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The rapper was arrested in South Carolina early on Friday (26 July) morning and couldn't wait to get some shut-eye when he was placed in the back of the squad car
Rapper DMX caught some much-needed sleep in the back of a cop car on Friday (July 26) morning following his arrest for an alleged DUI offence. TMZ - who have footage of the whole incident on their site - reported that the rapper was cited by police and placed into the back of the cop car after a short interrogation with the on-duty officers, falling asleep soon after he was put into the back of the patrol car.
The rapper has denied any wrong-doing
The site goes on to mention that X was arrested at around 3 a.m. in suburban South Carolina after being pulled over for erratic driving. According to the dashboard-cam footage obtained by TMZ, X insists that he was sober enough to drive, although the cop had a different opinion. Although it wasn't immediately clear exactly what substance X had been taking that made him so sleepy, the rapper was later booked for a DUI and makes a reference to having "4 or 5" drinks in the camera footage.
Was X drunk or just sleepy?
A representative for the rapper, real name Earl Simmons, has since gone on to deny the charges brought against the rapper, saying that the rapper passed a breathalyser test and was released an hour after he was taken to Greenville County Detention Center because the cops didn't have enough on X to detain him for drink driving. His representative told MTV News later on Friday, "He is back at his home in South Carolina and we are continuing our focus on his upcoming album and acting roles."
The Greenville Police Department in South Carolina have yet to make any comment on the statement made by DMX's PR team.
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Located at the base of Aspen Mountain, the sun-drenched, mountainside patio is the idyllic place for lunch, apres ski and dinner —our restaurant comes to life at lunch and sizzles into the night year around.
Burger and Beer special for $17 - add truffle fries for $1 on your first check-in! Special available 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Good aspen scene . Food is awesome
The burger really is that good. Also recommend the truffle fries!
Great place for early afternoon après ski before heading to the Sky Hotel
Holla! Eating @ The Greatest Restaurant Around For Lunch.
Truffle fries and The fried Green tomatoes! Delicious!!
Truffle fries are the go-to item but don't overlook some of the small plates as an alternative.
Check out Ajax Tavern as seen on Drinking Made Easy Read more
new kale salad, fried green tomatoes are where it's at, pat
Fondue Night each Wednesday! http://www.ajaxtavernaspen.com/Whats-Happening
The salmon entree is not to be missed.
The chicken liver pâté and the lamb ribs are insanely good. Chef Matt has done a great job with the menu.
The "Tavern" serves cocktails and après grub to fuel even the most frail skiing participants. Fill food cravings with a "Double Double" burger courtesy of the best après bar in town. Read more
Grab a beer at the bar, or have a seat outside. The burger is amazing, and the service is good and fast. Try the onion soup or the seafood tower. Both amazing any time if year.
Decent food but extremely slow service. Saw our server in about 30 minute increments.
Always a top spot for people watching - have an apres-ski cocktail on the patio and relax. One must prepare for an Aspen night out!
truffle fries are a must
Given a menu and sat for 15 minutes while the people who came after us had their order taken. We left.
Make sure your food is cooked. Chicken came out raw and they were not quick to remedy.
"It's always fun to find out just how many famous faces I can spot at Ajax Tavern, eating a burger and a cone of truffle fries," says Dana Cowin.
soft shell crab. ill never get anything ever again
yo! the rabbit in the rabbit tagliatelle is from hippity hop farm. no lie.
Watch out for the margaritas - they are too fun.
Try the greens & grains salad! The organic chicken is fabulous. :p
...nobody was waiting so we got sat straight away at a table for 4!? Bad & slow service - never again.
Very unprofessional staff notably the stupid Patsie! 15 tables available, my wife and I sat at a table for 2, she asked us to get up to put our name on the waiting list "you'll have to wait 25 min"...
Amazing truffle fries and Mac n cheese
I want my title back! I've been coming here since I was little, I want to be mayor again :'-(.
Just watched the best winterskol fireworks! Loving Aspen
Fondue is awesome (both the cheese and the chocolate). And oysters are $2 between 3 and 6...
Chicken liver pâté is my jam
I love the adult apple cider, yum!
Try the dangerously good mac & cheese!
If you belly up to the bar & Erik is your bartender, ask him about his work with Alpine Initiatives.
During the fall, try the small plates. 1 for $10, 2 for $18, 3 for $25 and 4 for $32.
Truffle Fries and Mussels
The outdoor patio provides for some of the best people watching in Aspen. Go have a drink and enjoy the sights.
A lack of vegetarian options are made up with a top notch Mac and cheese, and Farro salad and views.
Chicken fried rabbit. The creamed corn is tasty.
Get a seat at the common table.
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Double Cheeseburger. Tomato Soup. Truffle Fries. All stellar
Great happy hour!. Gotta have a locally raised beef burger.
Mussels and truffle fries!
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The truffle fries are amazing!
Happy hour 3-6. Amazing food and drinks
Ryan Hardy is the unsung hero of Colorado in my books. A chef and farmer, he has transformed this landmark tavern at the base of Aspen Mountain into a serious foodie destination. I am lucky enough to
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Eileen O'Neill is living proof that an internship can lead to your future career. While earning a master's degree in popular culture at BGSU, O'Neill interned at Discovery Communications. Twenty years later she is the president and general manager of The Learning Channel (TLC), a division of Discovery. Under her direction, TLC has added a number of popular reality series including "Cake Boss" and "19 Kids and Counting."
O'Neill will be back on campus tomorrow (Sept. 21) to talk about her life "From Freddie and Frieda to the Cake Boss." The public lecture, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate College and the Department of Popular Culture, runs from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater. O'Neill will discuss the launch of the Planet Green channel, which she is credited with accomplishing in less than a year, as well as how the University prepared her and what leadership skills she relies on.
A reception open to the public will follow.
The event is part of several lecture series: The College of Arts and Sciences Centennial Lecture and Dean's Distinguished Alumni Lecture, and the Department of Popular Culture Colloquium Series.
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Just a lil' Chell and turret going on. Nothing much.
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quiero hacerlo
Awesome job!!!
How did you get the PDO to print? I downloaded it and it comes up on Pepakura viewer 3 fine, but when I go to print it, it says that it is not the right paper and asks if I want to adjust the scale. Whether I adjust the scale or not, it still won't print.
just press yes when it ask you about adjust scale
Thanks. I managed to resolve the problem...after I discovered that my printer wasn't plugged in...
What password did you use to open the file?
The file I downloaded didn't require a password. I don't think their PDO files have passwords, but their PDF files do. Usually the password is always "paper-replika.com" (quotation marks not included). They post the password to their PDFs right around the download button on the model's main page. Hope this helps.
I tried it and the password didn't fit. Super disappointed that it's not working for me.
did you try redownloading the file from their website. It may have been encrypted when you first downloaded it, but has since been changed to an unencrypted file. If not it may be the software you are using to open it with. I'm using the free "Pepakura Viewer 3". Let me know if this works.
I wanted to make one of these but I can't open it because of the password. I looked on the site, but the one given doesn't fit in the field. Do you know how to fix this?
I did one of thouse too mine I putted it into a "capsale" like contaner to protect it.
freaking AWESOME!!!!! way the go
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Pardon my french but, THAT'S F****** EPIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^_^ I lovvvvvve Flamedramon, glad to see people still do flamedramon art.
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27th Annual • October 3, 2015
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- Habitat for Humanity: Over the years, Sea Gull Century riders have contributed more than $120,000 to build Habitat for Humanity houses in Wicomico County. Thank you for your gifts that helped make the American dream of homeownership possible.
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Syncing Your Data Without MobileMe or iDisk
This article explains how to configure Dropbox to sync your 1Password keychain. While Dropbox is our favorite sync solution, there are many other tools available, such as those listed on our sync solutions page. You should pick a solution that meets your needs.
While these instructions specifically mention Dropbox, they can be used to configure whichever tool you choose.
What is Dropbox?
Dropbox is a file-based synchronization solution and is our recommended method for keeping 1Password data in sync. It is incredibly fast, maintains a revision history of your files, is accessible from any browser (useful when travelling), and enables you to share files with others.
Creating a Dropbox Account
Dropbox has an excellent video on their homepage that shows how to get up and running quickly.
Switching to the Agile Keychain
In order to use Dropbox to sync your data, you must switch to the Agile Keychain data format. Our guide provides details on how to switch to the Agile Keychain.
Important: The OS X Keychain stores everything in a single file, making file-based syncing impractical. Do not sync the OS X Keychain using this method.
Setting Up Dropbox on the First Mac
After Dropbox is installed, go to the 1Password > Preferences > Keychain window and click Move. 1Password will ask you for the new location of the keychain. Specify the Dropbox folder (or a subfolder within it):
Clicking Change Location will cause 1Password to move your Agile Keychain to the Dropbox folder. That's all there is to it! Your keychain is now being monitored by Dropbox and automatically copied to all your other machines.
Connecting Other Macs
To configure 1Password on your other Macs, first setup Dropbox, then make sure you have the latest version of 1Password installed and running. Double-click on the 1Password.agilekeychain file in your Dropbox folder. 1Password will confirm that you want to use this new location.
After clicking Yes, 1Password will configure itself to use this new keychain. Since the keychain is monitored by Dropbox, any change you make to your keychain will be automatically synchronized to all your other Macs. 1Password and its browser extensions will detect these changes and automatically reload the keychain, allowing completely automatic and seamless syncing without MobileMe.
Video of Dropbox+1Password in Action
Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline created a great video of using Dropbox to sync 1Password data:
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Soccer star David Beckham is furious about the circulation of illegal photographs of him adjusting his genitals on his hotel balcony.
Britain's FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FA) warned newspapers that the use of such controversial photos is a criminal act and is furious that the newspapers have published the images - showing the ENGLAND captain with his hands in his underpants - despite their emphasis on the importance of protecting the privacy of the England squad during their stay in Portugal.
An FA spokesman says, "David was in his hotel room and having shut the door behind him he has a reasonable expectation that his privacy should be respected. In Portugal use of such pictures is a criminal act. We will certainly go to the PRESS COMPLAINTS COMMISSION and look at any other possible avenues."
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Successful start for new travel-size sun protection bottle
Extrusion/blow-molded of HDPE, container showed rising sales figures during its initial summer sales period.
Ladival sun protection products are now also available in a 30-mL bottle, developed by RPC Kutenholz In collaboration with Stada GmbH of Bad Vilbel, Germany, as a handy size for travelers.
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RPC Kutenholz has been producing the 200-mL bottles for Ladival for many years. The design for the new 30-mL size was created by RPC Design. Thanks to the detailed specifications, RPC Kutenholz was able to develop and produce the bottle quickly, enabling Stada to bring the product to market for the summer. Rising sales figures already show the popularity of the small travel pack, which is extrusion/blow-molded from high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
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This past weekend, I spoke eight times in Rockford, Illinois.
We had about 60 at the middle school for a church plant outreach on Saturday night. Probably half were teens, several of whom thanked me—and most of them came to my Sunday night talks at another church. Several men at the meeting decided as a result to go to the pastor's Bible study meeting tonight. Also a sharp, young man, who is an agnostic that the pastor has befriended and has been witnessing to for several months, attended the talk and told the pastor afterward that I had really given him some things to think about. He wants to process things for a few days and then get with the pastor to discuss his remaining questions. Would you lift up a prayer right now for that young man that he would come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ? Lift up those three men who are coming to the Bible study tonight, that God would work in their lives, too. I don't know if they are already believers or just investigating Christianity.
The lectures at the other church on Sunday and Monday were well attended and seemed to be well received. This church understands the importance of Genesis and has had an AiG speaker two years ago and another AiG speaker four years ago. But they were eager to learn more and there were also a lot people from the surrounding area who came to hear the talks. A lot of resources were purchased for further study and sharing with others. A number of people came up to me after the talks to ask more questions. One questioner on Sunday night—after I talked about where the millions of years idea came from historically and Noah's Flood—was a high school foreign exchange student from Germany, who asked what in the Bible ruled out millions of years. I quickly gave him these responses:
Thanks for praying.
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Entry from British & World English dictionary
Definition of titfer in English:
nounBritish informal
A hat.
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Robert R. Parsons
unknown - September 20, 2012
Robert R. Parsons, 85, of Liverpool, passed away Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 at his home. He retired from Nationwide Insurance after 42 years of service.
Robert was a town councilman for four years in Brewster, N.Y. He was a WWII U.S. Coast Guard veteran and a member of the Air Force Reserves. He was a member of the Radisson Golf Club and an avid football fan.
Robert wintered in St. Simons Island, Ga.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Eleanor, son, Michael (Colette) Parsons of Lake George, daughters, Mary (David) Welch of Danbury, CT, Jeanne Parsons of Rochester, four grandchildren, Charles and Brett Parsons, Matthew and Christopher Welch, brother, Richard (Linda) Cote of Manlius, sister, Nancy Griffith of Coronado Island, CA.
Calling hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 at the Maurer Funeral Home Moyers Corners, 3541 Route 31, Baldwinsville. Funeral services: 9:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24, at the funeral home, with a mass of Christian burial being celebrated at 10 a.m. in Pope John XXIII Church, 8290 Soule Road, Liverpool. Rite of Committal and Burial will be in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Baldwinsville.
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DD Guest HouseKoh Samui, Thailand
Very clean hostel due to no shoes policy, rooms have good A/C and mine had a balcony area on the top floor to hang out on. Wifi was quite patchy and one day it didn't work at all but no big deal, there is a travel agent in the reception area which was quite handy to book my onward journey. Location is a little far out of the main part of Chaweng but still easily walkable, very close to 7/11 and the beach
Jaya Hostel & GuesthouseKoh Phangan, Thailand
Hostel is in good location, close to beaches, bars and shops in Haad Rin, There is no wifi in the rooms so you have to walk up the road to the bar to use internet. I thought the drink and food was a little overpriced also but then again everything in Haad Rin seems to be. No common areas in hostel only the bar so not much atmosphere but for the price it was ok
U-Baan GuesthouseBangkok, Thailand
Good clean hostel, rooftop terrace, room has A/C and everything you need in a couple minutes walking. The owner Joy made my stay a pleasure, gave me great tips on things to do and see in Bangkok and booked my onward journey for me to ensure I got the cheapest and best deal. Wouldn't stay anywhere else if I'm back in Bangkok
Haris Youth HostelSarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina
Haris was a great host, the hostel has a real nice family kind of vibe to it. Really close to the old town part of the city which was great to wander round. Good atmosphere in the common areas of the hostel, very social, seems like the place attracts good people which is important when your a solo traveler. Also the free BBQ was a really nice touch. I would highly recommend the city tour Haris runs from the hostel, feels a lot more personal than a generic tour company doing large groups
Hostel Villa SkansiHvar, Croatia
Staff and super friendly and informative and the hostel itself is really nice - very clean, big rooms, good kitchen facilities (3 big bar fridges) and common areas. Very social atmosphere, met some lovely people there, although quiet time is a little early for a party based hostel we went out on the pub crawl and had a good night. Would recommend this hostel to other travellers, thankyou for having me :)
Grand hostel LerOSplit, Croatia
The guys that run the hostel are very friendly and hospitable, good location - short walk into the old town and harbour area and also very close to walk up Marjan to get a great view of the city. Nice common room with a big TV and the bathrooms were very modern and clean. Only complaint is the alcohol ban - a little harsh for a hostel with no bar but apparently was due to an incident the night before i arrived so I understand the reasoning. Thankyou Lero :)
Riva Hostel PulaPula, Croatia
Lovely friendly staff, bathrooms and showers were very clean, nice big rooms with comfy beds and a great terrace area for socializing. Would definately stay again
Celica Art HostelLjubljana, Slovenia
Nice hostel in great artistic surroundings, very clean and good facilities. Shisha loungue room is very nice to chill, wasn't too busy or social when I was there but still met some nice people. Only complaint is the lockers didn't actually lock but everything else was fine
Odyssee Globetrotter HostelBerlin, Germany
Very nice hostel with good facilities and friendly staff. The bar and common rooms were very quiet during our stay but maybe it's the time of year. The system with the room keys is a little annoying but no big deal. Enjoyed my time here, would happily stay again
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The Dictionary Hostel, Shoreditch, LondonLondon, England
Nice hostel in a good location, staff seemed nice and friendly. Would stay there again
Los Amigos Backpackers HostelTenerife, Spain
Lovely hostel with beautiful staff, really nice atmosphere in the common areas, made me feel very much at home. Organized (free) tours were great as were the communal dinners organized by staff or guests. Perfect location away from the tourist areas, very close to a really nice beach and natural swimming pools. I will definitely be returning to Los Amigos, I think some more upbeat music playing would be nice but other than that can't fault the place, had a great time :)
El Warung Cave HostelGran Canaria, Spain
Beautiful cave house in a beautiful location, Artenara and the surrounding areas are a must see for travellers in Gran Canaria. The staff are great and very helpful, highly recommend staying at either of the El Warung hostels.
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- Austria
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Hotel CentralCasablanca, Morocco
Green Milk HostelEssaouira, Morocco
Great hostel, best in Essaouira, probably the best in Morocco. The staff are all lovely people who provide a great family atmosphere, communal breakfast and dinner which anyone can help with if they like. Nice, cosy chilled out common areas and the walls are an open canvas for anyone who wants to leave some of their artwork. I would definitely stay here again if i came back to Morocco.
Hostel Riad Marrakech RougeMarrakech, Morocco
Urbany Hostel BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
Reception staff seemed very uninterested most of the time, although the girl on bar was always happy and smiling. Pretty ridiculous system of ordering a drink through a machine then taking your ticket to the bar, but no big issue. Hostel was always clean seems very secure, it had a good atmosphere most of the time i was there met some lovely people.
2A HostelBerlin, Germany
Hostel was a little out of the city centre and didn't have much of a social atmosphere but everything was very clean, good size rooms, friendly staff.


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Aubrey Organics Green Tea Cream Rinse (and shampoo)
4 people found the following review helpful
Posted by Reviewer2180036 on Nov 25, 2008
I recently bought and used this thin conditioner (rinse) with the matching Aubrey green tea shampoo. I learned that I need to use a lot less of both because my hair turned out very oily and sticky and in need of another wash which is kind of odd being that it's designed for oily hair. The consistencies of the shampoo and rinse are watery which make them harder to manage. The smells alone though are wonderful if you like green, mossy, muddy, earthy scents. They remind me of figs, hay, dirt, oats, evergreen and balsam fir trees and those hard to find 80s, Flex brand shampoos and conditioners.
Muy natural
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Como todo lo que caracteriza a esta marca, una crema suavizante, un tanto liquida, pero muy natural como si hubieran machacado hojas de te verde, el olor es muy rico y deja el pelo supersuave en 5 minutos se desenreda genial, si tienes el pelo demasiado seco te recomiendo más una mascarilla de esta misma marca.Aubrey nunca me defrauda.
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Heads up! Aubrey Organics has been changing the formulas of all their hair care products (if not all their products)! I've been buying this Green Tea Finishing Rinse for about 3 years or so since it was the best for moisturizing my dry and oily scalp and hair, detangling and preventing tangles, and softening and smoothing my somewhat wavy/straight thick non-colored/treated Asian hair. My hair stylist kept cooing over my hair in the past. But this month (Jan 2016) I opened a new bottle I bought in December 2015 and found the formula had changed! The consistency is now a thick cream rather than a watery rinse. It still detangles as usual, but my scalp is left dry and my hair does not get that smooth silky glide it used to after I rinse it out of my hair. It leaves my hair feeling lighter, but at the cost of some frizz and increasing dryness of scalp. The scent is also changed from the pleasant green tea scent to an awful bitter herbal scent (I think that's the scent of nettles?). I'm currently on the hunt (AGAIN) for a different conditioner with detangling and moisturizing effects. But this one will have to do until I find something that doesn't offend my nose and dry out my scalp/hair.
1 person found the following review helpful
Posted by Strawwy on Jun 18, 2012
plus léger que les autres AS de la marque mais vraiment trop liquide, difficile à doser et sent fort une odeur d'alcool.
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I have dry, fine hair and I find this is a great moisturizing conditioner and detangler. It's very light.


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A stranger came into the sacristy after Sunday Mass. In an incriminating huff he said, "I have been away from the area for fifteen years; where are the people? And now you are tearing down the school? I went there as a kid." I put my hands up to quiet him from further talking and I calmly said, "Let me ask you a question: How many kids did you have?" He said, "Two." Then I said, "So did everyone else. When you only have two kids per family there is no growth." His demeanor changed, and then he dropped his head and said, "And they aren't even going to Mass anymore."
I never thought I would be asking that question, but since I had to close our parish school, I've grown bolder and I started to ask that question more often. When I came to my parish five years ago, the school was on its proverbial "last legs." In its last two years we did everything we could to recruit more students, but eventually I had to face the fact that after 103 years of education the school was no longer viable. In one of the pre-closure brain-storming sessions with teachers, I was asked what to do to get more students. I replied, "Well, I know what to do, but it takes seven years." The older teachers laughed, but the others needed me to state the obvious to the oblivious, viz. we need more babies. In my January 2010 letter to my bishop asking his permission to close our school, I wrote:
Bishop, it is with a heavy heart that I request this of you. As you know, priests were not ordained to be closing grade schools, but we were ordained to be Christ in the midst of sorrow and pain, which will be happening as we come to accept both your decision and the inevitable fact that St. Mary's Grade School is no longer viable. The efficient cause is simple….no children. The first cause is the habitual contraception and sterilization mentality of a good portion of married Catholic Christians–in short the Culture of Death. The final cause is the closure of Catholic Schools and parishes. Bishop, we need your leadership to address the contraception/abortion/sterilization mentality in as forceful a way as soon as possible.
I, and St. Mary's, closed the school that May 2010. Now three years later, I am razing the school building. It breaks my heart every time I go into this closed school. It is only 50 years old and yes, the windows and heating are in need of replacement, but otherwise the building is in good shape. You could not build as solid a building these days. There has not been a week without someone bringing the school closure and now razing up to me and how sad it is. But the cost of insurance and the cost of heating an empty building has become too burdensome for an aging and a decreasing congregation. A part of this decrease has happened because I have preached against the Culture of Death. I have modestly preached against contraception and sterilization, but for many of my parishioners it is too late. Most of them are done with raising more children. They have had their two kids twenty, thirty, forty years ago and some women don't want to hear about the Culture of Death. They decide to go to other parishes where the pastor doesn't prick their consciences. I am reminded of a diocesan official in his talk to us young pro-life, pro-family priests twenty years ago. He said, "Yes, you can preach against abortion and contraception, but remember, you have to put a roof over your churches." Now, our diocese is closing and merging these same parishes, but you know what—they all have good roofs.
Pastors, if the demographic winter or bomb seems someone else's problem, try this at your parish as I recently did at mine. I took the last ten burials and printed out their obituaries. At Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery we had six men and four women with an average age of 80 years. With the ten, I counted the number of siblings for a total of 45 and divided by 10 which came to 4.5 children per family. Then I counted the ten's children and divided by ten. The next generation had 28 kids which I divided by ten and came to 2.8 per family. I then moved on to the third generation, the grandchildren. These ten deceased had 48 grandchildren from their 28 children. When dividing these numbers, I came to a figure of 1.714 per family. The national average number of children per household is 1.91 (cf. http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/files/cps2012/tabAVG3.xls); while the replacement level is 2.1 children per family.
A recent internet story from a demographer from the University of New Hampshire reports that new census numbers show that one out of every three counties is losing population. My diocese did a demographic study for our Catholic school system, and they reported that our county will be losing ten percent each year to 2020; it is on the poverty watch list for Illinois. While the general economy is depressed and our local economy is very depressed, we cannot blame these demographic shifts simply on a lack of business. Of course, most pastors don't need the U.S. Census, we can see this decrease happening in our respective parishes from year to year. And of course, this is not just a Catholic phenomenon, it's across the cultural spectrum. To be blunt, there is a current bumper-sticker that encapsulates our era; and it ties in to our school closure. A veterinarian has just bought our fuel burners from our school boilers because he is expanding his business to include pet cremation. Why? For pet burials. And the current bumper sticker? "We love our granddogs!"
I don't claim to have answers on how to turn around a dying parish or diocese. In fact, I am more at a loss as to what to say than ever before. To defend the Church's teaching against contraception and sterilization is like going back to ancient Rome and warning them about the dangers of indoor lead plumbing. No matter what you would say their only response back would come in various levels of volume, "But it's indoor plumbing!" In other words, no matter the real threat to one's physical health from contraception and sterilization, the immediate perceived benefits outweigh the moral and physical downside. And, if there is contraceptive failure, i.e., a baby, women must have access to abortion; and if a couple is infertile, they can always create babies–in vitro. Further, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now allowed an over the counter, non-prescription abortifacient drug, "Plan B," to be given to those fifteen and older. Something as unique as one's gender, maleness or femaleness, is now being treated as a flexible concept. In short, the freedom or liberty to kill the unborn or the elderly; to contracept or to sterilize one's fertility; to have completely open and unrestricted sexual relationships are protected under the law because, "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's concept of existence, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life" (Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 1992).
Having grown up in the 60's and 70's with many "Don't call me Father" Priests, I knew that the problem was a lack of orthodoxy. Twenty years ago when I was ordained, I thought that if I just preached the faith and celebrated a solemn Sunday Mass people would turn around. But, after twenty years, my experience is that a few parishioners will write letters to the Bishop, some will leave murmuring, but the standard fare is benign indifference. Instead of encountering joy and submission to the Natural Law and the Church's teaching on human life and its dignity, I have found Catholic Christians either complacent or complicit with the Culture of Death. It was reported that over fifty percent of Catholics voted for a pro-abortion president who at a recent Texas Planned Parenthood convention asked God to bless them. If I have found any fruit, it has mostly come from home-schooling families.
I have become convinced that there is a connection, a direct correlation, between contracepting or sterilizing one's fertility that parleys into an infertile relationship with Jesus, the Divine Bridegroom. In other words, mortal sin is the ultimate barrier method when it comes to God's gift of grace being implanted within our souls. It is known that Jesus expects us to be faithful in small things before He will entrust us with larger issues. What is smaller and yet has the greatest value than bringing new life into the world? The realpolitik, the sitz im leben, the situation on the ground, is that reproductive dissent has reached and surpassed a critical mass. Whether we are talking within or outside the church, tacit support is given to the culture of death when we don't support the Natural Law against all unnatural sexual actions. To wit, the arrogant aggrandizement of the state and Federal government under Obamacare and the HHS mandate over Catholic hospitals and educational institutions. Where will it end? (Cardinal George of Chicago has predicted that there may be no Catholics hospitals or colleges within two years.)
Sometimes I feel like the Slim Pickens character from the 1964 movie, Dr. Strangelove, where he is riding the falling nuclear bomb; he, waving a cowboy hat; me waving a biretta. (If not a biretta, perhaps a sixty degree sand-wedge.) What I should be doing instead is to try to defuse the demographic bomb; but the thing is, "God always forgives, man sometimes forgives, but nature….nature never forgives!" If the vast majority of Catholics chose to contracept and sterilize themselves into the dust bin of history, what can God do? Of course, God could cause a miracle conversion a la the Prophet Jonah and Nineveh; or, the miracle of when God ordered Ezekiel to prophecy over the dead bones that then came together as he was prophesying– however, Ezekiel at least had bones to "work" with.
What can a priest/pastor do when there is a congregation with a contraceptive/ sterilization mentality? Should he tell them to repent and have a reversal of the vasectomy or tubal ligation? If that fails, should he encourage his flock to adopt or become foster parents? Should he not be promoting Natural Family Planning which uses the best of science to help couples to be fruitful–not to mention ecological breastfeeding (cf. http://www.NFPandmore.org)?
Of course, he should be doing all of these remedies and more, but at the very least he should be doing what the Curé de Ars, St. John Vianney did: fast, pray, eat potatoes for his people, his sheep. Take note that the Bishops of Great Britain have returned to Friday abstinence from meat as a corporate witness to bodily discipline and penance. Priests should be personally doing at least this much. (In the U.S., few even know that the guideline is that we should offer something up on Fridays, not necessarily meat.) Could something like what happened in England happen in the U.S.?
Cardinal Burke says not to wait for a national statement. In an exclusive interview with his Eminence, Rome correspondent for LifeSiteNews.com (April 23, 2013) Hilary White reported that, "The bishops of the world must, as individuals, take the lead in combating the Culture of Death, and not wait for the national conferences." Further, she quotes his Eminence as saying that,
"It should be emphasized that the individual bishop has a responsibility in this matter. Sometimes what happens is the individual bishops are unwilling to do anything because they wait for the national bishops' conference to take the lead."
Well stated your Eminence! Amen, alleluia!
Perhaps his Eminence had in mind then Bp. Sample of Marquette, MI (now the Archbishop of Portland, OR.) who wrote in 2011 against the contraceptive mentality for his diocese; or, Archbishop John Myers' September 25, 2012 Pastoral Letter entitled, "When Two Become One: Pastoral Teaching on the Definition, Purpose and Sanctity of Marriage." Or perhaps he was thinking of my bishop, Bishop Jenky, C.S.C. of Peoria, IL., who in 2012, brought in Fr. McCaffrey of Natural Family Planning Outreach for the diocese's Assemble Days for Priests. In any event, Cardinal Burke could have further observed that many priests wait until their bishops say something, but, let us not disregard the impact of a corporate witness of a common statement against a common evil. We do have the precedent of Pope Pius XI.
Recall, how in the midst of the rising evil of the National Socialist Party in Germany of the 1930's, Pope Pius XI delivered to the German flock a German Encyclical, Mit Brennender Sorge. Read out loud during Palm Sunday Masses on March 14. 1937, Pope Pius XI addressed and condemned the racial Nazi ideology which would later lead the German government to exterminate "undesirables" such as the Jews and Gypsies. The Pope also called upon the faithful Catholics to hold fast to their Christian Faith and to the Natural Law! He reminds all Pastors of souls that,
"The priest's first loving gift to his neighbors is to serve truth and refute error in any of its forms. Failure on this score would be not only a betrayal of God and your vocation, but also an offense against the real welfare of your people and country." (#36)
How true these words are today in the face of a runaway chain reaction expanding the Culture of Death throughout all parts of society and media. It is all of a piece against the Natural Law; from contraception, sterilization, abortion, euthanasia, to the acceptance of homosexual and heterosexual sodomy within and without a "marriage" relationship. We are indeed in need of a new Mit Brennender Sorge moment for our day! A Catholic moment not for one country or people, but for the universal Church at large. An encyclical letter that would be read out at all churches on the same weekend.
It has been reported that Pope Francis is going to complete the incomplete encyclical of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Faith; would that his second encyclical (if his Holiness is open to suggestions) be on the defense of the Natural Law–Humanae Vitae 2.0. I would hope that he would use Pope Benedict XVI's wonderful address on the Natural Law that he gave to the German Parliament, Bundestag in September of 2011 as a start. If I may further presume to offer that the encyclical be centered on Jesus Christ and Him Crucified and how the Natural Law can be obscured in one's heart in a variety of ways (cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II q.94, 6 art. & q. 77) viz. passion, evil persuasion, vicious custom, self-rationalization, corrupt habits, and unnatural vices (cf. Romans 1, homosexual acts). While civil law acts as a moral guide (St. Thomas), it is not infallible, and there can, in fact, be evil laws–which Aquinas calls not laws, but "a perversion of law." Again, think of the laws under Nazi Germany then or now with many U.S. states pushing for homosexual "marriages." I would also impose or extend the impediment to Holy Orders to any man seeking to become a permanent deacon: if he has been sterilized he should not be ordained. This and other things could be done which would announce to the encroaching secular world: "Thus far and no more–not within our One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church!"
Again, I do not know how to defuse the current demographic bomb we are collectively riding. While the Church does challenge faithful Catholics to be open to life and to be fruitful in having children; something serious needs to be done. I believe Church historians will look back at this period of the post-Vatican II era and call it by some moniker–please LORD let it not be an unfortunate one. Whatever this period will be called it seems like we, as the Church, are living through a mass protest revolution; albeit perhaps unconscious, and perhaps unthinking, but we have done so, willingly. The flock is listening to a deceptive voice of a deceiving shepherd when it comes to not having many children or keeping with sexual purity.
My purpose with this article is not to throw stones, but to have an honest discussion regarding the state of the Church–"a voice in the desert." At the beginning of his pontificate Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said, "The Church as a whole and all her Pastors, like Christ, must set out to lead people out of the desert, towards the place of life, towards friendship with the Son of God, towards the One who gives us life, and life in abundance." (Mass of Imposition of the Pallium, April 24, 2005) He repeated these words in his opening to this Year of Faith. (cf. Porta Fidei, Oct. 11, 2012) As shepherds and pastors of souls, priests and bishops must be willing to cast our nets in waters that may seem unsafe or unwelcoming. But if we do not go out into the deep, we may find that the shallows have all been fished out. Yes, pastors must open the Doors of Faith, but we ourselves must be willing to walk in first. If we, the shepherds, are unwilling to defend the Natural Law against the onslaught of secularism, how can we expect the flock to do so? The experience of closing and now razing a school is one I do not want to repeat. For if a bishop or a priest hates closing a school, he is really going to hate closing a parish. In the midst of this Year of Faith, let us pray to the Holy Spirit to lead us out of this desert, this demographic winter, into a new Springtime and may Our Lady, the undoer of knots, open up our hearts to the love of God the Father and His Son, Jesus, and the love of new life in the Holy Spirit. Amen!
Fr. Timothy Sauppé, S.T.L. is pastor of St. Mary's Church, Westville, Illinois, in the Diocese of Peoria. The Bellarmine Forum is delighted to welcome his contribution and looks forward to more from this good priest "in the trenches."
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OK, folks, nothing to see here….just keep moving! New low in U.S. Population
How I wish I didn't have to have written this article. Fr. Sauppé
Jason, my husband and I came to the conclusion early in our marriage that we will not live as our parents did. Both of our parents, to put it bluntly, were spoiled and they did not have to sacrifice like we do…and especially WILL at our retirement and lack there of. Both of our parents worked hard but retired at age 62 and have travelled the better part of two decades! We won't with or with out children. We have bigger bills and debt load that we could take care of more quickly with two kids vs. our six…so what? They will be gone in just a few short years. They are learning to save and we are showing them they don't need or can't afford so many unnecessary things. It then comes down to priorities. We choose life.
It is hard enough to raise two children on one salary, especially in the city. Inflation has killed salaries. Just to be able to live as our parents or grandparents one has to work ft with a pt job or the spouse has to work. It is not viable to be able to raise a family in today's economy.
Overpopulation is a myth.
The crisis we face in the future is catastrophic underpopulation.
We need more children, not less!
New York Times:
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Thank you for your article, sir. Many Protestants like me are sorrowed by the failure to sound the alarm on this topic in our congregations (howbeit I think there are a few hopeful signs of movement). I praise God for men like you. Keep preaching, keep praying!
Paul, there's no doubt that jobs are the essential economic lifeblood to any local economy, and that any continuing loss of jobs will contribute heavily to closing of schools.
However, you paint with too broad a brush. Even if you had no loss of jobs with the declining birth rate from one generation to the next which Father documents, closure would be inevitable. Perhaps it could be postponed, but replacement rate of 2.1 children per couples is required just to hold even. It is well-known that the US was only doing that because of illegal immigration, and now even with that we are falling below 2.1.
Father's own stats from the 10 funerals shows an even worse trend locally. Sorry, but you're being obtuse about this.
> "national average … the replacement level"
A surprising truth: in the U.S. there are
many more births than deaths.
For example, in 2011 in the USA there were
3.95 million births, and
2.51 million deaths.
In the non-technical sense of the word "replacement"
the U.S. is well above replacement – despite forty
years with TFR fluctuating around near to 2.1
I am no demographer; I am just looking at the numbers. I did not know what "TFR" meant, so I goggled it. It means "Total Fertility Rate" and according to Wikipedia, TFR is a synthetic number, a guessimate of a particular woman's number of children over her lifespan. What I am dealing with is real numbers from real people. My ten deceased had only 48 grandchildren from their 28 children: 1.7 per couple. National average is 1.91 and 2.1 is needed for just replacement alone. The numbers of birth over deaths seems to be OK, but we have to remember the large number of Babyboomers. They are just starting to retire, and then die over the next 20 years (I am one of them, class of 1957). I just had a funeral today. Six children and ten grandchildren from a 98 year old, saint of a woman. That is 1.6666. Real numbers from real people.
Thanks Father Sauppe,
OK, yes I accept your local community's birth-rate is below the U.S. average.
And I agree TFR is synthetic (and often misinterpreted). I too am happier with numbers of births and deaths.
This graph shows Census Bureau projection that U.S. births will continue to exceed deaths in near future (through 2050).
Low fertility is partly offset by people living longer. For over a century life expectancy in the USA has steadily risen, each year gaining 3 extra months. Compared to 1900, life expectancy today is 31 years longer.
The number of generations living alongside one another on earth simultaneously is fractionally rising each year.
Consider the extreme hypothetical: St Augustine mused on what might have happened without the Fall: "finally, the earth would have been filled with immortal men, and when this just and holy society would be thus brought into being (as we believe it will be after the resurrection) there would be an end to the begetting of children." (Gn. litt. 1.16 ) quoted in
Here is a recent news story on current birth rates. We are at the lowest point since records were started in 1909. See story here.
Also, again I am no demographer, but I can read a graph. The graph you suggested (from the UK) has no projected deaths of the baby-boomers in the coming twenty years to 2050. It shows their births, but no projected deaths???
Deaths are on it – the red plots – and they are projected to 2050 – that includes deaths of baby-boomers.
Births – blue – are projected (by Census Bureau) to fall BUTto stay higher than deaths at least to 2050.
It's from U.S. – and the original is on page 3 of a Congressional Research Service document:
[…] The following article has been making the rounds recently that was previously released on May 14, 2013 at the Bellarmine Forum. […]
Thank you, Father, for this reminder. Please continue to be a Friend to the Bridegroom, who needs many such friends as you, now. We Americans tend to forget the very real danger of Freemasonry, mainly because English Freemasonry was not atheistic or anti-clerical as Masonry (Illuminati and Communist ideology) was on the continent. We have forgotten that Communism, which is an outgrowth of the Enlightenment, just as Freemasonry was, sought to destroy the Catholic Church from within by placing Communist atheists in the seminaries. There is also an, "How a Priest Becomes a Mason," which I'll post after this comment; it was published by a group of priests who left the process of being groomed for Masonic involvement and called themselves "the Millenialists." It describes convincingly how it is that a priest becomes a Mason. The ideology of Freemasony is anti-god, anti-church, and anti-human; at the core it is based on power, prestige, and sexual license. The more one learns about this silent poison in our midst, the more we understand that it is not the Church which has allowed these abuses, but the dual-lived clerics who have tried to serve two masters — lighting a candle for God and another for the devil on the altar of Freemasonry.
Fr. writes that Catholics are listening to some deceiving shepherd in recent years.
Yes, they are, the Church.
It is the Church herself who has not spoken and taught clearly on these issues. It is the Church who watered down catechesis and almost entirely refused to teach the Faith in CCD, Catholic schools, and RCIA programs. It is the Church who allowed the rampant destruction of the liturgy which removed almost any semblance of sacrifice for sake of a communal meal (this directly led to the decrease in men coming to Mass) and lousy happy-clappy music which fails to inspire. It is the Church who saw her chief shepherd kiss the Koran and implore the protection of St. John the Baptist for Islam. It is the Church who saw her chief shepherd being "blessed" by pagan witch doctors, protestants, etc. It is the Church who allows the body and blood of our Blessed Lord to be passed around in plastic cups at World Youth Day like it is nothing more than juice and crackers. It is the Church who has allowed a false ecumenism and equivelancy of religion and a mis-teaching on the relationship between the Church and state to manifest, and run wild. It is the Church who has allowed dissident teachers of the Faith such as Rahner or Von Balthasar to publish their heresy, teach that all go to Heaven, and confuse the Faithful. It is the Church who presents social justice issues that good Catholics can disagree on such as the scope of welfare, immigration, the death penalty, etc. as if they are infallible doctrine while ignoring the things mentioned this article (marriage, children, contraception, etc.). How many Bishops in the USCCB voted for Obama in the last two elections? How many bishops have stood up and shared the stage with so-called Catholic politicians who openly support abortion, gay marriage, contraception, etc.? How many bishops have given them Holy Communion, which totally and completely scandalizes the Faithful? How many bishops have allowed dissidents to teach in seminaries and formation programs for permanent Deacons, in parishes, in schools? How many potentially faithful priests were not allowed to be ordained because some dissident religious sister was put in charge of deciding who was allowed and who was not?
All of these things, and many more, can be laid right at the feet of our Popes and our Bishops.
Dear Jason: As a priest, I am a special friend to the Bridegroom, Jesus, and I weep when His Bride is described this way; nevertheless, the Church remains His Mystical Body on the earth. I would love to be able to refute the above litany but from my experience and knowledge….you are pretty darn accurate. Why Blessed Pope John Paul II kissed the Koran I do not know….except to say that he also kissed the tarmac when he visited different countries. But then again, he would kiss the altar when celebrating Mass. Perhaps, I lack the charity needed to understand which reminds me of a quote of G.K. Chesterton. When he was asked what was wrong with the Church, he responded, 'ME!'. I would like to second G.K. Chesterton's admission and I need to be better at being one with His Church–to truly think with His Church, and to remain deeply in love with His Bride, the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Yes, Jason, there are many ills infecting His Body, the Church, but they are caused either from fallen man or Satan. In any event, I hope to die paraphrasing St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila), "I die a son of the Church!"
Father, this is a beautiful reply. I was thinking, when I read what Jason said, that we need to be very careful in the way we state these things–because the Church of Jesus Christ, no matter what her children do (including those at the top of the hierarchy), is the spotless Bride of Christ–and we have Christ's guarantee that the gates of hell shall not prevail. There is a danger, in our zeal to identify the tares within the wheat field that is the Kingdom of God, that we become unable to recognize the Church that is the Bride because of sinners within Her walls. And you are right, also, that I have to keep recognizing within myself all the sins that I find so easy to identify in others. I think a devotion to the Blessed Mother and to the Rosary helps keep us all on track.
How a Priest becomes a Mason (Originally published in Action Familiale et Scholaire, No.161. This translation made from SPES – Seminário Permanente de Estudos Sociopolíticos Santo Tomás de Aquino)
In 1999 a book was published anonymously in Italy entitled Via col vento in Vaticano and which, according to the editor of the French edition, "came from a group of dignitaries of the Vatican, 'the Millennialists', who broke the law of silence." It is a collective writing describing various disorders affecting the Holy See. The chapters are of unequal value and some call for serious reservation. Chapter 18, "The Smoke of Satan in the Vatican," treats of Freemasonry and exposes, on four pages of great interest, the process implemented to get prelates to affiliate themselves with the sect:
"There exists a true noviciate by which ecclesiastics are incorporated into the Masonic Order. Amongst ecclesiastics a certain category of man can be found which Masonry sees as a possible collaborator; this type of man must possess certain gifts: intelligence, keen ambition and desire to further his career, an ability to understand but to pretend to understand nothing, generosity of service, and, if possible, a physically imposing presence and a pleasing face. Such qualities draw the attention of the recruiters. When a young ecclesiastic answers these criteria (…), it remains only to initiate the process by playing upon his self-esteem."
The author insists on the secrecy of the operation as a condition of its success:
"The absolute condition is that, in this first phase, the chosen candidate remains in total ignorance of what is being framed around him. The Masonic technique requires a progressive revelation, so that the associate discovers the ends of the Secret Society only gradually, according to what the Masonic superiors consider useful."
The first contact is carried out as naturally as possible:
"An invitation to an embassy for a national festival, the unexpected introduction to a person well known or influential, a prelate who asks him for something and shows himself grateful. Then comes the phase of compliment and flattery : 'Oh, what a treasure, such kindness, such keen intelligence!… You deserve better, you are wasting your time… But why not address each other in a familiar way?'… Then one enters the phase of future prospects : 'I know such a prelate, such a cardinal, such an ambassador or such a minister… I will readily say a word concerning you; I will speak of you as of a man who deserves higher responsibilities'… At this stage, the proposer realizes immediately if the interested party has taken the bait." [If the bait is refused, the "target" is dropped and his reputation is shredded by whisper campaigns; if he accepts the bait, then the next phase begins.]
The process thus described will continue for several years, always discreetly:
"Gradually, the promises made take place. The pre-selected candidate notes that they were not vain promises and believes it his duty to be grateful to the friend, whom he regards as his benefactor. During this time, his career progresses without encountering difficulties. Radiant prospects are dangled in front of him for the service of the Church, within which he starts to foresee a position which would suit him very well. It is precisely at this time when seized by a fever of ambition and vanity, the unwary prelate has knowledge of his easy rise which he doesn't yet fully grasp, and when other promotions to still higher levels appear at the horizon, that they arrive at the phase of explanations."
They explain two things to the candidate:
– if he has arrived at such lofty heights, it is thanks to the discrete support of the Masonic order and of its friends;
– he is free to continue to collaborate with the Order, which will ensure the continuation of his advance.
"In this very delicate phase it is up to the prelate in crisis to decide which choice to take. The desire to continue to climb, the giddiness of knowing and being introduced to the Masonic chain, the fear of unavoidable revelations in the event of refusal to adhere or the vacuum he can already feel around him, the fraternal exhortation of some dignitary to go ahead as he himself did formerly: in a word, all that ends up convincing the prelate to follow the way that others started to trace for him, unbeknown to him at the time. The higher one is placed, the more one is likely to be internally fragile for fear of losing the high positions reached. One seeks to justify oneself for it. Many prelates, thus compromised, end up yielding and become members of the Masonic apparatus and find themselves obligation to obey its instructions. Skillfully baited, the new Freemason becomes a pawn in the sphere of activity of the secret lodge and is added to the others who have already made their nest there. His rise can continue from now on, without obstacles, towards the top with the assistance of the other 'brothers'."
It is a remarkable process founded upon secrecy, which can easily last ten years and which can only be implemented by [coordinated] disciplined, well-trained and patient personnel. It is a tried and tested process undoubtedly used not just in the Church, but in the secular world.
Two general remarks can be drawn from the observations which have been made on Masonic penetration within the Church and on the process used for this purpose:
1. The presence of Freemasons in key positions in the Church explains to a great extent the doctrinal and disciplinary drifts of these last forty years. It is particularly clear in the case of the liturgical reform [and Religious Liberty – ed].
2. As regards the process that forms Masonic prelates, it is very important to understand it and to make it known, because it obviously loses its effectiveness when exposed.
In conclusion, let us remain alert to the Masonic question. It is one of the keys of the current crisis, political as well as religious. And, as Pope Leo XIII said in the encyclical, Humanum Genus, it is necessary "to tear away from Freemasonry the mask with which it is covered and to show it for what it is."
Thank you, Father! Couldn't agree more; 4 kids aged 4 and under here, and counting, and yes, we're going to homeschool. God bless you!
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The walkers who recreated the Lake District's first group walk from Ambleside 150 years on
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A GROUP of walkers marked the anniversary of the birth of a pioneer of outdoor holidays.
Thirty people walked from Ambleside to Grasmere, retracing the steps taken by a group of 30 Lancashire mill workers who enjoyed the first group walking holiday in 1891.
The occasion celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Arthur Leonard, the group's leader, widely considered to be the father of the modern open-air movement and innovator of the group walking holiday.
Leonard took the pioneering party of working class men and women on their historic excursion to the Lake District – and more than 100 years later, the group following in Leonard's footsteps included the chief executives of the Ramblers, Youth Hostel Association and HF Holidays, as well as rangers from the National Trust, all organisations that he was instrumental in setting up.
The party also included some of the 700 experienced HF Holidays' volunteer walk leaders.
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Granite Arch
After much to-ing and fro-ing we finally opted for The Pyramid via Granite Arch, a part easy but part hard 2 ½ hour trek that seemed to offer some scenic points.
We hadn't gone far when the reflected heat off the baked granite made it clear that this was not a cool climate stroll. The still air wasn't of any help either as we eased up the incline to the Granite Arch.
It lived up to its name, three very large boulders set in formidable array. One could clearly imagine the aborigines using this for shelter in times of wild weather all those millennia ago.
If you are just going to do the arch then it's an easy walk and you don't need to take anything special.
Further on in the loop there's another arch that doesn't get much publicity because it's hard to photograph, but none the less interesting.
Frankly, I would include it as part of the Pyramid track.
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Castle Rock continued
We flitted through the shadows and began the climb on the well-made path with numerous photo stops to capture some of the variety that entertained us the whole way up.
Just as we were about to split off the Mount Norman track we heard a quick clack-clack behind. No sooner had we heard it than a German expat strode purposefully up to our position. I remarked what good time he was making; to which he replied, unsmilingly, "I have to, I have a heart condition".
While I stood somewhat bemused he went on to explain that he had a stint and needed the exercise to keep his heart working. He was about to do the 5 hour 12 km walk on his own because he hadn't been able to find anyone to share his walks with. At his pace, I, for one, was not surprised. He also related how he'd walked to Bald Rock (in N.S.W.) and back in 10 hours and had done every walk in Girraween multiple times; even tried to climb the second pyramid twice, but had failed, which proved he was human after all.
We had a drink and moved on, eventually through a couple of tight cuttings and then out onto the rock face below the top. From here you had to traverse 100 metres with the rest of the face falling sharply away from you. Vertigo was a word I heard used here.
Then you had to do a U-turn into the most difficult bit, scrambling up a crevice with granite debris sticking up that you had to negotiate. One slip could well have been painful and speed was not of the essence.
Then, the summit; a broad affair with the promised vistas across much of the park. We paused to eat a pear each and soak up the atmosphere that destinations such as this afford. The cooling breeze played across our sweat laden necks and you couldn't take the smiles off our faces. It was walks like these that make you realise why you go bushwalking.
The return was covered in jaunty style as we looked forward to a swim in the pool that we now knew the whereabouts of. About 80 metres long with a ladder for convenient entry/exit and a clear view to The Pyramid; what more could you ask for after a sweaty walk?
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Castle Rock
After a day enjoying Stanthorpe and its numerous wineries, lurching from air conditioned premises to air conditioned premises as we tendered our artworks for competitions surrounding the annual Apple and Grape Festival, we'd finally bunked down again at Girraween, keen to sample more of what the place had to offer, including a hot water shower, such a rarity at a national park.
We planned to have a crack at Castle Rock, another famous outcrop. Though not as dramatic as some others, it promised the best panoramic views when you reached the summit. With the summer temperatures predominant, we aimed for a seven o'clock start and, for once, were on time.
The 6 km walk started through the main camp site that was closed for refurbishment and soon after that we came upon almost continuous outcrops of granite in a myriad of assorted shapes, with the accent on round.
Stanthorpe Adamellite (pink orthoclase feldspar, white plagioclase feldspar, black biotite mica and clear quartz) is what the rock really is. I knew you'd all want to know that! That's why it has a mixture of colours as distinct from pure granite.
"The finest workers of stone are not copper and steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time." – David Henry Thoreau
The weathering achieved by a combination of lichen growth, water and the occasional lightning strike beggar's belief. Then there's the vegetation; the occasional tree hugging a rock, ferns growing in seemingly impossible places, tiny flowers sprouting from the minutest amount of soil; this was nature on the edge.
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The track to Dr. Robert's Waterhole veers to the right after about 300metres of walking along the main track from the Eastern Girraween Car park.
Once again, there were many wildflowers, the really beauty though, was the waterhole. A lovely waterhole surrounding by the bush, so quiet and pleasant, there was even a seat to sit on and dream! This is the area where you just might hear some Lyrebird's singing. Wombats also inhabit this area.
The waterhole is on Bald Rock Creek and I read it is usually has still, dark waters that are a natural mirror to the surrounding bushland. I was unfortunate to experience a slightly windy day which wrecked some reflection photos.
The Waterhole was named after Dr Spencer Roberts who was fundamental in the creation of this national park.
1.2 km
30 minutes return from Dr Roberts' carpark
Dr Roberts Waterhole—1.2 km (30 min return) Class 2
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This track starts at a small carpark just off the side of Pyramids Road, 4 km east of the information centre. After the first 300 metres, the track splits into two, so I took the one to the left which led to Wave Rock and then went further to the Underground Creek. The track follows Bald Rock Creek upstream to where it disappears beneath a tumble of granite boulders that have fallen from an overhanging cliff. Underground Creek was quite a sight! Not much water in October, but I could see that a large quantity had come with such force over the granite, that it had worn a deep cavern and formed many potholes. From there, it went under many boulders and under Wave rock, coming out the other end.
I found it an interesting area. There were many more boulders lying around the places, wildflowers and Birds.
Underground Creek—2.8 km (1–1.5 hr return) Classes 2 and 3
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I decided to take the trail to the Underground Creek first. This was quite an easy walk that took me past different varieties of wildflowers and many rock formations. I could see a small creek to the right of me.
Coming around a bend was a huge worn away granite rock which reminded me of a giant ocean wave. Time to do some scrambling and soon I was high enough to be under the rock, fabulous!
Information on how it was formed is on my photo.
This walk is a class 2/3, is about 2kms and about an hour return
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After deciding what I was going to do, I headed off on the dirt trail. I hadn't gone far, when I was taken back by some beautiful purple flowered native bushes, they were gorgeous!
The further I went, the more I saw, once again, different to where I had been previous. One area here was full of Banksia bushes, all in flower.
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We arrived by car at the Eastern section of Girraween National Park. There was a small dirt carpark, some Toilets and a notice board with pictures of what was expected to be seen here and information on the trails. What is good, is they tell you the distance, expected time and the grade of the track, so you know if you are capable of completing the walk.
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As I followed the trail along Bald Creek back to the day area, I saw a notice pointing to the Bald Creek Campground. I decided to go and have a look. We weren't able to come here and camp as we had a Caravan, only Tents and Camper Trailers allowed.
I can see why, as the drive in is bumpy and narrow. Each campsite has been levelled out, and there is a fireplace.. Gas-operated hot showers, toilets, picnic tables, water (treat before drinking) and wood barbecues are all here. It is best to use a gas cooker as in summer there will be fire ban days when you are not allowed to light a fire. The only thing that is missing, is power [electricity]. There are no powered sites at Girraween and Generators and compressors are not permitted.
Rubbish bins are not provided, so all rubbish must be taken home with you.
There isn't a shop in the national park, so you must bring supplies with you.
There is a public telephone in the Visitor Information Centre car park as Mobile phone coverage is generally not available throughout the park.
Pets aren't allowed in Australian National Parks.
If you do camp here, then there is a good chance Eastern Grey Kangaroo's and Common Brushtail Possum, Kookaburras, Magpies, Red Wattlebirds and Currawongs will be around the campsite at some point of your stay.
Remember, in Winter it is cold here, usually has snow each year, and in Summer, it is quite hot.
Come prepared for all kinds of weather!
The other camp area is Castle Rock, more of the same.
Book in holiday periods as it is a very popular park.
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Something I noticed while walking around Girraween, was the pockets of different wildflowers.
I had previously been to Pyramid Mountain, and saw quite a few Pea bushes in flower amongst many other types.
Now, on this trail, I was seeing different wildflowers to growing in "that" area.
The one in my first photo was very different, one I had never seen it before that reminded me of cotton. There was quite a bit growing in this area.
Then I saw a smallish shrub which was laden with clumps of lemon flowers, pretty too!
I saw bright yellow flowers, apricot colours, and red spindly ones, no wonder the Birds are prolific in this area.
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As you most probably guessed, the trail is along Bald Creek. It was "bald," bare granite, quite wide, and in October, fairly well dry, only some small streams running in the cracks between the granite and then into some large ponds.
It was pretty! The force of the water had carved out wonderful shapes in the granite, some had water and even tadpoles in the water.....I wonder what type of Frog this would be?
In this area, was where I saw my first Lizard, I imagine there would be plenty around.
Remember, at different times of the year, this will become a different scene, probaly completely covered in water after rain. I could see by the way the shrubs were bent over, that sometimes during the year, there must be quite a rush of water.
I guess I will have to come back another day.
The Bald Creek Circuit is a 4kms walk and you need to allow approx 1hour.
It is a class 3 track which I found very easy to walk. Have fun with the stepping stones!
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Coming back along the trail from Granite Arch, I came across a meeting of tracks, one back to the day area, or another to the "junction," a further 2.7 kms. As I still had time, I took the track to the Junction.
Walking along here was where I saw quite a variety of Birds. Kookaburra's, Crimson Rosella's, Honeyeaters, Blue Wrens, Thornbills and Red-browed Firetails, Magpies, Currawongs, Pigeons and a Eastern Yellow Robin, pretty good for just walking along!
This is the ideal place for the smaller Birds, they love the flowering shrubs and others the insects that come around these areas.
I was a long way short of seeing the 150 bird species recorded here!
I wished I had more time to sit and watch as there are some very interesting Birds here. Wonga pigeons, Tree Creepers, Flycatchers and Warblers live among the eucalypts and flowering heaths and shrubs. The Robins, thornbills, wrens and firetails are found in dense undergrowth, while birds of prey such as the little eagle, wedge-tailed eagle and the brown goshawk search for a meal in open grassy areas.
The one which I think is the hardest to find and see, it the Superb lyrebird. This Bird likes the moist gullies, scratching through leaf litter for grubs and insects. If one is around, you will here it mimic other Birds and sounds of the bush in their song, it's quite a clever Bird and hard one to see.
Another of interest, is the southern emu-wren and the rare turquoise parrot and the diamond firetail.
Birdwatcher's paradise!
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Girraween is an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of flowers'. What a great choice of name for this park!
It was October when I was in Girraween, one of the best months to see the wildflowers. September and October are the most spectacular months to visit.
Wildflowers begin to bloom in late July with golden wattle and pea flowers bursting into bloom, then white heath bells, pea flowers, yellow Billy buttons, native bluebells and daisiies, finally finishing with summer-flowering flannel flowers, wattles, bottlebrushes, paperbarks and eucalypts.
On exposed granite summits, grasses, mat rushes and low shrubs seem to grow without soil out of the granite rocks, incredilble! What a rock garden! In the Swamp areas of the park, I found Sedges, rushes and sphagnum moss which have adapted to the waterlogged conditions.
Trees are sparsely scattered throughout these swamps,and on the edges are terrestrial orchids.
I found many varieties that I didn't know the name of, it was quite exciting seeing something new for the first time!
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Coming back from the Pyramid, I reached a junction of tracks, one of them leading to the Granite Arch.
This trail led me past more amazing shapes. One, was a huge boulder being held by two others that I was able to walk under. I originally thought it was the granite Arch, but no, this was further on.
Then I came across it, a perfect natural Arch.
Some signs nearby explained that it probably came about millions of years ago, when lots of these huge boulders had come together making large piles of rock. Over the years the rocks have weathered, and some that had been balancing rocks, have rolled from there perches and landed on others, thus making a natural arch.
If you only have time for one walk in this park, this is the one I would choose.
The trail to Granite Arch is1.4 km circuit (35 min return) Class 3, quite an easy walk to do
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It was along the track to the Pyramid that I saw quite a few native Pea flower bushes.
It was October and this when the bold yellow, purple and red pea flowers make a colourful splash of colour in this granite-strewn area. It is in the low, dense heaths where you find these and a diverse array of flowering shrubs, including Wattles, mint, daisy bushes and rock roses found beneath scattered eucalypt and cypress trees.
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