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But seriously:Wekwa wrote:Once again, a game cannot simply be "transferred". It has to be remade from top to bottom.
Listen to this simple sentiment and reflect upon it whenever you want to request something stupid from Colin.
Mrcontraptionne wrote:cp1, i know. but why would you pay for a phone that only the specs are good, has fast internet n such? you dont need internet on your phone. nor on an ipod. its a phone, not a handheld computer. they are used as phones, not handheld computers. you may think just cuz you use the interblag a lot on it makes it more of a small comp than a phone, but your wrong. monthly fees plus the original cost isnt worth it. by a girl a box of chocolate instead for noodles' sake!
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I've been on a big Fage Greek Yogurt kick lately, ever since I discovered how much creamier and richer the 2% is than the 0% (read the review of Fage 2%). I decided to branch out from my standard pot of 2% to try the fruited flavors available at the grocery store. I vacillated between 2% with Cherry and 2% with Peach, and in the end picked up both. The Cherry flavor is what I tried first though.
I wasn't sure exactly how to eat this - are you supposed to mix in the cherry goo first, or spoon up little bits of each and let it mix in your mouth? I decided on the latter, as the yogurt package advises not stirring the product. I'm usually not the biggest fan of cherry, but this was DELICIOUS . The tart and sweet jam-like confection blended perfectly with the smooth, creamy yogurt and before I knew it, the cup was finished.
Each 5.3 ounce container of Fage Total 2% Cherry Yogurt provides 130 calories, 2.5 grams of total fat of which 1.5 grams is saturated (4% and 8% of the daily value), 2% of the DV for sodium,no fiber, 17 grams of sugar and 11 grams of protein.
Greek yogurt is expensive - each cup was $1.89 - but it's worth it to me because of the creamy flavor and extra protein. FAGE TOTAL Yogurt is 100% natural with no added sweeteners, thickeners or preservatives - the ingredients are, Strained Yogurt [Grade A Pasteurized Skimmed Milk and Cream, Live Active Yogurt Cultures (L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus)], Cherry Fruit Preparation (20%) [Cherries (8%), Sugar, Corn Starch, Natural Flavors].
Fage does contain a lot of sugar, which is why something like Dannon Light & Fit Key Lime or Dannon Activia Light Yogurt might be more suited to people watching their sugar intake closely. Otherwise, dive into Fage Total 2% Cherry Yogurt - but remember to still watch how much sugar you take in daily.


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The City Council accepted the building as a gift, but never used the building at 283 1st St. N.W. Council members discussed selling the former law office at its June 10 meeting during a discussion of drainage.
City Manager Janice Casteel reported it will cost the city $34,000 to correct the drainage on 1st Street that affects the Webb building and the adjoining building occupied by Superior Cleaners.
"We're going to be accepting offers on the Webb building so we need to go ahead and correct the drainage," she said.
Public Works Director Tommy Myers said the drainage pipe under the building collapsed. The plan is to circumvent the building by laying a 36-inch pipe in an effort to eliminate most of the water flowing underneath the building.
"What we will be doing is rerouting the surface drainage water from going under the building and allow the spring to still flow out of the building," he said.
The rerouted pipe will be connected to the existing drainage system in the rear of the buildings.
Councilman Charlie McKenzie said during the meeting that the city should stop accepting property for which it has no use.
The property will be sold "as is, where is." Offers will be received until 10 a.m. June 24. The City Council will review the offers Wednesday afternoon.
The meeting that would have been held Monday was rescheduled to June 26 to allow Council members the opportunity to attend Tennessee Municipal League meetings in Memphis.
According to a March 2012 report on the condition of city-owned properties, the Webb building has 2,514 square feet. It contains five offices, one main entry, a break room, conference room and storage room. The HVAC system has about 15 more years of life remaining.
The roof was replaced in 1995 and should be replaced within the next five years. In order to extend the life of the roof, debris and limbs need to be removed. Also, joint capping and re-caulking would extend the life of the roof.
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NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban
By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press January 14, 2013 7:54AM
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WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association says it has enough support in Congress to block any new laws that would ban assault weapons. That comes as Vice President Joe Biden finalizes a package of recommendations to curb gun violence.
The NRA has so far prevented passage of another assault weapons ban like the one that expired in 2004. But some lawmakers say the December massacre in Newtown, Conn., that killed 27 people has transformed the country and Americans are ready for stricter gun laws.
While NRA president David Keene told CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that he can't be positive, he would say "that the likelihood is that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress."


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Funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Holly Grove M.B. Church in Drew with Pastor Jesse Gresham officiating. Burial will follow in Drew Cemetery under the direction of T.L. Redmon Funeral Home, Cleveland.
Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2013, at the funeral home and beginning at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the church.
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The exhibit opened Aug. 23 in the Roger D. Malkin Gallery and will continue through Oct. 21.
The artwork includes many Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival posters from over the years, Norris's blues paintings, and a series of photographs, titled "Gone But Not Forgotten" by Highway 61 Blues Museum Director Billy Johnson.
According to Executive Director of the Greenville Arts Council MacKenzie Stroh, the exhibit features work she believes will encourage people to attend future blues festivals.
"During this year's exhibit," said Stroh, "we wanted to make sure that we were providing a venue to highlight the upcoming musical festivals in Greenville, the 36th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival, and the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival."
Throughout the years blues music and art in the Mississippi Delta have always seemed to overlap. Stroh believes there is a natural reason for this occurrence.
"Artists are constantly pulling from their surroundings," said Stroh. "I think this is why oftentimes in the Mississippi Delta artists are moved by the work of blues musicians as well as the landscape, the history, people, and culture. Artists, like Carolyn Norris, are greatly influenced by the history of the Delta and the blues is a large part of that history."
Norris, who was featured in the book "Spirit of the Delta: The Art of Carolyn Norris" by Dorothy Shawhan, was raised in West Virginia but moved to Cleveland at the age of 21. Throughout the years Norris has used a variety of media in order to document daily life in the black community and to chronicle community events.
Norris described the relationship between art and the blues as a "rhythm" and explained how people connect through that relationship.
"It's like a dance, and it starts from the inside and moves out," said Norris. "It's a feeling you get from the blues, that you've experienced some of those same downfalls."
Many present-day artists continue to connect with the blues, a musical genre that is heavily influenced by the past.
"They (present-day artists) get it," said Norris. "They feel it, even now. The blues is an expression of a feeling. You may not feel happy. You turn on the blues and you connect."
Norris also expressed hope for the future of blues-influenced art and that her work will inspire the younger generation to take interest in blues culture.
"I want more people to become more involved in blues culture, what makes Southern people unique, and to take time to pass on the talent," said Norris. "You have to give something back in order to get something. I'm trying to do something to give back to our culture. I'm not chasing money — I'm chasing other people's dreams. Yes sir! You have to have something in this world to hold onto — my art, that's my sanity."


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I've been wondering this for a while. What is the correct usage of "P.S." in e-mails? Where should and shouldn't it be used?
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P.S. in e-mails is used exactly the same as P.S. in normal letters. It is short for the Latin post scriptum, i.e. written after the main script. As such, it is written at the bottom (end) of the main script (main e-mail in this case), and generally contains information which is trivial, or tangental to what was just said. For example, |
I think you take yourselves too seriously. You state a valid opinion about formal emails, especially if the person you are addressing is relatively unknown to you and is judging your email as an indicator of how well you conform to the principles of Brevity and Clarity but informal emails among friends a postscript can add a sense of intimacy and a stylistic tradition sometimes lost in the digital process. I still have friends who argue the supremacy of digital over analog when it comes to music when actually the subjective "ear of the beholder" is also a valid, if personal, point of "view." |
Using "P.S." decreases your signal-to-noise ratio and degrades your ability to communicate clearly.P.S. may be appropriate when using set ink or stone, however, in modern times, it is archaic and inexcusable as you can easily move text around. As such, PS should never be used in an email.(unless you do not care about communicating clearly) By using PS in an email, you have demonstrated a failure to ask:
If your intention was to find out if someone still enjoyed making clothes, then your first sentence should have been:
If it wasn't the most pressing issue in the email, than it should have been tied closely to the sentence that was. Otherwise, if you were just curious, say so:
Refs: http://www.nature.com/scitable/ebooks/english-communication-for-scientists-14053993 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324735104578117193149868504 https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/9226/using-p-s-in-a-formal-email# |
PS stands for "Please see" in the e-mails, to highlight something important. There is no need of Post script in the e-mails. Post script is outdated technique which was used in earlier days when there were no e-mails. Thanks |
As FumbleFingers already noted, the post scriptum should appear after the main body of the text, perhaps even after the signature. With that said, I do agree with FumbleFingers that the construct likely has no place in E-mail. I would like to additionally point out that there is another use for P.S. besides adding a new thought to the correspondence: I have often seen P.S. used in E-mails to incite a new thread of conversation that is tangent to the main topic. While I think that might be a legitimate use in other forms of correspondence, it is generally considered bad netiquette when used in E-mail. Although the rule was not written in the original RFC, it is generally considered bad form to change the topic of an E-mail thread; topics should be changed by sending a separate E-mail, thus starting a new thread. With that said, in rare cases I think the P.S. construct might be acceptable if used like a footnote, i.e., to provide some additional clarification on something from the main body of text that is likely unnecessary, and would otherwise hamper the flow of the main text. |
Personally I think P.S. is never really 'appropriate' in emails. The whole point of a post-scriptum is it's something you think of after the main text has already been written. By which time in the old days of pen-and-ink you'd have already written your closing lines, and most likely signed it as well. With electronic writing such as emails, just go back and add the extra text in the main body. Don't insult your reader by subjecting him to badly-organised text just because you can't be bothered to organise it before you click on Send. |


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Singles Conference
Friday, February 21, 2014, 7:00 PM - Sunday, February 23, 2014, 12:30 PM
For directions click the following link: Watson Homestead
Friday, February 21 - Sunday, February 23 - Family Life presents a weekend conference for single adults with the theme, "Hello My Name Is" - Singles will gather at beautiful Watson Homestead for this annual event. The Conference will feature keynote speaker Sherrie Holloway from Baptist Bible College.
In addition to Sherrie's inspiring messages, the weekend will include times for worship, a variety of workshops and lots of opportunities to connect with other single adults. You can come and stay for the weekend or commute each day.
Check out Sherrie's new book!
Find out about Sherrie by visiting her Website.
Costs for the conference will vary depending on your lodging choice and we do offer a commuter package.
We'll offer many Saturday workshops.
Schedule for the weekend.
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Have questions? Here are some of the most often asked and the answers.
Commuters who have already registered for the conference, can make a room reservation at the Fairfield Inn in Corning. They have given us a tremendous discount for the weekend. A room with two double beds for $177 for the two nights (including tax). To reserve your room at the Fairfield, click here.


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Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Stranger's Home M.B. Church in Shaw with Rev. Herron Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Stranger's Home church cemetery in Shaw under the direction of T.L. Redmon Funeral Home, Cleveland.
Visitation will be from 1-6 p.m., Friday, June 28, 2013, the funeral home followed by family hour from 6-7 p.m. and beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Survivors include: daughters, Creola James of Madison, Ala., Nancy Page-Mayfield of Hornlake and Renetha Larkins of Martinez, Ga.; sons, Andrew P. Page III of Chicago and Cosey P. Page of Shaw; sisters, Johnnie and Juanita Braboy both of Chicago, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
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What Parents need to know. With a very high staff to camper ratio (32 to 36), we strive to empower our campers and raise self-esteem by providing a supportive, nurturing, and non- competitive environment.
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My favorite top!
This top is perfect. It is so flattering! The fabric is incredibly comfortable and soft, and it is stretchy, good quality material. I got a medium white one, and I love it so much that I got it in blue and coral in XL since everything else was sold out. I'm hoping since it's so stretchy that the XLs will still work. Please make more colors, bebe! I would buy it in every color :)
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I can not say enough good things about this top! I got it in the coral color and wished I would've gotten the other colors immediately but they were sold out of my size already :( It really enhances your chest and the faux wrapping detail in front hides any bulges. It is very flattering! Please BEBE MAKE MORE!
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This top is great for work or for a date night
I got this top in white which make me look elegant and I usually wear it with a necklace or dangling earrings. Since its a faux wrap, it enhances your chest. I am 5'1" , 110 lbs, and 34B... I got size small.
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Fans, Off-Base January 29th, 2013
We've reached that point in the offseason where there's not much to write about. Well, the Brewers offseason moves up to this point (or lack thereof) haven't given us much fodder either, and it's not like we capitalized on writing something the few times a post was warranted... like that clutch Kelvim Escobar inking. But this post-Winter Meetings, pre-Spring Training late January lull is an especially brutal time to be a baseball fan of any team--especially a team being connected to remaining free agent names like Kyle Lohse (actually, that'd be kind of awesome at the right price) and the ghost of Lyle Overbay.
So we'll just take a detour from potential transactions and, instead, cover important periphery items in MPD's coverage area such as bad Brewers songs from two or three years ago and the most passionate, popular and attractive Brewers fan (excluding "The Maniac") selling her van.
That's right creeps, Front Row Amy is selling her van. The ol' girl has a lot of mileage, probably doesn't have much tread left on the tires, seems to have had a few body repairs along the way and is getting up there in years. And her 2005 Honda Odyssey has its issues too.
The vehicle has 126,450 miles, most of which were likely logged driving to and from Miller Park. But it features heated leather seats (which could probably be torn out and fashioned into some sort of gimp outfit so serve as some insane tribute with relative ease). The listing also boasts tinted windows and a rear entertainment system, so you can watch Brewers home games alone in a secluded location and truly feel the full unspoken connection that you and the van's only previous owner share... a connection that your friends, your estranged wife and concerned former co-workers will never even begin to understand BUT NOBODY WILL EVER UNDERSTAND YOU LIKE SHE DOES, GOD DAMMIT!!!
It also has cup holders, GPS and dual climate control. Nice features!
So if have an extra $11,900 laying around and you're hoping to bring your fandom of Brewers super fan regional semi-celebrity Front Row Amy to the next level, now is your time to strike... I mean, buy.
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Here are some suggested revisions for Chapter II. Obviously, these are only suggestions as some suggestions might be against the intent of the designers, particularly the decision regarding what talents are permanent abilities.
Character Generation
p. 28, col 1, para, 1 - Text states ". . . players invest their experience points to improve starting characteristics, acquire training in key skills, choose starting equipment, learn special talents . . ." This does not appear to be true from the text. While the starting equipment rules are vague, see below, Step 6 on pp. 64-65 do not provide any rules for investing experience in order to choose starting equipment. This is also contradicted by the text of Step 6 on the bottom of p. 28.
Character Generation Steps
Step 2: Determine Obligation
p. 28, col 1, para 6 - "More on Obligation is covered on page 30." Text incorrectly cites to page 29.
Step 4: Select Character Class
p. 28, col 2, para 2 - Perhaps change "These skills should be checked . . ." to "Place a check mark next to these skills . . ." Changes to active voice and brings in line with discussion of skills with check marks on p. 64. Also, "should be checked" may be unclear.
Step 8: Determine Starting Motivations
p. 29, col 1, para 1 - An abbreviation for experience points is given here even though it is not the first mention of experience points and the abbreviation XP isn't used again for another page. Perhaps move the abbreviation to Step 6 which discusses investing experience points.
Step 9: Finishing Personal Touches
p. 29, col 1, para 4 - "(see pages 30 and 66 respectively)." - Text incorrectly points to page 29.
Step 2: Obligation
p. 30, col 1, para 2 - "During character creation, players not only customize their characters by selecting skills or characteristics, but also . . ." Adding also after "but." Another nitpicky rule.
31, Assembling the Group's Obligation - sidebar references a "ship character sheet" at the back of the book. No such sheet is included.
p. 31, Assembling the Group's Obligation - at one point text refers to "Obligation Check Chart" and another refers to "Obligation Check chart."
p. 31, Assembling the Group's Obligation - "For example, consider a party with four PCs, . . ." Change Player Characters to PCs to bring in line with style.
p. 31, Assembling the Group's Obligation - "Oskara's obligation is duty (in this case, her duty to her clan back home). 41-VEX's obligation is Debt (the cost of purchasing his own freedom). Lowhrrick's Obligation is Oath (he's sworn to hunt down the Trandoshan slavers who kidnapped his family). Pash's Obligation is Favor . . ."
Obligations in Play
p. 31, col 1, para 2 - "Before each session, the GM makes a percentile roll . . ." Makes this consistent with description of percentile rolls on p. 11.
Obligation Check Results
p. 31, col 1, para 3 - "if the rolls is greater than the group's total Obligation . . ." Added "group's" to make sentence more clear and to align it with analogous sentence in the paragraph below.
p. 31, col 2, para 2 - "This PC reduces his strain . . ." Change Player Character to PC to bring in line with style.
p. 31, col 2, para 3 - ". . . and the PC whose Obligation triggered . . ." Change Player Character to PC to bring in line with style.
p. 31, col 2, para 4 - "These mechanical effects represent either internal or external pressure on the PCs as a result . . ." Change Player Characters to PCs to bring in line with style.
p. 31 Table 2-3 - This appears to be the only place that the text states that PCs start with 500 credits. I could be mistaken about that. However, this probably could be made more clear.
p. 32, Example Obligation Check sidebar, para 4 - "In this case, Oskara, Lowhhrick, and Pash . . ." Added Lowhhrick, who was left out of the example.
p. 33 - Exceeding 100 Obligation and Obligation Cap sidebars should probably be switched. Currently, the text states the special case and then the reader learns that there is a special case.
p. 33 Obligation Cap sidebar - "While 100 is the top practical range on a percentile roll, . . ." Makes this consistent with description of percentile rolls on p. 11.
Step 3: Selecting a Species
p. 36, col 1, para 3 - "You can almost guarantee that a Gand's breathing apparatus, translator, blaster, and shockprod staff are customized . . ."
p. 38, col 1, para 2 - " . . . come from a society that emphasizes strength, skill at hunting, resilience, and self-reliance." Added serial comma after "resilience."
p. 38, col 2, Regeneration - text refers to "Bacta tanks" but on p. 143 text refers to "bacta tank." However, page 89 refers to "Bacta tanks" so reference on p. 143 is probably incorrect.
p. 38, col 1, para 7 - Should there be a hypen in the sentence "A family's five most important Twi'leks lead their respected head-clans . . ."
p. 38, col 1, para 8 - "Twi'lek leaders echibit disgust at any accusation of slavery and deny that they would ever put their own people in bondage." Removed ", " after "bondage."
p. 39, col 2, para 1 - "materiel" has an odd accent mark over the first "e."
p. 39, Species Abilities, "Wookie Rage: When a Wookie . . ." Removed duplicate "Wookie Rage."
p. 39, Species Abilities, Wookie Rage - "When a Wookie has suffered any wounds, his Brawl and Melee attacks deal +1 damage. When a Wookie is Ctirically Injured, his Brawl and Melee attacks deal +2 damage."
Steps 4 and 5: Selecting a Career and Specializations
Bounty Hunter
p. 40, col 1, para 4 - "Most Bounty Hunters . . ." Added "Bounty" before "Hunters"
p. 40, col 2, para 2 - ". . . and Ranged (Light) . . ." Changed "Range (Light)" to "Ranged (Light)"
Gadgeteer Talent Tree Armor Master and Improved Armor Master in the text use the British spelling of Armor, rest of the text uses American spelling "Armor."
Suvivalist Talent Tree - 5xp rank of Expert Tracker is marked as a Permanent Ability but 15xp and 20xp ranks are not.
The Colonist
Doctor Talent Tree - 5xp rank of Surgeon is not marked as a Permanent Ability but 15xp and 20xp ranks are.
Politico Talent Tree - One of the 5xp rank of Plausible Deniability is not marked as a Permanent Ability but the other ranks are.
Politico Talent Tree - The two 5xp ranks of Plausible Deniability have different wording.
The Explorer
Fringer Talent Tree, Fringer Bonus Skills - "Astrogation, Coordination . . ." Removed space after Astrogation before comma
Fringer Talent Tree - One of the 5xp rank of Street Smarts is not marked as a Permanent Ability but the other ranks are.
Fringer Talent Tree - The 15 xp rank of Rapid Recovery is not marked as a permanent ability but the 20xp rank is.
Fringer Talent Tree - Defensive Driver is mispelled at the 15xp level.
The Hired Gun
p. 52, col 1, para 1 - "The Hired Gun's eight career skills are . . . Ranged (Light)" Replaced "Range (Light) with "Ranged Light."
Hired Gun Talent Tree - 5xp and 25xp ranks of barrage are not permanent but 10xp is.
Marauder Talent Tree - Text of Lethal Blows talents is the same, but the character spacing is different in the two boxes.
Mercenary Soldier Talent Tree - 5xp rank of command is not permanent but 15xp is.
The Smuggler
p. 56, col 1, para 3 - "That requires a job of such . . ." Added "a" before "job."
Pilot Talent Tree - 5xp rank of Skilled Jockey is permanent but 10xp is not.
Scoundrel Talent Tree - The 10xp rank of Black Market Contacts has an extra space and period at the end.
The Technician
Mechanic Talent Tree - 20xp rank of Fine Tuning is permanent but 5xp is not.
Slicer Talent Tree - 5xp and 10xp ranks of Bypass Security are permanent but 15xp is not.
Slicer Talent Tree - 20xp rank of Defensive Slicing is permanent but 10xp and 15xp ranks are not.
Step 6: Invest Experience Points
Improving Characters
p. 64, col 2, para 1 - "(during gameplay . . .)" Changed capitalization of "During." Alternatively, a period could be placed after "any later time" and the second clause set off as its own sentence.
Skill Training
p 64, col 2, para 3 - "The character should have check marks next to a number of skills based on his starting career and specialization." Text refers to "profession," but I believe it means "specialization."
p. 64 Table 2-4 does not reflect the XP cost increase for training non-career skills.
Step 7: Determine Derived Attributes
Soak Value
p. 65, col 2, para 8 - "After determining this initial value, increases to a character's Brawn rating increase his soak value." Changed capitalization of "soak value" to align with style.
Step 8: Determine Motivation
p. 66, col 1, para 2 - ". . . to determine his character's primary Motivation . . ."
Types of Motivation
p. 66, col 1, para 4 - "In Edge of the Empire . . ." Text refers to Edge of the Darkness which sounds like a great name for an adventure or supplement for the Edge of the Empire line
Changing Motivations
p. 67, col 1, para 4 - ". . . or the destruction of the character's home planet for the Cause (Local Politics) Motivation." Added "Motivation" to align with style.
p. 67, col 2, para 1 - " . . . he should not receive any bonus experience points for his previous Motivation until . . ." Removed "and" after "Motivation."
Secret Motivations
p. 67, col 2, para 2 - " . . . the GM should note them and keep . . ." Removed "as done" after them.
p. 67, col 2, para 2 - Text refers to "Motivations listed below" but there are no Motivations listed below, all the Motivations come before. This section could be moved to an earlier part before the Motivation tables.
Step 9: Finishing Touches
p. 67, col 2, para 5 - "PCs may stem from a variety . . ." Changed Player Characters to PCs to align with style.
p. 68, col 1 - Height, weight, and build - text refers to meter.
p. 68, col 1 - Height, weight, and build - ". . . physical appearances to match their physical characteristics, Brawn and Agility." Change capitalization of Brawn and Agility.
Step 10: Selecting a Ship
Ghtroc 720 Light Freighter
p. 68, col 1, para 8 - "Made by the now defunct Ghtroc . . ." Replaced "new" with "now."
Additional notes:
A section on purchasing gear/weapons/armor, etc. might be nice to add. Something that clarifies how many credits the PCs have to start with.


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(Attica, OH) There are just a few races left at Attica Raceway Park before the World of Outlaws come calling to challenge the tough locals at "Ohio's Finest Racing" speed plant. And the local drivers will be trying to stay in the track's top 25 in points to be eligible for the bonuses being offered for the World of Outlaws event on Friday, June 1st. It all begins Friday, May 11th for the Sutton Bank Scouts Night. It is a Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. (Fremont/Attica Sprint Title) Championship night and Attica and Goodyear Tires have teamed up to pay the feature winner of the O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints $3,000. Attica will also start 22 cars in the A-main. The Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models and Fremont Fence 305 Sprints will also be in competition. All Scouts and their Scout leaders who wear their uniforms will get in free Friday as well and there will be vintage race cars on display. The final tune-up before the Kistler Engines Classic with the World of Outlaws will be Merrill Lynch/All Pro Cylinder Heads Night, Friday, May 18. It will be another F.A.S.T. event for the 410 sprints and the first F.A.S.T. night for the 305 sprints. The UMP DIRTcar Late Models will also be in competition. There is no racing at "Ohio's Finest Racing" speed plant on Friday, May 25th. When Steve Kinser, Donny Schatz, Sammy Swindell, Craig Dollansky, Joey Saldana and the rest of the Outlaws come to Attica to challenge the local drivers for the $10,000 payday, there are plenty of other bonus funds up for grabs. Any driver in the top 25 of Attica 's weekly point standings after that May 18 event who can take the win will get an additional $2,500. Should that driver also be in the top 10 of the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champion's National point standings through May 27, there is another $1,000 bonus from that series.Also, engine manufacturers Kistler Engines, Gressman Powersports and Level Performance are offering a $2,000 gift certificate if one of the Top-25 in Attica 's weekly point standings is running an engine built by one of those companies and wins the race. Also, All Pro Aluminum Heads is giving a $250 gift certificate if the race winner is using their engine heads.Attica Raceway Park will also give the highest finisher in the A-Main that is in the track's Top-25 in points a $500 bonus. If a driver in the Top-25 in points wins the race, then the second highest feature finisher in the Top-25 in points will get the $500 bonus.
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The duty of stedfastly adhering to Christ and his gospel. (1-4) His sufferings are no objection against his pre-eminence. (5-9) The reason of his sufferings, and the fitness of them. (10-13) Christ's taking the nature of man, and not his taking the nature of angels, was necessary to his priestly office. (14-18)
Verses 1-4 Christ being proved to be superior to the angels, this doctrine is applied. Our minds and memories are like a leaky vessel, they do not, without much care, retain what is poured into them. This proceeds from the corruption of our nature, temptations, worldly cares, and pleasures. Sinning against the gospel is neglect of this great salvation; it is a contempt of the saving grace of God in Christ, making light of it, not caring for it, not regarding either the worth of gospel grace, or the want of it, and our undone state without it. The Lord's judgments under the gospel dispensation are chiefly spiritual, but are on that account the more to be dreaded. Here is an appeal to the consciences of sinners. Even partial neglects will not escape rebukes; they often bring darkness on the souls they do not finally ruin. The setting forth the gospel was continued and confirmed by those who heard Christ, by the evangelists and apostles, who were witnesses of what Jesus Christ began both to do and to teach; and by the gifts of the Holy Ghost, qualified for the work to which they were called. And all this according to God's own will. It was the will of God that we should have sure ground for our faith, and a strong foundation for our hope in receiving the gospel. Let us mind this one thing needful, and attend to the Holy Scriptures, written by those who heard the words of our gracious Lord, and were inspired by his Spirit; then we shall be blessed with the good part that cannot be taken away.
Verses 5-9 Neither the state in which the church is at present, nor its more completely restored state, when the prince of this world shall be cast out, and the kingdoms of the earth become the kingdom of Christ, is left to the government of the angels: Christ will take to him his great power, and will reign. And what is the moving cause of all the kindness God shows to men in giving Christ for them and to them? it is the grace of God. As a reward of Christ's humiliation in suffering death, he has unlimited dominion over all things; thus this ancient scripture was fulfilled in him. Thus God has done wonderful things for us in creation and providence, but for these we have made the basest returns.
Verses 10-13 Whatever the proud, carnal, and unbelieving may imagine or object, the spiritual mind will see peculiar glory in the cross of Christ, and be satisfied that it became Him, who in all things displays his own perfections in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. His way to the crown was by the cross, and so must that of his people be. Christ sanctifies; he has purchased and sent the sanctifying Spirit: the Spirit sanctifies as the Spirit of Christ. True believers are sanctified, endowed with holy principles and powers, set apart to high and holy uses and purposes. Christ and believers are all of one heavenly Father, who is God. They are brought into relation with Christ. But the words, his not being ashamed to call them brethren, express the high superiority of Christ to the human nature. This is shown from three texts of Scripture. See ( Psalm 22:22 , Psalm 18:2 , Isaiah 8:18 ) .
Verses 14-18 The angels fell, and remained without hope or help. Christ never designed to be the Saviour of the fallen angels, therefore he did not take their nature; and the nature of angels could not be an atoning sacrifice for the sin of man. Here is a price paid, enough for all, and suitable to all, for it was in our nature. Here the wonderful love of God appeared, that, when Christ knew what he must suffer in our nature, and how he must die in it, yet he readily took it upon him. And this atonement made way for his people's deliverance from Satan's bondage, and for the pardon of their sins through faith. Let those who dread death, and strive to get the better of their terrors, no longer attempt to outbrave or to stifle them, no longer grow careless or wicked through despair. Let them not expect help from the world, or human devices; but let them seek pardon, peace, grace, and a lively hope of heaven, by faith in Him who died and rose again, that thus they may rise above the fear of death. The remembrance of his own sorrows and temptations, makes Christ mindful of the trials of his people, and ready to help them. He is ready and willing to succour those who are tempted, and seek him. He became man, and was tempted, that he might be every way qualified to succour his people, seeing that he had passed through the same temptations himself, but continued perfectly free from sin. Then let not the afflicted and tempted despond, or give place to Satan, as if temptations made it wrong for them to come to the Lord in prayer. Not soul ever perished under temptation, that cried unto the Lord from real alarm at its danger, with faith and expectation of relief. This is our duty upon our first being surprised by temptations, and would stop their progress, which is our wisdom.
Hebrews 2:1-18 . DANGER OF NEGLECTING SO GREAT SALVATION, FIRST SPOKEN BY CHRIST; TO WHOM, NOT TO ANGELS, THE NEW DISPENSATION WAS SUBJECTED; THOUGH HE WAS FOR A TIME HUMBLED BELOW THE ANGELS: THIS HUMILIATION TOOK PLACE BY DIVINE NECESSITY FOR OUR SALVATION.
1. Therefore--Because Christ the Mediator of the new covenant is so far ( Hebrews 1:5-14 ) above all angels, the mediators of the old covenant.
the more earnest--Greek, "the more abundantly."
heard--spoken by God ( Hebrews 1:1 ); and by the Lord ( Hebrews 2:3 ).
let them slip--literally "flow past them" ( Hebrews 4:1 ).
2. (Compare Hebrews 2:3 .) Argument a fortiori.
spoken by angels--the Mosaic law spoken by the ministration of angels ( Deuteronomy 33:2 , Psalms 68:17 , Acts 7:53 , Galatians 3:19 ). When it is said, Exodus 20:1 , "God spake," it is meant He spake by angels as His mouthpiece, or at least angels repeating in unison with His voice the words of the Decalogue; whereas the Gospel was first spoken by the Lord alone.
was steadfast--Greek, "was made steadfast," or "confirmed": was enforced by penalties on those violating it.
transgression--by doing evil; literally, overstepping its bounds: a positive violation of it.
disobedience--by neglecting to do good: a negative violation of it.
recompense--( Deuteronomy 32:35 ).
3. we--who have received the message of salvation so clearly delivered to us (compare Hebrews 12:25 ).
so great salvation--embodied in Jesus, whose very name means "salvation," including not only deliverance from foes and from death, and the grant of temporal blessings (which the law promised to the obedient), but also grace of the Spirit, forgiveness of sins, and the promise of heaven, glory, and eternal life ( Hebrews 2:10 ).
which--"inasmuch as it is a salvation which began," &c.
spoken by the Lord--as the instrument of proclaiming it. Not as the law, spoken by the instrumentality of angels ( Hebrews 2:2 ). Both law and Gospel came from God; the difference here referred to lay in the instrumentality by which each respectively was promulgated (compare Hebrews 2:5 ). Angels recognize Him as "the Lord" ( Matthew 28:6 , Luke 2:11 ).
confirmed unto us--not by penalties, as the law was confirmed, but by spiritual gifts ( Hebrews 2:4 ).
by them that heard him--(Compare Luke 1:2 ). Though Paul had a special and independent revelation of Christ ( Galatians 1:16 Galatians 1:17 Galatians 1:19 ), yet he classes himself with those Jews whom he addresses, "unto us"; for like them in many particulars (for example, the agony in Gethsemane, Hebrews 5:7 ), he was dependent for autoptic information on the twelve apostles. So the discourses of Jesus, for example, the Sermon on the Mount, and the first proclamation of the Gospel kingdom by the Lord ( Matthew 4:17 ), he could only know by the report of the Twelve: so the saying, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" ( Acts 20:35 ). Paul mentions what they had heard, rather than what they had seen, conformably with what he began with, Hebrews 1:1 Hebrews 1:2 , "spake . . . spoken." Appropriately also in his Epistles to Gentiles, he dwells on his independent call to the apostleship of the Gentiles; in his Epistle to the Hebrews, he appeals to the apostles who had been long with the Lord (compare Acts 1:21 , 10:41 ): so in his sermon to the Jews in Antioch of Pisidia ( Acts 13:31 ); and "he only appeals to the testimony of these apostles in a general way, in order that he may bring the Hebrews to the Lord alone" [BENGEL], not to become partisans of particular apostles, as Peter, the apostle of the circumcision, and James, the bishop of Jerusalem. This verse implies that the Hebrews of the churches of Palestine and Syria (or those of them dispersed in Asia Minor [BENGEL], 1 Peter 1:1 , or in Alexandria) were primarily addressed in this Epistle; for of none so well could it be said, the Gospel was confirmed to them by the immediate hearers of the Lord: the past tense, "was confirmed," implies some little time had elapsed since this testification by eye-witnesses.
4. them--rather, "God also [as well as Christ, Hebrews 2:3 ] bearing witness to it," &c. joining in attestation of it."
signs and wonders--performed by Christ and His apostles. "Signs" and miracles, or other facts regarded as proofs of a divine mission; "wonders" are miracles viewed as prodigies, causing astonishment ( Acts 2:22 Acts 2:33 ); "powers" are miracles viewed as evidences of superhuman power.
divers miracles--Greek, "varied (miraculous) powers" ( 2 Corinthians 12:12 ) granted to the apostles after the ascension.
gifts, &c.--Greek, "distributions." The gift of the Holy Spirit was given to Christ without measure ( John 3:34 ), but to us it is distributed in various measures and operations ( Romans 12:3 Romans 12:6 , &c. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 ).
according to his own will--God's free and sovereign will, assigning one gift of the Spirit to one, another to another ( Acts 5:32 , Ephesians 1:5 ).
5. For--confirming the assertion, Hebrews 2:2 Hebrews 2:3 , that the new covenant was spoken by One higher than the mediators of the old covenant, namely, angels. Translate in the Greek order, to bring out the proper emphasis, "Not the angels hath He," &c.
the world to come--implying, He has subjected to angels the existing world, the Old Testament dispensation (then still partly existing as to its framework), Hebrews 2:2 , the political kingdom of the earth ( Daniel 4:13 , Daniel 10:13 Daniel 10:20 Daniel 10:21 , 12:1 ), and the natural elements ( Revelation 9:11 , 16:4 ). and even individuals ( Matthew 18:10 ). "The world to come" is the new dispensation brought in by Christ, beginning in grace here, to be completed in glory hereafter. It is called "to come," or "about to be," as at the time of its being subjected to Christ by the divine decree, it was as yet a thing of the future, and is still so to us, in respect to its full consummation. In respect to the subjecting of all things to Christ in fulfilment of Psalms 8:1-9 , the realization is still "to come." Regarded from the Old Testament standpoint, which looks prophetically forward to the New Testament (and the Jewish priesthood and Old Testament ritual were in force then when Paul wrote, and continued till their forcible abrogation by the destruction of Jerusalem), it is "the world to come"; Paul, as addressing Jews, appropriately calls it so, according to their conventional way of viewing it. We, like them, still pray, "Thy kingdom come"; for its manifestation in glory is yet future. "This world" is used in contrast to express the present fallen condition of the world ( Ephesians 2:2 ). Believers belong not to this present world course, but by faith rise in spirit to "the world to come," making it a present, though internal. reality. Still, in the present world, natural and social, angels are mediately rulers under God in some sense: not so in the coming world: man in it, and the Son of man, man's Head, are to be supreme. Hence greater reverence was paid to angels by men in the Old Testament than is permitted in the New Testament. For man's nature is exalted in Christ now, so that angels are our "fellow servants" ( Revelation 22:9 ). In their ministrations they stand on a different footing from that on which they stood towards us in the Old Testament. We are "brethren" of Christ in a nearness not enjoyed even by angels ( Hebrews 2:10-12 Hebrews 2:16 ).
6. But--It is not to angels the Gospel kingdom is subject, BUT . . .
one . . . testified--the usual way of quoting Scripture to readers familiar with it. Psalms 8:5-7 praises Jehovah for exalting MAN, so as to subject all the works of God on earth to him: this dignity having been lost by the first Adam, is realized only in Christ the Son of man, the Representative Man and Head of our redeemed race. Thus Paul proves that it is to MAN, not to angels, that God has subjected the "world to come." In Hebrews 2:6-8 , MAN is spoken of in general ("him . . . him . . . his); then at Hebrews 2:9 , first JESUS is introduced as fulfilling, as man, all the conditions of the prophecy, and passing through death Himself; and so consequently bringing us men, His "brethren," to "glory and honor."
What, &c.--How insignificant in himself, yet how exalted by God's grace! (Compare Psalms 144:3 ). The Hebrew, "Enosh" and "Ben-Adam," express "man" and "Son of man" in his weakness: "Son of man" is here used of any and every child of man: unlike, seemingly, the lord of creation, such as he was originally (Genesis 1:1-2:25'), and such as he is designed to be ( Psalms 8:1-9 ), and such as he actually is by title and shall hereafter more fully be in the person of, and in union with, Jesus, pre-eminently the Son of man ( Hebrews 2:9 ).
art mindful--as of one absent.
visitest--lookest after him, as one present.
7. a little--not as BENGEL, "a little time."
than the angels--Hebrew, "than God," "Elohim," that is, the abstract qualities of God, such as angels possess in an inferior form; namely, heavenly, spiritual, incorporeal natures. Man, in his original creation, was set next beneath them. So the man Jesus, though Lord of angels, when He emptied Himself of the externals of His Divinity was in His human nature "a little lower than the angels"; though this is not the primary reference here, but man in general.
crownedst him with glory and honour--as the appointed kingly vicegerent of God over this earth (Genesis 1:1-2:25').
and didst set him over the works of thy hands--omitted in some of the oldest manuscripts; but read by others and by oldest versions: so Psalms 8:6 , "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands."
8. ( 1 Corinthians 15:27 .)
For in that--that is, "For in that" God saith in the eighth Psalm, "He put the all things (so the Greek, the all things just mentioned) in subjection under him (man), He left nothing . . . As no limitation occurs in the sacred writing, the "all things" must include heavenly, as well as earthly things (compare 1 Corinthians 3:21 1 Corinthians 3:22 ).
But now--As things now are, we see not yet the all things put under man.
9. But--We see not man as yet exercising lordship over all things, "but rather, Him who was made a little lower than the angels (compare Luke 22:43 ), we behold (by faith: a different Greek verb from that for 'we see,' Hebrews 2:8 , which expresses the impression which our eyes passively receive from objects around us; whereas, 'we behold,' or 'look at,' implies the direction and intention of one deliberately regarding something which he tries to see: so Hebrews 3:19 , 10:25 , Greek), namely, Jesus, on account of His suffering of death, crowned," &c. He is already crowned. though unseen by us, save by faith; hereafter all things shall be subjected to Him visibly and fully. The ground of His exaltation is "on accoumt of His having suffered death" ( Hebrews 2:10 , Philippians 2:8 Philippians 2:9 ).
that he by the grace of God--( Titus 2:11 , 3:4 ). The reading of ORIGEN, "That He without God" (laying aside His Divinity; or, for every being save God: or perhaps alluding to His having been temporarily "forsaken," as the Sin-bearer, by the Father on the cross), is not supported by the manuscripts. The "that," &c. is connected with "crowned with glory," &c. thus: His exaltation after sufferings is the perfecting or consummation of His work ( Hebrews 2:10 ) for us: without it His death would have been ineffectual; with it, and from it, flows the result that His tasting of death is available for (in behalf of, for the good of) every man. He is crowned as the Head in heaven of our common humanity, presenting His blood as the all-prevailing plea for us. This coronation above makes His death applicable for every individual man (observe the singular; not merely "for all men"), Hebrews 4:14 , 9:24 , 1 John 2:2 . "Taste death" implies His personal experimental undergoing of death: death of the body, and death (spiritually) of the soul, in His being forsaken of the Father. "As a physician first tastes his medicines to encourage his sick patient to take them, so Christ, when all men feared death, in order to persuade them to be bold in meeting it, tasted it Himself. though He had no need" [CHRYSOSTOM]. ( Hebrews 2:14 Hebrews 2:15 ).
10. For--giving a reason why "the grace of God" required that Jesus "should taste death."
it became him--The whole plan was (not only not derogatory to, but) highly becoming God, though unbelief considers it a disgrace [BENGEL]. An answer to the Jews, and Hebrew Christians, whosoever, through impatience at the delay in the promised advent of Christ's glory, were in danger of apostasy, stumbling at Christ crucified. The Jerusalem Christians especially were liable to this danger. This scheme of redemption was altogether such a one as harmonizes with the love, justice, and wisdom of God.
for whom--God the Father ( Romans 11:36 , 1 Corinthians 8:6 , Revelation 4:11 ). In Colossians 1:16 the same is said of Christ.
all things--Greek, "the universe of things," "the all things." He uses for "God," the periphrasis, "Him for whom . . . by whom are all things," to mark the becomingness of Christ's suffering as the way to His being "perfected" as "Captain of our salvation," seeing that His is the way that pleased Him whose will and whose glory are the end of all things, and by whose operation all things exist.
in bringing--The Greek is past, "having brought as He did," namely, in His electing purpose (compare "ye are sons," namely, in His purpose, Galatians 4:6 , Ephesians 1:4 ), a purpose which is accomplished in Jesus being "perfected through sufferings."
many--( Matthew 20:28 ). "The Church" ( Hebrews 2:12 ), "the general assembly" ( Hebrews 12:23 ).
sons--no longer children as under the Old Testament law, but sons by adoption.
unto glory--to share Christ's "glory" ( Hebrews 2:9 ; compare Hebrews 2:7 , John 17:10 John 17:22 John 17:24 , Romans 8:21 ). Sonship, holiness ( Hebrews 2:11 ), and glory, are inseparably joined. "Suffering," "salvation," and "glory," in Paul's writings, often go together ( 2 Timothy 2:10 ). Salvation presupposes destruction, deliverance from which for us required Christ's "sufferings."
to make . . . perfect--"to consummate"; to bring to consummated glory through sufferings, as the appointed avenue to it. "He who suffers for another, not only benefits him, but becomes himself the brighter and more perfect" [CHRYSOSTOM]. Bringing to the end of troubles, and to the goal full of glory: a metaphor from the contests in the public games. Compare "It is finished," Luke 24:26 , John 19:30 . I prefer, with CALVIN, understanding, "to make perfect as a completed sacrifice": legal and official, not moral, perfection is meant: "to consecrate" (so the same Greek is translated Hebrews 7:28 ; compare Margin) by the finished expiation of His death, as our perfect High Priest, and so our "Captain of salvation" ( Luke 13:32 ). This agrees with Hebrews 2:11 , "He that sanctifieth," that is, consecrates them by Himself being made a consecrated offering for them. So Hebrews 10:14 Hebrews 10:29 , John 17:19 : by the perfecting of His consecration for them in His death, He perfects their consecration, and so throws open access to glory ( Hebrews 10:19-21 , Hebrews 5:9 , 9:9 accord with this sense).
captain of, &c.--literally, Prince-leader: as Joshua, not Moses, led the people into the Holy Land, so will our Joshua, or Jesus, lead us into the heavenly inheritance ( Acts 13:39 ). The same Greek is in Hebrews 12:2 , "Author of our faith." Acts 3:15 , "Prince of life" ( Acts 5:31 ). Preceding others by His example, as well as the originator of our salvation.
11. he that sanctifieth--Christ who once for all consecrates His people to God ( Jude 1:1 , bringing them nigh to Him as the consequence) and everlasting glory, by having consecrated Himself for them in His being made "perfect (as their expiatory sacrifice) through sufferings" ( Hebrews 2:10 , Hebrews 10:10 Hebrews 10:14 Hebrews 10:29 , John 17:17 John 17:19 ). God in His electing love, by Christ's finished work, perfectly sanctifies them to God's service and to heaven once for all: then they are progressively sanctified by the transforming Spirit "Sanctification is glory working in embryo; glory is sanctification come to the birth, and manifested" [ALFORD].
they who are sanctified--Greek, "they that are being sanctified" (compare the use of "sanctified," 1 Corinthians 7:14 ).
of one--Father, God: not in the sense wherein He is Father of all beings, as angels; for these are excluded by the argument ( Hebrews 2:16 ); but as He is Father of His spiritual human sons, Christ the Head and elder Brother, and His believing people, the members of the body and family. Thus, this and the following verses are meant to justify his having said, "many sons" ( Hebrews 2:10 ). "Of one" is not "of one father Adam," or "Abraham," as BENGEL and others suppose. For the Saviour's participation in the lowness of our humanity is not mentioned till Hebrews 2:14 , and then as a consequence of what precedes. Moreover, "Sons of God" is, in Scripture usage, the dignity obtained by our union with Christ; and our brotherhood with Him flows from God being His and our Father. Christ's Sonship (by generation) in relation to God is reflected in the sonship (by adoption) of His brethren.
he is not ashamed--though being the Son of God, since they have now by adoption obtained a like dignity, so that His majesty is not compromised by brotherhood with them (compare Hebrews 11:16 ). It is a striking feature in Christianity that it unites such amazing contrasts as "our brother and our God" [THOLUCK]. "God makes of sons of men sons of God, because God hath made of the Son of God the Son of man" [ST. AUGUSTINE on Psalm 2].
12. ( Psalms 22:22 .) Messiah declares the name of the Father, not known fully as Christ's Father, and therefore their Father, till after His crucifixion ( John 20:17 ), among His brethren ("the Church," that is, the congregation), that they in turn may praise Him ( Psalms 22:23 ). At Psalms 22:22 , which begins with Christ's cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" and details minutely His sorrows, passes from Christ's sufferings to His triumph, prefigured by the same in the experience of David.
will I sing--as leader of the choir ( Psalms 8:2 ).
13. I will put my trust in him--from the Septuagint, Isaiah 8:17 , which immediately precedes the next quotation, "Behold, I and the children," &c. The only objection is the following words, "and again," usually introduce a new quotation, whereas these two are parts of one and the same passage. However, this objection is not valid, as the two clauses express distinct ideas; "I will put my trust in Him" expresses His filial confidence in God as His Father, to whom He flees from His sufferings, and is not disappointed; which His believing brethren imitate, trusting solely in the Father through Christ, and not in their own merits. "Christ exhibited this "trust," not for Himself, for He and the Father are one, but for His own people" ( Hebrews 2:16 ). Each fresh aid given Him assured Him, as it does them, of aid for the future, until the complete victory was obtained over death and hell Philippians 1:16 [BENGEL].
Behold I and the children, &c.--( Isaiah 8:18 ). "Sons" ( Hebrews 2:10 ), "brethren" ( Hebrews 2:12 ), and "children," imply His right and property in them from everlasting. He speaks of them as "children" of God, though not yet in being, yet considered as such in His purpose, and presents them before God the Father, who has given Him them, to be glorified with Himself. Isaiah (meaning "salvation of Jehovah") typically represented Messiah, who is at once Father and Son, Isaiah and Immanuel ( Isaiah 9:6 ). He expresses his resolve to rely, he and his children, not like Ahaz and the Jews on the Assyrian king, against the confederacy of Pekah of Israel, and Rezin of Syria, but on Jehovah; and then foretells the deliverance of Judah by God, in language which finds its antitypical full realization only in the far greater deliverance wrought by Messiah. Christ, the antitypical Prophet, similarly, instead of the human confidences of His age, Himself, and with Him GOD THE FATHER'S children (who are therefore His children, and so antitypical to Isaiah's children, though here regarded as His "brethren," compare Isaiah 9:6 ; "Father" and "His seed," Isaiah 53:10 ) led by Him, trust wholly in God for salvation. The official words and acts of all the prophets find their antitype in the Great Prophet ( Revelation 19:10 ), just as His kingly office is antitypical to that of the theocratic kings; and His priestly office to the types and rites of the Aaronic priesthood.
14. He who has thus been shown to be the "Captain (Greek, 'Leader') of salvation" to the "many sons," by trusting and suffering like them, must therefore become man like them, in order that His death may be efficacious for them [ALFORD].
the children--before mentioned ( Hebrews 2:13 ); those existing in His eternal purpose, though not in actual being.
are partakers of--literally, "have (in His purpose) been partakers" all in common.
flesh and blood--Greek oldest manuscripts have "blood and flesh." The inner and more important element, the blood, as the more immediate vehicle of the soul, stands before the more palpable element, the flesh; also, with reference to Christ's blood-shedding with a view to which He entered into community with our corporeal life. "The life of the flesh is in the blood; it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul" ( Leviticus 17:11 Leviticus 17:14 ).
also--Greek, "in a somewhat similar manner"; not altogether in a like manner. For He, unlike them, was conceived and born not in sin ( Hebrews 4:15 ). But mainly "in like manner"; not in mere semblance of a body, as the Docetæ heretics taught.
took part of--participated in. The forfeited inheritance (according to Jewish law) was ransomed by the nearest of kin; so Jesus became our nearest of kin by His assumed humanity, in order to be our Redeemer.
that through death--which He could not have undergone as God but only by becoming man. Not by Almighty power but by His death (so the Greek) He overcame death. "Jesus suffering death overcame; Satan wielding death succumbed" [BENGEL]. As David cut off the head of Goliath with the giant's own sword wherewith the latter was wont to win his victories. Coming to redeem mankind, Christ made Himself a sort of hook to destroy the devil; for in Him there was His humanity to attract the devourer to Him, His divinity to pierce him, apparent weakness to provoke, hidden power to transfix the hungry ravisher. The Latin epigram says, Mors mortis morti mortem nisi morte tu lisset, Æternæ vitæ janua clausa foret. "Had not death by death borne to death the death of Death, the gate of eternal life would have been closed".
destroy--literally, "render powerless"; deprive of all power to hurt His people. "That thou mightest still the enemy and avenger" ( Psalms 8:2 ). The same Greek verb is used in 2 Timothy 1:10 , "abolished death." There is no more death for believers. Christ plants in them an undying seed, the germ of heavenly immortality, though believers have to pass through natural death.
power--Satan is "strong" ( Matthew 12:29 ).
of death--implying that death itself is a power which, though originally foreign to human nature, now reigns over it ( Romans 5:12 , 6:9 ). The power which death has Satan wields. The author of sin is the author of its consequences. Compare "power of the enemy" ( Luke 10:19 ). Satan has acquired over man (by God's law, Genesis 2:17 , Romans 6:23 ) the power of death by man's sin, death being the executioner of sin, and man being Satan's "lawful captive." Jesus, by dying, has made the dying His own ( Romans 14:9 ), and has taken the prey from the mighty. Death's power was manifest; he who wielded that power, lurking beneath it, is here expressed, namely, Satan. Wisdom 2:24, "By the envy of the devil, death entered into the world."
15. fear of death--even before they had experienced its actual power.
all their lifetime--Such a life can hardly be called life.
subject to bondage--literally, "subjects of bondage"; not merely liable to it, but enthralled in it (compare Romans 8:15 , Galatians 5:1 ). Contrast with this bondage, the glory of the "sons" ( Hebrews 2:10 ). "Bondage" is defined by Aristotle, "The living not as one chooses"; "liberty," "the living as one chooses." Christ by delivering us from the curse of God against our sin, has taken from death all that made it formidable. Death, viewed apart from Christ, can only fill with horror, if the sinner dares to think.
16. For verily--Greek, "For as we all know"; "For as you will doubtless grant." Paul probably alludes to Isaiah 41:8 , Jeremiah 31:32 , Septuagint, from which all Jews would know well that the fact here stated as to Messiah was what the prophets had led them to expect.
took not on him, &c.--rather, "It is not angels that He is helping (the present tense implies duration); but it is the seed of Abraham that He is helping." The verb is literally, to help by taking one by the hand, as in Hebrews 8:9 , "When I took them by the hand," &c. Thus it answers to "succor," Hebrews 2:18 , and "deliver," Hebrews 2:15 . "Not angels," who have no flesh and blood, but "the children," who have "flesh and blood," He takes hold of to help by "Himself taking part of the same" ( Hebrews 2:14 ). Whatever effect Christ's work may have on angels, He is not taking hold to help them by suffering in their nature to deliver them from death, as in our case.
the seed of Abraham--He views Christ's redemption (in compliment to the Hebrews whom he is addressing, and as enough for his present purpose) with reference to Abraham's seed, the Jewish nation, primarily; not that he excludes the Gentiles ( Hebrews 2:9 , "for every man"), who, when believers, are the seed of Abraham spiritually (compare Hebrews 2:12 , Psalms 22:22 Psalms 22:25 Psalms 22:27 ), but direct reference to them (such as is in Romans 4:11 Romans 4:12 Romans 4:16 , Galatians 3:7 Galatians 3:14 Galatians 3:28 Galatians 3:29 ) would be out of place in his present argument. It is the same argument for Jesus being the Christ which Matthew, writing his Gospel for the Hebrews, uses, tracing the genealogy of Jesus from Abraham, the father of the Jews, and the one to whom the promises were given, on which the Jews especially prided themselves (compare Romans 9:4 Romans 9:5 ).
17. Wherefore--Greek, "Whence." Found in Paul's speech, Acts 26:19 .
in all things--which are incidental to manhood, the being born, nourished, growing up, suffering. Sin is not, in the original constitution of man, a necessary attendant of manhood, so He had no sin.
it behooved him--by moral necessity, considering what the justice and love of God required of Him as Mediator (compare Hebrews 5:3 ), the office which He had voluntarily undertaken in order to "help" man ( Hebrews 2:16 ).
his brethren--( Hebrews 2:11 ); "the seed of Abraham" ( Hebrews 2:16 ), and so also the spiritual seed, His elect out of all mankind.
be, &c.--rather as Greek, "that He might become High Priest"; He was called so, when He was "made perfect by the things which He suffered" ( Hebrews 2:10 , Hebrews 5:8-10 ). He was actually made so, when He entered within the veil, from which last flows His ever continuing intercession as Priest for us. The death, as man, must first be, in order that the bringing in of the blood into the heavenly Holy Place might follow, in which consisted the expiation as High Priest.
merciful--to "the people" deserving wrath by "sins." Mercy is a prime requisite in a priest, since his office is to help the wretched and raise the fallen: such mercy is most likely to be found in one who has a fellow-feeling with the afflicted, having been so once Himself ( Hebrews 4:15 ); not that the Son of God needed to be taught by suffering to be merciful, but that in order to save us He needed to take our manhood with all its sorrows, thereby qualifying Himself, by experimental suffering with us, to be our sympathizing High Priest, and assuring us of His entire fellow-feeling with us in every sorrow. So in the main CALVIN remarks here.
faithful--true to God ( Hebrews 3:5 Hebrews 3:6 ) and to man ( Hebrews 10:23 ) in the mediatorial office which He has undertaken.
high priest--which Moses was not, though "faithful" ( Hebrews 2:1-18 ). Nowhere, except in Psalms 110:4 , Zechariah 6:13 , and in this Epistle, is Christ expressly called a priest. In this Epistle alone His priesthood is professedly discussed; whence it is evident how necessary is this book of the New Testament. In Psalms 110:1-7 , and Zechariah 6:13 , there is added mention of the kingdom of Christ, which elsewhere is spoken of without the priesthood, and that frequently. On the cross, whereon as Priest He offered the sacrifice, He had the title "King" inscribed over Him [BENGEL].
to make reconciliation for the sins--rather as Greek, "to propitiate (in respect to) the sins"; "to expiate the sins." Strictly divine justice is "propitiated"; but God's love is as much from everlasting as His justice; therefore, lest Christ's sacrifice, or its typical forerunners, the legal sacrifices, should be thought to be antecedent to God's grace and love, neither are said in the Old or New Testament to have propitiated God; otherwise Christ's sacrifices might have been thought to have first induced God to love and pity man, instead of (as the fact really is) His love having originated Christ's sacrifice, whereby divine justice and divine love are harmonized. The sinner is brought by that sacrifice into God's favor, which by sin he had forfeited; hence his right prayer is, "God be propitiated (so the Greek) to me who am a sinner" ( Luke 18:13 ). Sins bring death and "the fear of death" ( Hebrews 2:15 ). He had no sin Himself, and "made reconciliation for the iniquity" of all others ( Daniel 9:24 ).
of the people--"the seed of Abraham" ( Hebrews 2:16 ); the literal Israel first, and then (in the design of God), through Israel, the believing Gentiles, the spiritual Israel ( 1 Peter 2:10 ).
18. For--explanation of how His being made like His brethren in all things has made Him a merciful and faithful High Priest for us ( Hebrews 2:17 ).
in that--rather as Greek, "wherein He suffered Himself; having been tempted, He is able to succor them that are being tempted" in the same temptation; and as "He was tempted (tried and afflicted) in all points," He is able (by the power of sympathy) to succor us in all possible temptations and trials incidental to man ( Hebrews 4:16 , 5:2 ). He is the antitypical Solomon, having for every grain of Abraham's seed (which were to be as the sand for number), "largeness of heart even as the sand that is on the seashore" ( 1 Kings 4:29 ). "Not only as God He knows our trials, but also as man He knows them by experimental feeling."


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Matteson man's miniature art carries meaningful message
BY GINGER BRASHINGER Correspondent December 19, 2012 3:32PM
CoRiccio Baskin shows off a White Castle bag that he made to accompany his other White Castle-inspired miniature art at the Illinois School in Park Forest. | Karen Gioia~For Sun-Times Media
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Artist CoRiccio Baskin, 36, is teaching kids to "unlock the original" in themselves.
"If you are a follower," Baskin said, "you can only get as far as where the last person led you to. That's what held me back."
Baskin speaks from experience at the workshops he conducts for young people through his nonprofit organization, "Lil' Thangz."
Years before becoming a nationally recognized artist in miniatures, Baskin experienced doubts about how others might view his talent.
"Models were so unique to me," Baskin said. "I never showed anybody."
Instead, as an elementary school student, he drew the same types of pictures that his friends drew and allowed what he thought was a more acceptable singing talent to be his outstanding quality, Baskin said.
At home, he continued making models of computers, televisions, video cameras — whatever caught his attention — at first as playthings, and then for the joy of creating.
"I was just making them constantly," Baskin said.
Even as a child, Baskin was able to re-create to scale whatever object he observed. He said he could "pick up (a one-dimensional object) off the page and turn it around" so that he saw all sides.
Baskin said plying his talent with the right supplies did not always come as easily, however. He found that some of his best discoveries were totally accidental.
His favorite example is from about 15 years ago when Baskin used toilet tissue to clean glue from his fingers. He left the lump of tissue paper sitting out until the next day. The end result, he said, became his unique "modeling clay."
By the time he was a teenager, Baskin's unusual talent had captured his mother's attention.
"I didn't know what they were but thought they would lead somewhere," Baskin said about his miniature creations. "I kept showing them to my mother, but she didn't really get it."
Baskin said his mother thought his models were "cute" and nothing more. But once a body of work began to build up, "That's when she caught on," he said.
"Let others see this," LaVerne Baskin told her son.
Baskin's first exhibit was in 1993 at Corliss High School in Chicago, when his homeroom teacher arranged for Baskin's work to be displayed.
Baskin was completely unprepared for the students' reactions to his talent.
"It was just like crowds of people were literally going crazy," Baskin said. "The way the kids accepted it blew me away."
That was just the beginning of what was to come wherever Baskin's work was exhibited, from his college years through adulthood.
He has successfully blended his art and skills in graphic design to create television ads, special effects for the movie "Armageddon," and scale models for concept design firms.
Baskin was commissioned to design and create miniature containers to hold tree seeds sent into outer space.
His success created a desire in him to bring the message of the uniqueness of the individual to young people, Baskin said.
Baskin and his mother, residents of Matteson, in 2002 formed "Lil' Thangz," a nonprofit organization, to "bring the art to the kids."
For the last 10 years, the Baskins have conducted hundreds of traveling workshops in which CoRiccio, known professionally as "Mysteryko," interacts directly with young people — demonstrating, teaching and talking.
"He's very generous with his time," said Deanna Rollins, an art teacher at Illinois School in Park Forest. "He provides us with everything."
Baskin shares with his attentive audience his own experiences, and sends a passionate message.
"That's something I want to teach the kids: how to be original, how to learn original ways of doing things that they can apply to their everyday lives and achieve what they want to achieve," Baskin said.
"It can keep kids off the street if they find the original thing they can do," Baskin said. "Everybody has it."
Baskin knows the importance of having an encouraging adult in a child's life.
LaVerne Baskin, a former nurse, has raised a family of achievers. Baskin's siblings, CoShun Baskin, 37, a chiropractor; CoMakiya Baskin-Smith, 34, a financial analyst; and CoDantryll Baskin, 14, a student at Southland College Prep Charter High School in Matteson are proof.
"I taught all my children that they are Americans, and what do the last four letters of 'American' spell? 'I can,' " she said.
Baskin also believes it was important to follow the rules while remaining unique.
"I stayed inside the box while thinking outside of it," he said.
His next goal reflects his philosophy.
"I want to host a Martha Stewart-Mr. Rogers-Jim Henson-type of television program to show kids how to use original techniques to do whatever they want to do in life," Baskin said. "I wouldn't say it if I didn't live it."
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A "Lil' Thangz" exhibit will be held during January at Midlothian Public Library, 14701 S. Kenton Ave.