No More Bending

Thank goodness we don't have to bend any more!

Be Flexible

“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.”

--Attributed to Elder Jacob de Jager

People who know what to do without being told

“Increasingly, we hear from leaders in business, professions, and government that it is easy to find people who can do what they are told but difficult to find people who know what to do without being told.” President Thomas S. Monson

Study: Mobile Phones Don't Cause Cancer or Tumors

Your cell phone probably isn’t going to kill you after all.

Danish researchers studied more than 358,000 people in the largest study on the topic to date, and found no difference in cancer or tumor rates between those who have used cell phones for a decade and those who have not.

Read more at "Largest Study to Date Finds No Cancer-Cell Phone Link"

LDS Temple in Quetzaltenango Guatemala

The LDS ("Mormon") Temple in Quetzaltenango Guatemala has opened its doors to the public for an open house until it is formally dedicated on December 11, 2011.

This temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is located in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala, not far from where I served by LDS mission.

See more pictures of the Quetzaltenango Guatemala LDS Temple on the LDS Newsroom site.

LA Times: Mormonism: Not a cult, not a problem

An editorial in the LA Times says that Mormonism is not a cult and not a problem.

EU Claims Water Doesn't Prevent Dehydration

EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration. Thank goodness that producers of bottled water in the UK can no longer make that claim. If they do, they face a two-year jail sentence.

Read more at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html

Hallelujah Chorus From Eskimo Village

Hallelujah Chorus performed like you've never seen before. From the small Yup'ik Eskimo village of Quinhagak, Alaska , this was a school computer project intended for the other Yup'ik villages in the area. But it's been watched over a half million times!

11/11/11 11:11:11 AM

Right now, it's 11/11/11 at 11:11:11 AM

How Many Women...

How many women with PMS does it take to change a lightbulb?

Six.

Why?

It just does, okay?

Spider Tree

Spider Webs! An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters. Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenomenon before but, they also report that there are now far fewer mosquitoes than they would expect, given the amount of stagnant, standing water that is around. It is thought that the mosquitoes are getting caught in the spiders web, thus, reducing the risk of malaria, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.

State of Technology Around the Globe

The 2011 report from the International Telecommunications Union (a United Nations entity) gives a good look at the state of technology around the globe.

A few key findings:

• One third of the world’s population is online. 45% of Internet users are below the age of 25.
• With 7 billion people on earth, there are almost 6 billion active mobile-cellular subscriptions. Global penetration reaches 87%, and 79% in the developing world.
• World stats: Almost 6 billion active mobile-cellular subscriptions. Just over 1 billion fixed telephone lines.
• Of 1.8 billion households worldwide, 1/3 have Internet access, compared to only 1/5 five years ago.
• In developing countries, 25% of homes have a computer and 20% have Internet access.

Today's Alphabet for Children

Smartphone Penetration by Age Group

In the report "Smartphone Penetration by Age Group," Nielsen reports that 43% of all mobile users now own a smartphone. A chart breaks out that number by age group. Further, it reports the type of smartphone: 43% have Android, 28% iPhone, 18% Blackberry, and 7% Windows Mobile.

Halloween

"Halloween...is teaching our kids to be liberals...because we're teaching kids to knock on other people's doors and ask for a handout."

--Sean Hannity