Salt Lake City Wins $1 Million in Walmart's "Fighting Hunger Together" Competition

Salt Lake City topped communities from throughout the U.S. to win one million dollars to go towards fighting local hunger.  


With over 5 million votes, Salt Lake surpassed all other communities involved to take the top prize of one million dollars.  The next closest community was Fresno, California with 4.3 million votes.  Other cities didn't garner more than 400,000 votes.

The Daily Universe reported on one individual who greatly participated in gathering people's support.


"One pivotal individual was Michael Faragher. Faragher, an Orem native, heard about the “Fighting Hunger Together” campaign while listening to the radio in his car.  At the time, Salt Lake City had climbed from 47th place to 4th place in just a few weeks.

Once he found how easy it was to vote, Faragher said he decided to try to mobilize others to help Salt Lake City win the campaign. He said he tried to make voting as easy and efficient for others as he could.

“We figured out we could set up a wall with lots of posts and all you had to do was click like, leave a comment, and share it and that would give [Salt Lake City] three votes,” Faragher said."

Condoleezza Rice Visits BYU; Speaks on Education

Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state, visited BYU campus on January 13, 2011 to speak for the university devotional.  

Rice, currently a professor of political economy at Stanford University in the graduate school of business, commented strongly on the declined state of K-12 education.  She encouraged students to volunteer at local schools as tutors and also get involved in "Teach for America."

Student response to the event was extremely supportive, with the Marriott Center reaching capacity.

There were, however, a few concerned about Rice's visit.  Protesters were present outside the Marriott Center Thursday protesting Rice's participation in the U.S.-Afghan-Iraqi war.

DTR

DTR means Define the Relationship

Apparently Acronyms Are Fun!

Recently, I was playing a scrabble like game and came across these three letters:




Only in the Bubble… would you know what a DTR stands for! Or I guess if you look DTR up on Urban Dictionary.

Define
The
Relationship

What is a DTR like?

Having a DTR means the couple sits down and talks about where their relationship is going. It should just be going to dinner but somehow needs to be taken to the next level of dating or just remaining as friends. DTR’s are often unexpected and can be very awkward. Hopefully the surprised victim can think quickly on their feet. Or just have disaster dates and avoid a DTR all together.

Mormon Acronyms

DTR’s made me think about Mormons and acronyms in general. We have millions of them, such as:

CTR = Choose the Right
LDS = Latter Day Saint
BoM = Book of Mormon
FHE = Family Home Evening
GA = General Authority
MTC = Missionary
EFY = Especially For Youth
AoF = Articles of Faith
PEC = Priesthood Executive Council
BYC = Bishop’s Youth Council
BSA = Boy’s Scouts of America
CES = Church Educational System
D&C = Doctrine and Covenants
WoW = Word of Wisdom
YSA = Young Single Adult

BotP = Beware of the Potluck
BYOJ = Bring Your Own Jell-O

Alright I made this last two up but you get the point right? Mormons just love acronyms!

-Brian



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