Anyone who has ever voted in a California election knows how difficult it is to sort out the many local and state measures that appear on the ballot. Now, newly proposed legislation would make it even more difficult. Sen. Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 532 would undo the transparency requirements for tax and bond measures that were written into state law in 2015 and 2017. Assembly Bills 809 and 195, authored by now-Congressman Jay Obernolte, required proponents of local bonds and other tax measures to disclose the rate, duration and amount of money proposed to be raised, and to disclose this information right on the ballot itself, in the description next to the boxes or circles that voters mark with their...
The A–Z of Cats Jigsaw Puzzle | AD Laurence King Publishing has a wonderful selection of interesting books and fun gifts. Today, we’re going to have a look at their The A–Z of Cats jigsaw puzzle. They have lots of cat themed books and gifts which would make great gifts for anyone who loves cats. My youngest daughter, aged 4, absolutely loves The A to Z of Dogs jigsaw puzzle with dog breeds from Laurence King Publishing so I was really excited to show her that there’s a cat version now too. This charming cat-shaped puzzle is 80cm long and features a big stretching Bengal cal with 26 different cat breeds illustrated on the cat’s body. It’s a great jigsaw...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? It can be hard to pinpoint exactly what makes someone, or something, attractive, but when it comes to design, there are many factors that can come into play. Personally, I’m a huge proponent of focusing on the positives, so even when something isn’t your cup of tea, there’s probably something nice you can say about it! If nothing else, “great execution” should do the trick. Below, we’ve gathered some of the most perplexing pictures from the ‘Awful Taste But Great Execution’ subreddit, showing how people somehow managed to perfectly pull off tasteless ideas. Enjoy scrolling through this list that might make you feel conflicted as to whether or not you love...
Around these parts, we most often associate [Drygol] with his incredible ability to bring damaged or even destroyed vintage computers back to life with a seemingly endless bag of repair and restoration techniques. But this time around, at the request of fellow retro aficionado [MrTrinsic], he was given a special assignment — to not only build a new Amiga 2000 from scratch, but to pack it with so many mods that just physically fitting them into the case would be a challenge in itself. The final product, dubbed Tesseract, took two and a half years to complete and has been documented over the course of six blog posts. The first step was to get a brand new motherboard, in this...
Kimberly Farmer/UnsplashWhen we talk about “school transitions”, we generally refer to three specific points: starting primary school, starting secondary school, and moving from secondary school to further education or work. However, school transitions occur every year, and the lack of a smooth transition, particularly if it occurs outside the expected “big years”, sometimes takes both students and their parents by surprise. The transitions from the first year of school to Year 1, and from Year 7 to Year 8, may be particularly fraught. Year 1: when school ‘gets real’ In many Australian states, the first year of school (called kindergarten, prep, transition, reception, or pre-primary, depending on your state) is regarded as a transition year from preschool or kinder to...
