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tranquility, calm, serenity, quiet, calmness, rest, quietness, composure, sobriety, cool, placidity.... and so on..
There so many noun that I can find in the dictionary just to explain this particular moment.
Shot with 7 exposure bracketing, f22, ISO200 & merge in Photomatix and added Photoshop treatment
We're back at the Monaco Ballroom on Friday December 12th for the final show of 2008!! Make sure you make it to see how the year's feuds end at this season ending super show - GPW: "Christmas Crunch"
We promise we wont crunch your credit.... we'll only crunch your Christmas!!
GPW Heavyweight Title Match
Bubblegum © vs. Dirk Feelgood
Just a few months ago you'd be forgiven for taking a double take at this match. The friendship between the two former friends totally imploded with the desire to become Heavyweight champion. Refusing to accept the demise of his friendship with Dirk Feelgood, Bubblegum spent months in turmoil not wanting to retaliate to the cutting comments and brutal attacks levelled his way by former friend and champion Feelgood. As time went by however, Bubblegum eventually unloaded on Feelgood but this will be the first time the two have ever come face to face in a one on one match. And to make things just a little more interesting... it's for the GPW Heavyweight Title. Can the fairytale championship reign continue for Bubblegum, or can Dirk shatter his dreams and become the first ever 2 time Heavyweight Champ?
Tag Team Special, Skeletor vs. Stella
Lethal Dose vs. Voodoo & "Sober" Mike Holmes
Alan Alan Alan Tasker's henchmen, Lethal Dose march into battle against former stable member Mike Holmes and the man they hold responsible for Holmes' new found sobriety - Voodoo. Cyanide and Toxic hope to tempt Holmes back over to the stable that two months ago he turned his back on. They want to snap him out of the spell they accuse Voodoo of putting him under. However, Holmes seems very happy with his new outlook on life and he and Voodoo look to send Lethal Dose packing in this tag team special. Lethal Dose have warned they will not be coming to the ring alone though, with them along with their attorney and law - Alan Alan Alan Tasker will be a 12 pack of Stella. Hoping the case of beer will prove to be a bigger demon to Holmes than the tag team itself. To fend off the 12 pack, Holmes and Voodoo will have Vooodoo's trusty skull, Skeletor in their corner. An unpredictable tag team match. Can MIke Holmes stay sober? Will Voodoo's spells work? Or will Lethal Dose deliver a beating big enough to break Voodoo's spell?
GPW British Title Match
Jak Dominotrescu vs. "Super" Sam Bailey
After pinning the British Champion last month in a tag team match, WKD's "Super" Sam Bailey has earned himself a title shot at GPW: "Christmas Crunch". Bailey, already a former tag team champion looks to add to his growing reputation by capturing his first ever singles gold in GPW. While reigning champion, Romanian Jak Domitrescu along with his cohorts - The Eastern Bloc look to make life as difficult as possible for the energetic live wire. Domitrescu has held onto the title since April this year with help from his fellow countrymen, but are his days numbered as champ? He surely wont be alone in this title outing and will have the Eastern Bloc close by, but can "Super" Sam Bailey overcome the odds to win his first singles gold in GPW?
And, the main event for the evening is...
GPW Tag Team Title 2/3 Falls Match
MIl-Anfield Connection © vs. Young Offenders
The heat just got turned up in this feud. The re-united Young Offenders have the most established tag team in GPW - The Mil-Anfield Connection firmly in their sights and not to mention the tag team trophy. These two teams met in September this year where there was no clear winner decided after the match ended in a draw. There will be NO excuses this time to not find a winner. This, for the first time in our history will be a 2/3 Falls Match for the tag team titles. A winner HAS to be decided, but who will it be? A truley epic encounter is in our midst as Jiggy Walker & "The Model" Danny Hope try to cling onto the championship that has defined them as a team and "Dangerous" Damon Leigh & Joey Hayes, The Young Offenders chase the title that one of the most popular tag teams in Europe have never held. Can the re-united friends overcome the well established unit that is The Mil-Anfield Connection? Or can the well oiled duo of the Mil-Anfield do what they've been doing all year and win again?
GPW British Title No.1 Contenders Match
Harry Doogle vs. Juice vs. Dylan Roberts vs. Chris Echo
After an eye catchingly good year from rookie Dylan Roberts, he has been included in this battle to earn a shot at the British Title. With a burning desire to win and the fans firmly behind him, Roberts could well mark his arrival onto the main roster by becoming the No.1 Contender and going for gold here. However, his opponents wont give him an easy ride. In a wonderful CC-08 tournament, no one impressed more than WKD's Chris Echo. Echo reached the CC-08 finals with two broken wrists and proved he is ready to take a step up. His previous attempts for British gold have been thwarted by the foreign legion numbers of the Eastern Bloc, is he ready to prove again that he is worthy of being No.1 Contender and finally lift the British title? Juice, the current CC8 champion has been as impressive as ever in singles competition this year, but can he compete in this match with 3 others all vying to be No.1 Contender? Also replacing Jervis Cottonbelly due to injury is Harry Doogle as a last minute entry could one half of the next gen score the upset win? , but with so many possible outcomes who will leave with the plaudits and go on to challenge for the British Title next year?
Lumberjack Match
Si Valour vs. Heresy
A violent and personal feud that has lasted all year long finally comes to a head in what promises to be a violent Lumberjack Match. Ever since brutalising Valour and cutting off all his hair, Heresy has, in some form or other dodged the challenge of Valour. Heresy claimed not to have lost his bottle or be running scared of the 2007 Break Out Star, yet during their Bull Rope clash at GPW: "V" where the two were tied to one another, Heresy still managed to find a way of escaping and creating distance between him and Valour. This time, in a special Lumberjack Match, no matter where either man go - there will be no escape. All lumberjacks will be at the ready to ensure neither man can escape the others clutches and a clear winner, one way or the other will HAVE to be decided. There will be nowhere to run to and nowhere to hide, no matter where they look. Heresy has been one step ahead of Valour all year, is this where he runs out of excuses, or can the master manipulator manipulate another win?
Goole is the furthest inland port in Britain.
The port is capable of handling nearly 3 million tonnes of cargo per annum, making it one of the most important ports on the east coast of England.
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
An independent Museum that celebrates Yorkshire's waterways heritage.
This is the home of the Tugs and Tom Pudding trains which transported coal from South and West Yorkshire for transfer into larger ships using the boat hoists. These boat hoists are now industrial icons.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Pudding
Sobriety
A Humber Keel, Sheffield size.
The museums most prestigious boat.
It has a beautiful, modern interior for day or residential trips with accommodation for up to 12 passengers.
Ideal for youth groups, schools, elderly groups, corporate and leisure use and is perfect for holidays, celebrations and/or day trips.
Sobriety can venture to pretty Sprotborough in a day or Leeds, York, Doncaster and Hull for a longer holiday or a weekend escape.
We're back at the Monaco Ballroom on Friday December 12th for the final show of 2008!! Make sure you make it to see how the year's feuds end at this season ending super show - GPW: "Christmas Crunch"
We promise we wont crunch your credit.... we'll only crunch your Christmas!!
GPW Heavyweight Title Match
Bubblegum © vs. Dirk Feelgood
Just a few months ago you'd be forgiven for taking a double take at this match. The friendship between the two former friends totally imploded with the desire to become Heavyweight champion. Refusing to accept the demise of his friendship with Dirk Feelgood, Bubblegum spent months in turmoil not wanting to retaliate to the cutting comments and brutal attacks levelled his way by former friend and champion Feelgood. As time went by however, Bubblegum eventually unloaded on Feelgood but this will be the first time the two have ever come face to face in a one on one match. And to make things just a little more interesting... it's for the GPW Heavyweight Title. Can the fairytale championship reign continue for Bubblegum, or can Dirk shatter his dreams and become the first ever 2 time Heavyweight Champ?
Tag Team Special, Skeletor vs. Stella
Lethal Dose vs. Voodoo & "Sober" Mike Holmes
Alan Alan Alan Tasker's henchmen, Lethal Dose march into battle against former stable member Mike Holmes and the man they hold responsible for Holmes' new found sobriety - Voodoo. Cyanide and Toxic hope to tempt Holmes back over to the stable that two months ago he turned his back on. They want to snap him out of the spell they accuse Voodoo of putting him under. However, Holmes seems very happy with his new outlook on life and he and Voodoo look to send Lethal Dose packing in this tag team special. Lethal Dose have warned they will not be coming to the ring alone though, with them along with their attorney and law - Alan Alan Alan Tasker will be a 12 pack of Stella. Hoping the case of beer will prove to be a bigger demon to Holmes than the tag team itself. To fend off the 12 pack, Holmes and Voodoo will have Vooodoo's trusty skull, Skeletor in their corner. An unpredictable tag team match. Can MIke Holmes stay sober? Will Voodoo's spells work? Or will Lethal Dose deliver a beating big enough to break Voodoo's spell?
GPW British Title Match
Jak Dominotrescu vs. "Super" Sam Bailey
After pinning the British Champion last month in a tag team match, WKD's "Super" Sam Bailey has earned himself a title shot at GPW: "Christmas Crunch". Bailey, already a former tag team champion looks to add to his growing reputation by capturing his first ever singles gold in GPW. While reigning champion, Romanian Jak Domitrescu along with his cohorts - The Eastern Bloc look to make life as difficult as possible for the energetic live wire. Domitrescu has held onto the title since April this year with help from his fellow countrymen, but are his days numbered as champ? He surely wont be alone in this title outing and will have the Eastern Bloc close by, but can "Super" Sam Bailey overcome the odds to win his first singles gold in GPW?
And, the main event for the evening is...
GPW Tag Team Title 2/3 Falls Match
MIl-Anfield Connection © vs. Young Offenders
The heat just got turned up in this feud. The re-united Young Offenders have the most established tag team in GPW - The Mil-Anfield Connection firmly in their sights and not to mention the tag team trophy. These two teams met in September this year where there was no clear winner decided after the match ended in a draw. There will be NO excuses this time to not find a winner. This, for the first time in our history will be a 2/3 Falls Match for the tag team titles. A winner HAS to be decided, but who will it be? A truley epic encounter is in our midst as Jiggy Walker & "The Model" Danny Hope try to cling onto the championship that has defined them as a team and "Dangerous" Damon Leigh & Joey Hayes, The Young Offenders chase the title that one of the most popular tag teams in Europe have never held. Can the re-united friends overcome the well established unit that is The Mil-Anfield Connection? Or can the well oiled duo of the Mil-Anfield do what they've been doing all year and win again?
GPW British Title No.1 Contenders Match
Harry Doogle vs. Juice vs. Dylan Roberts vs. Chris Echo
After an eye catchingly good year from rookie Dylan Roberts, he has been included in this battle to earn a shot at the British Title. With a burning desire to win and the fans firmly behind him, Roberts could well mark his arrival onto the main roster by becoming the No.1 Contender and going for gold here. However, his opponents wont give him an easy ride. In a wonderful CC-08 tournament, no one impressed more than WKD's Chris Echo. Echo reached the CC-08 finals with two broken wrists and proved he is ready to take a step up. His previous attempts for British gold have been thwarted by the foreign legion numbers of the Eastern Bloc, is he ready to prove again that he is worthy of being No.1 Contender and finally lift the British title? Juice, the current CC8 champion has been as impressive as ever in singles competition this year, but can he compete in this match with 3 others all vying to be No.1 Contender? Also replacing Jervis Cottonbelly due to injury is Harry Doogle as a last minute entry could one half of the next gen score the upset win? , but with so many possible outcomes who will leave with the plaudits and go on to challenge for the British Title next year?
Lumberjack Match
Si Valour vs. Heresy
A violent and personal feud that has lasted all year long finally comes to a head in what promises to be a violent Lumberjack Match. Ever since brutalising Valour and cutting off all his hair, Heresy has, in some form or other dodged the challenge of Valour. Heresy claimed not to have lost his bottle or be running scared of the 2007 Break Out Star, yet during their Bull Rope clash at GPW: "V" where the two were tied to one another, Heresy still managed to find a way of escaping and creating distance between him and Valour. This time, in a special Lumberjack Match, no matter where either man go - there will be no escape. All lumberjacks will be at the ready to ensure neither man can escape the others clutches and a clear winner, one way or the other will HAVE to be decided. There will be nowhere to run to and nowhere to hide, no matter where they look. Heresy has been one step ahead of Valour all year, is this where he runs out of excuses, or can the master manipulator manipulate another win?
Tonight, I borrowed the "anniversary coin" of a man in Alcoholics Anonymous, for a macro session. The Roman numeral 13 indicates that he's thirteen years sober.
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The Church of St. John of Malta , at the corner of the street of Italy and the Cardinal Street in Aix-en-Provence is the first Gothic church in Provence . It is located at the eastern end of the Cardinal Street. It was built on the site of the first chapel built by the Hospitallers at their facility in Aix, the xii th century . Its construction would spread from 1272 to 1277 , although these dates are not proven. The church tower is 67 meters. This is the highest point of the city of Aix-en-Provence.
Today St. John of Malta is a parish church entrusted to the Society of apostolic Moines. Thanks to the monastic offices, it is frequently opened and can be visited. It surprises with its inner light, the color of the stone, his sobriety, his contemporary organ built by Daniel Kern and his many paintings.
This church is the subject of a classification as historical monuments by the 1840 list.
History
The first religious building constructed on the site is a chapel that Hospitallers erect their installation at Aix, the xii th century , the Italian path to the current location of the apse . This is because the counts of Provence of the House of Barcelona Alfonso II and his son Raymond Berenger IV have decided to elect their burial business that is building a much larger building. Thus, on the instructions of the will of the Countess Beatrice of Provence , daughter of Raymond Berenger, the Church of St. John of Malta was built between 1272 and 1277 in a style Gothic Provençal nave unique and chapels between the buttresses, outside the walls of the city, making it the oldest Gothic monument in Provence. But dating problems make uncertain estimates.
Dating problems
Statue of Alfonso II , Church of St. John of Malta Aix-en-Provence.
Statue of Raymond Berenger IV , Church of St. John of Malta.
It seems almost certain that, on the foundations of Saint-Jean-de-Malte previously found another building. Some historians argue that it is a temple to Minerva . This assertion comes from the fact that an altar to Minerva was unearthed during the construction of the fortification of the church before 1593. The earliest date attested on a religious building in this location is an act of 1192 in which is mentioned a house in Aix Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem , whose commander was Pierre de Naisa. Historians estimate that the construction of the commander is to be between 1180 and 1192 .
The church was built on it can be dated precisely. If it seems certain that it was during the xiii th century , it is difficult to give a specific date. If a religious building has been dedicated to Aix on May 3, 1251 by Cardinal Peter Colmieu , it is not known where they are, but some believe that this building may be the Church of St. John of Malta, or unless the building that preceded the church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte 8 . Indeed, in 1256 , Alfonso II , Count of Provence , and his son Ramon Berenguer IV have their burial. In 1272 , Charles I st of Anjou for the enlargement of the church to welcome them the tomb of Beatrice of Provence , his wife. It is possible that it is then the choir and transepts which are added as ordinarily Malta Order of churches have no transept, while they are supposed to host the tombs. Choir and transepts were completed at the latest by 1277 , even if the side chapels will be built later.
Description
Its nave was built on the foundations of an older church xiii th century and was used as a church of the Hospital who was at the site of the present Musée Granet . The church was then in the service of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, hence its name. The flat apse and transept are only slightly later. She then became commander of Rhodes and of Malta 3 . It becomes dependence of the Grand Priory of Saint-Gilles . They say it is the city of Aix which saw the most out of the Knights of Malta 3 .
Bell
Bell tower of Saint-Jean-de-Malte.
In 1292 , the Hospital received approval to place four bells atop the church tower, indicating that, at that time, it must already be of significant size. Today, this tower is 67 meters high, making it the highest point in the city of Aix-en-Provence. If we add to this gothic features, all close to many religious buildings in northern France by its rigid and austere. Estimates as to the date of completion vary greatly. If the tradition is the 1376 , recent research would tend more to situate the middle of the xv th century . In one case as in the other, one can not fail to highlight the architectural audacity of the book completely contradict the canons of his time, whether the portal of the cathedral of Aix , or the chapel of Helion de Villeneuve , his contemporaries.
The lower part of the tower is mounted on a massive square and supported by buttresses. The brand does not have an opening. The first floor, however, has four windows elongated in the direction of the height and houses the only bell. Above the arrow is surrounded by four pinnacles and pierced by eight skylights. In the Middle Ages it was all topped with a metal spike topped with a Latin cross . It was replaced in September 1755 by a Maltese cross , after a storm that occurred in November 1754 who shot the spike . Lightning kills them elsewhere regularly, which implies the need to renovate the arrow once or twice per century. Historian Aix Ambroise Roux-Alphéran read on registered today stones registration "XPS [Christus] venit in pace Rex Deus homo factus est " ("Christ the King came in peace, God's "made man"), a message to the glory of Christ.
Four bells that adorned the bell tower from the beginning, only one remains today. The reason is the siege of Toulon led by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1793 . All materials cast iron available in Provence then requisitioned for melted and participate in the construction of weapons. The three smaller bells of St. John of Malta are then removed from the steeple and melted. Only the heaviest ( 1 260 kg ) is kept in its place. Despite the victory of Bonaparte Toulon besieged the three missing reparues bells are no longer in the church tower. On Sunday 1st September 2013, on the occasion of the traditional blessing of Calissons, the three bells "back". Malta St John's friends got the city of Toulon on donating a portion of bronze cannons stored at the arsenal and the Paccard foundry melted three new bells. They are currently on display in the church waiting for the consolidation of the bell tower, which will put them in their place.
Front
Facade with effects of the sun.
The facade as we can see today was rebuilt in the xvii th century , although it was built in the xiii th century . The gear that dominates is surmounted by a Maltese cross . The roof tiles of the frame are nailed due to risk of wind that could weaken them . Until 1906 , it was possible to see the sky through the gears when they were open.
The architectural detail is most striking in view of the facade is two octagonal towers, high thirty-two meters, which stand to either side of the building. They are pierced with loopholes narrow and topped with a cap pyramid. At their peak, balcony connects and overcomes a great pink 4 meters in diameter . The left tower dates from the construction of the tower, while the right one was conducted along the balcony, in 1691 .
The portal, meanwhile, has two leaves dated to the end of the xvii th century or beginning of the xviii th century . They were decorated with Maltese cross originally, but this decoration was removed. Above, you can see two gargoyles dog-headed that we can approach the crest of the prior Jean-Claude Viany. The door is divided both windows and above them is a tympanum decorated with clover and trefoil arches.
The entire facade is restored by the architect Aix Henri Révoil between 1851 and 1858 .
Bedside
The church flat bed can be observed rue d'Italie. A house built against the wall once obstructed the large window in third spot with a height of 11 meters. It is the acquisition of this house by the city of Aix-en-Provence in 1855 allowing the demolition and restoration of the whole as it stood originally
We're back at the Monaco Ballroom on Friday December 12th for the final show of 2008!! Make sure you make it to see how the year's feuds end at this season ending super show - GPW: "Christmas Crunch"
We promise we wont crunch your credit.... we'll only crunch your Christmas!!
GPW Heavyweight Title Match
Bubblegum © vs. Dirk Feelgood
Just a few months ago you'd be forgiven for taking a double take at this match. The friendship between the two former friends totally imploded with the desire to become Heavyweight champion. Refusing to accept the demise of his friendship with Dirk Feelgood, Bubblegum spent months in turmoil not wanting to retaliate to the cutting comments and brutal attacks levelled his way by former friend and champion Feelgood. As time went by however, Bubblegum eventually unloaded on Feelgood but this will be the first time the two have ever come face to face in a one on one match. And to make things just a little more interesting... it's for the GPW Heavyweight Title. Can the fairytale championship reign continue for Bubblegum, or can Dirk shatter his dreams and become the first ever 2 time Heavyweight Champ?
Tag Team Special, Skeletor vs. Stella
Lethal Dose vs. Voodoo & "Sober" Mike Holmes
Alan Alan Alan Tasker's henchmen, Lethal Dose march into battle against former stable member Mike Holmes and the man they hold responsible for Holmes' new found sobriety - Voodoo. Cyanide and Toxic hope to tempt Holmes back over to the stable that two months ago he turned his back on. They want to snap him out of the spell they accuse Voodoo of putting him under. However, Holmes seems very happy with his new outlook on life and he and Voodoo look to send Lethal Dose packing in this tag team special. Lethal Dose have warned they will not be coming to the ring alone though, with them along with their attorney and law - Alan Alan Alan Tasker will be a 12 pack of Stella. Hoping the case of beer will prove to be a bigger demon to Holmes than the tag team itself. To fend off the 12 pack, Holmes and Voodoo will have Vooodoo's trusty skull, Skeletor in their corner. An unpredictable tag team match. Can MIke Holmes stay sober? Will Voodoo's spells work? Or will Lethal Dose deliver a beating big enough to break Voodoo's spell?
GPW British Title Match
Jak Dominotrescu vs. "Super" Sam Bailey
After pinning the British Champion last month in a tag team match, WKD's "Super" Sam Bailey has earned himself a title shot at GPW: "Christmas Crunch". Bailey, already a former tag team champion looks to add to his growing reputation by capturing his first ever singles gold in GPW. While reigning champion, Romanian Jak Domitrescu along with his cohorts - The Eastern Bloc look to make life as difficult as possible for the energetic live wire. Domitrescu has held onto the title since April this year with help from his fellow countrymen, but are his days numbered as champ? He surely wont be alone in this title outing and will have the Eastern Bloc close by, but can "Super" Sam Bailey overcome the odds to win his first singles gold in GPW?
And, the main event for the evening is...
GPW Tag Team Title 2/3 Falls Match
MIl-Anfield Connection © vs. Young Offenders
The heat just got turned up in this feud. The re-united Young Offenders have the most established tag team in GPW - The Mil-Anfield Connection firmly in their sights and not to mention the tag team trophy. These two teams met in September this year where there was no clear winner decided after the match ended in a draw. There will be NO excuses this time to not find a winner. This, for the first time in our history will be a 2/3 Falls Match for the tag team titles. A winner HAS to be decided, but who will it be? A truley epic encounter is in our midst as Jiggy Walker & "The Model" Danny Hope try to cling onto the championship that has defined them as a team and "Dangerous" Damon Leigh & Joey Hayes, The Young Offenders chase the title that one of the most popular tag teams in Europe have never held. Can the re-united friends overcome the well established unit that is The Mil-Anfield Connection? Or can the well oiled duo of the Mil-Anfield do what they've been doing all year and win again?
GPW British Title No.1 Contenders Match
Harry Doogle vs. Juice vs. Dylan Roberts vs. Chris Echo
After an eye catchingly good year from rookie Dylan Roberts, he has been included in this battle to earn a shot at the British Title. With a burning desire to win and the fans firmly behind him, Roberts could well mark his arrival onto the main roster by becoming the No.1 Contender and going for gold here. However, his opponents wont give him an easy ride. In a wonderful CC-08 tournament, no one impressed more than WKD's Chris Echo. Echo reached the CC-08 finals with two broken wrists and proved he is ready to take a step up. His previous attempts for British gold have been thwarted by the foreign legion numbers of the Eastern Bloc, is he ready to prove again that he is worthy of being No.1 Contender and finally lift the British title? Juice, the current CC8 champion has been as impressive as ever in singles competition this year, but can he compete in this match with 3 others all vying to be No.1 Contender? Also replacing Jervis Cottonbelly due to injury is Harry Doogle as a last minute entry could one half of the next gen score the upset win? , but with so many possible outcomes who will leave with the plaudits and go on to challenge for the British Title next year?
Lumberjack Match
Si Valour vs. Heresy
A violent and personal feud that has lasted all year long finally comes to a head in what promises to be a violent Lumberjack Match. Ever since brutalising Valour and cutting off all his hair, Heresy has, in some form or other dodged the challenge of Valour. Heresy claimed not to have lost his bottle or be running scared of the 2007 Break Out Star, yet during their Bull Rope clash at GPW: "V" where the two were tied to one another, Heresy still managed to find a way of escaping and creating distance between him and Valour. This time, in a special Lumberjack Match, no matter where either man go - there will be no escape. All lumberjacks will be at the ready to ensure neither man can escape the others clutches and a clear winner, one way or the other will HAVE to be decided. There will be nowhere to run to and nowhere to hide, no matter where they look. Heresy has been one step ahead of Valour all year, is this where he runs out of excuses, or can the master manipulator manipulate another win?
JACKSONVILLE – The Marine Corps Air Station New River played host Monday to the annual North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Statewide Fourth of July ‘Booze It & Lose it’ campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Firecracker.’
Operation Firecracker aims to prevent alcohol-related crashes by targeting impaired drivers during the July 4 holiday season. The campaign runs July 1 through July 7 with law enforcement agencies running sobriety checkpoints in all 100 counties to help catch drunk drivers and reduce fatalities.
Monday’s kickoff was launched on the air station with educational activities and displays including:
Blood Alcohol Testing Mobile Unit: (BAT Mobile to be used for touring as well as an overnight check point in Onslow County);
Seatbelt Convincer: (an educational tool that allows riders to experience force, up to five times their body weight, similar to that of a 5-10 mph crash);
Golf Carts & Goggles: (drunk driving simulators); and a
Hot Car demonstrator.
Poised in front of a commanding MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263), Lt. Col. Roger Holliday, director of Installations and Environment, MCAS New River, addressed a crowd of about 350 Marines, Sailors and civilians.
“This campaign is aimed at saving the lives of those who ensure all of our freedom by bringing a heightened sense of awareness about an issue that can plague military communities,” he said.
Military communities have one of the most susceptible populations to drinking and driving with the majority of the enlisted Marines and Sailors being male between the ages of 18 and 22.
N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program Director Mark Ezzell told the crowd, “It’s a time for us to fire up the barbecue, grab a seat for that spectacular fireworks display and hoist the flag, not lower it because someone we know died or was killed due to poor planning.”
“We need you to ‘improvise, adapt, and overcome’ and practice new techniques going forward,” Ezzell added. “Call a cab, call a buddy, take the bus or use ride-share services. These are four easy ways NOT to die after you’ve been drinking.”
Lance Cpl. Brandon Pena is a Marine with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, MCAS New River, whose career abruptly shifted in July of 2018.
“It was around this time last year that I was arrested right here on base for driving drunk,” he shared with the crowd. “I was drinking at a party and decided to drive myself home. I thought I knew 'my limit' but no one does.”
Base officials conducted a breathalyzer test and Pena blew almost twice the legal limit.
“My blood alcohol was 0.13. I was booked. I lost my license. I lost my rank. I lost respect. What I gained however, was a second chance at a law-abiding life. I could have killed myself that night or God forbid someone else. I still live my life as a Marine. I plan on celebrating this 4th of July, but I can tell you I won't be drinking and driving,” Pena continued.
His message was simple as is the solution for celebrating safety this holiday and any other.
“Leave the keys at home. No one knows their own limit, and once you are drunk it's too late.”
The ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign is one of the many campaigns by NCGHSP which supports, through funding, a myriad of safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC, Speed a Little. Lose a Lot, and North Carolina’s Vision Zero initiative.
Please support this cause by taking pictures and use the hashtags: #LeaveTheKeys #DriveSoberGetPulledOver and #NCGHSP this Fourth of July holiday.
JACKSONVILLE – The Marine Corps Air Station New River played host Monday to the annual North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Statewide Fourth of July ‘Booze It & Lose it’ campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Firecracker.’
Operation Firecracker aims to prevent alcohol-related crashes by targeting impaired drivers during the July 4 holiday season. The campaign runs July 1 through July 7 with law enforcement agencies running sobriety checkpoints in all 100 counties to help catch drunk drivers and reduce fatalities.
Monday’s kickoff was launched on the air station with educational activities and displays including:
Blood Alcohol Testing Mobile Unit: (BAT Mobile to be used for touring as well as an overnight check point in Onslow County);
Seatbelt Convincer: (an educational tool that allows riders to experience force, up to five times their body weight, similar to that of a 5-10 mph crash);
Golf Carts & Goggles: (drunk driving simulators); and a
Hot Car demonstrator.
Poised in front of a commanding MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263), Lt. Col. Roger Holliday, director of Installations and Environment, MCAS New River, addressed a crowd of about 350 Marines, Sailors and civilians.
“This campaign is aimed at saving the lives of those who ensure all of our freedom by bringing a heightened sense of awareness about an issue that can plague military communities,” he said.
Military communities have one of the most susceptible populations to drinking and driving with the majority of the enlisted Marines and Sailors being male between the ages of 18 and 22.
N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program Director Mark Ezzell told the crowd, “It’s a time for us to fire up the barbecue, grab a seat for that spectacular fireworks display and hoist the flag, not lower it because someone we know died or was killed due to poor planning.”
“We need you to ‘improvise, adapt, and overcome’ and practice new techniques going forward,” Ezzell added. “Call a cab, call a buddy, take the bus or use ride-share services. These are four easy ways NOT to die after you’ve been drinking.”
Lance Cpl. Brandon Pena is a Marine with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, MCAS New River, whose career abruptly shifted in July of 2018.
“It was around this time last year that I was arrested right here on base for driving drunk,” he shared with the crowd. “I was drinking at a party and decided to drive myself home. I thought I knew 'my limit' but no one does.”
Base officials conducted a breathalyzer test and Pena blew almost twice the legal limit.
“My blood alcohol was 0.13. I was booked. I lost my license. I lost my rank. I lost respect. What I gained however, was a second chance at a law-abiding life. I could have killed myself that night or God forbid someone else. I still live my life as a Marine. I plan on celebrating this 4th of July, but I can tell you I won't be drinking and driving,” Pena continued.
His message was simple as is the solution for celebrating safety this holiday and any other.
“Leave the keys at home. No one knows their own limit, and once you are drunk it's too late.”
The ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign is one of the many campaigns by NCGHSP which supports, through funding, a myriad of safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC, Speed a Little. Lose a Lot, and North Carolina’s Vision Zero initiative.
Please support this cause by taking pictures and use the hashtags: #LeaveTheKeys #DriveSoberGetPulledOver and #NCGHSP this Fourth of July holiday.
JACKSONVILLE – The Marine Corps Air Station New River played host Monday to the annual North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Statewide Fourth of July ‘Booze It & Lose it’ campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Firecracker.’
Operation Firecracker aims to prevent alcohol-related crashes by targeting impaired drivers during the July 4 holiday season. The campaign runs July 1 through July 7 with law enforcement agencies running sobriety checkpoints in all 100 counties to help catch drunk drivers and reduce fatalities.
Monday’s kickoff was launched on the air station with educational activities and displays including:
Blood Alcohol Testing Mobile Unit: (BAT Mobile to be used for touring as well as an overnight check point in Onslow County);
Seatbelt Convincer: (an educational tool that allows riders to experience force, up to five times their body weight, similar to that of a 5-10 mph crash);
Golf Carts & Goggles: (drunk driving simulators); and a
Hot Car demonstrator.
Poised in front of a commanding MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263), Lt. Col. Roger Holliday, director of Installations and Environment, MCAS New River, addressed a crowd of about 350 Marines, Sailors and civilians.
“This campaign is aimed at saving the lives of those who ensure all of our freedom by bringing a heightened sense of awareness about an issue that can plague military communities,” he said.
Military communities have one of the most susceptible populations to drinking and driving with the majority of the enlisted Marines and Sailors being male between the ages of 18 and 22.
N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program Director Mark Ezzell told the crowd, “It’s a time for us to fire up the barbecue, grab a seat for that spectacular fireworks display and hoist the flag, not lower it because someone we know died or was killed due to poor planning.”
“We need you to ‘improvise, adapt, and overcome’ and practice new techniques going forward,” Ezzell added. “Call a cab, call a buddy, take the bus or use ride-share services. These are four easy ways NOT to die after you’ve been drinking.”
Lance Cpl. Brandon Pena is a Marine with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, MCAS New River, whose career abruptly shifted in July of 2018.
“It was around this time last year that I was arrested right here on base for driving drunk,” he shared with the crowd. “I was drinking at a party and decided to drive myself home. I thought I knew 'my limit' but no one does.”
Base officials conducted a breathalyzer test and Pena blew almost twice the legal limit.
“My blood alcohol was 0.13. I was booked. I lost my license. I lost my rank. I lost respect. What I gained however, was a second chance at a law-abiding life. I could have killed myself that night or God forbid someone else. I still live my life as a Marine. I plan on celebrating this 4th of July, but I can tell you I won't be drinking and driving,” Pena continued.
His message was simple as is the solution for celebrating safety this holiday and any other.
“Leave the keys at home. No one knows their own limit, and once you are drunk it's too late.”
The ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign is one of the many campaigns by NCGHSP which supports, through funding, a myriad of safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC, Speed a Little. Lose a Lot, and North Carolina’s Vision Zero initiative.
Please support this cause by taking pictures and use the hashtags: #LeaveTheKeys #DriveSoberGetPulledOver and #NCGHSP this Fourth of July holiday.
JACKSONVILLE – The Marine Corps Air Station New River played host Monday to the annual North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Statewide Fourth of July ‘Booze It & Lose it’ campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Firecracker.’
Operation Firecracker aims to prevent alcohol-related crashes by targeting impaired drivers during the July 4 holiday season. The campaign runs July 1 through July 7 with law enforcement agencies running sobriety checkpoints in all 100 counties to help catch drunk drivers and reduce fatalities.
Monday’s kickoff was launched on the air station with educational activities and displays including:
Blood Alcohol Testing Mobile Unit: (BAT Mobile to be used for touring as well as an overnight check point in Onslow County);
Seatbelt Convincer: (an educational tool that allows riders to experience force, up to five times their body weight, similar to that of a 5-10 mph crash);
Golf Carts & Goggles: (drunk driving simulators); and a
Hot Car demonstrator.
Poised in front of a commanding MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263), Lt. Col. Roger Holliday, director of Installations and Environment, MCAS New River, addressed a crowd of about 350 Marines, Sailors and civilians.
“This campaign is aimed at saving the lives of those who ensure all of our freedom by bringing a heightened sense of awareness about an issue that can plague military communities,” he said.
Military communities have one of the most susceptible populations to drinking and driving with the majority of the enlisted Marines and Sailors being male between the ages of 18 and 22.
N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program Director Mark Ezzell told the crowd, “It’s a time for us to fire up the barbecue, grab a seat for that spectacular fireworks display and hoist the flag, not lower it because someone we know died or was killed due to poor planning.”
“We need you to ‘improvise, adapt, and overcome’ and practice new techniques going forward,” Ezzell added. “Call a cab, call a buddy, take the bus or use ride-share services. These are four easy ways NOT to die after you’ve been drinking.”
Lance Cpl. Brandon Pena is a Marine with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, MCAS New River, whose career abruptly shifted in July of 2018.
“It was around this time last year that I was arrested right here on base for driving drunk,” he shared with the crowd. “I was drinking at a party and decided to drive myself home. I thought I knew 'my limit' but no one does.”
Base officials conducted a breathalyzer test and Pena blew almost twice the legal limit.
“My blood alcohol was 0.13. I was booked. I lost my license. I lost my rank. I lost respect. What I gained however, was a second chance at a law-abiding life. I could have killed myself that night or God forbid someone else. I still live my life as a Marine. I plan on celebrating this 4th of July, but I can tell you I won't be drinking and driving,” Pena continued.
His message was simple as is the solution for celebrating safety this holiday and any other.
“Leave the keys at home. No one knows their own limit, and once you are drunk it's too late.”
The ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign is one of the many campaigns by NCGHSP which supports, through funding, a myriad of safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC, Speed a Little. Lose a Lot, and North Carolina’s Vision Zero initiative.
Please support this cause by taking pictures and use the hashtags: #LeaveTheKeys #DriveSoberGetPulledOver and #NCGHSP this Fourth of July holiday.
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Staff Sgt. Bethany Waters, center, 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, conducts a Standardized Field Sobriety Test with a volunteer Feb. 15 at the Fountain Police Department as Soldiers in the Sentinel Professional Policing Academy observe.
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The engineer Jean-Albert Grégoire used to say that the mechanical truth is always beautiful. Of all his cars, the SOCEMA Gregory was the most aerodynamically efficient and thus was the most beautiful in his eyes.Jean-Albert Grégoire has always endeavored to prefer the aerodynamic efficiency of the excesses of the stylists. His belief was that the mechanical truth would eventually be imposed on everyone, including the flashy cars and futile lovers. And so drivers would come to prefer a well profiled winning car in pure speed and sobriety.
L’ingénieur Jean-Albert Grégoire avait coutume de dire que la vérité mécanique est toujours belle. De toutes ses autos, la SOCEMA-Grégoire fut la plus efficace sur le plan aérodynamique et, partant, fut la plus belle à ses yeux.L’événement est de taille. La SOCEMA-Grégoire quitte le Musée Automobile de la Sarthe, près du Circuit des Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans, pour venir à la rencontre du grand public. L’occasion pour les amateurs d’automobiles anciennes de découvrir un pan de l’œuvre de cet ingénieur exceptionnel.Dans l’un de ses derniers ouvrages paru en 1985 ("Des Autos et des Mots", La Table Ronde), celui qui fut à la fois ingénieur automobile, critique d’art ou encore écrivain romancier parle affectueusement de la SOCEMA-Grégoire. A ses yeux, elle est la plus belle création de sa carrière. Ce qui n’est pas peu dire !Jean-Albert Grégoire s’est toujours efforcé de préférer l’efficacité aérodynamique aux excès des stylistes. Sa conviction était que la vérité mécanique allait tôt ou tard s’imposer à tous, y compris aux amateurs d’autos clinquantes et futiles. Et qu’ainsi les conducteurs viendraient à préférer une voiture bien profilée gagnant en vitesse pure et en sobriété.Au sortir de la vogue de "l’aérodynamisme" empirique née dans les années 30, J.-A. Grégoire pensait avec raison que le public était mûr pour des formes plus "scientifiques". Il aurait suffit aux constructeurs de faire un petit effort de pédagogie pour faire accepter des carrosseries aux lignes pourtant choquantes.Ce raisonnement fut plusieurs fois vérifié au cours des décennies qui suivirent la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, la plus belle démonstration ayant été faite par Citroën. Sa DS fut qualifiée de "bizarre" avant que ne soit reconnue sa beauté par le plus grand nombre. Une "beauté" en grande partie façonnée par le vent, qui légitimait des formes inédites.Malheureusement, l’Histoire n’accorda pas suffisamment de temps à une autre automobile révolutionnaire pour imposer sa silhouette dans le paysage automobile français. Construite à seulement 253 exemplaires, l’Hotchkiss-Grégoire tomba victime des réticences de Peugeot, l’un des repreneurs de la vieille firme de la rue d’Ivry.Terriblement déçu de voir brisé net l’envol commercial de cette berline aux qualités reconnues par la presse et par la clientèle, J.-A. Grégoire accepta la proposition des dirigeants de la S.O.C.E.M.A. (Société de Constructions et d’Equipements Mécaniques pour l’Aviation) qui s’intéressaient alors à la locomotion terrestre. Il s’agissait ni plus ni moins de concevoir et de fabriquer la première voiture à turbine française. Un projet dans lequel J.-A. Grégoire s’investit totalement, malgré sa pleine connaissance des limites pratiques d’une telle mécanique (lire notre encadré).Son but ? Démontrer une fois de plus la pertinence des quatre grands principes à la base de sa conception de l’automobile moderne : - les roues avant motrices - le centrage des masses, avec le moteur et la transmission en porte-à-faux avant - la carcasse en aluminium coulé, plus rigide et plus légère que les coques en acier d’alors - la finesse aérodynamique, qui autorise des vitesses élevées pour une consommation remarquablement basse.Après la petite voiture l’Aluminium Français-Grégoire (l’AF-G) conçue pendant l’Occupation, l’Hotchkiss-Grégoire fut la première auto à rassembler et à proposer en série toutes ces solutions techniques. A ce titre, J.-A. Grégoire la considérait comme son œuvre maîtresse. L’histoire de la SOCEMA-Grégoire est intimement liée à celle de l’Hotchkiss-Grégoire en ce qu’elle est la transposition quasi fidèle de son architecture mécanique. A ce détail près que le quatre cylindres à plat fut remplacé par une turbine "miniaturisée".La difficulté d’adapter ce moteur d’un nouveau genre n’était sans doute pas pour déplaire à J.-A. Grégoire, puisque son faible encombrement autorisait en contrepartie l’abaissement du capot et la réduction du maître-couple (ie. la surface qui s’oppose à la pénétration dans l’air).Le célèbre ingénieur confia le dessin de la SOCEMA-Grégoire à son collaborateur Carlo Delaisse et la fabrication de la carrosserie aux compagnons formeurs de chez Hotchkiss. Cette fine équipe obtint un coefficient de pénétration dans l’air encore plus faible que celui de l’Hotchkiss-Grégoire, aujourd’hui encore remarquable (Cx de 0,20) et tout bonnement insoupçonnable à la vue de l’auto.C’est Jean-Albert Grégoire qui se chargea lui-même de la mise au point du châssis en aluminium coulé. Voici comment il rapporte les faits dans son ouvrage précité : "Le châssis construit, je décidai de l’essayer longuement avant d’y placer la turbine. Ainsi pourrions-nous apporter toutes garanties pour notre mécanique. Nous achetâmes un moteur V8 Ford français de l’époque qui développait cent chevaux et je le fis monter devant le train avant, en porte-à-faux. Avec deux baquets, un coffre en bois à l’arrière et quatre ailes symboliques, l’excédent de poids était très important. La tenue de route de ce véhicule à l’aspect bizarre se révéla remarquable, ce qui confirmait ma théorie que la surcharge de l’avant est toujours favorable."La turbine fut ensuite installée dans la carcasse en aluminium coulé. A l’issue d’un premier essai, les dirigeants de la SOCEMA se déclarèrent enchantés des qualités routières de l’engin, assez exceptionnelles pour l’époque. Le coupé peint en bleu métallisé fut exposé au Salon de Paris de 1953, où il rencontra un vif succès auprès du public.La suite des événements mit fin de manière brutale —là encore— aux travaux de Jean-Albert Grégoire. Les nouveaux dirigeants de la SOCEMA perdirent soudainement tout intérêt dans ce projet et la voiture demeura au stade de prototype unique. J.-A. Grégoire estima que c’était là un manque de courage et de clairvoyance de la part de ces industriels français. Mais c’était trop compter sur l’avenir qui, idéalement, aurait apporté la solution à tous les problèmes de mise au point de la turbine appliquée à l’automobile. Tâche à laquelle les bureaux d’études de Rover, Renault ou encore de Chrysler renoncèrent tous au cours des années 50 et 60. La SOCEMA-Grégoire est aujourd’hui la propriété de l’Automobile Club de l’Ouest et coule une paisible retraite dans le musée du Circuit des 24H.
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I'm more confident than not that police do not make people say the alphabet backwards as a means to prove sobriety.
This seems like an open invitation to get pulled over.
My surrogate adopted older brother celebrates 10 years sobriety tomorrow! My parents have been with him every step of the way and he worships them. It isn't my place to share his story, but suffice to say if he can get (and stay) sober and become a positive presence in this world, anybody can!
As for the cigarettes, RJ wanted a smoke break after breakfast so my parents bummed cigs. True story: My Dad didn't smoke until he met my Mom. She smoked first, then she quit before he did (they both stopped back in the 70s). We love teasing her what a bad influence she was. Ha!
A young woman participates in a field sobriety test conducted by a Lenoir Police Department officer during a DWI checkpoint Friday night in Whitnel, N.C. She was later arrest for driving while intoxicated for having a blood alcohol level above the legal limit.
The historian who, in these circumstances, writes the commemorative volumes for the Civil War centennial would seem to have a special obligation of sobriety and fidelity to the record. If he writes in that spirit, he will flatter the self-rightouesness of neither side.
He will not picture the North as burning for equality since 1863 with a hard, gem-like flame. He will not a paint a holy war that ennobled its participants. And he will try to keep in mind the humility that prevented the central figure in the drama from ever falling in with the notion that he was the incarnation of the Archangel Michael.
from The Burden of Southern History, C. Vann Woodward
C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the interrelated themes of southern identity, southern distinctiveness, and the strains of irony that characterize much of the South's historical experience. First published in 1960, the book quickly became a touchstone for generations of students. This updated third edition contains a chapter, "Look Away, Look Away," in which Woodward finds a plethora of additional ironies in the South's experience. It also includes previously uncollected appreciations of Robert Penn Warren, to whom the book was originally dedicated, and William Faulkner. This edition also features a new foreword by historian William E. Leuchtenburg in which he recounts the events that led up to Woodward's writing The Burden of Southern History, and reflects on the book's--and Woodward's--place in the study of southern history. The Burden of Southern History is quintessential Woodward--wise, witty, ruminative, daring, and as alive in the twenty-first century as when it was written.
The Church of St. John of Malta , at the corner of the street of Italy and the Cardinal Street in Aix-en-Provence is the first Gothic church in Provence . It is located at the eastern end of the Cardinal Street. It was built on the site of the first chapel built by the Hospitallers at their facility in Aix, the xii th century . Its construction would spread from 1272 to 1277 , although these dates are not proven. The church tower is 67 meters. This is the highest point of the city of Aix-en-Provence.
Today St. John of Malta is a parish church entrusted to the Society of apostolic Moines. Thanks to the monastic offices, it is frequently opened and can be visited. It surprises with its inner light, the color of the stone, his sobriety, his contemporary organ built by Daniel Kern and his many paintings.
This church is the subject of a classification as historical monuments by the 1840 list.
History
The first religious building constructed on the site is a chapel that Hospitallers erect their installation at Aix, the xii th century , the Italian path to the current location of the apse . This is because the counts of Provence of the House of Barcelona Alfonso II and his son Raymond Berenger IV have decided to elect their burial business that is building a much larger building. Thus, on the instructions of the will of the Countess Beatrice of Provence , daughter of Raymond Berenger, the Church of St. John of Malta was built between 1272 and 1277 in a style Gothic Provençal nave unique and chapels between the buttresses, outside the walls of the city, making it the oldest Gothic monument in Provence. But dating problems make uncertain estimates.
Dating problems
Statue of Alfonso II , Church of St. John of Malta Aix-en-Provence.
Statue of Raymond Berenger IV , Church of St. John of Malta.
It seems almost certain that, on the foundations of Saint-Jean-de-Malte previously found another building. Some historians argue that it is a temple to Minerva . This assertion comes from the fact that an altar to Minerva was unearthed during the construction of the fortification of the church before 1593. The earliest date attested on a religious building in this location is an act of 1192 in which is mentioned a house in Aix Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem , whose commander was Pierre de Naisa. Historians estimate that the construction of the commander is to be between 1180 and 1192 .
The church was built on it can be dated precisely. If it seems certain that it was during the xiii th century , it is difficult to give a specific date. If a religious building has been dedicated to Aix on May 3, 1251 by Cardinal Peter Colmieu , it is not known where they are, but some believe that this building may be the Church of St. John of Malta, or unless the building that preceded the church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte 8 . Indeed, in 1256 , Alfonso II , Count of Provence , and his son Ramon Berenguer IV have their burial. In 1272 , Charles I st of Anjou for the enlargement of the church to welcome them the tomb of Beatrice of Provence , his wife. It is possible that it is then the choir and transepts which are added as ordinarily Malta Order of churches have no transept, while they are supposed to host the tombs. Choir and transepts were completed at the latest by 1277 , even if the side chapels will be built later.
Description
Its nave was built on the foundations of an older church xiii th century and was used as a church of the Hospital who was at the site of the present Musée Granet . The church was then in the service of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, hence its name. The flat apse and transept are only slightly later. She then became commander of Rhodes and of Malta 3 . It becomes dependence of the Grand Priory of Saint-Gilles . They say it is the city of Aix which saw the most out of the Knights of Malta 3 .
Bell
Bell tower of Saint-Jean-de-Malte.
In 1292 , the Hospital received approval to place four bells atop the church tower, indicating that, at that time, it must already be of significant size. Today, this tower is 67 meters high, making it the highest point in the city of Aix-en-Provence. If we add to this gothic features, all close to many religious buildings in northern France by its rigid and austere. Estimates as to the date of completion vary greatly. If the tradition is the 1376 , recent research would tend more to situate the middle of the xv th century . In one case as in the other, one can not fail to highlight the architectural audacity of the book completely contradict the canons of his time, whether the portal of the cathedral of Aix , or the chapel of Helion de Villeneuve , his contemporaries.
The lower part of the tower is mounted on a massive square and supported by buttresses. The brand does not have an opening. The first floor, however, has four windows elongated in the direction of the height and houses the only bell. Above the arrow is surrounded by four pinnacles and pierced by eight skylights. In the Middle Ages it was all topped with a metal spike topped with a Latin cross . It was replaced in September 1755 by a Maltese cross , after a storm that occurred in November 1754 who shot the spike . Lightning kills them elsewhere regularly, which implies the need to renovate the arrow once or twice per century. Historian Aix Ambroise Roux-Alphéran read on registered today stones registration "XPS [Christus] venit in pace Rex Deus homo factus est " ("Christ the King came in peace, God's "made man"), a message to the glory of Christ.
Four bells that adorned the bell tower from the beginning, only one remains today. The reason is the siege of Toulon led by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1793 . All materials cast iron available in Provence then requisitioned for melted and participate in the construction of weapons. The three smaller bells of St. John of Malta are then removed from the steeple and melted. Only the heaviest ( 1 260 kg ) is kept in its place. Despite the victory of Bonaparte Toulon besieged the three missing reparues bells are no longer in the church tower. On Sunday 1st September 2013, on the occasion of the traditional blessing of Calissons, the three bells "back". Malta St John's friends got the city of Toulon on donating a portion of bronze cannons stored at the arsenal and the Paccard foundry melted three new bells. They are currently on display in the church waiting for the consolidation of the bell tower, which will put them in their place.
Front
Facade with effects of the sun.
The facade as we can see today was rebuilt in the xvii th century , although it was built in the xiii th century . The gear that dominates is surmounted by a Maltese cross . The roof tiles of the frame are nailed due to risk of wind that could weaken them . Until 1906 , it was possible to see the sky through the gears when they were open.
The architectural detail is most striking in view of the facade is two octagonal towers, high thirty-two meters, which stand to either side of the building. They are pierced with loopholes narrow and topped with a cap pyramid. At their peak, balcony connects and overcomes a great pink 4 meters in diameter . The left tower dates from the construction of the tower, while the right one was conducted along the balcony, in 1691 .
The portal, meanwhile, has two leaves dated to the end of the xvii th century or beginning of the xviii th century . They were decorated with Maltese cross originally, but this decoration was removed. Above, you can see two gargoyles dog-headed that we can approach the crest of the prior Jean-Claude Viany. The door is divided both windows and above them is a tympanum decorated with clover and trefoil arches.
The entire facade is restored by the architect Aix Henri Révoil between 1851 and 1858 .
Bedside
The church flat bed can be observed rue d'Italie. A house built against the wall once obstructed the large window in third spot with a height of 11 meters. It is the acquisition of this house by the city of Aix-en-Provence in 1855 allowing the demolition and restoration of the whole as it stood originally
The Church of St. John of Malta , at the corner of the street of Italy and the Cardinal Street in Aix-en-Provence is the first Gothic church in Provence . It is located at the eastern end of the Cardinal Street. It was built on the site of the first chapel built by the Hospitallers at their facility in Aix, the xii th century . Its construction would spread from 1272 to 1277 , although these dates are not proven. The church tower is 67 meters. This is the highest point of the city of Aix-en-Provence.
Today St. John of Malta is a parish church entrusted to the Society of apostolic Moines. Thanks to the monastic offices, it is frequently opened and can be visited. It surprises with its inner light, the color of the stone, his sobriety, his contemporary organ built by Daniel Kern and his many paintings.
This church is the subject of a classification as historical monuments by the 1840 list.
History
The first religious building constructed on the site is a chapel that Hospitallers erect their installation at Aix, the xii th century , the Italian path to the current location of the apse . This is because the counts of Provence of the House of Barcelona Alfonso II and his son Raymond Berenger IV have decided to elect their burial business that is building a much larger building. Thus, on the instructions of the will of the Countess Beatrice of Provence , daughter of Raymond Berenger, the Church of St. John of Malta was built between 1272 and 1277 in a style Gothic Provençal nave unique and chapels between the buttresses, outside the walls of the city, making it the oldest Gothic monument in Provence. But dating problems make uncertain estimates.
Dating problems
Statue of Alfonso II , Church of St. John of Malta Aix-en-Provence.
Statue of Raymond Berenger IV , Church of St. John of Malta.
It seems almost certain that, on the foundations of Saint-Jean-de-Malte previously found another building. Some historians argue that it is a temple to Minerva . This assertion comes from the fact that an altar to Minerva was unearthed during the construction of the fortification of the church before 1593. The earliest date attested on a religious building in this location is an act of 1192 in which is mentioned a house in Aix Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem , whose commander was Pierre de Naisa. Historians estimate that the construction of the commander is to be between 1180 and 1192 .
The church was built on it can be dated precisely. If it seems certain that it was during the xiii th century , it is difficult to give a specific date. If a religious building has been dedicated to Aix on May 3, 1251 by Cardinal Peter Colmieu , it is not known where they are, but some believe that this building may be the Church of St. John of Malta, or unless the building that preceded the church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte 8 . Indeed, in 1256 , Alfonso II , Count of Provence , and his son Ramon Berenguer IV have their burial. In 1272 , Charles I st of Anjou for the enlargement of the church to welcome them the tomb of Beatrice of Provence , his wife. It is possible that it is then the choir and transepts which are added as ordinarily Malta Order of churches have no transept, while they are supposed to host the tombs. Choir and transepts were completed at the latest by 1277 , even if the side chapels will be built later.
Description
Its nave was built on the foundations of an older church xiii th century and was used as a church of the Hospital who was at the site of the present Musée Granet . The church was then in the service of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, hence its name. The flat apse and transept are only slightly later. She then became commander of Rhodes and of Malta 3 . It becomes dependence of the Grand Priory of Saint-Gilles . They say it is the city of Aix which saw the most out of the Knights of Malta 3 .
Bell
Bell tower of Saint-Jean-de-Malte.
In 1292 , the Hospital received approval to place four bells atop the church tower, indicating that, at that time, it must already be of significant size. Today, this tower is 67 meters high, making it the highest point in the city of Aix-en-Provence. If we add to this gothic features, all close to many religious buildings in northern France by its rigid and austere. Estimates as to the date of completion vary greatly. If the tradition is the 1376 , recent research would tend more to situate the middle of the xv th century . In one case as in the other, one can not fail to highlight the architectural audacity of the book completely contradict the canons of his time, whether the portal of the cathedral of Aix , or the chapel of Helion de Villeneuve , his contemporaries.
The lower part of the tower is mounted on a massive square and supported by buttresses. The brand does not have an opening. The first floor, however, has four windows elongated in the direction of the height and houses the only bell. Above the arrow is surrounded by four pinnacles and pierced by eight skylights. In the Middle Ages it was all topped with a metal spike topped with a Latin cross . It was replaced in September 1755 by a Maltese cross , after a storm that occurred in November 1754 who shot the spike . Lightning kills them elsewhere regularly, which implies the need to renovate the arrow once or twice per century. Historian Aix Ambroise Roux-Alphéran read on registered today stones registration "XPS [Christus] venit in pace Rex Deus homo factus est " ("Christ the King came in peace, God's "made man"), a message to the glory of Christ.
Four bells that adorned the bell tower from the beginning, only one remains today. The reason is the siege of Toulon led by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1793 . All materials cast iron available in Provence then requisitioned for melted and participate in the construction of weapons. The three smaller bells of St. John of Malta are then removed from the steeple and melted. Only the heaviest ( 1 260 kg ) is kept in its place. Despite the victory of Bonaparte Toulon besieged the three missing reparues bells are no longer in the church tower. On Sunday 1st September 2013, on the occasion of the traditional blessing of Calissons, the three bells "back". Malta St John's friends got the city of Toulon on donating a portion of bronze cannons stored at the arsenal and the Paccard foundry melted three new bells. They are currently on display in the church waiting for the consolidation of the bell tower, which will put them in their place.
Front
Facade with effects of the sun.
The facade as we can see today was rebuilt in the xvii th century , although it was built in the xiii th century . The gear that dominates is surmounted by a Maltese cross . The roof tiles of the frame are nailed due to risk of wind that could weaken them . Until 1906 , it was possible to see the sky through the gears when they were open.
The architectural detail is most striking in view of the facade is two octagonal towers, high thirty-two meters, which stand to either side of the building. They are pierced with loopholes narrow and topped with a cap pyramid. At their peak, balcony connects and overcomes a great pink 4 meters in diameter . The left tower dates from the construction of the tower, while the right one was conducted along the balcony, in 1691 .
The portal, meanwhile, has two leaves dated to the end of the xvii th century or beginning of the xviii th century . They were decorated with Maltese cross originally, but this decoration was removed. Above, you can see two gargoyles dog-headed that we can approach the crest of the prior Jean-Claude Viany. The door is divided both windows and above them is a tympanum decorated with clover and trefoil arches.
The entire facade is restored by the architect Aix Henri Révoil between 1851 and 1858 .
Bedside
The church flat bed can be observed rue d'Italie. A house built against the wall once obstructed the large window in third spot with a height of 11 meters. It is the acquisition of this house by the city of Aix-en-Provence in 1855 allowing the demolition and restoration of the whole as it stood originally
The Church of St. John of Malta , at the corner of the street of Italy and the Cardinal Street in Aix-en-Provence is the first Gothic church in Provence . It is located at the eastern end of the Cardinal Street. It was built on the site of the first chapel built by the Hospitallers at their facility in Aix, the xii th century . Its construction would spread from 1272 to 1277 , although these dates are not proven. The church tower is 67 meters. This is the highest point of the city of Aix-en-Provence.
Today St. John of Malta is a parish church entrusted to the Society of apostolic Moines. Thanks to the monastic offices, it is frequently opened and can be visited. It surprises with its inner light, the color of the stone, his sobriety, his contemporary organ built by Daniel Kern and his many paintings.
This church is the subject of a classification as historical monuments by the 1840 list.
History
The first religious building constructed on the site is a chapel that Hospitallers erect their installation at Aix, the xii th century , the Italian path to the current location of the apse . This is because the counts of Provence of the House of Barcelona Alfonso II and his son Raymond Berenger IV have decided to elect their burial business that is building a much larger building. Thus, on the instructions of the will of the Countess Beatrice of Provence , daughter of Raymond Berenger, the Church of St. John of Malta was built between 1272 and 1277 in a style Gothic Provençal nave unique and chapels between the buttresses, outside the walls of the city, making it the oldest Gothic monument in Provence. But dating problems make uncertain estimates.
Dating problems
Statue of Alfonso II , Church of St. John of Malta Aix-en-Provence.
Statue of Raymond Berenger IV , Church of St. John of Malta.
It seems almost certain that, on the foundations of Saint-Jean-de-Malte previously found another building. Some historians argue that it is a temple to Minerva . This assertion comes from the fact that an altar to Minerva was unearthed during the construction of the fortification of the church before 1593. The earliest date attested on a religious building in this location is an act of 1192 in which is mentioned a house in Aix Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem , whose commander was Pierre de Naisa. Historians estimate that the construction of the commander is to be between 1180 and 1192 .
The church was built on it can be dated precisely. If it seems certain that it was during the xiii th century , it is difficult to give a specific date. If a religious building has been dedicated to Aix on May 3, 1251 by Cardinal Peter Colmieu , it is not known where they are, but some believe that this building may be the Church of St. John of Malta, or unless the building that preceded the church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte 8 . Indeed, in 1256 , Alfonso II , Count of Provence , and his son Ramon Berenguer IV have their burial. In 1272 , Charles I st of Anjou for the enlargement of the church to welcome them the tomb of Beatrice of Provence , his wife. It is possible that it is then the choir and transepts which are added as ordinarily Malta Order of churches have no transept, while they are supposed to host the tombs. Choir and transepts were completed at the latest by 1277 , even if the side chapels will be built later.
Description
Its nave was built on the foundations of an older church xiii th century and was used as a church of the Hospital who was at the site of the present Musée Granet . The church was then in the service of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, hence its name. The flat apse and transept are only slightly later. She then became commander of Rhodes and of Malta 3 . It becomes dependence of the Grand Priory of Saint-Gilles . They say it is the city of Aix which saw the most out of the Knights of Malta 3 .
Bell
Bell tower of Saint-Jean-de-Malte.
In 1292 , the Hospital received approval to place four bells atop the church tower, indicating that, at that time, it must already be of significant size. Today, this tower is 67 meters high, making it the highest point in the city of Aix-en-Provence. If we add to this gothic features, all close to many religious buildings in northern France by its rigid and austere. Estimates as to the date of completion vary greatly. If the tradition is the 1376 , recent research would tend more to situate the middle of the xv th century . In one case as in the other, one can not fail to highlight the architectural audacity of the book completely contradict the canons of his time, whether the portal of the cathedral of Aix , or the chapel of Helion de Villeneuve , his contemporaries.
The lower part of the tower is mounted on a massive square and supported by buttresses. The brand does not have an opening. The first floor, however, has four windows elongated in the direction of the height and houses the only bell. Above the arrow is surrounded by four pinnacles and pierced by eight skylights. In the Middle Ages it was all topped with a metal spike topped with a Latin cross . It was replaced in September 1755 by a Maltese cross , after a storm that occurred in November 1754 who shot the spike . Lightning kills them elsewhere regularly, which implies the need to renovate the arrow once or twice per century. Historian Aix Ambroise Roux-Alphéran read on registered today stones registration "XPS [Christus] venit in pace Rex Deus homo factus est " ("Christ the King came in peace, God's "made man"), a message to the glory of Christ.
Four bells that adorned the bell tower from the beginning, only one remains today. The reason is the siege of Toulon led by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1793 . All materials cast iron available in Provence then requisitioned for melted and participate in the construction of weapons. The three smaller bells of St. John of Malta are then removed from the steeple and melted. Only the heaviest ( 1 260 kg ) is kept in its place. Despite the victory of Bonaparte Toulon besieged the three missing reparues bells are no longer in the church tower. On Sunday 1st September 2013, on the occasion of the traditional blessing of Calissons, the three bells "back". Malta St John's friends got the city of Toulon on donating a portion of bronze cannons stored at the arsenal and the Paccard foundry melted three new bells. They are currently on display in the church waiting for the consolidation of the bell tower, which will put them in their place.
Front
Facade with effects of the sun.
The facade as we can see today was rebuilt in the xvii th century , although it was built in the xiii th century . The gear that dominates is surmounted by a Maltese cross . The roof tiles of the frame are nailed due to risk of wind that could weaken them . Until 1906 , it was possible to see the sky through the gears when they were open.
The architectural detail is most striking in view of the facade is two octagonal towers, high thirty-two meters, which stand to either side of the building. They are pierced with loopholes narrow and topped with a cap pyramid. At their peak, balcony connects and overcomes a great pink 4 meters in diameter . The left tower dates from the construction of the tower, while the right one was conducted along the balcony, in 1691 .
The portal, meanwhile, has two leaves dated to the end of the xvii th century or beginning of the xviii th century . They were decorated with Maltese cross originally, but this decoration was removed. Above, you can see two gargoyles dog-headed that we can approach the crest of the prior Jean-Claude Viany. The door is divided both windows and above them is a tympanum decorated with clover and trefoil arches.
The entire facade is restored by the architect Aix Henri Révoil between 1851 and 1858 .
Bedside
The church flat bed can be observed rue d'Italie. A house built against the wall once obstructed the large window in third spot with a height of 11 meters. It is the acquisition of this house by the city of Aix-en-Provence in 1855 allowing the demolition and restoration of the whole as it stood originally
The alky's dream-come-true, a hotel room, a couple of fifths and a liquor store nearby. For excitement, there's the buzzing neon sign. What more could a drunk ask for?
Sobriety sucks most days. There are a gazillion reasons every day to drink and only 1 reason not too. That one reason so far has carried me through this far. I don't drink anymore because I promised myself I would stop. I didn't do it for anyone or anything else just for me. There are a lot of days I wish I never made that promise but deep down there is always a small bit of me that smiles I did.
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We celebrated a special gift tonight. Lindsay's one year anniversary of sobriety. I asked for her permission to share this shot and she said - absolutely. I believe that the gift of her example and her willingness to share her journey will give others the courage to seek help and be their best selves. She is an inspiration to me.