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WP's discipline was awful throughout the match and it was fitting that a penalty, which stemmed from a blatantly offside Deon Fourie steal, would be their demise. Elton Jantjies' sixth successful goal grabbed a much-needed victory for the union that has endured a torrid time off the field in recent weeks.
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Every one in New Orleans (or born there and moved) should feel at least a little more pride today than normal for the ole home town. I couldn't believe my eyes when I watched the press conference on the internet. By the way, why did WWL only show half of it?
Congratulations, you deserved this team. Now, please support both of your babies so, we who live elsewhere, will not have to read about your teams moving/or others moving to you. You have basketball back, with a great winning team no less, so go see them play. And come fall, support those Saints. The Sants have been such constant losers that yesterday ESPN had a poll for the worse sports franchise, and the Saints were not even listed. I couldn't believe it, how do you leave the Saints off a list that included the Clippers, Expos, football Cardinals, and Grizzlies. I mean, atleast some of those teams had good times with playoff wins and winning seasons. It takes a special kind of person to be a Saints fan; which is why this is so interesting. How will New Orleans react to a team that constantly makes the playoffs AND wins them?
Great Day and Good Luck you are finally back in the NBA . . . now only if they give you guys your rightful name back . . . Maybe CHT can vote on that too, (against it over course, out of spite)

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Interesting (Score:4, Interesting)by SleazyRidr (1563649) on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @06:56PM (#45589751)
As awesome as a future with robotic delivery drones would be, I can't help but see the many problem with it. I'm sure if it becomes widespread getting killed by a failed drone will happen at least a few times, as will having your stuff stolen by a thief's drone. Not to mention how easy it would be to mount a camera on the delivery drone for easy surveillance. These are all things that come up with every new development, though, so I have faith that we'll find a way around the shortfalls.
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Insightful)by lagomorpha2 (1376475) on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @07:07PM (#45589849)
getting killed by a failed drone will happen at least a few times
One of the really depressing things about American media is that hundreds of people could be killed by delivery drivers each year and it wouldn't make local news but the first time one person anywhere gets killed by a delivery drone it's going to be an international headline and the idiot public will be in arms about Amazon's deadly attack drones.
Re:Interesting (Score:4, Insightful)
If I had mod points, you'd get 'em all.
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Funny)
you know what pairs well with drones? shotguns.
I don't think an Amazon 'copter could lift a shotgun...
I was thinking along the lines of how to greet an approaching drone. Although I recall a vid of a hovering drone shooting a shotgun while handling the recoil
If a single pellet leaves you property, are you prepared to take full responsibility?
Damn. I guess I'll cancel my shotgun order then. Or maybe downgrade to glock.
how about one of those car-stopping HERF guns they mentioned yesterday?
"you know what pairs well with drones? shotguns."
I guess as long as they are both blue tooth that'll work.
false comparison (Score:3, Insightful)
hundreds of people could be killed by delivery drivers each year and it wouldn't make local news but the first time one person anywhere gets killed by a delivery drone it's going to be an international headline
Im not claiming that "public perception" of safety issues is proper, but neither is your understanding of it
The two situations you compare **are not equivalent**
Delivery trucks are drive live, in real time, but a **human driver** who can be held responsible for any negligence.
A drone failure has no ac
Re:false comparison (Score:5, Insightful)by lagomorpha2 (1376475) on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @08:59PM (#45590679)
People understand that "accidents happen" just by the law of averages...the reason why we can tolerate it is that if someone is negligent, Ex: a Drunk Driver, then they can be held accountable.
...and somehow we can't tolerate it is there is no negligent party to hold accountable?
you don't seem to understand the idea of "tolerance"
we all know we could die any time we get in a car, but we don't **feel** that way b/c we know that there are myriad safeguards in place, including seatbelts, speed laws, criminal record keeping, rules about who can drive, rules about insurance, air bag regulations...
plus, and this is the key here for 'drones'... if it is NOT a real accident of mechanical failure, and a person is negligent...they can be *personally* held accountable
*all those things*
I don't know why mechanical failure is any more of a "real" accident than software failure? If the drone is properly designed and maintained, then an accident due to mechanical failure should be less common than mechanical failure in properly maintained aircraft. The design of quad/hex/whatever drones is simpler and has more redundancy than any aircraft designed to carry people. The only accidents outside of human control would be things like bird strikes.
Avengers flying fortress aside(which somehow needed -two- engines to fail to go out of control), things aren't pretty when an engine fails on a quadcopter (ask my AR.Drone). 'Course, Amazon is proposing octocopters, which can suffer a number of engine failures without the thing losing control(unless you lose 2 engines on one side). Luckily making an octo is as simple as hooking up two engines to each output of a quad controller, the controller will generally compensate for lifting power differences when a
Re:"tolerance" (Score:4, Insightful)It's not that simple. Quad/hex/octo-rotor craft work just fine in the small scale when their inefficiency is made irrelevant by excessive thrust to weight ratio. As you try to scale up to something that can carry worthwhile cargo, that thrust to weight drops, and suddenly you don't have the spare thrust to lose two rotors and still maintain flight. Remember, when you lose one engine, you must lose its opposite to maintain balance. You can still use it for attitude control, but you cannot use it for lift.
Ex: a Drunk Driver, then they can be held accountable.
A drone improperly programmed is not the same.
Just wait 'till the drones figure out the route to the liquor store
These are delivery drones. I want them to figure out the route FROM the liquor store.
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Insightful)
> the first time one person anywhere gets killed by a delivery drone it's going to be an international headline
The CIA would like you to define "delivery", since they may have some headline examples to provide.
Well, Duh! News is called news because it is new. Someone getting killed by a delivery drone would be new. Someone getting killed by a delivery boy in a ground vehicle is not new anymore. As you say, hundreds die every year that way. When the drone's kill rate gets that high, the media will be blasé about that as well.
So we should put unsafe guards in the drone software to make them kill random people?
That's why I completely ignore the news: the very definition of news is "stuff that hardly ever happens" which means it's not a big danger.
One of the really depressing things about American media is that hundreds of people could be killed by delivery drivers each year and it wouldn't make local news but the first time one person anywhere gets killed by a delivery drone it's going to be an international headline and the idiot public will be in arms about Amazon's deadly attack drones.
Why place the blame only on the American media? It's broadcast news in general. You said as much yourself since it would become an international headline. Broadcas
I have two young children. With delivery trucks, I have a certain amount of security. I can make rules like: "no playing in the street, only in the yard". I can feel reasonably confident that the chain of events that would result in a delivery truck or generally any vehicle ending up in my yard on my sleepy little street when my kids are playing are extremely unlikely.
(flying) Drones inspire much less confidence. They are far more susceptible to nature. There would be huge cost and time incentives to have them do direct line-of-sight flyovers to their destinations. Even if the plan initially wasn't to do this, it'd be pitting public safety vs corporate cost savings. Which one do you think would eventually win? I'd have little confidence that my yard or any outdoor space potentially could be a crash site. instead of worrying about danger on a 2D plane, there would now be a full half sphere to worry about.
I want to make it clear that I'm not totally against drones for delivery or other uses as there are real cost savings and benefits to society, but there are huge downsides that need to be taken into consideration too. I don't think we are ready just yet.
You can't be serious. This is what you sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo [youtube.com]
I think the biggest problem will be that drug delivery may become the main use case; and then it'll get regulated to hell.
Imagine a world where one buys drugs on Silk Road's successor; and instead of addresses delivery is by drone to some GPS coordinate.
The drones are cheap enough compared to the product, you don't even need to worry about recovery.
I'm not bothered by the idea of delivery robots themselves so much as I am by the prospect of making normal the idea that we will be overflown at all times by a panoply of drones at all times. It makes it very hard to pick out the surveillance drones, assuming there will even be a division between the two.
It's probably inevitable, though. I think the only thing that's going to stop that is if there's a drone-based assassination someday.
Re:I'm not bothered by delivery itself... (Score:5, Interesting)When there are thousands of drones flying around all the time it will be impossible to tell which is a good drone and which is a bad drone. Sure, the air traffic controllers may know, but we won't. Hell, even the air traffic controllers may not be able to tell the difference.
Imagine a few hundred drones filled with explosives launched from a mile away from the Super Bowl. How are you going to stop them in the short time it would take for them to get to the stadium?
Imagine a mob hit man doing his job from his living room. Or worse, a government hit man doing the same.
Imagine businesses spying on each other and on us, even more so than they do now.
I love technology as much as anyone here, but I don't like the idea of the sky being filled with drones of all kinds.
When there are thousands of cars driving around all the time it will be impossible to tell which is a good car and which is a bad car. Sure, the police may know, but we won't. Hell, even the police may not be able to tell the difference.
Imagine a few hundred cars filled with explosives driving from a mile away from the Super Bowl. How are you going to stop them in the short time it would take for them to get to the stadium?
Get my point?
I love technology as much as anyone here
But you love ludditism more.
I disagree with the Super Bowl idea since you could very easily claim the area around it to be a no-fly zone for drones or everyone unless approved before hand. Then whoever is in charge of checking that the drones flying are authorized has it a lot easier since anything that isn't is a potential threat and should be disabled.
it will be impossible to tell which is a good drone and which is a bad drone.
Bah. That's easy [ietf.org]
Re:I'm not bothered by delivery itself... (Score:4, Insightful)by gallondr00nk (868673) on Thursday December 05, 2013 @03:25PM (#45611191)
Imagine a few hundred drones filled with explosives launched from a mile away from the Super Bowl. How are you going to stop them in the short time it would take for them to get to the stadium?
Imagine a few hundred helium balloons with baskets filled with explosives launched a mile away from the Super Bowl. How will you stop them? What about airplanes? Home made morters? Suicide bombers? Timed bombs? There are a ton of different things that could cause that sort of carnage.
I'm not sold on drones either, but suggesting that they would usher in an era of easy, quick terrorism strikes me as a slightly paranoid argument.
There is no society on earth that can prevent someone sufficiently motivated from causing mass carnage. Our error since 9/11 is believing that somehow, with the right mix of intrusion, paranoia and technology, we could stop it all.
Today more than ever we have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Imagine a few hundred drones filled with explosives launched from a mile away from the Super Bowl. How are you going to stop them in the short time it would take for them to get to the stadium?
How are you going to stop them now? How are you even going to detect them now?
I assume eventually, we're going to see nets for this sort of thing.
I'm bothered because the "panoply of drones" may not have the same regulations that airlines have to go through, before they put stuff over my head which may be occasionally subjected to more gravity than it can handle.
come on, think of the fun. put on a mask and go skeet shooting. or try your hand with a crossbow shooting a bolt wrapped with weighted net. your imagination is the limit.
I think the only thing that's going to stop that is if there's a drone-based assassination someday.
There's already no-fly rules around the president and important federal buildings and suchlike. When it comes to drones I should expect the Secret Service to take a very strong shoot first ask later policy regarding unauthorized drones in the space anywhere near to the president or other high ranking politico.
Obligatary pvp (Score:5, Funny)by fullmetal55 (698310) on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @07:22PM (#45589989)
http://pvponline.com/comic/2013/12/03/last-minute-shopping [pvponline.com]
who wants to go huntin'?
Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)by DaveAtFraud (460127) on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @07:31PM (#45590063) Homepage Journal
I welcome our flying robotic overlords.
Just Waiting (Score:4, Funny)For some guy and a wookie to ambush a drone in Alaska. *Raaaaargh*! *Pew* *BOOM*!
Re:Just Waiting (Score:5, Funny)by 93 Escort Wagon (326346) on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @05:52PM (#45601503)
When I visited Alaska, I was astounded by the number of bullet holes found in pretty much every road sign. I imagine Alaskans will order cheap stuff from Amazon in order to hold shooting parties.
missing option = not economically viable (Score:5, Insightful)by globaljustin (574257) <firstname.lastname@example.com> on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @07:58PM (#45590299) Homepage Journal
"I'm ok with it but it is not economically viable as a replacement"
I can't help but think the question is worded in the same way as Amazon's whole "60 Minutes" story.
We've had "remote control" helicopters since the 60s at least.
"drones" in this context mean mini-copters that are programmed to fly themselves.
again, "autopilot" is not a new concept at all
We've had this technology for years. Just because it is marginally cheaper to make, and significantly easier to program doesn't mean that the ***other*** reasons the tech wasn't viable will not still be in play.
Unfortunately, that's all Amazon's drone delivery is....it's Marketing to advertise their "cutting edgeness"
We've had this technology for years. Just because it is marginally cheaper to make, and significantly easier to program doesn't mean that the ***other*** reasons the tech wasn't viable will not still be in play.
You mean the technology to reliably deliver a payload to any specified location within a range of tens of miles, fully autonomously?
Yeah, we've had some of the precursor technologies for a while, but I don't think we've been able to put them together for all that long, if we even really have that capability now. The closest thing I can think of is military drones, but even those aren't fully autonomous. A person is in the loop to ensure the correct target is identified at the very least and routing at alt
You mean the technology to reliably deliver a payload to any specified location within a range of tens of miles, fully autonomously?
yes that exactly...we've been **theoretically able** to do that for at least 30 years.
why haven't we???
**its not economically viable enough to justify the R&D to take it from the drawing board to demo**
that's all that's in play here...the $cost to take a theoretical capability to a funcitoning *prototype* is dramatically less now...we've had remote control copters and 'auto
Re:yes i mean that tech... (Score:4, Insightful)
We haven't had the capability theoretically or otherwise to design small, affordable and relatively capable autonomous vehicles that can navigate arbitrary landscapes with collision avoidance to keep pedestrians safe until now.
Packaging the necessary computing capability, sensors and navigation equipment to accomplish this is more than just a bit easier than it was 30 yes ago. It wasn't possible or the military would have been using automated surveilance drones then instead of just the last decade or so. If it was just a matter of a bit of R&D why did we have spy satellites and planes like the SR-71 before such simple craft as a Predator drone?
I'm an aerospace engineer not just some random dolt who jabbers on about flying cars and jet packs. If you really think that these types of autonomous drones didn't exist because there's no economic or strategic value to them, you don't have much of an imagination. Amazon sees them as the ability to deliver things anywhere in a city in minutes without needing to pay for a fleet of trucks and the necessary personnel on standby. The military and (unfortunately) the police and intelligence organizations see them as a way to cheaply monitor an area and gather data to more efficiently direct their forces. If you don't see that, it doesn't really matter. The technology will progress and drag you along with it, even if you don't recognize that it's happening.
We've had this technology for years. Just because it is marginally cheaper to make, and significantly easier to program doesn't mean that the ***other*** reasons the tech wasn't viable will not still be in play.
RC aircraft and civilian drones have recently gained the capability to reliably use electric engines. This is due to brushless engines, excellent lithium batteries and vastly superior computer control.
Flying electrically in the past would have meant heavy nickel cadmium or *maybe* NiMH cells, powering electricity-hogging older electric motors.
Your statement is literally correct, just because of programming things will not change. However, other technologies have also developed, changing things completely. B
The economically viable part was beyond question a decade ago.
Nowadays tech has moved on a lot. Not just the programming and programmatic capabilities. We have reliable and accurate GPS receivers for the required navigation. More efficient electric motors, and vastly more efficient batteries (more power, less weight) making these things now capable of actually lifting a significant payload and transporting it over a significant distance (some 16 km or 10 miles iirc - still not far but such a range can easil
New BS tale: (Score:5, Funny)
"Honest officer. It just fell off a drone that flew by!"
Est. 750,000 people have light truck delivery jobs, with this and self driving cars we are looking at a potential huge boost in the number of unemployed.
Depends the angle you look at it from. It would be a huge boost in the number of people servicing, manufacturing, designing robots. If it reduces the cost to deliver. That would be a win. Less cars on the road. Another win. Less petrol used. Another win.
Before long we're going to have to accept that with robotics and automation approaching full-blown AI, our economy needs to transform to something very different, or we're going to end up with most people out of work and only the people who own the robots will have any money at all.
Eventually, we'll get into some kind of energy credit post-scarcity thing where humans no longer need to labor at all and just have a basic right to a fraction of the total robotic output, but it's going to be a very messy transi
If your angle is that of the guy in China who produces these things, you should be OK. The drones will not be serviceable at a reasonable cost by anyone in developed countries. The drones will be replaced rather than repaired, just like what happens with so many other gadgets.
The drivers' jobs will be lost all over the world and the manufacturing jobs will be created in China. If we can all live comfortably without having to have jobs, it's all fine.
In a not too far past, we needed about 100 times the people to run the farms, now a harvest is done by a single guy on a single huge machine.
In a more recent past, we needed about 100 times the people to operate the factories. Now they've been replaced by robots.
Yet unemployment rates are well below the 90% you might expect considering all those farm hands and factory workers that have been made obsolete.
Somehow cutting menial jobs and replacing them by machines has done a pretty good job in improving the overall livelihoods of the people in developed countries. It may hurt those delivery drivers in the short run, soon enough they'll move on and find other jobs.
will be all the free drones I get.
They're just announcing their "plans" to do this as a publicity stunt. I can't see it being practical. Aside from the drones themselves being extremely vulnerable to attacks of all different forms (including attacks from cats living outdoors -- no, I'm not kidding) how many lawsuits do you think they'd get in the first year alone from people being hit by one of these drones? How many drones do you think they'll lose in the first year alone to people hijacking them to steal what they're carrying (or to get t
Once again: let's remember that an idea does not have to be completely perfect to be rolled out. Well, a nuclear power plant maybe does, but not this. It would still be an improvement to the risks of human drivers being attacked instead, or the human carriers being hurt in driving accidents or while carrying packages.
I bet someone will think that they are surveillance drones. I bet someone will try and steal a drone. Those problems can still be ironed out. People will learn that they are not surveillance dr
Let us know when they work in the rain
They should have used Planet Express!
Have you noticed how many packages they actually deliver? No way I'd choose them!
I work for a large municipal utility in the U.S. This last March I had the opportunity to see the Trimble X100 Gatewing mapping drone. Because the current law only limits the sale of drones to private companies, I could have walked out of the meeting with a Drone for my department if I had wanted one. We at the utility discussed putting a radio read receiver on the X100 and using it to read the radio transmitter meters that we use. Currently the technology is still too expensive to be practical, but if us
Lots of people [diydrones.com] privately own quad/hexa/octo copters, some of which do some pretty spectacular things autonomously. We even have a club in my town for owners/builders. A guy I work with has a GPS on board that he can use to pre-set coordinates (he can use the same GPS for either his quadcopter or his RC airplane - he actually just takes out the whole ardudrone assembly and transfers it between the two) that the drone will then fly to and return to its home position at the end. I think he said the total co
Ideas like this are great - as long as they are in the idea stage. Once you add people to the equation, things go downhill quickly. What's stopping people from shooting thees things down - or even hacking them and taking the payload and the drone? I would imagine some would think it is withing their rights to shoot at thees things if they fly over their property. Hell, some idiots would make a sport out of it..Thees are only a few of the complications that come to mind, I am sure there are other issues.. Wh
I can't imagine this actually working, particularly once the drones exit dense urban spaces for the suburbs. The first kid with a BB gun is going to figure out he can get a free drone and a surprise present. Unless the drones are sending back continuous 360 degree spherical video so the perps can be caught, this scheme is just ready for a stealin'.
What do you mean "exit dense urban spaces"? This sounds like a service designed for the wide open, upper class suburbs where the purchaser wouldn't blink at paying a premium charge for drone delivery - chances of it being practical in an urban setting are virtually nil.
Can drones fly in snowstorms?
Probably not, so it isn't going to improve delivery times in the winter
Probably not, so it isn't going to improve delivery times in the winter
You're right. The whole idea should be completely scrapped.
Missing Option. (Score:4, Insightful)
No. They can't do it realistically.
that's what people commenting on reddit been saying. Bezos discloses Amazon's plans and gets lots of exposure just prior to Cyber Monday. However, aero buffs noted he had to make it publically because FAA will need to define regulations for autonomous drones (2015 the earliest). One of these aero people noted, "UAV regs are getting the highest priority. Amazing to me the movement there, when we can't get basic FAR changes made." And from Runway Girl, "Derek Schatz, a cyber security executive, notes that sho
It's amazing how many people are excited about delivery drones and consider them to be the 'future' when the reality is that the entire concept is amazingly impractical. Drones are 'aircraft' and that is a transportation category that is much more expensive to operate than 'trucks' or 'trains.' Those delivery drones will need expensive maintenance and repair. They will be very fuel-inefficient in terms of packages delivered per gallon of fuel (and no, they will not be battery-powered or solar-powered.)
The time when we have drones delivering our items, which are in turn delivered from the factory by robotic cars. They are in turn manufactured by robots, using resources brought by automatically driven cars from mines/factories also run by robots.
At this point, Humans will no long be necessary, and I can instruct the robot to shoot me, and replace me with a robot buyer. It will undoubtedly be much more efficient.
The technology to autonomously deliver payloads with high accuracy has been around for a long time [wikipedia.org]. I remember years ago people staring wide-eyed when I pointed out that the same technology that delivers bombs could be adapted to deliver more useful things like food and medical supplies. And now goodies from Amazon & Co.
As a pilot I wonder about the aeronautical issues. The authorities are clearly up in the air on the subject (pun intended...


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Being fans of rock music, Total Guitar can appreciate a theatrical costume or two, here are our favourite pictures of the colourful crowd at Download Festival 2010.
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This was taken back stage in the Download press area. Reviews Editor Stuart Williams took it, because Staff Writer Matt Parker, was scared of either A) The crow man B) The crow or C) Both the crow and the man.
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Metal Monk Man
Metal Monk Man
Metal Hammer are currently campaigning to make heavy metal a religion in the 2011 census, in much the same way that Star Wars fans converted to the Jedi religion back in 2007. We assume this man is among the most devout of its practitioners. Jungle Man take note, THIS is how you rock an air guitar.
Lucha Britannia
Lucha Britannia
We recommended these guys on the site before the festival, thinking that they actually did some Mexican wrestling. We were wrong. They mainly walked about with their arses out and stapled their testicular sacks to magazines (not TG). In this picture he's just put a fire-cracker up his rear and lit it. He was fine, but DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS. There are easier ways to loosen the bowels – a Dillinger Escape Plan set, for example.
Tutu Men
Tutu Men
There is no crisis that cannot be resolved by a gurning man in an elephant hat and a bright blue tutu. Actually, that's probably not true.
Steel Panther fans
Steel Panther fans
We saw the real thing and his spandex was tighter, uncomfortably so, but still, these guys are making a valiant effort and are rocking the right poses to a man. Every gig should be attended in a combination of aviators, spandex and hair-metal wigs.
Satchel from Steel Panther
Satchel from Steel Panther
The real thing (sort of). We interviewed him and he told his that "Steel Panther have a biggest female following of any band ever, if you go by weight." Watch out for our forthcoming video interview with Satchel.


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I think Monty is losing the team. Monty is supposed to be a defensive coach, yet the defense is brutal. Guards can't stay in front of their man, our bigs don't rebound, rotations are poor, effort is lagging throughout the game. The effort appears to look like a team tuning out their coach.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
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Well we all knew Vasquez sucked on D, Mason has kinda a rep for playing lazy defensively, Roberts I dont know nothing about but he's average defensively and IMO Rivers his playing like a defensive specialist when I watch the games I did watch. Showed mechanics while forcing his enemy to pass the ball. Vasquez will get traded, to who? IDK but for some reason I feel he will.
Not a good enough ball handler? Must be because he's one of our best ball handler that I find that a peculiar statement.
I think all Rivers needs is time. He's going to be fine once he has an offseason under his belt and sees how he stacks up. Needs to bulk up and continue to work at it. He'll be just fine.
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Guys seriously get a grip... We all knew this was going to be at tough season. Okc needed 3 straight years worth of top 5 picks to finally make it as a 8 seed yet you guys want to reach the playoffs after 1??
This team, other than okc is in the best position in this league in terms of assets and flexibility. Calm down!
Guys overreact to much! You don't have faith in your team? If not you shouldn't be a fan of any team. And since im in a rush, no its not Monty or anyone fault!
The effort defensively is terrible. Just terrible. Despite having the slowest pace in the league, the team has the worst defensive efficiency in the league. Fact is, they don't play hard consistently on that end of the floor especially when the offense is struggling. The bigs don't rebound well, the wing players don't rotate consistently, and this team is not even competitive on most nights.
Last season was much different. The team played hard, lost close games, were much better defensively and rebounding and this was despite having a ton of injuries to veterans. Guys stepped in and played hard. Its not happening this season. Its not just on Monty. The talent isn't that good either outside of the big 3 on this team. Alot of guys who should be clear backups are getting playing time, and they're stinking it up offensively and defensively.
There's evidence that this team doesn't play hard consistently especially when compared to last season.
I do agree, however, that I'd like to see some guys playing more minutes in order to accelerate their development (Rivers, Miller, and Lopez come to mind).
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There are different interpretations of the significance of the Eucharist, but "there is more of a consensus among Christians about the meaning of the Eucharist than would appear from the confessional debates over the sacramental presence, the effects of the Eucharist, and the proper auspices under which it may be celebrated."
The phrase "the Eucharist" may refer not only to the rite but also to the bread and wine used in the rite, and, in this sense, communicants may speak of "receiving the Eucharist", rather than "celebrating the Eucharist".
The Last Supper appears in all three Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke; and in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, while the last-named of these also indicates something of how early Christians celebrated what Paul the Apostle called the Lord's Supper.
In his First Epistle to the Corinthians (c 54-55), Paul the Apostle gives the earliest recorded description of Jesus' Last Supper: "The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, 'This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me'."
Paul recalled this in view of the way in which the Lord's Supper was celebrated at Corinth: middle- and upper-class people, who could come early to the meetings of the Christians, feasted on their better food and drink in a way that shamed the slaves and peasants who could arrive only later. He pointed out that they were all participating in Christ's body and blood, not their own meal, and that to do so in an unworthy manner, with divisions and class distinctions among them, profaned the meal, turning it from the Lord's Supper to a sham.
The synoptic gospels, first Mark, and then Matthew and Luke, depict Jesus as presiding over the Last Supper. References to Jesus' body and blood foreshadow his crucifixion, and he identifies them as a new covenant. In the gospel of John, the account of the Last Supper has no mention of Jesus taking bread and wine and speaking of them as his body and blood; instead it recounts his humble act of washing the disciples' feet, the prophecy of the betrayal, which set in motion the events that would lead to the cross, and his long discourse in response to some questions posed by his followers, in which he went on to speak of the importance of the unity of the disciples with him and each other.
The Didache (Greek: teaching) is an early Christian church order, including, among other features, instructions for Baptism and the Eucharist. Most scholars date it to the early 2nd century. Two separate eucharistic traditions appear in the Didache, the earlier tradition in chapter 10 and the later one preceding it in chapter 9. The Eucharist is mentioned again in chapter 14.
Ignatius of Antioch, one of the Apostolic Fathers, mentions the Eucharist as "the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ", and Justin Martyr speaks of it as more than a meal: "the food over which the prayer of thanksgiving, the word received from Christ, has been said ... is the flesh and blood of this Jesus who became flesh ... and the deacons carry some to those who are absent.
Most Christians, even those who deny that there is any real change in the bread or wafer and wine or juice used, recognize a special presence of Christ in this rite, though they differ about exactly how, where, and when Christ is present.
The Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry document of the World Council of Churches, attempting to present the common understanding of the Eucharist on the part of the generality of Christians, describes it as "essentially the sacrament of the gift which God makes to us in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit", "Thanksgiving to the Father", "Anamnesis or Memorial of Christ", "the sacrament of the unique sacrifice of Christ, who ever lives to make intercession for us", "the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, the sacrament of his real presence", "Invocation of the Spirit", "Communion of the Faithful", and "Meal of the Kingdom".
In the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, the Eucharist is one of the seven sacraments. The Eucharist not only commemorates the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ, but also makes it truly present. The priest and victim of the sacrifice are one and the same (Christ). The only difference is how the Eucharist is offered: in an unbloody manner. The institution of the Eucharist is one of the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.
The only minister of the Eucharist, that is, one authorized to celebrate the rite and consecrate the Eucharist, is a validly ordained priest (either bishop or presbyter) acting in the person of Christ (in persona Christi). In other words the priest celebrant represents Christ, who is the Head of the Church, and acts before God the Father in the name of the Church. The matter used must be wheaten bread and grape wine; this is essential for validity.
According to the Roman Catholic Church, when the bread and wine are consecrated in the Eucharist, they cease to be bread and wine, and become instead the body and blood of Christ: although the empirical appearances are not changed, the reality is changed by the power of the Holy Spirit who has been called down upon the bread and wine. The consecration of the bread (known as the host) and wine represents the separation of Jesus' body from his blood at Calvary. However, since he has risen, the Church teaches that his body and blood can no longer be truly separated. Where one is, the other must be. Therefore, although the priest (or minister) says "The body of Christ" when administering the host, and "The blood of Christ" when presenting the chalice, the communicant who receives either one receives Christ, whole and entire.
The mysterious change of the reality of the bread and wine began to be called "transubstantiation" in the eleventh century. It seems that the first text in which the term appears is of Gilbert of Savardin, Archbishop of Tours, in a sermon from 1079 (Patrologia Latina CLXXI 776). The term first appeared in a papal document in the letter Cum Marthae circa to a certain John, Archbishop of Lyon,29 November 1202, then in the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) and afterward in the book "Iam dudum" sent to the Armenians in the year 1341. An explanation utilizing Aristotle's hylemorphic theory of reality did not appear until the thirteenth century, with Alexander of Hales (died 1245).
Catholics may receive Holy Communion outside of Mass, but then it is normally given only as the host. The consecrated hosts are kept in a tabernacle after the celebration of the Mass and brought to the sick or dying during the week. Occasionally, the Eucharist is exposed in a monstrance, so that it may be the focus of prayer and adoration.
The Eucharist is at the center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Orthodox Christians affirm the Real Presence in the Sacred Mysteries (consecrated bread and wine) which they believe to be the actual Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. The Eucharist is normally received in the context of the Divine Liturgy. The bread and wine are believed to become the genuine Body and Blood of the Christ Jesus through the operation of the Holy Spirit. The Eastern Orthodox Church has never described exactly how this occurs, or gone into the detail that the Roman Catholic Church has with the doctrine of transubstantiation. This doctrine was formulated after the Great Schism took place, and the Eastern Orthodox churches have never formally affirmed or denied it, preferring to state simply that it is a "Mystery", while at the same time using, as in the 1672 Synod of Jerusalem, language that might look similar as to one that is used by the Roman Catholic Church.
Communion is given only to baptized, chrismated Orthodox Christians who have prepared by fasting, prayer, and confession (different rules apply for children, elderly, sick, pregnant, etc. and are determined on case-by-case basis by parish priests). The priest administers the Gifts with a spoon directly into the recipient's mouth from the chalice. From baptism young infants and children are carried to the chalice to receive Holy Communion.
The holy gifts reserved for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts or communion of the sick are specially consecrated as needed, especially on Holy Thursday. They are kept in an elaborately decorated tabernacle, a container on the altar often in the shape of a church. Generally, Eastern Christians do not adore the consecrated bread outside the Liturgy itself. After the Eucharist has been given to the congregation, the priest or the deacon has to eat and drink everything that is left.
The historical position of the Anglican Communion is found in the Thirty-Nine Articles of 1571, which state "the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ"; and likewise that "the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the Blood of Christ" (Articles of Religion, Article XXVIII: Of the Lord's Supper) and that "Transubstantiation is repugnant to Holy Writ". The fact that the terms "Bread" and "Wine" and the corresponding words "Body" and "Blood" are all capitalized may reflect the wide range of theological beliefs regarding the Eucharist among Anglicans. However, the Articles also state that adoration, or worship per se, of the consecrated elements was not commanded by Christ and should not be practiced. It also stated that those who receive unworthily do not actually receive Christ but rather their own condemnation.
Anglicans generally and officially believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, but the specifics of that belief range from transubstantiation, sometimes with Eucharistic adoration (mainly Anglo-Catholics), to something akin to a belief in a "pneumatic" presence, which may or may not be tied to the Eucharistic elements themselves (almost always "Low Church" or Evangelical Anglicans). The normal range of Anglican belief ranges from Objective Reality to Pious Silence, depending on the individual Anglican's theology. There are also small minorities on the one hand who affirm transubstantiation, or on the other hand, reject the doctrine of the Real Presence altogether. The classic Anglican aphorism with regard to this debate is found in a poem by John Donne (sometimes attributed to Elizabeth I):
- He was the Word that spake it;
- He took the bread and brake it;
- and what that Word did make it;
- I do believe and take it.
Anglican belief in the Eucharistic Sacrifice ("Sacrifice of the Mass") is set forth in the response Saepius officio of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to Pope Leo XIII's Papal Encyclical Apostolicae curae
Anglicans and Roman Catholics declared that they had "substantial agreement on the doctrine of the Eucharist" in the Windsor Statement on Eucharistic Doctrine from the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Consultation and the Elucidation of the ARCIC Windsor Statement
On the other hand, the term "Eucharist", which comes from the Greek word "εὐχαριστήσας" in the Words of Institution (cf. 1 Cor. 11:24; Mt. 26:27; Mk. 14:23; Lk. 22:19), appears in catechisms of conservative Lutheran Churches. In the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, which distinguishes "eucharistic sacrifice" from "propitiatory sacrifice" (Article XXIV.19), Lutherans declare that speaking of the Lord's Supper as Eucharist denies that it is a propitiatory sacrifice that the church offers to God to earn the forgiveness of sins:
According to the Articles of Religion in the Book of Discipline of the Methodist Church,
The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death; in so much that, to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
Transubstantiation, or the change of the substance of bread and wine in the Supper of our Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ, but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper, only after a heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is faith.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshiped.
There are various acceptable modes of receiving the Eucharist for Methodists. Some Methodists kneel at the altar, sometimes referred to as the communion table. In other churches, communicants stand or are served in the pew. Most Methodist Churches use unfermented grape juice instead of alcoholic wine (though there is no official restriction for United Methodists), and either leavened yeast bread or unleavened bread. The wine may be distributed in small cups, but the use of a common cup and the practice of communion by intinction (where the bread is dipped into the common cup and both elements are consumed together) is becoming more common among many Methodists.
The United Methodist Church believes in the real presence of Jesus Christ in Holy Communion:
The followers of John Wesley, himself an Anglican clergyman, have typically affirmed that the sacrament of Holy Communion is an instrumental Means of Grace through which the real presence of Christ is communicated to the believer, but have otherwise allowed the details to remain a mystery. In particular, Methodists reject the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation (see "Article XVIII" of the Articles of Religion, Means of Grace). In 2004, the United Methodist Church reaffirmed its view of the sacrament and its belief in the Real Presence in an official document entitled This Holy Mystery Of particular note here is the Church's unequivocal recognition of the anamnesis as more than just a memorial but, rather, a re-presentation of Christ Jesus:
This affirmation of Real Presence can be seen clearly illustrated in the language of the United Methodist Eucharistic Liturgy (for example: Word and Table 1) where, in the epiclesis of the Great Thanksgiving, the celebrating minister prays over the elements:
Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood.
For most United Methodists — and, indeed, for much of Methodism as a whole — this reflects the furthest extent to which they are willing to go in defining Real Presence. They will assert that Jesus is really present, and that the means of this presence is a "Holy Mystery"; the celebrating minister will pray for the Holy Spirit to make the elements "be the body and blood of Christ", and the congregation will even sing, as in the third stanza of Charles Wesley's hymn Come Sinners to the Gospel Feast:
- Come and partake the gospel feast,
- Be saved from sin, in Jesus rest;
- O taste the goodness of our God,
- and eat his flesh and drink his blood.
Methodists believe that Holy Communion should not only be available to the clergy in both forms (the Bread and the Cup), but to the layman as well. According to Article XIX of the Articles of Religion in the Book of Discipline of the Methodist Church,
The cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the lay people; for both the parts of the Lord's Supper, by Christ's ordinance and commandment, ought to be administered to all Christians alike.
Many Reformed Christians hold that Christ's body and blood are not actually present in the Eucharist. The elements are only symbols of the reality, which is spiritual nourishment in Christ.
Following a phrase of Augustine, the Calvinist view is that "no one bears away from this Sacrament more than is gathered with the vessel of faith." "The flesh and blood of Christ are no less truly given to the unworthy than to God's elect believers", Calvin said. Faith, not a mere mental apprehension, and the work of the Holy Spirit, are necessary for the partaker to behold God incarnate, and in the same sense touch Christ with their hands; so that by eating and drinking of bread and wine Christ's actual presence penetrates to the heart of the believer more nearly than food swallowed with the mouth can enter in. The 'experience' of Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper, has traditionally been spoken of in the following way: the faithful believers are 'lifted up' by the power of the Holy Spirit to feast with Christ in heaven. The Lord's Supper in this way is truly a 'Spiritual' experience as the Holy Spirit is directly involved in the action of 'eucharist'.
The Calvinist/Reformed view also places great emphasis on the action of the community as the Body of Christ. As the faith community participates in the action of celebrating the Lord's Supper they are 'transformed' into the Body of Christ, or 'reformed' into the Body of Christ each time they participate in this sacrament. In this sense it has been said that the term "transubstantiation" can be applied to the Faith Community (the Church) itself being transformed into the real Body and Blood of Christ truly present in the world.
Although Calvin rejected adoration of the Eucharistic bread and wine as "idolatry" later Reformed Christians have argued otherwise. Leftover elements may be disposed of without ceremony (or reused in later services); they are unchanged, and as such the meal directs attention toward Christ's bodily resurrection and return.
Among Latter Day Saints (or Mormons), the Eucharist (in LDS theology it is "The Sacrament") is partaken in remembrance of the blood and body of Jesus Christ. It is viewed as a renewal of the covenant made at baptism, which is to take upon oneself the name of Jesus. As such, it is considered efficacious only for baptized members in good standing. However, the unbaptized are not forbidden from communion, and it is traditional for children not yet baptized (baptism occurs only after the age of eight) to participate in communion in anticipation of baptism. Those who partake of the Sacrament promise always to remember Jesus and keep his commandments. The prayer also asks God the Father that each individual will be blest with the Spirit of Christ.
The Sacrament is offered weekly and all active members are taught to prepare to partake of each opportunity. It is considered to be a weekly renewal of a member's commitment to follow Jesus Christ, and a plea for forgiveness of sins.
The Latter Day Saints do not believe in any kind of literal presence. They view the bread and water as symbolic of the body and blood of Christ. Currently The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses water instead of wine. Early in their history the Sacrament wine was often purchased from enemies of the church. To remove any opportunity for poisoned or wine unfit for use in the Sacrament, it is believed a revelation from the Lord was given that stated "it mattereth not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink when ye partake of the sacrament, if it so be that ye do it with an eye single to my glory — remembering unto the Father my body which was laid down for you, and my blood which was shed for the remission of your sins. After this time water became the liquid of choice for all Sacrament uses.
Some Protestant groups regard the Eucharist (also called the Lord's Supper or the Lord's Table) as a symbolic meal, a memorial of the Last Supper and the Passion in which nothing miraculous occurs. This view is known as the Zwinglian view, after Huldrych Zwingli, a Church leader in Zurich, Switzerland during the Reformation. It is commonly associated with the United Church of Christ, Baptists, and the Disciples of Christ. As with the Reformed view, elements left over from the service may be discarded without any formal ceremony, or if feasible may be retained for use in future services.
Some of the Reformed hold that Calvin actually held this view, and not the Spiritual feeding idea more commonly attributed to him; or that the two views are really the same.
The successor of Zwingli in Zurich, Heinrich Bullinger, came to an agreement theologically with John Calvin. The Consensus Tigurinus lays out an explanation of the doctrine of the Sacraments in general, and specifically, that of Holy Communion, as the view embraced by John Calvin and leaders of the Church of Zurich who followed Zwingli. It demonstrates that at least the successors of Zwingli held to the real spiritual presence view most commonly attributed to Calvin and Reformed Protestantism.
Some Christian denominations that hold this view include the United Church of Christ, the Baptist Church, the Disciples of Christ, and the Church of the Nazarene. The Plymouth Brethren hold the Lord's Supper, or the Breaking of Bread, instituted in the upper room on Christ's betrayal night, to be the weekly remembrance feast enjoyed on all true Christians. They celebrate the supper in utmost simplicity. Among 'closed' Brethren assemblies usually any one of the brothers gives thanks for the loaf and the cup. In conservative 'open' Brethren assemblies usually two different brothers give thanks, one for the loaf and the other for the cup. In liberal 'open' Brethren assemblies (or churches/community chapels, etc.) sisters also participate with audible prayer.
Because Jesus Christ is a person, theologies regarding the Eucharist involve consideration of the way in which the communicant's personal relationship with God is fed through this mystical meal. However, debates over Eucharistic theology in the West have centered not on the personal aspects of Christ's presence but on the metaphysical. The opposing views are summarized below.
In many of the provinces and national jurisdictions of the Anglican Church, the Eucharist is designated as the principal service of the Church. The service for Holy Eucharist is found in the Book of Common Prayer for each national Church in the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Church holds the Eucharist as the highest form of worship, the Church's main service. Daily celebrations are now the case in most cathedrals and many parish churches, and there are few churches with a priest where Holy Communion is not celebrated at least once every Sunday. The nature of the ritual with which it is celebrated, however, varies according to the orientation of the individual parish, diocese or national Church.
See Book of Common Prayer and Ritualism.
The bread and "fruit of the vine" indicated in Matthew, Mark and Luke as the elements of the Lord's Supper are interpreted by Baptists as unleavened bread and, in line with their historical stance (since the mid-19th century) against partaking of alcoholic beverages, grape juice, which they commonly refer to simply as "the Cup".
Among Eastern Christians, the Eucharistic service is called the Divine Liturgy. It comprises two main divisions: the first is the Liturgy of the Catechumens which consists of introductory litanies, antiphons and scripture readings, culminating in a reading from one of the Gospels and often, a sermon; the second is the Liturgy of the Faithful in which the Eucharist is offered, consecrated, and received as Holy Communion. Within the latter, the actual Eucharistic prayer is called the anaphora, literally: "offering" or "carrying up" (ἀνα- + φέρω). In the Byzantine Rite, two different anaphoras are currently used: one is attributed to St. John Chrysostom, and the other to St. Basil the Great. Among the Oriental Orthodox, a variety of anaphoras are used, but all are similar in structure to those of the Byzantine Rite. In the Byzantine Rite, the Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom is used most days of the year; St. Basil's is offered on the Sundays of Great Lent, the eves of Christmas and Theophany, Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and upon his feast day (January 1). At the conclusion of the Anaphora the bread and wine are held to be the Body and Blood of Christ.
Conventionally this change in the elements is understood to occur at the Epiklesis (Greek: "invocation") by which the Holy Spirit is invoked and the consecration of the bread and wine as the Body and Blood of Christ is specifically requested, but since the anaphora as a whole is considered a unitary (albeit lengthy) prayer, no one moment within it can be readily singled out.
Jehovah's Witnesses commemorate Christ's death as a ransom or propitiatory sacrifice by observing The Lord's Evening Meal, or Memorial, each year on Nisan 14 according to the ancient Jewish calendar. They believe that this is the only celebration commanded for Christians in the Bible. Of those who attend the Memorial a small minority worldwide will partake of the eating of the unleavened bread and the drinking of the wine.
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that 144,000 people will receive heavenly salvation and thus spend eternity with God in heaven. They are called the "anointed" and are the only ones who should partake of the bread and wine.
The celebration of the Memorial of Christ's Death proceeds as follows: In advance of the Memorial, Jehovah's Witnesses invite anyone that may be interested to attend this special night. The week of the Memorial is generally filled with special activity in the ministry, such as door-to-door work. A suitable hall, for example a Kingdom Hall, is prepared for the occasion. The Memorial begins with a song and a prayer. The prayer is followed by a discourse on the importance of the evening. A table is set with wine and unleavened bread. Jehovah's Witnesses believe the bread stands for Jesus Christ's body which he gave on behalf of mankind, and that the wine stands for his blood which redeems from sin. They do not believe in transubstantiation or consubstantiation. Hence, the wine and the bread are merely symbols (sometimes referred to as "emblems"), but they have a very deep and profound meaning for Jehovah's Witnesses. A prayer is offered and the bread is circulated among the audience. Only those who are "anointed" partake. The rest are expected to reject the elements as their salvation is mediated through their relationship with the anointed, rather than directly through the sacrifice of Jesus. Then another prayer is offered, and the wine is circulated in the same manner. After that, the evening concludes with a final song and prayer.
It is common for the bread and wine to be passed in a local Kingdom Hall and have no partakers.
In the Reformed Churches the Eucharist is variously administered. Acknowledging that the bread at the Passover celebration was almost certainly unleavened, some Churches use bread without any raising agent (whether leaven or yeast). The Presbyterian Church (USA), for instance, prescribes "bread common to the culture". The wine served might be true alcoholic red wine or grape juice, from either a chalice or from individual cups. Hearkening back to the regulative principle of worship, the Reformed tradition had long eschewed coming forward to receive communion, preferring to have the elements distributed throughout the congregation by the presbyters (elders) more in the style of a shared meal, but some Churches have reappropriated a High Church liturgy in the spirit of Philip Schaff's Mercersburg theology, which held ancient traditions of the Church in higher esteem than did much of the Reformed world. The elements may be found served separately with "consecration" for each element or together. Communion is usually open to all baptized believers, and although often it is reserved for those who are members in good standing of a Bible-believing Church, participation is left as a matter of conscience.
See Mass (Catholic Church) for Catholic worship in the Latin Rite and Divine Liturgy for worship in the Eastern Catholic Churches.
United Methodists are encouraged to celebrate the Eucharist every Sunday. In the United Methodist church grape juice is often used instead of wine (though there is no official restriction on the use of wine). The elements may be distributed in various ways. Communicants may receive standing, kneeling, or while seated. Gaining more wide acceptance is the practice of receiving by intinction (receiving a piece of consecrated bread or wafer, dipping it in the blessed wine, and consuming it). United Methodists practice open communion and allow non confirmed youth and adults to receive the Eucharist.
The standard liturgies for the Eucharist (as well as other services) are found in The United Methodist Hymnal and The United Methodist Book of Worship. The standard "Service of Word and Table" is set in a fourfold movement of Entrance, Proclamation and Response, Thanksgiving and Communion, and Sending Forth. The Eucharistic Prayer, as found in the Thanksgiving and Response section, is prayed by an authorized minister as set forth in the Book of Discipline. Generally speaking, the ministry of presiding at the Eucharist is given by the church to the Elders (presybters, priests, or pastors in other traditions). The Eucharistic Prayer of the United Methodist Church takes on an ancient pattern that begins with the "Dialogue" (The Lord be with you/and also with you) and Sursum Corda (Lift up your hearts). Following is a Preface that gives thanks to the Father and ends leading into the "Sanctus et Benedictus" (Holy, holy, holy Lord...Blessed is he who comes....). Then there is a "Post-Sanctus" Prayer which praises the Father for the gift and ministry of Jesus Christ which leads into the Words of Institution (the recalling of the Last Supper). The anamnesis follows, leading into the Memorial Acclamation (Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again). The presiding minister then prays the epiclesis (pour out your Holy Spirit...) and closes with a Trinitarian doxology. The congregation joins in a final "Amen" and recites the Lord's Prayer. Different proper prefaces are provided in the Book of Worship that are appropriate for Holy Days and Seasons of the Church Year.
Variations of the Eucharistic Prayer are provided for various occasions, including communication of the sick and brief forms for occasions that call for greater brevity. Though the ritual is standardized, there is great variation amongst United Methodist churches, from typically high-church to low-church, in the enactment and style of celebration. United Methodist clergy are not required to be vested when celebrating the Eucharist, though it is most often the case that they are.
Christian denominations differ in their understanding of whether they may receive the Eucharist with those with whom they are not in full communion. The famed apologist St. Justin Martyr (c. 150) wrote: "No one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true...." For the first several hundred years, non-members were forbidden even to be present at the sacramental ritual; visitors and catechumens (those still undergoing instruction) were dismissed halfway through the Liturgy, after the Bible readings and sermon but before the Eucharistic rite. The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, used in the Byzantine Churches, still has a formula of dismissal of catechumens (not usually followed by any action) at this point.
The ancient Churches, such as the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox exclude non-members from Communion under normal circumstances, though they may allow exceptions, e.g., for non-members in danger of death who share their faith in the reality of the Eucharist and who are unable to have access to a minister of their own religion. Many conservative Protestant communities also practice closed communion, including conservative Lutheran Churches like the Old Lutheran Church. The Landmark Baptist Churches also practices closed communion, as a symbol of exclusive membership and loyalty to the distinctive doctrines of their fellowship.
Most Protestant communities practice open communion, including some Anglican, Reformed, Evangelical, Methodist, and more-liberal Lutherans (such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Church of Sweden). Some open communion communities adhere to a symbolic or spiritual understanding of the Eucharist, so that they have no fear of sacrilege against the literal body and blood of Christ if someone receives inappropriately. Others feel that Christ calls all of his children to his table, regardless of their denominational affiliation. Many Churches that practice open communion offer it only to baptized Christians (regardless of denomination), although this requirement is typically only enforced by the recipients' honesty. Some Progressive Christian congregations offer communion to any individual who wishes to commemorate the life and teachings of Christ, regardless of religious affiliation.


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Area residents have not forgotten Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream.
Rather, they have planned several events in Eastern North Carolina on Sunday and Monday to join in celebration of the man who voiced his dream of equality.
In Downtown Jacksonville, community members are invited to join in a Sunday supper similar to those King and his leaders would participate in.
The MLK Supper begins at 6 p.m. at St. Julias, located at 112 Kerr St.
According to Joan Bond, president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Tau Omega Omega chapter in Jacksonville, the third annual spaghetti dinner will include several guest speakers who will focus on how to make the most of education.
"When Martin Luther King would get together with his leaders and the people who worked with him, they'd meet on Sunday evening and have a meal together and that's when they'd discuss the issues or thing that were coming up that they need to address," she said.
During the first supper, organizers asked participants to share their concerns and about 30 were identified.
"Each year after that we've taken three or four and addressed at the next Martin Luther King supper, but this year we're only addressing (education). We feel so strongly about this one and we just know it's going to be a great program," Bond said.
Speakers include former associate superintendent of Pender County Schools Audrey Toney and retired principal and professor Climetine Clayburn.
Also on Sunday, Changing Hearts Ministries will conduct a Youth Day Tribute to King at 11 a.m. at Summersill School, building J. The Rev. Anthony Merritt said the church's youth will read special passages that pertain to King during the service. For information, call 910-340-0111.
The Martin Luther King Keeping the Dream Alive Committee will meet at the rear entrance of New Bridge Middle School Monday for an 11 a.m. march, said Libbi Beane, secretary of the committee. There, participants will be able to get a sign and prepare to march for the seventh year. Beane said the hour-long march will travel along U.S. 17 north with police escorts to help the marchers travel safely.
"While we're marching we're singing songs ... and fellowshipping," Beane said.
Following the march, participants will head to the DAV building, located at 300 Sherwood Road, for a program to include guest speaker retired Sgt. Maj. Michael Cline and praise dancers. There will also be a free chili lunch.
"It's just to remember what Martin Luther King has done and we're still trying to keep that going," she said.
Last year, more than 200 people participated. Beane said she hopes to see even more this year.
The Rev. Joel Churchwell of Sandy Run Missionary Baptist Church said a special MLK service will be held at Carebridge Assisted Living Monday at 10 a.m.
The service, which he said is in its sixth year, is open to the public.
Churchwell said the service will consist of songs, highlights of King's life and a brief message.
"They enjoy it, the residents and the staff participate and then any family members of the residents normally attend as well. Over the course of the years, it's grown a following other than just the residents." he said.
A celebration is held annually in Carteret County to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and his message of unity.
The free event is open to the public and begins at 11 a.m. at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City.
"We want to continue to encourage people to work together and to do as much as we can to promote unity and hope," said Pauline Walker, a member of Carteret County's volunteer Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Committee.
The event honors King by bringing together members of the community through music, fellowship and an inspirational message. This year's guest speaker will be motivational speaker Christopher King of Newport. Musical performances will be by the youth choir from Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church and the group Family Worship, both of Beaufort.
Lunch is served at the close of the event.
In Jones County, the 26th annual birthday celebration of King will take place Sunday at 4 p.m. at the NWA Tabernacle, located at 1002 Ten Mile Fork Road in Trenton, according to event information.
Rev. Joseph George of New Bern, the former principal of Jones Junior High School, is scheduled to be the guest speaker for the event.
Committee member Etta B. Murrell said that the organization will be taking donations for its scholarship fund during the program.
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On the heels of last week's guilty plea by Raul Sanchez for his involvement in a Bronx-based dog fighting operation, we are thrilled to report that many of the dogs are thriving in their new lives as beloved pets.
In November, we told you a very happy story about Ninja, one of the dogs we rescued and rehabilitated, who found a wonderful forever home. Now we have another heartwarming success story to share: Mona Lisa, who was one of 50 dogs we rescued in June from that dark, dingy Bronx basement, recently went home to a loving family.
Mona now lives with two loving pet parents in a spacious house overlooking 50 mountainside acres, where she takes frequent hikes with her new dog sister, Zelda. Her other favorite activities include snuggling with Zelda by the fireplace and lounging on the couch with her new pet parents.
Mona Lisa's journey to adoption wasn't easy. After her rescue, she was transferred to one of our partner shelters, The Animal Support Project, Inc. (TASP) in Cropseyville, New York.
"When Mona arrived at the shelter, she cried and whined like a hyena and was extremely anxious, usually sitting pitifully at the kennel door," says Melinda Plasse of TASP. But after plenty of attention, care and time to recover, Mona made great progress. "She is outgoing," Melinda reports, "loves belly rubs, and is kind as can be to children and other animals."
When we picture Mona Lisa romping around in the woods with her new family, we can't help but smile. We're working to make sure that animals nationwide won't continue to suffer due to the cruel practice of animal fighting. Last week, legislators reintroduced the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, which would make attending an organized animal fight a federal offense and would impose additional penalties for bringing a minor to an animal fight.
Please join us in our efforts by asking your own House representative to support this important humane legislation.
I don't understand why I have not been able to find any studies on the psychology of dog fighting. All of these people, who span all races, all cultures, cannot be sociopaths. We can punish, but we can't hope to change a person's world view until we understand his context. We need information to use to reeducate. Name calling, emotional over reaction, & calls for an eye for an eye, though somewhat satisfying, only shuts the dog fighter down to insight & change. They must go to jail. I think they should be held financially responsible for the rehab of the animals. However, if we want to stop the problem, we have to change the person and culture.
The ability to distance oneself from another's pain extends to those in research and factory farming.... Again, all of these people cannot be sociopaths. I can't find interviews and serious research on this other than old research done on military torture.
Those eyes speak of the tender innocence that survive the complexities and cruelty of man. Animals are true champions who are faced with horrific challenges yet their unconditional love never leaves their heart and in the end they always forgive. THANK YOU ASPCA!!!
These kind of humans have no soul and will be judged but the greatest of all....our God. I would love to be able to see them sent to burn in hell of all eternity!!
I am thrilled to hear this good news - especially after watching animal rescues on Animal Planet and knowing if she would have reacted with any kind of growl, she would have been put down! The terror is in living in a "disposable" society and people not having respect for ALL living things. We are ALL in this planet together and ALL have a function. I pray that all the animals are either SAFE or in HEAVEN where they will always be safe & loved! God Bless those who rescue these precious ones, too! xoxo
"I'm a Good Dog" That is why All Dogs go to heaven.Dogs are so special animals, I hope these criminals are prosecuted.
While the history of the pitbull is one of dogfighting, I am overjoyed to read about efforts to stop this barbaric practice, and as a owner of 2 Pitts we all thank you, god bless
the only reason dog fighting happens is that some cultures just don't want to work - even Oprah excused this pagan behavior on her show a few years ago and after receiving tons of comments from shocked listeners she never said another word. There is no excuse and this horrific practice must be stopped - no animal should have to suffer fighting and torture because some people just don't want to get a job. Hope legislature passes laws this year to put an end to dog and any other animal fighting this year. Thank you for caring and I hope Mona Lisa lives a long and much deserved happy life.
innocent animals depend upon us humans to protect them. those who abuse animals, through dog-fighting and other violence and neglect, are the lowest of the low. they should be punished with circumstances forced upon them identical to those that they perpetrated upon the animals.
The only possible end to animal fighting rings is to punish all the people involved in it by making them fight each other. We should keep them in dingy conditions as well, so that they experience the same cruelty they were dishing out. It's time to start treating them like the beasts that they are, instead of their treating animals who are worth a lot more than these people.
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JULIAN — Detectives with the Boone County Sheriff's Office made two arrests Wednesday evening, Oct. 16, 2013, on US 119.
Arrested were Regan Michael Cook, 27, and Emily A. Arbogast, 25, both of South Madison.
Deputies made a routine traffic stop on the pair in the Julian area. They couple was traveling back into Boone County.
Deputies located a large bag of marijuana hidden behind a child safety seat inside the vehicle.
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My new Vista program is possessed with a demon file that I cannot get rid of regardless of numerous attempts.
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The driver identified is: Driver: Sonic Solutions DLA
What is worse is that this window keeps popping up frequently as I attempt to work. (Yes, I know youre there; just leave me alone is my response.)
I have tried to remove this offending driver through the Vista remove programs process without success. It apparently was installed by DELL on my computer at the factory along with other files associated with Sonic Solutions Roxio Creator My DVD Combo.
I do not use the program.
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