Matthew 5 – 7 contains the well-known Sermon on the Mount. The sermon is about righteousness that comes from the heart. Religion tends to be about external forms and obedience to rules, but here Jesus challenges us to evaluate ourselves by an inner standard. This contrasts with the prevailing wisdom of the time. The "teachers of the law" strove to fence the Law by a stringent oral law. Thus a "Sabbath day's journey" encoded how far one could travel and not break the command to not labor on the Sabbath. It might well be that one could journey more without breaking the commandment, but if you kept the oral standard, you were so far from breaking the Law that you were "safe." So the Law was fenced by obedience to an even stricter standard.
Be careful about not living righteously merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven (Matthew 6:1).
With these words, Jesus speaks of outward versus inward religious practices. Giving, prayer, and fasting are most often associated with religion and, in the following section of the sermon, Jesus speaks again of the inner heart versus outward forms. In Matthew 6:2-4, He speaks of giving. In Matthew 6:5-15, He speaks of prayer, and in 6:16-18, He speaks of fasting. His treatment of all three topics is the same: if you have the outward form only or if the outward form focuses attention on you, the public acclaim that you receive—real or imagined—is all the benefit you will derive.
I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I encourage you, then, be imitators of me (1 Corinthians 4:14-16).
Paul said, "Be imitators of me. What you see me do, do yourselves." Godly men and women are often the first models of godly living that a new believer has. I certainly benefited, over 30 years ago now, from men decades old in their faith. Now I hope to be the same to those younger than me. The difference for Paul to the Corinthians is that he did not derive his self-image from the attention. He was a bondservant of Jesus Christ and spent himself for the church and her people. Men and women like that are worth emulating.
But it is different for those who give to be recognized for their giving, or who entertain with great prayers or fast in agony for the admiration of others. They have erected outward forms only. They have confused the approval of others with approval of the Father.
In this lesson, we will look into what Jesus said about prayer as He discusses its outward forms and instructs concerning the inner reality.
Jesus develops two basic kinds of prayer. The first is "showcase prayer" by which the person praying actually draws attention to himself. He wants to be known as spiritual and holy. His religion gives him status, and by public prayer, he maintains and feeds it. The second kind of prayer is "relational prayer." This is prayer that seeks time with the Father. Jesus, for teaching purposes, draws a distinct line between the two, but we must acknowledge that most people will fall somewhere between the two extremes. It is also important to understand that no one can read the mind and intentions of another heart. What might seem to be the height of arrogance may only reflect upbringing. Or gentle, quiet prayers may come from one who has no private prayer life at all. Jesus' instructions are for us to know and personally apply His words and to let the Holy Spirit guide and train our hearts in these matters.
There are, however, some warning signs to which we might want to pay attention.
Do I have an "I am speaking to God" voice? This may be a matter of upbringing. Nevertheless, none is needed, and such a change in voice can draw attention to the one praying—unless one is in an environment that expects it, in which case not changing the voice can draw attention.
Elegant words and lots of them. This may be a matter of gifting and natural oratory, but again none are needed.
Personal agenda. It's hard to excuse this one. You pray according to what you want done and what others need to do to help it along.
Gossip. "Please God. Help Jane resist the temptation to keep seeing that guy." Such public prayers are only fruitful if Jane is there and has asked for intercession on that subject.
Public prayer of any kind without a private prayer life. It is a given that if you are not speaking to the Father when you are alone, there is no good speaking to Him publicly.
We can have an "I am speaking to God" voice if that helps us connect with Him and give Him honor.
We can use elegant words as a way of offering Him our best.
We can have a personal agenda, because it is now between the Father and us, and He can open and close doors as He sees fit.
We can pray for Jane. Since it is just between the Father and us, we are more likely to be showing genuine concern for her welfare.
And, of course, we now have a basis for praying in public.
We can be in our own rooms or in public and still pray privately. As Paul wrote, "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
"When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him" (Matthew 6:7-8).
Jesus contrasts prayer to the Father with the prayers of the Gentiles. He describes Gentile prayer as the repetitious babbling of many words. What might this mean, and how do we relate this to our prayers?
"Like the Gentiles". The Gentiles did not worship the true God.
"Repetitious babble" connotes a lack of real content.
"Many words to be heard" suggests rituals, incantations, and technique.
Gentile prayer is about the manipulation of spiritual forces and entities that do not generally care about you as an individual.
"Like the Gentiles"—Praying to God in Name, but not in knowledge. This is similar to what Paul wrote to the Romans about the Jews who did not accept Jesus as their Messiah, "For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth" (Romans 10:2).
Repetitious babbling—Praying without real content. Perhaps this would be like reciting liturgical prayers without connecting to their content.
Many words to be heard—Praying with an attitude that God is not listening and must be manipulated to answer.
In answer to this, Jesus says that our Father knows what we need even before we ask. We are praying to our Father, which means that we are in a family relationship. We are part of His life, and He anticipates what we need. We can, therefore, come to Him as transparent people. We can come before Him glad, sad, or mad, and He will be there in full understanding. Manipulation is not required.
If our Father knows what we need before we ask, why should we pray? There are two reasons. The first is because of the rewards of prayer that go beyond just meeting our needs. The second is that there are many other things for which to pray such as the needs of others and the advancement of the Father's Kingdom. We do not need such things, but they should have a place in our prayers.
So Jesus has given instructions about the place and manner of our prayers. We are to have a private life of prayer, and we are to pray to a real Person. This Person is interested in our needs and in us and does not need to be manipulated.
So what makes for a good prayer? How are we to pray?
"So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:9-10).
Jesus tells us to pray to "Our Father in heaven." This should set our mental attitude as we come to a time of prayer. From the Old Testament and much of the New, we understand that we are praying to God, and that He is our Lord and King. We owe Him our lives and our service. But Jesus tells us that we can come to Him and call Him, "Father." This connotes a more significant relationship than we would imagine. But Jesus is very serious about just this aspect. The entire sermon has many references to God as our Father. This relationship is our primary motivation for the lives that we should live.
God as Father is a two-way relationship. As Father, He loves us, and we honor Him. He protects, and we abide. He provides, and we give thanks. He instructs, and we emulate. He disciplines, and we mature. He touches, and we respond. He commands, and we obey. So much of the time we focus on command/obedience, and we forget all the other wonderful aspects of our walk with our Father. When we approach Him in prayer, He is all these things for us, and we need to be all these things to Him.
Jesus tells us to pray in first person plural, "Our Father … ." Prayer, even in private, is to have a community focus. We can pray for our own needs, of course, but it must not stop there. We are to be intercessors. We pray "Give us … ," and we are asking for the Father's provision for family, friend, and foe. We pray "Forgive us … , " and we seek reconciliation with the Father and among ourselves. We pray "Lead us …" and "Deliver us …" because we all need proper guidance and protection.
We are to pray that the Father's name "be honored." This is both a request and an attitude. As a request, we are asking for the knowledge of the Father to fill the earth and for the earth to respond in honor. It is our chance to grieve over those things, in our lives and the lives of others, that bring dishonor to the name: hypocrisy, judgment that triumphs over mercy, mercy that triumphs over instruction and discipleship, those who hate God, etc. It is a time to recognize and put away our hypocrisy. As an attitude, we can begin our prayers with worship, praise, and thanksgiving. We worship who He is. We praise Him for His works, and we thank Him for His care and provision.
We ask for the Father's kingdom to come. Along these lines, we pray for the spread of the gospel and the establishment of the rule and reign of the Father in the hearts of men and women. We pray for the welfare of the distressed and oppressed. We pray for physical healing, deliverance, change of hearts, broken relationships, and such things as would change with an acceptance of the Father and His ways. We also look forward to Jesus' return to live and rule among us.
So we begin our prayers by focusing on the One to whom we pray. He is Father and King. Turning our hearts to Him helps us to become like Him.
Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors (Matthew 6:11-12).
Food and Shelter—"But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that. Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction" (1 Timothy 6:8-9).
Righteousness—"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied" (Matthew 5:6).
The Father's presence—"Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth … . But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done" (Psalm 73:25, 28).
Even though there is nothing in Jesus' prayer for asking about anything but basic needs, there are two reasons to imagine that requests can go beyond this. The first is that Paul tells us to pray for everything. "Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, tell your requests to God in your every prayer and petition—with thanksgiving" (Philippians 4:6). The second is the example of the wedding in Cana, where Jesus, in answer to His mother's request, turned water into wine in a way that exceeded the needs of the party. We have a generous God. When Jesus boils prayer down to "daily bread," He is encouraging thanksgiving. Ask for anything, expect the basics, and give thanks for everything.
The welfare of our souls and bodies also depends on two-way forgiveness. Guilt and bitterness eat away at us. Both are associated with personality troubles and physical ailments. We can make both a matter of prayer. "Forgive us our debts" takes care of our true moral guilt for the things that we do wrong. And because we have forgiveness, we can take honest assessments of ourselves, which hastens our sanctification. However, because bitterness is as bad or worse that unresolved guilt, Jesus tells us to link the two. "Father, forgive us to the same degree that we forgive others." Jesus has more to say on this, and I will defer more comments until that time as well. Suffice it to say that it is unbalanced to ask to have our guilt removed so that we can stand comfortably in the Father's presence, when there are people that we exclude from our lives because they wronged us. If it is good for us to receive forgiveness, it is even better that we give it. Plus, if we have a heart that carries no grudges, then we have confidence at this point in our prayer that we have received the Father's forgiveness. That is an excellent thing.
If the Father answers what we have prayed so far, we would have healthy bodies and souls fit for service in the Kingdom of God.
Jesus concludes His model prayer with these words: "And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one" (Matthew 6:13).
What does Jesus mean by our asking, "… do not lead us into temptation … ?" Is it that we need to fear that the Father will lead us into temptation unless we pray? Will He set us up to see if we will fall? The letter of James tells us, "Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am tempted by God,' for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires" (James 1:13-14). I think most would agree that we must understand Jesus' words in light of our own propensity to sin.
The Father does not directly tempt us to evil, but He does bring us to moments of testing. And with testing, comes the temptation to quit and not press on. The famous example of Peter's denial illustrates such a failure. The night before, Peter had confidently asserted that he would stick by Jesus no matter what. Only a few hours later, Peter denied in strong language that he even knew Jesus. When we pray to not be led into temptation, we are asking the Father's help in avoiding such situations. We ask for doors to be closed that have difficult situations on the other side. We ask for our hearts to be strengthened and focused on good things. We ask for wisdom to recognize and avoid troubling circumstances.
Although we are morally culpable for our actions, it can also be said that even the first sin in our race was not committed in a vacuum. The serpent in Eden, later identified as Satan or the devil, tempted Eve and prevailed. The Lord had commanded that the man and woman not eat from a single tree in the center of Eden. Satan attacked at that point and helped bring forth the sin. And so we need to ask for protection from his schemes.
Then Satan answered the Lord, "Is it for nothing that Job fears God? Have you not made a hedge around him and his house and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his cattle have increased in the land. But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will indeed curse you to your face!" (Job 1:9-11).
It is interesting that before this, we have a record of Job making offerings on behalf of his children – just in case they sinned. We are not told that Job ever made an offering for himself. Like Peter, he was self-assured. Like Peter, Satan asked to sift Job like wheat. It is just such situations that we pray against in our prayers. We acknowledge our weakness and ask for strengthening. We ask to receive our lessons according to the way of wisdom and instruction.
There are other sources of temptation that we must guard against. The world values make constant appeal. Our inner natures are weak and would like to go along. Through prayer, we can become a different kind of person.
Ultimately, it gets down to character that flows from within. "When is a thief not a thief?" When I ask this question, I usually hear, "When he is not stealing." That is not correct. A thief who is not stealing is a thief who is out of work. A thief is not a thief when he labors with his own hands in order to have something to give to someone in need (Ephesians 4:28). Such is the goal of this prayer. To change us from thieves to givers, from adulterers to loving husbands and wives, from proud to humble, from hating to loving, from bitter to forgiving, and so on. For each negative, we need to find and nurture its opposite. Prayer can help us do that.
This ends Jesus' prayer model according to the most reliable manuscripts. Some manuscripts tack on something like, "For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory." I have chosen to go with the more attested reading. In the first place, we can give honor to the Father at the beginning of the prayer. In the second place, if Jesus did not include the ending, there is questionable value in using it. It is a grand ending, but Jesus ended His model with a reminder of our humility. The prayer moves from the greatness and glory of God to our total dependence on Him. I think it is better left that way.
For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins (Matthew 6:14-15).
Jesus states in very direct terms that what we are to pray is the way things are. There is actually incredibly good news here. There is no one who has done as much damage to me as I have done to the kingdom of God—or would do if given enough time for my self-centered attitudes and actions to propagate. So if I come before the Father bearing no grudges for anything done to me, then I can ask Him to bear no grudge against me. Jesus' prayer assumes that I have forgiven others before coming before the Father.
"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him. Because he was not able to repay, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made. Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.' The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.
"After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins; then he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe!' Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you.' But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.
"When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had happened. Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, 'Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me! Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?' And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.
"So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart" (Matthew 18:23-35).
The second is a story that includes a parable and shows that the degree to which we love the Lord can depend on the degree to which we have been forgiven.
Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.
Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil. As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.
Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?" He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace" (Luke 7:36-50).
The issue of forgiving others comes down to two things. The first is gratitude. We have been forgiven an enormous debt. Even the smallest and most petty of our self-centered mischief does real damage to the kingdom of heaven. We need only to look at the fallout from Adam and Eve's simple disobedience to know that the debt that we owe is our lives. Our forgiveness cost the Father the life of His Son in exchange. Our forgiving others is simple gratitude. How dare we not! The second is that by forgiving, we emulate the character of the Father. By this, we honor His name. Our Father is known for His mercy and forgiveness. When we show mercy and forgiveness, we strive to be like Him. In this way, we give honor to His name.
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; it is not of works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them (Ephesians 2:8-10).
Saved by grace that comes by faith that is the gift of God. We can contribute nothing to our salvation, which is all the more reason to gratefully forgive those who have wronged us—whether they seek that forgiveness or not.
Along these lines, I recommend that you read The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. In that book, you will find the depths to which we as Christians are able to forgive.
You can take each line in the model prayer and find at least two of the beatitudes that reinforce it. When you are done, all the beatitudes are mentioned at least once.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God" (Matthew 5:9).
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them" (Matthew 5:10).
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).
"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy" (Matthew 5:7).
"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me. Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way" (Matthew 5:11-12).
I am not inclined to add anything else. I find the pairings interesting and instructive. I hope you do as well.
Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
"For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins" (Matthew 6:5-15).
"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous" (Matthew 5:44-45).
The application of this text, as with many others, must be personal and by the direction of the Holy Spirit. Typically we have no insight into the hearts and motivations of others. Suppose you come across someone loudly praying on a street corner. Do Jesus' words above apply? You cannot tell. Jesus, for example, prayed in public (John 11:41, 42). Daniel was in a situation where it would have been wrong to pray in secret (Daniel 6:10). The one who retires into a secret place each day to pray may still have a hypocritical heart—he prays in secret and somehow lets everyone know he prays in secret.
So you need to read this passage concept by concept and bring your heart next to it.
Are your prayers mostly about you and your circumstances? Consider interceding for others.
How in tune are you to what the Father might be doing around you and the part you might play? Jesus said that He only did what He saw the Father doing. Prayer and connection with the Father is the key to our doing the same.
Does "forgive … as we have forgiven" give you dread, or is it full of promise because your heart bears ill will to none? If you are not comfortable, do the hard work of letting go of your anger.
Do you plead for your family, church, community, country, and enemies? Remember that the model prayer is in first person plural.
Some people have memorized this prayer, and they use it as a guide in their private prayers. That is a good thing and a practice that I would recommend.
It is the nature of Jesus' teaching that the bar He raises is higher than our grasp. But in the reaching, we reach higher all the time.
May the Father bless you and visit you in your times of prayer.
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189 Copyright 2003 by Community Bible Chapel, 418 E. Main Street, Richardson, TX 75081. This is the edited manuscript of Lesson 27 in the Studies in the Gospel of Matthew series prepared by Donald E. Curtis on August 24, 2003.
190 Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the NET Bible. The NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION, also known as THE NET BIBLE, is a completely new translation of the Bible, not a revision or an update of a previous English version. It was completed by more than twenty biblical scholars who worked directly from the best currently available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. The translation project originally started as an attempt to provide an electronic version of a modern translation for electronic distribution over the Internet and on CD (compact disk). Anyone anywhere in the world with an Internet connection will be able to use and print out the NET Bible without cost for personal study. In addition, anyone who wants to share the Bible with others can print unlimited copies and give them away free to others. It is available on the Internet at: www.netbible.org.
191 There is a modern parallel to the difference between an oral law that seeks to fence a written statute and an issue of the heart. Those who would outlaw private gun ownership are seeking to prevent murder through a stricter set of laws that outlaw weapons. As in Jesus' time, such stricter codes are bound to fail, whereas an emphasis on the heart and character of men and women is better able to promote a peaceful and safe society.


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Geomedia: Books: "This Gulf of Fire" recounts the 1755 Lisbon disaster
In the panoply of history-altering natural disasters, Lisbon's destruction on All Saints' Day, Nov. 1, 1755, stands out. You may have heard of this Portuguese calamity in the context of tsunami coverage, but it was a sequence of three disasters — an earthquake, a tsunami and a fire — that combined to level much of the city and claim tens of thousands of lives. Some scholars suggest a fourth calamity was the way the aftermath was handled, but author Mark Molesky seems more charitably inclined on that front. In "This Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of Lisbon, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason," Molesky, a historian at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, has written the definitive scholarly account — if not the most accessible one — of that fateful day and its historical aftermath.
Callan Bentley
Bentley, an EARTH contributing editor, is an assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. He is the 2018 recipient of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers Shea Award for exceptional contributions in earth science writing for the public and/or teachers. He also draws EARTH's cartoons and is past president of the Geological Society of Washington. He blogs about geology at http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway. The views expressed are his own.
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Any uncontrollable variation in phenotype due to random events during development.
Stressful conditions may cause plant cells to invest more energy in metabolic regulation and elimination of toxins and therefore to invest less energy in stabilizing symmetrical development, resulting in an increase in developmental noise (M0ller and Swaddle, 1997; Leung et al.
DI is defined as a suite of processes that tend to disrupt the precise development of bilateral traits in organisms and is believed to stem from various exogenous and endogenous stresses that collectively referred to as developmental noise or perturbations [3,4].
Objective: How robust phenotypes evolve despite developmental noise remains unclear.
First, it measures minor genetically and environmentally induced departures from a perfectly designed developmental programme, and thus is provides a gauge of the organism's developmental noise, and indirectly of its viability fitness.
The residual of the environmental variance would then result from developmental noise and/or diverse non-Mendelian parental (maternal) effects.
Developmental noise, phenotypic plasticity, and allozyme heterozygosity in Daphnia.
Within-season variability of pupal period in the autumnal moth: a bet-hedging strategy?
It would appear illogical to expect the genetic mechanisms responsible for developmental stability to differ between the sexes given that both males and females need to be able to regulate and buffer character development against developmental noise and environmental perturbation.
Since the same genes code for proteins in each half of symmetrical traits, differences between halves is a measure of developmental noise, and the organism's inability to correct for developmental noise, or developmental instability (Mather 1953, Soule 1979, Parsons 1991, Palmer 1996).
Palmer (1994) Palmer and Strobeck (1992) assert that distributions of asymmetries within a population that do not meet these criteria may represent the effects of factors other than developmental noise and developmental stability, such as genetic predisposition (e.


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The Results of Quarreling
The Four Oxen and The Lion
"Those oxen are too good friends to suit me," said a hungry lion. "They are never far apart, and when I am near them they turn their tails to one another and show long sharp horns on every side. They even walk down to the river together when they become thirsty. If I could catch one of them by himself, I should have a feast."
But one day the oxen had a quarrel.
"The grass is freshest over in the valley," said one of them. "Let us go there."
"Oh, I don't like the grass there," said another. "It is better on the side of the hill. Let us spend the day there."
"I do not want to climb the hill," said the third ox. "The grass right here suits me best."
"I do not like any of the places of which you speak," said the fourth ox. "Come with me and I will find you the best grass you ever tasted."
"I am going to the valley," said the first ox. "You three may go where you please."
"And I shall go to the hill," said the second ox. "I think you are mean not to go with me."
"And I," said the third ox, "shall stay right here. You may all be sorry if you leave me. The lion may catch you."
"I am not afraid of the lion," said the fourth ox; "and if none of you will go with me, I shall go by myself to hunt a better pasture than any of you can find. I am older than you and I know where the best grass grows. You had better follow me."
"We will not do it," said the other three oxen. "You are not our leader if you are older."
So the four oxen separated. One went to the valley. The lion was down by the river and saw him coming. He waited quietly until the ox was very near; then he pounced upon him.
Then the lion looked about for the other oxen. One of them was feeding on the hill. He saw the lion coining, but, he could not get away. He could not defend himself with only one pair of horns; so he too was killed.
As the other two oxen were far apart, it was an easy matter for the lion to kill them also. And that is the way the quarrel ended.
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To pay the balance of what is owed to someone. You get our jackets while I go settle up with the bartender. Brian and I need to settle up for those plane tickets soon—I hate having debt hanging over me.
to pay someone what one owes; to pay one one's share of something. I must settle up with Jim for the bike I bought for him. Bob paid the whole restaurant bill and we all settled up with him later.
Also, settle with someone. Pay a debt or one's share of the cost, as in When can you settle up for the tickets I bought for us? or Jean said she'd settle with the bank next month.
To balance an account by paying what is owed: After the poker game, we counted our chips and settled up. I went down to the racetrack and settled up with the bookie.


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Q: Socket.io does not send data between node.js and HTML script with a radio button I'm trying to communicate node.js and a HTML script with socket.io. I'm trying that when i choose some value with a radio button, socket.io sends this value to node.js and then, return to the console. My problem is that socket.io doesn't send anything. I know it doesn't enter the socket function because i write an alarm in html if it enters, and nothing.
Node.js code is this:

var express = require("express");
var http = require("http");
var socketIO = require("socket.io");

var app = express();
app.get("/", function(req, res){
    res.sendfile("./toggle?.html");
});

var server = http.createServer(app);

var io = socketIO.listen(server, {log: false});
io.sockets.on("connection", function(socket){

    socket.on("sendVar", function(value){

   console.log(value)

    });
});

server.listen(5000);

And the HTML script is this:

<input type="radio" name="group1" value=1> ON

<input type="radio" name="group1" value=0 checked> OFF

<INPUT TYPE="Button" VALUE="Proceed" onClick="showBoxes(this.form)">

A: Do you have a specific need to have this web socket open? currently what you have an AJAX call would be more suited. you can handle this with the normal request, response method using express.
You can use a simple express get handler:
app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.send('hello world');
});

or you can use the router:
var app = express();

app.route('/events')
.all(function(req, res, next) {
  // runs for all HTTP verbs first
  // think of it as route specific middleware!
})
.get(function(req, res, next) {
  res.json(...);
})
.post(function(req, res, next) {
  // maybe add a new event...
})

each solution would be more suited that a socket.
source: http://expressjs.com/api.html

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Paradiddle reimagines drumming for virtual reality, and lets you play the drums without the limitations of the real world. Enjoy playing on drums that leverage a realistic sound system, with some drums supporting over 100 sound variations just based on how hard they were hit. Drag and drop as many drums as you want from your drum palette, and arrange and scale them with ease to create your ideal drum set. Record your songs and share your recordings with others in the Paradiddle community. Play back other people's recordings and slow them down, to get a better idea of how the piece was performed. Paradiddle uses visual cues to show when each drum is about to get hit, while the recording is being played right in front of you. It opens up many possibilities for learning how to drum that simply wouldn't have been possible without VR.
In early 2016, I was about to change jobs and move to a new city. My old workplace had a drum set that I could practice with whenever I wanted to, but I knew that my new office wasn't going to have one. This is when I started creating a simple VR drumming tool for myself, to see whether there could be an overlap in skills between drumming in VR and real life. I tried covering some songs that I knew how to play on real drums, to test for myself whether it was possible to get a responsive and realistic enough system working. The tests were successful as I was able to cover certain songs that I already knew how to play, and even teach myself how to play new songs purely by practicing in VR! After sharing the drum covers and seeing the interest from the VR community, I decided to keep working on this simple tool to turn it into what is Paradiddle today.
Play different types of percussion instruments without worrying about making noise, having a dedicated space for them, or buying them.
The current list of playable drums are: hi-hat, bass drum, snare, 3 types of toms, 2 types of crash cymbals and 2 types of ride cymbals. This list will be expanded in the future to include other instruments such as the cowbell, xylophone, etc.
Realistic and responsive sound system. Each drum plays different audio samples based on a variety of factors, such as how hard or what part of the drum was hit. Almost every drum in the app has 100+ audio sample variations based on these parameters, which leads to the natural sound you get when you play. Even though you don't get the exact sensation of hitting a physical surface, Paradiddle uses visual cues that change based on these parameters (such as particle effects that grow in intensity based on your hit strength) as well as haptic feedback, to make up for the lack of that feeling. The app leverages the extremely capable FMOD sound engine to keep everything sounding responsive.
Create and customize your own drum kit. Drag and drop as many drums as you want from your palette into your environment. Grab any drum with the press of a button and place it wherever you want, as opposed to the real world alternative of having to loosen and tighten stands and mounts whenever you want to readjust a drum. It's even possible to scale your drums! You can go all out by creating a drum fort made up of 20 tiny drums that surround you, or play on one gigantic bass drum. Save your drum kit and load it back whenever you're back.
Record and share the songs you've played with others in the Paradiddle community. In a song playback, Paradiddle uses visual cues to show when each drum is about to get hit, to help you learn how to play the song. Speed up, slow down and play along to a recording in a uniquely immersive learning environment—or just sit back and the watch the show.
MIDI input/output support. MIDI devices (such as electronic drum pedals) can be integrated into Paradiddle to trigger any drums within the environment. Likewise, Paradiddle can also send MIDI output, which means you can use the app to trigger your own samples in your favorite digital audio workstation. This transforms Paradiddle into an extremely powerful audio creation tool.
Peripheral integration. In addition to MIDI devices, any peripheral that can emulate keyboard input (such as USB pedals) can be used in Paradiddle as a way to trigger the kick drum or control the hi-hat.
Customizable controls. Remap your VR controller buttons to different actions such as opening/closing the hi-hat or triggering the kick.
ASIO Support. Audio enthusiasts that want maximum customization of their audio settings can switch their output device to ASIO. By default, the app uses WASAPI, and a lot of time was spent to ensure that the latency was kept to a minimum with the default settings.
Customizable drum sound options. You can customize settings of individual drums, such as their pitch and max volume. These settings will expand in the future to give users greater control over the sound that comes out of their drums.
Ability to load and play back audio files from your system as you play on your drums.
Camera tools. The 3rd person camera tool allows users to easily position a virtual camera within the app to record from an external perspective. Users can also apply various smoothing and FOV altering settings to the first person and third person cameras, in order to record better looking footage from the app.
Mixed reality recording. Through its LIV integration, Paradiddle allows any user to record videos that look like the Whiplash drum cover.
Steam Workshop support. Leveraging the Steam Workshop will everyone upload their recordings and drum sets with ease, as well as give them access to a centralized library of what the community has created.
Driving pedal, rock band pedal integration.
And more! Paradiddle is in Early Access, and a lot of the upcoming features are driven by community interest. I'm always on the lookout for new features that users would like to see.
A growing YouTube playlist of drum covers played using Paradiddle.
The Pretender cover by Paradiddle user ElNeax. What is most impressive about this cover is that ElNeax has actually never played real drums in his life! He has more than 60 hours of Paradiddle play time under his belt, and it's simply incredible how good he has gotten at playing within the app.
Dani California drum cover by Paradiddle user VRDrumAge. What's worth pointing out with this cover is that VRDrumAge is using Virtual Desktop to bring in Phase Shift in order to load up the song, which lets them see when the hits are coming. MIDI is sent out from Paradiddle to Phase Shift to trigger the actual hits. VRDrumAge is also using rb2midi to use their rock band kick pedal for the bass within Paradiddle.


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Doin' It Again
The Beach Boys are America's most successful band. With 56 U.S. Top 100 hits, 36 Top Ten Hits, and 4 Number One singles, their impression on American pop culture is rivaled only by the band that considered them to be their sole competition, The Beatles. To mark the group's 50th anniversary, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks gathered in 2012 for an emotional reunion to record their first album of new material in 20 years, to kick off a worldwide tour, and to reflect on their remarkable history.
Good Vibrations Tour
This concert film captures the classic line-up of The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine - performing a handful of their most beloved tunes including "God Only Knows," "California Girls," "Sloop John B," and "Good Vibrations."
Live at Soundstage: Part Two
Pt II The band Heart has gone through many manifestations since its inception in the early '70s, but what keeps Heart "pumping" are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. Ann's voice is unmistakable, and Nancy's guitar playing is the perfect complement. On the second half of this Soundstage episode the sisters come back with a vengeance – blazing through songs like "Barracuda" and "Even it Up." They then slow it down on the reflective "Dog and Butterfly" and "Alone."
Pearls - Live
Elkie Brooks And Friends
Elkie Brooks' Pearls is an intimate look at one of Britain's finest female singers at work performing with a band comprised of great friends and world class musicians. During Elkie Brooks' 2005 Tour, her band visited Classic T Stage, located at Shepperton Film Studios to perform live in session and record as the cameras roll. The session, filmed over several days, captures Elkie Brooks re-recording many of her greatest hits and a collection of new material.
Special Guests: Rick Wakeman - Keyboards, Martin Taylor - Guitar, Humphrey Lyttelton - Trumpet, Sarah Jory – Steel Guitar
Our Kind of Soul
More than a live concert by Daryl Hall & John Oates of great soul classics, pays tribute to the duo's Philadelphia roots while recreating and rearranging some of their favorite songs into the "here" and "now." Our Kind of Soul is a collection of unbelievable performances by one of music's #1 duos - a reminder to the world about the timelessness of great music.
It Had to Be You
Rod Stewart found a new audience singing the great popular songs of the early 20th century. It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook features live renditions of songs from his first album of classic standards plus nine of Stewart's own classics.
Live at Montreux
On July 14th 2012, Herbert Grönemeyer and his band were chosen to headline the closing night of the Montreux Jazz Festival. It was also the final show of the Schiffsverkehr Tour, of his latest no. 1 album released in 2011, with a total audience of 750,000 people. The show, lasting nearly three hours at the sold out Auditorium Stravinski, included all his major hits such as "Mensch", "Männer" and "Schiffsverkehr. This film captures the magic of the concert perfectly and is another wonderful edition to the Montreux catalogue.
Evolution of a Song: Season Recap
Runtime: 5 min
The last episode of "Evolution of a Song" finds the band, management, and label coming together to decide on the single for radio. After much debate, the decision becomes clear and the band gets the opportunity to promote and hear their song premiered live in New York City.
Fronting his eighth All-Starr Band, the cheerful singer and drummer brought new direction to a concept that's served him well since 1989. Filmed live at Casino Rama in Toronto, Canada - All Starr 2003 members are John Waite (The Babys, Bad English), Colin Hay (Men at Work), Paul Carrack (Squeeze, Mike & The Mechanics), Sheila E. (Prince), Mark Rivera (Billy Joel.) During this summer 2003 tour, Ringo Starr allowed a cameraman to follow him and the All-Starrs throughout the course of their travels for the first time ever! This program is an unscripted, uncensored and unprecedented look at a Rock Legend at work -and at play, behind-the-scenes footage brings you up close and personal with the boys - and girl - in the band. Join in with Ringo as he gets a little help from his friends on classics like Honey Don't, Boys and Yellow Submarine! Plus, experience an All-Starr take on 80s Hits like Mike & The Mechanics, Graceful Living Years, Sheila E.'s funk-pop Glamorous Life and Men At Work's cult favorite Down Under.
Night at Sky Church
Ann and Nancy Wilson first showed the world that women can rock when their band Heart stormed the charts in the 1970s with songs like "Crazy On You," "Barracuda," and "Magic Man." They continued their string of huge hits in the decades that followed with songs like "Alone," "Never," "These Dreams,"and many more. HEART NIGHT AT SKY CHURCH, filmed live on March 5, 2010, takes Heart fans on what truly feels like the musical ride of a lifetime. HEART NIGHT AT SKY CHURCH showcases the band's biggest hits, introduces some of their newest songs, and features a guest appearance by multiple Grammy® award-winner, Alison Krauss.
Boys Like Girls' Read Between The Lines is a 100-minute documentary celebrating the past two and a half years of the band's ever-evolving story. The documentary intermixes more than 45 minutes of exhilarating live performances from the blockbuster "Soundtrack Of Your Summer Tour" with behind-the-scenes action from the road and in-depth interviews with Martin, Paul, Bryan and John. Insightful, revealing, and electrifying, Read Between The Lines is the ultimate collection of the band's highlights, hi-jinks and adventures since their 2006 breakthrough debut.
Live at the Fillmore
Los Lonely Boys
Live At The Fillmore finds Texican rock trio Los Lonely Boys blowing the roof off the legendary San Francisco venue with their hits "Heaven" and "More Than Love" plus covers of Richie Valens' "La Bamba" and War's "Cisco Kid."
Live At The Wiltern 2008
The British singer and songwriter MIKA surely knows how to make a great show. The "Live at the Wiltern" concert performance is a solid proof of that.
Live At House Of Blues Boston 2014
The Gaslight Anthem performs live at The House of Blues, Boston in 2014. The show features a performance of their hit "Get Hurt" and songs, "45" and "Blue Jeans.
Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1979
Dusty Springfield is Britains greatest ever pop diva and the possessor of one of the finest and most soulful voices of all time. She dominated both the UK and US charts throughout the sixties with a string of hit singles that have stood the test of time as true classics. Originally a member of the folk trio The Springfields, from whom she took her stage name, she became a solo artist in 1963 after being exposed to the magic of Motown whilst playing in America and became probably the finest ever white soul singer. Diagnosed with breast cancer in the mid-nineties she died in 1999 at the age of just 59.
This concert, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in 1979 in the presence of HRH Princess Margaret, captures Dusty at the height of her career. The show is packed with hits (including 9 UK top 10 singles), which are delivered with all the glitz and panache that were Dustys trademark and have made her a major gay icon as well as beloved of music fans everywhere.
iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE - Live in Paris
In December last year, U2's groundbreaking iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour returned to the French capital for two very special shows. This concert film captures all the energy and excitement of the band's critically acclaimed live show - "U2 reinvent the arena show" (Rolling Stone). Filmed on 31 cameras, in front of an audience of 18,000 fans, U2 – iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE – Live in Paris puts viewers inside the Paris arena with Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr, and features a guest performance from Eagles of Death Metal. Staged in the round, the tour features multiple performance areas plus a state of the art 100 foot LED screen suspended above a 118 foot walkway running the length of the arena floor, as well as an innovative suspended sound system serving every corner of the arena. U2 – iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE - Live In Paris sees the band perform fan favourites from latest album 'Songs of Innocence', with highlights featuring Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone and an acoustic version of Every Breaking Wave, as well as career- spanning staples including I Will Follow, Pride (In the Name of Love), Vertigo, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Until The End of the World, Beautiful Day, Where The Streets Have No Name and many more. Warning: This work contains flashing lights & images that may affect those with photo-sensitive epilepsy.
Live At River Plate
AC/DC Live At River Plate is the definitive live concert documenting AC/DC's massive Black Ice world tour. Shot with 32 cameras entirely in HD in December of 2009, AC/DC Live At River Plate marks the band's triumphant return to Buenos Aires, where nearly 200,000 fans and three sold-out shows welcomed them back after a 13-year absence from Argentina.
Live At Budokan
In this two-concert experience singer-songwriter Butch Walker performs live in Tokyo and Atlanta. The live concert includes also artist's homemade behind-the-scenes video shorts. Walker delivers some of his most beloved tracks as "Radio Tokyo," "Mixtape," "Last Flight Out," "Best Thing You Never Had." "Race Cars and Goth Rock," "Cigarrette Lighter Love Song" and many more.
August and Everything After
Counting Crows' debut album "August and Everything After" was an instant success on its release in late 1993 and went on to sell over 7 million copies in America. In the UK it charted at No.16 and has sold over 400,000 copies. On September 18, 2007, the band performed the complete album live for the first time at Town Hall in New York City. The gig was filmed in high definition and is now presented here as the first ever Counting Crows live concert release. The band has maintained a hugely successful career with global album sales now in excess of 20 million but they have always saved their finest moments for the live arena.
Fusions: Live in London
Filmed in 1976 whilst on their Face the Music Tour, sees the band live in London for the first time in three years, due to their popularity in the United States.
Aside from Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley, this is the only concert footage of the classic lineup known to exist (with Zoom Tour Live and a VH1 Storytellers appearance from 2001 forming the only other pieces of live footage).
Live Back Country
A musician's creative energy is truly captured in their live performance and Five For Fighting's new Live performance showcases just that. Recorded live at The House Of Blues, Five For Fighting's first live release is sprinkled with captivating tales and stories behind many of singer/songwriter John Ondrasik's favorite songs. The live album spans tracks from Five For Fighting's last three albums including their well-known hits ''Superman,'' ''100 Years,'' ''The Riddle,'' and ''Easy Tonight,'' along with many other gems. Finally, the lyrical storyboard of ''California Justice'' and acoustic rendering of ''If God Made You'' brings the performance to full circle.
Pure pop is on tap as Fountains of Wayne take the stage in the Windy City. With their warm, feel-good vibe, unleashing the hooks and humor that have made them champions of power pop. Fans are treated to a career-defining set with punchy performances of their hits including Stacy's Mom, Sink To The Bottom and Radiation Vibe.
Chart topping is an understatement for pop-rock band Lifehouse. Since their first album, Lifehouse has appeared on Billboard and Top 40 Charts numerous times. Best known for their top single Hanging by a Moment, and ballad You and Me, which spent a record 60 weeks on Billboards Hot 100 Chart, Lifehouse has gone back to the basics with Who We Are. Jason Wades lyrics address a diverse range of topics audiences can relate with and melodies they can rock to. Lifehouses performance on Soundstage includes the aforementioned hits and Who We Ares twangy lead single First Time.
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Directions from the Airport or Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826), and Other Points West
Take SR 836 East and exit at N.W. 17th Avenue heading north to the Civic Center/Hospitals. On the exit ramp, bear left, and turn right onto N.W. 17th Avenue. Cross the bridge and turn right at the first traffic light onto North River Drive. Make the first left onto N.W. 13th Terrace. Turn right on N.W. 14th Street and turn left onto N.W. 9th Avenue (Bob Hope Road). Continue on N.W. 9th Avenue and make a left on N.W. 17th Street. On your right, you will see the Park Plaza East (Red) Parking Garage. Park there and exit from the south side of the garage. Follow signs to Holtz Children's Hospital.
Self-Parking
There are five parking garages and four surface lots encompassing more than 7,000 parking spaces at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. To access Holtz Children's Hospital and our Pediatric Emergency Room, please park in the parking garage called Park Plaza East (Red Garage) located off of N.W. 9th Avenue and N.W. 17th Street.
Daily Self-Parking Rates
2 to 2 ½ Hours
2 ½ to 3 Hours
3 ½ to 24 Hours
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Cash, credit card, and debit card payments are accepted.
Our premier valet service offers the convenience of curbside drop-off at the entrance of Holtz Children's Hospital and the pediatric emergency room on N.W. 17th Street. It is also available at Jackson Memorial Hospital's main entrance on N.W. 19th Street (Clark Diagnostic Treatment Center/Clark DTC). Valet services are available from 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday. (Closed on weekends and on all holidays.)
Valet Rates
0-2 Hours: $12.00
3 Hours to Full Day: $20.00
Note: Current rates include a 7% Florida sales tax and a 15% City of Miami parking surcharge tax.
Only cash payments accepted.
The following public transportation is also available to take you to Holtz Children's Hospital:
Exit Metrorail at the Civic Center Station on N.W. 12th Avenue. Proceed onto the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center campus by walking east on N.W. 16th Street and follow signs to Holtz Children's Hospital.
Tri-Rail
Take the Tri-Rail south to the Metrorail station at N.W. 79th Street in Hialeah. Take Metrorail south and exit at the Civic Center Station on N.W. 12th Avenue. Proceed onto the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center campus by walking east on N.W. 16th Street and follow signs to Holtz Children's Hospital.
For information on bus routes and transfers, call Miami-Dade County's Metro Bus at 305-638-6700 between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m.


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Rolf Wenkhaus (* 9. September 1917 in Berlin; † 31. Januar 1942 in West-Irland) war ein deutscher Filmschauspieler.

Karriere als Kinderdarsteller
Der Sohn des Theater-Schauspielers und späteren DEFA-Darstellers Kurt Wenkhaus (1891–1965) wurde vor allem durch die Titelrolle des Emil Tischbein in der Erstverfilmung von Emil und die Detektive nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Erich Kästner bekannt. Der Film wurde ein Welterfolg. Für die Besetzung sollen sich insgesamt rund 2.500 Jungen gemeldet haben, von denen zunächst fünfzig in die Vorauswahl kamen. Fünf von ihnen erhielten die Hauptrollen, darunter Wenkhaus. Angeblich empfahl UFA-Produktionsleiter Carl Meinhardt nach Sichtung von Probeaufnahmen den Jungen an Regisseur Gerhard Lamprecht, weil Wenkhaus "mit frischer Natürlichkeit" sprach. Zur Zeit der Dreharbeiten Juli/August 1931 in Potsdam-Babelsberg und Berlin war Wenkhaus 13 Jahre alt.

Kinderstar Rolf Wenkhaus wirkte nur in drei Filmen mit. 1932 übernahm er eine kleine Nebenrolle in der Komödie Strich durch die Rechnung mit Heinz Rühmann als Radrennfahrer. Ein Jahr später spielte Wenkhaus im ersten NS-Propaganda-Film S.A.-Mann Brand den Hitlerjungen Erich Lohner, der sich selbstlos für einen Kameraden opfert. Anders als in der Film-Fachliteratur verschiedentlich behauptet, spielte Wenkhaus im Film Hitlerjunge Quex (1933) nicht mit.

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Nach Kriegsausbruch meldete sich Wenkhaus zum Militär. Er starb als Besatzungsmitglied eines viermotorigen Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor-Bombers, der auf Schiffsziele spezialisiert war. Die Maschine mit dem Kennzeichen F8 MH 0093 wurde am 31. Januar 1942 vor der westirischen Küste bei Bloody Foreland (County Donegal) von der HMS Genista abgeschossen, die einen Geleitzug abschirmte. Die gesamte sechsköpfige Mannschaft des Flugzeugs kam mutmaßlich ums Leben. Die Leiche des Piloten, Werner Bornefeld, wurde zwei Wochen später bei Bunbeg an Land gespült und auf dem deutschen Soldatenfriedhof von Glencree bestattet. Der zuletzt im schlesischen Sorau beheimatete Rolf Wenkhaus galt als vermisst und wurde am 6. Juni 1948 für tot erklärt.

Wenkhaus war nicht der einzige Hauptdarsteller von Emil und die Detektive, der im Zweiten Weltkrieg fiel: Hans Schaufuß (Gustav) kam im Oktober 1941 um, Hans Albrecht Löhr (Dienstag) starb im August 1942, beide an der Ostfront.

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 1931: Emil und die Detektive
 1932: Strich durch die Rechnung
 1933: S.A. Mann Brand

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We were at the mall the other day, getting me new glasses (civil war approved :) and stopped by one of my new favorite stores, Steve and Barrys. They sell all sorts of apparel and stuff. Pretty neat. And it's all relatively inexpensive. We got some pretty good deals.
This is my new brown purse. Love it :) It was only $3.49. Can't beat that. I also got 2 new shirts, one white and one brown. Plus, their jewlery was 1/2 off. So, I got a new pair of earrings, a necklace, and a bracelet. Yeah me!
Brent got 3 new T's (SIU - Carbondale), Jacob got a new skull sweatshirt, and Tom got a nice coat. It looks like a Letter jacket, and is black and red. It's a racing coat, I think. Very nice for $10. Can't pass up a deal like that.


I was just sitting here lamenting my LEGO Star Wars advent calendar (I've recognized one thing so far and the box keeps ripping) when I discovered this absolutely stunning advent calendar from kjm161. And if you think the outside is impressive, not only does it have a daily surprise for the countdown to Christmas, it's got a fully detailed and richly decorated interior. You owe it to yourself to click through and check out the many pictures of this wonderful holiday MOC.


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Home / Business, Tourism, What's on & Heritage / Visiting Murrumbidgee / History & Heritage / Ned Kelly Connection
Origins of the Cell Door
The door to the cell in which Ned Kelly and his gang incarcerated Senior Constable Devine and Constable Richards when they raided Jerilderie on 8, 9 & 10 February 1879 was purchased from Mr Valentine (Val) Thomas Chapman, in September 1988.
This article below explains how and why the cell door came to be in Val Chapman's possession. In doing so it is necessary to refer to Val's parents, when they came to Jerilderie, where they initially lived, what his father's occupation was, and where he was employed.
Read more in Origins of Cell Door
The Ned Kelly Connection
Jerilderie was the only town in NSW visited in 1879 by Ned Kelly and his gang, comprised of Ned, his brother Dan, Steven Hart, and Joe Byrne. This page contains information about the Ned Kelly Raid Trail throughout Jerilderie and the Ned Kelly Touring Route through the historical sites of Melbourne, North East Victoria and Southern New South Wales.
Jerilderie Cemetery
Locating Samuel Gill's Residence & Office
The Jerilderie Letter


CarGurus has 1,230 nationwide MKT listings starting at $3,200.
Those in the market for a luxury-oriented full-size wagon could do worse than the 2015 Lincoln MKT. Unfortunately, they could do better, as well. With a profile that reminds some media folks of a hearse, looks won't win this under-achieving Lincoln any prizes, but this posh people hauler does seat 7 folks in 3 rows, boasts a boatload of creature comforts, and can be delivered in an all-wheel-drive (AWD) variation that boasts a turbocharged V6 powerplant.
A pair of trims—the base 3.7L and the abovementioned up-powered 3.7L EcoBoost AWD—once again grace the MKT lineup for the upcoming model year. No significant changes are stated for 2015, but Lincoln is upgrading its available complimentary Sync-interfaced GPS navigation and satellite-radio-based Travel Link from 3 years to 6 years on all of its other products, thus there's no reason to believe said upgrade won't be offered in the MKT.
Although a number of reviewers have stated (some for a couple of years now) that the MKT, which shares its platform with the boxy Ford Flex, is destined solely for fleet sales, this distinctive hefty hauler is hanging tough in dealer showrooms. Consider, however, that Ford's popular Taurus sedan has, by itself, outsold all 5 Lincoln products combined.
In any case, the base 2015 MKT 3.7L returns in front-wheel-drive (FWD) configuration only and sports a 3.7-liter V6 powerplant that mates with the standard 6-speed shiftable automatic transmission (with steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters) to put out 303 hp and 278 lb-ft of torque. Look for EPA-estimated mileage to run 17 mpg city/25 highway.
Move up to the MKT 3.7L EcoBoost AWD and you get standard intelligent AWD plus a twin-turbocharged variation of the 3.7-liter V6. Again managed by the 6-speed shiftable automatic with the steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters, this forced-air 6-banger throws down 365 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque to the tune of 16/23. Oh, and expect a maximum towing capacity of 4,500 pounds with the proper equipment.
By the way, Lincoln is toying with the idea of a 9-speed auto-manual transmission for a number of its sedan offerings for the 2016 model year. Whether this upgraded shifter will make it into more utilitarian offerings, including the MKT wagon, remains a matter of conjecture.
Moving on, standard bling in the 2015 MKT trims remains typically high-end, with both iterations boasting such appearance goodies as 19-inch alloy wheels, fixed moonroofs in front and rear, a power liftgate and a rear spoiler. Inside, look for the return of standard premium leather upholstery, heated power-adjustable front seats, full power accessories, memory for driver's settings, cruise control and power-adjustable telescoping tilt-wheel steering. Tri-zone auto climate control also remains standard, as does a rear-view camera, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror and rear parking sensors.
Techno-goodies, meantime, include Bluetooth-integrated Sync infotainment, interfaced with MyFord Touch voice and touchscreen activation for destination downloads and mobile WiFi capability, as well as a CD player with 10 speakers, satellite radio, a video monitor, and a memory-card slot.
Options include a power sunroof (Vista Roof), a refrigerated rear storage console, second-row bucket seats (6-passenger capacity), a power-folding third-row seat, power-adjustable pedals, a heated steering wheel, GPS navigation (with Travel Link), and a THX II premium audio upgrade boasting 14 speakers and 700 watts.
Standard safety equipment adorning the 2015 MKT includes 4-wheel antilock brakes (ABS), front side-mounted airbags, 3-row head airbags, front fog/driving lights, turn-signal-integrated mirrors, Sync emergency telematics, and a post-collision safety system. Ford's touted MyKey programmable speed and audio limiting is also standard for those times when the kids borrow the car, while a standard remote antitheft alarm provides some added security. Optional safety stuff, meantime, includes blind-spot warnings (BLIS), lane-keeping assist, active parallel parking assistance and adaptive cruise control with forward collision alerts.
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IDV partners with HORIBA MIRA to become the majority shareholder of its Uncrewed Ground Vehicle division
Iveco Group N.V.
Turin, 24th January 2023. IDV, the brand of Iveco Group N.V. (MI: IVG) specialised in defence and civil protection equipment, announces today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in MIRA UGV, the Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV) division of HORIBA MIRA, a global provider of automotive engineering, research and test services, headquartered in the UK.
The agreement combines IDV's expertise in manufacturing defence vehicles, its technological know-how and global production capabilities with HORIBA MIRA's position as a sector-leading company in state-of-the-art Uncrewed Ground Vehicle solutions. Thanks to its system integration proficiencies in the widest range of multi-terrain platforms, IDV will leverage the pioneering experience acquired by HORIBA MIRA in remote control, teleoperated and autonomous vehicle technology.
This operation will further support Iveco Group in reaching its long-term strategic goals. Also, with this move, IDV confirms its continuous focus on technological excellence and innovation to deliver the most advanced automotive and protection solutions that meet the evolving needs of the defence sector.
Iveco Group N.V. (MI: IVG) is the home of unique people and brands that power your business and mission to advance a more sustainable society. The eight brands are each a major force in its specific business: IVECO, a pioneering commercial vehicles brand that designs, manufactures, and markets heavy, medium, and light-duty trucks; FPT Industrial, a global leader in a vast array of advanced powertrain technologies in the agriculture, construction, marine, power generation, and commercial vehicles sectors; IVECO BUS and HEULIEZ, mass-transit and premium bus and coach brands; IDV, for highly-specialised defence and civil protection equipment; ASTRA, a leader in large-scale heavy-duty quarry and construction vehicles; MAGIRUS, the industry-reputed firefighting vehicle and equipment manufacturer; and IVECO CAPITAL, the financing arm which supports them all. Iveco Group employs approximately 34,000 people around the world and has 28 manufacturing plants and 29 R&D centres. Further information is available on the Company's website www.ivecogroup.com
Francesco Polsinelli, Tel: +39 335 1776091
Fabio Lepore, Tel: +39 335 7469007
E-mail: mediarelations@ivecogroup.com
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Is Princell Hair up to the job at CNN?
Genial and collaborative, his journalistic imprint nonetheless remains indistinct.
An article in the Chicago Tribune dryly notes that the 36-year-old Hair has held nine jobs.
Hair was news director for WMAQ-5 in Chicago when the NBC station signed on raunchy talk show host Jerry Springer as a political commentator for its newscasts. Two respected anchors resigned and the shows' ratings dropped. Springer was quickly dumped by the station. Hair somehow escaped the controversy.
Hair is a protégé of former CBS executive Joel Cheatwood, who had repeatedly hired him at local stations and more recently at the network itself.
Cheatwood is often characterized within the business for his devotion to sensationalism and ratings stunts - anything to attract viewers. He also was the one who picked Hair, then in Baltimore, to become corporate news director to mold the news offerings of CBS parent Viacom's local stations.
He served briefly as news director in CBS' ratings-challenged Los Angeles station, but rejoined the corporate ranks after it was combined with another Viacom station.
When Cheatwood was cast aside for a new executive vice president, Hair was given a promotion to vice president. But his new boss publicly embraced a hands-off approach that effectively allowed news decisions to be made in local newsrooms.
The kind of corporate hand-holding that had defined Hair's job was no longer needed, and so he left CBS.
At a relatively young age, Hair has attained heights few reach in the profession.
Now, he has to deliver.
Steve Wilson, investigative reporter for Detroit's WXYZ-7-ABC, has filled our e-mail box with allegations that an article in Friday's Creative Loafing newspaper by Senior Editor John Sugg was "false and motivated by a personal vendetta."
Wilson demanded that NewsBlues grant him "unedited access" to our readers, claiming we had "printed, nearly verbatim, Sugg's baseless charges about me and (wife) Jane (Akre) without EVER bothering to verify them or seek another point of view."
In the article, Sugg suggested that Wilson and Akre may have misappropriated money from a legal defense fund and used some of the proceeds to purchase a $1.4 million home in Ponte Vedra Beach.
The Wilsons, you will recall, sued Fox and Tampa's WTVT nearly five years ago and have been soliciting and collecting "donations" on their website ever since.
We contacted Sugg, who denied any sort of "personal vendetta" against the Wilsons.
"I'm amused when he (Wilson) claims I have a grudge against him," laughed Sugg from Atlanta. "Wilson is master of personal attacks. I took a look at the case -- really took a look -- and concluded that Wilson and Akre were sham martyrs. Most of my writing is media criticism and this was just a good media story."
"We (Creative Loafing) didn't make accusations and gave him numerous chances to respond. We encouraged him to respond -- but I asked him to do so with specifics. E.g., he said there were mistakes in the public records and threatened litigation if we printed the mistakes (I'd think an investigative reporter would know of the legal protections granted in quoting from public records). We just asked him to specify the mistakes. He wouldn't do so."
Wilson's dodging and sidestepping continued when NewsBlues asked him to explain how he was able to afford a $1.1 million down payment on a luxury beach townhouse.
"Since I make somewhat above the minimum wage (at WXYZ)," said Wilson, "have other business interests and investments, and lived in a luxury waterfront home (today valued at $1 million) when I went to work and was fired by Fox, the fact that my name is on a piece of similarly-valued real estate shouldn't be a total shock to anyone who knows anything about me and my 32-year career in journalism. And it certainly doesn't begin to prove Sugg's allegations."
Interestingly enough, the Florida Department of Agriculture Division of Consumer Services is the state agency that registers and monitors public solicitations.
When we called Tallahassee on Tuesday, we were not at all surprised to learn that Wilson and Akre had never bothered to register or report their collections.
State officials now say the two must produce audited records of their fundraising or face a $10,000 fine and possible criminal charges.
The Republican-controlled Senate dealt a blow to the Bush Administration Tuesday, voting to rescind new Federal Communications Commission rules that would allow large media companies to get even bigger.
By a vote of 55 to 40, the Senate approved a resolution that would roll back the F.C.C. regulations allowing television networks to own more local stations and that would have permitted conglomerates to own newspaper, television and radio stations in a single metropolitan market.
The resolution faces a tougher battle in the House and a possible veto by President Bush.
F.C.C. chairman Michael Powell, sensing that not even his friendship with Senator John McCain nor his backing by Big Media is stopping the popular groundswell, has resorted to a fear appeal: that stopping more gobbling up of local stations by the broadcast networks will be the ruination of "free TV."
That's the ludicrous party line being peddled by G.E., which owns NBC.
But four-fifths of broadcast network TV is now delivered to homes by cable or satellite — not free — and NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox are making money hand over fist.
"Powell's Last Stand" on this false argument has become an embarrassment to the Bush White House, which has been foolishly threatening to veto any disapproval of the F.C.C.'s abdication of the public interest.


As a leading community development financial institution (CDFI), the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is dedicated to creating pathways of opportunity for low-income people and communities. Serving the most vulnerable populations, LIIF works to create a comprehensive approach to combating poverty alleviation and furthering healthy community development.
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program has been essential to this effort, helping LIIF to transform communities and improve the quality of life for residents. The LIHTC program, created in 1986 and made permanent in 1993, is the most extensive affordable housing program in the United States today. As the primary federal government program for encouraging the investment of private equity in the development of affordable rental housing for low-income households, the LIHTC program has helped to finance 2.97 million housing units and 45,905 projects. LIIF strongly supports any effort to protect, expand, and strengthen the LIHTC program.
For years, the options in California for low-income families have been limited to areas of low opportunity. Recently, the California State Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) took a major step to improve the effectiveness of the LIHTC program in the state, publishing proposed regulation changes that would incentivize developers to place new construction, family-sized projects supported by the most generous and competitive component of the LIHTC program (the so-called "nine percent credit," which provides 70 percent of low income unit costs) in higher opportunity areas.
The LIHTC program has helped to finance 2.97 million housing units and 45,905 projects. LIIF strongly supports any effort to protect, expand, and strengthen the LIHTC program.
The purpose of the regulation is to increase low-income families' access to high-resource neighborhoods where there historically have been limited affordable housing opportunities, and to provide meaningful investments in under-resourced neighborhoods. With this resolution, TCAC hopes to mitigate the pattern of placing affordable housing units in low opportunity, highly segregated neighborhoods around the state. LIIF supports TCAC and the California Department of Housing and Community Development's (HCD) goals of avoiding further segregation and increasing access to opportunity for low-income families by developing more affordable homes for families in areas with greater resources.
In recent years, a growing body of research by Stanford professor Raj Chetty and others has emerged showing the long-term benefits of growing up in a lower-poverty, higher opportunity neighborhood. In their analysis of long term data from the landmark Moving to Opportunity housing mobility experiment begun in the mid-1990s, Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence Katz show that moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods significantly improve college attendance rates and earnings for children who move before the age of 13. These children also live in better neighborhoods as adults and are less likely to become single parents. These findings show that offering low-income families the opportunity to live in higher opportunity, lower-poverty neighborhoods may have a positive impact on the intergenerational persistence of poverty.
TCAC's proposed regulation constitutes an important step forward in recognizing the power of this research and redressing an imbalance in the State's current approach to affordable housing development supported by the LIHTC program. LIIF supports TCAC's efforts to provide California's most in-need families with more access to housing in higher-resource neighborhoods. Learn more about LIIF's support of this effort in a letter from our President and CEO, Nancy O. Andrews.


Non smoking cottage (50 sqm) in the attic of a separate building (EC garages) with space for 4 people and a toddler up to 3 years (cot and high chair included) a 1000 sq m site in the immediate vicinity of the Müritz (300 m). In the bedroom one has a double bed and a wardrobe, on request, in addition a cot. The second bedroom has two single beds (together) and a dresser. The bathroom has a shower and toilet. Kitchen: Crockery for 6 people, stove 4-fold, oven, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, kettle, toaster, hand mixer .... In the living room with dining area there is a large dining table for six people and a sofa. A large flat screen TV, radio and sound system provide entertainment Other: Wi-Fi (inclusive), various board games and books, brochures for the area, lockable shelter for bicycles, kayaks or canoes, a wagon, washing machine (coin operated 2 € / wash ) in separate arbor, parking. In the living room with dining area there is a large dining table for six people and a sofa. A large flat screen TV, radio and sound system provide entertainmentOther: Wi-Fi (inclusive), various board games and books, brochures for the environment, lockable shelter for bicycles, a carts, washing machine (coin machine 2 € / wash) in separate arbor, Parking spot. When booking a towel package this includes: 1 bath towel, 2 normal towels, 1 small towel.
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Anna Belle Duncan, 103, formerly of Harviell, MO, passed away December 27, 2022, at St. Joe Manor in Bonne Terre, MO.
Anna was born on November 1, 1919, to the late Wilbur and Kate Steed in Willard, MO. She married the love of her life M.E. Duncan on November 5, 1936, in Bradford, Arkansas. He preceded her in death on March 4, 2001.
Anna was a housewife who enjoyed gardening and crocheting. She was a member of the Harviell Church of Christ.
She is survived by one daughter, Sheila (John) Gowen of Bonne Terre, MO; three grandchildren, Duane (Debbie) Gowen of Bonne Terre, MO; Robert (Maryann) Spradling of Naylor, MO, and Lori Spradling (Melvin) of Harviell, MO; ten great grandchildren and fifteen great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Annette Spradling; three grandchildren, Allen Spradling, Phillip Spradling, and David Spradling; one great grandchild, Kandice (Spradling) Whitmer; one great-great-grandchild, Daniel DeWayne Spradling.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, from 12:00-1:00pm at Cotrell Willow Ridge Funeral & Cremation Services. Funeral service will follow beginning at 1:00p with Brother Robert Spradling officiating. Burial will take place at Memorial Gardens Cemetery where she will be laid to rest next to her husband.
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Summary: Although the Interfaith Center needs renovations, the issues with academic buildings have to be attended to first. There is still plenty students can do to improve the center.
The ceiling tiles appear to be caving in, there are whiffs of peculiar stenches and the bathrooms are in an old and worn-out state. With a beaten-up appearance and cramped prayer spaces, the Interfaith Center is a long ways away from looking like a sacred place.
Even so, the IFC is an incredible facility that hosts numerous faith-based organizations and offers spiritual support. But if changes are to be made to the center, they must be student-driven.
There is no doubt that the IFC needs renovations and improvements. Along with maintenance issues, there is no door between the main congregation room and the lobby which constitutes a privacy issue for worshiping in the congregation room.
Postlewate adds that safety issues can be submitted for review to Facilities and Management and they will send the Safety Office to check it out. Lisa Gray, the Assistant Director of Student Life for Cultural and Spiritual Diversity, also acknowledges that changes are needed for the IFC.
However, when it comes to a queue for renovations, the IFC is on the lower-end based on priority and needs. Since UMBC is a publicly funded research university, constructing and improving academic buildings are ahead of religious support facilities.
Moving to a new location would not necessarily solve the issue of poor conditions. The IFC is utilized by at least 10 spiritual organizations. Students also use it for multiple purposes beyond worship. It acts as a living, eating and napping space. Gray states that this is fine, but students should take some responsibility in helping UMBC keep the area well-maintained.
"If everyone isn't mindful of how the space is left, and if it is left to just a few people to deal with, then the IFC does not tend to be a positive experience for everyone," adds Gray.
The best way to solve maintenance issues is to inform Student Life as soon as possible. Once Student Life is made aware of a problem, then they can submit a notice to Facilities and Management. Student Life welcomes suggestions and would like to see more students and religious leaders attend the IFC open houses held at least once each semester.
Although the IFC does need renovations, students must understand that academic buildings have a higher priority. Students do need to voice their suggestions if change is to come to the center. For the IFC to be improved, Student Life must see that whatever exists of the center is being cared for by the students.


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