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Global Leadership Team
Global Leadership Team
Leadership is critical to the overall success of any organization, including Lions Clubs International. An effective leadership team provides the vision, guidance and motivation necessary for our association to continue to fulfill its mission of providing quality, relevant service to communities around the world.
Members of the Global Membership Team (GMT) and Global Leadership Team (GLT) work together to identify, develop and encourage opportunities for present and future Lions leaders, and to develop membership through service and engagement.
The Global Leadership Team (GLT) provides for an enhanced focus on leadership development, which is critical to the future vitality of our association. The GLT directs its efforts toward identifying and cultivating effective leaders through active training and leadership development initiatives, while providing necessary information, guidance and motivation.
GLT Structure
The GLT structure encompasses representation at the international, multiple district, single district and district levels and includes district governor teams, providing a comprehensive global platform for developing more qualified leaders from the club level up, while encouraging regional training and development approaches to address local needs.
Operating as an action-oriented, parallel, mutually supportive team with the GMT, the GLT was developed to augment the local efforts of our DG Teams. By integrating the efforts of the GLT, the GMT and our DG Teams, we will be better able to address regional growth and development needs, while building our membership base, improving club health, and enhancing the quality of our leadership at all levels of the association.
Global Leadership Team Activities
Global Leadership Team Coordinator Center


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Open source successor to CocoaMySQL; a slew of DF readers emailed to recommend it after I linked to Querious yesterday. Certainly seems much improved over CocoaMySQL after a few minutes of tire-kicking here. Would love to see a detailed comparison against Querious.
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The Concord Coalition, which has long viewed public engagement as essential to U.S. fiscal reform, is partnering with the Campaign to Fix the Debt to present a series of public forums around the country.
This joint project has been focusing its efforts on programs in six states: Colorado, New Hampshire, Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida and Tennessee. While these events have been open to the public, they will take a variety of forms.
The Campaign to Fix the Debt, which was launched last year, has been working with business leaders, political figures and hundreds of thousands of citizens from across the ideological spectrum who want to see elected officials step up to solve the nation's fiscal challenges. The impact is being felt in Washington already.
The speakers at the upcoming events will include both national and regional experts on the rapid growth of the federal debt and related issues, including the need fundamental reforms of the tax system and entitlement programs. There will also be an emphasis on the need to curbing future increases in health care costs. Some of the speakers hold either state or national positions with the Fix the Debt campaign.
The events are helping the American public to better understand many of the possible solutions that have been suggested by bipartisan commissions and others – and some of the trade-offs that should be carefully considered. In addition, speakers at the programs explain the importance of putting the federal budget on a sustainable track sooner rather than later.
|Mon, Sep 29
|Tampa, FL
|Fiscal Forum - Reducing the Deficit and Investing in the Future: Can We Do Both?
|Mon, Sep 29
|Orlando, FL
|Former Congressmen Challenge Students, Local Leaders to Find Ways to Tame Federal Deficits as Part of Frey Institute's Fall Symposium
|Thu, Jun 13
|West Palm Beach, FL
|Economic Forum of Palm Beach County Hosts Fix the Debt and Concord
|Sat, Apr 6
|Littleton, CO
|Public Forum: "Intergenerational Responsibility: What Must Be Done Now to Fix the Debt"
|Press Release
|Tue, Apr 2
|St. Petersburg, FL
|Fix the Debt and Concord host Fiscal Forum in Tampa/St. Pete
|Tue, Mar 26
|Fort Collins, CO
|How would you fix the debt?
|Tue, Feb 19
|Des Moines, IA
|Greater Des Moines Partnership hosts The Concord Coalition, Fix the Debt
|Tue, Feb 19
|Des Moines, IA
|Conservative Breakfast Club (Des Moines) hosts The Concord Coalition and Fix the Debt
|Mon, Feb 11
|Manchester, NH
|Solving the Debt Crisis
|Tue, Jan 29
|Nashville, TN
|Avoiding a Debt Crisis: What Must Be Done Now to Fix the Debt (Video of Nashville Forum)


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Hi Everybody.
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and have all my current updates installed.
Or so I thought -
This morning there is an notice that I have new update for Windows 7 64-bit systems waiting to be downloaded and installed. The update is categorized as being "important".
Does anybody here know anything about this ?
Any guidance and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.


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Discussion in 'Member Introductions' started by LBAR1, Aug 26, 2012.
Just a quick hello from a guy living in Canada who just bought a 2007 GMC Sierra 1500.
Wlcome to the club, enjoy....
Welcome to the club, it's good to have you aboard. :glasses:
We are the Borg. Lift your vehicle and surrender your keys. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile. Erm, I mean ... welcome to GM Truck Club and congrats on the new (to you) truck! :great:
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A Hastings family using music to help their 22-year-old daughter and sister fight cancer are angry and feel "paralysed" after burglars stole their instruments.
Mother Tracy Te Meihana, who lost her sister to cancer last year, had given up work to look after her sick daughter, Harmony Te Meihana, after she was diagnosed last Christmas.
She said Harmony's two brothers, Waireke, 17, and Rowe, 15, and her sister's son, Jessy Wilson-Rowe, 16, were "devastated" when they discovered the music they had been using as "counselling" had been stolen on October 5.
The musical equipment, which included a number of electric guitars, amps, speakers, microphones and a loop station was kept in the family's sleepout at the back of the house. The family believes they were burgled on the night of the October 4, while they slept in the house.
Detective Sergeant Jason Crowe said the family, who lived on Grove Rd, were going through a "period of hardship with family illness" and the stolen instruments were what the family used for a form of "release".
Mrs Te Meihana said: "They [burglars] just turned everything upside down, they took the camera that Harmony used to record the boys singing and playing music."
She said what made her "sick" was that the money raised by the boys for cancer charity Canteen was also stolen from their bandanna boxes.
"That made us so angry, how can they steal from kids helping their sick sister? Unfortunately, none of the stuff was insured. We have always had insurance up until this year, but because I'm not working to look after Harmony, and we have became a one-income family, something had to go."
Despite feeling devastated, the boys had been continuing to sing for their ill "best friend".
"The boys are so close to their sister, she has been like a mum as they've grown up," she said. "They could have taken anything else, why did they have to take their music?"


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YARMOUTH, Maine—Traditional security companies like LOUD Security and Select Security have been looking at expanding their offerings with DIY. Most respondents to Security Systems News' latest poll said DIY gives companies access to more streams of revenue and new markets.
TORONTO—A settlement was reached on March 10 in Joel Matlin's $11.3 million lawsuit against AlarmForce.
Ascent Capital Group's stock price rose yesterday, on news of the ADT/Apollo deal.
I asked Imperial Capital's Jeff Kessler about the stock's jump and he characterized it as a "knee jerk reaction to the fact that the only other company in the United States that's public, being traded, is being taken over."
Yesterday (Feb. 16) Ascent's stock price rose as high as 49 percent over its previous close of (Feb. 12) of $8.27 per share. Yesterday's high was $12.29. The stock closed at $11.00 and had been hovering around that price today.
Ascent's stock price has been declining over the last 12 months. This time last year the stock price was $47.50.
Kessler pointed out that AlarmForce, another publicly traded alarm company, also saw a small increase after the news of ADT's acquisition agreement. "If ADT is taken private [Alarm Force and Ascent] will be the only two publicly traded alarm companies," he said.
Ascent Capital Group is a more well known peer to ADT, Kessler said, which is why Ascent's price was affected more than that of AlarmForce.
"It will certainly have more people eyeing Ascent, to see whether or not there is some value in the Ascent monitoring capability for another buyer," Kessler said. "Certainly I would think that private equity firms are looking at Ascent, because the stock has fallen down so far … but there's no guarantees."
TORONTO—AlarmForce Industries must pay $45,000 in court costs to company founder Joel Matlin and others after AlarmForce dropped a lawsuit that sought to bar two employees from working for Matlin's new company, ThinkProtection.
TORONTO—Graham Badun is the new president and CEO of AlarmForce Industries, its third leader in less than two years.
TORONTO—Joel Matlin, founder of AlarmForce, is launching a new alarm company called Think Protection.
TORONTO—The yearlong noncompete of ousted AlarmForce CEO Joel Matlin is at an end and now he's back in the home security business—as a marketing consultant.
TORONTO—Joel Matlin, the recently ousted CEO and founder of AlarmForce Industries, launched his own marketing business this week to serve security companies and other clients.
Last year, AlarmForce Industries, a Toronto-based super-regional, announced that its board of directors was looking at selling the company. Now the board says the company won't be sold but grown instead, and has "terminated" AlarmForce's longtime President and CEO Joel Matlin.
Alarm Force announced in a news release Tuesday that it had "terminated the employment" of Matlin but said that he will "continue to serve as a director of the company." Matlin holds a stake in the company of about 8 percent, according to news reports.
Company CFO Anthony Pizzonia is now interim president and CEO, the release said. A search is underway to find a permanent successor to Matlin.
Earlier this month, the company announced that its board had completed its strategic review begun last August and will now focus on growing the company.
Here's more of what it had to say in a July 3 news release:
During the past eleven months, a special committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") comprised of the independent directors of AlarmForce (the "Special Committee") explored and considered available opportunities for the Company, including a possible sale of the Company. The Special Committee has concluded that the strategic review process did not result in a transaction adequately reflecting the Company's value. As such, the Board has decided to conclude the formal process and dissolve the Special Committee. The Company will now move forward with a focus on the Company's growth.
AlarmForce provides security alarm monitoring, personal emergency response monitoring, video surveillance and related services to residential and commercial subscribers throughout Canada and in some locations in the United States. The company says it is a leading provider of two-way voice alarm systems in Canada.
AlarmForce, a super-regional security company based in Toronto, announced that its board of directors is taking a look at selling the company. The company has hired Imperial Capital to help it with a possible sale.
The company's market cap value today is listed as $135m and its enterprise value is $119m.
I asked Richard Ginsburg, former CEO of Protection One who is now managing partner at G3 Capital Partners, what he thought about the sale of AlarmForce. He said he thought the company is well run and that CEO Joel Matlin "has done a fabulous job of identifying a segment of the market open to value-oriented products (like their new video offering) at prices that are at or lower in comparison to traditional systems with basic offerings."
Ginsburg also said he believes "a company like AlarmForce is in a great position to compete with the likes of industry leader ADT and the emerging cable and telecom companies because of [AlarmForce's] single-minded focus on enhanced services like two-way voice and now video services." He added that he believes "some of the traditional companies are in a weaker position to compete in comparison."
Ginsburg predicted the company will get "good interest" and said Imperial Capital has "formed a great niche in the M&A sector so they are a good choice [to help out with a sale.]"
The last time I spoke to CEO Joel Matlin was back in the winter of 2010 when he was opening a fourth office in Minneapolis/St. Paul.It has offices in North Carolina (opened in 2005), Ohio (opened in January 2006) and it opened an office in Georgia in 2007.
AlarmForce does security alarm monitoring, personal emergency response monitoring, video surveillance for resi and commercial customers. Something that's unique about AlarmForce is that it manufactures and installs its own two-way voice home alarm systems. When I did that interview, AlarmForce had 103,000 accounts in Canada and the U.S., which Matlin told me was up from 56,700 accounts in 2006. Today the number of accounts is closer to 125,000.
"Canada is a tough country to do business in. It's got a population the same as the state of the California, but it's spread out over a country that's much larger than the U.S.," Matlin said. In addition to dense population centers that are easier to penetrate, "the perception of crime is stronger in the U.S. than it is in Canada."
Wonder who some potential buyers might be? One possiblitiy, in my opinion would be Stanley, which expanded its resi business in Canada last summer with the purchase of Microtec Security Systems. It got 80,000 accounts and additional bi-lingual monitoring capability out of the deal.
Or I suppose AlarmForce could be a bolt-on for a telecom that's getting into the security business. Rogers Communications maybe? Here's a video from the summer of 2011 where we talk about Rogers Communications working (in secret!) with iControl to get into the security industry. And here's a story about the deal.
AlarmForce board of directors has formed a committee of independent directors to supervise the strategic review.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 46 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
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name of the office is Clifton Center for Oral Surgery and Jaw Reconstruction.
The colors of the office are aqua blue and dark brown.
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Ever wonder what $25,000 worth of fireworks looks like when they light up the night sky?
The answer will be revealed on Saturday when the annual Whangarei Lions Family Fireworks Spectacular is held again at the Northland Events Centre, in Okara Dr.
A number of charities will benefit from the entry fee to the spectacular, with Lions' own Choose Life suicide awareness programme a major beneficiary, Malcolm Hawthorn, from the Lions Club says.
Mr Hawthorn said the fireworks event had been held for the past 17 years or so, apart from a gap two years ago, and had become part of the district's social calender.
The gates will open at 6pm and there will be a full programme of bands and other entertainment for the crowds, he said, with the fireworks set to light up the night sky from about 8.30pm in a 20-minute show. If the weather is inclement on Saturday, the event will go ahead on Sunday instead.
The event is run by the Whangarei club with support from other Lions clubs and Mr Hawthorn said the display was well supported by the community but he would like more people to attend as paying customers.
"There's a lot of people in Morningside and Parihaka who get a free show. It would be nice if those people came through the gates instead to support the event and make sure it keeps happening," he said.
Entry is $10 a person or $25 for a family of four, with tickets available on the gate.
The fireworks display had to be cancelled in 2009 because of concerns over its location at Tikipunga after Okara Park was being redeveloped.
Mr Hawthorn said organisers received a lot of feedback about the change in venue and were pleased it returned to its natural location last year and was there again this year.
"The stadium is the best spot for it, but we may have to move it again [if the Old Boys site above the stadium is redeveloped]," he said.


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Guild Internships in Cascade Mountains of WA State
Company Name:Grunewald Guild's Summer Program
19003 River Road
Contact Person:Katy Erickson
Contact Phone Number:(509) 7633693
Description/Responsibilities:The Grunewald Guild's summer program features more than 30 week-long arts classes, taught by professional artists in the context of our vibrant intentional community in the North Central Cascades. All interns play an active role in the life of the community, including participating in ecumenical worship, attending faculty presentations, and assisting with volunteer tasks. Interns receive room and board as well as substantially reduced rates on Guild classes.
Requirements/Qualifications:Check website.
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Redwood Trust Closes on Commercial Securitization
November 29, 2012
Redwood Trust said it has closed on a $291 million securitization of mezzanine loans and other subordinate commercial real estate debt.
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Your Best Food on a Stick — Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Offby Joseph Erdos in Shows, February 6th, 2013
This past Sunday's episode of Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off drastically cut the competition in half with a double elimination. Hines and Kathy were cast off in a tasting challenge that had the bottom three making food on a stick. Carnie won the challenge with her beef kebab dish, which Rachael and Guy determined to be the best overall. But each dish had some criticisms — even Carnie's, which was found to be too large of a portion. Kathy's fruit skewers, on the other hand, were too small of a portion. And Guy found the shrimp in Hines' surf and turf kebabs to be undercooked.
There were a lot of things each contestant could have done differently to win the challenge, but what FN Dish wants to know is what you would have made to impress Rachael and Guy. Do you have a special recipe that would have floored the judges/mentors? Share your best recipe for kebabs, skewers or any food on a stick.
More From Rachael vs. Guy:
Episode 5 Recap (Video)
Watch the Full Episode (Video)
Episode 5 Highlights (Photos)
Hines' and Kathy's Exit Interviews
Recipe Ideas:
Seafood Skewers on a Bed of Chile-Garlic Spinach
Lemon Pepper Chicken Tenders
Salad on a Stick
Bacon Wrapped Prawns With Chipotle BBQ Sauce
Summer Veggie Kebabs
Yakitori Chicken
Plus: Grilling Central
Tell us your best food on a stick recipe. What would you have made for Rachael and Guy? Leave a comment below.


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When: Saturday, March 18, 2017
Start Time: 7:30AM
Race Venue: Clermont's Waterfront Park, 330 3rd. Street - "World Triathlon Destination"
Directions: Clermont is located 20 minutes west of Orlando at the intersection of US HWY 27 and State Road 50. From State Road 50 in Clermont, take East Avenue north one mile to Palm Avenue and the entrance to Waterfront Park. Waterfront Park is on the southern shores of Lake Minneola.
Intimidator Triathlon: 1.2 mile Swim, 56 mile Bike, 13.1 mile Run
Long Distance Aqua Bike: 1.2 mile Swim, 56 mile Bike
Sprint Triathlon: .25 mile Swim, 8 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run
Open Water Swim: 1.2 mile Swim
NOTE: Click here for info on Sunday's International Distance Great Clermont Triathlon.
SWIM - The 1.2 mile swim course is a triangular shaped course in Lake Minneola. Swimmers will swim counter-clockwise, keeping all buoys on their left. Swimmers will complete one lap of the course. The projected water temperature is expected to be 68-78. Wetsuit use is in accordance with USAT rules. Swim Course & Waves
BIKE - The 56 mile loop bike course takes place on the scenic, rural roads of Lake County. The course includes rolling hills and a short, yet challenging climb up Sugarloaf Mountain. The 8 mile sprint bike course is relatively flat and travels around Lake Minneola.
RUN - The run course is an out and back loop course on the South Lake Trail.
Downloads: All maps and related downloads for this event can be found on our Downloads Page.
Amenities: Finisher medal, colorful event shirt, accurately measured and well monitored course. Post race food tent. Registering by March 10th ensures proper t-shirt size.
Awards: Intimidator Triathlon - Top three overall, top masters, and the top three in each division, male and female.
Sprint Triathlon - Top three overall, top masters, and the top three in each division, male and female.
Relay Teams - Top three teams in each of the following categories: All Male, All Female, and Mixed
Aqua Bike - Top three finishers overall, male and female.
Duathlon - Top three finishers overall, male and female
Open Water Swim - No Awards
Entry Fees*:
* All participants in all events must show proof of current USA Triathlon Membership or purchase a one-day USAT License at check-in ($15). The entry fees posted above do not included USA Triathlon membership fees.
** Participants entering at the special Collegiate/Military rate must race in either the Collegiate or Military divisions.
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Club and Group Discounts: Sommer Sports offers a great discounted race entry program for clubs, groups, and active military organizations. Click here for info.
Volunteers: Be part of all the excitement at one of Sommer Sport's events. Whether you have just a couple of hours to spare, or the entire day, your help will make a difference. Grab a bunch of friends, family or co-workers and create a team to staff one of the water stations located along the course. Positions are available to fit any schedule. Click here to learn more!
Event Timetable*:
* Subject to Change
Friday, March 17, 2017
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Packet Pick-up & Late Registration
Highlander Pavilion, 330 3rd St. Clermont, Fl 34711
Saturday, March 18, 2017
5:45am - 7:30am
Intimidator Transition Area Closes
Intimidator Start
Florida Challenge Sprint Transition Area Closes
Florida Challenge Sprint Start
Florida Challenge Sprint Awards Ceremony
Intimidator Awards Ceremony
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Coconut Curried Shrimp
Sweet and spicy shrimp star in this recipe that's filled with traditional Thai flavors, including coconut milk, curry spice, and red curry paste. You can serve the dish with or without the shrimp tails according to your preference, but the tails serve as a great natural handle when using your fingers to eat.
- Recipe: Coconut Curried Shrimp
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text: I noticed over the weekend that my Gerber FAST was missing a couple of screws to hold the handle on. Looked over the website and saw that they have a place to request parts. I sent the message Sunday night and got a response on Monday that the screws are on the way. Nice! Even let me know which Torx heads I need to fix it. I prefer to keep the knife and fix it myself anyway. So this works out great. Thought I would pass it along in case anyone else needs something. Never hurts to ask.


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[quote user="bandwgn86"]i remember something to do with one of the Russian figure skating judges cheatin aswell a while back, CanadaRussia ended up sharing a gold medal after it was all done. thats what i heard anyways cuz i don't watch figure skating [:|][/quote]

What did you think of that call last night in "almost" perfect game? Shocking to say the least. What was James Joyce looking at?
[/quote]from the experts i've been listening to when the play is close the umps listen for the sound of the ball hitting the glove to time it with the runner.. he didn't hearit by the time the runner stepped on the bag so he called it safe.. very unfortunate.. perfect games are going to lose their meaning if these pitchers keep getting them weekly


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The Greens are expecting about 40 people to attend a special briefing for business in Wellington tonight aimed at allaying fears about the party's influence in Government.
Co-leader Rod Donald said yesterday that he did not expect business to be persuaded that the Greens did not have horns.
But he wanted "to show them where our horns really are".
"It's not that we're devils; we're unicorns."
But the briefing may be as much for Mr Donald and co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons as by them.
Among the business groups attending will be at least five representative bodies: the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Kyoto Forestry Association, the Retailers' Association and the group that is as demonised as much as the Greens, the Business Roundtable.
If the Greens survive the counting of special votes this week, they are expected to have more influence over the next Government than they had over the previous two Helen Clark-led Governments.
Mr Donald initiated the meeting "out of frustration" at how Green policy was being portrayed by some business people.
He said he would spell out where the party stood on energy, transport, trade and the economy.
"I fully accept that a number of the people who are coming will still say the Greens have got horns but at least they will hear from the horse's mouth exactly where those horns are.
"No doubt we will have some differences but we would prefer a rational debate."
There was no way the Greens would support "the blunt instrument of a corporate tax cut" because it did not steer the economy towards sustainability and self-reliance.
"That is what our agenda is. We're quite transparent about that."
The party preferred accelerated depreciation for investment in energy efficiency, pollution control and waste reduction but was open to other ideas as well.
Mr Donald believed the Greens had some credibility at the moment because the party had long expressed concern about the current account deficit and trade deficit.
"No one has taken us seriously and I'm going to be very interested to hear what people who knock our trade policies have got to say about how well free trade is working."
Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett said he accepted the Greens' invitation to keep them informed about Auckland business concerns and about "the lack of co-operation" by them previously in appreciating chamber issues.
"If they say that they are going to be a part of Government and they want to talk to business, I think it would be prissy for us not to participate."
But Mr Barnett believed the chamber movement would be concerned "if they have influence over some of the policies surrounding infrastructure".
Kyoto Forestry Association spokesman Roger Dickie welcomed the Green Party's initiative and said he would use tonight's briefing to advocate the use of market mechanisms in implementing the Kyoto Protocol - which would benefit those who planted forests.
"The Green Party is uniquely placed to take the lead on addressing these issues with a fresh, open mind, and we look forward to sharing our ideas with the party."


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If the Wellington Phoenix are to rise again, much of their success will depend on an underrated Maltese utility player and a former Spanish ambulance driver.
The Phoenix, who face Brisbane Roar in Wellington today, finished bottom of the table last season but much is expected under new coach Ernie Merrick.
While the focus will fall on star signing Carlos Hernandez, as well as Costa Rican compatriot Kenny Cunningham and Paul Ifill, the contribution of the likes of Manny Muscat and Albert Riera in the engine room will be vital.
Along with Vince Lia, Muscat and Riera will provide the muscle and grit in midfield; the platform for flair around them to thrive.
The defensive midfield role is even more important this season. Merrick intends to play Ifill and Hernandez in the same 11 and with neither player known for their defensive workrate, the tackling load will fall on the rest of midfield.
Muscat has alternated between right back and midfield in his five seasons at the Phoenix, though Merrick sees the 28-year-old as a midfielder. Despite a mixed pre-season, there is a sense of optimism around the club, with Merrick looking to make some major changes.
"Ernie has his own philosophies and we are taking them on board," says Muscat. "We have grown out of the old Phoenix ways; we are trying to play and we have got a direction of how we want to play. I don't want to talk about the past Phoenix to be honest. It's a new era and we are going in a different direction; we want to play more attacking football, with a basis on possession."
Often unheralded during his time in Wellington, Muscat is solid defensively with an eye for a pass. He has represented Malta on eight occasions since 2009, against established European footballing nations such as the Czech Republic and Sweden.
Meanwhile, Riera's rise is one of the more unlikely A-League stories in recent years. Riera worked in Spain as an ambulance driver and played for various Spanish lower division semi-professional sides, before deciding to take a year off work to go travelling in Australasia.
"The only reason I came to New Zealand was to travel, see another country and experience another language," says Riera. "I wanted a break from football and I didn't really think about it."
He was persuaded by friends and family to check out options and an online search found Auckland City, with fellow Spaniard Ramon Tribulietx as coach. Tribulietx promised him a trial but nothing beyond that.
He has been a revelation in the ASB Premiership and OFC Champions League, shining as one of the more consistent players, with his tenacity and distribution. Professional football will be another step up, though Riera acquitted himself well in both Fifa Club World Cup matches in the last two years. He stood out in Auckland City's 1-0 win over the Phoenix two weeks ago and then impressed at a subsequent week-long trial in Wellington to secure a one-year contract.
The Phoenix are without their four All Whites today, and will also have that quartet (Glen Moss, Andrew Durante, Leo Bertos and Jeremy Brockie) returning only one or two days before the second round game against Western Sydney Wanderers.
"The first two weeks are going to be tough under the circumstances," says Muscat.
"It will to take time to learn everything Ernie wants us to do and be able to apply it on the field. But it will come."
Muscat's pro career
Phoenix debut: August 17, 2008
Games: 119
Goals: 2
Muscat's first A-League match was against today's opponents the Roar. The match finished 1-1.


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I will need to replace my modest wacom
tablet soon. It's about to die. I don't
need an uber spendy device, though.
This kinda feels like a transitional time for
tablets with the near introduction of the leap.
I am interested in feedback regarding what
people anticipate as a wise purchase for this
year. Would it be worth it to wait for some
not yet available product?
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Thanksgiving is a time to be with loved ones. It's also a time to chow down! Need some help in the kitchen? There's no better helper than an avid fourth grader! Put her to work by having her help you double or even triple an existing recipe--a surefire necessity during large holiday gatherings. Getting your fourth grader involved in the Thanksgiving cooking will not only lighten your load, but it will give her a chance to practice essential math and measuring skills she'll be working on this year.
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- Think of a recipe that you intend to make this Thanksgiving that needs a little tweaking. Do you need to double, triple or even quadruple the servings? This will be the perfect recipe to use with your fourth grader.
- Show the recipe to your child. Tell her to look over the ingredients and the steps. Have her take out all the cooking utensils and ingredients needed.
- Discuss how many people the recipe serves, and compare that with the number of guests. Do you need to double, triple or quadruple the ingredients?
- Now, ask your child to figure out using pencil and paper how to change each ingredient amount. Once she has finished working, have your child show her work and explain to you how she figured out the new amounts.
- If all her math is correct, start making the recipe together. Sit back as much as you can and let her do the measuring, stirring, kneading, pouring or whatever your recipe calls for.
- When all is said and done, make sure you give your child credit at the dinner table! Before you know it, you'll have a permanent assistant in the kitchen willing to help you with all your cooking. You'll also have a fourth grader with new confidence about key math skills and why they're important.


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Outlaws Accept Appeal Ruling
Notts Outlaws will not compete in the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 Cup after a Cricket Disciplinary Appeals Panel ruled that the original decision to reinstate them into the competition should be overturned.
Glamorgan will now progress to the knockout stages and face Durham at the Riverside for a place in the semi-finals.
"It has been a very challenging process for all involved but we accept the findings of the panel and wish all sides well after what has been a very difficult week for cricket," said Notts Chief Executive Derek Brewer.
"When the original ruling was made, we were mindful that there would be an appeal and that any thoughts of a place in the quarter-finals were perhaps premature.
"We made our representation to the panel as did the other counties involved and although disappointed, we respect the ruling.
"There is no mechanism for appeal and with the finals day at the Rose Bowl less than two weeks away, it is important that a line is ruled under this issue and we pursue success in the LV County Championship and NatWest Pro40."
The panel ruled that Yorkshire were guilty of fielding an ineligible player in their Northern Division fixture against Notts at Trent Bridge and would therefore be deducted the two points that they earned from the win.
In contradiction to the original ruling, these points will not be awarded to Notts resulting in Glamorgan qualifying for the quarter-finals due to their run rate being superior to Yorkshire's.


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and the 3rd pick seals the win for the pats
and the 3rd pick seals the win for the pats
Sorry, but Geno Smith looks like ****.
I don't see the hype at all.
They should just put Matt Simms in
they still need to find another qb. matt simms may be better but not franchise material. just a very bad offense overall.
Didnt we go after Edelman this past offseason? Dude would immediately pay dividends on our team as a legit return man. I dont want Randle returning punts.
i'd be very shocked if the broncos don't make the super bowl this year. no one's close to them in the afc.
I just want to say that Tom Brady is just a good QB. Definitely NOT a legend. He's had the benefit of at least either an all-pro OL giving him a clean pocket all day, an all-pro group of receivers, or both, through EVERY SINGLE SEASON of his career. This is what you get when he is stripped of both and has to play like every other QB in the NFL. He's lucky that he was playing the Bills and Jets these past two weeks... if the schedule makers had piled the Broncos, Saints, Falcons, or even the Ravens on their opening schedule, they would be 0-2 right now.
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kitchen bar help
hi guys and gals . i need some help on the hieght of my bar im building in kitchen. im cutting wall out and opening it to livingroom.should it be same as cabinets in kitchen which is 36"? or should it be higher.any help is appreciated.
42-43" for bar height, if I understand what you are doing correctly.
yes thx im having a bar for us to sit at to watch the cook thx
I asked quite a few people about how high to make the bar between the kitchen and the dining/living room area when my house was at the framing stage. Everyone told me the same thing...
FINISHED height - 42 inches
If your countertop is 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick, make sure to adjust your wall height.
Anyway, that's what I was told to do. (I'm not a construction person.)
Hey, I finally knew an answer to a question someone was asking. Too bad someone beat me to the answer. But, I'll throw in my two cents worth anyway and help confirm the answer to your question.
Good luck with the bar in the kitchen!
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My parents have a cabinet height island/breakfast bar in the middle of their kitchen. They have short stools instead of the taller stools. Their island is large and also has a stove top on it.
thx not sure apprec. the help
Frame it so that the finished counter height will be 42 inches above the finished floor. This serves several useful purposes. First it helps hide any kitchen clutter when viewed from the non kitchen side. Second it
makes the counter functional as both a sitting and standing counter, and the taller height requires less knee space for sitting than lower heights, thus the overhang can be shallower.
I'll go down to my local bar and see what their measurements are. I'll get back to you in a couple of days.(maybe)
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Iran's conservatives appear to be ruling out an immediate crackdown on recent relaxations in Islamic law following their disputed victory in last Friday's parliamentary elections.
"We have no such plans," said Dr Riaz Sayid Ali of the Abadgaran Iran-e-Islami (Developers of Islamic Iran), the largest parliamentary block endorsed by the country's unelected Islamic rulers.
"We are not a regressive movement. We reject being called conservatives, as journalists always say. We should remember that our Islamic code is ingrained in our politics but, at the same time, we have to abide by the social roles and we have to meet the needs of the people according to the times."
Dr Sayid Ali said his party did not wish to interfere with the privacy of the people. "We will balance the Islamic approach with the requirements of society. We are for moderation."
The head of the Abadgaran and the man likely to lead the new parliament, Dr Gholamali Haddad-Adel, believed "every development or change that is going to happen should be in a gradual way and in accordance with the times, and very slow".
Asked if this meant sharia law would be tightened, Dr Haddad-Adel said only that "the last 25 years that have passed since the revolution has proven that our understanding of Islam is not rough and terrible".
Early results from Friday's poll show candidates endorsed by the country's unelected Guardian Council are on track to win most of the 290 seats.
While conservative politicians and the state-controlled media say turnout in the election exceeded 60 per cent, the interior ministry says that only half the country's 46 million voters cast their ballot.
In the last election four years ago, a 67 per cent turnout swept pro-reform parties to 200 seats in the majlis (parliament). Since then the Islamic leaders have repeatedly vetoed attempts by parliament and President Ali Khatami to reform society and the economy, leading to widespread disillusionment among Iranians hungry for change.
But there has been a big change from the days of the revolution, when religious vigilantes hunted down transgressors and women could be assaulted, even disfigured, on the street if judged to be improperly veiled.
Although the head scarf is still compulsory, female dress codes and other restrictions have been relaxed. The internet and free speech are tolerated and association between unmarried members of the opposite sex is no longer taboo.
Post-election clashes in south and south-west Iran left seven dead and 28 injured. The clashes were in the cities of Andimeshk, Firuzabad and Izeh between opposing supporters.
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Insight: French architect could be pivotal figure in China scandal
By Alice Cannet and Lucy Hornby
RAINANS/DALIAN (Reuters) - An elusive French architect is emerging as a key figure in China's biggest political scandal in two decades, with evidence suggesting he shared both an affectionate and close business relationship with the Chinese woman at the heart of the scandal.
Patrick Henri Devillers, 52, is one of two Westerners in China known to have had close business ties to the family of deposed Chinese politician Bo Xilai, specifically with Bo's wife who is accused of murdering the other expatriate, Neil Heywood.
Until now, only Heywood was alleged to have also had a close personal relationship with Bo's glamorous wife, Gu Kailai - a factor that has led Chinese police to treat his murder as one where intense feelings of betrayal played a part. Gu is alleged to have poisoned Heywood in November after a row over money.
But one man who knew Heywood and Devillers during the pair's association with the Bo family said Devillers had shown much more affection and intimacy towards Gu than Heywood had done, and that he had assumed Gu and the Frenchman were lovers.
"Heywood was an interesting and amusing character," said UK businessman Giles Hall. But he added, "Devillers was the one who used to pat her on the back and put his arm around her in a restaurant. They were definitely, I would have said, an item."
Hall had business dealings and socialized with Heywood, Devillers and Gu over a decade ago, mostly in the UK where Bo's wife was carrying out some business and her son was attending school. At the time, Bo was mayor of Dalian, in northeast China.
The suspicion Devillers had a romantic link with Gu - in addition to business ties - suggests the Frenchman could be more than a peripheral figure in the Bo scandal, details of which are sketchy. The police case against Gu has not been made public.
Devillers and Gu gave the same residential address when they set up a UK company in 2000: a top-story flat in an office building in the faded resort town of Bournemouth. Some office workers inside the building said they remembered Gu from that time but did not recall her having any male companions. Continued...


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Jason Keath is CEO of Social Fresh, a social media education company. Their next social media conference is Social Fresh EAST on February 6-7 in Tampa, FL featuring speakers from RadioShack, Pepsi, Nordstrom, and Scott Monty of Ford. (and Jay Baer)
I remember making a handmade magazine when I was eight years old. Crayons. Magazine cutouts pasted onto pages filled with penciled in copy. I even folded pages and stapled them at a crude attempt at laying out content.
Looking back it was pretty clear I was into publishing. Since then, I have worked on over a dozen publications, enjoying the role of editor for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and corporate blogs over the course of 15 years.
Today I am the main editor for SocialFresh.com, a blog that has welcomed 150 contributors over the past three years. Learning how to manage multiple contributors, from a handful inside our company to dozens of industry thought leaders, is helped greatly by a few key tools.
Your Goal
We want to get a process down that turns your blog into a content marketing machine. Once you become comfortable with a process, a blog with multiple contributors provides a wealth of benefits.
There are three core ingredients in the special sauce that is a multi author blog: contributors, content, and editing. Let's go over the tools that will allow you to manage these important blog elements.
1. Contributor Plan
Your first challenge is finding people to work or volunteer as contributors.
Ensuring quality across all your content starts here.
If you don't have time for a long back and forth editorial process to train writers, then you need to look for good writers from day one. Or maybe you are focused on strong stories from customers. Understand the content you want out of these contributors and you will understand who you need to target.
Identify Ideal Contributors
You want to put together two lists for this.
First write down a list of target traits. This could be product knowledge, social networking presence for promoting content, authority in the industry, cost of their time, etc. Are they employees, customers, industry leaders? These traits will differ wildly depending on your situation.
Second, write down a list of actual people. If you had your way, who would be helping you today as contributors on your blog? These examples will help you start to attach faces to the roles you need filled.
Some of these contributors you will know by name and some will fall into categories or specialties you want to represent. Find people online that are already talking about the topics you need contributors for. Look at forums, other blogs, and websites where conversations happen, like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Quora.
Once on Social Fresh we even reprinted an answer to a Quora question in full, about Twitter Influence. (With David Armano's permission of course). Social networks are overflowing with people saying interesting and relevant things about your industry. Give them a place to say a little more.
Contact Those Contributors
The key here is to have a plan in place about how to get in touch with contributors that are right for your blog. A couple tips:
- Understand your offer. Tell your potential contributors what they get. Employees might want to know the CEO reads the blog. Outside contributors might want to be paid depending on your industry. Or they might be happy with a link back and getting in front of the 10,000 monthly readers you have.
- Make it easy for them. Suggest a topic if they can't come up with one. Ask them to write about something they already care about or are already talking about online. Give them a word count. Give them a clear deadline. The more vague you are, the less likely someone will be to commit to or complete content for you.
Recognize Contributors
Make sure you give some love back to your contributors when you can. Thank them. Celebrate them. Link back to them. Tell the CEO who your best contributors are inside of the company. Pay them on time. You get the idea.
Have a plan for this and recognize what is valuable to your contributors. On Social Fresh we create author pages, allow them a link back to their site, and prominently feature Twitter follow buttons for them above each article.
2. Editorial Guidelines
So, you have your brilliant writers all lined up and waiting for orders. Like soldiers off to fight the most verbose war of all time. No, we aren't arming a militia here, but your contributors need a general and they need a code to fight by.
Ensuring consistency in tone and topic across all your content starts here.
Guidelines also save you time and help you scale your ability to manage multiple contributors without sacrificing quality.
Make It Easy
A big piece of the puzzle is making it as easy as possible for your contributors to give you the kind of content you want. This means keeping your guidelines as short as possible. If you hand out the AP style guide to every employee blogger and expect them to read it, you better be paying them something extra. Stick to one page if you can.
No one wants a manual in order to help contribute to your blog. So try to focus on the pain points. Spell out the most important things your new contributors need to know.
- Platform – How are blog posts submitted? Through Google Docs? WordPress? Spell out the process to eliminate questions.
- Structure – How should your blog posts look? How many words, how many images, bullets, sub headings, etc.
Tone – What is the tone and goal of the blog? Give them a quick sentence or two to make sure they understand the big picture.
- Links – Can they link out to any site? Are they encouraged to link in for SEO? Can they link to their own blog repeatedly?
- Media – How should contributors handle images and video? Do they need to add images? Are Youtube videos allowed?
- Language – If you are going by AP style say so. If there are 7 industry words your contributors always spell wrong, list them. If there are 7 "colorful" words you would like some bloggers to stop using, list them as well.
- Examples – Point to blog post examples that will give them strong guide posts, something to shoot for.
The other key here is to make this a living document. Add more guidelines if they can improve the process as common issues or time sucks come up. And remove something if it becomes less relevant.
At Social Fresh we have a simple Google Doc that we use for our editorial guidelines and every new contributor gets this doc as a first step.
3. Editorial Flow
Your editing process can be very simple or quite involved. The larger your contributor list becomes, the more pieces involved, the more you want to detail out an efficient editing process.
Think about who your contributors are. That will guide your editorial flow. Here is a typical example:
Assignment >> Draft >> Feedback >> Rewrite >> Publish
The bold items are editorial staff tasks, the italics are contributors. Apply this flow to your contributors, your guidelines, and your blog. Every process will be different.
Think about the process from both sides.
- How will an editor approve or give out assignments?
- How will a contributor receive edits? Or with they?
Think through the technology around this process.
- Will your editorial flow happen on an intranet, through email, or through your blog software?
- Write it down, include it in your editorial guidelines, and make sure it is easily understood.
Editing Tools
There are plenty of tools that can help with an editorial process. Google docs allows comments and multiple user access. You can email Microsoft Word documents back and forth with changes tracked. Even Evernote has nice sharing features.
But the best tool is the WordPress plugin Edit Flow. Obviously you need to be using WordPress for your blog to use this tool. If you are not using WordPress, and you are serious about building a blog for your business, you need to switch. I see no way around it.
Edit Flow is a very professional plugin and very good at what it does. Be prepared to customize it to your needs. Here are a few of the key features it provides for an editing process.
- User groups – It allows you to define your hierarchy, for instance: writers, copy editors, section editors. This is important to define who does what and has access to what features in WordPress.
- Custom statuses – Define the status of your blog posts along the way: Assigned, Draft Submitted, Needs Copy Editing, etc.
- Editorial calendar – Allows you to see all the content you have available in a calendar layout.
- Editorial comments – This allows you to send an email reply to a contributor with editorial instructions while documenting your comment on the post edit screen. The contributor can do the same.
- Editorial metadata – This allows you to quickly assign articles, give details about assigments, and even customize quick instructions like "Needs a better headline" or "Needs a photo".
Bonus: Good People Are the Secret
At the end of all this, technology, planning, searching for contributors, the one key to the process is good people. You have to be true to your plan and you have to include others that will uphold the quality you are after. Don't be afraid to give people a chance, but don't be afraid to be picky about who becomes a regular part of your blogging team.
Look for writers and copy editors and editors that will help you produce the best product the most efficiently. And when you find them, don't let go.


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New Brunswick Conservative leader David Alward, in an otherwise unremarkable set of policy promises (lifted mostly from the governing Liberals' policy book) proposed, oddly, that students would be subject to mandatory volunteerism.
I have always been in favour of community service and think that students should learn by working in the community. But this, obviously, needs to be coupled with a student making his or her own choices about where to contribute. And as many people, including myself, pointed out, 'mandatory volunteerism' is an oxymoron.
Alward responded this week by saying that it wasn't actiually his idea, it was in a government-produced video.
I responded in the Times & Transcript comment area as follows (I'm posting it here because the editors have show remarkable bias in their selection of comments to post, and have set things up recently that people do not even see the comments posted on the website):
So, if I understand this right, the Tories "hit back" by admitting they stole the idea from the Liberals?
The actual video is here:
(Interestingly, the USL of this video has not been available through any media outlet in New Brunswick - probably because, if people saw it, they'd support it; I covered it a couple of months ago in OLDaily.)
It says, precisely, "Imagine... an English class that resembles a TV newsroom... physics and automotive students collaborative to solve problems with a race car... a grade 10 class that researches and designs energy solutions for the community... elementary students collaborating with others in several countries to study the onset of spring... a world issues class that travels the globe by videoconference, challenging guests about issues as they happen... students being required to give of themselves to their communities in order to graduate... do you realize these things happen in several New Brunswick schools today."
So, not only did Alward steal the idea, he got it wrong, and blurted out something very different from what was described.
(Of course, the T&T won't publish *this* comment.)
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The Mandatory Volunteerism Controversy
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Volunteering is great! Mandatory volunteering is not volunteering. When I was an adult volunteer, I had Ontario high school students "volunteer" for their 40 hours of community service. I found that their service was not the best.ReplyDelete
My advice to young people: start a dummy youth group. Take your younger brothers and sisters on a weekend camping trip. Get an adult co-signer to vouch that you volunteered with a youth group. You've done your "volunteering" while having fun.
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The weather is nice, get out and volunteer!! Here are some volunteer opportunities. Call John Chicoine at 356-2833 for more information.
The Open Door- assistance in the dining room/kitchen, thrift shop, food pantry
Haywood Chamber Of Commerce- needs help working at the office
Star Ranch- help with health care for rescued horses
Haywood Regional Medical Center Auxiliary- front desk, patient escorts
Haywood Christian Ministries- receive donations of clothing & goods, 4 hour shifts
The Great Laurels of Junaluska- assist with odd and ends projects for residents
Smoky MT. Health Care & Rehab Center- assists with activities
Big Brothers/Big Sisters- in need of Big Brothers and Sisters in the community and school programs
Friends of the Smokies- help with outreach programs
Bethel Rural Community Org. -man food bank pantry for needy, 2nd Wed monthly
Barium Springs- mentors for youth
Pigeon Community Development Center- transportation, assist children with reading and math
Guardian AD Litem - advocates in the court system for children who are abused or neglected.
Haywood Co TDA Visitor Centers- looking for assistance to man centers, greet people
Special Olympics- coaches and mentors
Foster Grandparents- help a pre-school or elementary age child, stipend available if you meet guidelines
Haywood Co Recs and Park- work in parks, help with programs
Haywood Waterways Assoc- Help clean up our streams
Mountain Mediation- mediate court and civil cases
Haywood Chamber of Commerce- person to man phones, greet customers
Pathways Thrift Store- process items, clerks
KARE- Light Reception, mornings, assists with Personal Safety Program
Healthy Haywood- partner to keep our County healthy
The ARC of Haywood County- facility maintenance & office work.
Autumn Care- Sit with a friend, teach a craft to the seniors
Haywood Spay/Neuter- office, spay/neuter on-site transport help (loading, unloading assisting clients, prepping crates), and trap-neuter-return
American Youth Soccer Org- referees, line painters, concession stand
Haywood County Arts Council- Gallery 86, shifts from 10 to 1, 1 to 5
Sarges Animal Rescue- transport drivers, foster homes for cats & dogs, office help
Mountain Projects- receptionist, phone assurance program
Meals on Wheels –need to drivers to fill routes, need secretary for Friends
Haywood County Public Library- NEW- Giving Garden, assortment of jobs throughout the library
Circles of Hope- mentor, serve on committee, new program
Habitat For Humanity – needs help building houses, help at the Habitat Store
HRMC Hospice – help needed with a new program, Vet to Vet program
The Community Kitchen- looking for cooks, servers, assistance w/fundraiser
REACH- Hotline volunteers, Thrift store workers
Good Samaritan Clinic- needs front desk office help
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program: If you are over 55 years of age, you can receive a limited amount of mileage coverage and supplementary insurance while you are volunteering.
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Posted on 09/24/2012 9:03:04 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne
After a seven-year battle, a victim of child abuse in Ohio has settled a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood.
The lawsuit, supported by Life Legal Defense Foundation, lodged multiple charges against the Planned Parenthood facility, including failure to report incestuous statutory rape and sexual abuse of a minor. Dana Cody heads the Foundation.
(Excerpt) Read more at onenewsnow.com ...
If you call up PP and tell them you are underage and were mad pregnant by a grown up they will bend over backward to violate the law to get you that abortion.
All of the PP clinics will.
Parental notification/consent law?.... just bring ANY adult with you, related or not, they'll take their word for it.
Reporting statutory rape to the cops?.... "We'll just pretend we didn't know and you didn't tell us"
The taxpayers are funding a criminal enterprise.
Abortionists who cover up for child rapists and abusers is not the only left wing criminal enterprise we are funding. We also fund voter cheating ACORN, diversity racist organizations that violate equal rights, illegals, etc. etc. etc.
Taxpayers fund all aspects of the left.
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Parts aren't really that hard to find, you just have to know what AMC vendors to go to! For the older cars
is my first stop. If he doesn't have it try
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In your case you have the needle bearing upper trunnions (all V-8s used needle bearings, sixes used a plain bronze bushing). There are needle bearings in the trunnion (turns for steering) where the steering knuckle pin goes through. Those NEVER wear out! Only the big acorn nuts on the sides that go through the arms. They just ride on coarse 5/8" studs. The nut should move WITH the arm, not turn IN the arm. Easy enough to check, look under the car while someone bounces on the fender. You might want to remove the tire and put a stand under the lower arm so you can see it good. As long as that nut moves with the arm it's good. If you pull the suspension to replace rubber bushings take that joint apart, clean it, put anti-seize on the threads, then reassemble and grease. Should be good for another 100K miles. I always put a small weld tack on the outer edge of that nut (tack to the arm, with the tack where I can get to it with a chisel or grinder). That way it's locked in place and easy to inspect. If the tack is broken it's probably starting to seize and should be looked at. Haven't had one do that though -- not after cleaning and reassembly. Had one wear enough to fall out though! I hadn't taken it apart or inspected it very closely though. It was worn all to hell! Don't think it had been greased in 20 years...
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Harper's been swimming a bunch lately down at our pool. She is pretty good in the water. At times, she's grabbing onto our hands with a tight grip, and then other times she's kicking in the water and running on her own after a beach ball. I don't really have much to say this post, so I'll just post some pictures of my cutie swimming yesterday (and all of the pool rules she breaks...okay, they're not really rules, but they could be). Please note that this is a 1/2 foot to 2 foot kiddie pool.
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"Swine flu is going around. This is high risk kissing!"
The bid was raised to $135,000, but then a woman upped the stakes to $140,000. With that winning bid, she ascended the stage for a 20-second kiss as the audience counted down the smooch.
Theron was initially selling a 2010 trip to South Africa that included World Cup tickets, a safari and a meet-and-greet with Nelson Mandela, but she raised the stakes when bidding stalled at $37,000.
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