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Psh, he developed FORTRAN. I'm surprised he even lived to 82 without being killed by a rabid programmer.
His daughter Karen Backus announced the death, saying the family did not know the cause, other than age.
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This has to be the worst Slashdot headline ever. Makes FORTRAN sound like a type of cancer or something. (I thought that stuff was more of COBOL's league.)
Truly an American icon. Even if you never ran LEXX or YACC in your life, Backus's impact on contemporary culture cannot be denied.
Many times I have edited lex and yacc code, but never have I understood what the hell I was doing.
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As might be expected, Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman were polar opposites in their presences on the red carpet at Sunday's Tribeca Film Festival screening of Take This Waltz. Williams, for her part, was sweet and introspective, speaking with a polite hush and smile; Silverman, on the other hand, proved an open book, regaling reporters with stories of a very intimate nature.
So, when asked about the full-frontal nude shower scene she shares with Williams in the Sarah Polley-directed relationship dramedy, Silverman had no problem giving full-front detail.
"The actual day wasn't bad. It was very supportive, and you forget it once you do it, but the morning leading up to it, I overgroomed," she shared with a group of reporters. "You know when you even and even and even until nothing's left? It was bad. Never try to even from the top. Let the top be the top. ... It was all right. I wish it was fuller. Michelle's was so full and awesome."
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"You never see nudity that is not in a sexual way, so this is that," Silverman continued. "And I'm in it, and ego-wise it's horrifying, but if I can take myself out of it, I think it's amazing. It's jarring. It's genuinely jarring because it's not funny, it's not sad, it's not dramatic -- it's kind of everyday life."
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KUALA LUMPUR: Police will take action against the enraged woman who allegedly spewed verbal abuse and repeatedly hammered an elderly man's vehicle with a steering lock after the latter accidentally hit her brand new Peugeot.
The incident, which occurred in Kuantan, was recorded and shared on YouTube by a motorist who was passing by.
Commenting on the video, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the woman's actions were inexcusable.
"That's not the way to handle things as you shouldn't take the law into your own hands.
"It doesn't matter whether the man has lodged a report with us over the incident or not.
"The main thing is, we saw the video and the actions of the woman show nothing but the behaviour of a road bully.
"Therefore, we will be lodging a report against her and action will be taken against her," he said.
In the video, the screaming assailant called the man "very stupid", hurled racist remarks and demanded that he pay RM2,000 in compensation.
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Low(er) light plant suggestion
Background, this large narrow upright pot sits mid way between a large bank of sliders and a large east facing window.
The lighting in this room (natural) is bright enough to read by pretty much sun up to sun down. We rarely need to turn the lights on for every day activities but will turn an overhead light on when the kids are doing home work.
I've tried a fiddle leaf fig and I think the distance from the windows was too great, not enough light. The plant improved once moved closer to another window. Next I tried lady Palm, similar results.
I'd like something with an upright growth habit (the taller the better, tall ceilings), happy in low light conditions, and relatively fuss free.
Your advice ? I'd like to avoid the mega high toxicity plants like ZZ plant and peace lily since I have both kids and pets.
Thank you.
So, the Fiddle Leaf and Lady Palm were not directly in front of the east window??
East light is a step up from north, north being the least.
FL and LP requires bright/full sun. If either were set several feet from an east your Ficus and Lady Palm were not getting enough light.
How about Dracaeana? There are several species. Some w/green leaves, others variegated.
Of all Dracaenas, Janet Craig can adapt to the least light. It's fast-growing, so don't know if that would be a problem.
Athough I consider all plants pretty, some are more attractive than others.
JC is a tad plain, but would suit your area.
There's other Draceanas to consider. Toni
Thanks, Toni.
I love Dracaena. I'll look into the Janet Craig, fast growing is a good problem to have in my book.
To answer your question, the FLF was not directly in front of the window, it was a good distance set back from the window and it is on the "wrong" side of the entertainment center which blocks the western light in the afternoon from the sliders. It's a fairly dark little nook of the house as far as plants and light exposure go, despite the overall brightness of the space.
Home Depot had Snake plants for a steal, what do you think of that ?
Howdy Cocoa.
The only Ficus that can take shade is F. pumila, but pumila is a vine.
Snake Plants/Sansevieria.. Since the area is bright enough to read by, a Snake Plant should be okay.
Although allowing soil to dry between waterings is essential, otherwise a Snake Plant will rot.
This rule goes for most house plants, but Snake Plants are succulent, and should be treated as one. Except they'd burn in direct sun.
I thought you wanted a tall plant? Snake Plants are slow-growers..If you'd like something big, perhaps you should purchase large, but it's going to be expensive.
There's many Sansevieria varieties. I assume when you say Snake plant, you mean the type with a blend of light and dark green markings?
A striking Sansevieria is Moon Glow or Moon Light. Both names are used for the same plant..
Here's a pic..A very healthy specimen has almost white center w/pronounced green edges.
In the spot you want to add a plant, can you see a shadow on a wall on sunny days? Toni
Yes, you can see shadows on the wall on sunny days.
That is a gorgeous plant.
The HD plants were a sansevieria, they were already about 2 1/2 feet tall at just under $9.00, definitely affordable.
I found a teensy tiny Janet Craig at Wal Mart today, picked it up and I'll pot it and put it in the living room and wait patiently. At some point it will make a good little specimen, although right now it's fit more for a Barbie Doll House ;) .


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SXSW: Ryan Gosling's Connection to Pretty Little Demons, Fest's Youngest-Ever Group
This story first appeared in the March 15 issue of The Hollywood Reporter.
"At the time, I really didn't know that he was like, huge," shrugs 12-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist Lydia Night about performing onstage alongside Ryan Gosling. "Then I kept seeing his name on billboards, and I was like: 'Oh, that's Ryan Gosling? OK.' " Since early 2010, Night, who lives in Santa Monica, has performed with Gosling's indie rock outfit Dead Man's Bones -- asked to join after she appeared in the band's "Pa Pa Power" video.
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In July, Night formed Pretty Little Demons with 9-year-old drumming prodigy Marlhy Murphy, whom she met at the Burbank School of Rock. After raising $5,000 on the funding site Kickstarter, they recorded their debut EP, Flowers, with producer Ethan Allen (The Cult, Gram Rabbit). On March 12, they will perform at SXSW at Austin's Dirty Dog Bar -- the youngest band ever invited to play the music fest. Night's father, Morgan Higby Night, said when his daughter heard the news, "she actually used a curse word. It's rare that happens."
Night, whose sound is upbeat pop punk, cites Amanda Palmer, Regina Spektor and Karen O as inspirations. "We write songs about really strong subjects, and it can get really personal," she says. For example, "Bag of Rock" covers the topic of drug addiction. "We had been talking about addiction in school," says Night, "but also my grandparents were addicts, so it's close to my heart."
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How handy does this pot storage look to you?
Found this searching around this morning. Yea or Nay for convenience and accessibility? Anyone have something like this?
Does it turn on a lazy Susan top wheel or something?
If it's just hanging in there and all the tops are thrown into the bottom? Ick.
My plasticware drawer gets like that and I hate it. If it were metal pans, I probably wouldn't get fed up and throw them all out. However, once again, someone is crawling around on the floor trying to find something, or hang something up.
No thanks.
Maybe if the top, hanging wheel turned, and there were a bottom shelf that also turned, so the tops could come to me?
Being that low and apparently w/o a door would leave a lot of unpleasant dirt on, at least, the lids, I would think.
My cats would be in there in a flash.
If it was on a turning lazy-susan I think I would also come to loathe the noise it created as the pots banged into each other.
Now, something with pots hanging on fixed positions, or in slots of some kind, both with some type of close-able apparatus that pulled out would be cool. Have you considered those corner drawers?
Everyone always says about exposed pot storage, whether hanging or on shelves: if they are everyday pots then they get used before they get grungy. That may avoid outright grunge, but what about everyday dust, the fugitive dust from cat litter boxes,hair and dander, etc., that's always floating around? I don't want even 24 hours worth of that stuff in my food, thank you. I presently have a hanging pot rack and I wash every pot before use, every time, so it's a big pain in the neck. Can't wait to get my stuff shut away in cupboards. I have some fairly frequently-used pots on open shelves, with lids on, and even those need rinsing after a few days as I don't want to chance of tipping any dust into the pot if the lid is dirty.
Sorry to be so unenthusiastic about this idea.
To me it looks annoying as all get-out. Fiddly, hard to replace pans properly, have to bend over anyway... ycch!
Another poster just pointed out these King Korners which look kooler than sliced bread to me, though I've never seen em.
Didn't notice there wasn't a door. A hanging lazy susan with hooks and a bottom turntable might make it more workable. Wasn't really thinking of using it, just never saw anything like it before and wondered what GW thought.
Guess I now know the answer to THAT! :)
or at least, so far...
Okay, another thought: what if the pans hung from a top mount lazy susan and then you had an open slide out on the bottom of the entirely open cab.... as in the example of the corner drawers, for the lids etc.?
Or you could have a deep, maybe 10" (proper) corner drawer on the bottom for lids and then an open space in the upper 20" for the pans to hang and rotate. I guess there'd be some reaching and once again, the width of the pans (and the radius of the hypoteneuse or whatever the 'H' math thing that I don't get)might make it unworkable. Like, the pan edges would hit the cabinet frame if they were too wide. I wonder how wide too wide would be? I don't even know why I'm thinking about this... just thinking of ways to fit 10# in a 5# bag.
I've seen hanging pots, perhaps behind a lower cabinet door or hanging above an oven, and the concept is fine, but putting them into the corner like that makes me think that getting them out and putting them back could be a real pain. Now a sturdy hanging rod that slid out (similar to a closet rod that pulls down) could be cool, but those corner pans look like a pain to me. Definitely would not want pet fur or dust bunnies accumulating in the bottom of an open cabinet.
Aliris -- can see the hiding place. :D Bet that deep corner would be a hiding place for kitties too.
Yup, I was thinking along the lines of Marcolo. Sometimes we don't remodel our kitchens but have stupid cabinets and no good spot for our pans. I would want a door. But I don't think it is worse than what I have now.
Would I plan a cabinet like that? Of course not. But as a retrofit, it's probably okay.


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Rob Bell, a prominent evangelical pastor in Michigan, suggests that heaven may be universal, and that everyone has a place in heaven, whatever that may turn out to be, regardless of his deeds. [Read more…]
The Seeker: Hell Hath No Fury
Join BCC this weekend at Restoration Studies
A number of BCC permas will be presenters this weekend at the annual Restoration Studies / Sunstone Midwest Symposium. The symposium kicks off Friday night with an address on the conference theme: "'A Woman's Place…' Ideas, Impacts, and Experiences of Restoration Women" given by Gail Mengel. (Now retired, Gail was one of two women who became the first female apostles in the RLDS Church, now known as the Community of Christ.)
Russel Arben Fox chairs a star-studded panel that includes our own Kristine Haglund and Tracy McKay, along with Christian Harrison and Chris Henrichsen, in a session entitled "Homemaking Radicalism and Homemaking Realities." Kristine will also be joining Stacy Mengel Keenan, JWHA Executive Director Sherry Mesle-Morrain, and Sunstone Executive Director Mary Ellen Robertson, to explore the topic of "Getting Educated: How Attending a Church University (or not) Shapes Restoration Women's Experiences."
My own presentation will look at the histories of two small American denominations that initially embraced problematic doctrines that they eventually jettisoned before they each ultimately became "just another Protestant church". The Worldwide Church of God (now Grace Communion International) believed in Anglo-Israelitism (the view that the Anglo-Saxons were the lost tribes of Israel), and the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church (now Christ Community Church) famously believed that the world is flat. How has becoming just another Protestant church worked out in these two examples and what lessons might these experiences hold for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ)?
Outreach, ur doing it wrong
Yesterday I attended a meeting at which Gary Lawrence spoke about the research he conducted which forms the foundation of his book, How Americans View Mormonism. His firm contacted 1,000 randomly selected Americans and asked 55 questions. The answers given by the respondents clearly demonstrate that we are doing a poor job of communicating.
David Holland's Sacred Borders
Review of David F. Holland, Sacred Borders: Continuing Revelation and Canonical Restraint in Early America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 275pp. + index
Sacred Borders represents a rigorous and compelling consideration of traditions about the state of the biblical canon in American religion. For bookish Latter-day Saints, this volume will provide much-needed context for early Mormon beliefs about their open canon as well as a subtle and sympathetic view of both sides of the debate over the closed canon. While the style is highly accessible, given the complexity of the subject matter a reader may benefit from having digested a book like Brooks Holifield's Theology in America (Yale 2005) or perhaps the survey by Jon Butler, Grant Wacker, and Randall Balmer, Religion in American Life (Oxford 2003). Many of Holland's arguments will make more sense when the reader recognizes some of the actors, concepts, and traditions involved. Even so, I believe that Sacred Borders will be useful even to non-specialist audiences. I apologize that this review is as long as it is: the length of the review reflects the extensive insights of the book as well as the scope of the topic it treats. For expository clarity, I have divided the review into three sections. [Read more…]
Feasting (Way Too Much) Upon the Word of God
The Interwebs are abuzz with news of some research coming out of Northwestern University's medical school which, according to lead author Matthew Feinstein, says that youth who exhibit high levels of religiosity tend to become chunkier later in life. In layman's terms, if you send your kids to early morning seminary, you're condemning them to a lifetime of obesity.[1]
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A Shinto Prayer
With all the respect from the depth of our hearts we ask that the gods hear us, such as the spirit that hears our intent together with the spirits of the Sky and the Land. Take the evil, disasters and sins and purify all.
Kimigayo wa
Chiyo ni yachiyo ni
Sazare-ishi no
Iwao to narite
Koke no musu made.
Parochialism and Church callings
Scott's excellent post on comparative advantage and using opportunity cost in considering ward callings provided some impetus for me to articulate one of the concerns I currently have with how we approach callings. Scott noted that 'supply generally exceeds demand'. Though there are some areas of the Church where this might not be accurate (i.e. my Ward) I am sure that this is generally true in a wide variety of areas. Moreover, if this accurate it suggests an excellent question: What do we do when the Ward is saturated? [Read more…]
Ash Wednesday
I'm pretty sure I had never seen anyone with ashes on his forehead until I was in college–the imposition of ashes at the start of Lent just wasn't part of the liturgical life of the Baptist/Methodist/Campbellite town I grew up in. I was initially puzzled, and then vaguely repulsed by this physical, public acknowledgment of sin and penitence and the messiness of mortality.
Culturally, Mormons aren't really big on public acknowledgment of sin–we're optimistic that sin can be contained at home or, at worst, in the bishop's office. We speak cheerily of the 4 (or 5, or 7, depending on the teacher's creativity) R's of Repentance, a discrete process akin to running the dishwasher. [Read more…]
UVU to host yet another really cool conference
Just when you thought last year's Mormon Studies conference at UVU could not be improved upon…
Check this out.
Movie(s) Review: Veggie Tales! Veggie Tales!
They're a little "loud" for my taste (I prefer a more Mr. Rogersesque vibe in my children's media), but I have to admit, they're pretty entertaining and they do a good job of teaching scripture stories.
I haven't found any material or lessons I find objectionable, and many have surprised me with how much I appreciate the lessons taught. For example, An Easter Carol confronts the evils of consumerism and commercialization of sacred holidays, without going so far into zealotry the other direction that it makes me uncomfortable. Madame Blueberry is a full frontal assault on the idea that material things make us happy, even not-so-subtly sending up Wal-Mart. And Sweetpea Beauty is a perhaps cliche, but still much needed, reminder for girls that beauty on the inside is what matters. [Read more…]
What Love Requires
As lines of people approached long tables filled with grilled tri-tip and baked potatoes, a small loaf of bread, sliced and ready for the taking sat by a large basket of rolls last night at the ward Christmas party. The paper laying next to the crusty loaf labeled it "Gluten Free". Cranberry filled Jell-O with a cream cheese underlay was cut into generous helpings and divided into lots. One was gluten-free, the others endowed with a crunchy pretzel crust. Trays of gluten-free, chocolate-oozing dessert were delivered to table after table by the Young Men along with slices of regular chocolate and vanilla sheet cakes from Costco. In addition, a moist gluten-free coffee cake was there for your indulgence. It's one of the small things we do in our ward for the handful of people who suffer from Celiac disease. That's what love requires.
We have a handful of brothers in our ward, suffering from diseases not of the body, but of the spirit that caused them to become part of the criminal justice system, and for a time were (or still are) incarcerated. [Read more…]
A Mormon Sermon for Reformation Sunday
Delivered in church on October 31, 2010*
By 1528 at the latest Martin Luther had written the hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", number 68 in our hymn book, as a homily on Psalm 46. The words to this hymn always turn my thoughts to Luther's experience in taking refuge in the mighty Wartburg fortress at Eisenach in the German principality of Thuringia in 1521. We can imagine Luther reflecting on his isolation while sequestered in that fortress, in disguise as a knight for his own protection, as he later penned the words. [Read more…]
Subversion at General Conference
It has been a month and I have yet to see the most controversial talk at General Conference discussed. I suppose it falls to me. [Read more…]
An "Important Strengthening" of Religious Freedom: Temple Recommends in the European Court of Human Rights
Freedom of contract, religious autonomy and the Mormon temple recommend prevailed recently in The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)[1] as the Court rendered its judgment in the case of Obst v. Germany (application no. 425/03). More specifically, the ECHR found that Germany had not violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (right to respect for private and family life) when Germany's highest court, the Federal Constitutional Court, had ultimately upheld Michael Obst's 1993 dismissal without notice by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from his employment as Public Affairs Director for the Europe Area after he had confessed to committing adultery. [Read more…]
Meet The Polygamists Next Door
MikeInWeHo is an old friend of BCC, and currently serves as our Special Media Correspondent, providing commentary on TV shows we can't watch because we're too cheap to pay for cable. His past work can be seen here, here, here, and here.
Sunday night brought the premier of the new series Sister Wives on The Learning Channel. The affable Kody Brown and his three wives have opened their home to the world, and we get a new take on contemporary polygamy. This is billed as a reality series, but are these people for real or is this TV with an agenda? [Read more…]
James Adams. Part 2. Aspects of the Sermon.
For part 1, see here.
The late summer and early fall of 1843 was not a healthy time in Nauvoo. Philadelphia had yellow fever in the summer (and it emptied the town) and Nauvoo had malaria. If you could survive a year, the general weakness would usually subside and you had a good chance of staying alive. But the elderly and the very young had a more guarded prognosis. Often, malaria teamed up with pneumonia or cholera or some other bug to take out even the robust. In James Adams' case, cholera got the blame for his August 11 demise:
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Mormons, Muslims get along by creating books, not destroying them
I have been added as the Mormon blogger to the roster at The Seeker, which is the religion blog of The Chicago Tribune, edited by its terrific religion editor, Manya Brachear. They have quite an impressive list of contributors, including Martin Marty, the foremost authority on American religious history. I was a little bit intimidated by that, but hey, I'm just a fool rushing in where angels fear to tread. Below is my first offering at that venue. When I blog there, I plan to cross-post here. Obviously, these are written with a non-LDS audience in mind. They are also edited prior to being posted (the title for instance, was not mine, but I do like it). Enjoy! [Read more…]
An Appeal to Mitt Romney for Republican Leadership on the Mosque Issue
Does the Park51 Islamic Community Center in Lower Manhattan (also known by the misnomer "Ground Zero Mosque") present an opportunity for Mitt Romney to assume and evince leadership in the Republican Party, possibly even ousting populist Tea Party Anti-Federalist demagogues based on fundamental Federalist principles in the process? [Read more…]
Look Out, World!
At the recent FAIR conference in Utah, some interesting data were shared. Guess what? People don't like us. No, let me rephrase that: people really don't like us. According to the polling firm which gathered the data, LDS people have an unfavorable to favorable rating of 5 – 1. For every person who thinks well of us there are five who do not. To compare, notice that Jewish people have a favorable rating of 7 – 2 (seven likes for every two dislikes) and Catholics have a favorable rating of 2 – 1. Where are we going and how did we get in this handbasket?
The Sacrament of Grief
BCC is thrilled to welcome Nicholas S., known throughout the records of the Bloggernacle as Latter-day Guy, as a new guest blogger.
Note: Among my many deficiencies as a missionary were my journal keeping habits. These habits were deficient mainly in that they did not exist. The events described are true to the best of my recollection, but there may well be some inaccuracies regarding certain details and timing. Also, names have been changed to protect the innocent. And the guilty.
Merear, Domine, portare manipulum fletus et doloris… [1]
Both too early and too late, the phone rings. It is after seven o'clock in the morning when Elder Latu picks up the receiver and mumbles a groggy hello.
"Yeah, let me get him, President." [Read more…]
A (Secular) Turkish Delight
Any general arguments against the safeguards provided to all religions by the maintenance of a secular public sphere should take into account whether it is better to live as a Christian in Saudi Arabia or Turkey. [Read more…]
Nice to See It Published, But How Does It Affect Growth?
This guest post comes from frequent BCC reader Erich S.
An article about the LDS Church and its members appeared in the Financial Times last week. I have now received it from 5 independent sources, all LDS, and I can only assume you have either already read it or will receive it soon. While it is nice to see these kinds of articles giving us largely positive press, I believe they may also be problematic.
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Repentance, Insurance, and What I think is wrong with President Obama's approach to the BP Oil Spill
I tend to think that, as a church, we don't understand repentance very well. We have the 5 Rs down, but we still have the wrong attitude regarding it. It is viewed too often as distasteful or as unfortunate, instead of taking on the role that I think it has in the scriptures and in the Gospel. That role being the engine of the Atonement in our lives; the primary means for our becoming like the Father. I think that the reasons that we see repentance primarily in a negative light are, first, that we are ashamed of our sins (and we should be) and, second, we just don't think repentance is powerful enough. My purpose today is to argue that the second of these reasons is based on unrealistic and unscriptural ideas about what repentance can do.
The comparison between insurance and repentance is a problematic one, but I'm going to make it anyway. [Read more…]
Studying with the Jehovah's Witnesses
A local Jehova's Witness has put me in his "finding pool." Oh, I know he probably wouldn't call it that. But the truth of the matter is unmistakable. Sporadic morning visits have evolved into regularized bi-monthly drop-bys, and I'm handed a bright new copy of the Watchtower and other assorted literature each time. This Witness is paired with a different "companion" on each visit. Sometimes he's the "senior companion," clearly showing his greenie the ropes. Occasionally, he's the "junior companion", accompanied by an obviously senior leader, who I imagine gives him pointers after our brief conversation ends and the door closes.
I suspect in this Witness's mind I am a "golden contact". I answer his questions semi-thoughtfully, and in a way I know is helpful to the flow of his sales pitch. The truth is, I can't help but be nice to these guys. They remind me so much of a 19-year-old me. Yes, many of our theological assumptions and conclusions couldn't be more different. But our door-knocking approaches are oddly similar, both in the leading questions asked, and in the slight awkwardness of bearing and conversation that inevitably characterizes our forced chatter. I find myself wondering, "Do they hate this as much as I did back in the day?" "Do they really think the questions they're asking me are as religiously pivotal as their script would have me believe?" The whole experience is like a trip down memory lane, yet I must confess I'm kind of glad when it ends.
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Mormon Engagement With the World Religions–Conference at USC
If you're in or near SoCal next weekend, you should check out this conference at USC. For one thing, it's probably the only time Daniel Peterson and I will ever be on a program together–talk about ecumenism! Seriously, it's an astonishing lineup of folks, and I'm really looking forward to listening and observing. [Read more…]
Can a Good Mormon Make Over $100,000 a Year?
[Cross-posted to In Medias Res]
This post is, in a sense, a sequel to two older posts: "Can a Good Mormon be a Meritocrat?" and "Can a Good Mormon be a Socialist?" In case you can't be bothered to read until the end, the answers to the three questions are: "Probably not," "Yes," and "Sometimes, maybe, but seriously, why would you want to take that risk anyway?" [Read more…]
Those in favour, Manifest it? Part 1
This just a short, two part series on sustaining. This first post tries to ask some questions regarding the purpose of sustaining (both others and ourselves) and the second post will look at the process of sustaining by examining the question of whether we sustain the person or the office. [Read more…]
The Silence of the Sinner
According to the current CHI, when someone is disfellowshipped or excommunicated, one of the stipulations associated with this status requires that the person should refrain from speaking in Sacrament meeting or giving public prayers. If the person was a Priesthood holder they are also asked to not use their Priesthood. Despite not being explicitly stated, this counsel is often interpreted to be a restriction of public speaking during our Church classes or lessons. I wonder how this prohibition functions within the context of the Church, why it is required and how this added expectation aids or inhibits the process of repentance?
Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Process of Repentance
If anyone has ever studied the Sociology of Health and Illness you will have certainly come across Talcott Parsons' ideas on the 'Sick Role'. This 'paternalistic' model of the Doctor-Patient relationship and other models like it (i.e. the co-operative and the consumerist) can be applied to the process of seeking help from a Bishop in the process of repentance. This analogy is based on an assumed similarity between the roles of Bishop/Doctor & 'Sinner'/Patient. I think this is a useful, though not flawless, comparison but it is one that might help us think through how a Bishop could respond to someone who is seeking to confess and repent. Further I think it could also facilitate discussion upon the issue of how 'Sinners' can navigating this difficult relationship. [Read more…]
Creativity, Generosity and Humility: Grand Fundamentals of Mormonism
At a recent FAIR conference, Terryl Givens, while introducing his work on the history of the Pre-Mortal life in Western thought, made this statement: 'What I have come to appreciate is this cardinal insight: If the restoration is not yet complete, then other traditions have much to teach us. Not by way of confirming, corroborating, or verifying the truths we already have. But by way of actually adding to the body of revealed doctrine we call precious and true. The Restoration is neither full nor complete… What if, instead of scrambling frantically to find explanations when Joseph appears to have borrowed from the masons, or Ethan Smith, or Tom Dick, we instead see another marvellous possibility of his actually practicing what he preached.' [Read more…]


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Granted that Rome was not built in a day, the unresolved question among scholars has been just how long did it take. How early, before Julius Caesar came, saw and conquered, did Romans begin adopting a monumental architecture reflecting the grandeur of their ambitions?
Most historians agree that early Rome had nothing to compare to the sublime temples of Greece and was not a particularly splendid city, like Alexandria in Egypt.
Any definitive insight into the formative stages of Roman architectural hubris lies irretrievable beneath layers of the city's repeated renovations through the time of caesars, popes and the Renaissance. The most imposing ruin of the early Roman imperial period is the Colosseum, erected in the first century A.D.
Now, at excavations 11 miles east of Rome's city center, archaeologists think they are catching a glimpse of Roman tastes in monumental architecture much earlier than previously thought, about 300 years before the Colosseum. They have uncovered ruins of a vast complex of stone walls and terraces connected by a grand stairway and surrounded by many rooms, a showcase of wealth and power spread over an area more than half the size of a football field. They say this was most likely the remains of a public building in the heyday of the city-state Gabii, or possibly an exceptionally lavish private residence....
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I am making my own decorative frieze with acanthus wood ornamental appliques from Constantines. I plan to glue each applique to a smooth piece of 1 x 6. My runs are twenty-one feet in length. I will buy the crown molding for above from a Florida supplier. Is glueing the appliques to the 1 x 6 enough? I really don't want to use brads or staples if I can avoid it. I have looked for months and this is the most cost effective way I can do this. If I purchased what I wanted I couldn't afford it.
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It can be done, but if you are staining and putting on a clear finish, you need to be really careful with the glue. Any glue that smudges out will make a light spot in the stain.
I put a bunch of these on some large (5'x7') picture frames and was thankful to have a 23 gauge micro-pinner to hold them in place and assist with the gluing. It would also provide some insurance in case the wood expands and contracts different amounts between the base and the appliqué. They make such a small hole that it would not be noticeable in most applications.


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Reading RH.9-10.2
RH.9-10.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
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If it were the 50's when you woke up this morning and you skipped downstairs to your bowl of cereal where you found the decoder ring you were hoping for, you would be so excited you might hop out of your bobby socks. It may not seem like anything special today, but back then it was a big deal. The coveted decoder ring would eventually give you a super-secret message after weeks of waiting for additional information. The development of the storyline and the acquisition of the secret message was the ultimate goal of every Johnny-Cash-listening tween. In case you're wondering, here is the point… this little toy holds the metaphor to deciphering the key ideas and information from a text, specifically a primary and secondary source kind of text (oooh the metaphor thickens). Different texts, or decoder rings, and you will still receive the same secret message or theme.
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The first part of the standard is all about identifying the most important information, so the bad approach to take would be to violently interrogate the text until it gave in and told you what the central idea is. Instead you can dismember it and take a look at its parts and pieces one by one, much like a 1950's original Mr. Potato Head. For any source text, primary or secondary, if you look at its paragraphs and sentences analytically, you can determine the central ideas easily. When reading for important information in a text, note-taking is essential. Often making a chart with space for key ideas, comments, and page references is a helpful way to track your thinking.
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The second half of the standard checks your comprehension of the text by asking you to summarize it. Writing summaries can feel like you're hula hooping: after your first couple of attempts you're just doing it without thinking, but you should think about it to keep from looking ridiculous. Shmoop says, hula hoop with style. Be careful of simply restating exactly what is in the text; summaries should be a bit more than just a regurgitation of the words on the page.
- Sequence of events: In primary texts particularly there is usually an organizational pattern such as a sequence of events. It is important to summarize the events with integrity and explain with your own words how the development of ideas unfolds.
- Another useful tool in your reading belt would be the constant predicting of events as you think they may unfold based on what has already been read. You may even add this as an additional column to your notes. This requires critical thinking and understanding of the text at an inferential level.
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Assess the two documents below and answer the questions that follow.
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Romeo and Juliet
Opening Sonnet
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, naught could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
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Opening Paragraph of an Argument
Many people, who have probably never read the original have claimed that the Twilight books are a modern interpretation of the classic Shakespearean drama Romeo and Juliet. This is a ridiculous comparison. There are several aspects of the storyline that may be seen as parallels: The love between the two couples despite extenuating circumstances, the presence of death and chastity, and the love triangle between the couple and a third party. Though these elements are present in both works, the application of the Twilight series to the Shakespearean archetype is inherently flawed.
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Last Friday, the 2011 season did not start as planned for the Borger Bulldogs in the 35-7 loss to the Randall Raiders.
Three first half turnovers, along with the solid play be Randall's quarterback Collin Bowen, placed the Bulldogs into a 28-7 hole by halftime in the Raiders win.
This week, high school volleyball teams will have been on the court for a month. For the Hutchinson County teams, August has seen its shares of ups and downs. However, all three teams are poised to go into district play looking good and ready compete for a playoff berth.
Since the sluggish start to the season against Bushland and Canyon, the Borger Lady Bulldogs have looked good on the court in sweeps Hereford, Amarillo River Road, Amarillo Highland Park, Perryton, West Texas High and Sanford-Fritch.
Bowling league sign ups are now underway at Wildcatter's for bowlers of all ages and skill levels.
For kids and teens, the bowling alley's youth mixed league will once again run on Saturday mornings.
Adult leagues available are as follows.
Monday night: Church League-Mixed league play
Tuesday morning: Chatterettes-Women only league
Tuesday night: Metropolitan-Men only league
Wednesday night: Automotive-Men only league; Progressive-Women only league
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After the first weekend of the season, the Frank Phillips College Lady Plainsmen have a 3-1 overall record by winning both of their matches on Saturday at the NMMI Tournament in Roswell, N.M.
The Lady Plainsmen opened Saturday getting the win over Ranger Junior College in straight sets 25-22, 25-15, 25-19.
In their final match of the tournament, the Lady Plainsmen had their hands full with South Mountain Community College. However the team pulled out the win in five games 24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 19-25, 15-11.
The West Texas Comanches opened the 2011 football season with a bang Friday night, notching a 35-6 win over former District foe Gruver Greyhounds. The Tribe did well on both sides of the ball with the offense getting 452 total yards. The defense practically shut down the Hounds, holding them to just 73 total yards of offense. Most of that came on Gruver's lone touchdown, a 45 yard run in the fourth quarter. The score could have and should have been much worse, but the Comanches had three touchdowns called back on penalties.
The 2011 season started a little rough for the Borger Bulldogs on Friday night at Bulldog Stadium. In front of a good crowd, the Randall Raiders racked up 248 yards and scored three touchdowns in the second quarter to build a 21 point lead in their 35-7 win over Borger.
Raiders junior quarterback Colin Bowen had a big night on the ground and the air as he rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns while connecting with Logan Brittian for an 89 yard touchdown pass in the second quarter.
The Sanford-Fritch Eagles had their hands full Friday night with the visiting Golden Wolves of Dalhart.
The first quarter was about working through first game jitters. Dalhart didn't seem to have any problems moving the ball down the field with the help of Dalhart Senior WR Channing Allen. In the first quarter, Allen received a great pass and ran 70 yards for a touchdown.
Colton Valle, Sanford-Fritch's All State HM running back from last season, blocked the extra point kickand the quarter ended with Dalhart up 6-0.
ROSWELL, N.M.-On Friday, the Frank Phillips College Lady Plainsmen opened their 2011 season by splitting their two matches in the NMMI Tournament.
In their morning match, the Lady Plainsmen fell to WJCAC foes NMMI in three games 25-27, 19-25, 22-25.
In the afternoon, the Lady Plainsmen rebounded to defeat Air Force Prep 25-22, 25-15, 25-19.
Day two of the tournament is taking place on Saturday.
Part of Frank Phillips College Lady Plainsmen softball recruiting class are three freshmen that are familiar faces for softball fans in Hutchinson County.
Borger natives Kylie Boyd and Trayshia Walker, along with Jill Walker of Fritch, are part of the ten newcomers to the Lady Plainsmen, and each one of them is excited about the opportunity they have in being a part of the program.
On Wednesday afternoon, Randall Raider Head Coach Bryan Wood shared a couple of his thoughts on tonight's game between his team and the Borger Bulldogs.
Wood is entering his third year as the Raiders' coach, where he led the team to a 9-3 record last year.
On his approach for the Raiders going into tonight, Wood said, "I think every coach has a similar perspective regarding early games. Don't turn it over, have limited penalties, and win the special teams."


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I can't bid the annuals goodbye!
It got down to the 30's Saturday night, and I know winter is coming. I'll be out of town the next two weekends, so this was the weekend I was supposed to cut everything down and back for the winter. Cut back the lemon balm, pull down the nasturtiums and BES and cypress vine and clematis. Rip up the tomato plants (which have produced quite a lot last week!) Dump all the hanging baskets in the compost pile.
But I can't! I can't say goodbye to the garden just yet!
I did get a couple of things taken care of. The key lime, the calamondin, three scented geraniums and the agapanthus went to work, to spend the winter in sunny windows.
The hibiscus tree, three more scented geraniums, the jasmine, rosemary and bay all moved into the apartment. All the pots and saucers got washed, and I think I got all the bugs out.
I took cuttings of the Purple Queen, vinca vine, even some of the roses.
Cut the remaining roses off the bushes, striped the petals and laid them out to dry. Harvested the last of the lemon verbena, and cut a lot of thyme for the winter.
Butter was on sale last week, so I softened about 1 1/2 lbs and mixed it with chiffonaded nasturtiums. Rolled the butter into little logs and put them in the freezer. Tonight, I'll vacuum seal them in individual bags, so I'll have "confetti butter" all winter.
What are you doing to say goodbye and tuck your garden in for the winter?
Started the coleus cuttings and sweet potato vines. Pulled up most of the balsam and collected seeds. Just running around and harvesting the last of the seed.
Wondering if my spanish flag vine will mature enough to collect seeds - arugh!
I have been bringing all my garden ornaments and statuary in to put away for the winter. Also bringing in my cacti that were sunning themselves (even though we don't see that much sun here) out of doors. Going to cover my annuals tonight and tomorrow night to see if I can get a couple more weeks of enjoyment out of them. I also have some potted daylilies that I have to protect this winter. Got that done over the weekend.
I will be sorry to put the garden to bed for the winter but I won't be sorry to put that @%*#$! lawn mower away this season. We've spent entirely too much time this summer mowing instead of enjoying the lawn. Why do we have either too much rain or too little? There, I've done my venting for today. Thanks for the outlet!!!
I forgot the seeds! I've been collecting seeds for the last few weeks, as they ripen, and I have half a dozen glass prep bowls lined up on the mantel, airing. Yesterday I made some tea, and as I watched Much Ado About Nothing on TV, I made several dozen paper envelopes and packed up Malva Zebrina, white and fuschia 4:00s, genoa and lemon basil, forget-me-nots, cinnamon vine, BES and cypress vine.
Like looking at fat cans of preserves put up for the winter....
Hahahahahaha!!!!! Bakemon......I must have you hooked! LOL
Now....You might be better off, bring in one plant of each? I don't know why???? I've been having a hard time this time of year, to get them to root!
I wondered, if it's because the stems on the Coleus, are so big?
Be sure to spray those Sweet Potatoes, a few times too! Otherwise....you'll be battling the White Flys, all winter... (Wink)
You are correct madam! In fact, these are YOUR coleus as well as some others from Baker's Acres.
Yes indeedy I am hooked thanks to you! Mine seem to be rooting fine so far. We'll see.
What do I spray the sweet potatoes with? I've heard of the white fly problem.


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