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Celtics return to Glory– the 2008 NBA Champs
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Ben Witherington
Basketball is a North Carolina obsession. It is the other religion in North Carolina. If you don’t believe me, consider the license plate pictured on the left here.Basketball is a game played by the greatest athletes in all of team sports. You won’t see any John Daly’s or Prince Fielder’s or Jumbo Elliot’s playing basketball,…
More Scenes from Beautiful Iznik (Nicea)
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Ben Witherington
In this post I am simply trying to give you a feel for the modern city of Iznik (population 20,000). The major industry here today is not tourism, as one might expect, since Iznik is off the beaten path. If you look carefully at the map here, and look at the left side near the…
Holy Blogging Batman!
By
Ben Witherington
This cartoon appeared in a Turkish newpaper….enjoy.
Historic Nicea (Iznik)
By
Ben Witherington
Nestled in the hills which surround Iznik lake is the beautiful small town (about 22,000) of Iznik. The unassuming tourist might well mistake it for just another little Turkish town, but in fact it is a city of great historical importance to the Christian faith, and also to the development of high art in the…
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