'So in the world of today: 10 Mar 2015' by Sam Orr

So in the world of today:
-A new poll shows that US support for gay marriage is at almost 60%.
-Hate groups in the US are in decline.

'So in the world of today: 9 Mar 2015' by Sam Orr

So in the world of today:
-A Black man in Wisconsin was shot by an officer. Hundreds arrived to protest.
-Boko Harem are officially working for Isis.
-According to ‘new scientist’ French scientists found a way to implant memories into mice.
-The Supreme Court asked a lower court to reconsider its position, requiring Notre dame to pay for contraception.
-Obama imposed sanctions on Venezuela, declaring the country a threat to national security.
-The Missouri state supreme court will take all Ferguson cases.
-The UN chancellor is calling for full gender equality by 2030
-Obama compared the GOP to Iran.
-American gun ownership is at an all-time low.

'So in the world of today: 5 Mar 2015' by Sam Orr

So in the world of today:
-Boko Harem killed 68 in Nigeria
-Ferguson is being sued by Michel Brown’s family.
-Mitch McConnell encouraged the states to ignore EPA regulations.
-Almost 5000 people in Darfur were uprooted last year.
-A couple Canadian ministers in Quebec were mailed envelopes with white powder in them.
-The West England University found a way to turn urine into electricity.

'so in the world of today: 4 Mar 2015' by Sam Orr

so in the world of today:
-Several police employees at Ferguson were fired or put on leave over racist emails.
-The LDS church backed a Utah law that protects religious freedoms and protects Homosexuals from workplace and housing discrimination.
-The Benghazi committee is forcing Clinton to surrender her emails on the topic.
-The senate failed to overturn Obama’s Keystone pipeline veto.
-The US ambassador to South Korea was attacked.
-Teen use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs are down, but their use of pot is up.
-The Supreme Court maintained a lower court’s decision, stating that a person’s DNA could be taken and used as evidence without their prior knowledge.

'So in the world of today: 3 Mar 2015' by Sam Orr

So in the world of today:
-Homeland security is working to stop ‘birth tourism’.
-The US justice department decided that Ferguson’s police department have been racially insensitive.
-The air force is in hot water for spending 55 billion on an undisclosed project.
-An 8th grader in New Mexico was suspended for letting her fellow students know their parents could opt them out of state testing.
-Liban Haij Mohamed (an fbi most wanted terrorist) was captured.
-A report found that is no official record of Clinton’s email communications from her time as secretary of state.
-Edward Snowden wants to return to the US.
-Petreaus pled guilty to leaking classified secrets.
-The EU busted an international tax fraud ring.
-Al Qaida may not actually be on the run.

'So in the world of today: 2 Mar 2015' by Sam Orr

So in the world of today:
-North Korea told its military to prepare for war with the US and friends.
-The white house is working to ban M855 ball ammunition.
-A bakery that refused to serve gay weddings is closing up shop forever.

My Little Brother's Rant on HTC's Virtual Reality Venture

http://www.wsj.com/articles/htc-enters-virtual-reality-market-in-bid-to-diversify-product-line-mobile-world-1425224702?mod=e2fb

This is the new M9. 

Yeah. I don't know whether they're going to get anywhere with that Or with their new wristband with under armour. They should have stuck with designing a good new phone Instead of a rehash. They said it told them a year to design the M9. And its basically the same as last year's model. I used to be inspired by their phones. But they're copying Apple in their iPhone "s" business model. There was another concept phone of the M9. I saw going around it and looked so good. I was hoping the leak before MWC2015 was fake. Because it wasn't any change at all. They have disappointed me and many others with the M9. This year the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge looks to be the good one between Galaxy and HTC. And I don't even like Samsung. /end rant

This is how the concept was

I'm so bored of the HTC design. Too much wasted space and not enough innovation.

That's what OnePlus said; then,  they took it down then changed what they now said

'So in the world of today: 27 February 2015' by Sam Orr

So in the world of today:
-Iran tested a new weapon.
-Jewish persecution reached a seven year high.
-Both the rebels and military withdrew from east Ukraine.
-The Mormon tabernacle choir was inducted to the classical music hall of fame.
-Virginia agreed to compensate people they forcefully sterilized from 1924-1979.
-Investigators found hundreds of thousands of IRS emails related to the IRS tea party scandal. The IRS attempted to destroy said emails.

My Work and My Interesting Health Situation Currently

This blog post is a segment of the journal entry of Alex Hicken found at the following

link: http://mormonysa.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-22-2015.html

     I would like to tell you about my work and my interesting health situation currently. I don't know why I am not feeling well, but yesterday I felt weak at work. On Monday, I felt like my feet and hands were freezing all morning long. On Tuesday or so, I was wondering about my diet because I felt fine, but something was off. I think that I am not getting enough calories. I think that I have been getting about 1000 calories. Since I fasted, I could not eat as much breakfast as usual. I thought that my body was weak not eating enough, and fasting pushed it over the edge; plus, I donated blood last week. My grandma was thinking that I may have a little 24 hour bug to overcome. I think that I was getting about 200-300 calories for breakfast, 300-400 calories for lunch, and 400-600 calories for dinner; which is a range of 900-1300 calories because my grandparents usually prepare and serve me food. The drama that I had with Jessica over the weekend had me return to my usual habit of not snacking between meals of lunch and dinner, which snacking I did on previous weeks. I need about 2500 calories for my job, since I am lifting most of the day, and it is cold. I am use to getting about 500 calories for breakfast and 800-1000 calories for lunch and dinner, ranging from 2100-2500 calories a day at school. I went to tell management that I felt weak, and they fed me a bunch of food, and I didn't feel week after lunch, but I did feel achy allover my body. Today my stomach has been feeling weird, but the aching has been gone since this morning. I ate my usual 500 calorie breakfast this morning, feeling good about that, but I didn't feel full like usual. At lunch, I told my grandma that I felt bloated, so she recommended that I drink a teaspoon of baking soda. The recovery from that is weird because it makes you more bloated. It tastes like odd salt water, making one burp like consuming a carbonated drink. This is my current state.

Making Jamaican Rice and Peas for my Grandparents

This blog post is a segment of the journal entry of Alex Hicken found at the following

link: http://mormonysa.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-22-2015.html

     I also made Jamaican rice and peas on Wednesday for my grandparents, but making that is not as special as curry.


This is the recipe that I followed. I recommend cooking the beans for an hour; maybe more, you can taste it yourself after soaking it over night; then, add the rice in the pot to cook. The beans when I cooked it was a little crunchy.
The scallion, Scotch bonnet, garlic, and thyme are not meant to be in the food when you serve it; therefore, take them out before serving it. Put the entire scallion, garlic clove, thyme, and Scotch bonnet in the pot when it is cooking. Scotch bonnet is a Jamaican pepper. I usually replace it with a habanero. Don't dice anything.

 x peas 1 cup first!       serves 3-4

x garlic a clove or two when boiling the peas

x rice two cups

x coconut milk three cups

x salt pepper   table spoon

x pimento seeds

x scallion a couple whole strains

x butter       table spoon

x thyme  a sprig is a few inches long. Use two

x Scotch bonnet

thyme  a sprig is a few inches long. Use two

Scotch bonnet

pimento seeds

Praying for a Missionary Opportunity

This blog post is a segment of the journal entry of Alex Hicken found at the following

link: http://mormonysa.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-22-2015.html

On Wednesday night, I prayed for a missionary opportunity, and the next day my work situation changed. 

A coworker of mine is named Carlos, and he has been told to take the position of another coworker, who I usually work with, since he did not show up on Thursday and Friday. We got along well. His English was mediocre, so we were able to develop a closer friendship easily especially since he loves to talk. On Friday he asked me what church that I attend, and I said the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; then, he replied that he began to read the Book of Mormon last Monday. I listened to him talk, and he seemed to be a solid person. I can't judge his personality, but he has great integrity, respecting himself and the law of chastity. I got his phone number Friday afternoon, hoping that he could come to a game night that night. I had not been invited to it yet, but I was invited to last week's. He said that he was coming to the game night, but he never came. Missionary opportunities scare me because they rarely turn out well. I have had a couple, and I feel responsibility for their souls, since I am their link to the church. I invited him to church, and he did not reply to my message. This is how quickly God will answer prayers of your willingness to serve in his work to save souls, for I prayed for a missionary opportunity on Wednesday night, and Carlos was led to me the next day. I hope that I follow through well tomorrow.
     I am adding more content, since today is the 27th of February, a Friday. Weird things happen when you are working with a good investigator friend. Carlos' phone was not working well that first week when I invited him to church, and he couldn't reply to my messages. On Monday we went to pick him up for FHE, but he was at a bar. It turned out that a friend called him up, asking for him to counsel with him because life was hard on him with his ex wife and daughter. On Thursday night, we were planning to go to Institute, but the class was cancelled because the teacher couldn't make it. We are hoping to go to church on Sunday.