment pay, unemployment compensation, unemployed

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    • 134 Views
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    Old Lesson, New Trick

    FEBRUARY 7, 2012 2:21PM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: cooking, green, sustainability, temp job, unemployed, cheap food, cooking, vegetables, growing food, reducing costs, 40 hour work week, fulltime, caseroles, soups, salads, herbs, organic, academic, university, college, sustainable living, portion control, healthy eating, healthy, health, health conscious, healthy living

    • 4 Ratings
    • 521 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Contemplation on Surrender

    FEBRUARY 2, 2012 4:14PM

    By Homeless Scribe


    Topics: unemployed, homeless, euthanasia, euthanize, re-homing, shelter, adoption, surrender, dog

    • 1 Ratings
    • 130 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Life without a home ...

    JANUARY 4, 2012 11:47AM

    By calm_blue_ocean


    Topics: open call, economy, homelessness, midlife, joblessness, unemployed

    • 1 Ratings
    • 297 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Contemplation on 2011

    DECEMBER 31, 2011 1:50PM

    By Homeless Scribe


    Topics: 2011, year in review, homeless, unemployed

    • 1 Ratings
    • 242 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Contemplation on Christmas

    DECEMBER 25, 2011 1:35PM

    By Homeless Scribe


    Topics: twitter, diane sawyer, unemployed, homeless, christmas

    • 1 Ratings
    • 559 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Cartoon: Homeless

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 5:47PM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: homeless, family, unemployed, children, insurance, economy

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    • 224 Views
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    Temps: Employed with_____?

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 6:58AM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: temp, temps, temping, temp jobs, jobs, finding work, looking for work, temp agencies, employers, employed, unemployed, under-employed, over educated, masters degree, office jobs, administrative jobs, office, administrative, copy, scan, fax, email

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    Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Die.

    NOVEMBER 15, 2011 8:23PM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: occupy, ows, occupy philly, cops, police, ows riots, public space, the public, people, community, awareness, political awareness, homelessness, tents, police brutality, court, court ruling, new york, zuccotti, manhattan, protests, ows protests, personhood, mississippi personhood, mortgage fraud, eviction, poor, unemployed, economy, freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, freedom

    • 0 Ratings
    • 90 Views
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    The Politicus Documentary

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 11:00AM

    By dcherry17


    Topics: urban poor, show under employed, poor, movie, jobs, jobless, seach, job, idea, homelessness, documentary, black unemployment, unemployed, 1.2 million, documentary

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1715 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Foraging for Food Stamps

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 10:33AM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: government aid, government help, government assistance, out of work, unemployment, unemployed, poverty, lines for food stamps, government lines, government interviews, bureaucracy, government questions, government paperwork, economic assistance, irene victims, citizens, county assistance office, philadelphia county assistance, philadelphia, medicaid, irene, food stamps

    • 0 Ratings
    • 239 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Over Educated, Under Funded.

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 10:09AM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: wall street protest, underemployed, msnbc, higher ed, unemployed

    • 0 Ratings
    • 229 Views
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    New York DA Cyrus Vance's Silver Hammer: "The Martin Act"

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 10:34PM

    By madpointdown


    Topics: jobs, unemployed, university of kentucky, bond deals, goldman sachs, wall street, sub prime loans, aml, white collar crime, criminal, litigation, banking, investment banking, fraud, finance

    • 2 Ratings
    • 486 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Obama’s Plan: Cut the Safety Net

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 1:28PM

    By Michael Kwiatkowski


    Topics: upward distribution, unemployed, u.s. domestic policy, tax cuts, social security, politics, permanent downslide, obama, medicare, medicaid, far right, economy, 2012 election

    • 11 Ratings
    • 1338 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Secrets of Salary Negotiation

    AUGUST 18, 2011 11:07AM

    By Brokenwing


    Topics: add common tags…, business, open+call, economy, compensation, benchmarking, market pricing, recession, unemployed, salary negotiation, fair pay, pay, compensation, survey, offer, hourly, salaried, exempt, nonexempt, employee, employer, hiring, pay range, secrets

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1140 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Marcello's Private Revolution: A Two-Act Story

    AUGUST 14, 2011 3:02AM

    By Boris Trucco


    Topics: dating, la dolce vita, storytelling, writer, writing, wanda, unemployed, relationships, marcello, fiction, open call

    • 16 Ratings
    • 600 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Applying for a job at the FBI --- or confessing my sins....

    MAY 16, 2011 8:45PM

    By Tinkerertink69


    Topics: economy, too much fun, for+sale, indiana might too, fbi wants me, busted, unemployed

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4582 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    I Sleep On The Floor

    MAY 11, 2011 12:02AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: mother, baby boomer, unemployed, airbed, milf, bed, divorce, sleeping on the floor, maria shriver, arnold schwarzenegger, john batchelor, terminated, airbed, economy, divorce, bed, divorce, six foot long skunk, economy, unemployed, hudson valley, milf, rip van winkle, insomnia, mother, open call, economy, sleeping on the floor, mortifying disclosures, bed bath and beyond, sisters of the shithood, bonnie bernstein, terminated

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