Archive for February, 2010
The Sapphire Flute by Karen Hoover
Title: The Sapphire Flute Author: Karen Hoover Publisher: Valor Publishing Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 370 Binding: Hardcover ISBN-10: n/a ISBN-13: 978-1-935546-07-8 Price: $19.95 Reviewed by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury This is the first book in The Wolfchild Saga, so while some subplots are resolved by the end of the book and it doesn’t [...]
Utah Ranked 2nd highest in Church attendance- behind Mississippi
Only 22% of Alaskans say they attend religious services at least once a week, making Alaska the least religious state judged by this measure. In Utah and several Southern states, more than half of those surveyed by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life said they were weekly service attenders. Along with Alaskans, residents [...]
Think English is Easy??????
Think English is easy??? 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided [...]
I Need Thee Every Hour: Applying the Atonement in Everyday Life by David P. Vandagriff
Title: I Need Thee Every Hour: Applying the Atonement in Everyday Life Author: David P. Vandagriff Publisher: Covenant Communications Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 180 Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-59811-910-7 Price: $18.99 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle A case can be made that we have enough books about the atonement. We can [...]
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Some Useful Conversions
Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 I.V. League 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton 1 millionth mouthwash = 1 microscope Speed of a tortoise breaking the sound barrier = Mach Turtle Time it takes to [...]
Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995
Climategate U-turn as scientist at center of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995 The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information. Colleagues say that the reason Professor Phil [...]
An amazing card trick
James Galea (Card Trick) Comedy Festival Gala 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9lFe504i2s&feature=player_embedded
LDS add mission in Utah; cut back in Europe, elsewhere
By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 02/12/2010 09:59:19 PM MST // < ![CDATA[ var requestedWidth = 0; // ]]> // < 
The Bankrupt PIGS of Europe by …