Archive for November, 2011

heaven is for real

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. [1]

Heaven is for Real and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle. [2]

Colton didn’t just have one sit down conversation, he let his journey be known one startling revelation at a time. [3]

Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. [4]

First, let me just say that Todd Burpo sounds like a Christian, I am not questioning his faith. [1]

Colton tells of his experiences in first person and comments on things that will be important to kids. [4]

“Heaven is for Real” book is a heartwarming, simple, and surprisingly biblical glimpse into a little four year old boy’s journey into Heaven. [...] He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how “reaaally big” God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit “shoots down power” from heaven to help us. [3]

Each video session features Todd, Sonja, and Colton, and is filmed interview-style with Natalie Tysdal, the Denver FOX/CW News reporter whose initial interview with the family has gone viral on the internet. [...] Colton Burpo came back from his trip to heaven with a very important message: Jesus really, really loves children. [4]

Sources:
[1] Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to …
[2] Amazon.com: Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of …
[3] Heaven Is For Real ‘ Book Review
[4] Heaven is for Real : Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent

del rio

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Back to Del Rio, TX housing info, Val Verde County, Texas, TX smaller cities, TX small cities, All Cities. [1]

Del Rio is a border city in and the county seat of Val Verde County, Texas, United States. [2]

Assailants kidnapped and killed three police officers in the Mexican border city of Acuna, authorities said Monday. [3]

Del Rio is known as the American address of legendary Mexican radio stations XERA and XERF just over the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Acu?a; their 500,000 watt signals could be heard at night as far away as Canada. [...] Developers acquired several thousand acres of land adjacent to the springs, and the San Felipe Creek formed by the springs, from the State of Texas in exchange for building a canal system to irrigate the area. [...] Del Rio is the principal city of the Del Rio Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Val Verde County; the micropolitan area had an estimated population of over 50,000 in 2007. [2]

Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. [4]

The Lower Pecos Canyonlands of southwest Texas and northern Mexico house some of the most complex and compositionally intricate prehistoric rock art sites in the world.A Over 250 rockshelters are known to contain rock art, some dating from 4200 to 2750 BP, and new sites are being discovered each year. [3]

Ancestries: German (3.7%), Irish (2.6%), English (2.6%), United States (2.5%). [1]

Friday for a 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment soldier who died last month in a car accident near his post in Hohenfels, Germany. [3]

Sources:
[1] Del Rio, Texas (TX) profile: population, maps, real estate …
[2] Del Rio, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Del Rio News - Topix
[4] Del Rio Hotels, find hotels in Del Rio at hotels.com

made in america

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

When the “Made in America ” team traveled to Niagara Falls, it found that one of America’s great vacation spots was not only a place for families to get soaked, but also to pick up a few souvenirs — though many of the items for sale bore the labels of Made in Honduras and Made in China. [1]

We have listings of web sites with products sold on the Internet that are Made in America. [2]

If you do not wish to enable javascript, you may still visit the text version of the ABC News Made in America. [3]

Organization is dedicated to bringing the jobs and prosperity back to the united States of America. [...] To just flush it all away, and end up just another poor socialist country is a tremendous waste of our divinely inspired founding fathers vision, and the lives of all those that fought and died to keep us a free nation and a great Republic. [2]

That’s where the Made in America store is located. [1]

“Made in America” is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Toby Keith. [...] The song is an uptempo, in which an older farmer and his wife, who will only buy American products, are disgusted by the influx of foreign goods, from cars to cotton. [4]

People lost hope in a system and they see the country fall apart. [...] Owner Mark Andol opened the store a year ago with just 50 products. [1]

Sources:
[1] ‘Made in America’ the Store: 30K Items to Buy and Growing - ABC News
[2] American Made Products and/or Services Made in USA
[3] Made in America: World News with Diane Sawyer - ABC News
[4] Made in America (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hazing

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

The Champions, parents of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion who died of suspected hazing Nov. 19, in Orlando, Fla., said they plan on filing a civil lawsuit in the matter. [1]

Investigators believe hazing occurred before 911 was called. [2]

“We are intending to file a lawsuit to get answers” about hazing at Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University, lawyer Chris Chestnut told reporters. [3]

The embattled director of bands at Florida A&M University has been fired after a drummer in the school’s Marching 100 died after a suspected hazing incident. [4]

Before sending your child off to college with an athletic scholarsihp, ask the school what their anti-hazing policy is, what action is taken and what the punishments are since the NCAA doesn’t have a policy, action plan or punishments as a guide. [5]

Hazing found in schools today is unlike anything I remember from my youth. [...] It’s now a regular occurrence in high school activities, clubs and athletics. [6]

Band member Robert Champion, 26, was found unresponsive on a bus parked outside an Orlando hotel on Saturday night after the school’s football team lost to rival Bethune-Cookman. [2]

“We are concerned about the culture of cover-up, that hazing has been covered up at the Band FAMU for generations. [3]

He was a drum major for the famed Marching 100 band of Florida A&M University, a group that has performed at Super Bowls, the Grammys and presidential inaugurations. [1]

Sources:
[1] Hazing may have played role in death at FAMU
[2] Florida A&M fires band director
[3] FAMU drum major’s family to sue after suspected hazing death
[4] Florida A&M Death: Band Director Fired as Hazing Investigated
[5] fraternity hazing
[6] Hazing - A High School Tradition or Illegal Activity

rudolph the red nosed reindeer

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass. [1]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the fictional hero of an American Christmas story which is the basis for a popular song and a very popular annual TV special. [2]

As with A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph no longer airs just once annually, but several times during the Christmas and holiday season. [1]

We all love A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS and HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, but no one’s nose has shined longer or brighter than that of the RANKIN/BASS “Animagic” classic RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. [3]

The story is owned by The Rudolph Company, L.P. and has been adapted in numerous forms including a popular song, a television special, and a feature film. [4]

This classic 1964 television special featuring Rudolph and his misfit buddies set the standard for stop-motion animation for an entire generation before Tim Burton darkly reinvented it in the early 1990s. [5]

Returning to Christmastown, they learn that bad weather may cause Christmas to be canceled. [6]

Character Arts, LLC manages the licensing for the Rudolph Company, L.P. Although the story and song are not public domain, Rudolph has become a figure of Christmas folklore. [4]

Packed with a sleigh full of memorable songs and unforgettable characters, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer lights up the hearts of young and old alike. [...] Burl Ives narrates as Sam the Snowman, telling and singing the story of a rejected reindeer who overcomes prejudice and saves Christmas one particularly blustery year. [5]

Sources:
[1] Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) - Wikipedia, the free …
[2] Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Biography from Answers.com
[3] Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
[4] Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] Amazon.com: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Billie Mae Richards …
[6] CBS.com