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La Mercè shines bright drawing 1.4 million people
Figures are up on 2018 as embodiment of Catalan culture once again draws the crowds
25 September 2019 01:44 PM
Oliver Little | Barcelona
The Barcelona Council has confirmed that their party of the year was indeed their party of the year. Over 1.4 million people attended La Mercè, an increase on the 1.3 million in 2018.
Once again, its array of concerts was the crowd attraction. Nearly a third of all party-goers - some 400,000 - attended one of the many of concerts across six Barcelona districts. Highlights included Catalan rock legend Pau Riba and electronic group "Caza Azul".
Meanwhile, over 250,000 people were drawn to the 430 Street Art shows and exhibitions, which included a programme in the Parc de la Trinitat dedicated to African artists.
A ball from Beirut
There were several events centered around the city of Beirut, the guest city for this year's festival. Through films, performing arts and music dedicated and centered around the Lebanon capital, Barcelona overflowed with the city's creative energy.
Perhaps the highlight of the multiple shows by Lebanese artists in the Parc de la Ciutadella, Passeig de Lluís Companys and the Avinguda de la Catedral was the "Beirut Night" programme, in which the iconic Parc de la Ciutadella was transformed through Beirut-themed lights, dancing and music. For this reason, Parc de la Ciutadella was among the post popular attractions of the whole festival with over 175,000 visitors.
Catalan culture shares centre stage
There were several examples of Catalan culture on offer that also proved very popular with locals and tourists alike.
Among highlights was Saturday's correfocs run. An all too familiar tradition in Catalonia, in the "tabalada infernal," devils paraded down the streets of Via Laietana spouting fire.
Other notable parades included the parade of giants and the "big heads" parade. Both are longstanding Catalan traditions, and both are exactly what they say on the tin - giants, and big heads. The parade of giants from the Plaça de Àngels to the Plaça de Sant Jaume was one of the standout events on Monday, the festival's quietest day.
Visual spectacles
The parade on Monday was the precursor to the Plaça de Sant Jaume's light show, a spectacle that spans the long weekend every year.
This year was a homage to Catalan poet, playwright, graphic designer and visual artist Joan Brossa. The spectacle, directed by Mitos Colom and Javi Cadavieco, captured the visual artistry and creativity for which Brossa was so renowned.
The spectacle, with the letter "A" as the protagonist in celebration of Any Brossa, one hundred years after his birth, and the three chapters of Birth, Path and Destruction addressed books and poetry, but also delved into the imaginative and often inexplicable visions that go with it. The most surrealist vision of all was a top hat depicted chasing a boiled egg, which would have left viewers less familiar with his work somewhat flummoxed.
The festival was brought to a close with a bang or two on Tuesday night with its annual fireworks display in the Plaça de Espanya. A mix of Catalan cultural songs, pop hits, and music dedicated to Beirut and the spectacular Magic Fountain accompanied around 40 minutes of explosions that lit up the skies of Montjuïc.
A highlight for many spectators was a tribute to the Beatles, which, (as do most Beatles-related occasions) turned into something of a karaoke session for the 90,000-strong crowd in the square.
Party's over folks, so what's left?
If you're struggling after a mid-week public holiday, and/or carrying an extra pound or two after a weekend of eating and drinking, La Mercè has the perfect solution.
Embrace your inner dancing devil and go through hell in the famous 10km run on Sunday, September 29. If you feel worse for wear and are unsure, just remember, there are 1.4 million people that probably feel the same.
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Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Next in May was the Battle of Jutland. However they acquired a bad reputation, for drooping at the muzzle, affecting long range. In June 1916, Collingwood joined the 4th Battle Squadron (Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee) and took part in two sorties in the north sea and exercises in between. An attack of Imperial German Navy was expected. Guns shut for good. Like previous model the rate of fire was one shot every 30 seconds (2 rpm). She was refitted again in December, notably to receive in drydock new bilge keels. A Naval History of World War I. Massie, Robert K. (2003). Gold Plated Medal Medallion Royal Navy HMS Ocean Amphibious Assault Ship COA. Two smoke deflectors were added to their funnels to reduce smoke interference. She served with the British Home Fleet and then the Grand Fleet, and was part of the 1st Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. She was slightly damaged on 23 November when scrapping her side with oiler RFA Ebonol. The better muzzle velocity allowed the AP shells to penetrated 12 inches of armour from 7,600 to 9,300 yards. The second penetrated the rear armour, at the aft superfiring turret level. Special slave censuses were kept in the early 1800s. Visually, they were very difficult to distinguish from the Bellerophon s. This was much better than the Bellorophon at 5,720 nmi, or HMS Dreadnought at 6,620 nmi. The 4th Battle Squadron was mostly deployed for exercises. The forward tripod has been moved forward of the funnels reducing interference of smoke. In January 1918, she made a sweep off the coast of Norway. 6"/26 BL Marks I, II, III, IV, V and VI. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. HMS Collingwood, British St Vincent class dreadnought battleship. More training followed and in 2–5 September, a sortie in the northern end of the North Sea followed by training exercises, a sweep on 13-15 October, a fleet training on 2–5 November, before St Vincent was relieved by HMS Colossus as flagship. Visually, they were very difficult to distinguish from the Bellerophons. Battleship Saint Vincent Sailing Ships First World World War Saints Boat Merchant Marine British. All ships entered service in 1909 and 1910. ... HMS Vanguard was one of the St. Vincent class, itself one of a series of classes of battleship very similar to … Room 40 intercepted and decrypted radio traffic about this operation and the Grand Fleet was scrambled, with 28 dreadnoughts and 9 battlecruisers. The great sweep on 1 June, mainly served at spotting and finish off possible damaged German ships, but in vain. Nov 30, 2014 - 12 in St Vincent class HMS Vanguard, one of only two dreadnought battleships (as opposed to pre-dreadnoughts or battlecruisers) lost by the Royal Navy in WW1, the other being HMS Audacious, lost to a mine strike off Northern Ireland in 1914. ed.). The battleship HMS Vanguard belonged to the St. Vincent class, which consisted of three ships and should replace the ships of the Bellerophon class. British naval ship classes of the First World War, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_st_vincent_class_battleships.html, List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/St._Vincent-class_battleship?oldid=4544362, Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls, Parsons turbines, direct drive on four shafts, 6,900 nmi (12,780 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h). However as it happened, the Germans refused to agree to any naval arms control and the Admiralty waited until June 1907 to decide it wanted a squadron of four same class battleships. The big test was to come in May 1916, precisely: St Vincent at the Battle of Jutland The German High Seas Fleet comprised 16 dreadnoughts, 6 pre-dreadnoughts, sortied from the Jade Bight on 31 May, preceded y Hipper's battlecruisers. Conqueror and Thunderer fired at the SMS Wiesbaden without results, and did also against German battleships. Friedman, Norman (2011). The Admiralty's 1905 building plan precised the fleet needed four capital ships FY1907–1908 Naval Programme, but the new Liberal government cut down these by mid-1906. After commissioning in 1910, she spent her whole career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets, often serving as a flagship. By June 1913, Captain Cecil Hickley took command. On 26 March it was already over. Her loss centenary was commemorated on 9 July 2017 with descendants of the crew laying 40 wreaths above her wreck, and a Union Jack deposed on it, with more ceremonies at the Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery. US military asserts Indo-Pacific presence with simultaneous high-end operations, Una billetera perdida en la Antártida regresa a su dueño 53 años después (con recuerdos incluidos), NATO Anti-Sub Exercise Dynamic Manta 2021 Will Include French Carrier Strike Group, U.S. ... (St. Vincent Class) Indefatigable. However, they still had their share of own differences: Higher upper masts, improved engines, slightly longer and beamier hull which was also shallower and more hydrodynamic, but also 650 tons more in displacement. Before the war, their crews had just four years to train, as they were accepted in 1909-1910. Wind speed and direction came through the transmitting station by voicepipe or sound telephone. The was a main 9-foot (2.7 m) Barr & Stroud coincidence rangefinder on each of these two control positions. Jump to navigation Jump to search. The board lacked available evidence (what was left of the shattered hull was at the bottom of the sea) that the explosions were likely to have started in either 'P' magazine, 'Q' magazine, or both. On 1 September, panic spread as the light cruiser HMS Falmouth spotted a suspected German submarine, which proved untrue. The model's corner: –HMS Vanguard 1/1250 Navis Neptun -Combrig 1/700 St. Vincent class 1910 –The ship on Turbosquid, Saint Vincent class rendition by the author. On 21 April the fleet was sent off Horns Reef as a diversion while the Imperial Russian Navy laid defensive minefields in the Baltic. HMS Vanguard was a 'St Vincent Class' battleship under the command of Captain James Dick and in 4th Division of the 4th Battle Squadron at Jutland. However, they still had their share of own differences: Higher upper masts, improved engines, slightly longer and beamier hull which was also shallower and … Vanguard was the most infamous member of the St Vincent class because she fell victim to a magazine explosion in Scapa Flow in 1917. British Battleships of World War One. But saber rattling could be heard in the Balkans already. At first, HMS Collingwood fired eight salvos on SMS Wiesbaden from 18:32, while her secondary battery engaged the approaching destroyer SMS G42, but no hits were recorded. Can also be used as St Vincent, Vanguard. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. The battleship sank very quickly such was the damage, and only three of the crew survived, one dying later of his condition. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. She fired 42 rounds on the SMS Wiesbaden at 18:32, claiming several unconfirmed hits. Select Scale & Price 1/1500 Scale 34.25* 1/1800 Scale 20.00* 1/2400 Scale 11.25 1/3000 Scale 7.00 Quantity This had reignited the battleship race with Germany by making Britain's numerical superiority in pre-dreadnought battleships irrelevant. They fired a 31-pound (14.1 kg) shell at 2,821 ft/s (860 m/s). St Vincent-class battleship. Category:St. Vincent class battleship. Sign in to disable ALL ads. And this was clearly done, all ships being continuously surrounded by splashes. -5 12-inch continuous turrets -Total length 163 m -The amount of drainage 19560 tons -Served at 21 knots in 1910 and participated in the Battle of Jutland. The St Vincent-class battleships were powered by two Parsons direct-drive steam turbines in separated engine room, driving four propeller shafts. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. The three ships of the St. Vincent class were very similar to the previous Bellerophon class dreadnoughts, designed with speed of construction in mind in the period after HMS Dreadnought had made all older battleships obsolete. Brooks, John (2005). During WW1, they spent most of their time idle in the Orcades at Scapa Flow wit the rest if the Grand Fleet. She became a boys' training ship on in September 1921, and paid off on 31 March 1922, sold to John Cashmore Ltd and scrapped in Wales from March 1923. At 14:20, Iron Duke received signals received incoming strong radio traffic from the High Seas Fleet, signalling its presence. HMS St Vincent (1815) was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1841, used as a training ship from 1862, and sold in 1906. Another sweep on 6 March was cut short y the weather, less for the battleships than the escorting destroyers. Date: circa 1910. The consensus was there was a small explosion showing a white glare between the foremast and 'A' turret. They were St. Vincent, Collingwood, and Vanguard. British Battleships (reprint of the 1957 ed.). This class of three ships is the third design of Dreadnought battleships in the Royal Navy. By 7–10 March, there was a sortie in the northern North Sea, and again on 16–19 March. Brady, Mark (September 2014). In total, 2,700 long tons (2,743 t) coal was stored, plus 850 long tons (864 t) fuel oil sprayed by injectors on the coal to boost combustion. The real test came with the Battle of Jutland: By 18:00, the Grand Fleet approached the battle, deployed for action, and despite some congestion with the rear divisions, and slowing down some ships to 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) to avoid collisions, the battle line was formed. Rangefinders on " St. Vincent's " target agreed closely, gun range varying from 10,000 yards at start to 9,500 yards at the end. No need to register, buy now! HMS Collingwood was named after Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, built at Devonport Royal Dockyard, completed in April 1910 at a cost of £1,680,888/£1,731,640 and commissioned on 19 April 1910. Later others were recovered, buried at the Royal Naval Cemetery at Lyness, with commemorative plaques at Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth. ... British Royal Navy Battleship HMS St. Vincent SHIPPING NAVAL OLD PHOTO. -Some ship's boilers were still in use and watertight doors open. The thinnest at upper level was 0.75 in, down to 3 inches (76 mm) outside the central armoured citadel. In the end, it appeared logical the explosion took part in the middle of the ship, breaking her in two. In early 1916, a Mark I Dreyer Fire-control Tables was installed. It's not too far into Theodore Melfi's St. Vincent when Chris O'Dowd's priest/grade-school teacher tells his class that they'll be studying saints and then assigns them a project in which they find someone in their lives that they believe has the qualities of sainthood.At this point, it's pretty clear what's going to happen. Date: circa 1910. HMS Vanguard HMS Vanguard was one of the St. Vincent class, itself one of a series of classes of battleship very similar to HMS Dreadnought. The earlier South Carolina class battleships had been developed at about the same time as the Dreadnought, and had a superior arrangement of guns, with eight guns in four superfiring twin turrets, giving her the same eight-gun broadside as the ten-gun Dreadnought, but they were powered by expansion engines, and had a top speed of 18.5kts. HMS St Vincent by then was under command of Captain William Fisher. Apart HMS Collingwood badly damaged on an uncharted rock off Spain in 1911, northing of note happened during that time. In 1913, it was approved as part of a general reallocation of 18-in torpedoes, to replace the Mark VI** H. or 18-in Mark VI*** H. torpedoes on Neptune, St. Vincent, Bellerophon and Dreadnought classes with with Mark VII* or Mark VI**. The St. Vincent class battleships consisted of three ships of the Royal Navy laid down in 1908, and completed between May 1909 and April 1910. It was clearly assumed to be a detonation of cordite charges. Until 20 July, HMS Collingwood participated in a test mobilisation (July Crisis) in Portland, and then proceeded to Scapa Flow. £17.99. -Increased the main gun height and extended the range. Completed 1911. They were installed in pairs without shielding exposed on the 'A', 'P', 'Q' and 'Y' turrets. English: The British St. Vincent class battleships commissioned in 1910. Save your favorite articles to read offline, sync your reading lists across devices and customize your reading experience with the official Wikipedia app. Vanguard was the most infamous member of the St Vincent class because she fell victim to a magazine explosion in Scapa Flow in 1917. They were St. Vincent, Collingwood, and Vanguard. Collingwood: HMS Collingwood was a St. Vincent-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Vanguard was destroyed in an ammunition explosion, probably due to bagged cordite. HMS Vanguard also spotted "a periscope", opening fire at it. Maximum elevation was the same as previous Mark X at +20° for a max range of 21,200 yards (19,385 m). HMS Collingwood, British St Vincent class dreadnought battleship. They are held at The National Archives (Kew, England). For ASW protection, in addition to compartimentation, there were two longitudinal anti-torpedo bulkheads which were only 1–3 inch (25–76 mm) thick. Article promoted by HJ Mitchell via MilHistBot 04:06, 3 April 2017 (UTC) « Return to A-Class review list. The British Battleship 1906–1946. It extended between the the outermost barbettes on each end, then tapered down to 2 inches (51 mm) to the ends. St Vincent -class battleship The three St Vincent-class battleships were built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. You need to play a total of 20 battles to post in this section. The range clock displayed the data converted into elevation and deflection for the gunnery officer in each turret. That was one of the tragedies that often result in losses not related to any hostile action at sea that every navy experienced. Campbell, N. J. M. (1986). Visually, they were very difficult to distinguish from the Bellerophons. Preston, Antony (1972). Travon Adderly once saw horror. These ships were nonetheless criticized afterwards for their propensity for excessive rolling, which did not helped the watcher's work. HMS St Vincent conducted gunnery drills in January 1915 between the Orkney and Shetlands and on 23 January, arrived too late for the Battle of Dogger Bank. The inadequate 10 inch thickness for the main belt was retained, but lengthened slightly. Orion Class HMS Orion, Monarch, Conqueror, Thunderer Laid down 1909-1910. Part Two. 1. The ship fired a total of 90 armour piercing shells and 8 twelve inch shells during the battle. The st Vincent class at dreadnoughtproject.org, St Vincent class on dreadnoughtproject.org, Chao Yung (Chaoyong) class protected cruisers (1880), The Coalition for the Energy of the Future reveals its first milestones, HII secures $2.9B deal for USS John C. Stennis RCOH. One 2048 diffuse map texture. Disaster: The Tragic end of Vanguard She was anchored north of Scapa Flow around 18:30 on 9 July 1917 the crew performing a routine and nothing unusual was recorded before first explosion at 23:20. Support Naval Encyclopedia, get your poster or wallpaper now ! 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He is originally from the "Space Coast" of Florida near Cocoa Beach and received his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of … These were named 'A', 'X' and 'Y' forward and 'P', 'Q' aft. Vanguard was destroyed in an ammunition explosion, probably due to bagged cordite. St Vincent-class battleship Nominator(s): Sturmvogel 66 () St Vincent-class battleship. Belt 250, Battery 200, Barbettes 230, turrets 280, blockhaus 280, bridge 75 mm. Compartments between them were filled with coal. The St. Vincent class battleships consisted of three ships of the Royal Navy laid down in 1908, and completed between May 1909 and April 1910. Thank you for helping build the largest language community on the internet. The design stayed very close to the Bellerophon class, but with a more powerful artillery and some improvements in armour, and a slightly larger size. 1915 saw gunnery drills off the Orkney and Shetland, missing later the Battle of Dogger Bank, others sweep in March and April, and more gunnery drills, again in May, exercises in June and July, a sweep in September, and October and training off Orkney in November. She hit her twice, but the latter managed to disappear into the mist. Website with searchable ship database about warships, passenger liners, merchant ships, photo galleries, technical details, stories, news and much more. Meanwhile ASW defences at Scapa were heavily strengthened. It reduced however also the barrel life. Their standard AP shell weighted 850-pound (386 kg), for a muzzle velocity of 2,825 ft/s (861 m/s). There was a strake of 8-inch armour above. In total, St Vincent fired 98 main shells. Can also be used as St Vincent, Vanguard. By Capcon, May 4, 2014 in Battleship Era Today in WW1 and WW2 She suffered an unexplained magazine explosion in Scapa Flow on 9 July 1917, sinking with heavy loss. Akso by December 1915 and May 1916 for the other two, a new fire-control director electrically providing data to a dial was installed. Listen to the audio pronunciation of St. Vincent class battleship on pronouncekiwi. Moreover, their guns were the new 305 mm Mk.XI, caliber 50. [Top ] She was refitted afterwards and was back in commission on 21 April 1914, as flagship, second-in-command of the 1st Battle Squadron (Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas). In total she would fire 65 HE and 15 AP, plus 10 4-inch shells during the battle. In September 1911, Captain Arthur Ricardo took command, she was refitted and recommissioned on 28 March 1912, 1st Division, later "1st Battle Squadron" in May. She reported firing 96 seemingly accurate shells by director without suffering damage. They also received three torpedo tubes and no less than eighteen four-inch (102 mm) Mark III 50-calibre quick-firing (QF) guns. They were commissioned in May 1909 (St Vincent) and February-April 1910 for the others. The major innovation in this class was the adoption of longer 50 calibre main armament, increased from the 45 calibre fitted to previous classes.[2]. The St Vincent were built in record time, compared to the previous Bellerophon which differed in many details from HMS Dreadnought. The main turrets faces an sides were equally protected by 11-inch (279 mm), down to 3-inch (76 mm) for the roof. Three appeared to be of the St Vincent class, the last one reported on FY1908–1909 Naval Programme (the single HMS Neptune). Range was 6,900 nautical miles (12,800 km; 7,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). If you have spotted any errors on this page or have anything to contribute please post it in this forum. 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Where is Andros? Not a particularly well visited island for Brits Andros is still one of the closest Greek islands to Athens, just off the east coast in the northern Cyclades group, and it's a popular weekend retreat for mainland Athenians.
Beaches are fairly thin on the ground and the best are strung along the west coast, with Batsi and Agios Petros the best.
A great island for walkers, the inland hills are criss-crossed by mule trails and for the more culturally minded there is the elegant architecture of Hora, the remarkable field walls, the intricate dovecotes and ancient water mills.
The roads are good but few, with only one road from the port at Gavrio in the north to the bay of Ormos in the south and a branch road that crossed the island to the capital at Hora.
Andros has no airport so most visitors fly to Athens International Airport (ATH) then catch a bus to Rafina in order to hop on one of the regular daily ferries.
Take care to catch an airport bus on the way back or you end up in Athens city. Athens city buses leave from the main Rafina Square, airport buses from the port road at the seaward end of the square.
You can also take a taxi to Rafina from the pick-up points outside airport exits two and three and the journey takes about 30-40 minutes.
Some tourists choose to fly to Mykonos International Airport (JMK) and catch the Mykonos to Rafina ferry.
The Rafina to Mykonos ferry route is currently operated by five ferry companies so there is no shortage of sailings on this popular route. There are normally three to four ferries sailing daily from Rafina and the sailing time to Andros is two to four hours depending on the ferry type.
Blue Star Ferries has a daily sailing from Rafina with a journey time of just over three hours while Fast Ferries has two sailings daily but with a sailing time 30 minutes longer.
Also operating fast ferry services to Andros are the nine weekly sailings by Sea Jets which take just two hours and the daily sailing by Hellenic Seaways which take another 15 minutes.
There ferry services sail on to Tinos and Mykonos so holiday visitors can fly to Mykonos and catch the return ferry to Rafina although this is a relatively expensive option.
Don't be late for fast ferry connections as turnaround times on this route are notoriously short. They only take a few minutes and fast ferries don't wait for stragglers.
The ferry link to Mykonos also opens up further travel as Mykonos is a major gateway to the Cyclades islands and even further afield.
There are no water taxis to the beaches or round island trips on Andros, although it is possible to hire a boat in the larger resorts.
Andros is the most northerly and the second largest island of the Cyclades group. It is 374 square kilometres, about 40 kilometres by 17 kilometres with a coastline of 110 kilometres.
Four mountain ridges lie east to west across the middle of the island. Mount Saranda (725 metres) tops the highlands of Makrotandalos near the resort of Batsi; Mount Petalo (994 metres) lies between Batsi and Messaria; Mount Gerakonas (720 metres) between Messaria and Korthi and Mount Pachi (681 metres) the most southern.
Four rivers run down from mountain ridges and , unlike many in the Greek islands, they flow all year round. The Arnipotamos flows into the bay of Lefka, the Achla flows into the bay of Achla, the Megalos Potamos flows into Paraporti beach in Hora and the Dipotamata into the bay of Syneti.
The coastline of Andros is highly indented and cultivated areas are relatively small. Andros is known for its mineral springs, the most noted at Apikia where water is bottled and sold all over Andros.
The main cross-island route is west out of Hora then north along the coast to Gavrio. Old donkey trails have been preserved and restored and now make for fine walking routes.
Andros is in the north Cyclades group of islands and enjoys a typical east-Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summers.
From June to September average daily temperatures are 26°C. May and October are a little cooler with occasional showers although rain rarely lasts long.
Winters on Andros are mild and wet, with most of the rain falling in November and December. Winter temperatures average 8°C although Andros can get winter snow.
Car or moped hire is highly advisable on Andros because bus services are limited and the island is too big to reach all the many places of interest on foot.
There is a regular bus service between Gavrio port and the capital town at Hora, passing through Batsi beach resort on the way. Buses are timed to meet the ferries as they arrive and the service is reliable.
Cars, bikes and bicycles are available for hire in the main centres at Gavrio, Batsi and Hora. Taxis are also available in all three centres but mainly operate from the ferry port. Some of the beaches can be reached by water taxi. Water taxis connect all the popular beaches on the west coast and local travel agents will organise excursions inland for a price.
Andros is criss-crossed with many walled donkey trails or 'moni' but walking can be strenuous as Andros is a very hilly island. Although the moni track system is extensive and reasonably well maintained, some walls have collapsed and others overgrown with thorns.
Information on local maps is not always reliable but the best are the Road Edition and also the Andros Touring and Hiking Guide which is sold in shops on the island.
The scenery on Andros is particularly fine and the island is littered with old or ruined buildings and water mills, especially in the south, and a huge number of remote churches. Of some interest are the many intricately designed dovecotes and the slate walls that terrace many of the hills.
Andros has a good range of holiday accommodation, catering mainly for Athenian visitors who flock to the island at weekends during the summer. Most of the hotels and apartments are found around the island's only major beach resort at Batsi on the west coast. There is also accommodation at the port of Gavrio in the north and at the Andros capital town of Hora on the east coast.
Ferry passengers at the port of Gavrio can expect to see plenty of room owners touting for trade along the waterfront. There are plenty of rooms for those on a budget there is a camp site Camping Andros at Gavrio about 400 metres from the port.
Andros Town, or Hora, on the east coast has plenty of rooms and small hotels as well as family-run guest houses and self-catering apartments. It can cost a bit more here, especially in summer, as this is the preferred destination for wealthy visitors from Athens.
There are also rooms to be found at Ormos Korthiou, in the south-east, and although there are few beaches there are plenty of mountain trails well away from the tourist hotspots.


Climate Extremism & The Chilling Effect On Free Speech | Wott's Up With That?
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I wonder how often these toads ever have the honesty to think about the chilling effect their activities have on free speech; more likely, they (dishonestly) do think about it, and cackle happily as they wallow in their Exxon dollars.
One of my upcoming books is a YA number on the dangers of science denialism. I spend perhaps 15% of it, if that, talking about AGW denial. My supposedly well educated editor argued that this was 'way too much, besides it was far too political a subject, etc., etc., all because of the way Watts and his like have poisoned the popular understanding of the real science of the subject. When I got it through to my editor that the subject was of sufficient importance that, unless something's done Pretty Damn' Soon, quite a lot of our youthful readers may have their lives brutally curtailed, and pointed him at some appropriate references, to his credit he was man enough to admit he'd been wrong. But how often do members of the public encounter that sort of resistance to the crapola that "the science is still not in"?
Free speech is only truly free if it hasn't been poisoned by lies.
The likes of Watts, Peiser and Lawson know this, which is why they keep on spreading their poison.
It is amazing the arguments people are willing to invoke in order to justify their positions. It's somewhat disturbing, because either they think they're right and hence have no basic understanding of the logic of these type of issues, or they're fundamentally dishonest. Given that their arguments are so nonsensical, I really can't believe anyone can actually be that stupid, and hence I'd have to go for the latter.
To extend this a bit, I get the feeling that some genuinely believe that any tactic is a valid tactic, as long as it helps to achieve a goal. It doesn't matter if that tactic is logical and honest, or not. That's probably consistent with my sense that people who use these arguments are dishonest, but I suspect that they believe anything goes and that therefore it's fine to behave in this way (which includes accusing others of being dishonest, while being dishonest themselves).
I think you have to remember that outside the world of science/academia or technical professions, the idea that your arguments should be fully evidence based, couched in uncertainty and open to scrutiny is totally foreign.
It becomes more about projecting confidence, talking fluently and convincingly. telling people what they want to hear, steamrolling those who raise doubts, and above all, never appearing uncertain or admitting error. Indeed, in normal conversion it's regarded as quite rude and/or aggressive to directly tell someone that they are wrong or ask them for evidence. And if you say something like 'Well, there is a possibility that we'll see 2 meters of sea level rise within our lifetimes', it sounds weak and uncertain.
I sometimes wonder if this is a factor online.. people who are used to confidently holding forth on subjects that they don't really know about among people who don't challenge them suddenly find themselves being told that they are wrong by people who are making weak-sounding arguments.. and the natural reaction is anger and belittlement. Very alpha-chimp stuff, I know. But I don't think that people are genuinely thinking 'any argument will do' – they simply have no relevant experience of argument.
Interesting, I hadn't thought of it like that. You may well be right. Maybe it is just that what to a scientists might sound like a standard way to have a discussion and to discuss a topic is simply completely foreign to some who work in other environments.
Slight sidetrack, but: your description fits 'politicians' perfectly.


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I began working in luthurie through a desire to customize my guitars, to make them sound and play better and to make them uniquely mine. Below are a few projects, ranging from rebuilds to bling.
Tweeked out for Luc Lavigne of Muffler Crunch , Ol' Sparky and Ol' Krusty are shop regulars. Sparky is a Conservadore acoustic, sporting 3 pickups, with on/off switches, a volume, and a hand of god switch (does nothing). Krusty was sawn in half down it's sides, thinned to electric depth and given a solid core with a through body sound hole and pimped out chrome car trim on the sides. It also has 2 single coil sized humbuckers, and a bigsby.
This neck was built to be put on a customers existing body, he sketched out the headstock design he wanted, picked out some woods and other options with me and we were off. He opted for a 5 ply maple/wenge neck, with black hipshot tuners and string retainer, and a birdseye maple fingerboard with abalone markers.
This Musicmaster was defretted and had a Musicman stye pickup added in the bridge position, a mustang style control plate was added with stacked volume/tone pots, and a new pickguard was cut from thick single ply sheet stock. a Precision bridge cover was added as well, requiring a few bridge alterations.
Being a bass player myslef, defretting was one of the first mods I attempted on my own. After trying every method out there and leaving a few dead in my wake in the process, I've gotten pretty decent at it.


Join the Quad City Storm and the Scott County YMCA for a night of fun and fundraising.
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FM Briefs Counterparts on Nuclear Talks
In a letter to his counterparts, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif briefed them on the latest developments in negotiations between Iran and the major powers on Tehran's peaceful nuclear program.
"My delegation has engaged in these talks with the firm mandate and strong political will to reach a comprehensive agreement. We have clearly demonstrated that we are prepared to accept a rational and fair agreement based on mutual respect and interest, in the same manner as we resist and reject arbitrary, degrading and unlawful demands. We have tried to be creative and innovative and have offered solutions," the foreign minister said, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.
He added, "In our Joint Plan of Action, we envisaged a common goal for these negotiations: To reach a mutually-agreed long term comprehensive solution that would ensure Iran's nuclear program will be 'exclusively peaceful' and would produce the comprehensive lifting of all UN Security Council sanctions, as well as multilateral and national sanctions related to Iran's nuclear program."
Iran and the six major powers (the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) clinched an interim nuclear deal in Geneva late last year, which is officially called the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA). They are now in talks to reach a comprehensive accord to resolve the 12-year dispute over Tehran's nuclear program by a June 30 target date.
Zarif said, "Achieving the first objective is not difficult, because Iran does not want or need nuclear weapons. In our view, nuclear weapons are obsolete tools of the past, incapable of providing external security or internal stability.
"This is especially the case for Iran, which is content with its size, geography, natural resources and human capital, and has not started a single war in the past three centuries. A sober strategic assessment will show that nuclear weapons are detrimental to Iran's security."
He added, "Iran also has a solid track record of opposing all WMDs on religious grounds. (Leader of the Islamic Revolution) Ayatollah Khamenei, like his predecessor Imam Khomeini, declared that all WMDs are strictly forbidden by Islam. For this reason, Iran did not use chemical weapons even in retaliation when Saddam Hussein gassed our troops and civilians on a scale not seen since the First World War."
The letter also said, "Moreover, practical limits envisaged by JPOA preclude arbitrary limits, which seek to shrink Iran's enrichment to a token program. Such is neither practical nor realistic."
Essential Component of Any Deal
The top diplomat pointed out, "The second objective envisaged by JPOA, namely the lifting of all sanctions, is an essential component of any agreement. But some members of the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) have become increasingly reluctant to abandon this counterproductive, illegal and inhuman instrument of coercion even at the expense of putting in jeopardy the entire process that provides certainty and assures transparency. Obsession with sanctions has not only obstructed a comprehensive long-term agreement, but also prevented the West from regaining the confidence of the Iranian people even after the adoption of JPOA. While Iran has shown its good faith by completely fulfilling its part of the bargain under the deal, the US and EU have adopted more measures to maintain and strengthen the sanctions regime than to live up to their sanction-easing commitments."
The foreign minister concluded, "I am confident that a comprehensive agreement is imminently within reach. It requires foresight, political will and recognition of realities by our negotiating partners as well as the audacity to make the right choice benefitting the entire global community rather than succumbing to the whims of vocal, but increasingly unpopular, pressure groups and special interests."
Russia, S. Arabia Respond to Zarif's Letter
Zarif, Kerry Seek to Bridge Nuclear Gaps
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A survey carried out by Shelter in 2017 found that 43% of private landlords applied a policy of refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit. This apparent discrimination has provoked a considerable amount of public outrage and media attention.
It has been pointed out that refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit results in indirect discrimination against women. 60% of adults receiving housing benefit are women. 95% of single parent housing benefit claimants are female.
On the face of it, the discriminatory effect of this reluctance to let properties to housing benefit tenants is clear, and the injustice and hardship that this creates is equally clear.
However, amidst the justifiable outrage, there are other relevant (but unpopular) factors that deserve some consideration.
Landlords will say is that it is entirely reasonable to assess the prospects of a tenant falling into arrears and to carry out a full risk assessment. Where a tenant is proposing to pay the rent through a combination of housing benefit and private funding, the risk of default is arguably higher than where the rent is being paid in full via housing benefit payments. A landlord will inevitably and understandably be cautious about the ability of a tenant to afford to pay the privately funded element of the rent.
The landlord's risk assessment will be even more thorough in cases where a landlord has had a difficult experience with tenants in the past and has perhaps had to go through a possession procedure to obtain a possession order and evict a tenant. With repossession actions potentially running to thousands of pounds, on top of what may be a substantial arrears debt, landlords can be stung severely if a tenant defaults.
There are other factors that landlords point to when explaining why tenants in receipt of housing benefit have not been at the top of their lists in the past. One factor is that housing benefit is generally paid in arrears. Many landlords will naturally prefer to select a tenant who can pay the rent in advance when it is due rather than opt for a tenant who is always going to be a month in arrears.
Should landlords be more accommodating and supportive of tenants in receipt of benefits? It is certainly hard to justify the blanket bans that some landlords have adopted. But should landlords be cutting tenants some financial slack and putting themselves at financial risk out of a sense of moral duty to those in need? The case for this is equally hard to justify if you are talking about private landlords.
In short, landlords can forget trying to justify a blanket ban on housing benefit tenants. This clearly has a discriminatory and wholly unacceptable consequence. But at the same time, landlords are fully entitled to carry out a financial assessment of a potential tenant's ability to pay the proposed rent and to fully assess the risk of that tenant falling into arrears. This is basic financial self-preservation. When a tenant defaults, it often results in the landlord being thrown into a financial hole, often with no redress from the defaulting tenant who has gone AWOL. If a landlord's rigorous but fair risk assessment results in some housing benefit tenants being turned down, that should not automatically provoke cries of discrimination.


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I received my first batch of pens from China yesterday and everything worked well. I ordered 20 rhodium plated cigar pens and 3 bushings through AliExpress (Not their website). They also have an Etsy shop.
After comparing all of the options to buy from them I have found AliExpress to be the most cost efficient at to buy products because the unit cost is lower than Etsy and the shipping is way lower than their website. As an added bonus AliExpress has tons of coupon offers and their own warranty programs.
As a side note I am really impressed with AliExpress and all the features it has. Alibaba is going to give Amazon a real run for its money. I thought Amazon had won out in retail, but their features aren't as robust and engaging as Ali's are in my opinion.
I placed my order at 21:00 March 28 and it was in my mailbox my April 8.
I am happy with the apparent quality of the items and will start to use them tonight.
Happy to hear that you are happy with your purchase !! . Keep us posted, please.
Since I started turning pens last October, I've come across maybe 100 sites selling similar or identical pen kits and related items across the globe.
As for me, I prefer to stick with the vendors who support the IAP site, and are US, Canadian, or UK based, where I can pick up a phone and dial them for advice, help, or to discuss issues with my orders... even if they're a bit more costly.
While I'm glad to see that your experience with this China-based vendor was a good one, my experience with Alibaba Express, who offers a conduit to multiple far east vendors, has been marginal at best. I've been burned by their vendors more than once, and will not use them in the future.


LAS VEGAS — Tanikka Queen, a former Las Vegas teacher that had a relationship with a 15-year-old student has cut a deal that will very likely net her a slap-on-the-wrist sentence of probation.
Queen, 22, had been working for the CCSD for over a year as a substitute teacher.
Her relationship with the 15-year-old boy, a student at Hyde Park Middle School, came to light after a concerned parent tipped authorities off.
Authorities found that Queen and the student exchanged thousands of text and picture messages and called each frequently. The student told his father he was seeing a girl named Bella.
Queen knew that the relationship was illegal and mentioned in the text messages to the student that she was placing herself in danger.
Las Vegas Attorney John Momot was able to hammer out a sweet deal for Queen because the court system has morphed into a "deal-making" system.
She faced over 40 charges related to her illegal and immoral acts but thanks to her attorney's expertise and negotiation skills, Queen will plead guilty to just two felonies related to luring a child to engage in a sexual act and a sexual offense committed by a school employee.
It's very apparent that male and female teacher who are sexual predators are treated very differently by the legal system, proving that the double standard still exists.
In Queen's case because she is very young and pretty the judicial system does not seem to view her as a serious threat. In contrast another teacher, Melvyn Sprowson, who had a relationship with a girl in Nevada that was not a student of Sprowson's and was legally able to consent to the relationship faces life in prison.
Tanikka Queen has been held at the CCDC. because she has been unable to make bail. Because so many of the charges against her have been dropped as part of the deal that was cut, her bail has been substantially reduced and is now set at $50,000.
If Queen does post bail she will be placed on House Arrest and barred from contact with anyone under 18 years old. She will also be barred from having Internet access.
Tanikka Queen is scheduled to appear in court on April 21. Although she faces a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison, she will very likely receive probation.


Arrow Environmental Services has acquired Fort Myers-based Lan Mac Pest Control. The deal will increase Arrow's service area in Southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS, Fla – Arrow Environmental Services has acquired Fort Myers-based Lan Mac Pest Control. The deal will significantly increase Arrow's service area in Southwest Florida and adds more than $800,000 in annual revenues.
The acquisition follows several other recent Arrow deals in Southwest Florida, including mergers with Scotland Yard Pest Control in Cape Coral and Big Difference Pest Control in Naples. Arrow has grown significantly throughout west Florida over the last five years, acquiring with more than 65 pest control and lawn service companies in the region.
Higginbotham passed away at age 75.
Gene Higginbotham, owner of American Pest Control in Athens, passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2015. He was 75.
Bernstein Funeral Home, 3195 Atlanta Highway, Athens, GA 30606, 706/543-7373.
Visitation - The family will receive friends Monday, August 31 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday, September 1 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Bernstein Funeral Home.
Services will be held at Beech Haven Baptist Church - 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 2390 W. Broad Street, Athens, GA 30606.
For this year's contest, cartoon cutouts of GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush were attached to the roaches, and the roach representing Trump was the winner.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A highlight of this last week's New Jersey Pest Management Association's 68th annual Clinic, Trade Show & Clambake was the annual the 17th annual "Running of the Roaches," NJPMA's annual Madagascar hissing cockroach race to determine political winners/losers.
For this year's contest, cartoon cutouts of GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush were attached to the roaches, and the roach representing Trump was the winner. The race was held outside Rutgers University's Hickman Hall.
Historically, the race has been 84 percent accurate in determining political winners.
"Running of the Roaches brings a bit of fun and levity to a group of professionals that are trained and dedicated to their industry," said NJPMA Executive Director Len Douglen.
CLICK HERE to watch video of the race.
Arrow Exterminators recently another successful summer internship program.
ATLANTA – Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators announced the conclusion of another successful summer internship program. The Arrow Exterminators summer intern class of 2015 consisted of 12 interns, who were introduced to all facets of the pest control industry as well as corporate support roles within the company.
With a wide variety of backgrounds, the Arrow interns worked across a number of business departments including human resources, marketing, training, customer care, sales and more.
ARS helped compile a new interactive, image-based online resource to identify wasps in superfamily Cynipoidea.
The team has published (ZooKeys, April 2015) a new online document called a "monograph" that consolidates the latest information on the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. The monograph uses pairs of interactive, image-based identification keys—including those of wing shape, body segmentation and other characteristics—to help users navigate to the correct genus or species of the wasp of interest, along with available biological, geographic and other information about the insect, including locations of existing specimens.
Cynipoid wasps are critical components of natural and agricultural ecosystems, attacking the larval stages of pest flies, such as leaf-mining flies and fruit flies, according to Matt Buffington, a team member and entomologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Systematic Entomology Laboratory in Washington, DC.
The monograph focuses on species from the Afrotropical Region, an area encompassing all of Africa south of the Sahara Desert as well as the southern Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar and surrounding islands. The monograph will not only make it easier to identify and categorize new species as they're discovered, but it will also broaden scientific understanding of their taxonomic associations and biological diversity. This could prove especially important in identifying wasp species that have potential as biological control agents, such as those that parasitize crop-damaging flies.


This was actually my firm's case. ICE rebuffs claims to U.S. citizenship routinely in my area. In another case I had, I went to an ICE supervisor with documents about a client's citizenship and I was told "produce a U.S. birth certificate or certificate of citizenship or go away."


Jrd Enterprises, Inc. is a corporation registered in the state of Washington (UBI #600094186). It was incorporated in Washington on August 08, 1980.
The most recent annual report for Jrd Enterprises, Inc. is due on August 31, 2011. Jrd Enterprises, Inc. is a for-profit entity.


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Jesus and the Old Testament
by Brian Pedraza September 12, 2017
The Word of God grows its roots in the heart the more one shares it with others. That is why one of the surest ways of growing in knowledge and love for the Scriptures is to teach them to others, an opportunity I had for the first time (at least, as a theology professor) this semester in a course on the Old Testament. Some bright undergraduates, our diocese's deacon candidates and their spouses, and I set out to gain a deeper understanding of the sacred texts that are foundational for both Jews and Christians. First, however, we had to tackle the issue of how one should read and interpret them.
It is well-known that the divide between historical and theological study of the Bible has been a mainstay in higher education for decades. The predominance of the historical-critical method has separated biblical studies from theology in many seminaries and theological schools.[1] One need only look at the major figures in 20th century theology—Rahner and von Balthasar among them—to see that very few were thoroughly biblical in approach. While the Second Vatican Council, in Dei Verbum, sought to encourage a prayerful study of the Word of God, this movement was seemingly stymied by the rise of the scientific approach to the Scriptures. The historical legitimacy of the events of the Old Testament were called into question. Quests for the "historical Jesus" divided the Jewish man of Nazareth from the supposed "Christ of faith." Ultimately, while promising to bring more clarity to biblical interpretation, such approaches often served to undermine the faith of believers. As a student in a class I TA'd for in graduate school once told me after learning about the so-called historical Jesus: "I feel like someone just told me Santa Claus doesn't exist."
This statement shows that we are not talking about a dilemma confined to academia. Gerard Sloyan, a leading figure in American catechetical renewal, spoke the following words at a gathering of catechists, theologians, and catechetical scholars in 1964 (a year before the Council's close):
Relevance, the Christ-life here and now, are matters that are being deferred because so much time is required to relate the Emmanuel prophecy to Jesus the Messiah or to reconstruct the post-exilic situation. Relating Assyria to the monolithic threats of bigness in the young lives of students, making Syria and Ephraim meaningful in terms of all the "deals" they have witnessed by age fifteen in which canny men of little faith agree to sup with the devil—we are not finding time for that. Besides, it is mere accommodation. It departs from the primary literal sense. In other words, I find us retreating from the real work of catechetics because it is proving so satisfactory to teachers at the moment to give biblical lectures to young people. The reason? Well it is such a relief from the many years we spent giving them theological lectures. We have discovered the Bible lately, and we rush impetuously to share our treasure without taking time to do with it what the church has always done: teach Christ from it.[2]
Indeed, earlier in the last century, the Jesuits Josef Jungmann and Johannes Hofinger had advocated a return to the kerygma for catechesis, combining an evangelizing Christ-centeredness with a liturgical emphasis and a view of the Scriptures as salvation history—elements embraced in our own day at least in part by faithful initiatives such as Notre Dame's Institute for Church Life and the many dioceses utilizing books such as Fr. James Mallon's Divine Renovation or Sherry Weddell's Forming Intentional Disciples. But at the time of Sloyan's lecture, the kerygmatic movement was quickly derailed in the United States by the rise of the historical-critical study of the Bible. The Word of God seemingly could no longer offer a wealth of theological and spiritual insight; it was a collection of texts from the past that needed to be deconstructed and reconstructed in order to find what objective meanings actually lay therein.
In our Old Testament class we tried to bridge this chasm by studying the Scriptures from the heart of the Church. Such an ecclesial hermeneutic avoids the twin errors of historicism and fundamentalism by approaching the Bible with the logic of the Incarnation: "For the words of God, expressed in human language, have been made like human discourse, just as the word of the eternal Father, when he took to himself the flesh of human weakness, was in every way made like men" (Dei Verbum §13). Thus, the foundation for understanding a given text is ascertaining what the sacred writers actually intended—traditionally called the "literal sense"—a task which necessarily calls upon the methods of historical and literary studies. And yet the Bible must be "read and interpreted in the sacred spirit in which it was written," demanding our attention to the unity of the biblical revelation, the living tradition of the Church, and the analogy of faith (DV §12). The first of these guideposts reclaims the unity of the Bible and therefore salvation history. A given text must be read in light of the whole narratio, as Augustine called it, a story which has Jesus Christ as its interpretive key and climax. An off-shoot of this approach is that there can be no ultimate or fundamental opposition between the Old Testament and the New, between a "God of wrath"—to use the words of one of my students—manifested in the life of Israel and a meek God of mercy crucified and risen for members of the Church. Rather, to continue the reflections of the same student, such a position is latent with "biases and misperceptions" found "among those of us who only had a cursory knowledge of the Old Testament."
The second and third guideposts extend the interpretive context beyond the texts of Sacred Scripture to the entire life of the Church. Because the biblical text is a narratio written by and for a community of believers, it should be read in continuity with the way in which those believers worship, teach, and live in accord with the Word of God. Likewise, because God is active in this community and ensures its fidelity to his Word, an interpretation of a given text can never stand in contradiction to how God has already spoken through his Church. Truth cannot contradict truth—this is a logical necessity but, even more, this third and final guidepost bears witness to the truth present in the second. God has spoken in a definitive way in the Scriptures, but this same Word is continually spoken in the life of his Church, opening up greater and greater understandings of it.
It is important to note that, for some, these three guidelines can seem like a pious imposition upon the scientific accuracy of the historical study of the Bible. John J. Collins is not alone when he claims that "the internal pluralism of the Bible, both theological and ethical, has been established beyond dispute."[3] But this view fails to recognize that the Church's interpretive guideposts actually spring from within the very nature of the Scriptures themselves. For if, as Dei Verbum claims, the intention of the human authors is a "sacred" one, then two things must follow: first, even on the level of the literal sense alone, to abstract the author's intention apart from the believing community is to fail to recognize the Scriptures' primary historical context. The believing community and its liturgy is the original home of the Bible. In the words of Scott Hahn, the Bible and the liturgy share a formal and a material relationship.[4] The relationship is formal because the texts themselves were canonized for the very purpose of their use in the liturgy. It is material because the very content of the Scriptures is overwhelmingly liturgical. To recall one instance of many, Moses and Aaron's initial conversation with Pharaoh is not only to request that he let the Israelites go, but that he let them go that they might worship God (Ex 5:1-3).
Second, it is true that the literal sense must be the foundation for any proper reading of a biblical text, but alone it will be insufficient. The Catechism thus speaks of the "spiritual sense" of the Bible, recognizing a triple-fold way of interpreting sacred texts by way of a medieval couplet inspired by Patristic exegesis:
The letter speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith;
The Moral how to act; Anagogy to our destiny (CCC §118).
Because God is the primary author of Scripture, he can include within the Bible's words and events meanings that do not contradict or deny the literal sense but that nevertheless surpass it. Thus, in keeping with the Christological analogy of the Incarnation, to emphasize solely the humanity of the text apart from its divine authorship is tantamount to Christological heresy.
And yet, heresies always come in pairs. An antiseptic historicism fails to appreciate the full breadth and depth of the Word, but an overly-spiritualized fundamentalism fails to see its gritty and particular humanity. Perhaps the threat of the latter is why Dei Verbum is often lauded for its endorsement of the historical-critical method, but, strangely, commentators seem less interested in its call to read the Scriptures within the living tradition of the Church. It is true that one can sometimes find within early Christianity the spiritual usurpation of the Hebrew Scriptures, when an interpreter would see Christianity as the sole meaning of the letter of an Old Testament text—a practice that recent scholars, including Joseph Ratzinger, have lamented. But an ecclesial hermeneutic avoids this problem by anchoring the spiritual sense in the literal: the Old Testament maintains its own integrity while remaining open to a fulfillment which transcends it.
"Fulfillment" will always be the pivotal issue at hand when a Christian endeavors to read the Old Testament in its fullness. Dei Verbum claims that the Old Testament is ultimately a preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ, an advent anticipated by prophecy and a typological reading of the old covenant's persons and events. The claim is a controversial one for, as we have just seen, in its extreme version it would rob the Old Testament of its own intrinsic meaning. That is why, as St. Thomas explains, "all senses are founded on one—the literal."[5] So, too, should it be noted that, traditionally, the proper use of typology has seen Christ and the Church not as the very meaning of the Old Testament's words, but as the further fulfillment of its realities. Human beings use words to signify realities, St. Thomas explains, but God can use these same realities to signify other realities.[6] Thus, the words of Exodus regarding the crossing of the Red Sea have their own historical value, though the event itself prefigures the salvation effected by baptism in the new covenant. Or, as Jesus himself claims: "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up" (Jn 3:14).
Still, even with these important caveats, there is one controversial claim that remains—that Jesus is indeed the promised messiah. There a Christian must make his stand. The disquieting boldness of this claim, heard and embraced by those Jews such as Peter and Paul who became some of Jesus's earliest disciples, is not simply assuaged by a typological reading (as fruitful as such a reading is) for it pushes through the border between the Old and the New to claim that Jesus is, in some way, the reality that fulfills the primary meaning of certain Old Testament promises and that he is the ultimate meaning of all of them.
Helpful in this regard is an insightful passage in Pope Benedict XVI's Jesus of Nazareth, where the pope emeritus recalls the book by Rabbi Jacob Neusner, A Rabbi Talks with Jesus. In his book, Neusner enters into the gospels, placing himself among the crowd gathered around Jesus, listening to his teaching and respectfully reflecting upon it in light of the Torah and rabbinic tradition. Benedict recalls a particular moment in which Neusner imaginatively retires to a certain town for prayer and study with other Jews. Another rabbi offers his own interpretation of the Mosaic Law and asks Neusner whether Jesus had said the same:
I: "Not exactly, but close."
He: "What did he leave out?"
I: "Nothing."
He: "Then what did he add?"
I: "Himself."[7]
Here Neusner, while respectfully disagreeing, has identified the central claim of Christianity with regard to the Old Testament.
This relationship between Christ and the Old Testament became the pressing issue as our class reached the end of the semester. The covenant made with Abraham—the promise of a land, a nation, a universal vocation—after the exile and, even after the return under Persian rule, how would this actually come to pass? The Law of Moses, symbolized by the first commandment—how could it be fulfilled? For my students, two things became thematic in the texts we read: God's utter fidelity to his covenant and the infidelity of the people of God. The golden calf at the bottom of Mt. Sinai. The desert wanderings (which David Stubbs tellingly describes as a "breviary of sin"), culminating in the idolatry at Moab.[8] The Judges cycle, in which the author tells us "everyone did what was right in his own sight" (Jgs 17:5; 21:25). The failure of the kings. The division of the Kingdom. The conquest and the exile. Such a litany manifests the stubborn mercy of God and the "incurable wound," as Jeremiah 30:12 calls it, of sin. Earlier in the semester it seemed to us that the repeated lesson of the Scriptures was to turn back, so that God would relent in his just punishments. But near the end we realized that Peter Leithart's observation rang truer:
The message of the prophets is not "Israel has sinned; therefore, Israel needs to get its act together or it will die." The message is, "Israel has sinned; therefore, Israel must die, and its only hope is to entrust itself to a God who will give it new life on the far side of death." Or even, "Israel has sinned; Israel is already dead. Cling to a God who raises the dead."[9]
If Leithart is correct, and I believe he is, then the fulfillment Jesus Christ brings to the Old Testament is not merely typological, nor is it the result of spiritualizing promises which seemingly cannot be fulfilled in a literal way. Within the litany of mercy and sin is a trajectory that calls for a fulfillment that cannot be accomplished by a mere human attempt to return to fidelity to the Law. Paul, the well-trained Pharisee, knew this when he claimed that the Law justifies no one but convicts everyone. Incurable wounds, to use Jeremiah's phrase, demand one who can cure the incurable. The wages of sin demand one who can overcome even death.
To stay for a moment with Jeremiah—within his oracles he had already prophesied the coming of a new covenant, one not written on stone but on the heart (Jer 31:31). In the same passage, he connects this newness to a fundamental continuity underlying all of the covenants: "I will be your God, and you will be my people" (Jer 31:33). This, I believe, is the core message found in all of the promises and covenants of the old covenant. Is this not the very point of the land, the nation, and the universal vocation? Is it not the very reason for giving the Law? Jeremiah has not, therefore, simply reinterpreted Israel's history in light of the exile but has identified the heart of this history and its message. "I am the Lord your God . . . You shall not have other Gods besides me" (Ex 20:2-3). "Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone!" (Deut 6:4). He must be our God, and we must be his people.
In our final class, we spoke of Jesus Christ as the culmination of all we had read. He is the embodiment of the fidelity of God and the healing of incurable wounds. His is the "blood of the covenant," as Matthew has it, and yet, Luke tells us, the "new covenant" is in this same blood.[10] He is, thus, both continuity with the promises made to the patriarchs, Moses, and David and astounding novelty as foretold by Jeremiah. This claim is found implicitly and explicitly in all of the pages of the New Testament.
Once again, for the Christian, it is a claim that is unavoidable. If the new covenant is, as St. Thomas teaches, the grace of the Holy Spirit given to the Church which is Christ's Body, then it allows us to participate in him who is the fulfillment of all that had been promised. In Christ, in a definitive way, the unbreakable bond between God and his people is established. Perhaps most amazing is the fact that, in the liturgy, the Word and the sacraments allow us, sinners though we are, to share in it.
Featured Image: Flemish Breviary, Tree of Jesse, 1500; Source: Wikimedia Commons, PD-Old-100.
Brian Pedraza is Assistant Professor of Theology at Our Lady of the Lake College—A Franciscan University, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
[1] For those interested in this subject, Joseph Ratzinger's 1988 Erasmus Lecture is required reading, and the forward to the first of his Jesus of Nazareth trilogy, written as pope, is profitable.
[2] Gerard Sloyan, "Catechetical Crossroads," Religious Education 59 (1964): 148-149.
[3] John J. Collins, The Bible after Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005), 160-161.
[4] Scott Hahn, Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Liturgy (New York: Double Day, 2005).
[5] Summa Theologiae, I, q. 1, a. 10.
[7] Jacob Neusner, A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000), 107-108, cited in Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth (New York: Doubleday, 2007), 104-105.
[8] David L. Stubbs, Numbers (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2009), 113.
[9] Peter J. Leithart, 1&2 Kings (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2006), 18.
[10] See Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, "The New Covenant: A Theology of Covenant in the New Testament," Communio 22 (1995): 635-651.
Brian Pedraza
Brian Pedraza is Associate Professor of Theology at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, in Baton Rouge, LA, and is the author of Catechesis for the New Evangelization: Vatican II, John Paul II, and the Unity of Revelation and Experience.
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Welcome to Kid-Friendly Restaurants in Texas! In this Bounce Energy series, we'll share our favorite dining establishments in major Texas cities that are perfect for the whole family. Just don't look to us for chain restaurants and popular entertainment pavilions – we're going outside-the-box!
The final stop on our search for the best kid-friendly restaurants in Texas that suit the entire family finds us down in the Gulf Coast city of Corpus Christi.
Corpus, as it's often referred, is a family-friendly city in whole. Then again, most coastal cities are, but Corpus takes it even further, with family-focused locales like Texas State Aquarium, Padre Island National Seashore, the South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, and Whataburger Field, where the Corpus Christi Hooks baseball team play. These and more draw thousands of tourists to this bustling coastal city every year, so it's no wonder there are some great, authentic spots to eat at with the whole family in mind.
Founded in 1980, Snoopy's Pier has history in the area. It's the product of a former commercial fisherman who decided it was a better idea to open up a small bait stand and burger joint with a 600-foot fishing pier than it was to be chased by Texas Game Wardens. With a bit of elbow grease and family recipes, Snoopy's Pier was converted into a restaurant, and today, it welcomes families with friendly outdoor dining.
Fish, oyster, and shrimp baskets will satisfy the parents, but Snoopy's also has plenty for the kiddos after a long day at the beach, such as a grilled cheese sandwich, Snoopyburger, or a fish sandwich. A tradition at Snoopy's, ice cream sundae coupons are handed out every Sunday night at Sunset to a special select few for their ice cream parlor next door – Scoopy's! If you're lucky enough to get the "sunset sundae," consider yourself lucky, though if you don't get a special coupon, order one anyway while you watch the boats, birds, and occasional dolphin cruise by.
You didn't think you'd find authentic New York pizza in Corpus, did you? The quality is in the name, and this little family-friendly pizza joint was started by a chef with 40 years in the food industry. Any Italian restaurant is warm and welcoming to families, in both vibe and menu.
Choose from specialty pizzas like the Brooklyn Bomber, Penne a la Vodka Pizza, or Texas Pizza, or go a bit more traditional with their Four Cheese, Meat Lovers, or Hawaiian. If pizza isn't calling your name, then consider their Italian Philly Cheese Steak or Meatball Parmesan. They also serve pastas like baked ziti, homemade manicotti, and linguine alfredo. Need we say more?
Mmmm… who doesn't love breakfast all day long? Family-friendly and welcoming to all, the Atomic Omelette and Grill specializes in build-your-own omelettes. But their creativity doesn't end there. The Atomic pancakes are flavored with white chocolate, macadamia nuts, Granny Smith apples, or Smore's! Omelette additions include blue cheese crumbles, serrano peppers, pecan-smoked bacon, and sun-dried tomatoes, to name just a few off-beat ingredients.
But if breakfast isn't your catch, then their chicken fried chicken, crab cake sandwich, or 3-pound Atomic burger might do the trick! With a menu this vast and tasty, there is something for everyone, whether you play it safe with a burger, or venture into unchartered waters with a colorful omelette and Smore's pancake.
If you're looking for something besides a full meal – perhaps something to take in your beach knapsack for a seaside snack – then head to JB's German Bakery and Cafe. JB's brings a slice of Germany to Corpus with its 2-ton wood burning oven imported from Germany. Deliciously fresh pastries, pies, cakes, and loaves of bread are baked daily, and with over 30 years of baking experience, you can expect nothing short of stellar flavors.
Kids and bakeries go hand in hand, and you're bound to find a strudel of some sort to please the little ones and yourself. They offer sweet and savory strudels, with flavors ranging from brisket and "cowboy" to pear, raspberry cream cheese, and more. But if you do want to pop in for a meal, then breakfast and lunch is served. Find quiche, French toast, and Belgian waffles on the breakfast menu, and then try out the grilled three-cheese sandwiches and bratwurst for lunch. We are drooling just thinking about it.
Do you have a favorite seaside spot in Corpus we didn't cover where the family is welcome? Please share with us below!


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