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Ask Miley. Or Don't.
No comment. Except…. If you drink, don't drive. Please. Caffeine tends to make one hyper. And goodness knows we've had enough hit and runs.
Yes Gina, but did they choose to drink coffee or was that all planned from the beginning?
I think some of you will appreciate this! :-) http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/?p=2615
And maybe because He who strung your DNA knows what information to feed to that History Channel computer between your ears to give you "peace and joy in the Holy Ghost†(Romans 15:13).
Actually what helped me is something of session in socratic logic. If God is God He must be GREATER then anything conceivable. In which case He must be greater then me and not merely more powerful then me; if he is merely more powerful then me he is merely Jove and not God. The desire not to be a servant of a tyrant is a good desire not a bad one. If even I can have that desire, then in fact God cannot be a tyrant. Oddly enough that whole chain of reasoning punctured that fear very efficiently. I don't know why it worked like that. Maybe it was just time for the fear to end.
Jason, I had the same fear. You may recall my ruminations on that theme over here - http://thepoint.breakpoint.org/2008/03/theology-puzz-1.html?cid=106539026#comment-106539026 (click link, then page down to the short piece titled "Abba! Monster!â€) But that fear is totally groundless. God is not like that AT ALL. The only ones that need to fear Him (with the terror kind of fear) are those who are in utter, deliberate, high-handed rebellion against Him, which I know you are not. This is what helps me – I ask myself, had I been living in the time of Jesus, being the same person that I am right now, would I have run FROM Jesus in terror, fearing that He might be a tyrant? Or would I have run TO Him, seeing Him as the sinner's best Friend? That's a no-brainer, isn't it? Well, here's additional good news --- Jesus said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father.†Paraphrase – "Want to know what God the Father is like? Look at Jesus. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.â€
I wasn't much afraid of my salvation(however analyzed in scholarly fol de rol), curiously enough. I was afraid I was the servant of a tyrant. Yeah, I know, that's the devil talking. But so it goes.
Jason, you needn't fear regarding your election if you know you are "in Christâ€, for your election is "in Him.†(Ephesians 1:4). Election has nothing to do with you and everything to do with Him. If you are "in Him†via faith, then you are "elect in Him.†If you are trusting in Christ alone for your acceptance with God, you have nothing to fear, for Christ is God's Elect; and if you are in Him, then you are elect – "in Him.†There is only one Person who is God's Elect – Christ (Isaiah 42:1, 45:4, 65:9). We are elect only if and when are "in Christâ€. And we get "in Christ†through faith. Again, we individually are elect "in Christâ€, not in ourselves. That means no one is "among the elect†until he/she is "in Christ†– i.e., not until we put our faith in Him, for faith puts us "in Christ.†Since Christ is "The Elect†par excellence, we are "elect in Himâ€. Grandma's old needle-point had it right – even as we are ………….."Accepted, not in ourselves, but in the Belovedâ€, …………….. so are we ………….."Elect, not in ourselves, but in God's Elect/Chosen One.â€â€¦â€¦.
Actually Zoe, I read once that the idea of "The elect" was to convey the idea of being an elite(albeit by grace)not to convey the corralary of reprobation. Furthermore Roman's could be interpreted as saying, it is not really our business. It does not say God made "vessels of wrath." It says WHAT IF God made vessels of wrath. Arminianism, though more paletable at first glance does not allow for the problem that there are a lot of people who are not really in a position to become Christians except by miraculous means. It is far more harsh a doctrine then it seems at first glance. In anycase the interrelation of Free Will and Predestination is complex. Smeagol did not choose to become Gollumn. He did choose to murder his best friend the first time he saw the ring. Whereas Borimir at least resisted for six months as well as repenting immiediately. One could say that Smeagol's fate was also one that he had earned. Which sounds like Calvinism. Except Smeagol, though he didn't choose his fate, chose the act that brought it upon him. And Borimir chose a lesser sin. And repented of it. And recieved only the punishment of dying the way he would have preferred to die anyway. The problem with Calvinism is that it makes the relationship between Free Will and Predestination mechanical and weighted in favor of the later and emphasizes sovereignity at the expense of love. It tends to plumb to deeply into a mystery that was likely meant to be a mystery. Which are some reasons why it does seem that it is best simply to accept our own ignorance in certain circumstances.
Zoe said, "I'm not sure how a post on Miley Cyrus morphed into a debate about predestination…†Maybe it was the subliminal power of anagrams, Zoe. With perhaps a tad of irony, Miley Cyrus reconfigures to "Cry Elysiumâ€. Or, in keeping with the songs by Oasis and The Fray, "Use My Lyricâ€. And interestingly, "predestination†can be rearranged to spell "Oriented in Pastâ€.
I'm not sure how a post on Miley Cyrus morphed into a debate about predestination, but, oh well, I'll go with it. Mike and Rolley, thanks for both of your thoughtful posts. I can resonate with both at some level. I was an avid Calvinist in high school, who found pleasure in debating the subject with classmates in Bible class, thinking myself somehow superior because I "rightly" knew that God most certainly chose some for Himself and most certainly did not choose others. I've long since abandoned that concern. I read about Esau and Pharoah and Romans, and I see all of my old arguments staring me back in the face. And there probably is something to that mystery of God choosing or not choosing. But somewhere along the sidewalk, staring into faces, observing the messiness of lives broken by sin, doubt, and fear, there's a word that always rings truer and clearer than "to choose or not to choose." Love. Last week, I stared into the face of a friend who fears the worst--that she could possibly be on the "not chosen" side of the fence. As I looked into her tear-filled eyes, something (Someone) inside of me seemed to say instead (of course, I wouldn't want to put words into God's mouth, but there are those moments where the Spirit talks and we listen), "If only she knew how much I loved her." Is she chosen? I don't know. Is she loved? If only she knew how much! Perhaps there is a place for the "chosen" questions. But sometimes I wonder if we care about them more that He does.
Last time I "launched something heavenward†was in flu season and --- well, you don't want to know. But thanks, LeeQuod, for the kind words. Next time I'm in Washington State the Milk Duds are on me. Literally. (I told you you didn't want to know).
I get this ache, a kind of loneliness, when Rolley isn't bouncing around The Point making jokes and posting poems. I have to learn, and remember, that when he's not bouncing, he's actually coiling like a powerful spring, ready to launch something heavenward - something of incredible power and beauty. Thank you, my friend, for bouncing back.
If it is true that "we become like the God we believe inâ€, shouldn't we dwell on this question a long time before we make a choice that is going to influence the way we view and treat others for the rest of our lives? An awful lot is at stake. With all due respect to "theologyâ€, we all already know what the world needs because it's the same thing we needed – love, forgiveness, and Fatherly nurture. We found all of that and more in Jesus. The world needs the same thing. We Christians were once "the world†ourselves. Have we forgotten? Having freely received are we going to presume that it is permissible to harbor suspicions that perhaps God loves some and blithely passes over others? I certainly hope not. And yet I speak as one who did just that for years and who therefore knows firsthand the seductive power of systematic theology of a certain stripe that gives a strong appearance of being thoroughly biblical. There is not room here (and even if there was, I've still got Gina to contend with) to expound on the universe of reasons Calvinism as embodied in TULIP is bankrupt. But if nothing else, please note that at least one thinking Christian has examined it and found it in need of a second Reformation (which was supposed to be continual thing all along anyway). The world needs Jesus because Jesus is God and God is love. People – non-Christians, atheists, pagans, agnostics, whatever label "fits†-- all need love with a capital L. Listen to their plaintive cries for Love/God. They know they can't talk openly about it without being branded as bigoted religious idiots, so they don't talk about it because the last thing they can endure is more rejection. But they sing about it all the time. Listen to their anguished cries for Love/God. Love/God is what we can give them through the incarnation of Love in our bodies – if, indeed we believe such incarnated Love is a reflection of the God we worship. If. -- "Falling Down†-- by Oasis The summer sun It blows my mind It's falling down on all that I've ever known Time to kiss the world goodbye Falling down on all that I've ever known Is all that I've ever known A dying scream It makes no sound Calling out to all that I've ever known Here am I, lost and found Calling out to all We live a dying dream If you know what I mean All that I've ever known It's all that I've ever known Catch the wind that breaks the butterfly I cried the rain that fills the ocean wide I tried to talk with God to no avail Calling my name from out of nowhere I said 'If you won't save me, please don't waste my time' The summer sun It blows my mind It's falling down on all that I've ever known Time to kiss the world goodbye Falling down on all that I've ever known Is all that I've ever known -- "You Found Me†– by The Fray I found God on the corner of 1st and Amistad Where the West was all but won All alone, smoking his last cigarette I said, "Where've you been?" He said, "Ask anything." Where were you, when everything was falling apart. All my days were spent by the telephone that never rang And all I needed was a call that never came To the corner of 1st and Amistad Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you? Just a little late, you found me, you found me. But in the end everyone ends up alone Losing her, the only one who's ever known Who I am, who I'm not and who I wanna to be No way to know how long she will be next to me Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you? Just a little late, you found me, you found me. The early morning, the city breaks And I've been calling for years and years and years And you never left me no messages You never sent me no letters You got some kind of nerve taking all I want Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me Lying on the floor, Where were you? Where were you? Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you? Just a little late, you found me, you found me. Why'd you have to wait, to find me, to find me?
Randy, I love you, even if God hates you. (So much for, "a servant is not greater than his Master.â€)
The Preacher Likes the Cold -- © Rolley Haggard Randy took a seat in the first empty pew he found. Fortunately it was in the back of the old greystone church, so he didn't draw too much attention even though the service had already begun. An elderly woman with veins all over her papery white hands scooted down to give him more room, or maybe, to get away from him; he couldn't tell. Her brow was bunched and the corners of her mouth were turned down in what looked like a scowl. But maybe that was the way she always looked. Randy was determined to put everything in its best light one more time. He kept his head down, not wanting anyone to see his tear-reddened eyes. The seat was cold, but it beat standing outside in this weather. It was half sleeting, half raining, and the wind made you feel like your skin was being peeled and salted, especially if, like Randy, all you were wearing was a worn-out windbreaker. It wasn't even his windbreaker, no more than the other ill-fitting clothes he'd gotten at the shelter. He was, as they say, down on his luck, or maybe more like at the end of his rope. But in spite of it all, he couldn't give up, couldn't bring himself to despair. He wanted to -- give up, that is. It would be easier in a lot of ways. Just to go to sleep and not wake up, not have to worry about where to get the next meal, or the next hit, or the next anything. Not have to be hassled by the cops, or the gangs, or the fair-weather friends who put up with you only when it suited their own interests. It wouldn't be easy, just easier than this hell called life. But he had never tried church. He needed to try church. Some of his old friends and acquaintances had gotten off the streets by getting religion. Shelley had. Duncan had. Randy wondered where Duncan was now. Last summer the two of them had been approached by a nerdy-looking guy handing out tracts on Main Street. Something in the tract got to Duncan, and he stopped hanging out. He even tried to get Randy and some of the others interested in his new thing. But Randy was skeptical of Duncan's new-found experience. The way Randy figured it, religion was a lot like drugs: another way of escaping reality by creating a more palatable world. The minister called for a hymn, number 172, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded". He asked the congregation to stand. Randy, seeing those around him reach for hymnals in the back of the pews, took a forest-green book with gold lettering from its little rack and paged absent-mindedly to the chosen number. His eyes wandered timidly around the congregation. It was a small church, maybe only eight or ten short pews on either side of a narrow center aisle, dimly lit in spite of an impressive old chandelier hanging over the dais where the minister, garbed in a traditional black gown, led the singing without ever lifting his eyes from the page. Most of the communicants still wore their drab coats, shawls, and wraps, and even though their backs were to him, Randy could tell they were all elderly, and guessed they had probably attended all their lives and would be just as curious about his visit as seemingly the old woman on his pew had been. He took a quick glance in her direction and caught her looking right at him, sizing him up, unaware that he was looking her way. There was no mistaking the disapproval and even disgust in her face, and Randy felt grief and shame -- and rage -- and wondered for a brief instant whether or not he already had his answer. "I'm in God's house, by God!" he shouted soundlessly within himself. "Cut me some slack, already!" And then, as if she had heard his thoughts, the old woman's eyes jumped to his, and their gazes locked together for an ineffable, timeless moment of mutual revulsion. The woman, unable to cope with this visual confrontation, made an involuntary motion with her hands, nearly dropping her hymnal, then twice opened and shut her mouth like a small animal gasping for breath. "Serves you right, dirt-bag," Randy thought to himself. But then, perhaps because of where he was, he felt an odd sensation, and knew it was guilt and forgiveness flowing, mingled, through veins that for twenty-three years had known nothing but the agony of empty longing for...for what? He didn't even know what he was longing for. He only knew he'd know it if he ever found it. If. His eyes reddened again. They were already on the third stanza. The organist played skillfully on an old, yet surprisingly serviceable, pipe organ. The music was beautiful and made Randy think of the long-forgotten Christmas songs he used to hear as a child, and would occasionally still hear over supermarket muzak. The hymn itself was so quaint, so archaic, and yet so poignant, and in some mystical way so relevant, Randy knew he'd never forget it. He didn't have a good idea what it meant, but he knew he'd never forget it: "Be Thou my Consolation, My Shield when I must die; Remind me of Thy Passion When my last hour draws nigh. Mine eyes shall then behold Thee, Upon Thy cross shall dwell, My heart by faith enfold Thee. Who dieth thus dies well." Randy wasn't even aware of what his own thoughts were at that moment. He rarely evaluated his thoughts. He didn't think about them or philosophize over them. He just had them. In the span of one more enigmatic stanza, he repeated the words "remind me of Thy passion when my last hour draws nigh", and did not know it was a prayer. The congregation sat. The minister remained standing. For reasons not directly connected with his physical surroundings Randy felt warm for the first time. Old women notwithstanding, he decided he'd probably done the right thing to come in here. He also decided he would listen carefully to what the minister said. "Just so long as he doesn't put me to sleep." He didn't. The man was a surprisingly good speaker. Right off, Randy was riveted to every word. Here, it seemed, was a hidden talent that no one had discovered (as if Randy were a competent judge of such things), and, if age factored in (the man was at least sixty-five), no one ever would. McInnes (the minister's name, according to the program) was talking about the power and greatness of God. The words 'sovereignty' and 'predestination' were often used. His deep, rich voice, and careful, (one could almost say choreographed) style of delivery made his every word a delight to Randy's ear: "In our Confession, which is the most perfect expression of the Reformed Faith," he said in delicious tones, " we read: 'God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass.'" The word 'whatsoever' seemed to Randy unusually comprehensive, and he waited for some qualifying remark. Surely God did not create evil and suffering and hell and wrong? He heard what he felt must be a brief disclaimer of some sort, allegedly excusing God from being the author of sin, but he wondered as McInnes continued: "God is the great and mighty King who has appointed the course of nature and who directs the course of history even down to its minutest details, including every event in human history from the creation to the judgment, and all the activities of saints and angels in heaven and of reprobates and demons in hell." Randy felt vaguely shocked, and wondered if anyone else in the congregation was similarly affected. He looked around, half expecting to see someone rolling their eyes in disbelief. But the only eyes he saw were either completely shut, or struggling mightily to stay open. It didn't seem possible, but it was hard to avoid the conclusion that McInnes was speaking in all seriousness. He kept quoting "confessions" and "doctrinal statements" and citing references from "the Reformers" and "the Church Fathers", ostensibly to demonstrate the historicity of his outline. This left Randy with the odd feeling that he had misunderstood religion, or at least Christianity, more than he'd ever realized. McInnes cleared his voice and continued his oration. "Calvin has said (Randy had heard of John Calvin), 'Predestination we call the eternal decree of God, by which He has determined in Himself, what He would have to become of every individual of mankind. For they are not all created with a similar destiny; but eternal life is foreordained for some and eternal death for others. Every man, therefore, being created for one or the other of these ends, we say he is predestinated either to life or to death.'" "And Luther has said (Randy had heard of Martin Luther, too, although he was thinking of Martin Luther King as he listened to McInnes go on), 'All things whatever arise from, and depend on, the divine appointment; whereby it was foreordained who should receive the word of life, and who should disbelieve it; who should be delivered from their sins, and who should be hardened in them; and who should be justified and who should be condemned.'" Randy was grimly fascinated with what he was hearing. On the one hand he was totally incredulous, and didn't really think anyone believed what this learned man was preaching. On the other hand, Randy felt acutely his own inadequacies. What if it was true? If this is really the way it all works, then what's the point? "The way of salvation described in our Confession," McInnes declared, "holds that as a result of the fall into sin all men in themselves are guilty, corrupted, hopelessly lost, totally unable to repent and believe; that from this fallen mass God sovereignly elects some to salvation through Christ, while passing by others; that Christ is sent to redeem not all people, but specifically, His people, His elect, by a purely substitutionary atonement; that the Holy Spirit infallibly, efficaciously applies this redemption to the elect; and that all the elect are infallibly brought to salvation and everlasting bliss. This view alone is consistent with Scripture and what we see in the world about us." Randy shifted uncomfortably. As if on cue, McInnes added, with considerable inflection, "Some people are uncomfortable with these doctrines. But reflect a moment on what our own knowledge and experience teach us. We readily see that so far as the pleasures and joys and opportunities in this world are concerned the heathen are largely passed by. On the same principle we would expect them to be passed by in the next world also. When God places people in such isolated regions as Western China or the heart of the Amazon or the jungles of New Guinea, we may be sure that He has no more intention that they shall be saved than He has that the soil of northern Siberia, which is frozen all the year round, shall produce crops of wheat. Had He intended otherwise He would have supplied the means leading to the designed end." Randy did not hear the rest of the sermon. There wasn't much left, maybe five minutes. Surely that could be forgiven. In the stillness of the dimness, he recalled the strange, familiar litany of the Byrds: "To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven." There was room in his heart for religion, wasn't there? In spite of all the imperfections, he never saw himself as evil. And yet he could not deny the distance between him and the Church, between him and McInnes, between him and those who were content with life, who seemingly possessed enough insight into the grand riddle to know that, whatever happened to others, they themselves were safe. Randy closed his eyes tightly and tried for a brief moment to visualize the face of Jesus. Instead, with the clarity of a revelation, he saw himself and a figure resembling McInnes standing on opposite shores of the same vast, windswept ocean, and somehow knew that there could be no propitious journey. Whatsoever. The old woman looked down the pew once more. She had not seen him leave. She had not seen him attempt a weak smile at her as he rose during the benediction. She saw that the seat was again empty and cold. She sighed, like a weary traveler home at last. Randy stood before the old oak door of the church and braced himself for the frigid blast. The organ was playing again. He did not recognize the tune. It was majestic and terrible, like a dirge for a king. Somehow it reminded him of his favorite color, crimson. As he pushed open the door, he said, "Pray for me, Duncan," and then he stepped out. It was night, and all the stars in heaven were twinkling as they ever had since time began. --- *Note: Almost every word of McInnes' sermon was extracted verbatim from a very well-known and respected Protestant book on predestination.
Who is McInnes? I thought you'd never ask. But in truth, he goes by many names….
Editor's note -- The never-ending story has an end. "There is no partiality with God.†(Romans 2:11) Regardless of what McInnes says.
Ah, LeeQuod, you know us all far too well. :-) (Except that on the last point, the atheists and agnostics never reach agreement with the Christians!)
Remember the old film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"??? It's TRUE...Aliens have taken over----the so-called serious reporters!!! Now they report gossip... The National Enquirer & STAR mags (you know, the mags at the checkout which always talk about "Aliens abducted me & then dumped me back on earth") --- have truly---TAKEN OVER!!!) Yes - these GOSSIP RAGS have taken over the minds of most so-called serious journalists... (who now "seriously" report about Miley, Paris (0r Perez) Hilton, and teenage children of far Northwestern American politicians they seek to destroy out of meanness... ...instead of actual news about oh, I don't know ---um... - maybe world piracy, the situation in Iran, worldwide human trafficking, the STD caused cervical cancer epidemics hitting young women, what WWII vets have to say...and even the missile shot from North Korea at ??? us???


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NEWS BLOG (WSAU) If you haven't received it yet, your W-2 is on the way. That's the tax document that shows how much money you made last year. You'll see how much money your employer paid you, how much federal tax was withheld, how much state tax was taken, and how much you paid into social security and medicaid.
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Liam Payne of One Direction felt the need to explain a personal supportive tweet he made out to the "Duck Dynasty" family this weekend on Twitter after his comment landed the 1D star in a bit of hot water. The family has ruffled quite a few feathers after patriarch Phil Robertson mentioned what was perceived as homophobic comments in a GQ magazine interview. So when Payne sent "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson a message about upholding family values, Fox News shares this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 that a few followers were upset the singer might back any anti-gay views.
Prior to the controversy and his venting, Liam Payne took to Twitter this Sunday sending this message out to Willie Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" that was not taken too well by quite a few One Direction fans and the public at large:
"Huge love to you/your family huge respect for your business prosperities and the family values you still all behold. big fan," he wrote to Willie.
Though Payne may have meant no harm, some took it to the boy band member agreeing with the Robertson family of "Duck Dynasty" fame's potentially homophobic views. The English singer quickly defended his comment, saying that simply because he is a fan of a particular show does not mean he endorses all of their beliefs.
"Being a fan of someones show and the way they still hold a family together doesnt mean i am ok with all they say," he wrote on Twitter.
Liam Payne seemed quite frustrated that others were taking a simple supportive tweet to mean so much more than the One Direction member intended.
"Oh my god can someone literally not be a fan if a show without bring labeled WTf I bought dinner the other day it made a news story."
"What I gotta do to please you b******s I'm a 20 year old just living life as you did when u where twenty but in extraordinary circumstances."
"I can't do anything without being judged u try that and write about it."
"Sick of all this bull il be back again when the freedom of speech law is back and people don't believe to much into the bulls*** they read."
Soon he realized he would probably be getting into trouble by the group's music manager, he then added via Twitter, ""Can't wait for the call tomorrow where I get told of for cussing had to be said like I said before much worse has happened In the world."
While quite a few of his tweets seemed to appear like a vent session, this one in particular seemed vocal and annoyed, adds the source site:
"Pick ur balls up off the floor and get on with it instead of taking advantage of every word said and twisting it for your own gain!"


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I don't get the Pandaren point at the end. The fact that Tier 12 gear can look like Tier 11 gear doesn't mean Humans can suddenly look like Tauren. Faction identification, and even race identification, isn't changing even slightly.
Why do we even have gear in PvP? Why not just have a uniform gear set that's automatically equipped on entry to Arenas and BGs, with a few alternate options to provide a little choice and cosmetic rewards for success? I get that chasing gear is the entire game in PvE, but PvP doesn't need that driving factor, and is enhanced by a level playing field and equal access to gear. Gear is nothing but a barrier to entry in PvP, and I honestly can't think of a reason it exists.
Sorry, that's off topic. I'm posting it anyway.
Gear is everything in PvP. Gear makes or breaks your character. Gear gives you options and gear gives you the looks.
I couldn't care less what the huge blob of pixels think about my shoulders in a raid, but I do care how do I look to the enemies and friends alike.
Some people play just for arenas and a line of 4 numbers to show off their epeen to those who actually care. WAKE UP, arenas and battlegrounds are not PvP, its a freaking points farm for the very same GEAR.
True PvP is world PvP. End of story.


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Merlin So 5
Merlin Season 5
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Merlin, The story
Merlin is a British fantasy and adventure series, created by Julian Jones, Jake Michie, Julian Murphy and Johnny Capps. The series was first broadcast by the BBC on 20 September 2008 and is the broadcast of Merlin season 5 has just started in the UK. The series is inspired by the legend of King Arthur and tells the story about the friendship between magician Merlin and Prince Arthur. At various points, however, the series differs from the traditional story. Merlin is produced by the independent production Shine Limited.
Fifth season
There are already five seasons of 13 episodes each, broadcast by the BBC and many other stations worldwide. In the United States will be broadcast by Merlin Syfy.
The recordings of the series found among others in the Château de Pierrefonds (Oise, France) as a model for Camelot.
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Based on the 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 , this package adds two turbochargers bolted up to its exhaust manifolds for an amazing increase in power. How much power, you ask? Oh, just 1,500 horsepower at the wheels!
Obtaining this monstrous power required an impressive amount of work under the hood, including: custom, twin-billet, 62 mm precision turbochargers; TiAL billet wastegates; billet blow off valves; custom-fabricated, stainless-steel air induction using aircraft quality metal; a custom ice water reservoir; high-flow intercooler water heat exchanger; crankcase ventilation system; and K&N air filters.
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Because of the great amount of power delivered by the engine, the wheels are wrapped in a set of super-sticky, Toyo R888 R-Compound tires.
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Birmingham Museums Celebrates Bumper Summer
17th September 2014
Birmingham Museums is celebrating a bumper summer, with over 119,000 people visiting its nine sites throughout August 2014.
Birmingham Museums Awarded Major Museum Partnership Status by Arts Council England
4th July 2014
Birmingham Museums has been successful in its application to Arts Council England, securing its position as a Major Partner Museum
Summer fun at Birmingham Museums
25th June 2014
FREE family fun at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, hands-on Come Create exhibition at Thinktank and kids workshops and crafts across Birminghams historic sites
Today Birmingham Museums celebrate the power of employee volunteering
16th May 2014
Birmingham Museums is pleased to be part of todays Give & Gain Day. Approximately 13000 thousand business volunteers; 190 companies; giving over 88,417 hours volunteering, worth in excess of £1 million, are helping hundreds of thousands of people across UK communities.
Festive fun at Birmingham Museums
15th November 2013
This Christmas, Birmingham Museums presents a sleigh-load of festive fun events and activities including family workshops, music performances and unique gift ideas.
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Change is still to come for the UK
7:48am Friday 19th September 2014
Despite a surge in support for independence in the last few weeks, the Better Together campaign came through with a majority sufficient to put to bed the question of independence for Scotland, at least for now.
Freedom is worth the fight
1:21pm Friday 1st August 2014
Chancellor placed in choppy waters
6:51pm Friday 25th July 2014
YOU have to pity the Chancellor George Osborne, accidentally sailing into the choppy waters that are the relationship between Southampton and rival port Liverpool.
Gove's 'sacking' is unlikely to win any Tory votes back
5:59pm Friday 18th July 2014
IF anything, the now ex- Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove, pictured, should have lost his job for not going far enough.
Where did the World Cup go wrong for us?
5:41pm Saturday 12th July 2014
Why we must keep traditional Sunday afternoons sacrosanct
5:37pm Saturday 12th July 2014
THERE'S a lot of talk this week about liberties being taken away and threats to our freedoms and way of life.
Time for Southampton to fight its corner
5:14pm Friday 4th July 2014
What's the connection between Her Majesty The Queen, Sir Ben Ainsley, ex-Saints player Adam Lallana and a lightweight bridge?
Wild Planet display is just, well, too tame really
8:27am Monday 30th June 2014
A short while ago I promised I would report back on my thoughts concerning the latest touring exhibition to visit Southampton's SeaCity Museum.
What makes us British - and who should decide?
8:26am Monday 30th June 2014
What makes us British? It's a fair question, and one often asked.
Comment: A harsh lesson for Saints' starlet Luke Shaw
1:53pm Monday 23rd June 2014
IN many ways it is a rite of passage to be expected by any rising Premier League football star, especially one who now has three lions on his chest: The attention of the red top press.
Time for a truce in this battle between our ports
8:00am Sunday 22nd June 2014
PERSONALLY I think it is time we called a truce with Liverpool over the so-called Port War.
A lot of hot air on gas holders
3:39pm Friday 20th June 2014
OLD and past their sell-by date, once full of gas but have now fallen silent.
Three Saints players or a children's hospital - which would you choose?
7:54am Saturday 17th May 2014
Manchester United have offered £27.5 million to buy 18-year-old player Luke Shaw from Southampton FC.
Homework needed in morality lessons
3:52pm Friday 16th May 2014
WHO exactly is supposed to teach our children the right thing to do?
I would complain to the BBC, but they wouldn't understand my accent
10:46am Friday 25th April 2014
Talking of foreign languages, and Cornwall in particular, turns out Mrs M and I were not the only ones who scratched our heads and turned up the volume during the BBC's three-night run of Jamaica Inn.
Any people that eat faggots and peas as a national dish deserve special nation status surely?
10:40am Friday 25th April 2014
I've got a funny accent; can I be given special recognition please?
Do the makers of Immigration Street know something we don't?
10:59am Monday 21st April 2014
Every negative can be presented as a positive, as Mr Salmond understands
10:58am Monday 21st April 2014
The present narrowing of the polls and fears that Scotland may indeed vote in September to break away from the UK does not surprise me.
Shopping could leave me prone to nice lie down
5:20pm Friday 11th April 2014
THE proposed new look for the latest phase of the West Quay shopping development – The Watermark – appears stunning, as this paper revealed yesterday.
Uneasy at idea of Miller witch-hunt
5:27pm Friday 11th April 2014
Help me to save the BBC - from itself
5:26pm Wednesday 19th March 2014
Living wage looks fair - but is it fair for all?
5:11pm Wednesday 19th March 2014
On the face of it, a proposal by Hampshire County Council to pay all of its staff at least the so-called Living Wage sounds reasonable.
Tum turns heads - but will Chris Huhne care that much?
10:55am Tuesday 4th March 2014
Not certain what former Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne will made of the snap of him in his shorts strolling hand in hand along a tropical beach with his partner Carina Trimingham that appeared in a national newspaper.
Sorry, this exhibition leaves me all at sea
7:10pm Friday 28th February 2014
THERE'S a chap to be seen wandering around a number of corridors in Southampton's SeaCity Museum that frankly I'm quite concerned about.
The nanny state paddles in
12:49pm Friday 14th February 2014
IS THERE a connection between the proposed ban on smoking in cars with children and our reaction to the ongoing floods?
Who can say if Cortese will return - but I wouldn't rule it out
6:48pm Friday 17th January 2014
We're in a jam - and this is no way to run a city
6:46pm Friday 17th January 2014
That's it then. We can all rest easy. The city is in safe hands again and a repeat of the traffic disaster that brought whole swathes of Southampton to a standstill for several hours last Friday is off the cards.
Vive la difference - or maybe not so different after all
6:43pm Friday 17th January 2014
Time to teach our children life on TV is not reality - and often not very funny
10:47am Tuesday 7th January 2014
As with plenty of battles, when the fighting dies down and shooting stops, the reasons for starting the conflict in the first place seem to get lost amid the thunder flashes and wiz-bangs.
How the Liver Birds could solve the housing crisis
4:05pm Friday 3rd January 2014
THE new year appears to have begun with a concerted push by the Government to underscore its initiatives to boost the housing market.
All I want for 2014
2:42pm Tuesday 31st December 2013
It's a little late for my Christmas wishes to come true – but there's still time for a few New Year Here's- Hoping suggestions for 2014.
Family from hell? Or the council that doesn't care?
9:53am Monday 23rd December 2013
While those in authority ponder what to do with Hampshire's Family from Hell, I have a couple of suggestions.
Of course we should pay our MPs more - just not most of this lot
6:52pm Friday 13th December 2013
I've said it before, but it is worth repeating:ay peanuts and get, well, you know the rest.
Best not to shout about what we have to offer
4:37pm Friday 22nd November 2013
This week saw the fragrant city of Hull snatch the title of UK City of Culture for the year 2017.
Smoke clears to reveal the winners and losers
4:46pm Tuesday 19th November 2013
I DON'T know how many staff earning top money at Southampton City Council are actually members of the Unite and Unison unions.
Hidden dangers in the late-night pub levy
12:40pm Saturday 2nd November 2013
SOUTHAMPTON City Council proposals to tax bars and clubs to help pay for night-time police cover and early morning clean-ups could have been predicted to be welcomed by residents and politicians eager to please residents, and given a swift thumbs down by licensees.
Double standards of celebs with profits to make
12:40pm Friday 1st November 2013
ALL this debate over press intrusion and the effect it has on the private lives of celebrities has been underpinned in the last few weeks with what I can only say have been outrageous stories best kept hidden from public view.
A free press is a jewel – a rough diamond perhaps, but still precious
1:27pm Friday 25th October 2013
By now most of you will have given up trying to understand the machinations of press regulation.
This would be a charter for control by the state
8:20am Monday 14th October 2013
The party's over - but for us it didn't seem to start
10:11am Thursday 5th September 2013
The crowds have dispersed, the lights have faded, the bunting put away for another year.
Of course the British people don't want war - who does?
10:07am Thursday 5th September 2013
The logic of New Forest West MP Dr Julian Lewis is hard to fault.
David Gower has the right idea - just the wrong questions
4:25pm Monday 22nd July 2013
Hampshire cricket legend David Gower's suggestion this week that townies should not be allowed to vote unless they pass exams on countryside issues opens up a whole hornets' nest of ideas.
How the lovely Mishal may inadvertently end 300-years o British history
4:22pm Monday 22nd July 2013
News that BBC presenter Mishal Husain will be joining the regular team at the Radio Four Today programme fills me with dread.
Just because Henry VIII couldn't email doesn't mean the Royal Mail shouldn't evolve
2:11pm Saturday 13th July 2013
Go on, be honest, if you are reading this and you are under the age of 45 how often, apart from the odd birthday card and a ruck of the things at Christmas do you ever actually send a personal letter to someone.
Oh pay them more and get it done with
1:03pm Saturday 13th July 2013
An incentive or a bribe? Either way it will put the gas burners under local democracy
12:34pm Monday 1st July 2013
The incentives - bribes some might call them - being offered by the government for communities to agree to fracking might seem crude, but they could invigorate local democracy.
If a man had taken a 15-year-old girl to a secluded spot and had sex with them would they be charged? I think so. So why not in this case?
2:47pm Sunday 30th June 2013
When a 30-year old man sleeps with a 15-year-old girl there should always been deep concern. The case of teacher Jeremy Forrest who began an illegal affair with one of his pupils before running away with her to France gripped the nation this month.
Green light, but will it be in the red for arts complex?
9:15am Thursday 27th June 2013
Delighted that the much talked of and long debated Cultural Quarter for Southampton pears to have passed the final planning hurdle.
A chap just doesn't know what to wear these days
5:48pm Friday 21st June 2013
A night of glamour, drama - and tattoos (and that was just the ladies)
5:45pm Friday 21st June 2013
Wonderful to be presenting a gong at the Venus Business Women's Awards in Southampton this week.
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As glossy as Puss' famous boots, the amiable, overstuffed and enviably good-looking Shrek The Third uses the familiar slapstick-and-fairytale-satire recipe of its predecessors, but it can't muster their snap and savour. This time out, Shrek's quest is to find young Arthur, the heir to Far, Far Away's throne, after Frog King Harold croaks (in a deliciously drawn-out Hollywood deathbed parody).
As the fulsome 'Meet the Cast' and 'Tech of Shrek' extras make clear, the film's makers were keen to utilise key players like Donkey and Puss In Boots, but shoehorning in Fiona's posse of ninny-to-ninja princesses, troubled high-schooler Arthur, and New Age nitwit Merlin leaves room for the merest shoestring of plot. As a result, this comedy is so busy parcelling out the laughs, and sharpening its impressive visuals, that it forgets to take its story seriously.
One of the secret strengths of previous Shreks was the real jeopardy at their centres (the loss of home, or the end of love), coupled with high-menace villains like Farquaad or the Fairy Godmother. Collaring a sulky teen, anxiety dreams about ogre babies, and taking on the petulant Prince Charming's kingdom-grabbing horde of fairytale freaks just ain't in the same league. So, take comfort in the movie's admitted high points (such as Shrek reducing a court function to flaming rubble), the cornucopia of absorbing DVD-Rom extras (the 'Shrek Shmash-Ups' are particularly fine), and pray that where Shrek The Third goes back to high school, Shrek 4 will go back to basics.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) He's built water heaters and installed anodes for $9.15 an hour. He's got a swing - and a Southern drawl - that had European competitors on The Golf Channel's "Big Break IV" chuckling. And he's ready for somebody, perhaps even himself, to stand up to Tiger Woods' dominance.
PGA Tour, get ready for Tommy Gainey.
"I'm just a good ol' Southern boy, country as it gets," Gainey said. "I earned everything I've gotten."
The 32-year-old Gainey's down-home, straightforward approach has earned him the admiration of viewers from two "Big Break" appearances and, after seven tries, a PGA Tour card.
Gainey tied for 19th at Q-school last month for his exemption. He expects to tee it up at the Sony Open in Hawaii next week.
"I guess I'll be nervous," Gainey said recently. "But I'm not going to worry."
That's pretty much how Gainey has led his life so far.
He was a rising baseball player at Bishopville High when someone suggested he try golf. The 15-year-old was immediately hooked. He taught himself the game through playing, keeping his odd, 10-fingered baseball grip and continuing to wear gloves - hence, the nickname "Two Gloves" - on both hands.
Gainey hoped to play college golf, but was too inconsistent to attract attention. He went to Central Carolina Technical College and earned an industrial maintenance certificate.
"It involved a lot of valves," he recalled.
He caught on at the A.O. Smith Co.'s engineering lab, testing water heaters and moved on to a job at the plant's assembly line wrapping insulation because it paid more. Then came another step up, installing electrical parts. Golf was left to after work in the summer or weekend rounds with buddies.
"Living in the moment, that's about all I was doing," Gainey said.
Says Chip Chamberlin, general manager of the Hartsville Country Club where Gainey practices, "There are a lot of stories out there, but few like Tommy's."
In 1997, Gainey's friend, Cliff Wilson, bankrolled most of the $750 entrance fee to a TearDrop Tour event in Columbia. Gainey wound up winning his first pro start and $15,000. When he called to thank his friend, Wilson told Gainey he didn't want any winnings, just for "Two Gloves" to give golf a full-time try.
Gainey struggled for two years, chasing a career on mini-tours throughout the Southeast. When his parents were dealing with health problems, Gainey knew it was time to return to Bishopville.
He moved furniture until an opening came through at A.O. Smith that got him back at the plant. Golf was as far from his plans as it could be, Gainey said.
His life plan changed for good in late 2002. Friends pooled enough money for Gainey to play a Gateway Tour event in Myrtle Beach. He lost the title on the first playoff hole, but left thinking, "I can play with these guys."
His entrance to The Golf Channel's reality competition came after he played in Monday After The Masters, an annual charity gathering put on by noted golf dudes Hootie and the Blowfish. Gainey's manager, Paul Graham, used to manage the band during its mid-1990s hit-making heyday.


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This is probably every rider's dream and it now becomes reality with the help of this video. With the condition: him being behind the camera. Short, but nice burnout though. Opinions about the girl are expected in form of comments.
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Smokey Mountain Harley Davidson organized, filmed and now offers this commercial for the largest damn motorcycle burnout ever made. This is just a part of what you'll be seeing in the "Smoke'em if you Got'em" DVD. Featuring the Harley-Davidson executives, the Kentucky Headquarters, the 2007 National HOG Rally, and the 2006 and 2007 Guiness World Record Burnouts the disc is not something you'd like to miss
If you're planning to do an outrageous burnout, I suggest that you take notes. An inflammable spray (they are all easily inflammable anyway) would do the trick on an already hot rubber which doesn't stop spinning until the canister is over. Just for the hell of it, it is also recommended to through the exhaust pipes out of the scene and make atmosphere with the decibels. I almost forgot…always use fender-less chopper. This guy seems to have everything sorted out already. Check it out!
I'm crying. I'm actually crying. How stupid you have to be to set your bike in flames just to impress your buddies?
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