February 25, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Wonders of International Borders

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February 25, 2009-TCS # 136

As you all know I love Travel and like find things related to travel online. One of the things I like to is look at Google Maps. I like to look at Google Maps because it has really cool functions like Street View, Pictures, Wikipedia, and more… anyway, my latest interest seems to be using that Pictures function and go to International Borders in many parts of the world. Now, in real life the only International Borders I’ve been to are the US/Mexico Border at Laredo and Progresso, TX; and US/Canada at Sault Ste. Marie, MI. but, with Google Maps I’ve been to many borders like China/Russia, Turkey/Iran, Sweden/Denmark, and more. Seeing that many borders makes you realize the different styles of International Borders. Some International Borders have gates on either side; some borders have bridges with the flags of the countries to the middle of the bridge like for example at the Myanmar/Thailand Border they have a bridge with Thailand’s Flags and Myanmar Flags on the side of them and in the middle they meet. But, the 2 things that amazes me the most is that 2 countries with 2 different languages can meet on a bridge or in the middle of land or 2 counties with different building styles and different political systems meet in one place. All in all, though it’s really cool to see pictures of different International Borders.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Be blessed that you live in The United States because some countries aren’t as lucky as us.

February 18, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Switch or not to switch to DTV?; that is the question

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February 18, 2009- TCS # 135

As we know, 2 weeks ago Congress and President Obama voted to delay the DTV Switch to June 12. But, the other day I looked up which TV stations are going to change anyway because I read in several places that even though the February 17th deadline has been delayed, it told me that some TV Stations that are ready to change will in fact change on or after February 17th. So, I looked up which ones were changing just out of curiosity and I found that hundreds of TV Stations are changing. Many of them weren’t in many major city markets. A majority of them were in smaller markets like Madison, WI; Sioux Falls, SD; and, Burlington, VT just to give you an idea. The most surprising was The Burlington, Vermont Market; there they changed all the TV stations in the market including major TV networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS. Now, although you might think the smaller markets changed, the minor TV stations of major markets changed. Like in the Atlanta market, they’re PBS stations changed and in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, a religious and Spanish channel changed to DTV. So, all in all you might need to check which station changed to DTV and if one of them is your favorite station you might want to get a converter box or connect to Cable. Also, there’s the option of watching your show online.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Focus on Happy things and happy things will come.

February 11, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Steven's Finally Back!

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The Spirit that touches Your Life
February 11, 2009-TCS # 134

So, one day I was sitting watching TV when the phone rang and it was My Best Friend Steven. When I starting talking to him, he told me something you wouldn’t believe. You see, he’s been in 2 Group Homes in the past 4 years because his behavior was bad because of his Special Needs. So, he begins the call with “what would you say if I told you that I was coming back home?!?!?” it turned out that he was in fact coming back home to Plano after 4 years to try to live at home and work on his behavior. After he told me this, I was shocked and excited that he was coming back home because that meant that him and I can spend time together doing things we used to like going to Movies, Hanging at his house, and Special Olympics Bowling. So far, his behavior has been pretty good while he’s been here. All in all, I am really happy and excited that he’s back in Plano.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Awesome Friends are hard to find. so, cherish the ones you have!

February 4, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: You Are Loved, This Valentine's Day

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The Spirit that touches your life
February 4, 2009-TCS # 134

Valentines Day, a day on the 14th of February that many people have different feelings about; some people absolutely love it because that’s the day that they can surprise their significant other or they get lovely roses from them or if you are in High School, your secret crush. But, most people who are single, divorced, being cheated on, or widowed; it’s a depressing and feeling-like-your-unloved day. But, here’s the truth about that, you may not have someone to kiss all over but, the thing is you ARE loved. Who you say? Well, God, Jesus Christ (or whomever of higher power you worship), and of course Your Family, both the ones you live with and those far away. Also, Your Friends and even a guy/girl you know who’s been secretly crushing on you loves you. But, the point here is that there is SOMEONE in this world who loves you and don’t you forget that. There are more people out there who love you then you realize. So, open you heart let them in this Valentine’s Day.

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