| Wright-Pat firefighter union to ask for binding arbitration
The union representing firefighters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base says it will ask for binding arbitration in its dispute with the Air Force Materiel Command over firefighter staffing levels at Wright-Pat and three other bases. The International Association of Fire Fighters will file the arbitration request with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service within a week, said James Johnson, a district vice president with the Washington-based union. .
Christopher Cook: New Graphites Works on Aluminum and Paper
Mary Ryan Gallery is pleased to present Christopher Cook: New Graphites, Works on Aluminum and Paper, a new body of work from the innovative British artist. Since abandoning color in 1997, Cook has worked with a mixture of graphite, oil, and resin to develop his signature graphites. His technique involves combining graphite powder with resin, oil, and solvents and applying it to coated paper or wall mounted aluminum using brushes, his fingers, rags, and other implements. Cook welcomes uncertainty in his graphites, tilting the work surface and letting gravity dictate the movement of the liquid mixture. Through this continual negotiation of the medium, his enchanting imagery begins to emerge. The delicate balance between predetermined ideas and unpredictable effects is integral to the artists image-making process, yielding works which combine a painterly surface with a photographic aesthetic.
What to know if you get sued
There's nothing worse than that sinking feeling you get when you are handed a legal document that announces you're being sued. Here are things you may not know about being on the receiving end of a lawsuit: You're it. You don't have to "accept" the papers that begin the lawsuit. You just have to be "given" the papers, which can mean that the server announced what the papers were and then presented them to you — even if you throw them on the ground. (But, be aware that may earn you a citation for littering!) No service advantage — Plaintiffs, the people who file the suits, lose the cases about half the time they go to trial in state courts. The purse is shrinking. Even when plaintiffs do win, the financial awards are smaller than they used to be. The median award in state court jury trials fell to $37,000 during the 1990s, less than half of what it had been before 1992.
American Natives Meet in Bolivia
La Paz, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) About 200 leaders of the American continent opened in this capital Friday the American Indigenous Conclave, to define strategies to promote rights of those descendents from the first populations of the region. The aim is to achieve that governments approve substantively indigenous peoples' rights at an international level, an official from the Bolivian Foreign Ministry, organizer of the meeting, told Prensa Latina. Deliberations, taking place at the capital's Radisson Hotel on Friday and Saturday, will be used so that indigenous representatives arrange a common agenda on the issue. The document will be presented after the 10th Negotiation Round of the Work Group, in charge of creating the American Declaration Project on Indigenous Peoples' Rights.
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