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Using Social Media for Good: Fundraising for Slain LDS Bishop

On Sunday, an LDS bishop was shot and killed in Visalia, California. He was in his office after the three-hour block of meetings when a man asked to see him. He entered the bishop’s office and shot the bishop in the foot, then pulled him into the foyer and shot him in the face. The man was later fatally shot by police. (See Deseret News story.)

Bishop Clay Sannar and his wife have 6 boys, including a 6-month-old infant. This has been on my mind since I heard the news. But a man in Utah who had never met Bishop Sannar did something about it. He spent a few minutes and set up an online fundraiser to help support Bishop Sannar’s family (see tinyurl.com/sannar).

The power of social media and the goodwill of good people: within 24 hours, people had donated over $26,000. The total is now nearly $50,000.

Here are two news reports about how Connor Boyack responded by setting up the fundraiser: story 1, story 2.

Here’s a comment someone left on Connor’s Facebook page: “Connor, thanks so much for setting this up. In times like these, we all feel the need to do something to help in any way we can. You’ve provided a way for many of us to do that. Thanks so much. It has been inspiring and humbling to see so many good people rally together for this. It is a wonderful reminder that there are still so much kindness and compassion in the world.”

It’s my hope that we can use the technology that God has inspired to be created to do good things for others like this.

Reposted from LDSMediaTalk

Mormon Bishop Killed at Church

A Mormon bishop was shot and killed on Sunday. Bishop Clay Sannar of Visalia, Calif. was conducting interviews after the three-hour block of morning meetings when an unidentified man asked to see him. He entered the bishop’s office and shot the bishop in the foot, then pulled him into the foyer and shot him in the face. The man was later shot by police and pronounced dead at the hospital. Read more at http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700061255/Mormon-bishop-fatally-shot-in-California-chapel-gunman-killed.html

Bishop Sanner and his wife have 6 boys, including a 6-month-old infant. Please donate to help support the family. About $50,000 have been raised so far. Donate at http://pledgie.com/campaigns/12975

See an update about the fundraising efforts.

I Beat Anorexia

Smart Power Outlets

Check out this simple technology to save power and increase safety of electrical outlets. It uses a small little slip on RFID tags on the plugs themselves and are plugged in to the “safe plug” outlets. Plugs cannot work otherwise and can potentially be remotely monitored or even controlled. These could be used to save energy, monitor individual and specific devices, and prevent fires.

We have to stop cutting down trees. This is getting serious

Don't Stop Laughing

"You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing."

Life is Hard

Life is hard. It's harder when you're stupid.

--John Wayne

Mormon Teens are Dedicate and Engaged

Mormon teens are dedicate and engaged in their Church.

Mistakes

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

What Does Mom Know?

Age 4: Mom knows everything!
At 8: Mom knows a lot!
At 12: Mom doesn’t really know everything.
At 14: Mom doesn’t know anything.
At 16:Mom doesn’t exist.
At 18: Mom's just old fashioned.
At 25: Maybe Mom does know about this!
At 35: Before we decide, let’s ask Mom.
At 45: I wonder what Mom thinks about this?
At 65: I wish I could ask my Mom.

David Osmond's Battle With West Nile Disesae

Inspirational story of David Osmond's battle with West Nile Disesae

Marital Disputes

Advice to husbands on how to handle marital disputes: Decide if you want to be right or if you want to be happy.

--Tom and Ray Magliozzi

Healthy School Lunches

"[Ketchup can] be counted as one of the two vegetables required as part of the school lunch program."

--Department of Agriculture ruling

Facebook's Places

Lots of talk/worry/concern about Facebook's Places. Here's a commentary.

I fall in the pragmatic optimist camp - happy to see technology's progress, while steering clear of Matrix-like prophesies. My guess is that we won't know how Places and similar services will play out or what will emerge from their widespread use. Then, as with GPS in cars, it will become obvious and indispensable.

Power and Responsibility

"With great power comes great responsibility."

--Uncle Ben to Spiderman

Silent Monks Singing

In the video below, some creative high schools students give a great rendition of Hallelujah!

Blond Jokes

DISNEYLAND

Two blondes were going to Disneyland . They were driving on the Interstate when they saw the sign that said Disneyland LEFT. They started crying and turned around and went home.

FLORIDA OR MOON

Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking, and one blonde says to the other,"Which do you think is farther away... Florida or the moon?"

The other blonde turns and says "Helloooooooooo, can you see Florida ?????"

CAR TROUBLE

A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic it died. After he works on it for a few minutes, it is idling smoothly. She says, "What's the story?"

He replies, "Just crap in the carburetor"

She asks, "How often do I have to do that?"

SPEEDING TICKET

A police officer stops a blonde for speeding and asks her very nicely if he could see her license.
She replied in a huff, "I wish you guys would get your act together. Just yesterday you take away my license and then today you expect me to show it to you!"

RIVER WALK

There's this blonde out for a walk. She comes to a river and sees another blonde on the opposite bank 'Yoo-hoo!' she shouts, "How can I get to the other side?"

The second blonde looks up the river then down the river and shouts back, "You ARE on the other side."

AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE

A gorgeous young redhead goes into the doctor's office and said that her body hurt wherever she touched it.

"Impossible!" says the doctor. "Show me."

The redhead took her finger, pushed on her left shoulder and screamed, then she pushed her elbow and screamed even more. She pushed her knee and screamed; likewise she pushed her ankle and screamed. Everywhere she touched made her scream.

The doctor said, "You're not really a redhead, are you?"

"Well, no" she said, "I'm actually a blonde."

"I thought so," the doctor said, "Your finger is broken."

KNITTING

A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULL OVER!"

"NO!" the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!"

IN A VACUUM

A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her turn. She rolled the dice and she landed on Science & Nature. Her question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?"

She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

FINALLY, THE BLONDE JOKE TO END ALL BLONDE JOKES!

A girl was visiting her blonde friend, who had acquired two new dogs, and asked her what their names were. The blonde responded by saying that one was named Rolex and one was named Timex. Her friend said, "Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?"

"HELLOOOOOOO......," answered the blonde. "They're watch dogs!"

Parents, Speak Frequently about Jesus Christ

"To fathers and mothers, to grandfathers and grandmothers, and to those without children of their own who lovingly nurture children and youth, my counsel is to speak more frequently about Jesus Christ. In His holy name is great spiritual power. 'There [is] no other name given nor any other way. . . whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ' (Mosiah 3:17)."

--Neil L. Andersen

Garbage Only, No Trash

Gift Shop Sign

Hummels - Largest Selection
If it's in stock, we have it!

Actual Headlines

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter (from the SGV Tribune)

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

Miners Refuse to Work after Death

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

War Dims Hope for Peace

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges

Man Struck By Lightning: Faces BatteryCharge

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

Engagement Photo

Don't Empty Your Dog

Changing

“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.”

--Benjamin Franklin

Two Brothers Apart: The 5,000-day Project

Watch this video about Luke and Sam, two brothers who struggle to understand and connect with each other. Follow them through their teenage years as they learn what their relationship can mean.

Groaners

Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.

A pessimist's blood type is always B-negative.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death.

I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.

Marriage is the mourning after the knot before.

A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.

A funny gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.

Without geometry, life is pointless.

When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.

Reading while sunbathing makes you well-red.

What's the definition of a will? (Come on, It's a dead giveaway!)

In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft, and I'll show you A Flat Minor.

When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.

You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia - the LAN down under.

Every calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted. It taint yours and it taint mine.

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.

Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.

When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.

Date and Time

The date and time is 08-09-10 11:12:13

(This date and time will never occur again.)

Who Are You?

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not!

The Right Track

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

--Will Rogers (1879-1935)

America the Beautiful

Don't Sweat the Petty Things

"Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."

- George Carlin.

Agency

“Agency—our power to choose—is fundamental to the gospel plan that brings us to earth. God does not intervene to forestall the consequences of some persons’ choices in order to protect the well-being of other persons—even when they kill, injure, or oppress one another—for this would destroy His plan for our eternal progress (compare Alma 42:8). He will bless us to endure the consequences of others’ choices, but He will not prevent those choices (compare Mosiah 24:14–15).”

--Dallin H. Oaks, “Love and Law,” Ensign, Nov. 2009, 27–28

Fake Mission Call

Great video:

Under Control

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."

-- Mario Andretti

Deformed Person

Not Enough Time

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein."

-- Jackson Brown Jr.