Want to Become a CEO? Serve a Mormon Mission - Business Insider

Business Insider is adding their own insight as to why they believe Mormon missions prep 19-year-old young men for the business and political world.

The REAL REASON So Many Mormons Become Executives And Political Leaders

Aimee Groth | Jul. 22, 2011, 9:01 AM

Every 19-year-old in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) goes through what one might call executive training camp.

It's an extremely rigorous two-year program: 10-hour days, no TV, no dating, constant rejection. At the same time many American teenagers are relishing their first taste of freedom as college freshmen, these Mormons are entering into the most disciplined period of their lives.

For the rest of the story, go here. It even has a little spot on "What the missionaries go through."

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A New Site to See Coming to Paris - ABC4 in Salt Lake City

The next time you are in Paris, enjoy the cuisine, the art, the architecture, and this new upcoming addition to be build on the city's outskirts.

(Note, this photo is of the temple in Draper, Utah)

Mormon Church announces plans to build temple near Paris

Written by: Dan Metcalf Jr.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans to build a temple near Paris, France in the near future.

In a statement released on Friday, church spokesman Scot Trotter said,

"President Thomas S. Monson said today that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hopes to build its first temple in France on property on the outskirts of Paris"

For a full text of the story, go here.

The Original Mormon Broadway in New York - The New York Times

The New York Times reviews the Hill Cumorah Pageant, a large scale musical production put on by the church since The New York Times reviews the Hill Cumorah Pageant, a large scale musical production put on by the church for almost 80 years.

Did you see the production? Have you been in the production? Leave a comment. I would love to hear your thoughts.

A Mormon Spectacle, Way Off Broadway

Guy Solimano for The New York Times

By PETER APPLEBOME

Published: July 13, 2011

MANCHESTER, N.Y. — With its cast of 700, 1,300 costumes, 10-level stage and thrill-a-minute special effects of earthquakes, floods, fireballs, airborne deities and burnings at the stake, the annual Hill Cumorah Pageant, one could argue, has more in common with the spectacle of “Spider-Man” than with the merry snark of “The Book of Mormon.”

But then the pageant — staged here since 1937, on the very hill where, it is said, an angel named Moroni directed Joseph Smith to uncover golden plates 188 years ago — really is the Book of Mormon, a Cecil B. DeMille-style presentation of the holy book rather than the cheerfully profane Broadway version.

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How does The Bachelorette, Stephanie Myers, and the Presidential Campaign Make Mormons Look? - The Miami Herald

Mormons having a ‘moment,’ but is the buzz good or bad?

BY MICHELLE BEARDEN

TAMPA TRIBUNE

Mark Brenchley takes his Mormon faith seriously.

Others, apparently, do not.

Brenchley admits he gets “a little steamed inside” when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints is heckled, parodied, maligned and ridiculed in the national media. And that’s been happening a lot lately.

On the other hand, all this attention could turn into a good thing.

“I’m choosing to look at as a teachable moment,” says Brenchley, a municipal site-plan examiner and Tampa church leader. “If it makes people more curious about us and they start asking questions, we can tell them the truth about our religion.”

Without question, the LDS church is the religious denomination du jour. From Broadway’s The Book of Mormon to players in the race for president to Bentley the caddish heartbreaker on the TV reality series The Bachelorette, Mormons are making news. A few weeks ago, Newsweek magazine put a digital image of a dancing Mitt Romney on the cover for a story on “The Mormon Moment: How the Outsider Faith Creates Winners.”

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The Challenge of Stereotypes - ABC News (Video)

It is not so much the Mormon faith that presents a challenge for Huntsman and Romney, as it is the (mostly incorrect) stereotypes surrounding that faith.

Mormon Mission: Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman Challenged by Stereotypes

By LAUREN VANCE

June 25, 2011

Mitt Romney, considered the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, and Jon Huntsman, the GOP candidate who may just be the one the White House fears most, share something that makes them different from anyone ever elected president: They are Mormons.

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For the real stereotype I would hope we would come to be known for, watch below

Huntsman v Romney - Marketwatch

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June 21, 2011, 12:20 PM ET

Sizing up Huntsman, Romney, Mormons for president

Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are both Mormons who went to college in Utah and share similar views on taxes and regulation. Both try to appeal to moderates as well as conservatives and they have occasionally broken ranks with Republicans on issues such as global warming and health care. Both of their fathers served briefly in the Nixon administration and they are even distant cousins.

Yet the two presidential contenders for the 2012 Republican nomination also have plenty of differences.

The more soft-spoken Huntsman, who announced his candidacy on Tuesday, is not....

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Teen Puts AU$1.5 million on Hold for a Mission - Sydney Morning Herald

And you thought the choice between a car and/or a girlfriend and a mission was tough....

Battle of Will: clubs all want a piece of Hoppa, says agent

Wanted ... William Hopoate has become hot property with a number of clubs vying for his attention. Photo: Getty Images

Daniel Lane

June 22, 2011

WILLIAM HOPOATE might be spending two years out of the NRL on a Mormon mission, but that has not stopped several clubs trying to sign him for the 2014 season.

It had been assumed that if Hopoate decided to resume his post-missionary football career it would be with his club, Manly. However, his manager, Tyran Smith, has revealed there has been "a lot of interest" from several clubs, although he has declined to name which clubs have made approaches.

It is understood the 19-year-old Hopoate will announce where his long-term football future lies before the end of the season. "I'm going through contract negotiations now," said Smith, a former New Zealand international. "But, we aren't rushing things. There's been no need to rush things.''

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