What is the Bible, and how is it to be used?
For some Sacred Scripture is a rule book from which people extract principles by which they live their lives. For others it is a database of doctrines from which theological systems are built and defended. For still others it is a report of the events that make up the Christian religion. Scripture contains all these things and more, but how is it to be used?
The first thing we should realize is that Scripture is the church's book. As such it is to be used in the church, by the church, and for the church in her worship and teaching. Most Christians understand that Scripture is to be used in the church's teaching, but less understood is Scripture's liturgical usage. But Scripture is, first, in my estimation a liturgical book. One that provides both the content and form of New Testament worship.
As regards liturgical content consider such items as the Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Kyrie, Psalms, Baptismal Formula, Words of Institution and the Lord's Prayer. We should not think of these things as bare reportage. But rather such inspired words of God are given so that the church should vigorously utilize them in her worship, and catechesis.
Anyone familiar with the church's luxurious liturgical history knows that she has done just that. That the church of Jesus Christ has a seamless record of arranging the words, thoughts and allusions of Scripture into sensible liturgies so that the church might, by these, enjoy factual union with her Lord. This is how the church has always employed Scripture: in the church, by the church, and for the church.
Our union with God in Christ is mediated by this, and any attempt to have a relationship with Christ that is not so mediated is emotion at best, and deception at worst. As a person cannot reach God apart from Christ, he cannot reach Christ apart from the Word and Sacraments, and he cannot have these without Liturgy. Further, any attempt to abstract Liturgy from Eucharist is to over-think the matter, something for which Lutherans are famous!
Old Testament liturgy is patent and easy to locate. But New Testament liturgy is latent and more difficult to spot unless one recognizes Scripture's liturgical purposes.
God forbid! Rather it means that we have learned to read the Bible like Fundamentalists and not like Lutherans. It means that we have not learned to understand the New Testament as it wants to be understood. Because both the form and content of New Testament worship is everywhere taught and assumed.
We learn said form and content from the institution of the Sacrament, the feeding miracles, the Acts of the Apostles, the Lord's Prayer and especially in the epistles each of which begins with an invocation and concludes with a segue! from the Liturgy of the Word, to the Liturgy of the Sacrament. We find it, too, in the New Testament's many Doxologies, Versicles and Responses, Canticles and Hymns of Praise.
We learn it from the Book of Revelation which might well be considered the inspired record of an actual Mass conducted on the Lord's Day by Saint John, among his fellow exiles on Patmos. But one in which God opens the eyes of his suffering servants to see the heavenly side of the earthly event, even as he opened Isaiah's eyes to see the temple from heaven's point of view. (cf Rev. 4:1, Isaiah 6 & 2) If we follow this line of thought then we should consider the possibility that the sermons preached to the "angels of the seven churches" to have been preached to the presbyters of those churches, who may have also been in exile on Patmos with Bishop John.
In summary, then, Scripture is a theological, ecclesiastical and liturgical book given to the church, to be used in the church, by the church and for the church.
Attempting to utilize Scripture apart from the church's worship and teaching will always produce poor results. This is especially true amongst Christians who have no magisterium, creeds, confessions or historic liturgy to safeguard them from ecclesiastical mania, and doctrinal confusion.
But before we get to specific examples of New Testament liturgy let us remember that the Eucharist comprises New Testament worship. The Lord says, "This cup IS the New Testament in my blood."
What does this mean? It means that the celebration of the Eucharist is definitional and constitutive of the Body Christ (to soma tou christou). It is who we are and what we do as Christians. Eucharist is not an accessory! But it is instead the expression of Christian identity, the practice of the Christian faith: the sum and substance of what it means to be a Christian.
"This cup IS the New Testament in my blood."
God's people can have no closer union with him in their earthly sojourn than when they participate in the Eucharist. A Fundamentalist service is constituted by preaching. But the Divine Service of Scripture, of the church catholic, and the church of the Lutheran Reformation is constituted by the celebration of the Eucharist.
This is why, while the pulpit assumes center stage in a Fundamentalist church, the altar is the focal point in the Lutheran church. (Contrast Loehe & Walther). This does not detract from preaching. Indeed Lutheran preaching is the invitation to the baptized to repent of their sins, believe the gospel and come to the altar which is the summit of Christian life. And then to go from the altar as Light and Salt into the world – only to return again and go again. That is the cycle of the Christian life. Said another way preaching and the Liturgy of the Word are the "pillow talk" that precede the intimacy that occurs between the baptismally-cleansed Bride and the Holy Bridegroom at the altar.
When reading these verses let us think of St. Paul's letters as liturgical documents with formal invocations and benedictions. Let us recall that they were written to be read aloud in the church, gathered for worship, on the Lord's Day (Christ's Day). We know from Scripture and from the unanimous witness of church history that this is how things were always done.
Let us now examine Paul's words keeping in mind that they are being read aloud, and preached on as part of the church's Eucharistic worship on Sunday, the first day of the week.
We learn from Scripture and from church history that worship from earliest times was divided into two parts: the Liturgy of the Word (synaxis), and the Liturgy of the Sacrament (anaphora). The reading and preaching of St. Paul's sermon would occur on Sunday during the synaxis, and this letter is written with that in mind. For St. Paul is the one who taught the Corinthian church how to conduct her worship in 18 months he spent there (Acts 18). As the synaxis now comes to a close Paul "who is absent in body but present in spirit" (1 Cor. 5:3) facilitates the anaphora with this rubric, "Greet one another with an holy kiss."
Those who know nothing of Scripture's liturgical usage think that the "holy kiss" is no more than an affectionate greeting among Christians. But liturgical history teaches us otherwise. That this was the normal practice of believers prior to receiving the Eucharist. The holy kiss liturgically demonstrated that those gathered in Christ were at peace with one another, that they loved one another, forgave one another their interpersonal trespasses (Matt 5) and were being brought into holy communion by this Sacrament, not only with their Lord but with one another.
There is also a warning / curse given herein (v. 22) as there properly should be. Because as Paul explains earlier in the epistle anyone who dares approach this table without true faith, and without recognizing the very body and blood of Christ here given "eats and drinks condemnation on himself." Knowing the careless communion practices of the erring Corinthian church St. Paul condemns them (irreverence, intoxication, a slighting of the poor, admitting the unrepentant).
Next, in Paul's letter we find nearly the same words that Christians still use today in the Preface of our Communion liturgy, "The (grace of our) Lord (Jesus Christ) be with you." These words should not be heard as mere pious verbiage but as descriptive of that which is about to occur! That the incarnate grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is given when the true body and blood of the Living Lord are tendered to sinners. Tendered to transmit the living flesh of Christ to sinners' dying flesh by the forgiveness of their sins; by the cleansing, endurance, consolation and hope that the Eucharist gives.
Next is "Maranatha," an Aramaic word that means: Our Lord, come! Fundamentalist ears can only hear this as a prayer for the Parousia but in so doing they miss the immediate meaning. As the Lord once came in humility, and as he promises to come again in glory, he also comes to us now! Not merely as a notion residing within our pious minds but actually and factually, really and truly, in the holiest communion of all.
He promises, "Lo I am with you always, even to end of the age?" We should not think of this as an imaginary or notional presence but as an incarnational, bodily and sacramental one instead. Not one to give us warm feelings. But to pardon, cleanse, fortify, shield, inoculate, and console the church militant as she does battle against the Evil One, death and sin each day. Maranatha, then is a call for the holy communion, the anaphora, to commence, Paul here facilitating it by his letter.
We should see the same in our day. When the celebrant cries out "Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God," he is not merely admonishing the congregation to be grateful. But knowing that "thanksgiving" is the English translation of the Greek eucharistia, we should hear him saying: Let us know "make eucharistia," or "celebrate the holy Eucharist," unto the Lord our God. It is an announcement, a joyous proclamation and an audible confession of our intentions – to "do" the thing that Jesus commanded his church to "do".
2 Corinthians 13:11ff … Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13 All the saints greet you. 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Romans 15:5-6. "May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
We find the same pattern in Romans 15:5ff. The unity here mentioned should not be heard inchoately but rather in the specific context of the church's worship where Scripture is being read and homilized. For it is the place where people who are divided based on the world's categories shed all earthly distinctions and find themselves in Spirit-given "harmony" and "accord" with Christ Jesus and with one another. Here they are brothers, having the same heavenly Father as the Lord himself. Here, at the altar, the lion lies down with the lamb. It is in the church's corporate versicles, responses, prayers, hymns, creeds that Jew and Gentile, male and female, slave and free, factually and demonstrably glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ "with one voice." (Romans 15:6) This means fixed liturgy. Repeated Lord's Day after Lord's Day.
We find this same pattern of liturgically and Eucharistically loaded words at the end of Romans (16:16ff), Galatians (6:18ff), Ephesians (6:23ff), Philippians (4:21ff), Colossians (4:14ff), 1Thessalonians (5:14ff), 2 Thessalonians (3:16ff), Titus (3:15), Philemon (1:23ff), Hebrews (13:20ff), 1 Peter (5:11ff), Jude (1:24ff).
Nor does time allow us to consider John's epistles which drip with Eucharistic language, love, elect lady, sister, new commandment, elder, greet, peace, seen with our eyes, touched with our hands and much more.
Or the Revelation of St. John which is not the geo-political handbook that Millenialists imagine. But rather a revelation of the mass from heaven's point of view (Rev. 4:1). For what happens every Lord's day in the church when we celebrate the holiest communion of all, is both a type and an installment of what will finally occur. The judgment of all our enemies. The end of Satan, death and sin. Our victory over all of them by the Lamb who was slain; and final realization of our eternal dwelling with the Holy Trinity unto the ages of ages. The only thing that the Evil One fears more than the crucified and risen Christ is the Divine Service wherein the benefits of our Lord's death and resurrection are proclaimed aloud and given to men. I think this is what St. Paul means when he says in Romans 16:20, "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you."
Consider the possibility that wherever a section of Paul's epistles (sermons?) can be easily divided into versicles and responses, you should assume that it was meant to be thus used. Here St. Paul is either giving, or more likely in my mind, accessing liturgy already in common use by the church he is addressing: for the purpose of preaching the Gospel to them.
R: and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
R: And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
R: that is, the forgiveness of sins.
R: the firstborn of all creation.
All: all things were created through him and for him.
R: and in him all things hold together.
V: And he is the head of the body, the church.
R: He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
All: making peace by the blood of his cross.
In this way liturgy is embedded in the New Testament, but many fail to see it.
The natural home of the Lord's Prayer is in connection with the church's Sacraments. Yes, it is proper for Christians to pray it as the catechism teaches upon rising in the morning and so forth. But when doing so it should remind us of our adoption in Christ at baptism which permits us to pray it. And we should recall the Body and Blood of Christ which this prayer sanctifies (uniquely) in Lutheran liturgy, and to which it is closely connected.
How is the Lord's Prayer Eucharistic? Consider the content.
Our Father … The Lord's Prayer is first of all not the prayer of any individual Christian, but the corporate prayer of two parties: of Christ and of his Bride the church. They comprise the "our."
Thy kingdom come … In this Sacrament the rule of God, by the Lordship of Christ, is in perfect evidence among the redeemed. For here the remission of sins, life and salvation are given to God's people. The kingdom is not a geographical locale but consists, rather, of being a child of God, by baptismal and now Eucharistic connection to Jesus and thus to the Father. Here the words of St. John make most perfect sense: In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Jn. 14:20. Cf also 17:23 et. al.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven … We know that doubt is the first human response to the promise "this is my body." This is made clear in Saint John chapter six and by two thousand years of theological war in respect to the Sacrament. Here the church prays that the will of God, which is to feed us to full satisfaction with the Bread of Life, the flesh and blood of Christ, would be done against all that might militate against it, be it the devil, false Christians, or "Dame Reason" herself.
Give us this day our daily bread … Without taking away from Luther's catechism, to have this petition refer only to the necessities of this life leaves much to be desired. In it we do pray for all that the catechism states, but for much more as well.
The word "epiousion" / "daily" can mean different things in the Greek. It can mean the bread that we need "for this day," i.e. "daily bread." But it can just as well mean "tomorrow's" bread, in which case we would be praying in keeping with the gift about to be received. That is, give us tomorrow's bread today. Heaven's banquet on earth. And that is what we receive in the Sacrament, Bread from the Messianic Banquet Table. The Bread of Angels. Food from the Marriage Feast of the Lamb that is in constant session before the throne of God and of the Lamb. Here we become participants with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven. Here we have fellowship with our loved ones who have fallen asleep in the Lord.
And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us … This petition is not the quid pro quo that most people take it to be. We need not fear it, or resort to circular logic, as I believe Luther did, in order to maintain the doctrine of justification by faith. From the beginning forgiving one another for offenses committed was an essential feature of the Sacrament. Those who would not forgive were barred from participation, barred from joining "to soma tou christou" in the Eucharistic fellowship, and thus barred from the remission that the Sacrament imparts.
And lead us not into temptation … God tempts no one. This we know from Scripture and the catechism. But "temptation" is the wrong English word to use here. The petition is that God would not lead us into "hard testing," so hard that we might fail in our faith, and Satan get his wish to sift us like wheat. It is the sincere prayer of every Christian, a prayer that is answered in the Eucharist! Answered by the fortification and the grace of God that we receive here, in the Sacrament when the life-giving flesh and blood of Jesus, touch our sinful and dying flesh, and infuse it with Christ's own life. Here the promise of Romans 8:11 comes true, "If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you (and he does by baptism), he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you." We should also consider the Eucharist our best defender against the countless trials, troubles and temptations of life. Is this something we really want to limit to once or twice a month?
But deliver us from evil … Jesus delivered himself into evil in order to deliver us from evil, and the Sacrament is heaven's ultimate liberation operation. It is the remission of sins, life, salvation, Christian joy, consolation, endurance and strength. What is prayed here is answered here.
To review then, the natural home of the Lord's Prayer is in connection with the Lord's Supper. This is the way Christians have utilized it from the beginning and these things always go together: the Lord's People, the Lord's Day, the Lord's Prayer and the Lord's Supper, Jesus is that Lord!
1 Timothy 2:1ff First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior … 8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness--with good works.
I propose that we should never read Scripture in the abstract, but always connect it to our ecclesiastical and the liturgical realities. St. Paul is not likely thinking of personal prayer here, or stuffing the page with synonyms. Instead he is instructing Timothy the Deacon about the prayers of the church gathered for worship. He is passing on dominical and apostolic liturgical traditions to be employed in Ephesus, and by extension to all the clergy that would read his letter. Each word he uses has its own special meaning, each its own part in the church's worship.
The first is Supplications. Though there are various interpretations of what each of these words might connote I would suggest that we think of Supplications as the prayers we offer for all that we need to preserve body and soul. God wants his church to remember that he is the source of every good gift and to ask him for everything she needs. As in the General Prayer, the church prays here for "all sorts and conditions of men." Here, whether named or not all people are prayed for well.
Paul next mentions Prayers. I think of this term as referring to the fixed prayers that God's people developed to be offered over and over again. It is from the church's liturgy, and fixed prayers that we learn personal prayer. They are our model and teacher.
Intercessions are the prayers we offer for others. Many times people ask us to pray for them and we promise that we will. But how often do we? While they may be forgotten by us in the midst of life's busy pace, the church remembers, the church intercedes.
Lastly the apostle speaks of Thanksgiving. It is meet, right and salutary that we should at all times and in all place give eucharistia / thanks to God. But in the New Testament, the word "thanksgiving" should always bring the Sacrament to mind. And so Paul's use of thanksgiving here might well refer to the prayers that surround the holy communion, what is known as the Eucharistic Prayer, which has been prayed from earliest Christian times. Indeed, we would do well to think of John 18 as the Lord's own Eucharistic Prayer.
What is the meaning of the feeding miracles found in all four gospels? Are they recorded to teach Christians that Jesus is powerful and compassionate? That he is able to supply all our needs no matter how scant the provisions? Or to teach us to thank God for his good gifts? Yes. Those are all true and salutary lessons to be learned, but they are not the only point.
But the feeding miracles enjoy a commanding presence in Scripture because they teach this fact, that the scattered people of God (Jews and Gentiles alike) are gathered to Christ in and through the Sacrament.
To teach these lessons without featuring the Eucharist is akin to teaching the sacrifice of Isaac without speaking of Calvary, or of Jonah without mentioning the resurrection. It is to see only the surface meaning of the event, but Jesus tells us there is more. He says in Luke 8:10, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand."
The people are told to sit, that is not to labor, but simply to receive. This objective must be regularly reinforced due to the octopus of human pride, namely that in holy communion (as in baptism) we are not doing something for God but that he is doing something for us, in us and to us.
Jesus receives the bread, looks upward, blesses it, gives thanks / Eucharistia then breaks it and gives it. Could it be only coincidence that the sequence here and at the First Divine Liturgy on Holy Thursday is the same? Or was this miracle planned in eternity, performed by Jesus, and recorded at the Spirit's bidding in order to catechize the church for all time regarding the Blessed Sacrament?
And what of the Lord's command in each case to gather up the remains? This, perhaps, is the most important element of all. No one seems to know what to do with this command, and many explanations have been attempted of varying validity.
It has been taken as an admonition for the church not to be wasteful. By others to revere the remaining body and blood, and not to simply dispose of it in thoughtless manner. Still others see here a command to remember the poor. From the beginning the church has directly connected charitable giving to the celebration of the Sacrament. All of these are notable.
But William Weinrich has given what I consider the be the correct explanation of this command. Namely, that the miracle of the loaves and fishes was performed at the time of the Feast of Harvest. That is, the Feast of the Ingathering.
I contend that this is how Lutherans should read Scripture. We marvel at the event (such as the feeding of the 5,000) but we should not stop there. We interpret it in order to obtain not only its theological lesson but its ecclesiastical, sacramental and liturgical force as well.
We could give many more examples, but let these suffice for now.


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The refurbishment process went swimmingly with the re-surfacing of internal tiles and surrounding areas of the resort pool. Nestled amongst the lush gardens, the fresh water pool is now modernised and inviting to guest who are in need of a refreshing swim.
Several of the Cook Islands best-known names in the tourism industry are now united in one hotel company.
Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) welcomes the iconic Little Polynesian Resort into the PRHG family in a transaction that sees the hotel group take a majority equity position and assume management of the Little Polynesian Resort.
A full refurbishment of our Beachfront Villa offers spacious, modern living combined with contemporary styling taking influence from traditional Island designs. The self-contained villa is only steps away from Muri lagoon and is perfect for families or couples seeking the ideal island getaway.
Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa has been awarded with the title of the Cook Island's Best Resort Spa at 2016 World Spa Awards.
The awards season is in full swing and Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) have walked away from two awards ceremonies set in two separate continents as winners.
PRHG is honoured to be among the winners of the esteemed World Travel Awards (WTA) in the 2016 Asia & Australasia regional competition.
Pacific Resort Aitutaki and Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa received the 'Signum Virtutis', the Seal of Excellence.
The weekend's success adds to an already impressive collection of international and local awards won by the Pacific Resort Hotel Group for 2016. Such achievements reflect PRHG's core mission of outstanding product and quality service to ensure unrivaled guest experiences throughout their properties.
Pacific Resort Aitutaki takes home the gold as winner of Best South Pacific Property and Marcus Niszow has received High Commendation for South Pacific General Manager at 2016 HM Awards for Hotel Excellence.
Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) is delighted to announce the inclusion of Little Polynesian Resort into one of the world's most exclusive, independent and finest luxury hotel brands – Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH).
The award-winning Little Polynesian Resort is the newest member of the PRHG portfolio, delivering absolute beachfront serenity and seclusion, the resort offers guests an unsurpassed luxury boutique resort experience.
Pacific Resort Hotel Group will be anticipating a stellar awards year if this first month is any indication of the success to follow.
TripAdvisor have announced their annual TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards and have featured two of Pacific Resort Hotel Group's finest Cook Islands properties; recognising them across numerous categories.
Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) was among approximately 300 other industry leaders invited to attend the red carpet World Travel Awards (WTA) ceremony on December 2nd 2016, Olhuveli Beach & Spa Resort, Maldives.
Among the many nominations for Pacific Resort Hotel Group properties, PRHG's premium five- star villa complex – Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa was yet again recognised as the World's Leading Luxury Island Villas for 2016.
Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) is delighted to announce that Pacific Resort Rarotonga and Pacific Resort Aitutaki have both reached significant landmarks on TripAdvisor. Both hotels this week went over the 1,000 reviews mark which puts both Pacific Resort destinations head and shoulders above their competition when it comes to the number of reviews received each year.
Pacific Resort Rarotonga is consistently a top 5 ranked hotel on TripAdvisor in Rarotonga with almost 90% of reviews within the four and five star category (Excellent and Very good).
Pacific Resort Hotel Group is delighted to announce the 2017 release of their Pacific Pearls VIP Program as part of their continued recognition of the hard work and efforts of frontline travel professionals. The Pacific Pearls VIP Program was designed so Pacific Resort Hotel Group could demonstrate their gratitude for the travel agents who advocate for and maximize bookings at their five award winning properties. Rewards are given to monthly achievers, a supreme annual achiever and many more. Benefits for Pacific Pearl travel agents vary based on room nights booked, monthly achievements and other criteria.
The World Travel Awards identifies and rewards global product excellence within the travel, tourism and hospitality industry each year and are considered the most prestigious and comprehensive award programme in the travel industry. Award recipients are selected by online vote by both travel professionals and consumers.
The addition of Moana Sands Lagoon Resort has resulted in the establishment "Moana Sands Group", which encompasses all three distinctively separate properties under one collective branding. Moana Sands Group properties are part of the Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) Partner Hotel Program, a partnership allowing independent properties to work with PRHG to help maximize profitability by tapping into PRHG's best-practice operating systems, sophisticated distribution methodologies and leading management acumen.
Five-star Pacific Resort Aitutaki and Te Manava Luxury Villa's & Spa have started the New Year by adding an array of new accolades to their extensive profiles. Both luxury boutique properties have been acknowledged as exceptional service providers, placing them within the top 1% of hotels on Trip Advisor, by being crowned Trip Advisor Travellers' Choice Winners for 2018.
Cook Islands tourism industry leaders were celebrated this past weekend at a national awards event held in Rarotonga. In a fantastic start to the awards season, two Pacific Resort Hotel Group properties have walked away with highly regarded Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards.
Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) has announced the appointment of Ani Thompson to the newly created role of Regional General Manager. In addition to continuing in her role as General Resort Manager of Pacific Resort Rarotonga, Ms. Thompson will now support and mentor the respective managers of the 4.5 star Little Polynesian Resort and 5 star Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa.
Established in 2003, PRHG specialises in operating properties of 100 rooms or less in the South Pacific as a professional boutique resort and hotel management company. Our team is dedicated to developing boutique island resort and hotel experiences with a focus on producing positive outcomes for all properties and stakeholders, including the Pacific community within which we operate. Strong leadership and management means our values filter through all levels of the business and our properties pride themselves on being part of a leading brand in boutique resort and hotel management.
"Pacific Resort exists to provide a boutique beach resort experience with a focus on Polynesian culture, architecture and landscaping, with accommodation, amenities and guest services attractive to discerning travellers seeking an authentic Cook Islands' experience, thereby generating capital, developing human resources and caring for the environment to ensure a sustainable future for both Pacific Resort and the Cook Islands.
Success is the product of traditional management values, enhanced by the dynamics of creative-thinking.
One of our fundamental corporate goals is to commit our expertise, experience and service as a hotel provider to ensuring the success of our property owners and employees in providing exceptional experiences for our guests, thus ensuring a thriving future for every enterprise we are involved in.


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/*************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2011 AT&T Intellectual Property
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors: See CVS logs. Details at http://www.graphviz.org/
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			    glMouseButtonType t)
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CENTER PROFILE: Neon infusion
Brannon Boswell | Apr 01, 2001
BEGINNING IN THE 1980s, family-oriented tourists began to invade Las Vegas en masse. To take full advantage of this new demographic, casino owners and developers had to provide entertainment options that didn't include high stakes and hard luck.
The resulting parade of theme-park style developments that blossomed along the Strip spelled bad news for the city's shopworn downtown district. Tourist dollars began streaming to the Strip, bypassing the once-proud Main Street that critics now dubbed a haven for purse snatchers and slot-crazed seniors.
But the climate began to reverse in 1995 with the unveiling of a new reason for tourists to venture downtown - the four-block long Fremont Street Experience. A result of the collaboration between downtown's casino owners, the attraction is a five-story canopy of pulsating lights and Vegas imagery that spans Fremont Street, the city's original main thoroughfare.
Reviving an icon
Though the Experience began drawing 16 million visitors annually, developers were still convinced a piece was missing from downtown. The casinos and Fremont Street attraction were in place, but no dining or soft entertainment components were present. Enter Neonopolis, a 235,000-sq.-ft. entertainment center poised to serve as the gateway to the Experience.
We envision Neonopolis as a place for tourists to hang out after the Fremont Experience show, or as a gathering spot for downtown Vegas' workforce of some 70,000 professionals," says Chardell Steves, who handles leasing for the new center on behalf of locally based developers World Entertainment Centers.
The three-level center, already under construction, will be anchored by a 60,000-sq.-ft., 14-screen cinema complex. Two underground levels of parking ensure the center is conveniently accessible. Neonopolis will sit at the eastern end of the Fremont Street Experience with frontage on Las Vegas Boulevard, on the main line of the city's bus system.
Steves is coordinating a tenant lineup that will include a variety of dining, entertainment and shopping venues, including national chains making their first entrance into the Vegas market. "We're not going high-end," she says.
People are not going to have to think. The retailers will offer impulse-buy items and no-brainer shopping where anyone can find something. Consumers can find big-ticket luxury goods on the Strip. Neonopolis will offer a different experience."
Steves emphasizes that the center is designed to appeal to the local community as much as the tourists. "We want to capture the office workers who are already downtown each day, and create an environment the locals would identify as their own place," she says. "Downtown has an advantage over the Strip when it comes to locals. They've always had an attachment to downtown because it's easily accessible, only three blocks from the freeway system."
Dramatic design
The developer commissioned the Los Angeles office of RTKL to create a plan for Neonopolis that would incorporate all facets of its intended personality. The team decided to emulate Irvine, Calif.'s popular Irvine Spectrum, but in a vertical setting. One hurdle to overcome was the center's sheer bulk.
We didn't want it to look like one building," says Norman Garden, vice president at RTKL. "We broke down the scale and bulk of the building with terraces. We disguised it with overlapping layers of architecture."
The collage of layers makes Neonopolis a dramatic space with a bit of a town feature, where those seeking escape from the hustle of Fremont Street can find an oasis, Garden says.
The cinema anchor is on the center's top level, while the dining and entertainment experiences occupy the second level and retail space makes up the ground level. The center's Las Vegas Boulevard entrance was designed to accommodate bus queues for the influx of patrons from around the city.
The design attitude is terraced and layered back," Garden says. "We used a U-shaped configuration to put the people-oriented uses such as nightclubs with balconies overlooking the barrel vault of the Experience." The result, an interaction between indoors and outdoors that reinforces the role of the Experience as unofficial anchor.
Neonopolis needed to reinforce the rejuvenation of downtown," Garden says. "Designing the center, it was important to incorporate bold and striking colors to give it a 24-hour feel, so it remains vibrant and alive even during the harsh daylight hours. In a daytime setting, color provides a festive, attention-getting approach. At night, signage will bring the project to life."
And progress on the center is moving right along. The development team has established a website at neonopolis.net that monitors the project, including current photos and leasing information. "Profits are up downtown," Steves says. "With Neonopolis opening early next year, the district is in for even more of a revenue boost."
Downtown snapshot
Downtown Las Vegas is situated at the center of a retail trade area that boasts the 10 largest hotels in the United States, 11 of the 13 largest hotels in the world, and a trade area that draws 34 million visitors spending $29 billion dollars annually.
Tourist spending is growing at the rapid rate of 11% per year and, contrary to popular belief, the casinos aren't getting all of the proceeds. Non-gaming tourism generated $22.5 billion in 1999 - more than the tourism revenue generated by New York City and San Francisco combined.
The city as a whole is made up of 1.3 million residents, and that number is expected to climb to 2 million by 2005. More than 8,000 people move to the area each month, possibly attracted by the state's lack of personal income taxes. Las Vegas' median income is $41,875, and the median age is 46.6, with 71% of residents having obtained a college degree.

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Numerous participants have offered glowing reviews of the principles, tools, and horse-facilitated activities that together create an innovative approach to mastering nonverbal awareness, connection, and communication, one that is proving to be remarkably effective in helping people form deep, mutually respectful human-to-human and human-animal relationships.
"What an adventure in heart, body and mind!" echoed Mary Hoisington.
Linda Kohanov is taking this new modality to Europe this summer, where she will lead a one-day seminar on the subject near Paris in June, and a three-day advanced equine-facilitated Sentient Communication workshop for a small group of participants near Toulouse.
A three-day advanced workshop in Toulouse is limited to eight people who will have the opportunity to practice these and other Sentient Communication skills through direct personal one-on-one and small group experiences with horses. "This in-depth experience will be similar to the four-day workshops I have been doing in the United States," Linda says.
link to ticket shop available in English.


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module Merb
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Reparations: Interviews Available
On Saturday (August 17) in Washington, D.C., there will be a march calling for reparations for African Americans. The following commentators are available for interviews:
JOE FEAGIN
Graduate research professor at the University of Florida and author of numerous books on racism in the United States, Feagin said today: "Reparations for the enslavement and later blatant segregation of African Americans are long overdue. During this 350-year period of extreme racial oppression, African Americans saw their labor stolen, lost several trillions of dollars in income and wealth as a result, and also saw their actual lives severely shortened, while most white Americans (including poor immigrants) benefitted greatly in one way or another. For example, some 240 million acres of federal lands were given away under the Homestead Act from the 1860s to the 1930s almost entirely to white homesteading families, whose descendants today number in the several tens of millions of white Americans…."
MARY HOOVER
Chair of the education commission of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America and professor of education at Howard University, Hoover is currently working on a book about reparations and education. She said today: "My family was one of the few which got their 'Forty Acres and a Mule' — land in Florida which my ancestors homesteaded. But the federal government took the land in 1941 to build a military plane facility. Now it's an airport worth over $10 million. While white families were adequately compensated for their land, ours was not. Slavery and racism continue to affect the resources and education people have."
SAM JORDAN
A representative of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and former director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, Jordan said today: "Reparations are a key element in the continued struggle to transform the U.S. into a nation governed by the principles of human rights."
VERNON BELLECOURT
Bellecourt is a director for international affairs for the American Indian Movement and one of the drafters of the manifesto "The Trail Of Broken Treaties: Restitution, Reparations, Restoration of Lands for a Reconstruction of an Indian Future In America." He said today: "American Indians have been victims of the American holocaust. Most recently, billions of dollars have 'disappeared' from Individual Indian Money Accounts held in trust by the U.S. Treasury. While we have been having our land, water, oil and timber stolen, the nation was built up largely by slave labor. We should be joining together to demand justice."
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; David Zupan, (541) 484-9167


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Q: Unable to initialize Boolean array using long value in java? What I am trying to do is initialize Boolean array and size of the array is long value.
public static  List<Integer> primesUpTo(long target) {

         boolean[] nonPrime = new boolean[target];

}

I am getting following Error:
possible loss of precision
         boolean[] nonPrime = new boolean[target];
                                          ^
  required: int
  found:    long

Can someone explain me please why I am unable to initialize Boolean array using long value and also I am unable to increment long value say for : boolean[] nonPrime = new boolean[target+1] also not working.Thanks for advance.

A: This is a language limitation.

Java has been criticized for not supporting arrays of more than 2^31−1 (about 2.1 billion) elements.[17][18][19] This is a limitation of the language; the Java Language Specification, Section 10.4, states that:

Arrays must be indexed by int values... An attempt to access an array component with a long index value results in a compile-time error.[20]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Java#Large_arrays
Answer found here: Do Java arrays have a maximum size?.

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Plastic wristbands are made from a strong, flexible, tear & stretch resistant laminate material offering a comfortable yet lightweight option ideal for extended wear. All plastic wristbands can be adjusted to fit any size of wrist and is secured using a robust single use snap lock closure preventing transfer as the wristband cannot be removed without being cut or breaking the snap preventing reuse.
Our plastic wristbands are available printed or plain in various styles that offer a more durable and secure solution for multi-day events.


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Buda-Császárfürdő állomás (korábban Császárfürdő) a szentendrei HÉV-vonal állomása volt Budapest II. kerületében. 1896-ig, valamint a második világháború végétől 1955-ig – az újpesti vasúti híd átadása előtt, illetve a felrobbantásától a helyreállításáig – az esztergomi vasútvonal személyvonatainak budapesti végállomásaként is szolgált. Az állomás 1972-ben, a HÉV Batthyány térig történő hosszabbításakor szűnt meg. Az állomás üzemi és utasforgalmi helyiségei az Árpád fejedelem útja és a Komjádi Béla utca sarkán lévő lakóépület földszintjén voltak. 1952. december 26-án reggel 26 halálos áldozatot és 59 sérültet követelt két személyvonat ütközése az állomáson.

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Megszűnt budapesti HÉV-állomások
Budapest megszűnt vasútállomásai
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Our beautiful facility at the historic Geneva schoolhouse is available to members and their guests for a donation. Please review our suggested donation details.
We have a large Event & Theater room (pictured left) and three smaller classroom-size rooms all with movable tables and chairs. Our Event & Theater room has beautiful hardwood floors milled from local oak trees blown down by the hurricanes in 2004.
To request usage of the facility, please contact our scheduling coordinator at 407-792-0758. The coordinator will check availability, verify your membership and walk you through the approval process. Once the coordinator confirms availability and membership you will need to fill out the Facility Agreement below. When this is received the scheduling coordinator will contact you to request the donation. This can be done by using the Paypal "Donate" link below or by sending a check to Rural Heritage Center, PO Box 847, Geneva, FL 32732. Your request will not be confirmed until the donation has been received.
This document, herein after known as the Agreement, defines the entire facility use contract between Rural Heritage Member signed below and the Rural Heritage Center (RHC).
Conduct or any prohibited activities so described will void this agreement.
User bears the responsibility of cleaning facility spaces after each day's completion of event. If the facility is in clean and neat condition after your usage, your deposit will be refunded in full. If the facility is found to be dirty or in disarray, part or all of your deposit is subject to forfeit.
A PayPal deposit of $100.00 (One Hundred dollars) will be required. When the space you have used has been inspected for damages and being cleaned then your deposit will be return within 14-day of receipt via PayPal.
Any person or group using any of the RHC facilities for private purposes must be a paid member of the Rural Heritage Center and hereby agrees to hold the RHC completely harmless for any and all injuries to persons or damages to personal property that might occur during this usage.
Payment is in advance and can be made by PayPal. Please complete the form below, and once notified by the RHC office, you can submit payment via the PayPal button below.
Availability: Building and grounds are for the exclusive use of Rural Heritage Center Members and guests. Space will be available on a first come basis.
Equipment and Supplies: Use of equipment and supplies such as tables, chairs, audio visual items and other accessories if required may be made available. In the absence of certain items, agreed to upon signing the Agreement, will be the responsibility of the user.
Care of Facilities: All facilities, toilet rooms, grounds and/or equipment must be left in as good as condition as before event. Failure to do so will prohibit user access in the future and be cause for forfeiture of cleaning deposit.
Hold Harmless: Building users and guests entering into this agreement agree to release and hold harmless Rural Heritage Center and all of its owners, officers, directors, employees, volunteers and agents from any and all liability or claims including death or injury which may occur relating to the use of the RHC facility and grounds.
Security: No security is provided and the RHC is not liable for any loss due to theft or other loss of property of users or attendees.
Special Needs: Items not within the scope of the RHC will be discussed at the signing of the Agreement. Any such additional services will be retained by the user who/which will bear all financial responsibilities for said services.
D. Possession of firearms, knives or other potentially dangerous weapons.
Once your application has been approved, you may make your payment via the PayPal button below.


Once the lease has been signed and all amounts due are paid, we will inspect the house together. We'll see together whether the property is delivered to you as agreed.
We will contact you to make an appointment. Inspections will only be scheduled on weekdays between 9.00 and 17.00.
During the inspection we note defects, comments and issues which the landlord may still need to resolve. In addition, we take the meter readings and we make sure that you are connected to an energy supplier. You then receive a copy of the survey by mail.
You receive the key of the house at the end of the inspection, if all amounts due are paid !
We may periodically contact you to inspect the house. The landlord wants and needs to keep the house in good repair. We will check the state of maintenance and we also check whether the house is used as agreed.
After reception of your written notice we will contact you for a possible preliminary and certain final inspection.
We will contact you to make an appointment, if we think a preliminary inspection is necessary. Inspections will only be scheduled on weekdays between 9.00 and 17.00.
The property must be left in good condition. If you want to offer things to a subsequent tenant to take over, we ask you to mention this in your letter of cancellation, stating the requested purchase price per item.
During the final inspection we check the agreements made. If there is damage during the move, we will charge you the cost of recovery/repair or replacement. We note the meter readings and take back all sets of keys. It is not allowed to issue keys to third parties, neither to the next tenant.
You then get an copy of the inspection form, by e-mail, on which the readings are recorded.


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The Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell. It is one of three journals published on behalf of the Society for Research in Child Development. The editor-in-chief is Ginger A. Moore (Pennsylvania State University). Each issue of Monographs contains a report on one single large-scale study or a group of papers on a common theme, often supplemented with an outside commentary.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 7.2, ranking it 10th out of 61 journals in the category "Psychology, Developmental".

See also
List of psychology journals

References

External links

Child development
Publications established in 1935
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Developmental psychology journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
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What do you know about where to find the best butter tarts in Kingston? Since it's creation in the early 1900s, the beloved butter tart has become the ultimate Canadian desert thanks to it's prefect mix of flaky dough and buttery sweet filling. Of course no one could possibly make them as good as Grandma, Uncle Rick or (insert name of your favourite butter tart maker here), but sometimes you just have to get your fix elsewhere. And that means sourcing butter tarts from one of the many Kingston bakeries and cafes who are serving them up.
Kingston's appetite for butter tarts has been going strong for quite some time. For me, the evidence of that can be found at various Farmer's Markets in the city, on the counters of cafes and bakeries, and on the dessert menu of casual and even fine dining establishments. There are truly so many places that serve butter tarts in this city, that some might think Kingston has some sort of claim to making the first butter tart. As ubiquitous as the butter tart is in Kingston, it's hardly a case of bakers cashing in on a trend. Since so many of us grew up on these beauties, it makes sense that we can find them in so many places throughout the city.
How do you like your butter tarts? Super gooey, or a bit more firm? What is your official stance on ingredients such as pecans and raisins, which purists might scoff at as blasphemous additions to an otherwise perfect dessert? Better yet, tell us about your go-to spot for the best butter tarts in Kingston.
Photo credit to Elise Thompson.


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Seger eclipsed the breakthrough success of Night Moves with this #4 LP in '78, one of the definitive rock 'n' roll records of it's era. Old Time Rock & Roll (a hit in '79 and again in '83, thanks to Risky Business) joins three other Seger essentials: The big hits Still the Same; Hollywood Nights, and We've Got Tonight !
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Artist: Bob Seger
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5. Feel Like a Number
6. Ain't Got No Money
7. We've Got Tonight
8. Brave Strangers
9. Famous Final Scene, The
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Book - Piano Pieces For Young Children written by Amy Appleby a great book of music. The author is Amy Appleby and it was published around September of 2000 by Music Sales America. The book is concerning Piano music and is viewed as outstanding simplified editions. The children's book is 146 pages long and it is stuffed with pieces of music.
Book - You have got to get a copy of Premier Piano Course Lesson 2A (alfred's Premier Piano Course) a remarkable book written by E. L. Lancaster. Written by E. L. Lancaster and the publisher is Alfred Music. It was available sometime in December of 2005. The child's book has 48 pages. It's dimensions are 0.13" Height x 11.82" Length x 8.78" Width and has a weight of 0.45 lbs.
Book - The children's book is 192 pages long. It's dimensions are 0.5" Height x 11.82" Length x 9" Width and it weighs somewhere around 1.37 lbs.
Book - Your kids will love Piano Pieces For Children from the publisher Amsco Music Publishing Co. Inc. The child's book is 191 pages long. The book dimensions are 11.85" Height x 9.02" Length x 0.55" Width and weighs approximately 1.38 lbs.
Book - The author is James Bastien and it is published by General Words & Music. This book went on sale on the 10th of April, 1968. The child's book has 72 pages.
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