{"id":8121,"date":"2009-05-02T22:17:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T03:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=8121"},"modified":"2009-05-02T22:17:22","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T03:17:22","slug":"notes-from-all-over-for-week-ended-2-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2009\/05\/notes-from-all-over-for-week-ended-2-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes From All Over &#8212; for Week Ended 2 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comment here on the Notes From All Over for the past week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc4.com\/content\/news\/state\/story\/Protesting-President-Monson\/c31hkbbvB0-oY1Zq-62kcw.cspx?rss=1451\">Protestors to Greet Pres. Monson in Cedar City Today<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Protesting President Monson. ABC TV4 News, 5\/01\/2009. Protest seeks civil rights for homosexuals in Utah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvb.com\/news\/localnews\/stories\/ktvbn-may0109-mexico_missionary.e661214.html\">\u201cRight now it isn\u2019t like a huge scare, it\u2019s more of a precautionary thing, but this Sunday we won\u2019t have church. Schools are all shut down; all public gathering places are shut down. Also the President recommended that we wear those masks\u2026\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>LDS parents concerned for sons health while in M\u00e9xico. By Scott Evans. KTVB TV7 Boise, Idaho, May 2, 2009. LDS Missionary serving in Mexico reports on the effect of H1N1 2009 (Swine flu) virus on missionary work and LDS Church in Mexico.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/1,5143,705300827,00.html\">Religious Freedom Report: LDS Church Mentioned re: Cuba, Russia and Venezuela<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>LDS Church mentioned in religious freedom report. By Scott Taylor. Deseret News, May 1, 2009. The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom released its annual report released Friday. The LDS Church is mentioned in sections on Cuba, Russia and Venezuela.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledger-enquirer.com\/158\/story\/705486.html\">The Post Mission Return: A Nomad\u2019s Adventure.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormon student from Columbus returns to Japan on different kind of mission. By Allison Kennedy. Columbus OH Ledger-Enquirer 2 May 2009. Brandon Riggs, who served an LDS mission in Japan, is returning to Japan to live like a nomad. \u201cI\u2019m going to be playing a street guitar and harmonica and earning money for the trains and ferries. I\u2019m going to go on an adventure.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkchristian.net\/index.php\/2009\/05\/01\/avoid-the-tough-questions-use-jesus\/\">Awesome tactic for avoiding thorny questions (starts at about 1 minute in).  Hat tip: Clobbergirl<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid the tough questions. Use Jesus. by Jerod Clark. ThinkChristian, May 1st, 2009. A local politician testifies of Jesus in order to avoid tough questions from a reporter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Blotter\/story?id=7471217&amp;page=1\">More on Bruce Jessen and Jim Mitchell\u2019s hand in overseeing torture techniques<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Waterboarding, Interrogations: The CIA\u2019s $1,000 a Day Specialists: New Focus on Two Retired Military Psychologists Called the \u2018Architects\u2019 of the CIA\u2019s Techniques. By BRIAN ROSS, MATTHEW COLE, and JOSEPH RHEE. ABC World News, April 30, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/the-exponent.com\/2009\/04\/30\/my-thing\/\">\u201cThis test is surprisingly stringent, and lots of movies that have \u2019strong female characters\u2019 do not pass this test.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>My thing. by Starfoxy. The Exponent, April 30, 2009. Starfoxy discusses the Bechdel-Wallace test for when a movie has strong female characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepapitchinin.org\/2009\/05\/01\/electing-the-bishop-1895\/\">\u201cDo not expect too much of me; I am weak and need your support. Do not find fault with, nor criticise us, but sustain us in our labors.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Electing the Bishop, 1895. By Ardis E. Parshall. Keepapitchinin, May 01, 2009. Under the direction of the Sevier Stake Presidency, the priesthood of the Marysville, Utah Ward nominated and elected their bishop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yourbishop.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/your-wifes-greatest-enemies.html\">\u201cNever stop dating her. Never stop courting her. Never stop letting her know how important she is to you.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Your Wife\u2019s Greatest Enemy. by Mike Fitzgerald. Put on the Armor of Light, 1 May 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.canada.com\/vancouversun\/news\/westcoastnews\/story.html?id=9983e119-a963-48ff-b162-c584bbc4b061&amp;k=72568\">Prosecution of Vancouver Polygamists to reach Canadian Supreme Court at Cost of $1 Million<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>In the end, it may be legal bills that sink the polygamists. by Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun, May 01, 2009. The bankruptcy of polygamist-owned firm leaves FLDS group unable to pay Canadian legal bills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox13now.com\/news\/kstu-mormons-cancel-church-services-mexico,0,1568768.story\">Church Cancels Mexico Services due to Swine Flu, notes AP<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormons Cancel Church Services in Mexico. Associated Press, April 30, 2009. Swine Flu leads Church to cancel services, and news makes AP wire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/arts_entertainment\/books\/?id=7528\">Did Glen Beck\u2019s Promotion Lead to This?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Legal tiff erupts over Skousen\u2019s popular books. By Linda Thomson. Deseret News, May. 01, 2009. Skousen family-run organization claims copyrights in \u201cThe Five Thousand Year Leap\u201d and \u201cThe Making of America\u201d while Skousen-founded National Center for Constitutional Studies claims right to continue printing the books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12267241\">\u201cSome LDS members are seriously questioning their faith as the church continues to recognize undocumented immigrants as worthy of baptism, temple entrance and missionary work\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Immigration arrest of missionary puts focus on LDS policy: The church leaves the issue to individual conscience. By Sheena Mcfarland. The Salt Lake Tribune, 05\/01\/2009. Jose Calzadillas, who was detained by ICE as he was leaving his Ohio mission field, was released from custody following an April 22 hearing. But his case has led to debate among LDS Church members over the Church\u2019s policy to ignore immigration status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=103694193\">Justice Souter to Step Down<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Supreme Court Justice Souter To Retire. by Nina Totenberg. Morning Edition (NPR) 30 April 2009. Souter will retire at the end of the Court\u2019s term, giving President Obama his first opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court Justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the_press_office\/Briefing-by-White-House-Press-Secretary-Robert-Gibbs-3\/2\/09\/\">Understanding Limbaugh: Liberals Don\u2019t Get It<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS. The White House Press Office, March 2, 2009. Press discusses Limbaugh\u2019s comments over the previous weekend which suggested he wanted the Obama economic plan to fail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepapitchinin.org\/2009\/04\/29\/constipation\/\">\u201cChoose the same hour each day, and make it a duty to keep that time, for that purpose, invariably,\u201d advises church magazine.  No, it\u2019s not talking about scripture study.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Constipation. by Ardis E. Parshall. Keepapitchinin April 29, 2009. \u201cConstipation is a serious condition, and if neglected often leads to dangerous and even fatal results. It is the cause of more sickness and disease than any other known source.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/04\/27\/colbert-study-conservativ_n_191899.html\">Understanding Colbert: Conservatives Don\u2019t Get It<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Colbert Study: Conservatives Don\u2019t Know He\u2019s Joking by Jason Linkins. Huffington Post, 04\/27\/09. A study from The Ohio State University shows that lots of conservatives seem to not understand the intrinsic, underlying joke of <em>The Colbert Report<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/mormon_voices\/joel_campbell\/?id=7492\">The Evolution of \u201cMormon\u201d: When do you use the term Mormon, and when the Church\u2019s name<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Living with the \u201cMormon\u201d nickname. By Joel Campbell. Mormon Times, Apr. 29, 2009. Campbell shows how the media has ignored the LDS Church\u2019s aversion to the term \u201cMormon\u201d Church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=103582533\">Bybee Not Ideologue<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Torture Memo Author Not Seen As Ideologue. by Ina Jaffe. All Things Considered, April 30, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/2009-04-30\/news\/richard-franco-discovered-that-the-government-can-interfere-with-a-man-s-freedom-of-religion-in-divorce-court\">Judge Keeps Kids from Attending LDS Church after Divorce<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Judge Bars Divorced Man from Taking His Kids to Mormon Temple. By Sarah Fenske. Phoenix New Times, April 28, 2009. Despite joint custody, LDS man can\u2019t bring his children to LDS Church, \u201cavoid further confusion and conflict in the children\u2019s lives,\u201d according to the Judge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/people_news\/people_church\/?id=7493\">Keepapitchinin story becomes book.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Survivor\u2019s son tells a story of faith and courage. By Molly Farmer. MormonTimes, Apr. 29, 2009. Joseph Tippets\u2019 ordeal, described on Keepapitchinin (http:\/\/www.keepapitchinin.org\/2008\/11\/03\/alaskan-odyssey-1943\/comment-page-1\/#comment-10420), has been told in a book by his son.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/music\/ci_12166008?nclick_check=1\">Chelsea Handler\u2019s Mormon Connection.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Chelsea Handler cuts loose. By David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer. San Jos\u00e9 CA Mercury News, 04\/30\/2009. E! Network party girl \u201cwas born the youngest of six to a Jewish father and a Mormon mother in Livingston, N.J.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/opinion\/ci_12256286\">SL Trib: LDS lawyers, psychologists had a hand in torture policies<\/a><\/li>\n<p>LDS lawyers, psychologists had a hand in torture policies. By David R. Irvine. Salt Lake Tribune, 04\/29\/2009.<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/29\/us\/politics\/29bybee.html?_r=1&amp;scp=2&amp;sq=bybee&amp;st=Search\">\u201cI believed at the time, and continue to believe today, that the conclusions were legally correct.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Official Defends Signing Interrogation Memos. By NEIL A. LEWIS. New York Times, April 28, 2009. Bybee breaks silence and defends memos he signed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0409\/21878.html\">Leahy invites Bybee to testify on the Hill<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Leahy invites Bybee to testify on Hill. By JOSH GERSTEIN. Politico.com 4\/29\/09. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) has invited the federal appeals court judge under fire for his role in writing legal memos that some analysts say enabled torture to defend himself at a committee hearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ann-wright\/bybee-and-peterson-two-mo_b_192951.html\">\u201cBybee and Peterson: Two Mormons, Two Different Ethics On Torture\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Bybee and Peterson: Two Mormons, Two Different Ethics On Torture by Ann Wright. Huffington Post 29 April 2009. Bybee\u2019s authorized ten \u201cenhanced interrogation techniques\u201d are compared with the actions of U.S. Army Specialist Alyssa Peterson who refused to use Bybee\u2019s interrogation techniques and ended up committing suicide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/mormon_voices\/elia_gourgouris\/?id=7475\">The incredible story of Susan Boyle<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The incredible story of Susan Boyle. By Elia Gourgouris. Mormon Times, Apr. 28, 2009. Frumpy 47-year-old Scottish woman\u2019s success on \u201cBritain\u2019s Got Talent\u201d wins her international fame \u2014 in case you haven\u2019t noticed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/community\/tempe\/articles\/2009\/04\/28\/20090428gr-ldscoffee0429.html\">How Many LDS Does It Take To Limit Cofee Consumption?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Gilbert coffee shops thrive despite LDS coffee policy. By Katherine Greene. The Arizona Republic, Apr. 28, 2009. Gilbert, where 15% of the population are LDS Church members, has seven Starbucks stores, about half the average for similar-sized cities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/Glenn-Beck-A-Savvy-Fraud-by-Alexander-Zaitchik-090427-894.html\">Glen Beck Called Savvy Fraud<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Glenn Beck: A Savvy Fraud Who Knows Just How to Please His Audience of Conservative Suckers by Alexander Zaitchik. OpEdNews.com, April 27, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freestudents.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/new-poll-shows-opinion-shift-is-strong.html\">Opinion Shifts to Allowing Same Sex Marriage (did Prop 8 Effort Backfire?)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>New poll shows opinion shift is strong and consistent. by CLS. Classically Liberal, April 28, 2009. \u201cWe know the end of this debate and it won\u2019t go the way that the Religious Rights wants it to go. The more they try to get traction on the issue the more they end up falling on their face,\u201d says this blogger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hjnews.townnews.com\/articles\/2009\/04\/28\/news\/news04-04-28-09.txt\">What Happens When You Make Fun of a Temple Recommend<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheriff: Disciplinary action taken against joking jailer. By Matthew K. Jensen. Logan UT Herald Journal, April 28, 2009. Police sargeant who poked fun at arrested man\u2019s temple recommend was also an active LDS Church member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12239925\">Bybee compared to Peterson<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Walsh: On opposite poles: two Mormons on torture. By Rebecca Walsh. Salt Lake Tribune, 04\/28\/2009. The connection of the torture memos to Jay Bybee and the suicide of Army interrogator Alyssa Peterson over torture are contrasted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/26\/apparatchiks\/\">Bybee a \u201cmovement conservative apparatchik\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Apparatchiks by Paul Krugman. New York Times Blogs April 26, 2009. In Bybee\u2019s world, following orders and getting rewarded for his obedience was what it was all about; he\u2019s completely shocked to find that the rules have changed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/?nid=148&amp;sid=6309221\">Its not the texting, its the content of the text<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Woman sent to jail for texting in court. By Sarah Dallof. KSL TV April 28th, 2009. Judge gave 30 days to mother of 4 for texting husband about content of his case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/books\/review\/2009\/04\/28\/terry_eagleton\/print.html\">Terry Eagleton skewers \u201cDitchkins.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Those ignorant atheists: In this witty book, Terry Eagleton argues that Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and their ilk are shockingly ill-informed about the Christian faith. By Andrew O\u2019Hehir. Salon.com, Apr. 28, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/business\/story\/1165665.html\">Community of Christ wins dispute over RLDS name<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Community of Christ wins dispute over RLDS name. By Dan Margolies, Legal Affairs. Kansas City Star April 27, 2009. Wins trademark infringement case against offshoot Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/?nid=148&amp;sid=6296916\">Miami Dolphins cut John Beck<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Dolphins cut former BYU QB John Beck. By Tom Kirkland, KSL Sports Director. KSL TV, April 27th, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/28\/opinion\/28douthat.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\">Douthat\u2019s first NYT column\u2026 why the GOP would have been better off running Cheney against Obama<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Cheney for President by Ross Douthat. New York Times, April 27, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12239925\">LDS Church spokesman Scott Trotter: \u201cAbuse of any kind is incompatible with the Church of Jesus Christ.\u201d <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Walsh: On opposite poles: two Mormons on torture. By Rebecca Walsh. Salt Lake Tribune, 04\/28\/2009. A comparison of the roles of Jay Bybee and Alyssa Peterson in the recent torture scandal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/27\/AR2009042701460.html?hpid=topnews\">Drift, not disillusionment, is more often the cause when Americans give up their faith or change religions<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Study Examines Choice of Religion: Spiritual Attitudes, Not Church Policy, Cited as Reasons. By Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post, April 28, 2009. A survey, by the Pew Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life, is the first large-scale study of the reasons Americans switch religious affiliations. Researchers found that more than half of people have done so at least once.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bycommonconsent.com\/2009\/04\/25\/undocumented-missionaries\/#comment-134811\">Wingnut calls First Presidency to repentance on immigration.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Comment #212 by WatchDog made 27 April 2009 on post Undocumented Missionaries by Kevin Barney, By Common Consent 25 April 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/the-exponent.com\/2009\/04\/27\/coming-out-of-the-feminist-closet\/\">Jessawhy comes out of the feminist closet \u2014 in testimony meeting.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming out of the Feminist Closet. by Jessawhy. The Exponent, April 27, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/27\/technology\/27jeopardy.html?_r=1&amp;hp\">I\u2019d put my money is on Ken Jennings<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Computer Program to Take On \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 By John Markoff. New York Times, April 26, 2009. Jennings may be one of the contestants to face the machine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/biblicalstudiesorguk.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/where-were-nail-prints-in-jesus-hands.html\">Where were the nail-prints?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Where were the nail-prints in Jesus\u2019 hands &#8211; in his wrists or his palms? by Rob Bradshaw. BiblicalStudies.org.uk April 27, 2009. Supports claim that nails were placed through the wrists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/705299943\/LDS-Spanish-speaking-women-commended-for-faith.html\">Spanish-Language Women\u2019s Fireside Draws 700<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>LDS Spanish-speaking women commended for faith. By Jamshid Askar. Deseret News, April 26, 2009. More than 700 women from 32 Spanish-speaking wards and branches descended on the Utah Valley University campus Sunday for a fireside featuring Julie B. Beck and Silvia H. Allred.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mormonthinking.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/mormon-monks.html\">Mormon Monks<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormon Monks by Nils Bergeson. Mormon Thinking, April 25, 2009. \u201cI realized that Mormonism has its own type of \u201cmonastic order,\u201d albeit quite different than that order which exists in other religions\u2026 When it comes to the secular world and the religious world, Mormons are expected to find a balance between the two, so that they might participate in both 100%.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/people_news\/sports\/?id=7459\">Mormons taken in the NFL draft<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>A roundup of Mormons in the NFL draft. Mormon Times, Apr. 27, 2009. At least four Mormons \u2014 Austin Collie, Paul Kruger, Fui Vakapuna and J.D. Folsom \u2014 have been drafted by NFL teams this weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/around_church\/worldwide_church\/?id=7396\">17 Books of Mormon a month, for nearly 4 1\/2 years!!<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Patriarch gives away 874 Books of Mormon. By Paul Rucker, Roanoke Virginia Stake Public Affairs. Mormon Times, Apr. 26, 2009. Since January 2005, Vearl McBride has handed out 874 free copies of the Book of Mormon to strangers that he meets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/arts_entertainment\/books\/?id=7449\">Traitor is Novel of the Year<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Best LDS fiction named at Whitney Awards. By Michael De Groote. Mormon Times, Apr. 26, 2009. The winners of the 2008 Whitney Awards were announced on Saturday, April 25, at a dinner event at the Provo Marriott. The best novel by a new author was \u201cBound on Earth\u201d by Angela Hallstrom, which won a similar award from the Association for Mormon Letters earlier this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormonheretic.org\/2009\/04\/26\/debunking-the-spaulding-manuscript-theory\/\">Has the Spaulding Manuscript Theory been \u201cthoroughly discredited\u201d?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Debunking the Spaulding Manuscript Theory. Mormon Heretic, April 26th, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/postsofmyhouse.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/inviting-single-saint-to-stay-in-church.html\">Inviting the single Saint to stay in church.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Inviting the Single Saint to Stay in the Church. by Keri Brooks. The Posts of My House, March 18, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Explorer_box_model_bug\">The Explorer blockquote bug \u2026 explained. I think.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldsaliveinchrist.com\/2009\/04\/a-question-for-the-bloggernacle-wheres-the-beef\/comment-page-1\/#comment-1415\">\u201cSometimes beef is just out of place. Maybe we\u2019re eating a rootbeer float and don\u2019t appreciate a greasy meat patty dropped on top of the ice cream.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Comment by Ardis Parshall on A Question for the Bloggernacle: Where\u2019s the Beef? by Jared. April 25th, 2009. In response to Jared\u2019s suggestion that the Bloggernacle is too often missing the scriptures in discussions (\u201dwhere\u2019s the beef?\u201d), Ardis suggests that sometimes the scriptures are out of place in a discussion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/ci_12219367\">\u201c[B]ringing Mormons and gays back together through direct action and creative casseroles.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Sister Dottie\u2019 wants to bring us together: One character play cooks up casserole-size humor to ease gay-LDS disputes. By Roxana Orellana. The Salt Lake Tribune, 04\/25\/2009.  Local radio personality Dottie Dixon, actually male actor Charles Lynn Frost playing a 50-something Spanish Fork resident and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,  is taking her message from the airwaves to the stage. A one-character comedy, \u201cThe Passion of Sister Dottie S. Dixon,\u201d will be premiered May 1-May 17 by the Pygmalion Theatre Company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/service-center-volunteers-2375671-church-aliso\">40,000 volunteers participate in inaugural \u201cMormon Helping Hands\u201d service day in Southern California<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>40K participate in first Mormon service project day<br \/>\nMormons and non-church volunteers participate in \u2018Mormon Helping Hands.\u2019 By KELLI HART. The Orange County Register, April 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backstage.com\/bso\/production-listings\/new-york-production-listings-1003966451.story\">The South Park Guys Are After Mormons Again<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>New York Production Listings. Backstage, April 24, 2009. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are planning <em>Mormon Musical<\/em>, a new musical about the Mormon faith they wrote with Bobby Lopez (Avenue Q). Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu) is reportedly cast in a workshop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/23\/arts\/23holst.html\">Obit of the Mormon Ringmaster-Tim Holst<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Timothy J. Holst, Who Filled Circus Big Top With Talent, Dies at 61, By GLENN COLLINS. New York Times, April 22, 2009. Holst is described as a life-long member of the LDS Church, who served an LDS mission to Sweden. He also visited 164 countries for Ringling Brothers as the circus\u2019 chief talent scout, which he became after starting as a keystone cop clown and working as a singing ringmaster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.editorandpublisher.com\/eandp\/news\/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003966494\">Mormon Soldier\u2019s Refusal to Torture, and Suicide, Remembered<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Amid Media Debate: The Soldier Who Refused to Torture\u2013And Killed Herself a Few Days Later. By Greg Mitchell. Editor &amp; Publisher, April 25, 2009. Spc. Alyssa Peterson committed suicide in September 2003 a few days after refusing to take part in interrogations that likely involved torture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/episodes\/april-24-2009\/money-morality-and-repealing-the-death-penalty\/2757\/\">Book of Mormon Supports Death Penalty, says Montana Pol<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Money, Morality, and Repealing the Death Penalty by Elaine de Leon. Religion and Ethics Newsweekly April 24th, 2009. Republican judiciary committee vice-chairman Ken Peterson, a Mormon who opposed repeal [of the death penalty], said the Book of Mormon and \u201ceight books in the Old Testament\u201d support the death penalty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/lds\/ci_12193338\">Hatch says his two-year mission inspire new Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Hatch says LDS mission part of bill inspiration. The Salt Lake Tribune, 04\/22\/2009.  During the congressional debate, Hatch said he drew inspiration for the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act from his two year mission for the LDS Church, adding he wouldn\u2019t trade his two-year mission for all of the years he has served in the Senate. Hatch lead the charge to rename the legislation after Kennedy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment here on the Notes From All Over for the past week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,55,968],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn","category-news-politics","category-notes-from-all-over-features"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8126,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions\/8126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}