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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, August 23
Ladies and gentlemen, your new BTS season leader: Joe Turner.
The current champ summited Mt. 41 Games last night, reaching the peak on the wings of Troy Tulowitzki's fifth-inning single off Astros starter Brett Myers.
That hit put Joe in line for a $10,000 payday and moved him just 16 days short of earning 5.6 million real American greenbacks.
Twenty-one past Streakers have reached 41 games, but only seven have survived as high as 44 and none lasted longer than Mike Karatzia's 49-day run in 2007. Joe — your real test starts now.
Tuesday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there…
Ian Kinsler: .480 (12-for-25) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
Josh Hamilton: .478 (11-for-23) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
Maicer Izturis: .500 (9-for-18) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Victor Martinez: .500 (7-for-14) since '06 vs. Rays starter David Price
Albert Pujols: .467 (7-for-15) since '06 vs. Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw
Joey Votto: .556 (5-for-9) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco
Feeling kinda spicy?
Vernon Wells: .500 (12-for-24) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Bobby Abreu: .500 (5-for-10) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Craig Counsell: .455 (5-for-11) since '06 vs. Pirates starter Ross Ohlendorf
David Murphy: .385 (5-for-13) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
You'll thank me later
Ryan Braun: .083 (1-for-12) since '06 vs. Pirates starter Ross Ohlendorf
B. J. Upton: .111 (1-for-9) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Brad Penny
Matt Kemp: .167 (2-for-12) since '06 vs. Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse
Coco Crisp: .000 (0-for-10) since '06 vs. Yankees starter Bartolo Colon
Miguel Cabrera: .000 (0-for-9) since '06 vs. Rays starter David Price
Top MLB Streakers
Robinson Cano: 13 games
Mike Napoli: 11 games
Aramis Ramirez: 11 games
Carlos Gonzalez: 10 games
Shane Victorino: 10 games
Home Run Beat the Streak pick:
Josh Hamilton: (16 home runs this season) vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
42 Comments
Well for all of us in FR-BTS, Perez let us down in 1st game of DH. Took down the leader too. Came in with man on 3rd & 1 out in 1 run game; gave up double & lead.
Are you kidding me. I had Mariano Rivera but switched to Chris Perez due to the double chance. The idiot Cleveland manager brings him with a man on 3rd and 1 out. Screw that Fast relief game. First I don't get a save yesterday when I should have gotten a save now this idiot throws my streak in the garbage. Screw U Manny Acta.
Too add insult Cleveland came back to win so both closers blew saves the only difference is that Brandon League, the Mariners closer gave up the runs himself as opposed to inheriting the tieing run at 3rd base. It took over 2 weeks for me to get to 5 and now I have to start over. I better not fall into another BS trap unless I'm at 0.
i had perez but changed him last nite to the rookie in atlanta
Wish I followed my gut too. I was going to change Perez and go with MIN Nathan. Oh well, still time to start a new streak. Though reaching 20 in 40ish days seems unlikely
i dont know who saw this…. but tomorrow REDS-MARLINS game is now a doubleheader because of the approaching Hurricane,. so make your adjustments accordingly
Tex just struck out in bottom of 6, only 1 more bat Guarenteed.
Oh-Oh AlertLeader's pick Teixeira 0-3 after 7 innings. Will see 1 more AB unless Yanks set down in order 8th & 9th.
Oops though it was the 7th; just the 8th. He'll get 1 more AB for sure. Got excited there for a moment 🙂
** Ugh, 6th inning, but ya'll got that. Think I'm must giddy today
Bottom 8th; Teixeira's last AB barring a NYY bat-around. Do we hear the fat lady warming those vocals? Drum roll please…
Yep double header tomorrow. FR-BTS pick will be in those games. Gotta get going again
here we go……
Misery loves company and Joe Turner is a bit miserable now, but may be 10K richer by Columbus Day
fly-out …..
He actually only needs 3 more Yankee baserunners to get Teixeira up again with 4 outs to work with.
Certainly not far-fetched.
Now just 3 outs with 8/9 hitters leading off 9th and closer coming into the game most likely
not over yet, with swish knocking a 3run bomb, we have a game again.
due up 6th in bottom of 9. Knowing BTS…. he'll prob get left on deck.
Shissssh; don't speak of such things
There's a Jorge HR, getting closer…..
followed by Martin double….
Well, outcome is one of two possibilities now: Tex left on deck or he gets an AB.
wow, so what do you do here???? Walk Grandy to load 'em or throw to grandy
No, hope for out or sac fly & then walk Tex and force out at two bases
Well, there goes that theory. Leader may be very lucky today or just dragging out the inevitable
The latter
foul pop out in the NINTH. zero for five
foul out. unless Cano can plate a few this 41 game streak has come to an end…
Nice run Mr Turner.
There's still one more possibility, but I'm not going to say it out loud
Phew. Now I can say it out loud: extras, but there won't e any
and thats the ball game.
Now officially….. Nice run Mr. Turner.
And new leader a few games behind Joe Turner, moves on today with a HR by Hamilton
oh crap…game tied 6-6…Tex should get up in the 11th if the game gets that far.
Did you have that prepared just in case & accidentally hit the "send" button 😉
Game's over
oops…I thought I hit X…never mind then
Thanks a lot Batista how could you go O fer against Bruce Chen? Not to mention 3 Ks.
Is anyone going to bother posting the top 2500 anymore this year for BTS?
If I'm bored I might but not gonna go outta my way to pull the data.
Well, Teixeira's 0 for 5 coupled with Gonzalez's RBI single in the 6th inning pushes me to 3 and keeps me on the outside corner of contention for the $10,000.
No more picks for me. Wife is at 5, with Hamilton's HR, and I suggested she keep playing until her next reset or end of season whichever comes first.
Anyone already looking forward to next year? I am, horrible season this year in so many ways.


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No truth: Oliver North tries hand at fiction
The obligatory disclaimer in the front of Mission Compromised (you know the one: "This is a fictional story… any similarity to actual events is coincidental") is about as perfunctory as the recently discontinued line of questioning at US airline ticket counters ("Have your bags been continually in your presence since you packed them?"). We're left nodding, yeah, yeah yeah.
When a novel about terrorism and national security hits the shelf in September 2002, along with hundreds of non-fiction commemoratives promising color pictures of terrorism's smoke and ruins, you can be sure the story line is going to have some uncannily coincidental similarities with reality.
And if it's a story cooked up by Oliver North, whose brush with infamy during the Iran-Contra hearings catapulted him from the shadows of the operative to the limelight of celebrity, you can also count on some overtly non-fiction references.
The plot of North's 600-page fiction debut, written with the help of a professional writer, goes like this: Patriotic Marine (Major Peter Newman) is tapped for a top secret mission to stamp out terrorism, is betrayed by a dishonorable administration, reaches out to a mentor who has learned from his own face-off with the dark forces of the beltway how to navigate the professional, moral, and even mortal, dilemmas of the Marine code. Yes, even at the risk of "going down in flames like he did," young Newman turns to none other than Lt. Col. Oliver North.
The action of Mission Compromised predates last year's terrorist attacks (it is set during the Clinton administration), but Major Newman's assignment– to take out both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden as they gleefully plot evil together in Baghdad– is clearly born of contemporary foreign policy obsessions. The twisting plot is studded with other situation room notables, but only those who are universally accepted as bad guys get to keep their real names (except for the still-controversial North).
While it's tempting to take a cheap shot about Ollie's proclivity for turning facts into tall tales, it's not warranted. In this instance, the pen is no match for the sword– for the chief villain of Mission Compromised is already the most vilified man in the western world.
Mission Compromised is published by Brodman and Holman, the press of the Southern Baptist Convention. North will sign copies on September 6 from 4-5pm at Borders Bookstore in Richmond. 9750 W. Broad St. 804-965-0733.


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Jesus and tithing
Ray Ortlund:
The hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees lay in over-emphasizing easier forms of obedience while under-emphasizing harder forms of obedience. They hid their unbelief within a self-invented form of theological disproportion, making small things look big and big things look small. They seized upon opportunities to tithe, and they dismissed the crying needs for justice and mercy and faithfulness.
Can I Reject an Eternal Hell and Still Be Saved?
Michael Patton:
I don't really like this question. No, let me be stronger: I hate this question. Please forgive me. I understand the question and empathize with it on just about every level, no matter what it's source may be (philosophical, biblical, or emotional). However, when you ask me this question you put me in a difficult position. I want to be as honest as possible, yet remain aware of the pastoral nature that addressing this subject requires. In other words, it is not an impossible question, and should never be seen as such.
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The Strange Saga of 'Jesus Calling,' The Evangelical Bestseller You've Never Heard Of
Ruth Graham:
Thomas Nelson specifically requested I not use the word "channeling" to describe Young's first-person writing in the voice of Jesus—the word has New Age connotations—but it's hard to avoid it in describing the book's rhetorical approach. And on the edges of evangelicalism, where alertness to "New Age" influence runs high, concern has bloomed into outrage. Writer Warren B. Smith, who calls himself an "ex-New Ager," wrote a 2013 book called 'Another Jesus' Calling, devoted entirely to dismantling Young's claims to orthodoxy. In it, he calls the book "an obvious attempt by our spiritual Adversary to get an even further foothold inside the Christian church."
Thomas Nelson has clearly heard the complaints that Jesus Calling is heretical; the introduction to recent editions of the book includes subtle but significant changes.
Son of God Will Show Crucifixion, Not the Cross
Tim Challies:
A film cannot adequately capture the reality of what transpired between the Father and the Son while the Son hung upon the cross. If this is true, a film that displays the crucifixion but misses the cross might actually prove a hindrance rather than a help to the Christian faith. Even the best movie will still be hampered by a grave weakness.
Words and pictures are very different media, and in the history of redemption, God has used both. For example, in the Old Testament God used words to record prophecies about the coming Messiah while in the tabernacle he provided pictures of the coming Messiah and what he would accomplish—an altar for sacrifice, a lamb to be slaughtered, incense rising to God. Words can tell truth while pictures can display truth.


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Revisiting The Stones of Ica
"So God created the Great Dragons"
...Genesis 1:21 The Latin Vulgate; 5th Century
In the whole -did dinosaurs co-exist with man- "controversy", the Ica Stones are the smoking gun. More than that really--they're a mushroom cloud over the notion that dinosaurs died out millions of years before man even "evolved". In this section of the website; Dinosaurs in Literature, Art and History, I believe we've already proven to the open minded that dinosaurs did in fact live with and "interact" with man. If you're a Christian, we shouldn't have had to convince you of that. The Ica stones are an archaeological treasure trove. They are in general beautiful works of art with themes seen in some of the other ancient Peruvian art we've examined on these pages.
Dr. Jose Cabrera, whose Father began collecting the stones in the 1930's now has over 11,000 of these ancient artifacts in his museum, which are engraved stones of varying sizes, which depict: advanced astronomical scenes, advanced medical knowledge,- including heart transplants and brain surgery and many scenes showing dinosaur and man interacting.
Fully one third of the stones portray known dinosaur types; some displaying characteristics in the 1960's (when the existence of the stones became "generally known"), which predated our current understanding of how these animals looked.
These stones show scenes of man controlling, killing or being killed by dinosaurs (a term first used in the mid-1800's). As seen below, some of the scenes depicted appear to be of mechanical contrivances that remind us of Pascal's tomb lid.
Ica Stone Etching from: Le Pietre di Ica, by Cornelia Petratu & Bernard Roidinger.
These stones show signs of being of great age, such as oxidation. Rocks cannot be carbon dated but as we relate below a number of experts have given their opinion as to the age of these stones as being between 1,500 and 12,000 years old. Conventional science and archaeologists have either ignored these enigmatic stones or condemned them as fakes. They have refused to cooperate with any scientific analyses of the stones and in general act as if they wish they'd go away.
No doubt some stones have been forged in recent years for profit, but everything -to super bowl tickets to Greek and Roman antiquities have been counterfeited and yet we all tend to still believe that most of the items are real.
When it comes to ancient Greek and Roman antiquities science is willing to analyze them to determine their age and their provenance because they do not threaten the paradigm like these artifacts do.
"The Indian chronicler, Juan de Santa Cruz Pachachuti Llamgui wrote that at the time of the Peru-tomb Pachachuti many carved stones were found in the Kingdom of Chperu-tomb, in Chinchayunga, which were called "Manco." (Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Llamqui: "Relacion de antique dades d'este reyno del Peru.")
The reference to "Chinchayunga" was the low country of the central coast of Peru, where Ica is located today. "Manco" is believed to be a corruption of the Aymara word "malku" which means "Chieftain" or "Lord of vassals." It is noted that some of these stones were taken back to Spain. The chronicler of the Peru-tombs wrote in about 1570." …Dr. Don Patton
Dr. Cabrera, who ran a museum showcasing the artifacts before his death, was a professor of medicine and the head of his department at the University of Lima, estimates that considering his own collection, other collections with which he was aware, that as many as 50,000 of these artifacts have been found.
Dr. Cabrera accepted the theory of evolution, but believed that the stones belonged to a race of advanced man who lived millions of years ago. Christians would disagree with his theories about the artifacts, but at least the stones don't make us run and hide like they do materialist science.
Mainstream scientists have only to hear that they depict man interacting with known types of dinosaurs to conclude with eyes closed and ears plugged—that they are fakes. To be fair, Christians shouldn't accept them as genuine simply because they reinforce what we believe but all should welcome an honest, scientific analysis of the artifacts. They are what they are, enigmatic, mysterious, beautiful and ubiquitous -— and very possibly ancient.
Excerpts From: The Message of the Stones", by Dr. Javier Cabrera
The book can be purchased online in English or Spanish here: Message of the Stones
Ica Stone Etching from: Le Pietre di Ica, by Cornelia Petratu & Bernard Roidinger.
360 kilometers south of Lima - capital of Peru - in the coastal province of Ica, there were discovered in 1961 some strange and mysterious stones shaped somewhat like river rocks. The strangeness, the mystery of the stones was that they pictured animals, men and ways of life very different from those previously discovered by students of the classical cultures of Peru.
The stones came from Ocucaje, an agreeable little town located 40 kilometers south of Ica. In this region, underground, are to he found innumerable graves of men who lived in the times of the Inca and before; lying on the surface of the earth are petrified remains of both tiny and huge prehistoric animals.
Ocucaje lies in an immense desert criss-crossed by mounds of ancient rocks, perhaps the oldest on the planet. There, in the solitude of the desert landscape, testimonials to the recent past and the ancient past lie side by side.
And if it were not for the small fields that arise on either side of the river - dry most of the year - that crosses the desert, it might be said that this part of the world had died, that time stopped here.
The strange stones were found by the peasants of Ocucaje. Ocucaje lies in the zone where since the beginning of the century the finest ancient textiles and ceramics have been unearthed, and the peasants have dedicated themselves, generation after generation, to the clandestine practice of searching for artifacts.
On a clear night, armies of men armed with picks, their faces covered so as not to breath the stench of the graves, protected by amulets to defend them against evil spirits, with the silence as their only witness, perform the enigmatic task of literally uncovering the past.
For long hours these moving shadows people the desert; if someone unaware of what they were doing should happen to surprise them at their work, he would think that the dead had abandoned their endless sleep to arise from the grave and take up their lives where death had interrupted them in some unknown moment so long ago.
Dr. Cabrera. Source: http://www.piedrasdeica.com/Biologia.htm.
The unusual figures engraved on the stones amazed the archeologists who saw them: they could not he reconciled with what was known of the men who had lived in ancient Peru, and they toppled all knowledge that had been pieced together regarding that era.
Doubt about the authenticity of the stones was their first response. Loyal to the notion that the oldest human beings in Peru dated from no more than 20,000 years ago and that only 3,000 years ago was there an advanced civilization to he found in the region, they could not admit the hypothesis that the stones might be evidence of a civilization much older than the classical cultures of Peru, that is to say, older than the Incas or the Pre-Incas.
The incredulity of the archeologists was communicated to the cultural authorities of the country. The engraved stones of Ica, which kept appearing and finding their way into private collections, were passed over by the archeologists and other specialists.
Carlos and Pablo Soldi, who had collected the first stones that appeared in Ocucaje repeatedly requested that their specimens be studied, but the experts decided to ignore their persistent petitions.
In 1966, an architect named Santiago Agurto Calvo carried out excavations in the graves of Ocucaje to try to determine if the engraved stones, of which he had a substantial collection acquired years before, came from them.
Santiago Agurto Calvo was able to find some specimens which led him to believe that the stones had been carved by pre-Incaic man. It was the first time that the exact provenance of some specimens was known.
But despite this conformity with the demands of the science of archeology, archeologists were still not interested in studying the stones.
This "Andean Camel" is actually a corythosaurus.
........At this point in my investigations I must confess I was surprising myself at every turn. The engraved stones of Ica were revolutionizing paleontology and radically changing the date of the appearance of culture and intelligent men on earth.
One question remained: Was it possible that the engraved stones of Ica were somehow being manufactured by modern man? I remembered the assertion made by the Director of the Museo Regional of Ica that the peasants of Ocucaje were making them. The assertion strained credulity, since these are simple people who totally lack the specialized understanding of science that can be seen in the stones.
Possibly the stones were not manufactured by peasants but by one or two men who did possess such understanding and who had the stones carved with the intention of selling them.
Despite the fact that I knew from Herman Buse's account that these stones had been sold since 1961 for very little, amounts that would not even come close to compensating the enormous trouble they cost, I decided that I must have laboratory confirmation of the age of the stones.
ICA Stones of Peru
It was in the month of May, l967, and one day I selected from my collection 33 stones, among them a few that showed the reproductive cycle of long-extinct animals, which I knew would be controversial if their authenticity could not be established.
I went to my friend Luis Hochshild, a learned mining engineer and Vice-President of the Mauricio Hochshild Mining Co., based in Lima. I asked if his laboratories could perform an analysis that would determine the nature of the stone and the antiquity of the engravings.
At the beginning of June I received a report from the laboratory, in a document signed by the geologist Eric Wolf which stated:
This is unquestionably natural stone shaped by fluvial transport (river rock). Petrologically I would classify them as andesites. Andesites are rocks whose components have been subjected mechanically to great pressure which causes chemical changes to take place. In this case the effects of intense sericitation (transformation of feldspar into sericite) are obvious.
This process has increased the compactness and specific weight, also creating the smooth surface that ancient artists preferred for carving.
I will try to confirm this preliminary opinion by means of a more detailed test in the laboratories of the Engineering School and of the University of Bonn, West Germany. The stones are covered with a fine patina of natural oxidation which also covers the engravings by which their age should be able to be deduced.
I have not been able to find any notable or irregular wear on the edges of the incisions which leads me to suspect that these incisions or etchings were executed not long before being deposited in the graves or other places where they were discovered.
Lima, 8 June 1967.
Eric Wolf
This analysis revealed three important facts: a) The engraved stones have a higher specific gravity than common river rocks found in riverbeds and beaches, which I had guessed as soon as I first held one in my hand;
b) The engravings are old, to judge by the coating of natural oxidation that covers the incisions as well as the stones themselves; and
c) The stones were engraved not long before being deposited in the spots where they were found, to judge by the absence of wear on the edges of the incisions, which means that the stones were not engraved for utilitarian or even artistic purposes, but rather to be deposited in a safe place - for some unknown reason.
One year before, Santiago Agurto Calvo had published the results of a petrological analysis of the engraved stones in his collection. These results were part of the newspaper article mentioned earlier, in which he discussed the discovery of engraved stones in the Ocucaje zone.
Specifically, the article dealt with some specimens that he had purchased in 1962 from huaqueros which, according to him, contained "unidentifiable things, insects, fish, birds, cats, fabulous creatures and human beings, sometimes apart and other times shown together in elaborate and fantastic compositions".
He had entrusted the analysis to the mining Faculty of the Universidad Nacional de Ingeneira and it had been performed by two engineers, Fernando de las Casas and Cesar Sotillo.
Since the analysis I had commissioned promised that the preliminary study would be followed up by a closer examination in the laboratories of the Universidad Nacional de Ingeneira de Peru and the University of Bonn, I decided to compare the analysis of my stones with that of the stones of Agurto. The analysis of Agurto's stones read:
All the stones are highly carbonized andesites, despite their coloration and texture, which suggest a different nature.
The stones come from lava flows dating from the Mesozoic era, characteristic of the zone where they were found. The surface has weathered, and feldspar has been turned into clay, weakening the surface and forming a kind of shell around the interior of the stones.
This shell measures an average of grade 3 on the Mohs scale (which measures the comparative capacity of a substance to scratch another or be scratched by another) and up to 4 1/2 in the part not so affected by weathering.
The stones can be worked with any hard material such as bone, shell, obsidian, etc., and naturally, by any prehispanic metal implement.
The North American scientist Charles H. Hapgood, a dedicated archeologist, revealed in 1973 the results of his laborious study of an extraordinary collection of 32,000 artifacts, the property of the German collector Waldemar Julsrud.
The collection is composed of ceramics, carved wooden objects, and engraved stones all from the region around Acambaro, in central Mexico. Looking at the color reproductions of many of these objects, one notes that the images of human beings do not resemble the inhabitants of the region in particular or the American Indian in general; and the animal images seem to be fantastic, though some species of extinct animals can be discerned.
We see oriental, negroid, and aryan human types, and we see, among the identifiable prehistoric animals, anthropoids, anteaters, crabs, horses, camels, crocodiles, and various species of dinosaur, including the stegasaurus, corinthosaurus, tyranosaurus, plesiosaurus, brontosaurus, and pelicosaurus.
For over twenty years archeologists thought these pieces were fakes. In support of this hypothesis they pointed out that 1) never before had so many pieces been found in so small an area; 2) never before had such delicate and fragile objects been preserved underground in such pristinity; 3) the objects made reference to unknown cultures; 4) the absence of patina and the accumulation of saltpeter was inexplicable, and 5) the depiction of dinosaurs was further proof that the etchings were phony.
The suggestion that the pieces were of recent manufacture, and that the person who manufactured them was Odilon Tinajero, a resident of Acambaro, who had sold specimens to the collection with the assurance that they were unearthed by him and his family. But doubts remained: the collection contained pieces that demonstrated considerable knowledge on some themes, such as the customs and legends of the Indian people, and rare and exotic extinct animals; many also showed extraordinary artistic ability.
But Odilon Tinajeros scarcely knew how to read and write and like the rest of his family had never exhibited any talent for things artistic.
Hapgood enlisted the services of a famous expert in the detection of falsifications. It had already been established that the pieces had been fired in an open oven, and given the sheer quantity of pieces that existed, this oven would have had to have been kept going day and night over a long period of time which would in turn have required copious firewood.
The investigations carried out by the expert, the municipal authorities, and by a local professor, however, conclude that:
1) Odilon Tinajero did not own an oven;
2) no one had seen smoke that might reveal the functioning of such an oven, and
3) there was not sufficient clay in the area to permit the firing of the thousands of specimens. Beyond this, Odilon Tinajero was selling the pieces at a price which would not have covered the investment needed to fabricate them.
Hapgood turned to laboratory analysis in order to try to verify the age of the pieces. The analysis - using radiocarbon dating and the thermoluminescent method - certified that the pieces were old.
The first method gave an age of 6,400 to 3,500 years, and the second, for some pieces, an age of 4,500 years. Thus was Hapgood able to demonstrate the archeological value of this incredible collection, ending a long period of doubt and incredulity.
The checkered history of the Acambaro collection is not unlike the history of the Engraved Stones of Ica, the gliptoliths(Cabreras name for the stones). Skepticism among archeologists regarding the authenticity of the Acambaro pieces lasted twenty years, and the same skepticism has animated Peruvian archeologists where the gliptoliths are concerned.
The difference between the Acambaro and Ica case is that in the latter case the doubt has not yet been dispelled.
Since 1961 when, according to the Peruvian scholar Herman Buse, the engraved stones first appeared in Ocucaje, constant efforts have been made, in vain, to enlist the help of Peruvian archeologists in verifying the authenticity of the stones.
First to try were the Soldi brothers, who put together the first collection of stones bought from the huaqueros of Ocucaje. Even though the Soldis mistakenly thought the stones were made by the Incas, this does not diminish the persistence with which they requested official tests to prove what they were already sure of: that the stones were not of recent manufacture.
Herman Buse reports in his 1965 book that one of the brothers – Pablo - said that the existence of a thick layer of saltpeter covering the specimens could not be explained except by the passage of considerable time, and he added that the huaqueros who had found the stones were willing to take archeologists to the places were they had been discovered, to show them that this was not a hoax.
Buse says that the other brother – Carlos - could not believe that anyone would have gone to the trouble to manufacture the stones only to sell them at the ridiculously low prices which the Soldis had paid. But when Peruvians archeologists heard of the Soldi collection, they immediately assumed a posture of incredulity, and they would not accompany the huaqueros to the excavations.
Several years later, in 1966, Santiago Agurto Calvo felt the need to verify the authenticity of the stones that kept appearing in Ica, and he began to carry out excavations, first on his own and later in the company of the archeologist Alejandro Pezzia Assereto, director of the Museo Regional of Ica. Agurto Calvo had a collection of several hundred stones which he had put to test in the laboratories of the Faculty of Mining at the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria.
As we saw in Chapter One, these tests revealed that the stones came from lava layers dating from the Mesozoic era (frau 230 to 63 ruillion years ago), and one feature was the relative softness of the stones surface. Based on this characteristic, Agurto Calvo speculated that the stones may have come from the time of the Incas or Pre-Incas, since the tools used by these cultures would have been capable of executing the engravings on this type of stone.
The excavations he made in Pre-Incas graves finally bore fruit: he found two samples, similar to those that made up his collection. This convinced him that there was no doubt as to the authenticity of the stones, and he declared them to be ancient, by virtue of having found specimens next to known remains and ceramics belonging to Pre-Inca man.
The newspaper article in which Agurto Calvo reported his labors and his discovery concluded with these words: "To the fundamental question - are they false, or are they real-? which it has been my fortune to be able to answer, other questions flow which are equally provocative but even more difficult to answer.
I am certain that the scholars and archeologists of the nation will give them prompt attention which will satisfy our curiosity and enrich the history and culture of Peru"
Two years later, in 1968, the archeologist Pezzia Assereto, who had accompanied Agurto Calvo, published a book on the archeology of the province of Ica, in which he makes note of the discovery: "Agurto was able after several attempts to find an engraved stone inside a tomb in the sector of Toma Luz of the Hacienda Callango del Valle in Ica on 20 August 1966...
After informing the Museo Regional of Ica of such an important find, Agurto and I made another excavation on 11 September of the same year, in the hill called Uhle of the sector of La Banda in the Hacienda Ocucaje, and we found for the first time an engraved stone inside a tomb of the Paracas culture, a thing I was not expecting, but which proved, by association, the authenticity of these artifacts".
Despite the fact that the Engraved Stones of Ica had been proven to be authentic archeological specimens, the cultural authorities of the central government remained indifferent. The discovery of Agurto Calvo alone should have been sufficient not only for the order to go out that the stones in existing collections be studied immediately, and not only that excavations in search of new specimens should be undertaken, but also that an end should be put to the illegal commerce in the stones.
Source: http://www.piedrasdeica.com/Biologia.htm
But none of this was done. Not even the collection of Carlos Soldi was studied, and on his death it passed to the Museo Regional of Ica, according to his wishes. It was at this time that I began to dedicate myself to increasing the stones in my own collection, buying specimens from some other collectors in Ica from whom I had acquired the stones I already possessed - and later - acquired them from the huaqueros of Ocucaje.
In 1972 Herman Buse again brought up the issue of the engraved stones, at a moment when many national and foreign archeologists were convening in Lima at the First Congress of Andean Archeology.
In an article published in the Lima daily El Comercio, written with the obvious purpose of pointing out to the participants in the Congress their obligation to give an official opinion on the stones in light of the absence of such an opinion so far, Buse discusses the unofficial opinions which had been circulating regarding the archeological validity of the stones.
He points to the incredulity of the archeologists, and marshalls the arguments of those who believe in the authenticity of the stones, and of those who do not. Buse casts doubt on the latter arguments:
"The Cabrera collection, which is on display in the city of Ica, is composed of no fewer than 10,000 of these stones. 10,000 falsifications? Many of them purchased for only a couple of soles? Can such a price be explained given the delicate, complicated, difficult work involved?"
He adds: "Other responsible men believe in them, in their legitimacy and certifiable antiquity. For this reason it seems strange that professional archeologists reject theme out of hand."
But the experts participating in the Congress paid no attention to Buse, and once more we see the inexplicable lack of interest on the part of archeologists in studying the stones and determining their authenticity.
Cont...From Left Column. Surely, no uneducated farmer could even begin to fathom such things? Then the sheer number of stones became apparent. The farmer finally admitted that he had sold them for some time, perhaps thousands of them, before he became famous. The doctor currently owns 11,000 stones (at latest count) and estimates the total in existence to be about 15,000.
Even if one were to accept the unlikely notions that this man understood surgery, art, carving stone, and the history of the Incas..., and dinosaurs, and flying reptiles..., and a host of other disciplines, all of which is most improbable; there is the issue of simple math for one man to carve 15,000 stones would mean:
1. he began as a teenager;
2. he carved one stone a day;
3. he continued this 7 days a week for 41 years without missing a single day.
To refute this simple logic would mean:
1. he carved more than one a day (impossible to even do one);
2: he had help and lots of it'
3: they came from someone else.
Even if one accepts the idea that he had help in the hills, other farmers or such, the pure knowledge of the scenes would deny that any group of people could possess the wide scientific knowledge to complete the accurate details.
Dr. Cabrera, by then a trusted friend of the farmer, learned that the man was released from prison once he signed the confession that he was cheating the tourists. He agreed not to pretend the stones came from the hills but that he had indeed carved them himself. It was either that or go to prison for selling government possessions (the international antiquity laws).
The story, however, died the death of all shams and no reputable investigator would be stained by falling for the same hoax. BBS had been ridiculed beyond belief, and had thoroughly and painfully apologized to their public for airing the sham.
Meanwhile, the doctor continued his research with geologists to interpret the maps on several stones showing a weird configuration of the world. Some angles and land masses looked vaguely familiar, but the majority were badly skewered into strange shapes.
Geologists have confirmed that based on current computer projections, the shapes indicated on the rocks are indeed accurate for the planet earth, as it was, about 13,000,000 (million) years ago, and as seen from above!!!!
I have seen several of these photos, they are not some weird, distorted collection of vague notions, but very clear and distinct carvings showing land masses and oceans.
Now, Dr. Cabrera had a real problem. A farmer insists that he carved the stones himself and therefore, Cabrera has had no success in getting anyone to take the stones seriously. At first, the doctor was only considering the aspect that his stones dated back to the Incas, or pre-Columbian era. But now, his stones appear to be 13 million years old, not a mere few thousand. This would be pre-stone age!!!
How on earth could this man convince anyone of stature to even look at the stones, with their brief history in the press, much less consider them to predate stone-age man ???
The doctor maintains he has two enormous problems in getting anyone to take him seriously. One, there are so many stones. Like diamonds, we expect anything of value to be rare and difficult to obtain. There are thousands of the things just sitting around in Ica.
Second, and this is the real issue, one would have to accept the notion that some highly-intelligent form of man occupied this planet millions of years before the first known man could even swing a club. This is simply not acceptable.
I've seen several photos of stones showing men in robes riding flying reptiles and dinosaurs, very similar to the animals and reptiles shown in the movie, "Jurassic Park." To accept this concept would invalidate every book ever written about ancient man, and everything since then.
I've searched the net looking for references. But nowhere, outside of Peru, can I find anyone with any information.
Maybe it is a hoax, but if so, it is the greatest one I've ever read about. And the magnitude? Think about it. You're some kind of a trickster on a grade scale. Okay, do you spend years of your life carving complicated pictures in rock and then scatter them in the hills? Why? Where's the profit? What's the reason? Who benefits? This farmer, selling them off a vendor's cart?
I simply don't get it. Somewhere, somehow, there is an explanation. I want to know: Who carved them? When? How? How did they acquire the knowledge? And, why did they carve them?
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Our top Apple news from the last week included discussions about dropped calls on AT&T, calendar syncing on Outlook for Mac, and a possible iPhone 5 "delay." Apple also came out victorious in a patent dispute over Cover Flow, and is now going after unauthorized iPod accessory makers. Read on for the full summary:
WebKit best option for Camino as Mozilla drops Gecko embedding: Developers behind the Camino Web browser are planning to switch to WebKit-based rendering after Mozilla pulled the plug on Gecko embedding. What that means for the future of the browser is unclear.
AT&T iPhone 4 users report over twice as many dropped calls: Recent survey results maintain that Verizon iPhone 4 users—and all Verizon users—suffer from far fewer dropped calls than AT&T users.
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Outlook for Mac getting calendar sync with iOS, but not MobileMe: Microsoft says it's about to release Service Pack 1 for Office for Mac, which will finally allow Outlook to sync calendars, notes, and tasks with iPads and iPhones. However, after May 5, those things won't be true for syncing with MobileMe.
Apple wins appeal in Cover Flow, Time Machine patent disputes: Apple didn't infringe on patents owned by a company named Mirror Worlds that covered Cover Flow, Time Machine, and Spotlight after all, according to a new ruling. The decision reverses a 2010 ruling that would have had Apple shelling out $625.5 million in damages.
Pandora, other app makers subpoenaed over user data collection: Pandora has revealed that it received a federal grand jury subpoena asking for information on its data collection practices, which it believes to be part of an industry-wide investigation. If app makers are found to be misleading users, they could face federal fraud charges.
Apple gets go-ahead to move against unauthorized accessory makers: A federal judge has ruled that Apple's trademark infringement suit against a group of unauthorized iPod, iPhone, and iPad accessory makers can move forward, though it seems likely that the companies involved will end up coming to a settlement.
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Chief | 10/05/10
Chief, Domino's brand new signing, are to release Breaking Walls, the captivating first single taken from their forthcoming debut LP, on June 21st.
Chief are Evan Koga, Mike Moonves, and brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa. Born and raised in Los Angeles, the sound of the West Coast emanates through every note of their music.
Breaking Walls is a sunny, melancholic track featuring Chief in stunning trademark vocal harmony and serves as a beautiful introduction to their forthcoming LP, details of which will be announced soon.
Already known in the UK via last year's Mighty Proud single on Chess Club, Chief will be opening up for Pearl Jam in Hyde Park next month and will be performing at a handful of UK festivals. Full dates are as follows:
25th June: London, Hyde Park, Hard Rock Calling with Pearl Jam
27th June: Glastonbury festival
9th July: Canterbury, Merton Farm, Lounge on the Farm Festival
10th July: Herefordshire: Nozstock
17th July: Suffolk, Latitude Festival
Breaking Walls will be available on 7" (RUG367) and via digital download (RUG367D).
Tracklisting is as follows:
A – Breaking Walls
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Articles: SSPX: Society of St. Pius X
Letter of 'the Nine' to Abp. Marcel Lefebvre
Nine American Priests of SSPX
Nine priests outline the grave problems in the Society of St. Pius X in their March 25, 1983 letter to Archbishop Lefebvre and the General Council of the Society. The priests would be expelled the following month.
Your Grace and Rev. Fathers:
It is our understanding that the reason for which the Society of St. Pius X was founded was to promote fidelity to Tradition, by which is mean loyalty to the Church, her doctrine, more teaching, worship, sacraments and discipline. That such an organization was necessary was due to the fact that the reforms introduced by Pope John XXIII set in motion a process that has resulted in radical change, which constitutes a substantial rejection of traditional Catholic doctrine, morality and worship.
History records that Your Grace was one of the voices of courage and sanity at the Council and in the years following the Council you refused to cooperate in the destruction of the Church. It was natural that others who loved the Church and her traditions would turn to you. It is no exaggeration to say that you became a symbol to millions of loyalty to tradition and many souls who might otherwise have been lost will spend eternity in heaven because of what you have done.
Thus in the 1ight of these facts it is necessarily with great sadness that we write to Your Grace and the General Council of the Society about certain matters which we believe are so serious as to constitute a substantial departure from the purpose for which the Society was established and could bring about its ultimate ruination — if they are not corrected. This we must do out of loyalty to that purpose, but more importantly out of loyalty to the Church.
Therefore, we respectfully manifest our grave concern over certain serious developments which have arisen in the Society in the hope that these matters will be resolved. We ask you to give serious consideration to these points which are presented to you by priests who have given you years of faithful service.
1. The Seminary
At the beginning of the school year Your Grace imposed reforms in the Mass at the seminary in Ridgefield, i.e., liturgical reforms imposed by John XXIII. As you know, these reforms are a phase in the process begun in the 1950's, authored by Annibale Bugnini, the creator of the New Mass, and brought to completion by Paul VI. Since these reforms led eventually to the New Mass in the Church, this caused great scandal at the seminary among professors and students.
You said these reforms were necessary for "unity." But these first reforms did not bring unity — which already existed at the seminary. Instead, these changes in the Mass were a prelude to the destruction of peace and unity. Up to that time the seminary in Ridgefield was virtually free of problems. The conflicts and controversy that were so characteristic of Ecône were unknown in the American seminary. Here the seminarians were trained in peace and serenity.
The quest for unity by John XXIII resulted in disunity. How could his reform imposed on a traditional seminary of the Society set the stage for anything but trouble? The imposition of these reforms was subversive of the principle on which the Society was to build: loyalty to tradition.
Furthermore, it is contrary to right reason to attempt to counter the disorder of the liturgical revolution by imposing in the Society an important phase of that revolution as the liturgical norm we should follow. Why impose reforms which contributed to an attack on tradition? Unity cannot be based on disorder and novelty.
And so, as happened in the Church on the heels of the changes of John XXIII, there followed a spirit of contention and division in the seminary — a spirit which has led to the unhappy state in which we find the seminary today, a place not at peace, but in controversy and unrest. As a devil entered in when John XXIII began with his reforms, so too has one entered the seminary in Ridgefield since those same reforms were imposed. The devil's name is legion.
2. Doubtful Priests
Over the past few years, the Society has accepted the service of priests ordained by vernacular versions of the New Rite of Ordination of 1968. On November 30, 1947, Pope Pius XII issued his Apostolic Constitution Sacramentum Ordinis, dealing with the matter of the Sacrament of Orders. It was his intention "to put an end to all controversy," as he said. He did this by, among other things, decreeing and determining which words in the form for the ordination of a priest "are essential and therefore requisite for validity."
The English words of the form in the New Rite of ordination so differ from the one Pius XII said were essential for validity that the, introduce a positive doubt as to its validity. In fact the doubt is not negative, but positive enough even in your own mind, Your Grace, so as to justify the conditional ordination of priests ordained in the New Rite.
And so you have in fact conditionally, ordained at least two priests in America: Father Sullivan and Father [. . .]. Indeed, you even asked Rev. Philip Stark to accept conditional ordination and he, as you yourself told us, adamantly refused And yet, after his refusal, you nevertheless allowed and continue to allow him to work with the Society; and he is not the only doubtfully ordained priest that you permit to do so — he is one of many.
Thus under the aegis of the Society, doubtful Masses are being offered, doubtful absolutions are being given and dying people are being anointed with an "Extreme Unction" that may be invalid and of no more value than the anointing with oil done by a Protestant minister.
How, one must ask before God, can the Society reject the doubtful sacraments of the new Church only to replace them with doubtful priests? How grave a sin this is! How false a pretense! Furthermore the Society in the South West District has begun to import to the United States priests whose theological training and manner of ordination are under a similar cloud. As Your Grace knows, this has been a source of scandal.
The employment of such priests strikes at the heart of one of the reasons for the Society's existence: to provide unquestionably valid sacraments for the faithful — for if a positive doubt exists as to the validity of a priest's ordination, not only are the sacraments he administers doubtful, but the faithful are put into a position by the Society of choosing between the doubtful sacraments of the new Church and the doubtful priests of the Society. From the standpoint of Catholic morality this is inadmissible.
3. Liturgical Changes
The First General Chapter of the Society, held at Econe in 1976, adopted the principle that the Districts and the Houses of Formation should follow the Missal, Breviary, Calendar and Rubrics which were customary at that time. This decision was never rescinded or even discussed at the Second General Chapter held last year at which your successor was selected.
In the case of the United States, we have always followed the Missal, Breviary, Calendar and Rubrics of our holy patron, Pope St. Pius X, which practice was sanctioned by the First General Chapter. Of late, however, an attempt has been made to force all the priests and seminarians in the United States to accept the liturgical reforms of Pope John XXIII on the grounds of uniformity and loyalty to the Society, thereby implying that adherence to the non-reformed traditional Rites of St. Pius X constitutes disloyalty.
Can it be that the Society has come to look upon loyalty to tradition as disloyalty to the Society?
Most recently, to our shock and dismay, a newly-ordained priest was given an ultimatum — either to accept the reforms of John XXIII and to begin saying Mass according to the John XXIII missal or to leave the Society.
Is it possible that the Society which has been persecuted because of its loyalty to tradition now persecutes priests for their loyalty to tradition? What has happened? Can it be that the Society now uses the same tactic which the reforming hierarchy used to impose the reform that has destroyed our people and our churches? Is not this, in the light of recent history, beyond belief? Would we not be far more guilty in accepting this first step than the priests of twenty years ago who did not have the historical precedent that we have before our eyes?
As you well know, John XXIII made his original changes as merely temporary steps in preparation for Vatican II. Father Kelly wrote to you of this matter last year when it was announced that you would strive to introduce the reforms of John XXIII in the United States. To quote from Father Kelly's letter of March 23, 1982:
It seems to me that the very nature of Rubricarum Instructum is a temporary one, and, of course, it only remained in vigor for four years. Thus in its text, John XXIII said that his reform of July 25, 1960 was made with the understanding "that the more important principles governing a general liturgical reform should be laid before the members of the hierarchy at the forthcoming ecumenical council," which he said he decided to convene "under the inspiration of God." It is not difficult, then, for it to be seen as the type of gradualism which eventually embraced the reform.
Our people would be shocked by any liturgical change. To introduce a change in the direction of the Council would be seen as one step toward the changes of the 1960's. We simply could not stand up in front of our congregations and tell them that we were abandoning the Missal, Calendar and Breviary of our Holy Patron, St. Pius X, for that of John XXIII — one, the greatest pope of the century, the other, the originator of the aggiornamento whose effects remain with us today.
In our opinion, for us to accept the Missal, Breviary, Calendar and Rubrics of John XXIII would be to accept the first steps toward the "liturgical reform" of Vatican II, which steps lead gradually to the New Mass, and such would the way the laity in America would interpret it.
Furthermore, and with all due respect, religious superiors do not, under the canons and traditions of the Church, have any power to legislate in liturgical matters. Such power belongs to the Roman Pontiffs who are themselves limited. For though the power of a pope is very great, it neither arbitrary nor unrestricted. "The pope," as Cardinal Hergenroether once said, "is circumscribed by the consciousness of the necessity of making a righteous and beneficial use of the duties attached to his privileges.... He is also circumscribed by the spirit and practice of the Church, by the respect due to General Councils and to ancient statutes and customs, by the rights of bishops, by his relation with civil powers, by the traditional mild tone of government indicated by the aim of the institution of the papacy—to 'feed'—...." (Quoted in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), vol. XII, "Pope," pp. 269-270)
Thus obedience in matters liturgical belongs to a religious superior only insofar as what he demands is demanded by the Church and the legitimate demands of a Roman Pontiff.
4. Dismissal of Priests
Over the past few years, a considerable number of priests have been threatened with expulsion from the Society. Some have actually been expelled. No provision was made for the support of such priests. They were simply expelled and the Society washed its hands of them.
It is indeed a flagrant violation of tradition, of the spirit of the Council of Trent and of the Code of Canon Law, and has always led to untold abuses and scandal to souls. While it may be true that we live in difficult times and the letter of the law cannot always be followed, nevertheless this is no excuse to disregard the spirit of the law in the creation of "untitled" priests.
As you know, "The canonical title is a surety for the decent maintenance of the cleric in perpetuity." (Ramstein, Manual of Canon Law, [Terminal Pub., 1948], p. 432.)
Canon 979 §2 of the Code of Canon Law states that "This title must be both securely guaranteed for the entire life of the candidate and fully adequate for a becoming livelihood..." And canon 980 §2 says: "If, without an Apostolic indult, anyone shall deliberately promote or permit the promotion to sacred orders of a subject who lacks a canonical title, he and his successors are bound to provide the latter...." "Alexander III, in the Third Lateran Council, condemned bishops who should ordain deacons and priests without a title, to support such priests from the episcopal table... The Council of Trent maintained the necessity of the "Title of Ordination" (Session XXI, Chapter 2), and "The Congregation of Propaganda in a response to the Bishop of Natchez, 4 February, 1873, shows clearly that the priest cannot be deprived of his means of support.... Grave offences committed by him such as May even justify his deposition from office, will not warrant the bishop in refusing him means of support." (Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 1, "Alimentation", p. 313.)
So ancient is this tradition of "Title" that some trace it to the Council of Chalcedon in 451. All admit that since the 11th century it has had exactly the same meaning as it has in our day. Is it the Society that will abandon the spirit of this tradition?
This is a most lamentable practice which contradicts ancient traditions and laws of the Church. Furthermore, this mode of action by the Society implies that conformity to the statutes is replaced by conformity to the whims of superiors as the norm of right behavior.
A dramatic example of this is Your Grace's recent ultimatum to a newly-ordained priest in which you threaten him with expulsion because he would not incorporate into his Masses the reforms of John XXIII. One might well wonder: "Where in the statutes of the Society does it say that the liturgical norm for the Society is the reform of John XXIII?"
5. Magisterial Authority
The present situation in the Church has generated many unprecedented problems of a theological and practical nature — for example the question of the in se validity or invalidity of the New Mass, as opposed to the question of the attendance at the New Mass. On the one hand, the definitive resolution of speculative theological questions must await the restoration of normalcy in the Church. On the other hand, we must apply Catholic moral and dogmatic principles to practical problems.
The Society must not presume to settle such speculative questions in an authoritative and definitive fashion, since it has absolutely no authority to do so. Any attempt by the Society to teach and impose its conclusions on matters of speculative theology as the only positions suitable for a Catholic to embrace is dangerous and opens the door to great evils —f or it assumes a magisterial authority which belongs not to it but to the Church alone.
Now while in theory the Society may deny any claim to such teaching authority, in practice it has acted as though it did have such an authority. For it has proposed solutions to speculative theological questions and has threatened with expulsion or has actually expelled priests and seminarians who disagree with its teaching.
For example on Nov. 8, 1982 a young priest received the following ultimatum on the resolution of a matter of speculative theology:
If you remain with our Society, you have to gradually clarify your inner viewpoint and have to return to the attitude of the Priestly Society, which seems to us to be the only right one, under the given circumstances, as a talk with theologians this past weekend has shown me again. Think about it seriously, because with this decision your temporal and so much more your eternal welfare is at stake to the highest degree. I will continue to pray for you for divine enlightenment and humble submission.
Is this a threat of excommunication by a pope to a subject embracing heresy? Does not the prediction and threat of temporal and eternal ruination for a refusal to assent internally indicate the highest teaching and ruling authority?
But alas this is not a pope speaking. These are the words instead of Father Franz Schmidberger, himself a young priest ordained in 1975 by Your Grace who will succeed you as head of the Society, and who presumes to teach and threaten with such authority. This is inadmissible!
To act in such a way puts the Society in the dangerous position of assuming for itself rights and authority which belong to the Magisterium alone. It creates the potential for schism and worse. It is unacceptable from a Catholic point of' view. The Catholic thing to do would be for the Society to refrain from attempting to bind the consciences of its members on speculative theological questions which are, in fact, open to discussion, and which can only be settled definitively by legitimate authority when the traditions have been restored.
6. Loyalty
The fundamental reason for the Society's existence is to promote loyalty to the Church and her teachings. Unfortunately, it seems that the distinction between the primary loyalty which we owe to the Church and the subordinate loyalty we give to the Society has become somewhat blurred in the practical order.
Priests, seminarians, and the faithful associate themselves with the Society to the extent that the Society is loyal to Tradition; they associate with it because they want the traditional Mass, the traditional sacraments and the traditional teachings and practices of the Church. The trust we have received from them is based on this. It is the trust under which we have labored in the United States these past ten years. We have received this trust from them in a true contractual sense. The support we have asked from them and received was a conditional support. The condition was that we be loyal to Tradition and the people would be loyal to us. It is not loyalty to persons or organizations, but loyalty to the Church and her traditions that counts in their eyes.
We believe it should be the practice of the Society to avoid giving the impression that loyalty to the Society is on the same level as loyalty to the traditions of the Church and the Church itself. We priests cannot propose loyalty to the Society as equal in value to loyalty to the traditional rites and doctrines. Therefore, the primary motive of everything we do is loyalty to the Church.
To the extent that any organization, including the Society, would do things which conflict with the traditions and immemorial practices of the Church, to that extent we reject these things without hesitation or reservation.
7. Annulments.
The Society has recently enunciated a general policy whereby it would presume the validity of the new Church annulments without investigation. The only outcome of following such a policy will be serious public scandal, grave damage to family life and complicity with the new Church in its attack on the holy sacrament of Matrimony.
In answer to an inquiry from a layman concerning the status of his second marriage (which we know to be invalid), the Secretary General of the Society responded as follows:
On behalf of His Grace Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre I thank you for your letter of July 23, to which he has given due attention.
His Grace thinks that in spite of all, one should adhere to the decision taken by the Church. Although one may deplore that the Church declares marriages invalid too easily nowadays, we cannot affirm in a special case, without any serious reason, that a declaration of invalidity is not valid. Thus you may go on receiving the sacraments and have a Christian family life.
Since no investigation was made by Your Grace or by the Secretary General, and since no grounds for the conciliar annulment were mentioned in the original letter of inquiry, the meaning is clear both from the words and the context. And that meaning is that presumption is to be given in favor of the Conciliar Church's annulments until the contrary is proved.
This is a tragic error, for the Conciliar Church has proved its contempt for the sacrament of Matrimony by its actions. Before the world the Church is held up to ridicule because of the annulment practices of the Conciliar Church, which are more contemptible than the actions taken against marriage by secular tribunals. The policy of the Society must be to presume the invalidity of all the Conciliar Church's annulments until it is proved by traditional Catholic standards that the marriage annulled was clearly invalid from the beginning.
To deal with such serious and sacred things in any other manner attacks the sacrament, makes light of one of the most serious and involved processes of the Church, poses a danger to present marriages, is a scandal to people who suffer much because of their respect for the sacrament and most especially is a mockery of those who have lived out their lives in perfect chastity in loyalty to the doctrine of the indissolubility of Christian marriage.
In the light of the foregoing, we respectfully petition Your Grace and the General Council of the Society to adopt the following resolutions for the good of souls and the Society.
1. Priests doubtfully ordained, i.e., according to the New Rite of Ordination, as well as schismatic priests or bishops, and priests of questionable moral character, will be excluded from working with the Society anywhere in the world.
2. The liturgy of Saint Pius X will be restored at Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Ridgefield, and a perpetual guarantee shall be given for its exclusive use there and in the chapels associated with the Society throughout the United States, which guarantee shall be enforced by legal covenants.
3. Concerning the discipline governing the priests of the Society: insofar as it is possible, the letter, and in all cases the spirit, of the traditions of the Church, the decrees of the Council of Trent and the 1917 Code of Canon Law will be followed. The practice of the Society of creating, in effect, untitled and unattached priests shall come to an end. And should it be impossible to follow the letter of the law in these matters, the spirit of the law shall be rigorously adhered to.
4. Respect for the magisterial authority of the Church as the sole arbiter of theological questions shall be enforced. Therefore, the Society shall faithfully adhere to the teachings of the Church but shall never usurp that teaching authority by attempting to settle definitively questions of speculative theology. Neither shall it attempt to elicit, by threats of expulsion or any other threats, internal assent to the opinions of its superiors.
5. The Society recognizes and accepts the principle that our loyalty to it is subordinate to loyalty to the Church and its traditions.
6. Because of the reckless disregard of the Conciliar Church for the sanctity of matrimony and its sinful and scandalous policy of granting annulments, the Society presumes the invalidity of all annulments granted by the Conciliar Church until it can be demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that the marriage bond of the annulled marriage did not exist in the first place. For according to canon 1014 of the Code of Canon Law, "Marriage enjoys the favor of the law; consequently in doubt the validity of the marriage must be maintained until the contrary is proved...."
In the Apostolic Constitution by which he convoked the Council, John XXIII spoke of his expectation of "a return of unity and of peace." Instead, his reform brought ruination upon the Church.
Would that John XXIII had been mindful of the words of Gregory XVI: "that every novelty attempts to undermine the Universal Church." Instead, he instituted a reform that was, to use words of Gregory XVI, "the height of absurdity and outrage" towards the Church. For it was "to pretend that a restoration and regeneration have become necessary to secure its existence and its progress; as if it could be believed that it was thus subject to faintness, darkness, or other alterations of this kind." (Mirari vos)
The reform of John XXIII could do nothing but bring ruin because it departed from tradition. With this before our eyes, there can be no excuse if we repeat the mistake of Catholics of the 'sixties. For them one can at least understand how they were led away from tradition into the new religion by a process of gradualism and servile submission. They were assured that they were being obedient children heeding the voice of their shepherds and the chief shepherd himself, the Pope. It was inconceivable that the Vicar of Christ would set the Church on a path that would result in the betrayal of tradition and the ruination of millions. And so Catholics submitted to the process.
We write out of concern for the salvation of souls and the Glory of God. There can be no question as to our motives. Witness the growth of the apostolate in the United States over the past ten years with a mere handful of priests — from saying Mass in a garage in Wantagh, N.Y., to the churches and chapels, Mass centers, and increased numbers of the faithful, schools, retreats, missions, summer camps, educational endeavors, the seminary, etc.
This demonstrates in a concrete way our loyalty and fidelity to the reason for which the Society was founded in the beginning. And we hope and pray that these problems will be resolved, in order to insure that the flourishing growth of the Society in the United States may continue in peace and true unity.
For us, over twenty years later, with history before our eyes, there can be no excuse for accepting the first steps of the process of reform. Neither can we sanction practices which amount to a rejection of sacred traditions. We are fearful both for the future of the Society and the good of souls. And so we take this opportunity to present to Your Grace and the General Council our concerns and the above resolutions.
We are resolved to continue the work for which we were ordained and for which we have received the trust of the faithful. This we intend to do in all tranquility even if the Society should abandon us or that trust.
In Jesu et Maria,
Rev. Clarence Kelly
Superior, N.E. District
Rev. Donald J. Sanborn
Rector, St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary
Rev. Daniel L. Dolan
Rev. Anthony Cekada
Rev. William W. Jenkins
Rev. Eugene Berry
Rev. Martin P. Skierka
Rev. Joseph Collins
Rev. Thomas P. Zapp
(The Roman Catholic, May 1983)


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A year ago, for Beltaine/May Day over at church, I baked some cookies using ingredients suggested on a few websites, and to do so I found a recipe at home that I tweaked a little bit, and they went over well, so I decided to do it again this year. I didn't post it before now because I wanted to tweak it some more first. So this is finally what I came up with.
Beltaine Oatmeal Cookies
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
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3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp honey
3 cups oats
1/2 to 1 cup dried cherries
Combine flour, baking soda, nutmeg, salt. Beat together butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla, honey. Gradually add flour mixture, mix. Stir in oats and cherries.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 7-8 min. for chewy [read soft] or 9-10 min. for crisp [actually, just chewy enough and almost crisp]. That's for drop cookies.
Or make into bar cookies in a 15"x10" pan for 18-22 min.
Last year I used less nutmeg, I was just guessing at the honey, and we turned out not to have any dried cherries at the time (we never run out of dried fruit!) so I made the cookies without, and pressed candied cherries into the top while they were still hot and soft enough. But they're better this way.
I made these this year with a half cup cherries; hubby thinks it would be better with a full cup. To each his taste.


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Salumeria Rosi: One Man's Pleasure in Feeding People
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Setting: An understated storefront with an impressive display case, prosciutto legs hanging from the walls, a few tables and a counter facing the street
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Must-Haves: 36 month-aged prosciutto di Parma, roasted beets, brussels sprouts, insalate pontormo, roasted acorn squash, leek tart
Cost: $25 for three small plates, a glass of wine, tax, and tip
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Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto executive chef-partner Cesare Casella is one of those people who was put on Earth to feed people. A man of relentless good cheer, he walks around with a perpetual smile, herbs sticking out of his chef's coat pocket, always with a small plate of something he wants you to try.
He's always been like this, at his previous restaurants Beppe and Maremma, or even before that, when he was cooking for Pino Luongo at Coco Pazzo. But all those were full-on, full-priced restaurants, so they were not the right fit for Cesare's personality. On the other hand Salumeria Rosi, a joint venture with Italian cured meats purveyor Parmacotto, is the perfect fit. With its pristine display case full of hams, cheeses, and vegetables, shelves of handpicked imported Italian food, and a more than reasonably priced menu of small plates served in a small storefront dining room, Salumeria Rosi is a proper home for Cesare Casella's outsized Italian food personality.
What is Cesare feeding serious eaters these days?
The cured meats, from Parmacotto and a few handpicked U.S. purveyors like Salumeria Biellese and Creminelli, are very well curated (ha, ha). Ask head salumiere Aaron Oster or anyone else at the counter for a prosciutto tasting, and you will have a blast. Hams are labeled and divided into two Italian-style categories: prosciutto cotto, or steamed, grilled, and roasted hams (ask for the prosciutto arrosto, which has been roasted for 18 hours, or the griglata, which has been rubbed with rosemary, sate, and oregano before being grilled for 14 hours), and prosciutto crudo, 24 month-old San Daniele and Parma, and a 36 month-old prosciutto de Parma that truly melts in your mouth. The Barolo salami from Creminelli is also worth a try. Don't be shy here. Ask for lots of tastes when you walk in the door and look over the counter, so when you do sit down you'll know what to be sure to include in your selezione del salumiere ($15-23), which is most assuredly a must-have here.
Simply prepared vegetables are the kitchen's strongest suit. How could simple, pristine slices of zucca arrosto, roasted acorn squash with olive oil and sea salt ($7), be so delicious.
Even avowed beet haters warm to the insalata di barbabietole ($5), roasted beets dressed with a shallot-chardonnay vinaigrette. And why not? They're perfect.
Sometimes Casella and company mix in a pork product or two with vegetables, and the results are usually mighty fine. Casella's signature insalate pontormo ($7), a mixed green salad topped by a soft, scrambled egg, has just enough pancetta to alert serious eaters to the presence of a porcine substance, but sometimes the scrambled are not as soft as advertised. Cavolini ($5), roasted brussels sprouts, get a similar flavor jolt from that same pancetta and just enough garlic. A simple leek tart is just a few inches in diameter, but it's full of big flavors, thanks to a little rendered pancetta fat, some Pecorino Romano, and a touch of cream.
Meat dishes are tasty but less inspired than the vegetables. Rovelline ($6), breaded pan-fried beef scallopine in a garlicky tomato sauce, tastes like a beefy Tuscan version of eggplant parmigiana. The costina ($6), spicy, slow-roasted Tuscan spare ribs with tomatoes, rosemary, and garlic, are tender and slightly stringy. Stracotto con polenta ($6), beef brisket braised in Chianti, is surprisingly under-flavored. It's not as good as my late Jewish grandmother's, but then again that's a mighty high bar she set.
Pastas, served in small portions in keeping with the prices here, are enhanced by whatever pork products are added to the individual preparations. The malloreddus all'amatriciana ($7) has lots of cured pork. The tasty Bolognese-style lasagna ($6) has the requisite rich bechamel sauce along with layers of pasta and a rich pork and beef-laced meat sauce.
Of the desserts, the pere in vino rosso ($5), poached pears are the killer. They're poached in Montepulciano d'Abruzzo and served with a scoop of creamy, ultra-smooth mascarpone.
In Salumeria Rosi, Cesare Casella has found the right vehicle. With reasonably priced small plates and a crew of equally passionate cohorts, he succeeds in doing what he's been trying to do ever since he arrived in New York seventeen years ago: to feed everyone seriously delicious Italian food in a blessedly informal setting. Moreover, Salumeria Rosi seems made to order for these times.
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