Yesterday the California Senate Rules Committee held confirmation hearings on the nomination of John Duncan, Schwarzenegger's appointee for Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.Apparently there was a sharp exchange between Duncan and Senate Pro Tem Don Perata. Perata may
After months of delays and a shroud of secrecy over the project, the California Division of Workers' Compensation today unveiled its plan for a permanent disability rating schedule fix.According to the DWC press release, the proposed change in the rating
Yes, that's right - they think Russia doesn't have a demographics problem. They also think that although Iceland will become an Islamic state, Switzerland and, for some bizarre reason, the Czech Republic will remain "neutral". And Germany will re-divide, with
Secret negotiations with the UK regarding the creation of a common naval aviation? Well, the UK and France are cooperating uneasily on their aircraft carrier programmes; the UK is trying to build two 50,000 tonne carriers, and France would like
Just a note on the Georgian/Abkhaz/Russian situation: the Abkhazians claim to have destroyed another drone, with a formidable Russian SAM system (NATO = SA-11). (H/T: Wired.) If the Russians have really given them one of these or possibly even these,
So maybe it's only a little strange that 65-year-old Tad Gunter is living with his 85-year-old mother, Margery Gunter. Actually, it's really nice if he's taking care of her. What do you think, nice or strange? Margery Gunter told deputies
Warning: Brushing your teeth will not be the same for a little while after you read this. As reported in the Evening Telegraph, nursing home worker Nina Strange ...dip[ped] a toothbrush into bath water, in which a patient had just
In a Fairfax County, Virginia Food Lion, a customer and a Food Lion manager got into an argument over the use of certain coupons. It goes without saying that coupon use is a very contentious issue. So perhaps it's not
Daniel Ranallo can tell you, because he did it in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, and got busted. As described by Judge Pursel, per The Morning Call: This is a bizarre case where the defendant was wandering around with a gun looking for
Shepway Liberal Democrats last night selected Neil Matthews as the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe at the next General Election. Neil has lived in the constituency for over 20 years with his family, and has served as
Today is the National Association of Letter Carriers' annual food drive. That means you can donate to your local food bank just by sticking a few edible odds and ends into a bag and putting them out by your mailbox.
Shepway Lib Dems would like to offer our huge sympathies to Cheriton Councillor Dhan Gurung, whose Mother died last night. Dhan only recently lost his father, and will be travelling back to Nepal tomorrow, and returning to Folkestone around 25th
Six new projects by Christian Boltanski, Tacita Dean, Sejla Kameric, Langlands & Bell, Pae White and Mark Wallinger have been announced for the inaugural Folkestone Triennial which will run from 14 June - 14 September 2008. One of the most
Politicians sometimes misspeak. George W. Bush is well-known for it. And if it had been the current president who claimed to have visited 57 states--with one more to go--you'd probably have heard a few dozen jokes about it by now.
The Associated Press reports: A Malaysian Islamic court allowed a Muslim convert Thursday to return to her original faith of Buddhism, setting a precedent that could ease religious minorities' worries about their legal rights. Lawyers said the Shariah High Court's
EU finance ministers must now endorse the commission's recommendation in July. Not everybody is entirely convinced it seems, and the European Central Bank still has "considerable concerns" about the sustainability of the inflation path, according to a report published by
