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Like the once popular rage that sold millions of lime green leisure suits, hula hoops, rat finks – What? You don't remember Rat Finks? – some things have their temporary place as must-haves but soon lose momentum and become buried in the past. Forever.
Recently resurrected, however, is one of those relics that dwindled into that proverbial burial ground of gotta-be-there-and-be-seen: The Playboy Club, soon to resurface in Chicago. Maybe it's the upcoming hype about the Playboy Club TV series; perhaps it's the infantile ogling of scantily clad female servers at one of Playboy's descendants, Hooters. Whatever motivated it, the Playboy Club is a 40-year throwback to another era, long gone and certainly not in keeping with today.
Here's what it was like back then: The bunnies wore these colorful corseted costumes: fluffy tails, rabbit ears and corseted suits resulting in breasts so pushed so high they appeared air-born. In other words, Hugh Hefner's fantasy. I always wondered why he chose the bunny costume. Maybe he had a stuffed rabbit toy as a kid, instead of a teddy bear, and had play sex with it. Whatever.
But these women in their bunny outfits, teetering around in high heels serving drinks and dinner, were plastic apparitions, with a strict customer look-but-don't-touch-code. In reality, they were competent servers and really not sexual at all. I know, because the minute I turned 21, I was taken to the Chicago Playboy Club with business colleagues (never a date) who thought it was really cool to take young, single women just entering the workforce there.
The Club attracted the business community and because most colleagues were male, the venue was a perfect male-bonding place to entertain. The social crowd usually came in packs – four, six, 10 guys out to have a beer and a leer. Clearly there was sexual innuendo in place, but it was something like good, clean fantasy. And to a degree, the bunnies were like actors in a role – all good clean fun and flirting. Even serving drinks – the cocktail tables were low, so they did the trained knee-bending 'bunny dip,' which never showed cleavage and by today's standards was quite sterile. (BTW, you had to have good knees to perform the dip.)
Call it fantasy, but it was just that. Did the bunnies offend female guests? No. These were pretty, albeit plastic, women dressed like grown-up, sexed-up Easter bunnies. But times change. Today, do you know any guy in their '20s or '30s who would relish being called a "playboy"? And what impression would this gent have on you if he took you – first date? – to the Playboy Club? You'd probably think: "Hmmm, a Hugh Hefner wannabe, the later years." The word Playboy lost its luster decades ago and now has negative connotations.
And you know it's over when cabbies abandon their Playboy symbol air fresheners hanging over their rear view mirror in favor of a pair of dice.
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You do realized the Harrisburg CBS station has taken numerous polls and the Steelers are the team that most people want to watch in the capital city of Pennsylvania. The NFL forces the Ravens down their throats with forcing the station to show the Ravens when they are on the road. WHP 21 WANTS to show the Steeler games, which is why they Steelers are always on if they are playing at the same time as Baltimore and Baltimore is home. The state capital of Pennsylvania should not be forced to show a team from Ohio. Just look at the CBS 21 WHP facebook page. They post an apology today because they know most viewers in the capital region want to watch the Steelers, the Pennsylvania team.
There are no state teams. None.
I lived in Pennsylvania for the first 21 years of my life and rooted for ZERO teams from the state. Not the Steelers. Not the Eagles. Not the Phillies.
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The asterisk by mag body can be taken off as this part is now offered by Tapco as made in the USA.
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. -- Bertrand Russell
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Robert J. Hanlon
Here is another "what if" question.
Some people on this forum have mentioned welding the front trunnion into the receiver rather than riveting or using screws. With an imported trunnion being welded into a US receiver, would that then be considered one part like a milled receiver, since for all intents and purposes it becomes one continuous piece of metal? And would it be considered domestic or imported, since it contains elements of each? I would lean toward domestic since the final operation that produced it was performed in the US, but who knows where the ATF is concerned.
Good Point PACKRAT..............I have read of the same thing being done to US gas pistons to the carrirer to makeit one US part...........
IMO: I don't think welding an imported part to a US part converts the combo to US made, according to the BATFE. It's still separate parts, only the means of joining them has changed in the BATFE's eyes.Originally Posted by WFO2
If it *did* I think you'd see a lot more receivers welded to trunnions, since that would reduce the imported parts count by two.
But after welding they are not seperate parts. They are one continuous piece of metal.
As an example: imported barrel with an Uncle Mike's US-made sling swivel stud welded to the barrel. We have an imported part welded to a US part. Is the BATFE going to say the barrel is now a US part? How do they judge when welded-together parts cross the line from imported to domestic? My opinion is they'll handle it by saying it doesn't cross the line, it's still separate parts that are held together by welding. But, my opinion in this isn't worth beans as far as keeping you out of trouble with the Feds. The BATFE opinion is the only one that matters. CYA and check with the technical branch folks.
No matter how much you mod a forgien part it does not become American made.
"It's all over but the cryin'!"Moonshiner
What about pinning my slant break on my barrel, still cout as an extra part? Right now I've taken them off (bare threads), but the bayonet won't fit right with nothing on there and won't fit at all with the "A2 hider" on there.
The slant brake is a countable part.
Okay I am new (first post) and man am I dumb when it comes to AKs. I am pretty much a bolt action military rifle type of guy so about the only thing I know about AKs is they go bang. I've ordered a PMKMS kit over at Weaponeer's and I have pretty much decided on a GlobalTrades receiver. Ferget the home bending as I couldn't properly bend a paper clip. So what other U.S. parts do I need for this kit to make it 922r compliant? I've been trying to read as much as possible on this subject and just want to do it right and not end up a member of Uncle Sam's horizontal pinstripe suit club. Thanks in advance for any help given.
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Ford Fusion Lease Questions
sbla9 Posts: 1Hi Car Man, long time listener, first time caller.
Factory Ordered a 2013 Fusion Hybrid and now that it is on the train am getting down to negotiation. Do you have the numbers for the residuals and money factors for 24/36/39 months? Looking at 12,000 or 15,000 miles. I am located in Southern California, Los Angeles area. Thanks so much! -
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515HA welcome aboard, sbla9. Ford Credit's October base lease rate and residual value for a 24-month lease of a 2013 Fusion Hybrid with 15,000 miles per year in Los Angeles are 0.25% and 50%.
The 36-month numbers are 0.25% and 43%. The 39-month numbers are 0.5% and 41%.
The residual values for a lease with only 12,000 miles per year are 2% higher.
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ajr1775 Posts: 33Car_man,
What is the October residual value for the Fusion SE & Titanium for both 24 and 36 month at 15,000.00?
On a side note, that residual value you just reported for the Hybrid is pretty ominous. Only 43%? Are similar vehicles from different manufacturers rating similar residuals?
FYI for all, my local Ford dealer, Kelly Ford of Melbourne, is offering a $3000.00 incentive on Fusion 2013. I hope these offers keep popping up more and increase as we get closer to December. With the midsize sedan market being as crowded as it is right now with so many new models for the year, Ford will have to sweeten the pot to stay competitive. I hope this works out to a great deal on a Hybrid or Titanium for myself. FMV+incentives like this should simplify our asking prices when we walk in. -
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi ajr1775. In Florida Ford Credit's October base lease rate and residual value for a 24-month lease of a 2013 Fusion SE with 15,000 miles per year are 2.25% and 56%.
The numbers for an otherwise identical 36-month lease are 2.25% and 56%.1.5% and 65%.
The lease rates for the 2013 Fusion Titanium are the same, but the residual values are 61% and 52%.
Ford is not currently providing any cash incentives on leases of this car through Ford Credit.
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jinx8402 Posts: 1Quick question, for those percentages, is that what the money factor converted to a percentage? In other words, for a 24 month lease, is that 1.5%/2400 = .000625 money factor? I was just a little confused by what the 1.5% meant.
I'm trying to decide if I want to do a 2 year lease, with option to buy at the end, or finance the vehicle straight up. If I were to do a lease, it would be for a titanium for 24 months with 10,500 miles.
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ejosh87 Posts: 2I was looking at a 2013 Ford Fusion Titanium and wanted to check the money rate and residual.
The dealership said for 15k miles it is: 24 month at 3.75% and 63% , 36 month at 4.5% and 54%, and 39 month is 4.75% and 52%.
Then they said if 12,000 miles per year to add 2% to residual.
Do those money factor amounts seem right? Does anyone know the best money factor on these?
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ecodriver07 Posts: 5Hi Car man,
I have a multi part question. Sorry if its a bit long. Any help would greatly be appreciated!
I have a 2011 toyota that I'm looking to trade in. I have 11 months left on a 3 year lease and have decided to trade it into a different dealership from the one I leased it from so that I can lease a 2013 ford fusion hybrid. I negotiated the purchase price of the ford which I'm satisfied with and have the offer in writing. I also negotiated a satisfactory trade-in value for my highlander which is still under lease. I made both of these negotiations separately. The dealer never asked me on the trade-in whether I owned or leased the highlander.
The 2013 ford fusion hybrid I was looking to lease from them had to be special ordered with the options that I wanted since no other ones appealed to me. I signed an order confirmation for the vehicle which stated the agreed upon purchase price including rebate and which also listed the out the door cost including taxes, license, doc fees.. I put down a $500 deposit towards the new car (which he said was refundable) that I was told would take 6-8 weeks for delivery. I asked him about what documentation he required in order to put the ford lease under my business name. He said all he needed from me today was the $500 order deposit and a photocopy of my driver's license. I didn't negotiate the new purchase lease terms and left satisfied that with my excellent credit of 780+, I would more than qualify for a low Ford APR and the lease negotiation would be relatively painless.
I realized soon after leaving that I should have negotiated the lease terms then and there. I will go back to the dealership in a few days in order to hammer out the details. I will purposely be vague whether I want to finance the car or lease it so they can't use that knowledge to their advantage.
I have several questions for you that I hope you might be able to answer. Thanks in advance for your time!
1. First, is there a tax credit on a trade-in of a leased car towards the purchase of a new one in California?
2. Is a written offer from a sales manager for a trade-in and the purchase price of a new vehicle enough to satisfy me or any sort of guarantee that they will keep their word when the car is delivered in 6-8 weeks? (footnote, when I negotiated the price of the trade-in, at the end I asked him to put in writing that they would honor the trade-in quote he gave me once the new car I purchased was delivered and he had no problem doing that. The salesman seemed pretty honest (and I'm very distrustful of car dealers and consider myself to have good radar with people)
2) Should I insist on finalizing the lease contract and trade-in before I take delivery on the vehicle? If so, how can this be done if even the dealer doesn't know when it will take delivery of my vehicle? I expect them to argue that they don't know when the lease date can start since they don't know precisely how long it will take for the car to be delivered? How do I avoid losing out on the manufacturer rebate which is effective now, but likely won't be when the car is delivered? The order confirmation lists an agreed upon price that reflects and mentions the rebate in the deal.
3) How do I accurately calculate the equity on the trade-in of my toyota vehicle that would go towards the purchase of the 2013 ford fusion? in terms of how much I come out ahead on my trade-in. I negotiated a price of $27500 on the trade-in of my toyota. The residual on my lease is $21,452. To payoff my lease right now would cost $25,353. I have 11 lease payments left @ $457/month pretax. ($500/month including tax). Do I calculate how much I have to apply to the purchase of my new ford based upon the monthly payments pre tax or post tax + the residual amount? Lastly, is there any way I can sign the trade-in contract before I turn in my toyota vehicle if it's still 2 months away? Do you recommend getting in writing from the dealer how many miles I should be allowed to put on my toyota before I physically trade it in, and that they will still honor the trade-in offer?
4) When I go back to the dealer to negotiate the lease for the ford how can I apply any pressure other than threatening to walk out over getting the lowest apr on the vehicle? Am I likely also to face a disposition fee? what other hidden fees should i look out for or refuse to pay? What apr % on my ford lease should i reasonably expect to get with a credit score near 790?
5) Does the dealer have any grounds to refuse to honor the trade-in value for my toyota since I didn't mention it was still under lease? What should I do if he tries to change the terms/offer? If he makes an issue of it, I was just going to say its irrelevant, since he wouldn't make an offer on the vehicle where they couldn't make money on it. and at worst case, threaten to walk out.
-Thanks for your time. -
iwantanewcar2 Posts: 3Long time reader and first post...Here goes.
I am in the process of negotiating a lease in West Palm Beach Florida for a 2013 Titanium Fusion with a MSRP of 35,670...Basically every option in White Platinum. I am looking at a 36 month 18K. Here is what the dealer has provided me with regards to lease figures:
Selling Price: 33,200
Total out of pocket: $1466 (he says this is for first payment, tax, tag and inception fees)
Monthly payment including tax of 6% is 476.
Hopefully someone can tell me of this is a decent deal or not...Personally the 476 seems high to me on a $33,000 car.
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ecodriver07 Posts: 5Hi. I was looking to get a 2013 ford fusion hybrid in Northern California (SF) and was looking to see what a good money factor is for the vehicle. What is the residual value for this car in the SE model for a 36 month lease and 10.5k and 12k miles. I have excellent credit, 785 and was quoted a rate of $438/month for 36 months with $2k down payment. The sale price of the vehicle negotiated was $32,500 including, tax license, and doc fees (out the door). I also have a trade in vehicle that will apply $2500 towards the purchase price. the car salesman quoted me an interest rate on this lease of 5.5%. This monthly payment seems very high to me. Any advice on trying to negotiate it down? I was going to get other lease monthly payment offers to show that I can get more for my money on a $33k vehicle for that sort of monthly payment. What is the dealership's bottom line money factor or best monthly payment that they're likely to offer to someone with my credit? Would a down payment of $5k make a significant dent in my monthly payments? Thanks for your time.
fireguyy Posts: 22013 fusion SE with 205a, moon, navi, bliss, 39 month 12k/yr. Sticker $30,734, agreed value $28,675. Gave me $1k incentive and $3773 for my trade. Residual $17,071. $353 per month which also includes the yearly property tax on the vehicle in the monthly payment, which is $3.70 per 1k on the vehicles valuation. Is this an ok deal?
dlramon Posts: 1I"ve made a $500 deposit (with intent to purchase) on a 2013 Ford Fusion Titanium Hybrid in White Platinum with literally all the options except parking assist. Out the door selling price with a supplier discount (X-Plan) is $35,143.
Your stated MSRP is not an "out-the-door" cost and neither is selling price as these do not include destination fee, misc. admin. fees, tax, etc. However, given that this car has all of the options, a $33,200 selling price seems very attractive and is probably below dealer invoice. -
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515You're very welcome s0me1. I'm glad that you like it.
Ford Credit's current base lease rate and residual value for a 24-month lease of a 2013 Fusion Titanium AWD with 12,000 miles per year in New Jersey are 1.25% and 70%
The numbers for an otherwise identical 36-month lease are 2.0% and 61%.
If you were to lease this car with only 10,500 miles per year, its residual values would be 1% higher.
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empowah Posts: 33Hi Car_Man,
I'm interested in leasing a 2013 Fusion. What are the residuals and money factors for a 24 or 36 month lease of an SE 1.6-liter model in Los Angeles, CA? Are the terms any different if I lease one with the Luxury Package?
Also interested in the same for a 2013 Titanium FWD model.
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It works the other way around, too. Sometimes a "meme" started in the fitness crowd becomes repeated so often, that even the Medicos believe it, and begin to dispense the meme as sound medical advice.
One example that immediately comes to mind relates to advice given about eating six small meals a day, in order to keep the blood sugar level and mitigate the risk of diabetes.
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Interesting thast my tastes for milk naturally evolved that way, anyway, as I got older. I drink skim nowadays (or should I say that I *USE* skim - I seldom drink milk, actually), but when I was a kid I didn't even consider it a viable option.
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Has any of you actually tasted REAL milk? ... I mean... right out of a cow? ... like warm and all...
You'd realize then o drink from the supermarket has any taste...
Or so I heard... wouldn't drink such a nasty stuff myself...
Nor do I like that pathetic aspartame taste of diet drinks/yoghurt... yuck, what's their point? (besides giving you cancer... too... and making you fat?)
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Raw milk has a certain je ne sais quoi that you won't find in pasteurized milk. In the United States, consumers have a very hard time finding it in most states.
People in Northern climes adapted to drinking cow's milk; people near the equator didn't. Hence the big laffs of lactose intolerance.
@Youflad: unfortunately, I don't remember where I read most of this, with one weak exception.
I deem the source ^weak, because he has a bias. However, if you'll take the time to read the science, and look at the befores and afters, I think you will see merit in the theory.
Some comedian once remarked, "Pity those poor health and fitness nuts as they lie on their beds dying of nothing."
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^Borg, you may have your sources mixed up.
I think the children died from drinking organic (raw) apple juice, offered by Ocwalla. It turned out that the infected apple juice came from a single orchard in Oregon, in which the apples had gotten contaminated with deer feces.
To be fair, raw milk can indeed contain listeria, a not-benign pathogen.
For the last year or so I have fasted 16 to 20 hours a day most days of the week, only occasionally altering the schedule. I found that after the first few days I ceased to be hungry during the fasting period, and I have suffered no loss of energy. If anything I have more energy, even when working out.
My muscle mass has increased (my bodyfat remains at 7% + -) but I don't know how much is attributable to diet or workout routine, or some combination of both. Interestingly, only when I alter the schedule--as I did this morning, sitting down to an espresso and a cornetto with a colleague after only a 13 hour fast--do I get hungry. I feel great and look great. But then I felt great and looked great under my previous regimen, which was 5 meals a day.
By the way, my partner, who's a 4 to 5 meals a day man, thinks I'm crazy. When we travel, or when he wants to go out on Sunday morning for a celebratory breakfast, I'm more than happy to change my routine.
I was unaware of the Northern European connection, but a Dane recently told me that I looked the way Danes thought Swedes stereotypically looked--adding laughingly "of course we Danes hate all Swedes."
^I, too, am having tremendous success with intermittent fasting.
For the first time in 25 years, I feel in complete control of my appetite.
I, too, have Northern European blood, and, if anything, fasting seems to make me feel better, not weak and dizzy.
Oh God, I can't go without food. I once had to go without food for 3 weeks and I almost killed someone. I get angry if I have to go without food for like 5 horus.
^Some people don't have the genetic makeup to tolerate intermittent fasting. Perhaps you fit that profile, youflad, and if you do, then intermittent fasting will not work for you.
But I have had tremendous success with it.
As you said in the OP, fitness trainers, who telll you to eat 6 small meals a day, don't know everything.
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Hezekiah's passover. (1-12) The passover celebrated. (13-20) The feast of unleavened bread. (21-27)
Verses 1-12 Hezekiah made Israel as welcome to the passover, as any of his own subjects. Let us yield ourselves unto the Lord. Say not, you will do what you please, but resolve to do what he pleases. We perceive in the carnal mind a stiffness, an obstinacy, an unaptness to compel with God; we have it from our fathers: this must be overcome. Those who, through grace, have turned to God themselves, should do all they can to bring others to him. Numbers will be scorners, but some will be humbled and benefited; perhaps where least expected. The rich mercy of God is the great argument by which to enforce repentance; the vilest who submit and yield themselves to the Lord, seek his grace, and give themselves to his service, shall certainly be saved. Oh that messengers were sent forth to carry these glad tidings to every city and every village, through every land!
Verses 13-20 The great thing needful in attendance upon God in solemn ordinances, is, that we make heart-work of it; all is nothing without this. Where this sincerity and fixedness of heart are, there may yet be many things short of the purification of the sanctuary. These defects need pardoning, healing grace; for omissions in duty are sins, as well as omissions of duty. If God should deal with us in strict justice, even as to the very best of our doings, we should be undone. The way to obtain pardon, is to seek it of God by prayer; it must be gotten by petition through the blood of Christ. Yet every defect is sin, and needs forgiveness; and should be matter to humble, but not to discourage us, though nothing can make up for the want of a heart prepared to seek the Lord.
Verses 21-27 Many prayers were put up to God with the peace-offerings. In these Israel looked to God as the God of their fathers, a God in covenant with them. There was also abundance of good preaching. The Levites read and explained the Scriptures. Faith cometh by hearing, and true religion preaching has abounded. They sang psalms every day: praising God should be much of our work in religious assemblies. Having kept the seven days of the feast in this religious manner, they had so much comfort in it, that they kept other seven days also. This they did with gladness. Holy duties should be done with holy gladness. And when sinners humble themselves before the Lord, they may expect gladness in his ordinances. Those who taste this happiness will not soon grow weary of it, but will be glad to prolong their enjoyment.
2 Chronicles 30:1-12 . HEZEKIAH PROCLAIMS A PASSOVER.
1-5. Hezekiah sent to all . . . Judah . . . to come to . . . Jerusalem, to keep the passover--This great religious festival had not been regularly observed by the Hebrews in their national capacity for a long time because of the division of the kingdom and the many disorders that had followed that unhappy event. Hezekiah longed extremely to see its observance revived; and the expression of his wishes having received a hearty response from the princes and chief men of his own kingdom, the preparatory steps were taken for a renewed celebration of the national solemnity.
letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh--The names of these leading tribes are used for the whole kingdom of Israel. It was judged impossible, however, that the temple, the priests, and people could be all duly sanctified at the usual time appointed for the anniversary, namely, the fourteenth day of the first month (Nisan). Therefore it was resolved, instead of postponing the feast till another year, to observe it on the fourteenth day of the second month; a liberty which, being in certain circumstances ( Numbers 9:6-13 ) granted to individuals, might, it was believed, be allowed to all the people. Hezekiah's proclamation was, of course, authoritative in his own kingdom, but it could not have been made and circulated in all the towns and villages of the neighboring kingdom without the concurrence, or at least the permission, of the Israelitish sovereign. Hoshea, the reigning king, is described as, though evil in some respects, yet more favorably disposed to religious liberty than any of his predecessors since the separation of the kingdom. This is thought to be the meaning of the mitigating clause in his character ( 2 Kings 17:2 ).
6. the posts--that is, runners, or royal messengers, who were taken from the king's bodyguard ( 2 Chronicles 23:1 2 Chronicles 23:2 ). Each, well mounted, had a certain number of miles to traverse. Having performed his course, he was relieved by another, who had to scour an equal extent of ground; so that, as the government messengers were despatched in all directions, public edicts were speedily diffused throughout the country. The proclamation of Hezekiah was followed by a verbal address from himself, piously urging the duty, and setting forth the advantages, of a return to the pure faith and institutions which God had delivered to their ancestors through Moses.
the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria--This implies that several expeditions against Israel had already been made by Assyrian invaders--by Pul ( 2 Kings 15:19 ), but none of the people were then removed; at a later period by Tiglath-pileser, when it appears that numbers among the tribes east of Jordan ( 1 Chronicles 5:26 ), and afterwards in the northern parts of Israel ( 2 Kings 15:20 ), were carried into foreign exile. The invasion of Shalmaneser cannot be alluded to, as it did not take place till the sixth year of Hezekiah's reign ( 2 Kings 17:6 , 18:9-12 ).
10-12. the posts passed from city to city--It is not surprising that after so long a discontinuance of the sacred festival, this attempt to revive it should, in some quarters, have excited ridicule and opposition. Accordingly, among the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Zebulun, Hezekiah's messengers met with open insults and ill usage. Many, however, in these very districts, as well as throughout the kingdom of the ten tribes, generally complied with the invitation; while, in the kingdom of Judah, there was one unanimous feeling of high expectation and pious delight. The concourse that repaired to Jerusalem on the occasion was very great, and the occasion was ever after regarded as one of the greatest passovers that had ever been celebrated.
2 Chronicles 30:13-27 . THE ASSEMBLY DESTROYS THE ALTARS OF IDOLATRY.
14. they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem--As a necessary preparation for the right observance of the approaching solemnity, the removal of the altars, which Ahaz had erected in the city, was resolved upon ( 2 Chronicles 28:24 ); for, as the people of God, the Hebrews were bound to extirpate all traces of idolatry; and it was a happy sign and pledge of the influence of the Spirit pervading the minds of the people when they voluntarily undertook this important preliminary work.
15. the priests and the Levites were ashamed--Though the Levites are associated in this statement, the priests were principally referred to; those of them who had been dilatory or negligent in sanctifying themselves ( 2 Chronicles 29:34 ) were put to the blush and stimulated to their duty by the greater alacrity and zeal of the people.
16-18. the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites--This was a deviation from the established rules and practices in presenting the offerings of the temple. The reason was, that many present on the occasion having not sanctified themselves, the Levites slaughtered the paschal victims everyone that was unclean. At other times the heads of families killed the lambs themselves, the priests receiving the blood from their hands and presenting it on the altar. Multitudes of the Israelites, especially from certain tribes ( 2 Chronicles 30:18 ), were in this unsanctified state, and yet they ate the passover--an exceptional feature and one opposed to the law ( Numbers 9:6 ); but this exception was allowed in answer to Hezekiah's prayer ( 2 Chronicles 30:18-20 ).
20. the Lord . . . healed the people--We imagine the whole affair to have been the following: In consequence of their transgressions they had cause to fear disease and even death ( Leviticus 15:31 ). Hezekiah prayed for the nation, which was on the point of being diseased, and might therefore be regarded as sick already [BERTHEAU].
21-24. the children of Israel . . . kept the feast--The time appointed by the law for the continuance of the feast was seven days [ Exodus 12:15 , 13:6 , Leviticus 23:6 ]; but in consequence of its having been allowed to fall so long into desuetude, they doubled the period of celebration and kept it fourteen days with unabated satisfaction and joy. Materials for the additional sacrificial meals were supplied by the munificence of the king and the princes.
24. and a great number of priests sanctified themselves--so that there would be a sufficient number of hands for the additional services.


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Evadna M. Running Bear Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Cour
The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls on July 21, 2010, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam E. Haddon, EVADNA M. RUNNING BEAR, a 70-year-old resident of Poplar, pled guilty to theft from an Indian tribal organization and conspiracy to obstruct a federal audit. Sentencing has been set for October 21, 2010. She is currently released on special conditions.
In an Offer of Proof filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl E. Rostad, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
In the later part of 2008 and the early part of 2009, Fort Peck Tribal officials retained the services of a Certified Public Accountant to conduct a review of the Credit Program's finances in anticipation of a year-end audit. The accountant quickly identified excessive loans and discovered that the Credit Program employees and some of their relatives had excessive outstanding short term loans, suggesting that tribal monies had been embezzled, misapplied, or converted to the use of tribal and federal employees of the loan program, and their families.
As of June 2009, the total amount of outstanding short term loans was $1,675,088. Approximately 48% of this amount (over $800,000) were loans to Credit Program employees and their families. An investigation by the Department of Interior's Office of Inspector General determined that almost half of all loans were fraudulent.
The Bureau of Indian Affair's (BIA) Branch of Credit maintained oversight of the Fort Peck Credit Program until June 2008, when this Branch was transferred to the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (OIEED), Division of Capital Investment, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. The OIEED transferred administrative oversight of the Fort Peck Credit Program to the Fort Peck Tribes in December 2008 and as of that date the Credit Program was strictly a tribal function. The Fort Peck Credit Program maintains three separate bank accounts with Independence Bank, Poplar, Montana. These bank accounts are dedicated to the Short Term Loan account, the Revolving Credit Fund account and the Entrepreneurial Loan account.
Prior to the transition of oversight authority in December 2008, the Fort Peck Credit Program was staffed with six employees consisting of two federal employees and four subordinate tribal employees. Loan applications were reviewed by a three member Credit Committee who had authority to approve or deny the application pursuant to the Plan of Operations.
From August 12, 1999, to May 29, 2009, hundreds of fraudulent checks exceeding $1 million were issued from the checking accounts of the Fort Peck Tribal Credit Department to a maximum of $2,000, to qualifying tribal members. The checks were the consequence of a fraudulent scheme whereby all six of the Credit Program employees conspired to steal money from the Tribal Credit Department by securing unauthorized loans and direct payments for themselves. These disbursements purport to represent legitimate loans, overtime payments, and miscellaneous reimbursements to the employees when, in fact, the employees had far exceeded the maximum loan amount threshold of $2,000 and their salary was paid separately through the Tribe's Payroll account. In many cases, the employees circumvented the approval authority of the oversight board - the Credit Committee - by falsely representing that approval for the disbursement had been obtained. To further solidify their conspiracy, the employees often split the proceeds of the checks with each other.
The Tribal Credit Program initially operated with $1.5 million provided to them by the Department of the Interior through the U.S. Direct Loan Fund. The Direct Loan Fund was created to promote access to capital and increase economic opportunity of American Indians. The Direct Loan created and funded the tribal re-lending program, whereby loans repaid by tribal members would be used to repay the Direct Loan and ultimately create a reserve sufficient to make the Credit Program a viable operation. The Credit Program repaid their U.S. Direct Loan in 1996, and the funds in their account since that time are tribal monies.
During the period of the Indictment, RUNNING BEAR was an employee of the Fort Peck Tribal Credit Department, including service as the Lead Accounting Technician responsible for the technical accuracy of computations, collection schedules, receipts for loan payments and reconciliation of the program's daily account activities. She began her employment at the Credit Program in November 1985 as an Accounting Technician. At the time of her dismissal in July 2009, she was the most senior of the tribal employees and she served as the primary authorized collector for the Credit Program.
Four employees had check signing authority on the Credit Program bank accounts - Toni Greybull (former Supervisory Credit Manager who passed away in March 2008), co-defendants S.P., P.B. and RUNNING BEAR, as did the three members of the Credit Committee. In some occasions loan applications were completed. In most cases, no loan documents could be located to support the disbursements to these employees. The conspiracy further evolved to include the issuance of loan checks to family members of the Credit Program employees, including their husbands, siblings and children.
The investigation identified 184 disbursements from the Credit Program checking accounts payable directly to RUNNING BEAR between August 1999 and May 2009 that total $181,234. Most of these payments were recorded as short term loans purportedly issued in her name (124 short term loans / $156,718). Sixty disbursements ($24,516) were recorded as miscellaneous expenses and purport to represent bonuses, accounts receivable reimbursements and overtime payments directly payable to RUNNING BEAR. The investigation determined that no W-2 was ever issued to RUNNING BEAR, nor were any of the standard deductions withheld from these payments.
In addition, RUNNING BEAR admitted to her involvement in the unauthorized issuance of an additional 30 short term loans, totaling $42,434, purportedly issued in the names of her children and grandchildren to which she personally benefitted.
The scheme was in danger of discovery in September 2007 when the BIA conducted a program review of this Tribal Credit Program. When interviewed, RUNNING BEAR and the other employees admitted that immediately prior to this internal review they changed the names on their loan files to conceal the short term loans they had issued themselves. The employee names were replaced with the names of deceased tribal members to prevent the discovery of the excessive disbursements during the federal review. Two federal employees - the BIA Regional Credit Officer and another BIA employee (review team) - were assigned to conduct the program review amidst complaints by the Tribal Chairman that the BIA Agency officials refused to disclose information concerning loan recipients to the Tribal Executive Board. The internal review team met with Greybull, S.P. and P.B. during their review. Altered records were provided to the BIA review team which concealed both long term and short term loans obtained by the Credit Program staff. By switching the loan account names, the Credit Program employees were able to reduce the outstanding short term loan balance by $550,000 and thereby concealing their thefts. In addition, the review team was provided with an altered list of long term loans which omitted $112,659 in long term loans obtained by the staff and/or their family members. The investigation further confirmed that RUNNING BEAR obtained a long term loan from the Credit Program in the amount of $40,233. Repayment records reflect an outstanding balance of $12,502, with no payments remitted since March 2005.
In December 2008, federal oversight of the Tribal Credit Program was discontinued and the two federal employees were reassigned. The mid 2009 year-end audit referred to above was conducted by the Tribe's accountant and prompted the federal investigation by the Office of Inspector General. Both the accountant and the federal investigators found that collection action on the outstanding loans was nearly non-existent. In some instances, loan files contained no accompanying/supporting documentation denoting approval for the issuance of the loan or details on the repayments terms of the loan.
In July 2009, RUNNING BEAR and the other three tribal employees were interviewed by the Tribe's Chief Financial Officer wherein they admitted to obtaining excessive unauthorized loans from the Credit Program. All four tribal employees, as well as federal employee P.B., subsequently admitted to federal investigators their participation in the fraud scheme and further identified the disbursements to which they were not entitled to receive.
RUNNING BEAR faces possible penalties of 5 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and at least 3 years supervised release.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of the Interior - Inspector General's Office.
A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.


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