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Patriots traded their 2nd round pick to CAR for DE Kony Ealy. Another move I don't mind with Long and Sheard not back.
Patriots traded their 2nd round pick to CAR for DE Kony Ealy. Another move I don't mind with Long and Sheard not back.
Wow Patriots trade their 1st round pick 32 overall plus their 3rd for Brandin Cooks. They keep Butler while making this trade.
Brady is going to have Gronk, Edelman, Cooks, Hogan, Amendola, Mitchell, Lewis, White to throw at.
Bill is doing work.
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Thats shocking, if not a bit confusing. Cooks is a huge addition, but is he really that much better than a late-first round WR most years?
To me, this shows that the Patriots are going WAYYY all-in on the next 1-2 years to wrap up Bradys career in style. A 1st and 3rd is probably worth more than Cooks but they would need time to develop, Cooks is a stud right now and ready to contribute immediately. Big deal for sure.
They are for sure all in.
BB wants to go back to back and win 3 in 4 years for the 2nd time.
The more I think, the more I love the move. Cooks is like a poor man's Odell Beckham. He doesn't have the height but he has the speed to blow the top off of defenses. Way better deep threat than Hogan. If Brady's arms still have what it takes to throw deep, Cooks might be in for a 1300/13 type season.
Cooks goes deep, Gronk runs the intermediate routes, Edelman/Amendola go underneath, and White/Lewis catch in the backfield. This is a freakishly loaded offense.
They still have something like $40M in cap space as well. Hopefully part of that is used to sign Hightower.
Yeah, this is getting out of hand for the rest of the NFL. The Patriots are built/managed so brilliantly its downright unfair. They keep their safety leader Harmon, dump Logan Ryan, replace him with someone far better in Gilmour, lock down Allen Branch, and obviously Cooks.
The only questions left are Hightower and Butler. Butler is all rumors and conjecture as of now but is still heavily involved in trade talks with the Saints even after the Cooks deal. Clearly, this guy wants around 15m per year. His agent says "We're not asking for the moon from the Pats." Yeah, not the moon, just the heinous overpayment the Redskins gave Josh Norman, something like that I'm sure.
Butler simply isn't worth that, but someone will surely pay him that, so oh well. I wouldn't really mind if the Pats just overpaid him, but thats not their style. I think Butler/Gilmour could be an elite pairing.
Hightower is a more realistic need. If they can lock him down, regardless what happens with Butler, I'd feel very good about a repeat title.
Boomtower (Hightower) has resigned with the Patriots. That's huge that he's back. This was a must resign for the defense.
Lot's of talk that Butler has been in NO with the Saints and that they might still workout a trade for him.
This has been the Patriots best offseason already and it's coming off a SB win.
Last edited by two24four; 03-15-2017 at 02:36 PM.
Hard to place acquiring Cooks/Gilmour (With a few minor losses, a semi-big loss of Bennet and likely a biggest loss to come with Butler) above the offseason where they acquired Moss. To me, that move alone dwarfs everything the Pats have done this offseason.
In fairness though, this year there was no Randy Moss out there. So considering what was available, the Pats pulled off a remarkable offseason so far. Cooks came out of nowhere. You could've asked me to guess 1,000 things that might happen this offseason and I never would've guessed Cooks leaves the Saints, and I DEFINITELY wouldn't have guessed the Patriots would be the team to go after him. Very unlike the Pats.
Gilmour came out of nowhere as well, hard to believe Buffalo didn't do anything to trade him outside the division before this could happen.
They still have plenty of cap space even after the Hightower resigning. I don't think BB is done yet.
These signings are not as big but they also signed RB Rex Burkhead and DL Lawrence Guy. Both will help fill out the depth on this team. Along with the trade for DE Ealy.
Where did this defense come from?
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October's rain and snow might have been enough to bring 2012 out from the bottom of Greeley's precipitation records, but November's limited moisture put it right back down there.
Unseasonably warm temperatures last month also leaves Greeley still enduring its hottest year on record.
The 0.3 inches of precipitation Greeley received last month was 30 percent less than average for November, according to figures provided by the Colorado Climate Center in Fort Collins. And, at the end of last month, Greeley's precipitation total for 2012 stood at 7.99 inches — well short of the 14.13 inches the city normally receives by the end of November.
Back in October, there had been a glimmer of hope for Greeley, as the city received above-normal precipitation — enough to make 2012 the second-driest year on record up to that point, instead of the driest, as it had been for most of the year.
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Guy Noves has admitted that he feared the Top 14 title would 'slip away' from Toulouse after fly-half David Skrela's kicking nightmare gave Montpellier hope of a famous upset in Saturday's Stade de France finale.
Le Rouge et Noir were made to fight for every one of their 15 points by a Montpellier side emboldened by a historic play-off march, with Skrela's wayward boot contributing to some nervous moments for the now 18-times champions.
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The Mystery of the Holy Eucharist
1. On the night before he died, Christ gathered his Apostles in the upper room to celebrate the Last Supper and to give us the inestimable gift of his Body and Blood. "He did this in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross throughout the centuries until He should come again, and so to entrust to His beloved spouse, the Church, a memorial of His death and resurrection. . . ."1 Thus, in the eucharistic Liturgy we are joined with Christ on the altar of the cross and at the table of the upper room in "the sacrificial memorial in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated and [in] the sacred banquet of communion with the Lord's body and blood."2
2. Like all acts of the sacred Liturgy, the Eucharist uses signs to convey sacred realities. Sacrosanctum Concilium: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy reminds us that "the sanctification of man is manifested by signs perceptible to the senses, and is effected in a way which is proper to each of these signs."3 In a preeminent way the eucharistic Liturgy uses the signs of bread and wine in obedience to the Lord's command and after their transformation gives them to us as the Body and Blood of Christ in the act of communion. It is by taking and sharing the eucharistic bread and chalice—"signs perceptible to the senses" —that we obey the Lord's command and grow in the likeness of the Lord whose Body and Blood they both signify and contain.
3. The Eucharist constitutes "the Church's entire spiritual wealth, that is, Christ Himself, our Passover and living bread."4 It is the "Sacrament of Sacraments."5 Through it "the work of our redemption is accomplished."6 He who is the "living bread that came down from heaven" (Jn 6:51) assures us, "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink" (Jn 6:54-55).
4. The eyes of faith enable the believer to recognize the ineffable depths of the mystery that is the Holy Eucharist. The Catechism of the Catholic Church offers us a number of images from our tradition to refer to this most sacred reality: Eucharistic assembly (synaxis), action of thanksgiving, breaking of the bread, memorial, holy sacrifice, Lord's Supper, holy and divine Liturgy, Holy Communion, and Holy Mass.7 The eucharistic species of bread and wine derive from the work of human hands. In the action of the Eucharist this bread and this wine are transformed and become our spiritual food and drink. It is Christ, the true vine, who gives life to the branches (cf. Jn 15:1-6). As bread from heaven (cf. Jn 6:41), bread of angels, the chalice of salvation, and the medicine of immortality,8 the Eucharist is the promise of eternal life to all who eat and drink it (cf. Jn 6:50-51). The Eucharist is a sacred meal, "a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity"9 in which Christ calls us as his friends to share in the banquet of the kingdom of heaven (cf. Jn 15:15). This bread and chalice were given to his disciples at the Last Supper. This spiritual food has been the daily bread and sustenance for his disciples throughout the ages. The bread and wine of the Lord's Supper—his Body and Blood—as broken and poured out constitute the irreplaceable food for the journey of the "pilgrim church on earth."10 The Eucharist perpetuates the sacrifice of Christ, offered once and for all for us and for our salvation, making present the victory and triumph of Christ's death and resurrection.11 It is strength for those who journey in hope through this life and who desire to dwell with God in the life to come. Our final sharing in the Eucharist is viaticum, the food for the final journey of the believer to heaven itself. Through these many images, the Church helps us to see the Eucharist as union with Christ from whom she came, through whom she lives, and towards whom she directs her life.12
Holy Communion
5. While the heart of the celebration of the Eucharist is the Eucharistic Prayer, the consummation of the Mass is found in Holy Communion, whereby the people purchased for the Father by his beloved Son eat and drink the Body and Blood of Christ. They are thereby joined together as members of Christ's mystical Body, sharing the one life of the Spirit. In the great sacrament of the altar, they are joined to Christ Jesus and to one another.
It was also Christ's will that this sacrament be received as the soul's spiritual food to sustain and build up those who live with his life, as he said, "He who eats me, he also shall live because of me" (Jn 6:57). This sacrament is also to be a remedy to free us from our daily defects and to keep us from mortal sin. It was Christ's will, moreover, that this sacrament be a pledge of our future glory and our everlasting happiness and, likewise, a symbol of that one body of which he is the head (cf. Lk 22:19 and 1 Cor 11:3). He willed that we, as members of this body should be united to it by firm bonds of faith, hope, and love, so that we might all say the same thing, and that there might be no dissensions among us (cf. 1 Cor 1:10).13
As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when we receive Holy Communion. We are encouraged to receive Communion devoutly and frequently. In order to be properly disposed to receive Communion, participants should not be conscious of grave sin and normally should have fasted for one hour. A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to receive the Body and Blood of the Lord without prior sacramental confession except for a grave reason where there is no opportunity for confession. In this case, the person is to be mindful of the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition, including the intention of confessing as soon as possible (canon 916). A frequent reception of the Sacrament of Penance is encouraged for all.14
Union with Christ
6. The Lord himself gave us the Eucharist at the Last Supper. The eucharistic sacrifice "is wholly directed toward the intimate union of the faithful with Christ through communion."15 It is Christ himself who is received in Holy Communion, who said to his disciples, "Take and eat, this is my body." Giving thanks, he then took the chalice and said: "Take and drink, this is the cup of my blood. Do this in remembrance of me" (Mt 26:26-27; 1 Cor 11:25).
7. Bread and wine are presented by the faithful and placed upon the altar by the Priest. These are simple gifts, but they were foreshadowed in the Old Testament and chosen by Christ himself for the Eucharistic sacrifice. When these gifts of bread and wine are offered by the Priest in the name of the Church to the Father in the great Eucharistic Prayer of thanksgiving, they are transformed by the Holy Spirit into the Body and Blood of the only-begotten Son of the Father. Finally, when the one bread is broken, the unity of the faithful is expressed and through Communion they "receive from the one bread the Lord's Body and from the one chalice the Lord's Blood in the same way that the Apostles received them from the hands of Christ himself."16 Hence the import of the words of the hymn adapted from the Didache:
As grain once scattered on the hillsides
was in this broken bread made one
so from all lands your church be gathered
into your kingdom by your Son.17
Christ Himself Is Present in the Eucharistic Species
8. Christ is "truly, really, and substantially contained"18 in Holy Communion. His presence is not momentary nor simply signified, but wholly and permanently real under each of the consecrated species of bread and wine.19
9. The Council of Trent teaches that "the true body and blood of our Lord, together with his soul and divinity, exist under the species of bread and wine. His body exists under the species of bread and his blood under the species of wine, according to the import of his words."20
10. The Church also teaches and believes that "immediately after the consecration the true body of our Lord and his true blood exist along with his soul and divinity under the form of bread and wine. The body is present under the form of bread and the blood under the form of wine, by virtue of the words [of Christ]. The same body, however, is under the form of wine and the blood under the form of bread, and the soul under either form, by virtue of the natural link and concomitance by which the parts of Christ the Lord, who has now risen from the dead and will die no more, are mutually united."21
11. Since, however, by reason of the sign value, sharing in both eucharistic species reflects more fully the sacred realities that the Liturgy signifies, the Church in her wisdom has made provisions in recent years so that more frequent eucharistic participation from both the sacred host and the chalice of salvation might be made possible for the laity in the Latin Church.
Holy Communion as an Act of Faith
12. Christ's presence in the Eucharist challenges human understanding, logic, and ultimately reason. His presence cannot be known by the senses, but only through faith22—a faith that is continually deepened through that communion which takes place between the Lord and his faithful in the very act of the celebration of the Eucharist. Thus the Fathers frequently warned the faithful that by relying solely on their senses they would see only bread and wine. Rather, they exhorted the members of the Church to recall the word of Christ by whose power the bread and wine have been transformed into his own Body and Blood.23
13. The teaching of St. Cyril of Jerusalem assists the Church even today in understanding this great mystery:
We have been instructed in these matters and filled with an unshakable faith that what seems to be bread is not bread, though it tastes like it, but the Body of Christ, and that what seems to be wine is not wine, though it tastes like it, but the Blood of Christ.24
14. The act of Communion, therefore, is also an act of faith. For when the minister says, "The Body of Christ" or "The Blood of Christ," the communicant's "Amen" is a profession in the presence of the saving Christ, body and blood, soul and divinity, who now gives life to the believer.
15. The communicant makes this act of faith in the total presence of the Lord Jesus Christ whether in Communion under one form or in Communion under both kinds. It should never be construed, therefore, that Communion under the form of bread alone or Communion under the form of wine alone is somehow an incomplete act or that Christ is not fully present to the communicant. The Church's unchanging teaching from the time of the Fathers through the ages—notably in the ecumenical councils of Lateran IV, Constance, Florence, Trent, and Vatican II—has witnessed to a constant unity of faith in the presence of Christ in both elements.25 Clearly there are some pastoral circumstances that require eucharistic sharing in one species only, such as when Communion is brought to the sick or when one is unable to receive either the Body of the Lord or the Precious Blood due to an illness. Even in the earliest days of the Church's life, when Communion under both species was the norm, there were always instances when the Eucharist was received under only the form of bread or wine. Those who received Holy Communion at home or who were sick would usually receive under only one species, as would the whole Church during the Good Friday Liturgy.26 Thus, the Church has always taught the doctrine of concomitance, by which we know that under each species alone, the whole Christ is sacramentally present and we "receive all the fruit of Eucharistic grace."27
16. At the same time an appreciation for reception of "the whole Christ" through one species should not diminish in any way the fuller sign value of reception of Holy Communion under both kinds. For just as Christ offered his whole self, body and blood, as a sacrifice for our sins, so too is our reception of his Body and Blood under both kinds an especially fitting participation in his memorial of eternal life.
Holy Communion Under Both Kinds
17. From the first days of the Church's celebration of the Eucharist, Holy Communion consisted of the reception of both species in fulfillment of the Lord's command to "take and eat . . . take and drink." The distribution of Holy Communion to the faithful under both kinds was thus the norm for more than a millennium of Catholic liturgical practice.
18. The practice of Holy Communion under both kinds at Mass continued until the late eleventh century, when the custom of distributing the Eucharist to the faithful under the form of bread alone began to grow. By the twelfth century theologians such as Peter Cantor speak of Communion under one kind as a "custom" of the Church.28 This practice spread until the Council of Constance in 1415 decreed that Holy Communion under the form of bread alone would be distributed to the faithful.
19. In 1963, the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council authorized the extension of the faculty for Holy Communion under both kinds in Sacrosanctum Concilium:
The dogmatic principles which were laid down by the Council of Trent remaining intact, Communion under both kinds may be granted when the bishops think fit, not only to clerics and religious, but also to the laity, in cases to be determined by the Apostolic See. . . .29
20. The Council's decision to restore Holy Communion under both kinds at the bishop's discretion took expression in the first edition of the Missale Romanum and enjoys an even more generous application in the third typical edition of the Missale Romanum:
Holy Communion has a fuller form as a sign when it takes place under both kinds. For in this form the sign of the Eucharistic banquet is more clearly evident and clearer expression is given to the divine will by which the new and eternal Covenant is ratified in the Blood of the Lord, as also the connection between the Eucharistic banquet and the eschatological banquet in the Kingdom of the Father.30
The General Instruction further states that "at the same time the faithful should be instructed to participate more readily in this sacred rite, by which the sign of the Eucharistic banquet is made more fully evident."31
21. The extension of the faculty for the distribution of Holy Communion under both kinds does not represent a change in the Church's immemorial beliefs concerning the Holy Eucharist. Rather, today the Church finds it salutary to restore a practice, when appropriate, that for various reasons was not opportune when the Council of Trent was convened in 1545.32 But with the passing of time, and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the reform of the Second Vatican Council has resulted in the restoration of a practice by which the faithful are again able to experience "a fuller sign of the Eucharistic banquet."33
The Purpose of These Norms
22. In response to a provision of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops herein describes the methods of distributing Holy Communion to the faithful under both kinds and approves the following norms, with the proper recognitio of the Apostolic See.34 The purpose of these norms is to ensure the reverent and careful distribution of Holy Communion under both kinds.
When Communion Under Both Kinds May Be Given
23. The revised Missale Romanum, third typical edition, significantly expands those opportunities when Holy Communion may be offered under both kinds. In addition to those instances specified by individual ritual books, the General Instruction states that Communion under both kinds may be permitted as follows:
24. The General Instruction then indicates that the Diocesan Bishop may lay down norms for the distribution of Communion under both kinds for his own diocese, which must be observed. . . . The Diocesan Bishop also has the faculty to allow Communion under both kinds, whenever it seems appropriate to the Priest to whom charge of a given community has been entrusted as [its] own pastor, provided that the faithful have been well instructed and there is no danger of the profanation of the Sacrament or that the rite would be difficult to carry out on account of the number of participants or for some other reason.36
In practice, the need to avoid obscuring the role of the Priest and the Deacon as the ordinary ministers of Holy Communion by an excessive use of extraordinary minister might in some circumstances constitute a reason either for limiting the distribution of Holy Communion under both species or for using intinction instead of distributing the Precious Blood from the chalice.
Norms established by the Diocesan Bishop must be observed wherever the Eucharist is celebrated in the diocese, "which are also to be observed in churches of religious and at celebrations with small groups."37
Catechesis for Receiving the Body and Blood of the Lord
25. When Communion under both kinds is first introduced by the Diocesan Bishop and also whenever the opportunity for instruction is present, the faithful should be properly catechized on the following matters in the light of the teaching and directives of the General Instruction:
The Minister of Holy Communion
26. By virtue of his sacred ordination, the bishop or Priest offers the sacrifice in the person of Christ, the Head of the Church. He receives gifts of bread and wine from the faithful, offers the sacrifice to God, and returns to them the very Body and Blood of Christ, as from the hands of Christ himself.39 Thus bishops and Priests are considered the ordinary ministers of Holy Communion. In addition the Deacon who assists the bishop or Priest in distributing Communion is an ordinary minister of Holy Communion. When the Eucharist is distributed under both forms, "the Deacon himself administers the chalice."40
27. In every celebration of the Eucharist there should be a sufficient number of ministers for Holy Communion so that it can be distributed in an orderly and reverent manner. Bishops, Priests, and Deacons distribute Holy Communion by virtue of their office as ordinary ministers of the Body and Blood of the Lord.41
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
28. When the size of the congregation or the incapacity of the bishop, Priest, or Deacon requires it, the celebrant may be assisted by other bishops, Priests, or Deacons.42 If such ordinary ministers of Holy Communion are not present, "the Priest may call upon extraordinary ministers to assist him, that is, duly instituted acolytes or even other faithful who have been duly deputed for this purpose. In case of necessity, the Priest may depute suitable faithful for this single occasion."43 Extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion should receive sufficient spiritual, theological, and practical preparation to fulfill their role with knowledge and reverence. When recourse is had to Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, especially in the distribution of Holy Communion under both kinds, their number should not be increased beyond what is required for the orderly and reverent distribution of the Body and Blood of the Lord. In all matters such Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion should follow the guidance of the Diocesan Bishop.
29. All ministers of Holy Communion should show the greatest reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist by their demeanor, their attire, and the manner in which they handle the consecrated bread or wine. Should there be any mishap—as when, for example, the consecrated wine is spilled from the chalice—then the affected "area . . . should be washed with water, and this water should be then poured into the sacrarium."44
30. When Holy Communion is to be distributed under both species, careful planning should be undertaken so that:
31. Even when Communion will be ministered in the form of bread alone to the congregation, care should be taken that sufficient amounts of the elements are consecrated so that the Precious Blood may be distributed to all concelebrating Priests.
32. Before Mass begins, wine and hosts should be provided in vessels of appropriate size and number. The presence on the altar of a single chalice and one large paten can signify the one bread and one chalice by which we are gathered "into one Body by the Holy Spirit . . . [and] may truly become a living sacrifice in Christ."47 When this is not possible, care should be taken that the number of vessels should not exceed the need.
33. The unity of all in the one bread will be better expressed when the bread to be broken is of sufficient size that at least some of the faithful are able to receive a piece broken from it. When the number of the faithful is great, however, a single large bread may be used for the breaking of the bread with small breads provided for the rest of the faithful.48
34. Sacred vessels, which "hold a place of honor," should be of noble materials, appropriate to their use, and in conformity to the requirements of liturgical law, as specified in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, nos. 327-332.
35. Before being used, vessels for the celebration must be blessed by the bishop or Priest according to the Rite of Blessing a Chalice and Paten.49
At the Preparation of the Gifts
36. The altar is prepared with corporal, purificator, Missal, and chalice (unless the chalice is prepared at a side table) by the Deacon and the servers. The gifts of bread and wine are brought forward by the faithful and received by the Priest or Deacon or at a convenient place.50 If one chalice is not sufficient for Holy Communion to be distributed under both kinds to the Priest concelebrants or Christ's faithful, several chalices are placed on a corporal on the altar in an appropriate place, filled with wine. It is praiseworthy that the main chalice be larger than the other chalices prepared for distribution.51
At the Breaking of the Bread
37. As the Agnus Dei or Lamb of God is begun, the Bishop or Priest alone, or with the assistance of the Deacon, and if necessary of concelebrating Priests, breaks the eucharistic bread. Other empty ciboria or patens are then brought to the altar if this is necessary. The Deacon or Priest places the consecrated bread in several ciboria or patens, if necessary, as required for the distribution of Holy Communion. If it is not possible to accomplish this distribution in a reasonable time, the celebrant may call upon the assistance of other Deacons or concelebrating Priests.
38. If extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion are required by pastoral need, they should not approach the altar before the Priest has received Communion. After the Priest has concluded his own Communion, he distributes Communion to the extraordinary ministers, assisted by the Deacon, and then hands the sacred vessels to them for distribution of Holy Communion to the people.
39. All receive Holy Communion in the manner described by the General Instruction to the Roman Missal, whether Priest concelebrants (cf. GIRM, nos. 159, 242, 243, 246), Deacons (cf. GIRM, nos. 182, 244, 246), or extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion (cf. GIRM, no. 284). Neither Deacons nor lay ministers may ever receive Holy Communion in the manner of a concelebrating Priest. The practice of extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion waiting to receive Holy Communion until after the distribution of Holy Communion is not in accord with liturgical law.
40. After all eucharistic ministers have received Communion, the bishop or Priest celebrant reverently hands vessels containing the Body or the Blood of the Lord to the Deacons or extraordinary ministers who will assist with the distribution of Holy Communion. The Deacon may assist the Priest in handing the vessels containing the Body and Blood of the Lord to the extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion.
Distribution of the Body and Blood of the Lord
41. Holy Communion under the form of bread is offered to the communicant with the words "The Body of Christ." The communicant may choose whether to receive the Body of Christ in the hand or on the tongue. When receiving in the hand, the communicant should be guided by the words of St. Cyril of Jerusalem: "When you approach, take care not to do so with your hand stretched out and your fingers open or apart, but rather place your left hand as a throne beneath your right, as befits one who is about to receive the King. Then receive him, taking care that nothing is lost."52
42. Among the ways of ministering the Precious Blood as prescribed by the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, Communion from the chalice is generally the preferred form in the Latin Church, provided that it can be carried out properly according to the norms and without any risk of even apparent irreverence toward the Blood of Christ.53
43. The chalice is offered to the communicant with the words "The Blood of Christ," to which the communicant responds, "Amen."
44. The chalice may never be left on the altar or another place to be picked up by the communicant for self-communication (except in the case of concelebrating bishops or Priests), nor may the chalice be passed from one communicant to another. There shall always be a minister of the chalice.
45. After each communicant has received the Blood of Christ, the minister carefully wipes both sides of the rim of the chalice with a purificator. This action is a matter of both reverence and hygiene. For the same reason, the minister turns the chalice slightly after each communicant has received the Precious Blood.
46. It is the choice of the communicant, not the minister, to receive from the chalice.
47. Children are encouraged to receive Communion under both kinds provided that they are properly instructed and that they are old enough to receive from the chalice.
Other Forms of Distribution of the Precious Blood
48. Distribution of the Precious Blood by a spoon or through a straw is not customary in the Latin dioceses of the United States of America.
49. Holy Communion may be distributed by intinction in the following manner: "Each communicant, while holding a Communion-plate under the mouth, approaches the Priest who holds a vessel with the sacred particles, with a minister standing at his side and holding the chalice. The Priest takes a host, intincts it partly in the chalice and, showing it, says: 'The Body and Blood of Christ.' The communicant replies, 'Amen,' receives the Sacrament in the mouth from the Priest, and then withdraws."54
50. The communicant, including the extraordinary minister, is never allowed to self-communicate, even by means of intinction. Communion under either form, bread or wine, must always be given by an ordinary or extraordinary minister of Holy Communion.
Purification of Sacred Vessels
51. After Communion the consecrated bread that remains is to be reserved in the tabernacle. Care should be taken with any fragments remaining on the corporal or in the sacred vessels. The Deacon returns to the altar with the Priest and collects and consumes any remaining fragments.
52. When more of the Precious Blood remains than was necessary for Communion, and if not consumed by the bishop or Priest celebrant, the Deacon, standing at the altar, "immediately and reverently consumes all of the Blood of Christ that remains, assisted, if the case requires, by other Deacons and Priests."55 When there are extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, they may consume what remains of the Precious Blood from their chalice of distribution with permission of the Diocesan Bishop.
53. The sacred vessels are to be purified by the Priest, the Deacon or an instituted acolyte.56 The chalice and other vessels may be taken to a side table, where they are cleansed and arranged in the usual way. Other sacred vessels that held the Precious Blood are purified in the same way as chalices. Provided the remaining consecrated bread has been consumed or reserved and the remaining Precious Blood has been consumed, "it is also permitted to leave vessels needing to be purified on a corporal, suitably covered, on the credence table, and to purify them immediately after Mass, following the Dismissal of the people."57
54. The Precious Blood may not be reserved, except for giving Communion to someone who is sick. Only sick people who are unable to receive Communion under the form of bread may receive it under the form of wine alone at the discretion of the Priest. If not consecrated at a Mass in the presence of the sick person, the Blood of the Lord is kept in a properly covered vessel and is placed in the tabernacle after Communion. The Precious Blood should be carried to the sick in a vessel that is closed in such a way as to eliminate all danger of spilling. If some of the Precious Blood remains after the sick person has received Communion, it should be consumed by the minister, who should also see to it that the vessel is properly purified.
55. The reverence due to the Precious Blood of the Lord demands that it be fully consumed after Communion is completed and never be poured into the ground or the sacrarium.
56. The norms and directives established by the Church for the celebration of any liturgical rite always have as their immediate goal the proper and careful celebration of those rites. However, such directives also have as their purpose the fostering of celebrations that glorify God and deepen the faith, hope, and charity of the participants in liturgical worship. The ordered preparation and celebration of the Mass, and of Holy Communion in particular, should always profoundly affect the faith of communicants in all its aspects and dimensions. In the case of the distribution of Holy Communion under both kinds, Christian faith in the real presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist can only be renewed and deepened in the life of the faithful by this esteemed practice.
57. In all other matters pertaining to the Rite of Communion under both kinds, the directives of the General Instruction, nos. 281-287, are to be consulted.
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From the estate papers, Mary was the daughter of James Baynard, so it appears that she did not marry. She leaves her estate to her nephew, Stephen Jump and her sister Elizabeth Bradley.
In the name of God amen, I Mary C. Baynard of Queen Anns County in the state of Maryland being in good health of body, and sound disposing mind memory and understanding, considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence, do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner and form following that is to say--
Item First: Principally I commit my soul in the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named and after my debts and formal charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows:
Item: Second, I give and bequeath unto my sister Elizabeth Bradley, wife of Stephen J. Bradley, note of hand of Charles E. Bradley with interest due thereon.
Item Third: I give and bequeath unto my nephew Stephen P. Jump, the balance of my estate both real and personal that may be in my possession at the time of my death provided he pays my debts and burial expenses.
And lastly: I do hereby constitute and appoint my nephew Stephen P. Jump Executor of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this Twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and seventy three.
Signed sealed published and delivered by Mary C. Baynard the above named, testatrix for her last will and testament in the presence of us who at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Witnesses were Thos W. Hopper and Solomon Pinder.
From the account of her estate, she had quite a bit of real estate, including 292 acres of Hawkins Pharsalia. She also had 300 acres of the Crawford Farm, 286 acres of the Old Farm called Relief, and a wood lot in Caroline County containing 50 acres. The total value of her real estate was $8359.75. Both Hawkins Pharsalia and Relief appear in records for my Councill family, but I don't know if there is a connection between Mary and the Councills yet.
This page of her estate papers names her deceased father, James S. Baynard.
To Do:
- Investigate the dates. Why are the estate papers dated 1857 while the will states 1873?
- See if I can find estate papers for her father James Baynard.


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UnNews:Oprah Winfrey opens South African starfucking academy
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HENLEY-ON-KIP, South Africa -- American television host Oprah Winfrey opened a $40 million academy Wednesday that will train girls to perform verbal fellatio on wealthy entertainers.
"I wanted to give these children the chance to pursue dreams they would walk over nails for," Winfrey said at opening ceremonies for the school. "I rose out of poverty by reminding Julia Roberts how good she looks, and so can these girls."
Located a few miles south of Johannesburg, The Oprah Winfrey Starfucking Academy will teach 152 students to value themselves and value movie stars and singers even more. The students, all of whom come from impoverished families, will learn speech, television production and comparisons of Bono to Jesus Christ.
"There is a light in these girls," Winfrey said. "A light that needs to be shined directly on Beyonce's utter fabulousness."
Former South African president Nelson Mandela praised Winfrey, saying the school would help the country cast off the last vestiges of apartheid.
"In the United States and the United Kingdom, even a minor star like Dane Cook can count on 10 people lining up to tell him what a genius he is," Mandela said. "But I, the leader of the resistance to a racist, undemocratic regime, have only three people willing to acknowledge my greatness. Oprah, you are a godsend."
"No, you are," Oprah teased.
Also on hand for the ceremonies were singer Tina Turner, comedian Chris Rock and weatherman Al Roker, who Oprah called "brilliant," "hilarious" and "wonderful."
Students were delighted by the opening.
"Just being here is a cause for me to celebrate," said Cherie Ngucka, an 11-year-old from Cape Town, who wants to host her own talk show one day. "Thanks to Oprah's generosity, I will fulfill my lifelong dream of meeting Cedric the Entertainer and Lucy Liu.
"Both of them star in 'Code Name: The Cleaner,' a hilarious new comedy opening this week," Ngucka added. "Cedric and Lucy will have some terrific stories about the set, no doubt."
Winfrey will teach courses at the academy, and a rotation of visiting professors from a movie coming out Friday will also be on hand.
The project has already inspired other entertainers. Footballer David Beckham will open a "Soccer Clinic for the Poor and Metrosexual" in London's Shepherd's Bush neighborhood next month. Singer Kylie Minogue announced plans last week to open an school to help Aborigine children become big-titted pop stars.
- Jacobson, Celean "Oprah demands you acknowledge how good Whoopi looks " Washington Post, January 3, 2007


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I know that BF1942 has a lack of railway rolling stock (locomotives, freight cars, train signals and railroad crossing signals) but I know a few mods that have some nice meshes like BG42 (the BR52 DB Class locomotive) and FH (train station and railroad crossing signals). The main thing I'm looking for are railside speed signals and I can't seem to find them in any mod. Does anyone know of some mods that would have them?


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Sizzling Spicy Rib Eye Steaks Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
Blake and I must have had the exact same idea. Since I have rib eye steaks so rarely, I usually just opt for a simple coating of salt and pepper, but after finding a good deal on these, I wanted to see if a dry rub would help add dimensions of flavor and actually improve the taste of the great cut of meat.
I turned to Lobel's Prime Time Grilling and found this peppery dry rub, which is spruced up with some extra chili powder for a fiery kick. It's a little out of control, but a nice change every once in a while. Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to fire up the grill, so I used the broiler. It worked, but I couldn't help but wonder what a nice charcoal punch would have done to this steak.
- Yield:2 people
- 3/4 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 boneless rib-eye steaks, about 1 1/2 inches thick
Mix together the chili powder, black pepper, paprika, red pepper flakes, salt, and garlic.
Rub the steaks with the canola oil. Then rub in about 1 teaspoon of the dry rub on each. Set aside at room temperature for about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare a grill or warm up the broiler to high. Cook the steaks for about 8 minutes a side for medium-rare. Let them rest for about 5 minutes before diving in.


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Marlins putting Yelich in spot to succeed
MIAMI -- Christian Yelich already possesses a picturesque swing, a plan at the plate and immense confidence.
The Marlins' 22-year-old outfielder also has the benefit of batting second, just ahead of slugger Giancarlo Stanton.
"He's a great hitter, one of the best hitters in the game," Yelich said. "It definitely doesn't hurt hitting in front of a guy like that. That's going to be awesome."
Yelich was called up from Double-A Jacksonville on Tuesday, and he's already made an impact. Many player evaluators believe he will be a perennial .300 hitter.
In putting together the lineup, manager Mike Redmond is simply looking for the top of the order to get on base for Stanton. Miami has been going with Adeiny Hechavarria leading off and Yelich second.
"When I look at that lineup, I don't really look at it as him hitting in front of Stanton as much as I wanted [Yelich] to hit at the top of the order," Redmond said. "He has speed and he is able to get on base. We need those guys to get on base as much as possible to help Stanton out, so they eventually have to pitch to him. That's what we're looking at."
Still, Yelich is learning the ropes in the big leagues. But to fulfill his potential, he understands he has to make adjustments and remain grounded.
"I think it's going to come down to an experience thing," Yelich said. "Kind of just feel it out and make some adjustments from there. You kind of know what you're getting into, but not really. It is the big leagues, but you can't really look at it any differently."
A first-round pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, Yelich enjoys the big stage and showing what he can do.
"You've got to be confident," he said. "If you go up there with no confidence, it's not going to end well for you. You realize there are going to be ups and downs. That's the game of baseball. You've been dealing with it your whole life, so you should be all right with that."


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1Of David.
I thank you, Lord, with all my heart;a
in the presence of the angels* to you I sing.
2I bow low toward your holy temple;
I praise your name for your mercy and faithfulness.
For you have exalted over all
your name and your promise.
3On the day I cried out, you answered;
you strengthened my spirit.
4All the kings of earth will praise you, LORD,
when they hear the words of your mouth.
5They will sing of the ways of the LORD:
"How great is the glory of the LORD!"
6The LORD is on high, but cares for the lowlyb
and knows the proud from afar.
7Though I walk in the midst of dangers,
you guard my life when my enemies rage.
You stretch out your hand;
your right hand saves me.
8The LORD is with me to the end.
LORD, your mercy endures forever.
Never forsake the work of your hands!
* [Psalm 138] A thanksgiving to God, who came to the rescue of the psalmist. Divine rescue was not the result of the psalmist's virtues but of God's loving fidelity (Ps 138:1–3). The act is not a private transaction but a public act that stirs the surrounding nations to praise God's greatness and care for the people (Ps 138:4–6). The psalmist, having experienced salvation, trusts that God will always be there in moments of danger (Ps 138:7–8).
* [138:1] In the presence of the angels: heavenly beings who were completely subordinate to Israel's God. The earthly Temple represents the heavenly palace of God.
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With the forecast gusty Westerly actually turning up as scheduled there were plenty of grins all around as the third week of the Rowsell Sails Merlin Rocket Travellers Series drew to a close. Even those who'd taken a swim seemed to have enjoyed the testing but grin-inducing conditions.
Race 5
7 Merlins started proceedings by contesting the short-format race. Joe McLaughlin had dusted off his Smart Cookie and drafted in Charlie Morgan as a crew, but it was Mike Stephens and Joe Tosh who took the bullet.
Race 5 Results
1. Mike Stephens and Joe Tosh – Flinkidink (1097)
2. Joe McLaughlin and Charlie Morgan – Smart Cookie (3559)
3. Ken Duffell and Brian Corking – Harry (3599)
4. Matt Peregrine-Jones and Dana Church – Masquerade (995)
5. Chris Balmbro and Johannes Wagner – Bad Company (3062)
Race 6
Race Office Carolyne Vines chose to retain Course P with its dogleg for the second race of the day but moved the downstream mark further down river. With a short reach to the first mark and 13 boats on the water, a number of boats adopted a fairly cautious approach to the start, before screeching off downstream after negotiating the melee at the upstream mark. As the fleet moved downstream the river's bend turned the reach into a beat and for the return leg upstream most boats flew their spinnakers.
David Vines and Fran Gifford were dominant throughout and almost five minutes separated them crossing the finish line and second-placed Andy Harris and Caroline Croft.
Race 6 Results
1. David Vines and Fran Gifford – Elusive (3347)
2. Andy Harris and Caroline Croft – Shenandoah (3088)
3. Richard Harris and Harry Harris – Passing Cloud (1079)
4. Joe McLaughlin and Charlie Morgan – Smart Cookie (3559)
5. Mike Stephens and Joe Tosh – Flinkidink (1097)


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Portrait of Suas in SF Chronicle
Hi all,
I was googling for more info on Suas' bread and pastry book (I guess I was trying to find a way to justify purchasing it... I'm still undecided as it's a lot of money for me), and came over a recent SF Chronicle article on Michel Suas. I think you'll enjoy it! Don't miss the rustic, traditional baguette recipe at the bottom:


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Is there something that I can/should do about this? Googling parts of the given code returns tens of thousands of sites with this code present.


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These materials are for informational purpose only and are not intended to be and should not be mistaken for legal or tax advice. The materials are not guaranteed to be current, complete or up-to-date. You should contact an attorney or tax professional to obtain advice with respect to your situation.
A mortgage is created when a person (a borrower) pledges (or mortgages) a house and/or his land to a lender to secure the repayment of his/her loan. If a borrower falls behind in his/her payments, a lender will then try to foreclose the home in order to resell it to repay the money it lent.
South Carolina law says that all foreclosures must be done in court and only a judge can order the sale of your house. Therefore, if you fall behind in paying your mortgage, a lender will file papers with the court and ask for the court to find that you owe them a debt and to sell your home to cover the loan.
You will be "served" papers to let you know that this process has begun, and then you generally have 30 days to send an answer to the lawyers and to make any claims you may have against the lender.
If the court gives the lender permission to sell the property, the lender must advertise the sale for three weeks in a local newspaper and then the house is sold "on the courthouse steps."
Yes. Your lender might modify your loan depending on your loan type. The largest modification program is a federal government program called the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). Your lender must offer you a chance to apply for HAMP if your loan could be eligible for the program. If you qualify for HAMP, your total house payment could be reduced to a more affordable amount.
Many lenders also offer "in-house" programs that allow you to temporarily lower your payment while you get back on your feet. They can be complicated, and it is best to go through a qualified housing counseling program to help you through this process.
Remember: Just because you are talking to your lender, the foreclosure process does NOT necessarily stop.
If you find yourself in default, and the foreclosure process has begun, take it very seriously, as you could lose your home.
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Perimeter offers its heartiest congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, Francois Englert and Peter Higgs. In the 1960s, these theorists discovered how the vacuum could be permeated by something called a Higgs field, which distinguishes elementary particles from each other and endows them with mass. When this mechanism was finally confirmed by the discovery of the Higgs boson – a tiny ripple in the Higgs field – at CERN last year, it was a triumph that joined the forward-looking power of theory to the powerful discovery engines of experiment.
Perimeter Director Neil Turok commented, "The discovery of the Higgs boson represents one of humankind's greatest triumphs – to anticipate on the basis of mathematical theory the workings of nature on such tiny, inaccessible scales and then, nearly a half-century later, to confirm the predictions in the most ambitious experiment ever conducted, the Large Hadron Collider. The details of the discovery are equally exciting, hinting at new principles governing the universe."
He added, "As we celebrate Englert and Higgs, we also remember Englert's collaborator in this landmark work, Robert Brout. He was a valued member of our own Perimeter community."
The Nobel Prize is only awarded to living persons, and Brout died in 2011; he would have likely shared in the prize if he were alive today. This sentiment was echoed by Professor Englert at a press conference at the Free University of Brussels: "Of course I am happy to have won the prize – that goes without saying – but there is regret too that my colleague and friend, Robert Brout, is not there to share it."
In the early 1960s, Brout and Englert worked together to apply quantum field theory to elementary particle physics. In a ground-breaking 1964 paper, they used this new marriage of ideas to show how some gauge bosons acquire mass. The paper was followed a few weeks later by an independent paper from Peter Higgs on the same subject. The hunt for the Higgs boson can be traced back to those two papers.
Professor Brout was for many years an honoured presence at Perimeter, visiting frequently from 2005 on. He gave many talks at Perimeter – they are available online – and continued doing ground-breaking research, both independently and in collaboration with Perimeter scientists, until he fell ill in 2009.
Brout was a wide-ranging and prolific scientist, who did work in field theory, elementary particle physics, lattice gauge theory, general relativity, black hole physics, and cosmology. Aside from his work on the origin of mass, he will probably be remembered for developing the idea of inflation (again, with Englert) and relating it to the emergence of the universe itself from a quantum fluctuation.
Perimeter salutes all three of these pioneers, who have so greatly advanced our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
- Read Higgs, Englert, and Brout's original landmark papers in Physical Review Letters
- Visit the Nobel Prize website for the official citation
- Watch Brout's Perimeter talks on the Perimeter Institute Recorded Seminar Archive (PIRSA)
- Read Englert's obituary for Brout via Physics Today
- Check out Brout's last paper on the arXiv


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WINDSOR, Ont. - A southwestern Ontario school board is speaking out against teachers who pulled an elaborate prank on a group of Grade 8 students in Windsor.
A spokesman for the Greater Essex County School Board says teachers used "poor judgment" when they led students to believe they were going on a graduation trip to Disney World.
Scott Scantlebury says teachers at Roseland Public School prepared a PowerPoint presentation, complete with pictures and video, to lead the kids to believe the trip to Florida was in the works.
He says the final slide revealed the planned trip was only to a local bowling alley, leaving students devastated.
He says one of the adults in the room videotaped the fake presentation and the resulting student reaction.
Scantlebury says the board is not investigating the matter further and declined to discuss whether disciplinary actions were being taken against the teachers involved.
The two staff members directly involved in the prank are still employed at Roseland, he added.
"Some extremely poor judgment was used, and that has been acknowledged by those involved," Scantlebury said in a telephone interview. "They regret their actions."
Scantlebury said the prank evolved from one teacher's suspicion that students were rifling through his desk. The teacher planted a false brochure advertising the Florida graduation trip, he said, adding staff allowed rumours to swirl unchecked.
The false presentation was staged several days later before the entire Grade 8 population of the school, he added.
Scantlebury acknowledged the story has generated considerable backlash from community members angered by the way the students were treated.
"We have received a number of calls from people, and not necessarily everyone who has a student at that school, and it's been fairly consistent in its condemnation of the teachers' actions," he said.
He said the school's principal and the teachers have spoken with students and parents.
"The hope is now that we can put this behind us and learn from a very hard mistake."


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SANS Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Security Monitor
URL: https://isc.sans.edu
Updated: 2 years 18 weeks ago
Threat Hunting & Adversary Emulation: The HELK vs APTSimulator - Part 2, (Fri, Apr 6th)
ISC Stormcast For Friday, April 6th 2018 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5943, (Fri, Apr 6th)

Threat Hunting & Adversary Emulation: The HELK vs APTSimulator - Part 1, (Thu, Apr 5th)
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, April 5th 2018 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5941, (Thu, Apr 5th)
ISC/DShield Website TLS Updates, (Wed, Apr 4th)
On Thursday, we will change our TLS certificate to one issued by Letsencrypt. In the past, we used normal "commercial" certificates. Until a few months ago, we used HTTP Public Key Pinning. It appears that key pinning is no longer going to be supported by browsers, so we decided to remove this feature, which enabled us to use Letsencrypt. We removed the key pinning header a while ago, and browsers should no longer "pin" for our sites. But in case you are experiencing problems connecting to this site later this week, please let us know. You may still be able to connect to www.dshield.org if you can not connect to isc.sans.edu.
SANS Security Awareness Published its April "Ouch!" Newsletter sans.org/u/Crt , (Wed, Apr 4th)
A Suspicious Use of certutil.exe, (Wed, Apr 4th)
The Microsoft operating system is full of command line tools that help to perform administrative tasks. Some can be easily installed, like the SysInternal suite[1] and psexec.exe, others are builtin in Windows and available to everybody. The presence of calls to such tools can help to detect suspicious behaviours. Why reinvent the wheel, if a tool can achieve what you need? I recently upgraded my hunting rules on VirusTotal to collect samples that are (ab)using the "certutil.exe" tool. The purpose of this tool is to dump and display certification authority (CA) information, manage certificates and keys. This is a command line tool that accepts a lot of parameters [2]. A classic use of certutil.exe is to easily process Base64 encoded data:
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, April 4th 2018 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5939, (Wed, Apr 4th)
Java Deserialization Attack Against Windows, (Tue, Apr 3rd)
Recently we talked a lot about attacks exploiting Java deserialization vulnerabilties in systems like Apache SOLR and WebLogic. Most of these attacks targeted Linux/Unix systems. But recently, I am seeing more attacks that target windows. For example:
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5937, (Tue, Apr 3rd)
Phishing PDFs with multiple links - Detection, (Mon, Apr 2nd)
One advantage of static analysis over dynamic analysis, is that it can reveal more information than dynamic analysis. In the last analysis example of a phishing PDF, we uncovered more URLs via static analysis.
ISC Stormcast For Monday, April 2nd 2018 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5935, (Mon, Apr 2nd)
Phishing PDFs with multiple links - Animated GIF, (Sun, Apr 1st)
Here is an animated GIF showing the URLs in the PDF I analyzed yesterday:
Phishing PDFs with multiple links, (Sat, Mar 31st)
A reader wanted to know why the phishing PDF he received contained multiple and different links, according to my pdf tools, but would only show the same URL when he hovered over the links in Adobe Reader.
ISC Stormcast For Friday, March 30th 2018 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5933, (Fri, Mar 30th)
Version 7 of the CIS Controls Released, (Fri, Mar 30th)
The CIS Controls serve as a "prioritized set of actions to protect your organization and data from known cyber attack vectors.". Embraced by several organizations as outlined in the Case Studies section, significant improvements to their cyber security programs are listed and can serve as an inspiration to consider this approach to effective cyber defense.
One hash to rule them all: drupalgeddon2, (Thu, Mar 29th)
I'm sure virtually all of our readers are aware of the patch that has been released for Drupal yesterday. In case you've been on a remote island, all versions of Drupal (6, 7 and 8) were vulnerable to a critical security vulnerability that allows an attacker remote code execution.
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, March 29th 2018 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5931, (Thu, Mar 29th)
How are Your Vulnerabilities?, (Wed, Mar 28th)
Scanning assets for known vulnerabilities is a mandatory process in many organisations. This topic comes in the third position of the CIS Top-20[1]. The major issue with a vulnerability scanning process is not on the technical side but more on the process side. Indeed, the selection of the tool and its deployment is not very complicated (well, in not too complex environments, to be honest): Buya solution or build a solution based on free tools, define the scope, schedule the scan and it's done. Then start the real problem: How to handle the thousands of vulnerabilities reported by the tool? Yes, be sure that you'll be flooded by alerts like this:


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The San Antonio Spurs and Sacramento Kings got a Halloween surprise Saturday evening when a black bat flew onto the court during their late-night match-up -- but Spurs player Manu Ginobili took care of the visitor with his bare hands.
A bat swooped into the AT&T Center in the first quarter, then returned as play continued between the Spurs and Kings on the court. Ginobili swatted the bat out of the air with his bare hands, then picked it up and carried it off the court.
"That was amazing," Spurs teammate Tony Parker said after Ginobili's show. "The legend continues with Manu. Unbelievable...he's always doing crazy stuff."
U.S. & World
Both Sacramento and San Antonio players and fans cheered as Ginobili carried the bat to the sidelines. The crowd burst into applause as the theme song to "Batman" played, celebrating Ginobili's quick hands.
"When you can't dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news," Ginobili said.
"So that's what I did. I grabbed a bat. I didn't think it was a big deal," he said.
The Spurs topped the Kings 113-94.


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Whether you'd enjoy an improv comedy, interactive game show or Las Vegas murder mystery dinner, THEY improv can provide you with a Lake Mead private party, corporate event or murder mystery dinner that will help you succeed beyond your expectations!
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All of these are excellent ways to boost employee morale at meetings and incentives awards gatherings providing new ways to get staff to work together for team building while they feel that the program is just to show your appreciation for their hard work. Whether you are looking for employee recognition, an office holiday party, Halloween or Christmas gift exchange or simply to have a good time, we have ideas that can help your organization with its bonding.
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Last-Minute Tax Tips
If you're inclined to let your accountant do all the worrying about your business and personal income taxes, you could be making a costly mistake. "Your accountant may be the tax expert," says Tom Normoyle, CPA, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., "but no one knows the fine details of your finances as well as you do. That's why your accountant needs your help to hold your income taxes to a minimum."
Although filing deadlines for your 2003 tax returns are still many weeks away, you have only until December 31 to do everything you can to keep as much of your money as possible out of Uncle Sam's pocket. Here are some steps you can take now to slash your 2003 tax bill.ACCELERATE PAYMENTS AND DEFER INCOME
Tax experts agree that accelerating payment of bills and deferring income are among the most effective ways for you to reduce current year taxes.
"Pre-pay as many of your business-related bills as possible by December 31," says Paul Rich, CPA, Siegel Rich Division of Rothstein Kass, Roseland, N.J. "Prepaying your rent and anticipating supply needs are effective ways to reduce current year's taxes."
Rich suggests that you consider buying your first three months of supplies for next year before December 31. Also, pay any outstanding bills before year-end. If you don't have the cash, use your credit cards. The IRS allows you to take the deduction in the year of the charge; you don't have to wait until you pay the bill to take the deduction.
Other expenses that lend themselves to pre-payment are state and local taxes and professional fees. If you're paying estimated taxes, make your fourth-quarter state tax payment by December 31 rather than in January.
Rich also suggests that you donate unused business equipment to a nonprofit before the end of the year. Be sure to get a receipt and an estimate of the fair market value of the goods you donate. If you're audited, no receipt means no deduction.
Note that 2003 is the last year that a business can take an increased deduction for donating used computer equipment to a school or library. Instead of throwing the old equipment out, you can donate it and take a deduction equal to its cost basis, plus one-half of its fair market value.
If 2003 has been a good year for income at your business and your accounting is on a cash basis, you can reduce this year's taxes by delaying collecting of monies due you until after December 31. For example, you could consider giving your best clients an extra month to pay for services performed between now and the end of the year.TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW TAX LAWS
The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (JGTRRA), signed by the president on May 28, creates some significant business tax breaks. Whether you structured your business as a corporation, partnership, S corporation or sole proprietorship, JGTRRA's incentives affect you. All of the provisions affecting businesses are effective retroactively, either to January 1, 2003, or to May 6, 2003.
"JGTRRA has opened up a number of tax savings possibilities for small service businesses," says Cheryl Pimlott, CPA, and tax manager for Rothstein Kass. "But the biggest tax break is the Section 179 deduction, which allows you to deduct the full cost of assets in the year of purchase up to a defined limit."
The new law increases the Section 179 deduction from $25,000 to $100,000. Purchases made right up to December 31 qualify for this huge 2003 tax break. In addition, off-the-shelf computer software is eligible for the Section 179 deduction for the first time.
"Bonus depreciation introduced in 2002 increased the maximum first year depreciation on automobiles to $10,710 from $7,660 effective May 6, 2003," says Ginita Wall, CPA., San Diego, Calif. "Purchases up to December 31 qualify for bonus depreciation, but only if you use the car 50 percent or more for business."
Remember that the maximum deduction is based on your percentage of business use. For example, if you use your car 80 percent of the time for business, the first-year deduction is limited to $8,568 (80 percent of $10,710).
In addition to creating opportunities to lower this year's taxes, JGTRRA makes basic changes that could also affect how you operate your business in the future for tax purposes. For example, the new law may make it worthwhile to re-examine your choice of business entity.
JGTRRA reduces individual marginal tax rates, while keeping corporate rates the same. That change will tend to make partnerships and limited liability companies more attractive. At the same time, a maximum dividend tax rate of 15 percent combined with a top corporate rate of 35 percent leaves a potential 50-percent tax on income earned at the corporate level.
If you operate your grounds maintenance business as a sole proprietorship, don't forget that this is the first year a self-employed individual can deduct 100 percent of health insurance premiums. Now is the time to make sure that you pay everything by year-end.
"While the new tax laws have incorporated many tax breaks for business," says Wall, "they are now more complicated than ever." She suggests that every service provider consult with his or her tax advisor to determine how to take maximum advantage of the changes.SAVE MORE FOR RETIREMENT
Make sure that you're contributing the maximum to your 401(k) or other tax-deferred retirement plan. If not, adjust your savings before year-end. If you are a sole proprietor, open a tax-deferred Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) or Keogh plan by the Dec. 31 deadline.
In recent years, the IRS has increased contribution limits and made it easier than ever to put more money away to fund your retirement years. Except for the new Roth IRA, all contributions to your retirement plan are tax deductible.
"You don't actually have to make your contributions until you file your return in April of 2004," says Pimlott, "but you must open the account by December 31 in order to get the tax deduction for 2003."SET UP A NEW RETIREMENT PLAN
"If you're a small employer without a retirement plan," says Carol I. Katz, CPA, Baltimore, Md., "you might want to set one up before December 31 to take advantage of the tax credit of 50 percent of the cost of establishing and/or maintaining the plan. The credit, available for each of the first three years, is limited to $500 per year." Use IRS Form 8881 for this purpose, but the procedure is tricky, so you will want to consult with your tax advisor before proceeding.TRIPS THAT COMBINE BUSINESS AND PLEASURE
Did you make any trips that combined business and pleasure this year? If more than half of your time was devoted to business, you can deduct transportation costs as well as all directly business-related expenses. If more than 50 percent of your time was spent on pleasure, the cost of transportation will be disallowed.
Of course, if the trip was entirely for business purposes, such as attendance at a business seminar (related to your grounds maintenance operation), trade association convention, or trade show, all expenses associated with the trip may be chalked up to business expense.
"Many business travelers don't keep adequate documentation for travel expenses," says Rich. "As a result, they risk losing out on deductions." Documentation for travel and entertainment should include the business purpose and such details as where, when, who you were with and a receipt for any expense over $25.USE OF YOUR PERSONAL CAR FOR BUSINESS
Even if you used your personal car for business only on occasion, you may deduct the costs of maintenance and operation for the business-use portion.
In figuring your auto expense deduction, you may use either actual expenses or the standard mileage rate. Many tax advisers suggest that you or your accountant figure out your auto deduction both ways and use the method that gives you the biggest deduction.
When you use actual expenses, you deduct the business portion of car expenses including depreciation, gas and oil, insurance, licenses, parking fees, registration fees, repairs, tires, tolls and even garage rent.
Under the standard mileage rate for 2003, you may deduct a flat 36 cents per business mile (down from 36.5 cents per mile in 2002).PURCHASES FINANCED BY BUSINESS LOANS OR CREDIT CARDS
If you bought any business equipment or supplies on your credit card or with a business loan, you may deduct those purchases this year even if you won't pay off the loans until later. While you're at it, don't forget to deduct any interest costs on the loans themselves.BALANCE OUT INVESTMENT GAINS AND LOSSES
This has been a volatile year for investments. Some did poorly while others rebounded nicely. By selling appreciated assets and liquidating under-performing investments, you may match gains and losses to minimize your personal income taxes.
If you have sufficient losses to offset your gains, you may deduct the losses this year on sales completed by December 31. Note, however, that tax rules limit the amount of capital losses that you can use to offset ordinary income to $3,000.
If your net loss totals more than $3,000, don't worry. You can carry forward the losses over $3,000 every year until you use them up.
Before the end of the year, make charitable contributions that you would normally make early in 2004. That way, the charity gets the money early and you get a deduction on your personal taxes.
Of course, you can't rearrange your business affairs to accommodate every twist and turn of the tax laws. Still, whittling down your payment to Uncle Sam every year is worth the effort. If you can cut just $1,000 off your tax bill each year and invest that money in your tax-deferred retirement account, after 20 years you'll have added an extra $60,000 to your nest egg. After 30 years, it will be more like $160,000 — all at Uncle Sam's expense.
William J. Lynott is a member of the American Society of Business Publication Editors and a former management consultant and corporate executive who writes on human interest, business and financial topics. His latest book, Money: How to Make the Most of What You've Got, is available through bookstores. You can reach Bill at firstname.lastname@example.com or through his Web site: www.blynott.com.


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News from the world of Maths
This month 70 teenage girls from nineteen countries including Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia and Finland came to the University of Cambridge to participate in the inaugural European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO).
The Plus office has opened in Barcelona! The weather is fine, the architecture is spectacular and everyone has been very friendly. And, importantly, the food is delicious! From the welcoming dinner with the conference organisers (and a delicious glass of port), to the focaccia de xocolata from the cafe round the corner to the pigs skin tapas we tried last night!
Today sees the launch of The Aperiodical, a new maths magazine/blog aimed at people interested in mathematics who want to read stuff. Aperiodical will post news stories related to maths, opinion pieces, maths videos, feature articles, as well as blog posts. It will also publish accounts of monthly MathsJams and host the Carnival of Mathematics, a monthly blogging carnival.
In our Science fiction, science fact project we asked you which question from the frontier of physics you'd most like to see answered on Plus. We have just closed the poll and with nearly 20% of your vote the winning question is Does infinity exist?.
Happy Pi Day to you! Happy Pi Day to you! Happy 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288.... Day to you! Happy Pi Day to you!!


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