Array My friends and I travelled around the country by local bus which was very inexpensive and that was a good thing, but as we found out the roads were treacherous, and the buses extremely smoky. Another kind of funny thing I remember: at one of the bus stops along the way a young boy came on board with lemonade. He cut up the lemons on the counter, used water from the grungy sink, and then he used his grubby little fingers to stir the whole mess up! Swimming in this water is akin to dunking oneself in hot Perrier water! When we were there, there were only two hotels and the one we stayed at was quite simple but luxurious in that by opening up the back door to the room, we actually stepped out into the spring water baths. (click to enlarge)Leaving Pamukkale, we took an overnight train back to Istanbul which I would highly recommend.
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Can you tell I was stoked about an EASY WEEK!?Total Run: 21.5 miles / 4 timesTotal Bike: 35miles / 2 timesTotal Swim: 1500 meters / 1 timeTotal Gym: 1 timeDays Off: 3- a record!This was the last of three 4-week cycles of Base Phase in which my goals were to work on my physical strength, mental focus, and skills, as well as add mileage.
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If there was any more light, it became impossible to see the garage clearly.By the way, spring, such as it is here in Manitoba, is slowly, very slowly, making its’ annual appearance.
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By the time you read this, I figure it will be at least 10 years from now, and you will know the answers to so many questions I wonder about- who became president in 2008? I want you to know that, no matter what happens, your family will be there for you, ready to love you without hesitation.That doesn’t, of course, mean we will always approve of everything you decide to do. Earlier, I was listening to a Civil War scholar, Dr. Gary Gallagher, answer questions about the Civil War on CSPAN radio. That’s part of the reason I haven’t been to Gettysburg, among other local places-because I don’t want to drag Aunt Debbie and Rick somewhere they don’t want to go.One of the big debates we have these days is when a baby, like you, becomes a person. I don’t know the answer to that one, that’s for sure. No one will ever know, of course, because by the time any communication can occur, a baby can’t remember anything.
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The Camden scenario, for example, requires 7 guns in total (at 1:10 scale), Cowpens requires just 1 gun for the British, Hobkirk’s Hill 3 in total and Guilford Courthouse 2 for each side. The scenarios variously call for 3-pounders, 6-pounders, 12-pounders and howitzers, so if you want to have exactly the right type of gun on the table you are going to need lots of spares (also, the woodwork on British guns was usually painted a blue-grey colour, whilst that on American guns were natural wood, apart from captured artillery). Luckily, Front Rank sell individual cannon in their 18th century equipment range, but beware: these guns are huge when compared to those from the Foundry and Perry ranges. But these are their 6-pounder guns, not the 12-pounders, which are almost as large as the 24-pounder siege gun in the Foundry range! The crews are Foundry, guns Front Rank and Cleaveland and his aides are from the Old Glory Dismounted General Staff pack.
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I am finding these Work In Progress Wednesday posts a bit scarey at the moment as they seem to be just zooming past so fast! I was preparing this post last night when Daz suprized me with a plate of antipasta nibblies and a bottle of champers for tea. Well I haven’t planned that too well as on two sides I need 3 rows to do that, on the other sides I will need 4 rows.
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(A sermon preached April 1, 2007.)John 12:12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion;behold, your king is coming,sitting on a donkey’s colt!”16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. Who killed Jesus? Was it the Jews? Was it calculating Pilate? Was it treacherous Judas? Who killed Jesus? Who handed Jesus over to be crucified? A casual reader of the gospels might point the finger at any number of folks. And, for once, conspiracy theory buffs are right. A whole web of malevolent men conspired to nail Jesus to the cross. But who is ultimately responsible for handing Jesus over to death? Who delivered him up to the cross? His Father did. This Jesus was delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God (Acts 2:23). [God] did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. God handed his own Son over to death (Romans 8:32).Here’s a hard truth. But clear. Some of the clearest biblical truths are the most difficult to embrace. No reader of scripture, believer or unbeliever, can deny them. One of these truths is God’s sovereignty. God’s sovereignty is affirmed on every page of scripture, and we Christians firmly believe in God’s sovereignty – until, that is, the doctor tells us we have cancer – the boss tells us we’re terminated – the husband says he’s found someone else and is moving out. Then, we discover, our commitment to the doctrine of divine sovereignty wavers. Our commitment to the doctrine of divine sovereignty may be assaulted, but its truth nevertheless stands. There are no accidents in God’s universe. No tragedy occurs because his world spins out of control. That includes Jesus entry into Jerusalem, and – within a week – his violent death as a criminal, crucified on a bloody hillside with the foreboding name, Golgotha, the place of a skull (John 19:17). Few scripture truths present a more compelling testimony to God’s sovereignty than the triumphal entry on the first Palm Sunday, for the shadow of the cross looms large over it. Let’s recount the events of that day.It’s Passover in Jerusalem. Passover is one of Judaism’s great feasts. At Passover, God’s people celebrate the deliverance of the children of Israel from bondage to Pharaoh in Egypt. The city fills with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each year. On this Passover, excitement is in the air, for we are told the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem (John 12:12).In many churches today, the children of the church innocently wave palm branches. The children look so cute. But there is nothing cute or innocent about the waving of the palm branches in John’s gospel. It is an act of political defiance, and with the armies of Rome readying to obliterate any rebels, more than a little dangerous. In Jesus’ day, palm branches were symbols of independence, pride, and national unity. They were waved during the struggle for liberation from Syria, first, and, now, in the quest for liberation from Rome. Waving palms, then, was an act of recalcitrance. “We want our freedom from tyranny. We want it now.”And this crowd has every reason to be excited. Thousands had witnessed and many more thousands had heard of the miracles of Jesus. The latest of those miracles was the raising of Lazarus in nearby Bethany only a few days earlier. Surely, the end of the age has come. The messianic liberator has arrived. [D.A. Carson, The Gospel According to John (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991), p.432]. Jesus, the military hero, enters Jerusalem to overthrow Rome’s tyranny and usher in the messianic kingdom.The crowds’ excitement reaches fever pitch. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!link
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