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August 11, 2008, New Hyde Park, NY. – I am pleased to announce Logic Controls is now a subsidiary of Bematech, the largest POS company in Brazil.? I will continue to serve as the CEO of the company, which will mean that Logic Controls will continue to be managed in the same manner as before and will continue to provide you with products of the highest quality.
About Bematech
Bematech is a publicly traded manufacturer and solution provider of Point-of-Sale hardware and software targeting the needs of the retail and hospitality markets.? Bematech¡¦s headquarters are in southern Brazil in the city of Curitiba.? Bematech has over 20 offices, manufacturing facilities, and warehouses located throughout the world.
About Logic Controls
Logic Controls, incorporated in 1982, designs and manufactures the broadest line of POS system products and PC-based peripherals that includes All-In-One terminals, Kitchen Display Systems (KDS), industrial computers, customer pole displays, programmable keyboards, cash drawers, and magnetic stripe readers.? According to an independent survey conducted by the leading POS magazine RSR, Logic Controls is the #1 leader in the customer pole display market.
Jackson Lum
CEO, Logic Controls
355 Denton Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
About Logic Controls
ogic Controls, Inc. designs and manufactures point-of-sale (POS) and kitchen video display systems, POS peripherals and industrial computers. Logic Controls offers both integrated POS systems and distributed POS bundles. In the mid-1990s, Logic Controls started to offer kitchen display system hardware when it introduced the Logic Net® products. Logic Net® was originally designed to meet IBM's restaurant system requirements and was subsequently private labeled by IBM. Logic Controls' broad POS peripheral product line includes customer pole displays, programmable keyboards, cash drawers, magnetic stripe readers and touch screen monitors. It is known for having the industry's most popular and reliable customer displays. Logic Controls line of industrial computers are known for being fanless and having ultra-compact form factors.


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Data Engineer / Java /Spark / San Mateo
We're working with a leader in the interactive and digital entertainment industry. You will work closely with members of the product, data science, strategy, and engineering teams to help design and develop cloud-based network software services to support the development and operationalization of complex historical and just-in-time models of user behavior for life cycle management. You will execute full life-cycle software development.
Required Skills & Experience
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- Fluency in Java or C/C++
- Strong foundation in computer science with emphasis in algorithms, data structures, software and cloud design
- SQL and NoSQL experience and knowledge
- Interest in data science and machine learning
Desired Skills & Experience
- Experience with Scala; experience working with Kafka
- Experience building and developing Cloud-based applications or services, preferably in AWS
- Knowledge and experience developing high scale, distributed applications
What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown
- 50% Data Analytics
- 50% ETL development
Daily Responsibilities
- 90% Hands On
- 5% Management Duties
- 5% Team Collaboration
The Offer
- Competitive Pay: Up to $90/hour, DOE
- Contract Duration: 6 – 12 Months
You will receive the following benefits:
- Medical & Dental Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 401(k)
- Paid Sick Time Leave
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
Jobspring Partners, part of the Motion Recruitment network, provides IT Staffing Solutions (Contract, Contract-to-Hire, and Direct Hire) in major North American markets. Our unique expertise in today's highest demand tech skill sets, paired with our deep networks and knowledge of our local technology markets, results in an exemplary track record with candidates and clients.

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Why won't my key work in the ignition?
Cars and their different parts wear out though at different rates. The ignition and the lock wafers inside as well wear out. When this wearing out occurs, the key is unable to move the wafers to the right position in the cylinder. The key cannot work with the wafers, not at the correct height. The worn out ignition cannot detect the correct key though it has been working all along. The damaged cylinder will not function despite the fact that the key is right. The key might be fine but it will not work on the ignition. This will necessitate the replacement of the ignition cylinder.
Can a locksmith replace my ignition cylinder?
A locksmith can change the ignition cylinder. The car ignition cylinder is similar to the lock. The pin tumbler lock to be precise. Both have mechanisms that move internally for them to turn. The cylinder can be removed through a series of steps just like the lock. Experienced locksmiths see nothing new in the cylinder that is not in the locks they are used to. There is no real difference between the locks and cylinders to them. The locksmith may require extra skill and some special tools but that is no new thing to their world either. They are used to various tools and the extra know-how needed is in their bag. At United Locksmith, trained auto locksmiths are equipped with vast experience and the required tools for the job. There is no better company for the job when it comes to replacement of damaged ignition cylinders.
Time is taken for an ignition cylinder to be replaced.
How long does it take to replace an ignition cylinder?
20 should be enough time for the cylinder to be replaced though this may vary. The model and make of a car may either increase or reduce the time needed for the job to get done. Classic cars, for example, may need a longer time frame for the job. Even so, further complications in the cylinder may necessitate the need for more time to replace. Some servicing may also lengthen the time. United Locksmith can really help in such situations. Any problem with your lock is nothing to worry about with United Locksmith around. The convenience of our mobile professional locksmiths ensures that you save time as well as additional costs on towing and traveling. You don't need to take the risk of driving your car around when it's not in the right condition.
Can I just get my ignition cylinder repaired?
The ignition cylinder can be repaired. Sometimes, though not every time, a damaged ignition cylinder may be repaired and work normally thereafter. Repairing involves installing new wafers to the cylinder. The wafers may be too damaged in some cases that upon repair they will not function properly. Furthermore, the cylinder itself may damage the new wafers installed. In such cases, it is best to replace the whole ignition set. A cylinder eligible for repair will be repaired by the locksmiths but in the cases where replacement is needed, they will also offer the service. Most people prefer a new ignition set to avoid similar problems in the future. You are the one to decide what you want on your set.
How do I know I need to replace my ignition cylinder?
You will need to know when to replace the ignition cylinder. Knowing the problem with your car may not be easy but certain pointers will tell you the direction to look. A problem with the key definitely points you to the cylinder and ignition set. A good locksmith should then be in your cards when you realize that someone needs to take a look at the set. The answer to all your troubles will be a good locksmith.
The locksmith, once at the location of your car, will thoroughly scrutinize the ignition cylinder to get to the root of the problem and determine what service is needed on your vital set. Some diagnosis may need different parts that the locksmith may have not brought with him though in rare cases.a separate but convenient appointment will be made for you in such cases for proper spares to be acquired.
Can the locksmith come to me?
Conveniently, the locksmith can come to you. United Locksmiths technicians are highly reliable since they are mobile and answer 24 Hour emergency calls with their arrival times ranging from about 20 t0 30 minutes. Appointments and call services are available 24 hours a day so you don't need to worry any time your car ignition has any problem. Auto Locksmiths will be able to help you anytime and anywhere. The call is up to you for the best services wherever you are.
Should I use a locksmith to change my ignition cylinder?
You should use a locksmith to change your ignition. The best technician to work on the ignition is a locksmith who is used to auto-parts with the locks. Locksmiths have an added advantage of being able to also fix the cylinder. The ignition is scanned fully by the convenient and experienced technicians to ensure the right solution to the problem at hand. Replacing the cylinder always starts with disconnection of the battery on the negative terminal. This helps prevent electrical shock to the technician and ensures the car does not start during the operation. The plastic cover above the ignition set is then removed to access the ignition. The removal of the cover involves unfastening screws, bolts and plastic latches. Plastic latches require special more skill and effort to unfasten since they break easily. Other accessories and handles may need to be removed in the process. A certain order may need to be followed for them to be accessed. This is one of the key reasons why a skilled and experienced technician is needed.
Key Positions
The now accessible cylinder will then be removed using tamper-proof bits or standard heads to remove. Once removed, the pushpins will need to be depressed depending on where they are located according to the car model. Once removed one can acquire a new key or the ignition can be decoded to fit the old key. Installation of the new ignition will vary again depending on the type of the car.
Installation may involve applying force to a spring-loaded trigger while checking to make sure that ignition set is oriented in the correct position as the old one. This ensures the key positions of OFF, ACC, ON and START to remain intact. The key can be removed in the OFF position. The accessory position(ACC) accesses the radio while maintaining battery power.ON accesses all electronics while start runs the car.
The key should be working in the indicated manner and no problem should be encountered while turning. Any problems can be solved by contacting United Locksmiths for the best services.


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darcyh needed a new postcard, flyer or print design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Earthform - landscaping Pool& Spa Garden Centre- PLS LOOK AT FORMAT IMAGE
Med to Hight end Clients - This is a communication tool to help both us and our customers. We intend to use this tool door to door, visiting with clients and online. Legal size is a must for print outs. OMIT OTHER SERVICES ON INFORMATION BELOW
I have the content here, I Need the content transferred into a more legible check mark type layout. So ez to read and follow say the GOLD SILVER BRONZE at the top of the page and the descriptions down the left side… i.e. Under GOLD package Spring Clean up and description with check mark. Check out our website earthform.ca and our face book page.
There will have to be some corrections based on size and space legal document size is fine. DON'T INCLUDE OTHER SERVICES AND ITS CONTENT ON PROJECT. Also for each Gold Silver and Bronze, we need weekly lawn care and trimming as an option . - this is the only option available for each package.
The green and Brown of our logo is a must… but the Gold Silver and Bronze colours can be used for each of the three categories. The layout and colour has to be attractive sleek ez to read and exude quality !


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Laura Lee Wiki, Bio, Age, Feet, Net worth, Wedding and Husband
Laura Lee Wiki, Bio, Age, Feet, Net worth, Wedding and Husband
Saturday, January 13th, 2018
Date of Birth :
Sep 1st, 1988
Age :
31 Years old
Laura Lee Biography
Laura Lee was born on 1st September 1988 in Montgomery, Alabama. She was also raised in Montgomery, Alabama. Laura Lee grew up with a sister with whom she has warm memories of childhood. She was nicknamed 'Larlar', during her childhood. Laura moved to Los Angeles after she started making a career out of videos on YouTube. The popular Laura Lee bio is given below.
Laura Lee Net Worth
Laura Lee first started her career as a medical assistant in Alabama. Laura once said that if she had not started YouTube, she would still be doing her old job back home. She also said that she used to post images of herself on Instagram before starting on YouTube. Laura Lee has already collected more than 3.5 million subscribers on her main channel. She also has collected more than 300 thousand subscribers on her second channel.
Laura Lee's net worth is believed to be around $350,000. Her income from YouTube is not only exclusively responsible for her net worth. Laura also has her own line of makeup brand. She also receives payments from authorizations and sponsorship from various makeup companies. Laura channel's reach has also grown exponentially in the last two years.
Besides from her self-titled channel, she has a second channel titled Laura Lee Vlogs. Laura Lee is an attractive lady with an amazing body measurement which can be seen in her pictures. She looks amazing, with jet black hair and brown eyes.
Laura Lee is a famous YouTuber who post DIYs, makeup tutorials haul etc. The beautiful make-up artist, Laura Lee is already married and her husband often makes the appearance in her videos. Let us find more about her husband and Laura Lee's net worth. So, keep scrolling.
Laura Lee dating life and boyfriend before marriage:
Laura Lee is married to Tyler with no child. But she has two kittens. Laura often posts videos on YouTube with her husband, Tyler. Her husband with whom Laura is madly in love with also supports her activities which can be proved by silly videos he appears in.
Even though her husband, Tyler makes regular appearances on her video. There is not much information about Tyler. The couple has not revealed how they met and when they met each other. The couple is possibly from Laura's home state Alabama. Except for her husband, Laura has not had any other relationships. There have not been any gossips about her expected or rumored boyfriend


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NO, this just can't be Spain. The usual suspects -- the familiar red clay, the olive trees, the baking Spanish sunshine -- are nowhere to be found. Instead, as we hike down from a mountain pass, the Coll de Contraix, we're in a moonlike world made of stone and water. The stone is gray granite: the sheer rock towers of the Spanish Pyrenees. But what's really surprising is the water -- because water is everywhere.
My old pal Colin and I are in northern Spain, trekking through the Aigüestortes National Park. Aigüestortes means twisted waters in Catalan, and for good reason. The park -- its full name is the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park -- is brimming with hundreds of mountain lakes, laced with braiding, cascading streams, freckled with cool clear ponds and roaring waterfalls. At this moment, water is even descending from above, in a fitful slanting rain.
But our spirits are exalted, not dampened. For we've just made it over the steepest and highest pass we'll face, we have our picnic in hand, and in the Contraix valley below we see dark fir trees and glowing purple heather, waiting for us in moist spots of sunshine. This valley is so lovely we don't need a rainbow to be awed, and joyous.
We're taking an established trek of 37 miles -- the Carros de Foc, it's called, which is Catalan for ''chariots of fire.'' The trek is a beautifully judged loop that winds all through and around the magnificent Aigüestortes, where the peaks average about 7,800 feet.
What's terrific about the Carros de Foc is that it links nine mountain refuges. At any or all of these, hikers can get drinks, eat dinner, sleep, have breakfast the next morning, then hike off, bearing a picnic lunch. No need for tents or sleeping bags, gas stoves or cooking pots, no ramen noodles or freeze-dried soup.
So it is that Colin, who is annoyingly fit, and I are each carrying packs of a size that even a moderately out-of-shape middle-aged writer (to use one random example) can tote.
There's no set pace for the route: you can make the loop in a few days or a week. We're taking it slow -- six days in late August and early September. We made reservations for bed and board at six refuges through the Carros de Foc Web site, before going to Spain; now all we have to do is hike.
At the moment, gliding down the valley, this is easy. The stream beside us drops into a succession of small idyllic ponds, each crowned with an effervescent little waterfall. Along the path, bluebells nod in the grass; the amanita mushrooms are poisonous, but also a brilliant scarlet.
And then, just as we make out the slate roof of our refuge, Estany Llong, there's a final gift: four chamois pose in perfect quiet on the rocks above.
Chamois are reddish-brown animals akin to antelopes, as sure-footed as mountain goats. The black markings on their faces mimic the hooked horns above. The closest is a young one.
The adults move off, leaping from boulder to boulder, but the young one stubbornly stays put, munching grass, jaws rolling. ''Must be time for that picnic,'' Colin says.
That night, at Estany Llong, I wake in the darkness. I hear the noise of other sleepers in this long dormitorylike room. My mattress is just beneath the open window. A cold mountain wind comes rushing in.
I look up and see the Big Dipper, its pattern stamped at an angle in the dark sky. I think I'll just lie here a while and watch those stars blaze.
We're eating dinner at the Colomers refuge. The evening meals at the refuges are all pretty good; this one is exceptional. Chicken noodle soup, then lentil-and-potato stew garnished with chopped hard-boiled egg, then a crisp trout and a salad.
As at every refuge, we eat at pine benches, sitting on square stools. Beside me, a bearded Spanish hiker, gruff and cheerful, drinks red wine straight from a swan-necked carafe; the wine arches through the air and unerringly finds his mouth among the tangle of beard.
When the trout are settled on our plates, he looks at all of us encouragingly. ''Venga,'' he says. ''Al ataque.''
And to the attack we go.
On the other side of me are an English couple -- white-haired, fit, well-spoken. They're the first people we've met who aren't from Spain or France; apparently, Americans have not yet discovered Aigüestortes. This couple live in Dartmoor, the beautiful rolling upland in southwestern England. ''We've been coming to this area for over 20 years,'' the man tells me.
Why, since they live in such a lovely spot for hiking, would they travel here, year after year? He leans over, as if to confide in me. ''Because,'' he says, ''this place has been struck by the hand of God.''
It's also a place where the trail, at times, never seems to stop going up. One ridge leads to another, to another. The path crawls upward through a vast jumble of boulders, where improvised cairns mark the way. We lurch from boulder to boulder, like an awkward version of chamois.
I've read that over its 37 miles, the Carros de Foc makes a total elevation gain of 5.7 miles; all I know is, we seem to keep going up.
Finally, I can see the top. But at that moment, I find myself swimming in a sea of scree, going nowhere, each step sliding me back down the slope exhaustingly.
It's a nightmarish moment. I'm not going to make it. I know I'm not going to make it. Colin watches from above. ''Take it one stone at a time,'' he says.
All right. One stone, one step at a time. Yes, I finally reach the top. Colin's waiting for me; the sweat's already dried on him. Maybe he hasn't sweated at all. ''This route isn't for everyone,'' he says dryly.
He's quite right. The route was devised 15 years ago by Miguel Sánchez i Murcia, the keeper of the Ventosa refuge, as a test for superathletes: the initial idea was that the route had to be covered in a single 24-hour period. Astoundingly enough, people manage to do just that. This is called the Sky Runner category, as distinct from our more humane Open division (all trekkers must buy a pass to use the refuges), which allows you to spend all the time you want or need.
We meet Sky Runners several times, rambling up and down the slopes in attempts to break the record, which is 10 hours 35 minutes. For me, making it through in six days is enough of a challenge.
The route is well laid out, usually with a single ascent at the beginning of each leg, and it's never truly dangerous: there's not really any exposure, no place where a fall would kill. But the loop is best for practiced hikers in reasonable shape.
At times, the climbing and boulder-hopping pound the breath out of me, make me dizzy, turn my legs into jelly -- but then, when I reach the top, give me a feeling of high accomplishment. If you make it around the loop, you get a Carros de Foc T-shirt. I want that shirt.
''Ready to go down?'' Colin says. I take one more look at the sweeping vista, at the stone mountaintops not so far above us. The granite is shining brightly.
''I'm always ready to go down,'' I say.
As we go, the food seems to get better and better -- or else I'm more and more hungry. Colin keeps splashing naked into icy mountain streams, while I concentrate on lunch, which is visually a far more appealing sight than my old pal.
We've already seen some things: a marmot sunning itself on top of a ridge; a Lammergeyer, an endangered species of vulture with a nine-foot wingspan, tilting and rocking in the air, lording it over a mountain valley; a party of 16 people in their 70's, complete with dual walking sticks and sunny smiles, clambering up a sharp ascent. We've seen rivers and mountains without end. We've heard the ghostly clatter of distant cowbells in the fog, and the rush and hiss of competing waterfalls, and there was one moment when the only sound was the percussion of a raven's wings beating against the air as it flew past.
It's wilderness, and wilderness areas have a kind of common culture, but this one is in a part of Spain that has a very particular, and decidedly mixed, cultural and linguistic heritage. It's in Catalonia, where many speak Catalan, a language similar to Provençal; but it's also part of a smaller enclave, the Val d'Aran, where some people can still speak yet another language, Aran.
Belén is a lovely young woman, perhaps 30, who works at one of the refuges. When I ask her where she's from, she replies: ''Madrid. So I'm from another country.''
But she's lived here five years. ''I studied biology,'' Belén says. ''And my mother, she always says: 'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you using your education?'''
The refuge where she works, Ventosa, sits on a glorious cliffside high above a lake of the most startling blue. ''My mother doesn't know how these mountains are,'' Belén says. ''But I know, and I cannot leave them.''
We spend our third night at the Josep Maria Blanc refuge, a small stone house perched on a low finger of granite jutting into a lake, the water virtually surrounds the refuge; you can sit by the house and see trout. It is evening. Today we've hiked for almost 10 hours, and my knees know it.
I peel tape off my toes while Colin smokes a preposterous cigar. We sit on a rock shelf just by the water, listening to nothing. All around us the world turns blue and bluer. When it shades toward black, we go in to bed.
I'm deeply ready for it. But I know now that I'll also be ready for the long walk tomorrow -- that when the next steep slope comes, I'll just go up, one stone at a time. And when I come to the top, I'll be able to stop, and marvel at this otherworldly world all around me -- resting in pleasure, and in peace.
Expect sore legs and happy spirits
D'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park is a four-hour drive northwest of Barcelona, about 25 miles west of Andorra. The best route is to Lleida, then north. We parked at Arties, a two-hour walk from the Restanca refuge, but Land Rover taxis stand ready at the villages of Espot, to the east, and Boi, on the southwestern edge, to take hikers into the park for about $7, at 0.87 euros to the dollar. Information, in Spanish, is available on the Web at www.parcsdecatalunya.net/aiguestortes.htm.
The best place to get more information about both the refuges and the Carros de Foc route is online at www.carrosdefoc.com, where one can make reservations for meals and bed at any or all nine refuges. For $17, the Carros de Foc organization issues a pass, which includes a baseball cap and (for those who finish the route) a T-shirt. For dinner, breakfast and bed, the price is $28 a night; a picnic lunch costs about $8. In peak season, July 15 to Aug. 15, reservations are essential.
The Carros de Foc season runs June 15 to Sept. 20 (the competitive Sky Runner season starts Aug. 30); we went at the very end of August and the beginning of September, which was ideal. There can be snow in the highest passes until July 15, and it is important to carry a rain jacket and an extra couple of layers even in midsummer. Camping is not permitted in the park. A map is necessary, and can be bought on the Web site.
Last, I recommend the counterclockwise direction for the route because the ascents are more gradual than the other way.
A precautionary note: the refuges are all lovely, but they are distinctly basic. Only five of the nine have toilets and showers, though these are being installed at three others; one refuge will have nothing. Sleeping arrangements feel much like summer camp: hikers of both sexes sleep side by side in long bunks, as many as 40 to a room, and there are no partitions -- something to consider about peak season.


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18 Apr Terry Richmond: How To Navigate The Hospital System & Have An Empowered Birth
In this episode Deb interviews her doula mentor, former Broadway actress and singer Terry Richmond. Currently, Terry is one of NYC's most sought after Doulas and Childbirth Educators. She has attended 100s of births here in NYC assisting new Moms with a wide variety of birth choices and experiences. Drawing from these experiences Terry talks to Deb about navigating the hospital system so that you can have an empowered birth!
For more information on Terry please visit laborlove.org or connect on Facebook
Terry teaches Childbirth Education at the Prenatal Yoga Center for more on this visit http://prenatalyogacenter.org/childbirth-education/


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In the last couple years, the word "blockchain" has been appearing more and more in newspapers everywhere. But what exactly is a blockchain and what is blockchain technology used for? Since we are talking about technology – and not a kind of magic (even though it may seem to be the case) – the following question also naturally arises in the IP arena: is blockchain technology patentable or not? In this article we consider these questions with a view to elucidating the current landscape of blockchains and their patentability in Europe.
A blockchain can be seen as a distributed, encrypted, chronological, irreversible and incorruptible database that is shared across a network of computers. In other words, digital information (the "blocks") can be added to – but not removed from – a database (the "chain") and, instead of being stored on a single server, the database is spread out and stored on a vast network of computers. This means that the system is distributed and there is no central point of control. The computers in the network work together to add a new block to the chain, and each time a new block of information is added it is linked to the previous one in a linear fashion, resulting in the blockchain.
Blockchain technology is gradually appearing everywhere. At first the technology was largely put to use in the financial services industry, however the data stored on a blockchain can relate to anything, including money, insurance claims, medical records, origins of materials, property ownership and exchange, and so on. Blockchain technology can therefore be used in varied areas such as banking, cryptocurrencies, healthcare, supply chains, smart contracts, real estate, voting and many others. For example, a blockchain may be used for recording the origins of materials and tracking goods along a company's supply chain, facilitating authentication of purchased products.
Blockchain technology has gained particular renown because it is not owned by a single entity (decentralisation), no one can tamper with the data that is inside the blockchain (immutability) and it is possible to track the data (transparency).
Now that is clear what a blockchain is and what it does, it is the time to discuss whether blockchain technology is patentable or not.
Many patents concerning blockchains have already been granted, with some of the big players in the blockchain 'patent rush' being Alibaba, Bank of America, IBM, Intel, Mastercard and Visa. In terms of patentability considerations, blockchain inventions are in the category of computer implemented inventions (CIIs). Such inventions are examined by the EPO using stable criteria developed as a consequence of CII case law.
Computer programs "as such" are not patentable under the European Patent Convention (EPC), however CIIs may be considered patentable so long as the invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem. Since blockchains employ cryptographic methods, the inventions of blockchain-related patent applications may be considered to have a technical character and therefore could provide a technical solution. Further, technical problems addressed by blockchain inventions could relate to underlying technologies, such as cryptography or networks, or may concern a blockchain's application to diverse fields, such as mechatronics, logistics or medicine. For example, due to their complexity and distributed nature, blockchain transactions are slower in comparison to transactions conducted using more traditional payment systems such as cash or debit cards, and cryptographic methods that aim to solve such a problem may potentially be eligible for patent protection.
As for every technical field, blockchain inventions also need to meet the legal requirements for novelty, inventive step and industrial application. Inventive step, in particular, is a relatively demanding condition in the field of CIIs because only those features which contribute to the technical character of an invention are taken into account during substantive examination.
Therefore, when seeking to protect a blockchain-related idea in Europe, it is important to consider both the eligibility of the subject-matter (whether it concerns something technical or if, for example, it is all about a business method), and whether a technical problem has been solved in a novel and inventive way with respect to the prior art.
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July 19, 2019 – July 21, 2019 Charlotte, NC
Greetings Family! Thank you for visiting the Giles/Taylor family reunion website. This years festivities will be held in Charlotte, NC. On this site we will be sharing all details related to the reunion. Please RSVP for the reunion no later than May 1, 2019 using the following link: Register Here!
Reunion Costs
Registration – $135 – Adults $50 – Children (12 and under).
All payments are due by June 1, 2019.
Please mail check/money orders to : Brook Brooks , 8907 Kentucky Derby Drive, Waxhaw NC 28173
Hotel Details
The Hampton Inn – South Park at Philips Place with be the host hotel for the Giles/Taylor family reunion. A block of 30 rooms were reserved, please utilize group code "GTR" when making your reservation to access the discounted room rates ($135 to $160 per night). To make your reservation call (704)319-5700 or book online using the link below:
Reunion Hosts
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Pond Bridge Restoration
This unique restoration involved bringing a solid mahogany pond bridge back to life. The bridge was disassembled and all rotten or missing sections of the components were replaced. The piece was then reassembled using modern adhesives, sealed in epoxy and finally painted a bright luck filled red.
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Daìdalos is a psychological short film.
SYNOPSIS: Among spirals of anxieties and hopes a young man goes insane in his own apartment. In every room a dark waltz of psychosis will be consumed, in perfect balance between reality and oneirism.
Short film written and directed by Nino Scuderi and Claudio Palumbo.
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The latest feature released by Facebook, Deals, goes beyond Groupon and Foursquare by combining both services to deliver a location-based deals service.
Facebook emphasised the fact that this is a mobile-only service by limiting its use to smartphones. This is because they normally integrate GPS (or pseudo GPS) functionality that allows the app to find out exactly where the user is.
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It will just be a matter of time before someone come up with a website like pleaserobme, an online service which was set up last year to raise concern about over-sharing and location awareness.
Some of our readers, like Dan, pointed to the fact that Deals is a real-time record of someone's whereabouts, a semi-public one which shows where you are and where you have been.
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"View of Toledo" by El Greco
El Greco (1541-1614). Born Doménikos Theotokópoulos, El Greco (as we know him now) was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
El Greco was born on Crete, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the center of post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before travelling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done.
View of Toledo, is one of the two surviving landscapes painted by El Greco. The other, called View and Plan of Toledo, lies at Museo Del Greco,Toledo, Spain. Along with Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night, landscapes by William Turner, and works by Monet, it is among the best known depictions of the sky in Western art, and features sharp color contrast between the sky and the hills below.
Toledo was the religious capital of Spain and El Greco's View of Toledo is a landscape painting with a spiritual dimension. El Greco chooses to portray the scene just at that moment before a storm bursts. The heavens are at war with the sun just holding out against the impending thunderstorm and the atmosphere is electric.
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In 1997, Bollenback was named Musician of the Year at the Washington Area Music Awards, and became an Adjunct Professor of Music at the American University in Washington, DC. His two compositions, "Wookies's Revenge" and "Romancin' the Moon" (featured on Joey DeFrancesco's Rebboppin') earned him the SESAC award for original songs and he was later invited to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
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Super-sub Paddy Madden cancelled out Kwesi Appiah's opener with Josh Morris clinching the points for Joey Barton's side.
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century Mormons, fell into disuse. Contrast this with the early LDS Deseret News, edited by the second counselor in the LDS First Presidency, which carried an astrological table in its first issue.
The use of Astrology among the Mormons goes back to the Order or Fraternity (called by outsiders the Fraternity of Rodmen). Mormon William W. Phelps, whose family is linked to the Fraternity, published an almanac in 1863 which refers to the LDS use of astrology and the to prophecies. "The moon's days in the signs of the Zodiac are also given near enough for the general reader." His 1865 Deseret Almanac also had Zodiac information.
Many Mormons have enjoyed the practice of the Mormon religion, but felt very disturbed by the Temple ceremonies. Many are so disturbed they never return after their first experience. They have good reason to be disturbed.
1. John Taylor. Millennial Star 13:337-338, Nov. 15, 1851
2. ibid
3. ibid
4. Joseph F. Smith. Millennial Star. 67:628, Sept. 1905
4a. Hunt and McMahon. The Seduction of Christianity, p.68
5. Scottish Rite Masonry, Vol. II, p. 373
6. Roberts, Freemasonry In American History, pp. 243-44
8. Naifeh, Steven and Gregory White Smith. The Mormon Murders. NY: New American Library, 1988, pp. 336-337. It may be argued that these authors aren't the top authorities on Mormonism. But there are many other qualified observers who have said similar things, this quote was simply easy to find.
9. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 39, N.Y: James T. White & Co., 1949, p.13
10. The Herald (newspaper) Oct. 22, 1892 cf. Frank J. Cannon's book.
11. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 39, p. 13. His Masonic membership is mentioned in 10,000 Famous Freemasons.
12. Deseret News, Dec. 19, 1893
13. Taylor, Samuel W. Rocky Mountain Empire The Later-Day Saints Today. N.Y.: Macmillan Pub. Co., Inc., 1978, p. 115
14. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 20, p. 49. He is also mentioned in the book 10,000 Famous Freemasons.
15. Tanner, Gerald and Sandra. Mormon Spies, Hughes and the CIA. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1978, esp. pp. 12-4, but the whole book relates to the topic.
16. ibid., p.l and other pages
17. Tanner, Gerald and Sandra, op. cit.
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19. Church of Scientology broshure
20. various sources—common knowledge
2oa. Various LDS statements document this. As a starting point on studying Mormon plans and prophecy for the future read the respected Mormon historian Duane Crowther concerning the coming New Age Millenium etc. in his book Prophecy Key to the Future. The H.I.S. Ministries International, P.O. Box 21918, Salt Lake City, has put out a tract "The Mormon Plan for America" which outlines the coming Theocratic world government the Mormons expect.
21. Rev. Moon's claim are widely known. For primary documentation is Ken Sudo's 120-Day Training Manual, pp. 152, 160
22. Hansen, George. To Harass Our People, The IRS and Government Abuse of Power, pp. SS44-SS46.
23. Col. Bo Hi Pak, Opening Address, Sixth CAUSA Conference, held at the Key Bridge Marriot Hotel, Arlington, VA, Nov. 17-20, 1983—copy of speech given to delegates.
24. The Orange County Register, Apr. 15, 1990, p. G4
25. art. "Auto Deal Made With Red China" Spotlight (Jan. 1990) p. 3.
26. Spotlight (Jan. 1990) p. 5 quoting Dr. Gunnar Gorglid, the Swedish economist who is a UN consultant on Asian affairs.
30. W. Cleon Skousen, The Naked Communist, Salt Lake City, Ensing Pub. Co., 1958, p. 12
31. Young, Brigham. Journal of Discourses, 14:93
32. interviews with various Mormons
33. Crowther, Duane. Prophecy Key to the Future, p. 91 cf. Journal of Discourses, 21:150-53.
34. from Author's own experience
35. Schoebelen, William J. and James R. Spenser. Mormonism's Temple of Doom. Idaho Falls, ID: Triple J. Pub., 1987, p. 22
36. Quinn, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, (1987), p. 194
38. Yorgason, 1974, p. 47 as quoted by Quinn, op. cit. p. 195
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John Oliver has a koala chlamydia ward named after him thanks to Russell Crowe
John Oliver has a koala chlamydia ward named after him at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital thanks to a donation made by Russell Crowe. A few weeks back on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the host revealed that the show had bought several pieces of Crowe's movie memorabilia at his "divorce auction" with the plan to donate the memorabilia to a Blockbuster in Anchorage, Alaska. Touched by Oliver's kindness, Crowe decided to donate the money Oliver paid for the items to the zoo.
I've had a eureka moment on how to use @iamjohnoliver from @LastWeekTonight auction money . His random act of kindness is going to be honoured in such a cool way .
Yes, no surprise, it will involve wildlife . @rickygervais @jimjefferies @jimmycarr @edsheeran @edwina_b
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The zoo was so grateful for the donation, Terri, Bindi, and Robert Irwin made a video thanking Crowe and Oliver. In the video they also revealed the name of the new ward, The John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward.
Great news for Koala everywhere. @AustraliaZoo @wildwarriors @LastWeekTonight @iamjohnoliver @rickygervais pic.twitter.com/RrwBqfy5N9
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"Well played, Russell Crowe. Well played indeed," Oliver said, adding, "That may honestly be the greatest thing I've ever seen." Oliver then went on to pretend that this has been a longtime goal of his saying, "Back when this show started, I wrote down my one and only goal for it, and I put it in this envelope. It was a simple goal, just three words long. That goal? A koala chlamydia ward."
And with that "goal" reached, Oliver was ready to call it quits. He packed up his belongings as his desk was being dismantled and said his goodbye. "I hope you enjoyed the show over the years. I know we made it rather difficult to do that. But, you know, we did learn some things along the way, didn't we? And we had exactly four laughs together, so that's something," Oliver said. "The point is, pack it up, guys, we're going home! We did it, Jeff! We did it. We got the koala ward!"
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Halloween is coming and ghost stories and spooky tales are on everyone's mind. Here at Bender Shirts, we don't love horror stories but they can happen even in the field of embroidery. Let me tell you a tale… To truly understand the story, you have to go back to the embroidery room where production magic …


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To quote our second edition of Notes & Stories 'the time you spend away is better off shared', so why not group together with friends and family for this summer's holiday?
After all, 'A roast gets easier the more bellies you have to fill. Grub tastes better when we eat together. Sofas and beds warm up when a person flops down next to you.'
So here are a few of our featured large holiday cottages in Devon for large groups, perfect for a social gathering.
The Gardener's Cottage (2518)
Country holiday cottage with broadband, Iddesleigh near Okehampton, sleeps 6+1
Peace and quiet in a 17th Century country estate. Granny and Grandad can enjoy a relaxed stroll through parkland and walled gardens whilst the children make use of the tennis court next to the cottage. Picnic in the tranquil gardens at a spot found whilst exploring the grounds. Rest, recuperate and let the kids run around to their hearts content. This large family house is the perfect base.
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Kirstie Allsopp's 'Homemade Home' found deep in Welcombe Valley, sleeps 14+2
You might've seen this one once or twice on the tv... Kirstie Allsopp's 'Homemade Home' is within walking distance of Welcombe Mouth and is, of course, beautifully decorated throughout. For those who want a bit of space from the rest of the group, the sixth bedroom is separate from the main house, along with the games-room. You can bring your four-legged friend to this one, and enjoy al fresco meals cooked on the barbecue in the secluded grounds.
Whitelady House (2648)
Spacious country retreat bordered by Lydford Gorge, sleeps 12+2
This is a beauty, characterful yet contemporary in style and with room to swing a dog or two! The Owners have gone above and beyond, providing a hot tub as well as the option to be fully or partially catered for. What more could you want for?
We have well over one hundred holiday cottages that cater for eight or more people throughout Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset.
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Tomgram: The Year of Living Dangerously
Bush v. Reality
War, Trials, Leakers, Investigations, Packed Courts, and a Constitutional Crisis
By Tom Engelhardt
2006 is sure to be the year of living dangerously — for the Bush administration and for the rest of us. In the wake of revelations of warrantless spying by the National Security Agency, we have already embarked on what looks distinctly like a constitutional crisis (which may not come to a full boil until 2007). In the meantime, the President, Vice President, Secretaries of Defense and State, various lesser officials, crony appointees, acolytes, legal advisors, leftover neocons, spy-masters, strategists, spin doctors, ideologues, lobbyists, Republican Party officials, and congressional backers are intent on packing the Supreme Court with supporters of an "obscure philosophy" of unfettered Presidential power called "the unitary executive theory" and then foisting a virtual cult of the imperial presidency on the country.
On the other hand, determined as this administration has been to impose its version of reality on us, the President faces a traffic jam of reality piling up in the environs of the White House. The question is: How long will the omniscient and dominatrix-style fantasies of Bushworld, ranging from "complete victory" in Iraq to non-existent constitutional powers to ignore Congress, the courts, and treaties of every sort, triumph over the realities of the world the rest of humanity inhabits. Will an unconstrained presidency continue to grow — or not?
Here are just a few of the explosive areas where Bush v. Reality is likely to play out, generating roiling crises which could chase the President through the rest of this year. Keep in mind, this just accounts for the modestly predictable, not for the element of surprise which — as with Ariel Sharon's recent stroke — remains ever present.
Who, after all, can predict what will hit our country this year. From a natural-gas shock to Chinese financial decisions on the dollar, from oil terrorism to the next set of fierce fall hurricanes, from the bursting of the housing bubble to the arrival of the avian flu, so much is possible — but one post-9/11 truth, revealed with special vividness by hurricane Katrina, should by now be self-evident: Whatever the top officials of this administration are capable of doing, they and their cronies in various posts throughout the federal bureaucracy are absolutely incapable of (and perhaps largely uninterested in) running a government. Let's give this phenomenon a fitting name: FEMAtization. You could almost offer a guarantee that no major problem is likely to arise this year, domestic or foreign, that they will not be quite incapable of handling reasonably, efficiently, or thoughtfully — to hell with compassionately (for anyone who still remembers that museum-piece label, "compassionate conservative," from the Bush version of the Neolithic era). So here are just four of the most expectable crisis areas of 2006 as well as three wild cards that may remain in the administration's hand and that could
chase all of us through this year — adding up, in one way or the other, to the political tsunami of 2006.
Unwilling to face the realities of its trillion-dollar folly of a war and dealing with presidential polling figures entering free fall, the administration did the one thing it has been eternally successful at — it launched a fantasy offensive, not in Iraq, but here at home against the American people and especially the media. A series of aggressive speeches, news conferences, spin-doctored policy papers, and attacks on the opposition as "defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right," all circling around an election likely to put an Islamic theocratic regime in power in Baghdad, pumped up the President's polling numbers modestly and, more importantly, caused reporters and pundits to back off, wondering yet again whether we weren't finally seeing the crack of light at the end of that tunnel. (Wasn't the President implicitly admitting to the odd mistake in Iraq policy? Wasn't he secretly preparing his own version of withdrawal? Weren't the Iraqis turning some corner or other?)
However complicated the situation in Iraq may be, here's an uncomplicated formula for considering administration policy there in the coming year. After every "milestone" from the killing of Saddam Hussein's sons and the capture of Saddam himself through the "handing over" of sovereignty and various elections, things have only gotten worse. Remind me why it should be different this time? In fact, while the President warned endlessly about violence before the recent election, the violence since has been far worse with 28 Americans and hundreds of Iraqis dying in just a single tumultuous four-day period. Or put another way, whatever government may be formed in Baghdad's Green Zone, it will preside over a Bush-installed failed state, utterly corrupt (billions of dollars have already been stolen from it) and thoroughly inept, incapable of providing its people with anything like security. In fact, just the other day, two suicide bombers, dressed in the uniforms of "senior police officers" and with the correct security passes, made it through numerous checkpoints and into the well-guarded compound of the Interior Ministry where they blew themselves and many policemen up. Iraq's government, such as it is, has also proved incapable of delivering electricity or potable water, or of running its only industry of significance, the oil business (overseen by, of all people, Ahmed Chalabi), which is now producing less energy than in the worst moments of the Saddam Hussein/sanctions era. The country is already in a low-level civil war; its American-supported military made up of rival militias preparing to engage in various forms of ethnic cleansing; its police evidently heavily infiltrated by the insurgency; and its most important leaders are Shiite theocrats closely allied with Iran. The insurgency itself shows not the slightest sign of lessening.
Iraq is a minefield for the Bush administration. Prepare for it to blow this year.
2. Trials (and Tribulations) of Every Sort. Of course some of the description of Iraq above has become increasingly applicable to the Bush administration as well. It is, after all, run by fundamentalists and presidential cultists, presiding over what increasingly looks like a FEMA-tized, failed state, riddled with corruption, and at war with itself. In 2006, Bush and his associates face a quagmire of potential scandals, exposures of corrupt and illegal practices, and trials and tribulations of all sorts. There is, as a start, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, still on the Plame case job.
After a brief flurry of activity in November when the National Law Journal's 2005 "lawyer of the year" convened a new grand jury to hear further evidence, the Fitzgerald investigation dropped off just about everyone's radar screen. Fitzgerald, however, is a dogged character, playing things very close to the vest. No one can know what exactly he will do, but he is reportedly preparing material on Karl Rove for the new grand jury. It would be reasonable to expect that, sometime in the next two or three months, he might indeed indict "Bush's brain" and then, rather than winding down his investigation, turn from those who attempted to obstruct his view of the Plame case to the case itself. In other words, if you happen to be a betting soul, you might consider putting your money on the possibility that the Plame case investigation will reach ever higher in the administration — and Fitzgerald seems carefully shielded within the Justice Department from administration tampering.
Republican Congressional Committee and linked to the Abramoff case. Lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who plied endless (mostly Republican) congressional reps with favors and perks in return for influence, pled guilty last week to public corruption charges and turned state's evidence. He has claimed he possesses incriminating material on 60 congressional lawmakers (as well as many of their aides).
Last week, the Washington Post reported, federal prosecutors turned "up the pressure on a former senior aide to Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) in the clearest signal yet that the sprawling public corruption investigation is now focusing on House Republican leadership offices." Though the career prosecutors from the Justice Department's Office of Public Integrity who turned Abramoff, seem to have been reasonably insulated from administration pressure, the case threatens to hit the Republican Congress hard, just as the Plame case threatens to empty the higher realms of administration power. It looks like at least a limited number of cases will be brought against lawmakers this election year. Unlike Fitzgerald, however, the career prosecutors in the Abramoff case are overseen by a notorious Bush recess appointee, Alice Fisher. Her nomination was opposed even in a Republican-controlled Senate as she is without prosecutorial experience (though she has some experience in the subject area of Guantanamo interrogations and is tied to Tom DeLay's defense team). So look for future fireworks, conflicts, scandals, and plenty of leaks on this one.
3. War with the Bureaucracy. Until quite recently, with an oppositionless Congress, increasingly right-wing courts, and a cowed media, traditional Constitutional checks and balances on administration claims of massive presidential powers and prerogatives have been missing in action. However, the founding fathers of this nation, who could not have imagined our present National Security State or the size of this imperial presidency, could have had no way of imagining the governmental bureaucracy that has grown up around these either. So how could they have dreamed that the only significant check-and-balance in our system since September 11, 2001 has been that very bureaucracy? Parts of it have been involved in a bitter, shadowy war with the administration for years now. It's been a take-no-prisoners affair, as Tomdispatch has recorded in the first two posts in its Fallen Legion series, focusing on the startling numbers of men and women who were honorable or steadfast enough in their governmental duties that they found themselves with little alternative but to resign in protest, quit, retire, or simply be pushed off some cliff. This administration has done everything in its power to take control of the bureaucracy. As hurricane Katrina showed with a previously impressive federal agency, FEMA, Bush and his officials have put their pals ("Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job"), often without particular qualifications other than loyalty to this President, into leading positions, while trying to curb or purge their opponents. At the CIA, for instance, just before the last election former Representative Porter Goss, a loyal political hack, was installed to purge and cleanse what had become an agency of leakers and bring it into line. Administration officials have, in fact, conducted little short of a war against leaks and leakers. To give but a single example, the origins of the Plame case lie in part in an attempt by top officials to administer punishment to former Ambassador Joseph Wilson for revealing administration lies about an aspect of Saddam Hussein's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction program. What those officials (as leakers, of course) did to his wife was clearly meant as a warning to others in the bureaucracy that coming forward would mean being whacked.
The war with the bureaucracy and even, to some extent, with the military — high-level officers, for instance, clearly leaked crucial information to Rep. Murtha before his withdrawal news conference — will certainly continue this year, probably at an elevated level. The CIA has been a sieve; the NSA clearly will be; at the first sign of pressure, expect the same from career people in the Justice Department; and an unhappy military has already been passing out administration-unfriendly Iraq info left and right. Administration punitive acts only drive this process forward. Any signs of further administration weakness will do the same.
4. Election 2006. Count on it being down and dirty. This could be a street brawl because, with the Republican loss of even one house of Congress, the power to investigate is turned over to the Democrats as we head into a presidential election cycle.
Consider points 1-3 above: Iraq as a rolling,
roiling, ongoing disaster, Republican congressional representatives and administration figures under indictment, bureaucrats leaking madly, possible seats put into play in Texas, presidential polls dropping — all having the potential to threaten an administration already filled with the biggest gamblers in our history and capable of doing almost anything if they think themselves in danger. So what can the President and his pals draw on?
Administration Wildcards
Court-packing: As Noah Feldman pointed out recently in the New York Times Magazine, the rise of the imperial presidency has a history that goes back to Thomas Jefferson's decision to conclude the Louisiana Purchase, while the presidency's outsized "war powers" go back at least to Abraham Lincoln. The President has long had powers unimagined by the founding fathers, but the Bush administration still represents a new stage in the obliteration of a checks-and-balances system of government. Last week, in an important, if somewhat overlooked, front-page piece in the Wall Street Journal ("Judge Alito's View of the Presidency: Expansive Powers"), Jess Bravin reported on a speech Sam Alito gave to the right-wing Federalist Society in 2000 in which he subscribed to the "unitary executive theory" of the presidency ("gospel," he called it) which puts its money on the supposedly unfettered powers of the President as commander-in-chief. This theory has been pushed by administration figures ranging from the Vice President and his Chief of Staff David Addington to former assistant attorney general and torture-memo writer John Yoo. As Alito put the matter in his speech: "[The Constitution] makes the president the head of the executive branch, but it does more than that. The president has not just some executive powers, but the executive power — the whole thing." And Yoo put it even more bluntly while debating the unitary executive theory recently. In answering the question, "If the president deems that he's got to torture somebody, including by crushing the testicles of the person's child, there is no law that can stop him?" he responded, "No treaty."
Terrorism: From September 11, 2001, the terrorism/fear card has certainly been the most powerful domestic weapon in the administration's arsenal. In the event of a major (or several smaller) terrorist strikes in this country, the Bush administration could certainly be the major beneficiary, but even that is no longer a given. History tends not to happen quite the same way twice and no one knows whether, under the shock of such an event or events, the post-9/11 moment would simply be repeated or whether Americans might feel that this administration had completely betrayed them. A terrible war, lousy government, hideous crisis management, and then, on the one thing they swore they did best — protecting the country from terror — failure. Still this is certainly an administration wild card.
Is a Constitutional Crisis in the Cards?
Until 2005, it wasn't that the Bush administration didn't make more than its share of mistakes; thanks to 9/11, it simply had plenty of wiggle room. It could always turn attention elsewhere. It always had the fear and terror cards ready to be played. These days, turn people's attention elsewhere and they're likely to see yet more disaster, corruption, incompetence, and illegality. In 2006, the administration has a lot less wiggle room than it used to. Polling figures reflect that vividly. When new disasters hit, whether in Iraq or New Orleans, it's becoming harder to take American eyes off them.
Let me then offer one of those predictions — surrounded by qualifications and caveats — that all writers should be wary of. If in a bitter, dirty mid-term election, filled with "irregularities," one house of Congress or both nonetheless go to the Democrats, which I believe possible (despite their low polling figures at the moment), expect the investigations to begin. Expect as well that the Bush administration will then trot out that "obscure" presidential philosophy of power and claim that the Congress has no right to investigate the President in his guise as Commander-in-Chief.
That is why the Alito nomination is so crucial and why 2007 may prove the year of constitutional crisis in the United States.


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Lighthouses Category
Cape Engaño Lighthouse
September 7, 2014
If Cape Bojeador Lighthouse guides ships on the northwestern corner of Luzon, then Cape Engaño Lighthouse (Wikipedia) is its metaphorical sibling, guiding ships on Luzon's northeastern frontier. This Spanish-era lighthouse, built in 1888 and first used in 1892, sits atop a hill on the northernmost point of Palaui Island in... (read more)
January 12, 2014
There are two stories of how the islet of Capitancillo got its name. The first story, a legend set during the Spanish Colonial Period, tells the tale of Capitan Basillo, a skipper of a trading vessel, who angered Rajah Bugtopasan, a contemporary of Lapu-Lapu. Capitan Basillo tried to escape Bugtopasan,... (read more)
Cape Bojeador Lighthouse
August 8, 2010
It's been a while since I last featured a lighthouse, and it has also been a while since there's been a sight that was a superlative in some respect. So let's now fix that by visiting the highest lighthouse in the Philippines, the Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, also known as the... (read more)
Cape Bolinao Lighthouse
September 19, 2009
I mentioned last year that I once went to Treasures of Bolinao resort in western Pangasinan and that I would've visited the Cape Bolinao Lighthouse had I known that it was nearby. Well, Google Maps shows that this landmark is actually quite near, much less than a kilometer east of... (read more)
Capones Island
September 25, 2007
There's something weirdly romantic about a rocky cliff-strewn island off a mainland coast (think Ko Phi Phi Ley from The Beach). But there's nothing romantic about Capones Island. It's not a tropical paradise. It's rocky. And it's mostly barren. But it invokes instead a sense of adventure that would appeal... (read more)
Liloan Lighthouse
July 21, 2007
The Liloan Lighthouse, officially named the Bagacay Point Light, is one of the famous lighthouses in the Visayas and is located in Barangay Catarman, Liloan, Cebu, about 18 kilometers northeast of Cebu City. The lighthouse is maintained by the Philippine Coast Guard and serves as a critical navigational aid for... (read more)


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"Gee, I hope it didn't hurt too much when I killed you, Mister Wabbit."
The voice ripples through the empty apartment; filling the space as an alarm would, each following silence feeling like it rings. There are few other sounds to compete. The sound of a clock with a decaying battery: more like a tut… tut… than a tick, tick. The slightest rubbing sound as the curtains inch against the wall. The window is cracked open a thumb's length.
"I hope you can hewp me mister game warden," the television says, and the shadows on the walls move like swimmers.
In the kitchen are bare countertops with no crumbs or dirty dishes. On the fridge, nothing of personal note. A newspaper clipping fixed with yellowing tape advertises a sale on sofas. A printed notice warns of preventative maintenance, scheduled for December 9th, 2063.
And in the next room, a portion of a sofa can be seen. Not the same sofa in the advertisement, mind you, but a comfortable and weathered one. No one is sitting on the sofa. There are no cups on the table. Only the items which would have proven most cumbersome to move have been allowed to stay. Important items; still, like the lamp with the hand-painted shade, but in a rush even these must be sacrificed.
The television with its garish colors is a forgotten detail. It has been playing old cartoons for a number of days. The cartoon imagines and re-imagines a caricature of a chase: the stumpy old hunter with the little legs, and the quick-witted rabbit who outsmarts him. And in this moment; we see that the rabbit has not been killed at all- it is bounding away from the useless instrument which is the old man's musket.
Retreating from the living room brings one towards the doorway. There are no shoes lined up on the mat, although a hint of muddy bootprints remains; hastily scrubbed.
It's funny, the preparation which a man can put into his own departure.
Knowing that you were to die; why wipe the countertops? Why clear the dishes from the TV room, wash them, and place them back onto shelves? Knowing that no one in particular will care to inherit it, why pack the silver bowl into papers and carry it away? And why, during a quick but thorough exit, would the television have been left on?
These details fall upon an array of curious eyes, which peer from a spot just past the doorframe, swiveling about but never daring to venture inside. No one has thought to find the remote and silence the parade of re-runs. Perhaps they can't be blamed for being a little afraid, considering the circumstances of his death.
The thought is enough to make the blood run cold, although no one could ever admit it. All it takes is three nominations, and then the laborious process can begin.
There are reviews, and letters, and juries. There is an entire period of observation which is broadcast to the parties involved. There are random checks and independent verifications, and finally, many forms which require many notarized signatures. Perhaps they make the process so drawn out because they hope the applicants will lose heart. But it's been rare to start this without finishing.
Most commonly it happens to abusive fathers. When he has three children or more, it's easy. The siblings weigh the pros and cons as a united front: debating the morality, the costliness, the logistics. And should they decide to nominate their father for death, they have each other to lean on during the process. One feels bad for the girls who nominate their rapists. There have been cases where a disgruntled roommate had to be found, or a bitter ex lover, or the cop who originally booked him. To sign these papers in the company of strangers must be burdensome.
And at the end of the day, it's not their immortal souls which the applicants are concerned with. It's not murder, after all. There are no electrical chairs or needles full of slow-acting compounds. There could never be a firing squad, no, the law is not meant to be regressive. Once the deceased is notified, they have twelve hours to pack, and arrive at the government to be handled.
It's commonly believed that while death is the name it's been given, the result is more of a relocation. It is known, quantitatively, that the deceased's absence will be better for everyone. Children can begin to forget the guilt and shame involved in ignoring their long-condemned parents, and victims can live without the fear of meeting their abusers around every corner. It's been guessed that the government owns an island in the far east that's been remodeled for this purpose. Of course, the mechanics are not the public's business. But why else would the deceased be allowed to bring along their belongings? Regardless, the process is thorough. There are no tricks or illusions, no way to evade the result. No one has ever been reported to be seen again, after.
Soon this man's assets will be liquified and donated to the charity of the applicants' choice. But knowing nothing about him, it is fun to peer into his doorway, trying to pick apart the reason why he was not wanted. There are more than one set of eyes. Word has spread and the neighbors have been offering coffee. It's a bit tasteless- one of them tried to charge.
The people at the doorway look at his sofa, his refrigerator, his hand-painted lampshade. They try not to find anything to which they relate. They watch the rabbit running, and think of cartoons with disdain.