Archive for July, 2009
Author warns of pitfalls in writing narrative family history
By R. Scott Lloyd Deseret News Published: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:15 p.m. MDT PROVO — Educated as a boy in Catholic parochial schools in Buffalo, N.Y., John Colletta is apt to apply religious terminology when addressing an audience of mostly Mormon genealogy enthusiasts about the potential pitfalls in writing a narrative family history. “I [...]
Men arrested for trespassing on Main St. Plaza will not be prosecuted
From KSL.com By Mary Richards SALT LAKE CITY — Two men cited after they were caught kissing on the Main Street Plaza will not face criminal charges. The Salt Lake City Prosecutors Office said it screened charges of criminal trespass in the case because the men were not given adequate verbal or written notice that [...]
FLDS members show up en masse to protest sale of farmland
From KSL.com SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) from from several states traveled to Salt Lake City to show their opposition to a court hearing regarding the future of property they believe is theirs. A hearing was held in 3rd District Court, [...]
Sudanese Woman Facing 40 Lashes for Wearing Pants to Stand Trial
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudanese female journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public in violation of the country’s strict Islamic laws told a packed Khartoum courtroom Wednesday she is resigning from a U.N. job that grants her immunity so she can challenge the law on women’s …
Learning to Prosper:Financial Success after your Mission by Dustin Robison
Title: Learning to Prosper:Financial Success after your Mission Author: Dustin Robison Publisher: Cedar Fort Genre: Nonfiction/ Financial Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 151 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-59955-232-3 Price: $12.99 Reviewed by Karen Hamilton This book is for the recently returned missionary that is beginning his or her trip through school, bills, dating [...]
Counting the Cost by Liz Adair
Title: Counting the Cost Author: Liz Adair Publisher: Inglestone Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction/ Love Story Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 335 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-0-9778814-6-8 Price: $17.95 Reviewed by Karen Hamilton Liz Adair has a unique and refreshing way of bringing the past alive and helping the reader to become immersed in the [...]
Work – How to Find the Problem, when all else fails blame Dad!
I do all of the IT work here at Confetti Antiques & Books. Okay, not all of it. Donnie does a good portion too. I do all of the server maintenance, however. We’re currently running on a Dual P3 1.2 gHZ machine with 2 gigs of RAM. We have a RAID 5 with 5 disks. [...]
New Domain Name! www.caandb.com
Well, we now have a new domain available, as well as the current ones. This domain is www.caandb.com as in Confetti Antiques AND Books- C A AND B This saves me, and hopefully you, from having to type www.confettiantiques.com each time, which I’ve recognized is very easy to mess up. We’ll be changing this to [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-27
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Stupid things people say
When someone walks into my antique store and says, “Wow, there are a lot of old things in here.” My answer; “Yes m’am, there are.” What I really want to say; “You are so observant. That is why it is called an ANTIQUE STORE!”