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The work in our laboratory is focused on obtaining a detailed understanding of the mechanism by which retroviral DNA is integrated into its host cell chromatin, and discovering the epigenetic factors and processes that affect its subsequent expression. Retroviruses are of special interest, not only because they are agents of disease, including cancer, but also because they are important as vehicles for the insertion of desired genes into target cells for scientific investigation and gene therapy. Recently we have also become interested in whether sequences from viruses other than retroviruses have become inserted into vertebrate genomes over an evolutionary time frame, how this may have occurred and, what may be the consequences. We exploit a broad range of investigational methods in our studies from analyses of protein function, to in vivo studies of viral growth and cell biology. This comprehensive approach provides unique insights, and excellent opportunities for cross-discipline training and collaboration. Our continuing overarching goals are to uncover new information of fundamental importance to both virus and cell biology, and to identify new targets for therapies to treat disease.
We have made exciting progress in our investigation of the molecular structure of retroviral integrases, the enzymes that mediate insertion of viral DNA into the DNA of its host cell. The techniques of small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and molecular modeling have been used to obtain the first available information concerning the shapes and structures of integrase monomers, dimers, and tetramers in solution. The resulting models are tested using biochemical crosslinking and mass spectrometry. These structures can now be used to identify points of contact between the protein subunits, as well as between the protein and its DNA substrates. Such information will not only add to our understanding of this complex reaction, but may also suggest new ways to interfere with this activity, which is critical for viral replication.
Together with collaborators in the Systems Biology Group at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, we conducted a systematic analysis of the 48 published vertebrate genomes for sequences related to all known viruses with single-stranded RNA or DNA genomes. We discovered numerous examples of sequences related to two families of RNA viruses, the Bornaviruses and Filoviruses, which entered 19 vertebrate genomes about 40 million years ago, most likely facilitated by LINE retrotransposons. We also discovered that the history of integration of sequences related to the small DNA virus families, the Parvoviruses and Circoviruses, spans an even longer evolutionary period from 60 million years ago to recent times. Some of the sequences from both types of ancient viruses have retained open reading frames, indicating that they have been subject to positive selection and must have provided some advantage to the host or the virus over time.
To understand how integrated viral gene expression is controlled, we have developed a system in which we can monitor high-frequency epigenetic gene silencing of freshly integrated retroviral DNA. We believe that such silencing may reflect a cellular anti-viral response. We have published the results from our proof-of-principle studies using silent "reporter cells" to establish the validity of this system for identification of cellular factors that govern this epigenetic silencing – a phenomenon that is important to our understanding of the antiviral response as well as, the roles of epigenetic factors in normal cell development and cancer. With the help of the Fox Chase Cancer Center High Throughput Screening Facility, we have used this reporter cell population to develop a robust and sensitive siRNA-based high throughput screen to identify specific host factors that participate in the maintenance of epigenetic silencing. Our results to date provide compelling evidence for roles of specific host factors and indicate that they are involved in cooperative and reinforcing interactions that mediate epigenetic silencing.Description of research projects
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Extramural Affiliations
- Skalka, AM. HIV: Integration triggers death. Nature 2013, 498:305-06. PubMed
- Shalginskikh, N, Poleshko, A, Skalka, AM, Katz, R. Retroviral DNA methylation and epigenetic repression are mediated by the antiviral host protein Daxx. J Virol 2013;87:2137-50. Selected by the Editors as an Article of "Significant Interest." PMCID: PMC3571491 PubMed
- Bojja, RS, Andrake, MD, Merkel, G, Weigand, S, Dunbrack, RL, Jr, Skalka, AM. Architecture and assembly of HIV integrase multimers in the absence of DNA substrates. J Biol Chem 2013;288:7373-86. PMCID: PMC3591645 PubMed
- Peletskaya, E, Andrake, M, Gustchina, A, Merkel, G, Alexandratos, J, Zhou, D, Bojja, RS, Satoh, T, Potapov, M, Kogon, A, Potapov, V, Wlodawer, A, Skalka, AM. Localization of ASV integrase-DNA contacts by site-directed crosslinking and their structural analysis. PLoS One 2011;6:e27751. PubMed
- Katz RA, Merkel G, Andrake MD, Roder H, Skalka AM. Retroviral integrases promote fraying of viral DNA ends. J Biol Chem. 2011;286:25710-8. PubMed
- Bojja RS, Andrake MD, Weigand S, Merkel G, Yarychkivska O, Henderson A, Kummerling M, Skalka AM. Architecture of a full-length retroviral integrase monomer and dimer, revealed by small angle X-ray scattering and chemical cross-linking. J Biol Chem. 2011 May 13;286(19):17047-59. Epub 2011 Mar 15. PubMed
- Belyi VA, Levine AJ, Skalka AM. Sequences from Ancestral Single Stranded DNA Viruses In Vertebrate Genomes: The Parvoviridae And Circoviridae Are More Than 40-50 Million Years Old. J Virol. 2010;84:12458-12462. PubMed
- Belyi VA, Levine AJ, Skalka AM, 2010 Unexpected Inheritance: Multiple Integrations of Ancient Bornavirus and Ebolavirus/Marburgvirus Sequences in Vertebrate Genomes. PLoS Pathog 6(7): e1001030. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001030. PLoS Pathog
- Poleshko A, Einarson MB, Adams PD, Zhang R, Skalka AM, Katz RA. Identification of a functional network of human epigenetic silencing factors. J Biol Chem. 2010 Jan 1;285(1):422-33. Epub 2009 Oct 30. PubMed
- Merkel G, Andrake MD, Ramcharan J, Skalka AM. Oligonucleotide-based assays for integrase activity. Mechanistic and Pharmacological Analyses of HIV-1 Integration. Alan Engelman, ed. Elsevier Editorial Systems for Methods. 2009 Apr;47(4):243-8. Epub 2008 Nov 14. PubMed
- Katz RA, Daniel R, Skalka AM. Host factors that affect provirus stability and silencing. HIV1 Integrase: Mechanisms Of Action And Inhibitor Design. (Neamati, N, Wand, B, eds.), Chapter 11, pp 141-50. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., UK.
- Flint SJ, Enquist LW, Racaniello VR, Skalka AM. Principles of Virology, 3rd edition. Vol. II. Pathogenesis and Control of Animal Viruses, 419 pages. ASM Press, Washington DC, 2009
- Flint SJ, Enquist LW, Racaniello VR, Skalka AM. Principles of Virology, 3rd edition. Vol I. Molecular Biology, 569 pages. ASM Press, Washington DC, 2009.
- Andrake MD, Sauter MM, Boland K, Goldstein AD, Hussein M, and Skalka AM. Nuclear import of avian sarcoma virus integrase is facilitated by host cell factors. Retrovirology. 2008 August;5:73. PubMed
- Poleshko A, Palagin I, Zhang R, Boimel P, Castagna C, Adams PD, Skalka AM, and Katz RA. Identification of cellular proteins that maintain retroviral epigenetic silencing: evidence for an antiviral response. J Virol. 2008 December;82(5):2313-23. PubMed
- Katz RA, Jack-Scott E, Narezkina A, Palagin I, Boimel P, Kulkosky J, Nicolas E, Greger J.G, and Skalka AM. High frequency epigenetic repression and silencing of retroviruses can be antagonized by HDAC inhibitors and transcriptional activators, but uniform reactivation in cell clones is restricted by additional mechanisms. J Virol. 2007 January;81(6):2592-04. PubMed
- Ramcharan J, Colleluori DM, Merkel G, Andrake MD, and Skalka AM. Mode of Inhibition of HIV-1 integrase by a C-terminal domain-specific monoclonal antibody. Retrovirology. 2006 June; 3:34. PubMed
- Ramcharan J, Skalka AM. Strategies for identification of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. Future Virol. 2006 November;1:717-31.
- Ason B, Knauss DJ, Balke AM, Merkel G, Skalka AM, Reznikoff WS. Targeting Tn5 transposase identifies HIV-1 inhibitors. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2005 April;49:2035-43. PubMed
- Daniel R, Marusich E, Argyris E, Zhao R Y, Skalka AM, and Pomerantz RJ. Caffeine inhibits HIV-1 transduction of non-dividing cells. J Virol. 2005 February;79(4):2058-65. PubMed
- Greger JG, Katz RA, Ishov AM, Maul G, and Skalka AM. The cellular protein Daxx interacts with Avian Sarcoma Virus integrase and viral DNA to repress viral transcription. J Virol. 2005 March;79(8):4610-4618, 2005. PubMed
- Katz RA, Greger JG, and Skalka AM. Effects of cell cycle status on early events in retroviral replication. J Cell Biochem. 2005 April;94:880-89.
- Skalka AM, and Katz RA. Retroviral DNA integration and the DNA damage response. Cell Death Diff. 2005 August;2:971-78.
- Daniel R, Ramcharan J, Rogakou E, Taganov KD, Greger JG, Bonner W, Nussenzweig A, Katz RA, and Skalka AM Histone H2AX is phosphorylated at sites of retroviral DNA integration, but is dispensable for post-integration repair. J Biol Chem. 2004 August;279:45810-14.PubMed
- Narezkina, A., Taganov, K.D., Litwin, S., Stoyanova, R., Hayashi, J., Seeger, C., Skalka, A.M. and Katz, R.A. Genome-wide analyses of avian sarcoma virus integration sites. J Virol. 2004 October;78(21):11656-63.PubMed
- Daniel R, Katz RA, Greger J, Taganov K, Wu X, Kappes JC, and Skalka, A.M. Evidence that stable retroviral transduction and cell survival following DNA integration depends on components of the NHEJ repair pathway. J Virol. 2004 July;78(16):8573-81.PubMed
- Greger J, Katz RA, Taganov K, Rall GF, and Skalka AM. Transduction of terminally differentiated neurons by Avian Sarcoma Virus. J Virol. 2004 April;78(9):4902-06.PubMed


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Well we should also consider that we change and we do not have the same passions we had years ago.
There are some things that we will like our whole life, but there are others that we will like for few years and then we will not be really interested anymore.
I remember when I used to think that WWE was so damn awesome, I remember when I was so much into chess that one game would determine my mood for the rest of the day, etc.
Years ago I also enjoyed MMA more than now. If Machida and Mousasi fought 2 or 3 years ago I would be so damn excited thinking "Oh Woooow! Tonight Machida and Mousasi are fighting!! That's awesome!!!!!!! Can't wait!" and last week it was "Wait? The Machida-Mousasi fight is even today or next week? Oh it is today! Nice."
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
Slowly over the last few years my friends stopped caring about the fights to the point where I usually watch them alone or record them and watch with my brother the next day. MMAtt and one or two others will occasionally come over if its a really big fight or GSP or Anderson are fighting but thats about it.
I've still been getting all the PPVs and watching all the free cards as well as TUF but lately not so much. I watched this last free card but the two previous ones I forgot all about. This next PPV will be the first one since Rashad/Thiago Silva I skip.
For me it's a few thing. One, a lot of my favorite fighters retired or are on the way out. Fedor, Forrest, Cro Cop, Marcus Davis, Jason MacDonald are all gone and Gray's chances of another title run are all but gone. I just don't have the same emotional investment in many of today's fighters.
Two, the cards are just so watered down. I used to want to see every main card fight and quite a few of the prelims. Now there's like 2 or 3 fights total I want to see.
Third, many of the fighters the UFC seems to push are not fighters I want to support. People like Rousey, the Diazes, Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen are not people I want my money supporting.
All of these things combined just seems to be making me care less and less for the sport.
My Favorite Fighters
1)Gray Maynard 2)Dan Henderson 3)Minotauro Nogueira 4)Wanderlei Silva 5)Roy Nelson 6)Tim Boetsch 7)Mark Hunt 8)Shogun Rua 9)Lyoto Machida 10) Connor McGregor
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Google found a nice way to wish you Happy Birthday. If you visit Google's homepage when you are signed in and it's your birthday, you'll see a special doodle that links to your Google profile. When you go to your profile, you'll find colorful confetti and a Happy Birthday message, but that's not new.
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By John Connell
Maybe forget civilization, culture and definitely religion. With one good natural disaster, all that is revealed for what it is—a reassuring ruse. Maybe we're part of something much bigger than western civilization or eastern civilization or Buddha or Zen or ancient history or any history at all. I'm just saying this: Let's say.
Instead, maybe we're all particles or lens or filters or I don't know what. But increasingly people everywhere are starting to say that at the very least we're all connected. But then if we're all connected, how come our primary experience in this life is being alone? Huh? Maybe we're all connected but mostly in denial about it. Our bodies are definitely not connected. We spend a good deal of time looking at each other and taking account of the differences.
Let's say we're like receivers or filters all existing in a boundless sea of consciousness (whatever THAT is) or some kind of energy. We could call it a flux. And we're all either tuned in or not just like a radio can be tuned into a station or not but it's still surrounded by the radio waves. I think people who are in denial about being connected simply keep themselves out of tune with the flux.
Like, that homeless guy's not connected to me. That Muslim guy's not connected to me. I'm not connected to that gambler, that drag queen, that hedge fund trader, that...fill in the blank.
Until there's a disaster.
Now saying that we're all suddenly connected when there's a flood is a little too simple. First of all, there's no fairness in a flood. Not everyone gets the same dose. Some lose their stuff, some lose their animals, some lose their lives. And some get insurance while others get nothing. If you never listened to your father telling you that "life isn't fair," there's nothing like a flood to bring home the lesson.
But everyone gets compassion, right? Our flood brought out the very best in everyone: the whole community. People left their own broken homes to go help people whose homes were even more broken. Or gone altogether. And people opened their homes and savings to those in need. Kids grew up and learned they were a needed part of the scene. Generally people cared about all sorts of things and situations that normally don't touch their lives. There's a lot of community talk.
I called a friend in New Jersey though, and it's not the same everywhere.
"How'd you do in the flood down there?" I asked.
"It's crazy, there's silt and mud everywhere. Lots of trees came down and no one has power. The internet's down and we only have cell phones."
So then I tell my version. I tell him about washed out bridges and roads; the caskets floating wildly down a ruptured river and the toxic mud filling up the elementary schools. But I also tell him how amazing everyone is and how everybody is helping each other. I say how the power of community is incredible, right?
"Even before the sun came out there were fund raisers and relief parties. I gotta say, there's nothing like a disaster to make ya realize how lucky we are to have each other. We have three people camping in our living room and another group just showed up with food for everyone."
There was a pause on the other end of the phone and then my friend said in a disbelieving tone, "Well, maybe that's how it goes up there but not down here. Down here we sit on the front porch with a gun, waiting for the looters." Oh.
Like I said, some people are maybe in denial about being tuned in to the flux. I got a lot of phone calls the first day after the flood. How ya doing? Saw it in the papers. That sort of thing. A few of my out-of-state customers also called to inquire. A buddy of mine runs a big woodworking shop that specializes in conference tables for the Fortune 500 set. He's been at it for three decades. Says he's never had a visit from his customers until the flood. Now they're giving tours about once a week.
"That's pretty cool!" I said. "So they're coming all the way up from the city just to see how you're doing and show support. That's so great."
"Huh? No, they're coming up to see if they should pull their orders. They're worried that we might not make their schedule."
I thought about that three days later when a customer of mine called from out of state. He had called right after the flood to get the inside poop about the storm but now he was calling about his job. He was wondering why I hadn't been on the conference call yesterday.
"Yeah, sorry about that," I said, recalling that I had spent the day working on re-establishing water to my house and family.
"We still don't have any water or power. You know what I mean?"
"Oh. Yeah, that's a bummer. But we're having another conference call at the end of the week. You can make that one, right? It's not for three days."
The guy had no clue. He was definitely not tuned into the same flux I was into. It seems just a little time or distance and the power of a natural disaster wanes dramatically.
It's true. When was the last time you thought about the people recently hit by the tsunami in Japan or the one that wiped out Indonesia in 2004? Krakatau? And closer to home, how about the last time you considered the Haitian plight or even what's become of New Orleans? This isn't a guilt trip. I'm just saying that we forget a lot of huge disasters pretty quickly—unless we're in 'em.
The media markets these disasters and so they need to rotate their inventory. It's just a simple business thing, you understand. But every once in a while, there's a calamity with longer shelf life. For instance, the 9/11 Twin Towers bombing has real staying power. Manmade disasters like Pearl Harbor, The Holocaust or even Vietnam seem to lend themselves to "We Shall Never Forget" treatments. I think maybe that's because we can paint them as good guys against bad; very black and white. Natural disasters are harder that way. I mean who wants to say Nature is the bad guy? That's very out of fashion in case you haven't noticed.
This is where things like civilization, religion and culture start to look pallid. Because huge natural disasters reduce us to what we really don't want to be—just another species in the web of life. This might not be so bothersome if it weren't for the fact that more than 99 percent of all the species that have ever existed are now extinct.1 Not great odds. It's so disorienting to think about all the amazing stuff humans have accomplished over the years being wiped out that people just become desperate for an explanation. Enter religion or science—pick your flavor.
And so I'm just saying maybe we're not all separate species but simply different expressions of the same species. Like a liver, kidney, heart and stomach are all different things but they're not separate things because they're all parts of the body. This could explain the inconsistent way we're all connected, the way people like to say right after a disaster. This could explain why we seem to forget about natural disasters that don't directly affect us. Using the body metaphor, if a kidney is facing huge adversity the rest of the body might not really bring that into focus. Sure, there's a ripple throughout the system, but it doesn't bring things to a halt.
So I'm suggesting maybe it's not just with people but with everything. Maybe we're also connected to the horses and the worms and the birds and the mushrooms. (Now you're thinking maybe I'm getting a little too connected to the mushrooms.) Isn't that the web of life we hear about all the time? Maybe every species is simply a different expression or part of the whole deal. That could explain all sorts of paranormal behavior, clairvoyance, channeling, horse whispering, bird migrations, parasites...really everything. Even the way we behave during natural catastrophes.
Animals instinctively try to avoid perishing in a natural disaster, but they don't get too disoriented about those who can't (unless it's their offspring). They seem to accept the innate order of things and move back into their inborn rhythms and natural cycles. Of course, they don't have a media culture, science or religion to help them reflect on the "meaning" of it all. And that's where we're peculiar.
We do reflect on the meaning of it all and doing so we employ empathy, sympathy and compassion. The ache felt when we see a wrecked schoolhouse or a buried farm is as real as the sun and the mountain it's setting behind. Our instincts are split. The palpable pain of local disaster drives us to reach out. But the distant plight of others is either unknown or quickly forgotten.
Maybe we only invented stories so one part of us can remind the other parts that we're here.
[1] Over 99% of documented species are now extinct,[2] but extinction occurs at an uneven rate. Fichter, George S. (1995). Endangered Animals. USA: Golden Books Publishing Company. pp. 5.
John Connell lives in Warren.


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Waste Treatment for Metalworking Fluids
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Metalworking fluids are complex mixtures of chemicals that can be a significant contaminant burden to the receiving environment if not properly waste treated. Along with the challenges of treating the fresh or essentially un-used metalworking fluids, the used fluids can pick up additional contaminants adding even more challenges for disposal. Other contaminants are metals, tramp oils, cleaning solutions and floor soaps. This webinar will briefly discuss waste water disposal requirements for users of metalworking fluids in the United States. We will then discuss several methods of waste water treatment such as: evaporation, chemical treatment, membrane separation, biological treatment, vapor compression distillation, and finally waste oil recovery.
John Burke is the Global Director of Engineering Services for Houghton International. He received his engineering degree from the University of Dayton in 1971. He has 40 years of experience in the metalworking industry and has five US patents. John has been an instructor for STLE's Metalworking Fluid Education Course for the past 20 years. John is a CMFS. John became a Fellow in the STLE in 2011. He received the P.M. Ku Award from STLE in 2006. John received an award from President George Bush at the White House in 1991 for advances in waste minimization.
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No idea if it'll be the US version for you or the German version. But it's free, and it'll make you look like someone who shelled out for something in the TF2 store.
If you think it's worth anything off the wishlist on my Steam account, feel free (see profile for Steam ID).


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Wo? Surf & Kite Theologos, Rhodos
Preis? 300 Euro für 5 Tage mit 4-6 Stunden Intensivtraining am Tag, 2 x Theorie, Nutzung von CORE und CARVED Material, Versicherung, Rescue, Betreuung und Rahmenprogramm, Abschlussparty und mehrere BBQ´s
Kontakt? Tobias Gottfried, email@example.com
Website? www.kite-rhodos.com
Life is a journey. Kiteboarding has taken us to the best spots on the planet and allowed us to get to know the local kiters from all corners of the globe. At the same time we have been able to delve into the technology behind the products that we use on a daily basis and catch a glimpse behind the scenes of the kite industry. There are many interesting characters behind the products and it became clear to us, that CORE is not only made up of a team from the Fehmarn Island but instead is made up of people from the world's beaches. Therefore we became a part of something much bigger.
The idea behind our web-experiment CoreNation is to allow us to share our experiences with you. We want to take you with us on our journeys and share our adventures, experiences and our daily work with you. Enjoy!


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Step 1: Materials
candles(mine were a little bigger than tea light candles)
matchbook matches
i used a red crayon for color
hot glue gun
duct tape
Step 2: Preparing the tin
Step 3: Making the candle
Then I melted down the candles inside a soup can that was placed in a pot of water.
When it was melted I poured it in around the wicks in the tin.
As the wax was cooling I cut down the wicks to the right size, (about the top of the tin) and took the left over pieces to make more wicks.
I then melted some red crayon wax and mixed it into the candle wax to add some color to it.
To get the wax to cool faster I put it into the freezer for a few minutes.
I'd just leave the cover on the pack of matches
but take off the lid entirely when in use. when not in use the candle wont be on (duh) and allow u to close it.
just saying... do what you want either way. :D
I would like to propose adding citronella to your wax - nice smell and no mosquitoes, FTW!
If you are stranded in a snow drift and have to be there a while this kind of candle will provide enough heat in the car so you won't freeze. Just keep a window cracked open about an 1/8 of an inch.
I used to carry one of those big candles about 4-inches in diameter in a number 10 can filled a quarter full with sand.


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SUMMARYI. The Gospel of the Circumcision is the good news in accord with the patriarchal promises, to restore the kingdom to Israel, embracing all the kingdoms of men under the whole heavens, with Messiah sitting on the throne of His glory in Jerusalem, and Israel a royal priesthood--kings to rule the nations, and priests to minister Jehovah's spiritual blessings unto them.II. The Gospel of the Uncircumcision is the evangel of the grace of God for which Paul was severed. It offers justification --God's own righteousness--to the sinner, for faith obedience in Christ Jesus, apart from law, forms, and ordinances. Paul spoke of it as "the gospel which I am proclaiming among the nations"--"my gospel."III. The Mystery of the Gospel is the conciliation offered in the death of God's own Son for reconciliation and peace. It was a secret hushed during the eonian times, until revealed through the apostle Paul for the present secret administration of grace.IV. A Different Gospel, which is Not Another, is an adulterated evangel, brought about by mixing the "gospel of the grace of God" with the "Circumcision gospel" of the kingdom and zeal for the law, and holds forth a double anathema on man or angel who is guilty of preaching thus.V. The Everlasting (Eonian) Gospel is for the hour of judgment in the future day of indignation, calling on all those situated on the earth to fear God, and give Him glory and worship as Creator. It is a counter message to that of the false prophet which calls on mankind to worship the image of the wild-beast and receive the mark in their forehead and hand. It is contrary to all facts of revelation to propose the proclamation of such an evangel in this day of grace. And Doug, I know you wont waste your time with this truth.Lee
THE DIFFERENT GOSPELSThe various references in the Scriptures to the evangels find expression under five different headings: (1) The Gospel of the Circumcision, (2) The Gospel of the Uncircumcision, (3) The Mystery of the Gospel, (4) A Different Gospel, which is Not Another, and (5) The Everlasting (Eonian) Gospel. We now propose to carefully consider each of these gospels in our study, partitioning them to those whom the Scriptures clearly designate.
Let us hear Paul: Wherefore, be remembering that once you, the nations in flesh--who are being termed Uncircumcision by those being termed Circumcision, in flesh, made with hands--that in that era you were apart from Christ, being alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and guests of the promise covenants, having no expectation, and without God in the world (Eph.2:11,12).These scriptures will suffice to show that the seed of Abraham according to the flesh, every male of which is circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, is the Circumcision. In the second place, the gospel which concerned them, their promise covenants, Messiah and kingdom, most assuredly was "the gospel of the Circumcision." Scriptural affirmation on this is made by Paul to the Galatians, saying: But on the contrary, perceiving that I have been entrusted with the evangel of the Uncircumcision, according as Peter of the Circumcision (for He Who operates in Peter for the apostleship of the Circumcision operates in me for the nations) (Gal.2:7,8).Here we learn that Peter was entrusted with the gospel of the Circumcision, and that God operated in Him for the apostleship of the Circumcision. But where did this take place? The answer is found back in the closing days of our Lord's earthly ministry to the Circumcision (Rom.15:8). As we have pointed out before, in the thirteenth of Matthew, when the nation of Israel the elders and chiefs of the people, the rulers and builders--rejected Messiah's message, He quotes Isaiah's solemn words and closes the door of the kingdom against them. He then tells the disciples the "secrets of the kingdom of the heavens," events which are to transpire after His crucifixion and resurrection. This is followed by a significant event in the sixteenth chapter of Matthew, which is little understood unless we strictly apply it to whom it belongs. Bear in mind that Christ was not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, that He became a servant of the Circumcision for the sake of the truth of God, to confirm the patriarchal promises, and, that He went everywhere preaching the gospel of the kingdom.
III. THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPELThis secret phase is almost totally lost in Christendom today. In fact, outside of those acquainted with the CONCORDANT VERSION OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES, very few know anything about it, and fewer still are preaching it. When Martin Luther broke the shackles of Romanism, he restored to the world Paul's grand doctrine of justification by faith. We emphasize again, that this is "the gospel of God" for which Paul was severed, and which he called "my gospel," and was never preached by Peter, James, John, or any of the twelve, and neither is it to be found in any of the Circumcision writings.The scriptural doctrine of justification is not very well understood by the saints today. Usually it is degraded to a mere pardon or forgiveness, which is very poor workmanship, to say the least! We must use care and clearly sever it from "the gospel of the Circumcision" if we hope to get the heart-satisfying message God has been pleased to give forth through it. Justification is God's own righteousness, which He lavishes upon the sinner for faith (Phil.3:9). But "the mystery of the gospel" was a secret until made known through the apostle Paul by revelation. It is termed by the Scriptures the "conciliation," and is concerned with peace.
Quote from: Doug on January 03, 2010, 03:32:16 AMHmm.. The problem is, according to hebcal.com, the passover in that year was March 24, which was a Monday, so that year cannot be the year of the crucifixion. Oops!Full moon was on March 27. (See teh disclaimer on the top of that calendar site)Plus the calculated day is only part of the story as any Rabi will tell you.
Hmm.. The problem is, according to hebcal.com, the passover in that year was March 24, which was a Monday, so that year cannot be the year of the crucifixion. Oops!
Quote from: WhiteWings on January 03, 2010, 01:27:03 AMBoth Gospel and war lasted 7 years.Quote from: DougNonsense! The gospel still goes to everyone, both Jews and Gentiles.Really? The Jesus' disciples are still walking around and teaching?
Both Gospel and war lasted 7 years.
Nonsense! The gospel still goes to everyone, both Jews and Gentiles.
Quote from: DougHebrew date: 3791 Nisan 14 Gregorian: 31 AD March 24 MondayJulian: 31 AD March 26 MondayRead the intro at the top: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phasecat.htmlAnd for a little extra info: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/calendar.htmlAnd: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/dates.htmlSo the Julian and Gregorian year always differ 1 year.
Hebrew date: 3791 Nisan 14 Gregorian: 31 AD March 24 MondayJulian: 31 AD March 26 Monday
Plus: "There is some historical uncertainty as to which years from 43 BCE to 8 CE were counted as leap years." introduces even more uncertianty. So great care has to be taken with the Gregorian calender. And of course no mix up Julian with Gregorian years.
This secret phase is almost totally lost in Christendom today. In fact, outside of those acquainted with the CONCORDANT VERSION OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES, very few know anything about it, and fewer still are preaching it. When Martin Luther broke the shackles of Romanism, he restored to the world Paul's grand doctrine of justification by faith. We emphasize again, that this is "the gospel of God" for which Paul was severed, and which he called "my gospel," and was never preached by Peter, James, John, or any of the twelve, and neither is it to be found in any of the Circumcision writings.
The "second coming" is fallacy and never should be portrayed by the Sons of God.


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This was last weeks and this weeks cookie, because it makes so much dough. Four logs.
Dunkin Platters:
Ooooh, I'm printing that off right now!
ooo, I want to try those too!
So, if you freeze these then when you are ready to make them they have to thaw completely, right? (sorry, probably a dumb question!)
totally printing this out. have you ever used nuts? if yes, what kind?? and do you slice and freeze, or do you freeze without slicing?
Mmm...those look great. I'm definitely printing this recipe!
My grandma always made slice-and-back ginger snaps, I'm going to have to hunt up her recipe.
Mmm, Yummo, love the cornflakes in them, sounds delish! And beautifully photographed as usual!
hey guys,
jill, i do not thaw before i bake. if the dough is too hard to cut, i let it sit for a about 5 minutes.
and melana, i have not tried nuts in mine, i think the mother that made them used walnuts.
also, freeze without slicing.
Those look really yummy. I think we're making cookies today too.
Wow, those cookies look so good! and I love how evenly round they come out!
How funny, when I glanced at your blog post I thought it said "a friend to bake with"! I'm making those tomorrow, I have all the ingredients--sort of like knitting from stash, right?
I brown sugar sugar cookie. Love it. I will definately be making this one. Not today though. We are sick at my house.
That's a lot of butter, but they sound so yummy. I love slice and bake cookies. My mother used to make some that were like shortbread but I don't have her recipe.
Yum! Definitely having a go at this one, I like the idea of having some in the freezer ready to cook anytime.
i am so trying this!
those look good! i love cookie dough too, i ate so much once i got food poisioning in high school. my nick name was "cookie" for a very long time!
Looks delicious! I wonder what they'd taste like with chocolate chips added:) I'm on a chocolate kick!
Oh my, I just want to take a bite right off of that dough log - looks delicious!
I like having cookies in the freezer too!
ohhhh yum I luv slice and bake too.... and cookie dough..... heaven..... really seriously HEAVEN.... will hvae to try these next week.... thanx.
luv Abby
I haven't told you yet but you have inspired us to bake cookies every week here! We've been doing it since Christmas. I am gluten intolerant so I have been playing with various recipes. My husband is begging me to stop because he's afraid he's gaining weight!
oh my goodness, leslie - i have the very same thing about cookie dough. i'd rather eat the dough than the cookie. most of the time. can't wait to try these.
Yum! I think we'll make some this weekend... I love the slice and bakes, too. Thank you for sharing!
Yum! I miss cookie dough from the US. The cookie dough I find here in France is just not the same.
We are so lucky you're active in the blogging world. Where would our cookie jars be without you? They'd be empty and lonely, that's where. Thanks for posting this recipe! I'm sure it'll be a hit at my household, too! I have my fiance, BIL, and the band (yes, I have a rock band that practices at my house a few times a week) that love cookies!
They look delicious, I'll definitely give them a go. Thanks for the recipe!
Yummy!.. I"m writing this one down! :)
Oh yummy. wouldn't a log make a great Xmas gift all wrapped up? I'll remember this for next year. Thank you so much for sharing.
I just mixed up the dough for these and ate so much of it I gave myself a stomachache! I'm looking forward to the few cookies that make it into the oven LOL.
Oh, my YUM! Those sound terrific! I remember my college days of eating cookie dough...at home when we were younger we got so sick of birthday cake (6 siblings, plus cousin, aunts, uncles... lol) we used to eat cake batter at our own birthdays!
So do you think I could make these with soy-butter?
Wow - those do look wonderful!!! Will have to try them :)
Those look so yummy. We will definitely have to try them this week.
Will definitely be making these! Yummo. Thanks for sharing. :)
i love cookie dough, too. it's dangerous to have in the house.
another cookie dough addict here...my sister makes huge batches of drop cookies and freezes them too (on a baking sheet then once they are frozen transfers them to a ziploc). They are so good frozen! :)
Do you think these would mail well? I need to send a friend some cookies and since these make a lot, I thought it would be perfect because even after we eat tons we would have enough left over to send. They look delicious!
thanks for sharing! i know what we'll be making this weekend.
these look so yummy! i must try these when i love home and have an actual kitchen!
I swear my cookie consumption has gone way up after you started posting all of these cookies of the week!
Stop it, you're killing me !!!
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They look delicious!
Oh my these sound just lovely! I will definately have to make a batch of these this weekend.
Oh. Cookie dough is my downfall. Chocolate chip the most, but any will do. This looks divine... Mmmmm....
Oh what a great thing to have in the freezer for unexpected company... nice warm cookies and tea!! MMMM!!
Hi There - I found your blog through House on Hill Road and I am really loving your blog & your photo a day! My daughters & I are making the Dunkin Platters this morning. I can't wait to try them!
Ooh, those look very yummy! Thanks for sharing:)
thanks for sharing the recipe. it sounds wonderful...I can't wait to try it.
Helloooooo, anyone out there? It's been nearly a week, I'm getting withdrawal symptoms ;-) How's it going, any new knitting, any new cookies?
Come out and play!
Oh how that brings back childhood memories! My mom used to make those and roll them in waxed paper. I used to love slicing them off and eating them unbaked, too!
What? Cornflakes, really? I think might have to try that this weekend!
I wouldn't be able to resist eating the cookie dough:) Corn flakes sound interesting and healthy. Yum
By the way your sweater is looking amazing so far!
We made these last week and they were gobbled up before I could even get a picture of them! (We halved the recipe.)
Thanks so much for sharing it!
I just make this and it is really good! Originally the batter was too runny (it was my fault, I think) so I added more flour and oat.
thanks for the recipe!
And you are right, the dough was yummy!
I just found your blog and I am so glad!
I tried these cookies and I am a little worried that it will become a far too frequent visitor at the table.
Great job on the tangled yoke!
I am starting my second one. My first didn't fit me but it did fit a friend.
Hi -
Just wanted to say I've made these cookies SO many times and they're fabulous. Also thought I'd add that the other day, I was at relatives' house and making them, but they didn't have corn flakes. We substitued 1 cup of crushed walnuts for the 2 cups cornflakes and they came out reeeally tasty - so that's good if anybody's looking to change it up a bit.
One other thing - I learned the hard way that with these cookies, it's well worth one's time to grease the pan...;)


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Three years ago you were born on 9/11.
We miss you.
We love you.
Odd that the name we chose for you reflects the utter devotion of a sainted princess to Krishna..... I hope you are part of Krishna's love right now.
I cry sometimes still thinking of the Halloween costumes you will never wear, the car seat you will never outgrow, the Christmas gifts you will never open..... I dream of you in pink prom dresses (because I hate pink) with long dark curly hair, just like your little brother's, and big dark eyes like his. I still don't look at the girl section in the baby stores because I imagine how you might have looked in those skirts, dresses and sweaters.
Your presence still lingers here- in your memory box, the knitted owl in Samar's room, the T shirt that says "Im having a girl" that I folded away so neatly.
It's hard to believe it's been three years. I wonder if I will always cry around 9/11, immersed in my own private grief.... at least the rest of the country's tears hide my own selfish pain....
Hope you are dancing somewhere in your pink prom dress little girlie....


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I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
First let me say, I have gained an immense amount of respect for drummers after starting to learn drums, because I didn't realize they had to have a TONE ear in addition to the rhythm. With that said, I played guitar and bass before in rock and jazz bands but....well, I think I am going to be much better on drums. I dont know why. I have a lot to learn, and maybe that is the fun part--the effort and journey of learning an instrument.
Right now my setup is: I am playing roland v-drums and triggering addictive drums. it sounds good but...i have started setting up a kit, and I bought a peral 20x18 reference bass, a pearl 14x6.5 ian paice snare, and a pearl 13x3 brass piccolo snare. Strange to say, I like the sound of that little brass piccolo snare the best, after I put a remo renaissance emperor head on it and tuned it. really nice crack and a fine 'snare sound'
I am going to add a few small toms and some cymbals to finish the kit, i like small toms, and I also have a zildjian 15 new beat hi hat. I look forward to learning a lot from you guys that have played a lot and am honored to learn anything I can from you.
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
Wow that's awesome! Well, welcome to drumming and the forum. I believe drumming is one of the most humbling things I have ever experienced and may be to others as well. Just when you think you've broken through on something or that you're making great progress, you load up a favorite drumming video only to watch it and realize you still have a loooong way to go lol. I especially admire Gospel drummers. Their linear creativity is just incredible, as are their right feet to go along with it lol.
And yes, as far as tuning, it's just like drumming and not to take away from Mike Johnston's saying but some are just beginning, few have mastered it and most of us are somewhere in the middle. IMO you have to be extremely tone deaf or sorry to be blunt, horrible at tuning a drum to make it sound bad. The middle ground is huge with tuning and only a few are probably masters at tuning up a drum head. So don't be too afraid of tuning up your drums. In fact here are a couple links to watch to get you started.
Anyway, that's awesome you plan to piece together a set to jam with and a Pearl Reference bass drum is a great start! If you like small drums I'd say look at going with an 8", 10" and 14" setup. Can be a very fun and melodical set to play with. If nothing else a 1 up 1 down 10" and 14" inch setup would be fine too. Not sure if you'll read this but good luck with your drumming journey!
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
Yea. I'm thinking of an 8,10,12, and 14 mounted reference tom, and a 16 floor tom, I would like to get a 20 ply reference snare but they sure are expensive.
I haven't had much trouble with independance, what is strange is what I'm having trouble with is single stroke rolls around the kit, i can double stroke ok, and buzz, control my rebound, etc, but what has really surprised me is the thing i thought would be the easiest--single stroking--turns out to be harder than the others.
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
Oh I see lol. Well when you said a few small toms, I didn't know you wanted to create a seven piece kit lmao! :)
No problem there, as I bought the PDP X7 in maple 2 years ago after being away from drumming for 10+ years. The only thing about it is now that I've gotten back into it and have had the chance to really look at myself as a player, I find that I don't really like having two floor toms. I really just have no idea how to utilize the 14" and 16" together. Also even though I really like the 8" tom, I find that I don't use it all that much either. Though for the sale price that I paid for the set new, it was worth it to be able to have all these setup options at the ready. With having 7 pieces, I have tried everything from 1 up, 1 down to the full 7 piece setup and out of it all I just can't get used to having two floor toms. I may try a 1 up 2 down config again at some point just to give it another chance.
As for snares, yeah I agree. They can be a pretty penny. I have come to the point that the X7 snare is not giving me a nice woodsy sound but more sound from the snare heads them selves as the snare is quite thin and is Chinese maple. So I too have been researching snares for the past month or so.
As for the single strokes. The spacing of them when playing at faster BPM's can be a bit tricky to keep even I'm sure. Just have to keep working at it and it will happen soon enough. Good luck, have fun and don't hesitate to ask for help around here.
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
Welcome! I made the real switch to drums after about 10 years of playing guitar and bass. It just feels so much more natural to me. I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, and I'm jealous of your V-Drums.
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
OK, I admit it, I'm definitely an equipment junkie. Maybe I'll go with 10/12/13/14 rack toms with no floor tom. that might be a nice jazz/easy listening/ type of kit. I'm working on what heads to use, and deciding on cymbals.
Now, I searched forums for advice on drum heads, I looked at about 40 or 50 peoples recommendations and now I have 40 or 50 combinations of heads to try. LOL.
I was at first going to say "wow I like Ian Paice, I'll get all paiste cymbals" etc, but i've found I like a combo of paiste and zildjian i.e. paiste ride and fast crashes, zildjian hi hats and crashes, but I do love the sound of reference series drums. It's just painful to have to pay like, $600 or $700 for one tom.
But then again, quality cymbals aren't cheap and neither is hardware or stands. I'm wondering how drummers build a quality kit at the prices for drum gear.
But if it is like guitar/bass playing I have learned one immutable truth in the last 40 years, if you want a good sound, and equipment that lasts, you have to pay for it (though there are some quite good low end korean/japanese made guitars, for example, that sound excellent)
That's my 2 cents worth....got to learn another tune.
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
Anyway, those are choices you'll have to make when it comes time to buying some toms. I personally am quite curious as to how you come about that Pearl bass drum and why or how you plan to piece together a kit. Is it going to mismatch? Are you going to get more Pearl Reference toms in a natural finish? Plus and considering your situation and how you're going about this, I would have went with a complete and used intermediate kit instead of spending that kind of money on something you are just starting to learn. You seem to be going about getting a kit in a difficult way. Though it's your money and I am not, in any way, saying what you should do. Just for the money you possibly could have gotten a full set in great shape and of great quality to start out on for a few years.
As for heads, it's all part of the fun of learning what you want regarding sound and feel. It's ok to ask for suggestions but trust me in the long run, it's all about testing things.
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
Yea, I think I will go with Reference Toms with natural finish. At first, I had just wanted a bsss, snare, and hi hat to work on. The V-Drums with mesh pads sound very good ltriggering addictive drums with a quality sound card. So I thought, I'll get some acoustics......and after research I decided I wanted a small pearl reference, so I got one relatively cheap that was new. I wanted a smaller one, so I found the 20x18....after hearing it, I thought i would get some shells to match it......I mean, it sounds tight, with a vintage type deep sound, but with more punch and much less interior 'reverb' --exactly what I had wanted. So I'm hooked.
I've also thought about getting some birdseye maple master's mcx toms because those shells sound pretty tight also, a bit brighter perhaps and less expensive.
I guess I have the luxury of doing it because I love it!
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
Welcome stellar! Sounds like you're coming to this with an interesting perspective, and I look forward to reading more about how it goes for you.
As i was reading the thread, this made me laugh:
I play v drums too, and was thrilled to move up from a practice pad to a full kit. And THEN I started craving 'real sounds', so picked up a tambourine, shaker, etc. and am buying a second hand snare as soon as its ready. But that's not enough... I've got a plan to secretly assemble a small but mighty acoustic kit, piece by piece over the next couple of years. Hopefully slow enough that my husband won't clue in until I have a full acoustic kit in the dining room!
And now I'm off to my second job, that I recently started to cover my drumming lessons and pay off my e-kit!
Re: I just started drums after almost 40 years on guitar....
Yeah that goes for the women and their significant others too lol. Also I commend you on your efforts to provide for yourself and family. Best wishes for you with your new job and that all goes well. Keep on doin Leanne!
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So how was I going to get out of this fix?
I had gotten a form to fill out on the computer. I don't remember what I was for; it was a while back.
The computer conveniently had filled in for me my name, Stephen.
Then on the next line it had a blank box for my middle name. Well, Stephen is my middle name.
Don't you just love it when the computer is too smart for its own good?
The computer would not let me change the name Stephen as my first name. I tried to submit the form with the middle name blank, but the screen flashed in red letters, "box must be filled."
So somewhere out there in cyber land is a form listing me as Stephen Stephen Harris. Hopefully when an identity thief strikes, that will be the name he or she gets. I wish I could see the thief's expression.
I've noticed this oddity here in the hometown: a surprising number of people are called by their middle names. I've haven't noticed this so much elsewhere. Has anybody else noticed?
Often I don't learn a person's unused first name till I read their obituary. It comes as quite a surprise.
For instance, it was in the obituaries I learned that cousin Albert was actually John Albert, uncle Raymond was Johnsie Raymond, and cousin Frank was James Frank.
When you see my obituary in this 'paper, let me warn you ahead of time. My first name is James.
Actually, I'm the fourth generation of James Harris here. But none of us actually used the name James. Grandpa came the closest; he went by Jim.
Years ago on the first day of a physical education course the teaching assistant who was running the class, on soccer, started off by reading the class roll.
"Jim," he said. Silence. "Jim," a second time. Silence. "Jim Harris" he said, a third time. Grandpa? I thought. No, he must mean me. "Here," I finally said.
He continued on down the list of names so fast he didn't give me a chance to correct him. And I never did. So for one semester in one class I went by the name Jim. Grandpa would've been proud.
Years later I ran across one of my old soccer classmates. He had become a dentist in Morganton. We knew each other only from soccer class.
"Jim!" he blurted out first thing. How did he remember that? I was too embarrassed to explain. So I let it go. So there's one person in this world who thinks I'm Jim Harris.
I've never been able to find out much about this notion of being called by the middle name. "Wikipedia," the Internet encyclopedia site, says that only in the U.S. "it is also common for people to use their middle name as the first name."
I found an Internet website, "March 2011 Birth Club," on which you may comment on calling a baby by the middle name. About half of the respondents complained about it, and half said it's no big deal.
It's appropriate to ponder all this as we look ahead to Middle Name Pride Day. I am not making this up. It's the Friday of the first full week in March.
However, Middle Name Pride Day is for those who are called by their first names and never the middle. Promoters instruct people on this day to show their pride by telling at least three people their middle names.
I have found advantages in using my middle name only.
Whenever I get mail addressed to James I chunk it unopened. I'm confident it's from someone who does not know me.
Whenever I fill out customer surveys, product registrations or other such marketing-driven headaches I use James. So when I get those annoying sales calls during dinner that asks for James, I can hang up with no hesitation.
Ditto for those strange envelopes with no return address and addressed to James. No one by that name here.
So when you call "The Tribune" to compliment the great Monday columns, be sure to tell them the name Stephen.
When you call to complain use James.
Stephen Harris returned home to live in State Road.


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Draw Spawn - You Could Win Original Artwork by Whilce Portacio
Friday, August 08, 2008
To celebrate the new direction and creative team of Spawn #185, we're launching an epic contest - and the stakes are high.
We want you to show us your vision of the Al Simmons Spawn character, in the media of your choice. We'll narrow the entries down to the best, post them on our Spawn Endgame Web site (endgame.spawn.com) and our myspace page (myspace.com/officialmcfarlane), and let the public choose the winners.
The first place winner will receive an original full-body drawing of Spawn by world-renown comic artist Whilce Portacio. Second prize is an original Whilce Portacio Spawn head sketch. Not prints. Not copies, the real deal. Needless to say, both of these pieces of one-of-a-kind original artwork by the new Spawn artist are as good as (maybe even better than) gold.
Here's the nuts and bolts:Entries must be received by midnight, EST, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.Limit of 1 entry per personYour entry must be your final piece; no updates or revisions will be accepted.Email your entry to firstname.lastname@example.com. Title your email SPAWN ENDGAME ENTRY CONTESTIdeally, we'd like entries to be 1,200 x 1,800 pixels, at least 150 dpi. Minimum size specifications: 600 x 900 pixels, 150 dpi. Entries larger than 1,200 x 1,800 pixels will be disqualified.With your email submission, include your full name, title of your entry and, if you'd like, a brief description of your creative thought process.
All submissions become the sole property of TMP, Inc.We'll post the best of the best on endgame.spawn.com page and myspace.com/officialmcfarlane the first week of October. Voting will be open to the public for three weeks, and the winners announced at the end of October, coinciding with the release of Spawn #185: Endgame.
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According to Carroll County Board of Supervisors' Chairman David Hutchins, multiple agencies throughout the county are working on ways to improve school safety and security in wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.
Though Hutchins didn't specifically mention Sandy Hook Elementary, the Connecticut school where a gunman took the lives of 26 people in December of 2012, the Chairman talked about the large amount of violence that has taken place nationally in the past few weeks during the board's Jan. 14 meeting. After asking for a moment of silence, he addressed many who've questioned how Carroll County plans to improve its school security going forward. He said the topic has been discussed in many newspaper articles and social media forums.
"It seems that most everyone has a cure and a solution to a problem that's probably systemic and it's probably a lot larger than we think," Hutchins said. "What I would like to say from this board and Carroll County is while you may not be reading on the front page of the paper different things that are occurring, there is a lot of action going on in the background."
Hutchins said there is much work currently going on locally to coordinate efforts from all the agencies within Carroll County, and to some degree within the region and state.
"Local efforts are all being done. It is work within the school system, within our own Sheriff's Department, within the Commonwealth Attorney's office, it is department-wide across the county," Hutchins said. "And those are being done to make sure that we continue to improve the security and safety of our schools. Solidarity is one of the things that's been there, and that group is working together. Do not expect to see it in the newspaper. Do not expect to see different things announced, but there are plans and processes going into place to do the very best we can to improve that situation."
On behalf of the board, Hutchins thanked the Sheriff's Office and others locally who have been addressing the situation.
"So you won't see it in writing, it won't be in the paper, but know there are efforts going on and it is continuing," Hutchins said.


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A book release party for a local author, with America's Got Talent winner Landau Murphy scheduled to attend, is set for Friday, March 15, at the offices of Robert Noone Legal Services (and Bucci, Bailey, Javins), 116 Stratton Street in downtown Logan, next to 317 Steakhouse, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m
Murphy is planning to attend the event to support his longtime friend, whom he affectionately calls "Ms. Cora Lee."
"Way before most people heard me sing, Ms. Cora Lee was always there to support me and my dreams, and I'm so proud of her for writing and releasing her book," said Murphy.
Cora L. Hairston is well-known in southern West Virginia as a musician, writer of more than 20 gospel songs, concerned child advocate and twenty-year veteran of the Logan County Improvement League.
Mrs. Hairston has also been a speaker at area schools during Black History Month, sharing and celebrating stories of and achievements by African Americans in U.S. history. Often, she performs a "Rosa Parks Portrayal."
The long list of her accomplishments grows with the release of her debut novel, which has been described as a story told through the eyes of a coal miner's daughter (on the black side).
Faces Behind the Dust traces the challenges, triumphs and tragedies of a young black woman's coming of age in the southern West Virginia coalfields in the 1950's and 1960's, which was the end of segregation and dawning of the Civil Rights era.
Mrs. Hairston was inspired to write the book after a conversation at an Aracoma Alumni reunion in Columbus Ohio, where she vowed to write the story. It took over three years to research and complete.
Radiology Coordinator for Logan General Hospital, Mrs. Hairston retired after 30 years of service. After retirement, she owned and operated a nail salon and ladies boutique in Logan County.
Cora and husband Fred are the proud parents of four children, seven grandchildren, (one deceased) and four great-grandchildren. The Hairstons reside at Omar.
Faces Behind the Dust is available at Amazon.com in print and Kindle editions and other booksellers. She is currently working on the sequel to Faces Behind the Dust titled Hello world! Here Comes Claraby Rose! For more information, visit corasreadingcorner.com.
Mrs. Hairston will be signing copies of Faces Behind the Dust, giving a brief reading from the book and visiting with readers and friends during the event on March 15, which is free of charge and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.


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Originally posted by miagisan
uhhhhhh..... you forgot to laugh at the OP...
I'll let it slide...
This time.
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This is my opinion on this whole subject and also from someone that is all about open, free sandbox mmo's. Started with SWG pre-cu, when that went downhill, jumped over to WOW. Played it on and off for yrs. and lvled two toons to 70. After seeing how stupid and grindy the game really is, i had to quit.
Pretty much tried all other major mmo's and all have failed in comparison to my SWG. Signed up for POTBS, AOC closed beta's, was accepted and in the first 10 minutes knew those two games were full of crap and was gonna draw a lot of heat when released.
Now i am in a certain mmo that is not released yet and is considered sandbox. I can't say this more louder and clearly. Since joining the WAR open beta i have yet to log back into the other mmo. Like i said before, i am all about skill systems, sanbox gameplay and even though WAR is not that, it is a solid game that is fun from the very first time you log on.
I went through a small period of trying to figure out which class i truly liked the best, but came away knowing that on the 18th, i will be making a BW all the way. Scenario's are a blast as well as the PQ's. For all the people that say PVE is non existent, they know they are full of it.
I have done quest's and RVR, and actually lvled more from quest's. The coolest part is that you can explore any part of the zone, if you can survive and not one time as a lvl 11 BW has it felt like i have been grinding.
So for all the people that are constantly posting that WAR is a WOW copy or the graphics are like WOW's or all that other crap. They need to get a grip, grow up and head straight over to the eye doctor, because if you are seeing WOW when playing WAR you must have an eyesight problem.
Originally posted by DrDwarf
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Blue... text... burns.. The PAIN!!! Seriously people. Blue on black doesn't work.
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Originally posted by firefly2003
U know nothing, I was one of the people actually dragging this game down saying it would fail. Im glad i tryed it before i went slagging it off. You obviously dont know much here. all i can say is it has more low level content around level 10+ than any MMo ive played so far, PQ's Mixed with normal questing offer great group to solo versatility ina blink of an eye with Back storys and Lore that would make many MMOs beg for, With the quick flip between pve and pvp head for some Open world pvp RvR, that Has pve and pvp objectives making you want to experience both . People slagging this game off really need to play it to a mid end content before they even speak about its gonna be bad and fail, It never claimed to be innovative - THERES NO INNOVATIVE MMO'S IN FANTASY ANYMORE(sci fi MMOS maybe) - the game is enjoyable and replayable has nice classes, no game breaking BUGS none at all that ive seen atm its hard to even think of any worth mentioning and for what i can just see even in the first patch well updated..... ill be shocked if it doesnt hit 1 mil subs tbh and i dont use that term often
please Shoo back to what ever rock u come out of.
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Originally posted by Crazy00Eyes
very good replies crazyeyes. I thought I would add 2 things
WAR is a wow clone (been beta testing it for months) with the good idea of public quests, and siegeing at release (which both are good ideas and fun)
also the ToK isnt S*** compared to the 670+ achievments in WOTLK
Also crazyeyes i agree 100% ... and having played WAR at level 40 templated chars, the combat...its really ... hmm blocky and kinda ugly the whole time.
After beta testing war for a couple months, im prolly not gunna buy the game.
I play all ghame
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Joined: 4/19/08
Originally posted by Crazy00Eyes
Unfortunately Star Wars was originally "innovative", but they decided that they needed to make it more like WoW .. pretty sad.
I'm downloading the WAR beta now and am looking forward to trying it out!
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"Shut the face hole! I am preparing to say things!"

Only going to say this once: WAR is coming.

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Joined: 9/18/04
In reply to OP:
I too believe something feels off with the combat. Even the low levels of other MMOs that I liked the combat in feel better from the get go.
I am not saying WAR is bad, but the combat doesn't feel right atm. I have not played since they added the Vram slider, but I doubt it will help.
It is the whole presentation of combat that feels off. Not one thing in particular, but combat as a whole.
I will try to PvP more, since that is what I want, and see if I feel better about it.
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Joined: 1/03/07
Originally posted by Fensus
Hmm Fensus it seems that apart an idiot 12 y old you cant also read what the man said
Lets me enlight u: HE SAID TANKS AND HEALERS DOING HALF THE DMG THAT PURED DPS do not just less...
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Stop crying I could have done this more painfully.
Well I'll keep this as simple as possible. First off WAR is NOT a WoW straight clone. Mostly because theres alot of differences. One the classes don't play the same. In order to really enjoy a class you have to learn about it and learn to play it. Oh and if you didn't know WoW and WAR are mortal enemies, yeah so a WoW player playing WAR is like being a WoW traitor to some.
Two the play-style and concept of the RvR and the way the levels play is way different than WoW.
I feel that WoW is actually too simplified in the way of game-play, its always just point click click click win/loose re-spawn and repeat. I mean dam and people say working in a factory is repetitive lol.
Anyway the main point here is this, if you don't like a game and you at least give it a good tryout then don't go running to the forums to say "eh this game suck" or " Its so gehy" I mean geeze if ya don't like it just say hey I gave it a shot and didn't care for it then play what ya like.
I dont see why people play games they hate just to complain to other players that they think it sucks, like the people who will play it care. Trust me noone cares that ya hate a game because your not famous not manny know you and true fans will play no matter what. Case in point look at games like AoC or EQ2 or hell even GW or CoH/CoV, those being just a few. People have said they suck and yet look they still have people playing them and liking it. Proof that no matter how much you complain or insult the game no one will listen and if they do its to find things to make fun of you for. Oh and speaking of fools lol yes for those who have read the AoC forum I fixed the issue i was having and apologize.
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Originally posted by firefly2003
"Current EVE ONLINE Player & The Saga Of Ryzom"
...Remind me to ignore anything you say in the future.
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Originally posted by Grozfox
What are you talking about?! omg WAR's combat is 100% similar to WoW, to LOTRO, to EQ2, to VG.....
your making fun of wow for point and click, maybe try playing warhammer before you say stuff like that
after beta testing war for months now I wont be buying it due to the terrible polish, and due to the gameplay being sub-par to WoW, and even LOTRO
oh and RVR is just like WoW's open world pvp system
sit on a control point until its controled, defend it. Or the other side will. OOOH thats PVP at its best
I play all ghame
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The problem I have with the Warhammer combat system is that it's slow. Spell casts are slow as hell. Melee that I've seen is slow as hell. It's too slow, it's boring and I cannot play something like that.
After having played Lineage II for years, man... 3 seconds to cast a spell is like an eternity... I cannot get into that.
The more I play RvR games (I am currently also playing DAoC), the more I dislike the concept. I really do much rather FFA PvP games where decisions made by the players are Political and affect the game world as a whole.
There has to be fighting for a purpose, and there has to be a deeper meaning to "WAR" than just "because the lore says so". It totally dumbs down the gaming experience and makes you feel like you are doing nothing but a routine.
Choices and complexities are what make PvP games awesome, and Warhammer removes alot of that, and the RvR on top of it removes just a little bit more.
Age of Conan had the potential to become a very nice FFA PvP game, but the players are too retarded to actually know how to function in such a game. It's just a big gank fest.
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I'd say this is a serious step forward from games as World of Warcraft and Age of Conan. RvR seems a lot more viable and fun then most other games with pvp content.
There are of course things that needs work but hey, it's only open beta yet. See what happened with AoC... Warhammer seems a lot (A LOT) better already and it's only open beta.
Im really enjoying the classes I've tried so far and the RvR seems ok at this stage. Im really looking forward to the higher lvl RvR with more siege and stuff. It'll be interesting to see how much PvE content there is (and how playable it is) as well...
All in all an ok beta at this stage. EQ2 was worse, WoW was an equal and AoC was much worse at this stage (in my opinion ofc). Lets just hope that mythic can keep up the good work and make this an excellent game as Daoc was back in the day (and to some extent still is)!
As for Lineage 2... Yuck! Don't even bring that game up. It should be outlawed since it's so boring...
Tried: Most MMO's, Playing: EQ2
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Stop crying I could have done this more painfully.
Originally posted by Player_420
What are you talking about?! omg WAR's combat is 100% similar to WoW, to LOTRO, to EQ2, to VG.....
your making fun of wow for point and click, maybe try playing warhammer before you say stuff like that
after beta testing war for months now I wont be buying it due to the terrible polish, and due to the gameplay being sub-par to WoW, and even LOTRO
oh and RVR is just like WoW's open world pvp system
sit on a control point until its controled, defend it. Or the other side will. OOOH thats PVP at its best
haha thats funny you sound just like one of those people that trys out a game and hates it but keeps playing anyway just to find more things to poke at. Look you can love WoW all ya want I really dont care i got bored with it because first off they wouldn't stop shoveing the game down peoples throats. everywhere you go even today you hear about how 8 million play and so should you I mean what kinda crap is that besides advertiseing death. I liked WoW and aparently you see everything as a WoW clone you like so manny others are baseing all your decisions on a game based upon WoW. I guess I wonder why? why would you assume that WoW is the basis of everything. First off it wasnt the first to come along second if you value a game so much that you and manny others base what you think upon it then you are a greater fool than you think.
When Beta testing a game you dont base it on your favorite game you go in and play with a completely unbiased outlook but lately it seems gamers everywhere dont they find a game they love then try other games to see if they measure up THATS why people say everythings a WoW clone because they base thier decisions on the standards of WoW. So before ya go and start whineing stop and think , do you see other games not just WAR from a unbiased side or are you judgeing it before spending real valueable time with it giveing it a full chance because right off one little thing didn't match up to what was in another game.
......oh and no I was not fortunate enuff you get in beta I reserved a copy but the dam gamestop was out of the numbers for open beta and even tho I was signed in to the newsletter since 2006 I never got a chance to get in sadly. As I said say what you will but I'll still play it because WoW has lost my interest I got burnt out on it and dont really see myself going back.
Originally posted by Grozfox
So you reserved a copy and didn't even get in the beta? I didn't even preorder... I simply signed up for chances to get beta keys on a few websites... I ended up with two EU and one US key. I'm glad I got this chance to see that I don't like this game so I won't have to waste my money.
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With a game thats as much fun as WAR, i find it silly to compare it to a boring game like wow, they have noting in comon as far as content and gameplay. Wow is a solo pve game on easy mode, war is a RvR game based on teamwork.
Must suck to be a wow fan....so bored of wow, bored of the "more of the same expansion" kiddie graphics, and the fact that you cant play any other game without hating it...
(wow is a everquest clone, on easy mode)
I think the word "clone" has been thrown around a bit too loosely here. Almost all fantasy MMO's are based off of Tolkien lore. And as far as content are concerned, does anyone have any real innovative ideas for what developers of these MMOs could do differently? I don't really care if this game is a so called "clone" of every other game, I just want polish and smooth out the gameplay, so that I can have some fun with RvR as I sometimes do with PvP in WoW, under the right circumstances.
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As for Warhammer... Yuck! Don't even bring that game up. It should be outlawed since it's so boring...
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Larry Junior Carter, the son of the late Woodrow Wilson Carter and Ruby Irene (Hallam) Carter, was born on August 26, 1948 in Oilton. The former Yale area resident and most recently of Rattan, passed from this life on December 9, 2012 in Rattan at the age of 64 years. Larry was united in marriage to Brenda Green on June 15, 1997 in Rattan, where they resided until his death. Larry worked at various jobs during his lifetime but mostly as a truck driver. His hobbies included fishing, coon hunting, watching football, enjoying nature and hiking in the woods. He always looked forward to spending time with his large family, especially during the holidays.In addition to his parents, Larry was preceded in death by one sister, Hazel Carter and one brother, Michael Carter. Survivors include his wife Brenda of the home; four sons, Brian Carter, Sammy Carter, David Carter all of Perry, and Jason Carter of Spencerville; one daughter, Sonya Kelley of Lawton; two step-daughters, Vicky Rosson and Heather Wheeler of Rattan; grandchildren, Devin Carter, Jesse Carter, Jessica Kelley, Ashley Kelley, Jennifer Kelley, Michael Kelley, Cameron Carter, Korbyn Carter, Ekko Carter, Christina Carter, McKayla Carter, and Caleb Carter; four brothers, Marvin Carter of Winston-Salem NC, Richard Carter of Jennings, Randy Carter of Yale, and Tim Carter of Sapulpa; two sisters, Clara Lewis and Joyce DeShazer both of Yale; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Services have been entrusted to the care of the Palmer Marler Funeral Home and will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 15, 2012 in the First Assembly of God Church, Yale with Pastor Randell Newby officiating. Interment will be held at the Highland Cemetery, Oilton. Condolences and an online guestbook are available at www.PalmerMarlerFH.com. A video tribute honoring Larry can be viewed at www.PalmerMarlerFH.com.
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Airbrake integration for Pivotal Tracker
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Direct questions to Acting Commissioner Somers or Acting Deputy Vice Commissioner Goddard.