The color of culture:

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These are from the writer’s conference of life the universe and everything. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. This is a panel about putting examples of fine arts into literature. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

  • The trick to make a new fresh story is by the details.
  • Involve the full range of experiences in our fiction. The portrait of Dorian gray show the evolution of a character
  • Harper Hall trilogy: coming of age story about music. Music is essential to the story. The obstacle in her not accepting her mundane role in the hold.
  • Fire lizards use music to communicate
  • Lloyd Beiggle jr. added music as part of his book. Still small voice of trumpets to serve the main story plot.
  • You can’t give people cultures just as you can’t give them legitimacy
  • We can add depth to scenes if we have life experiences we can tap into.
  • Need to include fine arts in our lives and writing.
  • Modesitt Jr. uses cultures. One story involves planet-sized artifacts. Ends up being a sculpture.
  • Books show how character opinions and training influence their response to the culture they interact with.
  • The great arch occurs when an author puts their soul for all to see.
  • The soprano Sorceress: music source of magic.
  • In the book, Princess of we fallen, knitting is part of the world
  • Dragon’s slipper: art form as less common skill.
  • Citizens of the galaxy: Heinlein.
  • The Tolkien;  Created an Elephant creature
  • Music can be understood between cultures.

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Menu planning from a way to health 2

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These are notes from one of my way to health class. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

  • Keep it simple
  • Stick with things that are familiar and a new receipt once in a while
  • Using a receipt read through all the instructions in the beginning
  • Stay organized and organize your time and do the steps in order. Also, organize your tools.
  • Have all ingredients and tools gathered together for easy access. One can chope everything first
  • Make sure you have the right Tools
  • Know how to use your tools.
  • Have a clean kitchen before and after.
  • Make sure meals are balanced.
  • Plate divided into. ¼ gain ¼ meat ½ veg.
  • Two different kinds of menu plan.
  • The ingredient plan: Have items in advance.
  • Use up perishables first.
  • Second method: meals method. Plan out meals and what recipes will add to that meal. Buy food items in advance.
  • Need to have certain amount flexibility. Have menus planned but not frozen by date.
  • Pay attention of where the meat came from and where it is packaged.
  • Some people will buy one line and can make a checklist from home.
  • Some will arrange their menu by what meat is on sale.
  • Accessing cooking magazines will provide new recipes to try.
  • Food channel often has good ideas. Often focus on if it tastes good, you may need to rely more on protein control.
  • During the summer where there is more time, some people will try a new recipe once a week.
  • Chose my plate.org has some menus.
  • Simplify supper> can plan out meals.
  • Eating well website
  • Food nanny: google

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Power of the priesthood

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Here are some notes from church. Any inaccurate information or misquotes is the fault of the note taker.

  • God has provided the ability for men of the church to feel God’s power through ordinances.
  • Priesthood can be emissaries on behalf of the Lord.
  • Only through the priesthood, we become strong enough to endure. Bless baby, baptism, blessing of health and comfort as needed, blessings from stake president, missionary services, and general authority who offer a blessing of strength and protection for missionaries. President Nelson and previous prophets have blessed up. Heavenly Father does take care of us.
  • Encourage us to attend the temple as frequently as we can there and in church, we can feel the spirit.
  • Dec 84: sons of Moses should be filled with Glory of the Lord. Whoso is faithful in obtaining these two priesthoods and magnifying their callings are sanctified of their spirit.
  • President oaks: April 2010 priesthood session. Healing the sick. Heal by medical science, priesthood blessings. Most times we pursued all efforts simultaneously.
  • Oaks: five principals: Anointing, sealing then ordaining, faith, words of the prayer, and will of the Lord.
  • Anoint is declared as sanctifications. Also symbolic.
  • To seal means to affirm it and to make it binding to its intended purpose.
  • President Kimble too frequent of administrating the same person may be a sign of lack of faith.
  • Words spoken in healing blessings can edify the listeners. Effect of a blessing depends upon faith and the Lord’s desire. Words are demonstrations of faith. It is the Lord’s blessing that is being felt by the individual.
  • Brigham young: privilege and duty to live so the spirit of the Lord can speak through you.
  • When president young ask, have you sought any remedies? When people would ask for a blessing. It’s like asking the Lord to bless my corn without planting it.
  • The first principle of the lord is faith in the lord of Jesus Christ.
  • Our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ’s is not dependent upon outcomes.
  • These are trying times but they are of times for fear and worry. God has provided ways to take care of us.

 

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Utah Senate debate 2018

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Spelling attorney

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Good: attorney

Bad: atterny

 

One takes an Oath to Represent Everyone attORnEy

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What can we do for our field as writers?

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These are the notes from a main address By Jo Walton (English author)   at LTUE (writer’s conference of life the universe and everything) in 2018.

Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

We already read widely in our genera. We can also read widely outside our general classics from our and other cultures.

  • Book: to light the lightning.
  • Does not like that every book has to have an adventure and be cool.
  • There are certain things we can do better than another genre because we can talk about human nature and a relationship to alien nature or fairy nature. We can look at human nature at a more unique perspective.
  • Sighting by C. J. Cherryh is about cloning.
  • Book: The Dispossessed.
  • Book: Ice hinge
  • Book: Octavia Butler presents complex books.
  • Book: Wilson’s spin.
  • Book: Black wine
  • Book: the coffin makers
  • Book: by Bujold called meridance
  • Sf is the genera of ideas.
  • Our genera can take big ideas and contrast
  • Book: Air by Jeff Rymand.
  • Talk about great stories about human nature needs to have great characters.
  • Want to not have adventure books but more books on exploring new concepts. Where the plot where the way the ideas change.
  • Stars in my pocket,
  • Ideas change and the characters change.

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Policy Videos from Chris Harrod

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Got this email from Chris Harrod.
 
Dear delegates,
 
A brief introduction A brief introduction
(Length: 1 min 8 sec)
Please take a minute to become acquainted with Chris Herrod. Candidate for the 3rd Congressional District in Utah.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/intro.cfm
 
Constitutionalist Constitutionalist
(Length: 0 min 42 sec)
Learn briefly what Chris believes about the U.S. Constitution and its role in government.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/constitution.cfm
 
National Debt National Debt
(Length: 1 min 20 sec)
Chris briefly discusses the national debt and the OMNIBUS bills passed through Congress.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/national-debt.cfm
 
Immigration Immigration
(Length: 0 min 58 sec)
Learn what Chris Herrod’s U.S. immigration policy should be.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/immigration.cfm
 
Tackling Difficult Issues Tackling Difficult Issues
(Length: 1 min 20 sec)
Learn Chris Herrod’s approach to tackling difficult issues.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/difficult-issues.cfm
 
Healthcare and Socialized Medicine Healthcare and Socialized Medicine
(Length: 0 min 35 sec)
Chris briefly touches on socialized medicine, nationalized healthcare and what should be done with Obamacare.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/healthcare.cfm
 
Public Lands Public Lands
(Length: 0 min 58 sec)
Learn what Chris believes should be done with public lands and rural Utah’s economy.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/public-lands.cfm
 
2nd Amendment Rights 2nd Amendment Rights
(Length: 1 min 05 sec)
The 2nd Amendment is under attack. Chris Herrod discusses the purpose of the 2nd Amendment and its critical role in maintaining a free people.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/gun-rights.cfm
 
A Sincere Thank You From Chris Herrod A Sincere Thank You From Chris Herrod
(Length: 0 min 28 sec)
A sincere thank you and invitation to visit www.herrodforcongress.com for more information.
https://www.herrodforcongress.com/issues/thank-you.cfm
 
Sincerely,
 
Chris Herrod
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Menu planning from way to health 1

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These are notes from my way to health class.

  • Why don’t do menu:
  • Cooking for one or just two.
  • Hard find a variety
  • Get into ruts.
  • Sometimes healthy food is expensive.
  • Don’t know how to cook
  • Take time to plan and shop and cook the meal.
  • It’s hard to have fresh food purchased once a week last through the whole week. Use up food that doesn’t have a long shelf life eat it in the first of the week.
  • Buy things you know you’re going to use.
  • Frozen vegetables can be an alternative to fresh.
  • One way to work on time is to cook bulk. And freeze into individual portions and have a variety.
  • With a menu, you can plan ahead like a chicken on two days then cook the chicken at once.
  • Instant pot makes meals in 30 min.
  • Once you have menus planned keep them to recycle. Keep a binder.
  • Unexpected guests. Have certain food as a backup.
  • Extra dishes when you make individual meals. If you don’t know how to cook start checking out the registry.
  • Nutrition for a healthy heart cooking module.
  • In the binder, there is a handout on using herb and spices.
  • Planning for items on sale. Or items not in season buy frozen.
  • Nothing sounds good. Check out cookbooks. Pinterous,
  • Makes notes on the recipes you use of what your family likes or what changes you made.
  • See what friends are doing for healthy eating.

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Priesthood blessings

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Here are some notes from the church meeting.

  • Nelson praised the priesthood brethren for their service, righteousness, and goodness. His concern: too many don’t understand the concept of priesthood power and authority.
  • Many leaders fail to bless people in their calling. The priesthood has the authority to bless the people.
  • Oaks: The priesthood is the privilege to bless people and others. Fathers who hold priesthood presides over the family with the priesthood. He can counsel the family, hold family meetings and give blessings. If fathers would be magnified the priesthood in their own family, it would further the mission of the church compared to anything else they would do. Live the commandments to have the power to use the priesthood. Priesthood holders should cultivate family relationships so families will seek priesthood blessing.
  • Harold B Lee: never is the power of the priesthood more own needed than when there is a crisis or decision that needs to be made in the home.
  • You have the power to perform miracles if the Lord wills it so.
  • What is the difference between prayer and a blessing. 2 Nephi 4 shows an example. Father Lehi blesses his children. Lehi leaves a blessing on Laymen and Lemuel that their cursing will be removed. Lord will be merciful to your seed. Verse 4:12: Lehi spoke to the household with feelings in his heart and the according to the spirit he feels.

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Here are the opinions R candidates: UT Ct commission, Ct Attorney, Ct Sherriff

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These are notes I took last night at Republican candidate night. I’m a bad typist so any mistakes are my fault. It has taken several hours to fix this. I’ve tried to be as accurate as possible. Ask questions of the candidates for any areas of confusion.

The event was sponsored by Cspoa.org. the Facebook page is Hillcrest meetings

County commission:

Tom Sakeivich (UT county commissioner candidate)

  • Lived in Utah 20 yrs. I remember when highway I15 was two lanes. Served in the marine core 35 yr. wife and me. Responsibilities were overseeing peacetime training, stopping drugs.
  • I was in marine core’s executive board. I was responsible for several regions (over several states and global responsibilities. My responsibility was to streamline efforts. Counterdrug operations. 2001 involved with forces in Iraq.
  • I know how to restructure an organization, what can be improved and what does needs to stay as is.
  • Collecting agency> giving tax subsites. 35 yrs. deferring tax. We use tax incentives to bring economic developments for areas that need help.
  • Need to do three things.
  • Our population is growing faster than the infrastructure like roads. Currently, the time to drive from UT ct to SL is 30 min. in the yr. 2025 it is expected to be 90 minutes. Utah CT will be like Salt Lake county in 30 yrs.
  • We need to call and involve state representatives.
  • Look at UT county budget. Currently, it is $85 million. Sherriff office needs 51 million. We are losing deputies because of pay. We need to restructure how much state sends to the county we work on. What do we do with the money we currently have? Needed for infrastructure, sewer, water
  • Take care of problem issues.
  • I’ve worked with city mayors and city councils on a regular basis.
  • Q: What are your duties? Has legislative and executive authority to work zoning laws. The focus is on land. As the executive, I oversee land use and make sure the infrastructure needs are met.
  • Q: Do we need five commissioners? UT count has three full-time commissioners. If commissioner works with cities they don’t need a big staff. Work on land development outside of the city.
  • Q: What are your feelings of BRT? Rapid transit: worried that BRT. Thought there was a better way that it would not be so expensive. Need mass transit system due to expected growth. Like smaller UTA buses, uber and other solutions. The government should concentrate on services that private citizens could not provide.
  • Q: what do you know of Ut County owning the FBI $2 million? I am unaware of it.
  • Q: when you take the oath for County commission who do you give it to? Take an oath to the 4th district judge. And to the people.

Tanner Ainge: (UT county commissioner candidate)

  • Live in Alpine. Married for 13 yrs. and have five kids. Worked in venture capital. Help business project finance future and law school.
  • I love UT County. We have all the ingredients for a long-term success.
  • Campaign: with everything going so well I don’t want to do any harm. Our success is influenced by strong families and education, churches and non-profits have a strong influence.
  • We need to invest in our infrastructure. If we wait we can’t take advantage of our growth
  • Second; make sure we do all we can to get people to sober and back on their feet. Saves lives and save dollars.
  • Q: what do you know of Ut County owning the FBI $2 million? I am unaware of it.
  • Q: what is the proper role of county government? Central functions for government work well. Public safety, criminal justice, planner transportation.
  • Should the UT county commission expand to 5 members? I support it. Utah county will surpass grown of SL.  Having five commissioners, we can diverse by representing different areas of the county
  • Q: what are your feelings of rapid transit verse private sector solutions? I want to have BRT be as successful as possible. It can take congestion off the roads. It’s right and fair to have competition. If one bus system runs lower cost than county bus system, we need to have an explanation why they charge higher. There is lot of interest in Utah County from out of state employers. We are going to have a lot of growth. My goal is that to make BRT as efficient as possible.
  • Q: Why did you join so late as a candidate for the 3rd district representative? He had not heard about Chavez plan to resign until late.
  • Q: What are you feelings of world government agencies using Agenda 21 policy to control condensing citizens into living into high population areas? We need to preserve our green space. We need to plan for that higher population.
  • Q: How to protect external influences on politicians.  I’ve never felt any external influence.
  • Q: what are you feelings about taking Federal money? We take federal dollars to accomplish things in our county. We take money for county health department. A lot comes from state and federal funds. Want to use those funds as effectively as possible.

County attorney:

David Leavitt:

  • I grew up in cedar city. I am fifth of six boys, attended BYU in English and then law. Have seven kids, practice law for 27 years
  • I’ve been a city and county attorney, criminal attorney private and in public practice spent eight yrs. I was an elected prosecutor 10-12 yrs.  Had a private practice for citizens against government burocery.
  • Levitt institute: created geared to education: (http://leavittinstitute.org/)
  • 1991: first criminal case. I am concerned for the mentally ill. Finding solutions that help society and the individual is not a cookie cutter approach.  It is important to understand the criminal process toward the mentally ill.
  • I was county attorney in Juab County.  One case, I saw photos of a beaten woman. Something did not feel right. I investigated it further. Found out that the woman beat herself. Why: because you won’t stop husband for internal beating so I created the external beating.
  • Once case was of a theft in the desert. Guy dismantled a crane (there for 30 yrs.). The client thought it was abandoned. Told thief to pay money made from sell to the owner of the crane.
  • Need the backbone to tell police no.
  • Run because there has been too much of abuse(?) between police officers and attorney.
  • Want to distinguish with victims of crime. We need to distinguish between crime influenced by society and an individual criminal.
  • We need to look more closely at the individual doing the crime. For example: 18 yr. old caught with drugs. Could have had him labeled with a felony. Asked what he wanted to do with his life? He wanted to join the coast guard. I had him join them. Give pay stubs to your father.  Paystubs at week 28 the guy became a sergeant. After 38 paystubs the crime will be dropped.
  • Bully in one town with long term and multiple offense of abuse and crime. Attorney will see him in prison.
  • We don’t need another county attorney. We need is a prosecutor who has experience, reasoning, judgment, who is not looking for just a remedy. Train the other attorneys.
  • There is an insensitivity of individual cases.  Need to treat each case with what each individual deserves.

County attorney:

Chad Grunander:

  • Worked in criminal with chiefly 35 attorneys and 28 prosecutors with 6 in the civil division.  Worked in the instigations bureau, with paralegals. I oversee 85 % of the office.
  • Worked Dr Mrneill(sp) case as the prosecution. The case was highly profiled in the media.
  • 520 population and we’ve had up to 14 homicides.
  • Grew up Spanish fork lived in UT county whole life.
  • Have support Federal order of police,
  • I’m trying to create a division of civil abuse court.
  • Focus on special victims unit.
  • My goal is getting serious about drug offenders. 70% of crimes are drug-related in some fashion. Many thefts occure to support a drug addiction. We need to give them help sooner.
  • Legislative outreach: priory to work with local leglators to get effective laws to be effective. There was a case of an assisted suicide. Person helped kill a 16 yr. old girl. Assisted suicide law created that assisted suicide is marked as manslaughter.
  • Community outreach: attorneys are passive in police investigation. Try to get in front of problems.  Going to school and discuss cyber safety. Effects of drug use. Go to senior assistant homes> warn of internet homes.  Don’t give out SS numbers.
  • Reach out to school superintendents for community outreach and school visits.
  • Q: Is the seat belt law constitutional: yes it is constitutional?
  • Q: Do you support jury notification: don’t support. It already exists (jury already has the ability to convict) If the jury decides to throw the case out. Juries can do this if they like the criminal because he or she dresses nice.
  • Q: How many cases have you’ve prosecuted. 3 K felony and 2 K misdemeanors. Special victim’s smaller in a smaller number.
  • Q: Are you comfortable to support prosecute a federal official who breaks the laws? I don’t recal the answer. I assume yes.
  • Overseen 28 attorneys, 35 additional support staff. Chief Deputy. > 70 staff
  • Victims’ rights are very important. Keep them informed.
  • Each case goes through a screening process until to see if it meets standards of proof with unreasonable doubt of a crime. Good faith belief that jury will convict. If there is insufficient proof will not press charges.
  • Need healthy relationships with law enforcement with attorneys.  35K cases each yr. many decanted on a frequent basis due to lack of evidence.
  • Q: How would community outreach funded? It would require little finances requirements other than refreshments. Attorneys already assigned to a departments. We are salaried employees and already work over 40 hours a week.

Office of sheriff:

Jim Phelps:

  • Don’t want SL issues to come down to UT County. Know about drug problems. Sexual predators. Traffickers.
  • I will protect your rights. I have a proven records. I know the limit and rights of other federal agencies. I’ve stood up.  Sherriff is the only elected office in the country.
  • I’m a firm constitutional.
  • I don’t agree with civil forfeiture (to take lands).
  • Q: what would you do if Thema came in to confiscate weapons during a disaster. I would arrest anyone who comes in to take weapons.
  • I objected to Blanding over reaction of crime that causes a doctor to commit suicide.
  • Q: What were you feeling of how the Bundy situation? I object to actions of BLM. The sherriff should have intervened on the Bundy case. He could have prevented an escalation. Help craft leglatition to strip BLM’s authority.
  • Take an oath to uphold the constitution: I make an oath to the people.  That oath means everything to me.  I don’t answer to the federal government.
  • Q: Is driving a right or a privilege? is more of a right than a privilege.  Make sure that the individual is qualified to drive a car. If people abuse privilege should have that right removed.
  • Q: How handled a police officer who is out of control? They need to be stopped (I think he said this)
  • Q: What do you think of the csopa police organization.  If I become sheriff, I will be a member.
  • Q: How to get UT county to not take more money from federal. Its goes as a bribe.
  • Q: What is different between you and your opponent? Most significant between me and opponent, I am more of a constitutional sheriff. My opponent objected to land acquisition. I know how to prevent real grand. Know how to fight against domestic terrorism:
  • I will preserve your rights.
  • Want to empower the citizens of the city. Want to have programs in place so that citizens feel empowered.
  • Victims of violence: want to provide some free training. Will use retired police officers are happy to work with citizens.
  • Q: What does protect and preserve means: preserve our constitution as it is written now. I don’t want an article 5.
  • Q: how do you feel about constitutional carry? I believe in constitutional carry.
  • Around the country: seen an increased militaristic of police departments.
  • Like police to interact with schools

Mike Smith:

  • 18 yrs. on UT County swat team, Team leader and operational commander.
  • Spent six yrs. as a reserve deputy. Taking shift when officers were absent
  • Currently chief of police in pleasant grove.
  • Have a degree in criminal justice, graduate FBI national academy.
  • Interested in community oriented projects.
  • Due to the national increase of anti-police sentiment. We have less police applicants.
  • Safe city’s influence by community policing programs. Honorary citizens who are business people. Function as a booster club. They help fun raise to get needed equipment.
  • Citizens can help police officers.
  • Get citizens to help. Meets and greet.
  • Stream line arrest process so an officer is not spending over an hour booking someone so they can get back on the street sooner.
  • Who do you make an oath to as sheriff? I’m elected by the people.
  • An opinion of Bundy: if the Federal government is violating of citizens. I will stand up to them.
  • Q: If thema comes to confiscate weapons what would you do? Bush created a law that it wouldn’t happen again.
  • Q: How do you like http://cspoa.org? I like Sheriff Clark.
  • Q: Is the seat belt constitutional? wear a seatbelt
  • Q: What you do to an uncontrolled police officer. I worked in internal affairs. Officers are people when they make mistakes they need to be accountable. We need to be transparent.
  • Q: Is driving is a privilege? We lose it if our violate law.
  • Q: Would you take federal grant? A bullet vest cost $1K each. There is a grant that will get it at half the cost. Be careful of string attached.  If I pay taxes, want some to come back.
  • Honor oath: preserve oath: to integrity. How to protect victims who could be abused. Uphold the constitution.
  • Q: School protection? We’ve been working with schools, walk through a program for a response.

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