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House Elections Committee Update
Yesterday the Texas House Elections Committee held its most substantive hearing of the session to date, voting out bills for consideration and taking up several major items.
In the Senate, the State Affairs Committee heard a wide-ranging bill by Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola). Direct Action Texas registered in support of the Hughes measure, SB 9. More on that later.
Stephanie Klick (R-Fort Worth), Chair of the House Elections Committee, brought a handful of bills up for a vote, marking the first time this session bills have moved out of her committee. Four of the bills passed
Two additional measures advanced did not receive unanimous support, HB 1067 and HB 1421. The former is a bill that would allow for a deceased individual to be removed from the ballot and the latter is an election "cybersecurity" bill.
HB 1421 and its counterparts across the country coincide with meritless hand wringing over Russian hacking of the 2016 election. While there were attempts at hacking, the efforts were largely unsuccessful, suggesting that measures currently safeguarding our election systems are
Where the attacks were most successful reveals hypocrisy, as many cybersecurity advocates are clamoring for online voter registration. FiveThirtyEight reported that 21 states were scanned in 2016 and 1 was hacked. That state, Illinois was breached by way of the online voter registration system.
Last week, during testimony on HB 1421, multiple witnesses testified against the measure, noting that the bill is unnecessary given the effectiveness of our current system, the information being protected is a public record and that the bill appears to be a vendor handout.
In other states, including California and New York cybersecurity programs have been used to expand the scope of the power of political regulators, including the regulation of speech. In California, the cybersecurity monitors social media and "combats misinformation."
Representatives Middleton and Swanson voted in opposition to the measure.
Currently the secretary of state's office is conducting security evaluations with counties by way of a vendor with federal funding.
Among the more lively testimony, Pam Joyce, with the Harris County Republican Party testified convincingly in opposition to HB 1463 mandating joint primaries calling it a, "highly partisan and distasteful bill." Currently, the decision to call a joint primary is up to county party officials.
Ed Johnson testifying on HB 1463 stated that election poll workers in Harris County have intimidated voters by refusing to give Spanish speaking voters Republican primary ballots, insisting they vote a Democrat ballot.
Chair of the Republican Party's working group on election integrity Kathleen Wall testified that while working polls she had to instruct a man who had been bounced from multiple poll locations in a joint primary election that he had a right to vote a Republican ballot at the polling place he originally visited.
Participation in primary elections is a driver for general election participation. In counties where voter intimidation is taking place during a joint primary, this can have an adverse effect on general election turnout and results.
The bill immediately following HB 1463, to increase pay for election judges in joint primaries, was suggested by Democrat Glen Maxey. Briscoe Cain questioning the bill's author Jon Rosenthal (D-Houston) exposed this and
Of the bills passed out of committee with unanimous consent, two were authored by Valoree Swanson (R-Spring) and the others by Ryan Guillen (D-Rio Grande City), and John Bucy (D-Cedar Park) respectively.


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August 27, 2015 | There are No 'Ethics' at the TOP! All is Relative!
Human behavior is very interesting and paradoxical. I am learning much as we speed up the thinking process via our internet society. At the 'top' of our ruling pyramid we have our elite leaders and our financial rulers. We have our politicians, our Central Bankers, our wealthy corporate pundits, our media personalities, our science and education professors, and all our religious (end time) prognosticators. And today we have a NEW agenda called Agenda 2030 which will be implemented soon! What have I learned from observing these elite and their agenda's, rules, legal decisions, etc.?
Do Americans understand that our N.W.O. is HERE? It starts after the coming financial stock market crash (this coming fall)!
First of all, I have learned that morals and ethics are relative, changing, and subjective. For our Politicians and Central Bankers the questions are: Is it legal? If not, can we make it legal? Ethics or sound judgment is not the issue for these elite. All they desire is to control the behavior of the masses via their positions of POWER and their manipulative behavior. All this depends on the 'system' and the 'rules' established (by the 'system'). If a course of action is LEGAL, and if select elites desire to implement a decision (say Q.E. counterfeiting or Agenda 2030) then all that is needed is to make SURE that this is LEGAL.
The question for our elites in POWER is: Is it legal or can we make it legal! Ethics is relative and all decisions are kosher if we can be assured that what we DO is legal. Our 'system' operates on rules, codes, and words which must be created so as to make all decisions LEGAL. The words in the Federal Reserve Act or the United Nations (now 193 countries) must be changed when necessary (by select politicians) so that what we do is made LEGAL for the masses. Who cares what the masses think as long as it is LEGAL? This trait of human behavior is very interesting and paradoxical. What does this word 'legal' really mean?
Today, our elite politicians and our financial elite have decided that they desire digital money for everyone and a Cashless society for the planet. The masses of people must be controlled and manipulated so that this GOAL is achieved. The result (goal) of a Cashless society is now nearly complete. We now have our Smart phones and computers to create instant buy/sell transactions via invisible frequencies and speed of light optics. This is our NEW world of 2015 – 2016! Digital money has been made 'legal' by our elite (even without a court review)!
Our leaders want cyber money and digital transactions so as to speed up all activities and supposedly create a better world. We now have our digital communication system so why not create this new Cashless society where money is virtual and imaginary! Most of the masses (including 99% of the pundits) can not separate their mind from the object, so now is the perfect time to create this new internal Cashless virtual system of bits and bytes. Money rules the planet and the elite need control to rule effectively! Control is now possible with this new Cashless society operating within Cyber Space!
Machines and algorithms can now control all financial transactions within this NEW space called Cyber Space. The masses of consumers desire speed and instant results. Computers offer the solution. All this plays into the goal of a better society for the elites and those in POWER. Power is necessary to implement this new Cashless world of virtual numbers. Control is necessary to make this new numbers system work in the marketplace. And the masses of people refuse to THINK for themselves so now is the time to implement this global system of numbers, control, and global finance.
In order for this new global system to be implemented, however, we must crash the current system and create a new global currency for the planet. We might call this new currency the PHOENIX or Rising Star! The 'name' is relative to what is legal and what will work. New virtual money must now be created for our planet and a N.W.O. must be established by the elite. Agenda 2030 is now on the books of the United Nations and this new Agenda must be implemented for the entire planet (NOW). The message is final but the masses are totally unaware of what is now transpiring! Read the inspiring words of our elite rulers! Here comes our N.W.O. and new digital MONEY! Read!
Preamble: This Agenda (2030) is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental. The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next fifteen years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet:DECLARATION
Introduction 1. We, the Heads of State and Government and High Representatives, meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 25-27 September 2015 as the Organization celebrates its seventieth anniversary, have decided today on new global Sustainable Development Goals. 2. On behalf of the people's we serve, we have adopted a historic decision on a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Goals and targets. We commit ourselves to working tirelessly for the full implementation of this Agenda by 2030. We recognize that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. We are committed to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner. We will also build upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seek to address their unfinished business. 3. We resolve, between now and 2030, to end poverty and hunger everywhere; to combat inequalities within and among countries; to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies; to protect human rights and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; and to ensure the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources. We resolve also to create conditions for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and decent work for all, taking into account different levels of national development and capacities. ¬¬¬ 4. As we embark on this great collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. Recognizing that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, we wish to see the Goals and targets met for all nations and people's and for all segments of society. And we will endeavour to reach the furthest behind first. 5. This is an Agenda of unprecedented scope and significance. It is accepted by all countries and is applicable to all, taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities. These are universal goals and targets which involve the entire world, developed and developing countries alike. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development. 6. The Goals and targets are the result of over two years of intensive public consultation andengagement with civil society and other stakeholders around the world, which paid particular attention to the voices of the poorest and most vulnerable. This consultation included valuable work done by the General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals and by the United Nations, whose Secretary-General provided a synthesis report in December 2014.
Conclusion: Who is aware of the above Agenda and the goals of our elite? Were you consulted? Who rules over this agenda and the global society? Does everyone become a robot of the computers and the hierarchy which implements this new agenda? All this is happening NOW and this fall. The POPE will speak to the Nation in September and then all is final. The current Nation State System of our past must now give way to this NEW agenda and the rulership of our elite. The 'mark of the beast' will follow as this NEW agenda is implemented. The gullible masses will accept as 'fear' rules over the mind of the masses! Human nature has not changed in the past 6000 years!
All is legal as our elite have decided that this is LEGAL. We are a world of 'laws' and all 'laws' are changeable and relative to the desires of our Elite (who control the decision-making process)! Our current President has silently promoted this NEW agenda for our planet (with few Americans discerning what is happening). America (the land of Jefferson, etc.) is over and we now must BOW to an imposed new system for the planet. The 'mark of the beast' will soon follow as virtual/digital/subjective/cyber MONEY rules this planet! Think and learn! My support for this agenda will be withheld! I may be put in prison by the elite as this NEW agenda unfolds. Think and learn! I am: https://kingdomecon.wordpress.com.
P.S. (Wisdom): I can now set the 'price' of silver or gold at whatever number I choose! I am an elite who has the computer program and the digits to enforce this result upon all our global markets. I refuse to allow silver or gold to re-emerge into the global marketplace. I have driven the 'price' (down) to $14 today! Can I drive (via algorithmic trading) the 'price' to zero? It will be interesting to follow this 'price' situation of silver/gold (our historical money). Our elites desire to eliminate these metals from any role in our N.W.O. Think! Can our elite accomplish this result? It is essential for their agenda!
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Don Swenson August 27th, 2015
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Could it be? The end of lawyers? How is it possible? Paul Lippe over at AmLaw Daily relays an interview with Richard Susskind about his new book The End of Lawyers? (Oxford University Press, Dec. 2008). Susskind previously predicted that e-mail would become the primary method of communication between lawyers and clients and that the Web would become the first stop for lawyers undertaking research. Both true. The title of his new book reveals a more dire revelation. So, how does this bode for lawyers interested in self-preservation?
According to Susskind, not poorly if lawyers are willing to open their minds to new business models. Susskind believes that lawyers that "respond creatively and forcefully to [the] impending demand" of economic crisis and pressure for more work at lower rates will do fine.
It doesn't seem that far a stretch to understand that lawyers, as a profession, must evolve or be left behind. Take a look at what is happening on-line and its impact on real world lawyering and you will see where the future of lawyering lies. On-line connections and relationships are fueling off-line business at an increasing rate. Availing themselves of the wealth of information available on the Internet, potential clients have a greater sense of the "nuts and bolts" of the practice of law and will look for cost-effective ways to secure services, including a la carte options and outsourcing. Oh, I get it now. Perhaps Susskind is not so prescient after all!


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I / We do authorise you to recite my / our name as the principal on any tenancy agreement you may prepare and any other relevant document you may sign on my / our behalf. I / We acknowledge that with this appointment you are to act as if you were the landlord and to do all things on our behalf, necessary to manage the property effectively. I / We as owners agree that the information I / we supply to you in this authority and schedule is correct. I / We agree to pay the $400.00 plus GST ($460.00) fee in advance to cover your advertising costs on Realestate.co.nz & TradeMe, time to view, photograph, video, show prospective tenants through the property and includes extensive online searches for suitable prospective tenants. I / We understand that this fee is non refundable and no advertising will be carried out until the fee is paid to account number 06 0601 0243606 00. In particular I / we authorise and instruct you to do the following when requested: To advertise for tenants and after checking the background of the successful applicants to select the most appropriate tenant on merit. To use an appropriate residential tenancy agreement (RTA) form. To rent the property on a fixed term tenancy basis at periods that best suit the market, where fixed term is appropriate. To conduct and record an initial property inspection at the commencement of a new tenancy if selected in the schedule. To conduct and record a routine inspection from time to time as requested. To collect a bond from the tenant equivalent to four weeks rent and to pay it to the Bond Collection Division of the Department of Building and Housing when employed to select a tenant. To collect the first weeks rent, deduct your fees and pay out the remainder as appropriate. To collect rental payments, if requested, as and when they fall due for payment and to take whatever steps are required by you to follow up and compel payments of unpaid rent. To negotiate with contractors and supervise all remedial or maintenance work at the tenancy premises whether that work is occasioned by the tenant or not. Managers Responsibilities & Restriction on Liability The manager shall have the duty to carry out the responsibilities set out herein and shall carry out those duties to a standard of care of a reasonable property manager. The owner agrees that the manager is not responsible for any arrears of rent incurred before or after the date of their appointment and is not liable to the owner for any damage caused by any party. The Manager has no responsibility for any injury to persons and/or damage to property arising out of the condition of the premises or any hazard in or about the premises. The manager will take due care in the performance of their contractual obligations but does not warrant the tenants performance in the payment of rent nor the observance of other covenants. Conflicting Instructions I / we agree that if I / we should instruct the tenants to pay the rent to anywhere other than your office, while employing you to collect the rent, then you may at your discretion terminate this agreement and I / we shall be liable for the commission due to the manager. Where there is more than one owner and you receive conflicting instructions as to the accounting of rent monies then I / we agree that you shall be at liberty to hold all rent monies in your trust account until the conflict has been resolved.Indemnity Provisions The owner agrees to indemnify and keep its manager and any contractors employed by the manager protected from all costs, claims, demands, suits, legal proceedings, or loss howsoever occurring incurred in the proper management of the tenancy premises and to reimburse the manager upon demand for any expenses incurred in the management of the premises. The owner takes full responsibility for the day to day management of the property and understands that all tradespeople working on their property must be qualified for the particular job they are undertaking and hold suitable & current public liability and professional indemnity insurance's. If in the managers sole discretion it may be necessary or 'proper' to reserve or withhold owners funds to meet obligations, which are or may become due (including the managers compensation) then the manager may do so at their discretion. Amendments Repairs I / we agree that the manager must obtain my / our consent to any repairs that may be required and the cost of repairs charged to my account with the particular trades person. or If you are collecting the rent on my behalf, these repairs are to be paid from rent collected on my behalf and administered by B&N Properties. It is acknowledged that any invoice for work arranged on my behalf with creditors is my responsibility and if there is not enough rent to cover the invoices, I will forward payment to you immediately upon demand. Insurances Building Insurance - The owner agrees to arrange any insurance on the rented dwelling. I / We acknowledge that I / we will contact our insurers to notify them that the property is now tenanted; to ensure that at all times the property is fully insured. Default Tenant Databases I / We understand that the manager utilises default tenant databases to access information about potential tenants for the purpose of reference checking.Notices This agreement shall only be terminated as follows: By the Owner, giving of three months notice in writing (including email to agent email address) delivered to the managers address for service referred to in this agreement or to any address commonly and usually used for correspondence or email By the Manager delivering to the Owner at the owners address for service notice in writing (including email to an email address) of any time period being not less than 14 days and not longer than three months however: If the Manager reasonably believes that there is a clear and present risk of harm to the tenant, in continuing to live in the rented premises and that risk cannot be immediately abated or removed, then the manager reserves the right to terminate this agreement forthwith by any means of communication available to them. The Manager may at the managers discretion alter the rate of any of the charges herein by giving two months notice in writing to the owners address for service.Amendments Statements If you are collecting the rent: I / We understand that the manager will send me statements as soon as possible after their balance date at the end of each month. I / We understand that the manager will provide me / us with an annual financial report, for the period that they hold the management of my property. The manager shall account to the owner for the rental received monthly and all payments made on the owners behalf within 5 working days of the close of the preceding month. In the event that the disbursements shall be in excess of the rents that are collected by the manager the owner agrees to pay such excess promptly upon demand. 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Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times makes the case that Barack Obama isn't as bad as all that.
You can check the successes he rounds up, but I focused on practical politics and Bill Clinton's assessment.
"I'll be surprised if he's not re-elected," Clinton said, adding that Obama would do better when matched against a specific opponent like Romney.
Clinton said that Romney did "a very good job" as governor of Massachusetts and would be a credible general election candidate. But Clinton added that Romney or any Republican nominee would be hampered by "a political environment in the Republican primary that basically means you can't be authentic unless you've got a single-digit I.Q."
If only Obama could synthesize and articulate as well as his most recent Democratic predecessor.


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One of the best ways to help purchase your dream vehicle is by joining some Wisconsin car auctions. Indeed, even the experts believe that this is indeed an efficient option. And even if this may seem to be just an alternative, this is still much better than the more convenient options. So if you're really looking for a great way to purchase a vehicle, then this is an option that you might want to consider. With auto auction Wisconsin, you will be able to get your dream automobiles at a very affordable price. As a matter of fact, you can even get them with a remarkably discounted price. If you are not yet convinced, then you need to know that they are about 90% cheaper than their counterparts in the market.
Nevertheless, there is still a need for you to make sure that you are going to get a great deal. And in order for you to do so, you may still need to draft a budget so that you will not go beyond your means. This is very important if you really want to get a good bargain in these Wisconsin car auctions. It is also necessary for you to know as to where these units really came from. Actually, they were just repossessed by the different financial institutions because the owners failed to manage their loans or mortgages. And because the units served as collateral, they cannot do anything but just to surrender them.
The different law enforcement agencies may have also impounded some of these automobiles. Probably, the owners used these vehicles in some form of crime or felony. And because of this, there is a need for you to make sure that they are still in excellent condition. And in order for you to do so, you have to make sure that you will inspect each and every part for some indication of damage. But if you are clueless about all of these things, then it can be a great idea if you are going to ask for the full VIN report. It will also do you good if you are going to invite a mechanic in an auto auction Wisconsin.
Police Car Auctions: What Are They?
The name may sound very suspicious to some people: police car auctions. Some think they are selling cars that belonged to the police, cars that have POLICE written all over. People tend to think these auctions are selling only used police cars, because of the name. When people hear this term, they immediately imagine a big parking place with lots of police cars that are for sale. Some people even think that these cars were crime scenes or other parts of offer terrifying events. These terrible, but still probable statements are usually not true, but they can be the cause of a car auctioning in about 3% of cases.
Those who believe that police cars are also sold in these auctions are perfectly right, because the good ones are sold here. Only that the cars will not be auctioned as you would expect, with the police sign all over them. The vehicles get repainted, and all stickers and other police property are removed. These cars usually belonged to retired officers or are currently replaced by other newer models, so there's no point in stocking them forever. Since they are not trying to regain an investment or recover some unpaid credits, the cars will sell for anything they get offered. This is how the low prices are explained. Even present buyers know this and try to do as much as they can to keep prices low. New buyers are advised not to bid over 50% of the real value of a car. Not going over that limit permits the general car prices in these auctions to continue to stay low.
It's true that even car that used to belong to criminals that had no family to take over the taxes are sometimes auctioned. Sometimes, you will find an occasional car that was impounded or seized for any reasons that will also get auctioned. Sometimes, even cars that were not fully paid for are sold by the police. Vehicles that are new but not entirely paid for can be also sold. New cars that weren't successfully paid can also be sold in these auctions. These cars are usually as good as new, and their prices will be a little bit higher than those of the firstly mentioned cars. These new cars will have prices that are a bit higher. Because they are practically as good as new, they will register bigger selling prices. Even if the price is higher, it will not reach real value. Here you can also buy repossessed scooters or motorcycles, but you likely won't find fully new motorcycles and scooters.
Going to a police held car auction will not only benefit your business but also your personal garage. This is because you could be walking away with an extravagant car bought at 90% below market value. You can then sell it and make a considerable profit, then use the money to attend to the next police car auction and start a business of car sale just by doing this frequently, in your spare time. It is indeed a great idea to consider attending an auto auction Wisconsin if you are looking for automobiles that are very cheap but still functional.
In conclusion, it's essential to evaluate the vehicles you intend to bid on before. Check for any visible defects, and ask the owner for the car to be opened for you to inspect the interiors. Check the exterior, the lights, the engine and also enter the vehicle if possible. You should try to enter the car after checking the exterior parts. Cars with strong rusty smells, un-breathable air, and moist ceiling present all the signs of flood-damaged vehicles. Flood-damaged vehicles are severely affected by water and may fall apart on you someday when you least expect it. Malfunctioning engines should be looked at by experts, like mechanics or engineers. You can look at damaged engines yourself if you have little skills and also inform yourself well before coming to the auction.


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If you are considering going it alone, it is worth noting the applications settings for solo mining can be more complex than with a pool, and beginners would be likely better take the latter path. This option also creates a steady stream of earnings, even if each payment is modest compared to fully block the reward.
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While none of these organizations "possesses" the Internet collectively these businesses decide how it functions, and established rules and standards that everyone stays. Contracts and legal framework that underlies all that's taking place to ascertain how things work and what happens if something goes wrong. To get a domain name, for example, one needs consent from a Registrar, which has a contract with ICANN. To connect to the Internet, your ISP must be physical contracts with providers of Internet backbone services, and suppliers have contracts with IXPs from the Internet backbone to connect to and with her. Concern over security issues? A working group is formed to work with the issue and the alternative developed and deployed is in the interest of all parties. If the Internet is down, you've got someone to call to get it fixed. If the issue is from your ISP, they in turn have contracts in place and service level agreements, which regulate the manner in which these problems are worked out.
The advantage of cryptocurrency is that it uses blockchain technology. The network of nodes the make up the blockchain is not regulated by any centered company. No one can tell the miners to upgrade, speed up, slow down, stop or do anything. And that's something that as a dedicated promoter badge of honour, and is identical to the way the Internet works. But as you comprehend now, public Internet governance, normalities and rules that regulate how it works current built-in difficulties to the user. Blockchain technology has none of that.
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Since one of the earliest forms of earning money is in cash financing, it really is a fact that you could do this with cryptocurrency. Most of the giving websites now focus on Bitcoin, several of those websites you are demanded fill in a captcha after a specific time period and are rewarded with a bit of coins for visiting them. It is possible to see the www.cryptofunds.co web site to locate some lists of of these websites to tap into the money of your choice. Unlike forex, stocks and options, etc., altcoin markets have very different dynamics. New ones are always popping up which means they don't have a lot of market data and historical view for you to backtest against. Most altcoins have somewhat poor liquidity as well and it is hard to produce an acceptable investment strategy.
Bitcoin is the primary cryptocurrency of the internet: a digital money standard by which all other coins are compared to. Cryptocurrencies are distributed, worldwide, and decentralized. Unlike traditional fiat currencies, there is no authorities, banks, or any regulatory agencies. As such, it's more resistant to wild inflation and tainted banks. The benefits of using cryptocurrencies as your method of transacting money online outweigh the security and privacy risks. Security and seclusion can easily be reached by simply being smart, and following some basic guidelines. You wouldn't set your whole bank ledger online for the word to see, but my nature, your cryptocurrency ledger is publicized. This can be fixed by removing any identity of ownership in the wallets and therefore keeping you anonymous.
Cryptocurrency is freeing people to transact cash and do business on their terms. Each user can send and receive payments in the same way, but they also participate in more elaborate smart contracts. Multiple signatures allow a trade to be supported by the network, but where a certain number of a defined group of folks agree to sign the deal, blockchain technology makes this possible. This permits progressive dispute arbitration services to be developed in the foreseeable future. These services could allow a third party to approve or reject a trade in the event of disagreement between the other parties without checking their cash. Unlike cash and other payment systems, the blockchain constantly leaves public evidence that the transaction occurred. This can be possibly used in an appeal against businesses with deceptive practices.


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J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, was released from a federal prison on Monday and moved to a Chicago halfway house where he will serve the rest of his 15-month sentence for illegally structuring bank withdrawals he used to buy the silence of a former student he sexually abused.
Justin Long, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said on Tuesday that Mr. Hastert left the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., on Monday and was now under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Residential Reentry Management Office. That office provides inmates nearing their release dates with services like employment counseling, job placement and tips on managing their finances.
The location of Mr. Hastert's halfway house is not public information, Mr. Long said. He said the former House speaker was scheduled to be released from federal custody on Aug. 16.
Mr. Hastert, 75, the longest-serving Republican House speaker in history and once one of the country's most powerful politicians, pleaded guilty in 2015 to withdrawing $952,000 from his accounts at four banks in at least 106 separate transactions that were small enough to allow him to evade reporting requirements.
In the 2015 plea agreement, Mr. Hastert said he gave the money to a person identified only as "Individual A" as part of a $3.5 million deal between them "to compensate for and keep confidential his prior misconduct against Individual A."
The plea deal does not explicitly say that Mr. Hastert sexually abused Individual A, but at his sentencing last year, the former House speaker admitted for the first time that he sexually abused the teenage wrestlers he coached at Yorkville High School in Yorkville, Ill., where he worked from 1965 to 1981. Federal prosecutors have said that Individual A is one of at least four boys, as young as 14, molested by Mr. Hastert decades ago.
"I want to apologize to the boys I mistreated when I was their coach," Mr. Hastert said at his sentencing in 2016. "What I did was wrong and I regret it."
But Judge Thomas M. Durkin of Federal District Court rebuked him at his sentencing as "a serial child molester" and asked him about at least three other specific victims: Scott Cross, who spoke at the sentencing, a man identified only as "Victim B," and Stephen Reinboldt, a repeated victim of Mr. Hastert's who died of AIDS in 1995.
"Some actions can obliterate a lifetime of good works," the judge said at the time. "Nothing is more stunning than having 'serial child molester' and 'speaker of the House' in the same sentence."
Mr. Hastert, who has served 13 months of his sentence, was also ordered to pay $250,000 in fines and to receive sex-offender treatment.
Mr. Cross told CNN in an interview on Tuesday that he was "surprised" that Mr. Hastert had been moved to a halfway house and called it "a slap on the wrist." He also said that since Mr. Hastert's conviction he had been in contact with other Hastert abuse victims who were not mentioned in court.
"There was a common theme of how he went about his abuse," Mr. Cross said. "I did talk to some others that were not part of the government case, but there were the same stories about what he did and how he went about his abuse."
Lawyers for Mr. Hastert did not respond to an email seeking comment on Tuesday evening.
The former speaker was never charged with sexual abuse because the statute of limitations had expired. But the financial crime to which he pleaded guilty pointed to an elaborate but ultimately panicked attempt to cover up that abuse.
According to the plea deal, Mr. Hastert paid Individual A roughly $1.7 million between 2010 and 2014. For the first two years of that arrangement he gave his former victim $50,000 roughly every six weeks, but then began structuring his payments to evade detection after bank officials questioned him in April 2012.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation also questioned Mr. Hastert about his bank withdrawals in December 2014. In the plea deal, he admitted that he "intentionally concealed from the agents that he withdrew the money to compensate Individual A and the reason for the agreement with Individual A."
Mr. Hastert served in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007 and was the speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007.


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If you're like me, you may not like cardio as much as the rest of the fitness universe does. If you do like cardio, I applaud you and truly wish I had the same drive as you, but unfortunately I was not designed that way. It's not that I hate the feeling of cardio, I do love sweating and feeling the endorphins kick in. I love how alert and refreshed I feel after a great cardio session, and I definitely love feeling the burn and powering through it.
So it sounds like I do like cardio right? Well, I love the benefits of cardio. I love the after the cardio part. The part I do not enjoy as much, is the actual act of doing a cardio workout. I find it boring. I cut the time in half, then quarters, then eighths. Then I count down the seconds until it's over. I absolutely hate running on a treadmill, the stair-master will be the cause of my premature death and nothing on the TV screens above at the gym can take my mind off how badly I want to get off the elliptical. I've tried cardio classes at the gym and I've tried talking to a friend while I workout, but both have left me winded and no where closer to loving cardio.
I'm not proud of loathing cardio so forcefully, I fully understand cardio and its benefits. I WANT to do it! I just can't get around the fact of how utterly dull I find it. So, with that being said, I started to step out of the conventional cardio box and really think about it. What was I possibly doing wrong? The answer to that question was, I was not choosing a method that was enough to keep me engaged.
The good news is, cardio exercise is roughly defined as any exercise that increases your heart rate. Cool! So, I started researching and figuring out activities I could do outside of a gym setting to raise my heart rate (and still reap all the benefits of cardio) without me actually hunkering down and doing a cardio workout. Below, I have compiled a list of activities that I found challenging and still increased my heart rate (and caused a little sweating to go on) without making me feel like I was even doing exercise in the first place.
Going for a Hike/Walk
The hillier the better. Find trails near your location and just go out for a walk! Grab a few friends and make a day of it. You don't feel like you're even exercising and you get the added bonus of being surrounded by nature.
Going Rollerblading
This activity is not just for kids! Head out for an afternoon and see how far you can get. Go around your neighbourhood a couple of times. Rollerblade home from work. You're using your legs to propel you, and it has the added bonus of it being faster than walking!
Go for a Bike Ride
Same idea as rollerblading. It might not feel like much exercising, but it still counts for more than sitting on the couch the entire afternoon. Swap your other method of transportation for bike riding and sneak in a few extra active minutes per week!
Sign up for a class or hit the town with your friends. Even just boogying alone in your room is enough to get your heart rate up. Make a playlist and dance your way through it and you may be surprised how out of breath you are at the end!
Clean the House
This is a 2 for 1 special my friends. Not only do you get a clean house out of the deal, but you also get moving! Great if your house has multi-levels, utilize the stairs. Move the furniture around. Vacuum. You would be surprised how quickly you can work up a sweat.
It is technically an activity and it gets your heart rate up!
More and more rock-climbing gyms are popping up every day! It takes real upper body strength to scale up the wall like that! Definitely an interesting way to get moving.
Indoor Trampoline Park
Again, increasing in popularity, these are popping up all over the place! While bouncing on the trampoline may have felt like nothing as a child, it will get your heart pumping to bounce from trampoline to trampoline! You will feel the added bonus of having worked out your legs the next day!
I can't talk enough about how much I love swimming. Not only is it great cardio, it's easier on your joints! Many pools offer open swim for relatively low prices, or you can enroll yourself in a class! My personal fav is doing laps, but I am not opposed to any games!
Back-yard Games
Badminton, volleyball and or tossing a ball/frisbee back and forth are great ways to get moving even if you're at a barbecue. This is something you can do with family or friends, and requires minimal equipment.
Taking your Dog on a Walk
OR if you don't have a dog, offer to walk a neighbour's or go with a friend! Going out to walk the dog is the easiest way to get moving, and it benefits both you and your furry friend! If you already do this, switch up the route and take the long way! Take a hillier route! There's so many ways you can adjust your regular routine to incorporate more activity.
Join a Beer League
Baseball, football, soccer. It's the adult version of exactly what you did as a child. Get out with your friends or make some new friends and go have fun! Theres also usually the added bonus of drinking beer whilst in a beer league, so that's always something to remember!
I am not a fitness expert, however, these are some of the things I did to get more cardio-type activities into my day-to-day life without wanting to cry from doing conventional cardio training. The idea behind this post is to get moving outside of a gym setting. These ideas can be added onto a regular gym regime! I'm hoping I inspired you to try something out of your comfort zone or find something you enjoy more than conventional cardio!
Do you have any other activities you do outside of traditional cardio? Did you try out any of these and love them? Let me know in the comments!


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The Charlestown Town Council proposes one of its biggest power grabs ever since Planning Commissar Ruth Platner made herself
Charlestown's most
powerful political figure.
With the dull, innocuous title, "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 218 Zoning, Historic Village District and Development Plan Review," Platner hopes to assume sweeping powers not only of the area on and around Route 1A, but over non-residential property all over
With the dull, innocuous title, "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 218 Zoning, Historic Village District and Development Plan Review," Platner hopes to assume sweeping powers not only of the area on and around Route 1A, but over non-residential property all over
If you are an owner of "non-residential property," such as a small business or non-profit (e.g. church, Grange, Fire District), you need to pay careful attention to Ordinance #349, since it will subject you to microscopic, agonizing scrutiny over the future use of your property.
This ordinance is long and detailed, too much to analyze in one sitting, so this is the first of several parts.
Read the entire proposed Ordinance #349 here. .It comes up for a public hearing and possible Town Council vote on June 11..
In this first installment, we'll cover the section that deals with the "Historic Village District," the area on and around Route 1A, Old Post Road
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The Town Council had not been following the rules, as Council Boss Tom Gentz observed. The rules require that on first reading, the sponsor of the ordinance should read the title of it into the record and then explain what the ordinance is all about.
The first item after this "clarification" of the rules was the introduction of Ordinance #349 with Tom Gentz as the sponsor. He botched the process that he had just covered and then, when it was time for him to explain his own ordinance - he couldn't do it. He had only the vaguest idea of what was in it, and of course, he had to call on Planning Commissar to step to the microphone and give her grossly misleading description of the proposed new law.
Through Ordinance #349, the Planning Commission usurps authority over the Historic Village District that would normally be performed by a Historic Village District Commission.
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Ordinance #349 and any decisions stemming from it could lead to costly litigation against Charlestown – and the town will probably lose - because of Ordinance #349's evident conflict with state law.
During their May 3 meeting, Platner and her plucky planners wanted to make it clear that they understood the legal problems with their actions as the Historic Village District Commission. But they still wanted to make damned sure they had the power, if not the title.
They also discussed how they wanted to try to "spin" this new ordinance as really an old ordinance that has simply been rearranged. Lipstick on a pig, Ruth.
Read the ordinance (click here).
If you are a local business owner, ask yourself if you've ever seen any of this before. This ordinance expresses the Planning Commission's sheer contempt toward businesses along what is really
Charlestown's central
business district in a manner that is simply chilling.
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The Planning Commission will assume the authority to determine the appropriateness of any and all design elements for any alterations or changes to buildings in the district, applying its unique brand of colonial sensibility. Just like they did when they approved the design for Pat's Power while torturing the Cross Mills Fire District over their choice of brick for recently opened – but long delayed – fire station on
Old Post Road.
Look – I think it would be nice if Route 1A looked like
. But to accomplish that, we
would have to tear down just about every business along the Sturbridge Village Old Post Road. Bye-bye Pat's Power. Bye-bye
Mini-Mart. Bye-bye Washington Trust, Dunkin
Donuts, Cumberland
Farms, US Post Office, The Cove, Ocean Pharmacy and on and on.
Our important historic buildings must, of course, be protected. I would start with supporting Janice Falcone's efforts to save the General Stanton Inn, make sure the Charlestown Historic Society gets what it needs to complete its building work, and help to ensure that historic building owners can maintain their properties.
But Route 1A,
Post Road, has not been a rural cow path in well
over a century. It's not Colonial or the Mystic Seaport. Williamsburg
Torturing town businesses will not restore
Charlestown to its rustic colonial splendor
no matter how much Ruth Platner may wish it to be so.
Read the ordinance. Then take a stand.


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Effort: Easy
Beef (lean cuts work best) — chopped
slices of Bacon — chopped
slices of Ham — chopped
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Bell Pepper — chopped
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Thoughts From the Coffee Table: One of my sales team once complained that a competitor opened "next door", certain it would cost her sales.
A large competitor we acquired told me their strategy was to open new locations as close to a successful existing competitor as possible.
I've always embraced competition. If they are beating me, I must learn. If I am beating them, I know they are learning from me. It's not personal. It's business.
My salesperson had to admit that she was not practicing sound sales strategies. Because she had been the only game in town, she got lazy.
Now she was afraid.
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They know they build on each other. They know that their close proximity adds to both bottom lines. They keep each other sharp, and not just because of the provolone.
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Fresh off his latest boxing conquest, Manny Pacquiao came home to face another challenger: Bureau of Internal Revenue Chief Kim Henares. The Bureau of Internal Revenue says Pacquiao owes 2.2 billion pesos in taxes. Pacquiao says he paid taxes, and even gave the B.I.R. a copy of the taxes he paid in the U.S.
Much has been said, quite naturally on social media. Here are two of the sane ones:
Lots of irrelevant emotionalizing floating around on Twitter today. It's not gonna make the garnishment go away though, sorry Manny.
— ceso (@ceso) November 27, 2013
BIR boss Kim Henares is no-nonsense, cold, unsympathetic tax collector. Call her cruel but rules are rules. You earn income, you pay taxes.
— Cesar M de los Reyes (@Tito_Ces) November 27, 2013
The gist of what many saying is to lay off Pacquiao. Nothing of course can take the man's achievements. He is also humble in victory, and in defeat. In many ways the Pacquiao story is something to achieve for. The man's life from zero to billionaire is an extraordinary success story. And in the ring he has without a doubt united a nation, even if for only 12 rounds of boxing.
That is something.
Who likes a tax collector? Kim Henares of course is known for her zealous approach to collecting taxes. While we can argue with the B.I.R.'s success rate, and quibble at whether or not fear and intimidation are the best tools for this sort of thing, we can not doubt too her sincerity. We can even complain at how bad the system still is.
Personally, I find it reprehensible to burn unused receipts from last year; the environment and all that. It makes sense for me to pay the printer for receipts when they almost run out, not before they run out, for example. The alternative of course is a PHP50,000 peso fine, which of course none of us want to be victims– err— find ourselves in that position!
Going back to Manny Pacquiao— the B.I.R. going after his taxes and auditing them isn't an aberration. It's their job. Just because he is a hero, doesn't mean he gets to go free in paying his taxes or is more protected than ordinary citizens.
Wasn't this why we got into the whole mess that is PDAF? That rules aren't followed? Isn't that why there is a prevalence of corruption? Isn't that why there are traffic jams? Isn't that why the President instituted a no wang-wang policy on day one?
Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao is a hero of the people. Being a hero doesn't mean it is an excuse not to follow the law— or any rule of the land. Change is hard and by the look of it— ordinary people are still making the transition to this new world order. Pacquiao can afford to hire lawyers to see to his case. Kim Henares could be right or wrong. If Pacquiao is innocent, that's great! If he or some of his staff failed to do their duty? Then the law is clear on that isn't it?


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Many vision plans cover a yearly eye exam, but most won't cover the cost of frames and lenses. If you have multiple family members who require glasses, this can be a big expense; but a necessary one. Children who don't get necessary vision exams and glasses can experience educational delays and have trouble reading. Here are a few tips for purchasing affordable eyewear for the entire family. I'm also hosting a $50 gift card giveaway from Zenni Optical with details at the end of this post.
My mom was born 2 months before she was due, and barely weighed 2lbs. She always had issues with her vision, as a direct result of her premature birth. She wore "coke bottle" lenses throughout most of my childhood. In fact, her vision was so bad that if you moved her glasses at night, she had trouble finding them the next morning. She dreaded her yearly eye exam, because her prescription changed nearly every year and had to purchase her frames and lenses from the local optometrist. Thankfully technology has evolved that helped lenses to become thinner, frame selection to be wider, and prices to be more competitive.
My family schedules our eye exams during the same time frame each year, and we generally go together. It prevents us from having to make multiple trips to the optometrist and saves time, but it can be expensive if need to purchase multiple frames and lenses. Zenni Optical helps to make the trip less expensive because they offer inexpensive frame and lens options.
Having the proper prescription lenses and proper fitting eyewear is vital to educational readiness. Children who can't see well, can experience difficulty in school. Children and adults have to be able to clearly see letters on a page to efficiently read. Zenni Optical has a wide variety of children's frames that are durable and stylish. Gabe put this pair of frames to the test, and wore them while reading and playing.
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Ah, so I really really really overreacted yesterday and nearly ruined a lovely afternoon and evening.
It's hard dealing with this level of crushing pressure. Work, romance, etc. Everyone wants something from me . . . I just want to be happy.
But today marks one month since I called TNG late on a Friday to ask him to join me at a "secret show" for an artist he'd never heard of and about whom I did not particularly care. I was bored, and it sounded like fun. I ended up kissing him at the bar I'd suggested we hit for a glass of wine because my very drunk friend who we'd randomly bumped into pulled me outside and kissed me passionately and I sort of felt like an asshole for letting that happen.


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