Archive for June, 2006
In retail there is an important measure called "Weeks of Supply", which essentially determines how long the current inventory will last based on a future sales forecast. Calculating Weeks of Supply in Excel is difficult since you have to determine how many cells (weeks) would be added up from the sales forecast before you exceed the current inventory....
Continue Reading June 30th, 2006
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The hike to Fisher Peak begins on Forest Road 634, which runs west up Trout Creek toward Pyramid Peak. Five miles after turning onto the Trout Creek road you'll see Trail 27 to the right with a long pull-out for parking....
Continue Reading June 29th, 2006
This page is a summarized version of my longer paper, entitled "Russian Mormonism: Geographic and Historical Foundations". While the complete paper includes many geographic and historical details of interest to those wishing to study the subject in depth, this shorter summary will give a brief understanding of why, where, and when Russian sectarians were called Mormons, and what these Russian Mormons believe....
Continue Reading June 29th, 2006
What is the relationship between the LDS Church and Russian Mormonism?
Russian Mormonism developed from native Russian sects in the 1800s. These sects had native Russian names such as the Khlysts, Molokans, and Montans. However, in 1869 a Russian Orthodox priest called one group of these Russian sectarians "Mormons" because they seemed similar to what he knew of American Mormonism. Besides this terminology connection, Russian Mormonism was not influenced by the doctrinal teachings of American Mormons....
Continue Reading June 29th, 2006
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If ever there was a family that experienced the great New World epic of migration, nation-building, and religious pioneering, it was the Jacob and Sarah Scott family. From a modest town in Northern Ireland, their little band eventually travelled over much of Canada and the United States....
Continue Reading June 23rd, 2006
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The earliest known Scott among my ancestors is James Scott (I've always liked the name). James was born in the early 1700s in Northern Ireland. Although no one has conclusively traced his line back much further, we do know that he was a Scotch Presbyterian....
Continue Reading June 23rd, 2006
This is a paper I wrote for a history class at BYU taught by Dr. Rodney Bohac. Looks into the life of Isaac Russell, an early Mormon convert who incidentally brought my Scott ancestors into the LDS Church. Includes complete footnote references. This document is in Microsoft Word format (63 kb).
June 23rd, 2006
The following paper publications have proven useful in my research on Russian Mormonism. Most of these can be found through searching the network of university libraries (Inter-Library Loan)....
Continue Reading June 23rd, 2006
I wrote this article (click here to download Adobe PDF) after my first contact with Samara Mormonism in 1998. While many of my early conclusions turned out to be incorrect, this document was the first major attempt to systematically record the contact between American Mormons and those in Russia known by the same name.
June 23rd, 2006
An interesting snippet, evidently from an old gazette, lists a simple religious census of Samara Province on October 1, 1925. Click here to open, or read the translation....
Continue Reading June 23rd, 2006
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