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Hi Chris,
Thanks for all this. If I was to do a visual representation of what I am thinking would that help. It will only be rough tho.
Also when I mean quick think of the DNN Site wizard but better. So choose campaign type, Choose this Choose that. step by step you know. Just allow host users to set the smtp and techie functions. Plus can you make it so the table can be skinned as well.
What I did recently was signup to constant contact, mailchimp and aweber just to see how they had laid it out.
The navigation is a little difficult if you are not a techie. And I am the only real techie in my business so making easier for the marketing and admin staff would make them more likely to use it.
Thanks for all your hard work.
I want to re-visit a request I made a few years back with respect to Nuke A.l.e.r.t ...
Unfortunately, though I'm certain I am not the only Axon user facing this, we have an DNN install that goes back a long time. Users were not initially required to have distinct emails and in some cases there are different accounts that have an email account in common.
I recently used Axon to notify students who have applied for scholarships that they did not yet have their transcripts from their college on file with the foundation yet. Two brothers each got personalized emails with this warning. It was true for only one of them. They had each entered the same email address in their separate accounts.
I will say again that I think it is imperative that we be able to put a campaign in "DNN User ID" mode and have a query that returns a userid and not an email. Then Axon can get the USR:Email along with other profile items from the userid.
Both of the brothers would still have received the email, but there would have been only one email, and it would have been personalized for the brother that still needs to get a transcript in.
I understand that there are situations where this is not ideal, and that users couldn't subscribe to such campaigns. That's ok. For me, I have yet to build a campaign that is of that nature. We use Axon to inform specific users of issues regarding their own endeavors on our website, and as such the use of userid to identify the person cannot accurately be replicated by another means ... unless DNN is in distinct user email mode. And it is far too late for that in our case.
Thanks -
Has this been incorporated into Axon? Can you aim me at documentation?
No it has not but I can place this near the top of the list for you. I also might be able to get a quick change in for you that might help.
How are you selecting recipients? Is it by role?
I select recipients via an SQL Query. College-bound students have filled out scholarship application forms. They have to get in a number of resources, such as financial aid info, transcript, etc. These are entered via other forms. I do SQL Queries that get the students who need to be contacted to prompt them to get their information in before the deadline.
Some of them share email addresses with brothers or sisters, and Axon sends email to everyone who shares the email address whether it is the right person or not.
That's why I want to be able to return the UserID in an SQL Query, and have Axon send email to that individual only by getting info from that user's account.
This sacrifices some of the opt-in and other functions for Axon, but what we need to do here is be very exact in sending to a particular user. I know who the user is because the user is the one who is the "owner" of the form instance. Instead of returning an email address or a role, I want to hand Axon a UserID, and for Axon to get the email from the userid, and for the normal personalization tokens to still work.
We are now near the end of the current scholarship season, and again we are sending to the wrong people, as well as to the right people. My client gets inquiries from confused students. Sometimes both are submitting applications, and one has the info in, and the other doesn't; but they each get notified that they haven't yet complied.
I don't need a quick fix on this. Would have liked to have had it prior to March of this year for current season. Now, March of next year will mark the beginning of the next season.
It's never late, Axon is always being improved.
I like this idea. This would be very helpful when sales staff needs to modify a one time use sales email. We use the same campaign over and over and just change the body. This would keep the sales staff out of the rest of the carefully configured settings and make my life much easier.
Thank you
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AMF Goes Back To School
It's arguably long overdo. About three years now I've been tinkering around in kitchens doing my best to follow a recipe or practice a technique, but like any independent study, without a syllabus to help guide my direction, it's safe to say that I've been all over the place with my culinary exploits.
I can't help but smile when I think back to the absurdly ambitious dinners I've tried to put together, using recipes from Top Chef, thinking it was perfectly normal to have 12-15 different ingredients in an appetizer. Risotto? How hard could that be? Hollandaise sauce? Just whisking egg yolks right? Completely overconfident and blind to what I was getting myself into. But over the years, I've learned enough to know that despite my familiarity in a kitchen these days, I am very, very far away from having a handle on this cooking hobby of mine. So when Drew Long over at DC Foodies posted about how the local DC recreational cooking school, CulinAerie, was doing a Beyond Basics class, I spit my coffee out all over my deskmate, signed up for the class and then offered a belated apology for the mess.
The thing about cooking classes that has always put me off was simply the reliance on recipes and the limited involvement in a real kitchen. Sure I could sign up for a sauce class, a knife skills class, a taco class, a butter class. No doubt all offering insight and knowledge I didn't have before, but then again.. couldn't I just dig up any number of cookbooks I own to figure out the same thing? Wasn't there something out there that embraced fundamentals and focused on theory?
The beauty of Susan Watterson's Beyond Basics class is that it has wiggle room. There was a set schedule and someone somewhere was watching a clock, but when Susan got on "stage" it was just her uncorking her brain and unloading 16 years of experience on the rest of us. The recipes were fine. Some dishes I'll probably never cook again, others were definite keepers. But the real reward of making your way into Watterson's professionally equipped kitchen were the tidbits about her personal cooking philosophy or the demonstrations on technique, complete with dry erase board tutorial, personal anecdotes, and the occasional expletive. To me, that is some money well spent.
The recipes and techniques from our first day of class are far to detailed to try to squeeze into one post, not to mention I wouldn't want to be poach all of the instruction from my class. But I did pick up quite a few little nuggets of information that you'd be hard pressed to find in most cookbooks these days while we were going over our two major topics on day one: Poultry and Shellfish.
- Collagen (from chicken boens) + water = gelatin. Good stock needs gelatin to coat your mouth
- A stock should use cold water because it helps leach flavor out, but starting with hot water will push flavor back in
- When breaking down a chicken, try to use long, fluid cuts and try to get your hands on a flexible, boning knife
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- Never add wine after the last 1/3 of cooking time. Not enough time for the wine to cook off
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- Vinaigrette = acid + emulsifier + aromatics + oil
Each session consisted of a short lecture followed by Susan actually showing the rest of us how to put the dish together, which included a sample taste of each sauce she assembled, and then we were on our own. We had the option to do one or all of the dishes she had demonstrated. We could ask for extra ingredients if we wanted to experiment. Volunteer chefs were constantly at hand to answer questions, clear scraps or relight our little table burners.
For lunch we made Chicken with Peas and Prosciutto in a cream sauce as well as a Curried Chicken Salad with homemade Vinaigrette and rice pilaf. The curry used the dark meat while the peas dish used the white meat from the whole chicken we had broken down earlier that morning.
A little wine and a bit of hard work, we all ate well, and I enjoyed the conversations I was able to have with my fellow amateur homecooks. Apologies to anyone that became bored when Drew and I started geeking out about photography and camera equipment.
The afternoon session was a bit lighter and my partner and I found that we were both happy to just eat our dishes as they became finished instead of having to wait until all the dishes had been assembled. Seared Sea Scallops and Saffron cream sauce, a basic Crabcake with an Orange Remoulade, Mussels in White Wine, and Shrimp Dumplings. We were busy to say the least.
It was a long day, but just to get a small taste of what it was like to be in a busy kitchen again, running around and tweeking a dish reminded me of how much I miss the adrenaline rush of my resturant days. I had a lot of fun and met some good people. And we still had Fish and Meat to look forward to the next day.
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this is awesome!
Look at you going to cooking class! ;) Awesome stuff! If you liked that, you should love culinary school. It looks very very familiar, except I think in culinary school you get lots more time in the kitchen. I guess it depends on which one you go to. Looks delicious and fun!
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McIlroy and Woods missed the cut on Friday in their first 2013 starts at the European PGA Tour's Abu Dhabi Championship in the United Arab Emirates. Both shot 75 in the second round. McIlroy's 36-hole total was 6-over 150 and Woods was 3-over 147.
The scores don't tell the entire story. McIlroy duck-hooked a tee shot with a utility wood on Thursday, over a grandstand and over a hospitality tent. Woods cold-topped a driver in the same round, which observers said traveled no more than 100 yards.
The second round feature more drama. McIlroy ditched his Nike Method putter after only one round, going back to his Scott Cameron model. It obviously didn't help.
Nike released a statement saying it understood McIlroy's transition from Titleist to Nike would take time. McIlroy is giving it just that, and is not scheduled to play again until the World Golf Championship Accenture Match Play in a month.
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4 large baking apple
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1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg. beaten
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1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup water
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For pudding: Preheat oven to 375. Peel, core and cut apples into uniform thin slices. Place in buttered 9 X 11 baking pan. Top with cranberries. Mix flour, sugars, baking powder and salt together in small bowl. Blen in beaten egg. Sprinkle this crumbly mixture over apples and cranberries. Dot with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. Pour water around edges of pudding. Bake 45 to 60 minuters, until the apples are tender when pierced with a fork.
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Step 3:
Serve pudding in glass dessert bowls topped with sauce and either more whipped cream or vanilla or cinnamon ice cream
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Feb. 9, 2002 NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- - NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- Bookie Gates collected four hits, including a clutch two-run single in the seventh, and Brandon Hundt threw three strong innings of relief as Washington State collected its second straight win over Cal State Northridge, an 11-9 win Saturday at Matador Field. Jamin Svendsen (1-0), the Cougars' third pitcher, picked up the win in his first outing of the season, while Hundt collected his second save in as many games. The loss for CSUN (4-2) went to Leo Rosales (1-1), who entered the game for starter Andy Davidson in the sixth. Scott Robertson and Phil Polanco also saw action for the home club, ranked 22nd at the start of the week by Baseball America. Garrett Alwert started on the mound for WSU (2-0), with Zach Fisher taking over in the fourth. Svendsen threw one inning and did give up three runs, but the Cougars backed him with a four-run seventh that boosted WSU to a 11-8 lead before Hundt took over. Northridge stayed with the Cougars by collecting six extra base hits, including four home runs. The Cougars overcame the Matadors' long ball hitting with timely base hits, scoring twice in the opening frame, once in the third, twice in both the fifth and sixth innings, then four times in the seventh. "They got it all with one swing of the bat," commented WSU head coach Tim Mooney. "We did it up and down the lineup. Two guys had outstanding days, including Grant Richardson, the young freshman who got us back in the game with his home run. Gates had four hits and made two outstanding defensive plays."
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Portion of Platt Road to be reduced to one lane for resurfacing
An asphalt re-paving project in Pittsfield Township will reduce a portion of Platt Road to one lane for a business week beginning Friday, according to the Washtenaw County Road Commission.
Work on Platt Road between Textile and Ellsworth roads is expected to take five business days, but the rainy weather this week could delay the project from beginning Friday.
Should there be additional rain Friday, the contractor Cadillac Asphalt LLC likely will begin work Monday on the roadway, said Gary Streight of the road commission.
Traffic on the road will be controlled by flaggers while work is occurring.
Asphalt resurfacing by the same contractor on two other Washtenaw County roads will be wrapping up soon.
Crews have been working to re-pave Dexter-Chelsea Road from Freer to Dancer roads since Aug. 3. Dexter-Pinckney Road from North Territorial Road to the Washtenaw County line at Livingston County also has been involved in an asphalt resurfacing project since Aug. 7.
Both projects should be completed within five business days of the start date, although Streight said rain could delay work.
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Late Breaking Website News!
Updated March 30, 2013
Check here for important announcements and other Shroud of Turin Website news. This page will be updated whenever new page additions, articles and other resources are added to the site. Each item carries a posting date indicating when it first went online. The most recent update appears at the top of the page. As you scroll down through the page, you can review the items that were added this year in chronological order. You should find this an excellent way to sample the evolving content of this website.
Archived Website News pages: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996
In case you missed the live streaming television exposition of the Shroud today, here is a short (9:29) YouTube video clip showing some of the highlights of the event. Just click the arrow above to play the video. If you prefer, you can now watch a replay of the entire 90 minute program at this link. You can also see several video clips (in Italian) featuring the opening statement of Pope Francis. Here are the links: The Face of Faith (1:37), Exposition of the Shroud on TV (2:46) and Pope: The Face of the Shroud as Victims of War (3:26).
Here is an English translation of the complete text of Pope Francis' comments on the Shroud (from The Telegraph in the U.K.):
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I join all of you gathered before the Holy Shroud, and I thank the Lord who, through modern technology, offers us this possibility.
Even if it takes place in this way, we do not merely "look", but rather we venerate by a prayerful gaze. I would go further: we are in fact looked upon upon ourselves. This face has eyes that are closed, it is the face of one who is dead, and yet mysteriously he is watching us, and in silence he speaks to us.
How is this possible? How is it that the faithful, like you, pause before this icon of a man scourged and crucified? It is because the Man of the Shroud invites us to contemplate Jesus of Nazareth. This image, impressed upon the cloth, speaks to our heart and moves us to climb the hill of Calvary, to look upon the wood of the Cross, and to immerse ourselves in the eloquent silence of love.
Let us therefore allow ourselves to be reached by this look, which is directed not to our eyes but to our heart. In silence, let us listen to what he has to say to us from beyond death itself. By means of the Holy Shroud, the unique and supreme Word of God comes to us: Love made man, incarnate in our history; the merciful love of God who has taken upon himself all the evil of the world to free us from its power.
This disfigured face resembles all those faces of men and women marred by a life which does not respect their dignity, by war and violence which afflict the weakest� And yet, at the same time, the face in tthe Shroud conveys a great peace; this tortured body expresses a sovereign majesty. It is as if it let a restrained but powerful energy within it shine through, as if to say: have faith, do not lose hope; the power of the love of God, the power of the Risen One overcomes all things.
So, looking upon the Man of the Shroud, I make my own the prayer which Saint Francis of Assisi prayed before the Crucifix:
Most High, glorious God, enlighten the shadows of my heart, and grant me a right faith, a certain hope and perfect charity, sense and understanding, Lord, so that I may accomplish your holy and true command.
Amen.Posted March 30, 2013
(The Mystery of the Shroud) |
I am always thrilled to see positive news about the Shroud in the popular media, rather than the negative, skeptical attacks that happen so frequently, and particularly at this time of year. Yet the past few days have been filled with positive stories! Not only is the Shroud to be publicly exhibited on television this coming Saturday, March 30, 2013, but the event will be introduced by Pope Francis himself. You can find details on the exhibition in the articles we first posted on February 27, 2013, below.
The latest news is about a new Italian language book (released today) titled, Il Mistero della Sindone (The Mystery of the Shroud), and co-authored by our friend Giulio Fanti and Italian journalist Savero Gaeta and published by Rizzoli, an important Italian publisher. Click on the image link above to read about the book on the publisher's website (in Italian). Here is an English auto-translation of the book's description from their website:
"A mystery of the cross and light," that unexplained and irreproducible body image imprinted on the cloth is testimony to the passion and death of Jesus, but also of his resurrection. The words spoken by Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Shroud whole truth that scientific research had tried to resize. In 1988, in fact, with the C14 dating, scientists determined that the Shroud taxes date back to the Middle Ages. Today, thanks to a multidisciplinary work promoted by the University of Padua and lasting fifteen years, the team led by Giulio Fanti shows that the radiocarbon dating has been distorted by environmental contamination, and goes right back to the early death of Jesus that traces of dust, pollen and spores from the Middle East to direct, that the body has been depicted on the linen, violence told in the Gospels of the Passion, and the image was produced by the exceptional radiation developed at the time of the resurrection. This book, co-written by Fanti and Saverio Gaeta, is the exciting account of a discovery and the story of the extraordinary historical events of the most precious and revered relic of Christianity.
So why all the controversy? The book apparently documents the recent Shroud testing done by Fanti and his research team at the University of Padua and reports the results of some chemical and mechanical tests they performed which they claim "confirms that the Shroud dates back to the 1st century." A pretty powerful statement for sure, but that is not the major problem. You can find a more detailed report about their research on the Vatican Insider website (in English). Here is an excerpt from their article:
"The research includes three new tests, two chemical ones and one mechanical one. The first two were carried out with an FT-IR system, one using infra-red light and the other using Raman spectroscopy. The third was a multi-parametric mechanical test based on five different mechanical parameters linked to the voltage of the wire. The machine used to examine the Shroud's fibres and test traction, allowed researchers to examine tiny fibres alongside about twenty samples of cloth dated between 3000 BC and 2000 AD.
"Final results show that the Shroud fibres examined produced the following dates, all of which are 95% certain and centuries away from the medieval dating obtained with Carbon-14 testing in 1988: the dates given to the Shroud after FT-IR testing, is 300 BC ±400, 200 BC ±500 after Raman testing and 400 AD ±400 after multi-parametric mechanical testing. The average of all three dates is 33 BC ±250 years.
"The tests were carried out using tiny fibres of material extracted from the Shroud by micro-analyst Giovanni Riggi di Numana who passed away in 2008 but had participated in the1988 research project and gave the material to Fanti through the cultural institute Fondazione 3M."That last paragraph goes to the core of the controversy. In a separate Vatican Insider article (in Italian - use Google or Bing to translate the page) was the following statement from Mgr. Cesare Nosiglia, the Archbishop of Turin (via auto translation with some additional corrections):
"Yesterday, a note from the Turin International Centre for Sindonology and the Archbishop of Turin, Mgr. Cesare Nosiglia, put stakes in the work of Fanti. No serious' 'value'' of the results can be attributed to any of the research on the Shroud reported in the book, said the Papal Custodian of the Shroud of Turin, Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia. ''Since there is no degree of safety on the authenticity of the materials on which these experiments were carried out to the Shroud cloth - reads a note of Monsignor Nosiglia - the owners and custodians cannot recognize any serious value to the results of these alleged experiments.''"
The article goes on to include Fanti's reply to the allegations that the samples he used were invalid. In part, he states (with some additional corrections):
"In short, there were samples taken of Shroud material in both 1978 and in 1988. In both cases, they were approved by the Custodian of the Shroud, Archbishop (later Cardinal) Anastasio Ballestrero, with the consent of the owner, Umberto II of Savoy in 1978, and Pope John Paul II in 1988. Involved with the Shroud for a long time, prof. Fanti received some fibers taken from the Shroud in 1978 by prof. Ray Rogers, one of the American scientists of the STURP team.
"But in 1988, Giovanni Riggi di Numana, the expert who cut the Shroud samples for examination by C14, and with the agreement of Cardinal Ballestrero, kept some of the fibers of the Shroud and collected fragments of aspirated blood and dust samples in between the linen and the Holland cloth. The conditional is a must, as no record was drawn up of the levy for the C14, let alone a semi-official collection like that. But it is very likely that after the death of Riggi, in 2008, a part of the material held by a dedicated foundation has come to Fanti. After the death of Ballestrero, card. Saldarini issued a statement, asking that any Shroud materials be returned. But it seems that no one has complied with the request.
"All of this to conclude: prof. Fanti's research was carried out on the Shroud and of course the material was authentic, even if it was outside the control of the International Centre of Sindonology. And besides, 25 years after the C14 examination, whose own credibility Fanti's work further crumbles, perhaps one might begin to assume that a continuation should be considered of the research program created by STURP, the Shroud of Turin Research Project, an international group of scientists who produced a wealth of incredible scientific results after testing the Shroud in 1978.So the biggest issue so far seems to be the validity of Fanti's samples and I guess we will all have to wait and see how this plays out. Remember that even if the samples are absolutely authentic, if they were not formally authorized for such testing, the results will never be recognized by the authorities. However, there is still the other issue (which I alluded to above) that must be considered. Fanti's claims are based on the use of accepted scientific techniques, but those techniques have never before been applied to the dating of an archaeological sample nor established as a valid dating mechanism in their own right. For this dating technique (and Fanti's dramatic claims) to be taken seriously by the scientific community, it is essential that his research be submitted for evaluation by a qualified, scientific peer review committee and published in a credible scientific journal. As far as I can see from the available information, that has not yet occurred. Unfortunately, it is far more typical to submit your work to a journal first, have it reviewed and ultimately published in the literature to establish its scientific validity, and then write a commercial book to explain it to the layman. Many quality journals will simply not accept papers that have been previously published in the popular media.
During the STURP years (1977-1981), the team was frequently criticized for being too secretive. However, STURP had a written agreement with the Turin authorities not to release any data prematurely (before the completion of their final report and its appearance in the scientific literature). STURP also understood that many of the important journals they hoped to publish their work in would NEVER accept a paper that had first appeared in the popular media.
I am thrilled that Giulio's new tests shed a positive light on the Shroud and further dispute the radiocarbon dating results, and I am very glad the news broke just before Easter, but I sincerely hope he gets the work into a credible journal soon. Otherwise, it can only be considered anecdotal at best.
March 31, 2013 Editor's Note: In an e-mail today, Giulio Fanti announced that, "the paper entitled 'Non-destructive dating of ancient flax textiles by means of vibrational spectroscopy', has now been accepted with minor revision, and will be published in a scientific journal." The name of the journal and the date of publication were not announced.
More links on this topic: English language article titled Turin Shroud 'is not a medieval forgery' from The Telegraph in the U.K. (quoted on the Drudge Report today) and another article about the book from the QLibri Website (in Italian) and finally, a link to where you can purchase the book online from Amazon.it.
March 29, 2013 Update: This morning I received an e-mail from Enrico Simonato of the International Centre of Sindonology in Turin. They have graciously provided us with the official statements on the Fanti/Gaeta book by the Archbishop and the Centro in English, Spanish and Italian languages so that we could reprint them all here. Our thanks to Enrico and Bruno Barberis, President of the Centro, for providing us with this information. Grazie!
- Official Statement from the International Centre of Sindonology in English, Spanish and Italian.
- Official statement of the Papal Custodian of the Holy Shroud, Mons. Cesare Nosiglia in English, Spanish and Italian.
Here is a link to several pages listing the full English language coverage of recent Shroud news stories from Google News. Also, here is a link to Barrie's appearance (via Skype) on CNN International today.
Posted March 28, 2013 - Updated March 29, 2013
(Shroud 2.0) |
The Shroud is now officially in the 21st century with the announcement of the first official Shroud of Turin app for the iPhone®. Named "Sindone 2.0" (Shroud 2.0), the app was produced by HaltaDefinizione® in Italy upon authorization of the Turin Archdiocese and in collaboration with the Diocesan Commission for the Holy Shroud and the Holy Shroud Museum.. Here is a link to an English language article from the Vatican Insider titled, The Holy Shroud is on iPad and becomes 2.0 with all the details. Included below is a brief quote from the article:
"In the technology era also the Holy Shroud becomes "2.0": as of Holy Friday 2013, the coming 29th of March, on the online Apple store it will be possible to download - in a double multilingual version, free and with fee - the first official App dedicated to the Holy Linen, created in conjunction with the special television Exposition which is scheduled on Rai Uno at Easter Eve." The app allows users to "...explore the Shroud in detail, through access to an exellent high definition photograph that offers features that are almost invisible to the naked eye, elements that not even the traditional Expositions have ever allowed to observe."
You can get a free preview (in Italian) of the app in operation by viewing the video clip available on the OGGI.it website.
Here is the complete text of an English language article titled, The Shroud of Turin Goes Mobile, published today by the Zenit.org News Service in Rome:
The Shroud of Turin Goes Mobile
Shroud 2.0 iPad App Gives Users Detailed Look into Famed Relic
By Junno Arocho EstevesROME, March 28, 2013 (Zenit.org) - The Shroud of Turin, the linen cloth believed to be the burial shroud of Christ, has now gone mobile. A new app available for the Apple iPad, Shroud 2.0, allows users to view the Shroud in High Definition as well as obtain information on the different aspects of the relic.
The Shroud, one of the most well-known and debated symbols of Christianity, bears the image of a man who has suffered scourging and crucifixion, and is believed to be the burial linen used to wrap the body of Christ. Although there is no definitive or conclusive evidence, the Shroud is venerated as a reminder of the suffering Christ endured for all mankind.
In his 1988 visit to the Cathedral of Turin, where the Shroud is currently kept, Blessed Pope John Paul II reflected on the symbol God's love portrayed in the linen, describing it as "the mirror of the Gospel."
"The Shroud is [...]an image of God's love as well as of human sin. It invites us to rediscover the ultimate reason for Jesus' redeeming death," the late Holy Father said. "In the incomparable suffering that it documents, the love of the One who "so loved the world that he gave his only Son" is made almost tangible and reveals its astonishing dimensions. In its presence believers can only exclaim in all truth: 'Lord, you could not love me more!', and immediately realize that sin is responsible for that suffering: the sins of every human being."
The application, which was designed and produced by the Haltadefinizione company, was created in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Turin, the Diocesan Commision for the Holy Shroud and the Museum of the Holy Shroud. The new app is seen as a tool of evangelization to coincide with the Year of Faith.
Shroud 2.0 allows user to explore details of the Shroud with access to high definition photographs that can zoom into areas that are almost invisible to the naked eye. According to a communique on the application, the high definition photos of the Shroud were taken by Haltadefinizione in 2008. The same technology was used to photograph Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece, 'The Last Supper.' The digitization process recomposed 1649 snapshots into one single image of the shroud into one single 12 billion pixel image.
The app, which will be available soon on the Android operating system, will give people the opportunity to view a "Digital Exposition of the Shroud" on their iPads. The application offers, for the first time in the Shroud's history, the most detailed image ever achieved and made available to the general public.
Shroud 2.0 will be available for download on the Apple App Store on Good Friday, March 29th.
Posted March 28, 2013
I am pleased to report that the National Shrine of the Holy Shroud, founded by STERA, Inc. Board of Directors member Richard Orareo, will soon be opening in Wabash, Indiana. I will be visiting Richard and the Shrine in April and plan to include an in depth article and new photographs in our May 2013 update. In the interim, here is a link to a new article in the Fort Wayne, Indiana News-Sentinel titled "Collector plans area national shrine, museum on Shroud of Turin," that provides many more details. Our warmest congratulations to Richard on this excellent achievement! Here is a brief excerpt from the article that talks about the beautiful building Richard acquired to house the collection:
The building, which was constructed in 1936 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built as a movie studio by Mark Honeywell, a Wabash native and founder of what is now the Honeywell corporation, Orareo said. Honeywell made movies in the 1930s as a hobby.
It later served as the clubhouse for the Wabash Country Club, whose golf course adjoins the 7-acre property, and then the Studio Eleven restaurant, which went out of business, Orareo said.
The four-story, Tudor-style structure features Indiana limestone on some of the exterior, grand interior oak woodwork and leaded-glass windows.
Posted March 28, 2013
It was announced this morning that Pope Benedict XVI, as one of his last acts as Pontiff, has authorized a television only exhibition of the Shroud of Turin on March 30, 2013 (Holy Saturday) directly from the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist where the cloth is permanently stored. Here is an excerpt from an e-mail I received this morning from my friend Bruno Barberis, President of the International Center for the Study of the Shroud (Centro Internazionale di Sindonologia) in Turin with the details:
I would like to give you in advance an important piece of news. On March 30th (Holy Saturday) in the late afternoon (Italian time) in the Turin Cathedral there will be a TV exposition of the Holy Shroud. The exposition will be broadcast by the RAI Uno television network. This event, connected with the "Year of Faith," will happen 40 years after the first and unique TV exposition of the Shroud on November 23rd, 1973. The Shroud will remain in its room in the Cathedral and the length of the exposition will be around one hour. On March 1st in Turin at 11.00am a press conference will be held regarding this special exposition.
It is likely that footage from this exposition will be picked up and shown by other television broadcast networks around the world and on the internet. I will do my best to keep you updated as more details become available. In the interim, you can also check our Facebook page, where I can quickly post any news that may come in while I am traveling and lecturing.
March 9, 2013 Update: For more information on the unprecedented occasion of this first "technological" exhibition of the Shroud, check out the news page (in English) of the Collegamento pro Sindone website by Emanuela Marinelli. The page includes more details on Pope Benedict's decision to display the Shroud and a message from Msgr. Cesare Nosiglia, the current Archbishop of Turin. As always, our deepest thanks to Emanuela for making this information available so quickly. Grazie!
Here is a link to a more recent and detailed article in the online version of the Italian publication Gazzetta del Sud (this version is in English) about the upcoming "technological exposition" of the Shroud: http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/37027/Pope-Emeritus-orders-TV-broadcast-of-Shroud-of-Turin.html.
March 26, 2013 Update: Included in this update is a schedule of the upcoming television exposition of the Shroud by RAI UNO along with some new links to additional information about the event. First is a link to Emanuela Marinelli's Collegamento pro Sindone website News Page (in English) that includes detailed descriptions of the scheduled programs (and much more). Next is a video from the Rome Reports TV News Agency (in English) describing the event and providing some additional details. According to their article, 300 people will be in attendance during the live broadcast of the Shroud. Finally is a link to the RAI UNO streaming video page where they will broadcast the Shroud live online (in Italian). Here is the schedule:
- Friday, March 29 � 2:10 p.m. Italian time (1.10 p.m. GMT) � RAI Uno � �A sua immagine�, Good Friday special: L'uomo della Sindone (The Man of the Shroud)
- Friday, March 29 � 8:30 p.m. Italian time (7:30 p.m. GMT) � RAI Uno � �Porta a Porta�, Good Friday special: Sindone, mistero svelato? (The Shroud, mystery revealed?)
- Saturday, March 30 � 11:10 a.m Italian time (10:10 a.m. GMT) � RAI Uno � �A sua immagine�, Shroud Special: L'attesa dell'Ostensione (Waiting for the Exhibition)
- Saturday, March 30 � 5:15 p.m. Italian time (4:15 p.m. GMT) � RAI Uno � �A sua immagine� - Sindone: i segni della Passione (Shroud: The Signs of the Passion)
March 27, 2013: It was announced this morning that Pope Francis will introduce the Shroud for the television exposition. Here ia a link to an ANSA news article (in English) with the details.
Posted February 27, 2013 - Updated March 9, 2013 - Updated March 26, 2013
George Noory's "Beyond Belief" TV Program with Barrie Schwortz to Premiere Online Good Friday
Watch the full interview here: Barrie Schwortz discusses the Shroud of Turin on George Noory's Beyond Belief!
A new program about the Shroud with George Noory, host of the Coast to Coast AM radio program, will premiere online on Good Friday, March 29, 2013, on the Beyond Belief television program on the Gaiam TV network. The one hour show features an interview with Barrie Schwortz and also includes a closeup examination of a lifesize Shroud replica. You can view a preview clip of the program by playing the above video. Please note that the above text link to the full interview will be activated on Friday and GaiamTV subscribers will get a first look at the interview on March 29th at 7pm EST. After the first airing this link will redirect to a landing page where the interview will be permanently available on demand. You can access and view the program free of charge by using the 10 day FREE Trial offered on the Gaiam TV website. Schwortz will also appear on the Coast to Coast AM radio program Thursday night at 10:00pm PDT.
Posted March 26, 2013
Shroud.com Celebrates 17th Anniversary on January 21, 2013
Every January for the past 16 years, I have waited to the last minute to write this introduction, and today is no exception. It is 10:15 p.m. on January 20th as I start writing this with the intention of having the update go online in less than two hours, at midnight. And every time I write this introduction to our anniversary update, it is always with the intention of saying something new and fresh, but it seems that every year I come back to the same theme: This website would not be possible without the cooperation and participation of all of the researchers, historians, scientists and scholars in the world who allow us to publish their work or have written articles specifically for us and all of our loyal viewers (around 600,000 of you last year) who visit the site regularly and read millions of our pages a year! By being there, you make our efforts truly satisfying and worthwhile. We could not do this without you so thank you all for making this possible!
This is a particularly exciting update for us, in that we are premiering the first four issues of Shroud Spectrum International, arguably the most important journal in the history of Sindonology. In addition, we have completed the BSTS Newsletter archives with some important "bonus material," added four new papers and dozens of new links, updated the Valencia Congress page and included a Special Feature on The Shroud and the Chinese Bible. And that is just a partial list! We believe there is enough new material to keep you busy until our next update so let's get to it!
Here is the Update Table of Contents:
- Shroud Spectrum International On Shroud.com!
- BSTS Newsletter Archive Completed! (with Bonus Material)
- New Papers Added To Website
- Valencia Conference Update
- Links To More Information
- New Books Added To Booklist Page
- Shroud Speakers Directory Updated
- The Shroud and the Chinese Bible - Special Feature
- News From STERA, Inc.
- "Third Encounter of the Two Linens" Conference Rescheduled
- Lecture Schedule for 2013
- Some Interesting Statistics
- The Next Update
Posted January 21, 2013
Shroud Spectrum International On Shroud.com!
Shroud Spectrum International No. 1 As we proudly announced in our November 2012 update, Dorothy Crispino, editor and publisher of Shroud Spectrum International, the first and only peer reviewed journal dedicated solely to the study of the Shroud, recently granted STERA, Inc. permission to bring this important journal to the internet. This is only possible thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Stephen E. Jones, BSTS Member living in Western Australia, who graciously volunteered to do all the scanning and optical character recognition and Ian Wilson, who provided Stephen with the original issues and valuable input. Today's update includes the first four issues (# 1 through # 4), originally published in 1981 and 1982. We will continue to add more issues in each future update until the complete 42 issue collection is archived in its entirety here on this website.
Since many scholars over the years have used articles from Spectrum as references in their scientific and academic papers, we have retained all the original page numbers and page layouts so the new online versions will remain consistent with the earlier printed references. Also, we have optimized all the photographs and illustrations that accompany the articles and minimized the compression of the pdf files so that the illustrations are the best quality possible. We are sure you will find these truly important journals useful in your studies of the Shroud.
Posted January 21, 2013
BSTS Newsletter Archive Completed! (with Bonus Material)
BSTS Newsletter No. 76 In November 2012 we updated the British Society for the Turin Shroud page and included the ten remaining issues necessary to complete the archive of every issue of the BSTS Newsletter published since 1982 (# 1 through # 75). Now, to round out the collection, we have added a series of five monographs by noted scholars (including esteemed BSTS members Noel Currer-Briggs, Lennox Manton and Dr. Michael Clift and Deirdre O'Sullivan of the School of Archaeological Studies, Leicester University), that were presented at various BSTS meetings in the 1980's and 1990's. Topics include "Byzantine Frescoes and the Turin Shroud," "The Cappadocian Frescoes and the Turin Shroud" (both with many color illustrations), "St. Bee's Man - and What 14th Century Shrouds Actually Looked Like," "The Shroud In Greece" and "The Patient In The Shroud." Consider them BSTS "Bonus Material." Today's update also includes the latest December 2012 issue (# 76) which, as always, contains a number of interesting and informative articles by Michel Bergeret, Yannick Cl�ment, Mark Guscin, Sammeli Juntunen, Andrew Willie and Ian Wilson. And of course, we will continue to add each new issue in the future. These newsletters provide a wonderful view of the history and evolution of Sindonology over the past thirty years and continue to play an important role in the Shroud world today.
Posted January 21, 2013
New Papers Added To Website
One of Two New Papers by Kelly Kearse After a careful review, the STERA, Inc. Editorial Review Committee has selected three papers to publish in this update. Two are new papers and one is a revised and updated version of a paper we originally published in August 2012. As an additional bonus, we recently obtained permission to reprint a very rare and important paper from 1934 by Fr. Peter Rinaldi. The included papers are divided into two different categories, Scientific and Religion and Philosophy. Of course, you will also find them permanently archived on the Scientific Papers & Articles page or the Religion and Philosophy page and the Website Library page of the site. Here are the new additions:
Scientific Papers & Articles
Empirical evidence that the blood on the Shroud of Turin is of human origin: Is the current data sufficient? by Kelly P. Kearse - The response to Kelly's first paper, which we published last year, was overwhelmingly positive. We are happy to welcome him back to the website with not just one but two new blood and DNA related articles. Here is an excerpt from the Abstract of the first paper:
"Previous studies have established that the blood areas on the Shroud of Turin consist of real blood and are not composed of artistic pigments. It is commonly reported that the blood is of human origin, but just how substantial is the evidence to support this conclusion? Here, the empirical evidence for the human origin of the Turin Shroud bloodstains is evaluated.... The potential usefulness of additional testing methods, many developed since the original studies were performed approximately thirty years ago, is also discussed."
DNA on the Shroud of Turin: Distinguishing endogenous versus exogenous DNA by Kelly P. Kearse - Here is the full Abstract for this paper:
In the late 1990s it was reported that human DNA existed on the Shroud of Turin, and although in a generally degraded state, certain regions were sufficiently intact to clone and sequence three genes from bloodstained fibers: human betaglobin, amelogenin X and amelogenin Y. An unknown variable in such studies is the extent of contamination by exogenous DNA, transferred to the Shroud by persons or objects that have come in contact with cloth. Indeed, the abovementioned genes are not exclusive to blood cells, but are also found within other cell types, including skin cells. Here, a simple experimental approach is described for distinguishing endogenous versus exogenous DNA, which may help establish that DNA in the blood areas of the Shroud of Turin originated from white blood cells (lymphocytes) present on the cloth.
Religion and Philosophy Papers
The Shroud and the "Historical Jesus": Challenging the Disciplinary Divide by Simon Joseph, Ph.D. - This is an updated and expanded version of a paper that we originally published in August 2012. The author is an Adjunct Professor of Religion at California Lutheran University and has added additional content and references to his original article. Below is a brief quote from the paper that provides a good overview of the contents.
"The Shroud of Turin is virtually ignored in �Historical Jesus� research. Why? In this paper, I will seek to provide an explanation for this curious lack of interest and examine ways in which �Historical Jesus� research and Sindonology might complement each other. Since the 1988 radiocarbon dating test, there has been a general assumption, particularly within the scientific community, that the Shroud is of medieval origin. The 1988 test results have largely been regarded as �decisive proof that the Turin Shroud is a forgery.� Recent studies, however, indicate that those results are in need of reevaluation. This paper identifies a number of distinctive features of the Shroud that have yet to be explained and will correlate these features with Historical Jesus research."
The Holy Shroud by Peter M. Rinaldi - The Sign, June 1934, Vol. 13, pp. 685-688 Courtesy University of Scranton Library - Special Collections - We are grateful to John Klotz, New York attorney who is currently researching and writing a new book about the Shroud, for finding this rare and important article by Fr. Rinaldi and obtaining permission for us to publish it on our website. Thanks John!
Posted January 21, 2013
Valencia Conference Update
Valencia Conference Update We are pleased to announce that the Valencia Congress page of this site has been updated to include another of the excellent papers presented at the April 2012 event. The new paper, by CES member Andr�s Brito from the Canary Islands, was one of my favorites at the congress as it discusses in detail how the media typically deals with the Shroud (the subject of several of my own editorials over the years). Andr�s has a Ph.D. in Information Science and cites many specific examples in his excellent paper titled, Sharing the Shroud - Comunicar la Síndone (En Espa�ol).
The Proceedings of the I International Congress on the Holy Shroud in Spain are now available. They consist of a 7 DVD package with the entire video recording of all the presentations in Spanish and English as well as their transcriptions in bilingual format. To order, you must contact the CES directly by e-mail at email@example.com. On orders from abroad, buyers must make an advance deposit to the CES bank account, a deposit worth the price of the DVDs + shipping charges. For U.S.A. addresses, it would be a total amount of 48,15 � (36 � the price of the DVDs + 12,15 � shipping charge). You will also need to check the exchange rates the day you transfer the funds (which must be made in euros). You can easily do this online using the Universal Currency Converter, which will convert any world currencies into euros. If you are interested, please let the CES know by e-mail and send them your full postal address and the notification that you have made the deposit. As soon as the deposit arrives in their bank account, they will send you the package. Their current account number (for deposits from abroad) is: POPUESMM. ES76 0075 0465 4906 0033 1228.
Posted January 21, 2013
Links To More Information
Pattern Recognition Over the past few months we accumulated a large number of links to valuable Shroud related materials that appear elsewhere on the internet. Although we cannot link to every Shroud article, website or blog, we try to make available on Shroud.com a representative sampling of the best materials currently available. To keep things more organized, we have divided the links into several categories.. Of course, we have also archived them to our Scientific Papers & Articles, Religion & Philosophy or Links To More Information pages. Happy browsing!
Papers & Articles Links
Pattern recognition after image processing of low-contrast images, the case of the Shroud of Turin by Paolo Di Lazzaro, Daniele Murra and Barrie Schwortz - Journal: Pattern Recognition, available online December 31, 2012. Editor's Note: ENEA published a very preliminary version of this paper on their website as part of their ENEA Report. However, it does not include any of the changes, corrections and additions that were required of us by the reviewers at Pattern Recognition. B.S.
Abstract: We discuss the potentially misleading effect of software techniques for elaborating low-contrast images. In particular, we present the example of the stains embedded into one of the most studied archaeological objects in history, the Shroud of Turin. We show for the first time that image processing of both old and recent photographs of the Shroud may lead some researchers to perceive inscriptions and patterns that do not actually exist, confirming that there is a narrow boundary between image enhancement and manipulation.
The Turin Shroud Body Image: The Scorch Hypothesis Revisited by Thibault Heimburger - In recent months, the rather dated Scorch Hypothesis of image formation has found some new and rather vocal supporters on the Shroud blogs. This excellent article by noted Shroud researcher Thibault Heimburger reviews the known data, details his latest experiments and presents his newest evidence (including many color photographs) that challenges this hypothesis in great detail. It was originally posted on Dan Porter's blog in October 2012. Here is an excerpt from Thibault's conclusions:
The TS image is not a scorch, even a light scorch. In fact, this old hypothesis is very easy to rule out definitively as the body image formation mechanism with some basic experiments and a microscope.
Raymond N. Rogers� observations and conclusions concerning the body image that is visible on the Shroud of Turin by Yannick Clément - This extensively researched paper (published on Pete Schumacher's Shroudnm.com website) provides a list of the most important quotes concerning the Shroud body image taken from Raymond N. Rogers� official publications written during the period 2002-2005. Includes complete references.
The Conservation of the Shroud of Turin: Optical Studies by Paolo Di Lazzaro, Daniele Murra, Antonino Santoni, Enrico Nichelatti - ENEA Report.
Abstract: The ancient linen cloth of the Shroud of Turin is one of the archaeological objects most studied in history, mainly because of the unexplained nature of its image. We have recently irradiated linen fabrics by excimer laser pulses obtaining a Shroud-like coloration, and have recognized photo-chemical processes that may have played a role in the formation of the image embedded into the Shroud. Our results suggest some actions aimed at a long-term conservation of the Shroud and its image.
Shroud-like Coloration of Linen by Nanosecond Laser Pulses in the Vacuum Ultraviolet by P. Di Lazzaro, D. Murra, E. Nichelatti, A. Santoni, G. Baldacchini - ENEA Report. A similar paper by the same authors also appeared in the peer reviewed journal Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 36, pp. 8567-8578 (2012), titled Superficial and Shroud-like coloration of linen by short laser pulses in the vacuum ultraviolet.
Abstract: We present a survey on five-years experiments of excimer laser irradiation of linen fabrics, seeking for a coloration mechanism able to reproduce the microscopic complexity of the body image embedded onto the Shroud of Turin. We achieved a superficial Shroud-like coloration in a narrow range of irradiation parameters. We also obtained latent coloration that appears after artificial or natural aging of linen following laser irradiations that at first did not generate any visible effect. Most importantly, we have recognized distinct photo-chemical processes that account for both coloration and latent coloration. These processes may have played a role in the generation of the body image on the Shroud of Turin.
When Flesh Meets Fabric: The Shroud of Turin by Scotty Roberts � March 11, 2012 Intrepid Magazine interview with Barrie Schwortz.
Fleeing World War II, Armenian massacre survivor built new life in U.S. - August 28, 2012 Post Independent (Colorado) article about artist Ariel Agemian, best known to Sindonology for his beautiful and famous painting of Jesus based on the Shroud. The article includes an interview with his daughter, Annig Raley Agemian.
Era jud�o y no pensaba en Dios desde ni�o, pero la S�bana Santa le condujo a Cristo (En Español) - 17 December 2012 Spanish language article about Shroud.com from Religionenlibertad.com. Our thanks to noted Shroud scholar Rafael de la Piedra in Lima, Peru for bringing this to our attention. And speaking of Rafael, here is a link to his Spanish language blog site, Razones para creer (Reasons to Believe) (En Español).
How Image Enhancement May Explain Past Events Article reprinted from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's house magazine, "JPL Universe," dated July 5, 1977. Here is an excerpt from the article: "In the "truth is stranger than fiction category" a phone call to NASA's JPL from a member of the Christ Brotherhood in New Mexico, requesting image analysis of a religious relic, has drawn two men from JPL's image processing lab into a fascinating investigation of the famous "Shroud of Turin."
Video & Audio Links
The Night of the Shroud DVD
(La Notte della Sindone)
The Night of the Shroud (La Notte della Sindone) - I am happy to bring you some updated information on the availability of the long awaited documentary directed by Francesca Saracino. On January 18, 2013, Francesca reported that Warner Brothers has obtained distribution rights to the program and will distribute it here in the U.S. Of course, we will keep you posted as soon as any details are available. In the meantime, there are several new "Night of the Shroud" links you should find interesting:
Shroud, A Documentary raises opposition to the C14 tests - Vatican Insider article about The Night of the Shroud documentary dated 29 October 2012 (English, translated from Italian). According to Francesca, "...Vatican Insider is one of the most important Catholic newspapers in the world, which is translated into all languages including English and Spanish."
The Night of the Holy Shroud (La notte della Sindone) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Italy ] (2012) - Amazingly, a DVD of the program is available on Amazon.com but only in Region 2 encoding (This DVD will not play on most DVD players sold in the US or Canada [Region 1]. This item requires a region specific or multi-region DVD player and compatible TV). It might be playable on some computers, depending on your drive and software. Our thanks to Michael Villarreal for finding this link!
REZproject Video: Shroud of Turin - This excellent online video is hosted by 18 year old Bailey Packard, who takes us through the story of the Shroud in a very appealing and passionate manner. Bailey appears on camera and her refreshing personality and thoughtful dialogue are a far cry from the typical baritone voice overs we are used to. The result is both interesting and educational. STERA, Inc. was contacted last year by her father, Derek Packard, the producer of the program, who asked us to provide some input during the production. Note that the REZproject was co-founded by Bailey and her father.
Ray Downing - Fine Art - Link to the website featuring the fine artwork of Ray Downing, producer of the highly regarded Shroud documentary The Real Face of Jesus in 2010.
Razor Swift - The Shroud of Turin - Live radio program hosted by Rich Christian aired on January 9, 2013 - Includes audio of entire interview with Barrie Schwortz.
Posted January 21, 2013
New Books Added To Booklist Page
Glastonbury, the Templars and the Sovran Cloth by Juliet Faith The Shroud Booklist page has been updated with a number of new books. Our sincere thanks, as always, to Emanuela Marinelli, for her consistent and generous contributions in making this the definitive Shroud booklist on the internet. This marks her 64th update to the list since 1996! Here are some of the new books:
Glastonbury, the Templars and the Sovran Cloth: A New Perspective on the Grail Legends by Juliet Faith - This book sheds new light on the Grail stories and the arrival of Christianity to Somerset. It illustrates important links between Glastonbury and the Celtic settlement at Old Lammana in Cornwall and examines old tales of an object of great importance - known as 'the Sovran cloth' - secretly hidden at both places. The author reveals that Henri de Blois, Abbot of Glastonbury, assisted in the transmission of the Grail stories, and that his family line were in possession of the Shroud and first exhibited it at Lirey in France in 1356. Finally, recent examination of the Templecombe panel reveals why it is believed the Templars may have brought the Shroud to England for safekeeping in 1307. Richly illustrated and compiled using original research.
Ipso Facto by Don Leichel - New Zealand author Don Leichel�s latest book examines some of the greatest mysteries in the Bible from a scientific perspective. Chapter 18 provides a summary of facts regarding the Turin Shroud's history and scientific analyses, including an explanation of the resurrection in terms of quantum theory and hints in the New Testament as to the existence of the Shroud. Available as an ebook in epub or Kindle formats. More information is available from the author's website.
La corona di spine e le sue reliquie. Un viaggio tra vangeli, storia, tradizioni, leggende (The crown of thorns and its relics. A journey through the Gospels, history, traditions and legends) by Antonio Menna. The author discusses the crowning of thorns in great detail, including the evidence on the Shroud of Turin. Italian language.
Posted January 21, 2013
Shroud Speakers Directory Updated
Richard Bernatchez I am very pleased to announce that Richard Bernatchez, founder of Faith Based Communications (FBC), has been added to our Shroud Speakers Directory page. FBC was established to provide presentations/exhibits to groups of any size on subjects related to Christian Faith and is currently making presentations on the Shroud of Turin. And of course, the page contains another 25 speakers available for Shroud lectures or presentations in different parts of the U.S. and around the world.
Posted January 21, 2013
The Shroud and the Chinese Bible - Special Feature
The Shroud and the Chinese Bible (Photo courtesy Eric Chan) In our August 2012 update, we included a Chinese translation of a Current Anthropology Article on the Shroud of Turin which was provided to us by noted Shroud scholar and archaeologist William Meacham in Hong Kong. Bill felt this might be the only information about the Shroud available anywhere online in Chinese. Shortly afterwards, I received a phone call from Eric Chan, a devoted Shroud student who also lives in Hong Kong. He told me the story of the first Chinese bible, translated and published in 1968 by Italian priest Father Gabriele Allegra, which included an Enrie Shroud photograph on the first page! Eric, who owns one of the bibles, was kind enough to make some photographs, collect some information and put together an article titled Turin Shroud included in Catholic Chinese Bible that provides us with some background on Fr. Allegra and his work. Interestingly, he was beatified in September 2012. Eric is now in direct contact with Bill and they are currently planning some future Shroud activities together in the Hong Kong area. Our sincere thanks to Eric for making this truly fascinating information available to us.
Posted January 21, 2013
News From STERA, Inc.
First, I want to extend a very special "thank you" to all of our friends who made contributions to STERA, Inc. last year. Your generosity, friendship and continued support are deeply appreciated.
STERA, Inc. held their second annual Board of Directors meeting on December 16, 2012. Due to the holidays, the meeting was a very brief one and only a few items of business were attended to. One topic of discussion was the upcoming 17th anniversary update and the continued growth of the website, including the first issues of Shroud Spectrum International. Another topic was fundraising, and once again the board encouraged me to actively pursue it as part of my daily operations. As I've mentioned before, fundraising is probably the hardest part of this job for me. But I have an obligation to STERA, Inc. to appeal to our viewers for support. Since we have just started a new year, let me remind you that you can safely make contributions online using our Secure Contribution Form. You can also contribute by Mail or by telephone at 719-689-2217 (between the hours of 12:00 noon to midnight, M.T.). Of course, any purchases made from the Website Store page of the site also directly support STERA, Inc.
As further incentive and to say thank you for your contributions, we offer contributors a number of excellent gifts for their generosity:
Contribution - - - - - - Free Gift
$100.00 - $299.00 - Set of 2 Shroud Lithographs
$300.00 - $599.00 - Shroud Lithographic Poster
$600.00 - $999.00 - Both Lithographs and Poster
$1000.00 (or more) - All the above plus Miniature Shroud Replica on CottonThank you again for your support!
Barrie Schwortz
PresidentPosted January 21, 2013
"Third Encounter of the Two Linens" Conference Rescheduled
As I reported in our last update, a conference titled, "Third Encounter of the Two Linens," sponsored by the Pontifical University in Rome, was originally scheduled to be held at the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center in Israel from November 25 to December 1, 2012. However, due to the political situation at the time, the conference was postponed and is now tentatively rescheduled to take place in June 2013. We will update you as soon as the details and dates are finalized. The conference deals specifically with the Shroud of Turin and the Tilma Cloak of Tepeyac (aka Our Lady of Guadalupe). These are the stated objectives of the event:
To pair off the two cloths (the Shroud of Turin and the tilma cloak of Tepeyac) that have had the greatest impact on the Church throughout history in order to:1. Appreciate their evangelizing, historical and scientific value.The conclusions and proposals will be presented to the Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera.
2. Reflect upon the interplay between these two gifts of God to the world for the evangelization of the XXI century.
3. Determine, in the light of Shroud science, what research should be done on the tilma containing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.With many invited speakers from around the world, the Encounter will consist of presentations by experts and round table discussions. Among the invited speakers are Prof. Adolfo Orozco and Dr. Jose Aste Tonsmann from Mexico, Prof. Bruno Barberis, Piero Savarino, Paolo Di Lazzaro, Fr. Hector Guerra and Fr. Gianfranco Berbenni from Italy, Dr. Alfonso Sanchez Hermosilla from Spain, Dr. John and Rebecca Jackson and Barrie Schwortz from the USA and Dr. Petrus Soons from Panama.
Posted January 21, 2013
Lecture Schedule for 2013
Barrie Schwortz Lecturing in Warsaw, Poland in April 2012
Photo ©2012 Janusz RosikonOnce again, I have a rather busy schedule of lectures starting in March. Viewers often write me asking where and when I might be giving Shroud presentations, so I thought I would publish my upcoming schedule in case I happen to be in your area. If so, please drop by and say hello. Please understand that the times and venues are still subject to change. I will do my best to update them before the events if necessary. (Note: dates below include travel days).
March 1 through March 8, 2013 - The Knights of Colombus in the Seattle, Washington area are sponsoring a series of lectures at various venues that will serve as a fundraiser for STERA, Inc. The lecture series was organized by long time STERA supporter John Sickelton, who has provided us with this preliminary schedule:
- Saturday March 2 - St. Mary of the Valley Church for Seattle men's conference at 7:00 p.m. - Monroe, WA
- Sunday March 3 - Cammerman Hall, Our Lady Star of the Sea Church - 9:30 and 12:30 a.m. - Bremerton, WA
- Monday March 4 - St. Mary Magdelen Church - 7:00 p.m. - Everett, WA
- Tuesday March 5 - Seattle 676 Hall - Time TBA - Seattle, WA
- Wednesday March 6 - Assumption School in the a.m and Assumption Church - 7:00 p.m. - Bellingham, WA
- Thursday March 7 - Lynden Christian School - 9-10:30 a.m. and Lynden Fairgrounds Rotary Bldg. - 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. - Lynden, WA
March 14 through March 16, 2013 - Julian Bauer has organized several speaking events in the Baltimore, Maryland area which are being sponsored in part by the Charles Carroll Post of the Catholic War Veterans, the Church of the Resurrection, St. Paul's Church and Our Lady of Perpetual Help. On March 15, 2013 I will give two presentations at the Church of the Resurrection - 1:00 p.m. children's lecture, 7:30 p.m. adult lecture - Ellicott City, Maryland
April 9 through April 15, 2013 - In December 2011, I was honored to speak in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Marian University and other venues (including the Monastery of the Poor Clares in Kokomo, Indiana). One of the attendees at one of my lectures was Kirk McClure, who asked if I would be willing to return to the area and speak at his church, the Shiloh United Methodist Church, also in Kokomo. Sponsored by Kirk's church and Dr. Chuck Dietzen of the Timmy Foundation, I will be doing a series of lectures in the area. Most exciting will be the opportunity for all of us to visit Richard Orareo's new facility in Wabash, Indiana (about 45 minutes from Kokomo) which we reported on in our August 26, 2012 update. That is the new home for his Boston Collection of Shroud Art and his non-profit organization, the National Shrine of the Holy Shroud (NSHS), which will be open to the public by April. In fact, Richard will be bringing some items from his extensive collection for display alongside the lifesize replica and photographs which will be displayed at my final lecture on Sunday, April 14. Although the schedule is not yet finalized, I am including a preliminary version here:
- Wednesday April 10 - Men�s Huddle event at YMCA - Time TBA - Kokomo, IN
- Thursday and Friday April 11 and 12 - TBA - Zionsville, IN
- Saturday April 13 - Visit to the National Shrine of the Holy Shroud - Men's Group Event - Morning - Wabash, IN and Men's Group dinner - Evening - Kokomo, IN
- Sunday April 14 - Shiloh United Methodist Church - Presentations by Dr. Chuck Dietzen, Dr. Joe Bergeron and Barrie with Open Discussion during Fellowship hour - 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. - Northwestern High School - Exhibit and presentations - 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
April 19, 2013 - I am deeply honored to have been asked to speak at the TEDx ViaDellaConciliazione conference in Vatican City in April. The topic of this independently organized TED event is Religious Freedom Today and I will be speaking on the Experience of Religious Freedom in Scientific Research. It will take some real discipline however, as each speaker is only allowed 16 minutes for their presentations! Videos of the presentations will eventually be accessible online and we will publish the links as soon as they are available.
April 22 through April 25, 2013 - I will again be teaching a course in the Masters of Science and Faith program at the University of Rome (Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum). This year I have prepared a new course titled, "The Post-STURP Era of Shroud Research: 1981 to the Present," which picks up where my last course ended..
June 13 through June 15, 2013 - At the kind invitation of my good friend Des Armstrong, I am happy to be returning to Southern California, speaking at a Legatus meeting on June 14, 2013 and seeing many of my old friends there. Des is founder and president of the Rancho Palos Verdes Chapter of Legatus and typically brings together several Legatus chapters for each of my lectures. This is the fourth time he has graciously invited me to speak and he has asked me back again in September (see below).
July 26 through July 28, 2013 - I have been invited to speak about the Shroud at a conference in Colorado Springs being sponsored by Prophecy in the News. I have very few details at this moment but will update you once I have more information.
September 10 through 12, 2013 - Again, thanks to Des Armstrong, I will be back in Southern California, this time sharing the Legatus podium with the esteemed Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, a Jesuit priest, philosopher, physicist, educator, author, speaker, and retired President of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. It will truly be a great honor to meet him! (Look him up)!
Posted January 21, 2013
Some Interesting Statistics
Just in case you are interested, in calendar year 2012 Shroud.com had just under 600,000 visitors that generated 8.7 million hits, viewed 7.4 million files, viewed 1.9 million pages and generated 249 GB of bandwidth! We thank each and every one of you for your continued support and participation!
Posted January 21, 2013
The Next Update
It is rather difficult to determine exactly when the next update will go online as I am still in the last throes of finishing this update! However, based on my travel schedule through the spring, it will probably be May or June before the next update is completed. Of course, it will include more issues of Shroud Spectrum International, more books, papers and articles, a report on all my travels and a few interesting surprises. So thank you for being there, have a great spring and we'll see you in a few months!
Posted January 21, 2013
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