From From FB group Orange Talk Also see LA Times article http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-crisis-davis-deal/ This was from the .PDF document here http://www.ocgrandjury.org/pdfs/2015_2016_GJreport/2016-06-15_Website_Report.pdf “Here were the Grand Jury’s findings about how the entire county should deal with pension reform: RECOMMENDATIONS In accordance with California Penal Code §933 and §933.05, the 2015-2016 Grand Jury requires (or as noted, requests)
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At the college I worked at, they had a part-time internship program where students could get on the job experience for a semester. One of our employees got her son a job as an intern in our department. His name was Elijah, but he didn’t like being called that, and went by “EJ”. He was
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From FB group Orange Talk Heidi Norris Dawson Okay, then ‘they’ pack up and move to a different county or state. Turns out that the country’s biggest private employer, Walmart, or possibly some other retail company, is the only employer with jobs available. So ‘they’ decide to take out a huge student loan and go
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From FB group Vintage Transistor Radios My comment about a radio for AU$5400 on eBay. Dreaming, or more like wishing and hoping for a sucker to buy it. But at least he had enough sense to add ‘or best offer’. If someone offers a hundred, maybe he’ll take it. I’ve had a few successes with
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From FB group Orange Talk Comment on Thanksgiving Day “Don’t feed the homeless, it just enables them.” So let me get this straight: “Don’t enable them (homeless)” By not feeding them, they are going to go away? Go away to someone else’s neighborhood and steal to get something, like the kid’s bike, so they can
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From comments on FB group Bell Telephone.. Ed Vaughn said: That story makes me ill. Why break what was perhaps the best-run machine in the world? I replied: Why? Well, it wasn’t the first time AT&T was forced to comply with government’s decisions. Like you said, it was a machine, and whether or not it
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Posted to FB Arduino group Sep 23 Mbihi Oliver Four hours is twice as long as 2 hours with the correct charger. Here is a secret many don’t know: Smartphones don’t necessarily charge at maximum, especially if they’re charged by a charger not made for their phone. Smartphones often have a sensing circuit that checks
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Suggestion for project on FB group Arduino Projects – Sept 17 Automated Gallows! A motorized winch adjusts noose. Asks for three officials to each press confirmation button. Has an emergency abort button. Counts down 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Pulls the trapdoor latch! Monitors heartrate until no sign for 5 minutes Lights up sign “Execution
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From FB comment in group Vintage Transistor Radios I think we like the look of wood because of some primeval instinct from our distant past. Perhaps it has something to do with the trees being protective, under which we could take shelter during rain or shine. Or perhaps those prehistoric people who survived longer
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Hundreds of us gather in the local park to watch fireworks a block away at the Stadium on the 3rd of July. One would think that since it’s not the 4th, it wouldn’t be crowded. Not so. No parking spaces, so it’s wise to walk. And if you do park, it’s a 15 minute wait
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