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		<title>Right To Work, Thousands Protested In Michigan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Democrat policy makers in Michigan, hometown of the United Auto Workers and more generally, the United State labor association, shocked the nation by becoming the 24th state to pass &#8220;right-to-work&#8221; law, which allows non-union employees to give benefit from union contracts. Whereas, Michigan&#8217;s historic decision has received extensive media attention, little has been ...]]></description>
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<p>This week, Democrat policy makers in Michigan, hometown of the United Auto Workers and more generally, the United State labor association, shocked the nation by becoming the 24th state to pass &#8220;right-to-work&#8221; law, which allows non-union employees to give benefit from union contracts.</p>
<p>Whereas, Michigan&#8217;s historic decision has received extensive media attention, little has been said about the origins of &#8220;right-to-work&#8221; laws, which find their backgrounds in extreme pro-segregationist and anti-communist elements in the 1940s South.</p>
<p>On last Tuesday evening dated 11<sup>th</sup> December, 2012 Mr. Rick Snyder has contracted on bill Right to Work, which was announced in the press conference of Michgan.</p>
<p>He stated that, according to him, there is a chance for Michigan’s workforces to standup like a professional worker. He also added that this law is not for anti unification rather, that is in the benefit for pro workers.</p>
<p>Earlier on Tuesday the GOP organized state house sanctioned a law that would make the payment of union dues unpaid for private-sector unions and most public-sector unions. It is also added that police and firefighters would be exempted.  The bill was sanctioned by a vote assortment 58-51.</p>
<p>Before the time of vote casting, number of people protested on the statehouse starting from 5 am on Tuesday. The rally moved to the Romney building that is named as former Michigan, Gov. George Romney, where actually Snyder office is located.</p>
<p>As Governor, he has signed on the first bill which will give the cooperative talking right to the employees of Michigan</p>
<p>While the thousands of people sustained protesting throughout the day on Tuesday and at the end, approx. afternoon, Police came there in order to protect Romney building from the protesters.</p>
<p>Michigan state police told the associated press that shower spray was used in order to cool down protesters. However, no arrest was made on that occasion. Although, police arrested two persons when they were trying to enter into the Romney building.</p>
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<p>Michigan now going to become 24<sup>th</sup> state with the help of Right to Work Law, but so far as, its approval is concerned, it seems to be difficult as Michigan is Origin of united Auto workforce organization and the participation of this union is high in the nationwide.</p>
<p>In Washington, President Barack Obama also said in his speech at the Daimler Detroit plant, &#8220;We should do everything we can to keep creating good middle-class jobs that help folks rebuild security for their families”</p>
<p>Although Snyder has signed on the bill, but it will still be possible to put in the election of 2014, when Snyder is expected to rearrange for election. This bill contains on assumptions, which ultimately leads towards law, if contracted, but the state constitution allows for voters to appeal a referendum to &#8220;approve or reject&#8221; the law.</p>
<p>Antagonists of the law will have the cushion of 90 days after the parliament defers to gather 8 percent of the total votes.</p>
<p>If they succeed, the law will be put on the election and subject to the approval of statewide vote.</p>
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		<title>Indian Legendary Sitar Player Ravi Shankar To Receive Subsequent Lifetime Grammy Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It has been ensured three time, the Grammy award winner, Indian legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar, who expired on last Tuesday, dated 11th December in the state of  California after failing to get well from the surgery. He is midst the seven best performers who have achieved Life time Grammys award. A Grammy awards ...]]></description>
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<p>It has been ensured three time, the Grammy award winner, Indian legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar, who expired on last Tuesday, dated 11<sup>th</sup> December in the state of  California after failing to get well from the surgery. He is midst the seven best performers who have achieved Life time Grammys award.</p>
<p>A Grammy awards is attribute by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to identify exceptional success in the music diligence. The annual presentation ceremony gives performances by projected artists.</p>
<p>He was selected and told him before his death that he was going to receive the honor, a Grammys orator, Stephanie Schell, told AFP when it was questioned if Ravi Shankar was included to the list of  nominees after his death.</p>
<p>Recording academy has briefed his biography and his struggles towards the promotion of sitar music in India including other honorees. He is well known as the one of the world most sitar player, who is really true representative for worldwide music.</p>
<p>Academy told in briefing that he was the best performer, creator and educator and he was also well-thought-out an innovator in succession of classical music of India to West side.</p>
<p>Said excellent sitar player has transferred his bundle of knowledge to his very handy work mate Mr. George Harrison that to use the instrument and worked with him on many missions; including partition concert of Bangladesh in 1971. George Harrison called Ravi Shankar as “The godfather of World of the music” and Yehudi Menughin also called him as the greatest violin player of the 20<sup>th</sup> century.</p>
<p>Ravi Shankar breathed his last breath on Tuesday in southern California, when he was 92 years old. He was actually hospitalized and unluckily, could not get up recovered from surgery which was conduct in the hospital of La Jolla, near San Diego. On the time of his death, his family members were also present there around his bed.</p>
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<p>The other Grammy lifetime award receivers are “You’ve Got a Friend” singer King, classical instrumentalist Glenn Gould, jazz player Charlie Haden, blues legend Lightnin’ Hopkins, Motown greats the Temptations and Patti Page, famous for “(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window.”</p>
<p>Now the 55<sup>th</sup>annual Grammy Awards demonstration is going to be conducted in Los Angeles on February 10, 2013.</p>
<p>Ravi Shankar just received a Grammy award indication only a week back in the declaration of academy’s shortlist, but who knew that he would not be among us in this ceremony.<b>Ms. Anoushka Shankar </b>who is his daughter was also voted in the same category for her Deutsche Grammo phone release, “Traveller”.</p>
<p>After the nomination, Ravi Shankar has responded, “It is exciting to see something we worked so hard on, and released on our own label, given this wonderful credit”. He said that he is extremely gratified of his daughter Anoushka on her own declaration for the same.</p>
<p>His  second daughter who is the five times Grammy winner singer Norah Jones, has also offered tribute to  her  father after his death and she said  that she would always miss the  music generous  of her father in rest of her life. She has also added number of live performance of her father on Facebook to share the music wealth of her father to his fans.</p>
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