Monday, June 11, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Evolution Doesn’t Cut It
Your Comments: Summer 2012 | Continuum: Evolution Doesn’t Cut It
It is amazing the numerous problems with the theories of evolution that their scientific proponents gloss over and at the same time refuse to give creationism the time of day because of its supernatural nature [“Evolution of a Scientist,” Spring 2012]. Let me mention just a few.
There is life itself. Evolutionists postulate that billions of years ago conditions were perfect when a sunspot or some other natural phenomena accrued providing the chemicals or energy that started life with a single cell in the sea. Yet deprive a newborn (whatever) of a life-required substance (air) for just a few minutes and no chemical or energy will restore life to a perfectly conditioned creature.
Then there is the fact that a single-cell amoeba has a DNA strand that is more complex than a fleet of 747s. There is no scientific explanation for this complexity. To believe that a lightning strike or some other natural phenomena created it is absurd.
What about the problem of reproduction? There is no scientific explanation for the development of reproduction or the requirement for a male and a female in the reproductive process. How does survival of the fittest explain this?
Then there are the problems with the variety of life (why are there mosquitoes, etc.?), the beauty all around us, the intricacy of so much of life (the eyeball), etc.
In an oversimplification, the total scientific evidence consists of some visible evolution within a species and a few fossils that appear to show a migration from one species to another. To accept paltry evidence and totally dismiss intelligent design is not scientific.
Dick Kenney BS’56
Comment submitted via continuum.utah.edu [see reply from Dr. Alan Rogers in Responses]
It is amazing the numerous problems with the theories of evolution that their scientific proponents gloss over and at the same time refuse to give creationism the time of day because of its supernatural nature [“Evolution of a Scientist,” Spring 2012]. Let me mention just a few.
There is life itself. Evolutionists postulate that billions of years ago conditions were perfect when a sunspot or some other natural phenomena accrued providing the chemicals or energy that started life with a single cell in the sea. Yet deprive a newborn (whatever) of a life-required substance (air) for just a few minutes and no chemical or energy will restore life to a perfectly conditioned creature.
Then there is the fact that a single-cell amoeba has a DNA strand that is more complex than a fleet of 747s. There is no scientific explanation for this complexity. To believe that a lightning strike or some other natural phenomena created it is absurd.
What about the problem of reproduction? There is no scientific explanation for the development of reproduction or the requirement for a male and a female in the reproductive process. How does survival of the fittest explain this?
Then there are the problems with the variety of life (why are there mosquitoes, etc.?), the beauty all around us, the intricacy of so much of life (the eyeball), etc.
In an oversimplification, the total scientific evidence consists of some visible evolution within a species and a few fossils that appear to show a migration from one species to another. To accept paltry evidence and totally dismiss intelligent design is not scientific.
Dick Kenney BS’56
Comment submitted via continuum.utah.edu [see reply from Dr. Alan Rogers in Responses]
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Utah's Right To Know | UtahsRight.com-Public Employee Salaries
This is useful information when job searching. Plus it's just interesting...
Utah's Right To Know | UtahsRight.com
Utah's Right To Know | UtahsRight.com
Monday, May 21, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Manilla » Free Online Account and Bill Organizer
Saw an ad for Manilla on Pandora and thought it looked interesting. It could prove to be helpful, though most of my bills are set to auto-pay. Still, I wanted to share it in case I wanted to come back to it later.
Manilla » Free Online Account and Bill Organizer
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CpDl2sUSpQI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Manilla » Free Online Account and Bill Organizer
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CpDl2sUSpQI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Saturday, May 5, 2012
This is an interesting project to keep your eye on. Mozilla seems to keep up with the big dogs (Google and Apple) with their innovation and ideas. I think this is a great idea. It would be awesome to see development become more standardized and universal through HTML5.
Mozilla — Boot to Gecko Project — mozilla.org
Mozilla — Boot to Gecko Project — mozilla.org
Welcome to a new, open and powerful mobile world!
We launched the Boot to Gecko project to enable the Open Web as a platform for mobile devices. We’re making innovation possible by driving the development of new Web standards.New Web Standards
The project will produce an implementation of these new Web standards to free mobile platforms from the encumbrances of the rules and restrictions of existing proprietary platforms.Freedom From Proprietary Mobile Platforms
Operators and developers write apps and services for one platform and then rewrite them for others. Users who want to buy phones, e-readers and game consoles from different manufacturers often need to re-purchase apps for each device.Friday, April 27, 2012
Haws-mania?
BYU guard Tyler Haws is back, ready to contribute again (watch video) - http://pulse.me/s/8EFJE
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Still trying to talk IT into enabling the Outlook plugin for LinkedIn...
Finally, Professional Social Network LinkedIn Gives Users An iPad App - http://pulse.me/s/8BwBj
Library of the future
3M launches its Cloud Library e-book lending service, hardware and apps in tow - http://pulse.me/s/8AVwJ
25 Essential Tweaks to Perform on Your New Android Phone (Updated for 2012) - Tested
I really can't wait to get an ICS phone/tablet. It's sounds "sweet" enough that's it's tempting me to consider flashing my MyTouch4g and installing the ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) ROM. I know this is a bad idea at the moment as there is no guarantee that everything would work on my device as some hardware may be unsupported, but I'll have to do more research on that in the future. For now though, I really enjoyed this article and some of the new features that come with ICS. It also introduced me to some new apps and features that my phone can take advantage of! :)
25 Essential Tweaks to Perform on Your New Android Phone (Updated for 2012) - Tested
25 Essential Tweaks to Perform on Your New Android Phone (Updated for 2012) - Tested
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
KUED to air Salt Lake City: A Downtown Story
KUED to air Salt Lake City: A Downtown Story
Deseret News Building
Thursday, Mar. 22, 7 p.m.
KUED 7
The heart of every city’s downtown tells a story of the history, values, and vision of those who call the community home. In the very core of Salt Lake City, two special downtown blocks serve as a mirror. Just a handful of acres of land hold more than 150 years of the city’s story. On planners’ maps, they’re known as Salt Lake City Blocks 75 and 76. But to generations who have worked, lived, and played along their streets, Blocks 75 and 76 are a world unto themselves. They have been built up, torn down, and built again. Once there were farm homes, then mansions. Utah’s first department store was there, as was the largest newspaper, clanging public railcars, a nationally renowned theatre that hosted the era’s most famous stage performers.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Here's an App I'd like to check out.
I'll be site to give an update when I do.let me know what you think if you've tried it
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Chrome Web Store - Google Code
I'm hoping to start dabbling with technology soon and here is a link that I'm going to start with. It is the beginnings of how to publish an app to the chrome web store.
Chrome Web Store - Google Code
Chrome Web Store - Google Code
Sweet Little tool I found online...
Ghostery - About: Be a web detective.
Ghostery is your window into the invisible web – tags, web bugs, pixels and beacons that are included on web pages in order to get an idea of your online behavior.
Ghostery tracks the trackers and gives you a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity.
Ghostery is your window into the invisible web – tags, web bugs, pixels and beacons that are included on web pages in order to get an idea of your online behavior.
Ghostery tracks the trackers and gives you a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
FACT SHEET: "Help Americans Manage Student Loan Debt" | The White House
A potentially neat announcement I found in some of my research.-J
FACT SHEET: "Help Americans Manage Student Loan Debt" | The White House: Help Americans Manage Student Loan Debt by Capping Monthly Payments to What They Can Afford
Allow borrowers to cap their student loan payments at 10% of discretionary income. In the 2010 State of the Union, the President proposed – and Congress quickly enacted – an improved income-based repayment (IBR) plan, which allows student loan borrowers to cap their monthly payments at 15% of their discretionary income. Beginning July 1, 2014, the IBR plan is scheduled to reduce that limit from 15% to 10% of discretionary income.
Today, the President announced that his Administration is putting forth a new “Pay As You Earn” proposal to make sure these same important benefits are made available to some borrowers as soon as 2012. The Administration estimates that this cap will reduce monthly payments for more than 1.6 million student borrowers.
FACT SHEET: "Help Americans Manage Student Loan Debt" | The White House: Help Americans Manage Student Loan Debt by Capping Monthly Payments to What They Can Afford
Allow borrowers to cap their student loan payments at 10% of discretionary income. In the 2010 State of the Union, the President proposed – and Congress quickly enacted – an improved income-based repayment (IBR) plan, which allows student loan borrowers to cap their monthly payments at 15% of their discretionary income. Beginning July 1, 2014, the IBR plan is scheduled to reduce that limit from 15% to 10% of discretionary income.
Today, the President announced that his Administration is putting forth a new “Pay As You Earn” proposal to make sure these same important benefits are made available to some borrowers as soon as 2012. The Administration estimates that this cap will reduce monthly payments for more than 1.6 million student borrowers.
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Student Aid on the Web
SO if you've seen my last several posts. I've been reposting information I've been finding from various sources re: issues that I've wanted to research to learn more about. In this case I've been looking into consolidating my student loans and haven't had the time to research it all thoroughly so I've posted a few good links to come back to later when I have more time. Enjoy!
Student Aid on the Web: Special Direct Consolidation Loans
The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) began offering Special Direct Consolidation Loans to eligible borrowers in January 2012. This is a short-term consolidation opportunity, ending June 30, 2012, for borrowers with
at least one student loan held by the Department (a Direct Loan or a Federal Family Education Loan [FFEL] owned by the Department and serviced by one of the Department’s servicers); and
at least one commercially-held FFEL loan (a FFEL loan that is owned by a FFEL lender and serviced either by that lender or by a servicer contracted by that lender).
Special Direct Consolidation Loans are intended to help borrowers manage their debt by ensuring all of their federal loans are serviced by the same entity, resulting in one bill and one payment (borrowers repay loans to a loan servicer). Borrowers will also receive an interest rate reduction on Special Direct Consolidation Loans as a repayment incentive.
The information below describes the following aspects of taking out a Special Direct Consolidation Loan:
Eligibility Requirements, Benefits, and Repayment
Notification of Potential Eligibility
Online Application Process
Additional Information
Student Aid on the Web: Special Direct Consolidation Loans
The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) began offering Special Direct Consolidation Loans to eligible borrowers in January 2012. This is a short-term consolidation opportunity, ending June 30, 2012, for borrowers with
at least one student loan held by the Department (a Direct Loan or a Federal Family Education Loan [FFEL] owned by the Department and serviced by one of the Department’s servicers); and
at least one commercially-held FFEL loan (a FFEL loan that is owned by a FFEL lender and serviced either by that lender or by a servicer contracted by that lender).
Special Direct Consolidation Loans are intended to help borrowers manage their debt by ensuring all of their federal loans are serviced by the same entity, resulting in one bill and one payment (borrowers repay loans to a loan servicer). Borrowers will also receive an interest rate reduction on Special Direct Consolidation Loans as a repayment incentive.
The information below describes the following aspects of taking out a Special Direct Consolidation Loan:
Eligibility Requirements, Benefits, and Repayment
Notification of Potential Eligibility
Online Application Process
Additional Information
Example D
Example D: Special Direct Consolidation Loans
The Department of Education (the Department) is offering a short term consolidation opportunity--Special Direct Consolidation Loans--from January - June 30, 2012.
Special Direct Consolidation Loans are not the same as traditional Direct Consolidation Loans that borrowers would apply for through this Web site.
Only certain borrowers are eligible for Special Direct Consolidation Loans.
One of the Department's federal loan servicers--FedLoan Servicing (PHEAA), Great Lakes Educational Loans Services, Inc., Nelnet, or Sallie Mae--will contact eligible borrowers starting in January 2012 about the new and different online application process for Special Direct Consolidation Loans.
Borrowers who may be eligible for a Special Direct Consolidation Loan must not apply through this Web site. Doing so will make them ineligible to participate in the special consolidation opportunity. For this reason, it is critical that potentially eligible borrowers do not take any action until they are contacted by one of the Department's servicers listed above.
For Special Direct Consolidation Loan eligibility information, visit
www.studentaid.ed.gov/specialconsolidation.
Click here to view the Obama Administration’s announcement about this special consolidation opportunity and other repayment tools for borrowers.
Thank you.
The Department of Education (the Department) is offering a short term consolidation opportunity--Special Direct Consolidation Loans--from January - June 30, 2012.
Special Direct Consolidation Loans are not the same as traditional Direct Consolidation Loans that borrowers would apply for through this Web site.
Only certain borrowers are eligible for Special Direct Consolidation Loans.
One of the Department's federal loan servicers--FedLoan Servicing (PHEAA), Great Lakes Educational Loans Services, Inc., Nelnet, or Sallie Mae--will contact eligible borrowers starting in January 2012 about the new and different online application process for Special Direct Consolidation Loans.
Borrowers who may be eligible for a Special Direct Consolidation Loan must not apply through this Web site. Doing so will make them ineligible to participate in the special consolidation opportunity. For this reason, it is critical that potentially eligible borrowers do not take any action until they are contacted by one of the Department's servicers listed above.
For Special Direct Consolidation Loan eligibility information, visit
www.studentaid.ed.gov/specialconsolidation.
Click here to view the Obama Administration’s announcement about this special consolidation opportunity and other repayment tools for borrowers.
Thank you.
Student Aid on the Web
Student Aid on the Web: Loan Consolidation
A Direct Consolidation Loan allows a borrower to consolidate (combine) multiple federal student loans into one loan. The result is a single monthly payment instead of multiple payments.
From January through June 2012, the U.S. Department of Education will offer certain borrowers two options for consolidation:
Traditional Direct Consolidation Loans
Special Direct Consolidation Loans
During this time period, borrowers making separate payments on their federal loans to one or more servicers (you repay your loan to a loan servicer) may be eligible for a Special Direct Consolidation Loan. A Special Direct Consolidation Loan offers borrowers different repayment terms and benefits than a traditional Direct Consolidation Loan. There is also a different application process for Special Direct Consolidation Loans. For more information about Special Direct Consolidation Loans, please go to the Special Direct Consolidation Loans page.
If you would like more information about traditional Direct Consolidation Loans, please go to the traditional Direct Consolidation Loans page.
A Direct Consolidation Loan allows a borrower to consolidate (combine) multiple federal student loans into one loan. The result is a single monthly payment instead of multiple payments.
From January through June 2012, the U.S. Department of Education will offer certain borrowers two options for consolidation:
Traditional Direct Consolidation Loans
Special Direct Consolidation Loans
During this time period, borrowers making separate payments on their federal loans to one or more servicers (you repay your loan to a loan servicer) may be eligible for a Special Direct Consolidation Loan. A Special Direct Consolidation Loan offers borrowers different repayment terms and benefits than a traditional Direct Consolidation Loan. There is also a different application process for Special Direct Consolidation Loans. For more information about Special Direct Consolidation Loans, please go to the Special Direct Consolidation Loans page.
If you would like more information about traditional Direct Consolidation Loans, please go to the traditional Direct Consolidation Loans page.
Friday, March 2, 2012
VIDEO: BYU football spring workouts | ksl.com
I'm stoke for BYU football! We're still 6 months away, but spring training is right around the corner! Man it goes by slowly though.
VIDEO: BYU football spring workouts | ksl.com
VIDEO: BYU football spring workouts | ksl.com
American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR): eNews: Worth a Hill of Beans: Nutrition Powerhouses on Your Plate
Beans.
I always wish I ate more beans. They just add a heartiness to a meal. Plus they come in all shapes, colors, flavors and sizes. Here's a good article about why beans are so good for you and why they are such a good choice!
American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR): eNews: Worth a Hill of Beans: Nutrition Powerhouses on Your Plate
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Small Business Expenses and Tax Deductions | SBA.gov
This is a useful article for small businesses. For example, my wife keeps a consistant blog and I'm interested in the tax implications if we were to try and turn it into something profitable for her time while at the same time upgrading some of the equipment and value for the blog. It pays to understand these kinds of things. There's a reason large corporations end up paying so little in taxes.
Small Business Expenses and Tax Deductions | SBA.gov
Small Business Expenses and Tax Deductions | SBA.gov
Box... New app for cloud storage
I haven't checked this out yet, but there's potential. I hear there isn't a desktop app for windows on the free accounts but maybe on Linux. Either way, 50 free gbs is worth looking into.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.box.android
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.box.android
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