Advents Corner » News http://www.adventscorner.com Feel free to visit often, you never know what you might find. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:06:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Rio de Janeiro got the 2016 Olympics http://www.adventscorner.com/2009/10/02/rio-de-janeiro-got-the-2016-olympics/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2009/10/02/rio-de-janeiro-got-the-2016-olympics/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:57:43 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/?p=603 The news was just announced.  Rio De Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics.  Too bad for Chicago.  This will be the first time the Olympics will be held in South Africa.  Rio’s theme for the Olympics is “Live Your Passion”.

]]> http://www.adventscorner.com/2009/10/02/rio-de-janeiro-got-the-2016-olympics/feed/ 0 Co-founder of Pink Floyd dies http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/co-founder-of-pink-floyd-dies/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/co-founder-of-pink-floyd-dies/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:36:25 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/co-founder-of-pink-floyd-dies/ Richard Wright, one of the co-founders of Pink Floyd passed away on Monday at age 65.  After a long battle with cancer he passed away at his home in Britain.  His last album Broken China was released in 1996, which was a solo venture.

]]> http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/co-founder-of-pink-floyd-dies/feed/ 0 Keep an eye on this site http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/keep-an-eye-on-this-site/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/keep-an-eye-on-this-site/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:51:54 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/keep-an-eye-on-this-site/ I know you might think that I am promoting this site because I “know” the person that is writing it but I am promoting this site because he is bringing out very interesting points about Sarah Palin, valid points. Here is another article published today by Gray that just takes your breath away. Can you believe Sarah Palin made rape victims pay for their own rape kits? Is this who we want in our White House?

]]> http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/keep-an-eye-on-this-site/feed/ 0 Palin banning books http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/palin-banning-books/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/palin-banning-books/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:17:08 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/palin-banning-books/ I wanted to pass along this post from another blog, Sarah Palin banning books.   Take the time to look at it and then do your own research.  We need as much information as we can gather on the eve of what could be a dog fight election.  We are looking at more and more of our children turning voting age.  This will be my oldest daughter’s first election, she turned 18 in July.  With that in mind we could have one of the largest voter turn outs in a very long time.  Everyone is on their soap box screaming for change but we need to make sure it is the change we really need and not just simply “change”.

]]> http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/09/15/palin-banning-books/feed/ 0 Were Go! pilots fast asleep on a flight to Hilo? http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/20/were-go-pilots-fast-asleep-on-a-flight-to-hilo/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/20/were-go-pilots-fast-asleep-on-a-flight-to-hilo/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:13:55 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/20/where-go-pilots-fast-asleep-on-a-flight-to-hilo/ The FAA is investigating the pilot and co-pilot of the Go! airline that were flying from Honolulu to Hilo.  The pilots flew past the island and were unreachable by radio for a full 25 minutes.  After heading 15 miles out to sea the plane was turned around and landed safely. 

This is pretty scary.  We took an interisland flight while we were there and believe me they are very short flights.  You go up and you go down and it is over.  I can not image not only the pilot but the co-pilot as well falling asleep during such a short flight.  Thank God no one was hurt.

]]> http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/20/were-go-pilots-fast-asleep-on-a-flight-to-hilo/feed/ 0 You’re going to need a bigger boat (Roy Scheider) http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/11/youre-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat-roy-scheider/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/11/youre-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat-roy-scheider/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:06:22 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/11/youre-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat-roy-scheider/ Roy Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences hospital.  He uttered that famous line in Jaws released in 1975.  You may also remember him from such films as The French Connection and The Punisher.  Born November 10 1932 he made his film debut in the horror The Curse of the Living Corpse in 1964 but gained recognition when he worked with Jane Fonda in Klute in 1971.  Then in 1975 he appeared in Jaws as the chief of police.  With Jaws becoming the first film to ever gross $100 million this is where most of us know him.

]]> http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/11/youre-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat-roy-scheider/feed/ 1 Shooting at Louisiana Technical College http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/08/shooting-at-louisiana-technical-college/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/08/shooting-at-louisiana-technical-college/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:30:34 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/08/shooting-at-louisiana-technical-college/ This morning there was a shooting at Louisiana Technical  College in Baton Rouge.  According to reports a woman shot two other women before turning the gun on herself inside one of the classrooms.  No further details are known at this time.

]]> http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/08/shooting-at-louisiana-technical-college/feed/ 0 The low down on Super Tuesday http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/06/the-low-down-on-super-tuesday/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/06/the-low-down-on-super-tuesday/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:24:13 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/06/the-low-down-on-super-tuesday/ The Race for DelegatesDemocrats Needed to Win = 2,025

Candidate      Pledged       Superdels      Total

Clinton         632              193          825

Obama         626              106          732

Republicans Needed to Win = 1,191

Candidate      Pledged         Unpl. RNC    Total

McCain          598                17          615

Romney        259                  9          268

Huckabee     166                  3          169

Chart from CNN.com 

After super Tuesday this is the way things stack up.  It looks like McCain is the front runner.  It is still a very close race between Clinton and Obama.  My dream ticket would be to see Clinton and McCain.  That will be very hard decision between the two but I think they are the two best candidates.  Only time will tell.

]]> http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/02/06/the-low-down-on-super-tuesday/feed/ 0 Margaret Truman dies at 83 http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/01/30/margaret-truman-dies-at-83/ http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/01/30/margaret-truman-dies-at-83/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:49:33 +0000 Advent http://www.adventscorner.com/2008/01/30/margaret-truman-dies-at-83/ Margaret Truman has passed away at the age of 83 after a short illness.  Margaret Truman was the only child of former president Harry S. Truman.  She was a mystery writer who penned books such as Murder at the Opera and non-fiction works which included Letters From Father: The Truman Family’s Personal Correspondence.  Margaret was once quoted saying, “The only thing I ever missed about the White House was having a car and driver.”

I am sure she will be greatly missed.  God bless her family.

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