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Comment on The Flesh Flies of Climate Change by Flesh flies | Fotolimb

Flesh flies | Fotolimb at sciencebysteve.net — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:20:33 +0000

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Comment on Translations of the Book of Mormon by Matt Ellsworth

Matt Ellsworth at ldsmediatalk.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:14:10 +0000

Is there any prohibition against putting audio recordings of the Book of Mormon on the Internet privately? Would the Church be opposed to it? If done collaboratively, like a wiki, we could knock out Russian, Arabic, Portugues, and others in a year!

Can’t wait until the French recordings are done!

Comment on Translations of the Book of Mormon by Larry Richman

Larry Richman at ldsmediatalk.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:17:40 +0000

Sorry, there are no current translation plans for Punjabi. There is a Book of Mormon in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu, and also selections from the Book of Mormon in Bengali.

Comment on Cognitive Aging – the Perils by Lincoln Cannon

Lincoln Cannon at www.libertypages.com — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:31:55 +0000

Here’s to hope that incremental anti-aging research and therapies will soon grant us aging escape velocity! Perhaps they have already for the youngest among us. Maybe the first human to live a healthy 1000 years is already alive?

Comment on Translations of the Book of Mormon by Lara

Lara at ldsmediatalk.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:57:40 +0000

Does anyone know the list of languages they are currently working on? I have Sikh friends who are really interested in learning more about the church but there is no Punjabi translation as of yet.

Comment on Prototype of Ensign Interactive Magazine by Larry Richman

Larry Richman at ldsmediatalk.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:20:17 +0000

Colin, the Ensign app is free.

The Ensign magazine is also available in MP3 format. When you read an Ensign on LDS.org (for example, here is Feburary’s magazine: http://www.lds.org/ensign/2012/02?lang=eng), just click the icon in the Listen column and you can hear the audio. Click Download if you want to save a copy of the MP3 file to your computer or iPod or mobile phone.

Comment on Prototype of Ensign Interactive Magazine by Colin Gardner

Colin Gardner at ldsmediatalk.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:59:21 +0000

Does this cost me any money to use…if so..I won’t ever use it..I like to play mp3 versions of the Ensign with the youth “should” lsten to the new era and Primary age “should” listen to the Fiend…BECAUSE …everyone will LISTEN far mor than thy will read it.

By real experince…my youngest son “listened” to the Book of Mormon on audio tape…upon completion his comment was..”My homework is easy now.” He learned the english language by listening to the Book of Mormon….

Rcommendation: Provide the Ensign in mp3 ……format available…. easily.

Colin from Bountiful, Ut

Comment on Intelligence, Math and Field by Ilyan Kei Lavanway

Ilyan Kei Lavanway at www.libertypages.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:46:33 +0000

Consider the metaphysical adventure book, Out of the Picture and Into the Picture (OPIP), ISBN 9780976800460 by Victor G. La Van Way and Ilyan Kei Lavanway. Are UFO encounters partially explained by time shifted telestial worlds being superimposed upon the earth? Read the book for a glimpse at just such a possibility. Search earthsink.blogspot.com

Comment on What is Pintrest? by Barbie Anglin

Barbie Anglin at ldsmediatalk.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:15:07 +0000

I Hv been waiting for three weeks on a response to my “invite” to join pintrest. Very disappointed. I keep typing my email address and they keep saying please be patient.REALLY! !!!!!!! ABOUT TO BE OVER IT

Comment on LDS Philosophy Blogs by ljmahwkhao

ljmahwkhao at www.libertypages.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:15:57 +0000

long year acer trends show only 001 more acelenolysunci topics now pr1 in 2012

Comment on Some Kenneth Miller links by backup exec incremental

backup exec incremental at sciencebysteve.net — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:11:57 +0000

You really make it appear really easy together with your presentation but I find this topic to be actually something that I think I would never understand. It sort of feels too complicated and very large for me. I am taking a look forward to your subsequent post, I’ll attempt to get the hold of it!

Comment on Better to Be an Adulterer than a Mormon? by Clark

Clark at www.libertypages.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:48:39 +0000

It’s starting. The NYTs ran some surprising editorials today. It’ll get worse as summer approaches.

Comment on Humor U: Clean Stand-up Comedy by Heather

Heather at ldsmediatalk.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:46:35 +0000

If you like Humor U, you should check out BYU’s Divine Comedy. It’s the premier sketch comedy group at the university, and it’s now in its 18th year.

The cast changes from year to year as students leave and join the organization. One prominent former member is Brandon Mull, author of the popular FableHaven series.

They have grown immensely in popularity in the past few years, thanks in large part to several parody videos that have gone viral. They hold 12 performances in 3 shows each semester, filling close to 6,000 seats a semester.

https://www.facebook.com/byudivinecomedy

http://byudivinecomedy.wordpress.com/

Comment on DRM for eBooks by Terri Pope

Terri Pope at ldsmediatalk.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:20:47 +0000

Another lesson I learned today about Barnes and Noble, Nook, and DRM:

In October, I removed the credit card from my Nook account to ensure that my elementary-age students could not possibly download additional apps and ebooks. The thirty apps and books on the Nook worked fine until yesterday, January 30. When I tried to open most of the apps, a message popped up that there was a problem. When I contacted BN, I was told that it was due to DRM. They locked my purchased apps and ebooks almost four months after the credit card was removed.

Comment on Video: Men’s Hearts Shall Fail Them by Deborah Woolley

Deborah Woolley at ldsmediatalk.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:57:17 +0000

This video is SO comforting!! I love my faith and the fact that I don’t fear anything! It’s SUCH a wonderful feeling!!

Comment on Better to Be an Adulterer than a Mormon? by Crude

Crude at www.libertypages.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:56:05 +0000

Oh, I don’t doubt that there are a lot of people who don’t like or trust mormons. It’s one I just haven’t seen coming up so heavily in the election so far, at least among the evangelical sites I glance at now and then. I honestly wonder, if it came out that Romney was in fact quite committed to his Mormon beliefs, if it would help him more than hurt him with some evangelicals – at least if that commitment could be translated into ‘and that’s why you can trust him on these issues you care about.’

I agree about the secular left. I’m actually surprised it’s not coming up very much at all thus far.

Comment on Intelligence, Math and Field by Clark

Clark at www.libertypages.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:43:17 +0000

LOL. So true.

I mentioned there how you upped the Phys Ed stats that year you taught some gym as well as science.

Comment on Better to Be an Adulterer than a Mormon? by Clark

Clark at www.libertypages.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:42:50 +0000

Crude, I think that’s part of it except polls constantly show there are a lot of people who don’t like Mormons and don’t trust them. Further it’s not hard to find Evangelicals upset that a Romney nomination would “validate” Mormonism. So there definitely are fears of Romney because of his Mormonism. Although to be fair I’ll lay good odds that the secular left will attack Romney’s Mormonism much more than Evangelicals have once Romney has the nomination sewn up.

Comment on Copies of you by Rich

Rich at sciencebysteve.net — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:01:45 +0000

Looks like you’re getting spammed Steve. In an LDS context, we should not be able to exist with only a reconstituted memory imprint, as we are told spirit+body=soul; if the spirit is gone, so is the soul (by definition). Do cloned cells in a petri dish have souls? Anyway, if sentient humans with personalities, etc. could exist in this future, one core tenant of our theology would have to be discarded (or at least re-examined). Interesting story idea.

Comment on Better to Be an Adulterer than a Mormon? by Crude

Crude at www.libertypages.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:56:39 +0000

To tack on.

I’m not an evangelical, coming from a kind of traditional Catholic position with a thing for finding common ground between faiths. However, finding out how much Romney donated in charity, and how much he apparently supported his church, actually made the man rise up in my estimation. For all his flip-flopping, he didn’t flip-flop on his faith. I suppose, if one wanted to play dirty and unfairly, that’s one thing he has over Gingrich and Obama both.