Month: May 2020

Whiskey Ratings, Reviews, Bars, & Stores

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

What’s the best single malt scotch?  That’s really up to you and your tastes alone.  But if you want to see what we think, we’ve tried a whole lot of them.
 
Whether you know what makes a bourbon a bourbon, or if you’re just starting out, we’ve got ratings and tasting notes on stuff from Kentucky to California.
 
Blended Scotch, Japanese single malts, Canadian stuff, and everything else.  If you don’t know the difference, learn the easy way — drink some!
 
What We’ve Been Up To Lately
 Los Angeles Whiskey Society, guys at table drinking bourbon or something

 

Though our site receives a lot of traffic, and we post regular reviews and ratings on bourbon, single malt whiskey, and a lot more, we don’t really publish big articles or meeting updates anymore.

Why?

Well firstly, because most people use our site just as we intended it — as a easily sortable

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California high court hears suit on 2012 pension reform law

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

The California Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether to uphold a state law designed to help reduce a shortfall of hundreds of billions of dollars in state and local pension systems.

During a hearing, the state’s highest court did not clearly indicate which way it would rule. Only four of the court’s seven justices asked questions, and those who did speak challenged both sides in the dispute.

The court is considering a challenge by unions to a 2012 law that forbade the practice of “pension spiking” for all government employees. The practice involves inflating a future pensioner’s pay, usually at the end of their career, by cashing in years of accumulated vacation or sick pay or volunteering for extra duties.

Because pension payments are calculated based on a worker’s highest year of earnings, spiking can produce a more lucrative retirement than what the employee earned on the job. At least

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The Pennsylvania Society – Wikipedia

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

The Pennsylvania Society
Date(s) Second weekend in December
Frequency annual
Location(s) New York City
Inaugurated 1899

The Pennsylvania Society is an annual weekend retreat for Pennsylvania’s politicians and business leaders held in New York City. It began during the late 19th century as a meeting of Pennsylvanians living in New York City who gathered annually beginning in 1899 to discuss events in their home state. As the first few meetings developed into an annual event, it morphed into weekend-long retreat where political networking and fundraising took place in New York’s finest clubs, restaurants, and hotels. The main event of the weekend is the “Pennsylvania Society Dinner,” which is sponsored by “The Pennsylvania Society,” a nonprofit corporation. In recent years the receptions hosted by lobbyists, political committees, and corporations have taken on increased importance.

It has been criticized because of its image as a stereotypical “smoke-filled room” where lobby groups gain

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Politics

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago



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State College Real Estate Lawyers | Compare Top Rated Pennsylvania Attorneys

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

Compare 10 top rated Pennsylvania attorneys serving State College.


Faith M. Lucchesi, Esquire

Claimed Lawyer Profile

Real Estate, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate

“Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.” Every day brings us something: challenges, hopes, the mundane, things to celebrate and sometimes disaster and despair. While we cannot predict the future, we can help you prepare and thrive through all of it’s surprises.


Amos Goodall

Claimed Lawyer Profile

Real Estate, Elder, Estate Planning and Social Security Disability
Fordham University School of Law

Amos Goodall practices in the fields of elder law, estate planning and administration, special needs advice and real estate law. He is a certified elder law attorney (CELA), a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (www.actec.org) a member of the Special Needs Alliance (www.specialneedsalliance.org), and a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (www.naela.org). He has been given the highest rating by Martindale Hubbell

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Gun laws in Pennsylvania – Wikipedia

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

Location of Pennsylvania in the United States

Gun laws in Pennsylvania regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States.[1][2][3]

Summary table[edit]

Subject/Law Long guns Handguns Relevant statutes Notes
State permit required to purchase? No No
Firearm registration? No Partial 18 Pa.C.S. § 6111.4 18 Pa.C.S. § 6111.4 forbids the government from creating a firearm registry. Nevertheless, all handgun buyers in the state must undergo a PICS check at the point of sale, a record of which is maintained by the state police in a “sales database”. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that this is legal under the aforementioned statue, as it is not a comprehensive record of all handgun ownership within the state — gun owners moving into the state are not required to register their firearms.
Assault weapon law? No No
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Laws and Regulations Home

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

The Department of Labor & Industry administers and monitors regulations that touch the daily lives of Pennsylvanians in a variety of ways. For example:

  • The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) administers laws assuring that workers are insured against job-related injury, illness, or death. The BWC Health and Safety Division is responsible for enforcement of the health and safety regulations of the Workers’ Compensation Act.

  • The Bureau of Workforce Development Partnership administers federal and state workforce programs funded by the Workforce Investment Act, Wagner-Peyser Act, Trade Act, Jobs for Veterans Act and other federal and state legislation.

  • The Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety administers and enforces the Uniform Construction Code, Fire and Panic Law, Universal Accessibility Law, Energy Conservation Law, General Safety Law, Boiler Law, Elevator Law, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Law, Flammable & Combustible Liquids Law, Asbestos and Lead Laws, Bedding and Upholstery Law, Stuffed Toy
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Home – Society :Society

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

artist
management

Recognizing and nurturing exceptional creative talent is the foundation of our approach. We seek out unique voices and offer a rare level of professional support.

creative
development

Guiding good ideas from inspiration to execution is our passion. With a trusted community of creatives & producers to draw from, we are built to brainstorm.

production &
post

We grew our capabilities from the ground up, producing at every level, with every budget. That breadth of experience has become a great asset. Ask us anything.

“CINEMA SHOULD BETTER MANKIND”

Directing duo TwinTaoers
lead our efforts to influence
positive change in the world.

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“A FORMULA FOR FUNNY”

Rachel Lee Goldenberg directs
hit shows, films, and campaigns.
Never underestimate an intern.

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“TRUMP FACTS”

A YUUUUGE solve from
Cub Studio for a prolific
ad challenge: the budget.

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Types of Societies | Introduction to Sociology

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

Learning Objectives

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

  • Describe the difference between preindustrial, industrial, and postindustrial societies
  • Understand the role of environment on preindustrial societies
  • Understand how technology impacts societal development

How does technology influence a society’s daily occupations? (Photo courtesy of Mo Riza/flickr)

Hunting and gathering tribes, industrialized Japan, Americans—each is a society. But what does this mean? Exactly what is a society? In sociological terms, society refers to a group of people who live in a definable community and share the same culture. On a broader scale, society consists of the people and institutions around us, our shared beliefs, and our cultural ideas. Typically, more-advanced societies also share a political authority.

Sociologist Gerhard Lenski (1924–) defined societies in terms of their technological sophistication. As a society advances, so does its use of technology. Societies with rudimentary technology depend on the fluctuations of their

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PA General Assembly

By Angelena Iglesia 4 months ago

The Pennsylvania Code is an official publication of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It contains regulations and other documents filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau under the act of July 31, 1968 (P. L. 769, No. 240) (45 P. S. §§ 1102, 1201—1208 and 1602) and 45 Pa.C.S. Chapters 5, 7 and 9, known as the Commonwealth Documents Law (CDL). It consists of 55 titles.

Browse/Search the Pennsylvania Code

The Pennsylvania Bulletin Online includes the following: Statewide and local court rules; the Governor’s Proclamations and Executive Orders; Actions by the General Assembly; Rulemakings by State agencies; Proposed Rulemakings by State agencies; and State agency notices.

Go to the Pennsylvania Bulletin Website

The Laws of Pennsylvania contain laws enacted as amendments to the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the official statutory codification established by the General Assembly under the act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230). These laws have been incorporated into a separate

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