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I’m an OK speller. Not a great speller but I can hold my own. My grasp of the English language is simple so I don’t need to be a great speller. However, I am not a very good typist and I need to spell check to mostly correct my typing errors and that’s where IESPELL comes in handy. If you’re using MS WORD or a text editor or even a blog editor you have a spell check program handy. But what about when you complete a web form or make some comments on a blog entry like this one? Wouldn’t it be nice to have an easy to use spell check program?

ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a web page. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your web application already includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a server-side solution. Plus you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application.

I couldn’t live without this little application. All I do is right click within a web form or text form and select Check Spelling.

The program installs as a new button in the IE toolbar (as well as a new menu item under “Tools”) – after filling in a form, just hit the ieSpell button and it pops up a dialog, similar to the MS Word spell check. ieSpell also works (right-click menu only) on other IE based browsers such as SlimBrowser, CrazyBrowser, MSN, MyIE, etc.

Best of all, it’s free.

Patience, love, compassion are a few qualities a good mother possesses. Beth Uale might also add an ounce of creativity—the ability to change plans and compromise so everyone wins. She was recently named Hawaii Mother of the Year and will represent the state at the 2004 National American Mother Awards, to be held Tuesday through May 1, in Puerto Rico.

Beth is a member of the church and majored in music at BYU-Hawaii

Teaching values began with not caving in to the childrens’ demands for instant gratification. “When the children wanted a Playstation, we told them that it was a ‘want’ and not a ‘need,’ so they had to earn their own money from their paper route to get it. “When they asked if we could upgrade their system, same answer; so they had to trade in their system and earn more money to get a new one. This helped them to learn to work hard for things they wanted.”

Congratulations and good luck!

Note: In this blog entry I am using the * in place of the o in the word p*rn so I don’t get blocked by some Internet filters.

I would really like to see some debate on the issue of LDS owned businesses offering products and services that are forbidden by members of the church. For example, we have a grocery store here in St. George that is owned by a respected LDS family. The store sells tobacco. The owners make a living in part by selling tobacco. We have several members who own convenience stores that sell alcohol. The Mariott chain of hotels, owned by members of the church have p*rn movies on demand in their hotel rooms.

The American Family Association and two subsidiary groups, One Million Moms and One Million Dads, spurred members to send thousands of e-mail messages to the addresses of executives at the Marriott Corp. asking the company to stop offering adult movies in its hotel rooms.

What is up with that? A member of the church has respected family organizations lobbying him to stop showing p*rnography.

Let me say that I’m probably crossing the line of judging others but it’s on my mind and the reason I started this blog was to share what’s on my mind.

I understand business, I own a retail store and know that you have to keep up with your competition or you’ll fail. But when do you decide it’s time to get out of a particular business when the pressure is such to do things that are not acceptable for you to partake, yet you’re a supplier? Or do you just not even get into a business that could eventually lead to having to make these kind of decisions?

Is it Ok to sell p*rn, alcohol, and tobacco but just not partake of it? Is it Ok to play professional sports on Sunday but just not watch them? Is it Ok to point out the faults of others but just not your own?

It’s a scam. With just an hour left in the Ebay auction the pair of Temple Garments are up to $15,200 with 17 bids. There is NO way that someone would pay 15 grand for garments. It must be a group of anti-mormons who are trying to bring attention to Mormon’s with horns who wear secret underwear. The Ebay ID’s are all hidden so it would be easy for a group of people to bid up an item for show.

Now there is another pair going for $5,000. I make my living on Ebay and I’m telling you making money is not this easy.

The big story of the day in LDS news is, Some businesses see Utah as not welcoming. The AP story says that

Some employers and politicians – mostly Democrats – are warning that Utah’s Mormon conservatism is driving away business. They say Utah’s hard-line stands on such topics as gay rights, abortion and alcohol have given the state a reputation as an uptight, reactionary place where diversity is not welcome.

Reactionary? Utah’s stance on abortion, alcohol and gay rights is not reactionary. The state’s predominant religion is against those practices and why shouldn’t a states stance on these issues be that of the people’s?

The Mormon Church claims nearly three out of every four Utah residents as members, and has tremendous clout in the Legislature, which is decidedly more conservative than the state’s general population.

I doubt the three out of four quote is correct. I’d say 60-65% of Utah residents are LDS.

For business, Utah has a lot going for it. It has relatively low taxes and cheap utilities and claims to have the second-lowest workers’ compensation rates for manufacturers after Indiana. Utah is particularly attractive to companies that want to escape California’s punishing tax burden…It also has a low rate of violent crime, a family-friendly culture and a vast outdoor playground of public lands.

But Utah is not welcoming because you have to stop by the State liquor store instead of the supermarket to get that bottle of wine you’re taking to the illegal gay wedding. Oh and if you need a partial-birth abortion or an abortion by a doctor, clinic or hospital that gets state money you’ll have to cross the border to Nevada. Sheesh…

Also in the news, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir was Inducted into Hall of Fame yesterday.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir received a national honor today. The choir and the radio program “Music and the Spoken Word” were inducted into the National Broadcasters hall of Fame. The honor was presented this afternoon at the annual broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. The Choir joins a number of notable broadcasters, including Kasey Kasem, Red Skelton, and Benny Goodman. “Music and the Spoken Word” has been on the air for 75 years, making it the longest continuously running network radio broadcast.

Now see, I had an idea to sell garments on Ebay for $6 to disrupt the guy who is going to pocket $2,000 for a pair of underwear. It was a little extreme. These people had ideas too but they were much more logical and pretty entertaining.

This auction is titled, garments – Mormon under garment EXTREMELY RARE The description is as follows: Do yourself a favor. Instead of wasting your money on the increasingly common Mormon temple garment, consider the following: You will be bidding on the VERY RARE, SELDOM SEEN, Mormon sport undergarment. The general public is COMPLETELY UNAWARE that Mormons frequently remove the standard temple garment before participating in athletics. This sport undergarment, worn by thousands of Mormons during such sport activities is EVEN MORE RARE than its temple-variety counterpart.

And this auction is titled MORMON GARMENTS, Sacred NOT Secret but has the following as the description:

You are bidding on one game. It is called Snackopoly. Made by McKee Baking Co.(Little Debbie) Its like Monopoly except its based on Little Debbie snacks. Great for a monday family night! This is a very rare game because it was only given to the factory workers on Christmas of 2002. To make it even more rare. They had a misprint on one of the properties and made us all a special sticker to put it on our selves. I have that as well. The game is new and still sealed in the box. God be with you till we meet again ! ;o)

And finally there is this auction.

Titled, Secret Mormon Recipe (used by those who wear garments) and the description says, “Up for auction is a recipe for a sacred desert eaten by an overwhelming majority of Mormons. The recipe is for GREEN JELLO WITH SHREDDED CARROTS!

“Mormons have a select number of secret, traditional food recipes that they often partake of in the sanctity of their homes and at church social activities. If you don’t believe me, ask any Mormon you know. They’re everywhere! I am offering one of the most well-loved Mormon recipes for sale on eBay! Yes, it’s true! This is not a hoax, unlike those Mormon garment auctions where an inner circle of losers have conspired to bid on an item that nobody will really pay for in order to generate press and piss off Mormons! I am in this for the money and my eBay feedback speaks for my integrity as a seller.

“The recipe is surprisingly simple, but has eluded non-Mormons for decades. I have included a picture of two of the main ingredients. Green Jello and carrots. The third ingredient is not listed. To the winning bidder I will send the final ingredient with directions on preparation!

“Why spend your hard earned bread on a set of underwear that Mormons use? Just stick with Hanes. If they’re good enough for Michael Jordan, they’re good enough for you. Unless you think you’re better than MJ, which would make you a flaming racist and I don’t want you bidding on my item!

“Note the low starting price with no reserve. I expect this recipe to sell for at least $1000, so bid early and often. Recipe to be shipped by overnight express for $15.00 flat.

“DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a Mormon. Please do not contact me with questions about Mormon doctrines. I am an evangelical born again whacko who has no respect for the beliefs of others because they are ALL false! Think about it … Hindus think cows are sacred, but that’s not going to stop me from eating a freaking Big Mac!.”

Are we having fun yet?

Someone is selling a pair of garments on Ebay and the bidding is currently at $2,000. Is that insane or what? It’s so tempting to place some garments on Ebay for $6 as Buy-It-Now auctions. The high bidders of the current auction would probably retract their bids and the guy selling the garments would lose his precious $2,000. If only I had the guts.

I mean come on…they sell for $5 at the garment store and any yahoo can walk off the street and purchase a pair. I was going to write to the high bidder informing him/her that they were stupid but the auction is private and all the email addresses are hidden.

Before you send me hate mail I don’t condone the sale of garments on Ebay and would never actually do that myself even to disrupt a guy making 2 grand. It’s just so ludicrous to me that people would pay $2,000 for my underwear.

Perhaps you have seen the latest controversy being created by WalMart concerning the ClearPlay DVD players about to be sold in a few weeks. ClearPlay enabled DVD players allow consumers to watch Hollywood movies without having to worry about the profanity, nudity and gory violence. Essentially, the consumer inserts a normal DVD and then selects what type of offensive material they want the player to skip.

The ClearPlay service uses “ClearPlay Filters” that are associated with each different movie. The ClearPlay filters are compiled by our staff of movie professionals. These professionals go through individual movies and identify content which may have contributed to a movie’s PG-13 or R rating. The content they identify generally falls under the categories of graphic violence, sexual content, and language.

The user-interface is very simple. You can turn ClearPlay ON or OFF with a single setting. You can also customize your filter preferences by adjusting 14 different filter settings (that gives you 16,384 potential user configurations!). Based on your settings, content will be skipped over or muted during playback of the movie. Great care and effort is taken to ensure that although certain content is removed, the continuity of the story is maintained, and the presentation retains its entertaining value. Many say the end result is similar to an airline or television presentation of the movie.

The ClearPlay firm is one of several companies battling a lawsuit filed by the biggest movie studios and major directors like Steven Soderbergh, John Landis and Steven Spielberg. The suit claims that filtering technology such as ClearPlay’s produces an unauthorized and illegal version of their artistic work.

ClearPlay has been around for quite awhile. Up until WalMart got into the picture consumers could download the filters from the ClearPlay website and watch filtered DVD’s on their PC. Now for $69 you can purchase a ClearPlay enabled DVD player from WalMart and begin watching filtered movies immediately.

In “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” for example, the filter shows the title character – played by Arnold Schwarzenegger – squatting naked in the desert and starting to stand up, but cuts to a shot of him already standing and seen only from the chest up. Retailers to offer DVD film filters

My first thought on the lawsuit filed by Hollywood is that they’re afraid that people will stop going to the theaters and wait for the DVD to come out. Thus being able to bypass the single ‘F-word’ or sexual innuendos that get thrown into movies for almost no other reason but to get a PG-13 or R-rating. Most PG-rated movies don’t do very well in the theaters unless it’s a Disney movie. But I don’t think that’s accurate. The majority of people are entertained by movies that show immoral and vulgar scenes even though they believe the immorality and vulgarity is wrong.

Would you purchase one of these units?

We’re off to Weber State University in Ogden, Utah and we’ll be back late Friday night. Why?

BYU News Release

The General Relief Society, Young Women and Primary presidents as well as Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be featured speakers at the annual Women’s Conference, Thursday and Friday, April 29 and 30, at Brigham Young University.

Participants may register online through April 9 at womensconference.byu.edu or by telephone through April 16 at (801) 378-8925. Through April 30 registrations will be accepted at the Harman Continuing Education Building on the BYU campus weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

An attendance of 16,000 is expected at the event, which is limited to women and men age 16 and older; no infants or children will be permitted at any of the sessions.

First, I went to fill up my gas tank in my mini-van and it cost me $45, then I heard some statements by John Kerry about President Bush trying to take care of the world but at the same time neglecting America’s economy. Then last night at the gym I was listening to the press conference given by President Bush and he appeared to be unable to answer any of the questions directly. I understand that politicians are double talkers and rarely answer questions directly but this was really bad in my eyes.

One of the reporters asked Mr. Bush if he had made any mistakes preceding the 9-11 incident and if so what did he learn from the mistake(s). He could not answer the question. Come on…There were several other questions that Bush just stumbled through.

This was President Bush’s first press conference in over a year so what the heck is he doing besides fighting a war? Family incomes have gone down over $1200 dollars under his watch, the labor market is short several millions jobs, long-term unemployment remains near record highs, and families have a hard time affording rising health care costs, while becoming more mired in debt on a daily basis.

Because job losses have mounted in the past three years, families had to borrow more to make ends meet. Household debt has reached record highs as has the level of debt service relative to household incomes. Consequently, the default rates of households on their loans have been comparatively high, despite low interest rates. That is, families may not get to enjoy their new homes as they struggle to repay their debts.
Tompaine.com

I like Bush and I think he has done a fair job with terrorism and the war in Iraq. But dang-it, let’s keep the American economy in check so I’m not paying $45 to fill up my vehicle.

My son Joshua is off to college this fall. He was accepted to Utah State University and Weber State University and decided to attend Weber. He wants to be a Forensic Accountant and Weber has a great accounting and criminal justice program. His ultimate goal is to be a forensic accountant for the FBI.

Anyway, we are going up to Ogden Thursday morning to take Josh to an orientation at Weber for new students. I’m so excited to be involved in this whole process. It’s quite a thrill to see your son or daughter prepare for college and a whole new chapter in life. Josh is so excited about going off to college. He will be staying in the dorms and already has a job lined up.

Josh is still on the fence as far as deciding to go on a mission. We’re hoping that once he gets up to college and has some time to spend on his own he’ll feel like it’s important to go.

deseretnews.com | Marjorie Pay Hinckley – “Charity personified”

“Today, there’s a place vacant in our hearts. We mourn her passing, yet . . . all we loved and knew about Marjorie continues. Her spirit has simply gone home to God,” said President Thomas S. Monson, first counselor in the church’s First Presidency, who quoted a favorite scripture of Sister Hinckley’s: “The Savior said to us, ‘I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.’ ” Sister Hinckley was genuine and treated everyone with kindness, President Monson said. She spoke as comfortably with kings and queens as she did with ordinary people and children. She loved meeting people in global travels with her husband, recalled friend Sheri L. Dew, president of Deseret Book who wrote a biography on President Hinckley. She believed in people and always saw the best in every situation. “I always left her presence feeling better about myself,” Dew said. “Marjorie Hinckley was faith, hope and charity personified. . . . (She had) the pure love of Christ in her.”

The Salt Lake Tribune – Marjorie Hinckley laid to rest with tributes

“How appropriate that this is Easter weekend when we celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,” said Richard Hinckley, the couple’s oldest son, who conducted the service. “Marjorie Hinckley loved her Savior.”

In the cold, windswept afternoon, the stoic Mormon president kissed his hand and touched the coffin, momentarily overcome in a final parting gesture to his partner of 67 years.

The transcripts for last weeks conference are now available on LDS.org.

deseretnews.com | LaVell Edwards reflects on roots, relationships

Retired BYU head coach LaVell Edwards was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this week.

Edwards…retired after 29 seasons, a national championship, 21 league titles, 22 bowl games, 257 career victories and 103,562 passing yards by his aerial-minded Cougar teams.

To be a head football couch for 29 years on a top college football team is pretty incredible and I think coach Edwards hit the nail on the head about why he was so successful

“I rarely think of a game, of a championship,” he said. “I think more about the relationships, I think more about the people…And his greatest personal accomplishment? “That I did win enough games that I stayed employed,” he quipped, adding in a more serious tone, “and that I was able to do the things that I wanted to do — to coach and to work with people.”

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it.

Marjorie Pay Hinckley, wife of LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley

The greatest judgment he [President Hinckley] has ever shown in his entire life,” President Boyd K. Packer, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve, says, “is the judgment he showed in marrying Marjorie Pay.

FOXNews.com – Top Stories – Illinois Officials Apologize to Mormons

Not only did we see Illinois House Resolution 0627 last week but the Governor of Illinois and others came to Utah to meet with church leaders today.

A delegation of Illinois officials apologized to leaders of the Mormon Church on Wednesday for the 1844 murder of the church’s founder and the expulsion of Mormons from Illinois.

James E. Faust, one of the church’s top leaders, said the resolution is a “message of respect and reconciliation” that will “long live in the hearts of this people.” Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, 93, did not attend the meeting because of the death of his wife on Tuesday.

I have seen too much and experienced too much to ever deny it. He lives. He is truly my Father, and the Savior is my Savior in every sense of the word. If I can be one more voice to say that God lives and that this is His work, I will be satisfied.

Marjorie Pay Hinckley, wife of the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Tuesday after falling ill in January while on an overseas trip. She was 92.

Source: Salt Lake Tribune