{"id":8741,"date":"2009-06-27T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=8741"},"modified":"2009-06-27T09:30:27","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T14:30:27","slug":"notes-from-all-over-through-june-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2009\/06\/notes-from-all-over-through-june-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes From All Over &#8211; through June 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comment here on the Notes From All Over for the past week. <!--more--> We\u2019ve numbered the comments for your convenience.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"rlink-8243\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5iL1RzyWH5vDisLCH6wj5j3q0Dq0g\">Yettaw Incident May Lead to UN Secretary General Visit to Myanmar<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>UN troubleshooter discusses Ban visit in Myanmar. Agence France Press, 26 June 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8242\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12701193\">LDS Woman\u2019s Tragedy Captures Hearts at Pro-Immigrant Family Rally<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Interfaith rally points to spiritual side of immigration debate. By Kristen Moulton. The Salt Lake Tribune, June 26, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8241\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepapitchinin.org\/2009\/06\/25\/long-gone-the-mystery-of-gubernatorial-absences-in-south-carolina-and-utah\/\">The case of the disappearing guv\u2019nor.  (It\u2019s not the one you\u2019re thinking about.)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Long Gone: The Mystery of Gubernatorial Absences in South Carolina and Utah. By William P. MacKinnon. Keepapitchinin, June 25, 2009. Brigham Young disappeared from Utah for five weeks in 1857.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8240\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mendotareporter.com\/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&amp;story_id=3230&amp;page=72\">Nauvoo-era LDS\/RLDS Cemetary Crumbling<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Concrete legacy crumbling at the Mormon Cemetery. By Jim Dresbach. Mendota IL Reporter, Jun 23rd, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8239\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bycommonconsent.com\/2009\/06\/25\/when-our-leaders-speak-the-thinking-has-been-done\/\">Heber J. Grant: When our leaders speak, the thinking isn\u2019t necessarily done<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done. By SteveP. By Common Consent, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8238\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/heraldsun\/sport\/nrl\/story\/0,27074,25695266-5016540,00.html\">Mormon Rugby Trio\u2019s \u201cMinto Reunion\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Minto mates Israel Folau, Krisnan Inu, Jarryd Hayne keeping the faith. By Josh Massoud. Brisbane Australia Herald Sun, June 27, 2009. Reunited lifelong friends meet in Church before facing each other on the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8237\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/panelists\/michael_otterson\/2009\/06\/hijab_today_yarmulkes_and_crosses_tomorrow.html\">Otterson on France\u2019s Prohibition of the Burqa<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Hijab Today, Yarmulkes and Crosses Tomorrow. By Michael Otterson. Newsweek\/Washington Post On Faith Blog, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8236\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiachronicle.com\/articles\/yb\/132281217\">RM Travels the World for Theater, Returns Home to Start His Own<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Starlight Mountain Theatre Turns 10. By Dana Oland, The Idaho Statesman, Boise. California Chronicle, June 26, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8235\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/faith\/ci_12696857\">BYU Sees the Light: YouTube No Longer Blocked<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube redeemed: BYU unblocks video-sharing Web site. Availability of quality cultural, religious and scholarly material is more important. By Brian Maffly. The Salt Lake Tribune, June 26, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8234\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2009\/media\/oops-sentinels-spring-catalog-featuring-book-mark-sanford-already-printer\">Oops<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Oops! Sentinel\u2019s Spring Catalog, Featuring Book by Mark Sanford, Already at the Printer. By Leon Neyfakh. New York Observer, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8233\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/26\/us\/26guns.html?em\">Bring your gun to church day?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Pastor Urges His Flock to Bring Guns to Church. By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE. New York Times, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8232\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/26\/us\/26Land.html?ref=us\">Didn\u2019t these folks have the support of a former Secretary of Agriculture a few decades back?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Holding Firm Against Plots by Evildoers. By DAN BARRY. New York Times, June 25, 2009. Inside the John Birch Society.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8231\"><a href=\"http:\/\/warner.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/25\/insult-and-injury\/\">\u201cWhy do people so often permit themselves to dump on mothers? And why do we put up with it?\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Insult and Injury. By Judith Warner. New York Times: Judith Warner Blog, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8230\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oem.com.mx\/elheraldodechihuahua\/notas\/n1213218.htm\">Kidnapped Romney Tells Hist Story (in Spanish)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Morm\u00f3n secuestrado relata su calvario. 102 plagios en el noroeste. By Venessa Rivas. El Heraldo de Chihuahua, 21 de junio de 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8229\"><a href=\"http:\/\/britishlatterdaysaints.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/free-virtual-drive-british-isles-united.html\">Google Earth Map of UK\/Ireland LDS Congregations<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>A complete map of Church congregations in the UK and Ireland for Google Earth! By Matthew J. Bembridge. British Latter-day Saints, 3 June 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8228\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mormontimes.com\/studies_doctrine\/church_history\/?id=9359\">Reconciliation?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Healing the rift between Brigham and Emma. By Michael De Groote. Mormon Times, Jun. 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8227\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2009\/06\/pop-star-michael-jackson-was-rushed-to-a-hospital-this-afternoon-by-los-angeles-fire-department-paramedics--capt-steve-ruda.html\">The King (of Pop) is Dead. Long Live the King?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Jackson is dead. By Andrew Blankstein and Phil Willon. Los Angeles Times LA Now Blogs, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8225\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irrawaddy.org\/article.php?art_id=16190\">Burma\u2019s Junta: Yettaw Manipulated by \u2018Mastermind\u2019<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Police Chief Suspects Yettaw Mastermind. By THE IRRAWADDY, June 25, 2009. \u201cThe junta rolled out the allegations a day before before UN troubleshooter Ibrahim Gambari was due to visit Myanmar to lay the groundwork for a planned visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8224\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0609\/24169.html\">Mitt Romney\u2019s favorability rating on the rise<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mitt Romney\u2019s favorability rating on the rise. By MICHAEL FALCONE. Politico, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8223\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2009\/daily-transom\/society-mormon-kristina-stewart-ward-sells-society-tome\">LDS Society Writer Sells Novel to Crown<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Leggy Mormon Kristina Stewart Ward Sells Society Tome. By Irina Aleksander. New York Observer, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8222\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/around_church\/worldwide_church\/?id=9328\">Mormon Times Discovers: Some LDS Church Members Speak Spanish!!<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Conferencia de adultos solteros Hispanos SUD (Hispanic YSA Conference July 2-4). By Chelsea Warren. Mormon Times, Jun. 22, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8221\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hjnews.townnews.com\/articles\/2009\/06\/25\/news\/news02-06-25-09.txt\">Logan Wants Church To Build Parking Structure Next To Logan Tabernacle<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Logan\u2019s fundraising czar starts job. By Emilie H. Wheeler. Logan UT Herald Journal, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8220\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/article\/2009906220330\">NOM Fights Claim It Was Founded By LDS Church<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Foe of N.Y.\u2019s same-sex marriage probed. By Keith Eddings. Westchester NY Journal News, June 22, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8219\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/studies_doctrine\/church_history\/?id=9359\">Young Family and Smith Family Make Peace<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Healing the rift between Brigham and Emma. By Michael De Groote. Mormon Times, Jun. 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8218\"><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2009\/06\/22\/news\/companies\/marriott_hotels_makeover.fortune\/index.htm?section=money_latest\">A Marriott Reformation.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Marriott gets a wake-up call. Shaken by the plunge in travel, the hotel giant presses ahead with a makeover: freshening its look, trying new brands, and preparing a successor to the patriarch. By Marc Gunther, contributor. Fortune Investors Daily, June 25, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8217\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bycommonconsent.com\/2009\/06\/24\/the-prodigal\/\">\u201cLove is the bridge to our children. I wonder if it\u2019s the real sealing power, the undergirding of whatever binds us.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The Prodigal. By Margaret Young. By Common Consent, June 24, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8216\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc4.com\/content\/news\/top%20stories\/story\/Mormon-Miracle-II-Did-seagulls-save-Tooele-County\/qeS_gEGvWUS9XBMKbEWydA.cspx?rss=20\">Seagull Miracle Redux?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormon Miracle II: Did seagulls save Tooele County farm? By Annie Cutler. Salt Lake City ABC TV4, June 22, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8215\"><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/thefix\/senate\/the-most-important-number-in-p-1.html\">Reid\u2019s Approval Rating in Nevada Just 34%<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The Most Important Number in Politics Today. By Chris Cillizza . Washington Post Voices: The Fix, June 22, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8214\"><a href=\"http:\/\/universe.byu.edu\/node\/642\">Daily Universe Makes Liberal Shift<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial: A caricature of bias. By Daily Universe. BYU Daily Universe, June 22, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8213\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fromthedust.org\/2009\/06\/21\/mormon-church-in-iran-a-brief-history-and-iranian-mormon-converts\/\">History of the LDS Church in Iran<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormon Church in Iran &#8211; A brief history and Iranian Mormon Converts. By DH. As If From The Dust, June 21, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8212\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mormonmatters.org\/2009\/06\/23\/bloggernacle-rankings-bcc-is-1\/\">T&amp;S is #2? BCC #1? Unbelievable.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Bloggernacle Rankings: BCC is #1! By Batman. Mormon Matters, June 23, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8211\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12675149\">LDS Church Conspicuously Absent from Utah Interfaith Health Care Reform Effort<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Utah faith leaders speak out for health-care reform. They are urging Congress to help expand Medicaid to cover those who live below poverty level. By Kristen Moulton. The Salt Lake Tribune, June 24, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8210\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldnews.com\/news\/ci_12676389\">Recession Delays Construction of LDS Meetinghouse<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormons seek extension. By CHRIS SHOLLY, Staff Writer. Lebanon Daily News, June 23, 2009. Church real estate manager blames recession for delay in constructing local meeting house, saying \u201cour congregation has not grown quite as fast as we thought it would.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8209\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldschurchnews.com\/articles\/57488\/Presidential-adviser.html\">LDS Man Named Adviser to King of Cambodia<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Presidential adviser. King of Cambodia approves high councilor for high government post. By Sister Deborah Calderwood, Cambodia temporal affairs missionary. LDS Church News, June 20, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8208\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/blogs\/2009\/06\/22\/crimesider\/entry5103510.shtml\">Murder of LDS Man by Wife Examined by CBS\u2019 48 Hours<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>48 Hours: Camera Captures Forbidden Romance And Murder. Posted by Mike Ballou. CBS 48 Hours, June 23, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8207\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormonartistsgroup.com\/Mormon_Artists_Group\/On_Sunday_excerpt_Kuwait.html\">On Sunday: Kuwait Branch<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>On Sunday: Kuwait Branch, Kuwait City, Kuwait. By Harriet Petherick Bushman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8206\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/ci_12668520\">Man Sentenced for Planned Attack on Jordan River Temple<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Man sentenced for threat on LDS temple. The Salt Lake Tribune, June 23, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8205\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.millennialstar.org\/friday-forum-all-dogs-go-to-heaven\/\">But what about Schrodinger\u2019s cat?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday Forum: All Dogs Go to Heaven. By JA Benson. Millennial Star, June 18, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8204\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12679556\">The passing of a pioneer.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>(ht: Randy B). Longtime bookseller Sam Weller dies at 88. The Salt Lake Tribune, June 24, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8203\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12673411\">Head of LDS Church\u2019s insurance company tells U.S. House to protect work-based health plans<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Head of LDS Church\u2019s insurance company tells U.S. House to protect work-based health plans. Wrong plan could spur \u2018exodus.\u2019 By Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, June 23, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8202\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12674531\">Another Romney in Politics?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Rolly: Romney as lieutenant governor? Josh Romney. By Paul Rolly. Tribune Columnist. Salt Lake Tribune, June 23, 2009. Mitt Romney\u2019s son seen as possible Lieutenant Governor Candidate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8201\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Clmr9JUyTIc\">The perils of missionaries using Axe body spray\u2026<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Axe, \u2018Mormon\u2019 Commercial. Axe Commercial Directed by Elliot Dillman, Director of Photography Samuel Brownfield. Youtube, September 12, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/705312312\/US-divorce-dip-excludes-Utah.html\">Divorce down everywhere\u2026 except Utah. <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>US Divorce Dip Excludes Utah. Recession has no effect on filings, despite national trend. By Michael R. McFall. Deseret News, June 22, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8199\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idratherbewriting.com\/2009\/06\/22\/seeing-the-world-in-clearer-simpler-ways\/\">\u201cI feel more respect for my children. They aren\u2019t just little people needing my full attention and parenting; they are smart little people who see the world in clearer, simpler ways than I do.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Seeing the World in Clearer, Simpler Ways. By Tom Johnson. I\u2019d Rather Be Writing, June 22nd, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-8197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/?p=13751\">Jewish journalist and blogger joins the Get Religion team.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Brad Greenberg on God, news, blogs. By tmatt. 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