Mike Foley's blog
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Senior missionary explains Book of Mormon “wordprint” analysis
Elder Bryce [Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published to the BYU–Hawaii “electronic newsroom,” April 17, 2007] Elder Gale Bryce, a volunteer service missionary at the Polynesian Cultural Center, explained in the heavily attended April 17 School of Computing InForm meeting how two former colleagues used “wordprint” statistical analyses to authenticate Book of Mormon […]
Slideshow: President Uchtdorf’s visit to Laie
On August 29, 2015, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the new Hukilau Marketplace addition to the Polynesian Cultural Center, and then dedicated the new Laie Courtyard by Marriott hotel, which is makai (seaward) of the PCC’s Maori Village. The following slideshow depicts some of the […]
On the North Rim again
(If you do not see a video window above, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-R1TzA9hdw) On the north rim of Grand Canyon My wife and I, along with several family members, recently drove from Las Vegas to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. For me, it was the first time in over 45 years […]
Oz: Hitchhiking to Gympie
During my six-month East-West Center fellowship Pacific Islands field study in 1971 (which I’ve previously mentioned a couple of times), my wife and I arrived in Sydney, Australia, late one July night: It was freezing cold (especially for Hawaii people), and I remember there was ice in the gutters. In those days many places in […]