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Madonna Gets Bruised During Tour Rehearsal
Being the biggest pop diva in the world is hard work, people! Madonna's body may be as tight as a drum but not even she is immune to the bumps, bruises, scrapes and scars that go with the territory. The singer shared photos of the nasty bruises she is nursing as a result of rehearsals for her upcoming world tour. You know you lead a charmed life when dancing is an occupational hazard! Even so, those injuries look incredibly painful. The Material Girl bleeds (internally) for her fans.
Madonna Unleashes Fierce 'Girl Gone Wild' Teaser Video
Madonna is making men go crazy as a wild temptress in a teaser clip for her 'Girl Gone Wild' video. Although the official clip has yet to be released, Queen Madge is giving everyone a taste of the second music video time from her 'MDNA' album, and it seems as if she's going back to her roots for some inspiration behind the intoxicating clip.
Madonna's Truth or Dare Perfume Ad Campaign Launches
Madonna will release her first fragrance in April, which will be available exclusively at Macys. The ad campaign is launching now and what perfect timing, with her new album 'MDNA' set to drop on March 26. Madge really is taking full advantage of her time in the spotlight to launch a myriad of products, ranging from music to beauty.
Madonna Not Doing a Promo Tour for 'MDNA'
Madonna is hunkering down and rehearsing for her sold-out 2012 World Tour in support of the to-be-released 'MDNA.'
Since Madge is otherwise occupied and in performance mode, her manager Guy Oseary, who is active on Twitter and is prone to sharing information about his famous client in her stead, revealed several nuggets for fans to feast on, over the course of multiple tweets, which you can check out via his Twitter feed. If you are a Madonna superfan, we suggest you follow him, since he posts updates and directly engages Madge-a-holics.
Madonna 'Love Spent' Snippet Lands Online
More M! D! N! A! has landed online. Following yesterday's snippet of 'I'm Addicted,' Madonna has leaked a minute-long teaser of 'Love Spent' from her forthcoming studio effort 'MDNA,' which impacts on March 26.
Madonna 'I'm Addicted' Snippet Hits the Web
Madonna Takes Shots at Ex Guy Richie in New Songs
Blu-Ray Trailer for Madonna's 'Truth Or Dare' Released
Madonna Denies Changing 'Girl Gone Wild' Song Title Because of Lawsuit
Take a step back, Joe Francis! Madonna, through her longtime manager Guy Oseary, has come out swinging against allegations that she changed her song 'Girl Gone Wild' from 'Girls Gone Wild' because of Francis' threats of a lawsuit.
Lourdes to Backup Dance on Madonna's World Tour
It's good to be Madonna's daughter, and not just because you can launch a teen clothing line with her at Macy's known as Material Girl. Madge has reportedly "hired" her 15-year-old daughter as a backup dancer on her upcoming world tour in support of 'MDNA,' which launches at the end of May.


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So, we bought a '12 2SS/RS convertible a few weeks ago. Immediately joined the forum and starting thinking about things to do to it to make it ours. This weekend was kind of the official start as we painted the calipers and plasti-dipped the wheels. Have to say that my wife is a great help and really into it...and about twice as particular about making it perfect as I am... Here's some photos....(if you zoom in and see how dirty the car is, forgive me...the wife had it out in the rain...ugh )
We used the G2 caliper paint system (inferno orange) and it was super slick. After the first coat, i was a little suspect, but after the 2nd and 3rd coats, it dried to perfection. Picked up some decals on eBay which look very nice...we'll see how well they hold up.
Plasti-dip process was about as simple as it can get....basically fool proof. Again, we'll see how it holds up...and for me it was an quick, cheap easy way to see if I liked the look. Maybe in the future do a powdercoat or black chrome if the plasti-dip doesn't hold up and needs done repeatedly to keep the look.
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Technology is supposed to be better, right? Not so much with this dishwasher. Our old dishwasher was about 20 years old and it still cleaned and worked well but the door was broken and we figured it was time. We've had this Bosch for about 2 months. I love the 3rd rack, there is a lot of versatility with loading and it generally cleans well. I have been using a clear plastic cup for years, like 20. I put it in the dishwasher and I use the normal and sanitize cycle. I use Finish tablets and liquid Jet Dry. The cup came out so cloudy you can't see through it. I have hand washed it probably 10 times and nothing helps. As I was emptying the dw, I noticed that it smelled. I read where you can run the dw with vinegar only. It helped a little but still not great. I even put the cup in the vinegar rinse and it didn't help. Because it doesn't have true heated drying, indented bottoms (glasses, bowls...) have liquid in them. That is expected but I have found that the liquid isn't water, it's mush. I end up having to hand wash the items because I don't know what the slop is. This dishwasher is incredibly quiet which is ok, but it doesn't make up for the other issues. I went back to ABT to perhaps change dishwashers but I was told that Bosch was the best and all other dishwashers would have the same issues. I have decided to keep this one, but as I wrote when I started, technology is supposed to be making things better...
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Super Quiet!! Easy to load!! Love the top rack for small items!!
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By Lij
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Comments about Bosch 800 Series White Built-In Dishwasher:
Just a great, simple dishwasher. Extremely quiet but the standard recommended cycle (auto + sanitize) takes 2.5 hours. Because of its huge capacity, for us that's not a problem. Lots written about Bosch and drying. Used as recommended - no problem. If you are replacing an old one, Bosch does not do direct electrical connections so installers might not do it for you. Would be nice to know that ahead of time.
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ABT is great for instalations but as mentioned above Bosch does not do direct electrical connections. It would be nice to know that before paying for installation and then having it denied when on site. The money is cheerfully and quickly refunded but leaves you sitting in the kitchen with your old dishwasher gone and the new one in the middle of the floor, uninstalled. The crew is great, it just should be made clear at the time of purchase that you may require an electrician prior to delivery.
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I really love this dishwasher. It does exactly what I want it to. Dishes come out so very clean and very dry. Only thing I has a small issue with is that, although dishes are dry, walls and door inside remains a bit wet. Not extremely wet, but a little wet. I do leave the door open after washing for about ten minutes because I want the walls/door to be dry when it is closed. Dishes actually shine; It looks great too.
Service and Delivery were terrific. I will always call ABT Electronics first when I need anything. If they have it, I will deal only with them. They are wonderful.
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Our old Bosch equipment has lived a long life and we decided to replace it with a newer model. Opted for this quiet dishwasher based on recommendations and reviews.We were not disappointed with its great looking design and features.It cleans like no other dishwasher and it is so quiet that you can stand next to it and barely know it is on.Our dishes are sparkling clean and there are no water marks on the glasses.The third rack is fantastic and provides a great place to put larger utencils which were very cumbersome to clean with other daishwashers. Highly recommend this brand and model!
Super smooth service. On time, and completed the replacement of the unit in under an hour.
This dishwasher is the quietest ever....and it cleans great!
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Awesome because it is quiet - and cleans everything.
Abt has the best installation team in the industry! Professional & quick....
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Bought this to replace a very old dishwasher in our kitchen. Cleans really well and is incredibly quiet. Really love all the options when it comes to changing the racks to fit my needs.
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After 20+ years with the same dishwasher, it is an adjustment. This does not load as efficiently as my other, but we are only a family of two now so fewer times using the dishwasher. I am sure we will get used to it in time. Love how quiet it is when running and all of the washing options.
Efficient and good with sharing information about the installation.
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Have had it installed since Thanksgiving. Have run all the holiday loads through it as well as day to day and it does a terrific job of cleaning the dishes. We probably run about two loads a week normally and even with out rinsing everything it still comes out clean. The glass ware that has recessed bottoms does collect some water but no big deal, same as the old dishwasher that had a drying element.
ABT delivered the dishwasher prior to when they said. It was in great shape no issues. Easy to install and has worked like a champ. Had some hesitation of buying this online and shipping but saved $100 vs local and no issues. Good Job ABT!
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We have had this dishwasher for about 3 months, now. My GE Profile was literally falling apart, and decided to purchase this model. I love the 3rd rack for silverware, and never use the basket. I've had many dishwashers in the past, but none of them have cleaned my casserole dishware, nor my spatulas that have caked on eggs like this machine! I used to have to rinse out every dish, before loading it. Not with this baby!
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Some 30 miles outside of the Twin Cities, the Mighty Mississippi stops flowing south for a while. Instead it rolls east to kiss the mouth of the St. Croix River and eventually swallows it whole. A lumbering blacktop that shadowboxes with the river from its headwaters at Lake Itasca all the way to Mississippi, Highway 61 arches over the waters here on a robin's-egg-blue bridge and rolls through the heart of a town called Hastings.
Below the bridge is Second Street, a main drag with antique stores and taverns along the waterfront that has been restored to look as it did in the 1880s. Remnants of stone warehouses and mills still line the riverfront, and Victorian mansions still dot the rising bluffs south of the river. Outside of the historic district, the town looks a lot like any other Midwestern bedroom community: A Holiday station, a Walgreen's, and a Burger King line the roadside just a mile south of the bridge.
Before the arrival of the Europeans, Native Americans found the natural port here--a placid bend in the Mississippi--to be ideal for fishing, and they christened the area "Owobopte," meaning "the place where the turnips grow." After a pair of hasty treaties in 1851 opened the land west of the river to white settlers, a town boomed. Back then the Mississippi was too shallow for large boat traffic to go any farther north, so fur traders and lumbermen made Hastings their last stop.
Inevitably, men of the cloth were quick to arrive, eager to reach not only the millers and explorers but the Native Americans as well. In 1856, a Lutheran minister dispatched to Minnesota in search of German immigrants and American Indians traveled some 700 miles around the state before finding a wealth of potential parishioners near the river and in the general area now known as Hastings.
Over the years, thanks to some railroads running near the city, the region saw steady development. Today a town of 18,000 people, Hastings is home to nearly 30 churches. First Presbyterian, United Pentecostal, First Baptist, St. Luke's Episcopal, and plenty more line Highway 61--which briefly becomes a main strip known as Vermillion Street--and the quaint streets that branch off from it.
A couple of miles west of the river and historic district, on the edge of a burgeoning subdivision, sits one of Hastings's newest churches, a small, low-slung structure that was built in 1986. It's a plain, tan building with a large glass foyer that sits atop a rolling hill. Until recently this was the home of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, the only church in town that belongs to a conservative Lutheran sect known as the Missouri Synod.
Technically, Shepherd of the Valley hasn't met here since November 1998. Not since the congregation fell to fighting over whether to fire its pastor, Bruce King. At the height of the battle, one of the church's lay officials literally changed the locks on the fire-and-brimstone minister. Supposedly the rift was caused by disagreement over just who is a good enough Lutheran to receive communion. But plenty of folks hereabouts insist that the real problem is that people felt the old-school pastor cared more about doctrine than he did about the earthly souls entrusted to his care.
These days King and the 50 or so members of the congregation who remained faithful to him worship on the other side of town in a Country Inn & Suites hotel at the junction of highways 61 and 316. At exactly the same time every Sunday morning, the rest of his erstwhile flock can be found holding services in the little church on the hill, now renamed Hope Lutheran Church.
Both sides have become tight-lipped and hurt by the battle, which feels like a bad sibling feud, with differences finally coming to a head the night King and his faction left the church. Soon after, the future of the building at 1450 W. Fourth St. was put in the hands of the lay authorities of Minnesota's legal system. Since then, there's been a silence as loud as thunder.
Shepherd of the Valley used to be so neighborly, friends on both sides of the dispute recall. The congregants often felt like an extended family. "We were a very united church," recalls parishioner Tim Rusch. "But now we are all deeply divided, and there are no winners or losers."
As in most towns of any size, there were several Lutheran churches in Hastings 20 years ago. But none was affiliated with the Missouri Synod, one of the most conservative branches of the Lutheran church. Some members had been driving as far as Rosemount, or even up to St. Paul, to worship. And as their numbers grew, a dedicated group started working on bringing a church of their own to Hastings.
In 1985, with 50 charter members, Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church was founded. With a $250,000 loan from the Missouri Synod, the founders went right to work on creating a place where they could worship. Many pitched in to build the church with their own bare hands, toiling away in their spare time. "We had this group called Laborers for Christ that goes around and builds Missouri Synod churches," the church's first treasurer, Al Johnson, would later recall. "By the end of the day, my muscles were so tense and tight. I couldn't even hammer anymore because I was so tense from standing on that roof."
By the summer of 1986, the congregation had a structure to call home. By all accounts, the first ten years went smoothly, and church membership swelled to more than 250. While attendance flourished, church coffers filled; contributions averaged nearly $1,800 a week. "We were a pretty happy church," recalls Greg Collins, who became Shepherd of the Valley's vice president. "We were all friends who came together because of our belief in the same God."
For a long time nobody really noticed that many of the newer members weren't adherents of the Missouri Synod's strict doctrine; folks figured they were attending a modern, liberal Lutheran church, and believed that all Christians were welcome. It seemed that everyone was free to worship there, and no one gave too much thought to the stricter beliefs of the synod.
In 1997 Shepherd of the Valley went in search of a new pastor. Within the Missouri Synod, as with pretty much all Protestant churches, a group of parishioners known as a "call committee" gets a list of names and résumés from the synod's district office. But unlike other denominations, Missouri Synod call committees don't interview the candidates whose résumés they like. Instead, they notify the district of their pastoral choice. The minister then "answers the call." It is part of church doctrine that the process is not so much an interview for a job, but rather a sign from the Holy Spirit that the congregation needs this particular pastor's guidance.
Shepherd of the Valley's call committee looked at five pastors. Some of the top candidates did not answer the call--meaning they turned the church down--and the congregation couldn't make a decision from those left. Eventually, founding member and church president Al Johnson threw Bruce King's name into the hat based on the recommendation of another parishioner. King answered the call.
A slight man, the 46-year-old King has an earnest demeanor, his face framed by a neatly trimmed sandy beard and equally tidy sandy hair. He favors clerical collars and sweater vests. When he got Shepherd of the Valley's call, King was the pastor in the one-church town of Stockton, farther down the river in southeast Minnesota, where he had ministered for eight years, since shortly after his ordination and graduation from a seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Before then King had worked at a hospital in his hometown of Grayling, Michigan, teaching chronically ill patients how to care for themselves at home.
Historically, Missouri Synod pastors have gotten a call, arrived at the church in question, and simply started working. But in recent years it has become more common practice for the pastor and parishioners to have a meet-and-greet. When King visited Shepherd of the Valley, members wasted no time before peppering him with questions about his more conservative views. King made it clear that he followed synod doctrine, even its more obscure or strict points. He would reserve communion, for instance, for those who belonged to Shepherd of the Valley or another Missouri Synod church. Further, King told the congregation that he believed two other Lutheran affiliates, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and the Lutheran Church of America, to be a threat to the purity of Lutheranism.
Perhaps the most divisive thing he told church members was that he believes women's role in the church should be extremely limited. "I believe that the most important role women play is that of being a mother," he explains. "It's something that's in the doctrine of the Missouri Synod and some people might disagree with, but I'm here to uphold the beliefs of the church."
The tone of the meeting surprised Greg Collins. He hadn't expected some of his close friends in the church would support such conservative positions. But he didn't worry. He believed the aggressive line of questioning would make King aware of the more liberal feelings of the congregation as a whole, ultimately revealing the gulf between the would-be pastor and the flock. "There were some very good questions addressed at the meeting, especially from the women," Collins remembers. "People were just furious at some of the responses. Even Julie King, I watched her as her husband spoke, and she looked down at her feet. She couldn't back him up."
King held his ground, holding fast to the idea that God makes these decisions and that the fact that he had been called meant he was to guide this flock back to the straight-and-narrow. "There were no secrets about who I was," he says now. "I was frank. Did they discourage me? No."
King went back to Stockton and prayed with his family. Ultimately, he decided that he was needed at Shepherd of the Valley, that he could steer the church away from the liberal path it had taken in recent years, and that the Holy Spirit had called him.
And since the church badly needed a pastor, and some members strongly supported King, the congregation acquiesced. For his part, Collins felt it was too complicated and time-consuming to rescind the call (to tamper with the pastoral call, some felt, would be to disregard the scriptures of the church), and decided to take a wait-and-see approach. "You have doubts with any new pastor, and I didn't necessarily disagree with all of his beliefs," he notes. "We felt that perhaps we could go along with this and work it out."
Tim Rusch, who at the time of the call was a church elder, recalls that King was completely forthright with the parishioners. "I don't know that he was firing a warning shot, necessarily," Rusch opines. "He was asked some very direct questions and he answered them. Folks didn't really think, until that moment, that we'd had different points of view and philosophies under the surface for a lot of years."
The meeting, many parishioners and even King himself have come to believe, was a sign of what was to follow. Regardless of the intent of the church's founders, the bulk of the congregation didn't really want to worship according to the more conservative doctrine. And King, believing that the only opinion that matters is God's, was not interested in compromise for the sake of social harmony.
The ill will began to fester the moment Bruce King was installed as pastor at Shepherd of the Valley in July 1997. King had sought a parsonage, but, Collins notes, the church had sold a house it owned in Hastings a few years earlier. So the church gave King a $5,000 "gift" for a down payment on a home. But instead of finding a home in Hastings, King promptly bought a house across the river in Prescott, Wisconsin. He also kept his kids out of the local schools and had his wife instruct them at home.
At the pulpit, King took his strict reading of the Bible to heart. Though he offered an adult Bible study in the church on Sunday afternoons in what seemed to be a congenial spirit, it appeared to many to be a chance for the pastor to advance his doctrinal agenda. "He took every chance he could to knock the [Evangelical Lutheran Church of America]," Collins complains. Grumbling began to circulate about how the new preacher was more interested in the rules than the individual souls in his congregation.
"King just wasn't administering to the congregation," complains Collins. "We had people who were ill, and King refused to see them. We had people who were leaving the church and he wouldn't go to find out why. We had relatives who would come to church and be told they couldn't participate in communion."
Most infamous is the time the new pastor refused communion to Marty McCumber's brother, who was visiting from Colorado. Although the man had been baptized and confirmed as a member of the Missouri Synod, he attended an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Before the visitor took communion, King asked about his background. McCumber's brother explained that he wanted desperately to commune with the synod into which he had been baptized and confirmed, but that he lived in an isolated rural area and he was legally blind. It was all he could do to walk to Evangelical Lutheran Church of America services near his home. King was unmoved.
In fact, parishioners complain, King was constantly pulling visiting relatives aside during communion and quizzing them on their roots; if they didn't pass muster, he would refuse them the Lord's Supper, even if their sin was nothing more than being a member of a Lutheran church from a different synod.
And then there was the instance church member Jan Prause was in the hospital with heart problems. According to testimony parishioners would later give, King was nowhere to be found to minister spiritual comfort, and he had failed to perform basic pastoral duties. (King insists that he visited Jan Prause but concludes that he had difficulty talking to her while there was family in her room. "Sometimes, in those environments, it's difficult to talk about certain issues of mortality and salvation," he says.)
To outsiders it probably sounds like King is the product of a different century. And in a way, he is. To understand him, and his unwavering belief that the Bible and the synod rules are the literal words of God, a bit of history is in order. In the early 1500s, the Roman Catholic Church excommunicated a German monk named Martin Luther, who believed that salvation should be found in a life not just of faith, but also of good works.
Banished from the church, Luther struck out on his own, followed by a wave of northern European and Scandinavian Christians who renounced the church, in the period known as the Reformation. Luther's ideas crossed the Atlantic in the 1620s when the first Lutheran immigrants, a group of Dutch merchants, arrived in New Amsterdam. Swedish Lutherans soon immigrated, settling near the Delaware River, followed by a wave of German immigration in the 1730s.
Over the years, according to the book Lutherans in the U.S.A., by Willmar Thorkelson, most of the Lutheran immigrants pushed south and west. In the 1830s, groups of Germans moved up the Mississippi River Valley and settled in Missouri. Not long afterward, a depression in northern Europe and the French Revolution brought the first wave of Scandinavian immigrants to this country. Most settled in Wisconsin, western Illinois, and Minnesota. The new immigrants passed the word to relatives and friends in Europe that there was good living in the new land, and after the Civil War, another wave of immigration from Germany and Scandinavia began that continued right up until the turn of the 20th Century.
Wherever they settled, Lutheran immigrants brought Bibles, hymnals, and different traditions of worship. As congregations formed, they were grouped together into assemblies of church councils called synods. The Missouri Synod was formed in 1847 by Saxons from Germany who believed that salvation came only by the grace of God. The synod quickly began evangelizing in Minnesota, which was then in the middle of a decade-long immigration boom that would increase the population from 6,077 to 172,000. The missionaries sought out German newcomers but also established a mission among the Ojibwe. Within 30 years, the Missouri Synod had 56 congregations in the state.
For most of the next hundred years, the sect was perpetually at the center of doctrinal fights with the American Lutheran Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and the Wisconsin Synod. No matter the principle, the disputes usually pitted Swedes, Norwegians, and Germans against one another.
Today the Missouri Synod has 35 districts around the country, with 6,200 congregations--a strong presence, but nowhere near as large as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. In recent decades, the synod has been plagued by infighting between conservative and liberal factions, between those who wish to remain true to the original German Lutheran beliefs from the 1500s, and those who desire a more visible and welcoming culture.
King belongs to the former category. Too many Lutherans, he opines, have strayed too far from the path to salvation. It is his duty to combat that by staying true to literal interpretations of the Bible and to the original founding principles of the Missouri Synod. "To me, the Bible is not parable," King says. "It is the inspired and inerrant word of God."
Even so, the pastor's behavior has not been very Christian, says Carl Blomgren. A founding member of the church, Blomgren had invested heart and soul in Shepherd of the Valley. But after a few months of King's ministry, he began worshiping elsewhere. "Everything was gloom and doom," he says. "There was no joy in his sermons, in his teachings, or in his church."
Collins agrees. "He was alienating everyone," he says. "He was the shepherd who had completely lost his flock."
By the spring of 1998, many members of Shepherd of the Valley were fed up with the feeling that the little tan house of prayer was no longer their church. By all accounts, attendance slipped noticeably, with as many as 40 members having chosen to worship elsewhere. The Collinses, the Blomgrens, the McCumbers, the Prauses, and many other pillars of the church dropped out altogether. By the first financial quarter of 1998, Shepherd of the Valley was already $1,000 over budget, despite generous private contributions.
Even charter members were leaving. Carl Blomgren finally quit after approaching King that April to ask whether his visiting brother would be able to take communion. King knew that Blomgren's brother was not a member of the Missouri Synod, and said no. Other parishioners would later testify in court that King pulled Blomgren aside and told him that every time his brother stepped into another Lutheran church, he sinned. "If Pastor King wouldn't commune his brother," Tim Rusch said, "Carl wouldn't want to be a part of our church any longer."
Greg Collins was so fed up that he'd stopped attending services. But he was still on the church's board, and he decided to do something to save his itchy soul immediately. "I couldn't stand by and watch the church disintegrate," he says. Simply firing King was not an option: Such decisions must go through circuit and district counselors within the synod. And King knew about the controversy but wasn't about to go against his call and resign. Collins and some other members proposed they could starve King out by eliminating his $23,000 salary altogether. Some church elders, fearful of tampering with the divinity of the pastoral call, balked. There was talk of a compromise, and Al Johnson and Greg Collins drew up a plan for the congregation's two factions to share money, property, and assets. Again, the parish was fearful of even initiating a compromise, believing that the church should try at all costs to remain united.
Finally, in May 1998, both the traditionalists and the modernists agreed that the best idea was for King to take a severance package--six months of his salary. On the afternoon King's response was due, he seemed willing to go along. But by nightfall, he stood before the congregation and refused, calling the offer "a bribe."
Collins remains aghast at the about-face. "The best decision Bruce King could have made in his life vanished that afternoon," he claims.
Within days, Collins took matters into his own hands. He, his wife Jane, and their five children came to Shepherd of the Valley ten years ago, during the church's salad days. A number cruncher at heart, Collins is brusque, with a quick, to-the-point speech pattern, and a boyish salt-and-pepper bowl cut atop a cherubic face. A 47-year-old Nebraska native, Collins was a photojournalist before going to work a decade ago for the Minneapolis-based Lutheran Brotherhood, a giant insurance company, as a financial officer.
Collins initiated a letter-writing campaign to oust King. The first shot was a letter to Rev. Gerald Coleman of Cross View Lutheran Church in Edina, who sat on the board of the synod district office that oversees Shepherd of the Valley. The missive, dated July 17, 1998, opens with "Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!" and goes on to detail a host of complaints about Bruce King's pastoral care and communion practices. The letter was not signed, but bore the names of several church members, including Greg and Jane Collins, Carl Blomgren, and Ardoth and Marty McCumber. It also featured a plea for financial help and for help in reuniting the church. (To this day, and in trial testimony, Collins denies writing or sending the letter.) Coleman's response, signed "in the awesome love of Christ," was befuddled. He promised that King and the synod's Minnesota South District president, Dr. Rev. Lane Seitz, would meet in August to smooth out the problems.
The letter didn't garner the results Collins had hoped for--in fact, it seemed to align the synod officers with King. But he eventually found another synod officer, James Pragman, who helped him examine the bylaws. After combing through the documents, Collins believed he had discovered a way to remove King and keep the actual church building, which Collins saw as essential to preserving a congregation. According to synod bylaws, they learned, if a pastor has not performed his ministerial duties, his unsatisfied congregation can take over the property. Deciding exactly how a pastor has failed, however, is tricky: Under the same bylaws, if the dispute were one of doctrine, the church would remain with the pastor.
Collins, who clearly believed King had been a bad pastor, left the meeting feeling victorious. So much so that he sent out a letter on October 1 saying that he and Bob Neujahr, a charter member and elder of the church, had "formulated an intricate plan which would return congregational control to majority membership," and that he would hold a meeting October 4 at the local Super 8 motel. "Remember, 'loose lips sink ships' so only discuss this meeting with those friendly to the cause," the letter cautioned. "With God's help we'll survive this nightmare." It featured Collins's signature, with a smiley face, above the line "Greg Collins, Vice President in exile." Neither Bruce King nor Al Johnson got a copy of the letter.
On November 15, the church held its annual meeting. Collins's faction sat on the left side of the room, King's on the right. Collins and his supporters voted to set aside the meeting's usual business and instead asked members to eject King and take control of the property. By two-thirds majority, the congregation sided with Collins and voted to establish a new church. Collins urged King to pick up his belongings the next day.
But "King was gone before we closed with the Lord's Prayer," Blomgren remembers. The locks on the church were changed that night.
On a drizzly June Tuesday afternoon two and a half years later, King sits in an idling car in the parking lot of his former church. McMansions are going up all around, and a new $43 million high school is being built a few lots north. A water tower emblazoned with "Home of the Raiders" looms overhead, and a red and white sign on the front lawn now reads, "Hope Lutheran Church."
A minivan pulls into the lot, and Jane Collins, Greg's wife, gets out, unlocks the door to the church, and scurries in.
"I haven't set foot in there since Greg Collins asked me to come and get my belongings," King laments. "As hard as this has been for us, it's been hard for them too, I'm sure. I've resolved not to wish them ill."
A third of the church's membership stuck together as Shepherd of the Valley, though. At first, King's diminished congregation worshiped in Al Johnson's basement. Then it moved to a room at the city courthouse, but sometimes that was unavailable. Finally, the little group settled on a conference room at the Country Inn & Suites, at a cost of $100 per week. Collins, King says without a hint of irony or malice, "was nice enough to give us extra hymnals."
Eventually, King decided that his flock had migrated too many times. But nowhere in the Missouri Synod's contentious 150-year history was there precedent for the next move. In July 1999, Shepherd of the Valley retained the Minneapolis law firm of Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel and filed a lawsuit against Hope Lutheran and its president, Greg Collins. The suit asked the court to eject Hope from the church property, claiming that the dispute was one of doctrine and therefore, the church belonged to King and his congregation. As a member of Shepherd of the Valley's executive board, King argued, Collins had overstepped the bounds of his authority by transferring the deed to the church to his new nonprofit.
Collins and Hope retained George May, a local Hastings lawyer. Collins had been within his rights, they argued; he had carefully followed the steps laid out by the Missouri Synod's bylaws for resolving property disputes. Under the bylaws, in the case of a congregational split, disputed property shall go to the original congregation if the dispute is over doctrine. If it is a non-doctrinal dispute, and the pastor isn't ministering his duties, the property and church go to the two-thirds majority.
The suit went to trial in May 2000 in front of Dakota County District Court Judge Thomas Poch. From the start, according to court transcripts, it was clear that both judge and jury were uncomfortable being asked to settle what sounded like religious, doctrinal questions. Courts decide matters of civil law, so they focused intently on Collins's duties as an officer of a nonprofit when he was vice president of Shepherd of the Valley, which technically owned the church.
The jury deliberated for two weeks. Collins might have followed the synod's bylaws, but jurors said that as a nonprofit's financial officer he had acted improperly when he transferred the deed to the church to Hope Lutheran. The church building belonged to King and Shepherd of the Valley, they concluded, and Hope and Collins owed the ousted faction $7,700 in damages.
Collins and Hope filed an appeal, and posted a $35,000 bond that gave them the right to stay in the church while the matter was still before the court. Last May the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled in favor of King. Doctrinal issues may have given rise to the dispute, the justices concluded, but courts can only use "neutral" principles of law regarding property disputes.
Collins and his supporters have asked the state supreme court to hear the case. "It's not what we want to do," he sighs. "But this has been something that the courts haven't gotten right yet." It could be months before he and Hope Lutheran learn whether the justices will try to untangle what happened at the little church on the hill, and if they do, months more before any decision is made.
King is equally determined to see the matter through. "It's been declared our church," he says. "We are doing this not necessarily to be vindicated, but to bring to light, in a public way, that we were wronged."
It's not just church services that feel different these days, says Carl Blomgren. It's the whole town of Hastings. The rift caused by the ouster and the lawsuit may, in good Lutheran tradition, be a quiet one, but the pain is palpable. "I was good friends with Al Johnson, and I haven't spoken to him since the trial," he laments. "Tim Rusch won't talk to anyone. King is the one that caused all the legal problems and pitted friend against friend, downsized the congregation, and has taken us all to court.
"We've definitely lost something in our town, and the damage will probably never go away," Blomgren continues. "The split hurt pretty bad. Every Sunday, we pray for them just as we'd pray for anybody else."
Even as they wait for an end to the bitter power struggle, both Collins and King know that it's now simply a fight to the finish, a battle to see who will be the last one standing. And that makes both men uncomfortable. King is sad about the effect the dispute has had on the community. He sees his former parishioners around town all the time. "Often, it's like running into your ex-wife at the grocery store," he says. "But we pray for them, always."
Collins sees it, too, and almost feels sympathy for his former minister. "As much as I believe we own that church, I do feel bad for Bruce King," he concedes. "Outside of his beliefs, he is so meek and mild. If he loses this case, his career will be over." But, he says, King doesn't care. The pastor has absolute faith that God called him to bring Shepherd of the Valley back into the fold, Collins is sure: "He would have been happy if he were the last one at the church."
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From the description, it contains glass noodle (a.k.a. clear noodle, noodle made of bean or potato starch), in that case the glass noodle is the main and other food materials are just sides, though in the picture the side overwhelmed the main. It is called 东北大拉皮, 哈尔滨大拉皮 or 五彩拉皮. 大拉皮 literally means 'grand (dish of) glass noodles'. 五彩 means 'colorful' ...
醡醬麵 and 炸醬麵 炸醬麵 can work as it means "noodles with fried sauce" 醡醬麵 is "noodles with extracted sauce (e.g. extracting oil)" 炸 fried (火 fire radical + phonetic 乍 zhà) 醡 extract (酉 container + 窄 narrow; from 穴 hole and 乍) Archaic character for 榨 (tool for extraction process. 木 wood used to refer to tools in this case) 醬 sauce 麵 noodles Alternatively, ...
Q is Hokkien. The character is「食邱」and pronounced ㄎㄧㄨ (kiu, same as "Q"). The Chinese definition is 軟靭 ruǎn rèn (soft and tough) and means the texture of food being chewy. See the post "Q(k'iu⊦)──軟靭" on the "taiwanlanguage" blog.
They both mean tomato, In mainland China, 西红柿 is used more often while in Taiwan 番茄 is more used.
Any of these sentences would be grammatically correct. However 我要一份青椒肚片不要(加)大蒜 would be a better and more common usage in my opinion. It would be even better to include the character in the parenthesis, 加 which means "add" or "with" or "include".
The Chinese mostly call it "花卷" in daily life but you might regard it as a variant of "馒头" as well, if you apply the concept of "馒头" broadly. It's just that it more usually comes with some flavoring compared with 馒头 which can be plain. Apparently there's a Wikipedia entry for it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_roll
Actually, it is correct when you point and say "这个", but Chinese speakers often use "一份" instead of "一个". The complete sentence may look like "我想要一份XXX" or "我要这个". Hope this may help you.
This happens when the food can be cooked with (little or much) or without spicy. People ask how should the food cook for you, 我爱辣 (a weird expression) answers this question indirectly -- I like spicy so please put a lot of it in the food. The direct answers could be: 不要 (bùyào) / 不要辣 (bùyào là) / 不放辣椒 (bù fàng làjiāo) "cook without spicy" 微辣 (wēi là) / 少放点 ...
There's no standard Chinese name for the chicken and egg dish! you must know something about the Chinese food and its naming rule (actually there's no strict naming rules, just some conventions) to figure out what's going on. The Chinese dish naming rule is that, to attract customers to order a certain dish, the restaurant owner will name the dish in an ...
if you are speaking Cantonese, you can use 我要一份青椒肚片'走'蒜。 in English it's something like take it off.
甘 = sweet 梅 = plum 地瓜 = sweet potato From the photo, "Fried Sweet Potato with sweet plum powder" Edit: Thanks for others' correction.... 地瓜 may also mean other types of potato or other taro, depending on the region.
Apparently they categorise 芥蘭 and 西蘭花 as the same species… of different cultivar groups… although they do not at all taste in any way similar. For Chinese 芥蘭 and 西蘭花 are two completely different vegetables. 西蘭花 is broccoli, and I think it is okay to call 芥蘭 kailan.
There was no 'chicken-and-egg dish' in traditional chinese food at all, at least in my 27 years life in China I've never seen such dish in any chinese restaurant . As I know this is a Japanese dish called 親子丼
In Taiwanese 蚵仔 (ô á), in Taiwan Mandarin 牡蛎 (mǔ lì). There's also 蛤蠣 (há lì) but this means clams.
When you don't know the measure word, the safest choice is 个. It is the most common measure word, is used for things that do not have specific measure words, and can sometimes be used even if another measure word is used: "个"作为一个量词,它的使用范围十分广泛。它可以修饰没有专用量词的名词,如人、馒头、国家、苹果等等;同时,一些有专用量词的事物,如"一只耳朵"、"一所学校"、"一家工厂"等也都可以用"个"来修饰,成为"一个耳朵"、"一个学校"、"一个工厂",因此,有人称"个"为"...
When I first saw the question title, I thought you were looking for a way to express the statement 'I love spicy food', which is what 我爱辣 sounds like. Although grammatical, 我爱辣 doesn't sound very natural, probably because the pronunciation of 辣 is close to the tone particle 啦. A more natural expression is 我爱吃辣, in which 吃 (eat) nails la4 into the context of ...
When I spoke Mandarin in Guangzhou, I -- and the people I was talking to -- called it 菜心, càixīn. Outside of Guangzhou, I heard it called 广东菜心, Guàngdōng càixīn.
To translate a menu, you may remember: Each one course is a noun or a phrase, avoid sentence or very long phrase; Avoid colloquial language, use formal written language. For example: use "無" instead of "沒". use "開胃菜" but not "起頭菜". Here are some my translations: Oxtail in Madeira & horseradish broth & herb dumplings (gluten free without ...
First of all, Congratulations! Starter => 前菜 Oxtail in Madeira & horseradish broth & herb dumplings (gluten free without dumplings) => 馬德拉辣根清湯燴牛尾及香草雲吞 (麵筋/麩質敏感人士可免雲吞) Braised onion tart, Blacksticks blue cheese, pecans & dressed rocket => 焗洋蔥撻伴藍芝士合桃火箭菜 (素菜) [I presume that it is one dish with tart, cheese and rocket, right?] Confit duck ...
It's difficult to translate names of Chinese dishes into English, because of the huge differences between Chinese and Western cuisine. The dish featured on the page is called: 凉拌贡菜 (liangban gongcai), character by character: 凉 cold 拌 to toss (salad) 贡 to tribute 菜 dish So it's basically a salad that is served cold. The main ingredient is known as ...
Like Henry Ho explained, 甘梅地瓜 does not mean sweet potato fries. Actually, 地瓜 may not mean sweet potato; it can be taro (山芋) too, depending on different regions.
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There are 28 achievements with a total of 1000 points.
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-Estimated achievement difficulty: 5/10
-Offline: 24 (730)
-Online: 4 (270)
-Approximate amount of time to 1000: 40+ hours
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 (For each league)
-Number of missable achievements: None!
-Glitched achievements: None!
-Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No cheats
-Unobtainable achievements? All online achievements
This is a fairly easy 1000 points as you can set the difficulty to easy for all of the single player achievements, however, considering you have to play 500 matches at a minimum of five minutes a time you are still in for quite a long haul.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 is fairly similar to the original game and a lot of the achievements are the same too. You will be rewarded for winning pretty much all of the leagues and cups as well as specific match tasks like scoring so many goals and keeping so many clean sheets. The online achievements are fairly easy too as long as you can find a boosting buddy and should only take an hour or so to clean up.
NOTE:That the Online FK Achievement has been pretty touchy for some people. I got mine first time but if it does not unlock straight away just keep at it – as it is not permanently broken and will pop eventually. Also, you have to win every league and cup in the game to unlock the last achievement so do not skimp on anything once you have unlocked certain achievements.
Step #1: Penalty shoot-outs and Online
Play ten matches with Penalties on and extra time off and try to draw, then win the resulting shoot out. This is because penalty wins do not count towards team wins so it is best to get these done first. Find a boosting partner to get the online games done. Let one player win 15 (versus a backup account) and then switch, though the first player should use his normal account. You should be able to get everything this way.
Step #2: Cups and Individual achievements
Play through all off the international cups and leagues, set them up with the minimum number of teams possible and keep a record of each team that you beat. Then go to Exhibition mode and beat the rest of the National teams while changing the stadium each time. Also, beat one team from each of the leagues (England, Spain, France, Italy and Holland) but make it the team you are going to USE to win each of those leagues. Keep going until you have played in every stadium. Along the way you should aim to get all of the scoring, clean sheet and fouls achievements (though not the 100 game ones).
Step #3: Leagues and Master League
Now play through each domestic league competition with a team you've already beaten. The achievement for defeating all of one countries teams should pop up halfway through each league but you need to win every league and cup so keep going until the season ends, then move on to the next league. Once you've beaten every league you can start a Master League season. Pick a good team (Manchester Utd or Chelsea) and win every game, as you need to win every cup as well. After two seasons (assuming you've won every game) you'll be in the Champions League so win that next season. The season after you will be in it again but aim to finish third in your group (see the forums for how to do this) and qualify for the other cup. Win this and you've won everything you can. So now grind out the remaining games and goals in any mode.
This is a very long winded game, primarily because you have to win every league and cup that is on offer in order to unlock Ultimate Player (online achievements do not count towards this though). The five hundred games are not tough to complete as you can set the difficulty to easy and just score once then run down the clock, but it is still an arduous undertaking.
[x360a would like to thank jackanape for this road map]
|First Glory
|Achieved with your first victory.
|VERY easy achievement. It cannot be online or with a 2nd controller as they are classed as invalid. Simply set up an exhibition game with an difficulty and win.
|Winning Streak
|Achieved after 10 straight wins.
|Again this cannot be done online or with a 2nd controller, setup a Master League, Cup, League or play Exhibition mode but be sure to win 10 games in a row. If you are struggling then drop the difficulty level.
|Hat-trick Hunter
|Achieved after scoring 5 hat-tricks.
|Ok, so the easiest way to get this is to setup an Exhibition, set it to 15mins and Beginner difficulty, i would pick Barcelona as they have good attackers, now you need to score a hat-trick with 5 different players, so score a hat-trick with Ronaldinho, Messi, Eto'o and Henry, then bring on a sub striker like Gudjohnsen and get another hat-trick, thats 15 goals and 5 hat-tricks. This is not the way you have to do this, just the quickest way, if you score 1 hat-trick in Master League, League or Exhibition etc that counts as 1 towards the 5.
|Achieved when your foul per match ratio drops below 1 foul in the most recent 10 matches.
|This is a tough one, as with the dogey refs and diving i conced 2 or 3 fouls a game, also OFFSIDES COUNT AS A FOUL! I got this by playing towards my OWNER and PK MASTER achievements, i setup a 5min Exhibition game on Beginner and Extra-time off and Penalties on, and passed the ball around my back 4 for the whole game, conceding no fouls, and having about 98% possesion. Eventually using this method it will unlock.
|Achieved when your possession in the most recent 10 matches is above 60%.
|Using the method above this will unlock in no-time and at the same time as GENTELMAN. Otherwise just play on an easy difficulty.
|Long Ranger
|Achieved when you score from a distance of more than 35m.
|Another tough achievement. You could just take random shots with the likes of Gerrard, Rooney and Henry, or you could do what i did... I went into the Liverpool squad in EDIT mode and put Fernando Torres in goal, then i went and edited Rooney's stats to 99 Shot Power, 99 Shot Accuracy and i setup an exhibition game on Beginner, took 1 shot and BANG! Note: If the keeper gets a hand to it or it hits the post the goal will not count, stupid i know, but thats the way it is.
|World Traveller
|Achieved when all stadiums have been used.
|This will unlock eventually with a Master League, but otherwise be sure to change stadium every match when going for the GENTLEMAN achievement etc. There are 15 stadiums in total, so complete a game in each one, win or lose it doesnt matter.
|PK Master
|Achieved when you have won at least 10 penalty shootouts following regulation time.
|OK, i explained how i got this above in GENTLEMAN, make sure Penalties are on. Here is a helpful tip, when shooting, on Beginner difficulty, the goalie ALWAYS dives, so you can just tap it down the middle and score EVERYTIME, so just wait for a save or miss and win, do it 10 times. Otherwise penalties come into play in Cups.
|Goal Getter
|Achieved when you have scored 100 goals.
|Straight-forward enough, your gonna need to play alot, just score 100 goals in Valid matches (not 2 player or online). It took me 50 games.
|Silver Service
|Achieved when you have made 100 assists.
|An assist is the final pass played before a goal. Should come soon after your 100 goals as you are bound to score a few un-assisted goals.
|100 Matches
|Achieved when you have played 100 matches.
|I cant help you here, play some leagues and Master League and youll get it.
|100 Wins
|Achieved when you have won 100 matches.
|You can't win them all... Unless you quit when your losing, but stick at it and youll get there. Win 100 valid games.
|Ace Striker
|Achieved after 20 matches when you've scored an average of 2+ goals in the most recent 5 games.
|Once 20 matches are played, if youve scored 10 or more goals in your last 5 games this will unlock. If you have played more than 20 matches and not got it yet, play on beginner and treat yourself to an 11-0 win!
|Super Striker
|Achieved after 100 matches when you've scored an average of 2.5+ goals in the most recent 10 games.
|Pretty much the same deal as above, but once you hit the 100 games mark, you need to have scored 25 or more in the last 10.
|Attacking Midfielder
|Achieved after 100 matches when your pass success ratio is 85% or more in the most recent 10 games.
|OK, if you take care of your passing then this will be no problem, but if your struggling, play on beginner and pass it around the back 4 all game untill it unlocks.
|Achieved after 100 matches, when your shot success ratio is 70% or more in the most recent 10 games.
|70% shot success means for example, 10 shots = 7 Goals. NOT SHOTS ON TARGET. If you take 2 shots and score 2 goals then that is 100%. Very do-able on Beginner.
|Brick Wall
|Achieved when you have kept 100 clean sheets.
|A clean sheet is a game where you dont concede a goal. Do that 100 times.
|England League Dominated
|Achieved when you have beaten all England League teams.
|Now, for each of the above leagues, THIS DOES NOT MEAN WIN THE LEAGUE!!! YOU HAVE TO BEAT EVERY TEAM! So, play a league as Man Utd in England and after 19 games you will have beaten everyone... EXCEPT MAN UTD! Go and beat Man Utd in Exhibition and it will unlock. These are tedious.
|Ligue 1 Dominated
|Achieved when you have beaten all Ligue 1 teams.
|Now, for each of the above leagues, THIS DOES NOT MEAN WIN THE LEAGUE!!! YOU HAVE TO BEAT EVERY TEAM! So, play a league as Lyon in Ligue 1 and after 19 games you will have beaten everyone... EXCEPT LYON! Go and beat Lyon in Exhibition and it will unlock. These are tedious.
|Serie A Dominated
|Achieved when you have beaten all Serie A teams.
|Now, for each of the above leagues, THIS DOES NOT MEAN WIN THE LEAGUE!!! YOU HAVE TO BEAT EVERY TEAM! So, play a league as Inter in Serie A and after 19 games you will have beaten everyone... EXCEPT INTER! Go and beat Inter in Exhibition and it will unlock. These are tedious.
|Eredivisie Dominated
|Achieved when you have beaten all Eredivisie teams.
|Now, for each of the above leagues, THIS DOES NOT MEAN WIN THE LEAGUE!!! YOU HAVE TO BEAT EVERY TEAM! So, play a league as PSV in the Eredivise and after 19 games you will have beaten everyone... EXCEPT PSV! Go and beat PSV in Exhibition and it will unlock. These are tedious.
|Liga Española Dominated
|Achieved when you have beaten all Liga Española teams.
|Now, for each of the above leagues, THIS DOES NOT MEAN WIN THE LEAGUE!!! YOU HAVE TO BEAT EVERY TEAM! So, play a league as Barca in Liga Espanola and after 19 games you will have beaten everyone... EXEPT BARCA! Go and beat Barca in Exhibition and it will unlock. These are tedious.
|National Teams Dominated
|Achieved when you have beaten all national teams.
|This is horrible. You need to beat every international team in the game. 5 min halfs and a hell of a lot of free time is the best way.
|Ultimate Player
|Achieved when you have played 500 matches, scored 1000 goals and have won all leagues and cups.
|This is the big one. PLAY THE GAME ALOT!!!
|Winning Streak (Xbox LIVE)
|Achieved when you have 5 successive Ranked Match wins in the Xbox LIVE.
|You can get this by being a good player online, but if your not, go into the achievement trading area and find someone who can boost you. Its not that hard.
|High Win Ratio
|Achieved when your win ratio in Recent 20 match results of Xbox LIVE goes above 75%.
|Ok again youll get it if you are good, but other wise boost 20 wins from your boosting buddy.
|FK Goal
|Achieved when you score from a free-kick directly in a Xbox LIVE Ranked Match.
|This one is a bit of a joke, as by DIRECT they mean it CANNOT touch the keeper or the post on the way in. Keep practising in Training Mode. If your boosting you could have a mate hack you down in scoring areas untill you get it.
|Hat-trick Hunter (Xbox LIVE)
|Achieved when you score a hat-trick in a Xbox LIVE Ranked Match.
|Can be done easily legit, or even easier if your boosting.
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Curious about the newer model? Check out the 2015 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class
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KBB Expert Rating: 7.7
With a retractable hardtop and Mercedes-Benz's innately high comfort level, the 2014 SLK roadster is satisfying to drive regardless of weather or road conditions. The latest generation of Mercedes' 2-seater is larger and roomier than past models, and its exterior design has matured into something truly elegant yet aggressive. A variety of engines – from a small and efficient 4-cylinder to a mighty AMG V8 – enable the 2014 SLK's performance to range from competent to blistering. Dynamically it still feels softer than the corner-carving Porsche Boxster, but the SLK's emphasis on comfort and prestige should come as no surprise for any car wearing the vaunted 3-Pointed Star, and those traits only add to this roadster's overall appeal.
If you want a well-appointed 2-seat convertible with a hardtop roof that protects against the elements and a supple ride quality that coddles on your daily commute, it's hard to beat the 2014 Mercedes SLK.
If you play basketball (or even first base) for a living, you probably need more stretch-out room than the SLK offers. In that case, the 4-seat Audi A5/S5 might appeal. If you crave an open-top plaything to slice mountain roads on weekends, you'll probably be happier in a Porsche Boxster.
Still fresh from its redesign two years ago, the SLK only brings a pair of different exterior colors to the table for the 2014 model year.
Mercedes-Benz has worked hard to build sports-car credibility into its latest SLK, the third generation of the car. Each edition of the retractable hardtop roadster has upped the performance ante....
... For the most part, they have succeeded with the latest edition, which boasts confident road-holding and taut, responsive steering while still returning a plush highway ride. Even a base model with the turbocharged 4-cylinder engine is quick (0-60 mph is pegged at 6.5 seconds), but Sport mode should be engaged to wring the most out of it. In Normal mode, that base engine is nagged by turbo lag. V6 models are noticeably quicker (0-60 mph in 5.4 seconds), while the V8-powered SLK AMG model blazes (0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds). The SLK still isn't as naturally light on its feet as a Boxster, but it's extremely satisfying to drive, especially in proper top-down form.
The SLK-Class brought retractable hardtops into the mainstream when the roadster debuted in 1998, and it's still setting the pace. Such a setup delivers a delicious automotive duality: In less than 20 seconds, the SLK can transform from buttoned-down coupe to sun-splashed convertible.
In a bid to make top-down motoring a more pleasant experience in cooler weather, Mercedes engineers have provided adjustable Air Guide deflectors on each roll bar and the Airscarf system, which delivers warm air to your neck from an outlet in the headrest.
The 2014 SLK might not be as pure a sports car as some of its competitors, but that's a benefit in terms of everyday comfort and convenience. Whether outfitted in the leather-like MB-Tex or the real thing, the SLK's seats are a pleasure to be in. Controls to operate functions such as audio and climate are right where you want them and have a satisfying tactile quality that affirms you're piloting a premium car. Key to the SLK's glorious top-down driving experience are features like the Airscarf neck-heating system and Airguide wind-deflector that create a comfortable and surprisingly turbulent-free cabin.
Think of the 2014 SLK as two cars in one: With the hardtop up, it's a sleek coupe. Fold the power-operated roof, and it becomes its proper roadster self. In either form, the SLK shares character lines with its bigger, 6-figure brother, the SL-Class roadster. At around just 163 inches in length, the SLK is compact and very easy to park. Yet its long hood and low, wide stance give this little roadster a look of substance. Top-line SLK55 AMG versions up the performance aesthetics with tinted headlight housings in front and a small spoiler at the rear.
The 2014 SLK-Class is available in three trims: the 4-cylinder SLK250, the V6 SLK350, and the V*-powered SLK55 AMG. Not surprisingly, moving up trims brings additional amenities. Spend the least on a base model and your roadster will come with a 6-speed manual transmission, 5.8-inch color display, 8-speaker AM/FM/CD/HD Radio audio with a USB port and Bluetooth streaming, auto-dimming mirrors, and power seats. SLK350 additions include heated leather seats, the Airscarf heating system, and harman/kardon sound system. The SLK55 features performance enhancements like larger brakes, upgraded 18-inch tires, and an AMG. Among all models' safety features is Attention Assist, to monitor driver drowsiness.
Quite a few options are available to expand the 2014 SLK's comfort and overall enjoyment. Among them are a Multimedia Package with navigation, a 7-inch LCD screen and a 10-gig music bank, and the Driver Assistance Package offering blind-spot monitoring and Mercedes' Distronic Plus cruise control with automatic braking. The Magic Sky Control roof is a trick feature that turns the panorama roof from transparent to tinted to block the sun's ray during the day and let in the moon's glow at night while the top is up. Mercedes-Benz's Designo line offer ultra-high-end exterior paint, interior upholstery options and more.
In base form, the SLK's turbocharged 4-cylinder engine makes 201 horsepower and is mated to a 6-speed manual transmission or optional 7-speed automatic. Except for the aforementioned turbo lag, the engine should suffice for most drivers, though we must point out that the base powerplant in the BMW Z4 makes 240 horsepower. Moving up to the V6 in the SLK350 nets 302 horsepower, making it a capable performer. Speed freaks can get plenty of it in the topline SLK55, which stuffs a 5.5-liter V8 under the hood that offers 415 horsepower. Those latter two engines are exclusively mated to a 7-speed automatic transmission and feature an ECO start/stop to save a little fuel at stoplights. All SLK roadsters are rear-wheel drive and drink 91-octane gasoline.
1.8-liter turbocharged inline 4-cylinder
201 horsepower @ 5,500 rpm
229 lb.-ft. of torque @ 2,000-4,300 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 22/32 mpg (manual), 23/33 mpg (automatic)
3.5-liter V6
302 horsepower @ 6,500 rpm
273 lb.-ft. of torque @ 3,500-5,250 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 21/29 mpg
5.5-liter V8
415 horsepower @ 6,800 rpm
398 lb-ft of torque @ 4,500 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 19/28 mpg
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By KJD on Thursday, January 7, 2016
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 21,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "Fast, Handles Great, Comfortable"
Cons: "Limited trunk space"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"If you're looking for a great sports car with a retractable hard top, this is it. I have been very pleased with my SLK, it handles great and has a great deal of on demand power. The interior is extremely comfortable even though I am a big guy. Trunk space is adequate for one, tricky for a couple going away for the weekend. All in all, it's been very reliable and a terrific vehicle. I highly recommend it!"
11 people out of 16 found this review helpful
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By Bear on Sunday, May 31, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 3,600overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "Fun to drive; great handling and braking"
Cons: "More road noise than expected; seats are hard"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 9
"I bought an SLK 250 for my wife. She absolutely loves driving it, and she puts the top down every chance she gets. This car is an attention-getter everywhere she goes. It's actually amazing how much attention this car draws. My wife would give it a 10 out of 10 for the fun factor. I would give it 8 out of 10 overall because I find the car to be noisier - both wind noise and road noise - than I anticipated at highway speeds (with the top closed). It's also not as comfortable as I expected from a luxury brand - the seats are kind of hard. However, the engineering that's gone into the retractable hardtop is pretty amazing. A hardtop coupe when closed, and a fun convertible when opened. The best of both worlds as long as you are realistic about some of the compromises that inevitably have to be made for a "hybrid" like this. I also think the engine could use about 30 more horsepower, but my wife says it's just fine. At highway speeds, it has more than enough passing power, but I pine for a little more HP when accelerating from a full stop. The car's handling is top-notch, and the braking ability is impressive. Overall, if you want a convertible, you can't go wrong with this car. And if you really want more horsepower, go for the SLK 350."
19 people out of 38 found this review helpful
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By MrWheat on Saturday, May 9, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 60,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"Best vehicle i ever owned, Better than the SL Great looking, Handles Great. Sound system and all instruments great, Very comfortable. very maneuverable on the turnpike and in traffic OK you want the negatives? It could be a bit quicker. It is noisy inside. I have never had any repairs needed in 60,000 miles. NONE other than regular maintenance.NO rattles squeaks NONE.This vehicle has held up better than any vehicles I have ever owned and I have had plenty. Even the brakes have not needed new pads and it has 60,,000 miles. Terrific vehicle"
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By Disgruntled on Tuesday, April 21, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 600overall rating 4 of 10rating details
Pros: "convertible top"
Cons: "Unreliable and overrated"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 1
"Lots of road noise and be prepared to shell out Jaguar type funds to get features most other competition in this class has standard. Keyless entry package is $6000 since not available solo. Engine light come on frequently, and the dealership will tell you to check gas cap an/or use premium gas. Towed to dealer in first week."
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By CalifSunshine on Friday, July 11, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 38,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Great car, fun to drive"
Cons: "None"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"This is the car to have combining the best in luxury, comfort and sportiness. It might not be as "tossable" as the Boxster but it is no wimp. It does go fast when pushed and has excellent handling and fun, especially when the roof is down. I cannot say for more. I own for more than 2 years and even today I still keep looking at my car each morning before I drive off to work. Great car and years of enjoyment."
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By cws on Tuesday, March 25, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 1,500overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Stying, dealer service, craftmanship"
Cons: "trunk space"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"Quality car, comfortable and fun to drive. It really turns heads with its classy styling. There are I have the premium I , media, sport packages along with the walnut trim package and wood steering wheel and diamond white paint with beige and white interior, spoiler and glass wind blockers. I bought it off of the showroom floor so there are a couple of option I would have liked such as the lighting package. It is a fun car to drive, fast enough and handles well. I am pleased with my purchase. The Dick Dryer Mercedes in Columbia SC is extremely service minded and has provided excellent service on our other Mercedes and this was a primary reason in purchasing this car. I think they are one of the very few honest dealers in the country. I have had many bad experience's with several dealers in the SC and NC area. So far this has been a terrific car and I am very pleased with my purchase. I looked at Porsche, BMW, Jags, and chose the SLK which met most of my needs. I have 3 other Mercedes and service was the a very important factor in my decision. If I hadn't had such a positive experience with this dealer ship, I would have chosen the Jaguar roadster. This car would be a problem for a tall and large person, but not for me."
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