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Music Track Title: The Dragon Song
Catalog ID: 450687 ISRC: US5UL1052710
Description: Enchanting voice rhyme on top of a bell and percussion loop with two kids begging for a dragon. Misty, foggy, dragon sounds in the bridge with a fender rhodes interlude. Too much fun! You will be singing and dancing . This song is great for a Sesame Street style sing-along show or kids cartoon
Social Media Link: https://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Animal/Animal-Themes-Music/The-Dragon-Song/450687
Artist or Group: Joey Curtin
Keywords: Children Scottish Fairy Tale Legend Trolls Monsters Pets Pet Plead Repetition Playful Fun Childlike Innocent Toddlers Family Child Sister Brother School
Music Genre > Sub-genre
Animal Music
Animal themes music (bears, gators, hyenas, rats & more)
Extended Properties
Duration: 3:45 Tempo: Medium BPM: 118
Arrangement: Band / Ensemble
Instruments: Electic Piano, Percussion, Spoken Word, Synthesizer, Vocals
Vocal Mix: Childrens Vocals
Language: English
Use Restrictions: Use in pornographic, x-rated, sexually stimulating or similar productions prohibited
Use in religious-themed products, commercials or productions advocating for religion prohibited
Use in satan-worship, devil worship, anti-religion or similar extreme productions prohibited
Use in products or productions advocating racial, sexual or similar discrimination or bias prohibited
Moods: Animated, Childish, Dancing, Delicate, Determined, Dreamy, Elegant, Enchanted, Excited, Fun, Heartwarming, Heavenly, Lively, Majestic, Mischievous, Mystical, Playful, Sentimental, Tender, Whimsical
Styles: Corporate, Fairy Tale, Family / After School, Family / Children, Family / Toddler, Fantasy, Film Vocal, Party / General, School / Education, TV Vocal
Lyrical Topics: Animals, Children, Dreams, Home, Excited
The Dragon Song
If you're ever in the schoolyard going home after class
And you find a friendly dragon eating lunch in the grass
If you're ever in the schoolyard at the end of the day
And you happen on a dragon who is snacking in the hay
You go home to your mom and this is what you say
Be nice to your mom, and this is what you say
Can I, Can I, May I, May I, please have a dragon?
Can I, Can I, May I, May I, please have a dragon?
Can I, Can I, May I, May I, please have a dragon?
It would be delightful!
CAN I please have a dragon?
MAY I please have a dragon?
CAN I; May I please have a dragon?
It would be delightful!
It would be grand!
c 2010 Joey Curtin
Extended Keywords: audio book mysterious mystery make-believe mom dad pal juvenile youngster rhythm
stuffed animal kindergarten like Barney dragons animation animated comic


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A television cameraman was taken away by ambulance after an accident involving a car carrying former HIH director Rodney Adler outside the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney.
Adler this morning pleaded guilty to four charges relating to the failed insurance company, each carrying sentences of up to five years in prison and fines up of to $110,000.
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Vehicle History Report
Welcome to Vehicle-History.org - A Wiki Dedicated to Vehicle History Reports
Each Vehicle has a unique Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) which is a standardized serial number for the vehicle (as defined by ISO 3833).
VINs (and subsequently the historic records belonging to each unique VIN) are useful in helping law enforcement agencies fight vehicle-related crime and fraud.
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- 1 About Vehicle History Reports
- 2 Understanding a Vehicle History Report
- 3 Vehicle History Fraud
About Vehicle History Reports
In the United States of America, a Vehicle History Report contains important information about a used vehicle's reported history. Vehicle History Reports typically show Title Records and Title Brands from the different State DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) offices, along with Insurance Databases Records, which include but are not limited to Salvage, Total Loss, and Accident Records. Because of the wealth of information and insight into the vehicle's past, the Vehicle History Reports are an important piece of information available to consumers when buying a used vehicle.
In addition to a vehicle's history, many Vehicle History Reports will provide additional information such as Ownership Records, Odometer History, and various other vehicle details that are obtained via decoding the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of the vehicle. Information obtained from a VIN Decoder includes vehicle Make, Model, Trim, and Specifications.
Vehicle History Reports are available via online sources, most of whom are authorized partners of NMVTIS, a government organization designed to protect consumers from Vehicle Fraud and to keep unsafe vehicles and stolen vehicles from being resold. NMVTIS is also a tool that assists state and law enforcement in preventing Title Fraud and other vehicle crimes. The NMVTIS database tracks and provides data for cars, trucks, SUVs, Motorcycles, Recreational Vehicles (RVs), and other post-1981 vehicles containing VINs registered in the United States of America.
Importance of a Vehicle History Report
Before buying a used vehicle, car buyers should seriously consider buying a vehicle history report and running a free vin check to get information about the vehicle they're interested in buying. Vehicle History Reports will help consumers understand a vehicle's history, whether it's been in any recorded traffic accidents, if it has any vehicle title brands, and also help consumers avoid scams. Vehicle History Reports help consumers make educated decisions by providing information that is not available any other way.
Vehicle History Reports and Vehicle Fraud Crimes
Consumers often fall victim to a common vehicle scam that a Vehicle History Report could help avoid; odometer rollback. Since a vehicle's price is heavily dependent on how many miles it has, an odometer rollback would cause the price of the vehicle to be significantly different than if the vehicle displayed the actual mileage.
In addition to Odometer Rollback, there are many other various common vehicle scams that criminals will use to get a higher price when selling a used vehicle.
Vehicle Histories not only allow consumers to verify the Vehicle Seller's story, but also provide Law Enforcement Agencies with a way to track (and crack down on) Vehicle Fraud, including tracking stolen vehicles and stopping vin cloning.
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Consumers looking to buy used cars are usually interested in whether or not a vehicle has been in a severe accident, if it was professionally repaired, and if it has any Lemon History, and a Vehicle History Report helps answer some of those questions and helps the consumers make a better informed purchase.
Private Party Sellers typically also check the history of the vehicle(s) they're selling in order to be prepared to answer questions about the vehicle (and its past history), and since consumers will be checking that information anyways, it's a good idea for the sellers to know their information too.
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Understanding a Vehicle History Report
Before purchasing a used vehicle, potential buyers should consider the purchase of a vehicle history report to understand a vehicle's background history. Car buyers are generally interested in whether a vehicle (that is being considered for purchase) has:
- Been in a severe accident
- Has correct mileage listed (whether it's had its odometer rolled back or not)
- And whether the vehicle has a lemon history
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|Title Information
|Shows whether or not the vehicle has been issued a title brand to denote that the vehicle has had previous damage or issues.
|Number of Title Registrations
|Shows the recorded ownership history records and possible ownership changes according to DMV records.
|States of Title Registration
|Provides the different states that the vehicle has been reported to have been titled or registered in previously.
|Salvage & Junk Information
|Shows whether the Vehicle Title has been reported as a Salvage Vehicle by a state or has been listed at an Insurance Auto Auction or found in Junk Yard records, denoting possible past issues.
|DMV Reported Odometer Discrepancies
|Shows if (and when) the vehicle has been reported to having possible odometer rollback or records of a broken/non-working odometer.
|Lemon history
|Shows whether or not the vehicle has been reported as a lemon in DMV, Manufacturer, and Insurance Records.
|Insurance Total Loss
|Shows whether the vehicle has any total loss records on file by insurance companies and DMV agencies.
|Auction history
|Lets the buyer know if the vehicle has been listed at an auto auction.
|Accident history
|Shows if the vehicle has been in a reported traffic accident and/or has sustained damage. The Accident History section may also list the type of damage that the vehicle sustained.
|Air Bag Deployment
|Shows whether or not the vehicle's airbag(s) were reported to have been deployed, often signifying a more severe accident.
|Mileage Readings
|Lists the odometer readings that have been reported for the vehicle via DMV (and often Insurance) Records.
|Service Records
|Shows any available service record(s) & information.
|State Emission Inspection Records
|Shows the state inspection and emission results records as reported by the appropriate state agencies.
|Warranty & Service Contract Availability
|Shows whether or not the vehicle has been covered and maintained by any warranty or service contract(s).
Table Credits: obtained from Wikipedia Vehicle History Article and updated to reflect current information
Title Registration Records
Title Registration Records will show which state the vehicle was (and currently is) registered in, according to DMV Records. Registration Dates will also be listed under Title Records - this is typically a good way to tell how many owners a vehicle has had, and how long the vehicle was owned by each owner (many owners with short periods of ownership usually depicts there may be hidden issues with the vehicle).
Title Brand History
Depending on the type of damage that a vehicle sustained, a Title Brand may be issued. There are many different Title Brands that a vehicle may be issued for many different reasons. There is more information on the Vehicle Title Brands Page.
Odometer Reading
When a vehicle is registered (or tags are renewed), the mileage is added to the vehicle's historic record. These mileage recordings will show up on a history report. If a discrepancy is found, it will be displayed on the report as well.
Overall, Vehicle History Reports provide useful data for consumers looking for more information about used cars. But that's not all:
Vehicle History Fraud
Vehicle History Fraud is rare, but it does happen. The most common type of Fraud that a vehicle history report helps crack down on is Odometer Tampering, but it is by no means the only one.
The different types of Vehicle Fraud include (but are not limited to) :
- Odometer Tampering
- Reporting False Previous Damage & Title Brands
- VIN Cloning
- Title Washing
- and many more
Identifying and Avoiding Vehicle History Fraud
In order to identify and avoid falling victim to a Vehicle History scam, consumers are encouraged to not only read up on Common Vehicle Scams, but also to Order a Vehicle History Report in order have access to as much information about their purchase as possible.


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Dhan Race Summery
These killing machines are serpentine in their deadlines. Because of their bias for butchery, they are the most feared, and despised, class in Rohan. Dhans can acquire experience by killing other players rather then completing quests if they choose.
Avenger - Can achieve invisibility and dismember opponents with no warning. By the time you see them, your eyes may no longer be connected to your face!
Predator - The quickest of the Dhans, they deal blows so swiftly that anyone within striking distance may not even be able to take a single swing before death.
Dhan Assassin Starting Stats
Dhan Assassin Skills
1. Toggle. Increases poison attribute attack and defense. Gives your attacks a chance of poisoning the target.
2. Hide skill.
3. Self Buff that gives you a chance of parrying attacks.
4. Self Buff that increases the critical chance of the first attack when coming out of Hide.
5. Self Buff that increases the player's movement speed.
6. Attack skill that throws a Shuriken at the target.
7. Attack skill used to come out of Hiding. Causes bleeding.
8. Self Buff that reflects some of the Magic Damage received.
9. Attack Skill.
10. Buff that increases Agility. Can be used on others.
11. Self Buff that increases the how much potions recover the user.
12. Buff that increases Dexterity. Can be used on others.
13. Self Buff that increases Critical Ratio.
14. Skill that decreases the target's MP to recover the user's MP. Also stuns the target. mana Burn.
15. Self Buff that increases the Critical Ratio of skill #9. Eventually will also increase the Critical Damage said skill does.
16. Self Buff that increases the Critical Damage of normal attacks(no skills) based on the user's Agility. Also increases Strength.
17. Self Buff that increases the damage the player does based on the M.Kill count. (When you kill a monster the M.Kill count goes up by 1. Once you hit 100 kills, or you log out, it will reset back to 0. The 20th, 40th, 60th, 80th, and 100th kill will give an Exp bonus. I think the 100th kill will give you 19 times the Exp. Basically this skill causes you to do more damage the more you kill.)
18. Skill that silences the target.
19. Skill that confuses the target.
Dhan Avenger Skills
1. Skill that releases the user from Root status.
2. Skill that does damage based on level and decreases accuracy.
3. Self Buff that increases the damage of Katars.
4. Buff that increases the mount's movement speed.
5. Trap that decreases movement speed.
6. Skill that seals the target within a barrier. Unusable on monsters.
7. Trap that decreases offensive abilities.
8. Trap that absorbs Agility.
9. Skill that absorbs some of the target's HP and stuns them(Health Burn).
10. Trap that absorbs Strength.
11. Skill that gives the player a chance of staying hidden when attacking.
12. Pulls the target towards the user and paralyzes it.
13. Trap that causes damage over time.
14. Skill that gives the user a chance of doing 2 critical hits on the target.
15. Skill that has a chance of switching the target's HP with their MP. Unusable on monsters.(this is just... scary).
16. Attack Skill that hits twice.
17. Skill with a chance to cause a certain number of enemies to commit suicide.
Dhan Predator Skills
1. Skill that releases the user from Root and Stun statuses.
2. Skill that does damage based on level and decreases evasion.
3. Self Buff that increases the damage of Katars.
4. Self Buff that allow the caster to use Hide-only skills even if not hidden.
5. Skill that reveals hidden players and monsters around the caster for some time.
6. Toggle that allows the player to see chests in the mini map.
7. Trap that decreases defense.
8. Skill that seals the target within a barrier. Unusable on monsters.
9. Trap that can constantly heal party members.
10. Trap with a chance of constantly stunning.
11. Trap that deals continuous damage to a random object.
12. Trap that constantly does damage.
13. Skill that gives the player a chance of staying hidden when attacking.
14. Skill that switches the target's Long Range Attack Power with their Short Range Attack Power. Unusable on monsters.
15. Skill that deals continuous damage to named monsters and boss monsters. Damage is based on Strength and Vitality.
16. Buff that increases the player's level, allowing them to equip higher-level equipment and do higher-level quests. Can be used on others.
17. Self Buff that decreases experience lost on death.
18. Skill that damages objects in a straight line and poisons them.
19. Skill that hides all party members(ambush!!)
Editor's Notes and Credits
Will confirm skill names for Elf Templar and Elf Priest later .
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2012
A regional dust storm on Mars, tracked from orbit since Nov. 10, appears to be abating rather than going global.
"During the past week, the regional storm weakened and contracted significantly," said Bruce Cantor of Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. Cantor uses the Mars Color Imager camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to monitor storms on the Red Planet.
Effects of the storm on global air-pressure patterns have been detected at ground level by the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
"We are getting lots of good data about this storm," said Mark Richardson of Ashima Research, Pasadena, Calif. He is a co-investigator both on REMS and on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mars Climate Sounder instrument, which has been detecting widespread effects of the current storm on atmospheric temperatures.
Researchers anticipate that the unprecedented combination of a near-equatorial weather station at ground level, and daily orbital observations during Mars' dust-storm season, may provide information about why some dust storms grow larger than others.
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Will City of Utica Pull The Plug On Time Warner?
WIBX previously reported that Smith Media pulled WKTV and CW 11 from Time Warner customers in Utica on December 15th.
When asked why Time Warner would be penalized, or replaced, based on the decision of Smith Media to pull its own programming, Roefaro said that was not his understanding and his objective is to bring both parties to the negotiating table.
When pressed further about an negotiations between the city and 'other' cable service providers, Roefaro said it's something he would look into in the future and said that process has not yet begun.
"Our first avenue is to see if Time Warner and Smith Media can solve their differences and put the channel back on."
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Talk of India's balkanization is 'paranoid hallucination': Cong
Congress today dismissed the comments in the website of a Chinese think-tank about balkanizing India as a "paranoid hallucination" of an individual which does not deserve the seriousness of a resurgent India.delhi Updated: Aug 12, 2009 22:13 IST
Congress on Wednesday dismissed the comments in the website of a Chinese think-tank about balkanizing India as a "paranoid hallucination" of an individual which does not deserve the seriousness of a resurgent India.
"At best, it could be described as the paranoid hallucination of an individual...India is an inclusive democracy, a confident democracy which has got its rightful place in the comity of nations. It does not deserve the seriousness of a resurgent India," party spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters.
To a volley of questions on the issue, Tewari said it was the opinion of an individual pointing to what western thinkers had postulated the theory of Balkanisation of India in the 1950s and 1960s.
"Over a period of time, Indian democracy has strengthened," he said, adding importance should not be given to the opinion of an individual.
He said the government of India has made it clear that it wants to strengthen ties with China and it has received assurances from the highest quarters on the territorial integrity of the country.
Asked if Congress was dismissing the threat perception lightly as it had done in the years preceding the 1962 war with China when the party was in power, Tewari said Indian state has a proper threat asessment and it continues to asess the threat.
"It does not serve the cause of a resurgent India to take note of an individual," Tewari said.
To a query about the visit of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi to China last
year and whether it was done for getting China's support on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Tewari said it was a "bilateral
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Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA1) is a multifunctional protein encoded by EBV. EBNA1's role in maintaining EBV in latently proliferating cells, by mediating EBV genome synthesis and nonrandom partitioning to daughter cells, as well as regulating viral gene transcription, is well characterized. Less understood are the roles of EBNA1 in affecting the host cell to provide selective advantages to those cells that harbor EBV. In this review we will focus on the interactions between EBNA1 and the host cell that may provide EBV-infected cells selective advantages beyond the maintenance of EBV.
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is causally associated with a variety of B-cell and epithelial cell malignancies including Burkitt's and Hodgkin's lymphomas, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, and gastric and nasopharyngeal carcinomas [
EBNA1 is a homo-dimeric, DNA-binding protein that binds site-specifically to a DNA sequence 16 bp in length [
EBNA1 also functions as a viral transcriptional transactivator. When bound to the family of repeats (FR), EBNA1 enhances transcription from Cp, a downstream promoter active during the latent phase of the viral life-cycle [
The mechanism by which EBNA1 activates transcription is not well defined. It is known that EBNA1 can link regions of DNA to which it binds, and in particular can form a loop between FR and the Dyad of Symmetry (DS) [
While it is clear that EBNA1 serves necessary roles for the maintenance of the EBV genome and for the expression of other viral proteins in latently infected cells, EBNA1 may also interact with the host cell to provide selective advantages to those cells that harbor EBV. In this review we will focus on the ways in which EBNA1 may provide EBV-infected cells selective advantages beyond ensuring the maintenance of EBV, and propose additional experiments needed to identify the functional interactions between EBNA1 and the host cell.
A Structural Representation of Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA1) with the Protein Interacting Domains and Functional Motifs discussed in this review. The Brackets give citations identifying these domains and motifs. The Amino Acid (AA) positions of each domain are noted. G-R notes the glycine-arginine rich regions within the DNA Looping/Linking regions. G-G-A notes the glycine-alanine repeat region. NLS notes the Nuclear Localization Signal.
EBNA1's ability to regulate viral gene expression and mediate the replication and partitioning of the viral genome depend upon its ability to bind site-specifically to the viral genome through its C-terminal DNA-binding and dimerization domain. Multiple studies have shown EBNA1 also binds site-specifically to the cellular genome, raising the possibility that EBNA1 does so to benefit EBV. The first study to assess this binding found low-affinity binding sites, but concluded that because of their affinity, EBNA1 was unlikely to bind these sites functionally [
EBNA1 chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and sequence analysis with either human promoter arrays or deep sequencing have now identified and defined cellular sites to which EBNA1 binds; some being bound with high affinities [
However, identifying any function of EBNA1 mediated by its being bound to these cellular sites has proved difficult. For example, clusters of high affinity EBNA1-binding sites, resembling FR, have been identified in the human genome ([
That EBNA1 binds to sites within the human genome makes it likely that by binding to cellular sites, EBNA1 regulates cellular gene transcription. For instance, EBNA1 is able dose-dependently to activate transcription from an integrated copy of FR [
|Binding sitePosition P-value
|Distance fromTranscription Start
|Nox 2
|16 kbp 5'
|None within 20 kbp
|13.5 kbp 5'
|None within 20 kbp
|6.9 kbp 3'
|4.9 kbp 5'
|5.9 kbp 3'
|None within 20 kbp
|None within 20 kbp
|11 kbp 3'
|None within 20 kbp
|None within 20 kbp
|None within 20 kbp
|None within 20 kbp
Together these studies are consistent with the hypothesis that EBNA1 can regulate the transcription of some genes. The presence of an EBNA1-binding site is not sufficient to predict EBNA1's regulation of nearby gene expression, though. Neither can the PWM developed from one study predict EBNA1-bound sites identified by other studies (
EBV must contribute one or more selective advantages to proliferating cells to be maintained in them as a plasmid [
Microarray analysis of Ad/Ah cells identified 162 genes whose mRNA levels differed when these cells expressed EBNA1 compared to the cells carrying an empty vector control [
Two additional studies using an
These findings have been interpreted to indicate that EBNA1 modulates a subset of the host cell's signaling pathways, and thereby contributes to the survival and proliferation of EBV-infected cells. While this interpretation may prove correct, some of the findings are currently too tangential to support it. For example, though treating a Hodgkin Lymphoma cell line with siRNAs to PTPRK increases cell viability [
The role of EBNA1 in EBV's latent infection makes it particularly difficult to identify a possible role for EBNA1 in regulating cellular signaling pathways. Studies of EBNA1 in the absence of other viral genes miss their functional interactions while modulating levels of EBNA1 in latently infected cells affects the levels of other expressed viral genes. It is therefore important to use sequential analyses of EBNA1 alone and in the context of the viral genome in cells normally infected by EBV to elucidate any role EBNA1 may have in regulating cellular signaling pathways.
Because some Burkitt's Lymphomas express EBNA1 as their only-EBV encoded protein, attempts have been made to determine if EBNA1 behaves as an oncoprotein. In particular two groups have arrived at opposite conclusions using transgenic mice to learn if EBNA1 can be tumorigenic in mice. B-cell directed expression of EBNA1 increased the prevalence of B cell lymphomas in two C57BL/6 mouse lines [
In cell culture EBV infection and constitutive or conditional expression of EBNA1 in Burkitt's Lymphoma cell lines led to increased levels of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and genomic instability [
It is not now clear, however, that genomic instability other than Ig/c-Myc translocations mediated by A.I.D [
A defining characteristic of Burkitt's Lymphomas is the constitutive activation of c-Myc via translocations that bring it under control of the
Yet, in contrast to these studies, in LCLs treated with DNA damaging agents, p53 is phosphorylated and accumulates, and the cells die by apoptosis [
While examples of EBNA1's regulating expression of cellular genes transcriptionally remain incomplete, EBNA1 does affect its own recognition as an antigen. The expression of EBNA1 in infected cells does not lead to those cells being recognized efficiently by cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8)-positive cytotoxic T-cells. A stretch of glycine-alanine repeats in this viral protein limits its presentation as an antigen on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules (
EBNA1 contributes multiple functions that support the latent phase of EBV's life cycle, including the synthesis and partitioning of the viral genome in proliferating cells and the regulation of expression of some viral genes. EBNA1 also binds sequence specifically to many sites in the human genome in infected cells so that it has the potential to regulate some cellular genes directly if it binds productively near them, or indirectly by means of genes it may directly regulate. Many candidates for being regulated directly or indirectly by EBNA1 have been suggested, but none has been unequivocally identified. Other kinds of phenotypes have been attributed to EBNA1, including oncogenicity in transgenic mice and stimulation of ROS in human cells. The generality of these phenotypes among EBV infected cells and mechanisms that possibly underlie them are not yet established. Even though it seems likely that EBNA1 will affect host cells through its binding specifically to sites in the human genome, and much work has been done to explore this likelihood, no compelling examples for such an effect have been fully characterized. If such a role for EBNA1 does exist, it will need to be documented both alone and in the intact viral genome within cells to uncover its significance for EBV's life-cycle.
We thank Adityarup Chakravorty, Ya-Fang Chiu, and Malika Kuzembayeva for their careful reading of this manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH, CA70723, CA133027, and CA22443). B.S. is an American Cancer Society Research Professor.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Volume 2, Issue 1:
Election having once pitched upon a man, it will find him out and call him home, whereever he be. It called Zaccheus out of accursed Jericho; Abraham out of idolatrous Ur of the Chaldees; Nicodemus and Paul, from the College of the Pharisees, Christ's sworn enemies; Dionysius and Damaris, out of superstitious Athens. In whatsoever dunghills God's elect are hid, election will find them out and bring them home.
- John Arrowsmith
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
- 1 Peter 1:1-3
Can you, O rejector, cast election out of the Bible? Would you be like the woman at the feet of Solomon, and have the child rent in halves, that you might have your half (1 Kings 3:26)? Is it not here in Scripture?
- C.H. Spurgeon
You begin at the wrong end if you first dispute about your election. Prove your conversion, and then never doubt your election. If your cannot yet prove it, set upon a present and thorough turning. Whatever God's purposes be, which are secret, I am sure His promises are plain. How desperately do rebels argue! `If I am elected I shall be saved, do what I will. If not, I shall be damned, do what I can.' Perverse sinner, will you begin where you should end?
- Joseph Alleine
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 29:29
So one of the main reasons why the words of Moses and Paul are not taken in their plain sense is their `absurdity.' But against what article of faith does that `absurdity' transgress? And who is offended by it? It is human reason that is offended; which, though it is blind, deaf, senseless, godless, and sacrilegious, in its dealing with all God's words and works, is at this point brought in as judge of God's words and works! On these same grounds you will deny all the articles of the faith, for it is the highest absurdity by far...that God should be man, a virgin's son, crucified, sitting at the Father's right hand. It is, I repeat, absurd to believe such things!
- Martin Luther
Our spiritual estate standeth upon a sure bottom: the beginning is from God the Father, the dispensation is from the Son, and the application from the Holy Ghost. . . . It is free in the Father, sure in the Son, ours in the Spirit.
- Thomas Manton
God, from all eternity, did by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
- Westminster Confession
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For He says to Moses, `I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.' So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
- Romans 9:14-16
And mark, my reader, the apostle readily saw the doctrine he had formulated would raise this very objection, and unless what we have written . . . provokes . . . the same objection, then it must be either because we have not presented the doctrine which is set forth in Rom. 9, or else because human nature has changed since the apostle's day.
- A.W. Pink
[And what does the denial of of election do, but make-DW] the grace of God to lacquey it at the foot, or rather, the will of man? that makes the sheep to keep the shepherd? that puts God into the same extremity with Darius, who would gladly have saved Daniel but could not (Dan. 6:14)?
- Christopher Ness
Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. You will say to me then, `Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?' But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, `Why have you made me like this?' Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
- Romans 9:18-21
The text above includes an common objection against the electing love of God. I was in the Christian ministry for many years before I ever heard this objection made against my teaching on the grace of God. No one ever said to me, `Well, if what you are saying is true, then we are all puppets! And if we are puppets, then why does God still find fault with us? He is the puppet manufacturer!'
Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
- Acts 13:48
If God would have painted a yellow stripe on the backs of the elect I would go around lifting shirts. But since He didn't I must preach `whosoever will' and when `whosoever' believes I know he is one of the elect.
- C.H. Spurgeon
We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive it only by the beams, light and heat. Election is a sun, the eyes of eagles cannot see it; yet we may find it in the heat of vocation, in the light of illumination, in the beams of good works.
- Thomas Adams
Should any here, supposing themselves to be the children of God, imagine that there is some reason in them why they should have been chosen, let them know that as yet they are in the dark concerning the first principles of grace, and have not yet learned the gospel.
- C.H. Spurgeon
People who are not well grounded in the Bible take umbrage at the idea that God actually hardened Pharaoh's heart. Now, it is interesting to note that Pharaoh did not complain that God had hardened his heart. Pharaoh was quite satisfied. But others complain for him.
- Gordon Clark
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Sam: Yeah, this advice comes from the same woman who just bought six roses on sale that we have no room for.
Hey, I think we're doing this interview because she overbought daylilies 14 years ago.
Linda: Yeah, but really, sales are good. Gardening can be expensive. Go to a good garden center. If you're busy with work or children, you should still garden. Don't feel bad about keeping it low-key. Just wait until you retire to go really crazy like we have.
What does it take to have an award-winning garden? Persistence. Sam and Linda grow more than just daylilies. You name it; we bet it's in their garden somewhere. In 2002, their yard was one of four first-prize winners in the All-American Lawn Contest sponsored by Lowe's and Briggs & Stratton.
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> Is monowall capable of connecting to a watchguard 750?
> I want to be able to connect one server behind the monowall to connect
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If Watchguard supports standard IPsec, sure. Just configure IPsec on
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