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THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO

*  A huge 74-foot tall spruce is the new Christmas tree at NBC's Rockefeller Center. And in typical NBC fashion, the tree will be decorated, lit up for a few weeks, and then canceled.

*  A new poll shows 45 percent of Republicans believe that Mitt Romney will be the nominee, and that rises to 46 percent if you count Rick Perry, who also believes Mitt Romney will be the nominee.

*  A guy named Reggie Love leaving the White House to get a degree at the Wharton School of Business. I guess he realized you can't learn anything about economics in the Obama White House.
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CONAN

*  Ron Paul's campaign is upset because during last week's Republican presidential debate, he only got to speak for 89 seconds. Meanwhile, Rick Perry's campaign is upset because during last week's debate, he got to speak.

*  Over the weekend in New York, two Occupy Wall Street protesters got married at the protest. They are registered at Bed, Bath, and Seriously, You Need to Take a Bath.

*  Starbucks announced plans to open a line of juice bars. They would have done this years ago but it took them a while to figure out how to burn orange juice. 
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LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN

*  Silvio Berlusconi is stepping down as prime minister of Italy. He's being replaced by Billy Crystal.

*  If we have to sit through any more of these Republican debates, I'm ready for a dictatorship.

*  As if Cain's troubles couldn't get worse, today, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accused Herman Cain of skimping on the pepperoni.

*  Eddie Murphy, who was supposed to be the host of the Academy Awards, has dropped out. Boy, I wish I had thought of that when I hosted.

*  When Eddie Murphy decided against hosting, they were stunned. They were shocked. I mean, you couldn't tell by looking at them because of the Botox, but they were stunned and shocked.
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TOP TEN WAYS THE WORLD WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF EVERYONE WERE NAMED NEWT

10.  Goodbye eggs Benedict; hello Eggs Newt

9. Beatles broke up because "Newt" couldn't get along with "Newt"

8. Trump would be known as "The Newt"

7. Still have a tattoo of your ex-girlfriend's name? No problem!

6. Santa now says, "On Newt, on Newt, on Newt and Newt, on Newt, on Newt, on Newt and Newt"

5. The mother on "How I Met Your Mother": Newt

4. When you tell your iPhone to call Newt, it says, "Be more specific, Newt"

3. On "Jeopardy," people just keep buzzing in and saying, "Who is Newt?"

2. When you just say, "Newt" with no last name, people know you're referring to Newt Winfrey

1. You know who ain't gonna be President? Newt Perry
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THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON

*  The Italian prime minister announced he is stepping down. He's looking forward to spending more time with his wife and five hookers.

*  Mitt Romney said this week if he's elected, he won't let Iran get nuclear weapons. Other Republicans were quick to respond. Newt Gingrich said it would be impossible to enforce. Ron Paul said it's none of our business. And Rick Perry said, " . . . "
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LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON

*  Today's date is 11/11/11! Or as Joe Biden calls that, "A great email password!"

*  Today is 11/11/11! A date so simple, even Rick Perry can remember it.

*  Yesterday, a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters interrupted Michele Bachmann's speech in South Carolina. In response, Bachmann's supporters were like, "Man, if we existed, we'd be so angry right now!"

*  On "Jeopardy" this week, Alex Trebek dressed up in a woman's opera costumes to give clues. Yeah, contestants were like, "I'll take 'This Is Making Me Uncomfortable' for 500, Alex."

*  There was another Republican debate on Saturday, and listen to this: Ron Paul only got 89 seconds to speak. Seriously? Rick Perry gets more time than that to try to remember something.

*  Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman accused his Republican opponents of coming up with easy sound bites just to get applause. In response, Mitt Romney was like, "That is ridiculous. Clap if you like bacon!"

*  I heard about a new insulin device for diabetics that could test tears instead of blood. That'll be weird when you're like, "Hey, I need to test my blood sugar. Can you put on 'Marley and Me?'"

*  A man in Illinois was arrested for calling the cops five times because his iPhone wasn't working. Yup, someone was arrested for calling someone five times in one day. Do you hear that, Mom?
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by Adam McManus

 
Over the course of my 20-year career as a radio talk show host, I've met and interviewed a lot of fascinating people.  Many of them are household names which you would recognize instantly. 


Tom Snyder, the 46-year-old owner of the regional Colonial Life Insurance office here in Garden Ridge, has got to be one of the most intriguing people I've met in a long time.  He's not famous.  He's not a political leader.  And he hasn't even written a book.
 
But he's spearheading a unique Christian ministry in our own backyard whose vision is as big as the Texas sky.



Now that he has become a successful businessman, Tom, a member of River City Community Church here in San Antonio, has a passion to give back to the community - especially to the children in demonstrable, life-changing ways.  


That's why he founded Trinity Oaks, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  At the heart of the ministry are the youth hunts for 10 to 16-year-olds.  Throughout their time, the young people experience firearms safety instruction, target shooting and actual big game hunting.

In the process, Tom wants to give the tweens and teens access to the great outdoors, to build their character, and to teach them the importance of responsibility in our narcissistic culture. 

13-year-old David Defrees poses in front of the bear he killed on a Trinity Oaks Youth Hunt
in Canada with his father, other kids and  volunteer hunting guides on September 3, 2011. "Our goal with youth is three-fold.  First, we want to teach kids that hunting is not just about 'killing animals', but also about building relationships and enjoying God's majestic outdoors.  Second, we want to promote our country's hunting heritage to future generations," said Tom Snyder.  
 
"Third and most importantly, we want to show children of all ages that they have value and let them know there are people who care about them, people willing to listen to them and mentor them.  We have found you can really reach a child and make a difference in his life just by sitting next to a campfire and listening to what he has to say."

During the 2010/2011 hunting season alone, Tom personally acted as the lead field guide for every one of the 20 youth hunts attended by 85 young people, 53 of whom were first-time hunters.  Typically, each hunt is comprised of 3-5 youngsters along with their fathers and some volunteer guides. Each youth is assigned to an adult. 

Their goal for the upcoming 2011/2012 hunting season is to have 30 youth hunts attended by 100 kids and 75 first-time children hunters.


Amazingly, Trinity Oaks covers every single expense including the cost of transportation, the lease of the land, the hunting license fees as well as the food, lodging and the mounting of the child's wildgame trophy.
 
All the meat is processed for free by volunteers, ground up and frozen into family packs.  It's then distributed to needy families and homeless shelters throughout San Antonio as well as orphanages in Mexico.


1.  If you would like to suggest a boy or girl between the ages of 10 and 16 to participate in a future Trinity Oaks youth hunt, please call 210.447.0351, and tell them you are a McManus subscriber, or email.
 
2.  If you would like to volunteer to become a guide or firearms trainer for some of the youth hunts, please call 210.447.0351 and tell them you are a McManus subscriber or e-mail.
 
3.  If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Trinity Oaks to ensure that the Youth Hunts and Wounded Warrior Hunts continue, donate on-line here. 

The cost of sending one underprivileged kid on a Christian Youth Hunt is $1,200.  And now, thanks to the generosity of one sponsor, anything that you give up to $100,000 will be doubled.

So, if you give $150 today, your donation will be doubled to $300 and fund one-quarter of the $1,200 cost for one kid to participate in this life-changing ministry.

If you give $300 today, your donation will be doubled to $600 and fund one-half of the $1,200 cost for one kid to participate in this life-changing ministry.

You can also make a tax-deductible donation by check made out to "Trinity Oaks." Send it to: Tom Snyder, Trinity Oaks, 9385 Miller Lane, San Antonio, Texas 78266. (Write "McManus newsletter" in the memo)

   
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AMY AND I WELCOMED MERCY GENEVA McMANUS INTO THE WORLD MONDAY NIGHT!

How exciting!

On Sunday, November 13th, we left Wayside Chapel at 10:13 a.m.as Amy began to have contractions in the middle of Pastor Roger Poupart's message entitled Christianity in Overalls which addressed The Good Samaritan story.

By 12 midnight, she was 90 percent effaced and two centimeters dialated.  By 3:00 a.m. Monday morning, she was experiencing contractions here at home every 5 minutes like clockwork for 40-50 seconds each.  Lying across the pilates inflatable ball provided some relief from her back pain.

At 9:00 a.m. Monday, Tina Castellanos, our doula, came to aid Amy in comfort measures leading up to her natural birth here at home.

She walked around the block with Tina to help encourage the baby to drop more.  Plus, thanks to the input of our Christ-centered childbirth coach Brenda Minica and our friends Amelia Gill and Teresa Denk, I was able to read aloud many Scriptures to encourage Amy throughout her hours of labor.

One of the most meaningful admonitions before the birth came from my friend Michael Gobart.  He wrote: "May the Lord grant Amy and your little one health and strength. Evidence of the curse revealed in the pain of child-bearing will increase your love, respect, and admiration for your bride. May the Lord grant you strength as you encourage Amy in the midst of physical challenge.  Expressions of love and appreciation as well as encouragement will be the need of the hour. You are her head, her comfort, her earthly lord.  Strengthern her weak hands and feeble knees. Godspeed Adam."

To be sure, it was very difficult to see my bride in such incredible pain.  But having a natural home birth had been the desire of her heart for the last 20 years -- long before we ever met at the Christian singles retreat of Community Bible Church in September, 2001.  At the age of 15, Amy had witnessed a home birth by a former neighbor who delivered her fifth child as Amy babysat her other four children.

Active labor began around 2:00 p.m. Monday afternoon.   Amy's mid-wife Joi Brock and her colleague Robin were about to perform an episiodomy when, after 45 minutes of pushing in the 7:00 p.m. hour, Amy birthed Mercy Geneva at 7:51 p.m. on Monday, November 14th.  She weighed in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces -- which mirrored Amy's exact birth weight 35 years ago.  Mercy measured 21 inches long.

Joi Brock of Birth World, Julie, a full-time neo-natal intensive care unit nurse studying to be a midwife and Robin of Multiple Blessings worked together as a team to bring Mercy into the world.

Needless to say, when she was born I cried tears of joy.  It has been a 5-year-long wait.

We selected her first name because we are incredibly grateful to God for His mercy in forgiving us for our sins and we're grateful for God's mercy in blessing us with our first biological child who went to term and we could hold in our arms. 

 

And her middle name comes from the city of Geneva, Switzerland where the famous Protestant Reformer John Calvin implemented some of the reforms.  Plus, her middle name ties her to her older brother Honor Calvin.

We count it a privilege to disciple another eternal soul in the way of the Lord.  I'm reminded of God's instruction to Abraham in Genesis 18:18-19.

"Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."

It was the sweetest thing in the world to see our 2-year-old adopted son Honor take such an immediate and gentle and brotherly interest in baby Mercy.  He's a natural!




 



 

Honor McManus meets his new baby sister Mercy Geneva.

Amy's mother, Deanna Holzer, is quite taken with her eighth grandchild.  Amy and I have a ways to go to catch up with her brother Damon and his wife Jodie who are faithfully shepherding their six children to love Jesus Christ and serve Him with all of their hearts.

Deanna Holzer, Amy's mother, cuddles with Mercy Geneva McManus.

Many of you have kindly asked about a baby registry.  So, if you would like to bless our daughter, you can take a look at the items Amy has selected at Target and Babies 'R Us.

The Lord has answered the prayer of our heart in a most dramatic way with the gift of Mercy. We have lived I Samuel 1:27 which says, "I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked for."
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Italy Fights Off Meltdown

Blair Warns Of 'Catastrophe' If Euro Collapses
 
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