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By Reese Currie, Compass Distributors
We would hope that every person on this planet would have an opportunity to read the Bible without anything coming between them and God's holy Word. Unfortunately, a lot of Bible versions today constitute a rehash of men's ideas because they are doctrinally modified to support the views or beliefs of certain organizations. So, often there can still be an invisible layer of man's religious pomposity coming between you and God's own words, depending upon what Bible version you use.
In 395 AD, the Bible translator Jerome was accused by a heretic of misrepresenting his thoughts through bad translation. In his response (known as Letter LVII: To Pammachius on the Best Method of Translating), Jerome stated, "As, however the letter itself shews that no changes have been made in the sense, that nothing has been added, and that no doctrine has been foisted into it, 'obviously their object is understanding to understand nothing;' and while they desire to arraign another's want of skill, they betray their own."
These are the only criteria I have used for evaluating a verse of Scripture in this document: that no changes have been made in the sense, that nothing has been added, and that no doctrine has been foisted into it.
I have made no evaluation on the underlying text used, be it the Consensus Text, the Majority Text, or the Received Text. Further, I have committed no prejudice against dynamic equivalency translation compared to formal equivalency translation. To my mind, these are matters of human opinion and I honestly cannot foist my views upon someone else or take them into account in this evaluation.
If you are interested in my views on these topics, I direct you to these articles:
Textual Choices and Bible Versions
I have selected for comparison verses that are usually attacked on the grounds of the personal theologies of the translators. To keep the test quick for you to use on your own, I have limited it to ten passages of Scripture.
John 1:1-4, Zechariah 12:10, John 14:26 and Genesis 1:2 are verses most frequently mistranslated in an attempt to obscure the Trinity doctrine. John 1:1-4 identifies the Son (the Word) as being God and being present from the beginning with the Father. Zechariah 12:10 identifies God Himself as being pierced; this verse is related to the Son in John 19:37. Zechariah 12:10 further describes GodÆs gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. John 14:26 refers to the Holy Spirit as a Person and Genesis 1:2 refers to the Holy Spirit hovering above the waters during the creation.
I also want to know that all facets of repentance are covered. First, that repentance was the message that Jesus preached (Mark 1:15), second, that this is the message Jesus commanded the disciples to preach (Luke 24:45-47), and finally, that repentance is granted by God and is a necessary precursor to belief (Matthew 21:32, 2 Timothy 2:25).
Next, I am concerned that the Bible version does not impose the theological viewpoint that baptism is necessary for salvation. In Acts 2:38, the Bible says, ōThen Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghostö (KJV). This is a difficult passage to reconcile with the many verses that say repentance alone is necessary to receive the forgiveness of sins. The reconciliation is found in the interpretation of the word ōfor.ö If ōforö is interpreted as ōto obtain,ö we have an immediate inconsistency with the verses claiming only repentance is necessary to obtain forgiveness. But if ōforö is interpreted as ōbecause of,ö there is no conundrum here at all. The King James Version quoted above, while written by supporters of baptismal regeneration from the Church of England, nevertheless places a comma after the word ōrepent,ö preserving the possibility of the correct interpretation. In many modern versions, we are not so lucky. I have included Acts 2:38 and Mark 1:4 in this comparison to see if baptismal regeneration is imposed by the translation.
Please note that I have read some of these versions in their entirety, and in those cases, I will put an asterisk after their name.
American Standard Version
Score: 100%
The American Standard Version, once considered ōthe rock of Biblical honesty,ö was a rather good version. It uses the consensus text of its day, the Westcott-Hort Greek Text, which today would be considered inferior by most scholars. However, it was a very good translation of that text, and can serve as an excellent basis for comparing the accuracy of modern versions, which are largely based on a similar text. One difficulty with the ASV is that, while published in 1901, it retained old Elizabethan English. While not nearly as difficult to read as the King James Version, it still uses a vocabulary quite alien to people today.
Amplified Bible
Score: 50%
The Amplified Bible differs from most versions in that it goes more deeply into the meaning of words right in the text. Obviously that means the translation is not strictly literal, but neither is it dynamic. The result to me is sometimes an oversimplification in the amplification of terms. For instance, the amplification of "repentance" in Mark 1:15 only includes turning away from sin, not turning to God.
2 Timothy 2:25 in the Amplified Bible does not make it plain that repentance leads to the acknowledgement of the truth. Matthew 21:32 does not convey regret in the changing of one's mind. Acts 2:38 suggests repentance and baptism as being necessary in tandem. Mark 1:4 would have passed except, like Mark 1:15, the amplification of "repentance" does not include turning to God.
In Zechariah 12:10, it refers to "the Spirit of grace or unmerited favor and supplication." While this is not inaccurate, it is odd that "grace" needs to be explained as "unmerited favor" and supplication is not explained as being "prayer". Also it isn't plain that "grace or unmerited favor" is a reference to the same word; for clarity I would have done it as "grace (unmerited favor)" which is the usual way the Amplified Bible works. I haven't docked a point for Zechariah 12:10 but it does show an inconsistency in technique I find troubling.
Analytical-Literal Translation
Score: 100%
The Analytical-Literal Translation is a translation of only the New Testament. It is extremely accurate to the Greek. It can be fairly difficult reading at times because it adheres so closely to the source language, but it certainly brings out concepts from the Greek that no other translation does. Reading the Analytical-Literal Translation is an experience that I highly recommend. It utilizes creative ways of expressing the Greek tenses in our language. It also has an ōanalyticalö feature that shows, right in the text, possible variant translations. It is really the ultimate version for getting down to what the word really says (and means) without interpretive gloss of any kind.
As its textual base it uses the Byzantine Majority Text (more recently known as the Byzantine Textform, to dispel the myth that its textual choices are based simply on counting manuscripts). The Byzantine Majority Text is the logical successor to the Textus Receptus (or Received Text) that the KJV/NKJV are based on.
Bible in Basic English
Score: 30%
ōBasic Englishö is a subset of English with an 850-word vocabulary. I do not think the vocabulary is necessarily the problem here. Certainly, John 1:4 goes far beyond the Greek text, and the words ōon Meö would seem to be included in Basic English but not in Zechariah 12:10. Some theological slant is apparent in the text through the utter passivity assigned to the message to repent. When Jesus told people to repent, He was giving them a responsibility to do something, not asking them to be passive while it was done for them as the BBE implies in Mark 1:15, which also adds a number of words not present in the text being translated. In Luke 24:45-47, it again removes responsibility for repentance. 2 Timothy 2:25 loses the thought of repentance leading to acknowledgment of the truth. Mark 1:15 adds too much interpretative gloss to be considered representative of the original Greek.
Contemporary English Version
Score: 20%
The CEV would seem to be an even more heretical follow-up to the insipid ōTodayÆs English Versionö or ōGood News Bible.ö It was easy to find one for comparison at the used bookstore; it seems like a lot of them get traded in when people realize what a cesspool of heresy it really is. The TEV/GNB that the CEV succeeds is about 30% accurate, having the same problems in principle as the CEV but in a lower abundance.
Zechariah 12:10 hides the Trinity by not translating ōon Me.ö John 14:26 is worded to allow an impersonal view of the Holy Spirit. Not one of the repentance verses gives the full meaning of repentance. Mark 1:4 and Acts 2:38 both support baptismal regeneration. Only Genesis 1:2 and John 1:1-4 were actually translated properly, and John 1:1-4 only marginally so. This is a total perversion of GodÆs word.
Score: 80%
The Douay-Rhiems is a very accurate but dated Catholic version. Its accuracy far surpasses most (if not all) of the other versions that would replace it in the Catholic church, for example the New Revised Standard Version (reviewed below), the Jerusalem Bible and New Jerusalem Bible, the ōCatholic Editionö of the CEV, or the New American Bible (also reviewed below).
My only problem with the Douay-Rheims is that, as a translation of a translation (the Latin Vulgate), it copies a translation inaccuracy of the Vulgate itself in that it sometimes portrays the doctrine of repentance as the doctrine of "penance."
Repentance is the highly valuable changing of mind that leads one to true knowledge of Christ (2 Timothy 2:25). ōPenanceö on the other hand is a doctrine of grieving oneself in restitution for sin that is not implied by the original Greek word ōmetanoeioö. The term "penance" is an accurate translation of the Vulgate, but the Vulgate is at this point not an accurate translation of the Greek.
It is true that repentance is accompanied by a genuine (and sometimes terrible) regret for sin, but this regret itself is not repentance. Note in 1 Corinthians 7:9 that this sorrow is spoken of as leading to repentance, ōNow I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothingö (KJV).
So, in Luke 24:45-47 and Acts 2:38, I have docked the Douay-Rheims for using the word ōpenanceö instead of ōrepentance.ö Otherwise, I have no problems to report with this translation. Of course it uses Old English, but is actually fairly readable.
English Standard Version
Score: 70%
The English Standard Version is a quite literal version that is somewhat more readable than the NASB. It has a very strange rendering of Zechariah 12:10. The word for "prayer" is translated "pleas for mercy" for some reason, which obscures that the Spirit in this verse is the Spirit of prayer, the Holy Spirit. As well, "on Me" is translated as "on Me, on him" which weakens the identification with Jesus as God. Most Bible versions choose either "on Me" (accurate) or "on him" (inaccurate). This is the only version I've ever seen that uses both, turning the two words unnecessarily into four. Acts 2:38 presents repentance and baptism as being necessary in tandem. Matthew 21:32 does not convey regret in the changing of one's mind. All in all, I don't consider the ESV literal enough to be a good literal version, or readable enough to offer any improvement over more accurate versions already on the market.
Geneva Bible
Score: 70%
Although thirteen years older than the King James Version, the Geneva Bible seems easier to read. Unfortunately, I had to give it a lower mark than I had expected because of its translations of Mark 1:4, Acts 2:38 and John 1:1-4.
In Mark 1:4, rather than the word "repentance", the Geneva uses the phrase "the amendment of life" which is not the same thing. This wording implies that you have to clean up your life on your own before you can believe, when in fact you simply have to "repent", that is, to "change your mind." At that point God's sanctifying hands can help you to change your ways. In Acts 2:38, again, "repent" is replaced with "amend your lives."
My only other problem with the Geneva Bible is that, in John 1:1-4, in reference to the Word of God, it uses the impersonal pronoun "it" rather than the personal pronoun "Him".
Holman Christian Standard Bible *
Score: 90%
The Holman Christian Standard Bible is a rather unique Bible version in that it is translated using a heretofore unheard of technique called "optimal equivalence." This is more literal than dynamic equivalency and yet more readable than formal equivalency (or literal translation). The result is a text that is as pleasant to read as any dynamic equivalency version, but is somewhat more reliable. Though they score the same, I would say that this translation is better than NIV and the optimal choice for anyone who finds more literal translations too hard to read.
My reservations in recommending this are two. Zechariah 12:10 uses the indefinite article in "a spirit of..." rather than the definite article "the" (although "the spirit" is in a footnote). We don't like that but we don't dock points for it; there is more discussion on this point in my review of the NIV (below). We dock one point for Matthew 21:32, which fails to convey regret in the changing of one's mind.
King James Version
Score: 100%
The King James Version receives a 100% grade on this test. This is not to say that there are no areas in which the King James does not have the best possible translation or to claim there are no benefits in language updating. However, it is by any account an excellent Bible version and has none of the serious, deliberate doctrinal deviations that we are looking for in this test.
I have some reservations toward people picking up the King James Version as a main Bible in this day and age, because the language differences since 1611 could easily frustrate a person in Bible study or cause them to get the wrong ideas. Many words in English have actually reversed meaning since 1611. Nevertheless, I think everyone should have one for comparison. If you know Elizabethan English, it is actually a pleasant, captivating read. IÆve read the King James New Testament a number of times, and there is a pleasing reverence in the language. The New Testament is translated mainly from the Textus Receptus (in English, the Received Text), which is a fairly good though somewhat dated representative of the Byzantine text.
Literal Version
Score: 100%
It should be noted that the Literal Version is included also in Jay P. GreenÆs Interlinear Bible, which is even more highly recommended. GreenÆs Interlinear includes Strong numbers in the original-language portion, which is a great aid to laymen, for it is easy for non-Greek speakers to check the definitions of words in StrongÆs Exhaustive Concordance. It is translated from the Textus Receptus.
The Message
Score: 30%
To be honest, I'm kind of surprised to be able to give The Message a 30% mark. Eugene Peterson does get the Trinity right most of the time (hence the 30% mark) but otherwise, his translation is far, far wide of the mark. Its readings support baptismal regeneration and, ironically, the real message of the Bible--repent--is completely obscured in The Message. This is an absolutely terrible translation.
New American Bible
Score: 60%
Not to be confused with the New American Standard Bible, the New American Bible is a Catholic version done by mainly Catholic (and a few Protestant) scholars in cooperation with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The version I reviewed is available for reading on the Vatican web site and is the most recent version.
My criticisms of it are these: The Holy Spirit is omitted from Genesis 1:2, being replaced with a "wind." Zechariah 12:10 uses the indefinite article for "a spirit of grace and petition," which we don't like but have not been docking points for (see the notes on the NIV for a full explanation). However, in this case we did dock points for Zechariah 12:10 in that it is translated "they shall look on him whom they have thrust through" instead of "they shall look on Me whom they have thrust through", a translation that obscures the trinitarian teaching of this verse. Matthew 21:32 skips the notion of "feeling sorry" in changing one's mind; the word translated is a lesser form of "repent" that means to have remorse or regret.
Acts 2:38 naturally supports a baptismal regeneration view, being a Catholic translation, and we docked points for that. Interestingly, Mark 1:4 does not support baptismal regeneration, but I suppose that would be considered the difference between John's baptism and Christian baptism in the Catholic view. On a positive note the New Testament teaches accurately on repentance as necessary to come to faith, which is an improvement on the Douay-Rheims which, following the Vulgate, frequently recasts this as "penance."
As a side note, I understand that traditional Catholics are disturbed by the notes which are said to contain liberal and higher-critical views, and question the authorship of some books. I went to the Bible Society and read a small number of the notes and they did seem to have a modernistic slant that might disturb the faith of some. What's worse, having looked at all the NAB's they had, it seemed impossible to get one without the notes.
New American Standard Bible *
Score: 100%
I have a great appreciation for the NASBÆs accuracy and its plain, easy to understand English. Also worthy of appreciation is the fact that the Lockman Foundation produces this Bible not as a commercial venture; it is a non-profit organization. The only thing about NASB that I have to mention is that it uses the Consensus Text, so people really need to decide for themselves which underlying text is better in order to choose between NASB and NKJV. One or the other is the best translation in the world today. Personally, I prefer a more Byzantine text (such as the text underlying the NKJV) but I also prefer the English style of the NASB.
New International Version *
Score: 90%
The New International Version, the best-selling version in the world today, is a dynamic equivalency version that is more formal than most other dynamic equivalency versions and hence somewhat more accurate, though still less accurate than most formal equivalency versions.
Zechariah 12:10 uses the indefinite article (a) rather than the definite article (the) in describing the Spirit of prayer and supplication. While I really don't like that, I haven't docked a point for it because the Hebrew doesn't force assuming the definite article, although it should be theologically obvious. Still, I must note that in my opinion the use of the indefinite article weakens the strong trinitarian doctrinal teaching in this verse.
The only serious flaw I found in the test was in Acts 2:38, where repentance and baptism are tied together as being necessary in tandem for the forgiveness of sins.
The NIV is not as bad as many versions, but is not as good as the cream of the crop; nor is its readability so much better than the more accurate versions that it should be considered. It is in the middle of the road in terms of translation theory (dynamic and formal), and it should not be surprising that it is middle of the road in quality as well.
New King James Version *
Score: 100%
I recommend the New King James Version above the King James Version because the language updating is necessary. Some of the words in the King James Version have even reversed meaning since its translation in 1611. In addition, we have learned things about the Hebrew and Greek languages in the time between 1611 and the present. This additional knowledge necessarily enhances the translation. Finally, where the NKJV and KJV differ, most frequently the NKJV is proven to be the more accurate version when compared against the original languages. Both the KJV and NKJV are translated from the Textus Receptus in the New Testament.
The NKJV is available in the form of some very good (and some not-so-good) study Bibles. For best results, I would recommend avoiding study Bibles, especially for new Christians, as this is a means of re-introducing the problem of manÆs interpretations, to the detriment of even good translations.
New Living Translation *
Score: 60%
While not nearly as bad as the CEV and its ilk, the New Living Translation is still far wide of the mark required for a Bible version to be considered an accurate account of the word of God. The best thing I can say for the NLT is that, unlike the NIV, the problem appears to be an inability to accurately translate, rather than a deliberate modification of verses to suit a given theological viewpoint.
Like NIV, Zechariah 12:10 does not use the definite article with regard to the "spirit of prayer and supplication", but, although I hate that practice, I have not docked any points for that because the Hebrew text does not force the use of the definite article, although it should be theologically obvious. In John 14:26, the New Living Translation completely misses the thought that the Father will send the Holy Spirit ōin My name,ö in the name of Jesus. At 2 Timothy 2:25, the NLT misses the representing the full meaning of ōrepentö in the passage. In Acts 2:38, baptism is represented as part of a causal relationship in the receiving of the Holy Spirit, a concept disproved later in Acts, in which Peter meets Gentiles who had received the Holy Spirit without being baptized, and subsequently baptizes them. Mark 1:15 contains too much interpretive gloss to be considered accurate. Although I agree with the interpretation, it goes beyond the text to supply it. This one is translated from the United Bible Societies text, which differs from Nestle-Aland in very few places.
New Revised Standard Version
Score: 50%
The New Revised Standard Version goes to prove that, just because a version is formal equivalency, does not automatically mean it is accurate.
The New Revised Standard Version has a problem in John 1:1-4, not in that it attempts to deny the trinity on this point, but in that it attempts to leave the door open for evolution through a twist in the translation and many inserted words not in the Greek text. In Zechariah 12:10, ōon Meö has been replaced in the text by ōthe one,ö although the correct translation is footnoted. In Genesis 1:2, the entire concept of the Holy Spirit is removed without justification in the Hebrew text. In Matthew 21:32, it completely skips the notion of repenting in terms of feeling sorry; the actual Greek text here is a lesser form of the word ōrepentö that means ōfelt sorry.ö In Acts 2:38, NRSV supports baptismal regeneration by changing the word ōforö to ōso that.ö
In Mark 1:4, the National Council of Churches shows its dislike of Baptists by translating ōJohn the Baptistö as ōJohn the baptizer,ö which is pretty funny, since ōbaptizerö is not a word in the English language. It makes you wonder if Presbyterians and Methodists have ōpianizers and organizersö playing in their worship services. We wonÆt dock them for using non-English words, but technically, if they really wanted to change it, they should have rendered it ōimmerser,ö which is what the Greek word really means, though quite an alien concept to their theology.
The NRSV has been carefully crafted to be open to just about any doctrinal position, orthodox or not, matching the position of the churches that produced it.
New World Translation *
Score: 10%
Unless you are a cult researcher, you have no use for the New World Translation. I have read most if not all of the New World Translation in my former life as an unwitting unbeliever. Practically none of the essential truths of the Bible could ever be discovered from the New World Translation.
Supposedly translated from the Westcott-Hort Greek Text, in reality none of the four ōtranslatorsö actually knew Biblical Greek (this was proven in court some years ago). The NWT is actually a doctrinally modified paraphrase, probably of the American Standard Version.
Only Acts 2:38 was translated accurately, and that is only because the JehovahÆs Witnesses do not believe in baptismal regeneration. In Genesis 1:2, ōSpiritö is translated ōactive force.ö Neither word present in the text or implied by the meaning. Zechariah 12:10 substitutes ōthe one whom they piercedö instead of ōon Me whom they piercedö to obscure the Trinity. Matthew 21:32 does not indicate a repentant change of mind, only regret. Mark 1:4 inserts an interpretation, not the word of God. Mark 1:15 presents the command to repent as a way of being, not as an action to take. Luke 24:45- 47 replaces ōin His nameö with ōon the basis of his name,ö obscuring the sense. John 1:1- 4 has a grammatically impossible rendering of ōa god.ö John 14:26 depersonalizes the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:48 dispenses with the concept of destiny which is present in the real text. 2 Timothy 2:25 is changed from an acknowledgment of the truth, and introduces a concept of ōinfavorable dispositionö rather than ōin opposition.ö This is not to mention that the word ōJehovahö is inserted 237 times throughout the New Testament, though not one Greek NT manuscript contains the word.
If you have a copy of the NWT, please do not take this version to a used bookstore to get rid of it. Let its damage stop with you and take a stand against false doctrine by throwing it out yourself.
Today's English Version
Score: 30%
The TEV is an only slightly less heretical paraphrase than the Contemporary English Version, which more perfects the heresies espoused by the American and Canadian Bible Societies.
Zechariah 12:10 hides the Trinity by translating "on Me" as "at the one." Like the CEV, John 14:26 is worded to allow an impersonal view of the Holy Spirit. The full meaning of repentance is concealed in Mark 1:15, Matthew 21:32, and 2 Timothy 2:25, depicting repentance as only "turning from sins" and not "turning to God." Mark 1:4 and Acts 2:38 support baptismal regeneration. Only Genesis 1:2, John 1:1-4, and Luke 24:47-49 were actually translated properly. A person reading this trash is not reading the Bible, but is wasting his or her time.
World English Bible
Score: 100%
The World English Bible is quite easy to read and yet highly accurate to the original text. It is mainly formal equivalency but uses dynamic equivalency very sparingly and normally with a positive effect. The New Testament text in this case is the Byzantine Majority Text, which in my opinion at least is the best possible text upon which to base a translation of Scripture. A project of Rainbow Missions Inc., the text is copyright-free. Based on the Byzantine Majority Text, the WEB represents the best in both text and translation technique.
I believe I have covered most of the main Bible versions in use today, along with all of the versions available with our Bible Search Utility software. Although I had already carefully evaluated all the versions we use in the BSU for accuracy, I was happy to see that all of them scored 100% in this rather stringent test.
These results show that the very best dynamic equivalency versions constitute at minimum a 10% loss in accuracy, while the average dynamic equivalency version seems to lose about 70-80%, like the TEV and CEV. You must understand the severity of this loss of accuracy. In the CEV, for example, only 1 in 5 verses would be truly accurate to the Word of God.
Therefore, I cannot in good conscience recommend any version that fell below 100% on this test. I will then make this recommendation. If you are really having a hard time understanding a formal equivalency Bible version, I strongly suggest you should try other formal equivalency versions before resorting to dynamic equivalency versions. For example, most people I know find the NKJV very understandable. I know some other people could not understand the NKJV, and switched to the NASB, which they find very understandable. The NASB handles English grammar differently than the NKJV, which attempts to retain a flow like the KJV. The switch from NKJV to NASB constitutes no real loss of accuracy compared to the switch from NKJV to one of the dynamic versions.
Since this article was originally written, the Holman Christian Standard Bible has been released and represents an easy to read alternative to both literal translations and dynamic equivalency in its optimal equivalency technique. While it ties with NIV with a 90% score, we feel it's a bit better than NIV and much better than the more dynamic versions.
I recognize it is very expensive to buy Bibles just to try them, but it is possible to sample most versions online for free using the Bible Gateway.
If you cannot find any formal equivalency translation understandable, please purchase one anyway for comparison with any dynamic equivalency version you decide to use, and make no life-changing decisions unless the formal version firmly supports the dynamic version's interpretation.
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It was the second national strike in France in a fortnight, closing schools, grounding planes, shutting railways and even stopping the presses of Le Monde.
The unions said 3 million workers turned out in protest last Thursday, while the government insisted fewer than a million had bothered to take to the streets.
Whatever the truth, Nicolas Sarkozy is facing a defining moment in his presidency.
In the past 30 years, only one French president has failed to win a second term. In 1981 Valery Giscard d'Estaing was defeated by Francois Mitterrand, who went on to grant the French one of the lowest retirement ages in Europe.
The decision to wind back this popular reform - to lift the retirement age from 60 to 62 - is likely to become the issue that makes or breaks Mr Sarkozy.
With less than two years before the next presidential election campaign, he is staring down a couple of popular left-wing opponents: the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and the mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry.
He also has problems inside his own centre-right tent, and is battling a bitter and disillusioned group, forged into a new party led and created by his patrician arch-enemy, Dominique de Villepin, a former prime minister.
Recent polls suggest that voter unhappiness is high and 55 per cent of the French hanker for a return of the left at the helm.
At the heart of the unrest lie decisions that face the whole of Europe: an ageing population, a contracting worker base and a burgeoning pension-fund shortfall. A new era of austerity is eating away at benefits long enjoyed by many - but in France, seen as an unassailable right.
Compared with the tough cuts being implemented by many other countries in the European Union, including Britain, Greece and Spain, France's pension reforms seem minor. France faces a state pension-fund shortfall of €42 billion ($58 billion) within eight years thanks to having to fund an average 12.5 years in retirement for its citizens. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says only Italy funds longer retirement, at 14.1 years.
With almost all workers in Europe eligible for a pension, governments are only too aware they need to keep more people working longer. The OECD estimates there are four workers for every retiree in Europe. That ratio will halve by mid-century.
''With the population ageing and increasing financial pressure on old-age systems it will be difficult to finance adequate pensions if people do not work longer,'' Monika Queisser, head of the OECD's social policy division, told the Herald.
So far there is no serious move to slash generous benefits for public servants, who retire on 75 per cent of their salary in their last six months at work.
French trade unions are known for their ability to galvanise the broader workforce, with a long and proud history of strikes and street protests that has forced previous governments not only into backdowns but also into big concessions, including longer paid holidays and the lowering of retirement ages in 1983.
This time around the unions are slightly less confident. The first national strike two weeks ago brought 2 million workers to the streets and 800,000 in Paris alone. Last week, however, numbers were down and some union leaders are anxious that workers are aware of the challenges across Europe and may not have the intestinal fortitude to embark on a long winter of lost pay.
Germany has already moved to staggered increases in its retirement age from 65 to 67. In Britain, a huge round of job cuts looms, and in Italy and Spain long-term pay freezes have been implemented, with more pain to come.
Mr Sarkozy has been cleverly working to neutralise the industrial impact, too: rail workers must give two days' notice of strikes, local government has been forced to step in and provide childcare if schools are closed and transport workers have been excluded from the rise in retirement age.
Most recently, the President has been forced to weather a string of financial and personal scandals enmeshing several ministers, including the man in charge of his pension reforms, Eric Woerth. On all fronts he has held his nerve.
How long he can hold firm against his voters' revolutionary spirit may well determine his political future.

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I find that most the folks, both men and women, who lament their inability to find someone worth dating generally fall into 2 camps.
1) They are people who DO NOTHING... literally.. they go to work, and they go home, and if they do anything its with their family... This is not conducive to meeting new people, which is what is neccessary to find folks worth dating.
2) They have unrealistic expectations.. If you are 100lbs overweight, the likehood of you being able to get a date with the gal with the perfect figure, or the guy with the 6 pack abs is greatly reduced. A 8 has a chance with a 10... a 7 with a great personality might be able to get there... but a 5 is not going to bag a 10... most of the time. If you have absolutely ZERO personality, even if you are good looking you are going to have a hard time having any kind of long term relationship...
Basically it boils down the old axiom... Sex discriminates against the shy and the ugly.
Well, that turtleneck isn't doing her any favors... From a looks perspective she's not going go have problems finding someone to date.. not georgeous, but not hideous... personality though.. that's another story.
Well yes, they do... Wallet Size trumps looks for a guy often enough. It is truly amazing to see how a woman looks differently at you after she finds out your net worth.
As to what you refer to as "duds".... I don't classify them all as duds... I know several very attractive women, who fall into that category... they just don't go out.... and when they do its with their family or friends they have known since they were children.. they never ever go someplace where they are likely to actually meet someone new.....
In fact the one girl would up dating her sisters husbands cousin, because honestly, he was probably the first single guy that she had talked to outside of work in years.... A little too incestuous for me... but whatever works.
I think its a shyness/self esteem thing for some folks who are more than pleasant... they just don't get out. Now the real duds are a whole other story... don't even want to go there.
I got into a cab the other day and asked him to take me where I could score. He took me to my house.
It's not just about money, though that's one factor people often cite. It's a lot more complicated than that - I know a lot of average looking men with above-average looking romantic companions, and many of them aren't wealthy. That's a factor, but that's not it, in itself.
As for duds, I think a person who puts little effort into cultivating an interesting personality and lifestyle is a dud. Men and women. A dud is a dud. They get rejected. That's a good thing.
I see what you're saying, but a person who makes no sincere attempt at finding quality members of the opposite sex for courtship, and then laments that there are no good people out there for them, are just not doing their part. I feel sorry for them only in the respect that they can change easily, but for whatever reason just don't do it.
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No money isn't the only factor... but its a big one. Like I said.. I'm not a bad looking guy and pretty outgoing guy, never had a problem meeting women... but even I have seen the difference in women around me when they found out my net worth/income.. a fact that I go out of my way to generally keep discreet.. its not Donald Trumpish huge, but its well above the median.
I will agree with the fact an attractive woman will date a man of a lesser attractive level than attractive man to date a lesser attractive women in the general case. And yes there are more complex issues that come to play for it, but there is absolutely no doubt that money is the biggest of them... Others might be, he was there for her when she needed him.. he was just truly a nice guy after her dating many self absorbed jerks.... etc etc.. but the most consistent when you see a guy thats with a woman WAY above his scale is the greenback.
Another old axiom... Women love you for one reason and one reason only, its in your pants and size matters... its called your wallet.
Having a lot of money helps a lot, but not having a lot of money doesn't hurt a lot, either. Most men aren't wealthy, and most men have no problem finding a romamtic companion.
I didn't say they didn't find a romantic companion... I said a lesser looking guy with a georgeous woman tends to be $$$ behind it.
You don't need money to find a date, obviously... but when you see a guy with a woman vastly above his looks... more often than not greenback has something to do with it.
I have said from the beginning that most folks who gripe about not being able to find someone, aren't looking or are unrealistic in their expectations. Most people can find nice enough people to date if they just put out the effort... and yes that might mean you gotta deal with some jerks in the search for it.
I didn't get married until I was in my forties - I thought women just didn't like me - wasn't "bad" or "naughty" enough.
My wife says that my problem was that I didn't have a clue.
But now I'm happily married!
And as any married many knows... the wife is always right.
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These men looking for the 'right' woman are running into women looking for the 'right' man.
All I know is, in my experience, when the looks are grossly divergent, pay grade is involved a lot in what I have seen.
Every woman I have ever met, always says "money isn't important"... but every single one of them was told by their mother, and their mother before them, and has told their daughters if they have them....
"Its just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one."
I'm not suggesting all women are superficial, but in my personal experience, when you see a couple where looks are grossly mismatched and the wife is georgeous and the guy is much lower on the scale... $$$ is the most consistent reason... The #2 on the list behind money is women who for various reasons have lower self esteem... Now I am sure there are hundreds of other reasons, as human relationships are always complex, but in terms of the top 2 in my personal exposure and experience.. that's them.
Go to San Francisco to find women?
Sheeeet!Half of the WOMEN there are muff divers!
Really,though,marriage in this day and age is a joke.Women looking for ATM machines to satisfy their shopping addictions.The Sex and the City girls who don't believe that you"can't turn a ho into a housewife".
Marriage was destroyed long ago by the feminists and do your own thing liberals.The Fifties will never return and Ward and June are forever gone from the scene.
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do those testers work with "old school" C7 bulbs with E12 bases?
and even though the system is a parallel circuit and there's current from the male end to the female end (I plugged in a trouble light) a bad bulb could still be causing the problem?
If they operate on 120v this tester will work just fine.
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A reoccurring theme of movies during the mid-'80s was that of scrappy kids beating the odds. Daniel-son had to defeat the Cobra Kai in 'The Karate Kid' and the teens of Calumet, Colorado had to fight off most of the communist block in 'Red Dawn.' But probably the biggest underdogs were 'The Goonies,' a band of misfits from the goon docks of Astoria, Oregon who had to outlast a fugitive family to find the amply booby-trapped treasury of 17th Century pirate "One-Eyed Willie" and prevent their parents' homes from being turned into a golf course.
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It's been fourteen years since an original episode of 'Seinfeld' aired, yet the sitcom still looms large over pop culture.
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It is often hard to know who has had to embark on the larger cultural revolution in the great Chinese investment game: the apparatchiks at the state-owned enterprises or the Foreign Investment Review Board.
It has been a long process but this week we have received two important inputs into the debate about discrimination and fair treatment that is evidently not going to go away quickly.
FIRB released figures under Freedom of Information that show 52 Chinese state-owned companies (and 17 private firms) withdrew investment proposals before the agency had a chance to rule on them between November 2007 and the beginning of this year.
This provides the counterbalance to the government's running tally of how much Chinese investment has been approved – which as of March was 230 proposals worth $60 billion with only six having conditions imposed.
As is well known from the Singapore bid for the Australian Securities Exchange, FIRB rarely rejects investment applications but the withdrawal process provides for a face-saving compromise all around.
FIRB has been able to mostly skate along under the radar in the past, providing a veneer of oversight for the foreign capital inflow that savings-poor Australia needs to develop.
But when a new-generation Liberal member of parliament like
So far we have had more clarity about what has really gone on about Chinese investment from the Wikileaks disclosures about BHP's lobbying against Chinalco and how the rules were changed to curb the flood of Chinese investment which greeted (or tested) the government of Mandarin-speaking Kevin Rudd.
Earlier this month FIRB chairman John Phillips complained about the number of FOI requests he was getting. His agency has clearly had a big and challenging workload in recent years but the FOI requests are a response to a culture where there has been lack of clarity about process, late annual reports and quite remarkable lack of accountability about the 2009 change of policy on thresholds.
The Frydenberg move shows that voters are suspicious about foreign investment even though it funds their way of life. FIRB needs to see its role as providing good data so we can debate this.
The Australian public aren't much different to Chinese investors in their suspicion that the system is somehow rigged against them, according to very useful new research published by the Lowy Institute for International Policy this week.
Former Treasury official and UBS economist John Larum says Chinese investors typically feel the Australian rules have been tilted against them and they are vulnerable to domestic political and media campaigns in Australia.
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ST. PETERSBURG - There was no fooling around at Northside Christian's wrestling practice Tuesday evening.
A team with several interesting personalities, the Mustangs know just how important this weekend's state tournament is. And the discipline was evident in practice. When a timing buzzer signaled the end of a drill, that wasn't a sign for the wrestlers to relax and start goofing off. Instead they studiously continued to the next exercise, a plain example of Northside's focused mentality that has served the team well all season.
Coach Chris Wilmington knows the talent is evident in this group, which is ranked third in Class A according to Scout.com and will be sending seven off to the Lakeland Center, including 135-pound defending champion Dalton Dennis.
"Coaching this group of kids is just so much more than just wrestling," Wilmington said. "We are a real close group of individuals. It's kind of cliche, but we're a real close family. I have no academic problems, no discipline problems with these kids. These guys do more than just practice together, they hang out together. These kids have been going two-a-days and really enjoy doing it. I don't see us failing."
Local fans know of the success of the Dennis brothers, Dryden and Dalton, but there is a bevy of Mustangs who have more than just an outside shot of taking home gold Saturday. Senior Brian Travis, 42-3 and a three-time state qualifier, is ranked second in the 125-pound class and sees himself standing on the podium at the end of the day.
"I've always wanted to be a state champion," Travis said. "My brother Nick fell one match short of qualifying for states back in '08 at St. Petersburg Catholic. I kind of feel like I have to not only do it for him, but myself and the team. It would be a huge accomplishment if I could do it this weekend."
But setting aside all the individual goals and looking at the team's chance of nabbing a state crown is something every Mustang wrestler is aspires to, as Northside is the only Pinellas County squad that has a shot.
Senior 145-pounder Cliff Barker, who has wrestled under Wilmington since seventh grade, understands how satisfying it would be to bring a state title back to Northside.
"Winning region last weekend really has given us to confidence to win state," Barker said. "Last year we were second at everything, second at district, second at region, but hopefully we can change that all around this weekend. This season we finished first at district, first at region and hopefully we can finish first at states."
State meet at the Lakeland Center
Friday: weigh-ins, 8 a.m.; wrestling, 10 a.m.; Saturday: weigh-ins, 7:30 a.m.; restart, 9 a.m.; finals, 5 p.m.
2009 champions: Gulf (A); Oviedo (2A); Brandon (3A)
Skinny: It's go time at the Lakeland Center, as 38 Pinellas County wrestlers will be vying for individual titles. Northside Christian's Dalton Dennis (135), who won gold last year, will try to repeat and lead the Mustangs to a Class A team crown in the process. Dunedin's Mike Hogan comes into the state tournament with an impressive 50-3 mark and will have to get by a tough crowd in the Class 2A 171-pound class. Largo's Clarence "Snoop" Longley ranks third in the state in the 135-pound class, according to Scout.com, and could face Springstead's Cody Ross on Saturday. Expect Springstead and Brandon to contend for team titles in Class 2A and 3A, respectively.
Wrestlers to watch: A - Marty Milne, CCC (119); Jordan Christopher, CCC (125); Brian Travis, Northside Christian (125); Dryden Dennis, Northside Christian (130); Dalton Dennis, Northside Christian (135); Dontae McGee, Admiral Farragut (140); Anthony Melillo, Northside Christian (140); Cliff Barker, Northside Christian (145); Zane May, Northside Christian (152); Jason Piquette, Northside Christian (160); Kenny Price, Lakewood (171); Justin Lewandowski, CCC (189); Blaine Ward, Admiral Farragut (215); 2A - De'Jhuan Monroe (103), Boca Ciega; Dana Harrington, Dixie Hollins (125); James Bueno, Dixie Hollins (135); Clarence Longley, Largo (135); Austin Prince, Dunedin (140); Cody McKinnon, Largo (140); Matthew Dixon, Osceola (140); Josh Jeffries, Largo (145); Chris Johnson, Largo (152); Kyle Goodnow (160), Dunedin; Jonathan Gille, Osceola (160); Mike Hogan, Dunedin (171); David Vogheny (189), Largo; Jared Willet, Osceola (215); RJ Luth, Dunedin (215); Shane Haller, Osceola (285); 3A - Patrick Brown, East Lake (112); Ryan Hartman, Countryside (119); Aaron Hartman, PHU (130); Dylan Gouletas, East Lake (145); Charles McDaniel, Countryside (160); Nick Oregera, PHU (171); Kevin Kitchen, Countryside (215); Jared Stippert, PHU (215); Ryan Johnson, Countryside (285)


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LAS VEGAS, Nevada - The Wyoming volleyball team (8-7 overall, 2-2 in the MWC) wrapped up their road trip with a five game loss (30-26, 20-30, 30-27, 8-30, 14-16) against the UNLV Rebels (8-5 overall, 2-1 in the MWC), on Sunday afternoon, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UNLV jumped out to a very early 4-1 lead to begin the first game, but Wyoming battled back with a 9-4 run to take their first lead 10-8. The score was quickly evened up at ten a piece by the Rebels, but again the Cowgirls scored the next ten of twelve to open up an eight point advantage, 20-12. Wyoming continued to lead throughout by seven or eight points until an 8-2 run pulled UNLV to within three points. UW held on to win game one 30-26.
The Cowgirls fell behind again in the opening part of the second game as the Rebels went ahead 11-5. They continued to maintain that lead as Wyoming struggled to score points. Finally, UW seemed to get it going as an
11-5 run tied up the score at 16 all. The two teams traded points until UNLV scored the final 11 of 12 points to take the game 30-20.
Game three started with the Cowgirls taking the advantage 8-5, which was answered by the Rebels with a 9-1 run to go up 14-9. Wyoming responded with a 10-5 run of their own to even up the score at 19. From that point, the scoring went back and forth as neither team took more than a one or two point lead. The Cowgirls finally got the upper hand and won the game 30-27 to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
UNLV came out and dominated game four from the beginning while the Cowgirls struggled to put points on the board. The Rebels would win the game 30-8 to force a fifth and deciding game.
Wyoming jumped out quickly in the fifth game taking the lead, 7-3. UNLV battled their way back in to it with a 9-3 run to go up 12-10. Wyoming hung in there and had match point at 14-13 unfortunately the Rebels came back to win the game 16-14.
Three players for the Cowgirls finished the night with nine kills, including Rachel Smith. She finished with nine kills and a career high 19 digs. As a team, Wyoming hit only .127 (44-22-173) compared to .233 (82-34-206) by UNLV.
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Young girls are more likely to possess a smartphone than their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.
Market research firm Mintel carried out a report on smartphone habits, finding that girls aged seven to 15 were more likely to own a smartphone than their male counterparts and 45 per cent use one of the devices every day, compared to 35 per cent of boys.
Samuel Gee, technology analyst at Mintel, explained to the Telegraph that this trend is present because girls tend to opt for gadgets that facilitate communication and collaboration, while boys like devices that entertain them.
Just 14 per cent of children between seven and 15 have never used a smartphone.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- About a decade ago, the Department of Defense (DoD) asked the Air National Guard's services to step up research and implementation of distance learning methods as a means of training service members, said Master Sgt. John Kayko, superintendent for the Air Guard distributed learning program.
Classes may be conducted via satellite broadcast, on CD-ROM, over the Internet -- even by teleconference.
"We follow private industry and try to get the very latest e-learning technology they're using and adapt it to our DoD-related methods," Kayko explained.
In 1995, the Air Guard put in a satellite-based learning system called the "Warrior Network" and concurrently created its distance learning policy branch. The Air National Guard and Army National Guard mutually share the Warrior Network and many other e-learning resources, Kayko said.
The University of Nebraska is working with the Air Guard and Army Guard to develop "Project Alert," which includes common courses suitable for e-learning, Kayko said. One example is a hazardous material-handler training course that's available to service members on CD-ROM and on the Web.
Kayko said the Air Guard's Warrior Network is mostly televised by satellite with three uplink sites and 202 downlink sites or classrooms, which feature high-definition television monitors and open speaker systems so the students can communicate with the instructor.
Multiple hookups can be used to connect several classrooms of students, and one course using this networking technique is the Satellite NCO Academy, which features 13 weeks of satellite-broadcast lessons and two weeks of resident instruction.
The active Air Force provides the majority of formal resident training to Air National Guard members and Air Force reservists, Kayko said, and the Air Force plans to convert some classroom instruction to e-learning format.
Kayko said several active Air Force courses are now being converted to e-learning format via Project Alert, and DoD's advanced distance learning Sharable Content Object Reference Model courseware is currently being used by the services in providing standardized Internet-based instruction.


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TUSCALOOSA — Prominent leaders in Alabama weighed in on Friday on allegations that all-white sororities passed over two prospective black members because of pressure from alumnae, and in one case, an adviser.
Paul Bryant Jr., president pro tem of the board of trustees for the University of Alabama Systems and the son of legendary football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, said the school does not support the segregation of any organization. Gov. Robert Bentley, an alumnus, reiterated that fraternal organizations should choose members based on their qualifications, not race.
The student newspaper, The Crimson-White, first reported the allegations this week. The story quoted at least one named sorority member and several other anonymous ones as saying they wanted to invite the two black students to join, but were overridden.
One of the board's trustees, former Alabama Supreme Court Justice John England Jr., confirmed his stepgranddaughter was one of the black students passed over during recruitment in August.
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When British gymnast Sam Oldham took home a bronze medal at the London Olympics, his grandmother had a reason to be excited besides the usual grandmotherly pride.
Before the Games started, Linda Aldred placed a small bet at 200/1 that Sam would win a medal in London. When he and his British teammates took home the bronze in the team competition, Aldred thought her £5 (about $8) ticket was a big winner.
But upon trying to cash out the ticket for £1,000, Aldred was told her bet was void because the medal was won in a team competition, not an individual event.
"I was stunned," she told The Telegraph.
Aldred said she had never been in a betting shop before. The small wager was in honor of her late husband and Sam's grandfather, Eric, who died in 2006. She told the newspaper he was a "betting man" who loved making wagers.
"I am really happy Sam won," she said. "It is more the principle than the money. I could have used the winnings to pay for my ticket to see Sam at the 2016 Olympics in Rio."
Oddsmakers in Great Britain frequently take creative futures bets with long odds. This summer, a deceased man's decade-old wager on Roger Federer winning seven Wimbledon titles helped win $150,000 for a charity.
A closer look at Aldred's betting slip (click here to see a picture) isn't clear on whether the bookie was clear about individual vs. team medal.
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What exactly is your problem with your fridge?
this unit is in my summer home. bought new in MAy 2009. samsung model rs2777acrs. When we turned it on for this first time Thursday night, the open door chime began and has been chiming every couple of minutes since. There were some erred temperature readings for the freezer section on the front digital display - checked with an actual thermometer inside the freezer for clarification. Initially I thought the light was out in the freezer section but then it began to light when I opened to he door. I removed both of the door light switches and they were clean, intact and seemed to operate normally. I turned the power off to the unit off for 20 minutes to let it reset, no luck. The freezer and refrigerator side are both cooling normally now
It is here - chiming away i do not see any error codes that I recognize as such
"88 88" shows up then breifly a "3"....so fast I had to race to the front of the unit to see it before it went back to the normal display
the "3" was in the far right side of the display in the area of the last "8" of the "88 88" - "88 83"
yes, both buttons are on the upper right (power cool) and upper left (power freeze)
the display went black. then 1-2 minutes it came back on with temperature readings
the freezer now reads 16F the refrgierator 36F. the beeping is still present
ok, thank you for your time
yes, it is cooling, but I just noticed the ice maker is not dumping the ice - but when I depress the balck button under it it cycles and the frozen cubes are dispensed and fresh water refills the tray. the temp is not concistent, last night it went to -4 and now it reads 18f
This box has the two water supply solenoids for the ice maker and thru the door water supply also
but there are many red leads into this box and on the board, which do I take off and ensure good clean contacts?
ok, that is done. thank you for the clarification
I will reassemble things and plug it in and advise
the display read "88 88" then the "3" in the location of the most right-hand side "8" or as you mentioned an "8" with the top and bottom left side hash line missing.
the error codes refer to those two items. Do boards just fail? I do not mind the investment in the board, but I hate engaging a series remove and replace trail and error processes. Also, the board is back ordered and will take up to three weeks to get - which is unacceptable, but if course that is out of your are of concern - but within mine. If nothing changes with the board do I get to ask more questions in 14 days for example, or must I pay another fee for the same issue?
Barry, is there a temperature sensor in the freezer? if it was reading incorrectly would it cause these symptoms?
ok, thanks, I ordered the board.
Barry, I just installed the new board and the open door chime still sounds - so i am back to square one. What now, David


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Hi all, I'am interested in buying a 2011 or 2012 535xi. I have the funds to buy it cash. Besides the crappy tires, which I might replace as soon as I get it, what should I look out for. I will most likely be buying a CPO model. I've also read about some steering issues.
Thx all..
If buy "crappy Tires" you mean the bubbles issues, it's the 19" wheels that are prone to the developing bubbles. The 18" that come with the xi non-sport model are fine. Seriously, I'd suggest you just read the forum to get more detail info on the car and any other issues.
I would drive one and that will give you the best impression on steering. You'll get lots of information from reading the forum, a lot of which relates to tip-in. Again, there is no substitute for driving one. A 2012 may drive a little differently from a 2011. From my experience its been a very good car.
You should really consider a MY 13. They have corrected the tip in issue, has a new navigation, and there are some great incentives right now.
Also the "steering" is related not related to the XI model since this has the older (and preferred by many) hydraulic steering.
I have a 2012 and never experienced any severe tip-in but drivers have had various experiences. In my view, the tip-in can be alleviated if you tune the car as well, but that's a whole other thread. Tuning really gives the 535 some get-up-and-go.
Hey peter, did you change your tires? Or are they the original 19"s.
OP, if the car drives weird, move on to another one. Don't risk it. Good luck. Do you know what options are important?
If you have the cash (I don't care if you earn your money over time by selling donkeys) that you should buy a left-over new 2012 or new 2013. The standard 18" wheel Continentals are fine and aren't crappy. The crappy part runs into a production run of Goodyear RFT LS2's mainly found on some 2012's, 2011's and before. Having the right tire pressure (following full load placard) I think makes a difference.
I had a 2011 535xi that did have steering issues. Software reprogramming was done as some modification/changes to the front strut mounts were done. It was better but not perfect. I traded and got a 2012 550xi Sport Pkg. which is fine. It has none of the problems that my 535 had.
Do your research and check around. I don't think there's a large enough discount to buy used vs. buying new IMO--especially over 1-2 year old cars. You can take advantage of clearance specials, etc.
Good luck!
I agree with Peter C4--unless there were extenuating circumstances, I'd probably stick with stock with an AWD car.
What's interesting or rather distrubing is I've had a lot of people ask me about snows--whether they'd get one or not. It really ques some basic questions. Do you expect to have freezing temps, do you expect tke need for snow tires.
IMO all seaons = no seasons. They are the ultimate comprimise. Not all of us have concentrated population masses such as the NE. For that matter, if you think you might absolutley need to get to some place, get he snows. Come on, if you can afford a car that's in the 70-80k range, you can afford the snow tires. If not, get a Ford Truck (which makes sense if you live in some bad weather areas). I expect to travel in lake-effect snow areas at home, and for areas that I will travel in. So I put snows on. If the weather is bad, and I must be at a place for business or for medical care I'll go to my destination ahead of time. East coast low pressure systems aren't typically what spawns my weather, so I cannot depend on that. Each person really needs to look at their own weather patterns. What happens in NJ does not mean what you'll get in Omaha, Ohio. or PA.
I don't have a probem with people saying all-seaons should be ok. That's their decision. I've gotten snow tires for my cars for almost 20 years. Even my SUV's I've gotten snow tires for. I costs a lot of money, but it all pays back if something bad erupts. I can see both sides of it, but I have to bet on the safe side. I know I'll be traveling in heavy snow areas (my local is a heavy snow area) so I went with OE BMW recommended tires and wheels. They are also covered as a BMW part number under my tire & wheel insurance.
All I wish is for our members to get to their destinations safely. I live in an area that has very unpredictable weather events. That's all I can go by. Best wishes!
Thank you very much Peter and schnell525 for your input. It is very much appreciated. :thumbup: So if I'am buying new, should I shoot for a price of $1,000 over invoice?
I got my car at $500 over invoice, I think you shoot for that before incentives. Reach out to one of the sponsors, they will give you excellent pricing.
Thanks guys, you are a real help. I will start doing my H.W. :thumbup: I don't have a BMW yet so the $750 doesn't apply to me. But the $2000 does of course. So first go for $500-$1000 over invoice, then tac on the $2000. So I should be around $1000-$1500 under invoice when all is said and done right? Again, thx for all of your help. I will stay around and help others also when I get more knowledge.
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Key Notes: Responsibly managing the Government's finances
22 March 2013
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Managing the
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Reforming welfare
Building on trade links
Video on trade missions
Getting the Government's books in order is one of our priorities for this term in office, and we're on track to get back to surplus by 2014/15. At the same time, we're working hard towards our goal of building a more competitive and productive economy.
Great news out this week showed we are on the right track. Gross Domestic Product figures show growth of 3 per cent in our economy the last year, which was higher than forecast. In the December quarter of last year, growth was at 1.5 per cent.
Indications are that growth will continue this year as consumer and business confidence rises. A lift in household spending signals people are feeling more secure and optimistic. And it was good to see construction activity is picking up across the country - wider than the Canterbury rebuild - which is more good news for our communities.
This week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave their approval to our plan. They said we've got the right balance between providing the services New Zealanders need, while tracking back to surplus to protect our economy for the future.
Reforming welfare
National is reforming welfare, which we campaigned on at the last election, because our current system is not working. Almost 12 per cent of our working age population is on some form of benefit, and about 220,000 kids are growing up in a benefit-dependent home.
When I was young my father passed away, and my family relied on the welfare system to help us. We won't be making any changes to welfare that will stop those in genuine need from getting support to help them through.
Our changes alter the obligations we have for beneficiaries. And we're simplifying the current benefits from seven into three. This week, the Bill to enable these changes passed a second reading in Parliament. Our changes will be in place from July this year.
Building on trade links
Earlier this week I recorded a video where I talked through the importance of building on my connections with world leaders, to increase New Zealand's trading opportunities. When doors are open to our exporters, and they are doing well, they employ more Kiwis, providing a much-needed boost to our economy.
Watch my latest video to find out about the importance of my trade missions for New Zealand.
From my diary
Yesterday I was in New Plymouth, where I opened Nova Energy's new McKee Power plant. Today I'm in Auckland opening a new manufacturing facility for Fisher and Paykel Healthcare and meeting with Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra in Auckland.
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