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LDS 14-year-old invents No. 1 app

Aaron Olsen - How did a 14-year-old’s PDA game app reach No. 1 on the Apple Free App Chart? The answer: good educational opportunities. While in elementary school, Robert Nay was touring museums, reading novels and how-to books, and practicing math.  Some people might say "involved learning in the home" helped inspire Robert to create the “Bubble Ball” app, which overthrew “Angry Birds” as the most downloaded app game on the market. Robert has received a good education in and out of the home. “He attends public schools with wonderful teachers,” said Kari Nay, Robert's mother. When he was little, she bought him educational...

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Young Men Lesson 9: Justice and Mercy

LDS Living - Discussion Questions: What is justice? What is mercy? Read Alma 34:15–16. What is the relationship between justice and mercy? What are the consequences if you decide not to repent? (See Alma 42:22–24; D&C 19:16–17.) How do you receive the gift of mercy? Excerpt from "Love and Law" by Elder Dallin H. Oaks I have been impressed to speak about God’s love and God’s commandments. My message is that God’s universal and perfect love is shown in all the blessings of His gospel plan, including the fact that His choicest blessings are reserved for those who obey His laws. 1 These are...

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USA Today: Mormons may have last laugh at 'Book of Mormon' musical

USA Today - South Park meets the Mormons in a new Broadway musical that's now in previews. Will this be a night of unholy humor at the expense of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? Or might the faithful get the last laugh? One could imagine the creative team behind the potty-mouth cartoon characters, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, ruthlessly sending up the earnest image of the upright Mormon culture and the church rising back up with righteous indignation. But Parker and Stone tell our theater critic Elysa Gardner, their version of The Book of Mormon is really meant to be...

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Popular 'Pickles' captures humanity of humans

Deseret News - Ever since he was a little boy reading the newspaper, Brian Crane has been fascinated by comics. His favorite was Al Capp's "Li'l Abner," followed by Walt Kelly's "Pogo." "The political and social commentary were over my head, but the characters were so well-drawn and creative," Crane said. "They worked on many levels." Whenever his mother and father went off somewhere, they always brought him back comic books. Once he realized that people drew comics and made up the stories, he began to think about drawing his own. "He was always drawing little pictures," said his sister, Vicki Bigelow. "Mother recognized...

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LDS missionaries safe after New Zealand quake

Deseret News - All LDS Church missionaries serving in New Zealand are safe and accounted for in the wake of Monday's devastating earthquake centered in Christchurch. Several dozen people are confirmed dead following the midday magnitude-7.0 quake, with a pair of aftershocks measuring 5.6 and 5.5 in the following hours. By Monday night, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had accounted for the safety of all its missionaries serving in the South Pacific island nation, said church Scott Trotter. ...

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Neon Trees: LDS band members shining a light in a world of vice

The Music Network - Utah rock-pop group Neon Trees, are loud and proud about about being Mormons and as frontman Tyler Glenn and bassist Branden Campbell explain, it’s their faith that’s kept them straight and narrow on the rock 'n' roll road. “Bands like Paramore are very clean, they only have chocolate milk on their rider. I know for us it’s given us a ground to stand on when things get crazy. Things do get crazy, we’ve seen a lot,” says Glenn sitting at Sydney’s Universal Music headquarters, his tooth still chipped from falling offstage last month. “Maybe I should keep it, my badge of...

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Realignment of French-speaking Missions in Europe

Keepapitchinin - Effective July 1 of this year, the French-speaking regions of Europe (France, Corsica, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland and Belgium) will be reorganized into two missions, with headquarters in Paris and Lyon. I’ve lost track of the number of missions that have opened, divided, consolidated, dissolved, reconstituted, reorganized, realigned, and otherwise adjusted in every other kind of administrative move in the generation since I was a French-speaking missionary. Here is the latest development, with map. ...

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{Lifestyle} Vogue & Virtue: Modest Prom Dresses

Ashley Evanson - Finding a modest prom dress can be so discouraging (I speak from experience). Either you get lucky and find a dress that is already modest, or you're even luckier and your mom is an incredible seamstress who can alter any dress to make it work. But not everyone has the privilege of having a seamstress mom. So to make life a little easier, here are just a few dresses I've found that don't need any alterations. On a side note: Cocktail dresses are HUGE this season. And as a bonus, they're less expensive! Photo from Beautifully Modest . Photo from Beautifully...

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Preschoolers

Julie Christensen - The prospect of a long winter stuck inside brought out the grizzly bear in all of us. We missed visiting with each other, and our kids showed serious signs of cabin fever. It was only November. In desperation, I came up with the perfect solution: a field trip club. Twice a month we go on an outing together. Going as a group is much better than going alone. We can participate in activities that aren’t available for individuals, and most of our activities are discounted or even free. At our local natural food store we watched the butcher make sausage, learned...

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Dave Says: Relationship Fix

LDS Living - Dear Dave, I have three stepchildren, the oldest of which is married and has a little baby. The only time we hear from him is when they want money. We don’t mind helping out once in a while, but his wife just seems lazy. She stays at home all the time, and doesn’t help bring in anything. What can we do to fix this? Cindy Dear Cindy, When your relationship with someone is based on you giving them money, then you don’t have a relationship. But there may be other reasons they aren’t calling very much. If you say things about...