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Parents Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Once my young adult starts taking ROTC courses, is he/she obligated to join the Army?
Young adults must serve as Officers in the Army after graduation if they received an ROTC scholarship, OR if they have enrolled in the ROTC Advanced Course. Enrolling in the ROTC Basic Course (the first two years of college) does not obligate someone to serve unless they have also received a scholarship.
What kinds of scholarships are available in Army ROTC? Are any scholarships retroactive?
Army ROTC scholarships vary based on the length of time remaining for students to complete their degrees. There are two-, three-, and four-year scholarships, which pay for tuition and fees. Scholarships also include annual book allowances and a monthly stipend. Army ROTC scholarships are not retroactive.
What is my young adult's Army service obligationfor receiving scholarship benefits, or for enrollment in the ROTC Advanced Course?
Scholarship winners must serve for four years; non-scholarship students who enroll in the ROTC Advanced Course must serve for three years.
What good is Army ROTC for a career outside of the Army?
Army ROTC is one of the only college courses that teach leadership. ROTC training is invaluable for any career that involves leading, managing,motivating people or fostering teamwork. Young Army Officers are typically responsible for hundreds of Soldiers and millions of dollars of equipment; this kind of management experience can be very attractive to post-Army employers.
Why should my young adult choose Army ROTC over a different ROTC?
The Army offers a wider range of career opportunities, in more countries around the world, then any other military branch.
Are all college majors compatible with Army ROTC?
Army ROTC Cadets are allowed to major in nearly all academic disciplines.
What are Army ROTC courses like? How will the class work help my young adult? Will ROTC classes interfere with his/her other studies?
Army ROTC classes normally involve one elective class and a lab per semester. Although the classes involve hands-on training as well as classroom work, they are standard college courses that fit into a normal academic schedule. These courses help students with personal and academic decision making while giving them the tools to exercise leadership in life, even before graduating and becoming Officers.
How will being an Army ROTC Cadet affect my young adult's daily activities?
Army ROTC Cadets have the same lifestyles and academic schedules as any other college student. But there are two intensive Army ROTC courses that take place on Army posts, usually during the summer:
Leader's Training Course--this four-week summer course at Ft Knox KY is ONLY for students who enroll in Army ROTC going into their junior year, without having taken the first two years of military science.
Leader Development and Assessment Course--all cadets who enroll in the Advanced Course must attend this four-week summer course at Ft Lewis WA between their junior and senior years.
What are the chances that my young adult will be deployed to support the Global War on Terrorism?
It depends on the Army branch the Cadet chooses and the unit that he/she is assigned. However, Army missions and challenges are always changing, so there's no way to know in advance what specialties and units will be needed and where they will be needed. All Soldiers in the Army or Army Reserves recognize the possibility of deploymentat some point during their careers. We are a Nation at war and it is very possible that they will be deployed during their initial tour or duty.
Can my young adult go into the Army Reserve or National Guard after graduation instead of the regular Army?
Yes. Selected Cadets may choose to serve part-time in the U.S. Army Reserves or Army National Guard while pursuing a civilian career.
What is the typical career path for an Army Officer? What careers are available?
Army ROTC graduates are commissioned as U.S. Army Second Lieutenants (2LT). They then receive specialized training in one of 17 different Army career branches. During their Army careers, they'll receive regular professional training as they advance through the ranks and they'll have many opportunities for advanced leadership positions and post-graduate education.
What kind of salary and benefits will my young adult earn as a commissioned Army Officer?
- Full medical and dental coverage for self and dependents
- Free on-post housing
- Travel pay
- Inexpensive and tax-free shopping
- The opportunity for early retirement
- Inexpensive life insurance for dependents
- The opportunity to attend graduate school
- Active duty Second Lieutenants earn approximately $46,000 annually
- Within three years, active duty First Lieutenants earn approximately $54,210 annually.
- Second Lieutenants in the Reserve or National Guard earn approximately $5,000 annually working one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer. Reserve officers can easily quadruple their annual earnings as they progress in rank.
- All Army Officers are eligible to receive special pay for flying, parachuting, relocating, hazardous duty, etc.
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First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy
August 26, 2004 to May 1, 2005
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It's "NOT" an "STD"!!
It has been a problem in the begining about Hepatitis being stigmatized let alone by bad information being lead by the wrong people with no true facts to go on.
FlowGo has taken off on their site the "Living with Hepatitis" and here it was some of it says: Living with hepatitis -- I'm turning green and it hurts to pee! Tryin' to keep things quiet -- don't want to scare all the girls that slept with me!
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This is a bloodborne disease.Blood transfusion recipients that received blood years ago may have HCV.
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Firemen ,policemen,and EMTS also are at risk.
People that were given tattoos or body piercings with unclean needles are at risk.
IV drug abusers are at risk.People that have shared razors or toothbrushes are at risk.
More people died from Hepatitis C last year than from AIDS in the U.S. This is a Global disease.
It destroys lives. I have HCV and am searching for a cure.
People with HCV shouldn't feel stigmatized. Public awareness is of the utmost imporance.
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We need to educate others about this disease that kills 18,000 - 20,000 a year, mostly due to poor self keeping or not even knowing they have this horrific disease!
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Jubilee Coalition candidates in Migori are demanding three cars to use in their campaigns for presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta.
A memorandum dated February 8 promises to deliver 40 per cent of the total votes to Jubilee, but only if their demands for 'logistical' support are met.
"We appeal for logistical support in the form of kangas, mosquito nets, t-shirts, hats, arm bands, two-three cars mounted with public address systems and any other logistical support which may enhance our capacity," the memorandum states.
The Jubilee line up in Migori consist of Tom Mboya who is running for the governor's seat, his running mate and political scientist Chacha Maroa and women's representative Elsheba Akinyi Ayoma.
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Activists in Cairo from the "Arab Youth Climate Movement" made a peaceful march across Kasr El Nil bridge and reached the Arab League headquarters on Saturday,November 10, 2012
They held a banner stating "Arabs; Take the lead!" referring to the need for Arab governments, in particular the government of Qatar, to exploit this golden opportunity and take leadership in international talks on climate change, given its geopolitical location, according to their press statement.
Arab youth united in more than 13 Arab countries to call for serious action against climate change. Members of the "Arab Youth Climate Movement" simultaneously organized peaceful activities in their respective countries in coordination with their colleagues in other Arab countries.
This action aims at urging Arab leaders, in particular the Qatari government, to reach the best solutions to the environmental disaster we face at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to be held for the first time in an Arab country (Qatar) from 26 November to 7 December 2012.
"This is a historic opportunity at the political and media levels for Arab countries since they are stereotyped as nations that do not care about the devastating effects of climate change, but are only concerned with their oil reserves and revenues", stressed their press statement.
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Rep. Tom Cole Takes on Fellow House Republicans: Accept President Obama's Proposal Now, Deal With Taxes on the Rich Later
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) has broken ranks with some of his fellow House Republicans, including Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), by supporting a tax proposal put forth by President Obama ahead of the year-end fiscal cliff.
Obama has urged Congress to take action before Dec. 31 so that tax rates for 98 percent of Americans stay the same. The more contentious issue, however, is coming to an agreement on taxes for the wealthy.
Obama argues Democrats and Republicans should at least take action on something that they agree upon.
On Your World today, Cole told Neil Cavuto he agrees with that approach, arguing that he believes Republicans will be able to argue more effectively against raising taxes on the rich once middle class Americans are assured that their taxes are not part of the discussion.
"Their policy [of raising taxes on the wealthy], the president's policy is bad policy. It'll raise rates, it'll hurt the economy, it'll cause less investment and fewer jobs. We can win that argument, but if we try to make it while most Americans suspect that we might be complicit in raising their taxes, I think we're more likely to lose," Cole argued.
He pointed out that Republicans should be willing to extend the Bush tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans, adding that these were tax cuts that were opposed originally by Democrats. Boehner and others believe once the middle class tax cuts are extended, the party will lose its leverage in negotiating with the president on taxes for the wealthy.
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Rab Douglas
Position: Goalkeeper
Rab Douglas signed for Forfar Athletic as a player/goalkeeper coach in July 2013 after leaving Dundee.
Ross Salmon
Position: Goalkeeper
Ross Salmon signed for Forfar Athletic in the summer of 2012 from Peterhead, originally to play for the under 19 side. Due to injury to Derek Soutar, Salmon was called up to the bench in November as usual back up David Scott was forced to play.
Mark Baxter
Position: Defence
Mark Baxter joined the Loons in May 2013 from local rivals Arbroath.
He started his career at St Johnstone and made his debut against Falkirk in 2002, scoring his first goal two months later in January 2003 against Airdrie United in the Scottish Cup. He made 49 appearances for the Saints before leaving to sign for Cowdenbeath in August 2005. At Cowdenbeath he helped them win the Third Division in his first season and then promotion from the same division via the play-offs in the 2008-09 season. He played 144 games for the Blue Brazil, scoring just twice.
He has currently made 39 appearances overall for the Loons.
Darren Dods
Position: Defence
Experienced defender Darren Dods signed for Forfar from First Division outfit Falkirk in July 2013.
Dods started his career at Hibernian, making over seventy appearances for the club and scoring one goal in six years before signing for Scottish Premier League club St Johnstone where he also spent six years, becoming a fan favourite at McDiarmid Park, making almost 200 appearances and winning a League Cup runners up medal. He went up north to Inverness CT in 2004 before signing a pre contract to join Dundee United in July 2007. At United Dods won a Scotland B cap in November 2007, his only international appearance, as well as a runner up medal for the League Cup in 2008.
He played 39 times for Forfar last season, scoring twice, against Dunfermline and then Brechin City.
Michael Dunlop
Position: Defence
Michael is a former Aberdeen youth team captain and following his release by the Dons he featured in all of Forfar Athletic's 2012/2013 pre-season fixtures before signing for the Loons.
In his first season he played in 22 games overall, making six appearances from the bench. He also went on loan for East Stirlingshire for a month, playing just once.
After one appearance in August last season, he went on loan to Berwick for the whole season and impressed there in 31 games, also scoring twice.
Stuart Malcolm
Position: Defence
Stuart Malcolm rejoined the Loons in the summer of 2013 after a three year spell at Arbroath where he was club captain.
James Dale
Position: Midfield
James Dale signed for the Loons in July 2013 from Stirling University, the same club that Danny Denholm signed from.
Danny Denholm
Position: Midfield
Danny first joined the Loons after playing with the Stirling University side who won the 2012 East of Scotland Premier League.
Martyn Fotheringham
Position: Midfield
A product of the St Johnstone youth scheme, Martyn had a spell on loan at Brechin City before joining Montrose in 2005. He then had a season at Cowdenbeath before Forfar manager Jim Moffat took him to Station Park in 2007.
Stephen Husband
Position: Midfielder
Husband started his career at Cowdenbeath, making his debut in late 2006 at the age of 16. He made five appearances during that season before joining Hearts' Youth Academy.
Omar Kader
Position: Midfield
Omar Kader signed for the Loons in July 2012 after impressing Dick Campbell in pre-season. The pacy winger joined from East of Scotland (now Lowland League) side Spartans after spending three seasons there before.
Gavin Malin
Position: Midfield
Talented midfielder Gavin Malin joined Forfar Athletic in December 2012 originally on an amateur contract.
Craig Smith
Position: Midfield
Craig signed a professional contract in 2014 along with Paul McLellan and Liam Keiller.
Derek Young
Position: Midfielder
Derek signed a two year deal with the club in June 2014.
He spent two years at Queen of the South before signing for the Loons this summer.
Dale Hilson
Position: Forward
Dale joined the club permanently after being on loan from Dundee United the previous four seasons.
Paul McLellan
Position: Forward
Paul signed a professional contract in 2014 along with Liam Keiller and Craig Smith.
Gavin Swankie
Position: Forward
Gavin started his career at home town Arbroath having come through the youth ranks at Gayfield.
Chris Templeman
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Arts centers look toward growth beyond 2013
Posted: December 28, 2012 at 3:23 a.m.
The Walton Arts Center's proposed expansions — growing the facility on Dickson Street in Fayetteville and building a second facility in Bentonville — had the highest profile in 2012, but other arts centers were opening and undergoing revitalization.
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Though telescopes are capable of detecting galaxies billions of light years distant, they may be missing many in our own cosmic backyard. Hundreds of our nearest neighbours could have eluded detection due to their feeble light output, new calculations suggest.
Telescopic surveys have detected a handful of very faint nearby galaxies, the dimmest of which is just a few hundred times as bright as the sun.
But even dimmer galaxies are likely hiding out there, say James Bullock of the University of California in Irvine and his colleagues (arxiv.org/abs/0912.1873).
Galaxies with less dark matter than those found to date would have a weaker gravitational hold on their stars, allowing them to spread out more. These more diffuse galaxies would be especially hard to spot amidst the clutter of foreground stars in our own galaxy.
"There absolutely could be a population of extremely low-surface-brightness dwarfs that have evaded detection," says Beth Willman of Haverford College in Pennsylvania, who was not involved in the study.
Future observatories, such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope could find them, she says.
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Democrats, faced with Scalia and Thomas clones, are finally saying: Ideology matters.
Shannon O'Brien had advantages going into the campaign for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts. As the state
treasurer, she'd won a statewide race.
I saw a puzzling banner on the door of a restaurant the other day. It
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Legendary New York Times obit writer Alden Whitman once observed,
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American labor still pays lip service to the idea that it seeks "bread
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newspapers like the Forward, the Yiddish daily. Postwar
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by its number--1199. Now part of the Service Employees International
Union, Local 1199 launched a cultural program called Bread and Roses in
1979, with labor and foundation funding. Since then, B&R has
sponsored an impressive stream of union musicals and documentary films;
exhibits of paintings, poster art, murals and photography dealing with
workplace themes; poetry and writing classes for workers, oral histories
of their struggles--all of which help foster membership solidarity and
connection to the union.
Not for Bread Alone is the story of that effort and a brief
history of the union behind it, as told by 1199's longtime publicist,
campaign strategist and cultural impresario, Moe Foner. The book also
traces Foner's own career as a labor PR man par excellence and contains
much useful advice for today's "union communicators." The author was a
scrappy, streetwise hustler of the press who couldn't type but had on
his desk one of the most formidable Rolodexes in the labor movement. A
product of left-wing politics and CIO unionism in its Big Apple heyday,
Foner was far more effective than the AFL-CIO's current crop of
blow-dried, inside-the-Beltway "media consultants" (whose idea of"party
work" is introducing labor clients to the Democratic candidates served by
their firms, so that union treasuries and political action funds can be
milked simultaneously). Foner displayed a different kind of political
savvy, in countless picket-line battles and major lobbying efforts. As
journalist Jack Newfield says, he "could publicize like P.T. Barnum,
organize like Joe Hill and network like Bill Clinton."
For example, Foner's pioneering work on 1199 campaigns among private,
non-profit hospital workers--who didn't have the right to bargain with
management forty years ago--provides a good model for any union trying
to make organizing rights a higher-profile issue today. Not for Bread
Alone also reminds us about the important role played by the Labor
Leadership Assembly for Peace--the anti-Vietnam War coalition launched
by Foner, 1199 and their union allies in the late 1960s.
The author completed this memoir, with the assistance of former 1199
news editor Dan North, shortly before his death in January at age 86. As
the book recounts, Foner was born into a Jewish working-class family in
Brooklyn that produced not one, but four radical activists. A member of
the Communist Party from the mid-1930s "until the Khrushchev revelations
in 1956 about what went on under Stalin," Moe--along with his twin
brothers, Jack and Phil--was victimized by an early purge of leftists
from higher education. All three were forced out ofteaching or
administrative jobs at City College of New York (CCNY) in 1941. (The
resulting controversy led the highly musical Foners to change the name
of their dance band--already popular on the Catskills small-hotel
circuit--to "Suspended Swing.")
Despite their dismissal, Phil and Jack went on to have distinguished
careers as academic historians. Henry Foner--youngest of the four and
then a student at CCNY--joined the Furriers Union and later became its
president. And the author, for much of his forty-year union career,
became the living embodiment of the cultural politics that developed
during the period of the Popular Front, when American liberals and
radicals united to oppose fascism abroad and support Roosevelt's New
Deal at home. Some of the best material in Foner's book is, thus, like a
collection of old photos in a family album, faded but fascinating
because of what it reveals about the social and political milieu of a
now largely deceased generation of labor activists who managed to
survive both McCarthyism and the self-inflicted wounds of the Communist
In the 1930s and '40s, Foner observes, the left created "a vigorous
cultural life that became part of its mass appeal."
The most famous writers...appeared in the New Masses magazine,
which was close to the Communist Party. The Daily Worker had
great cartoons by people like Robert Minor, William Gropper, and Art
Young, but artists from the New Yorker also appeared there.
This was the era of the experimental Group Theater and...Waiting for
Lefty, the Clifford Odets play about striking taxi drivers.... The
International Ladies Garment Workers Union had already put on its
immensely successful musical revue, Pins and Needles, and on a
smaller scale, the American Student Union put on a musical every year.
One of them, called Pens and Pencils, was a takeoff on the Marx
Brothers.... There was a Theater Arts Committee that had a cabaret to
support the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War. And the YCL [Young
Communist League] was always putting on skits and shows.
Foner was hired in 1947 as education director for a department store
union. Many Manhattan store clerks of that era--like waiters and
waitresses today--were aspiring actors. So when Foner put out a call for
auditions for the union's first theatrical venture--a seventeen-song
musical review called Thursdays 'Til Nine--400 members showed up.
Through his dance band and party connections, Foner also "had access to
an unusually large number of creative people who were, because of their
political beliefs, more than happy to participate for little or no money
in union cultural events." For music, lyrics or other help, he tapped
show-business talents like Millard Lampell, later a successful Hollywood
screenwriter; playwrights Arthur Miller and Norman Rosten; film
producer/director Martin Ritt (who went on to win an Oscar for Norma Rae); comedians Sam Levinson and Irwin Corey; actors Jack Gilford and Zero
Mostel; and future TV writer Mel Tolkin.
Although professionally written and produced, Thursdays 'Til Nine
drew on the job experiences of store workers themselves and provided
humorous commentary on contemporary labor issues (in numbers like "The
Taft-Hartley Rumba"). Thousands of members applauded its performances,
and Foner's singular career was launched. The show cost only a few
thousand dollars, but in return it "reaped immense rewards in good
publicity, education on labor issues, and membership pride in their
These positive results became a hallmark of Foner productions for his
later union employers as well. The store workers soon merged with
District 65, another "center of left unionism in New York," whose
stewards were deployed in Peekskill in 1949 to protect Paul Robeson when
a right-wing mob attacked one of his concerts. At District 65, Foner ran
educational, social and cultural programs for 20,000 workers in retail,
wholesale and warehouse jobs. One of the first things he did was start a
nightclub on the top floor of the union's lower Manhattan office
Each week, a different group of members would be in charge of selling
400 tickets at fifty cents each. Rank-and-file committees would set up,
check coats, wait on tables, serve drinks, etc.... I'd line up a band.
And every Saturday night, I'd get a guest star to perform for free....
Harry Belafonte was just breaking in then, and he'd come down and sing
in his dark glasses. We were packing them in, the place was always full.
On Saturday mornings, District 65 also had a "kiddy program," which
featured sing-alongs with Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, dance programs
conducted by Guthrie's wife, Margie, and magic shows by Doc Horowitz,
who brought along his daughter, a "terrific ventriloquist and puppeteer"
who acted as emcee. Her name? Shari Lewis, later the star of one of the
1950s' most popular children's TV shows.
In 1952 Foner moved to 1199, where he spent three decades--editing the
union newspaper, aiding strikes and organizing campaigns, advising union
founder Leon Davis and eventually creating Bread and Roses. At
midcentury, the union was quite different from what it is today; now it
has more than 200,000 members, most of whom are black, Hispanic and/or
female. When Foner was hired by Davis, a radical immigrant from Russia,
1199 had only 5,000 members and was overwhelmingly composed of Jewish
men working as pharmacists or clerks in New York City drugstores. But,
as Foner notes, 1199 had campaigned since the late 1930s for the hiring
of black pharmacists and was one of the first unions anywhere to
celebrate Negro History Week. When 1199 began organizing primarily
nonwhite hospital workers in the late 1950s--which led to its explosive
growth over the next twenty years--the union already had a strong record
of support for civil rights.
Commitment to that cause was symbolized by 1199's close relationships
with leading black artists and entertainers. Then relatively unknown as
actors, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis (who contributed a loving foreword to
this book) became lifelong friends and collaborators with the author.
The couple directed or performed in a series of productions at 1199's
annual "Salute to Freedom." Much later they helped Foner create Bread
and Roses' best-known musical review, Take Care, which used
humorous songs and sketches to tell the story of hospital workers' daily
lives, their frustrations on the job and hopes for the future.
In 1199's initial hospital organizing and strikes, the union tried to
fuse civil rights and working-class consciousness. Several vivid
chapters in Not for Bread Alone describe how its "Union Power,
Soul Power" campaigns were built--first in New York, then in Baltimore,
Philadelphia and Charleston, South Carolina, site of an epic 113-day
walkout aided by Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young and
other leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The
photographs accompanying Foner's memoir confirm the breadth of the
union's political alliances--with Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr.,
Bayard Rustin, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Adam Clayton Powell.
If the 1960s and early '70s were years of triumph for 1199, they
culminated in a decade of byzantine internal feuding. Leon Davis
suffered a stroke in 1979 and decided, after nearly five decades as
president, to turn over the reins to Doris Turner, an African-American
and former dietary clerk who headed 1199's hospital division. At the
same time, the union's founder tried to realize his longtime dream of
creating "one big union for all healthcare workers" by merging 1199 with
SEIU. Neither the merger nor the internal transfer of power proceeded as
planned. Instead, the union was plunged into a terrible "civil war,"
replete with "bitter elements of racism, sexism, red-baiting, violence,
and corruption."
For a majority of 1199 members, two things eventually became clear:
Turner was an incompetent autocrat and their union had become a "busted
Stradivarius." Turner purged all staff critics, surrounded herself with
goons, moved the union to the right politically, engaged in vote fraud
to win re-election and then, in 1984, led "one of the most inept,
unplanned, and disastrous strikes in New York history." To get the union
back on track, Foner and other 1199 veterans joined forces with Dennis
Rivera, a staff organizer from Puerto Rico recently fired by Turner.
They created a dissident group called "Save Our Union," which ran a
slate headed by Georgianna Johnson in a federally supervised rerun
election for 1199 officers. Johnson narrowly defeated Turner, but her
presidency was only slightly less troubled. She was soon ousted by her
former backer, Rivera, who has led 1199 in New York since 1989 (and
engineered its long-delayed affiliation with SEIU three years ago).
On the subject of 1199's "self-destruction"--what Foner calls "the most
heart-breaking experience" of his life--Not for Bread Alone is
both unreflective and unrevealing. "To some extent, we all played out
events based on our backgrounds, and mistakes were made. But the union
survived," the author writes. Elsewhere, Foner admits that "the whole
affair had disturbing overtones" but claims, unconvincingly, that during
the union's 1989 leadership race he "was removed from the day-to-day
running of 1199, and [has] only a hazy idea of the details."
As a history of 1199, then, Not for Bread Alone is best read
along with Leon Fink and Brian Greenberg's Upheaval in the Quiet
Zone (which Foner, to his credit, helped the authors research,
despite its dissection of various 1199 flaws). Upheaval appeared
thirteen years ago, when the union's bloody and embarrassing leadership
succession fight was still unresolved. Yet it remains the definitive
study of what went wrong then--and its analysis is just as relevant
today, in light of 1199's recent right turn, under Rivera, into the camp
of Republican Governor George Pataki, a questionable ally for any
"progressive" trade union.
Fink and Greenberg criticize Davis not only for his disastrous choice of
Turner as heir apparent but also for functioning as a "charismatic
patriarch" whose "unquestioned authority verged on benevolent
despotism." According to them, even the 1199 bylaw reforms championed by
Save Our Union failed to address the problem of overly centralized
decision-making in a "local" union far larger than most national ones.
"Without provisions for an elected 'chief delegate' at each hospital or
elected area directors, there is still no structural accommodation to
pluralistic power centers within the union and little place for leaders
of the future to spread their wings," they contended. "Communication as
well as decision-making will still be formulated in a room at the top."
The local's history and internal politics aside, the main question
raised by Foner's memoir is whether Bread and Roses offers a viable
model for cultural programming elsewhere in labor. Or is it too much a
product of New York City exceptionalism--a unique expression of 1199's
interracialism and now-fading political traditions, including its
Popular Front alliance with artists and entertainers long in the orbit
of the Old Left?
B&R has, from the beginning, inspired other labor arts initiatives.
Just as 1199 once tried to spread its unique brand of hospital unionism
elsewhere in the country (with varying degrees of success), Foner helped
organize, in 1980, the first in a series of Bread and Roses cultural
festivals in Lawrence, Massachusetts, which have been held there on
Labor Day weekend ever since. For almost as long, the Labor Heritage
Foundation in Washington has hosted an annual Arts Exchange and
Conference on Creative Organizing, which brings together union activists
and entertainers. LHF also sells poster art, videos and CDs of union
music to help publicize the work of labor choruses and individual
singer-songwriters. At the local level, however, few unions have the
kind of membership base and staff support--or access to foundation
funding--that has kept B&R afloat for nearly twenty-five years.
(During his period of forced exile from 1199 during the mid-1980s, even
Foner found it hard to reproduce his past successes while working
part-time for a small Meat Cutters local in Queens.)
According to Esther Cohen, Bread and Roses' current director, the
project continues to achieve its founder's goal of providing
professional-quality programming and opportunities for creative
expression by 1199 members themselves. B&R's permanent art gallery
at union headquarters currently hosts eight exhibits a year, on topics
ranging from Haitian culture and Dominican religion to the lives of
Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson and Pennsylvania coal miners, and the
death-row experiences of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Once a month, Cohen reports,
the gallery becomes "a cozy nightclub" and cafe, with entertainment
provided by 1199 rank-and-filers. More than 150 members recently signed
up for a creative-writing workshop as well; and as part of an amateur
photography program called "Unseen America," Bread and Roses is helping
scores of its members--and other immigrant workers--record and display
scenes of workplace and community life rarely shown in the mass media.
However, in the issue of New Labor Forum that recently published
Cohen's account of B&R activity, the Queens College magazine also
bemoaned the fact that most professionals in the arts are no longer
stirred by "the plight of working people and the intoxicating promise of
their liberation." According to NLF's editors:
For two centuries, until now that is, there was always a cultural
alternative, a point of opposition that said no to the callous
calculations of the marketplace.... While many kinds of people and
institutions have, at one time or another, joined the opposition, the
labor movement was always part of the picture, sometimes at the center
of the canvas. No more.... The labor movement is at a cultural dead end.
It has been defeated in the struggle for the hearts and minds of our
fellow citizens.
Such funereal observations were not part of Moe Foner's game. He was
ever the optimist, the union survivor and upbeat promoter of new ideas
and causes. If still on the job at B&R, he'd be on the phone right
now buttonholing talent for its next production, badgering reporters to
cover it and rallying members to fill every seat in the house--while
organizing labor opposition to US intervention in Iraq on the side! He'd
also be applauding the role played by hip-hop stars in the mass rally of
New York City teachers (and thousands of their music-loving students)
held in late May during contract talks between Mayor Bloomberg and the
United Federation of Teachers. Better than some activists in his field,
the author knew that if "labor culture" is going to be sustained, it
must be periodically renewed--that Ossie and Ruby must finally give way
to the likes of Sean (Puff Daddy) Combs, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, and Erykah
Badu, all of whom graced the platform of the UFT.
As New York City union historian Joshua Freeman observed, in another
recent exchange about the future of labor-oriented art and
entertainment: "There is no going back in time, and no reason to do so.
The strength of mid-century New York left culture lay in its organic
relationship to the needs and tastes of the city's working class. It
remains for another generation, in its own way, to build a new culture
of labor and the left."
Admiral James Loy, the nation's top aviation security official, confirmed at an August 22 press conference what thousands of immigrant airport screeners have dreaded for nearly a year. Loy promised that the Transportation Security Administration would without question meet the Congressionally mandated deadline to replace America's 30,000-member screener force with government-trained federal employees.
For Loy to accomplish this task, the TSA must remove an estimated 8,000 immigrant screeners from security checkpoints by November 19 because they fail to meet the new citizenship requirement. "The law of the land is the law of the land," Loy replied, when asked how the TSA justifies the impending shakeout at a time when the agency is scrambling to train and place an additional 16,000 employees at airports nationwide over the next eleven weeks.
Indeed, Loy is merely obeying the demands of Congress. Signed into law following a post-September 11 flurry, the Aviation and Transportation Security Act created the TSA and charged the agency with placing airport security under federal jurisdiction. Section 111 of the ATSA requires US citizenship for all screeners, which sets the absurd precedent that immigrants can join the military (no citizenship required) but not scan sneakers at airline security posts.
Both the TSA and members of Congress offer careful replies when it comes to explaining the reasons for the citizenship requirement. An aide for Senator John McCain, one of the ATSA's main proponents, did not want to comment on the provision's rationale. The Justice Department, however, came close to touching on the truth in a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of nine screeners trying to keep their jobs. "It bears repeating that the ATSA was passed in the aftermath of an attack on the US by non-citizens, who penetrated the US aviation system," the motion stated.
The case, Gebin v. Mineta, names Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and his former No. 2, John Magaw (who was replaced by Loy), as the defendants. Federal Judge Robert Takasugi promised a decision on the case in early June but still has not issued a ruling.
All nine plaintiffs are noncitizens, lawfully living in the country as permanent residents. The lead plaintiff, Jeimy Gebin, believes that her three years in the US Army should be enough to allow her to stay employed at Los Angeles International Airport. Erlinda Valencia, a leader of the San Francisco airport's screening force, is another plaintiff. Two years ago Valencia's security firm honored her when she detected a toy hand grenade and two weeks later, a loaded handgun. But federal attorneys argue that the government can do as it pleases with its "alien guests," and that Congress acted rationally when, in the interest of airport security, it required screeners to formalize
their "loyalty" and "commitment" through citizenship.
The situation between the government and immigrant screeners begs the comparison of Japanese-Americans who were fired from their jobs after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and were then herded into internment camps. Ironically, Secretary Mineta and Judge Takasugi were among those interned.
In addition to being unfair to immigrants, dismantling experienced screening units at the nation's 429 commercial airports could itself be a major security risk. By the November deadline, 80 percent of San Francisco International Airport's 915 screeners will be forced out of their jobs because they are not citizens. Washington-Dulles will also lose 80 percent of its existing force;
Los Angeles International Airport will lose 40 percent; and Miami
International Airport will lose 70 percent. Even worse, their replacements
are being whisked through the training process: one new screener working at the Norfolk, Virginia, International Airport told Alan Gathright of the San Francisco Chronicle that he received only fifteen minutes of explosive detection training. There is also the matter of how the remaining 40,500 screeners waiting to be hired will complete the federally mandated 100 hours of classroom and onsite instruction before they begin work in late November.
While it is true that most federal employees and civil servants must be US citizens, screeners arrived on the job without this requirement; and the ATSA does not "grandfather" exemplary workers into the applicant pool for a federal screening position. "I am a legal immigrant. Now they are trying to make me a second-grade citizen," said Ashok Malakar, a San Francisco screener who is only a year from naturalization. "That is discrimination."


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Burgman as a Luxury Touring Rig?
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I am resurrecting this thread from the dead! I am seriously considering switching from my present ST1300A to a Burgman Executive. I tour about 10000 miles a year, always carry my 30# dog, and camping gear. Any other opinions on this my plan???? Do tiree wear much more quickly on scooters?? Are there other scooters more suitable for long distance touring, etc?
No comparison between the ST and the Burgie. I had an ST1100 and now own 2 Burgmen - one is my daily commuter and the second (actually the first) my adventure bike.
I put on around 10,000 miles a year commuting and similar on the two or three big rides I do each year. One big ride I did in 2008 was over 25,000 miles (with over 3,000 miles of dirt/sand) and the Burgie lapped it up..
The Burgman has much more storage space, handles far better (easy turn in / transitions in the twisties) and is far more comfortable due to big screen, high bars, wide comfy seat and huge range of different seating / foot positions.
Tyres last twice as long on the Burgman - 1 get around 15,000 miles out of a rear and only half that on the ST.
Only bike you will find more comfortable is a Goldwing - no other scooter compares.
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Development Decision Has Tea Partier Irked
Movement on redevelopment plans in La Crosse. The city council has given initial approval for beginning negotiations for development on a few projects and planning for a new TIF district on the northside. That has local tea partier Greg Luce dissatisfied, especially since the city still doesn't have a policy for dealing with TIF districts
Along with the TIF, the council has also agreed to talks with Trane company and Chart industries on one project and with developer Don Weber on a potential fourth Riverside Center building downtown.


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UA economist: State's job growth to be slow in 2014
Posted: January 16, 2014 at 4:13 p.m.
Job growth in Arkansas this year will continue to be sluggish and will struggle to reach employment levels sustained before the 2008 recession, an economist at University of Arkansas at Fayetteville said Thursday.
Meanwhile, Northwest Arkansas should continue to see "hefty employment gains" over the next 12 months, said Katherine Deck, director of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's Center for Business and Economic Research.
Deck spoke at the 20th annual Business Forecast luncheon, an event the center hosts for economists to share their insights into the heath of state, federal and world economies. The lecture was held in Rogers and attended by about 1,000 people, university officials said in a statement.
"The forecast for Arkansas in 2014 is one of slow growth," Deck said. "I still do not expect the Arkansas state economy to regain its previous levels of employment over the next couple of years. On the other hand, given the robust, multi-sector job growth of 2012 and 2013, Northwest Arkansas should continue enjoying substantial employment gains."
Deck also said in her address that Arkansas' per-capita income did not keep pace with the U.S. average, and noted that the state's labor workforce has been declining monthly on a year-over-year basis since July 2012, even though the nation's workforce has grown.
But according to Deck, no sectors in Northwest Arkansas had shown a decrease in 2013 employment on a year-over-year basis. She said that overall employment grew at 4.3 percent in Northwest Arkansas.
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President of world football-governing body, FIFA, Mr. Joseph Blatter has congratulated the NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari on the success of the Super Eagles at the 29th Africa Cup of Nations finals in South Africa.
In a letter dated 14th February and addressed directly to Maigari, Blatter eulogized the NFF President and wrote, inter alia: "Allow me to offer you my warmest congratulations on Nigeria's triumph in the Africa Cup of Nations last Sunday - your third title overall and your first for nearly 20 years. It is great to see the Super Eagles back as one of Africa's strongest footballing nations.
"Please convey my warmest wishes to all of the players, the technical and medical staff, and in particular to Stephen Keshi - only the second man to lift the trophy as both captain and national team coach. Stephen is a great example to other African associations of what they can achieve through long-term planning and employing local coaches, and I commend your appointment. I would also like to extend special greetings and thanks to the Nigeria fans present at the final, whose support not only willed their team on to victory but also lit up the match as a spectacle."
Also, President of the Spanish Football Federation, Angel Maria Villar Llona, in a letter dated 11 February and of similar tone to Blatter's, congratulated Alhaji Maigaria and the NFF for the triumph, saying: "The Super Eagles are back and all the football supporters are bappy for that. Please forward also the congratulations of the Spanish football to the players, technical staff and all the people involved with your national team in this wonderful victory."
Both Messrs Blatter and Villar Llona are looking forward to seeing the Super Eagles at the FIFA Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil in June.
African champions, Nigeria play Oceanian champions, Tahiti, South American overlords, Uruguay and World and European champions, Spain at the FIFA Confederations Cup starting in Brazil on 15 June.
Meanwhile, the chairmen of Football Associations of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory have lambasted a report in a section of the media on Monday, which claimed that the forum 'drilled' NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari during its meeting in Abuja on Saturday, February 23.
Chairman of the Zamfara State Football Association, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, who spoke on behalf of the forum, dismissed the report as pure fiction, having no semblance to what transpired at the meeting and completely in the imagination of the reporters.
"At no time during the meeting did the forum call on Alhaji Aminu Maigari to explain anything, talk less of 'drilling' him. The report is outright falsehood, and the reporters should be ashamed of themselves for such blatant lie.
"The meeting was a family affair. We reviewed the Super Eagles' successful campaign at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa and commended the NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, the Executive Committee, Management and the team for a wonderful job."


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Next up...Zatarain's RiceI think it's pretty safe to say that you either like rice mixes or your don't. Growing up, my mom often made Near East's Rice Pilaf (this rice mix is NOT gluten-free). So when Zatarian's asked me to try their new gluten-free rice mixes, I wondered if they'd taste like the rice mix I inhaled ate as a kid. Zatarian's Yellow Rice and Dirty Rice
Thankfully, the ground beef didn't get weird at all. The rice tasted like, well, ground beef. And therein lies a slight problem. When I think of dirty rice, I expect chicken liver (my favorite) or chicken giblets. Only after making the rice did I see a tiny serving suggestion on the side of the box that suggested adding, you guessed it, chicken giblets.
After the second bite or so, I stopped comparing this mix to homemade Dirty Rice. That just didn't seem fair. When I did that, I enjoyed it. The Dirty Rice mix made for a really simply, really tasty supper. While I served it with a salad, I wasn't 100% sure how I was supposed to serve this mix. Was it a main course? A side dish? (A side dish with a pound of ground beef just seems silly to me.) An actual serving suggestion on the box would be great!
If you buy this mix, how do you serve it?
And now...chocolate.
For years I've recommended Enjoy Life's products. Not only are they gluten-free but they are also allergen free.
Enjoy Life sent me to new products: chocolate granola and mega chocolate chunks.
You read that right: chocolate granola. Don't you already want some? Chocolate + granola = YUM. I loved (LOVED) the chocolate granola. I ate it out of hand, sprinkled some on ice cream and stirred a little into vanilla yogurt. And, as I write this, I want more chocolate granola.
Mega Chunks
If you are familiar with my recipes, you know I am not dairy-free. This doesn't mean I haven't tried dairy-free chocolate. If you aren't dairy-free, you might be thinking, "Isn't all dark chocolate dairy-free?" Well, no, it's not. Often dark chocolate either contains dairy or is produced in a factory that also makes milk chocolate. True dairy-free chocolate can be hard to find.
Enjoy Life's Mega Chunks are dairy-free and contain only three ingredients! While these mega chunks are free of common allergens, they are NOT free of flavor! They are really chocolatey and, best yet, they have a nice texture. In the past, I've found some dairy-free chocolate to be gritty and chalky. These chunks were neither. I used them for a batch of chocolate chip cookies. (What else did you expect me to do? Hand me chocolate chips and I am going to make cookies!) None of my tasters are dairy-free and everyone loved the cookies.
If you are looking for great allergen-free chocolate chunks, these are for you.
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West Orange wrapped up the regular season with a bang taking down two of the area's top teams this week.
The Warriors beat No. 1 ranked Jones on Tuesday, ending the Tigers' 19-game win streak. For an encore, the Warriors then beat No. 6 Lake Mary on Wednesday. The Rams (21-3) had not lost a game to a team from Florida this year.
"We've had some great wins but we're a work in progress," said Warriors coach Misty Cox. "We're young and inconsistent. We have only one senior and one junior. The rest are sophomores and freshmen."
West Orange (12-8, 4-4) has the No. 3 seed in next week's Class 8A, District 3 tournament at Evans. The Warriors will play No. 2 seed Olympia in Wednesday's semifinal. The winner will earn a berth in the state tournament.
Olympia beat West Orange in two regular season meetings but both games were decided by four points or less.
Said Cox, "Olympia plays us tough. They are very physical."
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Chapters 1, 2, and 3
1. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN takes place in what historical era?
(a) Roman.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Edwardian.
(d) Victorian.
2. How are Charles and Ernestina dressed on their walk down the Cobb?
(a) In riding habits.
(b) In raincoats and boots.
(c) In clothes suited to the taste of Lyme Regis.
(d) Very stylishly for the day.
3. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?
(a) Old Mrs. Poulteney's companion.
(b) The French lieutenant's. . .woman.
(c) A woman just a bit crazy.
(d) The lady of the night.
4. When Sarah turns to look at Charles, how does he describe the look?
(a) Sensuous and compelling.
(b) As though she looked right through him.
(c) Dark and mystifying.
(d) Mysterious and inviting.
5. What does Knowles say is the most common symptom of wealth in 1867?
(a) Indulgence.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Neurosis.
(d) Boredom.
6. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?
(a) Duke.
(b) Earl.
(c) Baronet.
(d) Laird.
7. What happened to Charles' mother?
(a) She died of tuberculosis.
(b) She died in childbirth to a stillborn girl.
(c) She ran off with an Italian.
(d) She fell into the sea on a boat outing.
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The dove field is planted in sunflowers with bare strips throughout the field. The hunt is open to youths 15 years of age and younger. You must pre-register to hunt during the youth hunt. A parent or guardian over 21 years old must accompany each youth hunter during the entire hunt. Hunters and their parent should be at Mahannah between 10:30 am and 11:00 am. Planned events prior to the hunt include skeet shooting, Hunter Ed laser shooting, safety discussion with MDWFP Conservation Officers, and lunch will be provided. The hunt will begin at 2:00 pm and conclude at sunset.
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AFTON — East Union Community School District is joining other communities throughout Iowa this spring to honor its elected school board members during Iowa School Board Recognition Month during May. This year's theme – "Building Brighter Futures" – recognizes that Iowa's volunteer school board members are providing leadership, through responsibilities ranging from financial stewardship to ensuring high-quality curriculum, to make sure all students are prepared for a "brighter future" when they graduate.
Serving on the East Union School Board are Sarah Long, board president; Kenny Hagen, board vice president; and members, Jeanna McKinney, Brett Weis and Randy Wuebker.
"Our board members spend many hours of unpaid time so that the East Union School District provides the best possible education for our students," said Superintendent Dr. Pam Vogel. "It is important that our community members recognize the dedication board members have to education. They spend many hours preparing for and attending board meetings, so that they can make decisions that are in the best interest of students. Too often the efforts of school board members go unnoticed and unrewarded, so we need to thank them regularly and often for the service they give."
East Union Board of Education will be formally recognized at the regular board meeting 5:30 p.m. May 21 in the middle/high school library.
"Even though we make a special effort in May of each year to show our appreciation for our school board members, we should recognize their contributions throughout the year for all that they give to our district, " said Vogel. "Our board members are committed to improving student achievement and striving for what is best for all of our students. The board has established a three-year plan that includes goals that center on increasing student learning for every child and they should be commended for this."


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Something that's now frequently mentioned is that many users end up doing what their vehicle makes them confortable to do so. In other words, the vehicle will influence the costumer's behavior.
Many KTM 950/990 do more off road because the bike encourages them to do so, they didn't bought the KTM because they did more off road. I also know many people who bought LR Defenders because of the style, and them ended being off road addicts.
It's obvious that someone who gets a new bike that's heavier/fragile/expensive (or simply looks like it is) will be doing less off road. Then the brand, with all its surveys understands that their users stay on the road and then releases the next model even less dirt friendly. And so goes on.
I remenber when Land Rover released the L322 RR, it was, effectively, the most off road capable Range Rover of all generations. Yet, buyers had many reservations and disconfort to put a spaceship in the mud and rocks. How did Land Rover understood the decline in off road use of the RR? That costumers didn't wanted or needed such a dirt worthy vehicle.
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This house ( Nora House ) is designed by Than & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter looks like a gray cubic box with a few small windows here and here. The interiors are beautiful, clean and spacious were light flows. The bad part of the house might be the space that doesn't get to much light, because there are just a few windows. Construction is in situ cast concrete. Facades are rendered in plaster colored dark greyish blue. Protruding window boxes made of oak add a 3-dimensional quality to the facade, thus enhancing the depth and massive character of the interior. All glass panes are fixed, with wooden side vents and doors. – Via – Coolboom
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Looks wonderful! It gives the feeling of being relaxed and calm..
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I think the a hous like this realy relies on the choice of the word used. In this case, I think it's chosen very well. I wonder what kind of wood this is. Oak perhaps? I must say that I realy like it.
why is it call Nora? is there anything special of it?
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