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Luther's great Easter hymn, Christ lag in Todesbanden ("Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands") was a reworking of the most famous Easter hymn of the medieval church, Victimae paschali laudes ("Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer your thankful praises").
The Latin original, sometimes attributed to Wipo of Burgundy, traces the arc from Good Friday to Easter, from crucifixion to Resurrection, from the picture of Paschal Victim to that of Victor King, or what has been called the Christus Victor theme. It is an apologetic hymn which, employing dialogue form, asks Mary to describe what she saw on her way to the tomb on Easter morning, thus calling on her as the primary witness for the evidence of the Resurrection: "Speak Mary declaring, / what thou sawest wayfaring?"
The hymn recounts Mary's experience told in John 20, giving detailed description of the empty tomb and folded grave clothes in a biblical testimony intended to strengthen the faith of the Church and their understanding of the gospel, especially in an era when the people had no access to Scripture and most were unable to read.
The text expresses wonder at the paradox of Christ's sacrifice in the striking line, "The Lamb the sheep redeemeth," then proceeds to narrate the great "cosmic strife" of Christ against the powers of hell whom he conquered on the cross, an important theme in many medieval hymns.
While the Latin version is an objective third-person narrative, Luther recasts the hymn for congregational worship by using first-person plurals throughout. In every respect he transforms his version into a fully corporate expression for God's people to sing wholeheartedly and which teaches them as they sing. Luther's version is thoroughly Protestant in that he eliminates the medieval Catholic term "Victim" applied to Christ's sacrifice of Himself on the cross. Instead, he uses "Paschal Lamb" (stanza 3). Eliminating also the Easter dialogue, he begins his hymn with the cosmic battle scene, further dramatizing it by depicting Christ in the chains of death, lying in the tomb, as if he had lost the battle. But this is no defeated Samson Agonistes[1]; the very next lines depict Christ's exaltation as described in the Philippians Christ-Hymn[2] and articulates the clear implications of His victory for the Church: "But now at God's right hand He stands / and brings us life from heaven," a clear echo of Christ's resurrection claim in John 14:19: "Because I live, you shall live also." This stanza captures the note of exuberant resurrection hope in Peter's famous Pentecost sermon in Acts 2: "God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him." Then, in stanza 2, Luther explains further the gospel implications of the "strange and dreadful strife" in which "death and life contended," after which victory not only one Man rose from the dead, but the entire "reign of death was ended."
Departing from the Latin original from this point on, he builds the rest of his hymn on Paul's explanation in I Corinthians 5:7-8 of the Christian Easter as the fulfillment of the Old Testament Passover now that Christ, the "the Bread of heaven" (stanza 5) has Himself become the New Testament Paschal feast. In order to lay the foundation for this doctrine, Luther must first retell the Passover story in the context of Christ's sacrifice, which he does by brilliantly conflating Old Testament typology and New Testament fulfillment (stanza 3): "He died on the accursed tree—so strong His love!—to save us. / See, His blood doth mark our door / Faith points to it, Death passes o'er, / And Satan cannot harm us" (Exodus 12:22-23)
Then, quoting Paul directly, Luther unpacks the NT theology of Easter as a time of self-examination and deepening of personal holiness, through his exhortation to believers to "purge out the old leaven" and keep the festival not with the leaven of "malice and wickedness" but with the "unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."[3] The third line of stanza 5 quoted below echoes Christ's words in his last discourse to his disciples before going to the cross, "You are already clean through the word which I have spoken to you" (John 15:3):
Then let us feast this holy day
on the true bread of heaven;
the word of grace hath purged away
the old and wicked leaven.
The five Reformation solas are richly on display throughout this hymn, as in the phrases: "Holy Scripture plainly saith / that death is swallowed up by death" (i.e., sola Scriptura as the foundation of our hope of eternal life); "the word of grace hath purged away" (both sola Scriptura and sola gracia); and "Christ alone our souls will feed, / He is our meat and drink indeed; / faith lives upon no other" (solus Christus and sola fide). Finally, in the praise that was begun in stanza 1 ("therefore let us joyful be / and sing to God right thankfully") and resonates in the "Hallelujah!" at the end of each stanza, the believers' thankful praise--now made acceptable to God because it is given from cleansed, sanctified hearts--expresses the soli Deo gloria.
Of the many English translations, the English version of Richard Massie (1800-1887) is both accurate and singable and is the most widely-used in North America, but has had many revisions with subtle variances in emphasis. The tune, which Luther reworked from two Latin Easter melodies, is available in hymnals both in early German Reformation style without barlines,[4] or in 4/4 time, as in the Trinity Hymnal, Revised Ed.[5] or The Worshipbook: Services and Hymns.[6]
This Holy Week, as we walk through the next days remembering Christ in His darkest hour, let us recall these Scripture passages and this hymn. After this Sunday, let us keep placing before our people the full implications of the battle He won, and encourage them to meditate on these. "It was impossible for death to keep its hold on him." This will lead us to Hallelujah on this Easter Sunday and the season beyond.
1 Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands,
For our offenses given;
But now at God's right hand He stands
And brings us life from heaven;
Therefore let us joyful be
And sing to God right thankfully
Loud songs of hallelujah!
2 It was a strange and dreadful strife
When life and death contended;
The victory remained with life,
The reign of death was ended;
Holy Scripture plainly saith
That death is swallowed up by death,
His sting is lost forever.
3 Here the true Paschal Lamb we see,
Whom God so freely gave us;
He died on the accursed tree--
So strong His love!--to save us.
See, His blood doth mark our door;
Faith points to it, death passes o'er,
And Satan cannot harm us.
4 So let us keep the festival
Whereto the Lord invites us;
Christ is Himself the Joy of all,
The Sun that warms and lights us.
By His grace He doth impart
Eternal sunshine to the heart;
The night of sin is ended.
5 Then let us feast this Easter Day
On Christ, the Bread of heaven;
The old and evil leaven.
Christ alone our souls will feed,
He is our meat and drink indeed;
Faith lives upon no other.
[1] The title of John Milton's great epic poem (1671) about the agonies of Samson in bondage, tormented by the Philistines and by his own guilt after he had sinned and failed God's calling on his life.
[2] Philippians 2:5-11.
[3] Luther may also be making an oblique reference to the Pauline concept in Romans 6 of being "raised to walk in newness of life," although he does not quote Romans 6 directly.
[4] As found in the Lutheran Hymnal (1941), #195, found at Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/hymn/LH1941/195, and the new Trinity Psalter Hymnal (2018), #617, see Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/hymn/TPH2018/page/618. The 4/4 tune version with J. S. Bach's harmonization in D harmonic minor (with frequent raised 7th or leading tone) is available as a downloadable PDF at https://hymnary.org/media/fetch/137482.
[5] Trinity Hymnal, Revised Ed. (Atlanta and Philadelphia: Great Commission Publications, 1990), #279.
[6] The Worshipbook: Services and Hymns (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1972), #327. Page score at https://hymnary.org/hymn/WSH1972/page/327, accessed 4/16/2019.
Dr. Esther Crookshank is a Professor of Church Music at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. She teaches in the areas of hymnology, musicology, applied ethnomusicology, and musical aesthetics.
Tagged: e, ar, hymns, martin luther, holy week, easter


Oh if that is the case expect a lot of (rightfully) pissed off gamers... and a lootbox (lunchbox) avalanche.
F2P has been denied by Bethesda, but I still wouldn't put it past them.
and we have bethesda directly saying no to this rumour. I was under the assumption the bethesda says no related to the last time this was floating around.
Bethesda are buying back the games as to not just leave a whole bunch of stick in stores.
You mean Grim made an unfounded statement that turned out to be false. I am shook! Shook I say. Admittedly I didn't bother to check this time.
Wouldnt surprise me if it happens. The tweet seems like damage control. Time will tell.
Damage control? Its a definitive statement from an official channel. It really does not get much more definitive than that.
I reckon it's just the stores putting on more markdowns on the game instead of a F2P scheme.
How much time would you give it?
free to play at the moment would absolutely **** off the already small playerbase because of the inevitable increase in griefing/hacking etc that would accompany it.
In last week's Inside the Vault, we briefly mentioned a new, more dangerous mode, which is separate from the main game and has fewer restrictions on player-versus-player (PVP) experiences, will be coming to Fallout 76 in a future update. We've dubbed this new mode "Survival" and we're excited to share a few more details with you today. Additionally, we'd also like to give you a little more information on our next major patch.
Since the launch of Fallout 76, we've received lots of feedback from some of our more competitive players who requested greater challenge, fewer restrictions, and more incentives when it comes to PVP combat. With this in mind, we began developing Survival mode, which will bring a new way for you to engage in even more demanding, high-stakes, and deadly adventures in Fallout 76. We're still hard at work on this mode internally and plan to bring it to the live game in phases as we add more content and features over time. Here's a preview of what you can expect from Survival when phase 1 opens for beta testing.
After hitting Play from the Main Menu, you'll be able to choose whether you'd like to play Adventure mode, which is Fallout 76 as you know it today, or the new Survival mode. The same quests, events, and story that you're used to in Adventure mode will all remain available in Survival, but you'll have to navigate them under the ever-looming threat of hostile dwellers who may be hiding just around the corner.
You're free to create new characters for Survival mode, and encouraged to do so, but you can also use your existing ones. If you do take on Survival mode with an existing character, keep in mind that all your progress from Adventure mode will travel with you, and anything that affects your character in one game mode will also affect them in the other. This means that if you fire off all your ammo, level up, complete a quest, spend Caps, or find a fancy new weapon in Survival, this will also be reflected on that character in Adventure. If you'd rather keep your existing characters as they are, we recommend starting a new one when you head into the more challenging Survival mode.
Survival mode is not for the faint of heart! All players, except your teammates or event groupmates, are automatically flagged as hostile toward one another by default. There are no "invitations" to PVP combat in Survival mode. You can attack other players without restriction from the first shot you line up, meaning every encounter you have with a stranger could turn deadly in the blink of an eye.
Further, level scaling in Survival mode will work the same way it does in Adventure mode today. This will help to level the playing field a bit and give newer characters a fighting chance against high-level players they might encounter during their adventures in the Wasteland. As a result, you'll need to keep your wits about you during every hostile encounter, because even low-level characters can pose a real threat.
As this will be our first implementation of a Survival mode, we plan to experiment with different rules after Beta release, such as death mechanics. Currently, players who die in Survival mode will be unable to use the seek revenge respawn option against their aggressors and can only choose to respawn at their C.A.M.P. or Vault 76. We're also planning to award you double the Caps when you kill another player, and they may drop their Aid or other items in addition to their Junk. Added risks and rewards like these in Survival mode PVP will make each of your deaths more devastating, and every kill you rack up much more lucrative. However, it's important to note that these changes aren't set in stone, and we'll be looking to make adjustments based on playtesting and your feedback during the Survival Beta.
It's also worth noting that players who are currently in Adventure mode worlds are completely separate from those in Survival mode, so you won't need to worry about Survival players coming for your Aid items or double Cap rewards when you're in Adventure mode.
For those of you who are focused on the new mode's more competitive aspects, we're also planning to roll out in-game leaderboards with the start of Survival mode (Beta). You'll be able to see how you stack up against your friends and others in your current world, so you'll need to stay sharp if you want to stay on top. We'll have much more to share about leaderboards and all of the stats you'll be able to keep tabs on during each play session as we get closer to the Survival Beta.
Looking further ahead, we're going to continue to evolve, improve, and add content to Survival mode with future updates throughout this year and your feedback will incredibly helpful as we make it the most fun and challenging Fallout PVP experience we can. Our hope is to roll out the Survival Beta in March. However, we still have a lot more work to do on Leaderboards and other features and may need more development time for testing. Stay tuned for more information on the exact timing, and an even more in-depth look at Survival mode as we get closer to release.
Additionally, we're continuing to investigate, track down, and eliminate exploits, and your reports on these types of issues are a huge help in quickly bringing them to our attention as they spring up. Once again, if you think you've found an exploit, or observed another player using an exploit, please let our Support team know by submitting a ticket, and include any steps that may help reliably reproduce the issue.
Finally, please be sure to stop by our forum thread for Events feedback to share your experiences with in-game events and answer a few questions about which you enjoy the most, which you enjoy the least, what types of events you'd like to see added to the game, and more. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and will go a long way toward helping us shape and improve events going forward.
Until next time, we'll see you in Appalachia!
Known tag is going to be handy, trying to figure out what stuff I have and haven't got (especially armour mods) has driven me bonkers.
Patch 5 is rolling out today with a number of balance and design changes along with another large wave of bug fixes. All of this is possible thanks to your continued support and feedback on the game.
As the game evolves, so do our patch notes. With Patch 4 a few weeks ago, we added "Dev Notes" under some of our larger changes. We've done this to provide you with more context behind things like balance and design changes. We will also tackle additional questions as they come in and we'll update this article as needed. Additionally, we've been working on a known issues post that we plan to keep updated as we fix existing bugs, acknowledge and address any new issues that arise, and roll out changes to the game based on you feedback.
Now, let's take a look at the updates coming with Patch 5.
Download sizes for today's patch will be approximately 3.5 GB for consoles, and around 500 MB for PC.
We are aware that some issues were unintentionally introduced (and reintroduced) in Patch 5, including problems with Bulk Junk autoscrapping, Known Plan/Recipe tags in the UI, Bobby Pin weight to reverting back to 0.10 lb, and others. It appears that a merge of internal development builds failed to execute properly prior to releasing Patch 5. The team is working to identify how this happened so we can prevent this from repeating in the future.
We recognize that some of these issues, like the ones listed above, can critically affect your moment-to-moment gameplay. Because of that, we plan to issue a hotfix on these items as soon as possible. We are currently developing and testing the hotfix, and expect to deploy this update at either the end of this week or the beginning of next. As soon as we have a confirmed date, we will follow up.
Bobby Pin weight will be reduced once again to 0.001 lb.
Bulk Junk will be available for crafting.
(Known) Plans/Recipes will no longer show up across characters.
That's fine it's not like it's going to affect anyone here.


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Transfers/Rumours
Why Did Fergie Speak Out About RvP?
Sir Alex Ferguson had an "impromptu" interview with MUTV on Friday to respond to transfer speculation that Manchester United had put in a bid for Robin van Persie. Unlike the usual tittle tattle in the tabloids, that morning the BBC reported: "Arsenal have dismissed Manchester United's bid for Robin van Persie, with offers from Manchester City and Juventus also short of their valuation."
This isn't what Ferguson usually does with transfer speculation. Let's not forget that Sao Paulo's director, Marco Aurelio Cunha Cunha, confirmed that we had put in a bid for Lucas Moura this week too. "Manchester United made a very important offer of €35m but they would need to produce a little more," he said. This wasn't just a story on the BBC, but direct quotes, yet Ferguson didn't feel the need to confirm or deny this rumour.
So, what's going on?
Raising the transfer fee for City
Some people have suggested that Ferguson, who now has a good relationship with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, wants to raise the transfer fee for City to pay. If we put in a few bids, knowing we'll never actually be able to pay the player what he wants, City will have to keep matching our offers. Arsenal get more money for the player whilst City land themselves with a larger transfer fee with FFP implications.
Hmmm. Well, that's just nonsense isn't it. As if making City pay an extra £5m for a player, which is a drop in the ocean and makes no difference to their battle with FFP, is worth Ferguson losing face after missing out on another well reported transfer target. You think Fergie will be prepared to help Arsenal at the cost of making United look like, yet again, they have no pulling power? Of course not.
Appearance of competing
I've seen other people claim that we have no intention of signing van Persie but have put in the bid to keep the fans sweet and to appear a more attractive prospect with this IPO business hanging over us, just as we did with Eden Hazard, when in reality we would never be able to pay him and his agent what they wanted. The club want to show willing, giving the illusion of being to compete on some level with the top clubs, to try and show that the Glazers aren't hindering us.
Again, if that was the case, Ferguson would be knowingly setting himself up to look like we can't compete with City so would have the opposite to the desired effect.
Secure season ticket sales
Others have claimed that the bid is a cynical ploy to try and increase season ticket sales, with United using local radio and newspapers to advertise for next season. If United could secure a player like van Persie, it would say an awful lot about our intentions. People buy up a season ticket, only for United to be predictably miss out
It's hard to imagine that anyone would spend £532-£950 just because United had put a bid in for a player. I know there may be some fairly daft reds but this would be taking it to a new level. Ferguson said: "There's no point talking about something that might not happen." Hardly the talk of a man trying to convince people to buy a season ticket because we're going to sign van Persie, is it?
Scooping the press
Ferguson was due to speak to MUTV that day but after the story went on the BBC, the club wanted to get the first comments on Robin van Persie, so grabbed him before his press conference so they could get the exclusive. No, it's not like Ferguson to talk about transfers, but he was only going to be asked the questions by the press later, so MUTV changed the time of their interview, making it "impromptu", but there is no ulterior motive behind it.
Ferguson is genuinely confident
Maybe Ferguson has been given assurances from Wenger that if we meet their asking price (not the ridiculous £30m that's in the papers), we will get the player. Following Nasri, Clichy, Adebayor and Toure making the move from North London to the Etihad over recent years, Arsenal are keen to distance themselves from the "feeder club" tag. So, unless City make an offer that makes it worth Arsenal's while, maybe they have no intention of selling another player to City, and would much rather do business with Juventus or United. City don't need to act in a desperate way anymore though, so are unlikely to slap another £10m over what the other clubs are prepared to pay to get an offer accepted. Reports from Italy suggest that Juve would only be able to stump up £110k-a-week whilst reports from England suggest he has turned down £130k-a-week at Arsenal. It's possible Ferguson has spoken of his confidence because he believes he's only competing with Juve for van Persie's signature and knows we can offer him considerably more money than them.
Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter or @R_o_M7 on Instagram.
Prepare Yourself For Ferguson's Criticism Of Fans…
NotoriousRedDevil July 22, 2012
This whole glazer thing causes all sorts rifts between people. One thing we can agree on it may look like its come close i.e Cl exit in 05/06 and last years debacle in Europe but whilst Fergie is here its safe to say the shit won't hit the fan.
What happens after is anybody's guess, but one day the truth will come out and in my opinion those who are defending the glazers and foolishly putting their hopes on the FPP will be eating humble pie. That will still be no good though.
Solution - Back to the plc, this time if MUST are serious they can buy shares what stopped them buying them between the Sky takeover bid and the glazers coming in I don't know you'd have to ask them. I As a plc we were raking it in and would still have the potential to chase commercial deals as we are doing now. I don't think one person/family should own Manchester United.
wayne July 22, 2012
NRD never seen anyone say their happy with the Glaziers i'd like to see them gone but as Zibbie has just pointed out for who?.Read recently if the Red Knights had got control would have also been carrying debt,that would be the case with most who attempt to buy so what's the difference.Take away the fact of the debt and the Glaziers have been good owners on the business and football side no one can deny that.As Sir Alex pointed out in the mail article it's not just the transfer fee it's agent fees and wages.Over the last 4 or 5 yrs the market has been artifically high,Real went on a spending spree to try and compete with Barca and City wanted to buy the league.So i believe Sir Alex in regards to money being there but what has happening turned into silliness.All the bollocks about Utd not being able to compete is just that all bollocks. Utd stick to a model that pays around 50% in wages which makes sense and if the FPR do work will reap the benifits on already having a sound wage structure in place.Utd always think ahead so this could have always been part of the plan if the FPR work,teams like City and Chelsea could end up in big trouble to qualify for Europe.
My point being there's abosolutely no proof the debt has stopped Utd buying 'star' players and according to Sir Alex hasn't yet the Glaziers get blamed for it over and over again,that's what bugs me the most i'm not a Glazier fan but a lot of what is put out there against them is unproven
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Those that criticse people who actually go to games who have invested their hard money into the club when they just sit at home and watch it can fuck off, don't care about your circumstances. If you're not paying your opinion is irrelevant
I live in Canada that's telling me to fuck off and my opinion is irrelevant and your telling me i'm out of order responding don't see it that way
United Till I Die July 22, 2012
@Notorious - im no financial expert so im sure I'll be corrected if im wrong, but our global TV revenue alone is worth more than our existing match day revenue in any given season. Likewise, our match day money is greater than our annual global merchandise revenue.
What im saying is even if fans boycotted OT as MUST are demanding the Club could still find ways of balancing the books mate. A tenth of that match day revenue comes from rivals for starters so increasing allocation is one example of soaking a loss of bums on seats. Staff redundancies is another realistic cost cutter to make up match day losses. Im confident United could survive a boycott of games basically, so even on a protest front MUST are having a laugh by convincing people United can be toppled from within by not going to games - truth is we can't.
The Bottom Line is the majority of our money comes from abroad not from the UK, and certainly not from a few million people in Greater Manchester fella.
Times have changed and Manchester United belongs to the world. Ferguson, Charlton and everybody else at the Club have no problem in admitting that fact. Our global fans could ruin the Club MUCH quicker than season ticket holders and thats why we're in Africa/Asia/America right now, as in that order that is where the markets are growing. All future revenue for EPL Clubs is to be found abroad not domestically.
So for you to say people who don't go to games are irrelevant, thats beyond daft mate. Have a rant if you want but don't delude yourself and don't talk down others. Maybe in the 80's you had some kinda point but in todays game you just sound like Barney.
Look at the "domestic" match day revenue figures from last season and compare them to the "global" TV rights and Merchandise revenue from the same period. Around the world people sitting at home as you put it are putting more money into the Club than fortunate people in the UK going to matches. Check the maths, and if im wrong I'll be interested to learn why.
Also it should go without saying im not attacking those lucky enough to attend games. Im just pointing out that millions more around the world are ALSO putting their hand in their pockets for the Club on a regular basis, and most of them won't ever step foot in OT.
Perhaps a better question for proud match-goers is this - would you still spend over a grand on Manchester United each year without being able to watch them play from the Stands? Millions around the world do just that fellas. Think about it ffs.
@ wayne- My initial comment weren't directed at you, there were plenty of others who's names I haven't even seen before spouting shite. Probably should have made it clearer but this thing issue make my blood boil. I hate reading glazers are good owners I don't see it that way. For me they have killed the atmosphere inside the ground and then players moan about it. There's other things as well.
This issue does cause debate. As for the solution I've just put it out there on the previous thread. It's not my fault if people don't want to read what I posted.
IF MUST are serious about getting the club back if it became a plc they would have to put there money where their mouth is. I don't buy into the whole Red Knights the fact they call themselves Knights is pathetic why not Red Warriors or Red Wizards. Go back to the plc, Manchester United should not be owned one man or family. As a plc we were raking it in, and no debt. Not to mention they turned us from a 36,000 seater stadium and doubled it.
This way if we do become a plc the fans can do something about it, I was just about old enough to buy shares when the takeover happened but wasn't going to spend my student loan on them!!! If this time the fans do nothing then we're to blame.
MUST have made some good points but there's no denying the fact that by speaking on all fans behalf they have caused some damage in terms of being able liaise with the glazers. They just don't say anything. At least Abramovich states what he wants either by leaking it or some other mean. These guys nothing - just a copy and paste generic statement.
Anyway done talking about parasites, sunny day, fancy a beer. Laters ROM.
Zibbie July 22, 2012
Giggs no joke, just tiring to understand mate. Who sold the club out? Did they not do a some what hostel take over.
@Wayne - mate everybody supporting a Red Knight takeover is having a laugh to put it politely. They wouldn't remove ANY debt if they got ownership. From what i've read they'd need to ADD more debt to fund the takeover!
So in effect the Red Knight's plan is the same as the Glazers - use debt to buy the Club and then pay off the debt - anybody who doesn't understand that well I dont know what to say!
For the more critical mind the Red Knights are no serious alternative, they won't even reveal who the fuck they are Lol. I've said it before yeah sure I hate my mortgage provider but do you think I'd swap my existing creditor with some unknown bank just because a dodgy mortgage broker (MUST) told me to? Like fuck I would. Less spin more facts please, as it's always BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW.
There's a sense of toys being thrown out of prams when it comes to MUST tbh. Supporting the Red Knights seems like the blind leading the blind as the Red Knights themselves have to borrow to fund any take over AND THAT MEANS EVEN MORE DEBT and the prospect of hidden "real" owners.
The fact they don't make any of this crystal clear for less critical supporters puts me right off.
Cantona (606) July 22, 2012
Step aside RVP here comes RL( Robert Lewandowski )..guarented satisfaction..
red_bicycle July 22, 2012
Great gig by the stone roses tonight, John Squire is a genius!
And great news if RVP is really joining. He can share goal tally with Rooney. Can u imagine Rooney + RVP banging the goals ? while Welbeck, Chicarito & Macheda all ready for backing up. Plus Kagawa kid, Ashley & Nani are snipering from midfield. That's plenty of option in striking department.
Have we signed Lewandowski yet? Eh..
WillieRedNut July 22, 2012
Red Knights were full of shite
Gazzmo July 22, 2012
Hi this is my first post. I'm a big fan of the site and respect all the contributers.
Im a long time irish red and have been over countless times.
The Glazer ownership conflicts me, prefer they didn't own the family silver like..
However I felt i should point out that prior to the take over United didn't own themselves.
We were a PLC which meant banks and other financial institutions owned us.
We were at the mercy of the market and looking at what has happened that would have been very bad.
Also as a PLC we were always very open to a take over.
Issues with atmosphere at games and financial exploitation of fans existed then as now.
Fans used to attack the PLC board for apparently not releasing funds for Sir Alex to spend.
Sound familar?
Basically getting rid of the Glazers is in of itself not an option.
What owners or alternative ownership form would actually be better or viable?
@Willierednut - hear, hear!
Clint-Iamyourpapii July 22, 2012
Thanks NRD, you spot on but disagree with the paying fans/circumstances part.
Like Scott The Red , I am honestly surprised by the apathetic response.
"You can't do anything about it" attitude.....Its our club, anyone with a emotional attachment to this club has it's say on the ownership issue...paying or non-paying.
Local fanbase is key...the season tickets go down and the club WILL RESPOND.
Prices will go down. This is how we should approach.
Season ticket holders going down however will be compensated by more allocation to the every growing number of tourist/daytrippers...family deals etc.
Red Knights was utter shit heads....just looking to do a Sir David Beckham and be a knight in shining armour then pull out with "Oh we are being ripped off".
I'd love a liverpool-esque Mutiny to happen...but Glazers have aligned themselves with loyal men who are shivering in fear. Its not a dig at Fergie, Gill etc...they got a job to keep.
Like the banking crisis...we have to show our reluctance to be treated like shit to these bankers/wankers (Glazers).
RedShinji July 22, 2012
Many of us have been disappointed too many times in the past 3 years to get excited by this. I'm just getting myself ready for the Everton match & hope we have Baines in our team.
Then do something about it then! Ask the big chief what course of action you should take...
United till I die - Red Knights were as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike!
Papii for the most I'm with you, not on this man, MUFC lost on goal difference with a record loss game to injury.
They lost by a poit to Chelski or it would be 6 of 6. SAF said he gambled with young teams in the group stages for 4 year now, he got bit in the ass last year. How did all that CL experience help over that time with better players.Not on this one dude, SAF stays competitive as he remakes the team, in 18 months 13 to 16 1st team player gone, was Diuff a 1st teamer? that why 13 to 16, some 11 in and still this response to SAF and Gill, way off pal. This is not a feeling here there are facts. Just paranoid rantings of others blur your view, you have a Red heart. Easy to be swayed to anger. You a master closer in your profession, articulate so well, tickle my funny bone and all good with you, just my view. A Rooney rolled ankle and maybe the greatest player and team away from 2 more CL titles. Were OK.
mara July 22, 2012
I m so sick from those rumours...i cant wait 1.9. to stop all this...it is so frustrateing, that we cant buy anyone we want...the best option is that we dont give offers when anyway we can t compete, or players dont wanna come here...sometimes I wonder hiw SAF have nervs for all that negotiate with players...
UTID - I red somewhere that Arsenal gets 40 mils a year from tickets...wich is lot of money...i dont know how much we get but i think it is not less than Arsenal
Top onion July 22, 2012
Scott let me make one thing clear, I am not happy at the situation the club is in. The glazers are obviously in it to make money(without wanting to cause further argument, what good businessmen wouldn't). What I am saying is that walking away and moaning won't fix it. The glazers are here for the long haul, it pains me to say it, but let them have the money. In another 10 years(hopefully less) the club will be out of debt and the glazers will take a little extra.
This will start a good one.... Who have we missed out on? Sjneider? I'm not sure I would want a mercenary demanding those wages to join us. It appears to me that money is available for transfers when fergie wants it. Painful as it was to lose the crown to city last season we only lost on goal difference and are seemingly strengthening because of it I don't see city doing the same. Is it because of FFP or are they not being run as well as they could be. I don't know the answer to that before anyone jumps down my throat.
The point I'm trying to make is simple to sum (Manchester) united we stand....
P.s. would love to see RVP up front with Rooney next season, defences all over the country, continent, world, would be shaking in their boots at the prospect of trying to defend against them.
Scott the Red July 22, 2012
Top onion - So you think the only player we've missed out on since 2005 is Wesley Sneijder? Honestly? For someone who has been around the club for years, your comments come across as incredibly naive.
We've spent £500m on debt. If we were a .plc, no, not all of that money would have gone on players but obviously we would have invested in the team more than we have under the Glazers. We should have won the league last season, we can point to all the failures of our own players... but if not for the ridiculous amount of debt, if we were able to spend as "the richest sports franchise in the world", we would have strengthened the squad in January when our team was on its knees thanks to injury. We could afford to take a gamble on someone, hoping that they did what was required to drag us over the finish line in 1st.
In your initial post you said that anyone who doesn't like how the club is run should go and support someone else. Do you stand by that?
denton davey July 23, 2012
Wayne @ 16:53: "NRD never seen anyone say their happy with the Glaziers i'd like to see them gone but as Zibbie has just pointed out for who?"
As far as I can understand these matters, the only viable alternative to a leveraged-buyout (i.e., Glazernomics) would be a big-time sugar-daddy like RomanA or TheSheikh or the Qataris who bought PSG and just spent a shit=load of money on Zlatan, the ultimate money-whore.
In reality, the key question to ask is: how many sugar-daddies have a "surplus" two-billion U$Dollars/QuidsEuros ? (Does it really matter when we're talking in this realm ?)
Unless there is a serious answer to this question - AND the RedKnights were not "serious", nor is MUST - then huffing-and-puffing just won't blow down the Glazers' house of cards.
From what I understand, the world economy is awash in surplus cash - not investment. So, it seems likely that the forthcoming IPO will probably raise the necessary funds to wipe out the "debt".
What then?
What will the doom-sayers complain about ?
Will the sky continue to fall in in the sky above OT ?
Or will the footie season start in five weeks so that we can all get back to coming to grips with the-meaning-of-life ?
ji July 23, 2012
The comment about RVP is just to take our opponents eyes (that are big spenders) from our real transfer targets.
YorYor July 23, 2012
It's been a while, so hi everyone! Work has been MADNESS and I took the off-season to concentrate on clearing backlogs so that I could enjoy the new season with less things weighing on me.
The derailment from the main topic forced my hand to respond, coupled with the fact that I'm still recovering from a bad bout of flu and am shunting work aside for a while.
I actually don't think we've missed out on a player due to our inability to compete financially. Plenty of misses, but those were almost always due to players with poor/non-existent ethics (Robben and Mikel come to mind, though the latfter net us a handsome return with little effort), or players with little/no self-discipline (Ronaldinho opting for a glitzier nightlife than "boring" Manchester), or players who were just after the money (Nasri). For the last category, the only way is to be like City, and you can skin me alive if they can sustain that kind of spending for 10 years, not to say 20, or in the case of United, almost 30, just to guarantee success. The foundations of United have always (or at least over the last 30 years) been based on financial prudence, with plenty of thanks to SAF for making it possible. Transfer fees and wages are only the immediate costs - there are intangible costs of player happiness. Great if you get a player who performs and justifies his wages, but what if you get a certain Rooney who blows hot and cold ever since his renewed contract? I know there are plenty of Rooney supporters, I'm just calling it as I see it. I still don't think he is an irreplaceable cog in the United web of cogwheels.
I'm with the camp that would rather have a possibly rotten egg in my hand, than exchange it for what someone claims to be 2 good eggs when he knows that my egg is possibly rotten. Fair enough, I'd be the first to admit that if Bill Gates or Warren Buffett came along, I'd welcome them with open arms because chances are what they're after won't solely be money. But without a solid bid from anyone else, why are we throwing eggs and tomatoes at the current owners who apart from milking the club (a little at a time, never exhorbitantly), has not interfered with the footballing side of things? Would we rather have owners similar to the likes of Blackburn, Portsmouth, Liverpool, who either don't have that much dough themselves but would like to own a PL club solely in the hope of making good returns from it, or are reluctant to invest their own money into the club?
Whatever it is, the Glazers will divide opinion, and only time will tell whether they're in it for the long haul. At the very least, I don't think they plan to act like corporate raiders and maximise their returns in the short term by breaking things up and selling them off.
A "single" owner's withdrawls and paying out dividends is largely similar as far as I'm concerned. Does anyone have got figures to compare how United fared in the PLC days vs the Glazers - in terms of growth and payouts? We've seen Leeds come and go (far down), seen off Arsenal's initial burst, seen off Chelsea and their initial burst, and it'll take a few more years to see if we'll also see off City.
I don't know about RoM, but I've seen other places where supporters call SAF a liar for "spouting the no value in the market nonsense", and then go on to criticise him with only the rumours about Baines to rely on, AND then going on to say we should pay X Y Z for players like M'Vila or Hulk or Hazard or some other hotly-tipped-player from some other league. It really gets on my nerves when people call SAF a liar who's looking after his own job. Seriously now. When you're hitting 80 with your own treasure chest that is more than sufficient to last you even if you booked the whole hospital for the last 10 or 20 years (I'm guessing only... ;p), would you need or want to take instructions from someone else who does not respect your experience? SAF's the type who'd probably just go "stuff it up yours, find yourself a new manager in a week".
I personally don't blame SAF for putting a good mix into unproven youths and experience. I mean, if you turned one of those 1 quid toy egg machines (if you guys know what I'm referring to) or a 1 quid raffle/lottery ticket and found/won a diamond ring, chances are you'd be always thinking whether to do it again vs buying a coke/beer. Good or bad, it has happened to SAF in OGS, so let's just keep faith he'll uncover another one before he parts ways with United for good. (Bebe anyone? I'm hopeful.)
I don't know why so many are always unhappy with the squad. I didn't start very early, only in 93, but I've never chased after transfer stories or wasted time hoping the club signs some player X or Y and then bitch about why the club doesn't or signs player Z instead. I reckon if SAF signs OGS and Ronnie Johnsen now for what was reportedly a 1mil upfront fee combined, it'd be used as ammunition that the club is skint.
The only thing I hope tthe club signs, is a proper Chinese physician (not a quack) who can work together with Western doctors and physios to improve the physical aspects of the club's players and reduce the number of injuries. Being professionals, I'm sure the players wouldn't squirm from chinese herbs, bitter medicine made from wierd looking plants, and needle therapy (acupuncture)?
Look forward to the season, everyone, I'll catch you all again more regularly once my workload comes down or after the season begins. As it is, I'm already excited again to see how the largely unchanged team will do.
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Lossiemouth trio are part of the Scotland team at the WKA World Championships in Italy this month.
STAFF AND CUSTOMERS at a Moray supermarket have managed to raise over £600 to help send three local Kickboxing stars to the World Championships.
Rebecca White, Ellie Scott and Jason Fletcher, members of the SFEAR club in the Moray town, have been selected to represent Scotland at the championships in Italy next week.
Staff and customers at the Lossiemouth Co-Op store were determined that the pair should have some financial support – so organised and in-store Tombola and bag pack which managed to gather in £609 for the pair.
Helping organise the event was Kelly Main, who told insideMoray: "We are very proud of what Rebecca, Ellie and Jason have achieved just by reaching Scottish team for these finals, so felt we had to do something to help them on their way.
"We would like to thank all our customers for their generous support – now we wish all three well when they fly out on October 25 to Italy – and we are all looking forward to seeing them safely home again on October 31."
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Berean Studies / Ber03 - Knowledge
1. What is the importance of knowledge?
2. In what four ways may knowledge be obtained?
3. In which of these ways did Adam possess a knowledge of evil before he sinned?
4. Where is the source of all true knowledge?
5. How is knowledge 'God's first gift to man'?
6. What is the relation between knowledge and faith?
7. Who only are counted 'worthy' to know 'the deep things of God'?
8. Is knowledge necessary to salvation ?
9. What is the difference between knowing about God and knowing God ?
10. Does knowledge increase responsibility?
11. What is our duty toward building up each other in knowledge?
12. How do we know we are accepted as probationary members of the body of Christ?
13. What is our present inheritance through obedience to our knowledge of God's will?
14. What effect does the knowledge of the truth have upon superstitious fears?
15. How do we ' grow in knowledge'?
16. What is the significance of 'the helmet of salvation,' and is it more important now than in the past?
(Eph 6:17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
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The Helmet of Salvation represents the intellectual, or philosophical, appreciation or understanding of the divine plan. Apparently, it was less necessary in the past than now: but now, in the "harvest," when the Adversary is furiously attacking the Truth and turning everything scientific and educational into a weapon of destruction--now the helmet is indispensable. And now, and only now, is it provided in such size and shape that the humblest soldier of the cross can put it on. The Lord held back the Attacker within the bounds where the shield of faith would serve as protection; but now the whole armor is supplied, and not too soon for the needs of his faithful.
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Question.--Is an understanding of the philosophy of the ransom essential to justification?
Answer.--Justification is the name for that standing in the sight of God in which He can accept us and deal with us no longer as sinners but as perfect human sons. This relationship or standing has been accounted to the friends of God ever since the day of Abraham, surely, and evidently to some others previously. Neither Abraham nor David nor Samuel nor the prophets understood the philosophy of the ransom. They could not understand it, for it had not yet been revealed in any sense or degree: it had merely been hinted at in types and through indefinite promises.
But they could and did have faith in God, and the Apostle Paul (`Rom. 4`) shows that it was that faith that justified them. They had faith to the full of the revelation of God's will and plan made to them. The extent of the knowledge of God possible to be possessed has increased considerably since Abraham's day. In `Rom. 4:24`, the Apostle makes faith in God the basis of our justification as it was the basis of their acceptance, though now faith in God includes faith in the Lord Jesus as our Redeemer. It was impossible for any to believe on Him of whom they had not heard; but Abraham believed God in His statement that in his seed (afterward shown to be Christ) all the families of the earth should be blest. Abraham's faith was reckoned as justifying him in God's sight. It was such an active, obedient faith as would have accepted Christ personally, as it accepted the promises concerning him. In due time his faith shall be perfected --at our Lord's second advent.
Coming down to the first advent of our Lord: His teaching evidently brought a great light to them that had the eyes of their understanding opened, and he declared the ransom. We have no reason to suppose that even those who heard our Lord speak in dark sayings and parables grasped the philosophy of the ransom; and so through the Gospel age to the present time. We must therefore suppose that in God's wisdom it was quite sufficient that his people should believe the fact which his Word does clearly state, that Christ's death paid the penalty for the sins of the whole world somehow or other, not understood.
The ransom was necessary, so far as God was concerned, as the basis of our justification. But so far as we were concerned, the thing necessary was to "believe God" and to accept God's statement, that through the death of Christ the reconciliation for the sins of the whole world was effected, for all who would believe it and act accordingly.
The philosophy of the subject is needful in our day, and is "meat in due season;" now, because we have come down to a time when there is in progress a special sifting and testing in connection with Christ and his sacrifice, and when it is necessary to have the philosophy of the subject in order to be able to appreciate and hold on clearly to the fact that we were redeemed by the precious blood.
It will be noticed that the prophet declares that all the tables of Babylon are full of vomit--rejected things. They had some very good things upon their tables, among others the doctrine of the ransom; but failing to be in the right condition of heart now, the Lord is rejecting Babylon; and those of his people in her are called away from her tables to the meat in due season, while her tables, served by those who are rejected from being the Lord's mouth-pieces ("I will spue thee out of my mouth"), are in the light of the dawning day being despised; and even the good things from the Lord's Word (the ransom, etc.), which once yielded them refreshment, are now defiled in their eyes along with the rejected nonsense of the dark ages.
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There is danger that some may misunderstand the meaning of our text, and suppose it to teach that every incident in the life of God's people is what and as he intended it to be;--that God arbitrarily interferes in the affairs of his people, sets aside their free agency, and forces them to take this step or the other as mere machines. This is a serious mistake. No such thought is contained in the words. God has shown us his good pleasure in such matters; for, although he could have made us like wagons or wheelbarrows, to be pulled or pushed regardless of any ambition of our own, he did not so make us, and seeketh not such to be his children--the recipients of his favors. On the contrary, he made man a free moral agent--in this respect a copy of his Creator, free to will as he may please. Although we are not always free to do as we may please, we are always free to will as we may please, and, as already seen, in the present time the Lord is dealing with his people according to their wills. And if God respects the will of the natural man, much more would he respect the will of the new creature in Christ Jesus, begotten of the holy Spirit.
17. Can we give too much attention to acquiring knowledge?
18. What is the relation between knowledge and love ?
19. What is the difference between the knowledge which precedes justifying faith, and the knowledge...
20. How are 'grace and peace multiplied' unto us through knowledge?
21. What is the relation between knowledge and prayer ?
22. Do all kinds of knowledge profit us?
23. How can we explain the Apostle's statement, 'Ye know all things,' and 'need not that any man teach you'?
24. Explain Isa 53:11.
25. Should we expect to have any knowledge of the future?
(Amo 3:7) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
(Joh 16:13) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
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We find that the end of the Gospel age, like the end of the Jewish age, is called a harvest (Matt. 9:37; 13:24,30,39); that like that also, it is a period of forty years; and that upon the harvests of the ages the rays of prophetic testimony are specially concentrated, particularly upon the harvest of this age, where even all the light of the Jewish age--because of its typical character--converges in a glorious focus. In this light we may now distinctly see the stately steppings of our God, not only in the long vista of the ages past, but also in the present outworkings of his plan. And not only so, but according to his promise to show us things to come (John 16:13), we see, with wonderful distinctness of vision, his wise policy for the blessing of all in the incoming Millennial age--even down to its glorious consummation in the restitution of all things. We find that many great and wonderful events center in this harvest: that in it occur the great time of trouble, the day of Jehovah; the final and complete overthrow of Antichrist and the fall of Great Babylon; the beginning of returning favor to the Jew; the second advent of our Lord and the establishment of his kingdom; and the resurrection and reward of the saints.
The Watchers look not merely at the outward signs, as seen in the world. They scrutinize carefully and repeatedly their "chart," the Bible's prophetic outline of the world's history furnished by the King himself. It is because they see the time of trouble outlined in the prophetic chart that they know that it is sure to come, and are able in advance of others to "discern the signs of the times," and not to be in darkness respecting the "things to come." It was in respect to this that the Lord promised the Watchers that the holy spirit should guide them into all truth, as each feature became due, and would show them things to come--future things--in advance of the world's knowledge, and in advance of the facts themselves. (`John 16:13`.) But the same chart which shows the downfall of all earthly institutions, political, social and ecclesiastical, shows also that their fall is so timed in the great plan of Jehovah that it shall be the very hour in which he will establish his kingdom in the hands of the elect Church (who then shall be a royal priesthood glorified,--priests upon their thrones,--the religious as well as the civil rulers of the world), whose exaltation shall be to the glory of God and to the blessing of every creature.
26. What evidences have we that Da 12:4 is being fulfilled?
27. When will 'the knowledge of the Lord fill the earth as the waters cover the sea,' and...
28. What will be the relation between knowledge and faith in the Millennial Age ?


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The Jets soar
Wednesday, 27th February 2008 11:49pm
The Jets success has continued in the awards arena with Joel Griffiths winning the Johnny Warren Medal plus the 2007-8 golden boot for his 12 goals this season.
The award for Griffiths is not surprising for a player who was so influential for the Jets throughout the season and had 12 goals to his name.
The other awards won by the Jets were the A-League Coach of the Year Award won by their coach Gary Van Egmond and A-League Fair Play Award.
The Jets on Sunday denied the Central Coast Mariners the double after beating them 1 nil in a tight contest but once again there has been some controversy after the Mariners were denied what appeared like a clear cut penalty.
At last year's grand final the controversy came from comments from Adelaide United especially from their captain at the time Rossi Aloisi after their humiliating loss to Melbourne Victory but I think this year the controversy has come from Danny Vukovic who was send off for striking the referee Mark Sheilds.
He has since been banned for 15 months with six months suspended, a ban which is less than what I expected. That ban means that he will be back in November and therefore he will miss around three months of action because between now and August its off-season.
I actually think the ban should have covered a whole season but I am waiting to see what happens on appeal.
I don't think there is any need to talk about the ban for the Olympics or not because he should simply be banned from that because he will not be participating in club football.
My focus A-League wise will now turn to the Asian Champions League where Melbourne will play their first match against Chunnam Dragons at the Telstra Dome. With just one team getting promotion into the next stage its going its going to be tough but whatever happens I think the experience will be worthwhile.


CCE Meeting participants included from left, Jeanne Darling (CCE Delaware, Executive Director); Jared Buono (CCE Ulster, Executive Director); Senator Jen Metzger; Lucy Joyce (CCE Orange, Executive Director); Ruth Moore (CCE Dutchess, Executive Director. Contributed photo.
Roxbury's Jeanne Darling was in Albany last month when the halls of the New York State Capitol Building in Albany were lined with red. She went to visit newly elected senator Jen Metzger on Jan. 22 with nearly 50 executive directors from Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) county associations from across the state who met with senators and Assembly members from their respective districts.
The visits corresponded with interactive displays in the lobby of the Capitol, highlighting extension programs and initiatives such as Harvest New York, Taste NY, NYS 4-H and the Cornell Maple Program.
In addition to sharing examples of its impact in each lawmaker's district, CCE representatives spent the day advocating for an increase in the state funding it receives through NYS County Law 224. The law currently provides about $4 million in funding to CCE associations – an amount that has not changed since 1994.
CCE lawmakers to double contribution.
Watkins said this year's visits were especially impactful because of the large number of new senators and Assembly members who took office after the 2018 election. "We found those new folks were especially excited about the work that extension does and how it impacts their districts," he said.
CCE Broome County Executive Director Victoria Giarratano spent part of the afternoon on the Assembly floor as a guest of Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-123rd Dist.
The relationship between CCE and its communities is not lost on Lupardo.
"Cornell Cooperative Extension is one of the more important organizations in our community," she said. "I can't say enough about what they have done for decades working with our farmers… and all of our community partners.
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Business in Ecuador.
Senae (new for CAE) reduces customs clearance time.
Approximately 20 technicians from Korea Customs Service is working for SENAE. Their objective is to reduce paper work for cargo customs clearance and provide quickerservice.
From December 30th 2010 onward, Ecuador Customs will change its name to SENAE and the work of Koreans will have great affect on overseas trade.
Since the effectivation of the trade and investment production law, CAE was reborn as SENAE. Also, the revised tariff legislation within production law was finally approved on December 30th 2010.
The renewed tariff policy aims to increase reliability from civil areas by quickening the cargo customs clearance and providing advance tax payment service.
Mario Pinto, director of SENAE, mentioned the above and announced the use of new technology that will reduce more than 150million in foreign trade. He also said "the revised tariff policy aims to provide a better, more effective, high qualityservicefor customs."
The revised policy also includes a strengthened fine policy for those who do not pay their tax. SENAE now has more authority over fine application and punishment.
"There were only two options before. Either pay a fine of 26, 28$ or leave it as a crime. There was no middle ground, and for some cases the level of crime couldn't be defined to decide whether tocharge for26 or 28$." said the director.
Even more, there are still numerous cargo and articles that were reported as under 500$. This is a huge loss for thenation and the import trader.Since 2007, there have been more than 4000 cases reported to the court for tax omission.
The director said that SENAE's objective is to quicken work procedure, reduce the length of stay for ships atGuayaquil harborfrom 6 days to 2, and eliminate use of paper work.
Customs Service aims to reduce 150million of costin the foreign tradearea through the new system.
Nelson Cordero, head of QUITO Customs Assiociation, said "the revised tariff policy not only puts more importance on the clearance system, but makes it more effective. There will be a clear policy that foreign traders could follow. They must now do business according to the policy."
"SENAE will provide good education programs that must be given to customs brokers and workers which will contribute to achieving the aim of reducing clearance time" he said.
He also said "the revised tariff law will reduce storage cost that affect the harbor". Workers acknowledged that CAE accepted many requirements to define the revised tariff law.
Jorge Maldonado, director of customs(ADA) said he will actively participate in the social adaptation of the revised tariff law project and that "educating and informing customs brokers and professionals of the new policy is our responsibility".
Korean Technology Applied in Customs Service
Since 2 weeks ago, 20 korean technicians are participating inthe development of a new foreign trade system.
The government signed a 2000$ contract with Korea for the Korean system to be launched within 2 years.Currently the project is on its first stage and will go on for 4 months. Here, the DB data would be switched and the ecuador technicians will be educated of the new system. In 2010, SENAE collected 3.081 million. It shows an increase of 23% since 2009. "Korean technicians, working with Ecuador technicians, are putting great effort in collecting data and 25 of Ecuador technicians will visit and learn in Korea" said the director, Jose Rodriguez said. The results of the Korean workerscould be seen in January, 2012.
Greatest Tax Collection
A director from SENAE reported that the tax collection for 2010 was $3.081 million, a 23% increase from 2009. This will be a great opportunity for the nation.
The number of export items have increase while import items showed decrease.
"The government is taking necessary actions to manage trade balance and is securing international balance of payments" said the customs director.
Alex Cordova
acordova@telegrafo.com.ec
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Rebates are offered by retailers or manufacturers on a chosen product. Rebates are a type of sales promotions that are primarily used as incentives or to supplement product sales. By definition, Wikipedia tells us a rebate is an amount of money paid by way of "reduction, return or refund on what has already been paid or contributed."
The most common type of rebate is the Mail-In Rebate. Usually, this means that after a purchase the purchaser will mail in a coupon, receipt or barcode to receive back a certain amount of money or some other consideration.
The general rule is that the turnaround time for rebates is about four to eight weeks. Rebates are sometimes paid by check; however, quite often purchasers receive rebates with a pre-paid card. While many come in the form of money, some rebates will be in the form of gas cards or for free merchandise.
For example, at West Suburban Office Products our website ( www.westsubonline.com) has a link to what we call the Rebate Zone. The link takes our office supply customers to our companion website: www.biggestbook.com, which has a number of manufacturer's rebates available at any given time. These rebates come directly from the manufacturer.
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Meet Russia's Cluster Glide Bomb: Is the "Drel" a Game Changer?
Russia's cluster glide bomb, the the PBK-500U Drel, has undergone its latest round of testing in early 2018 and is on the verge of deployment readiness.
The Drel—Russian for "Drill"—project was prominently displayed at Russia's "Army 2017" weapons show, and Tekhmash states that the first Drel bombs will be operational by the end of this year.
The PBK-500U is a stealth cluster glide bomb equipped with infrared countermeasure technology, meaning that it should be impervious to interception by infrared homing missiles. Also present in the PBK-500U are electronic counter-countermeasures in the form of anti-jamming technology, crucial to supporting its built-in GLONASS satellite tracking system.
Frolov notes the absurdity of trying to hit something like a $15,000 Jeep with an $500,000 air-to-surface missile, arguing that the Drel bomb is a much more cost-effective solution in low intensity conflicts. In keeping with its budget nature, the PBK-500U can be mounted on a wide range of Russian mid-range aircraft including the Tu-22M bomber and the Su-24. It is also compatible with the Su-57, but this may not be an ideal use-case considering the Su-57's comparatively steep deployment cost and the kinds of high-profile operations that Russia's flagship fifth-generation fighter is designed for.
Kornev notes that this bombing method is presently employed in Syria, where the scattered anti-Assad forces constitute the kind of "low-intensity" target that the PBK-500U is made for. Drel was originally slated for 2016; Kornev suspects that the PBK-500U was delayed precisely so that it could be tested in Syria before heading into its final production phase.


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Bahtijari (ili Bahtijarci) su lursko pleme koje živi u Iranu. Govore bahtijarskim narečjem lurskog jezika.

Tokom 1970-ih godina trećina od 600.000 Bahtijara živela je nomadskim načinom života, migrirajući između letnjih staništa (pers. ییلاق; jajlak) i zimskih staništa (pers. قشلاق; kišlak). Procene o njihovom ukupnom broju stanovnika variraju, npr. "Ethnologue" navodi da je 2001. godine bilo približno 1,000.000 etničkih Bahtijara.

Bahtijari uglavnom žive u Lorestanu, istočnom Huzestanu, Čahar-Mahalu i Baktijariju, te Isfahanskoj pokrajini. U iranskoj mitologiji Bahtijari se smatraju naslednicima Fereduna, legendarnog junaka iz iranskog nacionalnog epa "Šahname".

Brojni značajni iranski političari i dužnosnici su bahtijarskog porekla.

Poznati Bahtijari
 Sardar Asad, bahtijarski čelnik Haft-Langa i borac za ustavno uređenje
 Soraja Isfandiari, kraljica Irana (1951. - 1958)
 Pezhman Bahtijari, pesnik (1900. - 1974)
 Mohamed Mosadik, premijer (1951. - 1953) (pripadao je i Kadžarima)
 Šahpur Bahtijar, političar i premijer Irana (1979)
 Bahram Moširi, istoričar i naučnik
 Oman Samani, pesnik
 Tejmur Bahtijar, iranski general i načelnik SAVAK-a

Vidi još
 Luristan
 Demografija Irana

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Transparency International calls for greater whistleblower protection and oversight of government surveillance
Whistleblowing plays key role in fight against corruption, movement resolution states
Measures to protect whistleblowers and increase oversight of government surveillance are essential to restore public trust in government, Transparency International said in a resolution passed by its 2013 Annual Membership Meeting today.
The resolution called on governments to respect the right to privacy in safeguarding national security, saying there is a need for meaningful oversight of government surveillance activities. (See full resolution in the annex below)
"We call for universal protection of all whistleblowers who truthfully reveal abuses of state power from any retaliation," said the resolution.
Transparency International also said whistleblowing "plays a key role in the fight against corruption". This week, Transparency International published International Principles for Whistleblower Legislation, warning that the law in many countries fails to protect whistleblowers from retaliation.
Transparency International representatives from more than 100 countries met today for the anti-corruption organisation's annual meeting where they discussed the way forward in the fight against corruption.
International Board of Directors election
The meeting also elected two International Board members. Incumbent Board member J. C. Weliamuna was re-elected to the International Board, and Natalia Soebagjo was elected as a new Board member. Transparency International's International Board of Directors, consisting of 12 members, is led by Chair Huguette Labelle and Vice-Chair Akere Muna.
Brief biographies of the Transparency International Board members elected today:
J. C. Weliamuna - Sri Lanka
One of Sri Lanka's leading public interest lawyers, Weliamuna holds a Master of Laws from the University of Colombo, where he works as a visiting lecturer. He is also an Eisenhower and a Senior Ashoka Fellow. After establishing his legal career in commercial law, Weliamuna moved into the fields of constitutional and human rights law, and became an active contributor to local and foreign media on governance and human rights challenges in Sri Lanka. He also served as an elected bureau member of the South Asians for Human Rights movement. In 2002 he became TI Sri Lanka's first Executive Director, where he served until 2010. Weliamuna was elected to TI's International Board of Directors in 2010.
Natalia Soebagjo – Indonesia
Since 2009, Natalia Soebagjo has been a member of Transparency International Indonesia and Chair of its Executive Board since 2011. Natalia is a member of the Independent Team for National Bureaucracy Reform which advises the National Steering Committee for Bureaucracy Reform. She is a lecturer and Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Governance at the University of Indonesia. Natalia was educated in Antwerp, London, Jakarta, and earned her MA in Asian Studies in UC Berkeley, USA.
For more information on TI's Board of Directors, please click here.
Transparency International is the civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption
Resolution on whistleblower protection and oversight of surveillance activities
Proponents: TI Germany, TI Ireland and TI USA
Transparency International recognizes that whistleblowing plays a key role in the fight against corruption. We call for universal protection of all whistleblowers who truthfully reveal abuses of state power from any retaliation.
Consistent with democratic principles and good governance, Transparency International also recognizes the need for meaningful oversight of government surveillance activities and for governments to respect fundamental human rights, including the right to privacy, in safeguarding national security.
We believe such measures are essential to restore public trust in government.
National chapters are encouraged to engage with each other, with governments, and with international organisations and other stakeholders to promote these principles.
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Girls (still) just wanna' have fun
An interview with Cyndi Lauper
By DAVID DELLECESE
VERONA - It's been a little more than 20 years since Cyndi Lauper she-bopped her way from radios into the living rooms across the country.
The '80s icon will be at Turning Stone Resort and Casino's Showroom Wednesday, Oct. 18.
In addition to such early influences as the Beatles and Joni Mitchell, she's added such artists as Bill Withers, Rufus Wainright, the Strokes, the Killers, Chamilioaire ("because my son loves him") and Natasha
Beddingfield ("for the same reason") to her current playlist.
"My son Declyn loves music and often turns me on to new artists," she said.
Even while juggling the duties of motherhood with her career, she still finds time to put her ideas and emotions on paper.
"Ideas come to me often when I am sleeping or just about to fall asleep and that causes me to jump up and at least get the idea down," she said. "Sometimes I just start and don't finish until my son wakes up. I've
always been a person who gets creative in the wee hours, but I also try to set aside time to write regularly because it's important to"
As one of the more iconic artists from the era of a fledgling MTV, she was there when the music network was more focused on original and up and coming talent.
"The network was not about following radio or trends. They just played artists who they felt had career potential and who were unique and doing their own thing. They started chasing radio hits and major label
directives and stopped doing what they did well," she said.
"I've been told many times that I helped define the look of that decade, and it's a real compliment."
"Fast forward to the present, and MTV is just not a place to break acts anymore because 70 percent or more of the programming is reality TV shows and kids don't trust them with helping them to discover new cool talent. They have YouTube and places like myspace for that."
Lauper has never lost control of her own identity, ideas and instincts.
"For better and for worse, I have always followed my own instincts," she said. "That's all you have in the end; if you become someone else's idea for who you are, you might as well pack it in."
Her latest CD, "The Body Acoustic" (2005), features acoustic reinterpretations of tracks from her back catalog as well as two new songs.
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She says there's nothing she would change about her life.
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