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Kelly, 25, was convicted of murder and tampering with evidence late Thursday for the strangulation death of Gregory Kelly on June 5, 2006. The older Kelly, 55, was found dead at their Reynoldsburg home by his wife. His arms had been cut off and his legs hacked with an unknown object.
There was no testimony during the trial that would lead to a motive, Assistant County Prosecutor David Zeyen said.
Common Pleas Judge Patrick E. Sheeran, who ruled Kelly competent to stand trial over the objections of defense attorney Sheryl K. Munson, told Kelly it was a heinous murder and that his flight to Morrow County in his father's car with evidence from the crime scene showed evidence of guilt.
Kelly was arrested on I-71 in his underwear a mile from the car, which had broken down, Zeyen said. State Highway Patrol troopers checking the car found a plastic tote in the back seat containing the arms and two kitchen knives.
�In truth, you have been given one life and you have made an utter waste of it,� Sheeran told Kelly during the hearing.
And attorney will be appointed to appeal the case.


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The Senate has rejected the nomination of Mr Ibrahim Mustafa Magu, DENISAURUS News has learnt.
DENISAURUS News discovered that Mr Magu who held the position of acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for more than one year was rejected based on information from the Department of State Security, DSS.
Reporters of this website received information from eye witnesses this morning, that the rep member for Borno South had clashed with his counterpart from Kogi West over the confirmation issue.
This led the Senate President to call for an Executive session with the mind of clearing the hurdles against Mr Magu.
For more than six month the editor of DENISAURUS News, Adenike Lucas has had the privilege of speaking to several core staff at the commission who complained of the high level of corruption perpetuated by their boss.
"The Senate wish to inform the public that based om available security report, the Senate can not proceed with confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Staff at the EFCC say that Mr Magu had "overstayed" his welcome and had broken the public service rule which states that one is only meant to be in the acting role for 3-6 months.
Many who were holding a vigil before the decision was made against Mr Magu, confirmed the news to DENISAURUS News.
They now call for his arrest and say he must be prevented from going to the office where he can tamper with files or putting lives at risk.
Great work Adenike. Nigeria need bold and patriotic citizens like you. This is what I call fine journalism… Kudos!!!


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Marian University graduates 271 students Saturday
Marian University held its spring commencement exercises on Saturday.
Marian University graduates 271 students Saturday Marian University held its spring commencement exercises on Saturday. Check out this story on fdlreporter.com: http://fondul.ac/2rjdhWB
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FOND DU LAC - Marian University held its spring commencement exercises on Saturday.
At the commencement ceremony held on the outdoor quad, student speaker Scott Milnthorp spoke to his fellow graduates about the welcoming, supportive Marian community. In addition, Andrew Manion, president of Marian University, addressed the class.
"The seas you have navigated at Marian University have not always been calm. You have been tested intellectually, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Your presence here today is evidence that you have not only passed those tests, but that you have been strengthened by them. You complete your degree not only smarter, but, more importantly, wiser than when you began," said Manion.
The ceremony featured the graduation of 217 undergraduate and 48 graduate recipients. Six students received Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
The weekend's activities also included a graduation liturgy, radiologic technology and nursing pinning ceremonies and an education commissioning ceremony.
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When the Devolution of Power plan was introduced in the year 2001 by the government, Human Development Centre started the education and awareness program on the Devolution of Power plan. Following activities were carried out in the districts of Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Jhang.
Seminars were organized in the rural and urban areas to introduce the Devolution of Power Plan. The seminars were conducted with the community at the grass roots level as well as with the opinion makers in the society.
Human Development Centre Theatre team performed in the Peoples' Assemblies in Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi. The issue highlighted through the theatre was the restoration of joint electorate system in the country.
Training programs were conducted for the journalists in the district Toba Tek Singh.
Human Development Centre encouraged the women from the rural areas to participate in the elections at every level. Twenty three women were elected as union, tehsil and district council members.
Help social organizations establish the linkages between community and the government officials for the maximum participation of the community in the development schemes at union council level. The councilors at the union councils also attended the linkages programs as they play the vital role in the decision making.
Conducted training programs for councilors especially women councilors. The women councilors' participation in the decision making process is specially focused.
The Citizens' Community Boards are registered to promote and strengthen the community participation in the local development. We have also built the capacity of the women groups in eight union councils and they have registered the CCBs for the development of the union councils. Human Development Centre conducts training programs to build the capacity of the groups so that they can operate with the maximum participation of the local communities.
The Women Councilors Network is formed in District Toba Tek Singh for the political education and capacity building of the women councilors. The idea of organizing the women councilors came from the fact that most of the women councilors took part in the elections for the first time.
For the first time, government allocated 33 % seats for the women in the local bodies' elections and with this sudden decision; the women were not politically prepared for taking part in the elections. This network built the capacity of the women and prepared them for the role they opted after the elections.
The Women Councilors Network held four training programs annually on different aspects of local bodies and the role of the women councilors.
The minority councilors' network works to promote the values of love, peace, respect, forgiveness, reconciliation in the society. Human Development Centre plans to extend the scope of the Minority Councilors Network.


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U.S. Navy Photo Showing UFO Landing On Aircraft Carrier Is Genuine, Claims Retired Aerospace Engineer
Retired aerospace engineer William Tompkins said a photograph showing a flying saucer that is apparently landing on the aircraft carrier's flight deck is genuine. Tompkins, who had served leading U.S. corporations for four decades up until 1984, discussed the photo on May 4 in a radio interview. He stressed that the picture was taken from one of the landings by friendly Nordic extraterrestrial UFOs, which were considered regular incidents on U.S. Navy aircraft carriers.
Tompkins career started in 1942 as a Naval Intelligence operative. His duties include giving intelligence briefings to select U.S. aerospace corporations on Nazi Germany's secret development of anti-gravity spacecraft. To support his claims, he supplied multiple documents as proofs he was assigned to such secret operation and operated out of Naval Air Station in San Diego.
Tompkins said that the extraterrestrial craft would land to get the admiral of the naval battle group and bring him to the mothership in space to hold meetings with commanders of a Nordic Space Navy.
Tomkins explained that the alien craft would go down to talk to the admiral in command on a particular battle group. They would then conduct other programs and meetings. The admiral, together with some other people, would get into the extraterrestrial craft to go to the alien mothership. These aliens, of course, brought them back later, according to Tompkins. Tompkins further emphasized during the interview that the UFOs landed on their aircraft carriers many times.
Frank Chille, the one who got the photo, shared the story about it. He said the original photograph that shows the disk landing on the aircraft carrier was shown to him by Graham Bethune over 15 years ago. The photo was on thick paper and the back side it said "U.S. Navy, top secret, eyes only, 1955." Chille stated that Bethune allowed him to make a copy of it.
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Q: AutoMapper - Conditional Mapping for Type I'd like to do something like the following and I'm wondering if someone knows how to do it:
Mapper.CreateMap<Worksheet, V2WorksheetModel>().If(pWorksheet=> pWorksheet.VisitLevel == 2);
Mapper.CreateMap<Worksheet, V3WorksheetModel>().If(pWorksheet=> pWorksheet.VisitLevel == 3);

Worksheet entityVisit2 = MyService.GetWorksheetByID(100); //visit level 2
Worksheet entityVisit3 = MyService.GetWorksheetByID(150); //visit level 3
WorksheetModelBase modelBase1 = Mapper.Map(entityVisit2);
WorksheetModelBase modelBase2 = Mapper.Map(entityVisit3);
Assert.True(modelBase is V2WorksheetModel);
Assert.True(modelBase2 is V3WorksheetModel);

So I'd like Mapper.Map() to return the correct derived type of WorksheetModelBase. is this possible? (I know I can just do the if statement at the calling code, but it'd be cool if I could use this one Mapper.Map line to return the right class.)
Thanks!

A: Instead of mapping V2WorksheetModel and V3WorksheetModel can you map just to the base class?
If yes you can then use ConstructUsing in your mapping:
[Test]
public void Test1()
{
    Mapper.CreateMap<Worksheet, WorksheetModelBase>().ConstructUsing(GetWorksheetModel);

    Worksheet entityVisit2 = new Worksheet { VisitLevel = 2 };
    Worksheet entityVisit3 = new Worksheet { VisitLevel = 3 };

    var modelBase1 = Mapper.Map<WorksheetModelBase>(entityVisit2);
    var modelBase2 = Mapper.Map<WorksheetModelBase>(entityVisit3);

    Assert.IsTrue(modelBase1 is V2WorksheetModel);
    Assert.IsTrue(modelBase2 is V3WorksheetModel);
}

private WorksheetModelBase GetWorksheetModel(ResolutionContext context)
{
    var worksheet = (Worksheet) context.SourceValue;
    if (worksheet.VisitLevel == 2)
        return new V2WorksheetModel();
    if (worksheet.VisitLevel == 3)
        return new V3WorksheetModel();
    return new WorksheetModelBase();
}

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This article is written to provide the most up-to-date information regarding the procedures for minors to obtain their license in North Dakota. It is focused on those who would like to receive their licenses as early as possible with all the freedoms associated with being able to drive responsibly.
As soon as residents of North Dakota turn 14, they become eligible to begin their training for a driver's license. The first step is to go to a local Department of Transportation (DOT) Driver's License office accompanied by a parent or guardian. New drivers will also need acceptable forms of identification. Knowledge of one's social security number is necessary, as is a birth certificate or equivalent level of identification.
When you go to the DOT test site, you will be required to take an eyesight test and a knowledge test. The eyesight test will demonstrate your physical ability to see well enough to drive. If you do not pass, the test may result in certain restrictions being placed on your license. The most common of these is the requirement to wear glasses or contact lenses while driving. The knowledge test covers Rules of the Road, the DOT publication for drivers in North Dakota, as well as road signs.
If you are planning to receive your license to drive before turning 16, you will be required to take a driver's education course. Starting a course early will help you prepare for the knowledge test. If interested in starting a driver's education course, scroll down to the end of this article for a link to the various North Dakota-certified courses that are currently available to new drivers.


The idea of shaytan being "chained" during Ramadan is questionable because it comes to us only through one Companion of the Prophet ﷺ (Abu Hurairah). According to Maliki and Hanafi legal theory such narrations are doubtful and cannot be used as a basis for establishing principles. We can also reinterpret the narration as saying that Satan is less powerful in Ramadan thanks to the fact that people are fasting and worshiping God more often, i.e. when the Prophet ﷺ says Satan is chained, he may simply mean that he is made less capable of doing what he does.
The idea that depression and suicidal thoughts are from Satan is nonsense, it is cultural superstition that is given an Islamic appearance and has no basis in Islam's scripture. There are drugs (such as cholinergic drugs) that will make a person suicidal soon after taking them. For more on depression see my answer "I always feel depressed. What should I do?".
As for believing in metaphysical entities, as a skeptic and lover of science I would be the first person to question them. But since the Quran is extraordinary, it can prove other extraordinary things. I explain this in my essay God, Evolution and Abiogenesis. You don't have to understand the reason for God's interactions with these characters. In a way they are more real than us; they existed before us and will exist after the world ends. They are characters in a story that started long before us, and we might be just a small part of it.
As for the issue of humans doing evil deeds, see my essays Islam's theory of free will versus physical determinism and Why God Allows Evil to Exist, and Why Bad Things Happen to Good People.


These are some lies we made up about Starks.
The spirit of a civil war soldier may regularly be noticed dragging a dead body from the ice cold water of Bear Head Creek on a dark night. Either way, it sure is a creepy ghost that should be kept away from.
A very large koala can be spotted time and again staring by Ashworth Slough.
The ghost of a severely scorched woman has from time to time been made out attempting to touch something after midnight on a park bench in Starks. Several of the people here claim this spirit takes pleasure in scaring foolish folks who have the courage to interrupt the serenity in Starks. In any case, this ghost sure is frightening; one that you wouldn't want to come across in the early morning hours.
The phantom of an engine driver is every so often perceived resting at the kitchen counter in a Starks mobile home thinking. Whatever people exclaim, it's a creepy ghost that any sane person wouldn't wish to meet.
The ghost of a critically mangled huntsman dragging a dead cougar has supposedly been distinguished on frequent instances striding through a flat in Starks. It has been claimed that this particular spirit could be the soul of a local who died here in Starks long ago. One thing is for certain, it undeniably is a scary ghost that you shouldn't go trying to find.


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Snow Storm Could Drop More than 6 Inches on Watertown
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The snowfall forecast for Dec. 16 and 17 from WBZ Channel 4.
A Nor'easter will be hitting Eastern Massachusetts late Wednesday to late Thursday and is expected to impact the morning commute.
The storm will likely hit the Boston area around midnight, according to WBZ Channel 4 weather. Watertown falls in the area where 6 to 12 inches of snow is forecast.
The heaviest snowfall is forecast to take place between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. but will be in the region until about 10 p.m. Thursday.
Areas of Southeastern Mass. are expected to get more than a foot, while the Lowell area is forecast to get 1 to 3 inches.


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Bring forth therefore fruits … - That is, the proper fruits of reformation; the proper evidence that you are sincere. Do not bring your cunning and dissimulation to this work; do not carry your hypocrisy into your professed repentance, but evince your sincerity by forsaking sin, and thus give evidence that this coming to Jordan to be baptized is not an act of dissimulation. No discourse could have been more appropriate or more cutting.
Fruits - Conduct. See Matthew 7:16-19.
Meet for repentance - Fit for repentance; appropriate to it the proper expression of repentance.
Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/matthew-3.html. 1870.
Fruits meet for repentance.
Repentance a fructifying energy. Fruits for repentance
Hear a story, or a parable. In a delightful bit of country, early one summer morning, I walked out to be refreshed by the pure sweet air, the sight of fields and woods, grasses and flowers, beasts and birds, when, presently, I came upon an orchard, into which I entered. The trees were beautiful to behold, the air was fragrant, and fruit was abundant. I wandered on almost enchanted, until, to my great wonder, I came upon a tree having neither bloom nor fruit. I was so painfully impressed that, without any thought of hurting or giving offence, and as to myself, I said, "You poor, lost tree, what can you be doing here? I marvel you are not removed." Upon which, to my astonishment, this tree replied, not without tartness, "Oh, indeed, sir; indeed! No doubt you think you are wise, wise above your fathers. -You think you know much about things, I dare say, but you are in a great mistake. I am neither poor nor lost." "Well," I said, "you have neither leaves nor fruit, and, I should judge, no sap." "What has that to do with it?" it broke out. "Your ignorance is inexcusable. You seem not to know that a great Saviour of trees has been down here, and I have believed His gospel, and am saved by grace. I have accepted salvation as a free gift, and, though I have neither leaves nor fruit, I am saved all the same." I looked at it with pity and said, "You are a poor deluded tree; you are not saved at all. You are only a dead, good-for-nothing tree, despite all your talk about grace and redemption. The only salvation you can ever know is to be made living and fruit-bearing. Life, that is salvation. When I come and see you laden with fruit, or even showing signs of leaves, I shall say, ' Ah! that poor tree is saved at last; it has received the gospel and is saved by grace.' " As I turned away, I heard it saying, "You are not sound; you do not understand the gospel." And I thought, so it is, as with trees so with men; they talk as if grace and salvation were something God keeps for them outside themselves, and will not understand nor believe that he who is saved, he who takes Christ fully, and rests on His atoning work alone, "is made free from sin," and " has his fruit unto holiness." (W. Hubbard.)
Repentance a moulding energy
And it ought not to be a mere partial sorrow; but it should permeate the entire constitution of man. You have most likely seen water falling in drops from a rock. There it is dropping-dropping-dropping, summer and winter, during many a century;-but the rock remains a rock still. There are many who shed tears which seem to be those of repentance, but whose hearts remain as hard as an adamantine rock. Their tears are those out of a rock-a rock that never crumbles. True repentance dodos with man as the furnace with the metal. There is the metal cast into the furnace; and there it is heated and melted so as to be shaped and coined according to will. The whole of man should be completely melted by repentance, so as to be purged of all the cross of sin and be remodelled by the plastic influences of God's Spirit, and made to bear anew the Divine image. (R. Hughes.)
Repentance a purifying energy,-
Repentance hath a purifying power, and every tear is of a cleansing virtue; but these penitential clouds must be still kept dropping a one shower will not suffice; for repentance is not one single action, but a cause. (Dr. South.)
Repentance fruitful in amendment
Repentance without amendment is like continual pumping in a ship without stopping the leaks. (Palmer.)
Repentance fruitful in restitution
Thomas Olivers was an itinerant cobbler, who spent his time working, carousing, and contracting debts. He congratulated himself on his skill in defrauding his creditors. This reprobate Welshman was at last rescued by Methodism, and became one of Mr. Wesley's itinerant corps. So great had been his wickedness, that his friends thought he must have had some terrible fright, His uncle said to him, "Thou hast been so wicked, thou hast seen the devil." His conscience was awakened. Of his old debts he said, "I feel as great sorrow and confusion as if I had stolen every sum I owed." He resolved to pay the last cent from money due to him from the estate of one of his kindred. With part of his money, he bought a horse, and started on his memorable journey from town to town, preaching Christ, and paying his debts. He went to Whithurst to pay a sixpence. Before his strange pilgrimage was ended, he paid about seventy debts, and had to sell his horse, saddle, and bridle, to finish his payments. Such fruits of repentance were followed by great religious prosperity and usefulness. (Anon.)
Exell, Joseph S. "Commentary on "Matthew 3:8". The Biblical Illustrator. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tbi/matthew-3.html. 1905-1909. New York.
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance: and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Fruit worthy of repentance ... suggests the true relationship between repentance and reformation of life. Reformation of life is not repentance but issues forth from repentance and is a direct result or "fruit" of repentance. That repentance cannot be reformation of life is seen in the words of Christ who allowed that it is possible to repent many times in one day (Luke 17:4), a thing that cannot be understood of reformation.
Think not to say ... Here Christ answered an alibi and destroyed a refuge of these ancient sinners. They supposed themselves safe because they were the seed of Abraham to whom the promises of old had been truly certified. However, in this place John blasts their complacency and opens the door for the "spiritual sons" of Abraham (Galatians 3:26-29). Here in the preaching of John the Baptist was the beginning of that truth so fully expounded by Paul in which it appears that "He is not a Jew who is one outwardly ...." (Romans 2:28,29).
Coffman Commentaries reproduced by permission of Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. All other rights reserved.
Coffman, James Burton. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Coffman Commentaries on the Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/matthew-3.html. Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. 1983-1999.
Bring forth therefore fruits,.... That is, if you are truly penitent, if you have a proper sense of sin, and true repentance for it, do such works as are suitable to it, and will show the genuineness of it; for
fruits meet for repentance are the same as "works meet for repentance", Acts 26:20 and as a tree is known by its fruit, so repentance is known by good works; these are the fruits and effects of repentance, and which are proofs with men of the sincerity of it. Those which follow upon evangelical repentance are such as are mentioned in 2 Corinthians 7:11. Now let it be observed, that John insisted upon repentance, and a good conversation, attesting the truth of it as necessary prerequisites to the ordinance of baptism; and so Peter first urged repentance; and then proposed baptism, Acts 2:38 from whence one should think it may be rationally and strongly concluded, that none but truly repenting sinners, and such who have given proofs that they are so, are to be admitted to this ordinance.
Gill, John. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/matthew-3.html. 1999.
3 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
(3) True repentance is an inward thing which has its seat in the mind and heart.
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/matthew-3.html. 1599-1645.
Bring forth therefore fruits — the true reading clearly is "fruit";
meet for repentance — that is, such fruit as befits a true penitent. John now being gifted with a knowledge of the human heart, like a true minister of righteousness and lover of souls here directs them how to evidence and carry out their repentance, supposing it genuine; and in the following verses warns them of their danger in case it were not.
Jamieson, Robert, D.D.; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfb/matthew-3.html. 1871-8.
Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance. There is no repentance whatever unless there is a change of life as the result. The change of life is the proof of the change of heart.
Original work done by Ernie Stefanik. First published online in 1996 at The Restoration Movement Pages.
Johnson, Barton W. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "People's New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/pnt/matthew-3.html. 1891.
Fruit worthy of repentance (Καρπον αχιον της μετανοιας — Karpon axion tēs metanoias). John demands proof from these men of the new life before he administers baptism to them. "The fruit is not the change of heart, but the acts which result from it" (McNeile). It was a bold deed for John thus to challenge as unworthy the very ones who posed as lights and leaders of the Jewish people. "Any one can do (ποιησατε ςιδε — poiēsate class="translit"> vide Genesis 1:11) acts externally good but only a good man can grow a crop of right acts and habits" (Bruce).
Robertson, A.T. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/rwp/matthew-3.html. Broadman Press 1932,33. Renewal 1960.
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Repentance is of two sorts; that which is termed legal, and that which is styled evangelical repentance. The former (which is the same that is spoken of here) is a thorough conviction of sin. The latter is a change of heart (and consequently of life) from all sin to all holiness.
Wesley, John. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/matthew-3.html. 1765.
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance1:
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance. John had demanded repentance (Matthew 3:2), he now demands the fruit of it. By "fruit" or "fruits", as Luke has it (Luke 3:8), he means the manner of life which shows a real repentance.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. These files were made available by Mr. Ernie Stefanik. First published online in 1996 at The Restoration Movement Pages.
J. W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "The Fourfold Gospel". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tfg/matthew-3.html. Standard Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1914.
Fruits meet; conduct suitable to, or consistent with.
Abbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Abbott's Illustrated New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ain/matthew-3.html. 1878.
SINS TO BE REPENTED OF
'Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.'
When we use these words we must be careful that we do not mean 'Bring forth fruits,' i.e. do works which would entitle you to receive the grace of 'repentance,' but do works worthy of, or corresponding to, the 'repentance' which you already feel and profess.
'Repentance' is an impression wrought upon the heart, by the grace of God, whereby, under a deep sense of sin committed against Him, the feelings are changed, the mind sees everything in a new light, and adopts a course the exact opposite to that which it previously was pursuing. What the Bible teaches us is this, that where that root is planted in the heart, it must bring forth 'fruit' to match. There must be something in the life correspondent with the feelings; otherwise, there is no vitality; the 'repentance' is unreal. The effect must be worthy of the cause which produces it.
I. Our own, not other people's sins.—It would be very little good to-day if we were now to consider what may be the sins of other people. It is a very easy kind of' repentance' to confess the errors of our neighbours. We have nothing to do with that. What we have to do with is our own personal sins.
II. Abuse of money.—There is no doubt, that as a people, we have been growing very rich. I believe that the general prosperity of this country is almost, if not quite, unprecedented in the history of the world. But have we rendered back to God according to that which we have received from His hand? Now our charities, our church building, our home and foreign missions—have they kept pace with the immense increase of England's wealth? Rather, is not the race for money inordinate? And is it not characteristically a selfish and luxurious age? See how lavishly money is spent on fashion and the indulgences of life, and how sparingly it goes into God's coffers! What tremendous inequality there is between the rich and the poor in this country! How many societies are languishing for want of funds! What a deficiency there is in our great towns of churches and clergy! What is going back to God? 'Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord.'
III. Neglect of Sunday.—And as it has been with money, so it has been with time. The seventh part of time, which He, the Great Proprietor of all time, claims in His sovereignty, has not been accorded to Him. Our Sundays have been increasingly violated. The multitude which take their pleasure on the Lord's Day, and neglect the assembling of themselves together, is exceeding great. In our large towns, the attendance on public worship is scanty indeed. Yet remember, the Sabbath is God's property, given us in trust for His glory, and for His creatures' sake; and He will never allow it to be taken away. 'Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me.'
IV. Our unhappy divisions.—And our divisions are very wide. Where does God see His own unity? Is not our own Church of England rent, till the marvel is, how its beautiful net-work can hold together till we reach the shore? We declare our belief in the real eternal oneness of the whole mystical body of Christ,—but where is it? In controversy? In harsh judgments, and hard speeches? In separations? In schism?
V. What must we do?—How shall we 'bring forth worthy fruits of repentance'? Be very practical. Take care that your religion neither begins nor ends in a feeling or in a service. Amend your own ways. Give God His own. Observe the Lord's Day by attendance at the Lord's own service. Pray and work for unity.
—The Rev. James Vaughan.
(1) 'As the length of the roots of a tree under the ground, so is the width and the breadth of its branches above; and the flavour of the sap may always be detected in the grain. Just so it is to be in that beautiful plant of godly sorrow. There must be a mellowedness and tenderness under it; you must "bring forth fruits meet for repentance."'
Nisbet, James. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". Church Pulpit Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cpc/matthew-3.html. 1876.
Ver. 8. Bring forth therefore fruits] q.d. You cannot wash your hands in innocence, wash them therefore in tears: there is no way to quench hell flames but by the tears of true repentance; to prevent the wrath to come, but by bearing those fruits of righteousness that are by Christ Jesus to the glory and praise of God, Philippians 1:11. Optima et aptissima poenitentia est nova vita, The best and most appropiate repentance is a new life, saith Luther; which saying, though condemned by Pope Leo, is certainly an excellent saying.
Meet for repentance] That weigh just as much as repentance, that may parallel and prove it to be right, evince and evidence it to be a "repentance never to be repented of," 2 Corinthians 7:10. There is no grace but hath a counterfeit. See therefore that your graces be of the right stamp, an effectual faith, laborious love, patient hope, &c., as the apostle hath it. See that your performances and whole course be such as becomes repentance, and may justify it; as may bear weight in the balance of the sanctuary, and amount to as much as repentance comes to, 1 Thessalonians 1:3; ( αξιον παρα του αγειν). And albeit your righteousnesses be but as a menstruous clout, and your works at best (if tried by the fire of the word, Isaiah 64:6; 1 Corinthians 3:13) would burn (which made good Nehemiah, Nehemiah 13:12, to pray for pardon of his reformations), yet upon your true repentance for the evil that cleaves to your best works, your souls may be saved from the wrath to come; yea, they are such "as accompany salvation," and comprehend it, as the Greek Scholiast expounds that text, Hebrews 6:9; ( εχομενα, i.e. κατεχομενα σωτηριας). Labour, therefore, to have a "heart full of goodness," as those Romans, Romans 15:14, and a life "full of good works," as Tabitha, Acts 9:36, such as may beseem amendment of life.
Trapp, John. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". John Trapp Complete Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/matthew-3.html. 1865-1868.
Matthew 3:8. Fruits meet for repentance— That is, "Do such works as may manifest the truth and sincerity of your repentance." See Acts 26:20.
Coke, Thomas. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/matthew-3.html. 1801-1803.
8.] οὖν expresses an inference from their apparent intention of fleeing from the wrath to come: q. d., 'if you are really so minded,' …
Alford, Henry. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hac/matthew-3.html. 1863-1878.
Matthew 3:8. οὖν] Deduction from what precedes. In your impenitent condition you cannot escape from the wrath; proceed then to exhibit that morality of conduct which is appropriate to the change of mind as its result. Instead of your unrepentant condition, I require of you a practical repentance, the hindrance and opposition to which arises from your overweening conceit as children of Abraham (Matthew 3:9). What John here requires applied, indeed, to the people in general, but was especially appropriate to their scholastic leaders.
τῆς μετανοίας is governed by ἄξιον (Acts 26:20); on καρπὸν ποιεῖν, like עֲשׂוֹת פְרִי (occurring likewise in Greek writers), borrowed from fruit-trees, comp. Matthew 7:17 f. al.; καρποποιός, Eur. Rhes. 964; καρπ. is collective, Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 5:9; Philippians 1:11.
Meyer, Heinrich. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hmc/matthew-3.html. 1832.
Matthew 3:8. ποιήσατε, produce— καρπὸν ἄξιον, worthy fruit) Orige(122) remarks, that in St Matthew worthy fruit is required in the singular number from the Pharisees and Sadducees; whereas, in St Luke, worthy fruits are required in the plural number from the people. I do not myself see what difference it makes in the matter. The singular καρπὸς, fruit, is often used collectively; and in the preaching of St John it may be opposed to barrenness: in the plural number, it implies fecundity. Men are here represented as trees; and the fruit is, therefore, their repentance.— τῆς μετανοίας, of repentance) Construe these words with καρπὸν.(123) Thus, in Acts 26:20, we read ἄξια τῆς μετανοὶας ἔργα.— μετάνοια, repentance, is an entire change of character,(124) and a renunciation of all that is evil, by which renunciation we wish that evil void or undone.
Bengel, Johann Albrecht. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jab/matthew-3.html. 1897.
You come here and thrust yourselves into a crowd of penitents, but this is not enough, true repentance is not a barren thing; neither are your leaves of external profession a sufficient indication of it, you must bring forth the fruits of holiness, fruits that may answer the nature of true repentance. The proper products of habits are called their fruits; thus we read of the fruit of sin, and the fruit of righteousness.
Fruits meet (answerable to amendment of life)
for repentance are works that are the proper product of repentance, or justly answering an external profession of repentance. As faith, so repentance, without works is dead.
Poole, Matthew, "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/matthew-3.html. 1685.
достойный плод покаяния См. пояснение к ст. 2. Само по себе покаяние не является трудом, но труд является неизбежным плодом покаяния. Покаяние и вера в Писании неразрывно связаны между собой. Покаяние означает оставление греха, а вера значит обращение к Богу (ср. 1Фес. 1:9). Их можно сравнить с двумя сторонами одной монеты. И вера и покаяние связаны тем, что приводят к изменению человека, его сознания (Мк.1:15; Деян.3:19; 20:21). Заметьте, что Иоанн призывал сотворить «достойные плоды покаяния». Но покаяние, в отличие от веры, не является трудом (см. пояснение к 2 Тим. 2:25).
MacLaren, Alexander. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mac/matthew-3.html.
Fruits; show the reality of your repentance by forsaking your sins and obeying the commands of God. In order that repentance may be shown to be sincere, it must produce good works.
Edwards, Justin. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Family Bible New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/fam/matthew-3.html. American Tract Society. 1851.
8.Fruits meet — John evidently sees the want of a proper prospect of reformation in these men correspondent with the external repentance. Meet —Suitable.
Whedon, Daniel. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/whe/matthew-3.html. 1874-1909.
Matthew 3:8. Bring forth therefore. 'Therefore,' i.e., if you are really fleeing as you profess to be, then bring forth fruit (the singular is found in the original) worthy of repentance (or, your repentance). The fruit or result, worthy of repentance, implies a good tree to produce the fruit. The germ of the great gospel truth: 'Ye must be born again,' since natural birth, or descent from Abraham (Matthew 3:9), did not insure the worthy fruit.
Schaff, Philip. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/scn/matthew-3.html. 1879-90.
Matthew 3:8. , etc. "If, then, ye are in earnest about escape, produce fruit worthy of repentance; repentance means more than confession and being baptised." That remark might be applied to all that came, but it contained an innuendo in reference to the Pharisees and Sadducees that they were insincere even now. Honest repentance carries amendment along with it. Amendment is not expected in this case because the repentance is disbelieved in.— , collective, as in Galatians 5:22, fruit; the reading in T. R. is probably borrowed from Luke 3:8. The singular is intrinsically the better word in addressing Pharisees who did good actions, but were not good. Yet John seems to have inculcated reformation in detail (Luke 3:10-14). It was Jesus who proclaimed the inwardness of true morality. Fruit: the figure suggests that conduct is the outcome of essential character. Any one can do ( , videGenesis 1:11) acts externally good, but only a good man can grow a crop of right acts and habits.
Nicol, W. Robertson, M.A., L.L.D. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". The Expositor's Greek Testament. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/egt/matthew-3.html. 1897-1910.
Matthew 3:8. Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance — That is, a change of temper and behaviour, answerable thereto; forsake, as well as confess, your sins, and let the integrity, regularity, holiness, and usefulness of your lives, manifest the sincerity of your repentance. It is a metaphor taken from trees, which discover what quality they are of by the fruits they bear; in allusion to which, pious men are called trees of righteousness, Isaiah 61:3; and their works, fruits of righteousness, Philippians 1:11. Let it be observed, further, that as the original word, μετανοια, here rendered repentance, properly signifies a change of mind, from the approbation and love of sin to an aversion and hatred to it, in consequence of a deep conviction of its evil nature and destructive tendency; (see on Matthew 3:2;) so, wherever this is, there will, of course, be an entire reformation of life, a ceasing to do evil, in all respects, according to the knowledge and ability of the penitent, and a learning to do well. Hence it is styled repentance from dead works, Hebrews 6:1; and repentance unto salvation not to be repented of, 2 Corinthians 7:10; that is, such as is not reversed by any voluntary returning or relapsing into our former sins. And, seeing God is unchangeably holy, and must for ever hate all sin with a perfect hatred, it is certain, from his very nature, that he cannot be reconciled to or have communion with the sinner, till a change be wrought in his spirit and conduct, and he cease from the commission of known iniquity. For a change there must be in God or man; and, since God's nature is immutable, and it cannot be in him, it must of necessity be in man. Now it is evident, both from reason and experience, that confession of sins, a present sorrow for them, and displeasure against them, with a warm resolution to forsake them, are by no means always attended with this change, and, therefore, that these alone cannot be fruits meet for repentance. And O, how necessary was this admonition for the men of that age, who placed their repentance, as Dr. Lightfoot observes, in a mere verbal confession of their sins; and is it not equally necessary for too many of our own age?
Benson, Joseph. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". Joseph Benson's Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/rbc/matthew-3.html. 1857.
note for ver. 2.
Haydock, George Leo. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/matthew-3.html. 1859.
meet for = worthy of.
Bullinger, Ethelbert William. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "E.W. Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/matthew-3.html. 1909-1922.
Bring forth therefore fruits, [ karpous (Greek #2590)] - but the true reading clearly is 'fruit' [ karpon (Greek #2590)].
Meet for repentance - that is, such fruit as befits a true penitent. John, not being gifted with a knowledge of the human heart, like a true minister of righteousness and lover of souls, here directs them how to evidence and carry out their repentance, supposing it genuine; and in the following verses warns them of their danger in case it were not.
Jamieson, Robert, D.D.; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/matthew-3.html. 1871-8.
8.	Do the things that will show. The change in life proves the change in heart. No change means no repentance (James 2:18-23).
Ice, Rhoderick D. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "The Bible Study New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ice/matthew-3.html. College Press, Joplin, MO. 1974.
(8) Fruits (better, fruit) meet for repentance.—The English version is ambiguous and not happy, suggesting the thought of the "fruit" as preparing the way for repentance. The thought is, however, "by coming to the baptism you profess repentance; bring forth, therefore, fruit worthy of repentance—i.e., of a changed heart and will."
Ellicott, Charles John. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ebc/matthew-3.html. 1905.
21:28-30,32; Isaiah 1:16,17; Luke 3:8,10-14; Acts 26:20; Romans 2:4-7; 2 Corinthians 7:10,11; 2 Peter 1:4-8
Galatians 5:22,23; Ephesians 5:9; Philippians 1:11
meet, etc
or, answerable to amendment of life.
Jeremiah 7:3-7; 26:13; 36:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 38:26 - And he knew; 2 Chronicles 33:15 - he took; Job 36:10 - commandeth; Isaiah 5:7 - he looked; Ezekiel 14:6 - Repent; Ezekiel 18:30 - Repent; Daniel 4:27 - break; Jonah 3:2 - preach; Jonah 3:8 - let; Micah 2:7 - named; Micah 6:8 - to do; Haggai 1:8 - and build; Zechariah 1:4 - Turn; Matthew 7:13 - at; Matthew 9:13 - but; Matthew 12:33 - and his fruit good; Matthew 13:23 - beareth; Matthew 15:22 - a woman; Matthew 16:1 - Sadducees; Mark 6:12 - preached; Acts 2:38 - Repent; Acts 16:30 - brought; Titus 2:12 - denying
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/matthew-3.html.
Meet for repentance means for them to prove by their works that they have really repented. A mere sorrow or regret for sin does not constitute repentance in the sight of the Lord, but the guilty one is expected to reform his life by ceasing to do the things that were wrong.
Zerr, E.M. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". E.M. Zerr's Commentary on Selected Books of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/znt/matthew-3.html. 1952.
Matthew 3:8; Luke 3:8.Yield therefore fruits worthy of repentance. He confirms what I have already said, that the repentance, which is attested by words, is of no value, unless it be proved by the conduct: for it is too important a matter to be estimated lightly, or at random. And so John affirms, that the solemn declaration, which they made, is not enough, but that, in process of time, their works will make it evident, whether or not they have seriously repented. (266) It ought to be observed, that good works (Titus 3:8) are here called fruits of repentance: for repentance is an inward matter, which has its seat in the heart and soul, but afterwards yields its fruits in a change of life. (267) But as the whole of this part of doctrine has been grievously corrupted by Popery, we must attend to this distinction, that repentance is an inward renewal of the man, which manifests itself in the outward life, as a tree produces its fruit.
Calvin, John. "Commentary on Matthew 3:8". "Calvin's Commentary on the Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cal/matthew-3.html. 1840-57.


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A Tough Debut for Tony
Steph Curry's tremendous Web.com Tour debut last year at the Ellie Mae Classic was such a success that many believed it would open the door for more famous athletes to participate in other professional tournaments in the future. However, after Tony Romo's lacklustre performance at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, one has to think that that door is probably closing quickly. Romo was given a sponsor's exemption for the tournament and finished dead last in the 132-man field, six shots behind the nearest amateur competitor. He opened the tournament with a somewhat respectable round of 77, but things went sideways in a hurry on Friday morning when the former quarterback rattled off six consecutive bogeys to start his second round. Romo went on to shoot an 82 and missed the cut by 16 strokes. "I lipped out three or four putts early, some short putts that kind of got me a little bit pressing," Romo said. "I just didn't hit the irons very good today. The back nine is 4000 yards, so when you're not hitting those [fairways], well you're going to have tough shots."
If you regularly comb the internet for golf stories like we do, then you have probably come across your fair share of golf cart heist stories. But how many times can you recall reading about a golf cart that has withstood numerous theft attempts? That has been the case for a decrepit maintenance cart at Sterling Farms Golf Course in Stamford, Connecticut, which has been unsuccessfully targeted by thieves on four separate occasions! The most recent attempt occurred on March 15th, when surveillance cameras showed a man in a Ford pick-up truck trying to tie the cart to the back of his vehicle and drive away with it. Fortunately, the cart was chained to a rock on the property and the rope snapped during the incident. The cart did sustain $1000 worth of damage, including two busted tail lights and a detached steering column. And since the incident, several golf club employees have fittingly started referring to the cart as "Frankenstein" for both its grotesque appearance and its unique ability to keep coming back from the dead!
Swing of the Week
Dustin Johnson may have hit the most behemoth drive in the history of golf last week at the WGC-Dell Match Play when he uncorked a 489-yard howitzer on the 12th hole of the Austin Country Club on Friday evening! Unfortunately, there is no footage of the drive. But, the circuit did tweet out this incredible graphic of the shot to help put DJ's mind-boggling distance into perspective.
Golf Animal of the Week
A 'dancing' kangaroo, mesmerised by a flag, has delighted golfers in Queensland. #9News https://t.co/XMt4d82S6M pic.twitter.com/r6YJNoHEOR
— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) March 21, 2018
For some time now, Bubba Watson has been one of the best escape artists on the PGA Tour. But this fairway bunker shot right up against the lip of the bunker in his Saturday match against Brian Harmon would have made even Harry Houdini blush. Incredible!


Join us this week on a virtual tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum's Gallery of Greek and Roman Antiquities, which reopened in January after an eighteenth-month period of refurbishment. Dr Kate Cooper, curatorial research associate at the Cambridge museum, takes us to her favourite parts of the gallery and tells us about some of the exciting decisions that were taken during the redisplay of this incredibly rich collection of antiquities.
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In this paper we prototype and explore how multiple agent-based models of robotic factories connected to other robotic factories (represented by their respective models) can be orchestrated using an all-purpose data platform – thereby simulating descriptive and predictive properties of a group of factories (a factory cluster). For the underlying prototype, NetLogo suite was used to do factory agent-based simulation (re-using "Robotic Factory" model [1]) while InterSystems IRIS data platform was used for NetLogo orchestration and factory/cluster end-to-end simulation.


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Green Party Calls for Ceasefire and Diplomatic Solution to Ukraine Crisis
Greens stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and Russia who oppose the invasion
The Green Party is calling on the leaders of the United States, NATO and Russia to immediately initiate diplomatic talks together with Ukrainian leadership to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a ground-and-air invasion throughout Ukraine, including the capital city of Kyiv.
Diana C. Brown, Co-chair, Media Committee, [email protected], 202-804-2758
The Green Party condemns Russia's military incursion, which is in violation of international law, regardless of real or perceived provocations. We also recognize the US government and Western powers are responsible for 30 years of provocations by failing to respect the promise to not expand NATO after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. This reckless antagonism between world powers has led to war with the potential for massive destruction, environmental damage and loss of life.
"The threat of all-out nuclear war is hanging over everyone. The US and other countries should be working together to combat climate change instead of fighting over resources that gain profits for the multinational corporations," said Rita Jacobs, member of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee (GPAX). We call on the parties involved to pursue a diplomatic solution through the United Nations, in accordance with international law. A serious solution that prioritizes the lives of Ukrainian civilians will require an immediate ceasefire, withdrawal of Russian troops, a promise of no US troops or arms in Ukraine, and a commitment to diplomacy."
"We reject the insipid demands of US and European politicians and media to pick one side or another," said Matthew Hoh, Green Party candidate for US Senate in North Carolina. "Rather we choose another side—the people—and condemn the decades-long policies of US, NATO, Russian, and Ukrainian leaders that have led to this point."
"Let's not fool ourselves, this is also about control of resources and riches among world powers," said Margaret Elisabeth, Green Party US National Co-Chair. "Putin wants to preserve Russia's natural gas exports while the US wants control over Europe's spigots, and Europe teeters between desire for cheap and available gas and the need to move away from fossil fuel energy sources. Fossil-fuel addiction is so intense that superpowers are still willing to go to war over it instead of kicking the habit to save the planet. We need a global Green New Deal to move away as quickly as possible from fossil-fuel addiction."
Green Party US declares solidarity with Russians who oppose the invasion, often at great personal cost, and joins peace activists in Russia, Ukraine and around the world in demanding a negotiated solution.
The geopolitical upheaval surrounding Ukraine are in part the result of the EU's dependence on fossil fuels and the faltering transition to renewable energy, Fell, Hans-Josef (former German Green MP). Hans-Josef Fell, February 23, 2022
NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard, National Security Archive, December 12, 2017