The Goodwill Boutique in West Portal skims the best stuff off of all their donations. It a bit more than usual Goodwills, but they also get a lot of corporate donations. Lately they had a ton of new stuff direct from Levi (I guessing from shoots). Meanwhile the tipped minimum wage of $2.50 will rise to $4.95 this year, and again increase until it matches the federal wage. The youth subminimum wage paid to people under 20 will also end up matching the regular minimum wage by 2027, and permits to pay subminimum wage will no longer be distributed. Here the details on the federal min wage increase Democrats are going to try to include in their covid relief bill: Raised to $9.50 w/in 3 months; $15 by 2025, indexed thereafter.
Coronavirus: Leadership During Crisis with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Public schools in Chicago are reopening following a contentious fight with the teachers’ union over COVID 19 safety protocols. The city is also easing restrictions on restaurants, bars and other businesses as coronavirus cases continue to decline. Washington Post Live hosts Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for an in depth conversation about the city’s reopening plans, vaccine rollout and Lightfoot’s strategy for driving economic recovery.
24. Li Ka Shing Estimated net worth: $20.1 billion Ka Shing is one of the richest men in Asia, but his power far exceeds his wealth. He’s known for investing in new, blossoming tech startups and was an early Facebook backer. Madison residents and taxpayers can also bring one load of a brush a day to either Streets Division drop off site. Brush loads brought to a drop off site may not exceed 5′ x 8′, which means the brush load would fit into the bed of a standard pick up truck or small trailer. Loads that are too large will be denied use of the drop off site and directed to use the brush processing center..
Cerealis. In this study, a wheat NB LRR gene, named TaRCR1, was identified in response to R. Cerealis infection using Artificial Neural Network analysis based on comparative transcriptomics and its defence role was characterized. I went back in the evening to see if the benches worked when it was overcast (they do, but seemed a bit slower to charge) and lo and behold, one of the benches was being used by a small group of friends. So yes, people are using them. If I happened to be walking by one of the benches and my phone needed a charge and I was carrying a power cord and I had time to sit on a bench and wait, I’d use it again..