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In 1517, Martin Luther posted a list of 95 Theses on his church’s doors. His actions exposed the corruption of the Catholic Church and started what came to be known as the Protestant Reformation.
Between the hours of 9 PM Saturday, February 16 and 9 AM Sunday, February 17, 2013, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others will post this list of 95 LDS Theses onto the doors of LDS churches around the world.
Join the event here – If you don’t use Facebook, you can still participate!
1. Educate the membership on hidden and revised aspects of Church doctrine and history.
2. Influence Church leaders to officially address topics that have long been dodged and dismissed.
Please share this site mormonreformation.blogspot.com and the event http://on.fb.me/SJEBtt on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and any other social media!
Friend the event organizer on Facebook (Luther Day Saint)!
1. The primary translation method occurred by Joseph Smith putting his face in a hat and reading a rock known as a seer stone. Despite this, the Church frequently misrepresents the method Joseph used to translate.
2. There is no archaeological evidence of the Book of Mormon, a fact that seriously undermines its authenticity claims.
3. The Book of Mormon is filled with anachronisms that also damage credibility as a Divine record.
4. DNA evidence shows that Native Americans do not come from Middle Eastern heritage. Recently, the Church changed its claim that “the Lamanites are the principal ancestors of the American Indians” to the Lamanites “are among the ancestors of the American Indians”.
5. Many Book of Mormon names and places are strikingly similar to local name and places that Joseph Smith would have been familiar with. Such a resemblance is too close to be a coincidence.
6. The Book of Mormon teaches a Trinitarian view of the Godhead. Joseph Smith’s early theology also held this view.
7. Rather than translating with Divine help, evidence supports that Joseph Smith plagiarized a significant portion of the Book of Mormon from the Bible, Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews and other books contemporary to Joseph’s time.
8. For a book Joseph Smith claimed to be “the most correct of any book on earth,” it is suspicious that the text has undergone nearly 4,000 changes. Most of the changes, apologists argue, are small grammatical or punctuation fixes. However, there have been significant doctrinal revisions as well.
9. The Book of Mormon includes Biblical passages that were later changed in Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible. These Book of Mormon verses should match the inspired JST version instead of the KJV version that Joseph later revised.
10. The story of Laban in First Nephi illustrates that God’s command must invariably be followed, even if it means committing murder. This is a dangerous message that inspires religious extremism.
11. The Book of Mormon quotes Bible verses written after 600 B.C. In other words, these passages didn’t yet exist when Lehi left Jerusalem.
12. Despite Joseph’s claim that this record was written by Abraham “by his own hand upon papyrus”, scholars have found the original papyrus Joseph translated and have dated it in first century AD, nearly 2,000 years after Abraham could have written it.
13. Egyptologists have found the source material for the Book of Abraham to be nothing more than a common funerary text. Joseph was completely wrong in his translation.
15. Joseph was fooled into thinking the Kinderhook plates were ancient records and even attempted to translate them. This demonstrates that he had no real gifts of translation or Divine revelation.
16. Joseph Smith showed his ineptitude for translation when he declared a Greek Psalter to be Egyptian hieroglyphics.
17. Joseph Smith illegally married at least 33 women, some of whom were as young as 14 years old. Some of Joseph’s marriages were secured by promising salvation or threatening damnation.
18. Joseph Smith married at least 8 to 11 women who were already married to other men . This practice is known as polyandry, for which no reference can be found on the Church’s web site. In some cases, Joseph married the wives of men whom he had sent away on missions. Brigham Young also married other men’s wives.
19. It is known that Joseph Smith practiced polygamy, but it is also true that Joseph was accused of sexual impropriety multiple times in several states before the practice of polygamy was revealed and commanded.
20. Joseph Smith and a young woman named Fanny Alger engaged in what Oliver Cowdery called “a dirty, nasty, filthy affair”. Even if Joseph married Fanny as is claimed, he would have had no civil or spiritual authority to do so.
21. Leaders of the Church, starting with Joseph Smith, systematically lied about practicing polygamy. Even recent leadershave been deceptive about when and why polygamy was practiced.
22. Joseph Smith routinely lied to his wife Emma about his extra-monogamous activities, often making her feel alone, abused and foolish. Why would God reveal a commandment to His prophet that would require such deception?
23. In 1886, John Taylor received a revelation regarding the practice of plural marriage. In the revelation, the Lord told Taylor “I have not revoked this law, nor will I, for it is everlasting.” Four years later, Wilford Woodruff contradicted Taylor’s revelation by issuing the 1890 Manifesto.
24. The Church historically lied and presently still lies in telling the membership and outside media that polygamy ended in1890. In actuality, Church-sanctioned and performed plural marriages continued until 1904 and beyond.
25. Jacob 2:24 reads, “Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.” D&C 132:38-39 reads, “David also received many wives and concubines, and also Solomon … and in nothing did they sin save in those things which they received not of me. David’s wives and concubines were given unto him of me.” This is one example of many scriptural inconsistencies in LDS canon.
26. The Church allowed an adulterer, Richard Lyman, to serve as an apostle for 18 years before excommunicating him. Although it appears that fellow members of the quorum did not know about Lyman’s adultery, these “prophets, seers, and revelators” should have had the spirit of discernment to know of Lyman’s unworthiness.
27. Doctrine & Covenants 121:36 teaches that “the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven”, and can be “handled only upon the principles of righteousness.” Given this fact, ordinances performed unrighteously (such as those by Apostle Lyman for 18 years) should not be acceptable in the eyes of God or the Church. However, such ordinances are rarely, if ever, re-performed.
28. In defiance of God’s command to not join any churches, Joseph Smith tried to join the Methodist Church.
29. Joseph Smith told multiple different versions of the events surrounding the First Vision. He waffled on key details including when it happened and what he saw.
30. The First Vision was not taught in church until at least 12 years after it happened. Why would such a miraculous event not be shared at the outset?
31. Between the time of the First Vision and the translation of the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith was convicted of fraud for taking clients’ money under false claims that he could detect the whereabouts of hidden treasure.
32. Several early accounts published by the Church claim that the angel who visited Joseph Smith was Nephi. This confusion calls into question the veracity of an actual angelic visit.
33. Given its dimensions and weight, the Gold Plates would have been quite difficult to transport. So the story of Josephescaping from attackers while carrying the plates is far-fetched.
34. The Church uses the testimony of the Three and Eight Witnesses to support the authenticity of the Gold Plates. But there are significant problems with these testimonies, including that one of the witnesses claimed to see the plates only with “spiritual eyes“.
35. Brigham Young claimed that there was a cave located at the Hill Cumorah containing “wagon loads” of ancient records “piled up in the corners and along the walls”. No such cave has ever been found.
36. Although the Priesthood is now taught to have been restored in 1829, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery made no such claim until at least 1834. Why did it take five years for Joseph to tell members of the Church about the Priesthood?
37. The name of the restored Church was changed several times in the first few years after it was established. Why would a prophet receiving revelation have to revise the proper name of God’s Church so many times?
38. Joseph Smith smoked tobacco and drank tea, coffee, and alcohol long after he revealed the Word of Wisdom. In fact, Joseph Smith at one time had a bar in his house and also drank wine at Carthage shortly before he died.
39. Although apologists argue that the Word of Wisdom was initially a suggestion and not a commandment, Joseph Smith taught “that no official member in this Church is worthy to hold an office” if he neglects to obey the Word of Wisdom. By his own teaching, Joseph was not worthy to hold his calling of prophet.
40. Joseph Smith and other early leaders taught that because animals had spirits, they should only be eaten in times of “dire necessity”. Not only does the Church ignore this aspect of the Word of Wisdom, it also acts in direct defiance and hypocrisy by owning and operating the largest cattle ranch in the United States.
41. Brigham Young owned a distillery in Utah and sold whiskey to saints for Pioneer Day celebrations.
42. The official change of the Word of Wisdom from principle to requirement came with no claim of Divine instruction. On the contrary, the shift seems to have taken place for political reasons surrounding Prohibition and desire for mainstream Christian acceptance.
43. Members are taught to believe that Joseph Smith received the endowment through revelation. However, much of the temple ceremony was copied directly from Masonry.
44. The Church requires an oath of commitment from temple participants before the participant knows to what he or she is committing.
45. Until 1990, the temple ceremony contained violent penalties requiring members to make symbolic gestures of slitting their own throats and bowels. Recent Church leaders have been dishonest about these penalties.
46. The removal of these penalties, among other changes, came not by revelation but as a result of a 1988 survey that found that many members were uncomfortable with the endowment.
48. Leaders of the Church have allowed baptisms for dead Holocaust victims, despite promising not to do so.
49. The Church portrays Joseph Smith as a martyr jailed and killed for being a “lover of the cause of Christ”. He was actuallykilled for destroying private property, trying to marry other men’s wives, sharing Masonic secrets, anointing himself King of the world, and other reasons.
50. Church leaders teach that Joseph Smith destroyed the Nauvoo Expositor because it told anti-Mormon lies. In actuality, the newspaper truthfully exposed the Prophets extra-monogamous relationships, among other clandestine behaviors.
51. Joseph Smith claimed that he was going to Carthage “like lamb to the slaughter”. What the Church doesn’t teach is that Joseph had a gun in jail and shot several of his attackers.
52. Joseph Smith set apart his son, Joseph III, to succeed him as prophet. Brigham Young admitted this, but ultimately refused to cede his own leadership to Joseph III.
53. Joseph Smith taught that the moon is inhabited, and that its inhabitants are 6 feet tall and dressed like Quakers. Brigham Young also taught that the moon is inhabited, as well as the sun.
54. Through revelation, Joseph Smith assembled an army of saints to walk to Missouri to redeem Zion. Known as Zion’s camp, this march resulted in the death of 14 men and did not accomplish what it set out to do. However, the church still teaches that this chapter of church history was actually a test for future leaders and ultimately a success.
55. After Joseph Smith’s prophecy to sell the copyright to the Book of Mormon failed, he explained it away by saying thatsome prophecies come from the devil.
56. Joseph Smith made a number of other prophecies that never came to pass. Apologists use manipulative tactics to justify Joseph’s failures.
57. Brigham Young taught that Adam is our father and God, a teaching that later prophets have admitted as not true. More broadly, apostles have told us that the Lord permits false doctrine to be taught within the church.
58. Wilford Woodruff pronounced “the Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of this Church to lead you astray.” Unfortunately, this promise has been proven to be untrue.
59. Members of the Church are taught that prophets talk to God and speak for God. But some modern-day prophets admitted that they had never seen, heard, or received revelations from God.
60. The Quorum of the Twelve and members of the First Presidency are sustained as “prophets, seers, and revelators”. Regardless, they haven’t prophesied, seen, or revealed much of anything over the last 100 years.
61. The Church has changed the dates of events in the D&C in order to make Joseph’s conflicting claims appear more plausible.
62. In the 1980’s Church leaders bought forged documents that they believed to be authentic, with the intention of suppressing them. Not only does this event discredit the notion that the Brethren have the spirit of discernment, it also shows the extent to which the Church will try to hide information that disproves the Church’s exclusive Truth claims.
63. The “Teachings of Brigham Young” manual dishonestly implies that Brigham was a monogamist by listing only two non-concurrent wives. Church editors have also changed all of Brigham’s mentions of “wives” to “wife”.
64. For years, Church leaders have told the untrue story that Thomas B. Marsh left the church over “milk strippings”. In truth, Marsh left in large part because he didn’t agree with the violent practices of the Danites.
65. Brigham Young said “I have never preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call scripture.” Despite this prophetic utterance, later church leaders have dismissed as non-scriptural the Journal of Discourses, from which this quote and many other of Brigham’s teachings come.
67. The Church stifles honest scholarship of Mormonism, going as far as excommunicating people who find and publish history that contradicts the Church’s narrative.
68. The Church reports inflated and inaccurate membership numbers.
69. The 12th article of Faith states that “we believe in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.” One way in which the Church ignores its own counsel is by baptizing illegal immigrants, and even giving them leadership callings.
70. The Church has knowingly allowed and at times encouraged unethical missionary recruiting practices including baseball baptisms in the U.K. and soccer baptisms in Latin America.
71. Leaders pursued plans to build a nine-story addition to the Missionary Training Center, despite having promised that no MTC building would ever exceed four stories.
72. Church leaders teach members to bear testimony in order to obtain one. This is a manipulative practice that leads toconfirmation bias.
74. Brigham Young and other Church leaders taught that some sins were so serious that they were beyond the reach of Christ’s atonement. These sins, Young taught, could only be atoned for by literally spilling the blood of the sinner upon the earth.
75. In the past, the Church tried to deny Young’s violent teaching. Now, most leaders admit that it was taught but denounce it as a false doctrine.
76. The Church has never truthfully admitted to, or apologized for, its involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a tragedy in which 120 emigrants were brutally slaughtered by Mormons at the command of Church leadership.
77. Brigham Young wrote a letter to Bishop Warren Snow of Manti, approving of violent actions taken by Snow. The Bishop had castrated a young man who was courting a woman Snow wanted to take as his own plural wife.
78. Even though Joseph Smith ordained a black man to the priesthood, the Church institutionally denied individuals of African descent full blessings of membership for over 100 years.
80. Despite overwhelming evidence of racism in the early modern Church, leaders continue to claim that the reason for the priesthood ban is unknown. As such, the Church has never admitted error or apologized for excluding blacks from the priesthood.
81. For many years, Church leaders taught that African Americans could only enter the Celestial Kingdom as servants.
82. Unbeknownst to most members of the Church, early Latter-day Saint women were given a form of the priesthood, which they used to bless others by the laying on of hands. Despite this precedence, women in the Church today do not hold the priesthood.
83. The Church has a long history of discriminating against women and teaching that they are to be subordinate to men.
84. In campaigning against marriage equality on Prop 8 in 2008, the Church violated requirements of tax exempt organizations. These actions contradict the charge to obey, honor, and sustain the law.
85. Many homosexual members feel guilt, depression, and shame as a result of the stiff anti-gay rhetoric taught by church leaders. Some have even been driven to suicide.
86. In the 1970’s, LDS-owned Brigham Young University conducted electroshock therapy on gay students to try to make them straight.
87. The Church refuses to disclose its finances, even to its tithe-paying members. This fact is even more discouraging given President Hinckley saying that financial “information belongs to those who made the contribution”.
88. In Kirtland, Joseph Smith set up an illegal bank that ultimately failed and caused many of the saints to lose their money. There is also evidence showing that Joseph intentionally misrepresented the solvency of his institution.
89. Despite being “lay clergy”, mission presidents receive a significant amount of financial benefits from the Church. What is more disturbing, however, is that these leaders are explicitly told not to disclose information on funds received, even to tax advisers or the government.
90. The Church spent billions of dollars for the recently completed City Creek Center. That the “only True and living Church on the face of the earth” would spend so much on a self-serving, for-profit venture is discouraging.
91. Even if no tithing funds were used for City Creek, as the Church claims, nearly all non-tithing funds in possession of the church are derived from tithing.
92. The Church, which preaches and expects modesty in dress and abstinence from alcohol, is hypocritical in its advertisingof the City Creek mall.
93. The Church relies on FAIR, FARMS and other apologists to defend the faith, but intentionally keeps some distance in order to maintain plausible deniability.
94. Church leaders often teach us that “warm feelings” are more valid in determining truth than actual, verifiable scholarship.
95. The Church ignores the issues and questions of sincere truth-seeking members of the Church. We earnestly petition the Church to provide official, honest, and complete responses to these issues.

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In 1517 , Martin Luther posted a list of 95 Theses on his church ’s doors . His actions exposed the corruption of the Catholic Church and started what came to be known as the Protestant Reformation .
 Between the hours of 9 PM Saturday , February 16 and 9 AM Sunday , February 17 , 2013 , members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints and others will post this list of 95 LDS Theses onto the doors of LDS churches around the world .
 Join the event here – If you do n’t use Facebook , you can still participate !
 1 . Educate the membership on hidden and revised aspects of Church doctrine and history .
 2 . Influence Church leaders to officially address topics that have long been dodged and dismissed .
 Please share this site mormonreformation.blogspot.com and the event http://on.fb.me/SJEBtt on Facebook , Twitter , blogs , and any other social media !
 Friend the event organizer on Facebook ( Luther Day Saint ) !
 1 . The primary translation method occurred by Joseph Smith putting his face in a hat and reading a rock known as a seer stone . Despite this , the Church frequently misrepresents the method Joseph used to translate .
 2 . There is no archaeological evidence of the Book of Mormon , a fact that seriously undermines its authenticity claims .
 3 . The Book of Mormon is filled with anachronisms that also damage credibility as a Divine record .
 4 . DNA evidence shows that Native Americans do not come from Middle Eastern heritage . Recently , the Church changed its claim that “ the Lamanites are the principal ancestors of the American Indians ” to the Lamanites “ are among the ancestors of the American Indians ” .
 5 . Many Book of Mormon names and places are strikingly similar to local name and places that Joseph Smith would have been familiar with . Such a resemblance is too close to be a coincidence .
 6 . The Book of Mormon teaches a Trinitarian view of the Godhead . Joseph Smith ’s early theology also held this view .
 7 . Rather than translating with Divine help , evidence supports that Joseph Smith plagiarized a significant portion of the Book of Mormon from the Bible , Ethan Smith ’s View of the Hebrews and other books contemporary to Joseph ’s time .
 8 . For a book Joseph Smith claimed to be “ the most correct of any book on earth , ” it is suspicious that the text has undergone nearly 4,000 changes . Most of the changes , apologists argue , are small grammatical or punctuation fixes . However , there have been significant doctrinal revisions as well .
 9 . The Book of Mormon includes Biblical passages that were later changed in Joseph Smith ’s translation of the Bible . These Book of Mormon verses should match the inspired JST version instead of the KJV version that Joseph later revised .
 10 . The story of Laban in First Nephi illustrates that God ’s command must invariably be followed , even if it means committing murder . This is a dangerous message that inspires religious extremism .
 11 . The Book of Mormon quotes Bible verses written after 600 B.C. In other words , these passages did n’t yet exist when Lehi left Jerusalem .
 12 . Despite Joseph ’s claim that this record was written by Abraham “ by his own hand upon papyrus ” , scholars have found the original papyrus Joseph translated and have dated it in first century AD , nearly 2,000 years after Abraham could have written it .
 13 . Egyptologists have found the source material for the Book of Abraham to be nothing more than a common funerary text . Joseph was completely wrong in his translation .
 15 . Joseph was fooled into thinking the Kinderhook plates were ancient records and even attempted to translate them . This demonstrates that he had no real gifts of translation or Divine revelation .
 16 . Joseph Smith showed his ineptitude for translation when he declared a Greek Psalter to be Egyptian hieroglyphics .
 17 . Joseph Smith illegally married at least 33 women , some of whom were as young as 14 years old . Some of Joseph ’s marriages were secured by promising salvation or threatening damnation .
 18 . Joseph Smith married at least 8 to 11 women who were already married to other men . This practice is known as polyandry , for which no reference can be found on the Church ’s web site . In some cases , Joseph married the wives of men whom he had sent away on missions . Brigham Young also married other men ’s wives .
 19 . It is known that Joseph Smith practiced polygamy , but it is also true that Joseph was accused of sexual impropriety multiple times in several states before the practice of polygamy was revealed and commanded .
 20 . Joseph Smith and a young woman named Fanny Alger engaged in what Oliver Cowdery called “ a dirty , nasty , filthy affair ” . Even if Joseph married Fanny as is claimed , he would have had no civil or spiritual authority to do so .
 21 . Leaders of the Church , starting with Joseph Smith , systematically lied about practicing polygamy . Even recent leadershave been deceptive about when and why polygamy was practiced .
 22 . Joseph Smith routinely lied to his wife Emma about his extra - monogamous activities , often making her feel alone , abused and foolish . Why would God reveal a commandment to His prophet that would require such deception ?
 23 . In 1886 , John Taylor received a revelation regarding the practice of plural marriage . In the revelation , the Lord told Taylor “ I have not revoked this law , nor will I , for it is everlasting . ” Four years later , Wilford Woodruff contradicted Taylor ’s revelation by issuing the 1890 Manifesto .
 24 . The Church historically lied and presently still lies in telling the membership and outside media that polygamy ended in1890 . In actuality , Church - sanctioned and performed plural marriages continued until 1904 and beyond .
 25 . Jacob 2:24 reads , “ Behold , David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines , which thing was abominable before me , saith the Lord . ” D&C 132:38 - 39 reads , “ David also received many wives and concubines , and also Solomon … and in nothing did they sin save in those things which they received not of me . David ’s wives and concubines were given unto him of me . ” This is one example of many scriptural inconsistencies in LDS canon .
 26 . The Church allowed an adulterer , Richard Lyman , to serve as an apostle for 18 years before excommunicating him . Although it appears that fellow members of the quorum did not know about Lyman ’s adultery , these “ prophets , seers , and revelators ” should have had the spirit of discernment to know of Lyman ’s unworthiness .
 27 . Doctrine & Covenants 121:36 teaches that “ the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven ” , and can be “ handled only upon the principles of righteousness . ” Given this fact , ordinances performed unrighteously ( such as those by Apostle Lyman for 18 years ) should not be acceptable in the eyes of God or the Church . However , such ordinances are rarely , if ever , re - performed .
 28 . In defiance of God ’s command to not join any churches , Joseph Smith tried to join the Methodist Church .
 29 . Joseph Smith told multiple different versions of the events surrounding the First Vision . He waffled on key details including when it happened and what he saw .
 30 . The First Vision was not taught in church until at least 12 years after it happened . Why would such a miraculous event not be shared at the outset ?
 31 . Between the time of the First Vision and the translation of the Book of Mormon , Joseph Smith was convicted of fraud for taking clients ’ money under false claims that he could detect the whereabouts of hidden treasure .
 32 . Several early accounts published by the Church claim that the angel who visited Joseph Smith was Nephi . This confusion calls into question the veracity of an actual angelic visit .
 33 . Given its dimensions and weight , the Gold Plates would have been quite difficult to transport . So the story of Josephescaping from attackers while carrying the plates is far - fetched .
 34 . The Church uses the testimony of the Three and Eight Witnesses to support the authenticity of the Gold Plates . But there are significant problems with these testimonies , including that one of the witnesses claimed to see the plates only with “ spiritual eyes “ .
 35 . Brigham Young claimed that there was a cave located at the Hill Cumorah containing “ wagon loads ” of ancient records “ piled up in the corners and along the walls ” . No such cave has ever been found .
 36 . Although the Priesthood is now taught to have been restored in 1829 , Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery made no such claim until at least 1834 . Why did it take five years for Joseph to tell members of the Church about the Priesthood ?
 37 . The name of the restored Church was changed several times in the first few years after it was established . Why would a prophet receiving revelation have to revise the proper name of God ’s Church so many times ?
 38 . Joseph Smith smoked tobacco and drank tea , coffee , and alcohol long after he revealed the Word of Wisdom . In fact , Joseph Smith at one time had a bar in his house and also drank wine at Carthage shortly before he died .
 39 . Although apologists argue that the Word of Wisdom was initially a suggestion and not a commandment , Joseph Smith taught “ that no official member in this Church is worthy to hold an office ” if he neglects to obey the Word of Wisdom . By his own teaching , Joseph was not worthy to hold his calling of prophet .
 40 . Joseph Smith and other early leaders taught that because animals had spirits , they should only be eaten in times of “ dire necessity ” . Not only does the Church ignore this aspect of the Word of Wisdom , it also acts in direct defiance and hypocrisy by owning and operating the largest cattle ranch in the United States .
 41 . Brigham Young owned a distillery in Utah and sold whiskey to saints for Pioneer Day celebrations .
 42 . The official change of the Word of Wisdom from principle to requirement came with no claim of Divine instruction . On the contrary , the shift seems to have taken place for political reasons surrounding Prohibition and desire for mainstream Christian acceptance .
 43 . Members are taught to believe that Joseph Smith received the endowment through revelation . However , much of the temple ceremony was copied directly from Masonry .
 44 . The Church requires an oath of commitment from temple participants before the participant knows to what he or she is committing .
 45 . Until 1990 , the temple ceremony contained violent penalties requiring members to make symbolic gestures of slitting their own throats and bowels . Recent Church leaders have been dishonest about these penalties .
 46 . The removal of these penalties , among other changes , came not by revelation but as a result of a 1988 survey that found that many members were uncomfortable with the endowment .
 48 . Leaders of the Church have allowed baptisms for dead Holocaust victims , despite promising not to do so .
 49 . The Church portrays Joseph Smith as a martyr jailed and killed for being a “ lover of the cause of Christ ” . He was actuallykilled for destroying private property , trying to marry other men ’s wives , sharing Masonic secrets , anointing himself King of the world , and other reasons .
 50 . Church leaders teach that Joseph Smith destroyed the Nauvoo Expositor because it told anti - Mormon lies . In actuality , the newspaper truthfully exposed the Prophets extra - monogamous relationships , among other clandestine behaviors .
 51 . Joseph Smith claimed that he was going to Carthage “ like lamb to the slaughter ” . What the Church does n’t teach is that Joseph had a gun in jail and shot several of his attackers .
 52 . Joseph Smith set apart his son , Joseph III , to succeed him as prophet . Brigham Young admitted this , but ultimately refused to cede his own leadership to Joseph III .
 53 . Joseph Smith taught that the moon is inhabited , and that its inhabitants are 6 feet tall and dressed like Quakers . Brigham Young also taught that the moon is inhabited , as well as the sun .
 54 . Through revelation , Joseph Smith assembled an army of saints to walk to Missouri to redeem Zion . Known as Zion ’s camp , this march resulted in the death of 14 men and did not accomplish what it set out to do . However , the church still teaches that this chapter of church history was actually a test for future leaders and ultimately a success .
 55 . After Joseph Smith ’s prophecy to sell the copyright to the Book of Mormon failed , he explained it away by saying thatsome prophecies come from the devil .
 56 . Joseph Smith made a number of other prophecies that never came to pass . Apologists use manipulative tactics to justify Joseph ’s failures .
 57 . Brigham Young taught that Adam is our father and God , a teaching that later prophets have admitted as not true . More broadly , apostles have told us that the Lord permits false doctrine to be taught within the church .
 58 . Wilford Woodruff pronounced “ the Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of this Church to lead you astray . ” Unfortunately , this promise has been proven to be untrue .
 59 . Members of the Church are taught that prophets talk to God and speak for God . But some modern - day prophets admitted that they had never seen , heard , or received revelations from God .
 60 . The Quorum of the Twelve and members of the First Presidency are sustained as “ prophets , seers , and revelators ” . Regardless , they have n’t prophesied , seen , or revealed much of anything over the last 100 years .
 61 . The Church has changed the dates of events in the D&C in order to make Joseph ’s conflicting claims appear more plausible .
 62 . In the 1980 ’s Church leaders bought forged documents that they believed to be authentic , with the intention of suppressing them . Not only does this event discredit the notion that the Brethren have the spirit of discernment , it also shows the extent to which the Church will try to hide information that disproves the Church ’s exclusive Truth claims .
 63 . The “ Teachings of Brigham Young ” manual dishonestly implies that Brigham was a monogamist by listing only two non - concurrent wives . Church editors have also changed all of Brigham ’s mentions of “ wives ” to “ wife ” .
 64 . For years , Church leaders have told the untrue story that Thomas B. Marsh left the church over “ milk strippings ” . In truth , Marsh left in large part because he did n’t agree with the violent practices of the Danites .
 65 . Brigham Young said “ I have never preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men , that they may not call scripture . ” Despite this prophetic utterance , later church leaders have dismissed as non - scriptural the Journal of Discourses , from which this quote and many other of Brigham ’s teachings come .
 67 . The Church stifles honest scholarship of Mormonism , going as far as excommunicating people who find and publish history that contradicts the Church ’s narrative .
 68 . The Church reports inflated and inaccurate membership numbers .
 69 . The 12th article of Faith states that “ we believe in obeying , honoring , and sustaining the law . ” One way in which the Church ignores its own counsel is by baptizing illegal immigrants , and even giving them leadership callings .
 70 . The Church has knowingly allowed and at times encouraged unethical missionary recruiting practices including baseball baptisms in the U.K. and soccer baptisms in Latin America .
 71 . Leaders pursued plans to build a nine - story addition to the Missionary Training Center , despite having promised that no MTC building would ever exceed four stories .
 72 . Church leaders teach members to bear testimony in order to obtain one . This is a manipulative practice that leads toconfirmation bias .
 74 . Brigham Young and other Church leaders taught that some sins were so serious that they were beyond the reach of Christ ’s atonement . These sins , Young taught , could only be atoned for by literally spilling the blood of the sinner upon the earth .
 75 . In the past , the Church tried to deny Young ’s violent teaching . Now , most leaders admit that it was taught but denounce it as a false doctrine .
 76 . The Church has never truthfully admitted to , or apologized for , its involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massacre , a tragedy in which 120 emigrants were brutally slaughtered by Mormons at the command of Church leadership .
 77 . Brigham Young wrote a letter to Bishop Warren Snow of Manti , approving of violent actions taken by Snow . The Bishop had castrated a young man who was courting a woman Snow wanted to take as his own plural wife .
 78 . Even though Joseph Smith ordained a black man to the priesthood , the Church institutionally denied individuals of African descent full blessings of membership for over 100 years .
 80 . Despite overwhelming evidence of racism in the early modern Church , leaders continue to claim that the reason for the priesthood ban is unknown . As such , the Church has never admitted error or apologized for excluding blacks from the priesthood .
 81 . For many years , Church leaders taught that African Americans could only enter the Celestial Kingdom as servants .
 82 . Unbeknownst to most members of the Church , early Latter - day Saint women were given a form of the priesthood , which they used to bless others by the laying on of hands . Despite this precedence , women in the Church today do not hold the priesthood .
 83 . The Church has a long history of discriminating against women and teaching that they are to be subordinate to men .
 84 . In campaigning against marriage equality on Prop 8 in 2008 , the Church violated requirements of tax exempt organizations . These actions contradict the charge to obey , honor , and sustain the law .
 85 . Many homosexual members feel guilt , depression , and shame as a result of the stiff anti - gay rhetoric taught by church leaders . Some have even been driven to suicide .
 86 . In the 1970 ’s , LDS - owned Brigham Young University conducted electroshock therapy on gay students to try to make them straight .
 87 . The Church refuses to disclose its finances , even to its tithe - paying members . This fact is even more discouraging given President Hinckley saying that financial “ information belongs to those who made the contribution ” .
 88 . In Kirtland , Joseph Smith set up an illegal bank that ultimately failed and caused many of the saints to lose their money . There is also evidence showing that Joseph intentionally misrepresented the solvency of his institution .
 89 . Despite being “ lay clergy ” , mission presidents receive a significant amount of financial benefits from the Church . What is more disturbing , however , is that these leaders are explicitly told not to disclose information on funds received , even to tax advisers or the government .
 90 . The Church spent billions of dollars for the recently completed City Creek Center . That the “ only True and living Church on the face of the earth ” would spend so much on a self - serving , for - profit venture is discouraging .
 91 . Even if no tithing funds were used for City Creek , as the Church claims , nearly all non - tithing funds in possession of the church are derived from tithing .
 92 . The Church , which preaches and expects modesty in dress and abstinence from alcohol , is hypocritical in its advertisingof the City Creek mall .
 93 . The Church relies on FAIR , FARMS and other apologists to defend the faith , but intentionally keeps some distance in order to maintain plausible deniability .
 94 . Church leaders often teach us that “ warm feelings ” are more valid in determining truth than actual , verifiable scholarship .
 95 . The Church ignores the issues and questions of sincere truth - seeking members of the Church . We earnestly petition the Church to provide official , honest , and complete responses to these issues .


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In this post, I will describe the basics of designing and working with the IntentSchema for an Amazon Alexa skill. To provide some context, an Alexa skill can have multiple intents. Each intent is a specific action within the skill.
Imagine we have a calculator skill. The user can ask Alexa to add or subtract two numbers. The skill would be the calculator and the two intents would be adding and subtracting. The intent schema comes into play because we are allowing the user to add or subtract any two numbers. We use the IntentSchema.json to prepare Alexa to accept those two arguments. Note: The programming idea of an argument is referred to as a slot in the Alexa world, I will refer to them as slots for rest of post.
For our addition and subtraction intents, we would need to define two slots for both of them the first number and second number in the calculation. See below the intentSchema.json currently with only the AddIntent slots defined in it.
You can see in the json that we have two individual slots (firstNumber & secondNumber). Each has a name and a type attribute these are required for every slot that you define.
Above is an example with both of our intents defined inside of the intentSchema.json Notice slots within the same intent must have unique names but slots inside of a different intent are within a new scope.
AMAZON.FOUR_DIGIT_NUMBER Recognizes 4 digit number sequences like years and converts them. Example: “Wikipedia war of eighteen twelve” converts to 1812.
If you find yourself struggling with understanding what the above types do and how they handle user input. Make sample apps and look at what Alexa returns as the data. It is useful to see the real world conversions that Alexa does.
The intentSchema makes Alexa powerful because it can make your skills more dynamic, in that you can accept all types of input from the user. It is possible to build custom slots as well as lists to really build out your skill. I will make a post in the future about these advanced topics.

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In this post , I will describe the basics of designing and working with the IntentSchema for an Amazon Alexa skill . To provide some context , an Alexa skill can have multiple intents . Each intent is a specific action within the skill .
 Imagine we have a calculator skill . The user can ask Alexa to add or subtract two numbers . The skill would be the calculator and the two intents would be adding and subtracting . The intent schema comes into play because we are allowing the user to add or subtract any two numbers . We use the IntentSchema.json to prepare Alexa to accept those two arguments . Note : The programming idea of an argument is referred to as a slot in the Alexa world , I will refer to them as slots for rest of post .
 For our addition and subtraction intents , we would need to define two slots for both of them the first number and second number in the calculation . See below the intentSchema.json currently with only the AddIntent slots defined in it .
 You can see in the json that we have two individual slots ( firstNumber & secondNumber ) . Each has a name and a type attribute these are required for every slot that you define .
 Above is an example with both of our intents defined inside of the intentSchema.json Notice slots within the same intent must have unique names but slots inside of a different intent are within a new scope .
 AMAZON.FOUR_DIGIT_NUMBER Recognizes 4 digit number sequences like years and converts them . Example : “ Wikipedia war of eighteen twelve ” converts to 1812 .
 If you find yourself struggling with understanding what the above types do and how they handle user input . Make sample apps and look at what Alexa returns as the data . It is useful to see the real world conversions that Alexa does .
 The intentSchema makes Alexa powerful because it can make your skills more dynamic , in that you can accept all types of input from the user . It is possible to build custom slots as well as lists to really build out your skill . I will make a post in the future about these advanced topics .


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 You 'll begin with an estimate for the work , whether or not the task is large or small and it 'll be comprehensive . You 're provided a record that describes the way the function will be completed , and you 'll have little ideas published about the record that describe the way the work is going . You might follow - along whilst the function is performed , once they occur or you might ask questions . Record and the estimate alone will come with a unique adviser that sets out the way the function will be completed , as well as the ideas will detail materials and all of the components for every area of the work in Mankas Corner , California .
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 This program they 're applying can help them produce a format for that space , and they 'll provide you with a schedule that 's clear to see . You 'll understand quite a bit concerning the home while you plan using the company in Mankas Corner , California , plus they might inform you items that you did n't know . It 's possible that they can provide you with information you could not have thought , and you 'll realize whenever you look for products that you have to make allowances for these issues . The company can help show you within this procedure , and they 'll demonstrate ways to get the greatest returnoninvestment . You 're attempting to boost the price of the property , and you will do this quickly whenever you include your house and the correct items .
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 Your study can let you know which company to utilize , and they 'll help you to get started in your home when possible . You might not have any idea how you 'll start your project , your company in Mankas Corner , California may have an excellent idea . They 'll understand what they 're effective at performing in your house , and they 'll provide you with the benefits you 'll need base don an estimate which you have given them . If you have taken the full time to construct a far greater arrange for the area you 'll be much more happy with your home . The area will appear ideal since you devoted time to it , and you 'll have more value consequently from it .
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 The organization needs one to have as numerous options as you can , plus they wish to help you save money in the same time that they 're offering an excellent service to you . They 're showing you that your home might change right into a position that 's ideal for interesting , and they 'll demonstrate that you might produce a space that everybody wants to go to . Somebody who has an awareness of your kitchen business may realize that there are lots of contemporary developments in Mankas Corner , California to think about . They 'll provide you with suggestions about issues like the open - concept , and they 'll assist you to arrange for the task .
 The task that you 're doing inside your home can come down to a couple crucial options that you need to make . You 'll discover that you have to choose each product that gets into your kitchen , and you 'll possess the products purchased to be delivered to your house . The company will start focus on your kitchen in Mankas Corner , California once they get the things your own house , and they 'll do the job the moment everything is here . They would rather create these options along with you , and they 'll show you which products will be the most cost effective for the home . After you have requested everything the actions which you try maintain the home within the best situation possible is going to be useful , and you 'll discover the area start to get together .
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It was sad day when we broke the news that the most enduring love we have known in a celeb couple had ended, Kermit and Miss Piggy broke their 40 year tie. Now schocking reports have surfaced of Kermit moving on. It looks like the green fella has a time and it is pig shaped. The new model Denise is younger, slimmer version of Miss Piggy.
Miss Piggy must be raging, we know we would be. Denise – is a power gal and is the head of marketing for ABC. The very same network that is producing a new documentary ‘The Muppet’s featuring Kermit and Miss Piggy and Miss Piggy's talk show, Up Late With Miss Piggy. It all seems so cosy! Kermit is still denying rumours but perhaps he doth protest too much.
Though Miss Piggy is no push over and has been fully commited to her single self. She has been getting close with Aussie star Liam Hemsworth. We wonder what Miley Cyrus things, considering Liam is her ex. Oh the drama!

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It was sad day when we broke the news that the most enduring love we have known in a celeb couple had ended , Kermit and Miss Piggy broke their 40 year tie . Now schocking reports have surfaced of Kermit moving on . It looks like the green fella has a time and it is pig shaped . The new model Denise is younger , slimmer version of Miss Piggy .
 Miss Piggy must be raging , we know we would be . Denise – is a power gal and is the head of marketing for ABC . The very same network that is producing a new documentary ‘ The Muppet ’s featuring Kermit and Miss Piggy and Miss Piggy 's talk show , Up Late With Miss Piggy . It all seems so cosy ! Kermit is still denying rumours but perhaps he doth protest too much .
 Though Miss Piggy is no push over and has been fully commited to her single self . She has been getting close with Aussie star Liam Hemsworth . We wonder what Miley Cyrus things , considering Liam is her ex . Oh the drama !


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A 50-year-old Italian man set himself on fire on St Peter's Square Thursday in a rare event on the famous esplanade and is being treated in hospital with burns over half his body, the Vatican and police sources said.
The man, who worked as a cleaner in a nearby Vatican-run hospital and had a major family dispute on Wednesday, was seen by police in closed-circuit footage covered in fuel and setting light to his clothes.
Before his shocking act, the man left a note on the ground with his daughter's phone number, police sources said, adding that he may have had health problems.
He worked at Santo Spirito hospital near the main Via della Conciliazione avenue to the Vatican and is being treated at another clinic outside the city centre.
Police had initially said the man was 51.
The last time there was a self-immolation on St Peter's Square was 1998 when a 40-year-old Italian gay man set himself on fire in a protest against the Catholic Church's stance on homosexuality. He died of his wounds a few days later.

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A 50 - year - old Italian man set himself on fire on St Peter 's Square Thursday in a rare event on the famous esplanade and is being treated in hospital with burns over half his body , the Vatican and police sources said .
 The man , who worked as a cleaner in a nearby Vatican - run hospital and had a major family dispute on Wednesday , was seen by police in closed - circuit footage covered in fuel and setting light to his clothes .
 Before his shocking act , the man left a note on the ground with his daughter 's phone number , police sources said , adding that he may have had health problems .
 He worked at Santo Spirito hospital near the main Via della Conciliazione avenue to the Vatican and is being treated at another clinic outside the city centre .
 Police had initially said the man was 51 .
 The last time there was a self - immolation on St Peter 's Square was 1998 when a 40 - year - old Italian gay man set himself on fire in a protest against the Catholic Church 's stance on homosexuality . He died of his wounds a few days later .


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I have done a lot of substitute teaching. One of the things about being a sub is that you are only sort of a teacher. Just sort of. You can assign work, and take up papers, you can help people with their assignments and answer questions (if you are familiar enough with the subject). But day-to-day substitutes never really evaluate students, one of the primary tasks of every teacher. We can pass on that a student didn't seem to understand a particular topic, but we rarely grade papers or homework. We don't create tests designed measure a student's comprehension of what has been taught in class. We can give instruction, but it is always very limited instruction because we don't know the broader context in which the teacher has been instructing the students over the previous weeks. Substitutes can help but they can't really replace the teacher.
Sometimes, in our daily walks, though, we are all too ready to replace one of our best teachers, the Word of God (with guidance from the Holy Spirit) with a substitute. We take time to listen to good preachers on the radio or on TV because we can catch them when it is convenient. We read short devotionals (hey, nothing wrong with those!). We listen to Christian music and go to concerts. We read books on Christian living by famous pastors and authors. But, on their own, each of those things amounts to nothing more than, maybe, a good substitute teacher. Their power and influence are extremely limited when compared to the power of the Word of God. "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12, NIV).
All of these other resources can be excellent aids in our daily instruction and communion with God, but they are incomplete and weak on their own. Hopefully, each of these aids take their clues from God's Word (I know I try to center each devotional there) but they are all subject to their incredibly corruptible and fickle human authors, and even when they are not, none of them have the power to "judge the thoughts and attitudes of the heart" as effectively or as powerfully as the undiluted Word of God when the power of the Holy Spirit works in our hearts.
I am flattered you have taken the time to read this and I hope that this devotional aids you in your walk. But if you have to choose between making time for this or any other aid and the pure, unpolluted power of God's Word, I hope you choose the latter. Nothing else can penetrate our hearts as deeply or as powerfully. Keep around the aids that you use (like Stickler's Musings) but make sure they don't become a substitute for the real thing.

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I have done a lot of substitute teaching . One of the things about being a sub is that you are only sort of a teacher . Just sort of . You can assign work , and take up papers , you can help people with their assignments and answer questions ( if you are familiar enough with the subject ) . But day - to - day substitutes never really evaluate students , one of the primary tasks of every teacher . We can pass on that a student did n't seem to understand a particular topic , but we rarely grade papers or homework . We do n't create tests designed measure a student 's comprehension of what has been taught in class . We can give instruction , but it is always very limited instruction because we do n't know the broader context in which the teacher has been instructing the students over the previous weeks . Substitutes can help but they ca n't really replace the teacher .
 Sometimes , in our daily walks , though , we are all too ready to replace one of our best teachers , the Word of God ( with guidance from the Holy Spirit ) with a substitute . We take time to listen to good preachers on the radio or on TV because we can catch them when it is convenient . We read short devotionals ( hey , nothing wrong with those ! ) . We listen to Christian music and go to concerts . We read books on Christian living by famous pastors and authors . But , on their own , each of those things amounts to nothing more than , maybe , a good substitute teacher . Their power and influence are extremely limited when compared to the power of the Word of God . " For the word of God is living and active . Sharper than any double - edged sword , it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit , joints and marrow ; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart " ( Hebrews 4:12 , NIV ) .
 All of these other resources can be excellent aids in our daily instruction and communion with God , but they are incomplete and weak on their own . Hopefully , each of these aids take their clues from God 's Word ( I know I try to center each devotional there ) but they are all subject to their incredibly corruptible and fickle human authors , and even when they are not , none of them have the power to " judge the thoughts and attitudes of the heart " as effectively or as powerfully as the undiluted Word of God when the power of the Holy Spirit works in our hearts .
 I am flattered you have taken the time to read this and I hope that this devotional aids you in your walk . But if you have to choose between making time for this or any other aid and the pure , unpolluted power of God 's Word , I hope you choose the latter . Nothing else can penetrate our hearts as deeply or as powerfully . Keep around the aids that you use ( like Stickler 's Musings ) but make sure they do n't become a substitute for the real thing .


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Influence consumers to avoid actions that block drainage systems.
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Such blockages were costing Anglian Water alone £7 million a year, so they began looking at creative ways to engage the public and businesses to deal with the root cause of the problem. Following research into why people disposed of waste this way it launched its Keep it Clear campaign, with tailored information discouraging unhelpful practices. In addition it gave out free sink strainers to stop food waste going down the drain. The campaign trial was a success and is being rolled out further.

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Influence consumers to avoid actions that block drainage systems .
 Sewer systems are repeatedly blocked because of items disposed by consumers , with which drains are not designed to cope . Waste oil as well as materials such as baby wipes that do n’t break up quickly in water lead to blockages . These can back up , causing problems for households as well as overflows into natural water systems , resulting in contamination . Even without blockages , such materials make treating wastewater more difficult .
 Such blockages were costing Anglian Water alone £ 7 million a year , so they began looking at creative ways to engage the public and businesses to deal with the root cause of the problem . Following research into why people disposed of waste this way it launched its Keep it Clear campaign , with tailored information discouraging unhelpful practices . In addition it gave out free sink strainers to stop food waste going down the drain . The campaign trial was a success and is being rolled out further .


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Designing great KPIs isn’t the only problem people have with performance measurement.
You work so hard EVERY month to find explanations for downward variances in your KPIs… and it never seems to end.
It’s a constant EFFORT to keep performance up near the target, pushing and cajoling and burning the midnight oil to get it done.
Your managers and colleagues have INCONSISTENT opinions about whether performance is improving or not (“it’s going up”… “no, that’s was because of BLAH – it’s really going down”… “yeah, but not compared to last year”… And on it goes).
You can’t demonstrate the IMPACT of your efforts on performance, and so all you can do is report all the completed projects as evidence that things MUST be better somehow.
You’re spending lots of time and money on managing performance, but have no way of working out how much the performance improvements are really costing.
There’s a culprit for this kind of dysfunctional performance management behaviour (yes, it IS dysfunctional!).
And the culprit is hidden in plain sight.
You’re NOT getting the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, from your KPIs.
In the electricity sector, one of the common performance measures used to track the reliability of the electricity network – the system of cables and transformers and so forth that deliver the power to homes and businesses – is called SAIDI, the System Average Interruption Duration Index.
A typical way to report SAIDI was a graph with a 12-month moving or rolling average.
Moving averages are often used to smooth out the seasonal fluctuations you see in a lot of financial data. When these seasonal fluctuations are smoothed out, you are supposed to be able to see the overall trend in your data.
For the manager who needs to track a lot of performance results, this sounds heaven-sent. And that’s why they are such a popular trend analysis technique.
For one energy company, their SAIDI KPI showed a lovely, downward trend. It convinced everyone that performance was improving (in response to their great management).
But performance WAS NOT improving. They were misled by their graph of SAIDI. The truth was that performance had not changed at all.
How could this be? How could the graph clearly show a downward trend but performance in fact be no better at all?
The culprit for dysfunctional performance management behaviour is the use of statistical methods WITHOUT appropriate statistical thinking.
One simple change to how you report your KPIs can sky-rocket your performance improvement.
And this change is using a charting method known as XmR charts, but I like to call them Smart Charts. They make our KPIs tell us the truth about performance, and they stop us from spinning our wheels and getting nowhere fast with performance improvement.
The anatomy of the Smart Chart (it’s actually been used by world-class companies for decades, but has flown under the performance management radar for too long).
Step-by-step instructions and demonstration of how to create the Smart Chart for virtually all your KPIs, WITHOUT special software or statistical skills.
The simple interpretation rules that make the Smart Chart the easiest chart to interpret validly, consistently and with confidence every time.
The broad range of KPI types that suit Smart Charts and how to know when it’s not appropriate to use Smart Charts.
How target setting becomes a breeze and a nifty new way to put targets on your KPI graphs that uses less ink/pixels but conveys more information.
How to put Smart Charts into your performance dashboards to achieve simultaneously what the space-saving sparklines and bullet graphs currently achieve together.
5 how-to video classes, teaching you the steps and techniques to create Smart Charts for your KPIs through online video replays of past live webinar sessions.
A collection of real-life examples to inspire and demonstrate for you how a wide variety of KPIs suit the Smart Chart approach to reporting.
The Excel template to create your KPI Smart Charts simply by adding your data – the calculations and charts are automatically updated for you.
Bonus Excel templates for seasonal, trend or ‘rare event’ KPIs, with instructions for how to prepare these measures so that Smart Charts can reveal insights and signals more clearly.
The full written transcripts of each lesson in the course to have as a handy guide and quick look-up resource during your implementation.
Immediately after you register, you can watch the videos and download the workbooks and templates when it suits you!
You can even benefit from the questions that participants in the live webinars asked, both in the transcripts and in a special Q&A report.
By registering, you’ll get full access to the online course videos and downloadable workbooks, templates and transcripts. You’ll get the most from this if you start the course with your data ready, so you can practice Smart Charts as you’re learning them, following along as I guide you.
You can also save on the registration fee for this course with a group registration for your company. These discounts ONLY apply to the number of registrants you include in the same registration.
The discounts are calculated automatically at checkout. And remember: these discounts only apply when you register your colleagues with you, in the same booking.
Are you ready to get the truth out of your KPIs and dramatically transform the speed and cost of performance improvement in your company or organisation?

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Get Dramatically Faster and Bigger Performance Improvements by Discovering How to Get the Truth Out of Your KPIs Using Smart Charts .
 Designing great KPIs is n’t the only problem people have with performance measurement .
 You work so hard EVERY month to find explanations for downward variances in your KPIs … and it never seems to end .
 It ’s a constant EFFORT to keep performance up near the target , pushing and cajoling and burning the midnight oil to get it done .
 Your managers and colleagues have INCONSISTENT opinions about whether performance is improving or not ( “ it ’s going up ” … “ no , that ’s was because of BLAH – it ’s really going down ” … “ yeah , but not compared to last year ” … And on it goes ) .
 You ca n’t demonstrate the IMPACT of your efforts on performance , and so all you can do is report all the completed projects as evidence that things MUST be better somehow .
 You ’re spending lots of time and money on managing performance , but have no way of working out how much the performance improvements are really costing .
 There ’s a culprit for this kind of dysfunctional performance management behaviour ( yes , it IS dysfunctional ! ) .
 And the culprit is hidden in plain sight .
 You ’re NOT getting the truth , the whole truth and nothing but the truth , from your KPIs .
 In the electricity sector , one of the common performance measures used to track the reliability of the electricity network – the system of cables and transformers and so forth that deliver the power to homes and businesses – is called SAIDI , the System Average Interruption Duration Index .
 A typical way to report SAIDI was a graph with a 12 - month moving or rolling average .
 Moving averages are often used to smooth out the seasonal fluctuations you see in a lot of financial data . When these seasonal fluctuations are smoothed out , you are supposed to be able to see the overall trend in your data .
 For the manager who needs to track a lot of performance results , this sounds heaven - sent . And that ’s why they are such a popular trend analysis technique .
 For one energy company , their SAIDI KPI showed a lovely , downward trend . It convinced everyone that performance was improving ( in response to their great management ) .
 But performance WAS NOT improving . They were misled by their graph of SAIDI . The truth was that performance had not changed at all .
 How could this be ? How could the graph clearly show a downward trend but performance in fact be no better at all ?
 The culprit for dysfunctional performance management behaviour is the use of statistical methods WITHOUT appropriate statistical thinking .
 One simple change to how you report your KPIs can sky - rocket your performance improvement .
 And this change is using a charting method known as XmR charts , but I like to call them Smart Charts . They make our KPIs tell us the truth about performance , and they stop us from spinning our wheels and getting nowhere fast with performance improvement .
 The anatomy of the Smart Chart ( it ’s actually been used by world - class companies for decades , but has flown under the performance management radar for too long ) .
 Step - by - step instructions and demonstration of how to create the Smart Chart for virtually all your KPIs , WITHOUT special software or statistical skills .
 The simple interpretation rules that make the Smart Chart the easiest chart to interpret validly , consistently and with confidence every time .
 The broad range of KPI types that suit Smart Charts and how to know when it ’s not appropriate to use Smart Charts .
 How target setting becomes a breeze and a nifty new way to put targets on your KPI graphs that uses less ink / pixels but conveys more information .
 How to put Smart Charts into your performance dashboards to achieve simultaneously what the space - saving sparklines and bullet graphs currently achieve together .
 5 how - to video classes , teaching you the steps and techniques to create Smart Charts for your KPIs through online video replays of past live webinar sessions .
 A collection of real - life examples to inspire and demonstrate for you how a wide variety of KPIs suit the Smart Chart approach to reporting .
 The Excel template to create your KPI Smart Charts simply by adding your data – the calculations and charts are automatically updated for you .
 Bonus Excel templates for seasonal , trend or ‘ rare event ’ KPIs , with instructions for how to prepare these measures so that Smart Charts can reveal insights and signals more clearly .
 The full written transcripts of each lesson in the course to have as a handy guide and quick look - up resource during your implementation .
 Immediately after you register , you can watch the videos and download the workbooks and templates when it suits you !
 You can even benefit from the questions that participants in the live webinars asked , both in the transcripts and in a special Q&A report .
 By registering , you ’ll get full access to the online course videos and downloadable workbooks , templates and transcripts . You ’ll get the most from this if you start the course with your data ready , so you can practice Smart Charts as you ’re learning them , following along as I guide you .
 You can also save on the registration fee for this course with a group registration for your company . These discounts ONLY apply to the number of registrants you include in the same registration .
 The discounts are calculated automatically at checkout . And remember : these discounts only apply when you register your colleagues with you , in the same booking .
 Are you ready to get the truth out of your KPIs and dramatically transform the speed and cost of performance improvement in your company or organisation ?


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The MK1500 prints precise characters of up to 300dpi for tubes , labels and more . With a large LCD display and automatic full and half - cutting , it offers smooth and easy printing from start to finish .
 High speed and fast output rate 25mm / sec .


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Initial Reaction: The nappy as a bit plain but I knew the brand (we use their flip nappy as our mainstay nappy) so felt trusting.
Pros: The previous make of this nappy didn’t have the options for poppers and this is a great addition especially if you are now into toddlerdom.
We tested the Velcro and popper fastening and I did tend to favour the poppers, they seemed more suitable for Fizz yet the velcro did us great at night time. The nappy in both styles is very absorbent for our 15 month old at night and we changed it every 3 hours in the day and even with this gap the wetness was still being held away from her skin andwe had no nappy rash issue whilst this nappy was being worn.
The nappy washed well on a 30 degree wash with a little or no detergent and drops of tea tree oil to scent and disinfect. After 4 uses each they are still unstained and the eleastic hasn’t given at all so they are still as new.
Cons: The Velcro fastening was easy for a toddler to undo and wriggle out of. Also if you forget to fasten the Velcro together before washing the nappy can attach to other items in the washing machine and this can wear the Velcro a bit.
Very useful! I'm going to link back to this post in my own BumGenius post at Really Rachel today.
Also, do you want to come and add a link to this post on my Great Nappy Debate linky?

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Initial Reaction : The nappy as a bit plain but I knew the brand ( we use their flip nappy as our mainstay nappy ) so felt trusting .
 Pros : The previous make of this nappy did n’t have the options for poppers and this is a great addition especially if you are now into toddlerdom .
 We tested the Velcro and popper fastening and I did tend to favour the poppers , they seemed more suitable for Fizz yet the velcro did us great at night time . The nappy in both styles is very absorbent for our 15 month old at night and we changed it every 3 hours in the day and even with this gap the wetness was still being held away from her skin andwe had no nappy rash issue whilst this nappy was being worn .
 The nappy washed well on a 30 degree wash with a little or no detergent and drops of tea tree oil to scent and disinfect . After 4 uses each they are still unstained and the eleastic has n’t given at all so they are still as new .
 Cons : The Velcro fastening was easy for a toddler to undo and wriggle out of . Also if you forget to fasten the Velcro together before washing the nappy can attach to other items in the washing machine and this can wear the Velcro a bit .
 Very useful ! I 'm going to link back to this post in my own BumGenius post at Really Rachel today .
 Also , do you want to come and add a link to this post on my Great Nappy Debate linky ?


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We found your pictures here and here Carrie.
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Comments: Can anybody tell me how to get a hold of Phyllis Irene Parks from the class of 1961. I have found her class ring.
We reunited Phyllis and her ring!
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Comments: where are the 2014 reunion photos?
WebBrat Response: 22 Feb - Thanks for the push, Bill! I spent time posting them this morning.
Class Photos I welcome any corrections.
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Comments : I love you guys ! Thank you for all you do !
 Comments : Wow , a great site.bummer you find out that most of your classmates have passed away , but still , my thanks to the site manager for a great job at getting the info in here !
 We found your pictures here and here Carrie .
 Comments : I would like to know if faculty member Anne Beams is alive . If so , could I have a contact number , address , etc . If not , could you have her contact me ?
 Comments : life in the fast lane !
 Comments : Awesome memories that will stay with me forever .
 Comments : Hi , I am looking for a dear friend of mine JUDY SCHIELKE ...... she graduated from Berlin High School 1976 . Her father was stationed there 1973 - 1976 . I would appreciate any information on how I can contact her .
 Comments : I have kept in touch with Barbara Liepmann but no one else . Yes , I still have my yearbooks :) My mother is from Berlin and I have been back several times . My sister and I were just reminiscing about the people we knew and wondered where they all were . Enjoy reading all the comments .
 Comments : Born in Berlin , left in 74 . Still consider it home .
 Comments : Lived on Flanagan . Brothers David , Robert , and Paul .
 Comments : I have such great memories of Berlin . I lived on Flanagan .
 Comments : Can anybody tell me how to get a hold of Phyllis Irene Parks from the class of 1961 . I have found her class ring .
 We reunited Phyllis and her ring !
 Comments : Glad I came across this site today !
 Comments : I loved the time I lived in Berlin , would love to go back I lived in the housing at Andrews .
 Comments : where are the 2014 reunion photos ?
 WebBrat Response : 22 Feb - Thanks for the push , Bill ! I spent time posting them this morning .
 Class Photos I welcome any corrections .
 Comments : Loved all 3 years !
 Comments : Best year of my life . 2 older brothers , Jack ' 73 and Mitch ' 77 .
 Comments : Living in Berlin was the BEST !
 Comments : Loved living in Berlin . So many memories of good friends , we would spend day after day exploring and having fun . There was always something to do . Proud to be a Berlin Brat .