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Paul on Politics: The Worth of Third Parties Paul on Politics: The Worth of Third Parties

My guest writer today is my uncle Paul. The definition of a professional politician... 


ClearPlay, Movies, and the Academy Awards ClearPlay, Movies, and the Academy Awards

Originally published Feb 21, 2009. Since the first ClearPlay DVD player became... 


Five 2010 Predictions Five 2010 Predictions

The Crystal Ball. J.W. Waterhouse. Only one of my five predictions for 2009 succeeded.... 


Central Bank Gold Reserves Central Bank Gold Reserves

The Top Twelve Central Banks Gold Reserve Holdings With China and India acquiring... 


Updated LDS Church Membership Statistics Updated LDS Church Membership Statistics

2010 LDS Church Almanac Click on the link if you wish go straight to the World LDS... 


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Environment

Will Coal Power Climate Studies Supercomputer? Will Coal Power Climate Studies Supercomputer?

NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)... 


Utah Solar Farm Has Potential Utah Solar Farm Has Potential

Dixie Solar Farm I read last January this interesting story in the Deseret News about... 


Ask Rickety: What is the Global Warming Petition Project? Ask Rickety: What is the Global Warming Petition Project?

Global warming? What is the Global Warming Petition Project? It is a petition signed... 


Electricity Generation and the Obama-Biden Plan Electricity Generation and the Obama-Biden Plan

Energy and the Environment Electricity generation is generally not one’s first... 


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Daniel

Farewell Mongolia Farewell Mongolia

Missionaries bid farewell to Mongolia (Daniel rear, 4th from right) I received this photograph and email from the mission. Parents, We thought you would like to see this photo of your missionary children who left our mission last week to go to other missions. We had a dinner and testimony meeting with the missionaries on the night of their departure.... [Read more of this review]


Missionary Dan Email #1 from Hermiston, Oregon Missionary Dan Email #1 from Hermiston, Oregon

Daniel (left) at Hat Rock State Park with Elders Seymore and Clark The plane ride took a long time. I got to sleep from Korea to America a bit. I think total flying time was 20 hours. Plus the layovers which added up to around 17 hours. It was good flights with opportunities to share the gospel on the way. I’ve been very shocked to be back here.... [Read more of this review]


Daniel Prepares To Leave Mongolia Daniel Prepares To Leave Mongolia

Daniel (wearing yellow shirt) with Mongolian family Daniel has to leave Mongolia. He traveled by car from Choibalsan to Ulaanbaatar to catch a plane to Korea. View from Daniel's apartment I am OK and alive. The trip took 13 hours. The city is really warm. Most of my group is here and it’s fun to see them. I think I have overspent on buying... [Read more of this review]


Missionary Dan Is Kicked Out Of Mongolia Missionary Dan Is Kicked Out Of Mongolia

Daniel (second right in rear) with members in Mongolia. At the time they did not know he was leaving. We, Daniel’s family, knew last Sunday that Daniel was imminently leaving but were asked not to blog about it until we were sure it would happen. It will be a loss for Mongolia to have all those missionaries leave. They love Mongolia and its people... [Read more of this review]


Missionary Dan Email #17 from Choibalsan, Mongolia Missionary Dan Email #17 from Choibalsan, Mongolia

Daniel (right) and companion in traditional Mongolian garbThagaan Sar was lots of fun. We spent almost every day visiting members and eating buuz. It was an adventurous week. Elder Naisbitt and I didn’t quite make our goal of eating 200 buuz, but we did eat 155. Not bad at all. I was so full all the time. It made every day this week feel like one... [Read more of this review]


Missionary Dan Email #16 from Choibalsan, Mongolia Missionary Dan Email #16 from Choibalsan, Mongolia

Elder Willoughby (left) and Elder Odbayar in a ger visiting with the grandson of a family The holiday is great. We’ve been visiting members etc. It has been lots of fun. So far my stomach has handled the increase of meat intake. Some of the buuz tasted really great. I’m tied with Elder Naisbitt with 30. We have the rest of the week to go. So this... [Read more of this review]


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