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Practical advice for athletes resolving child arrangement disputes: Part 2 - Applications for leave to remove
Published 31 March 2016 By: Josh Green
This two-part article provides practical advice to advisors of top-flight athletes who are faced with resolving potentially complicated and emotive issues concerning the residency of an athlete's children should the athlete wish to relocate overseas from England or Wales.
Part 1, available here, explained the key general concepts of child arrangement disputes including "parental responsibility", "habitual residence" and the extent of the Court's jurisdiction. Part 2 below moves on to explain the Court process should an application (known as an 'application for leave to remove') prove necessary. The concepts discussed in Part 1 are relevant to Part 2, so we suggest reading Part 1 first if you haven't already.
In Part 1, we also identified two hypothetical examples that we shall refer to again below. The first is of an overseas football player who moves to England with his wife and two children to play in the Premier League and, while doing so, separates from his wife. She wishes to return home with the children, but the player, who has a number of years left to run on his contract, wishes to stay in England with the children, where he believes they have a better quality of life.
The second is a divorced English professional rugby player who wants to move to France to take advantage of better playing opportunities and financial incentives. He wishes to take his two children with him, but their mother refuses, wanting them to stay in in England where they have grown up. In both cases we ask how the disputes would be resolved under English law? We also established in Part 1 that the same legal processes, laws and statutes apply equally to each example provided the child is found to be "habitually resident" in England or Wales.
Negotiated solutions
If adults with parental responsibility cannot agree on where a child should live, then there is a dispute. Such disputes can sometimes be resolved without an application to the Courts, for example by arranging a mediation. In reality, though, the dispute will often end up in Court, as there is little for the parties to bargain over to try to reach an acceptable solution. It is essentially a binary issue - the child either stays or goes.
In a small number of cases a parent may agree for the child to go if suitable contact arrangements can be put in place for them to see the child once they have moved.
Application to the Courts
If a negotiated solution is not possible, then an application to the Courts is necessary. This is called an 'application for leave to remove'. Due to the delays inherent in the English Court system, advisors should consider making such an application as soon as possible if their athlete wishes to move with the children (like our rugby player).
Of course if the athlete is defending the application and does not want the children to move with their mother (like our football player), the onus is on the other party to bring the matter before the Court as they cannot move without the other's permission.
How will a court decide whether to grant an order allowing a parent to permanently relocate with the children?
The relevant legal test for such an application has developed through case law over time.
The leading judgment for over 20 years was handed down in Payne v Payne.1 In this case, the Court of Appeal set down a number of principles for how an application for leave to remove should be dealt with by the court, which included,
- the welfare of the child is paramount;
- no presumption in favour of the applicant; and (importantly),
- that the court would undertake an assessment as to how refusing the application would impact on the parent wishing to relocate/return home.
The thinking behind the third principle is that a parent wishing to move away from this country to return home, or to move to an entirely new country and start a new life abroad with their children would be so devastated by not being permitted to go, this would impact on their ability to care for the children resulting in a detrimental impact on their welfare.
This approach, however, was troublesome to practitioners and led to a perception held by many that it was becoming too easy to make a successful application, particularly for mothers returning with their children to the country where they had been born.
Case law has now moved on, and cases such as MK v CK2 have established that the only principle the court must apply is that the child's welfare is paramount, and that all of other principles set out in Payne are guidance only. When considering the welfare of the child, the court will have regard to the following factors:3
- the ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child;
- his physical, emotional and educational needs;
- the likely effect on him of any change in circumstances;
- his age, sex, background and any characteristics which the court considers relevant;
- any harm which he has suffered or is at risk of suffering;
- how capable each of his parents is of meeting his needs; and
- the range of powers available to the court.
The weight given to each of these factors will depend on the particular facts and circumstances of the individual case. In a hypothetical situation where a child has a disability or specific learning difficulties, for example, greater weight will be given to their physical, emotional and education needs and the capability of each parent to meet those needs than other facts.
The wishes of the child
The wishes and feelings of the child will become more relevant and determinative as the child gets older because section 1(3)(a) of the Children Act 1989 provides the court will have regard to the child's wishes and feelings in light of the child's age and understanding. Consequently, the older and more mature a child is, the more weight will be given to their wishes and feelings.4 If, for example, a 14-year-old child of a player wants to move abroad with him, it is likely the court will allow them to go. If, however, the child is 8 years old and expresses the same wishes, it is less likely to influence the court.
Important practical steps alongside the legal process
What can be said with some certainty, however, is that the court process is difficult, emotional and stressful. Advisers must be aware of the impact that any such litigation may have on a player's performance, attitude and ability to concentrate. It is hoped that specialist advice at an early stage, and even before proceedings are issued, will ease the burden on the player and allow them to concentrate on matters on the field.
Aside from the legal test the court will apply, there are specific practical steps that those advising players should be aware of either if they are the party wishing to move away with their children, or the players defending an application and wanting the children to remain with them in this country.
Involvement in the child's life
In either situation, the player should aim to be involved in their children's lives as much as possible. Doing the school run, helping with their school work and going to parents' evenings, bathing them and putting them to bed are all examples of being involved.
These actions will have an impact in any proceedings that may follow. For example, they will support an argument that the player has had such a significant involvement in the child's life that any move to live in a different country would be entirely contrary to their best interests and promotion of their welfare that the application should not succeed. Or, conversely, that they must move with the player because to be without that care would not be in their best interests.
Footballers and other professional athletes are often in a position with their work commitments whereby they can be more flexible in terms of the time they can spend with their children. Conversely, however, the hours might be irregular and players will most often be competing at a weekend when the children are not at school.
An athlete's life may also involve long periods of time spent abroad and away from home, such as for international cricketers, and that again will impact on the time that they can spend with their children. What is important is that insofar as their playing and training commitments allow, they are fully involved in their children's lives, and this will apply both to male and female athletes.
Plans for relocation
A key element to any application of this nature will be the plans for the relocation that are presented to the court. These must be as comprehensive as possible and if, for example, a footballer wishes to move to play for a foreign club, their advisers should contact the club they are moving to as soon as possible as they will able to assist with the various elements of any such relocation.
Extensive thought must be given to where the family will live both in the short term and more permanently. Plans must be made about where the children will be educated, the support network that the player will have in terms friends and family who can assist with child care, and, very importantly, the proposals for when the children will see the non-resident parent.
Motivating factors
One of the key aspects of this process is that the court will look at the motivation behind the application. Is it a malicious step taken by one parent to deny the other parent time with the children? If the court considers this to be the case, the application will be unsuccessful. If the applicant can demonstrate that they have a well thought-out plan offering appropriate levels of time for the children and the parent left behind to spend together, then that will very much count in their favour.
Defending an application
If you are advising a player who is defending the application, a thorough examination of the proposals put forward can be an effective way to defend the case. Is the housing that is being proposed appropriate? Do the contact proposals work in practice? Is it possible to travel to the proposed jurisdiction and spend time with the children as has been put forward or not? How does this work with a player's training and playing schedule? Finances also need to be taken into account, and a careful assessment of whether or not the plan can be afforded is essential.
In conclusion, due to the international nature of their work, footballers and other professional athletes are susceptible to applications for leave to remove.
Whilst it is possible to enter into a written agreement setting out arrangements for where a child would live in the event a relationship has broken down, this will only serve as a record of the wishes and intentions of the parties and will be one factor taken into account by the court; the agreement will not be legally binding and it will not prevent a parent from making an application for leave to remove. Ultimately, the courts will still make a decision based on the basis of factors set out above.
Practical steps can be taken when the player initially moves to this jurisdiction as set out above and summarised as follows:
- Ensure the player is as involved in their children's lives as possible either if they are considering an application to move from this jurisdiction, or if they believe the other parent will make an application.
- Before making an application or defending an application, consider the motivation for the move. If it is to simply move away from the other parent and limit the time they spend with the children, then the application is unlikely to be successful. The motivation must be because the move is in the best interests of the children.
- Plan, plan and plan some more. If you want to move abroad, your plan must be as comprehensive as possible with detailed proposals in respect of where you and children will live, how they will be educated and the time the parent staying behind will spend with the children in the future.
- Take specialist legal advice as soon as possible. Applications for leave to remove can be complicated and difficult, not to mention emotionally draining. A lawyer specialising in such an application will assist in all such aspects and the sooner they are instructed, the greater strategic input they will be able to have.
This is, however, a difficult area of law and the nature of human relationships is that they are often unpredictable and irrational, based on emotion and instinct.
Advisers should seek to minimise the impact that any such issue has on a player's performance by ensuring that specialists are on hand as soon as possible to give advice as to how an athlete, whether they are a mother or father, can plan a move abroad with their children, or defend any potential move abroad by the other parent of their children.
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- Tags: Athlete Welfare | Children Act 1989 | Convention on the Rights of the Child 1990 | Dispute Resolution | England | Family Law Reform Act 1969 | Hague Convention 1980 | Hague Convention 1996 | Premier League | United Kingdom (UK) | Wales
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Josh Green
Josh specialises in all aspects of relationship breakdown including divorce, finances, children matters and nuptial agreements.
Josh has experience in acting for high-net worth individuals in cases involving complex financial structures and international elements, in addition to challenging children matters. He has also acted for a number of clients in the sports industry.
Josh is admitted to practise in England and Wales.


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LG presents 5 mega-pixel GSM handset – KG 920
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New Delhi, 25th June, 2007: LG Electronics India Pvt. Limited (LGEIL), Leading Consumer Electronic, Home Appliance & Mobile Handset Co. and one the largest Handset manufacturers in the world, today launched the much awaited - KG920.
The KG 920 ,a super slender phone boasting high quality 5 mega pixel digital camera and state-of-the-art multimedia features, is as good looking as the pictures it takes. It adopts an innovative 'Twist and Slim' design that features a real digital camera, which allows users to rotate the camera 180 degrees to take self portraits. At only 18.9 mm, the KG 920 is packed with features that are bound to attract appeal to shutterbugs and multi-media savvy consumers. It has an auto focus CCD camera that boasts a VGA-level video at 30 fps (frames per second) packed together with other features including a strobe flash effective up to 1.5 meters for shooting in low lighting conditions, 6 different shot modes (auto, close-up, portrait, landscape, sports & dusk), 6-frame consecutive shots, up to 15 second timer shot, a half shutter, and lens cover. KG920 has an 8 MB internal USB memory and also supports external memory slot. The phone is equipped with some interesting features like Tri-Band and internet accessibility. A bonanza for music lovers, its advanced media player provides a simple plug & play interface to transfer music without installing drivers and is capable of both MP3 and MPEG4 playback. The feature-packed phone also includes Bluetooth, USB port and a Mini SD
According to Mr. H. S. Bhatia, Product Group Head, GSM Mobile Phones, "Today's customers are very design conscious. They want a phone that is not only feature-rich, but also good looking. The KG920 is compact considering the features that it provides. With a 5-megapixel camera phone there is no need to carry a separate digital camera. LG KG920 is extremely attractive in terms of style, fully loaded with unique features and is available at attractive price of Rs 22000 /- only "
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Spent the day working from the boat (boring); with a 4a start time. Oy! Later, ran over to the Div of Boating Recreation and got the boat ownership transferred to my name; and made a deposit at the bank. Kris dropped me and ran out to the house to meet someone who was buying a table and some chairs.
I also looked at bicycles. We are trying to figure out what sort of auxiliary transportation will work best on the boat. And it's probably a good idea to get some funky little city/fold-up type bicycles. Researching that!
As we headed off to dinner last night, had to stop, back up and capture this picture of the beautiful sunset.
We were off to meet with our friends Alton and Sharie at the great little Okinawan hole-in-the-wall restaurant Sunrise. Dinner was excellent; especially the pork and yakisoba.
All washed down with some nice BYOB sakes.
Afterward, we rode over to Via Gelato and had some sweet treats to wrap a nice night on the town.
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I had an awesome session this morning with the Sweet Family out at Adams County Regional Park. I love working with families like theirs! This session was a gift for dad for Father's Day. Often the dads don't want to be there and really don't care about the portraits but this dad was awesome. He was excited to have the new portraits and was great during the session. Not only was dad on board for the session but the kids did great as well. It makes such a huge difference when a family arrives to their session with everyone relaxed and ready to have their portrait taken!
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The Taste Of Winter – Botan Nabe, With Tender And Robust Wild-Boar Meat
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Tamba Sasayama Black Soybeans are known as a local specialty product of the Sasayama region. Black soybeans are soybeans with a black skin that have been cultivated all across Japan. Tamba Sasayama Black Soybeans are known as a top-quality product even amongst the black soybeans of the country and is a large grain product that is sweet with a beautiful, lustrous color.
The Sasayama region, a valley situated at an elevation of 200 – 300m, has a climate temperature that differs immensely between day and night in addition to climate that is hot in the summer and cold in winter. The region's clay-like soil was considered suitable for the cultivation of high quality black soybeans and have continued to cultivate the beans since long ago.
The main variety of black soybeans grown in the region is called "Tamba Black" and is cultivated both in Hyogo and its surrounding prefectures. Although the origin of the soybeans spreading throughout the region is not certain, it appears to have entered the region during the Warring States period (the end of the 15th century to the end of the 16th century), where it was then discovered that the climate and features of the region fit well with the soybean. It became a gift that was presented to the shogunate (a government of military commanders) during the Edo period (1603 – 1868) and the Tamba Sasayama Black Soybeans were thus spread across Japan as a specialty product.
Black soybeans, nicknamed "field meat" due to its high nutritional value, are utilized in various types of cuisine. Black soybeans made sweet with sugar and boiled until puffy are particularly a familiar staple. It is a dish indispensable to osechi or New Year's lunch boxes that are eaten during New Year's in Japan.
The fact that you can expect results in preventing an increase in cholesterol absorption and fatty acid peroxides by eating black soybeans has become a popular topic in recent years. Aside from cooked soybeans, there are also processed goods such as seasonings, confections, and sake being sold in Sasayama. You can enjoy black soybean products regardless of the season.
The rich climate of Tamba Sasayama and its traditional black soybeans. If you will be visiting Sasayama, why not choose black soybeans as a souvenir? We also recommend going to a café during your break from exploring and being healed by the sweetness of black soybean desserts.


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Posted May 3, 2018
Toronto Beer Week gets new owner, returns for ninth year in September
Toronto – Toronto Beer Week (TBW) has been acquired by St. Joseph Communications – the group behind Toronto Life – it was announced today.
The nine-day celebration, hosted every September for the last eight years, was founded in 2010 by Maz Bereton, John Bowden, Troy Burtch, Cass Enright, Ian Howes, Ron Keefe, George Milbrant, Craig Simons, and Rob Symes.
Since 2011, it had been lead by Burtch, Enright, and Symes with the addition of Gabriel Nijmeh as Executive Director.
"We are excited and pleased that Toronto Beer Week will be in the hands of a great team that will continue developing strong partnerships with bars and breweries to grow craft beer in Toronto," says Nijmeh.
"Toronto Beer Week started with $2200 in a bank account and operated as a break even business – all funds generated from registration and sponsorship were immediately put back into TBW with board members not taking any pay," notes Burtch, who is now the Marketing & Communications Manager at Great Lakes Brewery in Toronto. "We created and ran because of our love of the industry – to showcase the beer and the bars."
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I downloaded the sample app for the richtexteditor in the grid. If the column is a reguar part of the grid, it works flawlessly, but the second I make it a preview row column, i get the rtf code view. Any suggestions?
See pictures below that show the same field (one as regular column, other as preview colum) that are rendered differently.
I am using 10.2 and the latest service release. Heavy on the app stlying
I'm not certain but I don't think the AutoPreviewField column uses embeddable editors, so that would preclude the use of the RichTextEmbeddableEditor therein. Incidentally, we consider that approach to be obsolete as we have since added a control to our suite, UltraFormattedTextEditor, which is a native .NET replacement for the RichTextBox control. However, if I am correct about the AutoPreviewField column not using embeddable editors, I'm afraid this information doesn't help you, since the UltraFormattedTextEditor provides an embeddable editor to the column.
ah... so does the formatted text editor support rich text? I thought it was a proprietary markup language.
vbhandyman said:ah... so does the formatted text editor support rich text? I thought it was a proprietary markup language.
You are correct, it does not support Rich Text, it's a proprietary XML format. But it does a lot of the same things that Rich Text does.
I am using it to display rich tech format that I use for Crystal Reports.
My software is so big already that I cannot justify writing a translation program between the two. I'm really kind of shocked that you guys have not made it interpret rich text because anything done in this control is not really compatible with any other windows programs without writing a translator. Oh well, I really love your guys' controls... certainly not a deal breaker.
Thanks for your help... I am thinking of using your control to write my own report writer and get rid of crappy crystal reports... am i correct in assuming that your rich text editor control works with your document object?
If I recall correctly, we decided to go with our own custom XML format because RichText was simply too massive (and rich) to support in it's entirety. And also, we needed to provide certain functionality that RichText could not. For example, we wanted to give developers the ability to respond to clicks on links that were not necessarily valid URLs and show a dialog or perform some other action.
vbhandyman said:am i correct in assuming that your rich text editor control works with your document object?
Actually, no. The Documents engine doesn't have any built-in conversion from the FormattedText xml. There is a sample, however, which provides code to import Rich Text into a document.
Oh... I think I may have misunderstood your question.
If you have FormattedText in a cell of the grid and you export that grid to a document (PDF/XPS) then yes, the grid document exporter will convert that XML into something the document can handle and preserve the formatting.
No, you had me right the first time. I am building a report writer. So, I cannot use your ultraRichTextEditor to build the components of a report using the document engine?
Well, you could write a converter to translate our customer XML into RTF (which is supported in the Documents engine via the AddRichContent method). Or you could write code to convert the XML into a document directly.
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Tis the time of year when we are all looking for gift ideas for our kids. Here are some ideas that I have found for you!
Mail Order Mystery
This is a fantastic idea for kids in the 8 – 13 age range. You get to choose from two different mysteries, with a third option on the way. Your kids will receive a series of clues related to the mystery in the mail over a period of six weeks. Our kids are in the midst of the pirate mystery and they love it. They keep wondering when the next envelope will arrive.
The first letter included a message in code and they took copies of the letter to school and a significant portion of the kids in their grade three and five classes were working hard on cracking the code and then we had half a dozen kids come home with us after school and with some efforts they broke the code and figured out the message.
Full disclosure: we are receiving this mail order mystery in exchange for a review blog post. So far it is excellent and I'll write more about it when it is wrapped up and the mystery solved.
Handmade Gift Ideas
As a small business owner and maker myself, I thought I would help promote some of my fellow Etsy vendors this year. I am not being paid to promote any of these products, although if you do make a purchase through any of these links I will receive an affiliate commission. It will not impact the price of the product you purchase.
Most of these will be making an appearance in our house this year.
Shark Blanket
Because every kid needs to look like they are being eaten by a shark while watching TV!
Travel Tic Tac Toe
My eight year old in particular is regularly challenging me to a tic tac toe game – convinced that if she plays me enough times she can win, as soon as she figures out the system. This handmade travel game looks great and will cut down on the amount of pieces of paper lying around our house covered in x's and o's.
Super Hero Capes
Each of my kids have been found wearing superhero capes at various times in their lives. The bonus is that these capes and masks also fit adults. There is a certain three year old in my house who will be very excited to get her own cape and mask.
Fairy Tree House Block Set
Sadly this one is not in my price range this year, but as a fellow woodworker I love to see what other wooden toys people are making. My kids love fairies and building with blocks, so this one is a winner for me. This one might make an appearance in our house for a birthday present later in the year.
Conversation Starters
These are intended for kids and I think would be pretty great not only to get your kid talking at dinner, but also for date night if you are stuck for conversations that don't revolve around your kids and poop. I look forward to the conversations to come!
Plush Narwhal
It is the unicorn of the sea! Our house is already overrun with stuffed animals so I'm not getting this one. That said – I know you want it because it is a narwhal and a very cute one at that!
Baby Viking Hat with Beard
So Cute! A friend made my three year old a couple of hats that look like a wig. They were gifts when she was a newborn and she still regularly wears the larger one that still fits. Once she grows out of that wig/hat, I'm coming to this page to pick out a new knit hat for her because she loves her wig hat!
Thomas Woodcrafts
I would be remiss if I didn't also promote my own stuff. You can find wooden toys and decor for kids and adults alike in my Etsy shop. Check it out and help me make some sawdust!


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Cyber Security: Still among the Biggest Challenges for Businesses
The cyber landscape is becoming increasingly complex and concerning for businesses. Many are at a loss as to what to do. Many large corporations, government agencies and other institutions (especially in the health care and financial sectors) have been targets of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS), phishing attacks and more. More recently, we've seen the United States being distraught and divided over alleged cyber-attacks form foreign nation-states.
We see more and more evidence of the true issues cyber-crimes represent.
As Timothy Francis, enterprise lead for Cyber Insurance has noted, 62% of cyber-breach victims are small to mid-size businesses. According to Osterman Research, Inc. nearly 50% of businesses experienced a ransomware attack in 2016. As the Poneman Institute has sited, the average bill for a data breach in the U.S. comes to around $7 million, so it's easy to see how 60% of small businesses go out of business within 6 months of a cyber-attack.
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The International Telecommunications Union is holding a World Telecommunications Development Conference this week and has reportedly used the opportunity to release a new study on combatting spam. The Financial Times reports that the ITU concludes that while all countries need anti-spam legislation, a more effective approach would be to require the establishment of enforceable codes of conduct by ISPs. In particular, the ITU recommends codes to require ISPs to prohibit their customers from spamming and not to enter into peering arrangements with ISPs that do not accept similar codes of conduct.
At the moment, Canada has neither anti-spam legislation nor binding ISP codes of conduct. The National Task Force on Spam (of which I was a member) recommended new anti-spam legislation. It also raised ISP issues, though it only created non-binding "best practices". There has been no public disclosure on where the new Conservative government stands on the issue.


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Shabbat Shalom. We come to Rosh HaShanah after a year filled with deep darkness, profound brokenness, and what seems to me at least like chaos run amuck. I do not think many of you would disagree with me in feeling that we live in very uncertain times. I could recite an endless list of reasons why it seems this way, but the bombardment of negative news all around us I think makes the case for itself. Many of us come to Rosh HaShanah this year physically and emotionally exhausted. However, Rosh HaShanah and the High Holidays are a perfect time to refresh and renew our minds, hearts, and bodies. The darkness and uncertainty we see in our lives around us speaks to a desperate need to embrace genuine repentance, the only source of forgiveness, and then strive for reconciliation between one another.
Now on Rosh HaShanah we say to each other "L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu", which means "May you be inscribed for a good year." The idea behind this phrase is to hope that we all are written in the book of life for the coming year.
This tradition comes from the Talmud which talks about how during the time between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur the Lord will write in the book of life those who will live through the next year.
So the time from the beginning of Rosh Hashanah to the end of Yom Kippur is known as the Ten Days of Repentance. But what does it mean to repent? How can we be sealed in the Book of Life?
To answer the first question Rosh Hashanah is about genuine repentance. Now the Hebrew word for repentance is T'Shuvah which means literally, "to turn". In it is the idea that we turn away from our sins and return to the Lord.
Repentance is a breaking of a cycle of thinking and living that has characterized the previous year and maybe even our entire lives up until this point. It is turning away from the materialistic selfishness of life in this world and returning to the standard of living the Lord has made clear to each of us through His Word. A life characterized by genuine humility, not self-centered pride.
A life focused on pleasing the Creator of All Things and also by caring about the vulnerable around us and not just ourselves. It is the real genuine acknowledgement that we have fallen short of the standard Adonai has set for us and a genuine desire to see ourselves changed through His help. Genuine T'Shuvah, is not limited to single act on a single day, it is something done continuously every single day through the illumination of Adonai.
When we genuinely repent there is a need for genuine forgiveness of sins. During the time when the Temple still stood our repentance was accompanied with sacrifices to atone, or satisfy the penalty of our sins. To be inscribed in the Book of Life required the shedding of the blood of innocent animals. The reason for atonement through sacrifice is found in Leviticus 17:11, "For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life." It is only through the shedding of blood atonement can be made possible.
But this was only a temporary solution, temporary because it had to be repeated day after day, year after year, as we repented and sought forgiveness for our sins from the Lord.
Today the Temple does not stand and so Jewish tradition has changed to say that our need for genuine forgiveness can be obtained through things like prayer and through Tzedakah or charity. But while all these are good and important duties they still do not satisfy the requirements of God revealed in His Word. To receive forgiveness after genuine repentance there must be atonement through sacrifice. The Lord knew that the atonement provided under the Mosaic Covenant was only temporary and chose in His love to make permanent forgiveness and atonement available through the sinless son of God, Messiah Yeshua. Because of Messiah's perfect life and sacrificial death, we have amazing access to the Lord and the promise of permanent forgiveness of sins if we accept the atonement He has provided.
Through Messiah Yeshua we have the assurance that we are permanently sealed in the Book of Life and our names will never be blotted out. We also have confidence in living forever with Him.
For many of us here today we have experienced the forgiveness that comes through Messiah Yeshua. But connected with the Lord's forgiveness of us is our willingness to forgive others. In His prayer that He gave to us as an example, Messiah Yeshua said that when we ask for forgiveness of our day-to-day sins that we must be willing to forgive those who have sinned against us. There are many examples of the power that comes from forgiving others in Scripture, but the first example comes to mind is from the Charleston, South Carolina Church shooting back in 2015. Nine people were killed during a Bible study in which the perpetrator was invited into the church to join them. He hoped to start a race war with an act of terrorism. A few days later when the person who committed this heinous act was brought into court, a relative of one of the victims powerfully said that they had forgiven him.
This did not mean that there would be no trial and no punishment but that this woman of God showed this man the power of God through forgiveness.
I cannot comprehend what it would be like to begin to forgive someone who murdered in cold blood someone I loved, that takes nothing short of a powerful act of God to be able to do such a thing. Yet, how often are we unwilling to forgive those who have committed offenses against us that are far less? How often have we let hurt feelings and grudges fester and grow in our lives while ignoring them? How many people have we cut out of lives instead of being willing to reconcile with them?
In God's Word sin is compared to leaven or yeast, the idea being that just like yeast sin can easily grow, spread and multiply. While we talk about sin in the abstract with this analogy it is very true when it comes to our specific sins of holding grudges and being unwilling to forgive. What initially may have started as a small disagreement or a single hurt is allowed to fester and grow malignant, poisoning our lives with anger and our relationships with others.
But the Lord requires us to be willing to forgive others, especially brothers and sisters in the Lord, and while that does not mean we necessarily forget what has happened, it does mean we cannot have bitterness or rage in our hearts.
We have talked about how we are in the Days of Repentance and how repentance should lead to us forgiveness. This forgiveness that the Lord has made available to us through His Son, and our need to forgive others. These truths are brought together in my last topic for this morning, our need for reconciliation.
Reconciliation is when a relationship between people which was been previously broken has now been restored. During the High Holidays we are called to be reconciled to our Creator. To wake up from the sleep of our day-to-day lives and to remember the Lord and our First Love. Through Repentance, forgiveness, and atonement in Messiah Yeshua our relationship with the Lord that has been broken because of our sin can be completely restored.
It is because of this reconciliation, this restoration of our relationship with our Creator that we are inscribed forever in His book of life.
However, there is also a call during these Days of Repentance to be reconciled with one another, especially brothers and sisters in the Lord. In the Rabbinic tradition it is stated that Yom Kippur is for being reconciled with God only. So during these days leading up to Yom Kippur we must be seek out one another and right the wrongs when possible in the previous year. Our Messiah stresses even more the need to be in harmony with one another before confessing our sins to the Lord. We read in Matthew 5:23-25:
"But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, 'Raca (a term of insult),' is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell. "Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift."
While we do not bring our sacrifices to the altar today, the principle of being reconciled to one another before seeking the Lord still stands. So it is very clear in these verses that restoring our relationships is incredibly important to the Lord and we are commanded to take this very seriously.
Now as I reach the end of our time together I need to say a very important word of caution. Much of the reconciliation between others talked about in Scripture involves relationships that can be safely worked out. Even in the verses I just read it seems that the disputes involved can be resolved quickly enough that the gift can be left in front of the altar. However, we live in a very fallen world that is full of dangerous, abusive, and emotionally manipulative people. It is not always safe to approach others that have wronged us and seek to restore that relationship. I believe we do not have to put ourselves in danger and there are many times where it is appropriate to have a mature friend or family member advise and help us in our relationships with others.
But even in the darkest and most painful of situations, such as the shooting I mentioned earlier, with the Lord's help we can come to a place of peace and forgiveness with those who have deeply hurt us, whether we speak to them or not and whether or not they are still alive. However, when situations are not incredibly severe and dangerous, when our willingness to reconcile has to do with our pride or the fact we feel we are in the right we need to be willing to seek out our brothers and sisters and not cut them out of our lives.
So as we enter into these Ten Days of Repentance during these dark times let us take this opportunity to examine ourselves and our need for repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation. I pray that each on us may be inscribed once and for all time in the Book of Life through Messiah Yeshua. I also pray that each of us will do the hard prayerful work of forgiving and being reconciled to one another.


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Vicki and I serve on the Rotary District 5950 youth exchange district board together. She's an amazing expert on youth exchange and an inspiration to our entire board! She was also recently in India to attend a wedding. Vicki was lucky to have the water fountains flush with water at the Taj Mahal!
Friday, May 8, 2009
My friend Vicki at the Taj Mahal
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Well, Mr. Leif, sir, I'm surprised at how many friends you have! I'm not surprised that it seems all you Rotarians do is party, party, party!ReplyDelete
What did you think of the Taj Mahal? And why is the water green?
I'll be back to check out more of this exciting blog in the near future, and thus you can expect numerous further humorous quips!
Really neat picture. I'd love to go there sometime.ReplyDelete
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Last Thursday The London College of Beauty and Therapy attempted to crack The Guinness World Record for the highest number of File and Varnishes to be carried out in eight hours. The record attempt, to achieve over 2000 file and polishes, was performed by students at LCBT.
Myself, Mel and Laura (the blogger team at Jam) went down to show our support. But what girl could say no to a cheeky file and varnish in their lunch break…and to make it some what better there was also some celebs there, and some very good looking ones (if I must say)
We had such a giggle, but I was told my nails were one of the hardest to paint…I do have small nails so I can understand!
We were given a lovely goodies bag thanks to LCBT which included a nail file and a gorgeous purple nail polish (this made my Thursday)
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I love films.
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Memento, Sin City, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, and Pulp Fiction are some of my favorites.
Some would argue that these technically can't be noir because they're in color - well with the exception of 'Sin City'- but I disagree.
'Film Noir' means 'Black Film' in French, but it doesn't have to be an actual black and white film. Noir is more of a feeling, and usually, the best of the genre has a surprise ending we weren't expecting, with seeds planted by the femme fatale.
She's the sexy female that seduces, compromises the (anti)hero, and is often dangerous, even deadly.
Yes, this resonates with me, lol.
Ok, not the deadly part... but the sexy seductress who drives the protagonist mad part...yes!
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For 45 years, Seaside Hospital Radio has successfully provided entertainment and information for patients, staff and visitors at Worthing Hospital, as well as Southlands Hospital in Shoreham, where the studios are based.
During that time, it has provided a springboard for the careers of many broadcasters, including Simon Mayo, Bob James, Tim Humphrey and Ambrose Harcourt, who all volunteered for the station in the early days.
The charity, funded purely by donations and fundraising, has seen listener numbers more than double in the last year alone, thanks to the dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers.
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Ok... Will just ignore the posts saying that pop-up is still working.
And you have a point, Mirage.
Soon, the new script for popups will be in place and we can expect some decrease in our earnings. So then the dilemma begins. We can stick with popups and still get the same ammount of clicks (maight be good if you link to your images/links in any pay2share) and receive less from linkbucks or we could try intermission and get fewer clicks (since few will have the patience to click some more than a few links at your gallery) and try to maintain the earning at LB.
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When you use your car for business, the IRS allows you to deduct that expense from your taxable income.
You'll itemize your deductions, using Form 2106 (Employee Business Expenses) if your employer partially reimbursed you for expenses. If your employer provided no reimbursement at all, you'll use Form 2106-EZ (Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses) to claim your costs. If you're self-employed or work as a contractor, you'll claim expenses on Schedule C. If you file your taxes online, the tax provider will ask about your mileage during the interview process and calculate the deduction for you.
The standard mileage deduction is the most straightforward way of calculating your driving expense. You'll need to track your business-related mileage with a log or smartphone app, but figuring out your deduction is easy: You simply multiply by the IRS' allowable rate.
You also have the option of tracking and deducting the actual expenses you incur while using your vehicle.
As a rule of thumb, don't even consider using actual costs if you use your vehicle less than 50% of the time for business. The standard mileage deductions keep things simple as long as you keep track of all your miles.
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With the standard mileage method, the deduction depends on how you used your vehicle. Per the IRS, the rates are:
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|18 cents / mile
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|14 cents / mile
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Commuting to work is not considered a deductible expense.
Some people can't use the standard mileage rates — for example, those who used an employer-provided vehicle or who racked up the mileage as a limo or taxi driver. You can't use the standard mileage rates if you used five or more vehicles simultaneously, which makes you a fleet owner and ineligible.
And you can't use the standard mileage rates if you used the actual expenses method in the previous year.
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If more than half your driving last year was for business, you might want to consider using the actual expense method. You can do so when you keep track of all the allowable costs associated with the use of your car or truck.
If you choose to deduct actual expenses, you can include the business portions of your vehicle costs associated with:
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- Garage rent
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Section 179
Because vehicle depreciation is largest in the first year, you'll want to give the Section 179 deduction serious consideration if you purchased a new vehicle for use in your business. The Section 179 deduction, a special rule intended to help small businesses, applies only to an asset's first year of use. There are other detailed limits on the deduction, which you can read about on the IRS website.
No bonus depreciation, a special depreciation allowance, is in effect this year.
Tracking your mileage
To make the most of the mileage deduction, you need to keep track of your miles. There are lots of ways to do this. Something as simple as keeping a pen and paper in the glove compartment can suffice, but a quick trip to Google or the App Store will reveal a variety of online tools, apps and even in-car trackers that can streamline things. No matter how you do it, do it. The IRS may require you to produce your records if you're audited.
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It's so wonderfully fitting that Herbie Hancock has offered his talents on You're Dead! Not only does his name come to mind shortly after Miles Davis and The Mahavishnu Orchestra when thinking of jazz-fusion, but he's always been drawn to the style at its most forward-thinking. In spite of his familial associations with the illustrious Coltranes, Flying Lotus isn't a name I'd have thought I'd be speaking of in a jazz context; even though past albums like his 2010 masterwork Cosmogramma were pretty open about their jazz influences, the concept of an electronic artist putting such an emphasis on a genre that is entirely dependent on organic performance and feeling seems outlandish, at least at first. Then again, we're now living in 2015, the great time of the future, and with a few years left in us before we're swept away by the ravages of nuclear hellfire, these kinds of surface-level paradoxes can and should be exploited in art.
You're Dead! is a vivisection of blended styles, not only bringing in jazz, but hip-hop and the expected glitchy IDM as well. Far more importantly, the result of this is fascinating, not simply for the novelty of the style (I know Nu Jazz is founded on the basis of this electro-jazz fusion, but in the case of Flying Lotus it sounds seamless) but the trademark energy and flow that Flying Lotus brings to his albums. In Flying Lotus tradition, the songs are less properly structured compositions in and of themselves, and should be seen moreso as meticulously sketched pieces of a larger whole. Without dwelling too long on a particular mood or idea, Flying Lotus keeps the pacing as brisk as ever, and as a result, the already-brief thirty-eight minutes seem to fly by even faster than they should.
I've noticed a trend in Flying Lotus albums in that they'll unfold as a journey from point A to point B. I remember being struck by the subtle shift towards the weird and the percussive over the course of Cosmogramma. The shift is far more pronounced on You're Dead! For the first few tracks (which blend together as if there was nothing but an arbitrary track listing to separate them), Flying Lotus unleashes the most perfect fusion of jazz with any other genre (including rock) I've ever heard. The instrumentation (including a very John McLaughlin-esque electric riff at the beginning of 'Cold Dead') would have probably passed for some excellent jazz-fusion even without Flying Lotus' deft glitches and electronic tweaks. Following the album's jazz-laden overture, You're Dead! dips into hip-hop; Kendrick Lamar (who has demonstrated some brilliance of his own in 2012 with good kid, m.A.A.d city) offers an excellent guest spot with 'Never Catch Me'; a smooth piano line and confident groove sound leisurely in contrast with Lamar's quick-spouted rhymes and rhythms. While Hancock easily brings the most star-power to Flying Lotus' latest venture, it's possibly Lamar's contribution that lingers in my head the most.
On the other hand, there's no promise that a project with Snoop Dogg as a guest is going to be any good. His distinctive delivery and izzle-izzle bastardization of the English lang-uizzle has an unfailing personality to it, but judging from his history (he did something with Nicki Minaj recently, for crying out loud) I doubt artistic sturdiness is in mind when he's picking out his creative projects. Then again, he did a stint with Gorillaz on Plastic Beach, and I thought that album was great; he's far from a wordsmith (or even talented) and 'Dead Man's Tetris' doesn't offer any testament to the contrary. At the same time, Flying Lotus' beat here is one of the most infectious things he's ever done, and Snoop Dogg capitalizes on it. Later on, as the album gravitates towards a more chilled atmosphere characteristic of IDM, Thundercat offers a vocal spot on the particularly strong 'Descent into Madness', which sounds too close to Mr. Bungle or one of Mike Patton's other projects not to warrant the comparison. Strangely enough, the biggest gripe I have here is for the 'guest' contributions of Captain Murphy—the secret alter-ego of Steven Ellison himself. Even though so much of the album is fantastic, I don't think I can remember another track in 2014 that has proved so unbearable as 'The Boys Who Died in Their Sleep'; it's as if Ellison/FlyLo/Captain Murphy was trying to explore how irritating and unpleasant the human voice could become on the recorded medium. It's a major shame—considering You're Dead! is an otherwise incredible piece of work, the fact that there's always a track waiting for me towards the end that compels me to reach for the 'skip' button casts a dark shade on the experience. I still cannot entirely grasp why it is here, but then again, the Israeli avant-metallers Omb released a similarly fluid and otherwise excellent album Swinesong last year that was damaged by an exercise in verbal atrocity towards the end. I suppose even artists let their imp of the perverse get to them at the best of times. Considering how strong the rest of the album is however, it's a small price to pay for an otherwise impressive experience.
Even though I can still remember my first refreshing experience of Cosmogramma fondly, I may have not been so excited about You're Dead! if I hadn't seen the sort of divisiveness it was creating amongst other listeners and fans of Flying Lotus. There's no doubt that fans of electronic music and fans of jazz need not necessarily agree on the same merits of music—I've met a few earnest lovers of music that loved one and despised the other—but at the very least, they professed that they couldn't understand the appeal behind something without a human touch or sense of structure respectively (yes, I've heard both arguments several times). I'd argue that they're both wrong; electronic composers can fuel their music with a lot of relatably human passion given the right inspiration, and while the structure and handling of melody in jazz may be alienating to new listeners, it's definitely there. To detractors of electronic or jazz music, I'd recommend they check out You're Dead!; Flying Lotus has fused the two without sacrificing the character of either style.
That's another way of saying it is fantastic.
Track List:
01) Theme
02) Tesla
03) Cold Dead
04) Fkn Dead
05) Never Catch Me
06) Dead Man's Tetris
07) Turkey Dog Coma
08) Stirring
09) Coronus, the Terminator
10) Siren Song
11) Turtles
12) Ready Err Not
13) Eyes Above
14) Moment of Hesitation
15) Descent into Madness
16) The Boys Who died in Their Sleep
17) Obligatory Cadence
18) Your Potential//The Beyond
19) The Protest
Rating: 8/10
Written by: Conor Fynes
Label: Warp Records (United Kingdom) / WARPCD256 / 2×12″ LP, CD, Digital
Electronic / Glitch / Experimental / Jazz Fusion / Hip-hop


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"We can compete with any team below the tier of the top four when we have our full team available," he said at the end of a brief trip to South Africa to compete in a four-team tournament.
"The important thing for us is how our injury record is going to maintain because last season we had hardly any injuries to our key players.
"If we keep our key players fit that's going to be essential for us and we can compete against anyone below the top four when we have out full team," Pardew told Reuters.
"What we are trying to do now is strengthen our squad so that the players that come in do not weaken us. That is the direction our recruitment is going to take."
Pardew, whose recent signings have been described as 'savvy' in the English media, still wants to add a couple more players.
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Ecology and management of commercially harvested chanterelle mushrooms.Author(s): David Pilz; Lorelei Norvell; Eric Danell; Randy Molina
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Sensex surges 2.63 per cent at close
The 30-share BSE Sensex, which commenced the day lower, gains 383.20 points to 14,961.07, after touching the day's high of 14,986.63 and a low of 14,529.21 points.business Updated: Aug 05, 2008 18:18 IST
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark advanced 2.63 per cent on Tuesday on brisk buying by funds in heavy-weight stocks led by bank and realty sectors as concerns about inflation eased and crude oil dipped to a 3-month low.
The 30-share Sensex, which commenced the day lower, gained 383.20 points, or 2.63 per cent, to 14,961.07, after touching the day's high of 14,986.63 and a low of 14,529.21 points.
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So, I bought fish because I thought they would be the only low-maintenance men in my life.
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Twitter acaba de anunciar el cierre de su servicio de vídeos cortos Vine, el cual se producirá en los próximos meses.
Por ahora no sucederá nada con las apps, sitio web y vídeos. La empresa señaló que pronto ofrecerá las instrucciones para que los usuarios puedan descargar sus vídeos.
Esta decisión junto al despido del 9% del staff de Twitter, tiene como objetivo o atraer a potenciales compradores de Twitter o está enlazado a un probable acuerdo con Disney por el mismo motivo.
A continuación tienen el anuncio de Twitter y Vine:
Important News about Vine
Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see creativity unfold. Today, we are sharing the news that in the coming months we'll be discontinuing the mobile app.
Nothing is happening to the apps, website or your Vines today. We value you, your Vines, and are going to do this the right way. You'll be able to access and download your Vines. We'll be keeping the website online because we think it's important to still be able to watch all the incredible Vines that have been made. You will be notified before we make any changes to the app or website.
Thank you. Thank you. To all the creators out there — thank you for taking a chance on this app back in the day. To the many team members over the years who made this what it was — thank you for your contributions. And of course, thank you to all of those who came to watch and laugh every day.
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Since our last update on the presidential aspirations of Finance Minister Ernesto Cordero, doubts have intensified regarding his potential resignation in anticipation of a bid for the PAN party presidential nomination in early 2012.
Though still the favored successor of President Calderon, Cordero's competitive outlook is not promising at all. A Mitofsky poll published earlier this month gave Cordero only 2.9% of likely voters (If the presidential elections were held today, who would you vote for?), nearly 14 percentage points behind Senator Santiago Creel, and 11 percentage points behind Representative Josefina Vazquez Mota, the PAN's current leading contenders. Education Minister Alonso Lujambio, placed third with 4.6%.
Last week aspiring PAN candidates and party leadership forged an agreement to reduce the preliminary list of candidates ahead of next year's primary. Since then, both Labor Minister Javier Lozano and Social Development Minister Heriberto Felix, two hopefuls with low poll numbers, have bowed out. Cordero has so far refused to quit the race, but has, at the same time, drastically reduced the profile of his pre-campaign.
While this may be in reaction to the heavy criticism he received in June, we interpret Cordero's retreat as a step back from his pre-campaign to reevaluate the viability of his candidacy.
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Cordero's poor ratings and inability to improve his position might be attributed to his lack of charisma and popular appeal. With seven months remaining before the primary, it is worth wondering what his team can possibly do to better position his candidacy. As things stand, the magic trick of narrowing such a wide gap seems beyond his reach.
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For the same reason, it is no longer clear whether Calderon will continue supporting Cordero's candidacy—or recommend that he stay in his cabinet post. To recall, President Calderon's attempts to influence the early stages of the internal race in favor of Cordero immediately led to protests by other hopefuls and have since become a polarizing factor within the party. Notably, Senator Santiago Creel and Representative Josefina Vazquez Mota have called for free, competitive elections within the PAN.
Though the candidates haven't escalated the rhetoric, future attempts to manipulate the selection process could spark an open rebellion against Calderon—further impairing the PAN's chances against the enormous threat of the PRI in next year's election.
The timing of Cordero's decision is also relevant. If he intends to compete in the primary, he is expected to either quit his post by early September, ahead of negotiations over the 2012 Federal Budget, or to renounce his aspirations altogether. After his attacks on the PRI this past June, party leaders have stated that negotiating with a politically active finance minister will greatly complicate the already difficult negotiations.
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Recent statements from PAN chairman, Gustavo Madero, suggest that the party would like to see the number of contenders in the primary reduced to three. In such a scenario, and assuming that both Representative Vazquez Mota and Senator Creel will not bow out, Calderon may have to choose between support for Cordero or Lujambio.
Although Lujambio, too, lacks the media spotlight that comes with a high-ranking tenure in politics, his appeal still seems to trump Cordero's. Should Lujambio continue advancing at the expense of Cordero, Calderon may in the end be forced to throw his support to Lujambio.
But even Lujambio will have a great deal of trouble against either Representative Vazquez Mota or Sen. Creel in a primary vote. Vazquez Mota in particular seems to continue consolidating ground. A recent poll by Gabinete de Comunicacion Estrategica (GCE) has confirmed Vazquez Mota has emerged as the preferred PAN candidate, over Sen. Santiago Creel and four other pre-candidates (Who do you think should be the PAN candidate?). Vazquez Mota leads voter preferences with 29.9%, followed by Santiago Creel (22.6%), Alonso Lujambio (4.1%) and Ernesto Cordero (2.8%).


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