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Hard to BelieveTHE HIGH COST AND INFINITE VALUE OF FOLLOWING JESUS
By John MacArthur
Nelson BooksCopyright © 2007 John MacArthur
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Chapter OneTastes Great, Less Filling
The first role of successful merchandising is to give consumers what they want. If they want bigger burgers, make their burgers bigger. Designer bottled water in six fruit flavors? Done. Minivans with ten cup holders? Give them twenty. You've got to keep the customer satisfied. You've got to modify your product and your message to meet their needs if you want to build a market and get ahead of the competition.
Today this same consumer mind-set has invaded Christianity. The church service is too long, you say? We'll shorten it (one pastor guarantees his sermons will never last more than seven minutes!). Too formal? Wear your sweatsuit. Too boring? Wait'll you hear our band!
And if the message is too confrontational, or too judgmental, or too exclusive, scary, unbelievable, hard to understand, or too much anything else for your taste, churches everywhere are eager to adjust that message to make you more comfortable. This new version of Christianity makes you a partner on the team, a design consultant on church life, and does away with old-fashioned authority, guilt trips, accountability, and moral absolutes.
One suburban church sent out a mailer recently, promising an "informal, relaxed, casual atmosphere," "great music from our band," and that those who come will, "believe it or not, even have fun." That's all great if you're a coffeehouse. But anyone who claims to be calling people to the gospel of Jesus with those as his priorities is calling them to a lie.
It's Christianity for consumers: Christianity Lite, the redirection, watering down, and misinterpretation of the biblical gospel in an attempt to make it more palatable and popular. It tastes great going down and settles light. It seems to salve your feelings and scratch your itch; it's custom-tailored to your preferences. But that lightness will never fill you up with the true, saving gospel of Jesus Christ, because it is designed by man and not God, and it is hollow and worthless. In fact, it's worse than worthless, because people who hear the message of Christianity Lite think they're hearing the gospel-think they're being rescued from eternal judgment-when, in fact, they're being tragically misled.
The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment. And that puts it in opposition to the contemporary evangelical gospel, where ministers view Jesus as a utilitarian genie. You rub the lamp, and He jumps out and says you have whatever you want; you give Him your list and He delivers.
Defending the true gospel has put me in pretty serious opposition to folks who don't want to take the Bible seriously. I always say that the people I pastor at Grace Church must have a heart to submit to the Word of God, because that's the message they're going to get, unadorned and unadulterated, every time they walk through the door. If they're not willing to face the hard truth of conviction over their sins, the hard disturbing reality of self-denial, and the hard demands of following Christ, they're not going to hang around very long.
Some within the framework of evangelicalism will tell you Jesus just wants you well, and if you're not well, it's because you haven't turned in your spiritual lottery ticket. If you're not rich, it's because you haven't claimed it. Jesus wants you free from debt, and if you send the televangelists enough money, that act of faith will free you from the demon of debt. Your salvation through Christ is a guarantee of health, wealth, prosperity, and happiness.
The psychologically man-centered evangelicals tell you that Jesus gives you peace, Jesus gives you joy, Jesus makes you a better salesman, and Jesus helps you hit more home runs. Jesus really wants to make you feel better about yourself. He wants to elevate your self-image. He wants to put an end to your negative thinking.
It's interesting how this trend has come into the church. I've been around long enough to have seen it arrive. It blossomed, I think, most pointedly through the effort of the ever present small screen religious personality Robert Schuller and a book he wrote a number of years ago called Self-Esteem: The New Reformation. I reviewed that book for a national magazine. I thought Schuller's view was a turning point, literally, as the title says, an attempt to promote a new reformation. It was an effort to replace the biblical gospel with a new gospel. And it worked.
In that book, Robert Schuller attacked the Protestant Reformation. Calling for a new reformation he wrote: "It is precisely at this point that classical theology has erred in its insistence that theology be 'God-centered' and not 'man-centered.'" So, according to Schuller, the first thing we have to do is put an end to classical, God-centered theology and replace it with man-centered theology.
To define man-centered theology (an oxymoron), he wrote further, "This master plan of God is designed around the deepest needs of human beings-self-dignity, self-respect, self-worth, self-esteem." For Schuller, the pearl of great price is self-respect and self-esteem. He went on to say, "Success is to be defined as the gift of self-esteem that God gives us as a reward for our sacrificial service in building self-esteem in others. Win or lose: If we follow God's plan as faithfully as we can, we will feel good about ourselves. That is success!"
Pardon me if I don't join. I can't think of a plan with which I'd less like to associate.
In this new reformation of self-esteem, the first thing required is to pull God down from His supremely elevated place so you can then lift yourself up, replacing God-exalting theology with man-exalting self-esteem psychology. To pull this off requires altering and misinterpreting the Bible and the gospel for the grand purpose of making people feel better about themselves, so they can fulfill their dreams and realize their visions.
Maybe the most amazing statement in Self-Esteem: The New Reformation is the following: "Once a person believes he is an 'unworthy sinner,' it is doubtful if he can really honestly accept the saving grace God offers in Jesus Christ." So, if you want to be saved, according to this new gospel you cannot believe yourself to be an unworthy sinner. How twisted is that? How contrary to the truth is that? But it is just the sort of man-centered, self-esteem gospel that eventually became the seeker-friendly movement, which has hijacked so many churches. It's a kind of quasi-Christian narcissism, or self-love, that is characteristic of false teachers: according to 2 Timothy 3, which reminds us, "Dangerous times will come, for men will be lovers of themselves" (see 2 Tim. 3:1-2).
Christianity, in the hands of some seeker-sensitive church leaders, has become a "get what you want" rather than a "give up everything" movement. These leaders have prostituted the divine intention of the gospel. They have replaced the glory of God with the satisfaction of man. They have traded the concept of abandoning our lives to the honor of Christ for Christ honoring us. As such, our submission to His will is replaced by His submission to our will. Since people usually reject the real gospel, modern evangelicals have simply changed the message.
A saint of many centuries ago got it right with this prayer:
Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess everything, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive. Let me find thy light in my darkness, thy joy in my sorrow, thy grace in my sin, thy riches in my poverty, thy glory in my valley, thy life in my death.
"Thy life in my death"? That's the true gospel. Jesus said it unmistakably and inescapably, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it" (Matt. 16:24-25). It's not about exalting me, it's about slaying me. It's the death of self. You win by losing; you live by dying. And that is the heart message of the gospel. That is the essence of discipleship.
The passage mentions nothing about improving your self-esteem, being rich and successful, feeling good about yourself, or having your felt needs met, which is what so many churches are preaching these days in order to sugarcoat the truth.
So who's right? Is the message of Christianity self-fulfillment, or is it self-denial? It can't be both. If it's just a matter of opinion, I'll do my thing and you do yours, and we'll both cruise contentedly along in separate directions. But Christianity, the genuine gospel of Jesus Christ, is not a matter of opinion. It is a matter of truth. What you want, or I want, or anybody else wants, makes no difference whatsoever. It is what it is-by God's sovereign will.
I have no idea how the fans of Christianity Lite reconcile their approach to religion with the teachings of Jesus, or how they become comfortable ignoring what He said. But the only acceptable approach-for me and you-is to take our Lord at His word in the single source of truth for every authentic Christian: the word of God revealed in the Bible. So let's go there.
Luke 9 cuts to the core of the question of what Christianity is all about. Here, Jesus was with his disciples shortly after miraculously feeding a crowd of five thousand, who had come to hear him speak, with one modest basket of loaves and fishes. In Luke 9:23-26 we read:
Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels."
It's pretty simple. Anyone who wants to come after Jesus into the kingdom of God-anyone who wants to be a Christian-has to face three commands: 1) deny himself, 2) take up his cross daily, and 3) follow Him. These words are hard to believe. They're not consumer-friendly or seeker-sensitive. Christianity Lite is nowhere to be found. But this is not an obscure passage, or something different from other teachings of Jesus. These are principles that He taught consistently and repeatedly throughout His ministry, over and over again in all different settings.
This is not news. When Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation in 1517 by posting his Ninety-five Theses on the door at Wittenberg, he affirmed in the fourth thesis that salvation required self-hate. He wrote that "self-hate remains right up to entrance into the kingdom of heaven." The original Greek word for "deny" means "to refuse to associate with." The thought is that if you want to be Christ's disciple, and receive forgiveness and eternal life, you must refuse to associate any longer with the person you are! You are sick of your sinful self and want nothing to do with you anymore. And it may mean not just you, but your family.
In Matthew 10:32, Jesus talked about confessing Him as Lord and Savior: "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven." And then in verses 34-36: "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.'"
It's not a friendly invitation; it's a warning: If you come to Christ, it may make your family worse, not better. It may send a rift into your family, the likes of which you have never experienced before. If you give your life to Jesus Christ, there will be an impassable gulf between you and people who don't give their lives to Him. In fact, as the New Age Hindu mystic Deepak Chopra said to me on CNN Television: "You and I are in two different universes." I replied that he was exactly right. And that is not just true for strangers but also for family members, creating a severe breach in those most intimate of all relationships.
Verse 37 adds, "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me." If you're not willing to pay the price of a permanent split in your family unless your loved ones come to Christ-if you're not willing to pay the price of greater trauma, greater conflict, greater suffering in your family-then you're not worthy to be Jesus' disciple.
Verse 38: "And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me." Wait a minute. In Jesus' time, people associated a cross with one thing and one thing alone: a cross was an instrument of death. He was saying that if you're not willing to have conflict with the world to the degree that it could cost you your life, then you're not worthy of Him.
Verse 39: "He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it." This is an echo of Luke 9. It's about losing your life. It's not a man-centered theology, it's a Christ-centered theology that says, "I give everything to Christ, no matter what it costs me, even if it costs me my life."
This is a bedrock truth of Christianity that the Bible confirms repeatedly. Jesus said the same thing in many different ways. He said it in the familiar story of the rich young ruler. In Mark 10:17 the young synagogue leader ran up to Jesus, knelt before Him, and asked, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"
What a setup for personal evangelism! Jesus could have said, "Pray this prayer" or "Make a decision to accept Me!" He didn't. Instead He confronted the young man with the reality of sin to reveal whether or not he was convicted of his wickedness and penitent over his iniquities. Jesus offered several of the Ten Commandments as examples of the law of God the young man had broken.
Rejecting any thought of sinfulness and repentance, the young man bragged about having obeyed the Ten Commandments all his life. He thought he was a perfect candidate for eternal life. But he got a response he didn't expect. In verse 21, Jesus said, "Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me." Jesus exposed his self-righteousness and then uncovered his love for money. The young ruler wanted Jesus to show him how to have eternal life. But Jesus told him that the price was giving up his illusion of self-righteousness, recognizing himself rather as an unworthy, wretched sinner. And he needed to be willing to submit to the Lord Jesus, even if it meant he had to give up all his earthly possessions. He might not ask, but the requirement for eternal life is the willingness to give it all up if He does.
The young man wouldn't do either-admit his sin or deny himself. As verse 22 tells us, "But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." He decided he'd rather hold onto the deception of self-righteousness, and have his money and possessions, than have Jesus. He had no interest in self-denial, self-sacrifice, or submission. Therefore he was unworthy to be Jesus' disciple, and he himself shut the door to the kingdom of salvation.
We all know someone like the rich young ruler-cocky, self-assured, impressed with his own goodness-who sees Christian salvation as one more goal he can achieve through performance, skill, money, and influence. The Bible tells us that's not how it works. The goal is the unfamiliar one of sorrowfully acknowledging sin, of submission and sacrifice. If we're not willing to separate from our families, separate from the world, separate from the material things that we possess, then Jesus isn't that valuable to us. It's an all-or-nothing proposition.
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Ukraine to investigate whether devastating 1932-33 Soviet-era famine wasBreaking News
The 1932-33 famine was engineered by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to force peasants to give up their private plots of land and join collective farms.
Ukraine, which has rich farmland, suffered the most of all Soviet regions and President Viktor Yushchenko has led efforts to win international recognition of the tragedy as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian nation.
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John D. Beatty - 7/16/2008
Are we going to haul out the bones of the Soviet leaders and try them in the Hauge?
To what end, other than finger-pointing and self-righteous speeches? Hasn't the Ukrainian government got better things to do?
William Mandel - 7/14/2008
The Ukrainian famine was a consequence of the refusal of its peasants to sell their marketable grain at a price the government could afford to pay, at a time when it was beginning industrialization of the Soviet Union, hitherto an overwhelmingly agricultural country.
I lived in Moscow for the year starting in the summer of 1931. The government was selling abroad everything it could, primarily lumber and manganese, in order to purchase the machine tools needed to lift the country into the 20th century by its own bootstraps.
Food in Moscow was rationed, even to those foreigners, including my father, who had been invited to help get industry rolling. (Dad was a civil engineer.)My 11-year-old brother became anemic because he would not eat food he didn't like. I got by because I'll eat anything edible, and mother made good the shortage of proteins by making me sandwiches of black caviar, which Dad's pay partially in hard currency made affordable.
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A NEWMAN Government MP has addressed thousands of stoners and supporters at the annual pro-cannabis Mardis Grass rally in Nimbin.
Nudgee MP Jason Woodforth joined the crowd at the three-day festival which included "Joint Rolling Heats", a workshop titled "Make Your Own Hash" and a "Smoke In".
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Organisers told protesters to make sure they didn't "blow smoke in the face of police".
Mr Woodforth spoke to the crowd about the medical benefits of marijuana and listened to the pro-recreational smoking arguments.
"I am very anti-smoking, but at the same time, how can I have a beer which is a drug and not support their right to have a joint?,'' he said.
"As politicians we need to have a balanced mind. I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it.
"Why do I have the right to have a beer? They are both drugs, they both have consequences.''
Mr Woodforth has been a crusader for the push to legalise marijuana for medicinal purposes.
"Let's explore the medicinal side for pain management and epilepsy and look at the results," he said.
"If we legalised cannabis every epileptic would use it, they deserve that right.''
Mr Woodforth said industrial uses for cannabis also needed to be looked at.
"Henry Ford built a car using it, sometimes we forget history," he said.
LNP hierarchy is expected to push for him to be disendorsed at the next election.
Last week the Australian Crime Commission's Illicit Drug Data Report named Queensland as the "Cannabis Capital'' of Australia. More than 800kg of cannabis was seized in the state last year.Originally published as Is he the biggest dope in politics?
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AFTER SPENDING up to 20 months behind barbed wire in a squalid detention camp, more than 300 Haitian refugees are now free in the United States, thanks in large part to a group of physicians who spoke out against the US government's incarceration of men, women, and children for "the crime of being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]."
At various times this year, more than a dozen physicians traveled to Camp Bulkley, the Haitian refugee detention camp at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to assess the refugees' plight, counsel them, and advocate improved conditions in the camp. The human rights project was headed by Douglas Shenson, MD, MPH, a board member of Doctors of the World, the New York, NY-based international medical relief organization affiliated with Médecins du Monde (JAMA. 1993;269:2481-2484).
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What pair of headphones do you regret selling the most? - Page 3
Head-Fi's Best Sellers
- "Best headphones short of top end stats. IMO""Outstanding sound at a price that is very attractive in the realm of high end headphones"
- "Smooth Presentation, a linear, stout sound at louder volumes. ""Sensational Excursion Factor , Exquisite Bass Extension , Almost perfect Mid-Range , Classic HE-60/90 Design , Potential Upper Treble Extension "
- "Good Sound Quality, Durable, Small, Decent Battery""Great performance/price ratio; multifunctional; large number of audio input options"
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They sound wonderful, and they are georgeous.
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D66SL eggos were unique, fun, and discontinued
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Sony MDR-CD1700.
Thought I could have better sound quality, but forgot how important comfort is.
And I do miss their comfortable earpads...
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I had too many pairs of headphones at the time and needed the money. I think they lost out to another pair of headphones I had, but I'm not sure.
I believe the main reason was because I had the DT-990 at the time and they were easier to drive and more comfortable.
A few years later I bought the AKG 702 and they had a poor fit for me and the treble bothered me. I never had any of these issues with the AKG 701 somehow.
I compared my 702 side by side with the HD-600 and the AKG 702 lost out due to vocal quality and accuracy with specific instruments. You really can't compare these since I find them so different.
I sometimes feel the HD-600 is a bit too laid back at times, but still love it. It's level of detail never impressed me, but it's good for listening to for long periods of time.
The main reason I regret selling them is now they seem WAY more expensive!
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I haven't sold too many headphones in my day but I was just very interested in the responses. Very insightful as things clarify over time.
This thread is fascinating for someone still pretty new to all this, like me. Myself, I don't like selling anything, ever. Even if I need the cash and it's something I barely/never use.
Once it's mine, it's mine dammit. Nobody else gettin' their sweaty paws on my stuff. *shifty eyes*
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- The new-manufacture HE90 through Meier.
- Because I sold it, and later overpaid for a HE/V90. Given that the HEV90 is not exactly the world's greatest ES amp I was, from a functional aspect, better off keeping the setup I had then...
... ah who am I kidding, I'd have eventually found an excuse to buy a whole Orpheus anyway.
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Soulsyde, I think he's just saying that it's interesting for new members to see what people who have been here longer regret selling. It gives them some insight. I don't think he was trying to say you were new.
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Yeah, I wasn't implying that anyone was a noob except myself Just noting that it's helpful to be able to see what people truly valued down the line, not sitting myself on a wealth of experience.
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Indeed it was an ouch but something good came of it in the end: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/431581/the-single-power-es-1-2-repair-and-restoration-thread
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I miss my RS1i sometimes. Fun little headphones.
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My Smeggy made amboyna burl Thunderpants... these were absolutely the perfect cans. they are currently being hailed as very close rivals or equals to the audeze lcd-2 in many circles here if that tells you anything.
i sold them so i could get the JH3A which comes out late fall. Im confident about my decision to spring for the jh3a, but boy were these sweet! and in the interim, i am being reminded just how crappy my lesser headphones sound.. (sennheiser px100, and klipsch s4)
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I have never sold off a headphone. I have nothing to regret.
Well, actually I do. I regret buying a Sony MDR-V6 as my first "good" headphone back in the early 80s. If only I'd known to buy one of the classic orthos of the period I'd have been set and still listening to them now rather than looking at my V6 and wishing they'd somehow get run over by a steamroller. I'd sell off my V6 but I can't do it in good conscience.
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This is the second installment in the The Dictators series by The Irrawaddy that delves into the lives and careers of Burma's two most infamous military chiefs and the cohorts that surrounded them.
On what was probably a rainy day in July 1953, Second Lieutenant Than Shwe began serving in the Light Infantry Division No. 1. He traveled to Karen and Shan states and fought against ethnic insurgents, and while several officers confirmed that Than Shwe was a battle-shy officer, over the next five years he managed to rise to the rank of captain.
Then in February 1958, Than Shwe received an order to come to Rangoon, where his new assignment was to study at the Psychological Warfare Department with Saw Oo and Chit Hlaing as his new bosses.
Meanwhile, while attending their annual meeting in Meikhtila in 1956, the Burmese army's commanding officers learned that Ne Win had a plan to set up a new government and it was just a matter of time before a coup occurred.
Ne Win didn't believe in either socialism or Buddhism, but he wanted to have a political ideology and doctrine to lead and steer the country once he took over state power. He relied heavily on Ba Than, Saw Oo and Chit Hlaing to develop military doctrine and socialist ideology, and he and his trusted colleagues believed that socialism was the best ideology to introduce to the country.
Ne Win told Saw Oo and Chit Hlaing, however, that he didn't want to repeat the blunder of Burmese communists who blindly copied Marxist ideology and followed it dogmatically. He also didn't want to follow former Prime Minister U Nu, who wanted to introduce Buddhism as the country's official religion.
But since most of the Burmese people were Buddhist, he wanted to make sure Buddhist philosophy would be included in the new political ideology. So Ne Win requested that Chit Hlaing and Saw Oo prepare a socialist ideology that incorporated Buddhist tenets and could be adapted to Burmese culture and society. The eventual result was the middle path introduced by Saw Oo in the "Burmese Way to Socialism."
The young Capt Than Shwe reportedly got along well with Saw Oo and was soon sent to Mandalay to become head of the division-level Psychological Warfare Department. Burma then had two commands: north and south. In 1959, Ne Win's protégé Col San Yu became commander of the Northern Command where Than Shwe was posted, and Chit Hlaing recalled that Than Shwe served under San Yu and had direct communication with his boss.
In March 1962, General Ne Win followed through with his earlier plan and overthrew U Nu's government in a military coup. Then in July, Ne Win's Revolutionary Council announced the formation of the BSPP, whose members were none other than Ne Win and his loyal army officers.
The following year, San Yu sent Than Shwe back to the newly opened Central School of Political Science, which in 1971 was upgraded to become an institute, in Mingaladon, a suburb of Rangoon. And in December 1963, Than Shwe reported back to his former bosses Saw Oo and Chit Hlaing, who were now posted at the school.
Than Shwe was named chief of the Political History Department, and his duty was to teach new cadres political history and the "Burmese Way to Socialism." At the time, the doctrine was known as Nama-Rupa—nāma refers to the psychological elements of a human being and rūpa refers to the physical. The Buddhist nāma and rūpa are mutually dependent and not separable: as nāmarūpa, they designate an individual being.
Than Shwe taught classes every morning, and Chit Hlaing observed that the young captain had not changed much from his OTS days—his students sometimes found it quite awkward to have a conversation with him. But despite the fact that Than Shwe rarely voiced his political inclinations, Chit Hlaing believed he was pragmatic, patriotic and a faithful follower of the "Burmese Way to Socialism."
Than Shwe normally refrained from rocking the boat, but he voiced a desire to go back to the infantry division where he would have a better opportunity for rapid promotion to a powerful position. His wish was fulfilled in January 1969, when he became a major and was assigned to the 77th Light Infantry Division in Karen State. As part of his new assignment, Than Shwe traveled to the Irrawaddy Delta, Pegu Yoma, Karen State and Mon State.
In Mon State, Than Shwe met his beloved wife Kyaing Kyaing and instantly fell in love. She was the second youngest of 11 siblings; her father Kyuu Tin was pure Chinese and her mother Daw Bwa May was Pa-O. Bwa May didn't know the young officer, but after using her sources in the War Office to check his background, she gave the green light for Than Shwe to marry her daughter.
In December 1969, Than Shwe was summoned back to Rangoon to work in the War Office, where he was promoted to major at level G2 and given responsibility for managing operations in the Irrawaddy Delta and Arakan State. At that time, the military launched the Shwe Linn Yone, or "Golden Eagle Operation," to flush out insurgents in the delta and cut the rebel link between the delta and Arakan State.
Than Shwe and the other G2 officers in the War Office had more mundane, but still intriguing, responsibilities at the time as well. The mild-mannered San Yu was hard working but paranoid, and wanted the G2 officers to read letters coming from the frontline and military families and keep watch for poisoned mail. San Yu sometimes instructed the officers to investigate suspicious letters, even sending them to army battalions and frontline zones to do so.
In the 1970s, although Ne Win still enjoyed strong backing in the armed forces, his popularity plummeted among the public and there was unrest on the streets of Rangoon between 1974 and 1976, first due to labor disputes and then triggered by the death of U Thant, the retired Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Ne Win and U Thant lived in different worlds—Ne Win was a college dropout and army hero who launched a military coup; the respected diplomat was once a teacher and served under former Prime Minister U Nu, who Ne Win removed. One time when U Thant returned home from his New York office, Ne Win refused to meet him, and when Gen Tin Oo met U Thant and instantly admired him, Ne Win was reportedly furious.
When U Thant died in New York in 1974 and his body was flown back to Burma to be buried, Ne Win refused to hold a state funeral for him. There were even hints by government authorities that it was illegal to bring the body back to Burma and the government might take action against the family members of U Thant if they attempted to do so. Finally, however, the government agreed to bury U Thant in a private cemetery.
Students were upset and took U Thant's coffin to Rangoon University. In an event that quickly became an anti-government gathering, they demanded he be honored in a dignified manner. Finally, the government agreed to build a mausoleum at the foot of Shwedagon Pagoda, where several prominent leaders, including Aung Sanand his slain cabinet members, were buried.
But a radical student faction refused this gesture and decided to bury U Thant's body on campus at the site of the demolished student union building. But more turmoil was just around the corner.
I thought Than Shwe married his friend's wife. Him and his friend were fighting in the front line and his friend got killed.
If this is not a book already, it should be – but you need to footnote every single sentence as to where you got the information.
This is U Chit Hlaing (Ko Ko Maung) right? UCH occasionally taught us French Grammar at Alliance Francaise in Rangoon, including on 7th July 1972, the day of the shooting.
He almost had a nervous breakdown on the podium. "They're going to shoot, they're going to shoot." We students all went home – only next day I found out what had happened.
The memorable class is described in my upcoming novel Wolf.
If you got the info. from UCH, he is hardly an unbiased witness.
You don't want to be accused of whitewashing the story, do you.
Ever read – The Burmese Way to Socialism? Find it understandable – also would you say Burma post 1962 was good to Buddhist (monks) and others –
If it's a history you need all points of view.
Look at Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States – which is all from the workers'/slaves' point of view, but he draws on many sources and documents everything – things like letters etc.
You could make this your magnum opus or in lieu of a Ph.D. Dissertation, but you need to flesh it out and deepen it with many different sources and points of view.
Ian Holliday, Burma Redux is also good — but in my opinion veers between Burma vs Myanmar without showing a clear argument for one vs the other.
This is a good start about the d. dictators, but to be multidimensional it needs more (work) – you can retain the journalistic, accessible style, but you must cite sources. I know you told me once you are not an academic, but in this case academic methods like citation will be your best friend.
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I don't really understand what you are driving at. Are you saying that one needs to have a Ph.D. (preferably from a US University) to be able to report on Burma's recent history? I grew up in Burma during the 50's and the 60's and I am aware of most of these things that Ko Aung Zaw is "reporting" in these articles but it is good for the younger generation to know (or to be reminded) this aspect of Burmese history (rise of the dictators). Ko Aung Zaw is already an established journalist and I don't think he is trying to write a "comprehensive Ph.D. thesis" here or even trying to "pad up" his resume (I know that a lot of Burmese political dissidents in the West end up using their half-baked and biased knowledge of Burmese history to get funding or even Ph.D's about topics related to Burmese history or politics). Burmese history should be written with the blood of the people who have suffered in that country and not by some pseudo-intellectuals trying to show off with their Ph.D's!
What about the part of the history where ethnics were brutally killed under the false pretense of 'keeping the union' intact? Who is qualified to write this? Definitely should not be the Burman invaders, should it? The Burman governments since the start of the nation-building consistently devoid the ethnic area of educational institutes. As the result, the ethnics are not producing enough scholars to relay their sufferings aka Burman brutalities to the outside world in readily available communication formats. So, the ethnics will still have to rely on some Burmen with sense of humanity, whom are more likely to be found outside the country and in the liberal society of the west than among the inward-looking and white-skin worshiping (using your favorite words) self-claimed activists, resident Burmen. Heck. You live in one of the most open-minded society in the world, Canada, yet the Canadian liberalism can't still crack open the racist thick skull yours. How can the ethnics expect open mindedness from racism-entrapped Burmen who are yet to be exposed to similar liberalism that you've been enjoying? What gives?
Thanks – who lives in Canada –
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You should pinpoint which are the wrong historical facts from Aung Zaw with your valid research references.
A copy and paste work! You need to grow up!
Please publish this as a documentary book with pictures – it'll be a great historic documentary for Burmese history.
I totally agree with you but Aung Zaw does not need to forget to mention about U Nu ( faked Buddhism, bamanization) with the help of Ne win's control sitwindun militants to start killing Karen in Rangoon after independence . How to dismiss unfairly Army chief , Karen Smith Dum by U nu and ne win. It caused the eruption of Karen rebel in Burma.
In addition , with the help of people liberation communist Chinese army , ne win's small army could finally defeat KMT which was totally supported by USA at that time. Those are the important facts how ne win got rising fortunately because of irresponsibility of British colony and self-fish manner of USA ( fear of Communist dominance).
Encourage Aung zaw to publish the valuable book with the essential and important historical facts for next generation.
Ne Win, known for his bad temper and irrationality, was diagnosed and treated for schizophrenia by Austrian psychiatrist Dr Hans Hoff.
Unfortunately for Burma ,Than Shwe also suffers from psychiatric problems, including a narcissistic personality disorder a condition which has given him an inflated sense of self-importance and an extreme preoccupation with himself.
These two loonies have managed to turn Burma into a basket case.
By the way, if I remember correctly, the date of the shooting at Rangoon University was 7th July 1962, not 1972.
Ko Aung Zaw is not "wrong" he just needs to cite where he got the facts from – That is standard practice now, even among fiction writers – I'm not saying he needs a Ph.D. or even an MA – Don't you know how to read? – Don't put words in my mouth, I resent it – you who can't even put out your real name.
Ko Aung Zaw can one day get a honorary Ph.D. like Daw Suu for his journalism as she did for her political work – That's not the point here – the point is who said what, especially opinions, which are not facts.
According to Christine who first started the book published by Ben Rogers – Than Shwe won his wife, a widow, in a high army officer lotto – CW was doing the research for her MA thesis at a US Univ. I am not giving her full name because I don't wish to, don't think it is wise. I don't know if it is in Ben's book – go buy the book and read it.
Everybody, the truth is than shwe did report to my brother who was major at that time. They, officers use to make fun of it as he was shy and dum to find a date. Finally, chief of command brought in some yee may(police women) ask him to chose from one. That is the story.


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Trouble however starts when the moment to bare all comes. Men who are not blessed with long and thick penises are in most cases unwilling to let their women have a look at them, feel and caress their penises before the sexual act. When women are denied this privilege, they fail to open up and receive the man as expected. This largely because of anxiety caused by fear of not knowing what to expect. And what a disappointment it turns out to be when the penis is too short to make any meaningful impression on the woman. There is a general perception, especially among women, that if a man's penis is not well endowed in length and girth then his performance may be wanting. Women who are unfortunate to get men with type of penises end up disappointed because the penis rarely ever explores the depths of the vagina to an extend that most women desire.
But, men are not sitting easy. They have gone out to seek ways to make their penises longer and thicker. Some of the interventions that they have adopted range from food supplements to the much maligned surgical extension of the penis. Men of course understand that it is their naturally assigned role to satisfy women during the sexual act. This is what informs their never ending search for a process or method that will make them add inches to their penises to enable them to proudly show them off to their women for adoration before the sexual act. This is a sure way to build a man's ego and to a large extent, encourage him outperform himself during the sexual intercourse. The assumption is; the bigger the better and the deeper it goes the more pleasurable the sexual act.
One of the methods that have proved reliable and effective is the traction method of making a penis longer and thicker – penis advantage review. The method is not only safe, it's painless and most importantly its results are permanent. This is where this system beats the other penis enlarging methods. In most other methods, the penis shrinks back to original size once the treatment regime ends. The traction method, however, works more like the exercises that one gets in weight lifting and body building regimes. Here, the body muscles or tissue, due to exercise, are forced to multiply and reach the size the body builder requires. This is the same technique that the traction method uses to enhance penis sizes. And it is the same technique that many tribes have used to elongate lips, necks and earlobes. Doctors on the other hand have also used the method to make limbs and digits longer. This a true testimony that the system indeed works and is effective.
The traction device is attached to the penis and applies some level of pull which encourages or promotes the flow of blood into the corpora cavernosa. When blood flows into the corpora cavernosa, the tissue is forced to multiply to compensate for the pull that is applied by the traction device. This is the reason the enhancement is permanent. Many people have achieved the desired result depending on how long the traction device remains in place. Many have registered increases ranging from two to three inches with the best result being an incredible increase of the penis to 8.7 inches.
This device now comes in sixteen variants to suit the unique anatomical needs of every man. The traction device is also able to straighten penises that are curved and have difficulty or are unable to penetrate a woman. It is effective in elongating the micro penises that measure just about one inch. This makes it the ideal method for those who wish to enhance the size of their penises.
How to Deal With a Small Dick as a Man
One of the most common sayings in football is: it's not the size of the dog that matters but the size of the fight in the dog. It's just a reworking of the cliché "size matters" statement. If you know what to do with it, a small dick can still get your girl to orgasm every time. There are several sex positions that will give both of you pleasure ad since the most sensitive part of the vagina is usually a maximum 3 inches into the vagina, your small stud can rock her world all the way to O-town.
Foreplay can be your best friend if you have a small dick. Take her as close to orgasm before penetration that her mind is reeling and she is begging for you to take her. Start with the classics you know kissing ad caressing and then toss in everything she likes from sexy pillow talk to toys, spanking, biting and bondage just lavish her with the attention she likes and take her to the very edge before penetration and she'll be hearing colors and seeing smells especially with one of the sex positions best adapted for a small dick. Getting her to climax once before penetration will also reduce performance anxiety and she will be more likely to try out a new position.
Doggy style, the go-to move for orgasm is great for you and your lady's G-spot. This position is one of control for you and if she bends forwards in the position onto her forearms or elbows while squeezing her legs, it will increase the penetration. A variation of the doggy called the hound where the girl arches her back is also really effective for mind-blowing sex for a guy with a small dick. Positions that deepen penetration and allow you to stimulate the G-spot and the vagina's front walls should be something you engage in such as the fan where you control the movement and you can also caress the clitoris and breasts. As her pelvis is tilted she will be able to experience the benefits of your extra deep penetration with this position. For this and the magic mountain, props can be really handy. For the magic mountain, the girl kneels in front of them, leans forward over the mountain of pillows and you kneel behind her with your legs outside of hers and enter from behind.
The V-formation and splitting bamboo are absolutely great positions for the full on contact they provide which is why missionary is still popular and because they deepen penetration. The woman lies on her back and you penetrate her normally then lift one leg over your shoulder or both for each respectively. This position allows you to thrust quite deeply even with a small dick and allows you to tease the clitoris which will have her biting her lips and curling her toes from the double play. There are so many positions to try that will let you both enjoy mind-blowing sex despite or maybe because of your small dick so though it may be embarrassing in a locker room situation it doesn't have to be the same in the bedroom.
How to Boost Energy and Stamina in Bed?
You are planning to make love with your newly married wife tonight and you want it all perfect, but do not know if you have the stamina needed to give her the complete satisfaction she wants. This is a common scenario that many lover guys fall into. Because of the uncertainty, they often hesitate to make love with their loved ones. You will find tips here to boost stamina in bed.
Start slowly
Often wild sex ends up quickly without proper satisfaction by both party. So, it is often advised to start slowly to build the momentum. You should start making love slowly and building the mood gradually so that you could pick up a point where the sex will feel like fun.
Eat Right
Eating right is mandatory to have a perfect body and good stamina. So, if you want to boost stamina in bed, you should eat the right food for your body. If you lack in sexual stamina, this could be an indication of problems associated with your health and diet. To improve your sex life and boost stamina in bed, you should eat healthy foods daily and maintain a healthy weight. Good blood flow all over your body is important to have the best sexual experience. Nevertheless, blood flow can be hindered if arteries become clogged because of high saturated fats and cholesterol. That is why, you should be careful with your diet.
Exercise daily
If you can stay fit, your stamina will surely increase in bed. You will certainly see some improvements if you spend at least 30 minutes of regular exercise five days a week. You can try out free hand exercises and go for the morning or evening walks. Playing any sport that increases the physical activity also helps in this case.
Remain Stress Free
If you remained stressed, it will hinder your blood flow which will result in various complications. If you want to boost stamina in bed, then you should reduce stress in your life. This rule is for all kinds of people.
Everything is decided by our mind and keeping this mind free and calm can be highly beneficial for you in maintaining your health and improving your stamina. As the exercise is needed, you should also try to meditate daily. If it is not possible regularly, you can do it every two days to see the improvement for yourself.
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On Monday, the Toronto Police Service issued an alert that Angelo Epassa, 4, was missing. He had last been seen at about 8:15 that morning boarding a yellow school bus.
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Eleanor Louise Woods, 81, of Summerville, SC, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, January 2, 2013. A funeral service was held Sunday, January 6, 2013 in the J. Henry Stuhr North Area Chapel, 2119 Dorchester Road at 3:00 pm. Interment, Riverview Memorial Park. The family received friends Saturday from 6:00 until 8:00 pm in J. Henry Stuhr Inc., North Area Chapel.
Mrs. Woods was born August 31, 1931 in Charleston, SC, one of two children of Theodore Roosevelt Blitch and Velma Ward Blitch. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Summerville.
She is survived by her two sons, Gerald Woods of Washington, DC and Fred Woods of Jacksonville, FL; two grandchildren, Jamie Woods and his wife Sonya and Velma Woods Wright and Antwan Wright, all of Goose Creek, SC; five great-grandchildren; Bryceten, Ethen, Malayna Woods and Chance and Legend Wright; and two nephews Paul and Darren Blitch. She was preceded in death by her husband Roy D. Woods and brother Ray Blitch.
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Hotels in Nashville
Brentwood Suites622 Church St. East, Brentwood 2.5 out of 5.0
The 4-story Brentwood Suites is 5 miles from Cool Springs Galleria, 7 miles from Nashville Zoo, and 10 miles from Nashville Convention Center and Vanderbilt ...
Clean, comfortable, plenty of towels. Free breakfast was better than most with hot eggs, potatoes, sausages,and bacon besides normal toast, cereal, yougurt
The Capitol Hotel, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member711 Union Street, Nashville 3.0 out of 5.0
This business-district hotel is within 3 blocks of the convention center, the Ryman Auditorium, and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
The Capotal hotel was a great location to downtown. Super friendly and helpful staff.
Hyatt Place Nashville Downtown301 3rd Ave S, Nashville 3.0 out of 5.0
Located in the heart of Nashville, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Johnny Cash Museum and Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Ryman Auditorium and ...
Room was nice and updated. From the 6th floor you could hear the traffic below. Not sure how to fix that, but a little annoying. Lobby was way too cold. Convenient parking, but $30 a night is a outragous.
Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville 4.0 out of 5.0
This smoke-free Nashville resort is conveniently next door to the Grand Ole Opry and set on 40 acres complete with streams, waterfalls, bridges, and ...
Overall ok, but did not like the policy of not delivering luggage to our room unless we were there. Also, took awhile to get a child bed/crib to the room when we had reserved the item as part of our reservation.
Omni Nashville Hotel250 5th Ave S, Nashville 4.0 out of 5.0
Situated in Nashville, this spa hotel is steps from RCA Studio B Tour and Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Ryman Auditorium and Tennessee State Capitol ...
Nice clean and comfortable hotel, close to the music scene.
Hutton Hotel1808 West End Ave, Nashville 4.5 out of 5.0
Situated in downtown Nashville's West End, this hotel is blocks from Vanderbilt University, within 1 mi (2 km) of Music Row, the Bridgestone Arena, and Ryman ...
We came to The Hutton to celebrate a significant birthday. It was recommended by friends and it totally lived up to its hype!
Clarion Hotel Nashville Downtown - Stadium211 N 1st Street, Nashville 3.0 out of 5.0
Located in the heart of Nashville, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Fort Nashborough, Nissan Stadium, and Ryman Auditorium. Tennessee State Capitol and Country ...
This hotel is great if you want to securely park your car without paying a valet fee of $20-40 downtown. However it is not a walkable hotel to the downtown sites. They do have a shuttle to the downtown that we did not use. We drove and had no problems finding parking wherever we went.
Holiday Inn Express Nashville-Downtown920 Broadway, Nashville 2.5 out of 5.0
Located in the heart of Nashville, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Frist Center for Visual Arts, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and Ryman Auditorium. ...
The hotel and staff were excellent and very helpful. The location is downtown however it is about 5 blocks from where all the action is on Broadway. I enjoy walking everywhere so this was not a concern. There is also a complimentary hotel shuttle that will drop you off and pick you up.
Millennium Maxwell House Nashville2025 Rosa L. Park Boulevard, Nashville 3.5 out of 5.0
Less than 2 miles from downtown Nashville, this hotel in the MetroCenter business complex provides a complimentary roundtrip shuttle to the airport; the Country ...
The hotel was nice, convenient to everything. Free shuttle downtown. Only complaint was the noise from the hallway when a group of drunk people came in at 1am...but that's not the hotels fault. The guy in the gift shop was very nice and all the wait staff was good. Will stay again.
Hotel Preston733 Briley Pkwy, Nashville 3.5 out of 5.0
This 11-story hotel is 3 miles from the airport and 7 miles from downtown Nashville; Opryland and the Opry Mills Retail and Entertainment Complex are just 5 ...
This hotel was just different enough that it added to the great time we had in Nashville. For the traveler that usually stays in chain hotels this is a nice change of pace. It is close to downtown, zoo, and airport. Not a lot of kids running around. The only disappointment was the pool was out of ...
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Get your country music groove on in Nashville
This central Tennessee city is known for its Southern hospitality, its rolling topography, and its role as the country music industry's nerve center. Home to the Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame and CMA Awards, the city is a wonderland for country music lovers. In addition, the music scene in Nashville hosts numerous other genres, including classical, rock and blues.
Things to see
Grand Ole Opry
This prominent stage has moved several times since debuting in 1925. The current venue on Opryland Drive boasts 4,400 seats and architecture that's both rustic and lavish. This theater hosts major stars as well as promising newcomers. Every November, the Grand Ole Opry shifts its location to downtown's Ryman Auditorium, and it returns home in January.
Since 1897, Nashville's Parthenon has brought a taste of Greece to the South. Situated in Centennial Park, this majestic edifice houses an Athena statue that's 42-feet tall, along with an outstanding collection of art.
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
The city's dedication to the fine arts is also evident at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. This musical palace is the Nashville Symphony's home base, and its centerpiece is a spectacular, towering organ.
General Jackson Showboat
The General Jackson Showboat, which plies the Cumberland River, looks as though it's popped right out of a Mark Twain tale. This graceful steamboat offers various cruises throughout the week, many of which include delicious food and live music.
Country Music Hall of Fame
Even if you're not a country fan, you will still be swept away by the historical and cultural artifacts inside this imposing building. The interactive exhibits display guitars, costumes, microphones and photographs. Together, they tell the fascinating story of this enduring musical genre.
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By car
If you're driving on your trip to Nashville, you can take one of three interstates: I-65 from the north or south, I-24 from the southeast and northwest, and I-40 from the east or west.
By air
Nashville International Airport (BNA) is eight miles from downtown, and 10 airlines operate there. This world-class transportation center has three levels, and several hotels are nearby.
The Sheraton Music City Hotel, which is one of the most distinguished Nashville hotels, has outdoor and indoor pools and a large courtyard. Plus, each guest gets a private patio or balcony. This Sheraton provides a free shuttle service to and from the airport five minutes away.
The 202-room Holiday Inn Express Nashville Airport is a more inexpensive option. It offers a fitness center, an outdoor swimming pool, complimentary breakfasts, and free shuttles that go to a variety of top Nashville attractions.
Note that it costs approximately $25 to take a taxi from the airport to downtown. Public and Gray Line buses also travel between these two destinations for a cheaper fare.
Yearly events of note
In February, Nashville presents a series of soul concerts to honor Black History Month. During this month, you can also celebrate your love of turkeys at the National Wild Turkey Federation Convention, where turkey-calling competitions and turkey-themed art displays are just two of the highlights.
The "Rock 'n' Roll Marathon" on April 30 is a race with a distinctly Nashville twist. Dozens of bands perform as runners make their way through town. After the marathon, there's yet another concert at the Bridgestone Arena.
A four-day bash hosted by the Country Music Association in early June brings hundreds of artists to the city, many of whom are the best in the business, like Keith Urban and Tim McGraw.
Every July 4, there's a massive outdoor Nashville Symphony concert and fireworks show. Then, in August, many residents and visitors head to the Tomato Art Fest in East Nashville for recipes, cooking demonstrations, games and stories, all of which incorporate the versatile tomato.
The Germantown district holds two gigantic Oktoberfest festivals, and each showcases many artists and performers. Finally, the CMA Awards is a nationally-televised event every November. Tickets are notoriously difficult to obtain, but you can be part of the buzz inside the city.
Cities near Nashville
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- Franklin Hotels (19.64 mi)
- Mount Juliet Hotels (16.27 mi)
- Hendersonville Hotels (15.79 mi)
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- Gallatin Hotels (24.54 mi)
- Brentwood Hotels (11.29 mi)
- Hermitage Hotels (11.13 mi)
- Lebanon Hotels (24.36 mi)
- La Vergne Hotels (15.95 mi)
- White House Hotels (22.45 mi)
- Madison Hotels (7.9 mi)
- Springfield Hotels (23.04 mi)
- Ashland City Hotels (17.42 mi)
- Whites Creek Hotels (8.87 mi)
- Kingston Springs Hotels (18.99 mi)
- Joelton Hotels (13.79 mi)
- Fairview Hotels (23.22 mi)
Top Points of Interests in Nashville
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